Path of Exile Dev Tracker

" otinanai2 wrote:
What's the deal with "Challenges will not be enabled in Ruthless in 3.20."? It's significantly harder than normal mode, why not let us complete challenges?

It's likely that we'll allow challenges to be completed in Ruthless from 3.21 onward. It's disabled for 3.20 because some challenges may not be completable in Ruthless.

" zeroniss1 wrote: I appreciate this is being released alongside the December expansion.

However please can you confirm it is a parallel feature being released and is not instead taking the place of ordinary content slated for release as part of the expansion?

Ruthless is additional content coming out alongside the 3.20 expansion.

" thor777 wrote: Sounds exciting! How will stash tabs work this mode? If existing stash tabs can be used, someone with extra tabs might have an advantage over those that don't.

There is no change to the way stash tabs function.

" Ahzr wrote: I love everything about this. The only drawback I see is the following quote:

" Ruthless uses separate item filter files which must be created specifically for it. If players used regular Path of Exile ones then they would filter out items that are actually very useful in Ruthless.

Ideally, item filters wouldn't be necessary because items are so scarce :)

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" SageMac wrote: Ruthless should have been a November event for testing purposes.

Alpha testing is taking place alongside the other events so it somewhat serves as an additional event type for those who are interested.

" BearCares wrote: Will you disable Energy Blade? Because I imagine it will directly violate your core Ruthless principles especially on an Inquisitor.

The current plan is to keep Energy Blade but due to the nature of Ruthless, it's harder to get Energy Shield.

" Sp4rkillz wrote: Hey Team,

This sounds pretty exciting but I was a little concerned about some interactions which require movement skills e.g Grasping vines.

Is this something to take into consideration or is this part of the challenge?

Thanks!

It's something we'll take in consideration. The way we're looking at it is if a mechanic is impossible without being able to teleport away, it should be changed for both Ruthless and the core game.

You can't list things for chaos at that high precision. You need to use the ratio format described here.

Ruthless (previously codenamed "Hard Mode") is an additional character creation flag alongside Hardcore and Solo Self-Found that allows you to opt-in to extreme item scarcity and various other changes.

This article is not a set of patch notes. Only significant changes are described, but without numerical detail. There are a lot of other small changes that aren't covered here, but this article should give you a decent overall impression of Ruthless.

What Ruthless is not

Ruthless is not for everyone. If you don't like the sound of it, then it's probably best you continue playing the regular Path of Exile modes. It's like Hardcore or Solo Self-found. Some players really enjoy the additional constraints as a way of enhancing their game experience. Many players do not, and that's okay.

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" razzoid wrote: I don't believe they are available to use yet. Can't find them anywhere in the avatars.

There was an issue with them which we've just fixed. They should be available now, sorry about that!

Today we've added some new avatars featuring various NPCs and Bosses you would have encountered while traveling through Wraeclast. Check them out below!


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