Merciless VS the old Extreme

[viperwasp]

Are they the same thing? Like just re-named etc? What are the common differences? Which is harder?

I never really played on Extreme and I have yet to test Merciless.

[5thHorseman]

Too many things have changed in the game to compare them down to a simple "this is easier and this is harder."

I believe the goal is to make Merciless about equal in difficulty to the old Extreme. The name change was mostly to better communicate to the player that the mode is supposed to be unfair and you should only blame yourself when everybody dies, as opposed to OMG SO EXTREME I SHOULD DRINK RED BULL WHILE PLAYING WOO HOO.

[RawCode]

you can check difficulty XML on your own and compare it with previous version