[2024] Development Update With Befallen Forge Playthrough - 11AM PT Friday, December 20, 2024 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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1s	[Music]
16s	hello everyone and Welcome to our
18s	glorious ashes of creation December
20s	development update we hope that everyone
22s	has been well and safe um we are
25s	obviously super excited and we're
27s	getting ready for the festivities um
30s	with you know this is our final Dev
32s	update of the year is it I know can you
35s	believe that 2024 is coming to an end
38s	and with what a climactic ending it is
41s	as all of our audience I think we have
44s	right now that is watching I don't even
46s	know they're all waiting for the
47s	launcher to be fixed waiting for the
49s	launcher to get fixed we just have a lot
52s	of very uh excited people to join the
55s	game um just to give you guys a brief
57s	update those of you who are waiting to
58s	get in uh we are currently working on a
61s	fix right now our platform team is um
64s	there is uh some issues with the
67s	launcher communicating with the database
69s	um and we have a fix that is currently
72s	underway and when it gets deployed we
74s	will have uh testers restart their
77s	launcher to grab that fix uh but that's
80s	probably going to not be ready for at
81s	least another 45 minutes to an hour um
84s	so I would say those of you who are
86s	standing by welcome to the show enjoy
89s	this
91s	for the next uh hour and we will be our
94s	team is working on fixing it right now
96s	so yeah in the meantime we will try to
98s	entertain you uh with the best we can on
101s	our end um but of course this is uh you
104s	know kind of wrapping up the year I'm
107s	Margaret cron your director of
108s	communications and obviously that is
109s	stepen Sharie our creative director um
112s	we have as you can see below our plan is
115s	to kind of go through some reminders and
116s	things uh we'll talk a little bit about
118s	Alpha 2 and then befall and Forge we
121s	have a little playthrough with our Dev
123s	team uh that we did over yesterday with
126s	uh some folks live so that was pretty it
130s	got a little chaotic because there was
131s	so many uh players but I think that you
133s	guys will have fun and enjoy um some
136s	Shenanigans and then uh a little live
139s	Q&A so if you have any questions or
141s	things that you want us to talk about
142s	obviously beyond the launcher we're
144s	going to get that resolved uh feel free
146s	to pop those over to us we'll be
148s	grabbing those we have um
150s	our content creator program manager uh
153s	is assisting today and we also have CMS
155s	so uh they'll be all kind of watching
157s	things from all the spaces as well as
159s	our social media manager watching on our
161s	channel on our socials so if you have
162s	questions if you have thoughts share
164s	them with us we'll try to grab the ones
165s	that are you know we're seeing the most
167s	of um but uh first and foremost we have
171s	our YouTube subscriber Spotlight so I
174s	will switch over to show that on the
176s	screen um for this one uh this was from
179s	dorm for 24 and they want to know they
181s	or they stated I'm worried that even
183s	though I just got a new pc with great
185s	specs that by the time the game releases
188s	to the public then I may need to have
190s	upgrades all over again love seeing the
192s	direction but also worried that by the
194s	time of the release they're going to be
195s	closing in on the next generation of
197s	engines and the game may not be able to
199s	compete with the games that are being
201s	developed I'd love to know other
204s	people's thoughts on this um I know this
207s	was a discussion that was going on on uh
209s	YouTu to but I I know that we have some
211s	answers on that front so Stephen if you
213s	want to talk kind of a little bit about
214s	engine development how we decide what to
216s	upgrade and then also just um you know
220s	what they can expect on the uh Min and
223s	Rec specs as we move forward yeah I mean
226s	one thing I would say is that um if you
229s	have currently if you currently have
231s	Hardware that you're playing Alpha 2
234s	with we are going to improve our
236s	optimizations going
238s	forward um so if you're running Alpha 2
241s	well right now and it you know your
244s	Hardware that you're running feels good
246s	um I would expect that for the game
248s	launch that that is also going to be the
250s	case um and will likely run better as we
253s	continue to optimize um our graphics and
257s	our art that we've implemented into the
260s	game um I would say also that when it
263s	comes to like engine upgrades you know
266s	we are still a a project that's very
268s	much in development so we're going to to
270s	continue to update alongside of Unreal
273s	Engine as it continues to update uh
276s	there will come a time in the project
278s	where we stop that and we settle in on a
281s	particular version of the engine uh but
284s	that time has not yet
286s	arrived yeah we uh it'll probably the
290s	time that that arrives will probably be
291s	closer to launch or post launch right I
294s	think to give people kind of an estimate
296s	on that for the for the engine upgrade
297s	you're talking about yeah the engine
299s	upgrade would happen the US stopping the
302s	engine upgrade would happen before
303s	launch so um you know sometime before
306s	launch yes Goa gotcha just to give
308s	people like timeline
310s	um understanding uh and of course we do
313s	want to remind you that we do have the
316s	wave bundle aack or the wave bundles up
318s	um we took down you know uh the first
321s	wave obviously uh we have the second and
323s	third still available for folks if
324s	you're interested um phase or wave two
328s	folks will be able to get in the W folks
330s	will'll be able to get in with today's
332s	update um so yeah if you have Alpha 2
335s	access um as we get our launcher
337s	resolved things will be moving a little
339s	bit more smoothly and you'll be able to
341s	get in and play and have fun um reminder
344s	though of course that we are in a
345s	testing phase everything is uh a true
349s	Alpha for us so um expect it to be buggy
352s	um if you do encounter any of those
354s	issues making sure that you use SL buug
356s	and Reporting those things to us um if
358s	you have any feedback we have forms
359s	available and there's some forms uh that
361s	we've made that are like Focus testing
363s	so if there's anything that you have
365s	feedback on those fronts as well um kind
367s	of sharing that information with us
368s	would be helpful as you play through um
371s	throughout the holiday and I don't know
372s	if you want to talk a little bit about
374s	how we've expanded it but um we are
376s	going to keep things up originally we
378s	had stated that um Phase 2 would be a
382s	5-day testing phase uh we will be
384s	extending that for the holiday so we
386s	will be keeping things up till January
388s	6th at 10: a.m. Pacific so uh please uh
391s	enjoy the extended time um we will be
394s	taking down Realms at 2 a.m. Pacific for
397s	North American and 2 C for those of you
400s	in Europe uh so we will have Auto uh
403s	refreshes that are happening those
404s	downtimes should be about 1520 minutes
406s	we're not going to make a big
407s	announcement for each of those it's just
409s	a static thing that will be happening um
411s	so making sure that you guys are aware
413s	of that so if someone logs in during
415s	those times be like hey that's just the
416s	auto restart that is happening um it's
418s	just going to allow us to keep things
420s	fresh and make sure we don't have any
422s	memory issues expand expand on that
424s	normally we would keep servers up and
427s	continue to soak them and observe them
429s	however Intrepid Studios will be on
431s	break uh for December 20th and until
434s	January 6th we'll have a skeleton crew
436s	obviously that'll handle issues as they
438s	emerge over that period of time uh but
440s	in order to alleviate some of the
443s	potential soak issues that we might
445s	experience normally given that we have a
448s	majority of the studio out for the
449s	holidays um we're going to do this
451s	restart which should be relatively short
453s	as Margaret said but that will help to
454s	alleviate some of those issues and
457s	obviously I know what you mean by soak
459s	but um you know as we kind of share
461s	information in regards to development do
463s	you want to explain kind of like what
465s	that means for folks who may sure don't
467s	understand it you're good absolutely so
469s	so soak soak testing is just basically
471s	you know extended periods of time where
472s	we keep Services up and running we keep
474s	the servers up and running um and over
477s	that period of time issues can arise
479s	because because um you're allowing
481s	things to run for an extended period of
483s	time essentially uh that's that's really
486s	what soak testing is letting people
487s	hammer it over a long period of time um
490s	when we restart the services when we
491s	restart the servers it's kind of like
493s	you know those those those issues can be
496s	alleviated um and you know what might be
498s	a memory issue over you know four days
501s	worth of um worth of time uh now doesn't
504s	arise because we've had that restart
506s	session within a 24-hour period
510s	go um and we also would like to remind
513s	you all that we do have a Dev discussion
515s	going up or that has been up um it is in
517s	regards to music in mm RPGs we'd like to
520s	know kind of like what are your favorite
522s	songs in MMO RPGs and why kind of give
525s	us the Vibes of what has made um them
528s	feel great for you and how do they make
530s	you feel what how important are music
532s	and Ambience to you and what examples
535s	from your favorite games demonstrated
537s	this the best um and of course we do
540s	have another one that will be coming up
541s	in the New Year and that is going to be
543s	in regards to spells and abilities and I
545s	know folks are going to have feedback on
547s	that front so uh prepare yourself for uh
549s	that one coming up next um but we always
552s	love your guys' feedback we always put
555s	together these great reports for the
556s	development team and they've been
557s	utilizing that I think a lot of the time
560s	it's just making sure that we're all on
561s	the same page and for the most part that
563s	has been the case which has been nice
565s	nice to see that uh what we're planning
566s	to do in development hasn't really um
570s	been too far from what you guys are
572s	wanting um and with that I'm going to
576s	kind of switch us to the next topic
578s	which is Alpha 2 um I know that's why
581s	y'all are here anyway um but on that
585s	front uh in regards to Alpha 2 Phase 2
589s	um we kind of wanted to chat a little
590s	bit about how alpha alpha 2 Phase 1 went
593s	for us um so I don't know if you want to
595s	talk a little bit about what we got from
597s	that Stephen what kind of information we
599s	gathered uh what the team has utilized
601s	that with or how the team has been
603s	utilizing that as we move into phase
605s	two yeah absolutely um you know I made a
609s	post about this a little bit earlier uh
611s	I probably write something up that's a
613s	little bit more detailed over the break
615s	and share that with the community um but
618s	um you know where we started back on
621s	October 25th and where we are today is
626s	obviously a world of difference and I
628s	think those of you who have been testing
630s	with us throughout that phase one um
632s	even though we still have bugs you know
634s	it's it's sometimes it's hard to
635s	remember that we are still in an alpha I
638s	think that's both a blessing and a curse
640s	uh it speaks I think to the the quality
643s	of at least of the systems and the
644s	features that we have available right
646s	now and I think also on the support side
649s	because we we do really help a lot with
651s	a lot of things and we're very involved
653s	with our community uh we are also not in
656s	the state of having in-game GMS who are
658s	fixing every little thing yet uh that is
660s	something we do want to do down the line
662s	but um we're still in Alpha uh so kind
666s	of bearing with us on that front but go
667s	ahead Stephen um yes so I was I was just
670s	going to say that um you know where
673s	where we where we are now it's hard
675s	sometimes to forget that we are an alpha
677s	but we are um and you know we're still
679s	going to have bugs but we came a long
681s	way since October 25th now we are nearly
683s	60 days later um and in that time we've
686s	definitely seen some some crazy stuff
689s	seen some funny stuff I've really been
690s	enjoying watching the Ash's moments uh
693s	shout out to them on YouTube where they
695s	capture a different um you know players
697s	experiencing uh strange funny bugs and
700s	um you know engaging in fun social
702s	activities together uh but you know we
705s	had we had on day one massive walls of
708s	death and mount issues and Caravan
711s	issues and um you know the ability to
715s	log in get disconnected not be able to
717s	create characters you know there were a
719s	lot lot of bugs and I think you guys saw
721s	as a Cadence for us as a studio on The
724s	Daily releasing patches that are
726s	addressing these bugs releasing on a on
729s	a bi-weekly basis um you know content
731s	updates um this is this has really been
734s	a benefit and a boon for the development
737s	team to kind of switch gears into this
740s	live service type Alpha setting um which
745s	um has really lit a fire I think not
748s	just you know for you guys as players
750s	watching the product progress but for us
752s	as developers you know supplying these
756s	changes that make the game better uh and
759s	make the game more stable um and get
762s	being able to see you know how that
764s	interfaces with your testing Community
767s	um in a live setting is something that
770s	is very unique and not a lot of
772s	developers have an opportunity to
774s	experience but I will say it has been an
776s	experience for us one that we've really
778s	cherished and enjoyed
780s	um so big kudos to all of you out there
783s	who have been participating in testing
785s	um Ro yes sorry whoops hold on I'm just
789s	getting messages about this
791s	thing you're okay um just so just to
794s	update you guys in the audience uh
796s	because the fix that we are um going to
801s	because the fix that we're going to be
802s	implementing right now for the login
804s	servers uh is still going to take
806s	perhaps another hour what we're going to
808s	do is we're actually going to bring the
810s	servers down right now and we're going
812s	to wipe the progress for a new start at
815s	1 p.m. so just updating you guys live as
818s	we've come to this we'll do messaging
820s	for folks that are not watching this as
822s	well so absolutely no absolutely R is
825s	gonna be doing that messaging right now
826s	but um just wanted to give you guys an
828s	update that it is going to take a little
829s	bit longer than we anticipated for the
831s	fix so we're anticipating now and up
833s	time at 1M um and we should have that
836s	fix in place yeah and we were keeping
838s	things up because we're trying to sort
839s	out what the issue was but we' figured
841s	out what that issue is and now and
843s	sometimes and sometimes as issues arise
845s	you know obviously we want to take a
847s	little bit of time to diagnostic to
849s	check see what's going on um in order to
852s	understand you know what the fix is that
854s	we need to employ and sometimes those
855s	fixes don't cover all of the issue so
858s	it's a little bit of a process it
859s	requires patience on your guys's behalf
862s	so that we can effectively treat and
864s	diagnose the problem um and come to you
867s	with a solution yeah so uh we're doing a
872s	live we always uh try to keep you guys
874s	informed um this one's a little
876s	different because you're getting a live
878s	uh reaction versus um us kind of typing
881s	to you um which is also I've got the sun
884s	like right in I know your lighting is
886s	always crazy because when this Stephen
888s	has a giant window on the side of like
890s	his desk like I need angels in the
894s	background I'll just every time that you
896s	light up sing for you um yeah so
900s	obviously like Stephen said we um have
902s	been taking your guys' feedback looking
904s	at the data that's coming in from phase
906s	one um and kind of assessing those
908s	things making changes um if you I me
912s	I'll go over some of the things that we
913s	are implementing and changing um I'm not
915s	going to go over every single thing in
917s	the patch notes but you should
918s	definitely check out our update notes
920s	we've been pretty thorough about them
921s	even during the um intermediate uh
925s	updates that we've had between um the
927s	big ones uh We've also been keeping
929s	people informed of what changes have
931s	been coming as well as what you can
933s	expect on the big highlight front um but
936s	a couple things that we wanted to uh
938s	talk about where maybe like a couple
940s	bugs that we did fix o over the time
942s	frame in phase one and if you guys
944s	really like this maybe we'll make it an
946s	actual segment and we'll provide some
947s	video so we can all laugh about it um
950s	and talk a little bit about on the dev
951s	end how we fix things um so we'll do one
954s	serious one and one funny one and if you
956s	guys like that let us know um we've
958s	always been kind of sharing our
959s	development process with you so we
960s	thought that might be nice but give us
962s	feedback on it and if you are like this
964s	is stupid don't take up time for this we
966s	can we can can it too um but one of the
969s	things was uh that was a little bit more
971s	serious is that players were able to
972s	kill noncom non-combatants without
974s	getting corruption we know that this was
976s	a problem that you guys were
977s	experiencing people were really upset
979s	about it um and I don't know if you want
981s	to talk a little bit about how we
982s	resolve that Steph um yeah I'm sorry
984s	which which one was it again this is
986s	when players were able to kill non
988s	non-combatants without gaining
990s	corruption I don't know I'm having such
992s	a hard time saying
993s	non-combatants non- combatants yeah so
997s	so we actually have a a relatively
999s	complex systems that that governs our
1003s	alignments and game because there's a
1004s	lot of complexity to those alignments
1006s	right there is alignments that can
1009s	change on the fly when you participate
1012s	in an event uh events that you may not
1014s	even have um agency over right if you're
1017s	a part of a guild or you're part of a
1018s	node and a war
1020s	um there are also uh optin events such
1023s	as Caravans that can change your
1024s	alignments with other players uh there's
1026s	an open world flagging system that can
1028s	change alignments with other players um
1031s	and because of the of the of the
1033s	hierarchy complexity that exists there
1035s	sometimes wires can get crossed code can
1037s	get uh a little bit wonky uh and you can
1040s	experience issues where uh those
1042s	alignments aren't properly reading um uh
1046s	uh as necessary so uh we saw a few
1048s	different alignment B this was one of
1050s	them where you could kill players um we
1052s	saw some bugs where the alignment wasn't
1054s	persisting when you would cross server
1056s	boundaries um you weren't getting that
1058s	value floated across the boundary um you
1060s	know there are there are there were a
1061s	lot of different issues that we saw with
1063s	alignments luckily today uh with phase
1065s	two starting and near the end of phase
1067s	one we've gotten a lot of those
1068s	alignment issues uh addressed um so
1071s	they're much more uh sturdy
1074s	now cool um and then the next one here
1078s	uh was a more more of a funny one well
1080s	they're kind of two bugs but we were
1082s	able to solve them kind of with the same
1084s	uh solution um well semi with the same
1086s	solution uh we had an issue where well
1089s	it wasn't really an issue I guess we
1091s	implemented it this way for the laws and
1094s	and kept it in uh internally for
1096s	development but um when you attack the
1098s	duck they would like cry out and make
1100s	bear sounds which was really funny and
1102s	then of course that wasn't a bug that
1104s	was intentional they did that
1106s	intentionally and then um chickens pigs
1109s	and ducklings uh when you would kill
1111s	them their their textures would get all
1113s	stretched and look all funny um I know a
1115s	lot of people were having a lot of fun
1116s	with that um which was they also had
1118s	some mounts that were doing that as well
1120s	when you would jump with them they would
1121s	get uh all wonky and and Flappy and
1124s	their proportion would get out of St out
1127s	of size yeah I don't know if you want to
1129s	talk a little bit about uh the solution
1131s	for that for currently um or what our
1134s	long-term plans are with some of those
1136s	things like maybe some things we will
1137s	keep in that are funny or if we're going
1139s	to try to stay more serious on that
1141s	front I definitely think we're g to keep
1143s	the ducks in that have voices of bears I
1146s	think that's for sure something we want
1148s	to keep
1150s	in the Ducks may be small but they are
1153s	truly Mighty in in spirit so uh I think
1156s	it's only appropriate that we keep the
1158s	the audio in that's for them right
1162s	now um and uh for farm animals animals
1167s	uh farm animals generally we are uh
1170s	making it so you can't kill them so you
1172s	won't be able to see the crazy textures
1174s	um but eventually we will be resolving
1177s	that um it has to do with something on
1179s	the anbp side so we'll we'll resolve it
1182s	um but in the meantime we are uh sabling
1185s	you from uh murdering the poor chickens
1187s	pigs and
1190s	ducklings um and moving on to Alpha 2
1194s	base 2 uh what you can expect what you
1196s	can expect from a high level uh we did
1198s	go over some of this stuff in our
1200s	previous update but confirming kind of
1203s	which features did make the cut and
1205s	which didn't um so we'll kind of start
1207s	with the races um if you want to talk
1209s	about the Junior and um yeah absolutely
1212s	so we have the Junior and the veon that
1215s	will be a part of the launch for phase
1217s	two uh the two new races are online and
1220s	functioning um we had some testing of
1223s	course over this last
1225s	week where we invited our uh phase one
1228s	testers to participate um in scale
1232s	testing there and uh I saw a lot of
1235s	different Junior players I think the
1237s	majority of the server were playing on
1239s	junor so it was fun to look around and
1242s	not see anybody until you look down um
1245s	and uh I think people are going to be
1247s	enjoying these two new
1249s	races yeah I know there's definitely
1251s	some guilds that are uh very Junior
1254s	focused um so they're going to be
1256s	excited for that uh yeah I'm sorry the
1259s	image we have of the veona they're a
1261s	little undressed compared to the dwarves
1263s	that we
1265s	have so people are like much more
1267s	relaxed the veon are way more relaxed to
1269s	be fair I would dress probably more like
1271s	a veon than I would a
1273s	duner yes Stephen good to know I'm sure
1276s	there's gonna be some weird fan pick out
1278s	there
1279s	now not safe other ones just look so
1282s	clunky and very go swimsuit they're
1284s	covered their bits are covered calm down
1287s	um also it's hot where they're from
1289s	right like they're desert people that's
1291s	true yeah that is very true whereas the
1293s	jir of course are more in the mountain
1296s	yeah they're in the mountains look at
1297s	that snow you know um beyond that
1301s	speaking of the dunar we also have the
1304s	befallen forge which is a new dungeon
1306s	and we are going to be showing a
1307s	playthrough of that so we'll talk a
1310s	little bit about that when we get there
1312s	um but I don't know if you is there's
1314s	anything else you want to add to this
1315s	since we're going to go in depth later
1316s	about this no I think it of course it's
1318s	a with the introduction of the duner uh
1320s	that bef Fallen Forge comes online as
1322s	well this is obviously a large uh
1325s	underground dungeon is complex um that
1328s	has a bit of lore to it the reason why
1330s	it exists within the riverlands when the
1332s	duner's homelands obviously are not in
1334s	the riverlands there was some there was
1336s	some collaboration during the torren
1338s	Empire time um which of course did not
1341s	end well unfortunately for the duner
1344s	that exists within the befallen forge uh
1346s	their remnants uh survived however ever
1349s	in a state that I don't think any mortal
1351s	would want to be in um and now players
1353s	have an opportunity to explore exactly
1355s	what those junir were up to within the
1357s	befallen forge and what unfortunate
1359s	curse befell them um there is also an
1362s	intended uh raid boss World boss that's
1364s	going to be in the Buffon Forge is not
1366s	there present uh but this is an agent of
1371s	uh of the corrupt forces uh a dracolich
1375s	by Nature um that I think players are
1377s	going to have a lot of fun and with love
1380s	that um and of course uh we also
1388s	[Music]
1390s	have I have no idea why it just played
1393s	that
1394s	video
1398s	apologies there we go um we also have
1403s	some new uh everyone's like what just
1405s	happened we also have some new notes
1408s	that have been added
1409s	in the sansol desert uh we have an
1412s	economic military and divine node that
1414s	have been added and we've kind of
1415s	adjusted the world around these nodes so
1418s	um if you are playing you will probably
1421s	notice that so enjoy those new nodes and
1423s	have fun with them the next thing that
1426s	we have up on the list is uh we did add
1429s	the ability to purchase freeholds um and
1432s	there's yeah and there's a few different
1434s	uh features that you can play around
1436s	with with free holds as well um but it's
1439s	not fully functional yet yeah just to
1442s	give context here obviously freeh holds
1445s	is a very very very large system um and
1449s	so you're going to see this system come
1451s	online in stages um throughout phase two
1455s	and even perhaps into phase three a
1457s	little bit some of these systems right
1460s	now what we have in place uh for the
1462s	start of phase 2 is that freeholds exist
1465s	in statically located positions
1468s	throughout the world
1469s	um they are accessible by players who
1472s	have acquired enough gold to purchase
1474s	them you can interact um with the free
1477s	hold directly I believe it's on the well
1480s	perhaps I can't remember if they put it
1481s	on the well or if it was on the house
1484s	but you can interact with it uh on a
1486s	first come first serve basis in order to
1488s	purchase the Free hold um and when you
1491s	purchase that free hold initially the uh
1493s	functionality of that free hold is going
1495s	to be providing the ability to uh to
1499s	interface with the um the seed vendor
1502s	and to create root balls which can um be
1506s	planted on the freeh holds uh so that
1508s	you can Harvest those uh for different
1511s	resources and inject them into the
1513s	economy uh along
1515s	with some trees that can be planted
1518s	there and I believe uh perhaps some
1521s	animals as well um now the farming
1523s	profession is not quite yet fully
1526s	integrated yet um so as a result we'll
1528s	be dual purposing I believe herbalism uh
1531s	for the time being until we get the
1533s	other pieces in place there is a home on
1536s	each of the freeh holds as well
1538s	different types of homes um so as I said
1541s	you know some of these larger systems we
1543s	want to get the base components and our
1546s	functionality in place for players to
1548s	start engaging with as the full feature
1550s	and the full system comes online so this
1553s	is the initial implementation uh and
1555s	we'll be working towards the full design
1557s	which we've discussed in the past and
1559s	you guys have seen uh demonstrations of
1562s	um over time over over the course of
1564s	phase two yeah and I don't remember if
1566s	you mentioned this already Stephen but
1568s	it does require you to be level 20 and
1570s	it does cost 100 gold on top of that so
1572s	just making sure that people are aware
1574s	of the requirements on that front um
1576s	awesome yeah so uh beyond that we also
1580s	have uh marketplaces and Marketplace
1583s	vendors that have been
1585s	added yes so this is a this is a core
1588s	component obviously of the economy
1590s	something that was missing all
1592s	throughout phase one which is the
1594s	ability to easily list and sell your
1597s	goods um a lot of people talked about
1600s	the desire to have more prevalent copper
1603s	and and these rarer
1605s	resources uh being more available and
1607s	obviously part of the reason why that
1609s	request was made was because there
1610s	really wasn't an easy Avenue for players
1612s	to trade with each other outside of chat
1615s	or your guild structures whereas now
1618s	comes the initial implementation of the
1620s	marketplaces um where players who do
1623s	acquire these rare resources will have
1625s	an opportunity to list their goods for
1628s	sale on the marketplace uh and you will
1630s	be able to see them now I do want to
1632s	caution this is a first implementation
1635s	of marketplaces I think Alex and his
1637s	team on the uh uh econ engineering side
1640s	and the UI side have done a great job in
1642s	standing this up uh as as has obviously
1645s	the freeholds team as well the systems
1646s	team um Mel and Chris and and um and
1651s	Jake listing names you got to list
1653s	everybody they're going to feel left out
1654s	Jake Jake I've just got to say Jake Kyle
1657s	Aeron they they pulled some heroics
1660s	Landing this over the course of the past
1662s	uh few weeks even in its initial
1664s	implementation for freeh holds um so you
1666s	know uh just want to give a shout out to
1668s	the development team because they've
1670s	been they've been pulling some long
1671s	hours even as we come to a close here uh
1674s	in the holiday season that go out to
1676s	make sure that players have this yeah
1679s	absolutely the whole interp get some
1681s	little hearts in chat for the interpeted
1683s	staff that' be nice I know they would
1684s	appreciate that we we really um
1687s	appreciate all the hard work that
1688s	everybody has been doing yeah J Jake on
1691s	the uh on the Freehold side did a lot of
1693s	heavy lifting there and and Alex on the
1695s	marketplace side did a lot of heavy
1696s	lifting as well so um all the team you
1699s	know has been of course kick and butt
1701s	over the course of these last few months
1703s	uh and I think you guys can share in
1705s	seeing that uh as they see updates come
1708s	to the game and the game get better over
1709s	time um marketplaces of course I do
1712s	again want to caution this is an initial
1714s	implementation of the marketplace system
1717s	um so it's possible there may be some
1718s	bugs there's a lot of outstanding
1720s	functionality on the UI side obviously
1722s	any Market good Marketplace or auction
1724s	house is going to be uh heavily um
1728s	heavily driven by the UI search
1730s	functionality all that kind of stuff
1731s	that's going to come later in phase two
1733s	but this will stand up at least in
1735s	initial implementation of marketplaces
1737s	which gives us the opportunity to trade
1739s	your goods while being offline yeah and
1741s	we're already Gathering feedback I know
1743s	there was a lot of people who were like
1744s	I can't it's great that we can search
1745s	the description that random people come
1747s	up with but we want to search for item
1748s	specifics and things like that so that's
1750s	intended that's in the design yeah it's
1753s	just not in place yet yeah so your
1755s	feedback we're we're pulling in a lot of
1757s	its functionality like we said um
1759s	generally a lot of the feedback that
1760s	we've been getting is feedback that's
1762s	already like features that we want to
1765s	implement there hasn't been a lot of
1766s	like new ones um but we of course would
1768s	love for you guys to keep giving us your
1769s	feedback because we want to make sure
1771s	that we're hitting the nose and like
1772s	what you guys want and the features that
1773s	you want so continue to provide us with
1775s	feedback uh generally our UI as a whole
1779s	has a lot of love that it's still going
1780s	to get um I know that we get a lot of
1782s	chat requests and things like that so
1784s	there will be more stuff coming down the
1785s	line just uh you know hang out with us
1787s	bear with us as we continue to make the
1789s	product better and better as we go
1791s	forward um some other highlights here
1793s	and it's really just one last one is you
1795s	know we do want you guys all to have a
1797s	merry Christmas happy holidays whatever
1799s	you celebrate um we did add a little bit
1801s	of holiday spirit to Vera I know some
1804s	people don't like that because they
1805s	don't want it in their game but um we're
1807s	having a little fun for our uh Alpha
1811s	obviously as we get into the world of
1813s	Vera when we launch the game there'll be
1815s	probably holidays that Focus around
1817s	Varon holidays instead of like IRL
1819s	holidays um but just kind of I mean I
1822s	don't know I'm I'm I'm digging the
1824s	Christmas trees I'm digging the
1826s	Christmas in game to be honest with you
1828s	look at us Stephen and I got our hats on
1831s	a little snowflake shirt I think the
1833s	scrooges that don't like it they need to
1835s	Humbug themselves into a better spot
1838s	mentally yeah there's definitely been
1840s	some vocal people who are like I don't
1843s	like this this is you know you're you're
1845s	breaking my immersion so okay you're not
1847s	gonna like everything it's all good but
1850s	we're we're having fun it's a you know
1852s	we're making a game we're having fun you
1853s	guys so it just and then of course as a
1855s	reminder if you want to know the full
1857s	list there's a whole whole bunch of
1859s	things that we have uh updated and added
1861s	and changed in regards to characters
1863s	archetypes combat enemies NPCs
1865s	artisanship and economy Caravans nodes
1867s	mounts quests and events free holds
1869s	visuals uh audio interface and general
1872s	issues we've been fixing things and
1874s	adding things so if you want to go check
1876s	that out there are details over on our
1878s	update notes uh we also have a list of
1880s	known issues and we'll continue to
1881s	update those things throughout as we see
1884s	more problems arise um but may
1886s	definitely checking that before you put
1887s	in your slash bugs uh but you know if
1889s	you put in a bug that's a duplicate we
1892s	we'll find it anyway uh we'll we'll deal
1894s	with it and I do I do just want to
1896s	expand real quick I know that there's a
1897s	lot of people talking about you know um
1900s	the the wipe at at one o'clock and
1902s	whatnot just to give you guys context
1904s	for exactly what happened um there's
1906s	there's around 28,000 to 30,000 people
1909s	that are trying to log into the game
1911s	right now uh and only around 4 to 600
1915s	got in across the Realms so obviously
1919s	you know there's a lot of people that
1920s	had plans uh and I think it's only
1923s	appropriate that we just we we wipe the
1925s	Slate clean and we start again at one
1927s	o'clock there's not too much time that's
1928s	been devoted but you know name uh names
1931s	that are getting reserved people that
1933s	are getting head starts it makes sense
1934s	to me it's not a hard thing to do um now
1937s	people are talking about you know our
1939s	server sizes as well and I know there's
1940s	a lot of conversation about the number
1942s	of servers that we had I just want you
1944s	guys to know that our approach when it
1946s	comes to server concurrency we had some
1949s	very successful wins over the course of
1951s	the last few weeks when it comes to
1953s	network configuration we feel pretty
1955s	confident that our servers right now can
1957s	handle a concurrent load of around five
1960s	to 6,000 per realm um and as we watch
1964s	those cues get a little too high we're
1966s	going to potentially introduce new
1968s	Realms and for us that's not a very
1970s	difficult thing to do so it only makes
1972s	sense that we kind of preserve the
1975s	population and the density at start uh
1978s	in order to ensure that you know one
1980s	month from now we still have good values
1983s	on those servers when testers get a
1985s	little bit fatigued um so keep that in
1989s	mind yeah and that allows us to have you
1992s	know healthy economies on those Realms
1995s	um and not having to merge Realms and
1998s	things like that as we move forward uh
2000s	you've probably seen those things happen
2001s	in a lot of other games in the in the
2003s	past um obviously we're still in an
2005s	alpha phase so that stuff isn't
2007s	necessarily going to um be as important
2010s	for us um like merging Realms and things
2012s	like that but we do want to have healthy
2015s	populations on those in order to get the
2017s	most data for us on our end um but
2022s	that's not to say that if we feel we
2023s	need to open more Realms we will right
2026s	um and that's an easy thing for us to
2028s	spin up it takes us literally minutes um
2031s	so it's not a just to be clear that is
2033s	not not on the table if we wanted to put
2036s	it out
2038s	um and then the final thing wanted to
2041s	kind of talk about what we're looking
2042s	for feedback on in uh phase two if you
2045s	kind of want to give folks a little bit
2048s	of information on that front Stephen and
2050s	then we'll get into befallen
2053s	Forge yes um so you know obviously we're
2057s	going to continue the work on stability
2058s	and performance uh that is going to be
2060s	an Ever ongoing uh thing that we do
2063s	across the phases as a whole um but in
2067s	phase two you're going to see some more
2070s	um some more Focus around uh balance as
2073s	well as the new systems and features
2075s	that we're going to be implementing
2077s	you're going to see some expansions of
2079s	the playable space in the world and the
2081s	new nodes that we're going to be
2082s	bringing online you're going to see some
2085s	more uh player Centric systems like
2088s	sieges and um uh and expanded War
2092s	systems and some developed Guild systems
2094s	that are going to be coming online in
2096s	place um you know these are all things
2098s	that we're looking to continue to flesh
2100s	out uh in order to see how they interact
2102s	with each other um and then on top of
2105s	that you know we're going to be having
2106s	obviously testing on our PTR when we get
2108s	back from break um that's going to be
2110s	testing out some of these additional
2112s	features that are necessary on um uh on
2115s	the game systems that we're implementing
2118s	um and you're going to be seeing those
2119s	come online some of you have already
2120s	seen a little bit of a sneak peek uh
2122s	through some of the data mining that's
2124s	been done on our Rogue uh some of the
2127s	abilities I know leaked out and some
2129s	some some of the content creators were
2131s	talking a little bit about those
2132s	abilities for the Rogue you're going to
2133s	be seeing the Rogue come online as well
2136s	yeah I think they're on
2137s	the I know gonna say um and then
2142s	obviously after the Rogue we're going to
2143s	be working on um on the Summoner as well
2147s	so um we're also going to be seeing
2149s	additional races uh come online as we
2151s	get through the work of making sure that
2153s	our different armors are accessible by
2155s	all the races um that's something that's
2157s	going to be coming online as well and
2159s	then you're going to be seeing nodes uh
2161s	get to level four and start to utilize
2163s	the vassel ship system U those are
2165s	obviously very important parts of of the
2167s	node system as a whole um which we're
2170s	very excited to see uh as part of this
2173s	phase two launch you're also going to
2174s	see nodes take a little bit longer to
2176s	come online um that's going to be in
2178s	part due to some scaling that we've done
2181s	on the um node uh experience acquisition
2185s	uh but also some of the nodes now exist
2187s	with in an area of the world in the sand
2189s	squal desert that is much higher in
2192s	level uh than the riverlands and so as
2194s	such we've implemented this tiered uh
2197s	kind of ranking now of node experience
2200s	Gathering uh which is important to
2202s	understand and for us to kind of inspect
2204s	um so that's all important stuff yeah
2208s	going to be a lot coming in and like we
2210s	said we'll keep you guys updated uh if
2213s	you um have purchased Alpha 2 it should
2217s	we should be getting you should have got
2218s	an email yesterday as well as if you
2220s	purchase now moving forward or upgrade
2222s	you should be getting an email on how to
2224s	uh download but basically log into our
2226s	site there's a little download button
2227s	once you log in and you actually have
2229s	the um Alpha 2 access you should be able
2232s	to see that and go ahead and get the
2234s	launcher started like we said we're
2237s	we've changed the up time we're going to
2238s	start at 1: p.m. Pacific now but we'll
2240s	keep you guys informed on all of that in
2242s	our Discord news section for Alpha 2 uh
2245s	that is the best way to get the most
2246s	upto-date information is via via that we
2248s	are working on getting a a support
2251s	widget in our launcher as well that will
2252s	link to our uh X or Twitter whichever
2256s	one you want to call it it's our support
2257s	Twitter that we'll be keeping updates on
2259s	as well um so down the line that'll make
2262s	it a little easier for those of you who
2263s	are not interested in using Discord but
2265s	Discord is our best place for
2267s	information on the time like moment to
2269s	moment um but on the grand scale you'll
2271s	still get emails from us whenever phases
2273s	and big updates are coming along so
2277s	keeping everybody in formed on that
2278s	front if you aren't sure where your
2280s	email went definitely check your spam
2281s	and junk sometimes it goes there make
2283s	sure that you put us as one of your like
2286s	uh trusted uh you know emails so that we
2288s	don't go on the wrong spots so you keep
2290s	that information coming your way and
2292s	with that I think we move on to befallen
2295s	forge goodness I don't know if you have
2297s	uh anything you want to preemptively say
2298s	before we I like I like in chat some
2300s	people are saying that Stephen's getting
2302s	flashbanged see it's not just in game
2304s	flashbangs exist in real life too
2309s	yeah your lighting at one point was like
2311s	so dramatic that's why I was like
2313s	giggling I don't know if it came through
2315s	my mic it's only during this time of the
2316s	year I have these like I have these uh
2319s	you have ring lights and you have panel
2321s	lights you need to put them in front of
2322s	you I don't know if I could show it to
2324s	you actually maybe you can see it
2325s	there's like this light up there yeah
2328s	that just comes in perfectly into the
2331s	into the uh into the room at noon and
2335s	hits me so
2338s	too funny it's very
2340s	dramatic oh there now everyone's going
2342s	to zoom in on your monitor your chat oh
2346s	no whoops did I show that everyone's
2349s	like leags like looking into it make
2352s	sure there's no no code there okay we're
2355s	good
2357s	um did you have anything you wanted to
2359s	preemptively say for befallen Forge
2361s	before I go ahead and po that video
2363s	absolutely okay just keeping the Train
2366s	on yesterday yeah yesterday um we did a
2371s	um we did a playthrough uh in the Buffon
2375s	Forge I was joined by of course our
2377s	lovely Margaret as well as our
2379s	developers uh Jeremy um Jess uh Nathan
2383s	our producer as you may know plan andorf
2386s	um QA
2388s	Anastasia um along with Bill and myself
2392s	um and uh you know it's it this is a
2395s	this is a large dungeon um and we wanted
2398s	to kind of show you guys you know a
2400s	little bit of a sneak peek obviously at
2401s	the dungeon because it is higher level
2403s	so it's going to take you guys a while
2404s	probably to get to a spot where you can
2406s	actually exist within this dungeon but
2409s	um there is I mean it's a it's a
2411s	beautiful dungeon and um you know just
2414s	take into to consideration that what
2415s	you're going to see now is the worst
2417s	that this dungeon will look right still
2419s	GNA have more impr yeah and there's be
2421s	more content added to it we talk a
2423s	little bit about some of that content
2424s	too uh little spoilers as well
2427s	absolutely absolutely and so and so this
2429s	is a this is a fun little look at that
2431s	keep in mind everything's a work in
2432s	progress of course uh but this is live
2434s	in Alpha 2 right now along with treasure
2436s	MK by the way and you may find some
2438s	Treasures Within These dungeon locations
2441s	um so be careful you never know yeah and
2444s	if you have questions throughout
2445s	definitely ask them in chat uh whether
2447s	you're in Discord or uh in here on
2450s	Twitch uh we will be grabbing those um
2452s	and kind of pulling them in we're also
2453s	going to play the video over on YouTube
2456s	if you want to see it as like a higher
2458s	resolution and then come on back over
2460s	here for the Q&A afterwards uh pick your
2462s	poison whichever you'd like and of
2464s	course that video will be up over on our
2465s	YouTube at higher resolution um for your
2469s	future wants and needs and then the full
2471s	update will put up later today uh once
2474s	YouTube and twitch cooperate together
2477s	but uh without further Ado then we shall
2480s	play
2489s	[Music]
2504s	hello everyone and welcome to another
2507s	day in Vera and Boyd do we have an
2509s	exciting showcase for you today we are
2512s	just T-minus 20 hours away from starting
2516s	Phase 2 of Alpha 2 and the team has been
2519s	hard at work getting a lot of content
2521s	and new features ready for us to test um
2525s	we are going to be showing off one of
2526s	those big content expansions here at the
2529s	befallen forge and I am joined by some
2532s	very amazing developers who helped bring
2534s	to life what you're about to see today
2537s	um joining us of course we have the
2539s	classic uh world team owner that is
2543s	Jeremy Jeremy how are you doing buddy
2545s	doing pretty good
2547s	off yeah yeah excited I'm excited to see
2550s	what your team has been cooking uh and
2552s	of course we have one of our glorious
2554s	level designers uh Jessica Jessica I
2556s	believe this is this your first time on
2558s	the show or second time first time but
2561s	I'm hyped welcome very excited I know
2563s	that you've done a lot of uh a lot of
2566s	cool stuff in here and I think players
2567s	are going to be excited to see that we
2568s	are live by the way on on the production
2571s	environment uh obviously this week we've
2572s	been doing um some testing uh on prod
2575s	since last weekend was our last weekend
2577s	of uh phase one so you may see some
2580s	players run through us uh that is all
2582s	cool we're down uh to clown with some
2584s	people on prod um think if we get some
2588s	strange uh you know comments or whatever
2591s	it is what it is this this is where we
2592s	are um but joining us as well on the
2595s	design side of course is our director of
2597s	design Bill Bill how are you doing buddy
2600s	awesome you know just uh ready to go in
2602s	here and uh see what happens yes it's
2605s	going to be exciting I think and then we
2608s	have of course our uh lead environment
2610s	artist James James how you doing buddy
2613s	I'm doing good excited to uh dwarf it up
2616s	yes you are a dwarf lover and now we do
2618s	have some dwarves I see our tiny little
2620s	dwarves here with very strong legs of
2623s	course uh very excited for that so cute
2625s	I know uh and then we have joining us as
2628s	well um our producer plan and dwarf a
2632s	familiar face for many of you in the
2634s	look at this Stephen give God Shield
2636s	please
2639s	uh Planet dorf uh how you doing buddy
2640s	Nathan how you doing I'm I'm here to
2643s	chew bubblegum and channel mana and I am
2645s	not allowed a channel man anymore so I'm
2647s	ready to have a good time love it love
2649s	it uh and then we have our one of our
2652s	glorious QA members Anastasia first time
2654s	on the show Anastasia I know you have
2656s	been finding all the possible bugs in
2658s	what short period of time has been given
2660s	to QA for this space but welcome
2663s	Anastasia how are you thank you a huge
2666s	imposter syndrome bed thanks
2668s	no you've been doing a great job here
2670s	the whole team has I mean really this is
2672s	is such a beautiful looking just
2673s	exterior even and of course you know
2675s	this is the worst that this place is
2676s	going to look um it's going to only get
2679s	better from here there's a lot of still
2680s	polish that we want to do there's a lot
2682s	of set dressing that we want to do and
2683s	of course lighting as well but it is in
2685s	a place where we expect players will be
2687s	interacting with this throughout uh the
2690s	Alpha 2 um uh break excuse me the the
2693s	Christmas break which by the way we
2696s	probably have already announced this but
2698s	we will be leaving the Alpha 2 servers
2702s	up for Phase 2 through the entirety of
2705s	our Christmas break which starts on
2706s	December 20th and ends on January 6th I
2709s	know that traditionally we had said that
2711s	Phase 2 would be over a 5-day period of
2713s	time but things are feeling pretty
2714s	stable the team is feeling pretty uh
2716s	aggressive in which case we are going to
2718s	be um to be keeping things up over the
2722s	whole break so I think a lot of people
2724s	are going to have a lot of fun playing
2726s	um there's a lot of new systems and feat
2727s	which we'll be talking about on the live
2729s	stream but today we are going to focus
2730s	in this video on befallen Forge so let's
2734s	head in we will come down at 2: a.m. or
2737s	server restarts yes yes servers will be
2740s	restarting daily at 2 a.m. uh Pacific
2742s	time uh for those of you of course who
2745s	are late night owls you will see that
2747s	downtime is expected probably to be you
2749s	know less than an hour but I don't know
2752s	um and I think it's 2 2 e uh C for the
2756s	oh my bad okay got you're good okay all
2759s	right so this is the befallen forge I
2763s	know that we have a lot of people
2764s	following us is there a group there is a
2767s	group but you're not in there just
2768s	follow gindra because he's going to be
2770s	our
2771s	tank oh here we go ging you are our tank
2775s	so so cool why is Step leading yeah why
2778s	the Mage leading well I'm just looking
2780s	at these this stuff I mean this is kind
2782s	of nasty what happened to these
2784s	people what why are we here yeah why are
2787s	we here here what is this place Jeremy
2788s	talk to us all why are there so many
2790s	dwarves bu Fallen Forge it original name
2794s	was the braithre and it was a
2796s	collaboration with the dwarves and the
2798s	humans to create a forge because over on
2801s	the other continent over in aium the
2803s	Toren Empire was starting to cause a lot
2806s	of problems so they wanted to create
2809s	this collaboration for so they start
2810s	cranking out some gear to fight off this
2815s	this Army that's going to be coming
2817s	there way um then eventually during the
2821s	Great War of the undy the Torin did come
2825s	and take over this location and cursed
2827s	everyone inside of it and then sealed it
2829s	up so after the war we weren't the
2834s	humans and and warws weren't able to
2837s	break the seal and it was just us coming
2840s	back from Sanctus in The Exodus that the
2842s	Seal's finally broken so we have the
2846s	remains of Toren and
2848s	uh dunes and Kell and alens who were
2851s	working this Forge that have been cursed
2854s	and to this afterlife of maintaining
2858s	this Forge and creating cursed weapons
2861s	and things out of it nice very cool yeah
2863s	I know I mean the forge obviously is it
2866s	speaks for itself with all of this lava
2868s	on the interior I assume that they use
2871s	uh for the forge's purposes um let's
2875s	head in if you want to if you want to
2876s	grab one of these or just if you just
2878s	want to Leroy it you're welcome to
2883s	Jeremy now of course this is intended
2886s	for full parties so uh if you need to to
2891s	find friends the entrance area as is a
2894s	classic dungeon maneuver to find groups
2897s	and people waiting but there is also
2899s	some um nearby uh uh we're close to kind
2903s	of newa and what is the other one is it
2906s	is it
2908s	that's
2910s	right it's also a good place to pick up
2913s	parties that's what is a full group of
2917s	eight everything you see in here is
2918s	going to be three stars or
2920s	more so this is kind of a higher higher
2923s	end dungeon for the river lands oh I'm
2926s	loving look at this this is I mean it
2928s	definitely speaks dunar to me I mean
2931s	looking at the looking at just the shape
2934s	language of the uh of the doors and the
2937s	archways and the blocky nature of it uh
2941s	it looks great I'm loving this the giant
2944s	chains look perfect inside oh God
2946s	there's a great
2947s	there fall inside
2950s	that these slag born they have a lot of
2953s	hit points
2955s	70k M you can hit
2959s	hard as mentioned with the grates like
2961s	the environment hazards are are pretty
2964s	spicy oh really oh I didn't even say so
2967s	so so the the uh grates back at the
2969s	entrance area those actually deal damage
2971s	to you as well right yeah they do about
2975s	10% of uh Health damage but you can roll
2978s	out of it as long as you're not like
2980s	standing in for a good maners so you'll
2983s	be just fine but we're going to crank
2985s	that up right oh for sure for sure it's
2987s	going to be up to like 25% in the next
2989s	play
2994s	through it feels pretty good I got to
2996s	tell you
2997s	I think we we've definitely brought some
2999s	stragglers along with us added Firepower
3001s	here yeah they're kind of helping we
3003s	have extra Firepower for sure let's get
3005s	this patroller down that's good though
3007s	we can make our ways a little bit deeper
3008s	in the dungeon for the
3010s	Showcase
3013s	true yeah and we're in a we're in a room
3015s	right now that has uh one of the mini
3018s	bosses the Bellow Smasher that's on the
3020s	other side oh no oh God oh God help
3025s	healer
3029s	the problem is you guys are going around
3030s	this you all are on different sides of
3032s	this pillar so you're not making my job
3034s	easy so what you're saying is the level
3036s	design
3038s	is how dare you how dare
3042s	you got to be aware of your
3046s	surroundings okay uh for for this room
3049s	in general what even though the pillars
3052s	do seem a bit perilous um they're
3055s	definitely used for like covers so so
3057s	that way you can Tien up each of the
3059s	enemies and the mini boss to kind of
3062s	have some different tactics and stuff um
3065s	when you're raiding through this this
3068s	dungeon my
3070s	bad um sorry telling these guys to take
3073s	their party down
3075s	south we will go
3078s	north is this North
3084s	yes okay there's
3087s	in the middle of uh this room as well
3090s	has uh the first showing of those cursed
3093s	D that you were mentioning St oh really
3097s	mhm where's that at right in the middle
3101s	they're uh on workbenches is it as if
3103s	they're were working on
3106s	different pieces and tools based on Tech
3110s	menus
3111s	manuals you going to pull one of these
3113s	guys gindra do we have to go south or is
3116s	there an alternate way for us to go how'
3118s	they get
3119s	cursed you know what I'm going to I'm
3122s	going to actually separate um from this
3125s	group and I'm going to summon our
3127s	party down somewhere real quick hold
3131s	on how about down here Jess in the wall
3136s	uh where are you at I'm floating down
3138s	into this
3141s	area kind of down in this
3144s	section I don't know if there's a place
3146s	for us to go from here there probably is
3148s	let me summon you here hold on one
3152s	second there we go I just pulled you off
3155s	okay everyone back there is going to die
3157s	in five seconds that was crazy I was
3159s	like healing like a mad woman I was like
3162s	oh my gosh what happened why were we
3164s	doing so much damage oh no
3167s	oh I think one of our victims here
3170s	followed us yeah oh did they some some
3173s	creative uh pathing there yeah yeah like
3175s	to see it
3178s	this happens sometimes when you when
3179s	you're when you're recording in a live
3181s	test
3183s	environment but I think it's fun this
3185s	way all right we got a less a little bit
3187s	less of a hit point dude over here maybe
3189s	we can kill him
3191s	first he bling oh he does
3196s	strategies what is this got
3199s	him okay Switching
3204s	back I love the aesthetic in here
3209s	here yeah this part right
3212s	here is definitely set up for gosh what
3216s	was
3218s	that was some damage right there oh the
3221s	explosion after the curs ders yeah
3224s	they're spicy now where can we go from
3226s	here Jess now from here we're actually
3229s	part of a later content portion push
3231s	where this is going to be like a battle
3233s	royale PVP session but um um wait hold
3238s	on you can't just drop that bomb and not
3241s	explain so this part right here the
3244s	reason why it's blocked off is that
3246s	there's going to be some A Relic or some
3250s	cursed armor we'll see what what flavor
3252s	we're feeling and once the players kill
3256s	the final boss both these areas both the
3260s	final boss area that's over here and the
3263s	area of which we just came out of the uh
3267s	Bellow Smashers room will unlock and
3269s	there will be a timed event to grab the
3272s	Relic that's over here oh that's cool
3275s	okay that's cool and that that coincides
3277s	kind of with our uh node sieges as well
3279s	because obviously as nodes acquire those
3282s	relics uh it's incumbent upon all the
3285s	other nodes that are left without to
3287s	seek out how they can acquire those
3289s	things through
3290s	battle that's very cool
3293s	definitely now to get up now I told
3296s	these people to go in a different
3297s	direction they're going to I might have
3299s	to murder
3302s	them I and it's not because they're
3305s	following us right and messing up the
3307s	recording it's because we're in a pvx
3310s	world we're competing over limited right
3313s	yes that's right I think we
3316s	all you know we just don't like to cut
3318s	of their jib you know there's I
3321s	think we flag up and we we do a little
3325s	red wedding here yeah
3327s	there is only enough room for our
3332s	party sorry
3335s	friends all right let's take a
3338s	look who who's the first oh okay that's
3341s	the first Target
3343s	apparently
3346s	murder all right the next
3350s	one got to bring him down oh no not the
3353s	oh he didn't fight us we got we're
3355s	getting corruption
3357s	oh no I need heals I need
3359s	heals I got I got this lululu guy take
3363s	out Lulu
3368s	look okay he uh they're fighting us so
3371s	we can kill him now all right murder
3375s	murder death
3377s	kill almost oh I'm flying whoops oh this
3382s	is kind of
3384s	unfair you're flying yeah I didn't even
3386s	know I was flying still all right I'm
3389s	going to wipe some corruption from folks
3391s	let me uh I got to murder this person
3394s	first guys we're not normally this Blood
3396s	hungry I tried to to warn
3399s	them all
3401s	right some of
3403s	us I need to take their stuff
3407s	though see steal
3410s	that very nice these are these are nice
3413s	Goods here oh trust this guy this guy
3415s	just jumped into the lava
3417s	it off why not oh the guy the guy
3419s	committed soku yeah or sidoku is it
3423s	sodoku
3426s	oroku okay where are we going here
3429s	now
3431s	game so Stephen if you could if if um
3435s	could you by chance bring us to that
3437s	bridge that we kind of left off that oh
3440s	really yeah I could totally do that
3441s	where do you want me to go thege follow
3443s	my little yes please the one that's uh
3446s	by where we were chest at that was close
3450s	that was close Bill all right I'm going
3453s	back to this bridge location would that
3455s	have been bad if I fell in the lava okay
3456s	I'm going to I'm going to summon you
3458s	guys to me I'm going to summon you guys
3459s	to
3460s	me don't jump off here careful hey oh oh
3464s	no the AO run the auto run what have you
3468s	done I'm going to bring you back I'm
3470s	going to bring you back thank you
3472s	okay oh there's a there's a big beasty
3475s	down here can we jump off hey there's a
3477s	dude here that's
3479s	flagged
3482s	murder oh my God and he's
3486s	dead
3487s	Perfection and his horse is dead too oh
3490s	you didn't have to kill the horse yes
3492s	you do okay let me see if he has any
3495s	good stuff oh okay all right
3498s	cool oh there's another person
3502s	fo I got to kill fo too this is quickly
3505s	becoming a oh my goodness hey I fell in
3508s	the lava I don't know if this is
3512s	sustainable okay hold on there we go we
3515s	got him we got him I'm
3517s	back okay we're going to have to we're
3519s	going to have to make like a tree and
3521s	leave here real quick is that how that
3522s	works we can do that real quick yeah
3524s	okay where are we going um so let's no
3531s	Health going with my heel
3537s	oh you need to control F if you want to
3538s	heal flag
3540s	Players let's head towards the flame
3542s	Elemental room or or the Bell Smasher
3545s	room and we can just go down and head
3547s	towards the puzzle room I'm following
3550s	you all right let's go with
3552s	Jess oh we're we're just going to leave
3554s	this uh we're just going just going to
3556s	aband yeah come on let's go tank we got
3559s	to move we got Reds in the
3563s	party okay so after you kill a Smasher
3567s	there's another boss downstairs the
3569s	flame Elemental which both of them will
3571s	drop
3573s	um for later I saw
3576s	that planet dorf just got
3579s	destroyed suicide up planet cleric
3583s	no here there we go well
3586s	can okay there you go you're good hey
3590s	what's where it you're good you're good
3595s	goodness all all right
3598s	okay
3600s	okay so we've successfully made our way
3604s	now to an area where we are just a group
3607s	alone let's kill this last
3614s	thing so after players killed a Bellow
3618s	Smasher
3619s	um their the secondary boss is
3623s	downstairs is the fire Elemental which
3625s	is the intended
3628s	flame um
3630s	afterwards players will have to come
3632s	down
3633s	here to approach the Pu room to progress
3636s	the dungeon ooh where's that at let's go
3639s	yeah are you just going to give away all
3641s	the spoilers yeah yeah that's
3644s	true look spoiler warning I love the
3649s	lava wait you said puzzle this isn't
3651s	jumping again is this don't worry about
3654s	it we'll be fine we'll be fine oh No
3655s	Just Bill and Maggie are shook to their
3658s	very core are we jump are we jumping
3661s	puzzling you don't even how many people
3664s	that was going to be part of this we'll
3666s	be fine we'll rally we'll
3670s	rally where are we
3672s	going so after we kill uh this guy the
3676s	puzzle room is in here okay oh I see I
3680s	see I see ooh there's an unruly flame
3683s	here yes these are the mobs that that
3686s	will engage us once the bridge is open
3689s	so if you can see right here check out
3691s	this puzzle Stephen
3693s	okay from Ash to Stone from Stone to
3696s	tide the path of safety lies inside o I
3701s	like that that's so good nice nice job
3703s	chess did you come up with that yeah I
3705s	actually used it for one of my uh d and
3707s	d uh sessions and players took a hot
3710s	minute to solve a 5-year-old puzzle
3714s	but but as you can see from these little
3718s	sparkles a bridge will rise right here
3722s	oh oh did you complete the puzzle yeah
3725s	oh nice oh God oh God oh God oh God wait
3730s	oh God ouch ouch no nope oh God are we
3734s	sure that's a bridge and I
3736s	died it is definitely a bridge but a
3740s	little bug may have caught in there real
3741s	quick we may have to jump across it was
3743s	still big battle of Endor Vibes right
3746s	there like the shield oh no oh no oh God
3751s	the unruly
3753s	flame destroyed me I I got destroyed by
3757s	the bridge here I know what to do I know
3760s	what to do hold on let me uh let me is
3763s	lerza still alive yeah both Maggie and I
3766s	were like we'll see how this goes we'll
3768s	we'll see how like I'm not gonna go
3770s	across this bridge I'll let you be first
3773s	okay I know what we can do so guys
3775s	you're going to see a little bug right
3777s	we're going to get that fixed today
3778s	don't worry it'll be fixed before
3780s	tomorrow you're reving at your Target
3782s	location so uh you just keep dying when
3784s	iive I am just going to fly over here so
3787s	we can keep checking out the dungeon but
3789s	welcome to Alpha 2 sometimes there are
3792s	some bugs let me go ahead and summon you
3794s	all to me including the corpses I call
3798s	it extra
3800s	spice yeah ex that's ex that's
3802s	definitely some extra SP it's a perfect
3804s	showcase that if you die in the lava
3807s	good Ridin yeah we we'll get that fixed
3810s	we we just need to put a flat plane with
3812s	that with that bridge I'll definitely
3815s	fix it I'm going to I'm going to put
3817s	like a little higher elevation for it
3819s	but definitely will be fixed today all
3821s	right so we got Ginger coming
3823s	up and then I think we can probably pick
3826s	up I love the interaction though the uh
3829s	the puzzle it's not quite a jumping
3831s	puzzle it's a death puzzle with uh is it
3836s	any Rhyme or Reason to the to the
3838s	sequence that you need yes so the reason
3840s	why I chose that kind of that riddle
3842s	esque thing because this is considered
3845s	it was considered like a safety
3846s	precaution for uh the duner
3850s	to get across the the slag depository
3854s	for let's say not quality weapons or
3857s	armor which is what that room is for so
3861s	if for some reason the lava overwhelmed
3863s	or overflowed because of all of the the
3868s	melted down armor and weapons they would
3871s	be able to access that riddle which is
3873s	like a control panel to get across the
3877s	depository that's cool I like that
3880s	anaphylaxis and tro need a need a
3883s	summoning yes oh do you guys I'm sorry
3885s	I'm so sorry let me let me bring you
3887s	guys
3889s	here oh thank you I pulled some of you
3892s	back as
3893s	[Laughter]
3894s	well oh and Jess is down lza is injured
3899s	where I'm
3901s	loading
3906s	yeah okay we can get Jess up here that's
3910s	just payback for the bridge Jess I know
3912s	I know wanted you to
3917s	die I was trying to summon them oh
3921s	no we almost got this
3925s	dude all right there we go we're
3928s	good
3930s	nice please the res We got Jess
3934s	up all right now obviously Jeremy when
3937s	we talk about these types of open world
3939s	dungeons um there are going to be some
3942s	rooms that are perhaps a bit better from
3945s	an experience Andor drop perspective as
3947s	well as some named mobs which we're
3949s	going to see here in a little bit uh
3951s	that players are going to be you know
3953s	contending for right cuz that's the
3954s	scarcity that exists this just put in we
3958s	have three mini bosses Bell smash being
3961s	one of them and then several names so
3964s	we'll run into some of those those are
3966s	um your loot targets your uh your
3969s	reasons for coming
3970s	here and Mike and uh econ team have
3974s	looted these guys up so come on in and
3979s	get all your gear
3981s	here we're we're actually approaching a
3984s	room that has one the name Bob's The
3987s	duner Tavern that's up this bridge and
3990s	entering that we'll be able to get some
3993s	good gear yeah it's the break room for
3996s	the workers back in the day so the cast
3998s	Master's there and is this torren
4002s	administrator well the Torrens took over
4005s	the place for a
4008s	while for the bureaucratic nonsense got
4011s	it yeah during the the hike of the Great
4015s	War of the dying they forced uh the
4018s	doors and humans here to work for them
4020s	while they occupied
4022s	it okay a lot of narrative backstory to
4025s	learn while you're exploring this and
4028s	we're not going to reveal everything as
4029s	part of this showcase we're just going
4031s	to give you guys a peak inside and leave
4034s	it to you to
4035s	find all the interesting lore and
4038s	different bosses that live here but um I
4042s	think one thing that is oh my God oh my
4047s	God
4049s	whoa what is this ability might have
4053s	went time a day sh oh let me see I can
4056s	adjust that my bad
4059s	here yeah we did let me just fix that my
4063s	bad
4068s	guys okay I think we're
4071s	good grab this guy too for everyone who
4074s	is on live at this point sorry for the
4076s	flashbang oh
4078s	[Laughter]
4083s	yeah there he is oh here we
4087s	go kill this guy too
4092s	o now you're tanking this pretty well so
4095s	this is obviously intended for a full
4097s	party and full party that needs to be
4099s	geared pretty well because these guys
4101s	are level 27
4102s	mobs and it goes up to 30 so 2 to 30 in
4107s	here so I put the range that where
4109s	you're starting at the entrance they
4112s	level 25 so it shows like progression as
4114s	you're going through the
4117s	dungeon oh that's
4119s	cool and now from an econ standpoint
4122s	there's also specific gear for this
4124s	dungeon as well that players can
4127s	acquire where yes ouch you just get down
4132s	turn down I'm trying to revive you oh no
4135s	oh my God oh no we need to burn them
4137s	burn them quick okay bring you
4143s	up
4147s	almost almost oh and he's
4152s	down he did have a fire infused you got
4155s	like one shotted
4157s	bro ooh what is this Lo so it's a little
4162s	secret that uh you guys will have to
4163s	find out when we get to the like boss
4167s	room oh that's cool now it's not yet
4170s	online by the way but there actually is
4173s	intended to be quite a big raid boss in
4176s	this dungeon as well is that
4178s	right yes uh a little bit of secret but
4182s	maybe he has some wings and maybe he can
4184s	like breathe some necrotic or acid
4186s	breath out each here so might be Undead
4189s	might have a felter might be a dragon
4193s	yeah fctl little surprised
4199s	oh can I just I just want to get a I
4201s	just want to get a upwardly view
4203s	here yeah so this is the uh Tavern SL
4207s	break room where like as you know dun
4209s	and dwarves like lail so of course they
4212s	would have like celebratory stuff while
4214s	in the past and the castmaster was the
4217s	one who was involved with with ensuring
4220s	that the ale lasted as long as people
4224s	were thirsty
4227s	that's
4228s	cool yeah this looks
4232s	awesome just I'm just going to get a
4234s	nice view of the uh of the room for
4238s	everybody this is a great looking area
4240s	while you guys kind of uh play around
4242s	there I just want to give people kind of
4243s	a little bit of a fly through actually
4245s	as I move around the dungeon just to
4248s	give you guys
4250s	out nice that our it's nice our magic
4253s	DPS is just roaming around
4257s	yeah that uh that explosion at the end
4259s	can uh can get you oh yeah this is a
4262s	huge complex I mean how many parties can
4265s	this area support easily about five or
4269s	six uh parties like when we did uh a
4272s	kind of a stress test ear earlier this
4274s	week there was a good junk load of
4277s	people raiding through here and trying
4278s	to get past that first
4282s	boss I mean it looks great based on our
4284s	results it looks like it only support
4286s	one party right that's all for us yeah
4289s	pull this here well we are pretty much a
4291s	junk
4295s	load this is cool and the lava is
4299s	dangerous yes oh for sure um as you saw
4303s	the greats do the that small bit of
4306s	damage the burn damage and the lava is
4309s	uh definitely an instakill so
4314s	definitely jump on your own
4316s	[Music]
4319s	Peril I'm trying to come back to find
4322s	you
4323s	guys oh there you
4327s	are all right I'm sorry I'm back well
4330s	this is pretty awesome I think players
4331s	is going to have a lot of fun obviously
4333s	as you said this is a higher level
4334s	content uh lot of great rewards that are
4337s	possible in here um and you know we want
4340s	players to have a little bit of friction
4342s	perhaps over those rewards and the
4344s	scarcity of uh
4346s	of what it represents super
4349s	cool yeah great job on this by the way
4352s	Jess and Jeremy and and James oh my
4356s	gosh um I think players going to have a
4359s	lot of fun in here and and it definitely
4360s	I think is oh this is the guy killed me
4362s	on the bridge representative of whate
4365s	people expect from an open world you
4368s	know massive dungeon yeah did a really
4371s	good job on this was the artist who uh
4375s	was the primary artist who uh finished
4378s	up the blockouts by making it look like
4382s	an actual dungeon very
4385s	nice yeah I took a lot of inspiration
4388s	from um Moria as well as a couple
4391s	other dungeons from like Dungeons and
4395s	Dragons and uh made a solid block out
4398s	for and test out some pop for passing
4401s	off to Tristan to to beautify it and
4404s	make it look like an actual dungeon like
4405s	James was
4407s	saying now where's the where's the one
4409s	of the bosses did we already fight one
4410s	of the
4411s	bosses uh no we did not uh we can fight
4415s	one of the named bosses which is right
4417s	over here oh fire
4419s	Rune oh is there maybe we should try to
4421s	fight that boss first let's see yeah
4423s	there's a the cast Master is over here
4427s	let me let me Mark him sounds like a
4430s	producer askm yeah yeah I'll take 100
4437s	where's my
4438s	ale ale is for
4443s	closers I like it where's the task
4446s	masker I lost I lost you guys uh oh he's
4449s	up here yeah I marked him with a nice
4452s	little
4453s	axxe oh a cask master I thought he said
4457s	task
4459s	TK that'd be too closer that to that
4462s	producer you were talking about we got
4463s	an ad tro
4466s	oh the
4470s	butle you blaming
4473s	tro sleep it oh we got the cast Master
4477s	too oh God St got it I think we got them
4479s	all we got a bunch well no no we're good
4483s	we're good Focus kill that last dude
4487s	tank
4492s	here got to hold them both
4505s	almost oh no here oh watch out watch out
4509s	oh that's
4512s	great wait these enemies do damage wait
4514s	hold up oh yeah there people are
4518s	dying oh the tank is down yeah I'm
4521s	taking damage I
4523s	uh having trouble everybody alive uh oh
4527s	okay think we got
4530s	it get his fat
4538s	loots okay I'm still on the cask
4552s	master almost
4556s	watch out for the explosion afterwards
4557s	oh no he's gaining
4560s	health I'm cleansing his his
4563s	[Music]
4566s	Buffs watch the boat watch blow up oh my
4568s	gosh he has Health
4570s	again dude he is getting so much health
4573s	back what is going on health
4575s	from it's the ale he's drinking
4579s	no oh my god
4582s	dude well that happens to me too we got
4585s	to kill the other things then first we
4587s	got to kill the other things oh my
4591s	gosh I got the heals that
4593s	is
4597s	okay okay almost we got another guy okay
4601s	we got to let's pull back let's pull
4602s	back a little
4603s	bit pull it
4606s	back I think we're going to get respawns
4608s	though yeah kill kill this cursed Smith
4612s	first focus on one target y
4617s	oh slor slor
4620s	up wait I was just ready to close us
4629s	out I died guys I know you can't do what
4632s	I'm doing but it is much easier if you
4637s	can okay I'm going to hack
4640s	too no stop it oh my God this is
4644s	starting getting very lonely uh you guys
4646s	are all dead all right well that has
4649s	been our Showcase of
4653s	the uh couple bugs here and there that's
4656s	cool um but honestly this is a super
4660s	super awesome uh dungeon and I think
4662s	players are really going to enjoy it um
4664s	it is definitely uh not for the faint of
4667s	heart it is difficult uh so be aware
4669s	players if you want to overcome this
4672s	difficulty and in favor of trying to
4673s	find the loot and rewards that come with
4675s	with this place you're going to need to
4677s	come um you're going to need to come
4678s	prepared um Jess Jeremy James Bill uh
4686s	Anastasia Nathan Margaret thank you guys
4689s	for joining us this was a a fun
4691s	experience I think players are going to
4692s	love the new content that's in Phase 2
4694s	and obviously uh as you all know out
4696s	there in the audience this is just the
4698s	start of phase 2 we have a lot of plans
4700s	for Phase 2 uh Intrepid is going to be
4702s	on holiday from the 20th to the 6th but
4704s	when we return we are going to be ready
4706s	to kick some butt and to implement some
4708s	new content and features uh as part of
4711s	the phase 2 development so um thank you
4714s	for joining us today and we will see you
4715s	guys back on stream have a happy
4718s	holidays and merry Christmas everybody
4720s	thanks y'all Christmas bye bye take it
4723s	easy thank
4732s	you hello everyone welcome back I will
4735s	play the VOD kind of in the background
4737s	so uh you can uh watch that and you
4741s	don't have to just look at our faces um
4743s	whilst we uh talk a little bit more and
4745s	answer some questions but um I didn't
4747s	know if you wanted to talk more about
4749s	bef Fallen Forge I know that there's a
4750s	lot of content that we um Stephen was
4753s	flying through people were like why is
4755s	he flying through it why is he cheating
4757s	I'm just I'm I'm just flying to give you
4760s	guys a little bit of a wider perspective
4762s	of the dungeon and its size and how big
4765s	it is is um you know obviously as we do
4769s	these kind of showcases
4772s	um you know it's fun to kind of use
4775s	those Powers when need be there's a
4776s	little we don't we don't do cuts and
4778s	really we don't do retakes we just jump
4781s	in and we say okay let's go this we're
4783s	gonna oneshot this basically and if
4785s	things happen that we don't intend you
4787s	know it chaotic it's it's it's all good
4791s	um I think that's a that's a more re
4793s	realistic uh
4795s	um you know portrayal of the of the
4798s	state of the game right now so it's cool
4800s	um yeah the the the dungeon obviously
4803s	you know is massive I think this is what
4805s	we're trying to aim for obviously when
4807s	we have these large complexes you know
4809s	and we want to have these large
4811s	environments where you know there are
4813s	certain areas that are better to XP in
4816s	and and not and that's what players
4818s	fight over or have disagreements about
4820s	right um this particular dungeon I think
4824s	you know Jess Jeremy
4825s	uh Tristan did a great job in standing
4828s	up in a relatively short period of time
4831s	um and I think it looks beautiful Chris
4833s	hasn't really gotten a huge amount of
4834s	time to light the dungeon uh so it's
4837s	going to get much better once we get a
4838s	full lighting pass
4840s	possible within the dungeon in the new
4843s	year um that should be relatively quick
4846s	and there's new
4849s	cont oh I'm sorry say it again yeah I
4851s	said there'll be some new content that
4852s	will be added to it too I know there's
4854s	bosses and
4855s	um yeah and the NPC team you know they
4857s	quickly stood these NPCs up as well
4859s	Raymond did a great job with that um so
4863s	you know it's it was a fun experience
4865s	and I think you guys are gonna have a
4866s	lot of fun playing through this dungeon
4867s	it's difficult it's definitely
4870s	difficult yeah um I like how you were
4873s	like very adamant we needed eight
4875s	players and we were pretty much playing
4877s	the dungeon with seven CU she was
4879s	running around we like stepen we need
4881s	the extra deeps where are you absolutely
4885s	I was at like healing like crazy that
4887s	was it was definitely wild at the end I
4889s	was like because I was so focused on
4892s	healing I was like where do those other
4893s	monsters come from I'm like did you
4894s	train us
4897s	Stephen I do that sometimes uh before we
4900s	started I was on your toes giving
4902s	everyone a pep talk and I was like all
4904s	right try to stay near me if you want
4906s	heals if you follow the tank don't pull
4908s	the things and Steph's like I feel like
4910s	you're targeting me this we've we
4914s	definitely I see some people talking
4916s	about the the difficulty and and the uh
4918s	the gear that we're in I do just want to
4921s	make sure that people know like you know
4923s	balancing is definitely going to be more
4926s	um focused on as part of uh phase two
4929s	and especially when we get into phase
4930s	three that's really where we're going to
4932s	get a lot of balancing opportunity um
4934s	but we have taken some balance p uh
4936s	passes right now on like NPC stat curves
4941s	uh player power
4942s	progression um some of the gear
4945s	obviously we had that bug that was
4946s	happening with legendary gear um right
4949s	now we we took a little bit of an axe to
4952s	three star Health progression because
4954s	they were getting a little bit too tanky
4957s	um and it was feeling like a long period
4958s	of time to kind of kill those so we did
4960s	about a 20% reduction across the board
4964s	on health for three stars um so that was
4967s	a couple patches ago yeah yeah
4971s	absolutely so we are we are aware of it
4973s	we're watching you know we're playing
4974s	with you you may not always know who we
4976s	are but we're out there we're playing
4978s	with I got discovered in one of my one
4980s	of my little spy guilds did you forget
4982s	to turn on your voice man I did I messed
4985s	up and then they called me out they're
4987s	like hey man your voice is different and
4989s	I'm like
4990s	what how's it how's it
4993s	different so I got I'm just a little
4995s	sick right now I know right
4999s	Unfortunately they recognize me
5000s	immediately but um yeah you have a very
5002s	specific like I could I think I could
5005s	recognize your voice in a lineup we are
5008s	we are definitely um we are definitely
5011s	out there and we're playing with you
5013s	guys so we're experiencing this stuff as
5014s	well and we're taking these notes back
5016s	and we're corroborating them with your
5017s	guys's feedback you know and we
5019s	incorporate that as part of our as part
5021s	of our iteration process and balancing
5024s	process yeah so keep giving us your
5027s	feedback uh keep slash bugging things
5029s	that you find that all goes towards uh
5032s	updates and changes that we're making as
5034s	we move forward um but we're going to
5035s	switch over and answer some questions
5037s	that y'all have sent over obviously
5039s	we're not going to be able to get
5040s	through a million but we will uh try to
5043s	get through uh you know a dozen of them
5045s	if we can um so the first one here comes
5048s	from false god and they're wondering are
5050s	we going to get chat font size changes
5053s	so uh hard to read because it's hard to
5056s	read for people with the tiny font yeah
5058s	that's something that's something that
5059s	is high priority for the UI team um it's
5062s	something that's you know not as easily
5064s	implemented uh but it is something
5066s	that's on our radar we always intended
5068s	for that to be a feature uh and we're
5070s	going to be prioritizing that as part of
5072s	the new year so we'll keep you updated
5074s	on when to expect that but it is
5075s	something we want to do
5077s	100% And then the next one is from boss
5080s	hunter10 and they were wondering are the
5081s	new weapons going to be available from
5083s	the launch of phase 2 or will those be
5085s	later
5086s	on I don't believe they were in the
5089s	patch notes so I think they're in no no
5091s	no those those will be in the new year
5093s	so probably I would say around the end
5095s	of January we'll have um I I think I saw
5098s	an update on Dual wielded daggers uh
5101s	that looked pretty good they were they
5103s	were looking nice um so there the work
5107s	is being done but they're not yet ready
5109s	for prime time but they will be
5111s	soon and then the next one here is when
5114s	will or where are the Gin versions of
5117s	the day of the veon or when we'll see
5119s	those oh that's going to be an update
5122s	that comes to the veon um later this is
5125s	like the ability to have some emissive
5127s	um scarring slash tattoos on the veon
5131s	that's what they're talking about um
5134s	that'll come a little bit later those
5135s	will have like expanded eye options to
5137s	have some emissive glow within the eyes
5139s	as well as um some unique scars only
5142s	available to the veon um that shows some
5145s	Gin
5146s	influence then we have are the dun near
5149s	keeping the flip uh some people think
5151s	it's immersion breaking some people like
5153s	it it's definitely a controver
5155s	feel on the on the
5157s	flip uh we are keeping the flip
5161s	um it might be more appropriate for the
5164s	nikua I mean that was the original
5166s	intent of the flip this was the flip was
5168s	first
5169s	introduced back in Alpha One Alpha One
5173s	yeah that's right and it was when we had
5175s	the nikua available I believe then to
5179s	play yeah because well we had yeah and
5181s	they shared and they shared the same
5183s	skeleton between the D I think in the
5185s	Thea and then it got kept on the junior
5187s	skeleton so we might have an adjustment
5189s	there it might even be an option that
5192s	players have available to them I do
5194s	think it's more appropriate for the
5195s	nikua uh I think it's a fun flip um but
5199s	uh yeah it's it's interesting to get the
5201s	mixed the mixed feelings and feedback
5203s	about it yeah and long term we plan on
5205s	having like different animations and
5207s	things like that that you can kind of
5208s	swap out right like down the line um I
5211s	know we had emotes and things like that
5212s	that you could
5215s	had um we sold some of those as like an
5219s	addition additional Cosmetics
5222s	so perhaps it could be something like
5224s	that uh and then are y'all thinking
5227s	about uh providing furniture and prop
5230s	drops for free holds um off of Regular
5233s	mobs or anything like that uh is a
5235s	question um they won't be they won't be
5237s	full completed uh props and or
5239s	Furnitures um what they will be is
5241s	there'll be potentially pieces that you
5242s	use to construct those
5245s	um Furniture is a is a whole progression
5247s	path that's that's something that is has
5249s	game mechanic implications and power
5252s	implications for players um so we want
5255s	to gate that behind a profession and
5257s	crafting uh in order to access those
5260s	power
5262s	increases and then um it's also weird to
5265s	think that a Goblin's just walking
5266s	around with a chair you know like here
5269s	where's that chair being put that's
5272s	questions I have no um
5275s	yeah and I think we we've talk we've
5276s	talked about it before having like
5278s	resources that drop and then you can
5279s	craft or recipes and things like that
5282s	off of creatures uh we've already
5285s	answered questions in regards to the
5287s	Rogue previously but we during the
5289s	stream during the playthrough and
5291s	throughout the stream it has been a Hot
5294s	Topic um but people really want to know
5297s	what is the current status of Rogues
5299s	internally for us and like what when are
5302s	people going to be able to test it I
5303s	know we've talked a little about this
5304s	earlier in the Stream but I don't know
5305s	if we want to reiterate that just
5307s	because there's been a lot of people
5308s	asking Rogues will be testable on PTR um
5312s	sometime in January probably closer to
5315s	the end of January um right now they're
5317s	still very much in active development um
5319s	the combat team and and and Bucky has
5322s	you know been spearheading uh the
5325s	progress on the Rogue and those of you
5328s	who really enjoy the um The Bard uh
5332s	Bucky was lead designer on The Bard as
5335s	well um so you know you you you might
5338s	get a sense of of perhaps more of the
5341s	Whimsical nature that could perhaps be
5343s	seen in some of the abilities but uh I
5346s	think you got a little bit of a preview
5347s	uh of some of these abilities yeah they
5349s	some people found them that people saw
5352s	um I have a lot of I have a lot of faith
5355s	that the that the Rogue is going to be
5357s	uh living up to traditional Rogue player
5360s	standards and and and ideas um so I'm
5364s	very excited for it but obviously all
5367s	good things need time to cook and this
5369s	one's cooking it's cooking actively it
5371s	will absolutely land in phase two um and
5374s	that might be you know near the end of
5376s	January where we see some initial PTR
5378s	testing of it exciting so not not a long
5382s	ways to potentially wait but of course
5385s	everything subject to change just make
5386s	sure that you follow along with us on
5388s	our news we'll keep you updated um on
5390s	when those patches are coming same for
5392s	PTR we do the same thing so if you're
5393s	part of the PTR experience um you should
5396s	be able to keep an you know keep up to
5398s	date on what we're doing over on the
5400s	Discord as well uh the next question
5402s	here is from the Casual Gamer 2385 shout
5406s	out uh they would love to hear more
5408s	about the family system and their
5410s	question is concerning family system is
5412s	more of have we thought about um
5415s	teleporting in the family system being
5416s	too powerful or H have we come up with
5420s	another way
5421s	that people can use it or basically
5425s	being able to cross World Travel they're
5428s	concerned about that I think that's fair
5431s	it's absolutely a fair thing to be
5432s	concerned about um what I would say is
5435s	have faith in us to make sure that it is
5437s	balanced appropriately with the rest of
5439s	the game design um I think what we're
5441s	trying to solve with that uh type of um
5446s	functionality is essentially allowing
5448s	close groups to be able to alleviate
5451s	some of the travel time in order to play
5453s	together
5454s	um I think there's a way to do that in a
5458s	game like ours where we're not
5460s	compromising the transit of materials or
5463s	the ability to Zerg a location quickly
5466s	um it comes down to implementation we've
5468s	talked a little bit in the past about
5470s	what that implementation might look like
5471s	in order to include safeguards against
5473s	those concerns um so what I would say
5477s	is it's fair to be concerned uh but also
5480s	with concern comes trust and a little
5482s	bit of Faith uh that we're going to
5483s	execute on on our vision in a way that's
5485s	cohesive uh and doesn't jeopardize the
5487s	long-term intent or tenants of the game
5490s	yeah and if you have you know feedback
5492s	or suggestions that are very specific
5494s	feel free to pop those over on our
5495s	forums we do compile that stuff we send
5497s	it over to development um especially um
5500s	in regards to that we might even have a
5502s	devb discussion down the line so um
5504s	definitely give us your feedback the
5506s	next one is in regards to the the
5509s	dungeon that we're watching right now um
5511s	is the lava in the dungeon placeholder
5513s	uh people feel like it should be
5515s	improved I know you talked a little bit
5517s	about already some of the improvements
5518s	on the art side absolutely I mean
5521s	remember art is always a work in
5523s	progress um and while I believe that
5526s	this dungeon looks great I you know I
5527s	saw a lot of people obviously commenting
5529s	on the dungeon looking very good um
5532s	things that get improved are uh textures
5535s	and shaders and materials lava I think
5539s	is one of those you know there's a level
5540s	of
5544s	movement in the lava there is a darkness
5547s	and a layer of crust that you want to
5549s	kind of see in the lava um that is
5551s	something that I think is near and dear
5552s	to our environment leads heart um James
5556s	um I know he was commenting on wanting
5558s	to improve the lava before the 20th but
5561s	did not get a chance to do so so that's
5564s	probably going to be first up on the
5566s	list of improvements that come in
5567s	January for this dungeon in addition to
5569s	other stuff too so work in progress uh
5572s	keeping that in mind art continues to
5574s	move forward um and you will see
5576s	improvements over time and then then the
5579s	next question here is are we going to
5581s	add lower level dungeons obviously this
5583s	is a level 20 25ish dungeon requires
5587s	quite a bit of gear um so they're
5589s	curious if we're going to have some
5590s	lower level dungeons that people can
5592s	access at
5594s	lower yeah and I mean I think we do have
5597s	some of those pocket dungeon locations
5599s	we have um you know we have some areas
5603s	that are kind of small introductions
5605s	into dungeons they're not full Mega you
5607s	know dungeons like this the one thing to
5610s	keep in mind about these dungeons is you
5612s	know dungeon of this size and of this
5614s	category you want players to spend some
5616s	time in and the lower the level you get
5618s	the less time you spend in those levels
5621s	right so um it it it's kind of a a
5624s	related scale between time to level out
5628s	and uh space to level in uh so so um yes
5632s	we gonna they probably might not see but
5635s	we do have some little like Dungeons
5637s	that are accessible already for folks
5640s	exactly that's right you know this at
5642s	level 25 you're going to be spending you
5644s	know upwards potentially of several days
5648s	if not a week or more relevant to the
5652s	level range of this dungeon and that's
5655s	why it's of the size it is as opposed to
5657s	being like level six or seven where you
5659s	may only spend several hours uh at that
5662s	level um then those dungeon sizes are
5664s	going to be much smaller all right and I
5667s	think that kind of wraps it up we'll be
5669s	here all day if we answer question if we
5671s	continue to answer questions um but we
5675s	appreciate yall uh hanging out with us
5678s	and providing your thoughts and as well
5680s	as you know if you do have any
5682s	additional thoughts feel free to send
5683s	those our way we're of course um always
5686s	taking feedback head on over to forums.
5688s	ases ofc creation.com to provide those
5691s	over to us we hope to see you all join
5694s	us in Alpha 2 as we get things wrapped
5696s	up we'll keep you guys informed I know
5697s	we're working out uh working on
5699s	resolving some issues we should you
5700s	should be able to patch right now I
5701s	believe that's what we have going on not
5703s	not not quite yet um we're likely going
5705s	to have a patch that's available for the
5707s	launcher close to one o'clock so if you
5710s	are not already in the Discord that is
5713s	obviously the best place to receive real
5716s	time updates as as soon as you see them
5718s	they're you know they are a real time
5721s	update space so get into to get into our
5723s	Discord if you're not already keep your
5725s	eyes on the Alpha 2 um News Channel
5729s	that's under the Alpha 2 Section um and
5731s	we'll be posting an update there once we
5733s	have the launcher ready to update again
5735s	that time frame is going to be at 1:00
5737s	currently if there's an update to that
5738s	time frame you'll see an update there uh
5741s	but we are working on it and then once
5742s	we're fully up and we're rocking and
5744s	rolling we will post over on our social
5746s	channels to let you know that we are
5747s	live so if you don't want to be part of
5748s	the the process of waiting around trying
5750s	to figure out things or anything like
5752s	that we will let you know when we're
5753s	fully up and live over on our social
5754s	channels so stay tuned for that um
5757s	reminder again that we will be keeping
5759s	everything up our goal is to uh bring
5761s	everything down more in January 6th at
5764s	around 10:00 a.m. Pacific um but we will
5767s	also be having realm uh restarts that
5770s	will be happening at 2: a.m. Pacific for
5772s	North American Realms and for European
5776s	ones that will be to C so uh those will
5779s	be automated we won't be doing a ton of
5781s	messaging regarding those they should be
5782s	coming up back up within 15 to 20
5784s	minutes but just as an FYI that that is
5787s	kind of like what the experience would
5788s	be we hope that you all enjoy uh
5790s	everything and um you know thank you for
5793s	all of you joining us here watching uh
5795s	to Jessica Jeremy James oh there's a lot
5797s	of Jay's on the I didn't realize that
5799s	start reading out uh Bill and of course
5802s	uh Stephen for their time and helping us
5805s	create today this you know development
5807s	update our last one for the year we hope
5810s	that every everyone has a merry
5812s	Christmas and a glorious holiday of
5814s	course stay safe and healthy and we hope
5817s	you have fun on ver with us there like
5819s	stepen said a lot of developers will be
5822s	popping in and playing throughout the
5823s	holiday uh with our families and friends
5826s	um and of course uh follow us on all of
5828s	the social platforms um the VOD for the
5832s	befallen forge playthrough should be
5834s	over up on our YouTube channel we'll
5836s	post that on on social so you guys can
5838s	access that momentarily and then of
5841s	course we will have this full
5842s	development update over um on on YouTube
5844s	we're hoping to put that out today
5846s	before we leave it all depend on Twitch
5848s	and YouTube collaborating and working
5851s	properly but as soon as that is uploaded
5853s	reminder to leave a comment on the uh
5857s	development update video and you could
5859s	be our next Spotlight make sure that
5861s	you're comment or that you are also
5863s	publicly subscribed so that we can see
5865s	you uh whenever we're those cuz we kind
5868s	of pull them at random and it goes
5870s	through that process it's very strange
5872s	um and of course follows on all the
5873s	places Twitter Facebook Instagram all
5875s	the things we are constantly posting
5878s	stuff over on those channels um and we
5881s	have a little holiday video as well for
5882s	you guys later uh throughout the year so
5886s	that's it that wraps up 2024 the next
5889s	time we see you all we'll be 2025 we
5891s	have so much planned for you guys next
5894s	year next year is going to be a lot of
5896s	fun um we will be doing a lot of cool
5898s	things so stay tuned with us and um
5901s	we'll keep you guys informed thank you
5903s	guys
5905s	Merry Christmas bye
5908s	[Music]

[2024] Development Update With Befallen Forge Playthrough - 11AM PT Friday, December 20, 2024

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