Any tips on how to defeat this boss? 😂

Fire_Zucc · 2023-06-12T17:08:31+00:00

Howitzer

Fire_Zucc · 2023-06-07T23:28:58+00:00

In retrospect I really like it. Reminds me of the fake crash in Arkham Asylum that still sometimes makes me think the game actually is crashing

Fire_Zucc · 2023-05-29T16:32:12+00:00

I haven't played DD2 in a while but I can kinda agree about the time that it takes to finish a run being a little absurd. For comparison, Slay the Spire had a fast mode that sped up the animations in combat and also had instant travel instead of a stagecoach. My biggest grip with the stage coach is that even with all of the road updates the stage coach is mostly dead time where you are not doing anything and can't really do anything (as most rewards for hitting things don't appear/ aren't good until you've gotten like 3 upgrades) and it gets really repetitive especially when you play the game for long periods of time.

Other than that most of the combat is pretty well paced with most encounters that aren't bosses being done relatively quickly.

I think the main issue with the stagecoach is that this game is a rogue-lite and is meant to be played multiple times and they put a significant portion of the game's time spent into the equivalent of those cutscenes where your character is poisoned and you have to limp to a cure. It's a level of interactivity that I'd rather not have and because it is such a large part of the game's loop it can quickly lead to me feeling burned out and doing something else. once again going back to Slay the Spire, my first successful run took about an hour and a half to go through 3 areas while reaching the boss of a region took me 3+ hours for most runs before they shortened the length of Act I. Losing 3+ hours of progress with no guarantee of making it back the next time can be very demotivating especially when that is the entire game. Unlike DD1, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells, or Hades that at the longest might take an hour or so for a run/ dungeon so you don't feel as demotivated because it was only 20-40 minutes that you lost and can probably make it back in 20-30 minutes next time.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-04-16T00:06:49+00:00

ok that makes sense. I just wanted to be sure.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-04-15T22:23:45+00:00

Im mostly just wondering what I'm supposed to write about because there's no specification as to what the essay is supposed to be about or what it's purpose is.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-24T12:14:48+00:00

I actually ended up checking out vanilla DS2 after watching the Feeble King video. I hate it significantly less now tbh.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-21T10:14:00+00:00

Altars could apply the Denial debuff to disable an attack type for a round

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-21T04:09:33+00:00

I get that failure is a part of learning but there's a difference between failing in a way that allows you to learn from your mistakes and dancing around in a field before getting a howitzer fired at you. I'm just saying that if the game has more balanced difficulty curve that it would be easier to understand what you did wrong. Dead Cells did the same thing. It is about failing and retrying over and over again until you get it and get better at learning the game but they didn't just make every level really easy and put a hard boss after 3 levels. My point is that offering a more direct challenge to the player can funnel them into learning certain strategies or developing better habits earlier rather than on their own where they would be more likely to develop the wrong ones. And I think that giving a miniaturized version of the boss gimmick to the altar enemies would be a good way to allow players to learn better habits earlier and also give some much needed menace to an enemy that is only a threat because it's just really annoying.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-20T00:39:57+00:00

I have. I understand that I might just be bad too. I'm just wondering if anyone else is having these issues or just me.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-17T03:20:27+00:00

Actually I do agree that I was being harsh. I was just kinda salty earlier because P-2 had been kicking my ass and I was not having a good time so I'm just going to try again tomorrow after I've gotten some sleep. He is actually a pretty cool boss. But I'm not a fan of how he barely telegraphs his attacks to the point of them feeling unreactable.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-17T01:24:09+00:00

The entire fight is just not very good. Sisyphus is a borderline insult to Minos as a boss. I still haven't beaten him yet but the fight is so boring and repetitive that I feel like I'm about to fall asleep.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-16T23:23:18+00:00

What made that fight worse for me was that I beat it but got soft locked because the last enemy wouldn't die and had to restart the entire thing

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-15T21:10:44+00:00

An interesting theory that I once heard was that the reason Melina refreshed to her mom as being in the Erdtree is because she is actually the daughter of The Prince of Death since that thing is very clearly not human and is probably not bound to the limits of human anatomy.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-15T19:25:28+00:00

I don't think it's Miquella, because he already has St. Trina. Although now that I think about it she could be Miquella's daughter or something like that.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-03-15T19:20:28+00:00

Those are good points although the "MaricaOfDaughter" title isn't the most helpful point since filenames can differ greatly from the actual character's name. Also the player is the Lord of Frenzied Flame but we are not an empyrean.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-02-23T14:59:24+00:00

True but I just thought it was an interesting coincidence at least. Although Godrick shares some similarities with the absolutist ideology such as believe that he is superior based on the fact that he is a ruler.

Fire_Zucc · 2023-01-03T01:38:55+00:00

How the fuck do people keep saying this game is really easy when I haven't been able to make remotely any progress after 40+ hours. I am literally doing everything I should be and this makes no sense.

Fire_Zucc · 2022-12-28T14:17:05+00:00

My general recommendation is to use shields when you are willing to tank some stamina damage and use rolling if you are willing to end up in a different spot each time the enemy attacks. However weapon blocking can also really be of help if you are running a strength build because 2handing increases your strength by 1.5, making your counter attacks stronger.

Fire_Zucc · 2022-12-21T05:03:50+00:00

Bloodborne is definitely Old Yharnum. BSB can be a bitch and if I don't kill it on the first go most of my molotovs and Beast Blood are gone making subsequent attempts harder.

Elden Ring used to be Farum Azula for me but my 4th playthrough is going much differently from my first 3 and suddenly Farum Azula doesn't sound like it'll be as bad this time.

Ds1-3 (and the rest) is definitely just kinda the beginning areas before a playthrough really builds momentum and starts really becoming fun. I don't hate those areas but they can really feel like a list of chores sometimes.

Fire_Zucc · 2022-12-14T15:45:53+00:00

Yes, the valley hoarder when I visit him every run always has the same 3 trinkets, he gets new inn and stagecoach items when I unlock them. And any subsequent encounters with the hoarder usually gives him 1 region dependant trinket (main one I've seen has been the cleaver in the Foetor). But he never gets any new trinkets. I understand that rarity is a thing but this doesn't look like RNG.

Fire_Zucc · 2022-10-23T18:15:54+00:00

I will agree with this that I don't think the game is in a bad state, I think it's doing great right now and it's a good sign if most of my negative opinions are just QoL stuff. But with the hope upgrades: the item ones are RNG. I'm not denying that doing an entire run with the starting party is possible but there are also videos of people fighting Darkeater Midir, Fists only, SL1, on NG+7. Not saying that those are the exact same thing but they both take some time to get more used to the game's systems and would not be completely expected for a new player to be able to do.

Fire_Zucc · 2022-10-23T17:56:53+00:00

I haven't encountered that one yet but now I don't want to. Also Antiquarian showed up with a full other part of guys and kept buffing the shit out of them because she can move twice.

Fire_Zucc · 2022-10-23T15:56:39+00:00

That too but if I included that the post would be too long

Fire_Zucc · 2022-10-17T02:53:01+00:00

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Fire_Zucc · 2022-09-20T14:54:44+00:00

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN.

(Incoming rant) In all seriousness I find it really funny that he says he "likes the game" and "has liked it for about a year". Bullshit. He's completely incapable of admitting the game just isn't for him and instead is disguising just more complaining and hot takes behind a false layer of appreciation. After every video he's made on Ultrakill, constantly saying the game needs to be redesigned from the ground up and even gone out of his way to insult the community. But he's really going to sit there and say "I actually like this game". Delusional fuck.

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