Hardcore Players, let's hear from you!

CedgeDC · 2 days

I'm a little apprehensive of going much past A1 Hell, but honestly, if I make it to Hell mode and die, I wouldn't be too terribly disappointed. Hell is my minimum.

Having a character in Hell mode on hardcore would be plenty to hold over my friends and show them how puny their sissy softcore characters are! Hehe.. Kidding of course.. But also, I've never been more serious.

CedgeDC · 2 days

The hardcore servers are separate from the normal servers. So far I haven't experienced any noticeable lag during my first complete playthrough. I think there's a chance that the hardcore servers have a significantly lesser load and thus less lag.

That doesn't help with the latter points, but you can certainly get up to Hell if you're a veteran hardcore player. From there it will depend on your class and the size of your balls lol.

CedgeDC · 2 days

Hm. We need to switch friends. I'm in the exact opposite situation. I'm always playing alone in hardcore, which if you ask me is worse! I at least want someone there if and when I die!

CedgeDC · 2 days

Is that right? That's pretty neat. I'm hearing barbs are still pretty worthless at inferno difficulty, but we'll see!

So long as you are consistent in your kiting you should do just fine as a WD

CedgeDC · 2 days

I think you just have to accept it as an inevitability, and do your best to get yourself as far as you can before it happens.

What's nice about D3 over D2 is that while you may lose your character, some traces of that character are lasting. You will always have the achievements, the profile which says how high you got before you died, the banner unlocks, and everything that you saved in your stash, your crafting unlocks etc. So you're not left with nothing.

Also, try setting a specific goal for yourself. If you're trying to last forever, and farm the secret cow level in inferno mode, then you're going to be disappointed no matter what.

My goal is to make it to Hell difficulty with my hero. If she gets that far, maybe i'll press on until her inevitable death, or maybe I'll retire her and let her live out the rest of her days in peace as my first hardcore character ever. But either way, if I reach my goal, I'll be quite satisfied! And if not, then I make another character and try it again!

Tven0 · 2 days

That describes it quite perfectly, yes.

CedgeDC · 2 days

I know I will die eventually. So all I ask is that I die in as glorious a way as possible! That's why I rolled barb as my first hardcore toon. When I die I want to go down swinging, not running.

Playing in softcore, you'll die enough times that you'll likely forget them all. When you die having completed one or two, or even three runs through on hardcore.. That's something you'll remember for a long time to come.

CedgeDC · 2 days

Haha I haven't seen anyone die in nm mode yet either! I'm almost a little excited to see someone die.. I'd imagine it's pretty shocking to die- especially on a character that made it through at least one play through.

Though I actually didn't see anyone die in normal either, except for my two friends. After they died I played solo the rest of the time because everyone in public's kept skipping the story - which I hadn't seen at all yet.

CedgeDC · 2 days

Keeping your gear up to par is pretty essential. Keep that HP nice and high. I had roughly 6k when I killed diablo in normal, and am now at around 7-8k finishing act 1 NM mode - which is way lower than some people my level (38ish).

CedgeDC · 2 days

Congrats on making it through! I went barb as well. I was tempted to make a range class to play it a bit safer on my first attempt at Hardcore... but then decided, screw it! Full melee!

Definitely was the way to go.

CedgeDC · 2 days

Well said. And yeah, when your health starts dropping - holy crap. I've only seen my screen light up red twice, and my heart was pounding both times.

Also I've noticed now in nightmare mode, even when I play in a public game, people tend play as a cohesive unit considerably more. There is almost no charging off.

Everyone tends to stays close together, tanks in the front, ranged in the back. And there's certainly more communication than I noticed at least in normal difficulty - certainly more so than I noticed in my limited experience with standard mode normal games.

Of course this is pretty much out of necessity. Regardless it adds an extra layer of fun.

ZGiSH · 2 days

Haha, you sir have just won.

CedgeDC · 2 days

Hehe Well, I keep low level alts in Hardcore so that anyone who wants to try it or try it again, can feel like they have someone with them.

So far I've just been promising to avenge them and carrying on. xD

The two friends I was playing with more or less both decided "screw this, I'm going back to normal!"

jamesj · 2 days

I think the general consensus of this post is that Inferno mode is a great deal tougher than Hell mode, which is a great deal tougher than Nightmare.

vlodia · 2 days

Female monk... A fonk?

ZGiSH · 2 days

Yes! Seriously. Would a lump of rock been better? What would have been more awesome than a man falling from the sky and leaving a massive fricken crater, and landing with such awesome force that every dead thing in a 10 mile radius sat up and said "well fuck! Now I'm awake, may as well walk around for a while..!"

NewOrleansBrass · 2 days

Haha, well done sir. You have brightened this gloomy Monday morning.

darkhakie · 13 days

I still maintain that the game is sorely missing a /say channel.

Evandeer · 14 days

I don't plan on playing mesmer, but it's such an awesome, unique class. I'd hate to see their mechanic spoiled by this. Let's be sure to make enough noise that the devs pick it up!

BlissBeladi · 15 days

Amen. I am as excited for this game as anyone else in here, and loved the beta, but i noticed this shortcoming as well.

What's more, the people I mentioned this too were all "Psh! it's fine!"

The absence of a simple /say channel and /yell were sorely missed.

I would submit that this is especially important in GW2 over other MMO's because of the way the game constantly encourages grouping with strangers, and helping out people you've never grouped with before, res'ing someone in trouble and carrying on through a cave with them.

It'd be nice to be able to talk to them without broadcasting across the zone.

I would add one other criteria I'd have for the chat system- I'd like to be able to move it freely, rather than be restricted to two spots. I have an eyefinity setup so I Can't even see the chat menu when it's all the way in the bottom left corner!

xgoggsx · 18 days

I'd have loved to hear from some more of the gaming voice actor legends, but still very cool.

It's true that I'm only just recently coming to respect and really appreciate voice actors and how much they can make or break a character in a game.

Jennifer Hale always comes to mind!

MSTFFA · 20 days

I enjoy hating this guy too much to start liking him now!

fuckhitler · 22 days

I think I see what the director was going for...

mepper · 26 days

I was stuck in side at work getting text messages from friends who saw it fly overhead.. That was pretty damn depressing.

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