Is hardcore really hardcore? I mean lag aside, it’s really not too difficult if you are careful to achieve any of the rewards. Not to mention being able to buy tomes, beholder crystals, pots, etc kind of dilute the challenge in my opinion.

I have a suggestion….

Make HCL pay to play each season. Maybe VIPs can get first entry free. Charge a small entry fee of $5 or $10 to play. If you want to dual box, then you will have to pay for that second account.

If you die, you are done. No reroll. I would say that your season should end at that point, but it’s kind of hard to prevent someone from rolling a new account. So you should pay again for another life.

Create a new server for HCL. The entry fees can be used to fund this.

Turn off all purchases from the store aside from cosmetics.

Make rewards different each season.

Make all players able to open any difficulty on first run.