solo play nerfed and will be eclipsed economically in 3.26

GGG do wrong thing - instead of buff solo play they buff alrdy broken party play...

they need nerf or better remove party bonus from game or change party bonus to other bonus instead of drop/loot!

Yeah.. them buffing group play even more is absurd. It was already better to go that route. Now we will have items so expensive that it won't be profitable or even remotely affordable for solo players.

For me it is going to be especially painful. First few days I intend on farming up gear for both me and some friends. For when they can eventually play - I won't be able to afford stuff for my character. There goes my attempt to help out others.

Terrible choice by the development team. It needs to be addressed immediately.

Hopefully we are horribly wrong about this being such a problem though. Maybe there is something being overlooked? I can dream.

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Phrazz#3529 wrote:

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

I mean, "making it way harder to buy that one mid-to-expensive-item-that-makes-your-build-really-shine compared to other leagues" works too but





Anyway I think I know why this change was made and if I'm not wrong we'll see more low to mid level streamer group play soon.

The change is clear:

Make less and play more unless you're friends with Neon, in which case you just make currency for standing inside a map.

Garbage.

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barathustra#7009 wrote:

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.

but that's not how it works.
it will drop more currency and less items for those groups, 101 economics, guess what happens when you create more currency?

exactly, for the rest of us, items will be more expensive couse overall the currency is worth less.

and pair it with the fact that less items drop for them. so its a double down nerf for solo play.

less items = more expensive + currency is less worth.

let's see the price a MB will reach this league.

That also means more crafting. Which, I guess, was/is the goal.

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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.

Lol !
From my experience with D3's AH, I'd tend to agree.
(But then I've never (properly) played Trade PoE1, supposedly it's its own kind of crack...)

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barathustra#7009 wrote:

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.

Why not play Standard then, gives you all the time you'd want.
Especially now that Kingsmarch is going core !
(A bit too casual for your taste ?)

How the F does this topic not have more attention?



Unless most of you play in groups? F that.

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HwtChirino#2462 wrote:

How the F does this topic not have more attention?



Unless most of you play in groups? F that.

I think a lot of people that might complain are also at work right now, at least in the US.

The matter is getting considerable attention, seeing how many duplicate threads are popping up across the various subforums...