Path of Exile 2 News

Some time ago, Blizzard announced that it would benchmark Path of Exile 2 and increase the difficulty in Diablo 4 Season 8, which made many players difficult to accept. Because compared with other dungeon crawling RPG games, D4’s exploration difficulty is relatively low, and therefore, it has attracted many novice MMO players.

On the other hand, POE 2 has been claiming that its exploration difficulty will only be higher than the original since the early access was released on December 6 last year, which has selected a group of players with higher game levels from the beginning.

So from the beginning, this blind benchmarking is not realistic, and even if it is achieved, there will be many problems in the future. If you are interested in this, then continue to understand how D4 is going further and further on the road to death, and why it cannot reach the game difficulty of POE 2.

Diablo 4’s Positioning Is Not Clear Enough

Although Diablo 4 received a very good response when it was first released in June 2023, it has become less and less present in the current game market as the seasons change, and each season has not left a particularly deep impression on players.

And most importantly, the difficulty of D4 was very low from the beginning, causing many high-level players to complete all the campaigns and pass the endgame content test in a relatively short time, which makes these players completely lack immersion and fun in it.

Although POE 2 and D4 are essentially games with loot mechanisms, they cannot have the same game difficulty due to different farming methods and exploration game styles.

For example, the drop rate of loot in Diablo 4 is fixed, but the generation rate of POE 2 Currency is a range and can be scaled, which leads to the two games being inconsistent in the difficulty of farming loot, because the range probability will make you face more challenges.

Different Player Groups

In addition to the differences in the games themselves, D4 and POE 2 also have very different player groups. As just mentioned, D4 has attracted many novice players of action role-playing video games with very simple game content from the beginning, and steadily upgrades and explores in it.

And suddenly increasing the difficulty they have to face will cause players to not adapt. The most important thing is that many of the rewards worth looking forward to are hidden in tasks that can only be accessed by reaching a certain world level, and these high-difficulty game contents cannot allow these low- and medium-level Diablo 4 players to enjoy real fun.

As for POE 2, since the announcement of the sequel, GGG has publicly stated that the game difficulty of this sequel will be greater than the original, and it will be more suitable for the challenge of high-level players in the original. This makes the choice of a completely different player group from Diablo 4 at the beginning.

Although it is still uncertain whether Blizzard will try to solve the difficulty problem currently facing Diablo 4, one thing we can be sure of is that before they do so, Path of Exile 2 will be the first choice for more players.

Trial of Chaos will be unlocked for the first time in the third act. Similar to Trial of the Sekhemas, Trial of Chaos also requires a series of challenges to be completed without dying, including some time challenges, kill count challenges, and completing specific goals. However, Trial of Chaos is very difficult. In each room, you need to choose one of the three negative terms, and the effect of the term will be effective throughout the trial. That is to say, as the trial progresses, there will be more and more negative terms, and the difficulty of completing the challenge will become higher and higher.

Challenge Test

Before entering the next room, new rewards will be provided, and new negative terms will be obtained. Please choose carefully. Terms that restrict movement and combat areas may make it impossible to bypass the enemy; or stacking terms that strengthen the enemy and weaken yourself will make it impossible to defeat the elite monster and cause the trial to fail. In the early stage, you need to pass 4 rooms in a row to complete the sublimation, and in the later stage, you can complete more rooms. The types of gameplay encountered in Trial of Chaos include: killing all monsters, surviving in timed challenges, escorting targets, etc.

Trial Of Chaos Random Bosses

Trial of Chaos also includes several random bosses, the order and difficulty of which depend on the time of encounter and the selected attributes. Random bosses are very difficult even without negative attributes, so be sure to choose negative attributes carefully. If you think the risk is too great, you can return to Trial NPC to claim your reward.

Soul Cores And Sockets

Various items can be obtained through Trial of Chaos, some of which may have Soul Cores, sockets, which can be slotted to gain additional buffs. Soul Cores can also be obtained in Trial of Chaos.

If you want to add Soul Cores sockets to existing items, you need to use a Jeweler’s Orb. Using Vaal Orb on an item corrupts it and makes it unchangeable by any currency. Adding a socket is one of the corruption effects that exceeds the normal limit, but there is a risk of rendering the item useless. Finding equipment with sockets and filling them with suitable Soul Cores is a good way to increase combat effectiveness during the endgame period, but don’t worry about this during the campaign for the time being.

Trial of Chaos has two sides, just like the map. For example, after completing the trial, you can sacrifice currency to get double rewards or zero rewards. But there is a chance to get some powerful unique items by passing the more difficult Trial of Chaos.

Path of Exile 2, like its predecessor, supports multiplayer. Players can exchange items with other players, join other players’ worlds, fight bosses with them, and advance the game.

Online play in Path of Exile 2 basically follows the following rules:

• The maximum team for multiplayer is 6 players, so as to coordinate strategies and adjust builds to deal with powerful bosses.
• The game runs with players from different platforms, including PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
• The game progress is tied to your account. As long as you are on the same account, you can seamlessly continue your progress on any platform.
• Players can form temporary teams to fight challenging bosses and explore dangerous areas.
• The game supports local co-op. You can play with friends on the same console.
• In local co-op, the game progress of all players is shared and synchronized.

Loot Distribution

When playing multiplayer games, loot distribution is a key issue. Equipment, POE 2 currency and other items all over the ground are stuffed into the backpacks of players with fast internet speeds, which will definitely cause conflicts. Therefore, there are three modes in the game to control the distribution of loot:

• Free for All: All drops can be picked up freely by all players in the team.
• Short Allocation: For a short period, only specific players can pick up loot. After a period of time, the dropped items can be picked up freely.
• Permanent Allocation: Dropped items belong to only one person.

How To Join Other Players’ Games?

You can join your friends’ games by pressing "J" on the keyboard (PC) or opening the Social tab through the menu on Xbox Series X|S or PS5.

You can find your friends from the Social menu and invite them to join your game. You can also click on the names of other non-friend players in the chat box to invite them to join the game. After other players accept your invitation, they can join your copy of their copy and defeat enemies together or trade with each other.

Guilds

Guilds in Path of Exile 2 are similar to guilds in other games. Guilds have a unique interface that allows you to play with other players in the guild. Another feature of the guild is the Guild Stash Tab. Other guild players can put their unwanted equipment here, and guild members can use these equipment without having to exchange them with other players.

Local Co-op

When your game is connected to another controller, you can access local co-op from the main menu of the game, and then you can play with your friends.

The above is a basic introduction to the online content of Path of Exile 2. Online content is a very important part of Path of Exile 2. Mutual help between different players can solve many difficulties in this game.

In recent days, many players in the player community have complained that they have encountered a crash error when entering the endgame, and the screen shows [D3D12] Failed to create a resource for texture, which makes their farming POE 2 Currency progress slow or even stagnant.

If you have encountered such a problem and there is no effective solution, then try to follow the steps of the fix introduced in this guide to deal with this annoying error.

1. Set A DirectX 11 Or Vulkan Renderer Setting

In fact, the most direct factor of D3D12 Error is the problem of the screen, so you can directly switch to Vulkan to ensure the normal operation of the screen. First you need to press Windows logo + E to go to Documents interface and select Path of Exile 2 in My Games.

In this folder you will see a poe2_production_Config file, and then right-click it to open a notepad. Here, you can change the renderer type setting to renderer type=DirectX 11. Once you have entered the information, press Ctrl + S to save your changes.

If D3D12 Error persists after making the change, you can open Notepad again and change the renderer type setting to renderer type=Vulkan. Usually, the error will go away after you save the change.

Alternatively, you can change Renderer setting directly in POE 2 by clicking Options button in the game and selecting Graphics, then selecting Vulkan or DirectX 11 in Renderer drop-down menu.

2. Disable Engine Multithreading

Or you can check your engine multithreading. Although it can improve your computer’s gaming performance, it may also cause game crashes on certain PC configurations.

To solve this problem, you can follow the steps in the previous solution to open the poe2_production_Config file on your computer, then find the engine_multithreading_mode=enabled setting in it, and change the enabled to disabled. Finally, continue to hold down Ctrl + S to save your changes.

3. Erase Production_Config.ini File

Since deleting the production_Config.ini file in the computer will reset the game settings and return to the default configuration, this operation can also be used to solve the setting configuration problem that causes D3D12 Error. In this operation, you only need to press Windows logo + E to open Documents and select Path of Exile 2 Folder in My Games.

Find the production_config.ini file and delete it. Note that the deletion here is not just to click Dele to end, but you should click Delete option in Explorer’s command bar or Home tab to delete it completely.

4. Run A Verification Scan For POE 2

If the above fixes do not solve your D3D12 Error, you can try running some POE 2 Verification Scans, which will help you find and repair your currently damaged game files more quickly.

The above are the most widely recognized methods to fix D3D12 Error in Path Of Exile 2 on PC. If you find more convenient ways to solve game problems, you are welcome to share them in major player communities and social platforms so that more players can enter the game smoothly.