[2023] Development Update with Artisanship Preview - 11AM PT Thursday, November 30 2023 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
17s	hello everyone and Welcome to our
19s	glorious ashes Rec creation November
21s	development update we hope that everyone
24s	has been having a wonderful month it has
26s	been a long one for us even though it's
28s	like short so uh because of the holidays
30s	it just makes everything so cram bag for
32s	us so we're like trying to make sure we
34s	get everything done uh same with
36s	December so it's like those two sprints
38s	for us um in development we use like
40s	Sprints and Milestones to do our our our
43s	calculations of what we're going to be
44s	doing um in Milestones it gets a little
47s	hectic yeah because everyone's just
48s	trying to power through but everyone is
50s	amazing and doing rocking and rolling
52s	and kicking major butt um yeah it's
55s	always oh go ahead it's always
56s	interesting the end of the year we have
58s	these two backtack streams in November
61s	and December and then our longest uh
64s	stream until the end of January so
67s	that's true because January is so long
68s	that's true um but of course I'm
70s	Margaret cron I'm the director of
72s	communications here at interpid Studios
74s	and with me as always is Steven Sharie
75s	our creative director and we have a
77s	whole slew of things for you uh we have
79s	some quick reminders we're going to try
81s	to go through this pretty quick uh
82s	artisanship preview which I think a lot
84s	of you Crafters out there are probably
86s	really excited about this we've had a
87s	lot of questions um and of course to
89s	preface we will this is going to be more
91s	of our core functioning stuff so not
93s	super in depth um in regards to like
96s	manual crafting but we'll go we'll talk
98s	a little bit more about that and of
99s	course if you have questions feel free
101s	to pop those in to the uh you know
104s	twitch channel uh Discord and of course
107s	uh we have a watch party on Discord
109s	right now so there's a lot of places for
110s	you to interact with us our community
112s	team is Full Throttle um so of course we
116s	are always pulling those in after those
117s	segments as well um and then we'll have
119s	like a quick little Studio update art
121s	update and then do our Q&A as well like
124s	our Forum Q&A that we always pull from
126s	but before we do that we do have our
129s	Spotlight uh whoops wrong one there we
132s	go our Spotlight comment so if you uh on
135s	our development updates leave a comment
137s	subscribe to us uh you may be selected
140s	make sure that you have it so that we
141s	can see that you're subscribed to us and
143s	then you will maybe get your comment
145s	selected it's random so um today's
149s	comment is from PW beats and they would
151s	like to know it's less of a question
153s	more of a statement Caravans are my
154s	number one most loved feature when it
157s	comes to MMOs this is uh this this is it
161s	I will pre-order the game first thing uh
165s	uh first time in like 15 years PS would
168s	love to see the other side of that
170s	feature uh specifically how a party of
172s	robbers attacks a caravan and how they
175s	can then flee and sell it to a fence or
178s	something of that sort um yeah I figure
181s	we could talk a little bit about that
183s	sure absolutely a statement
186s	and know we showed off Caravans so if
189s	you're curious about those definitely
191s	check that out there's a lot of people
193s	in the studio that share uh uh that
196s	excitement uh for Caravans as a system
200s	um it is the epitome of risk versus
202s	reward obviously and and knowing that
205s	that is a core pillar of of a lot of the
207s	systems design in ashes um Caravans
210s	represent that very well um you know it
213s	it took a lot of work to kind of get
215s	Caravans to a place that felt good both
217s	from a drivability perspective but also
219s	from a customization perspective as it
222s	relates to crafting unique components
224s	and creating these vehicles that live in
226s	stalls that are located at different
228s	nodes and and kind of their summoning
230s	mechanic and you know leveraging them
232s	for the transit of these cargo and
233s	materials that are so vital to the
235s	economy um you know all of that in a
238s	fantasy world you know you you might see
240s	that in games like uh an eve or or
243s	something that's a little bit more
245s	sci-fi with transport but it's not often
247s	seen in fantasy style games and so I
250s	think that's super cool um obviously uh
253s	when we talk about the PVP element of
256s	them and that risk um I am happy to
259s	announce that in January we will be uh
262s	showcasing this is I guess a little bit
264s	of a leak of things to come but we will
267s	be showcasing a large PVP battle
270s	uh around Caravans and you guys will get
272s	to see a little bit of the Caravan uh
274s	raft uh take place as well we should be
277s	in a good spot for that uh come January
280s	um so that's going to be really exciting
282s	I think for people to see I know that
283s	we've had uh the last few streams have
285s	been kind of focused um around uh
287s	mechanics within ashes that aren't
290s	combat or PVP related um that's a good
293s	thing because what makes the world go
295s	round in Vera uh is obviously those
297s	types of systems and it makes the the
300s	events where player conflict does occur
303s	that much more exciting because of how
304s	much it took to kind of set the stage uh
308s	for high-risk reward type encounter and
310s	that's what Caravans are all about so
312s	January is going to be a really fun
313s	thing to see uh I believe and and you
315s	guys are going to be uh uh there
317s	definitely a lot of questions regarding
319s	uh the PVP element of just our game in
321s	general and of course uh when we
323s	showcase the Caravan system there were a
325s	lot of follow-up questions in regards to
327s	how PVP would play into that and of
329s	course we had our already planned to
330s	share that but the Caravan system alone
333s	is such an in-depth system and the PVP
335s	on top of that is so we just split those
337s	up hopefully you all understand that and
339s	of course we didn't want to put too much
341s	pressure on those teams right back to
342s	back so you know kind of giv a little
344s	love here and there um but of course um
348s	I think I misspoke last month I meant to
350s	say that uh in our in the December like
354s	at the end of the year we are going to
355s	share the quarter I believe that's what
357s	we had said earlier on as well when we
359s	announced the 2024 uh Alpha 2 timeline
363s	as well and I I think I misspoke and
365s	said next live stream what I meant to
367s	say like at the end of the year um so we
370s	will be announcing what quarter Alpha 2
371s	will be next live stream in December's
374s	live stream to make it very clear
375s	apologies not too far away yeah oh yeah
378s	absolutely it's only we're only a few
380s	weeks away from that actually like true
382s	we're not that far away yeah we got a
385s	lot of testing that's been that's been
386s	going on over the course of this month
388s	and uh obviously December's going be a
390s	big month when it comes to testing as
391s	well I made a little bit of commentary
393s	about that uh um in the Discord uh
396s	things are heating up for sure but I do
398s	want to temper expectations I want to
400s	remind everybody that this is Alpha
403s	Testing right and so because of that you
406s	know you can look historically at how
408s	far the game has come year after year
410s	the improvements that get made and what
413s	we're about to show you right now which
415s	is a little over an hour long uh
417s	showcase regarding all things
420s	artisanship right um you know I made a
423s	post in Discord yesterday that just went
425s	over kind of all the types of updates
427s	that we're going to see and I want to I
428s	want to reiterate them here before we
430s	actually move to uh to the video segment
433s	and I know a lot of you guys take your
434s	hour your hour break to kind of watch
436s	this uh to watch our live stream oh I
440s	apologize oh I'm sorry I thought that
441s	was my C no go go through the reminders
443s	and then I'll do that okay okay go um
446s	but yeah I just wanted to kind of let
447s	people know that that was a m spake uh M
450s	spoke on my on my side um and of course
453s	we do want to thank you all for helping
455s	us raise money for extra life what an
457s	amazing campaign that we have as a team
460s	you're wonderful I I mean we can't thank
463s	you guys enough for what you done this
465s	month I feel like that was a year ago
467s	already I I know um but we did put an
470s	article up H it also has like the
472s	winners too and we've all the winners
473s	have been reached out to and given their
476s	rewards I think the last of rewards are
478s	the three thank you videos which we're
480s	going to be recording right after this
481s	and sending out so everyone should be
483s	getting all of their things or have
484s	information on when your things are
486s	going to be shipped to you so I just
488s	wanted to reiterate that to folks um and
491s	just and just a last a last parting
495s	comment regards to to extra life those
498s	of you who didn't get to participate or
499s	didn't and didn't get to take a look I
501s	think that um as a community we we need
504s	to um we need to celebrate our
507s	accomplishments and uh it is a really
510s	cool thing that we as a community have
511s	come together over the course of the
514s	last several years to raise over
517s	$325,000 for radi children's hospital
519s	and that is that is truly something um
522s	that is unique about the ashes Community
524s	I mean we're not even in our game yet
526s	playing right and we have come together
528s	as a community very strongly and are
532s	capable of doing these things that help
534s	others and demonstrate the quality of
537s	what it means to be and Ashes of
539s	creation Community member um and that's
541s	something that I think is very unique
543s	and it's something that we should be
544s	proud of and that we should carry with
546s	us to the other gaming communities that
548s	we are a part of and and you know we're
551s	all an Eclectic bunch of Gamers we enjoy
553s	lots of different games um the cause
556s	that that extra life presents I think is
559s	a worthwhile one and it is something
561s	that touches the hearts of people who
564s	are Gamers just like you and I like
566s	Margaret and I um and it's really
568s	something that's noticeable for for for
570s	us to come together and perform like
572s	that so kudos to you guys out in the
573s	community that is truly something
575s	remarkable and I can't wait to see what
578s	even crazier things we get to do in the
580s	future as we get closer and closer to
581s	launch and then post launch as well um
584s	and how we can integrate Ash's of
585s	Creations into more of those type of
587s	things so thank you all and of course
589s	our community is just amazing as as a
590s	whole so we love how much you all
593s	interact with us on all of the platforms
595s	so keep keep that up and I know it's
597s	only going to get crazier when we start
598s	doing more Guild stuff cuz because we
599s	are definitely going to expand to more
601s	of that as we get like in game and and
603s	do that kind of stuff because guilds are
605s	very important but of course I just want
606s	to remind you that we do have some Dev
609s	discussions up we have our um Dove
612s	discussion for respawn times um so if
615s	you have not partaken in that we are
616s	going to be wrapping up our reporting
618s	for that so please feel free to pop in
621s	there give us some some of your thoughts
623s	of course you can even after our
624s	reporting still continue to give us
625s	feedback we always go back and double
627s	check things but uh did want to do that
629s	and of course I wanted to give you a
631s	little teaser uh Vagner shared that the
633s	next one will be on drop Rarity and so
635s	if you have feelings and thoughts on
637s	drop Rarity which I know most of y'all
639s	out there do uh definitely give us your
641s	thoughts in regards to that because we
643s	are going to be compiling a report for
645s	the devb team in regards to that also I
649s	don't have an asset for this because
650s	it's more of a a surprise thing uh we
654s	always do something kind of cool and fun
656s	or silly during the holidays but our
658s	next uh one is going to be a bonus Dev
660s	discussion it's going to be a special
662s	holiday delicious Dev discussion for
664s	those of you who have partaken in the
666s	past we've made some really cool recipes
667s	and things like that uh and especially
669s	tying in with artisanship stuff for
671s	those who enjoy cooking and things of
673s	that sort uh you definitely want to head
675s	over to the forums next week and vote on
677s	which Varon holiday recipe you would
679s	like to see um and we'll be putting some
681s	of those out to share with you guys uh
684s	for the holiday season and hopefully
685s	some people will make them and then send
687s	us pictures that would be super cool
690s	what if what if some people did make
692s	them and we had a little bit of like
694s	some Alpha keys that we gave out for the
696s	best version of those recipes I don't
700s	know that could be interesting that' be
701s	hard we'd have to do a whole uh Camp
704s	that's true that's true we could do
705s	community
706s	voting I don't know just we can figure
709s	something out we might Mar's like stepen
710s	no quiet we might be able to do
713s	something like that definitely contest
715s	in the future but I think we might be
716s	able to give some Alpha Keys away if
717s	people make some stuff and share with us
719s	as like bonus not not contest oriented
723s	um we'll see we'll talk we'll discuss on
725s	that front um and of course uh just
729s	reminder that the Unseen order uh will
731s	be ending January 17th uh I know that
734s	some people uh just want to make sure
736s	that they're being conscious of that so
738s	if you would like a pre-order pack this
740s	is the last time we will be offering a
742s	pre-order pack specifically so if you
744s	would like that definitely head on over
746s	there and snag yourself one and with
749s	that Stephen I will hand it over to you
751s	to do some
752s	prefacing thank you all right let's
755s	everybody breathe together on stream we
758s	want to breathe
760s	in hold and breathe out okay
767s	so as a reminder this stream is going to
770s	be focused on artisanship as a whole and
774s	um artisanship and the economy is a
776s	obviously a very integral component of
779s	of creating a world where progression
781s	matters um where decisions and choices
784s	matter um the world state that do
787s	constantly in flux and changing around
789s	you is very relevant as it relates to
792s	supply and demand within the economy
794s	that creates opportunity it also creates
797s	unfortunately downsides and downturns um
800s	but that keeps a market interesting
802s	right it also makes you remember things
805s	the times when you're having struggle
807s	when you win and overcome those is like
809s	the things you remember the most I mean
811s	imagine your favorite Guild moments are
813s	usually when you're like we tried 10
815s	times on the boss but then we fin right
818s	100% I mean some of the um some of the
822s	more interesting moments that I've had
824s	in other games um was where there were
828s	unique um there were unique and um
832s	scarce resources that everyone was
835s	contending for right and those created I
837s	think a very emergent and dynamic
840s	interactions between the players uh
842s	obviously that was that was interesting
845s	um but okay so what we're going to see
847s	today is not just about artisanship um
850s	it is also going to be related to um
854s	several changes that happen within uh
856s	the game over time and so being that
859s	this is the end of the year or coming
861s	close to the end of the year um you're
863s	going to see a number of different
864s	updates to uh several different systems
867s	you're going to see uh some updates on
869s	the UI front a little bit more
871s	explanation and perhaps a clearer
873s	picture for you as it relates to spatial
875s	management and the inventory systems um
877s	that's obviously something that is uh um
880s	unique to the Gathering system you're
883s	going to see significant updates to game
886s	lighting um when we showed the night and
888s	day cycle uh in the past there was a
891s	resounding feedback from the community
893s	uh to see a bit darker uh exploration
896s	for the night times uh to kind of bring
898s	that that field of view in um a bit more
902s	and so we've updated that um you're also
905s	going to see some significant changes
906s	from our Tech art team uh with the
908s	Skybox and our volumetric clouds um I
911s	think it's something that that creates a
913s	bit more dramatic atmosphere uh within
915s	this video you're going to see the first
917s	Showcase of processing and how
919s	processing Works uh from a station's
921s	perspective these are going to be um
925s	these are going to be systems that allow
927s	players within the node who may not have
930s	a free hold to still participate in some
933s	levels of processing um and that's a
937s	that's an important uh distinction
938s	between what's available on freeholds
941s	and what's available within notes you're
942s	going to see get a little bit of insight
946s	to um to predicate systems that that
949s	relate to what you can access in the
951s	wild you know we've we made this change
953s	a while ago that everything is
954s	accessible obviously uh from a resource
957s	Gathering perspective uh however we do
960s	gatekeep some of the access points to
963s	progression within the profession um and
965s	you're going to see the certification of
967s	a very low-level certification process
970s	um that's Quest driven uh you're not
971s	going to see that whole certification
973s	process uh but you are going to see um
975s	how those how those resources are
977s	restricted you're also going to see some
978s	tool making kind of the initial tools
980s	that you'll get as a as a as a gatherer
983s	um which is going to be uh uh Quest
986s	related uh to start uh and then you'll
988s	have to be making those tools yourself
990s	you're going to see a little bit of our
991s	recipe system in the recipe book uh as
993s	well as the other crafting stations for
995s	those recipes we're going to be
996s	specifically crafting a weapon in this
998s	video um and you're not going to see all
1000s	of the accurate recipe components
1003s	necessary to craft the weapon uh but you
1005s	are going to see um a a version of that
1008s	right now um you're also going to see
1010s	something that you haven't seen since
1012s	Alpha 1 um which is our corruption zones
1016s	and the corruption zones are uh um um uh
1021s	are something obviously that changes
1023s	within the world State uh and the world
1025s	state is a very important aspect of what
1028s	resources are available at what time
1030s	corruption spreads as players do not
1032s	respond to it appropriately it can be
1034s	the predicate for events it can be the
1035s	predicate for story arcs uh to kick off
1038s	um and it does dynamically change the
1041s	spawners within the world uh something
1043s	that's unique obviously to ashes of
1045s	creation is that world State change
1047s	affecting the supply and demand of
1048s	resources and you're going to see a
1050s	little bit of our adaptive resour and
1052s	from that you're going to see a little
1052s	bit of our adaptive resource Gathering
1055s	Tech updates uh where you see those
1057s	resources change from night to day or
1060s	from uh corrupt to not corrupt uh and
1063s	then there is going to be a little bit
1064s	of a leak of of a couple of Ranger
1066s	skills um I will give you another leak
1068s	that next month we are going to be doing
1070s	the ranger showcase again there's 18 new
1072s	abilities within the archetype kit that
1074s	we're going to show off um and I think
1077s	that uh you guys will have a fun time
1078s	with that uh but we did have to dispatch
1080s	a few wolves while we were out looking
1082s	for resources during this uh live stream
1084s	so with that being said I do want to
1086s	leave off with the last disclaimer as
1088s	you all know what I'm about to say this
1090s	is still Alpha yes that's right this is
1093s	still Alpha this is still a work in
1095s	progress things only get better from
1098s	this point forward but as is our
1100s	responsibility we want to show you how
1102s	things are progressing and we want to do
1104s	so so that you're able to provide us
1106s	feedback on the directionality you see
1108s	through the showcases and can let us
1110s	know how this relates to your
1112s	experiences how this is something you
1114s	want to see or what you would change
1116s	differently so keep in mind as you're
1118s	watching what are the points of feedback
1119s	that you want to give us you can give
1121s	them to us on YouTube which will be
1122s	released shortly after this uh live
1124s	stream thread that we'll have up um
1126s	that's the best way it makes it the
1128s	easiest for us to compile it is it is
1130s	the best way forums but I know not of
1132s	you are not a lot of you are keyboard
1134s	warriors on the Forum so if you want to
1135s	be uh out on the Discord or on the
1137s	social medias um if you want if you
1140s	prefer to talk and then of course any
1141s	social platform like Stephen was saying
1143s	you can leave us feedback yes of course
1145s	absolutely um let me think was that last
1148s	thing was that the last thing I think
1150s	that's I think that was the last thing
1151s	we will see you guys in just over like
1154s	packing when you leave for a trip and
1155s	you're like did I bring everything I
1156s	know do I got my phone I got my wallet
1158s	I'm
1159s	good all right we'll see you guys in
1161s	just a little bit
1164s	[Music]
1167s	sad
1168s	[Music]
1184s	hello everyone and welcome to yet
1188s	another stream from Vera and we have a
1191s	very exciting stream for you today we
1194s	are going to be going through the
1197s	artisanship system and and it has been a
1199s	little while since we last talked about
1203s	artisanship and showcased um the
1206s	Gathering and we're going to do a little
1208s	bit of that today and we also during our
1210s	uh last stream with uh freeh Holtz
1212s	talked a little bit about processing and
1214s	we're going to be doing that uh today as
1216s	well and we're also going to be crafting
1218s	something pretty interesting and I have
1220s	joining me four of our
1223s	glorious team here at Intrepid some of
1227s	them regulars I think all of them
1228s	actually regulars have been on the
1230s	stream before um we have two of our
1233s	glorious designers Mike and Corey Mike
1236s	Cory how you guys
1237s	doing doing great how are you glad to be
1240s	here doing very good I'm excited to show
1241s	off what you guys have been working on
1243s	and how far it's come since people last
1244s	saw it yeah same here it's it's very
1248s	exciting for us yes we also have joining
1252s	us one of our glorious Engineers Alex
1256s	how you doing buddy doing great how are
1258s	you doing very good you have been doing
1260s	a lot of work on the engineering side of
1262s	things getting all these glorious
1263s	designs up and running it's going to be
1265s	exciting to take a look at that today as
1267s	well yeah it's been a challenge have to
1270s	fulfill all the wishes of my
1274s	designers not bad was it they're like
1277s	wait all of our
1279s	wishes the one that passed
1283s	visibility we also have joining us uh
1286s	for this is your second time now Nathan
1289s	our glorious producer I know back to
1292s	back I know The Artisans ship is the
1295s	peanut butter to the Jelly that is noed
1297s	so I'm super excited to show how these
1299s	start interacting with each other yes it
1302s	is totally 100% and you guys have done a
1304s	great job so far uh I know you guys have
1307s	been really pushing it uh this last this
1310s	last Sprint and uh it has definitely
1313s	shown through to me so I'm excited to
1314s	show the audience um all right so why
1317s	don't we talk a little bit of bit a
1319s	little bit about what we're going to be
1322s	doing
1324s	today Cory yeah Mike sounds good um so
1329s	um you had brought up that you had done
1332s	a little uh lumberjacking uh but we're
1334s	kind of interested in getting into some
1336s	Mining and
1338s	herbalism uh because you picked up a
1340s	recipe um I think it's like uh you're
1343s	saying that's a pretty nice sword or
1344s	something so okay let me take a look at
1346s	that is that that's going to be in my
1347s	inventory yeah it should in your
1348s	inventory yeah um so I was thinking we
1351s	could go out and uh get some of the
1353s	stuff that we would need to um make that
1357s	sword U some of them are a little harder
1360s	to come by so I'm not sure whether or
1361s	not we'll be able to get our hands on
1363s	that if not I think we might have some
1365s	stuff for you but um yeah I guess uh we
1368s	just need to kind of get our get our
1370s	stuff together at um as as you mentioned
1372s	uh or as I mentioned you you already did
1374s	some lumberjacking but we'll probably
1376s	need to get you um uh herbalism sickle
1381s	and uh maybe some extra bags so you have
1383s	some space um so yeah let's uh yeah
1387s	let's make our way over to the
1389s	agricultural Supply I think there
1391s	there's one of those built in uh
1393s	Winstead right now so we can head down
1395s	there and um so now talk to me a little
1397s	bit about obviously we have this recipe
1401s	um when players are looking to create
1404s	different items in the game they're
1406s	going to need to go out and either uh
1407s	purchase or get drops of recipes or
1410s	trade with other players and when they
1412s	acquire that recipe like I have here
1414s	this it says night blade I can use the
1417s	recipe and I will learn a weapon
1419s	smithing recipe for the night blade so I
1421s	have a recipe book that I get to keep
1423s	essentially I learn these recipes once y
1426s	pretty much um there might be some
1428s	unique cases where some recipes might
1431s	have a charge count so when you craft it
1432s	five times it might disappear but
1434s	generally most of the cases all the
1435s	recipes should be permanently learned
1437s	okay nice that's that's very cool um and
1441s	right clicking this is going to consume
1442s	it I assume but I'm I do get a preview
1444s	of the materials that we need and Cory
1446s	this is what you were talking a little
1447s	bit about going out and collecting some
1449s	of these there's a night opal Moon Bell
1451s	I assume that is some type of
1453s	flower yeah so um uh the night opal and
1458s	the moon bells are those are the ones
1459s	that I was kind of alluding to that are
1460s	a little difficult to get our hands- on
1463s	um the night Opals you basically can't
1465s	see them at all during the day uh but um
1468s	as it gets closer to night if they're in
1470s	the world they'll sort of uh um uh push
1474s	away their shell and start shining a bit
1476s	and then the uh the the uh Moon Bells uh
1479s	only bloom at night so we'll have to
1482s	kind of you know maybe we'll work on
1484s	some of the other uh things you need for
1486s	the recipe and hopefully night time
1487s	will'll come around and we can uh find
1489s	some of those things okay very cool so
1491s	I'm going to right click this recipe to
1492s	learn it let's see here oh very cool
1496s	okay it says learned new recipe night
1499s	blade okay yeah now where are we going
1502s	to go to get this sickle you mentioned
1504s	oh yeah so right over here
1509s	um oh okay they got this area in kind of
1511s	the back alley of the the town yeah so
1514s	if we head through here this is the
1516s	agricultural
1517s	Supply um this is one of the you know
1519s	service buildings that you can build in
1520s	the node this one kind of focuses
1522s	specifically on artisanship and you'll
1524s	find stuff for herbalism farming and
1526s	animal husbandry here um so if you talk
1529s	to um Mr Willie over here um yeah so he
1535s	if you talk to him he should um give you
1538s	some stuff that you can use to construct
1540s	your uh first sickle so okay and then uh
1543s	once once you have those things there's
1545s	a little Anvil here over here to your
1547s	left um and you can craft the sickle
1549s	there and then I think once you have the
1552s	sickle you can talk to him and um it'll
1555s	it'll complete the quest and and you
1557s	give you your first sickle you'll be
1558s	ready to go this guy is incredibly rude
1560s	we need to have a conversation with the
1562s	narrative team about how these these
1566s	vendors speak to the citizens of this
1568s	Village this is
1570s	unbelievable he said he just can't he
1572s	can't teach just any Drifter am I just
1575s	any Drifter does he not see the crown on
1576s	this helmet I guess not yeah we'll have
1579s	to add to the uh mayoral um narrative
1582s	tags just so they can uh and up their
1585s	respectful speech he's not even going to
1587s	pay me too for achieving these many
1590s	tasks he has for me he's paying you in
1593s	experience that is not enough oh man
1596s	I've had those jobs before
1600s	same oh that was so good that was so
1604s	good oh no okay I have achieved this
1607s	Quest it's called a feast of
1610s	flowers
1612s	awesome um so you uh he wants me to show
1615s	him my crude
1616s	sickle nice you should do that we'll
1619s	turn
1621s	away whoa
1623s	whoa this is going to be one of those
1626s	streams okay all right so um what do I
1629s	need to do with this uh come over here
1632s	next to the envil all right behind you
1635s	yeah so there's an little Amil right
1636s	here U you can interact with that and
1638s	that should pull up the the crafting
1639s	menu so as a uh as a gatherer you'll be
1642s	able to craft your own tools um uh
1645s	they're going to take you know resources
1647s	that come from from all sorts of
1649s	different uh professions you won't be
1651s	able to you know always Source all of
1653s	those things just just yourself but um
1656s	uh luckily you know Will's nice and he
1659s	gave you some um some components and you
1661s	can kind of just throw them together to
1662s	make your first uh your first sickle
1664s	here so go through with the go through
1666s	the craft you should get that thing and
1668s	you know show it to him and um he'll
1670s	give you a little pat on the back all
1672s	right so now this is a this is a great
1674s	example as we kind of um players as
1677s	you're entering into Alpha 2 and and
1678s	you're wanting to get started into um
1681s	artisanship these different professions
1683s	will have a number of quests available
1686s	to introduce players to their first tool
1688s	sets um and then from their tool set
1692s	sustainability will be will be incumbent
1694s	on the player to continue to gather the
1697s	resources necessary to repeatedly create
1699s	these tools because they have a
1701s	durability that gets expended when
1703s	interacting with the resources in the
1704s	open
1706s	world exactly
1708s	all right okay so I'm going to talk to
1711s	him again and yes I made the
1714s	sickle um okay now he's criticizing my
1717s	crude
1719s	work okay okay all right but that's fine
1721s	he uh we all know what your first mayor
1725s	mayoral like decision is going to be is
1727s	destroy
1728s	agricultural guy is the agricultural
1733s	SP oh no all right very cool so I
1738s	oh you can preview it in AR page
1742s	actually yeah once you once you there
1745s	you go you should have rewards now there
1747s	we go equipped to Artisan tool slot very
1749s	cool so now it is in my Artisan tool
1751s	slot should I open that and take a look
1753s	here yeah perfect okay okay Co
1758s	so yeah so we have that panel open this
1761s	is kind of like the the hub for all
1762s	artisanship stuff I think we poked
1764s	around here a little bit um in some of
1766s	the previous streams but on the right
1768s	hand side there you can see all the
1769s	different slots for the the tool types
1772s	um for each of our five Gathering
1774s	professions so awesome um looks like you
1777s	have one of each of the tools that we're
1778s	looking to use today um and also kind of
1781s	no already very progressed in my uh in
1784s	my
1785s	lumberjacking oh yeah you said you're
1787s	like what level are you I'm like level
1789s	nine I'm about to be level 10 oh that's
1791s	awesome okay so like while we're out and
1793s	about you'll if you hit Level 10 you
1795s	should be able to uh upgrade your CER of
1797s	C ification to apprentice and that's one
1799s	of our uh certification break points um
1802s	and you know once you each hit those
1804s	break points it kind of opens up a whole
1806s	new uh range of stuff that you can do
1809s	new tools yeah exactly right um a new
1812s	portion of your skill tree so we should
1814s	for sure um get you that level 10 and
1816s	see what happens what up Sten we need to
1818s	prepare for a journey oh where yeah we
1822s	need to get some potential bags oh okay
1825s	yeah yeah yeah so uh we talked about the
1827s	in the past with the with the tetris
1829s	inventory um kind of having different
1832s	spatial layouts um of our bags and also
1835s	our um our resources and so uh we've
1838s	been working on that a little bit and um
1841s	trying to set up bags that have uh
1843s	spaces that are optimal for you know the
1846s	the shapes that are going to be
1847s	associated with the resources and um
1850s	having stats on on the bags that will
1852s	change you know the the stack size and
1853s	how much you can stack stuff up so um
1856s	since we're going out we're going to
1857s	collect a bunch of stuff you should grab
1859s	one of the um bountiful bags from Willie
1863s	and then we'll go over to the Stoneworks
1865s	and see if we can grab a I see that um
1868s	Willie has a number of different uh
1871s	farmer shirts and Novis
1874s	herbalism or herbalis skibbies do I want
1877s	any gear from
1878s	this um yeah it's up to you I mean
1880s	there's so there's gear for all of the
1882s	different um crafting Gathering and
1885s	processing professions that'll help you
1886s	you know do do those uh different trades
1889s	so um it's up to you like if if you you
1892s	said you're higher level in
1893s	lumberjacking so you know you could grab
1895s	some of that stuff um to kind of
1897s	compound on the stats make you make you
1899s	faster chopping or oh should I go over
1901s	that guy buy that stuff okay cool cool
1903s	cool so from this guy let me purchase
1905s	his um bags yeah why don't you grab yeah
1909s	grab the Bountiful bag from him the
1911s	Bountiful ones are pretty great they um
1913s	I think they have the increased stack
1914s	size on them so you can uh stack up more
1917s	or herbs um in that bag than you can in
1919s	in others um I see that there is a
1923s	novice herbalism
1926s	bag and if you scroll down at the bottom
1928s	there's alen ha and basket oh okay so
1930s	I'm going to grab the basket yeah all
1934s	right done I got one of those sweet
1938s	awesome I need anything else do I need
1939s	any other bags uh yeah let's run over
1943s	this way to the
1945s	Stoneworks there's another uh
1948s	gentleman over here that we can talk to
1951s	kind of
1952s	standing by this crane okay um and you
1955s	can do the same thing from him throw
1957s	throw a little gold at him and he'll
1958s	give you some give you some bags and
1960s	stuff I'll get um from this guy the
1963s	stone noice Bountiful mining bag novice
1966s	Bountiful okay got it awesome so now
1970s	those those bags should be in your
1971s	inventory um and if you right click them
1974s	they'll equip and then if you go over to
1976s	your materials tab
1978s	um you should be able to see uh those
1981s	new bags that we got okay so just real
1983s	quick you were speaking earlier about
1985s	the unique stack sizes as being part of
1988s	the um kind of asymmetric design for bag
1992s	crafting um and these bags have
1995s	specifically curated benefits for stack
1999s	sizes of the type of resources they
2002s	relate to and that's the specific
2004s	profession of gathering and the
2005s	resources you would gain from those
2007s	those different unique professions so by
2010s	equipping this herbalism bag oops let's
2012s	see
2013s	here um and then also let me just open
2018s	up the material section and this
2021s	one I see now I've actually gotten a
2026s	unique
2027s	looking um structure for the alen
2031s	herbalism basket and those are the types
2033s	of structures you would expect them to
2035s	gather that are the gather bles forb ISM
2038s	correct correct correct yeah so that's
2040s	not necessarily to say that I can't
2041s	collect non herbalism resources I could
2046s	and I could put them in that bag but it
2048s	just wouldn't utilize the most
2050s	beneficial aspect of it which is the
2051s	higher stack count for those types of
2054s	verbalism resources yeah exactly we can
2057s	also um you know can also be constraints
2061s	on the on the shape right like um we
2063s	were talking about like you can kind of
2065s	see um I I'm not sure what materials you
2068s	you have in your bags but like I I have
2070s	a couple pieces of wood that are you
2071s	know uh one by3 and so you know in in
2075s	the herbalism bag I'm not sure that
2076s	there's any any slots for for uh pieces
2079s	of wood that are that size right so um
2082s	some there'll be some constraints and um
2085s	benefits in terms of shape and then also
2088s	you know the the stack size based on the
2090s	on the type so okay cool very cool so
2092s	now let's oh go ahead Mike a good
2095s	example would be if you equip the mining
2097s	bag bag as well on top of the herbalism
2099s	bag um you'll be able to see the shapes
2103s	are different but um you can see the
2106s	mining bags are 2x2s and overing bags
2108s	are um 1 by tws so you can technically
2111s	put herbs into your mining bags but you
2113s	won't get the benefit of the stock
2115s	bonuses of the mining stuff right yeah
2119s	that's very
2120s	cool sorry go ahead Mike something else
2122s	um also um the the earlier versions
2126s	might be very restricted in sizes so
2128s	like uh the noice mining bags and no
2130s	herbalism bags are very shape
2132s	restrictive but as you level up and then
2135s	make better bags might be more generous
2137s	of um shapes so you could technically do
2139s	some other things as well and then have
2141s	more bigger sizes and have be able to uh
2145s	hold more variety of things as well okay
2147s	very nice that's I I think that's pretty
2148s	cool should should we go to The
2150s	Lumberjack to grab those were you
2152s	talking about some um equipment that he
2155s	might have that might help us with our
2156s	Lumberjack oh yeah defitely that
2159s	up
2161s	sweet oh I see okay hold on let me see
2164s	here I have I also have a quest that
2166s	relates to We rise after
2170s	felling oh yeah that's so that's the
2172s	certification Quest so um as you
2174s	mentioned before you know that we're um
2178s	we're we're planning on having some some
2180s	content related to you know onboarding
2183s	players to the different professions and
2186s	you know you're going to need a tool for
2187s	the first time and um you're going to
2189s	want to craft a thing for the first time
2191s	and kind of learn how to do those things
2193s	uh but we also want to extend that out
2195s	to kind of more of a a individual story
2198s	arc um like experience for players um so
2201s	as you as you become a better Lumberjack
2204s	you'll you'll you'll uh play out your
2206s	story as as a lumberjack so um these
2208s	different certification quests um are
2212s	are meant to be kind of uh Keystone
2214s	moments in that story progression so you
2217s	know right now we have something kind of
2218s	you know simple set up uh looks like you
2221s	already had collected all the the wood
2222s	that you needed right but um you also
2224s	need to reach the level needed to even
2227s	be take on an apprentice ship so um so I
2232s	think yeah see see what he's got um I'd
2235s	check out some of the gear I think that
2236s	will um since you're already pretty
2239s	pretty good with the wood choing you
2240s	could probably get a little little
2241s	faster with the gear that he has so he
2243s	does have he has a shirt pants um
2248s	and I think it's that and a tool belt
2250s	and and each of them are
2252s	giving different
2255s	benefits looks like I'm getting
2256s	lumberjacking speed from the pants and
2259s	from the
2260s	shirt and the tool belt is going to give
2262s	me
2263s	processing
2265s	um oh I think you might be looking at
2267s	Lum Milling oh that's my bad so at this
2271s	at this service building um we're we're
2274s	housing another three professions so
2276s	there's there's carpet stuff here
2278s	there's the lumber Milling stuff here
2280s	and there's also the lumberjacking stuff
2282s	here so um Woody's going to have stuff
2285s	from from all three um if you're looking
2287s	to do any you know uh woodworking
2290s	related activities uh he's your guy so
2293s	and that's sort of what we mentioned
2294s	when we were showing the nodes uh in a
2297s	live stream a few months ago was like
2299s	your ability to build buildings to
2301s	really cater to uh the important
2304s	industries to your region or or your
2307s	node yeah
2309s	yeah let me just take a look here I know
2312s	this is obviously guys this is I want to
2315s	State this again we always State this in
2316s	every uh showcase but uh everything you
2319s	see here is still a work in progress we
2321s	are working towards our Alpha 2 um that
2324s	includes things like visual effects like
2327s	uh UI these are all very functional
2330s	States but not necessarily at their
2332s	polish States um so there's still a lot
2333s	of work that needs to be done there I
2335s	noticed that um we have three slots for
2338s	the uh the equipment that I just put on
2341s	and they're not displaying visually uh
2344s	but we do intend to provide that visual
2346s	display as an option to the characters
2348s	correct correct
2351s	yeah it would be a toggleable thing that
2354s	players could be do um in the future
2356s	when we get some assets yes absolutely
2359s	there's a lot of
2362s	assets all right let us so what should
2365s	we do here we want to go out and gather
2366s	some stuff yeah yeah yeah so um you know
2370s	we we're kind of scouting out there uh
2372s	beforehand and we know we know a pretty
2373s	good spot um if you're if you're heading
2377s	out kind of past the
2378s	Smithy you should see a good old Tower
2381s	Carin out there in the distance and if
2383s	you
2385s	head uh a little bit east of that um you
2388s	can kind of see some like rock
2390s	formations up there that's where we're
2391s	heading there's a nice little um little
2394s	Valley in there um has I think it has
2397s	pretty much everything that we're
2397s	looking for so okay I love the Autumn
2401s	look out here I think the it fits
2405s	perfectly for this time of year I mean
2407s	definitely we did just have Thanksgiving
2409s	feels kind of a little bit like
2410s	Thanksgiving out
2411s	here does does feel like Thanksgiving
2414s	it's beautiful I really like the colors
2416s	it's turning out really good ab it's my
2419s	favorite season uh so far by way does
2422s	ver have thanksgiv too or no hey no
2426s	trying to get l out of me this is an
2428s	artisanship Focus give us we won't leak
2432s	during a live stream I know right Lord
2435s	the one thing I really love the lease
2438s	falling down effect just walking by nice
2441s	speaking of of leaks however I know that
2444s	I am uh playing a ranger class you might
2447s	see a couple of early uh look at the
2449s	ranger skills here in case we run into
2451s	any potential resistances um but next
2455s	month we are doing a ranger update and
2457s	it's going to be pretty fun too so
2460s	there's a little leak little leak nice I
2462s	see how it is it's okay for skill
2464s	abilities but not for the
2465s	lore that is true that is true the lore
2468s	is safely
2469s	unbelievable so we do have have some BS
2472s	someone's chopping out there is that
2474s	youan chopping
2476s	yeah I see it falling in the distance
2479s	where that's great over to the
2483s	left I think he's up on that Hill are
2485s	you trying to beat me to the
2488s	uh here we go I'll chop down some trees
2490s	too oh we do we this is Ash we need Oak
2492s	though right or do I need Oak
2494s	yeah
2496s	yeah yeah that that be helpful Nathan
2500s	just trying to become grandmas Before
2502s	You Stephen exactly I will leave this
2504s	land A baren
2505s	Wasteland no trees for you to chop he
2508s	sicked some uh wolves on me yeah all
2511s	part of my master
2515s	plan
2516s	[Music]
2519s	nice yeah get the get a few of these
2522s	Oaks at least enough to level up and
2524s	then we need to find some Basalt Basalt
2526s	is going to have the zinc and copper uh
2529s	that you need oh here's some over on the
2531s	ridge um oh up the cliff assult yeah can
2535s	you see me oo that area looks kind of
2537s	Twisted and
2539s	gross
2541s	yeah wolf
2545s	where
2549s	oh
2552s	wow really what so now this area appears
2557s	to have a little bit of a corruption
2558s	that started seeping in looks like the
2560s	citizens of this town aren't doing their
2563s	job fight back the corruption old
2567s	neighborhood's going to hell there rues
2569s	here too yeah yeah I think you can grab
2571s	those you're yeah it's novice yeah these
2574s	are the new rubies that we just
2576s	introduced with uh C physics enabled oh
2580s	nice uh yeah um thanks to Noah and some
2584s	magic from engineering uh when you see
2587s	it gather it's you see it shuts oh
2589s	that's awesome love that that's super
2592s	cool additionally if you open your
2594s	backspace now um you'll see that your
2596s	mining bag has now rubies and it
2599s	prioritized based on your stack size oh
2601s	let me see here hold on first let me
2604s	gather a little bit of
2607s	um look for some BT I think there's some
2610s	over here over here to the
2613s	right there's one right there
2618s	yeah right here no this is opal
2623s	nope opal I can't even interact with the
2625s	opal no it's right here
2628s	yeah oh don't we need
2631s	opal I think so I think we need night
2634s	opal which is the one that only really
2636s	appears at night um
2640s	okay
2645s	interesting oh I've gotten some Zin and
2648s	balt nice okay so you got lucky you got
2650s	the you got the drop chance so this gave
2652s	me two things it gave me it gave me zinc
2654s	as well yes yeah yeah so when you're
2658s	when you're mining stone like we're
2659s	trying to we're trying to do stuff that
2660s	make sense right with the drops so you
2662s	know in stone you'll find metal and gems
2664s	and you know depending on the you the
2666s	tier and the type of type of stone um
2669s	there'll be different kind of selection
2670s	of gems and stuff you can get in it or
2672s	or Metals so um you may if you're trying
2676s	to Target a certain you know metal you
2678s	might want to consider um some
2680s	particular Stone as well and um as you
2683s	get better at at uh binding and doing
2685s	Stone related stuff you'll kind of learn
2688s	learn the ropes there so you can make
2689s	better decisions okay that's cool
2692s	additionally as you gather you can
2694s	actually notice that your um durability
2696s	goes down for your tools oh
2699s	really
2702s	see I'm using this pickaxe it's at
2706s	95 nice all right you got plenty of
2709s	plenty of durability left it's good to
2711s	good to repair when you get into town
2712s	though so it kind of sucks when you find
2713s	something real nice and your durability
2716s	is low or tools broken and you won't be
2718s	able to it ah nice and I really love the
2722s	physics it's like I remember in the
2724s	Gathering stream you know we're showing
2725s	off uh um uh the trees and kind of like
2729s	set a precedent with how that looks and
2732s	now we have to make all the other stuff
2734s	just as school so the the rocks and gems
2736s	of metal were like kind of a big big uh
2739s	hurdle for us and having in a place
2742s	where it starting to look really good
2744s	that was super exciting that was cool
2746s	that was actually really cool that
2747s	should definitely knock you over or kill
2752s	you let's go hey there we go oh I've
2755s	reached and oh my God that just killed
2760s	Mike I'm alive please can't kill me grab
2765s	some some da maybe so you you leveled up
2768s	you said yes it said I leveled up ah
2771s	okay well you got to okay so when when
2773s	you level up you're going to get some
2774s	skill points and you should be able to
2776s	put those in your in your skill tree um
2779s	you should uh pop that open there we go
2782s	okay yes I have a bunch already
2784s	allocated but now I have two n points
2787s	oh nice yeah you should spend those and
2789s	book around in the tree a little bit but
2790s	yeah um that is something that we're wed
2792s	to do with artisanship both you know or
2795s	in all three of the branches you'll
2797s	you'll have skill trees for your
2798s	profession so those skill trees you'll
2800s	be able to find you know passives
2802s	that'll give you uh stat bonuses and you
2804s	know predicates for extra functionality
2807s	within whatever the profession is access
2809s	to stations um expanding out some of the
2812s	various systems like I don't know you
2814s	can see some of the surveying ones right
2816s	like
2816s	you can uh add extra pylons or um extra
2821s	uh scanning range and lower the cool
2823s	down and how often you can survey so uh
2826s	we're trying to make those trees uh
2829s	interesting and give people you know
2830s	different paths so they can progress
2832s	through W that's cool yeah very cool um
2838s	so obviously I'm looking at this uh the
2841s	skill tree right now and I see one side
2843s	is dealing primarily with yield the
2845s	other side is dealing with with um
2848s	excuse me with Rarity with quality um
2851s	the other side dealing with yield and
2853s	then the Survey System yeah talk to me a
2857s	little bit about um the Survey
2861s	System yeah so surveying um is uh
2866s	something that we're trying to use for
2869s	gatherers to really kind of interact
2871s	with uh the things that we want to do
2873s	with our Dynamic world uh one of that is
2875s	one of the those things is we want to be
2877s	able to spawn stuff randomly and we want
2880s	to put it in uh places in the world that
2882s	will make people you know travel and uh
2885s	bolster up our um our local
2888s	player-to-player economies have people
2890s	you know kind of actually be out in the
2892s	world looking for stuff and not um
2895s	standing in the same place waiting for a
2897s	tree or a flower to respawn over and
2899s	over again so we're kind of we're kind
2902s	of having the best of the Both Worlds
2904s	where we have our lower tier stuff that
2906s	will fill out you know the the based
2908s	look of our world so that it's always
2909s	kind of looking good um and then the
2912s	higher tier stuff from Apprentice onward
2914s	will will always kind of Spawn randomly
2916s	in in places that we've deemed look uh
2919s	you know look good and make sense for
2921s	what that thing is um so surveying is a
2924s	way that you can uh track that stuff
2927s	down um it will help you uh find places
2931s	will help you find particular resources
2933s	will help you find resources at a
2935s	certain Rarity
2937s	um and yeah so it should be you know
2939s	something you could do as a gather on
2941s	your own or group up with other people
2942s	to uh bolster up the um the power of
2946s	your survey or the the the range or
2949s	reach of it so um yeah it says I need a
2953s	higher certification for this tree it's
2956s	a corrupted Oak gotcha well we just
2959s	leveled up so I bet you if we went back
2961s	to town oh my God there's some
2964s	crazy or excuse some C oh no you bleep
2969s	that out bleep that out there's some
2971s	dude up there that's awesome I would say
2974s	the same thing if I saw that ancient
2976s	horror away from a gentleman yeah let's
2979s	uh back up a little bit yep how are you
2983s	doing all back space by the way how am I
2984s	doing on what say again back space yes
2986s	let me open that up I have um three
2989s	copper 22 Basalt 17 zinc uh five Ruby a
2994s	number of dandelion PL and daffodils
2997s	daffodils with some plant fibers okay
3000s	that's cool and a bunch of wood and as
3003s	you notice that all those materials
3005s	actually sorted nicely in the
3007s	appropriate BS based on your uh stack
3009s	sizes oh yeah that is pretty nice so it
3011s	didn't misplace them in a in a different
3015s	bag than what is
3016s	best yeah it Priti is basically the best
3019s	stack size first and then it's finds the
3022s	other empty spots
3024s	after yeah quality of life feature
3028s	definitely we we uh you know there's a
3030s	lot of discussions about you know the
3033s	the spatial inventory and the different
3035s	stack sizes and you know whether that
3038s	could cause like confusion for players
3040s	or you know extra stress on um sorting
3044s	of inventory and I was like all right
3045s	well no M no matter what we do we got to
3047s	try and make this um as easy and usable
3050s	for players as possible and luckily
3053s	really smart people like Alex and Alec
3055s	and our UI team Kobe Kobe and the Gang
3058s	uh that are helping us make um you know
3062s	that the system that we want function
3064s	really really nicely so uh that's what
3066s	that was one of those features um that
3069s	that came on that's like all right well
3070s	I don't have to every single time I get
3072s	something you know look and see what
3073s	bag's the best for it to be in um the uh
3078s	the code can do it for us so yep very
3082s	cool nice we ready to head back now yeah
3086s	let's uh let's head back to town and get
3087s	your your uh your uh
3091s	apprenticeship now obviously you know
3094s	let's talk a little bit about how
3097s	Gathering is a bit different in ashes um
3101s	and one of the the most unique things
3104s	about I think the world is obviously the
3108s	number of different systems we have that
3110s	change World State we just saw a corrupt
3114s	Zone hold on kill this
3120s	dude oh okay he died um we just saw
3123s	corrupt Zone and um that zone becomes
3127s	corrupt after a period of time in which
3130s	players are not addressing some issues
3132s	that arise uh through certain events or
3135s	through through certain story arcs and
3137s	that corruption can spread and
3140s	Corruption changes the spawners for
3144s	resources and for Monsters and that has
3148s	a fundamental effect on the resource
3151s	economy of the
3153s	game yeah definitely it plays into you
3156s	know scarcity it gets players out in the
3158s	world searching for um uh different
3161s	things that are predicated on on the
3164s	dynamic parts of our world right we can
3165s	do stuff with day and night time we can
3167s	do stuff with Seasons um we can have
3169s	things that are specifically related to
3172s	some event or story arc or you know
3174s	corruption um even
3176s	particular locations right regionality
3179s	of a biome um some you know frozen
3182s	tundra place that's uh completely
3184s	covered in ice versus you know the the
3185s	riverlands and um uh the lushness there
3190s	so um don't want to just have that stuff
3194s	in and not be doing anything with it so
3196s	we're we're trying to play on that for
3198s	for Gathering um and open up um the
3202s	diversity of stuff that you can process
3204s	and Craft um by find those things so
3207s	yeah I love that um we mentioned
3210s	actually a time of day and seasonality
3213s	is being part of that world State change
3215s	um and as I understand whoops as I
3218s	understand it we have a number of
3220s	different oh let me see here go over
3224s	to
3227s	um
3229s	recipes can I look at now um we have to
3232s	don't we have to gather some recipes or
3235s	some materials that are predicated on
3236s	time of day yeah I think they were those
3239s	are the ones that we're talking about
3240s	that were part of your night blade right
3242s	the moon bells and the night Opals uh
3245s	night Opals like do not reveal
3248s	themselves um during the daytime um
3251s	surprise surprise um and then the the
3254s	moon bells are similar yeah they they
3256s	only bloom at night so um you if you're
3260s	looking for those in particular you want
3261s	to take uh keep an eye on the day night
3264s	cycle and um you know know where they're
3266s	found um in the world and yeah I do have
3271s	some Powers if we want to perhaps change
3274s	it to nighttime that I could use shall
3278s	we cuz it it'll it it'll take a little
3280s	while probably for us to get to night
3281s	time at least another hour or so yeah
3285s	okay let's do it all right hold on stand
3291s	by oh my
3294s	goodness there we go now oh okay things
3298s	are getting little freaky decky out here
3300s	you guys will probably notice uh that
3303s	the nighttime is
3305s	significantly darker than when you guys
3307s	last saw our nighttime update um we saw
3311s	feedback from the community that
3313s	bringing in the field of vision through
3315s	the uh through the lighting in the
3318s	environment was something you guys
3319s	wanted to see and that's what we have
3321s	adjusted a bit um now I'm excited
3324s	because
3326s	I have a certification that I can I
3329s	think update now right yes you should be
3331s	able to upgrade your uh lumberjacking to
3335s	Apprentice which um give you access to
3337s	new tool so we can craft one of those if
3339s	you want um we should make your you know
3342s	chopping faster help you find some rare
3344s	stuff um yeah all right let's see here
3347s	I'm going to
3351s	accept there we go t it yeah so shoot I
3355s	think if you open your artisanship
3357s	window if you look at your lumberjacking
3359s	it should say that you're an apprentice
3360s	now yes there we go and you got you got
3362s	a nice little chunk of XP from that too
3364s	it's nice yeah that was pretty good um
3366s	cool so um now that you've done that uh
3371s	go I think this envil yeah this is the
3374s	same envil as the herbalism see see if
3377s	you can craft a a tool there what uh
3380s	what materials do you need it says that
3383s	I need um zinc fragments and Oak Timber
3386s	for a novice lumberjacking The
3388s	Apprentice requires zinc fragments with
3390s	copper fragments and Oak Timber awesome
3394s	okay well um that's all novice stuff so
3398s	um so the way that the certification
3400s	stuff breaks down is that um every
3402s	everyone gets to be a novice everything
3404s	so all all 22 professions the players
3406s	get to uh be novice of um and then it
3409s	starts kind of like narrowing from there
3410s	so after that you'll only be able to be
3413s	Apprentice of five things um you can be
3415s	a journeyman in four things you can be a
3417s	master in three things and you can be a
3418s	Grandmaster in two things so you'll
3421s	you'll need to narrow but you can also
3423s	sort of diversify to support you know
3425s	the professions that you want to First
3427s	push further in so now obviously those
3429s	are um those restrictions are in place
3432s	in order to create a dependency cross
3437s	player faction right for how players
3439s	specialize their progression in the
3441s	artisanship uh
3442s	trees yeah I mean like uh being social
3447s	is is uh important to us right like we
3449s	we want players to interact with each
3450s	other we want the professions to make
3452s	stuff for the other professions that uh
3454s	that are useful you know um I um
3458s	influenced quite a bit by the Star Wars
3460s	Galaxy style crafting and you know just
3463s	having people in your network that can
3465s	you know Supply the the uh metal that
3467s	you need to make your armor and the you
3470s	know the the flowers that you need to to
3472s	make your potions and you know maybe the
3474s	potions that you need to make make your
3475s	enchantments uh that that to me was was
3478s	really interesting and part of the the
3481s	game playay of economic gameplay of you
3483s	know being being a good crafter being a
3484s	good gatherer is having that um that
3487s	system so and it and it really plays
3489s	into the um the uh uh economic uh field
3496s	of a particular server right um You you
3498s	can come in and be like I want to be the
3500s	the potion Mogul here right and like
3502s	having good sources and you know have
3505s	having a guild that supports you um is
3507s	just really really interesting and
3510s	without um without sort of narrowing
3513s	down what you have access to yourself um
3516s	uh it's sort uh it takes away from from
3519s	the ability to achieve that right so
3521s	yeah so now okay we're going to be
3523s	creating this you said Apprentice tools
3526s	what do I need to do that it said
3527s	fragments Z fragments and um I think
3531s	copper fragments awesome so the zinc
3533s	fragments and copper fragments are going
3535s	going to be from the metal working
3537s	profession and then the Oak Timber will
3539s	be from the lumber Milling profession so
3542s	since we're here we can do the lumber
3543s	milling and this is the station that you
3545s	need right next to us so this is the
3546s	debarker this is one of the the few
3549s	stations that uh Lumber Milling has has
3552s	the the debarker the heads saw um and I
3555s	think the drying Kil along with the
3558s	refinery so this is the the novice
3560s	station um and I think this is an
3562s	apprentice version here um since we're
3564s	at a service building that's built um
3566s	the service buildings usually come
3567s	stocked with some some uh some better
3570s	base stations and then you can kind of
3573s	um progress them from there depending on
3574s	how you you expand the buildings but um
3577s	so why don't you interact with this and
3580s	uh yeah I think this is the first time
3582s	that we've ever done any processing
3584s	processing yes absolutely now we we
3585s	alluded to it a little bit when we were
3587s	showcasing the uh the free holds uh but
3591s	this is everyone's first look at kind of
3594s	how process processing works and um as
3597s	you said we're looking to make some Oak
3598s	Timber here um and as I've clicked on
3601s	the Oak Timber to add fuel it says to
3605s	the Oak Timber side talk to me Mike a
3608s	little bit about what fuel does for
3612s	processing so fuel is the basic
3614s	requirements on top of the resources
3617s	that you need to craft a thing so every
3619s	processing stations will require some
3621s	kind of a fuel to automate the proc
3626s	to make these processed uh resources
3628s	though most of the resources or any type
3631s	of resource or items could technically
3633s	have a fuel value attached to them and
3635s	then each recipe will require some kind
3638s	of a fuel value to uh to be met to be
3642s	able to process these things so think of
3643s	it as like if you're melting um ore you
3646s	need to put uh fuel to fire to melt the
3649s	or right so that kind of concept exists
3651s	on all our processing stations so when
3654s	you click on it uh you should be able to
3656s	put the oak wood or anything that you
3659s	have gathered to Wood yeah so I've added
3663s	one of the oak wood and then I see I
3666s	also have a number of different um
3668s	herbalism resources here as well do
3670s	those act as fuel potentially yeah um
3673s	most of our resources will have some
3674s	kind of a fuel value to it and like I
3676s	mentioned like some items too but for
3678s	for this recipe you'll only need one
3680s	some other recipes might need 100 or 50
3682s	etc etc but the the thing is um some
3686s	some items might be just um catered
3689s	towards being a fuel right so something
3691s	like charcoal or something like coal
3692s	something like um anything that is just
3695s	designated as a fuel will just have a
3697s	very um efficient fuel value so you kind
3700s	of want to save that for higher recipes
3703s	or something simple like this one you
3704s	can pretty much use anything that's
3706s	common or or or lower or degrade or
3710s	sorry the the tier one items uh to be in
3714s	the fuel okay so i' so I've added in the
3718s	wood for the fuel and now it's it has my
3721s	fuel has been selected and I can start
3723s	the job it says that the duration is 1
3725s	minute now I'm noticing at the top of
3727s	the processing station that we have uh
3731s	three available slots is that a queue
3734s	that you players can use um and is it
3738s	shared is it for just themselves talk to
3740s	me a little bit about that for node it's
3743s	personal so we didn't want to congest
3746s	like only three spots for every single
3748s	person in the note that would have been
3750s	pretty bad um so it's the the Q system
3753s	is only for yourself but um something
3755s	personal like free holds um would be u
3759s	station based so if five people wanted
3761s	to use one one station at the freeh hole
3763s	you have to wait in line and then that
3765s	kind of comes into the family system we
3766s	talked about on the freeh hole live
3767s	stream where you want to have uh limited
3771s	access to whoever is viable for the fuel
3774s	or for the stations um but for any
3777s	service buildings in the node um it's
3779s	all personal so you can queue up as much
3780s	as you want and then someone else can
3782s	just combine and use the same station
3784s	and then k for their station that's
3787s	awesome additionally it will also be
3789s	influenced by nodes so like right now
3790s	you see three but it could be five it
3792s	could be two simultaneous jobs Etc based
3795s	how your note grows got it so there are
3797s	specializations that the processor can
3800s	take uh if the node should elect to do
3803s	so and citizens participate and that
3805s	upgrade that would increase that size or
3808s	perhaps even the efficiency of the
3810s	processing jobs as well both speed uh
3813s	quantity of receipt any Rarity procs
3815s	anything all of those play a role and
3817s	upgrade potential uh that the node might
3820s	choose to specialize in right but um
3822s	just like we we discussed in through
3824s	live stream as well the node um
3826s	processing only goes up to journeyman so
3828s	if you want to do the highest tier of uh
3832s	processing you you probably want to seek
3834s	out the the freeold uh owners
3839s	basically
3841s	uhoh did I I might be full hold on I
3846s	can't claim it yet I need to I need to
3849s	who needs this this cheap glint here
3854s	actually let me move that down I don't
3855s	need I didn't need to delete that whoops
3859s	um okay are you just throwing money away
3861s	that's how rich you pretty much
3863s	additional thing I would like to add for
3864s	processing uh as you can say see you
3866s	could you could cancel the job um also
3870s	so like let's say you accidentally
3871s	scheduled wrong one and the only thing
3873s	that gets consumed is the fuel so fuel
3875s	is basically a sync for this job got it
3880s	okay so fuel is always sunk regardless
3881s	of if you cancel the job or not yeah
3884s	another uh another thing as well is that
3886s	um uh when you're when you're choosing
3889s	the job you you'll see kind of on the on
3891s	the right hand side that we have
3893s	something called job size oops and right
3895s	now uh right now there's only the
3898s	ability to make a one job size but um
3901s	this in the same vein of um you know
3903s	this having like more jobs that you can
3905s	cue and like you know better stats that
3907s	make the them go faster or proc extra
3909s	resources uh job size is another thing
3912s	that we could do right um so you
3914s	probably don't want to use three entire
3917s	slots just to make you know three pieces
3919s	of oak wood but if you had a job size
3921s	that you know was 20 um you'd be able to
3925s	make all 20 of those with the with the
3926s	one job size so um so that's a little
3929s	different than what people are used to
3931s	with you know I I'm making exactly you
3933s	know 17 pieces of of Oak Timber you
3935s	might need to you know do a job SI of
3938s	five plus one if you need specifically
3941s	six so um that's awesome so those those
3944s	are also influenced by customization
3946s	options that the node can participate in
3948s	uh as well and perhaps policies and or
3951s	relics like all those things are an
3952s	intricate web uh boot bons benefits and
3955s	downsides that apply to these different
3957s	game functions exactly yeah very cool
3961s	love it all right so we made some Timber
3964s	gotcha yeah let's head let's head down
3966s	to uh the Smithy over here there should
3969s	be a crushing station you can crush up
3971s	the the copper and zinc that you got
3973s	into fragments and then we should have
3975s	what we need to make you a new pickaxe
3978s	or um axe um yeah this is the crushing
3983s	crushing station right here
3986s	nice all
3988s	right all right it's really nice of you
3990s	to have built all of these uh
3992s	artisanship service buildings look at
3994s	look at all these jobs that you're
3995s	creating this guy stays here he gets to
3997s	hang out all night rushing
4000s	rocks doing stuff that is awesome yeah
4004s	great for the economy really really
4006s	great mayorip uh decision thank you
4008s	thank you very much that's why I'm a
4010s	term after term mayor just no term
4012s	limits at all it's the way we like it
4014s	here
4015s	right my my personal Investments have
4018s	somehow miraculously just had the
4019s	greatest returns of any citizen of the
4021s	mayor agreed I think there's only other
4024s	been one other mayor that was Alec and I
4026s	haven't seen him for a really long time
4028s	so right that is right Al his family
4032s	members actually came by looking for him
4034s	too oh
4035s	no okay so I need to make copper
4037s	fragments and zinc fragments yeah so I'm
4040s	going to kick off I'm going to add some
4041s	fuel here um oh okay cool that's cool
4045s	put this and I'll kick that job off and
4049s	then I'll use the sink oh my God you see
4053s	the NPC working real hard yeah he is
4055s	look that he's a go-getter I didn't even
4057s	start the other job yet he just
4058s	immediately went to work he needs
4062s	arrays there we go cool okay yeah and uh
4066s	just a just a comment too on the on that
4069s	right like um we're trying to sort of
4071s	marry the the visuals with what's
4073s	actually going on the station right so
4075s	if you have a job queued um and you're
4077s	trying to you know do errands throughout
4078s	the node or in your Freehold or whatever
4080s	right like you should be able to look at
4082s	the station and know what's going on
4083s	with it so you know he's there working
4085s	and you know once he's done he's going
4087s	to stop and you can be like okay you
4088s	know there's there's stuff ready to to
4090s	pick up and have some visuals associated
4092s	with that so U as much as we can have
4095s	stuff you know rooted in World instead
4097s	of you know throwing a bunch of UI in
4099s	the player's face uh that's that's
4101s	something that we're trying to do and is
4102s	important to us that's right cool yeah
4105s	and to add to that it's uh personal
4107s	right so it's only like other people
4109s	won't see you doing your um processing
4112s	got it yeah in in nodes right the free
4114s	the freeold ones would be uh since they
4116s	are relevant to any of the people that
4118s	have access to it you you'd be able to
4120s	see that a that a job is going
4123s	[Music]
4125s	right this guy is a is a is a dedicated
4128s	worker yeah definitely so now just to
4132s	remind folks obviously when we talk
4134s	about um processing as one branch of the
4139s	artisanship tree even though you have
4142s	access to all branches throughout the
4144s	world up to some level of
4147s	degree processing best processing is
4150s	done on freeholds and the best crafting
4153s	is done in nodes right when we talk
4156s	about workstation availability but there
4158s	is some overlap there as those of you
4160s	will remember from our Freehold uh uh uh
4163s	live stream um you do have up to a
4168s	certain point to progress available to
4170s	you for both Gathering processing and
4172s	crafting uh without needing necessarily
4175s	a free
4176s	hole yeah
4178s	exactly up to uh journeyman you'll be um
4182s	journeyman's uh type of gathering
4184s	crafting and processing should be
4186s	available pretty much everywhere um and
4188s	then just the specializations really
4190s	kicks in at the master and
4192s	above awesome
4195s	aome all right I have I believe
4200s	acquired now some
4203s	fragments on well let's uh let's head
4206s	back up to the crafting station um next
4209s	to good old W Woody gunan and uh make
4212s	yourself an apprentice Axe and I think
4215s	we should be able to chop that corrupted
4217s	tree down yeah that's right and then
4220s	also now that it's night while we're out
4222s	there you guys could grab perhaps some
4223s	of the
4224s	um what were the other ones that I
4226s	needed uh the night opal yeah I think
4228s	Mike has high enough mining to get the M
4230s	opal night opal um and then I think I
4233s	think New Moon bells are novice so you
4235s	should have access to those yep yep all
4238s	right so I'll grab the moon
4240s	Bells Perfect all right I'm crafting my
4243s	new Apprentice lumberjacking axe T it is
4247s	equipped
4249s	nice me see cool a very cool it's there
4254s	how fast is it it's 30 lumberjacking
4256s	speed nice I think the other one was
4258s	like only five so you should be fast
4260s	when we get out there we should race see
4262s	if you can drop the tree down faster
4263s	than me all right let's do it I'm ready
4265s	let's
4270s	go
4272s	um I actually really like the nighttime
4275s	I I think it was call from the community
4277s	to to tune this a bit more on the darker
4280s	side oh shooting star you see
4283s	that let's see a shooting star make a
4285s	wish oh yeah look at that Moon yeah I
4288s	did I did look at the Moon Moon's
4290s	looking pretty
4292s	nice I think it might need a little
4295s	atmosphere I like the uh the harbinger
4298s	Moon we'll Ste Moon getting
4301s	closer no don't say that that's not what
4305s	we want to hear kill the moon H so do it
4309s	Cory tell me a little bit like when we
4312s	right now we're in this n phase oh I
4314s	love the fireflies too Noah did a great
4316s	job on these yeah Noah Noah is next
4319s	level we love Noah Noah we love
4323s	you um obviously moving to Knight now is
4327s	going to give us access to these Moon
4328s	bells and these night
4330s	Opals um but when things like the world
4333s	State change whether it be corruption
4335s	related or time of day it's not just an
4338s	introduction of rare materials it also
4340s	is a removal of some other materials as
4342s	well potentially so it's a it is a um
4346s	and some World State changes like we
4347s	talked about with corruption if not
4349s	addressed can significantly alter the
4352s	flow of resources across the world in
4355s	such a way that creates a bit of
4356s	turbulence in the world market and
4358s	economy and that's what we're trying to
4359s	achieve with these World State
4361s	changes yeah you see
4364s	um uh out in the open the NS lit up
4368s	those little blue lights all over the
4371s	place that wasn't there before yeah yeah
4374s	you can see Moon BS as well by the
4378s	trees oh yeah there so you should be
4381s	able to grab up that's awesome those
4384s	were just kind of just basic little
4386s	rocks yeah so that's like a you know we
4389s	we we thought those were all Opals and
4391s	they were Opals during the day but uh at
4393s	night um you know some of them are
4394s	actually night Opals so um pretty cool
4398s	oh look leveled up again oh I led cring
4400s	it my
4402s	herbalism herbalism
4404s	God literal herbalism
4408s	God yeah these Moon bells that exist
4410s	before too we're at the same spot yeah
4413s	oh my god oh no the
4416s	wolf you
4419s	uh protect
4426s	him Mike no I'm like max level so I'm
4429s	just slaughtering these
4431s	W can you pet the dogs Ste no but I can
4434s	shoot it with an arrow in the face
4437s	faster than me wait let's chop the trees
4439s	down together that's right here Sten
4441s	where you at where you at right
4444s	here all right I'll
4446s	start all right wait no no wait no okay
4449s	three two 1
4451s	go wait no we messed up we messed up we
4453s	messed up we can do this we can do this
4454s	how many people does it take to chop
4456s	down a tree okay I'm pretty sure it
4457s	doesn't matter you way faster I have no
4460s	two
4462s	three
4465s	oh you just got wrecked excuse me just
4469s	got wrecked this is where PVP
4473s	starts excuse me
4475s	sir he's already purple let's go cut
4478s	down that uh corrupted tree oh yeah
4482s	that's why we're here huh there we go
4484s	yes this this place
4488s	looks so good at night oh man there's
4492s	the spooky dude again he's just chilling
4495s	up there yeah he's eying us he
4500s	Challenger will you approach him stay
4503s	away
4504s	from yeah oh my looks like one shot City
4507s	up
4508s	there oh I can't get these uh blood
4511s	boiled
4513s	Spirits
4514s	yeah I can tell you the lore behind that
4519s	or um never
4522s	mind
4524s	all right I got some of those let grab
4526s	this
4529s	thing come
4531s	on oh bam tree explosion what do you
4535s	think Mike you want to take on this
4536s	ancient minion over
4538s	here I think we need to n Ste time that
4542s	was like less than two seconds yeah that
4545s	was really I was like in there and out
4547s	of
4548s	there maybe uh a little balancing pass
4550s	necessary take that note down Mike
4554s	Nerf H incoming yep way to go stepen
4558s	already nerfing Lumberjack I know y yep
4562s	all right let's so now we do we have all
4564s	the materials we need did you guys get
4565s	the night
4566s	oples yeah I got some all right sweet
4569s	trade you back in town let's do it on
4572s	let's get rid of this
4577s	guy very good my goodness oh that was
4581s	unfortunate animal abuse pet up
4585s	so now talk to me a little bit about the
4588s	sword that we're going to be crafting um
4592s	obviously itemization in ashes of
4595s	creation is not
4597s	restricted um based on class right so
4600s	anybody can wear kind of anything
4602s	whatever is most beneficial towards
4603s	their particular strategy and class kit
4605s	and and build um but how do we influence
4610s	that from a crafting
4612s	perspective so
4614s	the recipe that you learned is somewhat
4616s	of a unique sword uh we want to
4618s	introduce that uh mid level maybe a
4620s	little bit high but generally for
4622s	itemization purposes we want to have a
4626s	viable option for every build that
4628s	players want to try I know that's a full
4631s	statement knows where his city is
4635s	yeah where are we going we have a mini
4638s	map top right guys come on is this way I
4641s	always get lost out here when I take my
4642s	nightly strolls
4644s	just over to the South yeah okay all
4648s	right sorry Mike to left to the left got
4651s	it left okay
4654s	um what was I saying anyways um I was
4657s	saying that uh we want to support every
4659s	kind of build that player wants to try
4661s	out and I know that's a bold statement
4663s	but that is something that we're going
4664s	to attempt uh which means a lot of
4666s	crafting recipes will need to support
4668s	variable stats variable play Styles and
4671s	for for this weapon for particular was
4673s	um somewhat of a unique sword because
4677s	it's a sword that has mag magic
4679s	penetration so something that Mages
4681s	maybe might be able to use or um cler um
4686s	and then if we go to the crafter
4689s	crafting station right here all right
4693s	you should give them the my right uh can
4698s	trade
4700s	you
4702s	done
4705s	okay we got some night Opals
4707s	sweet acting
4711s	trade all right boom got some night opal
4715s	let's do
4717s	this so now I see I have my learned
4720s	recipe the night blade is under weapons
4723s	category okay that's cool yeah um La
4727s	sure we touched on this on different
4729s	live streams but uh our crafting menus
4730s	will have some required materials so
4733s	those are the things that you must have
4735s	at that certain Rarity so we have the
4737s	night of opal and the moon Bell that's
4739s	required and then we have the selectable
4740s	section where you can put different uh
4743s	Rarity amounts um you want to do the uh
4747s	the zinc one first Stephen so out of
4750s	there and then S one and then now you
4752s	can see that the item itself was
4755s	uncommon and then if you add the
4757s	fragments in oh I see what you're saying
4759s	I see what you're saying the I so the
4761s	uncommon night blade is
4764s	here by adding in these legendary zinc
4768s	fragments yep if you submit it now it
4770s	turns
4771s	rare okay cool and now you can see
4774s	there's additional properties onto the
4776s	item uh so things change and then if you
4778s	put the Oak Timber also at legendary
4781s	also legendary Oak okay got it and then
4784s	now it becomes a heroic version of it
4785s	and then that's increase um so these are
4788s	the things that we kind of want to
4789s	explore on Crafting side where we
4792s	introduce maybe new stat line or uh
4794s	different proportion or ratios of stats
4797s	at certain uh tiers and when you craft
4800s	these items with using better materials
4803s	the Rarity of the item increases um for
4806s	demonstration purposes we're using
4808s	legendary but um basically when you use
4810s	a higher tier than the recipe is
4813s	intended for so we could technically
4814s	build this item with common temp than
4817s	zinc fragments then that would produce
4818s	an uncommon item but since we're
4821s	showcasing this at legendary here um you
4823s	can move up the tiers and uh have the
4826s	steps increase that's awesome and so
4828s	obviously there's going to be a number
4830s	of different types of
4836s	selectblack block for the weapon but
4839s	also increasing the quality predicated
4841s	on the quality of the selectable that
4843s	you're contributing right that would be
4845s	our sub recipe system that we kind of
4847s	Highly touch up on U so um a common
4850s	copper sword might have sub recipes that
4853s	changes the stat block completely which
4855s	would be um let's say a brutal copper
4857s	sword which um specializes in crit
4860s	damage but that would be changing the
4863s	selectable items from Oak Timber to Ash
4865s	timber for example right and then when
4868s	it's on the selectable level we can
4870s	choose the the Rarity of those resources
4872s	to increase the Rarity of the item
4874s	produced awesome and each time you're
4876s	kind of unlocking a different result
4879s	with with regards to that particular
4880s	recipe you're learning that interaction
4883s	between the selectable materials and the
4886s	output that comes from it so learning
4888s	one recipe actually learns you a
4890s	multitude of different potential um uh
4893s	uh uh rewards from that one particular
4896s	recipe yeah um we have a something
4900s	unique yeah uh something unique in our
4902s	crafting system where we want to have
4904s	recipe XP of some sort and then those
4907s	sub recipes could be earned by um
4909s	leveling up your recipe which means that
4911s	you have to craft a night blade multiple
4913s	times to level it up to have a better
4915s	result uh the sub recipe could be from a
4917s	vendor recipe or World drops like we
4920s	said earlier um but the idea is one type
4923s	of item can have potential to be
4926s	multiple different outcomes cool awesome
4929s	okay let me go ahead and craft this
4933s	weapon we've done it we've received a
4936s	night Blade the loop is complete oh my
4940s	God we made it through the entire Loop
4943s	Loop let
4945s	me I know let's see let's take a look at
4949s	what we have in our inventory here so I
4954s	see we have a heroic night blade that's
4956s	doing some physical damage and magical
4957s	penetration with some magical damage as
4960s	well and if I compare that currently to
4963s	my Longbow obviously we have some
4964s	comparable version there but let me go
4966s	ahead and equip
4968s	this oh that looks
4971s	good that that looks awesome you're
4973s	styling you are styling you put in the
4975s	work and now you're styling oh I love it
4978s	that looks super cool sweet very
4982s	nice let me see here you want to raise
4984s	it up for the fam yeah I got I got to I
4986s	got to get the right perspective here
4988s	hold on stand by ladies and gentlemen we
4991s	have crafted world
4994s	first on the night
4998s	blade we have done it yeah yeah
5004s	ah very cool so guys we just walked
5008s	through from start to finish crafting
5011s	one particular recipe of course of many
5013s	as itemization is a very key component
5016s	of of player progression within the
5018s	within the world of Vera um and as you
5021s	can see from Gathering to processing to
5025s	crafting um this is the type of
5027s	experience and the unique aspects uh of
5030s	that process that is uh within ashes of
5032s	creation
5033s	we do these demonstrations so that you
5035s	guys get an early look during
5037s	development on the direction of this
5039s	particular core Loop this core system to
5041s	ashes um and we want your feedback on it
5044s	what did you think about the Gathering
5046s	the processing the stations those the
5048s	times that it takes the cue system for
5051s	it um the unique interactions with the
5053s	recipes the progression of the recipes
5055s	um uh the tool dependencies and the the
5058s	skill tree that you saw um the unique
5061s	World state that influences the economy
5063s	and the ability of of players to
5065s	accumulate these resources and move them
5067s	across the world we're fresh off of a
5069s	caravan stream as well where you kind of
5072s	see uh how those materials those
5074s	resources that wealth gets acred and
5077s	trans transited across the world um so
5081s	all of these things are things we want
5083s	you to app on in our YouTube uh on the
5085s	forums on different social medias talk
5088s	to us about what you saw today uh and
5090s	how you feel about it where do you think
5092s	that it could be improved improved um
5094s	and how it relates to your previous
5095s	experiences and other MMOs that you've
5096s	played and what you've enjoyed about
5098s	them um but otherwise Mike Corey Nathan
5102s	Alex thank you guys for joining me I
5104s	know the audience obviously appreciates
5106s	all the hard work that you guys put in
5107s	that everybody on the team puts in um
5109s	and this is a very big group effort
5111s	obviously to get these types of systems
5112s	up and running um I know I appreciate it
5114s	the audience does too thank you for
5116s	joining us and chatting with us a little
5117s	bit about um how all the stuff works and
5121s	everyone I will see you guys back on
5123s	stream in just a moment see
5129s	[Applause]
5134s	[Music]
5137s	you woohoo we hope that you all enjoyed
5140s	that Lucy did she was watching with
5142s	baited breath for every single moment
5145s	weren't you Lucy Lucy's ready to get out
5148s	there and craft are you ready to craft
5150s	do you want your own sword I think she
5153s	does um but of course we do have some
5156s	questions that we noticed from chat uh
5158s	our wonderful Community managers have
5159s	been pulling those in but while we
5161s	answer those I will have the video up
5163s	just kind of like playing in the
5164s	background so you can kind of relive all
5167s	the crafting goodness but um the first
5170s	couple are more reiterations because we
5172s	did answer these questions in the Stream
5174s	but I think that it wasn't clear because
5176s	people have been keep asking it post
5178s	that so the first one was how many
5180s	people can use the crafting stations at
5182s	once and is there a cue to use
5185s	them um so as it stands now crafting
5189s	stations and processing stations that
5191s	exist within
5192s	nodes are unique to the player so
5196s	meaning you can there is no limitation
5199s	on who and how many people can use a
5201s	crafting station within a node that's
5203s	different on a freehold Freehold it
5206s	shares the que so if you have family
5209s	members that are wanting to use the
5211s	processing stations on your Freehold
5213s	uh those cues are limited uh on a per
5216s	job basis right whereas in nodes because
5219s	they don't go to the highest tier
5221s	possible of crafting excuse me of
5223s	processing um uh those get those get our
5226s	are personalized so you saw when I was
5228s	when I was doing a number of different
5229s	processing actions they I had my own
5232s	little Q section up above where I could
5234s	have uh three jobs running at um uh
5237s	sequentially uh now upgrades to in the
5241s	node can change those things
5243s	um so as the um as the service building
5247s	that's offering the processing or the
5249s	crafting um it has upgrades there are
5252s	policies that exist um there are certain
5254s	relics that you can acquire um all of
5257s	which change the dials a bit on uh
5260s	processing yield processing time um
5263s	processing um uh uh job size like those
5267s	things can get adjusted and that helps
5269s	players determine where do I want to go
5272s	to do the things I need to do which node
5274s	should I use it is it is important to
5278s	understand how that node has specialized
5281s	because you only have a limited amount
5282s	of specializations you can do with the
5285s	service building plots the policies
5287s	enacted um and the upgrades chosen can
5290s	you provide more details in regards to
5292s	the design philosophy behind why you
5295s	it's a q system for freeh holds but not
5298s	for uh nodes yeah absolutely um so
5303s	on the
5304s	Freehold processing can achieve the
5307s	highest levels of processing that's
5308s	where the highest levels of processing
5310s	occur nodes can only go up to a certain
5313s	level of processing um
5316s	now we want to be able to throttle the
5319s	amount of resources that can be
5321s	processed at any given time in response
5324s	to the fluctuation and flows of the
5326s	economy right so we want to make sure
5328s	that the economy is kind of a bigger
5330s	ship when turning than being able to
5333s	immediately start processing everything
5336s	at once and and get new resources out as
5339s	the flow of supply and demand changes
5341s	within the world um and because again
5344s	that's that's at the highest levels of
5346s	processing and you're sharing uh um the
5350s	available cues uh that exists at those
5352s	stations it's going to take time and
5354s	it's going to take a long time for the
5356s	higher level
5357s	materials all right and then the next
5359s	one here is more of a comment in regards
5363s	to there's been some mixed conversation
5365s	in regards to this and I think in the
5366s	past we've also done a whole uh feedback
5369s	thread and report on this topic
5372s	specifically but why did you go with a
5374s	spatial inventory system for resources
5377s	sure yeah ABS AB great question um so
5381s	obviously there's a number of different
5382s	methods that we can use uh in an effort
5386s	to mitigate or again throttle um the
5390s	amount of success that players can have
5393s	in any one trip out in the world right
5395s	now we're using a combination of three
5398s	things we are using um progression
5401s	gating through your profession level
5404s	right so you need to have a certain
5406s	level to access certain
5408s	resources um we are utilizing the
5411s	spatial inventory space as um a
5415s	limitation on how much things you can
5417s	gather before you need to go back to
5419s	town um and then lastly we have
5423s	a tool predicate where you need to have
5426s	a tool that is relevant for the resource
5429s	you're Gathering and those tools have a
5432s	Decay value after each use um weight is
5436s	obviously an approach that we could take
5439s	uh if we wanted to limit
5441s	however the spatial system works in
5444s	concert with a a number of other types
5447s	of systems for example we want to
5451s	have itemization drop on death
5455s	specifically as it relates to material
5457s	items um and we want there to be an
5462s	additional layer above just weight that
5465s	introduces complexity and where there is
5468s	complexity there is choice and there is
5470s	strategy and there is planning required
5472s	on behalf of the player in order to um
5475s	set themselves up for the best possible
5477s	success in certain situations right and
5479s	so situationally it's Unique which bag
5482s	type you choose this also gives us a
5484s	unique progression realm within bags
5487s	themselves so that bags are catered
5490s	towards a specific quote unquote weight
5492s	class and that is augmented by the
5495s	spatial component right so as you
5497s	introduce not just the weight aspect
5500s	that you would normally see through
5502s	stack size but you also have the grid
5504s	formation of the spatial aspect um to to
5509s	again make it a relevant Choice when
5511s	you're Le leaving town which bags I'm
5514s	going to have equipped and we want to
5516s	have a deep progression in bag Choice as
5519s	well because it not only interfaces with
5522s	the resource Gathering but also the PVP
5525s	aspect of things and players can cater
5528s	themselves towards one of those
5530s	directions so you know with a broader
5533s	appeal that the game design provides
5535s	through having these multiple
5537s	progression Loops that are somewhat
5539s	disperate in interest some being PVP
5541s	some being PVE some being crafting
5543s	oriented um this all provides a a matrix
5548s	of decision-making on behalf of the
5550s	player that I think yields a compelling
5553s	gameplay Loop um and so that's why we're
5555s	going to do it now it's important to
5557s	note once again this is Alpha which
5561s	means that these Concepts that live you
5563s	know up here and get down into paper
5566s	then get down into into implementation
5569s	there is still an iteration phase that
5571s	exists at after the implementation and
5574s	so when we get into Alpha 2 and when we
5576s	test these things we are going to
5578s	fine-tune them and sometimes they might
5580s	be completely changed that's just the
5582s	nature of an iterative process and so uh
5586s	we need to understand right now um while
5589s	you're seeing this in action it's going
5591s	to be different when players are
5592s	Hands-On and we'll be collecting all
5594s	that information all those logs we'll be
5596s	querying how players interfaced with
5598s	these different systems and will also be
5600s	very importantly The Next Step
5602s	collecting feedback directly from the
5604s	players about these types of systems and
5606s	whether or not they hit the mark and how
5607s	they need to be fine-tuned in order to
5609s	do so or wholely replaced um so I would
5612s	say as players are participating in
5614s	Alpha 2 get a
5616s	feel uh
5619s	oh you systems and provide the feedback
5621s	and we'll see how did I lose you can you
5623s	hear me you're good now you froze for us
5626s	for a moment I was like oh no my bad um
5631s	so yeah I don't know where I left off
5632s	there but that's that's basically you're
5633s	asking for feedback definitely share
5635s	feedback we actually have a For Thread
5637s	already up so please do so I'll remind
5639s	you guys at the end as well but um yeah
5643s	good there were some kind of tangental
5645s	questions in regards to what you were
5646s	just talking about uh specifically
5648s	because people were wondering um about
5651s	crafting bags and different types of
5653s	bags and can like Crafters create those
5655s	bags yes um and you know the obvious
5658s	answer is obvious yes yes absolutely
5661s	that that that is a that is a wholesale
5663s	crafting uh area so the next one here is
5667s	in regards to alt characters how do we
5669s	feel about people because we provided
5672s	some uh details in regards to how many
5675s	uh professions you and processing Prof
5678s	classes and things of that sort that you
5679s	can personally be on per character basis
5683s	what if I create alts that have those so
5685s	that I can cover all of it is that
5688s	something that we're okay with as a
5689s	company or how are we comp yeah I I I
5692s	think so I mean look this is you know
5696s	this is entirely a subjective Viewpoint
5700s	of course but but in my opinion um if
5704s	the effort necessary to progress a
5707s	character to the point where you have
5709s	access to those types of things um is
5713s	parallel with the effort it takes for
5716s	your main character to do those things
5719s	um then that's a choice that you're
5720s	making and you're splitting your game
5722s	time efforts towards two different
5724s	characters and presumably so that's a
5725s	bit of an asymmetric balance point uh
5728s	that gets provided uh I think that's
5730s	fine um and I think that you know when
5733s	we design the game we design with that
5736s	in mind as well and that's why we have
5738s	certain restrictions on the number of
5740s	Grandmaster professions that one
5742s	particular character can do now when we
5744s	want to extend those restrictions out
5747s	from a character basis to an account
5749s	basis we do so and we do so particularly
5751s	with housing that's an additional level
5754s	of of limitation that's going to
5755s	mitigate some of the alt atmosphere for
5759s	let's say owning a freehold right um
5762s	that is something that that we place as
5763s	a restriction because we feel that um
5766s	The Limited re real reality space that
5769s	exists within the world is something we
5771s	don't want to extend to the alt uh uh
5773s	atmosphere and so in that situation a
5775s	player might have to you know get
5777s	another account or something or or do
5779s	some aisc there but from the perspective
5781s	of progressing within the crafting
5784s	professions and within the processing
5786s	and Gathering professions that's
5787s	acceptable in my
5789s	opinion okay um and then the next one
5792s	here
5793s	is Will Gathering and its noises
5796s	increase the range the monsters will
5798s	notice you so if you aren't being so
5801s	stealthy and you're harvesting things
5802s	and chopping down wood are creatures
5804s	going to like perceive that sure that
5808s	that um there has been some discussion
5809s	about that in the past um we have not
5812s	yet gotten to the types of unique
5815s	perception behaviors that we want NPCs
5818s	to have right now they're relatively
5820s	rudimentary in their perception although
5822s	it is what players would come to expect
5824s	in the majority of MMOs they've already
5826s	played but we're aiming a bit higher um
5830s	and we haven't gotten to that work yet
5831s	but we are talking about things like
5834s	unique
5835s	abilities excuse me played by characters
5839s	that extend the perception radius um or
5841s	uh sounds and different types of walking
5844s	that are angular from the from the um
5847s	from the mob's perception perspective uh
5850s	to be unique uh different types of
5852s	creatures that might be of
5853s	three-dimensional in space whether it is
5856s	in water or birds in the sky that have a
5858s	downward cone angle type perception as
5861s	well like those those are things we want
5863s	to do but we haven't yet um spent the
5866s	time on the AI a AI behaviors
5869s	there and then the next one here is in
5872s	regards to Artisan gear and will it be a
5875s	viable thing for me to utilize in combat
5878s	so if I'm crafting and someone asked me
5880s	to help them with something can I just
5882s	leave my Artisan gear on and go go out
5885s	and fight or will I need to be swapping
5888s	my armor so you will not need to swap
5890s	your Armor artisanship Gear lives in
5893s	alongside your adventuring gear um and
5897s	there will be a toggle that you can use
5900s	to display one or the other's visuals
5904s	now that doesn't mean you need to swap
5905s	the gears it means that if you want to
5909s	be seen as wearing the herbalists outfit
5913s	uh you can you're still going to have
5914s	your adventuring gear present and on the
5916s	character and benefiting from the stats
5919s	that are conferred by them and vice
5922s	versa for for the uh um for the
5925s	Gathering gear or the artisanship gear
5927s	excuse me all right um then the next one
5930s	here is in regards to upgrading items so
5935s	if I create an item at a low quality
5938s	will I later be able to upgrade that
5939s	item when I have the resources to do so
5942s	yeah we want to be careful you know so
5947s	right now as you saw on the stream the
5949s	contribution of materials to crafting an
5952s	item results in advancing the Rarity of
5956s	that item um now that doesn't exclude
5960s	players who don't have the
5962s	legendary uh or the higher
5964s	quality
5966s	contributed resources from progressing
5970s	their
5971s	common item up the Rarity tree through
5975s	enchantments such as uh scroll
5978s	enchanting or through tempering the gear
5981s	um both of those can affect the quality
5983s	and the Rarity of the gear that you
5986s	produce but by contributing the
5990s	resources during the crafting process
5992s	you are getting a head start with the
5995s	higher quality item and now are less
5997s	dependent on those other avenues to
5999s	achieve that which might be uh again a
6002s	different vertical space of progression
6004s	that you don't have as good of access to
6006s	right so it's kind of it's kind of
6008s	Distributing that
6011s	approach okay uh and then this is
6014s	probably what I noticed a lot for more
6016s	of our uh long-term uh fans who have
6019s	been with us and on this journey for
6021s	really long time they are curious about
6023s	what happened to the more manual
6025s	crafting side of crafting cuz we didn't
6027s	showcase that here we showed is that
6030s	fast crafting who's who's a long time a
6033s	lot of people oh a lot of people I
6035s	thought you said there's one person I
6037s	thought I heard you say like we have a
6038s	long time person who's been asking like
6040s	oh my God who's that no I me I meant
6042s	generally I I noticed this question from
6044s	people who are are fans for a long time
6046s	not for sure for sure people so that is
6049s	still a work in progress um and you know
6052s	we want to be careful all the names yeah
6056s	no fair fair fair um we want to be
6058s	careful that when we um when we list
6061s	excuse me when we showcase certain
6063s	systems that we're doing so in a way
6065s	that's digestible obviously and allows
6067s	for people to provide feedback but not
6070s	all systems come online as fast as we
6072s	want them to um that particular gameplay
6074s	layer is still a work in progress um and
6078s	you will likely be getting an update on
6080s	it at some point in the future future
6081s	when we're ready to Showcase it but it
6083s	is still intended the question that's
6085s	outstanding with that miname layer or
6088s	you I don't really like calling it a Min
6090s	yeah that's why I calling it manual
6091s	crafting because it gets really
6092s	confusing when you say mini games
6093s	because it is not mini games agreed it's
6096s	not it is a unique gameplay layer
6098s	however um what I would say is that
6100s	there's still some discussion about
6101s	whether or not that occurs on a craft
6103s	bycraft basis or if it occurs at the
6106s	certification level right so when you're
6109s	certifying up you participate in the uh
6113s	that gameplay layer but what I would say
6115s	is uh hold off on that for a moment
6118s	we're still working on that we will give
6120s	an update when we're ready also putting
6122s	things into a core functional state
6125s	allows us to test some of those core
6127s	systems and features so we can kick out
6130s	all the bugs that are potentially there
6131s	and believe me we've fixed a lot of them
6133s	already so and there's plenty more that
6135s	will come along the way as we move
6136s	towards that more manual crafting
6138s	process um and then the next one here is
6141s	will the skin of the weapons have slight
6143s	changes depending on the Rarity that
6145s	it's crafted at yes yeah you saw there
6149s	that the
6150s	uh the Rarity of that sword was heroic
6154s	and when it equ when it was equipped you
6156s	saw some effects that were kind of
6158s	pulsating up the weapon um those types
6162s	of effects will be yielded the higher
6164s	quality and or Rarity that the weapon is
6168s	um so it's something that also is
6170s	visually conveyed to other players uh if
6173s	not from just a threat assessment
6175s	perspective but from you know uh um uh
6178s	getting some data point on the equipment
6180s	that that another player has um so yes
6183s	there are some effects that get Scaled
6184s	up when that happens all right we got
6186s	two more and then we'll move on to the
6187s	next segment otherwise we'll be here all
6189s	day because back now Roan keep adding
6191s	them which is awesome um the next one
6194s	here is can a player of any profession
6196s	level learn any recipe or do I have to
6199s	be like a certain level to learn the
6202s	recipes oh that's a good question um I
6205s	know we've gone back and forth on that
6206s	in the past um I believe that
6211s	currently uh you might need to have the
6214s	appropriate uh ability to craft the
6217s	recipe in order to learn it um I believe
6220s	that's the current approach uh but I
6222s	could be wrong on that I'll have to
6223s	double check and like Stephen said
6226s	before everything's subject to change as
6227s	we test things as you guys experience
6229s	things as you provide your feedback we
6231s	adjust things as well um and then the
6233s	last one here is can a player equip
6234s	multiple of the same types of bags or
6237s	are bags unique to characters in some
6239s	way no you can you can equip multiple of
6241s	the same types of bags you can be highly
6244s	specialized cool cool um and I think
6247s	there was a tangental one here was can
6249s	people put these crafted bags on their
6252s	mules as
6254s	well but um can they put craft I'm sorry
6257s	my battery just said it's about to die
6259s	sorry say again crafted uh can they for
6261s	the crafted bags on their mules as well
6263s	like the the Satchel on their bags no no
6266s	the mules use the cargo system um so the
6268s	cargo system is uh crate based uh you
6271s	have to acquire the crates and then you
6273s	can equip them to the vehicles and or
6275s	mules um mules cap out uh uh at the
6279s	small crate value um and you can add to
6282s	that crate um wild in the wild all right
6286s	well from there we're going to move on
6288s	to our studio update I don't know if you
6291s	want to share some Deets on how we're
6293s	doing where we're at in regards to
6295s	Studio goodness but um I know folks keep
6298s	asking about all of that jazz yeah no
6301s	absolutely things are going great at the
6302s	studio we have gotten some um some
6305s	really talented uh team members who have
6308s	joined us over the course of this last
6309s	month um that we're very excited about
6311s	to have uh uh with the team um we are in
6315s	the process of winding down for the year
6318s	obviously um the studio goes on break
6320s	from the 22nd until January 3rd uh and
6323s	we have a lot of plans to get things
6325s	done before the 22nd oh until the second
6328s	sorry my got it um oops the studio is
6331s	like oh we're getting an extra day yeah
6333s	I like I just want because I know a lot
6334s	of them watch the stream I don't want
6335s	them to be like oh I know yeah 202nd to
6338s	the second good call um but uh we have a
6340s	lot of plans obviously to get some
6342s	things done here before the end of the
6343s	year um we will be finishing up our
6346s	Milestone 7 which is a big big big
6348s	milestone for us um obviously uh but um
6352s	yeah a lot of things going great at the
6353s	studio right now yeah we're trying to
6355s	plan some little fun things that we can
6356s	do as a team too for for December um we
6359s	always try to do I think we always do
6362s	like a Christmas sweater contest and we
6365s	we have fun we try to we try to we're
6367s	GNA do a I think we're going to do a
6368s	movie as well we've got some gifts going
6370s	out to the team I'm working out the
6372s	event details on that so yeah we're
6374s	we're GNA prep some stuff I know people
6376s	uh who are are staff are probably like
6378s	oo um but we'll announce that later
6381s	internally um but yeah we're we're
6383s	definitely rocking and rolling I think
6385s	we talked about this in a previous live
6387s	stream but our attrition rate is
6389s	insanely great um you know people do
6391s	come and go here and there but uh it's
6394s	well it's crazy because like standard's
6396s	like 12 plus% and well right now layoff
6400s	insane we're at like 1% or two yeah
6402s	we're at like 2% I think um but yeah so
6405s	it's very very low um beyond that let's
6408s	move on to character goodness
6411s	uh so the first thing here that you're
6412s	going to see is that we are starting to
6415s	kind of change up our klar starting gear
6418s	uh we're kind of re uh addressing those
6421s	changing them you're going to see these
6422s	for all of the races as we move forward
6424s	um but feel free to share your feedback
6427s	and thoughts on them as we continue yeah
6430s	the fabric looks so good
6434s	yeah let those go
6437s	through materials just look so good
6442s	of course lighting changes everything so
6443s	it depends on like where you are in Game
6445s	how the lighting is going to look on the
6446s	armors and stuff like that the next
6449s	thing here is a copper weapon set you're
6451s	probably going to see these for every
6453s	type of material so I think you've seen
6456s	some of them for from previous materials
6458s	too in the past um but you'll probably
6460s	be seeing more of those as we move
6462s	forward just a lot of weapons and stuff
6464s	are being weapons and armors are being
6466s	made tons of them a very rich diverse
6469s	grouping of of itemization that can be
6471s	progressed through going questing drops
6474s	and
6476s	crafting yeah speaking of which we have
6478s	some Carfin weapons we have a dagger and
6479s	a focus that are being worked on right
6482s	now um I think we've shown some of the
6484s	other Carin weapons in the past as well
6486s	that you've seen but I like to sprinkle
6488s	a little view in there um because
6491s	obviously that's going to be a fun
6494s	dungeon um and then we have the Scarlet
6496s	remembrance the little ring that we had
6499s	the lore for this is really sweet um so
6502s	if you haven't read it I would highly
6504s	recommend um and then we have the
6508s	guards which this one was of contention
6511s	some people loved this set and some
6513s	people
6514s	didn't um but now you're seeing the 3D
6516s	render of it which yeah it's different
6520s	too which I think is
6523s	fun and then we've got the bloomfest
6526s	which is from that same
6529s	set
6532s	I love it
6535s	beautiful who did this one this one
6538s	bloomfest
6540s	was H our wonderful intern
6543s	marleene oh my
6545s	God Marlene good a shout out Marlene
6550s	very cool um and then we have the mat uh
6553s	mature drill spider uh this isn't a te
6556s	pose so
6557s	the little spiky thing is you know would
6560s	be up not flat like
6563s	that
6565s	um and then we have the rain Rock
6569s	Fon I think I have a turntable for this
6572s	one
6573s	too love it so
6576s	cool very cool I can see it's making a
6580s	lot of different versions of this with
6581s	the different materials in the game too
6584s	oh yeah little corrupt version of it
6586s	yeah oh oh no turns red this one is one
6589s	of my favorites this is the sh
6591s	Skipper we were joking that this is what
6594s	we all look like after Thanksgiving
6596s	dinner I can't wait to to ride that
6598s	thing in the in the ocean and just like
6600s	lay down a bunch of mines for ships and
6602s	stuff that would be crazy oh my
6604s	gosh I love that Stephen's plotting his
6608s	revenge just have like just have like a
6611s	a squad of these that'd be so fun to see
6614s	a squad of them oh my gosh uh in alpha 1
6618s	we all went in the water we were all on
6619s	those Turtles you remember remember and
6620s	then we did the barrel roll all in a row
6622s	like a wave yes remember so good that
6626s	was so fun I think it was with the pi
6627s	folks when we did that I don't know if
6629s	the pi folks
6630s	remember but it was a lot of fun um
6633s	that's what happens in private testing
6635s	you do weird things because we were we
6636s	having everybody line up and they were
6638s	like run to the shore because we were
6639s	trying to test having a lot of people in
6641s	one area I remember that that was good
6643s	times
6645s	yeah um and with that we are heading on
6648s	to our Q&A so thank you to our amazing
6650s	artist obviously they work on way more
6653s	things than that um we just try to
6655s	sprinkle in a little bit here and there
6656s	that they're really proud of that they
6658s	want to share um sometimes I ask them
6661s	for additional things that they're not
6663s	quite ready to share but I'm like come
6664s	on people will like it um and of course
6667s	we keep some stuff for you guys so that
6669s	you you know you get to experience them
6672s	um so we're going to move on to our Q&A
6675s	uh if you don't know we grab some
6677s	questions from our forums we always put
6678s	these up in advance when we announce our
6680s	live stream so if you are following us
6682s	on all the social you'll be notified of
6684s	that um and of course on the forums the
6687s	first question here is from nice gaming
6688s	thank you nice for also making amazing
6690s	content we always love uh seeing that
6692s	they want to know about new player
6694s	experience and is there a plan to have a
6696s	tutorial or Quest detailing corruption
6698s	the flagging system um Etc as new
6701s	players enter
6702s	Vera absolutely um that is not something
6706s	however you will be noticing in Alpha 2
6708s	um we call this obviously our firsttime
6710s	user user experience the first-time user
6712s	experience is something that's going to
6714s	have a lot of love and attention during
6716s	betas uh but is not going to have much
6718s	attention during Alpha 2 but it is
6720s	intended for us to have a very in-depth
6722s	uh first-time user experience to kind of
6725s	introduce players to the number of
6727s	different systems right they're not
6729s	going to be super in-depth we don't
6730s	believe that first-time user experiences
6732s	should handhold players through all of
6734s	the processes and reveal the world so to
6736s	speak but just to give them a shallow
6739s	touch uh for these system so that they
6741s	understand the concepts uh and and
6743s	essentially how to how to navigate but
6745s	we want to leave overwhelming to have
6747s	like a bunch of UI popups I think also
6749s	we've been trying to take a more
6751s	tangible process of like you learn
6753s	you're learning through the game and not
6755s	always through Windows popping up at you
6757s	too um the next question is from Nara
6761s	who wants to know about stolen glint
6763s	this was this was a contentious question
6765s	after you talked about this on the
6767s	Caravan live stream so I think this is a
6769s	great one to also clarify so I'm glad it
6770s	got picked in the random generator um
6774s	the question is will a character be able
6776s	to loot their own corpse and retrieve
6778s	their dropped glint as normal glint
6780s	again or is it forever stolen glint the
6783s	second that the character dies does this
6785s	also mean that if my friends loot my
6788s	body and gives me my glimp back it's
6790s	considered
6791s	stolen I think the problem here was that
6794s	you die and then your your glint becomes
6796s	stolen glint but then if you lose it
6798s	it's weird for it to be stolen
6800s	the the glint does not become stolen on
6803s	death it becomes stolen on looted on
6806s	looting and you right correct yeah if
6810s	you're if you're able to loot your own
6811s	body uh it will not be converted into
6814s	stolen glint um if however another
6817s	player regardless of their affiliation
6819s	uh loots the body it will then be
6821s	converted uh the glint will be sunk and
6823s	the stolen glint will replace your
6824s	friends can steal stuff from you it is
6828s	true um and of course of course the next
6831s	one is from lashing and they want to
6832s	know about NPC levels will Mob level
6836s	keep scaling past player max level as an
6840s	indicator for power level I think this
6841s	is more in regards to uh at high level
6844s	will there still be challenging combat
6846s	for me beyond
6849s	that wait so what's the
6851s	question will Mob level keep scaling
6854s	past the max player level yes yes uh
6857s	when the game both in Alpha 2 and when
6859s	the game launches
6860s	there will be monsters whose technical
6862s	level is above that of the cap um and
6865s	the intent there is obviously again to
6867s	provide um some level of of challenge um
6871s	that exceeds uh a comparable level uh
6874s	challenge rating um yes that is expected
6878s	all right and then neurotoxin wants to
6880s	know about crafting agency what
6882s	percentage of an items specifically like
6885s	a weapon that hits corruption Target or
6887s	corrupted targets harder will be defined
6890s	specifically by blueprint material
6893s	character skill the station and region
6895s	where it was crafted and by the player's
6897s	own selective inputs so I think this is
6899s	a pretty meaty question but just I guess
6901s	kind of breaking it up what where do the
6904s	power elements come from percentage wise
6906s	per uh the different elements of
6909s	crafting well a big chunk of it going to
6912s	come from the static recipe value right
6915s	um that's going to drive a lot of the
6916s	stat block and then as we saw here you
6919s	will be able to influence the the
6922s	quality of the recipe and the
6924s	distribution of stats within the stat
6926s	block uh based on the components uh that
6929s	are dedicated to the craft um so that
6933s	that presents a wide variety of
6935s	potential output from a single recipe um
6938s	recipes have the ability to to gain
6942s	recipes themselves can gain experience
6944s	you can unlock um uh different results
6948s	through different compositional
6951s	contributions of resources and that in
6954s	and of itself is kind of an exploration
6956s	progression that Crafters will have
6958s	access
6962s	to and our next one is about crafting
6965s	Innovation from old cat a um and they
6968s	want to know will players have the
6970s	ability to innovate within the crafting
6973s	system creating unique items or designs
6976s	if so how much customization can players
6978s	expect when it comes to crafting their
6980s	own gear or
6981s	items yeah I think this is pretty much
6984s	the same kind of answer that I just gave
6986s	um which is that obviously there are
6988s	statically defined
6992s	um there are statically defined an an
6995s	array of results that can come out of a
6997s	particular recipe and your ability to
6999s	unlock those results is predicated on
7002s	what composition of resources you
7004s	contribute to crafting that particular
7006s	weapon type um and so in that sense yes
7009s	uh craft will have the ability to to um
7014s	uniquely create certain types of the
7018s	recipes results based on how they're
7020s	contributing resources to it yeah I
7022s	think this
7023s	question just manifest yeah manifesting
7026s	their own yeah that you yeah exactly uh
7030s	the the the result has to have a
7032s	corresponding recipe definition and so
7035s	in that sense it isn't completely
7037s	customizable to the point where the play
7040s	gets to uniquely create these uh
7043s	particular items uh but rather they are
7045s	discovering what Creations are possible
7047s	with each recipe type okay and then uh
7052s	I'm sorry if I I say your name wrong
7053s	just DM me on Discord or something and
7056s	nor forums and let me know how to
7057s	actually pronounce it uh M Mo molu molu
7064s	to uh they want to know about crafting
7066s	recipes will the recipe book be account
7070s	bound or player character bound will
7072s	there be account wide sharing recipes so
7075s	can I share my recipes with my other
7076s	characters or do I have to do them per
7078s	character this brings us back to the alt
7082s	question and the alt question was you
7086s	know how do we feel about people making
7087s	alts in order to kind of corner the um
7091s	uh the Mastery professions um if you
7094s	learn a recipe it stays on that
7096s	character and if you want another
7098s	character to have access to the those
7100s	recipes they have to achieve those
7102s	recipes in order to do so um and so in
7104s	that sense we're not making it easier
7106s	for alts right it is an equitable amount
7108s	of effort required in order to achieve
7111s	uh the type of payoff you want from
7113s	these old
7114s	characters all right and then roon
7117s	scoponi I always love that name uh they
7119s	wanted know about Gathering skills do
7121s	gatherers need to spec into group-based
7123s	gathering at the expense of solo
7127s	Gathering uh do they need to
7130s	no no I do not believe so so they can
7132s	spec into they can do both equally
7135s	correct okay and then tiger blue eyes
7138s	wants to know about crafting materials
7139s	are crafting materials going cross tiers
7143s	for example using highle material in
7145s	low-l recipes or lowlevel materials in a
7148s	higher level recipe is that allowed yes
7151s	MH and then Phantom MX or Phantom X
7155s	wants to know about uh crafting skill as
7158s	character artisanship skills improve
7161s	will RNG in the process go
7164s	down that is a good question as I level
7167s	up am I more likely to succeed to to a
7171s	degree um
7174s	well right now we don't really have a
7178s	failure chance when it comes to
7181s	crafting the the RNG chances that we
7184s	place on itemization live more within
7187s	the enchant realm and and within the uh
7191s	deconstruction realm
7195s	um uh and socketing like that's where
7199s	RNG comes into play the recipe is a
7203s	relatively um uh High degree of
7206s	certainty when inputting things um you
7210s	may not know what the outcome of that
7211s	input's going to look like but I
7213s	wouldn't call that necessarily RNG BEC
7215s	RNG for failure because you can't
7217s	necessarily fail that um so yeah
7221s	hopefully that answers your question
7223s	yeah uh and then drunk ninja wants to
7225s	know about crafting consumables will
7227s	every crafting profession be able to
7228s	make some form of a
7232s	consumable no not every crafting
7234s	profession will be able to make a form
7236s	of
7237s	consumable all right that wraps up our
7241s	Q&A wo we made it through it all um and
7246s	of course uh we do have um you know some
7249s	reminders again for you all uh just head
7252s	on over to our forums we would love your
7253s	feedback forums. ashesofcreation
7263s	docomo long stream it was a long this is
7266s	a long stream uh the video for the um
7270s	the 4K version of the artisanship
7272s	segment it will be up on YouTube right
7274s	when this is over so you can go watch
7276s	that pause it look back so you can
7278s	really give us feedback on what your
7280s	thoughts are um and of course our team
7282s	is going to be creating a report for the
7283s	dev team which is always uh something
7285s	that is is beneficial for us um again
7289s	thank you all so much for helping us
7290s	with extra life there's also a ton of
7292s	other Dove discussions and things of
7294s	that sort that are over there we're
7295s	going to have a delicious one that's
7297s	coming up uh with recipes and maybe
7299s	we'll do uh some bonus uh Alpha 2 keys
7302s	for anybody who actually creates the
7304s	recipe and sends us a photo or something
7306s	so it's like a bonus just fun um but
7308s	yeah definitely definitely keep your eye
7310s	out for some fun things that are coming
7311s	along the way uh the Unseen order
7313s	Cosmetics will be ending on January 17th
7315s	at 11:00 a.m. Pacific reminder that this
7317s	is the last uh pre-order pack that will
7320s	be available and you can check out all
7321s	the information on our FAQ on our site
7324s	um and of course thank you so much to
7326s	all of you for tuning in this was a long
7327s	one so we appreciate you sticking it
7330s	through with us um and of course um to
7333s	Corey Mike Alex and Nathan for helping
7335s	us with the artisanship Showcase they
7338s	all did an amazing job I know it is not
7340s	an easy feat to come and talk in front
7342s	of a bajillion people um I know people
7345s	can make fun of folks so be kind
7348s	developers that's not our main thing to
7350s	do we're making a game man we're and
7351s	we're just trying to help explain things
7353s	at the same time um and of course to
7355s	Stephen for all of your time I know that
7357s	it is precious we always appreciate all
7359s	of it and with that we hope that you all
7361s	stay healthy and safe um like I said the
7364s	VOD will be up on Twitch as well right
7365s	away so you can watch the whole thing if
7367s	you want to rewatch any of the FAQ SE
7370s	um the videos up on YouTube leave us a
7372s	comment and next on next month's or on
7374s	this Dev development update so when the
7376s	full one goes up on Friday um and we
7379s	will be picking a lucky winner to be
7381s	spotlighted again like we did in this
7383s	one for next month in December uh also
7385s	follow us on all the places we are ashes
7387s	of creation everywhere we post stuff
7388s	almost like you know multiple times a
7390s	week it is we try not to spam you too
7392s	much but we also try to make lots of fun
7394s	engaging posts also sharing you sharing
7396s	with you like lots of cool things from
7398s	the game sometimes you get some unique
7399s	stuff that doesn't get shown on the live
7401s	stream so definitely uh follow us in all
7403s	of the places so that we can keep you
7405s	informed on what's going on and with
7407s	that we will see you all next month for
7410s	the final live stream of
7412s	2023 yeah is it like two weeks away
7414s	three weeks away yeah two two or three
7416s	weeks away it's not very far because uh
7418s	we wrap up on the 22nd here like no
7420s	one's working on the 22nd at Intrepid so
7423s	hopefully not that's right all right all
7427s	right everyone thank you for joining us
7428s	we had a lot fun we'll see you
7432s	[Music]
7442s	soon

[2023] Development Update with Artisanship Preview - 11AM PT Thursday, November 30 2023

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