I think that they are in the process of figuring all of this out, e.g. Sarno mentioned in another thread, that zone persistance is going to be handled differently for offline and online play and that it is a lot of work, so I think you have to give them some time to get a definitive answer to your questions.
And while I can understand having issues with online play, I would never play a hardcore character online for example, would it really be such an issue to just have a connection needed for authentification before you play offline ( and Sarno already mentioned this game will feature offline play at launch)?
It’s not up to me to decide when the connection is available especially when I am spending more time on sea than on land.
I just want to know that I am able to play the game any time I want.
That’s a very good reason, totally get that. Hope it will turn out ok for you then, that you can enjoy this game. Cheers.
It’s almost 1 month after the last reply, no final answer yet?
Still no answer.
Offline mode and you need internet to access…mmm regreating payin so far
I don’t see why they would make you have to have internet access for offline play. I assume it would work like Diablo 2 does. If not, I think the developers would be better off changing it to where offline play is completely offline. I know people like my brother that go out to sea for months at a time without an internet connection who would want to play Last Epoch also.
Edit: I understand that an online authentication process is necessary right now because only certain people have access to the alpha and upcoming beta. I would think that once the open beta begins or when the game is going to launch that they would drop this for single player.
You can never be sure unless the developer themselves confirms it.
Game like Diablo 3 requires you to be online all the time even when you are playing solo because they want players to have access to their real money auction house all the time.
This game has an auction house and an online shop, so it would be safe to assume that you need to at least authenticate online to check and authenticate with the server what is your last transaction to avoid players hacking and gaining access to cosmetic items they never purchase.
Games like diablo 3 don’t require you to be online at all times because of the real money auction house (which doesn’t even exist anymore.)
They do it to avoid piracy. With no online connection required its very easy to play a game completely for free. While I fully understand your point of view your tone is pretty entitled. You can’t blame a company for wanting to protect their creation, which cost them a lot of money to produce.
Whether online authentication is effective or a good idea is a completely other story:) A complicated one. This is most likely the reason for the delay in an answer. The game is still in development. Perhaps the developers themselves don’t know their final answer. It’s a difficult choice to make.
I can tell you though from my experience its a fantastic game with a huge amount of potential.
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I could see that too. Otherwise, people could steal the game. Maybe there is a way to make it be secure and able to be totally offline for players that want to play single-player offline?
I mean on the other hand, Grim Dawn can be completely offline and they have sold lots of copies.
I’d support the game regardless, Last Epoch is a lot of fun and I enjoy testing things as they are implemented.
+1 to offline mode I have no idea why everyone is moving to online all the time in ARPG, this alone will most likely give this game less success then Grim Dawn and if the servers are far people like me that are in Australia will have horrible ping and no fun at all, Wolcen beta is out but due to their Servers being in Canada my gameplay is horribly lagy and chopy and that alone will make me leave a negative review on Steam or elsewhere. I can see this game having a huge success to as it is superior to Wolcen as that and Grim Dawn are its main competitors D3 is old and bleeding players and PoE is something I could never get into. I also hope Grim Dawn 2 gets announced late this year but isn’t released for a few years.
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I’m so happy to not be alone to prefer my game solo and offline 
I’m sure Last Epoch is going to explode their competitors because it get both online and offline.
Btw,I’m more than okay with DLC for my solo play… give me a lots of pets to buy to continue to support the game!
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I believe the online check is just part of alpha.
@Verveine they already got 5 cosmetic pets on top of the alpha and beta pets in the cosmetic pet list in the alpha. Then every item apart from jewellery has a cosmetic slot and 1 to 2 augment slots as well. Note Amulet has a cosmetic slot. So there be plenty for you to spend your money on.
Thanks!
Good to know ^^
I hope that is the case, the only reason I am holding back from purchasing this game is due to the online check as I do not want to buy something that I cannot play.
Since they announced the beta, maybe we can get an answer from the dev to confirm this?
I suspect they don’t want to answer the "will it allow completely offline play?’ question at this point (as it may limit other options they may want to pursue later)
If you look at Grim Dawn - it requires Steam and Steam must be online at least the first time you play!?
I believe Steam then requires you reconnect periodically for some features to work - whether GD requires this I’ve no idea - same for LE I guess…
It’s worth remembering that some online requirements are more related to anti-cheat and anti-piracy than multiplayer - they realize some people lack Internet access for periods of time but 100% offline games are far more likely to come with onerous DRM systems and other nonsense you probably don’t want either…
You can buy Grim Dawn off GOG and play it DRM free and totally offline.
On Steam, you can play the game offline as well if you put Steam to offline mode which I usually do. I go online like 1 time in a month when I have the chance to connect to Internet.
I certainly do not want to buy a game that I can only play for 1 time a month.
It’s entirely possible LE won’t have any requirements in relation to Steam being “online” (and there will be a non-Steam LE too) but nowhere did I say you can only play once a month even on Steam ;0
With many Steamworks games you’re required to login periodically (1-2 times a month usually) but can then play offline until that login ‘expires’
WIth some Steam games there’s even no requirement to have Steam running - it’s simply a downloader - but that’s rare and getting rarer simply because online features are wildly popular AND it offers some anti-piracy benefits
As I said tho - I doubt the developer will commit to how this will work at this early stage but games which can be played 100% offline with no DRM are becoming pretty scarce…
There are lots of games that don’t require player to be online to play.
For me I played a lot of JRPG like Tales of series, Trail of Cold Steel and action games like Devil May Cry and Darksiders, all of the games I played so far does not require me to be online unless it is to download DLCs and updates which can be done like once a month when I can find the opportunity to do so. I am a fan of games like Borderlands, Doom, Ori, Hollow Knight as well that don’t require me to be online all the time. This of course applies to ARPG I played like Van Helsing, Torchlight 2 and Grim Dawn. All those games sell just fine without an always online anti-piracy move, I am sure this game will do just fine as well without it.
I am aware that multiplayer is a huge selling point for lots of game as well since I do play Diablo 2 on LAN during my college days and understand the appeal, I do not in anyway forcing the developer to cater to my offline need, I am trying to get a definitive answer so I can either buy in or move on.
Confirmation from dev that there is a plan for full offline mode. Hopefully this will be ready some time in the beta.
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