Are auric missions really different?

[tools guy-kun]

Say an auric mission is Strike - Hi-Intensity Shocktroop Gauntlet.

The regular mission board is also hosting the same exact mission type and modifiers. Both are the same difficulty.

Is there an actual difference between auric and regular missions other than auric missions having harder modifiers 24/7? Like are the enemies stronger, etc?

[Cosmophase]

You have to be level 30 to even have access to Auric missions, that is the difference. Regular missions will rotate much lower difficulty missions and maybe have one hi intensity shock trooper every 5 hours. Auric is rotating hi shock troop 24/7 while giving a t5 maelstrom everytime. Regular maelstrom can range from t3-t5. If you ever see a low level in an Auric, its because if they join a party with a level 30, that level 30 can que them into an Auric mission.

[Calv]

Auric missions usually have more modifiers on them than the standard ones.

If they somehow have the same modifiers, then I would expect the mission to run pretty much the same whether it is auric or not.

[The_Gay_Agenda]

Originally posted by tools guy-kun:

Is there an actual difference between auric and regular missions other than auric missions having harder modifiers 24/7? Like are the enemies stronger, etc?

Auric missions are guaranteed to have the "Hi Intensity" modifier and will never have the "Low Intensity" modifier. They are also more likely to have multiple modifiers together.

Normal missions can also be "Hi Intensity" but can also have the "Low Intensity" modifier. They less often have multiple modifiers together.

Auric missions were added because once upon a time the mission board only hosted 3-4 T4-T5 missions at a time. Those missions often had no modifiers or were Low Intensity so people who had reached "end game" and wanted a challenge had nothing to play. It was common for people to log off for long periods of time because map rotation was stuck on easy mode.

[tools guy-kun]

Thank you, everyone.

[Who trains thy hands for war?]

Auric is just high intensity, all of the time

Usually they will also be Shock Troop. Sometimes dogs, lights out, ventilation fog, etc

[EnStorEn]

Sniper gauntlet with low visibility is literally impossible for most players, so yeah lol