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summerloud
Profile Joined March 2010
Austria1201 Posts
September 27 2010 20:37 GMT
#21
its not that brutal is too easy it just that the branching mission system and upgrades ruin the difficulty level

if you want it harder just do it without research/pgrades
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
September 27 2010 20:42 GMT
#22
You want a challenge? Do 1v3 insane ai Post 1.1 patch. That's brutal x 10 imo. (and yes, I did complete Brutal campaign).
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
Tonyoh
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
France218 Posts
September 29 2010 13:32 GMT
#23
insane cpu is now quite better against proxy photon that's quite true :/
Hopefully I've got this achievement before ^^
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liquid-Jinro/174837579208018?ref=ts
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
September 29 2010 14:23 GMT
#24
OP, Supernova is not difficult. That level is easily beatable with pure marine + medic. There are several levels more difficult than supernova.
Even All-in isnt that difficult if you know how to properly play it.

I would like to see a harder difficulty for the expansions. Some of the levels should be kept the same, but many of the levels should be made more difficult. As someone else mentioned, I wouldnt want engine of destruction to be any more difficult.
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
12110 Posts
September 29 2010 14:27 GMT
#25
The hardest map on brutal took 3 tries for me, I could perhaps have won on the second one but choose to restart.

So I voted it needs to be harder. 3 tries is what I would expect on the second hardest difficulty.
xinxy
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada116 Posts
September 29 2010 18:47 GMT
#26
Try doing In Utter Darkness with zealots only.
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
Shiladie
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1631 Posts
September 29 2010 18:56 GMT
#27
On September 30 2010 03:47 xinxy wrote:
Try doing In Utter Darkness with zealots only.


I will be as part of my marine only NUR, I figure I'll do the protoss missions as zealot only, utter darkness is the only one I'm then worried about, but my memory of difficulty may be due to needing to keep the archives alive, and get the 3250 kills. 2500 kills shouldn't be too hard...

For those who want a harder difficulty, try no upgrades, only building marines. It's not actually as hard as I thought it would be so far, but I expect the last few missions will be hell.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=155237
Fa1nT
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3423 Posts
September 29 2010 20:08 GMT
#28
There is a difference between NUR/marines and more challenge

one is fun, the other is a chore :p
Shiladie
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1631 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-29 21:07:09
September 29 2010 21:06 GMT
#29
NUR/marines is very fun, I've been 200/200 with 170 marines on some maps.
also it's fun to never need more then the little bit of gas to make reactors, get upgrades, and repair.
also the strategic use of bunkers/turrets has been interesting.
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