In a lot of ways, action RPGs like Diablo are an open invitation by the developers for players to find all the things they didn’t expect you could do. Ideally, that is limited to powerful skill interactions and builds, but it’s often the case that it includes somewhat game-breaking exploits that go against the spirit of the game.I’m not sure I’d call what Path of Exile 2 streamer Fubgun is doing with the new seasonal mode “game-breaking”, but it’s clearly not supposed to work like that.Path of Exile 2 recently received its 0.4 update and with it came a new build-your-own dungeon system called Vaal Temples. I’ll spare you the lore, but just know that it’s basically a side activity you encounter while running maps in the endgame to farm up valuable loot. It’s also extremely complex and thus has been extremely divisive among players who want to simply kill monsters and pick up shiny items.Developer Grinding Gear Games stepped in a week or so ago to buff the rewards from the mode and make it generally less punishing. It still has enough arcane rules to it that players have been sharing infographics on how to place each unique type of room for the most rewards. But now it’s been long enough for people to figure out strategies for making bank with it—we’re talking piles of loot that you really can’t find elsewhere.The limiting factor to all of it is that the temple is only valuable once you’ve built it…

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In a lot of ways, action RPGs like Diablo are an open invitation by the developers for players to find all the things they didn’t expect you could do. Ideally, that is limited to powerful skill interactions and builds, but it’s often the case that it includes somewhat game-breaking exploits that go against the spirit of the game.I’m not sure I’d call what Path of Exile 2 streamer Fubgun is doing with the new seasonal mode “game-breaking”, but it’s clearly not supposed to work like that.Path of Exile 2 recently received its 0.4 update and with it came a new build-your-own dungeon system called Vaal Temples. I’ll spare you the lore, but just know that it’s basically a side activity you encounter while running maps in the endgame to farm up valuable loot. It’s also extremely complex and thus has been extremely divisive among players who want to simply kill monsters and pick up shiny items.Developer Grinding Gear Games stepped in a week or so ago to buff the rewards from the mode and make it generally less punishing. It still has enough arcane rules to it that players have been sharing infographics on how to place each unique type of room for the most rewards. But now it’s been long enough for people to figure out strategies for making bank with it—we’re talking piles of loot that you really can’t find elsewhere.The limiting factor to all of it is that the temple is only valuable once you’ve built it…

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