The hardcore mode in Diablo 4 punishes you for every mistake. This was something a player had to learn, who blindly trusted someone. A nasty trick from the past cost him his character and thus many hours of gameplay.
What is hardcore all about?
- Unlike softcore, or the “normal” mode of Diablo 4 you lose your character in hardcore when you die.
- It doesn’t matter whether you die to an NPC enemy, through lag, or in PvP: Blizzard wants Diablo 4 to be tough and you can be punished for everything.
- For many players, this is precisely what makes games like Diablo appealing. However, one player has fallen for a dirty trick that caused problems 20 years ago.
This is what happened to the player: On Reddit, the user EfficientChair4487 posts a clip where he steps through the portal of another player. Without really paying attention to where he is exiting, he activates the portal.
After a short loading screen, he finds himself in the Fields of Hatred, the open PvP zone of Diablo 4. There, he is immediately greeted by a wizard who showers him with firewalls and kills him within a second.
Especially nasty: The character was already at level 93. So, many hours have gone into it, and it is particularly difficult to reach high levels in hardcore.
Within a few hours, the post has gathered over 600 comments. However, the user receives little sympathy – the Diablo community is very well accustomed to such scenes from the past.
Players write: Even in Diablo 2, there was the “TPPK,” short for: Town Portal Player Kill. Someone invites a teammate and opens a portal to a zone where the other dies immediately, often just for the fun of griefing.
“That’s just part of hardcore”
In the comments, users are wondering why anyone would play hardcore with such things in mind. The response from more experienced players: Because it’s just part of it.
The user who just lost his character can learn from this and surely won’t make this mistake again. In general, you shouldn’t blindly trust anyone in hardcore mode that you have never seen before.
For many, hardcore is now the better way to play Diablo 4. It feels like this is the mode for which Diablo 4 was intended and is much more rewarding. jRomz writes about it:
Once you’ve played hardcore, softcore feels pointless. In softcore, you just turn off your brain and mindlessly slaughter demons […] In hardcore, you are always in the thick of it and have to pay attention to the monsters and what they are doing. Choosing equipment and defenses is much more important. This brings a different dimension to the game and is very enjoyable.
However, most players seem to want exactly that from Diablo: To bash demons without having to think about it. After a long day of work, it’s “just the right self-care.” For some, however, the mode is simply seen as a big challenge: An expert goes into a level 50 dungeon at level 1, must not die, and actually succeeds
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