Hey Travelers!

Today we've posted some of the new item art recently added to the game - and we want to hear from you! We'd like to hear which are your favourite, what you like most about them, and any you mightn't like as much (and why!).

We know there's recently been a trend of us not posting content here on Steam directly - that's just been due to the content we've recently posted. For example, today's post is very image-heavy and the formatting options available to us here are somewhat limited compared to the game's official forum.

We hope you'll check the post out, and we'll see you again here soon!

Hey, Travelers!

Trasochi has posted our latest Developer Blog; Affixes, Defenses and Minions.

Developer Blogs are when members of the team take a deep dive into a particular aspect of Last Epoch's design, explaining not just changes that will be made, but the reasoning behind those changes.

Unlike most of our posts, Developer Blogs are only available on the game's official forum. We sincerely hope you take the time to check out the post and leave us your feedback. We'll see you there!

Hey, Travelers!

Today we're excited to share Patch 0.8.1 with you.

Unfortunately, our content patches long ago became too big for us to fit our changelogs inside posts here on Steam, so instead we've prepared a table of contents that links to each individual section.

Beta 0.8.1 Patch Notes

Table of Contents
1. Monolith of Fate
2. Skills
3. Tooltip DPS
4. Skill Unlocks
5. Arena
6. Animation
7. Defenses
8. Item Bases
9. Crafting
10. Skill Balance
11. Passives
12. Mechanics
13. Uniques & Item Sets
14. Affixes
15. Enemies
16. Campaign
17. Graphics
18. Sound
19. User Interface
20. Social Features
21. Optimization
22. Bug Fixes

We hope you enjoy all the latest changes & additions!

As you know, in Patch 0.8.1 we’re introducing 5 new Arena maps!

A prepared Traveler is a successful Traveler, so today we’re sharing some screenshots of each of the new Arenas so you know what to expect ahead of time. Safe journeys, Traveler!















































Which one’s your favourite?

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Lay waste to the ground itself!



In Patch 0.8.1 Beastmasters get access to the new skill Warcry. Let’s take a look at it!

NOTE: Warcry is still in development, so we’ve omitted most numbers from the below tooltips.





Warcry’s tooltip



The skill art for Warcry.

Hey, Travelers!

Today we're sharing one of the new boss tracks being added to the game in Patch 0.8.1!

We've posted it on the game's official forum, here.

In Patch 0.8.1 we're giving the Monolith of Fate endgame system some love!




Explore beyond the Timelines you’ve previously conquered.


We're making the following changes to empowering Timelines;

• It will be possible to empower all Timelines.
  
• Empowering a Timeline now has additional effects;
  
  • Enemies have 50% more health and damage (multiplicative with other modifiers)
    
  • 50% increased item rarity
    
  • 50% increased experience gained

Those found wanting in the Monolith shall be fired.


We're adding 3 new Timelines to the Monolith of Fate. These additions entail;

• New bosses waiting for you in our latest Quest Echoes
  
• New Blessings
  
  • Notably, there are now Blessings available for new weapon types
    
  • New Unique items
    
  • 3 new boss music tracks

The Monolith of Fate is cooler than ever!


Finally, we're also taking the opportunity to polish the system.

• We're introducing 9 new zone layouts for increased level design variety.
  
• Many zones available through the Monolith Fate have had visual improvements.
  
• We're updating the level of the existing Timelines to accommodate the new ones.

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Patch 0.8.1 introduces substantial updates to endgame content, our itemization, and elements of our user interface. As with all content patches, it also brings new polish to Last Epoch.

• We're bringing fresh content to the Monolith of Fate!
  
• This patch also includes 5 new Arena maps!

• This patch includes Tooltip DPS, a Phase 4 item from our Early Access Forecast.
  
  • We're also redesigning our skill tooltips, as shown in the thread linked to above.
• Your characters now wear their equipped gear on the character selection screen.

• We are introducing powerful new skill level-raising affixes.
  
• We are working on significant changes to defences.
  
• We have reworked how affixes are distributed between prefixes and suffixes and which items they roll on.
  
• This update introduces new, class-specific Relics.
  
• Sceptres now have new 2d art, new 3d art, and new implicit properties.
  
• Shields now have new 2d art, new 3d art, and new implicit properties.
  
• We've updated all unique items implemented before Patch 0.7.7 (March 2020).

• A new Spellblade skill, Surge, is being added.
  
• A new Beastmaster skill, Warcry, is being added.
  
• The Mage skill Fire Shield is being removed.
  
• The Beastmaster skill Flanking Strike is being removed.
  
• We have revisited every skill in the game to better standardize our specialization trees.
  
  • Older skills should now be appreciably more viable in challenging content.

• All animations used by non-transformed Primalists have been replaced or improved.
  
  • We plan to improve Werebear Form and Spriggan Form animations in future.
    
    • We are also exploring model improvements for these skills.

• We've performed a pass on many zones to improve their appearance. These updates were concentrated on Chapter 5 and Chapter 3, but we've touched up other zones as well.
  
  • We haven't specifically posted about these, but you might have found a teaser.

• Significantly optimized visual effects that appear around the character during skill usage.
  
  • While these are not the most significant contributors to poor performance, this is the first update to include work from a long-term project of ours to dramatically improve combat performance in Last Epoch. We will be gradually rolling out this optimization work to additional areas of the game across future updates.
• Optimized the performance of outlines applied to enemies and allies on mouse-over.
  
  • They should also now look better.

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In Patch 0.8.1 we’ll be removing the Mage skill Fire Shield. In the same update, we’ll be adding a new skill called Surge to the Spellblade’s arsenal. Let’s see what Surge is all about!





Surge's tooltip




The skill art for Surge






Holding down the Alt key while mousing-over Coldfront shows Tidal Wave's tooltip;

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Holding down the Alt key while mousing-over Conduit shows Static's tooltip;

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Holding down the Alt key while mousing-over Electropulse shows Lightning Blast's tooltip;

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Starting in Patch 0.8.1, your characters will show their currently equipped gear when clicked on in the character selection screen! We’ll be releasing Patch 0.8.1 later this month.



Dual wielders represent!


This change should make it more convenient to tell your characters apart straight away, which will gradually get even easier as we continue to add additional 3d models for equipment.




Don’t they look amaging?


We plan to update the appearance of the character selection screen itself in a later update.