Did this game get a nerf?

[Lord_Danielsan98]

I came back to this game after not playing it for several months for the DLC and decided to fight several bosses to get some practice in, but holy hell did all my weapons get nerfed or am I just that bad at the game now? I remember beating Mohg at least three times and I have never struggled to kill him until now and took me about two days to beat him. Same with Godfrey who is taking me out with two hits. I don't remember struggling this much on the bosses even during my first playthrough. Am I tripping here, or am I just out of practice?

[mrquackers]

are you using rivers of blood, icerind hatchet or hand of malenia? if so then yes your characters have been nerfed. other than that everything is more or less the same just balanced out. bleed is still good tho. STR + bleed go burr

if non of that then yea just out of practice. late game bosses will most likely 1 or 2 shot you if your viger isnt over 45/50.

[Tomatokek]

so it looks like they nerfed bleed into the ground

[Vox Maximus]

Originally posted by Tomatokek:

so it looks like they nerfed bleed into the ground

It happened long ago. To OP the last patch came out almost a year ago.

[Vox Maximus]

Originally posted by Lord_Danielsan98:

I came back to this game after not playing it for several months for the DLC and decided to fight several bosses to get some practice in, but holy hell did all my weapons get nerfed or am I just that bad at the game now? I remember beating Mohg at least three times and I have never struggled to kill him until now and took me about two days to beat him. Same with Godfrey who is taking me out with two hits. I don't remember struggling this much on the bosses even during my first playthrough. Am I tripping here, or am I just out of practice?

No changes since July 2023. Also it's highly recommended to have 60 vigor by the late game.

[BingusDingus]

You're probably just bad now, playing through it again and i'm finding it much easier. I had the opposite feeling, like they nerfed the enemies and increased weapon damage and speed.

[ZeSentinel]

Originally posted by Vox Maximus:

Originally posted by Lord_Danielsan98:

I came back to this game after not playing it for several months for the DLC and decided to fight several bosses to get some practice in, but holy hell did all my weapons get nerfed or am I just that bad at the game now? I remember beating Mohg at least three times and I have never struggled to kill him until now and took me about two days to beat him. Same with Godfrey who is taking me out with two hits. I don't remember struggling this much on the bosses even during my first playthrough. Am I tripping here, or am I just out of practice?

No changes since July 2023. Also it's highly recommended to have 60 vigor by the late game.

nah, im well under the 60 vigor and its fine

[Ghaleon]

powerstancing and affliction application got nerfed too btw. No 4X application rate for curved sword jump attack for you.

[DDVaMpZzz]

I was thinking this yesterday when i fought Flying Dragon Agheel died like 5 times to that mf XD but i guess its just skill issue :) although one time he climbed up cliff and was spamming flame attack and i couldn't reach him :)

[Vox Maximus]

Originally posted by ZeSentinel:

Originally posted by Vox Maximus:

No changes since July 2023. Also it's highly recommended to have 60 vigor by the late game.

nah, im well under the 60 vigor and its fine

It's an official recommendation for the DLC. Obviously you can get by with less if you're playing ranged build or if you're better than average with dodge rolls and parries.

[Lucifer_]

Originally posted by ZeSentinel:

Originally posted by Vox Maximus:

No changes since July 2023. Also it's highly recommended to have 60 vigor by the late game.

nah, im well under the 60 vigor and its fine

even 1 hp is fine if you just don't get hit

[Das Trojanische Pferd]

Originally posted by Tomatokek:

so it looks like they nerfed bleed into the ground

bleed is still the crutch many people use to get trough this game i just hope that there are many enemies and bosses in the dlc that are bleed immune just to watch people cry about it XD....

[TheLuckyAce]

For me it was the complete opposit.
Started a new Game and Godrick oneshot me because I watched his health, second try I focus on the fight and suddenly he was dead... onephase without issues. +4 Rapier +3 Estoc Powerstance with Bloodslash on the Esctoc als Mainhand Weapon.

It felt like the Boss was nerfed into the ground, I'm not good at this game at all and I was not "overleveled" much, 20Dex and Vigor, 15 Endurance (Wretch start) without good Seals and no Buffs at all. I wear the Turtle and the slow HP Regen Seals.

Maybe later game bosses feel different?

[Lucifer_]

Originally posted by TheLuckyAce:

For me it was the complete opposit.
Started a new Game and Godrick oneshot me because I watched his health, second try I focus on the fight and suddenly he was dead... onephase without issues. +4 Rapier +3 Estoc Powerstance with Bloodslash on the Esctoc als Mainhand Weapon.

It felt like the Boss was nerfed into the ground, I'm not good at this game at all and I was not "overleveled" much, 20Dex and Vigor, 15 Endurance (Wretch start) without good Seals and no Buffs at all. I wear the Turtle and the slow HP Regen Seals.

Maybe later game bosses feel different?

godrick is the easiest main boss in the game even easier than margit. He's a glorified tutorial boss. Yes later bosses are much more challenging

[TheLuckyAce]

Originally posted by Lucifer_:

Originally posted by TheLuckyAce:

For me it was the complete opposit.
Started a new Game and Godrick oneshot me because I watched his health, second try I focus on the fight and suddenly he was dead... onephase without issues. +4 Rapier +3 Estoc Powerstance with Bloodslash on the Esctoc als Mainhand Weapon.

It felt like the Boss was nerfed into the ground, I'm not good at this game at all and I was not "overleveled" much, 20Dex and Vigor, 15 Endurance (Wretch start) without good Seals and no Buffs at all. I wear the Turtle and the slow HP Regen Seals.

Maybe later game bosses feel different?

godrick is the easiest main boss in the game even easier than margit. He's a glorified tutorial boss. Yes later bosses are much more challenging

I know, I've played around 130Hours before and watched around 1k+ hours ;) but to get him one phase without any setup and without noticing... felt wrong.

[Lucifer_]

Originally posted by TheLuckyAce:

Originally posted by Lucifer_:

godrick is the easiest main boss in the game even easier than margit. He's a glorified tutorial boss. Yes later bosses are much more challenging

I know, I've played around 130Hours before and watched around 1k+ hours ;) but to get him one phase without any setup and without noticing... felt wrong.

i've never killed him in first phase on NG but then again i never use bleed or any other status.