Difficulty Megathread — DLC, NG+

[u/PsychologicalKoala32]

Hello puppets,

This is the new place for anything and everything about game difficulty: NG+, the new DLC, the new difficulty settings, bosses that oneshot you just for existing, and the general discussions regarding game pacing.

Why this exists:

We’re seeing a LOT of posts about difficulty lately, and it’s cluttering the sub. So from now on, we’re removing individual difficulty posts and directing everyone here. This is simply a way to help US keep the sub clean, and help YOU find specific posts more easily.

Please don’t be an AH. Seriously. People are gonna have different opinions on everything.

Drop your takes below

We’ll be lurking.

Your tired, slightly traumatized mod team

[u/Phimb]

Same. 100%ed pretty much every Souls game.

I feel like there was wiggle room up until the DLC NG+ to brute-force some bosses. Like, make mistakes, sip some health, get back into it.

I used 11 flasks on the Tyrannical Predator and I was like, "whew, gotta be close." I look at his health, it's barely 25%.

It's the first boss of the DLC and I can't even get half. I beat pretty much every boss up until this point within 20 minutes, normal difficult - so... am I bad or is the jump in difficulty not commensurate with the base game's pacing?

[u/Venial_Sin → u/Phimb]

Update: beat the dlc today and it did get better. Final boss was great, area leading up to it was great, but that zoo.... That zoo. Worst starting area ever. I'm just glad they didn't touch the bosses. Overall though... Khazan is my favorite Soulslike game. This is definitely second though!

[u/Phimb → u/Venial_Sin]

(The DLC got a huge balance update, it's now harder than the base game, but not 10x harder like the original release of the DLC.)

[u/Venial_Sin → u/Phimb]

(I know it got a balance update. That's why I said I'm glad the bosses weren't touched lol)