Been a while since I legit played Ladder Slasher (like middleschool days). Now I'm looking for something nice and easy to play during my commute home or breaks at the office.

I'm interested in joining HC Ladder Slasher. I know it's not nearly as popular as it was back then but whats the HC community like now in terms of activity and the market?

thank you for that somber information

Hc is basically dead. If you haven’t already got gear or aren’t willing to grind until you can piece together a set I’d say SC is the way to go. Very few groups are ever formed there and summer time is especially bad. The market is trash unless you manage to find something truly spectacular and even then it would be worth more on Sc 9 times out of 10

This is shit advice. Sorry I love you, E, but quit encouraging people to "start" in SC.
Come help grow the player base in HC. There is plenty of gear to be had, just have to shop it out for awhile atm.
Not everything in this world is completely about instant-gratification, especially this game. Even more on the HC side of things.
It is summertime, numbers are always lower this time of year, and if I am not mistaken D2 and POE both reset semi-recently (always pulls from the player base).
If Paul were to just bring back events would seriously help the numbers.

From what it sounds like (commute and breaks) you will likely be playing solo most of the time - so core will not affect you much in that regard.

My tips on choosing core:
If you plan to play mobile - softcore
If you want gear now and don’t want to grind - softcore
If you don’t want to risk loosing gear/time played - softcore
If you want average items you find to sell - softcore
If you want the occasional group climb - softcore

If you are ok with not having the above... - hardcore


Personally I play both (when I’m active). I use HC for solo and SC for groups

This man has a point.

I played hardcore right when it started and got to level 60 or so, I’m going to try and make a new climb and either get addicted again or not play for several years again

Thanks for the information guys, I don't mind soloplaying in HC for a bit and hoping either market or groups pick up lol

TBH playing softcore would not be worth it for me as I would lose engagement pretty quickly.

The spirit of hardcore is strong in this one if you need any help pm me I’ve been on a minor vacation but my guild plays primarily HC as well

This post was edited by Cheeya on Aug 2 2019 12:57pm