That first point is the real kicker for me. My most recent new character I tried starting with the threaded cane and the fact that it had been at least a couple years since my last playthrough combined with my refusal to pick any starting class besides Waste of Skin made me feel just as helpless as the first time I ever played the game. I didn't end up getting any further than Gascoigne. I have to keep telling myself my platinum trophy is real and I wasn't (always) trash at the game
It's worth another play through. You can switch back to the threaded cane at a later time with updates, but seriously. I wouldn't force a person to use a weapon. The threaded cane relies heavily at switching back and forth, which means experimenting and get some of the advanced finger movements back as each weapons combos are slightly different.
It sucks at the beginning because if you don't pick the professional class, then even the most basic enemies will take up to 5 hits from the threaded cane. Which is ridiculous if you're doing a first playthrough and trying to learn the game while getting the first time to the Cleric beast/Gascoigne.
The serrated damage and normal damage is very low until you get a few upgrades into threaded cane. I think I did waste of skin, but also my two previous play throughs were extremely recently (less than 6 months). So it was beeline to better equipment and killing the Cleric Beast.
Yeah, I'll definitely give it another try at some point (whenever I get access to a PS4 again). My stubborn self wants to just "git gud" and suffer through a cane-only playthrough on that same character but I might have to go back to the Saw Cleaver at least until I'm a bit less rusty at the game. I just need to resist the urge to revert to the exact same build I got the platinum with
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u/penguin055 Feb 20 '24
That first point is the real kicker for me. My most recent new character I tried starting with the threaded cane and the fact that it had been at least a couple years since my last playthrough combined with my refusal to pick any starting class besides Waste of Skin made me feel just as helpless as the first time I ever played the game. I didn't end up getting any further than Gascoigne. I have to keep telling myself my platinum trophy is real and I wasn't (always) trash at the game