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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 ReplyEdited by Some geese (Harrowed): 11/2/2025 2:16:57 AMyeah the new power deltas are really rough. some of my tips on staying alive, in the interest of teaching good habits that will lead to you having more confidence in your skill as a player: never, ever stand still if you're in the open. you need to find cover if you're gonna plink plonk, and at deeper under power you need to be on your toes. majors, minibosses, and aoe attacks hit harder than you think they do, and should be given prioritization and approached with greater caution in a fight. my buddy, who is used to being overlevelled and is a titan main, is struggling to remember that running up and punching a yellow bar is not a smart move at -30. even red bar taken and hive knights are surprisingly difficult to square up against. the d2 community is, let's face it, a giant pack of min-maxxers, and bungie has taken to crafting their content around this fact. you want to focus on damage output in pve, because the sooner a guy dies the sooner they stop shooting you. if you already do these things, congratulations! you're already doing pretty dang good! if not, i hope these things help you out! good luck out there guardian
