Why the frick am I so bad at this game when I am so good at Dark Souls and Elden Ring?
Why the frick am I so bad at this game when I am so good at Dark Souls and Elden Ring?
Why the frick am I so bad at this game when I am so good at Dark Souls and Elden Ring?
probably the 17 fps
Post character.
What weapon did you start with?
This is my favorite game, I hope you aren't doomposting...
I'm level 28 and I just got Ludwig's blade. Started with the cane. I beat the blood starved beast like 5hrs ago or so and I've dicking around aimlessly
Alright, that's pretty normal. Ludwig's blade is great, it's kinda boring but it gets the job done. Don't forget to use the one-handed mode too, though. Too many people stick with the transformed state when the longsword form is better for dealing with trash, getting in finishers, and shooting.
Here's the main tip: don't worry too much about getting hit. This applies more for when you get your HP higher and get a certain rune, but prioritize the rally while still trying to get dodges in instead of backing off. Of course, be more offensive in this game as well. Enemies have way more opportunities to be stunned, hitting giant enemies in certain body parts can injure them which not only stuns them and potentially lets you get a visceral (if it was in the head), that spot takes more damage. The boss at the Grand Cathedral coming up will prove what I'm saying, that boss is way easier if you're playing like a serial killer instead of a SWAT team officer waiting for orders.
How much dicking around have you done? After BSB, dicking around a lot has a high probability of leading to a get-dicked scenario...
Thanks Anon, I appreciate the advice. I have fought the giant hairy guy at the grand cathedral a few times but left him to explore other areas. I'm currently on level 2 of the first chalice dungeon, and I've done a lot of exploring through shortcuts and whatnot surrounding the grand cathedral. Also I found that spot that looks exactly like the hunters dream and the place below it, so I've gone through there a lot
>and I've done a lot of exploring through shortcuts and whatnot surrounding the grand cathedral.
That's good. There's quite a few places you can go before fighting Amelia again, not including the chalices. Keep exploring, you might not happen into the "get-dicked" scenario but there's a path around the cathedral that's pretty important and holds something of value for every character and is required to go somewhere else later on in the game.
Yeah I know what you're talking about. I found the path to it that goes through a huge patch of enemies in the woods and backed off since I had a lot of echos at the time
Thanks
>I found the path to it
Great, I'd recommend you do that area before Amelia. Not just for help managing the difficulty, but because the area looks nice at this point in the game.
Also, to support what
and others have said: guns aren't just limited to parries, I don't know if you noticed but against Cleric Beast, shooting the head with a gun is very effective. It'll tumble over and let you get a riposte. This isn't as easy in later fights, but it's worth mentioning and can still get you a small clutch stun off. Of course, if you plan on investing into bloodtinge, you can do some good damage with your gun and it becomes more reliable. There are more firearms later on, too.
Oh yeah, OP are you repairing your weapons? Sometimes I forget to do that and am like 'why am I not doing any damage?'. Then it dawns on me I haven't repaired my weapons in awhile.
You are probably already aware, but getting hit during a dodge gives you more damage.
Some enemy types are weaker to different things, like fire or saw weapons.
It is important to prioritize health and stamina during leveling up, along with whatever ability your weapon scales with (just like Elden Ring).
Frick you reminded me, OP don't pay much attention to the arcane scaling on weapons. Arcane effects elemental damage, but most weapons don't deal elemental damage which means that D scaling doesn't matter UNLESS you have an elemental gem equipped.
Oh yeah the way that is handled in the game is frustratingly confusing. How little the game explains to you is both a pro and a con.
i beat every single enemy in the game with the cane and the starting pistol solo, include all of the chalice dungeons. the cane is amazing, it does everything and looks dapper too
>Ludwig's blade
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do you turtle it up in ds/er?
bb asks for a more aggressive high risk high reward playstyle in general
That makes no sense, Bloodborne is much easier than Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3.
Learn the gun parry it will wipe out 90% of the enemies in a second
It doesn't work on the bosses or the bigger enemies though
I'm finding this much much more difficult for some reason. Maybe my playstyle
Works on anything humanoid and on stuff like werewolves too, those big troll type enemies go down fast with parry viscerals.
Use the lifesteal mechanic to reward your aggression. Some enemies are lifesteal dummies for you to recharge on.
You're supposed to dodge towards their attacks
Because, memes aside, it's a different game and requires a different state of mind. A lot of the enemies in Bloodborne are literally designed to punish you if you try to approach them in the same way you'd do in Dark Souls.
Elden ring and dark souls plays a bit slower than bloodborne, so you need to condition yourself to bloodborne's fast paced gameplay
Play more aggressively
This. Bloodborne rewards aggressiveness. The more you hesitate, panic, or run away the harder it gets. But of course be smart and strategic too.
You're acting like a knight when you need to act like a psycho with a meat cleaver.
Never back off. Always advance. Dodge TOWARDS not AWAY. You have better i-frames in BB so you can quickstep through attacks like a matador and punish the enemy. Your dodge is far faster than the souls roll too, so once you get the rhythm going you can dance through each enemy swing. You also have health regen on hit so don't be afraid of taking blows if you have to. Just. Keep. Hitting.
Use the mechanics of the game
Gun Parry
Charged attacks into the back to stagger enemies
Transform attacks (R1, L1, L1 combos )these deal way more damage than R1 spam
Limbbreak bosses (big enemies and bosses have invisible HP bars on their limbs, if you get these to 0 they will be staggered for a brief moment)
Rally
if you make use of all these its a way easier game than DS3 and ER because in those games you have to learn enemy movesets to win. I have no fricking idea what the movesets of half the bosses in BB are because of how broken these mechanics are.
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Word of note - parrying is absolutely busted against a lot of bosses. Gascoigne especially goes down really easy if you learn proper parry timing, which helps early-game
Play around with weapon and armor sets to your hearts content since there's no carry weight
Stay very, very offensive at all times.
idk maybe you’re moronic because this game is easier than dark souls and elden ring
This, bb is disappointingly easy. I could see you struggling through Gascoigne since it's your first time but it gets much easier after
It's been much more difficult for me so far, probably because I am so used to Souls' defensive combat
Just beat Amelia lol, gonna go to that place next though
Yes I just started repairing them once I noticed that a weapon was weak. Thank you for these specifics as well, very useful
I think I just don't have the parry down yet
If you need some practice for parry, try to fight enemies like the ogres that hit you with a brick. They will raise their brick right in the air. Right around the apex is when you hit them with a bullet. If you time it correctly, you will knock them to one knee and can roll towards them and riposte. Think that whenever an enemy is at the apex of the arc of their attack, you shoot them. This is mostly notable for humanoid enemies, but beasts have windows where you can do it too.
The kidnappers are good practice as well.
I forgot, do the kidnappers disappear when night comes? Them living up to their namesake was the most memorable part of the game for me.
It's unironically an extremely easy game once you practice parrying and can land them consistently. After that, attacks are pretty well telegraphed and can be dodged pretty easily.
For me, it's the stake driver
Just beat this hairy b***h by going full moron and spamming my tricked ludwig greatsword on her. Thanks for the advice bros!
Good job, man.
At this point, I'd say most players would agree the hardest part of the main game is over (Not Chalices, Not DLC, Not other optional bosses). The usual filters and walls are Cleric, Gascoigne, Bsb, and Amelia.
That's good to know. The chalice stuff I have done so far has been quite difficult lol, but I'm glad to hear I'll have a break in the main game for a bit
Yeah the chalices are above the normal curve, so much so that you may think you're becoming overleveled if you plan to all the preset ones before finishing. Don't worry about it too much, though I will let you know ahead of time that chalice progression does stay in NG+ and doesn't scale with it, so if you want you can save them for then.
I second
, you may miss some stuff but that's fine. This game is great blind, it surpasses the first DS1 run imo.
Yeah what that anon said. Beating Amelia is a big wall hurdle. Also it is at that point the game gives you the freedom to explore and do optional areas.
Also OP, for the DLC: I would advise you not do that till much later into the game. There is a major turning point (you'll know when it happens) and I think that's more of an appropriate time to at least try the DLC. I wouldn't even look up how to get to the DLC as that kind of ruins the surprise too. You'll see it (hehe) when you get there.
Also I would advise playing it mostly blind from here on out. There are some characters and things revealed that are more enjoyable to discover on your own, in my opinion.
I will do that. I've heard that the dlc is absurdly difficult and unfortunately I have been spoiled on some things. I know that some major bosses will be ludwing, orphan of kos, and kom I think. And I know aliens or something are coming and I know that there is a blood moon or something that will reveal if I kill kos. Is that the event you're referring to or is it something else?
It does look dapper but I've preferred using the saw spear
if you plan on playing the game a second time then do it blind, and then in the second run follow a guide to get the true ending. if this is your only playthrough then i suggest looking up a guide on how to get the true ending, and if you're careful you shouldn't get spoiled too bad. the true ending has an additional boss fight.
Very good to know. I plan to get platinum on this, since I've done it on DS 1-3 and Elden Ring. It's sort of a tradition of mine with From games
Cool, can't wait
That's very good to know as well. DS1 is my favorite game but I can see why it wouldn't be overwhelming on a first playthrough
I will do that
Yeah something like that. Something will happen with the moon like you said and that is kind of the trigger point to know you are roughly the late part of the game (ignoring optional areas). It sounds like you know some stuff from the DLC, so that is cool at least. There are still surprises left in the main game and DLC too.
The Undead Giant with chains should have stayed a scrapped boss imo. I'm glad it is stuck in the chalice dungeon, but man what a terrible fight.
This game is piss easy and that's coming from someone who was stuck on abyss watchers for 3 and half days and almost rage quitted, I've beaten almost every single bb boss first to second try except the 2 last bosses
Everyone's experience is different. It depends on what weapons and how you play. If you parry a lot the game gets a lot easier. If you use certain weapons and builds the game gets a lot easier too. Like I died to the dumb witch optional boss seven times but beat Lucky Larry on my second attempt.
The Abyss Watchers are piss easy and that's coming from someone who made a thread about how shit they are at Bloodborne. I genuinely beat them in a few tries first time I played DS3 (my first Souls game)
>Replaying bloodborne for the first time since it came out in college
>Loving the rally system to regain health by attacking after getting hit
>Kill Rom
>Fight is slow, boring, and punishes you for playing aggressively and staying in the fight
>Decide to frick around in chalices while thinking about where to go next
>Lower Pthumerian Labyrinth, level 2 boss. Undead giant with chains on its back
>moronicly long range, 270 degree cone of damage, one shots from full health
>Fight is slow, boring, and punishes you for playing aggressively and staying in the fight
>See tooltip for the wooden shield while waiting to respawn for the who-knows-how-many'th time
>"Shield are nice, but not if they engender passivity."
Frick you Fromsoft. Built a game where the mechanics and item descriptions all tell you that you should be playing more aggressive, fast paced, and up close. Then put in a boss where pressing the attack button twice is an automatic death so the most viable strategy is to constantly backpetal away from him, bait out one particular move, then get in a tiny amount of damage and jump back. If you make one mistake during the 10 minute fight, you have no chance to recover so frick you and start over. Finding it directly after Rom makes me hate it much more, and now I'm out here feeling like bloodborne is only good on accident, because the morons looked at these bosses and said "yeah, this is what our game should feel like." Rom was annoying but not hard, the giant is flat out unfun and goes against all the gameplay themes they've been showing off.
For your first run I do recommend focusing on Skill more than strength just so you can get used to how the game works etc since strength can hinder your weapon choices and your visceral damage greatly suffers from low skill.
Ludwig's is easy mode, destroys the game by stunlocking most enemies and even many bosses. Still a fun game though.