That's right folks, I'm one of the lucky randomly selected folks to Beta Test the game Path Of Exile.

I'm sure you're scratching your head right now asking "What the hell is Path Of Exile?"

Well, Path of Exile is an Indie made Online ARPG "Diablo Clone" if you will. Notice I say online and not MMO. The towns will be all the players of the world, but when you run out of town, it randomly generates your duengons and whatever for you and your party alone.

I played about 3 hours last night on the Beta and really liked it a lot. Still the old Hack and Slash mouse clicking waiting for your monster to blow up and drop the latest and greatest loot.

5 Diffrent Classes to choose from (as of now, suppose to be adding another at some point), Your Straight up Fighter, Archer type, Hybrid Strength/Dex, Warmage type, and Mage type.

Some things still aren't polished or in place yet as it is still a Beta.

Best of all the game is 100% Free. Free to Download, Free to Play. It seriously looks like it'll be the perfect hold me over until Diablo III is released. (Whenever the hell that is)

The E-Mail I recieved with the Beta rules of what I can and can't say/can and can't do did specifiy that I would be given Invites at some point to bring friends into the Beta, and depending on how many I get (two are already reserved) I will be throwing the Extras to anyone on here who is interested.

(If you are interested in reading the E-mail, I'll enclose it in the Spoiler Tag so it doesn't take up the whole page) [SPOILER:7df63f1d70]Welcome to the Path of Exile Beta!

We've been working on Path of Exile for four years now, and are incredibly excited (and a little nervous) to be finally sharing it with people, especially other fans of action RPGs.

This is a genuine product testing beta, not a 'marketing beta'. We're a small indie team that wants your honest feedback. The game will continue to change regularly based on your opinions.

Path of Exile is currently unfinished. We have many months of changes planned, including revamps of almost every major system in the game. Some large features are not enabled yet and will be added early in the Closed Beta. We intend to openly discuss our plans for these systems so that we can get quality feedback. Please visit the Beta forums to read our plans for these areas.

Like any other Beta test, ours contains some content that is not announced or not finished yet. This email outlines the rules of what you can and can't talk about publicly regarding the Beta.

- You can tell people that you are in the Beta. Your account is marked as "Beta Member" on the forums.
- You can discuss any publicly available information that you would normally have discussed before you were in the Beta test.
- You're welcome to post your general opinions on the game. Please do not go into detail about unannounced specifics or unfinished systems.
- Please do not reveal unannounced information or comment on how things in the Beta work. For example, you should not post about some skill that hasn't been announced yet, or some unannounced looting system we are testing out.
- Please do not post balance values from the game or update public websites or wikis with this information. For example, if someone is gathering a list of item names in the Beta, you should not tell them new names. This information will change very frequently and we don't want to confuse people.
- Please do not post screenshots or videos without permission. However, if you ask you are likely to be granted permission.
- Please do not share your account. In the future, we'll periodically allow you to invite some friends to play with.
If you abuse these rules we reserve the right to remove your access.

If in doubt, please ask for permission. We'll probably say yes if the request is reasonable. We're not trying to stop word from getting out (we'd love you to spread the word!), we just want to avoid misinformation about things that are not finalised.

You should now be able to see the Closed Beta forums on the Path of Exile site. Please post bug reports, feedback and suggestions for improvement to these forums rather than the public ones - otherwise we'll miss them and other Beta testers won't be able to add their views.

We believe the quality of your feedback and suggestions during this Beta will be one of the biggest contributors to the success of the final game. So, please don't lurk and do give specific feedback and constructive suggestions not just complaints. We're listening to everything you say.

Also please note that characters will be wiped at the end of the Closed Beta period and might be wiped periodically during Beta for any reason.

The game is approximately 2.3gb and can be installed with the following installer: http://www.pathofexile.com/download/installer
To log in, use the email address and password that you signed up for your www.pathofexile.com account with.

Enjoy the Beta![/SPOILER:7df63f1d70]

Below is the Newest Character's Trailer. The Templar.


Link to the Game's Site:
http://www.pathofexile.com/

An IGN Preview of what they've seen/played
http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/118/1184572p1.html

Valdronius wrote:

I would like an invite. What are the system requirements?

All I could find so far on System Requirements.

Quote:

9. What platforms are supported by the game? Path of Exile will initially launch with support for Windows. No Mac support has been announced yet, but it's something we'll investigate after release. 14. What are the hardware requirements for Path of Exile? Path of Exile is designed to run on a huge variety of systems, from an everyday laptop to a top of the line gaming rig. Our detailed art is designed to not only look great, but also reveal additional detail as the resolution is increased to the maximum of 2560x1600. Exact system requirements will be determined closer to release.

I don't have any invites to give out now. Once I do, Like I said 2 are already Reserved (One for my Dad, and one for a Friend) But I will certainly give extras out.

If you want a chance to be picked up yourself, go to the Path Of Exile Site www.pathofexile.com to Create an Account. They literally have a countdown timer on the front of the page where its every 30min or a Hour (not sure but its one of those) and they pick a Random Persons account and activate them for Beta. You can see on the counter who just got it, and who's getting activated next.

Also, they will send you an e-mail to the account you signed up with.

For me to invite you, Your going to have to have an account anyway, so Might as well sign up and maybe get picked up for Beta yourself in case I don't get enough invites or it takes forever to get them.

Would love to have some people I know to play with.