Introducing PoE Vault

[Damien 1,514]

Today, we release our Path of Exile site. It is not entirely finished yet, but the content is there and we felt comfortable sharing it with Path of Exile players from our current audience.

This is a project that we have been working on for quite some time (so nothing to do with the recent Diablo announcements or lack thereof). We developed a CMS from the ground up, using our many years of experience with Icy Veins as a basis for the various features we required on the publishing side of the site. We also added things such as a proper item database or a dev tracker. These are things we can't have on Icy Veins, because the tech the site is running on would not permit it. Hopefully, one day we can run Icy Veins on our new tech and do all these things, if we feel like it.

As I was saying above, the site is not 100% ready, but it is very close in terms of features. We worked hard in the past two weeks to fix all major bugs, so that end users can have a smooth experience, and we have enough content to cover the currently most popular builds. So we are waiting for your feedback!

Currently you will find the following things on the site: guides and news for Path of Exile, an item database (still missing out a couple of base items), a dev tracker (Official Forums + Twitter + Reddit), and of course forums where people can discuss about that game.

Our guide offering is currently as follows:

• Triple Herald Blade Vortex Elementalist Build
• Arc Mines Saboteur Build Guide
• Glacial Cascade Mines Saboteur Build Guide
• Ancestral Warchief Ascendant Build Guide
• Ascendant Hit Elemental Build Guide
• Aurabot Ascendant, 8 Auras Build Guide
• The Cleave Ascendant Build Guide
• Herald of Agony Occultist Build Guide
• Frostbolt/Glacial Cascade Totems Hierophant Build Guide
• Uber Labyrinth Farmer Juggernaut Build Guide
• Rain of Arrows Deadeye Build Guide
• Tornado Shot Deadeye Build Guide
• The Baron Zombies/Skeletons Necromancer Build Guide
• Toxic Rain Pathfinder Build
• Blade Flurry Gladiator Build Guide
• Spectral Throw Raider Build Guide
• Cyclone Slayer Build Guide

We also have a beginner guide for fresh exiles.

With all that said, we're hoping to see you on that new website and are looking forward to your comments!

Please welcome our newest website on Path of Exile!

[Kaelos 74]

Woah.
Would like to see interface for builds like D3 has here with categories by class (Witch, Duelist etc, no ascendancy) instead of that forum layout. Also guides by 'Furty' are missing leveling tips which are awesome in 'Vvckd' builds. ?

Edited December 21, 2018 by Kaelos

[Anastriana 9]

Definitely wasn't expecting this, but it's a welcome surprise. Great job so far.

 

I assume they're keeping that forum layout because that's how it is on the official Path of Exile site.

Edited December 21, 2018 by Anastriana

[Infinal 16]

:|

I thought you guys were Blizzard-exclusive. In that vein, good job, Blizzard, for making your number-one supporter break their chastity belts open and get canoodling with your own sister, the one that everyone derided as a fashion-senseless imitator at first but slowly and surely worked on herself to eclipse your every achievement. And surely, this is a great step by Icy Veins, but at the same time a deplorable one by Blizzard for making this necessary.

[Arcling 898]

Don't you guys have Diablo: Immortal to write about?!

[Damien 1,514]

2 hours ago, Kaelos said:

Woah.
Would like to see interface for builds like D3 has here with categories by class (Witch, Duelist etc, no ascendancy) instead of that forum layout. Also guides by 'Furty' are missing leveling tips which are awesome in 'Vvckd' builds. ?

I'll pass this along to Furty and Vvckd, thanks!

1 hour ago, Anastriana said:

Definitely wasn't expecting this, but it's a welcome surprise. Great job so far.

 

I assume they're keeping that forum layout because that's how it is on the official Path of Exile site.

 

We'll definitely have a more organized layout as we keep adding more guides. It's a site that is going to keep evolving as the devs keep clearing all the tasks we're filling in their project management software ? It's just that we only have like 15 guides for now, so we deemed a list to be OK. Later, when we have more guides, we'll definitely have a mega menu (like we have for the items) with all the currently popular builds, organized by ascendency.

 

41 minutes ago, Infinal said:

:|

I thought you guys were Blizzard-exclusive. In that vein, good job, Blizzard, for making your number-one supporter break their chastity belts open and get canoodling with your own sister, the one that everyone derided as a fashion-senseless imitator at first but slowly and surely worked on herself to eclipse your every achievement. And surely, this is a great step by Icy Veins, but at the same time a deplorable one by Blizzard for making this necessary.

Icy Veins will always remain a Blizzard exclusive, but the games we cover are getting old, especially World of Warcraft. We don't know if Blizzard games will be enough for us to keep making a living out of them. As you can imagine, WoW traffic has taken a hit with BfA ,and Overwatch, their latest game, doesn't work well for written content. So we've got to plan ahead and try to diversify. 

30 minutes ago, Arcling said:

Don't you guys have Diablo: Immortal to write about?!

I think this might be a surprisingly popular game, so we'll probably write about it on Icy Veins.

[Ogerscherge 43]

This still kind of feels like a slap in the face of Diablo, but I like PoE as well, so I don't mind. ^-^

[Kuarinofu 78]

Even though I last played PoE in 2012 (simply didn't like it) I'm happy for you guys. Keep up the good work.

[Xhopeon 50]

5 hours ago, Ogerscherge said:

This still kind of feels like a slap in the face of Diablo, but I like PoE as well, so I don't mind. ^-^

Still, softer slap than mobile diablo ? 

Now to find old mail/password to install it again and read stuff while it downloads... 

 

[Baharok 234]

I tested PoE many years ago in Beta status and i think i might give it a try again, since nearly all of my connections play it from time to time, season to season. 

 

Thanks for this information here or better said highlight. ?

[JJ77 20]

Oh this is a good step! I haven't played POE as although from the videos I've watched it looks fun it also seems incredibly complicated (Thanks to Quin69 for that, bless him). Knowing IV have turned their gaze on it will make it much more appealing for me to dabble a toe in the water.

 

[VictorVakaras 83]

With Blizzard in its death throes, it's probably a good idea to branch out a bit.

[Fransoa 25]

woow, really, PoE, well I guess I should start playing it again now that you guys are doing it ☺️☺️

[Prophet001 598]

I tried 3 times to like that game.

 

Just... idk. Don't like it I guess.

[rickster 12]

wow, it's nice to see PoE here, and mucho thanks to all, for your hard work.  ?

I tried to play it a year ago for a few hours, and even though I did like the playstyle, It seemed to be more of a "Trade to Win" game.?, which I'm a little leary of.  If someone wants to correct me on that, feel free.

Edited December 23, 2018 by rickster

[Miseolli 1]

6 hours ago, rickster said:

wow, it's nice to see PoE here, and mucho thanks to all, for your hard work.  ?

I tried to play it a year ago for a few hours, and even though I did like the playstyle, It seemed to be more of a "Trade to Win" game.?, which I'm a little leary of.  If someone wants to correct me on that, feel free.

It's trade based game if you want it to be.  You can play solo self found or not but you don't have to trade at all to win.  99% of the time people that can't get something done is because they don't cap their resistances.  I think a lot of people get hung up on the color of gear as well, "legendary/orange" color gear majority of the time is not best in slot for most gear slots granted there are some BIS pieces but not mandatory, you'll be just fine in blue/yellow gear as long as you have the proper gems for your build.  Do you want to trade for that 6link chest or weapon or grind it out that is up to you but you will be just fine on 5link.

Poe is grindy and a bit slower than d3 but actually having to farm for something feels a lot more rewarding than d3 haedrigs gift in a few hours and the game is basically over.  

Honestly if anyone is really wanting to play, i highly recommend spending a little bit of time reading whichever class guide you want to play and i mean really read it over don't skip to the tl;dr and get path of building and filterblade(filters loot drops, only shows important items) which makes everything so much easier.  

[Arcling 898]

On 12/22/2018 at 12:17 AM, Damien said:

I think this might be a surprisingly popular game, so we'll probably write about it on Icy Veins.

Yes, it's possible. People will forget about about whole drama by the time it's released, and those who were never invested in it to begin with, will likely play it. Depends how this game is going to be designed, if there will be a lot to write about or will it face the same problem Overwatch has (not much of interesting stuff for average player to read about, besides events and some major patches).

Edited December 23, 2018 by Arcling

[Sanaka3 0]

Nice to see IV branching out a bit. Can't say the same about the game choice though.

Don't get me wrong, game can be fun, but... I don't know, it just isn't for me. Sort of a tip for returning people or new ones: if you don't like racist talk, politics in game chats, or trash talk in general - hide it in settings. But if you dislike such COMMUNITY, then this may be the breaking point for you.

[Damien 1,514]

On 12/23/2018 at 5:43 PM, Arcling said:

Yes, it's possible. People will forget about about whole drama by the time it's released, and those who were never invested in it to begin with, will likely play it. Depends how this game is going to be designed, if there will be a lot to write about or will it face the same problem Overwatch has (not much of interesting stuff for average player to read about, besides events and some major patches).

According to Deadset, they really intend to make a proper Diablo experience with proper builds, etc. So there should be plenty to write about.

[rickster 12]

To the icy-veins crew, Diablo, PoE, and all other (MMO)/RPG'ers/... Player's out there, have a Merry Christmas, with best hopes and wishes for you and yours'.  ?

Edited December 24, 2018 by rickster

[FreddyJ 6]

Thank you for the PoE website.  I stopped playing it about 8 months ago, got stuck with my characters, probably due to using guides that were a few years old.

I'll be going to your site tomorrow and restart.