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All of these will be answered in time, and at least we've got lots to keep us occupied until then. Path of Exile 1 has a new league coming out August 18, with a bunch of new support gems, reworks to Guardian and Chieftain, and a tower defense style league mechanic. Last Epoch has been in Early Access since 2019, but we should be super close to POE currency trade a release announcement (they said 2023). And I guess the Diablo 4 devs finally realized that players want monsters to kill in their game, so that's something!
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The Forbidden Sanctum is the latest expansion for Path of Exile, and brings with it the usual suspects: a new challenge league, overhauls to existing systems and builds, and new ways to play. For many players, it's an update that couldn't come soon enough. The last league, themed around the enigmatic Kalandra, was so bad that many players wanted to throw it back in the lake it came from.
A distressing lack of loot, a mediocre league mechanic, and the continued presence of frustrating Archnemesis monsters made players quit in droves. It got so bad that even full-time PoE streamers felt the need to stop mapping and go outside their homes, which was… unsettling. Despite multiple updates and patches, Lake of Kalandra ended up being one of the worst leagues in memory.
However, all is not lost. Initial impressions of The Forbidden Sanctum are promising. It features a roguelike mechanic that promises great rewards if you can clear its procedurally generated levels, a totally revamped rare monster system replacing Archnemesis, and loot drops that are back in line with expectations. After a weekend of scuffed cobra lash leveling and explode blade vortex mapping, I can tell you with confidence that the game we thought we'd lost in 3.19 is back Path of exile currency .
