Unbalanced enemies and issues with overall difficulty

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Here I want to talk about mechanics/attacks and other things that make the game difficult in a frustrating way. I’m bringing my criticism together with all my friends who played the latest patch together. We were 8 people playing across several difficulty settings, usually Medium and Hard.

I’ve played Wicked across all patches, I’m close to 200 hours in, and I also preferred when the game had only one difficulty. I even have a topic about this and recommend checking it out.

(About Difficulty Selection Options)

Mechanics that need to be balanced and reviewed:

Enemies that throw projectiles

  • Projectiles are infinite
  • They break posture (poise)
  • They apply status effects
  • They are extremely fast
  • Almost all enemies have these projectiles
  • With heavy and medium equip load, dodging is very difficult

Shield bash and shove attacks

  • Shield attacks instantly stagger or knock you down, in addition to dealing more damage than weapon attacks
  • Shove attacks apply the weapon’s effect and also deal more damage than a normal attack
  • Shield attacks and shoves cannot be blocked and are impossible to parry

Parry is not very rewarding

  • Very small window to counterattack
  • Does not significantly affect enemy posture
  • Consumes stamina
  • Relies on enchantments to become strong

About Multiplayer

Before starting, I want to make it clear that I am in favor of friendly fire. However, there is an issue related to it: some attacks deal absurdly high damage, and others break posture almost instantly. This needs to be adjusted. That said, friendly fire does make multiplayer more coordinated.

Mechanics that need to be balanced and reviewed:

NPC Inventory and Weekly/Daily Quests

I’ve already made a topic about this subject, which also applies perfectly here.

(Daily and Weekly Missions Are Bad for Games Like No Rest for the Wicked - Suggestion for a full system rework)

This is a problem. For example, you want to buy a return rune to travel between Whispers, but there aren’t enough available for your 3 friends, and it’s impossible to reset the NPC’s inventory. This creates resource scarcity, and the issue becomes even worse the more friends you have with you in your realm.

Crucible

  • Impossible to revive friends
  • Friends can’t even see the session progress

I also recommend checking this topic:
(Crucible co-op - revive suggestion and ideas)

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