Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24945625-20150313173328/@comment-25832576-20150313214455

You need to have a "I'm right here, come at me!" sort of attitude than a defeatist attitude. You never know until you actually try.

Back when I was HQ99, what did I do? I spammed 5-4 for ranking, and shot my HQ up to 102, without giving any shits about difficulty. The end result was a still easy event (Fall 2014) and I was still clearing EOs including 5-5.

Now with difficulty selection in events, the whole 'HQ difficulty jump fear' is getting old now. The only dramatic effect is the loss of 1-5 as a grinding location at HQ80, but players should have better alternatives unlocked by then. Everything else is manageable