Hardcore Server Idea

[Vicelord]

Hello Everyone!

Well... What the title says

I used to play Diablo 2 and they had Hardcore servers, Normal servers & before I quit servers that start fresh new every half a year or year (everyone started at lv 0 and no gil in the world etc...).

It would be cool if FF14 had a Hardcore server.
What will change?
- All Mobs even open world mobs are tougher (like ff11)
- leveling is a bit slower.
- gil is harder to come by or the same.
- no Echo buffs etc...
and of course make changes to adjust all this. I know their is tough content now... just saying!

you get the picture.

having both HC and normal servers can cater to a broader audience.
I myself wish FF14 was a little tougher when it come to leveling and mobs. I Loved ff11 for that reason.

anyways... this is just an idea
if you have hate/troll in your heart.. leave it in there lol j/p

what do you guys think? what would you like to change?

[The_Leon]

I doubt that I would move my main, but I would start an alt and give it a go

[MageBlack]

FFXI is still up and running for your convenience! So is Diablo!

[Xystic]

D3 still has hardcore servers. It definitely provides a different type of experience but 99% of the time when I die in such modes, its because of lag, server issues or computer issues, lol and it can be pretty discouraging to try and start all over again.

[Hocchi]

Here's an idea, go play Diablo 3.

[Noahlimits]

Wow, I'm surprised at all the hate you're getting in this thread. There's nothing wrong with wanting a server that has harder leveling and fight mechanics. I'm really surprised so many people are just dismissing the idea or telling you to play a different game. Such a toxic response.

[Vondoomervil]

Interesting, Rather than making other servers to do that though making they can just add things to making the current open world etc tougher.

Would be fun to have a 'one life' type thing like Hardcore on d3 though.

[MageBlack]

No hate here. Unfortunately this is a pipe dream as this style of game is not set up for a system like this. FFXI the "difficulty" was the systems you played with, not mob behavior or anything to do with the mob. Autoattack whack for 2 min, coordinate one skill with your team, attack. 1.0 was closer to a system like this (1.23 was actually pretty good happy medium) but all that is now gone. I hear some people are running 1.0 servers and that might be your best hope for a "hardcore" server.

Diablo was built with hardcore servers and systems in mind so everything already was there to support it. If you say that FFXIV is built this way then do the extreme coil mode and if you get echo buff, turn it off. Sorry if this sounds like hate, its not. I just dont understand the mind set of "I love this game, if you just changed everything about it to be like X." This kind of idea was floated around since 1.0, its nothing new. I'm terribly sorry but this is not the style of game you are looking for.

Interesting, Rather than making other servers to do that though making they can just add things to making the current open world etc tougher.

Would be fun to have a 'one life' type thing like Hardcore on d3 though.

And how would you react if your healer decided to be nasty and just let your level 50 chr die in a raid then ditch? These ideas may sound nice in theory but in a game like this, highly impractical.

[Kloe]

I would welcome a hardcore server option for FFXIV. I wouldn't make it my main, but I think it would be a really fun challenge. One downside I can see is that everyone would have an elitist type mentality because you would have to in order to survive for long periods of time.

[Devils_Lawyer]

The idea is fine but i bet its gonna be kinda lonely cause if people get to choose beetween the easier road or the harder one to reach the same end they most likely will pick the easier one.

Afterall how many raid groups is it that is dismissing extreme coil cause it dosnt drop better stuff then normal version.