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Challenge Difficulty is set to Master instead of Adventurer upon first start after Update 50
Maxxermax
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Hi, has anyone else noticed that after launching the game for the first time following Update 50, the challenge difficulty is set to "Master" instead of "Adventurer"?
You can't switch directly from "Master" to "Adventurer" right away, either; you have to select a different difficulty level first - like "Vestige" or "Seasoned" - before you can switch to "Adventurer."
You can't switch directly from "Master" to "Adventurer" right away, either; you have to select a different difficulty level first - like "Vestige" or "Seasoned" - before you can switch to "Adventurer."
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Indeed, dude! I hadn't even noticed at first—just that my health doesn't last as long anymore.0
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Oh ***, yeah, you're right.
I was wondering why I couldn't take those giants down right away like I usually do.
Shouldn't it start on "Adventurer" difficulty, since that's been the standard so far?
It was also annoying that you couldn't change the setting right away.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Mine was defaulted to Adventurer. I was watching a stream where someone said it was set to Master by default, but that was not the case for me. I don't know if it's relevant, but I don't use any add-ons.
I changed it to Seasoned and tried a delve in Alik'r but couldn't tell much difference. Then I tried a world boss (Wily Kee'vah in Northern Elsweyr) and got killed pretty quickly.
I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!0 -
I play on PC with AddOns. So, I can't check this anymore, because it only appears the first time.0
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I play on my Tablet via GeforceNow, which is technically without AddOns. But I don't know, maybe that matters?0
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Maxxermax✭✭✭MasterBruslie wrote: »I play on PC with AddOns. So, I can't check this anymore, because it only appears the first time.
Same! I also have AddOns on. I logged to the NA server. I could check this by moving the AddOns Folder and logg in the EU Server.
BTW Wasn't the experience bar displayed to show progress whenever you gained experience—for example, after killing an enemy?
That doesn't seem to be happening for me anymore.Edited by Maxxermax on June 9, 2026 9:08AM0 -
Zerodeeps✭✭✭Not only is it set to Master… you have to change it on every alt, individually. Dunno who’s bright idea that was…
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Maxxermax✭✭✭SeaGtGruff wrote: »Mine was defaulted to Adventurer. I was watching a stream where someone said it was set to Master by default, but that was not the case for me. I don't know if it's relevant, but I don't use any add-ons.
I changed it to Seasoned and tried a delve in Alik'r but couldn't tell much difference. Then I tried a world boss (Wily Kee'vah in Northern Elsweyr) and got killed pretty quickly.
I checked on EU Server without AddOns (emptied the folder completely) but it also launch with difficulty "Master".0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭SeaGtGruff wrote: »Mine was defaulted to Adventurer. I was watching a stream where someone said it was set to Master by default, but that was not the case for me. I don't know if it's relevant, but I don't use any add-ons.
I changed it to Seasoned and tried a delve in Alik'r but couldn't tell much difference. Then I tried a world boss (Wily Kee'vah in Northern Elsweyr) and got killed pretty quickly.
On PS NA, it came up as Master on all characters originally because I could see the setting at the bottom left corner of my screen during the loading screen for each one in Riften. I did not know how to change the setting on the first character (I looked in Options and didn’t know it was on the character screen) but when I logged back in with her again it had reset to Adventurer.
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Maxxermax✭✭✭Not only is it set to Master… you have to change it on every alt, individually. Dunno who’s bright idea that was…
(PC NA and use addons)
That, however, wasn't the case for me. If I set the difficulty to "Adventurer" for one character, it was set that way for all the other characters as well.
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Not only is it set to Master… you have to change it on every alt, individually. Dunno who’s bright idea that was…
(PC NA and use addons)
That, however, wasn't the case for me. If I set the difficulty to "Adventurer" for one character, it was set that way for all the other characters as well.
Not for me either.0 -
Not only is it set to Master… you have to change it on every alt, individually. Dunno who’s bright idea that was…
(PC NA and use addons)
That, however, wasn't the case for me. If I set the difficulty to "Adventurer" for one character, it was set that way for all the other characters as well.
I only had to make changes for one character, too.0