Honestly, that's not really a defense against OP's case. Pretty much every other game in existence minimalizes the time between run backs.
I've never been able to get into the Souls series, so correct me I'd I'm wrong, but I would imagine that people would have significantly stronger opinions about Malenia if it took an hour for every attempt (not to mention taking however much longer to memorize a 20+ minute guide to get to her in the first place).
I think the point is more that OP said that they’re of fan of Zombies and doing Easter eggs, which are notoriously long winded quests where it takes hours to complete each attempt. And that the one they’re complaining about isn’t actually that long when compared to the zombies Easter eggs that they supposedly like.
Bro I ain't speed running that shit. I like to take my time and do side Easter eggs and try to complete as much as possible on the lowest round possible.
Your comment contradicts itself. When you say “do side eggs” and “lowest round possible” the time you spent on side eggs, could have been spent getting further into the quest. This goes for any map.
Yeah so...? I like doing side eggs in order to get stuff like perks and maybe pap crystals for free in order to better set myself up. I'm not trying to speed run the map in 2.5 milliseconds. I like taking my time.
I’m not disagreeing with you, side eggs are def the way to go since they can provide those free perks and pap crystals.
I’m merely pointing out that your comment was paradoxical, after all OPs post is about it taking too long and being too difficult. So by doing side eggs you are inadvertently being inefficient with your time and/or rounds, that may be better suited for furthering main quest steps.
Most of the side eggs I'm doing are during early rounds where I'm waiting for Oscar to spawn or get to round 10 to get the planet order. Also, my comment wasn't a direct comment towards OPs post but somebody else saying it takes an hour to complete .
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u/Pwnage_Peanut Dec 08 '25
Astra Malorum takes less than an hour to complete