Can we have a middle difficulty in future Variants?

I honestly get no hype out of variants because they’re either stupidly easy (classic) or stupidly hard (variant). The Variant difficulty is mainly for endgame or near endgame players, which means that there is nothing for progressing players. I consider myself a progressing player (just finished Act 5 and can 100% explore Uncollected EQ every month). I feel like it’s not too much to ask for a middle level of Variants that offers 4 and 5 star shards or something of the sort because Variants are basically pointless for progressing players and no hype comes out of it. I would love a middle difficulty! Please consider this Kabam.

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Thicco_Mode

That wasn't really the point of variants. It was meant to bring back old event quests and refresh them for end game players. The content designed for someone in your position is doing act six

Edit:they're incredibly useful for progressing players. The classic is the original quest, while variant is the refresh. A middle level of variant is literally just eq

KDSuperFlash10

But why can’t there be a middle difficulty that can aid the progress of progressing players? You, just like me, know how BS some of the nodes in Act 6 are. I feel like the general consensus around MCOC would be so much better if Variants could appeal to everyone in the community. It’s either endgame or beginner, nothing in between.

Thicco_Mode

Even if they created the quest you're talking about, it would have the rewards of something like monthly eq and be only a one time play. The rewards wouldn't be game-changing if you want the difficulty to be more for mid game players.

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Eb0ny-O-M4w

Is not designed to have multiple difficulties.
It only has 1, which is known as "Variant". The "classic" is not a difficulty to be considered, and it just exists for a nostalgic purpose.

There is no easy version of Realm of Legends, Labyrinth of legends, or either Abyss of legends. There is also no easy version of act 5 or act 6.
Just like there is no easy version of Variant quests

Lunae

So just to understand where some players heads are at.

Act 7 difficulty needs to be lowered, act 6 needs to be lowered still along with variant under act act 6 difficult? This is a massive drop in difficulty. From what I've seen people want variant level difficulty for act 6+ or variant like nodes to help with damage, but can't imagine the level of difficulty reduction that endgamers want would satisfy the average player.

Worknprogress

If you've 100% Act 5, then act 6 and the variant quests ARE what you have to work on....

Masterpuff

You’re kinda missing the point.

edric

Most of the comments here are unbelievable. The OP is asking for something very reasonable: a middle difficulty in the variant quests for progressing accounts. Whether Variant was not designed to have multiple difficulties, or whether there is no 'easy' version of LoL or AoL is besides the point.

It is very clear that the variant quests are beyond mid tier/progressing accounts. If you think it is a bad idea to have an intermediate difficulty version then you are a part of the problem in this game.

Continue with this elitist 'git-gud' behaviour. Do you want to wake up one day and realize there are only you end gamers left? If you think at that point the game is gonna be fun then you and Kabam should rightly pat yourselves on your backs. You are heading in the right direction!

Demonzfyre

It's permanent content. Grow your roster and come back to it. I'll do variant 1 once I get 8 stars.

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edric

Look at this rant you just produced. Who is the keyboard warrior now? So because you 'suffered' to do the first 2 variants with 4 stars others should also do that too? Wow. And you think the OP is entitled? Look in the mirror dude you clearly don't have any concept of quality of life changes/evolution. Listen to yourself- your argument lacks logic and is soo simple you sound incredibly stupid.

Demonzfyre

Thats the whole point of permanent content. So progressing roster can progress into being able to do them. What you and op are saying is because your roster can't quite do the content now, you want a lower difficulty for the shear reason being you can't handle the current difficulty.

All accounts have to start at the bottom and work their way up. That's exactly what progress is. There was a time where I could barely handle master difficulty in EQs, now they are easy.

Come back to it when you are ready. There's zero reason to go through a whole design process so people can feel included.

SamMarquez

I have completed variant 1 and 4 you will get there eventually.

Thicco_Mode

Exactly. There's so much content that op could focus on and the content they are suggesting wouldn't benefit them in any meaningful capacity

ItsDamien

Also, people would end up complaining that the energy costs of doing these new "middle mode" quests, along with EQ, and story progression would be too much. There is already plenty of ways to progress in this game relatively quickly without the addition of even more permanent content.

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KDSuperFlash10

Thank you very much, I highly appreciate this response. I just don't think they understand that the intention of Variants can be slightly changed to accommodate for ALL players. Why do the endgame players care anyways? They still will be getting their rewards and will still be doing their Variant difficulty. Let the progressing players have something fun to do with it as well.

Eb0ny-O-M4w

Progressing players already have something fun to do. It's called labyrinth of legends, act 5, act 6, and uncollected difficulty of the monthly quest.

Upon creating the variant quests, it was stated multiple times that it was meant to be for endgame players. It was designed and structured to be like that. Changing how the whole system works right now would not be a good idea at all.

They won't simply add another difficulty there and add extra rewards for less effort. Even if they created a "choose your difficulty" option where you could choose which difficulty to do, people would just complain in the future that they wanted to be able to play the harder mode, which is what they choosed not to do.

Leave it as it is is the best for everyone

Worknprogress

It seems to be you guys that don't understand. All content is not meant for all players at their current progression level. That completely defeats the point of having a game designed around account progression.

Worknprogress

If you've explored act 5 and still can't do at least some of the variants, the problem isn't the content difficulty. If you haven't explored act 5, do that.

KDSuperFlash10

What "whole system" will be changed?? Wouldn't it be so much better if Variants applied to all players? The system was created but that doesn't mean it can't be changed for the BETTER. A difficult in Variants for progressing players will give us more things to do and will bring more good vibes around Kabam because then, all of the player base will be hyped about Variants. So what it's for endgame players? You endgame players already HAVE that Variant difficulty in place. You don't have to be scared that it's gonna go away or something. So let us progressing players have something to do with all of the releasing Variants and go your own way. Just know that your Variant difficulty isn't getting touched, let us have our own difficulty so that we can have some fun too. Cheers.

And also, what do you mean by "Leave it as it is is the best for everyone"?? I made this thread because it clearly isn't best for "everyone". Think about your word choice before you type. If it was best for everyone, everyone would have something to play and everyone would be hyped about them.

Worknprogress

The current variants won't be touched but they'd be wasting dev time building something that isn't needed bc you guys for some reason aren't satisfied with all the content already available to you....

KDSuperFlash10

Why do you care if we get anything? You're already an endgame player (I'm presuming from your response), so why does it matter to you if there's another difficulty of Variant?? It doesn't affect you. You will still have your Variant difficulty, that won't be touched. A middle difficulty of Variant will aid in progression, hope this helps.

Worknprogress

I don't want the dev team wasting time building something no one needs which just makes actual content take even longer to come out

ItsDamien

To add to this, progressing players should find difficulty in other aspects of the game. If you're easily able to 100% Uncollected EQ then you are likely able to handle completion of Variant 2 and up, even with a less than optimal roster with the use of items and units.

If players struggle to 100% Uncollected EQ, then there are a multitude of avenues to increase your power and skills to be able to complete this content consistently, and eventually move onto the Variants.

For the "Elitsts" and End Game players, they enjoy having the difficulty of Variant because Uncollected EQ is too easy for them, act 6 is completed with some difficulty, and same with AOL. Variant is the only other content that actually allows for a challenging experience. All of the challenges are permanent content, and once they've been explored they are left with nothing to challenge them.

TLDR it's way easier for progressing players to have consistently challenging content appropriate for their ability, than it is for the end game players who get drip fed a challenge now and again.

KDSuperFlash10

to "build something no one needs" huh? What if progressing players want it and are annoyed at being left out by all Variants?

Worknprogress

Are you left out by Abyss and Act 6? They're made for the same player groups. They were introduced as something in-between story content for players that log in and see 100% across the board in everything for months on end.

KDSuperFlash10

First of all, I'd like to commend you on your response because it's the first response where someone opposing this argument has not just bashed sh** up my face or just told me that "no one wants that". Everything you say is commendable, which I appreciate. I just don't know why there is such a disparity in difficulty level between Classic and Variant.