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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters |OT| Old Hunters. New Tricks, Bells & Whistles.

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Fancy Clown

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Auctopus said:
It's mainly been a VIT issue. The hardest parts of the DLC for me so far have been the patients and Ludwig. It only took a few patient to get me before I was dead and Ludwig just felt like a brick.

Other than that, it hasn't been too bad. In Vanilla, I'm at Nightmare of Mensis but as I said earlier in the thread, I'd say this DLC is some of the hardest Souls I've played. But the difficulty has been a roller coaster.
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Interesting that the patients gave you more trouble than the hunters in area 1. I thought the research hall had the easiest PVE of the three areas (unless you get mobbed). I agree the DLC is the hardest stretch of Souls gaming I've done as well.
 
AHA-Lambda

AHA-Lambda

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Oh God, haven't got around to playing this yet, will do probably this week but the impressions from some are making it sounds almost too hard =/
 
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Curufinwe

Member
I ended up spending most of today grinding the Lecture room so I could upgrade all my weapons to +6, then I did some Chalice dungeons after finally getting the Arcane Haze Extractor.

Tomorrow I'll get back in to the DLC.
 
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Fancy Clown

Member
AHA-Lambda said:
Oh God, haven't got around to playing this yet, will do probably this week but the impressions from some are making it sounds almost too hard =/
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It's really hard but I don't think it's too hard. It's a suitable difficulty if you have played through the base game. A solid step up to provide a challenge for experienced players.

I'm really not very good at the game at all, but I beat the whole thing without summoning. If you can beat bosses like Ebrietas, Vicar Emilia, and Gherman you should roughly know what to expect from the bosses (which is where most of the difficulty comes from).
 
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Auctopus

Member
Fancy Clown said:
Interesting that the patients gave you more trouble than the hunters in area 1. I thought the research hall had the easiest PVE of the three areas (unless you get mobbed). I agree the DLC is the hardest stretch of Souls gaming I've done as well.
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The hunters were also a pain but only the ones wielding Beast Cutters really.
 
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mickcenary

Member
dan2026 said:
What the best level for the DLC on NG+?

I think I am about lv104.
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I did it 100% solo at 115 with 50VIT, 50SKL and 26BLT.

A few bosses will hand your ass to you on a bloodied silver platter multiple times.

The hunters at the very beginning of the DLC can wipe you out in 2 clean, strong hits.

It's a legit challenge, to be sure, but that's exactly what I wanted.

I'd say give it a go where you're at now and maybe consider pumping your VIT if shit gets too hectic (this is what I did; VIT was initially at 46).
 
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Stratosphere

Member
I asked this in the other thread, but it's p much dead with this one:

As a STR build, is it worth upping my Arcane to 15 to use the Phantasm Shell buff?
 
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Orochinagis

Member
Stratosphere said:
I asked this in the other thread, but it's p much dead with this one:

As a STR build, is it worth upping my Arcane to 15 to use the Phantasm Shell buff?
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Mmmm no, maybe, are you already 50 in Vit, Stamina and Str? then yes, the DLC bosses are quite resistance to Arcane, the enemies are vulnerable to Fire and Lightning.

UnluckyKate said:
what's Vermin items for ?
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The vermines are for the League sidequest on the lost woods, you need to collect 5 at least to end the questline
 
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Stratosphere

Member
Afrocious said:
it's not necessary but hey arcane is fun
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I know I want to try it!

Orochinagis said:
Mmmm no, maybe, are you already 50 in Vit, Stamina and Str? then yes, the DLC bosses are quite resistance to Arcane, the enemies are vulnerable to Fire and Lightning.
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VIT/END/STR are all at 40 right now. I was hoping maybe the phantasm buf would help me against the DLC bosses, bummer. I hate having to use finite resources when I know a boss is going to take many tries.
 
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dan2026

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mickcenary said:
I did it 100% solo at 115 with 50VIT, 50SKL and 26BLT.

A few bosses will hand your ass to you on a bloodied silver platter multiple times.

The hunters at the very beginning of the DLC can wipe you out in 2 clean, strong hits.

It's a legit challenge, to be sure, but that's exactly what I wanted.

I'd say give it a go where you're at now and maybe consider pumping your VIT if shit gets too hectic (this is what I did; VIT was initially at 46).
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I've got to Ludwig and I cannot beat that guy.
Too fast, too aggressive, does way too much damage.
 
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deoee

Member
Anyone up for OoK?

I got him down to about 1/4 of his hp and then the stupid lightning attack killed me.
I'm NG+ SL 122 and in front of him right now.
Password will be
Kosm

You can message me if you want or add me on PSN: deoee0
 
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OmegaTreeFish

Banned
Game4life said:
Fantastic run. Really well done!
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lol thx. hardest and most satisfying to beat boss i have ever done. it seems impossible at first but once you perfect phase one dodging you feel full on beast mode.

i then went and did the dreaded chalice dungeon bosses watchdog and the queen and basically walked them after doing this. Crazy how much harder this guy is but its great.

UnluckyKate said:
I have no idea how you survive in front of him. I can't dodge ANY of his attacks if I stay in front.
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just keep at it. its just about learning the timing into muscle memory.
 
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Anbec7

Member
Finally beat the first boss! Thanks for the tips I stuck to him like glue praying to not get hit sometimes.. oddly enough after observing his second phase, I found it easier...
 
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mickcenary

Member
dan2026 said:
I've got to Ludwig and I cannot beat that guy.
Too fast, too aggressive, does way too much damage.
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Well, we all say that in the beginning, don't we? :)

You really need to learn his move set. I mean, you will, just by pure unconscious symbiosis due to the amount of time you're bound to spend with him. It's totally doable.

I highly, highly recommend the Burial Blade for him. Two hand it and go at him with the L2 move set. Man, it's such a good boss weapon. The reach is invaluable.
 
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Look! The Pie!

Member
The Research Hall is CREEPING ME OUT. Actually just had to stop playing for the night as the noises were making me too paranoid. Amazing atmosphere, though, on par with Upper Cathedral Ward and Hypogean Gaol (first visit).

If the rest of the DLC keeps up this level of quality, Bloodborne will probably edge out DS1 as my favourite in the series overall.
 
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