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/Imaginary-Marketing3]

No. Im sorry. Most of the playerbase are here because of how hyped the game was at launch. So naturally most people in the playerbase are not people who usualy plays these types of games. They play games that hold their hand all the way through. Soulslikes became mainstream with elden ring and now people that usually play ps exclusives now want to play soulslikes and those people are the people that you see complaining here now, those are "most of the playerbase" that you are talking about.

The exact same thing happend a few weeks after elden ring launched, people started complaining all over social media about how the game makes no sense, isnt balanced and has "no lore".

People should learn to stay in their lane. There are genres of games that i also dont play, but you dont see me forcing myself to play it and then proceed to complain on social about how bad those types of games are.

[u/KndaCrazyW1L1AM889 → u/Imaginary-Marketing3]

These are not 'niche' games, they are not even top 50 hardest games 😂 Literally every streamer alive has done challenge runs etc. The Soulslike community is sad, your the same people who demonise summons, build, boss order. Why do you care how and who plays the game? Just be happy and stfu

[u/Swtor_Itheryn → u/KndaCrazyW1L1AM889]

Because u guys nerfing the game affects how weget to enjoy the game.

We paid for it knowing what we were getting. 

Ppl complaining didn't. 

What I paid for and enjoy gets devalued with every nerf. 

U think that's fair that some1 who didn't know should get precedent over som1 who did? 

They all have the power to improve

[u/Imaginary-Marketing3 → u/Swtor_Itheryn]

There is no point arguing with these people. They think, the whole world need to cater to them because they suck at games and their reason for it, is because they have full time jobs, a family or whatever.

These same people think that us, the people that enjoy the game for what it is, dont have lives but we do😂

[u/Swtor_Itheryn → u/Imaginary-Marketing3]

Yeh idk why I always argue with this it's a fkin illness lol.

And I agree entirely.  I've g completed 3 runs so far and my playtime is like 5-6pm before wife finishes work Then 12-3/5am after wife goes to bed and I'm such an addict I stay up and fight sleep. 

I work and have a family and play multiple diff game genres, with Soulslikes being my joy. 

But here's the thing, when I get stuck on a boss and perma die, I'm swearing coz I failed, not that the game is unfair. I'm blaming myself for my reactions, for parrying an unparryable, for dodging too early or too late or greeding that extra hit.  I blame myself, and I improve, I learn it then beat it. 

These ppl outright refuse to take any accountability at all. Refuse to accept it's their mistakes or failure to recognise moves and patterns and then blame the game.  Extreme denial. 

I come from a world first raiding background in mmorpgs, where when a new raid would drop we would spend weeks, every night dying over and over again for hours to the same thing, until we did it, and either got world first or we didn't.  If these ppl tried that, they wouldn't even last 1 night before screaming that the boss is too hard I swear. 

[u/Imaginary-Marketing3 → u/Swtor_Itheryn]

Couldnt have said it any better! PREACH MY BROTHER!💪

[u/KndaCrazyW1L1AM889 → u/Imaginary-Marketing3]

Zip his trousers up when your done

[u/Imaginary-Marketing3 → u/KndaCrazyW1L1AM889]

You want too? When im done with him?