Why go Hardcore? - Page 13

On January 29 2012 18:02 HaXXspetten wrote:

What if that's 100+ hours in on that character? Would you still just shrugg it of and go all the way back just like that?

On February 06 2012 02:54 Johnzee wrote:


What I don't understand is why someone would get worked up over losing 100+ hours of shifting electrons stored somewhere on a Blizzard server farm. Basically what's being said here is everyone's afraid of losing their one grasp of meaning over all those hours spent building a character.

The point of Hardcore is to get one to appreciate the play, not the product of play.

On February 06 2012 03:36 HaXXspetten wrote:

...if you're seeing your characters as nothing more than electrons, then you shouldn't be playing games at all

On February 06 2012 04:12 DeepElemBlues wrote:
After I completed the storyline D2 was just boring for me... until I played hardcore. Adding that urgency and the extra intensity is a big factor.

On February 06 2012 08:05 RunAwayCactuar wrote:
Hardcore is great but nothing makes me rage more than something happening which I have no control over(i.e Internet crashes for 1 minute and when you log in, you're dead and lose the character you've been playing for months/even years)

Softcore only, I think the RMAH will provide me with more fun than hardcore

On February 06 2012 10:47 Scorm wrote:
I doubt I would bother doing hardcore. I would like to play through the game for a bit before I decide to go hardcore if I ever even thought about it.

On February 06 2012 14:04 TheYukoner wrote:


I completely agree with this, and I will most likely doing the same. However as many people have neem discussing, D3 seems overly easy. The masses then answer "First boss of first act on easy, bla bla bla". In comparison to the Diablo clone Path of Exile (PoE), the difficulty of Diablo is a complete joke. Then again, we're all seen that Blizzard has made the decision to catter to a wider gaming community (i.e. making games easier and dumming them down - this started with the single player SC2 campaign. If you don't believe me, go back and play through the original and Brood War). While I enjoyed the time I spent playing through the beta, I couldn't help but feel the game was overly superficial and cartoony. Not once was I enticed to listening to the quests, albeit I did listen to the lore a bit, and I did not feel immersed in the game as I did playing PoE.

Five minutes into PoE you're faced with your first challenge: a mini-boss. This isn't quite like the first mini-boss in D3 as you still have no access to your stash, he has a decent amout of health, and you can actually die to him. The theme in the diablo 3 beta is that no matter how one will never get the "OH SHIT" feeling where one almost dies. Nothing, bar Leoric, and even he is a complete joke, should ever come close to killing you. You get surrounded? No problem, kill everything in 3 seconds flat. In PoE I've actually died a few times from getting surrounded.

All of this to say I believe I will reserve my judgement until the runestone system for Diablo is revealed, as this will honestly be a HUGE factor in whether or not I will bother playing. PoE has its whole runestone(gem) system already in place, a HUGE skill tree that is completely customizable (like it's fucking huge), has a darker atmosphere, and really has that level of punishment. Did I mention it will be Free 2 Play?

On February 06 2012 23:09 SaetZero wrote:
Same logic as why you pick hard or normal over easy in a single player game.

Challenge, or keeps it interesting, or bragging rights.

Thats about it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for increased difficulty. But not in this way. If I want a bigger challenge, I want it in the way of tougher opposition, or tighter restrictions, but this... Hardcore is just the same as Softcore, except that you'll be shaking with nervousity, constantly aware that one mistake and it'll be all over. It's not harder, but its mental impact is insane