Content Update 0.5.0 — Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients

Pretty stocked about the new league
-Crafting nerf hurts
-Not nerfing twister hurts build diversity


Do i care? Nah.
-I will play hollow palm until i get currency to craft/buy a decent weapon
-even if twister has 1 billion dps i will still play monk no matter what.

I'm a have fun in PoE kind of a guy not follow the meta guy.
(also i'm a challenger:) )

watch all the goodies GGG did not the nerfs
See you in 2 days chat
It's getting so boring people thinking twisters will be like 80% playrate.

At this point it's in your head guys, literally rent free. Because you are not going to play it, you think it's going to be so insane that everyone will be playing it.

It's a niche build, not everyone is going to love the playstyle. That's exactly why you are hating on the build because you are not going to play it, it's not for you, you don't like it but you also want it to be nerfed so you don't feel forced.

There is literally a poll around, where everyone is participating including chinese players. It's a pretty huge poll, and Martial Artist ascendacy literally owning it. The difference between martial artist and spirit walker/deadeye/lich is huge.

Only 10-15% will be playing twister, at this point haters are the only one who keep mentioning twisters. I swear I've yet to see many people saying they will be playing twister. Only the haters who want it to be nerfed, nobody else.

Look at popular website and tell me how many spirit walker twister build you see, then look at martial artist and other classes to see how many build are there.

Play whatever you want, there will be way more insane builds than twisters in a week. Patch is pretty big, you don't even know what people will build, you'll see insane builds in a week.
Last edited by Kage#1250 on May 27, 2026, 10:41:56 AM
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ryszek#5266 wrote:
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Kage#1250 wrote:
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Expedition Explosives now wait to explode until most of the monsters unearthed by the previous Explosive have been killed


Why are we still keeping this in game? It's the most boring change I've ever seen and I have yet to see one single positive comment on this.

Please tell me at least there is a way to change this via atlas tree. What's the point of this?



there is 99% chance they will add one big explosion

With a 99% chance to one shot the player without the player knowing what killed them.
Yo, if they will allow to convert a rune socket into jewel socket ON EACH piece of gear you currently equipped it's gonna be OMEGA BUSTED tech lmao
Yeah I saw it says limit to 1 but there is already such runes in the game that just restricts putting the same type of rune on the same piece of gear (they made that restriction in 0.4)
Last edited by default_mp3#9394 on May 27, 2026, 11:11:56 AM
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SugaMan#1696 wrote:
Dear GGG,

Thank you for all the effort you put into making a great game that straight up scratches that gaming itch. Really truly fun and addicting.

I'm excited for a lot of the .5.0 changes.

I was however sad to see all the nerfs to crafting. I really loved perfect trans, and augs. I can't tell you how many times I told my buddies I was so happy they put them in the game.

I'm a hideout warrior. 100% I love making builds, gathering loot, working through the campaign, making maps work. I love all of it. But most of all I loved crafting and making divs on the market.

It is such a fun and interactive player driven crafting and selling market. It is hard to find that done so well in a game. And boy do you guys do it well.

I truly hope hideout warrior isn't nerfed into oblvion. Omen of homogenizing exaltation was probably too much. But I really loved the balance of the current season prior to .5.0

I feel like it would be a real waste if we go from crafting hundreds of great items in a season, down to hitting dozens of great items.

And believe me I crafted hundreds of great rings and amulets this season; but I ended with thousands that fell below great.

If that hundreds were to change to dozens. At some point you start to feel like those little old ladies just hitting the button on the slot machine over and over again.

Sorry for the long read.

Thanks again for making a great and enjoyable game!



Crafting was pretty OP for how inexpensive it was. I only played 0.4 for about a week. Early into end game I crafted a 5 or so div weapon that I never replaced. Towards the end of the season I hopped back in to check prices on weapons. My weapon is significantly better than what's selling for 100+ divs. I'm hoping the changes they're making help reduce the gap on that massive disparity.
I haven't seen a nerf like this in the patch notes, but this node looks like this on both Maxroll and Poe Ninja. It used to be 36%.

Crashing Wave
25% increased Damage if you've dealt a Critical Hit in the past 8 seconds
And what about twisters as Martial Artist ? Let the tornados juice the bells.
no nerfs today?
let them cook:)

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