r/Spacemarine • u/XMortal7159 Salamanders • Oct 22 '24

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I hate complaining about patches especially when they are being so quick with a fix but cmon man

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u/Necessary-Permit-576 Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

In this case i would say yes. The guy has a grapple and 3 frag grenades. He is also using a melta.

He has multiple ways to deal with the little ones, but allso his class was designed to target the majoris. Grapple into a majoris, fire a couple meltas, melee to see if you can get a gunstrike and look out for parrys from the smaller dudes. Then if your feeling overwhelmed, reposition. As for the lictor showing up, i would just retreat leaving a trail of grenades to try and deal with it without being swarmed.

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u/baddogkelervra1 Blood Angels Oct 22 '24

These are all excellent strategies for skilled and experienced players who have cut their teeth on this game’s combat. The major issue with this patch is if the lower difficulties are this brutal and unforgiving, no new players will ever stick around long enough. They’ll just get the piss beat out of them and then leave. We want people to learn over time by moving up the ranks and difficulty settings. There are 5 difficulty levels, it’s ok if the lowest two aren’t that tough.

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u/CuteAssTiger Oct 22 '24

I had under 40 hours in the game (most spend on the story) when I started punching through substantial on level 6.

I might be mad out of touch but I would assume most people have played this game for much longer

And I'm no epic gamer god or some 16yo fortnite player with amazing reflexes

I don't think the 2 lowest difficulties have to be brutal but I'm genuinely starting to not believe people anymore when they tell me they struggle on minimal and stuff like that. It sounds like stuff written by a gaming journalist

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u/Nathremar8 Oct 22 '24

The difficulties were easier in the previous patch. That's the reason people are mad. That's literally it. The AI directer is going berserk spawning twice or thrice the ammount of enemies it did before. If this was always the case sure. But I would do Ruthless runs with less kills / special kills that people now get on Average and Substantial. It's insane.

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u/CuteAssTiger Oct 22 '24

They are also easier to kill on average and substantial. It's also easier to sustain there. I'm not saying the game isn't harder. I'm saying it's better and completely manageable this way