Path of Exile: Affliction - Path of Exile
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Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.

"The return of Ultimatum" - at the end of the short trailer

short trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP7yRXdHAT0
30m trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE2D4bgTeIQ

patchnotes https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3451455

  • dead [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    I'll list some things that stand out to me in the trailer.

    • The new affliction league mechanic opens a hole in the ground in your maps. You have limited light and you run out of light if you move too much. Not sure about this.
    • There's a new item called a tincture. You can only use 1 tincture at a time. It functions like a flask and goes into the flask slot. This is maybe a nerf to mageblood belt.
    • The league mechanic allows you to have a second ascendancy tree. It appears that this is not linked to your class and there 3 options in total, one of the ascendancies allows you to socket special items called charms.
    • There is a new way to add mods to monsters, called wisps. Wisps make the monster stronger but also drop more loot. It will be interesting to see how these mods interact with other mods like nemesis mods, delirium mods, and tormented mods. Last league had an exploit where combining tormented and delirium monsters mods would cause an insane amount of loot to drop.
    • The league mechanic includes a new itemized corpse which is purchased at a vendor. You can place the corpse on the ground. One of the new league ascendancies allows you to consume the corpse to have extra damage and survivability. You can also turn the corpse into a spectre minion, this could be a huge buff to minion builds.
    • One of the league ascendancies includes 3 new curses, including one that causes monsters to explode. Explode is always good for clear speed.
    • Ultimatum is going core. METAMORPH IS REMOVED FROM THE GAME Catalysts have been added to Ultimatum.
    • Labyrinth Enchants and Alternative Quality Gems are REMOVED FROM THE GAME?? The Labyrinth now allows you to create a new type of gems called Transfigured Gem. This probably breaks a lot of builds but also makes new builds possible. This is a massive game change.
    • dead [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Some thoughts from the patch notes, information not included in the video

      • 14 unique items from ancestor league are added to the core unique pool, can drop anywhere in the game. TOTA mechanic is not core, tattoos will not be accessible. One of the uniques is "Utula's Hunger", which is quite a good body armor, and "Rakiata's Dance", a very nice 2h sword.
      • "When Delirium fog has ceased its movement due to players engaging in other League content, walking out of the mist will no longer cause the Delirium fog to dissipate." Quality of life improvement.
      • Reduced drop rate of Forbidden Tomes, this is a nerf to Sanctum. Tomes will cost more which will make Sanctum less rewarding.
      • "The vendor recipe for turning a Level 20 Gem into a 20% Quality Level 1 version of that Gem no longer works" This sucks. they want you to increase gem quality by labyrinth running or gcps I guess.
      • "Labyrinth rewards can no longer be obtained from other league content." All ways of getting helmet enchants are removed. No helmet enchants
      • "The Anima Stone Unique Jewel no longer has "+1 to maximum number of Summoned Golems"" Golem nerf?
      • Lots of skill gems have changed the effect of their gem quality. I need to look further into these.
      • There's no real changes to classes or ascendancies. Small QoL change to Chieftain.
      • There's no major changes to the passive tree. One accuracy mastery is changed.
      • "With the Speaker of the Dead Keystone Atlas Passive, Players can now Touch up to 20 nearby normal or magic Monsters for each Tormented Spirit Possessing them (previously 50)." Nerf to ghostbusting if that even still works.
      • "With the Destructive Play Atlas Keystone allocated, killing the Map boss before The Maven can cast Up The Stakes no longer causes her to leave without summoning additional bosses." Huge QoL improvement for boss killing.
      • Some of the nerfed unique items: Ashes of the Stars, Heatshiver, Replica Dragonfang's Flight, Kaom's Spirit, Ralakesh's Impatience
      • "Hinekora's Lock can no longer foresee the result of corrupting an item at the Altar of Corruption." Hinekora's lock won't work for double corrupts in standard league. No hinekora's lock in affliction league
  • plinky [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Seems neat, but probably my fave is still meh and i will be sad

    But can grind on christmas meow-cactus

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Every time I play I tell myself I'll play something other than Inquisitor, and then i play Inquisitor