GGGs reasoning on not making a SFL?

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

The truth about trading is that it benefits the casuals and those who have actual lives outside of PoE far more than it benefits those who play all the time. Yes, there are some who flip and get rich that way; but they only get there because other traders are stupid. Assuming equal trading advantage, trading is a system for the common man, not a system for the elite.

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

Cute idea. Unfortunately, not a good one.

First, having a trading orb drop for nontraders, ironically, forces trading. Now nontraders feel obligated to get some value out of it by trading it away. It's worth noting that, thanks to poe.xyz.is, it's pretty safe to say that currency trades are more annoying than gear trades.

Second, this goes against my entire philosophy on why trading should exist. Remember how I was talking about how trading with other players is just like trading with yourself, except the other players are doing the rerolls for you? Well, for players who either start or fall behind — perhaps they join the league late, or they have real-life issues and don't play much — this gives them an opportunity to catch up on the ladder. You know how you tend to twink new characters you roll after you've already established higher-level characters? That's exactly what happens to players who are behind. They get access to decent twink gear in high supply at low cost, and are able to catch up with the competition and rise up the ranks of the ladder.

It's very egalitarian, and it benefits the progression of those at the bottom ("this weapon should be awesome until level 40 or so") far more than it benefits the progression of those at the top ("yay, another chaos"). The best part of the trading system is the small trades, not the big ones. As such, an orb which taxes trades will almost assuredly punish small trades more than large ones, and thus is an idea which would cause more harm than good.

The truth about trading is that it benefits the casuals and those who have actual lives outside of PoE far more than it benefits those who play all the time. Yes, there are some who flip and get rich that way; but they only get there because other traders are stupid. Assuming equal trading advantage, trading is a system for the common man, not a system for the elite.

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BoondockSaint wrote:

I forgot to mention one of the biggest reasons apart from money, in my opinion, why SFL will prolly never happen and that is that SFL would reveal absolutely all the flaws the game has even to the white knights. Most people that use their eyes and brain see them now, but SFL would devastate even fanboys if they would participate.

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LSN wrote:

I start to believe that Blizzard infiltrated PoE during closed beta

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DirkAustin wrote:

So much for anti RMT league which some of you think it would be.

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VenatorPoE wrote:

I highlighted a major problem in the way you interact. You find something you don't think is good, then proceed to make it a fact, and write a wall of text which proves the idea is terrible. Then you post it, and keep responding the same way, over and over again. How about this for a change: you review the idea, say your opinion about it, then instead of disregarding it completely, pointing out what could be changed/added/dropped out. Your posts would be much more valued and people wouldn't consider you hostile/butthurt all the time.

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JeIlySickLe wrote:

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CantripN wrote:

Chris thinks we don't need one to play SF. He sees no point.

Diablo 3 is now self found only and it's... fun?

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MrSmiley21 wrote:

I would rather have a SFL even without them modifying the drop rates ANY. It would be a semi hardcore league, but in a different way. Players will be forced to get more creative with builds that might have to suffice with fisher price gear in most slots. It would also lead to people hording loads and loads of self found gear, which means GGG is gonna sell lots of stash tabs in SFL.