In the October 2021 Development Update we revealed our plans for Patch 0.8.4 and beyond where we talked about our ongoing efforts to increase the visual quality and fidelity of the game. New character models are an important step for the future of Last Epoch. The upgraded models will increase the fidelity of the characters, and lay the groundwork for facial animation support during key story moments in future updates.
The Sands of Majasa Update brought an exciting new Primalist model and armor set - something you can continue to look forward to in our next update. Next up on the remodel, the Sentinel!
In addition to the new model, the Sentinel is getting two new armor sets. Say goodbye to his starter armor set, one of the oldest sets in the game! In the image below you can see the replacement for our beloved and internally coined ābucket-head armor setā.
The second Sentinel armor set coming in Patch 0.8.4 will start dropping in mid-game. Our art team has added a lot of new details to this collection, combining several materials like leather, cloth, and metal. We continue to push ourselves towards new and higher standards for our character models and we are very proud of the work done here with the Sentinel.
We hope you enjoyed our first look at the new Sentinel model and armor sets. Weāll be sharing more information and teasers on the upcoming patch through our social media channels so make sure to follow along:
Iāve been waiting for this for along time! i donāt really like the helmet and shoulders on the third picture tho not a pan of floaty looking shoulders the ones in the first two photos looks so much better but iāll take them over the old armors anyday lol
Wow this is such an improvement over the current one! Well done team! Love that they look like they can actually wear heavy armor and weild heavy weaponry with ease.
One thing: Anyone else think the hands are quite tiny compared to the rest of the proportions?
He looks great. The shave was a nice move, thatās a nice lookinā head.
Now re-primal the Primalist, give the Rogue the red hair she deserves, bring the Charles Dance slider a liiiiiitle more to the right for the Mage, let the Acolyteās quarantine haircut grow out, and weāll be set I think.
Mike has said previously that 0.8.4 will arrive within their normal patching timeframe. So if we look back at their two previous patch cycles weāll see that it took 13 weeks 4 days to deliver patch 0.8.2 and 14 weeks 4 days to deliver patch 0.8.3. Using a timeframe of 14 weeks, patch 0.8.4 is likely to arrive around December 10th - give or take a week.
Yessssssss! Yeeeah! Thatās the sentinel! Finally he looks like someone who could wear an armour! Awesome! Definitely will try him again after remodel!
Iām gonna be blunt here, sorry if i sound a bit aggressive. The original model, including the floating shoulderpads are so soooooooo bad that this is a significant upgrade over it. But this, quite obviously is not a human body. It simply isnāt. Those thighs, overall leg shape, arm length, size of hands, even the ear position (slightly) are all off and i canāt understand how any art director would approve this. Primalist was also a disappointment for me.
Another disappointment is that we are getting only Sentinel model next patch despite we are clearly told that we are getting all the rest of the classes remodels next patch in the recent roadmap blog. Guess i have to wait 2 months for this, plus 3 months * 3 classes = another 11 months to have mediocre looking models.
