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Path of Exile 2: Grinding Gear Games Releases New Update Addressing Player Feedback
Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games (GGG) has announced a fresh update this week, following closely on the heels of the free Dawn of the Hunt content launch. This new patch, designed for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms, implements adjustments based on player feedback received since the recent content release. GGG has detailed the upcoming changes in a recent blog post, stating the update will roll out over the next few days.
Key Improvements in the New Patch
The forthcoming update primarily aims to enhance the effectiveness of various character classes, in-game items, and player abilities. Patch notes reveal specific boosts for classes such as the Sorceress, Huntress, and Warrior, alongside adjustments to crafting mechanics and monster behavior.
Notably, modifications to monster speed are intended to mitigate instances where players are overwhelmed by excessive enemy numbers. Furthermore, the update will increase the visibility of Rare monsters, ensuring they are consistently displayed on the minimap, preventing players from missing valuable encounters hidden in map corners.
Delirium encounters will also be extended, lasting approximately 2.5 times longer after this update. Players can review the preliminary patch notes below, with GGG indicating that further gameplay tweaks and bug fixes will be incorporated before the update’s full release later this week.
Stay tuned for updates. This article will be refreshed with specific timings from Grinding Gear Games as soon as they are officially announced.
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Sorceress Class Adjustments
Skill Enhancements:
- Arc: Now triggers a lightning explosion upon striking shocked enemies, but no longer applies shock itself. Shock status is not consumed by the explosion.
- Eye of Winter: Gains bonus elemental damage when passing through other elemental orbs, including Solar Orb, Orb of Storms, or Frost Bomb.
- Incinerate: Exposure duration increased to 8 seconds, up from 2 seconds.
- Mana Tempest: Now compatible with all spells. Empowered spells will now split to additional targets, replacing chaining or forking mechanics.
- Frostbolt: Explosion radius increased by 50%.
- Ice Nova: Freeze buildup significantly increased.
- Frost Bomb: Exposure duration increased to 8 seconds, up from 5 seconds.
- Mana Remnants: Now interacts with elemental ailments beyond just shock.
- Ignite Spread: Delay for ignites spreading from sources like Wildfire support reduced to 1 second from 2 seconds, with a slight decrease in radius.
Bleed and Chaos Inoculation Updates
- Energy Shield: No longer prevents bleeding from being applied.
- Chaos Inoculation: Now provides immunity to bleeding.
- Passive Clusters: Clusters granting stun threshold based on maximum energy shield now also increase ailment threshold, reducing frequency of ignite/chill/freeze/shock when using Chaos Inoculation and these passives.
Huntress Class Refinements
Combat Skill Modifications:
- Parried Enemies: Can no longer evade player attacks.
- Rapid Assault (Spear): Spears embedded by Rapid Assault now consistently inflict bleed on hit when detonated. Area of Effect (AoE) increased by 20%, and detonation damage increased by 67%.
- Spearfield: Spear duration extended to 10 seconds from 6, and damage scaling increased, dealing 30% more damage at level 20.
- Herald of Blood: No longer destroys corpses of Rare or Unique enemies, enabling Ritual Sacrifice usage on Rares.
Warrior Class Modifications
Weapon and Defense Tweaks:
- Temper Weapon (Smith of Kitava): Now grants 3 empowerments per weapon strike and operates 25% faster. Potential damage reduction may be considered.
- Shield Wall: Now detonatable using Warcries.
- Armour Break: Armour break applied to players by monsters no longer includes the 20% extra physical damage modifier (intended only as a player buff). Duration reduced to 4 seconds from 12. Bug fix implemented to ensure partial armour breaks are correctly removed from players.
Ranger Class Enhancements
Skill and AoE Improvements:
- Stormcaller Arrow: Now proliferates shocks to nearby enemies within a small radius. AoE radius increased by 50%.
- Lightning Rod: Damage increased by 30%, and duration extended to 20 seconds.
- Lightning Arrow: Radius for arcing to targets increased by 50%.
- Tornado Shot: Maximum duration increased to 15 seconds.
New Support Gem: Inhibitor
A new support gem, Inhibitor, has been introduced. Initially designed to prevent charge consumption while boosting supported skill damage by 4% per charge type, the damage increase feature will not be included in the initial release due to development timeline constraints. The core functionality of charge prevention remains a key element of this gem.
Delirium Encounter Duration Increase
As previously mentioned, Delirium encounters will now last approximately 2.5 times longer, providing extended engagement.
Crafting System Updates
Artificer’s Orbs and Runes:
- Artificer’s Orbs: More Artificer’s Orbs have been placed in fixed locations throughout the campaign to facilitate more frequent crafting opportunities.
- Attribute Runes: Runes for attributes have been added to address early game requirement issues.
- Wand and Staff Runes: All runes are being updated to apply to Wands and Staves, requiring specific mod additions for these item types. Implementation for Soul Cores and Talismans is under consideration but may not be included in the initial update.
Improved Rare Monster Visibility
Addressing issues with players missing Rare monsters in endgame maps, Rares will now be consistently visible on the minimap, ensuring no valuable encounters are missed.
Matlan Waterways Map Adjustment
The Matlan Waterways map has been adjusted to merge water sections, reducing the average number of levers encountered by 6 per playthrough.
Monster Speed Re-evaluation
Complaints regarding being overwhelmed by monster swarms are being addressed. An ongoing review of monster speed is underway, with targeted changes expected for specific overly challenging monsters, particularly in zones populated with fast-moving enemies. Specific changes will be detailed imminently.