Path Of Exile is a game in flux – the free-to-play motion RPG is consistently being revised or reworked a method or one other – final 12 months its main story doubled in length. Today Grinding Gear Games have overhauled nearly every little thing that isn’t a part of that central quest. The Betrayal league, free and dwell on the servers now, introduces a brand new Shadow Of Mordor-ish internet of immortal villains to harangue. It additionally replaces the Forsaken Masters – a pantheon of quest-giving characters – with a recent set of faces, every main you right into a small game’s price of non-compulsory hack ‘n slashery.
There’s lots to this growth – 8000 words of patch notes with a full desk of contents, even. As with the previous three quarterly leagues, a brand new NPC along with her personal advanced side-quest is the centrepiece. Jun Ortoi needs you to beat up the Immortal Syndicate (a community of irritatingly timeless baddies) till they reveal who’s on the prime of their pyramid and resurrecting them. Right from the beginning of the game, every zone has a syndicate member energetic in it. Depending on what you select to do after subduing them, they may give you intel, get reassigned and even promoted.
The huge distinction between this and previous leagues is that Jun isn’t leaving after three months. She’ll be becoming a member of the opposite previous three league NPCs to totally substitute the Forsaken Masters. Instead of annoying little side-quests, they’ll supply meaty non-compulsory adventures. Niko takes you to delve into an infinite shadow-dungeon, Alva sends you back in time to beat up the Aztec-like Vaal, and Einhar takes you on Pokemon-ish hunts to capture special monsters used in grisly ‘beastcrafting’ rituals. The Atlas Of Worlds endgame has been bulked up a bit, together with challenges set by these NPCs.
On prime of that there’s the same old pile of latest loot to seek out, ability gems to make use of and a few across-the-board stability tweaks. As the brand new quest givers don’t have fame grinds hooked up, the hideout system has been overhauled, too. You’ll uncover new hideouts as uncommon mini-dungeons as you discover. Clear them out and also you’ll declare them as your individual to brighten as you please. The crafting system has been streamlined too – now it’s all performed from one desk, with extra recipes being unlocked by means of finishing particular challenges, or having Jun reveal new ‘veiled’ merchandise mods.
The Betrayal replace and new league are dwell now in Path Of Exile – it’s a giant obtain, weighing in at 8gb on Steam or 4.5 for Grinding Gear’s personal shopper. Path Of Exile is free to play and obtainable direct from Grinding Gear or on Steam. You can see the full patch notes here or a shorter feature overview here.
