Which is most popular playmode?

I wonder % wise how people go different brackets

hc
ssf hc
normal
ssf normal

Dont forget about league vs non-league.

Pretty sure primary is softcore trade league, with the rest of the wackos (respectfully) spread out across ssf and hc and ssf hc.

I'd actually be more interested in migration patterns between the modes.

[X] Sit in HO and shitpost while

--burning through 10k fuses on a Disintegrator
--trying to fit Tane inside a metamorph tank in your HO decoration
--flipping low currency

You can find data on Ninja. Keep in mind that's characters, not players, and only high-level characters.

Whether or not that makes Ninja representative of the "serious" player base is an open question. I'm not even sure what a serious player is, or whether it matters.

You can get a rough idea from poe.ninja and the ladders.

Ritual - 8673
HC Ritual - 150
SSF Ritual - 572
SSF HC Ritual - 238

Those are numbers of ladder characters above level 94. Keeping in mind those three other leagues generally level more slowly than the normal trade league, which is why it's just a ballpark and not a super accurate ratio.

Since there's so many young people who has a big ego and a god complex who think they win something from playing on hardcore, it is not surprising at all.

SSF is pretty much the mature way of playing, you stand on your own feet like the game was meant to be played.

Play the game how ever you want... and quit worrying about "popular".

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Shagsbeard wrote:

I'd actually be more interested in migration patterns between the modes.

Lmao this has me picturing ppl in white lab coats shuffling petri dishes and waving small stacks of peer-reviewed journal article print outs shouting at each other over the newest developments in PoE player migration patterns and what this means for the Wraeclastian ecosystem.

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saucefar2 wrote:

Since there's so many young people who has a big ego and a god complex who think they win something from playing on hardcore, it is not surprising at all.

SSF is pretty much the mature way of playing, you stand on your own feet like the game was meant to be played.

This game was definitely developed with an economy in mind like d2. SSF was a blue sky feature that was introduced much later.