Ditched my 98 Stormweaver w/ 900 Div for SSF

Man, I really do enjoy SSF a lot. I found the aspect of trade really ruined the feel for me to continue playing in Standard. My Stormweaver is currently 98 and sitting on 14.5k mana and 2.1m DPS on spark. Theres nothing for me to spend currency on and there's no reason for me to push 100. I have 2 young kids and I work from home. Sitting on 900 divs with nothing to spend it on.

I rerolled to SSF and currently have around 35 hours into it. I'm lvl 80 and really enjoy the concept of having to work 10x harder for everything. I'm pushing through T10 maps atm and have bricked 100-200 wands trying to craft a +4. It's getting to the point where it's just so tedius to get upgrades and push damage.

I think if they gave SSF a boost to drops or crafting mats, it'd be 10x more fun, but I dont see that happening.

Would love to see some SSF love.

Honestly, I think that Last Epoch handled the "Allow trading vs No trading but increased loot" situation very well so that the game could cater to both groups. Right now, you obviously only have two choice : SSF, and a standard trade allowed league.

SSF is nice for those who really want to play solo, but as I like playing with friends from time to time, a SSF character could not be my main.

On the other hand, I hate trading (especially if I have to leave/port out of my current activity to trade; have to be online to sell), so I would much prefer if we could "opt out" of trade (and only get self-found or "account bound" gear during our playthrough) and gradually get better loot like we can in Last Epoch while we raise our reputation, but I doubt GGG can change the way they handle loot even if they wanted to.

That would also most probably require a new league though (No trading, but with increased loot) with no way to swap between leagues, or make your choice permanent for a given character until the league has ended.

Still, SSF exists, and it's fun, but it's kind of a self-imposed hard mode that work best with builds that require less specific gear to shine early.

SSF get really boring though when no items drops for hours. I really think the campaign needs more loot in general. it seems silly that when you et to maps its a loot pinata this kind of seem backwards. One other fix would be to add WPs near boss fights so we could farm boss drops we like to be able to get upgrades while playing SSF.

I left standard league few weeks ago been loving HC SSF. Drops feel more valuable and meaningful.

Hey mate. I'll happily take those 900 div off your hands so I can get my stormweaver to anywhere good.

I was pretty sure trading would kill all the fun for me, so im playing self imposed ssf from start ( just in case my friend joins the game, so i can trade him). I am atm on t5 maps with warrior, and imho it was ok all the way up. A small boost to ssf loot drops maybe would be cool tough.