Path of Exile News

Path of Exile 2 gets its first hits with the nerf bat to bring mace slams, magnetic arrows, and stinky clouds in line: 'It is better to do this early'

Path of Exile 2 is in that early phase of a new ARPG where things are a little bit like the mathematical equivalent of the wild west. All those millions of early access players are running wild, smashing together every possible combination of combat and passive skills in an environment where the laws that undergird civilization—like "ability balance" and "sensible damage scaling"—haven't yet taken hold. Over the weekend, however, Grinding Gear Games made its first attempts at establishing order, deploying a trio of hotfixes to reign in PoE 2 skills that have been overperforming in the game's early days...
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Path of Exile 2 is great but it can't match the dopamine hit of a good Diablo 4 loot drop

I'm around 20 hours into Path of Exile 2 and all my gear sucks. I'm wearing clothes even a zombie would refuse to wear with bonuses I'm not even sure I can tell are doing anything. There are so many different stats in this game and most of them don't seem to be that important when you're still below level 30. I'm not exactly suffering when it comes to clearing dungeons and PoE 2 might be one of the best action RPGs I've played, but the loot situation is kind of a drag this far in...
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Path of Exile 2 is already one of the top 20 most played games in Steam's history even though it's in early access and all the servers have been on fire

It's safe to say Path of Exile 2 has been a victim of its own success in its first day of early access, with throngs of gamers and PCG editors all trying to fit through the same digital door like the Three Stooges as the game's servers begged for mercy. But as pointed out by GamesRadar, that hasn't stopped PoE2 from being a runaway success already...
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Path of Exile 2 players are finally getting into the game: 'What we are doing right now is letting in players in batches so that we can make sure to monitor the backend and not overload it'

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How to use weapon set skill points in Path of Exile 2

Puzzling out weapon set passive skill points in Path of Exile 2 is perhaps the most cryptic part of the game I've encountered so far, mainly because the UI doesn't explain it properly. These skill points are a special allotment you can attach to your first or second weapon set, effectively giving you two separate skill trees that are only active when you're using each weapon...
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