What hazard level do you play and why?

[BONES]

Thinking back, we all started with the low haz levels and progressed further as we gained more confidence, understanding, OCs and overall game experience and knowledge. I ask this question because, I used to only do haz4 and one day with a friend, decided to try out haz5.

Oh boy, was it an amazing transition, it felt more exhilarating having x-amount of MORE bugs coming at you and truly gave that impression of "you're harvesting/stealing from an alien planet for their resources and such, what did you expect??".

From only doing haz5 I've met some amazing players, made more friends and see a lot of the same faces, and it makes me wonder, where the majority of the player-base lies as I've been told mostly haz 3-4.

Figured I'd ask here and see what people have to say. R&S miners.

[OhHeyItsKayleigh]

4 I can handle.... but any higher and im dead weight lol

[Mage Hand, Wizard Brand]

there's more people playing on average Hazard 1-3 than 4-5. I personally play all of the hazards for varying reasons.

[M00NCH1LD]

solo i play H4 and I do every ME with any warning(s) as a personnal rule
Duo (with my Greybeard friend) or with a good group i go H5 and Edd

[ShockedHearts]

mostly 4 sometimes 5. 1-3 feel like baby mode imo even with a fresh character. hardly any threats at all. 4 feels like a standard difficulty. and 5 is like a hard mode.

when i first started playing with my friends we all started at haz 3 and I just quickly adjusted to haz 4 as my norm. the game is really really easy imo.

[Doomy]

4 or 5 it depends on my mood. But yeah 5 is amazing when you get bored with 4

[Ifeanyi]

Set my browser to 4 and 5, I play whichever's closer

[Soren]

Hazard 4 with the rare H5 or H3 depending on the situation/modifiers. H3 is generally too easy. H5 isn't usually worth the payout or rewards for the extra time and effort it takes to do it over H4.

Sometimes you can get really bad luck with missions. Whether that be bad map generation, unlucky timing with environment hazards, or whatever else. You can take that bad luck in strides on H4 and usually overcome it with a bosco revive or two. On H5 solo that bad luck usually means a restart has to happen.

[Scuzz MB]

Originally posted by Ifeanyi:

Set my browser to 4 and 5, I play whichever's closer

Pretty much. I played Haz 2 for couple days, played Haz 3 until it got too easy, played Haz 4 until it got too easy, play Haz 5 normally and drop to Haz 4 if nothing's on the board I want running in Haz 5 and don't want to host myself. I just love playing the game. Often I can't even tell if I'm playing Haz 4 or 5 if I don't pay attention in mission selection.

Everyone should play what they're comfortable with. Most of the playerbase is at 3 and 4. If you're a casual player and want to stick there, there's no shame in that and you're not missing anything except a slightly slower progression...not a huge gap there. I was quite comfortable not bumping Haz levels until I felt I was ready.

[Faebio]

I only play hazard 5, but if I need to do some assignment missions and I am in a hurry I won't mind joining a hazard 3 or 4.

Hazard 5 is most fun imo.

[Paul.]

I usually host Haz4 and just enjoy helping greenbeards when they join.

[Vandal Savant]

4 is my comfort zone. Easy enough to get by in most PUGs without being a snore, with a "reasonable" risk of failure to keep it exciting.

I like 5 for class builds I'm comfortable/"useful" with, like neurotoxin AC gunner, but other more gimmicky builds like my scout's "sniper" build with M1K's supercooled chamber OC I stick to just 4.

[♥ Beepy ♥]

3-5 depending on my mood.

[S'all good, man]

Generally stick to hazard 4. I find this to be enjoyable. Only done haz 5 for the achievements. Also playing with randoms this is just less stressful.

[Carnatux]

Somehow I'm completely garbage and can handle 2 easily but 3 tends to get very bad at times for me and I'm not sure why.....maybe being a gunner is my issue

[Frisky]

I play haz 4, I've got enough experience with the game to do haz 5 but I find haz 5 more annoying than fun due to stuff like really fast moving bugs and increased friendly fire

haz 4 is just challenging enough for pubs to be an enjoyment but not so challenging I get overly frustrated, a nice casual and perfect pubbing experience imo