The Public Stress Test Weekend was a huge success!

Chris thanks for the public test i got to finally test this game :)) gz on i believe it was 7400? i never had problems so keep it up guys :)

Path of Exile: Stress Test Weekend
(A gamer of twenty or so years, responding the morning after...)

Holy S$#@!,

I don't believe I've done that with a game since -- Diablo II. "PoE" contains all of the fun and addictive elements of any top-down clicker, bundled up in what I believe is perhaps the best presentation of said genre thus far. My wife and I agreed that we would both gladly pay a retail price for the game as it is -- even if it was restricted to cooperative LAN play.

We're basically stuck sitting around, trying to figure out what to do with our spare time until this micro-purchase is available. The game is just that good. The skill tree alone has completely captured my imagination. I can't wait to see the finished product. An enormous thank you from our family to that of GGG. Your game is an EPIC accomplishment!

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Chris wrote:

After 54 hours of public access, Path of Exile is now back in its Closed Beta phase. The weekend was a huge success! 46,911 people tried out the game, and the servers successfully handled peak load of 7310 players. Three minor realm stability issues were found and will be fixed this week...Thanks very much for helping us test Path of Exile - we had a great time!

Hats off to you and all your team. Very smooth stress test for sure. That was a lot of people.

Of those 54 hours, I'm sure you slept maybe 2. Just couldn't leave your Templar alone could you? :D

Really enjoyed the two days of public beta play. I had been looking for an action rpg in the vein of those so lauded a decade ago, and had lately been playing through a half dozen or so of the like. Path of Exile turned out to be quite atmospheric and enjoyable. I achieved level 13 with the duelist class, and likely would be playing right now. Looking forward to the game's general release. Thanks again to the developers for the opportunity to give PoE a try.

Was very impressed. It seemed very smooth. Only had the realm drop twice on me in the many hours I played. I absolutely love the passive skill web.

The gameplay and item hunt is very engaging while the currency was a little confusing at first. Once you understand the currency system you can quickly see its potential.

I only just made it into the second act with a witch but look forward to and hope this game has a long existence.


Congratulations GGG

The game is great fun, thanks for extending the Free Weekend event a bit longer. I will be a customer when the game comes out as this is the type of game I have craved for years and not been able to find.

Hope I get into Beta soon, my index finger is twitching to spam the mouse keys...

This was a triumph.

Can't wait for a chance to play some more.

I had a blast playing this game over the weekend. Keep up the good work.

The public stress test was a huge hit amongst my friends and many are now interested in playing again in open beta (if they don't make it into closed beta.) We all look forward to being able to play again!

Each character class was more fun than the last one. Worked well on my eyefinity setup, which was a pleasant surprise. Look forward to the planned eshop prepurchase.