Path of Exile: Ascendancy (News Coverage)

Wow.
I don't usually comment on these announcement posts but that looks amazing.

SPLOOSH

Those lethal traps remind me of Nox.

The big chests are back! And secret rooms?

This really has potential to bring the community together! Surprised in a good way.

:DD have fun
Its troll picture, don't take it seriously.

LOOKS AMAZING WOW!! GGG YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

Holy shitt.... LoL

Amazing stuff GGG, you don't stop. Love it! Cannot wait to dive into this!!

Cheers

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lagwin1980 wrote:

Don't know why people are assuming it will kill build diversity...seems to me that most of it will be open ended enough to benefit most builds, but then most of the "qq no build diversity" complaints i see seem to be for those that have no imagination or drive, they just want the easy pew pew build and everything else sucks(even though it doesn't)

There is a difference between the perception of diversity and actual diversity. You can succeed at this game using an incredible amount diversity, however there is no support or guidance or even reward to making something work that is unorthodox. Because of this People get stuck on a few things.

I agree with this charge for the longevity of the game. Wile you are punished for not using these, it provides much needed structure to build creation. Less actual diversity but more perceived diversity.

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lagwin1980 wrote:

Don't know why people are assuming it will kill build diversity...seems to me that most of it will be open ended enough to benefit most builds, but then most of the "qq no build diversity" complaints i see seem to be for those that have no imagination or drive, they just want the easy pew pew build and everything else sucks(even though it doesn't)

I'm one of the ones saying it'll kill some build diversity, and I'm quite opposite on the the spectrum of players you describe. I'm pretty sure removing the ability of marauders and rangers to be casters, or other classes to be summoners (quite the opposite of an easy pew pew build - especially since The Necromancer class obviously benefits more from zombies and spectres than FOTM SRS). Obviously there's more to be seen here; maybe we WON'T have to be a Witch in order to be a summoner and take advantage of The Necromancer. Maybe we WON'T have to be a Shadow in order to be a trapper and take advantage of Saboteur.

MAYBE, just MAYBE the Scion's Ascendancy class will be a "pick and choose" from all of the others. So that she can be literally anything. This will solve all of the problems, and assuage any/all of my concerns. I'm hoping that's the case. Since she's been called the game's "prestige" class since her release, and is situated to go anywhere she wants on the tree. Not always in the best route, but she's never limited.

Of course, if they don't do this, and we are forced into certain character classes for certain builds, I'm not going to be upset. I'll be disappointed that I can't make an Iron Will EK Marauder, but I'll get over it. I just don't understand having always provided a choice, and now providing the illusion of choice.

So releasing details about this stuff over 4 months in advance? Why?!

Basically guaranteeing hype for this will be dead before it releases. I prefer to be notified of this maybe a week prior. Why? Because the moment you announced Talisman I stopped playing, was like oh that is coming soon, I will wait for that and not play current leagues, problem is you announced it at the start of a 5 week league. Fucking horrible.

Why did I stop playing during Awaking Beta? Same reason. STOP DOING THIS!


Edit: Just this is already dousing my interest in Talisman... JUST hold off on announcing shit.

Really cool! Love those new features, super hype!!!

There is one thing though that i may miss about those new classes. Will they have something like themed skins for armour or anything similar? Cause i would love my character to look anywhere near like Vorici.

One idea to implement something like this would be mtx or once you get ascended in one class, you start finding a variety of drops for that kind of especialization, along with normal drops. For example, if you ascend to Assassin, why not find some daggers or armour with different looks or even stats?