Latest patch (0.10.0g), new microtransactions and other news!

We have made massive strides with server stability. Our number of "unexpected disconnections" per day is now one thousand times lower than it was in launch week. There's still more to fix, but we're getting there. We're also getting a lot closer to the 0.10.1 patch (which contains larger improvements rather than these small fixes). At this stage it's probably 1-2 weeks away.

All of the "bonus" stash tabs we offered to people who purchased tabs during Closed Beta have now been awarded. If you missed out on this (and purchased more than 5 tabs during Closed Beta), please email support@grindinggear.com. We have also replaced all microtransactions that were lost due to problems on our end over the last two weeks. We will shortly be emailing everyone affected to let them know. There is a known issue in the current microtransaction shop where if your microtransaction stash is full and you try to purchase something it may deduct points even though you didn't receive the item. We know about this and are working on a fix. Everyone will have their microtransactions restored back to a correct state. If you're worried, please contact support.

There are also two things we remembered about recently that it turns out many advanced players don't know! They've been in the game for ages, but they were undocumented. The first is that you can hold alt (or whatever highlight key) while hovering an item in the trade screen to see its item level. The other is that you can hover over an item with the mouse cursor and press Ctrl+C to copy its properties into your clipboard.

We have an exciting new race league system coming soon with a prize structure that differs from the one we were running in Closed Beta. I will be posting some "calibration" races in the Events forum sometime in the next day or so. These races will be password protected and are meant to calibrate what levels people can attain in certain durations in the new content. They will not have prizes, and are not intended for masses of players - just the few people who find out about them and want to help us calibrate fair level rewards. If you don't know what race events are, it may be best to avoid playing these ones until we announce the new system in approximately a week!

Thanks again for helping us make Path of Exile a success. I look forward to seeing you in game.

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XvXReaperXvX wrote:

New pets!? OMFG!

Buying them now!


Edit:

Noooooooo!!!!

"Failed to purchase.
An argument was invalid."

Micro-trans tabs full...

Why you tease me devs...

Fixes to this are coming soon (next week I hope). Sorry about that!

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tomslucky7 wrote:

the 'hold alt to show item level' note doesn't work for me D: I tried having the item being held by my cursor (like when using /itemlevel) and holding alt, tried hovering over an equipped item with my mouse and holding alt, unequipped an item and hovered over it and held alt, and tried holding alt while hovering over linked items in trade chat. Nothing worked! How does this new found function.. function?

It is about items that are in the trade screen.

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Mihalis wrote:

Thank you for the update.

I think those microtransactions are getting too expensive here. $50 and $90 for one pet? Keep the prices low so more people will keep shopping points.

People asked for premium pets so that they can show off the higher amounts they have supported us with. They're completely optional, and we make sure to price pets as low as $2.50.

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Sevorast wrote:

Wow. CCP took massive flak over the monocle for $70, but GGG can put in $90 pets and nobody bats an eyebrow. In fact most people seem to be coming out in overwhelming support of the prices.

The internet is a confusing place.

Cool stuff though, the acid scorpion looks really great imo.

Two thoughts:
a) Their game generally also costs money to play (I say generally because I do understand the PLEX stuff), whereas ours is free.
b) That was several years ago - premium items are becoming more accepted.
c) A lightning scorpion is much, much cooler than a monocle!

By the way, regarding the other fix requests that I haven't replied to - we have read them and will either be fixing those things soon or posting updates about them, I hope!