Originally posted by Warriorsage:

You know, I've been at this game a little while now. I've beaten it three times over the course of 400 hours, and for the most part, it's always felt like it had this definite formula. With the exception of Eikthyr who's piss-easy in order to root new players, the other bosses merely ask that you max out your gear, come with the best foods available and some healing/stamina meads, learn the bosses' patterns, and (if you're solo like I usually am) after 2 or 3 in-game days, you win. Every boss fight is attrition, but doable with the right preparation.

Not the Queen, though. ♥♥♥♥ that giant cockroach. Endless adds that you can't ignore, but she IMMEDIATELY replaces as soon as they die. Huge knockback that will still send you with a maxed-out darkmetal tower shield flying 10-15 feet. All of your gear is broken before you reach the halfway point. Disappearing to burrow through solid marble because we like pretending that combined with the fog that it creates tension rather than being the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that it is.

Maybe I don't WANT to sit in the alcove and throw hundreds of bombs. Maybe I don't WANT to build a hut right outside to repair all my ♥♥♥♥ multiple times. Maybe I don't WANT to sit on one of the interior ledges with several bows and hundreds of arrows. Maybe I just want to stand toe-to-toe, properly prepared, and smash that ♥♥♥♥♥ in her cricket face while blending in some ranged attacks during mead cooldowns, like all the other bosses.

♥♥♥♥ this fight. See you all in 2024 for the next update.

I fully agree with you. I spent 20+ minutes fighting the Queen and barely had her at 60% solo. I ended up cheesing her not because I could not win normally, but because I have better things to do with my time that run up, run down, run up, fly down, run up (repeat that in your mind for 3 hours to get the full effect of this boss fight). It has way too much HP for solo players.