Path of Idle 1.0.2 Walks Back Punishing Skill-Lock System

The first post-launch patch for Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising leads with an apology. The developers acknowledge that random skill locking felt poor and have temporarily removed the Baptism skill-lock chance entirely, promising a better solution later. In the meantime, a related mechanic now locks or unlocks one skill at a time, and the weight of Preferred Skills has been increased to make them appear more reliably.

What changed

Skill & progression systems

• Baptism skill-lock chance temporarily removed
• One mechanic now locks or unlocks a single skill at a time
• Preferred Skill weight increased
• Dark Star now removes one Inspire Mastery at a time instead of multiple
• Fixed possible Talent Point loss when removing Inspire Mastery

Class adjustments

• Priest skill explosion radius increased by 25%
• Hunter skill explosion radius increased by 30%
• Mage skill explosion radius increased by 20%

Interface & platform

• Wishlist removed from the main menu
• Added 16:9 support for ultrawide screens
• Mac: hotkey for hiding the game no longer displayed in Settings
• Improved Settings hotkey numeric display
• Added mouseover tips for Blessing level
• Filled in missing multilingual localization

Bug fixes

• Fixed incorrect Health Tenacity and Frost Damage descriptions
• Fixed a possible Market Orders functional error
• Fixed an incorrect Legendary Equipment description
• Fixed missing background music
• Fixed an incorrect Equipment Filter tutorial description
• Fixed projectile VFX display issues

For players who bounced off the skill-locking friction at launch, 1.0.2 removes the immediate pain point and gives each class's area-of-effect abilities a meaningful boost — a reasonable course correction for a game still finding its footing.