HC so much more fun than SC imo.
Even though I've died twice already on my hc barb, once at 57, and once at 60 while farming act 1 inferno. newest barb at 56 atm. Trick is if you get to max lvl and are serious about HC, to have a backup set at hand, or at least a bit of gold in the bank.
A little tip for those with a bad computer or connection, only play solo, so if you get a lag spike or whatever just hit escape to pause the game for a bit to let your pc/connection stabilize. Saved me a couple of times personally, and not being able to do this killed me twice on lower lvl chars while grouping.
Edit: as a side note, I don't actually have a barb on SC. So it's not entirely required to have a SC char, at least not before act 2 inferno. At that point, I imagine having a SC char to test new bosses on in similar gear might be required.
Even though I've died twice already on my hc barb, once at 57, and once at 60 while farming act 1 inferno. newest barb at 56 atm. Trick is if you get to max lvl and are serious about HC, to have a backup set at hand, or at least a bit of gold in the bank.
A little tip for those with a bad computer or connection, only play solo, so if you get a lag spike or whatever just hit escape to pause the game for a bit to let your pc/connection stabilize. Saved me a couple of times personally, and not being able to do this killed me twice on lower lvl chars while grouping.
Edit: as a side note, I don't actually have a barb on SC. So it's not entirely required to have a SC char, at least not before act 2 inferno. At that point, I imagine having a SC char to test new bosses on in similar gear might be required.
Then again I could be wrong, but this is what I've heard from people so far.
As for spawnrate, I wouldn't say it's 50/50 but about 1 in 5 sounds more accurate.