Hive mother is still bs boss

[Randych]

Thank you for your attention

[Randych]

Originally posted by CrazyKami-TMX:

hive mother is a very easy boss... easy killed while offscreen

Ah yes, absolutely fair and engaging gamelay.
How about fair and square without coop aggro pull and without offscreen shenanigans?

[Demethrite]

Wasn't that bad honestly, ended slashing at her with my sword since she doesn't continuously lunge at you like the others.
Dodge her acid rain attack and use the hoe to mass remove acid ground when it gets out of control.

[Nakos]

The Hive Mother is the place to use Tin Traps. Put a double thickness (at least) ring of them around her. Then attack. Keep moving, don't stand still.

First, the acid will build up, second, the adds will close on you. If you keep moving, the adds get scrapped off on the traps, and you can just keep swinging until she's dead

[Randych]

I got her with bow from unreachable terrain eventually, but was too close and hard to run away from acid lol, sad that they nerfed the pit ability to override acide and stuff beneath them.
And also I didn't know that whole acts like this, is it recent? I remember that in march 2022 only shovel worked for that and all hoes were 1x1 so...
But funniest thing ever is that 3 replies = 3 people who didn't offer anything but either abuse or cheese, which says a lot about what this boss is.
Afraid to ask how to defeat the outside bosses...

[Demethrite]

Originally posted by Randych:

But funniest thing ever is that 3 replies = 3 people who didn't offer anything but either abuse or cheese, which says a lot about what this boss is.

If you think going melee with a sword is abuse then you're the problem.

Only needed to clear acid before and after the actual fight. During the fight it doesn't cause damage fast enough to bother and the sword swings arc take care of adds by itself, she literally does nothing but stand there.

Very easy boss, get good instead of stirring empty rants.

[Nakos]

I didn't offer "cheese".

I told you to use the tools the game gives you. That's what they're for.

[tiamat2000]

Honestly I just made a bunch of bombs and ran around her dropping them, did it in 1 go.

[Xaquin.M]

I just dodged the acid and killed the adds

no fuss no muss

[Firephoenixx456]

gonna go and play devils advocate here and say there's a case to be made. the hive mother isn't the hard part it's the massive army of supporting bugs that can make it hard. too many enemies around your level can get you overwhelmed pretty easily. if that's why it's bs then ho boy it gets worse.. way way worse later on and yes it's even more bs there too.

[Hammer Of Evil]

hivemother is not bs.

the hoe clears the acid instantly, weapon takes care of the adds, and gets in dps when she's launching more acid, rinsing that equates to victory.

the area has to be prepared first. clear an arena to fight in, i'm sure you can do it without it, but for a surefire win, you want space.

she is farmable for XP and pet XP, most ppl will farm her for 30 or so mins each kill just to rank stuff up for the next boss fights after.

i like to eat speed/light emitting food for this fight, but damage or armor food works fine too.

[Suthriel]

Originally posted by Harazu:

gonna go and play devils advocate here and say there's a case to be made. the hive mother isn't the hard part it's the massive army of supporting bugs that can make it hard. too many enemies around your level can get you overwhelmed pretty easily. if that's why it's bs then ho boy it gets worse.. way way worse later on and yes it's even more bs there too.

Nowadays with the addition of boats, there is one relatively easy way to keep them away, just dig out the area around the undiggable boss terrain, fill it with water, and use a boat and some long range weapon to deal with everything.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3148640556

[Randych]

Originally posted by Suthriel:

Originally posted by Harazu:

gonna go and play devils advocate here and say there's a case to be made. the hive mother isn't the hard part it's the massive army of supporting bugs that can make it hard. too many enemies around your level can get you overwhelmed pretty easily. if that's why it's bs then ho boy it gets worse.. way way worse later on and yes it's even more bs there too.

Nowadays with the addition of boats, there is one relatively easy way to keep them away, just dig out the area around the undiggable boss terrain, fill it with water, and use a boat and some long range weapon to deal with everything.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3148640556

Jesus chrysler that's one hell of a definition of overkill, wonder if there are some strats involving turrets or something...

[Suthriel]

Originally posted by Randych:

Jesus chrysler that's one hell of a definition of overkill, wonder if there are some strats involving turrets or something...

Hows that overkill? ^.^ Its just some digging, and i had to dig way more to even get to her. Whatever, before boats existed, i just sealed those monster spawn points )you can see them in the screenshot) with some of those larvae walls to trap all those additional spawns in tiny areas. Then it was just heavy usage of tin traps, any long range weapon (or sword, if you prefer melee) and running.

[Ninty Nin]

Don't forget your acid immunity foods.

[meelboo]

i simply cleared the arena and made it wide enough for me to run from the mobs and attack the boss. used hoe to clear the acid and that's it. i did have the cat pet and a ranged weapon idk if you consider this cheese or abuse tho