Why a REALLY love HC

[Towen]

I hate dying, even on SC, because well, it means I've done something wrong and that sucks, even if the punishment is not very harsh. The punishment of death on HC is ultimate, but that is not why I play HC.

I play HC because it has two built in mechanisms that make the item hunt so much better, even with current flaws in the item system as it stands today.

1. HC Death regularly removes the best and highest tier level items from the economy which keep it check.

2. Having to restart your char from scratch give much more values to that epic low level item I found but was too high level for it to be useful when it first dropped.

Is it just me who finds these two facts the most compelling features of HC?

Towen

[MoUsE_WiZ]

I hate dying, even on SC, because well, it means I've done something wrong and that sucks, even if the punishment is not very harsh. The punishment of death on HC is ultimate, but that is not why I play HC.

I play HC because it has two built in mechanisms that make the item hunt so much better, even with current flaws in the item system as it stands today.

1. HC Death regularly removes the best and highest tier level items from the economy which keep it check.

2. Having to restart your char from scratch give much more values to that epic low level item I found but was too high level for it to be useful when it first dropped.

Is it just me who finds these two facts the most compelling features of HC?

Towen

Those are two nice aspects of HC, but honestly the reason I play it is the thing you referred to as a punishment. I just call it the end of a game and an opportunity to start a new one.

[rashnu]

I agree completly on point 1. SC with no Soulbound mechanism on items and AH is completly retarded.

Also HC has no RMAH and that's like no. 1 issue for me as it's no longer Pay2Win game as the softcore is.

[Xoon]

My favorite part of HC is the revenge fight of some boss that killed my prior character. My blood races during those grudge matches