As from dlcs go I actually had a much harder time enjoying this one over the others. Areas felt incomplete and empty, lots of main game copy paste content or even dlc copy paste content like the stupid hippos. The tedious easter egg hunt for skibbidy fragments and weird power scaling. And the atrocious final boss.
Overall I still enjoyed it and the map was beautiful to look at and fun to explore but it feels like a concentration of all the main games flaws. There's very few fun things to find in the world lots of crafting trash and upgrade materials, surprisingly few useful spells weapons or armor some just flat out worse than whats available in the main game. The skibbidy level scaling felt strange, i struggled with the dlcs bosses until i hit skibbidy level 17 and suddenly they melt within a few hits, i don't really know how many i need for each fight.
The boss fights that are there are solidly enjoyable, messmer is probably the most fun one to fight. The furnace golems are the STUPIDEST thing from has ever made, painfully tedious and very frustrating copy paste trash thats just a waste of time.
Final boss i had to respec cos no matter what i tried i got minced in the second phase. What worked? Fucking fingerprint shield and pokey stick. The most unenjoyable gameplay method of sitting behind a shield and its really effective. If i don't use that i need frame perfect dodges and perfect focus for 10 minutes or longer with bo opportunity to make mistakes. First phase was fine but wtf am i supposed to do in the second phase? Be perfect?
LOVED the dlc, did not love the last boss. it was a nightmare, even though i was a greatshield build to begin with. that annoying one shot mechanic kept getting me when i had the boss at <20% hp
Best moment in the dlc is Igon and Bayle and in my head is the final boss for me. Very cinematic and cool fight to have with Igons monologue at the beginning
Bayle and Igon were great and would have made a dope ending to the dlc
The grab attack? There is a way to break the rune above your head so that you don't get your heart stolen.
i genuinely did not know that lol
Yeah! The Scadutree Avatar drops Miquella's Rune, which you can use as a reusable item to start a really slow animation to break the thingy.
Took me so many failures before a friend told me about it.