Standard League is the best league.

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Xavderion escribió:

Softcore is for people who play this game like an MMO. Often, softcore players have only a single high level character which they play forever. Nothing wrong with that I guess, but I would get bored to death with such a playstyle. To each his own.

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Fluffy_Puppies escribió:

There is a lot f hate and disdain for standard league so I've decided voice my support for it.

First a point against hardcore league. Desync is a very real thing. I play in Singapore in an old condo, an old condo that does not have fiber optics set up. It doesn't matter that I have an alienware laptop, when the max internet speed is 15mbps down and 1mbps up and I am playing from the shitty hidden Singapore gateway eventually I will desync and I will probably die.

should I reroll every time that happens? Ridiculous.

Another point against hardcore, in an mmo when you are facing against a new boss in a raid you will die while first learning the fight. You don't throw in the towel at your first death. That is not "learning from your mistakes" that is giving up at the first sign of trouble. It is the same in PoE. People who play hardcore are people who give up. If their character fails to cope with something new the first time they just abandon that character as a failure. They don't try to adjust their passive tree or change their play style. Nope, 1 death and done.

On to temporary leagues. They are awful and only people who don't care about their time play them. I don't plan on playing for only 4 months so playing on a temporary league means losing all my progress every 4 months. My character, my gear, my sweet sweet currency, my map pool, MY TIME.

Supporters of temporary leagues will claim they like the fresh economy. The problem is fresh economy's are shit. Items that would be considered vendor trash on standard sell for multiple chaos. Sure godly gear in standard costs an upgodly amount of currency but when it comes to decent gear to good gear there is no place to get it cheaper.

finally there are legacy items. Not just uniques but also craftables like +20 onyx amulets and 12% prismatic rings. Unless you are playing in temporary leagues just to avoid the jealousy of competing with people with more wealth than you decked out in legacy items than why play on a temp league?

So you may call Standard League names like trash league, fart league, scrubcore, etc. But I know Standard League's real name. Best League.

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iamstryker escribió:

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Xavderion escribió:

Softcore is for people who play this game like an MMO. Often, softcore players have only a single high level character which they play forever. Nothing wrong with that I guess, but I would get bored to death with such a playstyle. To each his own.

Uh, I play standard league exclusively and I hate the idea of playing one character forever. So your perception must be off.

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reboticon escribió:

That IS how the majority play SC.

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Your characters in your sig have been the same, forever. I don't know if you just don't update it or what, though.

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Regardless, your chance of finding a non unique item that won't be written off as vendor trash in standard are very slim, and that is why many people enjoy leagues.

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iamstryker escribió:

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Xavderion escribió:

Softcore is for people who play this game like an MMO. Often, softcore players have only a single high level character which they play forever. Nothing wrong with that I guess, but I would get bored to death with such a playstyle. To each his own.

Uh, I play standard league exclusively and I hate the idea of playing one character forever. So your perception must be off.

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Xavderion escribió:

Softcore is for people who play this game like an MMO. Often, softcore players have only a single high level character which they play forever. Nothing wrong with that I guess, but I would get bored to death with such a playstyle. To each his own.