What difficulty do you play on?

[Astar]

Tbh I never completed the episode 4 on a UV. I beat the first level (mygod, Hell Beneath is just cruel) and stopped on the second.

I want to try Thy Flesh Consumed again on UV someday.

And ofc saves, lot's of 'em

[aloysiusfreeman]

Typically I'll always start something with HMP. If I ever play something again I'll go UV. 

[TheSlipgateStudios]

Default is HMP, HNTR if it's a little bit more difficult and UV for stuff like first 3 episodes of UT.

Edited August 2, 2023 by TheSlipgateStudios

[JK sleepy]

i play on ultra-violence because I have a massive ego

[RHhe82]

36 minutes ago, JK sleepy said:

i play on ultra-violence because I have a massive ego

NM solo-net pistol start keyboard only d2all tyson or bust.

[Doomy__Doom]

10 minutes ago, RHhe82 said:

NM solo-net pistol start keyboard only d2all tyson or bust.

Missing FDA and blindfolded handstand, but it's a good start.

[volleyvalley]

I mostly play on UV myself, but if I play a level for the first time, I save my game occasionally.

[Insaneprophet]

Ultra violence by default, always. I like and prefer the challange if it exists. If i find that it really is just too hard but so well made or in a style I like I have no problem dropping the difficulty so that I can still experience it. With all that said, I must explain that I play with saves so outside of the most explicit slaughter stuff I rarely find myself unable to find a strategy on UV.

[espilka]

HMP.  Zero interest in UV, probably in part because some people decided it's 'the standard' these days.  If i want a tougher challenge, i play a wad that's tougher on HMP.

[SPIN]

UV for everything. Maybe I'm a masochist or something but it makes everything so rewarding. At points it can be infuriating but man you learn so much about Doomin just playing on a harder skill. For harder wads it's a pain n the ass I won't lie I won't pretend I'm that good of a player. However, it better familiarizes me with the set of levels I'm playing. I personally could never find myself playing on anything lower or higher for some regular wads or the og doom trilogy up into Final Doom. I feel like I'm missing out on HMP because it removes or drastically alters things that can make it not what I would call an easier experience but a more accessible experience. The amount of enemies in UV is perfect (most of the time). I will say tho playing episode 4 on UV when I was very new kicked my ass back to the stone age, I had to push thro that lol.

Edited August 11, 2023 by SPIN

[entropy122]

I'm not very good at the game, and I'm Too Young to Die.

[OniriA]

Upside down on the sofa on Nightmare.

Edited August 12, 2023 by OniriA

[RHhe82]

19 minutes ago, OniriA said:

Upside down on the sofa on Nightmare.

Permanent invulnerability sphere for monsters on nightmare and guaranteed max damage rolls, or bust.

[kinker31]

UV for official material (and for megawads I'm comfortable with), HMP for everything else.

I have a pretty dumb reluctance to use HNTR and below, even if there's no judgement whatsoever against it on more difficult mapsets.

[enigma101]

If I want to relax and have fun, HMP. If I'm playing through a megawad for the first time or doing a full run of Doom/Doom II then UV.

[DoomPlayer00]

Ultra violence unless the map creator heavily recommends playing on a lower difficulty in the readme file.

[Adam Oker]

Usually I play in Ultra Violence.

But if I suck I go hurt myself plenty

[WARDUST]

Ultra V for vanilla, but hurt me plenty with my mod (enemies are stronger) but i feel like i'm failing to myself or something :P

[EPICALLL]

I like to play on UV whenever possible, except for wads like NERF that literally can't be played on UV.

[Knor964]

I only play on UV I did this for years I can't remember the last time I played on HMP.

[Async Unicorn]

Ultra Violence usually, but switch to Hurt Me Plenty or lower when it's more balanced or easier.

[bsharp]

either hmp or uv. whatever i'm feeling at the current moment, which is basically random. schrodinger's difficulty setting