This is my first league in years and I decided to try SSF for the first time, I'm building a pretty standard ED/Contagion Occultist that I plan to spec to Low Life if I manage to chance/drop the needed uniques (four unique pieces: Cane of Unravelling, Heretic's Veil, Shavronne's Wrappings and Presence of Chayula), of which only the amulet should be difficult to obtain since I need to drop a Blessing of Chayula, but the Atlas Passive should help with targeting Breach encounters... hopefully!
Still in acts and unfortunately I'm not dropping any "+1 to gems" equip, so damage is a bit lacking at the moment, but survivability is good and I'm moving forward at a decent pace!
I am having a blast! I took the bait and went gladiator retaliation and it is extremely powerful. Haven't bought a single piece of equipment yet and can blast through yellow maps. I am using two retaliation skills in parallel and that makes for a fun combo play style.
I like all the league stuff, the encounters have a cool feel to them and especially the beyond themed camps with their buff afterwards are fun. I also really enjoyed the small changes they made to the campaign although I'm sure I missed quite a few.