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1+# Version 3.26.0
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3+## We are looking to launch the expansion in June
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5+https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3731967
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7+## Until PoE2 0.2.0 has shipped, will start to work on PoE1 3.26.
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9+<a href='#' class="js-modal-btn" data-video-id="wF4rqnPoo80"></a>
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11+Hey, guys, let's talk about Path of Exile 1. Now, when we announced Path of Exile 2, we promised that we would continue to create Path of Exile 1 expansions, and we do intend to keep that promise! But it's certainly been a lot harder to deliver on it than what we expected.
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13+Now, the trouble really started after Settlers of Kalguur in July last year.
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15+The ideal time to have release 3.26 would have been late October.
16+before they originally scheduled release of Path of Exile 2’s Early Access, but we just didn't think we could do it.
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18+It was too close to the huge circus that was the organisation around Path of Exile 2’s launch.
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20+But we also didn't want to immediately launch it right after Path of Exile 2 either.
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22+So that kind of ruled out December.
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24+So then we're thinking, okay, we can't really have a launch in January due to Christmas, so we're really going to have to do it in February.
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26+And this wasn't great.
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28+It would mean seven months with no leagues. But we really didn't think it was possible to do it any earlier than that.
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30+And we didn't really announce this exactly, but it was certainly something that we had said to quite a few people at over time.
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32+So the community became generally aware that that was our plan.
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34+The issue was this, Path of Exile 2’s end game needed a lot of work.
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36+Having the guys on the Path of Exile1 team help out for three months on Path of Exile 2, given the 3.26, was seven months away, seemed like a no brainer.
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38+And man, did Path of Exile 2 need it.
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40+The problem is, we got to the middle of October, and Path of Exile 2's launch was imminent.
41+And I'll tell you what.
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43+Taking people off Path of Exile 2 at that point was just impossible.
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45+The endgame was not in a shippable state.
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47+But you know what?
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49+We could still do it if the Path of Exile 1 team just kept helping until Path of Exile 2 shipped in late November, we could still do it.
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51+Maybe the scope would need to decrease a little bit, but mid-February was still possible.
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53+We just needed to ship this damn game first.
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55+Get it out of the way.
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57+We literally couldn't think about anything else until it was done, but we still had time.
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59+The problem is, we were fooling ourselves.
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61+Path of Exile 2 was delayed three weeks, making the problem even worse.
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63+And after the game was released, well, of course we had to immediately deal with all the problems.
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65+How could we think about making a Path of Exile 1 expansion?
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67+We still have hundreds of thousands of people who are having bad experiences in Path of Exile 2.
68+There are crashes. There are severe endgame balance problems.
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70+How could I justify taking some of the most experienced developers we have off Path of Exile 2 when it's on fire?
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72+Now, after the Christmas break, we had to really admit something to ourselves.
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74+The most urgent priority was getting Path of Exile 2 to a point where it didn't have major issues.
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76+And it's hard to even think about what Path of Exile 1 needs when Path of Exile 2 has really obvious problems that need fixing.
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78+We needed to get it to the point of stability and balance, and to fix the most severe deficiencies,
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80+That Path of Exile 2 has before we can take our eyes off it. So what does that mean?
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82+Well, it means that we can't really work on Path of Exile 1 3.26 until Path of Exile 2 0.2.0 has shipped.
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84+And then, being honest, we probably need to support that for a couple of weeks after that as well.
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86+Now, in the meantime, we are going to get a bunch of pre-production done on 3.26 with whatever people who are not needed to fix issues with Path of Exile 2, and once 0.2.0 is sorted, I promise we will devote as many resources as are needed from our company to get 3.26 done as soon as possible.
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88+Unfortunately, I just can't promise a date right now.
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90+I'm really sorry for how this went down.
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92+Honestly, I should have predicted the fact that taking the Path of Exile 1 team off Path of Exile 1 would lead to this outcome, and I probably should have resisted doing it.
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94+But at every stage I just kept thinking, we still have time, we still have time.
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96+And then we didn't have time anymore.
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98+Now we still have a lot to learn about how to run two games simultaneously.
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100+We were overconfident.
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102+We still need to work out how to structure our studio to make this possible, but we do have a solid plan for what we want to do with 3.26.
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104+Obviously I can't talk about it yet, but I'm hoping you guys are going to love it.
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106+I really want to thank you guys for all your support over the years.
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108+You guys do deserve better than this and we will get 3.26 out as fast as we can.