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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 4958500" data-attributes="member: 63">Studies have shown that people tend to have the most 'fun' when they succeed about 70% of the time. More than that and it's too easy to be engaging. Less than that and it's frustrating.I'd peg it at:With mediocre tactics, you should hit on a 9+ (60% of the time). This is, like, if you never flank, and you target the wrong defense, or you forget to use some powers to help improve your attacks.With average tactics, 7+ (70% of the time). In this case, you might be doing everything right with yourself, but you're not paying enough attention to helping allies or taking advantage of their aid.With good tactics, 5+ (80% of the time). This is when you work as a well-oiled machine with your party members, everyone helping everyone else out.&nbsp;Edit to Add:With more challenging enemies, there are several ways to increase challenge without increasing frustration. Give the enemy some shield the party can take down, so he's hard to hit until you figure out his trick. Or give him a strong attack that hits everyone around him, so the group needs to change tactics or else die. Or just make him a brute so it's an endurance match to see if you can keep out of his way long enough to wear down all his hit points.Simply increasing defenses is a boring, and often frustrating way to increase challenge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 4958500, member: 63"] Studies have shown that people tend to have the most 'fun' when they succeed about 70% of the time. More than that and it's too easy to be engaging. Less than that and it's frustrating. I'd peg it at: With mediocre tactics, you should hit on a 9+ (60% of the time). This is, like, if you never flank, and you target the wrong defense, or you forget to use some powers to help improve your attacks. With average tactics, 7+ (70% of the time). In this case, you might be doing everything right with yourself, but you're not paying enough attention to helping allies or taking advantage of their aid. With good tactics, 5+ (80% of the time). This is when you work as a well-oiled machine with your party members, everyone helping everyone else out. Edit to Add: With more challenging enemies, there are several ways to increase challenge without increasing frustration. Give the enemy some shield the party can take down, so he's hard to hit until you figure out his trick. Or give him a strong attack that hits everyone around him, so the group needs to change tactics or else die. Or just make him a brute so it's an endurance match to see if you can keep out of his way long enough to wear down all his hit points. Simply increasing defenses is a boring, and often frustrating way to increase challenge. [/QUOTE]

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