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| 20s | hello everyone salutations and welcome |
| 23s | to our glorious ashes of creation april |
| 26s | development update we hope everyone is |
| 29s | well and safe |
| 31s | i am margaret crone your community |
| 32s | marketing lead and with me as per usual |
| 35s | is r1 the only the ship driver akk |
| 40s | aka creative director stephen |
| 43s | sharif you are you're driving the ship i |
| 45s | forgot to mute my phone i'm sorry |
| 48s | hello |
| 49s | how are you doing |
| 52s | i'm good i'm sorry |
| 54s | i was getting distracted by twitch yeah |
| 57s | um yeah i'm great it's been i was |
| 59s | actually answering this to folks in |
| 61s | twitch chat earlier uh it's been a very |
| 65s | busy month so much that i feel like i |
| 67s | blinked and it just passed by oh yeah i |
| 69s | know not a bad thing i think that's that |
| 72s | means there's just a lot going on and |
| 74s | that you know i'm moving and grooving i |
| 76s | i actually didn't get too much sleep |
| 78s | last night because |
| 80s | our uh |
| 82s | the magic |
| 84s | magic the gathering games that we played |
| 86s | last night after work |
| 88s | we were up a little late |
| 90s | and uh that was a lot of fun we had like |
| 92s | 15 people from the studio playing magic |
| 95s | commander uh |
| 97s | after work it was it's become a pretty |
| 100s | considerable size group you guys always |
| 102s | play on thursdays and it's like that's |
| 104s | not the best day for me i was like i |
| 106s | want to play i even bought a commander |
| 107s | deck because i've never done i played a |
| 109s | lot of mtg but not commander and i'm |
| 111s | excited to play i love commander yeah |
| 114s | you don't get the whack especially with |
| 116s | a big group like that |
| 117s | oh yeah we had we had an emperor game we |
| 120s | had a penta we had a couple two-headed |
| 123s | uh two-headed games um it was fun |
| 126s | nice well i'm happy for that uh the |
| 129s | other element of that what i was saying |
| 130s | was like it's been amazing working with |
| 132s | this team because everyone's super |
| 134s | passionate and although i've worked on a |
| 137s | lot of teams i haven't worked on a lot |
| 138s | of teams where everyone just like comes |
| 140s | to work with like |
| 141s | this enthusiasm for the day versus like |
| 144s | oh i'm coming to work today you know |
| 147s | it's very different atmosphere and you |
| 149s | know i absolutely adore |
| 151s | everyone we work with and my team |
| 153s | personally has grown over the years i |
| 155s | know we're going to talk about it in the |
| 156s | studio update but it's pretty pretty |
| 158s | amazing how are you doing i feel like |
| 160s | you need a vacation good |
| 164s | there's no time for vacations |
| 166s | no i'm doing really good i don't know |
| 167s | it's a little chilly today so if i'm |
| 169s | shaking it's because i'm cold but um and |
| 171s | i left my jacket at home |
| 172s | but no i'm i i know i'm doing good um |
| 176s | yeah a lot of work this last month the |
| 178s | the town hall the we had an internal |
| 180s | town hall actually was it yesterday a |
| 181s | day before |
| 183s | i can't remember no day before wednesday |
| 184s | before yesterday wednesday they're all |
| 186s | building together that was like a |
| 188s | three-hour town hall session for our |
| 190s | studios um but uh it was really great |
| 194s | and |
| 195s | you know um |
| 196s | it's always cool when everybody gets to |
| 198s | see everything that everyone's working |
| 200s | on and we you know are at the end of a |
| 202s | particular milestone |
| 204s | internally from our uh |
| 206s | production team um getting kind of that |
| 209s | that look um at everything is is a lot |
| 213s | of fun and very inspiring um so i loved |
| 216s | our internal town hall and then uh of |
| 218s | course |
| 219s | it was it was it's almost like a a diff |
| 221s | a second stream but just for the team |
| 224s | like an internal private stream it's |
| 226s | like an internal live stream |
| 228s | it was very cool and um you know people |
| 230s | are in chat going what about getting |
| 232s | some ashes of creation uh clothes to |
| 234s | keep us warm and we're working on it |
| 238s | and on the marketing side for sure uh we |
| 240s | know that a lot of people are asking for |
| 241s | it within our community um so there's |
| 244s | lots of stuff going on on that front i |
| 245s | think steven has teased a little bit of |
| 247s | like a while ago in regards to it |
| 250s | but as we get closer we'll be sharing |
| 252s | more stuff on that front but we've got a |
| 254s | whole slew of great things to cover |
| 256s | today so just if you this is your first |
| 258s | time tuning in with us down in the |
| 260s | bottom left hand corner you'll see our |
| 263s | like run of show basically we have our |
| 265s | reminders our studio update which we |
| 267s | talked a little bit about here uh design |
| 269s | and engineering update with some |
| 271s | eventful uh segments in there um and an |
| 275s | environment update as well as character |
| 277s | art update and q a so we will get right |
| 280s | to that kicking it off with our |
| 282s | reminders |
| 284s | first and foremost we've got our |
| 286s | question or our comment spotlight from |
| 289s | youtube if you are a youtube subscriber |
| 292s | and you leave us a comment on our video |
| 294s | we will be selecting a random person and |
| 296s | we'll read your comment and if you have |
| 298s | a question in there we'll answer it so |
| 300s | this one is from uh stephen barley thank |
| 302s | you for subscribing to us over on |
| 303s | youtube and leaving us a lovely comment |
| 306s | uh their comment says i love what you |
| 307s | are doing with the game with regards to |
| 310s | character customization i would love to |
| 312s | see certain customizations that require |
| 314s | in-game challenges to achieve |
| 316s | maybe there would be some extremely hard |
| 319s | to complete quests that allows you to |
| 321s | obtain unique eye colors hairstyles |
| 323s | scars tattoos or in especially rare |
| 327s | cases perhaps slightly glowing or |
| 329s | animated with variations of those and i |
| 332s | don't know i think i think this stuff |
| 335s | i think stefan might be in our studio |
| 339s | like with some bug devices or something |
| 342s | um no |
| 343s | sorry i called him stefan because he |
| 344s | spelled the same steven stuff yeah i'm |
| 345s | not sure which uh |
| 348s | um no but yeah that's absolutely |
| 350s | something that uh that design and the |
| 353s | character creator team has been you know |
| 355s | discussing stuff that we want to do is |
| 357s | is have unlockable uh features uh as as |
| 361s | steven was discussing there um where you |
| 364s | know like oh you have that scar because |
| 366s | you participated in this siege or these |
| 369s | many sieges or |
| 370s | um you know you have this tattoo because |
| 374s | of your of a cultural background or |
| 376s | because of a quest that was accomplished |
| 378s | um where you're able to get that that's |
| 380s | absolutely |
| 382s | a level of progression that uh makes the |
| 384s | character creator relevant not just at |
| 386s | the start of your experience in an mmo |
| 388s | but it gives you a reason to visit those |
| 390s | salons and make changes to your |
| 392s | character uh as it grows and has a |
| 396s | history a |
| 397s | a background that can be communicated |
| 399s | through these customization options and |
| 401s | that's that's a really cool um you know |
| 404s | an element to it uh that we want to |
| 406s | incorporate 100 |
| 408s | yeah so |
| 409s | what you're asking for we got you homie |
| 411s | boom uh boom done |
| 415s | all right next up of course we have our |
| 417s | reminder for a monthly cosmetic swap |
| 419s | over the road to desolation is scheduled |
| 422s | for |
| 422s | uh |
| 423s | to swap over on may 11 2022 at 11 a.m |
| 427s | pacific so if you'd like those snag them |
| 429s | while they're hot because we're gonna |
| 431s | have some new ones coming your way |
| 433s | um and of course uh this month we had a |
| 436s | little bit of a different feedback it |
| 437s | wasn't a part of our dev updates perser |
| 440s | per se but |
| 442s | um let me |
| 444s | go back over there |
| 446s | we had some hairstyle feedback that we |
| 449s | requested from you all |
| 451s | and in regards to that |
| 454s | uh |
| 455s | i think they'll be popping some in there |
| 456s | but we basically were asking you guys to |
| 458s | kind of provide to us some of the |
| 460s | hairstyles and hair types that you like |
| 462s | we heard a lot of your feedback in |
| 464s | regards to that |
| 465s | we actually compiled all the feedback |
| 467s | about all of the |
| 470s | character customization and we went back |
| 472s | and talked to the design team about it |
| 473s | steven was there as well and it seems |
| 476s | like all most of the things you guys |
| 478s | want we are going to be implementing um |
| 480s | obviously when it came to the character |
| 481s | creator we weren't completely done uh |
| 484s | showcasing all of the hairstyles that |
| 485s | we'll have we'll have a whole slew of |
| 488s | them different textures different hair |
| 489s | types and styles um but |
| 493s | in the interim because it was such a hot |
| 495s | topic we created a new thread where we |
| 497s | hope you all will share |
| 499s | images of hairstyles that you'd like to |
| 501s | see |
| 502s | so that we can um |
| 505s | you know share those with our team and |
| 507s | hopefully incorporate them as much as we |
| 508s | possibly can in our development phases |
| 511s | yeah and it's important to note |
| 514s | we've said this many times you guys are |
| 516s | aware of this like art is a continuing |
| 518s | work in progress um |
| 521s | and the character creator we wanted to |
| 523s | to show you guys kind of the level of |
| 525s | capabilities at an early stage um which |
| 527s | means many of those assets many of the |
| 529s | ideas that you guys shared were already |
| 531s | planned um and and kind of part of the |
| 534s | character creator roadmap um so look |
| 536s | forward to in the future getting more |
| 538s | updates on on those features as they get |
| 540s | implemented for sure um and we will be |
| 543s | compiling that so make sure that you |
| 545s | head on over to our forums uh check out |
| 548s | the discussion |
| 549s | feedback thread requesting hairstyles |
| 552s | for the character creator over there and |
| 553s | toss us their feedback i believe i saw |
| 555s | um beckner and roshan posting it in chat |
| 558s | click on it leave us some images of what |
| 561s | you'd like to see and i think with that |
| 563s | that wraps up our reminders short and |
| 565s | sweet today next up we have our studio |
| 568s | update which i will toss over to stephen |
| 571s | yeah absolutely so |
| 573s | the studio is growing actually we since |
| 578s | the start of this year |
| 580s | we have hired |
| 583s | 23 additional people to the team um |
| 587s | which is really cool |
| 589s | because we are getting an incredible |
| 592s | amount of talented individuals but aside |
| 594s | from the talent um individuals who are |
| 596s | just mmorpg fans and players and |
| 600s | um |
| 601s | you know they have they have a passion |
| 604s | for this genre and for the project and |
| 606s | they were following along and |
| 608s | um it's really nice to be in a position |
| 610s | from a studio perspective where |
| 612s | your project is known and it's desired |
| 615s | amongst the industry uh to participate |
| 617s | with it and you have these natural |
| 619s | applications and interests that are |
| 621s | coming every day uh that our hr team and |
| 624s | and is doing really great hard work |
| 626s | stacy and and cameron midori and and um |
| 631s | you know john helping to onboard and |
| 634s | and um you know facilitate these these |
| 637s | applicants so uh very excited for that |
| 639s | the teams are growing i love seeing the |
| 641s | teams growing up i go out to lunch uh |
| 644s | with the teams and meet these new faces |
| 646s | and and i love seeing just the the |
| 648s | passion in the eyes of people who are |
| 650s | working on bringing to life what you |
| 652s | guys want what we want and and |
| 655s | and what is going to be the next great |
| 656s | thing when it comes to mmos so |
| 658s | the uh |
| 660s | the growth is is doing really good um |
| 662s | internally we also are very close to |
| 664s | getting our graphics done and |
| 667s | um our uh logos and signs and everything |
| 670s | put up and the studio set dress to the |
| 672s | point where we're gonna start recording |
| 674s | some videos with the team and give you |
| 676s | guys some insight i know we've done |
| 677s | those in the past and we've talked about |
| 679s | how we're going to be doing them here in |
| 680s | the future again |
| 681s | but i'm excited to get that stuff |
| 683s | running again |
| 685s | it's going to be really cool i think for |
| 686s | you guys to get a behind-the-scenes look |
| 688s | i know mark are super excited i know as |
| 690s | well |
| 690s | my whole team has just been chomping at |
| 692s | the bits to uh do more things like that |
| 695s | so if you really enjoyed the dev diary |
| 697s | series we want to do more of those |
| 699s | things and also just bite-size stuff on |
| 701s | social you know through like instagram |
| 703s | stories snapchat maybe |
| 705s | things like that so yes |
| 708s | um and then on top of that um we |
| 712s | actually completed uh |
| 715s | our |
| 717s | uh first milestone of the year um |
| 720s | last week i believe it was in the |
| 721s | beginning of last week um can't quite |
| 724s | discuss everything that was there |
| 726s | because not all of it is ready yet but |
| 729s | um a lot of a lot of great things |
| 731s | internally from a development standp |
| 733s | from a development standpoint um that is |
| 736s | going very well and is very exciting um |
| 739s | which will be trickling out over you |
| 741s | know i know i'm teasing this but it'll |
| 742s | be trickling out over |
| 743s | you know the next few months |
| 746s | to see that kind of stuff so uh all in |
| 747s | all things are going really good on the |
| 749s | studio front yeah it's been very very |
| 752s | exciting um |
| 753s | for me too |
| 755s | uh because i've gotten to experience |
| 757s | what like we it was like when we're all |
| 759s | kind of like in a little garage studio |
| 761s | where we could like open up the garage |
| 763s | door and it was like oh my gosh and now |
| 765s | it's like this massive building that |
| 767s | we're in |
| 768s | uh |
| 769s | and i don't get to see everybody every |
| 771s | day it's so weird |
| 773s | right and you might see some faces and |
| 774s | you're like who's that person you're |
| 776s | like that's a weird experience i i am |
| 779s | fortunate uh in the company that i get |
| 781s | to see all of the new hires as they come |
| 783s | in because we're like uh flagging their |
| 785s | accounts and things like that so um i do |
| 787s | get to see faces kind of like little |
| 789s | pictures of them |
| 791s | but sometimes they don't match |
| 792s | necessarily what they look like you know |
| 794s | in person |
| 795s | uh especially people who use like goku |
| 798s | as their image or something but |
| 801s | um it has been pretty cool seeing all |
| 804s | the yeah |
| 805s | i'm cool i'm excited and like when we |
| 807s | see potlucks and it's just like this |
| 809s | massive amount of people in the |
| 810s | cafeteria oh yeah |
| 813s | yeah it's always it's it is always fun |
| 815s | to see that for sure and last potluck |
| 817s | you guys had a little uh little |
| 820s | wren fair dress up that was cool |
| 822s | yeah we posted some photos of folks who |
| 825s | wanted to be in photos |
| 827s | so if you want to check that out it's on |
| 829s | our linkedin instagram twitter facebook |
| 832s | all of those places |
| 833s | some people brought their a game with |
| 835s | costumes i just threw on something quick |
| 838s | um but let's move on to the design and |
| 842s | engineering update then |
| 844s | let's first preface you know everything |
| 847s | that we talk about is subject to change |
| 849s | potentially through development as we |
| 851s | test things |
| 852s | so just keep that in mind as we talk |
| 854s | about things here but first let's talk |
| 855s | about what have they been doing |
| 857s | generally on the design and engineering |
| 859s | side |
| 860s | maybe start with engineering and then |
| 862s | design so we can tie it into today's |
| 864s | topic |
| 865s | yeah um |
| 867s | there's been a lot of stuff |
| 869s | that's been that's been worked out over |
| 871s | the last month um engineering's really |
| 873s | been focusing a lot on |
| 876s | let's see we have the node layout tool |
| 877s | that's been getting some adjustments |
| 879s | that |
| 880s | roy's been working on |
| 882s | and the node team on the design side has |
| 885s | been working on especially with |
| 886s | environment it's kind of like changing |
| 888s | the way that the node layouts work um |
| 892s | to facilitate some of the additional |
| 893s | service buildings that are going to be |
| 895s | incorporated in alpha 2. |
| 897s | um |
| 898s | we want to kind of create a layout tool |
| 901s | that allows even you know each of the |
| 904s | nodes to kind of be represented in a |
| 905s | unique way we've talked about that in |
| 907s | the past but more importantly also that |
| 909s | we maintain consistency on certain |
| 911s | building locations especially player |
| 913s | housing |
| 914s | and specific building |
| 917s | service building types as we progress |
| 918s | into stages four five and six of the |
| 921s | node |
| 922s | of the nodes progression |
| 924s | so that's something that's been getting |
| 926s | a little bit of a redesign in addition |
| 927s | uh you guys probably noticed in alpha |
| 930s | one um how |
| 932s | many of the nodes were relatively flat |
| 934s | there was not a lot of topography when |
| 936s | it came to kind of sections or districts |
| 938s | of the of the city um that lived at |
| 941s | different heights essentially kind of |
| 943s | creating a unique um silhouette |
| 946s | that's possible um with the node layout |
| 949s | um so now that we've had um kind of our |
| 952s | approach for |
| 953s | for uh alpha 2 uh with the nodes that |
| 956s | we've manually been constructing from a |
| 958s | layout perspective that that chris |
| 960s | giusto and |
| 961s | bucky and jason neil have been kind of |
| 963s | participating in fleshing out um the |
| 966s | engineering team has been providing |
| 969s | for that node layout tool |
| 972s | the type of additional requirements that |
| 974s | are requested |
| 975s | also on the ai systems |
| 978s | engineering has been working closely |
| 980s | with chong and the design team on kind |
| 983s | of the requirements that the alpha two |
| 985s | creatures uh need to have from a |
| 987s | behavior tree perspective the ability to |
| 989s | kind of uh weigh certain actions and or |
| 992s | uh um |
| 993s | uh |
| 994s | response arcs that exist within that |
| 996s | behavior tree how do we |
| 998s | how do we value those scores how do we |
| 1000s | make those um those types of actions |
| 1003s | live in parallel with one another right |
| 1005s | if i'm trying to cast an ability as a |
| 1007s | monster but i'm also trying to move to a |
| 1009s | particular waypoint as a result of some |
| 1011s | other occurrence on the player's behalf |
| 1014s | i need to be able to calculate that |
| 1016s | in the ai's |
| 1020s | brain |
| 1021s | at the same time with one another right |
| 1023s | so a lot of engineering work has been uh |
| 1025s | led by uh uh russell peltz on |
| 1028s | on um changing up the ai systems from |
| 1031s | alpha one to accommodate all of the |
| 1033s | additional uh |
| 1035s | uh behaviors that we wanna see out of |
| 1037s | the creatures that dyna even that the |
| 1039s | dynamic type of behaviors right um so |
| 1042s | there's a significant amount of work |
| 1043s | that's been done on that front uh combat |
| 1046s | combat has been a huge endeavor |
| 1049s | over the last actually several months |
| 1053s | and |
| 1054s | through a lot of the prototyping that uh |
| 1057s | the design team and the engineering team |
| 1060s | and our vfx team and our animation team |
| 1062s | um have been working on a team |
| 1067s | for sure 100 um character art not so |
| 1069s | much in the combat prototyping um |
| 1072s | uh because the models are kind of |
| 1074s | staying consistent there but for example |
| 1076s | uh with the assassin class with the um |
| 1079s | with our dagger weapons we didn't |
| 1080s | previously have that in alpha one so |
| 1082s | those are entirely new animation sets uh |
| 1084s | that are required to have those dual |
| 1086s | wielded kind of daggers um and that's |
| 1088s | something you guys might be seeing soon |
| 1090s | in the future um but |
| 1091s | that prototyping phase over the last |
| 1093s | several months has really been to kind |
| 1096s | of flesh out the |
| 1098s | major revamp that we've been working on |
| 1100s | for combat because part of the biggest |
| 1102s | amount of feedback that we got from |
| 1104s | alpha one was with regards to combat and |
| 1107s | we have a lot of ideas on on the things |
| 1109s | that we wanted to try and you know the |
| 1111s | best way to kind of flesh those ideas |
| 1113s | out obviously is through prototyping and |
| 1115s | development prototyping is just kind of |
| 1117s | um you know combination of rapid |
| 1119s | iteration of standing up these ideas |
| 1122s | without full-fledged kind of code |
| 1124s | support doing so in a blueprint setting |
| 1126s | or in a test level |
| 1128s | where you can really kind of throw a lot |
| 1129s | of different things at the wall and you |
| 1131s | can |
| 1132s | rapidly iterate on how that stuff feels |
| 1134s | um get feedback from the team feedback |
| 1137s | from focus groups um and then you can |
| 1139s | take the direction that that that is |
| 1141s | getting the kind of best bang for the |
| 1143s | feeling buck so to speak um |
| 1146s | so it's been great to kind of see that |
| 1147s | but in addition that that phase allows |
| 1150s | for us to really expand upon the |
| 1152s | versatility of what our ability system |
| 1155s | can can do and that's been spearheaded |
| 1157s | by by keenan and adam |
| 1159s | um |
| 1160s | uh uh with regard on the code side with |
| 1163s | regards to to what design has access to |
| 1166s | to do for all the ability systems right |
| 1169s | um and not just the ability systems but |
| 1171s | but but also like your combat weapon |
| 1173s | montages and and your basic attacks um |
| 1177s | so |
| 1178s | there's been a lot of work on that front |
| 1179s | it's not quite ready to show i know so |
| 1182s | many people are waiting to see combat |
| 1185s | updates it's the top thing we get asked |
| 1188s | a hundred percent |
| 1189s | but we have to be very careful when we |
| 1192s | present um what's been worked on uh that |
| 1196s | it has to be at a particular state uh |
| 1198s | that's presentable right um obviously |
| 1201s | you guys know this you're you're our |
| 1203s | core audience you're tuning in here and |
| 1204s | you're you're watching our live streams |
| 1207s | uh but the moment we release an update |
| 1209s | with regards to combat that spreads like |
| 1211s | wildfire right that's what we call |
| 1213s | essentially a marketing beat um this is |
| 1216s | something that is out of our control |
| 1218s | it's content creators pick it up they're |
| 1220s | going to show it to very you know |
| 1222s | unengaged audiences and we want to make |
| 1224s | sure that the presentation is at a point |
| 1226s | where when it grabs those legs that we |
| 1229s | don't have control over from a marketing |
| 1231s | perspective |
| 1232s | that it is it'll stand it'll stand by |
| 1235s | itself it won't need our our verbal |
| 1237s | support and kind of talking about it |
| 1238s | it'll be a visual component that is |
| 1241s | visceral and you know looks good and you |
| 1244s | know has has people's support so we want |
| 1246s | to set the right precedent because if |
| 1247s | people look at something and it's a |
| 1249s | prototype and it's in really early |
| 1251s | phases they might make comments like oh |
| 1254s | this isn't very good combat yeah and |
| 1255s | it's like well we know that it's a |
| 1257s | prototype so that's why we have to make |
| 1258s | sure that it's in a solid enough state |
| 1261s | the delicate blend between a transparent |
| 1264s | development process |
| 1266s | but also understanding um that majority |
| 1270s | of your player audience |
| 1272s | will not grasp or will not will not take |
| 1275s | into context um what a work in progress |
| 1278s | looks like so certain things we have to |
| 1282s | polish to the point where they're |
| 1283s | presentable where they can be understood |
| 1285s | again in its own context without my |
| 1288s | verbal support or margaret's verbal |
| 1290s | support right i think a great example of |
| 1292s | that is the character creator right |
| 1294s | we've we went through many phases prior |
| 1297s | to that of the character creator and we |
| 1299s | would not have wanted to share those |
| 1301s | with you all not because we don't want |
| 1303s | to share the development process but |
| 1304s | because there will be people who take |
| 1307s | that and look at it and go this isn't |
| 1309s | you know why would i want to play that |
| 1311s | right yeah the character creator is a |
| 1312s | prime example of what good looks like um |
| 1315s | when it comes to a feature that can |
| 1318s | stand on its own right |
| 1320s | that's something that can be shared and |
| 1321s | people understand that so anyways |
| 1323s | i don't want to go off on the |
| 1325s | comment too much |
| 1327s | but but essentially uh |
| 1330s | the combat the ability systems the tool |
| 1331s | support there |
| 1333s | has has progressed a significant amount |
| 1335s | and by the way |
| 1337s | as prototyping lends to those additional |
| 1340s | uh features within the combat tools |
| 1343s | it actually is an exponential uh |
| 1347s | speed modifier right when when those |
| 1349s | additional things come online we can |
| 1351s | actually more rapidly prototype and more |
| 1353s | rapidly iterate as well um which which |
| 1357s | feeds feeds back into kind of the |
| 1358s | process of getting good combat right of |
| 1362s | getting something that um something that |
| 1365s | feels good so there's been a lot of work |
| 1367s | on that front um buoyancy and vehicle |
| 1370s | physics uh there's been a lot of work |
| 1372s | done from michael bratty and |
| 1377s | from mikhail |
| 1378s | on |
| 1379s | mount controls on flight and gliding |
| 1382s | mechanics that'll be present in alpha 2. |
| 1384s | the buoyancy of ships |
| 1386s | the physics behind vehicle movement uh |
| 1389s | for siege weapons um you know we had |
| 1392s | some representation of that of course in |
| 1394s | alpha one |
| 1395s | but since alpha one you know it was |
| 1397s | added to the schedule of course for us |
| 1398s | to go back to refine those things there |
| 1400s | works in progress we have additional |
| 1401s | passes that are done on them um |
| 1403s | additional uh um uh support that's |
| 1406s | presented for those things um and i'm |
| 1408s | happy to say that they are they're |
| 1410s | looking quite good and you may see some |
| 1411s | updates on those in the near future |
| 1413s | networking has been a big of course uh |
| 1416s | endeavor on the on the engineering side |
| 1418s | there's been a lot of work |
| 1420s | on that front by |
| 1421s | um by zach and by hunter and by ben |
| 1424s | um |
| 1426s | and uh that that actually is is pretty |
| 1429s | exciting but of course i can't talk too |
| 1431s | much about that stuff um the the the |
| 1434s | platform the web teams our backend |
| 1435s | services uh mark and his team have been |
| 1438s | doing an incredible job from the uh from |
| 1441s | an engineering perspective on on |
| 1443s | supporting pretty much everything that |
| 1445s | um |
| 1446s | that the uh uh that the gameplay |
| 1448s | engineers are needing from them um so |
| 1451s | it's exciting for my team i appreciate |
| 1453s | them greatly i work with the you know |
| 1455s | that team a lot so yeah absolutely um |
| 1459s | itemization and crafting um |
| 1462s | there's a lot of a lot there's actually |
| 1464s | a lot of changes that we have not yet |
| 1466s | discussed |
| 1468s | on the uh crafting front so you guys |
| 1471s | have had a |
| 1472s | a pretty rudimentary um insight into |
| 1477s | what crafting is in ashes of creation |
| 1479s | and in alpha one we just had the basic |
| 1482s | core loops right which is like i collect |
| 1484s | the thing i combine a thing and i get it |
| 1488s | yeah yeah exactly collect combine get um |
| 1491s | and that is a that that is a pretty |
| 1493s | simplistic approach that we wanted to |
| 1496s | just have present from again a gameplay |
| 1498s | loop that was in alpha one but alpha two |
| 1500s | is meant to really represent a few of |
| 1503s | these professions in their true form |
| 1505s | from gathering processing in a |
| 1507s | crafting's perspective now there's some |
| 1509s | additional gameplay layers that are |
| 1511s | intended to be tested as part of alpha |
| 1513s | 2. |
| 1514s | as it relates to actually crafting |
| 1516s | choosing crafting something |
| 1519s | or processing something there |
| 1520s | additionally is a concept called |
| 1524s | survey which is a component of gathering |
| 1526s | that |
| 1527s | makes things a little bit different than |
| 1529s | what players have uh have |
| 1532s | been accustomed to in most mmos in the |
| 1534s | past um and just to give you a little |
| 1537s | bit of idea uh behind kind of those |
| 1539s | gameplay layers that we're thinking |
| 1541s | about you know we've talked about |
| 1545s | ideas like land management and as you |
| 1548s | draw resources from your surrounding |
| 1551s | area what type of effect does that have |
| 1553s | on the land |
| 1555s | and then also how effectively can you |
| 1557s | draw those resources without having such |
| 1559s | a deleterious effect on the land right |
| 1562s | which might impact future resource |
| 1564s | gathering for some period of time um and |
| 1567s | it makes relevant the movement of these |
| 1569s | players who are collecting these goods |
| 1571s | from the environment that they actually |
| 1573s | cannot always just do so in one |
| 1575s | particular area as the land management |
| 1578s | begins to degrade |
| 1579s | so it actually encourages movement |
| 1582s | across the world to discover new areas |
| 1584s | that might not be as perturbed |
| 1587s | as the ones you're coming from it's a |
| 1589s | it's a very interesting idea um it's |
| 1591s | something that we're going to be |
| 1592s | prototyping in alpha 2 and getting |
| 1594s | feedback on and testing um corey and mai |
| 1597s | con have been leading endeavors on the |
| 1599s | design side for those types of ideas |
| 1601s | which um |
| 1603s | are really fun and we're going to talk |
| 1605s | about at some point in the future as |
| 1606s | well um outside of that we've also had a |
| 1609s | considerable amount of of work that is |
| 1613s | has been coming out of the design side |
| 1615s | from uh chris giusto's node pod uh with |
| 1618s | bucky and jason and and a few of our |
| 1620s | other designers um on service buildings |
| 1623s | and the node superpowers and relics and |
| 1626s | the reliquary system that's going to be |
| 1628s | present in alpha 2 the types of benefits |
| 1630s | that are conferred there the gameplay |
| 1632s | between capturing those relics and |
| 1635s | stealing them or or sabotaging their |
| 1637s | return to the nodes |
| 1640s | what type of passive benefits do they |
| 1641s | grant the citizens what types of |
| 1644s | active benefits are being conferred upon |
| 1646s | vassal states |
| 1648s | the upgrade paths that are going to be |
| 1650s | present within the service buildings |
| 1651s | working with environment |
| 1653s | to kind of mask out sections of of a |
| 1656s | building until the upgrade comes online |
| 1658s | and a new room opens up or a new wing or |
| 1661s | a new story |
| 1663s | it's really interesting to kind of see |
| 1665s | the specialization paths that are |
| 1668s | possible on an individual node basis |
| 1671s | that that makes that particular node a |
| 1674s | waypoint for certain types of players |
| 1676s | right and how it drives traffic from the |
| 1679s | player base to those nodes that |
| 1681s | increases things like the taxable |
| 1684s | revenue that's possible and then that of |
| 1686s | course bleeds into the types of |
| 1688s | additional buildings or defensive |
| 1690s | mechanics or initiatives and events that |
| 1693s | can be done um you know incorporating |
| 1695s | things like node policies from almost a |
| 1698s | civic standpoint uh that grants certain |
| 1701s | type uh certain types of actions that |
| 1703s | the node government can take um whether |
| 1705s | it be diplomatic actions like |
| 1707s | potentially conflicts with other nodes |
| 1709s | and the wars that happen what type of |
| 1711s | rep you need to have with those other |
| 1713s | nodes from a diplomatic perspective can |
| 1715s | be influenced by these policies um |
| 1717s | there's a there's a lot of stuff that's |
| 1718s | been worked on from the node team that's |
| 1720s | being supported by our engineering team |
| 1722s | with regards to this feature development |
| 1724s | uh in preparation for alpha 2. so um |
| 1728s | as an engineering design kind of |
| 1729s | overview i'm sorry if i'm super long no |
| 1731s | it's crazy there's just so much stuff |
| 1733s | the chat's like my brain is melting |
| 1735s | because it's just so much |
| 1737s | so much stuff and |
| 1739s | stephen will not be able to go through |
| 1740s | everything there's nothing like his |
| 1742s | stuff yeah there's she'd be here all day |
| 1744s | there's a lot there's a lot uh sometimes |
| 1747s | i feel like my mind is on the precipice |
| 1749s | of just breaking in half when there's |
| 1751s | just what what there is to cover on a |
| 1754s | daily basis uh from my schedule um but |
| 1758s | there is so much to be excited about |
| 1761s | that this team is working on and not |
| 1763s | only that they're working on but that |
| 1765s | they are creating in such a way |
| 1768s | that is unlike any experience that i've |
| 1772s | had as a gamer uh and as an mmo player |
| 1775s | and i'm just i'm just so incredibly |
| 1777s | excited i guess i'm fresh off the heels |
| 1779s | of our last of our of our internal |
| 1782s | livestream our time our town hall so if |
| 1784s | i seem overly excited it's because you |
| 1787s | know watching the presentation at the |
| 1789s | end of our first you know 2022 milestone |
| 1793s | um |
| 1794s | has made me excited so i apologize |
| 1798s | i apologize to you and to those out |
| 1800s | there who do not have this game in their |
| 1803s | hands yet if i am hyping this i don't |
| 1805s | want to be like i'm not hyping this i'm |
| 1808s | just very excited myself and i want to |
| 1811s | convey the excitement to you guys but i |
| 1814s | i also want to temper |
| 1816s | that there's still development we have a |
| 1818s | lot of work development there's a lot of |
| 1820s | work and and last um |
| 1823s | last last uh uh stream you know we |
| 1827s | showed a very big |
| 1829s | system the character creator and we |
| 1831s | showed oh are we dying are we losing |
| 1833s | oh yeah the internet just crashed |
| 1837s | uh-oh |
| 1838s | uh-oh |
| 1840s | wait |
| 1841s | oh it's back |
| 1843s | wait a minute |
| 1845s | are we back |
| 1847s | uh-oh |
| 1848s | let's see if the stream drops how are we |
| 1850s | doing |
| 1853s | standby it's like we're still up so |
| 1857s | all right |
| 1858s | we'll wait for it to |
| 1861s | sorry about that |
| 1863s | yes seems like the internet took a |
| 1865s | hiccup okay i think i think we're back |
| 1866s | but anyways i i just wanted to say um |
| 1870s | the another thing is is that |
| 1874s | last last month we showed off the |
| 1876s | character crater right and that's that's |
| 1877s | obviously was a was a |
| 1879s | very exciting thing for for everyone to |
| 1881s | see it it gives you a level of quality |
| 1884s | for |
| 1884s | what we're hoping to achieve with all of |
| 1886s | our systems in the game in general and |
| 1888s | and you guys get to see that stuff and |
| 1890s | um but that we are active actively in |
| 1893s | development and we need to be |
| 1894s | conscientious of how we present the |
| 1896s | systems uh during our development um and |
| 1899s | what that means is sometimes we're not |
| 1901s | going to have streams that are as |
| 1904s | exciting as visually appealing as that |
| 1907s | as a character creator so i just want to |
| 1908s | make sure we temper expectations that |
| 1910s | we're going to show you guys stuff we're |
| 1912s | going to show you stuff strategically |
| 1913s | that's that's smart and that can be |
| 1916s | shown by other content creators and |
| 1918s | stuff um uh but just be patient for that |
| 1921s | um i know you guys have been patient we |
| 1923s | appreciate that we love the patients |
| 1925s | that our community has uh but understand |
| 1927s | that patience will yield a very good |
| 1929s | product um so all right well let's |
| 1932s | transition into talking a little bit |
| 1936s | about |
| 1937s | our event system and how that works if |
| 1940s | you don't mind transitioning to that |
| 1942s | yeah we have a little |
| 1943s | video that we'll play i like event |
| 1945s | systems some b-roll video uh |
| 1949s | will we talk about this |
| 1957s | somebody said that |
| 1959s | margaret someone said that you cut the |
| 1960s | stream to stop me from leaking |
| 1965s | i didn't i think it was twitch because i |
| 1967s | didn't touch anything we actually didn't |
| 1968s | stop the stream it was a like twitch |
| 1971s | hiccuped and then we're back now so |
| 1973s | yeah sure |
| 1975s | um |
| 1978s | i actually have mute power i can just |
| 1979s | mute stephen |
| 1981s | i know i don't own the power |
| 1983s | no bully no bullying i know i wouldn't |
| 1985s | ever um |
| 1987s | so that's a joke maybe but |
| 1989s | what we wanted to talk about on today's |
| 1991s | stream was a little bit more systems |
| 1993s | driven |
| 1994s | um chatting kind of about how |
| 1998s | content gets introduced into the world |
| 2001s | um and things like uh |
| 2004s | things like uh these little goblins that |
| 2006s | you see by the way i love these little |
| 2008s | goblins |
| 2011s | yeah the shaman's cool but what i love |
| 2012s | about the goblins is they're really |
| 2015s | a unique monster race from the sense |
| 2017s | that they have social organization to |
| 2019s | themselves right and |
| 2021s | a lot of monsters kind of share that |
| 2023s | that aspect um |
| 2026s | that they have these kind of social |
| 2027s | organizations where you can develop uh |
| 2030s | goblin tactics and you can have uh some |
| 2033s | goblin identities and you can have |
| 2035s | variants and those types of um the types |
| 2039s | of goblins that you can even experience |
| 2041s | um but anyways uh so when we're talking |
| 2044s | about events um we've talked about this |
| 2047s | in the past a little bit some of you |
| 2048s | guys know the event system |
| 2050s | but really |
| 2052s | what the events represent is a way for |
| 2055s | us to attempt and introduce |
| 2058s | content in a more fluid in a more |
| 2061s | natural in a more |
| 2064s | kind of progression-based |
| 2066s | way that the world is reacting to player |
| 2070s | activity |
| 2071s | and what we mean by player activity is |
| 2077s | in the event system we have uh |
| 2079s | certain predicates and these these |
| 2083s | predicates act as requirements that must |
| 2085s | be |
| 2086s | satisfied before a particular story arc |
| 2090s | or a particular event |
| 2091s | can kick off right |
| 2094s | and these events are are very |
| 2097s | [Music] |
| 2098s | very wide ranging in what they can be |
| 2101s | right um this could be a plague that's |
| 2104s | sweeping the lands it could be |
| 2106s | um a natural disaster that is a forest |
| 2111s | fire or a volcanic eruption uh it could |
| 2114s | be a response from a particular npc |
| 2117s | faction or a monster faction like here |
| 2119s | you see the goblins kind of assaulting a |
| 2121s | town but what's interesting about these |
| 2123s | events and something that i think |
| 2124s | correlates to to |
| 2126s | kind of how i run d d campaigns as well |
| 2129s | is that there's always a clock ticking |
| 2132s | in the world right there's always |
| 2133s | something that's happening |
| 2135s | in the background regardless of what |
| 2137s | player decisions are made sometimes |
| 2139s | right these things can continue to |
| 2142s | develop and if you don't pay attention |
| 2144s | to them or if you don't respond to them |
| 2146s | if you do not |
| 2148s | stop them from advancing in stages |
| 2152s | right |
| 2153s | these things will have effects on your |
| 2156s | day-to-day activities they will |
| 2159s | create obstacles they will potentially |
| 2162s | destroy buildings they will |
| 2166s | create havoc within the game player |
| 2169s | world that will force you to respond um |
| 2172s | and if you if you do not |
| 2174s | um you will suffer the concept the the |
| 2176s | consequences so um |
| 2179s | let's see where do did you give me let |
| 2181s | me see |
| 2183s | talking points for you here oh sweet |
| 2185s | yeah |
| 2187s | steven's using the run of show you guys |
| 2188s | it's exciting i know i'm so sorry |
| 2193s | i'm like where is my run of show um okay |
| 2197s | i think i have it here okay perfect um |
| 2200s | so one of the things that we we kind of |
| 2202s | consider behind the uh event |
| 2204s | applications are like where these events |
| 2207s | live so obviously one of the most common |
| 2209s | probably events that you guys have |
| 2210s | experienced at other mmorpgs are |
| 2212s | calendar events um caliver calendar |
| 2214s | events can be server-wide events that uh |
| 2217s | you know give us unique content uh based |
| 2219s | on the duration of either some type of |
| 2222s | uh real-world holiday or in-game holiday |
| 2225s | or beat |
| 2226s | now that's not to say that these are |
| 2227s | going to be campy or that they're going |
| 2230s | to be |
| 2231s | um you know out of immersion so to speak |
| 2234s | we're going we we have a lot of ideas on |
| 2236s | how certain real world holidays can be |
| 2239s | uh contextualized within the game world |
| 2242s | and it seemed fitting right we actually |
| 2244s | asked you all for your feedback in |
| 2245s | regards to events and holidays and if |
| 2248s | you'd like to see those and um |
| 2250s | looking at the feedback from that it |
| 2252s | seems like you guys want to mix you want |
| 2254s | a mix of in-game holidays and seasonal |
| 2256s | events and things like that that are |
| 2258s | pertinent to the culture of the world |
| 2260s | and different from real life and then |
| 2262s | you also want some that coincide with |
| 2264s | real life but have |
| 2266s | you know their own culture and purpose |
| 2268s | in the game and i think we can |
| 2270s | definitely incorporate all of that |
| 2271s | feedback for sure yeah and part of the |
| 2274s | great thing that the content team the |
| 2276s | narrative team that's um you know scott |
| 2278s | and chris and aimee and wynn um |
| 2283s | and tony um |
| 2285s | you know part of the things that they're |
| 2287s | working on um is creating a lot of |
| 2290s | cultural identity for these character |
| 2292s | races um and how we can um |
| 2296s | bring about kind of these um calendar |
| 2299s | events from the perspective of each |
| 2301s | individual race um that's something that |
| 2303s | is that i think is going to be |
| 2306s | really helping identify or giving |
| 2308s | identity uh to each of the |
| 2310s | characteristics |
| 2311s | the other thing i want to say is that |
| 2313s | aimee and clayton um have been |
| 2317s | uh you know working very hard on um |
| 2321s | on this event system so i want to give |
| 2323s | them super kudos big props uh to to uh |
| 2326s | aimee watanabe and um clayton stamper um |
| 2330s | next thing |
| 2331s | and i believe chris scott scott bacara |
| 2333s | chris holdtorf absolutely and recently |
| 2336s | tony as well um |
| 2338s | so notice like you gotta |
| 2341s | yes i know i'm sorry it's okay um |
| 2344s | so uh the the next thing and this is |
| 2346s | kind of indicative of the little video |
| 2348s | that you see here the little loop that |
| 2349s | we're playing is note attacks um some of |
| 2351s | the events that spawn have consequences |
| 2354s | that lead to node attacks right and |
| 2356s | enemies have |
| 2358s | a particular type of hate list |
| 2360s | on certain buildings that a node may |
| 2363s | have access to when they attack during |
| 2365s | an event and that hate list might relate |
| 2368s | to |
| 2369s | um |
| 2370s | or that building choice might relate to |
| 2373s | something that is indicative of the |
| 2374s | storyline for that particular event um |
| 2377s | or it could be something that is more |
| 2379s | pivotal to the defense of the city if |
| 2381s | the city doesn't respond to these types |
| 2383s | of things that might weaken them for |
| 2384s | potential player attacks afterwards |
| 2386s | right um and that's something that's |
| 2388s | that's very important as well um monster |
| 2390s | coin events we've talked about this in |
| 2392s | the past monster coins are obviously |
| 2393s | items that allow players to become |
| 2394s | monsters for some period of time um |
| 2397s | events allow players to kind of opt in |
| 2399s | from the monster's perspective and take |
| 2401s | out their rage on other players or |
| 2403s | different factions |
| 2404s | but without having to be their own |
| 2406s | player character at that time um i think |
| 2409s | that breaks up the monotony of of what |
| 2412s | you know playing your character class |
| 2414s | might always represent on a day-to-day |
| 2416s | basis and give you a little bit of uh uh |
| 2419s | a a fun um uh |
| 2422s | a little bit of a a fun part time away |
| 2425s | from that um the other thing is uh are |
| 2428s | kind of poi events um so p of i events |
| 2430s | typically tell stories of the particular |
| 2432s | poi right like why does this poi exist |
| 2435s | why are there monsters here at this |
| 2437s | point of interest that might be some |
| 2438s | tower or might be some dungeon you know |
| 2440s | how does that population interact with |
| 2442s | the rest of the world outside of just |
| 2444s | its point of interest right |
| 2446s | and those things could be precursors for |
| 2448s | node attacks themselves um it could |
| 2451s | address the story of nearby threats as |
| 2453s | antagonists to civilization in general |
| 2455s | um enemies can can only really grow |
| 2458s | stronger as the node grows becoming |
| 2460s | outposts essentially for exiled or |
| 2462s | rivals of the existing order um the |
| 2464s | other thing about node conflict npcs |
| 2467s | is that they might have influential |
| 2468s | inhabitants of the world right you might |
| 2470s | have you know a dude who's the leader of |
| 2473s | the speakeasies and they you know have |
| 2476s | information to give you and if you don't |
| 2478s | you know interact with them they might |
| 2479s | give you that information to your |
| 2481s | enemies and that might spawn off some |
| 2483s | other event um so these are these are |
| 2485s | also closely integrated with story lines |
| 2488s | and and story arcs uh in general um the |
| 2490s | other thing uh you could have um certain |
| 2494s | type of pvp objectives and pvp driven |
| 2496s | events the event system |
| 2498s | is used to create pvp situations in the |
| 2500s | open world as almost battlegrounds right |
| 2502s | open world battlegrounds and i've talked |
| 2503s | about this in the past as well |
| 2505s | but usually my |
| 2508s | definition of what a battleground is and |
| 2509s | it's non-traditional it's not typically |
| 2511s | something that um is defined in the same |
| 2513s | way in other mmorpgs but i kind of view |
| 2516s | them as these small skirmishes that |
| 2519s | might lead up to a siege or to a war and |
| 2521s | they might have capture points during |
| 2523s | node and castle fights and these pvp |
| 2526s | objectives may be more relevant for |
| 2527s | smaller groups than for giant raids and |
| 2529s | you might have concurrently running |
| 2531s | objectives during a particular event |
| 2533s | where you have to dispatch |
| 2535s | groups simultaneously to go address |
| 2538s | these objectives uh in order to complete |
| 2541s | one particular type of event or one |
| 2543s | particular type of of success condition |
| 2547s | so that is that is another element of |
| 2549s | our pvp objectives and how they work in |
| 2552s | the event systems as well um one |
| 2554s | important thing to note about events in |
| 2555s | general is notifications are |
| 2559s | are sent to the players right players |
| 2560s | can kind of opt into these events uh in |
| 2563s | a similar way that you would into a |
| 2565s | quest right you're going to be presented |
| 2567s | with it would you like to participate um |
| 2569s | but they might not i mean they might not |
| 2571s | always be that way you might hear |
| 2575s | trees falling in the forest and that may |
| 2577s | be an audio cue to tell you something's |
| 2580s | happening over there it's out of the |
| 2581s | ordinary this is not normally an audio |
| 2583s | cue that i hear in this area and i'm |
| 2586s | gonna go investigate that thing so it |
| 2587s | might not just be always that kind of ui |
| 2590s | window represented with a participate or |
| 2593s | not but i'm going to go investigate and |
| 2595s | in that sense it could be stage driven |
| 2598s | so you might have the more local stage |
| 2601s | where it is just the visual or audio |
| 2602s | cues and you get to go participate in |
| 2604s | that stage and then when it advances or |
| 2607s | if you don't answer the problem in time |
| 2609s | then it starts to expand regionally and |
| 2611s | then it might send out um particular uh |
| 2614s | notifications to either citizens of the |
| 2617s | node from which it falls under its |
| 2618s | purview um or even broader than that |
| 2621s | right it could be global driven events |
| 2623s | um and then it could have things that |
| 2625s | that are are visual cues that are really |
| 2628s | big like a giant blizzard that's |
| 2631s | affecting the zone uh because the event |
| 2634s | hasn't been addressed and that can |
| 2636s | affect the crop rotations or it can |
| 2638s | affect uh passages and roads and how |
| 2640s | caravans move you know there's a lot |
| 2642s | there's a lot that the that the |
| 2643s | predicate system um informs to the event |
| 2647s | system and then the event system reacts |
| 2650s | to those types of predicates right |
| 2653s | there's also event levels uh the level |
| 2655s | of a particular event |
| 2658s | content is scaled essentially with the |
| 2659s | level of the content that triggers it so |
| 2662s | for example if the event takes place in |
| 2663s | a zone that has a base population of |
| 2665s | let's say average level 25 then one of |
| 2668s | the trigger conditions might be that 10 |
| 2670s | monsters of level 25 have been killed |
| 2672s | recently in that zone and the level 25 |
| 2674s | event will now spawn additional content |
| 2676s | designed for level 25 players so these |
| 2678s | events aren't always going to be end |
| 2680s | game they're going to be obviously |
| 2682s | appropriate based on the content in |
| 2684s | which the predicate system is informing |
| 2687s | but they also could be something |
| 2689s | completely uh top level that is |
| 2692s | introduced at a lower level area and |
| 2694s | brings population traffic of the players |
| 2696s | back to those types of things |
| 2698s | there's one other important thing is |
| 2699s | that events are driven by what we call a |
| 2702s | state machine right |
| 2703s | and there are essentially five types of |
| 2705s | states that exist for events |
| 2708s | there's the in progress state there's |
| 2709s | the active state inactive on cooldown or |
| 2711s | disabled um and that is essentially a |
| 2715s | way that we inform |
| 2717s | um we inform uh what types of elements |
| 2720s | what what stage of activity things are |
| 2723s | coming online based on what event state |
| 2726s | uh is is currently active at the moment |
| 2729s | um |
| 2730s | uh we talked a little bit about kind of |
| 2732s | triggers um we have world conditions |
| 2734s | like node levels we have uh |
| 2737s | seasons and climates and calendar the |
| 2740s | service building activation relics and |
| 2742s | completed raids |
| 2744s | all of these things can be part of what |
| 2746s | informs i'm not going to go into what |
| 2747s | everything can be i don't want to dish |
| 2748s | out you know the the nitty-gritties of |
| 2750s | the system per se but i'm just giving |
| 2752s | you an idea of what essentially um |
| 2754s | allows events to become a thing um |
| 2758s | and then once those things are addressed |
| 2760s | or not addressed |
| 2761s | certain cooldown cooldowns get triggered |
| 2764s | um |
| 2765s | other conditions might uh uh trigger it |
| 2767s | could form as a predicate for an |
| 2769s | additional event there could be |
| 2770s | concurrent events |
| 2772s | um |
| 2774s | we are we alive |
| 2775s | i feel like we're dropping again |
| 2778s | yeah it looks like twitch is hiccuping |
| 2779s | again |
| 2780s | oh no yeah okay maybe we're back |
| 2785s | it's still in the red |
| 2787s | we're under attack |
| 2788s | and now it's green again |
| 2791s | there's an ad playing so |
| 2793s | give it four seconds not like these |
| 2798s | yay |
| 2805s | fortunately it's not my internet it's |
| 2807s | twitch's side so it's not cutting it's |
| 2809s | not like making the video cut |
| 2812s | yes that's true |
| 2813s | this is true |
| 2815s | okay um |
| 2816s | but anyway so that's that's the general |
| 2819s | uh kind of um |
| 2821s | new information that you may or may not |
| 2822s | have had in the past uh regarding events |
| 2825s | i'm not sure if i missed anything i i |
| 2827s | think it's getting going red again |
| 2832s | i'm looking at the |
| 2835s | says the video skips but the audio is |
| 2837s | fine |
| 2838s | interesting |
| 2839s | well |
| 2840s | you know we always can't have um |
| 2843s | remember when we used to have so many |
| 2844s | issues audio issues and like |
| 2847s | you may not remember that i wasn't here |
| 2850s | it was before my time uh oh but now it |
| 2853s | is your time no i'm just kidding but |
| 2855s | this is not me |
| 2856s | i'm just messing i'm just messing with |
| 2858s | you but now it is your time |
| 2861s | the time of the orchestra no i'm just |
| 2863s | kidding um oh gosh anyways did i miss |
| 2866s | anything in the uh |
| 2868s | in the uh |
| 2869s | explanation there's any questions you |
| 2871s | have for me about events at all margaret |
| 2873s | i don't think i think the only thing i |
| 2876s | would want to uh mention is that this |
| 2878s | isn't all of them |
| 2880s | no no no no we wanna obviously this type |
| 2883s | of system |
| 2886s | are we still alive it says we are |
| 2888s | but it's definitely maybe it's the |
| 2890s | goblin video let's kill the job kill the |
| 2892s | goblin video i don't know |
| 2894s | i don't think it should be because it's |
| 2896s | my cpu is like two percent |
| 2899s | maybe twitch can't handle the goblins |
| 2901s | the goblins are too powerful |
| 2905s | goblins are strong |
| 2908s | okay um |
| 2909s | yeah so to margaret's point um this |
| 2912s | obviously isn't everything about the |
| 2913s | system we don't want to reveal |
| 2915s | everything about the system |
| 2917s | but we do want to give you context for |
| 2918s | how the system interacts with the |
| 2920s | players |
| 2921s | and we do want to give you kind of an |
| 2922s | idea of how these things advance and |
| 2925s | progress and how they get um initiated |
| 2928s | and uh just to give you a general uh |
| 2931s | idea of you know all all of what invents |
| 2935s | um can entail um so that you know the |
| 2938s | type of living breathing you know |
| 2940s | typical cliche |
| 2942s | terminology that's used for these types |
| 2944s | of systems |
| 2946s | but the goal is to really create |
| 2948s | something that is that feels immersive |
| 2950s | that feels organic |
| 2952s | that feels reactive to kind of player |
| 2954s | agency in the world |
| 2956s | and the event system is one of those |
| 2958s | components um |
| 2960s | yeah yeah and it's kind of basically |
| 2962s | that risk versus reward versus |
| 2964s | consequence that we have talked about |
| 2966s | many times when it comes to ashes of |
| 2968s | creation we want you if you ignore those |
| 2971s | goblins they're going to be plotting |
| 2973s | something so uh you will have to you |
| 2976s | know deal with what the repercussions of |
| 2978s | those are but if you're you know take |
| 2979s | care of it early on maybe you're |
| 2981s | rewarded for that so kind of keeping |
| 2983s | those things in mind um also i believe |
| 2986s | there will be a feedback thread about |
| 2988s | events that is going to be popped up |
| 2990s | now-ish vachnar i know you're making it |
| 2993s | live uh so if you can pop that live now |
| 2996s | you're welcome to go over to our forums |
| 2997s | leave us feedback in regards to your |
| 2999s | thoughts we'll also have an article that |
| 3001s | will be going out i believe next week |
| 3003s | and that will also kind of give you a |
| 3006s | rundown of this again if you're you know |
| 3008s | if reading is a little bit easier for |
| 3009s | you than listening to us talk but we'll |
| 3012s | also embed the video segment so you can |
| 3014s | you know listen back and read at the |
| 3016s | same time along with us um |
| 3018s | i did have one question that was asked |
| 3020s | oh god i feel like it was the goblin |
| 3023s | video like maybe we should have made |
| 3024s | them gremlins because they were missing |
| 3027s | i'm just kidding i don't think it is i |
| 3028s | think twitch is having server issues |
| 3030s | right now um |
| 3032s | yeah i looked at their thing i think |
| 3033s | they were having services got it uh in |
| 3035s | regards to this question that i saw in |
| 3038s | chat i think it might be something that |
| 3040s | you you could answer and uh sure it's |
| 3042s | from |
| 3043s | levi levioima i'm not sure |
| 3046s | uh they wanted to know you don't have to |
| 3048s | answer this today but i would appreciate |
| 3050s | an answer on stream over the next couple |
| 3052s | days if you are going to link some |
| 3054s | holidays to out of game events how will |
| 3056s | you resolve the time difference since it |
| 3059s | was said that in game time will be |
| 3061s | faster than real world time like four |
| 3063s | times faster i believe and that's kind |
| 3064s | of a valid question to ask oh i see so |
| 3067s | will will |
| 3068s | seasonal events in the real world align |
| 3072s | with the seasonal rotation in the game |
| 3075s | world |
| 3076s | um and uh i think in that sense um |
| 3080s | probably not that's going to require a |
| 3082s | little bit of suspension of disbelief um |
| 3084s | in understanding that but it's it's it's |
| 3086s | also fair that |
| 3088s | um in |
| 3090s | game events do not need to be uh |
| 3093s | perfectly cyclical |
| 3096s | like let's say seasonal events are in |
| 3098s | the real world um they could have a |
| 3102s | non-uniform cycle associated with them |
| 3105s | um |
| 3106s | but yeah we we also you know there is |
| 3109s | something to be said for |
| 3111s | having that represented in the game as |
| 3113s | long as it's immersive as long as it's |
| 3115s | contextualized within the story and the |
| 3116s | world and the universe that we've |
| 3117s | created um and isn't a direct homage to |
| 3120s | santa claus and the real world right |
| 3122s | like um just to use a prime example or |
| 3125s | something um |
| 3127s | but it it it it can be a fun it can be a |
| 3129s | fun thing for players to experience and |
| 3130s | it doesn't always have to |
| 3132s | oh thank for red again oh my god yeah |
| 3136s | twitch is uh not happy oh no |
| 3141s | i am recording locally right now so |
| 3144s | um for this end bit just in case |
| 3147s | it's like hardcore hiccups |
| 3150s | twitch is it twitch what are they doing |
| 3153s | i don't know um okay but either way |
| 3155s | hopefully that answered your question i |
| 3157s | think that was a that was a good answer |
| 3159s | yep |
| 3161s | got some ads playing |
| 3165s | but they'll be able to listen to the |
| 3166s | video as well |
| 3167s | yeah that's good |
| 3169s | um what do we got next our next thing is |
| 3171s | environment art |
| 3173s | rock and roll so let's go ahead and hop |
| 3176s | over there |
| 3177s | so |
| 3178s | um the first thing is i don't know if |
| 3180s | you want to talk a little bit about what |
| 3181s | environment has been working on but i |
| 3183s | know they've been working on a lot of |
| 3185s | biome oriented things in regards to |
| 3187s | alpha 2. well |
| 3189s | and so this is oh so we're doing |
| 3191s | concepts so this is a some concept that |
| 3194s | that joe has done with regards to um |
| 3197s | fleshing out some of the architectures |
| 3199s | of the pirae culture |
| 3201s | um so these are different types of home |
| 3204s | um |
| 3205s | concepts for the pirate |
| 3208s | and you can see obviously the approach |
| 3211s | here is to be as seamless between the |
| 3213s | environment that |
| 3214s | these homes exist in uh and the the |
| 3218s | architecture itself so there's a lot of |
| 3221s | root structures that are incorporated |
| 3223s | they're likely going to be using uh |
| 3226s | similar foliage actors that exist within |
| 3229s | the world um as a means to integrate |
| 3232s | these types of structures uh with their |
| 3234s | surrounding environment i really love |
| 3235s | how joe |
| 3236s | kind of captures um not just the element |
| 3239s | of the building here and the design of |
| 3241s | that particular building for the |
| 3242s | modelers to kind of utilize but also uh |
| 3245s | to give context for how these buildings |
| 3247s | live within the environment by |
| 3248s | incorporating uh the ancillary uh |
| 3253s | natural features |
| 3254s | and this is definitely work in progress |
| 3256s | they're just kind of trying to solidify |
| 3259s | you know how do these different layers |
| 3261s | live how do they interact with the |
| 3262s | environment as stephen said |
| 3264s | so take note that these are not final |
| 3266s | these are just concepts to kind of give |
| 3268s | us a you know an understanding of where |
| 3270s | we're headed with them uh the next thing |
| 3272s | that we're going to show here is the |
| 3274s | ayla ruins which um you know this is |
| 3277s | obviously in-game screenshots uh these |
| 3279s | are modular sets that um |
| 3282s | uh in the beginning of the new portal |
| 3284s | area runes for the ayla ayla elder race |
| 3288s | to be used throughout the riverlands so |
| 3290s | we've shown off the riverland stuff in |
| 3291s | the past already |
| 3293s | and now you're getting to see a little |
| 3294s | bit rather of those |
| 3296s | i'm watching on stream as well yeah |
| 3298s | i'm recording locally so we can yeah |
| 3300s | yeah we'll use the local video yeah um |
| 3302s | so this |
| 3304s | these you know obviously you guys are |
| 3306s | aware you're coming back to vera vera |
| 3307s | once had very large parent-race |
| 3309s | civilizations and um much of the |
| 3312s | landscape incorporates kind of ruined um |
| 3315s | uh uh buildings and these um uh sets |
| 3320s | that you're gonna come across in the in |
| 3321s | the world to kind of communicate that |
| 3323s | age and that |
| 3325s | distant past uh feeling um but part of |
| 3329s | that is determining um the parent race's |
| 3331s | original architecture and what their |
| 3334s | their cities did look like because there |
| 3336s | are going to be cut scenes in the game |
| 3338s | that kind of take you back |
| 3339s | uh in time to visualize the fall and the |
| 3342s | apocalypse and and stuff along those |
| 3344s | lines as as incorporating as certain |
| 3347s | story elements um so uh in that sense uh |
| 3351s | we create kind of the |
| 3353s | pristine version of the alien |
| 3354s | architecture and then we destroy it down |
| 3357s | into |
| 3358s | um these ruined |
| 3361s | points of interest and or ruined |
| 3363s | set dresses for the for the environments |
| 3369s | and then next we have a little teaser |
| 3374s | of a couple |
| 3375s | screenshots of some of the new tech that |
| 3377s | they're |
| 3378s | going to be showing off in the future |
| 3380s | um i don't know if you want to talk how |
| 3382s | much you want to talk about that but i |
| 3384s | know they wanted to tease these a little |
| 3386s | bit i actually just i went out to lunch |
| 3388s | with the environment team yesterday and |
| 3390s | we were talking about um you know |
| 3393s | showcasing this in the next stream |
| 3397s | and they uh pretty confident they were |
| 3399s | like don't give a timeline |
| 3401s | if they're confident hey if they're |
| 3403s | confident i'm confident so |
| 3405s | um i will say that uh i have seen the |
| 3408s | the preliminary tech here uh and it is |
| 3412s | freaking cool |
| 3414s | these are just teaser images |
| 3417s | but wait until you see the video uh |
| 3420s | about this tech and how seasons are |
| 3423s | introduced within the world it is |
| 3426s | something that i think is going to be a |
| 3429s | very stable and unique aspect of the |
| 3432s | ashes of creation |
| 3433s | [Music] |
| 3435s | mmorpg its world is going to be seeing |
| 3438s | the drastic differences that are |
| 3440s | introduced visually for each biome in |
| 3443s | each environment |
| 3445s | when these cycles of seasons uh are |
| 3447s | introduced and you're gonna see that |
| 3449s | that that tech which is which has taken |
| 3452s | a lot of effort from our technical art |
| 3454s | teams and from the environment teams um |
| 3456s | in accomplishing uh but it is something |
| 3459s | that feels just so good um and of course |
| 3462s | it has deeper uh uh |
| 3465s | implications right um as it applies to |
| 3468s | certain systems like uh crop rotations |
| 3471s | and um being able to kind of grow things |
| 3474s | but also how does that affect the |
| 3476s | economy like if a particular region |
| 3478s | moves into a season and that week you |
| 3479s | can't grow a particular type of good but |
| 3482s | another region halfway across the world |
| 3484s | can grow that good and you talk about |
| 3486s | moving those goods across regions so |
| 3488s | that they're relevant to either craft |
| 3490s | workbenches or you can sell them in the |
| 3492s | local economies |
| 3494s | that is a major indicator of movement of |
| 3497s | goods and movement of goods carries |
| 3500s | risks and risks can create political uh |
| 3503s | foes and friends so um you know all that |
| 3505s | stuff something as simple as just a |
| 3507s | climate can have cascading consequences |
| 3511s | across the entirety of the game um and |
| 3514s | yeah i think it's pretty pretty cool |
| 3517s | all right moving on to our character |
| 3520s | goodness |
| 3522s | um |
| 3523s | i'm looking at |
| 3525s | uh |
| 3526s | oops that was supposed to be last |
| 3529s | you saw nothing uh the first one here is |
| 3532s | our sleep sears uh rament as you've seen |
| 3536s | before and i'll play the 3d element of |
| 3538s | this |
| 3540s | this is the 3d model of it our artists |
| 3542s | are so amazing you see concept art and |
| 3544s | pretty much everything looks just like |
| 3546s | the concept |
| 3547s | um |
| 3548s | so pretty sick |
| 3550s | awesome head dress you can kind of see |
| 3551s | how the light reflects on everything who |
| 3554s | did this one was danny eli i didn't |
| 3557s | i i forgot to put the names on those |
| 3559s | ones so i don't wanna i don't wanna give |
| 3560s | credit to someone with the wrong names |
| 3562s | um |
| 3564s | and then the next one here is our steed |
| 3566s | of the frayed corpse |
| 3570s | work in progress |
| 3576s | you guys might get your bingo card oh |
| 3578s | that horse looks so good |
| 3581s | all right and then the next one is the |
| 3584s | lovely amethyst bow bite |
| 3591s | oh |
| 3592s | it's like a little alpaca alpaca |
| 3595s | well it was basically like a |
| 3599s | alpaca |
| 3614s | turtle alpaca llama |
| 3617s | and then next we have our rock hawk |
| 3619s | which is looking so sick |
| 3621s | rock hawk i like that |
| 3623s | and |
| 3624s | uh |
| 3625s | don't say it too fast |
| 3632s | [Laughter] |
| 3640s | next up we have our work in progress |
| 3643s | ascara but we haven't really had i know |
| 3645s | there's been people asking for |
| 3648s | for bugs |
| 3649s | so here you go |
| 3650s | oh |
| 3651s | little beetle dude |
| 3653s | yeah |
| 3654s | how big is that |
| 3655s | i would assume it's probably a big |
| 3658s | beetle that you're gonna fight |
| 3661s | um but i'm sure they can make little |
| 3663s | ones too |
| 3665s | yeah then we've got |
| 3667s | the thing you totally didn't see earlier |
| 3670s | which is the work in progress of the |
| 3672s | scorpion boss |
| 3674s | and we do have an image for scale |
| 3677s | right there |
| 3681s | oh yeah |
| 3683s | this guy is scary |
| 3685s | so |
| 3686s | sick i think either ginsee or keith is |
| 3689s | working on this one |
| 3692s | i don't want to say who it is if i have |
| 3694s | it wrong |
| 3697s | um but yeah you know he he just looks |
| 3700s | like he's a misunderstood |
| 3704s | totally |
| 3705s | probably not gonna attack you and eat |
| 3707s | your face no he seems like a like a |
| 3709s | cuddle bug you know what i mean no pun |
| 3711s | intended so cuddly with all those spikes |
| 3714s | yeah imagine those spikes no they're not |
| 3716s | meant to poke you they're meant to |
| 3718s | embrace you |
| 3721s | all right whatever you're into steven |
| 3727s | and of course that wraps up this uh |
| 3729s | segment for our character art um we'll |
| 3732s | move on to our q a and try to answer as |
| 3734s | many questions as we can here i know we |
| 3737s | do have a hard cut off at some point |
| 3739s | because steven has another meeting he is |
| 3741s | a fairly booked man |
| 3743s | the first one here we have here is about |
| 3746s | roleplay |
| 3747s | um and the question is well the custom |
| 3749s | text chat command slash e slash emo emmy |
| 3753s | or some variant of it be in the game for |
| 3755s | role play and they don't mean like |
| 3757s | emotes like dancing and stuff like that |
| 3759s | that they mean like can they type in the |
| 3762s | text that they want to type in |
| 3764s | yeah |
| 3765s | i think that was wasn't that present in |
| 3767s | alpha one i think it was an alpha one |
| 3769s | like you could type the slash |
| 3771s | uh emote you wanted and it would play |
| 3773s | like a you know wave or you could clap |
| 3775s | or you could do something like victory |
| 3776s | stuff yeah they don't want it to be an |
| 3778s | animated they're saying like can i just |
| 3780s | type whatever i want like uh slash |
| 3783s | uh you know emmy |
| 3785s | uh |
| 3787s | and then what does that do in the what |
| 3789s | do they want that to do |
| 3790s | other than put text there i think |
| 3793s | oh then yes |
| 3795s | you can chat in the chat box for sure |
| 3799s | well yeah like you can say slash |
| 3800s | chuckles but it's not like tied to an |
| 3802s | anime |
| 3803s | yes |
| 3804s | you can do that |
| 3805s | karthos wants to know naval combat uh |
| 3808s | can i equip my ship with a ram and plow |
| 3811s | into other ships and maybe raid bosses |
| 3813s | to inflict damage while not completely |
| 3815s | yes |
| 3817s | there might be particular ship |
| 3819s | components and or classes that excel at |
| 3822s | that type of activity |
| 3825s | awesome |
| 3826s | the next one is from goalid and they |
| 3828s | would like to know about vassal nodes |
| 3831s | village nodes and higher level nodes |
| 3833s | give out certain certificates for |
| 3835s | freeholds to be placed in their zoi |
| 3838s | zone of influence for those who don't |
| 3839s | know |
| 3840s | if i place my freehold in a vassal node |
| 3843s | can i get citizenship in the parent node |
| 3848s | uh that is a very good question actually |
| 3850s | um right now guys are doing a lot of |
| 3852s | value yeah |
| 3853s | yeah right right now actually we are |
| 3855s | intending on the um uh the freehold |
| 3859s | system |
| 3861s | to work in both scenarios uh there will |
| 3864s | but that may change but you would have |
| 3867s | an option depending on where you |
| 3869s | achieved where you procured the |
| 3872s | certificate from |
| 3873s | um as long as it is either in the parent |
| 3876s | or the vassal area it could be a part of |
| 3878s | either you you kind of you give that |
| 3881s | declaration when you lay down the |
| 3883s | freehold but |
| 3885s | like i said that may change because we |
| 3886s | are actively um defining a different |
| 3889s | approach on some of the vassal systems |
| 3893s | awesome awesome |
| 3895s | next up we've got nia asking about |
| 3897s | emotes uh will there be interactions |
| 3900s | with pets and mounts such as petting |
| 3903s | hugging or playing with them oh yeah i |
| 3905s | would love to i mean it's a |
| 3907s | um i think actually a long time ago uh |
| 3911s | animation |
| 3913s | did do some of that um |
| 3916s | as a matter of fact in alpha one you |
| 3917s | might have seen some of the anims on the |
| 3919s | rider of a horse that they went down and |
| 3921s | kind of padded the side |
| 3924s | of the neck or they would pet kind of |
| 3927s | those but those would be separate |
| 3928s | actions that you could potentially do as |
| 3930s | just additional emotes but interfaces |
| 3932s | with a mount or pet that you have |
| 3935s | active all right |
| 3938s | and then we've got uh questing lore from |
| 3941s | dismiss and they want to know will we be |
| 3944s | processing through an overarching story |
| 3947s | and chapters of a narrative or will it |
| 3949s | largely be exploration and contained in |
| 3952s | small regional quest lines dotted |
| 3954s | throughout the world |
| 3956s | both |
| 3957s | um there will be a healthy dose of both |
| 3959s | of those um that the the approach of the |
| 3962s | narrative team |
| 3964s | is that there is of course a meta-story |
| 3967s | that meta-story gets informed by |
| 3969s | regional stories and regional outcomes |
| 3972s | and |
| 3974s | depending on how players progress within |
| 3976s | their personal stories that could be |
| 3978s | either |
| 3979s | racially based or |
| 3982s | could be |
| 3983s | their class-based |
| 3985s | they could be a per node basis like all |
| 3988s | of those things support a grand |
| 3990s | structure of the meta-narrative but |
| 3992s | that's how you effectuate kind of |
| 3994s | outcomes |
| 3998s | and then we've got schmucky asking about |
| 4001s | leveling will each node have a couple |
| 4004s | or have a complete and unique path |
| 4006s | for a player to get to max level |
| 4009s | so this is like could i just go to one |
| 4011s | node and level up to max level |
| 4014s | um could you do that the way that the |
| 4016s | nodes influence spawners around its area |
| 4019s | if the node were high enough level it |
| 4021s | would have relevant um experience grants |
| 4026s | that you could likely just live your |
| 4028s | life at a particular node however that |
| 4030s | probably would not be the most effective |
| 4032s | means of leveling um is it possible |
| 4035s | perhaps yes um but |
| 4038s | it would be probably at a reduced pace |
| 4041s | okay |
| 4042s | and then ronius |
| 4045s | sipony i don't know if i'm saying your |
| 4047s | name right wants to know about monster |
| 4049s | coins if an economic building is |
| 4052s | disabled in a monster coin event will it |
| 4054s | have economic consequences in regions |
| 4057s | other than the node in which it was |
| 4059s | destroyed |
| 4060s | uh potentially yes depending on what the |
| 4062s | what the service building was that got |
| 4064s | disabled um so for example if the |
| 4066s | service building that got disabled |
| 4069s | was a blacksmith's building that housed |
| 4071s | a workbench which was the only workbench |
| 4073s | in the region capable of crafting a t5 |
| 4076s | or tier v or you know high tier |
| 4078s | quality equipment |
| 4080s | then of course that would have |
| 4082s | ramifications economically as those |
| 4084s | pieces of equipment that are already |
| 4086s | readily available would raise in prices |
| 4089s | and because there would be |
| 4092s | a |
| 4093s | issue within the supply chain of those |
| 4097s | items being introduced into the economy |
| 4099s | you would potentially have some supply |
| 4101s | and demand |
| 4102s | changes economically and that could span |
| 4104s | regions that could be global um even so |
| 4107s | yeah |
| 4108s | and then we have a question from |
| 4109s | schwann36 wanting to know about naval |
| 4111s | content |
| 4112s | since you need to be at a port or harbor |
| 4115s | to summon a ship and that's only big |
| 4117s | ships small ships you could you could do |
| 4119s | not at those um if a ship is destroyed |
| 4122s | will's out at sea will the player need |
| 4125s | to slowly swim back to shore |
| 4128s | or get a ride or how would are they just |
| 4130s | stranded out there what's the yeah i |
| 4133s | mean there's a real fast ride that they |
| 4134s | could take and um typically that would |
| 4136s | involve them kind of just swimming under |
| 4138s | the water and letting life take its you |
| 4141s | know take them away |
| 4142s | but now |
| 4145s | stephen oh my god by the way do not |
| 4147s | advise doing that in real life or |
| 4149s | anything i'm just saying like in the |
| 4150s | game world |
| 4152s | there's a fast way and there's a slow |
| 4153s | wave but those are really kind of your |
| 4155s | options at that point |
| 4158s | okay because some games have uh you know |
| 4160s | things that will let you go back to |
| 4162s | shore or recall back or something of |
| 4164s | that sort yes um no we don't have a |
| 4167s | recall we don't have that type of there |
| 4169s | there is consequence for you losing the |
| 4171s | means of your mobility um and if you |
| 4175s | lost the means of that mobility then um |
| 4178s | those consequences are it's going to |
| 4179s | take you longer to get to where you need |
| 4180s | to go |
| 4181s | or you're going to have to suffer suffer |
| 4183s | some experience debt |
| 4185s | all right and then dabs 16 wants to know |
| 4188s | about sieges if a person is a citizen of |
| 4191s | a node when a siege scroll is dropped on |
| 4194s | the node can they move their citizenship |
| 4197s | before the siege occurs |
| 4200s | very interesting question um for the |
| 4202s | most part uh yes they could do that do |
| 4206s | they get a deserter tag or something so |
| 4208s | there are certain policies |
| 4211s | um that the node could have active at |
| 4213s | the time |
| 4215s | that might exacerbate the penalties for |
| 4217s | departing the city as a citizen prior to |
| 4221s | a siege taking effect but during the |
| 4223s | declaration period |
| 4225s | so |
| 4227s | that is a answer that has a variable |
| 4230s | component to it |
| 4231s | okay |
| 4233s | and then richie sh wants to know about |
| 4235s | the under realm can we expect the |
| 4237s | underrealm and tulnar starting area to |
| 4239s | be more built up civilization-wise since |
| 4242s | those inhabitants have existed on vera |
| 4244s | since the apocalypse |
| 4246s | well it's important to note actually |
| 4248s | that the the tulnar's locations within |
| 4251s | the underground that they took refuge in |
| 4254s | during the |
| 4256s | um |
| 4258s | after the exodus um |
| 4261s | that portion is |
| 4263s | was protected well actually i don't want |
| 4265s | to get into that too much |
| 4268s | i know i almost i almost slipped there |
| 4270s | i'm glad |
| 4271s | uh i did not actually um but uh how can |
| 4274s | i answer that question uh i'm not gonna |
| 4275s | give an answer you don't have to |
| 4277s | necessarily give an answer yeah um |
| 4280s | okay and then sorry richie you'll have |
| 4282s | to experience in game to find out |
| 4285s | uh the next question is about mounts and |
| 4287s | and this is from lashing and they would |
| 4289s | like to know will gliding tier two |
| 4291s | mounts have to sacrifice speed |
| 4294s | other stats or an ability slot to keep |
| 4297s | tier one mounts relevant |
| 4301s | um |
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| 4304s | no tier one route mounts are relevant um |
| 4307s | and this is something that's going to be |
| 4309s | explained in our stable systems and how |
| 4311s | mounts are |
| 4313s | accounted for uh later on um we haven't |
| 4316s | gotten into an article about the stable |
| 4318s | systems yet or or discussed really how |
| 4320s | they work um but generally you're gonna |
| 4322s | have active mounts and those active |
| 4325s | mounts um i'll just i'll tease this a |
| 4327s | little bit the active mounts are |
| 4328s | determined based on um you |
| 4332s | having that active mount as part of a |
| 4334s | slot within the stable that you um |
| 4337s | you're within the area of |
| 4339s | and what that means is that mounts are |
| 4340s | relevant in battle and if you lose your |
| 4343s | mount in battle it's it's it is a |
| 4345s | detriment there are ways for you to |
| 4347s | bring that mount back there are active |
| 4349s | potions that you can have available to |
| 4351s | you to do fast resurrections |
| 4353s | to reduce that cooldown potentially and |
| 4355s | you can also interface with the stable |
| 4357s | itself if you want to uh swap that mount |
| 4359s | out mount out with a different mount but |
| 4362s | tier one mounts will have certain type |
| 4364s | types of abilities that are unique to |
| 4366s | the tier ones and the tier twos will |
| 4368s | have certain abilities that are unique |
| 4369s | to the tier twos in some cases those |
| 4371s | will be horizontal um in other cases |
| 4374s | they'll be vertical power gain um so it |
| 4376s | just depends on the situation it's it's |
| 4379s | it's a situational element |
| 4381s | perfect and then we have our last |
| 4383s | question is going to be about end game |
| 4386s | from gizmo gizmo as in like m-o-w like |
| 4389s | moe in the lawn uh and they want to know |
| 4391s | how do you plan to balance professions |
| 4394s | to keep them equally useful and relevant |
| 4396s | at endgame |
| 4399s | well that's hard balance is a hard |
| 4401s | question |
| 4403s | it's a it's a big question |
| 4406s | balance is |
| 4408s | um you know of course something that is |
| 4410s | done through testing through iteration |
| 4413s | um and uh and also watching player |
| 4416s | behavior so um |
| 4419s | you know when it comes to balancing a |
| 4420s | system that's something that we do |
| 4421s | during testing phases when it comes to |
| 4423s | architecting the system itself and |
| 4425s | identifying the areas in which certain |
| 4429s | certain professions excel |
| 4431s | where they interact with ancillary |
| 4433s | systems their interconnectivity across |
| 4434s | the artisanship system as a whole |
| 4437s | you know the the important part there is |
| 4439s | to identify |
| 4441s | um how that the the interconnectivity |
| 4444s | lives with the other professions in the |
| 4448s | artisanship system um and and and what |
| 4451s | type of reliance you have on particular |
| 4453s | professions to complete the path of |
| 4457s | crafting or introduction of new items |
| 4460s | into the economy |
| 4462s | and i think that |
| 4463s | one of the things you need to strive to |
| 4465s | do |
| 4466s | is not to create arbitrary and one-off |
| 4470s | bespoke professions that aren't part of |
| 4472s | that integration that whole holistic |
| 4474s | kind of view of the depression system |
| 4477s | corey and mike are doing a great job in |
| 4479s | kind of identifying uh the importance of |
| 4482s | each profession across the artisanship |
| 4484s | as a whole the artisanship systems as a |
| 4487s | whole |
| 4488s | and right now we have 20 i believe we |
| 4491s | have 22 professions |
| 4494s | and we're talking about masteries like |
| 4496s | ultimate masteries uh living within only |
| 4499s | two of those to start for any one |
| 4501s | individual character |
| 4503s | so there's a uh that doesn't mean that |
| 4505s | that you can't achieve like tier three |
| 4507s | and tier four um |
| 4509s | intermediate proficiency within those |
| 4511s | systems and have some |
| 4513s | uh some interaction across the whole but |
| 4516s | when it comes to complete mastery we're |
| 4517s | really kind of identifying around two or |
| 4519s | three right now |
| 4520s | but that's something that gets play |
| 4522s | tested something gets iterated upon |
| 4523s | something that we get feedback on um |
| 4526s | that's an important aspect for sure |
| 4528s | yeah |
| 4529s | well we appreciate you answering all |
| 4531s | those questions stephen i know it's a |
| 4534s | lot |
| 4535s | um but of course uh we hope that you all |
| 4538s | enjoyed our april development update as |
| 4541s | we said there will be an ebb and flow of |
| 4543s | those big ones where we showcase a lot |
| 4545s | of cool in-game stuff |
| 4547s | versus the others where we kind of give |
| 4548s | you little pieces trickling here and |
| 4550s | there but we hope that you enjoyed |
| 4552s | hearing about the event system we will |
| 4553s | have an article going out next week or |
| 4555s | sometime coming up |
| 4557s | that you can check out as well as there |
| 4559s | already is a feedback thread up if you |
| 4562s | have any you know thoughts on the event |
| 4564s | system thus far feel free to drop them |
| 4566s | over there and then of course we also |
| 4568s | have our hairstyle feedback thread up we |
| 4571s | would love to hear your thoughts on |
| 4572s | those things |
| 4574s | especially for the hairstyles if you can |
| 4576s | provide some imagery that assists our |
| 4578s | artist quite greatly and you know we're |
| 4581s | really excited we hope that you have |
| 4583s | enjoyed um seeing our update and uh just |
| 4587s | quick reminders that the road to |
| 4588s | desolation cosmetic swap over will be on |
| 4590s | may 11th so if you'd like that check it |
| 4592s | out thank you all for watching thank you |
| 4594s | steven for your time we hope that you |
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| 4629s | about |
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| 4662s | month for another development update bye |
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