solo play nerfed and will be eclipsed economically in 3.26

I think this is somewhat overly dramatic. "Eclipsed"? Really? That's the word we're going for?

I'm suspecting that Mercs are indeed an alternate path to this «SSF loot buff» — that GGG is already taking.

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zzang#1847 wrote:

A full party will have 6 mercs in group play.

exactly! even bigger dmg to economy and game bcs full party + 6 mercs = ultra crazy broken loot!

0% balance
100% ruined game

For those that don't know this game is 100% more engaging when you play ssf. It's all earned and rng. [Removed by Support]

They can tune it if it's bad so I don't think it will be an issue. If rarity stacking mercs and scarabs/allflames that buff meatsacks is the only way to get loot for solo players I think that is far worse for the game.

It doesn't matter. You will not compete with anyone unless you have unlimited free time and extensive knowledge about PoE.
Heck I can't even play several hours straight. It just gets way too boring.

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DiabloImmoral#7632 wrote:

They can tune it if it's bad so I don't think it will be an issue. If rarity stacking mercs and scarabs/allflames that buff meatsacks is the only way to get loot for solo players I think that is far worse for the game.

Unless i missed sth this is poe 1 rarity stacking does nothing for currency items and farming t0 uniques is kind of a niche thing to do.

If you are looking for the solo angle: Heist(lol brand new) has been proven to be very profitabel. It might even get a slight boost this league from replica badge of the brotherhood being a potential chase item but it is better than most t16 farming strategies anyway.

Sanctum is nerfed, bad timing nerfing the best solo farm and then boost group farm ok, but sanctum nerf was about damn time.

5 man group play is totally unenjoyable for most sane people, so it will only be a few degens that do that most likely and hopefully the scarab market will not be affected significantly.

Again, problem would be solved with a loot buff to ssf. Not amount of items in general but quant/rarity of the useful/very useful stuff. We don't need more rares to drop obv. See what you did with group play GGG, nicenice, now could you do that for ssf plzzz? :)

I'm very fine with that. Letting people with a lot of tryhard mentality who treat the game as a job to work hard to add items to the supply chain while I simply play the game at my own pace and eventually buy out my whole build from them. Win-win situation. Always been like that, nothing really changed.

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Laakota#3679 wrote:

For those that don't know this game is 100% more engaging when you play ssf. It's all earned and rng. It's the difference between fake and real tits.

If you have a shitton of time, sure. It can be fun, the game gives you the tools to grind and chase your build. But for my semi-casual ass, it takes too much time. So I end up chilling in trade league without falling for the mind trap of competing to be the richest.

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DiabloImmoral#7632 wrote:

They can tune it if it's bad so I don't think it will be an issue. If rarity stacking mercs and scarabs/allflames that buff meatsacks is the only way to get loot for solo players I think that is far worse for the game.

i HOPE GGG will nerf party bonuses! hope they can nerf party instead of buffs after buffs...