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| 1s | hello and welcome to a new video format |
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| 3s | we thought it'd be interesting to try a |
| 6s | react to comments video where I |
| 9s | basically read out the comments on the |
| 11s | recent foundations introduction video |
| 14s | and try to respond to them try to give |
| 17s | my thoughts and feedback on them this is |
| 19s | going to be a little bit less structured |
| 21s | video than normal and probably a bit |
| 23s | longer so stick around if you're into |
| 25s | that sort of thing we'll get started |
| 27s | right away so first comment defending |
| 30s | rates is difficult in particular for |
| 31s | smaller guilds and then adds a feature |
| 34s | that benefits bigger guilds uh yeah that |
| 36s | might seem contradictory but I actually |
| 38s | don't agree that fortifications benefit |
| 41s | larger guilds they benefit all guilds |
| 43s | equally um by adding territory defenses |
| 47s | um on top of that there's an awesome |
| 49s | feature that we didn't mention in the |
| 50s | video yet and that is that the cost of |
| 53s | fortifications varies based on the |
| 55s | quality level of the zone |
| 57s | so strong guilds that occupy a quality |
| 60s | level six Zone will have to pay a much |
| 62s | higher price for their fortifications |
| 64s | than uh guilds that occupy a quality |
| 66s | level one zone and that means that |
| 69s | guilds typically weaker guilds that are |
| 72s | occupying these territories will have |
| 74s | access to the full |
| 76s | territory um defensive strength at a |
| 79s | much cheaper cost in terms of resources |
| 82s | and I think that's pretty cool that's |
| 83s | going to make it easier to defend |
| 85s | against stronger opponents coming from |
| 87s | stronger zones you guys better add new |
| 89s | battle m for Siege with the addition of |
| 91s | walls I want catapults fire bists Rams |
| 94s | or even some magical ones Well we'd love |
| 97s | that too um we did make the conscious |
| 100s | decision not to include them in the |
| 102s | first iteration of this update and it's |
| 104s | actually part of why this update is |
| 106s | called foundations for me it lays the |
| 109s | foundations for future expansions of |
| 111s | territory Warfare with things like |
| 114s | ladders with things like catapults Rams |
| 116s | and all of these things um there is some |
| 119s | challenge involv in designing these in a |
| 121s | way where they don't only look cool but |
| 124s | they also perform a cool function and |
| 126s | they add tactical depth the dream for me |
| 129s | for fortifications is that we end up |
| 132s | with a different type of zvz fight that |
| 134s | we've seen before having more reasons to |
| 137s | to split into multiple parties having |
| 139s | having smaller dramatic fights on the |
| 142s | edge of a zerg rather than just having |
| 145s | this big army that primarily tries to |
| 148s | hit each other in in one point |
| 151s | um and yeah Siege equipment could be |
| 153s | really exciting for that some |
| 155s | suggestions guards could be upgraded by |
| 157s | feeding then equipment of a certain tier |
| 159s | and literally food okay so this is |
| 161s | talking about fortifications um yeah I |
| 163s | mean God upgrades probably won't be |
| 166s | quite that complicated in the initial |
| 168s | version it would create kind of an |
| 169s | imbalance in the crafting world if we |
| 172s | decided on certain gear being needed for |
| 174s | the guards which is why it's probably |
| 176s | going to be more simple um when it comes |
| 179s | to static defense it's similar to Siege |
| 181s | equipment we discussed a lot we even |
| 183s | play tested a little bit but this is |
| 185s | something we want to add as a next step |
| 188s | after we see sort of how the Baseline of |
| 191s | this update is getting played hence the |
| 192s | name foundations it's the foundation |
| 195s | that we want to build epic Siege battles |
| 197s | on here's a comment exactly as you |
| 199s | suspected you just let it out and waited |
| 201s | to see what would happen I think this is |
| 203s | referring to me saying in the de talk |
| 206s | that there were some concerns about |
| 207s | rating the way it would play out well |
| 209s | yes to be fair we think we've reached a |
| 212s | point where we we need to move forward |
| 214s | with some things we can't like stay |
| 217s | concerned too much about everything in |
| 219s | the game because that would freeze us |
| 222s | and and put us into place so yes we |
| 224s | wanted to try something we want to move |
| 226s | forward and yes there was a certain |
| 228s | feeling of getting back into sort of the |
| 230s | alpha stage where we were experimenting |
| 233s | but that's the the drive that I think |
| 235s | will get us forward with alvan online of |
| 237s | course we're being careful that we're |
| 238s | not causing any kind of like permanent |
| 240s | damage we we're doing things that are |
| 242s | focused on Seasons but yes we want to |
| 244s | experiment we want to try and we want to |
| 247s | move |
| 247s | forward finally stones will be worth it |
| 250s | as a resource yes I mean that was the |
| 253s | that was one of the goals with the |
| 254s | foundations update um we did try to push |
| 260s | the stone need of uh foundations as high |
| 263s | as we dared to make sure that this |
| 266s | impacts The Stone Market whether we hit |
| 269s | the right point we will see um because |
| 272s | of course the owners of the territory |
| 275s | still have to think feel that it's worth |
| 277s | it for them to upgrade |
| 279s | fortifications um but yeah let's see if |
| 281s | we found the right balance and hopefully |
| 284s | my stone gatherer character will be able |
| 287s | to make some money again on minute four |
| 289s | they mentioned what I take as protection |
| 291s | by the territory owner like let's say |
| 293s | I'm farming Lots uh lots of things on |
| 296s | the territory I contribute to the |
| 297s | territory through tax or other means |
| 299s | would it incentivize them to let me Farm |
| 301s | there instead of straight up killing me |
| 304s | yeah that's the idea so basically the |
| 307s | reward chests in the territories will be |
| 309s | filled based on the activity in PVE in |
| 312s | the local cluster so surrounding the |
| 314s | territory any roaming mobs killed there |
| 316s | static dungeon content there will |
| 319s | contribute to the uh value that's in the |
| 323s | chest in the territory and that means |
| 325s | the guild that's playing there has a |
| 327s | strong incentive to let you play there |
| 329s | because they basically passively collect |
| 331s | a bonus for you playing there and while |
| 334s | I don't think that will always lead to |
| 337s | them letting you do that because they |
| 339s | probably want to have some of their |
| 340s | content of their own it I think it will |
| 342s | lead to cases where guilds are maybe not |
| 344s | so aggressively killing people within |
| 346s | their own region and rather looking for |
| 348s | killing people in other regions please |
| 350s | improve the roads of Avalon with an |
| 352s | update to them throughout the year they |
| 354s | really need improvements to shine again |
| 356s | for small scale players 242 up votes uh |
| 360s | so yeah a lot of Roads comments on this |
| 363s | video and a lot of focus on the roads |
| 364s | yeah let's get into that so the main |
| 368s | difficulty we have is defining what is |
| 371s | small scale everybody has a different |
| 373s | opinion on what is a small scale |
| 376s | encounter or we typically |
| 378s | joke every group that has one more |
| 381s | player than you is a zerk |
| 384s | um yeah that's actually a challenging |
| 387s | thing because when we look at the roads |
| 389s | of Avalon we get a lot of feedback that |
| 391s | the roads are dead the roads aren't |
| 394s | doing what they're supposed to be doing |
| 395s | for me but we look at the data and we |
| 399s | see a lot of activity in the roads we |
| 402s | see a lot of PVE activity in roads we |
| 404s | see a lot of PVP activity in the roads |
| 406s | and we see more than we had before the |
| 408s | updates so certainly the updates did do |
| 411s | something for some players well for more |
| 415s | players than |
| 416s | before um and now we're faced with the |
| 420s | challenge of figuring out how do we |
| 423s | address the needs of these additional |
| 425s | play player groups that are apparently |
| 426s | looking for a different kind of small |
| 428s | scale because right now what we see in |
| 431s | the roads if there is a group so if |
| 434s | there is more than one player grouped up |
| 438s | on average they're three to four players |
| 441s | grouped up which we would consider an |
| 444s | ideal small scale group size three to |
| 446s | four players um engaging in roads |
| 449s | content sometimes maybe five sometimes |
| 451s | maybe |
| 452s | three but that's kind of a pretty good |
| 456s | um group size so at the moment |
| 459s | internally we're debating quite a bit |
| 462s | how |
| 462s | to address this topic that obviously |
| 465s | gets a lot of attention and has a lot of |
| 467s | people unhappy but at the same time |
| 469s | we're not quite sure |
| 472s | um what exactly people are saying to us |
| 475s | when they say it needs to have more |
| 477s | small scale some people in the comments |
| 479s | here are saying it needs to have more |
| 481s | focus on PVP objectives um and have |
| 485s | content for five to seven players is |
| 486s | that what we're talking about when we |
| 487s | say small scale or do people actually |
| 490s | feel that three to four players is too |
| 492s | much and we're talking about just groups |
| 494s | of two that should be the focus of the |
| 496s | road |
| 498s | um like I said we're talking about this |
| 501s | internally and we're thinking about |
| 504s | possible solutions um the challenge of |
| 508s | course is if you move this space into |
| 510s | one direction or the other so you make |
| 513s | the objectives for larger groups or you |
| 514s | make the objectives for smaller groups |
| 516s | you run the risk of making it less |
| 518s | attractive to the players that are |
| 519s | currently playing the |
| 521s | roads so I'd say our stance on a roads |
| 525s | update is let's continue to talk about |
| 527s | it let's figure out exactly what |
| 529s | everybody's looking for because we tried |
| 531s | two times already and didn't apparently |
| 534s | address the needs of uh this player |
| 537s | group and if we have that clear answer |
| 540s | we are absolutely happy to do a roads |
| 542s | update until then I would love to hear |
| 546s | more |
| 547s | precisely what are you looking for |
| 549s | exactly when you say small scale |
| 552s | avalonian roads are dead no content no |
| 554s | players we need solo dungeons back we |
| 557s | need loot from rare legendary chests |
| 559s | back okay roads are dead no content no |
| 561s | players we again cannot confirm that in |
| 564s | the data we do do see an increased |
| 566s | activity compared to the previous |
| 568s | updates so they're definitely not dead |
| 572s | um we need solar dungeons back |
| 575s | well that's something we can talk about |
| 577s | I think there are some technical |
| 578s | challenges with getting them back but if |
| 581s | that would make a huge difference that's |
| 583s | something we could consider the what |
| 587s | surprises me about this though is that |
| 590s | there aren't that many spawn positions |
| 592s | for these solar dungeons so this cannot |
| 595s | be a large group of players that we |
| 597s | could potentially entertain with these |
| 600s | solar Dungeons and then we need the loot |
| 601s | from rare legendary chess back well the |
| 603s | loot should still be there albian has a |
| 606s | huge randomization in the loot and of |
| 608s | course we've |
| 610s | rebalanced um various content in the |
| 612s | roads with the charging up mobs and you |
| 615s | know different camps so the chests don't |
| 617s | work exactly the same way but the loot |
| 619s | is all still there um and we just |
| 622s | redistributed it across the different |
| 624s | cont content in the roads you should be |
| 626s | able to find quite valuable legendary |
| 628s | chests there fix roads too many zones |
| 631s | since splitting the server and not |
| 632s | enough content to keep players in the |
| 634s | zones reduce the amount of maps and add |
| 635s | tracking that's actually really helpful |
| 637s | comment that that gets gets some |
| 640s | specific points for what you're looking |
| 641s | for with the road um so reducing the |
| 645s | number of maps I guess you're looking |
| 646s | for a higher player density so more |
| 649s | opportunities for PVP and |
| 652s | then not enough content would mean if we |
| 654s | did that we would have to increase the |
| 656s | spawn rate for the content which would |
| 658s | be okay because we've cut a bunch of |
| 659s | maps so less reward gets constantly |
| 662s | generated so less risk for the economy |
| 665s | so that's all good the only problem I |
| 667s | see is if we reduce the number of Road |
| 670s | zones we would also have to reduce the |
| 673s | number of entrances in the world |
| 676s | significantly because otherwise we are |
| 680s | creating um travel networks that are way |
| 683s | too powerful um because if the smaller |
| 686s | amount of zones have the same amount of |
| 687s | connectivity to the outside world you |
| 689s | just have a much higher chance of |
| 691s | getting the connections that you always |
| 692s | need now you would also have a higher |
| 694s | risk of |
| 696s | PVP in that so Transportation would |
| 699s | become less safe um I think it's an |
| 703s | interesting thought we'll look into the |
| 705s | actual number of |
| 707s | players um but the reality is of course |
| 710s | this would be restricting the number of |
| 712s | people that are able to benefit from the |
| 714s | roads as a Content um and thus would |
| 717s | particularly hurt the solo players which |
| 719s | is one big group that's asking for uh |
| 722s | the roads to actually get pushed into |
| 724s | their Direction so this is one of the |
| 726s | challenges that we have to weighs think |
| 728s | about how do we serve these different |
| 729s | player groups maybe it makes sense to |
| 731s | split the road somehow into a Content |
| 734s | part that's aimed at solo players and |
| 736s | the content part that's aimed at groups |
| 739s | uh yeah let me know what you think we'll |
| 741s | think about it as well buff solo |
| 743s | dungeons again uh yeah those definitely |
| 746s | have been overtaken by other content I |
| 749s | mean they do offer a high high degree of |
| 752s | safety and I think that they actually |
| 754s | have a pretty cool role to play there |
| 756s | right now as you know a spot for solo |
| 759s | players in the open world to take a |
| 762s | break from from from the sort of |
| 766s | surface pressure that's there when |
| 769s | you're out in the black Zone um the |
| 772s | constant risk of getting killed I think |
| 774s | they do uh offer a nice safe haven to |
| 777s | take a break within your session and |
| 778s | just have some nice PVE but um obviously |
| 783s | people want to |
| 784s | also uh have that content be playable |
| 789s | continuously |
| 791s | um yeah it's something we're we're |
| 793s | looking into um there will definitely be |
| 797s | a buff for solo dungeons at some point |
| 799s | but we do want to first kind of find |
| 801s | their exact role in the open world and |
| 804s | again we have we have the the difficulty |
| 806s | that actually solo dungeons are one of |
| 809s | the most popular contents being played |
| 812s | that might not be the opinion of the |
| 814s | hardcore player group that really really |
| 817s | like gets into optimized Fame per hour |
| 821s | and silver per hour rates but a vast |
| 823s | number of albian players are enjoying |
| 825s | the current content in Solo Dungeons and |
| 828s | um don't need them to be anything else |
| 831s | at the moment at least from what we can |
| 833s | see in the numbers I think making solo |
| 835s | dungeons viable again would be good the |
| 837s | chest respawns could be optimized but |
| 839s | more rewarding exponential with each |
| 841s | Rarity and also balancing the Rarity of |
| 842s | the chest spawn um so let's talk about |
| 845s | making solo dungeons viable again solo |
| 847s | dungeons are a very safe type of content |
| 851s | they're not supposed to be competitive |
| 853s | with things like black mists right they |
| 855s | can't be they shouldn't be because |
| 857s | they're way safer we also don't like the |
| 860s | idea of opening them up to PVP again |
| 862s | because we think the type of PVP that's |
| 865s | happening in there isn't the good type |
| 867s | of PVP we want PVP to to be about |
| 871s | between people who have a fighting |
| 873s | chance against each other as much as |
| 874s | possible and in the solo dungeon |
| 878s | scenario that is almost never the case |
| 881s | very very often um this content turned |
| 885s | into just an ambush and Slaughter and |
| 889s | that is what loses albian players um and |
| 892s | then in the end kills the content they |
| 895s | have to have a balanced place in the |
| 896s | world are they possibly a little bit too |
| 898s | weak yes we're looking into that are |
| 901s | they should they be much much better no |
| 904s | they can't be because if they were they |
| 907s | would be out competing actual PVP |
| 909s | content which would goes against the |
| 911s | fundamental risk versus reward |
| 912s | philosophy in alment online update |
| 915s | suggestion for solo PVP add a passive |
| 917s | sorting system with certain IP ranges |
| 920s | while ignoring the IP given through |
| 921s | capes and OC players would be sorted |
| 924s | automatically like Mists where players |
| 925s | only wear 700 to 100 1,000 IP 1,000 to 2 |
| 930s | 1,200 IP 1,200 to 1,500 IP uh this would |
| 934s | be way more balanced than everything we |
| 936s | have compared to corrupted Dungeons and |
| 939s | in the current state of MTH would you be |
| 941s | okay with having rewards scale down if |
| 943s | you're wearing lower IP because in terms |
| 947s | of the risk and reward premise of the |
| 949s | game that is what will be needed |
| 951s | otherwise why would anybody be playing |
| 953s | High IP in this content right so as long |
| 957s | as the rewards are the same all the |
| 960s | players have to be matched in the same |
| 961s | pool we need more activities for single |
| 964s | players what are you looking for what |
| 967s | what what need for single players is not |
| 970s | being |
| 970s | served um we have in my mind the largest |
| 976s | variety of activities for single players |
| 979s | for for any group right like you've |
| 981s | Gathering crafting |
| 983s | farming all of these are Solo activities |
| 985s | and then on top of that you can go into |
| 987s | the black Zone on your own you can and |
| 989s | go into the Mist you can play corrupted |
| 991s | there's a lot of stuff that you can do |
| 993s | as a single |
| 994s | player what are you looking for |
| 996s | specifically please please please work |
| 999s | on solo Dungeons and allow awakened |
| 1001s | weapons to drop as loot in Solo dungeons |
| 1004s | well awakened weapons can drop in solar |
| 1008s | dungeons um they can drop anywhere in |
| 1010s | the game the requirement is that some |
| 1013s | player used an awakened weapon it |
| 1017s | got they got killed it dropped |
| 1020s | and then it rolled for the chance of not |
| 1022s | getting destroyed entering the loot pool |
| 1025s | and from that point on it can drop |
| 1027s | anywhere where you can get gear loot in |
| 1029s | the game the awakened item can also drop |
| 1031s | so solo dungeons already have it buff |
| 1034s | solo group dungeons or remove them |
| 1037s | entirely yeah I think a lot of solo |
| 1040s | players would disagree with removing the |
| 1043s | solo dungeons entirely um we'll look |
| 1046s | into buffing them please add this stuff |
| 1049s | I guess we're talking about |
| 1049s | fortifications for faction Warfare and |
| 1052s | capturing defending faction outposts |
| 1055s | faction Warfare is cool and unique but |
| 1056s | it gets boring over time due to the lack |
| 1058s | of depth let us build stuff for our |
| 1061s | faction you know what we had actually |
| 1063s | originally planned to have |
| 1065s | fortifications for faction Warfare as |
| 1067s | well in this update it turned out to be |
| 1069s | too much work um so we're going to |
| 1072s | launch fortifications for territories |
| 1075s | first and see how they play out and then |
| 1077s | we'll be looking into adapting the this |
| 1079s | content for factions but that's |
| 1081s | definitely on our list because we also |
| 1083s | think it would be cool to have that |
| 1084s | content accessible to the broader player |
| 1087s | base it would be awesome to be able to |
| 1089s | faction flag at Outpost say you're |
| 1090s | faction flagged and want to do some crup |
| 1092s | dungeons or Venture Into The Mists when |
| 1095s | you do so you lose your faction flag it |
| 1097s | be nice when you come out of the crop |
| 1099s | dungeon if you could run to an outpost |
| 1102s | and flag up um the thing always to think |
| 1105s | about with these things is whether there |
| 1107s | is some exploit where you can |
| 1110s | do |
| 1111s | something uh by being able to flag in a |
| 1115s | different location I can't immediately |
| 1117s | come up with something so we'll check it |
| 1120s | it might be a cool idea might make it |
| 1121s | more convenient um and we'll go on a |
| 1124s | list of things to do for faction Warfare |
| 1127s | faction objectives there could be an |
| 1128s | actual motivation to come first every |
| 1130s | month yeah there's a challenge with the |
| 1133s | factions because unlike in other games |
| 1135s | where you're committing to your faction |
| 1137s | for life in Albi you don't um you can |
| 1140s | change your faction so the risk here |
| 1142s | would be that at the last moment |
| 1145s | everybody would try to switch to the |
| 1147s | winning faction um which unfortunately |
| 1152s | makes designs like this tough from my |
| 1154s | point of view the update is incredible |
| 1156s | but it would also be great if other |
| 1157s | aspects of non-lethal PVP would improve |
| 1160s | such as the faction war that war Mounds |
| 1164s | could be used there um yeah I mean War |
| 1168s | Mounds are specifically not allowed |
| 1169s | infection Warfare because we do feel |
| 1171s | that they would overpower beginning a |
| 1174s | players from being able to participate |
| 1176s | in that content too much and generally |
| 1179s | um these battle Mounds are prohibited in |
| 1182s | the yellow zone for a reason I agree |
| 1186s | though it would be cool to have and |
| 1188s | maybe there's an opportunity to do that |
| 1189s | at some point hello first of all for all |
| 1192s | the work you do I'd like an update to be |
| 1194s | made where the number of skills of |
| 1195s | weapons is more equal some lines have |
| 1198s | eight choices between q w and E some |
| 1201s | have less uh meses and bow only have |
| 1204s | seven and crossbows only six yes this is |
| 1206s | something that we are always working on |
| 1208s | we are always um when we have the |
| 1211s | opportunity try to fill up weapon lines |
| 1213s | I don't have that many uh Spell choices |
| 1216s | yet we typically try to do it to make U |
| 1219s | an outdated weapon line more viable in |
| 1221s | in various contents but that is |
| 1223s | something that you can look forward to |
| 1225s | um that we will always do to kind of |
| 1228s | catch up with the other lines add a luck |
| 1230s | or agility parameter that allows normal |
| 1232s | blows to be |
| 1234s | avoided thank you for the suggestion but |
| 1237s | I and the design team actually think |
| 1240s | that that would be a terrible idea um |
| 1243s | one of the premises we have for our |
| 1245s | combat system is that it is predictable |
| 1247s | as much as it can be it has as little |
| 1250s | luck involved um as possible so um yeah |
| 1256s | while that might be cool to have the |
| 1259s | occasional lucky uh event I think the |
| 1263s | majority of players probably would enjoy |
| 1265s | this but please let me know if you have |
| 1266s | a different opinion my suggestions are |
| 1269s | we have Royal armor royal shoes but why |
| 1271s | no Royal cape and Royal weapons looking |
| 1274s | forward to see royal weapon and Royal |
| 1276s | capes in the future we're also looking |
| 1278s | forward to seeing those in the future |
| 1279s | can't tell you when yet but they're |
| 1281s | definitely coming at some point hello I |
| 1283s | would like you to add a new Branch the |
| 1285s | necromancy Branch it would be a very |
| 1288s | novel branch since no free game has it |
| 1290s | or uses it you could configure it to |
| 1293s | summon skeletons dungeon bats and other |
| 1295s | Champions or creatures that already |
| 1297s | exists in the game we would absolutely |
| 1300s | love to add a necromancy weapon the |
| 1304s | challenge is that we also really really |
| 1306s | really like our large battle |
| 1309s | performance and the issue there is that |
| 1313s | if you can actually summon summon any |
| 1316s | kind of |
| 1317s | creature um we have to ECT that you are |
| 1320s | going to do that in large scale fights |
| 1323s | and |
| 1325s | unfortunately all the information about |
| 1327s | what your creatures are doing and how |
| 1329s | they're engaging in the fight have to be |
| 1331s | sent to every single player in that |
| 1333s | fight and if we imagine a multiplication |
| 1337s | that |
| 1338s | means let's say there's 300 people in |
| 1341s | that fight and they were all close to |
| 1344s | your creature that means 300 people have |
| 1348s | to receive that information and if you |
| 1350s | can have multiple ones of this this is a |
| 1352s | huge multiplier and essentially in terms |
| 1354s | of data being sent a mob is similarly |
| 1357s | complex to a player and that means for |
| 1360s | every summoned creature we would add to |
| 1363s | the fights we would essentially be |
| 1365s | reducing the number of supported players |
| 1367s | in a large fight and would have to have |
| 1369s | lower cluster caps and that is not |
| 1374s | viable there are obviously workarounds |
| 1377s | we could make it so that the summon |
| 1380s | creatures you have aren't actually |
| 1382s | synchronized on other clients you can't |
| 1385s | actually really see fight them or |
| 1387s | something like that we could just |
| 1389s | visualize them but I don't think that |
| 1391s | would really |
| 1393s | satisfy um The Players such as yourself |
| 1397s | need an IP cap for Mists like corrupted |
| 1400s | dungeons I don't want to be killed by |
| 1401s | 4.1 rats well typically when people ask |
| 1404s | for an IP cap for Miss they're asking |
| 1406s | more for a higher end cap not a lower |
| 1408s | end entry requirement unless we've been |
| 1411s | getting that feedback wrong |
| 1414s | um I think the solution here is not to |
| 1418s | restrict the gear or the entry because |
| 1419s | we feel that would take away from the |
| 1422s | open world feeling but to think about |
| 1424s | why are ratting situations happening |
| 1427s | that frequently and that has to do with |
| 1429s | the player density in The Mists the |
| 1431s | challenge with changing the player |
| 1433s | density is that we also would have to |
| 1435s | tune down the rewards otherwise we would |
| 1436s | spike up the rewards for everybody else |
| 1438s | and then blooding the game economy again |
| 1442s | so yeah we're we're looking into options |
| 1445s | for tweaking The Mists to make like |
| 1448s | these ratting third party situations |
| 1450s | less frequent or less you know less of a |
| 1453s | thing it's not entirely preventable as |
| 1455s | long as we keep the Mists open but I |
| 1457s | don't think we can find a satisfactory |
| 1460s | lower entry level Point um that still |
| 1464s | feels like it's an actual kind of open |
| 1466s | World Experience combat and items |
| 1468s | balance some weapons are not even |
| 1470s | playable make every item unique and |
| 1472s | interesting and useful uh to at least |
| 1475s | one feature that is our goal um it is |
| 1478s | often overlooked where some item is |
| 1481s | currently good um it is also very very |
| 1484s | challenging to do because we have far |
| 1486s | more items than we have actual specific |
| 1489s | use cases and um that means it's it's |
| 1494s | very hard to say like this item is good |
| 1496s | in this use case this item is good in |
| 1497s | this use case because they all compete |
| 1499s | with each other then and then they have |
| 1501s | to kind of be balanced and it's a vast |
| 1503s | array of combinations that you have to |
| 1505s | oversee for balancing which is one of |
| 1508s | the challenges of these you are what you |
| 1511s | wear systems and one of the reasons why |
| 1513s | this sort of thing barely gets done by |
| 1515s | anybody in the in the industry because |
| 1517s | most people who are developing this sort |
| 1519s | of game would say it's insane to to try |
| 1522s | to build such a vast balancing system |
| 1525s | and such an open system but we think |
| 1527s | it's exciting the downside is you will |
| 1530s | always get moments in the game where |
| 1532s | certain items are not meta are not |
| 1536s | useful we're constantly working on it |
| 1539s | and it's we're never happy if items are |
| 1541s | not in a good place we need a grace |
| 1544s | period when joining a random group in |
| 1546s | Lethal zon so they don't leave and kill |
| 1548s | us immediately I agree um this is |
| 1551s | something that we're looking into |
| 1553s | generally little bit expansion of topic |
| 1555s | here um one thing we're we're thinking |
| 1558s | about how can we make it more attractive |
| 1560s | for people to transition into the black |
| 1562s | Zone because we have a very sharp divide |
| 1564s | in the game between people who never |
| 1566s | want to go into a PVP Zone and then the |
| 1568s | people who do regularly go into the PVP |
| 1570s | Zone and feels like a huge step going |
| 1572s | into the black zone for new players many |
| 1574s | times so our idea is to |
| 1578s | make collaboration in the black Zone |
| 1582s | more |
| 1583s | feasible um and part of that is changing |
| 1586s | the way that disbanding groups work |
| 1589s | where you don't immediately become |
| 1590s | hostile so that there is a chance to |
| 1593s | kind of see the Betrayal and at least |
| 1595s | try to escape um that is just one piece |
| 1597s | of the puzzle however I think you need |
| 1599s | more to to generally make this viable |
| 1602s | but it's a it's a good suggestion and |
| 1604s | it's something that we're looking into |
| 1605s | at the moment so here's a comment I'd |
| 1607s | really love to see more fleshed out |
| 1609s | group dungeon experience be it more |
| 1611s | enemy types and bosses new tile sets |
| 1613s | variants and other ways to spice things |
| 1616s | up it's the most fun I've had with my |
| 1618s | friends in the game and while I do |
| 1619s | understand the emphasis on Guild versus |
| 1620s | Guild uh it'd be neat to have a space |
| 1623s | where both PVP and PVE enjoyers enjoyers |
| 1626s | get a lot of value and variety from |
| 1628s | their time um yeah nothing against that |
| 1632s | we will add more dungeon content |
| 1636s | continuously more enemies over time the |
| 1640s | challenge I think is that there is a lot |
| 1642s | of work involved in actually making like |
| 1646s | a fullon new experience so the impact on |
| 1649s | the game is actually relatively small |
| 1652s | for a large amount of effort so with the |
| 1655s | same effort that we can invest into like |
| 1656s | a whole weapon line or whole new gear |
| 1660s | line uh we can probably make like one |
| 1663s | dungeon full of new enemies and as long |
| 1666s | as that dungeon doesn't really add |
| 1669s | anything new to the game it's probably |
| 1672s | just a visual teaser which would be |
| 1675s | cool um but you don't really get a lot |
| 1678s | of new |
| 1680s | gameplay systemic gameplay out of it I'd |
| 1682s | say um but what we will continuously add |
| 1685s | new enemies to kind of spice up the |
| 1687s | experience I'd say first though we want |
| 1689s | to |
| 1690s | revisit the role of solo random dungeons |
| 1694s | group random dungeons static dungeons to |
| 1696s | really make sure that this content gets |
| 1699s | actually played enough um compared to |
| 1703s | The Mists we feel that the emphasis of |
| 1705s | the game is quite heavily on The Mists |
| 1707s | right now and we'd really love to get |
| 1709s | more people back into the open world |
| 1710s | into into these types of content and |
| 1713s | then I think it makes sense to also |
| 1714s | expand on that content un sure if it's |
| 1716s | been said too busy to scroll for it but |
| 1718s | I and many others would like a sort of |
| 1720s | summoning ritual type thing for hell |
| 1721s | Gates but for corrupted dungeons instead |
| 1724s | oh so basically the maps that we have |
| 1727s | for hell Gates you'd love for corrupted |
| 1729s | dung that and we think that's doable and |
| 1732s | have put that on our list of things to |
| 1733s | do and you can look forward to that a |
| 1736s | move all button to move all your |
| 1737s | inventory to a chest |
| 1739s | not necessarily to be able to loot just |
| 1741s | when you're at a chest that you own you |
| 1742s | can move it quickly um yeah I'll bring |
| 1744s | that up with the UI team I think the |
| 1746s | main challenge here is always finding a |
| 1748s | good place for that button uh where you |
| 1751s | know it logically makes sense everybody |
| 1753s | can intuitively understand it what does |
| 1755s | the button do um but there's also space |
| 1758s | somewhere in the UI add more advanced |
| 1760s | screen pings like League of Legends uh |
| 1762s | attack here Retreat defend go there |
| 1764s | danger uh yes also something we talked |
| 1767s | about internally also something on our |
| 1768s | to-do list the bigger challenge to |
| 1771s | understand here though is um obviously |
| 1773s | we're not League of Legends in terms of |
| 1775s | player count and I'm sure you expect |
| 1778s | this to work in fights of hundreds and |
| 1779s | hundreds of people um and that |
| 1782s | information has to get sent to hundreds |
| 1784s | and hundreds of people which means we |
| 1785s | have to consider that we don't overload |
| 1788s | uh you know sending that information |
| 1790s | with too much detail to everybody and so |
| 1792s | so there's a little bit of detail |
| 1793s | involved here but it's something we've |
| 1796s | had on our list for for quite a while um |
| 1799s | and I'm sure we'll get to it eventually |
| 1801s | I can't tell you where it's in the |
| 1803s | priority of the UI team at the moment |
| 1804s | though the ability to make the chat box |
| 1807s | black depending on where you are in the |
| 1809s | game it's hard to read so I guess you're |
| 1812s | asking for the ability to make it full |
| 1814s | black I do believe we have the ability |
| 1817s | to control the |
| 1818s | transparency maybe we need to just allow |
| 1822s | a higher range for that I'll forward |
| 1824s | that to the UI the ability to see and |
| 1827s | search all inventories from one |
| 1829s | place um yeah uh we have that on our |
| 1834s | list as a thing we want to do it's quite |
| 1836s | a big feature technically because all |
| 1839s | your inventories technically live on |
| 1841s | different servers you would need to have |
| 1843s | a way of searching all these |
| 1845s | servers |
| 1846s | um but it's on our list and I'm |
| 1850s | absolutely sure it will come eventually |
| 1852s | I can't tell you right now when though |
| 1854s | let me ping on the map so that my party |
| 1856s | can see it on the terrain in front of |
| 1858s | them would make clear communication so |
| 1861s | much easier you know what I think that's |
| 1863s | a really cool idea I'll forward that |
| 1866s | update suggestion hide others in the |
| 1868s | city on PC 2 not only on mobile uh yeah |
| 1871s | it's been requested many times it goes |
| 1873s | onto our list for the maintenance update |
| 1875s | or the improvements update would be nice |
| 1877s | to have some more optional colors for |
| 1879s | the cursor gold is hard to see in the |
| 1880s | AVN roads blue is difficult in snowy |
| 1882s | areas standup one is not better which |
| 1884s | color would you like add a range radius |
| 1887s | indicator to all skill skills that have |
| 1888s | a range that deactivates them I loved |
| 1891s | adding the range for the invisibility |
| 1893s | with Ambush but also Mist walker shoes |
| 1896s | with the teleport back to the starting |
| 1897s | location requires a similar range |
| 1899s | visualization otherwise it's impossible |
| 1901s | to use the max range effectively that's |
| 1903s | a good suggestion I'll forward it I |
| 1905s | don't know if it's easy to add in all |
| 1907s | cases it might sometimes be technically |
| 1909s | challenging but in the cases where it's |
| 1911s | easy we should definitely do it please |
| 1913s | give us the ability to customize our |
| 1915s | button placement for mobile users thank |
| 1917s | you uh I have good news for you the |
| 1919s | mobile team is working on a prototype of |
| 1922s | this I don't quite know what state it's |
| 1924s | in at the moment when it will be ready |
| 1925s | for release but it's in the works can |
| 1928s | you add spectating Ally when you're dead |
| 1931s | in the crystal Arena why am I staring at |
| 1933s | a black screen for 15 seconds you know |
| 1935s | what with the new custom match mode I |
| 1938s | will have to ask the programmers if that |
| 1941s | code is transferable for this use case |
| 1943s | if it is it might be something that we |
| 1945s | can add sounds cool why does the |
| 1949s | on PC fov much higher compared to mobile |
| 1953s | or is it just me I guess you're saying |
| 1955s | why is the fov wider on the PC than on |
| 1961s | mobile well it shouldn't be the mobile |
| 1964s | version by default is zoomed in more |
| 1966s | closely on your character so you can see |
| 1968s | more closely what's going on when you're |
| 1969s | starting the game but you should be able |
| 1971s | to pinch and zoom out and you get to the |
| 1974s | same fov as you can get on the PC |
| 1977s | especially if if you have a widescreen |
| 1979s | uh mobile device can you add a graphic |
| 1982s | preset a fast way to change to a |
| 1984s | specific preset I think that would be a |
| 1986s | one wonderful thing for a player who |
| 1988s | plays multiple contents yeah I think |
| 1990s | that's a good suggestion and should go |
| 1992s | on to our polishing list of quality of |
| 1994s | life features display the inspected |
| 1996s | player IP on an item not yours it's |
| 1999s | counterintuitive you're absolutely |
| 2001s | correct it |
| 2002s | should probably say the inspected |
| 2005s | players the problem is that the uh UI is |
| 2008s | kind of generic and it always shows |
| 2011s | yours because in a lot of other |
| 2013s | circumstances or rather let's say you |
| 2016s | don't actually see anywhere where that |
| 2018s | UI comes from um but yeah I'll forward |
| 2021s | this to the UI team and we'll see if we |
| 2023s | can make this case intuitive so this |
| 2025s | comment is asking for the option to add |
| 2028s | a marked symbol such as a crown on the |
| 2030s | name tag so you can follow the Healer um |
| 2034s | or the shot caller in zvz fights more |
| 2036s | easily that is something we are aware of |
| 2038s | and that we have on the to-do list for |
| 2040s | our UI team they're working on it I hope |
| 2043s | we can bring it uh with the following |
| 2046s | update obviously not not the foundations |
| 2048s | update still in work but the one |
| 2050s | following so here's one boat trips boat |
| 2053s | transports and boat fights I do actually |
| 2055s | have a full concept for Naval for Naval |
| 2060s | expansion to albian online um we've |
| 2062s | never pulled the trigger on it |
| 2064s | because well we feel there's so much to |
| 2066s | do on the main game and and before we |
| 2069s | add an entire kind of secondary game |
| 2071s | next to it we'd really love to still |
| 2074s | address a lot of the the challenges with |
| 2076s | the existing systems and pull the |
| 2079s | existing game more together before we |
| 2081s | you know go out and do something crazy |
| 2083s | is there any way at all to add three |
| 2085s | versus three content I think a large |
| 2087s | portion of the player base would enjoy |
| 2088s | it I don't know if it's arena or if it's |
| 2090s | hell Gates or or what you're looking for |
| 2092s | but I'm assuming it's kind some kind of |
| 2094s | structured PVP um in 3 versus 3 The |
| 2097s | Challenge is always we have a game that |
| 2101s | has a lot of content and we have to |
| 2104s | observe population size um you know |
| 2107s | every kind of division we add diminishes |
| 2110s | the pool of people that play it and at |
| 2112s | the moment um while there are some |
| 2115s | places where this might be viable for |
| 2116s | example in The Mists it would |
| 2118s | potentially be viable in terms of player |
| 2120s | counts in Hell gates for example it |
| 2122s | currently isn't um so yeah if we if we |
| 2126s | make sure that the particular feature is |
| 2128s | healthy enough in terms of player base |
| 2130s | then adding 3 V3 is something we'll |
| 2133s | definitely consider but focusing on |
| 2135s | certain player group or group sizes is |
| 2138s | always a tool for us to control the |
| 2140s | population within a feature and make |
| 2141s | sure that you get matches and activity |
| 2143s | in it I love these de talks I want them |
| 2145s | to be more frequent well thank you but I |
| 2147s | really do them when I think I have |
| 2149s | something meaningful to say um I don't |
| 2151s | want to you know have have you listen to |
| 2154s | me ramble like you're doing right now um |
| 2157s | I really want to use them to present |
| 2159s | something when when I think we have |
| 2161s | something cool to talk about here's an |
| 2163s | idea have earnable |
| 2165s | Cosmetics um yes we have some of those I |
| 2169s | don't know if that's what you mean but |
| 2170s | in for example in the crystal Arena you |
| 2175s | can earn some Cosmetics that are |
| 2176s | exclusive to that content and we do |
| 2179s | actually currently have plans to expand |
| 2182s | on this quite a bit and we will soon be |
| 2184s | able to talk about it and I'm quite |
| 2186s | excited about it hey could you add |
| 2188s | performance updates that help people |
| 2189s | with low resource setups with the new |
| 2192s | visual changes there will be |
| 2193s | difficulties for many players not sure |
| 2196s | what new visual changes you're talking |
| 2198s | about I mean we we're constantly working |
| 2200s | on performance |
| 2202s | uh having an MMO with all these |
| 2205s | different equipments all these players |
| 2208s | uh and and also having the challenge of |
| 2211s | the |
| 2212s | perspective where you don't really have |
| 2214s | distance so you can't really do a |
| 2216s | traditional LOD where you would just |
| 2219s | like scale down the Fidelity of things |
| 2221s | if it's in the distance |
| 2224s | um unfortunately means that there is a |
| 2227s | certain uh challenge in overhead but |
| 2229s | performance is uh is a key thing we're |
| 2233s | optimizing for constantly on mobile |
| 2236s | devices we're particularly optimizing |
| 2237s | for memory as well um but if you do |
| 2242s | have particular Performance Point where |
| 2245s | you're like this thing is dragging down |
| 2246s | performance then please point it out um |
| 2249s | because we typically pick up those |
| 2251s | comons we look into it so it might be a |
| 2253s | particular spell that has a particularly |
| 2255s | High Fidelity VFX that might need to be |
| 2258s | toned down or or whatever it |
| 2260s | is um but do please point out in what |
| 2263s | situations are you primarily |
| 2264s | experiencing performance issues and |
| 2266s | where where are they um affecting you |
| 2269s | the most we cannot make the game perform |
| 2273s | well on uh you know super low-end |
| 2276s | devices in very large scale fights that |
| 2278s | is just the nature of having a lot of |
| 2281s | characters with unique animations unique |
| 2283s | gear sets and all of these things at |
| 2286s | once um we could however consider if |
| 2289s | that is a topic whether we can scale |
| 2292s | down the Fidelity in these fights right |
| 2294s | like we could say options to remove |
| 2297s | animations from characters if certain |
| 2300s | criteria are met or whatever but we do |
| 2303s | need you to point out what particular |
| 2306s | situations are um affecting you most and |
| 2310s | then we can focus on them rework the |
| 2312s | Mounds the game still feels like there's |
| 2314s | only five to six Mounds I would say if |
| 2317s | there's five to six Mount categories |
| 2319s | that's actually quite a large amount of |
| 2322s | mounts because we have them on all ti so |
| 2324s | actually it's like um almost 30 models |
| 2328s | of different mounts just for the base |
| 2330s | and then you have all all of the skins |
| 2332s | on top um we do want to rework the mount |
| 2334s | soon we want to make more base types |
| 2336s | available um and yeah just generally |
| 2340s | give you more options for what you want |
| 2342s | to play sort of as your standard Mound |
| 2344s | and not only limit that to horses and |
| 2346s | Swift claws um but open up wolves bears |
| 2349s | and bors uh at the very least um the |
| 2354s | challenge with constantly adding new |
| 2355s | mounts of course is that every single |
| 2357s | Mount has to have its kind of role in |
| 2358s | the game um and actually we feel we |
| 2361s | probably need to bring the things |
| 2363s | together a bit more to actually make it |
| 2367s | a bit more the play Choice which which |
| 2369s | Mount they want to play because |
| 2370s | otherwise you just have the one perfect |
| 2372s | mount for each kind of situation and |
| 2374s | there aren't that many different use |
| 2375s | cases for mounts right um the original |
| 2378s | plan was to have you know one mount for |
| 2381s | every kind of specialized situation but |
| 2383s | it turns out for the majority um people |
| 2385s | want a mo Mount that moves |
| 2387s | fast uh and if that's the only thing |
| 2391s | that the only Dimension there isn't that |
| 2393s | much room for having all these different |
| 2396s | variety of mounts but that's something |
| 2398s | we will look into and we definitely have |
| 2401s | the plan of making more Mount types |
| 2403s | viable but I'd rather say more on having |
| 2407s | different rare mounts more available on |
| 2409s | more tiers so you have a more viable |
| 2412s | choice for playing wolves for example or |
| 2414s | bears and so hey SBA how about bringing |
| 2416s | extreme weather conditions to the maps |
| 2418s | think about shooting lightning and |
| 2420s | fighting or trying to survive in the |
| 2423s | cold uh yes I have thought about that in |
| 2426s | the past and I would have loved to do |
| 2428s | that but I think in |
| 2432s | reality there would be a lot of people |
| 2434s | annoyed about being unable to move |
| 2437s | properly in a cold environment when |
| 2439s | they're just trying to get from one |
| 2441s | place to the other or I don't know |
| 2443s | having lightning interrupt their battle |
| 2445s | it sounds like a really cool idea but |
| 2449s | albian isn't a you know a survival game |
| 2452s | for you as an individual player but |
| 2454s | serving many many many players at once |
| 2456s | and it it'll be it will be very |
| 2458s | challenging to have a weather system |
| 2460s | that at the same time delivers the sort |
| 2462s | of immersive experience you're looking |
| 2464s | for and at the same time is compatible |
| 2466s | with all the different systems that we |
| 2468s | have in the game and all of the stuff |
| 2469s | that can happen on a map um but it would |
| 2472s | be cool and if there's ever an |
| 2473s | opportunity I'd love to do it I would |
| 2476s | like to see open World quest solos and |
| 2478s | groups anywhere and also more backs |
| 2480s | slots my main question for that is what |
| 2484s | do you want to get out of those quests |
| 2487s | like |
| 2488s | I've thought about adding storyline |
| 2490s | quests to the game but the experience |
| 2492s | from other MMOs says unless there are |
| 2495s | significant rewards |
| 2497s | attached people don't play storyline |
| 2500s | quests or at least they don't a lot of |
| 2502s | people are not very interested in |
| 2503s | storyline quests so yeah we'd have to |
| 2507s | come up with some reason to play that |
| 2509s | content um what would you expect to be |
| 2512s | seeing there because we like you know |
| 2515s | albian all items are player made so so |
| 2518s | it wouldn't necessarily be gear rewards |
| 2520s | like in other mm |
| 2522s | RPGs um yeah be interesting to hear your |
| 2524s | thoughts if you had any ideas for |
| 2525s | rewards Gathering please specking |
| 2528s | Gathering is hard |
| 2530s | AF um there's a bit of a debate here um |
| 2534s | internally we're having that debate on |
| 2536s | the one hand side obviously it'd be cool |
| 2539s | if to have Gathering be kind of smooth |
| 2541s | and easy to do on the other hand um the |
| 2546s | more we make Gathering accessible |
| 2549s | through ease of leveling the more |
| 2551s | gatherers will actively be competing and |
| 2553s | the more sort of nonfocused gatherers |
| 2556s | will also be able to gather the |
| 2558s | resources making resources scarer for |
| 2561s | all of the gatherers and we can't just |
| 2563s | up the amounts because then we're |
| 2565s | collapsing the global economy so um yeah |
| 2569s | I don't see us currently changing the |
| 2571s | Gathering too much we might look into |
| 2575s | making it somewhat easier at some point |
| 2577s | um but I don't want to commit to that |
| 2579s | it's a ongoing and lengthy internal |
| 2581s | discussion about what the right thing to |
| 2583s | do here is to protect the effort of |
| 2587s | gathering um or to make it more |
| 2589s | accessible to more |
| 2591s | players give us your thoughts what do |
| 2593s | you think should Gathering be easier to |
| 2595s | level or should it stay the way it |
| 2598s | is change the city plot system it's |
| 2600s | literally impossible for other people to |
| 2602s | own a city plot when people with |
| 2604s | multiple alter accounts with billions |
| 2606s | monopolize the entire city for months or |
| 2608s | years if they have to um yes this is |
| 2611s | something we're looking into the goal |
| 2615s | that we're pursuing is making |
| 2618s | it harder to actually monopolize the |
| 2623s | plots in that way I can't give more |
| 2626s | details um at the moment but we're |
| 2630s | looking into this right now well this uh |
| 2633s | was a first attempt at doing this type |
| 2635s | of video um it became very long |
| 2638s | so apologies for that um but what do you |
| 2641s | think should we do more like this when |
| 2643s | we have de talk releases should we have |
| 2645s | reacts to your comments and if so what |
| 2648s | would you like to see for those um yeah |
| 2651s | it was an interesting experience from my |
| 2652s | side thank you very much for watching |
| 2654s | see you next time |