It's a small issue, especially since loot flows like water in the game, but just be careful when you make your first character.Įxcepting purchased shared bank storage, there isn't much else that has any real in-game use in the item shop. My hardcore character did not have access to all of the goodies that my standard character had amassed. I didn't realize that any other character I made later would have to be from the same league in order to share bank slots.

There are two other leagues, Domination and Nemesis, which allow players to play an even more specialized experience with more specific, tougher goals.īecause I started my character before I investigated the different leagues, I went with standard because, well, it was called standard. It's interesting but a bit confusing and deserves more explanation at the beginning of the game. Starting out as hardcore means that you've always got a safety net, but if that net isn't needed, you nab the bragging rights of having survived hardcore. The character is resurrected as a standard league character, though, so your time wasn't entirely wasted.

Hardcore is the next step up, and many players like to start out with this rung because upon death the character and all of his goods are destroyed - essentially, permadeath. Standard league is the bottom of the ladder and provides a pretty typical dungeon-crawly experience.

You'll need to pick out which 'league' the hero is a member of. There is something else to consider when making a new character. Also, she floated in the character selection screen. I picked the Witch because she seemed the most different from the rest and because I rarely play with magic users.

I started out by picking from one of several different classes represented by gender-locked 'exiles.' There is an interesting range of what seems like different takes on classic classes, but essentially you have magic users, ranger types, and muscle-bound barbarians.

Path of exile inventory space