Cernyxs huge aoe and ability to basically blind you feels balanced by his lower level damage. Its not like maria who confined you to a tight space, has either giant aoe or fast attacks, he has strengths, and exploitable weaknesses. Most people who struggled with elius were able to overcome cernyx by attrition, which is good in my eyes.
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Idk if its me or Iris is easier than Shura
yeah she is easier its not just you
Who would you say are the ābest designedā bosses? Whose mechanics did you have the most fun with once you figured them out?
This really needed to be two separate polls. I had the most fun with Calvus after figuring him out, but thatās not because heās the best designed. I actually think heās terribly designed in the sense that heās very unintuitive to learn. In this one poll I both can and canāt answer with Calvus.
I hate carina, I can pretty much beat every boss first try but sheās the only one I struggle with because news flash: combining regeneration and high mobility isnāt a good idea. Her fight brings no joy whatsoever
The one I had more difficulty with the first time is probably Carina.
The one I find most difficult rn is Natasha.
Without cheesing them I mean.
Both for the same reason, they have no pattern.
They just continue to come at you.
But Carina is focused on close combat, so you can take distance and use the time she takes to reach you to damage her.
Natasha, being ranged, doesnāt have this option.
The only openings she gives you are the ones while she is loading the super-shot.
Iām not really a gamer, so I donāt know if this is good or bad, but at least she is more entertaining to fight.
argos is true peak, all the other suck
also, for calvus the design is a good concept but itās a horrible combination of high damage, high aoe and high speed attacks alongside the random blocking & parrying mid attacks that npcs have
elius is just annoying at the lvl we find him in.
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the only boss that i genuinely struggle/hate is definitely maria, 2 iframes moves and the tentacles makes you just not fight her a solid 10 seconds or more.
my favourite though is Argos, everything felt nice and fair alongside his arena
Elius is difficult at first but once you realize a bow quickdraw shreds him, he becomes a walk in the park
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A lot of the bosses are pretty much just standard npcs with not much of a gimmick outside of being a mage or berserker or what have you. Characters like Iris, Cernyx and Carina I genuinely donāt even consider unique enough to be called bosses. They have more health than usual. Thatās about it.
Even after coming back to Elius with a maxed file and watching him for a while I still canāt tell what the intended way to fight him is. It seems more to me that he just kind of filters you if youāre berserker or running a very slow magic. Your only saving grace at that point is that you can still technically use guns and bows.
Maria is fine. I didnāt really struggle with her that much. She makes you wait sometimes and Iām not really sure how youāre supposed to avoid the tentacle attack yet (i just parried all of them iirc) but sheās not like. impossible or anything.
Calvusās fight reminds me of Theos in a lot of ways, and I consider Theos to be the most well-designed boss Vetex has ever made.
I donāt really know, except for that Calvus is maybe the best and that Maria is just shitty all around
make a setting to disable boss mirages that only works out of combat?
carinaās agro range is like half of the shining plains and its really annoying
i like how cernyx has that massive punch that he does when you get too close its fire
argos is by far my favorite boss. this is aided by the fact that if i come at him with the boss shredder 3000ā¢ļø (dual bronze flintlock, bronze musket, bronze flintlock) he gets demolished because im so good
I hate Maria because you get stuck in the floor of her stupid boat and die every time you use Crash
To this day I still enjoyed Eliusā fight the most and Calvusā the least. Elius felt like a fair challenge to me, while calvus felt overtuned
i was hella disapointed by shura and iris but then elius hit and ended up being the best fight in the game
not to say argos, maria, and calvus are bad, but nothing hits like elius.
carina is an insanely boring fight that does nothing but kill the story pace.
My first ever slot was a berserker with iron leg and I just couldnāt beat calvus (this was back when the game first released). Had to wait for a friend to reach the story part and rescue me lol
calvus is bearable if you have one other guy
@Crimsonpants i need you to read this
also what iām getting from this whole thread is that npc block/parrying is ASS and needs to be changed (READ MY SUGGESTION)