Don't suggest noobs to start the game in STD - FOR REAL

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Phrazz wrote:

You may be right about OP and his threads. But was does Standard league offer to a completely new player, that Temp League doesn't?

I don't hate Standard, nor do I "look down on" standard players. I played standard for several years before jumping ships. But I really struggle to find a good answer to my question in my last paragraph. I firmly believe that temp leagues offer the best experience for new players; there's a loot explosion in every zone from level 1, there's more activity and trading is more accessible.

If said new player would like to continue his journeys in standard after the league, he's free to do so without any judgement.

(PS: Sorry for bumping a KMQ thread)

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Kiss_Me_Quick wrote:

Wanted to test my new build and didn't want to level a new character so I checked STD and my goodness - that place is such a travesty!
Makes me feel bad seeing how many new players play there and are being suggested to play there; starting the game on a slow, boring & hard mode.

- Half-decent items are on sale at 5x the price while being on sale for a year.
- Common uniques that are 1 alch in leagues are 10 chaos in STD because everyone is too lazy to trade.
- Currency exchanges have 3x bigger trading margins
- Items sell for a fair price in weeks, not hours
- You thought exchanging exalts was bad in league? Try getting a response for a rare item in STD
- You will be earning way less than what you would in leagues due to extra rewards from league mechanics being missing and boss items or influenced bases already being dropped to their lowest possible value
- Underpricing an item won't make you reconsider the price through getting spammed with messages, instead you'll just undersell it due to low player count, which is a problem for noobs

Slightly tangent but the chat also seems more burnt out, whiny and snappy - even more than what you normally see!

All in all, I believe new players should not be playing STD as it's simply way slower, more boring, less active, imbalanced, more frustrating & unrepresentative of what the game really ought to be.