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[Bloodborne] Woeful sanity, have audience with cosmos
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I hope you bought the blood vials after farming echoes instead of actually grinded them from drops
Gehrman was more fun the first time I fought him, but in the two times I've beaten him since, I've had him on lock. He's so easy to bait and predict.
Killed Amygdala, bought a bunch of bullets and vials thanks to that. Amygdala might have my favorite boss tactic of the game.
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I do agree about MP though. Easy, boring fight. The blood regen thing is a pretty newt mechanic, though, I thought. Creative implementation of the system as a boss ability.
I'm still running base VIT, because I hate myself.
What was the blood regen thing? I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, but I've only fought it once.
And yeah, vitality is definitely something you want to level more in this game, for a number of reasons:
1) Biggest one is that the game is straight up designed around the regain system to a certain extent, so if you're getting 1 shot or losing 90% of your max health in one hit, you're at a disadvantage.
2) In other souls games, you can use heavy armor, a shield, or both and your effective HP and ability to avoid damage is just higher in every way.
But I think Desmond said in a previous post he likes to simulate NES style die in 2 hits type gameplay with his Souls, so it makes sense if he likes to roll that way. No shame in that. It's not my cup of tea, but there's no wrong way to play Souls.
Me, I have 50 VIT and a +10% max health Caryll rune on and i'm still feeling vulnerable all the time. i'm on NG++ but still.
After living the dream, I would agree. I never put points into hp in any Souls game, but some parts of this game are just kicking my ass.
I also didn't know if I'd be able to survive the fall to the abandoned workshop, but that luckily wasn't a problem.
Just kind of a neat little trick that you go "ohshitohshitohshit" to at first and then figure out what the game wants you to do.
I did defiled chalice at something like 30 VIT, it was probably the single most horrible thing I have been subjected to in-game. The game isn't being very subtle about telling you to put points in VIT at that point.
In my desire to do a run with as little looking up of things as possible, I have missed getting a cannon. It is likely in one of the areas that I desired to spend as little time in as possible, or just an area with enough nooks and crannies that I missed some.
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Its pretty easy to mistake as a regular, hard hitting ability until you notice that
The first two times it got me I just assumed it was a big ass aoe like Gehrmans anime air slice that I'd barely survived and just pumped vials. But I noticed that he sits still for a while after using it, and your "amount to heal" stay for like 15 extra seconds.
Its probably possible to miss entirely if the fight ends quick. Only started happening post 50 or 30% for me.
I'm still unsure if I care about playing through the chalice dungeons. So far they are just boring, but I heard they get better. Just not sure if I care to spend the time to get to when they get good.
There are some neat boss fights in there but the dungeons themselves feels mostly just repetitive combined with occasional bullshit. They became far less annoying once I started using the hunter's axe instead of the ludwig when clearing trash though, the axe is just such a beast due to its R2 even though it doesn't have the pure damage output that the sword has at high levels.
You can get one blood rock, though, and only one.
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My friends were flabbergasted when I'd go farm for like 60-90 minutes and walk away with 3 Titanite Slabs.
Actually that said, I'm pretty sure I have repressed a memory of some horrible farming in demon's souls but I'm not keen to unearth that one thank you very much.
Neat idea, really not fun to actually mess with though.
That's just flavor text
There's actually a stat that shows damage modifiers vs kin and beast respectively, and the saw weapons just do normal damage vs beasts
No, it's been legit confirmed I believe that Saw weapons do extra damage to beasts like Paarl, Werewolves, the darkbeasts and things like Vicar Amelia and Cleric beasts.
If you notice they keep up with damage with things like the Axe and Kirk's one-handed mode while having less base damage and less scaling on beasts in particular.
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Afterwards I went and cleared Hemwick and the boss there,
Went to Hypogean Gaol and fought Darkbeast Paarl,
Went to Cathedral Hall and worked my way to Forbidden Woods,
Then got curious, wanted to see what that guy was talking about great strength and some weird shit happened outside of Grand Cathedral,
Leveled a ton today, like 15 or 16 levels. Maxed my vitality to the 30 soft cap, now I'm working on my endurance. Maxed out my cane with what I could, still haven't found blood chunks yet. Kind of hoping I find a better Dex weapon soon, or that the Cane scales to S at +10. Also had a bunch of really awesome blood gems that pumped up my cane damage a lot.
Really enjoying the game, it just keeps getting more creepy while getting more awesome.
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I found him by accident while I was out exploring with a ton (for me) of blood bucks.
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I'm so satisfied after killing the penultimate boss that I don't feel compelled to continue. I will, but there's a lesser sense of urgency then before.
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