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Path of Exile
Winners of the Talent Competition
Our Talent Competition for 2022 where we asked our community to show off their talents by creating content related to the Siege of the Atlas expansion concluded earlier this week! All your entries were amazing and we're now ready to announce the winners!
Thank you to everyone from our community for your incredible submissions and congratulations to all the winners! We’ll be contacting you soon to arrange your prizes. We’ll also award more Runner Ups in a follow-up post next week.
Check out the video with the top ten winners below!
[previewyoutube="nZ-JZz1ngKY;full"] For the full list of winners and some of our runners-up, check out the forum post here!
Talent Competition Highlights
You've only got a few days left to submit your entries for our Talent Competition! While you put the finishing touches on your masterpieces, check out some more of the incredible pieces we've received so far! Make sure to submit your entries before the competition closes at 9pm on March 27 PDT.
Cleansing Fire/Last Outpost (Siege of the Atlas) - guitar by caladriel
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If you have a talent you'd like to show off, there's still time to enter the competition! To submit your entry, all you need to do is post in this thread.
The Harmony Mystery Box Concept Art - Divergence
Last week we shared concept art of the Heritage themed cosmetics from the Harmony Mystery Box. Today, we wanted to follow up with the concept art from the Divergence theme! Check it out below.
The Hook Divination Card - Reward Poll
Recently, we asked the community for suggestions to replace the reward for "The Hook" Divination Card that was designed by the community. We've looked through all of your suggestions and have collected the most feasible for today's poll!
For the next poll, we'll highlight the Top Three results from this post to determine the next steps for deciding the card's new reward. As a reminder, the name, art and description of the card are already locked in as pictured below.
To vote, head over to the poll on our forum here. You will need to be logged into the forum to cast your vote.
We can't wait to see what the new reward for the card will be!
3.17.3 Patch Notes Preview
Later today, we're planning to deploy the 3.17.3 patch which introduces several improvements alongside a beta for PC Controller Support. Check out a preview of its patch notes below.
The following patch notes are still subject to change prior to the patch's deployment. We'll deploy the 3.17.3 update on consoles as soon as possible after its release on PC.
3.17.3 Patch Notes
PC Controller Support Beta
This patch adds the Beta for PC Controller Support to Path of Exile.
To access this feature, connect a game controller to your PC, launch Path of Exile and go to the Input Options panel. Change the Input Method option to "Controller (Beta)". It should take effect without you having to relaunch Path of Exile. Please report any bugs related to controller support in the Bug Reports forum.
Fixes and Improvements
Using the Highlight Key when hovering dropped items now displays minimum and maximum defensive values again.
The overkill explosion from the Punishment Curse no longer occurs if the curse is owned by the defender or one of their allies.
Fixed the arena mechanic in The Infinite Hunger boss fight so it now stops once the boss is killed.
Fixed a problem with Scourge Arrow where projectiles that were forked or split were not placing pods.
Fixed the Increased Minion Cast Speed quality modifier on Bone Offering so it can now apply to the player when having Mistress of Sacrifice allocated.
Fixed the Tempest Shield quality description as it incorrectly said the Chance to Shock was granted by the buff when it's only local to the skill.
Fixed a bug with the Heist NPCs in Grand Heists displaying wrong values in their buff descriptions.
Fixed a bug with applying Footprint Microtransactions where they did not show until changing area.
Fixed a bug where Shrines could fail to spawn with a pack of monsters.
Fixed a bug where the 'Show All' option on the Character Selection screen was not saving.
Fixed various dialogue audio problems.
Fixed a client crash related to Scorching Ray.
Fixed a client crash related to Stygian Firestorm.
The Harmony Mystery Box Concept Art - Heritage
Inspired by Zana's journey through the Atlas, the Heritage themed cosmetics in the Harmony Mystery Box bring a touch of golden elegance to Wraeclast. Today, we'd like to share some of the concept art from that set with you! Check out the concept art below.
Controller Support Beta
Since Path of Exile was launched on Xbox and PlayStation several years ago, we've been keen to bring controller support to the PC version. In the near future, we'll deploy the 3.17.3 Patch which introduces a Beta version of controller support.
To access this feature, connect a game controller to your PC, launch Path of Exile and go to the Input Options panel. Change the Input Method option to "Gamepad (Beta)". It should take effect without you having to relaunch Path of Exile. Please note that the feature is currently unavailable on Epic and macOS clients.
This controller support feature will stay in Beta until the launch of the 3.18 expansion, and there may be issues in the meantime. Please report any bugs related to the controller support in the Bug Reports forum.
Also, if you have a Steam Deck console, please test out Path of Exile after 3.17.3 has been released and let us know how well it works!
3.17.2 Patch Notes Preview
Sometime this week or early next week, we're planning to deploy the 3.17.2 patch which introduces several improvements including an update to the Fragment Tab. Check out a preview of its patch notes below.
The following patch notes are still subject to change prior to the patch's deployment. We'll deploy the 3.17.2 update on consoles as soon as possible after its release on PC.
3.17.2 Patch Notes
This patch contains various improvements and bug fixes of both small- and medium-importance.
Improvements
The Corrosive Hunger debuff in The Infinite Hunger boss fight now provides -1% Physical Damage Reduction and -1% Chance to Evade per stack (previously -400 to Armour and Evasion Rating per stack).
Corrosive Hunger stacks are now lost when The Infinite Hunger drowns you and teleports you away.
Oil that has been set alight is now treated as Burning Ground, and applies a Burning Ground debuff, rather than Burning Oil.
The Incendiary Archnemesis modifier now gives the monster less duration of Ignites on self, rather than reduced duration on Ignites of self. This change is to primarily address an issue where characters with the Blackflame Unique Ring equipped were unable to Ignite monsters with this Archnemesis modifier.
The number of Prefix and Suffix modifiers on an item is no longer preserved when rerolling modifiers using an Eldritch Chaos Orb.
Added a new '/atlaspassives' chat command that details the sources of your Atlas Passive Points, and those you may still be missing from quests.
Added a notification for when you have received a Map crafting option.
The Fragment Stash Tab can now hold Eldritch and Maven Invitations.
Items contained in the Gem and Flask Stash Tabs are now listed alphabetically within categories.
The "Convert Maps" button on the Map Stash Tab is now only usable if you have at least 1 non-remove only Map Stash set to the current map series.
Showing Advanced Mod Descriptions is not any option any more, it is now always on.
Bows in Standard with one-handed local Added Fire, Cold, Lightning and Chaos Damage weapon prefix modifiers can now have a Divine Orb used on them to obtain the two-handed modifier values introduced in 3.17.0.
The Vaal Omnitect and Atziri, Queen of the Vaal are now also untargetable whilst they are invulnerable, preventing Minions from prioritising them over other monsters.
Further improved level generation of Blighted Maps so that they fail to open less often.
Added a short cooldown to the triggered spells of Morgrants, the Deafening to prevent enormous numbers of Skill triggers against Player Minions.
Aura Skills that have had their Reservation changed to a cost through Divine Blessing Support can now be supported by Arcane Surge.
Trial of Ascendancy Portals now detail what kind of Offering they contain when you encounter them in Maps.
Updated the description on Divine Blessing Support to state that it cannot support Stance Skills.
The Invisible Buff Effect Microtransaction can now be applied to Plague Bearer, allowing you to hide its visual effects.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where a totemified channelling skill with a cooldown did not apply the cooldown when you used the skill, such as Winter Orb Totems with the Black Zenith Unique Gloves.
Fixed an issue where Drox, The Warlord's Glove Cascade was dealing more damage than intended in Maven's "The Elderslayers" Invitation.
Fixed a bug with Kirac Missions where Shaper- and Elder-Influence was not applying correctly to Maps.
Fixed a bug where the Lesser Searing Exarch Implicit modifier that grants 8% increased Attack Speed was not working correctly.
Fixed a bug where the Elevated Sextant modifier that causes Areas to contain 2 Additional Essences and provides a chance for monsters imprisoned by Essence a chance to contain a Remnant of Corruption had 3 uses, instead of 15 uses.
Fixed a bug where Eldritch Orbs of Annulment, Eldritch Chaos Orbs and Eldritch Exalted Orbs could be used on items that did not have empty Sockets.
Fixed a bug where the Megalomaniac Unique Jewel could not generate the Aggressive Defence, Blood Artist or Phlebotomist Cluster Jewel Notables.
Fixed a bug where the maximum Resistance modifiers introduced for Shields in 3.17.0 were unable to be changed to another type of Resistance through Harvest crafting options.
Fixed a bug where crafting recipe unlock interactables were sometimes not present in the Caldera, Marshes, Promenade and Wasteland Maps
Fixed an issue where you could sometimes be disconnected for performing too many actions if you had Berserk bound to left-click.
Fixed a bug where the Captivated Interest Atlas Passive Skill was not working correctly.
Fixed a bug where the targeting behaviour of minions summoned by The Dancing Dervish was not working correctly with Predator Support.
Fixed a bug with the Stormfire Unique Ring where the increased Burning Damage for each time you have Shocked a Non-Shocked Enemy Recently was not properly keeping track of your most recent Shocks.
Fixed an issue where the "Monsters steal Power, Frenzy and Endurance charges on Hit" modifier description was sometimes not visible on Maps with the modifier.
Fixed a bug where Whirling Blades would attempt to hit a target again if it evaded the attack.
Fixed a bug where Unique Maps that were corrupted to Rare Maps could sometimes retain their Unique art.
Fixed an issue where the "Prevent others from using your Map Portals" option did not apply to Map Portals in Karui Shores.
Fixed an issue where Cremation could sometimes be invisible when supported by Spell Echo.
Fixed a bug where The Eater of Worlds and The Searing Exarch icons could sometimes incorrectly display on items on the ground.
Fixed a bug where the Extinguish debuff icon was displayed as a buff.
Fixed a bug where temporary beam effects for item filters were not so temporary if they continued from a permanent beam.
Fixed an unintended visual interaction between the Indomitable Aegis Aurora and Myrmidon Weapon Effect Microtransactions.
Fixed an issue where the Stygian Plague Bearer Microtransactions would sometimes not fully apply to characters.
Fixed a few wonky interactions with Warcry skills and some Character Effect microtransactions.
Fixed a bug where the audio for Kinetic Bolt could stutter and cause the client to freeze.
Fixed a client crash that could occur with Phantasmal Seismic Trap.
An Update to the Fragment Stash Tab
In the upcoming 3.17.2 update, we're improving the Fragment Tab so that it can hold Eldritch and Maven fragments. Alongside this added storage, the patch includes some other improvements and fixes. We'll deploy it as soon as we can, but in the meantime, check out the look of the updated Fragment tab below:
Core Supporter Pack Concept Art - Ravager
Today we're continuing our series showcasing concept art from our 2022 Core Supporter Packs. Take a look at the Ravager Core Supporter Pack below! You can check out the concept art from the Imperator, Nullifier and Annihilator Core Supporter Packs by clicking the links on the pack name.