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| 20s | hello everyone and welcome to another |
| 24s | day and Vera and today we have an |
| 28s | exciting showcase one |
| 31s | that has been long in the making |
| 33s | probably one of our largest systems that |
| 35s | we have actually shown to date I know |
| 39s | that there are a lot in the audience who |
| 41s | are excited about what we're going to be |
| 43s | talking about and what we're going to be |
| 45s | showing today many of you have been |
| 47s | waiting for this particular showcase and |
| 50s | I am joined by some pretty awesome |
| 54s | developers who have made what you're |
| 56s | going to see today reality three of our |
| 58s | glorious engineers |
| 61s | Kyle Kenan Zach how are you guys |
| 64s | doing doing pretty good thanks for |
| 67s | having us yeah thank you very much for |
| 69s | having me absolutely excited to chat |
| 71s | with you guys about what it what it took |
| 74s | to bring this particular feature to life |
| 75s | I know that each of you in your |
| 77s | respective rights have had different |
| 79s | purviews over uh this kind of massively |
| 82s | multiplayer engagement the unique system |
| 85s | work that's involved for the war and the |
| 87s | events itself uh along with obviously |
| 90s | combat player movement um for you guys |
| 92s | so a lot of insights there which I'm |
| 94s | going to be exciting excited to chat |
| 95s | with you guys about as we kind of go |
| 96s | through this um |
| 98s | also we have two of our glorious |
| 101s | designers regulars on the show uh Chris |
| 104s | Trad how are you guys |
| 105s | doing oh wonderful thanks for having me |
| 108s | it's great to be here yep I'm hyped for |
| 111s | some PVP oo some PVP and and this |
| 116s | amazing War system Chris that I know |
| 117s | that you have been slaving away over the |
| 120s | course of the last few months in in in |
| 123s | helping to author and set up and doing a |
| 125s | lot of testing with our PI group and and |
| 128s | iterating on the system as well um a lot |
| 131s | of hard work has gone to this going |
| 132s | going to be excited to to kind of |
| 134s | showcase that off and then of |
| 137s | course no true |
| 139s | project can be successful without the |
| 142s | absolute amazing responsibility of |
| 144s | production we have one of our glorious |
| 146s | producers here Nathan Nathan how are you |
| 149s | doing my friend oh I'm I'm so excited |
| 152s | I'm EXC this was a big step for us to |
| 154s | put the massive back in MMO and uh I'm |
| 157s | excited to show that off to everyone |
| 158s | today excited to show it off too |
| 161s | now many of you may be asking yourself |
| 165s | where am I what are we looking at we are |
| 168s | currently in the node of Mirth where I |
| 172s | have been bestowed with the great honor |
| 175s | of mayorship leading these these |
| 178s | beautiful wonderful people to to success |
| 181s | all across the riverlands and Vera |
| 183s | Beyond and we have |
| 187s | recently gotten into maybe some some |
| 190s | interchanges that haven't been so polite |
| 192s | with one of our neighboring nodes and |
| 194s | this can happen in the world of Vera |
| 196s | there are a lot of systems set up to to |
| 198s | provide players an outlet to kind of |
| 201s | govern themselves govern their |
| 203s | relationships with each |
| 205s | other um come hither Steven Winstead |
| 209s | shall show you the way to wi |
| 210s | unbelievable they they are already trash |
| 213s | talking look at this this disrepute that |
| 215s | comes from Margaret as the mayor of |
| 218s | Winstead we must respond in kind Chris |
| 221s | what are some of the options we have |
| 222s | available to us when our honor is being |
| 225s | questioned as a note yeah so um as you |
| 230s | kind of alluded to we're going to |
| 232s | declare war on them because they're big |
| 235s | meanies um so we have wa can we rephrase |
| 239s | that it's not that they're big it's that |
| 241s | I said |
| 244s | meanies they're big meanies it's not |
| 247s | that they're big meanies it's that we |
| 249s | must exert our dominance and we can only |
| 252s | truly achieve respect through Power and |
| 254s | if we don't demonstrate that power to |
| 257s | these peons that are at Winstead then |
| 259s | how will they know to fear us uh that's |
| 262s | a much more eloquent eloquent way to put |
| 264s | it Stephen um so we have to jump through |
| 268s | a few Hoops before we can declare war |
| 270s | War uh you know we don't want Mayors |
| 272s | running around in ashes a creation just |
| 274s | like Perma flagging the whole world into |
| 276s | a state of PVP |
| 279s | right so some people just said wait a |
| 282s | minute yes I |
| 284s | do well it's going to cost you some |
| 286s | resources to do that um so Stephen as |
| 291s | the mayor you have access to a special |
| 293s | panel in your uh node UI all right I |
| 298s | pulled up my node my node interface |
| 300s | now I must take this moment as is |
| 303s | normally the case to remind everyone in |
| 306s | our audience that everything you see |
| 308s | here today is a work in progress that |
| 310s | means that we are currently working |
| 312s | towards our Alpha 2 which we have |
| 315s | announced for third quarter this year um |
| 318s | so UI visual effects performance just |
| 321s | the general content within the game is |
| 324s | in an alpha State please remember that |
| 326s | as you see this things will continue to |
| 328s | get better and continue to be developed |
| 330s | and the reason that we do these live |
| 332s | streams and these development updates is |
| 334s | to keep our audience AB breast of that |
| 336s | progress but also to elicit necessary |
| 338s | feedback as we iterate on these |
| 341s | particular systems because there are a |
| 342s | lot of them um so sorry Chris I am in |
| 345s | this node window and I see that I have |
| 348s | available to me some number of Merl |
| 350s | commissions that I can begin with |
| 352s | correct now this tab is only available |
| 354s | to the mayor hence why it's called the |
| 355s | mayor tab um and if you hit that button |
| 359s | in the top right Corner the manage |
| 361s | commissions button oh okay very nice |
| 363s | you'll see we have a list of commissions |
| 366s | and a bunch of available slots for you |
| 367s | to initiate now these are much like |
| 370s | regular commissions that uh I think |
| 372s | we've shown off in the past the |
| 374s | difference here is the mayor is picking |
| 377s | which ones are going to be available to |
| 379s | players and okay when enough players |
| 382s | complete them the node gets a reward |
| 385s | right very good so this is this is a bit |
| 387s | different than your standard commissions |
| 389s | your non oral commissions because those |
| 391s | are generated by the system based on |
| 393s | predicates of the surrounding area uh |
| 395s | from a narrative perspective and this |
| 398s | mayoral commissions are really more |
| 400s | predicated on what the mayor needs to |
| 402s | have done to collect resources or to |
| 406s | enable certain actions such as War |
| 408s | correct now additionally like more |
| 411s | mayoral commissions will become |
| 412s | available as the node progresses and the |
| 415s | commissions that are available will |
| 417s | change based on how the node is built |
| 419s | right so if you a blacksmith you might |
| 421s | get some special smithing related |
| 424s | commissions uh that you could elect to |
| 427s | initiate for your players um but if you |
| 430s | don't upgrade that blacksmith you're not |
| 431s | going to be able to do that got |
| 434s | it very cool okay so I see here there's |
| 437s | one called War preparations and that's |
| 441s | the one you're going to want to use if |
| 442s | we want to go to war so what you're |
| 445s | going to do is you're going to go ahead |
| 447s | and initiate that commission if you see |
| 450s | in the top right of that panel there's |
| 452s | the um some glint available that's the |
| 455s | reward players will get for doing this |
| 458s | activity oh okay should I should I |
| 461s | confirm this selection go confirm the |
| 463s | selection okay okay so player so when |
| 466s | players complete this commission they do |
| 468s | their part and this is essentially them |
| 470s | buying on to this Choice correct got it |
| 474s | so so it's not just unilaterally and |
| 477s | obviously guys as you're watching this |
| 479s | some of these some of these system |
| 481s | designs are in an effort to provide |
| 484s | these gameplay Loops um with the |
| 486s | resources that we have available to us |
| 489s | at this stage in the development for |
| 490s | Alpha 2 purposes longterm and we'll talk |
| 493s | about this a little bit later how some |
| 495s | of those designs will change and |
| 498s | incorporate other systems which we are |
| 500s | still pending development on um but here |
| 503s | the the players that are citizens of |
| 504s | this node must opt in with the mayor's |
| 508s | decision by completing this mission in |
| 510s | order to grant that power and and for |
| 513s | their participation they're getting |
| 514s | rewards as |
| 516s | well absolutely correct very cool and so |
| 520s | what are these Awards they getting so |
| 522s | they're going to get some glint which uh |
| 524s | We've also shown off in the past that |
| 525s | they can turn in for money |
| 528s | mhm okay so they're getting |
| 530s | paid very cool should we select any |
| 533s | other ones here too um yeah I mean they |
| 537s | all offer a varying breadth of things |
| 540s | right uh the primary thing we're |
| 542s | rewarding through mayoral commissions is |
| 545s | what we call node Buffs um and these are |
| 549s | benefits that are applied to your zone |
| 551s | of influence uh so for example you might |
| 554s | want to do a mayoral commission that |
| 556s | increases uh Gathering speed for 24 |
| 559s | hours in the node and if enough players |
| 561s | do that you guys get that |
| 564s | benefit |
| 566s | okay let's do the building Foundation |
| 571s | you know cuz I'm not all about as a |
| 573s | mayor just War right we must make safe |
| 576s | the grounds around us as well let's get |
| 579s | rid of some of those |
| 582s | goblins um and perhaps we should acquire |
| 587s | some |
| 588s | forages Okay cool so we have a number of |
| 590s | different commissions now that are |
| 591s | available to the |
| 593s | players correct now if you want to close |
| 596s | out of that window and walk over this is |
| 598s | our fancy oral commission board over |
| 601s | here oh very cool okay and if you |
| 604s | interact with |
| 606s | it it'll show the commissions that are |
| 609s | currently that you've initiated |
| 612s | nice now we have obviously a fire that's |
| 615s | closest to the door being of course our |
| 616s | war preparations because honestly the |
| 619s | Shifty characters over at Winstead |
| 620s | really can't be trusted especially in |
| 622s | the proximity they are to our node um so |
| 626s | how am I going now how am I going to go |
| 628s | ahead and complete this uh so first |
| 630s | accept the commission by clicking on it |
| 633s | got it um if you notice it's popped up |
| 635s | in your objective tracker all right and |
| 638s | I believe it says turn in 20 T1 |
| 640s | materials do you have enough T1 |
| 642s | materials stevenh you know I think um |
| 645s | just by pure coincidence I happen to |
| 648s | have exactly 20 um that are available |
| 652s | yes so this little treasure box next to |
| 655s | the commission board is where you can |
| 657s | turn in |
| 660s | all |
| 662s | right ah okay very cool um yes I will |
| 667s | turn in some of my stone and I got my |
| 670s | reward objective is now |
| 673s | complete awesome now currently for the |
| 677s | sake of this showcase that maral |
| 679s | commission is set to only require one |
| 680s | player to complete it so that we can you |
| 683s | know speed things along for us and we |
| 685s | don't have to wait you know a couple of |
| 687s | days for hundreds of players to do this |
| 689s | um |
| 690s | but that is the intent right is that |
| 692s | these commissions do require a heavy |
| 695s | optin from the player base in the order |
| 697s | of magnitude being hundreds of these |
| 700s | commissions need ex completed and |
| 702s | that'll depend on the scope of the |
| 703s | commission right so some commissions |
| 706s | with very minor effects might not |
| 708s | require a large amount of players to |
| 710s | complete them but something like going |
| 712s | to war will require a larger amount of |
| 716s | players and a larger amount of |
| 717s | dedication per player got it and we have |
| 721s | we have our company of ready able and |
| 724s | willing citizens here to to provide the |
| 727s | support we need in order to succeed in |
| 730s | our war preparation so hurah to you well |
| 733s | done well done everyone um okay so now |
| 737s | that we've effectively completed the |
| 739s | commission yep so if you want to press n |
| 741s | again to open up that node UI got it |
| 744s | you'll notice that there is a completed |
| 746s | tab next to your node UI which shows |
| 748s | that enough play have done the activity |
| 751s | for you and now this commission's on |
| 752s | cool down so when your hand rolls once a |
| 758s | day if that commission cool down is |
| 760s | longer you will lose that slot and you |
| 762s | won't be able to use that commission |
| 764s | until that cool down has |
| 766s | ended oh very nice okay so obviously the |
| 769s | mayor needs to be somewhat prudent in |
| 771s | the choices that they're making even if |
| 774s | they do get the opt-in from their |
| 776s | citizens there is so much power they |
| 780s | have available to them to affect that |
| 782s | change it is governed to a degree by |
| 784s | some time exactly cool but now that |
| 787s | we've completed it you've received as a |
| 789s | result of this commission a War token |
| 792s | specifically for the territory War type |
| 795s | of War so if you want to go ahead to the |
| 797s | node relationships |
| 799s | tab ah okay you'll notice there's a list |
| 803s | of notes Here specifically |
| 807s | Winstead I do you see that uh and if you |
| 810s | want to go ahead and click on that |
| 811s | declare war |
| 813s | button we won't do it we won't do it |
| 815s | right now but just to show you the uh |
| 819s | steps here that you would take you that |
| 821s | declare war button there and it shows |
| 823s | there is a couple different types of war |
| 827s | that you have access to oh okay very |
| 831s | cool all right so so territory control |
| 836s | obviously makes sense test node war is a |
| 839s | is is obviously one of our QA testing |
| 841s | war types um there will be a number of |
| 844s | different war types that are |
| 846s | available um that we'll talk about in a |
| 848s | little bit as as |
| 852s | well awesome um well so Steph now that |
| 856s | we have what we need to declare this war |
| 858s | do we want to go over to Mir or over to |
| 861s | Winstead and uh kind of rub it in their |
| 862s | face yeah I think so I think that would |
| 864s | that would probably make sense um Let me |
| 867s | give a a quick inspiring uh speech if I |
| 870s | can of course to our to our glorious |
| 875s | citizens what's the name of our this is |
| 878s | mirth mleth |
| 881s | mirians Noble great and honorable |
| 884s | mirians our city has been |
| 887s | denounced by arrival node the Winstead |
| 891s | node they know nothing of our ways of |
| 894s | our people but they know |
| 900s | something something not good and |
| 903s | fear anguish there thank you fear |
| 907s | anguish well done you're one of my |
| 908s | lieutenants well done uh fear anguish |
| 911s | they will know that soon enough for they |
| 913s | chose to stand against the will of Mirth |
| 916s | let us go forward and teach them the |
| 918s | ways of our |
| 921s | people all right we've done this mirth |
| 925s | best prepare your brooms you'll need |
| 928s | them to sweep up something |
| 933s | I didn't get that |
| 936s | broadcast Mar's just loving this the |
| 938s | trash talk oh sweep up our ashes our |
| 941s | ashes well well done well done so Chris |
| 945s | where are we where are we planning to go |
| 947s | well we were going to go to Winstead but |
| 949s | I I think we have company we have |
| 952s | company wait we have unwanted company |
| 956s | they've been spying on us who are these |
| 958s | people |
| 962s | well they're not they're not affiliated |
| 964s | with us you would they would dare to |
| 966s | come to our town like this after we've |
| 970s | just laid The Gauntlet of War |
| 976s | down what well you haven't you haven't |
| 978s | declared the war yet oh I haven't |
| 980s | declared should I declare the War I mean |
| 983s | I feel like this is an optimal time to |
| 985s | declare the war cuz we might get some uh |
| 988s | some easy kills you know what I think |
| 991s | you might be now now okay now of course |
| 994s | they can't hear or know what we're going |
| 996s | to do here but they have no idea what's |
| 999s | coming no they have no clue what is |
| 1003s | about to happen but the territory |
| 1005s | control node War talk to me first Chris |
| 1008s | a little bit about the territory control |
| 1010s | node yeah so |
| 1014s | um we'll get into some of the more depth |
| 1017s | of War while we're walking but the |
| 1018s | territory can control War as it kind of |
| 1022s | sounds is about controlling territory |
| 1024s | right so what this is going to do is |
| 1026s | it's going to flag us against each other |
| 1028s | um the citizens of our node and the |
| 1030s | citizens the node you declare on and |
| 1032s | then we'll do battle over certain pois |
| 1035s | in both of our zones of influence and |
| 1037s | gain control over them based on winning |
| 1040s | those events and those |
| 1043s | pois and once we've accumulated enough |
| 1045s | victory points we'll win the war which |
| 1048s | gives our Zone |
| 1049s | a big buff as well I approve of the node |
| 1053s | war and let us destroy them in 3 2 1 oh |
| 1059s | get |
| 1076s | him oh no |
| 1081s | oh |
| 1086s | dear did we get them I think we cleaned |
| 1088s | them out oh put a wall up I don't know |
| 1092s | where the dragon went |
| 1094s | but that sounds like a Futures |
| 1097s | problem sure that won't come by to bite |
| 1099s | us I think we did destroy them you know |
| 1102s | I think I'm missing my blink where is my |
| 1105s | blink you got to close your eyes and |
| 1107s | then you open them again no not that |
| 1111s | blink and my bubble oh there they |
| 1115s | were and I should probably get this |
| 1117s | Arcana |
| 1119s | eye there we go okay sorry about that |
| 1122s | guys um okay so they tried to they tried |
| 1127s | to stop us but they we can't be stopped |
| 1131s | um where should we go now well so before |
| 1134s | we before we run off uh open up your |
| 1137s | node relationships tab again |
| 1139s | okay got it and you'll notice you'll see |
| 1143s | there's an active war and we've earned |
| 1145s | some points in this War uh if you go to |
| 1148s | the top of that yeah right there okay |
| 1151s | and we have five points cuz we killed |
| 1153s | five |
| 1154s | people oh nice okay so in during the war |
| 1160s | obviously we have available to us this |
| 1162s | this that tracks kind of performance and |
| 1164s | each individual player can track their |
| 1166s | performance within the war as |
| 1168s | well |
| 1170s | correct okay and then it says earn a |
| 1172s | th000 victory points uh in order to win |
| 1176s | the war correct now it's the the end |
| 1178s | condition of this |
| 1180s | War uh now victory points are earned via |
| 1183s | kills and earned by via completing |
| 1186s | objectives |
| 1188s | okay all right cool awesome now um the |
| 1193s | event that it talks about talk to me a |
| 1197s | little bit about that event so open up |
| 1199s | your |
| 1201s | map and scroll yourself over to you'll |
| 1204s | see that scroll to the left there and |
| 1208s | you'll see there's a big circle around |
| 1210s | High women |
| 1212s | Hills OH harness the god |
| 1217s | Spike currently it say active as 31 |
| 1219s | players does that mean they have 31 |
| 1221s | players already there that means they |
| 1222s | already have 31 players there we better |
| 1224s | get a move on we need to go |
| 1229s | let's let's start |
| 1232s | moving let me um let me see if I have a |
| 1235s | little |
| 1237s | horse I could |
| 1242s | summon did |
| 1244s | I where' my horse |
| 1247s | go and being left behind Steven I know |
| 1250s | oh here we go I got |
| 1252s | it okay |
| 1254s | um so talk to me about the different |
| 1258s | types of |
| 1261s | War events and war |
| 1264s | types yeah so war types are going to be |
| 1267s | pretty predicated on what they're |
| 1269s | actually delivering to the winners and |
| 1271s | losers right so this one's a territory |
| 1274s | control the Crux of what this does is |
| 1278s | you claim territory which siphons the |
| 1280s | node XP from the nodes that you from the |
| 1284s | pois that you're winning these |
| 1286s | objectives at um it's also providing uh |
| 1290s | a luck buff there to prevent or to you |
| 1293s | know incentivize the players who win to |
| 1296s | to go farm there right and generate more |
| 1298s | node XP for your |
| 1300s | node um we have other different types |
| 1303s | that we plan to have Post State 2 um |
| 1307s | like disabling services in the opposing |
| 1310s | node uh siphoning gold um taking over |
| 1314s | mayorship |
| 1317s | temporarily very cool so there's a lot |
| 1320s | of different options that we intend to |
| 1321s | provide um obviously for the war system |
| 1325s | and this is one of the primary methods |
| 1326s | of player friction right so um we want |
| 1329s | to keep that kind of compelling |
| 1330s | interesting from a design perspective uh |
| 1333s | which all of these different war types |
| 1334s | are intending to provide um and |
| 1337s | throughout Alpha 2 we'll be introducing |
| 1340s | additional War uh node War event types |
| 1343s | as well |
| 1345s | correct very cool talk to me Kyle a |
| 1348s | little bit about authoring this uh node |
| 1352s | War system how did you go about you know |
| 1355s | keeping it modular and you know capable |
| 1359s | of supporting all these different types |
| 1360s | of |
| 1361s | Wars well given the game design document |
| 1364s | that juusto provided uh the goal was of |
| 1367s | course to provide something as flexible |
| 1369s | as possible to be able to give all of |
| 1370s | that designed Freedom so we were able to |
| 1374s | leverage existing systems such as the |
| 1376s | game event system and the local system |
| 1378s | to be able to give the a massive amount |
| 1380s | of varing content from war to |
| 1382s | war |
| 1384s | awesome and and you know obviously talk |
| 1388s | to me a little bit about kind of the |
| 1390s | difficulties of of authoring a system |
| 1393s | like that yeah the difficulty is |
| 1395s | definitely having to work between |
| 1397s | different teams uh because the game |
| 1400s | event system and the local system are |
| 1402s | authored by The Narrative engineering |
| 1404s | team so we have to make sure that we can |
| 1406s | work discipline to discipline to uh get |
| 1409s | the needs that are required to bring |
| 1411s | something like this to life nice |
| 1414s | awesome |
| 1416s | and Zach |
| 1418s | obviously node Wars node events those |
| 1423s | are some of the |
| 1425s | more High player |
| 1427s | density types of gameplay Loops talk to |
| 1430s | me a little bit about some of the |
| 1432s | difficulties you had on the performance |
| 1435s | side uh working with tech art |
| 1437s | engineering and and artists to kind |
| 1441s | of get performance where we needed it to |
| 1443s | be for this higher player density oh |
| 1446s | yeah for sure for performance it's |
| 1447s | really been a refinement of our |
| 1450s | pipelines and processes and workflows |
| 1453s | with a pretty tight iteration loop on |
| 1455s | you know |
| 1456s | testing profiling like auditing those |
| 1459s | profiles like seeing what we're at and |
| 1462s | then like correcting things that need to |
| 1463s | be corrected and especially with an MMO |
| 1467s | we really have to support like a large |
| 1469s | array of player experiences so the game |
| 1472s | has to run great whether you know you're |
| 1474s | a solo player or you're playing in a |
| 1476s | group and then it also has to run great |
| 1478s | for you know big events like these where |
| 1481s | there's going to be upwards to 100 |
| 1483s | players sometimes right so it's really |
| 1486s | been uh all hands on deck from all the |
| 1488s | disciplines to refine our current |
| 1490s | existing standards and make sure that we |
| 1492s | can hit performance while continuing to |
| 1495s | uh look good awesome well I have arrived |
| 1499s | at what I believe is our headquarters |
| 1501s | and there appears to be a significant |
| 1504s | portion of our Garrison from the node |
| 1508s | that has arrived here our guards where |
| 1511s | is the rest of our group oh you guys |
| 1512s | should uh meet let's meet up here if we |
| 1516s | can at the um at the headquarters and |
| 1520s | let's and let's do some planning I'm |
| 1522s | sure there's some significant strategies |
| 1523s | that we can |
| 1526s | employ right Chris oh yes there is um |
| 1531s | so the |
| 1533s | lowdown uh first things first is if you |
| 1537s | look at your objective |
| 1538s | tracker there's some stuff going on um |
| 1541s | we need to gather imbued blood and |
| 1544s | imbued materials now imbued blood is |
| 1546s | going to drop off Bandits that have this |
| 1549s | glowy particle effect to them and imbued |
| 1553s | materials are going to drop off uh Ruby |
| 1556s | caches that are all around the poi |
| 1559s | okay well let me um and we we have to do |
| 1564s | that before the enemy |
| 1566s | team I see uh if they complete it before |
| 1570s | us we still can finish ours but we'll be |
| 1573s | behind and they'll be on the victory |
| 1576s | condition okay so we're looking for |
| 1578s | these imbued Bloods and the um the |
| 1584s | imbued |
| 1585s | material um and the Bloods come from |
| 1589s | the bandits in the area correct okay and |
| 1593s | the material are the are rubies that are |
| 1595s | kind of spawned throughout the out this |
| 1597s | particular Zone and let me open up my |
| 1599s | map real quick yep so marked on your map |
| 1602s | is all of the Ruby locations but the |
| 1604s | Bandit locations are not marked oh okay |
| 1607s | okay so the bandits are are kind of |
| 1610s | sprinkled throughout the area and these |
| 1612s | these locations here that I'm hovering |
| 1614s | over these imbued material caches those |
| 1617s | are spawns around the area and |
| 1619s | presumably that's where the enemy is |
| 1621s | going to be located as well because |
| 1623s | we're all trying to acquire these in |
| 1625s | order to progress to the next stage |
| 1627s | correct got it okay cool okay so we |
| 1631s | should probably split up into three |
| 1635s | teams um if you are in party group four |
| 1639s | or group five you're going to be |
| 1641s | responsible for trying to acquire the |
| 1644s | Ruby so you're going to be going to |
| 1645s | those imbued Ruby Cash locations |
| 1649s | your primary objective is to avoid |
| 1652s | interacting with the Enemy you do not |
| 1655s | want to engage the enemy if you see them |
| 1657s | run you're just acquiring these |
| 1659s | resources and trying to bring them back |
| 1662s | to where Chris you got to bring them |
| 1664s | back here and talk to good old scholar |
| 1667s | Thompson okay all right cool so you guys |
| 1670s | in group four and five you're going to |
| 1672s | acquire those um and probably if you're |
| 1675s | a ranger and can be camouflage it would |
| 1678s | be beneficial for you to go out and try |
| 1680s | to acquire those if you're in groups one |
| 1682s | two or three you're going to be running |
| 1684s | cover while killing the um the uh |
| 1690s | Bandits and then when they get the |
| 1692s | bandits blood those they're bringing |
| 1693s | those back as |
| 1696s | well sorry what was that I was |
| 1698s | multitasking Steven no worries no |
| 1700s | worries when they when they grab the |
| 1702s | bandits blood they're bringing those |
| 1704s | back as well they are bringing those |
| 1706s | back as well now worth noting they do |
| 1707s | drop on death so if you end up with too |
| 1709s | much of them be very |
| 1711s | careful okay um guys I think before we |
| 1715s | head |
| 1716s | out I'd like hold on let me uh me get in |
| 1721s | a good position for you I'd like you to |
| 1723s | all gather around in front of the Dragon |
| 1725s | I'm going to give you an inspiring |
| 1732s | buff perfect perfect |
| 1735s | perfect |
| 1737s | now I'm I |
| 1739s | know that this |
| 1741s | Venture would strike fear in the heart |
| 1744s | of normal men and |
| 1746s | women but not in the hearts of |
| 1750s | mirians go forward bring back the |
| 1755s | trophy that is oops hold on hold on |
| 1759s | bring back the trophy that is the |
| 1763s | blood go |
| 1766s | forward let us move let's go Lads get |
| 1770s | them okay so where are these Bandits at |
| 1773s | that groups 1 two and three can go oh I |
| 1775s | see over here yeah they're going to be |
| 1777s | all over the POI they've got this lovely |
| 1780s | little glow to them to signify their |
| 1785s | importance |
| 1786s | okay |
| 1789s | cool then if you come over here we got a |
| 1791s | nice little cash of rues as well where's |
| 1794s | the rubies at just |
| 1797s | uh oh oh I see I see |
| 1801s | West I'm just kind of I'm I'm kind of |
| 1803s | watching out for the enemy while you |
| 1805s | guys are harvesting those rubies and |
| 1807s | killing the bandits |
| 1810s | ooh very |
| 1812s | nice so far I don't see |
| 1815s | any I see this light emanating from the |
| 1817s | center of this area over |
| 1819s | here yep that the god Spike that's the |
| 1822s | god Spike now that is what we are |
| 1824s | gathering these materials for and then |
| 1826s | we're going to channel these materials |
| 1828s | into |
| 1829s | to harnessing that like raw power that's |
| 1832s | emanating from the center of high women |
| 1835s | Hills so that we can steal the node |
| 1838s | experience and get ourselves a nice |
| 1840s | little luck buff in the |
| 1843s | POI um after we win because we never |
| 1847s | lose we have some enemies over |
| 1851s | here that I can |
| 1855s | see we should probably get groups 1 2 |
| 1857s | and three |
| 1859s | over here to interrupt them it looks |
| 1861s | like they is that us with the progress |
| 1862s | of two that is us with the progress of |
| 1865s | two okay all right we've taken the |
| 1868s | lead let's see I'm running |
| 1872s | back a small stack of materials here let |
| 1875s | me see where the raids |
| 1878s | at okay looks like we |
| 1882s | are bringing in a bunch of materials |
| 1890s | talk to me um talk to me Nathan about |
| 1893s | what this process has been like from a |
| 1895s | production |
| 1896s | standpoint yeah it's been a super |
| 1898s | interesting one for us like games |
| 1902s | are really always these really janky |
| 1906s | combinations of software and Art and |
| 1908s | Design and all of these things are kind |
| 1910s | of coming together in in a way that |
| 1912s | makes them inherently difficult to put |
| 1914s | out to the public I've uh had my fair |
| 1917s | share of Rocky in the past and so what |
| 1919s | we've been really focusing on this time |
| 1921s | around is making sure that we're kind of |
| 1924s | honing that process early uh to try to |
| 1927s | make alpha 2 um you know day one as |
| 1930s | smooth as possible obviously it's going |
| 1931s | to have some hitches but uh this has |
| 1933s | been a really good opportunity for us to |
| 1936s | get in the habit of pushing a build out |
| 1940s | getting feedback from people around the |
| 1943s | world uh figuring out like what's wrong |
| 1946s | with their specific you know setup at |
| 1949s | home so that then we can identify those |
| 1951s | issues triage those issues fix the ones |
| 1953s | that we can in order for us to push a |
| 1956s | build out for the next round of play |
| 1957s | testing which we've been doing every 1 |
| 1959s | to two weeks for the last uh couple of |
| 1961s | months I think and so that's um that's |
| 1964s | been like from a production standpoint a |
| 1966s | really awesome kind of test run for us |
| 1968s | to get in the habit of this you know |
| 1970s | like live service game that we're going |
| 1972s | to be supporting for a really long time |
| 1974s | uh so that's been a lot of fun you know |
| 1975s | a lot of lot of work but you know that's |
| 1977s | good oh yeah yeah you guys have done a |
| 1979s | great job on production side of this |
| 1981s | this feature is obviously a |
| 1983s | very very detailed and encompassing |
| 1986s | feature touches a lot of different |
| 1988s | pieces um I I see we have some great |
| 1992s | uses of the tank wall some of you from |
| 1995s | APO may be remembering that particular |
| 1999s | wall oh this we're having a significant |
| 2001s | little battle over |
| 2007s | here yeah that's been one of the things |
| 2008s | we've been trying to work on right is um |
| 2011s | you know making sure that those |
| 2012s | objectives really help funnel the G |
| 2014s | people towards those points of of |
| 2016s | conflict I think some of our what was |
| 2017s | interesting here is some of our earlier |
| 2019s | iterations had us you know it was kind |
| 2022s | of like this phase one where people just |
| 2024s | kind of PVE the whole time and well we |
| 2027s | we want to find that balance between PVE |
| 2030s | PVP where we become this really pvx game |
| 2033s | and so that's been an area of focus for |
| 2035s | us uh like making sure that these |
| 2037s | objectives are things people want to |
| 2038s | interact with and then fight |
| 2044s | over that was a good little fight oh I'm |
| 2046s | getting hit |
| 2048s | hard I think I lost one of my abilities |
| 2051s | let me grab it |
| 2054s | back there we |
| 2058s | go oh I see I see dread and he's |
| 2063s | down only took 10 of you |
| 2067s | unbelievable it's the skill |
| 2073s | difference Focus fire and |
| 2082s | doing oo |
| 2085s | perfect let's move |
| 2091s | forward let's keep pushing go on |
| 2095s | NYS oh I got rooted |
| 2102s | there we go and |
| 2106s | slow oh there's Margaret oh get her |
| 2109s | she's on the dragon |
| 2112s | though SL |
| 2114s | no |
| 2117s | no okay we're pushing them |
| 2124s | back I've got Brian on my target |
| 2132s | think he's tank he wants you to Target |
| 2133s | him oh God oh God need |
| 2137s | help backed |
| 2141s | out attack the king wildly in |
| 2145s | danger all right let's get the group |
| 2148s | around me if you can I'm going to use |
| 2149s | one of the mayor abilities to give us |
| 2150s | some offensive |
| 2152s | power and Chris as I do this talk to me |
| 2155s | a little bit about this ability yeah so |
| 2158s | so um go forward different node types |
| 2161s | have different mayor abilities um that |
| 2164s | can be used in different scenarios right |
| 2165s | so the what you just used is the war |
| 2171s | ability afforded to a scientific node |
| 2175s | push um and those abilities give a very |
| 2178s | large uh mitigation and damage buff to |
| 2182s | the players within your range when you |
| 2185s | use them |
| 2189s | how long does that ability last um I |
| 2192s | believe the buff is 5 |
| 2197s | minutes our wonderful Dr Bucky made |
| 2201s | those for |
| 2203s | us oh he got away they're fling on the |
| 2206s | bridge on the bridge |
| 2210s | bridge coming back |
| 2214s | around oh they are how's the progress |
| 2217s | going 7 26 for them 15 for |
| 2220s | us oh my gosh no no no we we have two |
| 2224s | objectives Steven the top one is uh |
| 2227s | we're at 15 out of 100 the bottom one |
| 2229s | we're at 76 out of 100 oh okay perfect |
| 2232s | that was concerning but you'll notice |
| 2234s | there is an enemy progress bar right |
| 2236s | below that too to show how far long they |
| 2238s | are good call good looks like they're |
| 2240s | slacking |
| 2243s | though okay I've got a couple flankers |
| 2246s | over here |
| 2249s | TP noodle ooh that's a good little |
| 2256s | blink it's also been really fun to see |
| 2258s | the metas kind of evolve over these play |
| 2260s | tests uh you we had a uh point where |
| 2264s | there was the tank wall ability was a |
| 2266s | little too strong and um you know uh got |
| 2270s | a chance to fix that before the |
| 2271s | recording and that's just kind of been |
| 2274s | the really fun process over over the |
| 2276s | last uh couple of months here uh cleric |
| 2279s | thankfully still op for me so um you |
| 2282s | know you love to see |
| 2284s | it yeah that cleric is uh very strong |
| 2289s | cleric will always have a free pass of |
| 2290s | being op in it's one role that it excels |
| 2293s | at if nothing else got to be the best |
| 2297s | healer I got Fant MX |
| 2303s | down let's get that was nice him to let |
| 2305s | you do I know right |
| 2309s | he's almost |
| 2317s | dead like Trad Keenan I'm I'm curious if |
| 2320s | there have been any like big you were |
| 2322s | talking earlier about some of the |
| 2323s | surprises that have come out of the play |
| 2324s | testing I was wondering if you guys had |
| 2326s | any um examples of things that you |
| 2329s | weren't expecting but you know saw when |
| 2331s | we started really putting this uh |
| 2333s | Compass system to |
| 2335s | test um I mean nothing that we weren't |
| 2337s | really expecting completely but it has |
| 2341s | definitely been a huge help just like |
| 2344s | uncovering you know smaller imbalances |
| 2347s | here and there like the wall thing that |
| 2348s | you mentioned for example was was a |
| 2350s | thing we actually uh knew knew was an |
| 2352s | issue and had fixed on a on like a |
| 2355s | another build but like it was still |
| 2358s | funny seeing that like get |
| 2360s | completely um taken advantage of it yeah |
| 2363s | and it like showed some interesting like |
| 2366s | strategies like how people would use |
| 2369s | them to Zone each other in these little |
| 2370s | hallways and almost create your your own |
| 2373s | effective like little corridors on the |
| 2375s | open Battlefield so we definitely want |
| 2376s | to see some of that sort of thing it's |
| 2378s | just you know a matter of balancing |
| 2386s | that I think I died Behind Enemy Lines |
| 2389s | oh |
| 2392s | no May's |
| 2394s | down don't |
| 2396s | worry don't worry guys I turned into |
| 2398s | blood oh putting in so much work Nathan |
| 2403s | yeah we still need more of the imbued |
| 2404s | Bloods that's the uh that's the bandits |
| 2408s | right that's the bandits yep all right |
| 2411s | I'm going to try to find some Bandits to |
| 2413s | kill while you guys continue to hold |
| 2415s | them off we need more people on |
| 2417s | Bandits yep and bandits for this event |
| 2421s | are a little bit more scarce but respawn |
| 2423s | a lot faster than the rubies where the |
| 2427s | rubies are a bit more more plentiful but |
| 2429s | have a much slower reset |
| 2433s | rate got |
| 2438s | it there's my |
| 2443s | healers coming in at the last |
| 2449s | hour not finding any |
| 2452s | Bandits they killed them all oh oh no |
| 2460s | yeah there's a definite balance between |
| 2463s | targeting the PVE objectives and then |
| 2465s | PVP because um the the drops that you |
| 2469s | need to turn in um also can drop from |
| 2471s | players so sometimes you'll want to gank |
| 2474s | people that you see it cuz they might |
| 2475s | have some of the stuff that you need to |
| 2476s | turn in for credit toward the |
| 2480s | war see the god |
| 2483s | Spike but it's also really easy to get |
| 2486s | trapped in long drawn out PVP |
| 2488s | engagements and let the enemy team just |
| 2491s | grind out |
| 2493s | resources and that's part of the |
| 2495s | strategy is like you know sometimes |
| 2497s | you'll you'll want to tank up and have a |
| 2499s | bunch of people distract uh the group |
| 2502s | from doing the the objectives while |
| 2504s | you're sending out those little side |
| 2506s | squads we've done that a few times in |
| 2508s | our own testing for |
| 2516s | sure found some |
| 2522s | Bandits oh no oh that's us never |
| 2530s | mind all right getting some Bandit |
| 2533s | bloods oh there's an enemy |
| 2536s | here an enemy and a pvp's down that's |
| 2539s | crazy oh no I might need some help |
| 2558s | so it's looking like at least stad is |
| 2560s | done with the rubies so we need to focus |
| 2563s | on Bandits now so there's going to be a |
| 2565s | lot of competition on those yeah we're |
| 2567s | done with rubies too so you're in |
| 2574s | danger what is this pvpve |
| 2583s | oh I'm getting shot from |
| 2595s | above they went all right we got some |
| 2597s | Bandits over here I'm going go turn them |
| 2601s | in just do do you want to talk about |
| 2603s | some of the other uh use cases that like |
| 2606s | we're hoping people will incentivize |
| 2608s | people to want to uh engage in |
| 2611s | war yeah I mean we have uh |
| 2616s | like the goal here is kind of twofold |
| 2618s | for war right there is the player reward |
| 2621s | side of it and then there's the like |
| 2623s | node reward side of it uh obviously we |
| 2626s | want players to be invested in nodes and |
| 2628s | invested in what they have and what they |
| 2630s | can do so you know those things are |
| 2633s | relics they Services their resources and |
| 2637s | you know these wars can deny and even |
| 2641s | steal those things from other nodes but |
| 2644s | also they're personally rewarding right |
| 2646s | like we want to make sure players are |
| 2648s | getting something immediate for |
| 2651s | themselves because obviously we know |
| 2653s | most players aren't going to run a node |
| 2655s | and not every player is going to be |
| 2657s | invested as nodes as some other players |
| 2660s | yeah um so you know those personal |
| 2663s | rewards as we've talked about a little |
| 2664s | bit um in the case of this event uh will |
| 2668s | result in a buff farming in this POI so |
| 2671s | if there's some sweet loot that you're |
| 2673s | looking for from this POI uh winning |
| 2675s | here is really valuable cuz you're |
| 2677s | higher odds of getting it in the future |
| 2679s | or you know while you're farming here |
| 2681s | post this |
| 2682s | event yeah on top of your oh go ahead oh |
| 2686s | on top of your traditional just like |
| 2688s | some XP and some glint you know and |
| 2692s | potentially those kinds of things and |
| 2693s | node |
| 2694s | currency well that's been kind of a like |
| 2697s | a a big part of the I think we talked |
| 2698s | about this actually last time we were |
| 2700s | talking about uh nodes during the |
| 2702s | Caravan live stream but that's been a |
| 2703s | big part of the design ethos of of uh |
| 2706s | the nodes team is like making sure that |
| 2709s | there are a lot of reasons to uh |
| 2712s | participate in nodes so that you don't |
| 2714s | just like node participation isn't just |
| 2717s | um relegated to that like top 1% most |
| 2720s | active most attentive players like you |
| 2723s | can still you still have reasons to |
| 2724s | contribute and participate for a lot of |
| 2727s | on a lot of axes well and it's also |
| 2729s | about making sure that like you're not |
| 2732s | just doing it out of the good of your |
| 2733s | heart right you're doing it because |
| 2735s | you're getting something for your player |
| 2736s | progression |
| 2739s | immediately and you can let like the big |
| 2741s | brain kind of Zerg |
| 2744s | leaders manage the more highend |
| 2752s | right holy smokes dude is insane ran |
| 2757s | into a |
| 2766s | m we had some flankers over |
| 2770s | here did not work out for |
| 2772s | them well it feels like they're like |
| 2775s | outnumbering us is there are there any |
| 2778s | uh planned uh protections for just uh |
| 2780s | Zer B Zer fights for uh large scale |
| 2785s | PVP you know some of that comes down to |
| 2789s | how we design the events right but some |
| 2792s | of it also comes down to combat design |
| 2794s | uh this this event in particular we're |
| 2796s | trying |
| 2797s | to Fan players out by having lots of |
| 2800s | small things they have to do um and then |
| 2803s | at the end when we need to fight over |
| 2805s | this uh channeling this God spike is |
| 2807s | when zergs are supposed to come together |
| 2809s | right so creating a place for zergs uh |
| 2812s | to have something that they want to do |
| 2814s | cuz there are people that do like Zerg |
| 2816s | combat people that prefer the smaller |
| 2820s | skirmishes I think really the way you |
| 2822s | incentivize it too is is like there's no |
| 2826s | stopping players from Zerg V zerging if |
| 2828s | they want but if the objectives reward |
| 2830s | maximally like splitting your forces um |
| 2833s | and and ways we do that is we'll we'll |
| 2836s | create simultaneous objectives in VAR |
| 2838s | highly different areas of the map so if |
| 2841s | you're if you're a one big Zerg ball you |
| 2843s | might be willing or winning your your |
| 2844s | encounters but you're not winning at um |
| 2848s | you know dividing conquering so to speak |
| 2850s | so uh eventually like players will learn |
| 2853s | like yeah if if we play this way we're |
| 2855s | not going to be as |
| 2861s | effective we need |
| 2863s | more imbued |
| 2865s | blood yeah we're falling really far |
| 2867s | behind oh no |
| 2879s | those are the uh those are the off of |
| 2882s | the |
| 2883s | bandits those are off the bandits right |
| 2885s | maybe we should break up and um have the |
| 2888s | have everybody kind of try to get the |
| 2893s | bandits yeah I know a pretty good spot |
| 2895s | for the bandits but it's kind of in |
| 2897s | dangerous |
| 2900s | territory I think at this point we have |
| 2902s | to take the risk their the enemy |
| 2903s | progress is pretty high I do believe |
| 2906s | danger is all of our middle names so |
| 2908s | that should work out true all right so |
| 2911s | it's just south and west of |
| 2916s | the of the enemy's |
| 2920s | Camp |
| 2922s | okay let's try to move South and West |
| 2937s | South and West not going to make it |
| 2941s | there social media man why social media |
| 2947s | man truly the bane of everyone's |
| 2949s | existence dude that guy just got a crazy |
| 2951s | KD on me oh |
| 2955s | no got to got to work on that Nemesis |
| 2957s | system |
| 2960s | right that's right well I got him though |
| 2965s | right in time for cry to kill me from |
| 2967s | hell's |
| 2974s | heart okay I oh who's our raid leader I |
| 2977s | need a raid |
| 2979s | invite I just saw a ranger run past me |
| 2982s | and |
| 2984s | Biz that was concerning mildly |
| 2987s | concerning I'm in |
| 2996s | danger who's our raid |
| 3001s | leader uh I'm not sure the |
| 3005s | vnar backner is on his |
| 3011s | way D fagner can give me a invite oh oh |
| 3016s | no they've beaten us to the channel |
| 3021s | point so now Things become even more |
| 3025s | challenging for us cuz we've got |
| 3027s | to balance holding off holding them off |
| 3031s | of the objective while also trying to |
| 3032s | get more resources so this is a tough |
| 3034s | spot for us to be for sure yeah is rough |
| 3037s | now we have ways to deal with that |
| 3039s | though right now there is some built-in |
| 3041s | catch-up mechanics um in a few minutes |
| 3044s | here some Scholars are going to spawn |
| 3046s | across the POI they'll be marked on our |
| 3048s | map um and they're going to increase the |
| 3052s | time it's required for the enemy to |
| 3054s | channel and drop a hefty amount of the |
| 3057s | materials we need to turn in to be able |
| 3059s | to channel |
| 3062s | ourselves okay that's good so but these |
| 3065s | guys are you |
| 3067s | know group difficulty for people above |
| 3070s | at our level um we're definitely not |
| 3072s | going to be able to send just like a |
| 3075s | small Squad of one or two |
| 3078s | people where are those where we should |
| 3081s | gather up gather up at the headquarters |
| 3084s | yep yep looks like they're popping in |
| 3086s | right now if you look at your map |
| 3087s | they're these little red |
| 3095s | swords okay let |
| 3098s | me let's get the team to kind of |
| 3102s | regroup let's regroup at the |
| 3104s | headquarters and then we |
| 3106s | can try to make our way to those |
| 3110s | locations and what are those again those |
| 3112s | are Scholars that are helping the |
| 3115s | process of channeling so if we kill them |
| 3117s | it'll make it slower for them and we'll |
| 3119s | steal some of their materials got |
| 3124s | it I am grouped up at the base that also |
| 3127s | has a respawn point they are not related |
| 3129s | facts I definitely didn't just get |
| 3131s | killed by |
| 3132s | trat oh no no that can't happen no TR |
| 3136s | has never killed anyone in his life I'm |
| 3138s | a pacifist pacifist |
| 3142s | fighter all right let's let's head out |
| 3147s | all right so there's going to be a |
| 3148s | scholar over here looks like some of our |
| 3150s | guys are already engaging it all right |
| 3152s | let's go let's do this oh we got it oh |
| 3154s | we actually already killed him you'll |
| 3157s | love to see |
| 3160s | it |
| 3162s | nice now they're really taking their |
| 3164s | sweet time going to channel |
| 3166s | though that's good so we've killed one |
| 3169s | out of four of the scholars yep yep I'm |
| 3171s | heading to the next one right now but |
| 3173s | I'm going to need some |
| 3175s | Healers want to keep an eye on them see |
| 3178s | what they're |
| 3181s | doing justo you have |
| 3184s | my focus wand no tr's here camping |
| 3189s | me oh no hate to see |
| 3194s | it okay they're definitely about to |
| 3197s | Channel or they are |
| 3200s | channeling I need |
| 3204s | heals I think we might need |
| 3207s | their |
| 3226s | Channel all right gred's down we got to |
| 3229s | take the scholar |
| 3230s | down yeah we got a good group |
| 3235s | here they are are is that so the uh the |
| 3239s | progress bar is that their Channel |
| 3241s | progress that's their Channel progress |
| 3243s | yeah oh |
| 3245s | no so it should have just gone down we |
| 3247s | just took one of the scholars down |
| 3251s | nice uh and killing all the scholars |
| 3253s | effectively doubles their Channel |
| 3256s | time |
| 3258s | okay uh we've got two Scholars left to |
| 3260s | kill if we can hold them off long |
| 3264s | enough and yeah we're almost at a 100 of |
| 3267s | the imbued blood so we still need people |
| 3270s | killing the um Bandits while we delay |
| 3273s | them with the channel nice I've engaged |
| 3276s | the next one but it seems like no one |
| 3278s | followed me |
| 3280s | here oh |
| 3283s | no going to check out their I'm right |
| 3285s | here where you just |
| 3291s | have check out their headquarters |
| 3300s | oh |
| 3305s | no I'm in |
| 3308s | danger here turn on these |
| 3320s | guys oh |
| 3324s | no I'm gonna see if I can uh |
| 3329s | try to distract them I'm at like |
| 3333s | 50% goat I think is the |
| 3336s | one oh no keenage keenage is the one |
| 3339s | he's almost at 50% no no leave me |
| 3341s | alone we need to take out |
| 3343s | keenage where's the squad it looks like |
| 3346s | all we're coming |
| 3349s | in don't mind |
| 3351s | me oh we only need two more uh we only |
| 3354s | need two more blood |
| 3356s | hey I'm just vibing over here what are |
| 3358s | you guys |
| 3362s | doing all right we got a clear key uhoh |
| 3365s | we have to clear the enemy team off the |
| 3366s | god Spike to be able to |
| 3371s | channel I did a uh did a little dive |
| 3374s | bomb on |
| 3375s | Kenan anybody that's a lot of red oh God |
| 3379s | way oh |
| 3382s | boy uhoh |
| 3388s | nice good retake down okay there we |
| 3392s | go hell |
| 3398s | well all right we've got some clerics on |
| 3401s | the point if we want to have people try |
| 3403s | to |
| 3404s | channel really it would have been |
| 3406s | embarrassing to lose to a ranger you |
| 3414s | know they're definitely pretty all right |
| 3418s | if we can push |
| 3420s | in keep heals on Zeon |
| 3433s | in take my |
| 3442s | buff let me see if I can dive bomb them |
| 3445s | again |
| 3455s | got the pocket heels down Nathan you got |
| 3457s | the pocket |
| 3458s | res |
| 3463s | no I'm never having you on my team again |
| 3466s | dude oh no zon |
| 3471s | left are you even in the raid bro how am |
| 3474s | I supposed to Res you if you're not in |
| 3476s | the raid no I fell out of the raid oh |
| 3479s | man well sounds like a skill issue looks |
| 3481s | like we're |
| 3482s | channeling oh we dropped a |
| 3500s | [Music] |
| 3502s | channel you better heal your Channeler |
| 3504s | it's going to be death from above oh |
| 3508s | no I'm trying let me give you some of |
| 3511s | May my maral |
| 3519s | abilities oh nice nice big Buffs coming |
| 3523s | through love it |
| 3528s | push oh |
| 3531s | no I'm super |
| 3534s | stunned why |
| 3538s | why it was worth the death I had |
| 3541s | to it's like he doesn't even want me to |
| 3543s | play the game got to go Zerg diving |
| 3546s | every now and |
| 3548s | then keep |
| 3557s | pushing all right Eli I Channel her |
| 3560s | Channel |
| 3561s | her get them heals on them |
| 3574s | we're pushing we're pushing |
| 3579s | nice so these uh mayoral and uh dragon |
| 3583s | abilities are pretty impactful do |
| 3586s | uh uh combat team you all want to talk |
| 3588s | through like what you guys were going |
| 3590s | for there what you're kind of seeing |
| 3593s | these look like as we kind of move |
| 3594s | forward and do uh A2 |
| 3597s | yeah I mean the the point at least of |
| 3599s | the um the flying Mount having such |
| 3602s | powerful abilities is there's there's |
| 3603s | only really expected to be one of them |
| 3605s | per side um in at least Wars like this |
| 3609s | um you know because these would be more |
| 3612s | exclusive to the to the mayor um so |
| 3615s | they're intended to be really impactful |
| 3618s | um and also a high priority Target CU |
| 3620s | you can kill the mount and you can kill |
| 3622s | the rider uh so it's on the May to to be |
| 3625s | very care ful like when they're putting |
| 3628s | themselves you know in danger to |
| 3630s | activate these abilities cuz they they |
| 3631s | themselves are such a high priority |
| 3633s | Target |
| 3640s | mhm oh man how we doing on the channel |
| 3645s | not good we keep getting pushed off of |
| 3647s | it |
| 3655s | unfortunately I think like we need to we |
| 3657s | need to try to organize everyone to move |
| 3658s | along the left side and try to push into |
| 3664s | them see if I can give us one more |
| 3677s | ability here's some let's try to push |
| 3680s | together |
| 3689s | nice I need some pocket heals on |
| 3692s | Winstead don't do |
| 3702s | that grad stop trying to kill our |
| 3704s | channelers it's not nice it isn't |
| 3708s | nice there we go nice use to the walls |
| 3711s | was this a tea party I I wasn't was not |
| 3713s | informed |
| 3715s | [Music] |
| 3719s | so we're having a lot of deaths here uh |
| 3721s | I'm sure people are uh worried about |
| 3723s | like what does war being in a war mean |
| 3727s | uh when your rate of dying probably |
| 3728s | increases a lot more than what you'd |
| 3730s | expect when doing normal kind of like |
| 3731s | PVE gam play uh yeah so during |
| 3735s | sanctioned PVP events we turn off |
| 3737s | typical death penalties right like |
| 3740s | you're not going to get um res penalties |
| 3743s | you're not going to get XP debt um |
| 3745s | you're not going to get durability |
| 3747s | damage you will still drop the things |
| 3748s | you have in your inventory though |
| 3751s | mhm or in your material inventory |
| 3757s | specifically so obviously that's like a |
| 3760s | big part of uh this game mode um as far |
| 3764s | as like the larger idea for material |
| 3766s | inventory what was sort of the the |
| 3769s | thinking behind that or is that just |
| 3771s | sort of like a convenient thing to make |
| 3773s | sure that it we're used to things oh |
| 3775s | there you go |
| 3777s | I mean don't stuff your material |
| 3779s | inventory full of stuff before you go to |
| 3782s | war makes sense to me you know when you |
| 3784s | when you're right you're right what can |
| 3785s | I |
| 3790s | say ooh okay oh my goodness oh no now we |
| 3795s | clean up that's a |
| 3800s | problem victory in death Winstead scum |
| 3808s | oh my God they've taken it back how are |
| 3810s | you guys going to take advantage of that |
| 3812s | luck bonus if you don't quite control |
| 3814s | the Zone we won Steven did we win we win |
| 3818s | you weren't even paying attention oh how |
| 3821s | did we win we finished |
| 3824s | channeling it was it was my clutch heels |
| 3827s | ignoring the siren song of juo endlessly |
| 3831s | asking for reses and focusing on real |
| 3834s | targets you guys may have won War but |
| 3837s | you will not win the the battle I think |
| 3841s | that's a little backwards well I you may |
| 3844s | say that Keenan but if you look at the |
| 3846s | point distribution we're 800 to 304 |
| 3850s | right now ooh that's right let's take a |
| 3853s | look at that how'd you guys get so many |
| 3856s | points uh well we won objectives and |
| 3859s | killed you a lot oh my |
| 3861s | God so Okay so we've we completed the |
| 3865s | the event |
| 3866s | that's obviously not the end of the war |
| 3868s | though right correct |
| 3871s | so basically the way Wars are structured |
| 3874s | is a war contains phases and phases |
| 3876s | contain events so there are conditions |
| 3879s | to win a phase and then there are |
| 3881s | conditions to win a war um winning a |
| 3884s | phase gets you some amount of like in |
| 3887s | the moment rewards and some more |
| 3889s | long-term rewards uh winning events gets |
| 3892s | you some amount of in the- moment |
| 3893s | rewards and long-term rewards and then |
| 3896s | the war is like the massive objective |
| 3898s | that you're competing to towards got it |
| 3902s | so what we have gotten if you open up |
| 3904s | your |
| 3905s | map you can hover over this blue |
| 3909s | Banner uh you notice Highwayman Hills is |
| 3911s | controlled by mirle now ah so we've made |
| 3915s | an incursion into their into their area |
| 3918s | yeah so now all of the territory |
| 3920s | associated with highw women Hills is |
| 3922s | ours and the node XP from here goes to |
| 3924s | our node |
| 3926s | um and as a way to kind of incentivize |
| 3928s | players to play here we've given a luck |
| 3930s | buff in this area as well so you can uh |
| 3935s | get increased loot drops while you're |
| 3937s | here farming for your node nice so the |
| 3940s | the citizens of Mirth are rewarded for |
| 3944s | some period of time based on the event |
| 3946s | outcome correct so if we had lost we |
| 3949s | would not be getting this buff or |
| 3951s | siphoning this node XP and Winstead |
| 3953s | would be getting this buff for |
| 3955s | successfully defending their home now |
| 3958s | obviously this is one of many different |
| 3961s | War events and one of the war event um |
| 3966s | reward types um what are some of the |
| 3969s | other events that we're going to be |
| 3971s | introducing during Alpha |
| 3973s | 2 yeah so a big one we want to do uh is |
| 3977s | the service denial so that'd be like |
| 3980s | turning off your caravaner or uh |
| 3983s | shutting down your construction |
| 3985s | buildings for a period of time right so |
| 3987s | like you've built the best blacksmith on |
| 3989s | the server and we don't want this node |
| 3993s | gearing up for something or we we're |
| 3994s | trying to compete with them and we want |
| 3996s | the best blacksmith at our node so we're |
| 3998s | going to go to war and try and shut down |
| 4000s | that service for a period of time okay |
| 4004s | cool that's awesome you know the kind of |
| 4008s | most exciting post A2 one that we want |
| 4011s | to do is uh like is Relic based where |
| 4015s | you can potten steal a relic from a node |
| 4019s | or uh destroy their Relic so it's |
| 4021s | reintroduced into the world and you can |
| 4023s | uh and now your node can acquire |
| 4027s | it awesome and then um obviously we have |
| 4033s | you know we talked a little bit about |
| 4034s | the the mount and how we're going to be |
| 4036s | moving that |
| 4037s | to um level three the level three |
| 4040s | village note for the purposes of of |
| 4041s | entrance A2 same with the mayoral |
| 4044s | abilities and and those mayoral |
| 4046s | abilities are only activatable during |
| 4048s | events or outside of the events as well |
| 4051s | so the mar abilities you used in the |
| 4053s | Showcase are only activatable during a |
| 4056s | war so that means you could activate it |
| 4058s | you know now that the event's over you |
| 4060s | could still use that ability um but only |
| 4064s | within the context of this PVP kind of |
| 4067s | state that the two nodes are |
| 4069s | in but |
| 4071s | the Mayors will also get access to like |
| 4074s | special abilities they can use during |
| 4076s | sieges as well that are uh unique to |
| 4079s | sieges oh very cool love it |
| 4084s | um now obviously uh people watching the |
| 4088s | um the Showcase today about the node War |
| 4091s | and the node War events performance is |
| 4094s | something that we are going to be |
| 4096s | getting really into over the course of |
| 4098s | the next we have gotten into over the |
| 4099s | course of the last uh couple of months |
| 4102s | but we're really going to be digging |
| 4103s | into it over the course of the next |
| 4105s | couple of months as well um what can |
| 4108s | players expect to see both on the client |
| 4110s | side and on the network side uh talk to |
| 4112s | me a little bit about that Zack that |
| 4113s | work so for the client side we really |
| 4115s | expect this to be like a seamless |
| 4117s | experience to where we're going to have |
| 4120s | some like Dynamic load balancers that |
| 4122s | help um you know the best case and the |
| 4125s | worst case where the best case is you're |
| 4127s | you know in a group by yourself |
| 4130s | and the visual Fidelity of that should |
| 4133s | be just as good as the visual Fidelity |
| 4135s | of you know the large scale seizes or |
| 4137s | node Wars and things like that so um |
| 4141s | we're be refining our character shaders |
| 4143s | and everything is going to be really in |
| 4145s | the back end right |
| 4146s | so the player experience should really |
| 4149s | be seamless and we handle everything |
| 4151s | under the hood to make sure that you |
| 4153s | know you get good frame rate during |
| 4155s | these different types of experiences and |
| 4157s | players are also going to have a lot of |
| 4158s | option when options when it comes to |
| 4160s | kind of tuning that experience for their |
| 4162s | specific Hardware uh I know one of those |
| 4165s | that we recently instituted as dlss you |
| 4167s | want to talk to me a little bit about |
| 4168s | that yeah so the dlss integration has |
| 4171s | been great uh on the 40 series in video |
| 4174s | cards we're being able to like nearly |
| 4175s | double our frame rate just by enabling |
| 4178s | the feature right so it's been a pretty |
| 4180s | big win for us yeah and then obviously |
| 4185s | um one aspect of of you know the game |
| 4188s | that you guys are are witnessing |
| 4190s | currently in the in the showcases that |
| 4192s | we've given over our different features |
| 4194s | has been you know visual effects as a |
| 4196s | whole um there is currently underway a |
| 4200s | lot of revisiting some of those effects |
| 4202s | uh from a performance standpoint um as |
| 4205s | well as from like a visual soup |
| 4207s | standpoint uh with regards to these |
| 4209s | larger scale battles and this hasn't |
| 4212s | been you know something obviously that |
| 4213s | we have traditionally focused on because |
| 4216s | you know we're still actively in the |
| 4217s | development process of these particular |
| 4219s | AR types and and all these abilities uh |
| 4222s | but now that we have kind of those base |
| 4224s | kits ready to go for for start of Alpha |
| 4227s | 2 we're going to be focus on focusing in |
| 4229s | on refining them uh and making them uh |
| 4233s | more friendly both on the performance |
| 4235s | side as well as on the visual language |
| 4236s | side uh also right K |
| 4239s | Trad yeah that's right um it's nice when |
| 4242s | those things go hand in hand like you |
| 4244s | don't want to see too much but what you |
| 4245s | do want to see you want it to look good |
| 4248s | so also not just from a um aesthetic |
| 4251s | standpoint but reading the most um |
| 4254s | important gameplay information |
| 4256s | is going to be key like we have to |
| 4257s | identify like what are the most |
| 4259s | important tphs for someone to be a to |
| 4262s | identify an ability that they're |
| 4263s | expected to respond to versus just the |
| 4266s | other kind of fluffing noise that is |
| 4268s | more for the you know the the visual |
| 4270s | fantasy of it um so we we have to kind |
| 4273s | of consider gameplay information |
| 4278s | first absolutely hey if everybody wants |
| 4280s | to come over um near the uh mirror leth |
| 4284s | side um head qus um we're kind of |
| 4287s | gathering up here as we as we finish |
| 4289s | chatting about the Showcase a little bit |
| 4293s | um yeah I mean you know obviously I |
| 4296s | think U people will kind of see the the |
| 4298s | progression that we are reaching now |
| 4300s | towards Alpha 2 there's there's a lot of |
| 4303s | kind of uh performance related tasks uh |
| 4306s | polish and and getting ready for you |
| 4309s | know external players to come in and |
| 4311s | participate I will say one thing that |
| 4313s | has been very beneficial and and the |
| 4316s | studios is uh you know very appreciative |
| 4320s | of our interaction with the Phoenix |
| 4322s | initiative group but they have been um |
| 4325s | really successful in assisting us play |
| 4329s | test you know this particular uh |
| 4332s | gameplay feature that is Wars and the |
| 4334s | war events but also you know they did so |
| 4336s | with the Caravans and and will continue |
| 4339s | to do so over the course of the next |
| 4340s | couple of months and we will begin to at |
| 4343s | some point in the very near future |
| 4345s | extend in that out um uh as we draw |
| 4348s | closer to Alpha 2 uh to some alpha 1 |
| 4351s | participants also hey let's let's keep |
| 4354s | it friendly let's keep it friendly let's |
| 4355s | not let's not attack these poor people I |
| 4357s | can solve that |
| 4358s | Stephen oh okay here we go let's see oh |
| 4363s | The Peacemaker we have done it well done |
| 4367s | while rubbing the score in our faces I |
| 4370s | know really you |
| 4371s | gotta very nice got to let them know um |
| 4376s | now mass mass combat is going to be |
| 4378s | something that is is tested as part of |
| 4380s | uh obviously Alpha 2 um you guys are |
| 4383s | seeing here a a brief taste of that um |
| 4387s | as it relates to these node Wars and |
| 4389s | these node War events um but there are |
| 4392s | going to be PVE contents raids um world |
| 4396s | bosses that players are going to be |
| 4397s | expected to kind of interact with um in |
| 4399s | a similar fashion of player density so a |
| 4402s | lot of that performance work we were |
| 4403s | talking about obviously goes to make |
| 4405s | sure that that those experiences are |
| 4407s | enjoyable um that they are running |
| 4409s | smoothly for the players um that's going |
| 4411s | to be our Focus over these next uh few |
| 4413s | months here um talk to me about war |
| 4417s | rewards um what are the the types of War |
| 4420s | rewards that we are going to be starting |
| 4422s | Alpha 2 with but also going to be |
| 4423s | implementing um in the long run |
| 4426s | Chris sorry multitasking again Stephen |
| 4429s | time yeah yeah just talking a little bit |
| 4431s | about kind of the the war rewards um |
| 4434s | that are going to be available obviously |
| 4436s | now but also as we continue into Alpha 2 |
| 4438s | what are some of those rewards that we |
| 4440s | want to kind of get up and running yeah |
| 4442s | you know there's a a large laundry list |
| 4446s | but I can hit you with a couple few here |
| 4448s | um the big ones that we want to hit are |
| 4453s | pulling up my list um so obviously like |
| 4457s | you're seeing the Buffs with winning |
| 4458s | teams I talked a little bit about like |
| 4461s | disabling Services uh siphoning gold |
| 4464s | from the enemy node uh |
| 4466s | uh we want to do temporary mayorship |
| 4469s | control where the winning mayor can kind |
| 4472s | of take over a |
| 4474s | limited uh limited control of the node |
| 4477s | that they defeat um reducing taxes for |
| 4480s | the citizens within that winning node |
| 4482s | obviously stealing their node XP which |
| 4484s | is what we're doing |
| 4485s | here um and then we also want to do |
| 4489s | stuff where this enables new content |
| 4491s | that is exclusive for the winners right |
| 4493s | like doing this means a raid boss spawns |
| 4496s | that um you know that the winners can |
| 4499s | participate in |
| 4501s | killing awesome very cool um what are |
| 4505s | some other topics that we you know I was |
| 4507s | definitely zoned in a little bit during |
| 4509s | the during the uh the game play there |
| 4512s | for the event so um what are some of the |
| 4516s | topics that we kind of you know wanted |
| 4517s | to chat about as well we can we can |
| 4519s | bring up now um I know that we had |
| 4523s | mentioned uh the |
| 4526s | um excuse me the mount abilities we |
| 4529s | talked a little bit about the mounts uh |
| 4531s | how that's going to work there's also |
| 4531s | going to be Mount abilities that are for |
| 4533s | Basic Land mounts as well um those will |
| 4536s | be at entrance uh for for Alpha 2 um so |
| 4541s | it's not that just obviously the Mayors |
| 4544s | have access to these cool you know |
| 4545s | Dragon Mounts uh but players will |
| 4547s | obviously have access to mounts and some |
| 4549s | Mount abilities um also that's work that |
| 4551s | you've been uh doing right Trad with uh |
| 4554s | with red exactly yeah um those are |
| 4557s | already in progress as well they won't |
| 4558s | be as spectacular epic and you know raid |
| 4561s | raid uh impacting as as the mayor ones |
| 4565s | cuz we have to account for potentially a |
| 4568s | hundred of them present instead of two |
| 4570s | but like you'll still have you know |
| 4572s | stuff you can do to more more at a |
| 4575s | personal level like you know getting you |
| 4577s | know like a cc break or a Sprint um you |
| 4580s | know that kind of stuff um so cool |
| 4584s | awesome um |
| 4587s | all right well guys that was fun I |
| 4589s | really enjoyed it and and you know |
| 4591s | played well and and obviously there's |
| 4593s | still a ways to go when it comes to you |
| 4596s | know continuing to develop this ahead of |
| 4598s | A2 um but I think that you know what |
| 4601s | we're looking for from the community is |
| 4603s | to kind of talk to us |
| 4605s | about how you felt with regards to the |
| 4608s | event the node War system as a whole um |
| 4612s | the mass PVP um you know these are |
| 4615s | obviously things that that we want to |
| 4617s | get feedback on um we've gotten as I |
| 4619s | said a tremendous amount of feedback |
| 4621s | when it comes to our PI testers but now |
| 4623s | as you guys are getting an opportunity |
| 4625s | to kind of see this for the first time |
| 4627s | um what it plays out as and just to |
| 4629s | remind everyone like these events are |
| 4631s | not the node War and the node war is not |
| 4633s | just these events outside of the Prime |
| 4637s | Ed events which is for a particular |
| 4640s | server location may occur between you |
| 4643s | know 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. um local time |
| 4645s | for that |
| 4646s | server uh outside of that there is still |
| 4649s | the war |
| 4650s | overall and that war overall is |
| 4652s | essentially being openly flagged uh for |
| 4654s | PvP with the citizens of the two nodes |
| 4659s | um you know give us your thoughts about |
| 4661s | that about the system it is a key |
| 4664s | component of the of the pvx aspect uh |
| 4667s | and it does carry with it some |
| 4668s | significant uh rewards obviously keeping |
| 4670s | in mind that visual effects uh |
| 4673s | performance UI are still a work in |
| 4674s | progress a lot of that is getting |
| 4676s | touched up over the next few months uh |
| 4678s | but give us your thoughts about what you |
| 4680s | saw here today with that being said I |
| 4682s | must say to our Phoenix initiative job |
| 4685s | well done your assistance is always very |
| 4688s | much appreciated as well as our glorious |
| 4691s | guests our Engineers Kyle uh Keenan Zach |
| 4694s | um along with our designers TRD and |
| 4696s | Chris and of course our lovely prod |
| 4698s | producer Nathan you guys have done a |
| 4700s | phenomenal job in standing up this |
| 4702s | particular feature for A2 I think I |
| 4703s | speak for the community when I say |
| 4705s | everyone is very excited to to play this |
| 4707s | to compete with one another their |
| 4709s | friends uh and to have some some um some |
| 4712s | rivalry in justest uh as it is meant to |
| 4715s | be obviously uh that's what MMOs are all |
| 4719s | about um with that being said thank you |
| 4721s | guys for joining us I hope you guys out |
| 4723s | in the community enjoyed it and we will |
| 4724s | see you back on stream very soon bye |
| 4728s | everybody thanks y'all cheers GG bye |