medals?

[jlsgaladriel]

Hmmm. I just completed Avadon (as a loyalist, on hard, shaman level 29, ultimately heart of avadon.) I received neither the Hand of Avadon medal ("complete on Normal or higher") nor the Eye of Avadon ("complete on Hard or higher.")

 

I did once, at level four or so, when I discovered myself inappropriately in the salamander basement below the Aerie, drop the difficulty to casual until I escaped, upon which I put the difficulty level back up to high and left it there. I didn't use any cheat codes. Did this prevent my medals?

[Ceiling Durkheim]

I don't think so. I did that for one area (not the basement of Zhethron's place, which I didn't find until later), and I still got the "hand" and "eye" medals. Count me baffled.

[Spidweb]

You need to play the entire game at a difficulty to get credit for playing it on that difficulty.

 

- Jeff Vogel

[jlsgaladriel]

Argh. Out of curiosity, if I had cheated my way home rather than run through on casual, would I have gotten the medals?

[Spidweb]

I believe so. Cheat codes only invalidate medals for the "Kill this enemy" medals.

 

- Jeff Vogel

[Quiconque]

This might be a good thing to add to the medal screen in a future update. It makes sense that it works this way, but it's probably best to avoid overly frustrated players.

 

If you ratchet the difficulty UP mid-game, will that also disqualify you from the medals? Or only if you move it down?

[Ceiling Durkheim]

That's odd. I would've sworn I turned the difficulty down to Casual for a few of the fights on Shima's sidequest, but I still got the medals for beating the game on Hard.