Path of Exile is a game that many consider that Diablo III should have been. It’s a free-to-play title, with quite a large and consistent playerbase, a unique currency system, and a complex skill system that constantly expands. This action-RPG launched way back in 2013 and has steadily received more and more free updates that further expanded the game’s lore, skills, gameplay mechanics, and more. Today we will talk about the upcoming skill revamps that are coming with the June’s 3.3.0 release.
When you have an RPG like Path of Exile that is constantly getting new and complex skills, there’s a good chance that the older skills from the early days of the game get outclassed. This happens to a lot of RPGs, and developers usually just increase the damage or lower the cooldowns of these old skills to try to even out the playing field, but that doesn’t always work. Grinding Gear Games have a better approach in mind, as they plan to rework older skills and update their mechanics to keep in line with the new skills which mostly also have more complex mechanics.
They also intend to flesh out skill themes, so that the players can choose skills that fit a particular theme, and a good example of this are the recent Corpse-based skills that were added to the game.
Have you tried Path of Exile yet? It’s an excellent action-RPG, and it’s free, so give it a shot if you haven’t already, and for similar games, you can check out Blizzard’s Diablo III.
