In response to SteamDB, Path of Exile II which launched earlier on December 7 in early entry, has already surpassed 530,000 peak concurrent gamers. Path of Exile II is a brand new seven-act storyline that’s obtainable alongside the unique Path of Exile 1 marketing campaign. Each the outdated and new storyline result in the identical shared Atlas endgame. Path of Exile II retains all growth content material that has been created over the past six years and introduces a brand new talent system, ascendancy courses, engine enhancements, and extra. Path of Exile II is offered now in early entry for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC through Steam and Epic Video games Retailer. That is signficantly greater than the 229,337 concurrent gamers the sport’s predecessor Path of Exile presently has.
The sport’s particulars
Path of Exile has at all times been a recreation that performs nice with your mates, however till now, you wanted a number of units to play it on. For Path of Exile II although, we actually wished to deliver the expertise of enjoying collectively to the sofa.
Gamers can play collaboratively on a single account, or log in with two separate Path of Exile accounts on the identical console.
As well as, Path of Exile II is introducing full cross-play and cross-progression. Play with your mates with out dropping any progress.
Key Options
Twelve Character Lessons – Path of Exile II options twelve character courses, two for each mixture of Energy, Dexterity and Intelligence. Whereas every of the category variants focuses on a distinct playstyle, they’re simply a place to begin. You’ll be able to mix expertise from many courses collectively to create your ultimate character construct. Every of the twelve character courses has its personal three Ascendancy specializations, leading to a complete of 36 Ascendancy Lessons to choose between.
New Talent Gem System – Path of Exile II options 240 Talent Gems that grant devastating lively expertise, and 200 Help Gems that modify their conduct. Earn the Gems as you play by the Marketing campaign and mix them collectively to create your excellent construct. That is the following technology of Path of Exile’s well-known talent system. Help Gems at the moment are socketed immediately into Talent Gems, eradicating most of the frustrations current within the outdated system whereas sustaining all of the earlier depth. It’s now potential to six-link each talent your character makes use of.
Twin-Specialize Your Passive Talent Tree – Path of Exile’s iconic Passive Talent Tree has made a return, with 1,500 expertise that will let you fully customise your gameplay expertise. It now options Twin Specialization, the power to allocate some passive talent factors to 2 completely different units of expertise. They have interaction at any time when the suitable weapon or talent sort is used. For instance, you’ll be able to have some factors allotted to each daggers and traps, or ice and lightning, and as you swap between assaults, the suitable talent factors will apply. This allows you to concentrate on a number of areas with out alternative price.
Uncover All-New Gadgets – Path of Exile II options 700 gear base varieties and each single one has its personal distinctive merchandise you’ll find. You’ll be able to increase your arsenal with new weapons equivalent to Spears, Crossbows and Flails, in addition to supplementary gadgets like Focuses, Traps and redesigned Sceptres.
Encounter Distinctive Bosses – In Path of Exile II, each space of the Marketing campaign comprises a boss encounter. There’s over 100 bosses to combat as you make your means by the Acts they usually all have distinctive mechanics to be taught.
Discover a New Endgame – On the conclusion of Path of Exile II’s six-act marketing campaign, you’ll achieve entry to its endgame. Every of the greater than 100 endgame maps has its personal boss encounter! We’ll reveal extra particulars of the surprises that await you in Path of Exile II’s endgame within the leadup to launch.
Truthful-to-Play. By no means Pay-to-Win – Path of Exile II is a separate recreation to the unique Path of Exile. We’ll proceed to supply expansions for each video games going ahead. They’re fully free-to-play and can by no means be “pay to win.” Purchases are shared between the 2 video games.
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