Is this a bad thing?
Truly hardcore players are not the problem. World first players tend to be nice, down to earth people who keep to themselves. The problem are the server first guilds on backwater servers, a king among shit still bathes in shit. These "PseudoHardcore" players who seem to think they are any good are a huge problem and cause huge rifts in the community. I'll be honest, most of them I've run into are NOT that good, either they are carried by a guild or they are surrounded by bone heads with same attitudes who defend each other regardless of how terrible they are.