Because it’s the only mode me and my group would play and many others obviously, all of us(me and my group) have over 1500 hrs at this point and we all have no need to grind for gears any more.
Other modifiers simply don’t provide enough challenge or hurt our eyes or combination of the two…
agree. only game i play anymore. i check the website now so no need to even login if there is no hi int shock troop
I dont mind playing normal hi int but shocktroops is a blast. In part because the risk of losing is so high. Its such a rush, win or lose.
In fact its probably so popular in part due to the fact that there’s high complexity and challenege regardless of how many times you’ve played a map. All the little tricks you have dont matter against 3 muties, 5 bursters, a poxhordez 20 scab shooters and a plague ogryn.
Yes, we need Hi-int gauntlet.
I doubt we are heard…
My team is just thinking about changing for another game at this point. 
We are Tide lovers 
, but without private session, mods, and locked mission board. We’re not going to stay on a game that won’t let us play, no matter how much we love 'TIDE game. 
How dare you to demand player agency? You shall be forced to play low intensity Malice for the rest of your life.
Specifically mods that bypass the horrific rng grind, also unlocking that 2nd perk and blessing right? Wink wink~😉
Honestly if they just had a “pinned” mission they could tweak based on some kind of…player feedback or something…like something you’d do for a game that is…kinda LIKE a live service. Well wouldn’t that just be peachy. New map comes out? Pinned. New mode everyone likes? Pinned.
I mean RNG map selection sucks. But assuming we don’t demand they rework the whole thing there are plenty of options…PLENTY of options for how to give played what they want consistently. I’m not the kind of guy that demands perfect, good enough is usually good enough.
I have any weapon I want to be honest. Not always T4, some have T3 or what but… Doesnt matter. We did damnation with lvl 13 and blessing T1 and grey weapon…
Grinding system is far from perfect but … I don’t really care. I’ll play a game I enjoy and get everything eventually.
I just want to play the damn game I enjoy 
This is me too. I hate the grind. I want the locks removed. But i have gear that is playable for my prefered class for almost every weapon or whatever. I just want to play the damn game!
I played other games or did chores i was planning on procrastinating on my weekend more than i played darktide. I mean thanks for the help getting my chores done Fatshark, but aren’t you in the business of getting me to play your game so i spend money on it?
I can say we have been heard. Hi-int Shock troop gauntlet has been totaly ERASED.
At least, we don’t have to wait for it anymore.
We have perfectly boring new normal version 
They should just make a 6th “chaos” difficulty where hi-int is the new standard, for people who can’t get enough with normal modes.
They absolutely should. If our numbers are so small they can even just have one map rotating through this mode. at 30m refresh times we have now that would probably be fine. If I die before completing it I can just climb back in and if it rotates out I won’t be sad because the difficulty I want is still there.
The only thing I am not sure about is will I get bored with hi-shock? I feel like the answer is no because even if I get incredibly gooder than I already am now, the compounding variability of high density spawns is what makes it interesting. Every square inch of every map is a new nightmare. Doesn’t matter if I play the same map over and over (as much) when every other foot of it is covered in fractally complex enemy spawns. In my view the old L4D hypothesis of managing the player’s stress level has been disproven. The new horde shooter meta is extreme difficulty SHMUP tier nonsense enemy spawns.
Or in less verbose terms: just f me up bro.