Losing a character in D2 wasn't that bad. You could level pretty damn quick. I do remember all my deaths though... But they didn't make me angry at the time, despite being much younger and more immature and such

I'll play through the game until hell probably on normal then make a HC character. Too fun.

MrKn4rz

Germany2153 Posts

March 18 2012 06:28 GMT

#423

Hardcore is the only way for me to get everything out of a game. I played Hardcore in Diablo II/Sacred 2 and it is currently the only thing that keeps me wanting to play Minecraft sometimes. You dont get why and I dont get what this Thread is about.

Ace1123

Philippines1187 Posts

March 18 2012 07:32 GMT

#424

I would be Semi Hardcore in this game. I will do play it a lot but I will still focus more on SC2

Amalaxi

United States180 Posts

March 20 2012 20:57 GMT

#425

I remember using wireless mice (wtf?) back in the d2 1.08-1.09 HC days, the mouse batteries go out you have a heart attack while slamming your face on the keyboard hoping you hit alt+f4 to get out of the game hope you didnt die...
multiple enchanced lightning pre-nerf =

I plan on going HC as soon as I can, if I could do it before playing softcore I will :D

edit: typos

Scrandom

Canada2819 Posts

March 20 2012 21:32 GMT

#426

I play both, hardcore is just fun because like you said, you mess up once or get put on the wrong side of the coinflip thats it. You're done. It's very intense. One thing you didn't seem to touch on is sometimes people don't need some special reward to do something difficult that's offers nothing else.

pileopoop

Canada317 Posts

March 22 2012 23:56 GMT

#427

On March 18 2012 16:32 Ace1123 wrote:
I would be Semi Hardcore in this game. I will do play it a lot but I will still focus more on SC2

That's not what hardcore means.

SnipedSoul

Canada2158 Posts

March 23 2012 02:06 GMT

#428

I plan to only play hardcore since I won't have more than 1-2 hours a day to play. Who wants to farm for items all day? It's way more fun when there's something on the line. Plus, the trading scene in hardcore tends to be a lot better since people are constantly losing items.

Bayyne

United States1967 Posts

March 24 2012 08:42 GMT

#429

I will play hardcore with my second character after I play on normal mode. If there is a boss like Duriel then fml.

Kickboxer

Slovenia1308 Posts

March 24 2012 10:43 GMT

#430

I live in a family-owned apartment building and we've been renting a couple of rooms. Yesterday, some clueless tenant was randomly messing with the router and killed the net around 11 pm, my prime gaming time. Had I had a max level hardcore char, this would have murdered it well and good.

Shit like makes me seriously concerned for my mental health when it's time to hit up hardcore

Nilrem

United States3684 Posts

March 24 2012 11:21 GMT

#431

On March 24 2012 19:43 Kickboxer wrote:
I live in a family-owned apartment building and we've been renting a couple of rooms. Yesterday, some clueless tenant was randomly messing with the router and killed the net around 11 pm, my prime gaming time. Had I had a max level hardcore char, this would have murdered it well and good.

Shit like makes me seriously concerned for my mental health when it's time to hit up hardcore

Do not worry, you are screwed. Actually, what you should do is type out a list of things you should NOT do to the router. Tape it and leave it on the router so hopefully no one touches it. Or at least, tell them the time frame of when or when not to mess with it.

MrTortoise

1388 Posts

March 24 2012 13:00 GMT

#432

Tape all cables to ceilings. I have no idea why peopel use the floor

DarKFoRcE

Germany1215 Posts

March 24 2012 17:40 GMT

#433

I kinda liked hardcore in D2, it wasnt actually that hard to not die after getting into it a bit. except for stormsouls in the tower in hell and stuff like that ^^.

in d3 i think i wont do it because if i play it somewhat serious i want to do PvP (which i hope comes soon after release), and for that i dont want to randomly lose my chars :D

KookyMonster

United States311 Posts

March 24 2012 18:30 GMT

#434

I had a friend lose his Necromancer in D2...gave up the game after that. While it is challenging, it sort of takes the fun out of the game and becomes more of a job in that it stresses you out. I will not be playing Hardcore on D3, at least not on my main character.

Dotq

Norway235 Posts

March 24 2012 18:37 GMT

#435

I think softcore will be really boring after u have your 5 classes at 60 with gear enough to run inferno. In time the game will be flooded with items, and you will just be waiting for an expansion...

Hardcore on the other side, will have constant flow of items found and lost, witch to me makes it alot more attractive. Yes, it will suck to lose a good geared lvl 60 character, but I think it sucks alot more to have fully geared softcore characters with not much left to do.

I will play hardcore from the first day, and do it as safe as possible. Allways keeping up gearwise with my level through crafting etc, defensive builds and not trying to defeat content before my char is ready for it

ruXxar

Norway5669 Posts

March 24 2012 19:05 GMT

#436

What i'd love is if you could PvP in hardcore without losing your char if you died. So you level in PVE with standard hardcore mode but you can PvP as if in normal mode.

Dotq

Norway235 Posts

March 24 2012 19:09 GMT

#437

On March 25 2012 04:05 ruXxar wrote:
What i'd love is if you could PvP in hardcore without losing your char if you died. So you level in PVE with standard hardcore mode but you can PvP as if in normal mode.

I wouldnt be supprised if they let you skirmish arena somehow without losing your character. I think they know people couldnt really enjoy pvp at the highest level in hardcore without this option.

Otherwise hardcore pvp arena prob would be something like low level twinked chars

JayDee_

548 Posts

March 24 2012 19:50 GMT

#438

imo hardcore takes the fun out of it. You have to be careful to the point where things get boring and repetitive. I can see the appeal if you're one of those super fantasy/immersion type nerds. Otherwise it makes no sense and can ultimately be a massive waste of time.

Dotq

Norway235 Posts

March 24 2012 20:22 GMT

#439

On March 25 2012 04:50 JayDee_ wrote:
imo hardcore takes the fun out of it. You have to be careful to the point where things get boring and repetitive. I can see the appeal if you're one of those super fantasy/immersion type nerds. Otherwise it makes no sense and can ultimately be a massive waste of time.

I wouldnt look at it as a waste of time to lose a HC char, because the journy itself with that character should be a reward in itself. Hardcore is for people who likes an extra challenge, and playing with something on the line.

Softcore has a clear end, where u cant improve your character more, and that is when the game becomes boring and repetitive...

If you are a casual gamer, playing this game 2-3 times a week for couple hours, HC may not be something for you. Hardcore is called hardcore for a reason

Polis

Poland1292 Posts

March 24 2012 21:32 GMT

#440

On March 17 2012 13:04 xavra41 wrote:
I would like to try HC but the problem is that normal difficulty is so damn easy. I dont want to snooze through a whole difficulty then die in nightmare lol.

This. I would like hardcore h&s that is challenging from lvl1, that would be fun. D2 has too many tedious/ridicilously easy parts, and it looks like D3 will not be any better, and it might even be worse becouse they want to prevent rushing through dificulty levels.