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[Aromaci]

Finished my first play through. Highly enjoyable. Looking forward to the second. Finish anything I might have missed and to piece together more of the story. Can't wait for the patch to lessen load times though.

Fear the old blood.

[Hasan-I]

So, i am still on the first level. Haven't had much time to play, and also sucking means a very small amount of progression. I really want to get through it though!

[Dragonmyballs]

Will offer help for a low price $99.99 a minute

[SmokeyPSD]

Been loving this. Such a well realized world and I love the gothic city/architecture. The difficulty is talked about a lot but I find it more unforgiving not so much hard. Especially when you get some experience under your belt and become more aware of your surroundings/patterns of enemies.

I'm surprised though that it's a little weak on the technical side for a exclusive current gen title. With dips in framerate, stuttering in demanding places and long load times. When Dark Souls 2 was just released with a touched up version I thought it would be a bit more technically sound. Doesn't take away from the wonderful game design though.

[I_live_4_fun]

I finished Bloodborne over the weekend as well in the midst of trying to get through the Chalice Dungeons. It was so good to finish my first Souls-type game (and just games in general for less backlog ).

I may have to "pay" Drags to help me some more throughout the Chalice Dungeons when I get back into it, haha. Then I'll probably try to get through the NG+ story without any help as a new challenge for myself .

[spectre51]

Incoming Bloodborne update to reduce load times and optimise performance
Look out for update 1.03 later this month

We are amazed and very grateful for the way in which the community has embraced Bloodborne. As you may have seen, we’ve just announced that Bloodborne has now sold through over one million copies worldwide. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project!

Today, we wanted to provide some more information regarding the next patch for Bloodborne.
As we confirmed previously, the 1.03 update seeks to reduce certain load times in addition to performance optimisations. The patch also resolves an issue that resulted in abnormal game behavior after many continuous hours of play. Additional fixes will be included as well.

The team is currently working towards a global release of the 1.03 patch before the end of the month. We will try to provide more specific timing as soon as we are able.

Source + Troubleshooting network issues: PlayStation Blog

[p1nkm15t]

I'll just leave this here:
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[Axe99]

Hahaha, dems skills there P1nk, no two ways about that!

[Saintsy]

[Aromaci]

Patch is supposed to be out for load times.

[SmokeyPSD]

Opened it up for a bit to check it out and it looks like it delivered to me. Definite shorter load times, especially with respawning and you now get descriptions for items as well so you actually have something to look at. Not many times you get a patch to come along to drastically improve things like this.

[Aromaci]

Patch 1.04

• By using password matching, you can now be matched regardless of level difference, and even with a hostile oath.
  
• Conditions for the appearance of the insight store changed: it will appear when the player has one or more insight instead of 10 (Once unlocked, it will now remain unlocked for the rest of the game, even if you have zero insight).
  
• Added a “blood chunk” item to the insight store (it will appear after playing the game up to a point). It costs 30 Insight.
  
• Up to 600 Blood vials and quicksilver bullets can now be stored in the storage.
  
• Adjusted the strength of some enemies in some areas in new game plus.
  
• Adjusted the resistance and vulnerability of some enemies to bolt and arcane attacks.
  
• Changes made to how Beasthood accumulates. This increases duration and improves attack of beast mode.
  
• Adjusted the effect of Beast Blood Pellet item.
  
• Fixed a bug of the attack force of the Rifle Spear. In particular, it was fixed a problem with the use of Blood Gems.
  
• Reduced the stamina use of the Kirkhammer.
  
• Reduced the stamina use of the Logarius’ Wheel.
  
• Increased the duration of Old Hunter Bone and reduced the use of Quicksilver Bullets (reduced from 5 to 4).
  
• Increased the duration of the effect of Tiny Tonitrus. Increased attack force. Attack force with low arcane will be higher.
  
• Increased the duration of the effect of Augur of Ebrietas. Attack force with low arcane will be higher.
  
• Reduced the Quicksilver Bullet cost for use of A Call Beyond  (reduced from 8 to 7).
  
• Reduced the Quicksilver Bullet cost for use of Choir Bell (reduced from 8 to 7).
  
• Added Short Ritual Root Chalice to the insight store after completing the Pthumeru Chalice dungeon. It costs 10 Insight.
  
• It’s possible to take advantage of the Short Ritual Root Chalice from an earlier stage of the game.
  
• Added a random rewards when killing a Chalice dungeon boss. They will now drop a random Blood Gem in addition to weapon enhancement materials.
  
• Different depths of Chalice Dungeons will now drop different Blood Stones
  
  • Depth 1: Blood Stone Shard
    
  • Depth 2: Twin Blood Stone Shard
    
  • Depth 3: Twin Blood Stone Shard and Blood Stone Chunk (Rare)
    
  • Depth 4: Blood Stone Chunk
    
  • Depth 5: Blood Stone Chunk and Blood Rock (Rare)

• Increased the level of Blood Gems available in Depth 1-3 Dungeons.
  
• Increased the amount of Blood Echoes dropped in Chalice Dungeons.
  
• Co-op partners joining a cursed dungeon will only see their HP reduced by 50%, and not by 65% as it was before.
  
• When starting co-op in a chalice dungeon, you will now spawn in the lantern room.
  
• Weapons with special names like “uncanny” and so forth can now be purchased from the Bath Messengers once found.
  
• Adjusted the brightness of the screen when finding a pool of Blood Echoes on the ground.
  
• Corrected the bug that disconnect you from online mode when in stand-by.
  
• Corrected a bug that caused enemies not to be displayed correctly for co-op guests when moving fast.
  
• Further tweaks and bug fixes.

Via: http://www.dualshock...-now-available/

[I_live_4_fun]

Sounds like a really awesome patch . Especially with being able to join friends with the same passwords regardless of level and adding blood chunks to the insight store. The new Chalice Dungeon tweaks will make for a lot more incentive to challenge yourself too.

[SmokeyPSD]

Bloodborne Expansion has been spotted on upcoming games being shown at E3, be interesting to see what's coming.

[Fuchal]

Finished this game a month back and am going through the Chalice Dungeons as we speak.  Got about 8 of them left.  Hope to platinum this by the end of the year.

[spectre51]

『Bloodborne The Old Hunters 』　Trailer(jp)

November 24th 2015

[Axe99]

Oooh, Bloodborne DLC, nice .  Cheers all-knowing Spec .  I like how they named if after Jyks and Clowny .

[spectre51]

Major new Bloodborne update adds The League, additional co-op NPC hunters, more
Plus, check out a new weapon from upcoming DLC expansion The Old Hunters

Hello, Bloodborne fans. The brand new nightmare, The Old Hunters expansion (which requires the full game), will be unleashed on 24th November. It brings with it a host of new content and improvements, but it’s not the only exciting news for Bloodborne. An upcoming patch will offer allplayers exciting new features in the original game, including The League, additional co-op NPC hunters, and more.

The League is a band of Hunters who have taken an oath and are bound by a single purpose. By aligning yourself to The League, led by a mysterious figure in a constable’s garb and bucket helmet, you can assist other players online in the game and compete in The League’s online rankings leaderboard.
In addition to The League, players will also be able to use The League cane and summon co-op NPCs within the game, perfect for tackling challenging areas and bosses.

To whet your appetite for the upcoming expansion, here is a sneak preview of one of the many brand new weapons available as part of The Old Hunters. Behold the Holy Moonlight Sword. Do you have what it takes to wield its mysterious power?

Don’t forget you can pre-order The Old Hunters here before 24th November to get a bonus PS4 Theme. Or if you haven’t played Bloodborne yet, look out for the Game of the Year edition, on shelves from 25th November.

As a special treat for all you hardcore Bloodborne players who have already earned your Platinum Trophy, or are close to unlocking it: in the very near future we will be sending out voucher codes for an exclusive PS4 theme to Platinum Trophy holders. There’s no other way to get your hands on this theme other than to master the game.

Stay tuned to PlayStation Blog for additional information about the patch and The Old Hunters expansion DLC.

Source: PlayStation Blog

[Axe99]

Ooooh, free updates as well as the DLC - not a bad marketing move at all .  Content sounds decent as well, cheers for the info All-knowing Spec .

[spectre51]

How to access Bloodborne: The Old Hunters expansion - PlayStation Blog

Once you have purchased and downloaded The Old Hunters expansion, you’ll need to follow the below steps to access the new content.

Spoiler

Step 1
Defeat the boss of the Cathedral Ward and examine the altar in the back of the room to change the in-game time to night.

Step 2
Go to the Hunter’s Dream and receive the Eye of a Blood-Drunk Hunter from a messenger.

Step 3
Go to the Oedon Chapel and leave via the left-hand exit to enter the square.

Step 4
Go to the right-hand end of the square to trigger an event. This event will take you to the new area: the Hunter’s Nightmare.

Lighting the lamp in the new area will allow you to travel to and from the area via an Awakening Headstone in the Hunter’s Dream.