In Path of Exile 2, you will receive one of the most important items more frequently than before, but the reason is embarrassing to the game’s director.
How does Path of Exile 2 make all players richer? Grinding Gear Games recently released the patch notes for the upcoming update “Return of the Ancients” for Path of Exile 2 (via pathofexile). According to these patch notes, “Divine Orbs are now more common.”
Divine Orbs play an important role in the crafting system of the action RPG, as you can use them to re-roll the values of existing affixes without changing the modifier’s level or removing or adding mods.
Due to their usefulness, Divine Orbs have established themselves as a cornerstone of the trading system in Path of Exile 2 and are used as currency in transactions. If Divine Orbs drop more frequently now, players will become richer.
This is the reason for the adjustment: In an interview with content creator GhazzyTV, Jonathan Rogers, the game director of Path of Exile 2, revealed why the drop rate of Divine Orbs was increased – although he initially didn’t want to mention the real reason. “I’m almost tempted not to mention the reason at all,” said Rogers, before continuing with the details:
“This is going to sound extremely stupid to some people, I guess. In the Temple, there was ridiculous loot because of the snake strategy and all that crap, right? So basically, there was this concern – we thought what would happen was that people would immediately say: ‘In the last league, I got X Divines per hour, and now I’m getting Y Divines per hour.’ Just annoying crap. So if we just change the drop rate of Divines, no one can make that comparison anymore.”
So with the next update, you’ll get more Divine Orbs so that there are no players complaining about getting fewer Orbs than during the last league.
Jonathan Rogers shares in the interview with a loud laugh that there was also the troll response in the studio that they could completely remove Divine Orbs from the game. Then, no one could complain that there were more Divines in the last league. Of course, that wasn’t a serious thought.
The upcoming update Return of the Ancients will not only bring changes to the drop rates when it is released on May 29, 2026. You can read here on MeinMMO what new content and quality of life improvements to expect: Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients – Changes for the release
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