Act 1 Boss: Overdoing It, or Intended?

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Ozreuh#4542 wrote:

After 10-15 try i quit, i don't want to take another 1 or 2 hour to try to beat this boss.
The pattern are simple but the fight is so loooooong. I always die at the same moment each time.
15/20% HP of the boss when the fog come up with the black laser. I just can't pass this phase, too much trash mob jumping at you, the view sucks for judging the hitbox of the laser and obviously the damage of the boss while the arena is reduced to 3m². This is too much at once.

There is no strategy or adaptation, you just learn stupidly.

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Skyclad_72#2395 wrote:

After about 40 tries, I still can't get past the Act 1 boss. Before the inevitable replies of "get good" materialise - (a) I'm "old" and subsequently have slower reactions than most of you younger folk, and (b) I am disabled, with only one hand that works properly.

My personal opinion is that as a whole, the game shouldn't be made easier - but maybe giving the player MORE loot or currency in Act 1 to enable them to prepare better for what's to come. Alternatively ramp down the Act 1 boss a little bit to enable players to get over that hurdle and be able to build their tree/skills a little more. Even at level 20 the surface hasn't been scratched with build development.

For me, the problem with the Act 1 boss isn't the dodging of the clearly telegraphed attacks, it's the mist phases where you are absolutely ganked by the adds. The non-phasing dodge-roll or being surrounded (resulting in a 2 second insta-kill) is where the problem lies. This is a problem throughout the game generally and NEEDS to be looked at - whether by the introduction of phasing abilities or the ability to dodge THROUGH surrounding mobs.

I also think the boss design favours certain classes too. For example I 1-shot the Executioner with my Warrior, but took 5-6 attempts with my Ranger. I'm not sure what (if anything) can be done about that - but it's certainly something I've noticed.

I'm not going to quit (yet). I'm trying the different classes to get a feel for them, grinding (in vain) for loot and will keep coming back to it. But eventually I WILL get fed up and move on. Yeah I'm a casual gamer but even after many, many hours playing the game if I can't see any progress I'm going to give up - and this will be the same for a lot of other folk I'm sure.

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Andromansis#4714 wrote:

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Kelvynn#6607 wrote:

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Andromansis#4714 wrote:

have you tried playing with a friend?

Is this question somehow relevant to my post?

Yep. You should try playing with a friend.

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Andromansis#4714 wrote:

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Kelvynn#6607 wrote:

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Andromansis#4714 wrote:

have you tried playing with a friend?

Is this question somehow relevant to my post?

Yep. You should try playing with a friend.

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DerPizzadieb#4870 wrote:

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Andromansis#4714 wrote:

have you tried playing with a friend?

That makes it actually more difficult. I had an easier time soloing him than with a friend. Thats true to basically every boss so far.

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RagingKiwi#5400 wrote:

Hi,

New player to POE/2 here, I've little to no experience in the souls-like genre, but have a fair bit of experience with ARPG's in general. I went with a Witch (minion focused).

I agree with the OP. When I got to the Act 1 Final Boss I was shocked how many phases there were, nothing up to that point had prepared me for the slog that was to come.

Don't get me wrong though I enjoyed the fight, died maybe 3-4 times, each time learning how to avoid some of his mechanics.

The problem with that fight is the length, it was a marathon. You're going probably an entire 5minutes chipping away at his health while avoiding all the