SC people that tried HC for the first time.

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Phrazz wrote:

I used to play HC in D2 and D3, and enjoyed it a lot more than SC. In PoE, on the other hand, I refuse to play a game mode designed around being able to log out fast enough.

Some people think that HC automatically brings more tension, more planning and more tactics to the table. And by all means, on some level it does - but there are hundreds of players playing like this on soft core, reaching far beyond level 80 without dying (or logging out), as there are in HC.

Wow, I just totally went SC vs HV mode right of the bat.

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vvooee wrote:

Im trying to like the HC setting every time there is a new league.

Characters on HC so far

Searing bond templar in invasion got to fellshrine on merciless but i got bored to it and deleted the character

Poison arrow without trap ranger to merciless ledge in bloodlines and died to non maxed fireresistance goatman with molten shell one shot (i know my own fault)

Second poison arrow with the same spec got to merciless submerged and died to openin a box in too tight corridor and coundt run away. (had like 5 sec time stuck in the monster pack, but im not used to logging off so didnt even think about that option at the point)

Dual shockwave totem templar got to merciless city of sarn but i got bored to it and deleted it.

Played (incinerate) templar on the current 1month HC but incinerate didnt seem to work while leveling so switched to searing bond to level faster and got bored on cruel fellshrine and deleted the toon.

Normal HC has seen few of my character before the leagues even started but those didnt even make it to cruel before boredom.


To sum this up.

In HC i feel like i need to play REALLY REALLY safe and tanky which leads me to totems most of the time which leads to faster leveling but seems to also lead to boredom and deletion of the character. This leads me to the next problem which is that most of the skills i do like to play with doesnt work as well as i would like while leveling or they arent tanky enough to level with or need tons more links than the stupid searing bond which lets you snooze through the normal/cruel/merciless without much thinking or investment to anything exept life.

I have nothing against HC but i would prefer a way to play each and every build from the lvl 1 to begin with so i woulndt need to use something superior to my real skill to level with. In SC i can just play with the skill i want to play from the level i can start to use it and if needed brute force my way through the game, but in HC thats not the case at least for me.

If i were to play melee in HC it still would lead to the fact that its safer and easier to level with totems so i would go with them.

Most spells i have used so far could be used to level with, but the fact that most of them are inferioir to totems (if the spell is without 20quality with quality they could surpass totems) which leads me againt to level with totems.

I really hate archer type of playing and the only bow skill i like is poison arrow, but it starts to suffer in damage in cruel untill you get the +2bow in merciless and it felt likeit could use some dmg adjustment on mid levels of the gem. (nothing too major but like gem levels 10-15 could use like 20 more dot dmg each)

Trappers are great and all but after i have played like 20 different kinda trappers it feels like you are forced to go with firetrap and burnprolif which im also kinda bored off after playing like 10 characters with burn prolif.

Sorry for the rant and all.

• You can play with defensive skillsetups without feeling gimped (Decoy Totem, Coldsnap trap, Smokemine)
• You learn how imoportant manually dodging can be and learn the value of armor (and why IR was considered a must be4 CWDT)

• Constant skipping of "possible RIPpy" parts of the game, never touching them unless you are okey with rerolling your character.(Graveyard Merveil, 72 Map bosses in general, overleveling to stay safe)
• Slower progression if you don't play the safe meta builds.

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Vincendra wrote:

Pros of HC:

• You can play with defensive skillsetups without feeling gimped (Decoy Totem, Coldsnap trap, Smokemine)
• You learn how imoportant manually dodging can be and learn the value of armor (and why IR was considered a must be4 CWDT)

Cons of HC:

• Constant skipping of "possible RIPpy" parts of the game, never touching them unless you are okey with rerolling your character.(Graveyard Merveil, 72 Map bosses in general, overleveling to stay safe)
• Slower progression if you don't play the safe meta builds.

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otinanai2 wrote:

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Phrazz wrote:

I used to play HC in D2 and D3, and enjoyed it a lot more than SC. In PoE, on the other hand, I refuse to play a game mode designed around being able to log out fast enough.

Some people think that HC automatically brings more tension, more planning and more tactics to the table. And by all means, on some level it does - but there are hundreds of players playing like this on soft core, reaching far beyond level 80 without dying (or logging out), as there are in HC.

Wow, I just totally went SC vs HV mode right of the bat.

Either you have a weak memory or you never played D2 because you could logout instantly there too.

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I play both leagues exactly the same. Find no difference between standard leagues and [Removed by Support]leagues as I play to not die in either.