#Is playing Ultimate difficulty mode mandatory to play the game atp?

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spice hawk
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Been playing for 1 year and half and have a bad history in this game

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Never had a true progression as a player and outside of normal raids and dungeons, legend campaigns, extreme mode of previous seasonal activities and 1 single GM beaten i'm bad

Now everyone plays Ultimate, while i reach only Grandmaster

steep island
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Bungie re-used the term GM, it's nothing to do with GM activities and their difficulty level. Master, GM, Ultimate, etc. simply means you're in that power range and will get corresponding reward tiers

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Few people could solo GMs earlier, now anyone 500+ can easily run ultimate activities. Dungeons/raids are way more difficult and complex compared to most ultimate activities

spice hawk
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I stopped at 470 (i'm 480 now) bc it's pointless to level after...

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You get T5 stuff in Grandmaster too...

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Ultimate has only 1 death token... And it's easy...??

steep island
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You get T5s consistently after 470 in PvE and 450 in PvP, before that it's a chance. By the time you hit 500 and go for ultimate, chances are you're overpowered for most activities. Super low revives in fireteam/pinnacle is acknowledged by Bungie and should be fixed shortly

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There is no real need to level up after 470 as you said. Ultimate is -5 higher delta compared to GM but gives out more T5s. You can play whichever way you enjoy more

spice hawk
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But since i've cleared only one GM before EOF in my Destiny career, i'm screwed

steep island
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I'll say it again, GMs pre-EoF were much harder than GM or ultimate now. I could solo clear some but not all GMs. I can clear most solo ops or fireteam ops on ultimate easily. If you really want a comparison to GMs before compare to GM conquests now

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And the 2 ultimate conquests are legit the most difficult content I've played in ~9 months of D2

spice hawk
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You can clear Ultimate stuff in Solo. I don't think i can
And Bungie wants us to do so
That's the problem

steep island
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There is absolutely no need to play ultimate conquests unless you want the emblem or the satisfaction of having beaten the hardest content game has to offer

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Bungie added forced power deltas a few weeks back which most players including me don't like. Earlier you could set combatant power level basis modifiers and could play at +10 instead of -20 now, that system was more tuned to play like you want, for any difficulty level including ultimate

spice hawk
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So what do i do to being able to play the game?

warm bolt
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play the game how you see fit and have fun?

tranquil furnace
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all this guy does is engage in low quality ragebait. dont waste your time replying, block him if you dont want to see his messages anymore

warm bolt
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I understand thank you

spice hawk
steep island
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Most solo ops activities a getaway artist warlock with maxed out grenade can finish while only focusing on champions and boss.