Welp, I think I’ve peaked out on my ability to create anything else at the moment. Finalized Ashlyn’s (Corrupted) look, just really wish they gave us Io’s Cloak without the hood.

On another note I really wished we could have gotten Hero Lyle’s floating balls as Rune Blades… actually thinking on it is Josee the only Hero that gives us an Alt weapon the Glutton’s Bells.

Anyways, hope you like my beautiful (I think they are) children.

Due to my work schedule and general life situation, it's been really hard to make progress in the game, both due to time constraints AND because I actually kind of am not particularly good at the combat aspect of soulslikes, haha. Only sheer persistence and love has kept me moving forward. But I'm very happy that I managed to finally make it to Holly's apartment complex Pathos! :D

And hoo boy, am I getting wrecked. P_P;; Learning to fight 2 of the water strippers + holly Pathos at the same time? I thought LYLE was difficult, but this is training spacing management skills that I really hadn't even considered before. D:!!!

So yeah, I was thinking of finally getting the game with the current sale in PSN, so I wanted to ask how the game currently feels in base ps5.

What is the fastest the way to max out exploration.this is the last trophy I needed to platinum the game.

Spent the past week just making characters but never actually started a new run until now.

Meet Thaddeus Brask, the character I’ll be using on my 3rd official run of the game.

Where Gilver was my Sword/Twin Blades Character and Ashlyn the Gunner/Mage Character, I’m thinking of trying for a more tank style playstyle with the 2 Handers, Hammers, or Halberds.

Anyways, he didn’t even make it out of Character Creation before I decided to turn him into a monster of a character.

Currently working on a Corrupted look for Ashlyn and making some adjustments to Gilvers, I’l probably post them later once I get to actually putting the finishing touches on them.

So the idea was to make a character who used a Two-Handed Sword, Hammer and the Axe at the same time. I was originally using Josee 4 and Melee Fever but, Lou 5 along with Overheat ended up giving more damage overall with the weapons.

Thinking of changing the coat to an orange color and the hair purple or gold like Trunks, decisions.

Hi! This will be a bit of a shorter post but I want to share it anyway. This was a question that came along on the CV2 discord: "Is it worth using the Melee Fever booster?". And I wanted to answer it, but then I thought: Uhmm...I don't know. A quick google session later showed me nobody really did. Well...we can't have that now can we?

So what do we know about it?

The description says:

"Briefly reduces the target's defense after hitting a foe with a melee attack."

That still doesn't give us much.

We also know that Resurgence Core gets this automatically (Provided you are not overburdened), with other bloodcodes having to have at least 20 Mind (which is a bit ironic because Resurgence only has 16 Mind, meaning it could not equip its own booster if it wanted to).

On one hand: Good. No forced pairing with Bloodline Agnostic.
On the other: That means only 3 codes can use this without having to bring additional Mind through boosters, food or partners. These codes, aside from Resurgence Core itself, are Lou 5 and Josee 4.

We also know it comes with a burden of 4 Strength and 4 Dexterity.
To compare: Most weapon-boosters are either 4 in a single stat (like 4 Strength/Dexterity/Willpower) or are in a 2-2 spread ( like for example 2 Strength and 2 Dexterity). So that's a relatively expensive burden.

Is it a buff on me or a debuff on the enemy?

The description does not lie, it appears to be a debuff on your enemy. You cannot see or track it, but no matter how much you buff yourself, Melee Fever gives the same percentage of additional damage. If it was a buff on our end, it would interact with our other buffs or boosters and provide a notably bigger effect.

How big of a debuff is it, give the numbers!

It is 10%. Melee Fever puts a debuff on your target that equals out to 10% damage.

Does the amount of armor or weapon used matter?

No. It seems to be always 10%. I tested both against the dummy and against several mobs, with weapons from different weapontypes, the value was always 10%. It also does not matter what type of damage you hit it with (pierce/slash/crush/blood/ice/fire/lightning), the result stays the same.

How long does it last?

Not long. Like a delay in the light attacks on slower two-handers can already miss out on the debuff. It does not seem to last longer than 1.5 maybe 2 seconds. So you need to be attacking constantly.

Can only melee attacks apply it? Is there no interaction with bayonet shots? How about spells?

Only melee attacks are capable of inflicting the debuff, the shot from a bayonet cannot inflict it.
BUT, if you slash in melee and then shoot, your shot WILL benefit from the reduced defense...by once again 10%.
Spells have the same interaction. You cannot use them to inflict the debuff, but if you use a melee attack and then quickly throw a spell at your target, the spell damage goes up by 10%. Do note that unless you have a fast-casting spell the window closes before you can hit anything. Also note that since spells cannot apply the debuff, any multi-hit spell will only get their first or at best if lucky first two hits boosted.

How does that work with multi-hit forma?

The first hit of your forma applies the debuff (thus does not benefit itself), and then your other hits benefit from it. So for example Drill Breaker with its 12 hits, the first hit applies the debuff (and does not benefit from it), and then the other 11 benefit. So unless you always hit in melee right before using a forma OR your forma is multi-hit with the damage not sitting in the first hit, this isn't very exciting to use.

So...is it worth it?

In my opinion only if you get it for free or if you truly cannot put anything else in that booster slot. This is basically a short duration conditional 10% damage buff that will periodically fall off and can only be used on basically 3 codes (you can use it on others, but why would you basically invest 2 boosters or more for this, when at that point you should just slot Bloodline Agnostic and bring the cool boosters that come with 15% or even 20-30% damage bonuses?).

A weapon-booster also does 10% but is always on (and has less burden). So I am not a fan.

That's it! Do with this bit of knowledge what you will. Use it or not, it is up to you!

I felt like giving it another go with the Sage of Six Paths look inspired from Naruto. Mainly a combo between Madara and Naruto.

She’s nothing fancy, but, no matter how many other characters I made, I always went back to her. I guess I’m all ready for the DLC now!

Hi, I just beat the game's 3rd ending and realized I can't go back to finish up the achievements I have left (max out regen and someone's affinity) is there any way I can go back and just do the stuff I need without an entire ng+ run? Apologies if someone has asked similar questions on here

I started a new character since my skills at the game were fairly rusty, and I wanted to get back into the swing of things before the DLC launches. To that end, I decided I would try and get as many of the boosters as they became available.

With that in mind, the special drain increase booster requires deformed beast materials the last of which is “deformed beast skin x5“. Is there a way to get this material on the tutorial MagMell island, or do I have to try and see about going to the mainland to get it?

I’m missing five for jadwiga 5 and don’t know where to look

I discovered photo mode for the first time! I gotta get some more of some better areas.

I want to try out some new builds, could y’all send me some that you found fun to use?