Looks like community is divided at the moment. Some people loved the heavy armor while others hated it. In order to keep everyone happy, a hardcore mode can be added. A lot of games have it already. All it will do is change weapon, armor and structure stats. So if you enjoy being able to kill somebody with a bolt headshot you can play on hardcore servers. If you don't like being headshot by a bolt, you can play on regular servers. Same goes for raiding.
If you don't like the idea of hardcore servers, it's fine, it's all about letting other players have a choice and not forcing them to play the game the way you want the game to play while at the same time not forcing you to play the way they
