Act 4 will be early next year

Just in case someone missed the news for today.

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087970

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The December 1.3.0 update is at roughly the half-way mark between Forsaken Masters and the 1.4.0 Act Four expansion we'll be releasing early next year.

Now, I am guessing it will be sometime around March. I think it will release before Easter anyway.

FM was at 8.20
1.3.0 will probably be at December.

I guess that Act 4 will be released in April but take that with a grain of salt.

I hope it wont be just a half-act release, like Act 3 + Act 3x 10 months later... I'm longing for some real new content & maps.

Act 4 is always early next year.

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morbo wrote:

I hope it wont be just a half-act release, like Act 3 + Act 3x 10 months later... I'm longing for some real new content & maps.

I would say that is a VERY distinct possibility, judging by the pattern I don't see why the wouldn't release it in parts. Otherwise we would probably get a 2016 release and everyone would just quit poe by then with no updates.

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Ael00 wrote:

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morbo wrote:

I hope it wont be just a half-act release, like Act 3 + Act 3x 10 months later... I'm longing for some real new content & maps.

I would say that is a VERY distinct possibility, judging by the pattern I don't see why the wouldn't release it in parts. Otherwise we would probably get a 2016 release and everyone would just quit poe by then with no updates.

I thought I saw something like they have planned to go up to Act 10...and POE is a 10 years project or something like this.

Either way, I do hoping it will be a full Act 4.

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morbo wrote:

I hope it wont be just a half-act release, like Act 3 + Act 3x 10 months later... I'm longing for some real new content & maps.

i hope its an half act release like they did to act 3

they made something nice with first half "Its new! we gotta make it gud!"
and then they felt the need to finish it and made something really bad...

act3 is by far the most hated act and its basicly because of second half

I disagree.
The only bad part about act 3 is all the sewers and hedge maze especially.

1.4 will make or break the game. Let them work on it until it's good... June for all I care.

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Sexcalibure wrote:

i hope its an half act release like they did to act 3

they made something nice with first half "Its new! we gotta make it gud!"
and then they felt the need to finish it and made something really bad...

act3 is by far the most hated act and its basicly because of second half

That's a reason more to hope it will be a complete release, you know, make the whole act nice & gud because it's new, not just half of it :)

I agree that Act 3x is the worst part of the game and really hope they remembered all the feedback of what makes it bad. (in short: annoying area layouts, annoying monsters, difficulty spike)

E:
Funny that, for my taste, acts go progressively worse, with Act 1 still being the most enjoyable part of quest content, even though I did it hundreds of times (races etc.). Act 2 is still nice, Act 3 first part is already on the bad side...