Development Update With Node Wars Preview - 11AM PT Friday, May 31, 2024 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
9s	[Music]
17s	hello everyone and Welcome to our
20s	glorious ashes of creation made
22s	development update we hope that you've
24s	been having a wonderful month uh
26s	Stephen's looking extra cool today I'm
29s	sorry I'm just kidding yeah no I just
32s	want to explain real quick super sorry
34s	about that I I have a small scratch on
37s	my right eye and uh I'm super light
40s	sensitive right now so bear with me I
42s	know it I have my cool shades on
44s	everyone's gonna zoom in on what they
46s	can see because we can see Reflections
47s	here oh
49s	really um but yeah so um you know while
54s	Steven's looking cool I offered to put
55s	some sunglasses on too so we could have
57s	a Vibe going but oh I'm cool with that
59s	yeah you put glasses on for sure let's
62s	go um but we hope that you've been
64s	having a wonderful month um of course
66s	Stephen is our creative director and I'm
68s	Margaret Crone I'm your director of
69s	communications here today and as you can
71s	see below we have a whole slew of things
73s	that we're going to be doing uh today we
76s	did cut our art update because let me
78s	tell you the node Wars preview section
81s	is going to be long so it's going to be
82s	one of those Buckle in if you haven't
85s	grabbed some snacks and some water maybe
88s	a catheter no I'm just kidding oh my God
91s	go I don't know I can't hold my pee very
94s	long stepen I'm so I'm like super
97s	pregnant now the belly is growing my
99s	goodness oh my goodness we've got our
102s	next pvper on the way yeah they're
105s	they're coming along oh my gosh we need
107s	Little Ashes
109s	onesies I know oh that's a good idea we
112s	should um but you know
115s	whatever we will also have our studio
117s	we'll talk a little bit about that and
119s	we'll do some Q&A um we'll also do some
121s	Q&A right after the video but yes we
123s	have quite a bit planned for you but
125s	before we get into that we do want to go
129s	over our YouTube Spotlight so today's if
133s	you didn't know um if you head on over
135s	to our YouTube development update Pages
138s	you can become a subscriber make sure
139s	that you are it shows you as a public
141s	subscriber otherwise we don't we can't
143s	see that you're subscriber it's really
145s	strange um and you leave a comment over
148s	there and then we will select someone at
150s	random and today we have hga Lord
154s	7252 with the question as we start to
157s	see more talent trees and abilities I
160s	start wondering how AOC will handle
162s	unique play Styles and maybe different
164s	builds for example when we see unique
166s	items and or enchantments with support
169s	uh which support a health instead of
171s	Mana as a resource build and with
174s	classes skill Tre or class skill trees
176s	augments and weapon talent trees won't
179s	there be too many uh play styles to
181s	balance so it's really kind of a
183s	question will there be a variety and
185s	then the other part of it is um how do
189s	you balance a how do you balance that
190s	much yeah exactly okay well so will
193s	there be a variety yes there will be
195s	many varieties um you know the the the
198s	approach with regards to kind of player
201s	being able to customize you know how
204s	their Arch type and how their weapon and
207s	choices and gear choices interact with
209s	the broader ecosystem of other players
213s	and the encounter designs right um is to
216s	provide maximum flexibility for the
218s	types of decisions you can make as a
220s	player those are the types of scenarios
223s	I find most intriguing from a balance
226s	perspective where you know historically
228s	what we've talked about is we're not
230s	trying to balance everything that is not
233s	the goal this is definitely not a goal
235s	for it to be balanced in a 1V one
237s	scenario our balance is definit more
240s	focused around group composition and
243s	when we say group composition what we
245s	mean is having present a number of the
249s	archetypes right and those archetypes
251s	aren't going to stand on equal footing
253s	with each other there is going to be a
255s	rock paper scissors design when it comes
258s	to innate advantages that certain
261s	archetypes have over each other and
265s	giving or affording the customization
267s	options lets you flirt a bit with
270s	where your rock paper scissor lines live
274s	right perhaps you are a little bit
276s	better against The Rock you know as a
279s	scissor would normally be um and that's
282s	because you've made certain Selections
283s	in either your arch type skill tree your
286s	passives your weapon selection your gear
287s	choices right those are all pieces of a
290s	puzzle that interact with the
293s	overarching kind of balance choices
296s	between these different rock paper
298s	scissor designs um so you know I think
301s	modern MMO gameplay has has moved away
304s	from that they want everyone to to
307s	harness the same power from a 1V one
310s	perspective and I don't find that
313s	interesting I don't find that MMO like I
316s	I think that it has its place but I
319s	think that it is um it is a more
321s	compelling scenario to afford the player
324s	a bit more options when it comes to
326s	customizing their space within the world
328s	from a trinity perspective um and having
331s	some innate built-in rock paper scissor
335s	design fabulous fabulous yeah it's uh
339s	balance is always one of those things we
340s	you get asked it every time um and you
343s	know sometimes there are also as we have
346s	game updates you'll see things where
348s	some classes will be different than
351s	others and we'll continue to change that
352s	and move things along as we move for and
354s	and we kind of have to retrain this idea
357s	right like a lot of people also you know
359s	have a similar question which is like I
361s	want to change my base Arch type at any
363s	given moment right or I want to change
365s	my spec at any given moment the the idea
368s	is that you are making choices and those
371s	choices have consequences good or bad
374s	like you your choice is relevant right
378s	and sometimes you need to live with that
380s	choice and every scenario you come
381s	against you're not going to be optim
383s	optimally primed for right it's going to
386s	be a struggle bust sometimes or it might
388s	be an easy breezy sometimes right like
390s	it just kind of depends we want to have
392s	that fluctuation in your encounters so
396s	that it's not always a breeze right you
399s	you don't you can't always predict how
401s	you're going to perform in any given
403s	situation sometimes you're going to have
405s	to make decisions strategically or
407s	tactically that you're not accustomed to
410s	because you can't predict the outcome of
412s	the scenario and that requires that
414s	you're not always perfectly balanced for
416s	the world you're not always perfectly
418s	balanced for other characters
420s	other adversaries or friends right that
423s	that is something that keeps things a
425s	bit more lively I think and on that same
428s	or on like juxtapose note to that
430s	there's still going to be customization
432s	within realms for your your archetype
435s	that you will want to spec into knowing
437s	you're going into a certain fight or
439s	into a certain raid or into a certain
441s	war or whatever it may be and you may
443s	want to spec specifically and gear
445s	specifically and you know have people
447s	set up in a way that makes the most
449s	sense for that yeah and that's and
450s	that's the hamster wheel right like
452s	that's that's that's where's your Chase
455s	right what's your what's your biss right
457s	and there isn't going to be a single
459s	answer on the bis front right you may
461s	have to chase multiple goals of endgame
465s	gear and the more you achieve on that
468s	front the more prepared you will be for
471s	a wider variety of encounter design for
474s	for wi wider variety of difficulty or
477s	challenge ratings that you need to um
479s	approach and and having having more of
482s	those options available um I think makes
484s	it an interesting and compelling
486s	progression
487s	story all right and then the next thing
490s	that we have to discuss here is our Dev
492s	discussion uh this month's topic is
495s	cutcenes so if you haven't headed on
497s	over to the forums we always put up a
499s	new Dev discussion about topics this one
501s	is when it comes to cutscenes what
503s	entices you to not skip them tell us
506s	about your favorites and what makes them
508s	unique um and of course just share your
510s	feedback your thoughts on cut scenes
512s	with us we'd love to hear them uh you
514s	know we are exploring some areas where
517s	we may want to use them uh sparingly but
520s	we would love to hear your guys's
521s	thoughts on on that you know what you
523s	know what my one of my favorite games
525s	and their cutscenes was uh and it's a
527s	recent one but it was balers Gate 3 I
530s	thought they did that game is just a
532s	masterpiece job oh my gosh chef's kiss
536s	it was so good when the first cut scene
538s	that really got me where I just started
541s	laughing hysterically was Big Bertha in
543s	the barn when that
546s	one uh that I was not expecting what was
550s	going to happen in that okay so you just
553s	said what is it what is a what makes a
555s	good Cuts scene one of those things is
558s	hey I did not expect to open that barn
560s	door and see what I saw it was it was
563s	definitely captivating but also cringy
566s	and also gross but like totally
569s	unexpected
570s	it was one of those things where you're
571s	like you're not going to forget it but
573s	then I've also experienced on the flip
575s	side I'm not going to call out a
576s	specific game but you might know which
578s	game I'm talking about there are some
580s	where it's like I feel like the entire
581s	game is just like I'm in a cut scene
583s	hell and I'm like I really just want to
585s	play the game and I don't want to be
586s	stuck this is not a movie I'm not here
588s	to sit down and play a movie I want to
589s	play I agree yeah so I think there's
591s	like a balance for sure where you can
593s	find that that is that is definitely
595s	true like cutcenes you know you're not
598s	playing an Interactive story you want to
601s	be the story and not watch the story all
604s	the time in mm like the story in the
606s	game that I'm referencing it's just I
607s	also I'm like just put that somewhere
610s	else so I can watch it because I really
611s	just want to play uh so it's kind of a
614s	balance and of course our next one is
616s	going to be on Wars SL Siege systems
619s	which I think is perfect coming into
621s	this node Wars topic that we have here
624s	today um and we also wanted to just
625s	remind you guys that we do a um office
628s	hours right now our wonderful Community
631s	managers are over in Discord and they're
633s	doing a watch party so if you want some
636s	company while you're watching uh you can
638s	head on over there but I know some
639s	people find that distraction or
641s	distracting um but we also do an office
643s	hours where we this is something I
645s	haven't really seen other companies do
647s	but we uh have you guys join us and we
649s	ask you some questions and you're able
650s	to give your feedback to our development
653s	team through voice so not only do we
655s	allow for dub discussions through forums
658s	and things of that sort but we're also
659s	doing something that's a little bit more
660s	active where we're communicating with
662s	you in in like a voice Channel as well
665s	and it's a program that we piloted and
667s	it's been going very well and so if
669s	you're interested uh stay tuned as we
670s	will be sharing what our next topic will
672s	be for
675s	that um and with that I think we may
679s	begin
680s	prefacing the next segment let us start
683s	the prefaces yes yes many of the
686s	prefaces um so guys this is going to be
690s	a fun one I think you're all going to
692s	enjoy this I I want to say um you know
695s	this is a longer one I think it's like
697s	almost an hour in 20
698s	minutes is that
700s	right roughly correct um yeah so so keep
705s	in mind you know some people say like
707s	why are these presentations so long well
710s	you know this despite what it may appear
713s	like to some people this is not a a
716s	marketing thing right we're we're not
718s	we're not trying to acquire new users
722s	with this we're not trying to make sales
724s	we can't make sales right now um You
728s	Know This is Our obligation and also our
732s	opportunity there's there's two points
733s	there right obligation and opportunity
735s	one obligation to keep you informed in a
737s	breast of progress for the games
739s	development that is we are a we are
742s	public development process we believe in
744s	that process we think it's a good thing
746s	that companies should should should
748s	should do um because ultimately there is
752s	no stronger relationship in consumer to
754s	corporate like you know uh perview than
757s	that of a gaming company right literally
760s	as a player you're the lifeblood of the
763s	company right so so it's Our obligation
766s	to keep you breast of of progress on the
769s	second side of that coin it is our
771s	opportunity to collect live feedback
774s	from you guys so that we can make sure
776s	the product we're making is going to be
780s	received in a way that is something you
781s	want right it's positively it's yes I
784s	I'm aware of what you're building as a
786s	player right and I've given you my
788s	thoughts on the player now not everybody
789s	is into that right like probably 98 to
793s	99% of players in the world are not
796s	watching a stream like this where it's a
798s	development update you are a select few
801s	a unique cohort of people who take
806s	interest uh to the next level right of a
809s	game that's up and coming right most
811s	people they wait around for the trailers
812s	they see the launch date and they're
814s	like all right cool you know I'll I'll
815s	wish list this or something right like
818s	that is the vast majority so you guys
820s	you're one of those folks come back
822s	later we'll have the game for you later
825s	if if you don't if you're impatient you
826s	don't want to watch The Journey that's
828s	fine that is that is a stage that is
831s	coming there's no way that stage doesn't
833s	come right that that is that is our
835s	launch stage right so it's like
838s	understand that that we're not skipping
840s	out on that it's just we're adding an
842s	additional phase to it which is this
844s	phase the development phase that you
846s	guys get to participate in so with that
849s	being
850s	said remember
853s	that this showcase is a work in progress
857s	it is work towards our Alpha 2 which is
860s	our a true Alpha we've talked about this
863s	in the
863s	past particularly two
866s	points VFX and UI those are in a very
871s	functional state which means that they
874s	haven't received the level of attention
876s	that we still need to provide that's
879s	Polish that's optimization that's
881s	further fleshing out right those things
884s	still need to be worked on so as you're
886s	observing this and you're thinking of
888s	your commentary and how you can best
890s	provide us feedback along the lines of
894s	this particular system right this
896s	gameplay Loop what you will be
899s	experiencing within the game talk to us
903s	about the functionality of the game of
906s	the node War system the interaction
908s	between the mayor and the citizens the
911s	objective based gameplay within the open
913s	world uh some of the ability designs uh
917s	some of the effects that occur like
918s	those topics are
920s	where your feedback is best used if it
925s	is something about you know UI looks
927s	clunky or visual effect soup is you know
930s	indistinguishable we we for sure are
932s	aware of that we know that that is still
935s	a a thing that we are planning to work
937s	on and will be improved right um so take
942s	that with a discussion with VFX about
945s	that recently so yeah absolutely so so
947s	we will improve there um but I think you
950s	guys are really going to enjoy this I
952s	think the team did a phenomenal job in
954s	creating this Chris juusto was a
956s	champion of champions uh as our
960s	uh node now excuse me our our designed
963s	systems uh team owner he is a very
967s	exceptional individual um and he did a
970s	phenomenal job in spearheading a lot of
972s	the work that revolves around uh the
975s	nodes and the node War system so kudos
977s	to him um in addition you know a lot of
979s	people on the team from the engineering
981s	side to the art side come together to
983s	obviously make ashes of creation and
985s	what you're going to see today I think
986s	you're going to enjoy and what you're
988s	going to play soon in Alpha 2 too is
989s	going to be a lot of fun so with that
991s	being said enjoy the show and the
993s	premiere is playing over on YouTube you
995s	can check it out over there in 4k if
996s	you'd like or you can watch us here but
998s	please come back because we will be
999s	gathering questions and answering those
1001s	as well so we'll see you all shortly
1003s	well in an hour plus
1008s	[Music]
1011s	[Applause]
1012s	[Music]
1028s	hello everyone and welcome to another
1032s	day in Vera and today we have an
1035s	exciting showcase one that has been long
1039s	in the making probably one of our
1041s	largest systems that we have actually
1044s	shown to date I know that there are a
1048s	lot in the audience who are excited
1050s	about what we're going to be talking
1051s	about and what we're going to be showing
1053s	today many of you have been waiting for
1055s	this particular showcase and I am joined
1059s	by some pretty awesome developers who
1062s	have made what you're going to see today
1064s	reality three of our glorious
1067s	Engineers Kyle Kenan Zach how are you
1071s	guys
1072s	doing doing pretty good thanks for
1075s	having excellent yeah thank you very
1076s	much for having me absolutely excited to
1078s	chat with you guys about what it what it
1080s	took to bring this particular feature to
1083s	life I know that each of you in your
1085s	respective rights have had different
1087s	purviews over uh this kind of massively
1090s	multiplayer engagement the unique system
1092s	work that's involved for the war and the
1094s	events itself uh along with obviously
1097s	combat and player movement um for you
1099s	guys so a lot of insights there which
1101s	I'm going to be exciting excited to chat
1103s	with you guys about as we kind of go
1104s	through this um
1106s	also we have two of our glorious
1108s	designers regulars on the show uh Chris
1111s	Trad how are you guys
1113s	doing uh wonderful thanks for having me
1115s	it's great to be here yep I'm hyped for
1118s	some PVP oo some PVP and and this
1123s	amazing War system Chris that I know
1125s	that you have been slaving away over the
1128s	course of the last few months in in in
1130s	helping to author and set up and doing a
1133s	lot of testing with our PI group and and
1135s	iterating on the system as well um a lot
1138s	of hard work has gone into this going to
1140s	going to be excited to to kind of
1141s	showcase that off and then of
1144s	course no true
1147s	project can be successful without the
1150s	absolute amazing responsibility of
1152s	production we have one of our glorious
1154s	producers here Nathan Nathan how are you
1156s	doing my friend oh I'm I'm so excited
1159s	I'm EXC this was a big step for us to
1161s	put the massive back in MMO and uh I'm
1164s	excited to show that off to everyone
1165s	today excited to show it off too now
1170s	many of you may be asking yourself where
1173s	am I what are we looking at we are
1176s	currently in the node of Mirth where I
1179s	have been bestowed with the great honor
1182s	of mayorship leading these these
1185s	beautiful wonderful people to success
1188s	all across the riverlands and Vera
1191s	Beyond and we have
1194s	recently gotten into maybe some some
1198s	interchanges that happened been so
1199s	polite with one of our neighboring nodes
1201s	and this can happen in the world of Vera
1204s	there are a lot of systems set up to to
1206s	provide players and Outlet to kind of
1209s	govern themselves govern their
1210s	relationships with each
1213s	other um come hither Steven Winstead
1216s	shall show you the way to win
1218s	unbelievable they they are already trash
1220s	talking look at this this disrepute that
1223s	comes from Margaret as the mayor of
1225s	Winstead we must respond in kind Chris
1228s	what are some of the options we have
1230s	available to us when our honor is being
1233s	questioned as a node yeah so um as you
1237s	kind of alluded to we're going to
1239s	declare war on them because they're big
1242s	meanies um soit a minut can we rephrase
1246s	that it's not that they're big weenies
1248s	it's that I said meanies
1251s	me they're big meanies it's not that
1254s	they're big meanies it's that we must
1257s	exert our dominance and we can can only
1259s	truly achieve respect through Power and
1262s	if we don't demonstrate that power to
1264s	these peons that are at Winstead then
1267s	how will they know to fear us uh that's
1270s	a much more eloquent eloquent way to put
1272s	it Stephen um so we have to jump through
1276s	a few Hoops before we can declare war uh
1278s	you know we don't want Mayors running
1280s	around in ashes a creation just like
1282s	Perma flagging the whole world into a
1284s	state of PVP
1287s	right so some people just said wait a
1289s	minute yes I
1292s	do well it's going to cost you some
1294s	resources to do that um so Stephen as
1298s	the mayor you have access to a special
1301s	panel in your uh node UI all right I
1305s	pulled up my node my node interface now
1309s	I must take this moment as is normally
1311s	the case to remind everyone in our
1313s	audience that everything you see here
1316s	today is a work in progress that means
1318s	that we are currently working towards
1320s	our Alpha 2 which we have announced for
1323s	third quarter this year um so UI visual
1327s	effects performance just the general
1330s	content within the game is in an alpha
1333s	State please remember that as you see
1334s	this things will continue to get better
1336s	and continue to be developed and the
1338s	reason that we do these live streams and
1340s	these development updates is to keep our
1342s	audience a breast of that progress but
1344s	also to elicit necessary feedback as we
1347s	iterate on these particular systems
1349s	because there are a lot of them um so
1351s	sorry Chris I am in this node window and
1354s	I see that I have available to me some
1357s	number of Merl commissions that I can
1359s	begin with correct now this tab is only
1361s	available to the mayor hence why it's
1363s	called the mayor tab um and if you hit
1366s	that button in the top right corner the
1368s	manage commissions button oh okay very
1371s	nice you'll see we have a list of
1373s	commissions and a bunch of available
1374s	slots for you to initiate now these are
1377s	much like regular commissions that uh I
1379s	think we've shown off in the past the
1381s	difference here is the mayor is picking
1384s	which ones are going to be available to
1386s	players and okay when enough players
1390s	complete them the node gets a reward
1393s	right very good so this is this is a bit
1395s	different than your standard commissions
1396s	your non-moral commissions because those
1399s	are generated by the system based on
1401s	predicates of the surrounding area uh
1403s	from an narrative perspective and this
1405s	mayoral commissions are really more
1407s	predicated on what the mayor needs to
1409s	have done to collect resources or to
1413s	enable certain actions such as War
1416s	correct now additionally like more
1418s	mayoral commissions will become
1420s	available as the node progresses and the
1423s	commissions that are available will
1424s	change based on how the node is built
1426s	right so if you build a blacksmith you
1429s	might get some special smithing related
1431s	commissions uh that you could elect to
1434s	initiate for your players um but if you
1437s	don't upgrade that blacksmith you're not
1439s	going to be able to do that got
1442s	it very cool okay so I see here there's
1445s	one called War preparations and that's
1448s	the one you're going to want to use if
1450s	we want to go to war so what you're
1453s	going to do is you're going to go ahead
1454s	and initiate that commission if you see
1457s	in the top right of that panel there's
1460s	the um some glint available that's the
1463s	reward players will get for doing this
1466s	activity oh okay should I should I
1468s	confirm this selection go confirm the
1471s	selection okay okay so player so when
1473s	players complete this commission they do
1475s	their part and this is essentially them
1478s	buying on to this Choice correct got it
1482s	so so it's not just unilaterally and
1484s	obviously guys as you're watching this
1486s	some of these some of these system
1488s	designs are in an effort to provide
1491s	these gameplay Loops um with the
1494s	resources that we have available to us
1496s	at this stage in the development for
1497s	Alpha 2 Purp pures longterm and we'll
1500s	talk about this a little bit later how
1502s	some of those designs will change and
1505s	incorporate other systems which we are
1507s	still pending development on um but here
1510s	the the players that are citizens of
1512s	this node must opt in with the mayor's
1515s	decision by completing this Commission
1517s	in order to grant that power and and for
1520s	their participation they're getting
1522s	rewards as
1523s	well absolutely correct very cool and so
1527s	what are these Awards they getting
1529s	so they're going to get some glint which
1531s	uh We've also shown off in the past that
1533s	they can turn in for money
1535s	mhm okay so they're getting paid very
1539s	cool should we select any other ones
1541s	here too um yeah I mean they all offer a
1545s	varying breadth of things right uh the
1548s	primary thing we're rewarding through
1551s	mayoral commissions is what we call node
1553s	Buffs um and these are benefits that are
1557s	applied to your zone of influence uh so
1561s	for example you might want to do a
1562s	mayoral commission that
1564s	increases uh Gathering speed for 24
1566s	hours in the node and if enough players
1568s	do that you guys get that
1572s	benefit
1573s	okay let's do the building
1577s	Foundation you know cuz I'm not all
1580s	about as a mayor just War right we must
1583s	make safe the grounds around us as well
1586s	let's get rid of some of those goblins
1591s	um and perhaps we should acquire some
1595s	forages Okay cool so we have a number of
1598s	different commissions now that are
1599s	available to the
1601s	players correct now if you want to close
1604s	out of that window and walk over this is
1606s	our fancy mayoral commission board over
1609s	here oh very cool okay and if you
1612s	interact with
1614s	it it'll show the commissions that are
1616s	currently that you've initiated
1620s	nice now we have obviously a fire that's
1622s	closest to the door being of course our
1624s	war preparations because honestly the
1626s	Shifty characters over at Winstead
1628s	really can't be trusted especially in
1630s	the proximity they are to our node um so
1633s	how am I going now how am I going to go
1635s	ahead and complete this uh so first
1638s	accept the commission by clicking on it
1640s	got it um if you notice it's popped up
1642s	in your objective tracker all right and
1646s	I believe it says turn in 20 T1 material
1648s	do you have enough T1 material Steven
1651s	you know I think um just by pure
1654s	coincidence I happen to have exactly 20
1657s	um that are available yes so this little
1662s	treasure box next to the commission
1663s	board is where you can turn
1667s	in all
1669s	right ah okay very cool um yes I will
1674s	turn in some of my stone and I got my
1677s	reward objective is now
1681s	complete awesome now currently for the
1684s	sake of this showcase that ml commission
1687s	is set to only require one player to
1688s	complete it so that we can you know
1691s	speed things along for us and we don't
1692s	have to wait you know a couple of days
1694s	for hundreds of players to do this um
1697s	but that is the intent right is that
1699s	these commissions do require a heavy
1702s	opt-in from the player base in the order
1705s	of magnitude being hundreds of these
1707s	commissions need
1709s	and that'll depend on the scope of the
1711s	commission right M so some commissions
1713s	with very minor effects might not
1715s	require a large amount of players to
1718s	complete them but something like going
1720s	to war will require a larger amount of
1723s	players and a larger amount of
1725s	dedication per player got it and we have
1728s	we have our company of ready able and
1732s	willing citizens here to to provide the
1735s	support we need in order to succeed in
1737s	our war preparation so hurah to you well
1740s	done well done everyone um okay so now
1744s	that we've effectively completed the
1746s	commission yep so if you want to press n
1749s	again to open up that node UI got it
1751s	you'll notice that there is a completed
1753s	tab next to your node UI which shows
1756s	that enough players have done the
1758s	activity for you and now this
1759s	commission's on cool down so when your
1763s	hand rolls once a day if that commission
1767s	cool down is longer you will lose that
1769s	slot and you won't be able to use that
1771s	commission until that cool down has
1773s	ended oh very nice okay so obviously the
1776s	mayor needs to be somewhat prudent in
1779s	the choices that they're making even if
1782s	they do get the optin from their
1784s	citizens there is so much power they
1788s	have available to them to affect that
1790s	change it is governed to a degree by
1791s	some time exactly cool but now that
1795s	we've completed it you've received as a
1797s	result of this Commission War token
1799s	specifically for the territory War type
1802s	of War so if you want to go ahead to the
1804s	node relationships
1807s	tab ah okay you'll notice there's a list
1811s	of notes Here specifically
1815s	Winstead I do see that uh and if you
1818s	want to go ahead and click on that
1819s	declare war
1821s	button we won't do it we won't do it
1823s	right now but just to show you the uh
1826s	steps here that you would take you that
1828s	declare war button there and it shows
1831s	there is a couple different types of war
1834s	that you have access to oh okay very
1839s	cool all right so so territory control
1843s	obviously makes sense test node war is a
1846s	is obviously one of our QA testing war
1849s	types um there will be a number of
1851s	different war types that are
1853s	available um that we'll talk about in a
1856s	little bit as as well
1861s	awesome um well so Stephen now that we
1863s	have what we need to declare this war do
1866s	we want to go over to Mir or over to
1868s	Winstead and uh kind of rub it in their
1870s	face yeah I think so I think that would
1872s	that would probably make sense um Let me
1875s	give a a quick inspiring uh Speech if I
1877s	can of course to our to our glorious
1882s	citizens what's the name of our not this
1885s	is mirth Mirth mirians
1889s	Noble great and honorable
1892s	merians our city has been
1895s	denounced by arrival node the Winstead
1899s	node they know nothing of our ways of
1902s	our people but they
1906s	know something something not good
1911s	and anguish there thank you fear anguish
1915s	thank well done you're one of my
1916s	lieutenants well done uh fear anguish
1919s	they will know that soon enough for they
1921s	chose to stand against the will of Mirth
1924s	let us go forward and teach them the
1926s	ways of our
1928s	people all right we've done this mirle
1933s	best prepare your brooms you'll need
1935s	them to sweep up
1940s	something I didn't get that
1943s	broadcast Mar's just loving this the
1946s	trash talk oh sweep up our ashes our
1949s	ashes well well done well done so Chris
1953s	where are we where are we planning to go
1955s	well we were going to go to Winstead but
1957s	I I think we have company we have
1960s	company wait we have unwanted company
1963s	they been spying on us who are these
1968s	people I well they're not they're not
1971s	affiliated with us you would they would
1973s	dare to come to our town like this after
1977s	we've just just laid The Gauntlet of War
1983s	down what well you haven't you haven't
1986s	declared the war yet oh I haven't
1988s	declared should I declare the War I mean
1991s	I feel like this is an optimal time to
1993s	declare the war cuz we might get some uh
1996s	some easy kills you know what I think
1999s	you might be now now okay now of course
2001s	they can't hear or know what we're going
2004s	to do here but they have no idea what's
2007s	coming no they have no clue what is
2010s	about to happen but the territory
2013s	control node War talk to me first Chris
2016s	a little bit about the territory control
2018s	node yeah so
2022s	um we'll get into some of the more depth
2024s	of War while we're walking but the
2026s	territory control War as it kind of
2029s	sounds is about controlling territory
2031s	right so what this is going to do is
2033s	it's going to flag us against each other
2035s	um the citizens of our node and the
2037s	citizens the node you declare on and
2040s	then we'll do battle over certain pois
2043s	in both of our zones of influence and
2045s	gain control over them based on winning
2048s	those events and those
2050s	pois and once we've accumulated enough
2053s	victory points we'll win the war which
2055s	gives our Zone a big buff as well I
2059s	approve of the node war and let us
2062s	destroy them in 3 2 1 oh get him
2085s	oh
2087s	no oh
2093s	dear did we get them I think we cleaned
2096s	them out oh put wall up I don't know
2099s	where the dragon went
2101s	but that sounds like a Futures
2105s	problem sure that won't come by to bite
2107s	us I think we did destroy them you know
2109s	I think I'm missing my blink where is my
2112s	blink you got to close your eyes and
2115s	then you open them again no not that
2119s	blink and my bubble oh there they
2123s	were and I should probably get this
2125s	Arcane eye
2128s	there we go okay sorry about that guys
2131s	um okay so they tried to they tried to
2135s	stop us but they we can't be stopped
2138s	um where should we go now well so before
2142s	we before we run off uh open up your
2144s	node relationships tab again okay got it
2149s	and you'll notice you'll see there's an
2151s	active war and we've earned some points
2153s	in this War uh if you go to the top of
2156s	that yeah right there
2158s	okay and we have five points cuz we
2160s	killed five
2162s	people oh nice okay so in during the war
2167s	obviously we have available to us this
2170s	this that tracks kind of performance and
2172s	each individual player can track their
2173s	performance within the war as
2175s	well
2178s	correct okay and then it says earn a
2180s	th000 victory points uh in order to win
2183s	the war correct now it's the the end
2186s	condition of this war
2189s	uh now victory points are earned via
2191s	kills and earned by via completing
2194s	objectives
2196s	okay all right cool awesome now um the
2201s	event that it talks about talk to me a
2204s	little bit about that event so open up
2207s	your map
2209s	M and scroll yourself over to you'll see
2212s	that scroll to the left there and you'll
2216s	see there's a big circle around High
2218s	women
2220s	Hills OH harness the god
2224s	Spike currently it's say active as 31
2227s	players does that mean they have 31
2228s	players already there that means they
2230s	already have 31 players there we better
2232s	get a move on we need to
2236s	go let's let's start
2240s	moving let me um let me see if I have a
2243s	little
2244s	horse that I could summon
2251s	I where' my horse
2254s	go I being left behind Steven I know oh
2258s	here we go I got
2259s	it okay
2262s	um so talk to me about the different
2266s	types of
2268s	War events and war
2271s	types yeah so war types are going to be
2274s	pretty predicated on what they're
2276s	actually delivering to the the winners
2278s	and losers right so this one's a
2281s	territory control the Crux of what this
2284s	does is you claim territory which
2287s	siphons the node XP from the nodes that
2291s	you from the pois that you're winning
2294s	these objectives at um it's also
2297s	providing uh a luck buff there to
2300s	prevent or to you know incentivize the
2302s	players who win to to go farm there
2305s	right and generate more node XP for your
2307s	node
2308s	um we have other different types that we
2311s	plan to have Post St 2 um like disabling
2316s	services in the opposing node uh
2318s	siphoning
2319s	gold um taking over mayorship
2325s	temporarily very cool so there's a lot
2327s	of different options that we intend to
2329s	provide um obviously for the war system
2333s	and this is one of the primary methods
2334s	of player friction right so um we want
2336s	to keep that kind of comp telling
2338s	interesting from a design perspective uh
2340s	which all of these different war types
2342s	are intending to provide um and
2345s	throughout Alpha 2 will'll be
2346s	introducing additional War uh node War
2350s	event types as well
2352s	correct very cool talk to me Kyle a
2356s	little bit about authoring this uh node
2359s	War system how did you go about you know
2362s	keeping it modular and you know capable
2366s	of supporting all these different types
2368s	of
2369s	Wars well given the game design document
2372s	that juusto provided uh the goal was of
2375s	course to provide something as flexible
2376s	as possible to be able to give all of
2378s	that designed Freedom so we were able to
2381s	leverage existing systems such as the
2383s	game event system and the local system
2385s	to be able to give the a massive amount
2387s	of varing content from war to
2390s	war
2391s	awesome and and you know obviously talk
2396s	to me a little bit about kind of the
2397s	difficulties of of authoring a system
2400s	like that yeah the difficulty is
2403s	definitely having to work between
2405s	different teams uh because the game
2408s	event system and the local system are
2410s	authored by The Narrative engineering
2412s	team so we have to make sure that we can
2414s	work discipline to discipline to uh get
2417s	the needs that are required to bring
2418s	something like this to life nice
2421s	awesome
2423s	and Zach
2426s	obviously knows Wars node events those
2430s	are some of the
2432s	more High player
2435s	density types of gameplay Loops talk to
2438s	me a little bit about some of the
2440s	difficulties you had on the performance
2442s	side uh working with tech art
2445s	engineering and and artists to kind
2448s	of get performance where we needed it to
2451s	be for this higher player density oh
2453s	yeah for sure for performance it's
2455s	really been a refinement of our
2457s	pipelines and processes and workflows
2460s	with a pretty tight iteration loop on
2462s	you know
2463s	testing profiling like auditing those
2466s	profiles like seeing what we're at and
2469s	then like correcting things that need to
2471s	be corrected and especially with an MMO
2474s	we really have to support like a large
2477s	array of player experiences so the game
2480s	has to run great whether you know you're
2482s	a solo player or you're playing in a
2484s	group and then it also has to run great
2486s	for you know big events like these where
2489s	there's going to be upwards to 100
2490s	players sometimes right so it's really
2493s	been all handson deck from all the
2496s	disciplines to refine our current
2497s	existing standards and make sure that we
2500s	can hit performance while continuing to
2503s	uh look good awesome well I have arrived
2507s	at what I believe is our headquarters
2509s	and there appears to be a significant
2512s	portion of our Garrison from the node
2516s	that has arrived here guards where is
2518s	the rest of our group oh you guys should
2520s	uh meet let's meet up here if we
2523s	can at the um at the headquarters and
2527s	let's and let's do some planning I'm
2529s	sure there's some significant strategies
2531s	that we can
2534s	employ right Chris oh yes there is um
2539s	so the
2541s	lowdown uh first things first is if you
2544s	look at your objective
2545s	tracker there's some stuff going on um
2549s	we need to gather imbued blood and
2551s	imbued materials now imbued blood is
2554s	going to drop off Bandits that have this
2556s	glowy particle effect to them and imbued
2561s	materials are going to drop off uh Ruby
2563s	caches that are all around the
2566s	POI okay well let me um and we we have
2571s	to do that before the enemy
2574s	team I see uh if they complete it before
2578s	we still can finish ours but we'll be
2580s	behind and they'll be on the victory
2583s	condition okay so we're looking for
2586s	these imbued Bloods and the um the
2591s	imbued
2593s	material um and the Bloods come from the
2597s	bandits in the area correct okay and the
2601s	material are the are rubies that are
2603s	kind of spawned throughout the out this
2605s	particular Zone and let me open up my
2607s	map real quick quick yep so marked on
2609s	your map is all of the Ruby locations
2611s	but the Bandit locations are not marked
2614s	oh okay okay so the bandits are are kind
2616s	of sprinkled throughout the area and
2619s	these these locations here that I'm
2621s	hovering over these imbued material
2623s	caches those are spawns around the area
2626s	and presumably that's where the enemy is
2628s	going to be located as well because
2631s	we're all trying to acquire these in
2632s	order to progress to the next stage
2634s	correct got it okay cool okay so we
2638s	should probably split up into three
2642s	teams um if you are in party group four
2646s	or group five you're going to be
2649s	responsible for trying to acquire the
2651s	Ruby so you're going to be going to
2653s	those imbued Ruby cach locations your
2657s	primary objective is to avoid
2660s	interacting with the Enemy you do not
2662s	want to engage the enemy if you see them
2665s	run you're just acquiring these
2667s	resources
2668s	and trying to bring them back to where
2670s	Chris you got to bring him back here and
2673s	talk to good old scholar
2675s	Thompson okay all right cool so you guys
2678s	in group four and five you're going to
2680s	acquire those um and probably if you're
2683s	a ranger and can be camouflage it would
2686s	be beneficial for you to go out and try
2687s	to acquire those if you're in groups one
2690s	two or three you're going to be running
2692s	cover while killing the um the uh
2697s	Bandits and then when they get the
2699s	bandits Bloods those they're bringing
2701s	those back as
2704s	well sorry what was that I was
2706s	multitasking Steven no worries no
2708s	worries when they when they grab the
2710s	bandits blood they're bringing those
2711s	back as well they are bringing those
2713s	back as well now worth noting they do
2715s	drop on death so if you end up with too
2717s	much of them be very
2719s	careful okay um guys I think before we
2723s	head
2724s	out I'd like hold on let me uh
2728s	I'm get in a good position for you I'd
2730s	like you to all gather around in front
2731s	of the Dragon I'm going to give you an
2733s	inspiring
2739s	buff perfect perfect
2742s	perfect
2745s	now I
2746s	know that this
2749s	Venture would strike fear in the heart
2752s	of normal men and women but not in the
2756s	hearts of
2758s	mirians go forward bring back the
2762s	trophy that is oops hold on hold on
2767s	bring back the trophy that is the
2770s	blood go
2773s	forward let us move let's get them Lads
2777s	get them okay so where are these Bandits
2780s	at that groups one two and three can go
2782s	oh I see over here yeah they're going to
2784s	be all over the POI they've got this
2787s	Lely little glow to them to signify
2790s	their
2792s	importance
2794s	okay
2797s	cool then if you come over here we got a
2799s	nice little cach of rubies as well
2801s	where's the rubies at just
2805s	uh I see
2808s	West I'm just kind of I'm I'm kind of
2811s	watching out for the enemy while you
2812s	guys are harvesting those rubies and
2814s	killing the bandits ooh
2816s	[Music]
2818s	very
2819s	nice so far I don't see
2822s	any I see this light emanating from the
2825s	center of this area over
2827s	here y the god Spike that's the god
2830s	Spike now that is what we are gathering
2832s	these materials for and then we're going
2834s	to channel these materials
2836s	into harnessing that like raw power
2840s	that's emanating from the center of
2842s	highw women Hills so that we can steal
2845s	the node experience and get ourselves a
2847s	nice little luck buff in the
2850s	POI um after we win because we never
2855s	lose we have some enemies over
2859s	here that I can
2862s	see we should probably get groups one
2865s	two and
2866s	three over here to interrupt them it
2868s	looks like they is that us with the
2870s	progress of two that is us with the
2872s	progress of two okay all right we've
2874s	taken the lead
2877s	see I'm running
2879s	back a small stack of materials here let
2882s	me see where the raids
2886s	at okay looks like we
2889s	are bringing in a bunch of
2897s	materials talk to me um talk to me
2900s	Nathan about what this process has been
2902s	like from a production
2904s	standpoint yeah it's been a super
2906s	interesting one for us like games
2910s	are really always these really janky
2913s	combinations of software and Art and
2916s	Design and all of these things are kind
2917s	of coming together in in a way that
2919s	makes them inherently difficult to put
2922s	out to the public I've uh had my fair
2924s	share of Rocky launches in the past and
2926s	so what we've been really focusing on
2928s	this time around is making sure that
2930s	we're kind of honing that process early
2934s	uh to try to make alpha 2 um you know
2937s	one as smooth as possible obviously it's
2939s	going to have some hitches but uh this
2941s	has been a really good opportunity for
2943s	us to get in the habit of pushing a
2946s	build out getting feedback from people
2950s	around the world uh figuring out like
2953s	what's wrong with their specific you
2955s	know setup at home so that then we can
2958s	identify those issues triage those
2960s	issues fix the ones that we can in order
2962s	for us to push a build out for the next
2964s	round of play testing which we've been
2965s	doing every one to 2 weeks for the last
2968s	uh couple of months I think and so
2970s	that's um that's been like from a
2972s	production standpoint a really awesome
2974s	kind of test run for us to get in the
2976s	habit of this you know like live service
2979s	game that we're going to be supporting
2980s	for a really long time uh so that's been
2982s	a lot of fun you know a lot of lot of
2984s	work but you know it's good oh yeah yeah
2986s	you guys have done a great job on
2987s	production side of this this feature is
2989s	obviously a
2991s	very very detailed and encompassing
2994s	feature touches a lot of different
2996s	pieces um
2997s	um I I see we have some great uses of
3000s	the tank wall some of you from APO may
3003s	be remembering that particular
3006s	wall oh this we're having a significant
3009s	little battle over
3014s	here yeah that's been one of the things
3016s	we've been trying to work on right is um
3018s	you know making sure that those
3019s	objectives really help funnel the G
3021s	people towards those points of of
3023s	conflict I think some of our what was
3025s	interesting here is some of our earlier
3026s	iteration had us you know it was kind of
3030s	like this phase one where people just
3032s	kind of PVE Eed the whole time and well
3034s	we you want to find that balance between
3037s	PVE PVP where we become this really pvx
3040s	game and so that's been an area of focus
3042s	for us uh like making sure that these
3044s	objectives are things people want to
3046s	interact with and then fight
3051s	over this was a good little fight oh I'm
3054s	getting hit
3056s	hard I think I lost one of my abilities
3059s	let me grab it
3061s	back there we
3066s	go oh I see I see dread and he's
3070s	down only took 10 of you
3074s	unbelievable it's the skill
3081s	difference Focus fire and doing
3093s	perfect let's move
3098s	forward let's keep pushing go on
3103s	nerys oh I got
3109s	rooted there we go and
3113s	slow oh there's Margaret oh get her
3117s	she's on the dragon
3119s	though SL
3121s	no
3125s	no okay we're pushing them
3132s	back I've got Brian on my
3138s	target think he's tank he wants you to
3141s	Target him oh God oh God need
3144s	help backed out
3149s	protect the king wildly in
3153s	danger all right let's get the group
3155s	around me if you can I'm going to use
3156s	one of the mayor abilities to give us
3157s	some offensive
3160s	power and Chris as I do this talk to me
3163s	a little bit about this ability yeah so
3166s	um forward different node types have
3169s	different mayor abilities um that can be
3171s	used in different scenarios right so the
3175s	what you just used is
3177s	the war ability afforded to a scientific
3181s	node
3183s	push um and those abilities give a very
3186s	large uh mitigation and damage buff to
3189s	the players within your range when you
3192s	use
3196s	them how long does that ability last um
3200s	I believe the buff is 5
3205s	minutes our wonderful Dr Bucky made
3208s	those for
3211s	us oh he got away they're fling on the
3214s	bridge on the
3218s	bridge coming back
3221s	around oh they are how's the progress
3225s	going 76 for them 15 for
3227s	us oh my
3230s	gosh we have two objectives Stephen the
3233s	top one is uh we're at 15 out of 100 the
3236s	bottom one we're at 76 out of 100 oh
3239s	okay perfect that was concerning but
3241s	you'll notice there is an enemy progress
3243s	bar right below that too to show how far
3245s	long they are good call good looks like
3247s	they're slacking
3251s	though okay I've got a couple flankers
3254s	over
3255s	here TP noodle ooh that's a good little
3263s	blink it's also been really fun to see
3266s	The Meadows kind of evolve over these
3267s	play tests uh you know we had a uh point
3271s	where there was the tank wall ability
3273s	was a little too strong and um you know
3277s	uh got a chance to fix that before the
3279s	recording and that's just kind of been
3281s	the really fun process over over the
3283s	last uh couple of months here uh cleric
3286s	thankfully still op for me so um you
3289s	know you love to see
3292s	it yeah that cleric is a very strong
3296s	cleric always have a free pass at being
3298s	op and it's one role that it excels at
3301s	if nothing else got to be the best
3304s	healer I got Fant MX
3311s	down let's get that nice him to let you
3313s	do I know
3315s	right he's almost
3325s	dead like Trad and I'm I'm curious if
3328s	there have been any like big you were
3329s	talking earlier about some of the
3330s	surprises that have come out of the play
3332s	testing I was wondering if you guys had
3333s	any um examples of things that you
3336s	weren't expecting but you know saw when
3339s	we started really putting this uh
3340s	Compass system to
3342s	test um I mean nothing that we weren't
3345s	really expecting completely but it has
3348s	definitely been a huge help just like
3351s	uncovering you know smaller imbalances
3354s	here and there like the wall thing that
3356s	you mentioned for example was was a
3357s	thing we actually uh knew knew was an
3360s	issue and had fixed on on like a another
3363s	build but like it was still funny seeing
3366s	that like get
3368s	completely um taken advantage of it yeah
3371s	and it like showed some interesting like
3374s	strategies like how people would use
3376s	them to Zone each other in these little
3378s	hallways and almost create your your own
3380s	effective like little corridors on the
3382s	open Battlefield so we definitely want
3384s	to see some of that sort of thing it's
3386s	just you know a matter of balancing
3394s	that I think I died Behind Enemy
3397s	Lines
3399s	no May's
3402s	down don't worry I turned don't worry
3405s	guys I turned in two
3406s	blood oh putting in so much work Nathan
3410s	yeah we still need more of the imbued
3412s	Bloods that's the uh that's the bandits
3415s	right that's the Bandits yep all right
3418s	I'm going to try to find some Bandits to
3420s	kill while you guys continue to hold
3422s	them off we need more people on
3425s	Bandits yep and bandits for this event
3428s	are a little bit more scarce but respawn
3431s	a lot faster than the rubies where the
3434s	rubies are a bit more plentiful but have
3437s	a much slower reset
3441s	rate got it
3447s	there's my
3451s	healers coming in at the last
3456s	hour not finding any
3460s	Bandits they killed them all oh oh
3467s	no yeah there's a definite balance
3469s	between targeting the PVE objectives and
3472s	then PVP because um the the drops that
3476s	you need to turn in um also can drop
3479s	from players so sometimes you'll want to
3481s	gank people that you see it cuz they
3482s	might have some of the stuff that you
3484s	need to turn in for credit toward the
3488s	war see the god
3491s	Spike but it's also really easy to get
3493s	trapped in long drawn out PVP
3495s	engagements and let the enemy team just
3498s	grind out
3501s	resources and that's part of the
3503s	strategy is like you know sometimes
3505s	you'll you'll want to tank up and have a
3507s	bunch of people distract uh the group
3510s	from doing the the objectives while
3511s	you're sending out those little side
3513s	squads we've done that a few times in
3516s	our own testing for
3523s	sure found some
3530s	Bandits oh no oh that's us never mind
3539s	all right getting some Bandit bloods oh
3541s	there's an enemy
3543s	here an enemy and a PVP down that's
3547s	crazy oh no I might need some
3564s	help so it's looking like at least is
3568s	done with the rubies so we need to focus
3570s	on Bandits now so there's going to be a
3572s	lot of competition on those yeah we're
3574s	done with rubies too so you're in
3582s	danger what is this PV
3589s	PVE oh I'm getting shot from above
3603s	went all right we got some Bandits over
3605s	here I'm going go turn them
3608s	in just do do you want to talk about
3610s	some of the other uh use cases that like
3614s	we're hoping people will incentivize
3615s	people to want to uh engage in
3618s	war yeah I mean we have uh
3623s	like the goal here is kind of twofold
3626s	for war right there is the player reward
3628s	side of it and then there's the like
3631s	node reward side of it uh obviously we
3634s	want players to be invested in nodes and
3636s	invested in what they have and what they
3637s	can do so you know those things are
3641s	relics they are Services their resources
3644s	and you know these wars can deny and
3648s	even steal those things from other nodes
3652s	but also they're personally rewarding
3653s	right like we want to make sure players
3656s	are getting
3657s	something immediate for themselves
3659s	because obviously we know most players
3661s	aren't going to run a node and not every
3664s	player is going to be invested as nodes
3666s	as some other players yeah um so you
3669s	know those personal rewards as we've
3671s	talked about a little bit um in the case
3673s	of this event uh will result in a buff
3677s	farming in this POI so if there's some
3679s	sweet loot that you're looking for from
3681s	this POI uh winning here is really
3683s	valuable cuz you're higher odds of
3686s	getting it in the future or you know
3688s	while you're farming here post this
3690s	event yeah on top of your oh go ahead oh
3693s	on top of your traditional just like
3695s	some XP and some glint you know
3699s	potentially those kinds of things and
3701s	node currency well that's been kind of a
3704s	like a big part of the I think we talked
3706s	about this actually last time we were
3708s	talking about uh nodes during the
3709s	Caravan live but that's been a big part
3711s	of the design ethos of of uh the nodes
3714s	team is like making Mak sure that there
3717s	are a lot of reasons to uh participate
3720s	in nodes so that you don't just like
3722s	node participation isn't just um
3725s	relegated to that like top 1% most
3728s	active most attentive players like you
3730s	can still you still have reasons to
3732s	contribute and participate for a lot of
3734s	on a lot of axes well and it's also
3736s	about making sure that like you're not
3739s	just doing it out of the good of your
3740s	heart right you're doing it because
3742s	you're getting something for your player
3744s	progression immediately
3747s	and you can let like the big brained
3749s	kind of Zerg
3752s	leaders manage the more high end
3760s	right holy smokes dude that is insane I
3764s	just ran into a
3774s	m we had some flankers over here
3778s	did not work out for
3780s	them well it feels like they're like
3783s	outnumbering us as there are there any
3785s	uh planned uh protections for just uh
3788s	Zerg V Zer fights for uh large scale
3793s	PVP you know some of that comes down to
3796s	how we design the events right but some
3799s	of it also comes down to combat design
3801s	uh this this event in particular we're
3803s	trying
3804s	to fan players out by having lots of
3807s	small things they have to do um and then
3810s	at the end when we need to fight over
3813s	this uh channeling this God spike is
3815s	when zergs are supposed to come together
3817s	right so creating a place for zergs uh
3820s	to have something that they want to do
3822s	cuz there are people that do like zg
3824s	Combat versus people that prefer the
3826s	smaller
3828s	skirmishes I think really the way you
3830s	incentivize it too is is like there's no
3833s	stopping players from Zerg V zerging if
3835s	they want but if the objectives reward
3838s	maximally like splitting your forces um
3841s	and and ways we do that is we'll we'll
3843s	create simultaneous objectives in VAR
3846s	highly different areas of the map so if
3848s	you're if you're a one big Zerg ball you
3850s	might be willing or winning your your
3852s	encounters but you're not winning at um
3855s	you know dividing conquering so to speak
3857s	so uh eventually like players will learn
3860s	like yeah if if we play this way we're
3862s	not going to be as effective
3869s	we need
3870s	more imbued
3872s	blood yeah we're falling really far
3875s	behind oh
3885s	no those are the uh those are the off of
3889s	the
3890s	bandits those are off the bandits right
3892s	maybe we should break up and um have the
3896s	have everybody kind of try to get the
3900s	bandits yeah I know a pretty good spot
3903s	for the bandits but it's kind of in
3905s	dangerous
3907s	territory I think at this point we have
3909s	to take the risk they the enemy progress
3911s	is pretty high I do believe danger is
3914s	all of our middle names so that should
3916s	work out true all right so it's just
3920s	south and west of
3924s	the of the enemy's camp
3929s	okay let's try to move South and
3944s	West South and West not going to make it
3948s	there social media man why social media
3954s	man truly the of everyone's existence
3957s	dude that guy just got a crazy KD on me
3960s	oh
3962s	no got a got to work on that Nemesis
3965s	system
3967s	right that's right well I got him though
3972s	right in time for cry to kill me from
3975s	hell's
3981s	heart okay I oh who's our raid leader I
3984s	need to raid it B
3988s	I just saw a ranger run past me in
3992s	Biz that was concerning mild concerning
3995s	I'm in
4003s	danger who's our a raid
4008s	leader uh I'm not sure the
4013s	vagnar vnar is on his way
4020s	see if faar can give me a invite oh oh
4024s	no they've beaten us to the channel
4029s	point so now Things
4031s	become even more challenging for us cuz
4034s	we've got
4035s	a balance holding on holding them off of
4038s	the objective while also trying to get
4040s	more resources so this is a tough spot
4042s	for us to be in for sure yeah is rough
4045s	now we have ways to deal with that
4046s	though right now there is some built-in
4048s	catch-up mechanics um in a few minutes
4051s	here some Scholars are going to spawn
4053s	across the POI they'll be marked on our
4056s	map um and they're going to increase the
4059s	time it's required for the enemy to
4061s	channel and drop a hefty amount of the
4064s	materials we need to turn in to be able
4066s	to channel
4069s	ourselves okay that's good so but these
4072s	guys are you know
4076s	group difficulty for people above at our
4078s	level um we're definitely not going to
4080s	be able to send just like a small Squad
4083s	of one or two
4086s	people where are those where we should
4088s	gather up gather up at the headquarters
4091s	yeah Yep looks like they're popping in
4093s	right now if you look at your map
4095s	they're these little red
4102s	swords okay let me
4107s	let's get the team to kind of
4110s	regroup let's regroup at the
4111s	headquarters and then we
4114s	can try to make our way to those
4117s	locations and what are those again those
4120s	are Scholars that are helping the
4123s	process of channeling so if we kill them
4125s	it'll make it slower for them and we'll
4126s	steal some of their materials got
4132s	it I am grouped up at the base that also
4134s	has a respawn point they are not related
4136s	facts I definitely didn't just get
4138s	killed by
4139s	trat oh no no that can't happen no trat
4143s	has never killed anyone in his life I'm
4145s	a pacifist pacifist
4150s	fighter all right let's let's head
4154s	out all right so there's going to be a
4156s	scholar over here looks like some of our
4157s	guys are already engaging it all right
4160s	let's go let's do this oh we got it oh
4162s	we actually already killed him you love
4165s	to see it
4168s	all right
4169s	nice now they're really taking their
4171s	sweet time going to channel
4173s	though that's good so we've killed one
4176s	out of four of the scholars yep yep I'm
4179s	heading to the next one right now but
4181s	I'm going to need some
4183s	healers I'm going to keep an eye on them
4186s	see what they're
4189s	doing justo you have
4192s	my focus wand no tr's here camping
4197s	me oh no I hate to see
4202s	it okay they're definitely about to
4205s	Channel or they are
4208s	channeling I need
4212s	heals I think we might need to try to up
4215s	their Channel
4235s	all right Dre's down we got to take the
4237s	scholar
4238s	down yeah we got a good group
4243s	here they are is that so the uh the
4246s	progress bar is that their Channel
4248s	progress that's their Channel progress
4250s	yeah oh
4252s	no so it should have just gone down we
4255s	just took one of the scholar down
4258s	nice uh and killing all the scholars
4260s	effectively doubles their Channel
4264s	time
4265s	okay uh we've got two Scholars left to
4268s	kill if we can hold them off long
4271s	enough and yeah we're almost at 100 of
4275s	the imbued blood so we still need people
4277s	killing the um Bandits while we delay
4281s	them with the channel nice I've engaged
4284s	the next one but it seems like no one
4285s	followed me
4287s	here oh
4290s	no going to checked out their I'm right
4293s	here where you just
4299s	St check out their
4307s	headquarters oh
4313s	no I'm in danger
4317s	here turn on these
4328s	guys oh
4331s	no I'm going to see if I can
4335s	uh try to distract them I'm at like
4340s	50% goat I think is the
4344s	one oh no Keen keenage is the one he's
4346s	almost at 50% no leave me
4348s	alone we need to take out
4351s	keenage where's the squad it looks like
4354s	all we're coming
4356s	in don't mind
4358s	me oh we only need two more uh we only
4362s	need two more
4363s	blood hey I'm just vibing over here what
4365s	are you guys
4369s	doing all right we got to clear uhoh we
4373s	have to clear the enemy team off the god
4374s	Spike to be able to channel
4380s	I did a uh did a little dive bomb on
4384s	Kenan that's a lot of red oh god oh
4389s	boy
4395s	uhoh nice good retake down okay there we
4399s	go hell well
4407s	all right we've got some clerics on the
4409s	point if we want to have people try to
4412s	channel really it would have been
4414s	embarrassing to lose to a ranger you
4422s	know they're definitely pretty in all
4424s	right if we can push
4427s	in keep heals on zon in
4441s	take my
4450s	buff let's see if I can dive bomb them
4462s	again got the pocket heels down Nathan
4465s	you got pocket
4466s	res
4470s	no I'm never having you on my team again
4473s	dude oh no cion
4479s	left are you even in the raid bro how am
4482s	I supposed to Res you if you're not in
4483s	the raid no I fell out of the raid oh
4486s	man well sounds like a skill issue looks
4489s	like we're
4490s	channeling oh we dropped a channel
4508s	[Music]
4511s	better heal your Channeler it's going to
4512s	be Death from Above oh
4516s	no trying let me give you some of May my
4519s	Moll abilities
4528s	oh nice nice big Buffs coming through
4531s	love it
4536s	push oh
4538s	no I'm super
4542s	stunned why TR
4545s	why it was worth the death I had
4549s	to it's like he doesn't even want me to
4551s	play the game got to go Zerg diving
4554s	every now and then
4556s	keep
4565s	pushing all right Eli I Channel her
4567s	Channel her get them heals on
4580s	them we're pushing we're pushing nice
4585s	[Music]
4588s	so these uh mayoral and uh dragon
4591s	abilities are pretty impactful to
4593s	uh uh combat team you all want to talk
4596s	through like what you guys were going
4598s	for there what you're kind of seeing
4600s	these look like as we kind of move
4602s	forward and do uh
4603s	A2 yeah I mean the the point at at least
4606s	of the um the flying Mount having such
4609s	powerful abilities is there's there's
4611s	only really expected to be one of them
4613s	per side um in at least Wars like this
4617s	um you know because these would be more
4620s	exclusive to the to the mayor um so
4623s	they're intended to be really impactful
4625s	um and also a high priority Target cuz
4627s	you can kill the mount and you can kill
4630s	the rider uh so it's on the mayor to to
4632s	be very careful like when they're
4635s	putting themselves you know in danger to
4637s	activate these abilities because they
4638s	they themselves are such a high priority
4640s	Target mhm
4649s	oh man how we doing on the channel not
4653s	good we keep getting pushed off of it
4662s	unfortunately I think like we need to we
4664s	need to try to organize everyone to move
4666s	along the left side and try to push into
4672s	them see if I can give us one more
4674s	ability
4686s	here's some let's try to push
4693s	together
4697s	nice I need some pocket heals on
4699s	Winstead don't do that
4710s	grad stop trying to kill our channelers
4712s	it's not nice it isn't
4715s	nice there we go nice use to the walls
4718s	was this a tea party I wasn't was not
4723s	[Music]
4725s	informed so we're having a lot of deaths
4728s	here uh I'm sure people are uh worried
4730s	about like what does war being in a war
4733s	mean uh when you're rate of dying
4736s	probably increases a lot more than what
4737s	you'd expect when doing normal kind of
4739s	like PVE gameplay uh yeah so during
4742s	sanctioned PVP events we turn off
4745s	typical death penalties right like
4747s	you're not going to get um res penalties
4750s	you're not going to get XP debt um
4753s	you're not going to get durability
4754s	damage you will still drop the things
4756s	you have in your inventory though
4759s	mhm or in your material inventory
4761s	specifically
4766s	so obviously that's like a big part of
4768s	uh this game mode um as far as like the
4772s	larger idea for material inventory what
4775s	was sort of the the thinking behind that
4778s	or is that just sort of like a
4779s	convenient thing to make sure that it
4781s	we're used to things oh there you go I
4784s	mean don't stuff your material inventory
4787s	full of stuff before you go to war makes
4790s	sense to me you know when you when
4792s	you're right you're right what can I say
4799s	oh okay oh my goodness oh no now we
4803s	clean up that's a
4807s	problem victory in
4810s	death wi dead
4814s	scum oh my God they've taken it back how
4818s	are you guys are going to take advantage
4819s	of that luck bonus if you don't quite
4821s	control the Zone we won Steven did we
4824s	win we win you weren't even paying
4826s	attention oh how did we win we finished
4831s	channeling it was it was my clutch heels
4834s	ignoring the siren song of juusto
4838s	endlessly asking for reses and focusing
4840s	on real
4841s	targets you guys may have won the war
4844s	but you will not win the the battle
4848s	battle I think that's a little backwards
4850s	well I you may say that Keenan but if
4853s	you look at the point distribution we're
4856s	800 to 304 right now ooh that's right
4860s	let's take a look at
4861s	that how' you guys get so many points uh
4864s	well we won objectives and killed you a
4867s	lot oh my
4869s	God so okay so we we completed the the
4873s	event that's obviously not the end of
4875s	the war though right correct
4878s	so basically the way Wars are structured
4881s	is a war contains phases and phases
4884s	contain events so there are conditions
4886s	to win a phase and then there are
4888s	conditions to win a war um winning a
4891s	phase gets you some amount of like in
4894s	the- moment rewards and some more
4896s	long-term rewards uh winning events gets
4899s	you some amount of in the- moment
4901s	rewards and long-term rewards and then
4903s	the war is like the massive objective
4906s	that you're competing to towards got it
4910s	so what we have gotten if you open up
4912s	your
4913s	map you can hover over this blue
4916s	Banner uh you notice high womman hills
4919s	is controlled by mirle now ah so we've
4922s	made an incursion into their into their
4924s	area yeah so now all of the territory
4927s	associated with highw women Hills is
4929s	ours and the node XP from here goes to
4932s	our
4933s	node um and as a way to kind of
4935s	incentivize players to play here we've
4937s	given a luck buff in this area as well
4940s	so you can uh get increased loot drops
4944s	while you're here here farming for your
4946s	node nice so the the citizens of Mirth
4950s	are rewarded for some period of time
4953s	based on the event outcome correct so if
4955s	we had lost we would not be getting this
4957s	buff or siphoning this node XP and
4960s	Winstead would be getting this buff for
4962s	successfully defending their home now
4966s	obviously this is one of many different
4969s	War events and one of the war events um
4974s	reward type
4976s	um what are some of the other events
4978s	that we're going to be introducing
4979s	during Alpha
4981s	2 yeah so a big one we want to do uh is
4985s	the service denial so that'd be like
4987s	turning off your caravaner or uh
4990s	shutting down your construction
4992s	buildings for a period of time right so
4994s	like you've built the best blacksmith on
4997s	the server and we don't want this node
5000s	gearing up for something or we we're
5002s	trying to compete with them and we want
5004s	the best blacksmith our node so we're
5005s	going to go to war and try and shut down
5007s	that service for a period of time okay
5012s	cool that's awesome you know the kind of
5016s	most exciting post2 one that we want to
5019s	do is uh like is Relic based where you
5023s	could potentially steal a relic from a
5026s	node or uh destroy their Relic so it's
5028s	reintroduced into the world and you can
5031s	um and now your node can acquire it
5036s	awesome and then um obviously we have
5040s	you know we talked a little bit about
5042s	the the mount and how we're going to be
5043s	moving that
5044s	to um level three the level three
5047s	village note for the purposes of of
5049s	entrance A2 same with the mayoral
5052s	abilities and and those mayoral
5053s	abilities are only activatable during
5056s	events or outside of the events as well
5058s	so the marrow abilities you used in the
5061s	Showcase are only activatable during a
5063s	war so that means you could activate it
5066s	you know now that the event's over you
5067s	could still use that ability um but only
5071s	within the context of this PVP kind of
5074s	state that the two nodes are
5077s	in but
5079s	the Mayors will also get access to like
5081s	special abilities they can use during
5083s	sieges as well that are uh unique to
5087s	sieges oh very cool love it
5091s	um now obviously uh people watch
5094s	watching the um the Showcase today about
5097s	the node War and the node War events
5101s	performance is something that we are
5103s	going to be getting really into over the
5105s	course of the next we have gotten into
5107s	over the course of the last uh couple of
5109s	months but we're really going to be
5111s	digging into it over the course of the
5112s	next couple of months as well um what
5115s	can players expect to see both on the
5117s	client side and on the network side uh
5119s	talk to me a little bit about that Zack
5120s	that work so for the client side we
5123s	really expect this to be like a seamless
5124s	was experience to where we're going to
5127s	have some like Dynamic load balancers
5129s	that help um you know the best case and
5132s	the worst case where the best case is
5134s	you're you know in a group by yourself
5137s	and the visual Fidelity of that should
5140s	be just as good as the visual Fidelity
5143s	of you know the large scale seizures or
5145s	node Wars and things like that so um we
5149s	be refining our character shaders and
5151s	everything is going to be really in the
5152s	back end right so
5155s	the player experience should really be
5157s	seamless and we handle everything under
5159s	the hood to make sure that you know you
5161s	get good frame rate during these
5163s	different types of experiences and
5165s	players are also going to have a lot of
5166s	option when options when it comes to
5168s	kind of tuning that experience for their
5170s	specific Hardware uh I know one of those
5172s	that we recently have instituted is dlss
5174s	you want to talk to me a little bit
5175s	about that yeah so the dlss intergration
5179s	has been great uh on the 40 series and
5181s	video cards we're been able to like
5183s	nearly double our frame rate just by
5185s	enabling the feature right so it's been
5187s	a pretty big win for us yeah and then
5191s	obviously um one aspect of of you know
5195s	the game that you guys are are
5196s	witnessing currently in the in the
5199s	showcases that we've given over our
5201s	different features has been you know
5203s	visual effects as a whole um there is
5206s	currently underway a lot of revisiting
5209s	some of those effects uh from a
5210s	performance standpoint um as well as
5213s	from like a visual soup s standpoint uh
5215s	with regards to these larger scale
5217s	battles and this hasn't been you know
5220s	something obviously that we have
5221s	traditionally focused on because you
5224s	know we're still actively in the
5225s	development process of these particular
5227s	archetypes and and all these abilities
5229s	uh but now that we have kind of those
5231s	base kits ready to go for for a start of
5234s	Alpha 2 we're going to be focus on
5236s	focusing in on refining them uh and
5240s	making them uh more friendly both on the
5242s	performance side as well as on the
5243s	visual language side as uh also right K
5246s	Trad yeah that's right um it's nice when
5249s	those things go hand in hand like you
5251s	don't want to see too much but what you
5253s	do want to see you want it to look good
5255s	so also not just from a um aesthetic
5259s	standpoint but reading the most um
5261s	important gameplay information is going
5264s	to be key like we have to identify like
5266s	what are the most important telegraphs
5268s	for someone to be able to identify an
5270s	ability that they're expected to respond
5272s	to versus just the other kind of FL
5274s	noise that is more for the you know the
5277s	the visual fantasy of it um so we we
5280s	have to kind of consider gameplay
5282s	information
5285s	first absolutely hey if everybody wants
5288s	to come over um near the uh mirror leth
5292s	side um headquarters um we're kind of
5295s	gathering up here as we as we finish
5296s	chatting about the Showcase a little bit
5300s	um yeah I mean you know obviously I
5303s	think U people will kind of see the the
5305s	progression that we are reaching now
5307s	towards Alpha 2 there's there's a lot of
5310s	kind of uh performance related tasks uh
5314s	polish and and getting ready for you
5316s	know external players to come in and
5319s	participate I will say one thing that
5320s	has been very beneficial and and the
5323s	studios
5325s	is you know very appreciative of our
5328s	interaction with the Phoenix initiative
5330s	group but they have been um really
5334s	successful in assisting us play test you
5338s	know this particular uh gameplay feature
5340s	that is Wars and the war events but also
5343s	you know they did so with the Caravans
5345s	and and we'll continue to do so over the
5347s	course of the next couple of months and
5349s	we will begin to at some point in the
5351s	very near future extending that out um
5354s	uh as we draw closer to Alpha 2 uh to
5357s	some alpha 1 participants uh also hey
5360s	let's let's keep it friendly let's keep
5362s	it friendly let's not let's not attack
5363s	these poor people I I can solve that
5366s	Steven oh okay here we go let's see oh
5370s	to The Peacemaker we have done it well
5374s	done while rubbing the score in our
5376s	faces I know really you got
5379s	to very nice got to let them know um now
5384s	mass mass combat is going to be
5385s	something that is is tested as part of
5388s	uh obviously Alpha 2 um you guys are
5391s	seeing here a a brief taste of that um
5394s	as it relates to these node Wars and
5396s	these node War events um but there are
5400s	going to be PVE contents raids um world
5403s	bosses that players are going to be
5405s	expected to kind of interact with um in
5407s	a similar fashion of player density so a
5410s	lot of that performance work we were
5411s	talking about obviously goes to make
5412s	sure that those experiences are
5414s	enjoyable um that they are running
5417s	smoothly for the players um that's going
5419s	to be our Focus over these next uh few
5421s	months here um talk to me about War
5424s	rewards um what are the the types of War
5428s	rewards that we are going to be starting
5429s	Alpha 2 with but also going to be
5431s	implementing um in the long run
5434s	Chris sorry multitasking again Stephen
5436s	one more time yeah yeah just talking a
5438s	little bit about kind of the the war
5440s	rewards um that are going to be
5442s	available obviously now but also as we
5444s	continue into Alpha 2 what are some of
5446s	those rewards that we want to kind of
5448s	get up and running yeah you know there's
5451s	a a large laundry list but I can hit you
5454s	with a couple few here um the big ones
5458s	that we want to hit are pulling up my
5462s	list um so obviously like you're seeing
5465s	the Buffs with winning teams I talked a
5467s	little bit about like disabling Services
5470s	uh siphoning gold from the enemy node uh
5474s	we want to do temporary mayorip
5477s	control where the winning mayor can kind
5480s	of take over a
5482s	limited uh limited control of the node
5485s	that they defeat um reducing taxes for
5488s	the citizens within that winning node
5489s	obviously stealing their node XP which
5491s	is what we're doing
5493s	here um and then we also want to do
5497s	stuff where this enables new content
5499s	that is exclusive for the winners right
5501s	like doing this means a raid boss spawns
5503s	that um you know that the winners can
5507s	participate in
5508s	killing awesome very cool um what are
5513s	some other topics that we I was
5514s	definitely zoned in a little bit during
5517s	the during the uh the game play there
5520s	for the event so um what are some of the
5523s	topics that we kind of you know wanted
5525s	to chat about as well we can we can
5526s	bring up now um I know that we had
5530s	mentioned uh
5533s	the um excuse me the mount abilities we
5536s	talked a little bit about the mounts uh
5538s	how that's going to work there's also
5539s	going to be Mount abilities that are for
5541s	Basic Land mounts as well um those will
5544s	be at entrance uh for for Alpha 2 um so
5549s	it's not that just obviously the Mayors
5551s	have access to these cool you know
5553s	Dragon Mounts uh but players will
5555s	obviously have access to mounts and some
5556s	Mount abilities um also that's work that
5559s	you've been uh doing right Trad with uh
5561s	with red exactly yeah um those are
5564s	already in progress as well they won't
5566s	be as spectacular epic and you know raid
5569s	raid uh impacting as as the uh mayor
5572s	ones cuz we have to account for
5574s	potentially a hundred of them present
5576s	instead of two but like you'll still
5579s	have you know stuff you can do to more
5582s	more at a personal level like you know
5584s	getting you know like a cc break or a
5586s	Sprint um you know that kind of stuff um
5589s	so cool awesome
5593s	um all right well guys that was fun I
5597s	really enjoyed it and and you know
5599s	played well and and obviously there's
5601s	still ways to go when it comes to you
5603s	know continuing to develop this ahead of
5606s	A2 um but I think that you know what
5609s	we're looking for from the community is
5610s	to kind of talk to us
5613s	about how you felt with regards to the
5616s	event the node War system as a whole um
5619s	the mass PVP um you know these are
5623s	obviously things that that we want to
5624s	get feedback on um we've gotten as I
5627s	said a tremendous amount of feedback
5628s	when it comes to our PI testers but now
5631s	as you guys are getting an opportunity
5632s	to kind of see this for the first time
5634s	um what it plays out as and just to
5636s	remind everyone like these events are
5639s	not the node War and the node war is not
5641s	just these events outside of the Prime
5644s	Ed events which is for a particular
5647s	server location may occur between you
5650s	know 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. um local time
5653s	for that
5654s	server uh outside of that there is still
5656s	the war
5657s	overall and that war overall is
5660s	essentially being openly flagged uh for
5662s	PvP with the the citizens of the two
5665s	nodes um you know give us your thoughts
5668s	about that about this system it is a key
5671s	component of the of the pvx aspect uh
5674s	and it does carry with it some
5676s	significant uh rewards obviously keeping
5678s	in mind that visual effects uh
5680s	performance UI are still a work in
5682s	progress a lot of that is getting
5683s	touched up over the next few months uh
5686s	but give us your thoughts about what you
5687s	saw here today with that being said I
5690s	must say to our Phoenix initiative job
5692s	well done your assistant is always very
5695s	much appreciated as well as our glorious
5698s	guests our Engineers Kyle uh Keenan Zach
5702s	um along with our designers TRD and
5704s	Chris and of course our lovely prod
5706s	producer Nathan you guys have done a
5708s	phenomenal job in standing up this
5709s	particular feature for a too I think I
5710s	speak for the community when I say uh
5713s	everyone is very excited to to play this
5715s	to compete with one another their
5716s	friends uh and to have some some um some
5720s	rivalry and Gest uh as it is meant to be
5723s	obvious viously That's What MMOs are all
5726s	about um with that being said thank you
5729s	guys for joining us I hope you guys out
5730s	in the community enjoyed it and we will
5732s	see you back on stream very soon bye
5736s	everybody thanks y'all cheers GG
5750s	bye we are back and um I'm going to play
5753s	the video whilst we chat so you can um I
5757s	kind of fast forward here so we did it
5760s	we did it we said did not win I didn't
5762s	even
5763s	notice that's funny you're like we
5766s	won but to be fair that's what I was
5768s	talking about earlier right there's
5769s	still a lot of UI work you know the
5771s	proper toasts and like Fanfare when the
5774s	pop I think you it was just it was I was
5777s	like too D drilled in on the on the
5780s	battle it's hard sometimes and you can
5781s	tell whenever like folks stop talking
5783s	it's cuz they're like concentrated on
5785s	the battle but I do want to preface
5787s	again before we get into some questions
5789s	that we we gathered questions so thank
5790s	you vagnar and rooshan and our social
5793s	media social media man as well for
5795s	popping in questions and making some
5797s	notes Here for us um but of course we
5800s	did say at the preface that everything
5802s	here is work in progress you know all of
5803s	our UI everything but specifically we
5806s	made a mention of the effects and
5807s	performance that we're very aware of and
5809s	that we're working towards um I don't
5811s	know if you want to talk a little bit
5813s	more about that against
5815s	I saw it like as a a lot of people were
5818s	talking about it and we're very much
5819s	aware that's why we prefaced it yeah for
5821s	sure um we did preface it just to just
5824s	to what's what's the opposite of preface
5826s	suffice suff just just no wait no
5829s	wouldn't be I don't know whatever we're
5831s	making a sandwich just to
5833s	reiterate um obviously the focus uh over
5837s	the course of the next couple months is
5838s	going to be really to drill in on the
5841s	visual effects language that soup that
5843s	we kind of see in the middle of battle
5845s	um some refinement to be there and it's
5848s	already been underway there's been some
5850s	reapo to the MJ effects that you guys
5852s	have seen um also keep in mind like we
5856s	have significant lighting changes that
5857s	are happening as well that can affect
5859s	visual effects and need to kind of go
5861s	back and iterate on the visual effects
5863s	based on the lighting changes we're
5865s	deploying those lighting changes over
5867s	the course of this Sprint so that's over
5869s	the next week or so week and a half um
5872s	and that's going to and we've been
5873s	waiting to kind of really go and tune
5875s	the visual effects until those changes
5877s	come in otherwise we'd have to do it two
5879s	times right so keep in mind we're aware
5882s	of that that is something we are working
5883s	on because you're seeing something in a
5886s	work in progress State you're going to
5887s	see things that aren't quite up to where
5890s	we want them to be yet because we're
5892s	actively working on them on the UI front
5894s	our UI team is phenomenal they're
5896s	they're unbelievable team um very
5899s	capable artists and designers they just
5902s	saw a lot of icons engineers where it
5904s	says icon you know because we're still
5905s	making those icons and and and again
5908s	like part of the fact that you guys get
5910s	to see the game and development without
5912s	the veil is you're going to see those
5914s	things right and um you know UI is under
5917s	the gun to service pretty much every
5919s	system in the game um and because of
5922s	that some of this stuff is just
5924s	somewhere in their backlog and not as
5925s	high priority uh because they're still
5928s	getting some of the functional systems
5929s	up and running but those passes will be
5931s	had also before entrance of A2 on the
5934s	performance side um Zach Mallet and
5938s	strange Zack strange have done a
5940s	phenomenal job on the networking team uh
5942s	engineering team Tech art side um in in
5946s	kind of you know taking what is the
5949s	malstrom of development and starting to
5952s	now kind of hone it in in better client
5956s	performance uh but also Network
5958s	performance side um next month we're
5961s	going to have a deep dive on performance
5962s	and kind of give you guys some insight
5964s	there I guess I'm spilling a little bit
5965s	of the beans on what that's going to
5966s	look like but little teaser um it's
5969s	going to be very Tech heavy so prepare
5971s	yourself but we'll we'll make it
5972s	entertaining it'll be Tech heavy but
5974s	it'll be entertaining but also it's it's
5976s	very important and I think it it gives
5978s	you guys a look at some of the um some
5982s	of the more Nitty Gritty side of
5985s	development it's not it's not going to
5987s	be as shining and awe as the node warart
5989s	demonstration but it's going to give you
5990s	insight to how we approach these massive
5993s	problems not just problems for us as a
5994s	project but problems for games in
5996s	general how do they service such high
5998s	player densities um what is our
6001s	proprietary approach to doing that and
6003s	and basically the ASAP the sleeve that
6005s	is trying to make another massively
6008s	multiplayer you know online role playing
6010s	game um so that is something that is
6013s	still having work done they're doing a
6016s	phenomenal job towards that uh towards
6018s	that front and I think you guys will see
6019s	the fruits of that labor come um come
6021s	Alpha too yeah so so I'm going to get
6024s	into these questions we have a lot so
6026s	let's get through them um the first one
6029s	here is is there going to be a system
6031s	that lets opposing Nations sabotage War
6033s	preparations like a rogue sneakily
6035s	burning food storage or poisoning the
6037s	water supply prohibiting a war from even
6040s	starting yeah I I think um so so
6043s	important note on the war starting right
6046s	we talked a little bit about at the
6048s	start of the video um how Mayors kind of
6050s	need Bon from the citizens in order to
6053s	achieve that part of that Bion requires
6056s	the acquisition of certain resources so
6059s	when you think about like Espionage okay
6062s	I have someone who's telling me that a
6063s	war
6065s	commission has just been initiated by
6068s	the mayor now that's that that approach
6071s	is somewhat placeholder for the purposes
6073s	of of introducing this node War gameplay
6076s	Loop for Alpha 2 long run goal there is
6080s	that there will be reputation scores
6083s	that we have an imp imped yet between
6085s	nodes and you will see as in as
6087s	reputation scores deteriorate and when
6090s	they deteriorate it serves as a
6092s	predicate for the mayor to now have the
6094s	option to start those War procedures now
6097s	still in the long run you're going to
6099s	require buyin from the citizens and when
6102s	people catch wind of that there are ways
6104s	to disrupt to prevent the acquisition of
6108s	some materials in order to acquire the
6109s	wars scroll uh to influence the Land
6112s	Management score of the surrounding area
6114s	to capture Caravans that are moving
6115s	those supplies to the node like those
6117s	are all you know 10,000 foot level
6121s	strategy not tactics but strategy in how
6125s	do I stop a rival node where I see my
6129s	reputation score with them is low enough
6131s	that they could start these actions and
6134s	now I'm starting to see rumors and
6137s	Whispers of the citizens supplying the
6140s	things that the node needs in order to
6142s	act on this war so just keeping in mind
6145s	like the intent is to provide that
6147s	political Intrigue to give those types
6149s	of actions to the players where they can
6151s	disrupt um those
6153s	activities and likewise if if your mayor
6156s	initiates something like that like a
6158s	commission like that if you as the
6160s	citizens do not want to complete that
6163s	you do not have to do those objectives
6165s	right yeah yeah yeah AB absolutely that
6167s	that that is so so again like the
6170s	commission approach is a temporary
6171s	approach just for the purposes of alfha
6173s	to to give the gameplay Loop a space um
6177s	but it still represents what you just
6180s	described citizens have to buy in and
6182s	the way in Alpha 2 they're going to buy
6183s	in is by completing those commissions
6185s	now let's say the majority of citizens
6187s	don't want to complete those commissions
6190s	then the pay the mayor is not capable of
6194s	utilizing the action and they've wasted
6197s	that commission slot for some period of
6199s	time and the cost associated with
6201s	deploying it uh as a result so may kind
6203s	of has to be in tune with the desires
6206s	the will the Mandate you might say from
6209s	a political perspective of what their
6212s	populace wants right and then the next
6214s	question is something we've talked about
6216s	a few times but I feel like it's
6218s	something that you know was brought up
6221s	because of the massive scale of War um
6225s	is will there be VoIP options for people
6228s	like voice over IP options not not at
6231s	the entrance of A2 that's not in scope
6233s	for what entrance A2 will be however
6235s	during A2 we are going to have regular
6237s	updates to the game where we're
6239s	introducing new content new zones new
6241s	features you know kind of uh essentially
6244s	these will be regular updates Voiceover
6246s	IP is an intended feature that exists
6249s	within three spaces taverns parties and
6253s	rates um so otherwise we're going to
6256s	rely on you and your Social Circle you
6258s	know in Discord to kind of have
6260s	Voiceover IP but in the areas where we
6263s	expect players to interact with people
6266s	they don't know right or to meet new
6269s	people that they don't want to have to
6271s	share a Discord link with or you know
6273s	take the interaction Beyond just the
6275s	surface level hey you're in the same
6277s	rate as me we will provide that option
6280s	through a v Voiceover IP within those
6283s	areas yeah and we've talked about this
6285s	before so those of you who have been
6287s	here for ages you know that but I just
6289s	want to preference cuz some people are
6290s	just joining us today this is your first
6292s	time seeing ashes of creation I want to
6293s	make sure that you're aware and it has
6295s	context the next question is are there
6297s	any plans to have upkeep cost to war in
6300s	addition to the initiation costs um it
6303s	would be incredibly compelling to know
6305s	that crafters and gatherers would have
6307s	to work double time to ensure that the
6310s	war can go on or even stop supporting
6312s	the war if they find it
6315s	unnecessary um not necessarily within
6317s	the war context however I think the Crux
6320s	of that question is how do we include
6323s	kind of like what I said earlier yeah
6325s	how do we include material resource
6328s	requirements active artisanship
6331s	engagement like all of these other
6334s	gameplay systems how are they
6336s	interconnected with a political event
6339s	like War um and the way we achieve that
6341s	is you know obviously there are things
6344s	that can enhance your War preparedness
6347s	or your War efficacy through the use of
6350s	unique weapons during war unique um uh
6355s	uh upgrades to your guards by supplying
6358s	resources to the Barrack so that you
6360s	have stronger guards at your
6362s	headquarters uh or weapons and Shields
6365s	and armors that can be utilized through
6367s	the Barrack system um in addition
6369s	vehicle support for sieges like there's
6372s	a lot of different ways where crafting
6374s	and artisanship plays a role as
6377s	enhancing not necessarily maintenancing
6380s	a particular war or feature I did hear
6383s	some people asking about that stuff um
6385s	so I think that Crafters out there will
6387s	be excited um C craft just to be clear
6392s	Crafters are the [ __ ] in ashes I said
6396s	that in the past our world revoles
6398s	around them AB absolutely so it's it's
6401s	not just Crafters are relevant for
6403s	player-to-player trading Crafters are
6405s	relevant for a lot of gameplay Loops
6408s	within ashes and not again in a way to
6412s	kind of inhibit those things from
6413s	occurring but rather to enhance them uh
6416s	to give you a leg up or the your side a
6419s	leg
6419s	up all right and then people want to
6422s	know is it possible to be hired as a
6424s	mercenary when I'm not a citizen of the
6426s	node uh which are in war like if I want
6431s	to um as a mercenary you know there's
6435s	not a direct like mercenary contract
6438s	kind of system
6441s	however there will be certain War
6444s	Scrolls that will be available in the
6446s	future not obviously at the entrance of
6448s	of A2 but there will be certain War
6451s	Scrolls that could be cooperative right
6454s	that allow multiple nodes to kind of
6457s	joint declare war um and also potential
6461s	defensive packs and treaties that exist
6464s	at the um at the uh uh uh diplomacy
6468s	level between nodes so those types of
6470s	systems are
6472s	intended and I guess the people over on
6474s	Discord got a bingo uh for those of you
6477s	who don't ever hang out in their Discord
6479s	I highly recommend it there's like a
6480s	watch party going on they make a bingo
6482s	card every week where or every month
6484s	where they try to like guess what's
6486s	going to show up on the live stream um I
6489s	didn't look to see what it was but they
6490s	got one what was the Bingo they got a
6492s	bingo yeah it was probably that I cursed
6495s	I don't know what the final thing that
6497s	got them the bingo was um then I just
6500s	saw someone screaming we got Bingo um
6503s	can we declare oh can we declare war
6506s	outside of a server Prime out of server
6508s	Prime Time and PVP for 20 hours without
6512s	gaining
6514s	corruption you can declare war outside
6517s	of the server Prime Time the key
6522s	about the key about um server prime time
6526s	is that uh events cater to Prime Time
6529s	right so these inflection points where
6533s	our expectation from a gameplay design
6536s	is to allow or afford players an
6538s	opportunity to participate in highly
6541s	impactful you know events within the
6544s	game those get delegated to Prime Time
6546s	so this event that you saw today while
6549s	the whole war is not determined by that
6551s	event success within the event grants
6553s	additional score uh uh Point score to
6557s	the overall war and there may may be
6560s	multiple events that occur over a
6561s	multi-day war
6564s	between nodes that players that the
6566s	sides can catch up in um prime time does
6569s	not influence War declaration so you
6571s	could have a war declaration occur at an
6574s	off hour time um but ultimately a war
6578s	declaration is primarily just we're
6581s	openly flagged against each other and
6583s	these events will spawn during prime
6585s	time that we need to make sure our
6588s	organization our citizens are um uh
6591s	organizing for and where yes
6594s	exactly uh and it was a naughty
6597s	word that guy I've been informed from
6600s	all spaces people are pinging me uh they
6603s	really wanted me to know um the next one
6606s	is would a team get more points for
6608s	killing a
6610s	mayor uh yeah so we've talked about that
6612s	in the past um that is not just a mayor
6616s	we've talked about expanding that out to
6618s	special positions within the node so
6621s	like head of a social organization or
6623s	head of a religious
6625s	organization
6627s	um uh we want those positions to be
6630s	potentially more prized positions so
6632s	they could score more points but
6634s	alternatively they also might have some
6636s	powers during war as well as we saw with
6638s	the mayoral abilities um so yes that is
6641s	that is those mayoral abilities you can
6643s	only really use during the wars when
6646s	those Wars are happening you can't just
6648s	like use them Wily all the time CU that
6650s	was something that people brought up
6652s	correct oral abilities are used during
6655s	war or during sieges um so to be clear
6658s	what we're talking about is Wars there
6660s	is a different type of conflict that
6661s	occur for nodes those are sieges um
6665s	those are very acute event-based
6667s	situations um where you are you know
6670s	warned ahead of time that this is up and
6672s	coming and the sieges are also uh
6674s	delegated to Prime Time cool cool and
6677s	then will there be any way to
6680s	differentiate color-wise between Ally
6682s	and enemy
6684s	spells that's a good question um I do
6687s	not believe that that is something that
6689s	we are intending to do um that could
6692s	potentially be considered some type of
6694s	accessibility option uh that we might be
6697s	able to service from a tech art side of
6698s	applying some type of Fel you know to
6701s	the effects or um I'm not sure that's
6703s	that's a good question I know that
6704s	there's been discussion and some plans
6706s	around that potentially as an option um
6708s	but I don't have a good answer at this
6709s	point right now yeah uh it's definitely
6712s	a thing because people are like well how
6714s	do I know if that's an enemy thing that
6715s	I need to stand in or a friendly thing
6717s	that I need to stand in um so we' we've
6720s	had the conversations for sure um after
6723s	declaring after declaring war uh are
6726s	your enemies also autof flagged in the
6728s	war zone or just your
6731s	citizens I'm sorry say say that one more
6733s	time after declaring war are your allies
6736s	also autof flagged in the war zone or
6738s	just citizens so let's say I'm not a
6741s	citizen of this node um um I walk into
6744s	high women Hills and there's a fullon
6746s	battle happening um am I autof flagged
6749s	as an ally of that node so previously we
6753s	had discussed in the past about
6755s	alliances being on the hook for sieges
6758s	we had historically gone back and forth
6761s	with regards to Wars uh I believe that
6764s	the position we're in now from a design
6766s	perspective is that certain War Scrolls
6768s	and war types will induct alliances as
6773s	participants of the uh declared war but
6776s	not all wars will so um that is
6778s	predicated on the on the war scroll used
6781s	I
6782s	believe right and then is there a cap of
6785s	how many players can do a node War
6788s	objective and can more people join while
6791s	it's still in
6792s	progress a node War objective you mean
6795s	like in the event yeah yeah so the the
6798s	events are not intended to be capped uh
6801s	right now our goal is to provide a
6804s	setting um where in the open world
6808s	players can if they are citizens of the
6811s	node or participants of the event or the
6813s	War uh that they can move in at any time
6816s	during the
6817s	event um and participate that may be
6822s	something that depends on the event type
6826s	as juusto said during the during the
6828s	node War live stream um there will be
6832s	different types of events um I wouldn't
6835s	rule rule out that some of those events
6837s	might
6838s	be participant
6840s	restricted you're okay um and then PE
6844s	people want to know about the dragons
6846s	obviously they were you know each mayor
6848s	had a dragon that is specific to node
6851s	Wars um Can the dragon be killed what
6855s	happens if a dragon dies and is there a
6857s	cool
6858s	down yes so um there will uh so for the
6863s	purposes of Alpha 2 entrance the intent
6865s	is to provide dragons to Mayors um we
6869s	had talked about dragons being delegated
6871s	to level six nodes uh that is still the
6874s	case in the long run however we have the
6876s	technology and the system built uh so we
6879s	want to afford players the opportunity
6881s	to interact with that during Alpha 2 uh
6883s	and as a result we are going to amend
6886s	the predicate requirements uh to to only
6889s	be a mayor of any node level um now
6893s	that uh Mount that particular Mount and
6896s	any potential armors that might also be
6899s	Associated as a mayoral Grant uh will be
6902s	timed and associated with the mayor's uh
6904s	term uh when that term ends they will
6906s	lose access to those things um the
6909s	intent for the gameplay space that the
6911s	mount exists within is that during
6913s	certain events whether it be a war a war
6916s	event or a Siege the mayor will have the
6919s	ability to uh utilize that mount um and
6923s	that will likely come with some cost
6925s	upfront that the mayor needs to um uh
6928s	needs to pay in order to do that and
6931s	when the mount dies they will have to
6934s	essentially um uh be subject to a
6936s	cooldown period for the mount to uh to
6938s	be available again to use and have to
6940s	pay the cost again um so it is a it is a
6943s	high risk High reward uh type setting
6945s	because that mount affords a unique set
6948s	of abilities that the mayor then has
6950s	access to for that particular event and
6952s	for this demonstration we asked people
6954s	to not kill the dragons not steal the
6956s	dragons uh just to leave them alone
6959s	specifically for this battle just
6960s	because we were trying to resolve some
6962s	things so just yes there's still some
6965s	outstanding there's still some
6966s	outstanding work there uh on on on the
6968s	mount Tech right now the mount the mount
6970s	Tech is very Universal and we need to
6974s	have some uh specific additional um uh
6978s	work done on how the mayoral Mount
6981s	exists so uh part of that is like it's
6983s	death state so we didn't want it to die
6985s	during this because uh the death
6987s	animation isn't respective of the fly
6989s	versus ground state for the for The
6991s	Locomotion of the dragon that would have
6993s	looked weird so we kind of made sure
6994s	people wouldn't attack and kill the
6996s	dragon for this demonstration uh because
6997s	we're still working on that um and in
7000s	addition uh rights to mount the dragon
7003s	uh have to be predicated on alignment or
7005s	uh uh title um which is still
7007s	outstanding work and just cuz I know
7009s	that some people who have bought packs
7011s	might have a question about this
7013s	um as a mayor will I be able to swap out
7015s	the Cosmetics for um the gliding Mount
7019s	or flying Mount look yeah the the co the
7022s	Cosmetic overrides might not be
7023s	available at the start of Alpha 2 we'll
7025s	we're going to see about that um however
7028s	the intended experience uh uh going
7030s	forward beyond the entrance ex uh
7032s	criteria of Alpha 2 uh is that you will
7035s	be able to apply the relevant Mount
7037s	cosmetic to the type of Mount that it
7040s	can be applied to um so if you have
7042s	Royal Mount Cosmetics you can apply them
7044s	to Royal Mount types in game yeah and
7046s	the obviously the Drake of the canopy is
7048s	a a cosmetic so it will not be the
7051s	default it's just what we're using right
7052s	now to be to set the preface for that it
7056s	was cool so I wanted to use the you know
7058s	it was year I'm glad you think it's cool
7059s	I got to design that one so for me I was
7061s	like it's cool being able to see it in
7063s	the game um yes I I saw uh some people
7066s	were calling at the Canadian dragon
7067s	mount yeah cuz it's supposed to look
7069s	like the whole point of it was it's
7070s	supposed to look like a leaf kind of
7071s	coming down I feel like in that
7073s	situation we should have had like like
7075s	syrup dripping off of the wings or
7077s	something if we wanted to be fully
7078s	Canadian but I wasn't going have just
7081s	said AB boot oh
7084s	no uh moving on from there uh we have
7088s	can all nodes go to war or is this
7090s	limited to
7093s	vassals um all nodes of stage three or
7099s	higher can declare war or be declared
7101s	upon
7103s	however um the jury is still out from a
7105s	design perspective on whether or not uh
7108s	nodes within a vassal structure can
7110s	declare war against other vassals they
7113s	surely cannot do it against their parent
7115s	but there is some discussion about
7116s	whether or not nodes can have wars
7119s	potentially with each other or certain
7121s	types of War Scrolls against other
7124s	vassals um that probably is not going to
7127s	be the case it'll probably be the case
7129s	that Wars can only be declared against
7130s	other vassal structures and could you uh
7134s	declare war on a node that's really far
7136s	away from you or do it have to because
7139s	okay cool cool yeah no no no no
7140s	proximity requirements cool um and then
7143s	the next one here is
7146s	uh wa we I think we already answered the
7149s	mayor ability one and then why are some
7152s	enemies Health plates shown completely
7155s	and why are others shown in quarters I I
7157s	know that we've I don't know if we've
7159s	answered this before but we definitely
7161s	were answering this in uh voice chat and
7163s	in text chat so I just wanted to clarify
7165s	for people who are watching The Stream
7168s	So they have an understanding yeah so so
7171s	enemy name enemy name plates are shown
7175s	in quarters and the reason for that is
7178s	as we've discussed in the past um that
7180s	there is an element of decision making
7183s	that happens differently in PvP when you
7187s	do not have direct insight into the
7190s	exact percentage of your enemy Target
7192s	this Pro this provides a bit of fog of
7195s	war and non-specific calculation to the
7198s	types of rotation and abilities that
7199s	you're going to use um that obfuscation
7203s	in my opinion is more compelling um now
7206s	why can you see other name plates with
7208s	full health that's because those are
7209s	your allies those people are or their
7212s	NPCs correct their allies or NPCs so you
7215s	will see NPC exact hit points because
7218s	prescribed rotations is is I don't feel
7221s	anything unique in a PVE setting and
7224s	then obviously if you're in a raid if
7225s	you're in a guild if you're a fellow
7227s	citizen if you're in a party you can see
7229s	their hitpoint uh um exact values as
7232s	well um and then Additionally you may
7235s	have seen from the different
7236s	perspectives you know each of us as a
7237s	player had different settings that we're
7240s	comfortable with uh with regards to name
7242s	plates there's a lot of optim there's a
7244s	lot of customization options that are
7246s	available for uh name plate settings
7248s	that players have the ability to kind of
7250s	you know curate for their own EXP
7253s	experience all right and with that we're
7256s	going to wrap up our node Wars preview
7258s	section and a lot of questions I know
7260s	and move on to some more stuff uh but
7263s	before we do so I do want to know that
7264s	there is a thread up over on our forums
7267s	um we would love for your feedback on no
7269s	Wars on this node Wars preview so if you
7271s	do have thoughts please send them over
7273s	to us are there any specific questions
7275s	you want to ask people um as they're
7277s	they're thinking about their feedback
7278s	and they're posting feedback for us over
7280s	on the forums yeah I mean you know
7283s	obviously uh the the interaction of the
7287s	node event was the central focus of this
7290s	particular live stream um you know what
7293s	we're wanting to collect feedback on is
7295s	where's the balance between kind of PVE
7297s	objectives and PVP objectives what is
7301s	the kind of um you know expectation from
7305s	you know a mass battle perspective and
7307s	like small group teams kind of uh um uh
7311s	achieving smaller group objectives um
7315s	what is uh the frequency of these events
7318s	that you want to see and how much of an
7320s	impact do you want these events to have
7323s	on the overall War um what are some of
7326s	the uh um types of interactions between
7330s	nodes that you want to see in these war
7332s	types these different types of War
7334s	rewards that you think might be cool um
7337s	some of the event rewards that we talked
7339s	about you know incentivizing players the
7341s	incursion of territory the stealing of
7343s	relics that we talked a little bit about
7346s	um this is obviously a very big system
7349s	it has a lot of connective tissue across
7351s	other systems as well um and so because
7354s	of that you know any kind of commentary
7356s	that you guys have from the players's
7358s	perspective and other games that you've
7360s	played which have had either similar
7361s	features or unique features that you
7363s	think could be applied feel free to give
7365s	us that feedback talk to us a little bit
7367s	about it and what did you like about
7368s	today's presentation what do you think
7370s	could have been done better keeping in
7371s	mind of course that uh visual effects UI
7376s	um the performance those are three main
7378s	categories of areas that we are
7380s	continuing to work on so when you see
7382s	anybody either in twitch chat on YouTube
7385s	in Discord on Twitter wherever you see
7387s	conversation about what we've showed
7389s	today and people say the visual effects
7392s	look you know like soup or the UI needs
7394s	work or whatever you can feel confident
7396s	saying we Intrepid has addressed that
7399s	that is something they are working on um
7401s	we expect to see up dates on that in the
7403s	future you know let's talk about these
7405s	things in the presentation what did you
7407s	think about these things right yeah
7411s	sounds perfect um with that we will move
7413s	on to Studio updates so let's pull back
7419s	to the bigger macro of uh interpret
7422s	Studios how are things going how are you
7424s	feeling things are going towards Alpha
7426s	to because I feel like that is really
7427s	the question that players have uh we
7430s	have announced that we will be uh
7432s	launching Alpha 2 in quarter 3 that is
7434s	where we're at least where we're
7436s	planning if that is that changes we will
7438s	let you guys know but that is currently
7439s	still where we're planning to to launch
7442s	yeah I think I I think that like you
7444s	know from a from a studio like you know
7447s	10,000 foot picture you know progress
7449s	towards Alpha 2 um I'm still confident
7453s	that we're going to hit our third
7454s	quarter date uh I believe that um that
7458s	what I'm looking for our team to
7459s	continue focusing on going into
7461s	Milestone 10 and completing mil
7463s	Milestone 9 is buttoning up the last
7466s	remaining um Feature work which is
7467s	relatively minimal at this point um
7470s	polish up uh some of the gameplay
7472s	systems some of the visual effects some
7473s	of the UI that we talked about making a
7476s	big hit on performance both Network and
7478s	client performance um and then
7480s	addressing golden path and economy uh
7482s	work those are kind of like okay we've
7485s	set the stage features are in a good
7488s	spot for where we expect to enter into
7489s	Alpha 2 um we're representing all the
7492s	core gameplay systems that we looking to
7494s	collect feedback initially from alpha
7496s	2's entrance um and then we have a plan
7498s	to kind of trickle out additional
7500s	updates post Alpha 2 entrance um but we
7503s	need to get the golden path down we need
7504s	to get the econ uh side of things down
7507s	both from an artisanship available drop
7509s	lists reward tables and and uh material
7512s	components like all of those things uh
7515s	econ is working on heavily right now and
7516s	will continue to work heavily on and
7518s	then of course the VFX pass the UI and
7520s	the and the performance and all the bug
7523s	fixing sorry I don't want interrupt I
7524s	was trying to find a space when you
7525s	weren't talking I don't want to
7527s	interrupt you um can you talk a little
7529s	bit about more what the golden path is
7531s	because I know what that is but I don't
7532s	think the audience is aware of yeah yeah
7535s	I think I think the golden path is
7537s	different for every game right like um
7539s	you have a much stronger railroaded
7543s	golden path when you talk about theme
7545s	park games that's like hey the player
7547s	starts out at level one and by the time
7550s	they're level two they should have done
7552s	this by the time they're level four they
7553s	should have done this by the time
7555s	they're level six they should be here
7557s	right we have a little bit of a a more
7562s	difficult approach to the golden path
7563s	because our game is not as prescribed it
7566s	is intended to be more sandboxy and
7569s	because of that the golden path can
7570s	really take a lot of different
7571s	directions and we need to provide those
7574s	options right exactly it's not you can
7576s	come back and do something at a totally
7578s	different time you could just straight
7580s	90° bolt over towards the sand Squall
7583s	desert or something right like those
7585s	those are kind those are kind of the
7586s	complications that we have when defining
7588s	a golden path but essentially what a
7590s	golden path is like you know by the time
7592s	a player reaches a certain level they
7594s	should have acquired their first Mount
7596s	they should have completed their first
7598s	Mastery of profession they should have
7600s	done these things that have introduced
7602s	them in a shallow way to a lot of the
7605s	core gameplay systems and narratively
7609s	they should have kind of gotten a sense
7611s	for the world where they are who they
7612s	are why they are right and now be an
7616s	awareness of you know these major iconic
7620s	landmarks and points of interest nowhere
7623s	you're you know all of that stuff goes
7626s	into creating identity for the game and
7629s	familiarity for the player um and that's
7632s	essentially what a golden path is people
7634s	want you to rename it to a golden tree
7636s	instead um a golden on fire Lavar ridden
7640s	tree you know
7643s	um but terminology aside um hopefully
7646s	that answers the question for you guys I
7647s	think everything else was pretty
7648s	straightforward um do you want to talk a
7650s	little bit about our hiring and where we
7653s	are with that as well we we we have been
7656s	on fire um with regards to hiring we've
7660s	we have brought on board some
7662s	significant number of people um who are
7666s	talented best-in-class developers who
7668s	are MMO Centric players that are excited
7672s	about the product we're producing and
7674s	can't wait to play it themselves that's
7676s	always the the the best um that you can
7680s	hope for when building a team that is
7682s	trying to deliver on a promise like
7684s	ashes um and so I couldn't be any more
7686s	ecstatic with that I know that we've had
7688s	a lot of applications we've had a lot of
7691s	interviews for the team that can be a
7693s	bit disruptive to kind of the workf flow
7696s	that we need to have but I think the
7697s	team has Managed IT well Cameron's done
7700s	a phenomenal job from a recruiting St
7702s	point with regards to our HR team um so
7705s	yeah things are going great on if you
7706s	haven't heard back from us just give us
7707s	some Grace um you know we we've got one
7710s	awesome recruiter trying to respond to
7713s	hundreds of applications so uh give us
7716s	some time but we will get back to you
7717s	whether you are moving forward with us
7719s	or not you will get a response so just
7722s	um you know hold hang tight um and then
7725s	with that I'm going to move us on to our
7728s	Q&A from the forums and as usual I will
7733s	provide some visuals from our uh node
7737s	preview so the first one here is from
7740s	netos who wants to know about war
7742s	Logistics to what extent will Logistics
7745s	and supply lines be integrated into node
7749s	Wars yeah so um there has been some
7753s	discussion around certain event types
7757s	requiring um those types of supplies
7760s	within certain time frames right so kind
7763s	of
7764s	um kind of acquiring material resources
7767s	transporting those material resources to
7770s	specific locations being stage
7773s	components of event types um so in that
7776s	sense we do want to simulate these ideas
7778s	of logistics and supply lines uh but
7781s	that's delicated to specific War event
7783s	types right and then Frosty Thunder trod
7787s	wants to know about avoiding War can a
7789s	mayor voluntarily derank their node to
7792s	avoid war no they cannot and then demsky
7796s	wants to know about node War instancing
7798s	are node Wars or any part of node War's
7801s	instance or will they entirely take
7803s	place in the open world so that
7804s	alliances can influence the
7806s	war we have talked in the past about
7809s	certain objectives being instanced in
7811s	order to control the participation
7814s	number so like for example if you're in
7816s	the middle of a war and there's a cave
7818s	off to the side that holds a a special
7821s	fountain
7822s	with water that you need to like
7824s	magically imbue the primary objective
7826s	for the war Victory um only eight people
7829s	can enter right and so you you pick your
7832s	best exactly pick your Champion so like
7835s	that could be potentially some type of
7837s	feature component that we incorporate as
7839s	part of War events in the future um so
7841s	it could be right now the predominance
7843s	of War events and War activities will be
7845s	delegated to the open award all right
7848s	and then top wombat I don't know how he
7852s	was selected as the top wombat but they
7854s	are uh vassel they want to know about
7856s	vassel wars can you please explain the
7858s	reason why nodes canot be or cannot
7862s	declare war on their parent or vassal
7865s	nodes um they've lost that battle
7867s	already the reason that they're a vassel
7869s	is because they they were outranked by
7871s	their parent um and that's right the
7873s	clutch the yeah the clutches of vassal
7877s	ship are strong and any insubordination
7880s	or upright
7882s	is killed in its roots uh so if you want
7884s	like a lore reason like that's the
7886s	reason why uh if you want from a game
7888s	design perspective reason like vassel
7890s	structures are intended to be supportive
7892s	it's not really meant to be a depressing
7896s	event you're not supposed to a [ __ ] you
7897s	know I got we're vassel I'm not going to
7899s	level up this is trash I want to go to a
7902s	different no no when you get vassal like
7904s	you are getting benefits from your
7907s	parent node you are now a part of a
7909s	structure that can assist others
7912s	uh and yourself uh as a result of that
7915s	relationship if you don't want to be
7917s	vassal then you have an option to leave
7919s	that node and become a citizen elsewhere
7920s	and that's a that's a choice that you
7922s	can make now with that being said I did
7924s	allude to earlier us considering some
7928s	War scroll types that might provide
7932s	vassals the opportunity to declare a war
7935s	against other vassals whether or not
7937s	that's going to be something at the
7938s	launch of the game is a different
7940s	question that sounds to me like a could
7941s	be an interesting expansion kind of
7943s	update where you know certain structures
7946s	get a little bit kind of complacent and
7948s	boring and they let's shake it up a
7950s	little bit and have some rivalry within
7952s	the vassal ship that sounds kind of cool
7954s	but I don't think it's going to be a
7956s	part of the initial launch of the game
7958s	all right so definitely keep that in
7960s	mind uh Leonardo wants to know about
7962s	large scale Wars will node Wars between
7964s	two Metropolis nodes mostly manifest in
7968s	the bordering vassel node Network or
7970s	will there be systems that incentivize
7972s	players to invade farther Into the Heart
7975s	of an opposing Metro vassel
7978s	Network yeah I I I I I don't think that
7983s	these events are delegated just to The
7985s	Fringe um I think that there are event
7987s	types which might have an objective to
7990s	steal a relic from the heart of a vassel
7992s	territory right like you know a deep
7995s	dive into uh a territory I think I think
7999s	that you know Chris and and some of the
8000s	ideas that the system team have come up
8002s	with with you know regards to these war
8005s	types and these event types um
8008s	absolutely could could utilize some
8010s	really deep dive into territory I think
8013s	that's cool all right and then falth
8016s	wants to know about war scoreboard uh we
8018s	didn't show this on the screen for some
8020s	reason it didn't pop up for you but we
8022s	do have one uh will there be a
8023s	scoreboard detailing the most active
8026s	participants achievements during the
8028s	node War things like players KDA damage
8031s	heing D objectives Etc absolutely you'll
8034s	be able to see yours and um you will be
8036s	able to see if um I believe it's if
8039s	people choose to share we might have
8041s	added that addition to it but uh you'll
8043s	be able to see
8044s	yours for sure and you may be able to
8047s	see others if they opt in yeah like it
8050s	pops up when event is over and it kind
8052s	of shows you your scores yes yeah yeah
8054s	yeah but um we do have it actually in
8056s	game right now it's I I just don't know
8057s	why Stevens didn't pop up I thought I I
8059s	thought I did take a look at that maybe
8062s	after we killed after we initially
8064s	murdered you guys at the gates of Mirth
8066s	I think I opened that up but um but that
8069s	will be expanded upon in the future it's
8070s	kind of bare bones right now it just
8072s	reflects your score during the war gotta
8075s	and then dra o6 wants to know about war
8078s	objectives how many objectives must be
8080s	completed in order to win a node war and
8083s	will they all be PVP style objectives or
8086s	will PVE players have a chance to shine
8090s	yeah I think that there there will be so
8092s	again depending on the war scroll type
8095s	there will be unique objectives some of
8098s	which intersect with non-pvp style um uh
8104s	uh um achievements right pvx so yeah
8108s	well I mean I just mean yeah pvx or PVP
8111s	right there might be purely PVE
8113s	objectives uh that could be a part of
8116s	acquiring points for the overall War it
8120s	kind of depends on what your mayor
8121s	chooses to select right as like the
8123s	options yeah absolutely the war scroll
8125s	type is is instrumental in the purview
8128s	of that particular engagement and so how
8130s	many we be here all day if we list them
8132s	all out I know and and again again just
8134s	to be clear like the purpose of these
8137s	demonstrations isn't to fully lift the
8139s	skirt up and show everything we have
8142s	right it's like Ste well excuse me let
8144s	me phrase that full fully lift the jeans
8146s	up and no I'm just kidding but um the
8149s	the idea is to get your guys's feedback
8153s	before we further flesh these out and
8156s	further develop the additional war types
8158s	and the additional event types and you
8160s	know everything that goes into making
8162s	this type of a system compelling now is
8165s	your opportunity to take a look at what
8167s	we've done at a base level at an alpha
8170s	level and say yeah I really like your
8173s	goals and ideas about this this this
8175s	this and this and that validates for us
8178s	this direction is accurate and now we
8180s	are going to continue continue develop
8181s	in that direction um again it feels
8185s	maybe a bit foreign to have this
8187s	approach from a development perspective
8189s	but the best way in my opinion to ensure
8193s	that what we come out with on launch day
8196s	is what players want is to take this
8199s	course of development um and so with
8201s	that being said don't look at the
8203s	presentation and say you know this is
8205s	going to be every war this is going to
8206s	be every event take a look at it and say
8209s	okay I've now heard him talk about where
8212s	they're going with this that all sounds
8214s	great or I would like it to change in
8216s	this way provide that feedback and then
8219s	Margaret and her team put together that
8221s	in a nice beautiful buttoned up package
8224s	and takes it straight to the developers
8226s	and then the developers get to use
8228s	everything you guys have said and that
8229s	their team has highlighted and say you
8232s	know what that is a good freaking idea
8233s	let's let's talk about that a little bit
8235s	or no that doesn't fit because of this
8237s	this this this or this and we punt that
8240s	idea like that's that's generally the
8241s	interaction yeah and you will see some
8244s	of your feedback being put into CA into
8247s	action as you play through node Wars in
8250s	Alpha 2 once we compile this and send it
8252s	over they're going to make they're still
8254s	going to be making changes to the system
8255s	before you see it again and just to be
8257s	clear like several years ago uh I
8260s	mandated at the company that we record
8261s	all of our meetings and so one thing
8264s	that I think is going to be real fun do
8267s	series is after we launched the game and
8270s	you know people are playing and whatnot
8272s	we can go back and do like In-Depth docu
8275s	series on how did this particular
8277s	feature come to life and you can hear
8280s	Margaret and her team talking about well
8282s	this player and then she'll say the name
8284s	said this and then Roshan will say this
8286s	player said this and you'll hear the dev
8288s	team come back and say what they think
8291s	about that right and and I just think
8292s	that's such a unique interaction that
8295s	that doesn't exist across the majority
8298s	of teams and it's a shame because
8301s	it is such a
8303s	strong interaction to have I have
8306s	mentioned this before that um maybe not
8308s	on the live stream but that it has been
8310s	amazing working for a company that uh
8313s	really respects Community I've you know
8315s	I've been in Community Management for a
8317s	really long time giving feedback to
8319s	developers and often sometimes you're at
8321s	companies where they don't appreciate
8324s	that as much or they're like okay cool
8326s	whatever um or you look at who watched
8328s	and looked at the reports and you can
8330s	tell that no one read them or no one
8332s	comes to the meetings to hear the
8334s	feedback so I think that for us it's
8337s	been pretty awesome having those people
8339s	be really engaged and reading our
8341s	reports and actually taking action and
8344s	making changes based on uh things that
8346s	we send um the next question here is
8348s	from neurotoxin and they want to know
8350s	about war occurrences how often do you
8353s	suspect node Wars will occur between
8356s	nodes across the
8358s	server um the node Wars how often do I
8362s	expect them to occur M
8365s	um like for Alpha 2's purposes uh
8368s	probably pretty often because the way
8371s	we've delegated it to the commission
8373s	system um I think affords the mayor a
8376s	bit more power than what some
8379s	constraints in the reputation system
8381s	will provide nodes uh for launch so I
8385s	think in Alpha 2 we're likely going to
8387s	see it a bit more prevalent than what we
8389s	will see for the intended version of it
8391s	come launch because it will be governed
8393s	to some degree by a reputation score
8396s	which has a lot of different influences
8398s	and factors kind of keeping those values
8401s	up and
8402s	down okay uh and then we this is the
8404s	penultimate question then we have one
8406s	more uh from the hippo they want to know
8408s	about war pugging what types of benefits
8411s	will there be for people acting as
8413s	mercenaries for each side of the node
8415s	War actually you already answer this
8417s	there won't be there won't be
8419s	mercenaries right
8422s	there are not there are not mercenaries
8424s	there are mercenaries that are NPC
8427s	mercenaries uh that will be um available
8431s	for node sieges and Castle sieges but
8433s	not in node Wars okay cool uh so we'll
8435s	move on to kadak question from about no
8438s	dipl no diplomacy by what means can
8441s	Mayors conduct diplomacy with other
8443s	Mayors are there any tools that are
8446s	available to them for Alpha 2 entrance
8449s	that diplomacy is going to be primarily
8450s	had had within chat um for the uh for uh
8456s	updates during Alpha 2 and for launch
8458s	obviously um there will be a number of
8460s	different powers mechanisms that include
8463s	uh trade routes trade agreements certain
8466s	Cooperative um uh events uh trading um
8472s	uh um uh relics that could be had you
8476s	know which kind of influence and um keep
8480s	the relation ship and reputation score
8482s	between those nodes at a level where war
8484s	is not even possible um so uh that's the
8488s	long-term share resources instead of
8491s	beating you to ashes absolutely and and
8494s	again just to come back to like what is
8496s	the core design philosophy and tenant
8498s	behind you know conflict versus
8501s	cooperation cooperation builds the world
8504s	right and that's usually through PVE
8506s	objectives and then conflict through PVP
8510s	or pvx is what changes that Paradigm um
8513s	and so you know that's that's kind of a
8515s	relationship where when it becomes out
8517s	of balance you're going to see the world
8520s	State be unique uh as a result of that
8524s	and different servers are going to have
8526s	different achievements and situations as
8529s	a result of that interaction between the
8532s	players all right and with that that
8535s	concludes the questions and answers we
8538s	answered a lot to things today hopefully
8543s	sustained um but of course we do want
8545s	your feedback head on over to Ash's of
8548s	creation or forums tell us your thoughts
8551s	on on all the things it doesn't even
8553s	have to be just this live stream but we
8554s	do have a thread up for this live stream
8556s	specifically um and we just want uh to
8561s	preface this because I know that a lot
8562s	of people are going to ask this question
8564s	now that they're knowing and seeing that
8566s	Pi have been actively testing with us we
8569s	are currently testing with pi that's
8570s	going to be our Focus right now but we
8572s	will we do plan to expand that to our
8575s	alpha 1 users at some point and when we
8577s	do we we will notify you all via email
8579s	so just kind of keep an eye on that and
8581s	we'll make sure you're aware as we move
8583s	forward and I and I would like to give a
8585s	very specific shout out to Pi um because
8589s	but go for oh I'm sorry no no I don't
8591s	want to usur I don't want go for it all
8594s	right yeah I just I just wanted to say
8596s	that um you know testing isn't all fun
8601s	and Rosy right it it can be it can be
8604s	exhausting um it can be
8607s	frustrating uh it can be a lot of no fun
8610s	and um I think for the purposes crashing
8613s	a lot a lot of yeah lot of a lot of [ __ ]
8615s	can hit the fan with regards to to
8617s	testing um now we have our internal QA
8620s	teams right and we test internally but
8623s	there's there's nothing quite as real as
8627s	having actual players actual Gamers that
8630s	are a part part of the testing process
8633s	and you know in certain capacities we
8636s	are not yet um able willing or want to
8639s	invite larger portions of the community
8642s	to participate in that testing right
8643s	that's what we're working towards and so
8647s	we must and we have successfully and in
8650s	much in in M much of this is attributed
8653s	to just the quality of people who are
8657s	part of the Phoenix initiative group um
8660s	built a rapport with those players where
8662s	we can rely on a relationship with them
8666s	they're going to give us unbridled
8668s	feedback they're going to be real about
8670s	the feedback they're going to be raw
8672s	about their
8674s	experience and I think we went through
8676s	six different play tests uh over the
8678s	course of the last couple of months with
8680s	pi yep around this particular feature um
8683s	or the set of
8684s	features and they stuck in there
8687s	sometimes it was I think one time we had
8688s	like an eight hour straight day
8691s	not for these we've we've mostly been
8694s	doing like three hour segments okay so
8697s	the last one was longer it was six hours
8701s	um okay got it that was a recording day
8704s	we had a six hour we had a six hour day
8706s	right um where where they stuck through
8710s	so I just want to say to the community
8712s	Bravo to the quality of community that
8717s	this project this game has attracted
8721s	um I think it is a testament to what
8725s	sets MMOs apart from other genres is the
8730s	connectivity the elasticity that exists
8734s	Within These players right those of you
8737s	who are fundamentally interested and
8741s	invested in the outcome of a game that
8744s	you get to enjoy for hopefully years to
8747s	come um and so they just hats off to
8751s	they did a phenomenal job they stuck
8752s	through it um and they afforded us an
8754s	opportunity to really iterate on the
8756s	game to improve the performance um and
8760s	just want to give a big thanks to Pi we
8762s	should get some hearts in chat for them
8764s	they did a phenomenal job they they were
8766s	amazing so we definitely want to give
8767s	them a shout out and also we have lifted
8769s	the verbal NDA for them and we also gave
8772s	them approval on a few screenshots that
8774s	they are welcome to share so we're
8775s	letting them have the have the glory of
8777s	sharing those and sharing their thoughts
8779s	so you can definitely reach out to those
8781s	folks and ask them what their thoughts
8782s	are I saw a bunch of them already
8783s	sharing their thoughts in Discord um so
8786s	if you do want to pop in Discord and
8787s	hear their thoughts on things they've
8789s	already been sharing a bunch of their um
8792s	experiences from those six spot tests
8795s	that they were part of so
8798s	yeah uh and with that uh we also want to
8802s	extend a thank you to all of you for
8804s	sticking with us for this long stream um
8807s	and of course with our journey uh it's
8809s	been a long one and I think that you
8810s	know those of you who have been with us
8812s	for a long time you've Contin continued
8814s	to see the progress we've made that's
8816s	the whole point of these like Stephen
8817s	had mentioned earlier is to share that
8819s	progress uh we want you to see it um I
8821s	know it's a lot different than what
8823s	you're used to many games do not share
8825s	this early on so like we said
8827s	everything's work in progress um but we
8829s	do want to thank you for for joining us
8831s	and if it's not your bag of tea if this
8832s	is the first time you tuning you're like
8834s	I don't want to wait long time for a
8836s	game you know we welcome you to step
8838s	away too for your own sanity cuz it is
8841s	this is not going to be a game quite yet
8843s	until we get closer to launch um and
8845s	with that we also want to thank our
8847s	Zachs we have both our wonderful
8850s	performance and client side Zachs uh we
8852s	have Nathan who is our producer thank
8855s	you so much he was phenomenal and trying
8857s	to keep track of everything it was a
8858s	wild time me and him had some late
8861s	nights together trying to make sure
8863s	builds were ready to go for next days um
8866s	Chris for all of the work and Kyle and
8869s	TRD and Keenan uh we super duper appre
8872s	all appreciate you all and for all the
8874s	things that you've worked on and then of
8875s	course all the other folks that were not
8877s	able to partake in the Showcase but we
8879s	have a lot of developers working very
8880s	hard uh to make ashes of creation come
8883s	to life and they are very much
8886s	appreciated and of course Stephen even
8889s	here with his eye in pain oh my God you
8892s	have no idea everyone keeps going like
8894s	why is he wearing sunglasses yeah I'm so
8896s	I'm sorry I have a scratch on my right
8899s	eye and right now any any light that I
8901s	see is like incredibly painful so I
8906s	apologize for that the sunglasses are
8907s	helping this video will be up over on
8909s	our YouTube channel the uh the showcase
8912s	for just the node War preview is already
8914s	up we'll be sharing that out with
8915s	everybody so you can go watch it relive
8917s	it you know check it out I'm sure the
8919s	content creators are going to enjoy
8921s	every moment of all of that content um
8923s	and of course we will have this full
8925s	development update tomorrow pending
8927s	YouTube and twitch want to cooperate
8929s	with each other um and of course I when
8933s	we upload that if you would like to get
8935s	your comment spotlighted in our next
8937s	development update make sure that you
8938s	are subscribed publicly and leave a
8941s	comment on the development update for
8942s	May and you may be selected for next
8945s	month and of course we are on all of the
8947s	things that ashes of creation WE Post
8949s	daily sometimes multiple times a day uh
8952s	so we definitely try to share with you
8953s	guys things throughout the month uh for
8956s	you to engage in and be part of and
8957s	sometimes it's stuff that you get to
8959s	vote on and it changes in the game like
8961s	if I for inventory or B for bag is your
8964s	preference one time we did that so uh
8968s	definitely keep an eye out on all of our
8970s	social channels and join us on Discord
8971s	and forums as well and we will see you
8973s	all next month for another update where
8976s	we'll be getting really Tech heavy so
8979s	prepare your brains for
8981s	that all right bye everybody bye
8984s	everybody
8985s	[Music]
8990s	n
8999s	[Music]

Development Update With Node Wars Preview - 11AM PT Friday, May 31, 2024

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