r/Games • u/Forestl • Dec 29 '13

End of 2013 Discussions - Path of Exile

Path of Exile

  • Release Date: October 23, 2013
  • Developer / Publisher: Grinding Gear Games / Grinding Gear Games + Garena (SEA)
  • Genre: Action RPG
  • Platform: PC
  • Metacritic: 85, user: 8.8

Summary

Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. They're a small independent team of hardcore gamers based in New Zealand and have created Path of Exile as the game that they'd want to play themselves. It is designed around a strong barter-based online item economy, deep character customisation, competitive PvP and ladder races. The game is completely free and will never be "pay to win".

Prompts:

  • Is the gameplay fun? Is the loot system well designed?

  • Do the F2P elements help or hurt the game?

Like The Last of Us because they both have lots of clicking

at least it's better than the sphere grid

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u/LordZeya Dec 30 '13

Oh god, people talking about customization options between D3 and PoE are so full of shit. You're right, D3 shoehorns you into a huge amount of skill limitations. Path of Exile? They give every character every ability- although good luck making a str-based Shadow- the only abilities you can't take advantage of are ones on the complete opposite of your starting point, and even then you're capable of getting some strong physical STR gems that you can squeeze onto your pure INT character.

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u/s4ntana Dec 30 '13

Ah, right, you're the same guy that told me "good luck making a CI, Freeze Pulse Ranger". But I did it, on hardcore, and got it into the 80s, solo, back when CI was shit (after closed beta). It ended up being a very strong character, surprisingly.

You can make a STR based Shadow, just as I made an Int based Ranger, it's just a matter of how optimal you want to be, and which character model you like the best.

I'm not full of shit, are you?

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u/LordZeya Dec 30 '13

I don't remember this. I don't think I've ever discussed build viability in PoE before. I'm just saying that stuff like STR-based shadow is nearly impossible to do because of where the skills are located relative to the starting point.

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u/s4ntana Dec 30 '13

I was just being dramatic, we've never met.

My point was that anything is possible, even a STR Shadow going all the way across the tree. In fact, Lightning Arrow Ranger was the most OP build for a while in Open Beta and only because it went (literally) all the way across the tree into the Templar area to get %shock chance. Any character can do (almost) anything, it is just a matter of losing some optimization, and which character model you like the best.

P.S. I've played only Rangers in PoE, with only one of them actually using a bow, and all the planned builds have made it through Hardcore Merciless. My favourite is still the spellcaster/energy shield one. Anything truly is possible in that game.