Do YOU Play "Single-Player Mode"?

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cdchi1 wrote:

Is the eternal lab part of the map instance because the portals are there? I don't think so...perhaps it should be, allowing me to portal there if I need to take a break but still being in the same instance.

IMO it is, though if you really long be staying in Lab, like one hour, it will expire.

Sololololo loblo lololo lololololo. That's how I play it. Also an active trader. The reason I don't play in teams coz alot of people just can't take it slow and enjoy the game. They just have to run around like crazy killing half of mobs here and there, get to the boss faster and that's it (maps that is). Also the skill effects ... covering the screen when u can't see anything, only a light show and then some1 dies of dsync.

I would prefer to play solo sometimes... and grouping up as well... its kind of 50%/50% of the time... when i am bored of solo... will just join any public games to pass time...

No. I don't play in a group and almost always I play solo myself, however, I do setup shops to sell items/uniques and convert currency (fusings/exalts mainly).

I do buy stuff such as gems at a start of a new league, but I tend to buy only very few rares for my character in about the 1~5 chaos range, a few 70+ maps if RNG hits bad, specific uniques.

I much rather gamble-craft with alchs/chaos, although end game mapping cost way too much, for me it's just impossible without trading.

Usually, for about 3 chaos orbs, you can get so many upgrades that would take ages for you to get, I had a few occasions where I cleared maps about 30~40% faster just because of a few damage & defensive items.

I'll buy uniques for the challenges as well, it takes an extremely high amount of luck to get them all yourself by playing.

SP and softcore forever, since D1 (D2-Torchlight-D3-Torchlight 2-PoE-?)

I always play solo especially in mapping but I do trade by posting it in the forum and wait for a buyer while playing. I check the poe.xyz for some items I want to buy. At first i play self found but can't further push my character to complete merciless till i become bored and started trading to upgrade gears.

Nice, I can see I'm not alone in preferring to go it alone!

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kazzzum wrote:

Stash management
I'm a big fan of premium stash tabs. But managing the contents of stash tabs is still cumbersome. I emptied out my domination stashes last night, and that was just horrible. PoE is already fairly mouse-intensive (read: RSI-inducing), but stash management in particular is needlessly much so. I'd personally prefer to be rid of the current Tetris-style inventory. But even if that's a no-go, there are plenty of ways to make moving items around (particularly in bulk) a lot easier.

Yes! A thousand times THIS! I too got some post-league RSI Ctrl+Clicking yesterday to move all remove-only-tab loot into my permanent Standard labs. Computers were invented to process large amounts of items so you don't have to do it one-at-a-time by hand ;-)

double post, my bad

Solo, with occasional trading. The only time I group is to get pass bosses in certain difficulties (aka, Dominus/Piety) when leveling or to skip past areas. I would group up more, if my damage wasn't pitiful on my main chars, and if my computer could handle all the effects some people dish out :p

One option is to implement an auto-sort system. Pressing a button on a stash tab re-organizes the items in the tab in such a way as to free up as much space as possible. This has been implemented in a small ARPG which is currently in alpha. Congratulations if you know which one :D The sorting mechanism could also work in other ways, such as grouping items based on slot (helm, gloves etc)... originality, inspiration and intuition are infinite.

P.S. I play 99% solo and only sell worthwhile uniques and currency items because of their solid b/o. I dislike haggling and do not spend longer waiting to sell items than you would a CAR. Also, I love taking my time too like you guys!

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PrimeHydra wrote:

Nice, I can see I'm not alone in preferring to go it alone!

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kazzzum wrote:

Stash management
I'm a big fan of premium stash tabs. But managing the contents of stash tabs is still cumbersome. I emptied out my domination stashes last night, and that was just horrible. PoE is already fairly mouse-intensive (read: RSI-inducing), but stash management in particular is needlessly much so. I'd personally prefer to be rid of the current Tetris-style inventory. But even if that's a no-go, there are plenty of ways to make moving items around (particularly in bulk) a lot easier.

Yes! A thousand times THIS! I too got some post-league RSI Ctrl+Clicking yesterday to move all remove-only-tab loot into my permanent Standard labs. Computers were invented to process large amounts of items so you don't have to do it one-at-a-time by hand ;-)