The game isn't more of a challenge, it just has a lose condition. In fact, the way many people play HC the game ends up being significantly LESS of a challenge, because you avoid anything that could seriously threaten the life of your character. In Season 3, a Softcore group of 4 cleared grift 77. In Hardcore, the higher cleared grift was 68. I would wager that nobody in Hardcore ever even attempted a 77.Quote from ruksakThe truth is; HC is more of a challenge than Standard, this cannot be argued. It isn't up for debate.
Simply put, some people enjoy the challenge of taking on content that pushes the limits of their gear more than the "challenge" of not disconnecting and not having a partner that gets you killed. Some people enjoy trying again when they fail to meet that challenge, rather than giving up and starting over. Which isn't to discount the challenge of keeping yourself alive, but just to say that it is a very different challenge, and not necessarily "more" of one.
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Lucked out! 5th run was the ticket. Took me less than 10 minutes to get. Then I found my Falcon wings on my 3rd run. RNG usually doesn't treat me that well lol, must have felt sorry for me last night
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Wasted about 1200 DB's this season trying to get Calamity to cube and realized there is a difference between Crossbow and Hand Crossbow. Probably shouldn't have been doing it at 2am in the morning when I was barely awake lol.
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Blizz didn't remove the Staff of Herding mats. In fact I got lucky and grabbed the Gibbering Gemstone the first day of Season 4 so I took some time and gathered the other items and now I have my staff
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Heh, guys it's on the homepage
Nice big chart with droprate info.
http://www.diablofans.com/
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I got a fever, and the only cure.....is more cow threads.
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ps, love the Nephalem globes and shared Paragon!!
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@tankodiablo, Thanks for your service to our country
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Ok grabbed it from What.CD and I'll try to seed a torrent.
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It's ok for those who didn't get in, to be bothered by it. Every single one of us on these boards is different. We think differently, we process things differently and we act/react differently. What is or is not a big deal is totally relative/subjective. As a husband and father my perspective concerning what is or isn't important has changed radically compared to where I was at even 10 years ago and I recognize that growth in myself for which I'm grateful. That said, I can't say for certain that 20 years ago I wouldn't have been upset over what many of you see as a slight for not being chosen to participate in the Beta and therefore I don't judge you. I was lucky enough to get into the Beta but I also know myself well enough at this point to know that I certainly wouldn't care about not getting this FoS had I not been "chosen". I truly do believe that once the game goes live and we are fighting back the hordes of hell, that this "issue" will quickly become a non issue (as it already is for many of us) and will be forgotten by a good % of those that currently do care.