Hardcore Season 7 details

[Tanky]

Starts next Wed. Ends Feb 5 (60 days).
Same theme and rewards as HC2
20% reaper XP boost
Rewards only require 1500/3000 favor. 10/20 reaper points are the same.

Source: today's livestream.

[C-Dog]

Same theme and rewards as HC2

Remind me? link?

[Cordovan]

More info here: https://www.ddo.com/news/ddo-hardcore-league

[Phoenicis]

More info here: https://www.ddo.com/news/ddo-hardcore-league

From the link:

There is a level lockout to prevent characters from running quests too far over level. (Base level +4, or effective level on elite.)

Which is it, base level +4, Or effective level on elite (+2)?

[Cordovan]

From the link:

Which is it, base level +4, Or effective level on elite (+2)?

For this season, +4. +2 was used last season in part due to the deliberately more restrictive nature of that season. It's possible we could go back to +2 in the future, but not for this season.

[C-Dog]

More info here: https://www.ddo.com/news/ddo-hardcore-league

Tyvm!
o7

[Kza]

So all cosmetics same as from no2? But new cloak and sash? No time for awesome art team do a favor 5000 fun item, like fairy wings but bloodied and torn? And/or reaper points 30 black reaper wings? :-)

It feels a tad uninspiring no new rewards? Throw me a bone!!!! So i can run and you get my money!

[Cordovan]

So all cosmetics same as from no2? But new cloak and sash? No time for awesome art team do a favor 5000 fun item, like fairy wings but bloodied and torn? And/or reaper points 30 black reaper wings? :-)

It feels a tad uninspiring no new rewards? Throw me a bone!!!! So i can run and you get my money!

This is similar to 5 in that it is a return season. The cloak and sash are the same as season 2, with the change of the number of the season.

[archerforever]

Can we have screenshots of rewards of the HCL season 2-7 ???
Even the ddo wiki after 3 years doesn t have any pictures of these cosmetics...
I searched on google also and NOTHING.

I personnaly just dont want to start another HCL now it s way too fast, the HCL 6 finished 1 month ago...
But maybe I ll give it a try if we can have decent pictures of rewards, and if I am interrested in.

[Phoenicis]

Can we have screenshots of rewards of the HCL season 2-7 ???
Even the ddo wiki after 3 years doesn t have any pictures of these cosmetics...
I searched on google also and NOTHING.

I personnaly just dont want to start another HCL now it s way too fast, the HCL 6 finished 1 month ago...
But maybe I ll give it a try if we can have decent pictures of rewards, and if I am interrested in.

Wiki has some of the images, but not all unfortunately.

https://ddowiki.com/page/Hardcore_League

[C-Dog]

Here's the horse: https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Bone_Devil_Armored_Mount

All 3 cosmetics for Season 2 are no luck in the Wiki.

[Impaqt]

too soon.

Please work on consolidating the servers if you are going to run Hardcore this often.

[CaptainSpacePony]

I am completely fine with an encore season.

I do feel like this is too soon since season 6.

Even though it's a shortened season, the lower reward thresholds seem too generous, but nothing for me to rant about, just offering a little feedback.

Although I got all the rewards I wanted from season 2, I'll be back for the company!

[neain2008]

Im fine with the lowered requirements, some people have trouble getting to 5k or 20 reaper points.

But to give out the same cosmetics as a previous more challenging season seems wrong to me. If it was similar but visually distinctive (different colors, no saddle or some such) that would be one thing, but to give out the same rewards with only a minor mostly ignorable change kinda waters down the reward of doing that previous season.

[ironmaiden-br]

Too soon for a a new season.


5 k favor today is a joke 3 k is a total joke not even close to a chalenge ....with +4 levels


20% more rxp also not needed


Dont call it Hardcore .. call it a seasonal event .....somethign like night revels or cristal cove


remove the laders and make a quick event so people can get the items like cove or nigh revels...


bad move , bad timing

[Edwinge]

For this season, +4. +2 was used last season in part due to the deliberately more restrictive nature of that season. It's possible we could go back to +2 in the future, but not for this season.

It doesn't matter to me for this season since I won't be playing it (I already got the rewards I wanted from season 2). For the future, I'd prefer that you don't go with +2 again. It was a bit too much of a difficulty jump from previous seasons in my opinion. Maybe you can split the difference and try a season with +3?

[C-Dog]

Maybe you can split the difference and try a season with +3?

+3 would make an interesting choice - you can get the Bravery Bonus @ just +2 over the base level, or go 1 level higher and ignore that bonus XP. Not the same "guarantee" safety net of 2 levels higher.

[Dark_Lord_Mary]

The problem with +2 instead of +4 has nothing at all to do with difficulty; the argument against +2 is it becomes exceedingly slow and painful to group simply because there are not that many players - it makes it so that one may search for days for a group to quest. It took me four days to find a group to do tower of frost, as an example. It is true +2 is harder, but being an actual human with a life outside of videogaming, one cannot be expected to sit for hours waiting for a group because it is only +2 who can join.

[Dark_Lord_Mary]

I thought we had decided as a community that 1 HCL per year was sufficient? Did I misunderstand? The live servers with raiding communities are drained with constant HCLs unless something is done to make LFMs pull from all servers in a multi-server instanced pool and then instanced extra-server questing setup for groups regardless of home server, I cannot see how live server populations can survive multiple HCLs a year without collapsing or how that is good for this game - and I am speaking as someone who loves HCL and respects the established live guild communities.

[adamkatt]

Ummm so its only a 1 or two mo break between hc seasons now?