/bbg/ - Bloodborne General

Honestly Bloodborne has the worst story in the series. Based DaS3 has the best.

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First for the meme master

>>167624590
No it doesn't, you just forget the events. Everything still happened

>>167624679
Okay, maybe the "open borders and let anons from /dsg/ here to evade DLC 2 spoilers" was a bad idea

>>167624679
beastly idiot

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Thread's ruined already.

Reposting for Mecha Build.

What clothing is most Robot looking?

Besides Bloodletter and Stake Driver, what's a good metallic weapon that looks like something a robot would use. Research for a STR/BLT build.

>>167624749
So what happened to all your shit, and the plague and all that.

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>game keeps losing connection to network

no summoning for me I guess!

>>167624926
The source of the scourge (Mensis ritual) was halted

All your shit was left behind in the hunters dream

>>167624926
>Besides Bloodletter and Stake Driver, what's a good metallic weapon that looks like something a robot would use
Church Cannon

>>167625018
And Gatling Gun

>>167624987
But it was happening even before...Oh well, whatever. I guess it's kinda up to interpretation.
>>167625018
Good Call.

>>167624926
Cainhurst set, if you want something bulkier maybe Executioner's.

>>167625096
>It was happening before

Due to fucking about with Great One blood that's been happening ever since the church discovered Ebrietas (but potentially further back, but Pthumerians may have been able to resist the scourge), but never having done it on the scale of the Mensis ritual which is why this is the worst hunt Yharnam has seen.

>>167625074
Oh, forgot to mention that in the previous one, yeah I listed Gatling Gun. But what about right handed weapons? What really fits. I refuse to use Ludwig's Holy Crutch
>>167625241
Ahhhhh Yeah that sounds good.

Is whirligig /m/? I think it's pretty /m/

>>167625485
Untricked HMS, and yes to Whirly.

So what are good, honest builds and what are memes?

>>167625801
99 END.

>>167625801
>good, honest build
anything I like
>memes
anything I don't like

>>167626104
This seems reasonable

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Ah, you were at my side all along...

>>167626224
Hey that's alot like mine except my ar is 1140 because I never stopped leveling

>>167626224
What the fuck am I looking at. Bolt, Fire, what for?

>>167626224
Stats?

Where can I get Ritual Blood (1) without buying it? I'm out and have no open chalices.

>>167626379
Just because that's what the gems came with
Mine has Bolt

>>167625801
>what are memes?
LHB
HMLS
Beasthunter Saif
Bloodletter
Chikage
Saw Spear
Kos Parasite
Whirligig Saw
Threaded Cane
Hunter's Axe

>>167626432
shut the fuck up

>>167626432
Jesus, m8, somebody replied to you last thread. Don't you have Google?

>>167626502
>Not including the Rakuyo
What did you mean by this?

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>>167626432
Dude I fucking gave you the link dedicated to all of the Ritual Blood drops and where to find them

WHY CAN'T YOU FUCKING READ.

>>167626409
18/20/50

>>167626379
RNG's a helluva drug.

>>167626628
It isn't a meme.

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>>167626979
>Rakuyo
>Not a meme

>>167627034
I like it and it is good for cosplay.

>>167627335
Fuck off faggot that doesn't mean it's not a meme just because you like it
Might as well take Chikage off the list too

>>167627335
And calling the Whirly and Saw Spear a meme? They're arguably some of the best weapons in the game, Saw Spear head and shoulders above most.
I'll agree with the Saif, Chikage, and LHB being memes, and the Axe to an extent, but the rest of that list, just no. Those are dead useful weapons, the Rakuyo is just another tool in the arsenal of edgy shitters. How could it be good for cosplay?

>>167626502
So everything fun is meme?

>>167627572
>How could it be good for cosplay?

Not him but it makes a nifty pirate saber.

>>167627836
The Reiter seems like it would serve better for pirates. I'm curious, though, how would you go about making a pirate cosplay? It seems like an interesting concept, but no garb really sticks out to me

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shit I'm late

PURGE FILTH

>>167627034
>things I don't like are memes
End yourself.

>>167628007
>but no garb really sticks out to me
Maria

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>>167628174
You were gone for so long, I thought you got lost
>>167628290
How isn't the Rakuyo a meme? It's a choice weapon of shitters, has an anime-villain vibe from it, and can be all but stopped through proper usage of a Wooden Shield or timely parries

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>>167628007
>The Reiter seems like it would serve better for pirates
Yeah, butt-pirates.

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>>167628654
I'm sorry, I just can't see it. The Reiter looks like a proper cutlass, the Rakuyo is just an edgeblade

>>167628007
Charred

>>167628007
>but no garb really sticks out to me
Maria's Cap, Old Hunter/Maria's Garb, Yarhar'gul Gloves, Charred Boots.

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>>167628881
>rapier looks like a cutlass

>>167629068
More than the Rakuyo does. Explain how it would serve better than the Reiter in a pirate setup

>>167628528
<hating anime
>on 4chan abd in /bbg/
I know where you belong and it isn't here.

>>167629273
I'm not saying I hate anime, I'm saying the weapon feels like something out of an overly-cliche anime, maybe one where Lucy gets inspiration for his waifus

>>167629265
>More than the Rakuyo does
Alright anon just stop. I didn't want to say anything because >>167629068 is wrong too (The Reiter is clearly a backsword), but the Rakuyo's curve alone makes it more similar to 99% of historical cutlasses than the Reiter.

New to /bbg/ and haven't played since dlc release, since I just moved to ps4 slim I figured I would dupe till 98 and run through, finished setting my build and now I can't log in, did From btfo dirty cheaters like myself?

>>167629549
PSN is currently shitting the bed.

You are kind of a fag though.

>>167629502
Okay. Fine, fair, I really don't want to dig through weapon art to finish the argument, no matter who's right. I just don't like the Rakuyo, and have never used the Reiter before. And ever since they mentioned a pirate cosplay, I've been thinking this might be the time to use it

>>167629653
Eh, both are great at 50 Skl and the Reier being a gun and a sword fits pretty well into the Pirate theme regardless.

Between the two I'd go Reiter for a shooty douchbag type of pirate, but Rakuyo for a swashbuckling type.

There's also no reason not to use both.

>>167629815
That's what I figured, might as well take them both on a magical journey. At least my pirate hunter will feel right at home in the Fishing Hamlet.
And shit, I just made a backstory for the guy. It's like a reflex now

>>167629903
You're making me want to roll a pirate now damn it, especially after reading about a couple female pirates in this random trivia book I own.

If anyone's willing to lend a hand with Ludwig, I'll be outside his fog wall, password bbg

>>167630207
The Seafarer's Workshop:
The hidden workshop of hunters stationed in the ill-fated Fishing Hamlet, where the body of Kos was discovered. These eccentric hunters were a bundle of misfits, outlaws, and drunken sailors, believing themselves to be pirates, taking the duty of watching over Kos' corpse to ensure nothing else would become of it. However, their faith in the ways of pirates and lust for the water drove them to hunting above the Bottomless Sea, wanting to fight the Leviathans and Behemoths that may have slept below.
Upon their journey out, they were swallowed by fog and never seen again. Some say they found the beasts of the sea, and are engaged to even this day in a hunt others could only imagine.
I told you it's a reflex, this was done with no prior planning

>>167630390
Sure

>>167630560
Thanks buddy. Want me to wait for your go or leave the bell up?

>>167630608
Whichever you want, m8
All's good with me

>>167630732
Thanks, man.

>>167630970
Cheers

>tfw you don't like BB but play it anyways since it is the only game the PS4 has
At least I don't have to lie to other BB players.

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Got a back story for this character I have created: Italian guy's girlfriend gets kidnapped by Kos. He decides to get his girlfriend back together with help from his brother.

>>167631472
Kos is dead

>>167632091
It might have been satire on earlier parts of the last thread and a bit of this one, where the backstory of our hunters were thrown around a little.
But Kos being dead does create quite the hole in the story, or perhaps a setup for a shocking twist

>post about rakuyo being good for pirate cosplay
>go to watch movie
>come back to pirate weapon cosplay discourse

I personally use
>maria cap
>old hunter garb
>yaharhar gloves
>yaharhar pants

Reiter and Rakuyo. The latter makes for a better cutlass as it's a slightly curved, single-edged sword as opposed to the more thrusty, rapier-esque Reiter, but you can't beat dual-wielding the Reiter and Evelyn to mow down fuggers and then move in with the Ricky for close range swashbuckling.

>>167632704
Thank you for setting us on this seafaring journey.
What movie?

>>167632786
I'm kind of surprised, with all the tricorns in this game, people don't do pirates more often.

The Pact, a 2012 horror film I never got around to watching, it was a pretty decent watch to be honest, wasn't too indulgent with its supernaturally imagery, which was nice. Casper van Dien is in it because he needed a hot dinner.

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>nightmare of mensis
>nearly lvl 70 and im getting destroyed by everything here

Am I just supposed to fucking run from most of this shit? Because it feels like it

How did Lady Maria die?

>>167633162
Mensis does not fuck around. Slap even a weak ass fire gem on your weapon so the fucking gutworms don't spawn from the Silverbeasts, that shit drove me fucking bananas and fire stops them from spawning. Also bring sedatives.

>>167632953
You got me wanting to do a pirate, so good work.
>Unexplained deaths
>Ghosts haunting a house for some reason
>Ouija Board
>Serial killer with religious imagery
>Eye opens and looks around in the last scene
These cliches are of utmost spiciness

>>167633216
Presumably killed herself after feeling the immense guilt of partaking in the Fishing Hamlet massacre. Why's she alive in the Nightmare? She's only 'alive' once we try getting past her. I think she's in an infinite purgatory now, probably of her own will to protect the shame of the Hamlet massacre.

>>167633406
>I think she's in an infinite purgatory now
This is true for pretty much everyone in the Hunter's Nightmare except for the playing character and Simon

>>167633285
Those maggots are surprisingly fucking annoying, I underestimated them my first time in the poison lake too

Only takes two of them to completely wreck you

>>167633162
Dodge the silverbeasts and rock chuckers, dodge the spoiders, fight that fuccboi on the bridge, MAKE SURE TO TRIGGER DEM SHORTCUTS OTHERWISE IT'S HELL. Beat up the little black guys, beat up the dogcrows and crowdogs, grab every fucking shiny you see. Do the trick where you throw shit at Micolash from above as he stands below like a dunce waiting for you to chase him. Beat up more crowdogs and dogcrows, beat up 9 Shadows of Yharnam, kill 3 pigs, and grind that area for FREE SOULS with all 3 moon runes, btw, make sure you got Sedatives.

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>>167633406
>Presumably killed herself after feeling the immense guilt of partaking in the Fishing Hamlet massacre
>I think she's in an infinite purgatory now, probably of her own will to protect the shame

What's most fun for a first run through? 50str/15arc or 50sk/15arc?

>>167633285
I ran out of sedatives very quickly

I thought making it inside would have meant a brief moment of peace, but the very first fucking room inside reminded me who developed this game

Fuck

>>167633631
50/50 you fuccboi.

>>167633631
50str/0arc

>>167633373
Part of me feels a pirate setting would kind of work for a Souls/Bloodborne game, or even just Age of Sail. Lots of unexplored islands with lost ancient civilizations, forgotten treasure, a vast and deep ocean and all the superstitions of sailors to work with. A man can dream, though. I like to think that's where my pirate came from, contracted some illness on a ship and came to Yharnam seeking a cure.

Yeah, it was by no means a fantastic film, but for what it was, I actually didn't hate it, because it was more reticent with its imagery than most modern horror films are. I feel like I didn't waste my time watching it and that's probably the best compliment I can give most horror films today.

>>167633745
>All he needed was some lime juice
>Winds up unraveling the mysteries of Yharnam and becoming a Great One

>>167633745
I guarantee From could make a kickass Souls-like pirate game, maybe even dredging up the more historical figures in piracy. It would be an utter blast, and I would definitely play it.
How the hell did it get a sequel? Then again, how do most horror films get sequels? The Friday the 13th franchise got eleven or so, that's excessive

>>167633521
I think I've died more to them than anything else in Mensis, including meme bridge boy.

>>167633661
If you brought the old lady to the chapel, you can get a few free ones from her. Once you're inside, though, you're pretty much safe from Frenzy except one sort of optional area. You CAN stop the main frenzy source, but it means going through this one small optional place. It also nets a blood rock for a +10 weapon.

>>167633978
I got wrecked by some fat bitch with an axe who causes frenzy on hit

This place is fucking crazy, this is the most end game shit

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DaS3 has more enemy variety than Bloodborne.

>>167634038
You sure it wasn't Rapid poison?

>>167634110
Spicy bait, have a (You).

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>>167634038
>I got wrecked by some fat bitch with an axe who causes frenzy on hit
Rapid poison, but, yeah, they hit pretty hard.

>>167634132
No, it was frenzy. I'm sure of it

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>Level 88
>first runthrough
>have no problem with basic bobo idiots in Hamlet
>get absolutely rekt by shark giants

I thought I could parry these fucking things

>>167634216
ok nevermind im fucking retarded, it was rapid poison then

>>167634174
I mean, it might even be true, but the bottom line regardless is that DaS3 is the worse game.

I'd be curious for an exact count.

>>167633864
>yfw scurvy beasts
>literally scurvy sea dogs

>>167633901
Your ship could be your level-up hub, where you travel from place to place, make upgrades and stuff. When you set sail to load into a new area, you have a chance of being interrupted to come across an abandoned ship in the ocean crawling with creatures and loot. Fuck, I hope From lurks /bbg/ now...

God, I haven't a clue. It didn't warrant a sequel, anyway, it's fine as it is. I don't think it was received terribly well anyway. Sure, Hellraiser has ten movies now, Halloween has about 8 or 9 with that really weird third one about the child-hating druid who mutates kids with techno-masks on Halloween with subliminal messages. Phantasm, Wishmaster, the list goes on.

>>167633695
Plebbit says 15 arc is worth it for some janky shit. Is that not true?

>>167634038
Rapid poison for sure, it's like minor frenzy. Frenzy also drains your health if you're in direct line of sight with the thing causing frenzy, THEN the bar pops and you lose like 70% of your health. Frenzy fucking sucks. Get rid of your insight, by the way, lowers frenzy resist.

>>167634548
With that arc you get a passive buff, a non-damaging AoE and a dodge buff that's only good for pvp
None of these things are necessary but if you want them go for it

>>167634435
>Your ship could be your level-up hub, where you travel from place to place, make upgrades and stuff. When you set sail to load into a new area, you have a chance of being interrupted to come across an abandoned ship in the ocean crawling with creatures and loot. Fuck, I hope From lurks /bbg/ now...
I didn't know I wanted this until now. Some of the setting could be in a port city, some of it Uncharted 4-style setting, the return of skeleton enemies, proper ghost enemies, fighting giant sea monsters...
From said they were working on a few things that were "completely different." There may be hope for us to become the swashbucklers and buccaneers we always wanted to be.
Really, if you can't tell a complete horror story in one movie, don't bother beating it to death with another half a dozen. At the same time, some movies should have stayed at one, like the Exorcist. The first was great, but any religious-possession-paranormal film after that was just terrible.

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>>167634556
>Insight raises your chance of getting hit harder with frenzy
NO FUCKING WONDER MY ASHEN STUFF WAS DOING FUCK ALL, I WAS WALKING AROUND WITH 98 INSIGHT NEAR THE WINTER LANTERNS.

>>167634556
Holy shit really?

I was wondering what the fuck insight even does in this game, but I had no idea the higher amount of it caused weaker defense against frenzy

Bloodborne II: Seaborne
Shiver this.

>>167634894
It also increases your discovery rate. You have a better chance at getting good drops with higher insight.

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I'm bored, /bbg/.

Post your favorite weapon, and two other vidya franchises you love to death

>Church Pick

>Pokemon
>Xenoblade

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>>167634934
>Bloodborne II

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>>167635037
>Burial Blade

>Xenoblade
>Silent Hill

>>167635037
Fuck off to >>>/v/

>>167634943
fuck

I have like 40 insight, should I still bother lowering it?

>>167635037
Whirligig

Resident Evil
MAHVEL

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>Knight's wig

This shit looks fucking stupid on a female hunter

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>>167635037
>Holy Mooncutterkuyohammerlight

>Dragon's Dogma
>Armored Core

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>>167634174
>>167634352
Bloodborne doesn't have actual enemy variety though. 80% of the enemies fall into the same generic werewolf/furry archetype.

Dark Souls 3 has actual enemy variety.

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>>167634687
>bot having 99 insight at all times

>give Doll the hair ornament
>she starts feeling emotion
I was so sure she was a Great One possessing a doll

What is the deal with this doll, everything in this game lore wise is so vague

this is why we need to build a wall around dsg

>>167635516
Hey, man, rite materials are expensive

>>167635516
Well, once I saw Mergo's face I hit 99 insight.

>>167635529
This game's story is vague.

>>167634672
Abandoned and lost port cities, overrun with evils of the sea, once-human denizens of failed colonial outposts, and the further out into the sea you go, the worse stuff gets. Maybe the goal is to sail to the horizon for something. You're probably seeking some treasure beyond some impossible boundary. And it's gold that acts as the souls/blood, the curse of gold that drives men to horde it and slay for it. This is killing me to be honest, I'm gonna write this all down.

Usually they do, but the problem is previous franchises have set a bad example, so now everyone makes a sequel. I actually forgive Hellrasiers 1-4 since they detail, all separately, a pretty neat little universe. Exorcist 3 Legion is pretty good if you can get past Brad Dourif chewing the scenery, it has only tangential relations to The Exorcist. I also unironically enjoy the Conjuring movies, they're great paranormal thrillers and Patrick Wilson would make a great Good Hunter.

>>167635037
>BEAST CUTTER

>battlefield
>dark souls

>>167635529
What's so hard to understand? She's happy because you did something nice to her.

>>167635493
I appreciate the effort, so enjoy this extra You), but consider playing the game before making judgments like that.

>inb4 doesn't have a PS4
>inb4 falseflagging

>>167635529
The running theory is that Gherman used Paleblood, Blood Echos (maybe even Maria's [what if HE killed her for abandoning her duties as a Hunter?]), and Messengersto create the Doll in Maria's likeness, possibly/probably creating the Winter Lanterns in the process.

D-Does Maria wear a hair ornament? Someone call Vaati STAT

>>167635037
>Amygdalan Arm

>Dishonored
>Elder Scrolls

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>>167635167

>>167635493
>hunched guy
>fat guy
>normal guy
>bloodborne guy
>fucked up abomination
>guy with long arms
>another fucked up abomination
>reused enemy from dark souls 1
>literally giant enemy crab
lol

>>167635493
You're purposefully discounting a huge amount of enemies that don't fall under that, such as nearly everything in Pthumeru and Isz, the Brainsuckers, Celestial Minions, Celestial Children, Church Doctors and Giants, Snakes, Garden of the Eyes, a handful of enemies in the Hunter's Nightmare, the whole of the Research Hall and Fishing Hamlet, some Yahar'gul enemeis, you get the idea. Besides, how many rejects from BB did they implement in DaS3? A huge amount, right, just couldn't let go of BB?
Excellent bait, though.
>>167635660
This is better than all the fanfic shit I come up with. Write this down, we fucking need this for future reference.
>And it's gold that acts as the souls/blood, the curse of gold that drives men to horde it and slay for it.
Hell yes
>Abandoned and lost port cities, overrun with evils of the sea, once-human denizens of failed colonial outposts, and the further out into the sea you go, the worse stuff gets.
Wouldn't be From without it
Keep this all in mind, I want this to come around.
Patrick Wilson probably could, I think Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow in Nolan's Batman series) would also make a good one, maybe one more into Arcane. Some sequels can work, but they eventually need to say enough is enough before they start doing more harm than good

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>>167635796
>Menas

>>167635493
The first image had nothing about the pigs, Winter Lanterns, old ladies, fish people, Hemwick witches, the Cainhurst ghosts, bloodlickers, NPC hunters, spiders, bell maidens, walking stick guys, or trolls. Hell, it even missed the basic dog enemies.

>>167635037
>WHEEL/Stake Driver

>LISA
>Skullgirls

I don't care if those aren't franchises, they're the only games I enjoy as much as Bloodborne

>>167635037
>Bloodletter/Church Pick/Simon's

>Persona
>SMT

If you want to lump those together, make the second one

>DMC

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vilebloods r cucks

Is it possible to put an elemental gem in the Amy Arm?

>>167635037
Chikage

No More Heroes
Ninja Gaiden

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i sell memes and meme related memes

>>167635967
Imagine boss arenas that are huge treasure rooms in temples on desert islands, some huge creature thrashing around, killing the framerate by crashing through piles of coins, or fighting some unseen creature swimming a mass of treasures under your feet, enemies wielding huge wooden chests wrapped in chains that smash you, mimics that don't hurt you, but take your gold.

You know, I think Cillian Murphy, if not Rufus Sewell, would make a great Micolash. Has that kind of mop of hair and angular face and I can see Murphy acting a lot crazier than Sewell. And I agree, it gets to a point where you're making a sequel for the sake of it. Hellraisers 9 and 10 literally only exist to Dimension Films can keep hold of the copyright, it's pretty sad.

>>167636569
Yes but the damage output will be underwhelming

>>167636569
Possible, yes.

A good idea? Probably not.

>>167636587
From would have a field day with the Mimics. The rest of the ideas you posted you really need to save somewhere, they're some of the best ideas I've seen here in a long time. More than anything, I just want a pirate game, it would be an absolute riot. Imagine an expanded arena like in DaS3, but with full-on ship battles and monster summoning.
If you've seen Nolan's Batman trilogy, particularly the first, you know why Murphy would be great, especially for Micolash; he certainly has the insane scholar down pat.

Quick, post emotes you want in the next BB (or DS for that matter)

I want a knuckle cracking animation or a smug scoff.

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The favorite fuel for the Meme Machine

>>167637123
BRING BACK SHRUG GODDAMMIT

>>167637123
DaS2 No Way

>>167637123
I just want fucking Shrug back.

>>167637168
>>167637205
Same. I know it's kinda silly but I also want point up back, it just seems so defiant when you point at a giant enemy like "Yeah fuck you too buddy"

>>167636996
I'm having trouble thinking of what this game's humanity/insight would be. I was thinking Salt, as it was a valuable item for trade, but captains are also referred to sometimes as an 'old salt'. I got a weird image in my head of people who spend too much time, like ship captains, out on the sea and it changing them, eventually becoming statues piloting adrift vessels forever. The risk and reward being you need that Salt to traverse the waves and be in-tune with the ocean, provides some actual physical protection, it also sort of artificially preserves your body making you live longer, but too much will destroy you. Sources of Salt would be old trading posts and dead captains on ships, or random accumulation at sea. I can't help but think Salt just sounds funny now, though.

I'm glad you like this stuff, anon. I could put it all in a PDF and upload it on /tg/ or something if you or anyone else wants it.

That's exactly what I was thinking of! I bet he could pull off a good British accent, too, he does American well enough.

>>167637660
Anon you fucked up. Nobody was responding to him.

>>167637123
DaS2 No Way is honestly a great one.

>>167637123
I want the "come here" gesture because it was actually useful.

>>167637660
you actually thought i wasnt going to delete my posts
hush your mouth

>>167637660
how was he obnoxious? he usually shitposts several times and leaves, i didnt see any difference here seeing as all the posts are gone?

>>167637702
At the risk of bringing a supernatural element in, perhaps certain gems from a bottomless pit of treasure, those which reignite something inside of you. It could work either way, but preferably as Insight does. However, using the Salt to investigate new parts would be great, perhaps the salt left behind from ancient ships who held knowledge of the treasure.
Maybe they could do Wolnir right this time, the High Lord Spookington of Pirates, a skeleton made entirely of gold, the husk of a feared captain who sacrificed everything to ensure his loot would remain untouched. Sea monsters such as a Kracken go without saying, maybe even mermaids as temptresses (cross between the Desert Sorceress and the things in the Fishing Hamlet who live in those shells). The smaller, cozier hub of a ship would be great, could be affected by ornamental weather (storms, clear days, nighttime, everything remaining still), more crew members show up with recruiting them.
Definitely put it on a PDF, and maybe post it to /tg/, or even repost all of your ideas (and the ones I have here, if you like them) at the next new thread, during more active hours.
He certainly could do it. I'm imagining that scene where Batman confronts Scarecrow and drugs him with a dose of the gas, but Bale is in a hunter's set and Murphy has the scholar set with the Cage, continuously laughing despite the death grip on his neck

>>167637123
>another souls
I don't want this

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This game is fucking amazing.

So, I just opened a PvP with numbing mist for the first time.

I feel dirty.

why does meme machine always delete his posts?

>>167638884
To remove his trace of being here, delete his presence as a tripfag

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>tfw a tripfag apologizing for posting too much
/bbg/ is weird...

>>167639103
He's the least tripfag-like tripfag you'll ever meet

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Ahh... You were at my sides all along...

My guiding MOONLIGHT...

>>167639103
>trolls luci by posting reminders not to reply to tripfags without his trip
>deletes posts
>says sorry for posting too much
>calls himself a pretty princess
>tells people not to reply to him
i really dont know anymore

>>167639859
He also posted his trip password awhile back, some people might still have it

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Could you beat Micolash in a shitposting contest? How many times has he been banned?

jsut putting this on for jsut one post again to reply to >>167640037
since i posted it ive only seen 1 other person using it and they deleted their posts too which was nice
another guy asked for it aswell but i didnt post it again,i think 2 is enough
>delete inbound

>>167640274
if you mean meme machine i doubt people have reported him seeing as he deletes his posts even if it is shit posting, he seems to be in most threads though so i doubt he's been banned

>Nightmare of Mensis
>FRENZY everywhere
>except for once you finally get past the 3 Niggers

>>167640309
>you cannot delete posts this often
this is a bane of my existence right now, this is all j-moots fault. im sorry friendos, i wouldnt have posted at all if id have known id have a post deleting cooldown thing right around the corner

>>167640726
Honestly, you're better off killing one Frenzy Doll, letting it proc, healing twice, then moving on to the next one, at least when you are farming them.

reminder not to reply to tripfags

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Why was Archibald a heretic? Why did nobody want to use his weapons? Why did Paal carry a badge given to Archibald's friends?

Byrgenwerth DLC when?

>>167640857
I haven't even encountered Brain Trusts yet

The one in the Nightmare Frontier was bullshit, so I can't wait for the fun here.

>>167640945
Tesla reference

>>167640950
There are like 3 of them right in a row at one point. Like half a second away from one another. If you hated the NF ones . . .

>>167640950
>replying to a tripfag
wouldnt be surprised if youre luci, the only way he can get replies now really is by replying to himself

>>167641117
I honestly didn't even notice it was Lucifer
I don't enter these threads enough to care about whatever bullshit he's done here.

>>167641117
He already did once before, pretending to be some anon asking for a Str/Blt, behaving like Lucy was some benevolent saint delivering alms to the needy. I imagine it was him, I couldn't comprehend anyone here doing it seriously.
>>167641217
That's why you filter him

Hi /bbg/, I'm back from playing Demon's Souls.
That game is honestly amazing. It was the last of the series I had played and I hated it at first but after giving it another chance, I'd say it's my 3rd favorite of the Soulsborne series.
Speaking of which, I tried going back to DaS3 but got bored in less than a half hour. So back to Bloodborne I go.

>>167640917
>tripfag without a trip trolling a tripfag
theres a weird beauty about it

>>167624706
wooo hoo hoo hooo!

>>167640727
is there a limit to deletes besides the 60 second cooldown after you post?

>>167641351
After DaS2, it took me a lot of Bloodborne to be ready to try 3. Started off running around half-naked with a sword in each hand until I got the Abyss Watchers sword.

>>167638238
Gems could work, too, more treasure, more greed in theme with the gold, yeah.
I like the giant bonelord made of gold, just fuckin encrusted with it, red gems inside the chest cavity. Krakens, mermiads, too, especially Fiji Mermaids, the really grotesque monkey ones. I'd like to see From's take on a Scottish Nuckelavee, too, the skinless manhorse demon of the sea. Bishopfish, too, the weird fish creatures that look like clergy. Deep sea stuff, too, gotta use that!
Crew members in lieu of characters you meet, too, I like that.
Gonna put all this stuff into a PDF, will link to /tg/ post with PDF in a sec.

I'm just imagining Murphy laughing like a goober and whooping with a cage on his head. Someone has to photoshop Murphy's head into Micolash's cage.

>>167641830
Here it is!

>>51605172

>>167641830
For Bonelord of Gold, both phases are like Ludwig's first: fast, aggressive, relentless. His second phase, he pulls a sword out of a well in the arena, again using it. He has nothing below the waist, so he pushes himself around using his giant bone arms. In the second phase, he can grab the player, drag them to the well, and drown them (also let us swim in the game), unless the player can break the grip beforehand. No obvious weak points, no real weaknesses, just a big, angry, golden, fuck-you sized skeleton, maybe gems glittering from the eye sockets. Upon death, he explodes into a mountain of gold coins (have all bosses do that, symbolize their greed).
The mermaids look beautiful until you aggro them, they turn into hideous fish-beings, like the things in the Hamlet.
Maybe have mysterious floating towns, ones just floating along on the water, full of fog and things trying to kill you. The more crew added, the more you can do and more places you can go. The big issue would be weapons, considering they might be lacking in variety. Also, pirates are far more Western, this might be difficult for an Eastern studio.
I'm sure Meme Machine or someone will get on this

>>167642212
Uh let's try that once more

>>>51605172

>>167642319
http://www.4chan.org/faq#quote

>>167642319
ONCE MORE WITH FEELING

>>>/tg/51605172

>>167642453
I have this saved, it will be preserved until we know for sure if we can expect the pirate's colors on the horizon

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>>167635493

>>167642249
>>167642659
Good stuff! Add your last post in if you can edit it, too.

This is why I love /bbg/. Good late night times here.

>>167643265
I can't, but I have it memorized. Maybe higher level bosses represent pirate captains, and the success line is "Captain Usurped," or something to that effect. For Bonfires/Lanterns, maybe a water well or a pile of coins in which we mount a flag. What would we do about the level-up waifu, though?

Am i crazy or does the Evelyn have a slightly slower startup speed than the Hunter pistol?

>>167643841
It's the same speed

>>167643841
It does. The trade off is crazy damage.


By the way, anybody up for some Research Hall fun?

>>167643575
No worries, I'm still copying down for a bit (it's pretty late in Yuroland though), I've added the previous post and will keep doing so, maybe link to the updated one tomorrow.
Definitely captains as bosses, probably ones under severe greed/salt influence/corruption, old and strange, ones also on the search for the treasure.
As for checkpoints, I was thinking some kind of nautical device, an astrolabe or sextant or a globe, activating it aligns it with the stars or spins it. For the level-up waifu, what about the figurehead of the ship, except it points inwards and you can talk to it, a la Golden Voyage of Sinbad.

>>167644397
>As for checkpoints, I was thinking some kind of nautical device, an astrolabe or sextant or a globe
That could be fun, maybe even a sundial
>For the level-up waifu, what about the figurehead of the ship, except it points inwards and you can talk to it, a la Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
I didn't even think of that, that's a great idea!
At some point, I'd want a parrot as part of the cap or chest garb on the shoulders

>>167644536
I like the sundial, that stands out, actually.

Imagine equippable temporary parrot items, reveals additional items/messages (messages would be notes in bottles on the ground), and garb with parrots have innate item discovery.

>>167644921
For covenants, it's what flag you fly on the ship. If you happen across a friendly port being invaded by a rival faction, get fighting, maybe lift the loot from the invader's ship. In finding a rival port, get pillaging.
At the same time, summoning for help could be sparking flares in specific areas, or leaving coins on the ground, make it a bit more like Souls summoning.
>Imagine equippable temporary parrot items, reveals additional items/messages (messages would be notes in bottles on the ground), and garb with parrots have innate item discovery.
Absolutely, parrots could act almost as consumables. Could we implement ships in a bottle in some way?
I also feel like the pirate era would open up to the usage of witchcraft, like witch doctors, voodoo priests, and the like. The witch doctors specialize in healing ability, the voodoo priests can cast curses, hexes, use dolls

>>167645138
Oh, that is perfect! There was that defensive Rat King covenant in DS2, defending and pillaging areas could work like that. And I like flares as summoning signs, too.

Witchcraft would definitely be sorcery/arc. It could stem from a bunch of sources, like the gold, the same way souls are utilized for sorcery, Midas Touch kind spells to harm or impede movement, sea storm spells/miracles based around lightning and water, more nebulous hexes and curses from island civilizations.

I'm noting every one of these down, but it's nearly 6:30am here. I'll upload an updated PDF tomorrow night and leave it in the thread for a bit, I'll be on the lookout if you request it. But you copy it down, too, just in case. This shit is why /bbg/ is best general, anon.

>>167645639
I'm calling it off, too, I want to go to bed. However, two last things.
For healing, we're getting boozed up on rum, boyo. A few flasks cut the pain.
At some point, we need to fight a sea god, or face the wrath of one.

What's the right level of cowardice when you've summoned? Obviously you don't wanna let the cooperator do all the work, but if you take the lead, charge in, and die immediately, it's humiliating.

Those exploding bookshelves are bullshit

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>>167635732
>>167635952
>>167635967
>>167636082
>>167642805


Actual enemy variety.

>>167646515
>11 of 15 are just dudes
lol again

>>167646648
16

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Posting more actual enemy variety.

>>167647665
>even more dudes
take this low effort shitposting to /dsg/

Holy fuck I don't remember ebrietas being this hard

I got her to 1/3 health once but now I just can't get behind her tentacles and are eating a thousand charge attacks and delayed followup tentacles

If I choose one of the endings, can I come back to my save and do a different ending?

I have all the requirements for the multiple endings, but I still need to kill Martyr and Ebrietas first

>>167637123
I want DaS2's No Way, Have Mercy!, and I won't bite
DaS 1's Shrug
Bloodborne's Applause
DaS3's By My Sword and Patches' Squat

I just beat the first layer of Pthumeru
Are you proud of me yet, /bbg/?

>>167648084
No faggot, not until you beat defiled Amy barehanded at bl4
good job though

>>167647665
>More that half are humanoids with a sword and shield

Lmao

Micolash is such a buggy fight. Why won't this retard run into the correct room, holy fuck.

>>167650368
Consider instead of just running right at him, try corralling him to where you want to go. Approach him from where you want him to start running directly away from you. If you want him to run into a certain room, come at him from the opposite side.

It's super simple, I never understood why people just ran right at him without thinking and then complained about his AI being bad. It's really not.

Anybody up fir a murder spree through the research hall? Farming gets lonely.

Password bbg

What is a reasonable level i can do Laurence at?
Playing a beast claw build, and i need that rune.
Yes i am a shitter, so don't tell me BL4.

>>167651781
>Laurence
>Reasonable

No lower than 70, and that's pushing it.

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Anyone up for a late night spelunk? I've got more ritual materials than I know what to do with.

First reply gets to decide what root we're going to, then I'll post a glyph and a pass.

best way to approach the rakuyo well?
top ladder or past brains

do the brains attack you while you fight sharks?

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Thinking about making another character for the stake driver, that's just a typical strength build right? Do I use the normal version?

Would it suffer from going quality?

>>167653425
iirc points above 25str give less damage than points below 25 skill

not sure how heavy abyssals come into play though, but that's endgame stuff

>>167647959
>If I choose one of the endings, can I come back to my save and do a different ending?

Not unless you savescum with a USB. The game itself doesn't give such an option and throws you into NG+ right after the ending.

You should just complete the game 3 times. It's only the beginning

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>Page 10

Is 120 the generally agreed upon level cap for online play?

Wanna make a BT build with enough STR to use the Cannon, but I also want 25 SKL for visceral damage and untricked Bowblade and Chikage, so my level is going to be pushing that limit

Whenever you pirate anons wake up, fuck you for reminding me that we'll never get a game like that.

>>167657494
untricked chicago is shit

>>167658338
I know but it's not good to be losing health the entire time it's equipped while fighting weak mobs.

>>167658409
just use saw spear or someshit for backup

25skill on bt builds is dumb

>>167659079
Is it not worth it for Bowblade sword form?

Is the saw cleaver better than saw spear?
I decided to use saw cleaver against Blood born Beast and chewed through its hitpoints bar in a minute at best with fire paper, was impressed by this weapons ridiculous speed, stamina consumption is lower than hunter's axe too by far, I'm a strength build first off. Hopefully I can start the expansion soon, I really wanna see that content.

>>167659617
As far as I know, Cleaver is tuned towards STR, Spear is tuned towards SKL, but are otherwise nearly identical.

In other news, I'm rolling into Maria for the first time. Level 80, 27/20/10/32/32/9 with Chikage+9 with 30% worth of phys atk gems and +12.5% rally, Evelyn+9 with +15% bld atk and runes of +10% hp, visc atk +20% and +200hp on visc atks. How screwed am I?

>>167659915
Prepare your pelvis because she's going to force you into her sexually.

>>167659915
just fought maria with 18% gems on a skill build and she died it like 5 viscerals

>>167660138
Oh yeah, I'm getting my shit pushed in, she is well deserving of her reputation.

For some reason it's always the beast bosses that piss me off. Gascoine's last third pisses me off. Lugwig's first half pisses me off. The orphan is probably going to piss me the fuck off. But Maria never stops being a duel. I'm getting raped, and loving every second of it.

>>167659915
>Evelyn+9 with +15% bld atk
there's a 20% blood gem in mensies

10 bone ash shots of that does a decent amount

>>167645994

You lose nothing from dying, they waste an insight and risk all their blood echos if they die

So you put on your big boy pants, become the vessel of unyielding fury the beckoner needs, rush headlong into the danger like a god damned man and show them hows it's done.

Yeah, sure, first few times you're gonna die, something's gonna take you by surprise, you'll get blindsided, you'll have to get used to taking less punishment

But when you literally get fucking good, as I'd hope most people who've been playing since launch have by now, you'll be someone that every beckoner wants to summon. There's nothing more thrilling than beckoning an unassuming looking hunter who proceeds to dodge everything as though he has a sixth sense, tear the clearly terrifying enemies several new ones, and still manage to show you all the fascinating secrets of the area. And there's nothing more validating as a player

>>167659617

Saw spear has the benefit of having the serrated damage bonus against beasts in both of its transformations. If you're not fond of its spear form however that's obviously a moot point, and you will want to tune out your saw cleaver if that's the case

>>167651781

Laurence I found to be more about tactics than out and out stats, since it's an endurance fight where you need to avoid getting hit, boost your fire resistance as much as possible via non fashionable clothing, and just chip away until you win.

Wait until you hit a level where you can comfortably rush him without using any vials (Or bullets if you're relying on hunter tools for damage), then summon people in (Ideally after clearing shit as they do have a tendency to get either you or themselves hurt in the process of reaching the boss) then just chip away VERY defensively and with as much mobility as you can manage, and hope your summons can manage the same

The fight is all about surviving. It's not a damage test where you need to kill it as fast as possible, and infact trying to do that is going to be detrimental as you will not only end up rushing into an avoidable death, but if it somehow does work you won't have been paying attention to how Laurence operates, and you'll be in the same position of not knowing how to handle him on the next guy you roll who needs his shit

tl;dr: Level until you can faceroll the area up to the boss room, summon people you know or people from this thread if you can, otherwise find an old hunter to summon. Let your summons keep the boss targeting them, do a bit of damage but ALWAYS have enough stamina to dash out 2-3 times in a row. Repeat for each phase and done

>>167651781
most people are lv 70ish

the real question is whether you have dlc brain gems or not

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>>167661381
>fighting mobs on the way to laurence
wat r u doin

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I'm new to Bloodborne. What's the difference between physical attack plus and attack up plus gems?

>>167661631

Well if he's asking about Laurence you have to take all different ways of thinking into account

If he summons at the start, he could get people who bumrush the enemies so they can get blood echoes regardless of whether they die or not

If he summons at the end, well, summons do sometimes panic

Either way, being able to faceroll the mobs on the way to Laurence is normally a good measure for whether you can take him on, at least in regards to the people I've been summoned by

>>167661762
attack up boosts fire/arcane/bolt/blood damage as well, phys just boosts phys and blood

>>167661762
If a weapon does split damage, att up with boost both parts

Phys is just for physical damage

I hate the bagmen. Huge health, never fucking stagger. Probably one of the only enemies I actually struggle with because hell if I fail the parry I'm fucking dead. I tried parrying the punch but the exact timing eludes me and it's not exactly easy fighting them you know.

>>167662203
>never fucking stagger
That's not how you untrick R2 Cane on them

>>167662203
Step out of range before parrying

>>167662381
I don't use a damn cane.
>>167662427
It doesn't help as my timing for it is off, I either do it too early or too late and my too late usually involves me getting hit but landing a parry anyway but what does it matter when I'm dead in one shot? I'm getting sick of these damn bagmen, I read on the wiki that I could get a charge attack on them and then a visceral but that's doing nothing.

Mariafag here, would have webm'd this but the file was way too fucking big.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99FW4AfEhKg

>>167662049
>>167662086
Where do I find these gems? All the online guides I can find are for physical attack up only. I have the holy moon light sword so I'm assuming attack up would be best?

>>167662615
read the op

>make my first CFR dungeon
>headless bloodletting beast is the first layer boss

Everything went better than expected.

I've died twenty fucking times now. I can't parry, can't get visceral attacks and I end up dying stupidly, either game ignores input or I dodge incorrectly. I'm so fucking sick of this, bosses are one thing but I can figure them out these assholes don't let you figure them out because fuck you OHKO

>>167662560
So start using weapon that can stagger them but don't bitch that you can't do it at all

>>167662954
Pump hp
Bb gets so much easier

>>167663014
When in doubt: Kirkhammer

I thought queen was supposed to be easy, but the thing had a huge health pool. Way harder than the headless blb before it

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how about some bosses who are complete bullshit

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>>167662954
Nothing is a one shot if you level your health properly. With Meta health levels only Defiled Amy should be able to one shot you with her jump, which you can avoid by standing still.

Try this build. Your stat priority should be 20 vit, 20 end, 30 vit, 8 blt, then focus on str to at leas 25.

>>167663014
Why can't normal weapons outside the ibe weapon I didn't bother not stagger them?
>>167663027
This seriously doesn't help my situation when I'm level 30 with only 16 vitality. I'm also stuck in this shitty area and I may just run away from everything instead of fighting them. These enemies are so fucking cheap, nothing else has been so bad but even on my previous save I lost I hated them. An enemy that can OHKO you isn't fucking fair thank you very much.

>>167663098

>CFR undead giant in a small arena
>CFR pthumerian descendant
>CFR loran darkbeast

That's it.

>>167663098
He always does a tell before he does an attack that causes the chains to swing, and you can land a free hit after they do.

>>167637123
Well What Is It or we riot

>>167663176
This doesn't help, how in what way does this do anything for me?
I'm not starting over just to beat one miserable enemy type. There's only a few area's in the game I struggled with on my previous save and this was one of them. OHKO enemies are fucking bullshit and terrible design. Otherwise the game is fine with me.

>>167663178
>>167663281
Which enemy? There should not be any enemy that bad.

New to souls games. No idea what the fuck I'm meant to be doing. I'm at a stage where I can seemingly fight 3 different bosses, but I'm not sure which one is the 'proper' one to do so. I've beaten the bridge boss, the guy in the graveyard. There's one I can get to after avoiding the guy with the gun shooting from the tower. There's one which is a woman who transforms.

>>167650590
Because his area all looks the same and ideally people don't run it enough to memorize the layout, meaning you're just charging aimlessly down a bunch of identical halls until he decides to fight.

>>167663332
Bagmen aka Snatcher's. I've only got 16 vitality and they're fucking me over some kinda prime. I hit nothing with my hunter's axe, hardly stagger them and the hitboxes for parries are eluding me, the issue with the parries is that if I fail I'm dead which is really pissing me off.

>>167663370
Well, first off, good job on beating Gascoine, he's the traditional "fuck this" point for new players. Vicar Amelia is the required boss for the main story, while the Bloodletting Beast will get you access to the chalice dungeons, which you really don't need to subject yourself to unless you decide to dive into hardcore meta stuff, which I'd suggest putting off until at least your second character.

>>167663518
They rotate at like 2 miles an hour and have windups visible from fucking China. Moreover, once you hit them like 3 times their rage pops, at which point they stand still for like 5 full seconds. Get behind them and chain-backstab. They're really not hard.

>>167663593
Man it was really hard but totally worth fighting through. This is an amazing game

>>167663370
Bridge boss -> Graveyard Boss -> Past the Gatling Gun boss -> To the left of the church boss (witches) -> die to a bag man boss -> tranforming woman in the church boss

>>167663518
They go a really slow punch where they raise their had above their heads, Parry that. Watch their elbows to adjust your timing. You need to parry the swing, not the windup.

Then just visceral them. When they are standing up, be kind of close, and they will try a kick. The kick is easy to dodge, gets them away from walls, and gives you more time to get behind them.

Once you are behind them, land a fully charged R2, and it will drop them so you can BS them. They should be dead by that point.

>>167660951
I realize now that I phrased that in such a way to mean the opposite of what I intended. If you SUMMON other players, what's the right level of cowardice vs survival?

>>167663709
It's not the problem outside frenzy mode realistically, they're slow but I can hit them once or twice at best. Frenzy mode on the other hand when the decide to activate it I'm always too far away for any sort of charge back attack to get a visceral at all. Plus they're attacks are obnoxious for no good reason especially with the bag they have, one time it wound itself up only to slam into me seconds later like the cheap spinning bitch it is. It's like I'm playing Dark Souls 2 for fuck sake, enemies never stagger and teleport attacks into you every time plus hit way too much.

>>167663098
Ball/Chain Giant is the easiest out of the 3 though. HMPH and Darkbeast are pretty brutal.

>>167663919
>decide to activate it I'm always too far away for any sort of charge back attack to get a visceral at all
Well there's your fucking problem. Get aggressive and stay close, and learn to predict their moves.

Also, seriously, 16 vit? Come on now.

>>167663848
Just let them take the lead unless you fail repeatedly because you keep dying like a bitch. At that point, just stay back.

>>167663848

If you're summoning other players, then the players being summoned should be fully aware that they're likely going to have to carry you, as that is the main reason for people summoning in the first place at this point. This is even more likely to be clear if you talk to the person you're summoning before hand

My advice would be to play as you normally would. If you start changing your gameplay style you're only going to make things harder for yourself. Just play as you normally would, be aware of where your summon is and what they're doing, and you should be fine

>>167663919
They've got a huge weakness in their slow enrage animation and get up slowly, because it's piss easy to chain-backstab them. To balance that, they're pretty nasty otherwise.

I hope you're not trying to use the tricked axe to backstab.

>>167663810
Thanks it's worth a shot I suppose, later at least. I'm too frustrated with it at the moment. I'll try out what you said for parries though, in the end I may land it too late getting the parry but still taking the punch.
>>167664005
Okay. I usually try to stay away from most enemies outside of bosses unless it's one against one. These guys I just stay mid-distance because fuck their nonsense. As for 16 vitality it's an old thing from Dark Souls I tend to do where I force requirement for the weapon I want as early as possible instead of leveling hitpoints. This is the only place it's really been treating me poorly and I didn't intend to go to Yahar'gul the bagmong hideaway.

>>167664084
I tend not to go for tricked for actually because I find it to be slower than untricked. Currently I used a Hunter's Axe and Saw Cleaver both are only +3 currently however.

>>167664180
>>167664281

You probably should leave the general until you finish your first playthrough to keep yourself fresh. There's stuff it's more enjoyable to discover for yourself.

Also, the tricked mode on the axe is its primary attraction, specifically its L2 and charged R2, which are some of the best anti-group movesets in the base game.

>>167664418
My second save I was done approximately 60% of the game and working on chalice dungeons for those stones. I bought the expansion and on a new account without knowing I would lose my save. As for the story I already know the endings and saw a good amount of lore so far, not specific endings themselves I just found items and looked them up nothing major.

Does anyone know whats the best gem the fire gem hotdog can drop on the first chalice?

I swear he dropped 13.5% but i am only getting 10% and 8% with secondary effects.

>>167664779

Just do the layer 3 one. Why bother with the 1st one?

What level should I be for the DLC?

>>167665634
Level 1 of course.

>>167665634
General consensus seems to be 70 at a minimum, and be ready for your shit to get pushed in.

>>167664779
I think you can get cursed 13% ones from those small guys running around with fire axes.

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>>167664180

>>167665345
2 radials can let you beat ludwig if you're good enough

then you get milkweed, and blacksky eye

>>167665937
this is what i was referring to when i said 'parry them from out of their range'

>>167665634

How much to do play, how long have you been playing, and how comfortable are you with your weapons, their stamina usage, and most importantly, how well do you respond to ambushes and sudden changes in you combat advantage (I.E; Going down a path to kill two enemies so they can't ambush you, only to turn around and find 10 or so enemies, the real ambush, slowly walking towards you)?

If the answers are not long and don't know, then level 70 at an absolute minimum, but I'd recommend as high as 80-90 to give yourself more lee-way for mistakes

If you can answer those questions more positively, you just dive in whenever you feel like, it's not like the enemies will be hitting you often enough for your level to matter

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How fucked am I going to be if I PvP with this?

>>167666013
Parrying just outside an enemy's range is fine. Way out, not so much. There usually isn't much point if you parry them but can't follow up in time.

>>167666379
you have a pretty large window to dash then visceral

doing my first blt build, just beat logarius 1st try at lv45 with a +5 spear and 15 skill, feels pretty good lads

>>167665937
いいね

>>167666326

You'll be fine, aboose the wacky raky, church pick, and other fantastic PvP weapons and take advantage of your massive visceral damage. People won't necessarily expect a parry from you since you likely won't be using the well known BLT weapons that most parry spammers use due to gun damage

>>167666501
never said you didn't. I just said parrying too far away to capitalize on it was a waste.

>>167666673
Alright, that's good, I thought I messed up by spreading stats away from END and VIT to put into BLT, glad I'm not totally worthless.

>>167666818

It's difficult to be totally worthless in this game provided you can learn your strengths and play to them, since your stats have very little effect on the physical properties of weapons, such as range and speed, or the physical capabilities of your character, such as dodging and parrying

You have high SKL and medium level BLT. Use the Evelyn as it should have outscaled the hunter's pistol by now, and use the best scaling SKL weapons. Learn their movesets, practice on people, and there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to do well. If all else fails, gem a weapon for poison since the majority of people still adhere to the 12 END meta

anyone wanna do orphan? pass is bbg

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>>167666621
I could resize it for better quality. I was just in a hurry to get one up.

>>167667152
Amygdala was a pain but I didn't struggle against the boss itself. Until 20% of its hp bar was left and its damn arms covered my ditch run to smack its ugly cranium. Otherwise wasn't too hard of a boss, I didn't battle him in the Chalice dungeon though I was close to.

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>>167667264
People only tend to struggle with Defiled Amy because your health is cut in half so you can't face tank her like a retard.

>>167667360
I figured out the timing for the punches thanks to that initial webm, can also parry his bag smack attacks really easily. I then immediately died to the one boss in the arean then an uppercut which tracked me behind a bagman. Such is the game I guess.

>>167668425
Yeah, you sort of pick up on what works the more you play. Also the Bag men are tough on purposes, since they take you to that side area when you are killed by them.

Still on my way to finish my gaming backlog, killed Ebrietas and Living Failures today. Now I have only a few bosses left (Logarius / Laurence / Maria / Kos) before I trigger the final bossfight.

I don't want to start a NG+ but I'm thinking to try some coop. Can I only be invited for coop if I have not defeated the boss in this area?

>>167668657
You can be summoned if your boss is dead, but cannot summon people into your world.

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what's the meta for /bbg/, then the meta for outside /bbg/

>>167669590
nevermind

I can't kill Darkbeast Paarl as I hit jackshit and his AoE spam fucks me right over. I'll come back later I guess, fuck this whole area. Realistically the bagmen are the only cunts here.

>>167669590
98 for /bbg/, other places play at 120, but 98s can pair with 120s.

>>167669815
he's tough at lv30-40

but you can always come back later and stomp him
serrated weapons and henrik's armor help

>>167669936
weird, i always manage to kill him around those levels

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>realizing you can parry/visceral just about anything including a decent amount of bosses
Well that made the game a whole lot easier. Parries seem a lot more forgiving in this than in the other Souls games, you don't even need to risk being hit.

>>167670290
other than the fact that you need to be within the attack range of any boss you can parry for the shot to actually land and trigger a parry

>>167669936
>>167669815
>>167670078
i just beat him in 20 seconds with a +6 spear by just popping a pellet and mashing l1, each leg broke in 3 swings

>>167670290
The regain mechanic makes then especially forgiving since you can usually get all your health back, even if you trade.

>>167670405
He moves when I swing is all or my timing is off and I miss when I attack. I only had a 3+ weapon and was level 29 too. On my first save I killed him in a minute and he was no challenge but I was like level 60 by then with a 7+ weapon.

>>167662203
Land a bunch of attacks on them then be ready to dash behind so when they start charging their angry more you're already charging your R2. After that just visceral, dash forward and R1 them to death. By far the easiest way I came up so far.

>>167662203
Super easy to backstab. Just pretend you're playing Dark Souls and circle strafe around until you get an opening. If one backstab doesn't kill them, do it again when they get up. If you cancel their powerup animation, you can chain backstab them indefinitely.

>>167670390
All you need to do is to stay just within range for them to try and attack you, not actually hit you. If you manage to land the parry one or two dashes forward will still give you enough time to land a visceral before they recover. On top of that you can throw on some of the runes that give you HP/bullets for landing one.

What are some other good Lovecraftian/Cosmic Horror games?

I've already played Amnesia, Penumbra, Eternal Darkness, Thief, Sunless Sea, Alone in the Dark.

>>167671602
Best one ever, bar none, is Eternal Darkness.

>>167671662
>>167671602
To clarify, I know you said you played it, but I just want to reiterate that it is the best Lovecraftian game ever. It is a shame that it never seems to get the love it deserves.

People who invade coop and lure NPC's to fight with them, spam dashwheel and dash attacks in general and spam gun are cancer.

I just wanted to pick the game up for a little while and have some fun and I end up jobbing to the worst player in the world because I haven't touched PvP in 1 year. This has actually killed my fun and made me reconsider why I started playing it again.

reminder not to reply to tripfags

>>167671986
>people who won't let me gangrape them when they invade are a cancer
I used to care about savoir vivre untill 3rd or forth time when 2 blue fags comboed me while I was waving.

>>167673010
Hello cancer

>>167673103
Hello ;^)

>>167671986
>>167673103
stfu dude, if you cant kill an invader when they arent even attacking you you are just bad

Where is a good place mid-game (Rom boss fight) to farm ALL ATK gems? I clearly can't do the end-game chalices for 19% gems.

>>167673284
You can't really farm for good gems in the main game, especially not in the early game. Either you're in full autism chalice mode or you settle for 18-20% gems from Mensis.

>>167673493
I mean I'm sure I can go 3 depth at this point of the game.