"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@JohnnyShoulder oh yeah, he's a piece of pi$$ 😂 it's funny reading all of the other experiences of bosses, especially as nearly any boss that people found challenging I beat in one attempt, or in the case of Malenia, two goes 😅 (definitely not because of any inherent skill, mind)
I think I must have accidentally created the most cheesy boss-melting build without realising just how much it was trivialising some elements of the game. And it all revolved around a great sword, a ridiculously powerful 'opening gambit' magic dagger, and a seal for regular magic. No game is locking me into one playstyle if it lets me be a warrior, rogue and sorcerer all in one go with no downsides 😅
I mean, I still spent 200 hours by the end, with a lot of dying, a lot of exploration and a lot of helping others to get my money's worth out of all the boss fights via replaying them, but most of the real challenges were the random enemies rather than the major ones you always hear about people's struggles with
Fire Giant, was maybe more situational as my good pottery based buddy Alexander just aggroed him while I missed a bunch of ranged attacks trying to work out what to do, realised nothing was connecting, then went to work on the ankles and moved behind rock or tree cover during the bigger attacks that could flatten or burn you. I didn't really know what I was doing half the fight, and by the time I'd figured out a plan beyond just hacking his ankles he was already in the second phase and it was easy to finish the fight with a few pokes to the eye as Alexander took care of everything else because he is simply a legend who knows no equal (well, at that point, anyway 😬)
Field Bosses like the big golden lightning horsey *****, I assume brother of the first sentry, however, they literally melted in about 40 seconds because of build insanity and little to no skill 😅
Mohg, Malenia, Moon Gurrl, Golden Balls, Slippery Snake, Godskinheads, the Lion King, all those were just complete melts and should be ashamed at their lack of challenge 😭😂
@JohnnyShoulder Part of what I love about ER, everyone seems to have different boss 'sticking points'...
I remember approaching Malenia, being incredibly fearful due to the divisive online discourse... but had her down in maybe 3-4 goes. Fire Giant however, and Elden Beast also, had me stuck for days!
@CJD87 Yeah Elden Beast I struggled with and had to respec to get me some more holy damage and spells. Malenia I didn't find too bad, a dozen or so tries. Once I found out that she was weak to Rivers of Blood's special, she was soon gone. Loved the fight, probably one of my faves in the game.
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I got Maliketh down after a few attempts this morning. It was practically solo-melee as my summon died early during the 2nd phase. I really don't find FromSoft games as challenging as I did before after my time with Rise of the Ronin. I really do think it is a case of transferable skills. Rise of the Ronin is the game that made me 'git gud' at FromSoft games.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Ravix@LN78@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I don't recall struggling too much with that one either. I seem to remember having some kind of poison weapon which came in handy.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
I’m not really playing anything on the PS5 at the moment. I decided to jump on my Xbox when Stalker 2 came out and then got preoccupied with some other Game Pass games. I also gifted my best friend—who only owns an Xbox—Space Marine 2 because I was in a cooperative mood, and he doesn’t buy games really at all, so we are going to be diving into that over Thanksgiving break.
Went back to Demon’s Souls. Binned it a couple years back after just getting a bit stuck so I’ve started again. Playing a Temple Knight with laughably high equipment load which is working better than the normal fast roll giant sword builds I go for in Souls games. Quite like the Halberd but will need an upgrade soon as I’m not convinced I can kill Tower Knight with it. Cleared out 4-1 of goodies too as it’s not that hard to move about in and the fence jump still works. Regenerator Ring and Adjudicator’s Shield is working nicely together.
@nessisonett Hope you it sticks with you more this time. The mission structure is a bit wierd sometimes and all over the place. Took me awhile to figure it out lol, and ended just following a game progress guide. There are some proper good sections with 3-1 probs being my fave as it felt so atmospheric. I know some people hated it though as it was quite easy to get lost. Also some of the most evil runs to bosses in the series.
@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I’m onto 3-1 now after slaughtering Tower Knight with barely any trouble and beating Armor Spider damageless somehow. I definitely feel like there’s probably a correct order but I’ve been dipping into a few different levels just for the loot. It’s been nice having another Souls game to play, it’s the only one I haven’t beaten of the main series (not counting Sekiro or Erdtree).
Pied 3-1 in Demon’s Souls last night, was doing my head in. Went to 5-1 which had a bit of an annoying layout (those giant ones with the clubs are a ballache) but the boss was pisspoor, just Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas with practically zero health and truly dreadful attacks that missed me completely. Oogie Boogie in the GBA game is literally like 20 times harder than that boss. Grabbed the Mirdan Hammer in 5-2 which means my build is shaping up, grinded a bit until I got a Blessed Mirdan Hammer +2 which is very handy now, also F*CK 5-2, up there with Blighttown for just being bloody annoying but not quite Shrine of Amana level. Got the shortcut at least for when I decide to do the boss.
Went back to 4-1 which I’d already cleared of loot and oh look yet another terrible boss, whack thing while avoiding incredibly telegraphed attacks then hit weak point (Tower Knight but easier). I assume the open nature means that the later bosses in each area are much better, would make sense.
Went to 4-2, killed the grim reaper thing second attempt and got the obligatory boot into a pit by Patches but at least I found the miracle guy so could finally grab Regeneration to fully embrace the regen build, I basically just don’t need to smoke weed/eat grass anymore which is fun. Not sure if I should just go back to 3-1 before trying 2-2. Probably a good idea but the mindflayers are an irritation.
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