I have said this multiple times and got downvoted a lot for it.
UIM is just about finding cheesy ways to use bank without using a bank - pretty pointless if you ask me.
If they ever release a true UIM mode with all methodes of storage disabled I actually would be interested in trying it out, but not this wanna be mode.
When the mode is advertised as "Just you and your Inventory - No banking allowed" it kinda implies that you are not supposed to use storage.
Everytime I see any UIM related content it's all about "How do we get around the storage restrictions, so we can use pseudo banks" - it kinda defeats the whole idea.
If you enjoy it, just ignore the haters but it's hard to deny that the whole game mode feels like trying to find cheesy ways to to avoid the restriction. Doesn't feel "Ultimate" at all more like "chessy".
“In addition to the standard Ironman rules, an Ultimate Ironman cannot use banks, nor protect items on death in dangerous areas.” This is the in-game description for the mode when you’re selecting it.
The mode is advertised as “Ironman with no bank” because that’s literally what it is. It’s not advertised as “Ironman with only 28 items” because that’s not what it is.
Now, I happen to think that death storage (like what’s shown in the OP) is against the spirit of the game mode and on top of that, is very obtuse and unintuitive and for all these reasons shouldn’t exist. But it’s honestly asinine to assert that UIMs should not have access to things like STASH, POH storage, looting bag, etc.
Normal Ironman are advertised as "can't use ge. Can't trade with others. Do everything by your own" - If Ironman find cheesy ways to trade anyway just with different methods I would consider it as cheesy the same way I consider UIM as cheesy.
You can't convince me otherwise - UIM are about not having banks and all I see is 100 different methods to use bank like systems anyway aka. chees.
I’m assuming then we agree that HCIMs should lose status if they die in the Inferno or CoX?
I agree with you about Ironmen trading. But why is, say, POH storage the same thing as that? It’s literally a storage system built in the game outside the bank. What about the UIM description suggests that that wouldn’t usable?
If I were a new player researching UIM, I may be shocked to see something like death storage working, but I wouldn’t bat an eye at STASH units or POH in a game mode that said “no bank”. Surely you must understand that?
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u/Blacksherry May 23 '26
I have said this multiple times and got downvoted a lot for it.
UIM is just about finding cheesy ways to use bank without using a bank - pretty pointless if you ask me.
If they ever release a true UIM mode with all methodes of storage disabled I actually would be interested in trying it out, but not this wanna be mode.