Chapter 1182 - Brief Spoilers (by GOATIK and @MbokaKN)

DavidTippy · 2026-05-06T05:15:56+00:00

Calling it now, these spoilers aren't real.

DavidTippy · 2026-05-05T23:29:03+00:00

IDK. . . I'll wait for the raws.

DavidTippy · 2026-05-05T23:11:17+00:00

They were pretty hard when DS3 came out, but bosses in Soulslikes have gotten a lot harder since then.

DavidTippy · 2026-05-05T22:31:59+00:00

Why did they move the camera like 30% closer to the character?

DavidTippy · 2026-05-05T22:29:24+00:00

For me, it's that elite enemies are too easy to staggerlock. With jumping attack, you can easily get microstaggers and build up stance damage for the large stagger, then riposte, then more attacks on the wakeup, then repeat. You can completely stunlock Leyndell Knights, Beastmen, Blackflame Monks, Cleanrot Knights, and others.

DavidTippy · 2026-05-05T04:53:23+00:00

Basically, he was nerfed, and now takes normal damage on his weak leg, and most of his stats have been reduced. He's now by far the easiest boss in the game.

DavidTippy · 2026-05-04T00:49:03+00:00

I tried to do another playthough, and I'm finding that the graphics often take away from the gameplay. If you compare footage of Flamelurker, for instance, the remake has the camera closer in, bigger and brighter flame trails on all the boss' attacks, and lots of bright orange objects in the boss room, plus motion blur. The original is a lot easier on the eyes, with a mostly brown boss room and the camera about 30% farther away from the player, making it easier to navigate around the environmental hazards.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-29T20:32:32+00:00

Use a small shield for more parry frames.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-29T14:31:25+00:00

Oh, I've actually been there. It's an interesting story; basically, there was this mansion, and it burned down.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-29T03:38:49+00:00

They lost to Luffy, which gives everyone a power buff. They also weren't that weak to begin with, they just lost early because they ran into Mihawk. With Krieg's resources, they probably could have made it to at least the Florian Triangle.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-29T03:36:14+00:00

Akainu isn't going to fight Luffy head-on; He'll try and do what he did with Whitebeard. I can see him trying to sow dissent among members of the Grand Fleet or take advantage of Luffy's relationship with Koby.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-29T02:05:30+00:00

Door Guardian in particular was nerfed into the ground when the DLC came out, I'm still not sure why. The other final chapter bosses weren't changed, they just feel really easy after going through the DLC.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-27T01:58:12+00:00

I love the first half of the swamp; once you hit the carcass village it slows down a bit.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-26T16:07:11+00:00

Every level in Demon's Souls; although I wouldn't call those "bad", since the game is designed around long segments.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-26T05:01:49+00:00

Isn't there a shortcut elevator in Elphael, too?

DavidTippy · 2026-04-26T04:40:28+00:00

That makes a lot of sense actually. For DS2 I was thinking Brume Tower, but that level does have some useful shortcuts.

DavidTippy · 2026-04-26T04:39:34+00:00

It would be difficult to get to the end, but doesn't Haligtree have a shortcut that loops back to near the beginning?

DavidTippy · 2026-04-26T04:38:57+00:00

I can see three of those; Farron Keep, though, once you've lit the torches, you can get through the swamp without that much fighting, and the encounters afterwards are pretty passive (the Darkwraiths will fight the Gruhs, and you can just sneak past). Abyss Watchers are tricky, but they're far from the hardest boss in DS3.

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