So I had my first death 
Got my sham to 51 and, due to life, hadn’t been able to play for a few weeks and was rusty and did things I should not. Completely my fault.
I know, only 51 after all this time! I’m slow, life etc.
I think it took a little time for me to process what had happened. I get the feeling now. It was always something I was trying to understand but you can’t get all the nuance until it happens to you.
The post-death review was a harsh one though - didn’t use sticky glue or slumber sand, didn’t pay attention to surroundings, didn’t etc, just a catalogue of poor decisions.
Going again. Sham again. Going to be a little different this time around. 
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Mistakes will almost always get you, but thats a great run for your first try, it’s the small things, and they add up. One thing that helps is its always good to have a few alts, that way you a bounce around a bit, or avoid playing your higher levels when your maybe not at your best.
Glad your gonna go again!
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That’s the spirit!
Though, as someone who played HC in Diablo 3 for ages… I can’t understand how you guys can trust an “always online” game with your (characters) life.
At least you caused the death, I can’t tell you how frustrating it is to die to a DC.
There are no words for the inexplicable feeling that takes over me 
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This is the kind of analysis that makes HC such a strategic upgrade over other MMOs. Constantly iterating and analyzing after close calls and deaths.
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It really depends on how you process these things. At this point in my life I’m less invested, so losing a character would just be a reason to do something else with my free time.
Brah… Yes. Literally went through the 5 stages of grief when my Pally died at 35. Your situation is worse but, I can relate. GO agane! and Have alts fo sho
Was D3 hardcore not online?? I know D2 HC was and D4 HC is.
It’s just how HC has been for the last like 20+ years. Sudden disconnects are inevitable.
Oh it is, it’s exactly what turned me off it. I was an avid HC player in both D2 and D3 (and various other ARPG’s) until it eventually got to me.
I only HC in games I can play offline now, like Grim Dawn… well… it’s the only HC I’ve played in a few years at this stage.
Power too ya, I love the concept of HC. Hope you have a healthy character who either makes it to their oasis end or at least dies to own stupidity.
I guess, but doesn’t feel like hardcore to me if I don’t have the life and death taken absolutely out of my hands when it happens. I will play my SP games in ironman mode, and running a single save ironman in a game like CK2 is probably more brutal than playing D2 in a tornado, but it doesn’t feel the same.
I don’t mind disconnects. It sucks but it just is.