REALLY hate the beetle fight at the watcher

[Vahnkiljoy]

Just had a 12 hour steel soul run end horribly at those damn beetles, they got into a pattern where I was given no time to attack and that eventually wore me down, couldn't quite alt f4 in time to reset, which annoyed me, anyone else die in pretty bad spots in SS mode?

[Pink]

There are no bad patterns in that boss fight, there are bad spots that you shouldn't be at which can lead to unavoidable damage. It's a fight in which you always need to make sure that you got a way out.

Try doing SS without save scumming, unless you really want an achievement that will mean nothing otherwise.

[Vahnkiljoy]

You say that like I actually save scummed, good job assuming, genius.

[Pink]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Vahnkiljoy:

couldn't quite alt f4 in time to reset

It's the intention that counts.

[4thQueen]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Vahnkiljoy:

You say that like I actually save scummed, good job assuming, genius.

Good job circumventing the entire point of an iron man mode, genius.

[Wispy]

just curious did you use the chandelier to kill one of the beetles before the fight begins? I see threads about this fight and it being hard, but I beat it first time and had no problems, though I also discovered that chandelier thign which I assume stops one from spawning

[stevo]

Why bother doing Steel Soul if you're just gonna save scum.

[Pink]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Wispy:

just curious did you use the chandelier to kill one of the beetles before the fight begins? I see threads about this fight and it being hard, but I beat it first time and had no problems, though I also discovered that chandelier thign which I assume stops one from spawning

While it's true that there aren't any extreme boss fights in this game, it is worth to note that some bosses will become far harder to deal with if you lack enough damage and utility.
More upgrades = easier difficulty.

OP probably faced them when he wasn't ready relative to his own skill level at the time.

[.//slayer]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von bladechild:

Why bother doing Steel Soul if you're just gonna save scum.

Achievements, of course. You can earn them in many ways, including save scumming.