When is Templar coming out?

We need more classes

I tried my best making a Melee-Caster Warrior but the ascendancy and starting point simply doesn't seem made for it.(and life + armor is like playing with 1/3 of PoE 1 EHP)

Anyone has any news on the extra classes?

From what I've seen and don't quote me pls, cause I'm not too sure myself. The general consensus is that a few months into EA druid and huntress will get their release and after that we won't be seeing any of the other classes till launch day. Hope this helps in some way.

Hope the huntress comes soon, I am tired of spark and lightning arrow...

Right now there is really no build diversity compared to PoE1...feels like we will be stuck in a spark + archmage and LE meta forever. O and that frost strike monk everyone is playing.

Druid and Templar will start from the same node.

I've seen some pre EA footage of Bear Form having Slam Skills, so it may be possible to save your Warrior by combining Titan Ancestry with all the Bear Spells you can find.

And even if I am wrong about the Slams, you could still make use of the Crushing Impact node in tandem with Hulking Form node.

Here is the video I mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb_rj9iPKzM

Unless something goes wrong with the implementation of Druid Beast Forms, we should be getting Druid + Huntress as early as the next patch.

Sadly, we have no official date or statements to confirm this and everything is gossip by gaming journalists/websites.

There is an article here which I found that states that after Druid + Huntress Templar + Shadow will be arriving next, which I hope it's wrong because in my eye's mind Marauder and Duelist need to show up next so we have more characters and weapon skills to use and brainstorm on how to help GGG improve Melee Str based builds.

Article in question:

https://game8.co/games/Path-of-Exile-2/archives/489998

Unless you are willing to experiment with out of meta builds such as Mercenary or Ranger with a 2H Hammer, then my advice would be to take a break from the game.

We could expect Templar sooner as there's no a str/int character yet in the game, but since we know Driud (also str/int) and Huntress are coming next, this gap as good as filled. The rest four classes can be introduced in any order.

If Templar were the 9th, we'd end up in a weird situation where the game would get flails and spears before swords and axes (which also have two-handed bases by the way). I think at least one user of the classic melee weapons should be added first.

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AzaelAkai#7324 wrote:

From what I've seen and don't quote me pls, cause I'm not too sure myself.

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AzaelAkai#7324 wrote:

The general consensus is that a few months into EA druid and huntress will get their release and after that we won't be seeing any of the other classes till launch day. Hope this helps in some way.

The first part is true, as for the second ... I haven't even heard of this speculation before, the devs definitely didn't say that. The plan is to add new classes as they're ready. However, for a class to be ready, the weapons and skills associated with it must also be ready, so it's not just about models/rigs/animations.

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draco359#5475 wrote:

Sadly, we have no official date or statements to confirm this and everything is gossip by gaming journalists/websites.

There is an article here which I found that states that after Druid + Huntress Templar + Shadow will be arriving next, which I hope it's wrong because in my eye's mind Marauder and Duelist need to show up next so we have more characters and weapon skills to use and brainstorm on how to help GGG improve Melee Str based builds.

Article in question:

https://game8.co/games/Path-of-Exile-2/archives/489998

Does it state that though? To me the table just lists upcoming classes.