shooting the first 3 lamps in starting area increases difficulty?

[RTBear]

I feel like when i do this it randomly makes the game harder, such as more monster spawns, some monsters have ghosts, some red rings appear and make explosions bigger or something? Is it just a coincidence?

[Oragepoilu]

... are you playing on nightmare ?

[RTBear]

don't even know what that is, i don't think so

[TEDAX]

wow i have to try that, it could be even random by error.

[Aristocratic Cthulhu]

If explosions get bigger then someone is under the effects of berserkium. Also, what do you mean with some monsters have ghosts?

[RTBear]

Originally posted by Aristocratic Cthulhu:

Also, what do you mean with some mosnters have ghosts?

they had little ghosts floating next to them and im pretty sure the ghosts shot spells at me

[MechanicalRaven]

Originally posted by RTBear:

Originally posted by Aristocratic Cthulhu:

Also, what do you mean with some mosnters have ghosts?

they had little ghosts floating next to them and im pretty sure the ghosts shot spells at me

I noticed this also, but I did not shoot any stalactite.

I believe it was part of biome randomization.

There were graves spawning in the level, and many monsters had the "Tiny Ghost" sprite, behaving as the spell, defending the monsters with Spark Bolt.

I died fairly quickly on that run (everything was indeed a bit harder) and have not seen it since.

I imagine it is a fairly rare biome modifier, and the stalactite shooting is confirmation bias.