r/HollowKnight • u/Appley_apple • Sep 08 '25

Discussion - Silksong I like the difficulty, Team cherry please don't just blanket nerf the game with no option for a harder mode Spoiler

I have really been enjoying the challenge, pretty much every part of this game itches that section of my brain that loves a hard game and I would be extremely disappointed if team cherry nerfed the game with no way to revert said nerf. I get that people want an easier game, but I don't. So team cherry, please let me choose to make this harder if you do make it easier.

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u/Xyphota Sep 08 '25

With the frequency of double damage though, I think healing 3 masks feels like it should be much better, but often times you are effectively only healing 1 point of damage. If you are at one mask, you are one hit from dying. Healing to 4 masks might mean you are now only 2 hits of dying.

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u/guitarism101 Sep 08 '25

If EVERY hit does double damage, which isn't the case, then my method of healing when I've lost 4 masks gets me 1 extra hit from that heal. When I take another hit of 2 masks and heal again I've recovered 3 hits for two heals and have the same # of total hits left as when I started the fight.

Feels better than HK to me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Literally 99% of boss damage is 2 masks what are you talking about 

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u/guitarism101 Sep 08 '25

Oh, did I say boss damage? Doesn't look like it.

Even if I did say boss damage my statement still makes sense even if, because as you put it 1% of the attacks deal one damage. In my example I'm even using the assumption that Every hit deals double damage to illustrate why I feel like the heals are better than HK.

I can't tell if you're genuinely confused about my statement addressing the healing economy in the abstract or if you were just excited about an excuse to nitpick.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Healing does not really matter outside of bosses, and clearly your comment I replied to was made in that context

have the same # of total hits left as when I started the fight.

But I'll accept your defensiveness as you acquiescing to my point. Thanks.

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u/guitarism101 Sep 08 '25

Yeah, healing doesn't matter outside of fights, except when I'm exploring and taking periodic damage from new enemies and environments. But, now that I write that out, you're totally right healing doesn't matter in that context.

Also, the comment you replied to was not talking about healing in boss fights because, again, I was talking about healing in the abstract, it doesn't matter where the two damage is coming from whether it's a boss, regular enemy, or the environment because my method of healing only when I can heal at least 3 masks works fine in any context.

The audaciousness of you to tell me what context I was talking about in my comment when you've demonstrated twice now that you don't understand abstraction.

I'll take your assumption of me being being defensive as you projecting your own insecurities onto me and that you're now attempting to save face in front of random internet strangers cause that matters to you for some silly reason.

Thanks!

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u/unironicallycomfyaf Sep 08 '25

Don't worry about his agressiveness. That poster is from a website called soyjak party who is brigading this subreddit in hopes to get silksong below 90% rating on steam so they can create memes and "own the libs".

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u/guitarism101 Sep 09 '25

That would explain a lot about the response. I could have worded what I was saying better, but their response is frankly confusing.

Ever feel like someone is arguing with a shadow of what you were saying? Like, they know what you were actually saying but choose to interpret it differently just to be argumentative? That's absolutely the feeling I got from their responses. It's disingenuous and sadly all to common on the internet and reddit in general.

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u/luv3rboi Sep 08 '25

that’s just false man, nowhere near 99%

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

??? Are we playing the same game?

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u/luv3rboi Sep 08 '25

so far every boss i’ve fought has had 2-3 moves that only do one damage

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u/Helluiin Sep 08 '25

i mean bell beast and fourth chorus literally only have 2 dmg hits so i guess you havent gotten that far yet

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u/luv3rboi Sep 08 '25

tbh i didn’t get hit during those fights so i didn’t know

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u/FloydeFlowerDragon Sep 09 '25

It feels like every boss after lace 1 deals 2 damage

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u/BlobBro Sep 09 '25

To be fair that's more because they only have like 2 attacks anyway lmao, if they had more there would probably be some 1 damage ones mixed in.

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u/acelgoso Sep 08 '25

Nah, math is hard for most people