Pike Boss

[𝐎ᥣᑯ𝐑𝖾ᑯ𝐅ⱺ𝗑]

I'm not impressed with how the developers have made the boss only appear when you land in the gardens and disappear when you aren't there. This is against the whole games mechanic so far. You can only kill it one way and that is by melee combat. This makes the archer useless.

[Grimshot]

I killed it with archery. Hell, if you shoot it in the mouth when it starts summoning bugs it will get stunned and you can do a ton of damage to it's head. I was hitting almost 900 damage a shot with copper arrows on crits.

[Player Zer01]

Originally posted by Grimshot:

I killed it with archery. Hell, if you shoot it in the mouth when it starts summoning bugs it will get stunned and you can do a ton of damage to it's head. I was hitting almost 900 damage a shot with copper arrows on crits.

this ^^^

you can also be up on the sides if you jump in and glide at the right time. i killed it without being inside of the ring. the only thing you have to watch for is the breathe attack as it will go through walls.

[Sir. Foxford]

I've killed it with Archery, Magic, and Melee. It's very easy. I even did it under leveled when I was a mage on my other character. Honestly, archery was the easiest kill.

[gadfly6363]

I haven't killed it yet because I'm trying to find a way to cheese it. I HATE combat; it's my least favorite part of any video game. Having game progression locked behind combat is irritating. The one saving grace is that this game allows a LOT of different ways to try something, usually. I'm a hundred hours in, level 25 and exploring the kindlewaste, but I haven't killed this boss because I haven 't found a reliable cheese platter yet. I have gone down and looked at the arena, just haven't gone in yet. Combat. Ugh.
On the plus side, the Beastmaster skill tree made me very, very happy! Huge reduction in combat right there.

[Sir. Foxford]

Originally posted by gadfly6363:

I haven't killed it yet because I'm trying to find a way to cheese it. I HATE combat; it's my least favorite part of any video game. Having game progression locked behind combat is irritating. The one saving grace is that this game allows a LOT of different ways to try something, usually. I'm a hundred hours in, level 25 and exploring the kindlewaste, but I haven't killed this boss because I haven 't found a reliable cheese platter yet. I have gone down and looked at the arena, just haven't gone in yet. Combat. Ugh.
On the plus side, the Beastmaster skill tree made me very, very happy! Huge reduction in combat right there.

If you "HATE" combat then perhaps you shouldn't be playing survival games.........

[gadfly6363]

It's not a survival game, it's an action rpg. We don't starve, we don't have to carry water, and we don't have temperature issues or get infected wounds. And the best thing about open world games is using the open world to avoid all the tedious combat.
But go ahead be as judgmental as you need to be to get through your day.

[𝐎ᥣᑯ𝐑𝖾ᑯ𝐅ⱺ𝗑]

Originally posted by gadfly6363:

I haven't killed it yet because I'm trying to find a way to cheese it. I HATE combat; it's my least favorite part of any video game. Having game progression locked behind combat is irritating. The one saving grace is that this game allows a LOT of different ways to try something, usually. I'm a hundred hours in, level 25 and exploring the kindlewaste, but I haven't killed this boss because I haven 't found a reliable cheese platter yet. I have gone down and looked at the arena, just haven't gone in yet. Combat. Ugh.
On the plus side, the Beastmaster skill tree made me very, very happy! Huge reduction in combat right there.

Thank you for elaborating on my point. It is the progression locked behind combat that really grinds my gears. Keen's promo video made a big thing about choice and how to play this game, and they take away my choice here.
Also I'd argue that Enshrouded isn't an open world game. We are corralled by high unscalable cliffs like sheep being driven to a sheep dip. Again, Keen made a point of saying the game was about choice, but often it is a controlled choice.

[Kackstift]

hit him in the face while it is charging to get 100% dmg buff. otherwise dodge stuff and kill critters. i did it with a meele build(weakest) without problems.

[Sir. Foxford]

Originally posted by KackstiftGER:

hit him in the face while it is charging to get 100% dmg buff. otherwise dodge stuff and kill critters. i did it with a meele build(weakest) without problems.

I made more then one character, and I beat him first try in solo with melee, archery, and magic. Archery was honestly the easiest.
Edit: I technically beat him 4 times because I had a sword and shield and two handed melee build.

[DoppelEben - /ˈsatɪsfʌɪ/]

Originally posted by Running Red Fox:

(...)Also I'd argue that Enshrouded isn't an open world game. We are corralled by high unscalable cliffs like sheep being driven to a sheep dip. (..)

u serious? Oo

[holdem]

Originally posted by gadfly6363:

It's not a survival game, it's an action rpg. We don't starve, we don't have to carry water, and we don't have temperature issues or get infected wounds. And the best thing about open world games is using the open world to avoid all the tedious combat.
But go ahead be as judgmental as you need to be to get through your day.

Combat and everything else is way to simplistic to be called Role play game.
I also miss different ways to play like for example leveling up sword on a training dummy to earn sword skill or planting crops to earn farm mastery.
Just having a general character level and being able to do everything is boring and way to simplistic to keep players long term.

[Ivara Ara]

Originally posted by gadfly6363:

I haven't killed it yet because I'm trying to find a way to cheese it. I HATE combat; it's my least favorite part of any video game. Having game progression locked behind combat is irritating. The one saving grace is that this game allows a LOT of different ways to try something, usually. I'm a hundred hours in, level 25 and exploring the kindlewaste, but I haven't killed this boss because I haven 't found a reliable cheese platter yet. I have gone down and looked at the arena, just haven't gone in yet. Combat. Ugh.
On the plus side, the Beastmaster skill tree made me very, very happy! Huge reduction in combat right there.

Lol, why did you get this game then

[Sir. Foxford]

Originally posted by Ivara Ara:

Originally posted by gadfly6363:

I haven't killed it yet because I'm trying to find a way to cheese it. I HATE combat; it's my least favorite part of any video game. Having game progression locked behind combat is irritating. The one saving grace is that this game allows a LOT of different ways to try something, usually. I'm a hundred hours in, level 25 and exploring the kindlewaste, but I haven't killed this boss because I haven 't found a reliable cheese platter yet. I have gone down and looked at the arena, just haven't gone in yet. Combat. Ugh.
On the plus side, the Beastmaster skill tree made me very, very happy! Huge reduction in combat right there.

Lol, why did you get this game then

I literally said that lmfao. They clearly aren't meant to play survival games.

[Zero]

I killed it with a wand and a barely functional build at the time (didn't even respec and had various QoL stuff instead of combat). Didn't once melee it. Sometimes used the bow too and the staff a little bit.
Not that hard and I understand them wanting to limit cheese potential. I already nuke most stuff with fireball and mass destruction now, so forcing you to actually fight the boss is understandable. Would rather the wyvern be visible, even if invulnerable though.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Twerkulies:

I've killed it with Archery, Magic, and Melee. It's very easy. I even did it under leveled when I was a mage on my other character. Honestly, archery was the easiest kill.

From this forum this boss fight sounds like figthing the final boss in undertale after a genocide run