DLC Dungeon Difficulty

ForTheEmpire

I played some dlc dungeons on normal difficulty and felt they are much harder than other normal dungeons throughout the game.
Are they actually harder or the team was weak?

MLGProPlayer

They are tougher than base game dungeons. That is by design. Although the new DLC dungeons (Horns of the Reach and Dragon Bones) are supposed to have an easier normal mode but tougher vet mode.

Betsararie

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

They are tougher than base game dungeons. That is by design. Although the new DLC dungeons (Horns of the Reach and Dragon Bones) are supposed to have an easier normal mode but tougher vet mode.

What do you feel of dungeon difficulty? Is it adequate?

aaisoaho

DLC dungeons are meant to be harder than base game dungeons. Hardest non-dlc dungeons are City of Ash 2 and Crypt of Hearts 2. Of course with a good team, every single dungeon on normal is a faceroll.

Betsararie

aaisoaho wrote: »

DLC dungeons are meant to be harder than base game dungeons. Hardest non-dlc dungeons are City of Ash 2 and Crypt of Hearts 2. Of course with a good team, every single dungeon on normal is a faceroll.

Crypt of Hearts 2 no.

Chaos2088

I think the general idea/knowledge is that the DLC's are slightly harder in normal mode than the base game ones.

Plus they are longer........*yawn*...

Betsararie

Chaos2088 wrote: »

I think the general idea/knowledge is that the DLC's are slightly harder in normal mode than the base game ones.

Plus they are longer........*yawn*...

DLCs are harder but sadly. They are not that much harder it's all in your head.

zaria

Blanco wrote: »

Chaos2088 wrote: »

I think the general idea/knowledge is that the DLC's are slightly harder in normal mode than the base game ones.

Plus they are longer........*yawn*...

DLCs are harder but sadly. They are not that much harder it's all in your head.

I find the normal dlc a bit harder than the easiest vet ones like coa1, wayrest 1 or fungal 1.
Yes its probably in part because overall weaker players in normal.

Dungeons goes up in difficulty in general, this repeat on veteran. Some outliers like vBC1 but otherwise pretty constant.

Betsararie

zaria wrote: »

Blanco wrote: »

Chaos2088 wrote: »

I think the general idea/knowledge is that the DLC's are slightly harder in normal mode than the base game ones.

Plus they are longer........*yawn*...

DLCs are harder but sadly. They are not that much harder it's all in your head.

I find the normal dlc a bit harder than the easiest vet ones like coa1, wayrest 1 or fungal 1.
Yes its probably in part because overall weaker players in normal.

Dungeons goes up in difficulty in general, this repeat on veteran. Some outliers like vBC1 but otherwise pretty constant.

Good.

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Tasear

They require more teamwork and responsibilities of each member bto fufill there role. It's good ethics to say you are new to such dungeons so someone can explain some of approach or plan of action.

You may find these dungeons very frustrating, but the feelings of success the first time is the greatest reward. Also gear tends be quite nice. So what am saying is could of been both reasons, but by design these are meant to be harder.

MerlinPendragon

There are more mechanics in DLC dungeons. They aren't blind DPS runs like most non-DLC dungeons are in Normal.

Sparr0w

Easiest dungeons are the ones marked 1 (e.g. Wayrest 1)

Then it's the un numbered non-dlc dungeons (e.g. Selenes)

Then it's the ones marked with a 2 (e.g. Wayrest 2)

Then it's the DLC dungeons (e.g. Scalecaller)

In reality the differences are really only health and mechanics, granted some bosses do hit harder and there's '1 shot' mechanics but when you know what to look out for all are relatively easy with awareness and decent DPS.

DuskMarine

the dlc dungeons are the challenge veterans need cause base game ones litterally its like the enemies arent doing anything their that weak even on vet.

MrSensible

I'm willing to bet a lot of the "der her, it's not dat hard" crowd are looking at it through their 750 CP gold gear lenses.

Yeah, the game can be pretty much be 100% soloed (except trials) with max CP and the right gear. But the Vet DLC dungeons are significantly harder when you're 160CP wearing purples. And yes, compared to the base game dungeons, they are significantly harder than those as well.

It's really hard to say HOW much more difficult, because of the way scaling works and the fact that you can go back to these dungeons at max CP and face roll them. But I would say they are at least twice as difficult. My friends and I 3-manned Mazzatun normal at <100 CP, and it took us roughly 5 hours. A lot of this was figuring out the fights and wiping (we don't use guides), but a large portion of that was the fact that many enemies are damage sponges.

josiahva

normal DLC dungeons really aren't that hard...harder than normal non-DLC dungeons, but still easily finished by any level of player. I know this because I finished them ALL on lowbie alts that I didnt assign any CP to...ran them without much issue with other level 15-20 players, though its true that I knew the mechanics beforehand and was able to explain them to those who didnt know