Path of Exile 2
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Khane
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I feel like I actually need to spell this out for you because you're actually that dumb.
December 18th 2024, 0.1.0e minor patch
January 9th, 2025, 0.1.0f another minor patch, lets post the notes while servers were being crashed and they were on vacation and items were being duped
www.pathofexile.com
Whew boy thanks for the update
January 17th, 2025, 0.1.1 an actual full goddamn month after December 18th last minor patch
December 18th 2024, 0.1.0e minor patch
January 9th, 2025, 0.1.0f another minor patch, lets post the notes while servers were being crashed and they were on vacation and items were being duped
Early Access Patch Notes - 0.1.0f Patch Notes (restartless) - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.
www.pathofexile.com
Whew boy thanks for the update
January 17th, 2025, 0.1.1 an actual full goddamn month after December 18th last minor patch
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TheBeagle
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Ya they definitely pulled a one month, no call, no show over the Christmas break after the initial release. I mean everyone was cracking jokes about how they must all be in Thailand doing tons of blow and banging hookers with all that sweet EA money they just made. It kind of set the tone for the whole shitshow that POE2 has been.
Definitely skipping this one. Might check it out a few weeks in after they try to patch some fun back in to it. Slogging through that fucking campaign just to get to the same shitty end game doesn't sound like the least bit of fun to me.
Definitely skipping this one. Might check it out a few weeks in after they try to patch some fun back in to it. Slogging through that fucking campaign just to get to the same shitty end game doesn't sound like the least bit of fun to me.
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I feel like noone is really looking forward to this league - kinda curious how they make out with the "free weekend" event.
I'm still convinced I will love this game at some point but it still needs more time in the oven.
I'm still convinced I will love this game at some point but it still needs more time in the oven.
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I think they are missing the point on what people are actually wanting them to add/change in POE2, obviously right? For the most part people wanted the end game changed and run speed to be increased. Other missing weapons to be added, shit like that. Instead we get a druid, IDK, it might be cool, but what they showed with he bear/wyvern/wolf forms basically having to sit there for 2 min bashing on some white mobs, one just does not come away with the feeling like its powerful. That whole Oracle ascendancy is trash, could they not think of something else? That shit was laughably bad.
Not many out there are excited about the league mechanic too. From what im hearing.
But im giving them the benefit of doubt. I think 3 month cycle might not be enough to fully redesign and flesh out the end game. And they are actively adding shit and adjusting the balance int his game so whatever. Might be a dead league but the game as a whole is progressing.
Not many out there are excited about the league mechanic too. From what im hearing.
But im giving them the benefit of doubt. I think 3 month cycle might not be enough to fully redesign and flesh out the end game. And they are actively adding shit and adjusting the balance int his game so whatever. Might be a dead league but the game as a whole is progressing.
Vorph
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Even if they didn't push back the endgame revamp yet again, fucking around with movement speed penalty reduction is a total deal-breaker. Getting that down to ~zero (while stacking a ton of regular MS as well) is the only thing that makes PoE2 bearable.
And they still need to just delete MF from the game entirely.
And they still need to just delete MF from the game entirely.
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Warrior is fine bro. Played one in .3...Slow start, but thats like 3/4 of the classes, but once it gets going it kicks ass. (Its mostly because of the shit starter skills hes got acess too) Took him to T15 mostly SSF other than weapon, and he slayed. After playing a bow dude and a crossbow dude as well before the warrior it was a stark difference on just how tanky the warrior was dealing with the act bosses and face tanking them. Felt good. If i decide to play .4, Warrior is def my starter.
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Kirun
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The issue with this league is that it feels like a stopgap. Something they just quickly tossed together to bridge the gap before the holidays, after which the devs vanish for a month. Druid clearly wasn't conceived overnight. We've seen media for it going back to 2023, and it was obviously meant for 0.3. Instead, it gets punted to 0.4, Jonathan binge-plays Loop Hero and decides that suddenly needs to be PoE's new personality, so we get a slapped-together mechanic that's shaping up to be another Synthesis headache that's a total pain in the ass to interact with. They bolt it onto the Vaal/Incursion ecosystem to give it some level of familiarity, finish the last chunk of Druid work they've been sitting on, and stamp it as a full release. All while Keepers league feels like they barely bothered.
This is exactly why I keep saying it's time to sunset PoE1 and has been for a while. Settlers should've been their last "real" league and now they should just do wild shit until it slowly dies. It's over a decade old at this point anyways, time to let go. It's obvious they don't have the staffing to meaningfully support both games, so now we get two half-committed products instead of one focused one. And yes, I realize the irony in part of the frustration being that we're comparing PoE2's output to PoE1 (the best ARPG on the market) but that comparison is unavoidable. The only studio capable of dethroning the genre leaders is GGG themselves, and ever since PoE2 hit EA, it feels like they're on track to do just that.
Maybe 0.5 finally brings the substance everyone's waiting for, because this league is a hard skip.
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If you remember from the beginning POE2 was supposed to be a part of POE1, like a 2 games in one type of thing. But somewhere along the line they split POE2 into its own thing. But they are not going to get rid of POE1 because its still their cash cow. Problem with POE1 now is on boarding new players. There is just so much shit in that game, so many convoluted systems that it would literally take a study in POE1 college level course to get all that shit down. Shit, even players returning to the game from a few years leave and its a mind boggling mess of shit. And this is where POE2 will eventually get to as well, lol.
Penance
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Honestly POE2 was headed the right way before this patch. Abyssal crafting and better juicing options. However Juicing is really only good at the highest of tiers. They are nerfing that with removing instailling on maps, nerfing rarity. Low end juicing is garbage and you barely make good profit. They went in the right direction by moving toward currency crafting and away from "insert crafting bench located in random zone" crafting. Removal of homogenizing exalts was stupid.
Also league mechanic just being foulborns that you can alter and double corruption is lame. Especially because corruptions in this aren't even great and its got a 50% chance to destroy your gear. Setting up the temple looks super annoying too. However its nice you can save them up and run them and then take the craft from the room.
Either way I have a bad feeling about loot and crafting in the next league. I'm sure LA/LS will still be the meta.
Also league mechanic just being foulborns that you can alter and double corruption is lame. Especially because corruptions in this aren't even great and its got a 50% chance to destroy your gear. Setting up the temple looks super annoying too. However its nice you can save them up and run them and then take the craft from the room.
Either way I have a bad feeling about loot and crafting in the next league. I'm sure LA/LS will still be the meta.
I've enjoy playing this. It still needs work. But it's it hard to be upset about a game that's free.
It's not perfect, but it's improving
Is this really where we are now? I am jaded as fuck on politics. But I don't want to start hating videogames too. This game is worth the money, or lack thereof, and improving constantly.
I look forward to making a druid caster, don't care if it can abuse the endgame. I just hope it's fun to play for a bit.
It's not perfect, but it's improving
Is this really where we are now? I am jaded as fuck on politics. But I don't want to start hating videogames too. This game is worth the money, or lack thereof, and improving constantly.
I look forward to making a druid caster, don't care if it can abuse the endgame. I just hope it's fun to play for a bit.
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I think its going to be free but not yet. EA acess is $30. But in todays money its really nothing for what you actually get, game wise. Shit, this game has more content in its EA than some of if not most AAA games have.
Steam Sales Data for Path of Exile 2
• Release date: December 6, 2024 (Early Access launch).
• Units sold: ~6.5 million copies on Steam.
• Gross revenue: ~$156.5 million USD.
• Player engagement:
• Average playtime: 127 hours per player.
• Median playtime: 49 hours.
• All‑time peak concurrent players: 578,562
Thats literally like less than a dollar per hour if you take the median (typical) play time.
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I know it's $30
But I'm pretty sure that you either had to have that amount previously spent in poe1, on stash tabs etc ..., but even if you didn't, the 30 for EA for poe2 gave you that $30 back in credits for stash tabs or other things.
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Either way $30 is a fucking pittance as far as gaming dollars go these days. Especially on a game like this which you know will be updated regularly with fresh content every 3 months.
Agreed. My point is that it isn't perfect yet. But it's basically fucking free. And while I understand the constructive criticism, a lot of this just feels like complaining by people who like to complain.
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100% agree with you. Ill be playing it for sure. It think the game is miles above POE1 even in its unfinished state right now. And I know this is only an OPINION so all of you POE1 faggots stay off my dick.
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