Please get rid of the final boss's item steal

[ReaperLord]

The Mithrix boss fight is tough, though manageable for awhile. Until it gets to the phase where he STEALS the player's items, nerfing the player, denying the player the spoils of war, and getting overpowered in the process. It is completely unfair, unbalanced as it gets and complete nonsense. I don't see this type of chicanery in other fights in the game, nor even in that many other video games I've played, roguelikes/lites included.

That boss fight phase outright PUNISHES the player for creating powerful synergies and strategies with their items and is like hitting a brick wall brought into creation by a ghost.

My suggestions would be to: simply end the fight on phase 3, have Mithrix die, and go from there. Alternatively, keep phase 4, delete the item steal section altogether, and spawn a bunch of random monsters. By that point, Mithrix is on his last gasp of dying breath. Him calling for lackeys to defend him to the last would make more sense and be more fair than the item steal.

[Professor Hugedix]

yeah it's pretty dumb. goes against the whole point of the game

and the devs comment about it in the recent hotfix where they "thought it would be cool" and "didn't intend for it to be the most challenging phase" or "don't want people to break their builds" is like... do they even play?

[Mika gunhild]

i think the dev want you to finish it as who you are playing with, no item no nothing, just you and the boss dying state, man to man in a fist fight except the boss using your item againts you :/

[Zukabazuka]

The only way I could see this be fair would be we get his health pool and his damage and skills. Boss takes everything you have, so he should give up what he has then.

[Squid :3]

But like... he has only two forms of attacking you... and they're time based, like an old game..
It is a bit unfair for melee survivors that got the Tesla, but even that is manageable, since the Tesla has a cooldown
They did say they might change it, but I think this boss fight is fine, since the boss gives back your itens as you damage him.

[Crazy Nick]

If they want to have the Final Boss phase to be a skilled based battle, then the boss's attacks need to reflect that. Although you can jump over the electric orbs, I haven't seen a way to dodge the shots he shoots out. I'd say change the Boss's attacks to the purple void and blue wall attacks from the escape sequence. At least those you can navigate around without while focusing on the boss.

[GrapplerBot]

I discovered that the Captain's nanobots when stolen completely block both Orbital Strike and the taser. So that's 2/3 of his skills completely useless because of the steal mechanic.

[seaotters]

Plus it just feels un-fun to go from being powerful and fast to being sluggish and weak.

[DomiNation]

I think it would be fine if the boss steals the items but do not gain them. so you have to fight him like the other phases but without your items.

[Syzygy]

Nooo I love that you have to think about your build on the way there to defeat the boss, it's great strategy.

[Milky Coffee]

Originally posted by DomiNation:

I think it would be fine if the boss steals the items but do not gain them. so you have to fight him like the other phases but without your items.

+1 cause if balanced properly, a fight done with plain survivor skills feels... demanding but kind of "back to the basics" and I actually really like this little twist

[FeralZ]

i came here to find if they fixed it, guess not, i wont be buying a game that makes people selfish, every people should have its own items

[Urmanin]

It's really funny because you can now never pick up any armor plates, because if you get enough and fail the dps check he becomes immortal and you have to yeet him off the arena to win.

[Arakismo]

Agreed, they really need to change that final phase, it's BS

[Pit Pat]

yeah after a 3 hr and 2 hr run getting one-hit by the boss is not very enjoyable

[Grumpy Old Guy]

I went form being almost completely invincible to instantly dead as the engineer. I had 100% crit chance and spleen. That was instant death. Not at all fun.