General Discussion - Did HC players get the shaft on the new leagues? - Forum

I hope next league they don't take quite as aggressive a "hardcore leagues are for dying" stance. I mean, they should be, but they should also get interesting/novel content, too. Ambush gets all the bosses Invasion does, just in side areas, and then gets the coolest part of the miniexpansion. Read my book! The world ending in every way anyone ever thought it might end, all at once. First few chapters are available online for free. http://www.amazon.com/The-End-World-Know-ebook/dp/B00CZ21JAQ Last edited by TheTenthDoc#6709 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:30:21 PM	Posted by TheTenthDoc#6709 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:29:44 PM Quote this Post
These leagues are exactly the same as the previous ones... The softcore league adds entirely new mechanics to the game. The hardcore league takes existing mechanics and simply makes them harder. Invasion and Ambush both reflect this philosophy, as will the next pair, and the next...and so on. Unless they decide to drastically change their goals with the leagues, which I don't think they will. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it) IGN: Ghured	Posted by Vandalain#2745 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:31:16 PM Quote this Post
" Secksy wrote: You get unique bosses in every zone which can drop quite a bit, and be very challenging.. The bosses are regular bosses that are going to be in the side areas anyway, they're not new bosses specific to the league like the rollable chests are for Ambush. " Secksy wrote: plus all the Vaal orb stuff and new areas....what more do you want? None of which has anything to do with the leagues or thread in general.	Posted by Spring5#3299 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:31:16 PM Quote this Post
" Vandalain wrote: These leagues are exactly the same as the previous ones... The softcore league adds entirely new mechanics to the game. The hardcore league takes existing mechanics and simply makes them harder. Yeah, like adding completely new modifiers to rares... Oh wait.	Posted by Spring5#3299 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:32:37 PM Quote this Post
" toneloc138 wrote: " RulerofAsgard wrote: I think it's proper the way they've done it: For hardcore people who truly want a difficult/challenging game, they've added bosses in all the zones (and the couple they've shown look devastating), plus they've made every zone potentially much more deadly (all zones now must be wary of chaos damage, etc.) For casual players who don't mind if they die a bit, they've added an addictive (it seems), loot-focused chest system. The thing is those bosses will be skipped the majority of the time unless there is substantial reward. Like I said earlier I'm hoping they add a ton of rarity / quantity to them to equal the difficulty they present. Why play hardcore if you don't like challenging fights and pushing your limits just for the fun of it? If you JUST want more loot, then play the non hardcore leagues and just try not to die. IGN: HotnessEverspleen	Posted by Secksy#6268 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:32:42 PM Quote this Post
" Spring5 wrote: " Vandalain wrote: These leagues are exactly the same as the previous ones... The softcore league adds entirely new mechanics to the game. The hardcore league takes existing mechanics and simply makes them harder. Yeah, like adding completely new modifiers to rares... Oh wait. Well, I wouldn't call mods on monsters something new. They were just more exotic, fight changing mods.	Posted by Nightmare90#4217 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:35:54 PM Quote this Post
When I played HC more back in the day it was more for competition on the ladder. This adds more to me for more people going to die. HC is always fun no matter what they add. I just can't play it due to many friends not playing HC cause of desync though. But I'll still lvl for the challenges. I look forward to it.	Posted by cavespro#0191 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:41:11 PM Quote this Post
~"Our goal in Ambush/softcore leagues is to offer the players new risk/reward mechanics. Our goal in Invasion/hardcore leagues is to try to kill the players." -Chris .. If you want to play the league with the strongboxes, do so. If you want to play the more challenging and more competitive league, do that. " ... to let them know the game isn’t going to be very fair from here on out." - Qarl	Posted by Panda413#5809 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:41:26 PM Quote this Post
" Panda413 wrote: ~"Our goal in Ambush/softcore leagues is to offer the players new risk/reward mechanics. I'm curious what the risk is in softcore? Last edited by toneloc138#7686 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:55:53 PM	Posted by toneloc138#7686 on Feb 28, 2014, 9:49:23 PM Quote this Post
The new HC league registered a 2/10 interest on my boner meter. Which is fine with me, I can do the next 4 months with my legacy shavs/iiq/aegis/whatever else is needlessly nerfed.	Posted by Zaanus#7185 on Feb 28, 2014, 10:31:44 PM Quote this Post