How is the multiplayer difficulty scaling calculated?

[GIJeff]

I’m just curious how the difficulty is increased when you are playing co-op. I like a real challenge and tend not to do anything that makes games easier.

Played co-op with a buddy for a few hours and we absolutely tore through the map. Neither of us went down at any point even to bosses. He was a few levels above me, but we were both about the right level for the area we were in.

However, I’m seeing posts of people having the exact opposite experience and so I am confused. How does co-op affect the game difficulty specifically?

[GetUrAssToMars]

Couch coop seemed to be much much easier than say a 2 player online party. Atleast in my experience.

But yah noticed something enough to notice.

[sportakus1]

I dont think level differences between party members matters, as enemy level is same for the zone you are in.

If I remember, I had a tip during load screen the enemy health is scaled the more people are with you, and from what I seen me and someone else, the enemy hp is probably 1.25x - 1.5x increase from enemy health during solo, just my guess.

Not sure if its scaled further the same way or even more when there is more people.

[jc3310]

It's too much. As a fresh HC player, with no previous gear, going from 1 player, and 1-2 shotting all mobs, to just a duo, results in both of us going OOM every pack. We are doing HC, and boss fights are brutally slow, which make death almost certain with all the one shot mechanics.

I noticed it when we played SC first. In a party of 4, Draven was a super tank, and we wiped like 5 times. We split up and each fought him Solo, he died in 1-2 minutes. Same with all the other bosses. We would party up until we got to the boss fights, then split, and all go solo the boss, and then come back. The difficulty scaling is too much.

Don't know why people are saying party play is easier. The mobs health gets ramped up way too much.

[Drake]

party play is only easier if your builds have synergies, otherwise you're going to have a hard time. Bosses have something like +100% hp per additional players.