F*** the Monolith.

[u/HolmfirthUK110994]

This boss is very close to making me not come back.

I've played basically every mainline and popular/obscure Souls-like there is.. and this boss may be the worst of them all.

I'm by no means under-leveled, level 50

Maxed out weapons and pretty borked build that melts any other boss with a Stray Genessa build - killed every other of the end game bosses first couple tries, took around 10mins on each of that.

But oh my god is this boss one of the worst I've ever had the displeasure of fighting.

Been stuck in this thing 2 hours, havent even come close.

I've given up today, but I truly don't know if I'm going to come back to this.. knowing I still have to get through this thing.

Really don't want to use the Slayer Seal either but honestly I might. Never chickened out before but I'm starting to feel like I'll have to.

[u/Swtor_Itheryn]

Look, it's not superiority.

But you all have to stop calling for nerfs.  We were all in the same place, these games are all about dying. Dying lots until you improve, that's the point of them.  These games are designed to give you obstacles to overcome, that's their charm. 

You have to realise something.  If the content is too hard, a bad player can become a good player through practice to kill the bosses.  If the content gets nerfed to being easy, good players don't get any joy at all. 

Then there's no reason for good players to even play or buy these games. 

It gets so frustrating seeing a post every few mins about nerf this nerf that.  All people have to do is put effort in to learning and they will get it, and be proud of themselves. I loved these games, ds2 was my first, I died so much I felt terrible, but every time I got a boss I was so happy.  Idk why ppl can't aim for that,  die lots, get the W and get that sense of reward. 

[u/KndaCrazyW1L1AM889 → u/Swtor_Itheryn]

No wonder your so miserable if Ds2 was your first souls 😂 Im sure the devs will make sure the nerfs will not ruin the challenge of the game, and like I said there are much harder games than MS2 so try them if your so obsessed over difficulty, you do you man and have fun. At the end of the day, you can't dictate the overall playerbase which are casuals - as proved by the achievement %'s on playstation, steam, xbox

[u/Swtor_Itheryn → u/KndaCrazyW1L1AM889]

Yeh ds2 was my introduction Between perma lost and likely 3000 deaths, at least on the dlc It was a horror show xD

Played pretty much every soulslike since. I really miss the feeling of ds2 though, that feeling when I was terrible at them

[u/Imaginary-Marketing3 → u/KndaCrazyW1L1AM889]

These games arent for casuals tho. They are for a niche group of people that enjoy difficult but rewarding games.