Discussion The Ashlands nearly made me quit and I think that's a compliment now

Charred Marksmen sniping me across the lava (90 pierce a bow shot, and they VOLLEY), the ground literally trying to kill me, Fader (25,000 health) waiting at the end. I raged so hard the first week. But coming out the other side with Flametal gear, it might be the best-feeling progression in the game? Or I have Stockholm syndrome. @SwampSlogger dragged me through it with tough love, so, both.

It's not Stockholm syndrome, it's the biome working as intended. The Ashlands is supposed to feel like a war of attrition and then the Flametal payoff lands. You earned that gear the correct, miserable way. Proud of you, mostly.

The Charred Marksman volley is the single most disrespectful thing in the game and I will not be taking questions. Congrats on getting through, the gear tier is genuinely worth the suffering.

Filing this away for when I inevitably get to the Ashlands and immediately regret it. Nice to know the misery has a payoff at the end.