It's not really a necessity for the PoE, but it will make things easier... Will this actually happen, I wouldn't be surprised... Hell I've been kicked before for not having a Gjallarhorn. It only took me a 1000+ hrs to get my 1st. To all those claiming matchmaking: You must have missed the part where matchmaking is only for the LVL 28 Difficulty, which doesn't grant you the cores for PoE gear. The end game difficulties 32, 34 and 35 have no matchmaking and are the only place to get armor and weapon cores for PoE gear that Variks will sell each week.