>You may be trying to parry way too much if that's the case.
>I honestly only used my parry when I needed to top off health
>since when stunned and you hold down your heavy attack you can
>gain health when you follow up. The smaller dudes I'd dodge,
>the big guys that swing the bricks at you I'd try to parry.

i think i'm wasting bullets learning parrying timings. dark souls has spoiled me! i'm going focus on dodging and see how it goes

>Reminder you are starting off with a weapon that many consider
>the hardest weapon to start out with so that may be playing a
>little more into it as well. I've seen some people save that
>weapon for another playthrough. You may already know this but
>I focused on drawing the larger groups out and funneling them
>to an area where I can deal with them one on one like into a
>doorway, especially in that area you're in.

yep. did this at the doorway that opens up into the plaza where the hunter is roaming. ended up with 7 bodies in there. almost took a screenshot of it b/c it was so ludicrous

>If you're running that low on your healing item then use your
>blood echos to buy them in the hunters dream until you're
>maxed out instead of just farming them off enemies, that ish
>takes forever. Do you have access to the blunderbuss? I could
>parry like crazy with that thing.

that's my upgrade money! i'm pouring points into strength in order to use the kirkhammer and later ludwig's blade so i'm not keen on "wasting" those blood echoes on consumables. but it might only take a run or two in the right area to get enough echoes for a good base of blood vials

i do not have access to the blunderbuss. should i have it by now? i went back and killed the cleric beast and i think that opened up a few items in the blood echoes shop. no blunderbuss in there though. i don't recall any alternate paths that i didn't take through central yarnham so i'm pretty sure i picked up everything. then again this is a miyazaki game so i'm sure i missed something

>The area you're in is rough, and that dude at the top of the
>tower is not to be messed with, but he's easier than the
>hunter you'll find below, save that ish for later. Just
>remember when you climb to the top that both of you can fall,
>and I damn sure cheesed the shit out of him because he wrecked
>me quite a few times. I didn't find it as much as a grind as
>you are but I also started off with the saw blade so that may
>be why. Keep pushing though.

this area actually didn't seem so bad until the hunter showed up. i think i can pull him into an isolated area and deal with him without having to worry about the gatling gun