As Ziggy said 'Hard Mode' will lead people to play it because they think it's default. So far I've heard:
Posted Aug 12, 2021, 2:50 PM UTC
Famine
This is it. Famine conveys exactly the feeling of being starved for items in an opressive world filled with monsters
Sadly this alreaady exists as a mod on private leagues
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MasoChris Mode
I really want a 't' at the end there to make it sound more like Masochist.
I think "Founder's Mode" has a certain charm to it, being that it's currently just a fun side-project that the founders are working on
ya know.. i'm happy they found a way to do their take on the game without influencing poe's core. as far as i know this has been in chris his head for ages. (you can find older reviews of him talking about something like this as his ideal version)
Poverty mode
Honestly, pauper mode is the best definition as far as I'm concerned.
Doesn't sound catchy does it? Compare "I'm a hardcore player" with "I'm a pauper player". Merciless, as suggest by someone else is better in this regard.
Naming it Classic, Original or sth like that and renaming sc trade into beginner or easy is clearly the way just to generate a lot more angry reddit threads
Elitist mode
ethical mode
I forgot who said it.
Ethical mode is a synonym for the SSFHC version of it.
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Chriscore sounds about right. Deff not Poe Classic, thats standard
Scarcity Mode
No lube because this mode is made for ProjectPT
I wonder what he will think of this league.
On one hand it will surely be slower and to his liking, but on the other hand fakemelee will still exist.
Dry mode.
alternatively if you want to remove the subtlety and get straight to the point... no-lube mode.
Wilson's Cut
I saw and liked ‘Brutal Mode’
Couple of ideas for ***** mode:
Exile mode
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Path of Exile: Drought Mode
Path of Exile: Washed up Mode
Path of Exile: Nightmare Mode
Path of Exile: Challenge Mode
Path of Exile: Scavenger Mode
I donno, im bored at work xD
Merciless makes the most sense. It was the 4th difficulty in early poe days, 3rd difficulty in later poe and the name fits.
Merciless Mode has a nice alliteration too
ruthless mode, even earlier callback to a PoE difficulty
Absolutely this.
Maybe we find out before 2024 there's no need for a hard mode.
I won't be playing this, but this name is absolute perfection.