What things affect to the boss difficulty? (spoilers)
Difficulty level is one for sure, also your armor, weapons, potions used etc. Those are all clear things and everyone knows that. And yes I know there is already a thread about Dettlaf fight, but this didn't seem to quite fit in there. This fits to every other boss fight too, but I put it here, since my example is from BAW.
So, I just finished my BAW examination. I have found three different endings and searched both paths, Fable and Orianna. In my first and original BAW tour I managed to get that bad ending where both girls die. In that game, Dettlaf was challenging, but not impossible, I didn't die once. I had Manticore armor back then, but swords were different (better), can't remember which. Quen and Black Blood potions were used and maybe two decotions, I can't remember which.
Now this second game was partly fresh stand alone start and partly reloads from The Night Of Long Fangs quest, towards different endings. This rounds "original" ending was where I let Syanna die and let Dettlaf to escape, so that was obviously easy... But then starts the interesting part. I reloaded from Long Fangs quest and started to progress towards the happy ending where both sisters are alive. This time I had full Manticore set with swords and I only used Black Blood potion and Quen, since my inventory is quite limited in this stand alone version. I barely had to sneeze and Dettlaf was dead, it happened so fast that I barely even noticed it.
Then I reloaded again from Long Fangs and started to progress through Unseen quest, which I hadn't done before. I went to Dettlaf fight happily whistling and very confident on myself. I had that very same and full Manticore set as before and once again I used Black Blood and Quen. Just like before. First part went well, but he killed me three times just when the second part started. I didn't have any chances. I tried to use different swords and more potions and decotions but he still killed me. And I still haven't killed him
Every fight has been played with easy difficulty and started basically with identical gear and preparations. Why they are still so different? One is super easy, another is medium and third and last one is impossible? I don't have any special strategy that I could have changed. Does some decisions in the story affect the difficulty too? Or am I just missing something very simple here?
Difficulty level is one for sure, also your armor, weapons, potions used etc. Those are all clear things and everyone knows that. And yes I know there is already a thread about Dettlaf fight, but this didn't seem to quite fit in there. This fits to every other boss fight too, but I put it here, since my example is from BAW.
So, I just finished my BAW examination. I have found three different endings and searched both paths, Fable and Orianna. In my first and original BAW tour I managed to get that bad ending where both girls die. In that game, Dettlaf was challenging, but not impossible, I didn't die once. I had Manticore armor back then, but swords were different (better), can't remember which. Quen and Black Blood potions were used and maybe two decotions, I can't remember which.
Now this second game was partly fresh stand alone start and partly reloads from The Night Of Long Fangs quest, towards different endings. This rounds "original" ending was where I let Syanna die and let Dettlaf to escape, so that was obviously easy... But then starts the interesting part. I reloaded from Long Fangs quest and started to progress towards the happy ending where both sisters are alive. This time I had full Manticore set with swords and I only used Black Blood potion and Quen, since my inventory is quite limited in this stand alone version. I barely had to sneeze and Dettlaf was dead, it happened so fast that I barely even noticed it.
Then I reloaded again from Long Fangs and started to progress through Unseen quest, which I hadn't done before. I went to Dettlaf fight happily whistling and very confident on myself. I had that very same and full Manticore set as before and once again I used Black Blood and Quen. Just like before. First part went well, but he killed me three times just when the second part started. I didn't have any chances. I tried to use different swords and more potions and decotions but he still killed me. And I still haven't killed him
Every fight has been played with easy difficulty and started basically with identical gear and preparations. Why they are still so different? One is super easy, another is medium and third and last one is impossible? I don't have any special strategy that I could have changed. Does some decisions in the story affect the difficulty too? Or am I just missing something very simple here?
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