Light years are a unit of distance

I know it was unpopular, but I actually liked DS2's "enemies eventually stop respawning if you kill them enough" mechanic for this reason.

Some areas or boss runbacks were a little annoying and being able to clear out specific nuisances or exploding mummies permanently* was great.

Smelter demon is a great example as that area was annoying until you get rid of a few enemies that I think were just there to harass you.

I always approach this like an efficiency puzzle.

How can I get there faster, taking the less amount of risk and not losing all the ammo luring the mobs.

That's why I fucking loved Otzdarva no hit run challenge streams, the entire thing was him doing this "puzzle" thing

And that's honestly still not as bad as Sir Alonne or those tigers after the big foggy fields of go fuck yourself.

Still, at least it's not Demon's Souls. Some of those run backs are just sadistic.

I recently started a fresh NG+2 game, via a save editor, this wasn't the place that gave me the most pushback (probably because i was already at lvl 100 something, because of all the extra spuls), it was heides tower of flame, since then everything went pretty smooth when you do your best to play smart.

Funnily enough, while the areas are harder, invasions are easier since i over level, probably shouldn't play online though but i just didn't feel like messing with it.

It is an enjoyable way to play the game though, if you've patience for a challenge run.

Overall I'd say that SoFS and vanilla DS2 are a push in terms of quality, but the proliferation of knights in Iron Keep is one place where SoFS fucked up.

You mean Dark Souls 2, right? No need to slander the best part in the series

Maybe they play it while flying through space and at their speed it is the same time as it takes to travel 8 light years?

The dlc smelter runback is actually doable. The main game one though; 2 before the door, wait for the next to drop down and lure outside, get the archer in the window, ballista in the back, go out the door briefly and wait 15 seconds for one or two to come through the door, 2 on the bridge, 2 that drop down opposite the archer, then home free!

See, simple as!

/s

DS3 looks at you with puppy eyes then throws Abyss Watchers at you. Legit the boss fight I struggled with the most I think out of all the games. And that was on a second playthru after I’ve beaten them before, they took me many hours to beat again somehow?!?

I know I can just join that one covenant to pause this or do the NG+ ash thing, but the fact that most enemies in Ds2 despawn after killing them enough times makes me want to play in a lame way. It makes the souls feel like a finite resource which makes me hate the idea of dying and potentially losing any permanently. So I play way too conservatively, and repeatedly fight all the enemies in an area to make them despawn while playing safe enough to not lose any souls. I have entire areas that are just empty now.

Either that or if I want to explore or get to another area, I just run past everything.

I'm literally stuck on this exact spot rn 😩

19th try and still fighting mobs?

Tell me you've joined the Covenant of Champions without telling me you've joined the Covenant of Champions.

This has to be bait because that’s Dark Souls II.