Editing Difficulty (section)

==[[File:Hard.png|16px]] Hard==
This mode is for players who have leveled up their perks a bit and feel like normal is no longer a challenge. The amount of specimens per wave is stepped up and their health is increased by 35% from normal along with damage by 25%. The specimens also have a 15% increase in speed. Players start with £250. Random weapon spawns in the map is way less active but still profitable to check often. Ammo boxes that replenish weapon ammunition now has 33% chance to replenish [[grenade]]s and [[pipebomb]]s. Killing the Patriarch on this difficulty requires abit of foresight and teamwork compared to previous difficulties as its damage amplified to being borderline lethal. Patriarch's melee damage leaving squad members an inch away from death if they wear no kevlar. Especially for a relatively unleveled team, standing at too close would cause a swift wipe in the boss wave. Big specimen now slightly faster and hit notably harder but still would fall to focused fire from high tier weapons with ease. Ranged threats start to become a nuisance by this difficulty and players will face combinated specimen groups attacking at once more often now with more durable ranged threats. Strategy and timing is important to position after trader time to hold or choose a direction to run in organization.