difficulty scaling for solo players is insane

[scotty]

game is impossible to play at the higher difficulties as a solo.

[Supernautilus]

Does this game even have scaling? I don't think it does. I think higher difficulties are just meant for groups. There is only so far you can get solo.

[Neru]

because there's no scaling
and this isn't solo game
end of story
more cope seethe plz

[Solvem Probler]

It's not a solo game.

[Nihil]

Originally posted by scotty:

game is impossible to play at the higher difficulties as a solo.

There is no difficulty scaling. It never was in Helldivers 1 neither.

The scaling is the difficulty level. Every difficulty level has it's own fixed enemy density and difficulty. And the higher you go the more relying are you on more people. Lower difficulties can be done solo easily. If you want to do higher/harder missions, get some friends or go with randoms.

[Edible Eyebrows]

Solo players need to nudge the difficulty down a notch or two. I also strongly advise a stealth approach, you can avoid patrols with careful planning.

you can also lose hordes with clever use of smoke and EMS.

[scotty]

guess solos just have to stick with lower ♥♥♥♥ until devs fix their mess they call matchmaking

[UnreasonablySaucyConcrete]

At least this game has some form of solo play with progression even if you can't play the higher difficulties. I've been hoping and praying for Darktide to add solo play outside of a mod that disables progression and even though it's been promised it hasn't been added and Fatshark is radio silent on the issue.

[Felix]

There is a bit of scaling going on. Bug breaches spawn less bugs when solo.
Patrol intensity and pre-placed bug spawns feel about the same with 4 players and when solo

[WastingSanity]

You can play it solo, it is just rough and you really don't have enough time to do everything.

[HomongUS]

Challenging is the best I've finished as a solo. Yeah, the game is meant to be played with party not solo. Which is why they should even fix the match making as priority.

[Vanta]

It's possible to do higher difficulties but you have to stealth. Don't expect to cover enough ground to get samples.

[Darksurgeon]

it kinda sucks being forced to group at higher difficulties for rare materials. Maybe they can one day give solo players some options.

[illuser]

The game isn't meant to be played solo.

[Ratch]

So you're saying a co-op game is harder when you aren't cooperating with others. I'm stumped.

[Darksurgeon]

Originally posted by illuser:

The game isn't meant to be played solo.

Doesn't mean they can't make some adjustments to make the game more solo friendly. No one likes getting air bombed by retarded players.