Hardcore
Is Hardcore World of Warcraft moving beyond Classic? Not for Now.
During BlizzCon 2023, we learned about quite a few changes in Warcraft Classic. Aside from Classic realms moving from Wrath to Cataclysm, we have the Season of Discovery arriving soon, and Hardcore mode will have a new Solo Self Found mode, where you level 1-60 alone and can not craft items or trade until level 60.
What draws you to Hardcore modes in games? What would it take for you to try if you never have?
Hardcore mode owes a lot to early video game design with games like Rogue or even arcade games like Space Invaders, where the goal was to get as far through the game as you possibly could without dying.
Does World of Warcraft need a hardcore mode? Datamining suggests it may be coming in patch 10.1
Recent datamining that indicates Dragonflight patch 10.1 might well have some form of hardcore mode on select servers.
You are not the world – Game design and player experience
"I can easily do X without more than a few hours a week time investment." Any time someone uses a personal example and applies it to an entire game mechanism, they are taking personal experience and applying it universally.
Breakfast Topic: When do you game?
Over the years, I've found my gaming schedule gradually shifting away from weekdays.
Diablo 3’s third season ending soon
The end is almost nigh for Diablo 3's third season.
Diablo 3 difficulty and game modes
So you've been persuaded to try Diablo 3 (maybe you read about the basics). You've loaded into the game, and now you're faced with the question of what game mode to play. There are many modes of play in Diablo 3 and some of the modes refer to what content you're playing rather than what difficulty.
Breakfast Topic: How is your Diablo 3 Season 2 going?
My first hardcore seasonal from Season 1 had died to Malthael at level 64 on Master difficulty.
