Why people dont play on hardcore?

Your build has to be AFKT Certified (AFK Tank Certified) to be able to survive a 6s disconnect timer. So, that really limits what's viable to run in Hardcore, and probably nothing does that with rippy map mods, so to mitigate risk, you'd want to avoid running rippy mods entirely, or even skipping certain map bosses. And paying OP peeps to kill your act bosses if you think there's any chance you could rip during progression. Can you afk on lab traps and not rip? If you can't then you're vulnerable to a disconnect rip when doing labs. If a lab trap can kill you, then you're not tanky enough, IMHO.

So, if you want to focus on maximum survivability and minimum risk, then Hardcore might be for you.

I haven't played recently, but if it's not possible anymore to make a build that's AFKT Certified (for the vast majority of content), then I don't really see how anyone plays Hardcore.

LoGoUt MaCrO teaching others how to play... lmao.

When Act 4 came out it was super laggy. I got tired of ripping to Malichai due to lag, so I quit HC.

They eventually fixed the worst of the lag, but I didn't go back to HC until Heist league. When I went back to HC I loved it. It brought new life to the game, almost like playing a completely different game. I played four leagues in HC without any rips. I take it slow and easy. If I start getting too cocky, I stop because I know that over confidence is the number one killer for me.

HC is a mental game. If you don't stay focused you'll probably die. You have to resist the temptation to take chances. You have to know when to say "Nope, I shouldn't do that." When that gut feeling says don't do something, then don't do it.

Just for the heck of it I started in SC this league. It just doesn't feel the same. If I die, so what?

As far as logout macros, I used to use them years ago. Most rips happen too fast for a macro to work. All they do is give you a false feeling of safety. They aren't going to save your ass from doing things you shouldn't be doing.

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I only play hardcore in “survival” games like no man’s sky or subnautica. I don’t like to constantly start over so I only do hardcore in games where I feel like it’s the only way to make the game interesting or challenging.

PoE is a very interesting game. It is not an easy game. It does not need to be played hardcore for me to enjoy it. I’d just get annoyed if I tried to play that way.

I'm already dealing with random one-shots from off screen. Just, BAM!. No idea what hit me or how I can avoid it in the future. I get bosses in maps that can't be damaged or that heal beyond my ability to dps. The points that I invest into the atlas tree don't seem to actually make a difference as to how much of the content that I encounter (and I've run a lot of maps this league). I spend almost as much time on youtube trying to figure out how to play the game than I do actually playing the game because very little about the mechanics that I'm interested in are actually explained in-game. The trade system is clunky af for no real reason anyone has been able to logically explain. Nah, I don't need to play a 'hardcore' version of the game.

I did for a long time but I'm not good at bossing and PoE has added a lot of content in that direction that I want to engage with.

I liked your points OP but you can see the kinda responses you get just by mentioning HC :p

We do need more players, regular HC trade is diminished each league as a few more players filter into SC, HCSC or just straight over to HCSSF. Its a real shame because the trading experience is actually what I think GGG have in mind when they talk about their usual trade related bollocks, its actually pretty nice.

It isn't a great game for it though and requires players to change their approach more than most.

The truth is whatever they think the baseline is for balance the game is setup for SC for the whole loop, difficulty to reward. A few of us just can't enjoy that with no failure state.

HC just isn't hard enough for me so I play SSF on a PS4 wirelessly.

hc best way to waste time and random 1shot death from bug/dc/crash/etc