Last Epoch News

Last Epoch Patch 1.0.6 Patch Notes

Changes

[h2]Systems[/h2]

Added Camera Smoothing options to settings: Normal (default/current), Low, and Off
Added functionality to Character Delete screen
- The screen will now display the character class/mastery/level
- When deleting a character, you are now required to enter the character name to confirm the deletion

[h2]Controller[/h2]

The "B" button on controller can now be used to close keybind prompts
After binding a controller button, the cursor now re-focuses on the corresponding binding

[h2]Other[/h2]

Reduced gold turn-in reward for Desert Treasure from 20k to 2k
Added Buff Icon for Bone Armor (Acolyte)
Improved performance when picking up Shards

Bug Fixes

[h2]Animations[/h2]

Fixed an issue where the Mage would T-pose during some animations
Fixed several cases of back-slot clipping and floating capes
Fixed a bug where the Sentinel idle animation with a 2H weapon would behave as if a shield was equipped

[h2]Controller[/h2]

Fixed a bug where if a panel was opened with keyboard and mouse, further button presses via controller would activate the assigned skills through the panel
Fixed a bug where when opening the bindings menu, or interacting with it, with a mouse, would result in the bindings disappearing
Fixed a number of bugs with rebinding controller configuration
Fixed a bug where players would continue to run in the direction of their last input if the game became unfocused while moving

[h2]UI[/h2]

Fixed a bug where player health bars were not appearing in offline
Fixed a bug where Forged Weapons' health bars could be displayed at top-of-screen instead of the boss' health bar
Fixed missing Localization in the Gifting panel for resonances
Fixed a bug where Item Tooltips would get stuck when adding a new tab to the stash
Chat channels are now specific to cycle/non-cycle
Fixed a bug where Husk enemies would not have health bars

[h2]System[/h2]

Fixed a bug in offline where players would not have full health, mana, and potions after logging in or reviving
Fixed a bug where invalid offhand items could be equipped from the forge (eg. catalyst with a bow)
Fixed an issue where monolith quest progress would reset if you left the zone/server after starting, but before completing the quest chain.

[h2]Skills[/h2]

Fixed a bug where Bone Curse "Signet of Agony" node's resulting aura would persist after de-speccing out of the skill
Fixed a bug where Erasing Strike's "Ravenous Void" node's void beams wouldn't move in online play
Fixed a bug where Volcanic Orb could be cast in incorrect directions, such as flying up when the cursor was over top of a ridge line
Fixed a bug where if you teleported back to the monolith hub or rest area while a companion was downed, the revive UI would continue to persist even after being revived.
Fixed a bug where Manifest Armor was not benefiting from Increased Area for Area Skills stats on items the player is wearing that are applied to Manifest Armor, such as on gloves
Fixed a bug where the Gathering Fury unique bow's chance to repeat bow abilities was applying to non-bow abilities, and could kill the player if it repeated a Falcon ability
Fixed a bug where Boardman's Plan's chance to summon a Storm Totem on hit with Tempest Strike was not working
Fixed a bug where triggered instances of Tempest Strike were not benefiting from the Tempest Strike skill tree
Fixed a bug where Bone Curse's Marrow Thief node would not grant 10% less damage taken
Fixed a bug where Death Seal's Skeletal Sheath always granted Bone Armor for a fixed duration, ignoring the duration Death Seal was active
Fixed a bug where Firebrand's Galvanize node would disable Brand of Arcanus
Fixed a bug where Flame Rush could cause the player to become invisible

The fix for Death’s Embrace mentioned on Friday wasn’t quite able to make the cut-off time for this patch, and is expected to be included with next week’s patch.

Last Epoch cracks down on item duplicates and gold exploit: 'We don't think it's a very controversial statement to say that abusing an exploit, ruining the game for all players is not acceptable, and that doing so should result in a ban'

The curse of the online action RPG strikes again: real-money trading and gold exploits. Lost Ark was plagued by it and now Last Epoch is too...
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Last Epoch permanently bans accounts due to new real-money exploit

Last Epoch accounts that have engaged in gold duplication and exploits connected to real-money trading have been permanently banned, as developer Eleventh Hour cracks down on bad actors misusing the in-game economy. A new rival to the likes of Diablo 4 and Path of Exile, Last Epoch has enjoyed a huge amount of success since launching into 1.0 in February. Some players, however, have been able to duplicate in-game gold for the purposes of trading it for real money, a behavior which Eleventh Hour says will result in a permanent account ban, as it outlines new measures to combat exploits tied to the virtual economy.

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RMT and Exploit Statement

Hello Travelers,

Today we wanted to connect with everyone regarding the recent gold exploit, as well as exploits in general within the online environment. We want to talk a bit about what we’re doing in regards to these issues, and what our plans for the future are.

We take exploits within Last Epoch very seriously and ensure that any time an exploit comes up, we give it our full and immediate attention. We strictly enforce our Terms of Use when it comes to exploits and RMT (Real-Money Trading), and as such, one can expect that abusing such exploits or engaging in RMT, both buying and selling, will result in a permanent account ban.

Since 1.0 has launched, we have been aware of two exploits. The first allowed duplication of items through the bazaar. We were made aware of this exploit three days after its first discovery, and deployed a fix for it the same day. The second exploit we became aware of was the recent gold exploit, which we created and deployed a fix for in less than 24 hours of being made aware of the exploit.

[h2]Current Actions[/h2]

In response to the gold exploit, we have reviewed gold activity on an account level, identifying, and banning those accounts which have been participating in illegitimate gold generation. We don’t want to speak too much to how this was tracked, as it could only really serve to provide bad actors information to try to avoid detection. With this, we are aware of the concerns of legitimate accounts being falsely flagged. We are quite confident in our tracking not falsely flagging accounts, though as always you can appeal any moderation action through support.lastepoch.com.

We have also banned accounts with duplicated items from the first exploit, and we have been and are continuing to process and ban all accounts linked to RMT services (both buying and selling). These regular account bans for RMT involvement are actively removing significant amounts of gold from the economy, which we expect will help bring down inflation.

We are aware of the inflation which has occurred within Merchant’s Guild, and are discussing methods to deflate the economy again. We expect the removal of much of this gold through the bans to both those who exploited the gold bug, as well as RMT involved accounts, will help quite a bit, though we are also discussing additional actions. At this point, we’re not implementing any actions which we’re able to talk about, however if we do plan to take any actions which directly effect players we will communicate those actions.

[h2]Moving Forward[/h2]

We want to make sure we’re not only reacting to exploits, and are instead working on proactive measures to prevent exploits in the first place. We’re making sure to act both on a technical level and on a user level. Actions we’re taking on a technical level are much harder to discuss, as saying what we would be doing is just providing information to bad actors on how to try to exploit after. However, we want to strongly state that we are not ignoring these exploits occurring and are taking active measures to combat them.

Lightless Arbor and Runes of Creation generating legitimate duplicate items has also been contributing to the perception of item dupes. Some of this comes from awareness regarding that these legitimate duplicates are possible, as well as to what extent. It may be surprising to know that Lightless Arbor’s Vaults of Uncertain Fates can actually produce up to 12 duplicates of the exact same item. These legitimate duplications can produce some very suspicious-looking listings on the Bazaar. So when we talk about changes on a user level, what we mean is that we are working on not only preventing these exploits, but also this kind of confusion being generated by user experience. As our first action to help address this, we will be introducing mirrored item card graphics to help visually represent when an item is a legitimate duplicate (on duplicated items, the 2D art for the item will be mirrored / flipped).

We’ve also found, in general, the Merchant’s Guild centralizing of gold leads to a fair amount of inflation all by itself, and as such, are looking into and discussing inflation control methods such as implementing a Gold Tax on transactions in 1.1. We don’t want to implement this kind of change during the current cycle as it would be a fairly fundamental change to the Bazaar and Merchant’s Guild. We’ll have more information concerning inflation counters, Tax or other, as we get closer to 1.1.

[h2]Closing[/h2]

We don’t think it’s a very controversial statement to say that abusing an exploit, ruining the game for all players is not acceptable, and that doing so should result in a ban. We also acknowledge this isn’t just on bad actors, but it’s also our responsibility to do everything we can to prevent these exploits from being possible in the first place.

With that said, we want to be clear in stating that we acknowledge the feedback from the community concerning allowing these exploits to have slipped through, and want to make sure we state that we are taking these events very seriously. We are actively investing in both addressing, and preventing these exploits, with no efforts spared, or shirking of the issues.

Last Epoch Patch 1.0.5 Notes

Hello Travelers,

In today's Hotfix, we are fixing a list of things for you!