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10/31/2025 12:39:12 PM
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So I’m at 400…. But I’m not a 400 player… ouch!
I only noticed this morning that the difficulty level had changed. I was no longer a newbie, a whelp, a kitten, and nor was I even an expert (as if), but reaching a higher level had somehow catapulted me into something I just wasn’t prepared for.
400 doesn’t represent me who, as a poor, bang average, less than average player, struggles to get his ship into orbit, and now because my level gives a false sense of my skill (non-existent at the best of times), I’m thrust into harder content where I can barely get twenty kills and die with alarming regularity!
I’m quite enjoying the haunted candy thingy, have had no soft locks and the rewards are quite acceptable, but boy oh boy do I feel underpowered and underperforming running ‘grandmaster’ level events.
Yeah, I’m at 400, but I still feel like a 200 player at best!
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1 ReplyWhat I found, both for better and for worse, is that build crafting makes all the difference. LL0-LL399 is about skill, LL400+ is all about build crafting. You've gotta' find a build that can nuke champions; after you find that build, the challenge gets a lot easier - at least in solo ops, fireteam ops is a bit of a mess (to put it mildly.) And for what it's worth, those graduations hit a lot of us like a truck, you're not at all alone in your frustration. When I got into Master level content I thought I was done for, like that was the end of the road for me, but after a while you start to learn "Okay, there's a barrier champion in the next room, I need to clear the adds first, then nuke the champion down, break his shield, and kill him, so I need to keep X ammo for Y weapon." What I'm saying is that it takes a while, but you'll learn the fights. The thing about higher difficulty levels is that not everything works, some builds just don't cut it, and that sucks. If you're up to it, try Getaway Artist Warlock, having a buddy handy really helps. Really, just having a meta build helps. I believe in you, I believe you can do the thing! I've been where you are, and if I can get past it as a fellow average player, you can, too. DIM is your new best friend.
