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| 10s | thank you |
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| 15s | [Music] |
| 28s | hello everyone and welcome to another |
| 32s | glorious live stream day I'm super |
| 34s | excited to be with you guys show you |
| 36s | what we've been working on and I have |
| 39s | the absolute privilege of being joined |
| 41s | by two of our Stellar developers helping |
| 45s | bring the world of Vera to life for all |
| 48s | of us |
| 49s | one of our glorious designers Mr Corey |
| 53s | how are you doing Corey I'm doing great |
| 55s | super excited to be here excited to have |
| 57s | you here I'm excited to to go through |
| 60s | with the community and get some awesome |
| 63s | feedback on the changes that have |
| 66s | happened since Alpha One Last year to a |
| 70s | lot of our |
| 72s | resource systems to the economy as a |
| 75s | whole and I know that you and the other |
| 77s | designers have been working hard |
| 80s | um |
| 80s | looking at the feedback that players |
| 82s | have given from recent games they played |
| 85s | and and thinking about how with further |
| 88s | details along some of our systems like |
| 90s | Land Management and how they've |
| 91s | influenced some of these changes since |
| 92s | Alpha One |
| 93s | and we are also joined by one of our |
| 98s | absolutely phenomenal senior gameplay |
| 101s | Engineers Mr Alex how you doing buddy |
| 105s | I'm doing pretty well excited to be here |
| 107s | excited to have you as well because of |
| 109s | course |
| 111s | the magic lives in the code and you have |
| 115s | done an awesome job in helping design |
| 119s | and bring to life the desires that they |
| 121s | have for this system and we're going to |
| 123s | get into I think some fun discussion |
| 125s | about what it took to make some of this |
| 128s | stuff possible so |
| 132s | community may already be aware |
| 134s | um this |
| 136s | live stream this demonstration is going |
| 138s | to be about our gathering and harvesting |
| 141s | systems and you know while we are hard |
| 144s | at work and getting things ready for |
| 145s | Alpha 2 |
| 146s | there have been some |
| 149s | um significant changes in the direction |
| 151s | of how we're approaching General |
| 154s | harvestables within the world and we |
| 156s | want to be able to to obviously show you |
| 158s | guys that |
| 160s | um I think you know right now we're |
| 161s | recording this on on Thursdays this is |
| 163s | pre-recorded um tomorrow is live stream |
| 165s | day I've asked the community team to |
| 167s | prepare some of the older references |
| 170s | from Alpha One and what Gathering looked |
| 173s | like there and of course you guys knew |
| 174s | that that |
| 175s | you know in development we're always |
| 178s | showing you guys Works in progress and |
| 180s | those Works in progress change over time |
| 183s | um and now you guys are going to get an |
| 184s | opportunity to see |
| 187s | um where it's at now you likely just saw |
| 189s | an example of where it was last year |
| 192s | and I think you are going to be |
| 195s | pleasantly surprised and excited to see |
| 197s | some of these changes where do you guys |
| 199s | think we should start first Alex Corey |
| 203s | oh I think we should lock down one of |
| 205s | those trees uh I think so though okay so |
| 208s | my first question Corey |
| 210s | do I have to pick a specific tree or can |
| 214s | I chop down any of these trees |
| 218s | you can chop down any tree you want |
| 220s | just pick one that you like |
| 223s | and just take that Lumber oh my goodness |
| 227s | all right so to that's that is probably |
| 229s | the first major reveal is that |
| 234s | in ashes of creation |
| 237s | we have now |
| 239s | expanded the resource Gathering system |
| 242s | to include |
| 245s | a great many of what the world is |
| 248s | showing you of these resources so when |
| 250s | you see a tree you can chop a tree if |
| 253s | you see a rock you can mine a rock |
| 256s | and |
| 258s | before we actually chop this tree down I |
| 261s | want to tell you that I have played a |
| 263s | lot of MMOs I played a lot of games |
| 266s | and I don't think I have ever seen |
| 270s | a tree fall |
| 273s | to this high of a visual Fidelity |
| 275s | standard |
| 277s | before |
| 278s | and let me just chop this down and then |
| 281s | we can talk about what it took to get |
| 283s | here |
| 284s | all right does this tree look good |
| 285s | should we chop this one down has the |
| 287s | angle here we're going to get a nice |
| 288s | view from this angle okay all right |
| 291s | let's just chop them |
| 296s | I love the new UI oh I know |
| 300s | and the sound get ready it's happening |
| 305s | oh my gosh look at the dust kick up look |
| 309s | at the canopy of the tree get impacted |
| 312s | and when it falls wait wait that's not |
| 315s | all as it dissolves it comes back and it |
| 319s | grows |
| 320s | and of course we are speeding up this |
| 323s | growth stage right Alex |
| 325s | yeah yeah okay yeah so we're speeding |
| 327s | this up now to just to give you guys an |
| 329s | idea of how these assets regrow in the |
| 332s | world |
| 333s | and Alex talk to me a little bit about |
| 335s | what it took to to get that |
| 337s | physics-based Collision actually working |
| 341s | like that because that was impressive |
| 344s | oh let me just begin with the amount of |
| 346s | visibility reviews we had to go through |
| 348s | to in order to achieve this I remember |
| 350s | when I first talked to you about having |
| 353s | the canopy get rigged and and actually |
| 357s | have that physics component I think your |
| 359s | your eyes grew like 50 wider |
| 362s | uh yeah physics is a wild beast it's |
| 366s | very hard to tame |
| 368s | especially in MMOs yeah absolutely so |
| 371s | what what exactly did it take to to make |
| 374s | that |
| 375s | that uh that canopy fold like that |
| 379s | uh well yeah basically what happens is |
| 383s | um when you shop down the tree uh we |
| 385s | swap out uh the static mesh which you |
| 387s | see in front of you um to a skeletal |
| 389s | mesh which then we simulate physics and |
| 391s | apply force uh to the direction we want |
| 394s | the tree to fall and when the tree falls |
| 397s | down we have colliders on tree branches |
| 400s | that impact the ground and as they did |
| 403s | parks in ground it also impacts the stem |
| 405s | of the tree and making this effect that |
| 408s | you just saw |
| 410s | I mean it looks great I honestly I mean |
| 413s | have you guys ever played an MMO with |
| 415s | that type of of tree visual falling |
| 420s | I don't no not really definitely not |
| 423s | usually just mostly animations or it's |
| 425s | just converts straight into Lumber and |
| 427s | then they just you know just drops yeah |
| 429s | what I'm accustomed to is like just |
| 431s | watching the branches kind of you know |
| 433s | intersect through the ground |
| 436s | you know after it falls and then it just |
| 438s | disappears |
| 439s | um but of course as you guys know |
| 442s | you know in building ashes we're really |
| 445s | aiming for a very high visual Fidelity |
| 447s | bar |
| 448s | um |
| 449s | and I think this type of system really |
| 452s | complements that goal it's incredibly |
| 455s | immersive |
| 457s | um |
| 458s | and it it feels good |
| 460s | now of course this stuff is all a work |
| 462s | in progress still right this is uh oh |
| 464s | this is going to land let's see that |
| 466s | physics uh okay that's not bad that's |
| 469s | pretty good |
| 471s | this is what I was telling you about |
| 472s | taming the physics yeah exactly |
| 476s | oh that that felt pretty good now of |
| 479s | course |
| 480s | um you know there's a there's a lot that |
| 482s | goes into |
| 484s | making a world that's filled with this |
| 488s | amount of of resources that can be |
| 491s | gathered Corey talk to me a little bit |
| 493s | about what this change |
| 496s | um in really widening up the amount of |
| 500s | resources and changing those |
| 502s | classifications to to General resources |
| 504s | that are harvestable what does that look |
| 506s | like from an economy design perspective |
| 509s | well I mean it allows us to to leverage |
| 513s | um some of some of our other systems |
| 515s | um like uh one of our previous live |
| 517s | streams was it was about Seasons right |
| 519s | and |
| 521s | um you know the the changes that could |
| 523s | come from Seasons |
| 524s | um what could be growing what could be |
| 526s | dropping in this season versus another |
| 528s | one right |
| 530s | um so uh the |
| 533s | the the change to have everything that |
| 536s | you see uh gatherable kind of uh allows |
| 540s | us to attach the changes that you see |
| 541s | during the seasons to all the |
| 543s | gatherables that you see |
| 545s | um so the information that you learn |
| 546s | from season to season and about each |
| 549s | each gatherable |
| 551s | um will be valuable to you as as a |
| 554s | gatherer and |
| 557s | yeah absolutely and then the other thing |
| 559s | is you know when we talk about like for |
| 563s | example looking at this this rock here I |
| 567s | don't know what that rock is before I |
| 570s | actually complete the Harvest but after |
| 572s | I complete the Harvest I see that I |
| 573s | collected Basalt in the bottom right |
| 575s | hand corner |
| 576s | talk to me a little bit about kind of |
| 578s | that decision and what that means yeah |
| 580s | totally so so |
| 582s | um you know there's a bunch of different |
| 583s | things in ashes that will be gatherable |
| 585s | right we have good plants and trees and |
| 587s | rocks and fish and uh that animals and |
| 590s | creatures that can be tamed right and |
| 593s | um you know |
| 594s | we're thinking to reach the visual |
| 596s | Fidelity bar and to have things a little |
| 598s | bit more rooted in uh what we know is |
| 601s | that um it wouldn't really make sense |
| 603s | for you to see gold all over the world |
| 605s | the same way that you would like you |
| 606s | know plant some trees so we wanted to |
| 609s | get feedback on what players think about |
| 612s | um you know some of the different |
| 613s | gatherable types having kind of |
| 615s | different things that you would have to |
| 617s | know and expect from them so rocks are a |
| 619s | good example of this where you know you |
| 621s | you can see a rock but until you crack |
| 623s | that thing open you don't know if it's |
| 625s | full of stone |
| 626s | um crystals rubies gold |
| 628s | um so uh we wanted to try that out with |
| 632s | with some of our gatherables to to have |
| 634s | players have to open this thing up and |
| 637s | that's not to say that we players won't |
| 639s | stumble on a nice load or vein or geode |
| 642s | of gold but most of the stuff that they |
| 645s | would they would find to the world |
| 646s | unless they they look hard enough |
| 648s | um would require them to crack that |
| 651s | Stone open right and of course there are |
| 655s | additional systems some that we haven't |
| 657s | really gone into too much detail on but |
| 661s | um as an example surveying play can play |
| 665s | a key role in helping players to |
| 668s | identify |
| 670s | locations of rare resources within an |
| 673s | area is that correct |
| 675s | yeah definitely talk to me a little bit |
| 678s | about surveying |
| 679s | yeah so surveying um is a way that |
| 681s | players can |
| 683s | um check out an area for for resources |
| 686s | um so players can learn where resources |
| 689s | are that are that are static and that |
| 691s | grow back in the same location but we'll |
| 694s | also have resources and Ashes that can |
| 696s | spawn anywhere so surveying will help |
| 699s | players locate those those resources so |
| 702s | if they're looking for something |
| 703s | specific they can hunt them down |
| 705s | surveying will also allow players to |
| 708s | uncover hidden resources that players |
| 710s | wouldn't be able to see with their with |
| 712s | their naked eye |
| 714s | another thing that a surveying would |
| 717s | provide is some of the information that |
| 718s | we're talking about before right |
| 720s | um like for instance |
| 722s | um if you survey uh and inside of your |
| 725s | your survey area there's you know plants |
| 727s | um you might learn when that plant uh |
| 730s | what season that plant likes to grow it |
| 732s | um you might learn uh whether it likes |
| 734s | to be watered during the winter versus |
| 738s | how it likes to be watered in the summer |
| 739s | uh you might see I see that this the |
| 742s | interior of this rock now has ore in it |
| 746s | uh yeah see you found one with some uh |
| 749s | with some iron so not all those rocks |
| 751s | are are just you know slabs of assault |
| 753s | you might might find some iron maybe |
| 755s | some gold maybe some copper we'll see oh |
| 758s | that is super cool uh this one was also |
| 760s | iron very nice |
| 762s | it looks like you found a little little |
| 764s | iron deposit there and so so when |
| 766s | players interact with the Survey System |
| 770s | talk to me a little bit about what that |
| 772s | interaction looks like what exactly does |
| 776s | the survey |
| 777s | gameplay layer |
| 779s | feel like |
| 781s | yeah so um you'd work with a surveying |
| 785s | tool and you set the the surveying tool |
| 787s | down and that tool would have a a |
| 789s | specific area |
| 791s | um in which it it's able to uncover and |
| 794s | extract information about the resources |
| 796s | that are in the area |
| 798s | um |
| 799s | so you know as as a starting out |
| 802s | gatherer you might end up with one of |
| 804s | the tools right but as you as you |
| 806s | progress and become |
| 808s | more proficient with using the tool you |
| 810s | might be able to set up additional |
| 812s | pylons and extend the uh the area of |
| 814s | your survey |
| 819s | um right and so that allows you to start |
| 821s | kind of making shapes and having more |
| 823s | strategic areas that you're that you're |
| 825s | surveying right if you could connect |
| 827s | multiple pylons to create a shape you |
| 830s | know maybe you could follow the uh the |
| 833s | um the twisting caverns of the cave uh |
| 835s | maybe if you're out in the open like we |
| 837s | are here you could just try and make |
| 839s | yourself a a nice wide widen shape to uh |
| 843s | scan as much of the area as possible so |
| 845s | it'll be it'll be up to the player to |
| 847s | um to be tricky with their surveying |
| 850s | tool to try and get the most uh |
| 851s | efficiency out of their survey okay I |
| 855s | would like to to point out one thing is |
| 858s | that um are these Apple bushes |
| 862s | I'm collecting apples and they're like |
| 864s | from a bush |
| 865s | they are they are from a bush that is |
| 867s | awesome |
| 869s | dude hey this is a Vera I know this is |
| 872s | this is Vera there are apples that grow |
| 874s | on bushes |
| 875s | uh so this the Survey System I think is |
| 878s | one that's really cool because it also |
| 881s | all is a part of this kind of cohesive |
| 886s | um |
| 888s | Land Management System right |
| 891s | um is that resources spawn at a set rate |
| 894s | and that rate can be influenced by how |
| 899s | other players are interfacing with the |
| 903s | resource system within a given area and |
| 906s | if there is a high traffic and a high |
| 909s | volume of interaction that is yielding |
| 913s | um these General resources or more |
| 915s | specific and bespoke resources then that |
| 918s | can have a deleterious effect on the |
| 921s | Land Management score of the area and |
| 924s | how does that affect the resource spawn |
| 928s | yeah it could be could be positive or |
| 931s | negative or or both uh simultaneously so |
| 934s | um the the land house value right turns |
| 937s | um ties into the health of a specific |
| 940s | ecosystem and the ecosystem can kind of |
| 943s | scale with uh different different |
| 944s | segment sizes of the world |
| 947s | um or the world itself a biome maybe a |
| 949s | maybe a node maybe the a player's |
| 951s | Freehold |
| 953s | um and the the things that a player does |
| 955s | um uh in those areas will contribute to |
| 957s | to Health in a positive or negative way |
| 959s | so you know doing something like |
| 961s | rotating your crops |
| 963s | might increase the the health of the |
| 966s | land because that's considered something |
| 968s | good to do |
| 970s | um and maybe apprehending |
| 973s | um or removing poachers that are over |
| 975s | hunting a a certain species could be |
| 979s | helpful to the health of the land uh |
| 981s | baby |
| 983s | um you know the mayor puts out a request |
| 986s | for players to try and get rid of |
| 988s | invasive species that are plants maybe |
| 991s | they're maybe they're overgrowing weed |
| 993s | and it's um it's stopping other um |
| 996s | valuable plants from growing yes |
| 1000s | and uh |
| 1003s | um yeah so so you know every every |
| 1006s | action would feed into to a positive |
| 1009s | thing in in one area for for the health |
| 1011s | of the land but it could also have |
| 1013s | repercussions in another right if a few |
| 1016s | over hunt Predators |
| 1018s | um the prey have no uh have no |
| 1021s | um uh Predators but |
| 1024s | um picking them off so the spawn rates |
| 1027s | of those uh you know those rabbits that |
| 1029s | the Wolves usually take care of could |
| 1031s | could go up |
| 1032s | um and maybe if you over hunt the |
| 1034s | rabbits uh the the Wolves want to find |
| 1037s | another place to go so |
| 1039s | um the the ecosystem health and land |
| 1042s | Health System allows us to really root |
| 1045s | players into the world and learn about |
| 1047s | their surroundings learn learn about uh |
| 1050s | what |
| 1052s | um repercussions their their actions |
| 1053s | have and work together to work within |
| 1057s | and manipulate that system |
| 1059s | all right are you telling me if my Land |
| 1061s | Management is poor and I cut down all |
| 1062s | the trees my land would just be bearing |
| 1064s | for |
| 1065s | like long periods of time |
| 1067s | yeah I could definitely extend the |
| 1069s | amount of time um that it would take for |
| 1071s | what you want to grow to grow back |
| 1073s | oh that's cool that is pretty cool and |
| 1076s | that is |
| 1079s | another component of how player activity |
| 1083s | or actions within the world have a |
| 1088s | visible and systemic effect |
| 1092s | on that world's economy and that helps |
| 1094s | to simulate the ebb and flow of supply |
| 1099s | chains of the prevalence in the locality |
| 1105s | of |
| 1106s | certain resources being depleted |
| 1109s | and having extended |
| 1112s | periods of time where the players go |
| 1115s | without that and that can spur the need |
| 1118s | for transiting materials across the |
| 1121s | world right |
| 1122s | exactly exactly |
| 1125s | that is pretty cool so are you saying |
| 1128s | I'm gonna have to travel to other notes |
| 1129s | and steal their Lumber |
| 1131s | well now that's a decision you need to |
| 1134s | make |
| 1135s | you need any help with that you can |
| 1138s | recruit me so I see here that |
| 1141s | um we have a particular type of flower |
| 1143s | that I believe only spawns in winter is |
| 1147s | that right |
| 1148s | yeah totally this is this is the gloomy |
| 1150s | Pro Set it's a beautiful flower but it |
| 1152s | can only be found uh in winter |
| 1155s | oh the next I love the uh I love I love |
| 1159s | the uh the effect that it just that |
| 1161s | flower just got wrecked yeah that |
| 1163s | sickle's doing work I know let me see if |
| 1166s | we can watch that flower regrow here |
| 1168s | does it regrow |
| 1170s | flower of course yes definitely should |
| 1173s | are you coming back Little Flower oh |
| 1175s | there it is I've we found it oh and it's |
| 1178s | in a bulb State I can't interact with it |
| 1180s | yet that is so cool it's not ready you |
| 1182s | want the petals so oh yeah and then |
| 1184s | actually to add to this each state has |
| 1187s | its own physics profile like it's so |
| 1189s | trees like you sell the |
| 1191s | um flowers right here and some profiles |
| 1194s | might not have any collision and some |
| 1196s | might have so for example as for trees |
| 1199s | sapling stage requires no Collision but |
| 1202s | the young stage will have a collision |
| 1203s | which no longer can uh you know go |
| 1206s | through oh that is pretty cool now |
| 1209s | um I mean sorry |
| 1211s | Slurpee is his gamertag uh Alex talk to |
| 1215s | me a little bit about |
| 1217s | um what you had to |
| 1219s | do to kind of make all of this |
| 1221s | performant right when you're |
| 1223s | when you're creating an environment with |
| 1227s | so many of these terrain actors these |
| 1230s | foliage actors |
| 1232s | being interactable that can have some |
| 1236s | potential performance issues how did you |
| 1238s | go about addressing that |
| 1239s | yeah you're correct uh this is a very |
| 1241s | difficult task and luckily for us in |
| 1243s | real four and real five provide tools |
| 1246s | for environment artists called foliage |
| 1249s | tool where you can just paint like trees |
| 1252s | paint flowers paint uh you know rocks |
| 1255s | like everything you see and it's very |
| 1258s | very performant because |
| 1260s | um you know artists paid thousands of |
| 1262s | them right and to make the world very |
| 1264s | immersive to make world like you know |
| 1266s | believable uh so what we've done is we |
| 1269s | uh basically use the same system and |
| 1271s | introduced a few States and the main |
| 1274s | point of that was to make it as seamless |
| 1278s | as possible for environment art to place |
| 1280s | those assets in the world and design |
| 1284s | being able to modify those uh data |
| 1288s | points to make it transitions between |
| 1290s | states |
| 1292s | that's pretty cool and you know |
| 1294s | obviously when you have potentially |
| 1296s | hundreds of different players that might |
| 1300s | be within close proximity uh as you and |
| 1305s | they're all in this environment |
| 1306s | interacting with those |
| 1308s | different elements of the terrain those |
| 1311s | different resources and gatherables this |
| 1315s | is a nice way for us to ensure that |
| 1319s | performance is is still good |
| 1322s | um |
| 1323s | correct I think the biggest uh thing |
| 1326s | would be here also networking is being |
| 1328s | able to uh have as less data as possible |
| 1332s | to uh send to the clients so it's more |
| 1335s | performant on the server that's cool one |
| 1338s | other thing I want to talk about is |
| 1340s | um |
| 1341s | is you will see here and I want to show |
| 1344s | you guys this that when you chop down |
| 1348s | this tree |
| 1350s | previously you had seen it kick up dust |
| 1353s | that was relevant for the season and the |
| 1356s | area and now what happens when we chop |
| 1359s | this tree down in winter |
| 1361s | let us see |
| 1364s | I hope it doesn't hit the deer oh that |
| 1366s | would be unfortunate I also hope it |
| 1369s | doesn't hit okay it's working we're good |
| 1370s | you're good dear don't you worry |
| 1374s | it kicks up snow |
| 1377s | what is that |
| 1379s | is that a sandal is that a sandal |
| 1381s | scarecrow |
| 1382s | it looks like it oh it's a sandal |
| 1385s | scarecrow up and we're in the face |
| 1388s | I think there was a collision of a |
| 1390s | skeleton mesh that's right that was cool |
| 1392s | this is awesome oh I love that that is |
| 1396s | so cool little sandal scarecrow oh and |
| 1398s | it's growing back |
| 1400s | yeah that is that is super cool |
| 1402s | um |
| 1403s | so there are really two main points of |
| 1407s | player feedback from this demonstration |
| 1409s | that I want you guys in the community to |
| 1412s | think about |
| 1414s | um when you are talking about what you |
| 1416s | saw today |
| 1417s | the first one is how do you guys feel |
| 1421s | about the change that is incorporating |
| 1426s | a much higher amount of gatherable |
| 1431s | gatherables in the environment right now |
| 1435s | obviously like I said these are General |
| 1438s | resources that are primarily geared |
| 1440s | towards construction and development of |
| 1443s | nodes the transit of materials across |
| 1447s | the world through Caravans |
| 1449s | repairs and then they are General |
| 1452s | resources uh that are used in a |
| 1457s | um uh in a uh much more foundational way |
| 1462s | of creating higher tier mats that then |
| 1466s | get used in recipes as well but how do |
| 1470s | you guys feel about that broadening of |
| 1472s | the resource resources available |
| 1475s | out in the wild and then the second |
| 1479s | thing that we want to get |
| 1482s | feedback on what was the second thing we |
| 1484s | wanted to get feedback on |
| 1485s | the uh the visual Fidelity that we're |
| 1488s | trying to reach oh right yes the visual |
| 1491s | Fidelity how do you guys feel about the |
| 1493s | visual Fidelity |
| 1495s | um of these trees and the Rocks |
| 1499s | um that are oh my gosh this one is going |
| 1502s | to take a while get ready that's a big |
| 1504s | tree it's a Timber |
| 1507s | oh my gosh now of course there are some |
| 1511s | things that we that you guys are not |
| 1513s | seeing here because they're not yet |
| 1514s | implemented but professions will of |
| 1518s | course |
| 1519s | um introduce layers of accessibility |
| 1523s | based on the type of resource the size |
| 1526s | of particular resources isn't that right |
| 1528s | Corey |
| 1530s | yeah definitely yeah um your progression |
| 1532s | within the the profession we'll uh we'll |
| 1535s | take account what tools you can use |
| 1538s | um there might even be some opportunity |
| 1539s | to uh do some gathering with other |
| 1542s | players uh that you know typically in |
| 1544s | other games that I play do you usually |
| 1546s | do the the Gathering alone you're |
| 1548s | venturing around alone and we wanted to |
| 1550s | uh take a look at maybe having a friend |
| 1553s | to help you with a true person saw on a |
| 1555s | larger tree |
| 1557s | um maybe there's uh some panning that |
| 1559s | you could do as opposed to just hitting |
| 1562s | uh or with the pickaxe so we'll have |
| 1564s | other tools that are part of that |
| 1565s | progression path and then other |
| 1567s | activities that uh players can do if |
| 1570s | they would like to gather together |
| 1572s | that is pretty cool and then on top of |
| 1576s | that progression within your profession |
| 1578s | can also |
| 1580s | um speed up the Gathering times that you |
| 1583s | have |
| 1584s | um and another important note is that |
| 1586s | like as these resources reach different |
| 1589s | stages of their maturity in coming back |
| 1592s | right you see that plant kind of um |
| 1594s | growing back |
| 1596s | you could potentially access the |
| 1598s | resources at earlier stages as well by |
| 1601s | having high advancement within a certain |
| 1604s | profession is that correct yeah exactly |
| 1607s | um the speed the the time at which |
| 1610s | you're able to access them maybe the the |
| 1612s | amount that the thing yields will all |
| 1614s | kind of tie into your your expertise at |
| 1617s | that uh individual Gathering profession |
| 1619s | and also the uh the um |
| 1622s | uh things that you're using to do the |
| 1624s | Gathering oh can I highlight one |
| 1626s | additional thing yeah I love I love the |
| 1628s | new UI for interaction yeah thank you |
| 1631s | thank you so much to Colby and Natalie |
| 1633s | and Jeff and all the UI team and I'll |
| 1636s | take this opportunity to thank |
| 1637s | engineering and and art at Tech art too |
| 1639s | like you know Stephen had mentioned |
| 1642s | um that we came with the crazy idea of |
| 1645s | reaching this visual Fidelity bar and |
| 1647s | being Mia's being a gathering player |
| 1649s | myself like I spend a whole lot of time |
| 1653s | um exploring the world and doing |
| 1655s | Gathering and it means a whole lot to me |
| 1657s | that that it looks good that it feels |
| 1659s | good and Roots me in the world right |
| 1660s | when players spend hundreds or thousands |
| 1662s | of hours exploring around and you know |
| 1665s | each time they interact with these |
| 1666s | things over and over again they just you |
| 1668s | know disappear or |
| 1670s | um you know there's there's not the |
| 1671s | level of touch that we're trying to put |
| 1673s | on here |
| 1674s | um it doesn't feel quite right so the |
| 1676s | fact that everyone kind of rallied |
| 1678s | together to to offer something like this |
| 1680s | like absolutely but it just makes me |
| 1682s | super excited to play the game I want to |
| 1685s | play the game I know we all want to play |
| 1687s | the game let us in Stephen |
| 1691s | you guys are the guts of it come on now |
| 1695s | um okay |
| 1696s | there is one other |
| 1698s | um one other thing I want to talk about |
| 1700s | is |
| 1701s | um also how you guys feel about the |
| 1704s | interaction of surveying with revealing |
| 1708s | resources within the world and without |
| 1710s | that element |
| 1711s | for example what we showed you today |
| 1714s | with mining you may not know what you're |
| 1718s | gonna get until you complete that |
| 1719s | harvesting action |
| 1721s | um how are you guys feeling about that |
| 1723s | we think that it creates an interesting |
| 1726s | dynamic between utilizing resources |
| 1729s | necessary to initiate that surveying |
| 1731s | sequence |
| 1733s | and what it represents for players as |
| 1736s | they choose to spend their time and or |
| 1738s | uh the meaningful choice they might make |
| 1741s | in moving to a particular area based on |
| 1745s | what resources are available in that |
| 1746s | location and discovering that through |
| 1748s | the surveying system |
| 1750s | that's another point of feedback that we |
| 1752s | want to collect uh from you guys so with |
| 1755s | that being said |
| 1756s | um are there anything else that you guys |
| 1758s | want to chat about before we close off |
| 1761s | I think we covered it all just uh thanks |
| 1764s | for including me in the chat appreciate |
| 1766s | it thank you can't wait to hear |
| 1767s | everyone's feedback super super excited |
| 1769s | it's gonna yeah this was fun this was |
| 1771s | lots of fun thank you for advice |
| 1773s | absolutely I think it's going to be a |
| 1774s | lot of fun to watch players interact |
| 1776s | with the new Gathering systems |
| 1778s | um as people get to |
| 1780s | um you know see how surveying and Land |
| 1782s | Management |
| 1783s | um accompany a player actions within the |
| 1785s | world so with that being said guys we |
| 1787s | did want to give you this update on |
| 1789s | where Gathering has come to now both |
| 1791s | from a visual bar as well as give a |
| 1793s | little bit of insight to the new systems |
| 1795s | like surveying and Land Management and |
| 1798s | we want you to chew on that we want you |
| 1800s | to think about that and give us your |
| 1801s | feedback uh both in the YouTube video on |
| 1805s | Twitch honor Forums on Discord all the |
| 1807s | places |
| 1808s | we of course appreciate that and it is a |
| 1811s | very important step |
| 1813s | um in in bringing you guys Alpha 2 and |
| 1815s | ultimately ashes of creation so with |
| 1817s | that being said Thank you guys hope you |
| 1819s | enjoyed and we will see you back on |
| 1822s | stream |
| 1823s | bye-bye bye |
| 1827s | [Music] |