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| 8s | thank you |
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| 17s | hello everyone and Welcome to our ashes |
| 20s | of creation September update we hope |
| 24s | that you all are excited I'm cozy I've |
| 26s | got my leg I know Autumn sweater on it's |
| 31s | this tis the season it is the season now |
| 34s | we are finally in the Autumn yes it's my |
| 38s | favorite season I love it so much but of |
| 41s | course we have a wonderful show for you |
| 43s | today we hope that you are excited |
| 45s | you've been waiting for a month we've |
| 46s | been waiting for a month we've got a lot |
| 48s | of stuff that we've been doing uh |
| 50s | internally and maybe we'll talk a little |
| 52s | bit more about that on the studio update |
| 54s | as well but of course |
| 57s | um today is itinerary agenda is we have |
| 60s | our reminders we have an event update |
| 62s | and if you've been following us on |
| 64s | social we've been letting folks know |
| 65s | that it's going to be a wave-based |
| 67s | combat so get excited for a little bit |
| 69s | of Combat Action I know folks are |
| 71s | excited for that I had a lot of fun |
| 73s | playing so yeah like |
| 77s | like a mofo |
| 79s | um and then we've got our studio update |
| 82s | art update and Q a as per usual so |
| 87s | jam-packed but hopefully today won't be |
| 90s | as long so you know just hopefully you |
| 92s | have a good amount of snacks some water |
| 95s | you don't need to Buckle in this time |
| 97s | we'll be we'll be a little shorter than |
| 100s | normal but of course at first we have |
| 102s | some quick updates and reminders the |
| 104s | first one here is that we do have a |
| 107s | comment |
| 108s | um so today's comment Spotlight from our |
| 110s | YouTube video from our last development |
| 112s | development update is the idea behind |
| 115s | all these nodes are awesome but I wonder |
| 117s | how it will actually play out in the |
| 119s | live version the problem is having |
| 121s | player run or the problem with having |
| 123s | player run towns is that people come and |
| 126s | go in video games so will towns die out |
| 128s | Etc and this is from name is two so I |
| 131s | think your name is for you know |
| 133s | subscribing to our YouTube channel and |
| 134s | leaving a wonderful comment |
| 136s | yeah that's a good this is a good |
| 138s | question and and fundamentally I do get |
| 140s | it a lot too |
| 141s | absolutely we do and it is it is |
| 144s | something that's at the Forefront of how |
| 145s | we you know Design Systems that are |
| 148s | intended to provide player interaction |
| 150s | and player agency and player direction |
| 152s | right |
| 153s | um one of the |
| 154s | uh I wouldn't say downsides but risks of |
| 158s | those types of mechanics and systems is |
| 160s | that you do have the potential for |
| 162s | either bad faith actors |
| 164s | um |
| 167s | excuse me or just people who come and go |
| 171s | as you said |
| 172s | um |
| 173s | and so you know we incorporate as part |
| 176s | of those designs certain fail-safes |
| 178s | certain protections certain automated uh |
| 182s | progression that takes over when some of |
| 184s | those decisions are lacking or are not |
| 187s | made and those decisions can be |
| 189s | defaulted now of course that would have |
| 192s | a deleterious effect on kind of the |
| 194s | direction that a particular node might |
| 196s | want to go because they're going to be |
| 197s | doing default behaviors or default |
| 200s | actions as opposed to something that |
| 201s | might be in line with the Strategic |
| 203s | objective of that particular node or the |
| 206s | specialization that the node has |
| 207s | previously been attempting to do but |
| 209s | that is why we have a regularly |
| 211s | recurring election period where players |
| 214s | can take the reins of power and can |
| 217s | elect someone else to come in and |
| 219s | participate and and re-write the ship so |
| 222s | to speak so it is absolutely a component |
| 226s | of having player driven mechanics that |
| 228s | there is an opportunity for things to be |
| 230s | less than ideal or less than |
| 233s | um strategic when certain bad faith |
| 235s | actors or people leave |
| 238s | um but there are safeguards in place |
| 243s | perfect |
| 245s | um hopefully that suffices for your name |
| 247s | is too I'm sure you'll let us know what |
| 250s | your thoughts are on it and of course if |
| 252s | you do have thoughts on any of these |
| 253s | things you can head on over to forums we |
| 255s | are very diligent about taking player |
| 257s | feedback the next thing speaking of |
| 260s | player feedback uh Segway |
| 263s | um we have some Dev discussions the one |
| 265s | that is currently out we have our Dream |
| 268s | nodes so if you if you have some |
| 270s | thoughts on what you would like your |
| 272s | dream node to be head on over and toss |
| 275s | us your feedback and up and coming we |
| 277s | also will have a Dev discussion about |
| 279s | basic attacks as well so definitely we |
| 282s | would love to hear your thoughts and |
| 283s | this is just this is a combination of |
| 285s | basic attacks and auto attacks as well |
| 287s | because I think in different games |
| 289s | people consider these different things |
| 291s | so we have a lot of questions from the |
| 293s | development team in regards to how you |
| 295s | would like to utilize those whether you |
| 298s | want to kind of stream them in between |
| 300s | your abilities or if you're not |
| 303s | interested in that at all so there will |
| 305s | be a lot of questions for you to answer |
| 307s | there and I do just want to emphasize |
| 309s | that these Dev discussions are of |
| 312s | critical importance to the development |
| 313s | team obviously the reason why and I have |
| 316s | I have um echoed this over the course of |
| 319s | many years and then these uh these |
| 322s | development updates but uh the reason |
| 323s | why it's so beneficial for us to partake |
| 326s | in a transparent development process is |
| 328s | because it affords us the opportunity to |
| 330s | collect that real-time feedback and |
| 332s | experiences and direction to a degree |
| 335s | from the uh the consumers that we are |
| 339s | creating this product for from you guys |
| 340s | The Gamers our community right |
| 343s | um so if you have the time to go and |
| 345s | kind of give your commentary on on the |
| 348s | things that you expect to see out of |
| 349s | these types of systems the experiences |
| 350s | that you've had in different games what |
| 352s | you've enjoyed about them what you'd |
| 353s | like to see done differently it is great |
| 356s | because our community team and and and |
| 358s | and Margaret helps to Shepherd kind of |
| 360s | all of these these comments into an |
| 363s | easily digestible format that the |
| 365s | developers then have an opportunity to |
| 367s | see what you guys are saying and that's |
| 368s | something that I think is super |
| 370s | important to make sure that those touch |
| 371s | points of communications between the |
| 373s | community and the development team is of |
| 375s | critical importance to the development |
| 376s | and I will say this as somebody who's |
| 378s | worked in this industry for a very long |
| 380s | time |
| 381s | um I love that Stephen affords us that |
| 384s | not every team gets you know 2q or two |
| 388s | Community managers to be able to help |
| 389s | with that but Roshan and bachner have |
| 391s | been doing an amazing job and getting |
| 393s | resounding love from our development |
| 395s | team in regards to their reports so they |
| 398s | do a very diligent job in reading |
| 400s | everything you guys Post in all those |
| 402s | spaces so we really appreciate it and of |
| 404s | course to play put a caveat on that as |
| 407s | well because I know there's the |
| 408s | counteractive that is that of course |
| 410s | we're not going to do everything that |
| 412s | players say you know we do have a vision |
| 414s | and direction of our product and so |
| 417s | we're going to try to make the best |
| 418s | decisions for us and what we want to |
| 420s | create but it is always nice to make |
| 422s | sure that we're all on the same page |
| 423s | because for the most part that is that |
| 426s | has been the case |
| 427s | um yeah so just keeping that in mind |
| 429s | yeah just to touch on that point real |
| 431s | quick the the Elegance of filtering out |
| 434s | the expression from our player base who |
| 437s | don't have of course in many cases the |
| 440s | experience of developing a product like |
| 441s | this but have the experience of playing |
| 443s | them and know what they like and dislike |
| 446s | that is where the community team comes |
| 449s | in and helps to filter out uh you know |
| 451s | kind of that feedback so that not only |
| 453s | is it digestible but that it's cohesive |
| 455s | and can make sense from a development |
| 457s | perspective yeah it's it's very well |
| 460s | done |
| 462s | um so thank you keep giving us your |
| 463s | feedback uh you know I think a lot of |
| 465s | the times when you're a player of a game |
| 467s | you're like why did they make this |
| 468s | decision well we're sharing the journey |
| 470s | with you we're telling you why we're |
| 471s | making those decisions and we're showing |
| 473s | you each little bit as we move forward |
| 474s | so be a part of it if it's something |
| 476s | that you really want and if you don't |
| 478s | step away it's okay you don't have to |
| 479s | either you know make a decision that's |
| 481s | best for you |
| 483s | um next up of course is |
| 485s | I'm sorry I just saw someone in chatted |
| 489s | that's put in a a a a picture of me that |
| 493s | ages over time into into Grace I haven't |
| 497s | seen that before no I haven't yet I've |
| 499s | never been using it on Discord that's |
| 500s | concerning and scary |
| 502s | there's a lot of Stephen uh memes out |
| 506s | there so some of them are pretty |
| 508s | intricate videos to Stevens oh my God |
| 511s | he's like I don't want to know |
| 514s | um next up this is just a reminder of |
| 516s | course that the Unseen order Cosmetics |
| 518s | uh they are going to be our last |
| 521s | pre-order packet set we have an FAQ on |
| 524s | our article or yeah an article you can |
| 527s | check that out at ashes of creation.com |
| 528s | news and you'll see the Unseen order |
| 531s | section |
| 532s | um this is the last pre-order Pack set |
| 535s | and it is going to end on January 17th |
| 537s | 2024 at 11 A.M Pacific this does not |
| 541s | mean that we're not going to ever do |
| 542s | Cosmetics ever again |
| 544s | um but or that you're not going to ever |
| 546s | have access to Alpha 2 or beta 1 or beta |
| 549s | 2 again but there will just be different |
| 551s | forms of how you get access to that |
| 552s | pending whether we think we can support |
| 555s | more players for those absolutely and |
| 557s | and I do encourage as Margaret has in |
| 560s | the past take a look at the FAQ section |
| 562s | of that |
| 563s | um you know I went through the FAQ and |
| 565s | provided as intricate as detailed |
| 567s | answers as I could regarding the |
| 569s | potential for future pack sales |
| 570s | obviously that's predicated on our |
| 572s | internal and external testing periods |
| 575s | that we will be incorporating over the |
| 577s | course of the coming time |
| 579s | um it's important to note the intent of |
| 581s | these packages is not to elicit a fear |
| 585s | of missing out response by our community |
| 587s | that is why this last pack will be |
| 590s | extended to to jam when is it January |
| 593s | January 17th 17th January 17th a lot of |
| 595s | time so there's a lot of time there in |
| 598s | addition Alpha 2 will be a a non-ndaid |
| 603s | um testing period that you will have an |
| 605s | opportunity to watch and and and and |
| 607s | partake in from a viewership perspective |
| 609s | even if you're not participating from a |
| 611s | playing perspective Alpha 2 you know I |
| 614s | can't reiterate this enough Alpha 2 is |
| 616s | not an intended game experience it is a |
| 620s | testing experience it is something that |
| 622s | that players who are participating in |
| 624s | Alpha 2 are assisting in the development |
| 626s | of it there there may be wipes there |
| 629s | will be periods of time where we're |
| 630s | taking it down and we're iterating upon |
| 633s | it it is not intended to be a fun |
| 635s | experience per se although I believe it |
| 637s | will be a fun experience I think it'll |
| 639s | be fun but um but it is intended to test |
| 642s | our core systems it is intended to to |
| 644s | test our our Network architectures it is |
| 647s | intended to prepare the game for an |
| 649s | official launch right so um or prepares |
| 651s | for Betas |
| 653s | um in our courses and our core systems |
| 655s | and to that end |
| 656s | um do not feel like if you are not |
| 658s | participating in Alpha 2 that you're |
| 660s | missing out you know on something this |
| 663s | is not integral to to the play |
| 665s | experience you will have when the game |
| 667s | launches |
| 668s | um and so that's that's something look |
| 669s | at the journey that we've had so far |
| 671s | right yes see where the game was before |
| 673s | and where it's come where it's at now or |
| 675s | if you saw the Alpha One footage which |
| 677s | is you know you can Google that because |
| 679s | that was also not undied |
| 682s | um you can see how far we've come from |
| 684s | that too so absolutely there's |
| 685s | definitely going to be a journey here |
| 689s | um and you can be part of that whether |
| 691s | you're in game or being able to watch |
| 694s | um and tell someone else what you want |
| 695s | them to do for sure maybe we can get the |
| 699s | programmers to do a chat |
| 700s | character or like you in chat try to |
| 703s | make the character do things would be |
| 705s | fun maybe not for Alpha two but that |
| 708s | could be a cool experience |
| 710s | um but yeah just wanted to remind people |
| 711s | that there is an FAQ make sure you check |
| 713s | that out that this will be the last pack |
| 715s | set for now |
| 717s | um and we are thinking about how we want |
| 720s | to move forward with other potential |
| 722s | shop stuff as well I know exclusivity |
| 724s | has been a problem that people |
| 726s | um are concerned about and I think in |
| 728s | future shop items we will kind of remove |
| 730s | some of that element so we can rotate in |
| 733s | things so if you missed it there will be |
| 735s | an opportunity for you to get it again |
| 736s | later rather than right now where |
| 738s | everything's very much exclusive but |
| 740s | that's kind of how we've had stuff set |
| 742s | up |
| 744s | um and with that I think we are on to |
| 747s | our events update if you're ready yes |
| 750s | I'm ready for it absolutely so |
| 754s | um I didn't do a lot of prefacing this |
| 757s | time in the video uh to my dismay after |
| 760s | the the recording was completed because |
| 762s | now of course that's a standalone on |
| 764s | YouTube and some people may not hear |
| 765s | that this is a work in progress but |
| 767s | hopefully I've said it enough prior to |
| 768s | that that it just carries forward I |
| 771s | don't know regardless I know but |
| 774s | regardless I do want to preface now that |
| 776s | what you guys are about to see is a bit |
| 779s | different than what you saw with our |
| 782s | story arc system |
| 784s | um and it is different from our |
| 785s | commissions system |
| 787s | um this is our event system and to be |
| 791s | clear what you're going to see is an |
| 793s | example of the event system that |
| 795s | showcases types of content that can be |
| 798s | popped up in the world around you based |
| 802s | on predicates of what's happening in the |
| 804s | world and this particular event that |
| 807s | you're going to see a pop-up of is with |
| 809s | regards to a a destructed Caravan that's |
| 812s | having some wave assault by some Bandits |
| 816s | excuse me and the reason for that event |
| 819s | kicking off is because |
| 821s | in the background there might be |
| 823s | negotiations there might be advancement |
| 825s | in relationship status between nodes |
| 827s | that cause uh the Thematic element of |
| 831s | this pop-up event being a automated |
| 833s | Caravan moving throughout the world or |
| 835s | whatever that hit the snag of the Bandit |
| 838s | encounter and players in the area around |
| 840s | it have an opportunity to participate |
| 842s | now there's a lot of different predicate |
| 844s | systems that are involved in the event |
| 846s | system and they correlate uh in some way |
| 849s | shape or form to some other types of |
| 851s | world states that are happening within |
| 853s | Vera at the time and that give players |
| 856s | an opportunity to interact with those |
| 858s | events and receive rewards and receive |
| 860s | experience and receive gold and receive |
| 863s | some loot tables off of that and these |
| 865s | pop up kind of around the world right so |
| 867s | you're going to be seeing an example of |
| 869s | that here uh in in the upcoming Alpha 2 |
| 873s | and this is a video that Clayton and |
| 875s | Scott and ine and a lot of others have |
| 877s | have obviously helped to stand up the |
| 880s | event system so that it is a very |
| 882s | versatile way to deliver content to the |
| 884s | players so as a disclaimer of course |
| 887s | this is all a work in progress this is |
| 889s | in still an alpha State the UI is |
| 892s | pending additional development as is the |
| 894s | visual effects and some of the |
| 896s | performance indicators but this gives |
| 899s | you an idea of what you can expect |
| 900s | coming in Alpha two so we do have an |
| 903s | article of other events too so if you |
| 906s | want some more event action you can |
| 908s | check that out oh and real quick yeah |
| 911s | sorry one last thing I know some people |
| 913s | are are um are are constantly asking us |
| 916s | about Alpha two we are going to have a |
| 918s | little bit of an announcement here at |
| 919s | the end of the stream uh not too much |
| 921s | hype just giving a little bit of |
| 923s | direction with regards to expectations |
| 924s | for Alpha 2 but we will talk about that |
| 927s | after the event showcase |
| 929s | all right |
| 931s | see ya on the flip side |
| 953s | hello everyone and welcome to another |
| 956s | live stream from the Glorious world of |
| 959s | Vera and we have an exciting showcase to |
| 962s | give you all today we're going to be |
| 964s | talking about our event system and I am |
| 968s | actually joined by three of our |
| 970s | absolutely wonderful developers with |
| 973s | whom you've spoken with in the past on |
| 975s | some other live streams we have one of |
| 978s | our glorious Engineers Clayton Clayton |
| 980s | oh absolutely wonderful glorious what an |
| 983s | introduction I'm doing great I know |
| 984s | really somebody really so many words to |
| 987s | show off all of our hard work so |
| 990s | very excited to see it with you and |
| 992s | excited to chat with the community about |
| 993s | it I know you guys have been doing a lot |
| 995s | of hard work on this we also have two of |
| 998s | our wonderful designers uh Scott how you |
| 1001s | doing buddy excellent I'm very excited |
| 1003s | to be here |
| 1004s | yay and Amy Amy how are you doing hi I'm |
| 1007s | good last time I was here we took down |
| 1009s | two marks so I'm I'm ready today I'm |
| 1011s | playing cleric again so um yeah I got |
| 1014s | your back |
| 1015s | thank you I okay so you heard it here |
| 1018s | first folks if I die |
| 1021s | it's of course not my fault it would be |
| 1025s | the clerical no |
| 1026s | um but okay so where where are we we are |
| 1029s | in a familiar biome uh many of you guys |
| 1032s | should be expecting where we are we are |
| 1034s | in the wonderful riverlands |
| 1036s | yep we are a little bit |
| 1038s | east of the last live streaming location |
| 1040s | which was Winstead node |
| 1043s | um yeah I see Carfin in the distance |
| 1044s | Carfin is even further east from |
| 1046s | Winstead so we're kind of sandwiched |
| 1048s | between Winstead and Carfin right now |
| 1050s | um no big curse happening right now so |
| 1053s | it's a nice day out okay so it's a nice |
| 1055s | day out there's not like any type of |
| 1057s | blood curse or Undead roaming the area |
| 1058s | no not at the moment no |
| 1060s | okay very cool and what are we doing |
| 1063s | here in the riverlands talk to me a |
| 1066s | little bit about what has brought us out |
| 1068s | here and I'm going to jump off my my |
| 1069s | glorious Steed here while we talk about |
| 1071s | it absolutely so uh we're actually just |
| 1074s | out here to uh kill some mobs grind some |
| 1076s | experience get some get some resources |
| 1078s | maybe out of the land here and uh |
| 1081s | eventually |
| 1082s | um the world should react to that and we |
| 1085s | could potentially create an event here |
| 1087s | I see a a web weaver so okay so our |
| 1091s | objective right now is |
| 1093s | um we're going to be showing off |
| 1095s | obviously the event system and part of |
| 1097s | that event system is that it can take a |
| 1101s | whole host of different predicates to |
| 1102s | kind of kick off different types of |
| 1104s | events Clayton talk to me a little bit |
| 1106s | about what that oh he's on me he's on |
| 1108s | yeah as soon as I'm not dying but yeah |
| 1112s | so uh the event system uh it can query |
| 1116s | uh a lot of different aspects of the |
| 1119s | dynamic World state right now it's |
| 1121s | actually just tracking player activity |
| 1122s | in the world uh and uh you know for this |
| 1125s | event in particular and uh it's looking |
| 1129s | for us to kill some stuff so we're out |
| 1130s | here killing some stuff and eventually |
| 1132s | the event should trigger once uh it's |
| 1134s | detected enough player activity |
| 1137s | very cool and and these and these this |
| 1140s | type of predicate that is the |
| 1141s | essentially the activity map for killing |
| 1145s | yeah the activity Maps that's not the |
| 1147s | only way that these events can get |
| 1148s | kicked off there's a whole host of |
| 1149s | different ways that they can also yeah |
| 1151s | for sure yeah so we we have a really |
| 1154s | really awesome system that the designers |
| 1155s | have access to uh that lets them uh hook |
| 1159s | into really any Dynamic World State and |
| 1162s | use that to inform the instantiation or |
| 1164s | even just like the progression of uh any |
| 1167s | event |
| 1171s | very cool yeah these spiders are gross |
| 1174s | Scott what are what are some uh plans |
| 1177s | that you have for uh different |
| 1179s | predicates for uh instantiating some of |
| 1182s | these events yeah so obviously we just |
| 1184s | got this kind of generic sort of kill |
| 1187s | one here uh that we can use for all |
| 1189s | sorts of different things for tracking |
| 1190s | player activity |
| 1191s | um no Big Bear time uh we also are |
| 1194s | looking at the amount of resources that |
| 1195s | players can Harvest as a predicate we |
| 1198s | have |
| 1199s | uh story arcs that are going on so |
| 1201s | active stores could cause different |
| 1203s | events to start yeah um trade Caravans |
| 1206s | happening relationships between |
| 1207s | different nodes and also just the state |
| 1209s | of the nodes themselves I'll even let |
| 1212s | him beat me up here because it's kind of |
| 1215s | cool he's charging you yeah |
| 1219s | he will throw you around those Bears can |
| 1222s | can really catch you off guard if you |
| 1224s | let them |
| 1225s | okay |
| 1227s | so I see that a nearby event has started |
| 1230s | the predicate has been met |
| 1232s | yep oh and I see now on the mini map we |
| 1235s | have a little bit of a location for it |
| 1237s | yeah so just south of us here um |
| 1240s | we were just kind of uh the event has |
| 1243s | kind of kicked off because of the just |
| 1245s | us killing stuffer in the area here |
| 1247s | yeah and we might see some visual |
| 1249s | indicators over the hill here in a |
| 1252s | second |
| 1253s | and so when when one of these events |
| 1255s | kick off it's not just obviously |
| 1257s | notifying players based off of their |
| 1258s | proximity with uh the mini map and with |
| 1261s | the you know UI toast that pops up but |
| 1263s | also as you said Clayton we have a |
| 1265s | visual indicator in world that's also |
| 1267s | rooting the the event as well yeah for |
| 1269s | sure uh you know Scott can could |
| 1271s | probably touch on you know uh the |
| 1273s | diegetic nature of all of our narrative |
| 1275s | content and the the goals there but |
| 1279s | uh oh wait hold on before we get too |
| 1282s | close I'm seeing that there's some gray |
| 1284s | Shore archers and a Grace or Grace or |
| 1287s | swordsman |
| 1289s | okay all right oh should I join this |
| 1292s | event as a Defender team definitely yes |
| 1294s | that'll allow if some other players do |
| 1298s | come around while we're playing that'll |
| 1300s | allow them to uh join the event raid |
| 1304s | group with us so we've effectively taken |
| 1306s | the party that we had pre-formed and and |
| 1308s | merged that uh into uh a new raid group |
| 1313s | okay I slept a couple of these |
| 1316s | um of the highway captains there's some |
| 1319s | of them on the settlers right now okay |
| 1322s | and the settlers are an objective type |
| 1325s | that exists within this particular |
| 1326s | archery exactly what I mean yeah oh my |
| 1331s | God there's a lot yeah no they're |
| 1332s | sniping from up on top of the rocks |
| 1335s | thanks Amy oh I see |
| 1338s | I see I'm sorry I'm gonna go put the |
| 1339s | long spots down oh god oh no no no no |
| 1342s | okay the event difficulty didn't change |
| 1344s | though |
| 1358s | we're distracting the the bandits from |
| 1360s | the settlers right now so that's good |
| 1362s | none of them have died it's Caravan |
| 1364s | Integrity is good |
| 1366s | um |
| 1368s | okay I see the Caravan Integrity on the |
| 1371s | uh on the event note uh notification |
| 1374s | window it looks like they're mostly just |
| 1376s | going for the settlers right now |
| 1378s | oh no those poor settlers we've we've |
| 1381s | kept them up |
| 1382s | nope I just saw one die oh God two of |
| 1384s | them two of them went out at once |
| 1390s | I shouldn't have mentioned it they would |
| 1392s | have been fine |
| 1393s | so our objective here is to protect |
| 1395s | these settlers while we eliminate 20 of |
| 1398s | these hot women |
| 1400s | okay okay |
| 1402s | but there's probably another wave coming |
| 1405s | yes there's still some Shore there's |
| 1407s | still some gray short people around I |
| 1409s | see is some of them coming from uh |
| 1411s | Northeast there's an arsonist coming oh |
| 1413s | there we go there we go |
| 1415s | oh and some from uh downhill Northwest |
| 1417s | too Scott why are they coming from the |
| 1420s | north |
| 1421s | so we're actually pretty near one of our |
| 1423s | pois which is actually under Bandit |
| 1426s | control uh the apathy named Highwayman |
| 1429s | Hills is just over the corner just |
| 1431s | around the corner here |
| 1432s | um so they'll be attacking NPCs kind of |
| 1435s | in this area until such a time as uh |
| 1437s | players deal with it via story arc |
| 1445s | guys alive right |
| 1447s | okay all right we did it |
| 1449s | all right okay did you survive okay so |
| 1452s | it says prepare for the final assault so |
| 1455s | this is this is a stage based off of our |
| 1457s | kind of |
| 1458s | our our progress our activity our our |
| 1460s | success what is this yeah so we just we |
| 1463s | defeated the requisite number of of |
| 1465s | bandages which is going to progress the |
| 1469s | stage here and and during this stage |
| 1471s | here we can reset some of the traps that |
| 1473s | the bandits used to initially destroy |
| 1476s | the Convoy and we can use those against |
| 1477s | the bandits in the next phase which is |
| 1479s | actually more difficult so |
| 1482s | yeah we'll definitely need them uh |
| 1485s | whenever they they the bandits do come |
| 1487s | with reinforcements they're probably |
| 1489s | going to be bringing their best so |
| 1491s | especially because we have more players |
| 1493s | now so the difficulty of the event will |
| 1495s | be more when there are more players and |
| 1496s | of course like all things in ashes the |
| 1499s | more difficult to challenge the better |
| 1500s | the rewards and also uh you know our |
| 1503s | clerics can have some time to heal up |
| 1506s | the the settlers and uh you know |
| 1509s | hopefully set us up for Success whenever |
| 1511s | the next round does come in |
| 1514s | and how do we how do we leverage the |
| 1516s | reward system how are people you know |
| 1518s | getting calculated what rewards they |
| 1520s | should get uh so for events like this we |
| 1523s | have kind of a number of metrics that we |
| 1526s | can use I think we're going to be doing |
| 1528s | a lot of testing to figure out what the |
| 1529s | best metrics are because there are some |
| 1530s | ups and downs using like pure the amount |
| 1533s | of damage you've done you know in the in |
| 1534s | the raids and stuff like that um and |
| 1536s | we're also look like more relaxed things |
| 1538s | like how much time you spent you know |
| 1539s | participating in the event whether |
| 1541s | that's doing damage or healing allies |
| 1543s | and things like that as a as a |
| 1545s | percentage of the total time of the |
| 1546s | event |
| 1547s | um they all have their drawbacks and |
| 1548s | benefits some are |
| 1549s | uh you know we got to be careful about |
| 1551s | it yeah |
| 1553s | um but yeah we'll just count up the |
| 1554s | contribution however we end up balancing |
| 1556s | that and then we have different tiers of |
| 1558s | rewards that are given to each |
| 1561s | individual player based off of their uh |
| 1563s | contribution score in the event as it |
| 1565s | works right now it is just simply a |
| 1567s | matter of how much time you've |
| 1568s | participated in the event as a |
| 1569s | percentage of the total time of the |
| 1571s | event |
| 1572s | very nice and and so as that kind of as |
| 1575s | that winds down people will be you know |
| 1577s | granted a gold silver bronze tier kind |
| 1580s | of reward status and that will be the |
| 1583s | entitlement for the types of rewards |
| 1584s | they get from these events exactly and |
| 1586s | really that that's just going to |
| 1587s | determine the reward table that they're |
| 1589s | going to get and then each player is |
| 1590s | going to roll their own reward table uh |
| 1592s | independently |
| 1594s | very nice I hope I'm gonna get rewarded |
| 1596s | for all the healing I'm doing yeah yeah |
| 1598s | uh Amy you deserve it |
| 1601s | raid leader yep uh our timer is up and |
| 1605s | Corvin the crusher appears to be on the |
| 1608s | way |
| 1608s | oh God he's coming all right we're gonna |
| 1611s | need healing almost immediately |
| 1616s | oh my God there's a lot I'm |
| 1618s | I'll leave some of them |
| 1621s | oh never mind there's multiple balls of |
| 1623s | lightning |
| 1624s | see if I can line this up right |
| 1628s | he's gonna try and use the perhaps as |
| 1630s | best I can |
| 1636s | man this is really great I am on fire |
| 1639s | wait we have them in a choke point right |
| 1640s | now we definitely want to keep them away |
| 1641s | oh there's birds we want to keep them |
| 1643s | away from the Caravan and in this choke |
| 1645s | point |
| 1646s | I got him to trigger the Tripper here |
| 1647s | I'm hitting them with a lot of aoes |
| 1649s | right now |
| 1651s | and the only objective here as you can |
| 1653s | see from the tracker is to kill Corbin |
| 1655s | uh so until Corbin goes down yep uh I'm |
| 1659s | trying to prioritize their healing and |
| 1661s | DPS so that we can have a better chance |
| 1664s | here I think with with the uh |
| 1667s | The Raid group of eight we seem to be |
| 1669s | set up for Success here |
| 1671s | uh Corbin the crusher Amy uh Scott would |
| 1675s | either of you want to touch on uh the uh |
| 1677s | event difficulty tier and what we intend |
| 1680s | to do with that as more players join the |
| 1682s | event |
| 1684s | as soon as people join in I yep |
| 1688s | more difficult |
| 1693s | I don't know if you thought but we had a |
| 1695s | toast saying that the event has |
| 1697s | progressed from its original state as a |
| 1701s | group event to a rage level event that |
| 1704s | was a veteran |
| 1705s | that are level in the first that comes |
| 1707s | with them or challenges more optional |
| 1710s | objectives but also uh |
| 1713s | more rewards so it's never it's never |
| 1715s | going to be like a bother to have other |
| 1718s | people join you it's uh it's all part of |
| 1721s | uh part of being in a like multiplayer |
| 1725s | environment is you know the more friends |
| 1727s | join up with you the better |
| 1731s | yeah you know I think it's uh cool that |
| 1734s | you touched on the rewards because yeah |
| 1735s | the the designers have have the ability |
| 1739s | you know just from a technical |
| 1740s | perspective to use the difficulty tier |
| 1742s | however they like in the event they can |
| 1744s | modify any aspect of the event's |
| 1746s | difficulty or even you know the the |
| 1748s | reward that you're you're getting they |
| 1749s | can query that in the reward table data |
| 1753s | we're doing pretty good here this |
| 1754s | Caravan hasn't really been taking much |
| 1755s | damage at all yeah people hold them off |
| 1757s | pretty well yeah the tank was able to |
| 1759s | intercept them at that choke point so |
| 1762s | yeah that's going to be working too this |
| 1764s | Elite healer is rough |
| 1767s | yeah that should be very hard to kill |
| 1769s | some of the gray Shore Swordsmen and The |
| 1772s | Archers are still alive |
| 1774s | we can change that we have the |
| 1776s | technology |
| 1778s | ah there we go |
| 1781s | we win |
| 1784s | congratulations is there Rewards well |
| 1787s | you know there's also a grateful settler |
| 1789s | here presenting us the the reward uh |
| 1791s | maybe he has something to say let me |
| 1793s | talk to him |
| 1795s | greetings grateful settler |
| 1798s | praise aryak |
| 1801s | they might have killed us without your |
| 1803s | intervention please help yourself I will |
| 1805s | help myself thank you what type of |
| 1807s | supplies are we talking about oh you're |
| 1809s | one of those Heroes |
| 1811s | unbelievable this was a difficult a |
| 1814s | difficult uh task you know you you just |
| 1818s | head over to Highwayman Hills and join |
| 1820s | the bandits Stephen unbelievable claim |
| 1822s | unbelievable I'm a hero in this I'm a |
| 1825s | mayor of a local network oh my God |
| 1827s | a shame it came to violence we are |
| 1830s | hopeful we could leave that behind on |
| 1832s | Sanctus okay yeah I want you know I'm |
| 1834s | hopeful of that too but you know |
| 1835s | sometimes we can't just get what we hope |
| 1837s | for so Whoa We got some wool |
| 1841s | yep we got some more okay I got some |
| 1846s | wool you're also granted uh on the |
| 1848s | events completion you're granted like a |
| 1849s | little stipend of golden experience just |
| 1851s | right away uh but items that can be |
| 1853s | looted off your body they have to come |
| 1854s | from like reward chest so every event |
| 1856s | will have its own little reward cash at |
| 1858s | the end of it you'll grab your materials |
| 1860s | items from and I |
| 1863s | as my reward why'd you get Tim |
| 1865s | Ember uh well that it rolled I got that |
| 1868s | uh reward from my reward table maybe I I |
| 1871s | participated better than you so I got a |
| 1872s | better resource |
| 1874s | how dare he is |
| 1875s | I was out there doing a lot of work uh |
| 1878s | and uh Scott this this NPC he's also |
| 1881s | configured to actually uh interface with |
| 1883s | some of the story art content too right |
| 1884s | if the story arcs were online it's true |
| 1886s | yeah I think they it is online actually |
| 1888s | it's just not active check it out check |
| 1890s | it again Stephen |
| 1892s | oh okay where am I going uh talk to the |
| 1893s | guy again I think you might have missed |
| 1894s | a dialogue option okay here we go okay |
| 1896s | okay the tough one who are these people |
| 1898s | why were they who are these people let's |
| 1900s | see they're desperate folks who prowl |
| 1904s | the hills captain |
| 1906s | udoxia in lionhold is looking into the |
| 1909s | matter I should seek her out and find if |
| 1911s | there is a better way I could help |
| 1912s | around here you know what I will do oh |
| 1914s | okay here we go |
| 1917s | uh |
| 1919s | L I see |
| 1921s | a lot of different placeholder rewards A |
| 1925s | Bridge Too Far yeah they're the rewards |
| 1927s | for the for a lot of the quests are |
| 1929s | still not uh fully done yet uh |
| 1933s | the events do hook into all of our story |
| 1935s | art content so if there are store Works |
| 1937s | online we can like since our quests are |
| 1939s | non-linear events can help you kind of |
| 1942s | into those quests |
| 1943s | um if they're online this event can |
| 1945s | happen whether or not the historic is |
| 1946s | online but if it is you can pick up the |
| 1949s | like uh lead into that Quest from him um |
| 1953s | if you're not you know if you haven't |
| 1954s | been to line hold in a while since the |
| 1955s | story arc has started |
| 1956s | very cool and so obviously |
| 1959s | um you know people saw a little bit |
| 1960s | during this event that the Adaptive |
| 1964s | Difficulty was predicated on the number |
| 1966s | of participants that opt into uh to |
| 1971s | partake in this event right |
| 1973s | yes so as more players join |
| 1976s | um the the event does get more difficult |
| 1978s | with we went from the regular mobs to |
| 1981s | the elite mobs |
| 1982s | um in corvin's entourage some of them |
| 1985s | can be |
| 1986s | you know more uh more enemies to fight |
| 1989s | some can have completely different |
| 1990s | stages or mechanics depending on which |
| 1993s | what the event actually is and and what |
| 1995s | your objectives are for that event |
| 1997s | and these these events are based off of |
| 2001s | different predicates within the world |
| 2002s | state so for example this particular |
| 2004s | event was a caravan that was moving |
| 2006s | throughout the world and as you as we |
| 2007s | said in the beginning it was based off |
| 2009s | of the activity heat map of players |
| 2010s | within this area but this type of event |
| 2013s | this Caravan event that was transiting |
| 2015s | Goods uh popped up because nearby nodes |
| 2018s | may have either been advancing the |
| 2020s | relationship between each other or there |
| 2022s | might have been a trade Caravan that got |
| 2024s | kicked off in the past and we're |
| 2026s | representing kind of that |
| 2028s | um that theming within the World by |
| 2030s | these event types correct yes so events |
| 2033s | are predicated by things that players |
| 2035s | are doing whether that is no development |
| 2037s | uh you know trade agreements between |
| 2038s | nodes |
| 2039s | um |
| 2040s | all of it like relationship between |
| 2042s | nodes I mean um so it could be more than |
| 2043s | just that could be War States or |
| 2046s | anything like that as well so so cool I |
| 2048s | noticed that even though we succeeded in |
| 2051s | the event we're still in our event raid |
| 2052s | group Scott what's the thought behind |
| 2054s | that are we supposed to go and adventure |
| 2055s | with our new group right now |
| 2057s | if we so desire yeah the event ending |
| 2061s | doesn't dissolve the open party for the |
| 2063s | event the open parties have some sort of |
| 2065s | default |
| 2067s | uh like party configurations that can't |
| 2069s | be changed so they'll be stuck with a |
| 2070s | group Loot and stuff like that |
| 2072s | um but we do try to encourage people to |
| 2074s | continue to stick together and play |
| 2075s | together |
| 2076s | um the game the game is hard so uh |
| 2079s | it's good to play with friends yeah I |
| 2082s | just left the raid I don't want to play |
| 2083s | with you |
| 2084s | he's going to join the bandits I called |
| 2087s | it yes I'm looking for The Highwayman |
| 2089s | Hill band yeah |
| 2091s | very cool okay and then obviously we saw |
| 2094s | during the event um there are obviously |
| 2096s | multiple stages that exist each of those |
| 2097s | stages having Unique Mechanics |
| 2099s | associated with them |
| 2100s | um there are a lot of different types of |
| 2102s | events I me that you and the narrative |
| 2105s | team and Scott that you guys are working |
| 2106s | on creating each of those events types |
| 2109s | will have different similar stages like |
| 2111s | we saw there was a trap stage here that |
| 2112s | we can set up is it intended that these |
| 2115s | stages are going to provide players with |
| 2116s | kind of downtime to recuperate and also |
| 2119s | perhaps set up and strategize how they |
| 2121s | want to address the upcoming challenge |
| 2124s | well I I don't really know about you but |
| 2126s | I'm I'm my heart speeding right now I |
| 2129s | feel like we've been challenged and uh |
| 2132s | of course there's going to be moments |
| 2133s | where um there are uh like uh less less |
| 2137s | uh |
| 2139s | thing challenges which rely Less on your |
| 2142s | class kit than usual but I think that in |
| 2144s | general if you want to like really get |
| 2146s | down and understand the story and the |
| 2148s | appreciate the world and then probably |
| 2151s | uh you're gonna want to focus more in |
| 2154s | the story arcs where you can take things |
| 2156s | at your own pace |
| 2158s | we have we have some events that do |
| 2160s | other things like there could be some |
| 2162s | that are just puzzles |
| 2163s | we have an event in here that is |
| 2166s | actually just like you can attend a |
| 2167s | funeral for just an NPC that can pop up |
| 2171s | and there isn't actually any combat to |
| 2173s | do in that one rewards are adequately |
| 2176s | scaled but there are events in here that |
| 2177s | are just kind of for flavor and for |
| 2179s | fleshing out the world a little bit too |
| 2180s | that you can participate in and learn |
| 2181s | more about yeah I think there are going |
| 2183s | to be some moments where where um you |
| 2185s | might be like frustrated that an event |
| 2187s | is like obscuring something that you |
| 2188s | want to get to like a |
| 2190s | NPC that you need to talk to for your |
| 2193s | request or something so then then |
| 2195s | Gathering people to help you is going to |
| 2197s | be really useful |
| 2199s | awesome very cool and that that event |
| 2201s | there at the last stage had |
| 2203s | um kind of like a little mini boss dude |
| 2205s | um is that kind of a component of all |
| 2208s | events that you guys are intending to |
| 2210s | incorporate or just kind of some events |
| 2211s | will have those mini bosses some will |
| 2213s | have them uh there's gonna be a whole |
| 2215s | lot of these and they're going to be at |
| 2218s | different tiers of of Challenge and uh |
| 2221s | you know kind of I guess uh |
| 2224s | like power level tiers |
| 2227s | um you know they're not all going to be |
| 2229s | you know defeating the you know |
| 2232s | end-all Dragon being at the end um some |
| 2235s | are just you know about helping people |
| 2236s | there's some are about |
| 2238s | um |
| 2239s | uh just building up the world of error |
| 2241s | which is a very difficult and |
| 2242s | challenging place as people are trying |
| 2243s | to resettle it there's |
| 2245s | um there's all kinds of tiers for |
| 2247s | different levels of heroism |
| 2248s | um |
| 2249s | and helping the small time people to |
| 2251s | Downing giant foes and these are |
| 2254s | obviously a bit different than what |
| 2256s | people have seen previously with Carfin |
| 2258s | where we showed off kind of the story |
| 2259s | arc system that fundamentally changes a |
| 2262s | particular location or area for an |
| 2265s | extended period of time that exists |
| 2266s | within stages that are might be |
| 2268s | multi-days in length these are more |
| 2271s | bite-sized kind of digestible end-to-end |
| 2274s | 20-minute gameplay right right |
| 2276s | definitely a shorter than a story arc |
| 2278s | which yeah as you mentioned before is |
| 2280s | meant to be taken kind of at a slower |
| 2281s | Pace |
| 2282s | um can your individual path through the |
| 2285s | story arc is a little bit more measured |
| 2287s | like you're less reliant on |
| 2290s | like the pace of the actual story arc |
| 2291s | it's more about your own personal Paces |
| 2293s | through the quests and then as the story |
| 2295s | arc advances |
| 2296s | over time like over the course of days |
| 2299s | then you you know can dive back into it |
| 2301s | and get more involved in it again |
| 2303s | very cool and then if there are people |
| 2306s | who you know might be |
| 2310s | um problematic to a particular event |
| 2312s | like this gendrach guy oh okay |
| 2316s | I think it's triggering like this |
| 2318s | gingrac guy we could like you know |
| 2321s | attack them or something right oh sure |
| 2323s | we could yes |
| 2324s | you were aligned with the bandits Maybe |
| 2327s | uh and there are some events that do |
| 2330s | have you pick sides in PvP yeah uh you |
| 2332s | know whenever Stephen joined this event |
| 2334s | uh he had one option to just merge us |
| 2336s | into the event raid group this was a PVE |
| 2338s | event uh but there are going to be |
| 2340s | events with uh sanctioned PVP where |
| 2344s | there are multiple team options to join |
| 2347s | got it got it got it got it okay very |
| 2350s | cool well |
| 2352s | I'll let jindrak live this time guys |
| 2354s | that was a super exciting uh event |
| 2356s | showcase I know that the community love |
| 2358s | to kind of see this stuff obviously |
| 2360s | events are an integral component of |
| 2361s | making the world feel uh kind of dynamic |
| 2364s | and representative of what is happening |
| 2366s | around the area it gives people insight |
| 2368s | into particular locations and the type |
| 2372s | of activities that might be occurring |
| 2373s | but it also gives really interesting |
| 2375s | ways for us as players to interact with |
| 2377s | that environment and affect change as |
| 2379s | well and be rewarded for that uh |
| 2381s | activity I think it's super cool you |
| 2383s | guys done a great job with standing up |
| 2385s | the event system and populating the |
| 2387s | world of really compelling activities so |
| 2389s | thank you for showing us a little bit of |
| 2391s | the work you guys have been doing |
| 2393s | towards Alpha 2. I know that the |
| 2395s | community loves it and we'll be back on |
| 2397s | stream to talk a little bit more about |
| 2399s | this |
| 2400s | all right thanks guys for having me |
| 2401s | Stephen bye thanks Steven absolutely bye |
| 2403s | everybody |
| 2406s | foreign |
| 2411s | welcome back why'd you say whoops oh my |
| 2415s | light went out |
| 2417s | in the in the office it went out right |
| 2419s | at the end there oh no hopefully the |
| 2421s | internet's gonna be okay it's just yeah |
| 2424s | I will play the video in the background |
| 2427s | so yeah very cool uh watch that we do |
| 2429s | have some questions from chat |
| 2431s | um about some things so one of the |
| 2433s | things was |
| 2435s | um to kind of set expectations for |
| 2437s | parties |
| 2438s | um we did talk about how when you |
| 2440s | disband a party or when you uh end it |
| 2444s | you know we do encourage you to group up |
| 2446s | and stay together but people are |
| 2448s | wondering if they have to like fully |
| 2450s | reform their parties or what the plan is |
| 2452s | in regards to that |
| 2454s | yeah so um there is an option as we said |
| 2457s | at the end to kind of stick around in |
| 2458s | that raid and to go off and do some |
| 2460s | additional things with each other |
| 2461s | obviously we want to encourage players |
| 2463s | to kind of cooperate and work with one |
| 2465s | another that is an MMO after all and |
| 2468s | that is the name of the game |
| 2469s | um but at the same time if people want |
| 2471s | to convert back into a party or if they |
| 2473s | want to move from that raid they are |
| 2474s | more than welcome to do so all right and |
| 2477s | then what happens if someone joins the |
| 2478s | event and then like |
| 2480s | goes M.I.A |
| 2483s | goes to get a coffee goes to the |
| 2484s | bathroom leaves does that still keep the |
| 2488s | difficulty |
| 2490s | uh yeah so there there is a way that we |
| 2493s | kind of um heat map player activity |
| 2495s | during the event to help inform that |
| 2497s | difficulty it's not just going to be |
| 2498s | based purely off of the number of |
| 2500s | participants within the area within the |
| 2502s | raid that's something that is dynamic |
| 2504s | and scales accordingly but the idea here |
| 2507s | is that you know we can't necessarily |
| 2509s | predict the number of players that are |
| 2511s | going to be participating in these types |
| 2513s | of events of course because not only is |
| 2515s | it opt-in but it's also kind of |
| 2517s | situationally and locationally relevant |
| 2520s | to uh the player activity now those |
| 2523s | events kicked off based off of local |
| 2525s | player activity as you saw here were |
| 2526s | killing the Bears we're killing the |
| 2528s | spiders that was one of the predicates |
| 2529s | that kind of kicked this local event off |
| 2531s | the event Was Then thematically relevant |
| 2533s | to kind of activities that were |
| 2535s | happening around the The Zone and that |
| 2537s | was like relationship between nodes that |
| 2539s | was progressing that caused this theming |
| 2541s | to be about a |
| 2543s | um a caravan being assaulted by Bandits |
| 2546s | for supplies and so it kind of gives you |
| 2548s | a touch point to the rest of the world |
| 2550s | and what's happening there but we want |
| 2553s | to scale that difficulty to a degree |
| 2555s | right we're not talking about like |
| 2556s | scaling up the player's power scaling |
| 2558s | down the power of the NPCs but rather |
| 2561s | how many additional spawners start to |
| 2563s | activate what different types of NPCs |
| 2565s | start to join are they going to be |
| 2567s | Elites is there the boss right those |
| 2569s | types of those types of things are |
| 2572s | scalable as part of the event system |
| 2575s | Google and then uh are you able to heal |
| 2579s | the Caravan settlers and things like |
| 2581s | that I know that you were |
| 2583s | um but we want to clarify like that you |
| 2586s | do need to protect them to some extent |
| 2588s | are there implications for if you don't |
| 2590s | like if a bunch of people die that |
| 2592s | you're supposed to be guarding will you |
| 2594s | get less reward what's that for sure |
| 2596s | there is the ability to fail uh I know |
| 2599s | that that is a strange concept for a lot |
| 2602s | of us nowadays playing more modern games |
| 2604s | but there is absolutely a way to fail |
| 2608s | um and some of those ways include how |
| 2610s | you're going to expend resources not |
| 2612s | just for your fellow players but for |
| 2615s | some of the objectives that might be |
| 2616s | present within the event as well and |
| 2619s | those resources that mainly being your |
| 2621s | Mana in this circumstance with regards |
| 2623s | to Healing those |
| 2624s | um those NPCs is I think a relevant and |
| 2628s | interesting component that makes it a |
| 2629s | little bit more dynamic |
| 2632s | all right and then do the events have |
| 2635s | cooldowns or could players Force the |
| 2637s | event to spawn endlessly |
| 2641s | um events absolutely do have cooldowns |
| 2643s | that cannot be forced to spawn uh |
| 2645s | repeatedly over and over again |
| 2647s | um those cooldowns are not just |
| 2649s | something that's based on a timer |
| 2650s | they're also predicated on certain |
| 2653s | actions occurring within the world once |
| 2655s | more or at different times and so again |
| 2658s | the most important thing about this |
| 2660s | system is that when we're talking about |
| 2663s | you know being out in a hunting grounds |
| 2665s | or being out you know transiting across |
| 2668s | the world these events are constantly |
| 2671s | popping up around the zones right and |
| 2674s | they kind of follow player activity and |
| 2676s | movement and there's a whole host of |
| 2679s | different types of events from a Content |
| 2681s | standpoint that reflect to the state of |
| 2683s | the world |
| 2684s | um |
| 2685s | and so it's important that like as |
| 2687s | players are doing these things these are |
| 2689s | additional levels of experience grants |
| 2692s | and reward tables that can be accessible |
| 2695s | based off of cooperation with other |
| 2697s | players in the area |
| 2699s | all right and then |
| 2702s | um the last one here is what would have |
| 2705s | happened if the raid group failed the |
| 2707s | event I know that you talked a little |
| 2708s | bit about this before |
| 2711s | um but |
| 2712s | would something have happened sure if we |
| 2714s | wouldn't have said yeah so so events |
| 2717s | that get kicked off |
| 2719s | um if you would not have saved everybody |
| 2721s | if this event would have failed and |
| 2722s | actually it failed many times in testing |
| 2724s | but |
| 2726s | um if this event would have failed it |
| 2728s | would have contributed to a world State |
| 2730s | tracker right and and events kind of can |
| 2734s | roll |
| 2736s | the event outcome can inform other |
| 2740s | events as predicates as well right and |
| 2743s | when you get enough events that are |
| 2744s | being failed |
| 2747s | when you get enough events that are |
| 2749s | being failed that can trigger a bigger |
| 2751s | event and uh when a bigger event fails |
| 2754s | that can trigger potentially a story arc |
| 2756s | and that can trigger potentially |
| 2760s | um uh atrophy events like there's it's a |
| 2763s | cascading foundational system that |
| 2766s | serves to predicate how other instances |
| 2770s | of dynamic reactive world |
| 2774s | activities respond to player choices |
| 2778s | player efforts player successes and |
| 2782s | failures right what we're building is a |
| 2784s | very comprehensive responsive world and |
| 2786s | I know a lot of times in different games |
| 2788s | you hear the buzzwords of like Dynamic |
| 2790s | and responsive and reactive and you know |
| 2793s | whatever but we are building the |
| 2796s | mechanics to inform those systems from a |
| 2799s | very scaling foundational perspective |
| 2802s | which can culminate into big |
| 2806s | server changing things happening right |
| 2810s | and this is at the very ground level of |
| 2813s | that overarching system you guys saw a |
| 2816s | little bit of the story arc system with |
| 2817s | Carfin and how it fundamentally changed |
| 2820s | the visuals of that of that area |
| 2823s | but what can help inform carfin's story |
| 2826s | arc kicking off is how these smaller |
| 2829s | feeding events what the outcome of those |
| 2832s | are right so so that's that's how we get |
| 2835s | the world that feels |
| 2838s | respective of player action yeah there's |
| 2841s | things that happen that have a Domino's |
| 2843s | effect of other things happening and |
| 2845s | depending on how that thing happened it |
| 2847s | may change and it doesn't always have to |
| 2849s | be the same things that are always |
| 2851s | happening this is why when we said that |
| 2853s | every |
| 2853s | server will kind of pretty much be very |
| 2857s | very different from another server it |
| 2859s | would be very very unlikely that they |
| 2861s | will be exactly the same and in the same |
| 2863s | state because you'd have to take very |
| 2866s | specific actions at the same time to |
| 2868s | make those things uh line up that way of |
| 2872s | course the video that we have will be up |
| 2874s | in 4k so if you want to see that you can |
| 2876s | head on over to our YouTube channel |
| 2878s | after the stream it will be able to |
| 2880s | stand up and move around so I can get my |
| 2881s | life yeah because the motion lights |
| 2882s | someone should someone at the office |
| 2885s | come wave around |
| 2892s | that's funny you don't move fast enough |
| 2894s | you're like sloth mode |
| 2896s | and of course we also have a form of |
| 2899s | event update feedback thread as well so |
| 2902s | if you have any thoughts after watching |
| 2904s | this and of course after you look able |
| 2906s | to like kind of move things around on |
| 2907s | the live stream or watch it either on |
| 2909s | Twitch or YouTube |
| 2911s | um you can feel free to toss your |
| 2912s | feedback our way we of course will be |
| 2915s | compiling a report for development in |
| 2917s | order to ensure that they get all the |
| 2919s | information from what you guys what your |
| 2921s | thoughts are so share those with us |
| 2924s | and with that we shall move over to |
| 2927s | Studio update |
| 2931s | Studio update yes |
| 2934s | um it's funny actually I was watching in |
| 2937s | chat somebody said how can I become a |
| 2939s | developer for this yes |
| 2943s | that's a nice little segue |
| 2946s | um yeah uh Studio update things are |
| 2948s | going great at the studio We are |
| 2949s | continuing to grow we are ending our |
| 2954s | um our Milestone actually this week |
| 2956s | actually I think it ended the band of |
| 2958s | last week we are currently transitioning |
| 2960s | into our next Milestone right now 29th |
| 2962s | today 29th oh it ends today that's right |
| 2965s | um and next week we are having about 20 |
| 2969s | room 20 of our remote employees are |
| 2971s | flying in for our Milestone 7 |
| 2973s | preparation and kickoff uh in San Diego |
| 2976s | and we're gonna have some fun events uh |
| 2978s | with the team doing some bowling nights |
| 2982s | and some uh uh full day reviews of our |
| 2985s | Milestone and play testing and |
| 2988s | um it is an exciting time here at the |
| 2990s | studio and I want to take a moment to |
| 2995s | um |
| 2997s | I want to take a moment to talk a little |
| 2999s | bit about the state of our industry |
| 3003s | um and you know be respective of the |
| 3005s | fact that |
| 3007s | um you know not everywhere in the gaming |
| 3009s | industry in the tech industry in general |
| 3011s | right now the economy is obviously uh a |
| 3014s | point of concern there's a lot of |
| 3015s | layoffs that have been happening and and |
| 3017s | it is a it is a very unfortunate and |
| 3019s | terrible thing of course I made a little |
| 3021s | bit of a statement on Twitter yesterday |
| 3023s | and on LinkedIn |
| 3024s | um you know our hearts go out to those |
| 3027s | individuals and and it is and it is an |
| 3030s | incredible experience to be a part of |
| 3032s | teams that create the magic that games |
| 3034s | are because really they are magical I |
| 3037s | mean games are |
| 3038s | um games are a very important part of |
| 3042s | our lives right it is important to have |
| 3044s | a work-life balance and part of of |
| 3046s | everyone out there who are in this |
| 3048s | audience that that it get to have down |
| 3050s | time and experience games with their |
| 3052s | friends and their families and and and |
| 3053s | and kind of de-stress with that it takes |
| 3056s | a lot to make those things and it takes |
| 3059s | a lot of effort and dedication and |
| 3062s | commitment and when things outside of |
| 3065s | your control and outside of your power |
| 3066s | impact your ability to do that it's |
| 3068s | obviously a moment of pause and |
| 3070s | reflection and Intrepid in intends and |
| 3074s | strives to be one of those places that |
| 3076s | takes |
| 3078s | um that takes sustainable growth |
| 3081s | practices as part of building up our |
| 3085s | company and our team in the efforts to |
| 3088s | deliver this product now of course MMOs |
| 3091s | are the biggest game you can make our |
| 3094s | MMORPG is probably one of the more |
| 3096s | ambitious ones and from the get-go we |
| 3100s | knew and you guys knew from a community |
| 3102s | perspective that this was going to be a |
| 3104s | journey and it continues to be that but |
| 3106s | every time we onboard a new person to |
| 3109s | this company to our team to our Intrepid |
| 3112s | family and I know that's a hot button |
| 3113s | issue to even use that word sometimes in |
| 3115s | a work setting but I I that is the type |
| 3118s | of feeling we we try to achieve at |
| 3121s | Intrepid every time we onboard someone |
| 3124s | new |
| 3125s | we do so with the conscious effort to to |
| 3129s | to to know what the end goal is in our |
| 3132s | development journey and to treat that |
| 3135s | team member that family member |
| 3137s | um with the type of of respect for their |
| 3141s | work and |
| 3144s | um |
| 3145s | and participation in this project right |
| 3147s | and so if you know somebody that's been |
| 3149s | impacted uh by these layoffs recently if |
| 3153s | if you guys are are in the ecosphere of |
| 3156s | of Twitter and or LinkedIn of these |
| 3158s | developers who are some of your favorite |
| 3159s | developers that have worked on projects |
| 3161s | in the past and you've seen the the |
| 3163s | product of their toils |
| 3165s | um then make sure to send them a message |
| 3167s | and let them know that we exist that |
| 3169s | ashes of creation is a project and that |
| 3171s | we have a lot of positions that are open |
| 3174s | um and if they don't see a position |
| 3176s | that's open they can go to |
| 3177s | intrepidstudios.com to our careers page |
| 3179s | and they can submit their resume and |
| 3181s | their portfolio and experience and we |
| 3183s | will |
| 3184s | spend the time and effort in order to |
| 3187s | evaluate their potential on the team so |
| 3190s | um you know that is that is something |
| 3192s | that I think is important and it's a |
| 3194s | it's a rough time out there right now |
| 3195s | for sure and our hearts go out to the |
| 3197s | people that are impacted by some of |
| 3199s | these layoffs but |
| 3200s | um but things are looking good here at |
| 3201s | Intrepid Studios and we continue to move |
| 3203s | forward in their next milestone is going |
| 3205s | to be a big one and with that being said |
| 3210s | well I I would yeah I think that I have |
| 3213s | some notes here too from our HR team |
| 3214s | which I'm not going to share everything |
| 3216s | they gave me because some of that is |
| 3217s | like private information for us but I |
| 3219s | think one of the cool things is I'm a |
| 3221s | data junkie as someone who does a lot of |
| 3223s | marketing stuff |
| 3225s | um we have an insanely great attrition |
| 3229s | rate comparatively to the industry so I |
| 3231s | mean for us we're at like 3.4 people are |
| 3234s | going to come and go they're going to |
| 3235s | have reasons why they want to maybe |
| 3236s | they're going to get paid more at |
| 3238s | another company or they they want a |
| 3240s | different type of job and we don't have |
| 3241s | that available for them although we do |
| 3243s | accommodate quite greatly for people |
| 3246s | um or they want to be 3.4 though that's |
| 3249s | not bad what's the industry average the |
| 3252s | software development or the the global |
| 3255s | average is 38.9 and the software |
| 3260s | development specifically is 57.3 so we |
| 3264s | are we are extremely low because people |
| 3267s | really do enjoy working here and I know |
| 3269s | it is cliche when it sounds cliche when |
| 3271s | you say family but Stephen and John |
| 3273s | really treat us all like family like |
| 3275s | there is love and care there that I have |
| 3278s | not always had at other companies so |
| 3279s | thank you well absolutely we we love you |
| 3283s | and we love our team and |
| 3285s | um it is something special that I think |
| 3287s | we built here at this company and it |
| 3289s | definitely feels like that |
| 3291s | um I think it would be great for us to |
| 3295s | talk a little bit about a common |
| 3297s | discussion point that obviously you and |
| 3300s | the community end so we're gonna do that |
| 3301s | before the art oh before oh okay okay my |
| 3304s | bad I'm sorry we can do it no we can do |
| 3306s | it we can do it now okay okay yeah do it |
| 3307s | now |
| 3309s | so wild in you guys as you guys know we |
| 3313s | have reserved our |
| 3316s | um uh uh announcement for dates until we |
| 3319s | are certain that we can hit them we've |
| 3321s | we've been burned in the past with that |
| 3323s | we took our licking because we learned |
| 3325s | no more dates Stephen until correct this |
| 3327s | happened I've been a good boy I've been |
| 3329s | a very good |
| 3331s | I haven't said any dates |
| 3334s | um and what I would like to do is as I |
| 3336s | see often in the community with a lot of |
| 3340s | different |
| 3341s | um uh conversations with content |
| 3343s | creators you know when is Alpha 2 going |
| 3345s | to be is it this year is it next year is |
| 3348s | it you know 20 30 you know kind of uh |
| 3352s | wild speculation that I think |
| 3355s | um I have attempted to address by saying |
| 3357s | Alpha 2 is not years away but it's also |
| 3360s | not right around the corner |
| 3362s | um and so as we grow closer to Alpha 2 |
| 3366s | we will give a definitive date the next |
| 3370s | time you hear from us about when Alpha 2 |
| 3372s | is going to be it's probably going to be |
| 3374s | delegated to a particular quarter and |
| 3376s | then when we're probably a few months |
| 3378s | away we will have the date in mind but |
| 3380s | for now I can definitively tell you that |
| 3384s | Alpha 2 is going to be and Q |
| 3389s | the video |
| 3404s | oh |
| 3406s | we're back |
| 3409s | hey that wasn't too bad that was pretty |
| 3411s | good so guys we can say that from now on |
| 3414s | when people talk to you about what Alpha |
| 3416s | 2 is going to be it is no longer a |
| 3419s | question of if but when next year Alpha |
| 3423s | 2 will be rolled out for public testing |
| 3425s | we have a number of different testing |
| 3427s | events that are going to be |
| 3428s | participating uh over there |
| 3430s | clarifications absolutely and includes |
| 3433s | some of that so yes the exact date as |
| 3435s | Steven said will be provided in a future |
| 3436s | uh in the future and of course when we |
| 3439s | do provide that date we will also give |
| 3442s | you guys further information in regards |
| 3443s | to testing schedule what's included in |
| 3446s | Alpha 2 because I know that that's where |
| 3447s | this is going to go next |
| 3449s | um and uh also the NDA spot testing that |
| 3453s | will be before Alpha two we will we will |
| 3456s | have first one with our PI members then |
| 3458s | we'll have some with our Alpha One users |
| 3461s | and then our Alpha 2 users and of course |
| 3463s | Alpha 2 will not be NDA but that's spot |
| 3467s | testing will be NDA yes so keep that in |
| 3469s | mind and then note that Alpha 2 is only |
| 3472s | accessible for players who have Alpha to |
| 3475s | access so just because you had Alpha One |
| 3476s | axis does not mean that you will have |
| 3478s | Alpha 2 X's to make sure that you do |
| 3480s | have Alpha two axis in your inventory |
| 3482s | it'll say Alpha two if you do but you |
| 3486s | will be able to partake in pre-tests |
| 3488s | because that's technically still Alpha |
| 3489s | One yes absolutely and guys I want to |
| 3493s | talk to you |
| 3494s | a little bit about setting expectations |
| 3496s | right appropriately |
| 3498s | um |
| 3499s | anytime you're delivering a software as |
| 3502s | as big as even what Alpha 2 is there's |
| 3505s | going to be bumps there's going to be |
| 3507s | hiccups there's going to be things that |
| 3509s | we don't account for |
| 3511s | that's just the nature of the Beast |
| 3514s | um part of that is many communities |
| 3517s | don't have an opportunity to see those |
| 3518s | bumps and hiccups because projects keep |
| 3521s | things very tight to the chest we have |
| 3523s | since the get-go decided not to take |
| 3525s | that approach and instead take the good |
| 3529s | bad and ugly approach which is you guys |
| 3531s | get to see uh that stuff and so as we're |
| 3535s | moving towards Alpha 2 in 2024 you can |
| 3539s | expect to see part of our development |
| 3541s | updates we'll be showcasing of course |
| 3542s | continually these systems you know some |
| 3544s | of those systems will be very big some |
| 3546s | of those systems will be smaller but our |
| 3548s | intent is to get feedback on them and |
| 3550s | kind of get experiential feedback |
| 3551s | especially so that we can help inform |
| 3553s | the revisions and the iterations that we |
| 3555s | do to them that's why we do these |
| 3557s | development updates right it's not just |
| 3559s | Margaret and I love being here with you |
| 3561s | guys and being a part of this process |
| 3563s | but we don't do it because we love it we |
| 3565s | do it because it is an integral |
| 3567s | component of making a good product right |
| 3570s | um and and that is our our philosophy so |
| 3573s | with that being said |
| 3575s | um I can hopefully now put to rest some |
| 3578s | of the question marks that arise out of |
| 3581s | the when is Alpha 2 going to be we |
| 3582s | definitively they're still going to ask |
| 3584s | I know January 1st goes and be like so |
| 3589s | what day is it |
| 3591s | discussion out of the realm of years |
| 3593s | into the realm of months which month is |
| 3595s | it gonna be right yeah so so that is |
| 3598s | that is I think a positive out and like |
| 3600s | what Stephen said we will our next |
| 3602s | update will give you a quarter and then |
| 3604s | we will provide dates after that so just |
| 3606s | keep that in mind there is going to be a |
| 3610s | progression of that information |
| 3612s | absolutely absolutely yeah very cool |
| 3615s | what a time to be alive I know this has |
| 3618s | been it has been wild a wild uh time in |
| 3622s | general for all of us |
| 3624s | um but yeah do I miss anything else on |
| 3625s | the studio update uh yeah I think we got |
| 3628s | we got everything so art stuff look at |
| 3631s | pretty art stuff let's do it yeah let's |
| 3633s | do it let's look at Art |
| 3635s | um no I just got a message from our web |
| 3636s | team that the website is currently |
| 3638s | getting hit hard |
| 3645s | the packages are going to be available |
| 3647s | till January 17th so so it'll be okay |
| 3652s | um I probably shouldn't have said that |
| 3653s | on the Stream |
| 3656s | or the the career page people might have |
| 3659s | been going to that too so |
| 3661s | um first and foremost we've got the |
| 3662s | deepwood uh syrinx drinks I think is |
| 3665s | what it's called uh it's like an |
| 3667s | instrument of some sort |
| 3669s | um which is really cool and that now has |
| 3671s | has its model and you may have seen |
| 3675s | these little potion traps on the ground |
| 3678s | that were created |
| 3680s | um I love seeing the work in progress uh |
| 3682s | images so I always like sharing that |
| 3684s | stuff with you guys and so that's what |
| 3686s | access to this and this is what you saw |
| 3688s | in |
| 3690s | um in the game yeah very cool and then |
| 3694s | we've got the notice by the way notice |
| 3697s | the kind of styling of the magical |
| 3700s | fantasy the kind of magical realism not |
| 3702s | so much too far on the steampunk side |
| 3705s | not too much magic Tech side but you |
| 3708s | know still keeping Steven doesn't like |
| 3709s | it's a high fantasy you know it's not |
| 3712s | that I don't like it I think that |
| 3713s | there's a lot of really cool interesting |
| 3715s | kind of Steampunk |
| 3717s | um iteration that's done in these games |
| 3719s | it's just I'm a hat I'm a high fantasy |
| 3722s | guy yeah we had some like designers who |
| 3725s | were trying to like plot out uh |
| 3727s | steampunk I was like no that's not ashes |
| 3729s | of creation move on |
| 3732s | um but next up we've got the Legionnaire |
| 3734s | outfit which now has a model as well |
| 3739s | I think it should rotate it's great I |
| 3741s | believe I have a turntable for this as |
| 3743s | well |
| 3745s | very different type of armor I know some |
| 3747s | people weren't sure how they felt about |
| 3749s | this set but the lore4 is really cool |
| 3752s | and some of the other pieces that they |
| 3754s | have for this set are coming along |
| 3756s | really well so I'm excited to share |
| 3759s | those |
| 3760s | next up is we've been working out some |
| 3763s | options for VEC plate and this is kind |
| 3765s | of a little preview of one of oh I love |
| 3768s | the directions bottles and the plate |
| 3770s | looks so good |
| 3773s | yeah I think Jan has been working on |
| 3776s | this and killing it |
| 3780s | yeah that looks great and that was the |
| 3783s | face masks the helmetless the helmets |
| 3787s | we have the turntable for this |
| 3791s | people can kind of see how that looks |
| 3792s | and look yeah you can see the model |
| 3794s | looks great |
| 3796s | so this is the female model |
| 3798s | and then I will also show you it on the |
| 3800s | |
| 3805s | and remember guys as you guys are seeing |
| 3807s | these different armor sets um |
| 3811s | you know the armors that we work through |
| 3814s | of course gradually increase in tier |
| 3817s | right based off of kind of the level |
| 3818s | that we're provisioning the armors for |
| 3821s | um now is this a cosmetic set or was |
| 3823s | this this is not no so this is one of |
| 3827s | the plate achievables yeah and and I |
| 3829s | believe that this armor judging off of |
| 3831s | its silhouette is probably going to be |
| 3833s | about a tier two armor from a tier V |
| 3836s | system right |
| 3837s | um so this would probably be something |
| 3839s | that's a fact that you would have access |
| 3841s | to between levels like 15 to 25-ish |
| 3844s | roughly yeah Beyond knows he can DM me |
| 3848s | and I can update it but |
| 3850s | um yeah very very cool and then of |
| 3853s | course we've got the silk fur Dune |
| 3855s | hunter that jincey has made the model |
| 3857s | for and it looks so cute I mean they |
| 3861s | just make like the concept art look |
| 3863s | exactly like the character it's wild to |
| 3865s | me how amazing they are |
| 3870s | who else is excited to ride this like oh |
| 3873s | my gosh so cute |
| 3876s | um and with that we're ready to head on |
| 3878s | over to our q a |
| 3881s | so I'll play the video in the background |
| 3884s | just so you have something to watch |
| 3886s | whilst |
| 3888s | um we answer some of y'all's questions |
| 3890s | from the forums uh the first one here is |
| 3892s | from plastic lemons don't eat those uh |
| 3897s | ask about mayor history I once tried to |
| 3900s | eat a plastic grape when I was a little |
| 3902s | kid it did not go well I I did the same |
| 3905s | thing I didn't try to eat it though I |
| 3906s | just chewed on it yeah well I couldn't |
| 3908s | eat it so I spit it out but yeah I was |
| 3911s | chewing on it I thought it was a real I |
| 3913s | used to love those little plastic grapes |
| 3914s | I would just grab them and chew on them |
| 3916s | oh just like okay |
| 3920s | interesting you learned something new |
| 3923s | every day see somebody just said LOL |
| 3925s | same were you really |
| 3927s | yeah |
| 3929s | Breakers maker |
| 3931s | oh my gosh maybe you guys have a |
| 3934s | teething or something you're like a |
| 3936s | little chew toy somebody else said that |
| 3938s | explains a lot |
| 3941s | it's so good maybe there's too much |
| 3944s | TMI uh we have mayor history which is |
| 3948s | Will players have a way to see who past |
| 3951s | mayors of their node were like a little |
| 3953s | like a log that'd be cool yeah |
| 3956s | absolutely yeah so something about other |
| 3958s | actions |
| 3959s | well maybe not all their actions but |
| 3963s | we can dream guys |
| 3965s | it is something that we do intend to |
| 3966s | provide obviously historical references |
| 3968s | within the game of not just the mayors |
| 3972s | of nodes but also |
| 3974s | um you know server first downs of |
| 3976s | certain bosses and this first like Guild |
| 3978s | achievements and Guild Hall ownership |
| 3980s | like we wanna you know the Achievement |
| 3985s | System should record things of note so |
| 3990s | that people are able to etch their name |
| 3992s | or their Guild in the history in the in |
| 3995s | the |
| 3996s | um in the history of the server and |
| 3998s | mayorship would be one of those things |
| 3999s | very cool |
| 4001s | um |
| 4003s | it would be cool if Mayors could like |
| 4005s | leave a little note and then all the new |
| 4007s | mayors get to see all the past notes |
| 4009s | Margaret was here just like etched in |
| 4011s | the desk yeah or something |
| 4015s | some might be helpful some might not be |
| 4017s | it's like uh what's that game |
| 4020s | anyways moving on ezrae from uh node |
| 4023s | about node government wants to know are |
| 4026s | there plans for official game supported |
| 4029s | node positions other than the mayor like |
| 4031s | a stable master or a procurement officer |
| 4034s | that word's hard to say |
| 4036s | are there other node-based positions |
| 4040s | basically like yes there there are other |
| 4042s | node-based positions |
| 4044s | um some of the most of them relate to |
| 4047s | um social organizational structures uh |
| 4049s | like the temple and the um uh social |
| 4052s | organization a building that the node |
| 4054s | might construct |
| 4056s | um those are ladder systems of |
| 4057s | achievement that players can work |
| 4059s | through on a seasonal basis to achieve |
| 4061s | the highest level of that for the |
| 4062s | particular node and by doing so they |
| 4065s | will then have titles bestowed upon them |
| 4067s | which grants certain types of powers and |
| 4068s | benefits |
| 4070s | speaking of which I'm going to forward |
| 4072s | to one of the questions here from cadek |
| 4073s | in regards to social organizations will |
| 4076s | progression in Social organizations be |
| 4078s | permanent or must it be maintained like |
| 4081s | PVP there will be a portion of your |
| 4085s | Social progression that does remain uh |
| 4088s | static but then when you move into a |
| 4091s | section of the ladder system that's more |
| 4094s | competitive |
| 4096s | just that section of achievement will be |
| 4099s | ticking and seasonal and you'll have to |
| 4101s | repeat efforts there so so you can |
| 4103s | achieve a certain status rank that will |
| 4105s | be permanent unless you choose to leave |
| 4107s | the system and then there will be a |
| 4108s | section that's ladder based cool and |
| 4111s | then the next one here is about music uh |
| 4115s | Doug bug 27 wants to know cities in MMO |
| 4118s | parges tend MMORPGs tend to have iconic |
| 4122s | music to match the aesthetic of |
| 4124s | locations how do you expect ashes of |
| 4126s | creation and bear Mercury uh |
| 4129s | specifically to create music to fit |
| 4131s | nodes when they will be changing all the |
| 4134s | time and easy answer predicates well uh |
| 4138s | it's yeah it's a great question |
| 4140s | um so uh cat and a bear obviously we |
| 4145s | have a great um |
| 4147s | we have a great process by which |
| 4150s | there are different levels of associated |
| 4153s | soundtracks based off of |
| 4156s | um defining |
| 4157s | features in the game so if we're talking |
| 4159s | about nodes then we're talking about |
| 4161s | what's the cultural representation of |
| 4162s | that node uh soundtracks and theming |
| 4164s | music will then be accompanied based off |
| 4166s | of the culture that the node expresses |
| 4167s | if we're talking about biomes and we're |
| 4170s | talking about pois each of those will |
| 4172s | have distinctive themes that are |
| 4174s | associated with them so when you're out |
| 4175s | in the wilderness or you're out at a |
| 4176s | specific POI those will have soundtracks |
| 4179s | that will play as well each of those |
| 4182s | systems will Encompass a um a layered |
| 4185s | effect that can reflect the stage of |
| 4189s | certain types of events within an area |
| 4190s | so for example the POI that is carfen |
| 4193s | that will have a general theme for |
| 4195s | Carfin that will play as you move into |
| 4197s | the area but depending on the effects of |
| 4201s | a particular story arc we may weave in a |
| 4204s | layer of of of the soundtrack that |
| 4207s | reflects perhaps the voice of the raid |
| 4210s | boss when she's present right and if |
| 4212s | she's not that layer won't be weaved in |
| 4215s | um so so those soundtracks are |
| 4217s | constructed in such way obviously where |
| 4218s | you can get a lot of usage out of them |
| 4221s | and there are components and themings of |
| 4223s | those that can weave together and layer |
| 4225s | together and it's intended to be |
| 4227s | something that not just as pleasant but |
| 4229s | informative of the world as well |
| 4231s | in different states right like if you're |
| 4233s | in combat you might have that's correct |
| 4235s | yes there's combats absolutely there's |
| 4237s | combat States as well yes |
| 4239s | um |
| 4241s | speaking of Music our next uh question |
| 4243s | is from song roon and it's about bards |
| 4245s | what equipment slot does a Bard's |
| 4248s | instrument take up |
| 4251s | it takes up the |
| 4253s | um instrument slot |
| 4255s | yes so there there will be an instrument |
| 4258s | slot um that can be available uh as well |
| 4261s | and The Bard can equip uh something |
| 4263s | there but that is obviously subject to |
| 4264s | change it is something that has been of |
| 4266s | heavy discussion within the combat team |
| 4268s | and the player character team and how we |
| 4271s | want to facilitate instrumentation |
| 4273s | um and it's something that we haven't |
| 4275s | yet really delved into from development |
| 4276s | perspective |
| 4277s | it's a little bit later on a |
| 4278s | prioritization list but the intent is |
| 4281s | that there would be an instrument slot |
| 4283s | all right and killjoy from The Forum |
| 4286s | wants to know about no taxes since taxes |
| 4288s | are set by the mayor is there going to |
| 4290s | be a way to see the tax rates in |
| 4294s | different nodes from like a world map or |
| 4296s | something like that so you can decide |
| 4297s | like hmm where should I take my |
| 4300s | strawberries today yes absolutely yes if |
| 4303s | you want to take your strawberry |
| 4304s | somewhere where the the man isn't trying |
| 4306s | to pinch every dime out of you you can |
| 4308s | go into your world map and you can hover |
| 4310s | State over certain nodes and you'll be |
| 4311s | presented with some basic informations |
| 4313s | of which of course taxation will be a |
| 4316s | component and then as you arrive in that |
| 4319s | node you will also have additional uh UI |
| 4322s | interface that can present you with uh |
| 4324s | more granular data such as active items |
| 4328s | on the warehouse and or excuse active |
| 4330s | items on the auction house in that |
| 4331s | location and different types of services |
| 4333s | presented by the service buildings |
| 4337s | all right and then we've got from Grand |
| 4340s | serpent about active blocking has the |
| 4343s | team considered grapples or guard breaks |
| 4346s | to go along with the potential uh active |
| 4348s | blocking so kind of like what the player |
| 4350s | is looking for is and wondering is if |
| 4353s | there will be ways to interrupt or |
| 4354s | cancel another player's active blocking |
| 4356s | so I'm blocking you yeah |
| 4360s | for sure there there is intended to be |
| 4362s | uh an interaction between uh different |
| 4366s | types of reactive and predictive skill |
| 4368s | sets of which if a player is in a state |
| 4370s | such as an active block or an active |
| 4373s | tumble State |
| 4374s | um there will likely be some types of |
| 4376s | abilities that interact with |
| 4378s | um uh reacting to those types of states |
| 4380s | and will either overcome surpass or |
| 4383s | cancel out those States uh particularly |
| 4385s | as it relates to not just active |
| 4387s | blocking but also potentially passive |
| 4389s | blocking as well and that would be |
| 4391s | um you know something probably related |
| 4393s | to like physical penetration values as a |
| 4395s | stat |
| 4396s | um |
| 4397s | or even CC breaks that could be relevant |
| 4400s | as well for those types of things I |
| 4402s | think that's on the radar for the combat |
| 4403s | team uh but it's something they haven't |
| 4405s | or they actually are I think exploring |
| 4408s | exploring active blogging right like |
| 4411s | yeah I know you're not sure if the final |
| 4413s | answer is that we will have active |
| 4414s | blocks yeah I just well I just had a |
| 4416s | discussion with the combat team last |
| 4418s | week uh with Trad and with Brian about |
| 4422s | um how we're going to implement the |
| 4424s | active blocking into the Alpha 2 kits |
| 4427s | um and that is something we are moving |
| 4429s | forward with right now that's going to |
| 4431s | be tested with a stamina-based system |
| 4433s | which is universal energy of course |
| 4434s | across all the different classes |
| 4436s | um and yeah that'll be something we |
| 4438s | Showcase in the future in a future live |
| 4440s | stream I think right now it's very much |
| 4441s | in development so stay tuned everybody |
| 4444s | in regards to that I know that that's a |
| 4445s | hot like I was like we also probably |
| 4447s | should address active blocking as a |
| 4450s | whole because uh I know last time we |
| 4452s | talked about this we were like we're |
| 4453s | exploring it |
| 4455s | um yes and of course we're not only |
| 4457s | exploring it now we are actually |
| 4458s | actively developing for it and we'll be |
| 4460s | testing with it I believe the Sprint and |
| 4462s | things may change from alpha too I mean |
| 4464s | that's why we want you guys to get your |
| 4465s | hands on it test stuff give us your |
| 4467s | feedback and we'll be looking at data |
| 4469s | for that as well our next question here |
| 4471s | is from go we're asking about world map |
| 4476s | information will players be able to view |
| 4479s | their server's current vassal node |
| 4481s | networks on a world map through a |
| 4484s | general filter a special node building |
| 4486s | or other means like they filter and find |
| 4488s | things like if I'm looking for a |
| 4490s | specific building can I figure out which |
| 4491s | node has that so I know where to go yeah |
| 4494s | yeah the the only real question there is |
| 4497s | kind of how that how the user collects |
| 4499s | that information whether or not it's |
| 4500s | readily presented to the player just by |
| 4504s | being a player in the world or if they |
| 4506s | have to travel to locations and update |
| 4507s | that locations in the past we talked |
| 4509s | about having a library that was capable |
| 4511s | of facilitating players exchanging |
| 4513s | information for map data like that but |
| 4515s | we've moved a little bit more in a |
| 4517s | direction of just presenting that |
| 4518s | information up front to the player |
| 4519s | because travel is such a meaningful |
| 4522s | portion of the game and we don't have |
| 4524s | fast travel so I think that for Alpha 2 |
| 4528s | what's planned is that we're going to be |
| 4530s | showcasing kind of the intricate details |
| 4533s | of services offered at these node |
| 4534s | locations from just a UI presentation |
| 4538s | standpoint within the map |
| 4540s | and that's going to uh to service |
| 4543s | players being able to kind of strategize |
| 4544s | about their about their travels |
| 4548s | all right and then emoxator wants to |
| 4551s | know about gear bonuses will there be |
| 4553s | equipment gear bonuses for either single |
| 4555s | pieces or entire gear sets uh that are |
| 4558s | that offer unique abilities that could |
| 4560s | change how a class is played |
| 4563s | um and I'm |
| 4565s | I think there's like two parts yeah from |
| 4567s | our end um so I guess the fundamental of |
| 4571s | that question is are there certain types |
| 4573s | of bonuses that could impact the way you |
| 4575s | play your class |
| 4576s | I think the answer to that is yes |
| 4580s | um because anybody can wear any armor so |
| 4582s | correct yes but but at the fundamental |
| 4585s | is like if I were to get a set bonus |
| 4589s | that gave me you know a 10 crit modifier |
| 4593s | on my waterfall stat and now I'm like |
| 4595s | you know quitting often with my weapon |
| 4597s | attacks or with my abilities like I |
| 4599s | might lean in more towards being a crit |
| 4601s | heavy focused class because of that |
| 4604s | particular bonus or as what I think what |
| 4606s | they're asking for is a is it am I going |
| 4609s | to get a item that gives me like a |
| 4612s | fundamental new ability chain rather |
| 4615s | than augmenting my existing ability sets |
| 4618s | right and I don't think the intent is to |
| 4621s | provide something new from an ability |
| 4623s | perspective with majority of our set |
| 4625s | bonuses right the intent is that we are |
| 4627s | augmenting existing waterfall all stats |
| 4629s | with set bonuses and there are going to |
| 4632s | be active skills that do get associated |
| 4634s | with certain types of pieces of armor |
| 4637s | and or weapons those will be much on the |
| 4640s | higher end if they're an active ability |
| 4642s | that comes with those things but I still |
| 4644s | don't think that the intended impact of |
| 4646s | those types of abilities is for us to |
| 4648s | radically redefine the way a particular |
| 4650s | archetype might |
| 4652s | play those those determinations are made |
| 4655s | within the archetype kit and within the |
| 4658s | secondary archetype kit as well |
| 4661s | all right and then lashing wants to know |
| 4664s | about experience apologies real quick |
| 4666s | one person asked what is a waterfall |
| 4668s | stat oh a waterfall stat is a derivative |
| 4670s | of an attribute right so if dexterity is |
| 4673s | your attribute stat and a waterfall from |
| 4675s | dexterity is critical rate that would be |
| 4678s | considered a waterfall stat the critical |
| 4680s | rate yeah of terminology I'm sorry |
| 4683s | usually I'm pretty good about catching |
| 4684s | that |
| 4686s | um uh the next question is about |
| 4688s | experience debt from lashing does |
| 4690s | experienced debt at max level interact |
| 4692s | with rested experience so let's say I |
| 4695s | have experienced at max level will I be |
| 4697s | able to use rest experience to gain the |
| 4701s | experience back yes yeah arrested |
| 4704s | experience is a modifier that occurs |
| 4705s | when you first receive the experience |
| 4707s | and then after that modifier happens |
| 4709s | where that experience goes to buy down |
| 4712s | the debt is what happens so if you have |
| 4714s | rested experience and you have |
| 4715s | experience debt and you go out to |
| 4716s | collect experience you will be working |
| 4718s | that debt off faster because of the |
| 4720s | arrested experience |
| 4722s | all right |
| 4723s | Google and with that we have answered |
| 4726s | the questions from the forums thank you |
| 4727s | all for submitting questions uh every |
| 4729s | development update we put out some new |
| 4731s | question or a new questions form post so |
| 4734s | if you would like to get yours uh chosen |
| 4737s | we do we pick 10 at random so make sure |
| 4739s | that you get your questions in and only |
| 4742s | ask one question follow the rules uh and |
| 4745s | we will be selecting those for the next |
| 4748s | time |
| 4749s | um but of course as we wrap up today's I |
| 4752s | can't believe I feel like we've done so |
| 4754s | many really long ones that this feels |
| 4757s | very weird to be ending this was this |
| 4760s | was a this was a breathing stream and |
| 4763s | then next stream is going to be an |
| 4765s | exhale stream |
| 4768s | um yeah I'm like what is our next one no |
| 4772s | I'm just kidding uh I think you'll just |
| 4774s | come and tune in we do tease stuff on |
| 4776s | our social and things like that so if |
| 4778s | you want to know in advance uh sometimes |
| 4780s | we do share that information earlier or |
| 4782s | on our Discord and forums and things |
| 4784s | like that so definitely follow us on all |
| 4785s | the places where ashes of creation were |
| 4787s | super easy to find our uh wonderful |
| 4790s | Peter who is our social media manager |
| 4791s | does an amazing job keeping that filled |
| 4793s | with content that you guys can all |
| 4795s | consume and interacting with you all |
| 4797s | um so please please go check those |
| 4799s | things out and of course we're going to |
| 4800s | upload uh the full development update |
| 4802s | video tomorrow pending the internet |
| 4804s | cooperates with us and of course the 4K |
| 4807s | video for the gameplay segment will be |
| 4809s | out today and you can find those over on |
| 4811s | our YouTube channel and of course on our |
| 4813s | next development update if you want to |
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| 4816s | that you leave a comment and uh |
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| 4823s | a little a little hint there |
| 4827s | sorry they said give hint there's your |
| 4830s | hint |
| 4831s | um and of course please head on over to |
| 4833s | our forums forums ashesofcreation.com we |
| 4836s | have a whole bunch of feedback requests |
| 4837s | over there two development updates that |
| 4839s | will be or Dev discussions that are |
| 4841s | going to be there for you to fill out as |
| 4843s | well as the events update as well so |
| 4846s | event update uh form thread give us your |
| 4849s | feedback feedback the hint is that it's |
| 4851s | in the riverlands no I'm kidding |
| 4855s | that's too good |
| 4858s | I love it |
| 4859s | um and then we also have the Unseen |
| 4861s | order Cosmetics that will be ending on |
| 4863s | July or January January 17th 2024 at 11 |
| 4866s | A.M Pacific there's an FAQ with all the |
| 4868s | details of that and of course as we |
| 4871s | noted here Alpha 2 is coming in 2024. |
| 4874s | um we are excited to have you all join |
| 4876s | us next year and it is going to be very |
| 4878s | fun our development team has been |
| 4881s | kicking butt and working hard and we are |
| 4883s | continuing to do so and it is very |
| 4886s | exciting of course thank you so much for |
| 4888s | tuning in today we hope that you'll come |
| 4890s | watch our next development update and |
| 4892s | thank you to Clayton Amy and Scott and |
| 4895s | all of the developers who have helped |
| 4896s | with the events um Event Event stream |
| 4899s | and just actually the creation as a |
| 4902s | whole and of course Steven for your time |
| 4903s | and we will see you all next month bye |
| 4907s | everyone bye |
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