last-epoch Last Epoch - Patch 1.1.7: Imperial Uprising and Cycle Reset!

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The Imperial Uprising begins in two days, and here is a recap of the recently released patch notes!

The Imperial Uprising and cycle reset will launch on Thursday 19th September, 2024, and the event will end on October 20, 2024.

The following systems will be introduced, and improvements will be made:

• Loyalist Undead: For the event, those enemies will be added to all Monolith Echoes. Each Loyalist Undead pack contains a rare Leader and a pack of Magic followers. They have unique modifiers. All players who participate in the event by logging in and killing those skeletons will be awarded a in-game good that is normally only available through microtransactions at the end of the event.
• Loot lizards: Hunt down and kill the Loot Lizards to get all the items and crafting materials it was carrying!
• Stash Tab Priority system: Allows you to set a priority configuration for any of the Stash tabs.
• Bazaar Improvements: Multiple features and adjustments are made to the Bazaar, such as more affix search, subtype selection, filter save, fixed gold cost, and more!
• New Shrines: 28 new shrines are added:
  • 15 player skill shrines.
  • 2 Loot lizards shrines.
  • 10 power shrines.
  • 1 dungeon shrine.
• UI scaling: UI scaling options have been added for both Steamdeck and PC.
• Dungeon Changes: Multiple changes are made to dungeons, and some bugs were fixed: 
  • Reduced the size of regular dungeon floors by around 30%.
  • Reduced the number of obstacles in dungeons.
  • Fixed Bugs with Shrines inside of the dungeons.
• Steamdeck and performance: Fixed memory leaks and gamepad issues.
• Level Design: Visual Improvements and multiple bug fixes.
• Systems: Added the following options:
  • Possibility to respec all passive points in a Mastery.
  • Possibility to respec all points in the base tree and all Masteries.
  • Updated the Game Guide.
• Enemies: Skeletons have improved models, animations, and VFX.
• Skill - Warpath: Made Warpath more consistent in how it damages enemies.

All current Cycle characters will be migrated to legacy, and a refreshed cycle will begin with new economy and leaderboards as well.

Be aware that online services will become unavailable 24 hours before the patch, on Wednesday 18th, 2024. 

If you wish to have a look at the detailed patch notes, you can head to the Official Last Epoch Forum Post!