I would be interested to know if any of the "other" Harvest content will be seen sooner than that. For example, you commented on Infused Beachhead, but things like Infused Engineers Orbs, Winged Scarabs, higher Offerings/Labyrinths, etc. could reasonably appear elsewhere in the game without needing to be part of a deterministic crafting delivery -- from Betrayal Safehouses, Delve, Atzoatl, whatever.
I raised this question yesterday and there was a bit of a dilemma because simply tacking those things on elsewhere in the game didn't feel like an elegant solution and we would then have to consider removing them from those places and re-adding them to Harvest when it comes back. It's not out of the question but the first response to the idea was a bit iffy.
Ah yes, the precursor to a manifesto. Like all the ones before it that fixed everything and left nothing unresolved.
I can't see a need for an additional post about this as our original post already summarizes our thoughts and plans regarding this. Even just taking the last paragraph says most of what needs to be said:
All of these changes are too time-consuming to implement immediately. We would like Harvest to be core in the future, but we are not yet sure of what that would look like.
Please make sure there's a way to access infused beachheads, at least. Zana missions perhaps.
I double checked this and they're not staying for the time being either.
There are five weeks left in Harvest which means things are starting getting closer to the launch of our 3.12 expansion in September. In the meantime, you may be wondering what the future of Harvest looks like. We're ready to share our plans!
In short, Harvest will not immediately become a core gameplay mechanic but may be reintroduced in the future.
When we designed Harvest, we wanted to experiment with a more deterministic crafting system that would enable players to access powerful items earlier in their character progression. In this sense, we feel that the crafting system has been very successful. However, at the top end of gameplay, Harvest has made it too easy to gain very powerful items that previously required a lot more work and investment to acquire. This was acceptable for a temporary challenge league but poses problems for the long-term health of Path of Exile's item economy if allowed to remain in its current state.
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