The new update 1.5 for Lords of the Fallen is here and with “Master of Fate”, as the update is called, Hexworks delivers what it describes as the “final milestone” of the post-launch roadmap.
Among other things, you now have the opportunity to customize your gaming experience using various gameplay modifiers.
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According to your wishes
There are therefore seven different settings that you can make. For example, you can make the game easier or more difficult.
You can also let enemy spawns and loot drops be determined randomly and activate a permadeath mode.
“Master of Fate concludes a weekly series of new content and quality-of-life improvements for Lords of the Fallen that have significantly improved the gaming experience,” it says.
The highlights are summarized as follows:
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- Significant performance, optimization and stability improvements
- Rigorous difficulty balancing including mob density reduction & nerfed ranged attacks
- Split PvP and PvE game balancing
- Online multiplayer enhancements for improved matchmaking and connection stability
- New questlines including Season of the Bleak, Trial of the Three Spirits, and Way of the Bucket
- New armor and weapon sets
- Additional secret boss weapon abilities
- Improved boss encounters with additional movesets & new AI
- 12 new spells including the arena-devastating Immolation
- New grievous strikes: each weapon family now features two unique finishers: one for single-handed wielding and another for two-handed two-handed wielding
- Three new projectiles: Blood Vomit, Explosive Mines, and Frost Worms
- QOL updates including: Inventory expansion, appearance reset, storage functionality & gamepad rebinding
“We would like to thank the many players who have made the journey to Mournstead since launch six months ago; their belief in our vision has been a real driving force for us,” said Saul Gascon, Executive Producer and Head of Studio.
“In response to their support for the game, we extended the live support period for Lords of the Fallen with an ambitious post-launch roadmap. This consisted of four significant content updates as well as numerous smaller releases that include tons of new content and “Reaching version 1.5 with the Master of Fate update and its truly groundbreaking modifier system marks the completion of this roadmap and shows Lords of the Fallen at its best.”