Why are the Powder Keg Weapons so damn good, /v/?
>>737027080I like the boom hammer but i was never good enough for this thing
I have beaten the game like 20 times, played chalice dungeons to death, did a no death run including dlc, and 95% of the time just use the saw cleaver
>>737027852It's okay to have preferences. It's not like you're chiding other people for playing the game a different way, so it's fine.
>>737027080>explosives opWho knows?
Beast cutter mogs
I finally got around to Bloodborne and have beat it several times now although only playing it offline. Its pretty clear to me though that the blood gems suck as does the chalice dungeons which get very tedious and samey in a very short time. I can sort of get how the chalice dungeons could be improved upon in a sequel but I cannot comprehend blood gems ever being good unless they were super streamlined and maybe were limited like the caryll runes. It seems both of these things were considered in combination with each other and they feel like some shit out of Borderlands or Diablo. They don't feel right in a Souls game imo even if for pve you don't have to go way out of your way to collect the gems to feel powerful enough for maybe just NG.What was the deal with this? I know I am not the only one that sees these two things as the games most obvious flaw right?
>>737027080didn't beat
>>737027080Because, "If a weapon ain't got kick, it just ain't worth it."
>>737027080>FARUCONNNN... PAWNCH
>>737028173The main point of blood gems is to change weapon attributes. It's what you get instead of the elemental upgrade branches in the other games.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI3aRB5LADk
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>>737028594Yeah I get what their point is but I can't help but to think the game would have been so much better if it had the standard upgrades from the previous games. The melee weapons are nice and have variety in their moveset but then the blood gems make them feel too randomized since there is so much of a percentage range on them. If they worked like the runes as I said before and there was only maybe a couple dozen of them to collect in the world at most that would at least be better. Even for pve it feels kind of shitty that I have to settle for having an inferior weapon unless I want to grind endless hours in those boring dungeons.
>>737028959Chalice Dungeons should have been connected to areas in the main game. They should've been account wide and damage pertaining to weapons should've been found from runes instead of blood gems with RNG effects.
>>737029014If they ever do a sequel I am not sure either of these things should really even come back. The chalice dungeons are just too boring and the gems seem way too out of place in such a game in their current form. Besides this though the game is amazing and has some of the best level design of these games and definitely the best melee combat imo.
>>737029309Its been 11 years I don't think they'll ever do a direct sequel. What should have happened is a spiritual successor like what DaS is to DeS. Even that feels too late now because again the passage of time and everything Bloodborne introduced has never been revisited. Elden Ring didn't have trick weapons, guns or the rally mechanic.
>>737027080for me it's beast cutter
>>737029538Well they are doing a movie and if that does well enough I would bet Sony would greenlight a sequel if its okay with From.
>>737027080I have no idea how to get Bloodborne set up on PC
>>737029538ER does have the rally mechanic, it's just tied to something you get at the end of of the game.
>>737032738Rally in other Fromsoft games sucks ass cause Bloodborne supports it with quickstep and quickstep attack chaining. You can dash out and dash back in and keep slashing. So if you get hit it's not that big a problem. Other Fromsoft games have rolling, which sucks for attack chaining.It's why the Blade of Mercy is my favorite weapon in the game, it excels at quickstep attacks and just slicing shit to shreds.
>>737032905I know. But ER does have rally, even if it's not built for it and holds it for the very end.
They are not good.They are fun, but not good.Which fits them perfectly. Bunch of lunatics.
>>737027080FromSoft really outdid themselves with these weapons. None of the weapons in their newer games even come close to being as cool.
>>737027803treat it as a fist weapon combined with a straight sword and then a retardedly power but slow charged attack that you might want to pair up with lead elixir if you’re not perfect with timing
>>737029538>>737029309I hope to god they don’t do a sequel and instead make a spiritual successor. Also chalice dungeons were pretty cool story and gameplay-wise (at a basic level) BUT farming the really good gems and retarded shit like rom and amygdala in there give me a headache
