Dream mode

[chaosparadox]

I Would like to see a new difficulty or setting called "dream mode"
Dream mode is only unlocked after beating every stage on every campaign and every challenge on nightmare (subject to change)

In this setting all your stats will be reduced by 75%

DU is not shared meaning in magus quarters where you have 90 DU and 4 people each person would get like 25 (yes i know that adds up to 100, but with less synergy available and you cant have one person with high stats build, i believe more DU should be available for each person, or even 35 per person just incase one are is being guarded by a dps char when bad towers. he may need the extra du to deal with air or leaks)

The split DU would give the opportunity to each person gets 1 area and they have to not only build but dps to keep their area safe, this would also remove the ability of one person running multiples through content. Meaning the people who have done dream mode have truly committed to the team and did their job to help their team succeed.

the reduced stats setting would allow you to get even better armor and actually have a point in getting it, i am in all trans with 3k tower damage and 3k tower attack rate, increasing either of those by 1k more would be really hard and would not help that much, so with the reductions my stats would be around 700 for each one but if i got better gear it would actually be helpful again, it would bring back the challenging aspect to the game without needing to implement more creatures into each map. so when you get good dream mode armor your stats will be around 1500 in dream mode. Now you may be thinking if your stats are 1500 in dream mode doesnt that make your stats like 6000 outside dream mode? the answer is yes, when you went from hard to insane your stats went from 50s to 150s, when you went from insane to nightmare your stats went from 150s to 1500s when you completed everything in nightmare your stats are like 3000s so by the next difficulty it only makes sense to have 6000 stats however that would seem overkill and that is why stats should be reduced in this next difficulty.

"but wouldnt this make it so these "dream mode" champions be so high in stats they can run people through all the lower level content" Well to answer that im going to ask you if someone that has done nightmare stuff can run all of his friends through lower level content, the answer would be the same.



The reason this is subject to change is because Nightmare Mode is the scariest part of this with every annoying enemy on every map however Dream mode doesn't have to be that way, it could be unique enemies on each map but just make them very difficult by having split DU on glitterhelm people might not want to sacrifice too much to deal with spiders, that is why instead of making this gamebreakingly hard/easy we make it similar to insane difficulty in that it is just the map unique enemies and make the enemies extremely difficult like having the health and damage of Uber Monster fest, How fun would it be to hold off the enemies of uber monster fest with your own little area of DU and dps, with your stats being reduced? well it will sure be difficult, also just with any content there will need to be some balancing.

Its just right now it seems like I either build or I hold on button for half an hour saying im "DPSing" and when i build i want to stay on my builder for the 30% bonus and i just sit there, i want to be building and fighting and repairing while my team is all counting on each other to hold their own.

The major flaw I have come up with in this method is it is meant for max party teams, this is something that will need some tweaks to figure out how to make this work with maybe a few less members. I do not see this game mode working alone, the point of it is to have a section of the map and DU enough to defend it.

Please comment on ideas for it or votes to make it into the game if you like it.

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They can even keep some of the same mobs but just give them more/different abilities. Like Ninjas with life-drain that heals them if they hurt you, Mages with different spells(like lowering resistance of players/towers), skeletons with their own slow auras around them... I can keep going (djinn can make gold ogres - oh-no! ... or just shrink/enlarge mobs). Which is why they should do it. Simple things so it is not to convoluted, but considerably harder. This doesnt sound like a dream though.. more an Altered Reality Mode? (can even scale that Easy-Nightmare then) Why not if the new mechanics are already in play

Just some thought-additions.

love the new abilities for old creaturs, so you are doing magus and the ninjas have a new ability or archers can have piercing arrows or something not broken but just difficult.

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[JoBarfCreepy]

I think Dream Mode should rather be the easiest difficulty. Dream - Easy - Medium - Hard - Insane - Nightmare. See the pattern? Dreams are... uh, WERE supposed to be soft nocturnal illusions or something, while nightmares are... rough dreams. So maybe Dream Mode isn't exactly the way to put it. Uh, not that I have a better name for it in mind. I like the idea, though, but after beating everything on Nightmare, I think people will stop playing anything else than that. Not that I've beaten Nightmare myself, but still just a guess...?

[chaosparadox]

I think Dream Mode should rather be the easiest difficulty. Dream - Easy - Medium - Hard - Insane - Nightmare. See the pattern? Dreams are... uh, WERE supposed to be soft nocturnal illusions or something, while nightmares are... rough dreams. So maybe Dream Mode isn't exactly the way to put it. Uh, not that I have a better name for it in mind. I like the idea, though, but after beating everything on Nightmare, I think people will stop playing anything else than that. Not that I've beaten Nightmare myself, but still just a guess...?

ill think about a name change. Maybe Dimensional or something.

also i have beaten everything on nightmare and i want more!! lol thats why im suggesting a new difficulty, it would be easy to implement after the shards pack is out. while they are making the next expansion throw a new difficulty out giving us something to do until then.

[davidnj7]

I also have downed nightmare... well everything. Granted the population that has done this is like maybe 5%, it would be a cool idea =) As new levels and gears are released with the last shard, nightmare will become easier and easier and eventually, and hopefully, trickle down to the lower end players. A higher difficulty that almost brings things back in line with say doing medium or hard stages at lv 15 sounds like a really fun idea. A real challenge that would reap really cool rewards. Again, it will probably need some tweaking and while a majority of the population are not at this stage yet, it will always be accessible later on =)

[chaosparadox]

I also have downed nightmare... well everything. Granted the population that has done this is like maybe 5%, it would be a cool idea =) As new levels and gears are released with the last shard, nightmare will become easier and easier and eventually, and hopefully, trickle down to the lower end players. A higher difficulty that almost brings things back in line with say doing medium or hard stages at lv 15 sounds like a really fun idea. A real challenge that would reap really cool rewards. Again, it will probably need some tweaking and while a majority of the population are not at this stage yet, it will always be accessible later on =)

exactly

[introspectivextrovert]

The lower levels were fun and challenging and they were slow. Mind-numbingly slow. The solutions since has been to speed everything up. I don't think there is much more room to go that route save pressing 'g' and it automatically computes a pass/fail. So, I like the idea of a different style. The stat drop makes sense. They can even keep some of the same mobs but just give them more/different abilities. Like Ninjas with life-drain that heals them if they hurt you, Mages with different spells(like lowering resistance of players/towers), skeletons with their own slow auras around them... I can keep going (djinn can make gold ogres - oh-no! ... or just shrink/enlarge mobs). Which is why they should do it. Simple things so it is not to convoluted, but considerably harder. This doesnt sound like a dream though.. more an Altered Reality Mode? (can even scale that Easy-Nightmare then) Why not if the new mechanics are already in play

Just some thought-additions.

[davidnj7]

The name was just an idea i think lol. But i agree it would be cool to add in some extra hard abilities for it. And the overall stat reduction shouldnt be terribly hard or new, since there are already some like resistance and dps from heroes.

[chaosparadox]

They can even keep some of the same mobs but just give them more/different abilities. Like Ninjas with life-drain that heals them if they hurt you, Mages with different spells(like lowering resistance of players/towers), skeletons with their own slow auras around them... I can keep going (djinn can make gold ogres - oh-no! ... or just shrink/enlarge mobs). Which is why they should do it. Simple things so it is not to convoluted, but considerably harder. This doesnt sound like a dream though.. more an Altered Reality Mode? (can even scale that Easy-Nightmare then) Why not if the new mechanics are already in play

Just some thought-additions.

love the new abilities for old creaturs, so you are doing magus and the ninjas have a new ability or archers can have piercing arrows or something not broken but just difficult.

[davidnj7]

I think now, more than ever, This would be an awesome idea.

[chaosparadox]

trendy should remove all posts that say "this game is getting boring" and just make this happen.