Path of Exile 2 is on the way, but that hasn’t halted development on the first game, and its latest expansion, Ultimatum, launched this week. However, the launch was a bit of a mess, to put it mildly, with players stuck waiting in server queues and unable to play. Problems were further amplified because of Grinding Gear Games’ decision to let paid streamers skip the lines and start playing right away. It appears the studio will not be making such a mistake again.As spotted by Eurogamer, Path of Exile producer Chris Wilson explained on a Reddit thread that the Ultimatum Challenge League, which is a risk/reward trial players are essentially competing against each other in, was letting players in far too slowly. “Human error” resulted in the normal trickle migration process not being run, and players continued being dumped out of the realm until an eventual fix was made several hours later.But why was this Path… Click below to read the full story from GameSpot
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Path Of Exile Studio Let Paid Streamers Skip Server Queue, Apologizes
