Topic: I have some questions

[le052383]

Whoa, is this true?  I always thought it was lame that PoR claimed the VK would consume any non-Belmont who used it, and then when you get it powered up it doesn't do anything to you.  How do you get it fully powered up so that it consumes your magic/life?  Do you have to level up all the subweapons or something?

I thought the whole draining stuff was just part of the storyline and does not affect you in the game.  Perhaps you have some other equipment on that is sucking out your MP and HP.

I remember playing POR and looking at my health w/o the magus ring.  My HP doesn't get drain

[X]

I just tested out my once in a lifetime experience...and that's really strange. The whip didn't kill me! I took off the Magus ring and I was fine throughout the Dracula/Death battle... Puzzling indeed. 

-X

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Again, I thought everything was alright after you defeated Whip's Memory.  You do get the VK prior to that, don't you?  Only it's not as good... or something.. right?

[Sindra]

Defeating the Whip's Memory validated your proof of Belmont blood and enabled you to use the VK whip at full power. I don't know if it was ever said if defeating also removed the whole 'draining lifeforce' aspect, as didn't John Morris do the same thing with Eric and it still killed him? Of course, there's no such thing as being a "full-blood" Belmont, either. Having the Belmont surname didn't make you any more of a worthy fighter than not having it, so long as you were of the same generation as the last that wielded the whip at full power, or earlier. (Johnathan and John had just as much Belmont blood in them as Julius' supposed grandfather and great-grandfather, I would think)

Anyway...to answer some questions:

- Maxing out the Pie subweapon actually helps you with the fight against the Whip's Memory, so at least that's in your best interest. Maxing the Javelin out to get the Alucard/Alcarde Spear helps too, as it's as powerful or more than the VK whip IMO.

- OoE I think lands in around the time of Richter's kids or grandkids, so perhaps before CV64? (would explain how Drac comes back as a kid)

- The Bram Stoker's tie-in was done decently, IMO...but it could have been explained better in the fact that the novel could have been referenced a bit more. (ie: what happened with Drac's encounters with the Harkers?)

[le052383]

I just tested out my once in a lifetime experience...and that's really strange. The whip didn't kill me! I took off the Magus ring and I was fine throughout the Dracula/Death battle... Puzzling indeed.  

-X

It is possible you equipped a different item and probably thought the whip is draining you.