Early Access Patch Notes - Content Update 0.5.0 — Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients - Forum

Thanks GGG for your hard work !	Posted by vampires#5328 on May 22, 2026, 4:05:43 AM Quote this Post
" gat0#7728 wrote: So lets sum it up: - no nerfs to Blood Mage - no nerfs to skill levels on caster gear (except Vertex) - no nerfs to Cast On Crit or Cast On Ailment - no nerfs to crit scaling - no nerfs to Adorned, Prism of Belief or Heart of the Well - multiple potential sources of power creep What a great patch notes! TY guys :D It should be awesome league. Blood Mage got the nearly hardest nerf dude... the leech nerfs are 100% for blood mage... you need a better understanding for the patchnotes i guess..	Posted by dropnix111#3781 on May 22, 2026, 4:13:47 AM Quote this Post
Life is rough as a minion instability player - Minion instability now bypasses last gasp - Infernal legion tier 1 is 10% so longer time, and tier 2 has fire res - Time of need gutted for less duration stacking and yet, im not even mad, it was too strong and too easy. Game on 0.5, PopEmHeimer shall return	Posted by POPTOP#5364 on May 22, 2026, 4:20:13 AM Quote this Post
What a great patch no nerf from all meta skill but nerf for all niche build What a great patch !!!	Posted by Hoheinheim#3026 on May 22, 2026, 4:34:48 AM Quote this Post
" ahtoh02#1384 wrote: With nerf pathfinder and poisons, you have shown your complete incompetence. There are a lot of stronger abilities in the game, but you decided to ruin the most balanced assendancy and the most balanced attacking abilities, because fubgun played on them, followed by his fans I mean its kinda expected. The devs were never playing at the actual live server, they have 0 clue on how progression works in real time, so they just pick a popular streamer and nerfed the build they are playing. Its the same case in PoE 1 with Volcanic Fissure of Snaking. In Settlers league, melee are gigabuffed, slam was one of them. The next league, Mercenary of Thratus, 0 nerf to slams, but fubgun was playing Volcanic Fissure of Snaking. Then in the next league, Keeper of The Flame, Volcanic Fissure of Snaking nerfed in the most riddiculous way possible. The devs didn't understand at all on why there are players that love slam. Its because slam build deal insanely huge damage, but need to press alot of buttons and huge investment in endgame to optimize the build to have smooth warcry CD loop, while still deal big damage, and good defensive + decent speed (but still nowhere near spell suppress+eva+block defensive, or spell / bow / wander level of speed). Everything that fubgun touches, will get nerfed into the ground. Why the fck pathfinder even nerfed just after it getting buffed for one league and becoming a solid choice that can compete with others in the endgame.	Posted by bewilder2#0356 on May 22, 2026, 4:35:31 AM Quote this Post
Ballistas still dead...	Posted by JustR#0938 on May 22, 2026, 4:37:12 AM Quote this Post
" bewilder2#0356 wrote: " ahtoh02#1384 wrote: With nerf pathfinder and poisons, you have shown your complete incompetence. There are a lot of stronger abilities in the game, but you decided to ruin the most balanced assendancy and the most balanced attacking abilities, because fubgun played on them, followed by his fans I mean its kinda expected. The devs were never playing at the actual live server, they have 0 clue on how progression works in real time, so they just pick a popular streamer and nerfed the build they are playing. Its the same case in PoE 1 with Volcanic Fissure of Snaking. In Settlers league, melee are gigabuffed, slam was one of them. The next league, Mercenary of Thratus, 0 nerf to slams, but fubgun was playing Volcanic Fissure of Snaking. Then in the next league, Keeper of The Flame, Volcanic Fissure of Snaking nerfed in the most riddiculous way possible. The devs didn't understand at all on why there are players that love slam. Its because slam build deal insanely huge damage, but need to press alot of buttons and huge investment in endgame to optimize the build to have smooth warcry CD loop, while still deal big damage, and good defensive + decent speed (but still nowhere near spell suppress+eva+block defensive, or spell / bow / wander level of speed). Everything that fubgun touches, will get nerfed into the ground. Why the fck pathfinder even nerfed just after it getting buffed for one league and becoming a solid choice that can compete with others in the endgame. You know why they "always nerf the streamers builds"? because the streamer gooners - like you fub-gooner - just copy and paste their builds and then a huge amount of players playing the same shit. Nerfs are totally fine - but this dogshit balance patch is... a huge mistake (nerfed ES hard, nerfed Leech hard, nerfed several skills but NOT twister... it will be a twister or minion league... just because the 'balance team' is a bunch of ppl who never played the game by themselves... ) As long as Jonathan or the current balance-team have their hands on this game, it will NEVER be in a good balanced state. And everytime something is more fun, they nerf it into the ground. thats a law of GGG)	Posted by dropnix111#3781 on May 22, 2026, 4:40:56 AM Quote this Post
Great job. Please work on MouseNKeyboard -> Controller seamless transition next. Many players use controller to fight and MnK for everything else.	Posted by mafiotzi#7661 on May 22, 2026, 4:56:11 AM Quote this Post
Sadge no chayula changes Ascend with precision!	Posted by VeyoRhast#5858 on May 22, 2026, 5:04:03 AM Quote this Post
" boowa86#1517 wrote: Swords, axes? Who need them? We are ggg we love ranged/casters, and of top that we fuck your opinions. And i paid for this shit. Now let the cerbers run to tell me its ea bro. Fucking idiots. I love watching people like you cry every league, keep coming and pay for these epic updates!	Posted by renispro#0217 on May 22, 2026, 5:06:03 AM Quote this Post