torchlight-2
I have many characters in Torchlight 2 but they all are in elite mode. Can I join the game of another player who is playing on a different difficulty?
Alternatively, once started in elite mode I can change it to normal mode? Or is only when you start?
It is unfortunate that you have to play two different characters on those computers, however if you are happy with this to be the solution, all you need to do is the following:
Right click on Torchlight II in your games list and select Properties
On the Updates tab, you will find a setting for disabling Steam Cloud (The Steam synchronization service)
It is your choice whether you want to disable Steam Cloud on both (Just follow those steps on the other computer). If you leave it enabled on one computer, you will have that game data safely backed up on Steam's Servers.
First back up your game data
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\Torchlight 2saves folder to somewhere else and keep until certain that the game works.If Steam Cloud conflicts when you re-enable it, tell steam to not copy either files:
Navigate to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\Torchlight 2\save in Windows Explorer and open the folder which is made up on random numbers (#################).
Add your other character file in there and then tell Steam Cloud to force your local files onto Steam Cloud.
Disclaimer: I have not tried this and have posted this answer entirely based on my theoretical understanding of this game. I cannot verify that this method will work. You should back up your game data first in case anything goes wrong or something breaks.
The sharedstash.bin file cannot be merged with another (to my knowledge), so that will not be able to be copied over. The character stash is saved in the character file, so that will remain intact.
Navigate to where you backed up your saves folder.
Delete the saves folder in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\Torchlight 2 and then paste in your backup copy.
You can then either try again, try a different method or just choose to keep one set of game data.
Upon accepting and finishing the quest that gives you NG+, you will be booted back to the initial character loading screen (where you can switch between characters etc.).
You can then choose to Resume to play on your character, that is now in NG+ mode.
This means its level will remain the same, aswell as the skills and stats.
All your progress however is lost, so you start with a new world and the same quests you did before. You do however still have access to the Mapworks by using any Waypoint Portal.
You are not prompted to change the difficulty mode at any time (a pity in my eyes), so your difficulty setting is carried over.
You can ofcourse always change the difficulty setting if you want, as explained in this post.
Best Answer
If you are talking about LAN game, yes it is possible: in this mode, you choose difficulty at the beginnning of the game: it's the game's host that choose it.