Quote (Cloudfire @ 19 Jan 2010 08:06)
Scoopie (Lvl: 6) Alchemist
Hardcore
Exp: 5,675,745
10 Str, 40 Dex, 125 Int, 40 Vit
501,081 Kills, 0 Deaths
Last Played: 8 days, 2 hours ago
is there something about HC that means alchys stop playing? datis pretty much quit when he got there too, didnt he?
Yeah because they aren't made for playing up to par with 1/720 odds. They are just not crazy enough.
My Road to Hardcore has been a pretty crazy one. I played this game before in earlier seasons but never really to any extent, then I started playing softcore and realized that if you put in the time and attempts that at the end of the day you will +1 your way up there...
I traded in the +1's for +2's because I figured LS is LS and I can click and get double the amount of gp's for a similar input, well that was not quite the case and my cocky ass ripped on my first climb. I got some great advice from some more established Hardcore players and I got handed a 64ee lvl 40 axe to MQ with it took me a long time to finish that climb but I managed to do 1 climbs like that and I found a 104ee 40 lightning, so after failing I started climbing as a mage. After my first pass I bought my daggers ~40ee along the way of my climb and got 7 dagger prof in my first sammy climb alone. After that climb I decided that it was time to go full hardcore.
Sold of all my SC gear, netted about 40k fg. Bought in on Hardcore started selling mutes/muting made 120k first month reinvested right away, similar story for the next month. After that the old muting changed to a proficiency. Then in may I had my second Rip which was a full team rip when the server dropped so our team -1 died, which kept me away from catacombs a long long time. It's where I started building proficiencies.
And now as far as people saying that you can die on HC, sure but you can use the game parameters to your advantage and make chars that can survive disconnects and whatnot. This btw doesn't take ridiculous gear but is all about damage.
And with that said, I have done 161 successful Hardcore climbs since my last rip, most of these in Arena.
Then as for Hardcore playing, a good guild plays a big part. As the 'guild-vault' plays into hand a lot here it is nowadays rather hard to get the best of the best of everything mainly because people don't sell. A good guild can help you fill in the blanks but at the end of the day it still comes down to clicking
and as long as you click all will be well.
But hardcore on LS shouldn't be set a part from softcore too much it's just all about different choices you make, they both can be just as hard depending on the goals you set.
And always remember with great sacrifice comes great reward, and you need to be messed up in the head to play this game lol
Quote (Cloudfire @ 19 Jan 2010 08:11)
seriously?
you hc people rave on about how awesome and dedicated you are, and yet you're completely happy with an alchemist quitting because of a bit of a nerf. casting is still doable.
so much for 'mancore'
I am not I think it deserves corporal punishment, if you are that lucky to get there as luck is the only way to describe passing 5 doors just pump out those mq's get the season over with and sleep for 4 months straight
Quote (AF_Warren666 @ 19 Jan 2010 08:24)
datis deleted his alchemist cuz of the door changes
At the end of the day, people ripping on datis must also see this he did 230 attempts on hardcore season 1 and did not reset as compared to the earlier seasons where these statistics would be impossible. He did his part and moved on, his influence on hardcore can still be felt.
So don't rip on him as he is/was #1 hardcore
This post was edited by benell on Jan 19 2010 02:48am