The new season “Mirage” started on the weekend in Path of Exile and has attracted many players once again. After many hotfixes were released over the weekend, there is now a preview from the developers about what they are still working on.
How did the season start go? With Path of Exile: Mirage, the developers have made a significant change to the endgame system of the game after a long time. Following the overhaul of the trading system in the game last year, this is now the next fundamental revision of the game.
The developers aim to streamline their system and fine-tune the experience for players with this update. The new features around the new Holy Hammer build, which developer “Octavian” also plays, seem to be a good substitute for the currently absent new class.
The positive reception of the update is also reflected in the player numbers on Steam. At the season start on Friday, over 190,000 players (Source: SteamDB) gathered to start the ARPG. However, the developers were not idle either.
You can watch the trailer for the new season here:
11 Hotfixes and more are coming
What did the developers accomplish over the weekend? The developers were not idle over the weekend of the season start and delivered a total of 11 hotfixes for the most urgent issues. This is nothing new for fans, as the ARPG often receives dozens of adjustments after launch.
This time, it seems that the developers have done particularly well with the season start. They reported in a new post about the problems and changes that are still being worked on.
On PathofExile.com, there are currently only 9 specific issues that are bothering some players. One issue to be fixed is where players from the permanent leagues, who are not playing the new update, have problems with progression in the Atlas.
How do fans react to the smooth start? Fans are almost surprised at how well everything went this time. There is a lot of praise for the developers, but also some points that players feel are missing in the developers’ listing. They wrote on Reddit:
- Ecstatic_Chard4184: “If you fix the issue where clicks are not registered, this will be the best league of all time”
- yuimiop: “Probably the most boring ‘What we’re currently working on’ post I’ve ever seen for POE, which is a compliment to the developers. Normally, there is some horrible issue with the league at this time in the game.”
- SoulofArtoria: “While we’re at it, can you please make the caches drop a little more? Most of the time they literally drop nothing but complete junk loot. […].”
- v4xN0s: “I just hate waiting for the mobs to spawn and then having to run back for their chests. If you see this, GGG, please let all mobs spawn in advance instead of making us run over them, and change how the bronze and silver chests work.”
While Path of Exile will never be completely without improvement suggestions, the fact that the new season is currently making a good impression is pleasing for both players and developers. You can find out what makes the new season worth seeing here: Path of Exile completely changes its endgame, removes annoying features and grind factor
