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Path of Exile has been a constant in my life for the last decade. Grinding Gear Games managed to craft a true Diablo-slayer with its inconceivably brilliant passive skill tree, elaborate loot, a gem system that serves as a fantastic alternative to traditional active skill progression, all of it wrapped up in an adventure with an oppressively moody atmosphere harking back to the good ol' days of Diablo 2.
When I'm surrounded by monsters and elemental magic and showers of loot, I'm not really paying attention to these things. And despite all of this, I'm still finding Last Epoch visually arresting. It's all very typical fantasy fare, admittedly, but when I'm summoning icebergs out of the ground or using my Runemaster ability to fill the screen with elemental explosions, the impact of my attacks makes me feel incredibly powerful. And thus extremely happy.
As I mentioned earlier, I'm a Runemaster boy. This is a Mage mastery class that focuses on mixing and matching elements to create impressive new spells. Use the Mage spell Glacier a few times, for instance, and you'll receive three ice runes, after which you can cast Runic Invocation to summon a huge icy explosion.
So while gear won't be a concern just yet, Last Epoch still makes sure to give you that loot high whenever it can. Last Epoch's crafting is not dissimilar to Path of Exile's, in that you're essentially reforging items with new modifiers, but it's so much easier to parse because you only need to really get to grips with a couple of systems, whereas PoE has the crafting bench, altering items with orbs, fossil crafting, beast hunting and so on.
There's a whole separate progression system for this faction where you can gain favour for killing enemies and completing quests, as well as selling items in the bazaar, which can then be spent on shopping sprees. Shopping will then net you reputation with the guild, in turn unlocking rewards. At level 1, you can only buy normal, magic and rare items . Get up to level 10, though, and you can buy legendary items, too.
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