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| 0s | hello and welcome to another game |
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| 2s | director react video in this video I |
| 5s | want to react and respond to some of the |
| 7s | comments that you have left on our |
| 9s | recent death talk um go a little bit in |
| 13s | depth with our thought process behind |
| 15s | some of these things provide some |
| 17s | answers or just provide a reaction |
| 19s | whatever the comment is so let's get |
| 21s | started with a comment on combat so |
| 24s | here's the request for more q and W |
| 26s | combo skills improved passives to have a |
| 29s | greater identity of the weapon |
| 31s | many passives are limited to basic |
| 33s | attacks um while the combat team |
| 36s | constantly |
| 38s | reviews which weapons have have |
| 40s | interesting enough choices which weapons |
| 42s | get played so we do go over weapons and |
| 44s | we do add new q and W AB abilities where |
| 48s | we feel they are needed um you will be |
| 50s | glad to hear that passives in particular |
| 54s | uh is something that we've thought about |
| 56s | actually theming an update around and |
| 58s | doing a pretty major overhaul of passive |
| 60s | we haven't put a timeline on that so I |
| 63s | can't give you any promises but it's |
| 64s | definitely an area where we do also see |
| 67s | improvements are possible the next |
| 69s | comment is maybe something for three |
| 72s | players hell Gates 3 versus three Mists |
| 74s | for |
| 75s | three so the challenge with doing |
| 78s | something like Mists for three is of |
| 80s | course a question of do we have enough |
| 83s | people to fill each particular mode um |
| 86s | in Mists that might be a possibility in |
| 88s | other content that is more Niche like |
| 90s | hgat uh we simply do not have the player |
| 93s | numbers to fill uh all of these uh |
| 96s | different modes with players because |
| 98s | obviously you need a rather large player |
| 100s | base playing a Content at a particular |
| 102s | point in time to actually fill it with |
| 104s | an active player base and do and have |
| 106s | enough players in the pool for |
| 107s | matchmaking so while we would love to |
| 110s | support three versus three and various |
| 112s | kinds of content we always have to weigh |
| 114s | whether a particular kind of content has |
| 116s | enough interest in it to support all the |
| 119s | different modes that we want to offer |
| 121s | for it the next comment says a serious |
| 124s | request is that they improve the |
| 126s | anti-che so that there are fewer hackers |
| 128s | with radar in the game since many guilds |
| 131s | benefit from this as do many ganker |
| 133s | groups |
| 135s | well so this is a topic I need to talk |
| 138s | about a little bit |
| 140s | more because we've actually made some |
| 143s | pretty important changes |
| 144s | recently um we've been aware of certain |
| 147s | possibilities to run raders |
| 150s | that are outside of our game |
| 154s | client um for quite a while um and we've |
| 158s | been monitoring and taking as much |
| 160s | action on this topic as was possible but |
| 163s | we have been looking for a better |
| 166s | technical solution that does not impair |
| 169s | albian high performance large scale |
| 172s | battles because these Raiders operate on |
| 176s | um player positions knowing where |
| 178s | players are movement and obviously all |
| 181s | of that stuff is very time critical and |
| 183s | needs to run on high |
| 185s | performance for our uh yeah large scale |
| 188s | World battles um recently though we have |
| 191s | made some pretty important changes that |
| 193s | have brought us forward a lot um I don't |
| 196s | want to go into details because |
| 197s | obviously that's a |
| 199s | security uh topic and we don't want to |
| 202s | give our game away we're in a constant |
| 204s | battle but we do think that with the |
| 206s | recent changes we just rolled out in a |
| 208s | patch we struck a major blow to anybody |
| 211s | trying to gain an unfair Advantage from |
| 213s | radar and that any future attempts to |
| 218s | um try to read player positions and |
| 222s | display them on a radar will lead to |
| 224s | detection from anti our antiche software |
| 227s | and therefore also to bans so um we're |
| 231s | quite happy that we can report we've |
| 233s | made some big progress in here and of |
| 235s | course this will be an ongoing battle |
| 237s | and we will keep fighting that fight now |
| 239s | the next comment says buff solo tracking |
| 242s | rewards they will surely make the open |
| 244s | world more versatile and attractive um |
| 247s | thanks for that comment uh we will |
| 250s | certainly take another look at the |
| 252s | tracking rewards for solo players in the |
| 254s | future a general comment on balancing uh |
| 256s | because this is a very challenging topic |
| 258s | so first off the loot rewards from |
| 262s | tracking are essentially balanced by the |
| 265s | player base because the price for them |
| 268s | depends on the demand for Shape Shifter |
| 271s | items so while we could increase the |
| 274s | output of |
| 276s | ingredients that would not necessarily |
| 279s | uh translate into greater rewards |
| 281s | because essentially the price for these |
| 283s | items would go down and you would still |
| 286s | be earning the same same amount of money |
| 288s | from the marketplace so realistically |
| 291s | the only thing that we can really |
| 292s | control is any kind of silver that we |
| 295s | inject as a reward onto the tracking |
| 298s | mobs so we can in particular look at the |
| 300s | treasure mobs that you're tracking we |
| 302s | could also consider adding some silver |
| 304s | to other tracking mobs |
| 307s | although the reason we why we haven't |
| 309s | done that on a large scale is because we |
| 311s | don't like to mix |
| 314s | motivations we want to have economic |
| 316s | activities that generate resources to be |
| 319s | their own motivation and have silver |
| 321s | generating activities separately because |
| 323s | otherwise you get silver generation |
| 326s | motivated by um an economic activity and |
| 330s | that injects silver and thus inflation |
| 334s | into the game drives up prices for |
| 337s | everybody um so yes we can take another |
| 340s | look at this but there are some |
| 342s | challenges in the balancing the next |
| 344s | comment here says I like a new solo |
| 346s | player |
| 348s | update well um this upcoming update is |
| 352s | largely aimed at solo players uh or |
| 355s | parts of it are largely aimed solo |
| 357s | players in particular the solo open |
| 358s | World Experience where which despite the |
| 360s | challenges that it faces we still |
| 362s | believe that Alban's open world is |
| 365s | should be a place for everybody and |
| 366s | we're trying to make it much more |
| 368s | accessible for solo players with the |
| 369s | next update the next comment is critical |
| 372s | of the proposed changes that we want to |
| 374s | make to the Royal continent as we're |
| 378s | also revisiting the outlands so the |
| 380s | comment says T6 in the yellow zone is |
| 383s | absolutely the worst destroying the |
| 385s | economy and absolutely the opposite of |
| 387s | what he said people will not leave the |
| 390s | yellow zone why risk it when you can |
| 392s | Farm tier six resource safe and easily |
| 395s | arrive to craft tier 7 that's very bad |
| 397s | for gather and for the market economy |
| 399s | it's true that for a very long time we |
| 401s | have not had anything higher than tier |
| 404s | five available in the yellow zones |
| 407s | however with the upcoming update we're |
| 410s | making pretty significant changes to the |
| 412s | reward structure in the outlands um |
| 415s | significantly improving rewards in the |
| 417s | outlands so we feel there's some space |
| 420s | there where um we can offer a little bit |
| 423s | more rewards in the safe zones for |
| 425s | players who are still early in the game |
| 427s | to offer them a bit more progression um |
| 429s | to try out the game before they feel |
| 431s | forced into PVP zones and that has a |
| 434s | benefit to the game overall because |
| 436s | obviously more players that have more of |
| 439s | a chance to explore the game mean more |
| 442s | more players for |
| 443s | everybody um in terms of the risks to |
| 448s | the uh resource eon economy I'm not |
| 450s | particularly worried |
| 452s | because we will be |
| 455s | adding some tier six zones to the Royal |
| 458s | continent in the yellow zone those will |
| 460s | provide some tier six resources but |
| 463s | compared to the vast scale of the |
| 465s | outlands and the vast scale of the roads |
| 467s | and all the resources in The Mists the |
| 470s | amount of resources that will spawn |
| 471s | there will be very minor in fact I think |
| 474s | in terms of resources there will be a |
| 476s | massive competition between players for |
| 478s | those tier six resources on the Royal |
| 480s | continent and the incentive to graduate |
| 483s | into PVP content will simply be that |
| 485s | these zones will potentially be farmed |
| 487s | out most of the time and we will not be |
| 489s | increasing the spawn rates there to |
| 491s | accommodate players to do this safely I |
| 494s | can say that from the very beginning so |
| 495s | don't have that be your expectation this |
| 497s | is to provide some way of seeing those R |
| 501s | resources but most importantly actually |
| 503s | some way of participating in a bit |
| 505s | higher tier |
| 506s | PVE um but if you do want to get more |
| 510s | advanced Rewards or higher Gathering |
| 512s | rates then you will still need to go to |
| 515s | the PVP zones eventually but this will |
| 517s | open up some opportunities to explore |
| 519s | content safely before taking that step |
| 522s | will there be farming gardening |
| 525s | Fame I don't know what that means in |
| 528s | particular because we of course have |
| 530s | Fame for farming already you make your |
| 532s | progress with farming Fame on the |
| 534s | Destiny Board um I can see this to mean |
| 538s | two things like one is this maybe |
| 540s | rankings for farming that's something we |
| 542s | could think about the other could be are |
| 544s | you asking about Journal progression for |
| 547s | a farming that is something that's |
| 549s | coming in the future of the |
| 551s | journal um so please clarify if I didn't |
| 554s | get that right um the next one is is |
| 557s | there any chance we can get a laborer UI |
| 559s | update and a farma |
| 561s | laborer |
| 563s | um well we've been wanting to rework the |
| 565s | laborer system for quite a while it's |
| 569s | challenging to do because a lot of |
| 570s | players are very invested in the way |
| 572s | that the system works right now |
| 575s | um and at the same time from a design |
| 578s | perspective there's various things that |
| 580s | we want to change about it um and we |
| 582s | haven't found the perfect answer at this |
| 584s | point yet so we are kind of not adding |
| 586s | any content to it knowing that we still |
| 588s | want to make changes which is also why |
| 591s | the UI is still one of the oldest uis in |
| 593s | the game um we will eventually get |
| 596s | around to do it I can't give you a |
| 597s | timeline because this is really a |
| 599s | question of having the right idea for |
| 601s | Laborers that we all believe in that |
| 602s | that that our players can also get |
| 605s | behind um but when we get around to |
| 608s | doing it we will certainly consider a |
| 610s | Farming Farming laborer as well can we |
| 613s | display our mounts in our Island maybe a |
| 616s | new building for or a mount home so this |
| 621s | is actually an idea we've had for a very |
| 623s | long time which we would love to |
| 625s | do um the reality is we haven't gotten |
| 629s | around |
| 630s | to focus on sort of these vanity things |
| 634s | that don't really provide |
| 636s | content that players can play but that |
| 639s | are more for showing off there certainly |
| 641s | is a lot of room for this in albian and |
| 644s | I do hope that at some point we get to |
| 645s | the point where we can focus more on |
| 648s | these sort of things offer more of that |
| 651s | um because I think they're a cool social |
| 652s | opportunity good way to show off um but |
| 655s | at the moment we're still very concerned |
| 657s | about making sure that albian has enough |
| 659s | content for people to play and that all |
| 661s | the systems are working well so um I do |
| 666s | want that in the future I can't tell you |
| 668s | when unfortunately last question from |
| 670s | this comment says will there be daily |
| 673s | events for farming um at the moment that |
| 677s | doesn't quite fit in with the economic |
| 679s | incentives in farming I think um I will |
| 684s | have to take |
| 685s | this outside of this video though to |
| 687s | think a little bit about it um I can't |
| 690s | tell you on the spot whether that is a |
| 692s | good idea or not I'll think about it |
| 694s | make more Island decorations and more |
| 697s | options for the direction of |
| 700s | buildings um I'm not sure about the |
| 703s | second part of this question I think it |
| 704s | might have to do with the rotation that |
| 707s | you can play buildings in there's a |
| 709s | reason why you can't rotate them the |
| 711s | other way around because well that the |
| 714s | assets simply weren't designed in that |
| 716s | way to be to be worked from that side um |
| 721s | and the whole accessibility readability |
| 724s | usability of it it just isn't designed |
| 727s | for that um in terms of adding more |
| 730s | Island decorations we absolutely feel |
| 733s | there is a room for having more Island |
| 737s | vanity Island social life and all these |
| 740s | things |
| 742s | um however we feel it needs to be part |
| 744s | of a bigger push so if we want to go |
| 748s | into that direction we Al want to allow |
| 751s | you to have public islands that you can |
| 753s | visit maybe have some kind of score or |
| 755s | ranking for the for the vanity that's on |
| 758s | the island so you can really like invest |
| 761s | yourself in making the coolest Island |
| 763s | possible we have some concepts for that |
| 766s | like I said in a different comment at |
| 767s | the moment we're focusing still on the |
| 770s | major gameplay systems really making |
| 772s | sure that there's enough content in the |
| 774s | game for people to play we will |
| 776s | eventually get around to doing these |
| 777s | things and I'm super excited about that |
| 779s | the next question I have here um asks |
| 782s | about whether it be possible to have the |
| 784s | Royal |
| 785s | armor display the guilt colors instead |
| 789s | of uh the regular design colors I don't |
| 792s | necessarily think that's a good idea for |
| 794s | readability purposes a lot of players |
| 797s | learn what gear looks like and we don't |
| 800s | want the color of the gear changing |
| 802s | based on Guild colors um when it comes |
| 805s | to armors because that might make things |
| 808s | very hard to read |
| 810s | um the second part of this comment asks |
| 812s | well the game already has armors created |
| 815s | from Royal badges so why aren't there |
| 818s | weapons that will be created from Royal |
| 820s | badges so um Royal weapons is a thing |
| 823s | we've been wanting to do for a long long |
| 826s | long time and it's definitely on our |
| 828s | list of future weapon updates we do of |
| 832s | course have other things we're working |
| 834s | on we're currently working on the |
| 835s | crystal weapons we're aware we still |
| 837s | have to provide one more weight Mage |
| 840s | type weapon to match the other |
| 842s | categories |
| 844s | um so long story short they will come |
| 848s | eventually faction Wars also deserve a |
| 850s | better update 100% you're right um |
| 854s | faction Warfare is a feature that we |
| 858s | think has a very important role to play |
| 860s | in the |
| 861s | game faction Warfare for us is an |
| 864s | accessible way for players to get into |
| 867s | large scale fights um it's supposed to |
| 870s | be a an activity that you can just join |
| 872s | in and have fun with in large scale |
| 875s | battles um it it shouldn't be a |
| 878s | pre-organized activity it shouldn't |
| 880s | require you to be part of some social |
| 882s | group it should be just an anytime play |
| 884s | activity in our mind and while that |
| 889s | works to some degree in the current |
| 891s | faction Warfare system there's a lot to |
| 893s | improve |
| 894s | there unfortunately it's also a pretty |
| 897s | major topic because the faction War not |
| 900s | only has a pretty big complexity in |
| 902s | terms of the system it's also quite |
| 904s | challenging to design something that is |
| 907s | in the open world and still reliably |
| 910s | Works um with like balancing match you |
| 916s | know like like getting you good fights |
| 919s | having a good experience just being able |
| 920s | to join in finding where you need to go |
| 923s | and at the same time not facilitating |
| 925s | item teleportation so there's a lot to |
| 927s | consider and I'll be honest with you at |
| 929s | the moment we don't have a perfect |
| 931s | design that we want to implement and |
| 934s | when we're when we want to do this we |
| 937s | want to do this right so we're 100% |
| 940s | agreed we want to do this but we also |
| 943s | need to be convinced that there's a |
| 945s | really good idea on the table that we |
| 946s | want to do another comment here that |
| 948s | says did you ever consider adding a new |
| 951s | layer of risk to the PVE of the game |
| 953s | that would allow you to first of all |
| 955s | boost the rewards and second of all |
| 957s | create more PVE only content a way in |
| 961s | which the risk could be present in PVE |
| 964s | uh with partial loss your inventory |
| 966s | drops but the equipped items don't um we |
| 969s | have thought about this and there's a |
| 971s | lot to talk about when it comes to PVE |
| 974s | first off we |
| 976s | think albian is a great game for for PVP |
| 980s | and we will never stop focusing on the |
| 982s | PVP but there is room to also think |
| 985s | better |
| 987s | PVE and um thinking in this direction of |
| 991s | like offering harder |
| 992s | PVE with some risk is something that |
| 995s | we've done a lot the challenge with that |
| 997s | is PVE is risky as long as you haven't |
| 1000s | figured out how to do it as soon as a |
| 1003s | player has figured out how to do it it |
| 1005s | will basically be something that they |
| 1008s | have Z almost zero risk in because it |
| 1010s | just relies on them repeating a pattern |
| 1013s | that you learn and that means we it's |
| 1016s | very tough to balance in a way where the |
| 1018s | risk reward stays |
| 1020s | intact because as you're learning it it |
| 1024s | feels extremely punishing if you lose |
| 1026s | things and you it might not be |
| 1028s | profitable but then if we tweak up the |
| 1030s | rewards to compensate for that as soon |
| 1033s | as you figured out how to do it the |
| 1035s | rewards become so good that they compete |
| 1038s | with any kind of PVP rewards that we |
| 1040s | give out and then suddenly you have a |
| 1042s | pretty safe way of getting major rewards |
| 1045s | and that is the challenge that we're |
| 1046s | always facing with the um hard or |
| 1049s | Expeditions where we have to kind of |
| 1052s | walk the line of having good rewards for |
| 1055s | a challenging PVE experience but |
| 1059s | still not competing with actual PVP |
| 1063s | rewards because otherwise why would you |
| 1064s | risk the PVP if you can safely get the |
| 1067s | same rewards in PVE um |
| 1071s | so that's the challenge to solve if we |
| 1074s | want to bring interesting PVE content |
| 1077s | hard PVP PVE content into the game in |
| 1081s | this update in the upcoming update we |
| 1084s | will be upping the power curve for mobs |
| 1087s | in general so we will be making the PVE |
| 1089s | more challenging throughout the game um |
| 1093s | that's a first step for us though that's |
| 1095s | just to make sure that there is actually |
| 1097s | PVE in the game that is challenging that |
| 1099s | requires you to have good gear that |
| 1101s | feels like it's a you know it's an |
| 1103s | actual fight and of course we're also |
| 1105s | tweaking the rewards to go up along with |
| 1108s | that but for us that's just the first |
| 1110s | step in terms of thinking about how can |
| 1113s | we improve the PVE the next comment says |
| 1116s | the idea of a camp in the outlands is |
| 1119s | honestly a very great idea considering |
| 1121s | that the only available loot in the open |
| 1123s | world is basically just a treasure chest |
| 1126s | um well I wouldn't agree with that |
| 1128s | there's a lot more content in the open |
| 1130s | world than just treasure chests but yeah |
| 1132s | we like the idea of camps as well um |
| 1136s | because they offer an objective in the |
| 1139s | open world and while we do have roaming |
| 1142s | mobs that can be quite powerful and |
| 1144s | quite valuable um they feel quite random |
| 1147s | and a lot of people don't really |
| 1148s | perceive them as clear objectives having |
| 1150s | camps gives you these objective points |
| 1153s | and and it's a cool way to offer uh yeah |
| 1157s | a kind of guaranteed reward in the |
| 1160s | outlands and we're very excited to see |
| 1162s | how they play need random dungeon finder |
| 1165s | well first off there's a number of |
| 1167s | challenges surrounding the you are what |
| 1168s | you wear system because of the classless |
| 1171s | approach classifying players into what |
| 1174s | they are actually playing and what they |
| 1175s | should be doing what role they should be |
| 1177s | taking can be quite challenging we see |
| 1178s | that in systems like Arena and so on |
| 1180s | although I think that is a solvable |
| 1182s | problem the second part is |
| 1186s | um as soon as you want to use this |
| 1189s | system outside of the safe |
| 1192s | zones it becomes a problem of PVE PVP |
| 1195s | and |
| 1196s | Trust we have not yet found a design |
| 1200s | that prevents a a party finder system or |
| 1204s | a dungeon finder system to be used by |
| 1207s | people to find victims to kill in the |
| 1210s | open world so any implementation of this |
| 1214s | would be limited to just the safe zones |
| 1218s | so the order of operations for us here |
| 1221s | is to figure out the future of PVE in |
| 1224s | albian and how we can offer more varied |
| 1226s | and interesting PVE experiences |
| 1229s | um and then see how do we get random |
| 1233s | people together for this in the |
| 1235s | meantime there's various way to find |
| 1238s | ways to find a group first of you can |
| 1240s | start by playing Expeditions as a as a |
| 1243s | beginning player where we do have random |
| 1245s | uh groups coming together and then of |
| 1248s | course you can use looking for group |
| 1249s | chat to find a group and of course |
| 1251s | joining a guild and finding people there |
| 1253s | to to play random dungeons can be good |
| 1256s | and even just going out into the open |
| 1258s | world world and in the safe zones and |
| 1261s | asking people that you find in a static |
| 1262s | dungeon can be a good way to find a |
| 1265s | group but yes it' be lovely to have a |
| 1268s | random group a dungeon |
| 1271s | finder given that it's a safe Zone only |
| 1274s | thing though we first want to figure out |
| 1276s | the rest of things before we Implement |
| 1278s | something like that the next question |
| 1280s | says when will you improve hardcore |
| 1283s | Expeditions many player like many |
| 1285s | players like this content and nothing is |
| 1288s | done to improve it it we ask the company |
| 1290s | to pay attention to this content which |
| 1292s | in my opinion is super fun Whoever likes |
| 1295s | HC H leave a like for the company to see |
| 1298s | well the company I guess that's us |
| 1301s | um let's talk about hce uh HC are cool |
| 1307s | they're the most challenging PVE content |
| 1309s | you can have in the |
| 1311s | game however they have a very very very |
| 1314s | very small audience um we can see this |
| 1317s | in the numbers um |
| 1319s | compared to the overall game um they |
| 1322s | represent a very small part of the game |
| 1324s | and the other challenge with them is as |
| 1327s | I've alluded to in another comment |
| 1330s | is finding the right balance for them |
| 1332s | where they are not competing with PVP |
| 1335s | activities for rewards but still feel |
| 1339s | rewarding um for a player that's taking |
| 1342s | on that |
| 1343s | challenge so the HTE at the moment serve |
| 1349s | as one of the highend PVE experiences |
| 1352s | you can have in albian online the other |
| 1354s | being probably avalonian Dungeons and I |
| 1356s | don't think we will be doing a lot on |
| 1359s | this system until we uh are ready to |
| 1362s | talk about the bigger future for PVE in |
| 1366s | Alban |
| 1367s | online um so if you do have specific |
| 1372s | issues that are easy to address please |
| 1375s | bring those up because I'm I'm you know |
| 1378s | we're happy to address smaller specific |
| 1381s | issues in terms of bigger topics like |
| 1383s | bringing new content to this it has to |
| 1385s | be part of a bigger strategy for PVE in |
| 1388s | albian online the next comment here says |
| 1391s | I've been saying that this game needs |
| 1393s | some more PVE content for years |
| 1395s | especially for the PVE only players and |
| 1398s | with the new Journal update this should |
| 1399s | be a great compliment albian could |
| 1402s | become a great MMO RPG moving forward uh |
| 1406s | thank you for your comment as I've |
| 1407s | alluded to in other comment |
| 1409s | we also think that PVE would be a great |
| 1413s | addition or Mo focus on PVE would be a |
| 1415s | great addition to the game that we |
| 1416s | already have again we don't want to lose |
| 1419s | focus on our core Vision which is a |
| 1422s | player driven world with full PVP and |
| 1426s | you know large guilds large Guild |
| 1428s | battles that will always be the core of |
| 1430s | the game but we do see a room for |
| 1433s | expanded PVE content next to this and |
| 1436s | we're currently in the middle of the |
| 1438s | process of figuring out out how how to |
| 1439s | do that exactly the next comment here |
| 1442s | says custom UI is the best news I've |
| 1445s | heard in 8 |
| 1447s | years you've been with the game for a |
| 1449s | very long time thank you very much um I |
| 1452s | do hope that we've had some good things |
| 1456s | uh in those eight years but it you know |
| 1458s | maybe it's just the best thing that |
| 1459s | we've done in the past eight years we're |
| 1461s | also super excited about this um the |
| 1464s | custom UI well custom UI let's talk |
| 1466s | about expectations here so what we're |
| 1468s | offering is a a HUD editor right so you |
| 1472s | can edit everything that's in the HUD um |
| 1475s | it the team has done an amazing job of |
| 1477s | making a lot of things possible but we |
| 1480s | are focusing on the HUD at the moment |
| 1483s | there are further optimizations and |
| 1485s | options coming to things like the |
| 1487s | inventory specifically which you can |
| 1488s | also customize in the next update to |
| 1490s | some degree but um the focus here is |
| 1494s | currently allowing you to completely |
| 1496s | control your HUD experience so I think |
| 1499s | that's really cool and that's also the |
| 1501s | most important part of things uh and |
| 1503s | yeah we're looking forward to your |
| 1504s | feedback once it's out what we really |
| 1507s | want to see is more inventory slots when |
| 1510s | you equip a higher tier bag so a tier |
| 1513s | four bag is standard |
| 1515s | inventory SI at standard inventory size |
| 1518s | T5 to tier eight all going to add an |
| 1521s | extra row of |
| 1522s | slots for every tier of bag now that |
| 1525s | sounds like a cool |
| 1527s | idea until until you consider what |
| 1530s | happens if your bag gets damaged and |
| 1533s | then becomes |
| 1534s | unusable um adding new slots based on |
| 1537s | inventory let's assume you like you you |
| 1539s | want to equip a new load out that |
| 1541s | Loadout contains a different bag what |
| 1543s | happens to this do we block this it's a |
| 1545s | it's a nightmare in terms of inventory |
| 1548s | management what happens if you do that |
| 1551s | so I don't think that's the answer um I |
| 1554s | do think because we have weight and |
| 1557s | weight is supposed to be the primary |
| 1558s | limiter on inventory we can revisit the |
| 1562s | amount of slots uh that you have in your |
| 1564s | inventory and especially now that we're |
| 1568s | making some changes to the to um how |
| 1570s | many slots you can see and how big the |
| 1573s | icons are in the inventory look um look |
| 1576s | to the next de talks to explain that in |
| 1578s | more detail I think there's room to talk |
| 1580s | about how many slots you have in the |
| 1581s | inventory so maybe not this exact thing |
| 1585s | but we can possibly solve your problem |
| 1587s | of not enough in slots I hope you add |
| 1591s | the ability to locate party members in |
| 1593s | the open world |
| 1595s | map um yes I hope we do that too at some |
| 1598s | point um it's one of those things that |
| 1600s | you would say like yeah why don't we |
| 1602s | have that the reason is simply a |
| 1605s | technical one a complexity one um short |
| 1609s | answer is every single zone in the game |
| 1612s | is running on a different machine |
| 1614s | technically speaking and making all |
| 1617s | those machines talk to each other |
| 1619s | uh or rather having like one Central |
| 1621s | machine that manages this party um |
| 1625s | is a little bit of technical overhead |
| 1628s | and has always just been a bit too |
| 1630s | complex to just do um but it is on the |
| 1634s | list of things that I also would really |
| 1635s | like to see because I think it's super |
| 1637s | helpful for parties trying to organize |
| 1639s | themselves the next comment says I hope |
| 1642s | that you'll bring a color blind option |
| 1644s | with the new settings update a few |
| 1646s | guildmates have been waiting for this |
| 1648s | especially for marks on players when |
| 1650s | grouped um so unfortunately the new |
| 1653s | settings updates does not immediately |
| 1655s | include a colorblind option for now it's |
| 1658s | uh it's going to be focused on saving |
| 1662s | your settings and then switching between |
| 1664s | different settings profiles however in |
| 1668s | terms of um being able to deal with |
| 1671s | color blindness especially for things |
| 1673s | like player names um and I don't know |
| 1677s | exactly what you're referring to when |
| 1678s | you say for marks on players when |
| 1680s | [Music] |
| 1682s | grouped I'm not sure if you're referring |
| 1684s | to the icons overhead that you can that |
| 1687s | you can um put on players for that I |
| 1690s | would say we offer quite a variety of |
| 1692s | different icons in and |
| 1694s | shapes so I assume that you have options |
| 1698s | to deal with color blindness there if |
| 1700s | you don't please leave a specific |
| 1702s | comment explaining the challenge with |
| 1704s | those icons but of course there's a |
| 1707s | number of elements in the game that um |
| 1710s | have predefined colors and our solution |
| 1713s | for that is that we're hoping to allow |
| 1715s | you to customize as many of these colors |
| 1717s | as possible down the line so in the |
| 1719s | future we're hoping that you're able to |
| 1720s | customize things like uh display colors |
| 1723s | of names so you can choose what color |
| 1725s | you want that to be displayed in so you |
| 1728s | can customize it to your specific needs |
| 1730s | and that'll be our strategy for for |
| 1732s | dealing with color blindness in |
| 1733s | particular the next comment I have here |
| 1736s | is make a sound setting with an adjust |
| 1738s | able bar to automatically mute or reduce |
| 1741s | sound in cities tired of the noise of |
| 1744s | 100 Mounds plus 20 axis |
| 1747s | dueling um so one way you will be able |
| 1751s | to address this in a the upcoming uh |
| 1755s | update for albian online is by using the |
| 1758s | settings presets which we'll still talk |
| 1760s | about in in upcoming def talk so you can |
| 1763s | then make a setting that controls things |
| 1766s | like audio or your graphics settings or |
| 1769s | whatever save it and have one for open |
| 1772s | world and one for the cities and then |
| 1774s | use a hotkey to switch between them so |
| 1777s | you can switch to that your city preset |
| 1781s | uh on a press of a button controlling |
| 1784s | audio to the levels where you like it we |
| 1787s | can separately talk about having this as |
| 1788s | an automatic option as a bar but that |
| 1792s | will be the Practical thing that's |
| 1794s | coming in the next update please give us |
| 1796s | the ability to switch between weapon |
| 1798s | skill |
| 1799s | presets uh so it's not so much of a pain |
| 1802s | to continuously man manually switch |
| 1804s | between PVE to kill mobs and PVP |
| 1808s | immediately after if I could Mount up |
| 1810s | and press a button to switch between |
| 1812s | skill preset one and preset two for my |
| 1814s | load out that would be amazing |
| 1818s | so essentially you can do this to a |
| 1820s | degree by having two different load |
| 1823s | outs and I guess what you're asking for |
| 1825s | is a hotkey to switch between those two |
| 1828s | loadouts I think extending the loadout |
| 1831s | system to allow for multiple skill |
| 1833s | configurations is another layer layer of |
| 1836s | complexity on the loadout system that |
| 1839s | probably is a bit too much but allowing |
| 1843s | you to fast switch between loadouts |
| 1846s | that's something that I can um forward |
| 1849s | to the UI team cool changes in the game |
| 1854s | most of the weapons are based on some |
| 1856s | kind of stacks constantly keeping track |
| 1858s | of the number of them during the fight |
| 1859s | is sometimes difficult we have to watch |
| 1861s | the number of blades around our |
| 1863s | character for example or gland at the |
| 1866s | top of the screen with the introduction |
| 1868s | of shape shifters we got a bar that |
| 1870s | shows their Stacks just below health is |
| 1872s | there a possibility to introduce such an |
| 1874s | option also for the other weapons I mean |
| 1876s | will we be able to enable such a bar for |
| 1878s | example for swords and daggers um so let |
| 1882s | me first talk about what you can do in |
| 1884s | the next update for sure which will be |
| 1887s | using the editable HUD you can move your |
| 1889s | buff bar to the center of the screen |
| 1892s | control its scale also control how many |
| 1894s | Buffs are being displayed and thus make |
| 1897s | all your active Buffs much more visible |
| 1900s | to yourself as you need to uh in terms |
| 1903s | of making a specific new bar um for a |
| 1907s | weapon that's something that we would do |
| 1909s | in the course of a weapon update if we |
| 1911s | revisit an old weapon and reconsider um |
| 1914s | how it works its mechanics it spell |
| 1917s | design Etc |
| 1919s | and if we then feel that they need such |
| 1920s | a bar to really be playable we would |
| 1923s | introduce it but I think it would always |
| 1924s | have to be based on the specific weapon |
| 1927s | cuz some weapons allow you to choose |
| 1928s | between builds where you either use the |
| 1930s | stacks or you don't use the stacks and |
| 1933s | yeah we'll have to make that be context |
| 1935s | sensitive and all these things so for |
| 1937s | now the Practical solution is use the |
| 1939s | editable HUD to make your Stacks more |
| 1941s | visible please add the option for |
| 1943s | transparent ui/ hod uh in the game as |
| 1948s | player tag mini map skills Etc all |
| 1951s | static elements to protect OLED users so |
| 1956s | the good news is that with the upcoming |
| 1958s | editable HUD you should be able to do |
| 1961s | just that I think for almost all |
| 1964s | elements you will be able to control |
| 1966s | transparency there might be a few |
| 1968s | elements that in the initial version |
| 1971s | cannot be controlled in such a way but |
| 1974s | um that is something that we will then |
| 1976s | revisit down the line the goal is to |
| 1978s | give you as much control over your heart |
| 1980s | as possible and transparency control is |
| 1982s | also part of that please make customer |
| 1985s | control for phone players to where we |
| 1988s | can make our own controls and spell |
| 1990s | placing so the interesting thing about |
| 1993s | the editable HUD is that it was actually |
| 1995s | an innovation coming from our mobile |
| 1997s | team so our mobile developers started |
| 2001s | developing this customizable HUD for the |
| 2003s | mobile version and we when we saw it |
| 2005s | what what they were doing we told them |
| 2007s | you know we would really love to see |
| 2009s | this for our PC players |
| 2011s | too so now we're rolling it out on both |
| 2014s | platforms um and we're very excited |
| 2017s | about it in-game mail management needs |
| 2019s | an update the most annoying thing from |
| 2021s | the beginning of the game is managing |
| 2023s | males from the marketplace right now |
| 2025s | there's only the option to go one by one |
| 2028s | or to mass delete them all it'd be nice |
| 2030s | to see all buys or sell in one glance or |
| 2033s | at least be able to jump from one mail |
| 2035s | to another instead of closing mail and |
| 2037s | opening another one um I think I will |
| 2040s | just forward that comment directly to |
| 2042s | the user interface team uh in terms of |
| 2046s | what our vision here is in the long run |
| 2049s | we would like to really have like a |
| 2051s | separate message tracker for the |
| 2054s | marketplace where you um you know have |
| 2056s | all the information coming in from the |
| 2059s | marketplace somehow filterable and and |
| 2061s | all those things but in the meantime |
| 2063s | while the mails are the way that we get |
| 2066s | those uh messages I can see see some of |
| 2068s | this being added to the mail UI without |
| 2071s | too much of a hassle so let's see text |
| 2073s | selection feature please sometimes we |
| 2075s | need to copy Korean or Chinese to |
| 2077s | translate it uh yes absolutely uh I I |
| 2081s | don't know the intricacies of um you |
| 2085s | know what complexity this would add to |
| 2088s | the chat in terms of mouse interaction |
| 2092s | and so on but generally I completely |
| 2094s | understand the need and we'll forward |
| 2096s | this and see how we can get it done |
| 2098s | the next comment says cool I have |
| 2100s | something to ask can you guys give me a |
| 2103s | free Mammoth uh well yes absolutely all |
| 2106s | you have to do is level up go out kill a |
| 2111s | mammoth and get really lucky but it's |
| 2114s | all free the next comment I have says |
| 2116s | albian is a great game but it feels like |
| 2119s | we don't have a purpose sometimes we |
| 2121s | wander off slowly and leave the game |
| 2124s | this has happened multiple times with me |
| 2126s | and many others I know I know we can't |
| 2129s | change the game instantly then what if |
| 2132s | we host competitions like Minecon where |
| 2134s | the whole server completes competes on |
| 2137s | different tasks like most silver earned |
| 2139s | within the allocated time most kills |
| 2142s | most crystal league wins Etc you know |
| 2145s | what I actually absolutely love this |
| 2147s | comment um I've thought about this kind |
| 2152s | of topic a lot um I've more thought |
| 2154s | about it from the perspective of |
| 2156s | rankings and local rankings and giving |
| 2158s | you more opportunity to to show off um |
| 2162s | you know something that you're good in |
| 2165s | locally so my ideal vision would be that |
| 2168s | we have a ranking for almost everything |
| 2170s | in the game um but actually I really |
| 2173s | like the idea of having temporary |
| 2175s | challenges where you're either asking |
| 2178s | the whole server or a certain area of |
| 2180s | the game to all compete in like earning |
| 2183s | the most mob fame or earning the most |
| 2185s | silver so that's an idea that I will uh |
| 2189s | yeah play out in in my head and see if |
| 2191s | we can take it anywhere will there be a |
| 2193s | branch of gunpowder weapons in albian |
| 2196s | blunder buses |
| 2198s | pistols um I this is something I've had |
| 2202s | in my mind since the Inception of albian |
| 2205s | basically in since the very beginning |
| 2208s | since we started to define the story of |
| 2211s | the world and where where we actually |
| 2214s | play because if you're when we're in |
| 2216s | albian we're in the fantastic world |
| 2219s | that's being rediscovered that's full of |
| 2221s | magic and Technology only comes into |
| 2226s | it sparsely like it shouldn't this isn't |
| 2229s | a technology driven place however in the |
| 2231s | old world which represents the |
| 2235s | oppressive uh common dreary life um |
| 2240s | blunder brushes and Pistol are a common |
| 2244s | thing um and and and black powder black |
| 2248s | power weapons on ships also exist so if |
| 2251s | we ever see some people coming over from |
| 2255s | the old |
| 2256s | world there is a good opportunity that |
| 2259s | we will also see blunder buses and |
| 2261s | pistols the next comment I have here |
| 2264s | actually matches the gunpowder question |
| 2266s | nicely it's the question whether it's |
| 2268s | possible to add Naval battles on |
| 2271s | ships um here's the thing about Naval |
| 2275s | battles absolutely would love |
| 2278s | to do it um we've had a concept for this |
| 2282s | lying around for ages and I absolutely |
| 2285s | do see Naval battles sometime in the |
| 2287s | future of albian um |
| 2289s | however we have to be aware that this is |
| 2292s | a game in a game situation right like |
| 2295s | there's not going to be a way to really |
| 2298s | make your equipment and your character |
| 2302s | matter in a nval battle |
| 2306s | so if do this there's going to be |
| 2310s | completely different progression |
| 2311s | completely different like |
| 2314s | controls a lot to rethink so as long as |
| 2318s | we still have systems in the core game |
| 2322s | that we're not entirely happy with um |
| 2324s | this is not something that we're going |
| 2325s | to focus on most likely right unless we |
| 2328s | have some kind of reason that I don't |
| 2330s | see right now but um it is absolutely |
| 2333s | something that I have a concept in the |
| 2334s | draw for and as soon as we're out of |
| 2337s | other ideas to to do and things to fix |
| 2340s | it's the first thing that I'm going to |
| 2341s | do the next comment here says I would |
| 2344s | like to see a guilt Mission board added |
| 2347s | to every city where you could do a daily |
| 2349s | mission like Gathering hunting |
| 2351s | Exterminating and finding items in |
| 2353s | dungeons it would be great if we if it |
| 2356s | could be managed by players and even put |
| 2358s | up wanted posters that count as an |
| 2361s | achievement a be grade is an |
| 2363s | introductory element and would help |
| 2365s | those who are just starting out to learn |
| 2367s | the different mechanics of the game in a |
| 2369s | didactic |
| 2371s | way um well my thoughts on this is we |
| 2374s | actually now have quite a lot of guiding |
| 2376s | systems for albian um with the journal |
| 2380s | we've basically created a centralized |
| 2382s | place that is essentially going to cover |
| 2385s | everything that you can possibly do in |
| 2387s | albian and guide you to to do it to some |
| 2390s | degree but at least make you aware of |
| 2393s | the existence of something and also give |
| 2395s | you some goals um |
| 2398s | our next step in terms of the on top of |
| 2402s | that we have things like the daily |
| 2403s | activities we have adcs we have all |
| 2405s | kinds of activities right to me the next |
| 2408s | step is to revisit the structure of the |
| 2411s | beginning experience of albian and think |
| 2414s | about how we integrate the journal |
| 2417s | smoothly um possibly rework the initial |
| 2421s | narrative and make sure that new players |
| 2424s | are um properly guided to their area of |
| 2428s | interest in the game and understand the |
| 2431s | scale of the game as soon as possible |
| 2434s | after joining without being scared off |
| 2438s | from the complexity so there's a lot of |
| 2440s | thought that will need to go into that I |
| 2442s | don't see us adding new daily systems on |
| 2446s | top before we've |
| 2449s | structured um what we have in a better |
| 2452s | way if that makes sense the next comment |
| 2454s | I have here says add friendly NPCs in |
| 2457s | the open world world where they would |
| 2459s | give random quests like delivery killing |
| 2461s | mobs clear a dungeon to save other NPCs |
| 2464s | etc for rewards now if you're an alpha |
| 2467s | player of Alban online you might |
| 2469s | actually remember our mission agents |
| 2472s | that we had very early um that |
| 2476s | essentially were this in a way where we |
| 2479s | had NPCs out in the world that would |
| 2482s | provide missions that you could play |
| 2485s | locally um |
| 2488s | I do think that what they were lacking |
| 2490s | is a narrative structure and a overall |
| 2493s | like reason to |
| 2496s | pursue um these |
| 2499s | quests uh so we eventually ended up |
| 2502s | cutting them from the early versions of |
| 2504s | the game however in the context of |
| 2506s | thinking about future PVE in albian I |
| 2510s | think it's absolutely something that you |
| 2512s | know is on in our minds of like how do |
| 2514s | we how do we get some interesting PVE |
| 2518s | content into the game that doesn't |
| 2519s | compete with the PVP um and integrates |
| 2523s | well with the game world and will |
| 2525s | definitely revisit that line of thinking |
| 2527s | and think about is there anything from |
| 2529s | that concept that we can save that would |
| 2531s | make the game better the next comment |
| 2533s | says I'm looking forward to my return to |
| 2536s | the black zone I'm also really looking |
| 2538s | forward to returning to the black Zone |
| 2540s | and maybe we'll have an exciting battle |
| 2542s | in the black Zone and your name will end |
| 2544s | up in my kill history next question I |
| 2547s | have here is what about the server |
| 2549s | transfer slch |
| 2551s | merges well I think it's too early to |
| 2553s | talk about like we like we said in the |
| 2555s | context of launching the European server |
| 2557s | this is something that we wouldn't be |
| 2558s | talking about for quite a while after |
| 2560s | the server launch because the economies |
| 2562s | need time to develop |
| 2565s | um newly freshly started characters on |
| 2568s | those servers first need to develop to a |
| 2571s | point where any transferred characters |
| 2574s | would not be competing with them in |
| 2576s | terms of power or wealth or whatever so |
| 2580s | um I think that question is too early |
| 2582s | it's definitely something that we will |
| 2584s | continue to look at uh in the future but |
| 2588s | it's not something that we're thinking |
| 2589s | about this year and with that we've also |
| 2591s | reached the end of the comments that |
| 2593s | we've selected for this video it's |
| 2596s | already become very long thank you for |
| 2598s | listening and I'm looking forward to |
| 2602s | presenting the next update to you in the |
| 2604s | next de talks |