Path of Exile 2 changes many points at once in the big season update. Especially with the classes, you have to say goodbye to the well-known ones. MeinMMO took a look at the presentation of the new season in advance and asked the developers some questions.
What kind of update is this? With the new season update “Dawn of the Hunt,” the developers of Path of Exile 2 will release the first new season for the ARPG on April 4, 2025, at 9:00 PM. Included are over 100 new support skills, over 100 new unique items, a new class, and three new ascendancy classes for existing classes.
Also new is the ascendancy class for the witch, the Lich, which focuses on chaos, curses, minions, and the undead, and thus could fulfill the long-awaited dreams of many minion players.
With the patch, a new league will also start in the game, allowing everyone to begin on the same fresh level. However, the update will also come for the existing league. So you can test everything on your existing characters before starting fresh.
What happens to the builds? In a conversation with MeinMMO, PoE2 head Jonathan Roggers clarified the balance changes. With “Dawn of the Hunt,” all existing skills will receive new values, and the entire ARPG will undergo a “completely changed balance.”
Anyone currently playing one of the OP builds will have to say goodbye to it. Roggers mentioned in the conversation that many builds are simply broken, and this will be fixed in the new update. He first pointed to the skill “Herald of Ice,” which many players use. This will be heavily nerfed.
However, you shouldn’t be afraid; the head developer wants there to still be strong builds. With over 100 new support skills, as well as the 25 new skills designed for the huntress, a new altered meta will emerge, where no build will remain as you know it.
Here you can watch the teaser trailer for Dawn of the Hunt:
Easier Endgame
How is Path of Exile 2 changing? In the presentation of the new content, the developers also addressed the difficulty level. They recognized that the difference between campaign and endgame is too large. In the campaign, everything is geared towards learning mechanics and dying a few times before mastering the boss fight.
This will now also follow into the endgame. Here, easier maps, which players usually play at the start of the endgame, will receive respawns. If you die, you can continue right at the spot where you just failed. The higher the difficulty of the map, the fewer respawns there will be.
Was there a surprise? Yes, a mount was introduced in the presentation that will come into the game simultaneously with the huntress. Your characters will be able to fight enemies on an ostrich-like creature and move faster across the map.
However, the mount has the disadvantage that you will be thrown off after taking too much damage and will be stunned for a short time. It remains to be seen how much benefit this interesting new feature will actually bring to the game.
With the new update, many other important innovations will come into the game. Especially the endgame is set to include some fresh content such as changes to the towers in the atlas, many new crafting possibilities, and so-called Rogue Exiles that represent other players and can fight against you in a PvP battle. The Rogue Exiles are said to be better and smarter than ordinary bosses.
With the new balance, all current builds will likely be outdated soon. This was recently the major concern of a YouTuber who believes that “Dawn of the Hunt” could become a disaster for Path of Exile 2: The new season of Path of Exile 2 could become a disaster if a YouTuber is right
