Community Question: Why are you playing Standard?

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Perq wrote:

This, this and this. Standard is fun to play for extended time period (when you want to reach that 90+, or so on). But creating the character, optimizing your gear, skill tree and so on is the main fun. Too bad it only starts at level 50+ : (

If you are referring to starting out from scratch, then yea, there will be players out there that likes playing in temporary leagues for the challenge(s), letting RNG decide on your first build for the most part, and the...........economy. While, I may not have any issue with starting out a fresh economy, and facing new challenges, the idea of starting out from scratch has left me with a bitter experience. This dates back to all the way in Anarchy league, when I wanted to try out the temporary leagues. At that point, I already had some foundation in the permanent league to start out new characters, but I wanted to try out the temporary league.

I came to realization since the start of Open Beta, that starting out from scratch was a royal pain in the arse, and merciless made it apparent for me that your first character is always going to have a hard time (with the exception of having tremendous luck). I was fully aware of it, and I knew I was expecting a lot of mistakes made vias gears and tree. Getting over the hurdle is not an issue, but getting over the hurdle every few months......is an issue. Knowing that I will face the possibility of my first character having to go through this cycle is troublesome enough for me to lose interest in the temporary league. I do not have the luxury, and I do not want to stress myself out from a game. I am suppose to have fun, not get the same feeling I get from other stuff in real life. I already have enough things to deal with outside of the game, and not just have PoE bring it all out of the surface. Luckily, it is just an option, so if players like to start all over again many times, more power to them.







Now in the case in making new characters, that is possible in any league. The only difference is that I gimp the character from the start and have the build planned out along with the end-game gears all prepared when that character reaches the level when it can wear all of it. I been doing this for years, and I always learn something new from each character I make. At the same time, my adventure to end-game is slightly different. I do not always encounter the same, and RNG tends to either favor me or not, with each character made. I have a blast with this. Also, it is a good way for me to deal with the map burnout without having to take a break from the game. Of course, I will eventually take a break from the game, so I can be fresh for act 4 and tie up some loose ends in real life.


I know there are players out there that are one-hit wonder sticking to one character, and cannot fathom playing +2k hours on a single character without collectively played a good amount of characters from other characters. Then of course, there are players like me that has more than a dozen characters gimped up (different builds to have different perspective of the game) to play them when they want to. I am already 2/3 into the default character slots I am allowed to have without purchasing more character slots. In a sense, I got like 7/8 more builds to go before I am full. I might make 2 or 3 more builds when act 4 comes out depending how many new skill gems and unique items come out that catches my interest and inspire me to make new builds.

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Perq wrote:

I have to disagree with this. :V
The most important thing you will ever get from those first, screwed characters is knowledge. And believe me, I fucked up MANY characters. : D
For me, starting from scratch is not hard anymore - getting new gear, as I go, not really missing anything.
Not saying that you are bad at the game, but I think there might be something you are missing, still. But if you find it to be frustrating, you sure shouldn't be playing it. As I said, everyone have their own reasons to play the game, and nobody should ever apply their own reasons for others. Yes, I'm talking about you "UR A STONDORD PUSSEY, HUHUHUHUH" guys. (I'm talking about those, who are serious about it).

The knowledge I got out of my first screwed character is that permanent Standard league was meant to be for me. Which adds to your point that if I find it frustrating, I should stop playing it, and right now it has been almost two years since Anarchy league (quit around the first month of it), the last temporary league I played in, and the time will continue to grow. :P