In keeping with 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 accessible 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 Each the outdated and new storyline result in the identical shared Atlas endgame.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 on the market now in early entry for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC by way of Steam and Epic Video games Retailer. That is signficantly greater than the 229,337 concurrent gamers the sport’s predecessor Path of Exile at present has.
The sport’s particulars
Path of Exile has at all times been a sport 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 needed to deliver the expertise of taking part in 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 shedding 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 unique playstyle, they’re simply a place to begin. You’ll be able to mix abilities from many courses collectively to create your very best character construct. Every of the twelve character courses has its personal three Ascendancy specializations, leading to a complete of 36 Ascendancy Lessons to select between.
New Talent Gem System – Path of Exile II options 240 Talent Gems that grant devastating lively abilities, and 200 Help Gems that modify their habits. Earn the Gems as you play by way of the Marketing campaign and mix them collectively to create your good construct. That is the subsequent era of Path of Exile’s well-known talent system. Help Gems are actually socketed instantly into Talent Gems, eradicating most of the frustrations current within the outdated system whereas sustaining all of the earlier depth. It’s now doable 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 abilities that assist you to utterly customise your gameplay expertise. It now options Twin Specialization, the power to allocate some passive talent factors to 2 completely different units of abilities. They interact each time the suitable weapon or talent sort is used. For instance, you possibly can 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 value.
Uncover All-New Gadgets – Path of Exile II options 700 tools base sorts and each single one has its personal distinctive merchandise you’ll find. You’ll be able to increase your arsenal with new weapons reminiscent of 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 accommodates a boss encounter. There’s over 100 bosses to combat as you make your approach by way of the Acts they usually all have distinctive mechanics to study.
Discover a New Endgame – On the conclusion of Path of Exile II’s six-act marketing campaign, you’ll acquire 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 sport to the unique Path of Exile. We are going to proceed to supply expansions for each video games going ahead. They’re utterly free-to-play and can by no means be “pay to win.” Purchases are shared between the 2 video games.
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