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Race events on Character Selection in Patch 0.11.0 - Screenshot Included

Hound — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:02 GMT

A cool new addition to the main character selection screen is being added in patch�*0.11.0. A list of upcoming Path of Exile events are now shown which means when you login you can see exactly what events are available without having to check the full schedule. It's a really nice and hand addition.

Chris explains how this works...
[GGG]The screenshot doesn't show the final UI for the feature (for example, two of those "Join" buttons should be greyed out), but helps illustrate how the character screen will look in the new patch. We still show the same number of characters and still have the league filtering box. The additional space came from the removal of the title at the top of the page. The events shown in the example are just ones I created for illustration. There's no "Season X" :P[/GGG]

Chris Wilson Talks Path of Exile Servers, Bandwidth, Act 4 and more

Hound — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:26:14 GMT

In a new interview on Games.on.net, Chris talks candidly about the challenges they have faced with Path of Exile servers and infrastructure since the game went into open Beta.

In the interview Chris also addresses Act 4 and when it will be released. According to Chris, Act 4 may not see the light of day for another 9-12 months but a lot of that depends on how much support they can get with funding from the community. With Act 3 still not 100% live, there's still more to come with more content and a "more climactic boss encounter".

Ideas for introducing a real cash economy for events are also discussed but it sounds like this could cause a few problems so I wouldn't expect to see anything like wagering on races any time soon.

GGG's model is for monetising the game is a real challenge with microtransactions that are not pay to win and it's going to take some real community support for the game to keep development progressing in the weeks, months and hopefully years ahead.

Check out the full interview here.

Path of Exile 0.10.8c Notes

Hound — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:27:23 GMT

The �*0.10.8c�*patch is due tomorrow (later today depending on where you are) and will include the following.

Version 0.10.8c

Act and map bosses now have reduced effect of curses on them.

Block reduction is now a multiplicative rather than subtractive stat.

Added one unique item, designed by a Diamond supporter.

Allowed for the Dialogue volume to be louder relative to other volumes.

Tweaked various uses of audio reverb.

Added buff icons for Consecrated and Desecrated ground effects.

Fixed a bug where some monster skills did not scale up in the very highest map levels.

Fixed the interaction between Dominating Blow and the kill count of The Coward�€™s Trial.

Increased the safe zone around the marketplace waypoint and prevented statues from spawning in the waypoint area.

Remember, the big patch is due on the 29 May so it's not far away now.

If you could be given one item...

DickScotchfist — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:39:20 GMT

With the caveat that you can't use it to flip for currency, which item would it be?

For me, it's easy: Shavronne's, because I feel like there's so many fun and interesting ideas requiring it.

T-Shirt poll, Aus Server and Patch Updates

Hound — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:38:26 GMT

In Chris' misc news update there are a couple of things worth pointing out. The Australian gateway is now in testing and is apparently working well but there are a few lag spike issues still to resolve.

GGG are now looking to offer both the black and white t-shirts as options for the open beta supporter packs which is really good news.

Patch�*0.10.8c is in internal testing and the�*0.11.0 update is on track for release too on 29 May.

Vote for Support Pack Shirts

Hound — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:43:24 GMT

GGG are throwing open their voting booth to find the most popular T-shirt design for the open beta supporter packs. Two choices are available and I have to say I prefer the classic black because it looks, well, classic :)

Cast your vote now or forever hold your tongue.

Based on feedback from the community, we've narrowed down our t-shirt options for the Open Beta supporter packs to two different designs - a plain black shirt with the Path of Exile logo or a white six-linked shirt (based on the Tabula Rasa Unique item added in 0.10.5). You can see quick mockups (not a real photo!) of the shirts�*here. Please use this poll to vote on which shirt you prefer!

We're seeing whether it's possible to have shirts in a ~$120 tier supporter pack rather than in the $250 tier that they were in last time. It's possible that we could have a choice between the two shirts, but we're still interested in you picking which one you prefer so that we have an idea of the split.