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Soul of Iron: Hardcore Support in WoW Classic Season of Mastery
来自 RenataKane
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2021/11/12
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Season of Mastery
World of Warcraft Classic is getting its first "Season" with Season of Mastery. Seasons will have six content phases, lasting roughly 2 months for each phase, for a total of a 12 month cadence. When the Season ends, characters will have the option to transfer to permanent Classic Era realms before the Season servers are shut down. Season of Mastery will feature faster leveling, new raid mechanics, the removal of world buffs in raids, and many other changes.
Season of Mastery Overview Updates to Molten Core Updates to Blackwing Lair
Welcome to Wowhead's guide to Hardcore Support in WoW Classic: Season of Mastery. Hardcore has long been a popular choice for players of WoW Classic, with a large and active community of players dedicated to an honor system where players delete any characters when they die in game. There are a few different systems and rule sets that this guide will review, with links to online communities to help you in your Hardcore journey.
Season of Mastery is building in support methods to acknowledge the dedication and efforts of the active Hardcore community toward building a vibrant Classic experience. If you've never tried it, it may be a way to make the "fresh" experience of Season of Mastery even more exhilarating. It's not for everyone, but it will bring an edge-of-your-seat feel to WoW Classic!
What is Hardcore in WoW Classic?
While Hardcore mode has never been a built-in feature of any version of World of Warcraft, it's found in other games, including another of Blizzard's major game franchises, Diablo. In Diablo, Hardcore is "perma-death" mode, meaning that if you lose your character to death, the character and everything that's on it is lost forever. This is an automatic feature of the game when you choose to play Hardcore. While some players will automatically think "why would you ever want to do that?", it brings an edge and thrill to the game that's lost when death means nothing more than a corpse retrieval and repair bills.
Many WoW Classic players choose to emulate the Hardcore experience through an honor system where players agree to delete or "perma-ghost" any characters that die while playing. There are many other common rules to various Hardcore challenges, including such things as the following.
You must delete your character when you die. If you choose to leave it in your character list as a reminder, you treat it like a ghost and never touch it again.
Nothing traded/purchased on the Auction House or with other players -- only items you can craft, loot, buy from vendors, or earn yourself.
No use of Auction House or Mailbox for anything.
No grouping in open world. Only group in dungeons or raids, and only with other Hardcore players.
While you don't have to click off World Buffs or player-given buffs, you cannot ask for them.
No self-resurrects (soulstone, Ankh), bubble-hearth, auto-unstuck to leave dangerous areas.
All classes, talents, and professions are allowed.
These are just some of the rules. For those interested in more information, the
Resources
section lists the main Classic Hardcore site.
Mostly, Hardcore play is totally on an honor system. It's just no fun if you cheat!
Soul of Iron: Hardcore Support in Season of Mastery
One of the biggest obstacles faced by Classic Hardcore players is documenting the fact that they have never died. Season of Mastery offers a new buff, the
Soul of Iron
, to help players prove that their no-death status is real. (It doesn't prove you never cheated to get there, but trust has to play some role in this challenge).
To this end, Season of Mastery has added two in-game High Elf Chroniclers in Ironforge and Undercity:
Chronicler Fero - Library in Ironforge, in the back of the Hall of Explorers
Chronicler Morta - Apothecarium in Undercity, near the Herbalism trainer
Players whose characters have never died before can ask to receive the
Soul of Iron
buff, which you can request from these NPCs. If you've accepted the challenge, you will also receive a new spell in your spellbook called "Soul of Iron" which is a
/flex
emote that turns you to stone.
If your character has never died, when anyone mouses over the Soul of Iron buff on your buff bar, they'll see the message "Never Known Defeat". This is outside evidence of your achievement!
Dying with the Soul of Iron buff will immediately give you the "Tarnished Soul" debuff and your Soul of Iron will physically spit out of your corpse. The Tarnished Soul debuff reduces all of your stats by 1%. Dying additional times does not increase this percentage. You can return to the Chroniclers to ask to have the Tarnished Soul debuff removed, but this does not restore the Soul of Iron. This removes all buffs/debuffs related to the Soul of Iron system. Once lost, you cannot get it back on the character. However, you can ask the Chroniclers to re-apply the Tarnished Debuff in a reminder that you tried.
You cannot get the Soul of Iron buff on a character who has already died once.
You can only get it on a character who has never died. It's not possible to cheat this mechanic.
There are currently some strings on the PTR that indicate you may get changes or additions to your Soul of Iron buff by making it to 60 or defeating certain mobs without dying, but this is not yet fully known. It looks like Blizzard has expanded these "Survivor" achievements to include bosses after Molten Core. Looking at the available achievements, most players speculate these achievements are potentially awarded by the following --
- Possibly awarded after reaching Level 60 without ever dying.
- Possibly awarded after defeating
拉格纳罗斯
without ever dying.
- Possibly awarded after defeating
奈法利安
without ever dying.
- Possibly awarded after defeating
克苏恩
without ever dying.
- Possibly awarded after defeating
克尔苏加德
without ever dying.
- Probably records what level a player died at while attempting Soul of Iron.
Resources for Classic Hardcore
While going it alone is certainly within the self-sufficient spirit of Classic Hardcore, it's more fun to share your victories and heartbreaks with like-minded players. The Classic Hardcore community is extremely active, and there are many resources and more detailed information about what makes Classic Hardcore so special.
Classic Hardcore
- full rule set, news, guilds to join, Hall of Legends, Twitch live streams, even merch! They also have a very active Discord channel you can join.
Classic Hardcore Twitter
- Twitter account associated with Classic Hardcore.
This is a great video from YouTuber
Scottejaye
called "Should you play WoW Classic HARDCORE??" that may help you decide if Classic Hardcore is right for you.
Hardcore Addon
Hardcore Addon on Curse
The Hardcore addon sends a notification to your guild when a player dies and what level they are, as well as whether the player resurrects.
Basic Hardcore Tips
If you're a seasoned Hardcore player from other games, you'll understand many of these basic principles to good Hardcore play. For those of you who are new to it, you'll have to adapt to a whole new mindset. This mindset revolves around two simple words: Don't Die.
The keys to successful Hardcore play include:
slow investigation of areas, no rushing in -- and don't be afraid to run
patient re-running of content until level goals are met before pushing on to a new area
deliberate study of mobs, potential linkages among mobs, their attacks, and how to manage those
careful arrangement of defensive items such as potions, bandages, bombs, etc. for easy access
purposeful gearing to increase survivability
Just read the first word of each sentence in that list: slow, patient, deliberate, careful, and purposeful. This is the mindset of a successful HC player. Nobody is going to be impressed with how many HC characters you kill off, but getting an end-game HC character is a real achievement.
Playing HC also requires paying attention to some important things with your physical setup.
Never play HC when you aren't sure the server, connection, or power might be unstable.
Too many players have lost HC characters with a power outage, a server crash, or loss of a Battle.net connection.
Be careful using wireless peripherals.
Wireless mice and keyboards can run out of power and quit at inopportune times. If you run with wireless, make certain your peripherals have a full charge or reasonably fresh batteries. Better still, use wired peripherals.
Remove pets from your office if possible.
My cat has killed me more than once.
Never play HC when you're not at or near your best.
Seriously. This is like driving: distracted HC play kills. Don't play drunk, angry, or when you might get interrupted by your phone, your family, or work. Play a non-HC character or watch a good movie.
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评论
评论来自
damagepy
The most common reason of deaths for me were respawns... even if you can take 1 or 2 mob, if there are corpses or you know there are more mobs, just wait... if 2-3 more spawns on you, and even if you start running, your escape path is not clear anymore, then you can die easily. For similar reasons, avoid caves... also at neutral towns, if an opposite faction player stands near an npc, do not attempt to click it, a misclick can make the guards kill you fast :)
评论来自
contrerasvivanco
(...) added two in-game High Elf Chroniclers in Ironforge and Undercity:
Watcher Fero
- Library in Ironforge, in the back of the Hall of Explorers
评论来自
opusaug
Is Soul of Iron only a thing among Hardcore players? That's a lot of rules to abide by, and I'm left wondering if there are players who like the idea of permadeath but don't necessarily want to fall in with every rule laid out by the Hardcore community. For example, a guild is all about helping one another, so if you're not open-world grouping it seems counterintuitive to band together just for one-try dungeons.
评论来自
DeathMetaLitO
If i get to level 60 without dying in normal mode, then go and get the Soul of Iron buff, will i get The Never Known Defeat title?
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