PoE2 0.5 RAW Impressions?? - Path of Exile 2 Pod W/ Scorpius

I love the new layout.

Uh, that was the first thing that was apparent to me.

Like, what were your thoughts when you opened the atlas screen and you saw everything for the first time with your hands on the keyboard and mouse, as opposed to the devs showing it off on their showcase?

Oh, 100%.

It's the, it's the first thing.

I think it's the first thing that, uh, I was like, "Okay, here we go." So there are new walls.

There's this there.

There's a little corner for this thing.

I, I don't wanna spoil too much for you, but-

Yeah

... th- th- there's everything is everywhere and I feel that the progression, what we were missing, is exactly what they did.

So I'm, I'm really happy with what I saw.

Uh, to be completely honest, though, it's just mapping, right? It's still mapping in a way.

You just put the waystone, you go in, you do the map and everything.

But it just, the feeling is, uh, is much better.

So the first time that I saw the whole thing open up, it was like, "Okay, nice." So I know where to go now.

It's not just a free-for-all and random stuff.

Yeah.

You have a lot more experience, I think, in other games compared to myself.

And in some of your recent commentary videos, you talked about how Path of Exile 2 was drawing in gamers from different genres who have never played ARPGs before.

Yeah.

Compared to before, what are your thoughts on the onboarding experience for, just put yourselves in the shoes of a novice to Path of Exile 2, a new player when they enter the endgame.

What did you think that experience was like? If you could, like, just imagine, never seen it before, hop in.

Yeah.

What are your thoughts?