Trading Discussion: What if trading didn't exist?

What if everyone had to be forced to be self found?

Before you ask, yes, im a self found player, and i do have so much more joy playing self found then playing trades...

But, how would the general playerbase react if GGG said in patch notes

"- Removing the trade feature"

Or something along those lines...

I wouldn't be affected of course.

There is logic behind this post, nothing to flame or boast about, pure logic.

You can play this game self found, its 100000000000000000000000000000% possible... people say its difficult because they force themselves to play a build where it requires expensive items such as Shavs or a Loathe Bane (i think...?)

My personal trick to getting an expensive build to work, is to make a build that doesnt require any GG items, and farm... just, farm, play the game how it's meant to be played... farm hours on maps, dom, atziri, idgaf, just farm, and youll get the items you need.

anyway...

What if trading didn't exist?
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https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1715639 <--- Build help forums thread thingy.
Would be a boring game. I love the interaction with other players.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1158669

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Vincendra wrote:
Would be a boring game. I love the interaction with other players.


Well, you can always whisper them by right clicking their name, and whispering... or maybe add them to party and start a chat line with %, or a guild! :D
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Helping people with their builds, its somewhat a hobby, and a passion of mine, so don't be shy!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1715639 <--- Build help forums thread thingy.
What if you had to trade? What if only gear for other builds dropped and you had to trade your drops for some one elses?

I can make silly arguments too, some people prefer self found, some enjoy the trading game, the current way caters to both.

I personally play mostly self found, I do sell my excess items and use the orbs for welfare crafting(no eternal/exalt, fusings as I get them, etc) and I average about 2 purchases per league, last league I purchased one item out of my three characters. I agree self found is completely viable, my Atziri capable build was 100% self found/self linked.


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Vincendra wrote:
Would be a boring game. I love the interaction with other players.


Well, you can always whisper them by right clicking their name, and whispering... or maybe add them to party and start a chat line with %, or a guild! :D


let me spezify: I love the trading interaction with other players.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1158669

Cyclone MARA Beginners and Advanced Guide.
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iamsamsara wrote:
What if you had to trade? What if only gear for other builds dropped and you had to trade your drops for some one elses?

I can make silly arguments too, some people prefer self found, some enjoy the trading game, the current way caters to both.

I personally play mostly self found, I do sell my excess items and use the orbs for welfare crafting(no eternal/exalt, fusings as I get them, etc) and I average about 2 purchases per league, last league I purchased one item out of my three characters. I agree self found is completely viable, my Atziri capable build was 100% self found/self linked.




yeah, i see where you're going, im not saying trading is bad or anything, i sometimes, if not, rarely, trade myself, only so i can get around a roadblock (Legit, i spent 5 days in docks farming for a better weapon, i eventually went from this, to this,


but everything else i have is completely self found, see below

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Helping people with their builds, its somewhat a hobby, and a passion of mine, so don't be shy!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1715639 <--- Build help forums thread thingy.
The question is... if you play self-found, why dou care about what others do.
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yotmato wrote:
The question is... if you play self-found, why dou care about what others do.


i don't care, im just curious.
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Helping people with their builds, its somewhat a hobby, and a passion of mine, so don't be shy!

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1715639 <--- Build help forums thread thingy.
Main problem with PoE is that droprates are so incredibly low that the only definitive way to get the gear you want is to sell everything you find and purchase what you want from other players.

Let's say I want a Bino's knife. Right now I can just play for a week, save up currency, and buy it. Without trading, I would be playing for 2-3 years before finding one myself.
So far played for 2 years and did not find one.

Basically with the removal of trading the droprates on better items would need to be increased at least x20 times to compensate, possibly even more.
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If trade didn't exist, this game would be called "Diablo 3" and will be a giant piece of crap.
Simple like that.

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