Returning player with one simple question

neverwinter1973

Um, I've been away for a year or so and wondering has the game difficulty been increased? I started over from scratch and I swear that the missions weren't as difficult back then as they are now.

revanantmorituri

One year? Not quite. Closer to 18 months since certain factions (Demon, Worms, Kings) went from pushovers to "think about who you stomp first" (ie: the first Nightmare Invasion). Certain styles/builds/ATs also have more challenge with the early game than others.

Absolutely silly question: did you open up your starter gift boxes and put on your gear? I've forgotten that in the past, and it definitely makes a difference.

spinnytop

neverwinter1973 said:

Um, I've been away for a year or so and wondering has the game difficulty been increased? I started over from scratch and I swear that the missions weren't as difficult back then as they are now.

Which missions you talkin' about? Maybe you've just been playing those other easy games and forgot how hardcore this souls-like is.

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ealford1985

Souls?


It depends sometimes on your build, Purple Gangs can be a pain in the ****.

markhawkman

ealford1985 said:

Souls?

Dark Souls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaQS2hUxFaU

It's one of those games where you get insta-gibbed any time you stop paying attention to what you're doing.

beezeeze

As said the enemy factions DEMON, VIPER, Elder Worms, and Trey Kings have gotten a little tougher and have learned some new abilities...

so sarcasm about dark souls aside yeah some parts might be slightly harder, early missions vs the gangs in westside haven't really been changed though.

markhawkman

There are some parts of CO where it really IS stupid hard and players who suck will get creamed... repeatedly. Try wandering around the Vibora graveyard if you want a challenge. None of the individual enemies is all that hard, but there are loads of them.

spinnytop

markhawkman said:

It's one of those games where you get insta-gibbed any time you stop paying attention to what you're doing.

It's actually not o3o

magpieuk2014

Hello? Is this is the Solipsists weekly convention?

Um, I've been away for a year or so and wondering has the game difficulty been increased? I started over from scratch and I swear that the missions weren't as difficult back then as they are now.

If you start from scratch without a subscription or with the free basic gear then it does feel a little tougher than it did. Some general enemies have been buffed but mostly you'd have to be level 35+ to notice. Open Missions and Event enemies are tougher than they were, though, and - currently - some of the Nighthawk one don't spawn at the level you'd expect (they're marked as skull level, but sometimes they spawn as the level of the person who attacked them last time!).

markhawkman

the skull thing is mostly just their HP. They have a set HP pool, that might have been set because a level 40 was flying past at the wrong time. But their attack and defense scale properly.