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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters |OT| Old Hunters. New Tricks, Bells & Whistles.
- Thread starter Robot Pants
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Alright, I really want to buy this.
Problem is, I haven't played since I beat the game about a week after the release. Rather than continue in NG+, I'd like to create a new character and go through the DLC in NG, to get back in the groove.
Questions is, how do I make it through the basegame as quick and painless as possible? Weapon? Levelling? I don't remember anything, and I figured I'd go all the way to the end, then go back for the DLC just before the last boss.
Problem is, I haven't played since I beat the game about a week after the release. Rather than continue in NG+, I'd like to create a new character and go through the DLC in NG, to get back in the groove.
Questions is, how do I make it through the basegame as quick and painless as possible? Weapon? Levelling? I don't remember anything, and I figured I'd go all the way to the end, then go back for the DLC just before the last boss.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Do we know how long the DLC is? 20 is a bit expensive imo.
EekumBokum
Member
Omg, I just beat
at level 86 on ng+. Fuck, I'm done for the night this is too much.
Ludwig
btw..
you can get the Uncanny/Lost version of the new weapons from a vendor in the Chalice Dungeons. (you need to have the normal weapon first)
if you want to go there easy..
you can get the Uncanny/Lost version of the new weapons from a vendor in the Chalice Dungeons. (you need to have the normal weapon first)
if you want to go there easy..
Use the code Sp5wddug to make dungeon. There is a vendor in a hallway,This is a basic dungeon, depth 1, Just go up the ladder in the main area, look for the hallway and the vendor is at the end.
dawg-senpai really wasn't kidding ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ °)
It fucking is. I don't think I can beat this ass.
Ive only jsut started and I got the Saif without even knowing where I picked it up????!??! ALso you can start buying the weapons pretty soon if you go back to Hunters Dream. I had the time to do the
Beast
You can hire
Old Hunter Hariet
Old HUnter bell
whats the dodge pattern for the well pricks?
I finished the main story in 3 hours.
I finished the main story in 3 hours.
The perfect Dark
Banned
What the hell? Thank you, I'm not buying this then.
Uhm
it's worth $20
edit: I am under half the time on HLTB for DS1 for reference
On top of playing these fast, I was silly overleveled. Do not use me as a reference point, double that number
Did you explore?
plasmawave
Banned
It took me 6 hours but I beat the first boss lol.
The Xtortionist
Member
Last boss
is fucking destroying me. Neither my +10 Blades of Mercy or +9 Burial Blade is getting it done. Any tips?
Made great progress aside from that. Boss spoilers
Orphan of Kos
Made great progress aside from that. Boss spoilers
Killed Ludwig on my third try, and one shotted Living Failures and Maria.
This is absolutely not the norm. I don't know how they played it in 3 hours unless they had no intention to explore, just get on with it, and also do well while doing so.
Yes, found almost every item and visited every side room I could mentally remember.
You can explore fast guys >_>
Friday i will home and will try, will probably have to farm though, how much time to finish the DLC?
I already bought it.
Parries saved my day in NG+1. I may have got some luck too, though.
Hmm..
looks like there is a second hidden arcane Tool in the DLC..
spoiler for the new tool:
looks like there is a second hidden arcane Tool in the DLC..
spoiler for the new tool:
Accursed Brew
- Kill the final boss.
- Equip the Kin Rune.
- Talk to the walking talking fish witch thing before Hamlet Fishmarket.
- For some people she gives the item, if not
- Try to kill her.
- She can't die but will drop the item.
It costs 2 bullets and you need 30 arc to use it.
It throws a dark projectile that arcs like a grenade and explodes on contact .
- Kill the final boss.
- Equip the Kin Rune.
- Talk to the walking talking fish witch thing before Hamlet Fishmarket.
- For some people she gives the item, if not
- Try to kill her.
- She can't die but will drop the item.
It costs 2 bullets and you need 30 arc to use it.
It throws a dark projectile that arcs like a grenade and explodes on contact .
finalflame
Member
Ok, I just told this dude after the first boss that
I can't change my answer. Did I fuck up GAF?
I do not hear the bells.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
He forgot to mentions he twice the level he needs to be and he completely rushed it.
I've been playing 4 hours and I'm on last two bosses I think.
4th boss is very different to the usual song and dance
That's plain rushing by normal standards and your standards are hardly normal.
On my playthrough of new game plus and I can't find the item next to the doll.
Main game spoilers:
Edit
Main game spoilers:
I've done everything to unlock the secret ending, but I can't find the item next to the doll to trigger the DLC.
Edit
Didn't beat the true ending boss, just prepared everything to do the DLC then beat him.
I 100%ed DS1 in ~65 hours
*shrugs*
didn't rush this one at all tbh, was even streaming and waiting for twitch delay to see if my friend wanted me to look at area x or y or such >_>
I finished my first play through of DS in 50 hours m8. I was lost for 10 hours but still.
Added. Pretty cool the dungeon has a vendor. How do you get the vendor, do you have a special item to get it?
I'm on NG+3 too and I went back to the main game to get some echoes to lvl up my vitality lol. I don't like getting instakilled
I don't think I've ever done that in another Souls game. The first boss has just an insane amount of health. I hit for almost 600 with a light attack and it looks like I'm barely doing anything.
Somewhere between 8 and 15 hours is probably a good range for the normal player. Longer if you are underleveled, shorter if you are overleveled. (This is just an estimate based on what I've heard from various people).
EDIT: It's also not about the length, but the quality. It's really well made, and it really reminds me of Dark Souls in design. Also, the new weapons are fun. It will add to the main game experience, for sure. Not to mention more areas to pvp/co op.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
5-15 hours. Ignore extreme outliers
I'm 5 hours in and currently at the second boss
It is not rushing. I hit the last DLC story boss in about 3hours also. Checked every room on the way and killed every single enemy and talked to every NPC I came across.
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Also great time to point out that souls is in a very interesting place where random people take half the time to finish the game as others doing the exact same areas and I don't have a very good explanation for this.
Can anyone tell me what the first hunter drops right when you get in. In the path that goes right and up? I ended up knocking him off a side and his item was floating in the air. I reloaded hoping it would move the item like some of the pre dlc npcs but it's gone. I hope I didn't miss something good.
Only a couple of blood vials.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
This boss is ace
Please share.
Thanks I noticed he respawned just now in a different spot. Ended up getting a gem. Was worried it might have been his weapon.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
Just to be clear, this is very much worth the price of admission for anyone that enjoyed the base game. The number of new weapons they throw at you is impressive
I'm looking forward to heading back into chalice dungeons with my new toys
I'm looking forward to heading back into chalice dungeons with my new toys
+8 stupid kirkhammer- the wep i never use!
made it into 2h version, got them next to each other, hugged the center of the cave, backed up in circles while doing forward jumps at angles so they couldnt hit me well. killed them with plenty of vials left!
Gonna have to chalk it up to the nature of souls games then. Play times seems to vary wildly.