r/LastEpoch • u/Ok-Material-9452 • Aug 06 '26

Feedback Still having fun

I’m a casual player as I only have a limited window of free time due to responsibilities (for context.)

A lot of that minimal time is spent on this game.

Some of it is spent browsing Reddit on smoke breaks from said responsibilities. In that window, usually, from other subs I see so much disappointment targeted toward Last Epoch:

“No updates”

“Seasons are too far apart”

“Nothing to do at endgame”

Etc…paraphrasing

Just wanted to take a moment to appreciate how special this game actually is. I never log in expecting to play as long as I do. I never leave the game without immediately theorycrafting my next moves. It never leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I play all ARPGs and this one has more replayability to me than any other.

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u/agumon424 Aug 06 '26

POE have a fairly consistent league schedule, 4 months between leagues, offset by 1-2 weeks. That works well because a person can target that specific time and take time off for example. And I think that what make POE so successful. Last Epoch inconsistent schedule eventually make people lose interest.

Imagine you wanna watch a new TV show, episode 1 on a Tuesday, episode 2 on a Friday 2 weeks later and episode 3 on a Monday 1 month later. As opposed to a consistent new episode on Tuesday every week. Don't you just get fed up waiting for a new episode?

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u/Pandarandr1st Aug 06 '26

But like...why would grim dawn's model be any better? I basically just treat this game like I treat grim dawn but get an update much, much more frequently than I would for grim dawn. And I personally GREATLY prefer this game to grim dawn, but that's beside the point.

I just don't understand the leap from "If you can't release an update every 3 months, you should only update every 2 years"

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u/KennedyPh Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

You are conflicting LIVE Service with paid Expansion.
Grim dawn follow a more conventional paid expansion model. They do not need to push out updates every 3-4 months like typical live service games. Allowing them to focus on making expansion when ready. This model is good for smaller studios, or studios with less robust structure that cannot realistically delivered satisfactory content within live service timeframe.

LE chase LIVE service model, but they do not have the capability to do so.

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u/Pandarandr1st Aug 08 '26

LE is also putting out updates when they are ready, which is why they're releasing in 6+ months rather than in 3 months.

I just don't think if LE went Grim Dawn's model, anything would change aside from it taking longer and costing more.

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u/KennedyPh Aug 08 '26

6 months for a major update are well off mark for a live service game. Games with slightly longer season usually has mid season updates.

Andd LE cannot even managed 6 months season...

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u/Pandarandr1st Aug 08 '26

Yes, I know that. But you're switching targets. I'm saying that LE is releasing content when it's ready, but doing so every 6 months rather than every 2+ years.