PoE2 Is Bleeding Economic Integrity

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SaKRaaN#0012 wrote:

I’m genuinely concerned about the state of PoE2’s economy right now. Party play isn’t just “better” than solo — it’s economically dominant, to the point where solo progression feels invalid. Coordinated groups generate vastly more loot, progress faster, and then flood trade, forcing everyone else to compete against party-farmed prices. That breaks the core ARPG promise of fair, earned progression and makes skill and time matter less than group optimization. When party scaling + trade distort the market this hard, trust in the economy erodes fast, and once players stop believing drops and progress are meaningful, they stop engaging. This really needs a rethink before it becomes the accepted baseline.

Solution Suggestion:
A clean way to fix this is to give each party member their own fully separate loot pool, equivalent to solo rewards, with no multiplicative scaling from grouping. Party play should be about playing together for fun and safety, not about printing more currency per hour. This keeps party gameplay viable without letting it dominate the economy, ensures solo players remain economically competitive, and prevents group-farmed loot from distorting trade for everyone else.

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pangzibiggie#7979 wrote:

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SaKRaaN#0012 wrote:

I’m genuinely concerned about the state of PoE2’s economy right now. Party play isn’t just “better” than solo — it’s economically dominant, to the point where solo progression feels invalid. Coordinated groups generate vastly more loot, progress faster, and then flood trade, forcing everyone else to compete against party-farmed prices. That breaks the core ARPG promise of fair, earned progression and makes skill and time matter less than group optimization. When party scaling + trade distort the market this hard, trust in the economy erodes fast, and once players stop believing drops and progress are meaningful, they stop engaging. This really needs a rethink before it becomes the accepted baseline.

Solution Suggestion:
A clean way to fix this is to give each party member their own fully separate loot pool, equivalent to solo rewards, with no multiplicative scaling from grouping. Party play should be about playing together for fun and safety, not about printing more currency per hour. This keeps party gameplay viable without letting it dominate the economy, ensures solo players remain economically competitive, and prevents group-farmed loot from distorting trade for everyone else.

i have tested playing with a friend in a temple. the loot drop is doubled but we have to share so net net is the same. but its twice as hard so i dunno if its really worth it if you gotta share loot. but if you have leechers its a different story. hope this helps.