Indie ARPG Last Epoch Aims to Take on Diablo with Community-Driven Development

Last Epoch is an ARPG built by developers who met through Reddit and have involved the community in development decisions.
It aims to combine the best elements of big ARPGs like Diablo, Path of Exile, etc. and directly compete with Diablo.
The development team started as unpaid passion project workers but has grown to around 90 now.
Key features like trading were decided by community polls to give players control.
The CEO believes constant communication with the community is key but also balances feedback with their own vision.

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