Announcements - Unique Design Process Stories Roundup - Part 1 - Forum - Path of Exile

Path of Exile is home to over a thousand unique items! While most are designed by us, quite a few of them were designed with the assistance of our supporters. In today's news post, we explore some of the design stories, both from our developers and the community. Check them out in today's news post! From the developers: The Item Development Process - "If someone asked me what Path of Exile's greatest strength was, I'd answer with just one word: depth" Cloak of Defiance - Mana was a very different animal at the time. The only use mana had was to reserve as many auras as humanly possible and that was it. Dancing Dervish - Note the curved blade to convey the idea of spinning and movement, combined with the spiky bits to convey the idea of killing stuff. The Pale Council Uniques - Since we were going to make four new uniques all coming from the same encounter, we took the opportunity of making this a visually matching armour set From the community: Cospri's Will - It was around this time I realized I had no idea what the hell I'd really gotten myself into. Cospri's Malice - There's something to be said for the way CoC builds play. They're just inherently fun, but also inherently extremely strong. The Cloak of Tawm'r Isley - My design parameters were that I wanted it to be inspired by the character, and the GGG team suggested the ways to represent the various aspects of him. Zeel's Amplifier - My idea of an old device, which power was not magic but purely mechanical turned out nicely, I feel.
Posted by Community_Team on Jun 20, 2023, 5:32:46 PM Grinding Gear Games
This is really cool 😎 ! Thank you! https://www.ForeverExiled.com/: Forever Exiled, A Path of Exile Podcast	Posted by Wrecker_of_Days#7691 on Jun 20, 2023, 5:35:23 PM Quote this Post
Oh man, now this is cool. I wanna believe my post yesterday helped influence this post, but I know it's just a coincidence. Always super cool to get a peak behind the curtain, thanks again guys, off to read them now.	Posted by sumfight#2609 on Jun 20, 2023, 5:36:39 PM Quote this Post
GGG if you're reading this please update Kurgal's Gaze. The changes to Arcane Surge in 3.21 made this jewel pointless to use. A magic Abyss jewel is stronger than it. Designing Cospri's Will: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1665314 Designing Cospri's Malice: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1717008 Iron Heart/Iron Fortress too!	Posted by LostArtz#3044 on Jun 20, 2023, 5:57:27 PM Quote this Post
Are we rounding up to Exilecon? xD It will convert your forum titles into decorative square badges that use the space next to your forum posts more economically so that you can show off an unlimited number of them at any one time. - GGG, 2018 (https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3573673)	Posted by Jerle#2906 on Jun 20, 2023, 7:42:24 PM Quote this Post
Nice stories. I made 2 unique items (1 well-known, and 1 less well-known haha) Do some of the supporter uniques need to be balanced again to stay relevant for POE2, or do you plan on revamping them again?	Posted by Metronomy#6891 on Jun 20, 2023, 8:57:54 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Its amazing how little traction these posts get when they're not posted on the sub-reddit. Its almost like your forums are super outdated and no-one likes them. Wat da hek	Posted by Lward53#3255 on Jun 20, 2023, 9:02:16 PM Quote this Post
" Metronomy wrote: Nice stories. I made 2 unique items (1 well-known, and 1 less well-known haha) Do some of the supporter uniques need to be balanced again to stay relevant for POE2, or do you plan on revamping them again? People were talking about the "-akers" the other day in GD. I still hate the one handed axe but no denying it made its impact on the game for a while there. I wish the final form was much stronger. You and siffin should do something about that. Go bug Hrishi. :) The name says it all.	Posted by 鬼殺し#7371 on Jun 20, 2023, 10:19:47 PM Quote this Post
In ten years of playing and many, many builds I've tried nothing in the game is more fun for me than The Dancing Dervish. I have been using it every league since 3.8 and I will never get tired of it, no matter how much it gets nerfed. My Dervish guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3127187	Posted by Raskoril#2853 on Jun 20, 2023, 11:58:31 PM Quote this Post
" Mana was a very different animal at the time. The only use mana had was to reserve as many auras as humanly possible and that was it. still is. Archmage was severely nerfed 2 years ago and then just abandoned.	Posted by blg_RealiZe#1295 on Jun 21, 2023, 12:02:54 AM Quote this Post

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