So I’ve mostly been playing on Haz 3, I could swing Haz 4 and even did the EDDs with a friend but Haz 3 was my comfort zone. Then I got around to doing the haz 5 unlock assignment, I wanted to do it solo because it felt right and my initation was graced with swarmageddon and duck and cover hazards, plus a surprise bulk in the kill 3 dreadnoughts mission.
Afterwards I did a few missions on Haz 4 and it just feels… cozy. is this how it happens? Am I inevitably going to become one of those crazy dwarves who plays on Haz 5+ and still considers the game too relaxed? In Karls name is this my fate!?
Yes, this is the way.
But you might have been “lucky” recently and have gotten much easier events/caves/modifiers. A few weeks ago I’ve gotten a streak of bad luck on haz 4 where each mission had super hard landing with a swarm, a spitter plant and the automaton initiator thing. Mr. Randy is full of surprises and haz number is a difficulty suggestion, not a requirement.
I think Randy is the reason I just completed my first EDD this week, despite doing Haz4 solo comfortably for the entirety of season 4.