What is it with the AOE attacks in this game

[Calub]

did the devs just decided to say F it and add AOE to literally every single boss. godfrey is by far the worst offender. I feel like this game has so much artifical difficulty, almost like dark souls 2 but worse.

[Sabaithal]

That's not what Artificial difficulty is.

[TyresTyco]

The wrestler king really is nuts. His aoe attacks arent that much of a problem. His whole presence in his second phase.. is just pure madness.. he is the only boss in my life outside of some horror stuff that make me anxious.

Wait until you finally beat him and get to the next one in line. His aoe ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ will break you.. until you realize that you have to roll behind him with perfect timings. Same goes for wrestler king too tho.

[Calub]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

That's not what Artificial difficulty is.

you think adding stupid aoe attacks high HP and damage to every boss in this game isnt artifical difficulty??? are you retarted?

[Calub]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

The wrestler king really is nuts. His aoe attacks arent that much of a problem. His whole presence in his second phase.. is just pure madness.. he is the only boss in my life outside of some horror stuff that make me anxious.

Wait until you finally beat him and get to the next one in line. His aoe ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ will break you.. until you realize that you have to roll behind him with perfect timings. Same goes for wrestler king too tho.

the main problem is i dont use a summon so there is almost no break in his attacks where i have to oppurtunity to hit him.

[Is This Your Card? 69]

Godfrey? Bruh have you fought Commander Niall? lmao

[k3stea]

Originally posted by Lieutenant Major Sergeant Caleb:

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

The wrestler king really is nuts. His aoe attacks arent that much of a problem. His whole presence in his second phase.. is just pure madness.. he is the only boss in my life outside of some horror stuff that make me anxious.

Wait until you finally beat him and get to the next one in line. His aoe ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ will break you.. until you realize that you have to roll behind him with perfect timings. Same goes for wrestler king too tho.

the main problem is i dont use a summon so there is almost no break in his attacks where i have to oppurtunity to hit him.

with godfrey i dont even think having a summon matters because whoever he's targeting his stomp goes (i think) the entire arena and he uses it like 5000 times in a row

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Lieutenant Major Sergeant Caleb:

you think adding stupid aoe attacks high HP and damage to every boss in this game isnt artifical difficulty??? are you retarted?

No, I just know what basic terms mean.
- Artificial difficulty is something in a game in which the player literally can do nothing to change, and is an active detriment. For example, if you walked into an area and got instantly slowed to walking pace being unable to run, in a large poison swamp no less, garunteeing you would need some way to heal the poison or die before reaching the end.

However you can dodge through almost any attack in this game, AoEs included, done it many, many times. They're annoying, but not artificial difficulty. Stop hiding behind that phrase because you haven't learned how to dodge yet.

[Calub]

Originally posted by Not Zane:

Godfrey? Bruh have you fought Commander Niall? lmao

Different version of godfrey later. that one stomp move that he loves to spam. also the axe aoe that after you are behind him from dodging hits you like 100%

[Wacky (LucentLogan)]

You mean not being able to side strafe an attack and actually having to time your dodge?

[Calub]

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Originally posted by Lieutenant Major Sergeant Caleb:

you think adding stupid aoe attacks high HP and damage to every boss in this game isnt artifical difficulty??? are you retarted?

No, I just know what basic terms mean.
- Artificial difficulty is something in a game in which the player literally can do nothing to change, and is an active detriment. For example, if you walked into an area and got instantly slowed to walking pace being unable to run, in a large poison swamp no less, garunteeing you would need some way to heal the poison or die before reaching the end.

However you can dodge through almost any attack in this game, AoEs included, done it many, many times. They're annoying, but not artificial difficulty. Stop hiding behind that phrase because you haven't learned how to dodge yet.

My brother in christ.... I have played like 500 hours combined in the souls games i know how to dodge. Im simply pointing out one of the many stupid decisions the devs made in the boss design, one of the worst parts of this game imo

[Sen]

Artificial difficulty is what people say when they suck

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Lieutenant Major Sergeant Caleb:

My brother in christ.... I have played like 500 hours combined in the souls games i know how to dodge. Im simply pointing out one of the many stupid decisions the devs made in the boss design, one of the worst parts of this game imo

Don't care how many hours you've got. That's not artificial difficulty, its just annoying. There's a difference, so stop hiding behind excuses.

[TyresTyco]

I think we can all agree that there are indeed some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ attacks and maybe but thats just my take... far to long " boss is on cocaine" phases.

[Janthis]

How to design a "fun, fair and balanced" boss, the Fromsoft way:

- Give him at least one multi-hit combo that he can spam and instakill the player if 2-3 hits connect
- At least one ranged attack that shoots either homing projectiles or large AoE ones. Or why not both?
- One or more AoE attacks that cover most of the arena
- If the boss is large, give it some kind of foot stomp that it can also spam like an angry toddler and also has an AoE shockwave around it
- Make him jump and flip around the arena like a monkey on meth.

There you go, another memorable boss fight!

[Calub]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

I think we can all agree that there are indeed some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ attacks and maybe but thats just my take... far to long " boss is on cocaine" phases.

my main problem with the bosses in this game. basically i guess its meant for you using your summons as the game intended. but for non plebs it just seems liek bs