Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Beta Change Difficulty Names and add purpose.

I hate playing on easy mode. I, however, love to play on casual mode. I'm a casual player.
I'm also a player that has a ridiculous pride... a pride that makes me feel bad about selecting "easy".

I propose changing the difficulty names to:

Casual - -25% Enemy Health
Casual allows players to focus more on social interaction skills, role playing elements, exploration and mystery solving.

Heroic - Standard
Heroic is the unmodified heroes experience.

True Grit -25% Player Health, -2 Bodybuilding, -2 Willpower, -5 Attitude.
True Grit allows the player to play a more realistic and gritty campaign. Warning: Exceptionally difficult.

I hate playing on easy mode. I, however, love to play on casual mode. I'm a casual player.
I'm also a player that has a ridiculous pride... a pride that makes me feel bad about selecting "easy".

I propose changing the difficulty names to:

Casual - -25% Enemy Health
Casual allows players to focus more on social interaction skills, role playing elements, exploration and mystery solving.

Heroic - Standard
Heroic is the unmodified heroes experience.

True Grit -25% Player Health, -2 Bodybuilding, -2 Willpower, -5 Attitude.
True Grit allows the player to play a more realistic and gritty campaign. Warning: Exceptionally difficult.

heya no one knows for sure what the diff difficulties will offer. Right now the most accurate information was given by Stabbey in another post. I am not sure if you have any interest in the tool kit coming with the game, but with that kit you could just change normal mode to lower enemy health.

Edit. Adding in the link to info

http://www.larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=499678#Post499678

Correct. I feel cheesy and stupid playing "easy" mode and never will.

Give me a casual mode though? And I'll have all kinds of fun with it.

I think you missed his point, Ellary, which really has nothing to do with wondering what the various difficulty modes actually do (he is actually giving examples). His actual point is regarding the terms used to describe each mode.

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Mr. C, "Easy", "Normal", and "Hard" have been pretty standard for the last 25+ years. My personal opinion is that changing them would cause confusion. While I understand where you're coming from, I also tend to see more people getting offended by the term "casual", which is (unfortunately) often used in a derogatory manner.

Anyway, just my opinion.

oh Gyson even here..even here. lets play. I did not miss his point. You chose not to read. I clearly gave how to modify the game to his liking without having to play on Casual (easy). Most likely can even copy settings from one and apply it to another in the tool kit. Meaning if you prefer Casual Mode (easy) but want it to be Heroic (Normal) could simply swap them.

One of the best things about divinity original sin is the toolkit. Players have the power.

Ultimately if you are not sure you wish to touch the creation tools. am quite sure more then a few on these forums would be glad to help tweak the game for you. ^_^

Correct. I feel cheesy and stupid playing "easy" mode and never will.

Give me a casual mode though? And I'll have all kinds of fun with it.

So you are saying that if easy was just renamed "casual", then you would have no problems playing it then?

You don't think that stupid?

funny part is you actually think you are cleaver and or annoying me. So keep trying. Did I claim to have the toolkit? newp~ has it been stated that players can modify almost every part of the game. Yep. *applauds* can't wait for your second attempt Gyson. Least I try and offer answers rather then complain about things.

Anyway as for innocent criticism that isn't something you do. you constantly try and point out how people are to stupid or how they miss points. When the point was explained clearly.

Sometimes this kind of problem can be alleviated with tooltips. For example, suppose the label is "Easy" or "Beginner". When you mouse the label a tooltip can pop up that states "Choose this option if you're new to this type of game, or if you prefer a more casual gameplay experience."

Would that help? Because, really, I wouldn't mind having tooltips on those buttons, particularly ones that gives details on what the selected difficulty level actually does. Better than alt-tabbing to Google and doing a search on "Divinity Original Sin difficulty setting".


No, you just (once again) completely overreacted to a simple statement that didn't have any meaning other than to advise you that you may have misunderstood the original posters request - in case you actually had any interest in offering new, more relevant, advice. If you chose to look at it differently than that, that's on you, and I suggest you work on being less insecure.

Worse, you intentionally misled the original poster by telling him that he could alter the behavior of a difficulty mode by using the toolkit, when you actually have zero idea or proof as to whether or not that will even be possible. Don't present speculation as fact.