[Sept 18] Difficulty and Level Progression
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BIG NO for selectable difficulty level. I hate this and stupid "retire" and new game+ system in Fate/Torchlight.
On second hand i love progressing through Normal/Nightmare/Hell in D2 - because i was PROGRESING (with pain :) ) through the game. Not "oh i beat game on hard so im pro and i think its unnistall time" (this happen to torchlight btw). But Selectable diff lvls/scaling of ensdgame maps will be good thing - start with "very hard" and go up till "insane hardcore oneshotting grounds" and it will be good. :) Last edited by Kabraxis on Feb 21, 2012, 11:17:33 AM
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" Why do you hate it? How does it affect you in a negative way? | |
" It would work for the balance, choosing the settings by the player who opens the instance. But - if its possible to scale the diff by owns demand - how should it work for the experience scaling? Its a path, far from all balance, if you can avoid all exp penalties by this... " Difficulty levels only serve to reuse the content for multiple stages of the experience curve - they dont matter for the scaling problem: its absolutely equal if you have, as example, 2 acts at 4 difficulties, or 8 successive acts in one row, it may not fit your personal "needs" invited by timer @ 10.12.2011
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" I dont say I hate it; but as said above, it will take all balance from the experience curve, especially for aspects like ladders (experience based competition between players). The equality for all players to use this is not a solution (in my eyes). invited by timer @ 10.12.2011 -- deutsche Community: www.exiled.eu & ts.exiled.eu Last edited by Mr_Cee on Feb 21, 2012, 12:41:05 PM
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" " Harder difficulty setting = more exp and/or more items. Why is it inconceivable that there can be balance? If it's not balanced, just make sure that playing on the hardest difficulty setting will be the best way to get exp (if you can handle the challenge). " Indeed. Reusing the content is good, but using thinking of progressing content as difficulty levels is bad. Last edited by Sickness on Feb 21, 2012, 1:06:42 PM
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I would like to see higher HP values (of the mobs) later in the game. I dislike it that your primary aim should be to one-hit at least the white mobs. When the whites would need 2-3 hits even for high dps builds and 4-5 for mid dps, things like utilyzing stun would get more interesting. Of course a change on the flask-system would possibly be needed according to that.
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" A higher stage of the same content, with higher scales foes (and maybe adapted abilities): what else is this if not a higher difficulty? How else would you suggest to reuse it? (to me, its only a way to cover the lack of more content, but for the efforts needed by one big quest flow, its ok) invited by timer @ 10.12.2011
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" Keep in mind, that until the very last parts of the game, it should be able to beat even with non perfect gear or a more difficult, unusual build... My actual try with a simplesword and shield duelist arrived in cruel, and there is nearly no foe to be one-hitted... and there's almost never just only one foe. invited by timer @ 10.12.2011
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3 difficulties = good change.
As for some other thoughts I posted them elsewhere :P | |
" Do you count act 2 as a higher difficulty than act 1? Alot of semantics here. Anyways, my point is that they are not selectable difficulty settings, and that selectable dfficulty settings would be great. |
