How do you play hard mode

[Eldrin]

Like i went straight into hard mode because i like games like gothic 1,2. Risen and dark souls.

That are desigend to be difficult. But hard more here is, sit back with a bow shoot dealing no damage or go melee with daggers and get one shot by anything that so much as scraches you?

Like my pawns pretty much slaughter everything while i just sit back with a bow doing no damage. If i go close isntant death.

I mean even a fcking bat just "drive by owed me "

[myarmor]

lol.. I guess hard mode tend to do that to you.. (pawns are unaffected by hard mode)

Everything does double damage to you in hard mode, including bats.

[Blanc]

Loot logs, find cedar branches and ask Reynard to upgrade your bow. Aim to the head. Enemies won't level up like you do, also you'll gain some skills, new vocations and augments, so gameplay will become more interesting. Still, hard mode is sort of survival mode.

[Huggles the Cat]

Drive by Bats are the worst. XD

If you're using a bow you should be at close range. The bow does far less damage when at medium range and practically no damage at long range (you'll need a long bow for actual ranged physical combat).

When it comes to fighting on hard mode, if you're doing it up close the only way to live is to "get gud" with the games mechanics. To specify what to focus on in order to get gud (god i hate that saying but it's the only true defonition here) you should learn to read most enemie attacks. You then will need to learn to use each classes skills and evasive manuvers to their fullest (things like timed dodge rolls, masterfull kill, and exodus slash) to evade and/or counter enemie actions. You'll want to not spam sprint in combat untill you get a reasonable amount of stamina (1,000+) otherwise you'll find yourself runing out of breath as you run away from an incoming attack just after you've used a skill or two. You'll also not want to spam skills (i'm sure you knew that already). Just like in a real fight (in a dojo or dark souls or whatever good fighting game) you'll want to learn to mix-up you skills, basic attacks, and extended core attacks. This is what I like to refer to as "comboing" in this game and learning to use it with you chosen vocation along with playing footies (fighting game term; let me know if you aren't familiur with it) with multiple enemies is what hard mode melee is all about. It's very intense even in mid game and will keep your interest invested quite well once you learn to use it well. Then comes the fun part of using it all to its fullest in BBI.

[Paradox]

I posted this in a separate thread:

"The Warrior's Bastion augment - use it. On hard, especially at your current level, it is a game changer when it comes to survivability against physical attacks. The same goes for Awareness and magickal damage."

[D1rty Sanchez]

Hardmode is counterproductive because it also boosts your xp & gold gained.

Besides, unlike Dark Souls, the difficulty is kinda pointless because
1. You can save whenever you want, death is no danger
2. Instaheal curatives

[devilkingx2]

i have no idea how to sucessfully play hard mode from level 1 but i know it's possible

i suggest playing as a character that can stay far away from the enemies and always have 3 pawns with you, eventually you'll become strong enough to compete once your armor is high enough level

[H4NS]

Originally posted by D1rty Sanchez:

1. You can save whenever you want, death is no danger

You can't save during battle or Bosses.

[D1rty Sanchez]

Originally posted by H4NS:

You can't save during battle or Bosses.

Ah mate I was referring to actually saving your game, as opposed to games like Dark Souls where death forces you to respawn with penalties.

So dying in DDDA essentially pushes you back in time 5 minutes (load game), other than a minor inconvenience, it is a uncomparable to actually putting something on the line every time you go into battle.

[H4NS]

Originally posted by D1rty Sanchez:

Originally posted by H4NS:

You can't save during battle or Bosses.

Ah mate I was referring to actually saving your game, as opposed to games like Dark Souls where death forces you to respawn with penalties.

So dying in DDDA essentially pushes you back in time 5 minutes (load game), other than a minor inconvenience, it is a uncomparable to actually putting something on the line every time you go into battle.

And you can easily pick up your souls off the ground, or farm more.

You are overrating Dark Souls games.

[Dauntless]

Hard mode ends up being easier than normal, so enjoy it while it lasts.

[Huggles the Cat]

Originally posted by Dauntless216:

Hard mode ends up being easier than normal, so enjoy it while it lasts.

not really. On hard you still can't skill spam at high levels, you also still have to be careful of your health since you are still being hit hard enough at by moms of hobgoblins at high level that you'll need to check your health while in normal mode you'd wonder if they even did damage. Or maybe this is just me not careing about wearing the best gear and going with what looks the best.

[Dauntless]

You can spam skills as long as you have a bit of stamina left, and there's nothing stopping you from loading your pack mules with 999 curatives and replenishing every few hours. It's not like you have to worry about money on hard mode.

And unless an enemy can 1-shot you, then it doesn't matter if you get hit. You can pause and heal whenever you want. I died only once in 60 hours to some mage's maelstorm. The only thing I noticed at high levels is the rapid exp and money gain.

[Dex]

Originally posted by Dauntless216:

Hard mode ends up being easier than normal, so enjoy it while it lasts.

easier? How does that work?

[D1rty Sanchez]

Originally posted by Dex:

Originally posted by Dauntless216:

Hard mode ends up being easier than normal, so enjoy it while it lasts.

easier? How does that work?

You get bonus xp and stuff on hard mode, it's retarded

[JRCosta]

Originally posted by Dex:

Originally posted by Dauntless216:

Hard mode ends up being easier than normal, so enjoy it while it lasts.

easier? How does that work?

High level character/pawn (>100) with some good BBI gear and two hired pawns can go on Hard Mode easily, just get a couple of wakestones in case you mess up some fight. You'll have more work looting than fighting