‘Path of Exile’ Patch 2.0.0g Released, Features New Armour Set and Skill Effect; Includes Balance Changes and Other Fixes

By Staff Writer

Jul 24 2015, 08:56 AM EDT

Path of Exile gamers rejoice, patch 2.0.0g is already available and includes several balance changes and game fixes. Game developers also added a new armour pack, skill effect and more.

Developers at Grinding Gear Games seemed to have put in a quite a lot of updates for the game "Path of Exile." The latest patch was released on Thursday, July 23 and according to the game's official website, this is considered one of the largest point releases that Grinder Gear Games has ever done. Aside from improving several performance issues, patch 2.0.0g introduced big balance updates to Act Four, Warbands and Tempest. Game developers also added new microtransactions such as the Necrotic Armour Pack, Divine Righteous Fire and the Peacock and Peahen pets.

Some of the balance changes that game developers made includes a rebalancing of the end of Act Four, making it less deadly in Normal and Cruel difficulty levels. Other Act Four changes involves the reduced life and damage points of the final boss in Normal and Cruel levels, along with reduced projectile counts such as the Ethereal Knives and the Stygian Revenants lighting attacks.

Some of the Warbands changes also featured an increase in experience gained and dropped items, as well as hourly map changes to provide players more opportunity to attack Warbands. Meanwhile, balance changes for Tempest included a bug fix where Tempest Fire/Spine/Lightning/Ice storms could become invisible, and many more.

Game developers also fixed several game bugs, as well as decreased the bandwidth used by the "Path of Exile" client. This is aimed to reduce stuttering in Lockstep mode and instances of players being disconnected due to too much data sent. Grinding Gear Games surely made a lot of updates and game fixes in this latest patch. Players can check out the full patch 2.0.0g notes via the Path of Exile site.

Meanwhile, players have been experiencing several connectivity issues since "Path of Exile: The Awakening" was released, Shack News reported. Players found themselves booted out during the peak hours of the game. The issue was resolved earlier this week when game developers made database server upgrades to fix the problem.

"Path of Exile: The Awakening" was released on July 10, while patch 2.0.0g was deployed on July 23.