2009-01-28, 12:25 AM
Dusk Wrote:You can't safely hold Bigfoot down with Puppet alone; it would either require running into his stomp range to make him stop running and counting on him stomping or giving up some room every couple of seconds. This would be next to impossible on any map but Phantom Road. Bigfoot kills Puppet in two hits on average; even with a lowered damage that probably wouldn't last long enough for more than 4-5 hits. Having to risk certain death to hold down a boss every 10 seconds is quite a daunting task.
I don't really know what you two are going back and forth about, but I need to comment on this, at least. I don't know what you're talking about @ bolded. Maybe you need more practice at it? I've had so many pure-Puppet hold BF solos that I've lost count. That was the only way I soloed BF until I learned the quick pin (mount + wall) method. Sometimes I lose ground, yeah, but there's been several BF solos where I kept BF in the exact same place the entire battle with constant Puppet use (and yes, I've done that in all the different maps, even the Evilwraiths one). It's extremely easy if you just maintain focus and keep the little twerps off you.
I'd like to know why you said that... BF is so easy to control. :/ Once you take the time to hunt them often, you'll learn all the different methods of dominating him. I can do whatever I want with BF with no risk to myself. I can lead him around the map, pin him when I want, etc... In the very beginning, I hated the missing hitboxes, but I quickly learned to love them. It makes BF more interesting (which he needs, because he's just as boring Pap, HH, Anego, yeah yeah).
And yeah I realize my character is much stronger than yours (less time to deal with BF), but if you learn to control BF it's not any harder, just longer (I don't feel level is an argument, anyway, because it's not hard to level if you want - but that's not my point). Even Night Lords can easily take down BF, and they have less control options than bowmen. Once melee can take a touch hit, he becomes a joke to them, too. Bigfoot needs to stay exactly how he is because he's already too pathetic...
(And as an FYI, since I think I saw someone say something about it: Puppet pin VS Wall pin at Bigfoot for skilled BMs is nearly the exact same amount of time to kill. It differs by 1-2 mins, at most. I've done several of both methods.)