Quote Originally Posted by Cobblemaniac View Post
Uh... no. 7-11F difficulty spikes are simply typical of what a progressing newbie will face.

I'm sorry, but the people who actually touched 13F and above know better how bad the spike was. Refer back to the meme chart. That slope is less exaggerative than you think.

And I don't even have to conduct a survey anywhere to tell you how badly it fucked everyone over. Even DMM had major issues with this stage when they first faced it.
To be honest I wouldn't say difficulty spike for 12->13 was higher than 10->11. I did messed up 13F because of my own stupidity, but floor 11 also put some challenge (goddamn Surtr deleting my Oto-hime with double-strike from normal overdrive).
I would agree with nonsensei on 13 being harder than 14, if it wasn't for friend clearing 13F and failing at 14F. Seems it really depends on person.