also on a side note i started in hardcore and did just fine until mood become a thing
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Change the difficulty. The description is clear, only available on hard. Hard mode is not for everyone and therefore has extra rewards. I'm not going to make it optional, I don't accept suggestions that make the hard mode easier, it's the only mode I don't accept suggestions of that kind if it's not to make it harder. Again, talk to Lisapi and change the difficulty. If you don't like RPG too much (that's what it seems to be) I recommend the easy mode as the RPG is practically non-existent.