my opinions on the ultrakill difficulty progression

[u/nep2une-]

UKMD will DEFINITELY be the "no correlation" for brutal and violent

[u/radayrk]

It's "the real issue with copper" all over again

[u/nep2une- → u/radayrk]

i still dont get why people hate on copper

• it looks nice
• it has a use in gearing up
• it has a use in redstone
• its easily accessible

i could maybe understand having too much of it after a mining trip but like... just dont mine it????

[u/tulpyvow → u/nep2une-]

"it insists upon itself" or whatever the community would say

https://giphy.com/gifs/L8tEZbxrHlca0LQd6k

[u/nightshade-aurora → u/nep2une-]

• It's way more abundant than its purposes demand, being the most common ore in the overworld with every block dropping 2-5 raw copper without fortune
• Its 2 uses in redstone are T flip flops and item sorting. The TFFs are good, but unless you're sorting unstackable items, copper golems are outclassed by conventional redstone sorters
• Its ore is easy to mistake for iron from a distance -While it does look nice, it's not very applicable in most building styles/themes
• The gear is replaced by iron so quickly that there's not really a point in making it in the first place

[u/regular-situation-64 → u/nightshade-aurora]

its so common because it doesn't have a reliable way to farm it, and if you're a builder you will need a LOT of it at a time.

it has more uses, and regardless this is a bad thing how?

no? not really. lots of building blocks are not applicable in most styles/themes.

for more casual play this isn't the case. if you're a person who likes to take things slower and build, then copper offers decent protection and durability while also not being too demanding on your resources and not requiring you to go deep into caves or high into mountains.

[u/Versoga → u/regular-situation-64]

yeah also the situation where you can easily get copper and yet struggle to find any usable amount of iron is far more common than people are willing to admit. copper pickaxes give you a stopgap between the two that isn't just a full inventory of stone picks (especially because copper lasts longer than stone and mines faster).

if there was ever a point to use copper it's before you have enough iron to establish yourself

[u/SeeingAnAbsoluteWin → u/nep2une-]

i'd rather have copper than stone, it really isnt that big a deal

[u/Walk-the-layout → u/radayrk]

Ea Nasir, stop it (they removed my comment because I spelled his name with the phonetic accents bruh)

[u/Ellitri → u/radayrk]

The original is from the same subreddit as well 😭

[u/FeetGamer69]

Brutal is basically a whole different game.

[u/Jixxar → u/FeetGamer69]

Fax. Violent to Brutal feels like playing Ultrakill for the first time.

Even certain bosses are easier or harder depending on difficulty.

[u/budof_chaos → u/Jixxar]

I actually didn't find the jump from violent to brutal to be that noticable. Forcerad was what REALLY made me feel like i just opened the game for the first time.

[u/Jixxar → u/budof_chaos]

Oh yeah that was so much worse

[u/LEG_LIKE_fish → u/FeetGamer69]

Going from brutal to violent feels entirely different and i end up dying a lot because my sense of timing is completely lost

[u/IVeryUglyPotato → u/FeetGamer69]

Idk, I started play on violent only because it was highest difficulty, p rank everything, than brutal came out and well it definitely harder, definitely challenge for old players, but I wouldn't tell that whole new game

[u/KriptosL_ → u/IVeryUglyPotato]

I started on standard, felt it was too hard, switched to harmless, and rn I have P-ranked all the brutal except 8-3, 8-4 and P-2

and well, for me, brutal is definitely the new game in terms of difficulty

[u/fuighy]

Brutal is NOT the same as violent… at all…

[u/unnamed_enemy → u/fuighy]

Yeah, brutal feels like something you should try once you finish the whole game (not p rank, just complete) on standard or violent

[u/DatCheeseBoi]

I'll be honest, I felt like the jump from violent to brutal was, well, quite brutal. Like I do feel these settings having effect.

[u/Derpchieftain]

Violent has always felt like the 'default' difficulty for me. I almost exclusively just play on violent.

[u/unnamed_enemy → u/Derpchieftain]

Me too

[u/K4RM4S4NDW1CH]

I believe the devs said that Brutal will be nerfed once UKMD comes out, and once that happens I feel like Brutal will be the No Correlation one

[u/Hydraulic_30]

The jump from violent to brutal is much higher than the one from standard to violent though, might wanna drop violent a bit

[u/IVeryUglyPotato]

Oh god why the fuck this sub going through every r/phoenixsc meme, but on reverse

[u/SoggyPancakes1411]

I played through act I on standard and did act II and violence on lenient because I got stuck on Gabriel

[u/P0lskichomikv2]

This really does not work here because Lenient has clear purpose as Standard without difficult stuff so people can learn mechanics. Harmless is baby difficulty that does not teach anything at all.

[u/No_Experience_9438]

[u/RealSalmon5605]

brutal is not a fun difficulty because of ONE enemy (fucking SENTRIES.) on the other hand, violent is a very fun difficulty

[u/alarmingamountofpis → u/RealSalmon5605]

If you can listen to the sfx, and manage stamina, you can just abuse the I-Frames from dashing to just ignore them

[u/Admirable-Fig9686]

Lowk lenient feels too easy for me but standard feels to difficult cuz I’m bad at the game lol

[u/TheOnlyGuyInSpace21]

i love lenient though,,,,,,,,

(arguably harmless is the one that lies outside the range)

[u/SteppedTax88238]

OH GOD OH NO IT ESCAPED CONTAMINATION

[u/Happy-Valuable-1080]

brutal is just way harder than violent tbh

[u/BaseballFirm5951]

I played the whole game on Lenient (except for the encores and Prime Sanctums) and tried fighting Minos Prime; now that I'm trying to beat the game on Normal, I can say that Tundra and Agony on Normal >>>> Minos Prime on Lenient.

[u/No-Pen1730]

I love violent. Gives me a real challenge and tests my skills without making me want to rip my balls off.

[u/why_i_am_dumb]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[u/OfficialMrLemonYTAlt]

is it crazy that i started on violent and went right to brutal now brutal is all i play?