PoE devs positively surprised fans. „Just had 19 Ascendancies lying around”
To make the extended wait for the new league more pleasant, PoE players will receive new content consisting of „quirky,” never-realized ideas from the developers.

Last week, Grinding Gear Games studio delivered sad news regarding the first Path of Exile. Due to the workload on the sequel, players will have to wait longer for patch 3.26 introducing a new league. Some members of the community were quite unhappy with this, as it had been promised earlier that the release of the sequel wouldn't impact the development of the original. Fortunately, today the studio pleasantly surprised its fans and announced new content, which will make the waiting time a bit more enjoyable.
New event in Path of Exile
Grinding Gear Games has stated that a monthly event will kick off, showcasing "quirky ideas that never advanced beyond the brainstorming phase." The developers described it in the following way:
What does Path of Exile 1 look like when the nineteen Ascendancy Classes you know and are familiar with are all of a sudden replaced by a different nineteen? What does Path of Exile 1 look like when you get to play a Witch and ascend to become a Harbinger? These are the questions our design team asked each other and in this event will provide you with some of our answers.
So it seems that the event will cause some disruption in the Ascendancy system and, upon completing the labyrinth, will enable us to select different classes than we typically do. The example given was Harbinger, who is usually one of the opponents in the game. We'll learn precisely what this will look like at a later time, once the studio discloses more details.
It's not hard to guess that the announcement from the devs was met with a very positive reception from the players. The current league in PoE is incredibly long, so it's no surprise that they are thirsty for new content. Moreover, the concept is quite intriguing, and the option to select a class that is typically an opponent can greatly alter the gameplay style.
Did I just read Harbinger?!?!?!
I'm a PoE2 main myself but super happy to see this for the PoE1 folk, I hope it's enough to fill the gap and trust GGG will get it right in the future.
Just had 19 Ascendancies lying around. Bet this throwaway content is going to be better than some real leagues and its been slept on.
Will the new content be enough to satisfy the fans? We'll only learn about this once it's released. However, the competition isn't resting - for instance, Eleventh Hour Games studio recently announced the launch of the 2nd season of Last Epoch.
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