Lets say you have been playing SC for a month, which is the MAX amount of time any respectable player would need to totally own the game and make the godliest of characters on SC. Ok, now what. Make another? Hmm, how about collect every item in the game, boring.
My cousin started a character on SC Ladder and within a week he was 92 with everything a Hammerdin needs to do Hell Baal ALONE. He could rush people through Hell for the forge in minutes. Where is the challenge? If you dont like a challenge, please, go play Open Bnet and haxxor your character up good. IMHO, a game without challenge is not a game. It is pointless repition.
Hard earned work? Please, anyone can get 80 in a day. For those Starcraft players out their, Softcore is to Money Maps as Hardcore is to Ladder Matches = Blade Storm, Temple, etc. Softcore is for people afraid of a challenge and people who think they cant cut it when everything is on the line = pussies. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS DUELING. Dueling on SC is fun...