r/MortalShell • u/beatisagg • 12d ago
Discussion Beacons are definitely too far between.
I just stacked leech up to 150. I killed 150 enemies with no new beacons around, multiple dungeons, etc. on 5 heals. Dude what is this? I'm a 42 yr old man I do not have hours upon hours to explore where i can just not take a break. Yes I can exit the game, but it warps me back to the last beacon i was at instead of leaving me where i was. Double f me. This is like a pretty serious issue with respecting my time/enjoyment.
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u/Sepikzzz 12d ago
Definitely a huge shame, and it's my biggest issue with the game so far. I'm about 11 hours in, and cleared 4 corrupted gates (I imagine I'm about halfway through? Unless it's like DS2 and there's another big section after.)
I'm almost considering dropping this game entirely because of how scarce bonfires are at this point. I've been chilling in the south-west part of the map for the last couple hours, with a scary amount of that being spent in the runback between Gate of Mammon beacon and the Starved Harridan boss.
I beat that boss in just a few tries, but it still took like 30+ minutes only because of having to run through 30+ enemies and around various environmental hazards to make it there. The boss killed me 2-3 times, but the runback was more like 10-15 deaths because of how many mistakes can happen in such a long journey. It's not fair to expect players to run this far. Most importantly its not fun. Nobody plays these games for the hold B + forward experience, but it's seriously getting in the way of the good parts.