Thank you for your response, JuiceFiend.

I've been with Juice Galaxy when it was still "World", since 0.0.4. I remember using the Draginslayer back then, getting tired of it soon after I got my brief power rush, because of how unduly potent it is. I put it down and didn't much pick it up for a long time after that.

I admit I was out of it for a brief time, during which 0.1.6 dropped, and presumably entails this nerf you speak of. If what you say is true then I am relieved Fishlicka took a step to nerf it.

Even so, fast-forward to now and I've picked it up and given it a couple of swings in 0.1.8, and it still seems too fast to be either immersive or fair - even keeping in mind the game's generally silly and logic-optional setting. I ordinarily agree with you on "buffing, not nerfing". However, to buff every other weapon would require upscaling the difficulty of almost every other enemy, including bosses, which would be a lot of work after Fishlicka's already done so much making each of those guys.

Editing Draginslayer itself seems the far more feasible task.

I can agree with you here. In my opinion, Mrs. Slitherss deserves to be more of a threat to the player. As of 0.1.8, you can take her out in one shot with any hand-to-hand weapon if you zoom in fast enough while she's monologuing, or just play keepaway and spam pineapple projectiles at her, and expect to live through it..

Granted I'm all for difficult bosses being possible to defeat easily as a reward for skillful use of a given game's mechanics; however, Mrs. Slitherss is so easy it hardly feels satisfying.

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Pertinent to the topic I have to admit; The ease with which Mrs. Slitherss' can be defeated is much ado with why I dislike the Draginslayer so much. Making Mrs. Slitherss prospectively a true force to be reckoned that can even keep maxed-out and skillful players on their toes would at least make the OP slab of metal feel slightly less undeserved.