skill issue

because it's a somewhat different gameplay philosophy from modern souls

>>748940568
Bludborn

>>748940568
You need to farm blood echoes and bloodstones. Aside from some DLC bosses this game gets piss easy once get some levels and weapon upgrades

>>748940654
I know it is but those faggots with the bricks in their hands keep fucking braining me and I can't get the parry window down on the guns i dont even like using the shooty bangbang sticks really just to kinda finish people off

>>748940568
Because u are a passive bitch that runs from a fight

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was doing like 20 damage to that big dog thing so im probabvly doing something wonky

>>748940568
I don't know, maybe you're just bad, that shit is the easiest souls game imo

>>748941607
your weapon isn't broken is it?
it's probably fine, that's the first boss and you have no levels

>>748940795
Those are the best enemies to practice parrying, they leave a large window with clearly telegraphed attacks AND they drop blood vials

you forgot to level VIT dummy

>>748941607
you've picked worst starter weapon so maybe that's why

>>748941607
Cane is a rough pick for a first playthrough. It’s not bad but it’s got the most quirks. If you don’t like it keep exploring and you’ll find another one that’s a lot more noob friendly

>>748940795
They added a parry but they didn't actually make it that good compared to just dashing around like a tard, especially given that they made it a limited resource. It's good for a few specific enemies but it's not the greatest implementation. If you want to fully appreciate parrying you have to do a challenge run where your DPS is tiny and you rely on visceral attacks a lot. For a normal playthrough you don't have to care worry about it that much

>>748941607
threaded cane is awesome but it's tricky to use and takes a lot of investment to do good damage
saw cleaver/spear is literally the best weapon in the game, you just r1 spam and its strong right off the bat

>>748941753
speak for yourself, that's what the gun is there for. You're just stockpiling quicksilver bullets and missing out on easy damage and i-frames

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>>748941669
Yeah I swear I'm hitting them mid attack but they don't get stunned half the time. Do they have one of those hidden stamina things or is it just back power hits and parrying?

>>748942212
No, the enemies do not have stamina, you'll see for yourself in the Hunter battles. Which gun did you pick? The pistol can literally carry you through the entire game, the blunderbuss just sucks at everything. You gotta shoot right before their attack lands, walk up and press R1. Only other visceral attack is the backstab which you can only do after a fully charged heavy attack to the back. Walking slowly is how you sneak

>>748941607
Check to see if you can upgrade your cane to +3 back at the Hunter's Dream

>>748942404
>The pistol can literally carry you through the entire game, the blunderbuss just sucks at everything
that's not true, it's just a matter of preference

>>748941607
I used cane till my second playthrough, it needs you to know how to play to make the most out of it. Try a different weapon or look for a guide

>>748942962
Nah the blunderbuss is worse at everything, it's a slow piece of shit. It does no damage and the firing delay is so long you might as well stand there defensless

>>748943034
pistol is slightly faster, blunderbuss misses less frequently

>>748940568
Be more aggressive

>>748941698
Nah the cane is the best weapon

>>748941857
By the time you learn how to parry each enemy properly you will have already progressed further into the game playing without it. From an efficiency standpoint it's a largely inferior strategy for a first time blind playthrough. Which is the problem with this game given that parrying is made out to be a central indispensable mechanic

>>748940568
You're playing it like a different game.
I used to get gaped in sekiro until I played it like a rhythm game. Bloodborne is not souls

>>748942212
>threaded cane
yikes

>>748940568
The best easy starter weapon is the axe, as the R2 attack when extended will send most enemies bar bosses flying

>>748943117
the pistol never misses an enemy doing an attack you can parry

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Ok, I found some gear, I met this person, I found the saw spear thing (which does like 50% more damage?) and I got 6k souls for levels

>>748943512
that's not true at all

>>748943593
Yes it is absolutely true, go ahead, prove me wrong

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killed the manus beast thing just tossed all my levels into vit for now

>>748940568
>get this game on PS4 when it came out
>miss the part where you enter the dream or whatever and get your weapon
>fight first werewolf enemy
>hand-to-hand is my only option
>try for about an hour
>finally win
>think I'll finally get my weapon
>don't
>think this game is retarded
>drop it
I want to try it again but the ps4 I have now is fucked up, it won't register the L1 button no matter what controller I use, even new ones

>>748941607
>1440p
ah, another filtered PCJeet
stick to DMC, kid

>>748943208
Nobody seriously plays with the starter weapons

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wtf is this shit
also should i jump straight into doing chalice dungeons after unlocking them or is it post game only content

>>748944492
it's a cosmetic for the messengers
you can start the chalices now if you like, they're easy at first but once you finish 2 or 3 they become much harder and are more of a postgame thing ultimately

>>748944492
when the chalices become a task for later, you'll feel it. enemies hit like a fucking truck. the first several are safe to do parallel to yarhnam

go to the stump round back from the hunters dream cabin

>>748940795
Shoot as he brings it down the attack

>>748944492
I'd do at least two just to get a feel for it. I think the chalice dungeons are best experienced with friends or a co-op buddy. That makes them worth experiencing (mostly just the developer made dungeons that lead to the secret boss)

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got his bitch ass

>>748941607
if you are good at riposte then cane is best weapon in the game

>>748946571
good job
it's actually pretty easy to just get him to fall off the tower

>>748946815
Me? I'm a Kirkhammer guy. the transform attack gets you right in the monsters face

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>>748947630
that's actually how i got him
he got kirk'd too hard and had to fall off

>>748941698
I did my first playthrough with it and it wasn't hard at all.
Most enemies can't deal with the range of the whip mode.

I did whip my first playthrough recently and it's my favorite starting weapon, but it's definitely less strong than the other two
cleaver you can just r1 spam everything and axe is ridiculously strong in tricked mode, but the cane has much more specific weaknesses in both forms

just replayed it and it's the easiest souls game by far. 90% of enemies and bosses can't even do anything if you just attack their backs and the parry is way too generous, I'd recommend not even using it or the pellets/papers since you will kill bosses in 3 hits otherwise.

>always remember R1>L1>R1 combo attacks do more damage

This game was ruined when pctrannies raped it with emulation. This game wasn't designed to be run at over 60 fps and 420p, it ruins the artstyle, atmosphere, gameplay, and developer intention. You retards were so desperate for our scraps you destroyed art to taste leftover slop. You'll never experience bloodborne at it's peak, and you made it so nobody else will. Are you happy?

>>748940568
No glass canon build, no cheesy kamehameha build. It's the same R1 -> L1 -> L1 combo spam.
The "gimmick" is "hidden" in a way that it's not explicitly stated or force fed to you at the beginning of the game in the "tutorial" zones.
You need to master gun-parry.
Unlike Souls where parrying is optional, or Sekiro where parrying is the core of the game, and a gazillion tutorials is shoved in your face telling you it's the way to play, there's even visual cues telling you what / when to do in Sekiro.
You have to gun-parry/counter in BB, it's crucial.

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>>748952691
>You have to gun-parry/counter in BB, it's crucial.

>went with transformed Kirkhammer through almost entire game
>bullets in storage filled up to the point where I couldn't pick them up anymore
>turns out you can't even sell that shit and vials straight from the storage

>>748952519
you didn't experience bloodborne at its peak either because the PS4 couldn't handle 30fps at 2K

>>748940568
Welcome to what went wrong with Souls games forever after.

>>748954443
Only pctards demand a game be over 30 fps

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>>748943223
Bro, parrying is literally the most braindead in BB. You literally just press the shoot button while they're attacking and you get free viscerals. The game is balanced around the visceral attacks which is why you get limited ammo. Though, running out of ammo should never really become a problem.

>>748941607
Now that you have insight, you should be able to level. I assume this is your first Soulslike? For can, iirc, you need to stack all your levels into Skill. Don't forget you also have items you can use too, such as the molotovs.

>>748941607
If you're talking about the cleric beast, I believe the whip form deals extra damage to beast type enemies. If you target limbs of certain bosses, they can break causing them to stagger and making that part take more damage for a period of time. The wide reach of the whip can let you chain staggers through limb breaking and get you a lot of bonus damage, but you can only do it so many times so it won't be a free win. Oil pots make the next fire attack against that enemy deal extra damage, so when he's low you can pelt him with oil and molotovs to kill him safely