Question about current characters

[Surek]

I’m sure I am part of small group of folks, I am currently using the stand alone client. I have no desire to to play multiplayer or even seasons, I’m fine with a standard league. Anyone know if I have to use steam or can I still use the stand alone client & what will happen with my current characters I have playing with for years. Will I have to start over and lose everything?

[Llama8]

No, the current offline characters will remain offline. Not sure when/if the standalone client will receive updates as one of the benefits of them adding mp was that they would only have 1 codebase to maintain (the mp codebase, albeit with the capability to be playable offline).

I’d probably advise moving over to the steam version as that will certainly enable you to get the updates goung forward but i think ultimately this is a question for @EHG_Kain @ehg_steve, @EHG_Mike etc.

[AndrewTilley]

@Surek

Anyone know if I have to use steam or can I still use the stand alone client

Currently, patch 0.9 is planned to be exclusive to Steam and it’s unknown at this time if this will change in the future. The following are some quotes from Mike Weicker, a senior developer/designed at EHG, explaining this:

Mike: 0.9 will only be available through Steam.

Source: Discord Link

Mike: 0.9 will launch on Steam only. Future plans unknown. We just don’t have the bandwidth to make the launcher multiplayer compatible by March 9th.

Source: Discord Link

Mike: 0.9 will not be rolled out on the stand alone client. We just couldn’t get it to work in time. Steam is required to play 0.9 and the multiplayer open beta that starts in an hour.

Source: Discord Link

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@Surek

what will happen with my current characters I have playing with for years.

Nothing will happen to your current characters. They are considered offline characters and are playable in both the stand-alone client or the Steam client of the game. Both clients use the same location to access and save your offline characters, which can be found at this location on your computer:

C:\Users\Your_User_Name\AppData\LocalLow\Eleventh Hour Games\Last Epoch\Saves

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@Surek

Will I have to start over and lose everything?

No, though you will have to link your LE account to your Steam account so you can access the game on Steam if you wish to play patch 0.9. The following support article explains how to do this:

https://support.lastepoch.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260805145970-Steam-Account-Linking

When patch 0.9 releases, your previous characters (all 0.8.5f and prior characters) will be playable in the “offline mode” of the game. This “offline mode” will be similar to what we currently have on live (meaning it’ll still require an internet connection) but should transition to a more pure offline mode in the future as Judd Cobler, EHG CEO and game director, states below:

@AndrewTilley

Judd: Oh, I see, I see. So we’re working towards a more pure offline build here. We will be releasing offline with services with 0.9. So we do expect you’ll be able to use the chat feature and stuff like that, but it’s actually just a little bit of work to de-couple those things and hasn’t hit the top of the priority stack yet. So 0.9 will launch with a somewhat offline feature – it’ll be very similar to what you guys are experiencing on live though.

Mike: Yea, we’ll have basically the same offline mode that’s already there and then the other one is still in the pipe.

Source: YouTube Link

[Surek]

Just wanted to say thank you everyone for your responses, looks like I need to download & install steam. Thanks again.