Is "hardcore-viable" a meaningless descriptor?

[ToniCogin]

@HonorabruSudoku

“HC viable” is not a label I generally slap on builds, because it’s meaningless.

Some experienced players can get any build through HC, others will die trying to facetank Voldrak every playthrough. Piloting and knowing what you can handle is more important, than a “HC viable” label.

Then you say,

@HonorabruSudoku

If you want to start a discussion, on what that label should mean, I suggest → Gameplay Discussion

This isn’t the topic for that.

Which came after your rebuttal. I thought this wasn’t the topic?

A person literally asked you if the build was HC viable and you started a whole new topic about why you thought “HC viable is meaningless”. I reply to that and you tell me if I should start a new discussion I should go somewhere else… I feel like I’m being played here.

@HonorabruSudoku

There is no common agreement on what “HC viable” should mean, especially for a character that has to go from level 1 to 100, through all the pitfalls of the leveling process, often with improvised gear.

Since you already shared your rebuttal anyways, I’ll share mine as well.

Saying HC viable is meaningless because people can’t agree on its meaning is like saying a “pretty face” is meaningless because people can’t agree on what it looks like. I believe the word you meant to say was “subjective”, not “meaningless”. Subjective words still have meaning.