Path of Exile 2 patch 0.1.1 preview: All major changes coming this week – Sportskeeda

In their first major patch since Path of Exile 2 Early Access release, GGG is focusing on addressing community concerns rather than nerfs. All class balance changes and the meta-shifting nerf bingo has now been delayed indefinitely; those are coming at a later point when a new League will introduce a fresh economy and fresh start for all players.Instead, the upcoming megapatch this week will iron out some of the much-scorned problems of Path of Exile 2, with a particular focus on the endgame mapping experience. While we’ll have to wait for complete patch notes to scope out the full extent of the changes, this article will review the broader strokes of the upcoming patch 0.1.1.The broadest changes in Path of Exile 2 patch 0.1.1, as we mentioned earlier, will be focused on making the Endgame mapping experience overall more rewarding. To this end, all maps have received a balance pass to the number of monsters, chests, magic and rare monsters, Essences, Strongboxes, and Precursor Artifacts.Other than the economic boost that maps need, the developers are also getting rid of some visual and technical clutter that gets in the way.Pinnacle content and Citadels were so rare that they spawned community conspiracy theories. To address this, Path of Exile 2 patch 0.1.1 will make them easier to spawn, as well as easier to spot.Arbiters of Ash will now be a fair ask for the Crisis Fragment grind, as the base difficulty will give you six respawn attempts:The patch 0.1.1 will also buff a lot of Uniques in Path of Exile 2. As the developers point out:While the Uniques changes will be targeted toward a more fun campaign experience, Rare items will be buffed to get fewer “bad rolls” at the higher levels:The developers are finally making the much-coveted Socket accessibility change in Path of Exile 2. Socketables such as Runes (as well as Soul Cores) can now be overwritten with another socketable.While PC users just got the full brunt of Filterblade for Path of Exile 2, console users have been lagging behind the curve. With patch 0.1.1, Path of Exile 2 will finally make the web-based item filter subscription of the first game work similarly on the sequel.The total number of balance changes to monsters in Path of Exile 2 patch 0.1.1 will of course be massive, but here are the changes the developers earmarked to mention in the video:That’s all the big things that GGG name-dropped for patch 0.1.1 in Path of Exile 2. There’s no release date for the patch that was mentioned, but it’s coming this week, meaning we’ll certainly have it before January 19th, 2025.Stay tuned for more Path of Exile 2 news and updates on Sportskeeda.Quick Links

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