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--- mgs2_difficulty_differences [2025/01/20 08:29] – [Weapon & item capacity] Updated info about PSG1-T pickup amount Lucky Rapidflower
+++ mgs2_difficulty_differences [2025/06/03 12:27] (current) – [Enemy range of vision] Lucky Rapidflower
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 From right to left: Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard/Extreme and E-Extreme.
+Note that in some areas the enemy range of vision is the same on all difficulties.
 ====Health values====
 ^Difficulty^Very Easy^Easy^Normal^Hard^Extreme^E-Extreme^
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 ====Guard strength====
 ^Difficulty^Very Easy^Easy^Normal^Hard^Extreme^E-Extreme^
+^Health|3000|3000|3000|4000|6000|10000^
+^Stun stamina|3|7|9|14|19|24^
 ^Sleep time|9 min|9 min|5 min|3 min|3 min|40s^
-^KO Time|60s|60s|30s|30s|30s|30s^
-^Tranquilizer onset time, limb|0s|14s|22s|22s|22s|22s^
-^Tranquilizer onset time, body|0s|6s|9s|9s|9s|9s^
-^Punches to KO|4|8|10|15|20|25^
-^Rolls/flips to KO|1|3|3|5|7|7^
-^HF Blade hits to KO|1|2|2|3|3|3^
-^Body shots to kill|3|3|3|4|6|10^
-^HF Blade slashes to kill |1|1|2|2|3|3^
-  * Chokes to KO = Punches to KO - 1 (e.g. Normal guards take 9 chokes to KO)
+  * The tengus fought in Arsenal Gear have 3000 health on all difficulties.
-  * Pistol punch = 2 punches (only the second punch has increased damage)
-  * Rifle punch = 3 punches
+Lethal damage table:
-  * Roll = 3-4 punches
+  * Torso shot on any guard / limb shot on attack team guard or tengu: 1000
-  * Kick = 4 punches (Raiden's double kicks combined still equal 4)
+  * Limb shot on regular guard: 500
-  * Nikita punch = 10 punches
+  * Explosion: 3000 (6000 in VR/alt missions)
-  * Limb shot = 0.5 body shot
+  * Lethal HF Blade: 1500 (note that a single attack can hit several times)
-  * Explosion = 3 body shots
-  * A rifle punch to the head immediately knocks an enemy out.
+Enemy armor mechanics:
-  * Additional tranquilizers halve the time to go to sleep.
+  * Regular attack team guards have body armor with 1280 health that protects from lethal bullet-based weapons.
-  * Waking guards up: shooting > coolant spray > pick up & drop
+  * Each shot to this armor deals 256 damage.
+  * On Very Easy, the armor offers no protection.
+Stun stamina damage table:
+  * Punch: 1
+  * Choke: 1
+  * Kick (including Raiden's double kicks combined):  4
+  * 2nd punch w/ weapon equipped: 2
+  * Roll: 3
+  * Throw: 5
+  * Rifle punch: 3
+  * Nikita punch: 10
+  * Non-lethal HF Blade: 6
+  * Close to stun grenade explosion during Guard Rush and Tengu fights: 3 (outside of these fights it is an instant KO)
+Stun mechanics:
+  * For a guard to get knocked out, they either need their stun stamina to be reduced to -1 or have it reduced to 0 while getting knocked down or choked.
+  * On Very Easy and Easy, guards stay knocked out for 60s.
+  * On Normal and harder, guards stay knocked out for 30s.
+  * A punch to the head with a weapon or a punch to the crotch is an instant KO.
+Tranquilizer mechanics:
+  * Guards have 3000 tranq stamina on all difficulties.
+  * A tranq to the torso will deal 1000 tranq damage.
+  * A tranq to a limb will deal 500 tranq damage.
+  * On Very Easy, a single tranq will immediately put a guard to sleep.
+  * On Easy, every tranq to a limb and the torso will deal 3 and 6 tranq damage respectively each frame (=180/s and 360/s).
+  * On higher difficulties, they deal 2 and 4 tranq damage respectively every frame (=120/s and 240/s).
+Guard sleep/KO time reduction table:
+  * Attacking: 30s
+  * Drag and drop: 20s
+  * Coolant spray: 100 frames every other frame = 50s every second
+Note that time in MGS2 is based on frames, meaning 1s = 60 frames.
 ====Bosses====