Path of Exile free to play in about six hours.

[swirly]

I'm not a huge fan of Hardcore, so I haven't tried it much.

I figure anytime I make a new character (which I don't plan on at all right now) I'll make them hardcore and try not to die. Then if they do I'll just keep playing them in default. I don't see much reason to start a character as default. Might as well try hardcore and see what happens since there doesn't seem to be any penalty to dying and being thrown into default. The only trouble area would be your stash really. Since they are separate. I just ran mine hardcore and when she died I moved her whole stash over with her. So my next char, if one ever happens, will start fresh too. Which I kind of like actually.