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That's the spirit!

And I just found the perfect reaction image for that (yes, that is an "Um akshually" Godwyn) 

'Fixed issue with attack effects blasting all the time and causing seizures'

The early players among us can soon reminisce like four Yorkshiremen

I haven't turned my Series X on for a couple of weeks so I've still got SotE Classic

Wonder if I can sell it on eBay to a True Gamer like those people with PT

Yeah definitely, there's a lot of players who need to compensate for something and Fromsoft games attract those kind of people due to their nature and reputation. Don't you dare make any of their achievements more achievable for lesser players.

Nerfed my fucking arsehole. Another 10 attempts this evening. I pretty much breezed past most of the DLC bosses, but this fucker, no go for me.

Wish I'd fucking played something else this evening, that's annoyed me way more than is reasonable.

I have no complaints with any of the DLC aside from the final boss. Some of the other bosses are tricky but are doable for most builds. I enjoyed all the areas, there is loads to explore, some cool NPCs and questlines, but the end boss CAN GO FUCK THEMSELF REPEATEDLY!!

Fair enough and good to hear then! I'll have to get round to it at some stage

mikeck - I thought you were having a break? lol

You kind of need to go in not giving a fuck, to be honest

You want to be at least +16 scuds with a +10 mimic
Put a Marika blessing in your inventory, but DON’T use it, your mimic can use it for your benefit at zero cost
Look at your armour and defenses. The talisman that reduces damage by 20% is great, so’s the one that boosts your guard ability. Use your Physick - stamina regen/ max stamina is sound ,so are the health ones, anything reducing holy damage keeps you in the fight for phase 2.
If you’re faith, you need to be casting Golden Vow and cast it again for f your mimic gets grabbed with that bullshit attack, as you can’t damage him during it anyway. Flame, grant me strength is good too but doesn’t last long.
But some crab meat and start with one, for another decent damage reduction

Go in with a ‘don’t give a fuck ‘ attitude and you’ll get him eventually, but if you’re trying too hard; he’ll fuck you up.

Hope this reads ok

If it's any consolation the ending is pretty non-existent.

That's all fair. I actually liked having to really think and explore in order to get to certain areas. Sure it got a little frustrating, but it was fun. I can see how for some that looks like bad design, and maybe it is, but in the context of an open world game, it was nice to be a little confused at times.

I'm certain that's on purpose, but sometimes I think it's just frustrating when it has nothing to do with you not being smart or observant enough. Sometimes you try for ages to find the way to a neighbouring region but it turns out the only way to access it is through some random ass cave that's far away in the other direction. In those cases, finding them is a matter of either pure chance or looking it up online again, and I find that very unsatisfying.

It reminds me of how I tried for hours to find a way to the base game's southwest plateau only to learn online that you'll only get there through some far away questline, only in the DLC this becomes pretty much normal. In either case I find it disappointing and frustrating that in a game that's praised for making you pay attention to the map, in some places you are basically being punished for trying that.