
This leads me to watch a few videos from Zizaran’s PoE University series. This level of required research really make the entire experience out of reach for a lot of players that simply don’t want to box themselves into a corner before they even start the experience.Īs part of my recent foray into the Diablo Immortal quagmire, I ended up familiarizing myself with a number of the Path of Exile YouTubers who also gave it a spin. Path of Exile on the other hand essentially requires you to find the build you want to play… and commit to it entirely. In Diablo III I am used to playing in a way where I level with whatever build I happen to make work as I go… and then completely respeccing at the end game into a specific structured build. I have an army of functional alts in this game, in large part because I made decisions that were too hard to undo without really knowing what the overarching picture I should be going for looks like. The problem there is that it does not… I am 37 levels into the game and I have acquired six “refund points” which means every decision that I have made needs to be tactical and planned. That in itself would not be a massive problem if the game supported some sort of reasonable respec system.

The core problem with Path of Exile is the passive tree and its cyclopean nature. Hint… I think it is, but there are a number of caveats with that statement. Now with Path of Exile 2 on the horizon… it really probably is a great time to try and sort out this game and determine if it is something I can enjoy in the long run. Even more so Diablo III is not really growing its game, whereas a good number of league mechanics that work well… get cycled into the main branch of the game. While the seasons have gotten more creative, I think in an effort to compete with POE Leagues… we don’t really get much in the way of new kinds of content.

As a heavy Diablo III player, I have always been jealous of the amount of love Path of Exile players get from Grinding Gear Games. The main reason because is the extremely obtuse nature of the game that I will get into shortly. I’ve attempted to play this game so many times in the past but bounced off each and every time. Whelp friends… I am apparently playing Path of Exile.
