I have a feeling I’ve already made a post about Patches before, but I’m too lazy to check :D
My favourite is probably Spider Patches from Bloodborne. His design is creepy and he’s not purely evil like in most other games he appears. Arguably he’s morally grey and not purely evil, but come on: he backstabs you every chance he gets. In BB he’s kinda friendly at least? Plus he can be missed quite easily
Loved anguished guardian as well!!! The Two dragons sword ab.so.lu.tely shines in that fight! I appreciated the tankiness too, truly lets you savor the encounter. And, yeah they certainly took a couple of notes from SotE for this dlc.
Let me drop another couple questions for you. Feel free to answer now or when you give your final thoughts on the game. ( which I very much look forward to) :P
1.-What did you think about Markiona as a take on a duo fight? I remember your comments on the subject from a couple of weeks back, so I’m interested to hear your opinion on it.
Personally, I…
my opinion
liked the novelty of it, felt really fresh. the initial gimmick made for a good ‘oh shit!’ moment, There are good telegraphs for what’s going on so it feels fair, even if chaotic. Camera was ok. In general I enjoy the fight, That said it was probably the second hardest in the dlc for me.
And
2.-what build/ weapon(s) did you go for? Did you played around with the weapon customization mechanic?
Thanks in advance! :)
When I encountered Markiona I also immediately thought of that post :)
Visually Markiona is fantastic, one of my favorites. A magi-tech puppeteer who fights with an angel puppet? Awesome! The fight? I didn’t have time to mechanically evaluate her. I beat her on the 3rd or 4th try simply by whaling on her and defelcting/blocking when the light effects suggested it. My damgage output and defenses where simply to high. If you go at the earliest chance to the DLC, she is probably a lot harder. I don’t even know if the puppet is completely or only partially dependent on her in the fight. After I beat the game I’m going to rematch Markiona and the Oversser in the reamtch feature to get a proper feel for her.
My build is super boring (;´∀｀) I only experimented at the beginning a bit: I chose the
StrengthMotivity starting class and I’m still using the Greatsword of Fate. After acquiring a couple of weapons I tried out a couple of different grips and choose the Krat Police Baton. I don’t know how exactly the assemble meachinc even functions. I should probably read up on it before I do another run. But for my first I didn’t want to look up anything about making a good build in LoP. I mostly leveled Health and Stamina and so much Capacity. I was always wearing the bestarmorparts. Back to the weapon: I have played through 99% of the game with Greatsword of Fate + Baton Grip; I love the quick downwards chop of the charge attack. It was my main source of damage for the majority of the game. Good damage, good stagger damage. My character still looks like a starting chracter with the starting sword and I’m even still wearing the white starting shirt. I now have enough materials to upgrade a dozen weapons but I have fused with my current weapon. This is probably like someone beating Elden Ring with the basic Club :)Capacity IS the dump stat!
When it works it works! I ended up not commiting to any of the weapons I assembled, so I feel I missed out on some fun. that might require another playthrough since there’s potential to get stylish, I think.
_/\_ thanks mate, have a good week!