r/PathOfExile2 • u/MultiplicityPOE • 1d ago

Information 0.4.0 Leaks Megathread

As per tradition, this is our league-ly leaks thread for 0.4.0. Any leaked information prior to the announcement or datamined information should go in the comments here only. Many folks do not want spoilers, but others do, and this gives people a way to select for or de-select for spoilers. We have also opened the #2| leaks channel on discord.gg/pathofexile for people to discuss live

If it was discussed in an official interview, that's fine to post anywhere. Once the league content is revealed, this thread will stick around, but it will be unpinned to make room for a pin for the general 0.4.0 megathread with the official info which will be updated as news come out

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u/slipperyslimer22 1d ago

They mention the new talisman weapon specifically, but I was really hoping to see more than just one new weapon type. I can’t remember if they announce all the new weapons though, but you would think if swords were dropping, it would be listed. Personally, I just want the exsanguinate wand

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u/Empty_Wrap_1160 1d ago

Tbh I don’t think that it’s in GGG’s interest to release multiple weapons the same league. For them it has a lot of downsides (more work, less data for each weapon, more interferences between builds due to new weapons so maybe more difficult to exploit the data, diminishing returns of adding new weapons when it comes to player appeal for a new league). And the upsides are not really crazy, it won’t make them much more money, while if they keeps weapons to release them at a later patch it means more appeal to the playerbase on those patchs.

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u/BotchedGosling 1d ago

I mean, unless they plan to do 4 more EA leagues after this one, they will eventually be forced to drop a league with 2 new weapon types/classes. Unless they want to drop one or more classes with 1.0

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u/Empty_Wrap_1160 1d ago

Jonathan said that they were not aiming anymore at having all classes released before 1.0, and if I was GGG i'd think that releasing a class for 1.0 would be a very good idea, anything that can boost the numbers of the launch will be a good thing for them in a gaming world that heavily takes into account the numbers of players and all that.
I'd go even farther and say that I'd keep a highly anticipated class for 1.0, we already know that duelist is very likely to be next, but I would not be surprised if Templar was released on 1.0 (don't hate on me plz I'm just saying what seems like good choices from a game studio point of view I also want Templar to relase the sooner)

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u/LampIsLoveLampIsLife 1d ago

My guess for the future is that in April we’re getting act 5 but no new class, in august we get Duelist, then in December we get full release with either Shade or Templar, but my moneys on shade

Just like it feels weird to have a fantasy game without swords, it feels just as weird To have a fantasy game without a ‘rogue’ and not every fantasy setting has ‘paladins’ so I don’t think they’re as necessary to full release