Hawg's POE 2 Reveal Thoughts - My Life Is OVER

[@richardswett755]

"GGG built this in a cave! With a pile of scraps!" -Rod Ferguson to his team

[@cynicalpsycho5574]

Hahahaha

[@1_underthesun]

Blizzard "Well I'm not GGG!"

[@MichaelAE]

LOL, "clever girl".

[@rockkiller124]

Ironman reference :D

[@pilot7350]

Actually true. Chris made or started POE in his garage .

[@Uber_GoobTube]

God damn it feels good to be the target audience.

[@NTGJaguar]

Right agree 💯

[@FRAKKKA]

Hawktuah

[@liquidemotionzz3232]

Is that what that feeling was during the Livestream?!? 😭

[@Uber_GoobTube]

@@FRAKKKA are you over here spitting on dicks?

[@Uber_GoobTube]

@@liquidemotionzz3232 that's the sweet sweet taste of hype my friend

[@soundtorial4567]

What will i find first playing poe 2? 1 : Mirror of Kalandra 2 : Divorce papers

[@K1m9857]

Diablo 2 fans and dedicated players have hope now So crisp and dark 100% diablo 2 vibe

[@rgabi91]

Blizz: "It's too difficult to add a stash tab" GGG: "Hold my beer"

[@zam1007]

Because the lazy shits just copy pasted code from D3, quirks and all.

[@smokeyfantastico]

I like that it feels like there's an Overwhelming amount to do but you're not overwhelmed on how to do it

[@ClacksonHale]

They very consciously worked for that, yeah. Lots of simple mechanics, stuff happening one step at a time. Less recursive character bricking as you hunt for gem slots... Gosh I'm excited.

[@TalkativeTri]

see you in game, hawg, glad to see you happy

[@hdgdhnxbdx1619]

Heyyyy its the "let me do it for you" meme dog human version dude

[@MrXAOP]

True Next-Gen Experience!

[@jimmymcgreason]

I got into POE too late, so I'm psyched to start POE 2 at the same time as everyone else. See you on stream. I got a crisp 20 waiting on ya.

[@preservinglight]

brother we are going to go so hard, beyond hard.

[@ewave9643]

Soooooooo hard

[@NageIfar]

Quick correction/clarification: Weapon sets don't have completely separate skill trees, but rather only differ by 12 skill points (presumably; assuming the 2 per act we've seen in the showcase). So if you are a fire + lightning mage you probably want to mostly take general elemental damage notes and then specialize your weapon sets with 2-3 dedicated clusters fire and lightning clusters.

[@alexsterling5788]

Personally hoping they hit the 24 bonus points from POE1 but we can confirm at least the 12 we've seen showcased.

[@NageIfar]

@alexsterling5788 i haven't even thought about whether they still have points as quest rewards tbh. If we still get 124 points with the new tree that would certainly be a really clean design, and super customizable.

[@outforbeer]

It feel like early access is the full game and the full release in 1 year is the expansion pack

[@skiruskronos2732]

If you wanna know the lore of the trailer, the hooded one is almost garunteed to be the god Sin, and the thing inside the ball is The Beast (the source of all thaumaturgy/skill gems in Wraeclast) in poe1 we kill the beast in act 4 and in act 9 we help sin reclaim the Dark Ember from the corpse of the beast, to defeat Kitava. In poe2 Wreaclast has been free from corruption for 20 years or so since the death of the beast. That is until The Count claims it from Sin and awakens it.

[@pawekowalski1792]

Thx

[@arturvegis2571]

Are you sure its the beast? I thought its "The seed of corruption".

[@skiruskronos2732]

@@arturvegis2571 you are correct, but the seed was once planted by sin to create the beast. I think they're the same thing.

[@ferinzz]

Oh. That is a great lore reason why the gems are uncut now. They're freshly made instead of something ancient as before

[@Baerinho]

​@@arturvegis2571 i think they confirmed that in the stream, yeah. As for the beast, it was created by Sin to keep the power of the gods in check. When it dies in Act4 of PoE it leads to the gods like Kitava e.g. regaining their power.

[@sickofitall8486]

Thanks for taking the time to compile and share all of this. I just might have to give this a try. POE 1 just had too much of a barrier to entry for my simple ass.

[@Purrrjury]

I tried and quit POE 1 because of its complexity but POE 2 seems perfect.

[@DeepSouthSimulations]

This is one I was always going to play but hadn't been following super closely. Just figured I'd pick it up once it came out. However, after that last presentation I immediately went to their website and purchased a supporter pack. It's looking soooo good.

[@Tehblood]

poe 1 or 2, will NEVER have a campaign skip. and i dont think they ever should. to be clear. the dual spec IS limited to the few specialization points you will get. it will be something like 100 permanent points, with 20 dual spec points. (numbers not withstanding). you will NOT be able to dual spec the entire tree.

[@nathanfee9644]

The age of man is over....the age of grinding PoE2 nonstop is almost here....

[@SilentSeventh]

Bought the $60 supporter pack, can’t wait

[@brianhouston7807]

To address the 4 map bricking of the atlas thing - a recent chat with Jonathan had this to add. There is a failsafe in place (full atlas reset) if you brick every map in a way to no longer be able to progress in any direction on the atlas

[@outforbeer]

I play games for the lore, if the lore is good then it set a good foundation for end game. If it’s just end game without lore it doesn’t bring excitement

[@K1m9857]

Monk ftw I want to channel my inner sith and use a lightsaber staff

[@embyrarts8712]

If you've heard Jonathan talk about campaign skips he says something like - It will be a cold day in hell when I want a campaign skip, but I suppose never say never

[@Pokdemon]

I kind of agree with him, if you want to skip the campaign they failed making the campaign

[@RandomPrecision01]

Thanks for the overview, Hawg! I'm so incredibly hyped. Probably playing Stormweaver Sorceress on launch, the wizard power-fantasy looks dope in this game and I'm very excited to try it.

[@kavid8120]

You guys should’ve seen my desk after what they showed us….it was a mess! Puddles and puddles! 😂😂💀💀💀

[@TheSilverPalm]

I'm gonna go with unarmed monk. No weapons. And i am gonna complete the 1st whole run like that even if it takes me till game launch. Stay adamant, stay on path exiles, we are in for a game of the century!

[@nibelungvalesti]

What a time to be alive. GGG and its games qualify as one of the wonders of the world. Nothing else like it.

[@Mhoramdude]

My first major ARPG was diablo 3 (I am a console player not PC). When I tried the original POE, I found it too much. I was still new to the genre, I've much expanded my familiarity with the genre. Between than, and the changes they are making for people new to the game, I am really getting interested in POE2. Thanks for the info and opinions.

[@1FatBubbatm]

Yeah buddy!! pretty spot on. I'm hyped out of my mind can't wait for PoE2!!!

[@fartex1]

i like the fact that GGG is going the way it is doing: actually listen to the playerbase. just like cofeestain studios did and is still doing: listen to the playerbase, and if they really want something changed/added into the game, they wil see what they can do, but most importantly: communicate said things towards the player. unlike many big studios that say: we made the game, you play it the way we want, if you dont like it: thats a you problem.

[@joaquinpangelinan9862]

bro this is one of the best channels I've discovered in a long ass time, keep it up my G

[@LuketheGamerDuke]

This looks so sick. One of my biggest complaints in PoE were the Skill Gems. I absolutely hated the color-coded coordination. It killed itemization too as I wasn’t even looking at what dropped, I just looked at what the links were. I’ll definitely be playing the shit out of this

[@weertangel7231]

I'm going to just have a blast with this game, taking my time, soaking in the atmosphere and doing as much as i can. As for what i'll play, i might start with Sorc, couse that Chronomancer looks very fun!

[@rngsusgodoflootanddraws9147]

It sounds like above every other feature and change that poe 2 has, the access to changing your character up for a low relative cost and access to multiple equipment sets are the 2 biggest boons they could have added. Once the main game releases, I hope we can get a story skip with no gear attached for people who want to make something different and can buy a full set of gear with their earnings.

[@void1618]

as soon as i saw the way firewall looked.. i knew they wanted to make a REAL d2 successor. There is A LOT of D2 inspired stuff in this from what I can tell. Shrines are the dead giveaway.

[@nguyentri3608]

Poe1 got shrines too tho...

[@void1618]

@@nguyentri3608 Yes however they recently changed the look and effects you get and they seem a lot more similar to the d2 shrines now, but yes you are right they are also in Poe1

[@samuelfraser8922]

Wooo 2 two handlers! Haven’t been able to do that since Champions of Norath!

[@yanivsiv30]

The evil and darkness is for sure feels like D2 , waited for this masterpiece for long long long time.

[@HeraldKingDUGONG]

Greatly look forward to following your gameplay and progress in PoE2 Hawg. I will probably be playing later in next year when it released for general public after early access. If anyone is worth following in their PoE2 journey it will be you. We all know how much you feel for the "Diablo-like" games and how the Diablo legacy is lost. We need this game to kick Blizzard out of it's slumber and sleazy pricing and exploitation of fans. Hope this game kicks like a mule and extracts some truth and respect out of Blizzard's dirty mouth.

[@noxyoshi]

Thinking of og Diablo. I think that stance with the archer, mage, and warrior maybe a tribute to the old Diablo and how only the warrior made it out only to be food for the corruption. Like in Diablo 2 the warrior became the wanderer

[@ulruc]

I would expect somewhat of an Orb of Scouring to reset a failed map or a currency to create a new path between two nodes as a way to avoid bricks.

[@AjuntaPall316]

Hype level is about 32 on a scale of 1 - 10. Probably playing Warrior or Mercenary. Although I do want to try a Chronomancer minion build too. Favorite part of the livestream is the fact that if you die you fail the map. I hated the multiple death approach to bossing/mapping in PoE 1. This is a closer to hardcore without actually being hardcore, but I like that survivability matters more. And slower combat, even if late game still seems too fast, it seems more methodical and I love it.

[@BruceAlrighty1991]

I’m stoked hopefully in poe2 you can play semi-blind

[@hawg_tv]

You can!

[@BruceAlrighty1991]

God bless ya brother

[@IXxhpnotiqxXI]

Everyone gonna be playing blind on launch... No PoB 2 yet. Gonna be a great time of raw doggin and discovery for all. It will be glorious.

[@СтепанИванов-ш8ч]

I'm going "Cartman in WoW" kind of regime.

[@mastazenkei]

I was hyped 4-5/10, basically i wanted to eventually give it a go when the full release drops , but after GGG presentation I'm playing day 1 EA

[@Takaoshi]

You still need to use jewelers orbs to get more support gem slots on skills but they are deterministic. One orb upgrades from 2-3 etc etc

[@lathamtk]

This wasn't be just "game of the year", not even "game of the decade", this will be a game that shapes a whole generation of gamers.

[@fahd3155]

I feel like PoE 2 is gonna impact Last Epoch's numbers more so than D4. It's a fresh start, so there is no "unsurmountable knowledge barrier", and with the in-game Wiki it should make it easier to understand mechanics. It also has way better graphics and way more content. D4 has the brand recognition and the marketing budget, but I really don't see how LE is going to compete with PoE 2.

[@burgercronje5412]

You are correct! 100% a true 2nd Spiritual successor to D2 LOD,. Hawg going to need a energy drink iv in his veins from 6 Dec onwards XD.

[@TheUhmmmmmmmm]

I can't wait to dive in, plan on getting the beta but going to be focusing OSRS leagues till that's over in a few months. Only comes out every few years. The game seems well worth the few bucks. I got extra money since I dodged a bullet with Vessel.

[@Justintime328]

I never touched POE cause I was intimidated by it and I didnt play D4 because F Blizz. Looking forward to this one man!

[@K3M15A]

the weapon swapping tree swapping is for, and with, a limited set of points.. so it'ds not the entire tree but parts of it using the specific points

[@JorgenPOE]

PVP son... It's go time if we can do it!

[@hawg_tv]

lets go!

[@heetcrusher2880]

Love the content big man. Stoked bout POE2 of course and counting the days till early access. The whole team at GGG is breaking ground and I was glad to see them step their foot into cinematics. Nothing gets a community hyped more than a bad ass cinematic.

[@Amocoru]

If the exilecon pops off make sure you sleep in that shed. Get a bed setup incase you don't get any sleep. I'm excited about it.

[@dooz8029]

Hey Hawg. Not to disapoint but i think you misunderstood the weapon specialization points. You earn a base 120 or something skillpoints from leveling up and quests and then another 10-20 ish that you can use for the weapon slots. They showed and mentioned the weapon spec points comes from the doing the hidden bosses in each act (we saw a book that grants 2). My guess is 2 or 4 per act - so 12 or 24 points to specialize each weaponslot. Jonathan has mentioned in older interviews you would not be able to both be a 2h melee warrior and a fire mage (like completely different things). The examples they showed with 1h shield + 2h slam will take many of the same type of nodes, and then specialize each weaponslot in a specific thing. Same thing for the sorc taking mostly good caster nodes and then specializing in fire or lightning.

[@hawg_tv]

Yeah it’s weird though then during q and a they said it would be possible to have 2 totally different trees, so I am kinda confused

[@thisdamnguyagain4450]

No bruhv the video even showed a clip of one passive tree deactivated when using the second weapon so you can one staff specifically for lightning element and another one specifically for fire if you wanted.

[@thisdamnguyagain4450]

Nah man you’re right you can can two separate trees for each weapon

[@Jormazzz]

@@thisdamnguyagain4450 it's a limited amount of points, not entire trees

[@Tensa_Jedi]

johathan said that de dual spec point isnt going to be as drastic as going to a mace slamming warrior that can weapon swap to a fire elemental list. but it is going to be good for finding combos and mechinc interactions. like if you playing slam.. there maybe be a mod like "deal more dmg to frozen enemies" and then you can swap to a second weapon that has freeze chance to enemies and then swap back. or have two handed weapons and swap to one handers and shield for the new active block mechanic. either way my brain is starting to hurt from all the potential combitronics that are available. cant wait for the 6th

[@nkedgun1011]

the weapon swap stuff seems to be tied to the xtra points they give so it maybe like an xtra 6-10 nodes but I bet u can get fancy with it

[@tig3rjax494]

Because skill cross over. I want to do a Chronomancer and then cross into the Merc skill. Stop time and then blast the shotgun with grenades.

[@ludvact1]

I can imagine last areas in campaign (an their bosses) being more difficult then T1 maps. It has always been the case in PoE1. And you can run maps white with no mods. And they have no bosses most of the time. Failing 4 maps in a row in this scenario seems impossible.. well, unless you have 10 beers or something like that :D .. and I bet GGG has some mechanisms to prevent people being stuck

[@shsLULtv]

btw, the atlas brick concern is a non-issue the temple is the starting point

[@BobMotster]

A loveletter to the ARPG community. The only other thing I need in PoE2 now is the Templar class.

[@KrigHammar]

I will laugh my ass off if they make a paladin ascendenci just to mock on rod Ferguson.

[@Joonly]

Couldn’t have said it better, fire hose of information!!

[@pikolightss3370]

In poe1 act 10 monster is harder than tier 1 map to tier 3 mobs i think its the same in POE2. So if u can finish the campaign u can handle this 1st 4 maps

[@NTGJaguar]

Im starting Monk I have to then probably Bow but I will eventually dable in every class so I hope I get surprised I did play Diablo 3 alot so I haven't played to much POE but POE 2 is what I need

[@abualborz]

you can have 2 twohanded weapon which you can mix with other characters abilities, + 10 other things i already forget you can mix up , bro what r we talking here, this game will take 10k hours or more of our lifes.

[@outforbeer]

I hate creating multiple alts in game to play different classes. If I could have 1 character to play all classes - that’s great

[@CrimsonNinroot]

Hope somebody makes a GIF of that firehose anology.

[@candycommander]

Wouldn't be surprised if after dying on an atlas node you are able to redo without the rewards. They have the same system in Last Epoch.

[@NA-Zerosteel]

I got an idea. Imagine that the 25 hours of gameplay first time is for following standard path and the creature is far ahead always that way, but once you know the map and the routes it can take, what you actually do is take a shorter routes so you are able to cut his path and "reach the final fight" faster. that would be nice, no idea of how to make the implementation

[@michaelnapper4565]

I just picked Poe1 back up today after a long time away, and the color/gem thing is a mess. It's too much and felt like a roadblock that I circle back around to hit over, and over again. That is not even close to endgame, where it is much, much worse. Poe2 is is like the devs asked me what kind of game I would like to have made, then did it. 2 weeks boys!!

[@DarkepyonX]

Hawg ready to go full Make love not warcraft mode , Paul Stanley playing as he chunks out playing PoE2

[@timit2thelimit]

Yoooo! That mustache is mad cute

[@darkkenzi]

You are crazy! Why I love your videos!

[@baytownoutlaw9992]

I doubt you will ever be able to skip the campaign they seem to have strong feelings about it besides the campaign is a great way to see how your build is measuring up to past playthroughs.

[@boriskohlschreiber25]

There are clear indications that D4 will be officially issued with a death certificate on December 6. The biggest streamers have all already announced that they are jumping ship. But they still say that they will continue to make content for D4, even though they want to become absolute master blasters for PoE2. You know how it is. The girlfriend talks about taking a break, but is already moving in with her new lover. For something to be swapped, it needs at least one of two things. The old one is bad and no longer bearable. The new one is great and a real alternative. If both factors occur at the same time, things happen very quickly. Of course, the captain of the old brand lets the musicians carry on playing while the boat sinks. But if you watch closely, you will see him screaming loudly, naked fear in his eyes, typing a final message on X 😂

[@sir.torantino]

i bought 458$ supporter... that's how excited i am !

[@revihn5081]

Things that kept me from playing PoE1 1. Flasks nonsense 2. Graphics & VFX 3. Skill gem nonsense I love that they fixed all of these and cant wait for EA

[@rockkiller124]

Mercenary looks so much fun, reminds me of Alien Shooter but in steroids

[@OgOssman]

Finally its time to take Blizzard out behind the barn....

[@SPG377]

I'd just rather they let players brick themselves, after all that's not 3 deaths it's 24, six portals per map, like anyone who's so stupid that they keep hitting their heads on a wall for that long just deserves it, it's not like they're going to get anywhere else. One thing i appreciate about PoE despite not playing it that much is in how it has a true endgame where not everyone is guaranteed to progress and only players who actually learn the game will ever get into, it's a concept that is kryptonite to modern western devs and one of the things that make PoE special.

[@isac9448]

finally hawg reaction !

[@masonhales]

I hope you can melee with the witch's demon form, shit is gonna be so cool

[@TheBudgieMasher]

flicker demon inc

[@Basada79]

I've watched the whole thing multiple times just to see other influencers' reactions.

[@samuelfraser8922]

Why would I buy Vessel of Hatred on sale when POE 2 comes out in 2 weeks?

[@ANTSHALLPERISH]

These changes will come to poe 1, don't worry. If not, just consider it an old school hardcore version of poe 2. No big deal

[@The8BitVillain]

Log in!

[@roemiroemi6791]

never had flask problems if ur crit build they always onwith gain charges on crit and on a tank build/block build to with gain charge on hit and "use when full " and maybe a chest with all 3 sek 2 charges its like 100% uptime

[@LadyRevTV]

I've never felt so alive!

[@paweorzechowski8378]

Id like to make an monk necro... oh my fantasies can come true :D

[@Pokdemon]

A lot of people has wanted wow classic+ for years but instead we got diablo 2+

[@Aphilippi3]

New ARPG player here…any plan to release a video for dummies on the gems, support gems, skills etc. Diablo is the dumbed down version of this but I’m excited to play but no idea what the hell is going on with gems. Thanks.

[@hawg_tv]

of course! i also encourage you to join me on stream as well, we will be playing the shit out of out

[@SpecterWSA]

Glad to see channels still repping the darkness of d2 instead of the lame diablo 3 and 3.5 cuckolding ive seen the last 14 years. 😂

[@NA-Zerosteel]

Maybe im just dumb. but i watch all the reveal. and the second time i watched there were parts that i completly miss, and i can assure i never left the screen. is not like i dont remember them well. was like if it was director's cut poe 2 reveal.

[@ooolost4surf]

I just bought the early access 😊

[@popaeugen6593]

Activision Blizzard please for the love of God please start doing something else, something like pretzels , or underwater basket weaving or something

[@stephenblackie-fu1sr]

Where u been budd i havent seen u on my feed for a while

[@unknowncomic4107]

Love me some Hawg!

[@dragon_dyce]

Things i didnt like about Path 1 were the lack of cinematics, the feel / graphics of the world, and i felt itemization was not nearly as good as D2 itemization, seems they fixed the cinematic and graphic/feel of the world, and im just hoping i like the itemization , we will see. Also i wasnt a huge fan of how you found skills in path 1, i felt it wasnt very creative.

[@Tres784]

Decisions, decisions, 50 dollar or 70 dollar pack?

[@dadanddragons3522]

Other games tell me if I do my chores I'll get shinnies. PoE makes me WANT to explore and learn, and gives shinnies along the way, that get shinier....with narrative purpose, Rod should be offended. If this was basketball, they just got embarrassed in the pick up game after running their mouth for weeks.

[@vyrv6719]

Full beard Hawg felt more honest. UNCHAIN THE CHEEKS! Also, I will not care for the next six months. I have a rock to hide under while I play this game.