Different Difficulties?

[BackdireinEis]

How many difficulties are there?

Under "gameplay" I can choose normal and easy.

Aren`t there anymore 3 difficulties like in BL1 + 2?

What difference is there between normal and easy?

[Haloarbiter117]

bl1 and 2 never had difficulties, they had playtrough difficulties wich are still a thing in bl3

[SLAIN]

Originally posted by Haloarbiter117:

bl1 and 2 never had difficulties, they had playtrough difficulties wich are still a thing in bl3

/facepalm ^ not the brightest box of rocks

[BackdireinEis]

That didn`t answer my questions, sorry. In Bl3 you can choose easy and normal from the start. What effect does that choice have?

[Master Blaster]

you will have to fimd someone that has done both or look up settings...ive only done normal and then when allowed switched to Mayhem 4, i never did 1,2 or 3 or those, you can check the settings of those in the menu and see the modifiers for each mayhem mode

[Ant Ra]

The whole concept of easy to hard means getting stronger the opponent. They get more and more resistance to all factors and hit better, harder and more accurate - including onehit kills against the player.

This goes from easy with malus for opponents to mayham mode with strong bonuses for opponents and significant malus for players.

Currently there are 4 levels above normal difficulty. Soon there will be five. Hm, I think the April update will introduce that..


But you have to finish the story first to set other difficulty levels

[BackdireinEis]

Originally posted by Ant Ra:

But you have to finish the story first to set other difficulty levels

Right from the beginning you can choose between easy and normal. I don`t think, that this is meant the playthrough difficutly.

[Sazzouu]

Originally posted by BackdireinEis:

That didn`t answer my questions, sorry. In Bl3 you can choose easy and normal from the start. What effect does that choice have?

It is completely explained in the infobox for each of them... just read it

[BackdireinEis]

Originally posted by BeatZ:

Originally posted by BackdireinEis:

That didn`t answer my questions, sorry. In Bl3 you can choose easy and normal from the start. What effect does that choice have?

It is completely explained in the infobox for each of them... just read it

You are not right. It says: "Only personal difficulty is affected by this option" <-- and in what way? Infobox tell simply nothing of interest.

[Nite69]

in BL3 you only have easy and normal at the start, once ya finish the story you will have TVHM unlocked, and you can enable Mayhem Mode in sanctuary

mayhem mode if set to the highest level is just as hard as UVHM in BL2 was

[The Met4l God]

Originally posted by Ant Ra:

The whole concept of easy to hard means getting stronger the opponent. They get more and more resistance to all factors and hit better, harder and more accurate - including onehit kills against the player.

This goes from easy with malus for opponents to mayham mode with strong bonuses for opponents and significant malus for players.

Currently there are 4 levels above normal difficulty. Soon there will be five. Hm, I think the April update will introduce that..


But you have to finish the story first to set other difficulty levels

...Like when you find One Punch

[Ant Ra]

Originally posted by The American Dream:

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...Like when you find One Punch

Not only this MF... But yes, this *%!§& (hatefull speech) tunnel lurker is a heavy pain in the a.s.s if you have a solo run.

[mupheminsani]

this game is not hard untill you unlock mayhem mode and you gotta beat the main quest line to unlock it

[K1]

OP, i suggest u edit the forum topic by removing everything except the core question or your gonna get a lot of repeat answers.

havent played on both difficulties, but i suspect the AI will be more forgiving in the easy mode, like enemies miss more shots, they deal less damage or have less health.

[Verios44]

Ok, nobody seems to have done an in depth answer, so here is one for you.

Easy mode - enemy level scaling is slower

Normal mode - normal settings, enemies scale at a faster rate forcing you to level up, do more side objectives, etc

Enemy scaling in nromal/easy mode is tied to the region you are in. The starter zones have the lowest level enemies while end game zones have the highest.

Either way normal or easy you should be in the lv 30 range by the time your at the final boss.
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After beating the main story you unlock two options. TVHM which essencially is new game+ and mayhem mode.

TVHM is the “true” difficulty for Borderlands games. The difficulty scales with your player level. So if your lvl 35 then all enemies no matter location will be your level or higher. Also all loot will be your level.

The current lvl cap is 53.

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Mayhem mode is a set of modifiers that adds debuffs and buffs to the game. The list of what can be applied is extensive and includes things like weapon damage debuffs and buffs, enemy buffs/debuffs, and more. Modifiers are random and change every time you load the game.

Besides that mayhem adds bomuses like rarity chance and each mayhem tier you go the better these bonuses are.

- Mayhem 1 adds two modifiers
- Mayhem 2 adds three modifiers
- Mayhem 3 adds four modifiers
- Mayhem 4 adds five modifiers

[alex010300]

There are two modes, normal and the sissy mode. I took normal because I like the Challenge.