Difficulty setting preferences on games

Typically second highest or highest.

Depends how familiar I am with the genre and how much time I want to spend with the game.

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Ain’t got time

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Depends how the difficulty setting works. If higher difficulties make the AI better, I’ll do that. If it just makes them bullet sponges, I stick to normal.

I barely have enough time for the gaming I want, so I set it to easy and roll.

There is only one difficulty to play, the hardest.

And to expound on what I mean, being so few games do it well, I'll give an example: An easy way for a shooter to properly scale difficulty is by increasing the aggression of the AI. It doesn't matter that the number of NPCs vastly overwhelm the PCC if they all sit behind cover and come forward one at a time. But that numbers superiority becomes a hell of a bitch if a couple sit back and lay down fire while the bulk of them rush your flanks.

In short, if increasing difficulty increases immersion (by making the game feel more realistic), I'll do it. If increasing difficulty means I have to shoot some unarmored grunt 20 times before they drop, I'll constantly be reminded that I'm playing a (poorly coded) game, so I would rather just keep the slider down.

For long story games, I usually do the Hardest setting

Depends on the game. If it's a game like one of the original god of war games where there's a moveset and you don't have to use 75% of the abilities because the game is too easy, I'll crank it up to the higher settings.

Metal gear solid? frick that. Just give me story.

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In short, if increasing difficulty increases immersion (by making the game feel more realistic),

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Bioshock Infinite and Mass Effect 2 are two games that immediately Co to mind. The AI difference between normal and hard is like playing a different game.