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| 20s | hello everyone and welcome to another |
| 24s | live stream in the world of Vera I am |
| 26s | joined today by three glorious |
| 29s | developers actually we have quite a few |
| 31s | of our developers are participating in |
| 33s | today's live stream I'm not going to go |
| 35s | through everyone you'll see their |
| 36s | usernames their game handles on the top |
| 39s | left side in our radioi but I have three |
| 43s | amazing developers who are joining us |
| 45s | today that have all taken part in |
| 47s | helping to design the Cyclops and the |
| 49s | combat that goes around it I know you |
| 51s | guys in the community have been very |
| 52s | excited to kind of see uh today's |
| 53s | demonstration We're not gonna get too |
| 56s | elaborate in the designs of the Cyclops |
| 58s | right because we don't want to spoil it |
| 60s | for you but just as disclaimer this is |
| 62s | one of the very first world raid bosses |
| 65s | that'll be available for players to |
| 67s | participate in so this is not super end |
| 69s | game but it is going to give you some |
| 71s | insight into how we're designing these |
| 72s | encounters and first up we have one of |
| 74s | our senior designers Mr Doug how are you |
| 77s | doing Doug |
| 79s | ah good evening I am doing pretty well |
| 81s | I'm excited to show this off uh we've |
| 83s | been working on it for a while and so |
| 84s | yeah I'm super excited for you guys to |
| 87s | show it off too I know you guys have |
| 87s | been hard at work on this one and a lot |
| 89s | of other creatures and this is your |
| 91s | first time joining us on the stream |
| 92s | isn't that right that is correct so I |
| 93s | have not streamed before super exciting |
| 96s | we have a stream virgin with us very |
| 98s | cool |
| 99s | um we also have with us uh one of our |
| 102s | glorious uh senior technical designers |
| 105s | uh Mr Jason how you doing Jason hey |
| 108s | how's it going and you are the uh this |
| 112s | one's your baby right this Cyclops it |
| 114s | was kind of your design |
| 115s | yeah been plucking away at him for a |
| 118s | while |
| 119s | I remember the first time we we chatted |
| 121s | about this guy you had such a a great |
| 123s | kind of uh uh premise for his backstory |
| 126s | and and his the design elements of it I |
| 128s | was I thought it was super cool I love |
| 130s | the detaching tree which our viewers are |
| 132s | going to see in a little bit so I'm |
| 133s | super excited that you have an |
| 134s | opportunity to kind of talk with the |
| 135s | community about this and get their take |
| 136s | on on some of these designs |
| 139s | um and then we have a one of our |
| 140s | regularly occurring uh senior designers |
| 143s | on the combat side Mr tradd how you |
| 145s | doing Trad |
| 146s | doing great great good to be back as |
| 148s | always yes welcome so we find ourselves |
| 151s | here |
| 152s | in the riverlands and it appears to be a |
| 157s | winter time it's beautiful actually I |
| 160s | really like it so one of the first |
| 162s | things I would love |
| 163s | um to chat with you guys about is kind |
| 165s | of how you set up this particular raid |
| 169s | boss the Cyclops |
| 171s | um in the riverlands talk to me a little |
| 172s | bit about his pathing like where does he |
| 174s | live in the world what's his backstory |
| 175s | just tell me things about him |
| 180s | yeah I think you could take this one |
| 181s | Jason |
| 182s | all right um so yeah like um the Cyclops |
| 186s | his name is tumak and |
| 188s | um |
| 189s | a long time ago |
| 191s | um he you know is from the land of |
| 194s | sujoma and that's where like all the |
| 196s | cyclopses are from |
| 198s | um he decided it would be a good idea to |
| 201s | try to align himself with the the |
| 203s | Ancients |
| 204s | um that then invaded Vera and um he took |
| 207s | some of his followers to fall on his |
| 209s | footsteps and that didn't work out so |
| 211s | well for him |
| 212s | um he's uh |
| 215s | he's he's the last remaining Cyclops of |
| 217s | of his you know his people he took to |
| 220s | try and uh join the Ancients and uh the |
| 223s | rest of his people kind of exiled him |
| 225s | for that and they didn't want him back |
| 226s | so it's kind of all on his own and and |
| 229s | is has kind of paid for some of those |
| 231s | mistakes of misaligning himself okay so |
| 234s | he's got a little bit of a backstory |
| 235s | some pain in there you know maybe some |
| 237s | betrayal and I guess he kind of turned |
| 240s | against his fellow citizens of Vera |
| 242s | where are you guys at by the way I know |
| 243s | I know we have a couple parties that are |
| 245s | hanging back at the camp oh there you |
| 246s | guys are why don't you come join me over |
| 248s | here I wanna I wanna talk a little about |
| 250s | you know kind of his pathing and I |
| 252s | noticed that there are also some like |
| 253s | winter spiders over here or something |
| 255s | what is going on over here |
| 257s | yeah so there are some giant spiders |
| 259s | over here and one thing that we'd like |
| 262s | to demonstrate today is that you know |
| 263s | not every enemy in Vera is going to just |
| 266s | behave like your simple you know aggro |
| 269s | immediately and beeline for you uh the |
| 272s | giant spider might not necessarily want |
| 274s | to engage these scary looking Adventures |
| 277s | um so he's gonna stand off and you know |
| 280s | hope that you |
| 281s | you know back away and look at that it's |
| 284s | so creepy I love the atom for this so |
| 287s | he's he's kind of not necessarily |
| 288s | aggering but he's just like don't come |
| 291s | any closer like keep talking back off |
| 294s | get away yeah he is kind of peacocking |
| 297s | I'm said to him vulnerable because I |
| 298s | want us to be able to kind of walk with |
| 300s | the Cyclops as we see him start to path |
| 302s | here uh but I I wild animals just you |
| 306s | know not every single wild animal is |
| 307s | gonna immediately be lying for you and |
| 309s | so that's the kind of behavior we want |
| 310s | to capture some more ambient behaviors |
| 311s | you might not expect to see in MMO maybe |
| 313s | some creatures hunting each other you |
| 315s | know these kinds of you know more |
| 317s | believable behaviors from wild animals |
| 320s | that's super cool oh yeah I like them |
| 323s | that that's awesome it adds an element |
| 324s | of immersion I feel like |
| 327s | so you know if you do stay if you do |
| 329s | stay within their range or get too close |
| 330s | to them then you know they might defend |
| 332s | themselves so that's super cool so talk |
| 335s | to me a little bit about |
| 336s | um the Cyclops and its path and how you |
| 339s | guys kind of determine |
| 341s | um you know where this guy's gonna Roam |
| 342s | and and why it's an important aspect |
| 344s | that the boss is kind of roaming through |
| 346s | the woods you know or through the world |
| 349s | yeah so we we work with the the world |
| 352s | team to to decide what that path is |
| 355s | going to be and we want to make sure |
| 356s | that that there's something of Interest |
| 359s | no you know and there no matter where |
| 361s | you go vulnerable just in case I'm sorry |
| 364s | go ahead you're good yeah no matter |
| 367s | where you look no matter what path you |
| 370s | go down that there's always a chance |
| 371s | you're going to see something you didn't |
| 372s | expect or you didn't see before so |
| 375s | I love this guy he's so massive and I |
| 379s | like how he kind of walks through the |
| 382s | trees triggering their destruction |
| 389s | interacts the environment like that |
| 391s | yeah definitely gonna help you uh to |
| 394s | listen you can just listen in the woods |
| 395s | and if if he's patrolling around you're |
| 398s | gonna hear him |
| 399s | oh my gosh this guy's huge now right oh |
| 402s | oh sorry my bad I thought for a second |
| 404s | there he was gonna agree me but just so |
| 406s | you guys are aware in the Stream I've |
| 408s | I've set myself to invulnerable so that |
| 410s | we can kind of just walk near him and |
| 413s | see his massive nature |
| 416s | and Doug Jason talk to me a little bit |
| 419s | about the inspiration for this guy as a |
| 420s | character model like what were you guys |
| 422s | you know working with the character |
| 424s | teams to kind of I notice he has this |
| 426s | massive tree talk to me a little bit |
| 428s | about that element |
| 430s | yeah I think that was actually a little |
| 431s | bit improvised in the design based on |
| 433s | what the character came back with Jason |
| 434s | if you want to talk about that |
| 437s | yeah when the character artists were |
| 439s | making this they had this cool idea of |
| 441s | just having this giant tree weapon that |
| 443s | a cyclops would hold and um we took that |
| 446s | idea and just kind of embraced it um |
| 448s | make it part of his character and the |
| 450s | embellishments that he wears and |
| 453s | um using that to kind of inform what |
| 455s | type of encounter that he might be so we |
| 458s | ended up making the tree like a pretty |
| 459s | core part of it and informs some of his |
| 463s | combat abilities and phase transitions |
| 466s | even in the fight yeah I mean it's a |
| 468s | collaborative process sometimes it's |
| 470s | designed asking for something specific |
| 471s | from art and sometimes art is what it |
| 473s | forms the design so |
| 475s | oh he looks great the character did a |
| 478s | great job with this do you know who's a |
| 479s | character artist that worked on this was |
| 480s | it Keith Urban Keith |
| 483s | or could have been gentsy or somebody |
| 485s | yeah they did a great job either way I |
| 488s | mean it looks looks phenomenal I know we |
| 490s | have a couple of parties that are going |
| 492s | to assist us with this particular fight |
| 494s | talk to me a little bit about |
| 496s | this encounter as a raid boss you know |
| 499s | what is the expectation from the actual |
| 502s | raid size that that you guys are |
| 504s | anticipating for the design |
| 506s | I think that's gonna that's gonna vary |
| 509s | depending on the level of the raid |
| 510s | obviously and then sort of how geared |
| 512s | they are |
| 513s | um but we're kind of aiming for |
| 514s | somewhere between you know 16 and you |
| 517s | know 32 |
| 518s | um probably depending again on level and |
| 520s | equipment |
| 522s | very cool so this guy's a really early |
| 524s | kind of uh World boss and we want to |
| 527s | introduce players early to the idea of |
| 530s | these raids and by the way as we're kind |
| 532s | of chatting about this those of you who |
| 533s | are going to be helping us defeat this |
| 535s | guy with our uh two parties if you want |
| 538s | to start heading over to the arena we |
| 541s | are waiting here for you I will set |
| 543s | myself off of the GM and vulnerability |
| 545s | here |
| 547s | see |
| 548s | um |
| 550s | there we go |
| 552s | hopefully I don't agree him |
| 554s | um you know it's important as we were |
| 555s | talking about to kind of introduce |
| 556s | players uh into uh what rating really |
| 559s | means in ashes and talk to me a little |
| 561s | bit about kind of the general design |
| 563s | approach you take uh with creating these |
| 565s | types of encounters you know they're |
| 567s | obviously phases there's different |
| 568s | elements in those phases that kind of |
| 570s | change dynamically the the way you want |
| 572s | players to interact what are we gonna |
| 574s | see here a little bit |
| 576s | yeah this is definitely like a a more |
| 578s | introductory rating experience |
| 581s | um so it's not going to be too |
| 582s | complicated but I think there are some |
| 583s | really interesting mechanics regardless |
| 585s | and I think Jason can talk about those |
| 588s | um yeah so when I when I first started |
| 590s | designing this guy |
| 591s | um you know we had uh Trav and the other |
| 594s | guys on the archetype team looking at |
| 597s | you know forming the classes that people |
| 599s | have been seeing over the scene over the |
| 600s | live stream and you know really before |
| 603s | um those kind of come to fruition |
| 606s | um and knowing like you know what the |
| 608s | full abilities are and everything we I |
| 610s | started the design with you know the |
| 611s | core Trinity in mine |
| 613s | um so the roles are very obvious |
| 617s | um tanks will tank healers will heal and |
| 619s | DPS will |
| 621s | um try to take down the targets that |
| 622s | they need to and starting from there I |
| 624s | tried to |
| 625s | um |
| 626s | keep that in mind not not to uh over |
| 628s | complicate it so that |
| 630s | um they always have that like individual |
| 632s | training idea amongst the different |
| 633s | mechanics |
| 635s | um |
| 635s | yeah so we got some classic Staples in |
| 637s | here we've got you know ads that off |
| 639s | tanks are going to have to peel off |
| 641s | um and crowd control that's going to |
| 643s | need to be applied to Those ads we've |
| 645s | got priority targets are going to pop up |
| 647s | that need to be killed we've got you |
| 649s | know damage that's going to be |
| 650s | unavoidable so that you know even though |
| 652s | the expert group that can dodge all of |
| 654s | his avoidable attacks you know the |
| 656s | healers are still going to have work to |
| 657s | do to keep everyone alive |
| 659s | very cool very cool love it I know you |
| 663s | guys will notice obviously on the uh the |
| 665s | stream that there have been some updates |
| 667s | to a little bit of the uh nameplates |
| 670s | that Colby and the UI team have |
| 671s | implemented as well as some of the |
| 673s | targeting plates as well but who do we |
| 676s | have as our tank today |
| 680s | Doug will be tanking all right all right |
| 683s | very cool and then we also have |
| 686s | um I'll be playing as a mage but |
| 689s | um |
| 690s | I will be trying to capture some good |
| 692s | shots of the encounter to a degree Chad |
| 695s | what are you playing |
| 696s | I am a mage as well just look at you oh |
| 699s | okay very cool |
| 701s | and then how about you Jason |
| 702s | I'm playing the cleric nice well Doug I |
| 706s | don't want to stand in the way of your |
| 708s | greatness so please by all means sir you |
| 711s | may commence when ready |
| 713s | all right Leroy Jenkins Leroy let's do |
| 716s | this yeah try not to let me dodge it |
| 719s | yeah no promises |
| 721s | uh he's an angry to muck |
| 725s | oh my God that looks like it hurts yeah |
| 730s | if you don't block that you get smooshed |
| 733s | I love his animation so talk to me a |
| 736s | little bit about some of these attacks |
| 738s | what what do you got going on here Jason |
| 740s | and Doug |
| 743s | um so yeah his first phase |
| 745s | um here he has a lot of uh physical |
| 748s | attacks but he also employs a lot of |
| 750s | attacks using his tree like we see there |
| 751s | but the roots hitting us and right now |
| 754s | you can see he's also he's he's |
| 757s | um pulling some fungus out of the tree |
| 759s | and using that to heal himself |
| 762s | um he has a tank Spike attack where he |
| 765s | smashes the the tree into the tank that |
| 767s | Doug was blocking earlier |
| 770s | and generally does a lot of like AOE |
| 772s | Splash damage |
| 774s | that other melee will want to avoid not |
| 777s | stand stand together yeah he's not um |
| 780s | particularly complex uh raid boss but |
| 782s | he's a great example that of sort of |
| 785s | what we want to do with large creatures |
| 786s | and Ashes having them interact with the |
| 788s | environment having that that camera |
| 790s | shake that you know those knockdowns |
| 792s | that make it feel like he is here and he |
| 795s | is crushing you |
| 800s | all right |
| 803s | no he looks oh my God he keeps just |
| 806s | charging there |
| 809s | I'm just barely missing him |
| 811s | now talk to me a little bit about kind |
| 814s | of the raid Boss Designs like you guys |
| 817s | are working with multiple stages I |
| 819s | noticed that right now he's just kind of |
| 821s | you know roaming around he has different |
| 824s | targets on his hate list tell me like |
| 826s | what's your general philosophy how did |
| 828s | you guys approach this |
| 830s | yeah so I think um I just ended this a |
| 833s | little bit earlier but we designed this |
| 836s | boss pretty early on when a lot of the |
| 837s | classes were still their sort of nasic |
| 839s | form so we really just wanted to focus |
| 841s | on the whole the Trinity you know making |
| 843s | sure that everyone has a purpose in this |
| 846s | read a role whether you're someone who's |
| 848s | focused on CC whether you're a tank A |
| 850s | Healer a DPS you know giving those |
| 852s | classic mechanics to give everybody a |
| 854s | job in the in the raid like right now |
| 856s | for instance he's put this tree down and |
| 858s | there are going to be |
| 860s | um these healing caps that appear |
| 862s | and those are going to be a priority |
| 863s | objective for DPS to take down before |
| 865s | they grow to full size because if they |
| 867s | do he's going to go over he's going to |
| 869s | stomp him and he's going to get healed |
| 870s | for a huge percentage of his health |
| 873s | wow |
| 875s | so we got to take this tree out because |
| 878s | he's just gonna keep healing |
| 880s | yeah and you definitely gotta switch |
| 882s | over to those healing caps when they |
| 884s | appear |
| 888s | there that's super cool so he so he |
| 890s | heals off of the mushrooms as well |
| 893s | yeah and as a player if you destroy them |
| 896s | or even if he Stomps on them if you |
| 897s | happen to be nearby when they blow up um |
| 899s | you can cut that heel as well so if |
| 902s | you're taking some damage from the |
| 903s | Thorns from the tree or you got hit by |
| 905s | one of his large uh you know stop |
| 906s | attacks you know you might have a chance |
| 908s | to get healed up if you run over to |
| 910s | those mushrooms before they pull up |
| 912s | okay we almost have this tree down come |
| 914s | on guys focus it down Focus major DPS on |
| 917s | the tree |
| 918s | let's try to kill this thing |
| 921s | it's almost done get it get it before he |
| 923s | picks it up |
| 924s | yes everything release it all |
| 927s | oh well done oh |
| 931s | oh |
| 932s | God why is he so mad |
| 936s | he does not like when you break his |
| 937s | weapon what the heck |
| 939s | I mean who would |
| 943s | Jason where'd you get the idea for that |
| 945s | for the kind of tree totem |
| 948s | um a lot of that came from the uh |
| 950s | original uh design that we got from |
| 952s | character art in that we really enjoyed |
| 956s | the way the that it's energized with his |
| 958s | looks we wanted to employ the use of the |
| 961s | tree as as like a core part of his uh |
| 963s | encounter |
| 966s | um we ended up using it as like a |
| 968s | magical like a magical tree where he |
| 970s | gets a lot of his abilities but without |
| 972s | that he seems to get really mad and his |
| 974s | more Primal Cyclops giant nature comes |
| 977s | back as we see here |
| 982s | wow that's cool so talk to me about |
| 984s | those kind of slams that he's doing and |
| 986s | also I noticed like as he's running |
| 988s | around the trees are falling the stone |
| 991s | obelisks are kind of getting destroyed |
| 993s | is there intent for these kind of |
| 996s | environmental |
| 998s | um hazards to exist as well as part of |
| 1000s | the raid design yeah absolutely for our |
| 1003s | large creatures you know Cyclops is |
| 1004s | dragons things like that we we want to |
| 1007s | make sure that the world feels Dynamic |
| 1008s | and it's reacting to their big size you |
| 1011s | know if a huge you know |
| 1013s | 20 meter tall Beast is walking through |
| 1016s | the woods and not knocking down a single |
| 1018s | tree that just doesn't feel believable |
| 1020s | so we want to make sure that you know |
| 1022s | you're gonna steer that and that's gonna |
| 1023s | be a way you can know in the distance |
| 1025s | there's something that you want to go |
| 1027s | and investigate |
| 1032s | that is super cool I died but I'm on my |
| 1035s | way back |
| 1038s | those slams hurt really bad yeah |
| 1043s | um one of the aspects of the the phases |
| 1045s | in this fight is actually that uh he has |
| 1048s | those healing abilities when he has his |
| 1049s | totem tree against nature magic but uh |
| 1052s | and he is more Primal when he's in this |
| 1053s | phase as a result you can take him down |
| 1055s | a little quicker when he's enraged but |
| 1057s | it's also going to be a lot more |
| 1059s | incoming damage for your healers to work |
| 1060s | through so |
| 1062s | um depending on your raid composition |
| 1064s | your you know equipment level you might |
| 1065s | want to sustain longer in that earlier |
| 1068s | phase even if it takes the while through |
| 1070s | all that healing um because if you push |
| 1072s | him too early uh you might just wipe |
| 1079s | oh I love it guys |
| 1081s | here he goes no no no no no no no no no |
| 1083s | no no no no |
| 1088s | no it's getting crushed there right |
| 1090s | under his fists |
| 1093s | oh this poor guy |
| 1097s | look at him |
| 1099s | his little eye |
| 1102s | wow that was very cool well done guys |
| 1104s | that was awesome does he have any loot |
| 1108s | can we loot him I wonder oh |
| 1112s | sword of the Briar home a longbow |
| 1115s | a short bow and a mace oh very nice well |
| 1119s | that was a lot of fun very well done I |
| 1122s | thought that that was very cool guys as |
| 1124s | you guys are watching this remember |
| 1126s | obviously this is one of the earliest |
| 1127s | World bosses in ashes of creation that |
| 1130s | you'll have an opportunity to encounter |
| 1131s | just getting your feet wet and what the |
| 1132s | raid boss system is going to look like |
| 1135s | we have a lot of fun designs that are |
| 1137s | intended with a lot of different |
| 1139s | creatures but give us your feedback what |
| 1141s | are the raid bosses you enjoyed in other |
| 1142s | games that you've played what about the |
| 1144s | mechanics what about the phases that you |
| 1146s | thought were were cool what did you |
| 1148s | enjoy seeing here today |
| 1150s | um and what would you like to see in the |
| 1152s | future but otherwise Trad Jason Doug |
| 1156s | thank you guys for joining us and giving |
| 1158s | us a little sneak peek under the hood of |
| 1160s | the encounter design particularly as it |
| 1162s | relates to tumak The Wretched I thought |
| 1165s | that that was that was super cool a lot |
| 1167s | of fun |
| 1168s | um and I look forward to seeing more |
| 1169s | from you guys in the future but with |
| 1171s | that being said uh I would like to thank |
| 1174s | you all and we will see everyone back on |
| 1177s | stream here in just a moment |
| 1179s | bye everybody |
| 1184s | [Music] |