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[Cougar]

Apparently I missed this. It was originally announced last year, and now has a release date:

https://www.imore.co...xile-coming-mac

Never tried this game out, but I've always preferred the darker aesthetic to Diablo III.

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Oh very interesting! This is supposed to be really good!

what do they earn their money on? Only cosmetics?

[nick68k]

Never played this, but I've played a bit of D3 in my time, and those forums are incessantly trolled by PoE players. So, put me down as curious.

[UmarOMC1]

I'm always some sort of brute, barbarian class in those games but PoE doesn't appear to offer that. With a freemium model I might check it out tho

[Cougar]

UmarOMC1, on 21 August 2020 - 01:09 AM, said:

I'm always some sort of brute, barbarian class in those games but PoE doesn't appear to offer that. With a freemium model I might check it out tho

The Marauder’s  Berserker looks pretty close: https://pathofexile....a.com/Berserker

Each class has a specialized subclass so there are more classes than at first glance.

[Ichigo27]

Did hear probably last year that the dev team was interested in releasing a mac os x version of it alongside a iOS port. Windows 7 version as of late doesnt work with GPUs prior to the AMD radeon HD 7850 at least according to steams windows page. Out of luck then.

[Tetsuya]

Thain Esh Kelch, on 20 August 2020 - 07:59 AM, said:

Oh very interesting! This is supposed to be really good!

what do they earn their money on? Only cosmetics?

Cosmetics, supporter packs (they put them up a few months before each expansion, and supporters get exclusive cosmetics, forum titles, and stuf like that), and some very minor in-game stuff - nothing that affects character power, but the main one is several forms of extra stash tabs (some that hold more but only certain types of items, ones you can rename. Ones that are color coded, or combinations thereof.). You dont NEED them if youre good at paring down your inventory (the default is like 8 or 9 tabs IIRC), but, honestly, ive thrown maybe 20$ On them, and since ive got well over 120 hours into the game, and its a genuinely good game, i dont regret that at all.  Honestly, if i still played regularly, id probably have bought supporter packs just because theyre a good company that listens to he players and produces a quality game, and in the long run the $/fun times ratio would still be absurdly good.

[Tetsuya]

UmarOMC1, on 21 August 2020 - 01:09 AM, said:

I'm always some sort of brute, barbarian class in those games but PoE doesn't appear to offer that. With a freemium model I might check it out tho

There are dozens of good melee builds.  The “Class” only determines where you start on Skilldrasill.  You could start at Witch and still end up as a facetanking melee machine.  It wouldnt be optimal, but it could be done (and some of the Unique items can enable builds that otherwise make ZERO sense to be downright amazing).  Starting at Marauder or Duelist would be better, but its all possible.  Theres even a class (that had to be unlocked?  I dont recall, but probably not anymore) That starts in the exact middle of the tree and can enable some truly weird builds.  Then they recently-ish added the sub-classes which kind of hammer down on very specific playstyles.  

In fact, the reason im not currently playing is because the choices can sometimes be overwhelming, and i got kind of ... lost?  And put the game down for a while, and they have since added so much NEW stuff that its kept me from coming back because i know it would swallow me for months and im trying to clear my single player game queue.  

Its a genuinely good game, though, and the studio is very in touch with their player base and they produce TONS of new content all the time, and have a raft of specialist “Leagues” and Playtypes (the Leagues are usually time-limited, and the most popular ones stick around as alternate full-time server types, like Solo Self Found (cant group, cant trade), which the Hardcores really like) that change the game in sometimes significant ways.  Theres a LOT to do, but it can get very complicated.  Its not simplified down like D3, its like D2 and they went “but what if we add like ten times more variables/stats, plus pseudo-classless, oh, and Skilldrasill” - and that is where they STARTED at the game launch and theyve added even more stuff since.  Its not for the faint of heart.  Thankfully, the forums are friendly and there are lots of guides out there.  

This guy:

https://youtu.be/lEZtq6FSebE

Does excellent videos, including an entire beginners series

[RGoulder]

Just a little update on the Mac release of Path of Exiles:

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Our intention was to release an experimental copy of the macOS Path of Exile client around a week ago, so that community members could test it before its official release tomorrow alongside Heist. A series of last-minute unexpected technical problems meant that we only had this client distributable today. Our new plan is to release this experimental client immediately for feedback from adventurous macOS users, and to officially release on Mac in around a week.

For more information including the experimental Mac version dmg you'll find it here:

https://www.pathofex.../2936392/page/1

Note that there are issues with it apparently and according to at least one user it requires 10.15, so I don't think I'll be giving this a shot anytime soon given that I'll lose access to all my 32 bit applications if I install Catalina.

[Thain Esh Kelch]

I just realised that I can play Path of Exile using Geforce Now! Hurrah!

...Then I realised that I can't input a @ using my Mac keyboard on Geforce Now, so I can't actually log into the game.. Boo!

[Camper-Hunter]

Did you try switching to a US keyboard layout?

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Camper-Hunter, on 30 September 2020 - 11:51 PM, said:

Did you try switching to a US keyboard layout?

Nope, too lazy! My patience is not present today.

[UmarOMC1]

I don't know when it was released but it's available on Steam. macOS Known Issues.

[RGoulder]

UmarOMC1, on 27 November 2020 - 11:17 PM, said:

I don't know when it was released but it's available on Steam. macOS Known Issues.

Goes to Steam, looks at the system requirements, sees this:

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Minimum:

OS: macOS 10.13
Processor: 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Radeon Pro 450
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 40 GB available space

Blinks... MacOS 10.13?

So I bricked a 2TB SSD to install Big Sur for nothing then...

Goes and begins the long download process.