Let's address this head on. In your first reply, include your age, general yearly income, and job - as my hypothesis is that this is mainly a function of that.
I'll start: 38, $75k, 40 hours a week taking claims for Social Security. I'm also working on getting a PhD in political ideology.
Now, I get the idea of the game being balanced and difficult for a vanilla playthrough at the normal difficulty level - but I've seen so damn many people claiming that if a player is allowed to do this - or that - that it breaks game balance. If this were a multiplayer game where other players doing things that are highly rewarding for them and it was at your expense - such as with a sports game where players will abuse exploits to beat you every time - it would make perfect sense to me. However, when we are all playing single player, why should it bother you if I can mug some noble to get a quick 10,000 gold or steal some magic item that gives a character all 20 stats? If I can save before doing something and grind out a good result, it might not be realistic, but how does it bother you if you don't do it? Why are you obsessed with everyone else playing the game the exact same way you are playing it?
For me, life is a daily grind and I've been playing it at nightmare difficulty for 20 years. I play games as a form of escape from that daily grind and if I'm not playing some MMORPG I am likely to cheat like crazy. It gives a level of control over my temporary reality that I am denied in my daily life - I'm more interested in exploring a game than having any extreme challenge. I don't need frustration added into my life - I've got plenty and all the health problems that come with chronic stress.
So why are people so deadset on everyone else having to experience the same difficulty you enjoy?
Whatever side you are on, post those basics so we can see if there is a pattern.
I have a relative and this relative is highly educated and smart that did get robbed with identity theft thousands of euro. I do not have my age puplically anywhere including my CV! I often get asked by employers my age in recuiting process though and then I can answer but I do not put publically my age anywhere and if I need to use a "proxy" age I will do it lol. Well of course my goverment and tax office knows my age.
Now I do IT support and I am landlord. People often think it is no fuss being landlord quite the contrary now one of my apartments will need a new renter from 1st Mars 2021 forward and I do not like to meet people on COVID 19 time at all. By the way most of my work I do remotely from home we take COVID 19 seriously in my country.
Now before someone get wild ideas I am millionaire as teaser I will not tell my income, but I am not millionaire (1000 000 million euro as net wealth) and my net wealth is that I would be what I consider Upper Middle Class in net wealth (google Upper Middle Class net wealth).
Little social experiment and you are PRO for rob some noble? I rub it in then.
I do not care a shit about leftist movement in real life and quite the opposite political party. Please keep in mind that my country is clearly less capitalistic then USA and I do feel pity for the really poor in USA. We really do not have homeless people in my country though some extreme drug addict might have it harsh.
Now about the game.
I believe many players want fixed things like exploits or broken things. The Game is in Normal mode at Early Access. I am sure they will include an Easy difficulty level for you.As for me no I do not need some Nightmare permadeath difficulty level, but perhaps I would try that. Game is in normal challenge level.
I think I want to play at what is closest to Pen and Paper perhaps one difficulty level above Normal.Well as from what standpoint we are coming from? Well some of use like me are real Pen and Paper roleplay players that have played Dungeons and Dragons (I have played Pen and Paper Dungeons and Dragons) or have played many computer games including Baldurs Gate 1 and 2.
What I look for is some kind of experience that is close to real Pen and Paper Dungeons Dragons experience. Well and some of us are perhaps GURU at Dungeons Dragons gaming and like challenge. What I look forward is one difficulty level above Normal that does not have permadeath.
