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Path of Exile - Beta Key Winners
Here we go, time for the winning entries! You can find all the winners and their entries below and if you are interested in my reasoning or how I chose the winners be sure to check the video out linked above and below!
I also just want to say up-front that I know that some of these may well have been mentioned before, but hey, that doesn't change the fact that the entries were good! :D
► Helpful ◄
- mattuo -
Passive Skill Tree Additions: I would love to have the option to queue up passive skills that I do not yet have the skill points for. For example I could select "Bow Knockback" and the game would automatically add the skills I need to get the "Bow Knockback" skill as I level.
(Obviously giving choices if there are multiple paths) Players would not have to go back into the skill tree and scroll through it each and every time they gain a new skill point.
- BogusMeatFactory -
I would love to see some more interactive multi-player input. For example: In Act 1 in the lower and upper prison, have traps or puzzles that require two or more players to overcome.
(I.e. pressure plates that need to be stood on in a proper order to unlock gates) The areas unlocked would be completely tertiary and not necessary to move on, but would be great for sub-quest areas and for better loot. This would help increase player interactivity and communication with each other and incentivise party play; key in multiplayer games.
► Creative ◄
- dmlayton1984 -
My submission is an idea for a skill: Dopplebomb!
It would be a dexterity based skill. What it would allow you to do is to become invisible for a short amount of time (probably something like 2-3 seconds) and leave a copy of your character behind.
(Enemies will still see and attack this copy) After a short while the copy will explode dealing damage to all enemies nearby and extra damage based on how much damage the copy took before exploding.
It should have a large cooldown or mana cost to avoid spamming and would be useful mostly as an escape mechanism.
- Cexial -
This is the Idea for the first Act - You meet up with
(or find) a 'drowned zombie' that is actually a scout for the shore encampment, but dressed up an rotten flesh and other smelly stuff. He gives you a quest to help him investigate where all the walking corpses are coming from... You scout along the shore and find another crashed slave trading ship out in the water, and realize that the drowned corpses and walking dead are actually the unfortunate passengers from that ship.
You encounter the ship's captain as a boss mob
(With a peg-leg and a saber ofc...)
► Funny ◄
- Spinaltouch -
I have a great idea for a new Boss Mob for the first Act... COLD SNAP the ice elemental. He has immunity to ice damage of any kind, destroys zombies in one hit, leaving the player saying, "Zombies? Where are my zombies? Damn zombies!" and eats one frenzy charge from the player every 4 seconds. He is summoned when players utter the words"Cold Snap" while using that skill constantly. COLD SNAP drops a Rare Sharktooth Maul, 1 Portal Scroll, and a free subscription to the Tales of Lumin Adventure Series.
- Smackdo -
When you first arrive in the starting town (Shore Encampment) there is another survivor who got there just before you. He becomes your rival. As you progress through the game he leaves you messages in the dungeons, taunting you. Occasionally you see him fighting enemies only to have him disappear and he is always ahead of you in level. Whenever you enter a town different townspeople speak of his exploits but you never get his name until the end...
GARY MOTHER F****NG OAK!!
P.S. Pokemon references in his messages are a must.
Again...
Thanks to MrCarlos, TomBombadil, D_Homes, Grinding Gear Games and everyone that entered! : )
Here's the competition video if you missed it:
Path of Exile - Beta Key Giveaway!
