I’ve tried hardcore a couple times and it just feels lousy to die and be locked out after getting interested in something. All I see from hardcore players here is that disappointing moment they died.
So help my understand, why play hardcore?
It forces your skill level to skyrocket if you really want to play it. And if you build cool amazing things, it exponentially increases your skill because you’ll want to preserve it.
I find it gives that same tension and satisfaction as playing a game against somebody that is just a bit better than you… It forces you to focus and lock in. Things that would normally be pretty “blah” moments (Generating that Blaze Farm for example) suddenly become extra rewarding because the threat of potentially losing it all from one misstep just makes it feel better to accomplish.
Basically, think about how much better it feels to get that huge build done in Survival compared to doing it in Creative. This is just the next step of that.
Yeah, when you inevitably die, it sucks, but like the old saying goes, in the darkness, even a candles light can be blinding.