Solo Self-Found Support in 2.6.0

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Your friend might play all the way to low maps before she wants to start trading.

FRIENDZONED

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No discussion has yet taken place regarding whether this system is being brought to the Xbox One version.

Clearly not true.

Will master progression be rebalanced for SSF leagues?
I feel like Master crafting should be extra fun for SSF since it's so vital for crafting upgrades after a certain point and the currency cost is not insignificant either.
But getting Masters to a high level is such a pain in the butt solo.
It's not just a challenge to get them up there, it's a drag. Getting lvl 8 on a Master takes about 53 dailies if my quick and dirty but conservative calculation is correct. Even if you play daily it will take you more than half the league to get up there, that's around the time you start burning out on a league, especially if you have to do the Master missions daily.

If the SSF league will just be the check mark for bragging rights, and there are no tweaks made balance-wise to cater specifically to SSF, I think I will just keep playing SSF in the regular league, so I can keep making my own rules and experience the fun of SSF just as well (I still like to sell items for currency, so I can get excited about good drops even if i can't use them. I would gladly forfeit this to play in an environment that is tailored to SSF though)

I've been playing SSF exclusively - I guess this is how I've played since the days of Diablo. I don't see the need to change the difficulty of the game as its diversity has allowed me to continually enjoy game play through attempting varied builds as build enabling items drop. I have avoided challenge leagues in the past due to the SSF "set up" cost, so I'd be interested to see how you plan to transition to Standard. If you have never traded, are you able to migrate to Standard SSF?

I'd like to see rewarding a SSF characters with QoL improvements. For example, once you have reached level 60 the character gains a scavenger pet that picks up currency automatically. I guess you'd have to bury/burn your pet when migrating from SSF. I'm sure there could be a number of cool SSF exclusive microtransactions or hideout decorations (SSF pet cemetery?) for notable kills or achievements. The mechanics are one thing, the rewards are another.

Looks like a nice addition to the game.

I believe that further complementing SSF with GSF (Group Self Found) would be a very nice extra feature.

It would be cool to be able to play SF with the extra level of group play, so that some real coop depth can grow. There would be the extra element of planning roles in the party together, e.g. choosing a spell caster, an attacker and a support to be able to maximize usability of drops within the party/group. Also, members of a SFG can grind for each other, so that the party as a whole becomes stronger, which benefits all in achieving the set group goals.

Dunno exactly how this could be implemented, but I can imagine some system like where a SSF char can be transferred to a GSF char by joining a GSF group (inverse not possible ofc, migrating from GSF to SSF wouldnt be SSF anymore) and when a GSF member starts partying of trading with non-SF chars it would be transferred to a regular char and wouldnt be able anymore to play in their former (or any) GSF group. Or maybe only allow pre-defined groups from start.

That SSF might make me come back to PoE actually. That is indeed good news. Always loved the concept of Self-Found.

hyped

I will try out.

Awfully convenient with the announcement of the console release, uh?, not related to the xbox one version my ass.

How about trade improvements instead of elitists support?

Finally.

I have done some build specific trading and I hated it. So I have chosen to play self-found just because I think, in my philosophy, that everything I need to efficiently play the game should be contained within the game client itself. This means that I refuse to use 3rd party sites as a trade hub.

Tho this also means that I have never actually had 6-link or a build that relies on a good weapon. Tho I basically got one of most unique items in the default league, all self found, so I'm covered on that. I like to collect them.

Tho I'm fairly confident that we are going to get an ingame trade hub system with the console release, since in my opinion forcing console players to use a PC to supplement their game in order to play efficiently sound kinda cruel... and of crude design.

I get it that *some* of the devs seem to be afraid of angering the hardcore player base that run these trade systems... but I never asked them to be removed, I merely asked for an alternative.