Path of Exile game

It is an action-rpg. The game seems to be on the right track in that characters are very customizable and unique,using a skill tree. There is very limited respec'ing (you will level up a new character before doing any kind of total respec). And you don't just cap out on level. I'm not sure about things like # of characters per game and such, but I'm looking forward to playing around with different builds and such.

Combat engine isn't at the same level as D3's when it comes to fluid motion and prettiness -- but there IS light radius (ownage). I've yet to see if this is a problem.. will inform later.

Path of Exile is in beta right now.

Anyone else picked up a beta key?


Ok so the customization works with a 'passive skill tree'
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/
Which is full of.. well passive bonuses to various aspects of your character. Not sure how its going to work out although people look like they're having fun with it so far.
I'm diddling the passive tree right now! You can play with it by first pressing the mute checkbox at the buttom right, then select skills starting from the 3 colored dots and branching out. The passives aren't all just boring stat buffs such as +int, +crit, for instance I've come across one, "Necromantic Aegis" which causes all of your shield's attributes to apply to your minions instead of yourself -- interesting.

They've been showcasing unique builds from the community each week (so this video is targeted at people who already play)
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here's some kind of glass cannony build (shows a bit of contrast with the above. tho someone in comments says 'not endgame viable cuz no survivability'~)
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I don't know how many skills you have to work with vs the above ridic passive skill tree. The nice thing is that each character is like a 'project' and they are going for the, "I found this cool item, time to roll up a character built for it." Hopefully this works well in implementation.


finally, I watched a video with totalbiscuit and the main dev explaining how they plan to do the endgame.
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more:
lol they plan to have a cut-throat mode which is hardcore mode with permanent character delete + all loot drop + open world pvp everywhere.
-the 'normal' hardcore mode takes your character to the softcore realm when you die instead of permanent delete (this is fine imo, character is still effectively dead to a hardcore player)
-I'm not sure how open world pvp or whatever will work, because I have no diea how many players can be in one game.
-Maybe there are some big town-like zones where lots of players gather and are actually ingame (vs being in a chat lobby). That's cool.


LP players
2c0ntent - Founder1168
NotSorry - NotSorry

will update this spot~

Been in beta for nearly a year (aug 11th) and have probably put in 1500-2000hours into this game, I fucking love it. Took 1st in 2 of the 3 Cut-throat events. Hardcore only since day 1.

The end-game "map" system is well executed and some of the combo are down right fucking insanely hard but oh so fun to do.

As for the passive tree you can get up to 111pts atm, but plan your builds around 70-75pts cause after that the leveling gets real slow. As for spell gems there are currently around 100 if I remember correctly and by open beta release they were aiming for 150-200skills.

Nice thanks for the tips. I rolled a hc ranger and am farting around with her. Game feels so much better than d3 so far. Feels like a real videogame -- not sure how else to describe it.

Game runs very smoothly so far, though I haven't had many monsters on the screen at once yet, I don't see why it won't continue to. D3 is garbage compared to it FPS/performance-wise. And I run Witcher 2 on mostly maxed out settings (v good looking game) so it isn't that my comp is underpowered.

About how many hours to get 70 skill points on a char?

If you're flat out racing it (keeping zone levels 2-3 above your level, skipping quests in bad zones) and have a real solid build and everything picked out you can do it maybe 24hours. For most people tho it's gonna be more like 40+ hours.

how do I add you notsorry?

open social tab, my account id is NotSorry, character id: Asha, currently playing on the 2week HC ladder race league

I played the beta for like 5-6 hours straight and it was fucking boring.

ur fucking wrong guy

game is pretty awesome so far

just hope the combat doesn't get stale. seems like there is variety tho

i haven't played this game, but it seems like a mix of D3 and that game would be the best. If D3 could just take some ideas from them....

D3 is very well made but it really needs cool game modes and stuff, because just farming gear over n over gets boring.

the only good thing about d3 compared to this game is exactly nothing so far tbh.

anyway I'll come back with a decent overview of the game after I play a bit more, class time

game is v neat so far tho.

I partied at level 10-11 and during that time 2 of my partymembers got gibbed and died LOL was hilarious

I wish they could stay in their corpse and chat tho

i haven't played path of exile, so i am not going to judge it, but i think its unfair to say D3 has NOTHING better than it.

I think you at least gotta admit D3 has better graphics.

I disagree on that one, I much prefer POE's graphics to D3's. D3 has more polygons, but fails to utilize them in a way to bring feeling and depth to the game in a way that POE does amazingly.

On July 30 2012 12:44 Floofy wrote: I think you at least gotta admit D3 has better graphics.

looks or game?

d3 doesn't have better graphics than PoE IMO

or at least, d3 doesn't have a better presentation than PoE. there is 100000000000 more mood in PoE. the atmosphere doesn't feel like a slot machine for children, PoE actually feels like there is a place (although I don't know the name of PoE's world) to explore, rather than a bunch of duct taped together hotwheels track-esque bright orange runway.

in other words, insert quote of notsorry's post

so how do i get a key? op said he bought at the site all i saw was random giving of betas

register an account and on the right of the menu bar @ the top of the site it will say something about join the beta or w/e. click that and you can buy a key ($10)

da fuq, suddenly got d/c, can't rejoin and their website isn't working neither. guess they're doing something.. wish I had ETA o_O?

i have to pay for a beta key?

yeah until open beta (which I guess is going to happen? briefly?)

when the game comes out, its free 2 play and the shop will only have cosmetic changes tho

developer is an indie studio in new zealand

you get $10 worth of their shop credit with your beta payment


I'm rolling my chars on the HC ladder race right now. basically its hardcore mode but if you get to a decent level you get some prizes to carry over into the normal hardcore mode
my account name is founder1168 I think. I'm playing char Birth_Right, but I could die at ANY MOMENT! that char is long dead ;D

founder1168

Current ETA for open beta is mid/late Sept after getting pushed back from a late august eta due to them wanting more time to expand on the "map" system and pvp. Open beta will also include act 3 and all voice acting/story for the rest of the game.

damn, was hoping the full release would be about september. kind of scurry to build up a nice char or two and have them all wiped (or moved to some kind of legacy/shitty ladder)