Why I should go to the new league?
A legitimate doubt: I started playing PoE2, never played the first one, and since I began, I was always told that leagues have a wipe — a full reset where everyone starts from scratch. But in this first league of PoE2, that’s not going to happen! That raised a genuine question for me: why migrate to a new server?
Since there won’t be a new Act and there won’t be significant changes between leagues (Standard and Dawn) — absolutely everything that will be in Dawn will also be in Standard — it made me question: why should I move to the new league if I already have currency, items, skill gems, support gems, characters to experiment with potential new skills, a new skill tree, and new mapping? I also have waystones with various mechanics. So, from a logical standpoint, I don’t see any advantage in switching to the new league.
But then people told me: “In the new league, the economy will be fresh and healthier.” And I respond: “For how long?” It’s been a month and the PoE2 economy has been stable — Divine orbs aren’t fluctuating much, staying around 400ex — so I don’t see that as an issue right now.
And if the Standard economy ever becomes unmanageable, I can just play as if I were in SSF (Solo Self-Found), which means I won’t have to waste time playing through the Acts again and, in my view, I’ll have way more resources for the Endgame!
So… can anyone counter-argue why I should go to the new league?
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Cause it's fun to start from scratch. POE is a roguelike that lasts 3 months per run.
The thing is, this is the first time they are doing this. Usually, the updates and new features are not implemented to the old league. For me, I would recommend playing in the new league so that you will be used to it if you are planning to continue playing PoE2 in the coming years
Fun is subjective, do whatever you want. No one here is going to care.
It's not a new server. It's a new Economy. In POE2, the standard league has a terrible economy - because all of the unused currency gets "dumpped" there every few months, that's how it worked i POE1, so all the prices becomes insanely inflated. Each new league forces everyone to start over from scratch from an economic standpoint.
Progression is the most fun part of ARPG's. Its a lesson that takes a while to learn but eventually you will come to the same conclusion.
This has to be a troll. Why do you need convincing from other people if you have already made up your mind?
Here we go:
IF you are playing trade:
-99% of players will go to the New League and therefore leaving "Standard" with 10 people playing.
-This leads to lack of currency in the market thus making them more expensive.
-Your characters will be Dead (im predicting this since GGG said we should forget everything we know)
-This also leads to essentially no meta crafters and 0 good gear on the market
-This defeats the purpose of novelty and leveling up with others
-Starting in the new league will get you used to the league system as this is the last time they are doing it.
"For how long will the economy be stable?"
Well, see poe 1 and how there is a surge after 1 Week in prices and then it slowly inflates? thats because most people playing poe 1 are vets and know what they are doing. POE 2 is bound to have 300-400k active players on the same day the patch drops.
This will lead to a healthy Economy past 1 Month. Of course there is going to be inflation as with every form of market. The only Reason why POE 2 had huge spikes is because of Temporalis and mirror duping. This is incredibly and i mean INCREDIBLY Rare that it happens.
Now if you plan on playing on SSF or you plan on only playing this league, then scrap everything i said.
It sounds like you really don't want to do a new league, so don't.
There are a lot of these "tell me why I should do this?" posts these days, especially in gaming communities. I wonder if it's just people desperate for engagement or people who can't think for themselves. Could also just be kids following an internet posting trend.
So you can make the same mistakes as I did and run a Last Flame relic and dying on the first floor not knowing what it was. Great fun
The only real reason is that the endgame map will change and your talents (might) by reset. Depending on how severely those changes affect your ability to play, starting over could be good. If the changes aren't noticeable or a hinderance at least, then it should be fine.
I play SSF so trading doesnt matter to me. In trade league though I'd bet many traders will start fresh.