TOPIC: Poll: Difficulty Levels

1 - I have no answer for as I never have used this option.

2 - If there was a Hell difficulty I would run it, I am not BIS for everything. I have a couple relics but also use some reds and even a common.

Personally I think we just need to revamp Nightmare. I suspect it was toned down a bit after Smoak was eating parties and people complained. Adding another difficulty level just adds needless complexity.

Stormie wrote: 1 - I have no answer for as I never have used this option.

2 - If there was a Hell difficulty I would run it, I am not BIS for everything. I have a couple relics but also use some reds and even a common.

Personally I think we just need to revamp Nightmare. I suspect it was toned down a bit after Smoak was eating parties and people complained. Adding another difficulty level just adds needless complexity.

Team solidarity. So say we all.

Stormie wrote: 1 - I have no answer for as I never have used this option.

2 - If there was a Hell difficulty I would run it, I am not BIS for everything. I have a couple relics but also use some reds and even a common.

Personally I think we just need to revamp Nightmare. I suspect it was toned down a bit after Smoak was eating parties and people complained. Adding another difficulty level just adds needless complexity.

I honestly don't know why anybody would complain when something called "Nightmare" is hard...

Nightmare isn't that hard with the power creep.

But if you up Nightmare to be to hard for the UR folks then they have nothing but hardcore. That is why I mentioned Hellish difficulty, something for the legendary people.

Nightmare was doable with reds this year. For Viper you just needed a poison (and maybe petrification) immunity.

For Zephyr, you didn't even need that.

The problem with Smoak was not the difficulty (well, the breath weapon was too high on normal). It was the marshalling into the final room costing 4 minutes, then the necessary listening to the script for 2 more. Getting 3 rounds against a dragon made a lot of people upset. People felt like it was a meat grinder. Then the 'epilogue room' had a volunteer video. It was just not good.

darkangel866 wrote:

Stormie wrote: 1 - I have no answer for as I never have used this option.

2 - If there was a Hell difficulty I would run it, I am not BIS for everything. I have a couple relics but also use some reds and even a common.

Personally I think we just need to revamp Nightmare. I suspect it was toned down a bit after Smoak was eating parties and people complained. Adding another difficulty level just adds needless complexity.

Team solidarity. So say we all.

Hmm. I like your philosophy, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Maybe I should look into running with your crew someday.

1 - Never
2 - Not quite BiS for everything, but I'd certainly give hellish a try. As several others have noted, I'd rather see Nightmare amped up a bit to account for power creep.

Raven wrote: 1. Never. (I doubt you'll find that demographic on the forums, tho.)

2). Nope, I don't. But I'd play at highest difficulty anyways, for the fun/challenge.

Same here. I am getting close to BiS but I'd play a higher difficulty to get the challenge.

Raven wrote:

darkangel866 wrote:

Stormie wrote: 1 - I have no answer for as I never have used this option.

2 - If there was a Hell difficulty I would run it, I am not BIS for everything. I have a couple relics but also use some reds and even a common.

Personally I think we just need to revamp Nightmare. I suspect it was toned down a bit after Smoak was eating parties and people complained. Adding another difficulty level just adds needless complexity.

Team solidarity. So say we all.

Hmm. I like your philosophy, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Maybe I should look into running with your crew someday.

Just watch out for the Cleric! I hear he doesn't heal!

1. I was a solo in a group of strangers in 2013 that INSISTED on non-lethal mode. I was not pleased but what can I do. One of the room GMs even made a side comment like, "What was the point? when he saw the setting. It was a joke.

2. I pretty much have a BiS for a wizard (my main) but I don't know if I'd be up for a "Hellish" setting as I have yet to even do a Nightmare mode and of the two Hardcore settings I played in 2014, we failed one (mostly due to time running out in the last room of Viper).

Since we did have half dead in a Hardcore run with some smattering of purples and reds among the party, it seemed hard enough. I am looking forward to trying Nightmare.

If you can't get through hardcore without a 50% casualty rate with a handful of purps and good reds that indicates a heck of a lot of party dysfunction, especially with a BiS wizard along for the ride. If it's a pickup group, you really do need on person to take charge and organize, especially at combat time. Someone to set up a nice orderly combat line and keep people who like to slide and then gawk without moving at a minimum.

1] never did non lethal 2]ramp up nightmare.