[2023] Development Update with Caravan Preview - 11AM PT Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
19s	[Music]
24s	welcome welcome to our
27s	October ashes of creation development of
30s	we hope that you all have been having a
32s	wonderful month um as you can see uh we
36s	are dressed up for Halloween woo I love
41s	costume I feel like you can't see it
43s	because I realized after I was like I
46s	don't think you can see it from this
49s	angle but it's a whole thing oh it looks
52s	great oh my gosh that's amazing which
55s	princess are you I don't know who do you
57s	think I am Stephen honestly I'm terrible
59s	with Disney princesses I don't know is
61s	it arel tell him who Ariel I didn't know
67s	oh Belle John said Belle it's Belle
70s	which one's Belle what what movie is
72s	that
75s	one I like that you're like which movie
78s	is remember hilarious is which is is
82s	Belle Beauty and the Beast oh Beauty
85s	there we
86s	go oh my goodness is that the Disney
89s	song you're going to sing for extra life
90s	this year oo I don't know yet do you
93s	know what you're going to do I don't
95s	know what I'm people really want us to
96s	do the for the duet they want us to do
99s	the Tangled song oh I don't know that is
102s	there like a Star Wars song that's
103s	Disney too technically we just go we
107s	just start like
108s	[Music]
111s	huming oh man oh my gosh wait Johnson
115s	costume too you should take a look come
116s	get come get on the camera John come
119s	take a look where's John
122s	at I don't know he's he's being shy come
125s	over here yeah come here no you're good
126s	come take a look show people your
128s	costume John and I were were Star Wars
133s	costumes from Rogue
136s	one he's he's the commander and I am the
140s	dude s he's got the C show your
144s	too that's awesome that's awesome I got
148s	a cape too but it's too warm to wear a
150s	cape
151s	I feel oh yeah I'm I'm burning up in
153s	this thing right now I took off I took
155s	off the legs actually I just walked
157s	around the office shot my blaster at
159s	some of the developers made sure that
162s	they're hard at work and then came
165s	back like a true Tyrant no I'm just
167s	kidding like a true empired
170s	Stormtrooper get to work oh no um or
174s	we'll put you out the airlock right
178s	um anyways um we have a long one for you
182s	all again so a little bit of buckling up
185s	hopefully everybody brought their snacks
188s	um but of course this is our October
189s	development update uh as you can see
191s	down below we're going to have some
193s	reminders a little bit more reminders
195s	than normal uh as you know October move
198s	leading into November we have a lot of
200s	stuff um we have a caravan preview some
203s	of you have seen some of our Caravan
204s	stuff in the past you're going to see a
206s	full run through from one place to
208s	another with a caravan so Caravan stuff
211s	you saw in the past is this puts that to
214s	shame um the team has been hard at work
217s	and we got a almost an hourong showcase
220s	today it was like 45 50 minutes minutes
222s	yeah 45 minutes showing you the full end
226s	loop from uh collecting resources in the
229s	world to buying cargo and shipping that
233s	cargo to a nearby node and collecting
236s	the reward for it the drivability of the
238s	Caravans it is truly the Caravan system
241s	and there has been a lot of people that
243s	have put a lot of work into the Caravans
245s	because as you guys know Caravans as a
248s	system touch a lot of other systems from
252s	hunting and combat to the economy the
255s	resources that are possible the node
257s	system and the caravaner it's a separate
259s	vehicle with its own components and
262s	stats um it is a complex system uh
265s	probably one of the more complex systems
267s	that we've actually shown on stream um
270s	so it's going to be exciting and I I I
272s	had a lot of fun recording it awesome
275s	it's it seemed like y'all are having fun
276s	there lot there's a lot of banter um
279s	Caravans are slow so you got to have a
282s	good crew to hang out with to give you
284s	to keep you entertained um and also
286s	we'll talk a little bit about Studio
287s	update we know there's been a lot of
288s	layoffs and stuff so we have you know we
291s	just want to share information we have
292s	art update uh it'll be a short one today
295s	because I know we've already got you all
296s	for a long time for the other stuff and
299s	then a Q&A from folks but before we get
301s	into all of that we do have our
303s	Spotlight um comment from YouTube If you
307s	don't know already you can um on our
310s	development update the full video you
312s	can leave a comment make sure that
313s	you're subscribed and that it's
314s	available for us to see that you're
315s	subscribed and your comment could be
318s	selected so today's one is from uh kepri
321s	01 and they would like to know might be
324s	too early for this question but oh yeah
327s	I think that you didn't put the whole
329s	question
330s	Phil what's your overall philosophy
332s	towards leveling as in is it just a
335s	means to get to the end game or would
337s	you prefer the leveling experience to be
339s	an epic adventure onto itself uh they go
341s	on to say World of Warcraft for example
343s	has so much Dev time put into leveling
345s	Quest but your average new player
347s	doesn't get to experience 90% of it
350s	because of how streamlined they've made
352s	the process to get players to end game
354s	faster for things such as raiding sure
357s	you can level alts in weeks instead of
360s	months now but it made the game feel
363s	like less of an adventure and more of a
364s	chore other than that love watching
366s	these videos hope I can get into Alpha 2
369s	um and Capri definitely tune into our uh
373s	extra life stuff because we might be
374s	doing some giveaways but if you want to
377s	talk a little bit about that Stephen
378s	yeah this is a well first let me address
380s	the question this is a big question it's
382s	actually it's kind of like a half half
383s	it's a half question half statement um
387s	on the first part is would you like the
389s	leveling experience to be an adventure
391s	uh yes I I think obviously you know
395s	leveling the act of of going out and
398s	adventuring of killing monsters and
400s	combat in general is the most tactile
403s	and momentto moment type of gameplay
405s	that you're going to experience in ashes
408s	of creation and I think at every step of
411s	the way in that Adventure it should be
414s	fun and it should be something that you
416s	enjoy doing and it should be something
418s	that's rewarding and it should be
420s	something that teaches you more about
422s	the immersive world that you're in um
424s	and allows you to follow a compelling
426s	storyline um I think obviously you know
429s	the way we're building ashes of creation
431s	is to provide that type of fun
434s	experience um I think the complexity of
437s	what this question SL statement is is
439s	pointing out is that some games and this
443s	in this comment uses wow as an example
447s	some games have been around for a very
448s	long time and the one of the biggest
451s	components of an MMO RPG is the social
455s	aspect of the game and when you've been
459s	around for you know 20 years or 15 years
461s	like some of these other games have um
464s	the majority of the player base lives at
466s	the end of that adventuring Loop and
468s	they're participating in highly
470s	repeatable uh types of content whether
472s	it be late game dungeon raids or Arena
475s	systems um or whatever and as a player
479s	who started in out in those games you
481s	want to be in that social environment so
484s	they're kind of a little bit of a
486s	catch22 because they have the content
489s	that they've created for that level
490s	progression uh but the player base
493s	doesn't exist within those content Loops
495s	they exist in the later part of it um so
497s	they have to provide obviously a method
499s	by which players can relatively quickly
502s	reach that social Dynamic which is what
504s	makes an MMO an MMO um now that doesn't
507s	mean obviously that they didn't spend a
508s	lot of time towards curating an
510s	experience that's fun and engaging and
513s	you know shows the world off it is our
515s	intent and desire to do that one of the
516s	ways that we mitigate the kind of quote
520s	unquote endgame mentality is we provide
523s	a number of different progression Loops
527s	that are not all predicated on your
530s	adventuring level which means that you
532s	can do things that impact the world uh
535s	without necessarily needing to be at the
538s	late game in the adventure in level
540s	category um and so that prevents uh
543s	excuse me that provides a number of uh
547s	strategically relevant decisions that
549s	the player gets to make about the
551s	systems they choose to engage with with
553s	the time that they have and how those
555s	systems are intricately designed to
558s	affect other progression Loops within
559s	ashes of creation um so I hope that
562s	answers your question a long answer I
565s	know I'm sorry next up no it's good I
568s	think people people want you to spend
570s	time on their question uh our next thing
573s	to note is extra life we are doing extra
576s	life again this is our seventh annual
577s	extra life we always enjoy it and it
580s	helps our local hospital R Children's
582s	Hospital which Stephen and I and a few
584s	of our other crew got to uh check out a
587s	and like have a tour of the actual
589s	Hospital which was really really cool um
592s	and it actually inspired the um giveaway
595s	cosmetic that we're going to be doing
596s	this year which is Keeper of the kelp
598s	which we will have a reveal of on the
600s	live stream so you'll definitely want to
602s	tune in on into that on Saturday it'll
604s	be at the opening and of course we'll
606s	share it everywhere else um but we do
609s	have a oh no no no sorry go ahead go
611s	ahead we do have a pregame before that
613s	on Friday that's going to start at 3 pm
615s	Pacific and go till 1000 p.m. Pacific
617s	there's going to be a whole slew of
619s	virtual games so come hang out it's
621s	going to be a ton of our developers just
622s	playing and having fun and just having a
624s	really good time and raising money for
626s	the kids at R Children's Hospital
628s	through extra life
630s	on Saturday and Sunday we have a really
633s	long stream for you we say it's 24 hours
636s	but it's more like 25 or 26 the way that
638s	we run it and also because Daylight
640s	Savings Time takes effect as well but
642s	for ease we just do 10:00 a.m. November
644s	4th to 10 a.m. uh November 5th so we
647s	hope that you'll tune in we'll have a
649s	Pathfinder game that we're going to be
651s	playing in the setting of Ashes of
652s	creation and the community actually
654s	created the characters for The Campaign
656s	which is really cool uh we had so many
659s	submissions
660s	and you know with basically 2,000 words
662s	per submission it took us a while to get
664s	through them but we have notified the
666s	winners so they should have gotten an
668s	email from us so if you are somebody who
671s	submitted them make sure you check your
672s	email um but I believe most folks have
675s	gotten back to us um we also have a
677s	whole bunch of other things that you can
679s	um get in reward or for donating um
682s	obviously if you had to
684s	bit.ly 2023 o AOC extra life you can
688s	find all the details over there also
690s	it's over on our News Post in
691s	ashesofcreation
693s	docomo but um we are going to be giving
695s	for the top two donor segment we will we
698s	will be providing a 2023 Intrepid extra
701s	life bundle which will include the
703s	non-exclusive Cosmetic item the Alpha 2
706s	access and one random board game from
709s	our selection and we'll show those on
710s	our stream so uh stay tuned for that and
713s	we'll be doing those at each segment and
715s	those segments are going to be on
716s	November 4th at 2: p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
719s	Pacific and then November 5th at 12:00
721s	a.m. before daylight savings time and
723s	5:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Pacific we're
725s	going to stick to those times um we will
728s	probably talk a little bit about the
729s	winners in our breaks at at our
731s	Milestone breaks but those times will be
734s	locked in and the people running
736s	donation trackers will be uh contacting
738s	people through that time frame uh we
740s	also have our top team on the interruped
742s	studios extra life team so you can
744s	actually join our team and also a top
747s	donor overall for the ashes creation
750s	extra life campaign so there's two
751s	campaigns one is the team and one is our
754s	campaign that we're running on our side
757s	um and by November 7th 2023 at 10 a.m.
759s	Pacific we will be looking at the top
761s	ones for those and they will be getting
763s	a 2023 Intrepid extra life top supporter
766s	bundle which is similar to what I just
768s	noted before but you also get um the
772s	Cosmetic Alpha 2 AIS and a bundle of 10
774s	Alpha 2 codes that you can give away to
777s	your friends family viewers or personal
779s	whatever you would like to do with them
781s	um and you can you know m is selling
783s	them don't do that and personalize thank
786s	you video from Stephen himself um and
789s	any team that raises $250 or more on our
792s	trepid Studios team will be put into a
795s	raffle by November 7th 2023 at 10: a.m.
798s	and we will be drawing three winners who
800s	will be getting our extra life supporter
802s	bundle and that will give you the
804s	non-exclusive pet the Alpha 2 access a
806s	bundle of 10 Alpha 2 codes again to give
809s	away
809s	and then also your choice of an agato
812s	Wave 3 and a wave pop filter or a stream
815s	deck MK2 so uh and that is worth about
818s	150 in value so lots of really goody lot
821s	lots of good goodies um and on top of
823s	that there's tons of ways that you can
825s	donate and affect the game so you can
827s	actually affect the live game um and
830s	during our Minecraft building segment
833s	you can also affect the game there which
835s	is really really fun um they outdid
838s	themselves this year the map for the
839s	Minecraft stuff is insane the rules that
841s	we we changed are really cool and the
843s	ways that you can donate in fact the
845s	games are going to be a lot of fun um so
847s	we hope that you all how many how many
849s	Alpha 2 keys are we planning to give out
853s	or could be given out depending on the
855s	milestones for this year I think it's
859s	like 250 or something or might be more
862s	that almost nearly 250 Alpha 2 keys are
866s	possible during this um extra life life
869s	stre and let me just let me just say
870s	something and and feel free you guys
873s	more than that I someone maybe do the
876s	math one feel feel free to to clip this
880s	segment but I just wanted to say that
883s	this is our seventh year doing extra
884s	life it is a truly uh
888s	remarkable um event that is thrown in
892s	support and in effort for children's
895s	hospitals around the United States
898s	around the world I believe actually
899s	actually um and we have a a truly
901s	phenomenal Children's Hospital here in
903s	San Diego called radi Children's
905s	Hospital that we've been supporting with
908s	you guys in our community um for the
911s	past now almost seven years and we have
914s	raised over
918s	$250,000 for this hospital as a
920s	community uh which is unheard of
923s	especially being still in development um
926s	and we had an awesome opportunity to go
928s	and tour the the hospital and to meet um
931s	with their charitable um uh coordinator
935s	Kiara and you'll see from her during uh
937s	this Friday and
939s	Saturday um but I would encourage
943s	everyone in our community to come and
946s	participate uh by just showing up by
949s	showing up and and having some fun with
951s	us the developers uh for ashes of
953s	creation as we play through a Pathfinder
956s	campaign similar to D and D um in the
959s	world of Vera and you get to learn a
960s	little bit of lore a little bit of story
962s	watch us act crazy and have some fun and
965s	if you feel uh if you feel that you want
968s	to to donate to the Children's Hospital
970s	by all means do if not that's totally
972s	fine we're just going to have a fun time
975s	um so we want to invite all of you to
977s	join us it's this Friday and Saturday um
980s	and it has always been nothing short of
982s	extraordinary uh each of the times we've
985s	done this thing so so super we rented a
987s	dunk tank so
989s	absolutely the dunk tank is going to be
992s	great and this year we assigned people
995s	Milestones so uh it won't be like who's
998s	going to be doing this one it's very
999s	clear who's doing what for when we hit
1001s	Milestones uh so when we have our
1003s	Milestone breaks it'll be a little
1005s	everything's a little bit more organized
1006s	then you know every year we try to make
1007s	it better um but it is going to be a ton
1011s	of fun so please please come hang out
1013s	with us it's for a great cause um and
1017s	you know of course
1019s	it's going to be good times exciting
1022s	beyond that we have more um more we do
1028s	have a couple Dev discussions for you
1029s	all to partake in um and they're still
1033s	up so we have a basic attacks one which
1035s	is how important is it to you to have
1036s	basic attacks be part of your combat
1038s	rotation do you enjoy using your skills
1040s	and abilities in between Auto attacks or
1043s	are you having the most fun when basic
1045s	attacks are less important to how uh
1048s	much damage you're doing and I think a
1050s	lot of this you know we have polar uh
1053s	opinions in regards to it so I'm very
1056s	curious to see how that report will play
1057s	out we also have our discussion
1059s	regarding spawn R times uh yeah spawn
1063s	spawn timers there we go I don't know
1065s	why I'm saying spawn R times uh how
1068s	predictable do you like the spawn rate
1070s	for General and rare mobs in open world
1073s	Dungeons and raid settings which games
1075s	do you feel have done this well and what
1078s	did you feel was good about respond
1080s	times for mobs so kind of think to your
1083s	dungeon crawling uh what was best for
1086s	you um and how you prefer to see that
1090s	stuff work uh we would love to have your
1092s	feedback we always try to take
1093s	everything into account and send those
1095s	reports to our developers which is super
1097s	duper appreciated um and last but not
1100s	least we just want to remind you that
1101s	the Unseen order Cosmetics will end on
1103s	January 17th 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific
1107s	this is our last pack um with an FAQ uh
1111s	so if you want to check that out you can
1113s	check that out on our news site and um
1115s	yeah just want to give people enough
1117s	notice for
1119s	that and with that I think we're on to
1123s	our Caravan
1124s	update okay let me preface a little bit
1129s	here um as
1133s	always I must
1135s	disclaim that we are still a work in
1137s	progress that means that we are building
1140s	towards our Alpha 2 and our Alphas are
1143s	real Alphas they are not fake Alphas
1146s	meaning uh they are not a completed game
1149s	that's being ported over into a new
1151s	territory uh from a publishing
1153s	perspective so we are actively in
1155s	development of Ashes of creation Alpha 2
1157s	has not begun yet we have announced that
1159s	it will next year and that means that
1162s	things like visual effects and our UI
1164s	are still very Works in progress uh
1167s	along with any potenti bugs optimization
1170s	and performance uh those are cycles that
1173s	we have not dedicated a considerable
1176s	amount of time to yet as we are still in
1178s	the active development of our uh
1179s	features and core systems so with that
1182s	being said this particular live stream
1186s	uh has seen a great deal of work from
1189s	the team um in particular I want to give
1191s	some shoutouts to uh Michael Brady uh to
1194s	Kyle to uh Chris juusto um
1199s	and uh to how there's a lot of names
1202s	that have participated in bringing this
1204s	together um and uh this is a very
1207s	complicated system as I said it
1209s	intersects a lot of other systems and
1211s	that's what makes it complicated in
1213s	addition to uh the game mode being uh
1215s	focused around a vehicle and a a vehicle
1219s	that is unique with regards to the types
1220s	of components that it can yield uh as
1223s	well as uh being a stat driven type uh
1226s	vehicle so um there's a lot of complex
1228s	here uh and a lot of hard work has gone
1230s	into it uh it is not the end of the road
1232s	for this particular system uh there is
1234s	still a lot of work that needs to be
1236s	done um but I think you guys are going
1239s	to enjoy it and it was a lot of fun to
1242s	record so
1246s	[Music]
1250s	[Applause]
1251s	[Music]
1257s	enjoy
1259s	[Music]
1267s	hello everyone and welcome to another
1270s	live stream from the world of Vera and
1274s	we have an exciting stream for you today
1277s	we are going to be talking about the
1280s	Caravan system in ashes of creation and
1283s	it has been a little while since you
1286s	guys have been able to see a caravan uh
1290s	actually I believe since alpha 1 but
1293s	there has been a lot of work that has
1295s	been put into Caravan since then and I
1298s	would like to introduce some of our
1301s	absolute Stellar
1304s	developers who helped bring the new
1306s	Caravan system for Alpha 2 to life they
1310s	are one of our regulars senior designer
1314s	Mr Chris juusto Chris how you doing
1316s	buddy oh I'm doing well wonderfully how
1319s	are you doing stevenh I am doing SW it
1323s	is Monday day before Halloween we've got
1327s	extra Life coming up in just 5 days
1332s	where we're going to be up straight for
1334s	24 hours or actually a lot more than 24
1336s	hours that's going to be crazy but I am
1338s	doing swell sorry that's a long-winded
1340s	answer I love it we also have another
1345s	regular on the stream uh the man and
1348s	Between Two Ferns being combat design
1352s	and systems design our glorious designer
1356s	Dr bucky bucky how are you doing sir
1359s	hello I'm doing well ready to move some
1361s	cargo oo some cargo cargo actually this
1365s	is the first time I think the community
1368s	has heard it referred to as cargo but
1372s	cargo is the official name of supplies
1376s	that are transited by
1378s	Caravans and ships and ships that's
1382s	right yes very nice well happy to have
1384s	you Bucky we also have joining us the
1389s	Stellar
1391s	extraordinary environment artist Hal who
1394s	built all things Caravans in this live
1399s	stream how how you doing a I'm doing
1401s	good yeah I had a lot of help from a lot
1403s	of different disciplines but it's not
1406s	just me I
1407s	promise
1409s	that is true How's being very modest but
1412s	obviously bringing together a system
1414s	like this requires a lot of effort from
1416s	a lot of people uh but how specifically
1419s	modeled I thought what is a glorious Kar
1422s	Caravan the the default Kar Caravan
1425s	which players are about to see in a
1426s	little bit so awesome job there Hal
1428s	happy to have you here A happy and then
1431s	we have joining us an unfamiliar role on
1435s	our live streams but a role nonetheless
1437s	an ingal one of keeping all the pieces
1440s	moving in a non-chaotic and
1443s	somewhat somewhat orderly fashion one of
1447s	our glorious producers Mr Nathan Moore
1449s	Nathan how you doing buddy oh I'm so
1452s	excited uh excited to uh go drifting
1454s	around some Corners uh drop off some
1456s	Goods make a ton of money it's going to
1458s	be a good day in Vera yes it is going to
1460s	be a good day in Vera indeed now
1463s	speaking of a good day we are in a a
1469s	default building for nodes is that
1471s	correct Chris this is a default building
1474s	in the node meaning it comes with the
1477s	node when it reaches level
1480s	three very cool okay so this is the
1484s	hunting lodge or the Hunter's Lodge and
1487s	I see that there is a particular vendor
1490s	of note in this fine abod a commodity
1495s	vendor tell me what exactly the Comm
1498s	commodity vendor does well he does kind
1501s	of what his name says he sells
1503s	Commodities which as alluded to
1505s	previously is a form of cargo that is
1508s	transited by Caravans but um before we
1511s	talk to him I'd like you to open up your
1513s	inventory and we can talk a little bit
1515s	about what you're going to spend to get
1518s	that cargo
1520s	oo I'm assuming I need to be on my
1523s	materials page because the inventory
1526s	even though I have 1,000 gold might not
1527s	really help me here no your gold will
1530s	not help you so uh if it looks like
1532s	you're hovering over uh an item we call
1535s	glint uh comes in a few different
1537s	Rarities uh it was formerly known as the
1542s	monster certificates uh but we have
1545s	rebranded them all right now that is a
1548s	reveal so those of you in the audience
1550s	who remembers what monster certificates
1553s	were glint is now the name of the
1556s	monster certificate system
1558s	and glint serves a very integral role in
1562s	the economy within ashes of creation it
1566s	is a material substance that is acquired
1569s	through various means but primarily
1572s	hunting different antagonist within the
1575s	world and it is the physical form of
1579s	essence within the beasts of Vera so uh
1585s	when you acquire this it is bound to
1587s	your character and that is a very
1589s	important component of the economic
1592s	systems here because glint will be used
1595s	to pay for certain services such as
1597s	taxation for buildings that you have or
1602s	citizenship dues that are necessary but
1605s	within the context of today's
1607s	demonstration we will be talking about
1610s	glint as a currency to acquire
1614s	Commodities and Bucky talk to me a
1616s	little bit about the import importance
1618s	of
1620s	Commodities yeah so Commodities player
1622s	Commodities specifically is one of the
1624s	main ways players can make money or gold
1626s	in Vera and different nodes will sell
1629s	different Commodities at different
1630s	prices so the way you make money is by
1633s	you can either you know sell your glit
1635s	directly to the uh commodity vendor and
1638s	just make some quick money at the node
1640s	or the most profitable way to do it is
1642s	to buy some player Commodities and then
1645s	Transit them to other nodes where
1647s	they're going to be sold for prices at
1649s	the uh side effect is that you have
1652s	increased risk in doing so very cool so
1656s	glint allows us direct access to acquire
1661s	these Commodities that service the risk
1664s	verse
1665s	reward philosophy of
1669s	transiting Goods around the world
1671s	because the Caravan
1673s	system which carries and I'm going to go
1675s	to the cargo section the
1678s	Commodities available at this particular
1680s	node let's see if I can purchase this
1682s	okay I see it cost a rather good amount
1685s	of glint on that one and grab some of
1688s	the everb bur scented a case of klar
1692s	Wooden
1695s	Soldiers those are toys I assume that's
1697s	cool and some aged alen whiskey
1701s	barrel are these like GI Jo's like Kar
1703s	versions of the GI Jo's they are in
1706s	fact
1708s	that is super cool okay so I have
1711s	acquired a number of these Commodities
1713s	that are unique to this particular biome
1716s	uh Andor node um and now I have an
1721s	option Chris I can either sell the
1724s	Commodities back to a vendor in exchange
1727s	for gold or I can load them up and take
1730s	them elsewhere why would I want to do
1732s	that yeah so you as you mentioned you
1735s	can sell it back for around the cost you
1738s	bought them for in terms of the glint to
1740s	Gold conversion but uh
1744s	you could be putting them in a caravan
1747s	and taking them to another node because
1749s	that will increase the value based on
1751s	the Node you take it to how far it away
1754s	that node is and how many of that
1757s	commodity has been sold at that node
1759s	over the last 7 Days got it now what
1764s	types of exchange are possible ratio
1767s	wise
1768s	for taking this amount of
1772s	cargo right now I can get 150 it looks
1775s	like gold and 50 silver on this salt
1778s	cured meat shipment what type of
1781s	multiple can I get if I take it to
1783s	another node Al again that's going to
1785s	vary based on Turnin rates uh at that
1788s	node um but we're probably looking at
1791s	the node we're taking it to being around
1794s	eight gold for that wow that's huge and
1798s	that node is
1799s	only actually uh the closest one to here
1804s	is that corre now that is that is
1806s	correct now typically uh at launch we're
1810s	obviously going to have to balance these
1811s	numbers a lot more as the world keeps
1813s	getting bigger yes well actually thank
1816s	you Chris thank you for that cue because
1819s	as we have said many times before and
1822s	you shall hear now once again the most
1824s	important disclaimer you will hear in
1826s	this live stream
1828s	is that everything you see today is a
1830s	work in progress towards our Alpha 2
1832s	testing environment which means that the
1835s	art gets better particularly as it
1838s	relates to our UI uh and our visual
1842s	effects um so keep everything you're
1845s	seeing with a grain of salt if this is
1847s	the first time you've seen ashes of
1849s	creation and heard that particular
1851s	disclaimer uh you can take a look at
1854s	streams from many many ages ago and see
1858s	the difference between today and them
1860s	all right so I have arrived at a
1863s	building that you guys did see during
1865s	our nodes uh
1867s	demonstration um this is the caravaner
1870s	which is also a default building in
1873s	addition to the hunting lodge is that
1874s	correct Chris it is in fact and this is
1877s	where you're going to do all your
1879s	caravanning oo exciting exciting okay
1882s	now I don't have a caravan obviously
1885s	because I mean I'm just a loow Ranger
1888s	out in the Wilds trying to find my way
1892s	in life well this gentleman the Caravan
1895s	Master can help you acquire one oh the
1897s	Caravan master all right I see okay all
1901s	right he
1902s	has some thing here I see my storage uh
1907s	let me go to my material section I have
1909s	some cargo available but I do not see it
1913s	says no Caravans currently available for
1916s	me that's sad yep so at the top left
1919s	there you're going to be able to
1921s	purchase a
1923s	caravan okay so here I see it says
1926s	purchase and I'm assuming this means
1927s	that I can not only purchase the Caravan
1929s	but also the stall within which the
1932s	Caravan resides yep so um purchasing a
1936s	caravan uh will unlock that stall as
1938s	well and put a default Caravan in it all
1942s	right let me go ahead and make a
1944s	purchase here
1945s	ah we have our
1948s	Caravan it looks like with a number of
1950s	considerable and formidable stats I
1952s	might add uh available to it but these
1956s	stats could be improved could they not
1959s	Bucky yeah so Caravans have these items
1962s	within them called components and those
1964s	kind of act like the gear on the Caravan
1966s	so they can modify their stats grant
1969s	them passive and even active abilities
1971s	so you can if you upgrade your
1972s	components you can get power powerful
1974s	Caravans I see and just looking at this
1977s	basic Caravan it only has a capacity for
1981s	1X two cargo that's relatively
1984s	unfortunate because that doesn't seem
1987s	like a lot for my time but I assume if I
1990s	were to
1991s	perhaps equip this carriage in its place
1996s	nope that didn't do anything let's
1998s	try the reinforced
2002s	chassie let's take a look at that buddy
2004s	oh yeah oh my goodness this thing can
2008s	now take quite a hall but that's not all
2012s	I'm gonna add the wheel set the uh beast
2015s	of burden and the plated Armor All of
2017s	which I assume are doing some amazing
2020s	things down here in the Caravan stat
2022s	section yeah the Beast of Burden
2024s	primarily affects speed uh armor will
2026s	make you more survivable shoot your en
2028s	counter combat and then yeah like you
2030s	were looking at just now the uh chassis
2032s	and body kind of provides some of the
2034s	core stats like the health and also
2036s	storage capacity the
2038s	Caravan very cool that's awesome
2041s	um I'm going to take two Salt cured
2046s	meats
2047s	because I assume that we're going to be
2050s	successful we will delivery okay very
2053s	good we're powerful we are very very
2056s	powerful all right let me go ahead now
2059s	do I click launch Chris correct you're
2061s	going to hit launch and you're going to
2063s	get uh an item in your inventory once
2065s	you click launch
2068s	right oh yeah I'll launch a caravan too
2070s	with you guys oh okay very cool very
2072s	cool you got a busted Caravan or you got
2074s	a good one it's uh you know it's pretty
2076s	standard but you know it'll get be there
2078s	oh okay very nice all right uh I see
2081s	that I have a caravan event oh and it's
2084s	telling me to find a location to summon
2085s	the Caravan so this Caravan event starts
2089s	even prior to me finding the location
2090s	for my Caravan
2095s	because yeah you you got to organize
2097s	your event you know and you also want to
2100s	find a safe spot to launch your Caravan
2104s	ah very cool all right now we can go out
2108s	here in the world I assume within some
2110s	level of proxim proximity to the node
2114s	okay I see that's being here by the uh
2117s	endgame radius okay very cool that's
2120s	cool got a little slate wolf over here
2122s	let's take care of him
2126s	first
2130s	all
2132s	right I am going to go ahead
2136s	and I assume Chris I'm going to open my
2139s	inventory yep so you're going to have a
2141s	little Caravan
2143s	item and when you rightclick it you're
2146s	going to be in Deployable mode for you
2148s	to be able to place that uh your it's a
2153s	representation that you're summoning the
2155s	Caravan so that people around you know
2157s	that you are launching a caravan ah very
2161s	cool all right so then it's important
2163s	for me to find a place that's relatively
2166s	obscured so as not to attract any unwan
2169s	eyes yeah smart of us to get away from
2171s	the note a little bit in case any other
2173s	players would have seen our Expedition
2176s	yes good call good call well done all
2180s	right you're summoning yours too over
2181s	here how come your your Caravan isn't
2184s	like I mean it looks like it's on par
2186s	with mine
2188s	yes it could be but it might not be
2192s	might be the default Caravan Bucky if
2194s	you just needed some components I could
2195s	have given them to you no this this
2197s	one's going to work good I believe in
2200s	it Luck's a Pro
2202s	Gamer Bucky are you a Pro Gamer yes I in
2206s	fact am a Pro Gamer very nice so this is
2209s	taking a good amount of time it's only
2211s	mine's only about 50%
2214s	completed right now this this takes um
2217s	by default about 2 minutes uh the amount
2220s	of time it takes can be augmented by how
2222s	players choose to upgrade the
2224s	caravaner um but this is taking an
2227s	amount of
2228s	time so that people can start to scout
2232s	for Caravans that might be popping up
2234s	very nice now another very important
2236s	aspect of that time that it's taking is
2239s	that the time is relative to the
2242s	distance that the summoning is occurring
2245s	even out in the world let's say you find
2248s	some some loot that is in the form of
2250s	cargo and you want to haul that back
2253s	somewhere you can use an action to
2256s	summon your Caravan from the closest
2258s	node to that location and you will spawn
2261s	this similar summoning function and the
2264s	time to travel to you will be predicated
2266s	on the distance to the node the
2268s	components of the Caravan and any other
2270s	the potential benefits or Buffs that are
2272s	denoted by special building construction
2275s	relics or policies is that correct
2278s	exactly um and it's also worth keeping
2280s	in mind you can only summon out in the
2282s	wild if it's an empty Caravan very nice
2286s	yes look at mine and look at yours
2291s	Bucky this the same Caravan they both
2294s	look
2295s	great show us the difference between
2297s	these two pictures they're the same
2299s	picture oh my gosh how this is a great
2302s	looking Caravan
2304s	a it looks amazing mine's like a tank
2308s	and this is the default klar Caravan is
2310s	that correct oh no I believe this is the
2313s	tier two or a tier five I think actually
2315s	for these on yes yes so I have the
2317s	upgraded components of it um and there
2321s	are obviously a different number of
2323s	skins that you can acquire in the game
2324s	and um uh Andor Cosmetics that have been
2327s	purchased that will be different looking
2330s	Caravans but if you don't have skins
2332s	applied this is the version of tier one
2334s	and tier two that you will see in the
2336s	game
2337s	by default that looks that that looks
2339s	great I mean this is this is amazing
2342s	talk to me how a little bit about what
2344s	it took to construct these Caravans to
2346s	build them I mean are this is this a
2348s	highly componentized system yeah yeah
2351s	that is correct so you actually have a
2354s	couple different components like you saw
2356s	in the um Caravan screen before and each
2359s	of those are things that can visually be
2361s	upgraded kind of as like as their own
2364s	thing so it would be possible to have
2365s	like only nicer Wheels
2367s	or like only a nice chassis and that's
2369s	going to be visually represented so
2371s	players can kind of like see what
2373s	potential Buffs you might have for
2375s	example you can see Stevens has all that
2377s	tank looking armor that's going to be
2380s	able to kind of let people just like
2382s	looking from the outside maybe attackers
2384s	not that we support stealing Caravans
2387s	but no of course if I didn't want to do
2389s	that you know I could see that maybe I
2392s	would want to go for Stevens's Caravan
2395s	yes that's right I want everyone out in
2399s	the maybe I would go for not Steven's
2403s	carav yeah every Caravan now in ashes is
2406s	going to be named not Steven's
2409s	carav oh no well then they would go
2412s	after not Steven's Caravan so you don't
2414s	want to name it don't do
2418s	that oh man I should have got the two
2421s	horse Edition dude I'm going so slow
2425s	literally half the horsepower
2429s	you do have half the horsepower why are
2431s	you moving so slowly back there well my
2434s	Beast of Burden isn't as upgraded as wor
2436s	so I don't have as high of a boost stat
2438s	as you
2440s	do once we get to this road though we're
2443s	going to we're going to get a road buff
2444s	which will boost most of our movement
2446s	speeds ah very cool okay so so being on
2449s	a road versus off-road is more
2452s	beneficial because of that buff but in
2454s	addition the components that that we are
2458s	using um are not necessarily made for
2460s	offering but will be some that dark yeah
2463s	exactly so there'll be different
2465s	variants of each of the components with
2467s	the wheels for example would have
2468s	variants that will excel perhaps at
2471s	off-road over onroad and vice versa so
2474s	right now we have Caravans that are set
2475s	up more for the onroad um portion but
2478s	you do you will travel faster over roads
2481s	but that obviously comes with the
2482s	increased risk of running into other
2483s	players or monsters that are blocking
2485s	Road oh wow I see I have the I have the
2487s	road buff now where are you Bucky I'm
2491s	almost on the road should I wait for you
2494s	uh
2496s	yes very well this is a this is a
2499s	caravan of Caravans right we're a team
2501s	here oh okay Caravan of carav I like
2503s	that all right here we go we we the
2506s	decoy you
2507s	know there we go I see the importance I
2510s	mean this the Caravan system is is
2512s	somewhat treacherous I mean you should
2514s	be you should uh take caution with this
2518s	I mean I feel very
2520s	susceptible yeah well we got our group
2522s	of Defenders with us at least we're not
2524s	running completely solo that's
2527s	true yeah it's definitely something and
2529s	this goes for a lot of the node features
2530s	right where we're trying to create these
2532s	ways for you know people who maybe are
2535s	used to sort of a more solo MMO like
2538s	gameplay experience to have easy ways to
2540s	take that first step into like
2542s	collaborating or competing with each
2544s	other so that's really one of the things
2546s	that we spent a lot of time talking
2548s	about for this system absolutely and
2550s	perhaps I assume um Bucky Chris that in
2554s	regards to the design of the component
2558s	system if I am utilizing components that
2561s	might give my Caravan a significantly
2564s	higher stat of speed it's unlikely that
2567s	I would also at the same time be able to
2569s	select components that were to give uh
2572s	an equitable amount of benefit in the
2575s	stat of let's say cargo or health it's
2578s	going to be tradeoff in that sense yeah
2580s	that's exactly right like so you'll be
2582s	able to have Caravans of different
2583s	customizations but there won't be one
2585s	Caravan that does everything to best you
2586s	have to make sacrifices depending on
2588s	what you want to use your Caravan for if
2589s	you want to have an off-road Caravan a
2591s	really fast onroad Caravan or just a
2593s	slow tanky Caravan that can hold a lot
2594s	of stuff there'll be lot options players
2596s	can can choose to uh out their Caravans
2600s	with very
2603s	cool already I can see the obvious
2606s	benefit and
2607s	choices that certain players will have I
2610s	mean if as as Nathan was saying if
2611s	you're the most more solo oriented
2613s	player you might just want to have the
2616s	fastest possible Caravan around because
2618s	one you're not worrying about people to
2619s	stick you know close to you but also if
2622s	you do come under attack your chances of
2625s	succeeding at a fight are far less than
2627s	getting away by
2629s	speed yeah that's that's true or I could
2632s	also see a variant though where you want
2633s	to just you know go
2635s	off
2638s	no why is tuac here uh is he just on his
2642s	path I think he's just on his path uh
2644s	you're going to want to turn around we
2645s	cannot take that oh I wonder if he'll
2648s	turn around if he detects us I think he
2652s	probably would okay should is stay back
2657s	here yeah yeah this path is not uh not
2659s	for us we go ahead give us a turnar
2661s	around and I'll show you my secret
2663s	little off-road path all righty okay all
2666s	right let's just turn around here
2669s	apologies I'll
2674s	hold this is what wecky for come on over
2678s	this way no D I stopped so quick when
2679s	you guys said that I was like hiding the
2681s	Rocks already back here that would have
2683s	turned out to be a very bad
2688s	stream all right come on
2691s	through okay just like a super peaceful
2694s	pathway right like it's super peaceful
2699s	okay barely even
2702s	dangerous is like I know away guys don't
2706s	worry oh God spiders I'm just assuming
2710s	you guys will take care of that yeah you
2712s	know that's that's their job as a
2713s	Defenders we just got to keep rolling
2715s	better be careful not to aggro any
2718s	Steven no I am trying not to I don't
2720s	really see any up here
2724s	though nothing too crazy up
2727s	here yeah but this is one of the this is
2730s	one of the dangers is you may never know
2732s	what's on the road the road has a buff
2735s	that's great but it also has a little
2738s	bit more visibility and that can be a
2740s	problem and so off-roading is a
2743s	necessary component of the Caravan
2746s	system and traveling in general and
2748s	because of that there will be components
2750s	that make traveling off-road a bit
2752s	easier
2754s	perhaps yeah certainly
2761s	I'm trying to get back to
2763s	the yeah I'm definitely slower I'm
2767s	rolling we're still rolling should have
2769s	gone for the off-road wheels maybe did
2772s	we get lost is there like a path up here
2774s	back to the road yeah no no you're good
2776s	you're good you're going the right
2777s	way follow the spiders oh
2782s	yeah oh God uh I'm I'm taking starting
2784s	to take a little bit of damage here
2787s	Hey Hey Stephen we might need to heal
2789s	and I remember you equipping some kind
2791s	of healing item yes okay all right
2794s	they're eating the horses they're
2795s	definitely eating the
2797s	horses where's a tank when you need one
2800s	I just activated the healing thing wow
2802s	that's actually pretty good those are
2803s	good heals yeah that's a that's a strong
2806s	hot right there
2810s	wow it's perfectly balanced perf y final
2815s	pass
2816s	I think we could have definitely taken
2818s	two buck I don't know about that spiders
2822s	versus
2823s	giant head hours
2827s	later
2831s	uhoh that would that did not work out oh
2835s	no you can't you can't drive off cliffs
2837s	stepen yeah I thought these were those
2839s	kind of
2840s	horses the cliff jumper horses yeah
2845s	we
2847s	you actually have to unlock a different
2848s	service building to get recruitment of
2850s	those of jumping horses so can I get
2852s	spider
2854s	horses just different kind no no even
2857s	come down this way I no this this looks
2860s	fine this yeah you'll make it you'll
2862s	make it we can make this one I mean
2864s	these these horses are that
2867s	fragile we've made it back to the watch
2869s	t just comes out of
2872s	nowhere just like I found you I've been
2875s	waiting for you you
2878s	OB how you doing back there Bucky um oh
2882s	yeah oh yeah here yeah I mean I've I've
2885s	just been defending him the whole time
2887s	uhhuh thank you guys yeah yeah you're
2889s	welcome we do it for you oh I see we've
2892s	come across a little river up
2894s	here that looks like we'll have to make
2896s	a
2897s	Crossing ooh this is a great little
2901s	image I'm digging this hold let me turn
2904s	off the
2905s	uh
2906s	hold on can you catch me uh on my album
2908s	cover looking away from the camera well
2911s	no I can't where are you hold on we got
2914s	to get the good album cover photo where
2916s	we're all looking away just looking off
2917s	into like
2920s	desperation another day in Vera now it's
2924s	my chance they're distracted I can pass
2925s	them no even even if I gave you a
2929s	head that with that little
2932s	hoopty oh yeah my money's on Steven here
2937s	okay so now uh we were intending to show
2940s	this upd with this update the transition
2943s	from land to River with the raft system
2948s	Caravans when they intersect with a
2949s	river they uh go into a construction
2953s	stage why don't you talk to me a little
2955s	bit about that uh how and
2958s	Chris yeah so um
2961s	the primary there's like two kind of
2963s	methods to crossing rivers right one of
2965s	them is with Bridges which are
2967s	constructed by Mayors and players uh but
2970s	the other method is via a transformation
2974s	into a raft um now it will push you at a
2978s	little bit of a um it'll make you a
2981s	little bit of a Sitting Duck while
2982s	you're transitioning once you're in the
2984s	water you'll get kind of a nice speed
2986s	boost from the currents um and it's a
2989s	alternate means to getting stuck on the
2991s	choke points that are
2994s	bridges very
2996s	cool yep that will be an update coming
3000s	shortly it was uh we were having some
3003s	bugs I'm really stoked for you guys to
3005s	see it though it's already looking
3006s	really cool and yes I'm so hyped about
3009s	it oh how how has been intrical in
3013s	creating the assets for showcasing what
3017s	that transition looks and feels like and
3020s	helping to demonstrate the construction
3022s	process of the raft it is super cool to
3025s	see even how how you've Incorporated the
3027s	more componentized system of creating
3030s	this Caravan as a whole into being able
3033s	to adapt uh for that construction scene
3037s	um all the pieces that are relevant on
3039s	different skins and cosmetics for the
3040s	Caravan as well yeah it's been really
3043s	fun kind of figuring out how we're going
3045s	to like like show certain things make
3048s	everything work together like balance
3050s	all the pieces but it's yeah it's been a
3052s	fun time and I think kind of visually
3055s	showing things like for example like the
3057s	cargo um to kind of like which can we're
3060s	still kind of working with techart to
3061s	get this fully up and running but you
3063s	are eventually going to be able to get a
3065s	good visual view of like how much cargo
3067s	someone's going to be holding and you
3068s	know the possible reward you're going to
3070s	be able to get too so it's yeah it's
3072s	it's been a really fun time yeah it's
3075s	been it's been super cool to watch this
3077s	this bridge by the way is a a bit slower
3080s	than the road well you're not getting a
3083s	road buff on this bridge
3084s	Stephen
3086s	oh that's so sad so Bridges bridges can
3090s	be upgraded you know and that will let
3093s	them provide you more speed I should be
3095s	getting the uh uh Road the bridge buff
3099s	the bridge buff should be
3101s	just super
3105s	powerful you Tokyo drift off a bridge
3108s	yes
3109s	exactly they did that a few times in uh
3112s	whatever that
3114s	was there are lots of movies that have
3116s	drifting I know no there's only one
3119s	there's only one it's the Polar Express
3122s	isn't
3125s	it no it has like been diesel in them um
3129s	Fast and the Furious yes Fast and the
3131s	Furious you know that one Fast and the
3133s	Furious movie that one out of 30 Fast
3135s	and Furious
3138s	M we should get some fast and furious
3141s	versions of the
3144s	Caravan you say it the more you will it
3147s	into existence ju has like his finger on
3150s	the trigger to just make like t7 Caravan
3154s	components you can't carry any cargo you
3156s	just max speed and you get a drifting
3158s	ability that's it that's all he wants in
3160s	life my God that' be so
3162s	good that be so
3166s	great I'm loving I'm getting like the
3168s	Cinematic shots right now yeah the
3172s	environment team has done such an
3173s	amazing job about bringing ver to life
3175s	and the that's been another cool thing
3176s	about us being able to show off this
3178s	live stream is we've kind of kept a lot
3180s	of the uh exploration of Vera uh Under
3184s	Wraps because we want to you know make
3185s	sure that people get that first glimpse
3188s	of it when the servers go online for A2
3190s	but we can show off some of that stuff
3192s	here super oh my God there's a bear oh
3195s	oh no danger bear get CH somebody oh
3201s	no oh we just entered a super moody part
3204s	of the forest
3207s	okay there's a bear that way I'm going
3209s	to go this way I'm going to go left
3211s	opposite the direction of the Bears yes
3213s	yes I'm going to go oh there's little
3216s	Rabbids over there too oh
3219s	no
3222s	okay just got off the bridge oh oh
3225s	whoops my bad just calling it out you
3227s	know for the team we're just going to
3229s	wait here and admire the the beautiful
3232s	scene which by the way Zachary and um
3236s	Hans did a phenomenal job with looks so
3240s	good yeah it's looking really cool I
3242s	like this next area coming up
3244s	too almost on our way to mirth here oh
3248s	Mir like I really like this next area
3250s	he's talking about the second bridge
3252s	still it's like yeah the river you guys
3254s	seen The River yet wow oh no there's a
3259s	bridge there you need to be careful
3260s	there were some trolls
3262s	nearby ah you made
3264s	it
3266s	welcome back Bucky I really should have
3268s	just given you some components to put on
3270s	your Cur really just the horse the extra
3271s	horse could have probably helped a lot
3273s	you know yeah or just the horse yeah
3275s	it's
3277s	true it's too bad we can't have like a
3279s	pit stop and put on the another horse
3282s	for you just spot it into existence that
3284s	would be cool although once the Caravans
3286s	are parked you're are able to upgrade
3288s	the
3289s	components so every time every time you
3292s	park the Caravan in the stall at any
3294s	node you can adjust
3296s	oh whoa
3298s	who what's up ahead there's a giant
3302s	fallen
3304s	tree I don't think I can chop through
3306s	this one guys no let's let's uh maybe we
3310s	go Offroad a little bit
3313s	here so juo I could be wrong but this
3315s	looks like one of our environmental
3317s	hazards at work
3319s	yeah oh ju you're
3322s	muted how about now there you go
3326s	there we go I made it uh yeah so
3328s	something um that can happen to Caravans
3331s	while they're traveling along roads or
3333s	out in the world is um there are events
3336s	kind of waiting for Caravans yes I can
3339s	chop them well first I got to I have to
3343s	do a little cheating first but yes I can
3345s	do that um you actually you can interact
3348s	with the environment though to free up
3349s	the area to move through too yeah that'd
3351s	be
3352s	yep hold
3354s	on
3356s	don't show my GM
3362s	panel oh my God just killed a
3367s	horse what is wrong what is wrong with
3370s	you oh no Chris
3376s	no uh excellent this
3381s	isry we had an unbelievable you're
3386s	I didn't do it on purpose so we're going
3388s	to transfer the goods from Steven's
3390s	Caravan over to buy that's that's a good
3393s	that's a good Community question do
3394s	players want trees do fall
3398s	damage we all know what the answer to
3400s	that question is the answer is the
3402s	resounding Yes trees falling on people
3404s	should do damage should destroy Caravans
3407s	one
3408s	shot
3411s	unbelievable I'm sorry Chris what were
3413s	you saying uh something about Caravans
3416s	on routes um they uh so yeah when you're
3420s	traveling with the Caravan um there are
3422s	events that can trigger as a result of
3424s	you being there with a caravan um that
3427s	can either block your way or um spawn
3431s	things to attack your Caravan um and
3433s	require you to kind of um make decisions
3436s	about how you want to proceed right
3438s	whether you turn around and go somewhere
3439s	else or you find a path Offroad um all
3443s	with different kind of dangers assoc
3445s	iated with
3446s	them very
3451s	cool how are you doing back there Bucky
3454s	fall in your tracks it's looking
3457s	good after our assistance and clearing
3460s	the path for you you're welcome thank
3462s	you yeah you you were doing a good job
3463s	guiding me too attempted murder little
3467s	column a little column B I'm believable
3470s	listen I've only been playing a defender
3472s	of your
3474s	Caravan
3476s	the long con right before we get
3483s	there actually good good call out though
3485s	is that if you register to defend a
3487s	caravan you won't never be able to
3488s	unregister and immediately attack the
3490s	carav beginning to the end ah very good
3492s	call very good point there and then in
3494s	addition to that you can be registered
3497s	participant in multiple Caravan events
3500s	at
3501s	once so if you had let's say a caravan
3506s	of you could put both Caravans in the
3509s	same rate mhm very cool speaking of
3513s	Caravans welcome thank you I returned
3516s	you have nice of you to join us
3523s	Caravan I go right here oh you're going
3525s	to go right
3528s	yeah there's some time for the holidays
3531s	yeah oh they came back oh no oh no are
3534s	they alive
3539s	I'm not
3540s	stopping oh this is creepy with the fog
3546s	too
3549s	okay there's another skeleton over there
3553s	all right I'm sure this one won't notice
3554s	us yeah no you're good it eyes aren't so
3558s	good no zombies in the middle of the
3564s	road
3566s	oh oh no okay maybe not
3570s	zombies no I don't think these are
3572s	zombies it
3574s	say I'm going to scout ahead and see if
3577s	uh oh god oh this this seems like hey
3580s	Bucky do you want to go ahead Bucky
3582s	forward okay oh oh what are you doing
3585s	you pulled them I didn't pull anything
3588s	no no I learned from watching you I'm
3591s	going to Repulsor blast do it do it do
3593s	it get get out of here here oh oh my God
3597s	they went flying just keep driving
3599s	Steven fly I don't think they can find
3601s	their way back to us I think we're good
3604s	okay are we good nope they found him oh
3608s	it's shooting me those
3610s	heals run St run it's shooting the
3614s	Caravan go on without
3617s	us oh the
3620s	blast oh
3623s	no can I get some of those heals no all
3626s	right just just
3629s	reject some heels you got heals I'm
3631s	actually I'm I'm hanging in
3634s	there not keeping up
3637s	oh oh gosh I love that blast St use the
3641s	Sprint get out of here okay all right
3643s	good luck
3646s	run oh I just activated that Sprint I am
3650s	there he goting out of here right
3654s	now
3656s	oh thanks
3657s	guys maybe I'll make it after all I
3661s	don't think so all right now we target
3662s	Bucky no
3667s	no healers after your Caravan I'm almost
3670s	at miror how far is Mir holy sh you're
3673s	right it's right around the corner this
3675s	is the closest
3678s	node I mean the world's pretty big
3681s	Stephen that was a nice little nice
3683s	little Caravan Expedition we did I am
3686s	arriving oh God there's more skeletons
3688s	and there's bats or
3691s	Ravens where why aren't they in their
3693s	Rookery they're wild they're wild f with
3699s	Ravens wow okay I am I think coming
3702s	actually
3703s	upon mirth
3707s	yeah how' you guys
3710s	fair I mean I'm uh hopping behind you
3713s	very slowly
3716s	oh the rudest
3719s	stepen actually just speed boosting me
3722s	right you're like why walk when you can
3723s	just be repuls or blast on cool down
3726s	that was so
3730s	funny so I've lost the uh Street buff uh
3734s	yeah once you're in to the node yeah
3736s	once you're in the perview of the node
3737s	you you got to travel at slow speeds or
3741s	the guards will get
3743s	you
3746s	all
3747s	right we're almost
3750s	there
3752s	whoa we're almost there is that how it
3755s	goes exactly exactly that's the exact
3758s	lyrics of the song for sure gets
3761s	copyright
3762s	struck
3765s	no now what happens so I'm seeing that
3768s	we have this little area in front of us
3771s	that denotes the Turnin radius what
3774s	happens when I reach well you're
3777s	about a second away from finding
3780s	out oh we did it well not yet
3784s	technically we're almost doing
3791s	it it is
3796s	done all right so I assume now that
3799s	there is going to be a hunter Lodge here
3801s	where I can go and sell this cargo
3804s	exactly come follow me follow me we'll
3807s	go and see ah I
3811s	see uh so if you want to give him a
3814s	little chat here all right let us
3816s	discuss with this fine gentleman whoops
3820s	there we
3822s	go you'll notice cargo you're going to
3825s	go to your materials and look at that we
3828s	got mirror if you scroll down to the
3830s	bottom of the mirror left tab you're
3832s	going to see what you
3833s	delivered
3835s	very nice okay that's cool so now this
3838s	is worth yeah eight eight gold 69 silver
3842s	I can do math well
3845s	done oh that's cool I'm going to sell
3848s	that sell that and that and that and you
3852s	notice this gentleman sells different
3854s	items than the last node you were in oh
3856s	yeah he's got some ancient alen wine and
3859s	a case of dunar
3862s	tools oh that's cool
3866s	nice very
3868s	nice cool that's awesome well look at
3872s	that we've fully demonstrated the
3874s	Caravan loop from uh certificates or the
3877s	newly named glint into Commodities
3881s	transited with the Caravan system
3883s	discussed a little bit about the intense
3884s	of that system and how it is intended to
3886s	be used for Alpha 2 as a core Loop of
3889s	the economic gam play and we have
3892s	succeeded in delivering through the
3894s	perilous Journey that was the riverlands
3897s	our Commodities to M
3900s	blath juusto Bucky plan andorf and Hal
3906s	thank you all for joining us today and
3908s	demonstrating the Caravan system I know
3911s	that I speak for the audience when I say
3913s	your guys's hard work is extremely
3916s	appreciated and cherished by this
3918s	community that cannot wait for ashes of
3920s	creation I hope that everyone in the
3921s	audience enjoyed the demonstration today
3924s	if you have thoughts um please share
3927s	them with us that is why we do these
3929s	streams that is why we show you guys
3932s	monthly the updates to the game um it is
3935s	obviously very important to us to hear
3937s	uh your comments on what you enjoyed
3940s	what you thought could be done
3941s	differently um leave them in Twitter on
3944s	the forums on Reddit on Discord uh and
3947s	on YouTube it means the world to us we
3949s	capture all that information and we
3951s	analyze it internally but with that
3954s	being said
3955s	said very excited to get to Alpha 2 so
3958s	that all of you can start playing with
3959s	these systems and testing it's going to
3963s	be pretty exciting guys thank you for
3964s	joining us thank you see you back on
3967s	stream byebye bye
3973s	bye all
3975s	right well I'm going to play that video
3978s	whilst we answer some questions from we
3981s	had twitch chat uh we've got we have a
3985s	part a watch party if you didn't know
3986s	you can head on over to our Discord
3988s	there's a watch party and they all chat
3990s	and listen to it at the same time um and
3992s	also from Discord so we've been pulling
3994s	questions from everywhere Roshan and
3995s	vagnar have been killing it they've been
3997s	sending them to me if your question
3998s	doesn't get answered here it might be
4000s	because it's already from a forum Q&A
4002s	question because we did get quite a few
4004s	Caravan questions from that so first and
4006s	foremost uh people are wondering are we
4009s	to transfer physical Goods I.E fish from
4011s	a coastal region into the mountains to
4013s	sell to other plac players absolutely
4016s	yeah that is this was commodity focused
4019s	right so there are um two primary or
4022s	three I guess primary methods by which
4024s	Caravans Transit the world the first is
4026s	when players are moving Commodities the
4029s	second is when players are moving
4030s	materials and resources right and that's
4033s	to your question um that's relevant
4035s	because materials and resources across
4037s	the world are unique to the geographic
4040s	region in which they are produced or
4042s	which they spawn and and crafting
4045s	stations are located at certain nodes
4048s	and nodes specialize the types of
4049s	crafting stations that they can have so
4051s	the transit of those materials across
4053s	the world is a necessary component of
4055s	keeping the economy alive and where
4057s	there is a demand there will be a supply
4060s	um so that's with regards to the second
4062s	reason for transiting Caravans the third
4064s	is when Mayors and system generated
4067s	Caravans Transit the world uh this is
4070s	for nodes to acquire certain types of
4073s	node Commodities or node resources that
4075s	they need to initiate Public Work
4077s	projects and to initiate construction
4079s	projects um so what we saw today was
4082s	Commodities which is going to be the
4084s	primary method by which players earn
4086s	gold and that's through acquiring
4088s	Commodities with glint which is a bound
4091s	uh currency uh and then turning that
4094s	those Commodities in for gold which is
4097s	then player-to-player traded
4099s	currencies all right um our next
4102s	question is can you lose the Caravan
4105s	upgrade components if the Caravan is
4107s	destroyed you have to then get upgrades
4109s	again not only yeah not only can you
4111s	lose the Caravan components if the
4113s	caravan's destroyed you lose all of the
4115s	Caravan components and you lose the
4117s	Caravan um however if the Caravan takes
4121s	damage damage can be done to components
4124s	directly as well depending on the source
4126s	and directionality of the damage uh and
4129s	those components can be destroyed even
4132s	if the Caravan survives um which which
4134s	would require replacement of those
4135s	components as well all right and you
4138s	talked a little bit about gold here
4139s	people are wondering and obviously I
4142s	know the answer here but are gold prices
4144s	seen on stream too low maybe you know
4147s	obviously we're not at balance point in
4150s	regards currency yeah there's there's
4152s	two points there one which is the point
4154s	you're making is that I wouldn't read
4156s	into anything regarding balance right
4157s	now at this stage we are we have not
4160s	done balance passes when it comes to
4162s	currencies when it comes to damage
4163s	numbers when it comes to cool down
4166s	probably be that time frame when we want
4168s	more balance we we'll do different
4171s	levels of balance checks at different
4173s	stages right and how and what you're
4175s	describing with beta is where we get
4177s	really granular and we prepare the
4179s	balance passes for launch um we do
4181s	fingerin the wind balances right now
4183s	right so we don't spend a lot of time in
4185s	it we just do what kind of feels okay
4187s	our poor economy folks are like I'm
4189s	making spreadsheets all day Stephen I
4191s	know I know exactly um but uh that's the
4195s	first point the second point is remember
4198s	the demonstration you just saw was from
4201s	one node to another that was the closest
4204s	node so the further you Transit the
4207s	Commodities in the world the greater the
4210s	return rate is for that commodity why
4213s	because the risk is greater the further
4215s	you travel the more risk you inherit um
4218s	now it's important to note that at the
4219s	end of this uh demonstration you just
4221s	saw I sold the Commodities to the mirth
4226s	node I didn't have to do that I could
4228s	have kept the Winstead Commodities that
4231s	I originated with in mirth and launched
4235s	another Caravan at a later time to take
4238s	those Commodities to a node even further
4240s	away and sold it for a higher exchange
4243s	rate in addition depending on the times
4246s	in which nodes exist it is entirely
4250s	possible that Winstead might be
4252s	destroyed at some point in the future
4254s	and I have a hoorde of Winstead
4256s	Commodities that I've been saving in
4259s	other nodes that would dramatically
4261s	increase the price as well so there's
4263s	speculation within the market also which
4266s	is an important component I think of the
4268s	intricacies that uh a good economic
4271s	gameplay needs to provide oh and any of
4273s	us who have played any MMO you know
4276s	there's a a whole game just with selling
4280s	and trading things so uh for people who
4282s	enjoy that aspect they will definitely
4284s	be that for you um maybe even on a
4287s	larger scale um the next question here
4289s	is how large is the radius for the
4291s	announcement of the Caravan like how how
4294s	why does that go out to people who are
4297s	maybe in the area who either want to uh
4300s	take you know and attack it or maybe
4303s	help it defend absolutely so what you're
4306s	describing is essentially an event
4308s	notification and at a certain proximity
4311s	to the Caravan any player will receive
4313s	the event notification to participate
4315s	either as an attacker or as a Defender
4319s	um that proximity radius can be
4322s	augmented either through uh players
4326s	advancement within The Highwaymen uh uh
4329s	uh system which is for Defenders or
4332s	attackers um you can increase the radius
4335s	but also the components can increase and
4337s	or decrease uh the radius of that um
4340s	event notify as well uh so it is
4344s	something that we're going to be
4345s	balancing as you described earlier uh
4347s	through Alpha 2 testing is going to be
4348s	important for that um but you know the
4352s	idea here is that the Caravan system has
4354s	an inherent risk and that is that
4356s	players out on the roads when you're uh
4359s	you know far away from these node
4361s	locations uh can gank your Caravans but
4364s	as I was describing uh in the in the um
4369s	uh stream in the
4371s	Showcase this is something that will
4374s	influence how you construct your Caravan
4376s	and which components you want to go for
4378s	so for example if you're a solo player
4381s	and you don't intend on transiting a lot
4383s	of materials at once you may not need
4385s	the large cargo capacity but instead you
4388s	want the faster uh speed because you
4391s	intend to outrun any potential
4393s	adversaries that you might face on the
4396s	roads um that is a viable strategic uh
4400s	option for you when constructing your
4402s	Caravan um in addition you saw that
4405s	there are a number of different
4406s	abilities that Caravans can be equipped
4408s	with based on the loadout of the
4411s	components that you have for your
4412s	Caravan that is also going to influence
4415s	um how you interact with PVP and
4417s	potential adversaries and since you're
4419s	talking about you know how much you can
4421s	put on your Caravan folks are wondering
4423s	what is the most one Caravan can
4426s	transport that's a good question that
4428s	that that question has not been answered
4430s	yet and it likely will not be answered
4432s	until we have been a able to test the
4435s	system with a good amount of players and
4437s	in a relatively persistent setting uh
4440s	which is what Alpha 2 is intended to
4442s	provide this next question is a very
4444s	interesting one because it affects a lot
4446s	of our content creators um especially
4448s	those who stream live and they're
4450s	curious are there any plans to prevent
4451s	streamers from getting harassed when
4453s	trying to start a
4455s	caravan that's a that's that's a tough
4458s	question um you know obviously we will
4462s	have um you know certain systems that
4466s	won't lend well to streaming uh because
4470s	certain systems have uh a requirement of
4473s	secrecy Andor at least some level of
4475s	strategic ambiguity so uh players need
4478s	to be conscientious of that fact uh when
4481s	they're intending to uh both stream and
4484s	play ashes of creation um you know those
4487s	are things that we cannot solve uh
4490s	because Intrigue is an intrinsic part of
4492s	the game um recommendations there are
4496s	options to have stream delays for your
4497s	stream you can choose how long that
4499s	delay is I know that that makes it hard
4501s	for having interactions but as a fellow
4502s	streamer I understand I've played many
4505s	PVP games and uh sometimes it's fun
4508s	because it brings the battle to you so
4509s	if you're cool with that I've always
4511s	enjoyed that in that in like FPS games
4513s	MMO games I've always brought friends
4515s	with me so I would highly recommend you
4517s	know having a crew that askes protection
4520s	for you cuz you're going to need it
4524s	absolutely um but that's the whole point
4526s	of MMOs is to have friends create a
4529s	community I'm still friends with some of
4530s	the people I met when I was like 14
4532s	which is pretty cool oh yeah uh the next
4536s	one here is does speed vary based on the
4538s	weight of the items in the Caravan or is
4541s	it primarily just the Caravan itself and
4543s	the upgrades that you have on it yeah at
4546s	this time speed is not influenced by
4548s	capacity uh speed is a stat that lives
4551s	on the vehicle and that stat can be aug
4553s	augmented through the component choices
4555s	that are made uh but weight is not a
4557s	factor um that's where we leave the game
4559s	play primarily to the spatial uh system
4563s	um obviously we want to emphasize that
4565s	components have the ability to expand
4568s	the spatial uh uh uh inventory of the
4571s	Caravan and being kind of uh strategic
4575s	in the choice of components you utilize
4577s	uh for the shapes that are available is
4579s	going to be relevant because it will
4581s	influence how much of a thing you can
4583s	transport in any one given trip U but
4585s	weight does not influence the speed of
4587s	the Caravan no all right we just have a
4589s	few more here uh and then we're gonna
4591s	have to move on otherwise we'll be here
4593s	all day we can't answer every question
4594s	y'all um but our next one is and there's
4597s	a potluck by the way get too there's a
4600s	potluck going on we have a costume
4602s	contest in the office so lots of fun
4604s	stuff going on at the office I'm like
4606s	juggling announcements for all these
4608s	things at the same time as being on a
4610s	stream um but our next thing is could
4612s	you upgrade roads in the node to upgrade
4615s	the path the speed of the Caravan
4617s	because you kind of talked a little bit
4618s	about how you can create a bridge and
4621s	things of that sort are there ways that
4623s	like the mayor or other people can help
4626s	uh you know Caravans move faster from
4628s	one node to the other absolutely so that
4631s	buff that you saw is a buff that can be
4633s	changed in the world based on the world
4635s	State some of those World State uh
4638s	interactions include certain types of
4641s	relics that the nodes which govern your
4643s	area might have access to and might be
4646s	actively employing some of it might have
4648s	to do with policies um you might be able
4650s	to extend the guard influences across
4653s	the road uh radius uh further out for
4656s	certain nodes if you have certain
4658s	policies uh you might be able to enhance
4660s	and Empower those guards uh through
4662s	itemization choices that are granted by
4664s	building upgrades that the node selects
4666s	to build um you know there's a number of
4669s	different influences uh that the
4671s	intricacies of our systems provide
4674s	um and it is a complex landscape because
4676s	um again this is a very highlevel meta
4680s	strategy style of mmor RPG uh where
4685s	player player activity Community Choice
4689s	and uh certain Key Personnel within the
4692s	world key players that have assumed
4694s	certain positions have the ability to
4700s	influence sorry I had a cat that's okay
4702s	um
4704s	time hopefully that helps you get bingos
4706s	I don't know uh I haven't seen the bingo
4708s	card today so I don't know what's on it
4710s	um usually the cats are uh but I'm going
4713s	to wrap it up with these last two so in
4716s	PvP what is looting a caravan like with
4719s	the caros system SE onstream sure um so
4723s	when a caravan gets destroyed it creates
4726s	a wreckage um that wreckage will have a
4730s	number of the supplies that the Caravan
4733s	will was carrying um and when stolen by
4736s	attackers those supplies become
4738s	essentially stolen glint or corrupted
4741s	glint uh and or uh stolen resources that
4746s	the Caravan was hauling um if they are
4748s	Commodities they uh they can they
4751s	maintain their commodity type um and
4754s	players will have to summon a caravan
4756s	from a nearby node uh that would be
4759s	empty in order to haul those crates back
4762s	if they um uh you can also break into
4765s	the crates or the cargo itself uh
4768s	instead of hauling the cargo as a
4769s	completed shipment doing so reduces the
4772s	number of total um um uh resources that
4776s	you can gather from the crate so a
4778s	portion of it is sunk to the system and
4781s	then a portion of it gets sunk further
4783s	if you choose to break open the crates
4785s	uh versus attempting to haul them back
4788s	all right and in the future you may see
4791s	keeping in mind keeping in mind a few
4792s	things obvious obviously systems like
4795s	this which are highly detailed and
4798s	Incredibly intricate in the world they
4800s	are subject to constant revision play
4804s	testing internally and the designs may
4807s	change you might even have noticed I saw
4809s	some commentary during the presentation
4812s	that when you summon the Caravan uh
4814s	previously we had stated that Caravans
4816s	would have a topown view of a map that
4819s	you would select a location and the
4820s	radius of the node we opted to change
4823s	that design to a held item that you can
4827s	summon in front of your character
4829s	because we felt that it was more um feel
4833s	more immersive because it's like in in
4835s	the world versus taking you out into UI
4838s	and not only that but there's inherent
4840s	risk in deploying a construction zone at
4843s	a location that you cannot see with the
4845s	top down map view as opposed to having
4848s	that item in your inventory and
4850s	summoning it in front of you when you
4852s	know there's no one around to see and
4854s	you want to eat that time up in a safe
4857s	location you saw on the stream they were
4859s	like hey let's not do this right in the
4860s	open here let's move off to the side
4863s	absolutely the last question here since
4865s	we are talking about wreckages of
4866s	Caravans or people coming and stealing
4868s	your stuff can you purchase some kind of
4871s	form of insurance for your
4874s	Caravans no there's no insurance system
4877s	for the Caravans Caravans you know it's
4879s	a treacherous road out there not a lot
4881s	of insurance companies are willing to
4883s	that level of risk I'm I'm like
4885s	imagining people like knocking up on
4886s	people's like free holds being like I'm
4888s	here to ask you about your Caravan
4890s	Insurance yeah but there's nothing to
4893s	say that that can't be player organized
4896s	if some particular Guild wanted to go
4899s	and create a caravan mercenary Corp that
4903s	helped Aid in the defense and Transit of
4905s	Caravans they could employ some type of
4907s	insurance system if they had D offer
4909s	that to streamers so that they you can
4911s	protect them on their stream that would
4913s	be pretty sweet 100% And they would live
4917s	and die by their reputation so um you
4920s	know obviously the bigger more reputable
4922s	guilds would have an opportunity I think
4924s	to capitalize on those types of things
4925s	but I would be um I'd be scared to see
4928s	the type of premiums if you organize
4929s	things like that uh definitely let us
4931s	know because uh I know Roshan and Vagner
4935s	on the community side we have a lot of
4936s	plans to um kind of do some server
4940s	specific news and things like that and I
4942s	think it'd be really to see like what
4943s	kind of cool Community things that
4946s	people come up with that they end up
4947s	doing I always love that stuff that
4949s	that's what makes MMOs for fun um next
4952s	up we're just going to talk a little bit
4954s	about Studio update stuff and I
4956s	apologize if it keeps switching between
4958s	October and September legit that
4960s	September asset is nowhere in the scenes
4963s	it's like some weird ghost to the
4964s	machine
4965s	happening during the during the video I
4967s	was like searching and I was like that
4969s	asset's nowhere I don't know how it's
4970s	switching between it it's creepy
4975s	but if you want to talk a little about
4976s	Studio updates we've had uh we just
4978s	recently this last uh week had Bungie do
4982s	a bunch of layoffs which has been really
4983s	rough I know um it's been rough in
4986s	general in the game industry with
4988s	layoffs it has been rough you know it's
4990s	been a rough time for the world just
4993s	thinking about where we were last stream
4995s	in the world and where we are this month
4998s	a lot has changed and it's you know it's
5001s	getting a little bit more
5003s	um concerning and you know especially
5006s	from a job market perspective as well in
5008s	the industry um you know we continue to
5010s	see layoffs but Intrepid is continuing
5012s	to grow as a matter of fact I believe
5014s	this month we've I think this month
5017s	we've hired almost 11 people um quite a
5021s	considerable number of people so far for
5023s	the team so we're continuing to hire and
5026s	we continue to search for incredibly
5028s	talented individuals to join our team uh
5030s	there's a number of positions that are
5031s	posted on tripid Studios
5033s	obviously you guys in the community are
5035s	incredibly helpful in helping to spread
5037s	that information about both the game uh
5039s	but also the opportunity at the company
5042s	um but things are going great things are
5044s	going good at the studio yeah we're
5046s	doing really good like like Stephen said
5048s	we have a potluck right now we have a
5049s	costume contest um we have extra Life
5052s	coming up which a ton of our staff are
5054s	going to be partaking in in a very in a
5056s	variety of different ways um and however
5058s	they can assist and volunteer their time
5060s	because this remember this is like
5061s	outside of our work hour
5063s	so um yeah it's really really good stuff
5066s	we have a good family here and
5069s	everyone's just kicking butt and trying
5071s	to make this awesome game and sometimes
5074s	you know um it can be hard when you see
5077s	other folks you have like survivors
5079s	guilt CU you're not sure like how can I
5082s	help you so if there's any way uh if
5084s	there's HR folks out there or anybody
5087s	who wants to reach out please reach out
5088s	to us um we will you know Assist you in
5091s	any way that we can even if we don't
5093s	have job offers we can also you know
5095s	help point you in the right direction
5097s	for other positions like that yeah
5099s	anybody out there jobs at entrep
5100s	studios.com is a great resource uh and
5103s	our website inre studios.com all right
5107s	and uh we just have a little bit of art
5109s	to share with you all um so first and
5113s	foremost we have this cutie um this was
5116s	made by jiny this is the fishan Komodo
5120s	um and we have some images of that guy
5122s	as well well with the 3D
5124s	model um yeah that one's looking awesome
5128s	so if anyone snagged that can't wait to
5131s	see how it walks because those ones
5133s	always crack me up little Waddles a
5136s	little fast waddle yeah next up we've
5138s	got the Charmed
5142s	threads a couple images of
5146s	that if it'll rotate there you go see
5149s	the cloak yeah it's great got very
5152s	autumn tumbnail
5154s	colors I know yes desert biome goodness
5158s	for sure you could wear this in the
5159s	desert see folks saying that um and I
5162s	think I have a turntable of this and
5164s	this was done by Danny so Danny good job
5168s	great job
5171s	Danny yeah reminds me of
5175s	Tennessee next up we've got the um my
5180s	stuff here is LA different uh this is
5184s	the uh veteran orite Drake and this was
5188s	done by Yan Jan
5192s	Yan Jan
5195s	Jan this is a German in me wants to say
5198s	Yan y yan yan yan um this guy flies by
5204s	Braille well this one doesn't fly this
5206s	is a ground uh this guy walks by
5209s	Braille uh Stephen thought his ear holes
5213s	were eye holes he's like well if he's
5215s	going to be blind he should you should
5216s	cover his eyes and I was like those are
5218s	his ears they did not look like ears to
5221s	me they look like uh they look like I
5223s	think maybe I can show you again
5224s	unfinished eye
5225s	sockets I messaged I messaged our our
5228s	glorious character team last night and I
5231s	was
5232s	like is the blindfold offset I was like
5237s	should be covering those so this is the
5238s	image he was referring to where you
5240s	could see the he thought that was an eye
5242s	socket but it's just their ear
5244s	hole um but looks pretty awesome this
5248s	was one of from one of our sets it's
5250s	it's all broken and blind but very very
5254s	cool so good and with that we are going
5256s	to swap over I'll just play more of the
5259s	Caravan video um so you all can have
5261s	something uh you know Pleasant to look
5264s	at whilst we answer the final bit of
5266s	questions from the Q&A from the forums
5269s	some of these do include some Caravan
5271s	questions um so the first one is from
5274s	the dark sorcerer and they want to know
5275s	about Caravan controllers uh this was
5278s	also asked a bunch in the in the twitch
5279s	chat and watch party too I think some
5282s	folks asked um who is able to Pilot the
5285s	different types of Caravans and will it
5286s	be possible for trolls to take over your
5289s	Caravan and then also there was
5291s	tangentially from twitch and and Discord
5294s	people were wondering if other people
5296s	could ride your Caravan so if you can
5298s	answer both of those so uh I'll break
5301s	those up with regards to uh Caravan
5305s	driver settings uh the owner of the
5307s	Caravan will have an option to create a
5310s	permanent list of friends uh from their
5312s	from their uh known players that they
5315s	can select to have the rights to drive
5318s	the Caravan um in addition anyone can
5322s	drive the Caravan unless the owner of
5325s	the Caravan activates the um uh the uh
5330s	writer's permission uh ability and the
5333s	riter's permission ability restricts
5336s	access to the driver's seat for a period
5339s	of time um to only that owner and the
5343s	selected members that the owner approves
5346s	of now the player who's driving the
5349s	Caravan receives a very significant buff
5352s	that uh alleviates any concern for cc
5356s	effects that can be applied while
5358s	they're driving the driver uh so they
5360s	have a strong driver's buff and it also
5362s	increases damage mitigation
5364s	significantly so it's quite a task to
5367s	Dethrone the rider from the actual
5369s	vehicle this is true not just for
5371s	Caravans but also for uh ships as well
5375s	um but not for Mets uh so just vehicles
5379s	uh now should that driver however be
5383s	killed and removed from the vehicle um
5386s	after a period of time that uh uh
5390s	owner's lockout um with will be released
5393s	and anybody can grab the Caravan and
5395s	drive it off now the Caravan will Des
5398s	summon after a time a significant amount
5401s	of time right now I think we have it
5403s	coded at 15 to 20 minutes um so that
5407s	robbers could potentially Drive the
5408s	Caravan away if necessary same for ships
5411s	um now if the Caravan does get despawned
5414s	the cargo is then left as a wreckage as
5417s	if the Caravan were destroyed uh for
5419s	either the owner to reach and pick up um
5423s	themselves by summoning another Caravan
5424s	that would have to be empty they'd have
5426s	to have a caravan available to do so uh
5428s	at a nearby node and the further the
5429s	node is the longer it'll take to summon
5431s	the Caravan um uh or the attackers can
5435s	do so um so that was a question with
5437s	regards to the driver there's a second
5440s	part of the question the second part is
5441s	like can other people ride on your
5443s	Caravan oh yes so the Caravan does have
5445s	Collision um uh and players could jump
5449s	on top and and kind of go with the
5451s	Caravan yes
5453s	all right um the next one here is from
5457s	AKA bear or AA bear and they would like
5459s	to know about Caravan sabotage well
5461s	players have the ability to set up an
5463s	ambush or trap a caravan Caravan that
5466s	may block the route temporarily we did
5468s	see a log that was down there examples
5471s	was the uh like a fing tree rolling
5473s	Boulders uh lighting fires things like
5476s	that yeah um as it stands currently uh
5480s	it would be difficult for players to be
5483s	able to block the Caravan now that's not
5485s	to say that certain types of effects
5487s	cannot be applied to the Caravan through
5489s	ability use such as slowing effects or
5492s	or um uh pause effects stun effects
5495s	against the Caravan itself not the riter
5498s	um but uh right now we do have a
5501s	collision priority system which means
5504s	that Vehicles move players and mounts
5507s	right mounts and players cannot stop
5510s	vehicles from moving uh the vehic iicle
5513s	its Collision has priority um and then
5516s	ships have the ultimate priority uh
5518s	nothing can move ships or block push the
5521s	players out of the way if they're in the
5522s	way that's correct
5525s	yes all right uh the next one here is um
5530s	how will the game handle multiple people
5533s	trying to send Caravans from the same
5534s	place at the same time and this is from
5536s	Land Shark X like for example let's say
5538s	I've got 300 people in my guild we all
5540s	stand them where we're like all right
5542s	we're going to summon our Caravans right
5544s	here absolutely so as a player you can
5548s	you can participate in events that have
5550s	as many Caravans collocated as you want
5553s	so if you have you know 20 Caravans that
5556s	you're trying to move all in a single
5557s	Caravan raid with all of your players uh
5560s	you can join all 20 of those Caravans
5562s	into the same Caravan defense group um
5565s	and that is that is the intent of the
5568s	system um the same is true for then the
5570s	attackers the attackers can join join
5572s	against all of those Caravans speaking
5575s	of attackers or Defenders um Gaul is
5577s	actually wondering about Caravan
5578s	affiliation and their question is will
5580s	players receive the player and Guild
5582s	name of the Caravan owner before
5584s	choosing to attack or defend to
5586s	determine Friend or Foe yes that'll be
5588s	part of the event notify uh when you
5591s	choose to either participate as an
5592s	attacker or Defender again keeping in
5594s	mind what you're seeing here with
5595s	regards the UI is a work in progress
5598s	this is our very functional form of UI
5602s	after functional comes testable after
5604s	testable comes playable right um and so
5606s	we are not even at those stages of
5608s	iteration
5609s	yet someone wanted to let you know
5611s	Stephen that you're the most informed
5613s	Stormtrooper they've ever encountered um
5615s	and they would like to give kudos to
5618s	your trainer uh within the Empire thank
5621s	you that is actually J John is my
5623s	trainer now I'm not that good with a
5625s	blaster but I can I can Riff on some
5628s	it's okay they just kind of shoot
5630s	everywhere anyway um
5632s	the next question is from guil chees
5635s	mojito which is the most ridiculous name
5638s	and they want to know about buffing the
5639s	van can the Caravan itself be affected
5643s	by defense Buffs or protected by any
5645s	like cover style abilities from the
5648s	tank uh there are certain abilities that
5650s	do interrupt projectiles uh they do
5653s	offer collision and block Collision
5656s	presumably yes you could utilize some of
5659s	those abilities especially on the tank
5661s	um to block some incoming attacks
5663s	against the
5664s	Caravan um okay yeah so not like a ton
5670s	of abilities but there may be some it
5672s	just kind of depends on the
5674s	circumstances um to to wants to know
5677s	about or tomb sorry tomb wants to know
5679s	about node representation do nodes
5681s	provide their citizens some kind of
5683s	clothes or ornaments capes tabards or
5686s	something that they can basically
5687s	represent their node be like I'm from
5690s	marilith look how cool I am
5692s	for player characters yeah for player
5695s	characters um you know the NPCs do I'm
5699s	not sure if that if that is part of the
5703s	I mean technically the node does have a
5706s	Sigil or Insignia um and there will be
5709s	certain armors that you can uh customize
5713s	Insignia Andor symbols on so yes you
5717s	could probably achieve
5720s	that all right
5722s	and then uh arano wants about node
5724s	elections is the E economic node blind
5728s	bid election process a gold sync or does
5731s	the gold go into the node treasury so
5734s	when everyone it's a gold sync okay yeah
5736s	it's a gold sink how we get the gold out
5737s	of the system bro that's right it's I
5740s	mean you're paying for the political
5744s	power um and you're pay for the position
5748s	correct that's right and then that gold
5751s	goes to
5753s	charity oh I like that goes to the
5755s	orphanage down the street exactly uh a
5758s	wants to know about religion can the
5760s	special items that are only available
5763s	for the highest ranking members of a
5765s	religion be traded or soloed or sold uh
5768s	to other players nope they are bound to
5770s	the character and they are timed so when
5773s	you lose that position you lose access
5775s	to the items all right and then Nick
5778s	wants to know about player gear
5780s	progression could you explain in detail
5781s	what you mean by 50% of player power
5784s	when talking about gear influence on
5786s	player power this is something you had
5788s	mentioned in a previous stream in
5789s	regards to where power comes from for
5793s	sure that's just a a a kind of General
5796s	allocation of what players can expect to
5799s	pursue when enhancing their player
5801s	character power now obviously the
5803s	distribution and ratio of those types of
5805s	influences whether it be itemization
5807s	whether it be level whether it be um uh
5812s	augments uh choices Andor uh skill tree
5815s	choices like those influences and ratios
5818s	change through the leveling curve uh so
5821s	at lower levels your character level is
5823s	going to be more influential over
5824s	character power than itemization will be
5827s	but at endgame or higher levels or at
5829s	the end of the adventuring level
5830s	progression um that's when itemization
5833s	really gets an emphasis for its uh ratio
5837s	of player power and our last question
5839s	here is from Top wombat which is an
5842s	adorable name I love wombats they're so
5844s	cute uh they want to know about server
5846s	Tech how do you expect to handle many
5849s	people at once in certain zones like
5852s	some MOS some MMOs do layering or uh
5856s	different you know sure um so player
5859s	density is a very important aspect of
5862s	our uh of our custom Network layer um
5866s	Zach and his team have been doing an
5867s	incredible job of creating a uh unique
5872s	uh Network layer that we utilize in
5875s	ashes of creation to facilitate not just
5878s	the player density goals uh but also the
5881s	open world and seamless travel across
5885s	that World um there's a number of
5887s	different strategies that we employ when
5889s	architecting the network layer some of
5891s	those things have to do with um uh with
5895s	the significance of replicated data that
5898s	the player is receiving as the density
5900s	gets higher we m at call and reduce uh
5903s	the significance distance the um the net
5906s	relevancy distance um you know we keep
5909s	things specifically that uh need to be
5914s	uh known for the player directionality
5917s	which which direction they're facing um
5919s	those are the most pertinent data that
5920s	we transfer that we transmit to the to
5922s	the player character um so there's a lot
5925s	of different strategies it's a it's a
5926s	relatively complex system um but our
5929s	goal is to is to satisfy hundreds of
5931s	players uh available within uh a given
5934s	area and certain events especially
5936s	Castle sieges Caravans are one of those
5938s	types of events as well um and our
5940s	architecture facilitates
5942s	that fabulous and that will wrap that up
5946s	so just as a reminder if you have some
5949s	thoughts if you have feelings about
5951s	Caravans we will have a thread over on
5953s	our forums you can check that out at
5954s	forums. aofc creation.com we implore you
5957s	to head on over there our developers
5959s	read everything it's pretty amazing Roan
5961s	and Vagner our community managers put
5963s	together these wonderful reports that
5965s	make everything uh concise for them so
5967s	they're able to kind of sift through
5969s	that information and really understand
5971s	your guys' thoughts and opinions on uh
5973s	these different systems obviously when
5974s	we head into Alpha 2 you get your hands
5976s	on it you can really tell us how it
5978s	feels but right now we're just looking
5980s	for f in the water so kind of give us
5982s	your thoughts on and I guess Stephen if
5984s	you have any specific things you're
5985s	looking uh for feedback on I I mean you
5990s	know obviously um
5992s	with regards to the Caravan Loop
5994s	thoughts about the components thoughts
5996s	about uh the Commodities and the glint
6000s	um the interactions between the exchange
6002s	rate Turnin values and ratios the risk
6006s	versus reward aspect of the system what
6008s	concerns you what excites you you know
6011s	anything that uh has to do with what you
6014s	saw today and we're going to be
6015s	uploading obviously this video in 4k a
6017s	little bit later after the Stream So you
6019s	get to watch it in all of its Glory um
6021s	but you know we do these things so that
6023s	we can collect your feedback and we can
6025s	make sure that the ship is going in the
6026s	right direction the proverbial MMO ship
6029s	is going in the direction that that our
6031s	community wants and that the the genre
6033s	is asking for that's why it's so
6035s	beneficial to be transparent about our
6037s	development process and talking about
6039s	that you know I think people say well
6041s	you've been developing for a while MMOs
6043s	are a big
6045s	big it is a lot of moving pieces and
6048s	remember we didn't have as much staff as
6050s	we did then and now we have a lot so
6052s	things are moving a lot faster now and I
6054s	think people can even notice that as
6056s	you're seeing our updates change but
6057s	we've taken you through the entire
6058s	Journey what it looks like from concept
6060s	to prototype to what development is
6063s	fully fleshed looking like as we move
6065s	into alpha 1 and Alpha 2 and for those
6068s	of you who maybe haven't been with us
6069s	the entire time we did announce last
6071s	month that we are going to be moving
6073s	into Alpha 2 in 2024 so we have't
6075s	announced that probably in our next
6078s	stream we'll talk a little bit more
6079s	about quarter um and then later on we'll
6083s	talk a little bit more about like Hard
6085s	dates so kind of keep that in mind we we
6087s	will share information with you we just
6088s	want to make sure we have dates that
6090s	we're we're confident we can hit for you
6092s	all yeah I would I would say just to add
6094s	on to that a little bit look it is a it
6097s	is a a journey it is a journey to make
6101s	this game um and it is a massive game
6105s	it's an ambitious game it's a game
6107s	that's doing certain things that haven't
6109s	been done before and and uh because of
6113s	that particular reason there's obviously
6115s	a considerable amount of risk in doing
6117s	things in a way that haven't been done
6119s	before but honestly that's how you
6122s	innovate that's how you create explosive
6127s	change within a particular genre and it
6130s	should be the desire of every one of us
6133s	who love
6134s	MMORPGs to encourage Studios and
6137s	Publishers to take risks and to do what
6141s	hasn't been done before um the World
6144s	building aspect of Ashes of creation is
6147s	one of its greatest appeals and one of
6149s	its greatest risks um and as Margaret
6152s	said we're an independent developer
6154s	meaning we don't have a major publisher
6156s	behind us we are self-publishing and we
6158s	are
6159s	self-developing um and which comes with
6162s	some strengths and some weaknesses you
6163s	know of like everything yeah like like
6167s	everything there are strengths and
6168s	weakness in in in the dynamic of of any
6170s	situation
6172s	um but you know the strength that we
6174s	have in being that self-publisher and
6177s	that developer um is that we get to
6179s	dictate what we feel is right when it
6183s	comes to the development of this game
6185s	and we're doing that in concert with you
6188s	guys the community uh and the way we
6192s	keep those communication channels is
6194s	through these development updates is
6196s	through the forums where we ask you the
6198s	questions to participate in the
6199s	discussions um
6202s	these types of games don't get made
6205s	quickly and we have taken a very
6207s	sustainable growth trajectory as a
6211s	company so that you know when we are
6215s	when we are looking at our production
6216s	schedule going forward we're hiring the
6219s	right amount of people we're not over
6220s	hiring at a time where things are still
6223s	in the air about how we're going to
6225s	develop some things right now we're a
6227s	little bit more into that Groove That
6229s	Swing of hiring and we've had a lot of
6230s	success there which now we're like oh my
6232s	gosh just make all things exactly but in
6235s	2017 and in 2018 and in 2019 you know a
6239s	lot of that stuff was still very paper
6242s	design
6243s	oriented and some of those pipelines
6245s	weren't well established so we didn't
6247s	overhire then uh even though we had you
6250s	know goals that we wanted to achieve so
6253s	with that being said transparent
6255s	development process is not for everybody
6257s	if you are finding as a community member
6260s	that there just too much angst to wait
6263s	for this game that you know you are you
6266s	are becoming um you know kind of
6268s	impatient with the development process
6270s	that's totally fine that is absolutely
6273s	fine Absolut 100% step away play another
6276s	game you know do what come back to us
6278s	later when we're closer to launch you
6280s	know we will still be here and we will
6282s	still be constructing something that is
6285s	what the players want hopefully and when
6288s	we do launch that's your opportunity to
6290s	come come back and take a look um so
6293s	just keep that in mind it's a real based
6295s	perspective uh but I think it is it is
6297s	the right one not just for our game but
6299s	for any game yeah I think sometimes
6301s	people hype themselves up a little too
6303s	much a little too excited which is not
6306s	bad thing it's not a bad thing it's just
6308s	whenever things don't meet your
6309s	expectations sometimes it can be rough
6312s	um but of course we do want to remind
6313s	you all that we are going to be
6315s	streaming more this weekend um if you
6317s	want to meet more of our develop uh
6319s	developers and uh hang out with us while
6321s	we play games uh we're going to be
6323s	playing on Friday November 3rd from 3:00
6325s	p.m. to 10: p.m. a bunch of virtual
6327s	games so come hang out with us and play
6329s	some games with us or watch us play
6331s	games I should say some of them you
6333s	might be able to battle against us could
6335s	be fun and spread the word tell your
6337s	friends come join us just hang out you
6339s	don't have to donate just come chill
6340s	with us yeah and then on Saturday we're
6343s	going to be starting our 24hour live
6345s	stream which is more like a 25 due to
6347s	Daylight savings uh but it will will
6350s	start from Saturday November 4th 10:
6351s	a.m. Pacific to Sunday November 5th at
6354s	10: a.m. Pacific so we hope that you'll
6355s	tune in we're going to be playing uh
6357s	Pathfinder games set in the world of
6359s	Vera with veren creatures and or
6361s	characters so we're going to be toying
6363s	around with some of the stuff that's in
6364s	Pathfinder to make it work for us um but
6367s	we hope that you'll hang out and donate
6369s	and you can donate to affect the game as
6370s	well which is really cool and then also
6373s	uh we'll be doing a Minecraft part to
6374s	let our main Pathfinder crew get some
6376s	sleep and oh my gosh have they put some
6379s	crazy things together for the community
6381s	building game uh it is going to be an
6384s	insane competition the world area that
6386s	they built out is freaking phenomenal
6388s	with all the mini games so I really hope
6390s	that you all will tune in and you can
6391s	check everything out at bit. l223 aocc
6395s	extra lifee make sure you keep all of
6396s	the Caps proper there um but we also
6399s	have the link over on our news page and
6401s	Ashes of creation.com newws so you can
6403s	get all of the information but if you
6405s	just pop in and watch over on twitch.tv/
6407s	ashesofcreation this weekend we will be
6409s	sharing tons of information and links
6411s	for you throughout the time um and with
6415s	that I do want to thank you all for
6416s	tuning in with us for hanging out I know
6418s	it's been a little bit long of a stream
6420s	um we also want to thank Hal and juo and
6423s	Bucky and Nathan of course for helping
6426s	us with showcasing this showcase and
6429s	Stephen of course all of your time and
6432s	your answers to a million questions um
6435s	we appreciate it as a community and we
6437s	hope that everyone stays safe and
6439s	healthy throughout this Halloween
6440s	weekend um definitely send us your
6443s	costume pictures we want to see them we
6445s	love seeing that on social media um and
6447s	of course you can follow us on all of
6449s	the places um we are ashes of creation
6451s	super easy to find us and we do try to
6454s	post often and interact with everybody
6457s	as much as possible um the VOD will be
6459s	up on Twitch for you if you're watching
6461s	here on Twitch but we'll also have a 4K
6462s	version over on our YouTube channel
6464s	shortly so stay tuned for that and um if
6467s	you leave a comment on the development
6469s	update so the October the one labeled
6471s	October development update this one when
6473s	it goes to YouTube uh you could be a
6476s	possible lucky winner to be spotlighted
6478s	for a comment all you need to do is
6479s	subscribe to our Channel and uh follow
6481s	us there and um leave a comment for that
6485s	and with that we are going to wrap
6487s	things up I think Stephen wants to have
6489s	his helmet on for this
6492s	part I don't know if he's going to be
6494s	able to say anything but uh we will wrap
6497s	this up we hope that we will see you all
6499s	next month if we don't see you this
6501s	weekend like I said this weekend's going
6503s	to be a lot of fun for us and our
6504s	developers so Doodles
6522s	everybody

[2023] Development Update with Caravan Preview - 11AM PT Tuesday, October 31, 2023

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