Talk:Sir Alonne/@comment-59.178.201.221-20170311141618/@comment-2A00:23C5:B915:E500:BC53:EE26:AD6E:8085-20180827000930

I'd say that while Blue Smelter wasn't really the best boss, it certainly does leave one feeling accomplished after the fight: you have to traverse a fairly challenging area and then fight a boss which in of itself can be a bit challenging. So this area presents quite the challenge and a high level of accomplishment once one has beaten this area. But the best part is that it's an entirely optional area, meaning that you don't have to go through it if you don't want to, so complaining about how getting to the boss is hell is foolish as it's meant to be a challenge to get to him. Dark Souls is meant to be a challenging series and this area and boss just reflects that.

And at the beginning of the area there are two NPC summons that you can get help from, meaning that you don't have to fight anything by yourself and you won't get all the attention from all the enemies, and if the mages are slowing you down then clearly you're not killing them fast enough as they have to be fairly close to affect you with their slowing spell. The reason they've changed some of the original Smelter Demon's attacks is so that it doesn't feel exactly like a copy-pasted fight, you said so yourself that some of his attacks are different i.e. faster or slower, which presents a challenge as you're having to get used to these 'new' attacks, you can't use the same tactics you used for the original Smelter which is good as it's making the player adapt to a new situation. There, you've been enlightened.