Bloom help in part 2

[kristy_m2003]

im in part 2 and was doing well i thought untill i was challenged for my territory the 2nd time by Bloom (the dragon with the animal friends). how do i beat him? it says there is a hidden option "if only you had your own good beasts" but idk if i can recruit? its driving me a bit nuts lol do i need like lots of fire element or something? xD

[CosmicOdeum]

You can recruit clansingers by dealing with them in the right way.
Otherwise, bloom isn't very strong. Just blast him.

[kristy_m2003]

oo ok ty for the tip :)

[Rakeela]

If you have trouble in this fight, pay attention to the rooster, because Bloom is.

[BlueOrange]

I found this much easier on later playthroughs when I had more animal masteries.

[kristy_m2003]

thats what im doing at the moment, getting animal masteries and trying to work out how to get the wolves haha. i almost had em but didnt "know" enough about them. (but had the mastery...)

[BlueOrange]

I think I played 16 hours in the first 24 after the launch? Been taking a break since then after getting a 'good' ending. Didn't work out how to get the wolves onside, but my theory is that if you talk to all of the wolves on the first and second maps, it'll help. Not sure whether abducting a puppy helps or not, but I know you can do it.

[Soup Fish]

I dont get what im missing. I have fought this guy 6 times now and every single time I just die. The animals change their attack patterns every time I go against them, so by the time I get to Bloom im always cripled. I am trying to make an aggressive ruthless fire drake, so I dont want to make friends with animals to counter him.

[BlueOrange]

If you're trying to go pure in your strategy, rather than going with the strategy of least resistance, you're probably going to need a lot of knowledge unlocks to make that work. Even though you're a dragon, the world is bigger than you are most of the time.

You'll probably find it easier if you make some friends in a playthrough or two, get the knowledge of the higher-level animals, and use that so that you can brute force it in a later playthrough.

[Xelrah]

You can also dream of air to increase your mastery temporarily and persuade his followers to not follow him into combat.

[MadArtillery]

I had hoped with all the masteries as long as one played to ones strengths and thought outside the box you could find a way around the games problems. Evidentally not.

[BlueOrange]

Originally posted by MadArtillery:

I had hoped with all the masteries as long as one played to ones strengths and thought outside the box you could find a way around the games problems. Evidentally not.

Even though you're a dragon, the world is bigger and meaner than you are. Knowing when you're up against an overwhelming force and adapting your behaviour seems to be part of the ethos of the game (and I approve).

[Melia]

I agree with BlueOrange. Asking the voice when you are still in the egg how best to consume the essence of others has it say through strength AND cunning. Darktooth also seems to encourage branching out although to a greater degree than your creator. Focusing almost entirely on one mastery can quickly lead to failure should you come across an enemy who can counter it.

As for other methods such as using artifacts and finding useful allies, your ruthless aggressive fire drake might actually be more successful than my drake in certain cases as long as your drake can have mutual respect of others for their own strengths and uses. Remember that the perspectives of the different creatures/clans can be very different from humans and drakes while still displaying some similarities.

My drake who specialized in water and air dealt with Bloom effectively while using an artifact The Shakestick to make up for my lesser mastery of fire in the more difficult dances of destruction. If you want to know one way that physical prowess might be used to set things up for that battle then I can tell you what I think can work and I plan to do with my next more aggressive drake.

The clansingers seem to value shows of strength and honor. My battle with the den guard seemed to impress them as did sparing the pup and talking to the lone wolf. However trying to tell them why I did not wish to fight them at their feast failed with my mastery showing yellow for that option so perhaps they will value strength there as well.

[Haless]

I hate this bloom guy, always lose to him and his minions...

[cavy]

At their feast, I usually just tel them I'm not hungry. Alternately, you could challenge them in a contest of Song instead of earthly might.

[Furious47]

Your clansinger mastery has to be up to 50% to recruit them.