Before you bash me, please understand, DEFAULT difficulty.
So I've been playing every alpha since A14, and I have to say, the latest Alpha, at default difficulty settings, with 4 people was very difficult. As one of the two best players, I often found it *very* challenging on blood moon nights, and the two worser players were getting so frustrated that they've essentially quit (no longer show up to play, especially if they know blood moon is happening). Overall, I'm happy that the game is much more difficult, without being unfair. But myself and the other "good player" are the ones who beat Dark Souls, and the others are the ones that wouldn't even have a chance of beating it.
However, default difficulty is supposed to be set for newer players and average players. Currently, I feel the default is more suitable to default+1. While I'd love it if games like "Dark Souls" were more the norm, the reality is, they aren't. You can't assume that people have been playing games or FPS's their whole life, like I have been.
As far as official server difficulty goes... I'm not sure what the "correct" difficulty would be, except maybe have several different ones available? I haven't touched public servers since like A16 though, so I can't really talk about that.
So I've been playing every alpha since A14, and I have to say, the latest Alpha, at default difficulty settings, with 4 people was very difficult. As one of the two best players, I often found it *very* challenging on blood moon nights, and the two worser players were getting so frustrated that they've essentially quit (no longer show up to play, especially if they know blood moon is happening). Overall, I'm happy that the game is much more difficult, without being unfair. But myself and the other "good player" are the ones who beat Dark Souls, and the others are the ones that wouldn't even have a chance of beating it.
However, default difficulty is supposed to be set for newer players and average players. Currently, I feel the default is more suitable to default+1. While I'd love it if games like "Dark Souls" were more the norm, the reality is, they aren't. You can't assume that people have been playing games or FPS's their whole life, like I have been.
As far as official server difficulty goes... I'm not sure what the "correct" difficulty would be, except maybe have several different ones available? I haven't touched public servers since like A16 though, so I can't really talk about that.