Whats your solo difficulty setting?

[Zatarra]

I learned the basics with a few gimped difficulty settings. I'm going to restart with something closer to normal, but probably not hardcore.
Just wondered what YOUR solo world difficulty settings are?

[bacon]

Originally posted by Zatarra:

Originally posted by MrΩ:

immersive+

x0.5 drops, no map, no portal, raid roll every 11 minutes at 66%, etc.

You sir, are INSANE.

raids are good in no map no portal. drops come to you.

[Faceplant]

Originally posted by bacon:

Originally posted by Zatarra:

You sir, are INSANE.

raids are good in no map no portal. drops come to you.

What drops? Maybe once or twice, very early game I cared about the drops from a raid, but that is extremely rare, at least for me.

Mostly I either have a field of sparklies that I have to clean up and then have to dump stuff that I will likely never use in a chest that I don't have enough of.

[knighttemplar1960]

For solo I use default.

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Originally posted by bacon:

raids are good in no map no portal. drops come to you.

What drops? Maybe once or twice, very early game I cared about the drops from a raid, but that is extremely rare, at least for me.

Mostly I either have a field of sparklies that I have to clean up and then have to dump stuff that I will likely never use in a chest that I don't have enough of.

After the first troll I completed and maxed the troll set without having to hunt any. The gold dropped by the trolls paid for the thunderstone for the obliterator that I used to dispose of the other surplus stuff that also saved me the time I usually waste chopping trees to feed the kiln. Win/win as far as I was concerned.

[6h0$t942]

Normal. Upping the difficulty just makes your armor pointless. Which is pleasurable for the masochistic i guess but i spent time getting the iron for the padded armor, ide like it to work against goblins.

[Zombits]

Very hard, with more raids and hardest combat ( raised diff on every playthrough ) . Default portal .

But , Most things will kill us in 1 or 2 hits in ashland. So , i load previous .old save instead of recovering tomb . My way of cheating and keeping it challenging

[Fester Addams]

Only problem In have had with standard settings is after I killed Hildirs plains duo boss, the following two raids were them two attacking.

It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fact that after luring the boss out of my base and killing it the raid was not officially over so the boss instantly respawned at my base.

When I got the same raid the very next raid I switched raids off to clear it.
Getting raided by a boss like that is ok I suppose but bosses should not respawn during the same raid if you kill them.

[bbyhighness]

I play on all normal settings. I have tried to play without the portal restrictions (being able to transport ore), but I realized I actually like having to haul them in the cart or in the boat and having to figure out the logistics of that.

[Ammikaameri]

Default settings except for casual death penalty. I've only died twice in the Ashlands so it hasn't really mattered and have been wondering if I should change it back to default. Changed to casual death penalty after my first death in Ashlands. Also changed portals to allow metals once I got the stone portals so I didn't have to redesign all my portalhuts to fit the large portal. Kinda regret doing this so maybe going to have to change the portal setting to default and redesign the huts.

I also have a separate world for farming some materials because I don't want to discover all of my main world to allow for any potential future updates to work. On that world I have combat as very hard so there is some potential price to pay when using that world. I allow world hopping from my mainbase to the mainbase on that world, not otherwise.

[electricdawn]

I started right after the Home and Hearth update and have been playing on default (it was the only setting available, back then) ever since.

Lately, since Mistlands, I have decided to put Mistlands on easy, and leave the rest of the world on default. I'm probably getting too old for Mistlands on default.

I also have started a world on hardcore, just for sh*ts and giggles. I'm still in the Meadows, and I've been playing rather rarely, but I will continue on it, and see, how far I can get.

[Blondie]

Originally posted by JP_Russell:

I always use casual death penalty because I don't like losing my armor on death and I don't like heavy skill loss on death. I haven't died in ages, anyway, but just in case.

I play on either normal or hard combat, and either 1x or 3x resources. Everything else I leave on default.

I actually also did this, and someone commented to me that "if you just prepare you won't die." Yes. I know. But it's just not even a punishment losing everything when dying, it's just annoying doing a naked run into a probably hostile place to get your stuff back. Keeping your gear at least gets you back into the game while still needing to get your items back that werent equiped.

[NZ.Zero]

Originally posted by Ringo:

for this game ive actually made my settings easier as i play the game more, which is the opposite of what i usually do.

Yeah me too.

My settings now are:
- combat normal
- death penalty casual
- resources x3
- raids normal
- portals normal

For me that keeps the essence of the game and keeps things well balanced whilst removing the grindy bits.

[COLD START DOCTRINE]

Originally posted by †KHETTI†:

Combat set to very hard, all other settings left at default normal. I use a lot of mods aswell.

Commendable that you mentioned usage of mods. I see a lot of players kinda brag about their world settings etc etc but they never mention that they have tons of mods on their disposal to make their gameplay 'comfortable' and also they play in a group. Mentioning solo/group and usage of mods/no mods should be very important before 'bragging'/announcing your difficulty settings.

[COLD START DOCTRINE]

Originally posted by Zatarra:

I learned the basics with a few gimped difficulty settings. I'm going to restart with something closer to normal, but probably not hardcore.
Just wondered what YOUR solo world difficulty settings are?

First time player, 100+ hrs, vanilla player (who never uses any mods), normal and default settings with only ore via portal world modifier settings.

[COLD START DOCTRINE]

Originally posted by MrΩ:

immersive+

x0.5 drops, no map, no portal, raid roll every 11 minutes at 66%, etc.

How many mods do you use?

[MrΩ]

Originally posted by YADAV HU - MULLO KA TATTA HU:

Originally posted by MrΩ:

immersive+

x0.5 drops, no map, no portal, raid roll every 11 minutes at 66%, etc.

How many mods do you use?

zero.

This is the provided [immersive+] difficulty mode (very probably untested and unbalanced).
A difficulty mode should not be provided if not properly tested and balanced in runs from start to finish, same for modifiers which are clearly against now core gameplay elements... it seems portals are mandadory now, due to ashlands entry/exit gameplay, then the no-portal modifier should be removed, and I have doubts on the no-map modifier since the merchants are basically RNG without a map.