Path of Exile 2 is now listed on Steam
Path of Exile 2 is now listed on Steam
Path of Exile 2 is a next generation Action RPG created by Grinding Gear Games. Set years after the original Path of Exile, you will return to the dark world of Wraeclast and seek to end the corruption that is spreading. Path of Exile 2 is a free-to-play online multiplayer game.
A second Path of Exile has struck the Steam store.
Here is the new PoE 2 gameplay trailer. Video includes over 10 minutes of gameplay. PoE 2 beta is expected to come out I think in summer of 2024.
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As someone who last played POE when it was an open beta over a decade ago, what's the difference between POE 1 and POE 2? Or I guess since POE 2 hasn't come out yet, what game mechanics/systems are they going for in POE 2 that will be different from POE 1?
In this new video today, they announced that POE 2 will have WASD movement instead of mouse click movement. The skill system is being reworked so like you still have links but like sockets will be shaped differently or something. It stood out to me in the trailer today that the new classes will have like attack patterns. I think it said that the one class is going to have combo points that you build up by attacking and if stop attacking, you lose the combo points. Then it said there was another class that was inherently slow that needed to time the attacks at a certain rate.
Also I am under the impression the POE 2 will have much less loot. GGG tested this out in 3.19 Kalandra league and people hated it. Kalandra league had one of the worst player retentions of any league. Then in 3.21 Crucible league, they introduced a separate game mode called Ruthless Mode where there are much less drops than the normal game play. Still very few people play ruthless mode and even none of the twitch streamers are willing to play it. The loot pinata aspect of the game is one of the more fun parts in my opinion, so I don't like the loot reduction concept.
In my experience with POE, the game is about trying to play in ways that were unintended. Finding things that you weren't supposed to do and then doing them for the maximum amount of benefit. "Exploit early, exploit often." I try to make a character that has as much damage as possible so that I can kill things without having to do any mechanics. I don't want to learn fight mechanics. I just want to kill everything in 2 seconds.
I think overall, GGG is trying to make POE 2 into more of a souls-like game. I'm not sure that I will like POE 2. Fortunately they have said that POE 2 will not be the end of POE 1, both games will still receive expansions and continue to be playable.
The next POE 1 patch comes out on December 8, I made another thread about it.
I think overall, GGG is trying to make POE 2 into more of a souls-like game. I'm not sure that I will like POE 2. Fortunately they have said that POE 2 will not be the end of POE 1, both games will still receive expansions and continue to be playable.
I noticed in the trailer for the character showcase, the merc rolled out of the boss's attack. The roll didn't seem to consume any mana, and it didn't even seem like it was a spell. I dunno if rolls are a part of modern POE 1, but maybe that goes back to what you said.