Since patch 1.1 was released, Last Epoch has been experiencing unprecedented heights on Steam. And not without reason
Last Epochcould hardly have chosen a better time for its release. In February 2024, most action role-playing game fans were still complaining about the meagre season updates for Diablo 4 – and Last Epoch promptly blossomed into a fully-fledged competitor that outstripped Blizzard in many respects
The Steam player numbers exploded, with more than 250,000 players throwing themselves into the role-playing battle at the same time. Impressive numbers for the debut work of the small indie studio Eleventh Hour Games.
However, the storm of success died down. Since May 2024, Last Epoch has barely made it to 5,000 active users at the same time – until now! With the big first update 1.1, the devs delivered heaps of new content, which in turn ensured an immense return of players. Over 71,000 people were active at the same time at the start of the week, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive
So let’s take a look at what’s been happening.
What does Update 1.1 bring?
Patch 1.1 ushers in the era of the so-calledHarbingers of Ruin. This is the game’s big new endgame challenge, but the patch also changes interesting details in the regular game. Here are the most important points:
- There is now ane new dodge step It doesn’t offer invulnerability, but it increases your mobility considerably.
- With the so-calledNemesis systemyou will regularly encounter fallen warriors who you can summon as opponents for a duel, similar to Nioh. Victory is rewarded with loot, or alternatively you can forgo the loot to face the same nemesis again in the future with the prospect of even better loot.
- With theForgotten Knightsthere’s a new faction in which you can play your way up.
- In the timeline endgame dungeons you will now find specialHarbinger bosses that you have to fell in addition to the regular enemies. Once you’ve done this, you’ll unlock thenew head boss Aberrothwhich gives veterans in particular a really cool, fresh pinnacle boss.
You can find the complete patch notesin the Last Epoch forum
You can also see this new boss in the gameplay trailer for patch 1.1:
The patch also adds 30 new unique items to the game, a new stash, hundreds of balance adjustments and, and, and. If you give the game another chance now, be sure to let us know what you think in the comments. Will Last Epoch hold its own against the newly invigorated Diablo 4? Or do you expect it to fall off just as quickly as the release of version 1.0?
