So is the general consensus that you must beat this game on easy first then move to normal? I just bought the game and am getting destroyed in normal. Yet it feels sort of dirty playing on easy.

Obviously you don't have to, but it would make beating it on normal easier, as it would be easier to unlock new stuff. Up to you whether you're willing to do it.

@ikusaba: You don't have to, but it's probably advisable.

I did.

And I'm usually the guy that jumps in on the hardest difficulty that the game allows first (unless it's REALLY FUCKING hard meant as a second playthrough for sure)

You really should.

Think of it this way - 'Easy' is actually 'Hard' and 'Normal' is actually 'Ultra Fucking Hard'.

Maybe I just suck, but I had to play it on easy the first time through to even stand a chance at the final boss.

I've played on easy for five hours and haven't beaten it yet. Easy gets really hard, I would hate to check out normal. Well maybe not crazy hard but you get in situations that spiral out of control so fast.

I get destroyed on easy....Never got to the end...Don't really play much anymore...Maybe they'll patch it and make it easier one day.

Personally, I've played the majority of my games on Normal.

When I switched to Easy it felt like the game was beating me in the chest with a 2x4 instead of in the face with a hammer and that made me enjoy it less.

I still can't beat it on easy. I can get to the boss regularly but I'm pretty sure I'm never going to beat it. Maybe I need to readjust my goals for runs and try to unlock some stuff instead of beat the game.

I still can't beat it on easy. I can get to the boss regularly but I'm pretty sure I'm never going to beat it. Maybe I need to readjust my goals for runs and try to unlock some stuff instead of beat the game.

The starting ships are complete garbage, unlock them all in Easy then enjoy Normal.

i wouldn't let the labels 'easy' and 'normal' get to you. it's all relative anyway- think super hexagon, that first level is labelled 'hard.'

I'd unlock a bunch of ships/layouts on easy and play them in normal once you've gotten options and understand the systems more.

@BisonHero said:

@chilibean_3

I still can't beat it on easy. I can get to the boss regularly but I'm pretty sure I'm never going to beat it. Maybe I need to readjust my goals for runs and try to unlock some stuff instead of beat the game.

The different ships ultimately have the same systems, so by the time you reach the boss, many of your ships can have similar configurations of shields, engines, doors, etc., if you so choose. To beat the boss, you basically need 2 things: a teleporter and your own 2-man boarding party, and a way to punch through lvl 4 shields. The boarding party is to assault the isolated weapon rooms; barring that, you could use missiles or bombs to assault the weapons, but it will take a lot of time and missiles because the one crewman in each weapon room will keep repairing until you kill him. Aside from that, figure out what level of shields and engines you prefer; you don't NEED to max them, but having 6 energy in each when facing the boss is a good baseline. Having a defense drone really helps against missiles and boarding drones, but if you can't find one, cloaking helps to a certain extent as well.

If you have a good stock of parts, a repair drone can make the boss pretty easy, too. But I'd say that the most useful upgrade is actually maxing out evasion. With a fully-levelled pilot and max evasion, even the missile/drone spam the boss does barely does any damage.

It's hard and harder, don't let society put labels on your game's difficulty.

@BisonHero said:

@chilibean_3

I still can't beat it on easy. I can get to the boss regularly but I'm pretty sure I'm never going to beat it. Maybe I need to readjust my goals for runs and try to unlock some stuff instead of beat the game.

The different ships ultimately have the same systems, so by the time you reach the boss, many of your ships can have similar configurations of shields, engines, doors, etc., if you so choose. To beat the boss, you basically need 2 things: a teleporter and your own 2-man boarding party, and a way to punch through lvl 4 shields. The boarding party is to assault the isolated weapon rooms; barring that, you could use missiles or bombs to assault the weapons, but it will take a lot of time and missiles because the one crewman in each weapon room will keep repairing until you kill him. Aside from that, figure out what level of shields and engines you prefer; you don't NEED to max them, but having 6 energy in each when facing the boss is a good baseline. Having a defense drone really helps against missiles and boarding drones, but if you can't find one, cloaking helps to a certain extent as well.

If you have a good stock of parts, a repair drone can make the boss pretty easy, too. But I'd say that the most useful upgrade is actually maxing out evasion. With a fully-levelled pilot and max evasion, even the missile/drone spam the boss does barely does any damage.

Honestly I feel its part luck. Some ships are made with certain set ups in mind. Yet what the stores inventory is, and of course the random way events can unfold all make it so that you need a bit of luck to get things to align up to actually have a viable ship at the end. Playing it on easy actually makes it so you don't need the luck factor to win.

Or at least that's what I'm saying to myself whenever I play the game.

There's a fair amount of foreknowledge stuff (knowing what events screw you over etc.) going into it the first time but if you're good or interested in RTS's you'll probably have an easy enough time with easy. Normal is basically random luck + effectiveness of player agency and the ship you chose.

Don't feel bad playing on easy just because it's called "Easy". The names of the modes are just the names of the modes, while the actual difficulties behind them are something else. Easy is difficult enough that it makes sense to play on that until you can do at least reasonably well at the game.

@ikusaba: You don't have to, playing on easy give you more scrap & it's would be easier to unlock new ship, which make Normal easier. I found myself keep losing on easy, I only beated the game once on easy

You really should.

Think of it this way - 'Easy' is actually 'Hard' and 'Normal' is actually 'Ultra Fucking Hard'.

I got far more lucky on normal...just had a crew of 7 going just today...I'll stick to normal. I also played DMC3 on normal which was the japanese hard, I like a challenge.