Uncovering Secrets Edition
Last time, on /bbg/ >>123969370
>Patch 1.07 Info and How to Access the DLC
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/11/20/bloodborne-the-old-hunters-out-tuesday-patch-1-07-detailed/
>Eye isn't showing up!
Please ask in thread, we will be happy to help
>Planners
https://www.mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne
http://bloodborne.frontbuffer.com
>MP Range Calculator
https://mpql.net/tools/bloodborne/
>Screenshots
http://gematsu.com/gallery/bloodborne/
http://imgur.com/a/UsDJ2
>Guide Scans
http://justsomefaggot.imgur.com/
>Concept Art
http://www.creativeuncut.com/art_bloodborne_a.html
>Co-Op & PvP
http://www.bloodbell.com/
Official PvP Chalice: hizzngr3 (Pthumeru Root)
Saturday Fight Club: 6cb7ieyy (every Saturday 6pm EST, rules: http://imgur.com/1RjNbF4)
>Chalice Speedrun Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMkznHPuGY4
>CD finds & Weapon Variants
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q9enxffA3dyKGu6IVg-P4IVgmKSUYSP9UOOiThHmPIU/htmlview?sle=true
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1syKnSKflHbFiGY4pXkfIeXoMa2Lp9X1aXyme2qaTen4/htmlview?sle=true#gid=1163029848
http://pastebin.com/V03vDSCq
http://www.reddit.com/r/bloodborne/comments/3184gy/chalice_dungeon_resources_faq/
>Where to go next in BB
http://pastebin.com/kr9TbvKS
>Wikis
http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com
http://bloodborne.wikidot.com/
http://bloodborne.wikia.com/wiki/Bloodborne
>I need help in Chalice Dungeons!
1. Make sure you don't have an Oath rune equipped, your network is set to Worldwide, & your chalice is set to Open
2. Set a password with at least one number & one letter (the more the better)
3. Provide glyph if necessary
4. Due to 1.05, there is no longer a way to Dungeon skip via SRRC
5. More info regarding MP for CD's @ http://pastebin.com/R2ZSmner
>Wheel, Fight Club, and Chalice Dungeon Speedrun Info
http://ssjnugget.imgur.com
>Beasthood & Claws Info
http://pastebin.com/dD7Cv5mx
First for Kosm
>>123992128
who?
1st for no posts?
>>123991364
might as well, since the fucking servers are down
Were lethal gems added in the DLC?
Reminder that maintenance until the weekend is over.
haha that picture in the OP is really funny XD
can I save it on my harddrive?
So I'm doing an Arc build but i'm a little confused about this image. Shouldn't I make a weapon Bolt instead of Arc since kin are weak to bolt?
>>123992239
Thanks. Do you need a certain insight to hear them ? I can't hear shit. What is the spot exactly ?
>>123992283
Save it, it's all yours my friend :)
Is it worth having minimum stats for HMLGS except one? I have a BL89 who could meet the arc requirements to wield it, but would only have minimum arc/STR and 50SKL.
Hey guys, is the Church Pick good for an Arcane build? Anyone know?
>>123992485
maybe? My dude could hear it at 42, the Amydala show up at 40
>>123992510
>>123992510
Yup for some reason they thought it was a good idea to go back to the 4 vs 1 DaS 2 implemented after going back to 3 vs 1 in Bloodborne.
>>123992654
You'll be usin tools and stagger weapons or saw weapons. No, probably not good with the pick.
>>123992334
Hardly, kin enemies have almost identical bolt and fire resistances, brainsuckers even take much more damage from fire than bolt
Getting a third weapon to make into bolt later is a better idea, as there are still a lot of enemies that take bonus damage from arcane you can get too early on
>>123992672
Are you using the Milkweed rune ? I ask because the Fishing Hamlet Villager NPC has new dialogue when you use it.
>>123992334
>>123992803
well the real reason is that there are no easy bolt gems until like after rom
the earliest you can get them i think is to farm nightmare frontier, which sucks
tons of endgame radials in fishing village though
>>123992906
initially yes, but since they then show up without it
I want that hat Maria
For the arcane build, I'm supposed to farm fire radials in layer 2 of central pthumeru, right? What are the best gems I can expect to get there?
on the one hand, i prefer games where invasions are easy and frequent
on the other hand, i really hate the people who complain about invading being too hard
how do i reconcile this
>>123992196
>DeS HP penalty
With Cling Ring and Foe's Ring and PBCT, the bonus damage you get as an invader almost exactly makes up for the health you're missing. Having less health and more damage is actually ADVANTAGEOUS in a 2 or 3v1 situation where you want to be able to burst down summons as quickly as possible, as opposed to DkS system where invaders have no modifiers and just have the same stats as a host or summon.
Yeah you gotta give up 2 ring slots, but DeS didn't have anything like RoFaP, Hornet, DWGR, etc. Losing ring slots was not a huge deal.
I can't get back up the surgery altar. I never got the lamp post in the research hall and for some reason the alter won't take me back up, I just got the skull and the gun. Please help.
>you need to farm random dungeons and hope for a random room with a chest which hopefully contains something you need in order to be competitive in pvp or fully utilize certain weapons and builds
I'm curious that at no point during development someone said this out loud and everyone went "wow, that's retarded, let's change that"
>>123993224
If you got the skull the elevator might still be up? Try pulling the lever.
How can people have trouble with Laurence?
When he's in the second phase just stay on his left and evade the attack after he finished circling.
The second phase is even easier than the first.
>>123993224
Pull the lever.
>>123993045
what are your sliders
>>123993215
And how do you know dark souls 3 wont have rings and shit that do something to the same effect?
Stop complaining about a game that isn't even in beta you fucking faggot.
>>123993370
Lever just takes me down- oh. Oh shit. I'm a moron.
>>123993420
seconding
>>123993342
Does he have the highest amount of HP in the whole game ? In NG++ I thought he would never fucking die.
>>123993287
I swear it's like the DLC coming out just unfroze the bitching about this game and people know as little about it as they did at launch.
>>123993463
>And how do you know dark souls 3 wont have rings and shit that do something to the same effect?
because faggots like you are the reason soul memory got implemented in the first place.
>>123993342
with that genius logic, why should anyone have any trouble with any boss in this game?
>if you execute the fight correctly by knowing the strategy, it's not hard at all
well no shit.
please keep posting more in this thread.
>>123993463
I'm not complaining about DkS3, that must be some other anon you're thinking of. I'm just pointing out that in DeS you didn't have the same sort of penalties that later games applied to you, and that the "health penalty" in DeS is really trivial compared to BB.
That split second the Orphan sounds like an actual baby is really spooky.
>>123993342
It's mainly on NG+ and above, where his baby attacks stop doing a tiny amount of damage that you immediately rally back via R1 spam, and instead take 2/3 of your HP. The fight breaks down on higher NG cycles because things that shouldn't even have a hitbox, but do no damage anyways so it's not a problem, suddenly do massive damage and you have to watch for every twitch and flail, which he does so much of during the second phase that there's virtually no real openings to attack him outside of his firespit.
>>123992803
>>123992954
Cool, I might hit up the DLC then since the saw spear managed to carry me all the way to mergos wet nurse
>>123993587
Nigger what are you talking about? I don't care about twinking, I hate ganksquads, and I love pvp. Stop projecting for one second and kill yourself.
I'm about to play Bloodborne again with the DLC.
What should I go for build wise? I wanna try a lot of the new stuff. I got a bit spoiled from looking up the new weapon movesets, so I kinda wanna try the beast transformation or the weird tentacle transformation.
Anything I should know?
How do the Souls games rank in difficulty for you, /bbg/?Personally.
Demons > Dark > Blood > Dark 2
>>123993590
Yeah but you have to watch for one attack in the second phase, all the rest is don't be stupid and stay on his left. Oh, and don't get greedy.
That's it.
>>123993667
>>123993538
What's your AR?
Post hoonters
>>123993932
Strength or quality for beast, arcane for kin. Honestly I'd go for strength first since you get a ton of cool shit right away.
>>123993594
The person I responded to saying des had health penalty was a person shitting on dark souls 3 for handholding hosts because invaders had a health penalty.
>>123994029
>>123994029
Nice shekel circle David
Didn't see new thread, so here I go again:
Is STR/ARC a viable combo? Or is its only purpose to make the Holy Moonlight Sword work?
pixiv never fails to amaze.
>>123993958
Dark Souls 2 > Dark Souls > Bloodborne > Demon's Souls
>roll new character
>Eileen gets RAPED
>start a new character again
>>123994029
old good hunter
>>123994460
>not having back up saves
>>123994460
>file name
God dammit.
>>123994029
don't ask for sliders
>>123994757
Doesn't PS+ actually just do this for you automatically?
>>123994029
>>123994939
You can turn off automatic saves, you can use a regular old USB to copy your saves.
>>123994029
Beast Cutter? More like BEST Cutter.
What lvl where you when you beat the orphan?
lvl 89
str 30
arc 30
skill 18 (didn't know what I wanted at first)
vit 27
end 25
blt 7
tonitrus +10
amys arm +10
having a ruff time
>tfw fire fx still playing during Laurence's even thogh sfx are turned off is something that will never get enough attention for From to fix it
>tfw no clean Laurence theme untill official OST releases
>>123995278
>25 end
>tonitrus +10
>>123995278
I was about level 70 with a +9 Kirkhammer.
![e7d54f68f63944ec84cdedf4d3939964[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lcan7So.jpg "e7d54f68f63944ec84cdedf4d3939964[1].jpg")
>>123994463
this bitch wants to be Kylie Jenner so bad.
>>123995242
Wait is this 'Delicious Brown'-chan?
Hi, what's the best version of the parasite to use?
I thought maybe uncanny as radials seem to be based around fire and bolt. Am I right?
>>123995375
The JP edition that has the DLC OST will be released in 2 days, so there won't be much waiting.
>>123995375
Yeah. Good thing it releases in like 2 days.
>>123995482Yes
>>123995385
t-thanks for the tip
>>123995576
Gib sliders.I lost the link to the imgur album.
>>123995278
95
40VIT
25SKL
40BLT
Chikage+9
>>123995278
lvl 89 as well I think with whirligig +10 can't remember what stats I had.
>>123995776
where is the scaling softcap?
>>123995846
Of what?
For damage stats is 25.
>>123995702
http://imgur.com/a/8Op99
>get saw spear
>compare it with hunter axe
>faster and stronger
the only thing the axe has on it side is some reach and the knockdown
am I missing something?
Is anybody here buying the DLC guide next week ? I heard there's going to be a complete game + DLC lore section in it. Is anybody willing to scan that ?
>>123995264
Literally everything it does amygdala arm does better.
>We can't add bows because the guns replace them
Proceed to add a bow
>We can't add more shields and armor because the game setting or something is too limiting
Proceed to add another shield. Also Dark Souls 3 is faster than the other souls games, but that didn't stop them from adding more gameplay variety
I like BB, but it seems like fromsoftware didn't really put a lot of effort into this game.
And they were lying as to why the game was so limited compared to the other games in the series.
>>123994029
Wolfy.
>>123996026
Is there a fucking zip with all the guide images?
Why the fuck do you fags release it on imgur is beyond me.
>>123996074
SAVAGE
>>123995278
First try
level 100
35 str/skl
rest vit
saw cleaver +10
>>123996009
faster it is stronger it isn't. Not being all up in an opponent's face is a good thing.
>>123996068
Let me guess, you're a PC gamer.
You know I have really mixed feelings about the DLC.
Don't get me wrong, its all solid and good content.
I just feel like this is stuff that was supposed to be included in the main game.
It leaves a kind of bad taste in your mouth when you're paying 60+20 for a "complete" game.
>>123995957
Doing gods work anon.
>>123996068
>using shields
>>123995954
25 is the first, 50 is the second.
>>123996009
Some weapons are blatantly better than others while occupying the same niche, it's just the nature of a miyazaki game.
The Hunter's Axe is essentially the bitch weapon of BB. The reach in tricked mode allows you to stay at a safe distance and poke at a boss instead of getting right up in their shit. It's essentially the crutch that's supposed to carry passive players until they can get Ludwig's holy crutch. Saw spear is the saw cleaver with a better trick mode, if you aren't afraid to get close and mash R1 it'll be the weapon for you for most of the game.
>>123996242
I was just reading this interview with miyazaki as to why the game is so limited gameplay wise compared to dark souls
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/09/13/miyazaki-talks-dark-souls-3-freedom/
>>123996242
You shouldn't judge like that anon, I'm a pc gamer and I love bloodborne.
The true "master race" is one that doesn't shackle itself to this "war"
>>123996379
Why are you telling me?
>>123996242
>bragging about being a sheep under sonys foot
Don't get me wrong, I have a ps4 and play bloodborne just as much as I play das1 and des, but jesus christ you sound fucking pathetic.
>>123996054
Really like those extra swings that it does on its own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqfist6FYA
>>123996526
The weapon is amazing to farm watchers
>>123995278
BL ~330
Vit 99
End 40
Str 70-something, I think 72
Skl 50
Blt 50
Arc 70
Someone said there was winter lanterns in the dlc. I didn't see any and I got every item and beat every boss.
>>123996936
>I got every item
I guess not, pal.
>>123995278
NG++
vit 30
end 18
str 38
skill 45
blt 22
arc 17
I had a hard time.
>>123996936
>didnt get the bloodrock pass the winter lanterns.
>>123996936
>every item
probably not if you didn't at least hear one
>>123996936
Funny. Maria's weapon is right behind the lanterns. Blind shit.
>>123995375
We can all agree that Laurence has the best theme in the DLC, right?
>>123996995
There was only 1 bloodrock and I definitely got it. It was near snail waifus and lightning guys. No winter lanterns there. Do they only appear in a certain NG cycle? I was in NG+ 1.
>server on maintenance, most likely because of the glitch they were too stupid to fix
>mfw didn't buy the DLC
>play the DLC anyways because of the glitch
>trophies still count for me
>get all trophies possible (even the one next to the 2 tide hunters)
>every single weapon in the DLC sucks balls compared to the burial/claws
>Pizza cutter is hilariously broken and makes all bosses pure easy
thank god I didn't spend a dime on this, the only good fight was Maria and Kos (some say kosm)
>>123995509
Yes, uncanny parasite is best parasite
>>123996936
>I'm an idiot
>>123997074
Nigga what? The rakuyo is in the well with the 2 bigass guys.
>>123996068
It is the scourge of butthurt.
>>123996203
https://mega.co.nz/#!ZdoHUKAQ!8Ylu-e_Iws-YzVae0vt2bGt_2tST_xn1yoaaVX8hWb0
>>123992739
Well also, can you imagine the ease of going through an area with four people? Sheesh.
I love you /bbg/, thanks to you I like this game even more.
>>123997256
>>123997031
>>123996995
>>123996981
Not him, but this guy didn't see any winter lanterns in his run. Start the video at 10:55 He walks right up to the bloodrock and grabs it, no winter lanterns in sight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7RC3SyCf90
>>123997472
Thanks, nigga, mega shit is exactly what I was talking about.
>>123996068
>get the bow
>its range is pure garbage
>disappears 3 inches in front of you
>the weapon itself is pretty bad too, leaves you too open for a parry
desu they should've made the armor upgradeable witcher 3 style, more shit is added on the armor when its upgraded. than again miyazaki is a retard and his team has to hold his hand anyways
>>123996465
yeah i never bought into the whole "because of the victorian setting we can't have heavy armor and bows". they could have easily added more medieval like weapons and armor in the chalice dungeons since they are supposed to be very old. hell that alone would have made the dungeons way more bearable, but it is what it is.
>>123997331
You can either
>climb down the well
or
>when you get the bloodrock turn left and run into them
either way youre a lying sack of shit because when you run towards the rock you run into their sight and get frenzy
>>123992739
DaS2 was originally 3v1. The version that increased it to a 6 person cap came out after bloodborne.
>>123997509
Going through an area with 2 was already too easy, debuffs not withstanding just having two people available for mobs to target makes the game incredabley casual. At least for Dark souls 1 and 2 anyway. I've not done Co-op or pvp in BB.
>>123997331
the ladder isn't the only way to get to that spot dude.
>>123996068
>>123996465
It's becasue this was their first true current-gen game. They had to focus more development time on creating the new game engine and other technical stuff. Now that those are already established, they can focus more on content in DaS3.
>>123997608
you retard start at 9:50
those ARE the winter lanterns
question: why are you a retard anon? because its impossible for anyone to be this fucking dumb, even kids with down syndrome are smarter than you. consider suicide faggot
>>123997608
>Start the video at 10:55
>He killed the winter lanterns at 9:50
Gee I wonder why you don't see them at that time in the video
>>123997719
Yeah From games have never been balanced around the idea of multiple players. Co-op is supposed to trivialize the difficulty, because they can afford to design the game with difficulty in mind knowing that the player has the option to turn on easymode without actually turning on easymode.
It would actually be nice if they eventually made bosses designed from the ground up for co-op. IIRC there's an action MMO that handles the concept of multiple players vs one boss in an action environment really well.
>46 posters
where's errybody?
>>123998094
online is down mayne
>>123998094
Not in the Dark Souls general they've been in the same thread since we've gone through 5
Hey, Bloodborne noob here. What are the online features of this game? I've never really touched it, except defeating one invader.
>>123998472
Right now, none because the servers went down for maintenance
Usually though it's seeing ghosts of other players, bloodstains, notes, as well as summoning cooperators and getting invaded
There are also chalice dungeons that other people make and you can join or vice versa
>>123997236
>>every single weapon in the DLC sucks balls compared to the burial/claws
Ironic because the mining pick makes the burial blade completely pointless.
>>123998472
None. Literally. At least for a few days.
>>123998229
Don't make fun of them man we're gonna be at that point in a couple months
>>123993042
Did you record them, anon. I'm really curious.
>>123998684
patience anon, I have the shit internet
>NG+ Ludwig
I'm doing next to no damage using a Saif +7. Should I just co-op this or what? I used Henriett in one attempt but she got completely fucked up.
>>123993215
>>123993594
I think overall DeS was the nicest game to invaders, in spite of the health penalty. The damage boosts were great when combined with cursed weapons and you had access to grass. About the only downside compared to other games is that it was possible to friendly fire on enemies while trying to kill someone.
But that niceness was probably accidental. In DeS, a successful invasion automatically gives you your body back like successful coop does, so I think that they were planning on people using the black eye stone as a way to get their body back while playing through the game normally, they weren't planning on invasions being so fun that people would just park themselves in certain areas and do nothing but. So it was based around the assumption that invaders and hosts would have roughly equivalent gear and grass reserves, which didn't turn out to be the case.
Every game since has attempted to balance out invaders to be at a disadvantage, like they were supposed to be in DeS, and I think usually around the assumption that invaders are highly likely to be endgame-geared characters going back to earlier areas.
And that's what I see in DkS3. If you're complaining that it seems like the invader can't win, that's exactly right, the systems have always been designed to put invaders at some disadvantage and make it more likely that the host will prevail, since the host is the one actually risking something. You can see that ideology even in something as small as the flasks replenishing after an invader dies; no more winning an invasion only to not have enough supplies to kill the boss.It won't matter though, I'm gonna slaughter all those DkS2 scrubs anyway.
>>123997236
>claws
>good
nah
>>123998681
We've been there when the DLC wasn't announced, yet the community here was nice and the shitposting was minimum.
>haul ass to cainhurst on my weak ass Bacon-Lettuce-Tomato build
>chigoe bloodsucker ladies
>can't manage to parry them for some reason today
>>123994029
Beast Cutter's awesome/fun
should I join the league
>>123998078
The problem with that for Souls games is, what happens to the offline players? They have to make do with NPC summons?
>>123998860
>Nice
I've been here for weeks now, asking for help and advice and all I've ever gotten was ignored and told to fuck off. This general is no different from theirs.
>>123998860
Well you try and go 5 years playing the same game and have retards constantly spouting that das2 is a good game every thread and see how nice and not shiposty you can be.
>>123998681
>Don't make fun of them man we're gonna be at that point in a couple months
No we aren't I'll be make a console specific thread that adds in BB until they add the series in the general.
>>123999170
What exactly are you asking for?
>>123999247
boost me through Mensis...
>>123998094
Not motivated to play when online is down.
>>123999106
Or how aboutthey get good? Not every game handholds, anon. Be lucky you have any npc summons at all.
>Doing Gascoigne now with the threaded cane
My god this shit's pensive. Never realized just how fucking aggressive Gascoigne actually is. That fucker cuts you zero slack. Bosses later in game feel a lot more forgiving. This fucker just rushes at you and cleaves a two foot valley in the middle of your skull.
>>123999247
Well nothing now because I had to go and spend ages learning it all myself.
>>123999296
This is my fourth run and I still woudn't mind that, fuck this place.
>>123999296
Like, help you through it?
Would you guys say its worth going from 28/12 to 30/13 to use the Cannon on my strength character? It would push me from bl 46 to 49, though, not sure if that would fuck up my range for coop/invasions.
>>123998945
I do like it, but
>Adding Amygdalan Arm and Beast Cutter in the same expansion
Does that seem silly to anyone else? They're so similar in concept.
>>123999462
>Cannon
waste of bullets
>Fight Orpahn of Kos
>run out of vials
>he is almost dead, so am I
>for some reason decide to r1 spam since I thought he'd kill me anyway
>Misses his Attacks and dies
DSP strategies actually work. A AH A
I realize its only been 10 minutes but throw me a bone here
>>123998771
Should I just use a different weapon or what?
>>123999414
>parry,VA
>parry,VA
>parry,VA
>parry,VA
>chuck molotov
>chuck molotov
>Prey Slaughtered
That's how I do him these days. But when I first started I died so many times I was uncontrollably mangry.
I wish BB had a grand lance of sorts, absolute fucking weapon in the entire souls series
>missed the drop to Living Failures three times on a row
is OoK hard or am I just brain-dead?
Also, how to dodge sticky placenta grendage throw and lightning attack in phase 2?
>>123999608
Get a +10 weapon and use beast pellets.
>>123998771
Don't summon Henriett. She sucks. Join the League and summon Valtr instead. He's more helpful than she is.
>>123992334
Why the spear instead of just picking the cleaver? They both have the same arcane scaling.
Guys, I'm not exactly sure how PvP works in this game.
I can only get invaded when there is a Chime Maiden present, yes? They can spawn when I ring the PvP bell, this I know.
Can they also spawn when I ring the coop bell?
>>123999756
yes
>>123998771
>NG+
>+7 weapon
how could it go wrong
>>123999654
The drop?
>>123999756
They spawn when you ring the Beckoning Bell and find someone with it.
>>123999526
But that damage seems pretty outrageous.
There's any negative effect on level your character to 120? there's less trafic? or why you guys don't like it?
>>123994029
BTW, you can buy ritual blood (5) in the shop in game+ but not ritual blood (4)
Which is the fatest way of rushing to the chalice the beast claws are? I missed them on the first game.
>>123999652
My favorite thing about DS2 was all the weapons and how viable the majority of them were. It's just a shame it had to be called Dark Souls. It could have been an amazing stand alone game.
>The only thing left I needed to do on my newest build was to farm gems
>Servers are still down so I can't just join any of the watchers glyphs
>Can't savescum materials back either and still get the chalice, have to use them for every chalice
This is suffering, I'd rather face the pear wiggler than this
WHY IS THE SERVER MAINTENANCE GOING SO LONG? DOESN'T SONY/FROMSOFT UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF THIS FUCKUP? GAME WAS HAVING PEAK POPULATION AND POPULARITY. DO THEY EVEN REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE BOUGHT THIS CONSOLE AND GAME ON FRIDAY?
Hey, friends. I created a new character because my NG+ character is shit unfortunately.
My stats so far are as follows:
Vit: 23
End: 14
Str: 15
Skill: 20
Bloodtinge: 9
Arcane: 8
I've been using the Hunter's Saif so far and I really enjoy it, but I'm torn because I'm not quite sure it's good for PvE in terms of DLC bosses or later bosses in general. Would it be a good weapon to +10? I had also thought of Whirligig perhaps as well.
One more question, I apologize. So far, in terms of build, what would be the best bet in terms of stat placement for a general quality build? I'm sorry, as I feel I am unfortunately inept in my build creation.
>>123999106
That's usually good enough. The goal isn't to introduce a secondary source of damage or have another player solo the boss while you watch (though that happens plenty), it's just to introduce a situation that the boss' moveset and ai is very poorly equipped to deal with. Virtually every boss in ever souls game ever has a big fat blindspot somewhere behind it, and having 2 aggro targets means someone always gets to sit in it and deal damage. As long as the ai serves as a distraction, the bossfight becomes radically less challenging.
One major concern when designing games is that the overwhelming majority of your audience and consumers will be people who are not dedicated or hardcore fans, and in many cases aren't even particularly dedicated to gaming. It's an industry imperative to ensure games are easy enough for those sorts of players to progress, since anybody would lose interest if they're completely brickwalled by an insurmountable challenge for multiple playing sessions. We all know that making games easy like that makes them less fun for fans and dedicated players, and From's co-op system is an elegant solution to this. In fact, From games tend to be full of subtle and clever ways in which the player chooses their own difficulty. Since few people will willingly flip a game on to easy mode if the option is right in front of them, because it's belittling, players will happily choose to cheese a difficult encounter with poison arrows, backstab fish difficult enemies and summon for difficult bosses with full awareness that doing so is essentially making the game easier, but will enjoy the process rather than feel like the game is mocking them.
>>123999864
Only for a short burst, but like 600-1k damage for 12 bullets, you could just get a evelyn or repeater pistol and do more damage for less bullets.
>>124000041
probably because there's a glitch in the game that lets you access the DLC without buying it
>yfw this is a similar glitch to the beast claws one and fixing this fixes that too
>>123999826
To be fair its tearing up normal enemies in a few hits, which is the same amount my +10 has been doing.
>>123999904
/bbg/ likes 98 because some people were arguing for an 80 meta, and people who wanted to go higher went to 98 because that's the highest you can go while invading 80's, and also it just barely avoids being able to invade 150, which some players go to.
120 is fine, it's where most people outside /bbg/ go to. If you like 120 but also want to play with /bbg/, go 117, that's just low enough that you can invade 98.
>>123999959
Oh you mean like the halberd and it's 12 clones that have identical skill sets? I loved that part.
>>123999524
What? They're not similar at all save for the wide sweep attack transformed r1's.
>>123999756
They spawn during co-op, yeah. There's also 2 zones in the game where there's one active in the level by default.
>>124000041
I'm assuming they said a few days to cover their asses if it takes longer than a few hours or a day.
>>124000167
>probably because there's a glitch in the game that lets you access the DLC without buying it
So push out a hotfix that quickly fixes that issue. I couldn't possibly be that hard to just turn off Hunter's Dream co-op for the time being rather than kill the whole game for "days". They could take their time solving the issue if they would do something like that.
>>123999959
>My favorite thing about DS2 was all the weapons and how viable the majority of them were.
That might have been true before all the patches.
>>124000069
Get Saif to +9 and try other stuff before using a blood rock. If you're going quality, go 25/25 and then decide which one you want to take to 50 after experimenting with weapons.
>>123994029
fun invasion spot edition
>>123999671
You back up for the grenade you fucking doofus and there are gaps in the lightning attack, just roll through one of them. Don't stand too close to Mother Kos' body or else the gaps will be too close together
>>124000265
They're both short, heavy weapons that transform into big whip things. The tricked R2s are also both overhead slams, but Amy's can be charged and has flailing.
They just seem like very similar concepts. It was weird to pick up one at the steps and then pretty soon after pick up the other in the cave.
>>123999671
Hes IS hard.
So what is a good build for bloodletter/gatling gun?
40STR/30BDT?
>>124000180
i don't like to be high
i fucked up a build and want to fix it and the only way is to go up to 120 but since there's no fucking server and i don't know what to do i might start the same build but doing it right
Do you have a BLT build you can share? with 98 as BL so i can use the bow/chikage/Bloodletter?
>>124000627
>You back up for the grenade you fucking doofus
I was talking about the projectile one. unless that's what you do too
>>124000041
There was a glitch where players summoned to the Gehrman fight would load back into their game and have access to the DLC key item, effectively permitting them to access the dlc for free.
They took the servers offline to prevent too many people from getting the dlc for free and killing their sales before they can get a hotfix out, but the ETA on that fix is unknown because they obviously don't know exactly what is causing the bug in the first place. It could take minutes or days to find and fix the issue, after which they have to run thorough tests and ensure it's well and truly fixed before they can put the servers back up.
>>124000790
second form of bloodletter is pure bloodtinge raise that blt up to 40-50 and put str down to 28
>>124000696
Does the Beast Cutter have more range than the Amy Arm? I only use the Amy Arm so I don't know but it definitely looks like it extends longer in its whip form.
>>123999170
>>123999296
And they did good.
Fuck off, scrub.
>>123999296
mensis is easier than ever since online is down
>>124000790
Bloodletter's normal form is shit and its trick form scales exclusively of of blood, so you can run minimum STR to weild your weapons and then go straight up to 50 blt.
Bear in mind the gatling gun's blt scaling is shit. It gets by through having a high base damage, but it's not particularly a blt weapon.
>almost at the last leg of the chalice dungeon grind for muh boom hammer
>maintenance for several days means no gems
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>>124000836
Don't stand so close to him if that grenade is the one hitting you, you can also just dodge to the side for that one and ram into his side.
>>123999959
>It could have been an amazing stand alone game
Yeah, an "amazing game" I would have never played if it weren't for the Dark Souls name on the cover.
>>124000790
Do 25 STR/50 BLT
>>124000891
I didn't ask why the maintenance was happening. I was asking why they felt "days" was an acceptable response.
> It could take minutes or days to find and fix the issue, after which they have to run thorough tests and ensure it's well and truly fixed before they can put the servers back up.
Bullshit. It's one fucking bug and they have Fromsoft and Sony Japan Studio both on the job of finding/fixing it.
Like I said before, it would be a better idea to kill Gehrman/Moon Presence co-op than it would be to shut the game down for multiple days. Hell, they could even just relocate the Blood Drunk Hunter's Eye and let us pick it up in a different spot. Maybe an offline only spot. Like Iosefka's Clinic.
>>124001115
Wait what? Gems depend on online? Sorry if this is a dumb ass question but I haven't really been around since the first few threads.
>>123999959
>My favorite thing about DS2 was all the weapons and how viable the majority of them were.
I fucking hated this. I can hand it to DkS2 it had some serious build variety, but personally I really like a small set of distinct playstyles, rather than a huge gradient.
DeS had a problem where it had like 50 weapons, but only about 10 to 15 were at all worth using, the rest were just worse versions of some other weapon. E.G. Knight Sword > Longsword > Shortsword. There is not reason to use Long/Shortsword over the Knight Sword, they have less range and deal less damage and get nothing in return. Anyways, it was obvious that in the sequels, something needed to change.
DkS and DkS 2 fixed this problem by going in one direction: they made the "inferior" versions actually have things that gave them some advantage. Broadsword had less range, but more damage than longsword and a different R2 and two-handed rolling attack. Sun Sword had more range and damage, but slightly longer recovery on its attacks. Etc. Dark Souls 2 took this even further, making some weapons use more/less stamina, actually balancing weight of weapons so that it was a relevant stat, changing scalings around a lot, changing lots of the moves, etc.
Bloodborne went the opposite direction. It did the equivalent to just removing Longsword/Shortsword from the game, and only leaving Knight Sword.
IMO this was the best fix. Everything feels distinct, and you don't have problems that come with DkS2's content bloat.
>>124001185
You really shouldn't try to talk about these things if you have no idea what the process is.
QUESTION
if I kill adella the nun in the chapel for her rune, will arianna still give birth to the child after Rom? are there any repercussion besides the dweller not wanting to talk with you?
I want her rune so I can stack it with the others for 6 quicksilver per visceral.
>>124001229
if you farm them in dungeons other than your own, yes
fuck my life senpai
>>124000805
http://www.mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne/8693
>finally get some time off to play the dlc
>SEVERAL DAYS
I got a friend who might build his character to use Ludwig's Holy Blade.
That's a Quality weapon, isn't it? My question is this:
What are the stats for a Quality build? I know about Str/Blt or Str/Arc or Skl/Blt/Arc or whatever, but not Quality.
Ok guys, as we have many "how to build" questions lately I decided to make some templates. Please rate them and provide feedback. Also I never did an arcane build and also don't know how to make a MLGS build so you could try to make one.
http://www.mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne/8687
http://mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne/8690
http://mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne/8691
http://mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne/8688
http://mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne/8692
>>124001271
I know what the process is. I also know that no other company in the world has had to shut down a game for "days" to fix an exploit or bug.
"DAYS" isn't acceptable. Especially when we're talking about a subscription fee based service.
>>124001349
Looks like you were the living failure this time.:^)
>>124000371
>/dsg/ tier list
Let me remind you that most people in /dsg/ think CW Meatcleaver is a good build and complained about Zweihander being OP for the first year of Dark Souls being out.
>>124001440
>a subscription fee based service.
But the PSN is working just fine atm.
>>124001263
perhaps, but for many the illusion of choice is better than having a small array of completly viable options
>>124001474
>not so living anymore lel
>>124001229
You can’t search the usual glyphs at the moment for top tier runes.
You can only create chalices.
>>124001474
But anon... how can he be a living failure if he's dead?
>>124001424
For Ludwig, leveling priority is: minimum requirements > SKL to 25 > STR to 25 > SKL to 50 > STR to 50.
Usually you will stop with 25 Strength and 40 to 50 Skill, but it depends on how much you're going to level up.
>>124001613
Yet the game I pay my subscription fee to play online isn't. Normally we'd just have to shrug, but Bloodborne is something Sony is directly and intimately involved in, so they can carry plenty of blame.
>left all my farming dungeons open
>>124000371
The shitty thing about those is that a lot of them were viable because they were all very similar. There were hardly any weapons with completely unique attacks, I calculated it out one time and it's something like only 10% of weapons. The design approach was to have a set of generic attacks for each class, then for most weapons mix and match those movesets with different stat spreads.
It's funny, because it's almost the exact opposite weapon design philosophy as BB, where instead there are hardly any shared attacks between weapons and everything strives to be unique.
>>124000931
It kinda feels like it, but it's hard to tell. I fucking love those KACHUNK KACHUNK noises the cutter makes so I use it a fair bit, and the R2s go really far.
>Find out how easy you can cheese with the bow blade
>Threw away a 30% blood attack gem yesterday
First-time player here. Where do I go after defeating Djura? I've turned Old Yharnam inside out and can't figure out where to goexcept for Blood Starved Beast, but fuck it I'm doing him later.
>>124001440
>>124001185
well I'm glad you know more than the server engineers at sony and the from software developers. Can you give them a call and give them a rundown on how to hotfix this? I would start the conversation with "hi I'm from 4chan and you're taking too long to fix an issue which prevents me from playing video games online - this is not acceptable. Put me through to the live ops team so I can help them"
thanks!
trying to beat logarius at bl 33
are there any summons available at all for him?
>>124001962
i have bad news for you anon
>>124001263
My one issue is that there are too many weapons relegated in the Str/Skl category. It makes sense that it is this way, but a little bit more variety would be welcome. Thankfully the DLC gave us some good additions and only one or two questionable ones.
I also don't understand why they just don't add two handed weapons into the Souls series. It seems so easy but apparently the value of holding every weapon in one hand and using a shield is too high.
>>124001424
LHB is perfectly even quality, so your build strategy would be to get strength and skill to 25 first, then raise one of them to 50, then raise the other to 50. Usually people pick skill first because visceral damage, but there's also a good number of weapons that are better with str/skl than skl/str.
A lot of weapons fall under quality specifications of one kind or another, so whether it's str or skl is up to what other weapons you'd like to use. Or he'd like to use, I guess.
>>124001962
Have you gone to the left of the Grand Cathedral?
The lunge after a sidestep on the saif is crazy.
It's so fast and covers so much range, at least 1.5 times the distance of a forward step.
>>124001962
>except for Blood Starved Beast, but fuck it I'm doing him later.
Wellscrubyour only other option is to buy the 10K key from the messenger bath and opening the gate in Cathedral Ward.
Protip for bsb: hold forward and right, then mash r1. He will never hit you.
>>124001962
Unless you buy the emblem to open the gate your gonna have to kill him.
>>124001427
>"Skill Build" has 15 arc
Hmmmmm...
It's an admirable effort though.
>>124001263
I liked the gradient because it meant I could find a playstyle and build and weapon that fight just right for me by trying various things, and could find something else way on the other side of the spectrum that changed my playstyle completely and gave me a fresh experience (eg. powerstanced fists vs halberd vs pure pyromancy vs greathammer).
Bloodborne still experiences some of the redundancy (Ludwig's and Kirk have the same untricked form, Saw Cleaver and Spear have the same untricked moveset, Tonitrus and now Boom Hammer have an even smaller moveset than Dark Souls weapons), but mainly deals with the issue of while every weapon is very conceptually unique (longsword that transforms into a greathammer, Scimitar that becomes a scythe, Whipcane, etc), many of them fulfill the same or similar niches, or don't offer meaningfully different playstyles from the other. Their uniqueness, I think, only really shines in pvp where even small nuanced differences in moveset can matter a lot and every attack in a moveset will find use.
I Liked bloodborne, but I think I prefer the souls way of doing things more, and I'm looking forward to seeing DaS3 be more of the same.
>The SCEA Engineer who was posting on reddit deleted both his posts
Oh fuck. That's not a good sign
>>124002023
>well I'm glad you know more than the server engineers at sony and the from software developers.
I know that they've completely mishandled the situation from top to bottom. To be totally honest, I think they should have just let the bug sit until they had an option to fix the problem in a timely manner. I'm a paying customer and I'm being kept away from more than one good/service I paid for, so that Sony can freak out about a few third worlders stealing DLC. They're punishing the only people who don't deserve it.
Beyond any and all other reasons though, I'm simply astounded that they're going to be taking so long to do this. Literally not a single game developer I can think of in the past 10-15 year of my gaming experiences has had to take more than one day to solve an exploit/glitch.
throw some oil on blood starved beast and then kill him in like 8 hits with fire paper on it.
I can't beat maria
halp
>>124002214
Going back to other weapons is just so hard after using the saif. I always expect to dash forward on my dash attacks.
>>124002321
many dip into arcane for Beastroar and hunter bone.
>>124002376
Parry.
>>123994029
>hoonters that look at the world through their useless eyes instead of trusting the ones they've got inside
Curse the fiends, their children too
