Nightmare Difficulty Mode (Submitted)

I think everything thats needed to be said has been already

Huh. I was just looking through the campaign and in Update 21, where they were discussing the New Game Plus Mode, and they listed stuff off like:

• Harder enemies, better stats, and new attack patterns
  
  
• The team hopes to implement some special enemies which may drop rare items

Glad to see they were already on the same page as many of us months ago <3

Here's my two cents

LEVEL CAP OR EXPANDED LEVELS?
Nightmare Difficulty Mode could have Level caps (Cap at 50, at 25, at 1). But it could also be expanded levels, where enemies have their attributes absurdly multiplied and the player could break LV 100 and beyond.

ENEMIES
Enemies at different places? Harder enemies right at beginning? Completely new enemies? Enemies with special status modes? (Like Berserk, or enraged, with higher stats).

NIGHTMARE EXCLUSIVE ITENS?
Some weapons, Shards and equipment could be exlusive to Nightmare difficulty mode.


That's all folks!

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This post was a thread before. It was merged with this thread to not spread out the discussion.

Hey croc, you never made them bullets!

We may not end up using them, but I think they're good to have anyway D:

Looks like we got the foundations of a challenge mode.

Enemies have strong AI. They can work together to gang up on the playable character.

I actually like this idea, considering that there are weapons and items you could only get on Hard Mode in Aria of Sorrow.

There's also one Soul exclusive to Hard Mode in Dawn of Sorrow (after completing the file).

Since i was gently quoted, (that post was from a thread i made, and that i was advised to let it here, instead of doing another thread), let me explain how i think Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night difficulty system should be overall.


FIRST TIME PLAYING: NORMAL MODE

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First time you turn on the game, select a new save file and start playing, you can't choose any difficulty at all. The game is locked on it's normal difficulty, that's something similar to Aria of Sorrow / Dawn of Sorrow / Portrait of Ruin of sorts. Not as easy as Symphony of the Night, not as hard as Order of Ecclesia. Accessible for newbies, and players that doesn't like hardcore challenges.

SECOND TIME PLAYING: HARD MODE

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Finishing the game once, unlocks Hard Mode. In Hard mode, enemies are faster and harder and you are weaker, something a little harder than Order of Ecclesia default setting. Hard Mode has exclusive items, equipment (and maybe Shards) that can't be found on Normal Mode.

THIRD TIME PLAYING: NIGHTMARE MODE

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Finishing the game on Hard Mode, unlocks Nightmare Mode. Now things get serious. Here's what i think how Nightmare Mode Should be, in 10 steps.

1) Enemies are even hader and faster than Hard Mode.
2) Higher level enemies from other parts of the castle show up earlier. 
3) Annoying enemies (medusa heads wannabe, flea man wannabe) show up in places they didn't existed in original game. Including all Boss Rooms (when possible).
4) You can't level up. Miriam is locked in LV1, so, no grinding will save you. You can still level up shards (if that exists) and you can still increase your HP and MP with HP Max Up and MP Max up of sorts (if that exists).
5) Items in Miriam's inventory are half-capped. So, if you can have 9 potions of each time, you can now have only 5 potions of each type, for instance.
6) Monsters respawn after a random time (between 10 seconds to 1 minute) if you don't leave the area you are in. 
7) Bosses (when possible) show up with a bunch of enemies alongside with them.
8) Everytime you get hit, there is a 50% chance of losing money. The same amout you lost in HP.
9) Nightmare Status. Any  enemy (except annoying ones) can randomly enter in "Nightmare Mode" for some 5~10 seconds. In this mode, they gain a red aura and turn invincible, with double speed and damage, potentially capable of killing you in a single hit. Bosses also have this. 
10)  Nightmare Mode is a SELF-IMPOSED CHALLENGE, so, absolutely no new content (like equipment, powers, collectibles, story events) exist on it. Finishing it just awards the player with an achievment for online bragging.

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That's all folks!

These three specific items sound similar to Cheat Code suggestions I made in this past thread.

Take a look.