Path of Exile 2 News

Players who love RPG should be familiar with Path of Exile 2, which is a video game with great potential. When it was launched on PC platform, the number of online players in one day was the highest in the series. As such a popular game, it is worth paying attention to.

Players who have been following the dynamics of the game should also find that a few days ago, a post was updated in the official forum of its official website, announcing that the game will be unveiled at Gamescom on August 20 this year.

Boss Rush Event

The official of the game also stated in the post that since the game is still in the early access stage, and the previous events demonstrated only game clips, they will launch a special event this time.

It is Boss Rush event, which is an event that existing players will also be happy to try because it is very challenging.

The event requires players to choose their favorite from seven preset characters representing different classes and test their skills before starting the main quest. Then use it to kill the boss and the monsters around the boss.

This makes it impossible for players to use their own characters. In this case, players must have high skills, adaptability and reaction ability to successfully kill the boss.

After successfully killing the boss, the player can go to the next arena, where the level of all bosses is upgraded. There are a total of 15 bosses in these arenas, and their levels are gradually increasing. Some of them have never appeared in the game.

Players need to kill as many bosses as possible within 20 minutes to get rich Path Of Exile 2 Currency rewards and event-exclusive prizes. There is also a real-time leaderboard above the booth to announce the number of bosses defeated by players.

The game officials are very confident about this upcoming event at Gamescom. They believe that within the specified time, few players can kill all bosses. After all, for bosses that have never appeared in the game, players still need to spend time to understand their damage mechanisms.

The Purpose Of Boss Rush Event

Path Of Exile 2 players are full of expectations for this event that will last for 5 days. They praised the challenging and novel format of this event. However, some people also noticed that the game developers had another purpose for this event besides the reasons mentioned at the beginning of the article.

Some time ago, the game officials announced that the next league would be held on August 29, and this event would be held from August 20 to 25.

Obviously, this is not a coincidence. The game developers are likely to use the popularity of Gamescom to build momentum for the upcoming league of Path Of Exile 2. At that time, the game officials will also release a 0.3.0 patch.

In short, Boss Rush event of Path Of Exile 2 at Gamescom is to attract more players to join the new league. This also made me more curious about what the new league is like, and what is the difference between this new league and the previous league, which is worth the game officials’ great efforts to promote it.

Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt has been online for a while, and players have more and more opinions and comments about it. We can see on Steam that because the game speed is slow and the process of completing tasks is a bit difficult, so when it was first launched, players’ comments on it were relatively negative.

However, as the game progresses, this sequel is gradually getting closer to the original, and it is confirmed that a new league will be updated every 3-4 months. 

So the 0.3.0 patch, which is expected to be released on August 29, will appear in due course, because it has been more than 3 months since the release of Dawn of the Hunt. There is no doubt that it will bring more fixes and improvements to the game.

Players’ Expectations

But players hope that 0.3.0 Patch can bring new classes to the game, solve the map size problem and balance existing skills.

New Classes

First of all, in terms of new classes, the game developers planned to introduce Druid, a class that players have been looking forward to, as early as the 0.2.0 patch, but it was cancelled because it was not well prepared. Therefore, players are looking forward to making up for this regret in the patch next month.

Map Size

Since the release of the game, players have been reporting that the map is too small for them to find all the enemies. The game requires players to eliminate all enemies, so the existence of this problem seriously affects the player’s game progress, and players are eager to solve it.

Skill Balance

In PoE 2 Dawn of the Hunt, nearly half of the equipment throughout the season revolves around Lightning Spear. This will give people a sense of deviation from the center of gravity. Therefore, players hope that the upcoming patch can balance this well, and it will not be so important whether it can bring new skills.

Confirmed Fixes

In addition, for 0.3.0 Patch, we can already confirm that it will make the campaign process smoother and bring a major reform to the endgame.

Remake The Campaign

The campaign experience is crucial in the game, but it is often overlooked. According to the game developers, 0.3.0 Patch will remake the campaign of Path of Exile 2, making it significantly more attractive and coherent.

In order to avoid the situation where there are no missions in some game areas, 0.3.0 Patch will balance the enemy density and mission types. This will help players prepare for the end of the game.

Reform The End Game

Most players regard the end game as the fun of the whole game, and 0.3.0 Patch has reformed the end game. It adds many dynamic modifiers and mission challenges to the endgame, making its gameplay more diverse and the difficulty has also been upgraded.

In this way, the player’s operational proficiency and the perfection of strategic planning determine the speed of the game process and the amount of POE 2 Currency obtained.

From listening carefully to player feedback, analyzing pain points to actively making changes in 0.3.0 Patch, we can feel the game developers’ determination to solve players’ troubles and the trend of this game gradually maturing.

In general, 0.3.0 Patch fixes the basic defects of the game and deepens the core system of the game, which lays the foundation for a smoother gaming experience for players. No matter what you think of Path of Exile 2 Dawn of the Hunt before, you can look forward to the release of 0.3.0 Patch, because it is worth it.

Path of Exile 2 postponed the release of patch 0.2.1, which was originally scheduled to be released on May 26, by one week to June, but the specific time has not been determined yet. It is expected to be updated between June 2 and 6.

Since the release of patch 0.2.0 of POE 2, the evaluation of this game by players has dropped significantly. Many players are not satisfied with the adjustments of 0.2.0, so the purpose of the upcoming patch 0.2.1 is to improve the game experience of players from all aspects.

So what updates may POE 2 patch 0.2.1 bring?

Endgame Rewards And Item Drops

Path of Exile 2 will make further adjustments to some endgame item drops in patch 0.2.1.

• Chase Items: Increase the chance of obtaining and add more powerful items.
• Unique Items: Increase the drop rate, strengthen some existing Unique Items, and add new Unique Items.
• Rogue Exiles: Triple the drop rate.
• Twisted Domain: Add rare monsters, increase the number and rarity of items, and ensure that there will be rare Breach Rings in the loot.
• Corrupted Essences: Vaal Orbs have a 6x chance of spawning Corrupted Essences.

Make it easier for players to farm for POE 2 Orbs and improve the efficiency of players in repetitive tasks.

Socketables Update

This update to Socketables adds 22 powerful runes, 14 different types of Soul Cores, and 7 new talismans to make the game more diverse.

The purpose of this update is to replace some resist fillers in the endgame.

Ritual

Adjusted Omens mechanism to make the rare items dropped better quality without changing the number.

Expedition Log

Make all special functions visible on the minimap for strategic planning.

• All Areas: Increase the explosion radius and monster density to obtain more rewards and XP.
• Lush Isle: Added more XP Remnants, added new corruption monsters.
• Frigid Bluffs: Added Vaal bosses and super-Remnants
• Barren Atoll: Increased Strongboxes by 10x, increased Gold drops, and added 2-4 additional Ezomyte runes.

Maps

Normalized item drop rates in hidden caves to make the map more uniform, adjusted Citadel updates so that different Citadels can always appear, but it should be noted that only the parts of Atlas that have not been explored have these updates.

Combat

Nerfed deadly Rituals, reduced the lethality of Volatile Plants, toned down the lethality of Elemental Penetration, and made some balance adjustments to Omens, Clasped Hands, bats in Twisted Domain, and Curses.

Trial Of The Sekhemas

Originally, many players were not very interested in this trial, so POE 2 has made it simpler. The effect of “No Energy Shield” has been halved, and Boons and Afflictions have been recalculated, so that the frequency of each has changed.

Other Fixes And Improvements

Passive Tree display was modified to make it look more direct, and some UI adjustments were made to Atlas modifier to make it easier for players to operate, and the game performance was improved.

Patch 0.2.1 was originally scheduled to be released at the end of May, but it may be because the final test did not meet expectations. After all, players were not very satisfied with patch 0.2.0, so we should be cautious about each update in the future.

It is also possible that the release time of this time was delayed because POE 3.26 is about to be updated. The new patch will be updated later next week, and it will be synchronized as soon as the patch is released.

In Path of Exile 2, a new class has been added in the latest Dawn of the Hunt league: Huntress. Although the leveling experience is a little weak, with a series of subsequent adjustments, this class has gradually become stronger in the game.

Since its release on April 4, players have developed a variety of reliable equipment, among which Lightning Spear is the most popular among players. It has an excellent map clearing effect and strong single-target damage to monsters.

Bleeding Huntress’s main skill is Bleeding, which is a continuous damage skill with low burst damage. When encountering a boss with Energy Shield, the damage caused by this skill will be greatly reduced, and most bosses in POE 2 have Energy Shield, so Bleed Huntress was not popular with players at first.

Subsequently, POE 2 made some changes to Bleed Huntress, upgraded the damage of Bleed Huntress, and greatly increased the damage it caused. When paired with Lightning Spear, it produced some unexpected effects. This combination seems to have become a very good choice in POE 2.

Skills And Basic Gameplay Of Bleed Huntress

The most basic gameplay of manipulating Bleed Huntress is to use Rake to rush to the enemy and fight, causing Bleeding to all enemies hit, and then use Disengage to cause damage to the enemy, while jumping back to escape. When Bleed takes effect, if the enemy is not dead, use Blood Hunt to attack the enemy. If you hit an enemy who is losing blood, it will cause blood to explode and cause Consume Bleeding. If necessary, use Spearfield to provide additional damage.

At the same time, you can use Parry or Block to cancel the animation effect of Rake to speed up the battle.

The following are the recommended skills for Bleeding Huntress and the recommended supports for each skill:

• Rake: Stomping Ground, Lacerate, Brutality, Heft, Deep Cuts
• Disengage: Martial Tempo, Ingenuity, Maim
• Spearfield: Impale, Incision, Rearm
• Blood Hunt: Bloodlust, Blood in the Eyes, Close Combat
• Herald of Blood: Life Thief, Magnified Effect, Execute
• Wind Dancer: Blind, Quill Burst, Culling Strike
• Bloodhound’s Mark: Single Out, Physical Mastery, Rupture
• Attrition: Vitality, Cannibalism, Precision
• Thunderous Leap: Shocking Leap, Untouchable
• Bleed Huntress recommends lighting up Passive Tree and Ascendancy

In terms of attack, Bleed Huntress’s Passive Tree recommends lighting up Strength, Damage, and Critical Hit; for defense, the main recommended skill is Evasion, and you can also light up some Blind and Block to reduce damage.

To increase your Ascendancy, Critical Strike is the first choice, followed by Predatory Instinct and In For The Kill. If you want to light up penetration and make adjustments to trees and gear, it is best to have a strong and suitable weapon first.

Gear And Recommended Affixes

For the gear recommended by Bleed Huntress, you need to look for weapons that can increase Physical Damage, such as percentage increase in Physical Damage, Accuracy, and Attack Speed. The affixes required for other equipment are mainly health, resistance, critical hit rate, critical hit bonus, and strength.

For some exclusive items, Venopuncture, Meginord’s Girdle, or anything else that can increase strength can be considered. In the endgame, the gear upgrade of Bleed Huntress in POE 2 Currency is similar to the before, with damage first, followed by health and resistance, and critical hit rate also plays a role. For basic attributes, mixed armor and dodge are the first choice.

Here are the recommended Affixes for Bleed Huntress’ Gear Slot:

• Helmet: Accuracy, life, attributes, resistances
• Weapon: Physical Damage (flat/increased%), Accuracy, Attack Speed
• Shield: Life, resists, attributes (or Lycosidae unique shield)
• Chest: Life, resists, attributes, evasion
• Rings: Life, resists, attributes, life leech, mana leech
• Amulet: Life, resists, attributes (or Astramentis)
• Gloves: Physical damage, life, resists, critical damage bonus, attributes
• Boots: Movement speed, life, resists
• Belt: Life, Strength (or Ryslatha’s Coil)

Bleed Huntress was not very strong when it first appeared, but with the adjustment of Bleed Huntress in POE2 and the discovery of skills and equipment by players, the strength of Bleed Huntress has gradually emerged. I hope that players can develop more interesting gameplay in subsequent games.