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Path of Exile 2 is 'freaking huge': adds 6 new classes, 100 bosses, and will run side-by-side with PoE (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.world
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Oh yes, my friends, we're gonna be shapeshifting. Here's a quick (and almost certainly incomplete) list of new features for Path of Exile 2.

  • Six new character classes, along with the six from PoE 1 for 12 total (Sorceress, Monk, Huntress, Mercenary, Warrior, Druid)
  • New ascendancies, with three for each class
  • A revamped skill gem system where the links are in the gems themselves, not tied to equipment
  • Tons of new skills, including shapeshifting (bear, wolf, cat) and giant comets
  • Meta gems, which are gems that can have other gems socketed into them (think things like cast on crit or spell totem)
  • New weapon types, like spear and crossbow that have their own skills
  • A six act story campaign set 20 years after the death of Kitava
  • A new map-based endgame
  • A dodge roll for everyone that doesn't require a gem link, with the ability to dodge-cancel abilities
  • Changes to crafting and the economy, including changes to the way chaos orbs work and the introduction of gold as a currency
  • Over 100 new bosses to battle, each with unique mechanics
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[–] exponential_wizard@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

In the presentation they mentioned that the whole zone resets if you die to the boss, preventing you from grinding down its health. That implies to me that they want them to be a more significant part of the game.