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I locked on to the Cleric Beast. I found it easier to stay behind it while locked as there's not a lot it can do to hurt you.

I just rang my bell and someone came almost immediately.

Need to get back on it but family are scuppering plans.

Looking at those Sony TV things now they're 45 on amazonks

After I died the first time I couldn't work out how to equip the starter weapons I get given, so I just respawned and ran my way through the level past the werewolf and three other dudes at the end of the road. Hilarity ensued as I Benny Hill'd around them trying to karate chop them.

Once I worked out how to equip my weapons it was much easier.

Future Warrior wrote:

Snap ;-)

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Made a bit more progress last night after the crash, it had at least done a save so I still had all my blood echoes.

I've made the trip through the sewers, met Miss Piggy's big brother, and unlocked the shortcut. Next up, finding the next boss, and getting my ass kicked by him.

...like after killing the vicar and then finally going back to try the outdoors bit, you find the land completely drained of all its colour (and it was quite colourful) and even more beasts appear...

I think it might be beneficial to first explore the nice bright colourful area when you find it before tackling the previous boss. The people in the window are just beasts. Maybe they wouldn't be if I hadn't made the world dark.

I'm utterly lost in the forest and can't find a lamp for love nor money. It's facking horrible in here.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 0:53 ]
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I locked on to the Cleric Beast. I found it easier to stay behind it while locked as there's not a lot it can do to hurt you.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:37 ]
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Pundabaya wrote: I locked on to the Cleric Beast. I found it easier to stay behind it while locked as there's not a lot it can do to hurt you. I might give that a go - I've been farming souls in the first area and then going off down through the warehouse to the docks area to explore - then every so often going back up and trying to do the Cleric beast and failing - I have managed about 3/4's of its health but not been able to take it out yet.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:43 ]
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Try to stay on his back left, its big hairy arm is its weak point.

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 13:26 ]
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Sewer pig dead. Stumbled into boss fight against Father Bastard but use a 'BHM' to take me back. Levelled up! Going back in.

Author:	markg [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 13:31 ]
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Played for a few hours, got stuck in the scenery, turned it off and went to bed. But I am enjoying it so far, although I still put the chances of ever finishing at at somewhere near zero.

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Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 13:43 ]
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Cleric Beast dead first attempt motherfuckers!!!

Author:	Satsuma [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 13:46 ]
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I think they must have sorted out the co-op server issues cause I just rang my bell and someone came almost immediately. Then me and my fellow co-oper got ravaged by a giant skin bag dog monster thing.

Author:	Bamba [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 13:56 ]
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Saturnalian wrote: I just rang my bell and someone came almost immediately.

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 17:59 ]
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Need to get back on it but family are scuppering plans.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 18:10 ]
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Zardoz wrote: Need to get back on it but family are scuppering plans. If its access to the TV buy a Vita and use remote play :-)

Author:	Zardoz [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 19:55 ]
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Looking at those Sony TV things now they're 45 on amazonks

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 21:42 ]
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Zardoz wrote: Looking at those Sony TV things now they're 45 on amazonks And on Argos http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 574052.htm they also have the 'spend £50 and get a £5 voucher' at the moment

Author:	Satsuma [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 21:45 ]
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My favourite bit from Bloodborne so far. That scream behind the vent shit me up no end. (You need the sound to get the impact. And you need to play the game, cause this video, in retrospect, does a shit job of conveying how scary this is)

Author:	markg [ Mon Mar 30, 2015 22:56 ]
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Stuck in the scenery last night and tonight it has just crashed when I tried to return to the hunters dream. If you're going to make a hard game then it really, really needs to not also be a buggy pile of shite.

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 23:45 ]
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Well done. The second is a bit harder but you can protect yourself better using the environment. Here's my video of my third boss kill. At the start of the vid (and a failed attempt at the boss) I appear to be scratching my arse a lot since I'm trying to ring that fucking bell for some co-op assistance but no fucker is coming. Interestingly (to me) when I restart I ring the bell and this activates a fog gate I can't go through ... it's as if someone is trying to join ... then the fog gate disappears!? I reckon there's something wrong here. It's a failed attempt to connect but then the game just gives up trying and although it's pretending to tell you that it's still waiting for someone to join, no one will ever come. I'm guessing server issues or a patch is needed. It's a bit disappointing that the co-op system ain't working properly. If anyone wants to co-op, let me know! I wanna co-op with you! Go into system and select password and let's make a password together. What about "beex" I can't imagine that's a popular word. Then, if anyone is online and looking to co-op you might get a beexer! Or we could answer these questions: Who's in? When we playing? Anyway, that third boss? What a cunt. Check him out around 12 mins. I'm a fraction away from death a few times. Lord knows how I'm still alive. Bring antidote for the poison cause if you get to that stage of the fight you'll need it. Protip: He's super aggressive. Every time I had a go I always, always cowered away. You've GOT to be aggressive yourself here. Dodge straight in when he's coming at you, smack him and dodge out. I messed it up due to crazy nerves when I got his energy right down but if you've got that mindset to dive in.

Author:	Pundabaya [ Wed Apr 01, 2015 0:36 ]
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Right, I've had a look at how the co-op mechanic is supposed to work... You trigger the Beckoning Bell. This opens you up to being joined. It stays active until you die, or transition to the Hunter's Dream, or a few other situations when you get forcibly teleported for story reasons. Basically, when you hit the Loading Screen of Doom(tm) the effect ends. It only summons when the level boss is still alive. (I assume this means the progression boss, so our old friend, the Cleric Beast can be dead, as it is (believe it or not) entirely optional). To join a co-op game, you need to activate the Small Resonant bell. You get this from the upper bird bath messenger in the Hunter's Dream, the one that's outside the window. You can only use that with 10 Insight, and the items cost you insight. (this is also where you get the Sinister Resonant Bell that does the PVP thing). If you kill the boss, the session ends, if you die, you get chucked back to your own game. To end the session, you use the Silencing Blank. Certain areas 'cloud' the Beckoning Bell, Boss arenas, for example. Once you're in, no one will join. You have to be in roughly the same area for the thing to work too. Using the Beckoning Bell may cause a 'Chime Maiden' to spawn. Because From are bastards. A Chime Maiden will summon enemy players to come and invade your shit. If you kill her before she summons, it doesn't work. You can't be invaded while in the Boss Arena though. Chime Maidens do spawn naturally in some areas so... yeah, From are bastards. Oh, and apparently, if you try to Co-op with someone from a rival covenant, it becomes an invasion. There is talk that theres a bug where if you use Rest Mode/the suspend function thingy it buggers up summoning.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Apr 02, 2015 18:57 ]
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That's where I'm at. Had some 'help' but they died before me! Got scuppered again so I've levelled myself up a bit... now there's no online available to ding dong some help in. I'll try again later, either solo or online if it's back up.

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Apr 02, 2015 20:14 ]
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What weapon did everyone go for at the start? I went for the Saw Cleaver. Then found the Saw Spear, and bought the Kirk Hanmet (nice special move with that, at the loss of pistol shot). Oh yeah, went for pistol over the blunderbuss too. Not bothered with the twin shot pistol available from the bath buddy.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 0:30 ]
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So I've not had any stuck in scenery points and no crashes however I still struggled with the first boss so used another insight point to ring the bell - and again no-one showed up So I have 'found' 3 points - used 2 for no use whatsoever :-( Now level 20 - have a second 'main' weapon - have upgraded both my melee and gun and I'm just wandering round killing everything else i find without much problems just not the boss :-(

Author:	myp [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:11 ]
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After I died the first time I couldn't work out how to equip the starter weapons I get given, so I just respawned and ran my way through the level past the werewolf and three other dudes at the end of the road. Hilarity ensued as I Benny Hill'd around them trying to karate chop them. Once I worked out how to equip my weapons it was much easier.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:01 ]
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Future Warrior wrote: After I died the first time I couldn't work out how to equip the starter weapons I get given, so I just respawned and ran my way through the level past the werewolf and three other dudes at the end of the road. Hilarity ensued as I Benny Hill'd around them trying to karate chop them. Once I worked out how to equip my weapons it was much easier. Snap ;-) viewtopic.php?p=856410#p856410

Author:	myp [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:05 ]
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zaphod79 wrote: Future Warrior wrote: After I died the first time I couldn't work out how to equip the starter weapons I get given, so I just respawned and ran my way through the level past the werewolf and three other dudes at the end of the road. Hilarity ensued as I Benny Hill'd around them trying to karate chop them. Once I worked out how to equip my weapons it was much easier. Snap ;-) viewtopic.php?p=856410#p856410 Haha, oh dear. It was rather obtuse. Glad I'm not alone.

Author:	markg [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:49 ]
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I did that too, only it was because I didn't even find the free weapons. I ran past the werewolf, murdered the first three blokes with my bare hands, climbed up the ladder and got killed by the next one before realising that it surely shouldn't be that insanely difficult. Made a bit more progress last night after the crash, it had at least done a save so I still had all my blood echoes. Got all my items filled up and the shortcut back to the boss opened up so I'll try and kill it later.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:55 ]
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markg wrote: Made a bit more progress last night after the crash, it had at least done a save so I still had all my blood echoes. When your saying 'crash' - whats happening - is it erroring back out the dashboard - is it freezing - is it giving you some weird on screen message ? Also I assume you have the patch downloaded (all 2.6 gig) and your on the latest firmware ? I had a few 'crash back to dashboard' situations on COD : Ghosts and on Battlefield 4 when the PS4 first came out but I've not really had anything like that since (although I've had COD : AW freeze on me going into / out of menus - i just hit the PS button to get to the dash and closed it down)

Author:	markg [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:03 ]
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Yeah, all patched an up to date. It just froze on the loading screen when I was going back to the hunter's dream. Then when I force quit the thing by holding down the PS button it asked if I wanted to report and error with some code or other. To be honest it only really boiled my piss so much because I had made good progress and feared that I'd lost it all.

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:49 ]
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I've got the Kirk Hammet.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 13:30 ]
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Spoilers (and glitches) - but Bloodborne beaten in 44 minutes http://kotaku.com/how-people-are-beatin ... 1694568117

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 15:40 ]
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'accolades' trailer

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 20:58 ]
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Holy shit, I'm shaking after that fight with the saggy dog boss. He's fucked me up so many times and I couldn't even get any co-op help. I was going to turn it off but DAYYUM I somehow managed it. That was the fight of my life right there.

Author:	Zardoz [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 21:45 ]
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Deborah Meaden?

Author:	Pundabaya [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 22:28 ]
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I've made the trip through the sewers, met Miss Piggy's big brother, and unlocked the shortcut. Next up, finding the next boss, and getting my ass kicked by him.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Mar 31, 2015 22:51 ]
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Pundabaya wrote: I've made the trip through the sewers, met Miss Piggy's big brother, and unlocked the shortcut. Next up, finding the next boss, and getting my ass kicked by him. Same for me - and finally !

Author:	zaphod79 [ Wed Apr 01, 2015 23:56 ]
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Well i did the pig and the other stuff - found the next boss - and died - so went back and then realised i had cleared / opened everything up and it really was just the boss i could go to next. As he had beaten me very easily (even though i had 'the item') i burned another point and tried to summon someone in. Nothing happened so rather than go in and face him again I thought i would see how much of the whole area I could clear out and then someone actually joined my game (maybe about 8 - 10 minutes after i'd rung the bell) - I went with them to the boss and with their help I took him down - and opened up the next area !

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Apr 02, 2015 19:06 ]
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I used the big tomb in the back right of the arena and just worked on him around that; waiting around the corners and boshing him with a charged R2 attack. Gets a bit hairy when he transforms but the same tactic worked (eventually).

Author:	Zardoz [ Thu Apr 02, 2015 20:05 ]
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I can get him to transform every time then he just jumps on my face and I panic. I'll have another crack later, beefed myself up a bit more now.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Thu Apr 02, 2015 21:07 ]
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For starting i went with cleaver and blunderbuss - found the saw spear / bought the kirkhammer and have just bought the cane and axe (now they are available) - I seem to get on best with the cleaver

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Apr 02, 2015 22:05 ]
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I'm a cleaver and blunderbuss guy as well. I played with the hammer, the lightning rod and the rifle blade ones for a while but I always go back to the cleaver and two hand it. I've had a crack at one of the chalice dungeons now. Pretty good it was too but outside of picking up a few items in not really sure what it's about. My insight has gone past 10 now and I've unlocked the pool in the hunters dream and purchased the other bells so if anyone wants to co-op give us a shout!

Author:	myp [ Thu Apr 02, 2015 22:37 ]
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I haven't quite given up on this yet, but I really don't think it's for me.