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Lumbajak

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Path of Exile
« on: August 10, 2011, 03:38:05 am »

I've yet to hear any mention of this whatsoever on Bay12, so I figured I'd halfass a thread about it.

http://pathofexile.com/

It looks like, as Aqizzar said to me when I showed him it, Diablo 2.5, and it appears to pretty much be what Diablo 3 should be.

At any rate, closed beta started today and it looks rather neat, so I'm keeping my eye on it.
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 04:58:31 am »

I like. Particularly the art style.

Wonder how much content there'll be to keep you occupied to level 100. Hope it ain't too reliant on repeating the same instances over and over.
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2011, 12:12:14 pm »

the question is .... will there be user created content, like MODS?
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« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2011, 12:17:36 pm »

the question is .... will there be user created content, like MODS?
Considering it's supposed to be sort of an item-shop free to play mumorpeger, I sincerely doubt it.
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2011, 12:52:29 pm »

Looks interesting actually, signed up for the beta

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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2011, 01:09:30 am »

Looks interesting.
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2011, 01:28:55 am »

Oh good! A Diablo 3 that won't require you to be online at all times and is moddable.

Edit: That's the joke.
« Last Edit: August 11, 2011, 05:20:55 am by Creaca »
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2011, 03:06:18 am »

Oh good! A Diablo 3 that won't require you to be online at all times and is moddable.
Yeah, about that..


Anyhoo, I got in during a massive fuckup they had wherein the server broke just as 52 players all tried to use the same key at once. All 52 got in and they decided to just... let them in, server instability has since been fixed, but they definitely weren't able to handle that many at once. That's why they're handing them out very slowly over a long period of time.

And yeah, it feels a lot like Diablo 2. Definitely fun to play, in my opinion.
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2011, 03:41:47 am »

Reminds me of Titan Quest more than Diablo. In fact for a second I had to double take because I knew ex Titan Quest guys were working on a new game, but then remembered that was Grim Dawn http://www.grimdawn.com/index.php
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2011, 08:20:09 am »

i signed up, but the odds of getting a beta key appear to be slim at best. Thanks for pointing it out though.
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2011, 10:16:54 am »

A Diablo 3 that isn't Diablo 3? Count me in.

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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2011, 10:09:27 am »

For those interested, here's a sort of LP someone's started - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kucFP3wN3Eo. I really like the way it looks in motion.
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Re: Path of Exile
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2011, 10:16:12 am »

So how is this exactly everything that Diablo 3 should be? It seems that it will be everything that Diablo 3 *will* be, barring the fact that the client is free
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« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2011, 10:38:45 am »

So how is this exactly everything that Diablo 3 should be? It seems that it will be everything that Diablo 3 *will* be, barring the fact that the client is free
Graphic style mostly. Diablo 3 got a bit too WoW-colourful last I looked.

Also, potions. Diablo 3 doesn't have those any anymore, it's got health and mana balls that instantly raise your HP or MP when you pick them up, like in some arcadey action adventure game.

I dunno how/if the skill system differs, as I dunno much about the one in D3. I think I heard in D3 attributes are raised automatically on level up like in WoW, while here apparently raising strength-based skills increases strength.
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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2012, 03:23:17 pm »

Do they just pick a random account or are they doing the giveaway through some site?
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