[EDIT: 6 fail!] My 10 predictions for POE

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exorzist wrote:

you forgot to add

- Diablo III Reaper of PoE release
the day when poe is killed

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Josephoenix wrote:

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exorzist wrote:

you forgot to add

- Diablo III Reaper of PoE release
the day when poe is killed

ever get that refund?

if yes - time to go away, bye!
If no - see "yes"

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Pesegato wrote:

While waiting for the 0.11.6 trapfest, here are my predictions for POE:

1) 0.11.6 will be the last open beta content patch

0.11.6 will come on late september, and it may be delayed on early october. This leaves 4 weeks before release, so I don't think there is time for other content patches; there may, however, be some 0.11.6* patch with unique items and fixes.

2) 1.0.0 release on late october/early november

The current target is late october, but given the size of the expansion there may be some delay and I wouldn't be surprised to see 1.0.0 on early november.

3) Anarchy and Onslaught coming as map mods

It has been said that rogue exile will come on permanent league, and I think the most sensible way is by map mods. Bonus points if they come one as prefix and another as suffix, so that we can roll a Anarchy's map of the Onslaught or a Onslaught map of the Anarchy. Running unidentified maps will be even more exciting!

4) Season 5 on early/mid november, "descent 2" with act3x content and new demigod

After 1.0.0 GGG will create Descent 2 (which will contain act3x content and the act3x boss), so my guess is that 2-3 weeks after release the new season will start.
Closed beta had demigod's presence, Open beta had demigod's triumph and stride for 2 seasons each. It makes sense that release has another demigod item.

5) New 4 month leagues starting on late november 2013

That's it. Around mid-season 5 the new leagues will start. Like this time, there will be 2 leagues: one softcore and one hardcore

6) New art for 1.1.0, on late november/early december 2013

0.10.1 brought the new gem art, 0.11.1 brought the new helmet art; my guess is that we will see new cool art on 1.1.0

7) 1.2.0 on January 2014, start of monthly patch cycle

1.2.0 will probably add some feature and/or some new skill/support. However, I'm expecting to see less frequent patches (monthly cycle) but with bigger content (by comparison, now we get a patch about every 2 weeks)

8) Forum trading and guild support on late 2013/early 2014

After 1.0.0 is released, the next top priority is probably forum trading and guild support. Both require some major engineering on the web side. They may roll out together or not, but my estimate is that by late 2013/early 2014 they will come (or at least one of the two)

9) Act 4 on late summer 2014, Act 5 on late spring 2015

This is really wild guessing, but still...

Bonus 1) Sceptre of God with Kaom, Hyrri and Voll

What will be inside the Sceptre of God? My prediction is an epic fight with not one, not two, but THREE big badasses!

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CharanJaydemyr wrote:

Some of these predictions are pretty good and, more importantly, quite realistic.

The last one, not so much.

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exorzist wrote:

you forgot to add

- Diablo III Reaper of PoE release
the day when poe is killed

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keta wrote:

It will be dumb if new league don't start with release.
Because with release some new player will come so they need a league, not play in dead sc/hc for 2 weeks and after reroll in new league

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keta wrote:

It will be dumb if new league don't start with release.
Because with release some new player will come so they need a league, not play in dead sc/hc for 2 weeks and after reroll in new league