Low health insane stamina ninja will be my jam, right now using the scholar to unlock everything. IMO Stamina is everything in this game due to how generous I frames are. I think the flaming mace is my go to, good reach with wide swings and decent stagger hits with R2.
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This is the view they are blocking.
Ehhhh I follow rule of fun but sometimes your group destroys all your hard prep work one to many times by killing some one innocent or at the very least clearly harmless you have to reign it in.
Did it fit before? If not your bolts might be too big, they make drop outs in various sizes.
If it did fit before can try to brute force it with a rubber mallet.