🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Sloth wrote:

> 
> Reading the official forums, it seems that the game suddenly ramps up the
> difficulty quite a bit when you get to a certain point... I'd tend to agree
> having just been wiped out on a base assault mission! A mission that has to
> be completed to continue the plot AFAIK. Of course, standing in a group
> outside the main base area to have a chat, heal my troops, and swap weapons
> = not the best idea of the evening.

I think that going from Morelmen with Browning pistols on one mission to 
them being armed with Advanced Alien Lasers on the next constitutes an 
upping of the difficulty... So much so that I'm having real difficulties 
even completing the easiest types of missions! Having had to abort the odd 
one or two so far and delegating others!

> 
> Also, it may have already been mentioned in this ng, but if you start the
> game with the 'default' profile, you are playing on the 'Hard' difficulty
> level :)

Yes, I discovered that after I had already put in a few hours, not wanting 
to throw away that time I decided to carry on muttering the imortal words: 
"Hmm, it doesn't seem *too* bad at the moment...."

I'm beginning to think that I should restart on easy just to get the hang 
of the research lines and the finer points of the enemy; afterall UFO:EU 
seemed more fun once I knew all the dangers and different strengths and 
weaknesses so I could concentrate on the actual strategic and tactical 
side of the game. 

> 
> On the good side, I have found a couple of those flame throwers, and have
> plenty of sun armor, enhanced combat armor, and heavy armor now.
> 

(Flame Throwers)++ :-D

- Malc