Most Commonly Played Difficulty Level

[Sandy Claws]

Hey guys, out of curiosity which difficulty levels (e.g ultra violence, nightmare .etc) are chosen the most to be play the game (base game, master level, ancient god) on?

[Kleerex]

Hurt Me Plenty would be the most played one in base game, I'm Too Young To Die for DLC. There are only a handful of people playing at higher difficulties.

[[RKB]Il Saggio]

UV for first try, then Nightmare. I find Ultra-Nightmare and Nightmare extra life mode too challenging, but UV too easy after first playthrough.

[E3kHatena]

Hurt Me Plenty seems pretty well designed to be the game's "Medium" difficulty. Ultra-violence is designed more for people who have played prior Dooms (especially Doom 2016) and Nightmare is more or less designed to be the hardest the game has to offer.

[[RKB]Il Saggio]

HMP is great for first try, that's how I completed Doom 2016 first.

[Sandy Claws]

hey guys, thanks for all the replies and advice, however i play mainly on nightmare difficulty. I was curious to see what were the most commonly played on dificulties. Truth be told i thought most doom players would chose nightmare or ultra nightmare as their main difficulty.

[pr0xy]

I started with UV for the first play through and will kick it up a notch or two for the second. I just feel like getting all the masteries done etc will ease the pain a bit for the hardest difficulties

[Cuzzmotion]

Nightmare always, since launch, i never change that

[Nix-Man]

I personally haven't played it on anything lower than Nightmare. Pain is the ultimate purifier in Eternal. Once you master the combat loop, it becomes incredibly satisfying to dunk on everything that was a headache up to that point.

[Hundinger]

I started on UV and was struggling so much that I toned it down to HMP. Then I had like two more playthroughs on UV and then dared to go to Nightmare. Stopped using extra lives after maybe two playthroughs and got better and better. Now I can even imagine the once impossible: Beating it on UN. We will see. This game still has a few years and so do I, I hope.

I never was big on shooters. This and its predecessor are the first ones that motivate me to improve. This is an endless journey because there is always room for improvement even if you beat it on UN I suppose. I love it.

[bobbie424242]

Completed recently and for the first time the campaign and DLC at HMP. Now I think I could complete the campaign at UV or maybe nightmare, but I do not think I would for the DLC as HMP pushed me really hard.

[Hundinger]

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Completed recently and for the first time the campaign and DLC at HMP. Now I think I could complete the campaign at UV or maybe nightmare, but I do not think I would for the DLC as HMP pushed me really hard.

Not right away maybe, but give it time. I think the question is, if you are prepared to put much time into this one game. If you do, everything's possible. If not, no problem, you don't need to beat it on Nightmare, just play the way you like.

[UNBREAKABLE]

Game feels too easy on anything below nightmare.

[Grampire]

My first 10 hours were on UV, after that's it's all Nightmare with a smattering of UN attempts.

[HappyCrasher]

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Hey guys, out of curiosity which difficulty levels (e.g ultra violence, nightmare .etc) are chosen the most to be play the game (base game, master level, ancient god) on?

I only play on nightmare, but id say most people who want a challenge play ultra violence and the rest play on hurt me plenty

[MUD]

Tried going in on UV but I was fumbling over all the new stuff and dialed it down to HMP for the first run.
Eventually played through UV a month or two later.
Finally tore through Nightmare last week.
As with 2016, I acquired a preference for Nightmare. UV ends up feeling too easy after that.

Currently I'm going through Ancient Gods on UV to get a feel for the levels. It's a good challenge but I'm already itching to try Nightmare. Absolutely love the Blood Swamps.