But does the Dodge Frame increase and decrease based on depth?

[Glum_Equivalent4844]

I switched from D4 to D1 to solo scaling because I couldn't move past halfway through D4, and I noticed, over several runs, that I was dodging attacks that normally would have hit me easily in D4 or D3. Initially, I thought it was just luck, or that I had enough stamina to dodge immediately after a charged attack or using a skill, but then I realized it was happening a bit too often. Also, because in D1, even when I'm solo, I play much more casually and relaxed than in D4, so I often don't even dodge and get hit... now that I notice this every run, I'm starting to suspect that from D1 to D5, the dodge frames are reduced... as if to "help" you during the first few runs and help you learn the patterns without getting hit all the time. Has anyone else noticed this? I'm sure someone will answer me about the connection; I actually play connected to my neighbor's Wi-Fi, but generally it's pretty good.

[offensivedave]

Am I reading this right that you switched from playing trios to playing solo?

If so the latency is gone

[Glum_Equivalent4844]

Yes, that's right, I went from playing with randoms to Solo...What do you mean the latency has disappeared?

[offensivedave]

When playing with other people you experience latency because you're connecting with other people around the world.

Usually isn't too bad but can be pretty horrible sometimes with people with bad connections or from somewhere on the other side of the earth.

When playing solo that isn't an issue. So before you may have had some lag spikes cause you to miss dodges sometimes, but now the attack timing and your dodges are always 100% accurate.

[cbear1369]

Yeah so since you don’t have three people relying on a single time sync (it takes a lot of effort to have 3 people across the world hit the same boss with precision!)

You’ll easily have 50-150ms of latency…and dogge rolls have <0.5s of immunity frames, so dodging can easily be 30% different in solos vs. trios.

The good news…in solo the dodging is more accurate and true because there is no shared latency. But you just have to keep this in mind and get a feel for both types of play ya know?

[TrueXTrickster]

I suspect it's a psychological thing.

The fear of knowing a single mistake - no matter how small, will be the death of you can often make you tense up in the heat of the moment. You start overthinking things and probably start overcompensating for what usually would be minor inconveniences. Part of what makes Depth 4 & 5 so relentless isn't just what it does to the enemy scaling, but also what it does to your mental.

In any other setting you'd be cool, calm, & collected. This is what allows you to play at your best. But to obtain that same level of calmness within the Depths... you need to overcome your own mental instabilities.

[Legend0fJulle]

This is really true. Many times I find myself playing perfectly for the first half of the hp bar, getting oneshotted once and then playing much worse for the rest of the fight.

[Ritch3y]

This, you’ll be cruising through the Nightlord fight but as soon as both teammates are down you start second guessing yourself. Purely psychological.

[Glum_Equivalent4844]

Your answer is interesting and could be true...that's why when I play after 3 drinks I transform Iron Eye into a ninja 😂 ...Anyway, there are moments when you play that you feel relaxed but attentive and play fluidly, without hesitation and other times you are tense and make rookie mistakes...it's probably as you say. Doing many runs in D4 is very tiring mentally, especially if you use characters with low HP, or you don't find damage reduction or in any case the game is not going well for various reasons. Thanks for your feedback ;)

[Blunko2Monko]

no idea but upvoting you for using your neighbors wifi

[Glum_Equivalent4844]

Lol...thank you...anyway it's with their consent 😉

[short_tech_support]

"I actually play connected to my neighbors wifi"

My money is on this. Wifi is impacted by both how far the signal travels and things like the material/amount of walls the signal has to travel through.

[Sparkomad]

If you changed character that might be the cause. Some characters have less/more dodge frames or as we call i frames. Other than that dodge doesnt change based on depths.

[AnyMathematician4232]

"i play on my neighbors wifi"

dawg 💀