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| 4s | every single month since September I've |
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| 6s | said the exact same thing and that is |
| 9s | this is the best live stream of the year |
| 11s | uh this is the best live stream of the |
| 12s | year I'm going to come out and I'm just |
| 14s | going to say it it was a 10 for |
| 16s | me cuz it's like dang like Intrepid is |
| 19s | cooking and the reason that we're having |
| 21s | this cooking fing is because they have |
| 23s | the great developers and the great team |
| 25s | that they have on right |
| 26s | [Music] |
| 28s | now guys I'm trying not to be such a fan |
| 31s | girl right now but I'm going to lose my |
| 33s | I can't I oh my God I can probably speak |
| 37s | for a lot of people whenever I say I am |
| 39s | so excited to see what it's going to be |
| 41s | like take the first steps into it and |
| 44s | really have that experience |
| 48s | [Music] |
| 60s | ashes of creation October development |
| 62s | update and of course we have launched |
| 65s | Alpha 2 which has been really exciting |
| 67s | for us here in the office um we hope |
| 69s | that everyone has been well and safe |
| 71s | over the month we have |
| 73s | been very busy to say the least um |
| 77s | obviously Alpha 2 is launched now so |
| 79s | we'll be talking a little bit about that |
| 81s | we're going to be hopping into the game |
| 82s | and playing with folks we've already |
| 85s | have some players who have found us in |
| 86s | the world so um we can see you guys but |
| 90s | before we do so introductions here |
| 92s | obviously I'm Margaret cron I'm our |
| 94s | director of communications and with me |
| 95s | as always is stevenh Sherie our creative |
| 97s | director we also have Bill tro with us |
| 99s | which is our director of design you guys |
| 101s | got to meet him last uh update and we |
| 104s | also have Brian Langford our executive |
| 105s | producer who has joined us quite a few |
| 107s | times I feel like we usually invite you |
| 109s | every February so this is like a double |
| 112s | they get a |
| 113s | double annual shot with |
| 116s | you also there you go um and a new face |
| 120s | has joined us for those of you who are |
| 122s | pretty close knit in our community |
| 123s | you've probably met Jacob through other |
| 125s | means um as he has been speaking uh in |
| 128s | our Discord and stuff like that |
| 129s | throughout our pre-alpha 2 as well as |
| 131s | with pi but Jacob welcome he's our |
| 135s | producer Jacob producer a let's go I'm |
| 139s | in yeah so let's first uh do like a |
| 142s | little quick intro for Jacob we usually |
| 143s | do this for all our new folks can you |
| 145s | walk kind of walk us through a little |
| 146s | bit about like what a lead producer does |
| 149s | here at interpet Studios cuz I think |
| 150s | that's one of people are curious about |
| 152s | that first yeah everything yeah as as |
| 156s | much as possible like to be the producer |
| 158s | EST of them all um now lead producer |
| 161s | here is a really cool gig uh it's all |
| 164s | about facilitating and supporting what |
| 167s | the vision is figuring out how to |
| 169s | deliver it working with the developers |
| 171s | making sure that you know our processes |
| 173s | work for them making sure that we either |
| 175s | have the right ones or get rid of the |
| 177s | wrong ones and then it's you know get |
| 179s | organized get ready get into a rhythm |
| 182s | and you know find ways to succeed it is |
| 185s | all about setting people up to succeed |
| 188s | that is the gig um and it's a |
| 190s | challenging one in an MMO like this um |
| 194s | in this in this Engine with what we're |
| 197s | up to like there's enough to work on |
| 200s | that's for sure and and we have we have |
| 202s | quite quite a journey we have a lot to |
| 204s | work on obviously Alpha 2 is just the |
| 206s | start it's not the game isn't finished |
| 208s | again we keep reminding people this is a |
| 210s | testing phase we are you know testing |
| 213s | things as a true Alpha unlike probably |
| 215s | some of the alphas that you've played |
| 216s | before which is like usually just a port |
| 218s | of a game um can you kind of tell us a |
| 221s | little bit about your history uh you |
| 223s | know getting till you got here at an |
| 225s | Intrepid yeah yeah um dang well mostly |
| 230s | because I love MMOs uh always always |
| 234s | have started in EQ like I don't know 99 |
| 237s | 2000 somewhere in there um |
| 242s | and then the rest of us were just like |
| 244s | little babies playing I was I was |
| 246s | playing Bill's game 20 years ago now I |
| 248s | get the like so many of |
| 251s | us I was like it was I I think that's |
| 253s | how I learned English the best because |
| 255s | like there were some really good writing |
| 257s | in that game oh yeah so I just you know |
| 260s | I've Loved MMOs for a long time um and |
| 264s | you know the this is the 23rd year in |
| 268s | the industry for me shipped a lot lot of |
| 270s | stuff I've worked with some really cool |
| 272s | teams I was super lucky to work on DSX |
| 276s | and Thief when I first started in the |
| 278s | industry then I got to work on games |
| 280s | like Mortal Kombat and uh strangle hold |
| 283s | and Blitz and Ballers and then I started |
| 285s | making MMOs with the old net devil crew |
| 289s | um we made Lego Universe together which |
| 291s | was a super good time uh and then from |
| 294s | there I spent about a decade working |
| 297s | across the pond as they say on the tanks |
| 300s | and Master of Orion and different |
| 302s | different products like that for |
| 303s | wargaming so been here for 11 Milestones |
| 308s | why why did you decide to come here I |
| 310s | think that that's kind of like the |
| 311s | transition I think I think it's probably |
| 313s | the same reason that most people are |
| 315s | playing today like they believe in the |
| 316s | product they believe in the vision you |
| 319s | know like as a producer kind of |
| 321s | parachuting into a team it's what you do |
| 324s | like teams are teams and that's cool um |
| 326s | but I really respected the vision that |
| 327s | Stephen had and the way that he had put |
| 329s | the team together and the people that |
| 331s | were on the team that I could work with |
| 333s | and that I could learn from even though |
| 336s | it's 23 years in the industry I learned |
| 338s | stuff every day um about how to how to |
| 340s | do better and how to win so it's been |
| 343s | pretty cool ride I think the the most |
| 346s | compelling part of coming to this place |
| 349s | was was the vision of the product right |
| 352s | I I want this game badly I play it a lot |
| 355s | I'm gonna play it today I'm gonna play |
| 357s | it this weekend Amen brother yeah and I |
| 360s | think kind of my last one I always ask |
| 362s | people is kind of walk us through maybe |
| 364s | like your favorite MMO memory sometimes |
| 366s | it's hard to pick just one yeah so if |
| 368s | you have multiple you could share maybe |
| 369s | multiple it's cool it was a I was |
| 372s | thinking about it it's a it the thing |
| 374s | that always comes to the top of my my |
| 376s | mind is playing Dark Age of Camelot I |
| 379s | think it was on yeah D wiir and I was |
| 382s | rolling uh oh super gimped cabalist oh |
| 386s | they were so bad but um yeah anyways |
| 389s | played that so the moment that is is big |
| 391s | for me was a paladin rolls up I'm |
| 394s | farming trying to get to like 48 and he |
| 398s | just shows me how it's done and I was |
| 401s | like dude just kidding I was like I play |
| 403s | with Paladin so that's so Uber and it |
| 405s | was in we got into this conversation |
| 407s | about Uber because that was the |
| 409s | terminology at that time like you're so |
| 411s | Uber and he's like you know what you're |
| 413s | only Uber if other people say it I was |
| 415s | like all right let's go |
| 420s | that is true cabalists were never Uber |
| 423s | but um that was a good moment for me I |
| 426s | love it of course today we are here |
| 428s | we're going to talk a little bit about |
| 429s | some reminders I'll try to be quick |
| 431s | about them so we can get to the fun and |
| 432s | of course the big thing that we're going |
| 434s | to do is just kind of play Alpha too we |
| 436s | really want to just hop in game and be |
| 438s | with you guys uh we'll answer a ton of |
| 440s | questions we're going to be pulling |
| 441s | those questions live at the end as well |
| 442s | and as I see things throughout the |
| 444s | stream I'll also bring those in but we |
| 445s | have some other things that we want to |
| 446s | talk with you guys about while we play |
| 449s | um but of course of course first and |
| 450s | foremost um we do want to Spotlight our |
| 453s | YouTube comment as we always do don't |
| 455s | forget you can subscribe to us over on |
| 456s | YouTube and follow us in all of the |
| 458s | places we are ashes of creation um if |
| 460s | you subscribe to us over on YouTube and |
| 461s | you make sure that you do it as a public |
| 463s | subscriber I know it's a little weird um |
| 465s | you leave us a comment on our |
| 466s | development update your comment could be |
| 468s | spotlighted today's random selected |
| 471s | person is from Edward edwardes and they |
| 475s | would like to know how does Intrepid |
| 476s | think about the game being spoiled due |
| 478s | to the alpha reveal |
| 480s | revealing too much through content |
| 482s | creators before the actual launch and we |
| 484s | do want to do a shout out thank you to |
| 485s | all the content creators who um have |
| 487s | been streaming the game we've sent out |
| 489s | like a little brief for folks and we'll |
| 491s | go over some of that stuff throughout |
| 492s | the stream here today as well but |
| 494s | Stephen I'll let you take that yeah I |
| 496s | mean that that is that is a good |
| 498s | question and you know it's it's part of |
| 501s | obviously what |
| 504s | um what makes doing transparent |
| 506s | development uh a bit gunshy31 |
| 510s | projects obviously is right that idea of |
| 512s | spoiling uh content of spoiling the |
| 514s | experience of had other people take your |
| 515s | ideas but our approach has been one to |
| 518s | kind of embrace this philosophy of |
| 521s | Engagement with the players early so |
| 523s | that we can ensure the systems that |
| 525s | we're building the content that we're |
| 526s | making is the content that players want |
| 529s | to play and there's going to be a lot of |
| 531s | road ahead of that that we're going to |
| 532s | continue to develop new content and |
| 534s | introduce that new content and as the |
| 536s | testing continues you're going to see |
| 538s | that content get filled in through the |
| 540s | world and you know what we're trying to |
| 543s | create is a tool set that players can |
| 545s | create their own emergent experiences |
| 548s | with right that is our kind of sandbox |
| 550s | approach to the world um and in that |
| 553s | sense you know it's hard to spoil those |
| 556s | because they're Dynamic you don't know |
| 557s | what's going to happen when you give |
| 559s | players the tools to make those |
| 560s | experiences right the most memorable |
| 563s | experiences that many of us have are the |
| 565s | ones that we have created ourselves in |
| 567s | those games that we've played in the |
| 569s | past and so so while it's necessary |
| 571s | obviously for us to test through this |
| 573s | content to to have these alphas and |
| 576s | betas you know help us develop the game |
| 578s | with your guys's input um it is it's not |
| 581s | really what's at the essence of Ashes of |
| 583s | creation as a title that essence of |
| 586s | Ashes of cre creation is the dynamicism |
| 588s | is the player driven agencies that |
| 591s | create the world and the story of each |
| 593s | unique server um so you know there is an |
| 596s | opportunity for people to be spoiled if |
| 598s | they follow the game and they in those |
| 600s | things the great thing is you don't have |
| 602s | to follow ashes of creation you don't |
| 603s | have to watch those content creators |
| 605s | right now you will be aware when we |
| 607s | launch the game and you can come back |
| 609s | and play it at that time if it's very |
| 611s | important for you not to have U the |
| 613s | experiences the curated kind of designs |
| 616s | um uh spoiled so I don't know Bill if |
| 618s | you have any we haven't really been |
| 620s | we've been trying to be clo keeping the |
| 621s | lore stuff kind of close too absolutely |
| 624s | yeah yeah yeah no I think you covered it |
| 626s | you know we talked about this a little |
| 628s | bit last time of making sure that we're |
| 629s | you know know leaving room for the |
| 630s | players to tell their stories because |
| 632s | those are the important ones um and |
| 634s | we're just constantly going to be adding |
| 637s | new stuff and there's going to |
| 638s | constantly be new situations and story |
| 641s | arcs that are coming in and so it's it's |
| 644s | always going to be different every time |
| 645s | you uh come into Vera and it's you know |
| 649s | uh just making sure that we're seeding |
| 650s | the world with enough stuff to allow the |
| 653s | players to tell compelling stories |
| 655s | absolutely and and obviously you know |
| 656s | with Alpha 2 starting today you know |
| 660s | as we have tried to express very much so |
| 662s | and you guys are doing a great job in |
| 663s | the community and content creators in |
| 665s | helping us deliver this message you know |
| 667s | the focus around phase one is very much |
| 669s | around stability and performance and so |
| 671s | with that regard you know not a lot of |
| 673s | the content that you're going to be |
| 674s | seeing played this weekend and next |
| 676s | weekend um is is focused around that |
| 680s | content right it's focused around |
| 681s | instead this performance and and |
| 682s | stability so um something to keep in |
| 685s | mind as you're watching phase one is |
| 688s | we're going to continue to implement to |
| 690s | polish to flush out these systems with |
| 692s | the content necessary to help give |
| 694s | players those tools we're talking |
| 698s | about with that I just kind of wanted to |
| 700s | or is there anything else anyone wants |
| 701s | to add on that front before we move on |
| 703s | from the YouTube |
| 705s | Spotlight all right thank you for that |
| 707s | question or that comment over on our |
| 709s | YouTube channel of course um I wanted to |
| 711s | just solidify dates again I think |
| 714s | sometimes it's been a little confusing |
| 715s | because we do have so many that we've |
| 716s | shared um but obviously today is the the |
| 719s | start of phase one of Alpha 2 as we have |
| 721s | noted in the past and this is for all of |
| 724s | those folks who have Alpha 2 access for |
| 727s | October 25th that means um if you are a |
| 730s | first wve bundle owner you will not get |
| 732s | in until November 8th well it's not too |
| 735s | far away it's coming up here in a week |
| 737s | or so um and then for our second wave |
| 740s | bundle users we'll be unlocking on phase |
| 743s | two on December 20th 2024 and of course |
| 746s | our third wave bundle folks will be |
| 747s | joining us in phase three on May May 1st |
| 750s | in 2025 so just keeping that in mind as |
| 753s | we we continue to progress it's been |
| 755s | really exciting um obviously we lifted |
| 757s | our verbal NDA early on even before we |
| 760s | launched Alpha 2 so folks could start |
| 762s | talking about it I'm sure you've seen |
| 763s | some folks talking about it before but |
| 765s | now we have lifted the NDA completely |
| 768s | for our Alpha 2 um Realms so for those |
| 771s | of those folks who are playing on that |
| 774s | uh in regards to our PTR we are still |
| 775s | keeping that under visual NDA so that is |
| 778s | going to be something that we don't want |
| 780s | people to share that's going to be |
| 782s | someplace that we're still putting |
| 784s | content a little earlier before we push |
| 786s | it to Alpha 2 just keeping that in mind |
| 788s | as we move forward I think I've covered |
| 790s | all the dates there but make sure when |
| 792s | you're buying stuff on the shop that |
| 793s | you're reading everything that you're |
| 794s | purchasing because I think some folks |
| 796s | weren't reading that you know they don't |
| 797s | get access until November 8th so just |
| 799s | being conscious of that |
| 802s | um got a grave High murdering us all |
| 806s | iname that's ridiculous oh we will sorry |
| 810s | guys we just we all just we just got we |
| 812s | just got murdered in game by or I didn't |
| 814s | but a couple people did I'll I'll revive |
| 816s | as soon as he runs away um but to go |
| 820s | over the last things that we have we |
| 821s | have our Dev discussion um which uh we |
| 824s | just put up a little bit ago which is |
| 826s | about crowd control I know a lot of |
| 828s | y'all have opinions and thoughts about |
| 829s | crowd control so make sure that you're |
| 831s | going over there putting your feedback |
| 833s | in before we create a report and even if |
| 835s | you put some feedback in afterwards |
| 836s | we'll still be addressing those and |
| 838s | looking at them so |
| 840s | obviously the sooner you can give us |
| 841s | feedback the better and Stephen just |
| 843s | recently did he went on a little tour a |
| 845s | little content creator tour with a lot |
| 848s | of our core Community uh content |
| 850s | creators who I'm sure are streaming |
| 852s | right now and having a ton of fun um we |
| 854s | had our 1v1 podcast with vladis gaming U |
| 858s | definitely go check that one out voices |
| 859s | of Vera which was kind of a little bit |
| 861s | more pre-recorded they did a lot of |
| 863s | video editing on that which was really |
| 865s | fun and that was with the nice gaming |
| 867s | and is the Reno Reno one else is there |
| 870s | anyone else sorry the names are |
| 873s | different um and then of course our AOC |
| 875s | discussion round folks we've joined them |
| 876s | a few times over the years I just got |
| 879s | that by the way yeah you just got his |
| 881s | name no |
| 883s | no I thought maybe you read the is there |
| 885s | anyone else I thought there was a |
| 886s | question no no that's his name he spells |
| 890s | it with three and a one so it's like a |
| 892s | little oh that's right that's right yeah |
| 894s | yeah it's him and nice that's right you |
| 895s | were in a podcast or you were in a |
| 897s | recording I know that's true I just like |
| 900s | read it weird at first um and of course |
| 902s | yo-kai da and mix derson we're over |
| 905s | there with the aocc discussion and um |
| 907s | Theory Forge uh which we've done a few |
| 909s | things with them in the past as well so |
| 912s | yeah thank you all for being amazing |
| 913s | people in our community we still have |
| 914s | some other folks we're going to be doing |
| 916s | stuff with later down the line maybe |
| 917s | some in-game oriented things as well um |
| 920s | some folks have submitted some really |
| 922s | cool uh kind of proposals for some fun |
| 925s | in in-game events so we may make make |
| 927s | some of those come to fruition as well |
| 929s | so keep being awesome in our community |
| 931s | we love trying to interact with you guys |
| 932s | as much as possible obviously uh Steph |
| 935s | is but one person so we have to schedule |
| 938s | out his time as best we can Winstead is |
| 941s | leveling up on |
| 943s | resna that was |
| 946s | fast like an hour or two like an hour |
| 948s | and 15 minutes what the |
| 951s | heck with that let's well before we head |
| 954s | into game let's let's people would like |
| 957s | to know how to pronounce the realm name |
| 959s | names step so if you could maybe oh yeah |
| 962s | I think we don't have all six of them up |
| 964s | right now we are going to be bringing |
| 965s | them up as needed I believe we started |
| 967s | with two Na and one EU for now and then |
| 970s | we we will be bringing things is that |
| 972s | true all up yeah they're all up and |
| 975s | three okay yeah they're we started with |
| 976s | that and then we and we have some more |
| 978s | we have some more on Deck as necessary |
| 980s | we know that there are several thousand |
| 982s | players who are currently in Q waiting |
| 985s | to enter into the to the Realms to give |
| 988s | you guys some context if you are right |
| 989s | now sitting in Q to get into the Alpha 2 |
| 992s | testing um as players move throughout |
| 995s | the world and start getting out of the |
| 997s | starting zone and out of the lion hold |
| 1000s | um introductory um uh settlement um you |
| 1004s | will start to see those Q numbers start |
| 1007s | to release into the game so to speak so |
| 1009s | you know one thing that I talk about in |
| 1011s | an FAQ that we released to content |
| 1013s | creators is you know obviously we have |
| 1015s | our networking stack that is |
| 1017s | facilitating you know the the the game |
| 1019s | right now but it doesn't have all the |
| 1021s | bells and whistles that are intended |
| 1022s | those are things that we're still going |
| 1023s | to be introducing through the course of |
| 1025s | Alpha 2 such as um our mitigation |
| 1028s | standards our Dynamic um uh our our |
| 1031s | Dynamic uh boundaries you know all of |
| 1033s | those things contribute to how we |
| 1035s | address player density and player |
| 1037s | density right now uh is very very high |
| 1040s | as you can imagine within the starting |
| 1041s | Realms as we just opened up Alpha 2 so |
| 1043s | so just be patient with us we also know |
| 1045s | that there are a few bugs with the |
| 1047s | queuing system you're seeing the UI |
| 1049s | right now indicate your position strange |
| 1052s | strange behavior is happening where |
| 1053s | you're getting position one and then |
| 1054s | back to your real position and so on and |
| 1056s | so forth that is something that we're |
| 1057s | actively troubleshooting and likely |
| 1059s | we'll have some hot fixes for um that we |
| 1061s | won't need to bring the Realms down |
| 1063s | hopefully in order to implement um so |
| 1066s | just stay tuned for that and if you're |
| 1067s | not in Discord by the wayes Absol so |
| 1071s | don't worry we'll continually try to fix |
| 1072s | things as we can and if you are a part |
| 1074s | of testing and you are not in Discord it |
| 1077s | is highly advised that you do get into |
| 1079s | our Discord server we do put the uh news |
| 1082s | in the Alpha 2 Channel um you can stay |
| 1084s | up to dat there as the community team |
| 1086s | does a phenomenal job with keeping |
| 1087s | everybody up to date with impending uh |
| 1089s | changes hot fixes and uh Interruption uh |
| 1092s | times yeah and we've made those channels |
| 1095s | we kind of did something a little |
| 1096s | different with our forums and as well as |
| 1098s | our Discord channels for Alpha 2 we made |
| 1100s | them readable by everybody so even if |
| 1102s | you are not an alpha 2 player you can |
| 1105s | still read them but you just won't be |
| 1106s | able to interact in those unless you are |
| 1108s | an alpha 2 user but we still have our |
| 1110s | general forms and general chat if you |
| 1111s | have want to toss us your feedback and |
| 1113s | thoughts in other ways if you're |
| 1114s | somebody who hasn't gotten to play but |
| 1115s | you've been watching a lot of content |
| 1117s | creators or whatever it may be yeah um |
| 1120s | so you want to read us off the The Realm |
| 1123s | names so oh yes absolutely so are you |
| 1127s | you went on a little tangent there but |
| 1128s | that's okay those are good things I |
| 1131s | know um yes so uh right now we've |
| 1133s | started with three us Realms and these |
| 1135s | are located within us Central uh they |
| 1138s | are named after gods and characters |
| 1140s | within the lore of Ashes of |
| 1142s | creation our three us Realms are lenth |
| 1146s | uh VRA and resna and then I believe we |
| 1149s | have three EU Realms as well these are |
| 1151s | located within EU West um and those |
| 1153s | realm names are arok um lotharia and |
| 1158s | scha I believe correct and for all the |
| 1161s | German people out there don't come at us |
| 1163s | with the arok name I know it's very |
| 1165s | close to something else in German is it |
| 1168s | really it yeah there's a word that's |
| 1170s | like [ __ ] and it's very similar oh |
| 1173s | well he could probably he is he is God |
| 1177s | of War he could be a little bit of an |
| 1180s | [ __ ] but uh I'm German that's why I |
| 1182s | bring that up um but I think we can just |
| 1185s | pop into game if we want to transition |
| 1187s | um there's some people taunting us right |
| 1189s | now and I know Jacob really wants to |
| 1191s | murder before you know before before we |
| 1193s | actually we shouldn't murder |
| 1194s | anybody I was going to say but um before |
| 1197s | we actually well no it actually yeah |
| 1200s | let's do the game no no no I was going |
| 1201s | to say we could do um we could go |
| 1203s | through the FAQ content creator thing |
| 1205s | but I'll let K I think we could do that |
| 1207s | while we were talking oh yeah yeah that |
| 1209s | sounds good yeah yeah that totally while |
| 1211s | we're in game so that we can uh oh all |
| 1214s | right wait what happened somebody die no |
| 1216s | we just got to Tech this work all right |
| 1219s | let's this chickens so Jacob I know that |
| 1223s | you have been obviously spending a |
| 1225s | significant amount of time with our uh |
| 1228s | testing groups over the course of this |
| 1230s | pre2 testing um and you've been |
| 1233s | murdering people left and right and |
| 1235s | running through talk to us a little bit |
| 1236s | about where we are right now uh this is |
| 1239s | a a really nice POI uh point of Interest |
| 1242s | right outside of the Bri Moore farms uh |
| 1245s | there's some events that spawn here it |
| 1247s | looks amazing at night when the sun goes |
| 1249s | down and the light comes through these |
| 1251s | ruins and the Goblins start start all |
| 1253s | their fires up uh but we're just going |
| 1255s | to do a little a little Goblin cleanse |
| 1258s | over here get some loot there's um some |
| 1261s | events and maybe some treats hiding up |
| 1263s | in the top if we are successful at our |
| 1265s | parkour attempts all uh and mostly we're |
| 1268s | just going to try and survive and get |
| 1270s | some fat loots I'm down all right cool |
| 1274s | let's go get into it and see how busy it |
| 1276s | is trust is up here I might have lost |
| 1279s | you guys oh oh no you're good let's go |
| 1281s | up this um you see that tower on the |
| 1284s | right with that shiny thing up top oh |
| 1286s | yeah yeah I want the shiny oh my God |
| 1290s | how do we get up |
| 1292s | there follow Jacob be yeah some of our |
| 1297s | environment um our environment team is |
| 1300s | awesome and they've been really putting |
| 1302s | in a bunch of cool stuff here I'm really |
| 1304s | great at jumping puzzles as we |
| 1307s | know I so last hey at least you know I I |
| 1312s | got up there eventually poor Bill |
| 1316s | didn't that's true |
| 1320s | oh figure this |
| 1322s | out get this |
| 1325s | Shaman so something that is very |
| 1327s | relevant to Alpha 2 in this stage by the |
| 1330s | way is that um it's a little rough if |
| 1334s | you're trying to play solo so highly |
| 1337s | recommend that for those testers out |
| 1339s | there that you use the chat system to |
| 1342s | look at this guy wants gold a a that's |
| 1346s | sad uh but highly recommend |
| 1350s | highly recommend beggar in game that you |
| 1353s | find friends to play with and Ashes of |
| 1357s | creation as we know is all about uh |
| 1359s | Community is all about creating you know |
| 1360s | these pseudo factions that's the whole |
| 1362s | intent behind the citizenship system |
| 1364s | within nodes right is to help in the in |
| 1366s | the religious and social systems is to |
| 1368s | is to help kind of find you know these |
| 1370s | pseudo factions that you can become a |
| 1372s | member of and that can help you |
| 1374s | throughout the gaming experience and |
| 1376s | that is especially true in Alpha 2 as we |
| 1378s | continue to work on content and |
| 1380s | progression and scaling and tuning and |
| 1382s | all those things oh he went over here oh |
| 1385s | here we go I found you oh there's a lot |
| 1387s | of people over here yep oh God one of |
| 1390s | the Savage players they saw me flag up |
| 1393s | and then they ran away that's |
| 1395s | unfortunate there you go yeah they'll |
| 1397s | come back they'll come back you were |
| 1399s | peacocking a little bit it's like hey |
| 1402s | this is my |
| 1403s | turf oh God |
| 1412s | oh whoops my bad oh by the way those of |
| 1414s | you who play cleric you will probably |
| 1416s | have |
| 1418s | noticed that there is a significant |
| 1421s | update to the cleric visual effects um |
| 1424s | one in particular that I love is the new |
| 1426s | communal |
| 1427s | restoration do do do either of their |
| 1429s | clerics have that ability right level |
| 1433s | yet ah let's see how |
| 1437s | many oh yeah we need be way higher level |
| 1439s | to get |
| 1441s | that oh that's good |
| 1444s | money look it's an MMO there are lots of |
| 1448s | people there are lots of people people |
| 1450s | who would have thought love it let's get |
| 1453s | this flare over here and we'll we'll |
| 1455s | take a little back route we'll go hit um |
| 1458s | little Bandit Hill and then maybe we |
| 1460s | could check out Jim Springs I don't want |
| 1463s | to be near that guy when he starts |
| 1464s | swinging |
| 1465s | around ow that's he hits hard |
| 1469s | by the way some of you as you're kind of |
| 1471s | watching other players play today in |
| 1473s | Alpha 2 um you're going to notice that |
| 1477s | especially in the starting portal Zone |
| 1479s | and in the um in the lion hold area that |
| 1483s | player movement's going to look really |
| 1485s | kind of stuttery um not so much rubber |
| 1487s | banding you're not seeing the player |
| 1489s | location get corrected per se but you're |
| 1491s | seeing it chug when replicating down to |
| 1494s | other clients nearby um that is some |
| 1497s | some performance work that we are |
| 1498s | current ly working on obviously the |
| 1499s | whole point of Alpha 2 is to collect |
| 1501s | that data under load um we are getting |
| 1503s | great data right now and know that you |
| 1505s | know over the course of the last few |
| 1507s | months as well as right now and very |
| 1509s | much so over the course of the next |
| 1510s | several weeks um we are going to be |
| 1512s | drilling in on those issues and |
| 1514s | Performing fixes and you're going to see |
| 1516s | remarkable improvements weekend after |
| 1518s | weekend as we address uh major bugs uh |
| 1521s | regarding stability and performance lost |
| 1523s | to Stephen again I'll come back did we |
| 1525s | lose I'm sorry I'm kind of like I'm in |
| 1526s | the zone kind of talking where am I |
| 1529s | going come yeah on the the back Hills OH |
| 1534s | bring you back this is beautiful loving |
| 1536s | it Where'd you go you're like on the |
| 1539s | other side trying to find you oh okay |
| 1541s | I'm coming I'm coming oh oh my bad yeah |
| 1544s | I was like I should use the map yeah |
| 1548s | there's a whole bunch of flagged players |
| 1549s | over here over here this way you see |
| 1552s | these flagged players oh that's why |
| 1555s | they're not here they're following you |
| 1557s | oh come come here |
| 1560s | I'm coming no you you're running away |
| 1562s | from me I found |
| 1565s | you this players are trying to trying to |
| 1569s | start some problems yeah they want to |
| 1570s | start some problems um I don't think |
| 1572s | they want to start some problems I'd |
| 1574s | like to finish them let me in let me in |
| 1577s | coach oh it's too |
| 1579s | good were they attacking me is that why |
| 1582s | they were purple I didn't see it I think |
| 1584s | they're attacking each I may or may have |
| 1586s | not attacked them first |
| 1589s | just love Taps little |
| 1595s | warnings all right all right let's let's |
| 1599s | go check out little uh Bandit Hill let's |
| 1603s | go the backside here I'm surprised you |
| 1606s | got out of there without an army |
| 1607s | following you true very |
| 1611s | true |
| 1612s | o is that copper oh no rip oh I didn't |
| 1617s | get tools yeah I didn't either went to |
| 1620s | go chop down a tree and dang it forgot |
| 1622s | to get the tools live arano live yeah |
| 1628s | let's go up that road and then we'll |
| 1629s | hang it |
| 1635s | right somebody said looking for group to |
| 1638s | wipe Steven's |
| 1639s | team |
| 1641s | no let's |
| 1643s | go oh |
| 1647s | no It's A Beautiful World for sure I I I |
| 1651s | enjoy even in the alphas in the state |
| 1655s | that you know the bugs exist in and |
| 1657s | performance and stability are um it |
| 1660s | feels immersive right it it |
| 1662s | feels really like it's pulling you in to |
| 1665s | explore it which is |
| 1667s | nice which is funny because you say you |
| 1669s | you say that but then one of our brief |
| 1672s | things is like why does the game not |
| 1674s | look |
| 1675s | great well it's I mean you know the |
| 1678s | funny thing about that actually is over |
| 1679s | the course of the last seven years like |
| 1683s | if you think |
| 1684s | about really where the games visuals |
| 1687s | have come from it has constantly been |
| 1690s | progressing and that's one of the really |
| 1691s | cool things I think about our |
| 1692s | development process and the fact that we |
| 1694s | are open with it is that you can go back |
| 1697s | from today seven years ago look at our |
| 1699s | earliest videos and compare them to |
| 1702s | where we are at today right and and |
| 1704s | obviously it's a you know very very |
| 1706s | different um engine being in ue4 versus |
| 1710s | u5 but you know textures get updated |
| 1713s | materials get updated shaders get |
| 1715s | updated like these these things models |
| 1718s | get updated you know these things get |
| 1720s | are are constant kind of work in |
| 1722s | progress right so if if players are |
| 1725s | talking about like the graphics today |
| 1728s | you know either bug related or just |
| 1731s | general quality related like those will |
| 1733s | continue to improve as we have time to |
| 1736s | add additional polish to the game and |
| 1738s | and get where we want them to be |
| 1739s | lighting especially just over the last |
| 1742s | two |
| 1743s | [Music] |
| 1744s | months has had significant changes and |
| 1747s | improvements um which is very nice to |
| 1751s | see and of course we're going to |
| 1753s | continue to improve those things um and |
| 1756s | provide more UI customization and things |
| 1758s | like that as we move forward these |
| 1760s | person are attacking |
| 1762s | us who is this they're trying to kill me |
| 1766s | get him all he you I don't think I'm |
| 1770s | flagged for |
| 1772s | combat |
| 1775s | solvable what did we change that hotkey |
| 1777s | too alt F alt F alt f y that's right oh |
| 1781s | that's a that's a bit of respa it's |
| 1782s | about to get interesting show me your |
| 1784s | aame gentlemen yeah oh no we got to |
| 1787s | respawn |
| 1789s | here oh no I like not letting me |
| 1796s | he where's where did I the bungo I'm |
| 1799s | trying to kill this guy did you just |
| 1802s | Yello off the I just got him no no I got |
| 1805s | him he's dead yeah but we're trying to |
| 1808s | heal you that's why no no I'm alive I'm |
| 1811s | alive let me see did you guys see that |
| 1814s | projectile did you see that thing just |
| 1817s | home to it oh that was so |
| 1819s | good okay let me go grab his |
| 1824s | stuff let everybody go protect stepen |
| 1828s | down there we go he's not com back he's |
| 1830s | got some blint Riv oh he's got some oak |
| 1834s | wood and |
| 1835s | Ashwood okay I'm down for |
| 1838s | that that's what you |
| 1840s | get rip let's keep let's keep going down |
| 1845s | that's pretty |
| 1847s | awesome that uh my ice bolt looked like |
| 1851s | a Sidewinder |
| 1852s | missile that thing was crazy down it |
| 1856s | really did oh God some so another |
| 1859s | question that we have been we've gotten |
| 1861s | quite a bit of Steven and I know you |
| 1863s | even answered this on some of those |
| 1864s | podcasts which was like where's the rest |
| 1866s | of Vera BR you know uh obviously we're |
| 1869s | showing primarily just uh riverlands |
| 1872s | during this first phase no want to talk |
| 1875s | a little bit about that well first first |
| 1877s | and foremost I'm going to say that those |
| 1878s | of you who have been kind of listening |
| 1879s | to our testers over the course of the |
| 1881s | last week as we released the verbal NDA |
| 1883s | you know you'll see a lot of commentary |
| 1885s | that yes even though we're showing |
| 1887s | riverlands even well sorry I'm just |
| 1889s | trying to it's hard for me to talk |
| 1892s | coherently and also play well just talk |
| 1895s | we got you got going to see me Ro we'll |
| 1897s | follow you around um but anyways you |
| 1900s | know even though Alpha 2 right now in |
| 1902s | phase one is only having the desert |
| 1905s | biome the tropics along with the |
| 1907s | riverlands um you know it takes a lot to |
| 1910s | stand up a biome and the world is huge |
| 1913s | right now I mean this is a big playable |
| 1915s | space and like I said you'll hear a lot |
| 1917s | of testers say that you'll see that over |
| 1918s | the course of this weekend and next |
| 1920s | weekend that you know we are still in |
| 1923s | development of those additional biomes |
| 1925s | and it takes a lot to stand them up |
| 1926s | outside of just foliage and vegetation |
| 1929s | and the trees there then the resources |
| 1931s | that are within those zones you know |
| 1932s | there's a lot that goes into making a |
| 1934s | particular Zone um as it relates to NPCs |
| 1937s | the content everything there right so so |
| 1940s | you know give us time over the course of |
| 1941s | phase one and phase two especially and |
| 1944s | when we get into phase three you're |
| 1945s | going to see a lot of those different |
| 1947s | biomes come up in a very quick amount of |
| 1949s | time um and the reason for that is |
| 1951s | because you know we very much so |
| 1953s | establish our development tools through |
| 1955s | the process of creating the riverlands |
| 1957s | of tropics and the desert um so that |
| 1959s | when we are ready to scale into |
| 1961s | production of the additional biomes all |
| 1963s | of those pipelines those processes those |
| 1965s | tools are ready to |
| 1968s | go yeah Stephen why don't you hit M and |
| 1971s | and scroll out and show them how big the |
| 1972s | map is oh yeah good call it is quite a |
| 1977s | considerable side I mean look so like |
| 1979s | this is this is us here and then as we |
| 1982s | just kind of continue to pop |
| 1985s | out you have all of this playable space |
| 1990s | which is a massive amount of world and |
| 1993s | if you think about that and take it |
| 1994s | outward right to to how we intend to |
| 1998s | um to continue expanding that world like |
| 2001s | bear is a big |
| 2003s | place has this |
| 2010s | oh I got |
| 2018s | rooted he's hire in Raiders yeah I think |
| 2023s | we're on a worker |
| 2026s | line |
| 2030s | nice where are we going Jacob well you |
| 2033s | started heading this way we just started |
| 2034s | following you cuz you were going the |
| 2036s | different direction than we were |
| 2038s | it's a very dangerous place for us to be |
| 2041s | and I like it I like it too I'm down I |
| 2045s | expect we'll find plenty of oh I |
| 2047s | remember here I yeah this is where we |
| 2049s | did those of you who remember this is |
| 2051s | where we did our uh cleric update over a |
| 2053s | year ago come over here and |
| 2057s | find it's getting dark by the way |
| 2060s | probably set it to |
| 2062s | yeah probably set this one to home if |
| 2064s | you |
| 2066s | want I will ATT |
| 2070s | so now we know this area and then we can |
| 2073s | also set it to our home pretty y yep |
| 2078s | tune it twice for the longest time these |
| 2080s | were just little way they're so pretty |
| 2082s | now yeah I know they are very pretty |
| 2084s | beautiful um those of you guys who are |
| 2086s | testing make sure this is a pro tip |
| 2089s | right now the um Attunement is a little |
| 2092s | bit bugged so you have to make sure if |
| 2094s | you want it to be your home Shrine that |
| 2097s | um you are a tuning to it |
| 2099s | twice yep once done lock it we're |
| 2103s | pulling we're pulling tens oh boy they |
| 2106s | feel like |
| 2108s | tens we're good not so bad yeah what was |
| 2112s | easy peasy we let oh |
| 2115s | Stephen follow Stephen everybody yeah |
| 2118s | I'm following him he's going somewhere |
| 2120s | else like cool what's over here |
| 2124s | guys get him Ste get him |
| 2128s | easy look at |
| 2130s | that I got a oh my |
| 2135s | God oh my God where are my cler ow |
| 2139s | trying to revive you but I'm getting M |
| 2143s | unbelievable hilarious tro you lived |
| 2147s | something's hitting me and stunning me |
| 2149s | it's this Archer get the Archer I got |
| 2152s | him let's see what stepen had I think I |
| 2156s | got you up oh we have a there's a purple |
| 2158s | [ __ ] unbelievable yeah that's what you |
| 2160s | get there's a purple guy named Pink |
| 2162s | hiding in the corner over here that's |
| 2164s | why I died it a purple guy where where |
| 2167s | where no he'd be red I don't see |
| 2170s | him no he's over here somewhere oh maybe |
| 2173s | he got killed by this Raider or healer |
| 2174s | down that's down |
| 2179s | there this is beautiful uh it is really |
| 2182s | nice oh I mean that that's a good segue |
| 2185s | to um one of the things here which was |
| 2188s | like hey this is a gank gank box um you |
| 2191s | want to talk a little bit about |
| 2193s | coruption Stephen and like our intention |
| 2195s | with that and obviously where it's at |
| 2197s | currently versus where we want it to be |
| 2199s | long term CU obviously it's not quite |
| 2201s | there yeah I mean um obviously our |
| 2205s | intent for phase one is to persist |
| 2208s | across all weekend so your progression |
| 2211s | you know hopefully is going to matter |
| 2212s | and although that's not our Focus for |
| 2214s | phase one our focus is stability and |
| 2216s | performance so if it calls for it and we |
| 2217s | have to wipe the servers which hopefully |
| 2219s | we won't have to do but if we have to um |
| 2221s | that's a potential um but that can play |
| 2224s | into kind of how players engage with PVP |
| 2226s | right because obviously consequences uh |
| 2229s | as a determined are need to be something |
| 2232s | that players respect and and if |
| 2234s | persistence isn't going to to exist that |
| 2237s | can be something that is difficult to |
| 2238s | pers to um to respect so corruption is |
| 2242s | obviously the mitigating uh uh mechanic |
| 2245s | um and in that sense you may see players |
| 2247s | who try to just openly kill you out in |
| 2249s | the wild as you're doing Alpha 2 things |
| 2252s | um and if they do that and you don't |
| 2254s | respond to the attacking they can go red |
| 2256s | and gain that corruption as we all know |
| 2258s | um right now corruption is in a state |
| 2260s | that isn't fully implemented oh my god |
| 2263s | what have we |
| 2264s | done no not I am I am I am getting |
| 2269s | corrected with |
| 2271s | uh with my port hold on I require |
| 2276s | additional Mana |
| 2278s | you got some rations in your bag if we |
| 2280s | can get out of combat I know good trying |
| 2283s | to get to there we go let's um let's |
| 2286s | have a sit down no that's a questionable |
| 2289s | place for a sit down yeah I would not |
| 2291s | sit down |
| 2294s | there okay let's sit down here oh this |
| 2298s | is kind of dangerous too but we're good |
| 2300s | oh there's a bear there's a big bear |
| 2301s | over there oh |
| 2304s | no don't make noises um so basically um |
| 2309s | the corruption system is not fully |
| 2310s | implemented right now however gaining |
| 2312s | corruption obviously as a deterrent is |
| 2315s | is what we're intending to provide so |
| 2316s | that players who do kill other players |
| 2318s | and gain corruption have stat dampening |
| 2321s | they have gear that they can drop |
| 2323s | they're going to not spawn at re uh |
| 2325s | respawn at shrines if they die and |
| 2327s | persist their corruption uh but what's |
| 2329s | outstanding still is a cumulative uh |
| 2332s | corruption score that takes into account |
| 2334s | how many players you've killed and level |
| 2335s | disparity between you and the target of |
| 2337s | the player that you've killed |
| 2338s | um this is super important but there's a |
| 2340s | lot of opt-in PVP systems currently in |
| 2342s | Alpha 2 including Guild Wars node Wars |
| 2345s | node War events Caravans and the Lawless |
| 2348s | territory so hopefully we won't see too |
| 2350s | many pkers going red out in the wild but |
| 2352s | if they do know that there's a great |
| 2354s | opportunity to hunt them down and to get |
| 2356s | their gear |
| 2357s | so depends on how you want to play well |
| 2360s | here comes that bear oh my god oh Lord |
| 2363s | oh that may have been a mistake I'm |
| 2365s | healing you I got you |
| 2368s | than away my dude dude this bear is |
| 2370s | Beefy he's a |
| 2373s | onear oh God yeah wow what happen you |
| 2376s | Brian he's chasing me so hard he's |
| 2378s | chasing me run I can't I'm slow I'm com |
| 2381s | back I'm coming back oh dude you look |
| 2384s | you pulled the two star name no I don't |
| 2387s | know if we can go through that you guys |
| 2389s | these are like level 11 I got I got one |
| 2391s | more on me the Bear's down the Bear's |
| 2393s | down okay the next one FL healing oh oh |
| 2396s | God it's okay it's okay oh oh that's |
| 2400s | Growler yeah he's got fat loot I want it |
| 2403s | kill him he's a two star yeah we got |
| 2409s | this cuz you're too far away from me |
| 2412s | that's so oh sorry okay I'm pulling |
| 2414s | aggro oh you know what I pressed that |
| 2417s | was probably not a good idea yeah that |
| 2418s | was probably not a good ide oh my |
| 2420s | God yeah you're M oh man oh we're wiping |
| 2425s | it's a tpw no chance he's busy doing |
| 2428s | something else I'll revive you or no you |
| 2431s | got him oh what's he doing what's he |
| 2432s | doing he's sleeping oh this dude's back |
| 2435s | uhoh we just got attacked oh he's trying |
| 2438s | to murder you he's trying to murder you |
| 2441s | I'll help you dude the oh yeah the |
| 2445s | purple yeah he's down yeah it seems oh |
| 2448s | go go loot his body yeah I'm going to |
| 2449s | loot him |
| 2451s | again he's got some blues take him he's |
| 2455s | got some blues all right now we really |
| 2457s | need man again oh he's got some more |
| 2461s | wood he's got some more wood let me take |
| 2465s | a look yes very nice he |
| 2468s | revived oh yeah here let me go sit on |
| 2472s | his body real quick just to Ultimate |
| 2474s | dises you're going to get respawned |
| 2476s | on to get |
| 2478s | reported oh what is this something's |
| 2480s | hitting you I know oh it's the you got |
| 2483s | responded on the arch you made friends |
| 2485s | with the high wom oh gosh |
| 2488s | Wolf's back the two star wolf is Back |
| 2491s | The Growler oh my gosh five hit points |
| 2495s | down |
| 2496s | to wow ouch ouch ouch dude The Growler |
| 2499s | is still here yeah yes yeah he respawned |
| 2503s | I think did he yeah oh no don't call |
| 2507s | friends don't call friends don't call |
| 2509s | friends he called friends |
| 2512s | no I'm out of |
| 2514s | Mana I'm about to be oh back girl you're |
| 2518s | so |
| 2520s | squishy me too got him oh he's gone got |
| 2524s | him |
| 2528s | off I'm all the way out of Mana all |
| 2531s | right slave wolfes going down this feels |
| 2533s | too far away from me where are you Bill |
| 2535s | we did |
| 2536s | it we did it right here I think it's the |
| 2539s | xais is being a little weird dude |
| 2542s | Growler is huge man no fat loots no fat |
| 2545s | loots what |
| 2548s | we rolled poorly come on what are you |
| 2550s | talking about did you get loot yeah I |
| 2554s | just got growler's Helm oh on I want to |
| 2558s | see it's probably too high level cuz |
| 2560s | we're these are it's a recipe it's a |
| 2562s | recipe that's how you get rich that's |
| 2565s | how you get rich Bill did you start |
| 2567s | making those then you can make stuff for |
| 2568s | us big |
| 2569s | money big money cool before we keep |
| 2573s | getting spawned on in this through or |
| 2575s | around which way oh wait steen's going |
| 2578s | around |
| 2580s | SOC stay can we just go should we just |
| 2584s | should we just go oh he's back hey |
| 2587s | friend there's a three star swordsman |
| 2590s | over here it's all good not a friend |
| 2593s | what you talking about oh my gosh I just |
| 2595s | got like one shotted |
| 2598s | almost ow uh that's me being corrupted |
| 2602s | oh no did you go red it's uh it's fine |
| 2606s | oh it's fine it's |
| 2608s | I got |
| 2610s | friends okay yeah yeah yeah we're good |
| 2612s | we're good we're |
| 2613s | good that is a bug though I can't see |
| 2616s | you red oh really you're green to me so |
| 2619s | we've set the wrong party priority on |
| 2621s | the |
| 2623s | UI oh but you are red so we have to |
| 2626s | sounds like a replication |
| 2629s | problem You' been having Oh no you're |
| 2635s | Trigg our end is that |
| 2638s | who what happened you die Jacob I just |
| 2640s | got murdered somebody uned your body |
| 2643s | though uh it's probably me no he's good |
| 2646s | he's he's I'm all |
| 2648s | right um we are getting close to the end |
| 2650s | time for this segment so we're going to |
| 2653s | move over to our Q&A Stephen okay I'm |
| 2656s | I'm cool with that what should we just |
| 2658s | run around real quick and and kill a |
| 2660s | bunch of people TM but there's it's up |
| 2663s | to you what are you want to do there's |
| 2664s | one more named here we're Bill to get |
| 2666s | more fat loot from where is he he's over |
| 2669s | here ninja loo follow me hey I can't |
| 2672s | help it |
| 2673s | luck follow |
| 2675s | me all right m is I need |
| 2680s | Mana where it is where's the named |
| 2684s | one um he's over |
| 2689s | here |
| 2691s | usually yeah it looks like he some |
| 2693s | people are saying 24-hour stream do it |
| 2697s | he's G A this is a murderous thing |
| 2700s | Captain Knuckles boy yeah that doesn't |
| 2702s | sound good we'll come back later he's |
| 2704s | level 15 it's not Captain Knuckles it's |
| 2707s | Captain Knuckles Captain Knuckles Capp |
| 2710s | Knuckles those Highwayman Raiders hit |
| 2712s | hard though because they're like level |
| 2713s | 11 we're we're babies I have uh rare |
| 2718s | gear |
| 2721s | Stephen I was wondering because you're a |
| 2724s | mage you're squishy I know I don't know |
| 2727s | if we I don't okay we can try let's try |
| 2729s | it yeah we can try I mean maybe you |
| 2730s | shouldn't pull maybe someone tankier |
| 2732s | like Bill oh yeah are you a tank yeah |
| 2735s | yeah this not a tank but all get him all |
| 2740s | all right go get him and then we all |
| 2742s | just leave Bill I know that' be |
| 2747s | funny oh I didn't have any Mana when we |
| 2750s | started this yeah who need it's just |
| 2753s | captain and Knuckles what we need Mana |
| 2754s | for oh my God |
| 2759s | oh nice peel Stephen nice peel the wand |
| 2762s | peel I got nice skill I'll help you kill |
| 2766s | that thing there it |
| 2768s | is tro is doing work you like crazy I |
| 2772s | got a lightning bolb for us but I'm |
| 2774s | going to take out the Raider or no I'm |
| 2775s | going to go cap Knuckles |
| 2778s | here uhoh |
| 2781s | uhoh boom where did build |
| 2784s | out I think bild's still alive I'm still |
| 2787s | alive yeah I think |
| 2789s | just on him to heal |
| 2793s | him oh that's me just face pulling stuff |
| 2797s | Arro more |
| 2799s | stuff uh yeah yeah he just aggroed two |
| 2801s | more mobs that's |
| 2807s | fine okay another lightning |
| 2809s | bolt I need a |
| 2814s | potion what's happening |
| 2818s | amazing healing Margaret very nicely |
| 2820s | done uh I'm cheating with |
| 2823s | potions yeah Knuckles is gone nice |
| 2828s | fragment oh there we go Shield fragment |
| 2831s | that's a mat for his uh Shield he drops |
| 2835s | that's very good need |
| 2838s | yoink I also did |
| 2841s | need you all don't have any Mana yeah a |
| 2845s | ruby necklace ruby necklace |
| 2849s | what's that take that oh what's this |
| 2851s | over here is everyone needing these oh |
| 2853s | yeah what is that what is this oh |
| 2856s | somebody got the ruby necklace which |
| 2857s | would be me who was |
| 2859s | itz Bill what bill hardcoded it so that |
| 2863s | that he all the loot he earned it giving |
| 2866s | the guy designed EQ I'm down take the |
| 2869s | loot man bill I'll CH you the shield |
| 2872s | fragment for the necklace he tanked that |
| 2873s | all with a bow that's how Le he is yep |
| 2876s | exactly |
| 2879s | all right well we're about out of here |
| 2881s | we killed these couple last we're |
| 2885s | good all right do we want to switch over |
| 2887s | to Q Anda times yeah that sounds good |
| 2891s | let's see if the folks a some question |
| 2894s | oh yeah we got lots of questions in here |
| 2897s | um all right are we switching out of |
| 2899s | game or do you want to stay iname while |
| 2900s | we answer them we could stay in game I'm |
| 2902s | cool with that I'm just going to run |
| 2904s | around okay first question here is from |
| 2907s | the silver spoon and they want to know |
| 2909s | how much will the second class like your |
| 2911s | secondary archetype uh change the |
| 2914s | primary uh for example summon summon uh |
| 2918s | which uh when switch to a necromancer |
| 2920s | will the primary switch to skeletons and |
| 2922s | such ex we've definitely talked about |
| 2924s | this a lot in the past so I would highly |
| 2927s | advise that those of you who are |
| 2930s | following the game or newer that you |
| 2931s | check out the Ash's Wiki I think it is a |
| 2934s | phenomenal resource that's managed by |
| 2936s | Lex and and um obviously Community |
| 2938s | contributors um but oh what what |
| 2942s | happened there's a big oh my |
| 2946s | godob there are many mounts but this one |
| 2948s | is mine Oh I thought that was a monster |
| 2951s | Chas I thought it I totally thought it |
| 2953s | was I was like what is that thing coming |
| 2956s | after me So for anybody who purchased |
| 2958s | this it's pretty sick that thing so good |
| 2960s | super cool I'm digging it that's awesome |
| 2963s | it's very uncomfortable but it's very |
| 2965s | cool yeah your bum's proba not so |
| 2967s | comfortable sitting on that well it's |
| 2970s | perfectly placed on a |
| 2972s | tombstone um but anyways to answer the |
| 2974s | question there is a significant amount |
| 2977s | of flavor change as well as you know |
| 2979s | mechanics change that exists uh when |
| 2982s | adopting a secondary um archetype as we |
| 2984s | Implement that in the future um that is |
| 2986s | the intent behind the augment system um |
| 2989s | that it it very much changes kind of the |
| 2992s | class fantasy uh and adopts one that's |
| 2994s | more representative of those of uh |
| 2996s | combinations |
| 2997s | music can's coming in again no he said |
| 3000s | he won't attack okay i' we've been |
| 3002s | fighting the whole time me and |
| 3005s | him anyway next one is from cap Earth |
| 3008s | and they want to know how do you find |
| 3010s | friends in game will there be a friends |
| 3012s | list |
| 3014s | Etc how do make friends Stephen how do |
| 3017s | make friends there are a lot of |
| 3018s | different ways to make friends as it |
| 3019s | stands right now in Alpha 2 obviously |
| 3021s | chat is going to be a great resource |
| 3023s | join us on Discord joining us on Discord |
| 3026s | organizing with players kind of doing |
| 3028s | those old school belly to belly |
| 3030s | networking that makes the gaming |
| 3033s | community so awesome um we have a guild |
| 3036s | Forum section and a guild um recruitment |
| 3039s | sections people have been already |
| 3040s | recruiting so definitely uh head on over |
| 3043s | there and we'll probably be doing some |
| 3044s | fun Guild program stuff in the future so |
| 3048s | absolutely little teaser um but again |
| 3050s | you know understanding that ashes of |
| 3052s | creation is a non-action based game so |
| 3054s | we're not going to tell you who your |
| 3055s | friends and enemies are that's something |
| 3056s | that you are going to develop as you |
| 3059s | build a reputation for yourself and as |
| 3061s | you understand the reputation of those |
| 3062s | who are playing on your server with you |
| 3064s | um we build our systems to accommodate |
| 3066s | that we incorporate it as part of our |
| 3069s | general design philosophy that we are |
| 3071s | helping to create spaces that are pseudo |
| 3073s | faction um that give you an opportunity |
| 3076s | to align with different groups of people |
| 3078s | that might have competing interests in |
| 3080s | that types of friction is what makes the |
| 3082s | game compelling and |
| 3084s | interesting or you be like music an and |
| 3086s | you just hang out and buff your friends |
| 3088s | they might invite you to the group oh |
| 3091s | yeah we should get them in the group |
| 3092s | let's get music I don't even know who |
| 3093s | music C is oh want me to add them to the |
| 3096s | group are you |
| 3098s | yeah I assume he's watching the stream |
| 3100s | all right we get it I mean it's a Bard |
| 3102s | we get buff bring them on in mus look at |
| 3105s | that just straight out of the community |
| 3108s | and into the dev |
| 3111s | stream uh will we have anything like a |
| 3115s | friends list or things like that |
| 3118s | oops I got caps on I'm sorry say it |
| 3120s | again will we have friends L absolutely |
| 3121s | longm yes long term okay let me see are |
| 3126s | you watching the |
| 3130s | stream uh I megas wants to know uh or |
| 3134s | I'm ages how however prefers to |
| 3136s | pronounce it were they uh most other |
| 3138s | MMOs focus on endgame and various |
| 3141s | endgame content loops with leveling |
| 3143s | taking so long in ashes of creation what |
| 3146s | do you see the leveling up content Loop |
| 3148s | being well was a long there's going to |
| 3150s | be a long list here um I'm sorry I was |
| 3154s | typing in real quick high level what was |
| 3156s | that again uh what with leveling kind of |
| 3159s | taking longer in ashes of creation what |
| 3161s | do we see the leveling content Loop |
| 3163s | being um they were basically talking |
| 3165s | about how previous or a lot of other |
| 3167s | MMOs focus on endgame content what what |
| 3169s | is our focus on how Bill you want to |
| 3172s | grab that |
| 3174s | one yeah I mean you know uh our focus is |
| 3177s | on everything right I mean that's that's |
| 3180s | the that's the bottom line with with |
| 3182s | ashes is uh you know we're focused on uh |
| 3185s | making make sure the that the the the |
| 3187s | leveling experience is fun and rewarding |
| 3189s | and and and uh and then of course at at |
| 3193s | at in game that you have uh various |
| 3195s | things to do like right right now you |
| 3197s | know uh there's there's PVP uh in the |
| 3201s | the tropics and the desert which which |
| 3203s | you know uh are the first things that |
| 3205s | we're trying out um and as well as |
| 3208s | there's uh Carin and uh you know we have |
| 3211s | the the big dragon that you can fight |
| 3213s | and uh the the giant as well so um you |
| 3217s | know we're always going to be dividing |
| 3219s | our efforts uh uh equally kind of |
| 3222s | between you know a bunch of different |
| 3223s | things to do at end game as well as |
| 3225s | making sure that we're changing up the |
| 3227s | the leveling experience and so that it's |
| 3230s | uh always different you know and |
| 3231s | encourages people to try out new things |
| 3233s | all the variety of classes that we have |
| 3235s | and uh making sure that each of them is |
| 3238s | a you know feels like a a new way to |
| 3242s | play all right the next question here is |
| 3246s | from Iain Dutch asked uh a fun one uh |
| 3249s | can you guys add the ability to equip |
| 3251s | dual Shields as a tank I've heard this |
| 3255s | question a lot actually there will not |
| 3257s | be dual Shields as a tank there will not |
| 3260s | be dual Shield is not a |
| 3264s | tank big frog |
| 3267s | oh look at the |
| 3269s | froggy where's the Frog oh right there |
| 3271s | he's |
| 3273s | camouflaged ni he's am the dead and he |
| 3276s | had oh my God what he just licked me oh |
| 3282s | that's nasty I thought something bad |
| 3285s | happened he just giving you a little |
| 3287s | little |
| 3288s | kiss maybe it'll turn into a |
| 3291s | prince I don't know about |
| 3295s | that no |
| 3297s | Faith all right uh tianz or um hopefully |
| 3301s | not doing something to get tib anzor um |
| 3304s | wants to know Stephen you mentioned the |
| 3307s | team was in a state of crunch for some |
| 3310s | time how have things come along to set |
| 3313s | up the tools to set up the tools to |
| 3316s | maintain the game and add updates |
| 3318s | without relying on crunch going |
| 3320s | forward well I would say that you know |
| 3323s | we don't rely on crunch to add updates |
| 3326s | what we |
| 3327s | you know crunches I discussed before is |
| 3329s | obviously something that in the |
| 3332s | studios's history we have not |
| 3333s | historically done very often very rarely |
| 3336s | in fact um but you know we made certain |
| 3338s | announcements and obligations to |
| 3341s | ourselves as a studio as a team and to |
| 3344s | um the players and sometimes there are |
| 3346s | unexpected circumstances that can arise |
| 3349s | during development um you don't always |
| 3351s | know the unknowns that lie ahead of you |
| 3354s | and obviously ashes of creation is an |
| 3357s | incredibly complex game when it comes to |
| 3359s | being highly systems driven and those |
| 3361s | systems being very interconnected with |
| 3363s | each other um we're trying to do a lot |
| 3366s | of things that are that are quite |
| 3367s | difficult um and so we decided to roll |
| 3370s | up our sleeves and to deliver on that |
| 3373s | promise to our players and make sure |
| 3374s | that we get the game into a state in |
| 3377s | Alpha 2 where we can now move forward |
| 3380s | working from this starting point around |
| 3382s | stability and performance within phase |
| 3384s | one um to achieve a a solid very solid |
| 3388s | foundation when we turn the corner on |
| 3391s | content creation and and moving oh The |
| 3394s | Hills Have Eyes um are you guys with me |
| 3397s | yeah yeah there's there's |
| 3398s | yeah as we um oh there's an |
| 3402s | event y you want to |
| 3404s | defend um we can try while we while we |
| 3407s | let answer questions it'll get |
| 3409s | interesting yeah um as as obviously as |
| 3413s | we as we get the game into a good state |
| 3415s | where we can start turning and burning |
| 3416s | on content creation and adding that into |
| 3418s | the game and fleshing out the additional |
| 3419s | systems um so uh what I can assure not |
| 3423s | just to the audience but to the team and |
| 3424s | and and what we provided to the team is |
| 3426s | that we're paying this debt down now so |
| 3429s | that we save ourselves the pain uh later |
| 3432s | and that is an exchange that we feel is |
| 3434s | well worth |
| 3436s | it and then Kobe wants to know uh will |
| 3439s | the HUD be resizable it is currently |
| 3441s | some parts of it uh like can I move the |
| 3444s | mini map chat and so on do you want to |
| 3445s | show some of that right now Stephen like |
| 3447s | what is customizable and obviously as we |
| 3449s | progress we will continue to add more |
| 3451s | customization um yeah I believe it's |
| 3454s | control h shift or no I think it's the |
| 3457s | the bracket window uh so the under your |
| 3460s | space bar that little line bracket and |
| 3463s | then you can move stuff around um and |
| 3465s | you can resize them |
| 3468s | um underneath your backspace button oh |
| 3472s | underneath backspace said space bar that |
| 3474s | little that line we've recently changed |
| 3476s | some of the um key biing that's a |
| 3478s | default you can change the key key biing |
| 3480s | to whatever you want that's just what it |
| 3481s | is now um so yeah you can grab these uh |
| 3485s | little elements in the UI in the HUD and |
| 3487s | you can kind of change them and move |
| 3488s | them around as you want that's under |
| 3490s | your backspace button it is it is the |
| 3492s | back slash um the intent here is |
| 3495s | obviously to make things customizable uh |
| 3498s | but um the goal is to you know solve the |
| 3500s | bugs that are related to the system such |
| 3502s | as there you go see now it's gone I just |
| 3503s | tried to pull it and it's missing um and |
| 3506s | yeah if you want to go also if you can |
| 3507s | go to your options and go into interface |
| 3509s | and HUD and kind of show people like how |
| 3512s | you can scale your UI that way |
| 3516s | too um oh opt where do you want me to go |
| 3519s | options interface and then your HUD |
| 3521s | there as well as I'm going to reset it |
| 3523s | to default because I lost that thing |
| 3525s | gotcha gotcha I brought friends name |
| 3529s | plates and action bars and obviously |
| 3530s | we're going to continue to add more |
| 3532s | stuff thank you for friends oh wow these |
| 3535s | are high lels these are 15 AR friends |
| 3538s | level |
| 3539s | 15 loot friends you have a going be a |
| 3544s | lot of OD definition definition of |
| 3547s | friend |
| 3549s | yeah well Jacob invited the person who's |
| 3551s | been murdering us into our friend group |
| 3554s | so which is which is why my name is now |
| 3556s | purple thanks uh oh or was uh oh did we |
| 3560s | crash the realm or the we crash the |
| 3562s | server we might have we might have maybe |
| 3565s | we have server workers make up a single |
| 3567s | realm that's right so so you guys will |
| 3570s | see today uh and throughout the um the |
| 3573s | testing of course over this weekend and |
| 3574s | potentially next weekend as we get these |
| 3576s | types of crashes that the network |
| 3579s | infrastructure our glorious engine team |
| 3581s | has created allows for these types of |
| 3583s | crashes not to interrupt the entire |
| 3585s | realm but rather they recover within the |
| 3587s | space that the worker exists within so |
| 3590s | even though we'll get disconnected and |
| 3592s | you might get disconnected within a |
| 3593s | particular area of the world if it does |
| 3596s | crash |
| 3597s | um the rest of the world will not come |
| 3598s | down and you'll be able to reconnect |
| 3600s | because eventually that server will |
| 3602s | recover automatically um that's |
| 3604s | something that's awesome for the tech uh |
| 3606s | it is it's what makes us a bit uh |
| 3608s | tolerant from an uptime perspective uh |
| 3610s | but it are it is something you're going |
| 3612s | to experience within the um within the |
| 3615s | game right now because that's what phase |
| 3617s | one is all about yeah we can go back to |
| 3619s | the full screen with all of us if Kyle |
| 3621s | has already done so okay cool cool um |
| 3624s | and answer these last couple questions |
| 3626s | so the question here is from the Casual |
| 3628s | Gamer 2385 asking I'm wondering if |
| 3630s | there's a ballpark figure of what you |
| 3632s | think it will take to make a biome from |
| 3635s | beginning to finish State and how many |
| 3638s | people will it take to do so that's a |
| 3641s | great question that sounds like an |
| 3642s | awesome production |
| 3643s | question did you did you see Jacob's |
| 3646s | face Jacob |
| 3648s | like he was like can I just disappear |
| 3651s | for a moment so you want to build a |
| 3654s | biome so do we we've got a I've been |
| 3657s | asking Jacob this question a lot yeah |
| 3660s | yeah yeah how long how many folks does |
| 3662s | it take I mean how good do you want it |
| 3664s | to be yes uh it it depends right and it |
| 3667s | depends |
| 3668s | on now with the tool set we have now or |
| 3672s | the tool set that we're building so it |
| 3674s | it's wildly Dynamic the short story is |
| 3676s | we need to find nice ways to build |
| 3678s | awesome content quickly um and I will |
| 3682s | talk about our approach to Alpha 2 a |
| 3684s | little bit in the answer of this |
| 3685s | question because yeah go for it we've |
| 3687s | been we made conscious decisions and |
| 3690s | commitments to build the riverlands to |
| 3693s | the place that we felt could represent |
| 3695s | what our core Loops look like our combat |
| 3698s | loop our crafting loop our node loop our |
| 3702s | artisanship Loop and we've been very |
| 3704s | very focused on continuing to push that |
| 3707s | and by doing that we committed to a |
| 3710s | single place to push and I know probably |
| 3713s | sick of seeing the riverlands in these |
| 3715s | like get it me too doesn't mean the |
| 3718s | other ones aren't being worked on |
| 3719s | doesn't mean the other ones aren't in |
| 3721s | flight but our commitment has been to |
| 3723s | build this vertical slice and that |
| 3725s | that's that's been a nice experience for |
| 3727s | me in the past with other games because |
| 3729s | if we could put all of our core loops |
| 3732s | and all of our features into a place to |
| 3733s | prove that the vision stands on its own |
| 3736s | to find the fun to iterate on that to |
| 3738s | work with you guys on that and to listen |
| 3740s | to you on that then when it comes time |
| 3742s | to build the biomes I'm less concerned |
| 3744s | about building biomes as a and more |
| 3746s | concerned about building it right the |
| 3748s | first time absolutely the it's been a |
| 3752s | while since we started making this game |
| 3754s | and here we are right and trying to make |
| 3757s | good decisions now about implementing |
| 3760s | things we can ship now has been a |
| 3762s | Guiding Light for us it's What's led us |
| 3764s | here it's the reason we worked our butts |
| 3766s | off this year so far we're not done yet |
| 3768s | um but we've been after it for reasons |
| 3770s | and it delivered us this day right I |
| 3773s | feel super good about being here on |
| 3775s | October 25th and not being here in |
| 3777s | February or March or December like this |
| 3780s | feels really good to me and I guess |
| 3783s | that's a a long winded answer to how to |
| 3785s | how to build a biome but wanted to |
| 3788s | provide a little context yeah I just you |
| 3790s | know just chime in and say you know the |
| 3792s | place where the place ultimately where |
| 3794s | we want to be is where the biggest |
| 3796s | complaint that our player base has is |
| 3798s | that there's not enough that we want |
| 3800s | more that's the right problem we want to |
| 3803s | get to that place yep yeah and uh |
| 3807s | cont coming throughout the updates so |
| 3810s | we'll talk a little bit more about that |
| 3811s | before we wrap up I got a little baby if |
| 3813s | you guys want to see him so for those of |
| 3815s | were asking yes I did have my baby he's |
| 3819s | here bring him the C Bri bringing let's |
| 3824s | see my goodness he's too far away look |
| 3827s | at him this is first time on |
| 3831s | stream he's eating |
| 3834s | beautiful getting his man back there's a |
| 3836s | couple he's Mana potioning |
| 3841s | there um but I am going to be going back |
| 3844s | I'm attorney leave for a little bit more |
| 3846s | we I just had to come back for the fun |
| 3847s | for the live stream absolutely for the |
| 3849s | launch uh but our next question here is |
| 3851s | from liutenant Yorkie or I'm assuming |
| 3853s | it's Lieutenant because it says LT |
| 3855s | Yorkie uh they want to know uh is there |
| 3858s | a possibility of community art and |
| 3859s | concepts for outfits to get into the |
| 3861s | game if I can take this one Stephen then |
| 3863s | might yeah for sure absolutely pleas in |
| 3866s | the past we've done uh at other |
| 3868s | companies that I've worked for before |
| 3869s | we've done kind of contests where people |
| 3871s | can submit uh you know outfits or other |
| 3874s | things like that um and then we've |
| 3876s | picked winners and had them actually in |
| 3878s | game and which has been a really cool |
| 3879s | thing I foresee us doing some fun stuff |
| 3881s | like that in the future um obviously |
| 3883s | there's some legal stuff that goes into |
| 3885s | it but you'll have to agree to those |
| 3886s | terms um as part of the contest but I |
| 3890s | don't foresee a reason why we cannot do |
| 3892s | something fun like that unless stepen |
| 3894s | foresees a reason otherwise yeah sounds |
| 3897s | awesome and then our next one is from |
| 3899s | Sun I don't even know how to pronounce |
| 3901s | this |
| 3902s | s6k there's like a lot |
| 3904s | of yeah numbers and letters in there are |
| 3908s | stealth and C or Andor camouflage |
| 3910s | abilities planned for |
| 3913s | mounts uh there are some plans to |
| 3915s | incorporate abilities along those lines |
| 3917s | when we get into the additional content |
| 3920s | of Mount abilities which will be phase |
| 3922s | two and three um but it is absolutely a |
| 3926s | a type of ability that can exist on a |
| 3928s | mountain is a super cool one in my |
| 3930s | opinion um and then the last one is how |
| 3933s | often do we think we'll wipe an alpha |
| 3936s | 2 as little as necessary um that is the |
| 3941s | that is the goal that is go and I will |
| 3943s | say that we have made some very good |
| 3946s | strides towards that goal just over the |
| 3948s | course of the last month and a half um |
| 3951s | and that is something that our our pre |
| 3953s | A2 testers can attest to over the course |
| 3955s | of testing uh that they've experienced |
| 3957s | at least over that period of time as |
| 3959s | well um we'll see how things go right uh |
| 3961s | we don't we don't you know you have a |
| 3963s | plan until you're hit in the face by a |
| 3966s | giant brick and then the plans change um |
| 3970s | so we hopefully there's no bricks flying |
| 3971s | at us right now but um the goal is not |
| 3975s | to be wiping persistence play on words |
| 3977s | there for people who don't always know |
| 3979s | the cont context is when we when |
| 3981s | someone's character gets broken in a |
| 3982s | state where they they can't just it's |
| 3984s | broken we call that being brick |
| 3986s | yeah so for context um obviously we'll |
| 3990s | be here all day if we answered questions |
| 3992s | forever so we're going to wrap questions |
| 3994s | up there obviously there's a lot of |
| 3996s | places where you can find us we have a |
| 3998s | questions channel in Discord uh so if |
| 4000s | you want to go over there and ask |
| 4001s | questions a lot of our community will |
| 4003s | provide answers uh Stephen like also |
| 4005s | mentioned that the wiki that Lex and Co |
| 4007s | run um has lots of great answers for you |
| 4009s | guys over there our community managers |
| 4011s | are always usually very helpful as well |
| 4014s | they're believe me they're working hard |
| 4016s | uh doing a lot of things we're trying to |
| 4017s | get through our CS tickets as quickly as |
| 4019s | possible so we're trying to help as many |
| 4020s | people as we can Stephen did already |
| 4022s | talk about the Q times and Q details on |
| 4024s | that front so if you want to listen to |
| 4026s | the first part of this live stream he |
| 4028s | did talk a little bit about that because |
| 4029s | I know there are people still concerned |
| 4030s | about the Q times we will bring up more |
| 4032s | Realms as we need uh so kind of stay |
| 4035s | tuned with us obviously we have got a |
| 4037s | lot of our executive people here in the |
| 4039s | Stream So once we get out of here we |
| 4040s | will come make some decisions um but of |
| 4044s | course uh I want to give Sten a moment |
| 4046s | and maybe I can only imagine I can only |
| 4048s | imagine the fires right now that are |
| 4050s | like where's stepen where's Jacob and |
| 4052s | Bill and Brian |
| 4054s | like um but uh yeah just to just to just |
| 4057s | to kind of summarize guys those of you |
| 4060s | the the some 3500 people who are live |
| 4062s | right now watching this stream and the |
| 4064s | thousands of you who will be watching |
| 4066s | this as we post this update later um it |
| 4069s | is very important to us at the studio |
| 4072s | not everyone in the extended audience is |
| 4074s | familiar with this development approach |
| 4076s | that we're taking they're not familiar |
| 4078s | with the idea of releasing an NDA that |
| 4080s | still has bugs um that still has uh a |
| 4083s | lot of stability and performance |
| 4085s | concerns however it is our opinion that |
| 4087s | this process is the right process that |
| 4090s | it is one that Gamers who are interested |
| 4092s | in participating in this development |
| 4094s | Journey deserve in order to ensure that |
| 4096s | the outcome of our product development |
| 4098s | is something players want to have right |
| 4101s | this isn't the end of the road this is |
| 4102s | quite literally the start of the road |
| 4105s | when it comes to taking this game to a |
| 4107s | place where it needs to be and that |
| 4109s | involves engaging with the audience very |
| 4111s | often it involves you guys making sure |
| 4114s | that players are aware when they're |
| 4116s | seeing this game that this is an alpha |
| 4118s | this is phase one of that Alpha and this |
| 4121s | is where we are going to improve and |
| 4122s | introduce content into the game uh and |
| 4124s | where we're going to be addressing bugs |
| 4126s | you're going to see literal night and |
| 4127s | day differences weekend after weekend |
| 4129s | especially in this phase one as we |
| 4130s | address the top offenders that we see |
| 4133s | through this experience that includes |
| 4134s | right now the Q times that you're |
| 4135s | talking about the Q issues um the |
| 4137s | performance related issues on player |
| 4139s | movement you know the the networking |
| 4141s | issues all of those things are things |
| 4142s | that we're really Drilling in on as this |
| 4145s | phase |
| 4146s | continues um and I don't know if you |
| 4148s | want to cover track like based on that |
| 4150s | topic as well Stephen talk a little bit |
| 4151s | about kind of like I think a lot of |
| 4154s | people go oh you guys have been in |
| 4155s | development for a long time kind of |
| 4157s | touching base on that topic as well yeah |
| 4161s | you know I I released actually um a |
| 4164s | really great um content |
| 4167s | creator uh uh brief deck and and in that |
| 4171s | brief deck you know content creators out |
| 4173s | there if you guys are chatting with your |
| 4175s | audiences and you see kind of common |
| 4177s | questions that come in um around uh uh |
| 4181s | around the state essentially hold on one |
| 4183s | second I was just finding where I put |
| 4185s | that thing and I have it right here um |
| 4189s | that that relates to kind of the the |
| 4190s | state of the game and what Alpha is um |
| 4193s | one of the questions that I posted there |
| 4195s | was um uh ashes ain't ever coming out |
| 4198s | man right we see that commentary often |
| 4201s | from people and and really what that |
| 4202s | boils down to is it's taking too long to |
| 4205s | develop when is the full release well |
| 4207s | it's important to note that ashes of |
| 4208s | creation began back in 2017 with a team |
| 4210s | of 12 people right we we were a very |
| 4214s | small ragtag group of people looking to |
| 4216s | create a massive game um and over the |
| 4218s | years we've grown into a team now over |
| 4220s | 200 very veteran developers who worked |
| 4222s | on a lot of titles that you and I have |
| 4224s | played and loved um that's only in the |
| 4226s | last couple years that we've gotten that |
| 4228s | number and we have grown significantly |
| 4230s | over the course of the last couple of |
| 4231s | years but along that Journey we've |
| 4234s | experienced our fair share of challenges |
| 4235s | that we've had to overcome and there's |
| 4237s | still a lot of content that we need to |
| 4239s | make and polish that we need to do and |
| 4240s | we understand that this journey is not |
| 4243s | for everyone that is totally fine most |
| 4246s | people most players just want to be told |
| 4248s | when a game is ready that they can play |
| 4250s | it and that they can go participate in |
| 4251s | that game we decided to do something |
| 4254s | different right we have set out to uh a |
| 4258s | commitment that allows for an open |
| 4260s | process doing what it takes to iterate |
| 4263s | making sure that ashes is the MMO that |
| 4265s | we've set out to create so Ash's design |
| 4267s | is a super complex one that's |
| 4269s | interconnected with systems heavy |
| 4271s | approach that dedicated to to player |
| 4273s | agency and integrity most importantly no |
| 4275s | pay to win no pay to convenience we've |
| 4277s | not announced a release debt a release |
| 4280s | date yet so there's still a road ahead |
| 4282s | of us to kind of work towards right but |
| 4284s | you're going to be a part of every step |
| 4286s | of that way and we're going to make sure |
| 4288s | that this process is done right and that |
| 4290s | at the end of the day when this product |
| 4292s | is ready that it had a the sufficient |
| 4294s | time to cook and that's what this is all |
| 4297s | about yeah and obviously as we're |
| 4300s | wrapping up here uh there are things |
| 4302s | that we are looking for from you guys |
| 4304s | who do want to be part of that Journey |
| 4306s | uh do you want to talk a little bit |
| 4308s | about that part Stephen kind of |
| 4310s | reiterating it of course you guys we |
| 4312s | already have our ashes of creation for |
| 4313s | Alpha 2 forums up forums ases ofc |
| 4316s | creation.com head on over there there's |
| 4317s | an alpha 2 Section um as well as Alpha 2 |
| 4320s | section on our Discord those will be |
| 4323s | visible to people who are not part of |
| 4325s | the Alpha 2 so you can still read and |
| 4326s | follow along um and obviously in our |
| 4328s | general uh spaces you can talk um but |
| 4331s | those spaces will only be you'll only be |
| 4333s | able to allow allowed to talk in those |
| 4335s | spaces if you're part of the the process |
| 4337s | it kind of lets us delineate feedback um |
| 4340s | but you can still send us feedback |
| 4341s | either way um depending on which uh yeah |
| 4345s | and if you're if you're in the client do |
| 4347s | a slash buug and write up the bug or |
| 4351s | write up your feedback uh I see a lot of |
| 4353s | great posts on the forums that are |
| 4354s | thoughtful and well organized put |
| 4356s | together about features um but you know |
| 4360s | slash buug is a as a mechanism that we |
| 4362s | use every day to look at what you all |
| 4365s | are writing what you're saying what |
| 4367s | you're thinking how your experience is |
| 4369s | going so I would encourage you to |
| 4371s | continue to do that if you're in in the |
| 4373s | game as well yeah and we will be making |
| 4375s | reports um our team continually makes |
| 4377s | reports for the development team on your |
| 4379s | guys' feedback the top feedback the top |
| 4381s | concerns you guys have every day so |
| 4383s | please continue to uh provide us your |
| 4385s | information as and we'll continue to |
| 4387s | make sure that we're progressing we've |
| 4389s | been pretty quick those of those who |
| 4391s | have been part of our pre-alpha 2 |
| 4392s | testing know that we try to make |
| 4394s | iterations as quickly as possible |
| 4396s | obviously with these you'll be seeing |
| 4397s | updates every week weekend when we come |
| 4400s | up with each new weekend we'll have a |
| 4401s | new update for you guys so we'll try to |
| 4403s | make iteration on a weekly basis and hot |
| 4406s | fix as needed during the weekends as |
| 4408s | well for those like big crash |
| 4412s | issues anything else you guys want to |
| 4414s | add on that before we kind of wrap her |
| 4416s | up no I just I would just reiterate like |
| 4419s | that's you know that's the Mantra that |
| 4421s | we always that we have internally is you |
| 4423s | know every day we're trying to make the |
| 4425s | game better we're making you know every |
| 4427s | day um and that's based off the feedback |
| 4431s | that we get from you and and the the |
| 4433s | fact that you're all a part of this uh |
| 4436s | with us and uh makes it possible so |
| 4439s | we're really appreciative of that and uh |
| 4442s | that it you know that's that's how we |
| 4445s | think we're you know ashes becomes the |
| 4448s | game we all want is by listening to you |
| 4450s | and making it better every day |
| 4454s | absolutely say better myself across the |
| 4456s | board on all of those things these guys |
| 4458s | have been saying so I don't have much |
| 4459s | else to add except I did see someone ask |
| 4461s | where we can get a cool ashes of |
| 4462s | creation hoodie like I'm just going to |
| 4464s | say look around at link for back |
| 4467s | they're coming soon they're coming soon |
| 4468s | we'll we'll figure that out at some |
| 4470s | point but uh if you look really closely |
| 4473s | at langford's box there you might see |
| 4476s | some other cool merchandise we've been |
| 4478s | working on but we're working hard on |
| 4479s | that stuff I think uh for those of you |
| 4481s | who maybe aren't following us as closely |
| 4482s | we know that some of you guys really |
| 4484s | really want at least our core Community |
| 4485s | really wants um merchandise it's a |
| 4488s | different team than the development team |
| 4489s | don't worry we don't have devs working |
| 4490s | on it um but we are working towards that |
| 4493s | some stuff is still in manufacturing uh |
| 4495s | we do have some things already in um our |
| 4498s | warehouse but we're working towards that |
| 4499s | and we'll be bringing up uh that shop |
| 4502s | soon the website is looking pretty cool |
| 4505s | so um yeah we're working hard on on all |
| 4507s | of the things they're just uh it's like |
| 4509s | a tree there's a lot of things being |
| 4510s | worked on at once as I'm sure Jacob can |
| 4513s | let you know um from the production side |
| 4516s | of things um again thank you all for |
| 4518s | joining us for today's live stream we |
| 4520s | hope that you had fun obviously our goal |
| 4522s | today was just to have fun with folks in |
| 4524s | Alpha 2 we're so happy that we've been |
| 4526s | able to get it launched obviously we |
| 4528s | know it's still in an alpha state of |
| 4530s | course because it's Alpha 2o um so |
| 4532s | please please join us in providing us |
| 4534s | feedback suggestions slugging anything |
| 4536s | that you encounter so that we can |
| 4538s | continue to improve the product and make |
| 4540s | Vera a place where we all are really |
| 4542s | excited to continue to play um and you |
| 4545s | know there's a lot of content that's |
| 4546s | going to be coming up uh stay tuned with |
| 4548s | us you might see some of these |
| 4549s | development updates become more almost |
| 4551s | like P oriented where we'll be showing |
| 4553s | off what's coming up but kind of like |
| 4555s | the the two guide but it'll be with um |
| 4557s | you know patch notes of like what is |
| 4559s | coming up new content that's coming uh |
| 4561s | every six weeks we'll have these big |
| 4563s | content updates and every 3 weeks we'll |
| 4564s | have kind of smaller bug fix updates so |
| 4567s | just kind of stick with us we'll provide |
| 4568s | patch notes for you guys as those things |
| 4570s | come forward and we'll be showcasing |
| 4572s | some of the cool content that's coming |
| 4573s | down the line um for the things that you |
| 4575s | guys are really excited about like the |
| 4577s | Summoner and the Rogue and big pois like |
| 4580s | some of the other biomes so kind of just |
| 4582s | stick with us we have so much stuff to |
| 4584s | do for Alpha 2 as well as all the |
| 4586s | leading all the way up to launch so |
| 4588s | continue with us on our journey if you'd |
| 4589s | like and if you don't that's okay we'll |
| 4591s | let you know whenever we're launched and |
| 4592s | you can come back then as well um thank |
| 4595s | you to Brian to Bill to uh Jacob and |
| 4600s | Stephen for joining today I know you |
| 4601s | guys are very very busy these guys are |
| 4603s | like constantly in meetings and working |
| 4606s | hard uh to direct and ensure that our |
| 4609s | product is being created in the way that |
| 4610s | we best possibly can um and beh behind |
| 4613s | the scenes mad shout out to Kyle who's |
| 4614s | running the broadcast today so thank you |
| 4616s | Kyle um and of course all of our team |
| 4619s | back at the studio who's just kicking |
| 4621s | butt and working so hard I know they're |
| 4623s | watching this live stream right now I |
| 4625s | just want to get all if we can get some |
| 4628s | hearts in chat uh for all of our |
| 4630s | developers I know that that would mean a |
| 4631s | lot to me Ju Just to just to expand on |
| 4634s | that um yeah go for it big big props to |
| 4639s | the Intrepid team because it has been |
| 4642s | quite a |
| 4643s | few Sleepless night not not long days |
| 4647s | long nights last night say day and night |
| 4650s | combin you know last night there there |
| 4653s | were a few of us that were up till 4 in |
| 4655s | the morning um making sure that we could |
| 4658s | get some fixes in um and there's going |
| 4661s | to be some long nights over the course |
| 4662s | of the next few weeks as we stamp on |
| 4665s | some of these bugs uh and get things |
| 4667s | more stable and performant um obviously |
| 4670s | we do it because we love our community |
| 4673s | and we love our fellow mmor PG G Gamers |
| 4675s | that's why we're here building this MMO |
| 4678s | is because we have a significant amount |
| 4680s | of love for the genre as developers |
| 4682s | ourselves so um I just want to give a |
| 4685s | big shout out possible you guys in the |
| 4687s | community please help me deliver this |
| 4689s | message home to everyone on the Intrepid |
| 4691s | team your hard work the sweat Blood and |
| 4694s | Tears that you're putting into ashes of |
| 4696s | creation could not be more appreciated |
| 4699s | by a very dedicated fan base who are |
| 4701s | looking forward to what we are intending |
| 4703s | to deliver with this product um man we |
| 4706s | know it's from a place of passion for |
| 4708s | all of us um so big props to you guys |
| 4710s | yeah we care a lot um I think one of the |
| 4713s | hardest things as developers is to hear |
| 4715s | someone say oh they don't care um I know |
| 4717s | that like it may feel like that |
| 4720s | sometimes to players when they're like |
| 4721s | all this stuff is buggy oh this stuff |
| 4722s | isn't there but again like we've |
| 4724s | reiterated we're going to continue to |
| 4725s | improve things we we owe that to you |
| 4728s | guys we we know that that's where we |
| 4729s | want to be in the long run so just stick |
| 4731s | with us bear with us we're working |
| 4733s | towards it and um thank you for love uh |
| 4737s | yesterday we we provided a little like |
| 4739s | Montage of a bunch of the cool quotes |
| 4741s | from you guys saying all all these like |
| 4743s | really motivating words uh like one more |
| 4746s | day you guys just make it |
| 4748s | through um and the team really loved |
| 4750s | some of the comments that you guys had |
| 4751s | sent us over the last week so we really |
| 4754s | appreciate that um of course this video |
| 4756s | will be up over on our YouTube channel |
| 4758s | uh for those of you to relive the |
| 4760s | experience of us people trying to murder |
| 4762s | Us in game and us getting murdered by |
| 4764s | NPCs |
| 4765s | um of course uh you know if you don't or |
| 4769s | if you can leave us a comment over there |
| 4771s | and you could be the next Spotlight for |
| 4773s | our YouTube Spotlight um we also have |
| 4775s | all kinds of live or all kinds of social |
| 4777s | media platforms uh please follow us on |
| 4779s | all of them we are ashes of creation at |
| 4781s | all of the places we try to post almost |
| 4783s | daily so you'll keep up with us on all |
| 4785s | the cool stuff that we're working |
| 4786s | towards um we keep the news pretty |
| 4788s | updated as well so if you just follow us |
| 4790s | in all the places or your favorite |
| 4792s | platform uh we do try to keep you guys |
| 4794s | notified on what's going on um and of |
| 4797s | course for those of you who are part of |
| 4798s | our Alpha uh please make sure that you |
| 4801s | are checking your emails as well we will |
| 4802s | be sending you guys things through that |
| 4804s | um join us on Discord Discord is going |
| 4806s | to be the fastest way for us to |
| 4807s | communicate um and of course our Forum |
| 4810s | so that we can continue to get feedback |
| 4811s | loops from you guys and if you're in |
| 4813s | game like Jacob said earlier please use |
| 4815s | the slash buug uh tool that is going to |
| 4818s | be the best way to submit issues that |
| 4821s | you find in game and provide us all of |
| 4823s | the information that we need the biggest |
| 4825s | tip that I can give all of you testers |
| 4827s | today and you can help me deliver this |
| 4829s | message to other testers who may not be |
| 4831s | watching this live stream is that over |
| 4833s | the course of this weekend as we address |
| 4835s | Performance issues and stability issues |
| 4838s | the further away you move from the |
| 4840s | starting areas the better the experience |
| 4842s | will likely be from you so fan out into |
| 4844s | the world start setting up those nodes |
| 4847s | there's a lot of them out there there's |
| 4848s | a lot of work to be done buildings to be |
| 4850s | created start developing those |
| 4852s | Crossroads and get those encampments |
| 4854s | online and eventually those Villages |
| 4855s | where you can start electing Mayors and |
| 4857s | building buildings um that is what we |
| 4859s | want you guys to do as testers don't |
| 4861s | stick around the starting areas at least |
| 4863s | for this weekend um we're going to be |
| 4865s | addressing issues as we see them uh but |
| 4867s | that will improve your experience at |
| 4869s | least uh from a testing perspective and |
| 4871s | if you'd like to join us and you didn't |
| 4873s | get in early enough to join the the |
| 4874s | start of Alpha 2 which is obviously |
| 4876s | today October 25th uh we do have some uh |
| 4880s | bundles available up on our site |
| 4881s | reminder again that the first wve bundle |
| 4883s | will give you access on November 8 the |
| 4885s | second wave will give you access |
| 4887s | December 20th and the third wave will |
| 4889s | give you access on May 1st please make |
| 4891s | sure you're reading the the details of |
| 4894s | the shop items uh because we want to |
| 4895s | make sure that you're aware of when you |
| 4897s | will actually get access uh you'll |
| 4899s | probably get an email the day before |
| 4901s | with all of the details on how to access |
| 4902s | the game and other information um |
| 4905s | obviously the further along we'll have |
| 4906s | more content for you uh so those of you |
| 4909s | who are interested in in a product |
| 4911s | that's a little bit more refined |
| 4913s | obviously go later down the line um but |
| 4915s | if you're in in it for joining us for |
| 4917s | bug hunting and uh the craziness of |
| 4920s | alpha join us now we'd love for you to |
| 4922s | do so and with that I think we'll wrap |
| 4924s | up for today's live stream did yeah |
| 4927s | we'll see you guys in we're all GNA be |
| 4929s | playing all weekend so if you see us in |
| 4931s | game we'll uh we'll murder you no kid |
| 4935s | unbelievable wow |
| 4938s | only he's bloodthirsty man he was just |
| 4941s | like a aching to like murder the lot of |
| 4943s | long nights lot of long night yeah you |
| 4945s | got to have |
| 4948s | somewhere all right than guys bye |
| 4951s | everyone bye everyone |
| 4965s | thanks hello Adventurer welcome to ashes |
| 4968s | of creation Alpha 2 where the world of |
| 4971s | Vera is yours to explore and shape ashes |
| 4973s | of creation Alpha 2 is an important |
| 4976s | early testing phase which we'll be |
| 4978s | continually updating as a participant |
| 4980s | your journey will help shape the game's |
| 4982s | future through providing feedback and |
| 4984s | hunting down bugs to help us refine the |
| 4986s | world of |
| 4987s | Vera when you first step through the |
| 4989s | portal you'll begin your journey across |
| 4991s | various |
| 4992s | regions one of these is the city of liin |
| 4995s | hold a kalar military |
| 4998s | Outpost it's the launch point for their |
| 5000s | efforts to reclaim their ancestral home |
| 5003s | here you'll meet the locals and embark |
| 5005s | on countless quests and |
| 5007s | Adventures as you continue your journey |
| 5009s | through Vera you'll discover the Citadel |
| 5011s | of the steel bloom once the proud |
| 5013s | headquarters of the order of the steel |
| 5015s | Bloom now it's abandoned and overrun by |
| 5018s | mercenary |
| 5022s | Bandits Treasures dangers and untold |
| 5026s | stories |
| 5028s | await you may be wondering how will I |
| 5031s | travel to all of these places don't |
| 5033s | worry Adventurer there there are so many |
| 5035s | ways to explore Vera including a variety |
| 5038s | of mounts to carry you across vast |
| 5040s | Landscapes through the dense forest and |
| 5042s | over rugged mountains to reach your |
| 5048s | destinations notes are a major part of |
| 5050s | our journey offering you choices that |
| 5052s | will shape the world will you join the |
| 5054s | node of Winstead or Ally with the city |
| 5057s | of Mirth each decision shapes the world |
| 5060s | and the node you choose will grow Thrive |
| 5062s | and evolve based on your contributions |
| 5068s | what are those contributions you ask you |
| 5071s | can help expand your node by trading |
| 5073s | crafting and helping it grow into a |
| 5075s | prosperous City you can fight creatures |
| 5077s | complete quests participate in events |
| 5080s | commissions and mayoral commissions node |
| 5082s | Wars and of course |
| 5085s | [Music] |
| 5086s | Gathering throughout your journey you'll |
| 5089s | find valuable resources in the wild from |
| 5091s | ores to herbs to Lumber |
| 5096s | each resource plays a vital role in the |
| 5098s | development of both your node and your |
| 5103s | character Caravans are another way to |
| 5106s | Aid your node transporting vital Goods |
| 5108s | is essential for your new home's |
| 5112s | development but be wary other players |
| 5114s | May seek to claim your cargo for |
| 5116s | themselves |
| 5125s | Caravans aren't the only place where |
| 5127s | you'll face off against other players |
| 5129s | Dawn your equipment and prepare for node |
| 5131s | Wars where skills strategy powerful gear |
| 5134s | and teamwork will determine Victory or |
| 5140s | defeat travel to Oaken ban keep to |
| 5142s | challenge the formidable beasts lurking |
| 5145s | within not all threats are ordinary deep |
| 5148s | in the wild two mock the oneeyed Cyclops |
| 5152s | awaits beware he doesn't take kindly to |
| 5159s | Intruders the world of Vera is alive and |
| 5162s | Ever Changing shaped by your choices so |
| 5165s | prepare yourself Adventurer Alpha 2 is |
| 5168s | just the |
| 5169s | beginning the journey awaits will you |
| 5172s | rise to the challenge |
| 5178s | [Music] |