GGGs reasoning on not making a SFL?

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iamstryker wrote:

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How would it be different?

Its different to party with people who have traded gear versus people who only play self found. Not to mention the difference in RMT.

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SFL people want wont make them happier, jsut the grind a tiny bit shorter perhaps.

Don't know how you can speak for other people. I think it would be a lot different to play in a league that's balanced for self found to only use orbs for crafting.

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but SFL is just splitting up the player base way too much, too much work for GGG

I would still like to see how the devs could ever justify that first point considering that they have advertised paid leagues for so long. I think they could do one self found league without breaking the game. The too much work part is just conjecture. It could be a perfectly adequate amount of work compared to the amount of people that would enjoy it.

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And i only see the same few people who want the SFL, its not like 1000 or 10000 people want it, its probably more like 100+ or so and thats just not worth it.

According to Petrovs survey approximately 1388 people are interested in a self found league. How in the world could you possibly ask for 10000 in a forum that has such little activity in the first place? An in game survey would do that, but certainly not the forums.

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I can play SF anytime i want in this game and still party up and i like it that way.

Congratulations.

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Jojas wrote:

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jeonitsoc wrote:

omfz SFL threads everywhere! the SFL fans must be many! or not?

the SFL topic is interesting, but the reason behind the SFL request are strange.

SFL has sense only in SOLO mode. right?

NOTRADE-SOLO leagues longer than a race would attract enough players?

to program a whole different drop system for SFL would payback the time spent?

for what i see, and i might be wrong, is that some Standard Players want to play their old chars with the super uber rare/uniques, without trading, in a trade-based game.
a SFL player, for what i see, and i might be wrong, would expect to find all the uniques needed to complete the build made, and lot of currency to craft god-like rares.

so by my personal analysis:

SFL should be a NOTRADE-SOLO endless-league, with an embarassing higher base rarity bonus.

in few words, a different game.

am i wrong?

Only speaking for myself I would want PoE to have more moments like: "Hey, what can I do with that Weird Wand of Awesomeness with Hefty Downsides that I just found? What can I do to overcome these downsides? What kind of passives would I have to take?"

As of now for me moments like that tend to be about zero in PoE, and I miss it sorely.

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iamstryker wrote:

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How does RMT affect you btw? If you truly are SF you are not trading and therefore RMT doesnt matter for you.

All I said was that partying with people who are self found versus people who trade is different. Its only common sense that self found players would enjoy partying with other self found players.