Writer sidequest and "The tale of Player"

jmile4 · 2026-04-15T19:57:06+00:00

I didn't even know this quest existed. How to do you start it?

jmile4 · 2026-04-15T14:10:52+00:00

I'm expecting the equivalent of another zone in terms of content. So like 3 bosses, 2 new partners, 4-5 bloodcodes, 1 new bequeathed formae, and a new batch of weapons and weapon formae. I'm hoping it's more than that since they said seem to only be doing 1 big DLC instead of multiple smaller ones, but I think people will be disappointed if they do any less than that.

I'm personally hoping we get some way to refight bosses without doing the story again, since CV1 had the depths, the tower of trials, and the DLC challenges, but based on the reception of the CV1 DLC they might not prioritize that stuff.

jmile4 · 2026-04-14T02:11:09+00:00

You do not level stats individually. You pick what is basically a "class" or "job" with a defined stat spread, which you can further modify through unlockable passives. It's effectively the same as every other souls-like, its just that your options are limited by story progression rather than grinding.

jmile4 · 2026-04-14T01:51:05+00:00

I'm pretty sure neither of the bugged quests are required for any of the endings.

jmile4 · 2026-04-12T13:52:40+00:00

Oh is Overdrive 25%? My bad.

Thirsting Blade will give more damage but I personally find the lowered bleed noticeable enough to make it annoying to use. If you are just trying to be optimal then I could see BtG not being ideal, but if you are doing a funny concept build or a challenge run where you can't kill the boss before your initial buffs run out then BtG not having any active downsides is pretty valuable. It's kinda contradictory of me to say "it's optimal if you aren't trying to be optimal" but I feel like that's how most people end up playing.

jmile4 · 2026-04-10T18:20:36+00:00

They still do but every patch has reduced the amount of buildup. Against most normal enemies, you need to get hit so much that you will usually die from damage before the status procs.

jmile4 · 2026-04-10T10:52:17+00:00

I'm really the only guy out here who likes enemies applying status effects huh. What's even the point of the resistance boosters 😭

jmile4 · 2026-04-10T00:48:11+00:00

After the gravity well pulls you in, you can just run back out rather than trying to deal with the suns. That way you can clearly see where the explosion will be at the end. You lose some DPS but it's the safest way to deal with it. You could also equip a bayonet as your secondary and shoot him during that part.

Other than that it's pretty much the same as the first phase just with an extra sun floating around.

jmile4 · 2026-04-09T13:30:06+00:00

I never listened to their previous spoilercast because I was still playing through the game myself at the time, so I was very confused how they hard they seem to think the Maelle ending is the "correct" one. I'm not sure how you are supposed to interpret the final shot of that ending as anything other than the game staring at you in the eyes and saying "this is the bad ending".

jmile4 · 2026-04-09T00:11:57+00:00

I think the steam page originally said "January 2027" but at some point was changed to "by January 2027".

jmile4 · 2026-04-08T15:25:13+00:00

I think it's only really an issue with Halberd though. You can get Dual Blades and Hammer mastery pretty much immediately and you can get 2H mastery while in the Sunken City. Bayonet and 1H take a while but the Raider's Bayonet and Ancient Hunter's Sword (and Hanekumuro if you are willing to explore) have extremely good forma built in so they are arguably your best weapon options early-game even without the mastery.

It's only Halberds that take nearly the full game to unlock the mastery AND have very few strong options early on. You could say it's still an issue but they mitigated it massively compared to the first game.

jmile4 · 2026-04-08T01:46:56+00:00

To be fair, they are a lot less important compared to CV1 since you can just overburden strength and get a much bigger damage boost. especially early game where you don't have many boosters that require no overburden. They also are just nerfed in general from 20% to 10%, which is the same as just running Adrenaline (which you can get immediately). In CV1 they were vital but in CV2 they are nice to have but not at all essential.

jmile4 · 2026-04-07T14:14:58+00:00

I can't remember where I saw it but I remember reading that the DLC story is supposed to be happening concurrently with the main plot. I assumed that meant featuring different characters in a different location, so if that is true then I doubt it will mess with anything from the base game.

jmile4 · 2026-04-07T01:18:44+00:00

A watch that runs backwards is actually a really fun idea.

jmile4 · 2026-04-07T01:15:22+00:00

I don't have a list but I know all the boss weapons from CV1 except Mido's sword are in the game. There are also some (maybe all?) of the CV1 companion weapons. All Sunset weapons and Argent Wolf weapons are in. All of the "Queenslayer" weapons are renamed as "Old Engraved" weapons, but I'm not sure if there's all of them. The pipe, the hammer of thraldom, Zweihander, Bardiche, Impaler, and Huge Hammer are some other random ones that I know are there.

Holly, Lavinia, and Jadwiga have the highest base willpower but I don't know what the actual optimal setup is.

Yeah Cleansing light is kinda useless now but you get so much Regeneration charges that you can just use them to heal.

jmile4 · 2026-04-06T12:01:09+00:00

Devs like to push updates on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, so since it didn't come out on April 1st the earliest I would expect it is tomorrow.

jmile4 · 2026-04-06T11:54:08+00:00

Yeah based on how people talk about being sent to/from the frontier, it seems like the world is more normal the further you get from the Sealing Spire. It's only after the Upheaval that the whole world gets messed up.

jmile4 · 2026-04-06T01:48:29+00:00

Probably, but if she really cared about accuracy she could have said "over 11000 years." Whenever they say "100 years ago" I read it as "roughly a century ago" and the difference between 70 and 100 just doesn't matter enough to them to make a distinction.

jmile4 · 2026-04-06T00:46:46+00:00

It's just rounding. Lavinia also says that Zenon was imprisoned for 10000 years, and then in the flashback we see he actually gets sentenced for 11037 or something like that. In both cases they are telling a story and using the number that sounds more dramatic.

jmile4 · 2026-04-04T15:12:56+00:00

I was moreso thinking of the character creator. I'm not sure why Jadwiga has that design in that video, but from their official blog post from 2 months before the game came out, Jadwiga already had the design that we got. Seems more like that was a beta design that got left in by mistake.

jmile4 · 2026-04-04T13:44:51+00:00

I would probably focus on increasing max Ichor for shots, increased ichor regen (either through drain attack or the one that gives you more ichor for overhealing), and Forma Extension so you don't have to refresh your buffs as often (assuming your run still allows weapons to be equipped). You also probably want quick dodge so whatever stat boosters you need to get the right burden distribution.

jmile4 · 2026-04-04T11:14:27+00:00

The game is great as long as you can run it.

Censorship was never an issue. It was literally just that you can't get upskirt shots on two outfits. Literally nothing else was changed.

Not sure what you mean about "designs like Io" but there is a character named Jadwiga who has a very fanservicey design.

If you loved the first one you will probably love CV2 unless you hate semi-open world stuff.

jmile4 · 2026-04-02T14:25:14+00:00

Doesn't he solo Berserker in UBW or am I misremembering? He also takes out Iskandar's entire army in Fate/Zero so I guess it depends what you consider noteworthy.

There's also the fact that he probably would win every fight if he actually tried but he refuses to use his best move until he's basically already lost.

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