It’s a matter of what is to be considered difficult. I’m not the first person to talk about how a prestige mode might work for VT2. But I don’t think it’s insane, and I do think there are players out there that would enjoy it. Same as playing, say No HUD mode (which is my favorite Weekly Modifier, bar none, so you might have a sense of what sorts of things I enjoy).Ĭhaos Wastes uses this exact same setup, notably you start low and weak and grow, and does it in many of the ways I just mentioned - starting with no hero power, no weapon abilities, no properties. But, like I explained, I think there’s a charm to it. When you’re trying to speedrun levelling, chasing reds or whatever one might perceive the “Endgame” to be, yeah, grinding up the levels kind of sucks. Obviously I’m not suggesting it’s harder than Cata or anything, just that it provides a different experience. Ultimately if you reduce a player’s ability to cleave, deal damage, and shove… and then strip away their abilities… and then remove their weapon’s active abilities… how could that not be more difficult than just normal play?
If that were true, Hero Power wouldn’t matter and no one would care for it. There is no challenge in playing a character back to 35 Highly unlikely as Fatshark doesn’t seem to be interested in re-visiting their old maps too much other then to fix the occasional bug or balancing certain events. Kinda like VT2 Horn of Magnus where you can channel the Gutter Runner’s Secret Stash only in this case perhaps you could encounter unique enemies (different skins / stats) or unlock a small new portion of the map that would have this added challenge. I’d rather Fatshark add unique events to pre-existing maps where if completed on Legend you’d get something out of it - Cataclysm is paywalled so that would be just additional challenge. New players would essentially be left out of such an addition. Sadly I think this ship has sailed as people have characters accumulating many extra levels so that introducing such a system would either be expensive for said player (more so for new players) or would result in a 100% buyout. I’d prefer a prestige system that let you do something with all the cosmetic extra levels you gain, like trading them in for exclusive hats, skins, or portrait frames in the Emporium. Prestige modes have worked very well in many other games, so clearly there’s a niche it can fill. These players would also help newbies through the levels and help them learn at the same time. It was a novel experience all delivered by the game’s systems as-is.Ī prestige system would give veterans that kind of challenge whenever they wanted it, and would also give a healthy influx to the lower difficulties. Your talents are not functional, you don’t get career get-out-of-jail-free-cards, and on top of that you have to clutch with whatever meager tools you have. As a veteran, going back and playing a character with no hero power, no talents, no weapons, no traits, no properties, and having to work with new players – it was a ton of fun! It was gritty in a way the higher difficulties do not quite replicate. This probably sounds insane to many people who are very critical of the grind, but hear me out!Ī few years back my sister got into the game and asked me to level her Sienna one 2x EXP weekend when she was away, so I did that.
If your perks have appeared to reset to 0 completely, it is likely that your game client is having trouble reaching the Steam backend where your stats are saved.I’ve always felt VT2 would benefit from a prestige mode – that is after you hit max level for your character, that you could get the option to revert back to level 1 and climb up again (and perhaps, be forced to use blacksmith versions of weapons that scale with your hero power and don’t give you access to properties and traits until specific levels). Perks Fail to Progress, reset to Zero ( 0 ) or revert to an earlier state Item or inventory is Missing - Purchased and Earned
Some players may experience issues with receiving drops in game if they have security software such as an antivirus or firewall blocking the game.
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Game Locks Up At Server Browser / No Servers Displayed / Failed to Join Server / Connection To Host Lost The most common cause of this is corrupt files in the user directory or missing prerequisite files.
exe has stopped working or hang on launch