what about buying items from the store, awakes etc because of stuff like awake and plat gear is available then this a money grab from my perspective. Nice and all to have a challenge but at the end of the day it's the same content.
Also achievements and pve kills will play a role in hardcore LB? Nice way to make the Top Players LB useless.
This looks more like what everyone joked about "AL 2.0" "just restart al completely".