Events not having HC, SSF or Ruthless available is against precident and terribly communicated

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Aynix wrote:

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shadowthedead wrote:

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Aynix wrote:

Mybe they finally realized HC and Ruthless is waste of reasource ^ ^

Cringe, because you need more knowledge and skill to play HC :]

And game mode needs more people to be interested in it to be worth putting resources into. Guess which group got a lot of events and which didnt get a single one?

And they would have to balance the game for hc. Playing the same 4-5 viable hc builds with every new league or event is just freaking boring as fuck.

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Northern_Ronin wrote:

Or more likely, they want to test the waters with Non-Void leagues for these short events, but don't want to risk screwing up the HC / Ruthless item pools at the end of these events. A HC character could -easily- stockpile reconbinators to sell in NC standard knowing they had 7 days to do so.

Do you know anything about HC Standard? Last I heard its so dead even lvl 40 'Raise Zombie' wouldnt work on it.

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Pashid wrote:

And they would have to balance the game for hc. Playing the same 4-5 viable hc builds with every new league or event is just freaking boring as fuck.

If you list those 5 builds I may be able to add a sixth. Meaning I dont quite agree with you...

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Zrevnur wrote:

Do you know anything about HC Standard? Last I heard its so dead even lvl 40 'Raise Zombie' wouldnt work on it.

Sadly this is the case. Last time I actually sold something on parent hardcore is like 1 or 2 years ago, can't exactly recall from memory. The highest activity is there between leagues.

Not having HC events is still a sad affair. I still remember Hardcore leagues having their own set of league mechanics with HC exclusive drops. Distant memories.

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shadowthedead wrote:

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Aynix wrote:

Mybe they finally realized HC and Ruthless is waste of reasource ^ ^

Cringe, because you need more knowledge and skill to play HC :]

Take logout macro out and poof there goes the HC scene. So much skill.

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xPiranha wrote:

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shadowthedead wrote:

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Aynix wrote:

Mybe they finally realized HC and Ruthless is waste of reasource ^ ^

Cringe, because you need more knowledge and skill to play HC :]

Take logout macro out and poof there goes the HC scene. So much skill.

Would make zero difference to me. (I dont have a logout macro. I dont do hard bossing either though.) My guess is also that for a significant number of people the removal of quick-escape would make HC more attractive instead of less so.

No SSF in an event is pretty much a hard pass for me.
Normal leagues I play trade league as there is plenty of time.
In my opinion these events are more fun in ssf as it feels more as a short race with others and have a bit of a competitive feeling.
With trade, the typical streamer guides will just feed the streamer and all that usual nonsense.
Why there is no ssf or HC in this event is a weird decision in my opinion. It might not be for the majority, but atleast ssf an HC are an significant enough part of the base game

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Northern_Ronin wrote:

Ruthless. And I'll say it in allllllll caps, RUTHLESS is intended to reduce the amount of in game events

Okay, those words were related to the Ruthless, not to the HC. I admit my mistake. Basically I thought you were talking about Ruthless and HC. Okay, but what's the problem to let people to decide where they want to participate?

Holding an event that less than 1% of people are going to play is the same as not having an event at all. It is a waste of time and resources.

I don’t understand the events not doing SSF…..maybe they just don’t want to give away too many free prizes?

I’d like to know the logic on this from their end though.

its still strangely odd that this is the first time Ever that they would do end of league events without opening all the options like usual.