Early Access Announcements - Play Path of Exile 2 for Free on August 29 - September 1 PDT - Forum

Will we get these in POE1?	Posted by red_foxie#1353 on Aug 25, 2025, 10:08:07 AM Quote this Post
Decent	Posted by Illegal_Bygone#9693 on Aug 25, 2025, 11:48:31 AM Quote this Post
Can paying customers get their own authentication login pass please and thanks Last edited by ApacheVE3D#7124 on Aug 25, 2025, 2:06:55 PM	Posted by ApacheVE3D#7124 on Aug 25, 2025, 2:05:56 PM Quote this Post
The game already had a server "stress test" with the 870k players on launch and performed...decent. I'd be surprised if the numbers will be higher now even with the free weekend. Deffo not expecting 1 mill. Maybe 500k ish. The more, the merrier. I love a good active online game :)	Posted by RaidEE#6026 on Aug 25, 2025, 2:12:47 PM Quote this Post
Can I predownload the game client before the Free Weekend begins so that I can play right at launch? No, predownloading requires an Early Access key. You will need to wait until the Free Weekend begins at 1PM on August 29 to download the game without the Early Access key. So we have 2 minutes from start until f2p players download the game and flood and kill servers. Just enough time to give my character a name	Posted by zsirfoka#3193 on Aug 25, 2025, 5:04:42 PM Quote this Post
" zsirfoka#3193 wrote: Can I predownload the game client before the Free Weekend begins so that I can play right at launch? No, predownloading requires an Early Access key. You will need to wait until the Free Weekend begins at 1PM on August 29 to download the game without the Early Access key. So we have 2 minutes from start until f2p players download the game and flood and kill servers. Just enough time to give my character a name I wish i had internet that can downlaod 100gb game in 2 minutes Open me ---> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n2o4ELggKFU <--- Open me	Posted by zeraldrrr#5581 on Aug 25, 2025, 5:41:46 PM Quote this Post
" Antarious#5648 wrote: " Burinat#0179 wrote: " Antarious#5648 wrote: This is honestly the one thing announced today that I just kind of face palm. Everyone wants to play the start of a new league as the first week or so is the best time to play. Why would you purposely create even more issues for the first weekend of the league. Which is also going to be a negative for people they apparently think are going to spring for an EA package and MTX etc but were holding out for a free weekend. I mean you might want a stable environment to try and hook someone with. Maybe to "release" a bit that anxiety to be the first in everything. I'm a casual player, so I really can skip the first weekend, week or more... And feel the pain of not having done it in currency terms, but hey, i can play only one character per league and be happy. This has nothing to do with "first in everything." It has to do with the fact that the first 1 to 2 weeks max of any league are the only time trade isn't ruined yet. Which is part of why after the first couple of weeks in general we start to see player drop off. That is what i am referring to... Imagine players like me that takes 1-2 weeks to get to endgame, how have to "suffer" on the trade. Maybe if not everyone wanted to be so fast, the ruined trading thing would come months later, not just days... But, as i said, i'm so casual, that haven't arrived yet to any endgame.	Posted by Burinat#0179 on Aug 25, 2025, 8:12:18 PM Quote this Post
This is a good step	Posted by BLASSTABOI#5179 on Aug 25, 2025, 8:20:02 PM Quote this Post
3 days is not enough for regular andys, it should have been at least 7 days	Posted by furfur404#5551 on Aug 26, 2025, 1:36:08 AM Quote this Post
So the whole tread is 100% moderated with removing the negative posts. So sad GGG. Go fail this league	Posted by Grebnev86#1279 on Aug 26, 2025, 1:44:09 AM Quote this Post