/bbg/ - Bloodborne General

videogame edition

reached bump limit: >New players read this then finish the game without spoilers:
i.imgur.com/1OynzXF.png

>NEWS:
-Dec 7/2017: Shadows Die Twice teaser - youtube.com/watch?v=OAYhXKC0LJ8
-Dec 26-29: Unused bosses & test areas are now safe chalices that anyone can use - i.imgur.com/3nibNFD.png
-Jan 11/2018: Dark Souls 1 Remaster announced for PC, XBONE, PS4 and Switch, releasing May 25

>Helpful links:
-/bbg/ Resource Guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1TlAjZSvmE979gbayTvpioT72n5A7_bUjMNCLuOatJTQ
-Wiki: bloodborne-wiki.com/
-Build planner: mugenmonkey.com/bloodborne
-AR calculations: pastebin.com/zGphv4fF

>Chalices:
-How to unlock FRCs for spelunks, fight clubs & gem farming: i.imgur.com/0AwN4Lo.jpg
-Gem farming chalices: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q9enxffA3dyKGu6IVg-P4IVgmKSUYSP9UOOiThHmPIU
-Lost/uncanny weapons, runes, and gems: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1syKnSKflHbFiGY4pXkfIeXoMa2Lp9X1aXyme2qaTen4
-How to summon/invade in a chalice: pastebin.com/mjRU01XK
-Edited chalices: i.imgur.com/3nibNFD.png (Unused bosses, test areas, early runes/weapons)

>PVE - Spelunking (Every Friday 6pmET/11pmUTC plus anytime someone wants to host):
-Spelunks happen, join em, host em
-Set the chalice to Open and region to Worldwide
-Leave bell-ringing women alone for invaders

>PVP - Fight club (Every Saturday 6pmET/11pmUTC plus impromptus whenever):
-Rules: i.imgur.com/ihd176b.jpg
-Pthumeru: 7hjhf43b
-Loran: jjpkdcgd
-Isz: 9v8qndas
-2v2 arena: i.imgur.com/71WOC0I.png

>FAQ:
Q: Where do I get/put the best gems? A: bloodborne-wiki.com/2015/10/best-blood-gems-setups.html
Q: How do I setup arcane builds? A: i.imgur.com/73dnuUm.jpg
Q: How to access the DLC? A: i.imgur.com/XaRuxgF.png
Q: Did I miss a quest? A: i.imgur.com/Uzg8XI6.png
Q: Is this game active for coop and pvp? A: Yes

PURGE FILTH

reminder that cuckhurst castle is full of pthumerimutts

Shit, Chloe, didn't see there was a Fourth Layer and joined Yharnamite in Sinister Loran: keep on exploring, while I clear the layer 3.

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Newer player here, i mostly get the lore but i have some questions and would appreciate some help

yharny turn off the torrents im seeing 99 insight tier shit

Alright, send a (You) my way when you're by the lamp

(You)

We love lorefagging, ask away

>sinister bell resonates with another

Thanks for Rom, but, holy shit what did we do to the poor guy/girl/elder being?

...

First one is, how does the dream work for hunters? Can only one use it at a time or what?

I'm not that predictable.

>very many angry mad men
>my arcane magics allowed me to walk through a door
>jordan killed himself with the silencing blank
>lotte dresses up like a homeless person to scare the beasts
>boss was amelia
>who drop guidance 3
Ringing on layer 5

...

As far as we know, there's only one hunter trapped within it at a time. Djura and Eileen once were both seemingly trapped in it, maybe they got a different choice at the end of their stories, whatever they may be. The Hunter's Dream is a pretty odd thing. There's no other references to it, so we can only assume. That's one thing about Bloodborne lore, lots of assumption, as the game is intentionally vague about a lot of stuff add to a sense of mystery and a dreamlike quality.

Anyone doing anything right now?

chameleon culling with /mhg/

Getting a sandwich

Thinking about it, why does Gherman have you leave the dream. Being pretty much immortal is pretty handy

fapping to plain doll

Thanks for joining me Lodde, shit chalice tbqhfamly

why does toomeroo get all te cool shit

I need someone to join me in old yharnam, you will go activate paarl and I will go kill bsb, let's see if the game breaks.
it probably wont
PAssword: dspwow

Where do I ring, exactly? By the lamp?

Yes.

>activate paarl from old yharnam

The mechanics of the thing are vague, so this is pretty much my theory on it:

There's a limited time, as it were, for hunters to be trapped in the dream. This limited time pertains to a night of the hunt where the nameless Moon Presence deems it necessary to trap a hunter. For what purpose, we mere mortals can barely guess. When the hunt/night is over, the hunter is freed, likely by Gehrman because he realizes he's partly responsible and thinks you should be mercifully freed from entrapment in an alien dimension, and from knowledge of this whole horrible ordeal, such knowledge that you wouldn't be able to live a normal life anymore. He gives you blissful ignorance. But then why do Djura and Eileen mention stuff specifically about the Dream? They should have forgotten. Maybe Gehrman doesn't know it doesn't work completely, but he tries his best.

Time is another one of those 'who fucken knows' things in Bloodborne. As I mentioned before, the passage of time is very strange and lends to that dreamlike atmosphere. All the major figures are spoken of being long gone, but they're still there, kind of.

Ok, ringing.

Layer 4
>no prelamp
>lmao 2 hunters
>Teague invades again
>but I miss the fight because I was trying to summon pastaman
>only see Funky win with another visceral
>6 Sage's Hairs in a chest
>both confederates get pthu'd in the lever room
>preboss was forgettable
>ritual bloods scattered everywhere and gow in the chest
>boss was Elder
>he teleports out of the map and falls to his death
>no layer 5
Thanks for joining me in this dungeon of pain Funky amd Jordan. And thanks for invading every layer Teague, hope you had fun.

Sorry about that.

Thanks for hosting, Chloe. Great ending to a great spelunk, despite my (many) initial mishaps.

Thanks for hosting, Chloe. That comfy Fourth Layer was just what I needed, after the garden of horror on L3 (even though, it claimed no victim): HMPH senior teleporting into the cosmos was the perfect happy ending for the spelunk.
Will post a couple of webms, later.

You couldn't activate the boss?

Ihyll spelunk anyone?
Glyph is zj43r8pf
Pass is map

Nope, the model was solid and I could hit it, but nothing happened.

Ok, let's try again but this time i'll initiate the fight and run out before the fogwall appears.

Coming

1. Only the host can start a boss fight.
2. Paarl fight is not accessed from old yharnam
3. Spit that tide pod out, it is bad for you

I have to go, now, unfortunately. Interesting experiment, but I don't think it'll work.

You can open the gates using the death cam glitch.

Someone pls
>old yharnam
>password: dspwow
I'll start paarl fight and u stay inside, then i'll run and fight bsb and let's see what happens.

ill be there 1 sec

?
You can't leave a boss room when the boss is awake, fog walls appear

are u still ringing?

The one behind Paarl appears a few seconds later, so I activate him and just walk out.

I'm just invading via SRRC and happen to be summoned in your spelunks, not even reading the general. hope the chalice was fun for all of you. oh and funky, you're a bastard.

If I’m going arcane but what to be at arooouuund 98, is stopping at 70 arcane and putting my remaining points in to vit and end the way to go?

good job user

It’s subjective but no, not really, use them for being able to use other weapons. The change in vit and end is minimal with 70 arc at BL98

Ah I see. Clearly 16 strength for Ludwig’s wasn’t enough. I need 18 strength to fuck people up with my magic whirligig

You can go 50 arc though, 70 is mostly for the tools that continue scaling past 50

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Oh no, I’ve hit 70, I’m just thinking what to do with my last levels, I guess I could just keep powering my tools with more arcane

if you wanna stay at 98 just up vit and end at your leisure
maybe 11 ski for the saif

There’s nothing ”wrong” with putting them into vit or end of course, I just preferred being able to use saif myself, apart from starting weapons. You could put them in end for some extra stamina if you want to use a vials/bullets rune instead of stamina one, but the gain is small for both vit and end

You should get around 40 Vit if you haven't already, 40/70 Vit/Arc should have like 2 or 3 points left to put anywhere else.

lol get parried nerd

We're waiting chloe

u like my character name :^)

Well I'll just lay my stats out. I'm currently at 90 with
20 vit
15 end
16 str
12 ski
7 bloodtinge
70 arcane

I technically have 8 levels left, but I kind of fucked up and later realised I went waste of skin instead of cruel fate so I have 2 useless bloodtinge points, so I kinda want to go to 100, but then again maybe losing those 2 levels aren't the worst thing

Unless you’re really good at dodging, 20 vit will be a problem in frc and fcs

:(

It's ok. I almost blanked you out on sight desu
Layer 1 report
>i died to spiders in pre-layer, echoes are missing
>Chloe died to something in actual layer
>loads of NPC Hunter's
>Teague invaded and ate a mouthful of feminine penis
>pre-boss was woefully boring
>both treasures were great one's wisdom
>boss was bps

searching rn

How the fuck does this work?

Sorry user:( If you want to stop at BL98 you can either do 40vit/70 arc with 2 points over, or 50 arc. As I said 70 arc is mostly for tools, it limits you to the starter weapons and whatever weapons you might make available with those extra 2 points. Both starting cruel fate of course. I don’t know how bothersome deleting and starting over would be for you but that’s what I would do (and have done kosm knows how many times)

:(

It's gonna be one of those undead giant fights

one sec need to restock

I just wanted little strength and skill for ludwig's but nooooo... :'(

Why has nobody made a 99 BLT hunter yet? Imagine the salt

Layer 2 report
>a short layer, no pre-lamp or pre-boss bonus
>twin blade undead giant killed me once, Chloe twice, and trapfag once

I considered that after how fun the 99 arc and no vit meme build was, but I don’t think it would work as well

every time i hit the giant he one shots me

I'm just going to srrc

Trap boi did you give up or still coming?

yea i cant fight this boss he one shots me with every move he does

You can always SRRC

Just use the srrc

?

i figured it out nvm

searching rn

Whoops lol

silly goy :p

What version of Beast Claws is best?

Layer 3 report
>pre-layer had queen killer, and swordfag that killed me due to overconfidence with augur parry
>layer had sleepy undead giant that killed Chloe, later had bone ash huntress
>boss was HBLB
>no layer 4
Thank you for joining trap boi and chloe

Normal

Cool thanks

np it was fun i look forward to the next time

Thanks for hosting

>take a break for a few days because Queen Yharnam was giving me trouble for some reason
>just took her down first time back without even taking it seriously
Oh, majestic

I want to clear dungeons with a friend, do we have to clear every layer twice so he can summon me?

No, you can just be beckoned by passworded SRRC. It may take longer than ringing your bell in the same dungeon on the same layer, but it works.

add me back meani reeeee

Thanks

i did

oh i stupid srry