Do we need a hardmode considering the side effects it might have?

RichPowers

RichPowers

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

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01 Mar 2007 at 06:33 - 41
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Originally Posted by darktyco
I hope you don't have to have Protector to enable Hard-Mode...

I only usually get Protector on the first character I run through a campaign, it would be drudgery to have to get the title on all of them just to try some of the hard missions under different roles.
Perhaps you only need to earn Protector with one character and then all subsequent level 20 characters have access? Seems fair to me.

And any so-called Hard Mode that features nothing but maxed out monsters would be lame. Hopefully Hard Mode areas (preexisting missions or new) encourage new strategies and don't cater to cookie-cutter builds.

Dione Davore

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

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01 Mar 2007 at 06:38 - 42
This is just my own brainstorming.
Questions at myself and ofcourse answering them myself
You don't have to like it... I like sarcasm

Why do people whine about the Skillhunter title?
It's not maxable yet. And people want more maxed titles without doing something for it. It would be easier to max it temporary... like they now do with the "Protector" titles...

How does Anet respond to whining?
They devide it into three titles that adds +3 to your PKM.
But remove 3 titles and add Hardmode. Offcourse completing Hardmode will take longer than collecting those Elite skills. Elona can be done in 1 afternoon and Cantha doesn't take much longer than that.
Offcourse they don't add Hardmode to populate older area's again since I don't expect anyone to take a lvl 10 along in a Hardmode mission.
Offcourse most will heroway it anyway.

So when will this hardmode be there?
At exactly the same time when they change the skillhunter title, I think

placebo overdose

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

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01 Mar 2007 at 06:39 - 43
what i wanna see is the elite drops in ascalon areas ^_^
max tirbal axe and ascalon razor are gonna be piamp

unienaule

unienaule

I dunt even get "Retired"

Join Date: Aug 2005

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01 Mar 2007 at 06:49 - 44
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Originally Posted by Zinger314
I can gurantee with 99% certainty that "Hard Mode" will just have mobs with about 22 or so points in each attribute. And nothing more, really.

Anything else would take too much effort to program.
We're still waiting for the "guaranteed" DoA nerf. Joe Namath, you are not.

This thread is pure speculation, and as such, flames about stuff that doesn't exist yet are rather pointless. Closing time, and this end should hopefully not lead to a new beginning, at least until we have even a hint as to what hard mode is.