Not every boss needs a second phase

[Dogemato]

Green monster of the swamp springs to mind.

[Poyzo]

I think Green Monster of the Swamp's second phase was showing how these things will take over the puppets that you find soon after this fight.

[Terron]

I loved most bosses in this game. They needed second phases or they would be too easy. The second phases were cool as they switched up the movesets and aesthetic too. They could of course do single phase fights and thats fine too but then they need to give the boss a larger moveset and more hp to make up for lack of phase 2.

[Giganx]

What I'd really like is a practice mode for each boss. Basically I take no damage, deal no damage and can spend an hour or so just learning the patterns/timings without the 30 second loading screen and the run back every time I make a mistake. Just make it so you can choose practice mode for every phase you've reached.

[Scorpio]

STRONGLY AGREE. It is enought 1st phase can take up to 10 mins, worse if you end up dying after all that. Also, the multiple tries to learn the boss moves and get good.

[awanderingswordsman]

Which first phase took you 10 minutes?

[Anatolius]

2 phase is fine, but for gods sake, tone it down a little bit with additional health bars.
Green monster for example has absolutely no business in refilling HP bar for 2nd phase.

Origineel geplaatst door awanderingswordsman:

Which first phase took you 10 minutes?

King of Puppets can if you insist on parrying every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sweeping attack.
Also Laxasia if your build isn't well optimized.

[gh0uli3e]

I wanna agree but I’m a masochist

[Pnume]

I would go with a 3rd
The more complex the better.
Ok maybe not 9 phases like the DLC boss in Furi

[Haruspex]

I don't mind that there's second phases but they have an incomplete idea about how to balance two phase bosses. One of my favorite bosses in Dark souls 3 is Father Ariandel and sister friede which have THREE phases. But the first and two phases are so easy anyway that the third phase is where the fight starts. It's also shows how to make a text book two vs one boss fight.

[awanderingswordsman]

Origineel geplaatst door Purple Flame:

2 phase is fine, but for gods sake, tone it down a little bit with additional health bars.
Green monster for example has absolutely no business in refilling HP bar for 2nd phase.

Origineel geplaatst door awanderingswordsman:

Which first phase took you 10 minutes?

King of Puppets can if you insist on parrying every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sweeping attack.
Also Laxasia if your build isn't well optimized.

I don't think either of those would take 10 minutes. I'd be surprised if they managed to reach 5 minutes even with a horribly unoptimized build. Your damage doesn't change that much from leveling up and the various phase 1 bosses just don't have a lot of health. If you are living long enough to beat the phase, you've almost certainly done enough damage to do it in well under 10 minutes.

[SteelaiRizel]

Origineel geplaatst door kjpal85:

STRONGLY AGREE. It is enought 1st phase can take up to 10 mins, worse if you end up dying after all that. Also, the multiple tries to learn the boss moves and get good.

I mean once you learn the boss the first phase takes very little time. Definitely not 10 minutes. If it does...you might just be kinda bad at the game or way way too cautious.

[Dugun Nash]

the reason i don't buy this is because every boss has a second stage, which is overkill.

[LucidHallow]

Origineel geplaatst door Terron:

I loved most bosses in this game. They needed second phases or they would be too easy. The second phases were cool as they switched up the movesets and aesthetic too. They could of course do single phase fights and thats fine too but then they need to give the boss a larger moveset and more hp to make up for lack of phase 2.

There are many ways to make a boss harder without spamming second phases. Thats the only thing that I find absolutely lame about this game

[greenlionguard]

Most of the boss/monster gripes seem to come from the poorly telegraphed moves. It seems to me like they just need a little polishing you will break through them eventually.

[Ren Stoker]

If the health wasn't so long for the first phase or 2nd phase, it wouldn't be as bad. I remember the King of Puppets being notorious. Most players dropped the game when the game released because of his health in the 1st phase, only to get s**t stomped by Romeo in the 2nd phase. The devs were quick to nerf him within, I think, a week.