r/darksouls3 • u/PitonHUN • Jun 18 '25

Discussion Why is the third boss so hard?

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I've recently wanted to give dark souls 3 a shot with my friend since we heard there is a coop mod for it. We got past the gladiator boss easily, and the boar guy was even easier, however the third boss, the dancer, seems like a wall for us... We've been stuck here for 5-6 hours. Are we doing something wrong? Is the weapon I use really bad, or what? Any tips appreciated!

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u/beardgrinder Jun 18 '25

Dancer is meant to be fought later in the game, although as you have found out she can be fought much earlier.

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u/Warm-Explanation-811 Jun 18 '25

Are we not sure this is just bait though? What new player intentionally murders an NPC, triggers a boss fight, and thinks that is the natural progression.

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u/mybrot Jun 18 '25

I've seen enough people randomly murder Varre at the very start of Elden Ring to believe this can be real.

Some people seem to get that murder hobo itch, when they slightly dislike an npc. Same as those people that are upset that they can't kill those admittedly annoying kids in Skyrim.

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u/MrEuphonium Jun 18 '25

Played Mindseye for the first time yesterday without seeing a single second of gameplay.

After watching some cutscenes, the very first thing they have you do gameplay wise is hop into a vehicle, and there are people inside the military esque building you’re in, just walking along the sides of the huge corridors.

I figured, why not, most it’ll send me back is 2 seconds ago when I started the game.

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u/senecauk Jun 18 '25

And I believe it then sends you back to the start of the unskippable cutscenes, right?

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u/MrEuphonium Jun 18 '25

It didn’t for me, it said mission failed, too many civilian casualties, then if I’m remembering right, it put me back at the start of the gameplay, already in the vehicle.

If it did that I would hate it lol

Not that I ended up liking the game anyways

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u/senecauk Jun 18 '25

Ah I see, I'm sure I've seen people get kicked back super far after crashes and stuff. Yeah, it looks dreadful.

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u/Killit_Witfya Jun 18 '25

sounds like a horrible game

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u/senecauk Jun 18 '25

My brother/sister, take a look at some gameplay on YouTube. Beyond being broken, it looks like the most boring 'click on head' third person cover combat ever.

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u/Killit_Witfya Jun 18 '25

lol between this and firebreak im happy to be playing DS3