Path of Exile 2 Early Access Livestream Announcement Coming Soon!

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For real? Players who spend 1000$$ won't get access either for free?

Why wouldn't they ??

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firenovix wrote:

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Although I heard recently that Early Access would only have the first 3 Acts in it, which is kind if disappointing if it turns out to be true.

Why ? Same thing happened with Fall of Oriath beta :

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GGG wrote:

What content is included in the [FoO] Beta?
The Beta includes acts One to Seven. We expect to add Act Eight within two weeks of the Beta starting. Acts Nine and Ten will be released alongside the final 3.0.0 release. The Pantheon system and most balance changes are included in the Beta (for feedback!) New skills and unique items likely won't be in the Beta.

And pretty sure that for PoE1's Open Beta (0.10.0), only part of Act 3 was available ?

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firenovix wrote:

Cant wait to play just the first 3 acts out of 6 in Early Access.

Think I'll wait a while before jumping in so I can play through the rest of them, why would I want to experience end game before completing a campaign.

Did you wait 5-6 years
(looks like you could actually buy access to PoE1's "closed" beta in 2011-2012 already, notably through the first crowdfunding campaign ??)
until the end of 3.0's beta (introducing acts 5 to 10) to start playing PoE 1 ?
If so, nobody forces you to play until PoE2 gets its own 3.0 equivalent, after who knows how many years... (Heck, I waited 11-12 years !)

Of note:

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GGG wrote:

Is the Mapping System included in the [FoO] Beta?
Yes, at the end of whatever content the Beta goes to. There's currently a level gap between the top of the Act Seven content and the first tier of Maps. This may be a little difficult for brand new players, but you guys can handle it ;-)

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Anjim wrote:

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In theory, according to Wikipedia, my account is older than the game itself.

Wikipedia: PoE was released on October 23, 2023
My account: May 26, 2013
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Wikipedia is wrong, PoE1 (0.10.0) released on January 23, 2013.
(And maybe even earlier, if anyone could just buy a "closed" beta access ??)

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talraashi wrote:

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desenat2 wrote:

with this poe2 launch ggg hired some staff from Blizzard, this will be the first in many pay walls that we will run, hope not

This model has already been used by GGG. It’s a kind of soft launch to identify the main problems and fix them, and yes, to make some money, but I’m sure that this is not the main motive here.

Indeed,
(and I should have considered that in my prediction that turned out wrong about the open beta being free, just like for POE1's release)
looks just like for FoO already 7 years ago, PoE is now just too popular for a PoE2 free release ?

(Same thing happened with D4's "pre-"release being more expensive — and noticeably, D4 did NOT have (pre/)release server issues, unlike D3, which didn't do that — but Diablo's popularity is yet on another level...)

What I'm curious about, will they also give away free keys, like they did for the FoO beta ?

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GGG wrote:

How are players selected to enter the Beta?
For the past two Betas (Closed Beta and The Awakening's Beta), we used a public Beta Key timer on the website that would invite one player per five minutes. While we gained infinite satisfaction from watching reactions from players, it was a little contentious during The Awakening's Beta and and the negative aspects from players being upset outweighed the fun of the trolling.

We'll likely use significantly larger but silent waves of invites to invite active players into the Beta (for example, instead of 288 keys per day like before, we might pick 500-1000 players each day that we send out invites for simultaneously).

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PsVRTwo wrote:

For real? Players who spend 1000$$ won't get access either for free?

Dude, read the news please

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Looking forward to it GGG ^^

Money, nothin personal
Who is testing the PoE2? People who dont even know about balance, expirience in online games? Mostly yes
As Result we gain - awful content, leagues, mad Valdo's maps for example ( its not fun, its USELESS content demotivating players)
Who cares balance if most people say - we like it! (spending money and 1-2 hours per day
Indeed PoE 1 went wrong 2+- years ago. I feel it in PoE2 upcoming. GGG removed mechanics that ruined in PoE1 but still exist

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