yes... like a door in a wall that is marked with something and you enter/leave through that door. only characters with the hardcore tag will be able to enter, so if you have non-hardcore in your party, the door is sealed and unavailable/ The items will be weapons only. i am thinking there will be a hardcore dungeon also at the end of the game that will basically be a challenge for players... that will have to be tested but considering every player can have a hardcore only party, its just a part of the game... not double On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well is it going to be just that there are going to be some extra rooms you > can go into that only have 1 enterance (ie you go in the same way you exit) > and that there's items in there that you can only find in hard core mode? > > What kind of items will they be? > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:40 AM, <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Alan, I don't think having a few hardcore only rooms will double the >> testing needs for the game... :P >> >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*: Alan Wolfe >> *Date*: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:20:50 -0700 >> *To*: <project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> *Subject*: [project1dev] Re: hardcore characters and Node information >> >> cool deal >> >> the voice of nagging says "since we'll have special content that is >> hardcore vs not hard core we'll have to be extra careful when creating the >> conent, and be thorough in our testing of both hard core and non hard core >> mode. Effectively, this double the amount of testing we'll need. It's a >> good feature but just FYI it comes at a cost" >> >> (: >> >> i'm for it, just wanted to point that out >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Awesome idea. >>> >>> For the name I was thinking something like mortal but a synonymy for it. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:27 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Additional Info for hardcore characters (anyone have a better name for >>>> them? im listening!) - >>>> >>>> there will be powerful weapons hidden in the game that are only >>>> equipable by hardcore characters. These weapons will be in rooms with >>>> special doors that are ONLY accessible by parties that *only* have >>>> hardcore characters in them (main character excluded). Also behind these >>>> doors may be guardian monsters that must be defeated in order to exit back >>>> out the door. In free-mode there will be a hardcore only dungeon designed >>>> to challenge the player. >>>> >>>> thanks to Peter for inspiring the idea! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >