p.s. i found the charge vigor fully upgraded and melee gear can take out almost any enemy and boss within a few seconds because you become invincible. i would charge then fire a rpg point blank or shotgun and then charge shoot etc

when going against enemys if i remember correctly i think i used this loadout

burning halo

blood 2 salt

vampires embrace

brittle skinned

make sure on 99 mode you fully upgrade charge as fast as possible

I platted the game a few days ago but i typed out a chart  of the damage weapons did and how much hp bosses had as well as wrote down a few tips. this kind of helped me figure out which guns i wanted to carry in 99 mode, as well as a idea of how much i had to hit a boss and how close i was coming to killing them before i actually died.

mild spoiler warning - if you havent advanced in the game and want to be suprised by characters, vigors, and weapons as they are introduced then exit the guide

if you copy and paste this guide can you please give credit to me by using my screen name MelodicMizery

hope this helps, enjoy!

having a difficult time on choosing which weapon to fight against which enemy or bosses? with melodicmizerys guide take a quick look at the stats and get more damage for your shots!

Difference in Dificultys
Mode - RespawnCost - DamTaken - DamageDealt - ShieldRegenDelay-ShieldRegenTime
easy - .............5.00 - 50............ - 125%............ - 3 seconds........ - 1 seconds
medium - ......25.00 - 100............ - 100%........... - 4 seconds........ - 2 seconds
hard - ...........50.00 - 170............. - 60%............. - 5 seconds........ - 3 seconds
1999 - ..........100.00 -200.............. - 50%............ - 6 seconds........ - 4 seconds

Weapons
Name - Damage(Min)- Dam(max)

crank gun - 70 - 130
Machine Gun - 72 - 88
Broadsiders Pistol - 85 - 115
burstgun - 85 - 115
repeater - 170 - 230
carbine - 213 - 287
hand cannon - 510 - 690
volley gun - 550+200, 650+250 (distance of explosion degrades damage)
hail fire - 580 - 820
sniper rifle - 595 - 805
Shotgun - 765 - 1035
rpg - 1250 - 1750
heater - 1360 - 1840

Boss/high powered enemys *mild spoilers*

FireMan
Rank1
HP(1430) - RangedAttackDam(240) - Melee(300) - SpecialDamage*explosion*(360)
Rank 2
HP(2860) - RangedAttackDam(480) - Melee(600) - SpecialDamage*explosion*(720)
Rank 4
HP(4833) - RangedAttackDam(691) - Melee(864) - SpecialDamage*explosion*(1037)
Rank 5
HP(4833) - RangedAttackDam(829) - Melee(1037) - SpecialDamage*explosion*(1244)

Cast possesion to slow him down, beware it wears off and fire at his head. watch out for his glowing attack which is his special self detonation.

vigor rating
possesion (50%), Devils Kiss(Immune), Crows(100%), Bronco(100%), Shock(100%),Charge(100%),Undertow(100%)

Zealot of the lady (aka the coffin crow guy)
rank 2
HP(2356) - RangedAttackDam(n/a) - Melee(532) - SpecialDam/Attack(n/a)
rank 3
HP(3062) - RangedAttackDam(n/a) - Melee(639) - SpecialDam/Attack(n/a)
rank 4
HP(3981) - RangedAttackDam(n/a) - Melee(767) - SpecialDam/Attack(n/a)
rank 5
HP(5175) - RangedAttackDam(n/a) - Melee(921) - SpecialDam/Attack(n/a)

Cast devils kiss traps and fire machine gun as you back away and lead him into the traps.

vigor rating
possesion (50%), Devils Kiss(100%), Crows(Immune), Bronco(100%), Shock(100%),Charge(100%),Undertow(100%)

Motorized Patriot (aka george washington)
Rank 3
HP(5053) - RangedAttackDam(72) - Melee(432) - SpecialDam/ Attack(n/a)
Rank 4
HP(6569) - RangedAttackDam(86) - Melee(518) - SpecialDam/ Attack(n/a)
Rank 5
HP(8540) - RangedAttackDam(104) - Melee(622) - SpecialDam/ Attack(n/a)

Shooting his head off blinds patriot but he can still fire. avoid using crows and bronco and instead use electric/water based attacks. weakest on the back. posses gun automation or enemys and while he faces them fire at his back

vigor rating
possesion (50%), Devils Kiss(100%), Crows(Immune), Bronco(weak), Shock(75%),Charge(100%),Undertow(100%)

Handyman
Rank 4
HP(9952) - RangedAttackDam(1334) - Melee(800) - SpecialDam/Attack*ChargedSlam)(1382)
Rank 5
HP(12938) - RangedAttackDam(1601) - Melee(960) - SpecialDam/Attack*ChargedSlam)(1659)

Equip Handyman gear if you have it to do more damage. First encounter you can get him stuck in the crate section. unleash a crow/fire or water combo to engulf him. watch out for sky lines as he can shock them while your on them. shoot the middle of his chest if possible. always try to distract him by possesion on something else and he always drops a gear item

vigor rating
possesion (immune), Devils Kiss(100%), Crows(75%), Bronco(immune), Shock(10%),Charge(immune),Undertow(adds weakness)

Siren
HP(15994) - RangedAttackDam(n/a) - Melee(985) - SpecialDam/Attack(n/a)
Most vulneable when she sings her song to raise the dead. if possible leave shock traps where the corpses are before the fight starts. In the cemetery fight you can hide in the corner where the medical kits are and unleash attacks on her to hide from the zombies. she can only deal damage with a melee. people say a bronco/shotgun combo or charge/shotgun combo works well in the corner. Devils kiss does the most damage at 150%. When sirens body becomes opaque open fire on it and it may interupt the dead from rising and shell move on to the next batch. crows help keep the zombies a bit occupied. melee gear, blood to salt, keep charign and meleeing

vigor rating (weak=barely does anything)
possesion (weak), Devils Kiss(150%), Crows(weak), Bronco(weak), Shock(weak),Charge(weak),Undertow(weak)

Boys of silence (2 trumpets on head)
You cannot harm or hurt nor be attacked by them. stay out of there vision as it causes them to alarm enemys

anything you would like to see added, any tips, hints, etc. let me know and ill try to help you out.

theres a certain area where the music is playing with some sort of flute it sounds like in the background when your with elizabeth (dont wanna say exactly where so i dont give no spoilers) but in the background if you listen closely the music played is cyndi laupers "girls just wanna have fun" song from the 80s

nevermind i found it, its not till a few levels later that you find your rewards on a table

i supposenly unlocked these with the puzzle, i entered the code and downloaded them. although i dont see them in the game? arent they suppose to be under the vigors or something in my inventory? also it said i should start off with 500 bonus cash for downloading that pack, i started off with 0 dollars and couldnt buy the bronco vigor

if you quit a job in a different town does that subtract jobs and start you back at 0?

ok im pulling my hair out over this, ive been working on trying to get the thieves guild trophy to restore them for like a month now its the only trophy i need. ive done all the main missions and have been doing those stupid delvin vex mission forever. ive done 3 special missions and it says i havent done the special mission in solitude yet and theres 1 empty dusty space still that doesnt have a mini shop in it. ive done 42 more side missions and so far NO special mission has popped up yet! 20 of those were solitude and still no special mission dialog has popped up yet. im getting so pissed off right now. im sick of the thieves guild ive been doing the same damn thing for days now. can anyone help me out as to wtf is going on. when i look at my completed quests log the entire thing is a huge pile of finished quests that i can scroll through. 

i also wanted to add that the game is pretty addicting once u get use to your car flying in the air 100s of feet and can control the way it flips around a little more. once u get the thought in your head that its going to do that all the time just get use to it then u sort of like the rest of the game. each car u pick has its own good point and bad point. theres a few diff types of matches, depending on which car u have equals to what kind of match u can win. so if u always lose one type you will always win another type. so usually at the end of the 30 rounds you still end up in first place with +50 points more then second place so thats the good part.

i just read a post asking if blood drive was like armageddon riders and if it was a bad game and why it got such bad reviews. well the topic was locked and only had 4 posts and right now i own blood drive and want to get armageddon but hoping it isnt like blood drive.

blood drive would be a spetacular game except it has flaws, and the flaws are so big that they ruin the game. basically u have a few small matches and then u have something called a championship where you have to do 30 different races in a row. not to bad but you cant save after each one you can only save after every 10 which forces u to play the awfull game. and it takes quite a bit of time to complete 10 matches, at about 5 minutes a match u do the math. but in fact the very worst aspect of this game is gravity. if your racing keep in mind the level isnt flat anywhere theres bumps all over, and anything you hit will flip your car all over, and knock in the road as your driving can spin your car out and once u lose control of the car it takes a good 10 seconds to properly be driving correctly again. if u hit a big enough bump or someone smashes into you your car literally goes flying in the air 100s of feet and slowly falls to the ground. its very annoying, if that wasnt a part of this game the game would be perfect but im sure people hated the game just because of that because it is in fact that annoying. missions are all time based, u have to get enough kills or hit enough check points in each race and you flying 100s of feet in the air just for driving straight and hitting a bump can ruin the entire match. sometimes your in the air so much you cant do anything else. also the cars lack power, meaning you can get hit once by another car and explode and die. your cars feel like there made of paper. when your going for 30 matches in a row to win you can sense the frusteration. the multiplayer is completely dead, but you can still get the mp trophys because the game was kind enough to generate ai to play against in mp.

blood drive was the first time i went to buy a game and the cashier said i suggest you put that game back and dont buy it, look around notice theres only one copy of it, and its not because its a top seller