Last week we announced the winners of our recent Talent Competition. Due to a huge amount of excellent entries, we're happy to reward more runners up with a helmet effect of their choice.

Nytemairqt


KungFuPanda2


stephor


Doranex


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We've just begun the press tour for our March expansion. Astute Path of Exile fans know that this means our official announcement is just around the corner! In fact, the announcement is currently planned for noon February 25 PST (9am February 26, NZ time) so just over one week away.

At this time, we're planning to release a new set of league supporter packs for PC users which means our current league supporter packs should end then too. For console players this changeover will happen alongside league launch as per usual.

This also means that we are aiming to launch this expansion on March 13 PST (March 14 NZ time) although this is not completely locked in. We will confirm its launch date with our announcement next week.

With the above schedule, Path of Exile: Metamorph will be ending on March 9 PST for PC players and about a week later for console players. If you're eager to hear what's happening with Metamorph in the future, we have a Development Manifesto p... Read more

Within the next few days we're planning to deploy the 3.9.2f update that includes changes to Item Filters that we talked about recently as well as some small performance improvements and various bug fixes. We're aiming to deploy this patch on console as soon as possible after its release on PC. In the meantime, we've prepared its patch notes for you to check out.

Please note that the patch notes listed below may be changed prior to the release of this update.

• Added new functionality and made improvements to Item Filters. You can read more about them here.
  
• Improved performance related to monster and minion pathfinding.
  
• The following items now allocate to the Map Maker when they drop: Timeless Jewels, Ivory Watchstones, Awakened Gems, Awakener's Orbs, Conquerors Exalted Orbs and Uniques from Legion, Blight, Metamorph and Conquerors of the Atlas bosses.
  
• Reduced the damage of the Storm Call skill that...

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This Monday we concluded our comprehensive Talent Competition where we encouraged our community to show off their talents by making Path of Exile-inspired submissions. Needless to say, we were completely blown away by the entries made by our players, yet again! Today we're excited to announce the winners!

We'd like to thank our community for all the submissions created for this competition. You never cease to impress us with your talents! Congratulations to all the winners! We'll be contacting you soon to arrange your prizes. We'll also award more Runner Ups in a follow-up post at the beginning of next week.

Path of Exile - The Fall of Oriath Cello by Deosain


'The Path of the Exiled' by Drakartwow
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We've put together a small tidbit of information about Sirus encounters for you to peruse at your leisure. These statistics include how many times Sirus has been killed since the beginning of the Conquerors of the Atlas expansion as well as how many times characters have died during the encounter!

First, we'll look at how many times characters have died while fighting Sirus:

Metamorph | 4408603
Metamorph HC | 1014
Metamorph SSF | 159115
Metamorph HC SSF | 769

Leading the way is the Metamorph league with just over 4.4 million total deaths to Sirus! In Metamorph HC, 1,014 characters lost their fight against Sirus and were sent to Standard league. Looking at Metamorph SSF, we can see that just under 160,000 characters died to Sirus compared to 769 characters in Metamorph HC SSF.

Next, let's take a look at the total amount of times that Sirus has been killed in each league:

Metamorph | 1028060
Metamorph HC | 7871
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Alongside working on our upcoming 3.10.0 expansion, our team has been working on various improvements to Path of Exile, such as new features for Item Filters. We've prepared a preview today to give you an idea of what to expect.

Improved socket matching

• SocketGroup "X": Groups of linked sockets on an item, for example "RGB". Can have multiple SocketGroup requirements within one filter, for example 'SocketGroup "RGB" "BB"' would filter for any option in that line rather than all options in that line.
  
• "SocketGroup" now supports the letter A for Abyss sockets, and D for Delve sockets.
  
• Abyss (A) and Delve (D) sockets should not be grouped in multiples (for example 'SocketGroup "RGBA"' or 'SocketGroup "DD"', as Abyss and Delve sockets are never linked).
  
• Socket types: R: Red, G: Green, B: Blue, A: Abyss, D: Delve, W: White.
  
• "SocketGroup" now supports a number to specify the number of socket...

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In about three weeks we'll be announcing our 3.10.0 expansion and its challenge league. Around this time we're planning to introduce a new set of league supporter packs, which means that the current Metamorph Supporter Packs will leave the store forever. While you still have time to consider purchasing one of those, we've selected a variety of stylish outfits you can create with the contents of these Supporter Packs. Check out the video below:



Here are the cosmetic effects featured in this video:

• Grand Sanctum Body Armour
  
• Grand Sanctum Helmet
  
• Sanctum Wings
  
• Sanctum Weapon Effect
  
• Zenith Gloves
  
• Wasteland Warrior Boots
  
• Zenith Weapon
  
• Zenith Shield
  
• Ice Wings
  
• Myst...

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It's been five years since Bex became our community manager. To mark the occasion, she's taken a moment to talk about what this experience has been like and what it means to be part of the Path of Exile community.

Click here to read more.[www.pathofexile.com]

We've just begun our final month of teaming up with Twitch Prime to bring you these Path of Exile microtransactions free when you sign up to Twitch Prime. Until the 6th of March you'll be able to redeem these free cosmetic effects by starting a free one-month trial with Twitch Prime and linking your Path of Exile account to Twitch.

What are the benefits of Twitch Prime?

• Claim monthly free games and in-game loot
  
• Exclusive in-game loot for some of your favorite games
  
• Free games included with Twitch Prime
  
• Limited time promotions you won’t want to miss

Get special Twitch perks

• Free Twitch channel subscription ($5 value) every month
  
• Reign supreme with a Prime members-only chat badge
  
• Exclu...

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Today we're releasing another video recorded at ExileCon last November. Mark, Neon, Nick and Rory, developers you're all familiar with, gathered together on one stage to answer questions from the audience and discuss Path of Exile's mechanics and related topics (like Porcupines!). Watch the video below: