Given the increased difficulty, don't offer + 3 missions

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I'm fine with people picking up +3 lvl missions when they are with friends on a team, but if you are soloing and get the "robbery in progress" message, only to enter the bank and find everyone is +3 to you, given the current buff to overall difficulty that has been instituted you are likely to fail.

I tried the Purple Gang bank robbery and had no shot in heck of finishing it in time, given how long it took me ot take down 3 henchmen. Either dial back the difficulty, or stop offering people +3 lvl missions like that.

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I'm fine with people picking up +3 lvl missions when they are with friends on a team, but if you are soloing and get the "robbery in progress" message, only to enter the bank and find everyone is +3 to you, given the current buff to overall difficulty that has been instituted you are likely to fail.

I tried the Purple Gang bank robbery and had no shot in heck of finishing it in time, given how long it took me ot take down 3 henchmen. Either dial back the difficulty, or stop offering people +3 lvl missions like that.

You will find out that the only way to keep leveling in your 30s is to take and gladly do +3 missions. Hell at this point I would take +4 missions.

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I was soloing +3 missions with no issues all night. Now when they are +2 and tough.... screw that lol.

But yeah, they need to make it so all builds can handle it. I just happen to have a very survivable toon.

Edit: By all, I mean, most at least semi-well thought out builds.

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Yeah, with the current experience rates, I'm actually searching for +3 and +4 missions.

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They really need to add a lot more missions if they keep this current mission xp rate.

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The original poster hit it right on the head. The mission itself isn't impossible, but completing it IN TIME is. I tried it this morning and died a couple times but hadn't engaged the boss nor found the last hostage when time expired. It just takes too long to take down the mobs.

At the very least, this mission needs a timer extension.

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I did suceeded in foiling three bank robberies this week. As BladeFiend said, the problem for me began when I entered a Civilian timed mission that had a group of two +2 tough ehnchmen and two +2 tough villains. Ouch.
Killed two then died and when I got back into that room they had respawned...

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At the risk of sounding like an idiot, where are all these bank robbery missions? I have a level 15,17 and 33 and not ran into one of them.

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You have to be standing right outside the NPC bank building in MC with all the police cars and then hit z to take the mission. It's repeatable too.

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You will find out that the only way to keep leveling in your 30s is to take and gladly do +3 missions. Hell at this point I would take +4 missions.

Just to be clear, I'm fine with people choosing to take a +3 or +4 mission if they want. But the game should not include +2 an +3 missions as "pop ups." When I get a pop up mission (either a bank robbery, or a patrol instance) I assume its level-appropriate. To walk into the bank and discovery all the mobs are +2 to my level was very annoying, given the mission timer. Frankly, extending the timer isn't a solution - I don't want to spend 45 minutes saving hostages - if its not fun to do in 20 minutes it won't be fun to do over 45 minutes.

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I like the popup missions that are +3, hell give me harder ones. I want a challenge :)

Normal missions I like the option to do +5 missions, at this point in time I like it when I get +3 missions meant for 2 or 3 people. Still easy but least a bit more of a challenge.

I understand some people find it difficult on pop up missions, but the thing is you always got the option to not do it. Once your in if you find it hard then just leave, drop the mission and go back to what you were doing.

Basically, you got the option to walk away at the moment. If you remove the pop up then people like myself wont have a choice, so I would say leave it there so that we remain to have the choice.

Once Im 40 on my main I be going back again and either playing my lvl 10 archer or making a new character. Really need to see what the complaints are about and if it is a playstyle issue or a actual problem, as so far all testing says it playstyle issues to me.

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I've found a national bank but doesnt seem to be the right one, can anyone tell me the general area? I've asked in every MC shard available and not a single person knows lol