Unified Hideouts in Path of Exile: Betrayal

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Exile009 wrote:

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In Path of Exile: Betrayal, you can export your hideout to a file on your computer, and import it later. This system can be used as a way to either save your work before doing something experimental with your hideout, or as a way to share hideouts with other community members.

Hmmm, that's...not how I anticipated this would be implemented. I expected we'd have the ability to save our hideouts in-game, probably in the form of some sort of currency item (similar to how Prophecies are stored, or how Eternal Orbs worked). The advantage of that method is firstly, that it keeps the whole process within the game and more importantly secondly, that it essentially creates a market for well-designed hideouts.

Just as people craft GG gear for profit, some others more artistically gifted can craft GG hideouts for profit. That would incentivise more people to take up hideout designing, as well as those skilled at it to spread their work rather than hoarding it for themselves. Any reason this wasn't the route chosen? It doesn't seem like it'd harm the game. Or was it simply not technically possible to implement?