ExileCon Keynote Presentation Recap - Path of Exile 2 Beta Launches June 7, 2024

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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.