On "Hardcore"

[Kinseykinz]

I completely agree with OP, I remember this video of a GLA soloing a lvl 99 oger , long before we had jobss that was the closest thing to real skill I ever saw on this game. Key word "skill" . Now tanks are mesured by how much enmity they can hold and not by the only thing that justifies their conception, survivabilty. Anymore a tank relys on the healers to stay alive and they justify this because they can get their speed runs. can you take your best job and solo a lvl 75 mob? NO? but you can run a 17 minute av? Is that what 'lete" is these days? if soo I for one dont want to be in that group. throw away my personal life to satisfy a incorrect definition of what should be skill in this game? no thanks

No, we don't have a video...and yes, we were a full party of people (sorry you can only see 3 of us). But it was actually easier pre-jobs and class nerfs to take on the rank 90+stuff (we killed a 99 gobbie too). Stigian Spikes for the WIN . ...just to clarify, the people who were in the party, do not consider themselves hardcore, this was a 'for poops and giggles because what else is their to do run.'

Point is, the game changed. Yes, it took skill for a GLA to solo a 99 mob back then, no doubt. But it also took a lot of time, because they didn't just use GLA skills to do it, they used CNJ,THM,MRD skills for sure, and probably, PGL and LNC too...so basically, they were an army of one...literally. One of the main issues back then was people who had the time to invest in leveling (and back in the day, it did not rain exp like it does now), had the 'hardcore' character because you basically needed to level 4+ classes to cap to be considered effective. So yeah, even back then more time=better chance of being hardcore.