Should players have access to a Hardcore server

Jim_McMasterub17_ESO

Yes

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

That playstyle makes no sense in an MMO. Hardcore mode is a concept that was made popular by Diablo II, which was not an MMO.

And stop asking for new servers. The whole point of the megaserver is to avoid fragmenting the population into lots of little niche servers.

I fraking despise their megaserver concept, I WANT an RP server, ...so..um, NO, I'll NOT stop asking for additioinal servers, if ONLY to get me away from people like YOU.

stevenpotter321b14_ESO

Honestly though, I would support this. I wouldnt play on it, but if they make a hardcore server, they might make other server types. Really, I just want them to kill the mega-server, then we wouldn't need to be in 5 guilds, we could have auction houses, and we might almost have a server community.

rfpalmerb16_ESO

So,
This would be a SORC and DK only server then?

HandofBane

No

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

Alazarz wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

That playstyle makes no sense in an MMO. Hardcore mode is a concept that was made popular by Diablo II, which was not an MMO.

And stop asking for new servers. The whole point of the megaserver is to avoid fragmenting the population into lots of little niche servers.

It makes perfect sense in an MMO such as TES IMO! Not others, but TES for sure.

There is no MMO that is designed for "hardcore" mode. Half of the learning curve in this game is dying. Rules like the ones you've described have been great for the masochists in single-player Elder Scrolls games because in those games, you aren't expected to die over and over again. In those games, you don't have to worry about being killed by server lag or any kind of bug that forces you to use the /stuck command.

Hardcore mode is not for MMOs. Period.

Haven & Hearth would like to disagree with you, though it remains in perpetual alpha due to the work on Salem. Character dies? You get to make a new one. Earn all your skills up from scratch, hope you can find someplace safer to set down a homestead, and pray all your google-fu has taught you enough Russian to get out of being robbed, murdered, and your friends/alts campfires staked out for more death and dismemberment. Then posting on the forums or getting a hold of friendly folks hoping you can hire some bounty hunters/anti-PKs to track down and return the favor to those who murdered/robbed you.

Definitely not for the faint of heart, and also why I voted no on this poll. Some folks can handle this (I love that kind of relatively free-PvP world), but the vast majority would give up after their first or second death. There just wouldn't be a big enough population to support such a server, let alone fill out more than one PvP campaign attached to it.

AlexDougherty

Yes

Yes, they should have access to something like that if they want. Although you might want to rethink the no deaths aspect.

Also I don't want to play on a hardcore server myself.

isengrimb16_ESO

Jim_McMasterub17_ESO wrote: »

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

That playstyle makes no sense in an MMO. Hardcore mode is a concept that was made popular by Diablo II, which was not an MMO.

And stop asking for new servers. The whole point of the megaserver is to avoid fragmenting the population into lots of little niche servers.

I fraking despise their megaserver concept, I WANT an RP server, ...so..um, NO, I'll NOT stop asking for additioinal servers, if ONLY to get me away from people like YOU.

Mm, personally I like the megaserver idea; it's better than signing onto one of 250 servers to find it dead a couple of years down the road, because all the population got concentrated on one or two servers, anyway.

Normally, I'd support choice, and I think there will be variety coming in future patches; but really, a hardcore mode is something anyone can choose to impose on themselves. You die, you delete the character and everything in his bank.

GreySix

Yes

Voted yes.

More player choice is good.

Ajyn

Yes to HC, but maybe you can still revive with soul gem.

GreySix

Yes

Would like to see a HC server, where the entirety of Tamriel is PvP, no place being safe.

Think you're safe in that big city? Here comes a 200-player raiding party to kill all NPCs and you on sight.

Lose, and you start over from scratch in the soul dungeon, having lost everything.