Calamity Shouldn't Trigger When Fighting A Boss

[evancampbell]

I understand Calamities & the intent behind them, but having them trigger from getting hit by a boss seems excessive. Fighting a boss & then having Shieldbearer show up (or whatever) is not fun :/

[ShadeWolf]

same. maybe have it so that the calamity briefly empowers the boss like the witch is paying attention to the fight personally.

[Calculus]

Originally posted by ShadeWolf:

same. maybe have it so that the calamity briefly empowers the boss like the witch is paying attention to the fight personally.

That would actually be cool.
And maybe give player an option to use mirror in a bossfight for much better rewards.

[Jex]

I disagree. It reset when i started the first boss. If anything, it should spawn in the boss room. I just realized it was from summoning the Preyer.

[SassyMcass]

Not just the boss, but also when you are raiding a vault. I was going through the vault that is in the torture chambers, which had a Gnosis level 4. That vault was a pain to deal with including having to deal with two warrior priests that were the bosses of the vault. I ended up getting damaged a lot which lead up to the witch calamity being activated and I had to deal with the Shieldbearer after I got done completing the vault.

[It'll Bee OK]

This is one of the straws that broke the camel's back for me. Shows me the devs aren't really able to comprehend their game through the eyes of a new player. Or value their time.

[evancampbell]

Originally posted by ShadeWolf:

same. maybe have it so that the calamity briefly empowers the boss like the witch is paying attention to the fight personally.

Something like that would be fine/neat, too. Just seems like the boss fights aren't designed with Calamities in mind at all

[rougesforhire]

They have in game methods for dealing with calamity during boss fights/vault runs. First off, you can clear your calamity threshold before doin the boss/vault by using a broken mirror and dealing with a calamity on the spot. (helps refill ammo, net raven feathers and restock healing elixirs).
Secondly you can have up to 3 4-leaf clovers on hand, each reducing the calamity threshold by one. You can also pop Elias down to just remove all the threshold. If you are still struggling, I'm assuming you are getting hit a lot during the fight so Goliath might help as he taunts the enemies and tanks for you while you damage dump on a boss. Combining those, you should have 11 ticks of calamity before actually spawning an event during a boss fight/vault run.

[gr1n]

The galley slave runs away to northen arena if calamity is triggered, so it's not like you need to fight him and deal with the storm at the same time. And it doesn't feel too hard to overcome the calamity and deal with the boss later (his HP pool doesn't regenerate). Paying for your mistakes is part of the game, and it doesn't feel unfair and imbalanced, at least for me. I want it to stay the way it is now.

[MarkedMarkyMark]

Just like, plan ahead? Don't go into a boss with 4 eyes? Heck, i dont even try going at 2, its why i leave the cursed stuff for later, I'll fight the beach boss at the beach, he'll either run away to his JO cave or i'll kill him there, if he goes to the cave, i'll trigger a calamity, reap the rewards then finish him off. Wait no, not that type of finishing him off wai-

Idk about the castle boss yet, haven't faced them, but yeah, idk, calamity is just part of planning ahead like ammo chests. I even think its impossible to get a calamity from fighting a boss with zero eyes unless you got a looooot of health vials (i only have 3 for now), you'd probably die first if you're getting hit that often, but i havent tested it myself.