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[Kevin Shields]

One thing I like about BB compared to the others souls is that the items like Molotovsor others are still viable 10 hours into the game. In DS, my items were useless really quickly. Are items better balanced this time around or am I just not far enough in the game yet??

 

[Kinsei]

it's not.

Damn. Are there any other than the

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Vileblood, Exectutioner, and Hunter of Hunters

covenants? If not that's a huge disappointment.

 

[Virdix]

To be fair, his laser attack in the second phase does have 1 hit kill potential. But yeah, other than that there isn't much to the fight to keep you from an easy finish.

You just avoid that my staying in melee range, he will only use tentacle or his fists.

 

[Spoo]

Ok, this

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cathedral hunter

is absolute fucking bullshit, beyond belief. Most frustrated I've been at the game. I can't even do the cheese strats and it seems impossible to beat him normally because he heals

There's an item you can use that can keep him from healing. I found him difficult to and instead of cheesing him I just didn't kill him until much later. Not everything in this game is necessary to kill.

 

[Finalow]

there goes my hunter rune with my second chara.

fuck you Eileen and your bugs.

 

[Eiderann]

I seem to be having trouble getting

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Eileen the Crow

to move from her location in the sewers. I just can't seem to advance her, but I've killed the

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Cleric Beast

,

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Father Gascigone

, and the

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Blood-starved Beast

, but I did not visit her in the sewers until after I had killed

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Father

and don't want to move onto the next boss for fear of missing something with her. Anyone else encounter this?

 

[SkylineRKR]

I, I actually lost once to

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Witch of Hemwick. Didn't expect the projectile, and at my level the grab was insta kill.

I think this fight is under rated. It was a nice change of pace after such agile beasts. I was first visceral killing the shadow guy, was like, this can't be? And then I noticed the catch. But then, there was another! And yet another!

 

[ZangBa]

I guess I'm going to create a lot of random depth 5 chalices for blood rocks since I've basically finished everything. Maybe I'll find some good weapons to share later.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

Going to ask a question I asked in OT2, and didn't get an answer.

Here's my NG+ stats, and I'm not sure what to level anymore. Using Burial Blade+10 & Blades of Mercy+9, Hunter Pistol+9, going SKL/ARC.

Should I raise my Arcane up more, for scaling, or skill? Worth putting in 6 more points of Bloodtinge for Evelyn?

your dmg stats can go up to 50 then the diminishing returns are real. upgrading bloodtinge for evelyn probably isn't worth it unless you go up to 50. i would max skill to 50 then pump everything into vit.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

I seem to be having trouble getting

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Eileen the Crow

to move from her location in the sewers. I just can't seem to advance her, but I've killed the

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Cleric Beast

,

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Father Gascigone

, and the

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Blood-starved Beast

, but I did not visit her in the sewers until after I had killed

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Father

and don't want to move onto the next boss for fear of missing something with her. Anyone else encounter this?

you need to kill another boss before she appears fighting a hunter at the tomb of oedon

 

[todahawk]

killed by my own son - was remote playing on PSTV and my son didn't realise, and pressed the PS button on his controller right in the middle of a fight with Vicar Amelia. So naturally I died.

also, while I might not be good at this game, it can be infuriating to read tips that say 'just stay behind so and so' - but they spin around so fast it is bloody difficult. Plus their 'frontal' attacks seem to be more like '270 degree' frontal

I know i've said that a few times so I'll elaborate because you're right, it can be difficult to get behind them.

I died repeatedly to BSB and got very frustrated so iinstead of holding back and waiting I moved towards him immediately, then sprinted and hit circle to close the gap (while locked on) when it looked like he was going to attack. Since you're locked on I found it easier to keep strafing right or left depending on what he was doing and keeping on his ass.

I did pretty much the same thing with VA and some of the later bosses too like DP. I've done some bosses where I don't lock on because of camera wonk but I generally try with lock on first. I was getting completely demolished by the first boss (CB) as I was not much of a melee fighter in previous DeS and DaS games. This game really forces you to watch your target and respond appropriately. It still gets frustrating but I'm having a shitload of fun studying the enemies now, learning patterns and jumping on openings in defenses. Very rewarding gameplay.

 

[fuzzyreactor]

One thing I like about BB compared to the others souls is that the items like Molotovsor others are still viable 10 hours into the game. In DS, my items were useless really quickly. Are items better balanced this time around or am I just not far enough in the game yet??

They are def more useful. I hardly ever used them in previous games outside trolling in pvp

 

[Phat Michael]

I guess it was the canon guy up the hill?

I guess so. I was going the right way then?

 

[Bunta]

NG+ kills:

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shadows of yharnam and rom are jokes after you know how to beat them.

 

[RoboPlato]

Is there a good chart of stats and scaling ranks for the weapons? I want to directly compare Saw Clever and Saw Spear

 

[Finalow]

Damn. Are there any other than the

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Vileblood, Exectutioner, and Hunter of Hunters

covenants? If not that's a huge disappointment.

nope, just 3. confirmed by the german_spy guy who worked on the guide.

 

[Sullichin]

End-game spoilers/question -

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I at the three umbilical cords. Started the Gherman fight but I wiped a few times and now I need blood vials. Shut off my game because I had to go.

Does it matter if I do anything else in the game now - ie can I go farm vials, maybe level up a couple of times, do a chalice dungeon - and then go back and finish Gherman fight? Basically, will it still count that I ate the three umbilical cords?

 

[Newtype-001]

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You talking about the second girl?

if so


Uh... go check mr piggie.

Hmm there was no one at the pig but just undeneath the ladder near the house

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there was a dead girl with a white ribbon

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

Hey, you actually answered two questions. Alfred's the blonde haired dude no? Is he when I go up the elevator and roll out while its going up? And is the Death Dealer in that village place after BSB? I died to one I think and was sent to Yhargul. Is that one of them?

Alfred is the blonde guy, but you don't roll out of any elevators to reach him. He's in the tomb area, and then appears again down a set of stairs near the giant courtyard with the big fucking axe dudes. Also, yes, the Death Dealers are the guys with the big bloody burlap sacks that drag you away to Yhargul. Easily parried if you can be patient with their punches. The second their first starts coming toward you (after they cock it back), light em up!

End-game spoilers/question -

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I at the three umbilical cords. Started the Gherman fight but I wiped a few times and now I need blood vials. Shut off my game because I had to go.

Does it matter if I do anything else in the game now - ie can I go farm vials, maybe level up a couple of times, do a chalice dungeon - and then go back and finish Gherman fight? Basically, will it still count that I ate the three umbilical cords?

You're fine, go do whatever you want.

 

[UCBooties]

So I'm taking this game slow. I am too used to trying to play methodically and I'm having a hard time knowing when to press my luck in this game. I have gotten mauled by the two Nether Beasts on the bridge in Old Yharnam 5 or 6 times. I just can't seem to separate them. Even if I'm fighting one back by the carriages the other comes over to join the party...

Fortunately there is a shortcut that gets you past them to the Cleric Beast fight. I only tried it once and got it down to about 35% health before running out of bloodpacks and dying. I can't seem to get it's stun timing down, is trying to stun bosses a lost cause? I'm guessing it's dodge or die but I've never gotten the hang of that playstyle.

I'll keep with it, I've really enjoyed exploring Old Yharnam and I want to check out some more of the sewer areas. I'll probably just explore for a while and try to get a good stock of blood echoes. I know grinding doesn't really get you much in a Souls game but I feel like a few more points of damage or another dodge worth of stamina can't hurt.

 

[Coconut]

My poor little PS4 fans they keeping working as hard as they possibly can for hours on end.

 

[super-famicom]

Is there a good chart of stats and scaling ranks for the weapons? I want to directly compare Saw Clever and Saw Spear

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Hunter+Axe

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Saw+Cleaver

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Saw+Spear

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Threaded+Cane

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Clowned father gascoigne with another player

 

[Randam]

So many items in the woods I want to get..
Fucking snake head guys..

 

[Spoo]

NG+ kills:

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shadows of yharnam and rom are jokes after you know how to beat them.

I still find

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Rom

annoying as hell. On him in a chalice dungeon now, and I just have the worst luck dodging his AOE/shards, especially in a much smaller area.

 

[mrklaw]

oedipus would be proud
--
VA is weak against fire so try fire paper or the oil+molotov combo. also try numbing mists to stop her healing. you can pick some up around the cathedral.

can you buy fire paper or numbing mists? I think I found some numbing mists as a pickup in the cathedral somewhere, but enemies don't seem to drop it at all and I used it all up on my first fight with VA

 

[Ljx718]

No that's an

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optional area

.

do you know what happens if you the other way towards the

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two hunters? i reach a door and i just get one shot by a huge invisible enemy

 

[RoboPlato]

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Hunter+Axe

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Saw+Cleaver

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Saw+Spear

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Threaded+Cane

My eternal gratitude.

 

[Virdix]

Got another class soon, cant wait to get back and do more chalice dungeons, maybe after i finish the Ihyll Pthumerian ill do Great isz? Or maybe ill do Hintertomb first to be safe.

Soulflarz, keep me updated on your progress man.

 

[Kinsei]

nope, just 3. confirmed by the german_spy guy who worked on the guide.

That sucks. The covenants in Dark Souls were great, but it feels like they just threw a couple into this game just because they were in the last games. As someone that doesn't PvP all three are useless to me.

do you know what happens if you the other way towards the

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two hunters? i reach a door and i just get one shot by a huge invisible enemy

Once you get an item called the tonsil stone

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that enemy will take you to an optional area

. The door opens once you continue with the story.

 

[Neoweee]

They are def more useful. I hardly ever used them in previous games outside trolling in pvp

They are more powerful here. Fewer elements= more likely to hit a weakness, IMO. Lots of things are weak to fire.

 

[AngryMoth]

There's an item you can use that can keep him from healing. I found him difficult to and instead of cheesing him I just didn't kill him until much later. Not everything in this game is necessary to kill.

I want the thing you get from

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eleen

after beating him.

The item you're talking about doesn't last long enough for me and I only have 1 left. Pretty sure you can't buy them?

I'll try coming back when I have a +10 weapon.

 

[SweetJohnnyCage]

do you know what happens if you the other way towards the

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two hunters? i reach a door and i just get one shot by a huge invisible enemy

You can ignore this for now. You'll find out why.

 

[Yshi]

I know i've said that a few times so I'll elaborate because you're right, it can be difficult to get behind them.

I died repeatedly to BSB and got very frustrated so iinstead of holding back and waiting I moved towards him immediately, then sprinted and hit circle to close the gap (while locked on) when it looked like he was going to attack. Since you're locked on I found it easier to keep strafing right or left depending on what he was doing and keeping on his ass.

I did pretty much the same thing with VA and some of the later bosses too like DP. I've done some bosses where I don't lock on because of camera wonk but I generally try with lock on first. I was getting completely demolished by the first boss (CB) as I was not much of a melee fighter in previous DeS and DaS games. This game really forces you to watch your target and respond appropriately. It still gets frustrating but I'm having a shitload of fun studying the enemies now, learning patterns and jumping on openings in defenses. Very rewarding gameplay.

True, and what I learned so far is that we cant be to much careful, most of the time the best strategy is just run straight to the boss lock on, dodge and attack.

Most of the time at bsb i was trying to hide behind the pillars and attack it after he charges, but in the end the best thing I did was be extremely aggressive and it worked.

 

[Mogwai]

Hmmm.

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Paarl

rekt in first try. Easier than expected.

 

[Messiek]

Cane user here on NG+ at lvl 101. In first play I got Skill to 30 and just stopped with it, focusing on Vit and End. (more so End).

In NG+, I started sinking more into Skill because you just need that extra dmg. So took it to 40 and 1 in Vit for every 2 in endurance has served me well.

Thx, I'll do that. : )
So how is the cane holding up?

 

[Paskil]

I managed to solo take down

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Darkbeast Paarl

on my first attempt, yesterday (first boss solo takedown). I had no foreknowledge about the boss. Man, talk about feeling great about gaming accomplishments. I think I felt almost as much pride in that single victory as I felt when I got my Demon's Souls platinum. This game has sucked me in more than any game, probably since Demon's Souls.

Sogood.gif.

 

[biteren]

So many items in the woods I want to get..
Fucking snake head guys..

i think the lundwig R2 attack work well against them, especally fully charged, the power to 1 shot them and the range to stay safe, works well against the other snake enemies aswell

 

[The perfect Dark]

Ok, this

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cathedral hunter

is absolute fucking bullshit, beyond belief. Most frustrated I've been at the game. I can't even do the cheese strats and it seems impossible to beat him normally because he heals

Yep, he is impossible to kill. Fuckin' bullshit. I'm not even able to react/ heal etc.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Lore question, do we know what a

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Darkbeast

is? All of the items just reference them without explaining anything. I found the

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badge

and I can't tell if

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Arch or one of his friends died to Paarl or became him.

.

 

[LiK]

I managed to solo take down

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Darkbeast Paarl

on my first attempt, yesterday (first boss solo takedown). I had no foreknowledge about the boss. Man, talk about feeling great about gaming accomplishments. I think I felt almost as much pride in that single victory as I felt when I got my Demon's Souls platinum. This game has sucked me in more than any game, probably since Demon's Souls.

Sogood.gif.

Yea, it's pretty great. Don't forget to save the clip.

 

[Golgo 13]

Fuck

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Rom

. I hate the feeling these games give you when you feel like you'll never beat a certain boss.

Here's what I did.

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At first I was impatient and tried to lure the spiders away and then got a hit or two on Rom and then ran away. Didn't work because usually a spider would jump on me and nearly kill me. The key to this boss battle is patience. Kill the small spiders, one by one. Remember to hit them from the back or side and they should go down in a few hits. Try to flank them, preferably when one stays from the group. After you kill one, roll or run away and re-assess the situation. After they're all dead, hit Rom from the sides until he disappears.

Later on, he'll start shooting blue meteors at you while you're trying to kill the small spiders. Roll, roll, roll. Time your attacks between these barrages. Eventually Rom will do an Area Of Effect attack when you get close to him. He'll kind of curl up in the air before he does this. Move out of range, then go back in for some hits. He'll go down evetually, just don't rush the battle or you'll keep dying and dying.

 

[Ljx718]

That sucks. The covenants in Dark Souls were great, but it feels like they just threw a couple into this game just because they were in the last games. As someone that doesn't PvP all three are useless to me.



Once you get an item called the tonsil stone

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that enemy will take you to an optional area

. The door opens once you continue with the story.

yea i got it. do i skip anything if i do that now? i just finished beat

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Shadows of Y

 

[Ferrio]

Ok, this

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cathedral hunter

is absolute fucking bullshit, beyond belief. Most frustrated I've been at the game. I can't even do the cheese strats and it seems impossible to beat him normally because he heals

Ya stuck on him as well. Fucker even using my weapon.

That sucks. The covenants in Dark Souls were great, but it feels like they just threw a couple into this game just because they were in the last games. As someone that doesn't PvP all three are useless to me..

Ya they were an afterthought for sure. Very very sad that they dropped the ball on a lot of things they shouldn't have.

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

Good lord how is anyone supposed to explore the unseen village? This is like, the essence of difficulty.

 

[Kinsei]

yea i got it. do i skip anything if i do that now? i just finished beat

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Shadows of Y

Nope. Make sure you take a lot of antidotes and sedatives with you!

Good lord how is anyone supposed to explore the unseen village? This is like, the essence of difficulty.

Run.

 

[Mogwai]

Good lord how is anyone supposed to explore the unseen village? This is like, the essence of difficulty.

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Look for the bell keepers

 

[Yoshichan]

I really wanted this game to have a boss run...

 

[todahawk]

True, and what I learned so far is that we cant be to much careful, most of the time the best strategy is just run straight to the boss lock on, dodge and attack.

Most of the time at bsb i was trying to hide behind the pillars and attack it after he charges, but in the end the best thing I did was be extremely aggressive and it worked.

Yep, I said in the OT 1 & 2 that the counter attack period where you regain health shows they want the focus on attacking and not as much on defense and turtling. They also said BB was going to be focused more on killing than dying. I understand that better now. Love the change up, very fresh gameplay.

 

[Finalow]

I don't remember, how do you reach the zone where you fight

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Mergo's nurse?

I mean from the start of the location, nightmare of something. not frontier