Path of Exile 2 devs listed game's biggest issues. Announcement also mentions mysterious bargaining chip
The developers of PoE 2 summarized the changes made to the game since launch day. They also listed the most important issues that they will address soon.
Path of Exile 2 was released in early access 2 months ago, on December 6th, and it immediately caused a big stir, attracting many players on Steam alone. On this occasion, the Grinding Gear Games studio made a small summary, in which they pointed out elements that still require improvement.
Summary of the changes made so far
Since the release, 8 patches and 31 hotfixes have been released. In their message, the developers highlighted the key fixes and new features, which were categorized into several groups. If you are playing PoE 2, you surely know what has been introduced, so there is no point in listing everything here.
Among the most important things, I will mention only the option of teleportation between checkpoints, rebalancing the endgame, adding resurrection for bosses, new towers, strengthening unique items, improving character balance, and significantly reducing the number of game crashes. In regards to the latter, it's worth noting that for some players, switching from DirectX to Vulkan fixes the problem. So it's worth checking this option if the game crashes.
Biggest issues
According to the creators of PoE 2, the most interesting issues are those currently present in the game. As they give us some insight into what we can expect in the next major update number 0.2.0. Besides the ongoing game problems, the devs also mention:
- problems with the balance of many skills and players' builds, both those dealing too little and too much damage;
- too small number of potential builds, including unique items that define them;
- unsatisfactory progression balance in the endgame;
- not enough "cool stuff" in the endgame.
Furthermore, the developers mentioned a certain "bargaining card," which is supposed to encourage players to return to the game and test new changes. Unfortunately, at the moment we don't know what it could be. It should be mentioned that the studio is still not ready to share the release date of the 0.2.0 update.
Update 0.1.1c is now available
However, PoE 2 has already received another, smaller patch. Version 0.1.1c was described by us in a previous news and among the most important changes it includes additional respawns, a larger number of checkpoints, or improved icons on the minimap.
The devs published a full list of changes, which you can read on the game's website.
