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Bloodborne is the same way if you level up too much/grind, it also starts to get easier. I love the tense part about these types of games. Especially when arriving at a new area like in Bloodborne where you see for the first time the 20ft cathedral guards with their massive axe and say, oh sh*t, I think i'll approach this carefully.TCrouch wrote:My son and I played co-op in this for hours last night. It almost feels like cheating, though. You can summon a friend like in Bloodborne, and they stay with you all the way through the boss of that zone. Then you can just summon them again.
We both started as deprived and worked our way solo past the first boss and first couple of areas until you could summon. Then, once we did, we were unstoppable. It's crazy how much the game changes with another player. We even got invaded once and barely paid them any attention. They'd come up, take a slash at him, and I'd back stab them. You could see the "oh sh*t!!!!" moment as they rolled around like a spaz. We'd jack them up until they had to run away, then we'd continue on our merry way.
In another fight a little later, they'd pop back up. We kept kicking their ass until they had to run, and eventually I let them run down a hall way and did the sniper shot with the bow to end their misery.
Played all night, knocked down another boss, explored more areas...game is absolutely awesome, and in co-op it's much less tense, which might not be a good thing--it's not "Souls" like that, but it's certainly less stressful and a hell of a lot of fun.
It is intensity.MizzouRah wrote:Damn... I forgot just how intense a DS game was. Loving this game and dying quite a bit, LOL!
This is good to know, thanks!TCrouch wrote:Guys have beaten the game with nothing but their fists.
The items don't make nearly as much of a difference as skill does...learn the patterns, learn that "dodging as late as possible" is winning. Know when to not take that last swing, and when to roll twice. Even if you have a hair of stamina left, you can roll again. Sometimes that's the difference between winning the battle or losing half of your health in one swing.
Honestly, I think I used a starter weapon through level 50 or something. Although I DID get Titanite Shards and continually upgrade it at the blacksmith in Fire Link Shrine. And before you do that, get a raw gem and up the damage. But even with an unmodified starter weapon you can take out the first 3 or 4 bosses without much trouble. It's more about not getting hit than doing a bunch of damage per hit.
Thanks for this!XXXIV wrote:Terry is right on.
Better gear does a have a placebo effect but if you start as a knight you wont find better armor for a while and when you do it wont be much better. Especially since in this game armor is no longer upgradeable. You can be killed by pretty much anything wearing anything if you are not tuned in.
I have switched it up for certain areas and battles for higher resistances to poison and magic but that comes with drops in physical D.
Rolling is your best friend so make sure your geared at under 70% to avoid that heavy roll.
Same thing applies to the knight weapon though you can get that katana Im using pretty early on. Again its stats are not that much better and many players would just keep using the long sword over it.
I have learned the best play style over the previous three games (Including Demon Souls ) is to get in and out fast as I can. I use dex as My main stat which makes the katana my friend. Though with the new gemming system, I think you can make any weapon any type.
I also pump points into endurance to give that extra swing which may save your life.
I have had my hollowing up to 99 for a while now so dying is my secondary strategy. Once you commit to it you will gain a new perspective.
