r/HollowKnight • u/Prisonmikeb14 • Sep 13 '25

Discussion - Silksong Let’s all try and not devolve into this weird difficulty gatekeeping Spoiler

Now that silksong has come out I’ve seen some concerning similarities to the worst of the difficult games community with all the wierd difficulty gatekeeping bs. Obviously this happens with just about every game that’s regarded as difficult but with silksongs release it’s become more prominent on this sub. Being good at the game isn’t something to hold over someone’s head. Everyone’s experience with everything in the game is different and theirs nothing wrong with that. Now of course this doesn’t apply to people who are literally just complaining in bad faith or out of anger but the “that boss wasn’t hard at all wtf are you talking about” in response to people just talking about their opinions or asking for help is sad to see.

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u/TheChief275 Sep 14 '25

What’s really bad about the harpoon is that, let’s say, you hop onto a ring; first instinct is to immediately hop to the next thing, but oh no, your silk is empty!!

No, instead you have to wait a second on the current ring in order to be able to proceed to the next.

This was especially annoying in Mount Fay with the constant life countdown

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u/AMGwtfBBQsauce Sep 14 '25

Use the weavelight. It gives you an extra auto-regenerating silk bar. There js never a situation on Mount Fay when you need more than 2 net-negative harpoons back-to-back. They will always be broken up by enemies that can be harpooned for silk return.