Grinding Gear have announced the date for the open beta of their free-to-play Diablo-ish ARPG-cum-MMO, Path of Exile. While the developers had originally targeted a December 2012 date – and actually believe they can have the game ready this month – they’ve decided to delay until after the new year, when staff will be back from their Christmas break.
You should now be able to get your hands on the game on January 23rd, 2013.
“We want the first few months of Open Beta to set the precedent that we react quickly to feedback on the game and add features/content that players want,” writes Path of Exile’s lead designer Chris Wilson on the game’s forum. “We do not want everyone’s first experience with the game to be that nothing changes for a month. If any unexpected problems arose or the game became very popular in December, the support team wouldn’t be at full strength to service the needs of all players.”
Path of Exile is an online RPG that touts a “barter-based” economy, PvP, ladder races and character customisation as its design focus. The game has been in closed beta, available to purchasers of a $10 early access pack, since August 2011.
Is anyone playing this still? I've just gotten back into it. It's such a good game.![]()
Is anyone playing this still? I've just gotten back into it. It's such a good game.![]()
I created a templar character and is currently on Act 2. I forgot how awesome this game is![]()
Just played it for about 10 hours just to see how it was.
Stopped playing because I knew there was a charcter wipe coming. When they are done with the wipes I will start playing it seriously
I rolled a templar my first time playing (it's in legacy now). I just rolled a Marauder which I am playing now (not too much since a wipe is coming). Once the game goes open, there will be a ton of people and the game will really get good.
Same here. I've been creating characters to try them out and explore the skill tree. I can't wait for the game to go open beta so we can keep our characters and builds.
here is the skills zoomed out.. you still have to scroll right/left/up/down to see the full path..
Cost me $10 for the close beta key.
Yea, I paid extra to support them, game is awesome.
I'm enjoying it, although still doing the learning curve. Maybe you can help? How exactly do I use the map waypoint system? Do I actually have to activate a waypoint before I can use it (akin to diablo 3 way points?).