

The developers have confirmed that the extra month will help their development cycle of the 3.21 expansion, and they will do something special to keep that downtime exciting. The post states a new expansion will launch in early April, which means the Sanctum league will be extended by another month. In an official forum post, Grinding Gear Games has outlined a plan for 2023 where it will release at least two new expansions and hold its much-awaited ExileCon. With the experience of a rough year in mind, Grinding Gear Games is finally ready to talk about the future. RELATED: The Pros and Cons of Skipping Diablo 4's Story Fortunately, Grinding Gear Games reworked the Archnemesis system and tweaked the loot drops back to a healthy state in The Forbidden Sanctum expansion. This move, coupled with the Archnemesis changes, led to Path of Exile having the lowest player retention rate in years. The situation was further hampered by the arrival of the Lake of Kalandra expansion, where loot drop rates were changed, and the player-driven economy was hurt severely.

In an unprecedented decision, Path of Exile incorporated the Archnemesis system into the existing game when Sentinel league launched, making the rare enemies ridiculously strong. But Path of Exile soon ran into a problem that took months to fix. The previous year started relatively strong with the launch of the Siege of the Atlas expansion and Archnemesis league. Taking the feedback of the player base, Grinding Gear Games is looking to keep the ball rolling with the same design philosophy in future expansions, and they have just the plan to do so. Path of Exile is enjoying a relatively stable time as The Forbidden Sanctum expansion has managed to hit all the necessary checkboxes for players. Grinding Gear Games will take a quality-first approach for Path of Exile in 2023 as the game enters the 10th year of development.
