What was the Maelström of Chaos before patch 0.9.11?
I've been playing PoE since open beta only, so I'm used to maps as the end-game content. However, from what I read, before maps were introduced in patch 0.9.11, some area called the Maelström of Chaos served as the end-game content. I have also read that it was made from different tilesets, but I cannot find any exact information about it.
So a question to those who played in closed beta: what was the Maelström of Chaos?
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