Self found is extremely fun and rewarding


Group play is super cool and many people rarely if every experience it. Many people have never made a support character or played with one other than meeting at a wp for BO before the baal run

There are people asking for SSF ladder like POE2 has (I believe?) but what about a self found ladder that includes and provides an incentive to play in groups?

Inability to trade really really limits the players rate of power growth, and getting personal p8 loot is a strong incentive play in groups.

Killing enemies in p8 with self found loot could become more difficult than we are used to-there will be no inifinities until a single player finds 2 ber. No possibililty of finding an incredible item and making a full character from the sale.

Could encourage people to make conviction pallys and things like that, because theyd be in demand by the DPSers etc...

IDK. Just thought it could be a fun game mode. Maybe wouldnt actually pan out the way im imagining but, idk, what are your thoughts on it?

So everyone will want LK spot but only one can have it.

yeah I guess LK would present a challenge, youd def have people hopping games for that. Ok, set that problem aside (even if its dead in the water) I am still curious about whether people can see the fun in this haha

Apart from having people play together but not same loot it feels like SP P8 tbf
I think you just either play SP or go Bnet precisely for two reasons :
Able to play with others
Able to trade

In your scenario you take off the trade option,
I think this would bring new good things but would a lot of people play it ? Doubt it

Yeah apparently quite a few people did the POE 2 online SSF thing which surprised me. Encouraging players to actually group play (not get 8 players in a game and solo content) is something id like to see, and this feels like an interesting way to do it.

I think group play would really be enhanced by the loot limitations of a no-trade environment....youd see a lot of improvising, using whats available, likely spinning up new characters based on a single drop etc.