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| 3s | [Music] |
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| 18s | hello everybody and welcome to another |
| 21s | day in Vera and we have an exciting |
| 24s | showcase for you today I am joined by |
| 27s | two glorious people here at Intrepid |
| 29s | Studios first and foremost most our |
| 31s | director of communication Margaret cron |
| 33s | Margaret how are you |
| 35s | doing um uh hopefully not going to have |
| 38s | a baby on the stream but otherwise I'm |
| 39s | doing good wait what if you do have the |
| 42s | baby on what if you're having the baby |
| 44s | right now on stream while we're playing |
| 45s | this that would be crazy oh my God Be |
| 48s | Wild don't ban us |
| 50s | twitch uh and then of course we have our |
| 52s | our glorious uh director of design Bill |
| 55s | tro bill for the first time how are you |
| 58s | doing buddy I'm doing great this is you |
| 61s | know this is awesome you know uh get to |
| 63s | check out uh the AO ruins here excited |
| 67s | yes I know this time Bill's been on the |
| 69s | stream I know it's very exciting and and |
| 72s | right before our the start of phase one |
| 75s | for Alpha 2 which as many of you know |
| 76s | starts at the end of next month the end |
| 78s | of |
| 80s | October and as Bill said we are for the |
| 82s | first time taking a look at the alen |
| 86s | ruins and this is if you could not tell |
| 89s | by the level one super basic appearance |
| 93s | that we are we are in the starting |
| 96s | portal area this is actually where |
| 99s | testers for the first time will be |
| 101s | loading into the riverlands into Vera um |
| 104s | this is a massive space uh and obviously |
| 107s | for those of you who are aware of the |
| 108s | kind of origin stories of Vera and and |
| 111s | why players are returning here this is |
| 113s | the the home of our ancestors and we are |
| 116s | returning as settlers to repopulate Vera |
| 120s | um and as part of this testing process |
| 122s | there is a lot of space here to cover |
| 124s | and um we're going to talk a little bit |
| 126s | about the alen ruins the lion hold |
| 129s | starting area uh that's just off of the |
| 131s | uh trotten path of alen ruins uh along |
| 134s | with some additional features that we |
| 135s | have implemented um such as some |
| 138s | voiceover work that we're going to take |
| 139s | a look at here in a little bit and talk |
| 142s | about our foule systems and you know |
| 144s | kind of what's expected about out of our |
| 146s | testers come this phase one of Alpha 2 |
| 149s | um but let's let's talk about this space |
| 151s | what what what are what are players |
| 153s | doing when they return to the space |
| 155s | build talk to me about this kind of |
| 156s | scene here it's beautiful it looks |
| 158s | great you know uh you know players are |
| 160s | coming back back home to Vera from from |
| 164s | Sanctus uh you know after a many many |
| 167s | many many many years uh you know we're |
| 169s | the latest wave of folks coming through |
| 171s | we're not the first and you can see |
| 173s | there's some folks who have preceded us |
| 175s | uh about this area and you know talking |
| 177s | to them you can get a little bit of |
| 179s | insight into their story and uh you know |
| 181s | sometimes what maybe what brought them |
| 183s | here or you know what their what their |
| 184s | plans are now that they're here on Vera |
| 187s | that's cool yeah there's a lot of |
| 189s | families that have made it through um |
| 191s | some drama between them as well which is |
| 193s | exciting but the area is so pretty and |
| 196s | you know thinking about this being once |
| 198s | a palace |
| 200s | where the yeah this used to be is crazy |
| 204s | yeah this used to be like a seed of |
| 205s | power and and Alo was a a capital of of |
| 210s | the the the alien Empire yeah I see K |
| 214s | Empire right alen Empire absolutely yeah |
| 217s | I see that there's a the you know |
| 220s | obviously this this set is you know |
| 222s | these large structures um I think |
| 225s | Brianna worked on this set for the alen |
| 227s | ruins and people will see this as you |
| 229s | said you know the alen empire was a |
| 231s | large vast territory that incorporated a |
| 234s | big portion of the riverlands and and |
| 236s | you're going to see part of these ruin |
| 238s | likee structures throughout the |
| 239s | riverlands as a whole |
| 241s | um but I see there's a gate Watcher here |
| 244s | priter and I see that we have kind of |
| 246s | this icon that lives a top the um uh the |
| 250s | name plate here give her IC right yeah |
| 254s | that's how we're indicating you know |
| 255s | somebody who has a quest for you or uh |
| 258s | is by that little icon and the the |
| 260s | Shimmer on their name Shimmer yeah I |
| 262s | like that okay let's take it let's let's |
| 264s | chat with this person see what we hear |
| 266s | thank the gods you've arrived safely oh |
| 270s | okay I'm digging it that's not too bad |
| 272s | let's see disorientation upon arrival to |
| 275s | the world of Vera is natural you're |
| 277s | feeling the flow of I like this so okay |
| 280s | so those of you out there who you know |
| 282s | in the past you've asked about is |
| 283s | Intrepid taking a look at different AI |
| 285s | solutions for uh some systems in the |
| 288s | game and this is one of those systems |
| 290s | voice over where we have begun |
| 293s | implementation obviously this is not uh |
| 296s | fully polished it doesn't have the right |
| 298s | inflections in different spaces and some |
| 300s | of the pauses that it needs but it is a |
| 302s | very capable system that will be |
| 304s | delivering us some really good polished |
| 306s | vo and we are sourcing those voices |
| 308s | inhouse internally with our development |
| 310s | team um which I think is a a a really |
| 313s | cool thing to do obviously it gives us a |
| 315s | a personal space where uh people who |
| 317s | who've worked to build this game get to |
| 319s | actually exist in the game too I think |
| 320s | it's super cool and it sounds not too |
| 322s | bad so far for the initial |
| 324s | implementation Essence is the very |
| 327s | energy of creation when I back away I |
| 330s | kind of like the |
| 333s | attenuation she's kind of she's still |
| 335s | talking as I run |
| 346s | around so this Essence that players are |
| 349s | experiencing that's the kind of source |
| 352s | of how they are able to manifest these |
| 354s | you know these these these more |
| 357s | Fantastical abilities including the |
| 358s | magic so |
| 360s | so what is she doing |
| 364s | here she's talking to me about the |
| 367s | essence and that they're having a goblin |
| 369s | problem in this in the |
| 371s | city we haven't seen any goblins quite |
| 374s | yet so she gives me a medallion let me |
| 377s | take a look okay all right very cool so |
| 379s | we just adopted this Quest this is the |
| 380s | introductory Quest she gave me a |
| 382s | medallion build you want to talk to us a |
| 384s | little bit about this fouille |
| 386s | system sure you know we're uh you know |
| 389s | we're building what like to call you |
| 390s | know a a sand Park here uh in uh in |
| 396s | ashes and uh that uh fouille system is |
| 399s | part of that uh it's a lot of it is |
| 401s | triggered off of firsttime events so |
| 404s | rather than like a really uh guided uh |
| 406s | tutorial it's it's more based off what |
| 408s | you're doing in the world and the first |
| 410s | time you encounter something so this is |
| 412s | the first time that you've got an item |
| 413s | into your inventory so it's it's |
| 415s | prompting you you know hey you should |
| 416s | check out your inventory here's how you |
| 418s | open your inventory um and we're we're |
| 420s | going to do a lot of things like that to |
| 422s | to to onboard new players let them know |
| 425s | how to play but but not uh put you on |
| 428s | Rails yeah absolutely and I see here the |
| 431s | the inventory item it gave me was this |
| 433s | Gateway Medallion which has an |
| 435s | interesting little uh piece of lore |
| 436s | there commemorates the reopening of the |
| 438s | Divine gateways and the members of the |
| 441s | light pact who blazed the trail from |
| 443s | Sanctus back to Vera a proof of lawful |
| 446s | entry into Vera and without diving into |
| 449s | what unlock lawful entry into Vera |
| 451s | sounds like this is a great first item |
| 454s | because obviously it's it's kind of like |
| 456s | your passport in Vera as a citizen of |
| 458s | this world um and each of the cultures |
| 461s | or races will have their own unique |
| 463s | identifying you know uh uh piece of |
| 466s | inventory space item that you carry with |
| 470s | you it's cool I like |
| 473s | it all right well let's take a let's |
| 476s | take a look outside here |
| 480s | we move out grab a weapon here on our |
| 482s | way out oh did you oh yeah that's right |
| 484s | let me go grab weapon hold on are there |
| 486s | just there's just weapons around here |
| 488s | right that we can yeah yeah there's some |
| 489s | there's some spare weapons laying around |
| 491s | you can pick up let me see here oh I got |
| 495s | a splintered Longbow |
| 498s | okay I Rusty |
| 502s | scepter yep I got myself a rusty long |
| 504s | sword all right very |
| 506s | nice ooh what is that |
| 511s | [Music] |
| 512s | oh my gosh that thing is huge the dead |
| 518s | Heartwood that is the dead Heartwood I |
| 520s | don't think players have seen the |
| 521s | Heartwood |
| 523s | before can we talk a little bit about it |
| 526s | sure uh you know the the Heartwood trees |
| 529s | are uh tap into the the the very essence |
| 533s | and form a network of essence with |
| 535s | within Vera um this one's obviously uh |
| 538s | not not doing so well probably you know |
| 542s | precipitated uh the fall here of of |
| 546s | a you know but uh you'll see these |
| 549s | through throughout the world and they're |
| 550s | you know they they'll see them |
| 551s | especially in in nodes um and as nodes |
| 554s | progress as they as they begin to |
| 556s | prosper uh the tree itself will uh |
| 559s | reflect that that's awesome that looks |
| 562s | great rumor has it they were a gift from |
| 564s | the goddess of creation ooh the goddess |
| 567s | of creation herself yeah I can see her |
| 569s | handiwork there in the |
| 570s | center very cool very nice you know this |
| 574s | this space the alen ruins the the |
| 576s | ancient capital of the alen Empire it is |
| 579s | rather large I mean obviously we can we |
| 581s | can see some some perspective of that |
| 584s | from this this venue but I bet if we go |
| 587s | actually back inside here we might be |
| 590s | able to get uh get on top of the ceiling |
| 592s | I saw there were some entrances over |
| 594s | there and some staircases to the side |
| 597s | let me see if there is some perspective |
| 599s | yeah get better perspective of the city |
| 601s | cuz it is a massive space look out I |
| 604s | think I did see some goblins prowling |
| 606s | around up there earlier ooh I think |
| 609s | you're right I see a goblin |
| 611s | Digger let's take a look at this |
| 615s | guy okay there we |
| 617s | go I like the Adaptive battle |
| 621s | music very cool this is some of Enon Z's |
| 625s | work oh look at this beautiful lighting |
| 628s | too this looks great didn't Lo the the |
| 631s | little pile Oh there's a pile there oh |
| 634s | what is in |
| 636s | here Shard of Shard of |
| 641s | glass that's awesome there's some more |
| 644s | over |
| 645s | here a goblin taking random stuff and an |
| 648s | ancient |
| 652s | bone let's kill these |
| 656s | guys gosh just looking outside this |
| 659s | place is huge |
| 660s | huge uh-oh there's a there's a breakage |
| 664s | in the |
| 665s | bridge yeah I'm not good at those things |
| 668s | oh do we have a little jumping puzzle |
| 669s | here we got to get |
| 672s | past oh no all right Margaret you're |
| 675s | first you're you're prar you should be |
| 677s | fine oh no the bane of every Adventurer |
| 681s | oh no good luck there you go |
| 685s | gosh okay all right all right here I |
| 687s | can't fail here if I make this I'm I'm |
| 690s | King of the |
| 692s | stairs oh I made |
| 694s | it I'm a literal Golden |
| 698s | God those those stairs oh it's so good o |
| 703s | this looks beautiful up here look at |
| 704s | that Rose window tree V let me see I'll |
| 708s | watch you guys from this |
| 710s | perspective oh you can take them on the |
| 712s | tour oh my God oh my God don't fall I |
| 716s | almost fell oh no |
| 720s | there we go okay I'm watching you I'll |
| 722s | catch up I'll catch up what you're going |
| 725s | to go behind a corner and and GM cheat |
| 728s | your way up here who would ever do that |
| 730s | who would do |
| 734s | that oh my |
| 738s | gosh oh my gosh Margaret I saw you fall |
| 742s | that was terrible your name plate just |
| 745s | went like down a little hole it was so |
| 747s | sad |
| 749s | let's let's just all watch and take take |
| 753s | soless in the in |
| 755s | the I'm just watching this nonstop good |
| 758s | luck good luck this time and oh |
| 762s | and what |
| 764s | happened I don't |
| 766s | know gosh I've made it up there before |
| 769s | so I don't know where's |
| 771s | bill I think Bill's cheating I don't |
| 773s | know where Bill |
| 774s | is watch he shows up behind |
| 777s | you he found an alternate |
| 780s | okay all right he might have no don't |
| 783s | watch go hold on hold on wait wait wait |
| 786s | don't do don't don't jump yet hold on |
| 787s | hold let me there we go okay we're |
| 793s | ready I'm scared now all right come on |
| 796s | you guys you can do this I believe in |
| 797s | you you just to you just got to jump at |
| 800s | the right |
| 802s | oh oh God come on Margaret Margaret oh |
| 807s | my gosh |
| 810s | guys one more time one more time I know |
| 813s | I can do it I know I can do it do I need |
| 816s | to do the like um the like uh what is |
| 820s | that |
| 823s | theme just like slow |
| 827s | motion oh my God that was so |
| 831s | close oh my gosh guys now you're just |
| 834s | making me look good just now you guys |
| 837s | are just making me look good well you |
| 839s | know we know who signs the check that's |
| 841s | true that's |
| 842s | right if you guys want to if you want to |
| 845s | GM command it you guys can GM command it |
| 847s | it's all |
| 849s | good never I've made it up there |
| 852s | multiple |
| 853s | times okay you oh come on that look like |
| 857s | you made it the server literally threw |
| 858s | you on the ground it actually didn't let |
| 860s | you fall like normal physics wise the |
| 863s | server threw you on the |
| 865s | ground okay you guys you guys do that |
| 867s | I'm going to go look up here a little |
| 869s | bit while you guys are trying to make |
| 871s | your way yeah go go |
| 873s | explore oh my gosh look at this oh okay |
| 877s | actually got to be a little careful up |
| 878s | here there's uh some areas you can fall |
| 880s | down but look at this |
| 883s | space this is a massive City and I know |
| 887s | we have a lot planned when it comes |
| 890s | to um oh I made it oh you did good job I |
| 894s | know we have a lot planned when it comes |
| 895s | to continuing to build this city out as |
| 898s | a place that players actually can return |
| 901s | to and explore and delve deeper into |
| 905s | some of the Crips and dungeons that lay |
| 908s | beneath the alen |
| 911s | capital oo |
| 913s | yeah there are some pretty cool areas |
| 915s | around here and some events that spawn |
| 918s | as |
| 919s | well oh yeah it's looking great I'm |
| 921s | looking at I think I'm looking at one of |
| 922s | the events actually over here yeah these |
| 925s | guys are like chucking out of the ground |
| 927s | the Goblins are throwing down rocks and |
| 929s | whatnot at the guards I think down |
| 932s | here that's cool that's super cool I |
| 935s | love the waterfalls too off of the |
| 937s | floating Vistas let me see if I can get |
| 942s | up at the very top oh my God look at |
| 946s | this |
| 947s | view beautiful this is unbelievable I |
| 951s | love it super |
| 954s | cool very cool so okay Bill did you ever |
| 958s | make it up I made it up the stairs he's |
| 961s | still |
| 962s | trying Lord has it he's still trying oh |
| 965s | my God you're killing years later you |
| 967s | are killing |
| 968s | me oh that's so good here we'll come |
| 971s | back down to you hold on we're coming |
| 974s | we're going to come back we do have a |
| 976s | quest to to kind of get rid of some of |
| 978s | these sickly goblins apparently have a |
| 983s | disease hasn't been affecting anybody |
| 985s | else but few of the folks down down here |
| 989s | are a little concerned yeah I see that I |
| 991s | see we have an optional objective it |
| 993s | says the Gateway Sentry has asked me to |
| 995s | slay some sickly goblins and I think we |
| 997s | saw some actually out here to the |
| 999s | right let's see if we can actually slay |
| 1003s | them yeah there's some guards out here |
| 1005s | fighting the good fight defending it |
| 1008s | against all these uh sick goblins oh |
| 1011s | there we go |
| 1013s | okay very nice now |
| 1016s | obviously players when they first enter |
| 1019s | in into um Vera right they're going to |
| 1023s | be um looking to make their way out of |
| 1026s | the portal ruins and down into the lion |
| 1031s | hold base camp and this isn't the only |
| 1034s | route out through um this starting area |
| 1037s | there's actually another path that is |
| 1039s | still uh pending some development but |
| 1042s | it's called samia's hope and that is the |
| 1044s | lion hold equivalent but on the veon um |
| 1047s | side |
| 1052s | yeah so so players will have a choice as |
| 1053s | to kind of which way they want to go |
| 1055s | right off the |
| 1058s | bat let me see here we |
| 1069s | go all |
| 1076s | right is this Goblin |
| 1080s | this Goblin is having some |
| 1083s | trouble did you kill enough goblins you |
| 1087s | know I'm trying to kill these |
| 1090s | goblins oh here we go here we |
| 1094s | go okay we've done |
| 1097s | it killed some of those goblins there |
| 1100s | I've killed |
| 1101s | plenty plenty of goblin there's a lot of |
| 1104s | goblins here |
| 1107s | actually all right what do we have down |
| 1114s | here oh this is looking great this is |
| 1118s | beautiful lions holding up a bridge |
| 1121s | should we go down the trotten path or |
| 1123s | kind of here lion hold lion hold should |
| 1126s | we go kind of this direction lion guard |
| 1129s | Monmouth says we should hurry on to Lion |
| 1131s | hold where is |
| 1134s | um I'm kind of I'm kind of looking |
| 1137s | around over here |
| 1139s | oh here we go there's a dude here zor |
| 1141s | there's a little path here oh yeah you |
| 1143s | guys are further ahead than I am let's |
| 1145s | talk to |
| 1148s | him okay and I am no lowly |
| 1153s | farmer so if I give him a gold he'll |
| 1156s | give me a treasure |
| 1157s | map do I even have a gold to give |
| 1161s | him I know he gave me a treasure map so |
| 1163s | I must have had a gold |
| 1167s | okay oh oh the court of cloaks very |
| 1171s | nice so they introduce you to one of the |
| 1174s | social organizations by giving you a |
| 1176s | treasure map that's |
| 1180s | cool very nice okay let's go down here I |
| 1184s | think Lion's hold is just down here |
| 1186s | right mhm ooh another person a scout mer |
| 1191s | Mor Goblin Goblin Slayer I am the goblin |
| 1195s | Slayer |
| 1200s | I did kill one of the I did kill one of |
| 1202s | the one of the Goblins I showed no |
| 1206s | fear and I I do have the makings of a |
| 1209s | hero should I give him the |
| 1213s | uh The |
| 1215s | Medallion you trust him what if he it h |
| 1217s | he looks he looks reputable well met |
| 1219s | stranger here take my |
| 1222s | Medallion the one thing that is giving |
| 1225s | me oh he gave it back and he gave it as |
| 1228s | a uh as a rare Medallion now let me take |
| 1230s | a |
| 1231s | look oh very cool okay shiny he shined |
| 1235s | my Medallion that's nice thank you thank |
| 1238s | you Scout moric for for polishing The |
| 1241s | Medallion |
| 1243s | appreciate very |
| 1246s | appreciated |
| 1248s | beautiful this is a pretty Vista right |
| 1250s | here is it oh I see we're coming |
| 1254s | across it looks like the entrance |
| 1260s | ah we've done |
| 1263s | it we've made it to the Gateway we made |
| 1266s | it to Lion |
| 1268s | hold this is |
| 1271s | beautiful I'm digging this but there are |
| 1274s | two lions holding yeah why isn't it |
| 1277s | Lion's |
| 1279s | hold so now obviously uh lion hold is |
| 1284s | kind of a base of operations for players |
| 1286s | within Alpha 2 um and this is going to |
| 1290s | introduce a lot of people to different |
| 1291s | systems build you want to talk to us a |
| 1293s | little bit about you know those |
| 1295s | introductory systems and and kind of how |
| 1297s | long players are expected to remain in |
| 1301s | Lin hold sure you know you'll you'll get |
| 1304s | your first you know several Levels by uh |
| 1306s | doing the various things that you can uh |
| 1308s | discover here in Lion hold again like uh |
| 1311s | said it's you know it's a sand Park so |
| 1313s | it's it's kind of you know there's no |
| 1316s | specific order you need to do things but |
| 1317s | there's uh quest to teach you how to |
| 1320s | craft how to |
| 1322s | harvest uh you know it will expose you |
| 1324s | to uh what we're calling uh the the |
| 1328s | commission system um there's uh there's |
| 1332s | a story a guy who will Who can uh teach |
| 1334s | you about storage and how to make use of |
| 1336s | that uh there's a lot of things to |
| 1338s | discover here in |
| 1339s | lold it's awesome I'm just kind of |
| 1341s | walking |
| 1343s | around taking a look taking it all |
| 1347s | in um I assume that that as part of kind |
| 1351s | of you know players expectations not |
| 1353s | just with the systems introduction in |
| 1354s | Lin hold but also kind of the um ability |
| 1358s | to interact with Artisans ship um |
| 1361s | there's some looks like novice uh stone |
| 1363s | masonry bench here I see we got a fatou |
| 1366s | as |
| 1368s | well some of the crafting |
| 1372s | systems the other thing I noticed is um |
| 1375s | is |
| 1377s | that you know obviously we want to |
| 1379s | introduce players to the pois within the |
| 1382s | riverlands this is going to be kind of |
| 1383s | the jumping off point for a lot of those |
| 1385s | quests and commissions that take you out |
| 1387s | into the Riverland space totally uh |
| 1392s | Captain udia here is the is kind of the |
| 1395s | head honcho of uh lion hold and will uh |
| 1398s | uh facilitate a lot of those uh quests |
| 1400s | and |
| 1402s | Adventures she's the lieutenant of the |
| 1404s | seventh |
| 1406s | Lance which is an element of the Kar |
| 1409s | Empire's Army it says I should find A |
| 1412s | Kar |
| 1413s | official where is a Kar |
| 1417s | official there's El over |
| 1420s | here or uh I think there's another one |
| 1423s | and there's tahad up here yeah I think |
| 1427s | I'll go talk to tahad this one you're a |
| 1430s | new face around here welcome excellent |
| 1435s | let it be known that even as we struggle |
| 1439s | okay I got a noice health EMP and |
| 1446s | some oh it's Intrepid adventurers that |
| 1448s | was |
| 1449s | awesome yeah if you can talk to him more |
| 1452s | he'll tell you a little bit more about |
| 1454s | learning to trade about the Goblins that |
| 1456s | we were fighting and uh about the |
| 1458s | commission board as well now obviously |
| 1460s | because we're in Alpha 2 or we're |
| 1462s | entering Alpha 2 there's going to be a |
| 1465s | lot of bugs a lot of still things that |
| 1466s | need to be polished content that's going |
| 1468s | to be implemented |
| 1469s | but obviously that's why Alpha 2's been |
| 1470s | broken up into phases phase one phase 2 |
| 1472s | phase three we've gone over kind of what |
| 1474s | is expected within those um newer e |
| 1478s | there's no better way find your feet |
| 1479s | than a commission the Harald haral the |
| 1481s | Harold Harold all jobs the town's folk |
| 1484s | Around The Outpost need doing they bring |
| 1486s | them to me and I post them on the board |
| 1488s | used to do them me when I was a spry |
| 1490s | young Soldier this was back on did you |
| 1493s | grab some stuff off the commission board |
| 1494s | I didn't I just wanted to walk away from |
| 1496s | him and have him keep talking |
| 1499s | okay let's take a look at the |
| 1500s | commissions how rude really close to |
| 1502s | that commission board I know I got my my |
| 1506s | eyesight's |
| 1508s | terrible up in there so these are |
| 1510s | commissions commissions obviously that |
| 1511s | we've talked about in the past right |
| 1512s | these are the kind of short |
| 1515s | digestible yep content that these go |
| 1518s | ahead yep oh no yeah these are these are |
| 1521s | simple simple things to do you know make |
| 1523s | your uh a short play session more |
| 1526s | interesting and uh more rewarding by uh |
| 1529s | you know catch picking up the various |
| 1532s | types of commissions that you can get |
| 1534s | and then going out in the wilderness and |
| 1535s | uh and finishing them uh you can |
| 1538s | actually complete them in the field and |
| 1540s | get the rewards so it's a very very low |
| 1542s | friction uh play style I wonder how many |
| 1546s | people we're going to see fall from that |
| 1549s | bridge like I see the holes in it yeah |
| 1553s | it's pretty awesome pretty awesome you |
| 1555s | can go up on that bridge too like I mean |
| 1558s | it's I mean it's it's quite an adventure |
| 1560s | to get up there but I I see this there's |
| 1563s | also a vendor here that has some basic |
| 1565s | items and rations and |
| 1569s | whatnot so there's also there's also |
| 1571s | kind of a checkpoint for players to come |
| 1573s | back and sell things that they acquire |
| 1574s | out in the world this is obviously |
| 1576s | important because you know you never |
| 1578s | know when a node is going to be |
| 1579s | available or how close that node is so |
| 1581s | having some basic you know vendor |
| 1584s | interaction here I think is good um yeah |
| 1587s | so we we we got some glint for it by |
| 1589s | completing that Quest and uh this vendor |
| 1591s | will actually convert your glint into |
| 1593s | gold if you if you sell it to him oh |
| 1595s | yeah do that well well copper excuse me |
| 1599s | I I over spoke oh my gosh it's only two |
| 1602s | coppers worth |
| 1605s | yeah all right I don't have enough money |
| 1610s | need to farm stuff and this is obviously |
| 1613s | it gives you some basic access to um |
| 1615s | cargo and material storage here as well |
| 1617s | at the warehouse Clerk |
| 1621s | yeah you'll notice as you go out |
| 1623s | harvesting uh you know your your packs |
| 1624s | fill up pretty quickly so you you you'll |
| 1627s | you'll come back into town to to store |
| 1630s | them some things before you uh you know |
| 1633s | gather enough that you want to start |
| 1635s | your processing section or uh you know |
| 1638s | get get fully dive into the crafting |
| 1640s | Loops you can also get bigger bags too |
| 1643s | so that helps that is true and there's |
| 1646s | the mail system all right we got the |
| 1649s | mail system working so when we have to |
| 1651s | uh send out some system messages or mail |
| 1655s | between players that's a working let's |
| 1658s | see if we have a trades |
| 1661s | manager but have you the brains for it |
| 1663s | that's what we like |
| 1665s | here yeah these trade the trade managers |
| 1668s | are who you who you'll learn uh the |
| 1670s | initial uh Artisan |
| 1673s | ship I see the the oh so those are going |
| 1676s | to be the initial artisanship uh Prof |
| 1678s | session um |
| 1680s | NPCs mhm and they'll send you out to a |
| 1683s | few different POI camps that are kind of |
| 1684s | nearby this this this thing's floa |
| 1687s | they'll teach you how to craft some uh |
| 1688s | craft some tools how to how to harvest |
| 1691s | how to process you know the materials |
| 1693s | that you gather uh and eventually craft |
| 1696s | them into you know gear and things that |
| 1699s | other players will want somebody's |
| 1701s | Bewitched the uh commission board for |
| 1703s | artisanship it's |
| 1706s | floating it was me do should I slash bug |
| 1712s | this oh it's so good I'm pretty sure |
| 1715s | they're aware oh yeah I think it's fixed |
| 1717s | on another |
| 1719s | build this is cool I'm digging the |
| 1722s | interior's |
| 1725s | places all right very |
| 1728s | cool um do we want to talk a little bit |
| 1731s | about |
| 1733s | um you know what we expect of our |
| 1736s | testers entering into phase one um I we |
| 1738s | talked a little bit about obviously |
| 1739s | these bugs that you're going to see the |
| 1740s | Polish and whatnot Margaret talk to us a |
| 1742s | little bit about you know one how test |
| 1744s | tests have been going I think we have |
| 1746s | upcoming of 9,000 testers that have been |
| 1749s | invited into the next A2 uh spot test um |
| 1754s | yeah we've been doing we've been doing |
| 1756s | some extensive testing some of them have |
| 1758s | been short quick kind of grabbing people |
| 1760s | to help us pop into the game and either |
| 1763s | doing queuing testing or stress testing |
| 1766s | things um which are not the most fun |
| 1768s | ones but the fun ones we've definitely |
| 1770s | had some like three-day weekend ones |
| 1772s | where we've had people kind of really |
| 1773s | trying to level up nodes or um like we |
| 1776s | have an upcoming one that's about econ |
| 1778s | which is mostly like hey we really want |
| 1780s | you to go through do as much crafting |
| 1782s | and processing and harvesting and all of |
| 1784s | that stuff as much as possible so um |
| 1787s | we're definitely trying to get uh you |
| 1789s | know focus on different pieces um and |
| 1792s | we've even done some combat oriented |
| 1793s | ones where we've done a little bit of |
| 1795s | focus grouping um but really what we do |
| 1797s | with these is we we have feedback |
| 1799s | threads surveys things like that where |
| 1801s | we're Gathering feedback regarding |
| 1803s | specifics that the development team |
| 1804s | needs for those specific tests um we |
| 1807s | also have bug reporting um obviously we |
| 1810s | have bug reporting in game now uh prior |
| 1813s | to that we were doing some more Forum |
| 1814s | oriented stuff which the QA team was |
| 1816s | amazing and going through and cleaning |
| 1817s | that up and getting those all into our |
| 1820s | system so that we can ensure that they |
| 1822s | get fixed um and really just making sure |
| 1825s | that Loop goes well so as we move into |
| 1827s | Alpha 2 you will continue to kind of see |
| 1829s | that as a more public facing thing where |
| 1831s | you'll see Alpha 2 forums um we'll be |
| 1834s | sending out surveys to the players who |
| 1836s | are playing through that and just trying |
| 1839s | to make sure that we're Gathering as |
| 1840s | much feedback for the development team |
| 1842s | and ensuring that our reports um help |
| 1846s | them get all the goodies keway team |
| 1849s | doing a badass job uh going through all |
| 1851s | the bugs cuz it's a lot absolutely and |
| 1853s | we've been getting a lot of great um of |
| 1856s | uh a great uh testing |
| 1859s | feedback and Bug reporting from the uh |
| 1862s | from the testing groups and we we |
| 1863s | actually did some focus groups around um |
| 1866s | some of the arch type classes and some |
| 1868s | of the mayorship systems we did some |
| 1869s | with Mayors yep yeah super cool um it's |
| 1872s | it's been it's been great to see um you |
| 1875s | know obviously as we expand outward uh |
| 1879s | the Alpha 2 uh pretesting to all the |
| 1882s | Alpha One users over the course of the |
| 1883s | next probably I would say uh next two to |
| 1886s | three weeks right um we should be |
| 1888s | expanding that to all alpha 1 testers I |
| 1891s | think over the next two weeks or so um |
| 1894s | yep that's going to be obviously |
| 1896s | exciting um to kind of see our our CCU |
| 1899s | testing to see the scalability um uh and |
| 1902s | performance testing that we're working |
| 1904s | on hard here in the studio and everybody |
| 1906s | um you know this last Milestone our M10 |
| 1910s | um we have had a lot of outstanding um |
| 1913s | polish and Bug fixing but ml M M11 our |
| 1917s | Milestone 11 is is going to be very |
| 1919s | tested in react um we had a great Town |
| 1921s | Hall today actually at the studio um |
| 1923s | where we talked about the upcoming |
| 1924s | testing that we have planned prior to |
| 1926s | our October 25th uh Alpha 2 start date |
| 1929s | um and uh we are we're burning the |
| 1932s | midnight oil we are definitely getting a |
| 1933s | lot of stuff done at the studio and very |
| 1936s | very appreciative of all the |
| 1937s | participation for the testers um so we |
| 1939s | and our Focus really is Polish we're |
| 1941s | really trying to just make sure that |
| 1942s | we're polishing some of the the pieces |
| 1945s | that you guys are going to see for Alpha |
| 1946s | 2 obviously like Stephen said uh you |
| 1949s | know this isn't a game quite yet alpha |
| 1951s | alpha 2 is definitely going to be where |
| 1953s | you're going to find bugs and The Kinks |
| 1955s | and our goal is really just iteration |
| 1957s | and feedback and continually updating |
| 1960s | and you're going to see updates every 3 |
| 1962s | weeks the 3 ones you know we we have |
| 1965s | small updates and then the larger ones |
| 1967s | and you'll continue to see progress as |
| 1968s | we move forward but it's going to be |
| 1970s | really exciting for us to see everybody |
| 1972s | in game and actually get to play with |
| 1974s | everybody absolutely uh and you know |
| 1977s | thank you I think yeah go |
| 1978s | you're good no you're good bill go for |
| 1980s | it I was just going to say I think |
| 1981s | you'll really you'll really see that in |
| 1983s | this area especially uh you know this is |
| 1985s | the this is the introduction uh to to |
| 1988s | the game and the introduction to A2 um |
| 1990s | so this area is going to see a lot of |
| 1992s | iteration uh as as new systems come |
| 1995s | online as systems get refined and |
| 1997s | features you know change based off |
| 1999s | feedback obviously all of that |
| 2001s | introductory uh stuff has to change with |
| 2004s | it uh so that we you know so that we're |
| 2006s | keeping up to date with how the game is |
| 2007s | actually playing and uh you know in |
| 2010s | addition to you know those kind of |
| 2012s | updates to just keep keep things up to |
| 2014s | date there'll be more and more quests |
| 2017s | and and storylines going into these |
| 2019s | areas and as well as uh you know the the |
| 2022s | taking advantage of the dynamic nature |
| 2023s | of our game too so that you'll see |
| 2025s | things that you know that are transient |
| 2027s | that that that are here uh you know |
| 2030s | maybe only at night or only during |
| 2032s | certain times of the year uh so it's |
| 2034s | going to be really exciting to see how |
| 2036s | how these uh how these areas and areas |
| 2038s | like Lion hold uh progress and develop |
| 2041s | not only in the course over the course |
| 2042s | of A2 but over the life of the game you |
| 2044s | know uh cuz that's you know that's what |
| 2046s | makes that's what really gets me excited |
| 2049s | about ashes is Is our commitment to to |
| 2051s | building a truly Dynamic World |
| 2053s | absolutely absolutely well guys we we |
| 2057s | we've walked you through a little bit of |
| 2058s | the alen ruins give you a little bit of |
| 2059s | backstory on the uh starting location in |
| 2061s | the portal um we've taken you through |
| 2063s | lion hold and talked to you a little bit |
| 2065s | about what to expect as a player |
| 2067s | starting within the riverlands for Alpha |
| 2068s | 2's Phase 1 next month um we're excited |
| 2071s | obviously to have players joining uh |
| 2073s | we're excited to see every weekend right |
| 2075s | now um testers in the game and the game |
| 2078s | continuing to improve us squashing the |
| 2080s | bugs and getting more content in um and |
| 2083s | we cannot wait to see you guys in Vera |
| 2087s | and we will see each of you back on |
| 2089s | stream bye guys bye bye |
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