Trading kills the accomplishment and thrill of discovery. NEW SSF Mode revision

I understand there are pros and cons to trading but this player outlined it very well.

Basically when you are solo self found and using your own experience to upgrade your loot you have a very rewarding time. However if you engage in trade... One exalt to trade for an item... your character is suddenly way too powerful and this diminishes the gameplay. He talks about it at the 20 minute mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQEYq46CV7k

Sadly the community largely centers around some min-maxing zoom fest nonsense. But this is a contrast of the two dif playstyles. I much prefer the self found experience.

I wonder if GGG could implement a type of game mode that is a new version of SSF and removes the ability to give your stashed items to new characters. Stash would be only for THIS character. So you cannot zoom it by giving a new char the best gear. Beyond that.... give some new equipment type similar to a ring or amulet where it buffs your chance to find specific items. Example: 15-30% increased chance to find Quarterstaffs. And it could have some other mods.

These could be unique to this new SSF mode or they can be for all game modes but be buffed significantly for this new SSF.

What else would you like to see in a new SSF rework? Personally I'd like to see tougher (longer) boss encounters. And some new type of Blue Orbs that give you increased chances for certain specific class based and element based crafting.

It's something this series always struggled with because of its elitist D2 player roots in chris wilson. SSF is essentially single-player mode. D2 elitist traders didn't care about things like that. They cared about the rare item that was worth hundreds of dollars, not the simple satisfaction of playing the game.

The fact that SSF exists at all is because a lot of people including me just kept talking about all those years ago. You would have been crucified if you suggested they actually balance the game around SSF back then, because D3 is the SSF game, and as we all know, anything related to D3 == automatically bad. Good to see many people coming around to it.

Can I say it here too? I would really, like really love to see offline SSF mode for PoE 2. I would love to play this game, but I'm a traveler and often don't have strong internet connection. Playing with lags just makes overal experience way less enjoyable. I wouldn't care about trading or competing in any ladders if I could just enjoy the game offline.