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>Fighting Bilewater boss yesterday
>Getting pissed at the walk back even with the secret bench
>Boss smacks me into the left side corner
>Start to get upset I have maggots again
>Realize I'm off the screen and can't get back into the arena
>Try platforming everywhere, suddenly screen shifts left and I'm past the boss room
>Door to boss is locked, so go through
>Unlock the shortcut, explore a bit of the area above it
>Unlock the bench next to that NPC that wants you to hunt for her
>Boss is 100x more tolerable now since the run back is maybe 20 seconds with no enemies

I realize hours later I could have opened that shortcut up by going through Memorium first and making my way through, but goddamn was that a miracle for my sanity. I saw so many people complaining about the boss for a while and didn't understand the issue since, while annoying, Bilewater didn't seem so bad. But imagining having to make that trek every single time on top of the gauntlet just to fight the boss and lose an attempt in under a minute would drive me insane.

Game's fucking awesome, but holy shit what were they thinking. I'm a crazy person that loves sinking dozens and dozens of hours into these kinds of games. I can't imagine how a normal person would play this.