At least in the early days (first 2-3 years) of D2 the community in HC was a lot more mature and friendly (except the PK's!). The community was smaller and people knew most of the top players at least. So going back to SC where there was so many more players and you didn't know much of them wasn't an option anymore. (I did have some SC chars for PvP and fun with other friends, but mainly just HC)
In HC Hell there could be only 3-10 games and when you checked the names you knew most of the players there.
Sure it was also nicer to have high level HC character than SC character since dying did happen often for some people. If you managed to stay alive for 80+ (at least in classic d2) it was a nice feat.
Also when items got lost when people died there was less Sojs etc in the market. You also had to build your character a bit differently, more survival!
In HC Hell there could be only 3-10 games and when you checked the names you knew most of the players there.
Sure it was also nicer to have high level HC character than SC character since dying did happen often for some people. If you managed to stay alive for 80+ (at least in classic d2) it was a nice feat.
Also when items got lost when people died there was less Sojs etc in the market. You also had to build your character a bit differently, more survival!
RIP: Demon Hunter: lvl 50 | Barb: lvl 60 (plvl 5) | Monk: lvl12 & lvl70 (plvl 200)