@Th3solution I’m not sure, but if you have all the stats, it should say the damage stats so you can see what you get. I just go for whatever gives me the highest attack. I think I’m doing it right...
Elemental blood gem changes your attack so I advise you to just increase your physical attack and then apply elemental damage to your weapon when you need it for a boss. That's what I did. Whenever I chose gems I just chose a combination which gives the highest dmg output.
@JohnnyShoulder@NecuVise I was trying to read up on this in the wiki and it kinda makes more sense. One thing I think I need to try using rather than having an elemental buff on my weapon is using the empty phantasm shell thing. I haven’t really experimented with that as an alternative to buff arcane damage to a weapon that is primarily physical attack based. Anyone have much experience with that?
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
I beat Bloodborne, I saw the other two ending using saves, now I got the true ending. Does someone care to explain what the freak of all that is holy just happened? I thought it was gonna be a good ending, but I don’t know what to to think what I just became. I legit just started spinning in my roly chair then stood up and spinned because I didn’t know what else to do...
Also, anyone else think the last boss is really easy? I beat him first try after only having 7 blood vials and being drained from the previous fight.
As for the ending, well yeah it is a total head f. Don't wanna go into too much detail but it does tie into what is going on the the latter part of the story.
I would recommend going onto the Fextralife.com wiki which explains it really well and VaatiVidya on YouTube.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
Man this game has so many little side options and semi-hidden nuggets to do. After speaking to Eileen the first couple times, she told me about the enemy she was hunting and I thought to myself I’d like to help her out, but I need to level up some first — then I promptly got distracted and forgot about her, until now after Rom she totally turned on me and wants to kill me, I guess because I waited too long and didn’t help her out. I usually hate time-limited side quests, but in this game I’m just like, whatever... it’s Bloodborne. The game is so complex and totally unexpected at every turn, that you just start to expect the unexpected. And with no extra save slots, if you miss something, then well — tough luck. But, yeah, like @kyleforrester87 says in the Chit-chat thread, this game nails that feeling of keeping you guessing and not being derivative. It’s a gamer’s game where the conventional methods and mechanics are there but in a way that doesn’t feel ‘same-y’.
Anyways, so I’m now trying to just get rid of Eileen because apparently she friggin hates me now. Won’t even try to let me explain myself and just attacks me at first site 😅, and she is owning me. I can hardly get her to half health before being sliced and diced. The chic is so fast with those dang blades! I want those blades! And that crow outfit!
But, yeah, like @kyleforrester87 says in the Chit-chat thread, this game nails that feeling of keeping you guessing and not being derivative. It’s a gamer’s game where the conventional methods and mechanics are there but in a way that doesn’t feel ‘same-y’.
Finally beat Martyr Logarius. That dude was tough. After receiving a beat down for about the 10th time, I went back to spend some of my Insight to bring my level down to see if that would make the fight easier, and it may have helped - hard to say. Whether that or just dumb luck, finally everything fell into place for me.
I really ended up enjoying Cainhurst. It’s a strange area because it has really difficult enemies at the very beginning, then in the middle it’s easier as far as enemies go, and then a pretty formidable boss at the end. I like how the level has a shortcut to the lantern fairly early on though.
Now I’m going through Yahar’gul and it is quite hard as well. The sheer number of enemies is the challenge now.
Boy this game just keeps throwing stuff at you. As soon as you feel comfortable, it gives you a different challenge.
The further I go along, I also have access to more different weapons now. However, it’s just not worth it to invest blood shards and chunks on more than 2 or 3 weapons. I wish I would have had the option to be playing the blade of mercy from the beginning. Too late to change my tactics now. So many cool
weapons. Does Dark Souls have a bunch of weapons like this that completely changes your approach? I probably will try DS eventually after I finish this. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I still have a ways to go in Yharnam.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Yeah there are loads more weapon choices in all of the DS games. What I love about the first game is the you can chop some bosses tails off to obtain weapons, which are usually much better than the normal ones. Wish they still had that in the sequels. I just got the Drake Sword which is an amazing weapon early on.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@Th3solution one of the main criticisms of bloodborne was the lack of weapons in comparison to the ds series. The old hunters fixes that as you are bombarded with weapons.
@NecuVise@JohnnyShoulder Wow, to me it feels like there are a lot of weapons on BB. I probably have about 10 in my inventory and about 6 firearms, although I consistently only use and level up 3-4 mains and 3 left handed weapons. And honestly, I find that 90% of my gameplay at this point is 2 weapons and 1 gun. When I experiment with other weapons just for fun on lower level guys I really like the feel of some - like the blades of mercy, but if I attempt to play the higher level places with it I just get slaughtered and end up going back to my standby saw Cleaver or Ludwig blade. Since each weapon benefits mostly from a certain build, some weapons are not effective or simply don’t even have the requisite attributes to even weild. And by the time I have enough shards and chunks to level up the other weapons, the game is probably going to be over. I suppose that’s the value of chalice dungeons and NG+ so you can enjoy the variety of weapons if you want.
In Most RPGs I’ve played as you progress you get better and more powerful weapons, but they all behave the same mechanically. Either a sword or a bow or a staff, etc. so you don’t have to change your play style. Here, it is more advantageous to stick with one weapon and just level it up because they all play differently.
@Th3solution One thing I really like about Bloodborne is that all the weapons are equal in that none are inherently better than each other, just different.
@Jaz007 Yes, I agree — the good thing is each weapon appears to be pretty balanced, as long as you level your attributes correctly and use the gems right. It’s just a matter of preference whether you want quickness, power, reach, durability, arcane damage, etc. Each weapon appears to have its niche but is not necessarily “better” than the others.
@Kidfried Thanks, man. I’m still enjoying it and it’s good to know I should be okay to finish it if I was able to beat ML. I kinda want to do the Chalice dungeons but I also need to move on and complete the game. Amazingly I haven’t grown tired of it even after playing for probably 50+ hours. But I’m with you - I hesitate to jump right into Dark Souls too quickly, not because of a fatigue of the genre, rather just savoring one of PS4’s best titles and I feel I need to work on my backlog. (Maybe I’ll fire up my copy of Yakuza 0 when I finish BB since you’re liking it.)
But a question for anyone about being a Soulsborne veteran — do you find that after playing Bloodborne and/or Dark Souls games that the combat of other games is just too bland or ininspired? I have read online about how people just can’t go back and enjoy standard hack ‘n slash games or RPGs with shallow combat after getting into the Souls series. I noticed God of War apparently adopted a Soulsborne feel to keep current (I haven’t played it just going from what I’ve read). Just wondering if I’m going to be spoiled now and be disappointed the next time I play a game like Elder Scrolls or Dragons Dogma or something.
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@Th3solution I don't have that feeling after playing bloodborne and dark souls. I think I've played horizon zero dawn after bloodborne and I didn't mind it, even though hzd combat is simple.
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