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Lol I should try that. Currently doing a run in BotW.

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Damn that's vicious.

I appreciate the creative freedom the game offers. It's a shame the actual best way to deal with a lynel is to just run away because there's no real reason to fight any normal enemies.

That's just bullying, Link.

s0nicfan posted...

I appreciate the creative freedom the game offers. It's a shame the actual best way to deal with a lynel is to just run away because there's no real reason to fight any normal enemies.

Hell you actually come away worse if you do fight because of durability

s0nicfan posted...

I appreciate the creative freedom the game offers. It's a shame the actual best way to deal with a lynel is to just run away because there's no real reason to fight any normal enemies.

There's plenty of reason to fight enemies, especially Lynels. They're a reliable source of ridiculously powerful weapons.

s0nicfan posted...

I appreciate the creative freedom the game offers. It's a shame the actual best way to deal with a lynel is to just run away because there's no real reason to fight any normal enemies.

They drop the strongest equipment in the game why would you run from them

Lmao.

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I'm not really complaining about it. I beat the game and found it a ton of fun, but to me its strength is in the exploring. I'm not easily hooked into the gatcha game loop of needing to get weapons to kill enemies to get stronger weapons to kill stronger enemies ad nauseam. There's very little reward outside of the trial shrines for actually engaging in combat, and the weapons you get from tougher enemies are just flat out not necessary, either because you only need them to fight the enemies you're avoiding anyway or because the game has plenty of mazes and hidden caves where you can stock up on strong weapons if you're running low.

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I played it at launch on the Wii U and then I played through the DLC when it released later that year. And I finally got around to replaying it just a few weeks ago, but on the Switch this time. Also I'm playing on Master Mode. The game is still just as fun as it was back when it first released.

My goal was to beat the game without doing the Divine Beasts, since obviously I played through it the proper way back when it first came out. Master Mode is surprisingly not as annoying as you'd expect, though the one part where it is noticeably a pain is Calamity Ganon. He went from being a massive pushover in Normal mode with all the Divine Beasts done to a nightmare in Master Mode with no Beasts done.

Anyway I did beat him, but I had so much fun I think I'll actually just keep playing the game.

Link: So I get closer and closer and CLOSER
Sidon: Then what happened?
Link: I threw a ROCK at him!

s0nicfan posted...

I appreciate the creative freedom the game offers. It's a shame the actual best way to deal with a lynel is to just run away because there's no real reason to fight any normal enemies.

using this logic, what reason is there to fight a normal enemy in any game

there are valid criticisms of botw but I somehow only see the dumbest ones

CrimsonAngel posted...

Hell you actually come away worse if you do fight because of durability

You barely use up any durability fighting them if you know how to actually deal with them fast, and then it's only a few hits of bow durability anyway.
The guy in the vid for example gained strong full durability weapons for only 3 bow hits and you don't use much more in an actual fight so you better have a very good explanation on how you come out worse.

Lorthremar posted...

using this logic, what reason is there to fight a normal enemy in any game

there are valid criticisms of botw but I somehow only see the dumbest ones

Once you get enough weapons, there really is absolutely no point to combat unless you simply find it fun or want to collect something very specific. You're either breaking even or losing in terms of what you can get eventually.

Nemu posted...

Once you get enough weapons, there really is absolutely no point to combat unless you simply find it fun or want to collect something very specific. You're either breaking even or losing in terms of what you can get eventually.

Lynels would be the exception to this though because you're always guaranteed to get at least one bow and one weapon from them. You may also get a shield. And as mentioned already, you can beat Lynels pretty handily without using up any durability on your melee weapon.

Goddamn i love BotW so much. And the number 1 reason to fight a Lynel is to prove your dominance of course, that and cuz its fun

Nemu posted...

Once you get enough weapons, there really is absolutely no point to combat

Materials for armor upgrades.

Me: puts in 200 hours into breath of the wild and thinks I've now become an expert on the game

These guys: check out my video of awesome stunts in botw

Me: damn -__-;

saspa posted...

Me: puts in 200 hours into breath of the wild and thinks I've now become an expert on the game

These guys: check out my video of awesome stunts in botw

Me: damn -__-;

And then there's stuff like this

https://www.reddit.com/r/Breath_of_the_Wild/comments/ppnzu5/korok_leaves_are_kinda_op/

Nemu posted...

Once you get enough weapons, there really is absolutely no point to combat unless you simply find it fun or want to collect something very specific. You're either breaking even or losing in terms of what you can get eventually.

The main purpose would be resource farming for mob drops, to save time if the only way to avoid combat is going roundabout, and cause sometimes mobs are all up in your business when you feel there's a korok nearby.

Nemu posted...

Once you get enough weapons, there really is absolutely no point to combat unless you simply find it fun or want to collect something very specific. You're either breaking even or losing in terms of what you can get eventually.

i believe this is the point of video games last i checked

I really wish the gold lynels could be fought in the regular version just to see what they're like compared to silver, but I don't want to go through master mode to do it, especially since all my items don't even carry over and I sure as hell am not letting 200+ hours go down the drain like that

Damn dude that's gangsta as fuck

GeneralKenobi85 posted...

And then there's stuff like this

https://www.reddit.com/r/Breath_of_the_Wild/comments/ppnzu5/korok_leaves_are_kinda_op/

Oh my god this must be what it's like when a regular human attempts spar with or even just look at a goku type fighting, I could barely keep up lol

saspa posted...

I really wish the gold lynels could be fought in the regular version just to see what they're like compared to silver, but I don't want to go through master mode to do it, especially since all my items don't even carry over and I sure as hell am not letting 200+ hours go down the drain like that

Master mode isn't fun. It's challenging in a tedious way

Master Mode is super not worth it anyway. Every enemy, gold or not, becomes a damage sponge and if you stop attacking for more than a second, they're already healing back up. Regular mode encourages you to switch weapons with how often they break. Master mode encourages you not to fight anything that isn't absolutely necessary because you'll spend your entire arsenal to take out a single gold enemy.

When I got to the final boss of the dlc in Master Mode I absolutely could not beat it. It was too evasive and I had too many heavy swords to hit it enough to outpace its HP recovery. All of my weapons broke and I had to give up. I came back with an inventory full of one handed swords and eventually got it, but it wasn't fun.

Master mode is terrible. It literally makes bombs and regular weapons you find throughout the game obsolete. Well, bombs can be useful for exploring and puzzles, but they're supposed to be combat tools as well. Items in Zelda have always multi-functioned for exploration and combat -- at least the more iconic ones like.... bombs.

Hambo the Hog posted...

Master Mode is super not worth it anyway. Every enemy, gold or not, becomes a damage sponge and if you stop attacking for more than a second, they're already healing back up. Regular mode encourages you to switch weapons with how often they break. Master mode encourages you not to fight anything that isn't absolutely necessary because you'll spend your entire arsenal to take out a single gold enemy.

When I got to the final boss of the dlc in Master Mode I absolutely could not beat it. It was too evasive and I had too many heavy swords to hit it enough to outpace its HP recovery. All of my weapons broke and I had to give up. I came back with an inventory full of one handed swords and eventually got it, but it wasn't fun.

Damn yeah I figured it was gonna be bad, but this just makes it tedious and bad.

Damn, that is an extremely rude way to kill someone.

Metal_Bug posted...

Master mode is terrible. It literally makes bombs and regular weapons you find throughout the game obsolete. Well, bombs can be useful for exploring and puzzles, but they're supposed to be combat tools as well. Items in Zelda have always multi-functioned for exploration and combat -- at least the more iconic ones like.... bombs.

Bombs can still be somewhat useful in combat. One thing you realize early on in Master Mode is that separating enemies is pretty important. Fighting an enemy one on one is obviously better for your own survival, but it also nearly completely nullifies their healing. So I like to use a bomb every so often on a group so you can knock away one or two of them and then quickly kill your target. And knocking enemies into water also becomes a much bigger deal in Master Mode. Bombs work wonders for that.

I actually like Master Mode overall. On paper it sounds pretty bad, but I found it got much more interesting when I learned how to properly fight enemies. Sure, early on you will question whether taking a fight is even worth it. In terms of weapon durability you will generally either lose or just break even. But obviously that starts to change once you get better equipment. You also want to make sure you never finish out the standard melee combo on the opponent you're fighting because you will send them flying like 20 feet away. And that allows them to start recovering health while you close the gap. The two-handed weapon charge attack stuns enemies and also keeps them in place, so the best way to go about fights is to invest heavily in stamina and spin away.

And bigger enemies are not too much of a concern because all you ever need to do is some kind of damage to stop them from recovering health. It's easy to just quickly pop an arrow into a Lynel, Hinox, or Talus to prevent recovery. Moldugas might be annoying though. I haven't fought them yet.

So yeah I'm enjoying Master Mode for sure. The only part of the game where it gets truly annoying is Calamity Ganon as mentioned previously. Because he is invulnerable at times you can very easily burn through all of your weapons if you have bad luck or can't do the parries/flurry rushes required to knock him out of his invincibility. I think if you ever attempt that fight in Master Mode, make sure you have the Hylian Shield/Ancient Shield and the Master Sword.

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yeah seeing people complain so much about durability is kinda weird. i think a much bigger problem is just that combat isn't very good