Path of Exile 2 Endgame Content Reveal Table of Contents

I. Opening Cinematic (0:00 – 5:00)

II. Jonathan Rogers’ Introduction (5:00 – 7:40)

Welcomes viewers and announces Path of Exile 2’s Early Access launch on December 6th.
Emphasizes the extensive content available in Early Access, promising a substantial gameplay experience.
Transitions into the gameplay trailer, highlighting key features and exciting gameplay.

III. Early Access Content Overview (7:40 – 1:09:40)

A. Game Setting and Story (8:00 – 9:05)

Sets the stage 20 years after the original Path of Exile.
Introduces the threat of rising corruption orchestrated by the Count of Ogham.
Showcases diverse environments for players to explore, including forests, deserts, and jungle ruins.

B. Classes and Skills (9:30 – 22:36)

Features three martial arts schools: Lightning, Ice, and Wind, encouraging elemental combinations.
Introduces the Killing Palm skill for swift eliminations and power charge generation.
Showcases combo skills like Tempest Bell, allowing strategic placement and elemental enhancements.
Highlights staff empowerment abilities, such as Staggering Palm for stuns and wind projectile attacks.
Emphasizes fast-paced gameplay with dashes, projectiles, and devastating combo attacks.

Focuses on heavy-hitting melee combat with high armor and powerful slams.
Emphasizes control during attacks, allowing retargeting and dodge rolls.
Showcases a variety of skills: slams, fire attacks, warcries, shield techniques, and totems.
Introduces shield mechanics: blocking, unblockable attacks, and shield charge.
Features Ancestral Warrior totems as meta skills, empowering existing slam abilities.
Highlights endgame potential with diverse slam combinations and fearsome leaping attacks.

Emphasizes ranged combat with bows and a focus on mobility and combo tools.
Showcases elemental arrows: fire, ice, and poison, each with unique effects.
Highlights the new Charm system for defense against debuffs and damage types.
Introduces a revamped Flask system with dedicated life and mana slots, charged by killing enemies.
Showcases endgame potential with versatile arrow types, raining from the sky, bouncing, and swirling.

Specializes in firearms with diverse ammo types for strategic combat.
Emphasizes quick ammo switching for powerful combos and adaptability.
Showcases the versatility of different ammo types: Glacial Bolt, Fragmentation, Armor Piercing, High Velocity, and Gas Grenades.
Introduces the concept of traps, mines, and turrets for tactical gameplay.
Highlights endgame potential with explosive combos and strategic use of various ammo types.

Focuses on summoning and commanding permanent minions.
Introduces the Spirit mechanic for summoning and maintaining minion hordes.
Showcases minion management with the skill screen and varied spirit costs.
Introduces command skills, granting active abilities for controlling minions.
Highlights the use of corpses for summoning even larger armies.
Emphasizes a mix of minion control and chaos/bone spells for spreading disease, impaling, and cursing enemies.

C. Support Gems and Skill Customization (20:56 – 22:36)

Introduces Support Gems as a key element for modifying and enhancing skills.
Emphasizes flexibility, allowing players to tailor skills to their playstyle.
Demonstrates how Support Gems can alter skill mechanics, damage output, and utility.
Encourages experimentation and creativity in crafting unique builds.

D. Passive Skill Tree (22:37 – 26:45)

Highlights the vast and iconic passive skill tree, featuring over 1500 nodes.
Assures players of a simple core system despite its massive scale.
Explains class-specific starting locations and shared access to the entire tree.
Introduces key elements: Clusters, Notables, Attribute Highways, and Keystones.
Discusses the importance of thoughtful node allocation and build specialization.

E. Items and Crafting (27:00 – 30:35)

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