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Path of Exile: Open Beta this Weekend

G'day all!

I know some of you are a bit bored of Diablo 3 by now, or are frustrated with it's lack of depth. I still enjoy the game quite a bit, though it doesn't quite have the depth or freedom I was hoping it would have.

Path of Exile is a free to play (not pay to win, think LoL style micro transactions) indie game made by a couple of ambitious Kiwis (Grinding Gear Games). It's an A-RPG like Diablo but it boasts some pretty in depth character build customization and a very interesting economic system (no gold ^_^).

Path of Exile VLOG - Open Beta

Path of Exile VLOG - Open Beta

I purchased a supporter pack, which gets you a closed beta key but there is also a open beta stress test this weekend. Full open beta is said to be in august.

I have been keeping an eye on this game since about a month or two before D3 release and it just keeps getting better and better. They just added in randomized endgame dungeon maps, which you find as an item in the overworld. Pretty awesome stuff.

My fav part of it all though, is the abilities system and passive tree, which are hugely flexible and allow for some very interesting possibilities. If you have played the Final Fantasy games before then think FF7's Materia system for abilities and FF10's Sphere Grid for passives, if you get that reference you have probably started salivating by now

So I will probably be covering this in addition to Diablo 3 in the future on my YouTube channel for those interested.

Let me know if you are going to be playing - would be cool to get a bit of an SC2SEA trading group or guild going

Quick Comments

yongming:

i would love to play but there's wcs this weekend. i will probably wait for the full release in august.