originally posted in:The Beautiful Bastards
I disagree with the levels numbers because of the statement that they think some groups would beat normal mode the first week. But the hard mode of the raid will be another story. Don't want to try to search for link, believe it was eurogamer.
If what I read is correct it would more like the raid is level 25 to level 27. Then hard mode would go from 27 to 30.
That is how I see it anyway. We'll see when we get there.
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Ya that is def a bold guess on my part but I do think that Hardmode will be level 30 only. This is that post I think your referring to well its where I know it from got it from one of Dattos videos... http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=123373556&postcount=1085
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It's not where I got it from but it's definitely quote on from what I read. I would agree if it went from 30 to 32. The issue I got with this is our current knowledge of Damage vs Level as told in Datto's Weapon Damage vs Impact video. If Datto's information is accurate then fighting anything that is 2 levels higher then you can be risky depending on raid mechanics. I believe it was if enemies 3 levels higher supposedly you would do 40% less damage to them. I think 30% damage reduce for 2 levels is rough enough but doable enough. So they think people can beat normal in a week and assuming you don't get tons of gear, just enough to maybe get one level. That is why I think Normal ends at level 27. I think 40% damage reduction from level 25 to 28 might be too much, especially if there is enrage timers. But my theory is totally going off of data that could be inaccurate.
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Its a good insight and you may be right. But the reason that I think that it will be 28 is purely from the idea that I think that hardmodes will be level 30 only. So I have to assume that normal is working you to it and 27 to 30 is to much of a gap for that. Maybe they will let us know at PAX.
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I am also assume hard mode the level won't be the only issue but the encounters will change a little and there will be "modifiers" that will make the raid harder. I saw this with story mode if you played both regular level and the 2 level higher modified level. There were usually more enemies and some of them strategically placed to surprise you. I do agree with what you say as well, it's highly possible.