For Season 8, with the theme of more challenging bosses, I would like to propose a miscellaneous change that The Butcher spawning in Torment Difficulties gets the same treatment as World Bosses in terms of being more resilient to damage. In the higher difficulty tiers, it’s important he still instills fear when players hear the words “Fresh Meat.”
Miscellaneous
The Butcher is now more resilient to damage in Torment Difficulties.
No. No more Resilience. Resilience just negates player progress. If Resilience is to remain and/or be added to other things it needs a massive rework first.
Or just balance the game right and it isnt an issue. Right now necroes can kill him by spitting a blood wave and barbs can kill him by just farting earthquakes. While that can be fun, its not good for the overall health of the game.
Meta builds will exist forever, because there will be always someone that wants to override the system and have a build best that anyone else.
That’s the real fact, and there’s no way that can be ever worked around.
So, deal with it and play the way you want to play.
Probably best to just remove the Butcher–the love/hate relationship with him in relation to difficulty has been absurd. Early seasons were littered with complaints about his difficulty, now he is too easy and no one be happy with him.
At the very least, maybe a shrine to summon him would be cool? If you want the challenge, summon him, if you dont want to fight him, you just dont? He does need to be harder, but the playerbase has been pretty back and forth
That is perfectly fine but the factor matters… If “Meta” does 1000x or in the latest cases of 1 MILLION X then no offense - there’s no defense for that design
I mean S1 had like 15x Meta compared to non-Meta and was still too much
People do that, until they get against a Tormented Boss in a 1v1 and realize how dumb the design (some people can 3-shot them whilst others required to play at least a 20 minute pixel perfect fight)
Ofc. you’ll say - just party with someone… That’s fine but that’s NOT how the game should work, right ?
That’s an interesting idea, add a Butcher shrine in NMDs/Cellars and leave an offering to summon him. His challenge would be much higher, but have better rewards.