Kripparrian sits down with Path of Exile 2's Game Director, Johnathan Rogers, to talk about the new game. Here's everything that we've learned.
- They still want Path of Exile 2 to be ridiculous, but they want to have counterplay with bosses.
- The gameplay showcases are intentionally slow - they want to showcase stuff.
- They do not want to have an economy based on gold, but there are use cases for it.
- Gold is primarily being used to fix problems with their builds.
- The shop has been overhauled so you should be able to more easily find items to help you out.
- If you see something you want in the shop, items won't go away as quickly letting you save up and get them.
- You will be able to gamble with gold to buy base items that could be uniques.
- There will be an entire act dedicated to the Karui.
- They want Life and Mana flasks to be useful still instead of pure Utility flasks.
- Utility Flasks are more responsive than passive in Path of Exile 2.
- Mana reservation is gone and is now done through Spirit.
- The costs of skills are going up since everyone will have mana once again.
- Minion builds will very likely want to use Scepters because they provide lots of Spirit.
- Minion builds use Spirit to summon their minions.
- Scepters as a base type have support mods which effect allies/minions.
- They want different types of things to be used with Spirit.
- You start with 100 Spirit.
- Scepters give you up to an extra 600 Spirit potentially.
- Every gem starts with 2 support sockets.
- You will use currency to upgrade your gems with extra sockets.
- A lesser jeweler's orb lets you go from 2-3 supports.
- Other types of jewelers orbs increase you up to 4 supports and finally 5 supports.
- A large number of skills have some movement built into them which should mean you don't require dedicated movement abilities.
- There is a bit more focus on weapons for spellcasters than there was in Path of Exile.
- Most of the time you will want to use the higher level of things.
- Attribute requirements on support gems is now additive to the skill gem itself.
- A dexterity build wanting to use intellect supports makes it trickier.
- Many league mechanics from Path of Exile will have revamped versions in Path of Exile 2.
- The ages of characters are increasing - this is a canonical sequel!
- Path of Exile 2 will have Hardcore and Solo Self-found modes, but Ruthless will not be available - at least to start.
- They don't want to split the community too much with too many modes.
- The policy of microtransactions being usable in both games gives the company incentive to not forget about the original Path of Exile.
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