How To Play Online With Other Players In Path Of Exile 2?
Online play has always been an important part of Path of Exile 2. It is indeed a bit difficult to challenge this game alone, but playing with friends will reduce the difficulty a lot.
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.
