Hello,

All i can say is that in version 0.6, playing a space marine make us (me and friend) feel like a space marine, not a gimp or a victim.

Actually lvl 14 and power rating around 350, account level 6.

On the leveling path, we tried some insane rating (200ish over our ratings) and it was just perfect.

Minions and regular mobs were a deal, but no so much.

Champions and bigger ones were hard and we had to use some tactics to avoid chain wipes

Things may change later, better or worse ... But it's an alpha ! I guess at lvl 20 things will be very different, but i'm still far from it (And i'm late on account leveling).

And since i can't judge about other's experience, i just wanted to add some input about 'perceived difficulty'.

Think you may have missed the memo that the games progression is currently broken due to the story content. It's being worked on and being changed within the near future, so there's that to look forward to. As for min/max'ing gear that's really I think intended moreso for the end content for the sector. Aka  Rating 600+ when you are Rank 20. 

Note - The % aren't accurate clearly, a character that does 150% less damage still does a fair amount of damage to enemies. So i'd presume for the meantime they don't actually reflect the real figures.

As for the difficulty setting I kind of agree that it gets somewhat easy, but i'm curious why you didn't just turn it up more? Myself and my group are playing are +500 difficulty and enjoying it. In a sector of 1200 rating going +100/+200 isn't really a big jump. Just go further..

That being said for the long term I do feel that could perhaps make the scaling quicker so it gets harder slightly faster, but then the 1200 mission when you hit max rank would be literally impossible (they are already tbh in single player mode)

Airsick Hydra pretty much nailed down the core reasons you may feel the game's current progression system is too easy. I'm pretty sure after it gets changed we will all feel much better about the leveling systems as a whole.

Although i would say having the base mission parameters of less than +200% enemy dmg and -200% player dmg dealt has a very marginal level of challenge associated with mission completion.

Slight side note we all thought the Inquisitor cap was 20 it is in fact now 50. 

So reaching Inquisitor level 20 gives you access to all weapons and items for your chosen class as well as enabling you access to better power rated gear drops from missions run. 

Not sure when you would be best to min/max gear with the current system in place but with the addition of these extra Inquisitor ranks from 20-50 you can now progress to earn gear of an even higher power level than previously obtainable so i would i expect the final 1200 PR rated system in the Subsector we have access to will now not feel such a daunting task to accomplish in single player unless of course the hardcore challenge was what you were seeking in which case you have the option to choose, farm better items to make it easier or stick to low PR and run high PR missions.

Happy Hunting to you fellow Inquisitor. 

You might not have met the wrong enemy types. At about 150% extra damage taken there are enemy combination that will quite simply melt you in seconds. If you meet a pack of 8+ reborn gunners or traitor guardsmen that don't happen to be standing in an easily nukable clump you get deleted.

It helps that you've got one of the stronger item combinations. Frags, Autoguns and Sentinel Turrets are all fantastic.

Hmm this makes me feel like a noob, playing and enjoing my melee crusader power rating ~470. but if i go into missions 525+ enemys just melt me down :(

If it isn't me there should be a buff of melee survivability (maybe melee weapons give deflect change or something)