Survivor difficulty is unplayable

[Vayne]

Too hard wtf....this is not easy

[Imnuktam]

Originally posted by Vayne:

Too hard wtf....this is not easy

Master dodge, it will change everything. Watch some you tube vids and learn the tips/tricks and make sure you are using two classes that go well together, decent weapons and taking your time instead of rushing.

Game is meant to be hard and it could use an easy mode for people that find it too challenging, but I doubt that its coming. I remember beating the dreamer in the first one and seeing that only 35% of the people that bought it ever beat him so 2/3 of the people that bought it gave up, probably on xyllis.

Once you get the right build going and all the tricks down you will find survivor gets pretty trivially easy. Try handler with medic until you can unlock summoner to go with it and life will be much easier with that dog tanking for you and reviving you when you needed. By the black cat ring off reggie too for an instant revive.

[Littleman R]

This account is simply a troll, they're not looking for anything other than clown points

[Archer]

Don't upgrade your weapons !!

When the game feels too easy - I upgrade weapons that I dont use just to increase the difficulty xD (you cant change difficulty mid - campagin)

[MrLuckless]

Survivor is misleading. It's the base difficulty, Normal in the previous title. It's by far the most forgiving of the bunch and allows for a lot of mistakes, there's only a few exceptions at Survivor that can one-shot you. Best I can tell you is that if you're having a hard time at the start, try a different archetype.

The starting gear arguably matters more at the beginning then the class itself. Hunter is actually pretty new player friendly as he's basically "man with gun" in a game largely about shooting things. A bolt-action rifle and a repeater pistol can carry you far in Remnant.

[Rychek4]

Originally posted by Mononymouse:

Originally posted by Rychek4:

The only thing that's even slightly tough without leveling weapons is Annihilation, since he has a minimum level of 14. Even Venom is pretty easy. I'm on my second campaign and my power level (with one level 10 archetype and one level 6, zero weapon levels) is 6. I can just face tank most things.

While that is fair, understand that many folks are not up to the same skill level.
They will never be capable of the same skill level, so giving them every advantage is the best method to ensure they are able to experience and enjoy what they are interested in.

There are limits of course, its best to help those with difficulties as best as you can without judgement.

This is really the only tip I can give, that would give them a massive boost, without spoilers or a walkthrough.

There may have been a miscommunication, it's not a skill issue, if you never level weapons but do level archetypes you will break the scaling in a sense. It's not skill that I can facetank bosses.

[Plasma Wizard]

Originally posted by IronCobra:

git gud

Standing at the edge of the shallow pool and making fun of non swimmers to make yourself feel like a Navy Seal sure is a way through life too

[Lanceps]

You are probably just starting out, so there are multiple factors that are at play when you are calling this game easy. Early game you have no traits, no skills, you might not like the weapons, you probably don't have any armor, no rings, no amulets, no good mods if you chose the healing one, and you are literally learning the game.

You are at rock bottom right now, it will get easier (for the most part), you will get better.
If you think that's not enough you could coop with a friend and you'll enjoy it more even if it's still difficult.

[Benjamin]

After playing for a while it's gotten somewhat easier (not just because I'm stronger, but because I've got much better at dodging and reacting to the way the game works), but I agree that the initial difficulty seems way too high.

[Cardie]

nice

[Zoser [ESP]]

Originally posted by FEAR:

It's not even hard? It's basically easy mode for newbies who are new to souls like games.

survivor mode is normal game, not easy. Veteran mode is hard mode.

[IssacWolves]

It's not even a struggle until you get to a few bosses in which case you just learn the fight like everyone else. Adds are easy to deal with no matter the difficulty unless it's N'erud at which point you should just cry if you havnt got a ranged weapon.

[Plasma Wizard]

Originally posted by IssacWolves:

It's not even a struggle until you get to a few bosses in which case you just learn the fight like everyone else. Adds are easy to deal with no matter the difficulty unless it's N'erud at which point you should just cry if you havnt got a ranged weapon.

I don't think that Yaesha areas with 95% bio drones and 5% teleporting Archers are any better

Even as "Remnant from the Ashes" veteran, I have no problem to understand if someone struggles in their first 10 hours on "survivor"

[J.A.R.R.E.L.L.O]

I wasn't sure if levelling stuff would ♥♥♥♥ up my friends games when we played coop so I just kept all my weapons at +5 max, power level evened out at 14 once I got all my archetypes and traits levelled. I played on veteran and going back to quick match on survivor the health bars and damage are noticeably smaller. Get the ring that increases iframes and make that one of your permanent rings is really my only advice, if you are playing coop beware that even a slight bit of lag on someones part can throw off the dodge timing by like 2 whole seconds.