Hard vs very hard in 2.0

[Buurt]

I only played very hard before 2.0 and I liked that you can easily die but still being a badass at the end on the game.
With very hard after 2.0 I have to say its often the same but its also often that I even with a good min max build I have to do like 5+ headshots on max lvl while getting one shot.

I tried hard after that again and I have to say hard now feels like very hard before, you can have fun with your builds but not too much min max and still dying pretty quick.
Thinking about going only hard on my next playthrough.

Anyone else who also did go down from very hard to hard after 2.0 just because its more fun gameplay wise

[ingus76]

Yes, I found that currently Hard is very comfortable for me. I are powerfull, but still can die if catch huge gonks team.

[Tokenn]

I had to drop from V Hard to Hard to get past a certain boss early in Phantom Liberty. I suspect CDPR may have cranked up V hard in the expansion just to keep us challenged and humble.

[Luigibora]

game seems very easy for me even even on very hard, when you peek in and out of cover, the cooldown system makes it even more easyer, never need to worry about running out of heals or granades because they are precticly unlimited.

[Bjørn]

I've only recently started playing on very hard for the first time, after playing on hard for a long time.

I mainly use stealth and quickhacks, and the most noticeable difference is that I can no longer simply use a single Overheat on normal enemies, but have to use 2, or preferably some combo, which is nice. Also seems to be more 2- and 3-bar (skull) enemies in normal encounters.

Not done boss fights yet, but a few Cyberpsychos, and I also notice I loose much more health if they hit me now, so I really have to rely on health items and quick regen perks, sprinting to hide and such.

But I will see how long I keep playing on that difficulty when I read this. I normally like to play casual and relaxed in games, and start on easy difficulty (also in this game), but found I like the game and gotten good at it, I like the quickhacks mechanics and the 'challenge' of using combos, so it's one of the few games I've played above normal difficulty

Btw, I'm also using a mod that enables me to level past 60, so I'm currectly lvl 66 (I've set the max limit to 79 so I can max out all attribute trees). This might mess up the balancing, unless the game also scales the enemies accordingly, which I hope.

[🥤ʑ ɨ ł 🌊 ✡🔯☪ bȍgъdȃrъ 👌]

Very hard is for meta builds. If youre not maximizing your V than youre going to have a very hard time, heh. Very hard is where dreams turn into nightmares.