This is actually a pretty fun game. I was drawn into its dark, oppressive world and the premise of being a prisoner intentionally stranded on a remote island. There's a lot more to it, of course, but this is just a comment.

Is it easy to group up with other people to play co-op or do you need to have a big friends list?

This definitely looks cool. If I didn't have Torchlight 2 to run through still, I would definitely check it out. Is there a Co-Optimus group that plays?

@vagrantauthor I'm immensely enjoying it as well! The aesthetic really works for me, though if I'm going to be completely honest, I'm such a theorycrafter and that's the MOST exciting part for me! =D
@kevinclough You'll see other people in towns, so you could try to group up there. The game has a general chat channel as well as whispers, so you may be able to find some people to play with via that, though I haven't tried yet.
@Admiral Ackbar I don't believe there's a Co-optimus group that plays yet - though there might be enough interest! Maybe check on the forums? Also, though Torchlight 2 is certainly an amazing game, there's no reason you can't play both as PoE is completely free. If you can spare the time/bandwidth to download it, it's certainly worth a try if you're an ARPG fan.

I dl'd it today. So far it's a pretty good arpg although I'm not very far along so I can't say too much more. I would recommend it to anyone who likes these types of games.

I'm downloading now.
Plan on trying out a tempest and tank some.

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Be prepared to go in with friends, or try to PUG like any other MMO out there, which is a waiting game. It's a decent game though, I had some fun with it awhile back during closed.

I played quite a bit in the earlier parts of the closed beta, but it didn't hook me like I thought it would. I should check back in and see how things have progressed.

Good game ;p

There are few smaller issues with coop play, like
- loot system is FFA, hard to fairly split loot among party members
- summoners may annoy other party members with their dozens of minions (hard to recognize/target real enemy mobs)

Apart for those, only real issue we had was (and still is) server instability. But I hope that will get fixed in due time.