Path of Exile Dev Tracker

As with every new League and expansion release, we're making a variety of balance changes to broaden the number of builds that are competitive in the end-game while lowering the power of specific mechanics that outclass the rest. We've outlined the most important changes below, and discussed our reasoning and methodology. Specific values will be available to read tomorrow in the patch notes.

[h1 align=center]Game Balance in Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas[/h1]

Ascendancies In addition to reworking the Elementalist, Inquisitor and Deadeye, we’ve made several changes to every Ascendancy class. Rather than going over every single change, here are the general philosophies behind the changes:

• Improve interesting stats on Ascendancies, while removing less-interesting or less-essential secondary stats. This brings these ascendancies closer to the style and design intent of Path of Exile 2's ascendancies, where notable passives have fewer s...

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The {LINK REMOVED}Echoes of the Atlas expansion introduces Passive Skill Trees for each Atlas region. Unlock them by fighting bosses in The Proving Ground in order to augment the content you encounter and rewards you receive while exploring your Atlas. In this news post we've gathered Atlas Passive Trees for your reference.






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We recently announced the Echoes of the Atlas[pathofexile.com] expansion which launches next week! After our livestream reveal, community streamer ZiggyD hosted a live Q&A with Chris Wilson to answer the community's burning questions. In this news post, we've summarised their discussion and rounded up other questions that have been asked by the community in the last 48 hours.

If you missed it, you can check out the full Q&A with ZiggyD and Chris below.



[h1 align=center]The Maven & Her Challenges[/h1]
How does The Maven's gameplay progression work? Does it occur alongside the Sirus/Watchstone progression? The Maven's progression is not tied to Sirus/Watch... Read more

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In the Ritual League you'll have the option to complete 40 new challenges and earn exclusive microtransaction rewards. At 12, 24 and 36 challenges you will earn the Ritual Weapon Effect, Ritual Character Effect and Ritualist's Hideout respectively. Completing challenges also grants you pieces of the Ritual Totem Pole Hideout decoration.



You'll be able to check out the full list of challenges to complete for these rewards when Path of Exile: Ritual launches on PC on January 15th (PST) !

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Heist League Ends Soon The Heist League on PC ends at 1pm on January 11th (PST), so this is your final weekend to complete the remaining challenges in this league. The Heist League on Xbox One and Playstation 4 will end when the Echoes of the Atlas expansion goes live on Consoles (January 20th at 1PM PDT).

Thank you to everyone who played in Heist! As you know from our Echoes of the Atlas[pathofexile.com] announcement that went live earlier today, in 3.13.0 Heist will become a core Path of Exile mechanic, so we're not saying goodbye to Kurai and her team of Rogues. Find out more about the Heist implementation and other upcoming features by watching this video.



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In Path of Exile: Echoes of the Atlas, you will test your mettle against Path of Exile's toughest enemies, compete in the Ritual League, earn rewards, discover new ways to play and much more! Arrives Jan 15 on PC!





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This is the final announcement of the announcement before the official announcement goes live in less than a day during our livestream on Twitch[twitch.tv] at 11am on January 7th (PST). Tune in at http://www.twitch.tv/pathofexile to watch the reveal live! Find out more information about what to expect from the livestream here[www.pathofexile.com].

As we mentioned yesterday, we've arranged the Twitch Drops for the viewers of our livestream and any Path of Ex... Read more

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During our {LINK REMOVED}3.13.0 Livestream reveal on January 7(PST), Twitch Drops will be enabled! Just link your Path of Exile account with your Twitch account, watch our livestream and you can earn your own Magma Wings!

How to Participate Just simply link your Path of Exile account to Twitch (see below) and watch the 3.13.0 Livestream at {LINK REMOVED}http://twitch.tv/pathofexile, or any Path of Exile stream* this Thursday starting from 11PM (PST) and until the end of our official livestream (2PM (PST)). That's it!

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Later this week, we're {LINK REMOVED}announcing our 3.13.0 expansion during an exclusive livestream and you'll be able to play it yourself on January 15. Because we usually have more time between an expansion's announcement and launch, you may be wondering what the news period between these two dates looks like! We've got you covered.

This schedule is in PST

[li]Jan 7 - 3.13.0 Announcement and new supporter packs. [/li][li]Jan 8 - Q&A summary and possibly an FAQ if needed.[/li][li]Jan 9 - Challenge rewards revealed.[/li][li]Jan 10 - All [redacted] revealed.[/li][li]Jan 11 - Heist League ends at 1pm.[/li][li]Jan 11 - 3.13 Private Leagues become available for pre-purchase.[/li][li]Jan 11 - All [redacted] revealed.[/li][li]Jan 11 - 3.13 Bala...

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As you know, we're announcing our 3.13.0 expansion very soon! We've revealed that it features enhancements to Path of Exile's endgame, a new challenge league and new ways to build characters, through skills and balance changes. Before we reveal the expansion's contents live on Twitch and enter a new era of endgame for Path of Exile, we wanted to take a look back at past endgame expansions to see how the Atlas of Worlds has evolved over time.

The Atlas of Worlds


Prior to our Atlas of Worlds[www.pathofexile.com] expansion at the end of 2016, Path of Exile's endgame consisted of a pyramid... Read more

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