A wow of steel mission cheese?

[Lahoo Eckbert]

Any takers?
I was doing a few side quests and I happened to start this mission. You are fighting 2 dudes(bayonet and spear dudes) and I'm wondering if there is a way to cheese the AI. They aren't actually too hard to beat but for some reason my fps is down to 40 in that mission(which makes no sense because we are in a small remote area where in cities I get 60 fps with just 70-80% gpu load) and I'm out of heals. I can perhaps abandon the mission but I'd still try my chances if there is an exploit/lame strat to beat these two.

I have no idea what TN were thinking when implementing 2 man boss fights in a game with atrocious combat system and horrible camera angles. Fighting multiple enemies is this games weakness and yet here we are again...

[VeraelHasta]

Electric Weapon buff + Super Ki Depletion + Super Damage Remedy + a stance with longer reach and/or sweeping attacks. Thats is how I usually approach double boss fights.
Although I don't plan to ever do them on Midnight difficulty.

PS: You can use other consumables as well, but I personally like to stick to a set of 3, so I don't have to switch shortcut sets midcombat.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

Originally posted by VeraelHasta:

Electric Weapon buff + Super Ki Depletion + Super Damage Remedy + a stance with longer reach and/or sweeping attacks. Thats is how I usually approach double boss fights.
Although I don't plan to ever do them on Midnight difficulty.

PS: You can use other consumables as well, but I personally like to stick to a set of 3, so I don't have to switch shortcut sets midcombat.

Yeah I retired for now. Fight is really hectic especially when they unleash ki blaze. I honestly don't know if I have the right setup to fight them and I don't want to spend consumables.
That's another massive problem of the game. The scarcity mechanic. I really despise it.

[VeraelHasta]

Consumables exist for exactly this reason. If you struggle, they are there to give you a boost.
And you shouldn't really lack resources for them, as long as you don't use them for standard enemies and only on more difficult bosses.
You can also always buy a few from the merchants.

Or, you know. Lower difficulty for this mission only. You can change difficulty whenever you want, just be sure to save at the banner before changing it.

[Aria Athena]

Is that the doctor's mission, where she is "helping" you from above, by poisoning you? What do you mean you run out of heals? They replenish on their own.

[causality]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

Any takers?
I was doing a few side quests and I happened to start this mission. You are fighting 2 dudes(bayonet and spear dudes) and I'm wondering if there is a way to cheese the AI. They aren't actually too hard to beat but for some reason my fps is down to 40 in that mission(which makes no sense because we are in a small remote area where in cities I get 60 fps with just 70-80% gpu load) and I'm out of heals. I can perhaps abandon the mission but I'd still try my chances if there is an exploit/lame strat to beat these two.

I have no idea what TN were thinking when implementing 2 man boss fights in a game with atrocious combat system and horrible camera angles. Fighting multiple enemies is this games weakness and yet here we are again...

Just stay ontop of the guy with bayonet. When you counterspark one they'll both panic and their health pools are really low, like one zero ki martial art grapple puts them in red.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

Originally posted by Aria Athena:

Is that the doctor's mission, where she is "helping" you from above, by poisoning you? What do you mean you run out of heals? They replenish on their own.

Nah it's a duel with the Bayonette and Spear bro. Those duo dudes who went on to train with the martial art kid. I forgot their names.
I ran out of healing elixirs. Do you mean the medicine pills ?

Originally posted by VeraelHasta:

Consumables exist for exactly this reason. If you struggle, they are there to give you a boost.
And you shouldn't really lack resources for them, as long as you don't use them for standard enemies and only on more difficult bosses.
You can also always buy a few from the merchants.

Or, you know. Lower difficulty for this mission only. You can change difficulty whenever you want, just be sure to save at the banner before changing it.

I stocked up quite a lot but I really don't have the materials to craft most of them. I don't actively collect herbs. Sadly It's a chore I'll never get into. Also money is a huge issue in this game. Most I had is 100k and one upgrade takes around 10-15, which completely isn't worth it and items cost around 40k.

[Aria Athena]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

Originally posted by Aria Athena:

Is that the doctor's mission, where she is "helping" you from above, by poisoning you? What do you mean you run out of heals? They replenish on their own.

Nah it's a duel with the Bayonette and Spear bro. Those duo dudes who went on to train with the martial art kid. I forgot their names.
I ran out of healing elixirs. Do you mean the medicine pills ?

Yeah, the medicine pills, don't those get replenished there?

[Lahoo Eckbert]

Originally posted by Aria Athena:

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

Nah it's a duel with the Bayonette and Spear bro. Those duo dudes who went on to train with the martial art kid. I forgot their names.
I ran out of healing elixirs. Do you mean the medicine pills ?

Yeah, the medicine pills, don't those get replenished there?

I actually haven't tested it out, but as far as I know I have none left in the storehouse.

[Aria Athena]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

Originally posted by Aria Athena:

Yeah, the medicine pills, don't those get replenished there?

I actually haven't tested it out, but as far as I know I have none left in the storehouse.

They are like estus flasks, they are the main healing item. You don't even need to have them equipped, they have a dedicated button. You can have up to 8 replenish on their own.

[gungadin22000]

Pleased to see I'm not alone in my hatred for bayonet fighters. The Exiled Student hidden boss in particular took me ages to beat on twilight difficulty.