How are y'all playing on Heroic and Legendary?
I can never play on those 2 levels. I play exclusively on Challenging only. Nothing higher nothing lower. It's not that I can't do those 2 levels, but I can't enjoy playing at those levels.
How is the experience on Heroic and Legendary like? Is it always 1 or 2 steps away from death? Always has to be on super high alert? Requires extremely fast and accurate reactions all the time? Always being a glass cannon?
I'm someone who likes healing and tanking much more than dps. That's the role I usually play in RPGs... healers, tanks, etc. So naturally I really dislike glass cannons. But in a game like Division, you ultimately have to kill all enemies to win, and I play solo most of the time so I'm the only one I can depend on to end all enemies.
Usually, I run this loadout...
- 4p Umbra
- Memento
- 1 Belstone
- 5 blue, 2 yellow, 1 red
- Mostly crit attributes
- Bulwark shield max tier
- Striker drone tier 2
- Diamondback
- Lexington (In-sync)
- KARD-45 (In-sync)
Or, even more defensively...
- 4p Foundry
- Memento
- 1 Belstone
- 5 blue, 2 yellow, 1 red
- Mostly crit attributes
- Bulwark shield max tier
- Striker drone tier 2
- Police Mk17 (Lucky shot)
- Lexington (In-sync)
- Liberty
As you can see, I have a very comfortable playstyle, but these loadouts aren't suitable to be used on Heroic and Legendary. When I check out other people's builds for Heroic and Legendary and Master, I thought... "Wow, that's pretty darn squishy." That's the issue. The higher the difficulty level, the more narrow your choices of viable builds. I can't enjoy the game playing what and how I like to play on those higher levels.
So, back to my question... How is it like to play on levels above Challenging? Thank you.
Edit:
Wow thanks for all the replies. Rest assured every comment will be read. Thanks.
Edit 2:
I understand the strategies and tricks to push forward aggressively in higher difficulty levels, but as I said, my preference for defensive play in games means I love the feeling of not being able to die no matter how enemies come at me. Lol. Like there's nothing they could do to kill me while I end them. My fun is derived from such a playstyle. But the tips and tricks you all mentioned are very helpful in many ways. I highly appreciate. Thanks to all of you. I play mostly solo, so if there's a need for me to go higher levels (like in order to get that specific exotic or something), then I would. Thank you.