Need help. Being hunted

[Occhidiangela]

because there doesn't exist many hacks on HC, and

The game engine is identical between HC and SC, absent loot and your not being able to survive death. What works in one works in the other.

I have been both Scroll Hack PK'd and Trigger Hack PK'd, and occasionally just PK'd in Hardcore.

Not sure where you get your information. In HC, when I left pubbies about six months ago, there was plenty of uber gear running about. As to the White and Hex items, and other hacked and or bugged items, they may not be as prevelant in HC as in regular realms, but you need to be under no delusions as to HC being realtively cheat free.

I was updating my account last week, and walked into a Hell Level HC game called 'Hex Here' to check my inventory. Trust me, most of what went on in that game, if the chat screen is any indication, was the usual item begging that has been going on for years, not to mention the usual idiotic trade offers and refusals one comes to expect in a public game.