As stated above, the newest season of diablo 3 that will be hitting the PTR today will be incoporating a Solo Self Found mode that isolates players and makes them play and earn everything on their own without outside help or getting “illegitamate gear” from other players.
If they are showing an ability to do this for the Diablo season due to a made up game play preference by bigger Diablo streamers and some more intense players I imagine this is great news for players of WoW that are advocating for a Realm or server that is purely SSF that fits that niche for those players.
I personally want to play hardcore, as I’ve played it on Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 and have well over 2000 hours of playtime on hardcore and when I think hardcore I think harder because 1 life is all you get. The idea of not being able to play the AH market or play with my friends isn’t really hardcore in my opinion. However, due to how the addon worked on Bloodsail I completely understand why a large amount of the hardcore community wants SSF incorporated because it’s how it was originally for this addon.
I think we should have realm that’s regular hardcore, and than make a SSF realm for players that way the divided community don’t have to be at war with one another, just allow players to play the game however they enjoy it and want to.
Do I think there’s a long shelf life for SSF? Yes and no. The leveling experience will be extended and slower because you’re not able to get stronger from bonus gear your pals may not need and so the grind to 60 will take longer, however I feel as though because you’d have seperate realms the playerbase of SSF would be hampered heavily and raiding with 40 people might be much harder to achieve since you don’t have as many people to fill the slots.
I’m all for people playing whatever version of the game they’d like and end of the day Blizzard is getting a sub fee from these players so it’s at least funded so it isn’t a “waste of their time” to incorporate it because I imagine if there’s a SSF realm they won’t be raiding for at least 6+ months if they even get to that point.
P.S. this is completely opinionated and I could be dead wrong. Just a thought and I hope they do whatever benefits the whole community the most. I’m just a retail andy that farms mounts but I look forward to getting a toon to 60 on official, got 4 to 30 on the PTR and had a blast.