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[Stardusk78]

I think if you like the story and don't like combat and/or shooters, Casual is fine but why have anything inbetween Insanity and Casual. Either or, right? Insanity makes the game rewarding...

[RedCaesar97]

I am not a good player. For each Mass Effect game, I play on Normal first to play through the story and get used to the mechanics. Then I bump up the difficulty on each subsequent playthrough to ease myself into the harder difficulties. Right now, I only play on the Insanity difficulty for each ME2 playthrough, with the exception of my one Hardcore run with an Engineer.

ME1 is a little different. I start on Veteran until I level up my character enough (anywhere between level 25-30), then I bump it up to Hardcore, then I usually finish on Insanity difficulty by the end of the game.

[Kronner]

This is such a weird question. Of course there is a point. Different players, different tastes.

That's like asking if there is any point in having neutral choices..why not just have Paragon and Renegade, right? ...

[Leeroi]

Lol, I played on Normal the first time just so I could experience the story. Then bumped up to Insanity to experience the combat.

[termokanden]

Stardusk78 wrote...

I think if you like the story and don't like combat and/or shooters, Casual is fine but why have anything inbetween Insanity and Casual. Either or, right? Insanity makes the game rewarding...

Is this a serious question? Not everyone is at the same skill level, and some people PREFER to play below their skill level. The different options are there so you can find one that suits you.

[Stardusk78]

Kronner wrote...

This is such a weird question. Of course there is a point. Different players, different tastes.

That's like asking if there is any point in having neutral choices..why not just have Paragon and Renegade, right? ...

You only play on Insanity though...

[Kronner]

Stardusk78 wrote...

Kronner wrote...

This is such a weird question. Of course there is a point. Different players, different tastes.

That's like asking if there is any point in having neutral choices..why not just have Paragon and Renegade, right? ...

You only play on Insanity though...

Well yeah, but I understand why there are different difficulty settings.

[Stardusk78]

Kronner wrote...

Stardusk78 wrote...

Kronner wrote...

This is such a weird question. Of course there is a point. Different players, different tastes.

That's like asking if there is any point in having neutral choices..why not just have Paragon and Renegade, right? ...

You only play on Insanity though...

Well yeah, but I understand why there are different difficulty settings.

Sure I understand...but imagine playing on Normal...as an Adept for example....probably so OP it's beyond comprehension!

[Bozorgmehr]

I rather have more settings and options to adjust difficulty, not less.

The option to toggle defenses on and off (HC and Insanity) would silence most "biotics are gimped on Insanity" crowd - they can feel great and powerful for playing on Insanity whilst still being a biotic god, others, who don't have issues with using guns and squadmates, can play with the defense system in place. (DA FF system is a good example too, why NM only?)

A truly perfect difficulty system would have an insane amount of different settings to enable anyone to play the game the way they like it best. Only two settings (very easy and very hard) is not a good idea.

[termokanden]

Saphra Deden wrote...

I usually play on Veteran. Hardcore and Insanity can be satisfying, but sometimes I find them a bit immersion breaking. Primarily when I encounter armor or shields/barriers on enemies that shouldn't have them. It just feels out of place.

This is the reason I always start out on Normal in games and move to other difficulties later. If regular enemies are unnaturally tough, it completely breaks immersion.

[Bozorgmehr]

Saphra Deden wrote...

I usually play on Veteran. Hardcore and Insanity can be satisfying, but sometimes I find them a bit immersion breaking. Primarily when I encounter armor or shields/barriers on enemies that shouldn't have them. It just feels out of place.

Shepard and his/her squadies have shields - why should enemies not have them? That doesn't make sense.

I like the added protection system, but I wouldn't mind having an option to turn it off without changing AI behavior and damage output = best of both worlds.

[lazuli]

I'll never forget my normal Adept run. It was like cheating.

[Mykel54]

I hate how above veteran most powers (specially biotics) are useless, as you have to strip the barriers. Now despite that, i now always play on hardcore. I tried insanity but it was just too much min/max for my tastes (sometimes you enjoy a certain setup) and i hate the penalties that the player gets. Veteran ended up being too easy for me, as well as unrealistic (having most enemies without protections at all is very silly, when all your squad has some shield or barrier, feels unfair).

So in the end i decided to stick with hardcore, i can´t use the powers as freely as i did in ME1, but at least it is relatively easy to strip down the defenses and use the powers later. I find it challenging but not absurdly so, and i don´t have to worry about min/maxing or finding the best powers and spamming them.

[Kronner]

Insanity is not much harder than Hardcore. Biotics are not gimped at all, and you do not have to min/max. Actually there are so many good builds and powers and weapons, that everyone will find their favourite.

[termokanden]

Bozorgmehr wrote...

Saphra Deden wrote...

I usually play on Veteran. Hardcore and Insanity can be satisfying, but sometimes I find them a bit immersion breaking. Primarily when I encounter armor or shields/barriers on enemies that shouldn't have them. It just feels out of place.

Shepard and his/her squadies have shields - why should enemies not have them? That doesn't make sense.

I like the added protection system, but I wouldn't mind having an option to turn it off without changing AI behavior and damage output = best of both worlds.

That doesn't bother me. But for immersion, I don't like it when the average Eclipse merc is tougher than cyborg superhero Shepard. It's not so bad in ME2. I found this really bad in Gears though, where I got so sick of having to shoot everything a billion times that I just ran around trying to chainsaw everything to death.

[RGFrog]

I typically only play Insanity. Sometimes, though, I want to just have fun with biotics and try out different combinations. That's when I drop down to veteran and goof around with the combos.

Often this has revealed some great moves that I'd not think of during an Insanity play.

Then I return to Insanity and try the new combos out. It requires more planning, a little more time, and I have to be deliberate about what I'm doing and what I'm ordering my squad to do. But when it works out, the biotic combos tend to be a bit more satisfying.

[AVPen]

Mykel54 wrote...

I hate how above veteran most powers (specially biotics) are useless, as you have to strip the barriers. Now despite that, i now always play on hardcore. I tried insanity but it was just too much min/max for my tastes (sometimes you enjoy a certain setup) and i hate the penalties that the player gets. Veteran ended up being too easy for me, as well as unrealistic (having most enemies without protections at all is very silly, when all your squad has some shield or barrier, feels unfair).

So in the end i decided to stick with hardcore, i can´t use the powers as freely as i did in ME1, but at least it is relatively easy to strip down the defenses and use the powers later. I find it challenging but not absurdly so, and i don´t have to worry about min/maxing or finding the best powers and spamming them.

Pretty much what I do as well - Hardcore is plenty challenging and fun to play through with the new enemy protections without the game becoming too difficult. I rather hated going though my one Insanity playthough, which I found to be incredibly tedious and time-consuming (seems like your weapons do a mere fraction of the damage and even regular enemies can take for-ev-er to go down).

[AntenDS]

I think I go Hardcore since i like having fun with the game. My bro-in-law who has beat each game separately 4+ times can't beat it on Insane so I never really tried.

[Aumata]

I play insanity for the story. Don't see reason why I shouldn't do both, plus it forces me to learn a class play style that suits me. So far I have beaten the game on insanity as an Adept and Vanguard.

[Kronner]

Aumata wrote...

I play insanity for the story. Don't see reason why I shouldn't do both, plus it forces me to learn a class play style that suits me.

Agreed.

[Barhador]

I'm just hoping for customizable difficulty for ME3. I don't like the fact that you need to empty clip after clip on the same enemy on Insanity. I'd rather have high damage vs. enemies, but you can die just as easily if you don't take care.