There are some cons I see though. First off, the biggest thing is that ironmen might be isolated from all the group-related content in the game. Minigames would be fully disabled on them and bossing will be something they'll only attempt to do solo. These players would feel very isolated, not something I'm all for. Having minigames threat ironmen differently might be a better idea, since it locks away a lot of necessary content from people (ava, defenders, void, d pick) not something a lot of people would enjoy.
An ironman account is literally a do-it-yourself account; hinging on the fact that they would be isolated in their actions is utterly redundant. As for mini-games, ironmen can't participate in group mini-games because they cannot receive assistance -- their account is a solo-run of the game.
From an economic standpoint ironmen also aren't a very good thing. They increase the supply of items (ever so slightly when they die and someone picks up their stuff) and don't bring up any demand for it. We would have a whole group of people that would be bringing items into the game but not buying anything. Inflation.
Your notion that ironman accounts will impact the economy and create inflation is simply absurd; this will have zero negative effect on the economy. Ironmen do not introduce items to the game aside from the rare occasions when they die, in which case they will nearly 100% of the time drop low-value items such as rune, dragon, or mystic. I simply cannot fathom how you think that ironman accounts will introduce enough items into the economy to sway it in any way.
Some points I also want to make:
*Sacred clay armour should be usable by ironmen, it should just have higher requirements to make overall
Sacred clay armour is too easy to obtain and is too overpowered for an ironman account; it takes away the struggle and purpose of working your way up.
*Dying on a hardcore ironman should reset the account, not disable it, the amount of usernames lost would be a bit too great, ironmen highscores would show the current stats
Martin and I already changed this; I just forgot to add it. Hardcore ironman deaths result in being "demoted" to a regular ironman.
*Ironmen should have seperate highscores
Agreed.
*Ironman shop shouldn't be a thing, things should be earned like normal and bought from the shops like normal, the only store that would be different for ironmen is the general store. Personalized shops update might be a nice thing to have.
Having no shop would be too unfair on ironman accounts, and the shop's stock is by no means too good, not to mention the ironman accounts have to earn cash to be able to purchase items.
*Ironman shop would bring a LOAD of items into that game that you could just trade over to your main and do whatever you wish with, it really shouldn't be a thing.
Ironman accounts can't trade items; this concern of yours doesn't make any sense. On top of that, the amount of time it would take to earn the money required for this completely defeats the purpose of doing so.
@Pim, that may be an option -- I've also considered it. I'm not sure if the community would like it or not, though, which is why I've left it out for the time being.
@Otto, I understand that not everyone likes to grind, but I'm sure that a lot of players, especially maxed players, would love to have a new challenge or in-game hobby.
@Adam, That's a tricky thing to deal with, as I said in game. If we can figure out a way to do it, I'd love to have that as a feature.