Path of Exile dev Grinding Gear Video games bit off greater than it may chew when it promised to keep up Path of Exile similar to it had at all times executed, even whereas it was coping with the Path of Exile 2 launch. However actuality is a killjoy and the studio has been reassessing issues, leading to a PoE1 enlargement delay, which hasn’t gone down properly with the unique sport’s stalwarts.
The present plan is to delay PoE 3.26 till after the discharge of PoE2 0.2.0, however there is not any date for it but. “I am actually sorry for a way this went down,” stated Path of Exile 2 director Jonathan Rogers. “Actually I ought to have predicted the truth that taking the PoE group off PoE1 would result in this final result.”
Unsurprisingly, this announcement led to loads of drama, with some gamers going as far as to name GGG’s promise to help each video games a “rip-off” simply because an enlargement has been delayed. However the studio continues to be planning to present PoE1 some love, within the type of a one-month occasion. GGG says it is going to function “a few of our whacky concepts that by no means fairly made it off the brainstorm board”.
This may embody some bizarre modifications to Ascendency lessons—superior lessons with their very own talent timber—it says. “What does Path of Exile 1 appear like when the 19 Ascendancy lessons you recognize and are acquainted with are unexpectedly changed by a unique 19? What does Path of Exile 1 appear like once you get to play a Witch and ascend to turn into a Harbinger? These are the questions our design group requested one another and on this occasion will offer you a few of our solutions.”
GGG guarantees extra particulars concerning the occasion quickly, and that it is “actually wanting ahead to seeing how the neighborhood reacts to a few of our extra unhinged concepts”.
Sustaining the unique sport’s replace cadence whereas GGG was additionally coping with PoE2’s early entry points was at all times going to be a tall order, however clearly the studio continues to be very invested in PoE1. And whereas it is not the identical as an enlargement, this occasion sounds prefer it could possibly be time, maintaining gamers busy whereas they watch for 3.26.
