Honor mode isn’t hard?

[Iron Reaper]

I’m about to do the final fight in act 2 and so far I haven’t struggled with anything. I’m by no means a dnd expert since I’ve never played any until this game and I’m only on my 3rd play through (didn’t finish the second even).. so idk , what’s your experiences?

Fwiw I’m running a throw barbarian, evo wizard, life cleric, and melee dual wielder. I built a stacked party for sure but I did it because I expected it to be quite tough lol

[Recjawjind]

Not even that strong of a party and still smoking honour
Yeah, lines up perfectly with my experience, though my parties tend to be far more minmaxed.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Meat Cannon:

Honor mode isn’t hard?
I’m about to do the final fight in act 2 and so far I haven’t struggled with anything. I’m by no means a dnd expert since I’ve never played any until this game and I’m only on my 3rd play through (didn’t finish the second even).. so idk , what’s your experiences?

Fwiw I’m running a throw barbarian, evo wizard, life cleric, and melee dual wielder. I built a stacked party for sure but I did it because I expected it to be quite tough lol

It is harder than tactician but it is by no means "too hard" or "much harder" especially if you know what you are doing. Most players, from what I have read, died because they underestimated Honour Mode by relying on their knowledge from tactician or normal mode just to be surprised by changed encounters.

But if you know what you are doing it usually means "tactician was so easy, that honour mode will not be hard" by the end of the day.

[Dizzy Ladybug]

I struggled with Grym and the Gith patrol, but Act 2 was very easy. I'm in Act 3 now and have finished Carrion and Ethel.

I have the feeling that enemies don't scale well after level 6. Their health and damage aren't impressive.

[Iron Reaper]

The hardest boss so far was when i sent nettie’s headband to camp before i opened the door, which soft locked me. Had to do a manual save scum so i didn’t have to start over. I’ve since been backing up my save daily just in case, ♥♥♥♥ that

[Trolleur_Durden]

My experience was having Shadowheart miss a 95% hit with the gnoll leader's flail during a challenging encounter, go mad and shove my MC into a chasm.

[Iron Reaper]

Lmfao

[nod for kiss]

Originally posted by dizzy ladybug:

I struggled with Grym and the Gith patrol, but Act 2 was very easy. I'm in Act 3 now and have finished Carrion and Ethel.

I have the feeling that enemies don't scale well after level 6. Their health and damage aren't impressive.

%100 agreed. some act1 encounters are really hard but after level 5/6, every fight becomes super easy if ur party is decent

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Meat Cannon:

The hardest boss so far was when i sent nettie’s headband to camp before i opened the door, which soft locked me. Had to do a manual save scum so i didn’t have to start over. I’ve since been backing up my save daily just in case, ♥♥♥♥ that

The players are always the hardest boss in any campaign. DM's can't imagine a greater threat.

[Kaisha]

It's unbalanced... whether or not you find it hard depends on which side of that you fall on.

Honor mode just made everything bad about combat worse. Basically every fight comes down to 'delete the boss'. The legendary actions didn't change anything in 90% of the fights, but rather made it even more imperative you follow the 'insta-delete' meta.

[justfaded]

This is a game for the masses, not a niche game. If you want a challenging turn based rpg, check out battle brothers and games like that.

[guard65]

Well dah, It could not be hard or no one would be able to finish a run. You have to crank up the game a lot more than pansy mode to get hardcore. However hardcore difficulty level you could not run an Honor mode because you will die in one out of three fights.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

It has to do with Larian's fundamental game design philosophy - they are 'permissive' and like to hand everything to the players on a silver platter.

No amount of stat bloat can fix that.

[Iron Reaper]

The whole point of it was supposed to be that it was difficult lol

[Iron Reaper]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Loveless:

It has to do with Larian's fundamental game design philosophy - they are 'permissive' and like to hand everything to the players on a silver platter.

No amount of stat bloat can fix that.

Gotcha, never played a larian game before this

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

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