Dancing Lion and Redmane Freyja

[Zoots]

Does beating dancing lion with redmane Frejya reward you like it does if you summon Nepheli Loux in the Grafted fight? Or am I safe to summon a real person instead?

[BingusDingus]

Reward you? I thought summoning the NPC's meant you got fewer runes.

[Zoots]

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

Reward you? I thought summoning the NPC's meant you got fewer runes.

Sometimes you get items or extra dialog depending on the battle and who you summon

[Swimfan]

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

Reward you? I thought summoning the NPC's meant you got fewer runes.

Uh you never get fewer rewards for summoning?!
Summoning is meant for people who want help - Myazaki has never tried to make additional help/ressources less attractive. Beating bosses with ashes/summons is as legit als solo-ing them.

I'd advice anyone to at least try the boss solo for at least a few attempts tho to appriciate the work that went into the fights - as soon as one more character is on screen, their entire movesets get kinda less smooth.

[Zoots]

Originally posted by Swimfan:

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

Reward you? I thought summoning the NPC's meant you got fewer runes.

Uh you never get fewer rewards for summoning?!
Summoning is meant for people who want help - Myazaki has never tried to make additional help/ressources less attractive. Beating bosses with ashes/summons is as legit als solo-ing them.

I'd advice anyone to at least try some times solo to appriciate the work that went into the fights - as soon as one more character is on screen, their entire movesets get kinda less smooth.

You get the first arsenal talisman for summoning Nepheli Loux so that isn't strictly true.

[Swimfan]

Originally posted by Zoots:

You get the first arsenal talisman for summoning Nepheli Loux so that isn't strictly true.

Didn't know about that but this proves my point really: Using help actually rewards you in that case.

[Funpire]

You should always summon all NPCs at least once. Often times they perform an emote or provide a reward for being summoned. After... Send them home if you like.

[Turk]

Originally posted by Swimfan:

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

Reward you? I thought summoning the NPC's meant you got fewer runes.

Uh you never get fewer rewards for summoning?!
Summoning is meant for people who want help - Myazaki has never tried to make additional help/ressources less attractive. Beating bosses with ashes/summons is as legit als solo-ing them.

I'd advice anyone to at least try the boss solo for at least a few attempts tho to appriciate the work that went into the fights - as soon as one more character is on screen, their entire movesets get kinda less smooth.

You have to summon certain people to fight a boss with in the base game to continue their questline

[Arquade]

Originally posted by Zoots:

Originally posted by Swimfan:

Uh you never get fewer rewards for summoning?!
Summoning is meant for people who want help - Myazaki has never tried to make additional help/ressources less attractive. Beating bosses with ashes/summons is as legit als solo-ing them.

I'd advice anyone to at least try some times solo to appriciate the work that went into the fights - as soon as one more character is on screen, their entire movesets get kinda less smooth.

You get the first arsenal talisman for summoning Nepheli Loux so that isn't strictly true.

You dont get Arsenal Charm for "summoning" her. She will give it to you after you kill Godrick, regardless was she summoned or not.