A new way to play Path of Exile is being introduced this weekend. A game mode named Descent will offer a rogue-like dungeon crawl experience. These one-hour events will be completely independent from the normal game, meaning you can't keep or carry items over to the default leagues once the race is finished.
There are a few unique twists from the usual gameplay. No towns or merchants, so that means no portal scrolls to refill your health/mana flasks. Instead you'll be descending levels and fighting various bosses in order to progress. Once each boss is defeated you'll have access to treasure chests with predetermined loot, but will only be able to select one treasure out of the few choices (for example you'll have to choose between a health potion or a run speed potion). There will be no backtracking or re-running of zones, so moving down into greater danger will be the only way to advance.
I hope the gameplay is exciting enough to warrant not being able to keep your items. I'm a huge fan of challenging races, as it requires you to play as efficient and as fast as possible. But it's unfortunate you just can't play this mode whenever- you have to create a character in this league prior to it starting. As with most rogue-likes, death is permanent.
Will anyone be trying these new signature races? It's solo only, so no partying. But it would be fun to see how some of us do. More information can be found here, and eventually they'll release the schedule of when these races will exactly happen.
There are a few unique twists from the usual gameplay. No towns or merchants, so that means no portal scrolls to refill your health/mana flasks. Instead you'll be descending levels and fighting various bosses in order to progress. Once each boss is defeated you'll have access to treasure chests with predetermined loot, but will only be able to select one treasure out of the few choices (for example you'll have to choose between a health potion or a run speed potion). There will be no backtracking or re-running of zones, so moving down into greater danger will be the only way to advance.
I hope the gameplay is exciting enough to warrant not being able to keep your items. I'm a huge fan of challenging races, as it requires you to play as efficient and as fast as possible. But it's unfortunate you just can't play this mode whenever- you have to create a character in this league prior to it starting. As with most rogue-likes, death is permanent.
Will anyone be trying these new signature races? It's solo only, so no partying. But it would be fun to see how some of us do. More information can be found here, and eventually they'll release the schedule of when these races will exactly happen.
