Insanity - Does it need to be changed?

The problem is that BioWare will never be able to make a difficulty to please everyone. I have seen that with every BioWare game there are always people saying that "it is too hard" or "it is too easy", the only way to really make the game difficult is to do a meta game with it by applying your own challenges within the game.

Started an NG+ Insanity playthrough last night because I wanted to unlock a few trophies that glitched on my first run, and it really is quite shocking how pitiful the starting weapons are. On Habitat 7, it was taking about a mag and a half to kill a regular Kett mook with the Avenger X the game gives you, and three mags to kill an Anointed. And my Ryder was only level 60; I can't imagine how nasty it will be once I actually get to a respectable level.

Incidentally enough, this is why I think that enemy level scaling is an unrewarding mechanic.

I don't think difficulty need to be changed, since MEA's Insanity is already more challenging than ME1/ME2, because of Pathfinder's as well as enemies' mobility. In MET you could pretty much camp one place with SR and that was it, nothing else needed.

As of ME3... I refuse to believe it had Insanity difficulty. It was a joke, not a difficulty.

What I would like to see is something akin to DAI's Trials. No ammo/health packs? Slower leveling? New traits for enemies? I'm game. Especially if they add Grizzly End's equivalent for Fiends

It's fine imo. I don't need Dark Souls level frustration to enjoy myself. Current Insanity works for me.

I think it just needs to be balanced more in line with progression. Like most Bioware games that have come before, the most difficult part of the game is early before you develop your character.

Agree. So far i am liking the insanity level.

Enemy health needs to go down, and difficulty boosted some other way.

As it is Insanity is in a good place, in my opinion. The damage output of enemies forces players to play more intelligently; forcing them to utilize cover, combos and make use of the profile system. Easier difficulties allows for a more aggressive and careless approach which while fun does not offer much in the way of a true challenge compared to the previous titles. Enemy health / shield pools are not overly generous. A solid build with decent weapons can shred most enemies in a respectable time frame without feeling like end-game Borderlands where you drop magazine after magazine into a single enemy unless you have the best of the best gear and mods. The downside of Insanity is that many weapons begin to show their weakness later on which can lead to disappointment and regret when valuable research points are spent on upgrading a weapon only to realize that it is sub par to another in the same category. The lack of control over squad mates from earlier Bioware titles means players have to rely on themselves to dispatch stronger enemies which can be more difficult early on but the scales do tip in the player's favor later on. I have heard that scaling becomes increasingly bothersome after level eighty but until I am there I can not comment beyond saying if that is the case a level cap should be patched in.

I accidentally turned the difficulty to Insanity from Normal after leaving Eos for the first time. I was only level twelve at the time and did not discover this until I finished the planet roughly ten or so levels later. I at first questioned the sudden spike in difficulty but assumed it was just me playing too recklessly and kept playing. When I discovered that it was on Insanity I laughed and decided to keep it set to that. Currently level fifty-two and almost through the game; 79% at the time of this post's writing. I think it is as Angry Joe said in his review the best way to play the game is on Insanity.

Really? From what level? I have found completely the opposite although I admit once you get to around level 30-40 it might start going the other way, but by then the game is all but over and I suspect it would still be much easier than at level 1-15.

I ended NG+ Insanity @ 106.

The 90s-100s is when health scaling starts getting out of control. Your gear never can improve past the level 80/81 versions, but mob health keeps increasing every level. Probably damage too, but I've never tested/noticed it much if it did. Even with a bio-converter Isharay build Architects took forever in those levels.

On the topic of balancing... the game cannot be balanced based on the strongest/effective equipment/weapon/power combination. MP only seems "tough" because your character is not as powerful/well-equipped as the protagonist.

If a game is so tough that only one or few builds can deal with them, then it is an utter failure.

For example, what is the difficulty adjustment for cheese builds like Team Support + Energy Drain + Piranha + bio Converter + Seeking Plasma? Remove all ammo crates from game? Increase HP/Defense/amount of enemy so you will run out of ammo health before killing them?

What fun is insanity IF you can only survive if you use cover? Or if you get this skill that gun and this armor?

Want a real challenge, go play real multiplayer games like Counter Strike, CoD, BF, etc. I have not seen a bot that is even a fraction as deadly as another player