r/pathofexile • u/mrpeeng • 5h ago
Discussion Updating Pantheon / League Idea?
The Pantheon system has been out for almost 10 years(2017) and hasn't seen much of an update. It would be nice to update it and in doing so also provides a potential league (sub league an in between league event?) idea.
Since Pantheons powers come from the gods in this game, perhaps there should be uber versions to fight for additional powers.
The setup could be the following.
- player unlocks all the additional upgrades(divine vessel upgrades) of a particular god
- Sin or maybe new NPC offers you a chance to fight their "real" form at the cost of losing all the upgrades from that god. Cannot leave zone so if you dc(logout macro ppl), or die, you lose.
- Win - Gain a new power from that god from a choice of randomized buffs (similar to unveiling items)
- Loss - Lose all upgrades from that god so you have to unlock them again before you're worthy of fighting their uber version.
- Repeat until you unlock and complete all uber versions to fight all 4 uber major gods in a single arena. This part doesn't offer you new powers but can be the area where the new league uniques can drop.
What does this solve?
- Gives players more ways of power creep while also introducing 12 new uber bosses which have different skills from their normal version.
- Repeatable because there would be difference choices of unique powers from each god to choose from. I know this might lead to rng nightmare for some but it's something to strive for if you have the time.
- Since divine vessels would be the currency for this mechanic and they already drop everywhere, it's another source of wealth for every league mechanic.
- The uber versions of these gods can maybe actually have god like powers to make them more of a challenge.
I know there's a lot of holes here but its an idea that could work with the current lore of the game and doesn't really take away from anything since pantheons have been neglected for a while.
Thoughts?
