Hardcore Mode

[Herecius]

Now that all this world first lunacy is out of the way, let's talk about something else... hardcore mode. And the sad tales of dead characters. How'd you die?

I screwed up the courage and just started a barb for hardcore, we'll see how far I get.

[Deleted]

Haven't died yet, just made my first hardcore character, a wizard. Time will tell how far I'll get

[Rifter]

Made it to end boss of 2nd act in normal and just had plain bad luck on the green pools of death phase and the timer on my cds - was fun while it lasted though - might roll another but was convinced I was clearing at least normal on this toon so... yea, might be a while before i try again.

[Festisio]

I think these russians are the furthest. It's offline now but last time I checked they were all 60 in Hell Act 3 tearing it up.

http://www.own3d.tv/live/26473/D3_Hardcore_Hell

[Catharlex]

Meh. I refuse to play Hardcore until I know that Blizzard servers won't spike to 2k MS. Seems like a poor choice to me... To lose a toon just because of lag? No thanks.

[Schmilblick]

Meh. I refuse to play Hardcore until I know that Blizzard servers won't spike to 2k MS. Seems like a poor choice to me... To lose a toon just because of lag? No thanks.

This, died already 2 times on normal mode just because of the lags :s

[Subbversion]

This, died already 2 times on normal mode just because of the lags :s

I've got 40 hours into the game and have not had any latency issues, at all. I am directly connected (ethernet) to my modem and have a built in NIC to my motherboard. Game has been stable since launch night once in-game. Maybe once I've had a second of lag, but that's it - and that could be due to high CPU usage on my end. I think any latency may be on your end (in my personal experience).