Path of Exile 2 News

The development of any large-scale ARPG will not be smooth sailing. Even a series like Path of Exile, whose first game has been successful, has experienced twists and turns in the development of the sequel. Since the initial announcement of the production, various rumors related to POE 2 have been rampant, and the official release has been repeatedly postponed until the early access version was finally launched on December 6, 2024.

According to official news, POE 2 will bring up to 12 classes in the official version to meet the needs of almost all players, while there are only 6 in the current early access. Although this half should be enough for you to play for a while by creating different characters, the official version is expected to be released in May-June 2025 at the earliest, so we reasonably suspect that the early access may gradually add some classes that have not yet been launched by adding updates.

The Current Status Of The Classes In The Early Access

If you have played both games, you will know that there are many differences in the class settings between POE 1 and 2. For example, the original game has seven classes, each with three sublimations and their own unique attribute combinations, while in the early access of the sequel, there are 6 classes (12 in the official version), each with only 2 sublimations, and their attribute combinations are as follows:

• Sorceress-Pure Intelligence
• Warrior-Pure Strength
• Ranger-Pure Dexterity
• Witch-Pure Intelligence
• Mercenary-Strength & Dexterity
• Monk-Dexterity & Intelligence

Druid Or Templar May Continue To Be Released

As you can see, in the list listed above, there are two classes with the pure intelligence attribute, and there is a lack of classes with intelligence and strength attribute combinations, so if POE 2 continues to bring a batch of new classes for testing before the official version is launched, it should be mainly intelligence + strength attribute types. The attribute combinations of the remaining 6 unreleased classes are as follows:

• Druid-Intelligence & Strength
• Templar-Intelligence & Strength
• Marauder-Pure Strength
• Duelist-Strength & Dexterity
• Huntress-Pure Dexterity
• Shadow-Dexterity & Intelligence

Among these classes, only Druid and Templar have the attributes of intelligence + strength. Interestingly, Diablo 4, the biggest competitor of Path of Exile 2, has not yet launched a Templar-type class (although Diablo 3 has one), so if POE 2 can let you play Templar class before Diablo 4, it will have a chance to take the lead in the first half of 2025.

And if POE 2 chooses Druid as the next class, it is also possible. In this way, by comparing with Diablo 4’s Druid, both sides can be encouraged to improve in the competition actively, which will make you the biggest beneficiary as a player.

Of course, the above is just our guess. In fact, Path of Exile 2 Early Access may unexpectedly bring other classes besides Druid and Templar. If you want to be 100% sure of your class experience, you may have to wait until the official version is launched.

For today’s games, crossover events are nothing new, and the more popular the game, the more accustomed to it is to holding them. Even if these games do not plan to hold crossovers themselves, other games will come to them.

Take POE series as an example. The first game in the series has gained many loyal fans since its launch. Although the release of the second game has been repeatedly postponed in the expectation of players, it was not launched until the early access in December last year, but its popularity is still high. Therefore, other games have expressed their desire to cooperate with Path of Exile 2, such as Balatro.

Introduction To Balatro

Balatro is a poker-themed roguelike card game that was launched on multiple platforms in 2024, allowing you to experience it on any devices. Although the game is based on poker, it has developed more possibilities in gameplay, fully guaranteeing your gaming experience.

That’s why Balatro received multiple award nominations and several real awards at the end of 2024, including Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, and winning for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game, etc.

The Possibility Of Crossover Between Balatro And POE 2

In fact, Balatro has previously provided you with richer playability by cooperating with many popular games, such as Cyberpunk 2077 or Among Us. Interestingly, except for Baldur’s Gate 3, every game on the top five list of Steam Deck last year has cooperated with Balatro.

This series of facts shows that Balatro is fully capable of handling crossover events, and the richness of POE 2 content also means that if the two games really cooperate, the crossover event will definitely be enough for you to play for a long time.

If the linkage plan between Balatro and POE 2 is realized, you should get various decorative content with POE series elements in the former to encourage you to continue playing Balatro. In this way, the influence of POE 2 will be further expanded, and the official version of the game may be released soon, making the crossover event a real win-win situation.

However, it should be noted that it has been a while since Balatro expressed the idea of cooperating with POE 2, but the two games have not confirmed the final decision. Based on their recent popularity, the crossover event may be launched soon! Let’s look forward to it together!

To enrich your POE 2 gaming experience, it is a good idea to craft as many builds as possible, and the diversity of builds depends not only on your skills but also on the items you have. Therefore, you need to know how to get and use these items in the game, such as Kalandra’s Touch Ring that we are going to introduce to you this time.

What Is Kalandra’s Touch Ring?

As one of the most powerful ring items in Path of Exile 2, Kalandra’s Touch can copy the abilities of other rings, allowing you to double your power in battle. It can be seen that if you can match it with the right ring and use it at the right time, it will redefine your POE 2.

How To Get It?

There are currently two ways to get this ring in the game. The first is to farm enemies of level 66 and above. After winning the battle, Kalandra’s Touch Ring may drop as a random loot. However, as one of the rarest items, the drop rate of this ring is extremely low, so you can also try the second method: trade with other players on the official POE 2 trading website. Usually, more than 600 POE 2 Divine Orbs can be exchanged for a Kalandra’s Touch Ring.

What Is It For?

As we have mentioned, Kalandra’s Touch Ring can copy all the abilities of the ring equipped in another slot. For example, if the other ring can +30 intelligence, you can get +60 intelligence after equipping Kalandra’s Touch Ring.

Although the rarity of the other ring is not important, some rings cannot be used at the same time as Kalandra’s Touch Ring, such as Thief’s Torment Ring, which will automatically disable the other ring slot after being equipped in the slot.

However, if you want to fully utilize the value of Kalandra’s Touch Ring, it is recommended to pair it with a rarer ring as much as possible to double the effect. But on the other hand, if you have not been able to get a ring that can be paired with it, it is better to sell Kalandra’s Touch on the trading website, which will give you a chance to earn 1 Mirror of Kalandra, which will help you accumulate wealth in the game.

The above is the relevant information about this ring in POE 2. I hope they can make your gaming experience better. Thank you for reading.

Since the official launch of the early access version in December last year, POE 2 has been welcomed by many players, which has also made the game developers more focused on the production and development of the second game. Although this may make the arrival of POE 3.26 more distant, at least in the short term you should be able to play a better Path of Exile 2.

For example, the game plans to launch a major update at the end of March to bring you new economic system or the first League of POE 2. In order to welcome this update, POE 2 has recently not only made a number of quality of life updates and system adjustments in the game, but also released the 0.2.0 patch. However, it is worth noting that the tower-related changes released in this patch have recently caused considerable controversy among the player community.

What Impact Do The Changes In Towers Bring?

With the release of patch 0.2.0, towers in POE 2 can now not only generate endgame content such as Ritual and Breach, as well as bosses, but also provide you with more usage possibilities through the influence of tablets in other towers.

Although on the surface this change makes towers more interesting. However, since you may have long felt that it is very boring to juicing maps in the game so that do not intend to experience this tower-related gameplay, then in the end this update is likely to be a waste.

And from another perspective, this change makes towers susceptible to tablets, causing you can clear the path of all towers completely in a given area in the game, but this is actually not very meaningful, because some maps can provide very little POE 2 Currency. Although the linear structure of towers makes it not difficult to clear these contents quickly, it is not enough to make towers the next best reward farming mechanism.

How Can Towers Be Better?

Anyway, patch 0.2.0 has been released. It is difficult to redesign Atlas or remove the tower in this patch, but it is also not a good idea to continue to find ways to attract players to run the tower, because it currently has no real charm that can attract players.

Although POE 2 may make changes to the tower through the next major update to solve the existing problems, this is still an uncertain idea after all. For now, it is recommended to apply the tablets to all maps within the range of the tower, or make it rarer through modifiers, or provide greater rewards for surrounding maps, such as many orbs, so that you can really feel the benefits of the tower, thereby increasing your interest in playing the mechanism.

No matter how you and I guess and expect, the final changes to the tower will have to wait until the game releases a new patch or statement to be determined. But at least we know that developers always want the game to be better, so the arrival of the next adjustment of the tower is only a matter of time.