Tyrant Rave
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Chikage not worth using if I don't raise my bloodtinge, right?
It's still pretty good if you have good Skill. I'm in the process of raising my bloodtinge so I can use its 2H mode more often though.
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It's still pretty good if you have good Skill. I'm in the process of raising my bloodtinge so I can use its 2H mode more often though.
Ah. I guess most people wouldnt think about it.
I'll spoiler tag it, but if youve killed the apparently annoying boss whos name begins with an R, youve probably got the item.
The shell or whatever at the top of the room that leads to rom? Use it when you have 15 arcane. Gives your wep arcane buff, screw fire/bolt paper, this only costs 3 bullets.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
Just a heads up, back your save up before you eat the third one if youre going to save scum for all 3 trophies in 10 minutes
I think I'll just go through the game again, honestly I love this game but I might do that as I'm trying to rush now and beat it so that the inevitable withdrawals won't be bad when I can't play for the next 6 months because of surgery on my shoulder.
Or at least that's what I am assuming, the Doctor just kind of gave me a look when I asked if I'll still be able to play after the surgery or if I have to wait until I'm fully healed.
Oh crap I never even looked what that thing does! I already have 15 Arcane though, so awesome.
Does anyone know the soft cap in this game? Both my Vit and End are 40 (in which I noticed some weird fluctiations on End gains during the 30's), so I was wondering if it's worth putting more into them now or just dumping the rest in Skill.
Blades of Mercy is my main weap if that's any help.
Blades of Mercy is my main weap if that's any help.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
Actually it requires 18 Arcane, not 15. It's pretty useful but there are plenty of enemies who will die faster to Bolt or Fire buffs and honestly Bolt is probably the most useful.
You are at the soft cap really, hard cap is basically at 50.
There's a slight decrease in growth at 30 for vit/end and 25 for everything else, but the true softcap is 50.
Superblatt
Member
So is coop with randoms still broken? Used my bell and running around...nobody has showed up in my game in 3+ days.
Lol yeah, I realized it like 4 hours before I finished like an idiot.
15. I only put 15 points into arcane for that sole purpose.
Kssio_Aug
Member
I can only summon near the lamp. So I take the shortucts with the co-op partners till the boss.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
Are you sure? Maybe it's the
beast roar item I am thinking of.
EDIT: Nope it was the
Auger of Ebrietas.
toastyToast
Member
Do we know the the soft caps on stats yet?
Superblatt
Member
how long should I wait near a lamp for someone to show up?
Incendiary
Banned
Yeah, okay, I've officially ran into my first "this level is straight up bullshit" area.
Location/enemy spoilers:
Fuck me, this area sucks.
Location/enemy spoilers:
The bell maidens in the Unseen Village are bullshit as fuck. Basically, can't take my time to clear out a mob because they respawn faster than I can clear them all out - so I have to rush through a bunch of enemies to kill the maiden first. And if I get shot by one of the gunners I usually end up dying.
I got Ludwig's Holy Sword and, HOLY SHIT, is it awesome.
I farmed some twin shards at the prison and got it to level 6. It's move set + power is crazy good. I know both bosses are considered easy, but Vicar Amelia and Witch of Hemwick were just steamrolled.
I'm at 25 - 25 strengh and skill.
I farmed some twin shards at the prison and got it to level 6. It's move set + power is crazy good. I know both bosses are considered easy, but Vicar Amelia and Witch of Hemwick were just steamrolled.
I'm at 25 - 25 strengh and skill.
or girl... she's kicking my ass
xxRONN1Nxx
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I didnt use saw spear it didnt scale well enough for me with the skill stat. I just used cane till i got the blades of mercy
I'm not sure if it will make a difference, but is your matching region set to worldwide? I've had no problem finding people for co op. How long it takes varies from a couple seconds to minutes but I usually find someone.
Nintenyearold
Neo Member
Souls series noob question. Is upgrading the starting weapons ever a waste of resources? Will I find a skill weapon that is objectively better than my threaded cane, or is it a matter of preference?
Superblatt
Member
I'm in worldwide. Guess I'll just sit an wait.
Run past everything and hit the lantern. I spent over an hour trying to fight my way through (though I did get all the items at least), and it only took a minute to just run through and finally get it over with.
RoyaleDuke
Banned
This level is really challenging, you have the right idea by sprinting to
the bell maidens
maiden in that area so they can't continually respawn, move to the next area, find the maiden kill her, kill the adds. Done. It's tough but with some patience and skill you will do it. Alternatively you could just spawn at the Hypogean Gaul lamp and circumvent some bullshit.
Nah. Unlike past games every weapon in this one is good. I'm almost at the end of the game and I'm still only using my cane & blunderbuss. While there are stronger/faster/whatever skill weapons it all balances out.
Nose Master
Member
Man. Not sure if I like or dislike that chalice dungeon has so many unique mob types
itchyass86
Member
Chikage not worth using if I don't raise my bloodtinge, right?
It's worth it even if you don't deem it effective during combat. I use the Chikage to boost style points. For instance, the Chikage is best for achieving the SSStylish class during the battle with a Chalice boss.
Okay seriously though - if the Chikage's movesets are useful to you, then it's worth it.
Yeah, the Holy sword will steamroll every bosses in this game.
It staggers nearly every bosses in this game, even the final and secret final boss.
Wasting upgrades was definitely more of a problem in the old games. Here, pretty much any weapon is perfectly viable and there's not a huge number of them (and before long, you'll be swimming in materials). Upgrade away!
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
What the fuck is that Hunter in Father Gascoigne's location.
His Bloodtinge stat must be at 1000000000000000000000000000000000000 for that one gun bullet to cause such a ridiculous damage.
What a pain in the arse. What'd you get for beating him?
His Bloodtinge stat must be at 1000000000000000000000000000000000000 for that one gun bullet to cause such a ridiculous damage.
What a pain in the arse. What'd you get for beating him?
Super frustrating session tonight. Killed one hard-ish chalice boss (yay), made no progress elsewhere. Died to another boss repeatedly. And another one. And found a neat hidden area but can't survive it. And went another way and ran into new enemies that kill me very fast. And tried another quest line where I died really fast and the load times were too long to put up with.
Starting to wish I'd put 10 more points in vitality instead of skill.
Oh well, I'll get through it.
Starting to wish I'd put 10 more points in vitality instead of skill.
Oh well, I'll get through it.
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
Should I increase my arcane to use the Mercy Blade(s) properly?
In previous Soul games, yes, you would eventually find a weapon with great scaling. But in this game I feel any weapon is viable as long as you build your character around it.
Nose Master
Member
Do the chalice dungeons level up along with NG+ or no?
Skill. It's the only weap that gets an S rank in Skill at max level. Doesn't hurt to put in some Arcane points though for minor damage increases.
Nameless
Member
The 1h sword is great too. Super effective against SoY, NPC hunters, and most non giant enemies in general.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
Biggest thing about weapons is A) Their moveset and B) Stat scaling.
Stat scaling is the letters you see next to the attributes on the weapon screen. A higher ranking (goes from E, D, C, B, A, S in that order from worst to best. S being the best) determines how much of a Weapon Damage bonus you'll get when you level up the stat.
No. And regarding your previous thing, I hate that they have all this content that should have been in the main game
Extra chalice slots in case you want multiple.
Incendiary
Banned
Yeah, I finally got to the next lamp by basically ignoring most of the enemies and making a mad dash. Hopefully I didn't miss too many good items because fuck that area.
Wha?
NoSkillz187
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Anyone?
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