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| 20s | hello everyone and welcome to yet |
| 23s | another stream in Vera and we have an |
| 26s | exciting stream for you today we are |
| 28s | going to be talking about one of of the |
| 31s | most core experiences that that all of |
| 33s | us come to expect from the MMOs that we |
| 35s | play and that is questing but ashes does |
| 38s | questing a little bit differently than |
| 41s | your average MMO and today to help me |
| 43s | talk about that I have three of our |
| 47s | absolute glorious developers two our |
| 50s | senior designers on the narrative side |
| 52s | Scott Tony how are you guys doing doing |
| 55s | great I'm awesome I am aw Everything is |
| 59s | Awesome yes |
| 61s | absolutely um you are awesome and your |
| 64s | guys' team have been have been doing an |
| 66s | an awesome job at creating compelling |
| 69s | stories and I'm excited to kind of go |
| 70s | through these today with the community |
| 72s | and give them some in insight into what |
| 75s | they can expect uh with their normal day |
| 77s | in ashes of creation and of course one |
| 80s | of the gentlemen behind the magic uh our |
| 83s | glorious engineer Tyler is joining us as |
| 85s | well Tyler how you doing buddy I'm doing |
| 88s | amazing thank you so much for having me |
| 90s | absolutely excited to have you too so we |
| 93s | are starting out in a familiar space |
| 96s | obviously this is the node of Mirth we |
| 99s | have been here before we have turned in |
| 102s | some glorious uh Caravans within this |
| 105s | node and you know some of you might be |
| 108s | thinking to yourself well outside of |
| 110s | Caravans outside of these Grand kind of |
| 112s | core architectural systems like |
| 115s | citizenship and housing and story arcs |
| 119s | and you know all of those of those types |
| 122s | of of systems what is the normal |
| 125s | daytoday questing like in ashes of |
| 128s | creation and we're going to look at this |
| 129s | from a solo player perspective and later |
| 132s | on we might have some Aid and and uh |
| 135s | assistance uh in completing perhaps some |
| 137s | of the group based stuff but it all |
| 140s | begins in a node and it begins |
| 143s | specifically at this location what am I |
| 145s | looking at here Scott so this is a |
| 148s | commission board every mode has many |
| 151s | different commission boards depending on |
| 153s | what service buildings are installed |
| 155s | there and commissions are basically |
| 156s | these teeny tiny little single objective |
| 160s | quests that are sort of like appetizers |
| 162s | or quick little digestible things to |
| 165s | help you get out into the world and |
| 167s | start progressing both your character |
| 168s | and your node contribution okay cool and |
| 170s | I see that these commissions obviously |
| 172s | there's eight of them that I can see |
| 174s | here that says that it refreshes in the |
| 175s | next roughly 30 minutes uh although the |
| 178s | clock is not moving for some reason let |
| 180s | let's see if that oh it is moving we're |
| 182s | just not seeing a live update so that's |
| 184s | a bug guys I do want to take this moment |
| 186s | uh |
| 188s | to to to obviously give our standard |
| 191s | disclaimer everything you see here is a |
| 193s | work in progress uh obviously we are |
| 195s | working towards our Alpha 2 which is an |
| 198s | alpha of Ashes of creation we're here in |
| 200s | the riverlands you're going to see UI |
| 201s | you're going to see VFX you're going to |
| 203s | see systems like this um that are still |
| 206s | in a very functional State um but we we |
| 210s | are looking at a very um a very pretty |
| 213s | board here and these kind of remind me |
| 214s | about a little bit about cards almost |
| 216s | they feel like cards kind of um and |
| 218s | there's some standardized information on |
| 220s | here I see level I see some reward I see |
| 223s | some basic information about the story |
| 226s | of these commissions and I also see some |
| 228s | colors talk to me a little bit about the |
| 230s | colors sure so commissions uh they come |
| 233s | in basically different Rarities the same |
| 235s | way that collectible cards might so |
| 236s | pretty astute there uh we the rewards or |
| 240s | the rewards basically grow quite a lot |
| 243s | depending on the Rarity of the |
| 245s | commission that gets dealt and and these |
| 246s | get dealt for everybody like on this |
| 248s | board so in this node right so and you |
| 251s | can improve your chances of getting rare |
| 252s | commissions for your node depending on |
| 254s | how you develop your node okay very cool |
| 257s | absolutely um the Oak and Bane Overlook |
| 259s | I just I just took that I see that it's |
| 262s | been added to my object objective |
| 263s | tracker and uh Minotaur sounds pretty |
| 266s | interesting so I'm going to grab those |
| 269s | and I should be able to now see them |
| 271s | obviously in my journal um this gives me |
| 274s | under mirth kind of my active |
| 275s | commissions that are here within this |
| 277s | node um and I can take a look at the map |
| 280s | I assume here and go around and take a |
| 283s | look at the objectiv so we have the |
| 286s | scatter The Horde that's here um and Oak |
| 290s | and Bane Overlook here which is good |
| 293s | because I think we have some business |
| 295s | perhaps in the oen Bane area we shown |
| 297s | that off before but it has some some |
| 299s | updated interesting things going on |
| 301s | there okay so let's let's grab these two |
| 303s | and let's let's head out um obviously |
| 305s | you were saying these are these are kind |
| 307s | of bite-sized digestible easily let me |
| 309s | grab and go um you know show some |
| 312s | progress in the world but commissions |
| 314s | are more than just bite-size pieces of |
| 318s | content they ALS they also feed other |
| 321s | content systems too right talk to me a |
| 323s | little bit about how that |
| 326s | works yeah Tyler you can take this one |
| 328s | oh sure yeah I'll take it um so right |
| 331s | every every 30 minutes or so the board |
| 333s | will refresh the server will query a |
| 336s | bunch of different information about uh |
| 338s | the world um and this is from ranging |
| 340s | from uh story arcs uh that are active |
| 344s | story arcs that have been completed uh |
| 346s | weather time of day uh whole bunch of |
| 348s | different range of |
| 350s | factors very cool and then oh go ahead |
| 353s | yeah no no sorry go ahead the board will |
| 356s | attempt to deliver uh commissions that |
| 358s | are relevant to these areas and they |
| 360s | will try to lead you into areas where |
| 362s | more content can be found kind of like a |
| 364s | cascading effect of uh commissions and |
| 367s | and events and and just general things |
| 370s | to do okay speaking of events I see I |
| 372s | just had a popup here a pale hornless |
| 375s | Minotaur is idling nearby and beckons me |
| 379s | interesting so that is a call out for |
| 383s | one of our side quests which are they're |
| 385s | like commissions but but but better uh |
| 388s | Tony do you want to talk about those a |
| 389s | little bit |
| 391s | yeah side quests are like commissions |
| 393s | you know what you're getting with them |
| 395s | you you go go to a commission board and |
| 398s | pick out your car as what you want but |
| 400s | side quests these are a variety of |
| 403s | quests with a variety of of objectives |
| 406s | that are exist in the actual World |
| 409s | itself so they can be hidden in various |
| 414s | ways and so during your adventures you |
| 418s | want to pay attention around you cuz one |
| 420s | might pop up on your map and you if |
| 422s | you're lucky you might notice it and be |
| 424s | able to obtain it and it might lead into |
| 427s | a really big Quest chain cool or in the |
| 430s | very least connect to a larger story |
| 432s | awesome and I'm looking at one of these |
| 434s | guys here his name is many exiled |
| 436s | Berserker now we've seen minitar in the |
| 439s | past but minotaurs actually are a minor |
| 443s | faction in ashes and and there are |
| 445s | different um tribes of minitar and |
| 448s | different uh kind of species influence |
| 451s | for the minotaurs this guy apparently is |
| 454s | friendly so I could talk with him okay |
| 456s | cool look at this guy it's got a little |
| 458s | profile going on watch yourself godling |
| 462s | my Ki work nearby and they shall Brook |
| 465s | no |
| 469s | intrusion you save yourself somebody on |
| 471s | voice acting perfect I love it I said I |
| 474s | love it it is so cool no the the writing |
| 476s | is is is impeccable it's impeccable um |
| 480s | okay let's talk to him why is he |
| 481s | standing here okay so he's trying to |
| 484s | deliver some pus to his brother uh but |
| 487s | he's forbidden to see |
| 489s | him okay let's see if I can take it over |
| 492s | there uh he's too weak to fight that's a |
| 495s | rude thing to say about your brother |
| 498s | um knows his limitations you know okay |
| 501s | so I've received a minitar pus and I see |
| 504s | here I have some rewards just to deliver |
| 506s | this um that includes some dull glitch |
| 510s | some experience and some cheap |
| 512s | coin yep so uh side quest can give a |
| 516s | variety of rewards uh they're bespoke |
| 518s | for the side quest itself so uh as you |
| 521s | progress this chain of side quests here |
| 524s | you can you can unlock things that are |
| 525s | specific toward minotaurs whether it's |
| 527s | like their rare sort of crafting Regents |
| 529s | uh recipes for their stuff um all kinds |
| 532s | of different things can pop up and uh |
| 535s | just like any of our spawning |
| 537s | systems uh like with what Tyler is |
| 540s | getting at with the commission board um |
| 542s | they all are reading World states to |
| 544s | determine what is allowed to spawn and |
| 547s | where it should spawn and things like |
| 548s | that so different side quests can appear |
| 550s | depending on the world State as well |
| 552s | okay very cool all right I see here I |
| 555s | have this guy named |
| 557s | Maho or girl yes that is who you should |
| 559s | be delivering your pus to and also they |
| 562s | have an available quest for |
| 564s | me as |
| 566s | well I have brought aus from your |
| 571s | brother let's see here yes I'll accept |
| 574s | that reward very |
| 576s | nice a look at him he's kind of they're |
| 581s | stretching see if he's got something |
| 582s | else for me so this kind of leads us |
| 584s | down the daisy chain like Tony was |
| 585s | talking about of you know different |
| 588s | connective tissues of story throughout |
| 590s | the world relate either to the |
| 592s | commission the events or story arcs in |
| 595s | general |
| 596s | exactly uh and the |
| 600s | especially like missions and side quests |
| 603s | like those in completing those you're |
| 605s | going to be participating |
| 608s | in activity Maps which you've laid all |
| 611s | around here and those can spawn events |
| 615s | those can make a number of things happen |
| 616s | which then will in turn influence you |
| 618s | know further spawns that can happen and |
| 619s | things like that okay cool and I also |
| 621s | see you know this is obviously thematic |
| 623s | right it relates to kind of our |
| 625s | progression of itemization I see this |
| 627s | person has a a recipe for a store STM |
| 629s | caller's axe he is also talking about an |
| 633s | event that relates to some type of it |
| 636s | looks like storm beneath the stone |
| 638s | Shadows |
| 640s | perhaps correct uh so that event is not |
| 643s | currently happening but uh you can |
| 645s | provoke that event uh basically by |
| 648s | working on your |
| 649s | commission uh to slay minitar that will |
| 652s | that will draw out their their leader |
| 654s | whose name is Yuna um but it's sort of |
| 657s | incumbent upon you and other players to |
| 660s | to provoke that event got it okay so so |
| 663s | provocation means essentially I need to |
| 666s | kill |
| 667s | 10 uh 10 minur 10 basically Minotaur any |
| 672s | type of Minotaur here and that's just |
| 673s | for your commission the activity map is |
| 675s | actually a separate tally a separate |
| 677s | counter we've tuned it down for the |
| 679s | purpose of the live stream because it's |
| 680s | just you here but other players that had |
| 682s | grabbed that commission from the node |
| 684s | might be here as well helping and that |
| 685s | would that would progress that counter a |
| 687s | lot more |
| 688s | rapidly |
| 690s | good luck with the birds oh no my gosh |
| 693s | this guy summoned a bunch of birds ah |
| 695s | got him cool so the summon the summon |
| 698s | creatures actually dissipate with the uh |
| 700s | NPC that you kill the the correct the |
| 705s | Summoner and the world team has done a |
| 707s | very very good job with the like setting |
| 710s | up the encounters here and the points of |
| 712s | interest I think are looking great and |
| 715s | they feel great to play through they |
| 716s | counter are difficult if you're not |
| 717s | careful um if you're pulling multi mobs |
| 720s | I don't know who would do such a thing I |
| 721s | know my God I hey that's why I have |
| 723s | sleep that's true |
| 729s | yeah that was a nice Arc thank you it |
| 734s | was |
| 736s | beautiful go |
| 744s | away oh |
| 748s | no |
| 750s | oh God oh my God no no no not even his |
| 753s | final |
| 755s | form let sleep the other |
| 764s | guy oh that did not work a quick release |
| 767s | there I might need to use some |
| 770s | potions yeah the Berserkers are really |
| 772s | tough when they're on top of you like |
| 777s | that okay hold on let's put put some ice |
| 779s | down in front of |
| 781s | him I'm out of Mana oh |
| 784s | no oh God I'm totally out of |
| 789s | Mana got a plan ahead when you're uh |
| 792s | adventuring by yourself in |
| 794s | Vera okay here we go here we go here we |
| 796s | go and uh one one thing you'll see about |
| 799s | the commission board and how it |
| 801s | generates it commissions um one thing is |
| 803s | that all players uh in the node will see |
| 806s | the same commissions so there is a |
| 809s | really good chance when you take one of |
| 811s | these from the board that there will be |
| 813s | many other players fighting alongside |
| 815s | you and that's how we get those like |
| 817s | large activity uh map generation to |
| 820s | start spawning |
| 823s | events yeah that that is I mean |
| 825s | obviously these these help to kind of |
| 827s | you know move player traffic throughout |
| 830s | the world because as we said nodes act |
| 833s | as a hub and one of the ways they they |
| 836s | they direct player traffic is obviously |
| 839s | through the commissions the buy orders |
| 841s | you know things that that essentially |
| 843s | are are supplying that Demand right of |
| 846s | activity or action from the player um |
| 849s | and then what what the players choose to |
| 851s | do is essentially the agency that's |
| 853s | provided and helping to dictate how the |
| 856s | world state will change and I think |
| 858s | that's obviously you know questing is a |
| 861s | is a kind of standard and staple tried |
| 863s | true method of of of core gameplay Loop |
| 867s | that players come to expect from MMOs |
| 869s | but what they haven't traditionally seen |
| 871s | is the followup of how those actions |
| 873s | that the players participate in yield a |
| 876s | response from the environment from the |
| 877s | server from from a historical identity |
| 881s | that now can be kind of seen in the |
| 883s | world um and we're to see that here |
| 886s | right yeah and that's not to say that |
| 888s | our Quest content doesn't get much more |
| 891s | complicated especially when you start |
| 893s | getting involved in story arcs at that |
| 894s | level uh but this is all sort of you |
| 897s | know story ARS don't happen without |
| 899s | nodes being built up and and nodes don't |
| 901s | get built up without players doing |
| 903s | commissions and grinding experience and |
| 904s | things like that so um all this stuff |
| 907s | does uh all play together and creates a |
| 909s | very nice Loop to like unlocking the uh |
| 913s | the bigger more complicated adventuring |
| 921s | content |
| 923s | um |
| 925s | and storx as well like are also one of |
| 928s | the potential predicates for for side |
| 930s | quests and things like this starting so |
| 932s | uh as you Lev with your node and that |
| 935s | begins more story arcs even more content |
| 937s | related to those stories as they |
| 938s | progress in real time um become |
| 944s | available oh how many do I have so far I |
| 948s | have |
| 950s | seven |
| 952s | oh okay so you sufficently sufficiently |
| 956s | agitated the minitar and they've brought |
| 957s | out their leader uh the storm |
| 960s | caller uh and he comes with a storm oh |
| 964s | very cool |
| 966s | okay this is pretty awesome doubly so |
| 969s | because since you instigated this event |
| 971s | which changed the weather that will also |
| 974s | now influence spawns nearby uh you could |
| 976s | potentially be spawning well you are |
| 978s | spawning uh side quests that relate to |
| 981s | the Rain uh changes in enemies that |
| 983s | relate to the Rain um and that's just |
| 986s | that's driven on player action so it's |
| 988s | it is like a feedback loop away as well |
| 990s | all right very cool so I see obviously |
| 992s | the weather here as you said has changed |
| 995s | uh it is now raining and the wind is |
| 998s | picking up um and I also see that there |
| 1001s | is lightning that ooh looks a lizard |
| 1005s | little |
| 1006s | hazardous yes uh that lightning will |
| 1010s | hurt you very bad if it strikes you uh |
| 1013s | weather events and and encounters |
| 1014s | themselves can include hazards like that |
| 1016s | that can appear um and shake things up |
| 1019s | they can also it can also help too if |
| 1020s | you can kite enemies into the lightning |
| 1022s | strikes or whatever very cool now do I |
| 1025s | have a I think I might need a little |
| 1026s | team for this this seems to be a lot of |
| 1028s | uh of stream there's quite a lot of them |
| 1029s | there I I I'm perched up on this hill if |
| 1032s | you guys are nearby and want to join |
| 1034s | me uh let me see if I can find |
| 1037s | you yeah so you starting that event |
| 1040s | would have like we can see that from |
| 1042s | quite far away which would if if players |
| 1044s | weren't already here for the purpos of |
| 1045s | the commissions they might be tempted by |
| 1047s | the event as well you can invite you |
| 1049s | into our party |
| 1050s | here let me just gather some of these |
| 1054s | bushes yay there's some minur just to |
| 1057s | behind you Tyler watch |
| 1059s | out all right wait where where's Tony we |
| 1062s | need Tony he's right here oh no wait |
| 1064s | where is he I'm here oh here I'm wearing |
| 1067s | a lot of armor I'm not going into that |
| 1068s | lightning oh God oh God maybe we can |
| 1071s | kill one of the minotaurs with the |
| 1074s | tree looks like youa died to the |
| 1077s | lightning oh my God serious seriously |
| 1080s | yeah all right let's do this Leroy let's |
| 1084s | go kill |
| 1089s | him all right so these are the storm |
| 1091s | Weavers that he was trying to kill I see |
| 1093s | this guy over |
| 1097s | here I will call the |
| 1102s | lightning oh I have a Healer that's |
| 1105s | nice I got your |
| 1107s | back |
| 1113s | oh I need to get my back oh no |
| 1119s | wait just them into |
| 1121s | the lighting oh there's a supply |
| 1130s | chest oh no oh no you two are going |
| 1135s | down wait let me sleep him let me sleep |
| 1137s | him I'm going to sleep him |
| 1141s | okay all right hold on he's |
| 1143s | asleep let's see if we can get a bolt of |
| 1145s | lightning we need some |
| 1148s | lightning well several of them have died |
| 1151s | that as well I'm ashes I'm ashes and |
| 1154s | Ashes so oh maybe we can get you res |
| 1157s | up hold on I'm going to the Healer I'm |
| 1159s | going to keep him keep him slept while |
| 1162s | you guys come |
| 1164s | back wait for |
| 1167s | it sleeping the are pretty hard to move |
| 1171s | yeah they |
| 1174s | are oh you know what we need to show off |
| 1176s | as well that we didn't show off last |
| 1177s | time oh here we go |
| 1181s | oh oh my |
| 1183s | gosh somebody res |
| 1186s | me can't res just a sword somebody |
| 1189s | somebody get back here and res me oh |
| 1191s | there he goes he just got hit |
| 1197s | got oh no okay I got 45 seconds before I |
| 1201s | got to |
| 1203s | release that Tyler's coming oh sweet |
| 1211s | yes oh nice okay all right very cool |
| 1215s | very cool let me grab some of my |
| 1218s | stuff great I'll grab some of your stuff |
| 1221s | as well oh yeah help yourself thank you |
| 1225s | let me actually get this Supply |
| 1227s | chest so this is just the reward for |
| 1230s | participating in the event so even |
| 1231s | people that didn't have the side quest |
| 1233s | to do the event could still get rewards |
| 1236s | from |
| 1237s | participating Oh okay that's cool that's |
| 1240s | awesome and again guys this is all a |
| 1242s | work in progress still right there's |
| 1244s | this is a very functional |
| 1247s | um implementation currently of the |
| 1249s | system um and there will be additional |
| 1251s | controls where you can um split raid |
| 1255s | essentially and each person can interact |
| 1256s | with the supply chest and get their |
| 1258s | reward from the |
| 1261s | event uh oh |
| 1264s | God rabbit oh no not the |
| 1267s | rabbits oh let me kill these guys real |
| 1270s | quick I'm going to sleep that battle |
| 1272s | priest while you guys murder the |
| 1274s | rabbits they're |
| 1277s | gone |
| 1282s | okay there we go all right now we've |
| 1286s | cleared this little portion |
| 1289s | but obviously the the weather is still |
| 1291s | active um and that's because the Zone |
| 1293s | has changed kind of to the activity that |
| 1295s | we've that we have presented |
| 1298s | here yep uh so that means there's some |
| 1300s | new opportunities together or New |
| 1302s | Opportunities available for you we can |
| 1303s | we can leave you to carry on turning |
| 1305s | your quest yeah it was an honor by the |
| 1307s | way yeah no just glad to be here glad |
| 1311s | thanks for the carry Stephen yeah |
| 1313s | absolutely no problem yeah yeah I |
| 1315s | definitely couldn't have done it without |
| 1316s | you grab that Minotaur pigment |
| 1319s | uh I see a sudden scholar has also |
| 1321s | spawned oh and I see the I see the event |
| 1323s | is still going there that's cool um that |
| 1325s | just to collect the rewards here let me |
| 1327s | go over to this sudden |
| 1330s | scholar where is that at so talk to me a |
| 1333s | little bit about this weather system |
| 1335s | right that's pretty cool that we had the |
| 1336s | uh environmental hazards that spawned |
| 1338s | and that doesn't just pertain to the |
| 1340s | event right these these types of weather |
| 1341s | systems they can kind of be anywhere in |
| 1344s | the world yes so just like regular |
| 1346s | weather they can also they can also just |
| 1348s | spawn based on a number of of like |
| 1351s | variables in the environment like |
| 1353s | precipitation and things like that um so |
| 1356s | you'll you you can get weather naturally |
| 1357s | but uh players can also affect it too |
| 1359s | and and that can it can be more than |
| 1361s | just the weather like |
| 1362s | there's uh STS and and side quests that |
| 1365s | can do things like placing an eternal |
| 1368s | Knight in an area change the seasons and |
| 1370s | things like that they can be quite quite |
| 1373s | Stark um and all those things like like |
| 1375s | we mentioned before create new and |
| 1377s | different opportunities for or uh what |
| 1380s | types of content you might |
| 1382s | find oh no I'm sorry give me a |
| 1390s | second oh no are you still in trouble |
| 1393s | Stephen do need to help you again no I'm |
| 1396s | I'm I'm doing fine okay I'm doing |
| 1399s | fine I'm going take my pigment and get |
| 1401s | out of here okay there we |
| 1403s | go talk to me a little bit about kind of |
| 1406s | these um this area the minotaurs as a as |
| 1410s | a faction and kind of what um you know |
| 1414s | how the spawners can kind of change |
| 1416s | around the world to represent that |
| 1417s | player |
| 1418s | activity uh yeah it's especially |
| 1420s | prevalent with the Minotaur who are |
| 1422s | nomadic uh so these minitar in |
| 1426s | particular are interested |
| 1427s | in like spiritual sites so sites that |
| 1430s | have to do with like ferary rights and |
| 1433s | things like that of ancient alens and uh |
| 1437s | that's that ties a lot into into the |
| 1438s | story of this this POI which is called |
| 1441s | Titan ring um all that stuff gets |
| 1444s | developed in other side quests and uh |
| 1447s | and and St |
| 1448s | potentially uh that can come can come |
| 1452s | around because like you mentioned before |
| 1453s | these aren't just necessarily menar all |
| 1454s | the time there are other things that can |
| 1456s | be happening here um depending on the |
| 1458s | state of the world got it umide aspect I |
| 1461s | see Luna here for example she spawned as |
| 1463s | a side quest because this rain event |
| 1466s | occurred correct yes she is one of the |
| 1470s | side quests that are attached to the |
| 1471s | Rain State okay cool she wants me to |
| 1474s | defeat some myelon along the lonely Oak |
| 1477s | Creek which I assume is up |
| 1480s | ahead it's yeah right around the corner |
| 1482s | there from you oh okay very cool all |
| 1485s | right let's take a look I love the |
| 1487s | stormy effect I think the obviously |
| 1489s | players have seen our uh season system |
| 1493s | in place but we haven't really seen a |
| 1495s | bit more of the um weather events and |
| 1498s | this looks great I think Todd did a |
| 1500s | great job on the kind of rain effect |
| 1502s | here sounds good um I love the the wpo |
| 1507s | on the trees and the |
| 1509s | wind cool yeah uh the standarded |
| 1513s | environment really really really shine |
| 1516s | in this game I really love the work that |
| 1517s | they're doing on |
| 1518s | it uh so if you follow the River South |
| 1521s | uh cuz you do still have that commission |
| 1523s | that you you picked up very early on to |
| 1524s | go to the Oak and Bay Overlook which is |
| 1527s | not too far from where you are it's just |
| 1528s | south of you a little ways um and that |
| 1531s | is kind of uh you wanted to check out |
| 1534s | Oaken Bane anyway and that that will |
| 1535s | take you to a really nice place to to |
| 1537s | take a look at it all right let me um so |
| 1540s | you can you can clear the Ming along the |
| 1541s | way I notic you notic you forgot to turn |
| 1543s | in your uni Quest that's okay which |
| 1547s | one your did you turn in your storm |
| 1549s | Color Quest oh I think I didn't let me |
| 1551s | go where do I where do I turn that in at |
| 1553s | back at the uh yeah bring it back to M |
| 1556s | okay I'm sorry I can do that |
| 1559s | I just want I just want to make sure |
| 1560s | that you get your your quest rewards you |
| 1562s | know all right let me grab |
| 1565s | it you can give stepen a little sherp of |
| 1568s | actually you know what I can I can |
| 1570s | probably let me |
| 1573s | um let me just run back there real |
| 1577s | quick I'm on my |
| 1580s | way or actually can I complete it from |
| 1584s | here side quests |
| 1587s | no you can't yeah yeah side quests have |
| 1590s | to go back to either their either the |
| 1593s | place that the commission was or the |
| 1594s | side quest was given or uh also |
| 1597s | potentially other places the side quest |
| 1599s | will specify where you're supposed to |
| 1600s | bring your |
| 1603s | completion right and a lot of times |
| 1605s | those that's because they're leading you |
| 1608s | to another place that might hold |
| 1610s | something else related to that side |
| 1612s | quest you just completed not all the |
| 1614s | time but but that's one of the intents |
| 1619s | yeah very cool yeah bread crumbing is |
| 1623s | very important for |
| 1625s | these I'm going back to Maho that's |
| 1628s | right yeah okay let's see where is Maho |
| 1632s | he is right there on your left oh okay |
| 1637s | sweet oh my |
| 1640s | friend yaa is |
| 1644s | dead uh yes that is very true he did put |
| 1648s | a little bit of a fight but the weather |
| 1649s | actually was to his detriment as well |
| 1653s | yeah Okay cool so I'm going to get the |
| 1655s | the storm collar recipe uh additional |
| 1658s | minitar pigment which is obviously uh a |
| 1661s | rare material component that's probably |
| 1663s | used uh in CRA it is specifically for |
| 1666s | crafting Minotaur objects yeah nice |
| 1668s | awesome okay so these different factions |
| 1672s | hold unique rewards that are delivered |
| 1674s | both through the questing as well as |
| 1675s | drop tables uh for the minotaurs and |
| 1678s | other you know local environments that |
| 1681s | contribute directly to crafting those |
| 1683s | types of items yeah the minaar pigments |
| 1685s | are actually pretty rare So that we just |
| 1687s | got a little bit lucky there but uh the |
| 1689s | side quests are a nice way to get a |
| 1690s | guaranteed little injection of |
| 1696s | them um and yeah there's there's stuff |
| 1699s | like that for all of the factions |
| 1702s | especially ones that |
| 1703s | have uh like a set of crafting like |
| 1707s | crafting sets and go cool very cool all |
| 1710s | right I am headed back this way I |
| 1714s | believe is that right did I under the |
| 1717s | you need to make your way back toward |
| 1718s | that I you can get there straight from |
| 1720s | the way you were going but oh okay cool |
| 1723s | go back this way you do you have the |
| 1724s | melan kills uh I can't see let me see |
| 1730s | here I don't think you have them |
| 1732s | yet I don't think so although I see some |
| 1735s | melion down here now yeah |
| 1738s | yeah I mentioned just cuz the over the |
| 1740s | Overlook was fairly close to where you |
| 1742s | just were all right yeah it's that very |
| 1744s | last objective you have in your tracker |
| 1747s | all |
| 1748s | right oh my |
| 1750s | gosh that was |
| 1753s | unfortunate yeah the |
| 1755s | uh NPC teams like I think they've done |
| 1759s | just an incredible job lately with the |
| 1762s | the fights |
| 1763s | like I feel like the encounters are |
| 1766s | getting very very fun and dynamic |
| 1770s | vared absolutely they are getting very |
| 1772s | CL very good actually challenging right |
| 1774s | now that we're having good |
| 1776s | representative kind of progression |
| 1777s | within the A2 world oh that little dude |
| 1780s | disappeared um was T's parent that you |
| 1783s | destroyed okay let me see if I can avoid |
| 1785s | these guys I'm getting some type of |
| 1788s | injury they actually yeah they they will |
| 1791s | poison you sit down |
| 1794s | here nope not going to sit down there |
| 1798s | let me move forward probably not going |
| 1801s | to sit down there |
| 1803s | either oh no we're doing the old |
| 1807s | trainer I don't I can't I'm pot |
| 1810s | committed I am pot committed it's |
| 1813s | happening it is happening uh where do I |
| 1816s | need to go just turn around turn okay |
| 1819s | all right all right the Overlook is like |
| 1821s | on those ruins just to your right to the |
| 1823s | right up there yeah that's the top of |
| 1825s | the room so go left here |
| 1828s | oh |
| 1830s | no what are we |
| 1833s | doing break left go up the I'm going to |
| 1836s | go up oh |
| 1838s | God oh my |
| 1843s | God are you doing this no I'm not I'm |
| 1845s | really not I'm really not I swear I |
| 1847s | swear I'm just trying to run okay to the |
| 1850s | right here I'm just running here let me |
| 1851s | put some |
| 1853s | some okay up here I didn't know we were |
| 1856s | going to see a mimic |
| 1858s | I did not know we were going to see a |
| 1859s | mimic either holy |
| 1862s | smokes |
| 1864s | ah can I go to the right the Overlook |
| 1867s | The Overlook is to your right I don't |
| 1868s | know if it's safe to even go up there |
| 1870s | with this many he chasing you but uh |
| 1873s | hold on let me just see if I can sleep |
| 1876s | them oh okay they're fleeing they're |
| 1880s | Le I wonder if I can kill this thing oh |
| 1883s | no definitely cannot kill that |
| 1886s | thing um yeah it's level 20 okay they're |
| 1890s | fling they're FL okay good good okay we |
| 1893s | did it and we did it thank you somehow |
| 1896s | amazing amazing you survive that uh oh |
| 1900s | my God okay up the uh so the Overlook is |
| 1905s | up on top of these ruins here yeah you |
| 1907s | can climb up the ruins okay so this is |
| 1910s | for uh the oak Bane Overlook got it yeah |
| 1916s | okay |
| 1918s | okay this is also a little bit of a |
| 1920s | dangerous area yep all right let's go oh |
| 1924s | can't go this way either there's a |
| 1926s | little watch D Jeremy made sure that |
| 1929s | it's pretty hard to sneak around through |
| 1930s | here |
| 1935s | okay let just see oh |
| 1942s | God |
| 1946s | nice oh God oh |
| 1950s | God oh no guys everybody look away IM |
| 1955s | muffs IM muffs I |
| 1957s | [Laughter] |
| 1959s | muffs and we're good we're good let me |
| 1961s | just pick up all these things that I |
| 1963s | died with and that's |
| 1966s | good and I normally don't want to do |
| 1969s | that but I am trying to |
| 1971s | just I didn't know that guy was going to |
| 1973s | spin to win right as I was uh trying to |
| 1978s | pass |
| 1980s | him that's a that's a Berserker for you |
| 1982s | just when you at least expect it I know |
| 1984s | and watch I'm probably going to get him |
| 1986s | low here and he's going to probably get |
| 1988s | some temp Health as |
| 1991s | usual there's the temp |
| 1995s | Health |
| 2000s | go got at least he spun one that time |
| 2003s | and it didn't work out for him yeah that |
| 2005s | was a nice shatter look at that that was |
| 2006s | a nice shatter thank you thank you Tyler |
| 2009s | I appreciate the additional support |
| 2010s | there right now the stream is most |
| 2012s | definitely roasting |
| 2016s | me okay so I'm I'm assuming since this |
| 2019s | is getting a view of Oak Bane that I |
| 2021s | should be up here yeah it's also marked |
| 2024s | on your map and and implied in the in |
| 2026s | the quest text that you're supposed to |
| 2027s | CL up here but oh okay this is a |
| 2029s | beautiful view actually |
| 2034s | yep nice we did it we have discovered |
| 2038s | the location oh the node is there |
| 2042s | okay wow look at this |
| 2046s | view oh my God what is |
| 2048s | this so yeah when nodes level up they |
| 2051s | will create new content new story arcs |
| 2053s | will start and story arcs are very big |
| 2056s | like big area changing things that can |
| 2058s | happen right like we saw with Carin like |
| 2061s | we saw with Carin uh this is one for |
| 2063s | Oaken |
| 2064s | Bane oh my gosh that is cool |
| 2069s | oh I want to go down there and check it |
| 2071s | out uh it'd be it'd be pretty pretty |
| 2075s | tough a long drop |
| 2078s | yeah ow oh okay I made |
| 2081s | it oh this is awesome okay so so this |
| 2084s | area now has entered into a story arc |
| 2088s | correct uh and you're you're not right |
| 2092s | near where the questgivers would would |
| 2094s | would get you kind of started on the |
| 2095s | story for this but they're not far |
| 2098s | um and uh and yeah these would be the |
| 2101s | the quests involved in St are a little |
| 2103s | bit more complicated than commission |
| 2104s | style and side quest style quests but |
| 2107s | um there's there's a whole big long |
| 2111s | chain to deal with the dark magic that |
| 2113s | you just saw settling in over this once |
| 2116s | sacred resting place for old Heroes W I |
| 2118s | love it this looks great well this was |
| 2121s | quite a presentation obviously it was |
| 2123s | really enjoyable to kind of go through |
| 2125s | you know commissions and and and give |
| 2127s | the community an insight to Alpha 2 kind |
| 2130s | of what their daily activities are going |
| 2132s | to include but more importantly how |
| 2135s | those |
| 2136s | commissions change the state of the |
| 2139s | world around you and kick off these |
| 2142s | almost Domino likee effects with regards |
| 2144s | to events and side quests in the story |
| 2147s | arcs where you constantly see a changing |
| 2149s | world around you that is really the |
| 2152s | promise of Ashes um and as the world |
| 2154s | changes you're a part of building what's |
| 2157s | to come next so Scott Tony Tyler thank |
| 2162s | you very much for joining me and thank |
| 2164s | you for all the hard work you guys have |
| 2165s | been doing it's really paying off and |
| 2166s | it's looking really really fun thanks |
| 2169s | for having us it's great to show it yeah |
| 2171s | thank you so much absolutely and |
| 2172s | everyone I'll see you guys back on |
| 2174s | stream real soon bye everybody |
| 2182s | [Music] |
| 2186s | bye |