Last Epoch - time travel action-RPG

[Peachcurl]

Not openly, I don't think so. They are testing multiplayer in closed alpha. I think the next major update should bring it live.

 

[Seethe]

Still a castrated D2 clone with only 5 skills max.

lol what. Diablo 2 aged like shit in that regard. Even ARPG indie games have more skills.

 

[Sykar]

And?

 

[Seethe]

And?

Well you called it a "castrated" D2 clone. It's definitely not "castrated" when compared to D2. Hell, the skills are not bad at all. I actually prefer Last Epoch's skills over PoE's insane bloat that suffers from power creep.

 

[Sykar]

Less than 6 skills max -> castrated. Nothing you said has any relevance to my opinion.

 

[abija]

You shilled for Wolcen, nothing you say has any relevance to anything.

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Any news on 1.0 release?

 

[Peachcurl]

Any news on 1.0 release?

No. And next patch is 0.9, multiplayer. Still in closed testing.

Otherwise, you'll probably have to watch the regular "dev streams" for more current news. I'd rather they just write short updates than do shitty streams but yeah ... 2 hours long, fucking hell, I'm NOT watching that.

From 11 November dev stream (thankfully pointed out in comments): no timeline for patch 0.9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nmhxdubVxk

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Yeah, no fucking way im watching those shitty streams.

 

[Perkel]

So can actually describe what is good about it ? Because from what i played it is just another D3 asset swap clone like wolcen.

 

[ADL]

 

[covr]

lol, what's going on with this gay-purple colour scheme?

 

[Peachcurl]

lol, what's going on with this gay-purple colour scheme?

It's the main color besides black for this "Void" thingy in the game. Which is a bit like "the Warp" in Warhammer, or similar concepts in other games/settings.

Anyways, looking at that patch date announcement, I guess we won't have a warlock class before 2024.

 

[Dadd]

Necromancy would be so much better without colorful mist/light effects. It's magical enough that a corpse moves on its own.

 

[mediocrepoet]

It's magical enough that a corpse moves on its own.

I used to think that, then I saw a video of Nancy Pelosi speaking.

 

[ADL]

I tried the multiplayer and it seems to be thought out and works well. Open multiplayer beta for anyone who doesn't have the game and wants to try it on the 23rd-26th.

Also since the thread hasn't been bumped since late November, read this.
https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/item-gifting-development-update-from-our-principal-game-designer/51175

 

[Cryomancer]

Are spells in this game 100% determined by the weapon? If not, I maybe check out.

 

[Peachcurl]

Hm, interesting approach to only allow gifting of items that dropped in that same instance. That's nice. I'm sure the pro-trade people will be disappointed. I think this allows for some positive interactions, but avoids all the pitfalls of a trade economy as seen in, e.g., PoE. Anyways, I'm still waiting for Warlock.

Are spells in this game 100% determined by the weapon? If not, I maybe check out.

Nearly all skills/spells are determined by class and level.

Only some few isolated cases are granted by unique items (and I think all of those are auto-cast).

 

[Perkel]

Hm, interesting approach to only allow gifting of items that dropped in that same instance. That's nice. I'm sure the pro-trade people will be disappointed. I think this allows for some positive interactions, but avoids all the pitfalls of a trade economy as seen in, e.g., PoE. Anyways, I'm still waiting for Warlock.

Imho better way would be to allow trade only to your friends. And by friend it means playing with someone in coop for at least 2-3 hours. You could trade all items when you play together at the time of playing but only trade outside of instance after those 2-3 hours. Moreover server could track actual progress as in killed monsters, zones moved etc. so no AFK cheating.

Trading in such games works best when you trade with someone you know and you as buyer know that person who receives something in return can use it to help himself.

POE case clearly has shown that even old type of trading with chat can break game when enough people are involved.

Either that or some kind of ridiculous sink but that would have it's own imho worse set of issues.

 

[Peachcurl]

Hm, interesting approach to only allow gifting of items that dropped in that same instance. That's nice. I'm sure the pro-trade people will be disappointed. I think this allows for some positive interactions, but avoids all the pitfalls of a trade economy as seen in, e.g., PoE. Anyways, I'm still waiting for Warlock.

Imho better way would be to allow trade only to your friends. And by friend it means playing with someone in coop for at least 2-3 hours. You could trade all items when you play together at the time of playing but only trade outside of instance after those 2-3 hours. Moreover server could track actual progress as in killed monsters, zones moved etc. so no AFK cheating.

Yes, that might work, if they are careful to make the limit high enough and track progress carefully.

The big issue would probably be to avoid that a small number of highly-connected accounts are set up. I.e., 'trade' accounts with friend-status towards a large number of 'normal' accounts. These would then function as a trade interface, without the need for any further interaction after initial time investment.

You can probably suppress that with a high enough initial investment (i.e., progress/hours played). But probably more than 2-3 hours.

 

[Frank Capicoli]

Are spells in this game 100% determined by the weapon? If not, I maybe check out.

It looks like damage scales from base attributes of the spell i.e intelligence or attunement.

 

[Reever]

https://steamcommunity.com/games/899770/announcements/detail/3659774324626610669

Signup for Last Epoch’s Free Multiplayer Beta Playtest is now live on Steam!
When can we sign up?

Right now!

When can we play?

Thursday February 23rd @ 10am CST through Monday February 27th @ 10am CST

What the Free Multiplayer Beta includes

• First Look at the upcoming 0.9 Patch
• Play for free with up to 3 friends in your party!
• Adventure through the first 4 chapters
• Access to 12 Class Masteries.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Requires 3rd-Party Account: Last Epoch (Supports Linking to Steam Account)

Why?

 

[Peachcurl]

• Access to 12 Class Masteries.

No warlock. No play.

 

[Reever]

Requires 3rd-Party Account: Last Epoch (Supports Linking to Steam Account)

Why?

Probably for their social features like chat, cosmetics and ladder. I'm pretty sure they said they want to have a full offline mode by release.