We have normal.
We have veteran.
Then we only have veteran hard mode at the end.
This makes little to no sense.
Why not instead, in veteran we had an option to make it normal-veteran or hard-mode from the start? And at that, it should be a choice with all players agreeing, not some guy who zergs the scroll/banner/whatever activation then forcing the hard mode until the dungeon group whips out on the attempt.
This would provide a few things:
- Cohesion for the challenge of the dungeon
- Choice for the entire group for the hard content
- A distinct way to challenge players throughout the dungeon, not just the last boss that just gets like 2 extra mechanics and more health
- A way to to really 'earn your stripes' for some of these dungeons
- A way to refresh the base-game dungeons
"I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose."– Stephen King