You build it up to use it as a currency, that's pretty much it. Only a very few enemies change with Insight tho, the biggest problem of high Insight is that you're more vulnerable to Frenzy status effect (an effect a few enemies can inflict on you).
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A Bloodborne Frustration Thread
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You build it up to use it as a currency, that's pretty much it. Only a very few enemies change with Insight tho, the biggest problem of high Insight is that you're more vulnerable to Frenzy status effect (an effect a few enemies can inflict on you).
I'm taking on Rom tonight. I did the first chalice dungeon last night and I opened up the nightmare path
. I also went back and got some things I was missing - charred hunter set and tonitrus.
I tried Rom one time to get a feel for the battle and then decided to call it a night. The hunter near Rom kept killing me until....
s this just a PvP world? I started to explore and killed a creature then another player showed up and we fought and I eventually won but I used so many blood vials I left the area.
I tried Rom one time to get a feel for the battle and then decided to call it a night. The hunter near Rom kept killing me until....
I stopped trying to fight him inside the building and did a lot of damage to him in the doorway and then realized the dodge roll is effective for that fireworks display that he pulls out that can kill you with one hit
That's rough. I've had to do that 3 times and I hate it. The worst was when I had to put down an 8 year old dog because she had been so healthy and I was expecting her to be around another 4-5 years.
Answer to your spoiler - yes it can be unless you can find a certain enemy and stop her from campanology..
It's the hidden village you visit during the story, and getting to prison is basically accessing it before you go there for story purposes, even with a lamp that is unaccessable later on. I'm pretty sure you can get stuff like the Tonitrus later on as well, but what's for sure is you're missing out on this stellar piece. Easily the creepiest part of BB.
If you want to access it let yourself get killed by one of the kidnapers. (the dudes with a sack on their shoulder). You'll get transported there.
Is this related to the path in the Forbidden Woods or is that something different?
No.
Something different. If you haven't killed Rom yet, let yourself get killed by one of these.
They only show up after you have killed Blood Starved Beast and will vanish when you kill Rom.
They only show up after you have killed Blood Starved Beast and will vanish when you kill Rom.
It took me a couple of tries to get into the game, but once I did was I completely obsessed. Definitely my game of the generation and in my top five games of all time. It's still the only game I've ever gotten the platinum for.
Watching streamers play helped a lot in increasing my skill level, especially speedrunners like Elajjaz. What other folks have said is true, you have to fight aggressively. I went from dying on Father G a million times to beating Ludwig on my very first try. Also, being a strength build helps a lot if you want to play aggressively. The axe, Whirligig Saw, Beast Cutter, and the Holy Moonlight Sword are GOAT. You can kind of sequence break and get the Whirligig Saw early and that helps a ton too.
Watching streamers play helped a lot in increasing my skill level, especially speedrunners like Elajjaz. What other folks have said is true, you have to fight aggressively. I went from dying on Father G a million times to beating Ludwig on my very first try. Also, being a strength build helps a lot if you want to play aggressively. The axe, Whirligig Saw, Beast Cutter, and the Holy Moonlight Sword are GOAT. You can kind of sequence break and get the Whirligig Saw early and that helps a ton too.
No.
Something different. If you haven't killed Rom yet, let yourself get killed by one of these.
They only show up after you have killed Blood Starved Beast and will vanish when you kill Rom.
Okay, yes I've been there. Are you referring to the weapon you can get there?
Pretty sure that NPC has a 90+ Arcane stat.
Arcane tools have really weird damage scaling; unlike weapon damage scaling, Arcane tool scaling starts mediocre but never levels off, so a high Arcane build can easily one-shot with A Call Beyond. A 99 Arcane build is the ultimate glass cannon.
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Absolutely incandescent in its grossness!
One of the absolutely coolest Souls/Bloodborne (oops) bosses presentation-wise for me. The intro and those hellish bells...insane.
Edit: Btw, take your time with the game and really explore if I'd throw another advice out there. There's a ton of optional and amazing content hidden throughout.
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I'm late to this but it's currency and also allows you to see the world for what it is
If you're planning to play through the Old Hunters, this would be a great time to start.
Might want to deal with Cainhurst, Amygdala, and the Upper Cathedral Ward first.
Once you hit new game + there is no way to go back
Disagree. Pirate Bae should get her weapon to +10 first. And yeah, Castle Caihurst and Upper Cathedral Ward first for sure as Z-Beat said.
Plus on the chance that the lady wasn't rescued you can get that other third of the umbilical cord. Otherwise the third ending and a boss will be locked, and you can't try again without starting over with a new character or new game +
A new player going into the dlc without a +10 weapon sounds like a terrible idea
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The Nightmare of Mensis is some bullshit
Should I go here first or the Nightmare Frontier? Both of them are equally frustrating so
Should I go here first or the Nightmare Frontier? Both of them are equally frustrating so
I would do Nightmare Frontier first, I think the boss there is a lot easier, though it does royally suck getting to it.
Frontier is optional, so I'd do that first to get it out of the way.
Mensis is one of my favorite areas in the game. The frenzy effect is pretty easy to avoid, and it's only present in a couple of places. It affects the enemies as well, so you can lure them to it.
Love this game. I admit I had a lot of frustration at times... But usually that was because my stubbornness to avoid leveling up and I'd be getting one shotted left and right.
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I intend to do it, but I don't even have it yet
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OK. Make sure you go do it before the last story boss (you'll "know" when the time comes).
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tbh the nightmare frontier is giving me a headache
might get back into it later, but I'm thoroughly pissed off at this fucking level rn
might get back into it later, but I'm thoroughly pissed off at this fucking level rn
Nightmare Frontier is smaller and a dead end. Mensis is progression
To this day this is the only 'Souls' game I've fully completed despite owning all the others.
Something about this game just clicked and no matter how much it beat me, annoyed me, or outright slapped me down I kept coming back for more sweet vengeance.
Something about this game just clicked and no matter how much it beat me, annoyed me, or outright slapped me down I kept coming back for more sweet vengeance.
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For Cainhurst you need to take the tunnel in the forest to get into iosefka's clinic, then find the summons and go to the place it tells you to get picked up
Totally late to the thread but I love Bloodborne. I expect a sequel Sony!
Anyways, my thoughts on Gascoine is that he is (in hindsight) a pretty effective tutorial boss. He's one of the toughest encounters in the game at the time you encounter him but he engages you in such a way that you have to change your play style from souls to borne and forces you to use all your tools effectively to be successful.
One thing you'll also learn is that most "difficult" bosses are typically parry'able such as:
Lady Maria and Orphan of Kos
I see you past him anyways.
It's optional but completing it gives you access to the tougher chalice dungeon for high rewards. There's also a skip exploit that still hasn't been patched out if you really hate going through the poison lake gauntlet.
This requires some prep in hindsight. For an easier time, lower your insight by buying messenger shit, stock up and equip sedatives, equip clothing that has hi frenzy resistance. A lot of the first half of the level can be cleared through by panic running. That's how I opened up the first shortcut. Remember, in this level is the extremely valuable blood stone. You only get 1 per regular run through. Though you get one in the DLC as well. And I think a chalice dungeon also has one. But this will be the easiest to get.
Super late, but a tip on how to avoid Rom's ice rain attack and a call beyond (or fireworks as someone said): don't dodge, just run left or right, I never got hit doing that. A call beyond might hit you in closed space though, so I wouldn't recomend it against Micolash, just be aggressive against him. But it's good against Ebrietas.
It is also a cheese level as once you open up the shortcut, you can farm the
blue eyed werewolves and brain suckers for blood echoes and blood chunks
