[2024] Development Update With Commissions Preview - 11AM PT Thursday, February 29, 2024 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
17s	hello everyone and Welcome to our
20s	February development update for ashes of
22s	creation we hope that you've been having
24s	a wonderful month we know we have been
26s	having a busy one there has been a lot
30s	going on for us internally as you all
33s	know uh this year we're going into Alpha
35s	2 so it's kind of a big exciting thing
37s	for us and that means a lot of things
40s	are in the world and thank goodness
41s	thank goodness we had an extra day this
42s	month oh whoops you are peeking I am
46s	peeking I'm peeking
49s	peekaboo you're just ring everyone's
51s	ears out
52s	okay I was I was just saying thank
54s	goodness we have an extra day this month
56s	and we're doing our live stream on is
58s	this this today today's leap day right
61s	is it is it leap day I think it is Leap
63s	Day potentially I don't know because
67s	we're it's the 29th of the month it
69s	doesn't I remember it always changes
71s	right I know every four
73s	years hopefully oh yes Thursday the 29th
76s	is Leap Day the next leap year will be
79s	2028 yeah I don't know how I'm going to
81s	be able to adjust my uh audio sorry it's
86s	kind of how the the stuff's coming in so
89s	I will do can apologies I'll talk
92s	loudly yeah I don't know why you're
94s	coming through super loud and I'm I was
98s	not I don't know it happened last month
102s	too and I even went through and I tested
103s	all the audio before we went live and it
106s	still still did it so that's weird not
110s	sure what's going on between the last
112s	couple
113s	streams well we can try to we can try to
116s	adjust that yes I will try to adjust it
119s	as we're going through but in the
120s	meantime please bear with me I will try
122s	to uh talk loudly um and get through it
127s	as best I can for you all um but today
130s	we have quite a run of show for you as
132s	you can see below we have our reminders
135s	we're going to be doing a commissions
136s	preview commissions are a little quite
138s	different than probably what you know
140s	you've seen before in regards to how
143s	they are incorporated into our world and
144s	change the world and we're going to
146s	really show you guys how one little
148s	thing on a messaging board can change
150s	world around you as you're exploring um
152s	and then we also have our studio update
154s	art update and then we'll do a Q&A as
157s	per usual but before we get into all of
159s	that we have our subscriber comment
161s	Spotlight um and of course this is
163s	because they have subscribed to our
165s	YouTube channel and left a comment on
166s	our big development update post and you
169s	two can also be spotlighted remember
171s	that if you are subscribed to us make
172s	sure that you have that post public and
174s	then also allow uh us to see that you
177s	are a subscriber and leave a comment on
179s	the development up update live stream
181s	for February the one that you're
182s	watching right now um but this one is
185s	from ad adestra and I will show it over
188s	here on the screen for you
192s	all all right and they're asking hello
194s	Intrepid team my question is about the
196s	enemy's field of vision in the open
198s	world how far away from hostile targets
201s	will be will they be before they act
205s	aggressively towards us more
206s	specifically will creatures watch us
208s	murder their friends in the world with
210s	no reaction will they try to kill us in
213s	retaliation or will they run away in
215s	sheer Terror uh thank you yeah that's a
219s	that that is a great question um you
222s	know obviously as MMO Gamers we're
224s	accustomed to the concept of like social
226s	aggro when I hit a Target out in in in a
230s	um uh in the field uh they're going to
233s	Agro other creatures nearby um we have
237s	similar functionality obviously uh
239s	however we also you know have this
241s	concept of a more puzzle oriented you
245s	know level design right where um you
248s	have different patrollers that might be
250s	moving around the world so that Dynamic
252s	is always changing the creatures that
253s	are near each other um might be
256s	something that you need to be cognizant
257s	of as you begin to navigate those areas
260s	um and there might even be certain
262s	faction types right where um you may
265s	have dedicated aggro social uh tags
268s	between certain creature types
270s	um and that might be like goblins with
272s	their Goblin dogs right they could be
274s	far away but they send off an alert to
277s	those nearby enemies when you aggro
279s	another Target um and then you also have
282s	these perception radiuses right and
284s	there's a number of different perception
285s	radius types that we incorporate as part
287s	of our AI um those things might be a
290s	forward-looking perception cone that
292s	represents kind of sight based uh uh
294s	perception uh and then you might also
296s	have uh a rear perception uh radius that
299s	might might represent kind of sound um
302s	and those perception types might even
304s	interact with unique stats so as a rogue
308s	you might have a stealth ability or as a
309s	ranger you might have camouflage ability
311s	those are going to dampen those stats
313s	which are checked by those perception uh
316s	radiuses um and then you might even have
319s	you know different creature types that
320s	fly above the battlefield um or beneath
323s	the battlefield uh and they may have
325s	downward cone uh type angles the whole
327s	idea is that that navigating the world
330s	should be like a puzzle right and as you
333s	move throughout oh how's it sound we
335s	doing better I'm adjusting this while
337s	you're talking oh okay people are
339s	freaking
340s	out I just see things going in the chat
344s	going crazy but anyways as you um as you
347s	interact with the world you're going to
348s	be unraveling that puzzle and each of
350s	the landscape each of the zones that you
352s	move into are going to be different um
355s	and uh that that is the important part
357s	of world design right and and and
359s	encounter design
360s	um so it's something we want to make
361s	sure is
362s	compelling all right yeah I am really
366s	not sure what's going on with the audio
367s	so I apologize in advance I'm working
370s	through it uh but hopefully you guys can
371s	still hear you you'll just have to turn
373s	it up a little bit for now while I'm
375s	adjusting it apologies um but I also and
379s	I can keep riffing by the way if you
380s	want me to if you want to keep
382s	playing totally fine with me I have no
385s	problem like yeah sure sure let me talk
388s	let me talk a little bit more about our
391s	Ai and and what we've Incorporated for
394s	perception um you know obviously when we
397s	talk about enemy factions uh it's not
400s	just how they interact you but it's I
402s	just have no idea why my mic is very
406s	quiet okay got it I think that will just
409s	be I will just be quieter and I am
412s	uncertain as to how I can fix that right
414s	now it's okay I you can talk through me
417s	just tell me what you just tell me the
418s	topic you want to talk cuz I can hear
419s	you great great you just tell me the
420s	thing you want to talk about I'll
422s	confused through uh that way for for
425s	them but I think they can still hear me
426s	it's
427s	just it sounds weird um anyways I want
430s	to move on to the next thing just so we
432s	can keep things moving along but thank
435s	you for that YouTube comment we
436s	appreciate it that's a good one it's
438s	it's an easy one we already know the
439s	plan that we have in regards to Ai and
441s	whatnot um the next thing is Dev
444s	discussion about Esports and we know
445s	that this was a hot topic for folks um
449s	and we're actually very curious about it
451s	um so the question here was what are
454s	your thoughts on orts and player run
456s	competitive events in the MMR RPG genre
459s	what type of competitive spectator
460s	friendly content do you think would be
462s	fitting for ashes of creation are there
464s	any tools you'd like that would make
466s	competitive events easier for players to
468s	run and again I think that this made
470s	people think we were thinking about
471s	Esports but it's more of hey if players
474s	take things off and want to do orts
476s	oriented things we want to support
478s	Community wherever the community goes
479s	and what you guys want to do we want to
481s	support that and Ashes of creation is
483s	planned to be a competitive game um and
486s	so we just want to make sure that you
487s	all have the tools that you need in
488s	order to do the cool things that you
490s	want to do and obviously we'll have some
492s	in-game run events but we also know that
494s	players run their own events even during
496s	alpha 1 there a group of people came
499s	over to a bridge and they were creating
501s	like a 1V one battle and we loved seeing
504s	that um don't think it didn't go missed
506s	we saw what you guys were doing and we
508s	really thought it was cool um so just
509s	want to make sure you guys also have the
511s	tools that you need yeah you know just
512s	to comment on this uh real quick Esports
515s	cuz I you know as an MMO player right um
518s	I really like what Esports represent
521s	right which is this this idea of kind of
523s	team-based uh performance and comp
526s	competition um what I would say as an
529s	MMO player is you know Esports tends to
531s	miss out on a core element that's unique
535s	to MMO RPGs which is progression right
538s	and it's difficult to represent that
540s	progression in the traditional Esports
542s	format that we see with other game in
544s	genres today um however what I will say
548s	is that I have participated in some MMOs
551s	that have stood up kind of cross server
555s	competitions um and I've really
557s	personally enjoyed those types of cross-
559s	server competitions where you know you
562s	bring the best that those individual
564s	servers have to offer with regards to
566s	you know groups or teams or constant
568s	parties as we like to call them and you
570s	allow them to compete in an arena format
573s	right or in a castle Siege format like
575s	that is super cool I love that server
578s	versus server type of type of you know
582s	competition um and I think that's where
584s	there is a potential to do something
586s	interesting with regards to Esports and
589s	um the MMORPG genre so it was really
593s	cool to see players kind of opine on
595s	that um you know there's a lot of
597s	obviously similar thoughts but as you
598s	said is it's a highly charged discussion
600s	yeah it's a it's a spicy one primarily
603s	because everyone sees it in a different
605s	way um and obviously Esports has become
607s	such a big thing in different spaces um
610s	and that doesn't mean that we're going
611s	to go by a stadium and start doing that
614s	kind of thing right at but it's more of
617s	just being conscious of what the
618s	community wants and if the community is
619s	like hey no we don't like that it gives
622s	us a good perspective on like where to
623s	spend our time when we're developing
625s	things and with that we are ready to
628s	talk about Commission
630s	do you want to do the preview before
633s	yeah absolutely I would love to um so
636s	let me get give you guys a little bit of
638s	a a preface here obviously I'm going to
640s	say I'm going to be a broken record as I
642s	usually am things are still a work in
644s	progress please keep that in mind as you
646s	are watching this video and we are also
648s	going to launch this video at the same
650s	time on YouTube that we show it here on
652s	Twitch so for those of you who want to
654s	see it in the 4K Glory the only um the
657s	only agreement we're going to make with
658s	you is that you you don't leave twitch
661s	you stay here give your commentary we
663s	want to see what you think about it so
664s	chat in the twitch Channel while you're
666s	watching on YouTube um and I want you to
670s	think about this when you're watching
671s	the Showcase commissions are a very
674s	traditional format when it comes to
676s	questing right questing and MMO RPGs
678s	we're not trying to um you know to
682s	recreate the wheel so to speak in what
685s	that questing feels like however with
687s	that being said how questing affects the
690s	world is really the bread and butter of
693s	where commissions are essentially the
695s	start of that daisy chain of events um
699s	these are very small easily digestible
702s	quick grab and run kind of activities
705s	that you get to do in the world and
706s	you're going to see that but they have
709s	consequences and they influence the
711s	world based on the number of players
713s	that are adopting those Quest those
715s	quests uh those commissions and are
718s	going out in how they complete them is
720s	what's going to influence the next step
722s	it is a domino type effect that creates
726s	activity which which then causes events
728s	which then causes story arcs which then
731s	mold and shape the way the world around
734s	you exists both from population
736s	perspective um as well as even the types
740s	of dungeons that you can enter their
742s	layout a lot of different things um are
745s	are unique in that regard and and
746s	remember like the core tenant the the
749s	the Central pillar that ashes is setting
752s	itself apart from other MMOs is that it
754s	is a dynamic world and that world is
757s	always in flux so the types of
758s	commissions that might be available to
760s	you um are going to change on a momentto
763s	moment basis um and and that is the the
766s	aspect of our content you know our
769s	content drip that is unique um so
772s	keeping in mind things are work in
773s	progress especially when it comes to UI
775s	and visual effects uh and the gameplay
777s	those are things we are still working on
778s	towards our Alpha 2 um this is all Alpha
782s	uh so keep that in mind and and
783s	hopefully you guys enjoy and we'll see
785s	you in just a second yeah we'll see you
787s	in
788s	out now I am loud there I think we're
791s	even now and we will see you in about 30
795s	[Music]
799s	[Applause]
800s	[Music]
808s	minutes
811s	[Music]
815s	hello everyone and welcome to yet
818s	another stream in Vera and we have an
821s	exciting stream for you today we are
823s	going to be talking about one of the
826s	most core experiences that that all of
828s	us come to expect from the MMOs that we
830s	play and that is questing but ashes does
833s	questing a little bit differently than
836s	your average MMO and today to help me
838s	talk about that
840s	I have three of our absolute glorious
843s	developers two of our senior designers
845s	on the narrative side Scott Tony how are
848s	you guys doing doing great I'm awesome I
853s	am a Everything is Awesome yes
856s	absolutely um you are awesome and your
859s	guys's team have been have been doing an
861s	an awesome job at creating compelling
864s	stories and I'm excited to kind of go
865s	through these today with the community
867s	and give them some in insight into what
870s	they can expect uh with their normal day
872s	in ashes of creation and of course one
875s	of the gentlemen behind the magic uh our
878s	glorious engineer Tyler is joining us as
880s	well Tyler how you doing buddy I'm doing
883s	amazing thank you so much for having me
885s	absolutely excited to have you too so we
888s	are starting out in a familiar space
891s	obviously this is the node of Mirth we
894s	have been here before we have turned in
897s	some glorious uh Caravan an within this
900s	node and you know some of you might be
903s	thinking to yourself well outside of
905s	Caravans outside of these Grand kind of
907s	core architectural systems like
910s	citizenship and housing and story arcs
914s	and you know all of those of those types
917s	of of systems what is the normal
920s	day-to-day questing like in ashes of
922s	creion and we're going to look at this
924s	from a solo player perspective and later
927s	on we might have some Aid and in uh
929s	assistance uh in completing perhaps some
932s	of the group based stuff but it all
934s	begins in a node and it begins
938s	specifically at this location what am I
940s	looking at here Scott so this is a
943s	commission board every node has many
946s	different commission boards depending on
948s	what service buildings are installed
950s	there and commissions are basically
951s	these teeny tiny little single objective
955s	quests that are sort of like appetizers
957s	or quick little digestible things to
960s	help you get out into the world and
962s	start progressing both your character
963s	and your node contribution okay cool and
965s	I see that these commissions obviously
967s	there's eight of them that I can see
969s	here that says that it refreshes in the
970s	next roughly 30 minutes uh although the
973s	clock is not moving for some reason
975s	let's see if that oh it is moving we're
977s	just not seeing a live update so that's
979s	a bug guys I do want to take this moment
981s	uh
983s	to to to obviously give our standard
986s	disclaimer everything you see here is a
988s	work in progress uh obviously we are
990s	working towards our Alpha 2 which is an
993s	alpha of Ashes of creation we're here in
994s	the riverlands you're going to see UI
996s	you're going to see VFX you're going to
998s	see systems like this um that are still
1001s	in a very functional State um but we are
1005s	looking at a very um a very pretty board
1008s	here and these kind of remind me about a
1010s	little bit about cards almost they feel
1011s	like cards kind of um and there's some
1014s	standardized information on here I see
1015s	level I see some reward I see some basic
1019s	information about the story of these
1021s	commissions and I also see some colors
1023s	talk to me a little bit about the colors
1026s	sure so commissions uh they come in
1028s	basically different Rarities the same
1030s	way that collectible cards might so
1031s	pretty astute there uh we the rewards
1035s	are or the rewards basically grow quite
1037s	a lot depending on the Rarity of the
1040s	commission that gets dealt and and these
1041s	get dealt for everybody like on this
1043s	board so in this node right so and you
1046s	can improve your chances of getting rare
1047s	commissions for your node depending on
1049s	how you develop your node okay very cool
1052s	absolutely um the Oak and Bane Overlook
1054s	I just I just took that I see that it's
1057s	been added to my object objective
1058s	tracker and uh minur sounds pretty
1061s	interesting so I'm going to grab those
1064s	and I should be able to now see them
1066s	obviously in my journal um this gives me
1068s	under mirror leth kind of my active
1070s	commissions that are here within this
1072s	node um and I can take a look at the map
1075s	I assume here and go around and take a
1078s	look
1079s	at the objectiv so we have the scatter
1082s	The Horde that's here um and Oak and
1085s	Bane Overlook here which is good because
1089s	I think we have some business perhaps in
1090s	the Oaken Bane area we shown that off
1092s	before but it has some some updated
1095s	interesting things going on there okay
1096s	so let's let's grab these two and let's
1098s	let's head out um obviously you were
1100s	saying these are these are kind of
1102s	bite-size digestible easily let me grab
1104s	and go um you know show some progress in
1107s	the world but missions are more than
1110s	just bite-size pieces of content they
1114s	ALS they also feed other content systems
1117s	too right talk to me a little bit about
1118s	how that
1121s	works yeah Tyler you can take this one
1123s	oh sure yeah I'll take it um so right
1125s	every every 30 minutes or so the board
1128s	will refresh the server will query a
1130s	bunch of different information about uh
1133s	the world um and this is from ranging
1135s	from uh story arcs uh that are active
1139s	story ARS that have been completed uh
1140s	weather time of day uh a whole bunch of
1143s	different range of
1145s	factors very cool and then oh go ahead
1148s	yeah no no sorry go ahead the board will
1150s	attempt to deliver uh commissions that
1153s	are relevant to these areas and they
1155s	will try to lead you into areas where
1157s	more content can be found kind of like a
1159s	cascading effect of uh commissions and
1162s	and events and and just general things
1165s	to do okay speaking of events I see I
1167s	just had a popup here a pale hornless
1169s	Minotaur is idling nearby and beckons me
1174s	interesting so that is a call out for
1178s	one of our side quests which are they're
1180s	like commissions but but but better uh
1183s	Tony do you want to talk about those a
1184s	little
1185s	bit Yeah side quests are like
1187s	commissions you know what you're getting
1190s	with them you you go go to a commission
1192s	board and pick out your cars what you
1194s	want but side quests these are a variety
1198s	of quest with a variety of of objectives
1201s	that are exist in the actual World
1204s	itself so they can be hidden in various
1208s	ways and so during your adventures you
1213s	want to pay attention around you cuz one
1214s	might pop up on your map and you if
1217s	you're lucky you might notice it and be
1219s	able to obtain it and it might lead into
1222s	a really big Quest chain cool or in the
1225s	very least connect to a larger story
1227s	awesome and I'm I'm looking at one of
1229s	these guys here his name is many exiled
1231s	Berserker now we've seen minitar in the
1234s	past but minitar actually are a minor
1237s	faction in ashes and and there are
1240s	different um tribes of minitar and
1243s	different uh kind of species influence
1246s	for the minotaurs this guy apparently is
1249s	friendly so I could talk with him okay
1251s	cool look at this guy it's got a little
1253s	profile going on watch yourself godling
1257s	my kith work nearby and they shall Brook
1260s	no
1264s	intrusion you see yourself somebody on
1266s	voice acting I love it I said I love it
1269s	it is so cool no the the writing is is
1272s	is impeccable it's impeccable um okay
1275s	let's talk to him why is he standing
1277s	here okay so he's trying to deliver some
1279s	pus to his brother uh but he's forbidden
1282s	to see
1284s	him okay let's see if I can take it over
1287s	there uh he's too weak to fight that's a
1290s	rude thing to say about your brother
1293s	um knows his limitations you know okay
1296s	so I've received a minitar pus and I see
1299s	here I have some rewards just to deliver
1301s	this um that includes some dull glint
1305s	some experience and some cheap
1307s	coin yep so uh side quest can give a
1311s	variety of rewards uh they're bespoke
1313s	for the side quest itself so uh as you
1316s	progress this chain of side quest here
1319s	you can you can unlock things that are
1320s	specific toward minotaurs whether it's
1322s	like their rare sort of crafting Regents
1324s	uh recipes for their stuff um all kinds
1327s	of different things can pop up and uh
1330s	just like any of our spawning
1332s	systems uh like what Tyler is getting at
1335s	with the commission board um they all
1337s	are reading World states to determine
1339s	what is allowed to spawn and where it
1342s	should spawn and things like that so
1344s	different side quests can appear
1345s	depending on the world State as well
1347s	okay very cool
1349s	all right I see here I have this guy
1350s	named
1352s	Maho or yes that is who you should be
1354s	delivering your PST to and also they
1357s	have an available quest for
1359s	me as
1361s	well I have brought Aus from your
1366s	brother let's see here yes I'll accept
1369s	that reward very
1371s	nice a look at him he's kind of they're
1375s	stretching see if he's got something
1377s	else for me so this kind of leads us
1379s	down the daisy chain like Tony was
1380s	talking about of you know different
1383s	connective tissues of story throughout
1385s	the world relate either to the
1387s	commission the events or story arcs in
1389s	general
1391s	exactly uh and the especially like
1396s	missions and side quests like those in
1399s	completing those you're going to be
1402s	participating in activity Maps which
1405s	you've laid all around here and those
1408s	can
1409s	spawn events those can make a number of
1410s	things happen which then will in turn
1412s	influence you know further spawns that
1414s	can happen and things like that okay
1415s	cool and I also see you know this is
1417s	obviously thematic right it relates to
1419s	kind of our progression of itemization I
1421s	see this person has a a recipe for storm
1424s	caller's axe he is also talking about an
1428s	event that relates to some type of it
1431s	looks like storm beneath the stone
1433s	Shadows
1435s	perhaps correct uh so that if event is
1438s	not currently happening but uh you can
1440s	provoke that event uh basically by
1443s	working on your
1444s	commission uh to slay minaur that will
1447s	that will draw out their their leader
1449s	whose name is yauna um but it's sort of
1452s	incumbent upon you and other players
1454s	to provoke that event got it okay so so
1458s	provocation means essentially I need to
1461s	kill
1462s	10 uh 10 minur 10 basically Minotaur any
1467s	type of Minotaur here and that's just
1468s	for your commission the activity map is
1470s	actually a separate tally a separate
1472s	counter we've tuned it down for the
1474s	purpose of the live stream because it's
1475s	just you here but other players that had
1477s	grabbed that commission from the node
1479s	might be here as well helping and that
1480s	would that would progress that counter a
1482s	lot more
1484s	rapidly good luck with the birds oh no
1487s	my gosh this guy summoned a bunch of
1489s	birds ah got him cool so the summon the
1492s	summon creatures actually dissipate with
1494s	the uh NPC that you kill the the correct
1499s	Summoner and the world team has done a
1502s	very very good job with the like setting
1504s	up the encounters here and the points of
1507s	interest I think are looking great and
1509s	they feel great to play through they
1511s	counter are difficult if you're not
1512s	careful um if you're pulling multiple
1514s	mobs I don't know who would do such a
1516s	thing I know my God I hey that's why I
1518s	have sleep that's true
1524s	yeah that was a nice Arc thank you
1528s	it was
1531s	beautiful go
1539s	away oh
1544s	no oh God oh my God no no no not even
1548s	his final
1550s	form let's sleep the other
1557s	guy
1559s	well that did not work a quick release
1562s	there I might need to use some
1565s	potions yeah the Berserkers are really
1567s	tough when they're on top of you like
1572s	that okay hold on let put some ice down
1574s	in front of
1576s	him I'm out of Mana oh
1579s	no oh God I'm totally out of
1584s	Mana got a plan ahead when you're uh
1586s	adventuring by yourself in
1589s	ver okay here we go here we go here we
1591s	go and uh one thing you'll see about the
1594s	commission board and how it generates
1596s	its commissions um one thing is that all
1599s	players uh in the node will see the same
1602s	commissions so there is a really good
1604s	chance when you take one of these from
1606s	the board that there will be many other
1609s	players fighting alongside you and
1611s	that's how we get those like large
1613s	activity uh map generation to start
1616s	spawning
1617s	events
1618s	yeah that that is I mean obviously these
1621s	these help to kind of you know move
1623s	player traffic throughout the world
1625s	because as we said nodes act as a hub
1629s	and one of the ways they they they
1632s	direct player traffic is obviously
1634s	through the commissions the buy orders
1636s	you know things that that essentially
1638s	are are supplying that Demand right of
1641s	activity or action from the player um
1644s	and then what what the players choose to
1646s	do is essentially the agent that's
1648s	provided and helping to dictate how the
1651s	world state will change and I think
1653s	that's obviously you know questing is a
1656s	is a kind of standard and staple tried
1658s	true method of of of core gameplay Loop
1662s	that players come to expect from MMOs
1664s	but what they haven't traditionally seen
1666s	is the followup of how those actions
1668s	that the players participate in yield a
1671s	response from the environment from the
1672s	server from from a historical identity
1676s	that now can be kind of seen in the
1678s	world um and we're going to see that
1680s	here right yeah and that's not to say
1683s	that our Quest content doesn't get much
1686s	more complicated especially when you
1687s	start getting involved in story arcs at
1689s	that level uh but this is all sort of
1692s	you know story ARS don't happen without
1694s	nodes being built up and and nodes don't
1696s	get built up without players doing
1698s	commissions and grinding experience and
1699s	things like that so um all this stuff
1702s	does uh all play together and creates a
1704s	very nice Loop to like unlocking the uh
1708s	the bigger more complicated adventuring
1716s	content
1718s	um
1720s	and Stor as well like are also one of
1722s	the potential predicates for side quests
1725s	and things like this starting so as you
1727s	love your node and that begins more
1730s	story arcs even more content related to
1733s	those stories as they progress in real
1734s	time um become available
1742s	how many do I have so far I have
1745s	seven
1747s	oh okay so you so sufficently
1750s	sufficiently agitated the minitar and
1752s	they've brought out their leader uh the
1754s	storm
1755s	caller uh and he comes with a storm oh
1759s	very cool
1760s	okay this is pretty awesome doubly so
1764s	because since you instigated this event
1766s	which changed the weather
1768s	that will also now influence spawns
1770s	nearby uh you could potentially be
1772s	spawning well you are spawning uh side
1775s	quests that relate to the Rain uh
1777s	changes in enemies that relate to the
1778s	Rain um and that's just that's driven on
1781s	player action so it's it is like a
1783s	feedback looping away as well all right
1785s	very cool so I see obviously the weather
1788s	here as you said has changed uh it is
1790s	now raining and the wind is picking up
1794s	um and I also see that there is
1796s	lightning that ooh looks a l little
1801s	hazardous yes uh that lightning will
1805s	hurt you very bad if it strikes you uh
1807s	weather events and and encounters
1809s	themselves can include hazards like that
1811s	that can appear um and shake things up
1814s	they can also it can also help too if
1815s	you can kite enemies into the lightning
1817s	strikes or whatever very cool now do I
1819s	have a I think I might need a little
1821s	team for this this seems to be a lot of
1823s	uh of stream there's quite a lot of them
1824s	there I I I'm perched up on this hill if
1827s	you guys are nearby and want to join
1829s	me uh let me see if I can find you sure
1833s	yeah so you starting that event would
1835s	have like we can see that from quite far
1837s	away which would if if players weren't
1839s	already here for the purpos of the
1840s	commissions they might be tempted by the
1842s	event as well you can invite you into
1844s	our party
1845s	here me just gather some of these
1849s	bushes yay uh there's some minur just
1851s	behind you Tyler watch
1854s	out all right wait where do where's Tony
1856s	we need Tony he's right here oh no wait
1859s	where is he I'm here oh he I'm wearing a
1862s	lot of armor I'm not going into that
1863s	lightning oh god oh oh God maybe we can
1866s	kill one of the minotaurs with the
1869s	tree looks like you have died to the
1871s	lightning oh my god seriously
1875s	yeah all right let's do this Leroy let's
1879s	go kill
1884s	him all right so these are the stormm
1886s	Weavers that he was trying to kill I see
1888s	this guy over
1892s	here I will call the
1897s	lightning oh I have a Healer that's
1900s	nice I got your
1907s	back oh I need to get my back oh no
1913s	wait just them into
1916s	them lighting oh there's a supply
1925s	chest oh no oh no you two are going
1930s	down wait let me sleep him let me sleep
1932s	him I'm going to sleep
1935s	him okay all right hold on he's
1938s	asleep let's see if we can get a bolt of
1940s	lightning we need some
1943s	lightning well several of them have died
1945s	to that as well a ashes I'm ashes and
1948s	Ashes so oh maybe we can get you res
1952s	up hold on I'm the Healer I'm going to
1955s	keep them keep them slept while you guys
1957s	come
1959s	back wait for
1962s	it sleeping the are pretty hard to move
1966s	yeah they
1969s	are oh you know what we should need to
1971s	show off as well that we didn't show off
1972s	last time oh here we go
1975s	oh oh my
1978s	gosh somebody res
1980s	me can't res just a sword somebody
1984s	somebody get back here and res me oh
1986s	there he goes he just got hit
1991s	got oh no okay I got 45 seconds before I
1996s	got to release
1998s	n Tyler's coming oh sweet
2006s	yes oh nice okay all right very cool
2010s	very cool let me grab some of my
2013s	stuff great I'll grab some of your stuff
2016s	as well oh yeah help yourself thank you
2020s	let me actually get this Supply
2022s	chest so this is just the reward for
2025s	participating in the event so even
2026s	people that didn't have the side quest
2028s	to do the event could still get rewards
2031s	from
2032s	participating Oh okay that's cool that's
2035s	awesome and again guys this this is all
2037s	work in progress still right there's
2039s	this is a very functional
2042s	um implementation currently of the
2044s	system um and there will be additional
2046s	controls where you can um split raid
2049s	essentially and each person can interact
2051s	with the supply chest and get their
2053s	reward from the
2056s	event uh oh
2060s	god oh no not the
2062s	rabbits oh let me kill these guys real
2065s	quick I'm going to sleep that battle
2067s	priest while you guys murder the
2069s	rabbits they're
2072s	gone
2077s	okay there we go all right now we've
2081s	cleared this little portion but
2084s	obviously the the weather is still
2086s	active um and that's because the Zone
2088s	has changed kind of to the activity that
2090s	we've that we have presented
2092s	here yep uh so that means there's some
2095s	new opportunities together or new
2096s	opportunities is available for you we
2098s	can we can leave you to carry on turning
2100s	your quest yeah it was an honor by the
2102s	way yeah no just glad to be here glad
2106s	thanks for the carry Stephen yeah
2108s	absolutely no problem yeah yeah I
2110s	definitely couldn't have done it without
2111s	you grab that minitar
2113s	pigment uh I see a sudden scholar has
2115s	also spawned oh and I see the I see the
2117s	event is still going there that's cool
2120s	um that to uh collect the rewards here
2122s	let me go over to the sudden
2125s	scholar where is that at
2127s	so talk to me a little bit about this
2129s	weather system right that's pretty cool
2130s	that we had the uh environmental hazards
2132s	that spawned and that doesn't just
2134s	pertain to the event right these these
2136s	types of weather systems they can kind
2138s	of be anywhere in the world yes so just
2140s	like regular weather they can also they
2142s	can also just spawn based on a number of
2144s	of like variables in the environment
2147s	like precipitation things like that um
2150s	so you'll you you can get weather
2152s	naturally but uh players can also affect
2154s	it too and and that can it can be more
2156s	than just the weather like there's
2157s	there's uh stks and and side quests that
2160s	can do things like placing an eternal
2163s	Knight in an area change the seasons and
2165s	things like that they can be quite quite
2167s	Stark um and all those things like like
2170s	we mentioned before create new and
2172s	different opportunities for uh what
2175s	types of content you might
2177s	find oh no I'm sorry give me a
2185s	second oh no are you still in trouble
2188s	Stephen do we need to help you again no
2190s	I'm I'm I'm doing fine okay I'm doing
2194s	fine I'm take my pigment and get out
2196s	here okay there we
2198s	go talk to me a little bit about kind of
2201s	these um this area the minotaurs as a as
2204s	a faction and kind of what um you know
2209s	how the spawners can kind of change
2210s	around the world to represent that
2212s	player
2213s	activity uh yeah it's especially
2215s	prevalent with the Minotaur who are
2217s	nomatic uh so these minitar in
2220s	particular are interested
2222s	in like spiritual sites so sites that
2225s	have to do with like funerary rights and
2228s	things like that of Ancient Aliens and
2231s	uh that's that ties a lot into the story
2234s	of this this POI which is called Titan
2236s	ring um all that stuff gets developed in
2240s	other side quests and uh and and St
2243s	potentially uh that can come can come
2246s	around because like you mentioned before
2248s	these aren't just necessarily menur all
2249s	the time there are other things that can
2251s	be happening here um depending on the
2253s	state of the world got it um and I see I
2256s	see I see Luna here for example she
2258s	spawned as a side quest because this
2260s	rain event occurred correct yes she is
2264s	one of the side quests that are attached
2266s	to the Rain State okay cool she wants me
2269s	to defeat some myelon along the lonely
2272s	Oak Creek which I assume is up
2276s	ahead right around the corner there from
2277s	you oh okay very cool all right let's
2280s	take a look I love the stormy effect I
2283s	think the obviously players have seen
2286s	our uh season system in place but we
2289s	haven't really seen a bit more of the um
2292s	weather events and this looks great I
2294s	think Todd did a great job on the kind
2296s	of rain effect here sounds good um I
2300s	love the the wpo on the trees and the
2303s	wind cool yeah uh the downed environment
2309s	really really really shine in this game
2311s	I really love the work that they're
2312s	doing on
2313s	it uh so if you follow the River South
2316s	uh CU you do still have that commission
2317s	that you you picked up very early on to
2319s	go to the Oak Bay Overlook which is not
2322s	too far from where you are it's just
2323s	south of you a little ways um and that
2326s	is kind of uh you wanted to check out
2329s	Oaken Bane anyways and that that will
2330s	take you to a really nice place to to
2332s	take a look at it all right let um so
2334s	you can you can clear the melling along
2336s	the way I noticed you know forgot to
2338s	turn in your unit Quest that's okay
2341s	which
2342s	one your did you turn in your storm
2344s	Coler Quest oh I think I did let me go
2346s	where do I where do I turn that in at
2348s	back at the uh yeah bring it back to M
2351s	okay I'm sorry I can do
2353s	that I just want I just want to make
2355s	sure that you get your your quest
2356s	rewards you know all right let me grab
2360s	it you can give stepen a little
2362s	shpa actually you know what I can I can
2365s	probably let let me
2368s	um let me just run back there real
2372s	quick I'm on my
2375s	way or actually can I complete it from
2378s	here side quests no Co commissions
2382s	commissions you can't yeah yeah side
2384s	quests have to go back to either their
2387s	either the place that the commission was
2389s	or the side quest was given or uh also
2392s	potentially other places the side quest
2393s	will specify where you're supposed to
2395s	bring your completion
2399s	all right and a lot of times those
2401s	that's because they're leading you to
2403s	another place that might hold something
2405s	else related to that side quest you just
2408s	completed not all the time but but
2411s	that's one of the intense
2414s	yeah very cool yeah breadcrumbing is
2418s	very important for
2420s	these I'm going back to Maho that's
2423s	right yeah okay let's see where is mAh
2427s	he is right there on your left oh okay
2431s	sweet Maho my
2435s	friend yauna is
2439s	dead uh yes that is very true he did put
2442s	up a little bit of a fight but the
2444s	weather actually was to his detriment as
2446s	well
2447s	yeah Okay cool so I'm going to get the
2450s	the storm cers recipe uh additional
2453s	minitar pigment which is obviously uh a
2456s	rare material component that's probably
2458s	used uh in it it is specifically for
2461s	crafting minur objects yeah nice awesome
2464s	okay so these different factions hold
2467s	unique rewards that are delivered both
2469s	through the questing as well as drop
2470s	tables uh for the minotaurs and other
2473s	you know local environments that
2476s	contribute directly to crafting those
2478s	types of items yeah the minaur pigments
2480s	are actually pretty rare So that we just
2482s	got a little bit lucky there but uh the
2483s	side quests are a nice way to get a
2485s	guaranteed little injection of them
2492s	um and yeah there's there's stuff like
2494s	that for all of the factions especially
2497s	ones that
2498s	have uh like a set of crafting like
2502s	crafting sets and things like that cool
2504s	very cool all right I am headed back
2507s	this way I
2509s	believe is that right did I under the
2512s	you need to make your way back toward
2513s	that I you can get there just straight
2515s	from the way you were going but oh okay
2516s	cool
2517s	go back this way you you have the melan
2520s	kills uh I can't see let me see
2525s	here I don't think you have them
2527s	yet I don't think so although I see some
2530s	Myans down here now yeah I metion just
2534s	going to be over the Overlook was fairly
2536s	close to where you just were all right
2538s	yeah it's that very last objective you
2540s	have in your tracker all
2543s	right oh my
2545s	gosh that was
2548s	unfortunate yeah the
2550s	uh NPC teams like I think they've done
2554s	just an incredible job lately with the
2557s	the fights
2558s	like I feel like the encounters are
2561s	getting very very fun and dynamic and
2565s	vared absolutely they're getting very CL
2567s	very good actually challenging right now
2569s	that we're having good representative
2572s	kind of progression within the A2 world
2574s	oh that little dude disappeared uh it
2577s	was attach to his parent that you
2578s	destroyed okay let me see if I can avoid
2580s	these guys I'm getting some type of
2583s	injury they actually yeah they they will
2586s	poison you sit down
2589s	here nope not going to sit down
2592s	there let me move forward probably not
2596s	going to sit down there
2598s	either oh no we're doing the old old
2602s	train I don't I can't I'm pot committed
2605s	I am pot committed
2607s	it's
2607s	happening it is happening uh where do I
2611s	need to go just turn around turn around
2614s	okay all right the Overlook is like on
2616s	those ruins just to your right to the
2618s	right up there yeah that's the top of
2620s	the room so go left here there to your
2623s	left no Ste what are we
2627s	doing break left go up the to go up oh
2633s	God oh my
2635s	God
2638s	are you doing this no I'm not I'm really
2640s	not I'm really not I swear I swear I'm
2643s	just trying to run okay to the right
2645s	here I'm just running here let me put
2646s	some
2648s	some okay up here I didn't know we were
2651s	going to see a mimic I did not know we
2653s	were going to see a mimic either holy
2657s	smokes
2659s	H can I go to the right the Overlook The
2662s	Overlook is to your right I don't know
2664s	if it's safe to even go up there with
2665s	this many chasing you
2667s	uh hold on let me just see if I can
2670s	sleep them oh okay they're fleeing
2673s	they're
2675s	Le I wonder if I can kill this thing oh
2678s	no definitely cannot kill that
2681s	thing um yeah it's level 20 okay they're
2685s	flinging they're FL FL okay good good
2687s	okay we did it and we did it thank you
2690s	somehow amazing amazing you survive that
2694s	uh oh my God okay
2697s	up the uh so the Overlook is up on top
2701s	of these ruins here yeah you can climb
2702s	up the ruins okay so this is for uh the
2706s	oak ban Overlook got it yeah
2712s	okay okay this is also a little bit of a
2715s	dangerous area yep all right let's go oh
2719s	can't go this way either there's a
2721s	little watch D Jeremy made sure that
2723s	it's pretty hard to sneak around through
2725s	here
2730s	okay let just
2732s	see oh
2737s	God
2741s	nice oh God oh
2745s	God oh no guys everybody look away IM
2749s	muffs IM muffs
2752s	[Laughter]
2754s	IMS and we're good we're good let me
2756s	just pick up all these things that I
2758s	died with and that's
2761s	good and I normally don't want to do
2764s	that but I am trying to
2766s	just I didn't know that guy was going to
2768s	spin to win right as I was
2771s	uh trying to pass
2775s	him that's a that's a Berserker for you
2777s	just when you at least expect it I know
2779s	and watch I'm probably going to get him
2781s	low here and he's going to probably get
2783s	some temp Health as usual
2787s	there's the temp
2790s	Health
2795s	go got least he spun one that time and
2798s	it didn't work out for him yeah that was
2800s	a nice shatter look at that that was a
2801s	nice shatter thank you thank you Tyler I
2804s	appreciate the additional support there
2806s	right now the stream is most definitely
2807s	roasting
2811s	me okay so I'm I'm assuming since this
2814s	is getting a view of Oak B that I should
2816s	be up here yeah it's also marked on your
2819s	map and and implied in the in the quest
2821s	text that you're supposed to come up
2822s	here but oh okay this is a beautiful
2824s	view actually
2829s	yep nice we did it we have discovered
2833s	the location oh the Noe is there
2837s	okay wow look at this
2841s	view oh my God what is
2843s	this so yeah when nodes level up they
2846s	will create new content new story arcs
2848s	will start and story arcs are very big
2851s	like big area changing things that can
2853s	happen right like we saw with Carin like
2856s	we saw with Carin uh this is one for
2858s	Oaken
2859s	Bane oh my gosh that is
2863s	cool oh I want to go down there and
2864s	check it
2866s	out uh it'd be it'd be pretty pretty
2870s	tough a long drop
2872s	yeah ow oh okay I made it
2877s	oh this is awesome okay so so this area
2879s	now has entered into a story arc correct
2883s	uh and you're you're not right near
2887s	where the questgivers would would would
2889s	get you kind of started on the story for
2890s	this but they're not far um and uh and
2895s	yeah these would be the the quests
2896s	involved in stor are a little bit more
2898s	complicated than commission style and
2900s	side quest style quests but
2902s	um there's there's a whole big long ch
2906s	to deal with the dark magic that you
2908s	just saw settling in over this once
2911s	sacred resting place for old Heroes I
2913s	love it this looks great well this was
2916s	quite a presentation obviously it was
2918s	really enjoyable to kind of go through
2920s	you know commissions and and and give
2922s	the community an insight to Alpha 2 kind
2925s	of what their daily activities are going
2927s	to include but more importantly how
2930s	those
2931s	commissions change the state of the
2933s	world around you and kick off these
2937s	almost Domino like effects with regards
2939s	to events and side quests and the story
2942s	arcs where you constantly see a changing
2944s	world around you that is really the
2947s	promise of Ashes um and as the world
2949s	changes you're a part of building what's
2952s	to come next so Scott Tony Tyler thank
2957s	you very much for joining me and thank
2959s	you for all the hard work you guys been
2960s	doing it's really paying off and it's
2961s	looking really really fun thanks for
2964s	having us great to show it you so much
2966s	absolutely and everyone I'll see you
2968s	guys back on
2969s	stream real soon bye everybody
2977s	[Music]
2985s	bye
2987s	woo we did
2989s	it I survived I trained 100 mobs there
2992s	at the end but uh I was so surprised and
2996s	shocked whenever you actually were able
2999s	to make it so I was like wow they left
3001s	you alone um I'm going to play the
3003s	commissions video uh in the background
3005s	whilst we um go ahead and answer some
3009s	questions because you all had some
3010s	questions in chat for us um raknar and V
3014s	rosan have been great about keeping an
3016s	eye on I think there's a watch party
3018s	happening in Discord so if you didn't
3019s	know you can always hang out with us
3020s	over there or watch us live here on
3022s	Twitch and we are watching all of your
3024s	questions and Gathering uh the most free
3026s	ones um that are relevant to what we're
3028s	broadcasting today um the first question
3030s	here is is there a limit to how many
3033s	commissions I can take at one time from
3034s	the board or can I just grab them all um
3037s	currently the limit is set to 20 you can
3041s	have 20 active commissions at a time and
3043s	again um you know this is obviously a
3046s	very tunable thing right we can change
3048s	that number just like that um so it's
3050s	going to be part of Alpha 2 testing that
3052s	we're going to see you know how do
3054s	players interact with the commission
3055s	system
3056s	um you know how often are they keeping
3058s	that 20 slots filled uh how often are
3061s	they deleting slots to make room for
3063s	others right those are things that we're
3065s	going to want to watch and we're going
3066s	to want to tune um but the idea of
3068s	commissions is that they should be
3069s	relatively easy and quick uh quests that
3072s	people are doing again to help seed the
3074s	world yeah and as you noticed Stephen
3077s	was able to complete those in in the
3078s	world so once you complete them you can
3080s	actually open it up get your reward
3081s	right there it's very different than
3083s	what you saw with the side quest or a
3084s	regular big story AR Quest there a lot
3086s	of people asking about story ARS yes we
3088s	have huge story arcs that are much
3090s	bigger broader ones but those are very
3091s	different and you're going to specific
3093s	areas and PCs and things of that sort
3095s	yeah and just to be clear when we talk
3097s	about that 20 quests that's for
3100s	commission specifically that does not
3102s	bleed into side quests or into story
3105s	arcs you know those are other systems of
3108s	questing that that are unique to
3110s	themselves the next question we have
3112s	here is can commissions be shared with
3114s	friends if I have one can can I just
3116s	quickly share it with a friend I think
3117s	that that goes for any Quest what are
3120s	the sharing what is the sharability
3122s	access for questing yeah you know this
3124s	is actually a very good point of
3127s	feedback for the community to talk about
3130s	what you like or dislike about sharing
3133s	um currently it is implemented in such a
3136s	way where you can share these quests
3138s	with friends uh
3141s	that excuse me that you're in a party
3144s	with um uh but there is there has been
3147s	some discussion on the design team about
3149s	sharing um and you know the idea is
3152s	obviously it's great to be in a party we
3155s	want to incentivize people to be social
3156s	with one another uh and part of that
3158s	social aspect is being able to share you
3161s	know what Adventure you're on people
3163s	like people like sharing their quests
3165s	but not their cookies apparently that's
3166s	what's the conversation is it seems like
3168s	an overwhelming so far but be sure to go
3171s	under the forums and share that with us
3172s	we do have a uh feedback thread up there
3175s	I'll talk a little bit more about that
3176s	as well um our next question is oh and I
3179s	guess if the commissions are sharable
3181s	what about regular side quests or story
3184s	arc Quest what is the the stance on
3187s	those things current currently um the
3190s	idea is that all questing is sharable
3192s	right so so you're able to share those
3194s	things but that's something that might
3195s	be tuned obviously as we kind of watch
3198s	players test through Alpha 2 all right
3201s	and then can players kill important
3203s	Quest NPCs I believe we've answered this
3206s	before but um people have people really
3208s	wanted you to kill the Minotaur for some
3210s	reason the the the quest Giver oh the
3213s	quest giver no um no the quest Giver is
3215s	not killable right when when you when
3218s	there is an ability to kill an NPC there
3221s	should be a good reason for killing that
3222s	NPC and denying content to other players
3225s	is not necessarily a good reason um so
3227s	the quest Giver themselves are not
3229s	killable we may have some story arcs
3231s	down the line where you're killing some
3233s	well-known NPCs but we got to build it
3235s	up you know we got to we got to make you
3236s	either love them or hate them before you
3238s	get to that point yeah um the next one
3240s	here is what happens to existing quests
3242s	in a players Journal if a node levels
3245s	before they are
3247s	completed uh existing Quest so those are
3250s	still turned turn those are still
3252s	capable being completed right um once
3254s	you've adopted the quest uh you're able
3256s	to complete it um uh regardless of
3259s	whether or not the node levels however
3260s	that is not true always that is not
3262s	always the case um for certain types of
3265s	believe and I will double check on this
3268s	afterwards but I believe that is not
3269s	always true for certain steps of the
3271s	story arc um so there there are some and
3275s	I guess technically if a if a node gets
3277s	destroyed uh those quests would also not
3280s	be capable of being turned in
3282s	either all right and then the next one
3286s	you did kind of showcase this in the
3288s	game um but it's we can just address it
3291s	because it was a common question uh can
3293s	other players join in on another players
3296s	commission or side quest progress we
3298s	talked about that just now you can share
3299s	a quest um does this require Parting Up
3302s	so does it the element of this that we
3304s	didn't quite answer is do you have to be
3306s	in a party to share things yes yes you
3309s	do have to be in a party to share things
3310s	all right there's no share sharing on
3312s	the Fly just a share radius you run what
3314s	if I you got this you got somebody and
3315s	then reinvite somebody and then keep at
3317s	keep sharing with people as long as I'm
3320s	exp as they're in their party yeah I
3322s	know as long as they're in your party
3324s	you're going to get a share marker if
3325s	you're too much you're going to get
3326s	flagged no I'm just kid we'll log people
3328s	who are sharing too much we will be
3330s	logging everything so there will be an
3332s	element of this that we can track and
3334s	look into of course yeah um the next
3336s	question here is do lightning abilities
3338s	do bonus damage to in the rain so yes
3342s	yes so we've talked about this in the
3343s	past it isn't something that has been
3345s	implemented yet uh but it is intended
3348s	that certain weather effects will have
3350s	certain types of modifying Buffs to
3352s	targets within the area of effect for
3354s	that weather so for example cold being
3357s	susceptible to cold like energy uh types
3360s	and uh electrical with regards to rain
3363s	like those are the intent of these
3364s	weather systems they add an additional
3366s	layer of dynamic combat consideration uh
3369s	within the area and then was the
3371s	lightning Hazard only for the storm
3373s	Weaver minur event or will that continue
3375s	to happen during the weather yes as I
3378s	mentioned in the video um the lightning
3380s	the the Hazardous lightning is actually
3384s	a combination of the weather event
3386s	itself which isn't unique just to this
3388s	story arc or excuse me just to this
3389s	event um as storms move throughout as
3392s	storm events move throughout the world
3394s	they will be accompanied by these types
3396s	of hazardous uh uh environmental
3399s	features such as lightning um and that's
3402s	something that I think adds a little bit
3403s	to the level design or the encounter
3405s	design um uh for the content all right
3410s	and that is the majority of the
3411s	questions that we had it seems like
3413s	folks are hey these are quests they
3415s	understand Quest work um and it was cool
3417s	to see kind of how one commission can
3419s	kind of take you throughout the world
3420s	and uh kind of bring you to explore and
3422s	see more things and you even saw a story
3425s	arc get started there towards the end a
3427s	node leveling up because of the
3429s	commissions um and I think maybe we
3431s	didn't quite uh address that in the the
3434s	stream as or in the video uh as
3436s	prominently for folks to understand but
3438s	the commission boards whenever they're
3440s	taking those those are are quests that
3442s	will help the level the node level up
3444s	specifically absolutely yeah so so let
3446s	me let me talk a little bit more to that
3448s	so I I explain in detail yeah so what
3450s	people saw there that commission board
3452s	you saw eight available I think it was
3454s	eight or 10 available commissions now
3456s	obviously we're still nailing down how
3457s	many of those we want to show at any
3459s	given time that might even be something
3460s	that gets uh progressed as the node
3463s	levels up um but you'll see that it
3466s	changes every 30 minutes and right now
3469s	the way it works is certain commissions
3471s	have certain tiers of um uh of Rarity
3476s	and as a player whether you're a citizen
3479s	or not you can establish reputation
3481s	within a node and the way you establish
3483s	that reputation is by completing buy
3485s	orders completing commissions and quests
3488s	um uh and even uh completing Caravan
3490s	trips there or out of there different
3492s	interactions that you would do with the
3494s	node can yield you reputation within
3496s	that particular node and the more
3498s	reputation you have with a node you get
3501s	greater access to higher tier type
3503s	commissions right and so as you have
3506s	access to those greater rare commissions
3509s	um you'll get better rewards and have uh
3511s	unique uh content that's available to
3513s	you as a person who's privileged with
3515s	that reputation so you can adopt those
3517s	higher rare uh commission types now the
3520s	commissions are constantly changing and
3521s	they're constantly seeing the state of
3523s	the world in order to change and present
3525s	what's available but you'll see that as
3527s	we went through this presentation
3529s	commissions are the initial seed and as
3531s	you move out into the environment you're
3533s	going to be presented with side quests
3535s	that pop up and those are also
3536s	predicated on this the state of the
3538s	world so for example we saw a side quest
3541s	that popped up due to the storm event
3543s	and the storm event was created because
3545s	there was activity within the area that
3547s	was brought there as a funnel of traffic
3549s	from the commission board in the nearby
3551s	node and then once that um once that
3554s	node leveled up as a result of this
3556s	additional experience being brought
3558s	there it kicked off a particular event
3561s	um and so that's kind of like the the
3562s	full loop between how commissions mooved
3564s	to side quests how side quests create
3566s	events how events help to create uh uh
3570s	story arcs which are these larger more
3572s	intensive multi-day potential uh types
3574s	of quest progression um so this is
3577s	obviously in a very nutshell format
3579s	where we can kind of show you that full
3580s	loop uh but these are going to be
3582s	kicking off left and right I mean all
3584s	around you as you're within the world
3585s	and this is kind of your normal activity
3587s	state within ashes of creation you're
3589s	constantly finding these things to do
3591s	which will give you rewards like recipes
3593s	we saw within this particular commit
3595s	Mission um certain unique material
3597s	components that you can then craft with
3599s	uh obviously riches and gold that you
3601s	can use through the glint to kind of
3602s	convert and or trade with um you know
3605s	all of that is within the progression
3607s	Loop all right thank you for uh
3609s	expanding on that and of course uh as
3612s	with everything here everything's a work
3614s	in progress we are still in Alpha we're
3616s	moving towards our Alpha 2 here coming
3618s	up in quarter3 so stay tuned for more
3620s	information in regards to that but in
3622s	the meantime if you have feedback for us
3624s	on the commissions riew that we showed
3625s	you please head on over to our forums
3628s	and make sure that you share your
3629s	feedback over there the community team
3630s	does an amazing job uh putting together
3632s	these reports that we then share with
3633s	the development team and go over with
3635s	them and if they have additional
3636s	questions you may see some other Dev
3638s	discussions that come up based on those
3640s	topics so uh definitely definitely give
3642s	us your feedback and it doesn't have to
3643s	be specifically about commissions it's
3645s	anything that you saw here um that you
3648s	want to give us feedback on we are very
3650s	much taking that all in and doing our
3653s	best to adjust things as we move forward
3655s	especially as we get closer to Alpha 2
3657s	and with that we're going to swap on
3658s	over to our
3665s	studio yeah absolutely well the studio
3668s	is kicking off this year like crazy we
3671s	have got a lot of stuff going on this is
3674s	probably the most intensive year we have
3676s	ever had in the history of the studio
3678s	obviously we are continuing to work
3681s	diligently towards delivering on Alpha 2
3684s	in the third quarter of this year as we
3687s	announced um and hiring has been going
3689s	great um you know obviously we talked a
3691s	little bit last stream about the state
3693s	of the industry it continues to not be a
3696s	great state for the industry um and
3698s	again our hearts go out to those
3699s	individuals but what I will say is this
3702s	um I have been through a number of
3704s	interviews over this month uh uh for
3707s	people joining the team and we are very
3709s	close to passing the 200 number Mark for
3711s	the studio size um if we haven't already
3714s	I'm not sure sure but um what I will say
3717s	is something very interesting I actually
3719s	had an interview I actually had two
3720s	interviews over the course of this last
3722s	two weeks uh where they told me that
3725s	they were laid off from uh their
3727s	previous company and that some of their
3730s	friends who are not developers but are
3732s	players that were excited about ashes of
3734s	creation were pestering them to come and
3736s	apply to us and look at the game and I
3739s	thought you know I said to them hey if
3741s	you ever watch our live streams we use
3744s	our community to help evangelize the
3746s	game obviously right to help kind of
3748s	spread the word about ashes of creation
3750s	about our studio uh and what a great
3752s	thing it was to see that come full
3754s	circle you know there are individuals
3756s	out there who are in need and you guys
3758s	did a great job those of you who helped
3760s	to support spreading the word for ashes
3762s	spreading the word for Intrepid Studios
3763s	on your social media look at that it
3765s	came full circle and we got some amazing
3767s	candidates who joined the team over the
3769s	course of this last month uh who are
3770s	going to be able now to bring their
3772s	tremendous talent to the production of
3774s	Ashes which is uh you know obviously
3776s	what we're here to to deliver on so
3779s	kudos to you guys in the community for
3780s	helping to spread that word um
3782s	additionally I would say that you know
3784s	we we have got a lot on our plate we've
3786s	got a lot on our plate uh we are
3788s	approaching the end of this Milestone um
3790s	with our last Sprint for for Milestone 9
3792s	or excuse me for Milestone 8 um and
3794s	we've got a lot of planning ahead of us
3796s	to deliver on on our third quarter uh
3798s	Alpha 2 uh and I think Margaret there's
3801s	something you guys you wanted to talk a
3802s	little bit about kind of on what to
3804s	expect with regards to you know the
3806s	feature set that we're going to be
3807s	launching Alpha 2 with uh because we've
3809s	getting a lot of questions about that
3810s	yeah I was going to bring that up in the
3811s	Q&A but we can bring it up here as well
3813s	because it is uh you know pertinent to
3815s	Alpha 2 um but basically we have we have
3818s	a plan so just stick with us we'll we'll
3820s	share information with you guys as we go
3821s	forward but right now we're not uh we're
3823s	not going to be we don't want to get
3825s	people all hyped for what's in Alpha 2
3826s	when we're not quite there right so we
3828s	have a Cadence in which we will be
3830s	providing information but stay tuned
3832s	we'll have a guide for Alpha 2 with
3833s	information on what you can can expect
3835s	what features you can you're going to be
3836s	able to see what systems what archetypes
3838s	are going to be available Etc at the
3840s	start of Alpha 2 and then as we go
3842s	forward throughout Alpha 2 because it is
3843s	going to be a long a long one it's not
3846s	similar to Alpha 1 where you know we
3848s	were up for like a month and then we're
3849s	down so it will be a a longterm thing
3852s	that we're going to be doing for quite a
3853s	bit and we will be sharing updates
3855s	throughout that for the big updates
3856s	you'll see news posts for those with
3858s	information on what systems and features
3860s	and content is going to be available for
3861s	you all and then um obviously for the
3864s	smaller ones will have smaller patch
3866s	updates but for all of the updates we'll
3867s	always give you guys patch notes for
3868s	those they'll just be displayed in
3870s	different ways so for the big ones
3871s	you'll see News Post for the smaller
3872s	ones you will see those probably through
3874s	the forums or whatever means we decide
3876s	that we're going to be doing those in
3878s	probably in a couple different places
3879s	but making sure that all of that
3881s	information is available to you all as
3882s	we move forward especially for our Alpha
3885s	2 uh play testers yes
3889s	yeah with us that's the update yeah and
3891s	there will also be other things that
3892s	we're sharing um I know the community
3894s	team has a lot of really cool Community
3896s	programs that they want to run during
3898s	Alpha 2 as well so even if you're not
3900s	part of Alpha 2 in the sense that you
3902s	don't have a key or you're not able to
3903s	really like play yourself there will be
3905s	lots of ways that you can engage and
3907s	watch uh obviously people will be
3908s	streaming there's penty of content that
3910s	will be available to you people making
3911s	YouTube videos we're going to be working
3912s	with content creators um I know that
3914s	content creators are keep asking us when
3916s	we're going to be sending out
3917s	invitations we will share that
3918s	information as well right now we are in
3920s	application Phase for Content creators
3922s	so if you are one uh feel free to apply
3924s	for us um and we will be closing that uh
3926s	application at some point in order to
3928s	start sending out invites and those
3929s	invites will go out in groups um and
3932s	then we will slowly get through
3933s	everybody but our goal is to to respond
3936s	to everybody Stephen really wants us to
3937s	even the people who aren't able to make
3939s	it into the program we want to give them
3941s	reasons why and primarily the reasons
3943s	going to be why is that you're not
3945s	making content so really our goal is
3946s	that you should be making consistent
3948s	content we aren't looking for just only
3949s	the big streamers we are we are looking
3951s	at anybody who's creating consistent
3953s	quality content content so it doesn't
3955s	just necessarily if you only have 100
3957s	subscribers that's not a big deal to us
3959s	it's really about the content and the
3960s	consistency in which you're making your
3961s	content um so we don't want to
3963s	discourage anybody we want everybody to
3965s	be able to help us make content and you
3967s	know create an amazing Alpha 2
3968s	experience for folks and for those of
3971s	you who didn't get part of it because
3972s	our pre-order packs are down we have
3974s	been doing giveaways for our Valentine's
3976s	Day we did a huge campaign that was a
3978s	bunch of you know giveaways for Alpha 2
3980s	so stay tuned for those things if you're
3981s	not following us on social we're at
3983s	ashes of creation and all the places we
3985s	share that information for you all so U
3988s	Know next next one make sure you're
3990s	keeping your eyes out but we did get a
3992s	lot of a lot of people involved with
3993s	that so thank you for doing that we had
3995s	a we had a good laugh reading your
3997s	guys's Valentine's Day uh goodies by the
4000s	way I just want to give a shout out
4002s	yes can we give a shout out for this
4006s	yeah go for
4007s	it I uh we had a glorious fan who I
4012s	can't recall the username now but maybe
4014s	maybe you can find out while I'm talking
4015s	about this um sent in this awesome mask
4019s	and for those of you who might recall if
4022s	anybody in chat knows where this mask
4025s	came from does anybody know in chat
4026s	where this mask came
4028s	from this mask came off of one of the
4032s	NPCs our Shaman
4035s	Goblin uh and they this individual
4039s	recreated it what was it do do you have
4041s	their name do you know their name marst
4043s	Peter to get back to me got it got it um
4046s	and it is really really cool I mean
4050s	Pockets art Pockets art Pockets art go
4053s	they were they had post on the forums
4054s	their creation process and uh they had
4056s	messaged me on Discord and said hey I
4057s	really want to send this to Stephen
4059s	because and if you guys notice we had a
4061s	clip of Stephen saying he's like I
4064s	because I was like I would wear that
4066s	mask I hope that that we can make that
4067s	be a player one too so when you kill Lam
4070s	and maybe you have a chance to to get
4072s	one or a named one um and I was like I
4074s	would wear that and Steph's like I would
4076s	wear that in real life and we clipped to
4078s	him uh putting it on I got John to get
4080s	uh some pictures of Stephen wearing it
4082s	so that was great So Co it was really
4085s	cool honestly uh we are so thankful for
4089s	all of you it is really really cool to
4092s	see the amazing Community Creations that
4094s	you guys make for us I mean we have so
4095s	many that every Friday we share a new
4097s	fan art right like that is so cool for
4100s	us to be able to experience as
4101s	developers we share that with all of our
4102s	development team as well and they always
4104s	add comments and their like their
4106s	thoughts on it and it's just always
4108s	exciting to see something that you got
4109s	that we create getting like fan art for
4113s	it that's so cool they tell me they tell
4115s	me to put it on I'm sorry I'll put it
4117s	I'll put it on for the Q&A all right and
4120s	with that we're going to do character
4122s	art if we want to switch to that okay
4124s	I'll put it on for the art segment
4127s	okay I
4133s	can
4157s	there sorry apologies for that um I
4160s	fixed it in the one scene I didn't fix
4161s	in this one um this is our starting gear
4166s	yeah they can hear you it actually fit
4168s	you pretty well I think it just needs to
4170s	be like the eyes need to be down a
4172s	little more there you go there you go
4174s	how about that there you go so you can
4175s	actually see better um okay we've been
4178s	showing some of the starting gear as
4180s	we're moving forward but obviously if
4181s	you guys have thoughts and feedback feel
4183s	free to share them with us um but this
4185s	is kind of the pirate one that we're
4187s	working
4187s	towards next up we've got some Barn
4191s	goodies last um time we kind of ended
4195s	the stream with a little uh barard
4197s	teaser obviously it was more of a joke
4199s	not like our our final barred animations
4202s	and songs but it was definitely it was a
4204s	good joke actually it was a joke but we
4206s	hope that you all enjoyed it but we are
4208s	working towards Bard goodness um so we
4210s	have a lot of instrum instruments being
4212s	created animations for those instruments
4214s	are going to be created um we have
4217s	abilities and things of that by the way
4218s	we had a we had a lot of people in the
4220s	community that that not only liked the
4222s	um the meme but really interested in
4224s	Bard Bard is not traditionally a class
4228s	that gets a lot of interest I think uh
4230s	population wise yeah yeah I I don't
4232s	think it's like I don't I don't even say
4234s	it's in the top three of the games that
4235s	offer Bard as a class to play I would
4237s	say it's definitely not in the top three
4239s	most like play classes in those games
4241s	yeah I would say it's not in the top
4243s	three but in a few of the games that I
4245s	have played in the past they have been
4246s	pretty prevalent primarily because song
4249s	weaving and bucks and things like that
4250s	are required so almost every raid has
4253s	needed them and I think that that is I
4255s	just think I just think they never come
4256s	close to like you know tank Rangers
4259s	Mages like those those usually are the
4262s	population tilt yeah for sure I don't
4265s	disagree with that uh but hopefully we
4267s	make it so cool that more people want to
4269s	play BS um and I know that they're
4271s	working hard towards that um but lots of
4273s	instruments are recreating if there's
4275s	instruments that you're interested in um
4278s	I'm sure we'll make a social post about
4279s	it uh asking you what kind of Bard
4281s	instruments you'd like to see and
4283s	perhaps maybe you'll see get some new
4284s	instruments being created that you like
4286s	uh the next one here is an Arcane mind
4289s	set of armor um obviously you'll see
4292s	some NPCs with this maybe player
4297s	um usability at some point oh
4302s	yeah we show off the Carin yet that's
4305s	the I'm saving that one for last oh okay
4307s	good call call but it is next up so the
4310s	next one is the Carin set and this is
4312s	the Carin light set so there will be
4314s	other sets that are cre created but
4316s	these are the Carin robes yes the robes
4321s	so we'll first show of the images look
4324s	at that model and I think there's a
4326s	sketch here yeah right here this is like
4328s	the the concept and then you can see how
4330s	it oh yeah that was a concept I think
4332s	Lloyd did I think Lloyd did the concept
4335s	who did the modeling was that I didn't
4337s	put them in this this month this week
4339s	was a chaos for me so I actually didn't
4341s	get the art and we had some bpn stuff
4344s	VPN being up and down so I was kind of
4346s	rushing for the art stuff so this is
4349s	this is a this is a set of robes that
4351s	you can acquire through progression
4354s	within the Carin the Tower of Carin I
4356s	think Manny worked on it is what they're
4358s	saying so thank you Manny well done
4360s	Manny yeah it looks pretty awesome uh
4365s	and then we have the turntable for it as
4367s	well so you can see it in all its 3D
4369s	glory and and by the way there's one
4371s	thing there that I want to make sure you
4373s	know you guys in the Community one of
4375s	the promises we made early on because we
4377s	incorporate as you guys know Cosmetics
4380s	as a part of our monetization strategy
4382s	obviously no pay to win no pay to
4384s	convenience but we do offer a cosmetic
4386s	Marketplace uh and intend to for launch
4389s	this is the quality of
4392s	ingame Cosmetics excuse me gear that you
4395s	can acquire compare that to the
4398s	Cosmetics that you've seen modeled and
4400s	now you can understand how we aim to
4403s	have parity between those two things a
4406s	lot of games that I've been a player of
4409s	uh the Cosmetics look better exactly
4411s	they they wait your incentive in they
4414s	incentivize you to acquire the Cosmetics
4416s	because they always look way better than
4418s	what's achievable in game this is our
4421s	attempt to to create parody in that
4423s	regard so you guys you guys can give us
4426s	your feedback on that right you'll see
4428s	the plate probably next month I think I
4429s	just saw it completed yes yeah you'll
4432s	see the Carin plate set as well
4434s	yeah so there will be medium and heavy
4436s	armor as well so stay tuned for more of
4438s	that goodness but yeah uh we you know we
4441s	do plan on doing Cosmetics still but of
4443s	course in-game stuff should be really
4445s	awesome it should be something that when
4446s	you achieve it people are look at you
4447s	and go oh you completed the carpon stuff
4450s	yeah you worked hard for that uh we
4452s	understand I think especially Stephen
4453s	and I were huge competitive Gamers we we
4456s	want to be able to show off the work
4457s	that we've done we want that for you
4459s	guys I hated it I hated it when when
4462s	nothing you did in game looked anywhere
4464s	near the person that swiped now not not
4466s	to say I couldn't swipe I swiped all day
4468s	long but I didn't like the fact that the
4470s	achievement level of reward was not on
4473s	par with the swipe reward that was
4476s	unfortunate I still wore the achievement
4478s	stuff because I want people to know I
4479s	want you to
4480s	know what I did um but that's the art
4484s	update for this one and you know stay
4486s	tuned for more we don't want to spoil
4488s	everything for you guys but we do want
4489s	to keep you
4492s	informed so said whale somebody said
4495s	whale no
4496s	noises y that is definitely the case so
4501s	good but hey you know those people keep
4504s	the lights on sometimes we need we do
4506s	need the income coming in from that
4507s	stuff but we also want it to be uh you
4510s	know make sure
4512s	that experience I was funding
4514s	development Studios long before I
4516s	started
4519s	one it's really funny because I I've
4522s	worked at a few different companies and
4523s	there was like people who had spent in
4527s	the Millions on cosmetics and it's just
4530s	amazing to me that I'm just
4532s	like why like you're not even wearing
4535s	in-game armor ever at that point like
4536s	you just have you purchased everything
4539s	um of course we have some questions from
4541s	you guys on the forums and this will be
4543s	wrapping us up today uh if you don't
4545s	know we always put up a Q&A before the
4547s	stream so like we tell you the topic we
4549s	give you the Q&A U be sure to make sure
4551s	that you fill that out that's another
4552s	way for you to ensure that your question
4554s	gets answered live here on the stream U
4556s	but this first one is from talents and
4557s	they want to know about armor appearance
4559s	speaking of because we're that's a great
4561s	tangent um we have since a single armor
4564s	set will look different on each race how
4566s	will we have large varieties of in-game
4569s	achievable gear for each race if we have
4571s	to make nine different looks for each
4574s	set well our approach to that's funny
4578s	that we have this
4579s	question that is hilarious um well the
4583s	approach for that is to create uh a
4586s	modular um uh a modular piece set for
4590s	armor for armor creation and the way we
4593s	achieve that is by um two steps so on
4597s	the on the modeling side um each race
4600s	has these Geo sets basically where
4605s	you're creating uh pieces of the of the
4608s	armor for heavy plate armor for medium
4611s	for robes and you get to grab those
4614s	modular pieces and mix and match as
4616s	design makes a request for a particular
4618s	set to the art teams so design comes
4621s	along and they say hey we have a theme
4623s	for a set that we want to create so
4625s	let's use Carfin in that example and
4628s	that theme from Design's standpoint is
4631s	going to include color it's going to
4633s	include materials it's going to have an
4635s	atmology for the set right to kind of
4637s	give a background so that they can
4638s	incorporate certain types of attachments
4640s	um you know whatever they want to
4642s	include on the art side then the
4644s	character team says okay let's take our
4647s	base sets of Geo and let's mix and match
4650s	those pieces to create the Carin set and
4652s	then we're going to do a material pass
4653s	on it and then we're going to do a um
4655s	color pass on it and that way we have a
4658s	lot of essentially pieces of the puzzle
4660s	to create these many different unique
4662s	sets now we can also deform pieces
4666s	across from race to race so even if we
4668s	create unique Geo on a per race basis we
4671s	can grab the pauldron from the human set
4674s	and put it onto the VEC representation
4677s	so and the end game there is that we
4679s	have a particular set for example Carin
4682s	and that Carin is being communicating
4685s	the theme and when you Dawn the armor
4688s	for the Carin set you you've acquired
4689s	the Carin set and you put it on it is
4691s	going to look ve if you're a ve it is
4694s	going to look kalar if you're a Kar but
4697s	it is still going to have the identity
4699s	and the theme of the Carin
4702s	set
4703s	all right and then our next question is
4707s	uh about commissions which is from Ad
4710s	Astra 224 on the forums will commissions
4713s	include tasks or quests that are
4715s	reflective of node type uh of the node
4718s	type that are issued in or the nodes
4720s	affiliation with a specific social
4722s	organization wow do we have a bug in the
4725s	office no I'm this so funny like I was
4728s	just talking about this a few days ago
4730s	Chris one of one of Chris is over there
4732s	on an alt Chris is like let me ask this
4734s	question um yes the answer is yes uh
4738s	nodes will reflect the theming that the
4741s	node has and that theming can be
4743s	influenced by things such as the um
4746s	identity of the node from a node type
4748s	perspective um what social organizations
4751s	what religious organizations even What
4753s	policies uh the node has chosen to enact
4757s	those will all be represented in the
4759s	types of commissions that the node has
4761s	pull to pull from um and so so in that
4764s	way you are solidifying the identity of
4766s	that node and again the dynamic state of
4769s	the world uh that gets
4772s	represented and then our next one is
4774s	from plastic lemons don't eat those uh
4777s	social reputation is the topic will
4780s	there be a way to put notes on
4783s	characters so we can track who we like
4784s	or dislike or who we don't want to
4787s	affiliate ourselves with that is
4789s	currently uh not an intended system
4792s	that's facilitated Within in the game um
4794s	nothing stopping obviously uh players
4797s	from keeping their own notes of
4798s	individuals with whom they want to yeah
4801s	your hit list or you know even your good
4803s	list right like I remember a particular
4806s	occasion back in a game that I played
4808s	where I was in a tower it was called
4810s	Kuma Tower and at at a very low level I
4813s	made friends with a particular Prophet
4815s	who would give me Buffs anytime I would
4816s	come in and I remembered who that
4819s	Prophet was and later I saw and Shout
4822s	this was probably like months later and
4824s	I never and I moved obviously away from
4825s	Kuma Tower months later I saw in shout
4828s	this Prophet was getting accosted by
4829s	other players within um an area called
4832s	the dungeon Valley cave and I went to
4836s	her Aid because of that reputation that
4838s	relationship that she had had built
4840s	right that's the unique aspect of MMOs
4843s	um and that spun off a whole war that
4846s	lasted years on that server just because
4848s	I went there to help her um but
4851s	obviously did you go there or did you
4852s	bring like
4854s	well I brought my guild with me and then
4856s	we helped her and that caused a war that
4858s	lasted a long
4860s	time but no we we won't plan to have uh
4862s	in-game tools to kind of provide that
4865s	tracking uh instead you will be expected
4868s	to to track that yourselves all right
4871s	and the next one is from snow ELF car
4873s	about the character creat access will
4875s	players who do not have Alpha 2 access
4877s	be able to test the Character
4880s	Creator uh at some point yes in the
4883s	future there will be an ability for
4886s	players who do have an account with
4887s	ashes of creation but may not have
4889s	access to Alpha 2 uh we intend to
4891s	provide character creator access uh but
4894s	that will likely be closer to uh to Beta
4896s	or launch yeah for now it's going to
4898s	focus on the people who have have
4900s	purchased access and are helping us test
4903s	things so keep that in mind but we do
4905s	have a plan of putting the character
4907s	create out early for for our Alpha 2
4909s	users so do stay tuned for information
4912s	regarding that
4913s	um next fact that testing might be
4915s	starting very soon very soon yes always
4918s	keep an eye on your emails make sure
4919s	that we don't get put in your spam box
4922s	uh so that if you get an email from us
4923s	you know what's up but we'll also share
4925s	uh you know in other places to make sure
4927s	people know that we have sent out emails
4929s	uh Daredevil 117 is asking about
4932s	harvesting bosses can only one Gathering
4935s	Artisan Harvest resources from a single
4938s	boss or can multiple different Artisans
4940s	Harvest different parts from a boss for
4943s	different resources for example a
4945s	lumberjack gets a special wood from
4946s	tumac's tree weapon while an herbalist
4948s	gathers the flowers from that same tree
4950s	weapon
4952s	Etc um so we don't have the concept of
4954s	like harvesting from bosses NPCs follow
4958s	um a reward table format where um those
4962s	reward tables are Global they're not
4964s	unique to particular players right so
4967s	once the NPC is is vanquished uh you
4971s	have access to the loot container that
4972s	is its corpse um and it has a static uh
4975s	value of either materials or items that
4978s	get dropped uh and whatever the party
4980s	loot settings are that you might be a
4982s	part of or if you're a solo player you
4984s	will be able to recover those
4986s	things all
4988s	right next up we have from ace1 1234
4991s	wanting to know about character stories
4993s	what is your vision for the overall
4995s	player story when comparing the more
4997s	emergent personal Stories versus the
4999s	more curated story
5001s	arcs
5004s	um I'm sorry say say that one last time
5006s	one more time what is your vision for
5008s	the overall player story when comparing
5011s	the more emergent personal Stories
5013s	versus the more curated story arcs yeah
5016s	absolutely um so all the narrative keeps
5019s	in mind you know what the meta narrative
5021s	is of the server right and that's
5024s	something you know we have generally
5026s	kept relatively close to the chest it's
5028s	something that we don't want to spoil um
5030s	leading up to our testers participating
5033s	in Alpha 2 and beta and eventually
5035s	launch it is however um true that there
5039s	is a meta narrative that exist within
5041s	ashes there is a purpose why you are on
5043s	Vera again um and the the supporting
5047s	narrative structures are there to
5049s	reinforce what that meta narrative is um
5054s	so players will have insight to that as
5056s	they you know Travel and Adventure
5058s	within the world all right and Ron
5061s	scoponi wants to know about Summoner
5063s	stats will Summoners want to build
5066s	different stats when playing as either a
5068s	DPS healer or tank
5071s	roll yes that it is it is
5075s	um it is important that Summoners
5079s	understand the role they're trying to
5081s	hybridize into is as that decision might
5085s	influence the types of stats they want
5086s	to spec
5088s	for all right and then Gizmo wants to
5091s	know about Quest drops low drop rates
5094s	for Quest items can sometimes feel bad
5096s	how do you plan on creating quest with
5098s	lower drop rates when ashes of creation
5100s	may have a system that incorporates
5102s	Dynamic and reactive environment and
5104s	monster population
5107s	balance so how do we incorporate on so
5111s	let's say you have a quest and it
5113s	requires some drops off of Minotaur yes
5116s	and it is a rare drop rate um or low
5119s	drop rate how are we going to handle
5121s	those situations or do we intend for
5123s	those in situ those type of situations
5125s	we intend for those types of situations
5127s	right I mean um when you think
5129s	about when you think about the reward
5131s	Loop um someone just like just Farm yeah
5135s	I was gonna say no when you think about
5137s	those reward Loops um you know scarcity
5140s	is obviously what can drive the
5143s	excitement or the dopamine response when
5145s	that success is had um you know if
5148s	something is easily attained then the
5150s	importance of attaining it is obviously
5152s	dimin diminished um so where it makes
5155s	sense for us to ensure that certain drop
5158s	rates um are not menial right we don't
5161s	want people to you know Farm just for
5164s	the sake of farming so to speak you
5166s	should be getting rewarded for that
5168s	right exactly right there there there is
5170s	a when you're spending time you are you
5173s	are advancing in some vertical some
5176s	progression path right um however uh
5179s	that's that is again to reinforce the
5181s	fact that their will be very rare
5184s	droptable items right and and we want to
5187s	ensure that that scarcity is preserved
5190s	so the importance of attaining the thing
5192s	feels good I mean that's why we farm
5194s	raid bosses right we want to get all the
5196s	loot off the loot table get everybody
5198s	geared up in your G in your guild uh
5200s	yeah that is and that actually it
5202s	touches something trans gental actually
5204s	to that as well which is that um which
5207s	is that adventuring is not easy in ashes
5209s	our intent when we do when we actually
5213s	you know focus on balance U which we
5216s	haven't really done too much yet but we
5219s	will hear in the very near future the
5221s	intent is that encounters are difficult
5225s	um the world is dangerous it is not a
5228s	cakewalk to to progress within ashes and
5233s	that fact reinforces when you get the
5236s	scarce drop that you will feel a
5238s	difference in your performance or in
5240s	that environment right so uh naturally
5243s	ashes is going to gravitate towards a
5245s	more difficult gameplay Loop when it
5247s	comes to adventuring in combat yeah and
5250s	you want that fat loose so that it get
5252s	easier well for that that marker um the
5257s	next question here are pen alment is
5260s	from aabar and it is about Caravan
5262s	operators these next to are Caravan
5264s	related uh will there be a limit on the
5267s	number of times a caravan can change
5269s	hands if successfully taken over during
5271s	a journey from one node to
5274s	another no there is there is there is no
5277s	limit a caravan can be destroyed that
5279s	Caravan can be destroyed the Caravan
5281s	thereafter could be destroyed um the
5284s	driver of the Caravan can be killed and
5287s	and commandeered and and you know done
5289s	as many times as is permitted through
5292s	the situation that is player driven all
5295s	right and our last one here is from
5297s	grundle about mules or Caravans how will
5300s	mules work with Caravan when considering
5303s	risk versus reward what would be the the
5306s	incentive to run multiple player
5308s	protected Caravans if similar results
5310s	could be achieved by each individual
5312s	player riding a mule instead sure um so
5318s	the the tradeoff between the mule
5321s	capacity and the Caravan is really um
5324s	what is at risk right you are not able
5327s	to to
5330s	satisfy um the type type of cargo
5333s	capacity that's available within a
5334s	caravan system because we have certain
5336s	crate sizes of which only the smallest
5339s	crate size can be uh leveraged with a
5342s	mule um that is something uh that
5346s	obviously is the inherent risk between
5347s	the two systems the reward however is
5349s	that you are now no longer subject to
5352s	the opt-in event uh but instead are
5355s	governed by our flagging system as a
5357s	protective measure although it is not
5359s	entirely protective because players can
5362s	choose
5362s	to still kill you uh with risk of
5365s	corruption um in exchange for the reward
5368s	of taking your [ __ ] if they taking your
5371s	stuff sorry
5374s	okay um but that is going to be it for
5378s	Q&A thank you all for submitting your
5380s	questions we hope that you like the
5382s	answers if you don't give us your
5383s	feedback on that too uh we are always
5385s	you know taking in that uh your thoughts
5387s	on U everything and of course you can
5389s	head on over to our forums forums. ases
5392s	of creation.com and submit your feedback
5394s	over there we did a caravan video for
5396s	those because we have a lot of Caravan
5398s	questions right there um if you didn't
5399s	know we did a caravan PVP um live stream
5402s	last time you can check out all the
5404s	content over on our YouTube channel over
5405s	there follow us in all the places we are
5407s	ashes of creation everywhere um and if
5409s	you head on over to or oh go ahead I was
5412s	just going to say we also have one
5414s	additional update which I believe that
5416s	you uh Guys released something on on the
5418s	community side which was our minimum
5420s	spec and recommended spe back o yeah our
5424s	KB article for our Min and Rex spec have
5426s	been updated for Alpha 2 specifically so
5429s	that will change as we get closer to
5431s	betas and launches and you will see that
5433s	progressively change but that
5434s	information is available to you guys if
5436s	you head on over to our support page and
5439s	check that out support. ashesofcreation
5445s	docomo so you have the link really
5447s	easily but that is what we are aiming
5450s	for for Alpha 2 so you can kind of PR
5452s	preliminarily prepare yourself for that
5454s	if you are part of the Alpha 2 play
5455s	testing yes and I just want to give um a
5458s	quick shout out uh to our team
5460s	specifically Tech art environment um and
5464s	uh our engineering teams they are
5466s	overhauling performance related um uh
5469s	work over the course of this last month
5472s	as well as next month and the month
5473s	thereafter in preparation for Alpha 2 uh
5476s	you guys should see some significant
5478s	gains uh in the demonstrations that we
5480s	continue to provide leading up to Alpha
5482s	to with regards to that work and in
5484s	addition um Chris Gabe John on the
5487s	environment side are undergoing some
5490s	significant lighting changes which are
5493s	going to impact and influence the
5495s	visuals of the game in a very
5496s	significant way L of people had feelings
5498s	about lighting today yes I just I just
5500s	want you guys to know that when we talk
5502s	about how things are still a work in
5504s	progress uh this particular Endeavor is
5507s	likely going to have Pro the most impact
5510s	on the visuals of the game uh as they
5513s	continue to work on lighting that's
5514s	going to be a a switch that we flip when
5517s	it's ready uh minus the pun I apologize
5520s	um for for how the world looks and and
5523s	their work that they're doing so just
5524s	want to keep you guys a breast of that
5525s	uh it is exciting times when it comes to
5527s	that work yeah super exciting we are we
5530s	are very excited for that um and of
5533s	course uh if you head on over to our
5535s	YouTube channel on our ashes of creation
5536s	for this February development update if
5539s	you leave a comment subscribe to us make
5540s	sure that your subscription is live for
5542s	uh cuz you could you can subscribe
5544s	privately which makes it so that we
5545s	can't see that you're subscribed um and
5547s	we will Spotlight you as a potential uh
5549s	comment and you may see your comment at
5551s	the beginning of our stream as we do all
5553s	of our reminders um and of course we
5556s	want to do a thank you very much to all
5558s	of you for joining us we appreciate your
5560s	time um that you spend with us every
5562s	month going through the update um and of
5565s	course your time giving us feedback and
5566s	all of that we really really appreciate
5568s	it um and as Stephen said sharing our
5571s	job um application and positions we
5574s	really really uh you know it does
5577s	actually affect us when you share those
5578s	things out because other developers see
5580s	those things so if you if you see a
5582s	position that's available that you think
5583s	someone who maybe has just recently got
5585s	laid off or maybe they do still have
5587s	their job but you think that they would
5588s	be amazing assets to us sharing that
5590s	information we'll have some more jobs
5592s	coming up on our site as well so stay
5594s	tuned for those as we uh progress
5596s	throughout the year and of course Scott
5598s	Tony and Tyler for joining Steven in
5601s	game we know that is stressful being on
5605s	they're not on camera but like when
5607s	you're when you're being streamed it is
5608s	a stressful situation um not every
5610s	developer is you know ready for that
5613s	they love to see the reaction and the
5616s	and the love from the community uh the
5618s	the glowing response that's what we live
5619s	for yeah it's it's a pretty awesome but
5622s	I know it can also be very some people
5624s	get nervous about it Stephen's like I'm
5626s	not nervous oh no I I'm definitely I
5629s	know me and you chat before we're always
5631s	like all right I'm nervous about this
5632s	one but I feel like this today I was not
5634s	very nervous no no not at all um but of
5638s	course and stepen for your time we
5639s	appreciate it thank you all for joining
5641s	us we hope that you stay healthy and
5643s	safe and we will see you all next month
5645s	for another exciting development update
5648s	bye
5660s	everyone
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5728s	[Music]
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