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Whether you are fascinated by Path of Exile 2 or have switched to other ARPGs, now is the time to remember the first game of Path of Exile! It has been almost a year since the release of its last league, and now 3.26 expansion is finally here!

After releasing a mysterious preview image, POE brought the official trailer of 3.26 on May 23. The trailer is still the dark style you are familiar with and tries to preview a new adventure for you through vague lines.

As the development team is focused on the development of POE 2, the arrival of 3.26 league has been more than half a year later than normal. If it wants to attract back those players who still love POE 1, it must bring effective new content and mechanism optimization based on 3.25.

Based on this, we will bring you an introduction to 3.26, as well as suggestions and guesses that hope it can perform well.

Known 3.26 League Information

First of all, it can be confirmed that the official name of the league is Secrets of the Atlas, which will be launched on June 13. Before that, the development team will also hold a live broadcast at 1 pm Pacific Daylight Time on June 5 to announce more specific content about the patch.

Plot And World View Extension

From the preview image and the first trailer, a mysterious unknown force asks you to find Originator. In connection with the name of the league, this may mean that you need to go through adventures to reveal the secrets behind Atlas, the core component of the game.

From the fact that the unknown force seeks help rather than power, this should not be an evil force from the boss, and the identity of “Originator” may remind you of Zana, an important character who disappeared after the end of Echoes of the Atlas.

Although the second trailer still does not show any substantial content, it shows a distorted world built on memory, which is waiting for you to repair and maintain order before it can return to normal.

Possible New Mechanisms

What specific new content will be confirmed after the live broadcast on June 5, but what is known now is that 3.26 should apply the following new mechanisms:

• Introduce fractured or mirrored versions of existing maps.
• Expand the role of memory fragments in the game.
• Non-linear Atlas discovery or repair.
• Dynamic map states.

They are obviously mainly map changes, which are also related to the theme of the new league and Atlas. As the main source of resources for POE series of games, both early map exploration and mapping in the endgame are important, so these changes are likely to completely update your POE Chaos Orbs farming method.

How Can 3.26 Be Better?

Although the production rights of the game are not in the hands of you or other players, and the final right of interpretation belongs to the development team, your suggestions are also based on your game experience and are still valuable.

To be honest, after years of operation, compared with the second game, which is still in the early access stage, Path of Exile 1 has become more perfect in all aspects. Instead of launching more new features, you may hope that the game will not blindly cancel those practical, classic features!

Auction House

Although POE 2 has launched an official trading website, there are still players who hope that it can launch an exclusive auction house in the game like the first game. Because compared with the external market, the auction house can set more specific rules to regulate transactions, and the experience will be better.

In POE 2 trading market, you will find that the value of items always fluctuates greatly, and the trading experience is affected. But the gold-respect, or regret mechanism of the auction house in the first game can always solve these problems well.

Trade-Related Mechanisms Introduced In 3.25

In 3.25 league Settlers Of Kalguur, the game requires you to help Kalguuran pioneers to build the town of Kingsmarch and establish trade between Wraeclast and their homeland. Based on this, the patch launched a series of related trade gameplay, including shipping and mining, etc.

This kind of gameplay that is related to the plot but more interesting than combat is a wonderful improvement to the game, so that you don’t just keep killing enemies in the game, but can feel more fun by running your own business.

Although there are always many differences between the various leagues, this mechanism of 3.25 is completely worth keeping in 3.26, not just a time-limited experience.

Further Expand Other Mechanisms

Whether it is the basic class, Ascendancy class or the available skills and weapons, Path of Exile should try to further expand them through 3.26 league to bring more diversified combat experience and build crafting possibilities.

In general, as a new league in POE 1, Secrets of the Atlas has much less to consider than POE 2 Dawn of the Hunt, because the first game is more complete in all aspects.

However, due to the long interval between 3.26 and the previous league, you may have increased your expectations for it invisibly, making the game face unnecessary pressure. In fact, all you have to do is relax and enjoy the long-lost new expansion of POE 1!

There is no doubt that the most eye-catching ARPG in recent times is Path of Exile 2, which was launched at the end of 2024. Although it is still in the early access stage and has not yet shown its full version charm to you, POE 2 is better than the recent performance of another strong competitor Diablo 4 - after all, the latter’s Season 7 has not yet arrived.

But perhaps you have a question, since Path of Exile 2 is in full swing, is it still necessary to experience the first game in the same series in the new 2025? Based on this, we will make a comprehensive comparison of the recent performance of POE 1, POE 2 and Diablo 4 to provide you with some reference.

Path Of Exile 1 Performance Review

In the past year, from 3.24 Necropolis to 3.25 Settlers of Kalguur, even though it has been more than ten years since its official release, POE 1 has always been committed to maintaining its freshness by constantly updating the league, which is one of the main reasons for its enduring popularity.

POE 3.24

The league was officially launched on March 29, 2024, and added a lot of new content based on the past leagues, such as the league mechanism that allows you to configure the difficulty of monsters and POE Currency rewards, and Embers of the Allflame items that allow you to encounter abnormal monsters with special rewards.

POE 3.25

As the most recent Path of Exile 1 league released to you, POE 3.25 can be said to have made many special updates to the game. In terms of combat, version 3.25 has completely changed your melee mode and introduced Warden class to replace Raider. But besides these, the most eye-catching is the challenge league mechanism that allows you to build and manage your own town.

It is worth noting that it is this league mechanism that allows you to experience a new and more complete trade system in POE 1, allowing you to obtain more necessary materials by hiring workers and port trade besides obtaining POE Divine Orbs through battle.

Compared To Path Of Exile 2

As a sequel, POE 2 must innovate in many aspects to ensure that it will not be overshadowed by the brilliance of the previous work, and based on the current performance, it has completely done this.

First of all, it is worth mentioning that it responds to the response and expectations of fans in the past, and launched the couch co-op that POE 1 did not have, as well as cross-platform games and cross-platform progress. In view of the continuous evolution of current game devices, it is imperative for a large-scale ARPG to keep you and provide you with more convenience in playing.

In the specific game content, POE 2 allows you to provide more unique mechanisms for game characters through support gems based on skill and class differences. This undoubtedly gives you more control and customization, giving you more personality than Path of Exile 1 for any class and weapon you want to experience.

If you like the boss battles of POE series, then POE 2 will never let you down. It brings more than 100 unique bosses to fight. Besides the improved boss battles in the endgame content, you also have the opportunity to get a brand new combat experience through dedicated maps for each boss. And the bosses in POE 2 are more challenging, requiring you to use critical thinking to deploy strategies and make the battles more interesting.

Based on the above changes, there is no doubt that Path of Exile 2 is better than the first game in these aspects, especially the narrative method of the second part is also better. In addition, all the playing threshold of the first and second parts are actually not low. So if you are an old player of the series, you can experience an upgraded version of Path of Exile through POE 2 in the new year.

But if you haven’t come into contact with POE yet, then I think you can also consider playing POE 1. Because compared to the second part, it still has some unique mechanisms, such as the fun league and trade system in 3.25. And the first game has been running for ten years, so it may be more stable.

And if you plan to play POE 1 in the near future, you still can solve the possible POE Currency shortage through the giveaway information and activities in IGGM Discord, avoiding worries.

Compared To Diablo 4

In the past year, Diablo 4 has always been popular and discussed, especially after October, with the launch of DLC Vessel of Hatred and Season 6, it quickly attracted a group of new players.

Although Diablo 4 was launched in 2023, the development history of the entire Diablo series is much longer than Path of Exile. So although POE 1 also has its own characteristics, Diablo 4 is better than Path of Exile 1 in terms of the smoothness of the game and the exquisiteness of the picture, and the experience will be better.

Although in the face of 2025, except for Season 7 which will be launched soon, Diablo 4 has not yet revealed whether it will launch new DLC or other major activities, but there is no doubt that Diablo 4 is the current core of Diablo series, so any updates will basically be launched in Diablo 4, and the development focus of POE series in 2025 is undoubtedly the second part. So from this perspective, in 2025, Diablo 4 may bring you more surprises than POE 1.

Based on the above review and comparison, if you are only interested in POE series, then in the next year you can choose to play the first or second part according to your own preferences; but if you have to choose between Diablo 4 and POE 1, the former will be better. I hope you can continue to enjoy the fun of ARPG in the new year! Thank you for reading!