Counter his energy shield with your own and you both get sent flying backwards to the opposite sides of the arena.įrom medium distance, he would spray Micro Missiles sort of like the Tyrant and Doom Hunter but harder to dodge. PB+SSG up-close and he'll ram you with the energy shield for a devastating blow. Try to PB+Ballista him from afar and he'd counter with Chaingun energy shield, using the Riot Soldier's projectile but with a more erratic spread. The Dark Lord should have non-hitscan Hell equivalents of all the Slayer's weapons, and would cycle between them depending on how you approach him: The Marauder is fairly small and he's much more mobile than any other enemy. I have heard people say that a small, fast boss would be too hard for gamepad players and they needed a big, dumb suit of armor boss.

I think it would've been more interesting if instead of hurting you for more health, he would hunt down the random zombies in the arena and glory kill them to deny you of the resources they provide. There are ideas in the actual fight we got that I like, such as the constant grenade spam to keep you moving, the changes of scenery, and the fact that the Dark Lord has the ability to draw health from his enemies. I don't think the fight should be set in a random building in the center of Immora away from all the action, but rather in the heart of the battlefield as both sides cease-fire and watch the fate of the universe unfold. The arenas could change in complexity throughout the phases, too. The arena shouldn't be flat, either, but a big, vertical, 1v1 Deathmatch-style arena complete with Meathook platforming to tie the DLC's themes together. The Dark Lord should essentially be a hybrid of the Tyrant, Doom Hunter, Marauder, and Gladiator in a small, speedy Marauder form factor. Well, before the idiotic retcon, that is. The Dark Lord should be 1:1 in abilities with the Slayer, someone we believe could slaughter the hordes of Hell and rise up as its warrior ruler. The most obvious thing would be a real 1-on-1 fight between you and the Dark Lord, no wannabe Hulk Buster armor. That's why I'm putting my money where my mouth is and I'm going to tell this public forum exactly what I expected out the Dark Lord final boss fight before launch. However, it's easy to just complain about a product rather than to give actual constructive feedback. It's slow, flat, dragged-out across five nearly identical phases, and overall just underwhelming in scope compared to both the Icon of Sin and Samur.

The one universal criticism I have found from every player of every skill level is that the Dark Lord is a bad final boss.

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