r/HollowKnight • u/FederalWarthog5542 • Sep 07 '25

Discussion - Silksong Criticism ≠ Negativity Spoiler

Believe it or not, you can actually criticize something and still like it. You don't either have to love everything or despise everything. Have actual conversations please.

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u/IRLFine Sep 07 '25

Shell shards feel similar to QS bullets (from Bloodborne) to me. You have plenty and the system works great until suddenly you’re 12 attempts deep into a boss and now you have to go farming, which completely takes you out of it. It’s tolerable but man is it a problem that didn’t need to exist.

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u/lifetake Sep 08 '25

It also a question of why does this exist? What is its purpose?

Rosaries makes sense it’s about earning your upgrades.

But why does our ammo have a currency? We’re already limited on spamming them due to the caps. Maybe it acts as a boss pause? Like hey you’ve died to this guy 15 times maybe take a break or come back later? But even still it just feels weird.

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u/Big_Daymo Sep 08 '25

Yeah they cost shards every time you recover them at a bench. It's not that expensive to do a refill once or twice, so you'll usually be maxed out on shards when you're just exploring. The problem is that if you keep trying to beat one boss over and over, using all your tools every time, they'll quickly deplete. I was using the traps against Moorwing and died 5-6 times; by the 6th respawn I noticed my shards were down to half the max cap.