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Key Takeaways

  • Path of Exile 2 Beta Launches June 7, 2024.
  • Over 100 developers have been working on Path of Exile 2 while PoE 1 was being run by another team.
  • Path of Exile 2 is an independent game, but microtransactions are shared between both titles.
  • New classes! Warrior, Huntress, Sorceress, Mercenary, Monk, and Druid.
  • You can call on NPCs instead of having to go back to town all the time for assistance.
  • Every character can dodge roll by hitting spacebar. No cooldown. No limitations. It also has pathfinding so you don't get stuck.
  • All crowd control mechanics have meters which build up on bosses so you can eventually hit them with the cc.
  • If you die in Path of Exile 2 you have to start the boss over from the beginning - no more cheesing bosses.

Live Updates

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  • Kripparrian takes the stage! Chris Wilson where you at?
  • The keynote is starting off with a video to look at the past of Path of Exile.
  • There's Chris Wilson!
  • Since 2019 when they originally debuted Path of Exile 2, they have been working "tirelessly" on the game.
  • They have tried to go above and beyond with this year's ExileCon.
  • Attendees are getting an exclusive hideout in their swag bag.
  • Jonathon Rogers and Mark Roberts are now on the stage to talk about Path of Exile 2.
  • There are over 100 developers on Path of Exile 2.
  • Path of Exile 2 was originally announced as a simple expansion to PoE. This is no longer the case.
  • They made the decision to make separate games when they realized it was getting so large. There was no reason to get rid of the original game people loved.
  • All microtransactions are shared between the games, with a few exceptions where the content isn't in the original game (like bear shape shifting).
  • Classes: Witch, Ranger, Duelist, Shadow, Templar, Marauder, Warrior, Huntress, Sorceress, Mercenary, Monk, Druid.
  • 100 distinct environments.
  • 600 monsters.
  • 100 bosses.
  • 1500 passive skills.
  • 36 ascendancy classes.
  • 240 active skills
  • 700 equipment types.
  • They are showcasing gameplay from Act III in the Jungle Depths.
    • Jungle has taken over the Vaal city.
  • Many of the new abilities that were added didn't make sense for the old classes. This is why we got new classes.
  • Every area of the campaign has a boss with unique mechanics.
  • Melee has a much different feel. Almost all melee abilities have some form of movement.
  • Monk is a specialist in movement.
  • Killing Palm is an ability that will kill monsters that have low enough health (seen by a blue orb on top of the monster's head).
  • Falling Thunder creates a small lightning AoE but if you have power charges it becomes a pack clearer with more projectiles.
    • If you use the ability slightly away from the target, it has a bit of extra movement built in to make it work smooth. 
  • Alva is still around!
  • You can call on NPCs instead of having to go back to town all the time for assistance.
  • Every character can dodge roll by hitting spacebar. No cooldown. No limitations. It also has pathfinding so you don't get stuck.
  • All crowd control mechanics have meters which build up on bosses so you can eventually hit them with the cc.
  • If you die in Path of Exile 2 you have to start the boss over from the beginning - no more cheesing bosses.
  • They wan optional bosses to feel rewarding.
  • Optional bosses can give you permanent stat bonuses for your character.
  • Witch is more about cold damage, while Sorceress is more about elemental destruction.
  • Spark bounces around and a support gem is available to make it flood rooms.
  • Arctic Armor is a buff that builds up while you stand still.
  • They were tired of the mana reservation system in PoE 1.
    • Spirit is a new resource that you use for aura abilities and how many minions you can summon.
    • Items and passives can give you more spirit to let you have more auras.
    • Scepters in your secondary weapon slot have lots of spirit.
  • All staffs come with a base ability that you can use.
  • Mana Tempest creates a circle of power - drains your mana but your skills are larger and do more damage.
  • Uncut gems drop instead of skill gems
  • Right lick on an uncut gem to pick what skill it is.
  • The gems are pre-leveled to the area it dropped in.
  • Meta gems are skills that can have other skills socketed into them.
  • Trigger gems need to fill up in order to trigger. This is indicated by buffs in the top left corner of your screen.
  • Weapon swapping in PoE 2 isn't as awkward as PoE 1.
    • Choose which weapons are used per skill in your skills interface.
    • You will then automatically switch weapons.
  • Weapon set-specific skill points are added so your passives change based on your skills being cast.
  • Closed Beta starts June 7, 2024.
  • Path of Exile 1 will still get expansions and leagues going forward.
  • Expansion releases are going to be offset from each other in PoE1 and PoE2.
  • They want a PoE 1 expansion to drop a few weeks before a new PoE 2 expansion.
  • You could, in theory, play both Path of Exile games together this way.
  • Path of Exile Trial of the Ancestors is PoE 1's next league.
    • Releases on August 18, 2023.
    • Karui hold a tournament in the afterlife.
    • We will be travelling to this tournament.
    • Silver Coins return at let you play matches in the tournament.
    • Tournaments are double-elimination so you can lose once.
    • Starting a match means being able to pick where your warriors go.
    • There are auto-battler elements in this league but you fight alongside your warriors.
    • First team to defeat the other team's totems wins.
    • Hardcore characters do not permanently die when they are in the afterlife.
    • You earn favour with each tribe, which lets your purchase equipment for your warriors.
    • Each tribe has different perks.
    • Field items are activatable buffs.
    • Each round you win, you earn a reward.
      • They are tattoos which are "engraved on your soul" aka the passive tree.
      • Tattoos convert attribute skills to better abilities like movement speed or resistances or elemental damage.
    • Each of the 10 tribes have a unique item that you can earn by defeating them.
    • Omens sit in your inventory and are consumed when something happens.
      • You can only consume a single omen in a combat area.
      • There is an omen that creates a portal to town on death.
      • Omens are tradeable but can be rare to get.
    • Hinekora's Lock allows you to see the result of using a certain currency item on an item.
    • The end game is getting Sanctum league in the core gameplay.
      • Sanctums are now tradeable items.
      • When you play a floor, the next floor becomes a tradeable item. It saves all the previous states.
    • Relics have been rebalanced and are now tradeable.
    • A complete sanctum run now requires you to complete the final boss in her first and second forms.
    • Expect more monster and floor variety.
    • 16 new atlas keystone passives are being added to the atlas tree.
    • 14 new support gems are being added.
      • Corrupting Cries gem make Warcries do damage to enemies.
      • Returning Projectiles pierces targets and makes them return to you.
      • Fresh Meat minions gain adrenaline for a duration after they are first summoned.
      • Flame Ward totems fire projectile mortars.
      • Sacrifice works on spells you cast yourself or with totems. They gain chaos damage based on how much life is sacrificed.
    • Guardian and Chieftain ascendancy classes are being overhauled.

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Gameplay Trailer 3

Live Gameplay Walkthrough

Trial of the Ancestors Trailer

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