Lurker > htaeD

its pretty fun so far
scratches my RPG itch in ways that Persona 5 didnt (which was great in other ways still)
though those flying sessions take getting used to
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good news
Maria is still a fun boss fight, even if she has become easier with all the stamina I now have

bad news
I bought Nier Automata so my Bloodborne attention will run thin!
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good to hear
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yes
except
screw this room



4 brainsuckers, two annoying beamspammers, 2 werewolves
all that for one arcane gem?
not worth it man
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huh
Isz Chalice is very pretty
(hadnt done this one yet)

also is it even worth it to upgrade guns?
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thats what I get for trying to get the jump attack in
its annoying when he cant be seen until I land (he was even charging A Call Beyond immediately once I dropped in the last time)

inversely
I tried my tonitrus and beast pellets on The Living Failures and
wow



pro strats for the first half (Until the arcane caster caught up)
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like



I dont know what I could have done to prevent that death there at the start
jumping down into the room seems suicide 25 % of the time
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I just chumped out and used the Loch shield as a backup, didnt use it that much but still
most of his fight is fine, even if he likes to corner himself and spam Augur to make sure I cant even get close reliably (and he carries a mean right hook)

but Call of Beyond is indeed nuts
potentially more dangerous than Watchdog's charge attack
like, geez

dodging into him worked a few times, I knew that
but the fight was just too hectic for me to get a proper footing a lot of times, he started casting the spell usually while I was mid movement

also some other shenanigans, which I will show in a video later

still I hear he was patched from earlier versions where he was basically useless at close range
not so much here
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hmmm

MariaTaylor posted...

micolash on NG+ is the first part where it gets significantly harder

mainly because he can probably oneshot you with A Call Beyond

...
...
ahem.. pardon my french
but
FUCK THAT KOSMFUCKING MICOLASH
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well good thing I dont care about PVE much
Burial Blade does look cool
coolness factor is also tempting me to try out the Chikage
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yeah I am just trying out whatever

Simons Bowblade and the Whip are also fully upgraded, but they dont grab me very much
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Tonitrus is
kinda nice
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wow
even NG+1 Ludwig went down in one try
chalices leveled me too much
is there anyone who can even challenge me?
...
yes
yes there is
Bloody Crow of Cainhurst
eff that guy
never know when he will get a visceral off
at least I beat him without the stairs
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didnt get much playtime today

and slow at uploading
but there was one foe I could not beat


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RPGlord95 posted...

Poka did you punch the hurricane in the ass like i told ya to?

but that ass is like moving constantly
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and they say the netherlands never face hurricanes
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I also think chalice-ing prepares one a lot for ebrietas' tricks
the charge is easier to dodge now and her tentacles feel a lot like amygdala's armattacks
oh well, I am sure the DLC will still be a challenge
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I am guessing later bosses dont scale as much as earlier ones
I tried to get to Ebrietas as quickly as possible and I still beat her in one try
(at least I got to see her lasershow this time)
embarassingly, One Reborn killed me once because I was too distracted/fascinated by his shiny mud to notice how much those bone spears hurt

and some more uploads, my defiled victory laps with watchdog and amygdala



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ83tq7FeKE&feature=youtu.be
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well then
enjoy my final encounter with the Orphan of Kos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1zbb71TDk&feature=youtu.be

also still NG+ ing
how the hell did Rom kill me more than Martyr Logarius?
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for instance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-teglxPhQpo&feature=youtu.be
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so a thought
if I wanted to share some vids of my exploits
should I just bite the bullet and make a youtube account?
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bump
paarl, watchers, amygdala dead again
You'd think I would have less trouble with regular Amygdala after defiled chalice
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cant play as a sonic-blue Knux
no buy
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also killed the witch
and attacked the starving beggar this time
wish I didnt get spoiled on what he turns into, but at least hes not as big a pain as his chalice counterparts

and also I tango'd with Fake Iosefka
I figure I dont need her umbilical cord this time around
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well opened the Hyperbolic Gaolchamber area
and killed Vicar Amelia
heading for the hemlock area, and because of my insight those witch summons now show up everywhere
makes the trip there a little different
also seeing the hemlock road area at night isnt as cool as seeing at at dusk
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Update
Gascoigne and BSB dead (felt like taking the long way around in cathedral ward this time, so I didnt buy the gate emblem yet)
sadly not much of a challenge either
allthough it was the most I ever saw of Gascoigne's second form since I didnt musicbox him this time

gave the whirligig a whirl, and its pretty fun
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Yes
Again
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I think
unlike in the books
Sansa wasnt around when Lysa Tully started expositing everything
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well I would like to reopen as many areas as possible eventually
and for Micolash I hear the trick is to never stay far away from him
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took the plunge into ng+
between the DLC and the chalice leveling, I might be a tad overleveled

made a beeline straight for Cleric beast and killed him with ease

at least this is giving me a chance to test out other weapons like the Blades of Mercy
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did the show ever specify who the dagger belonged to after Littlefinger lost it?
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I liked it
*shrug*
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also wonder if any other game after this will scratch my BB itch
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still
interesting fight
little hectic but as annoying as the descendant or as dangerous as the defiles bosses
kinda a Witch of Hemwick VS Bloodstarved Beast feeling

no platinum tho
need to see all three endings first I realize
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Goddamnit PS4
I wanted that battle saved
I pressed share
why didnt you save it?
augh
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yeah I wish I had known that
so far I only upgraded the saw cleaver, ludwig blade and whip to max
blades of mercy and simons bowblade are high up as well for funsies

getting the bloodstone chunks is annoying than getting rocks
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its only my second PS4 game

*checks Persona 5 trophy list*

oh right the Twins

I accidentilly got Passionate Listener without even trying
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yeah they arent as easy to come by as Fire Paper I noticed
I just didnt feel like spending much time with Bloodletting Beast (also ew)

anyway probably gonna get that platinum trophy tomorrow
unless I missed something
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Bloodletting Beast
more like annoying camera/annoying to hit Beast
but there was a trick to it that made the battle go over pretty quickly, those beasthood pellets

Where have they been all my life for me to use them only now?
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or maybe nobody plays bloodborne anymore

should I blame Dark Souls 3?
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guess bloodborne is deader than I thought
ah well
bumping anyway
kinda not sure why those witches on floor two can kill me in one hit
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meanwhile I am not a fan of Pthumerian Descendant
or rather the arena in which I fight him. Kept backing into pillars and what not and I never knew how many attacks that old geezer was gonna swing at me
got impatient so I just chugged a lead elixer for the final phase and tanked his hits and staggered him to death with a Ludwigs blade
getting a quick Ebrietas visceral in helped too
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for those who might remember my first topic, which ended at about the end of the DLC
youll be happy to know that I Just cant put this game down
despite its headaches

as indiciated by the title I have cleared the Defiled chalice now
had to make liberal use of my HP/heal-up runes, vitality stat and for a certain boss, max arcane resistance (which somehow did more than max fire resistance)

Watchdog of the Old Lords Redux was pretty tough. not because of that instakill charge though, could avoid that pretty easily.. after the first few rounds.
it was that fire-creating claw swipe that got me a lot of times, he likes to use that up close and I couldnt always dodge it in time
also since I was going for the 'bait its bite and strike the head' tactic. I usually took a lot of damage when he made two bites in a row (I feel sawspear would have been better here than sawcleaver or ludwig blade, but whatever)

Defiled Amygdala was a different kind of challenge. No instant kills except for that jump. But I knew never to move once he did the jump, since he would never land where I was standing. Didnt always work, sometimes I wasnt standing in the right spot or I was still moving when he did the jump. and in my final run I didnt even get to abuse his AI that way. rather I kept attacking the head once I got to the final phase until a visceral opportunity presented itself, and after that I just shot away at its health with optic laserblasts!

since things are going so well, I might just do a new game + too
(otherwise I probably wouldnt have made this topic)
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this is still going?
sweet
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CT
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BloodBorne
TWEWY
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I guess a full body rots less quickly?

also why didnt Arya just send Jaqen after Joffrey?
did book Jaqen have more rules?
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I am a millenial?
ew
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cant be in
will follow
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this solar eclipse is very mean to europe
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oh right I judged that one
well if you need a cohost for the euro hours
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