Boss Race being Ruthless is really, really dumb

Ruthless isn’t that bad as a game mode. Slower, sure. However, there are some good aspects of it.

1) You learn to not rely on movement skills for zoom zoom or to get you out of trouble.

A. Almost to the point where I have come to hate wasting a slot on a movement skill in SSFSC

2) Ruthless illustrates how easy it is to beat the campaign on a 1-3 link

3) Auras can’t fill in the gaps for build design as they are too RNG

A. This will be especially helpful in adapting to 3.21 reservation mastery changes

4) Rare and unique item drops are exciting

A. Every rare gets ID’d if it goes to the vendor

5) A little MF goes a long way

A. Always poo poo’d the stat, but I think I will prioritize it in the future especially in early and mid game.

B. 30-40% makes a difference, once I got there support skills really started dropping

Overall, would I ever choose Ruthless at league start or push to Uber content? Probably not, but I will likely play it in the last month of a league after I have accomplished my personal goals in SSFSC.

As for the race being in this format, I am not upset at all about it. Professional racers have trivialized the normal game even in the gauntlet format. I’m glad GGG is upping the game in difficulty. Let the racers flex after 6 weeks instead of 2 days.

ruthless mode race sounds fun; can't wait to see the race. more content for streamers & more content for me. win/win

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stalkingjackal wrote:

While I think this is a bad decision and will discourage a lot of the usual racing crowd from participating - I can see why they did it.

No matter how many difficult bosses they introduce, some folks are so good and knowledgeable at PoE that they trivialize them no matter what. The only way to shake that up is by forcefully slowing down the pace of progression, ie Ruthless

No, they did it because they love Ruthless. Simple as that.

I don't want the game further influenced by streamers or racers who don't represent the core population.

My complaint was not about Ruthless as a game mode. I have no problems with alternative ways to play the game. I play both SC Trade and SC SSF.

But since 99.9% of us don't race, the question is what will be fun an interesting to WATCH as a LEAGUE START RACE EVENT.

A 1+ month Event that is completely unwatchable is a terrible idea for a league start race. If you've ever watched Ruthless, you will know that it's more boring than watching paint dry. No one will ever watch this making the event a huge wasted opportunity to promote PoE racing.

When all the top racers hate the idea for your race, you have done something very wrong. I love Manni, but I'm not going to watch him grind in white maps for 2 months vs a bunch of noobs.

Shake things up, it's healthy, good on them.