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Re: Path of Exile

reply to BKayrac
Yes, it is now free to get.

I am acually a big fan of the no Gold economy. It makes no real difference when purchasing off the vendor as other items are esentially Gold substitute.

But when trading with players, unlike typical games where an item may be 100,000 Gold, in this it may just be a rare orb drop, or just a lot of uncommon ones - because its what a player actually needs, this means that even as a low lvl player, or just a player not that good at farming for cash (I know plenty who are poor in every game they play) you may actually have the items required.

reply to BKayrac
Path of Exile is superior to Diablo 3 in most ways:

- MMO basically, shared towns, group instanced outside world
- IT IS NOT an auction house game like Diablo 3, powerful items have meaning
- No currency

in diablo 3 I grinded, and when things got tough I just purchased OP gear from the AH... this will not work in Path of Exil

reply to BKayrac
I cant take the FOV in path of exile. It's zoomed in way too close.

it's supposed to be similar to Diablo 1 and Diablo 2.

Also, similar to Starcraft 2, your Field of View SIZE is very deliberate.

The developer only wants you to take in so much at a time.

The reasoning behind this becomes more evident in dungeons in this game, where its dark and shadowy, and you do not know what lurks around the corner.

A larger FOV in this game would not make sense in dungeons, since your vision in dungeons is VERY limited. But it sets the desired creepy atmosphere. LIke anything else it takes some adjustment.

but i can see jumping from D3 to this could give you that impression

reply to Fishead1

I've already seen a big improvement from Closed Beta to Open Beta. It will only get better.

is game progression as follows Gundy?

Beat Normal -> Then Beat Cruel -> then Beat Merciless?

then after Merciless you can kick off dungeons at difficulty settings you choose?

can you confirm this?

reply to Gundy
Brother Laz is helping to design atleast some of the uniques in the game

if you don't know who that is, he is the guy who gave us median XL......i guarantee not all uniques are lackluster with him designing many of them :P

many of the microtransaction upgrades are awesome

- a crown of iceicles
- a halo
- flaming swords, modified looking spell affects... VERY VERY COOL

reply to BKayrac
Started the download before bed last night. Plan on putting a few hours on it tonight to check it out.

the game is deep, and a little slow at start, but give it time... it's excellent, and the gear system is awesome and complex

reply to BKayrac
Keeping GW2 as my main PC attraction (Black Ops II on XBox), however, I did install "Path of Exile" for the first time last night. Pretty cool game for the 15-minutes I gave it. I'll keep it installed and progress slowly for the full experience. From what I've gathered thus far it's very close to Diablo (1 and 2), basically hack and slash with ladders right?, which sounds like a good time.
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Cutler @ Jade Quarry (GW2)

I still don't 100% understand how "leagues" aka ladders work.

Normal game progression is:

Beat Game normal -> Beat Game Cruel -> Beat Game merciless -> then run dungones at the difficulty/reward level you select

yeah... I try to play it for 15/20minutes as a CD for after my GW2 session

i'm Hiltzar in PoE... suprise surprise! add me...

Cutlerbeast is my name in-game
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Cutler @ Jade Quarry (GW2)

reply to BKayrac
Put 3+ hours on it last night. Played a Ranger to level 5 and then tried a Duelist to only like level 3 before I got bored with him. Finished the night leveling up a Witch that I was really digging.

First thing I can say is that I like it better than the D3 beta I played. The graphics are what D3 should have been. The visuals are very good and little things like tall grass moving out of your way as you run through it is very cool. Elevation changes are a nice touch. Wish I could rotate my camera, but it's not a game killer. I'm not a Diablo fanboi by any means, but there's just no question that this game is a complete rip off of Diablo. Every single element is practically identical to it.

The skill tree system.....HOLY SHIT! Love it.

Controls are decent enough. Pretty much what I expected. Little things like holding down on your mouse button to auto spam your ability and then when the mob dies you run forward into a pack of death is not all that great, but I figure that's a small thing to complain about.

UI is clean, pretty, and funtional. Hotkeying worked pretty well except Shift/Alt/Ctrl combinations of keys won't hotkey and my extra mouse buttons weren't recognized either. Beta stuff hopefully.

Probably my biggest gripe was the buy/sell interface. It's clunky and needs work. Dragging and dropping items into a sell box is just freaking annoying. You can't tell by looking at your inventory what you have or have not dragged already, etc. There are no confirmations when buying stuff, etc. It just needs some good old fashioned polish for sure.

And inventory space is my last thing. Jesus H Christ. Kill 5 mobs, run back to town to sell. That shit gets old really fast. I realize there are waypoint teleporters and portal scrolls but not enough of them I've seen so far to lessen the BS factor of an inventory that will only hold two fights worth of booty. Maybe something changes at later levels.....I hope.

#1 - To stand your ground when killing mobs, and to make sure you aren't running into death:

SHIFT+attack

the shift key makes you stand in place, and after all mobs are dead you will not continue to move, this is critical, and common to this genre of game.

#2 - Selling items at the vendor:

If you place something in the "to sell" area, the items get a red tint in your inventory.

#3 - Not enough inventory space:

Think about selecting the game option, that only shows RARE loot that drops, and ignores all white drops.

This is by design my friend, you have to be very SELECTIVE of what you carry. It is intentional. If you are farming mats then by all means, go back and forth to your hearts content, but dont expect this to function like Diablo 3 or Torchlight 2... in TL2 you have a wolf/pet to ferry items back for sale.

The whole point is simplification, and identification of what is REALLY important to carry.

At this point I only carry rare mats, that give big payoffs when vendored... otherwise it slows down my progression.

When you run dungones with others you will see this, people ignore 99% of what drops. Most of which is not visible to players, since it is ignored by selecting the option i mentioned above.

reply to BKayrac
this game is hardcore Diablo 1/2 style!

reply to TheThing

Also, ctrl + click to sell stuff, or move stuff to the bank

reply to TheThing