The problem is; nobody plays Hardcore (honestly I can't remember the last time I could find players in that playlist). I've seen some statistics that prove that irrefutably, and with such little activity it's basically dead weight.
Sure the handful of hardcore Hardcore players (heh) are going to be disappointed, but it's time to move on. ND feels that there simply aren't enough people populating it on a regular basis to justify its existence.
I always find players when i jump into hardcore, and yes i always find games with dlc off.. good thing i got the weapons from that game mode already since they deciding to take it away. We really need a mercenary mode in this game, when we had it in one of the lab games it was fun, i dont think i never lost a match there, even the users with crazy stats sucked on it..
