Difficulty? (Destiny)
Am I missing something, or is there no way to increase the difficulty beyond not equipping new items? These missions are really cool, but it feels like it's on Easy mode compared to say, Halo.
Difficulty?
by CruelLEGACEY 
, Toronto, Wednesday, September 06, 2017, 16:53 (2718 days ago) @ squidnh3
Am I missing something, or is there no way to increase the difficulty beyond not equipping new items? These missions are really cool, but it feels like it's on Easy mode compared to say, Halo.
As far as I know, the answer is "no". At least for your first playthrough. I don't know how far in you are, but I found the difficulty ramped up gradually throughout the campaign. The final 1/3 or so was decently challenging... vaguely equivelant to Halo's Heroic mode.
Difficulty?
The final 1/3 or so was decently challenging... vaguely equivelant to Halo's Heroic mode.
Looks like I'm starting to get there, but I'm still enjoying it more when I keep my Power level slightly below the recommended. Luckily this doesn't seem to affect the level of drops (like they explained with engrams), so things are going well. Plus I have this level 53 Sword that's really fun to use.
Difficulty?
I've found solo play to be much more difficult than team play.
Difficulty?
by Claude Errera , Saturday, September 09, 2017, 11:35 (2716 days ago) @ Kahzgul
I've found solo play to be much more difficult than team play.
So far, I've ONLY done solo play. There are some things I'm putting off (Nightfall, eg), but I'm really enjoying playing this stuff without talking to anyone, right now. ;)
Difficulty?
by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Saturday, September 09, 2017, 12:13 (2716 days ago) @ Claude Errera
I've found solo play to be much more difficult than team play.
So far, I've ONLY done solo play. There are some things I'm putting off (Nightfall, eg), but I'm really enjoying playing this stuff without talking to anyone, right now. ;)
I'm the same way, at least for my first time through. I like getting as lost in the game as I can, wandering around a bit, taking in all the sights :)
I'm pretty happy with it overall. I died a few times and I knew why immediately -- I overextended and was dumb.
My 8 yo will be able to finish solo on his own (with effort) and I think that is fantastic -- about exactly where the campaign should be first playthrough to experience the story without jarring deaths over and over. The hard stuff will come later, this is about enjoying the story that has been crafted and shooting things along the way.
Other seem to have the same questions
by MacGyver10 
, Tennessee, Thursday, September 07, 2017, 10:45 (2718 days ago) @ squidnh3
Looks like the Time review thought the same thing.
http://time.com/4929671/destiny-2-review-impressions/
- MacGyver10
Update
Finished the campaign last night, the difficult did increase a bit, but not a ton. Also, I was running a mission with recommended Power of 170 at 160, and it was still pretty easy, so I dropped down to like 147 just to see what happened. It literally made no difference in my damage numbers, so it's very unclear to me how damage scaling works.
Not challenging ...yet? - re: Difficulty
by Dame117 , Missouri, Saturday, September 09, 2017, 13:15 (2716 days ago) @ squidnh3
I have only been playing solo so far and I agree it seems like easy-mode in most missions so far. Disappointed in that, but really enjoying the game overall despite it ..and it allows you to relax enough to focus and not miss out on the story. 99% of the deaths I have had have been due to "misadventures" hehheh, ...that should probably be my gamertag.
I behave more conservatively and team-friendly when playing with a group, but when solo... I'm always getting in to trouble, it's like the in-game equivalent to real life "hold my beer" scenarios :)
and those areas with enemies nearly twice your light level.. just an opportunity for an amusing challenge to see how long you can survive by jumping over their heads, punching them and running around in circles. :) sometimes its a few minutes, some times its 2 seconds!