Supporter newsletter 16

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This is a copy of Eternal and Diamond Supporter Newsletter #16, published by Grinding Gear Games.

Hello Diamond, Eternal and Unique Item Creator Supporters!

I hope you have all had a chance to play in the new Leagues that started at the beginning of the weekend.

I have been playing an evasion melee ranger called LoveWillTearUsApart, doing full clears of areas as I go. Our next balance plan is to look at the Ranger opening area and evasion in general, so it has been good for getting a feel for that.

Rory had been working hard on the new league Uniques, and the Exiles that can be found in the Anarchy league. His focus is going back on unique item creation, especially as we have new Eternal supporters who’ll be wanting their items also.

If you are keen to get your item done or want a status update on your item, please email Rory.

0.11.1

It was a big push to get all everything ready for the new leagues, 0.11.0 and the new supporter packs. We will be planning when the next content patch will exactly go out, but it probably won’t be this week.

Uniques that are very close include items for KingKongor, TheHornedRat and AriesEMP

Insider Info

This week we are going to profile Mark Knewstubb. As well as one of the most prolific posters on the forums, Mark has been a gameplay programmer on Path of Exile since January 2011.

Mark is a very avid gamer, playing video games, board games and wargames. He currently plays Magic the Gathering, Malifaux and lots of odd indie pc games. He also collects old, out-of print Collectable Card Games.

He has been interested in game design since a child, and learned programming to make his own games. Mark brings this passion to the Path of Exile mechanics and gameplay code.

He has also picked up a reputation at the office for having candy that no-one wants to eat, most notably the jellybeans where half of them are horrible flavours, and extremely sour candies.

Mark can be seen here: http://i.imgur.com/HbaCLlQ.jpg

For some bonus inside info, this is the production whiteboard as we were closing in on 0.11.0. http://i.imgur.com/nhHz2IO.jpg