Did that Demon/Corruptor need to be so hard ?

[derbyhall]

Am I the only one who found that impossible ? Its all over the place and the clan seem to do nothing . After what seemed like a couple hours of getting killed I put it on story mode . , blundered thru but still not sure what I should have done .

[Broken War Horse]

What Demon/Corruptor are you talking about, give the mission or area? :)

[Sprocket Gearsworth]

Is it the first one you face that corrupts all the striders and rams through the front gates?

Use fire arrows to make it overheat then snipe the orange thing that pops up when it does.

[🔱AestheticKunt🔱]

The game is easy even on "very hard", the game is not the problem here.

[yuzhonglu]

Uh. What? Are you incapable of aiming with your bow? Are you aware of the dodge button in the game? Do you know that if you press "B" you can heal?

Also, you're aware corrupted machines are weak to fire, right?

[SinusMK]

Originally posted by Silver Werewolf:

The game is easy even on "very hard", the game is not the problem here.

Not necessarily.
That's why the game is so good.
It becomes easy once a player has learned to use different tools and ammunition. And learned the weak points.
It depends on skill + speed.

A lot of players are just not used to that.

For example, I noticed after 2 days that I had to shoot several times with a fire arrow to light machines. Before, I thought that fire arrows were useless. I thought it was the wrong weapon to exploit the weakness of fire.
The only difficulty I still have at the moment is keeping the raw materials under control.
Especially wire and echo shells.

[Frostbringer]

A thing I learned late game is “rapid fire”

If you aren’t worried about precise aiming you can shoot quickly by hitting the fire button instead of drawing bow back all the way, and this increases when you start adding handling mods to your bows.

[DiabloMuerto]

I'm assuming you're talking about the very first time you fight it? Because any time later, once you've got your tool set killing anything is fairly trivial. If you don't want it jumping around, that's what shock or ropecaster is for. So as I say I'm assuming you mean before you have that stuff. To which then I would say yes, that very first time it is supposed to be hard to give credence to how dangerous they keep telling you it is out there.

[🔱AestheticKunt🔱]

Originally posted by SinusMK:

Originally posted by Silver Werewolf:

The game is easy even on "very hard", the game is not the problem here.

Not necessarily.
That's why the game is so good.
It becomes easy once a player has learned to use different tools and ammunition. And learned the weak points.
It depends on skill + speed.

A lot of players are just not used to that.

For example, I noticed after 2 days that I had to shoot several times with a fire arrow to light machines. Before, I thought that fire arrows were useless. I thought it was the wrong weapon to exploit the weakness of fire.
The only difficulty I still have at the moment is keeping the raw materials under control.
Especially wire and echo shells.

mmm yeah maybe for casuals players, like console "gamers" for example... but two days for that obvious thing that even the game explains to you? the problem is people doesn't read... never does

[Notius]

I ran thorough the game on Hard and beat it first try. Rost has you buy a Tripcaster earlier on, which is incredibly useful even in active fights, just set up explosive wires all over and focus on dodging while luring it towards the traps. You can also set up the traps directly on top of it and they'll explode as soon as the second pylon lands but that requires a bit more precision.

[SinusMK]

Originally posted by Silver Werewolf:

Originally posted by SinusMK:

Not necessarily.
That's why the game is so good.
It becomes easy once a player has learned to use different tools and ammunition. And learned the weak points.
It depends on skill + speed.

A lot of players are just not used to that.

For example, I noticed after 2 days that I had to shoot several times with a fire arrow to light machines. Before, I thought that fire arrows were useless. I thought it was the wrong weapon to exploit the weakness of fire.
The only difficulty I still have at the moment is keeping the raw materials under control.
Especially wire and echo shells.

mmm yeah maybe for casuals players, like console "gamers" for example... but two days for that obvious thing that even the game explains to you? the problem is people doesn't read... never does

Do you already know that the HZD was made for console players?
As I said before, it's a learning curve.
Better stop this arrogance - at best it's just embarrassing.

[Pr0g4m3m4s7eR]

I depends on the stuff you bought before but it is obviously a boss fight. If you don't have a plan on how to deal with "big" beasts it can take you by surprise.
Best advice is to experiment with the ropecaster. You can tie it for 90 sec which is a an eternity in combat time. Plenty enough to analyse it and check its weaknesses, set some traps and get rid of the striders if needed to.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by Pr0g4m3m4s7eR:

I depends on the stuff you bought before but it is obviously a boss fight. If you don't have a plan on how to deal with "big" beasts it can take you by surprise.
Best advice is to experiment with the ropecaster. You can tie it for 90 sec which is a an eternity in combat time. Plenty enough to analyse it and check its weaknesses, set some traps and get rid of the striders if needed to.

Exactly this. Plus you should be using fire arrows. Fire works well on all corrupted enemies and I'm pretty sure the game tells you this before you get into this fight.

Using your scanner to find weak points is also a core game mechanic that you should be using on all new enemies by this stage of the game. Doing this tells you what weapons work best on which components, and the scan will highlight the components for a period of time so it's easier to pick them out at longer ranges.

Honestly the ropecaster made this a pretty easy fight on the normal difficulty setting. It all depends on what tools you have when you get into the fight, though, if you don't have the ropecaster to tie that beast down it'll be a fair bit tougher. If you haven't gained many levels (and thus have less skills/perks unlocked), haven't upgraded your gear very much (if at all), and still have only the basic tools and weapons you start with or are told to buy like the tripcaster it could be a lot harder.

In general there is a need to move, dodge, and hide as much as possible in some fights since you really can't take too many hits. The more thought and planning you can put into some fights the easier they'll be. Use traps, tripcaster, ropecaster, special ammo, distractions, stealth. When all else fails dodge and run until you get an opening to attack or until you find a way to break line of sight and hide.