Antwix
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Path of Exile 2 - THE Game to Save Gaming
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quite possibly the easiest decision of my life
DavidGzz
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Announcements - Path of Exile 2 Early Access Pre-Download Information - 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
So right now on PC, I reloaded the website and it's down lol
Lokaum D+
Member
yep
Definity
Member
The website lasted maybe 5 seconds and BOOM.
Lokaum D+
Member
ap_puff
Banned
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
KEKW
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
You gotta be shittin' me lol
DavidGzz
Gold Member
I saw the opening, played, kill 10 zombies, saw the opening dude get eaten just like in PoE 1, then got disconnected.
geary
Member
The game has 6 classes in EA, but they will add another 6 till launchSounds a bit overwhelming.
Might just do like with Diablo IIR and beat it once and move on. That said, there are many classes that look super fun to me so I might end up playing this multiple times.
When do we expect to get the other 3 acts? All of them before EA is over?
Lokaum D+
Member
Game supports DLSS and ray tracing. PC all day. Ray tracing on something like this is going to look wild.Still cant decide between pc or PS5 Pro
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Probably because the game wasn't meant to be live at that point.
DavidGzz
Gold Member
I hope so! Anyway, I can confirm that your character locks on to the closest enemy, they have a red outline, and then meleeing them and strafing around them feels good. Great impact on attacks. So meaty. Feels way different to D4. Also, after the opening cinematic the game doesn't futz around. You see the line of characters about to be hung, pic your character, name them, and you go straight into the action. No character creator. I wonder if they will have character skins for sale.
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drotahorror
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Was it 60fps on S?
Anyways I wonder why they don't just throw the torrent link up? We don't need to bombard their servers for a pre-load.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Steam preload is up!
Calico345
Gold Member
Thank you very much! I appreciate the help.
688 people queued when I tried to play on PS5 haha.
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DavidGzz
Gold Member
It felt smooth but I couldn't tell for sure, I was too excited just taking everything in and then I got disconnected. I had FSR on so the image quality was not good, stretched out on my 55 inch OLED in my face. I didn't plan on using the S on this TV but since it was up, I had to sacrifice. It will probably look fine on my OLED 1080p screen, but it was grainy.
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drotahorror
Member
I'm jelly.
edit* People in chat spamming it's closed beta footage. Dude streamin for clout prolly.
I wonder if we'll find out soon then, if PoE2 will have any special currencies that PoE1 doesn't have? Like will there be new tabs to buy that don't exist in PoE1? I'm just tryin to think of what I need to spend my 300 points on. I've got plenty of stash tabs, currency tab, divinity card tab, etc.
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ap_puff
Banned
Just hang on to it until you need it, no reason to buy a bunch of tabs right now
drotahorror
Member
And im downloading. I didn't think they would allow steam preload?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Yeah that's not live video.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
SiegeDamage
Member
Downloading now & very hyped for the server meltdown tomorrow.
Pegasus Actual
Member
Hey fellow gamer ya gotta set your "game mode" setting to on in your TV menus, you are very welcome!
(Steam preload complete)
DavidGzz
Gold Member
It's on game mode. My mouse cursor for example, is 1:1. 120hz.
Bulletzen72
Member
Steam pre-load is done, i'm going to bed now. Can't wait for the server disaster tomorrow and over the weekend. It's all part of the experience folks and I love it!
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
edit: I added a few more things.
Here are a few general tips for new players based on public information and also how things work in PoE1. It's nothing that I would consider spoilers, since it's very basic information. This will be helpful to save some headache early on especially if you're used to the way Diablo 4 works.
Each level up grants you one skill point on your passive tree. These can be allocated to attribute nodes (also known as travel nodes) or other nodes in clusters that boost particular other stats. You might be tempted to go straight for the +10% damage nodes from the start, but generally speaking, most players will eventually end up respeccing it to take more attribute (travel) nodes so that they can path to more substantial passive nodes that are further up the tree. This is the decision making gameplay loop - Do you take more attribute nodes to get to high level passive nodes earlier, or do you take the low level passive nodes now and wait until you have enough money to respec later?
Strength grants you life, Dexterity grants you accuracy, and Intelligence grants you mana. There are also attribute requirements on gear. High armor gear requires high STR. High evade gear requires high DEX. High energy shield gear requires high INT.
You gain different skills by consuming something called an uncut skill gem. Then you can choose any skill from any class to use. Some are restricted by weapon type. Generally, you want to stick to your own class' skill set in the beginning, but feel free to experiment if you're feeling adventurous. Each skill can be modified two times with a support skill gem that you can obtain by consuming uncut support skill gems. You can only use one support gem on one skill at a time, so it's not like you can put the same strong support gem into every skill that you use. You will have to think hard about which characteristics about each support gem fit the skill it's matched to as well as your playstyle. Support skills work sort of like how legendary powers work in Diablo 4.
Some skills are better suited for single target DPS and some skills are better suited for AoE DPS. This can also be modified with the right support skills. Keep in mind what is the right skill for the right job if you're fighting a boss or trash mobs.
Some skills have cool interactions with each other. For example if you fire projectiles through a flame wall, your projectiles will get bonus fire damage. This is cool in party play. Experiment to find more cool combos
The NPCs in this game are actually worth a damn and carry good gear. Check back periodically to see if they have anything new because they can randomly have godlike rare items in the shop. For weapons, keep an eye out for +damage or +skills. Like in most ARPGs, keeping your weapon updated is very important in early game progression.
Crafting is a little complicated, but don't worry about that in the beginning. Just know that you can use consumables to turn normal items into magic, and magic into rares, so if you see a good quality normal item or magic item drop or in the shop, it's still valuable to you.
Wudijo made a crafting guide.
edit: more stuff
If you die, you respawn at a checkpoint and all other mobs respawn too. This is the penalty for death. It's actually not that bad because if you died you might be underleveled, and clearing the instance again will get you more EXP. If you die on a boss, you will have to restart the boss fight. You can't portal out during a boss encounter. If you want to manually reset an instance for farming purposes, ctrl+click on a waypoint.
Due to server limitations, if you are idle in town for too long and the dungeon you are in has no active players inside of it for 8 to 15 minutes, the server will close that instance.
If you want to link an item in chat, ctrl+alt+click.
There is a weapon swap feature in the game where you can swap between two different sets of weapons. If this is too complicated, don't bother with it. If you want to min/max, this will be useful. As you progress in the game, you will acquire the ability to split up your skill tree with weapon set passive points that only apply for when you are using a particular set of weapons. For example, if you want to be a mage with both fire and ice, you can have a staff with fire buffs and a staff with ice buffs and swap between them, and assign your fire skills and fire passives to the fire staff and the ice skills and the ice passives to the ice staff. Or, if you want two different weapon sets for single target DPS and AoE DPS, that is possible too.
Here are a few general tips for new players based on public information and also how things work in PoE1. It's nothing that I would consider spoilers, since it's very basic information. This will be helpful to save some headache early on especially if you're used to the way Diablo 4 works.
Each level up grants you one skill point on your passive tree. These can be allocated to attribute nodes (also known as travel nodes) or other nodes in clusters that boost particular other stats. You might be tempted to go straight for the +10% damage nodes from the start, but generally speaking, most players will eventually end up respeccing it to take more attribute (travel) nodes so that they can path to more substantial passive nodes that are further up the tree. This is the decision making gameplay loop - Do you take more attribute nodes to get to high level passive nodes earlier, or do you take the low level passive nodes now and wait until you have enough money to respec later?
Strength grants you life, Dexterity grants you accuracy, and Intelligence grants you mana. There are also attribute requirements on gear. High armor gear requires high STR. High evade gear requires high DEX. High energy shield gear requires high INT.
You gain different skills by consuming something called an uncut skill gem. Then you can choose any skill from any class to use. Some are restricted by weapon type. Generally, you want to stick to your own class' skill set in the beginning, but feel free to experiment if you're feeling adventurous. Each skill can be modified two times with a support skill gem that you can obtain by consuming uncut support skill gems. You can only use one support gem on one skill at a time, so it's not like you can put the same strong support gem into every skill that you use. You will have to think hard about which characteristics about each support gem fit the skill it's matched to as well as your playstyle. Support skills work sort of like how legendary powers work in Diablo 4.
Some skills are better suited for single target DPS and some skills are better suited for AoE DPS. This can also be modified with the right support skills. Keep in mind what is the right skill for the right job if you're fighting a boss or trash mobs.
Some skills have cool interactions with each other. For example if you fire projectiles through a flame wall, your projectiles will get bonus fire damage. This is cool in party play. Experiment to find more cool combos
The NPCs in this game are actually worth a damn and carry good gear. Check back periodically to see if they have anything new because they can randomly have godlike rare items in the shop. For weapons, keep an eye out for +damage or +skills. Like in most ARPGs, keeping your weapon updated is very important in early game progression.
Crafting is a little complicated, but don't worry about that in the beginning. Just know that you can use consumables to turn normal items into magic, and magic into rares, so if you see a good quality normal item or magic item drop or in the shop, it's still valuable to you.
Wudijo made a crafting guide.
edit: more stuff
If you die, you respawn at a checkpoint and all other mobs respawn too. This is the penalty for death. It's actually not that bad because if you died you might be underleveled, and clearing the instance again will get you more EXP. If you die on a boss, you will have to restart the boss fight. You can't portal out during a boss encounter. If you want to manually reset an instance for farming purposes, ctrl+click on a waypoint.
Due to server limitations, if you are idle in town for too long and the dungeon you are in has no active players inside of it for 8 to 15 minutes, the server will close that instance.
If you want to link an item in chat, ctrl+alt+click.
There is a weapon swap feature in the game where you can swap between two different sets of weapons. If this is too complicated, don't bother with it. If you want to min/max, this will be useful. As you progress in the game, you will acquire the ability to split up your skill tree with weapon set passive points that only apply for when you are using a particular set of weapons. For example, if you want to be a mage with both fire and ice, you can have a staff with fire buffs and a staff with ice buffs and swap between them, and assign your fire skills and fire passives to the fire staff and the ice skills and the ice passives to the ice staff. Or, if you want two different weapon sets for single target DPS and AoE DPS, that is possible too.
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Hot5pur
Member
Preloading on steam now.
Coming home early tomorrow from work to launch this puppy.
My excitement is high, but incidentally I'm working through FFXVI and enjoying that quite a bit, so will have to juggle a bit.
Wife seems to also be on board, we usually play co-op on separate PCs, and once she gets hooked on something she gets fairly dedicated hehe...
The fact this game is F2P still irks me a bit, hopefully they don't let the monetization go overboard and if I pay like $30-60 I should have everything I need to enjoy the game save for cosmetics. I believe POE1 you could do the story and then some without needing extra tabs, but eventually deeper into endgame it was almost impossible without them (I never got that far because I found the game too tedious/repetitive, just couldn't suck me into the world, also felt too bloated with all the random league mechanics peppered everywhere in the campaign, which I wasn't a fan of).
Coming home early tomorrow from work to launch this puppy.
My excitement is high, but incidentally I'm working through FFXVI and enjoying that quite a bit, so will have to juggle a bit.
Wife seems to also be on board, we usually play co-op on separate PCs, and once she gets hooked on something she gets fairly dedicated hehe...
The fact this game is F2P still irks me a bit, hopefully they don't let the monetization go overboard and if I pay like $30-60 I should have everything I need to enjoy the game save for cosmetics. I believe POE1 you could do the story and then some without needing extra tabs, but eventually deeper into endgame it was almost impossible without them (I never got that far because I found the game too tedious/repetitive, just couldn't suck me into the world, also felt too bloated with all the random league mechanics peppered everywhere in the campaign, which I wasn't a fan of).
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
One million redemptions.
geary
Member
Currency tab and Maps tab are the most important
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Luipadre
Member
Yeah and i assume its pc only not counting console. They launch right before weekend too and in EU prime time. We cooked