How does changing difficulty work?

[Siven80]

How does changing difficulty work in this game?

 

When changing difficulty it says it will take effect on any map you have not yet visited.

 

If i go to an area, say Neketaka on Classic with no scaling, but then leave and go do the quests in Fort Deadlight. 

 

Then change difficulty to Story with all scaling and come back to Neketaka. Does that mean Neketaka and anywhere else i havent been will be in story/all scaling difficulty or will Neketaka still be on Classic/no scaling ?

[Purudaya]

Scaling and difficulty should work separately - scaling will only apply to maps you haven't yet visited (although I believe the devs said in a stream a few months back that they were working on that), but difficulty changes will definitely apply whether you have previously visited a map or not. 

Edited October 6, 2018 by Purudaya