Legendary Actions Without Honor Mode?

[tactics55]

If I missed this then my apologies. However, I wanted to know if there is any way to have Monsters have Legendary Actions without playing honor mode? I did not see this option. I want the harder monsters but am not good enough (or patient enough) to want to Ironman this game yet. Hopefully this is or will be an option.

[Maraxus]

If you fail an honor mode you get the option to continue, you will still only have one save file(but you can load from it as many times as you want) but bosses will keep their legendary actions, it's somewhat of a compromise for now I guess.

[A Disembodied Intelligence]

I THINK starting a custom campaign with all the difficulty sliders on max gives the enemies their Legendary Actions and treats it like an Honour Mode playthrough but you get to do multiple saves and stuff.

I've only seen this said in forums though, never tried it myself so I could be mistaken.

[taznkid]

Originally posted by A Disembodied Intelligence:

I THINK starting a custom campaign with all the difficulty sliders on max gives the enemies their Legendary Actions and treats it like an Honour Mode playthrough but you get to do multiple saves and stuff.

I've only seen this said in forums though, never tried it myself so I could be mistaken.

Unless something changed while I was in my last playthrough, it does not. Maximum difficulty settings are only up to Tactician level, no Legendary Actions. Ngl, I was stressed as f**k during my Honor run at times, but going back to Tactician after Honor...definitely felt more bland. Personally, I would love something like Honor difficulty but with the +2 bonus for enemies removed (bosses still get their Legendary Resistance stuff).

[FunkyMonkey]

Originally posted by taznkid:

Originally posted by A Disembodied Intelligence:

I THINK starting a custom campaign with all the difficulty sliders on max gives the enemies their Legendary Actions and treats it like an Honour Mode playthrough but you get to do multiple saves and stuff.

I've only seen this said in forums though, never tried it myself so I could be mistaken.

Unless something changed while I was in my last playthrough, it does not. Maximum difficulty settings are only up to Tactician level, no Legendary Actions. Ngl, I was stressed as f**k during my Honor run at times, but going back to Tactician after Honor...definitely felt more bland. Personally, I would love something like Honor difficulty but with the +2 bonus for enemies removed (bosses still get their Legendary Resistance stuff).

This is such a bummer. I would love if they at some point added sliders for difficulty like in Pathfinder games. I hate when the AI gets those flat bonuses to stats but I would really like for bosses to have Legendary reactions and be more intelligent in general.

[Zeel Ara]

It's weird to me that they added custom difficulty but excluded the options that actually makes honor mode interesting. I'd love a custom difficulty setting for the action economy fixes that you only get in honor mode. It would be cool to be able to use haste and haste potions without completely breaking the game.

[OnlyOffensive]

Originally posted by Ratley:

It's weird to me that they added custom difficulty but excluded the options that actually makes honor mode interesting. I'd love a custom difficulty setting for the action economy fixes that you only get in honor mode. It would be cool to be able to use haste and haste potions without completely breaking the game.

Then play honor mode, at worst you will continue without achievment or whatever. Alot of bosses were also buffed to prevent OTK su its even more fun now ;)

I think they only keep them in honor mode, so people dont "learn" fights by reloading, alot of fights really intresting when going blind

[tactics55]

Originally posted by Maraxus:

If you fail an honor mode you get the option to continue, you will still only have one save file(but you can load from it as many times as you want) but bosses will keep their legendary actions, it's somewhat of a compromise for now I guess.

Thank You, I didn't realize this. I thought it would drop the difficulty down if you did this. There are fixes in Honor mode that I want to play with (such as nerfing the haste a little bit); that are surprisingly not present in the other difficulties.

[Titan Eidolon]

I will say, I was very hesitant about going into honor mode, but I finally decided to jump in and it's not as bad as I thought it'd be. Just have to lean a bit more into CC spells

[Maraxus]

Originally posted by tactics55:

Originally posted by Maraxus:

If you fail an honor mode you get the option to continue, you will still only have one save file(but you can load from it as many times as you want) but bosses will keep their legendary actions, it's somewhat of a compromise for now I guess.

Thank You, I didn't realize this. I thought it would drop the difficulty down if you did this. There are fixes in Honor mode that I want to play with (such as nerfing the haste a little bit); that are surprisingly not present in the other difficulties.

Yep, you still have one save but you can retry as many times as you want want, and it might result in exploring new and unexpected content in the game. :)