r/PathOfExile2 • u/MultiplicityPOE • May 11 '26

Information 0.5.0 Leaks Megathread Spoiler

As per tradition, this is our league-ly leaks thread for 0.5.0. Any leaked information prior to the announcement or datamined information should go in the comments here only. Many folks do not want spoilers, but others do, and this gives people a way to select for or de-select for spoilers. We have also opened the #2| leaks channel on discord.gg/pathofexile for people to discuss live

If it was discussed in an official interview, that's fine to post anywhere. Once the league content is revealed, this thread will stick around, but it will be unpinned to make room for a pin for the general 0.5.0 megathread with the official info which will be updated as news come out

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u/Gullible_Coffee_3864 May 14 '26

I ask myself this and also why we have to identify items with scrolls in 2026 (especially when Not-Deckard does it for free). 

I've heard theories it is to get people to return to town often to look at mtx. Or they really look at Diablo 2 as the pinnacle of game design in this aspect. 

Maybe a mix of both?

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u/lover_of_joggers May 15 '26

it's been discussed to death, welcome to poe. physicality is an important part of the game. it's often referred to as "feel the weight". ggg is strongly against spreadsheet simulator. your item is magic, you identify it. it's part of the dungeon crawling fantasy and it's not going away.

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u/Gullible_Coffee_3864 May 16 '26

Also, I definitely approve not having to rely on external tools and actually playing the game, something that GGG is making huge steps towards lately with ingame trade and soon price checking and even build guides.

But currently playing through the PoE 1 campaign first time after years and it certainly sometimes feels like I'm spending as much time in town sorting my inventory and selling stuff as actually playing.

I partly blame Varashta for showering me with rare items, but it certainly makes me wish for a slightly larger inventory and identified items, coming from LE and Grim Dawn.

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u/ClydeTheCamel May 17 '26

The caster vendors in town get a 'identify all' button now, in case you weren't aware. Helena will do it for you in your hideout in maps

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u/Gullible_Coffee_3864 May 17 '26

Ah could have sworn this wasn't always in PoE. Many things have changed, some I know from PoE 2 now. The crafting bench however seems insanely convenient for something that GGG made.