User blog comment:AverageSchizoid/Buffs and Souls/@comment-5632187-20130117220003

On the whole why have the embers thing: I like the fire upgrade path. Sure, no scaling, however, damage isn't always the determining factor in whether you win a fight or not. Strategy is also needed just as equally. In all honesty, I think any weapon down any upgrade path in this game is capable of beating any boss, given you have the correct strategy to beat said boss with said weapon. Yes, this includes straight sword hilt and broken straight sword. I think weapon upgrades were done well in this game; however, they could have been better. With the boss weapons, I know what you mean. For example, you get Quelaag's Soul and you find out how to make the Furysword and you think to yourself "Holy crap she dominated me with this thing, it must be AMAZING!" Then you get it and you think "WTF?!" However, after multiple playthroughs of the game, I think I've realized why the weapons suck so much in our hands. A) Non-adequate scaling for the weapons. We don't realize until it's too late "Oh crap HoMB hardly scales with Str. but scales a ton with Int." Or "Ah f*** I have crappy scaling in Dex. and that's all QFS scales well with."(without realizing Humanity scales with it as well.) BUT if you get Smough's Hammer you think to yourself "I will crush EVERYONE." Before you look at the Str requirement. BTW I wasted a bunch of upgrade points so I could one hand Smough's Hammer. That has a 58 Str requirement. I felt stupid when I realized it wasn't that great.  Anyways B) We get this weapon and immediately use it against the toughest enemy we can find thinking "I WILL DOMINATE YOU!" And then we get our faces smashed in. UPGRADING, PEOPLE, it's important. And finally C) We don't give the weapon a chance in the world when we see the terribad damage output. Then you're left thinking to yourself "Man, I wish I had something better than this Lightning Spear I found." While QFS and HoMB are sitting in your inventory, crying because you called them terribad. Yes, I'm weird get over it. Anyways, just my thoughts. I liked the point you made.