Path of Exile is running a one-month event with "whacky ideas that never quite made it off the brainstorm board" to keep you happy until the delayed expansion

A screenshot from Path of Exile.
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Following last week's announcement that a new expansion for Path of Exile is being indefinitely delayed until 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Path of Exile 2 is in a more solid state, developer Grinding Gear Games has revealed a one-month event full of "whacky ideas" for P📖oE 1 players to enjoy.

Unfortunately, PoE development is on a hiatus so that the devs have more time to "fix the most severe deficiencies that PoE 2 has." Pre-production for the next major PoE expansion will be continuing, but don't expect it any time soon. There are 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:plenty of crashes to fix as well as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:poor end-game balancing that needs to be improved.

reads. It sounds like you're in for some fun. 

"What does Path of Exile 1 look like when the nineteen Ascendancy Classes you know and are familiar with are all of a sudden replaced by a different nineteen?" the blog asks. "What does Path of Exile 1 look like when you get to play a Witch and ascend to become a Harbinger? These are the questions our design team asked each other anಞd in this event will provide you with some of our answers."

Fans were happy with the transparency provided by game director Jonathan Rogers last week, and seem to be glad PoE 1༺ isn't being completely forgotten. "Are we back?" asks one player in an all caps response to the blog post. Over on Twitter, , "Yo I'm so incredibly ready for this. Ascend as a HARBINGER?" 

Right now, Grinding Gear Games hasn't confirmed when this event will start, but it promises that more details are coming so✤on.

In the meantime, check out some of the other 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best online games you can play right now while you wait for this event and for Path of Exile 2 to be fixed.

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