Why cant we get a proper self found with higher drop rates?

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1453R#7804 schrieb:

There's a lot that changes in your brain when you realize that the most successful ARPG of all time, by far, is not the Diablo series - it's the Borderlands series. Diablo is a niche game for weirdoes; Borderlands is one of the best-selling video game series of all time.

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ampdecay#1924 schrieb:

GGG put SSF in the game as a HIGHER difficulty mode, not an easier one. That is why.

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Darkfie1d#5442 schrieb:

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fnsonin#2863 schrieb:

Because a SSF league character can be transferred to the trade league mid season. SSF higher drop rates would break trade. In order for SSF to get higher drop rates SSF and trade would have to be non transferable during leagues. I do no know why GGG does not do this as Last Epoch has paved a way forward for this issue.

Solution: Make SSF items/currency account bound or a wilder idea, disable transfer. Problem solved for people who don't wanna be involved with Standard League, such as myself.

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HaxorDoge#8588 schrieb:

Just a speculative opinion, but I think the concern devs might have is that once SSF loot drops are buffed - then there's pretty much no point playing non-SSF if you are not into active trading, and this will eventually entirely transfer the game into single-player mode.


Just ask yourself - would you bother playing regular mode, if SSF was much more rewarding in terms of drop rates, which would enable you to significantly faster and easier build your character and progress through the game on your own? I think, the answer is obvious for large amount of playerbase.


I think the current design concept behind SSF is to simply provide players an option to beat the game without external assistance 'as is', and it is not about empowering solo gameplay. It is more like a challenge mode into which you can enrol with an option to drop-out quickly if you don't like it anymore.


Powerful and completely isolated SSF mode is effectively an 'Offline' mode, then there's also no point having a constant internet connection when playing.

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1453R#7804 schrieb:

I have no more reason to believe they want "modest, sensible drop rate buffs" than I do to believe they want the sorts of drop rates that make Diablo 2 save editors say "dude, crank it back a little."

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Majesthion#2427 schrieb:

GGG's SSF solution is outdated. It was designed as a challenge back then, sure, but now people are sick and tired of the trade league—scammers, bots, dupes, the need to install third-party tools, and the balancing issues caused by trading. They’re afraid to implement a proper crafting system because trading exists.

Because of all this chaos, everyone wants to play without trading. Some adjustments are definitely needed. Last Epoch's solution is the best approach. No matter how much you buff SSF, it can’t match trading, but that’s okay. Simply reducing the frustration is enough.

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Cyriac_Darakus#1022 schrieb:

He is 100% correct though. Buffing SSF drop rate would just completly remove the trade league. It removes a large portion of players from trade league, gutting the amount of people feeding the economy, effectively killing off that game mode.

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KubaLy#4534 schrieb:

I think they should buff both SSF and Trade droprates by A LOT. Trading is cool, however if 90% (or more) of your gear comes from trading, because you couldn't find the proper gear yourself while mapping, it simply means the endgame is not rewarding. It means the player needs to get offspec loot from other players or the crafting leftovers from the "rich" ones.

I play both modes, on trade the only item I use that I've found are boots (they're from "crafting", not from drops), on SSF I've found one upgrade since I've finished the campaign, seventy T12-T15 maps into the endgame.

The only players with great gear that they found/crafted themselves most likely got it after they've already been quickly blasting T16 maps and +4 diff bosses.

The endgame offers no feeling of excitment when it comes to loot, unless you already farm all the content. However at that point you don't really need those upgrades.