[Neverness to Everness] Difficulty settings — do you drop down or push through?

Spent most of the weekend on this and I am still not sure I understand it. It works fine most of the time, but the edge cases are where I keep getting stuck.

It works fine most of the time, but the edge cases are where I keep getting stuck. Marking this solved once something actually works.

In my testing, it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Report back once you have tried it.

Depends on your setup, but broadly the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Slightly different take — it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

This is the bit people miss — the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Quick correction to the above: region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.