Poll: Will you drop the difficulty if you're having trouble?

[Raikas]

Some games I play to relax, others I play for the challenge. The former are usually RPGs or action-y games, and if a particular boss or npc is giving me trouble I'll change the difficulty to get past that point. The latter are usually mulitplayer games, so the only hurdle I need to overcome is my clumsiness.

This is how I see it as well. If I'm playing a game specifically for the combat, then no - I wouldn't lower the difficulty since the challenge is the point. But if I'm playing for the story (or I'm replaying to see how something branches) then I see no shame in dropping down to normal (or easy or whatever). I have zero interest in sticking with a game that's just frustrating if there's a way around the frustration.