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ShadowDrgn
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2497 Posts
July 23 2010 10:42 GMT
#41
Definitely playing on brutal. Normal difficulty is going to be easier than most RTS titles; no one here should be playing on less than hard if he wants any sort of challenge, seriously.
Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.
Whalecore
Profile Joined March 2009
Norway1111 Posts
July 23 2010 10:57 GMT
#42
Hard, no doubt. It'll probably be challenging enough. WC3 campaign was really hard on higher difficulty, at least when I was 12!
Playgu
eNbee
Profile Joined July 2010
Belgium487 Posts
July 23 2010 11:02 GMT
#43
I'll go for hard, I want to see how the story unfolds and I don't want it to take forever, insane is for when my internet is down
hmmmm
LuCiD37
Profile Joined July 2010
United States150 Posts
July 23 2010 11:04 GMT
#44
I guess when I'm too drunk to play multiplayer and have to resort to the campaign- I will choose insane. Like a previous poster said, the insane AI for the campaign will be different than the insane AI for custom games- as the campaign is largely based on events and triggers, whereas a custom game is a straightforward melee. If that doesn't go well- which after all this downtime from SC2- it may very well not go well- then I will lower the difficulty. But I feel like I'd rather stretch myself and see if I can manage the hardest, then settle for something easier and then try to return to the campaign later. I want to play the campaign once and have no reason to go back :D
Waltchelg
Profile Joined April 2010
United States66 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-23 11:04:48
July 23 2010 11:04 GMT
#45
I'll be playing on normal. I'm gonna only be playing for the story and I kinda want to start laddering :x
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scBane
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands35 Posts
July 23 2010 11:05 GMT
#46
I´m gonna play one difficulty below brutal, so I guess that will be hard then?

Then I can replay on brutal when I am bored or wanna play the campaign again!
scBane
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands35 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-23 11:06:29
July 23 2010 11:05 GMT
#47
On July 23 2010 20:02 eNbee wrote:
I'll go for hard, I want to see how the story unfolds and I don't want it to take forever, insane is for when my internet is down


You can't play sc2 offline, not even singleplayer. You need an active internet connection all the time afaik.

//sorry for doublepost
sikyon
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada1045 Posts
July 23 2010 11:15 GMT
#48
On July 23 2010 20:05 scBane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2010 20:02 eNbee wrote:
I'll go for hard, I want to see how the story unfolds and I don't want it to take forever, insane is for when my internet is down


You can't play sc2 offline, not even singleplayer. You need an active internet connection all the time afaik.

//sorry for doublepost


Blizz has indicated that they may move to a ``must activate online first`` policy instead of constantly requiring an internet connection
FrogOfWar
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany1406 Posts
July 23 2010 11:18 GMT
#49
If the melee AI we know from the Beta is any indication of what they mean by hard, it appears recommendable to play on "hard" at least, because the "very hard" AI isn't very hard at all.
Zaru
Profile Joined May 2010
Austria93 Posts
July 23 2010 11:21 GMT
#50
On July 23 2010 20:15 sikyon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2010 20:05 scBane wrote:
On July 23 2010 20:02 eNbee wrote:
I'll go for hard, I want to see how the story unfolds and I don't want it to take forever, insane is for when my internet is down


You can't play sc2 offline, not even singleplayer. You need an active internet connection all the time afaik.

//sorry for doublepost


Blizz has indicated that they may move to a ``must activate online first`` policy instead of constantly requiring an internet connection

Indicated?

It's simple

Authenticate to Battle.net, play campaign online with achievements etc. while staying online

or

Authenticate to Battle.net, play campaign offline without achievements and no required connection until next time you start the game
MrRey
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
183 Posts
July 23 2010 11:37 GMT
#51
Normal. Cause hell, i'm just normal.
luckySe7en
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
148 Posts
July 23 2010 11:38 GMT
#52
normal.

need to finish the campaign in 3 days. med school starting =P
Incarna
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1 Post
July 23 2010 11:39 GMT
#53
Hard for sure. Insane is..nuts. I can't handle it.
SpavaM
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Croatia175 Posts
July 23 2010 11:44 GMT
#54
Normal because I got into the beta in late phase 1 and I want to start laddering asap :/
aka imagiNe... "What if Nydus worms could make my coffee, play 2v2 and close threads for me? That would be grand." - riptide
BzzY
Profile Joined June 2010
United Kingdom18 Posts
July 23 2010 11:48 GMT
#55
Definately hard, offers enough of a challenge and isnt insane :D
carwashguy
Profile Joined June 2009
United States175 Posts
July 23 2010 13:40 GMT
#56
On July 23 2010 20:44 SpavaM wrote:
Normal because I got into the beta in late phase 1 and I want to start laddering asap :/


Yeah, me too. I just want to ease through single player, watch the cool movies, engage a little in the story, and then only play battlenet from then on.
DaCruise
Profile Joined July 2010
Denmark2457 Posts
July 23 2010 14:54 GMT
#57
On July 23 2010 18:47 writer22816 wrote:
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On July 23 2010 17:33 DaCruise wrote:
If "hard" means its about the same diff as hard in WC3 then I will prolly start at normal.


I would personally start at hard actually if that were the case. The Normal campaign in WC3 was so easy, there was no sense of accomplishment in beating the missions.


The gap in WC3 between normal and hard was huge. When trying WC3 TFT on hard I actually had to read a carefully written guide to complete some of the missions that otherwise were close to impossible for me.
Tekin
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2711 Posts
July 23 2010 14:55 GMT
#58
Normal cause I wanna know how the story is gonna be :D.
Cheers! //¯◡◡¯\\ 문채원 | 한지우 -___-
Klapdout
Profile Joined August 2007
United States282 Posts
July 23 2010 15:04 GMT
#59
Insane I'd like a challenge more than anything else, and with how easy sc/wc3 was I'm definitely going with insane. Plus I doubt I will replay the campaign until just before the next expansion so i want to play it on the hardest setting.
DemiSe
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
883 Posts
July 23 2010 15:11 GMT
#60
Insane because I want a challange and I didn't find sc/wc3 campaigns difficult @ the hardest level.
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