Quote Originally Posted by Zeastria View Post
Doing only Normal = Casual.
Doing EX and Savage = Midcore BUT leans more towards hardcore on the scale.
Ultimates = Hardcore...

- Infact there is no true midcore in this game...
Its either very easy or very hard.. no inbetween..

Note: Some EX can be very easy and just 1 step above normal,
while others are harder than some savage fights.. so EX fights have very wide range.
Difficulty is largely subjective but I would disagree. I would think that it only really enters hardcore when players set a hard time limit, effectively manufacturing their own difficulty.

i.e. 'Week 1 Savage' is hardcore where as 'Savage' without any kind of time limit is midcore, as evidenced by the fact that there are still, to this day, still people progging the current savage tier. I honestly think the only truly hardcore content is current-tier ultimates.

Savage used to be hardcore content but has been watered down to midcore content to address the major lack of it.