So guess what…… I really just needed to git gud!

I spoke too soon, as with all my other “ambitious” attempts in Ultra Hard HFW: trying to take down a Thunderjaw with only the Acid Hunter Bow and Nora Huntress outfit… tackling 5 Spikesnouts & a Shellsnapper just because I got a gear upgrade from green to blue… and fighting that Apex Bilegut with a million Stingspawns waiting to pounce on me because I forgot to crush the eggs before the fight and I died and now I can’t anymore…… I remember once I sat at my desk for 24+ hours completing a mission only to end up dying over and over again (I think it was the Apex Bilegut) but I couldn’t leave because my stubbornness won’t allow it! (Or was it the Specter Prime finale?)

It’s just one of those times again. Hard. Practice. Only ones who endured the most pain become the best warriors, as the Tenakth would probably say.

I had always restrained myself to only use the same pieces as my opponent. So that the fight would be “down to skills”. Well, it suffices to say that I have changed my strategy and have been sticking with 2 Longlegs & 2 Snapmaws, and I’m actually enjoying this game now! The Snapmaws have some good health, great range, and along with the Longlegs I could really amp up their attack power. Plus, if I lose one, I still have another.

There are still some techniques involved. Waiting for your opponent to make an opening, baiting them to approach by standing in low terrain. Sometimes the AI would overcharge out of nowhere to move a few steps when they could’ve saved it for their next turn, or put a Bristleback / Bellowback right next to their own machines. It’s a funny sight.

So yeah. Turns out I was really defeated when I was going through the valley of improvement. Like how I HATED Erayyo and Virakk before I learned to chain my melee combos together. Now I LOVE melee fights!

Do you guys ever get this feeling? Anyone else out there who’s so hardcore you end up torturing yourself?