Bloodborne

[Combine Hunter]

Yeah,

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Cainhurst

is fantastic. It's also possible to completely miss a really interesting NPC in that area, so I hope you discovered the secret to finding them.

Dark Souls pulls the same trick with

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Painted World of Ariamis

which is an equally amazing area.

[ratsoalbion]

Found myself back at the church lair of Vicar Ameila last night, and got ripped a new one by a recently appeared NPC hunter.

[Combine Hunter]

There is a very cheap way to defeat that guy, but I ain't telling ya!

[ratsoalbion]

Pretty sure it was a woman.
Got her down to about half health before she opened up my innards with a brutal, slicing combo.

[Combine Hunter]

Ohhhh! Sorry. very mild spoilers below.

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The NPC you battle changes based on whether you follow Eileen the Crow's quest line or not. If you do, it's not Eileen the Crow, it's some one else. If you don't, it's Eileen the Crow.

[ratsoalbion]

Oh!

[Sean]

There is a very cheap way to defeat that guy, but I ain't telling ya!

I had to use this trick. I fought him countless times and couldn't beat him fair and square.

*hangs hat in shame*

[ratsoalbion]

Last night I finished

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Castle Cainhurst

and associated boss

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Martyr Logarius

as well as discovering

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its secrets

I'm now

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one of the Cainhurst Vilebloods

Crikey

[Combine Hunter]

You pick up that

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open invite to cainhurst

?

[ratsoalbion]

I did. Does that unlock another bonus path/quest?

I'm currently levelling up my Arcane so I can use this summoning glove I've discovered...

[Combine Hunter]

Mild spoilers related to Leon's question

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If you give it to a certain character, more stuff will happen at Cainhurst.

[ratsoalbion]

Oh, really? Hmmm...

[ratsoalbion]

Finally entered the lost/hidden village last night, as well as defeating a couple of NPC hunters (one of which I'd completely forgotten about from very early in the game.

One NPC I didn't defeat was the one I encountered following up the above quest mentioned by Josh.
Despite taking half his health right off the bat with a nasty, sly sneak visceral attack to the back

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Sir Alfred the Executioner proceeded to slap me twice with his big wagon wheel of death

and I was pulp.

Also uncovered a nice 'grinding' area full of mortar-boarded slime-students, worth about 15000 blood echoes per short visit.

[Sean]

Finally entered the lost/hidden village last night, as well as defeating a couple of NPC hunters (one of which I'd completely forgotten about from very early in the game.

One NPC I didn't defeat was the one I encountered following up the above quest mentioned by Josh.
Despite taking half his health right off the bat with a nasty, sly sneak visceral attack to the back

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Sir Alfred the Executioner proceeded to slap me twice with his big wagon wheel of death

and I was pulp.

Also uncovered a nice 'grinding' area full of mortar-boarded slime-students, worth about 15000 blood echoes per short visit.

This the Nightmare Frontier?

Because, boy oh boy, that area can go to hell.

[ratsoalbion]

No, I've done that area and its boss.

[chase210]

DLC tomorrow! I'm so excited, I'm dying for it.

[ratsoalbion]

Worth booting the game up in advance to download the 9GB update!

[Baron Phil]

I also need to get my NG+ to the point I can access the DLC.

[Pitwar]

I also need to get my NG+ to the point I can access the DLC.

It's really annoying that you have to do this.

I finished the game, and have little interest in playing through part of it again before I can play the DLC. If I could just jump in and play the new content I'd be all over it but due to the fact I can't do that I can't see myself buying it. Such a shame.

[Combine Hunter]

If you've got a New Game + character, you'd be surprised how quickly you can get through the first section of the game. Accessing the Bloodborne DLC is much easier than accessing the Dark Souls DLC.