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→The Perma-Death Debate
Jay Wilson enthused about instant perma-death Hardcore dueling at Blizzcon 2010, and @Diablo repeated that in November 2010. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-on-hardcore-pvp/]
<blue>If you PvP in hardcore and you die, you’re dead. Hardcore PvP leader board is going to be... hardcore! --Diablo<br><br>
<font color="#FFFFFF">''Yeah, it’ll be hardcore, but it undermines your Arena design. How can you have 3 rounds if you die forever in the first one? --NocturneGS</font><br>
It doesn’t undermine anything. Although I would expect it to become most popular at specific skill tier unlocks. --Diablo</blue>
Cracks in the armor of this opinion began to show in mid-2011, when [[Jay Wilson]] alluded to internal conflict on this issue. He said that some of the "strike team" were arguing for a non-permanent death mode for Hardcore dueling, since they feared it would just result in HC players never getting to duel with their own characters.
===Hardcore Dueling Arguments===