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gosublade
Profile Joined May 2011
632 Posts
January 31 2012 01:12 GMT
#121
On January 31 2012 10:03 Mr Showtime wrote:
Once you die with a hardcore character, can't he just become a softcore character?

No point. Just play sc then.
Not even death can save you from me.
ztranger
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden57 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 01:20:44
January 31 2012 01:19 GMT
#122
After spending a summer break playing D2 hardcore, the first season of 1.10 when they made hell a lot harder, it is still one of the best memories I have. I got so much adrenaline from running around in Hell with -60 lightning resist on my 1st necromancer, knowing that 1 hit from a group of Willowisps could kill me it was a very nice feeling for every step forward that I survived. In the end I lost 2 level 96 characters but I still have a very good feeling for being one of the top 25 players on the eu hardcore ladder for a little time. Just seeing your name on the front page together with a lot of other top players was a nice feeling, knowing that it not only required time, but also skill and luck to make it that far. Softcore is really only about time, anyone with enough time will reach high levels. Today I'm a bit older, and don't have the time/skill/patience to spend that much time playing to compete on the ladder, but I'm still going to try to finish the game on hardcore after I figured out how to do it on soft.
tyr
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France1686 Posts
January 31 2012 01:26 GMT
#123
Does alt+f4 still work in diablo3 ? :D
That was a skill any hardcore player had to master in D2 :D
"I'm always reminded of how manly Jaedong is every time I see him." -Bisu
caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
January 31 2012 01:51 GMT
#124
The bigger question is will items sell for more or for less in hardcore?
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea...
Gann1
Profile Joined July 2009
United States1575 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 01:55:51
January 31 2012 01:53 GMT
#125
On January 31 2012 10:26 tyr wrote:
Does alt+f4 still work in diablo3 ? :D
That was a skill any hardcore player had to master in D2 :D


No!

On January 31 2012 10:51 caradoc wrote:
The bigger question is will items sell for more or for less in hardcore?


we'll have to wait and see. The economy will be completely different in hardcore due to the lack of RMAH. maybe someone into economics can take a stab at it.
I drop suckas like Plinko
caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
January 31 2012 02:24 GMT
#126
On January 31 2012 10:53 Gann1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 10:26 tyr wrote:
Does alt+f4 still work in diablo3 ? :D
That was a skill any hardcore player had to master in D2 :D


No!

Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 10:51 caradoc wrote:
The bigger question is will items sell for more or for less in hardcore?


we'll have to wait and see. The economy will be completely different in hardcore due to the lack of RMAH. maybe someone into economics can take a stab at it.



oh, hardcore doesn't even have its own self-contained rmah? I somehow thought it had a hardcore rmah... that makes it doubly interesting.

Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea...
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
January 31 2012 03:14 GMT
#127
On January 31 2012 11:24 caradoc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 10:53 Gann1 wrote:
On January 31 2012 10:26 tyr wrote:
Does alt+f4 still work in diablo3 ? :D
That was a skill any hardcore player had to master in D2 :D


No!

On January 31 2012 10:51 caradoc wrote:
The bigger question is will items sell for more or for less in hardcore?


we'll have to wait and see. The economy will be completely different in hardcore due to the lack of RMAH. maybe someone into economics can take a stab at it.



oh, hardcore doesn't even have its own self-contained rmah? I somehow thought it had a hardcore rmah... that makes it doubly interesting.



Oh the irony with the RMAH. As far as I can piece it together so far,
  • the buyers in the AH will be supercasuals that have no time to play because of work,
  • the sellers will be the active gamers that don´t really care about collecting gear(HCplayers)
  • the people who don´t like it are the gamers that care about collecting gear(SCgamers)

So to evade the RMAH softcoreplayers would play hardcore, and to monetize the RMAH the hardcoregamers would indeed play softcore.

Don´t destroy my pipedream, I find it funny.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
NotSorry
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States6722 Posts
January 31 2012 04:25 GMT
#128
for hardcore players rmah will just be the place you drop off all the gear on your dead hc char before you delete it
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. - Orwell
Hrwa
Profile Joined August 2010
Croatia147 Posts
January 31 2012 04:45 GMT
#129
On January 31 2012 13:25 NotSorry wrote:
for hardcore players rmah will just be the place you drop off all the gear on your dead hc char before you delete it

There is no RMAH for HC chars.
"That trophy is worth a million times more than the money" - NaNiwa after winning MLG Dallas
VonLego
Profile Joined June 2010
United States519 Posts
January 31 2012 04:58 GMT
#130
You simply have to care more and try harder playing hardcore. What is the point of defensive stats if you just respawn? The game just felt much more complete playing hardcore. I could never play softcore diablo 2 again. I probably wont touch hardcore in diablo 3 until clearing inferno or wanting to pick up a second character for myself or with a buddy.
Aruno
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
New Zealand748 Posts
January 31 2012 05:00 GMT
#131
If there was trading in HC, that would be great. Since the price of items would stay high due to loss of items.
Unlikely SC where it will be the players that are quickest to get to lvl 99 and stay there farming uber items and gradually selling them for less and less slowly going down over months and years.
aruno, arunoaj, aruno_aj | Those are my main aliases
acker
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2958 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-31 05:38:01
January 31 2012 05:37 GMT
#132
On January 31 2012 13:45 Hrwa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 13:25 NotSorry wrote:
for hardcore players rmah will just be the place you drop off all the gear on your dead hc char before you delete it

There is no RMAH for HC chars.

Of course there will be a RMAH for HC mode. It's just that it'll be unofficial and unsupported by Blizzard.

I have the feeling that this will be the way sites similar to d2jsp will survive...a way to launder HC trades into the SC RMAH.
caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
January 31 2012 06:10 GMT
#133
On January 31 2012 14:37 acker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 13:45 Hrwa wrote:
On January 31 2012 13:25 NotSorry wrote:
for hardcore players rmah will just be the place you drop off all the gear on your dead hc char before you delete it

There is no RMAH for HC chars.

Of course there will be a RMAH for HC mode. It's just that it'll be unofficial and unsupported by Blizzard.

I have the feeling that this will be the way sites similar to d2jsp will survive...a way to launder HC trades into the SC RMAH.


I get your first sentence about there being unofficial sites.

Your second sentence I couldnt follow though-- what do you mean launder stuff into SC, you can't trade between HC and SC, that much I dont think anyone is confused about. . .
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea...
Bosu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3247 Posts
January 31 2012 06:22 GMT
#134
On January 31 2012 02:00 MyTHicaL wrote:
Yup i was hc on d2, i will be hc in d3 .
Hardcore is just way more fun - nothing like a last minute 30hp alt f4 escape xD. Dueling is also more fun ;o.

I don't see why there's a ton of softys unable to understand hc... If u don't like it you most likely won't play it. I'm certain that the "why does one play hardcore?" question has been answered sufficiently.

See, that doesn't sound HC to me. That sounds retarded. Disconnecting from a game to not die is not hardcore.
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R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
January 31 2012 07:03 GMT
#135
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, and just makes you feel terrible, even when you're alive... and if you die... words can't explain that feeling.

Yeah that little excerpt basically describes the drive for people playing hardcore, except instead of making you feel terrible you feel extremely excited because so much is at stake. You will certainly have more adrenaline in pulsing through your body when playing hardcore on Inferno opposed to softcore. The difference in mentality is huge, and like most things people tend to have varying opinions on how they enjoy gaming.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
January 31 2012 07:59 GMT
#136
Playing hardcore is completely different from playing softcore. If you play in party, you have to work together, you have to spot enemies right, you have to act properly. Its not all about being insane nuker with high DPS but the fact that you can actually survive.

Its thrilling... In Diablo 2 - Iron Maiden is your worst opponent. If you lose a level 98 character on hardcore? Depressed? No. MAD! Angry as hell. You can fuck shit up, don't even talk to that person!

HARDCORE IS AWESOME!
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NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
January 31 2012 08:01 GMT
#137
On January 31 2012 15:22 Bosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 02:00 MyTHicaL wrote:
Yup i was hc on d2, i will be hc in d3 .
Hardcore is just way more fun - nothing like a last minute 30hp alt f4 escape xD. Dueling is also more fun ;o.

I don't see why there's a ton of softys unable to understand hc... If u don't like it you most likely won't play it. I'm certain that the "why does one play hardcore?" question has been answered sufficiently.

See, that doesn't sound HC to me. That sounds retarded. Disconnecting from a game to not die is not hardcore.


It is hardcore. If you can pull of to avoid a deadly hit by leaving the game... it is skill. You might know the difference between cheating and using the ingame options ;-)! If you could save scvs by sliding through something in Broodwar, you did. If he can avoid dying by quitting fast, do it. I bet not every person can pull it off that fast.
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
Slithe
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States985 Posts
January 31 2012 08:20 GMT
#138
Besides the surge and adrenaline, there's also the benefit that most hardcore players are actually competent, so you don't have to deal with bullshit all the time. Instead you have to deal with PKers, which is kind of fun in it's own way (until you get killed by one).

On January 31 2012 15:22 Bosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 31 2012 02:00 MyTHicaL wrote:
Yup i was hc on d2, i will be hc in d3 .
Hardcore is just way more fun - nothing like a last minute 30hp alt f4 escape xD. Dueling is also more fun ;o.

I don't see why there's a ton of softys unable to understand hc... If u don't like it you most likely won't play it. I'm certain that the "why does one play hardcore?" question has been answered sufficiently.

See, that doesn't sound HC to me. That sounds retarded. Disconnecting from a game to not die is not hardcore.


I'm pretty sure like 95% of HC players will pull the plug at the last second. You still end up getting the crazy adrenaline rush, especially in the moment before you know where you've quit in time or not.
bubblegumbo
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Taiwan1296 Posts
January 31 2012 09:22 GMT
#139
The best is losing a hardcore character due to lag/ISP failure, lol at you for doing it.
"I honestly think that whoever invented toilet paper is a genius. For man to survive, they need toilet paper!"- Nal_rA
ThaZenith
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada3116 Posts
January 31 2012 20:40 GMT
#140
Nope. Well, maybe a second or third character I will, when i have leet lootz for them to use so they can't die, but I don't particularly feel like risking 10's of hours of my time just to maybe have a bit more fun.
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