Developer Questions and Answers

are there any plans on making pure ES characters more viable at the beginning of the game? It seems very tough to get them off the ground before level 50, and the vast majority of guides recommend that you spec for life and then devote a vast amount of regrets to respect post level 60.

Maybe you cant answer this question but are there/ or would you consider adding time-specific or item-specific requirements to item drops;
a unique item that only drops during a specific time of day (a night themed unique etc)

an item type/ currency that only drops (or has greater chance of dropping) if a specific item is equipped
(we all know the rumors regarding fishing poles and rhoa feathers/ fargraves tricorne)

or do you think that this is not in line with the design philosophy of the game/ would give some players an unfair advantage over others.

Hey Chris!

I am currently attending University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Their Computer Science EAE program is ranked #2 in the nation (the United States) for game design programs. I was wondering how much this statistic will actually matter when applying for jobs in the game design market.

Moreover, How valuable is post-graduate education to game design employers? I could pursue a masters degree in computer science and game design after I receive my bachelors degree, but I am only interested in this if it substantially increases my attractiveness to employers and, perhaps, even my wage.

Thanks!

Are there any plans to introduce support gems that interact with the war cries? After the changes to the war cries in 2.0 (warcry rather than a spell), the only support gems that work with the war cries are gems with the keyword "AoE" or "Duration". Both keywords lack support gems that provide interesting interactions or more interactive game play to the war cries.

Are there any plans to fix instance crashes related to "Fractured" monsters?

Hey GGG,

any private servers in future??:)

Divination cards color on the floor....(could be a good song title by the way)

My dears,

First of all thank you all for your hard work.
It's my first time on your forum. I came only to see if other persons had the same problem as me. I search the forum index and i haven't see this topic. I apologise in advance if someone mention it before.

When a mob or a horde of monsters drops a bunch of items (mostly "white" even in merciless mode...), i have trouble to see the light blue color of the divination cards...It is almost white.
You have to see me staring like an old hawk at my monitor :" Did it drop a card ?? Did it ?"

You would say "who cares" right ?

But you see, i"m a housewife whith two kids, and...i play most of the time while they nap, and when i find a divination card, well it's like finding these shopping goodies all the women love.
I like to collect them i confess. My husband urges mee to trade it, but i love them so much ^^
I suppose there are others coughOLDcough people like me who have problem to distinguish these little blessing cards....
It's just a little suggestion and i undestand you have to deal with so much issues and angry gamers with no courtesy.

Anyway, it's my occasion to thank you so much for PoE, Awakening, i love it, it brings me so much fun, i had no such fun with a game since Diablo II back in the days.
Your game is even better now than DII.

Kisses to you all.
Nanny Ogg.

Is 4th level of warband in maps random or players have ways to force high level of warband on map?

Sorry if this has been explicitly asked before, but are guilds and guild stashes ever going to get some love?

At least make it so everytyhing that works on the normal stash works on guild stashes too.

Hi,

1. Will you ever do decent elemental ATTACK damage leeched as life/mana?

I do a lot of elemental melee builds and I'm always kind of frustrated that there's so little leech available without the gems. Would it be that OP or is because of ele spells that it's this way?


2. Will you ever do a Enemies Cannon be Frozen item or would this brake the damage conversion mechanics?

Cause build ideas that I can't do. :(

Does the exalted orb recipe exist? And i am not talking about the outcome of vendoring a Mirror :D