I must be bad at this game.
https://www.reddit.com/r/horizon/s/WoxCvzYGj9 a post from 4 years ago 2.7k up votes and the entire comment section mirroring what I have said.
Dreaded Encounter in the arena.....
I dont even have a split second to think, that Dreadwing is literally just spinning and spamming and spinning and stomping and spinning.
I am stun locked into oblivion just to get up to literally go into another stun lock animation and repeat and repeat.
I.....hate....this.....game mode with all my existence, even on story I am being locked into oblivion.
Yes I beat it, but good god, who play tested this? The best Souls players on the planet?
Then there is that "feature" to where you can litter the area with traps having 00:-1.000 for a timer.
This arena is seriously a joke and I am only there for 4 gear pieces. Im not there because I want to be crammed into a confined space with machines that clip through the environment or stay underground for 30 seconds or stay in the air above where I can aim for a minute.
I seriously hate how this game pits you against MASSIVE machines in a WIDE OPEN AREA WITH NO COVER AT ALL, or a ridiculously small space with a timer and stun locks to boot.
Not fun...... not fun......
I will take my Nora armour and never set foot in that arena again, just like that Hippodrome in AC origins.
Just as a side note:
If the clan actually watched Aloy take down a Dreadwing in 3 minutes, a Tremotusk in 2 minutes and a SlitherFang in less then 1 minute.... they are literally looking at a God. Every other NPC or character cant even hold their own against a burrower without Aloys help.
So who da fuck said 3 minutes to kill a plethora of machines is a good challange, if the clans could actually do that within the time constraints, why the fuck do they even need Aloys help if they can kill a Tremotusk in 3 minutes flat?