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Metalbourne

Indie Winter wrote: »

so has no one managed to figure out what the ring of betrothal is for

it has to have some actual use in the game, right

or is it just another pendant

It lets you marry the doll

Indie Winter

Metalbourne wrote: »

Indie Winter wrote: »

so has no one managed to figure out what the ring of betrothal is for

it has to have some actual use in the game, right

or is it just another pendant

It lets you marry the doll

really? never saw that option in the game

nicopernicus

Respawning enemies are the worst!!

Moth 13

Indie Winter wrote: »

so has no one managed to figure out what the ring of betrothal is for

it has to have some actual use in the game, right

or is it just another pendant

Moth 13 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9V5eHtfpM

Transporter

If the description on the ring is to be believed.

You can propose to the women trying to/involuntarily giving birth great ones.

Which should be:

The Queen of the Vilebloods.
Annalise
Fake Iosefka

There's probably a condition or two that you have to fufill for the other two. Maybe get to a certain point in the game? Before a certain point in the game? Maybe having already eating an Umbilical Cord? Maybe after all three?

Bloodborne best dating sim.

nicopernicus

Oof this triple hunter fight in what used to be the gaol is really kicking my ass.

tsplitter

azith28 wrote: »

I dont understand the problem people have with Rom.

When i got there, I was kinda nervous since people had mentioned him as a Pain in the ass in vauge terms. However all I ended up doing was targetting whichever spider was most removed from the group, doing a side step on him, hit him once, which killed it, then back rolling. repeat until all spiders are dead, apply bolt paper to my cane, beat on rom until he teleports.

Second phase is kinda the same except you have the spells he casts. keep targetted on a spider. The magic he throws at you pretty much always starts falling where you are facing, for me it was to my right and slightly forward. when the first bolt hits, its following an assumed path based on the facing and direction you were in when the first bolt landed. dont run, just shift sidewise away from the spider you were locked onto, until the magic finishes, continue to kill the spiders. when all spiders are dead, run up, apply bolt paper and pimp cane him to death, watching for him to do that big splash thing with his tail, and backrolling out of its range then walking back up again to smack him more. I never got a third phase, but if you do, you should be able to just run up to rom and finish him ignoring the spiders.

Ok look

I know how to beat Rom. I've done it before. I've watched videos of people doing it. I've read everything I could on the many different ways others have done it, because there are many ways of doing it, even ridiculously easy ways. Sometimes. Sometimes dodging left to right works. Sometimes running at him will make his meteors miss completely. Sometimes, you can just run up to him with every spider still alive and they don't do anything. However, sometimes the meteors have DS2 levels of tracking, which can be bad because, sometimes, he'll just keep spamming that attack, even when you're right next to him, which basically changes the rules of the fight. Sometimes the spiders are the smartest damn henchmen you'll ever see in a Souls game, and will just dog pile you if you go near Rom. Hell, sometimes Rom just teleports as soon as you land in the lake, so you start the fight with two waves of spiders while he's at full life

I don't like this fight because I don't like randomness in boss fight

firewaterword

nicopernicus wrote: »

Oof this triple hunter fight in what used to be the gaol is really kicking my ass.

If you want to cheese them, run out the door below and loop back around to the top via the other door. They'll eventually start splitting off one by one.

tsplitter

Indie Winter wrote: »

so has no one managed to figure out what the ring of betrothal is for

it has to have some actual use in the game, right

or is it just another pendant

you can propose to Annalise with it!

nicopernicus

Claw dude down. Now I just have to deal with the other two.

firewaterword

In other news I rented scholar of the 1st sin on PS4. I can't fucking play it. It feels like trying to dance in concrete shoes. Bloodborne has ruined me.

DodgeBlan

What about the

Yarnam stone

, has anyone figured out a use for that?

tsplitter

DodgeBlan wrote: »

What about the

Yarnam stone

, has anyone figured out a use for that?

lets you buy more chalice mats at the store

Vann Diras

Yeah I'm really excited to play dark souls 2 again since I never played the dlc and now it is all different

But not being able to move like lightning is going to bum me out

But I'll be able to punch dudes straight in the mouth again, and that will be cool

DodgeBlan

Boo.

firewaterword

Actually I think that has been disproved, but don't have it to check myself.

As far as I know it does nothing at this point.

nicopernicus

Two down. One to go. It's all thanks to being able to sneak up behind the one on the stairs.

Edit - one on one those guys are very easy to parry.

Butters

Hobnail wrote: »

I receive a genuinely erotic thrill from posts that consist of "what is the matter with you" after someone mentions having trouble with a boss

I'll bet you couldn't contain yourself on the GameFAQs boards then.

nicopernicus

Ahhh! I almost had the One Reborn on my first try. So close! I wasn't expecting a boss yet, so I didn't have very many blood vials.

Suneater

It's in a big empty plaza! It was practically screaming boss fight :biggrin:

azith28

You mean that ring is real? I thought it was an April fools joke.

Where is this yarnham stone you mentioned?

So if you give the ring before the Rom fight, does that mean you have to kill your own child?

nicopernicus

Suneater wrote: »

It's in a big empty plaza! It was practically screaming boss fight :biggrin:

Hahaha true true. Not a very tough fight though. Lots of places to hide.

Moth 13

So who's the most obnoxious Spider boss? Duke's Dear Freja or Rom the Vacuous Spider?

It's Armor Spider and that stupid stupid webbing bullshit.

Cilla Black

tsplitter wrote: »

DodgeBlan wrote: »

What about the

Yarnam stone

, has anyone figured out a use for that?

lets you buy more chalice mats at the store

This is tied to your progression in the dungeons, not the item.

nicopernicus

So after killing The One Reborn I've got 26 insight. Is that too much? Also this game has some really horrifying/terrific enemy designs. Those corpse boxes will haunt my dreams forever.

Hobnail

Man I've had 99 insight for ages, all I've got left to do is a couple chalice dungeons I think.

Speaking of, is there a real for sure place to snag a single ritual blood(4) or do I need to bugger around inside a Depth 3 dungeon hoping for one? The messengers are only selling (2).This material gathering horseshit is a real drag, I want to crawl through dungeons not fuck around trying to determine how to fulfill the requirements of dungeon crawling

nicopernicus

Hmm I don't know why I was under the impression that more insight was a bad thing. Oh well. On to the nightmare frontier.

Hobnail

Oh right I think having a lot of insight is bad when you encounter enemies that cause frenzy, the more insight you have the more vulnerable you are, those gross brain ladies pretty much instantly vaporise me

Beef Avenger

nicopernicus wrote: »

Hmm I don't know why I was under the impression that more insight was a bad thing. Oh well. On to the nightmare frontier.

people play up a lot the impact that insight has on the game, but it's really not that much. It gives a couple enemies a few more attacks, makes you more vulnerable to frenzy, and makes a small very number of weird things show up, it really doesn't make the game much harder. The frenzy thing is annoying but manageable with armor/runes/sedatives

Speed Racer

Beef Avenger wrote: »

nicopernicus wrote: »

Hmm I don't know why I was under the impression that more insight was a bad thing. Oh well. On to the nightmare frontier.

people play up a lot the impact that insight has on the game, but it's really not that much. It gives a couple enemies a few more attacks, makes you more vulnerable to frenzy, and makes a small very number of weird things show up, it really doesn't make the game much harder. The frenzy thing is annoying but manageable with armor/runes/sedatives

also if you're using the claws or the beast blood pellets, the scaling from beasthood is inversely proportional to your insight

PiptheFair

azith28 wrote: »

tsplitter wrote: »

There's a shortcut that makes the trip back around 12 seconds

At this point I would say Rom is a test of patience due to absolute bullshit but I suppose I shouldn't spoil too much before you try it

I dont understand the problem people have with Rom.

When i got there, I was kinda nervous since people had mentioned him as a Pain in the ass in vauge terms. However all I ended up doing was targetting whichever spider was most removed from the group, doing a side step on him, hit him once, which killed it, then back rolling. repeat until all spiders are dead, apply bolt paper to my cane, beat on rom until he teleports.

Second phase is kinda the same except you have the spells he casts. keep targetted on a spider. The magic he throws at you pretty much always starts falling where you are facing, for me it was to my right and slightly forward. when the first bolt hits, its following an assumed path based on the facing and direction you were in when the first bolt landed. dont run, just shift sidewise away from the spider you were locked onto, until the magic finishes, continue to kill the spiders. when all spiders are dead, run up, apply bolt paper and pimp cane him to death, watching for him to do that big splash thing with his tail, and backrolling out of its range then walking back up again to smack him more. I never got a third phase, but if you do, you should be able to just run up to rom and finish him ignoring the spiders.

the spooters are what is hard about rom

Beef Avenger

beasthood is the most undercooked mechanic in this game, it may as well not exist

PiptheFair

Beef Avenger wrote: »

beasthood is the most undercooked mechanic in this game, it may as well not exist

speedrunning

Bluedude152

This giant bomb video on the dark souls 2 update is hilarious

Why is there a dragon there

DodgeBlan

beasthood is the equivalent of the Dark Souls 2 lighting engine fiasco. So therefore the next game will have an incredibly rich and well put together beasthood system.

Beef Avenger

PiptheFair wrote: »

Beef Avenger wrote: »

beasthood is the most undercooked mechanic in this game, it may as well not exist

speedrunning

any examples you can pull up? I'd be curious how effectively speedrunners are making use of it

Hobnail

Oh yeah I forgot about the whole beast hood thing, so what does happen if you manage to fill that meter up?

Deans

Hobnail wrote: »

Oh yeah I forgot about the whole beast hood thing, so what does happen if you manage to fill that meter up?

Absolutely nothing. Filling the meter up just progressively increases your damage done and damage taken. The higher your beasthood stat is and lower your insight, the bigger the bar, and the more potential damage boost you can build up to.

Apparently high insight increases how much the beast meter fills up with each attack, so for PvE you want less insight and for PvP you want more.

Bluedude152

Your attack goes up and your defense goes down as the meter fills

THats it

Hobnail

Well bollocks to that then.

Man I wonder how much DLC is going to add, like I wonder if stuff like PvP and beasthood isn't supposed to be as vestigial as it is now