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Topic	Bloodborne DLC question plz
MariaTaylor 07/10/20 2:10:44 PM #269:	Mm... Generally people are referring to Amygdala in the Defiled Chalice when they mention that. There's a few factors that go into this. First, by the time you get to Depth 4-5 in the Chalice, the difficulty has already scaled up to the point of being on par with NG+ material. Being able to access this content in your normal NG cycle means a lot of players are going to walk into this totally unprepared. See above the 'not too uncommon' player I was describing, the guy with a +8 or +9 weapon and a crap build. This version of Amygdala is already going to hit hard enough to actually be a threat, and has enough HP that you can't just kill it instantly like the one you find in the Nightmare Frontier. Secondly, the Defiled Chalice has an interesting mechanic that can make certain encounters more difficult. Your max HP is cut in half, and the physical damage you take is reduced accordingly. This means that elemental and magical attacks deal effectively TWICE as much damage. Many magical, fire, and bolt attacks you find in a Defiled Chalice will outright oneshot your character. While this isn't a huge deal with Amygdala, since many of its attacks are physical, this does make the dungeon itself very difficult. And it does have magical laser attacks -- easy to dodge, but fatal if you mess it up. I'd actually say the bigger challenge is the Defiled Watchdog and Defiled Keeper, who spam fire damage. Even their chip damage attacks can chunk your health bar, and you're susceptible to being oneshot if you make one wrong move. But yeah, Defiled Amygdala does have a reputation for being difficult, and for good reason. The Defiled Chalice is about as hard as NG+, and is up there with the DLC as some of the most difficult content you can access in a base NG cycle. Too many players have wandered in there with no idea what they were getting themselves into, leading to the (rightfully earned) reputation for difficulty. I'd also add this issue is even exacerbated by how easy Amygdala can be in the main campaign. You didn't learn how to fight this boss the fight time because you just shot it in the head 2 times and it died. But when you have to actually fight it, you have no idea what to do... --- all the rest weren't so unfortunate https://imgur.com/yv2eC4n <cite>MariaTaylor posted [p:941934389] in Bloodborne... [t:78812040]...</cite> <quote>Mm... Generally people are referring to Amygdala in the Defiled Chalice when they mention that. There's a few factors that go into this. First, by the time you get to Depth 4-5 in the Chalice, the difficulty has already scaled up to the point of being on par with NG+ material. Being able to access this content in your normal NG cycle means a lot of players are going to walk into this totally unprepared. See above the 'not too uncommon' player I was describing, the guy with a +8 or +9 weapon and a crap build. This version of Amygdala is already going to hit hard enough to actually be a threat, and has enough HP that you can't just kill it instantly like the one you find in the Nightmare Frontier. Secondly, the Defiled Chalice has an interesting mechanic that can make certain encounters more difficult. Your max HP is cut in half, and the physical damage you take is reduced accordingly. This means that elemental and magical attacks deal effectively TWICE as much damage. Many magical, fire, and bolt attacks you find in a Defiled Chalice will outright oneshot your character. While this isn't a huge deal with Amygdala, since many of its attacks are physical, this does make the dungeon itself very difficult. And it does have magical laser attacks -- easy to dodge, but fatal if you mess it up. I'd actually say the bigger challenge is the Defiled Watchdog and Defiled Keeper, who spam fire damage. Even their chip damage attacks can chunk your health bar, and you're susceptible to being oneshot if you make one wrong move. But yeah, Defiled Amygdala does have a reputation for being difficult, and for good reason. The Defiled Chalice is about as hard as NG+, and is up there with the DLC as some of the most difficult content you can access in a base NG cycle. Too many players have wandered in there with no idea what they were getting themselves into, leading to the (rightfully earned) reputation for difficulty. I'd also add this issue is even exacerbated by how easy Amygdala can be in the main campaign. You didn't learn how to fight this boss the fight time because you just shot it in the head 2 times and it died. But when you have to actually fight it, you have no idea what to do... --- all the rest weren't so unfortunate https://imgur.com/yv2eC4n</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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