Good difficulty to start on?

[Holyblades]

I usually play most games on the hardest difficulty if possible unless it gets extremely stupid like very spongy enemies. How is the hardest mode in this game?

[zop]

Enemies not spongy on expert. They do hurt and one shot often, gotta master the parry and dodge mechanics. You can change difficulty anytime tho so just try

[Ancalagon]

It seems pretty balanced imo. You may encounter high level bosses too early that you will need to come back for because they have millions of health and you won't make a dent in their health bar. The parry/dodge windows are the same as expedition, but the enemy's deal more damage so if you make a dodge/parry mistake most of your health bar will be gone.

[Holyblades]

Oh that's good to know. Just curious, are there any trophies locked behind expert?

[Funera]

Originally posted by Holyblades:

Oh that's good to know. Just curious, are there any trophies locked behind expert?

no

[Raylox]

I played the "normal" difficulty at first (I believe it's called expeditioner) and personally, it was difficult enough for a very long time. Later on I switched to Expert (late Act I or early Act II) and really enjoyed it. Encounters felt challenging but not frustrating, obviously some being pretty easy and some giving you a very clear signal to come back another day.

[BootyHunter]

I definitely don't recommend expert unless you're really good at hitting dodges and parries. Easy or Expeditioner for sure. I still found Expeditioner challenging personally. They always keep throwing new enemies with new attacks at you so it's not easy to constantly dodge/parry.

[The22nd]

Expert is pretty bad. The artificial difficulty is pumped up to the max and you have to trial and error even trash mob fights until you get the pattern down, and then it's practically like playing on easy anyways.

[C1REX]

The game feels most difficult in the first 10h and slowly getting easier.
It also depends how you invest into stats. Lots of people invest into damage early not checking that it does nothing at that point while few level into VIT can take you from 150HP to 1050HP making the game 700% easier.

If you check some YT guides for OP builds you will be able to one shot anything so you can trivialise the game even on hard.

There is no achievement or anything attached to difficulty and can be changed at any time. I personally play on normal and still have a good time but I kill bosses on my first try in mid game with VIT+DEF build. I do 9999 damage anyway on each hit.