Bloodborne

Itlan_sl said:

I'm on NG+ and have never done a chalice dungeon.

I also have no idea what I'm doing honestly.

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The chalice dungeons are what ultimately killed my interest in this game. In order to get the best gems (and before the patch, get more than one blood rock), you needed to plod through all of the chalice dungeons, and I found them extremely repetitive and just not fun. Add in the artificial half-health mechanic, and I went on to other games. I really enjoyed my first playthrough, but unlike the Souls games, BB had no longevity for me

They are progressive for each chalice, Pthu starts at a difficulty of 1 to the max 5, Hinter I think goes 3-5, Loran 4-5 and Isz is 5 only. Those are all set in stone in terms of mob location, layout, bosses etc. In each difficulty level when you beat the final boss you get the chalice that unlocks the next difficulty and you also get a root chalice from one of the mid level bosses that lets you make a randomized version of that level. The root also lets you add certain items (offerings) that make it harder (mobs have more health, you have half health and/or more traps) which in turn lets you get better gems. There is also a third type called sinister that acts like a root but will allow invasions to occur in them. Best gems (+27% damage or +65 of an arcane type)come from the level 5 root dungeons with all the offerings. I beat NG+7 with only one 27% modifier and I think I had 18% in the others because I just couldn't take any more farming. If your dead set on min maxing google gem farming and people have codes you can use on the root that give you the best chance for the gem type you are looking for. Oh, some of the roots also have different versions of the weapons in them; the weapons are the same but the gem types they take are different.

Made a new character and did a 99 arcane glass cannon build for grins and man is it broken for most bosses. Any humanoid boss can pretty much be parried at any point with the Auger of Ebrietas, including the clock tower boss. The defiled chalice dungeon is trivial; chain parry the first boss as he stands up with the Auger, Call Beyond 4 or 5 times on the second and black eye the third with the occasional charged R2 when she jumps. Not nearly as rewarding as the first time doing a strength/skill build but for the second time through it was just fun. Only build left to try is a bloodtinge/strength for that weapon from Cainhurst, the one from Simon and the one from that annoying as hell red summon in the DLC.