For the love of... PLEASE add a friggin shortcut to Rennala!

[No, I'm not, You are!]

I just started a new save with a much more squishy character, suffice to say trial and error on bosses as everything oneshots me. There are so many places where you have to run through a bunch of annoying mobs after respawn and a 2-5min run before you can get back into action.

For Rennala specifically. How in the world is it possible to overlook such a thing to not put a respawn before the boss?
2 choices for her. You either run the longer way around, via the annoying wrecking ball or you run through a bunch of casters who cast simultaniously. So if you dodge one of their bolts, you will get hit by the other anyway. So you can't just mindlessly run past them every time. it is a 50/50 chance you will arrive without scars. They even reach way over the bridge.

Ridiculously frustrating. I can die a 1000x, but nothing will frustrate me more than having to run back a distance to a boss like described above. It completely takes out any rhythm you built up on that attempt.
Even if there was nothing in my way to that boss. Making me run back there such a long way frustrates the hell out of me.

Thanks for letting me vent. Rage quitting for now.

[Flori281]

the shortcut is really good though. You can definitely do it man, on my first time i didn't even know about the shortcut or that i could disable the ball until after i cleared. the mages are annoying but I know you can get past unscathed. Full faith in your skills, you will get her next time!!

[No, I'm not, You are!]

Originally posted by Flori281:

the shortcut is really good though. You can definitely do it man, on my first time i didn't even know about the shortcut or that i could disable the ball until after i cleared

Disable? do tell. This is my 4th run and I always oneshotted her, so There was no real need for me to look for something like that. Tanky chars are so much easier, sigh.

[Flori281]

Originally posted by Xili:

Originally posted by Flori281:

the shortcut is really good though. You can definitely do it man, on my first time i didn't even know about the shortcut or that i could disable the ball until after i cleared

Disable? do tell

going from the shortcut hallway(as in left from the grace), you can drop off to the right near where the mage next to all those cages(and moongrum) is. take a ladder up, kill the bastards up top, and no more boulder. +2 chests

[Daliena]

I, too, was rather annoyed by Rennala. Especially after getting Master Spark'd the second phase 2 began once and being sent right back to the Site of Grace.

Anyway, this might help you some, I haven't tested it myself (and don't have a character in place to do so), but I would hope that the ball trap -stays- disabled and thus will at least make a less annoying trip back? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGpfCevOkIc

[medicinezombie]

If you have any, Warming Stones are perfect for situations like this - don't worry about getting through unscathed, just survive lol, and heal up in front of the boss door for 20 FP.

If you have any gear that heals you, like Blessed Dew Talisman, putting that on to recover can speed things up too.

[medicinezombie]

Also I'm pretty sure the ball stays disabled if you turn it off, definitely try that. I think there is a bigger enemy up there (and some mages) in a kind of small space so be wary

[No, I'm not, You are!]

Originally posted by medicinezombie:

Also I'm pretty sure the ball stays disabled if you turn it off, definitely try that. I think there is a bigger enemy up there (and some mages) in a kind of small space so be wary

It is still anoying as hell that I have to run all the way back including an elevator ride.

[BurlsoL]

Make yourself less squishy. Just because people 'can' complete the game at RL 100 (or RL1), does not mean anything. The stat spreads for spells and weapons are much greater than previous From games, so it isn't uncommon to be level 80ish before you can just use your weapon of choice, and another 30ish levels to have enough carry weight to wear some armor with it. You're making your own challenge, then ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about how it is making the game too hard for you.

Rennala is a much shorter and safer run back than many Souls bosses were. The Church Gargoyles in DS1 was worse by far, and that was the first real boss you face in that game. The iron ball for Rennala follows the same route every time and you can run there without fighting anything. There were very few bosses in the souls series that had anything nearly as kind as what you have here. Maybe this game is making people too soft.

[(MP) Bud Tendy]

With a med weight char you can forward roll directly through the centre of the ball & take no damage.
When you try rolling to the side it will nearly always damage you.

[medicinezombie]

Originally posted by Xili:

It is still anoying as hell that I have to run all the way back including an elevator ride.

Haha yeah it's pretty bad. I can get in lore why Rennala might have torn up any Stakes of Marika around, but it is super annoying

They might have fixed it, but there was a cave somewhere with a glitched Stake of Marika; when you died at the boss it would ask where you wanted to respawn - if you picked at the stake, it put you outside the cave lol. Brutal

[Kenopsia]

I love the influx of bad players incapable of running past enemies in every new souls game. It never gets old.

[mpcgannon]

Tell me this is your first Fromsoftware game, without saying it.

[DireAct]

I'm on my second playthrough almost done it. If you're at the debate parlour site of grace, it's the fastest way to get to Rennala without damage. Even if you don't get rid of the mages up top summoning the wrecking ball on you, the ball goes in a same pattern down the stairs every time, so just find the right spot that the ball avoids and stand there if you die more. The room passed the wrecking ball to the right just before the magic knight before Rennala has a teleport, don't touch it but go to the left right after going into that room and there's a ledge you can jump onto that leads to a room that you can't otherwise reach with a ladder that leads to the mages summoning the wrecking ball. Kill them and they stay dead even if you die or sit at site of grace. Best of luck

[Cooperal]

You think she's just going to have a statue of the woman that stole her husband right outside her room? Emotional torment. That goes a few steps beyond shameless bleed spam. I love it.

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

Originally posted by Flori281:

the shortcut is really good though. You can definitely do it man, on my first time i didn't even know about the shortcut or that i could disable the ball until after i cleared. the mages are annoying but I know you can get past unscathed. Full faith in your skills, you will get her next time!!

lmao never knew you could disable it.