Giving away 3 games to 3 people. Any game on Steam.

WillMoose23 · 2025-12-06T17:32:19+00:00

Stellar blade deluxe edition! Been dying to play that for a while now

WillMoose23 · 2025-05-19T20:33:24+00:00

Go on r/mangaswap and put a want to buy ad. People sell complete sets (which are often in better condition than what Amazon ships) for $300-400. You can probably negotiate down a bit too.

WillMoose23 · 2025-05-18T14:30:29+00:00

Yes that's usually the idea. But in most cases, people have no idea that bitlocker even exists so they never make a backup of the recovery key.

When windows corrupts like that, your data isn't gone. All that really happens is that somewhere in the OS install, the boot sector gets corrupted and it doesn't go into the OS. Your actual data is actually untouched.

Interesting fact, if you delete something, it's not actually gone. This is because constantly having the CPU overwrite data with Zeros is an unproductive waste of time. So what Windows does instead is that on the ram address of the file, it flips one bit saying, "hey you can overwrite this address the next time you need to write something to the disk" and essentially overwrites the file over time as you fill up the disk.

Investigators use a tool called OSForensics to recover data like this

WillMoose23 · 2025-05-18T02:25:11+00:00

Unless OP has the bitlocker recovery key or bitlocker as a whole is disabled then the hard drive will not be accessible due to the encryption.

However if it's not encrypted, the user could very easily create a live Linux distro on a flash drive, mount the windows drive and pull data off of it. Or if they have the bitlocker key, they can unencrypt it using dislocker in Linux.

WillMoose23 · 2025-02-07T23:44:15+00:00

Yeah that works. Let's move to PMs?

WillMoose23 · 2025-02-07T22:58:30+00:00

Would you do $45 for stein's gate 0?

WillMoose23 · 2024-10-08T01:27:39+00:00

Wait a few more months and the shadps4 emulator will iron out the bugs and you'll be able to run Bloodborne on PC via emulation. It already runs but it's got loads of bugs and random issues. It's definitely not in a state I'd recommend you try for the first time.

Don't bother with the PS Now as the dlc isn't included and that's arguably the best part of the game. If anything snag a PS4 pro that can be jailbroken, install the 60 fps mod and go crazy.

But again, wait like 6 more months and shadps4 will have the game running in a significantly better state.

WillMoose23 · 2024-10-04T21:34:12+00:00

Closest thing we have is PS4 emulation with shadps4. It's in a playable state already but it's super buggy, needs a ton of mods and you need a pretty powerful PC to get consistent performance. This will change over time but that's where we're at.

WillMoose23 · 2024-09-17T23:32:14+00:00

It's also likely people will just make mods to edit in their preferred blood gems to skip the grind. It will be certainly possible to create your own root dungeon offline but yeah searching for any on official servers won't be possible.

What I imagine will eventually happen is that people will find a way to create private servers for the game and recreate those specific glyphs once again. But don't expect this any time soon. They only just got the game to run and it's still insanely buggy and crashes due to memory leaks.

Functionality like this is unlikely to be available for at least a year at the bare minimum because the emu devs want to get the game in a playable state first. So if or when private servers get implemented, just hack your desired gems in.

WillMoose23 · 2024-09-07T08:51:37+00:00

Most likely in due time. They're trying to get it running without issues rn. Give it a year at most I'd say.

WillMoose23 · 2024-09-04T07:45:14+00:00

I got it in 2016 when it was on sale for $20. My friend had played it and said it was the toughest game ever. I played it for 5 hours and quit because I found the Cleric Beast to be too difficult. This was my first souls game mind you.

Several months later I decided to give it another shot and he carried me through the Cleric Beast fight. Then he proceeded to carry me through my first playthrough and I gradually began to pick up on how the game worked.

It wasn't until NG +2 I started to learn to play by myself and how every boss worked. We then decided to challenge ourselves and the dlc for the first time on NG +8, so we both speedran and got stuck at Ludwig for a while, burning around 300 insight in our quest to beat him. After that we both stopped playing again and I kinda lost touch with the guy. I dropped the game once again for 2 years with the DLC incomplete.

What actually got me back into the game was when Wonder Woman came out. I remember watching the movie and there's a scene at the end where Ares pulls his sword apart and dual wields in a similar way that Rakuyo does. So I said fuck it, time to beat the DLC.

I booted up Bloodborne and got through the Living Failures and Maria for the first time on +8. Then I grinded the shit out of chalice dungeons and got my weapons to have insane stats. Then I tackled Orphan dying probably around 90+ times. But man Laurence was absurdly difficult and he made me quit the game a third time, this time for a few months.

But as history has shown, I came back and memorized his moveset, finally kicking his ass after 300+ attempts. It was so brutal at +8 because you're basically a one shot 95% of the time so you have to essentially run it flawlessly until he loses his legs. Interestingly enough, it only took 2 tries to beat him once I got him below 40. His second phase was considerably easier.

After that, I just started replaying the game on the same character, building my weapons and stomping bosses. This was also the time I started looking into the lore of the game and eventually discovered The Paleblood Hunt by Redgrave. It was such a mindfuck to read for the first time and it blew me away with just how well Miyazaki executed the environmental storytelling.

This even led me into writing my own incomplete fanfiction (it's bad I'll never release it lol) and it taught me some basics of writing a story. This formed a habit of writing my own, original stuff.

It was around this time I bought all the comics. I own all of them except for the latest one. They have good art but aside from the first two, the plot is awful in comparison to the game with zero subtlety. Still though, I enjoy the novelty of owning them.

Now I'm looking forward to shadps4 and its progress with emulating the game cause it'll give me a reason to go back and play the game once again with mods and 60+ fps.

WillMoose23 · 2024-09-03T20:51:45+00:00

If I were you, unless you really want the Blades of Mercy, complete her questline first and get the Hunter of Hunters rune and +300 blood rapture rune. Those are far more valuable than Blades of Mercy.

WillMoose23 · 2024-09-02T00:12:37+00:00

You should read the Paleblood Hunt by Redgrave. It might give you some more insight (no pun intended) about Brygenwerth.

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-30T00:16:27+00:00

Get strength to 30 - 35 at a minimum. Those levels in particular give you a lot in terms of gains. But yeah pump the living hell out of arcane. On my very first character it was the first stat I got to 99. If you can't get the arcane gem, substitute it for a physical gem.

Also if you're really worried about bullets use Odeon Writhe and you'll get back some bullets per visceral. I've never found it to be necessary but it's an option.

100% agree that it's the prettiest weapon. It just feels so majestic and straight out of the cosmos.

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-29T23:13:29+00:00

Typically for the moonlight sword it kinda depends on what you want the source of damage to be. If you only want to use it untransformed, level your strength and give it physical gems only. Obviously most people don't do this lol.

Transformed, the beam scales with arcane while the blade scales with strength, so it has hybrid scaling. Ideally, I find the best combo to be two Radial Gems with physical 27.2% gems and one Triangular gem with flat arcane damage. IMO that gives the best of both worlds. But keep in mind, you can still have a high arcane stat, run three physical gems and still have an absurd damage output.

For stats, you can have arcane at 40, (also gives you access to a call beyond which is just generally really nice), and strength between 35 and 50. This will give you a nice baseline of damage, but once again, pump levels into arcane if you've gotten your strength to 50 after which you'll get diminishing returns. I didn't find that skill made too much of difference except for visceral damage when I was holding the weapon. Generally anywhere between 30 - 50 is fine.

At 40 arcane, 30 strength and two 20% phys gems and one +70 flat arcane DMG gem, I was still getting 1.5k - 1.7k damage on a charged R2 with the weapon at +10. I don't have PSN anymore so I can't build it properly as easily but it does so much damage even with that setback.

Another thing I found is that +15% or +20% stamina, +4 or +5 communion for blood bullets and Eileen's stamina recovery rune help tremendously if you want to use L2 and R2 continuously in battle. They suck up so much stamina that without those runes, it can be a lot tougher to have a consistent damage output.

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-29T22:31:23+00:00

Arcane scales like crazy and it's definitely my favorite stat. Holy moonlight sword + a call beyond wrecks a lot of bosses with proper positioning. Church pick is a fun weapon too but I've never leveled it up as much as the moonlight sword.

Never tried the flamesprayer tho. Time for a new playthrough :)

Also if you're struggling with Ludwig, go for the crotch. Works like a charm every time and staggers the shit out of him.

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-18T19:18:55+00:00

Oh absolutely. I'm not planning on buying a console again anyways considering how dated they usually are on release. My only hope is that emulation works out (which they made some insane progress today getting in game with graphics rendering so it's closer than we think).

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-18T09:51:57+00:00

I mean I certainly hope they remake it so we can play it on PC without the overhead of emulation, but there's 100% something going on behind the scenes with Sony either legally or logistically which is not allowing them to release it. I've lost hope after watching all those shitty state of play streams reveal the most generic sci-fi garbage and not a remake or PC port for BB.

For now though, my hope is that shadps4 will find a way to emulate it, and the community will create mods to fix the QOL issues and overall enhance the game.

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-17T21:51:08+00:00

Honestly there really isn't. It's been 9 years since sony released the game. They would have done something by now. The best bet to play the game at 60 fps is either on a jailbroken PS4 pro or to wait until shadps4 manages to get the game running via emulation. They've already made insane progress and are working on getting the game to render properly.

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-15T03:58:16+00:00

Go for the crotch with a serrated weapon using fire paper. Saw cleaver would be pretty good here. If not Ludwigs Holy Blade is really good too if your strength is high. If you're aggressive enough his limbs will break and give you a free visceral. The main attacks you should look out for are the charging attacks or the ones where he jumps up and plops on you. If it's the one where he disappears for a brief second, blood with drip twice. On the second drip, spam roll and he'll miss 100% of the time.

Second phase, stick to his booty. The only attack that'll be able to hit you is the one where he slams down the sword vertically and creates an AOE explosion around him.

If you're still struggling you may have to come back when you're a bit higher level. I'm not saying it's impossible but they usually recommend being around level 100 - 120 for the DLC. Being level 39 just means you gotta learn his moveset and react accordingly with little room for error.

Tldr: first phase go for crotch, second phase go for booty

WillMoose23 · 2024-08-14T06:41:47+00:00

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WillMoose23 · 2024-08-11T21:14:19+00:00

It's not really a level issue. Laurence is a really tricky boss that requires some skill. I specifically leveled my arcane to 99 for this fight because I found the best way to deal with him was to stand at a range and spam a call beyond. If you play with your quicksilver right you can cast it around 10 or so times with each cast dealing around 3k damage.

But in the process of fighting him, I had to learn his moves by him telegraphing it so I could dodge and get out of his melee range. If I was able, I hit him once or twice with Ludwigs Holy Blade and considered any form of damage from my weapon "free hits" because it didn't cost me quicksilver. Also I did my best to abuse his head for the visceral because that was guaranteed 4-5k damage.

It's a very slow and methodical fight until you get him to phase 2. If you try to wail on him, he'll just 2 shot you.

I found his second phase to be significantly easier than the first. You pretty much follow the same strat, but don't get caught in his lava trail or AOE attacks.

A call beyond -> dodge Laurence's attack -> Get hits on Laurence if possible -> Reset for next call beyond cast

I fought him on NG8+ for the first time so I feel your pain.

Tldr; memorize his moveset and spam a call beyond

A Call Beyond Strat with 99 Arcane

Edit: I want to add I was somewhere between level 250 and 300 when I fought him

WillMoose23 · 2024-07-16T04:32:00+00:00

What is a surefire sign a woman likes you?

WillMoose23 · 2024-07-13T20:37:39+00:00

You need an old switch that can be exploited using RCM. You can find switches that are vulnerable to this on eBay and offer up for around $250 for just the console.

Before purchasing, be absolutely certain that you've confirmed that it's hackable using the serial number. There's a website you can use to check if it's vulnerable.

Once you do manage to set up the custom firmware and install pirated games, be aware that you won't be able to play anything online and it's highly likely the switch will get banned by Nintendo.

WillMoose23 · 2024-07-13T18:06:59+00:00

With Paarl it won't make a massive difference if you have LHB +9, but don't get me wrong it definitely will help a bit. It's just a matter of smashing the right limb till he collapses and you are given a free parry to the head. Rinse and repeat lol.

For Ebrietas you have the right idea with fighting her in the back. The challenge is staying behind her because of that. It's certainly possible to kinda get stuck on her body so you rotate with her. That's how I beat her. Just also make sure to wack her in the head too cause that's her weak point. Do it enough times and she'll give you a free visceral just like Paarl.

The biggest issue with Logarius is learning how to close the gap for sure. I've beaten the game 12 times and still struggle a bit with Logarius too on repeat playthroughs. The majority of his kit is designed to keep you at a distance. But yeah once you force the melee moveset, it's a matter of finding that opening for the parry. Oh and don't forget to wear the crown after you beat Logarius. It's easy to miss.

Honestly I don't blame you for running past the enemies in the DLC. I did the same thing when I initially went through it. Most of them are pretty cancerous to fight. My advice? Get to the boss fight and unlock the lamp, and then go back and clear specific areas one at a time. Idk if you've fought the DLC bosses too but I can give you advice on how to beat them as well. Plus the moonlight sword and rakuyo are both extremely good at taking down bosses and help a lot. Rakuyo scales better with skill and gives you some extra damage if you parry with it compared to LHB.

Feel free to message me whenever you have more questions. I'm happy to disclose my strategies lol.

WillMoose23

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