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Drunken Baker posted:Can you dip in and out of chalice dungeons or are you locked in once you start one? Also you can have multiple chalice dungeons going on at the same time.
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Excellent! Thanks for fielding all these stupid newbie questions. I'm just so drat thrilled to be playing the game after all this time.
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May 3, 2018 11:31
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Drunken Baker posted:Excellent! Thanks for fielding all these stupid newbie questions. I'm just so drat thrilled to be playing the game after all this time. I was in the same boat and the thread helped a lot. I had basically read all the lore but watching the story unfold in person is so completely different. Now I'd say Bloodborne is up there with Psychonauts for my favorite game of all time.
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May 3, 2018 13:31
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Actually having a lot of fun with a BLT/ARC using a Simon’s Bowblade and then Bloodletter I rushed as soon as I could. Thanks to the false depth and T3 rune dungeons, I was able to get enough resources to take on all the DLC bosses except OoK, and I haven’t even killed Rom yet. It’s fun helping people in low level dungeons wearing a bunch of DLC gear and having the milkweed rune on haha.
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May 3, 2018 15:21
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Drunken Baker posted:Excellent! Thanks for fielding all these stupid newbie questions. I'm just so drat thrilled to be playing the game after all this time. Another thing to keep in mind is that when you beat the game and enter new game plus, all of your chalice dungeon progress is left untouched. So you don't need to worry about finishing anything in the chalices before you beat the game
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May 3, 2018 15:37
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U-DO Burger posted:Another thing to keep in mind is that when you beat the game and enter new game plus, all of your chalice dungeon progress is left untouched. So you don't need to worry about finishing anything in the chalices before you beat the game How does NG+ work exactly? You keep your character and gear, and it resets all the enemies and now they're x times more powerful?
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May 3, 2018 15:56
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shut up blegum posted:How does NG+ work exactly? You keep your character and gear, and it resets all the enemies and now they're x times more powerful? correct. you keep everything non-plot related and everything is upleveled
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May 3, 2018 15:59
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shut up blegum posted:How does NG+ work exactly? You keep your character and gear, and it resets all the enemies and now they're x times more powerful? Yup, you wake up in Iosefka's Clinic and you keep everything except for keys. Enemies are stronger and give waaaaaay more blood echoes
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May 3, 2018 16:05
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So GoW finally did it and I'm going to get my first console since the SNES - should I buy the PS4Pro if I only want 1080p gaming? Since I come from the PC I'm used to smooth 60fps at least, so I guess it will be well worth the money over a regular PS4?
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May 3, 2018 16:11
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GaussianCopula posted:So GoW finally did it and I'm going to get my first console since the SNES - should I buy the PS4Pro if I only want 1080p gaming? not many games get a locked 60fps. its variable. You'll see the framerate go from near 60 and drop at various times, so while overall its nicer than most console games, it can be even more jarring at times because you notice the shift. I have a pro and use the resolution option so my game looks fantastic but is locked at 30. I also play games on my pc sometimes and you just adjust to the 30fps Get a pro if you intend to get a 4k tv in the foreseeable future.
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May 3, 2018 16:18
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May 3, 2018 16:18
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Most games won’t go above their original 30 fps caps with a pro, including bloodborne Monster hunter world is the only game I’ve personally played where the difference between a regular and a pro is substantial
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May 3, 2018 17:05
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Drunken Baker posted:I might have hit the tipping point and "got" the game now. You fool! You imbecile! I've been brickwalled by the Undead Giant in the first dang chalice dungeon! I know what to do against him, I'm sticking to his back and dodging out when he does his sweep but... I don't know. He always clocks me in the end. Hahaha. This doesn't bode well for the future.
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May 4, 2018 08:19
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Rayjenkins posted:It’s fun helping people in low level dungeons wearing a bunch of DLC gear and having the milkweed rune on haha. Yes, very much this. I've got the Beast's Embrace rune on, and I've been helping low-leveled people clear out Old Yharnham or Hemwick while in werewolf mode. I've had more than 1 person take a swing at me when they see a beastly guy with huge claws run towards them, even though I'm blue.
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May 4, 2018 12:11
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I think chalice dungeons ignore matchmaking levels because I ended up guiding some real softies around last night.
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May 4, 2018 12:19
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Drunken Baker posted:You fool! You imbecile! Treat him more like a dark souls boss, since he’s a big boy. Give him one smack, maybe two max if your weapon is fast enough, then dodge away. Also, a bit of fire always helps, from fire paper and molotovs. And if you like giants, you’re gonna love some of the other variants. 
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May 4, 2018 15:25
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is there some thing where the weird corpse boxes in Yahargul don't spawn if you have high insight or something? I realised after watching a speed run that I never even saw any of them on my second (NG) play through
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May 4, 2018 15:33
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I'm on my first playthrough and insane amounts of frustration from Maria lead me to BL 141. I fought OoK once almost 40 levels ago and didn't do it again. How hosed am I going to be in NG+?
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May 4, 2018 20:01
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MNSNTZR posted:I'm on my first playthrough and insane amounts of frustration from Maria lead me to BL 141. I fought OoK once almost 40 levels ago and didn't do it again. How hosed am I going to be in NG+? itll be a cakewalk
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May 4, 2018 20:46
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unless you suck
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scary ghost dog posted:unless you suck I spent the last half of the game ignoring Vit, so. 
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May 4, 2018 21:12
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MNSNTZR posted:I spent the last half of the game ignoring Vit, so. Level 50 it, now
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Yeah I mean if your Vit isn’t 50 and you’re playing NG+, what are you even doing?
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I got it to 40 and realized that I kept getting my rear end handed to me in a couple of hits still because I suck at this game. Figured that focusing on actual build stuff was better, which did serve me well so far. Favoring offense way more than defense, I can kill most things faster than they can kill me. So I'm the exact wrong type of person to play Soulsborne games!
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May 5, 2018 00:20
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No, that's a fine approach to Souls games so long as you don't suck at dodging
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I rushed 30 Vit in my first playthrough and usually don’t ever touch it until past Amelia//Rom now, you really shouldn’t be getting hit by the first 3-4 bosses at all if you’ve played Bloodborne before
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May 5, 2018 01:45
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Not getting hit is nice, but not if it engenders passivity. Rip and tear until it is done.
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May 5, 2018 05:42
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I didn't really know this but instead of picking up Amelia's item and starting the night phase I'm just continuing on through the game, and it's nice and warm looking out in the cemetery. Pleasantborne even.
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May 5, 2018 17:07
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Hemwick isn't really continuing on, you could see it in the sunset by just doing it before Amelia.
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Oh, now I remember why I forgot the Witch boss.
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I kid you not I died to witches on my latest run 3 times because they caught me off screen
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I still advocate for my 30 VIT soul level 120 DEX Build for BOM.
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May 5, 2018 20:33
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So has anybody here been hanging around the Blood Soaked Beast to help out with invasions as this is the second time in about a week where I ran through the area with a beginning character and had a character show up and just wreck the thing. On a different note I am doing a physical character to work towards the beast claws and I had forgotten just how much I loved the Axe. When I fought the Cleric Beast I barely even dodged and just tore into the thing.
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STR builds make the game so much easier imo. I remember the difference between the axe and threaded cane are ridiculous early game. I'm going Skill and the saw spear isn't even that great at using Skill, but has a much better moveset imo. I had to check a guide to find the: key item to enter Cainhurst. I feel kinda lovely but I played through the woods twice at this point and didn''t find the path. You've gotta admit, that cave is a little hidden away. Plus that whole hidden area that the path leads too is absurdly important for learning some npc stuff. Whelp. Iosefka!
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Just killed Orphan. What a satisfying fight, holy gently caress. That was some Gael-level intensity. It was a really good note for the game to go out on. I’m probably done with Bloodborne for a little while, at least, but if I’m itching for some more Souls stuff, are the unique bosses in chalices worth the apparently boring level design?
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wocobob posted:Just killed Orphan. What a satisfying fight, holy gently caress. That was some Gael-level intensity. It was a really good note for the game to go out on. You liked the Gael fight? The unique bosses are interesting but it takes a lot of effort to reach them..
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Thing is, VIT is much more powerful in bloodborne than in other souls games. Because blood vials heal 40% of your max HP and you can hold 20 blood vials, for every 1 HP you gain you also get an extra 8 HP in potential healing. Having 50 VIT massively improves the healing potential of blood vials, making it much easier to survive a long fight, and also saves you a fair bit of echoes over the long run.
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Hunt11 posted:You liked the Gael fight? I think Gael is probably my favorite fight in the entire series, fwiw
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Your Computer posted:I think Gael is probably my favorite fight in the entire series, fwiw Mechanically it is a decent fight it is just that from a story perspective it just felt completely flat to me.
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