Just a few thoughts...I personally hope they keep the hardcore mode as well. I played mainly hardcore because it is way more challenging. Actually, I think it would be awesome if they had a game mode where even if you had your weapon drawn, or were running/moving, you still did not show up on the map. In other words, you could walk right by someone in a town or wherever, and not even know if they were an NPC or not. There's nothing more frustrating than trying to clear out a gang hideout, and someone transporting to your area just so they can shoot you while you're preoccupied. If you weren't on the map at all, they would not know you're there unless they notice you in passing your area. That would be more realistic. I also HATE the bright neon green star or whatever symbol, hovering above your head. It's kind of hard to hide from someone with this heat score symbol telling everyone where you are. It would also make it more challenging when you're trying to find someone. I'm not saying to ditch the Normal game mode, of course, but it would be fun for a lot of players to implement this challenging mode. You could even keep the Friendly mode for the more unskilled players who like to just run around and shoot horses. I also think that if you level up in one mode, you shouldn't be able to carry it over to the other game mode. For instance, if you reached level 25 in Friendly mode, then go over to hardcore, you would still have to start at level 1 in Hardcore because your progress was reached in Friendly mode.