Path of Exile: The Awakening (News Coverage)

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Ispita wrote:

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Whoaness wrote:

I will be sorely disappointed if Phylacteral Link is still in the game.

As far as I know the Bloodlines feature will not be part of the base game. More likely you can add it to the map for a ridiculous price as a mod with zana's map device.

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HeaT1 wrote:

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Jaari wrote:

Wait, one more thing. On gamepedia video she said 70 new unique items? Can someone confirm? It sounds just unbelievable!

i think they said 20 of the 70 will be socketable skill tree gems.

-HeaT

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Whoaness wrote:

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Ispita wrote:

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Whoaness wrote:

I will be sorely disappointed if Phylacteral Link is still in the game.

As far as I know the Bloodlines feature will not be part of the base game. More likely you can add it to the map for a ridiculous price as a mod with zana's map device.

I thought they said it will be with the league ending announcement.

Edit: Yeah here it is from Qarl: "Magic packs will have a chance to spawn as Bloodlines packs in the next expansion."

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1214594

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petden wrote:

I don't wanna go to other "news" sites, news sites suck. They don't know anything about the game. Most of the things they write/show is bullshit I don't want to read/watch. Y u no post shit here. Like there are obvious things I wanna know (and haven't found answers yet); will closed beta characters be deleted, estimated release date, more info about who'll get invited, how many random invites you'll give out over time, will you ban people for signing up on multiple accounts etc.

I think I'll play, but I know there'll be so many things I'll be annoyed about. Like there being a closed beta (because I won't get in (and others experiencing everything before me is the worst, it's 1.0 closed beta all over again, everything will be spoiled, and I will probably watch livestreams of it (because I'm curious and when it's released I wanna know what's OP because there will be OP things and I don't want to start new characters halfway through because I didn't know what's OP, and also because Kripp's probably gonna stream it), and it'll kill all the hype), and even if I get in you'll probably delete the characters). Everything will be so unbalanced. Act 4 will probably lagg even more than Act 3. Meh.

Like why wouldn't you make it open beta (introducing it to the main servers)? No one will want to (and will) play normal Path of Exile during closed beta anyways. And it'll suck for everyone who's not in it. And characters not being deleted doesn't matter because Standard league is already full of broken legacy items, it's not like the balance could be worse. It doesn't matter if there are game-breaking bugs preventing you from playing, if you're not invited to closed beta you can't play anyways. 1.0 closed beta was awful, couldn't get in and I watched videos and livestreams, and really wanted to play, and it was so long, and I hated it, it was an awful feeling that I couldn't play. Right now I'm panicking the same thing will happen again, that's why I'm writing all this bullshit.

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Official screenshots for Awakening unintentionally released before embargo due to an error with our database system that controls the visibility of game entries and paired screenshots. We are working vigorously with our development team so that this doesn't occur in the future. Regardless, it shouldn't have happened and we should have double-checked. We must apologize to Grinding Gear Games and Path of Exile fans for this leak. ~Ed. Nick Tan