Hardcore not real in POE

So today playing HardCore (while the fun lasted) I was 1 shot for the last time. I found that the game is exactly the same as softcore. No matter how tanky you build no matter how good your gear you will be 1 shot in anything past Normal difficulty. Most will flame me for what im saying but it just seems very stupid to me that you can be fully geared out 10+ levels over the map level for you and get 1 shot by a elite mob.

Being 1 Shot doesn't = Game is Hard
Being 1 Shot doesn't = Game is Fun
Being 1 Shot doesn't = Game requires Skill

I could kinda see that a boss can 1 shot my character because well hes a BOSS but for regular/elite mobs to be able to 1 shot you makes 0 sense. IMO this shouldn't happen in the game especially when you build for full tank. Level 49 2k HP 1k Armor 50+ to all res's map level 43 and got 1 shot killed yeah right POE thanks but no thanks.

Also maybe if i was in merciles difficulty i could see this happening since thats the hardest difficulty but i was in cruel act 2. Pointless when there is 1 shots in the game just remove them

Hope you all have fun thanks for the game GGG but until this is addressed I don't think Ill come back.

With any game knowledge, a good build and decent items you don't get oneshot until high maps with murderous rolls. Your character wasn't "full tank". 2k hp is not a high life pool for lvl49. But your main mistake was to think that 50% res are enough. It's not like in other games that resistances are some nice bonus, the game expects you to have capped res at all times, which is the reason why lower res are biggest change from normal to cruel to merc.

(1-0.75 res)*1000 dmg = 250 dmg taken
(1-0.50 res)*1000 dmg = 500 dmg taken

You see that the difference between 50% and 75% res actually makes you take double the dmg.

By your definition the game has set requirements that are not told to anyone for example your statement of you must have maxed res in whole game. This is a retarded requirement (if true) i don't care if a mob does double damage or triple damage he should never be able to 1 shot especially in cruel which aint even the hardest difficulty. I love the GGG fanboys that insta jump on my posts cause what im saying is true.

If I am able to wipe the content with ease and be hit without a problem in act 1 cruel i shouldn't have had issues in act 2 first map i entered, and to top that off get 1 shot.... pfft get real dude, i literally killed a boss in cruel without any issues so my resistances were not the problem. You can say what you want but facts remain the same 1 shot mechanics are trash no fun and require absolutely 0 skill.

What exactly one shot you? A volatile? A boss?

As for the statement that "I killed a boss in cruel so my resists were fine"... that doesn't make sense. Not all bosses do all elemental damage types... Merveil doesn't do any fire or lightning damage. Just because you beat Merveil, that doesn't prove anything. Unless you tanked her ice spears/ice storm without taking too much damage (which you shouldn't ever face tank, since both of those are easy to avoid), beating a boss doesn't mean anything about resists...

I feel like you are misunderstanding the complaints people have about one-shots lately. The one shots people are complaining about are mechanics in HIGH tier maps (like 80+ zones, not level 43 zones) where mobs can have multiple modifiers that greatly increase their damage, and where there are mechanics like Volatiles that cannot be avoided by characters who are forced to DPS from a range that is too close to the mob. Getting one shot in CRUEL? That's on you dude. There are no mechanics that are one shotting you in cruel that aren't your fault.

I guarantee that you didn't get 1 shot in unless you were actively trying to be 1 shot. Maybe a double essenced/ghosted monster...

I play tons of melee style characters and just rush through norm, cruel, merc (up to mapping) with nothing but health, damage, and some resists (most of the time around that mark you have). While I do take some bursts of damage... not nearly enough to be a 1 shot. Monsters just don't do that much damage in normal or cruel.

Unless you have some video of this... I don't buy this

Probably a death by physical damage wearing tabula rasa and an assortment of other defenseless items.

You may want to check out / return to Diablo 3, that game may be more suited to your capabilities.

I agree with the concept, but not the situation. Your stats are not very high for the content you are doing. Wall of Brambles chest piece alone for a lvl 30 provides more than twice the armor you have on your character...

That being said if all your armor was armor based you should have more than 1k armor in the low 40s. It also doesnt seem like you are using defensive mechanics like CWDT-Immortal call-Molten Shell-Increased Duration.

Your stats are too low for hardcore. Get better, gear better, understand the game more.

Every day I see more and more casuals complaining and complaining and complaining. Instead of learning and getting good you ask devs to make the game easier coz you just can't figure it out. And they make it easier and easier and easier with every patch, and it still never enough. If you can't or don't want to play hc, because the game is too difficult for you, then play sc. 50 res is extremely low for hc btw