"Hardcore" really isn't about skill or anything anymore. It's more so "Hey I can play this game for 8hours a day and get lucky on a drop because I've done the same content 46 times today!"

That isn't hardcore.. In a large group you can have one crap person because they can carry the other. I feel like people should really call "hardcore" what it really is ; I have a bunch of friends who do well and then we can all try to do this together.

'Cause in the end you aren't doing this by yourself. You're doing this with other people. Other people you need to advance in your progress. I don't think time-sinks = hardcore. I never did and I never will. Because honestly, I know people who can log in for an hour or two a day after work and get more done then some people I know who play all day.