So as I sit here at work (it's dead here) bored, I'm waffling on whether to just play through the campaign on Normal and be a bit underchallenged (by all indications) or slug it out on Hard with multiple retries on each mission at the rate I'm going.
What difficulties are you guys done or well into the campaign playing on, and what's been your experience with the difficulty curve (does it plateau at some point, keep getting harder, or even get easier after you get a few more unit options, research, and upgrades, for instance)?
Raltar wrote:
One thing that kinda annoys me about the normal storyline missions is that they are all basically timed. Sure, they don't have a timer up there at the top of the screen, but you are always having to do something that rushes you.
It gets kinda old after a while. I miss the original Starcraft levels where they fill up about 90% of the map with enemy bases, give you the last 10% with a small base and tell you to destroy everyone. Those kinds of maps are rather rare in Starcraft 2.
So long as you were playing at or near a difficulty setting to challenge your ability in the original, there was that same pressure to be in a rush, too. If you didn't, that 90% of the map would overrun you. Thus far, I've found the change in focus from "destroy everything on the map" to "do X, Y, and Z" to be very refreshing, even if X, Y, and/or Z frequently come with implicit timers. It changes the mentality and routine of your play, and allows situations where you can really be outmatched and retreat and containment, rather than just assuming (and finding out you're right) that you can push on and conquer it, become viable and even correct tactical choices.
Wwen wrote:
What are folks' handles?
Kaffis.843 .. not entirely thrilled at my extension, but I suppose it could be worse.
Raltar wrote:
My brother and I played some co-op against medium AIs today for a couple of hours. We never even come close to losing, but it is amazingly fun for some reason. We knocked out a bunch of achievements. Good times were had.
Yup, my step-brother and I did this Saturday a couple go-rounds.
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