Path of Exile 2 finally is responding to the demand for respecs with this week’s update, although it will be done in a structured fashion: “Redoing an Ascendancy Trial allows you to respec which Ascendancy Class you have chosen at the Ascension device, but only if the Trial would grant you the number of points you already have.”
And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a roundup of other smaller MMO news stories and videos from this past week in this edition of The MOP Up (and if you don’t see a news story that we should have covered, drop us a tip)!
Evercore Heroes explained what a “hero roguelike” is, exactly: “What truly sets Evercore Heroes: Ascension apart is our approach to hero design and cooperative mechanics. Each hero isn’t just statistically different – they embody completely distinct playstyles even within the same class.”
Throne and Liberty explained the benefits of buying into its new battle pass, saying, “The Battle Pass is an optional seasonal purchase that can turn your accomplishments into new cosmetics, crafting materials, items, and various in-game currency.”
Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier is offering a limited-time trial while people still try to figure out what this game is supposed to be.
SMITE 2 trotted out Open Beta 7 update: “Headlined by the Warden of the Underworld himself—Cerberus—this patch also introduces a new Easter Event with a free skin, enchanting Tidy Tails skins from the Wandering Market Collection, Conquest-changing gameplay features, and a sweeping item power recalibration.”
Project Gorgon dropped a minor bug fixing patch.
Rare is giving away beautiful pirate sails: “In the spirit of a Southern Gothic folktale unfolding this month in a distant world, these elegant midnight-blue sails can be claimed for free by anyone who plays Sea of Thieves between April 8th and 15th.”
Brighter Shores brought on five new devs to help speed up content creation.
War Thunder’s visuals are getting better: “Work on making ray tracing better doesn’t stop! First up, ray tracing is now enabled on all PCs, regardless of GPU Vendor. AMD Radeon and Intel Arc users can now enjoy all RT features. We’re still working to make RT available on Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 consoles.”
World War Z added “seven totally new and three reworked mutators for Challenge Horde Mode lead the charge in the Community Challenge update.”
Palworld tracked down and squashed a particularly annoying bug.
Vigor’s Meltdown season arrived this past week:
Riot Games’ Marc Merrill talked about how making games is hard, yo:
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