Bone Hydra Drastic Ramp in Difficulty

[Vexblackheart]

Loving the game so far, feeling like I can make it farther and farther each time.

Then I hit the Bone Hydra fight and endless crap starts filling the screen. There is simply too much going on here for this to be fun or feel like there is any skill involved. It’s just constant spam, and it feels as if this fight belongs in a different (lesser) game.

It's like all careful game design went out the window and someone said MORE BAD STUFF = MORE FUN.

Maybe ditch the extra minor-mob spawns, idk.

I know the solution is to now grind for upgrades- and I will. It was just jarring to hit this wall in the otherwise smooth/natural progression.

This has been my experience and is my opinion. Anyone can disagree all they want.

[Anderson]

it was like that for me too, but once you learn how the fight works, its not so bad.

The part when 6 extra heads emerge is definitely the hardest. Try to burst one down with casts and whatever attacks you have. Once one head goes down, you will have more space to move around. Then focus on another, and keep going. You might take some damage, but that's ok.

[Vexblackheart]

Okay... did the f'ing Devs read my post then reach into my game to disable the lesser-mob spawns!? Two more runs after I made this post, I entered a Bone Hydra fight with no randos! BWA? Now that I could see the battlefield more clearly and actually evade, I killed it for the first time.

*shrugs* I guess RNG can make the fight simpler?

[Airickson]

Note that the Bone Hydra (similar to the Fury Sisters) now has different aspects so it won't play the same every time. In regards to the mobs, it certainly helps to prioritize killing the smaller enemies that charge and punch you repeatedly before they "hatch." I like the changes to this boss battle because in the previous version Bone Hydra was a pretty easy fight.