The difficulty option in the settings was added in v1.44. This mostly just effects combat, though in hardcore there are more monsters and a 30% chance for each character to get an extra skill point on leveling up.
I hope I don't regret the decision, but I'll stick with hardcore and hope for the extra skill point.
Do you play in hardcore? How many more monsters? Any idea? I've been playing it for a while now in Act 3, but I had already cleaned up that act. I guess I should go find a BF to try.
Does Hardcore effect the probablity of finding good items and holy water?
