Inverted skill WADs
Dec 27, 2022 18:29:26 GMT -5
Post by JadingTsunami on Dec 27, 2022 18:29:26 GMT -5
Most players seem to consider Ultra-violence the "default" skill level.
Has anyone seen or tried re-arranging/semi-inverting the skill levels and using the ITYTD buffs as a sort of "easy-hard"? If so, how did it work out?
In other words, use the Thing flags to make:
- Easy -> Harder/"HMP"
- Medium -> Hardest/"true UV"
- Hard -> Easiest/"accessible" version
This rearranges the ordering of difficulties to more like this:
- HMP (hardest)
- HNTR (pseudo-HMP)
- ITYTD (easier HMP)
- Nightmare (no one ever plays this anyway so who cares)
- UV (easiest/accessible version)
I'm curious if this could help break the UV curse where you can't make maps harder than "accessible" because no one ever moves off UV.
Why does this help? It just makes the choice to experience a difficult play-through opt-in instead of opt-out.
EDIT: And yes, obviously, players might find this confusing. At a minimum the skill text labels would need to reflect the new skill types. I suspect 99% would launch on UV like they always do and never notice, and that's the point. Or, one would find out that "UV default" is a myth...
Has anyone seen or tried re-arranging/semi-inverting the skill levels and using the ITYTD buffs as a sort of "easy-hard"? If so, how did it work out?
In other words, use the Thing flags to make:
- Easy -> Harder/"HMP"
- Medium -> Hardest/"true UV"
- Hard -> Easiest/"accessible" version
This rearranges the ordering of difficulties to more like this:
- HMP (hardest)
- HNTR (pseudo-HMP)
- ITYTD (easier HMP)
- Nightmare (no one ever plays this anyway so who cares)
- UV (easiest/accessible version)
I'm curious if this could help break the UV curse where you can't make maps harder than "accessible" because no one ever moves off UV.
Why does this help? It just makes the choice to experience a difficult play-through opt-in instead of opt-out.
EDIT: And yes, obviously, players might find this confusing. At a minimum the skill text labels would need to reflect the new skill types. I suspect 99% would launch on UV like they always do and never notice, and that's the point. Or, one would find out that "UV default" is a myth...
