Honestly in all my d2jsp years iv never tried le ladder slasher
Do it. I'd recommend playing Softcore if you want to make a million Forum Gold. When I used to play Softcore I was making 300 to 500 Forum Gold a week without even trying it seemed like. Those were the days. But in Softcore there's no real adrenaline rush and people can die all they want. At the end of the day I wanted to push myself that extra mile. I wanted a real challenge.
I play Hardcore and have reached the #1 ranking for both Club and Heal Proficiency. I've soloed my way to over 355,000 kills with 0 deaths. And i made a massive amount of Forum God. Which I later lost on sports betting and also poker and that dice game. But one heck of a ride to say the least. I still have a passion to play Hardcore Ladder Slasher when I can. It's still fun and I still play it for the joy of playing it now. The Forum Gold no longer matters to me. I wanted to be at 0.00 but there's no option for me to disable my Forum Gold. So I may end up going back up slowly but surely.