So why Hardcore for me?

[Mavfin]

D3 removed a lot of tedium which makes single player and multiplayer more fun.

D3 has more atmosphere than D2

D3 toons provide progression for your other toons

A patch or a mistake in planning will never make my toon no longer viable

D3 has a well defined end point

Kevin's underlined points here are all reasons I love D3.

Some people confuse the removal of tedium with the removal of challenge. Tedium != Challenge.

On atmosphere, am I the only one who really felt the D1 vibe in Halls of Agony?

I love the shared stash, and the shared gold.

The flexible skill builds, and the stats-by-gear are huge improvements over D2, imo. As GG pointed out, you can get new gear, but if you do stat points or talent points wrong, and don't have a respec, you're screwed.

I just had to amplify GG's big bullet points there, even if I'm not relating them to hardcore. However, with this system, it's not as much of a chore as rerolling an HC char was in D2, so I may dabble in HC myself after a while.

Oh, and btw, Kevin, after that, you need the wall back in your sig!