Players of Orcs Must Die! Unchained will soon be offered a wide range of experiences in co-op with significant improvements to AI difficulty in the closed beta on September 23. AI difficulty now comes in four levels: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Nightmare. All players start with Easy and must win a game at their current level to unlock the next level of difficulty. Options in co-op matchmaking now allow the selection of a specific difficulty for AI as well if players feel like more or less of a challenge.
Rewards for co-op games also now scale with difficulty:
- Easy games are 75% until level 10
- Normal games are 100% until level 15
- Hard games are 125% with no level limit
- Nightmare games are 150% with no level limit
Improvements to the game’s difficulty, along with updates to the matchmaking system, offer more challenges and a better experience for closed beta players looking to hone their skills in a PvE setting before facing off against other players. Other significant balancing to Guardians, Heroes, Traps, Glyphs, and more will also be coming soon to the game’s closed beta via this update.
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