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[Leetabix]

No it is not humiliating at all , easy are for those that are not really interested in the combat the game offers and are more interested in the story , lore and charactors, that is why bioware games tend to have four or more difficultys. This is a single player game not a multiplayer , There is no diffrence between a gamer who plays on easy to a player who plays on nightmare.

[montana_boy]

Lozzykinz1986 wrote...

Is it really that humiliating though? I hear people complaining about the difficulty on normal being too hard and they just pack the game in and complain about it for centuries on end instead of putting it on easy. Why is that?

Shouldn't be humiliating after all the main point is having fun.  I have played the game for a total of about 8-hours and have not had to switch from normal to easy yet but if I do it will be because the game has became tedious instead of fun.

By the way wasn't the first patch... 1.01... supposed to make the normal setting a tad easier?

[WebShaman]

Playing the game is exactly that - play.



One should play according to what is fun, as it is play.



So if Easy is fun, play it.



The great thing about having different difficulty levels, is choice. And once one has completed the game on Easy, and has a better grasp on the IP, bump it up a bit.



When it comes to a new game, with new IP, I always start at the bottom, and work my way up. As I get more confident with the rules, mechanics, and different aspects of the game, my ability to handle more difficulty also rises.



But then, that is what makes a game fun for me. YMMV.

[Rayhaana]

 its a single player game, who cares what setting you play it on; not like it counts for anything lol

[DeXCasas]

Hehe, maybe in future patches they could change the name of the "easy" mode to Action mode, in the description it says its for people that don't want to pause and use tactics that much which is just fine.

[Reianor]

Depends on a person. Do you consider it to be?

A friend once told me "It's impossible to be humiliated - anyone trying to humiliate you on a blank spot is only humiliating himself, anyone claiming to be the reason of you feeling humiliated is taking credit for your work." 

Modifié par Reianor, 10 novembre 2009 - 10:13 .

[carlosjuero]

People should play how they want to play. Giving in to 'peer' pressure is just.. well.. a sign of a weak personality. If you find easy fun, play it. If you don't find it fun or think it 'demeans' you then don't play it.. but don't degrade others for enjoying it.



I tend to play easy in games - why? Because I want to relax when I play, not get frustrated and go nuts and stress out. DAO I play on normal because I want the added strategy of positioning my AoE's - but Im not afraid to go to easy for a hard fight.

[OctopusRush]

Serious answer: Not at all. The purpose of a game is to enjoy it.



Grognard answer: http://students.wash...easymode233.jpg

[The-Cyber-Dave]

I prefer the rogue class. I often take out parties without a single mage in it. I often run out of healing potions. I often choose to not turn back, and restock, but instead to keep pushing forward. I am often forced to switch the game to casual, because I often can not beat encounters on normal. Some I can beast easily on normal. Some I can't beat at all (having a lot of problems with the broodmother right now). I certainly don't feel humiliated having to turn the game down to easy. In fact, its sort of nice. Means I will have to play the game a few times to get the hang of the combat system. I can play once for pure story. Eventually I will end up making a pure tactical run through the game. It adds hours of gameplay to my purchase. And its neat to have a game that is actually a challenge for me! Usually I have to turn games onto their hardest settings, and I still don't find them very hard. To my surprise, here is a game I have trouble playing on normal! Its sort of nice, actually.

[akuthia]

like most are saying here, not at all. I havent done it yet, although i do end up restarting, especially on boss battles when i get wiped, but i enjoy it. even on normal, your friendly fire is only half damage. i might play on hard, if it wasnt so hard to get the AI to do what i want it to. i wish there was a way to customize default behaviors or something, give me a dropdown menu for each of the conditions and all the different options (something like :attacks back in melee range: yes/no/only if a melee weapon is equiped, chases after mobs when they run...etc etc) i need a set between defensive and cautious

[cipher86]

I'm on Normal ever since the game got ridiculously hard on hard (happened about 30 hours in), but Normal seems too easy. I wish there were more scaleable difficulties, or better yet, customizeable difficulty, so I could find that happy spot between Normal and Hard.

[AiyanaLindari]

In a single player game it makes no difference what level you play on. I have moods, so sometimes I want a tactical challenge and other times I just want to flow with the story and see what happens next. It's great we can adjust the difficulty on the fly and customize it to our own preferences.

[Dsentinel]

I put it on easy, and I still can't sleep with morrigan. WTF!?!? Is there anything easier than easy mode??

[Lord Badmagic]

Its personal choice, I'm just playing it on normal but if I get stuck or die alot I wont have a problem with changing to easy, likewise, in some areas I'd be happy to put it up a notch if I start to get overly powerful.

If people have a problem with you playing something on a lower difficulty setting that's precisely what it is, their problem.

[ParaB]

People who play the game on easy and enjoy it are FAR less irritating than the people wining on the forum how "pro" they are yet fail to manage the game on normal because it's "broke".

[Orlomm]

I play on Easy. It's not so much that Normal was too hard or anything, I just prefer to focus on my character and let the tactics take care of my party.

[PappaCube]

Ickabod27 wrote...

If you're having fun who cares. That is the beauty of it being a single player game.

And so what if I've used the toolset to add in a nuclear powered sword and a bow that lobs hand grenades.   Fun it is!!!  

I'm kidding, my bow doesn't lob hand grenades.   

[ninjaDance]

I'm playing on normal and starting to hate the game, which is a bad sign. The problem is, I started over once, switching from rogue to mage (my rogue had killed Wynne, among several other things that made the game unnecessarily difficult), and have gotten very close to what I suspect will be the end of the game (I'm nearing level 20). What bothers the ****** out of me, and it really is a matter of personal pride, is that I've beaten several difficult boss fights with sound tactics and, occasionally, perseverance and luck. I really don't want to take the difficulty down a notch now that I'm near the end, as it kind of invalidates my previous progress to me.



This is really a personal thing, though. There's no real logical reason to feel bad about it, except that it's a standard I set for myself, so I'd rather not give in and drop the ball this far in.



Having said that, there are a number of non-boss battles (usually with yellows) at this level where, as soon as I issue a command and the game is unpaused, two parties members die within seconds, due to things like AoE stuns and the like, and it's just not fun anymore. The enemies seem more and more 'cheap' and less and less challenging.



Long story short, next playthrough? I am going easy all the way, and it will be *fantastic*.

[PhantoMSouljaX]

Pyro_Monkey wrote...

I'm playing for the neat story, how the characters interact throughout the game, in combat and out, and how the conflicts are ultimately resolved. Having my entire party wiped out several times and being forced to reload every time I face a boss fight does not factor into that at all, so i play on easy. In my opinion, it's much more immersion breaking to be reloading all the time than it is to have enemies that are a bit weaker than they should be (and if you really want to get technical, while there is no friendly fire, my bow has no string, so technically I'm not shooting anything anyway).

All this thread is about people who really suck at video games and who are trying to make themselves feel better by telling eachother its ok to play on easy....dont call yourselves gamers,its pathetic.

[Hatem]

I play on normal and I rarely pause the game. In tactics menu I just made all my party members to cast all their spells in the order I want them to on the target I'm attacking since I play as tank. I have to admit its quite easy to play this way. Sometimes I pause when situation demands it like using a pot or running away from friendly fire but I believe you can modify it in tactics menu as well.

[Orlomm]

PhantoMSouljaX wrote...


All this thread is about people who really suck at video games and who are trying to make themselves feel better by telling eachother its ok to play on easy....dont call yourselves gamers,its pathetic.

And this is called the "angsty teenager."

Video games are for fun, they're a hobby.

[carlosjuero]

PhantoMSouljaX wrote...

Pyro_Monkey wrote...

I'm playing for the neat story, how the characters interact throughout the game, in combat and out, and how the conflicts are ultimately resolved. Having my entire party wiped out several times and being forced to reload every time I face a boss fight does not factor into that at all, so i play on easy. In my opinion, it's much more immersion breaking to be reloading all the time than it is to have enemies that are a bit weaker than they should be (and if you really want to get technical, while there is no friendly fire, my bow has no string, so technically I'm not shooting anything anyway).

All this thread is about people who really suck at video games and who are trying to make themselves feel better by telling eachother its ok to play on easy....dont call yourselves gamers,its pathetic.

Because obviously you are better than everyone else and your opinion is the only one that counts. You are the one the world revolves around. All should bow down to you.

1) Grow up.
2) Grow Up.
and
3) Get some perspective.

[Nrrrdking]

I seem to detect two issues here.



1. People are playing on consoles: This game (from a UI perspective ) is not well suited to console play. I suspect that console play was simply "tacked on" to appease the corporate masters looking for greater market reach. In the end it only makes the game harder because the UI is unfriendly with the 360 and PS3 controllers, not because of anything inherently difficult about the game.



2. Pride: If you're talking about the game to your buddies or at work and start discussing a particularly difficult battle and share notes and tactics, someone will eventually realize that you're playing on easy and there ARE social ramifications to that. Not saying that's right but it happens. There's a little less respect among the peeps if you roll over an uber encounter on easy mode. That is really an issue between you and those people though. There's no way that you're a bad person or dumb because you chose easy mode.



The main thing I do want to say here is that neither of these are an excuse for making Normal or Hard easier. I have been positively DROWNING in games these past few years that although interesting in concept and/or execution, are simply lacking in the challenge department. I understand the need to appeal to casual players but that is what easy mode is for. don't touch normal difficulty because some people don't want to admit to their friends that they can't beat the game on normal.

[Hardin4188]

I'm not afraid to admit that I play on easy. It's even hard for me sometimes. Does that mean I suck? Maybe, but it's no ones business but mine.

Modifié par Hardin4188, 11 novembre 2009 - 03:19 .

[Randir Nuithannen]

I drop to easy from time to time.



I use tactics, I pause in combat, but damn this game just throws some tough stuff at you from time to time -- and frankly after 3 attempts I say screw and concede to the fact that the game has outdone me.



My second full run through won't ever drop to easy though. This is my learning curve.