PoE Friendly Fire Group SSF Event Release Date & Rewards

The Friendly Fire Group SSF Event is a limited time Standard Group SSF event which allows players to create Private Leagues using this Event Type and compete against each other to reach the goal based on the time their Private League started. Goal: Kill Act Ten Kitava.

Friendly Fire Group SSF Event

During that week, you can create a Private League of this event type for free, and then play it with your friends to try to get the best time. The time is counted from when you make the league, not from when the week starts, essentially making each one a competitive Group SSF race to try to reach a goal with exotic rules applied. The event is asynchronous because your group can have as many shots as you want that week, and don’t have to be playing at exactly the same time as the people you’re competing against. At the end of the week, whichever group has the best time is the winner.

  • League Completion Criteria: Kill Act Ten Kitava
  • Based on: Standard (Sanctum/Ruthless/Hardcore all disabled)
  • Accounts Allowed in League: 5
  • Start date: 2pm March 14th PDT
  • End date: 2pm March 21st PDT
  • Countdown & Ladder
  • Platforms: PC only

This event is not run as a hardcore event, but does have a one-minute delay before you can resurrect if you die (so that deaths are discouraged).

Friendly Fire is enabled. Players can only deal damage when near two other players.

This event requires you to team up with two-four other players and try to complete the campaign without killing each other too much. Note that with full friendly fire on, even your minions will attack your teammates. Be careful what skills you pick!

The league account limit is set to 5 so that you can’t have two teams of three progressing in parallel in the league to help each other out indirectly.

Rules

  • Private League Event:Groups compete in special private leagues to complete the goal in the best time.
  • Hunting Group:Players can only deal Damage when near two other Players.
  • Hostility:Other Players are classified as Enemies.
  • Players have no access to the guild stash.

Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire: many spells and abilities that cover an area of the battlefield can harm both enemies and allies. With full friendly fire on, even your minions will attack your teammates.

Additional Modifiers:

  • Hostility: Other Players are classified as Enemies.
  • Hunting Group: Players can only deal Damage when near two other Players.
  • Rigor Mortis: After dying you cannot move for 1 minute.

To join the event, click the banner for Friendly Fire Group SSF Event in the bottom right of the Character Select screen once you've logged into the game. This will take you to the Private League creation page of the Path of Exile website, where you can create your own Friendly Fire Group SSF Private League for free! Once you've created your Friendly Fire Group SSF Private League, don't forget to invite some friends!

Prizes & Rewards

The following prizes will be awarded to each player in the highest ranked groups:

  • Rank 1: Legend's Hideout Statue
  • Rank 2: Champion's Hideout Statue
  • Rank 3: Victor's Hideout Statue
  • Rank 4-10: Challenger's Hideout Statue

PoE Friendly Fire Rewards

Note:

The prizes will be awarded based on the time taken to kill Act 10 Kitava. The time is counted from when you make the league, not from when the event starts. Your group can have as many shots as you want while the event is live, and don't have to be playing at exactly the same time as the people you're competing against. At the end of the event, whichever group has the best time is the winner. The prizes will be distributed after all the events have ended (in April).

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FAQs

Can I play the Group SSF events solo?

While it's possible to create a private league for yourself in these events, the Friendly Fire and Polarity Group SSF events will require at least three and two party members respectively in order to deal damage to monsters. The Krangled Passive Tree event doesn't have these restrictions, so it can be played solo.

In the group events, can accounts be added and removed from the Private Leagues freely (so more than the maximum number of allowed accounts can have participated in the Private League over its duration)?

The number of accounts in a Private League is limited to the number of players the event allows. Accounts can't be removed.

Will these Private League templates be added to the list of general Private League modifiers?

We're keen to continue to augment the list of Private League modifiers, and some of these may make their way there in the future.

Why are these events so niche?

We wanted to try some new things. Historically our events have been focused on having the most broad appeal while also being achievable alongside our development schedule. Getting to experiment with new options means trying a few things that aren't necessarily for everyone but will give us good information for designing events in the future. At the very least, we're hoping that these events will be fun to watch even if some players feel it's not conducive to their personal playstyle.

Why are there no Endless-style events this time?

We have run the two existing endless events (Heist and Delve) a few times already and they'd need a bit of sprucing up to be exciting to do again. Endless Sanctum is potentially a cool idea for the future but not something we want to run alongside the actual Sanctum league.

Can there be more participation prizes for the Group SSF Events? It feels like the Top 10 slots will get taken over by racing groups/streamers and will leave nothing for others.

Because these are niche and experimental, we're wanting to see how they do based purely on the attraction of playing them. At the moment, we're not planning to add any additional prizes.

Does this confirm that the next league will start on the 7th of April (PDT)?

Yes.

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