I am hoping this is not the case. Feels pretty rude to give a hardcore character a cosmetic and then lose the character and poof, lose the cosmetic.

Easy fix, don't play Hardcore.

Kinda goes with the territory if it is the case. Just means more of a reason to be careful with your toon.

That and hope the servers don't drop out on you.

I play all realms/classes and game modes not just softcore seasonal. Eternal is awesome, so is hardcore. I enjoy them all equally.

playing hc isn't the only reason why I think this reward should be account bound. When the season is over or they remove the tower mechanic, we lose the cosmetic. All other titles and the mount trophys have been account bound. makes no sense that this one specific cosmetic is character bound. Now even on softcore, if you get the cosmetic on one class as a tank and then you want to play dps, you can only wear the cosmetic on your tank class. That's more of the point. I just meant it to be rude for hc players in general. I play all classes.

This post was edited by thumpr on Dec 23 2025 05:27pm

Are we talking about the same game here? Tank/DPS? You sure you're not talking about Fellowship?

There's already an auradin in D4, once the tower is released I'm certain the meta will be similar to how D3 uses all classes for different roles. I don't think it will be 4 speedy sorcs clearing a pit 70 as the gauntlet was. Even if it was the case and your gauntlet runner was a sorc for fastest clears then to compete means using leaderboard meta (sorc). Then when you go back to questing or other in game content you're left without the cool cosmetic you just earned. A lot of players have multiple characters, they don't just play one specific class. Some classes are good for farming where others are slower to farm.

I think you have some high hopes for this game mode. I think it's going to be a massive waste of time. Already said that you're not getting loot out of it. You're JUST going to be able to get a cosmetic. If they want it to have any notoriety, it would be bound to the character and the season. Regardless of what "role" you're implying they serve.

Haha I do have high hopes for the tower. It just felt odd that all cosmetic rewards are account bound but the one singular halo is character bound. It felt off. Keep in mind this is the same mechanic that Diablo 3 uses for their leaderboards and has had tremendous success.

So you want D4 to be D3?