Early Access Announcements - Changes to Act 3 Areas in Path of Exile 2 - Forum

" Arriadanae#2084 wrote: Matlan Waterways has literally zero point to be in the game in its current state. It exists to just pad out time. Activate 12 levers to go through a snaking corridor with a big lever at the end. No rewards or anything from doing this or along the way. Yeah there's a special rare mob, but they never drop anything useful. Maybe if you want to keep the waterways as it is, when you activate the big lever at the end, it should drop something like a "Gain +10% to all elemental resistances" item which you keep on you and hand in to Doryani when you meet him, to make it worth running through in the first place. Otherwise, at least for me, the mere thought of having to run this level on every character playthrough is literally soul sucking. Again, it serves ZERO point other than to pad time. Otherwise, the changes you guys posted here are good so far. Giving that special rare mob a drop with a permanent boost, like 5% chaos resist would go a long way to make worthwhile to run it.	Posted by Urza_Mechwalker#7393 on Apr 8, 2025, 9:41:19 AM Quote this Post
Thx GGG you're doing great, keep going	Posted by IghorProdlik#1344 on Apr 8, 2025, 9:42:24 AM Quote this Post
Good start. Shrink Grellwood, cut the stupid waterways or whatever they are in act 3 by half and the campaign acts would probably be solid imo. Maps wise I think most people will agree vaal factory should just be gotten rid of all together. IMO its by far the worst offender of "bad map design".	Posted by xenogias#2915 on Apr 8, 2025, 9:47:34 AM Quote this Post
I'm just not sure if I’m truly capable of meaningful combat in narrow corridors or maps I can casually stroll through in under 10 minutes. Could someone, please, ensure I need to press at least 10 different buttons just to take down clusters of monsters with 300% movement and attack speed? Because clearly, that’s the only way to feel the spirit of ARPG. GGG has shown me the way. I was blind, but now I see, I need it meaningful!	Posted by baertgang#5062 on Apr 8, 2025, 9:57:53 AM Quote this Post
Good changes. Definitely a step in the right direction.	Posted by Krulgar#0290 on Apr 8, 2025, 9:58:04 AM Quote this Post
Great. Good changes. Now apply this correction of mistakes to loot drop rates, monster power/speed, player power/speed, the crafting system, and trade. Accept that The Vision is bad and make fixes.	Posted by DasAlbatross#4757 on Apr 8, 2025, 10:00:35 AM Quote this Post
Incredible how they miss on purpose waterways which is exactly the most annoying and poor designed area in the game so far. Well, we're gonna miss giving you money aswell, and revert nerfs <3	Posted by Riverwind77#5126 on Apr 8, 2025, 10:03:48 AM Quote this Post
good start for changes, now apply this to maps and reduce the size of all maps by at least 60%. :)	Posted by SLeoPereS#1868 on Apr 8, 2025, 10:08:54 AM Quote this Post
good call guys!	Posted by ekader1#7483 on Apr 8, 2025, 10:11:06 AM Quote this Post
sb ggg	Posted by Qq1160200300#4580 on Apr 8, 2025, 10:13:36 AM Quote this Post