[2022] Development Update with Basic Weapon Attack Demonstration - 11AM PT Thursday, June 30, 2022 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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0s	[Music]
20s	hello everyone salutations and welcome
23s	to our glorious ashes of creation june
26s	development update we hope that everyone
28s	is well and safe and been having a
30s	wonderful month we've got a three-day
32s	weekend coming up we're excited hello
35s	it's fourth of july
37s	yeah here in the u.s so
40s	we're excited about that and of course
42s	we're excited to show off a little bit
43s	of combat so if you um
46s	don't know us i'm margaret crone our
48s	community marketing lead and with me as
50s	always is the one the only stephen
52s	sharif aka our creative director
55s	um and his beautiful blooms behind him
58s	the orchids
60s	oh yeah that's right
62s	the orchids can i see that yeah they can
65s	see that
66s	um and of course uh today we will be
69s	going over our quick reminders and then
71s	we'll be showing off something you all
72s	have been anticipating which is
75s	a small slice of combat but this will be
77s	our basic weapon attack update we'll be
80s	also showcasing some character arts
82s	updates and doing our studio update and
84s	then q a doing stuff in a little
86s	different order because we want to get
88s	straight to the juicy stuff because we
90s	know yes we have taken your feedback
92s	into our run of show and margaret has
94s	changed things around so we get to the
96s	meat faster
98s	all right and of course for that uh we
101s	have our next dev discussion which is
104s	going to be
105s	about
106s	i mean it was already up already it's
108s	about gear color customization so we
110s	asked you how do you feel about dyeing
112s	your gear how far would you like the
114s	system to go do you prefer a full color
116s	range that allows for some odd color
119s	combinations or more limited one that
121s	preserves visual fidelity and realism so
124s	if you haven't gone over to our forums
126s	given us feedback on that please do um
129s	because we would like that and then of
131s	course our next one will be on world map
133s	discovery so definitely toss us your
136s	feedback on that there's been some
138s	changes on the world map front but uh
142s	i think we'll save that for a future
143s	update but there has been some
145s	significant changes yeah just to tease
148s	that
149s	i mean that's going to be a fun update i
151s	can't wait to
152s	i can't wait to showcase that
155s	and of course we have our comment of the
158s	day
159s	um or of the month i should say and if
161s	you would like your comment to be chosen
164s	all you have to do is when we upload
166s	this to youtube go over there leave us a
168s	comment make sure you subscribe to us on
170s	youtube and if you are subscribed we
172s	will be picking a random subscriber to
175s	be showcased and for this one we've got
178s	uh rom slb who wants to know or who
181s	noted love this idea and impact of
184s	seasons in the economy however i feel
186s	that one week real time per season is
189s	way too short it should be like a month
192s	in my eyes otherwise uh this this vision
196s	of people carrying things around won't
197s	really happen people will just stock up
200s	a lot for the winter and that's it
203s	so that's an interesting comment and and
205s	um actually just want to touch on it
207s	real quick
208s	the weather systems the season systems
211s	that's going to be a obvious point of
214s	testing for alpha 2 of course you know
216s	we're going to play around with the
217s	different cycles and and times
220s	and how they impact the economy the
222s	rotation of resources the movement of
224s	goods like all of those things play into
227s	the purpose one of the purposes of
229s	having seasonal systems so
232s	that is something that we are going to
233s	play with during our alpha 2 testing and
236s	will land on what feels both most
238s	comfortable
239s	is visually appealing but also has the
242s	impact on the economy that we desire to
244s	see
245s	on the design side
247s	yes so of course thank you all for your
249s	feedback we've got a ton of seasonal
251s	feedback and
253s	we'll be compiling some of those things
255s	and sharing them with our development
256s	team so we really super duper appreciate
259s	all of that
260s	um and of course just a quick reminder
263s	that our opulent negotiations uh
265s	cosmetics swap over will be happening
267s	july 13th at 11 am pacific uh reminder
270s	that all of the variants made from these
272s	sets you'll see in game is npcs
274s	creatures buildings etc and we'll
276s	actually be showcasing some variants
278s	today if you don't follow us super
280s	closely for those of you who do you
282s	might uh have already seen some of those
284s	but we've made some updates to the
286s	imagery and with that um i think we can
289s	go into our basic weapon attack combat
292s	update yes
293s	that's some preference i would like to
295s	yes i'd like to preface the video
298s	um so i made this uh
301s	decision what was three weeks ago
304s	i stepped into uh
306s	it was like four weeks ago
308s	yeah i stepped in and i i talked with
310s	mark i had another topic originally
312s	planned for you
313s	however
315s	it had been weighing on me
317s	that um
319s	you know i wanted to begin showing some
321s	of the
322s	combat that we were getting completed uh
325s	for alpha 2. and rather than having a
328s	big grand reveal of all of the class
331s	kits and abilities and and the
334s	combat changes that we've made i want to
336s	segment up these updates into smaller
340s	chunks so that people have an
341s	opportunity to comment on specific
343s	aspects of the changes that we've made
346s	for combat
347s	and the first and foremost one that made
349s	sense for us to do which is probably the
352s	the most foundationally core aspect of
354s	combat is going to be the basic weapon
356s	attacks and i wanted to showcase and
359s	focus on the changes that have been made
361s	with regards to the directional movement
364s	functionality root motion versus split
367s	body the ancillary components of combat
370s	that are animation vfx and audio
374s	and just show that at a base weapon
376s	level so
377s	we decided that for this month what
380s	we're going to do is give you guys a
382s	look at those basic weapon functions
384s	there's a couple of skills that are that
386s	are thrown in there from our weapon
388s	master class but
389s	um it's primarily focused on the feeling
392s	of that basic weapon combo attack right
396s	and um i want to make sure
398s	that you content creators out there uh
401s	who who make content for for ashes and
404s	kind of you know relate to your
405s	audiences the updates that we provide
407s	that you contextualize this update in
409s	the appropriate manner because of course
412s	our engaged audiences they see this
413s	update they've been watching our
415s	progress for
416s	a significant amount of time and they
418s	can they can touch point a to b to c and
421s	see that progress but unengaged
423s	audiences they look at something and
427s	they don't necessarily always have the
428s	best context for active development and
431s	what is a work in progress of course and
433s	they will look at something and assume
434s	it's a vital product as you know this is
436s	not the final product we always iterate
438s	we continue to improve there's a lot of
440s	stuff that still goes into making combat
443s	a good thing and combat's a really
444s	touchy subject because
446s	you know you see weather effects and you
448s	see seasons and those can look
450s	universally good or you see
453s	a character creator you get the
454s	versatility and the functionality that's
456s	present there the customization options
457s	those can those can be universally
459s	perceived as very good
461s	combat is a very
463s	different type of subject right
466s	there are a lot of different ways that
467s	combat can be portrayed in games
469s	all of us have our own uh subjective
472s	view of what is good combat do we want
475s	super fast pace very tactile uh slower
478s	pace tab targeting all those types
480s	there's there's a realm of
482s	preference exactly there's a realm of
483s	preference there but with that being
485s	said
486s	we have taken feedback specifically from
488s	alpha one um and we've tried to iterate
491s	upon that feedback and present it in
494s	such a way with this video that gives
495s	you context for those basic weapon
497s	feelings those root
499s	foundational types of movement and
502s	pacings
503s	that exist so keep that in mind when you
506s	content creators out there are kind of
507s	relaying this information to the
509s	audiences that might not be as familiar
510s	with the project
511s	let them know this is just to focus on
514s	the basic weapon attacks it is focusing
516s	on that aspect of combat we will we will
519s	unveil additional aspects of combat
522s	being ability systems
525s	class rotations we'll talk about the vfx
528s	pipeline and how that advances with
531s	with the ability system as well um you
533s	know those are going to be additional
535s	beats that we hit leading up to the next
538s	few months that we'll showcase on these
540s	streams but this first one is the
543s	melee specific basic webinar yes that's
545s	right
546s	absolutely yeah exactly absolutely so
549s	keep that in mind um i i had a great
552s	time filming this yesterday uh i think
555s	the team has done a phenomenal job if
557s	you do some comparisons between where we
559s	were last year and where we are today
562s	there's a significant difference so i
564s	have taken your feedback from alpha one
566s	absolutely you all sent us a lot of
568s	great feedback a lot of those things
569s	were things we already were thinking of
571s	adjusting and changing as well so we
573s	hope that you see that culmination as we
575s	showcase this and you know as we
577s	showcase further along the other pieces
579s	that steven just mentioned uh we will
582s	hopefully you'll be able to see some of
584s	the feedback just from this update
586s	absolutely very excited guys
589s	enjoy ready all right we'll see on the
591s	flip side
594s	[Music]
609s	so
620s	[Music]
622s	hello everyone and welcome to another
626s	live stream day for ashes of creation
629s	super excited to be with everybody today
630s	we have a pretty awesome showcase
632s	i think it's something that the
634s	community has been asking for for a
636s	little while actually i think the last
639s	time we showcased uh some combat
641s	gameplay was a year ago
644s	roughly almost um but i am very excited
647s	to show you guys what we have in the
649s	works today um
650s	i have
652s	joining us with me today two of our
655s	extraordinary engineers
657s	adam and kenan how you guys doing hello
661s	stephen
662s	doing well how are you i am doing very
664s	good running around like a chicken with
666s	its head cut off but otherwise very good
670s	nice keenan how you doing buddy
673s	i'm doing good glad to be here awesome
676s	i'm excited to have you this is your
677s	first stream i believe correct this is
679s	my first stream very cool adam you've
680s	been on a couple ones before this yeah
683s	yeah yeah it's good to be back
685s	very cool and then i also have
688s	joining us today one of our senior game
690s	designers mr trad how you doing buddy
694s	i'm doing great i'm glad to be back on
696s	stream welcome back very excited to show
699s	what you guys have been working on what
701s	the team has been working on
703s	i know i probably already said this on
706s	the stream but i'm going to reiterate it
708s	here
709s	that this what you're about to see is
711s	not the final combat in ashes
714s	this is a portion of the combat systems
718s	obviously a lot goes into making combat
720s	right
721s	from a visual effects perspective from
723s	mechanics and functionality on the
725s	engineering side
726s	the design elements and how it
728s	synergizes with our class kits and
729s	ability systems the
732s	you know balance of these things the
733s	audio component the ui there's a lot
736s	that goes into making
738s	combat
739s	for an mmorpg and the combat you're
742s	going to see today is very focused on
744s	one component actually two components
746s	i'm sorry
747s	um the first of which is
749s	our basic melee weapon
753s	attacks
754s	in addition to our floating text ui so
759s	keeping that in mind that is the context
761s	of today's presentation previously
764s	i had decided that i wanted to wait to
766s	showcase combat until
769s	excuse me until we had um
773s	pretty much everything done and ready to
775s	show
776s	and as
778s	time grew i decided what i wanted to do
781s	instead was showcase little portions of
784s	each uh component of the combat system
787s	starting with the
789s	basic melee weapon attacks and then
791s	we'll move into in a later live stream
793s	the ability systems and the class kits
796s	and of course we're not going to show
797s	every class kit and you know everything
798s	that's going to be in alpha 2 we want
800s	some of that to be a surprise right but
802s	we do want to showcase
804s	um the work that's been done
807s	and the direction that's been taken so
809s	that we get player feedback and
811s	personally you know playing this i think
814s	it feels
815s	amazing i think it looks great i'm super
818s	impressed continually by our team's
821s	talents um as i know a lot in the
823s	community are after having seen the
825s	character creator and the
827s	weather systems and season systems um
830s	you know there's a there's a very high
832s	quality bar that we're we're setting
833s	ourselves up for uh with ashes of
836s	creation and i i think it is it is what
838s	you know the community wants um but it's
841s	great to have these touch points where
842s	we get um where we get your feedback so
845s	focus today is going to be on basic
847s	melee weapon attacks um it's going to be
849s	on root motion versus split body the
851s	types of agency that's provided to the
853s	player while also respecting the
855s	weightedness we want from certain weapon
857s	groups and also talking about the ui
859s	element and showcasing floating text and
862s	the types of customization options that
863s	players are going to have so keep that
865s	in mind that's the context of of today's
867s	presentation
868s	and when you give the commentary let's
870s	let's focus on what you like and what
872s	you think there could be improvements on
874s	um from that perspective so without
877s	further ado we are in probably an area
880s	that you guys are familiar with um
882s	this is the riverlands biome yet again
885s	um you saw this in the the last month's
888s	livestream
890s	but we are in an area that is known to
892s	harbor
894s	um some scary things
896s	um so i'm just gonna start kind of
899s	walking down in this area and um adam
902s	keenan tratt if you guys want to talk a
904s	little bit about
905s	how this process began
907s	all those months ago on defining
911s	good combat for ashes of creation
916s	uh sure um
917s	[Music]
918s	i would say you know it starts with
921s	you know all of the hundreds of
923s	thousands of hours cumulative hours of
926s	mmo that we have under our belt right we
928s	have a lot of hours of mmo gameplay
930s	under our belts
932s	we just got to push a couple buttons and
933s	we're immediately like oh it feels good
935s	or it doesn't feel good you know it's
937s	funny keenan actually you say that
939s	one of the koala i mean you guys all
941s	know this because every one of you went
943s	through an interview with me but one of
944s	the qualifying aspects of joining the
946s	team is what type of mmos do you like to
948s	play
948s	[Laughter]
951s	nice
952s	yeah so it starts there uh and then from
955s	there we sort of do our research you
957s	know we have to take a look at the state
958s	of the art
960s	and then we we
963s	we study it we form hypotheses about
966s	what exactly it is that makes things
968s	feel good or not feel good
971s	um and then we make those things in as
973s	controlled a manner as we can and then
975s	we turn the knobs we tweak things we see
978s	what feels good what doesn't feel good
980s	we come up with some rules some
982s	processes and then uh we put them to the
984s	test
986s	and this is this is what comes out
988s	yeah it's um it's very iterative
990s	iterative process right like you know
993s	none of these things are like you form
994s	your theory on paper and then you go and
997s	you make the thing and it comes out to
999s	be exactly what you see now right like
1000s	it starts out the first time not super
1003s	great and then
1004s	what we have to be able to do is
1006s	engineers is
1011s	[Music]
1015s	as long as you keep making it better
1017s	each time eventually you're going to end
1018s	up with something good
1020s	yeah and for uh this exercise and
1023s	finding what makes ash is great
1025s	specifically
1026s	we wanted to approach it from the ground
1028s	up
1029s	answering individual questions about
1032s	our hypotheses and what we think is good
1035s	right so we we really
1038s	focused on individual aspects
1040s	that we think makes good combat and
1042s	answered them one at a time in a very
1044s	tightly uh
1046s	very tight iterative process
1049s	and
1049s	we ended up at something that uh we
1052s	think feels really really good so yeah
1054s	just just playing this i am loving the
1058s	hit reacts the visual effects all the
1061s	ancillary components that go into making
1063s	the combat but but more importantly
1066s	the pacing of this kind of heavier
1069s	weapon group
1070s	um
1071s	also as a side note uh outside of the
1073s	combat
1074s	one of the things i've not necessarily
1077s	liked about mmos traditionally in the
1079s	past is that
1081s	excuse me every portion of land is
1084s	covered by some type of monster right
1086s	and it kind of gives you this
1088s	weird feel but here like this is a very
1090s	dangerous area that we're in the
1092s	environment and part of it gets
1094s	communicated by the
1096s	you know aspect of these rocks and like
1098s	the
1099s	specific types of materials that's
1100s	represented here but you don't know
1102s	exactly where the threat lies per se
1105s	right you kind of move up into an area
1108s	and if you move too far you get the
1111s	audio cue of the of the monsters like
1113s	arising your character gets into the
1115s	combat stance they have some really cool
1118s	aspects of
1119s	of animation the animation team did an
1121s	amazing job with the rolls here i am
1123s	loving and also they're like death it's
1125s	just like swinging away and then flying
1127s	off that is so great
1130s	yeah i really like like the camp feel of
1132s	of this area where you know you don't
1134s	just see these guys scattered around all
1136s	over the world no matter where you go
1138s	there's like something that's going to
1139s	aggro you it's more like i'm going to
1141s	grind here for a bit
1144s	yeah steven
1146s	you were talking about how you like
1148s	how heavy the wet the sword feels and um
1152s	that weight
1153s	impact that is one of the combat pillars
1156s	that we have been studying and honing in
1158s	on in our development process
1160s	the other side of it is um
1163s	the other side of it being uh also like
1166s	agency you know to what extent does this
1168s	weapon respect your intentions and
1169s	that's the part that's important to me
1171s	i'm a
1172s	you know i'm a classic player i come
1173s	from traditional mmos right like i i
1176s	want to be able to move and attack at
1178s	the same time right yes and that was a
1180s	huge point of feedback actually that we
1182s	received during alpha one
1185s	was that we started with this more root
1188s	motion approach to the basic weapon
1190s	attacks
1191s	and ultimately we
1193s	we called an audible mid test
1196s	i remember it was in that that end of
1198s	july or beginning of august month um
1200s	where we decided to implement a a
1202s	completely split body approach and get
1204s	player feedback and of course the
1206s	feedback was was very positive or
1208s	soundingly positive right um that
1210s	players prefer that agency
1213s	over that weightedness but they also
1216s	there's a little bit of a conflict there
1218s	because they also didn't like the floaty
1219s	feeling which comes along with
1222s	not having the weighted approach so how
1225s	did that play into your guys's
1227s	defining this current approach on the
1231s	weapon attacks how did you blend those
1233s	two
1234s	yeah so
1235s	we kind of approached it from looking at
1238s	player agency primarily as kanan had
1240s	said and
1241s	the games that really handled uh uh
1244s	player agency the best are those like
1245s	classic mmos right
1247s	players really like how smooth uh the
1250s	classic mmo feel how much player agency
1252s	they get out of it and then we we took
1254s	that and we tried building the sort of
1257s	impact and weight on top of it really
1259s	making attacks feel satisfying making it
1262s	feel like the inertia of the weapon and
1264s	your movements are are accurate you know
1267s	physically accurate and we accomplished
1269s	that through a number of ways really
1271s	again talking about the process we try
1273s	to identify each individual aspect of uh
1277s	of what we got out of these you know
1279s	more
1280s	modern action games and tried
1282s	incorporating that into our classic mmo
1284s	base
1286s	you know i think
1288s	i think it all comes down to looking at
1290s	it not as a binary of
1293s	you know are we doing split body or are
1295s	we doing root motion combat it's looking
1297s	at everything as modular pieces and then
1299s	dialing in those numbers to
1302s	make something that
1304s	feels
1305s	high in player agency feels very
1307s	impactful like it has a lot of inertia
1309s	it feels very physical
1312s	yeah my litmus test for agency in combat
1315s	is take any moment in combat pause time
1318s	look down at your hands look at the
1319s	keyboard
1320s	the buttons that you're pressing should
1322s	be the directions that your character is
1324s	moving
1325s	so with these weapons even though there
1327s	are little uh
1329s	like little bits of root motion here or
1331s	there they're always respecting your
1333s	wondering input and i think that's what
1335s	makes them feel good
1336s	i think another thing that you guys did
1339s	that helps with that is the
1341s	timing of what that gets registered
1343s	right like it's not you know at one
1345s	point one iteration we had it where
1347s	it
1349s	detected what your input was at the
1350s	beginning of the attack and that just
1352s	felt like if i decided to change my mind
1355s	and go left instead of right
1357s	in the middle of that attack
1359s	it's too bad it already kind of cute
1360s	that and so i think now what you guys
1362s	are doing is
1364s	having it happen at like swing time
1366s	right
1368s	yup it's constantly looking at your
1370s	input and adjusting now i've equipped
1373s	these these daggers
1375s	this dual wielding uh uh these dual
1378s	daggers talk to me a little bit about
1380s	the differences between the heavier um
1383s	weapon group and the light weapon group
1386s	yeah um so initially in our uh
1390s	investigation we wanted to start with
1392s	the the light weapons to figure out
1395s	how to really blend
1397s	uh uh the the weight of an attack um
1401s	and and
1402s	introduce or start with player agency
1404s	and then introduce that weight of the
1406s	attack into it we figured the least
1408s	risky weapon to start with would be the
1410s	lightest weapon possible you know little
1412s	daggers that move very fast very high
1414s	player agency and uh not necessarily
1417s	focused on
1419s	big weight much like a heavy sword so
1422s	um we started with that and tried
1424s	introducing little bits and pieces here
1426s	and there like small bits of root motion
1428s	to get that nice like dashy feel in when
1430s	you're when you're attacking and uh play
1433s	into that inertia um i know uh
1436s	keena might want to talk more about the
1438s	uh animation timing sheets we introduced
1442s	for figuring out these uh timings that
1444s	feel good
1446s	yeah that's part of our process for
1449s	communicating cross-department is using
1451s	frame timing diagrams and being specific
1453s	about how we not only want to animate
1455s	but also how we want to move during
1457s	different frames of the animation
1459s	and we found that to be very successful
1462s	but one of the things that makes the
1464s	daggers different than the sword is that
1467s	the daggers never really slow you down
1470s	they're both respecting your directions
1472s	but the swords will actually slow you
1473s	down at certain times like leading up
1475s	into the strike your split body movement
1477s	is sort of uh
1479s	blending down towards zero and then you
1482s	strike and then it blends back up toward
1484s	to one the daggers are are not doing any
1486s	blending like that you're just split
1488s	body and then you're striking and then
1489s	you're back into split body and it's
1491s	sick of seamless process
1494s	yeah i'm just playing with the
1495s	directionals here i mean on the
1497s	animation team they did a a phenomenal
1499s	job i'm loving
1501s	the kind of foot placement and movement
1504s	the
1505s	strafing feeling on the body there i
1507s	know alexi did a lot of work on the ik
1509s	as well that we can see like when you're
1510s	you know kind of stepping up different
1512s	portions um that's it feels really good
1515s	to play
1518s	oh yeah considering how uh physically
1521s	based we are and animation driven our
1522s	combat system is
1524s	uh it was super important that the
1525s	animators you know get all of that right
1528s	and they absolutely knocked it out of
1529s	the park i mean one of the biggest
1531s	things i think
1532s	uh to making good feeling attacks is
1535s	getting all of the departments involved
1538s	in what feels good and on the same page
1539s	right
1540s	getting everyone iterating uh so you
1542s	know like in the process we started with
1544s	chopping up animations to build an
1546s	ability that we thought felt good and
1548s	then we wanted to pass that off to
1549s	animation to finalize those animations
1552s	by chopping up our abilities and making
1554s	animations that feel good and then we
1555s	can all loop everyone back together and
1557s	finalize that ability uh you know vfx
1559s	has the same process too so
1562s	you know it's it's a bunch of different
1563s	departments iterating on a very micro
1566s	scale to build something that is just
1568s	awesome
1570s	yeah the animation team definitely had
1572s	to take a deep breath when we went to
1573s	them like hey
1575s	you know those three-part weapon combos
1577s	that we like so much uh we want
1579s	different ones for each direction that
1581s	you can move in
1583s	oh and also you need to be able to weave
1585s	between the directionals at any time
1588s	that is pretty funny um one of the
1590s	things that's uh interesting and is
1593s	always a point of contention for those
1595s	of us who have perhaps played different
1597s	games and have become accustomed to a
1600s	specific
1602s	visual representation of these these
1604s	damage
1605s	floating text right
1607s	and i want to showcase a little bit
1609s	i'm going to let them hit on me for a
1610s	little bit just so you can kind of see
1612s	directionally damage you take which is
1614s	indicated in this red number floats
1617s	towards
1618s	your left hand side and when you do
1620s	damage to a target they float to your
1623s	right hand side
1625s	now
1626s	one of the very important aspects of
1628s	these floating texts
1630s	is providing the player with
1632s	customization options that they can
1635s	adjust the size of the floating text
1637s	they can adjust the color composition on
1640s	how these texts are represented they can
1642s	also include damage icons to indicate
1645s	the ability that's used for those
1648s	floating texts
1649s	and importantly
1651s	excuse me
1652s	we also call out the um uh the crits
1655s	that you do in a separate way how they
1657s	pop in they're slightly above those um
1660s	the other numbers um and then more so we
1663s	also have additional functionality for
1664s	cumulative damage uh value so i'm gonna
1667s	kind of go through that you'll see here
1669s	as i press
1671s	um
1671s	you know different option now we've
1673s	changed the colors
1675s	um whoops hold on let me see make sure
1679s	is that color going off differently or
1681s	am i just do i not have my
1684s	hold on
1686s	is it okay let me try this
1689s	quick
1695s	oh maybe that's not
1697s	oh let me find a different monster i
1699s	hope that's working if it's not we can
1701s	show that um a little bit later
1704s	uh
1705s	let me press this button oh here we go
1707s	okay so you see the color is changing
1710s	now and that's something that the player
1712s	has agency over right you can assign
1714s	different types of colors that you want
1717s	um
1718s	that was changing i think the one i was
1719s	pressing actually was changing the size
1722s	so let me try to change that size again
1724s	there you go you can see that size now
1726s	is larger you can showcase xp if you
1728s	want you can bold in
1731s	the numbers a little bit as well but
1732s	providing kind of maximum flexibility
1735s	and character customization um excuse me
1737s	player customization options for these
1738s	floating texts i think is super
1740s	important but i love the way that they
1741s	feel that kind of classic um very almost
1744s	um
1746s	uh what are we saying canon very vanilla
1748s	vibe
1749s	oh yeah sometimes the best flavor is
1751s	just vanilla
1752s	absolutely totally agree
1756s	yeah but the ui team's done a great job
1758s	on the functionality for that i think
1761s	it's feeling pretty good
1764s	yeah that's very cool so
1766s	where are we
1767s	now when it comes to kind of the the
1770s	spectrum of light to heavy attack
1773s	options on these basic weapon
1775s	attacks
1776s	um what's kind of next for this as we
1779s	showcase it to the players
1782s	well i think we've sort of defined our
1783s	spectrum with the light and the heavy
1785s	when it comes to
1787s	agency versus weight versus impact
1790s	when you look at the heavy i think we're
1793s	we're close to saying that this is sort
1795s	of the most we want to compromise agency
1798s	for
1799s	weight and impact and once we have that
1801s	upper bound we can sort of play with all
1803s	of the different uh
1805s	intermediate points right as we start to
1807s	build out other weapons
1809s	but we have interesting explorations as
1810s	well and how all of this translates into
1812s	ranged and um also ultimates we might we
1816s	might take the limiters off for
1818s	ultimates and just see what the coolest
1820s	things we can make are yeah that that's
1822s	going to be pretty interesting another
1823s	component by the way of defining um
1826s	kind of this weapon attacks is also the
1828s	visual effects side um and weapon
1831s	trailings the intensity of those weapon
1833s	trailings how they scale based on the
1835s	type of weapon the level of weapon that
1836s	you have uh but not just the trailing on
1839s	the weapon per se but also the grand
1840s	ground decals like for this heavy weapon
1843s	that first strike you see that kind of
1845s	that decal in the ground is i love that
1848s	look and even on the back swing like
1850s	when i hit the ground behind me
1852s	it's causing that decal
1856s	yeah a lot of that stuff gets down into
1857s	the really low level systems details
1859s	like we want to pass
1862s	the artists as much information as we
1864s	can about actual combat ongoings so that
1867s	they can inform the effects as precisely
1869s	as they can
1871s	or as precisely as they need to rather
1873s	yeah and
1875s	we really wanted to
1877s	build the on a technical side we really
1879s	wanted to build the combat system to
1882s	like like i said earlier be as physical
1884s	as possible so we have it very animation
1886s	driven
1888s	everything is handled
1890s	based on a reference of animation as
1891s	opposed to uh like
1894s	nebulous timings right which allows it
1896s	to feel very impactful and very
1899s	responsive so when you hit the ground
1901s	the ground decal actually
1903s	appears on the ground when it should uh
1906s	you know
1906s	that's uh something that may not be seen
1909s	in other mmos so we really wanted to
1911s	make a big focus on that and and focus
1914s	on the responsiveness
1915s	yeah one thing i failed to mention by
1917s	the way i apologize for that is actually
1920s	um you guys are seeing
1922s	the pi ray male for the first time in
1925s	game i know we've showed him on this on
1927s	the stream before
1928s	um as these character races get further
1930s	fleshed out but here you're seeing him
1932s	in full flesh and blood so to speak
1935s	virtual flesh and blood i guess um
1937s	in the game that's that's pretty cool to
1939s	see i can't wait for players to kind of
1941s	get a look at the customization options
1942s	and the character creator for this
1944s	for this race um uh also another thing
1947s	that's um
1949s	you know
1950s	really important i think is uh
1953s	the audio component and cat has done a
1957s	phenomenal job
1960s	in both the sound design for creatures
1963s	as well as for the
1965s	the weapon and actually
1966s	you guys haven't seen anything yet
1968s	because we have a lot in store on that
1970s	front that i think is going to be is
1971s	going to be pretty cool and it and it's
1973s	all part of the presentation right it's
1975s	all part of what makes
1977s	combat feel good is also the auditory
1980s	component um in that talk to me a little
1983s	bit about the capabilities that that the
1986s	audio team has
1988s	when it comes to accessing combat and
1991s	the abilities
1993s	yeah similar to vfx we plan on piping in
1995s	a lot of information uh you know that's
1997s	something we've been working a lot on
1999s	recently
2000s	is tooling for vfx and sound effects
2002s	right it's a super important part as you
2005s	said of the package in order to sell
2006s	that that weight and that immersion in
2008s	the game
2009s	and uh there's going to be a lot coming
2010s	online
2012s	so i'm you know really excited to see
2015s	what we have in store for for that so
2017s	yeah
2019s	yeah i don't know if we'll
2020s	show it on stream but we've
2022s	we're building a sort of a
2024s	singular tool that all of the teams can
2026s	use to build abilities and tweak them uh
2029s	sound of their
2031s	sound effects visual effects animation
2034s	design engineering all using the same
2036s	tool gr
2038s	grounded in animation
2040s	you know to build these abilities
2044s	yeah absolutely another component um
2047s	adam which um
2048s	you guys worked on is camera controls
2050s	and adding
2052s	um talk to me a little bit about the
2055s	the kind of visuals that are provided
2057s	through these cam additional camera
2058s	controls for abilities and combat
2061s	yeah so
2062s	i mean the word of the day has been
2063s	impact and weight right and a lot of
2065s	that is sold through what the the player
2068s	sees you know we didn't want anything to
2070s	be uh nauseating or over the top and you
2073s	know certainly people can adjust it in
2074s	option settings but we wanted something
2076s	that would uh that would sell a lot of
2079s	the weight um
2080s	without you know being too over the top
2082s	and two sort of cartoonish right
2085s	and so we implemented a few different
2087s	camera effects you know things like uh
2089s	camera shake radio blur and a few other
2091s	uh things involved
2093s	and
2094s	really tried to
2096s	maximize uh
2098s	you know our bang for the buck with
2099s	those to to sell the weight of these
2101s	attacks and it really adds a lot uh
2103s	especially um i've noticed a lot of how
2107s	your peripheral uh interprets the the
2110s	way that they attack really sells it for
2112s	me as a player
2113s	so that's something we've been focusing
2115s	on and it's it's made huge improvements
2117s	to the uh feeling of these attacks
2121s	yeah absolutely
2123s	i love it
2124s	um
2125s	so
2127s	looking forward
2128s	as we continue to flesh out both the
2132s	medium melee weapons and we'll be
2134s	showcasing our ranged weapons in combat
2137s	in a future stream we're also going to
2140s	be talking a little bit about and
2141s	showcasing
2143s	uh which you guys got a little sneak
2145s	peek on a few abilities um some class
2147s	kits and the ability systems as a whole
2150s	um and what we're able to accomplish for
2152s	alpha 2. um of course you know we
2155s	promised at the beginning of this year
2156s	that you guys would be getting some
2158s	pretty exciting
2160s	showcases of all the work that's being
2162s	done on the project towards alpha 2. you
2164s	got that with the character creator you
2165s	got that with the seasons and weather
2167s	systems now you're starting to get a
2169s	little bit of touch on the combat side
2171s	and i know that there's a lot of stuff
2173s	that design has been prepping uh around
2176s	you know the work that's been done on
2177s	these class kits and and the the
2179s	different archetypes that are gonna be
2180s	playable across alpha two um but there's
2184s	a lot in store and there's a lot of
2185s	functionality that the engineering team
2186s	has provided our designers when it comes
2189s	to
2190s	both the functionality of certain types
2192s	of abilities as well as the synergies
2195s	possible between them you want to talk a
2196s	little bit adam keenan and trout about
2199s	what's possible given our ability
2201s	toolkit
2204s	definitely yeah um i mean we've
2207s	so this whole you know prototype process
2209s	has been kind of you know two steps one
2211s	of those steps was what you know adam
2213s	and keenan were talking about a bit
2215s	there with you know their
2217s	hypotheses on you know what makes good
2220s	feeling combat and they've done a great
2222s	job on that but the other side of that
2223s	was also
2224s	just you know
2226s	coming up with these almost mock class
2229s	kits um and you know
2231s	the idea was this might not be the final
2233s	class but there will be things that we
2235s	can take from it that would like and
2236s	then get rid of that we don't like
2237s	unless we make something
2242s	some um peeks of that already from the
2243s	assassin in the
2245s	previous stream and now you're seeing
2247s	something from weapon master that was
2249s	the other one
2251s	to experiment with and contrast these
2253s	different
2255s	types of combat and um
2257s	what i was kind of going for here uh was
2260s	you know getting last energies in place
2262s	where you know
2264s	maybe you know for example you've got a
2266s	thing that if you kill someone with one
2267s	of your other abilities it'll reset the
2269s	cooldown on one of these abilities and
2271s	there was a lot of that kind of stuff
2272s	going on
2273s	in this kit whereas there wasn't so much
2275s	of that interaction in the kits and you
2277s	know the previous outfit it was an area
2279s	that we felt could really improve
2281s	and the good thing about that
2284s	whole exercise that we did is we came up
2286s	with a lot of cool abilities you're not
2288s	seeing them all here but
2290s	they you know
2292s	what it really did for us is it
2294s	developed our tools because we realized
2295s	oh we can't do this or we can't do that
2298s	and so like the designers and adam and
2300s	keenan uh here would
2302s	kind of go back and forth and say like
2304s	you know
2305s	designers need to be able to do this
2307s	particular thing that we can't currently
2308s	do and then they would take that and
2309s	make it
2322s	oh i was just going to sort of build on
2325s	trad's point like all of these exercises
2328s	or throughout all of these exercises
2329s	we're very careful
2331s	on the
2332s	ability system side to make sure that
2335s	when we're adding something new we make
2337s	it as modular as possible we really want
2339s	to think of these abilities as being
2341s	made out of like lego pieces
2343s	not being sort of like molded from a
2346s	single block of clay so whenever we are
2348s	trying something and we build something
2350s	new that's a new piece that we can have
2352s	that we have to explore and combine with
2354s	all of the other pieces that we've
2355s	already made absolutely um the other
2358s	thing that's important and
2360s	is important probably for players to
2361s	understand with regards to alpha 2 is
2363s	that this is another testing ground
2365s	right alpha 2 is a test and
2367s	in alpha 2 we're going to represent
2369s	components of the class kits and the
2371s	ability system that may not make it to
2374s	launch but it is a perfect area for us
2377s	to kind of get both player feedback as
2379s	well as
2380s	for us to log data uh around its usage
2383s	its impact its um you know feasibility
2386s	as essentially a component of our class
2388s	kits right we're going to be
2389s	experimenting a lot
2390s	with regards to that for alpha 2.
2394s	so
2395s	it's very exciting
2396s	um oh definitely we're just getting
2398s	started yes absolutely well guys this
2401s	has been a
2403s	fun stream i think um
2405s	i really enjoy
2407s	obviously talking about this stuff and
2408s	showcasing the hard work that you guys
2410s	are doing everybody on the team is doing
2411s	across um everyone that makes combat a a
2414s	fun and tactile thing for us to play
2417s	with um there's a lot that goes into it
2419s	but
2420s	i think the team is hitting it out of
2422s	the park with these showcases as we show
2424s	you know essentially what our quality
2425s	bar is for
2427s	ashes of creation so i want to thank
2429s	everybody for tuning in and watching
2431s	please make sure it's very important
2433s	that you guys give feedback uh with
2435s	regards to kind of what you saw today
2438s	you know it is always something that we
2439s	are iterating upon
2441s	but
2442s	generally based on
2444s	what feedback we already received out of
2446s	alpha one and the pursuits that our
2448s	engineering side as well as our design
2450s	side have been have been examining and
2453s	and playing around with we feel really
2455s	confident in this approach for the basic
2457s	weapon melee attacks um but we want to
2460s	hear your guys's feedback what you
2461s	thought of today so make sure to comment
2463s	both in the youtube section
2465s	as well as on stream on our forums on
2467s	our discord connect everywhere we value
2469s	your feedback very much it is an
2470s	important part of creating ashes of
2472s	creation and remember this is a work in
2474s	progress this is something that we are
2476s	still expanding upon something that we
2478s	are still improving um it is never truly
2481s	finished but of course uh it is getting
2483s	close to to alpha 2 ready um thank you
2487s	guys again for tuning in uh adam keenan
2489s	trad thank you guys for being a part of
2491s	it always appreciate the insight and the
2493s	talents you guys bring to ashes of
2495s	creation as a as a game
2497s	we're very happy to have you guys so
2499s	everybody in chat give a give hearts for
2501s	our awesome guests today and i will see
2504s	you guys back on stream
2508s	[Music]
2516s	hello
2518s	well there it is
2520s	the we have ripped the band-aid off
2524s	yeah so to speak um but i feel like
2528s	from reading the chat i do have some
2530s	questions that you all uh
2532s	posted but it seems overwhelmingly like
2534s	most of you like it there is a little
2536s	feedback here and there and if you have
2537s	feedback for us
2539s	i believe right now if uh vaccinar is uh
2543s	following along we will have a weapon a
2545s	basic weapon attack combo feedback
2547s	thread posted to our forums yeah and i
2550s	just want to kind of comment real quick
2552s	so the biggest takeaway that you can ask
2555s	yourself
2556s	after watching that if you're a member
2558s	of our core audience who's been
2559s	following development
2561s	for the last
2562s	few years
2564s	is the direction
2567s	and the improvements that you've seen
2570s	here
2571s	the right direction is that a positive
2575s	growth from what you have seen last year
2579s	versus
2580s	versus to where you are seeing it now
2583s	and if that is the the answer that you
2586s	give
2587s	then what that means from a development
2590s	perspective is that it will continue to
2593s	get better on that path
2595s	and the reason for that is we are taking
2598s	our time when it comes to the quality of
2600s	this game
2601s	and what that means is the additional
2603s	bells and whistles the the more
2607s	polished look of animations and visual
2609s	effects and
2611s	as we expand on this idea of combat with
2614s	class rotations
2616s	all this stuff is going to get is going
2618s	to come together
2620s	into a very tactile
2622s	kinetic style of combat and that's our
2626s	goal right and this this gives you a
2628s	look at what that directional change has
2630s	been
2631s	and if you like that directional change
2634s	realize we're not even in alpha 2 yet
2636s	and this is where the combat's at so by
2638s	the time we're close to launch
2642s	you got to project out what that
2644s	expectation is going to be
2645s	[Laughter]
2647s	games take time
2648s	to make um yeah especially at the
2650s	quality level
2653s	yes especially good games look anybody
2655s	can rush a game out the door right we
2657s	see
2658s	and
2660s	i'm not talking negatively about like
2662s	other game companies or publishers or
2664s	whatever but the truth of the matter is
2666s	is that there are deadlines that that
2668s	projects have
2669s	and
2670s	whether something is finished or not
2671s	sometimes that deadline doesn't move
2674s	and that can result in the experiences
2677s	that we've shared as a mmorpg community
2680s	in other games the benefit or the luxury
2683s	i would say excuse me the luxury that we
2686s	have on ashes of creation
2688s	is our goal is to create something and
2691s	not ship it until it's ready
2694s	and you as a community are part of the
2696s	litmus test in determining when
2698s	something is ready because our process
2700s	is transparent we're showing you monthly
2703s	updates so your feedback on something
2705s	whether or not it looks good or it feels
2707s	good is this ready
2709s	to be launched into an alpha 2 or to
2711s	launch totally that's something that is
2714s	a question that gets asked to you guys
2716s	right and to us and i think that's
2718s	that's the important reciprocal
2720s	relationship that we as developers have
2722s	with with the community
2724s	and that's why we ask for your feedback
2726s	that's why we ask for you to get engaged
2727s	that's why we ask for you to comment on
2729s	forums on reddit on whatever right that
2731s	is a very important part of our process
2733s	and it's something i think that is not
2735s	unique to to intrepid but it is
2737s	something that is not done
2739s	overwhelmingly across a lot of projects
2741s	and so we want to capitalize that as
2743s	much as possible and that's why the
2744s	decision to release small trunks excuse
2747s	me small chunks of the combat changes
2750s	that have been uh presented and do it
2752s	earlier uh was a good one to make and
2754s	and i'm glad to see the response in the
2756s	community i think we were nervous but i
2757s	think
2758s	we're nervous every time
2760s	we never you know we always hope that
2762s	you like what we should share our baby
2764s	yeah but um at the same time we know
2766s	it's a work in progress um and not
2768s	everyone else can understand that so
2770s	it's
2772s	you know sharing our journey but there
2773s	were some questions in chat i would like
2775s	to try to get to some of those we do
2776s	have a q a as well that we'll pull from
2778s	the forums from previous questions that
2780s	were already pulled but um these ones
2782s	are specifically questions that people
2784s	were asking whilst watching and the
2786s	video playing in the background as well
2788s	uh so just fine wanted to know can you
2791s	have steven clarify what they meant by
2794s	this is the upper bound for agency
2796s	versus weight does that mean they want
2798s	to go uh more heavy
2800s	than this or does it mean there is some
2802s	room for improvement there
2804s	um well there's always room for
2805s	improvement as i said it's a work in
2807s	progress so we're going to be improving
2808s	on those things however what's meant by
2810s	the upper range of agency is
2812s	there is a balance between player motion
2816s	and agency as we call it right
2818s	and weapon weightedness that
2821s	almost locked in place rooted position
2824s	the heavier the weapon is you know the
2827s	more restrictions you want to place
2829s	on that player agency to showcase the
2833s	rooted effect that weight that
2835s	heavyweight kind of aspect and so what
2837s	we've done by presenting you guys with
2840s	both the
2841s	dual daggers and the two-handed weapon
2844s	is we've kind of shown the range between
2847s	that complete player agency
2849s	a player agency in the light weapon
2851s	attacks that's the dual daggers and the
2853s	maximum range of of rootedness or
2856s	weightedness that's present on the
2859s	two-handed weapon and that's the
2860s	spectrum in which our basic melee combat
2864s	will exist within so if there are medium
2866s	weapon groups that exist in between
2868s	there it's going to be somewhere in
2869s	between that that spectrum
2872s	all right
2872s	and then these next two questions are
2874s	both in regards to ui and i already know
2876s	the answer so that's why i'm mixing them
2878s	together uh one is in regards to and
2881s	this was a lot of people so i didn't
2883s	quote a specific person there was a lot
2885s	of people asking about this um but can
2887s	they change the color of the text of the
2889s	floating text et cetera customize it in
2891s	any way like pick which one which color
2892s	they want for crits etc and then snooki
2895s	x or snucky ass
2898s	will there be any hp indicators and
2900s	things of that sort because they didn't
2901s	see that in this
2902s	yeah just just real quick so um when it
2905s	comes to ui
2907s	um we have a very talented ui team by
2910s	the way in love with all the work that
2912s	they've been doing so far
2915s	and
2916s	we are all in agreement that player
2919s	customization options are paramount when
2921s	it comes to ui right um
2924s	that is a very subjective thing that
2927s	we've all become you know our own
2929s	flavors we like out of certain
2931s	components of the ui
2933s	and so instead of trying to force down
2935s	the throat of our players a specific
2937s	approach to ui why do that when we can
2940s	uh develop options and customization
2944s	that the players can influence
2946s	themselves that includes color
2948s	compositions it includes uh includes
2951s	text sizes includes bolded it includes
2954s	options of which informations you're
2956s	choosing to display scaling
2958s	absolutely like that is our approach
2960s	from a ui's perspective 100
2962s	yeah and as a content creator myself
2965s	being able to customize the ui to match
2967s	my overlays and things like that will be
2969s	amazing and i've appreciated that in
2971s	other games so
2972s	we're definitely keeping those things in
2974s	mind for y'all uh this next question
2977s	there's actually two parts to it one is
2978s	from one person one from the other but
2980s	they kind of tie in um about the same
2982s	topic so this is from the shiniest
2984s	bubble wants to know i wonder how much
2987s	moving the camera slash targeter affects
2990s	hitboxes it seems like movement might be
2992s	moving the hitbox during the attack and
2994s	then mass 7 wants to know
2997s	you should not be able to move that fast
2999s	while swinging uh that's their kind of
3002s	perspective of it so yeah i know it's
3004s	all kind of tie-in well it's important
3006s	to note that there's a balance in the
3007s	game design between um your movement
3010s	speed on attack and the movement speed
3013s	of your opponent when you have a game
3015s	that is both pve centric as well as pvp
3020s	centric you have to make sure that
3021s	combat is blended for both approaches
3025s	and we can always run into problems
3027s	where if you're significantly hampered
3028s	in your movement speed that has an
3031s	effect on how we expect player versus
3034s	player engagements to interact and we
3037s	don't want to restrict a player's
3038s	ability to be mobile if they're the
3040s	target of an attack and as a result of
3043s	that we need to make sure that we don't
3045s	restrict the movement abilities of the
3047s	player who is doing the attacking as
3048s	well so we want it to be relatively free
3051s	form you to stay with each other your
3052s	opponents move around the battlefield
3054s	together and if we're hampering you on
3057s	the attack action we have to then
3059s	implement some type of
3060s	snare or slow or um you know cc effect
3064s	essentially on your opposing target and
3067s	that's not the approach we want to take
3068s	for for pvp
3070s	cool
3071s	um this kind of is like
3074s	a segway from that which is uh from
3077s	hadookai and ellit and they both want to
3080s	know what are so will we have some
3082s	avoidable attacks uh is there any chance
3084s	for weaving or animation canceling oh
3086s	absolutely
3087s	yeah yeah there there are
3089s	intended dodges and gap closers and um
3093s	you know mitigating um uh increased
3095s	mitigation effects for incoming damage
3098s	um that are situationally reactively
3100s	relevant right so you see an animation
3103s	windup that's a telegraph on what's
3105s	coming and then you have response
3107s	actions that you can take as a result of
3109s	that in order to dodge weave move do
3111s	whatever right it is a it is both a
3114s	combination of what your rotation is but
3117s	also how you have reaction abilities
3119s	ready to go that you save for certain
3122s	circumstances that are important
3125s	all right
3126s	and then the next one here is from
3128s	falcath and they want to know what about
3130s	camera how far we'll be able to zoom out
3131s	what will be like the min max of zooming
3133s	in and zooming out i don't know if you
3134s	have exact answers on that well i mean i
3138s	personally tend to be a fan of having
3141s	maximum zoom capabilities right i want
3144s	to be able to see what's going on around
3146s	me that's my experience as a raid leader
3149s	as a shock caller as a guild leader i
3151s	kind of want to have the perspective of
3153s	the battlefield and i know a lot of
3154s	other players like that too so again
3158s	leaning into the player option side here
3160s	allowing a pretty pretty
3162s	significant distance on the zoom
3165s	is something we're going to be going for
3166s	and you can kind of see that as i zoom
3168s	out in different sections of this combat
3170s	it's pretty high up so um stephen does
3172s	like to be zoomed out really far and
3174s	i've gotten a lot of feedback that's
3175s	like don't zoom out that far
3178s	it's another subjective thing but
3180s	whenever you have that that preferential
3182s	or that subjective uh aspect give them
3185s	the option give the players the option
3186s	let them choose if they want to be
3188s	zoomed out you know very far or if they
3190s	want to be close in i mean how many
3192s	times i've played a game where they have
3193s	some type of mod that you can install
3195s	that gives you a higher zoom distance
3197s	and i'm just thinking to myself why do i
3199s	have to have the mod why can't i just
3200s	have this choice and that was a question
3202s	we've already stated we don't want to
3204s	allow mods but if there are things in
3205s	customization that you want please send
3208s	us that feedback because we want to
3209s	implement the we want to implement those
3210s	things we want them to be native to the
3212s	game and for you to be able to customize
3213s	them
3214s	um so the next question here is from uh
3218s	shaksimity and they would like to know
3220s	will different races have different
3222s	animation for combat sorry meyers
3226s	well they won't what we try to do in
3228s	order to to
3230s	limit
3231s	excuse me there's a lot of stuff to make
3233s	in an mmo
3235s	so i don't know you know i've often said
3236s	this and uh you know
3238s	um making games is hard making an mmorpg
3241s	is probably the most difficult type of
3243s	game you can make and our mmorpg is a
3245s	particularly ambitious one when it comes
3247s	to assets when it comes to animations we
3249s	have to author um you know we want to
3251s	save as much as we can in certain places
3253s	while also keeping the level of um of
3256s	quality that we want to hit so
3259s	one of the ways we do that from an
3260s	animation perspective is we're not going
3262s	to be having i think unique combat
3265s	animations however we will have unique
3268s	non-combat animations such as your idol
3270s	your walk your run cycle things that the
3273s	combat attacks do not have to blend back
3275s	into right those combat attacks
3277s	animation-wise blend back into the
3279s	combat idol stance and then when you're
3281s	out of that combat idol stance into a
3283s	non-combat idol stance that's when you
3285s	take the unique poses or the unique walk
3288s	and run cycle just to give it you know
3290s	character flavor for what the specific
3292s	race you're playing is and that's how we
3294s	mitigate the bloat that would come if we
3296s	had to make all of our combat animations
3298s	idle as soon as you blend back into the
3300s	combat idol stance if that was a unique
3302s	one
3303s	i mean one one of those swings like they
3307s	have to make so many different
3308s	animations just for that one swing
3309s	because of like all the options that you
3310s	could choose go left right straight
3313s	backwards like it's not just one
3315s	animation that they make for one swing
3317s	it's uh it's a lot of transitions that
3320s	they have to make
3321s	from just that one swing absolutely um
3324s	we would be here forever if we answered
3325s	everyone's questions so i'm going to ask
3327s	this last one and then we're going to
3328s	transition because we still have more
3329s	stuff to show you all
3331s	um
3332s	so first or so this last one is from how
3334s	to lose and i know you asked a very big
3337s	question but i'm going to consolidate it
3339s	and their basic question is that we had
3341s	stated that we were going to allow
3343s	people to use like any uh class
3345s	combination which would be both your
3347s	archetypes together being able to use
3349s	any weapon do we see problems that could
3351s	occur with that for instance like a bow
3353s	tank or an orb tank or things like
3357s	will there be some strangeness there or
3359s	are there problems that you first are
3360s	foreseeing in the future is the question
3363s	do i foresee problems or strangeness
3365s	from allowing player characters to
3366s	choose the types of well it's more will
3368s	there be any functions to discourage
3370s	people from using certain combinations
3373s	or oh we're giving a lot of flex
3375s	we're giving a lot of flexibility to the
3377s	crafters in our game they get to help
3379s	define the stat block that a particular
3381s	item weapon or gear has and that stat
3384s	block can be relevant to any particular
3386s	class or arc or arc type combination um
3390s	so in that sense the idea is no not to
3393s	see any strangeness there or not to see
3395s	any um you know
3397s	elements that would dissuade a person
3399s	from that that customization perspective
3402s	okay uh so you know we'll let you know
3405s	if things change from there and of
3407s	course just a reminder we do have a
3408s	feedback thread up if you have any
3410s	thoughts which from the chat it seems
3412s	like you all have a lot of thoughts head
3414s	on over to our forumsforms.com our
3416s	forums dot ask.com i like it
3420s	i wonder where that goes
3422s	have a spike in traffic
3424s	um and toss us your feedback it's in the
3426s	general uh feedback thread for this live
3429s	stream so uh we would love for for your
3432s	thoughts and we will consolidate those
3433s	for our design team and with that we
3435s	shall move on to some really cool stuff
3439s	uh which is our character art team's
3442s	goodness and you're gonna go straight
3444s	into seeing the dread crawler
3446s	which was done by danny this is one of
3449s	our burrower demons and it's super cool
3453s	yes it is very cool so this guy is a
3455s	boss that you'll be seeing in alpha 2.
3458s	he lives in the desert biome but his
3462s	um story
3464s	is during the fall and i guess i won't
3466s	expand too much on it but
3468s	during the fall he was essentially a war
3471s	machine he was used by the ancients to
3474s	help defeat certain cities in the world
3477s	and he did so by both burrowing under
3480s	those cities and coming out from the
3482s	ground from within causing chaos while
3484s	the outside forces would attack that
3486s	city or he could be used as a war
3488s	machine to just demolish the walls and
3491s	break through for those ancient legions
3493s	um to make their way in
3496s	all right well you get a little lore too
3499s	yeah a little snack
3500s	uh
3501s	oh we have a little turntable of him as
3503s	well so you can see the 3d
3506s	i love that i love the interactions that
3508s	danny has on the top of his head the
3511s	little dude that pops out and his little
3512s	projectile that he shoots yeah you can
3514s	see it sticking out there if you're
3516s	wondering what that little piece is
3519s	it is pretty cool
3520s	it is very very neat the little touch as
3522s	everyone puts on things i mean it goes
3525s	back to like the passion that we have
3527s	everyone is super passionate about their
3529s	expertise and their field and you just
3531s	see that in the work that they put out
3533s	it's pretty amazing
3535s	uh
3536s	stephen has mantled together uh
3539s	quite a group of people
3541s	yes we have pulled together
3543s	some very talented people for sure and
3546s	this one is the mantle of radiant grove
3549s	we actually have a few different
3550s	variants of this as well
3552s	like we said these
3554s	are going to be used for npcs or you can
3556s	see the weapons here as well um
3559s	in the world so
3561s	uh one of our developers was like maybe
3564s	we could make it so the npc based on the
3566s	season would change the leaves would
3568s	change color
3571s	i think is cool i'm manifesting that
3575s	or some of the leaves just fall off as
3577s	you're running and you just have like a
3578s	little trickling of
3580s	leads behind you
3582s	sorry jim your team we're just gonna
3584s	keep adding more things to your team
3586s	they already have that effect for the
3587s	trees we could just apply it to the
3588s	costume well
3590s	i think you'd have to have a smaller
3592s	amount you don't want like a
3594s	whole tree falling down of course they
3596s	adjust it but that's a slider
3599s	it's just a slider jim it is a slider
3602s	uh and then next up we have our curse
3604s	charger so this is kind of what i wanted
3606s	to showcase is like this is the cursed
3608s	charger that you all have seen um this
3610s	is a little touched up better if they've
3613s	been touching up all of the creatures
3615s	but here are the variants that you're
3616s	seeing come from them so it looks quite
3618s	different if you've watched a lot of our
3620s	other streams or seen actually our
3622s	in-game footage you've probably seen a
3624s	lot of variants as well but i just
3626s	wanted to kind of show that a little bit
3628s	more for you guys um especially for the
3630s	folks who don't maybe follow every every
3632s	little post that we put out there
3634s	um
3635s	but yeah uh
3638s	yeah ginseng
3640s	took these and made them even better if
3642s	that's possible she's just amazing
3645s	um and eli did the mantle of the radiant
3648s	grove
3649s	yes and last but not least you did see
3652s	the pirae in game but we have some
3654s	updated images if you follow somebody
3656s	some booties get ready for some booties
3658s	if you follow us on social uh yeah so i
3661s	tried to post these on a discord to our
3663s	pi people and it was not letting me
3666s	because
3667s	it was getting flagged for
3669s	i was getting flagged for nudity
3672s	but
3672s	uh
3674s	yeah they look amazing we've taken a lot
3675s	of your guys's feedback uh we still have
3677s	the branchlers even though some people
3679s	don't like them but
3681s	you know there are other races that you
3682s	can choose from if you don't like branch
3683s	layers and and as we demonstrated by the
3686s	way i know you guys are going to be
3687s	asking this question
3689s	yeah
3691s	we demonstrate it in the character
3693s	creator there are sliders we do have
3695s	sliders
3697s	that is it is a thing yeah
3700s	and i'll show you the this will prompt
3702s	the slider question i'm sure
3705s	by the way not just one not just one set
3707s	of sliders
3708s	this is an equal opportunity sliders
3711s	there's equal opportunity sliders so
3713s	let's be clear on that i wish i could
3714s	like zoom in on your face when you said
3716s	that um but yeah so we
3720s	we have taken your feedback
3722s	and uh we've made some adjustments and
3724s	of course i i believe um if you follow
3727s	us on social stephen actually teased
3728s	these already and uh vaknar did update
3731s	that thread the pirate thread with the
3733s	new images so if you have any feedback
3735s	on them uh you can go over to that
3737s	thread and if we see an uh like a large
3741s	amount of differences in the feedback
3743s	we'll definitely relay that over to our
3745s	development team but we've already sent
3746s	them over a report and that's why
3748s	they've made the changes that they have
3749s	made
3750s	um and then this is the mail version
3753s	i was going to say do we not have the
3754s	mail one yeah we have the mail
3757s	just you know going equal opportunity
3760s	equal opportunity maggie
3762s	well sometimes we only show one over the
3765s	other people that's true
3767s	know and
3768s	women's bodies tend to be very
3771s	controversial so we usually start with
3774s	uh some
3776s	of them
3777s	yeah
3777s	people have thought some feedback on how
3779s	they should be you know portrayed so
3781s	that's true um but i think that you know
3784s	we'll we'll provide you guys with
3785s	sliders that you can adjust based on the
3788s	different races and how far along those
3790s	scales we want to showcase and if you
3792s	haven't seen our character creator like
3794s	if you're new to ashes of creation and
3796s	this is your first stream that you're
3797s	watching oh my gosh go to our youtube
3799s	channel go search in the little search
3802s	box character creator and go watch our
3803s	character creator our team is
3806s	like that's not even our character
3807s	creator finished so let's go look at it
3809s	it is phenomenal
3812s	absolutely i'll play the 3d version
3816s	and then we will get to our q a
3819s	and wrap up the stream actually do you
3821s	have any studio updates that you want to
3823s	talk about
3824s	uh
3825s	hiring is going great um
3828s	we had i think like
3831s	uh i think we had almost 400
3834s	applicants last month and we accepted i
3837s	think
3838s	14 of them
3840s	um
3841s	so we are
3844s	we are doing a great job on that front
3845s	very excited with the talent that we
3847s	have that's joining the team we are
3849s	continuing to grow
3851s	so things are going really good on that
3852s	front
3854s	sweet sweet
3856s	yeah and i think with that we'll pop
3858s	over to our q a segment if you're good
3860s	with that stephen
3863s	absolutely all right now play the video
3866s	in the background
3867s	um
3868s	so we have something to look at will we
3871s	go through them uh so our first question
3873s	here is from north the mage and el
3876s	windrill and they both wanted to know
3878s	about naval mechanics are there any
3880s	plans to have wind in sailing and i know
3883s	we've talked about this topic a little
3885s	bit but we haven't gone into super depth
3887s	with it uh yes there is wind um wind is
3891s	an important component of the open sea
3893s	quote-unquote open seas so that's all
3894s	non-coastal areas um
3897s	and that open sea based on those the
3901s	composition of wind and the open sea um
3904s	will influence the speed uh
3907s	directionally that a boat is traveling
3909s	in um
3910s	and and how that speed gets influenced
3912s	by the winds uh that can be an important
3914s	strategic component when discussing like
3916s	timing for trade runs or timing for for
3920s	you know what your location is in
3922s	relationship to your target out at the
3924s	open sea um and it just creates a little
3927s	bit more fluid and dynamic experience
3930s	when you're at sea that like you're not
3932s	in this cove and you always you know
3934s	know how you're going to interact with
3936s	the open water and the speed that you
3938s	have so you can predict accurately
3940s	you know what your intercept rate or
3942s	distance will look like if that is a
3944s	variable and that variable changes right
3947s	then you have to adapt your strategies
3950s	for that variable and i think that is a
3952s	very healthy and keeps things fresh from
3954s	a perspective of a cat and mouse game
3956s	that usually occurs between ships in the
3958s	open waters
3960s	i'm excited for naval combat yes it's
3963s	gonna be fun uh next up we have kiwi
3966s	asking about gear customization which
3968s	you know we do have a thread about it uh
3970s	so
3971s	with the most recent dub discussion
3973s	going on what are slash were your plans
3976s	so far with color and dye system and the
3978s	color system so one of the things that
3981s	we want to do
3982s	again talking about player agency is we
3984s	want to give them the ability to kind of
3985s	change the appearance of their armor
3987s	sets that they're wearing and the way
3989s	we've approached the dye solution
3991s	is through a channeled system we have a
3993s	two channel dye system where the first
3995s	channel is a lower grade die that it has
3998s	influence over between 10 to 20 percent
4000s	of your overall armor appearance and
4002s	then the second channel die is a higher
4004s	tier die that you have to acquire and by
4006s	doing so you can influence the remaining
4009s	thirty percent up to thirty percent of
4011s	that armor appearance so up to a total
4013s	of fifty percent influence that can
4014s	occur across all the pieces that you
4016s	wear now
4018s	one unique approach to the way we're
4019s	doing this dye system is we're not
4020s	allowing individual dyes to be applied
4023s	on individual items but instead we keep
4026s	a cohesion across the set by applying
4030s	that dye channel to your character and
4032s	when you equip a piece with your overall
4034s	character it will assume that die
4036s	channel from your paper doll so you
4039s	apply the dies to your character and
4041s	when you equip a piece of item it will
4043s	take that uh die and it will influence
4046s	the channel over that particular piece
4048s	so that it comes into alignment and what
4050s	the reason that we're doing that is
4052s	there's a lot of options with regards to
4054s	customization for your character
4056s	appearance whether it be through
4057s	transmog through costumes through mixing
4059s	and matching sets and pieces that you
4061s	can wear right and what we want to avoid
4064s	is the rainbow effect where you know
4066s	these pieces do not look good together
4069s	and it creates the clown that's walking
4071s	down the street and it's a bit comical
4073s	to see the clown that's walking down the
4075s	street so we've unified it through the
4077s	die channel system that applies across
4079s	your paper doll
4081s	all right there's definitely some
4082s	thoughts on that so
4085s	our next question is from kraken and
4087s	they would like to know about freeholds
4089s	do you expect most players who want a
4092s	freehold to be able to get one or will
4094s	they be prestige symbols owned by a
4096s	small fraction of players
4099s	um that is a very good question i think
4101s	the answer is that if a player wants to
4103s	achieve a freehold
4105s	they can achieve the freehold however
4107s	the amount of effort
4109s	resources and time that's required in
4112s	order to achieve that that freehold is a
4115s	large amount it is something that is a a
4117s	monumental achievement for you to to get
4120s	that freehold and the reason why is
4122s	because freeholds tie in very heavily to
4124s	the processing
4126s	uh artisanship aspect some processing
4129s	can be done in nodes but the best
4132s	processing is done on freeholds and we
4135s	want to make sure that there's a little
4137s	bit of a throttle or gate on
4140s	the amount of effort that's necessary to
4141s	achieve that influence over the
4143s	processing market um and and that means
4146s	that it it takes some time to achieve it
4148s	so um ultimately to answer that question
4150s	anybody who puts the effort in should be
4152s	able to achieve a freehold but it is
4154s	going to be a major achievement for that
4156s	character
4157s	all right and our next question is from
4160s	nixa and phantom and phantom x
4163s	and they went and by the way i just want
4164s	to make sure just want to make sure
4166s	we're clear that a freehold is one of
4168s	three types of houses
4170s	right that you can own so just because
4172s	the freehold is very difficult to attain
4174s	doesn't mean that you don't have a space
4176s	for housing and furniture that you can
4177s	achieve through our apartment system or
4180s	an inn or the static in node housing
4183s	those are alternate methods as well uh
4185s	but they do not have that aspect of the
4188s	best processing is done there the best
4190s	processing is done on the freehold and
4192s	being able to customize the outside of
4194s	your what your freehold looks like the
4196s	static housing the static yeah apartment
4198s	you can't you can customize the interior
4200s	but the static housing and nodes they do
4202s	have an outside area that you can
4203s	customize yeah
4205s	i was referring to the apartment yeah
4207s	and specific absolutely and specifically
4209s	on the freehold one thing that's unique
4211s	is the blueprint system right acquiring
4213s	specific buildings that you can build
4216s	ancillary to your home on the freehold
4218s	as well
4219s	yeah
4221s	and the next question is regarding the
4222s	weather system which we showcased
4224s	will there be flooding caused by heavy
4226s	rain snow melting or storms with rivers
4229s	rising and rougher waters on the ocean
4232s	or the opposite with droughts
4234s	um
4235s	yeah i think that that we haven't done
4238s	any work on that yet but
4240s	in the weather and seasonal systems we
4242s	have talked about the potential of
4244s	including flooding um as well i mean the
4247s	the arid or desert type climate system
4250s	that can be applied relatively with
4252s	these the flooding can be a little bit
4254s	more tricky from a tech art perspective
4256s	but it is something that we have
4257s	discussed having certain submerged areas
4260s	that flex between seasons of being
4263s	flooded where it becomes an under
4265s	underwater environment and having um
4268s	times where it is a non-water
4270s	environment for dungeons um that is
4273s	something that we haven't worked on yet
4274s	but we have talked about uh wouldn't be
4276s	present in alpha 2 but it's something we
4278s	want to uh explain very cool to have
4280s	like that dynamic combat we're like oh
4282s	during the winter you want to go there
4283s	for this and during the summer you want
4285s	to go
4287s	and also on that side uh you know we
4289s	have shown how our tide system works too
4292s	so like oh yeah the tides yeah if you're
4294s	interested in seeing that too
4296s	um
4297s	and we have from baumanizer they want to
4299s	know about game settings will dense
4301s	foliage be baseline in the game or will
4305s	people turn them off
4306s	in the settings to minimize pvp
4309s	efficiency i think hiding in business we
4310s	will not allow we yeah we will not allow
4313s	players to
4314s	to adjust uh the density of foliage
4317s	actors in the world um that will be
4319s	universal um
4322s	so
4323s	you know it's going to be of course
4324s	there are going to be areas that are
4325s	more dense than others
4327s	it's meant to be part of the a part of
4330s	the world that players can utilize for
4332s	certain purposes like hiding in uh for
4334s	pvp however there will be collision with
4336s	those foliage actors and the player
4338s	capsule so as you might see that bush
4341s	moving and think huh that's odd that
4343s	doesn't look like wind there's must be
4344s	something there um and and that's the
4347s	kind of immersion that we want right
4349s	yeah we're and like when you're walking
4351s	in the grass if things move and you're
4352s	like what's going on over there right
4354s	that would be cool
4355s	um as a fellow pvp or that'd be fun uh
4359s	triol wants to know about weapons well
4361s	equipping different weapons change your
4363s	skill set and if so
4365s	how will you balance that in regards to
4367s	class identity as in having character be
4370s	defined by their equipment base as
4371s	opposed to their class i i am not a fan
4374s	of in
4375s	mmorpgs um having equipment-based skill
4379s	sets um i think that you have
4381s	class-focused uh skill kits um
4385s	and that if i know your class i know
4387s	what you have access to i might not
4388s	necessarily know what you've specced
4389s	into um but i am sorry i i strongly
4393s	dislike the idea of tying the skills
4395s	into the weapon i think it's unique i
4397s	think it's novel it's just not for me
4398s	necessarily our approach is not going to
4400s	be providing skills through weapons uh
4402s	it's going to be providing skills
4404s	through classes
4405s	and then we have hamlet who wants to
4407s	know about bugs and exploits are you
4409s	guys open to server rollbacks in the
4411s	event of an unforeseen bug or dupe that
4414s	would introduce an economy-breaking
4416s	amount of currency into the absolute
4418s	economy server rollbacks are emergency
4421s	scenarios um
4422s	[Music]
4424s	are we open to taking emergency action
4426s	if it's necessary yes of course we're
4428s	open to doing whatever is necessary to
4430s	address unforeseen problems um but it
4432s	should be a last a last-ditch option i
4435s	was gonna say that too like from my
4436s	perspective this is definitely my forte
4438s	um
4439s	you know if we had something like that
4441s	we would remove the dupe anybody who
4443s	exploited that you know we'll have lots
4445s	of tools we would have precautions for
4447s	those things yeah yeah exactly and we
4449s	can remove we can easily remove those uh
4452s	you know
4453s	those pieces of economy from the system
4455s	not just pieces those people yeah
4458s	like i was saying there will be
4460s	repercussions for the exploiters but i
4461s	think sometimes there's a dupe and you
4463s	don't know that it's happening right
4464s	like you're just like oh i accidentally
4465s	did something
4467s	oh
4468s	legendary items in my inventory how did
4470s	this get here i have no clue if it was
4473s	over and over you know what you're doing
4475s	but if someone just did it once and was
4476s	like whoa
4478s	and reported it we just remove it right
4479s	like i think there's 10 billion gold how
4482s	did this get into my inventory there's a
4484s	difference in exploiting versus someone
4485s	happens dancing upon something and
4487s	reporting it so if you encounter
4489s	something please report it
4491s	that way there's no action on your
4493s	account uh golid would like to know
4495s	about caravans caravan attackers have
4498s	only the reward of stealing the caravan
4501s	goods without any risk currently planned
4503s	according to the wiki since the game is
4505s	about risk versus reward what is
4508s	what is the risk you plan to add for
4510s	caravan attackers
4513s	well um i mean there is a level of risk
4515s	that comes with the attacker right we
4517s	have
4519s	progression paths that exist for bandits
4521s	and that exists for defenders and if you
4523s	choose to opt into a caravan attack you
4525s	sign up for that attack and you fail
4527s	that attack it is detrimental to your
4530s	path of progression down the bandit area
4532s	right that's one thing two is um you
4535s	know of course you have uh gear decay
4538s	you have degradation that can be
4539s	suffered if you
4541s	die
4542s	that is a cost
4543s	and then you also have a reputation and
4546s	if your reputation precedes you when you
4548s	want to make movements of good and
4549s	transit goods across the world and you
4551s	see somebody who's doing it and you want
4553s	to participate as a defender or a
4554s	participant they might say hey screw you
4556s	you were just murdering my people last
4558s	week and i saw that you're like on the
4560s	top of the bandit list for killing
4561s	caravans um so you know it has
4564s	repercussions in the sense that it locks
4566s	you out of certain player groups it
4568s	provides decay to your armor it has
4570s	deleterious effects on your progression
4572s	and the attacking uh and the
4574s	bandit progression of of caravan attacks
4577s	or defense so there are there are costs
4579s	there
4581s	all right
4582s	um
4583s	our next question is from spiromancer
4585s	and they want to know about looting if
4586s	looting rights are based on a blended
4588s	tag and damage done system
4591s	will there be any mechanics in place to
4593s	ensure roles like tanks and healers have
4595s	an equal
4596s	shot even when they haven't dealt as
4598s	much damage
4602s	um i think that's the reason for the
4604s	blended approach um the reason that
4607s	excuse me
4610s	the reason that we're doing a a hybrid
4612s	system between tag
4614s	and damage done is um for the purposes
4618s	of those classes who may not be as dps
4620s	oriented as other classes the tag system
4623s	you know all classes are going to have a
4624s	sprinkling of immediate effects of of
4626s	instantaneous casts
4628s	and they can use that to tag a target
4630s	and that'll give them a modifier on the
4632s	looting right so plus 10 or plus 15 will
4635s	balance that but it'll give them plus 10
4636s	to 15 on overall damage done if they tag
4639s	the target and then their damage will
4641s	make up the remainder of that percentage
4642s	um uh completion so if i do 50 damage to
4646s	a target but someone else has the tag
4648s	i'm not going to be able to claim that
4650s	looting right they'll have done the
4651s	other 50 plus 10 or 15.
4655s	okay
4656s	and then our last question is from
4659s	lithion and they would like to know
4660s	about artisan gear will gear for
4662s	artisans be strong enough for a player
4665s	to defend against an equal level player
4667s	who is in combat gear gear for artisans
4671s	um so we actually just had it
4675s	i actually just had a conversation about
4677s	the
4678s	gear for artisans the gear for artisans
4680s	are going to live alongside your
4682s	adventuring gear
4684s	so you will currently the approaches and
4686s	we'll test this but currently the
4688s	approach is you'll have artisanship
4690s	oriented gear this might be beneficial
4692s	for your gathering it might be
4693s	beneficial for your processing or
4694s	crafting or whatever it is right your
4696s	profession essentially you will craft
4698s	that gear you will equip that gear it'll
4699s	live almost as a undergarment slot so to
4702s	speak and then you can activate that and
4704s	it will show the appearance if you wish
4707s	during the activation when you gain the
4708s	benefit from the from the gear itself
4711s	and then could disappear um afterwards
4713s	and go back to your adventuring gear
4714s	that's like the current approach we're
4716s	going to play with that a little bit
4717s	there's some discussion and disagreement
4719s	on the team about how we do that um
4722s	but our hopes are um for alpha two we
4724s	will have i think a couple of sets at
4726s	least you know we're demonstrating all
4727s	of the uh artisanship from from
4730s	gathering to processing to crafting um
4732s	in limited fashion in alpha 2. um and we
4735s	want to have that gear present to kind
4736s	of play with this approach
4738s	um and then the flip side of this
4740s	question in case they meant it this way
4742s	um if you had crafted gear versus gear
4745s	that you attained through like oh i
4748s	thought they were talking about like
4749s	professionals i believe that is but uh
4751s	just in case that this is the other
4753s	alternative way that they meant that
4755s	question uh
4756s	would how would crafting gear compare to
4759s	like that of you know
4764s	crafted gear in the game is the best
4766s	gear
4767s	um so i'm going to tell you one thing
4769s	that i
4770s	i cannot you know
4772s	i'll be less inflammatory in my speech
4775s	one thing that i'm not a fan of
4777s	is that um
4780s	you develop a crafting system in a game
4782s	right and you've spent a lot of time
4783s	making this from a material and resource
4786s	perspective all the tables that you can
4787s	receive all the
4788s	all the connectivity in the economy and
4790s	how crafting is associated with the game
4792s	and then you undermine the crafting
4794s	entirely by presenting a separate route
4797s	of gear acquisition that is on par with
4799s	the graft with the crafting efforts so
4801s	here you have these people who are
4802s	acquiring all of the resources getting
4804s	all the recipes leveling up their
4806s	professions and then everything they
4808s	make
4809s	is less or equal to anything you could
4812s	just have chosen the easier path of and
4814s	gone down the questing and received the
4815s	best gear so what we do focus on is that
4818s	crafters make the best excuse me
4821s	the best things um they make the best
4824s	things
4826s	thank you very much
4829s	so they make the best things and the
4831s	reason they make the best things is
4832s	because the effort required to make
4834s	those things is monumental um and that's
4838s	an important aspect of the whole
4839s	gameplay loop
4840s	awesome awesome and i'm pretty sure they
4842s	meant it the first way but i think
4844s	having both answers is great for the
4846s	audience and with that we're going to
4848s	wrap up our june update we hope that you
4852s	all have had an amazing month we
4856s	definitely have on our end we have so
4857s	much more to share with you throughout
4859s	the upcoming months so we hope that you
4861s	will tune in next month for our july
4863s	update and um any other final things you
4866s	want to mention yeah i just want to say
4868s	last year at the end of last year we
4870s	promised you that this year would be a
4872s	banger when it comes to
4874s	the stuff that we showcase and i i'm
4877s	i've been very proud of the quality that
4879s	we've achieved in the showcase of the
4881s	character creator of the weather systems
4883s	of the combat direction
4885s	and i think there's a lot of more a lot
4887s	more great stuff in store for you guys
4890s	so i just want to reiterate the most
4891s	important thing is
4894s	get registered on our forums
4896s	go comment give us your feedback
4898s	the big question is do you like the
4901s	direction of today's update is it a
4904s	positive change
4906s	is it better than where it was right
4909s	that is what's important give us your
4911s	experiences give us your feedback do it
4914s	on our uh on our on our forums or on our
4916s	reddit or on our youtube wherever you
4918s	want to do it wherever you feel most
4919s	comfortable but feel free to get engaged
4921s	that's the whole reason we do these
4923s	updates is because one i mean we love
4925s	showing the work that we do but two we
4928s	want to elicit that feedback um so
4930s	that's the important aspect yeah and
4932s	right now there are quite a few threads
4934s	up there's a gear color customization
4936s	dev discussion and our basic weapon
4938s	melee attack
4940s	combos both of those feedback threads
4942s	are up please give us feedback on them
4944s	also just as a reminder our opulent
4946s	negotiations cause
4947s	negotiations cosmetics will be swapped
4950s	over on july 13th so if you want to grab
4952s	those grab those by 11am and of course
4955s	thank you to everyone who tuned in live
4957s	if you're watching this on youtube we
4958s	super duper appreciate you as well and
4961s	um you know we hope that you all stay
4963s	healthy and safe and this video will be
4966s	up on youtube as well as we will release
4968s	the
4969s	uh potentially the combat video as well
4971s	uh we'll be discussing yeah i think
4972s	we'll do that we'll do that right after
4974s	the stream it'll be in 4k so you guys
4975s	can head over to youtube take a look
4976s	there and it's 4k gloriness yes and we
4979s	will post that to all our social
4980s	channels uh as well and of course you
4983s	know this those will uploaded to youtube
4985s	head on over to our youtube don't forget
4987s	on the dev update if you leave us a
4989s	comment and uh
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4998s	answer your question or talk about your
5000s	comment um and with that we hope to see
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5008s	prefer we are there all the time we are
5010s	interacting with you guys on a daily
5012s	basis so please come hang out with us
5014s	and tell us all the things and your
5015s	thoughts and we will see you now do we
5017s	have a do just
5019s	i was just no never mind sorry
5021s	go ahead
5022s	all right i'm like wow where's going bye
5024s	everybody
5026s	have an awesome weekend
5027s	have a good weekend
5029s	[Music]
5056s	you
5057s	[Music]

[2022] Development Update with Basic Weapon Attack Demonstration - 11AM PT Thursday, June 30, 2022

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