Pros/Cons of ripping LLD gear to Standard?

I'm considering ripping my LLD gear to SC, but I'm still on the fence about it. If anyone has thoughts on it, I'd like to hear them.

My list so far:

Pros
- More active community
- More active Sarn Arena
- Easier to find teams
- Cheaper gear and crafting
- Buying items is easier since SC is more active than HC
- Access to some items unavailable to HC players

Cons
- Can't team up with HC players
- Can't sell LLD gear to HC players (but I don't sell anyway)
- Increased competition for same items on SC
- Reduced size of e-peen

Keep in mind, you can still queue vs hardcore players. Sarn arena is exclusively divided between softcore and hardcore leagues, which is like 95% of the pvp scene anyway. I ripped all my decent stuff from hardcore to standard a long time ago. The only real reason I could see to keep it in hardcore is if you don't need it in standard and if you want the ego boost. Seeing stuff in hardcore always impresses me more than in standard.

If you were pretty invested into hardcore, I'd say keep at least 1 decent character around in case anything does ever happen. I doubt anything will, but it's possible.

I'd say rip one char that's fun to play in sarn and in teams, those two are 95% of the activity in perm league LLD.

The hardest part for me was ripping over my HC invitational winning facebreakers.
But then some bastard stole/replaced them anyways so who gives a shit..

Either way, I think the LLD scene on perm leagues is pretty dead atm and ripping it over to STD won't change much..

If you really do believe in STD then do as A222 says:

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A222 wrote:

I'd say rip one char that's fun to play in sarn and in teams, those two are 95% of the activity in perm league LLD.