JadedWriter
Member
NG and I've been through a bunch of chalice dungeons already. Only full ones I didn't do yet are the Loran ones and beyond. Didn't finish Lower Pthumeru but that's because that place is crazy and Rom's health pool is absurd.
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Bloodborne: The Old Hunters |OT| Old Hunters. New Tricks, Bells & Whistles.
- Thread starter Robot Pants
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Humblebrag...So, just switched over to my NG+ character to try and sneak an attempt before people arrived...
...1 shotted OoK. He's so much easier to deal with when you can take 3-4 hits before dying compared to NG+11 where he'll 1 or 2 shot you with all but 1-2 of his abilities.
Now, I KNOW I shouldn't be complaining, it's MY FAULT for going into the DLC at this high of NG+ level but damn.
Excellent fight though, regardless of difficulty.
Would love some GAFers help either later tonight or tomorrow on OoK NG+11 still though
I wish I could do what you do.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Not sure but
You should kill him on his four spot invasions to obtain his set, otherwise just killing him inside the cell you will only get his weapon
I know, it's what's annoying me most now. There's a small opening when he
splits fire at you
fire trail
Phoenix944
Member
Keep at it, you'll get use to his patern. But yea, he's a bitch alright...
You can summon a NPC btw, just down the stair in front of the boss' door
Sanctuary
Member
Could I get maybe a non super biased (hard I know) opinion about the DLC? I enjoyed the vanilla game quite a bit for my initial three playthroughs, but I didn't really feel any need to replay it since. Mostly because of the "samey" factor that happened even through my first playthrough. The Chalice Dungeons were a waste of time to me too. Are the environments and enemies varied all that much in this, or is it pretty much just more of the same, but with the amount of weapons that should have been in the vanilla game by default?
Newtype-001
Member
Oh right already got his set thx.
Orochinagis
Member
My friends wants to try Ng+ coop with two helpers, me be like.
I apologize if it comes off as a humble brag but this boss is an infuriating pure asshole so I'll take any chance I can get to whoop his ass and gloat about it
I know, been using him. I just need to take a break, he doesn't seem unbeatable, like OoK did at first, but his one hit kill swipes are soo annoying.
Get your weapon up to +9 atleast. Should make it much more manageable.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Is there anyway to tell if youre in NG+? I'm assuming I am since I'm 81, in central yharnam with 0 tentacles.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Sorry, I can only speak for NG+, but since it seems sony recommended level 65+ to the reviewers, you should be fine, I guess.
It could help if you got the gems on mergo's nightmare, they definetly could make a difference.
JadedWriter
Member
Thank you, it worked, but what in the fuck is that glowing orange thing in the room behind him? I didn't take a single step forward after seeing that and just up and left.
That recommended level is nothing but lies. I was in the mid 70's earlier in the week and was able to deal with the hunters decently, but the stuff stronger is no joke at all.
This makes more sense. I hope this dlc has lots of chunks in it.
Orochinagis
Member
Noup
Good. I don't feel like fighting him in a very long time.
You need to go there though. As for the chunks I've found around 26 chunks in the DLC so no worries about materials.
Decided to upload all NG++ boss fights to YT. Here is the playlist. I really should stop with this uploading already.
All bosses on NG++
KCroxtonJr
Member
the 4 places you get the armor pieces are
in the hallway with the cells right after ludwig, the bridge across the rooftops right after 2nd lamp in the hamlet, under one of the houses in that same area, and then at a dead end in the cave area that leads to OoK.
Chilli_Axe
Member
So this is where I'm up to with fighting the 1st boss at level 4 (spoilers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRDsMj7grJs
Does the guy in the underground cell
or are all these plipping plopping making me hear things too.
Also, is there something I could do with these plip-plop npcs btw? Particularly the one in the
and
? (If there is, just a lil hint/nudge in the right direction will do.)
(who keeps mumbling to himself while bashing his own head against the wall) sound like Laurence
Also, is there something I could do with these plip-plop npcs btw? Particularly the one in the
pool of poisoned water
the one with the sunflower
JadedWriter
Member
Is it safe to assume that thing is a boss? I know earlier I went through a tunnel only to find a couple of guys manning a machine gun. When am I supposed to deal with that?
Orochinagis
Member
Is another Hunter a eastern hunter who joined the league but go mad after seeing the madness.
There are more NPC in that zone so far only Adeline have a sidequest with the brain fluids
FataIChoice
Member
Actually,
I killed him after I got the key, only killed the first invasion spot in Fishing Hamlet and outside the cell, his remaining items were lying around the hamlet, I assume where he would have spawned. So killing him before beating the invaders should not hate the armour, but does mean you miss out on the fights.
Yes and no. That tunnel is the way foward but I would say that you should go check that cathedral before going foward.
AlphaDragoon
Member
It's actually a good level, I did it in NG starting from like, level 42. The big thing is having the damage to win, and farming the first hunters gives some amazing blood gems for the level I was at. Allowed me to take down all but the final boss and the optional boss (because I got to the weapon I wanted and stopped, I might have been able to take them on too). Got a ton of levels from going through and I'm now level 70.
Ah thanks! Yeap already did her lil sidequest.
She mentioned that she'll give me her Saints Blood if I ever ran out mine
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
Felt very overwhelmed in my first playthrough of the Old Hunters.
Came in from NG+ and relied on two helpers to defeat the first boss, father gascgoine and then vicar emelia.
Then went straight into the old hunters and just about defeated 4-5 of the hunters and then got destroyed by the big guy who comes down the stairs through the doors.
Does the beckoning bell work in the DLC? Waited ages and no one showed up.
Came in from NG+ and relied on two helpers to defeat the first boss, father gascgoine and then vicar emelia.
Then went straight into the old hunters and just about defeated 4-5 of the hunters and then got destroyed by the big guy who comes down the stairs through the doors.
Does the beckoning bell work in the DLC? Waited ages and no one showed up.
Orochinagis
Member
Probably, you can only carry one blood saint bottle at once.
Disaster Nebraska
Banned
Just a general question that applies to the game as a whole now that they've added Old Hunter summons to a bajillion areas, most notably the Chalice dungeons.
Any good method to farm Insight that GAF recommends? I am playing the game offline and haven't had much of a use for it in the past other than buying certain items and fulfilling certain Insight thresholds to see....certain things. I know the
, but if there's a better way I'm all ears.
Any good method to farm Insight that GAF recommends? I am playing the game offline and haven't had much of a use for it in the past other than buying certain items and fulfilling certain Insight thresholds to see....certain things. I know the
gross mutant babies in the upper cathedral area
KCroxtonJr
Member
Omg, the whirlgig saw can stunlock the first boss in his second phase with the L2 hold attack LOL. Wasn't expecting that.
Feels nice to help others get past him
Feels nice to help others get past him
TheBlackMarvel
Member
You can but you will suffer for it.
She's my favourite too, as soon as I saw her I wanted to start the game again to make a character of her.
JadedWriter
Member
Yeah I'm now 82 and it's still pretty manageable. I think most of my frustration came from the big dude with the axe. Now that I have a reliable way to deal with him I should ok until I meet something tougher. I guess half of my problem is that this stuff is new and I have to learn ways to deal with them, but that's essentially the Souls experience in a nut shell.
Orochinagis
Member
Discovering new areas
Facing a boss for the first time
Doing Chalices, each floor gaings you insight
Doing Coop
GiantBreadbug
Member
I've had the DLC since day one and for the life of me I cannot beat fucking L
.
I happened to do a skill/bloodtinge build this save and I'm fucking paying for it dearly. I'm sure if I had my old LHB build I'd be obliterating him, but the Threaded Cane and the Chikage are not doing me any favors.
Plus, the NPCs I summon are spotty at best. They almost never dodge and rush in with almost no health. I've tried every NPC I can summon here.
Honestly the second half of the fight is easier than the first. I just can't do enough damage to get him to his second form. I don't have PS+ either or I would ask GAF for direct help. I'm getting really discouraged and it's been awhile since BB has done this to me.
Any advice? I've tried fire paper, distracting him so my partner can land hits, etc. I think I might have to just keep trying.
udwig
I happened to do a skill/bloodtinge build this save and I'm fucking paying for it dearly. I'm sure if I had my old LHB build I'd be obliterating him, but the Threaded Cane and the Chikage are not doing me any favors.
Plus, the NPCs I summon are spotty at best. They almost never dodge and rush in with almost no health. I've tried every NPC I can summon here.
Honestly the second half of the fight is easier than the first. I just can't do enough damage to get him to his second form. I don't have PS+ either or I would ask GAF for direct help. I'm getting really discouraged and it's been awhile since BB has done this to me.
Any advice? I've tried fire paper, distracting him so my partner can land hits, etc. I think I might have to just keep trying.
KCroxtonJr
Member
I could NOT beat him with LHB, after what felt like 50 tries at him (ng+) I switched to Burial Blade, found a good decent coop partner, and destroyed him.
Orochinagis
Member
Summon only one npc to help you, if you summon two and you are low in stats you are gonna suffer really bad, and yes fire paper do wonders against him
piccio_ssl
Member
yooo those fucking
sharks
Nocturnowl
Member
I have passed my literal baptism by fire, now to never ever fight that boss
(laurence)
Guess I just have to tie up some loose ends and my dlc journey is over, might give my thoughts on it later.
hahah I had the exact same reaction, officialy best soulsborne waifu
O man. That sounds rough.
There's a two day free trial on PSN that you can sign up for if you're really stuck and would like to summon help. A friend of mine signed up for it when he got the dlc.
KCroxtonJr
Member
shaman blade.
Alright, I'm convinced that the first boss (
) is just straight up cheap on NG+++. Forget the giant health pool, it's the fact that around 3 of his attacks are just straight up one hit kills on my lvl 183 hunter. I've been stuck on him for 3 days now, and I can only get him to his second form about 10% of the time.
Ludwig
GiantBreadbug
Member
I'm actually only on NG, so I don't have the Burial Blade
Otherwise I'd be using it happily.I actually didn't know I could summon more than one haha. Why is it a bad idea to summon more than one?
Disaster Nebraska
Banned
So there's a hard cap to insight on each playthrough if you're playing offline? I do know that those actions gain you insight. What I'm looking for (if possible) is a way to farm it without resorting to co-op.
But if that's the only way....may have to bite the bullet.