Suggestion: Reimagining Solo Self Found (SSF) Mode in Path of Exile 2

Interesting, as an older player I had no idea that my playstyle was a designated class league. I don't call it SSF though, I call it grumpy old man that doesn't want to deal with greedy people and has no interest in being scammed or hacked using a separate website to "trade" in game items thank you very much.

SSF don't need higher drop rates. It would be better to implement Smart-Class Loot. Let me explain what I have in mind.

Smart-class Loot requirements:
- In inventory or separate settings tab, for each equipment slot of character, player can choose target base item (e.g. Expert Spiral Wraps).
- Only targeted base items can drop from monsters or be generated by league mechanic (e.g. buyout from ritual or expedition).
- If the game was supposed to drop another base of targeted type of same level requirements, it will be replaced by targeted base item. (e.g. Expert Goldcast Cuffs will be converted to Expert Spiral Wraps).
- For items with level requirements below targeted base, they will not be generated at all or will be converted with a penalty (e.g. to drop target base of level 75, the game will have to sum up 150, 225 or more levels of items that were not generated)
- For two Two-Handed Weapons each Two-Handed Weapon, One-Handed Weapon, Quiver, Shield and Foci count to conversion.
- The above changes should only affect normal, magic and rare drops. Uniques and jewels shouldn't be interacting with this mechanic.

My hope is to have better access to basic items in SSF at the beginning of mapping, targeted to your needs. Gambling with currency at endgame will be unavoidable, I mean crafting.

disabla migrate
give us 50%-100% item rarity bonus thats it.
no more than 100% because if i want easy game i can play trade league.
no less than 50% because we cant trade good items for our builds.

thats it.
everything else feels ok.



i dnt want any smart loot, pity mechanics, class based drops nothing.
everything looks ok for SSF, i wish i had little bit more item drop. i have 10 divine right now and 2 exalt :( it is suckssssssss

Agree with everything. Just want to add that it would also be great, if we could co-op with other SSF characters.

We would even expand on this. It would be amazing if there were guilds and you could trade only with guild members. It would be a great RPG feeling.

All in all, my suggestions are more of a going above to improve or make SSF a more distinct way of playing, while OP's suggestions are more designed to make SSF rewarding and worth playing.