Path of Exile 2 has Actually Done It…

[@dmdiablo4]

live everyday for poe2: www.twitch.tv/darthmicrotransaction my poe2 twitter updates: x.com/DarthMicroT

[@TravisStockton]

how does it feel knowing that in two weeks, you'll never have to touch a disgusting blizzard product again darth? also i wonder how quin is feeling about logout macro being a playable class in poe 2.

[@damien81981]

going innnnn

[@lambo6344]

At this rate, even D5 is ded.

[@softaco3088]

D what?

[@puffinthemuffin4611]

@@softaco3088 Diablo 5

[@marcindraco5666]

Diablo died after 2

[@baghatur1177]

*D6

[@theshillpill6937]

But you might actually be able to fight mephisto in D5, just you wait

[@chromemagnumproductions5810]

GGG just looked the D4 devs in the face and said “here’s a free lesson”

[@Phillipmurr]

And hold my beer lol

[@TaylorM-dh3uu]

this looks like the final nail in the D4 coffin......D4 so bad

[@Barewell]

A $30 lesson

[@AngerProblems]

​@@Barewellisn't that the craziest thing? I normally stay out of comments but... It's a free to play game. You're paying simply for the privilege of early access. You can absolutely buy QOL improvements bordering on mandatory. But fundamentally it's a FREE GAME. Every company has a dev team who's goal is to monetize the shit out of the game (d4 battle pass anyone?) and they take resources away from making a good game. GGG has both the best and 2nd best arpgs on the market and the monetization is "hey if you want some qol try this! And if you want cosmetics and want to support us, here are multiple tiers of things to look at that give you free in game currency to spend AND a host of exclusive cosmetics". GGG is arpg god and we should all be thankful to have someone to pray to.

[@aivarasguja4510]

First lesson on us.

[@TheBucknative]

This is dropping on my birthday. Gonna be a happy 43rd ineed!!

[@Hollywooddecember]

Happy early birthday

[@wayfa13]

whoot nice one =D

[@tstacks9029]

happy birthday, hoping to enjoy games when i come closer to age

[@Ralibar]

happy early birthday man

[@castro13420]

Happy early bday!!!

[@nitro1048]

Goodbye D4 , hello Poe2 i'm moving in and not looking back😂

[@truthseeker6532]

You and SOOOOO many others!!!!!!!!!

[@rastapig1]

the community welcomes all :)

[@IXxhpnotiqxXI]

Welcome to PoE new exile, enjoy your stay, it's gonna be a fun ride for sure

[@payamace]

I'm with you mate. RIP D4 ⚰️

[@trunghua76]

I started playing D1 when I was younger and loved it all way up to D4 now Diablo can say good bye to an old fan.

[@jamesg871]

D4 is dead after this. Every single feature is so much better. Gameplay, graphics, abilities... everything looks better.

[@simonshura9144]

Amen POE2 is like on a hole another stratosphere planet even and above everything else its GGG 👌

[@tihonannenkov4114]

Different demographics though. I doubt Elon Musk will play PoE2...

[@xtreamerpt7775]

​@@tihonannenkov4114 because Elon musk would not even be on the top 10%

[@worldzealot]

Diablo 4 wont die but this will put a huge dent in it's player base. The talent tree will still be overwhelming and people like the lore/creative direction more than poe2. Streamers will still go and play the seasons more than likely.

[@hoofhearted4]

No ARPG will kill Diablo. Casuals love Diablo and its a perfect game for those players. And there's significantly more of those than ARPG fans who like other ARPGs. I know so many people who, the only ARPG they play or have even heard of is Diablo. I know with Diablo 3, nothing ever really interested me like it did. D4 sucks though, so maybe PoE2 will scratch the itch.

[@ivanfiguera8100]

GGG better prepare their servers. It's going to be nuts

[@Fighterfan69]

Yeah as much as I would want to play exactly when it releases, I think I will wait until things subside. It'll be Noon here in AZ where I should be working anyway. (Work from home)

[@Sir_Bearwhisperer]

they are never prepared . I play since close beta and every new leage the servers were overpopulated in the first week and many people lagged hard or have dc

[@GabKaulem]

​@@Sir_Bearwhisperer and yet their kaunches are one of the best in the industry...

[@Barewell]

Poe fans will show up but Diablo players like to wait and see how it goes. Unless it’s Diablo then they pre order

[@circaen]

Oh, I hope they are ready but even then - the Internet can only take so much.

[@DarkKyugara]

This will be a looooooong two-week waiting.

[@Joormode]

Hopefully we get patch notes next friday, using POB and working on builds

[@sechu2]

​@@Joormodemeh better no. Let us play at least once without extremely good builds. IT will be nice challange.

[@Sir_Bearwhisperer]

D4 Players =" Lillith is mommy" Poe 2 Infernalist = "I am the mommy now"

[@sechu2]

I like Lilith, this is only one good thing in diablo4😢

[@FirstOdin420]

Blizzard only has themselves to blame. They've had so many chances to make D4 better, only to continually drop the ball.

[@Abraktil]

and they can't say they don't have the staff or the money. They don't have the will and the good people period. At this point, I wonder if I will even play S7

[@Hyzic]

It's the difference between a studio trying to make money, and one trying to make a good game basically

[@felipefarias4868]

Black Myth Wukong shows the whole industry when you can make a great game and earns tons of money. Just make a fun game. Period. Activision just have no idea and hopefully people will abandon D4 so all the useless decision making will be fired​@@Hyzic

[@tihonannenkov4114]

The problem, sadly, are the players. Because D4 sold exceptionally well and the microtransactions have earned them a bunch of money... So the lesson for Blizzard was, "we did everything right!". Only if the game actually dies and Blizzard loses money will they reconsider. Currently, D4 has 7k players and PoE 18k, which is how it should be. I hope PoE2 will have crazy player count on launch to show everyone that the players are NOT STUPID (and enjoy complicated games, nor do they wish their hand being held).

[@JCMx93]

They want too but the owners won’t give them the freedom to do so, it’s all about money with blizzard!

[@mikeglaus5440]

I’m truly impressed by what GGG is planning to deliver. I've been a loyal Diablo player since D3 and briefly checked out PoE1. But what PoE2 is aiming to offer its player base is absolutely phenomenal, and I currently find myself converted from Blizzard to GGG. You can really sense the passion for the game and the genre from the folks at GGG, much like what I noticed with the developers of LE.

[@jfsebastian8499]

you can play both games... when you have enough time

[@steelewearinc6140]

Very different when devs want there game to be the best vers devs that want a paycheck. D4 has to many devs working on to many things who don’t even play the game which we have seen in person on live streams. That’s why they will never put out a quality game anymore.

[@nitro1048]

​@@jfsebastian8499i never played Poe but will play poe2 and not looking back , they had there chance and we got dissapointed to many times. Dont see the point of playing both when this is clearly the far superior game. Last night stream completely nuked diablo 4 for me personally

[@coachflaps]

@@jfsebastian8499yeah I never understand why people act like they can only play one game. I switch between many games, even ones in the same genre, all the time.

[@aryssobral]

My problem With d4 its thats so hollow, each season brings almost nothing.

[@AaronLBond]

Peak of exile 2

[@seanfarrand9167]

Bruh chronomancer is my first character for sure. When I saw them use time stop during a montage without saying something about it i was like "did she just freeze fucking time?"

[@crazy338866]

Chronomancer will probably be my second or third character, but I will definitely be shouting *za warudo* when I eventually play them.

[@timothychips7901]

Warrior - Giants blood - Dual 2 handed hammers - Cyclone - hell yeah

[@yessougkouyoumjian2944]

finally my barbarian is back

[@jaredmiller3656]

Except skills are locked with weapons. There's no way cyclone is going to be a hammer skill. My guess is they'll put it under swords.

[@Rancid_mayonnasie]

@@jaredmiller3656 wrong cyclone will likely be usable with all melee weapons skills are not exactly weapon locked like using a bow skill with a wand is not possible. Cyclone can be used with any melee weapon, or while unarmed.

[@jaredmiller3656]

@@Rancid_mayonnasie oh nice! That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the clarification. I'm hoping to do duel 2-handed swords, so I'm looking forward to seeing all of the skill options!

[@andrewbako9494]

Blizzard might want to just throw in the towel and start working on WOW2

[@darkness_120]

They can barely make wow interesting these days let alone work on wow2... And even if they did, wouldn't surprise me if comes out and is s**** just like all other game they have

[@RumblesBettr]

@@darkness_120man i just tried wow classic yesterday 1st time for the big fresh start everyone was amped for. It was sooooo dull im sure end game combat gets better but that isnt good gameplay to me. If its only fun at the end its not really fun.. i quit within hours

[@uzumakikakaz]

The most interesting part about class customisation is that you can combine different classes skills into favoured character. GGG better prepare for the first day impact on their stability cause this game is fire

[@Damatovg]

Nah, this game is not fire. That's too basic. This game is straight fucking lava at this point

[@apexfalllegendarium349]

@@Damatovg that brimstone pac

[@PaulJohnson-zv3hl]

What I love is for each class there’s over 20 skills…. That means even if there’s 5 or so skills that fall off at the end of the campaign there would still be 15 plus viable skill sets for end game…. Making build diversity insane! Such a difference to D4 bottlenecking classes to 1 or 2 skills like barbarian with bash.

[@sergiydolezhal4284]

There are no skills "binded" to classes, except ascendancy ones ofc. You can use any slam skill as a witch or a fireball skill on a warrior, Those were "recomended" as a basic mainstream template, but only imagination and stat requirements is your limit :D

[@Skilez]

dude, there are roughly 20-30 skills PER CLASS, 12 classes. thats 240-360 skills total. but every class can use every skill from other classes if you meet the attribute requirements. and then each class can use every weapon type and even two different weapon types at the same time via weapon swap. and each weapon type comes with its own unique skill. thats TENS OF THOUSANDS of possible builds here even without counting support gems to further modify skills. oh yeah totally forgot that ascendancies often times come with additional skills too! so up that number even further ggg is just beyond crazy...they put enough content in the start of the EA for multiple games and then just casually drop a: "we plan to double the content over the course of the EA"...WHAT?!?

[@atroce6244]

Cute. People new to PoE thinking anything is locked in this game 😭🤧

[@CheloVC]

Every Class can use every skill. Skills depends on attributes and weapons.

[@Fighterfan69]

@@sergiydolezhal4284 But the Witch would still need to equip a Mace/Hammer associated to the slam skills as well as have the attributes to do so. Most Hammers and Maces will have strength requirements. Much like a warrior casting fireball will need Intelligence attributes. It's not fully explained in the reveal but every 5 of each attribute (Str/Dex/Int) will allow you to use a skill associated to those attributes.

[@Logic105]

I havent been this excited since the release of original D2.

[@Trapinnewyork44]

😂😂😂😂 I used my vacation time for D4 VH drop. Big mistake, should have saved it for this 😅

[@muellmanni1678]

Sh up

[@ereder1476]

You played yourself

[@muellmanni1678]

@@Trapinnewyork44 Its not that bad, D4 is still fun, isn‘t it?

[@muzamilnabinadroo]

​@@muellmanni1678Honestly D4 is also a fun game but the reason most of the people are angry with it is because overall Blizzard on the whole has become greedy and lazy.

[@pinkworm5348]

​@@muellmanni1678 its fun to replay every 6 months+ for like 30-40h. Biggest issue is the build diversity, its so shallow that even without watching video you end up playing meta build for your class.

[@TJplaysonXbox]

R.I.P. Diablo 4. POE 2 looks absolutely amazing. It's hard for me to want to play anything else right now.

[@johnpoulsen77]

Rip both games to be honest. Diablo 4 is bad yes, but the slowed down combat poe2 have is not my taste. And there are way to much stuff to work on in this game, all the different passive trees, all the different end game types, is way too much and i will get lost in it. Much is good, but this game looks like much on top of much, just to have plenty of much. And at first glance, all kind of end game seems to take a long time to complete. Think it will be a game where you never have enough time to even try it all. I more like the limited content in diablo 4 where you can see the end of it in the horizon. If this game will have 3 month seasons. I bet most players won't even be able to get through all systems before the season end.

[@TJplaysonXbox]

@@johnpoulsen77 I guess if quick and convenient is your thing. Played Diablo 2 for many years. Don't regret a thing. I am an old school gamer. Rushing through content isn't my idea of gaming but I understand that most games today have changed into an instagratification contest.

[@GabKaulem]

​@@johnpoulsen77 you haven't watched the reveal or what. The endgame gameplay is barely slowed down. And is sure as shit faster than d4. Also, endgame that you can complete isn't good endgame.

[@CCSplinters]

The Chronomancer skill returning back in time is just Temporal Rift in PoE1. I use it, never seen anyone did XD.

[@Ghewon]

Recover life mana and CDR?

[@CCSplinters]

@Ghewon yep, except CDR

[@IXxhpnotiqxXI]

It's literally better than PoE 1 rift. Also it was used in Tota league to cheese the BS turtle and farm high tiers of tota.

[@chicomanara]

Tbh, in PoE one it reserves mana, and we already reserve all but the bare minimun. And socket pressure is a thing too. I deffinetly tryed to make it work. Felt to be decent on es based characters, but those considerations above made me ditch it.

[@CCSplinters]

@@IXxhpnotiqxXI it's an ascendancy vs skill gem of course the new one is better. Im not even comparing it, just stating

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

PoE 2 is a lot more accessible and more forgiving, however the endgame is still as complex as PoE 1, best of both worlds. Like easy to learn but hard to master, unlike hard to learn even harder to master in PoE 1.

[@pythonxz]

The team was trying to avoid streamlining things in a way that would remove too much of the depth. It looks like they succeeded.

[@Trapinnewyork44]

Gotta pull a Cartmen from South Park and freeze myself until release date 😂😂😂😂

[@Hueybro]

Bro really wanted that Nintendo wii

[@josephgarnett5201]

Tell the Beavers we are worthy

[@chasecharland1160]

Omg that's a great idea! To hell with going to work! Just have to be careful tho, might wake up and GTA will be out, meh who cares, still playing poe 2.

[@slysilence]

Imagine a true Summoner class that only summons 1 of several types of minions but your characters job is not to kill enemies but buff and support your massive mini-boss minion who is your main damage dealing ability. Your character effectively becomes your single minions weak point. You need to stay alive so your minion can do all the killing & tanking. That separates it from the witch or necromancer classes that use many minions to do the work. Your Summoner is meant to control 1 large minion that effectively does what every other characters would do but as a Summoner, you can summon different minions depending on what needs or enemies are in the level. Why has this never been a standard class in RPGs before?

[@MsHenxo]

This. i want this.

[@Sarnatuile]

Because that sounds ridiculously complicated.

[@XXXOverlord666]

Last Epoch kind of did this. You can focus on having one huge Abomination, assembled from other minions. If you build it right you can have it deal all of your damage. I know Last Epoch is kind of niche, but it sure has interesting classes.

[@ereder1476]

Pokémon/Digimon trainer's spec

[@BossXAOC]

It looks so cool. But especially as a solo and newbie I am afraid to be completely overwhelmed by the endgame 😅

[@TheNoxmage]

There is no rush. It can take a lot of time and learing but the feeling of beating Poe hardest bosses for the first time is great!

[@payamace]

By the time you get to the end game you know most of the stuff, so don't worry mate! It's gonna be one hell of a journey. 😊

[@simonshura9144]

Same but its a steady learning curve like with everything new we try & learn in life lol

[@dungeonsdudesdragons]

The Christmas analogy was perfect. I wish I could just cryo myself until the 6th.

[@xShadowsunx]

Honestly, don't be, you don't have to know everything about every system, there are so many ways to gain power that you just kinda do what you want until you're bored. All the endgame systems are like...separate branches, they're not layering complexity upon one another, it's just a bunch of different directions you can take

[@IXxhpnotiqxXI]

​@@xShadowsunxthis

[@TheDedloc]

When I was 8 I snuck out of my room a few weeks before xmas and opened up the corner of one of my presents and I saw a gameboy color and pokemon yellow version. I was done for lol and you know, not to get philosophical or anything but 2 weeks is a lot longer when your are 8 than when you are 35 lol Im definitely playing this shit until its warm outside again, just in time for the full release lol

[@ImageTherapy]

im dead 😂 until its warm outside again.. LMAO same tho

[@MouseKeyboardPlayer]

I'm so hyped it's not even healthy.

[@nephram1702]

Oh yeah well my sorc in d4 is getting it's firebolt removed and it's critical strike damage.. wait that's bad....

[@Pandamonium626]

I still can't wrap my head around how AAA devs can't grasp the simple concepts that seem to drive GGG. Like when they said "most ARPG's don't have enough endgame when they come out, so we decided to prioritize that over a fuller campaign which we'll finish later." Brilliant in its simplicity.

[@picklepoot]

The difference is GGG care more about making a good game than lining shareholder and executive pockets. AAA devs and especially ActiBlizz prioritize extracting every possible penny from the consumer.

[@Gamer9o]

AAA ... AAAA games are mot for "players" .. those are for shareholders and other bullshit ways to make money .... indie and other like that companies are making games for players and not for those BS money laundering tactics xD

[@Abraktil]

i think it's less complex as they divided the system, like they showed for Atlas. The map system seems more natural too. Also the respec is way more accessible. Also there are less currencies or craft currencies.

[@maddmind3756]

I think it will be easier to understand if not less complex. For one thing it has the benefit of not building up piecemeal and everything being designed to work together from the start. Also most trees seem to be fed directly from you engaging in their content which should keep them contextualized and thus less confusing.

[@barlex7949]

I did hear at 2:25, he used the word totems as in plural. So hopefully you can use multiple totems at once

[@johnkelle5391]

One thing to point out about the one try at bosses / maps. Prevoiusly the dev team had to balance difficulty around you having 6 portals. That meant it was common for mechanics to be highly overtuned because it was "okay" to die 6 times. I'm sure harder content will be rippy, but I suspect the overall difficulty curve will be a lot more manageable because it is balanced around you having only one attempt. Love the change honestly. Gone are the days of cast on death portal glass cannon builds.

[@bobhaze7704]

Hopefully it’s easier for new players to pick up and grasps the system

[@nitro1048]

I never played it but just follow a build guide i dont see the issue. Theres also a system in place that recommends stuff to pick

[@bwremjoe]

@@nitro1048 I don’t want to follow build guides, so I’m also a bit hesitant. POE1 was way too elaborate for me, so I’m hoping I can play POE2 without googling build guides :/

[@bobhaze7704]

@@nitro1048 correct but I played the first and even tho you follow a build guide still doesn’t help you understand the complex system. Just hoping it’s more easier to understand the system. Good thing is we can get on board of the train early this go around then hopping in late and left behind

[@shinkenrock]

@@nitro1048 thats the thing, opening a spreadsheet to play a game is not for everyone lol

[@bobhaze7704]

@@nitro1048 By the I have a few hundred hrs in the first and that shit means nothing 🤣 you have to learn endgame, crafting, and the list goes on but I’m not complaining super ready for the challenge

[@captaingrizzly9511]

Retirement, meet Path of Exile 2. I think you two will get along just fine.

[@muzamilnabinadroo]

I remember when Path of exile launched, initially the end game was doing all the campaign stuff on loop looking at how much that game improved over the decade and how much end game content POE 2 has upon launch makes me happy.

[@O1CTV]

GGG was like "here's 30 mins of campaign" and then spent the next 2 hours deep diving endgame, skills, mapping and crafting. I honestly never grabbed my wallet to spend $240 faster. This is what happens when you let your nerds get in the hyperbolic time chamber and cook up at will. They knocked it out of the park.

[@TheRealValdil]

Totally agree, got the same pack 😂 Only thing i wanted different was the trial bs, and they might have made it just as bad. Its probably fun the first time, but after a year it wont be as cool anymore 😂

[@Gamer9o]

D4 streams "is it still going its been 1h already" POE2 stream after 3h " oh damn it ended already" :D and this .. should not be "d4 bad" comment .... this is legit what i felt when i watched streams from these 2

[@O1CTV]

@@TheRealValdil I was looking at that too and didn’t necessarily care for it. It’ll be interesting to see that first batch of patch updates to modes a few months in. They definitely iterated on it but there is still room for improvement for sure

[@O1CTV]

@@Gamer9o no seriously though! I agree! I checked the clock like wait there’s Q&A still lmaoo I’m so hype

[@deldalus]

29:00 they said its a maze so first thing that come to mind was labs which is now vacant for not being use for ascendancy so I guess it might be uber version of Izaro, the emperor -of sick quotes-

[@jtg753]

With the Blood Mage, I do wonder how they survive boss fights. Seems like there's a reliance on killing trash mobs, and it seems like not many bosses throw out trash for you to kill.

[@pythonxz]

They should probably make it so the life remnants drop from bosses based on the damage you do to them.

[@jacekwilczopolski6024]

I think there was 10% leech on the spec tree. That's a lot.

[@Gamer9o]

Time to spec alot to life leech and or to life regen ;)

[@ramschasar7654]

"Im not a bow andy." You realize that the skill endless amunition said:"Skills fire an additional projectile." That includes the staff attacks that seem to throw projectiles as well as spells like fireball.

[@Skilez]

or projectile spells like the frost orb or spark. literally every projectile! could be quite fun honestly!

[@Gamer9o]

yeah imagine the skill that fires like machine gun ... that has been shown only on mercenary... now add that skill to ranger and use that ascendancy :D ...ALL THE FIRE RATE

[@thederpster8110]

@@Gamer9oYou upgrade from an AK 47 to a god damn Minigun hell yeah brother

[@nikolamarkovic1915]

It is amaizing. I have 3000h in d2, d3 3000h, d4 around 2500h, 2400h in PoE 1 and tryed almost every build/skill/class to min max and all of that... I rlly love and respect arpg diablo like games. But this.... This is pure art. I think i will join poe 2 train for sure. Looks beautifull. Hype is real 🙂

[@LootFreak]

Haha that intro was so spot on about the present tease bro xD

[@Dave-sw8yh]

1:25 awwwe DM you sweet summer child. We were already doing this like almost 20 years ago in a warcraft 3 custom map called DotA.

[@KingNiros]

I think I speak for a lot of us when I say, we actually have never been quite this hype for a game. When I see the end of the trailer I can feel it in my bones. Buckle in!!!

[@ByoUng-g4c]

at first i was going to play necromancer but now i am looking at the crossbow man

[@Fazzee45]

The analogy would be this present has the best game you'll ever play but you have to wait 2 weeks to open it.

[@laddken]

Also something to keep in mind they say once you die and get booted, no only can you not do it again but they way they make it sound is you kill that branch of path way. You’ll lock out special places if not careful.

[@DorkBr]

They really need to make items tooltips... better...

[@CastToFall]

For the blood mage - it's increased critical bonus. So it's scaling the extra damage your crit will do.

[@LesterPaul-g2e]

I feel you dm. Maybe do all 3! Start 1 till reach act 2 then creep other 2 to acvt 2 and cycle by act. :) Im having same dilemma.

[@steveozone4910]

Blizzards response will be a horse skin and a patch.

[@pencilbender]

yeah bricking map paths is def one of the reasons i'm gonna not play maps until i get a megagigachad build

[@thruntroll2983]

Saaame. And im sure people are going to be like WHAT? YOU HAVENT DONE THAT YET?? You were supposed to do that 20 levels ago!

[@itubogdan]

Truth is that GGG raised the bar so high for RPG's that makes other companies that make aRPG'S look like a bunch of amateurs tbh

[@thederpster8110]

In a perfect world, other Devs would look at this and say “We need to step up our game” but i mean we both know that’s likely not what’s gonna happen

[@erickpaxecko8428]

0:54 that's exactly how I felt when I first saw Tracer back when OW was awesome... Can't wait for PoE2!!

[@PlatinumTrickster]

I was entranced by the explosions and shooting of the Mercenary. Definitely starting off with them gems.

[@AllienadoTV]

Monk looks really badass!

[@JasonsSongStop]

Getting to be the Monk Avatar, that's a no brainer 😂

[@danzilthard.7248]

YES YES YES! Dual tower shields. And they come with a skill to Interlock them, plant them in the ground to act like a Frost Wall.

[@vincentgrinn2665]

the two handed shield with giants blood is brilliant poe1 already has a 'shield' weapon, but its a claw/buckler using 2 real chad shield/mauls would be sick

[@jakewatters243]

I uninstalled D4 as soon as the PoE 2 stream was over. No way they can compete with this.

[@Gamer9o]

"here is this small start of our game .. we hope that ppl try this ea and enjoyit while we do rest of the game" ... proceeds to show 10x more content that d4 has .. with dlc included xD

[@andredornelles8014]

Can you imagine this being played at Blizzard's HQ? It's like apes seeing human-made tools for the first time

[@Peanutfiendsblog]

Even how good the atlas looks, like the Actraiser 1 SNES style view but modern. Looks AWESOME.

[@PotbellyGoat]

Watching your coverage of the event got me hyped! Looking forward to early access

[@rickfowler273]

I’m so excited. My birthday is on to December 7th so I’m playing non stop. No sleep this winter, lol

[@m0nZt3r]

"You're not allowed to look at it, or touch it. Also your brother gave us $30 to open this box two weeks ago."

[@cheechlabeech]

im going Warrior cause I want to try those totems. that Merc ascendancy that gives you what you called “a good base class” seems rad too, removing attribute requirements for different skills types sounds fun

[@GrumpyCoder]

After all the hype surrounding this game, I can’t wait to try it out myself and confirm that it truly is the ultimate ARPG experience.

[@_MikeJon_]

A two handed ball and chain spiked mace would be dope. Maybe it could cause seismic shocks that knock down enemies. After the third or whatever hit it rains boulders that can stun? That might be interesting.

[@blackomega34]

Flails will be its own weapon category, with high base crit, but not at the start of early access.

[@_MikeJon_]

@blackomega34 oh dope. I've never played POE so this is all new to me.

[@versacifyy]

Me too with the time travel. I loved Doctor Who as a kid and read everything about Time travel

[@hf4040]

Mercenary with the totally awesome Bell Spell thingy🤩

[@zaccoogle3719]

13:55 I feel if they make the last ascendancy for the ranger have a companion or something it’d make the class jump way up the list. Maybe it could be a tank for the squishy ranger or could cast auras

[@rlowethewitch8417]

I hope they add a modifier to Giant’s Blood that increases your character size And I agree Chrinomancer looks fun as fuck, and that was the last thing I would have ever expected. Fuuuuck the wait is gonna feel like an eternity

[@Noedell]

0:47 ZA-WARUDO!!!

[@JasonsSongStop]

D4 is my first ARPG, and POE 2 looks like it's on another level

[@jh4209]

Big Diablo 2 vibes.. and that’s a good thing. Taking all the best things that D2 had to offer, then improving and implementing them isn’t unoriginal - it’s smart. Refreshing to see a company that’s in touch with their player base.

[@viscrid4964]

if you're going hardcore... time stop + portal to town has to be tempting

[@JayGreezy]

I’ve been video game sober for 3 months now. I’m SO fucking cooked when this comes out dude

[@viscrid4964]

im going chronomancer... debuff, drop the monk bell on them, time freeze, then spam those slow proj lightning balls to trigger it a bunch of times while the boss can't act

[@soulwraith81]

Fuck! Lol that's how i been feeling now too. Cant wait!

[@johnbraden5521]

No love for Ranger Danger?! Strider's rolling over in his...nvm he's fine.

[@Curlyheadrae24]

Its officially over Diablo

[@cjb178]

Jonathan Rodger’s face during the stream had the “G G ” look to all its competitors. D4 does campfire chat… has to do damage control after. GGG releases live stream: Game of the decade being thrown around. All Hail the King of the genre GGG

[@captaingrizzly9511]

the mercenary looks cool to me. the idea of path of exile being a shooter where i get a machine gun just sounds so different.

[@InvaderShane]

I was hoping the druid was gonna be in EA. Looks like im going Monk or Merc.

[@stab3111]

From the Q&A at the end it sounds like Druid and Huntress are mostly ready to go so hopefully we have them soon

[@bgtaylor89]

poe 1 has citadels too, thats what the conquerers are called when they occupy a map

[@kaygetsbusy]

I saw the video with the different variants of minions and my mind was blown away, blizzard is cooked

[@dovakev]

Finally a game im hyped for that feels like waiting for xmas. Last few times that happened? Starfield, D4.... so you can see why this one is particularly exciting- I'm confident it will be good.

[@etraag]

From what I've seen thusfar, this will not just be the best ARPG ever made, but perhaps even the best game ever made.

[@LunarSky07]

Wow the ascendancy classes are crazy. I can’t decide between witch and sorceress quite yet. Internalist looks nice but I like both of the sorcerer ones. I want to see what Druid and Templar will get too.

[@davidj9977]

It would be nice if you could only get loot out of a map by completing it without dying (quasi-extraction style) - even if this has to be a hardcore-esq "challenge" mode. That would truly be a consequence. It looks like there are four "starting nodes" off the center ziggaurat of the atlas.... so if players die on all four of them, are they locked out of the atlas? High consequence, I like it.

[@ramschasar7654]

Max lvl cast when damage taken temporal rift was the first thing that came to my mind x)

[@dovakev]

I think that not only will people play, it will be a statement made by many gamers to Blizzard... the player drop off on D4 is gonna be nuts

[@VhnoriValmos]

The crafting definitely does look alot simpler and easier compared to POE. POE still has several other benches and resources such as Horticrafting, ect that provide alot more focus on the modifiers you want. Granted that doesnt necessarily mean that POE2 wont have those and they just arent showing it off, but from the looks of it, crafting does look alot less complex in the long run.

[@CriticArtist]

Anything to do with time bending im sold. Especially dragon age inquisition using the time flasks was broken

[@edrueter9]

My only worry is that it will all be too much for me. I love the idea of having a zillion builds, but I'd imagine many of them would have to be built perfectly to make them viable at end game. I know this is a me problem, but i hate making a super fun build that can't do the end-game stuff. This is all so awesome though! So pumped!

[@mattb6646]

Just have fun with it, if you're having fun you'll find out what works good and build on it. No rush

[@blackomega34]

You will only reach endgame after like 40 hours to start with. You watched all of this in 1 hour.

[@ereder1476]

No, I think po2 will do it's up most to avoid poe1 strand of maxing out one skill and either wipe whole screen or be wiped. Meaning you can win with low damage with enough skill because you can actually dodge.

[@jaromirstanke6938]

Last epoch did the shield that counts as an axe. Pretty cool idea for any game I think

[@johnmccullough251]

I can’t decide what I want to main… they all look so tasty! Witch, Sorceress, and Ranger and my top 3 in that order. But endgame Monk looks nuts too…

[@big.guy77]

(chuckles) I'm in danger.

[@Grzybens]

In Last Epoch Void Knight has similar skills to Chronomancer. Still looks fun.