Alright, I'm curious how hard the lvl 25 gap is...

So I decided to try out another team (only until umbra forest tho).

I bought three themed from the broker with low stats.

Hardcore and I Exist (of course)

Optional rules:

WYSIWYG armor
WYSIWYG consumables
Pauper Party

I think I might join the water/earth/light club! :P

Here goes!

Edit:
Links!
https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=3223805
https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=3229266
https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=3669858

ah okay. Yes. It is a surprisingly challenging rule.

Same how the restricted armor rule is surprisingly challenging

oh my. Good luck!

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=63760&page=4#40 Author: Ephemeral Time Posted: 7/25/2018 at 10:33 AM Alrighty, finally starting my first Hardcore Run! Here's my party: One's a themed, one's a max stat, and one's a epic/lengendary (that manages to look great even without dyes) so the stakes are higher (considering I'll basically be burning money when they die 'cause I'll be releasing them). I haven't done much yet, besides naming them (and mutating the tamed), but the first zone I'll go into is Viridian Meadows (so they don't die their first battle haha). I'll be using a RNG for the proficiency points. (btw, if you don't want to be pinged by me PM me or reply to this)

Okay, so my first run ended (a day or two ago but havent really got to telling you guys). I dont think Ill be doing another run for a while though (due to irl work xP). The level gaps are quite annoying though....

Since these are pretty valuable pets, I dont really want to waste them and release them, so if anyone is interested, Ill sell the team for 175k (one half to a third of their regular values) or 100k for the max stat, 50k for the lengendary, and 25k for the Nixi Theme^^ Ping me or PM me if you want to buy them! (Possibly for your own Hardcore Run?)

@Ama
Is this allowed? ^^ (I hope so)

I'll purchase the max stat off you if you like (we won't release her)

Okay, thanks! I wouldve felt bad releasing her :)

Lololol I noticed a short time ago that your party had a single death count on it and i cringed when I saw it on the max stat. Honestly, for really valuable pets the rule should be a bit flexible like

release OR sell OR battle ban

Monkey see, monkey do gave me...
https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=4179005
Ta-da! Meet my new hardcore member

Eh, I went back to have a look at this team. While I was interested in the "umbra forest gap" challenge, I couldn't be bothered grinding. So I decided to simulate it by taking on Nightfall dungeon. Unfortunately, I forgot that nightfall had multiple opponents (not single like elsewhere in esiors), and the 15 level higher 3 star bandits destroyed my team. :P

Ultimately, I still think of them as "throwaway pets". The only way I think I'd be likely to stick with a party like this is to use pets with an emotional investment. Therefore, I've decided to try a straight "Hardcore, I exist!" team (with no extras). I have three pets in my stables that dont fit anywhere else, so are still in my "overflow" tab. Yet I'm so emotionally invested in them that they've been there for years without me releasing them, even though they are just random pets. So I'm likely to take better care of them.

Here goes:

https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=2435742

https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=2818916

https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=2872572

oooh - now this will be interesting. Good luck!

Sorry, I haven't been around much - I lost my Hardcore attitude to this hardcore thread for hardcore pets! haw! :}

I'm feeling pretty hardcore right now so I'm going to start a nuzlocke run again in the future. I know I have those 3 max stat lunes to play with but I'm just finding them too easy and breezy in the lower zones.