[2023] Development Update with Freehold Preview - 11AM PT Friday, June 30, 2023 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
9s	thank you
17s	hello and welcome to our glorious ashes
20s	of creation June development update we
23s	hope everyone is well and safe and has
26s	been having a wonderful month on our
28s	front it's been crazy we've got a lot
30s	going on and you better Buckle in strap
33s	up because it's gonna be a long one
35s	today I hope everyone brought their
36s	snacks I was warning people in the chat
39s	so you've been warned it is it is going
41s	to be a long one I mean what are we
43s	thinking here probably at least an hour
44s	and a half if not maybe two oh my God
46s	yeah depending on how many questions we
48s	answer after but so we'll we'll see how
50s	it goes but a lot of good information a
52s	lot of new information and updated
54s	information from old information so keep
57s	that in mind as we're moving forward
58s	today but to cover what we're going to
60s	be covering we're going to go quick
61s	reminders and try to be really quick
63s	about that Freehold update we'll do some
65s	art updates which includes some new Nick
68s	who and awesomeness I know folks have
70s	been asking about more dwarf stuff and a
72s	studio update and Q a so first and
75s	foremost we have our Spotlight for our
78s	YouTube comment which comes from zash
81s	Welsh guy and wants to know with
83s	phishing will we be able to use the fish
85s	we catch with the animal husbandry
87s	profession maybe have a freehold Pond or
90s	a fish tank in the player home
92s	yeah this is something that we have
95s	um uh ideas around and Designs around we
98s	haven't done any implementation or
99s	development for it yet but the idea is
102s	that for certain types of fish or
104s	certain very rare kind of trophy-esque
107s	uh fish you would be able instead of
109s	using the material to go through a
111s	process that might put it into things
113s	that are more cosmetic focused like a
116s	fish tank or a pond on the Freehold or
118s	something in the house we definitely
120s	have some ideas around there I think
122s	it's a super cool thing to kind of see
124s	something you've taken from the world
125s	and now that you've domesticated or put
127s	into uh your customizable space so great
130s	question it's definitely on the top of
131s	our minds it's something that we're
132s	going to be exploring post Alpha 2.
135s	awesome awesome and then we've got
138s	Stephen will be on the Ashen Forge
141s	over on twitch.tv Theory forge on July
144s	9th I think that they're going to be
146s	putting up a thread over on our forums
147s	as well to gather some questions from
149s	the community after the live stream so
151s	definitely check that out Stephen will
154s	probably answer a lot of questions they
156s	always have a good time and ask a lot of
158s	good good things and of course we also
160s	have our Dev discussion about role
162s	playing up we would love for you to tell
163s	us what systems and features make role
165s	playing fun what features help remove
167s	hurdles and barriers so if you have
169s	thoughts on that please feel free to pop
172s	on over to our forums and give us your
174s	thoughts and of course we also have our
177s	cosmetic swap over happening for the
179s	songs of the sea on July 12th 2023 and I
183s	know that we have previously said that
185s	the packages will be changing coming up
187s	in the future but Steven was giving
189s	y'all a long warning it's going to be a
191s	bit before that changeover happens but
193s	we will give you guys ample notice with
195s	an FAQ on details of what that will
197s	entail and with that we will move on to
200s	Freehold old goodness so if you want to
203s	do any prefaces here Stephen yes let me
205s	give you guys a bit of a preface so
209s	um we decided to take a little bit of a
211s	different approach with this
213s	presentation
215s	um the first half of this is going to be
217s	really focused in on detailing out some
221s	of the mechanics of the Freehold system
225s	um a part of it is going to be
226s	reiterating what you guys have known for
228s	a while but another part of it's going
231s	to be uh giving some updates around
233s	these designs and some changes that have
235s	occurred uh in anticipation of the
237s	rollout for freeholds during Alpha 2. so
241s	give us your feedback on whether or not
243s	you like the style of this approach for
245s	the presentation
246s	um the first like I said half of it is
248s	going to be us kind of going through
250s	slides and showing some of the tech
251s	trees of the buildings and some of the
254s	purposes of these different systems on
256s	the Freehold and then after that we're
258s	going to have a little bit of gameplay
259s	in the world showcasing uh the freeholds
262s	I believe Bucky has a freehold we're
264s	going to be going through doing some
266s	farming on it uh some live interactions
268s	with some of the livestock we're also
270s	going to be showing off as an ancillary
273s	overview some of the changes that we had
276s	talked about previously to the inventory
277s	system we're going to show some of the
280s	storage off we're going to uh um show
282s	off a couple of new mounts and and some
284s	of the mining areas but it's something
286s	that uh really the focus is giving you
289s	guys expectations around how freeholds
292s	have changed uh coming towards Alpha 2.
294s	so hopefully you guys enjoyed this is
296s	going to be a long one it's about an
297s	hour long video yeah over an hour long
300s	so enjoy and we'll see you afterwards
307s	[Music]
315s	hello everyone and welcome to another I
320s	was about to say day in Vera but
322s	actually we are going to be doing
323s	something a little bit different than
326s	what you are accustomed to and the
329s	reason for this is because we are
331s	getting a little bit into the systems
333s	and the mechanics of how freeholds work
336s	and it's going to be a two-part
338s	presentation the first of which you're
340s	seeing now is going to be in the format
342s	of a more PowerPoint oriented kind of
344s	presentation talking about the mechanics
346s	looking at skill trees and then the
348s	second part is going to be in game where
350s	we're going to take a look at some of
352s	the systems like farming
354s	livestock Housing and Storage but
358s	I am joined today by three absolutely
362s	glorious developers on the ashes of
365s	creation Dev team
366s	are designers first of which is
370s	irregular appearing guest Mr Bucky how
374s	you doing Bucky
375s	hey how's it going I'm Bucky uh AKA Dr
378s	Bucky uh game Defender here at Intrepid
381s	uh helping out some of the Arts and ship
383s	designs and also some assistance related
385s	nodes and freeholds and also a little
387s	bit of combat design
388s	yes and we also have with us joining I
391s	believe for the first time one of our
393s	glorious designers Mike
395s	hello uh my name is Mike I'm a senior
398s	assistant designers here at Intrepid uh
401s	it's really nice to be here yeah I deal
404s	with the economy and itemization and
406s	this is the first time on Livestream I'm
408s	really excited yeah yes excited to have
410s	you as well and
412s	Corey also Corey I believe you were on
414s	our December
416s	um live stream that we did yeah I was
419s	there for uh the Gathering and uh yeah
422s	I'm Corey I'm a technical designer and I
424s	focus uh mostly on artisanship and
426s	economy
427s	um kind of jump around to other things
429s	but those are my main things
431s	now we have an exciting uh
435s	uh topic today which is I think near and
437s	dear to a lot of players hearts and that
439s	is freeholds and we're what are we
441s	looking at here tell me a little bit of
442s	what this uh concept art is we've
444s	obviously talked a lot about freeholds
446s	in the past as a system since you know
449s	back in 2017 when we first were
451s	discussing ashes of Creation with the
453s	community during Kickstarter and what
455s	the intent of freeholds are but what are
457s	we looking at and tell me a little bit
458s	about the system overall
462s	so yeah we got a little uh you know
464s	example step of Freehold here right we
466s	got on the left we have some uh farmable
468s	animals some livestock here in pens and
470s	then we have in the middle there's a
472s	bunch of crop rows of farmable crops the
474s	players can have and then there's a
475s	couple different examples of different
476s	kind of free old buildings you could
477s	have on your Freehold one of which is
478s	the house on the right and then some
480s	other uh Freehold buildings as well like
482s	it looks like there's a mill in the back
483s	there as well yeah and for those of you
486s	um you know who who have just been kind
489s	of tuning into ashes of Creations
490s	development or don't follow along in
492s	game development or other projects this
495s	type of concept art is really important
497s	especially for the artists on the team
500s	who are helping develop and create the
503s	world around you it kind of sets the
505s	mood for what we're trying to accomplish
507s	when environment art starts creating
510s	these assets and starts creating these
512s	environments right what's the type of
514s	visuals we're looking to achieve
517s	yeah it really really helps us right
519s	like we can we can only do so much on
522s	paper
523s	um and if we have to start kind of
524s	visualizing uh the ideas right so yeah
527s	kind of coming up with the space and you
529s	know what's going to fit and how's it
531s	going to look and all of these things
532s	that we want to coexist uh in this space
535s	right like concept lets us know whether
537s	or not it's even possible so looking at
539s	stuff like this is super exciting yes
542s	and and as I said we have a few updates
544s	to the system that we're going to go
545s	over in detail uh through this
546s	PowerPoint but to start us off let us
550s	ask a question what exactly are
553s	freeholds
556s	freeholds obviously have a lot of of
558s	different purposes within ashes of
560s	creation however three main purposes
563s	that freeholds provide are allowing
566s	really players an opportunity to kind of
568s	Express themselves in a highly
570s	customizable fashion right so these are
572s	plots of lands that you have access to
575s	you can build different types of
576s	buildings on you can create housing and
579s	place furniture and you can grow
581s	livestock and you can just own this
583s	piece of land and one unique thing about
586s	allowing the players kind of Express
587s	themselves through this manner in ashes
589s	of creation is that it's in the open
591s	world so it's not an instance or a phase
594s	location that you are kind of
597s	customizing you're actually leaving a
599s	mark on the world that's representative
601s	of you as a player as a character
603s	something something you can you can role
605s	play but importantly enough when it
608s	comes to the economy freeholds also
610s	provide the highest level of processing
613s	that's available and processing is one
615s	of three primary branches that exist
618s	within the artisanship system price
620s	processing is kind of the intermediary
622s	step between what you gather in the wild
624s	and what you eventually craft via
626s	recipes the the other primary purpose of
629s	freeholds is that they allow you to
632s	offer certain types of Business Services
633s	right because we don't just want to make
636s	freeholds delegated to the individual
638s	owner we want it to have
641s	capabilities to kind of interact with
643s	other players as they're walking past
645s	your Freehold as they're going to these
646s	hunting grounds and participating in
648s	quests or or
650s	events that might be existing around and
652s	that means that location matters for the
654s	Freehold because it's important to the
656s	business have you guys ever I mean Corey
659s	Bucky Mike have you guys ever played a
662s	game that's had a system as intricate as
665s	freeholds are in an MMO talk to me a
668s	little bit about your experiences
669s	[Music]
671s	um I like there are housing systems in
673s	other MMOs right but like but it's not
677s	as much ambitious of projects that we're
679s	trying to accomplish here there's always
682s	you know like putting some Furnitures
683s	putting some
685s	um
685s	some cosmetic stuff that's on the
688s	Freehold to look nice but like we're
689s	trying to accomplish three major pillars
691s	which is you know looking unique making
694s	uh impact in the economy and I really
696s	love the part that we're trying to make
698s	a footprint onto the real world that you
701s	you are actually owning a piece of land
703s	in an MMO and I think that's really cool
705s	I think it's super cool too I mean I you
707s	know I've played games obviously that
708s	have housing systems and they sometimes
710s	delegate you know those housing
712s	locations to very specific areas that
715s	are off the beaten path and you know
717s	aren't necessarily fully integrated into
719s	the rest of the world or certain
720s	environments and areas that players like
722s	to plan and one thing that I like that
724s	we're achieving with with the Freehold
726s	system is really moving that into the
729s	world that players are a part of and
732s	doing things in
733s	um here we're kind of you know looking
735s	at a layout and talk to me a little bit
738s	Bucky about you know these different
741s	aspects of the types of buildings that
743s	you can place and the things that you
744s	can do on the Freehold that we see here
746s	yeah for sure I mean players will have a
749s	lot of a lot of freedom in in what they
751s	choose to outfit their Freehold with and
752s	kind of like what you were talking about
753s	before and you know in other games we've
755s	seen different housing systems where
756s	it's more kind of like plot based and
758s	you're kind of locked into specific
759s	places for building stuff but
761s	um in ours it's going to be you'll have
763s	a lot more freedom and where those
764s	buildings go which buildings you choose
766s	how many buildings you even want if you
767s	want to just sacrifice maybe some
769s	building space for additional farming
770s	space so players will have a lot of
771s	opportunity
773s	um to customize the way their Freehold
775s	uh looks and operates yeah absolutely
777s	cool I see that there there is a shed
780s	that's listed there is that shed uh do
783s	we talk about the shed a little bit
784s	later in the in the in the presentation
785s	yeah we can touch on that later I think
787s	okay okay cool cool all right so you're
791s	obviously asking yourself how do I own a
794s	freehold
795s	Bucky do you want to talk to us a little
797s	bit about that sure yeah so it's kind of
799s	a multi-step process but the first thing
801s	you'll have to do is you'll have to
802s	complete a quest to unlock the ability
804s	to even uh acquire the Freehold permit
806s	so once you do that quest line you'll be
809s	able to go to the node and bid on an
811s	available Freehold permit if you're able
813s	to win the permit oh sorry and real
814s	quick Bucky so the purpose of that Quest
816s	is you know these nodes aren't just
819s	going to Grant the ability to own land
824s	within their zone of influence to
825s	anybody right and so the quest the quest
828s	is kind of a method by which the node
831s	gets to vet both the intent of the
833s	player who's attempting to own this
835s	parcel of land but also whether or not
838s	they are up to the chops of actually
840s	owning and servicing a freehold because
842s	it takes a lot to to service these
845s	freeholds
846s	yeah exactly
848s	very cool so talk to us a little bit
850s	about these Parcels like how do they
851s	exist around the node Yeah so basically
854s	there'll be a variety of predetermined
856s	Parcels of land in each node zone of
857s	influence
859s	um and once players acquire acquire
861s	their Free Will permit they'll be able
862s	to lay claim to any available parcel in
865s	the issuing nodes region so any and by
868s	region we mean that any any region nodes
871s	region is the total combined territory
872s	of a node in all of its vassal nodes so
874s	if you if you acquire a freehold permit
876s	in the Metropolis of a huge region you
879s	know almost 20 of the map right you'll
881s	be able to lay a claim to an available
883s	parcel anywhere within that region so it
885s	gives you a lot of freedom if you're
886s	able to acquire the permit from a
887s	metropolis yeah now this is this is one
890s	of the first changes for those of you in
891s	our core audience who have been
893s	following development for a period of
895s	time now you will know
897s	that because we are in active
900s	development everything that relates to
903s	the design of the game is available to
906s	be iterated upon and changed and so so
908s	as I said at the start of this you're
910s	going to be seeing a little bit of
912s	changes to the systems and we'll
913s	eventually show you here in game some of
915s	those systems but you're going to see a
917s	little bit of change and this is one of
918s	the first ones that these are
920s	predetermined locations that exist
923s	around the node or under its vassal
927s	structure
928s	that you will have the ability to bid on
931s	and to give you kind of a sense there
933s	this allows us to to customize a bit of
936s	those those
938s	predetermined Parcels like a Sherwood
941s	Forest type of example or you know the
944s	the the hills of of of of of
948s	um verdant Glenn or something thank you
950s	exactly thank you
951s	um essentially letting us kind of
953s	customize that and then when you own
956s	when you've taken the um the permit for
958s	that parcel then you get to go and place
961s	your Freehold uh plot out in that
964s	section of that area of the world right
967s	and nodes have many Parcels by which
970s	they are able to to sell permits to and
974s	it will be on a auction basis so talk to
977s	us a little bit about that permit what
978s	it looks like to lay that down Bucky
980s	sure yeah so it'll basically be an item
983s	in your bag and once you uh you know you
985s	get to your parcel you claim that piece
987s	of land and then once it's claimed
988s	you'll be able to use the item to you
991s	know go into top down View and lay out
993s	actually exactly where your Freehold
994s	will go on that parcel of land you'll
996s	have a lot of freedom so a lot of a lot
998s	of that will be going through looking at
999s	your whole area of land you now own uh
1002s	claim to and then deciding where the
1003s	best spot to put your Freehold in there
1005s	would be awesome and and
1008s	having this type of layout uh makes it
1011s	so that in the world when we talk about
1013s	the visual Fidelity and the kind of you
1016s	know Freehold density that might exist
1018s	out in these open areas we don't want it
1020s	to be where you're running through the
1022s	world and at every glance you see
1025s	someone's Freehold right and what this
1027s	allows us to kind of do is partition
1031s	those spaces out so that there's a
1033s	minimum distance
1034s	essentially between the different
1035s	freeholds yeah there'll be places like
1038s	where you won't be able to put it
1039s	Freehold even right like a point of
1040s	Interest or roads or you know a dungeon
1043s	area so the parcels will kind of be
1046s	mapped around those areas awesome I also
1049s	want to point out
1050s	um yeah the the concept art of this
1053s	piece is vastly different than what we
1054s	showed earlier so which kind of gives
1056s	you the freedom of the placement of what
1058s	you can do this is like way more farming
1060s	in District in farming uh Aesthetics
1064s	where where the the gatherables are a
1067s	whole bunch in the middle and then
1069s	there's like a storage Mill kind of
1071s	thing in the middle so that's how much
1073s	Freedom that we want to offer players
1074s	how customizable a freehold can be yeah
1078s	I love that it's super super cool it's
1079s	uh you know like like we said one of the
1082s	first and most important aspects of the
1084s	Freehold system is that it's giving the
1085s	players that level of customization to
1088s	help them represent their identity the
1091s	identity of their character right
1093s	now obviously the uh Freehold would not
1098s	be a freehold without a house that's the
1100s	most important aspect of
1103s	um the Freehold system it's also what is
1107s	the first necessary thing that you must
1108s	build talk to us a little bit about
1110s	housing
1111s	yeah so as you can see here we got some
1113s	examples of the different uh sizes of
1115s	houses you might be able to have on your
1116s	Freehold
1118s	um and the fruit first like you said the
1119s	first building you need to build on the
1121s	field is a house and then once you do
1122s	that you're able to you know build other
1124s	buildings like the different uh
1125s	partisanship buildings or businesses
1127s	we'll get to later and now before before
1129s	that house is present what's on the
1132s	Freehold
1133s	it's just an empty plot of land all you
1134s	have will be the little storage shed
1136s	that gives you the base storage to be
1138s	able to bring materials to your Freehold
1139s	and then make your Construction
1141s	nice awesome so basically as you acquire
1145s	um that house uh blueprint you go and
1148s	you preview the location of the House
1150s	blueprint on the piece of land and when
1152s	you lay down the construction site
1154s	you're expected to bring materials
1156s	through the Caravan system or through
1158s	the mule system or even individually if
1160s	you want to take many trips to the
1162s	location of the shed and then deposit
1165s	within that sheds uh storage is that
1168s	correct exactly yeah that's how it works
1171s	cool and then what happens if I want to
1173s	no go ahead sorry I was just going to
1175s	say once once you do that you'll be able
1176s	to initiate the construction and
1177s	complete the house and then proceed with
1179s	your other thing very cool and so you
1181s	were talking a little bit about
1183s	um the housing sizes right small medium
1185s	and large these actually have mechanical
1188s	influences around the design of the
1190s	Freehold system talk to us a little bit
1191s	about what that size controls
1193s	yeah well one of the main things it'll
1195s	control is your furniture allotment so a
1198s	small house for example might only be
1199s	able to place you know 100 Furniture
1200s	items whereas a medium or large house
1202s	would be able to place many more and so
1205s	that's kind of a balancing factor for
1206s	players and determining if they want to
1208s	have a larger house or have a smaller
1210s	house and have more Farmland whereas
1211s	they're sacrificing Furniture then for
1213s	that
1214s	got it so space actually matters here
1216s	and when you talk about you know that
1218s	furniture having a functional benefit to
1220s	the player Corey what are some examples
1223s	of that you know Furniture system I know
1225s	we've talked in the past about some of
1226s	these but talk to me a little bit about
1228s	the importance of having that furniture
1230s	and how that furniture kind of gets
1232s	placed is it can be placed anywhere it's
1234s	going to be placed on top of each other
1235s	tell us a little bit about the the
1236s	furniture
1238s	yeah
1239s	um uh you know placing the furniture is
1242s	like one of the the most fun at least
1245s	for me parts of of customizing you know
1247s	your your place or your land right like
1249s	that's where you can really kind of
1251s	express yourself and you know oh this
1253s	looks like a good place to have a dining
1254s	room this looks like a good place to put
1256s	my bed
1257s	um you know maybe uh this is looking
1260s	really cozy I'd like to do my cooking in
1261s	here I can play place down uh uh cooking
1265s	station right so
1267s	um the other point too is that like not
1270s	all furniture is just cosmetic right
1272s	there there could be functional
1274s	furniture and we're not talking just a
1276s	chair that you can you know interact
1278s	with and sit down with but there might
1280s	be something along the lines of
1282s	furniture that gives you Buffs or um
1285s	bolsters up some consumables that you
1287s	may have right like so they're there
1290s	there is more to the space that the
1292s	house gives you to to place the
1294s	furniture because that might allow you
1296s	to get more function out of uh said
1298s	Furniture so there's some thought that
1301s	goes into
1302s	whether or not you want more furniture
1304s	space or Less Furniture space more fun
1306s	online less Farmland
1307s	it's pretty fun absolutely I love it
1311s	when the furniture actually has a
1313s	purpose right outside of just the visual
1315s	appearance and the aesthetic of the home
1317s	but is something that you know players
1319s	are called to interact with because it
1321s	provides a benefit in the game as well
1325s	housing of course wouldn't be housing
1327s	without the ability to customize that
1331s	appearance and you'll see here a few
1333s	different examples of housing that's
1336s	representative of
1337s	at least eight of the nine different
1340s	races that you'll notice that the tone
1341s	aren't represented here but the they
1343s	will be represented in the future
1346s	but the blueprint that we talked about
1348s	earlier when you when you acquire this
1350s	blueprint
1352s	talk to me a little bit Mike about that
1354s	process where do you kind of acquire
1356s	These Blueprints what are the multiple
1357s	ways that you can get them
1360s	um
1361s	essentially so a blueprint like uh the
1364s	basic ones could be sold at a node a
1367s	vendor uh something similar to what a
1370s	node is racial influences so if it's a
1372s	KLR node you should be able to buy a
1374s	killer house but uh it's interesting
1376s	that we tied this system to a blueprint
1379s	because we can do so much more
1381s	itemization portion of it so we can drop
1383s	it from a boss we can make it from
1384s	ascribe can write a blueprint that is
1386s	very specific or unique look and and if
1389s	you went to a killer node maybe they'll
1391s	sell a recipe to write a medium killer
1395s	house and if you go to a rent Taiwan
1396s	they'll just sell you a blueprint for a
1398s	large renkai house right so there is
1401s	that acquisition of like blueprint
1403s	collecting and then you can sell that to
1404s	other players when you acquire unique
1407s	housing blueprint from a boss for
1409s	example right I like the market
1411s	implication that that has where you
1413s	essentially can get these uniquely
1415s	acquired Blueprints and then you can
1417s	trade and sell them to other players who
1420s	might not have had the same opportunity
1421s	to acquire them that you had
1423s	um and in addition to that we have
1426s	obviously Cosmetics that we have sold as
1429s	part of different packs throughout the
1432s	past uh our pre-order system
1435s	those Cosmetics are split into three
1438s	primary categories
1440s	housing artisanship and business and we
1445s	will have a breakdown that we're going
1446s	to be releasing of the Cosmetics that
1449s	have come previously and which
1451s	categories they exist in but players
1453s	will have the option to override the
1456s	appearance of a blueprint that exists
1458s	within one of those categories with an
1460s	Associated Cosmetic Skin and you know
1463s	that is obviously not just something
1466s	that can be purchased through the
1467s	pre-order system but also can be
1469s	achieved in game as well our Cosmetics
1472s	that can be applied to specific building
1474s	types and we don't get as granular where
1478s	let's say you might have a shrine
1480s	cosmetic and you have let's say a
1484s	blacksmith building that you wouldn't be
1486s	able to apply the shrine to the
1488s	blacksmith building if the shrine exists
1490s	in the artisanship lane you can apply it
1492s	to any artisanship type building but not
1494s	to a house or business so giving a
1497s	little bit of additional context there
1500s	thank you
1500s	so what are businesses you might ask
1504s	after hearing that category businesses
1506s	serve a specific function Mike do you
1509s	want to talk to us a little bit about
1510s	businesses business building is a
1512s	category where we wanted to kind of
1514s	Branch out of just artisanship buildings
1517s	right so things like taverns things like
1519s	uh Market kind of things where you can
1521s	install a player stall so other people
1523s	can come and visit your Freehold and buy
1526s	things that that's unique to tie to you
1528s	or other services like taverns where you
1531s	could sell a food buff that's unique to
1534s	your Tavern or something that you can
1536s	kind of invest and then build so you can
1538s	have a service building that's near to a
1540s	POI that's really populated so you can
1543s	help players to you know maybe gain more
1546s	XP buff things like that and this is the
1549s	perfect place where we can express that
1551s	and allow players to customize their
1553s	Freehold even more we wanted to Branch
1556s	out from artisanship just only that and
1558s	then have more options for it very cool
1561s	I love I love the idea of not just the
1564s	business as a whole and how it relates
1566s	to kind of other players and their
1568s	ability to kind of Traverse the world
1569s	and see what you've accomplished but
1571s	allowing players to customize the
1574s	offerings that the business is capable
1576s	of providing based on what they're
1578s	creating as an artisanship member or
1582s	even what they can acquire from other
1584s	players to offer through their business
1586s	as well and one one additional note here
1589s	is that you know freeholds are meant to
1592s	be a part of the family system meaning
1596s	that to utilize the benefits the
1598s	Freehold and the services and mechanics
1600s	that the Freehold provides
1602s	it is very conducive to be part of a
1605s	family with multiple members who are
1607s	capable of interfacing with this and
1609s	because of that systems like the
1611s	business system allow for certain
1613s	permissions to be granted to administer
1616s	the business functions and that includes
1618s	things like setting prices and setting
1620s	types of sellables that are or services
1623s	that are capable of being sold through
1627s	the business
1628s	yeah it's also a great great mention
1630s	there too is that the fact that you know
1632s	freeholds there's there's not going to
1634s	be a ton of ton of parcels all over the
1636s	world you know that might not be
1637s	feasible for every player to get one but
1639s	even if you're a fan if you can be a
1641s	family member and you have a whole
1642s	family owning a field together it'll
1644s	allow many more players to like see the
1645s	system and partake in it yeah absolutely
1648s	it's a I I love that aspect of the
1651s	freeholds
1652s	now speaking of a Tavern and
1655s	um you know we've obviously talked in
1657s	the past about
1658s	having upgrades available uh for these
1661s	types of of buildings let's use this
1664s	tavern as an example
1667s	um of the types of upgrades that are
1669s	possible talk me through this what we're
1672s	looking at here this tree upgrade path
1677s	this is this is something I'm super
1679s	excited about this is uh you know this
1681s	is an idea that surfaced through another
1683s	system that I'm sure we'll we'll get to
1685s	see in in the future right and it was
1687s	one of those like oh well that's fun
1689s	like why can't we have that
1691s	um and it just sort of played out
1693s	perfectly that uh you know buildings
1695s	could have upgrade paths um to to make
1698s	them better or worse or more specific in
1700s	a certain Lane of specialization
1703s	um based on like how you're trying to
1705s	set up your Freehold right so the idea
1708s	is um you you place down uh the building
1711s	um and as you become more proficient in
1714s	a thing
1715s	um in the case of artisanship or
1717s	um as you work within the the business
1720s	building you could
1721s	um you could build up the building to be
1723s	better at some things than others so
1725s	what we're looking at here is just kind
1727s	of an example of that right like we have
1729s	this tavern we placed it down and you
1732s	know we're really focused on uh wanting
1734s	people to come by here and you know gain
1736s	extra experience or rested experience
1739s	because it's you know maybe our our
1741s	Freehold is really really close to a
1742s	nice hunting spot so we'll upgrade our
1745s	our uh our Tavern to have these upgraded
1748s	feather beds
1749s	um to to give players that bonus right
1750s	and and all of the things that you know
1752s	you just went over Stephen about being
1754s	able to set the permissions and decide
1755s	who you who you want this to apply to
1758s	how expensive it should be right
1760s	um you could be you know that guy that's
1762s	got the The Tavern that's that's helpful
1764s	to the guild
1765s	um you could be the the person where
1767s	people like to stop by and hang out for
1769s	a bit get the rest of the experience and
1770s	some food Buffs before they go out
1772s	hunting right and you know this allows
1775s	people to you know have their freeholds
1778s	next to each other and have their their
1780s	their own uh niches of things that they
1783s	offer to themselves to the people that
1785s	they play with or you know to the public
1786s	so absolutely cool yeah I I love that
1789s	and and to give kind of a primer we're
1791s	looking at specifically this upgrade to
1793s	the tavern type business which includes
1796s	the ability to offer beds to weary
1798s	Travelers right and beds have a specific
1801s	functionality we were talking previously
1803s	about Furniture's offering in-game
1805s	mechanics one of those functionalities
1807s	that beds provide is a rest experience
1809s	buff that can be applied this is
1811s	obviously going to be kind of at the top
1813s	tier of what Travelers can expect to
1815s	utilize at taverns when it comes to
1817s	these beds that's important because one
1821s	other aspect of the freeholds is that
1823s	freeholds are a privilege not a right
1827s	meaning that there is a limited number
1830s	of freeholds that will be available
1831s	within the game world and that's a very
1834s	important aspect of this particular
1837s	feature and remember that housing exists
1839s	within three different types freeholds
1842s	are just one of those types of housings
1844s	housing also exists as static in node
1847s	versions as well as instanced and
1849s	there's also an additional feature that
1851s	we haven't I believe discussed before
1853s	which is the in um and the in can
1856s	Service as a temporary living space
1859s	that doesn't have a restriction on the
1862s	quantity but has a soft ceiling when it
1865s	comes to the citizenship dues that might
1869s	be accrued at a node so if you didn't
1873s	own a freehold out in a location or
1875s	hunting ground where you would be
1877s	participating in some type of
1878s	adventuring or Quest and you see a
1882s	Tavern with a bed available you may want
1885s	to make a stop there and utilize the bed
1887s	so that when you go out to the nearby
1890s	hunting ground you get that rested
1892s	experience and that's an important
1893s	aspect of this this is very cool I I
1896s	love the aspect of the uh of the upgrade
1898s	paths and being able able to specialize
1900s	in the specific types of buildings that
1903s	you construct now let's say for example
1904s	in this situation I've constructed a
1907s	Tavern and I have specked into this tier
1910s	two branch of the feathered beds if I
1913s	wanted to have the uh opposite direction
1916s	in the technology Branch here how would
1919s	I be able to service that would I have
1920s	to stand up another Tavern and then spec
1923s	into that Branch there
1925s	oh well technically you'd have that
1927s	option right you could you could um you
1930s	could repurpose the current Tavern that
1932s	you have or you could build yourself
1934s	another Tavern if you're willing to give
1935s	up the space and you know do more
1938s	um that's awesome that's awesome and
1940s	remember one of the oh go ahead sorry go
1942s	ahead Mike I said I just want to say
1943s	there's a key point of real estate in
1946s	the Freehold there is limited amount of
1947s	space right it's really up to the player
1949s	to give that choice like is this
1952s	additional Buffs on a new Tavern
1954s	building worth what I'm giving up for
1956s	for another building right like that's a
1957s	very interesting uh take that players
1960s	needs to make to
1962s	make freeholds efficient right exactly
1965s	and and just to remind you guys again
1967s	these are the systems we will be testing
1970s	in Alpha two and it's important that you
1973s	guys provide feedback across these types
1975s	of systems tell us what you like what
1977s	you think could be done better and as
1979s	you play test them in Alpha 2 and as you
1981s	watch other players play test these
1983s	systems
1984s	um afterwards that is going to be our
1986s	opportunity to take the feedback and
1988s	iterate on the system so it's important
1990s	to kind of uh you know focus in on these
1993s	on these details now outside of
1995s	businesses let's talk a little bit a bit
1998s	a little bit about artisanship and more
2001s	specifically
2002s	um processing as it exists within the
2005s	freeholds and how the Freehold ties into
2006s	the artisanship as a whole Corey
2009s	yeah so uh you know we talked about the
2012s	the three lanes of the buildings right
2014s	and and artisanship is one of them so um
2016s	the way that we're sort of tying that in
2018s	is that each um crafting and processing
2020s	profession will have a building building
2022s	associated with it right so uh before
2025s	you can place any sort of stations down
2027s	that are associated with that crafting
2028s	or processing profession you'll have to
2030s	uh construct your building and once the
2033s	building is constructed right
2035s	um uh it has that that similar Tech tree
2037s	thing going on right so you can you can
2039s	spec it in in the direction you'd like
2041s	it to go and maybe that synergizes or
2043s	balances out the way that you're you're
2045s	expecting your your profession
2048s	um and uh yeah it gives you access to
2051s	placing uh stations it gives you access
2053s	to placing more stations um and then we
2055s	also have
2057s	um some benefits that are conferred by
2060s	the building itself to
2062s	um all of the things related on the
2064s	Freehold so let's say
2066s	um there's some sort of weaponsmithing
2068s	bonus given by a weaponsmithing building
2071s	that would mean that your weapon
2073s	smithing stations on your Freehold would
2075s	incur that bonus so very cool yeah I I
2079s	really like the aspect of
2082s	you know some games take a direction
2085s	um that departs a bit from realism and I
2088s	think ultimately the end goal of any
2089s	system that you implement into a game is
2090s	to have fun right is that gameplay Loop
2092s	there fun
2093s	um and I feel personally and this is
2096s	just a completely subjective opinion but
2098s	um I feel personally when you can
2100s	achieve a high degree of fun and also
2103s	achieve a high degree of realism in the
2106s	process that's the type of MMO
2108s	experience I personally enjoy a lot and
2111s	I think that with this Freehold system
2114s	and emulating that realistic kind of
2117s	process
2118s	um of you know what processing looks
2122s	like and we're going to get into a
2123s	little bit of detail on that about how
2125s	these processing stations work that are
2128s	afforded through the processing
2129s	buildings that you can construct
2131s	um I I just think that's that's
2133s	something that's really cool it gets me
2134s	immersed it gets me kind of my the
2136s	suspension of disbelief is really there
2139s	um and I'm I'm just enamored by
2142s	you know what that play experience is
2145s	yeah I totally agree it's a big time
2147s	like Factory Sim player you know I I
2149s	love setting up these processing chains
2151s	of you know raw resources to process to
2154s	craft I feel like we're going at a
2156s	really fun level for players they're
2158s	gonna enjoy like you know going out in
2159s	the world Gathering taking those uh raw
2162s	resources their free will be process and
2164s	then taking that to the node to do the
2165s	highest level crafting right that's just
2167s	a really like uh fun and engaging loop I
2170s	absolutely yeah absolutely I'm very
2172s	excited about it as well I'm I'm a
2175s	pretty crafting artisanship focused
2177s	player myself and um I I appreciate
2181s	depth I appreciate
2183s	um fun and I appreciate uh you know
2185s	complexity to a limit right so this is
2188s	stuff for me to think about as a player
2190s	I get to I have my own space I get to
2192s	manage that space I get to decide you
2194s	know what I want to do with it
2197s	um I get to decide how I wanted to
2199s	synergize with the professions I've
2201s	chosen chosen
2202s	um I could make a name for myself I can
2205s	make social connections by the way that
2207s	I express myself as a whatever
2209s	profession I'm into
2211s	um and and Freehold is sort of sort of a
2213s	a mecca for that
2215s	um especially in the in the processing
2217s	realm right um one of the things that I
2219s	didn't quite touch on that's uh that's
2221s	up here on the screen right now is that
2223s	um the the highest level of processing
2225s	happens only in the Freehold so at the
2228s	the master and Grand Master Level of
2229s	processing you'll need a freehold to to
2231s	perform at that level
2233s	um and then on the on the crafting side
2235s	you know we want the the highest level
2236s	of crafting to happen in a node so
2238s	players will be able to craft on their
2240s	freeholds but uh the max that you'll be
2243s	able to progress to is a journeyman
2244s	level
2245s	awesome very cool
2247s	well speaking of processing talk to us a
2250s	little bit about the process of
2253s	processing
2255s	yeah we'll do so um so uh uh processing
2259s	each processing profession will have
2261s	four stations um and the stations will
2265s	come online as you progress through the
2267s	profession
2269s	um each one of those stations will make
2270s	Goods that are immediately useful uh to
2273s	to the economy to Crafters to other
2276s	processors and each processing station
2280s	will build on itself and into the other
2283s	stations right so you'll you'll end up
2286s	kind of at the end if you if you do end
2289s	up you know going all the way to master
2291s	or Grand Master being able to kind of
2293s	circle between the stations and and make
2296s	different stuff depending on what you
2298s	want to make
2300s	um
2300s	uh so in addition to
2304s	um
2305s	using kind of resources in in your
2308s	recipes uh we also want uh we want to
2312s	use fuel
2313s	um as a way to run your station
2316s	yeah that's super cool the fuel is a is
2319s	I think an awesome kind of talking a
2321s	little bit about again that that that
2322s	realistic kind of process I really love
2325s	the addition of the fuel and kind of the
2327s	complexity as that fuel interacts with
2329s	the type of processed good that you're
2331s	creating I think that's a really cool
2333s	system
2335s	yeah it's like players are I feel like
2338s	uh players are definitely used to that
2339s	with like for example like iron ore for
2340s	example you'd expect that to you know
2342s	require some coal some wood pellets
2343s	right to complete that recipe but even I
2345s	think that's just gonna be something
2346s	where I'm gonna have core to processing
2347s	where uh any recipe you'll do is going
2349s	to require some level of fuel so even
2351s	like at a sawmill right processing your
2352s	Lumber you also require fuel to run and
2354s	that's kind of gonna be something
2355s	players will learn about learn what are
2357s	good fuels what resources can work as a
2360s	fuel and what's what's what's uh The
2362s	Meta there
2363s	yeah definitely getting dialed in with
2365s	the economy and understanding you know
2367s	what's the price efficiency of using you
2369s	know wood trips versus coal for you know
2372s	a particular recipe and kind of looking
2374s	at uh what your your returns are based
2377s	on those decisions is just like that's
2379s	so cool that you even get to think about
2381s	any of those things right
2383s	um and then just within the wheel itself
2385s	right um like so the the way that we're
2388s	going with the with the fuel is kind of
2389s	any any item can have a fuel value on it
2391s	right so
2393s	um and then when you're when you're
2394s	putting together you know your your job
2397s	to you know make you know 100 iron
2399s	ingots right there'll be some sort of
2400s	value that's required to to to process
2403s	that job so it'll be up to you to choose
2406s	you know the fuel types that you want to
2407s	let's say that it costs 100 fuel to to
2410s	make those 100 ingots well you can make
2413s	whatever fuel combination you you want
2415s	um to to fulfill that value so
2418s	yeah you might have like you know mostly
2420s	amount of cold and you're like I need I
2421s	need to throw some extra wood chips in
2422s	there right to finish the finish the
2424s	recipe off or you might have a really
2425s	high quality like refined fuel you've
2427s	made and that that'll that one fool will
2430s	be able to do many many jobs and before
2432s	it depletes itself so there's a lot of a
2433s	lot of freedom players have there in
2435s	determining how they power their station
2437s	love it and obviously I didn't mention
2440s	this before but what you guys are seeing
2441s	and you know uh this is an important
2444s	part to get feedback in you know how do
2445s	you like this format of a presentation
2447s	when we get into these more systems
2448s	heavy kind of uh um designs
2452s	um but the art here is as I said the
2454s	concept art Ryan Richmond and his team
2456s	and Mike Vecchio and
2459s	um and Lloyd and Jeff and you know they
2462s	all do a great job in providing the rest
2464s	of our development team the concepts
2466s	that give direction on you know what to
2468s	strive for when modeling these assets
2470s	and creating these environments uh they
2472s	just do a phenomenal job so kudos to
2474s	them
2476s	I want to point out one thing that
2479s	certain stations will have the benefits
2482s	in certain buildings will also have a
2483s	benefit and that using those benefits
2486s	depending on the quality of the station
2488s	and the tier of the station like some of
2490s	some of these fuel costs could be
2491s	reduced right if your station is very
2493s	efficient at
2494s	um melting iron for example right then
2497s	the fuel cost of that recipe might
2498s	reduce quite a bit and also I'm coming
2501s	back to the real estate thing again
2502s	sorry
2504s	where if you just because you have an
2507s	artisanship building that doesn't
2508s	necessarily mean you get to have all the
2510s	stations right if you want to be best at
2513s	everything that you will require
2514s	multiple Artisan ship buildings and if
2516s	you want access to every stations that
2519s	you also require a lot of artists and
2521s	ship buildings and then you can kind of
2523s	tech up to be very focused on one or
2526s	have all the artists and ship buildings
2528s	that you can possibly have want for one
2530s	specific processing and be the best at
2531s	it right
2533s	yeah absolutely
2534s	it's a progressive amount of investment
2537s	required in order to be the best
2540s	um and you know these systems are
2542s	designed with progression in mind
2543s	because that depth that progression as
2546s	as Corey was speaking earlier is what
2549s	makes a lot of these systems compelling
2550s	right to a degree so let's talk a little
2553s	bit about the depth and progression when
2554s	it comes to the lumber mill uh this is
2556s	an example of an artisanship building
2558s	specifically a processing building Corey
2562s	talked to me a little bit about what
2564s	we're looking at here
2566s	yeah so this this is a you know example
2568s	similar to what we're looking at with
2570s	the tavern
2571s	um uh but sort of following uh a lumber
2573s	mill right like players will need to
2575s	place a lumber mill to uh advance in
2577s	their level Lumber Milling profession
2581s	um and you'll be able to kind of spec it
2583s	um based on what you want to focus on as
2585s	as a as a lumber Miller so what we're
2589s	looking at here is this you know Arcane
2590s	Golem and uh you know it allows you to
2593s	process uh let's see process jobs
2596s	reducing resource and the fuel and gold
2598s	costs of processing is dropped by 20
2599s	right so this one's sort of focusing on
2602s	uh cost and efficiency and there might
2604s	be other lanes or other other particular
2607s	skills that you can pick up that might
2609s	focus on more yield
2612s	um uh uh maybe Rarity procs stuff like
2616s	that right so what's really interesting
2618s	is that you can kind of take take these
2620s	trees and apply it to your skill tree in
2623s	your profession and sort of you know
2625s	balance or you know hyper Focus or fill
2629s	in uh fill in the gaps that you're
2631s	missing as you progress yeah
2634s	yeah and as you can see the Arcane Golem
2636s	is kind of like the final like ultimate
2637s	uh end Talent at this at this uh this
2641s	specific skill tree so you can see on
2642s	the bottom left there's already you know
2644s	a couple different active upgrades that
2645s	are already applying bonuses to all the
2646s	stations on the Freehold that are
2647s	related to the lumber mill so you see we
2649s	have double saw improved permit gear
2651s	system Station Main and stuff like that
2652s	so
2653s	it'll be a kind of a culmination once
2655s	you fully spec out your building it'll
2656s	have a variety of benefits it'll be
2657s	adding to those stations
2659s	as you kind of spec into these specific
2664s	types of of upgrades the building itself
2669s	manifests props and attachments to it
2673s	that represent these different upgrade
2676s	paths
2677s	so it's a it's a really kind of cool
2679s	thing to see
2680s	exist kind of on the Freehold it gives
2683s	also indication to the other players as
2685s	as to what specializations you focused
2687s	on
2688s	yeah definitely like that same we're
2691s	hoping to get that same feeling where
2692s	you know what you walk by that person
2693s	and you're like holy that's that
2695s	sword
2696s	um yes uh you know you could you could
2699s	walk by someone's Tavern and be like oh
2701s	they got the the bar in the window like
2702s	I can just roll up there and get myself
2704s	a quick snack and a drink and um you
2707s	know head out head on out to the to the
2708s	hunting grounds or you know
2710s	um that they went down a certain path
2712s	for the the lumber will upgrade and they
2715s	know that this is probably the processor
2717s	that you want to reach out to for your
2718s	for all of your uh wood needs
2721s	yes absolutely well
2724s	so guys as as we said this was a little
2727s	bit of an experiment kind of prefacing
2729s	uh this particular system the Freehold
2732s	system uh before we get in game and and
2734s	take a look uh Bucky I think you have a
2737s	freehold somewhere in the riverlands
2739s	perhaps by some some interesting mining
2742s	options uh that we're going to take a
2744s	look at now hopefully we don't get
2745s	killed on the way
2747s	um but give us your feedback on what you
2751s	enjoyed or thought could have been done
2752s	better about this PowerPoint kind of
2754s	presentation of the system so that we
2756s	get a little bit more nitty-gritty
2757s	details of this and we're going to do
2760s	some q a after the gameplay but right
2763s	now let's talk a little bit about and go
2765s	in game and and take a look at some
2766s	farming let's take a look at the
2768s	livestock and those interactions because
2770s	I know that those two specific
2773s	interactions on freeholds is near and
2775s	dear to a lot of different players
2777s	hearts and then in addition there's
2779s	going to be a little bit of discussion
2781s	about our inventory management system
2784s	we've I've told you a little bit in the
2786s	past that we have gone with a kind of
2788s	tetra styled inventory when it comes to
2790s	materials and raw gatherables so we're
2794s	going to take a look the first iteration
2796s	of that of course everything here is a
2797s	work in progress we are still active in
2800s	development towards Alpha 2
2802s	um so take everything you see with a
2803s	grain of salt but obviously participate
2806s	on our Forums on social media channels
2809s	um here in twitch on the things you're
2810s	liking and what you've seen and what you
2812s	would like to see done differently
2815s	um one other thing I think we're going
2816s	to take a look at when we get in there
2817s	is some of the housing some of the
2818s	furniture interacting with uh with some
2821s	of that furniture as well you might even
2823s	get a look at a new little Mount but
2825s	let's switch over to in-game and we will
2827s	see you guys in just a second
2830s	thank you
2832s	[Music]
2833s	[Applause]
2834s	[Music]
2849s	hello everyone and we find ourselves now
2853s	in the world of Vera once again and uh
2857s	Bucky I think you were talking a little
2859s	bit about a freehold that you have
2861s	nearby in the riverlands here where
2864s	we're gonna perhaps participate in some
2866s	of your
2867s	what do you got on that Freehold what
2869s	are you doing over there
2870s	so we got a lot of uh farming stuff
2872s	mainly that's what we're focusing on but
2874s	we also have a uh Artisan building as
2876s	well nice Gorge stationed because we got
2879s	some good mining opportunities out here
2881s	okay very cool and uh I see you kind of
2885s	are close to this
2887s	this kind of these ruins
2890s	with your Freehold I guess is there any
2892s	happening spots around this area for you
2894s	guys
2896s	yeah for sure I mean we got some we got
2897s	some mob packs around here players are
2899s	coming through here a lot to you know
2900s	obviously get the uh yeah this nice
2902s	resource here we got some uh I like a
2904s	night is that why you you formed your
2907s	Freehold near the these this precious
2909s	resource talk to me a little bit about
2910s	this this resource uh Corey and and or
2914s	Mike
2916s	oh yeah that's uh so this is halcyonite
2918s	it's a kind of a mid-tier journeyman
2922s	um a gem
2924s	um and yeah it's just sort of a
2926s	something you would use in in weapons
2928s	and for decorations jewelry so it's
2931s	pretty pretty sought after for a lot of
2935s	crafts so that's pretty valuable I love
2937s	the uh I love just its look I mean it
2940s	adds a really kind of
2942s	um magical uh Blues to this area wow
2946s	this is a beautiful now Bucky I know why
2948s	you made your Freehold here this is a
2950s	beautiful view
2951s	yep just another beautiful day in Vera
2954s	oh my gosh do you ever get like afraid
2957s	of heights here I mean this is kind of
2958s	crazy
2960s	I think actually I might have something
2962s	that could help you with this hold on
2964s	let me see
2965s	I can just to bring it up here and then
2967s	if you ever need to use it one day feel
2969s	free to you're more than welcome
2971s	oh yes beautiful perfect oh it's not
2974s	even on theme for the fall weather I
2976s	know exactly it's a drink of the canopy
2978s	perfect yeah if you ever want to take
2980s	him for a spin just let me know okay all
2983s	right but uh yeah there you go actually
2985s	I'll put him away he's kind of afraid of
2987s	heights himself so
2989s	I can mine this and so I've maxed out
2992s	um my artisanship levels through a
2995s	little bit of a cheat but uh
2997s	if you have the tools and
3000s	oops do I have the tools okay guys
3002s	you're seeing a little bit of a preview
3004s	of some of the work in progress UI with
3006s	the artisanship windows and obviously
3008s	you have a number of tools here that are
3009s	possible this UI of course is getting
3012s	completely revamped this is just kind of
3013s	the the um the wireframing for it but
3017s	talk to me a little bit about the tool
3018s	setup why is it important to have these
3020s	kind of tools how do tools Aid you in
3022s	your Gathering Adventures
3025s	yeah so um so uh each uh Gathering
3029s	profession will have three tools um the
3031s	tools kind of compliant online as you
3033s	progress through the profession uh and
3035s	the different uh resource types for each
3038s	one of the profession may require
3039s	different tools so
3041s	um you basically want to carry around
3042s	the the right tool for the job
3044s	and tools along with artisanship gear
3048s	will have stats on it so you can itemize
3051s	towards how you want to gather how fast
3053s	you want to gather yeah
3057s	oh it looks great I love the the uh the
3061s	destruction of the actual like
3063s	uh is it halcyonite how can I whatever
3066s	yeah I'll see you at night yeah I mean
3069s	nice we sort of set the precedent with
3070s	trees right so um we're trying to get uh
3074s	similar feelings uh that the trees bring
3076s	with our other uh gatherables yeah it's
3080s	looking great now where is where is your
3082s	Freehold uh it's just over this hill
3085s	here off to the left of the path I think
3087s	you might be able to see my uh the house
3089s	there with this chimney smoke as well
3091s	okay yeah that looks good how do we
3094s	let's let's get over there a little bit
3095s	faster maybe we can uh oh yeah
3097s	what do we got oh I don't think people
3100s	have seen the uh
3102s	Lightfoot yet
3105s	let's bring him out oh look at him how
3109s	cool is that
3112s	I look so good
3115s	I love the eyes
3119s	super cool do we know who did this one
3121s	was this jincey
3124s	I I think I believe there was a ginty
3126s	yeah yeah
3128s	oh wow this guy's fast it's high speed
3132s	is a rabbit after all you know
3136s	that's so cool wait we gotta slow it
3139s	down a little bit we gotta I can't
3140s	Approach at such Fast Pace to your to
3142s	your Freehold that would be
3143s	disrespectful
3145s	don't trample my plants please oh
3148s	perfect
3149s	this is great it's harder rabbits
3152s	so what have you geared it looks like I
3155s	mean you don't have a lot of buildings
3157s	on the Freehold uh for yours Bucky is
3160s	that because you're kind of trying to
3161s	utilize the land for farming and and
3164s	I know of course you are doctor Bucky so
3166s	the animal husbandry system and like
3168s	livestock
3170s	that's exactly right yeah so I I
3172s	sacrificed some of the space I could
3173s	have used for buildings to just have
3175s	more Farm space basically so as you can
3177s	see here we got some you know we got
3179s	some sheeps we got some cows and pigs
3182s	and we got some chickens back there and
3184s	we have a lot of space for different
3186s	farmables so
3187s	we have a wheat here corn and then the
3190s	tomatoes over there as well oh this
3191s	looks great so now
3194s	Mike when we're talking about you know
3197s	these types of farmable spaces obviously
3200s	as we discussed previously you know the
3203s	customization options for your Freehold
3205s	are really kind of up to you and what
3208s	you want to delve into on the processing
3210s	side of things and how you want to use
3211s	the space but players who want to
3213s	participate in the farming talk to me a
3215s	little bit about that system I mean the
3217s	intent excuse me
3219s	to provide this open area space for
3222s	people to utilize just growing different
3224s	crop rotations and the livestock and how
3226s	does that feed the the general
3228s	processing system yeah so the farming is
3231s	kind of generally focused on growing
3233s	crops like this and then dealing with
3235s	livestocks over there like that
3237s	um but generally what you want to do is
3240s	get gather some seeds from either vendor
3242s	or open in the world you can gather or
3245s	find some seeds on the open content and
3248s	you're gonna come to your Freehold and
3250s	plant them and then depending on what
3252s	kind of processing level you have and
3254s	what kind of processing stations or
3255s	buildings you might have you might grow
3257s	crops like a little faster produce like
3260s	better crop rotations and just generally
3264s	Farm things that's unique to farming
3267s	produce like compared to the in the open
3271s	world yeah so and I just got a bunch of
3274s	Wheat by the way I apologize Bucky on
3276s	stealing your weed
3278s	I got plenty it's it's harvest season
3281s	you know we got a big crop coming I need
3282s	some help getting all the Harvest done
3285s	yeah it looks super cool
3287s	another cool thing about farming too
3289s	since it has the the livestock
3291s	um is that it kind of feeds directly
3293s	into to hunting and synergizes with uh
3296s	animal husbandry so if you're interested
3299s	in in raising animals taming animals
3303s	um you know farmers will have a use for
3305s	them
3306s	yeah exactly so yeah animal husbandry
3309s	has multiple Lanes of ways to breed and
3312s	specialize your creatures and
3313s	mallets and pets are one of the more
3315s	popular ones but then obviously
3316s	livestock as well so not only can you
3319s	breed your animals for traits such as
3321s	like movement speed and health and
3322s	different combat stats but you'll also
3324s	be able to breed them for desirable
3325s	traits like you know fertility increase
3328s	harvesting yield and even uh increase
3330s	yield from butchering foreign
3333s	[Music]
3349s	with their
3351s	style here very nice very nice oh I just
3354s	got some eggs okay now one of the other
3356s	things that we wanted to obviously
3358s	collect player feedback on and I'm going
3360s	to open up the inventory
3361s	um just to kind of take a look at the
3364s	materials uh resource bag talk to me a
3369s	little bit about how we are implementing
3372s	resources differently from your general
3374s	item inventory
3378s	um so we're taking an approach from
3382s	other games but the idea of resource is
3386s	gonna have someone of a slot base
3389s	instead of having a slot base like
3391s	traditional MMO we're gonna look for
3393s	like a Tetris kind of idea of having
3395s	different shapes and different stock
3398s	sizes kind of like that to make some
3400s	interesting choices out in the world
3402s	where you have to do inventory
3404s	management and have a pick and choose
3406s	depending on like what you have
3407s	available what kind of bags you have
3410s	now I seem to have kind of run out of
3412s	space
3414s	um maybe I can grab do you have any oh
3416s	yeah if you want you can come uh put
3417s	some stuff in the chest in the house or
3419s	uh are your bags too small or what's
3421s	yeah no I only have one bag it's called
3423s	a Sanctus resource oh yeah I got some
3425s	extra bags for you actually you could
3426s	take some from my chest oh this is
3428s	nicely decorated home here
3432s	oh you have the uh
3436s	you have the
3438s	oh man I can't remember what we called
3439s	this but this was for the um pandemic
3442s	everyone who I think registered prior to
3446s	a certain date during the pandemic
3447s	Margaret will know
3448s	um we granted this item to people or
3451s	will be granted to people that's cool
3453s	it's modeled look at that I think Ryan
3455s	Richmond actually did the modeling for
3457s	that and then John uh waynick into the
3460s	implementation very cool that looks
3461s	awesome where's the chest I can grab uh
3465s	right here by the fireplace oh okay
3466s	sweet let me see here the materials oh
3470s	okay
3472s	all right so uh what do I do here just
3475s	grab this
3477s	they just take them all and swap it out
3479s	I think I'll equip them
3482s	okay cool I have some now this is
3484s	obviously work in progress uh UI this is
3487s	not the final UI but this kind of
3489s	demonstrates the functionality of the
3491s	system
3493s	let me go over here what can I do with
3495s	these sheep
3497s	you can Harvest them for uh we'll shoot
3499s	them
3502s	all right this this is not going to hurt
3504s	them is it no
3506s	you do a good job
3510s	give me your wool yeah oh it gave me
3514s	some wool and now it's naked that's so
3516s	sad
3517s	it'll grow back
3519s	oh how so so talk to you perfect that's
3522s	a good point so it'll grow back talk to
3523s	me a little bit about kind of you know
3526s	the intent behind the the livestock here
3529s	and the crops as well like you're
3530s	planting and you're placing these
3532s	livestock uh on farmable Space within
3535s	the within your Freehold and then over
3538s	time they mature and become processible
3541s	or how does that work
3543s	oh yeah that's pretty much exactly it
3546s	um certain certain things like for the
3548s	crops for example you need to acquire
3549s	seeds first which can be acquired
3551s	through a number of ways but once you
3553s	plant them uh you'll have to water them
3555s	and care for them and then after a
3556s	certain point depending on the crop
3557s	itself uh would be when you can Harvest
3560s	them
3561s	and then you can replant them at that
3562s	point and then for Animals uh different
3565s	animals have different you know sort of
3566s	byproducts I can get like so for example
3568s	from here from the cow you could you
3569s	could milk them and get some uh fresh
3572s	milk
3573s	but the they have horns are these
3576s	it's the right cow oh there's no
3578s	shutters there's others down there okay
3579s	all right let's see
3582s	oh I got a lick a little stool
3585s	wow that's some rapid paced milking holy
3588s
3591s	crazy
3593s	hold on let me make sure I got the milk
3595s	oh we did get the milk let me pull it
3597s	down here
3598s	put some corn down as well
3602s	do some reorganization there yeah kind
3605s	of just reorganizing things
3607s	another sort of interesting thing that
3609s	you'll see with you know livestock and
3611s	other types of things that you can
3612s	gather is
3613s	um uh you'll be able to kind of choose
3616s	the things that you want to gather from
3617s	it right um Bucky had mentioned the
3620s	animal byproducts right and you know
3622s	milk is a byproduct of a cow and you
3624s	know so is beef so it's up to you kind
3627s	of how and when you want to harvest your
3630s	Livestock in certain ways and the you
3632s	know same same with plants maybe you
3635s	want to you know take take the corn and
3637s	maybe you want to cut down the the
3638s	entire uh
3640s	corn plant to make room for other crops
3643s	and you know there's different bread
3645s	products depending on how you interact
3647s	with that gatherable now this is going
3649s	to be
3651s	another point of good player feedback so
3653s	one we kind of talked to you and showed
3655s	you guys a little bit of the systems for
3658s	planting crops on your Freehold
3660s	for
3662s	raising livestock collecting resources
3665s	from them
3666s	this and then the tetris inventory type
3670s	system
3671s	but this one is more game philosophy
3676s	slash
3677s	immersion right and what you're going to
3681s	see now
3682s	I think for those of you who are a bit
3684s	squeamish if you want to turn away
3687s	understandable but we're gonna get some
3690s	leather
3692s	and what else from the side Meat
3697s	um yeah some meat kind of whatever you'd
3700s	expect from a pig yep bacon all right
3703s	well all right I apologize little buddy
3705s	you had a good long life you did have a
3709s	good long life happy life on the farm
3710s	and now oh God go to sleep
3713s	now oh we got the hide in the meat but
3717s	it's oh that's sad is it it's just
3719s	sleeping is it tired that was intense
3721s	yeah yeah yeah for sure it's sleepy yeah
3723s	don't worry let's go uh yeah nothing to
3726s	see here
3727s	sorry little piglets
3730s	the piglets okay I'll take good care of
3733s	you oh let them let them live a little
3735s	bit of a life you'll become big and then
3737s	we'll uh oh okay
3740s	so guys that's a that's a great point of
3742s	player feedback talk to us a little bit
3744s	about how real slash immersive do you
3746s	want it to be or do you prefer that uh
3749s	perhaps the pigs don't die but rather
3751s	they just go to sleep
3753s	um that's that's a good question I think
3755s	for for a lot of people to give their
3757s	thoughts on okay so now now we have
3760s	um I'm seeing over here there's another
3762s	building obviously we have the the home
3763s	here we went inside a little bit this
3766s	other building talked to me a little bit
3767s	about that we talked a little bit in the
3769s	presentation about
3771s	um the profession buildings and them
3773s	giving access to workstations what do we
3776s	have here
3777s	so this is the um Artisan building that
3781s	we talked about
3782s	um and then these give General benefits
3784s	to the Freehold it could be profession
3787s	specific it could be just general
3788s	specific but it also gives you like
3790s	access to putting down stations like
3792s	this so this would be the metal working
3794s	station oh nice okay and I see this this
3797s	station's pretty
3799s	pretty intensive and and that's I think
3801s	something we're going to be showing in a
3802s	future stream which is all about The
3805s	Crafting process and the recipe
3807s	acquisition and the tools but also
3811s	um a little bit of a gameplay layer that
3813s	Corey Mike you guys have been working on
3815s	with crafting in the future that we're
3819s	going to show but this one's all about
3820s	processing and tell me talk to me a
3822s	little bit about we talked a little bit
3823s	about what it takes to go into the fuel
3826s	to prep the station to do the processed
3828s	goods and then kind of leaving and
3830s	letting that you know process over time
3833s	um
3835s	do you expect that players are going to
3837s	want to like fully kit out their
3839s	freeholds with the profession building
3841s	so they have access to all the stations
3843s	what would be the benefit of that
3846s	and I I think so right like if players
3848s	are really interested in investing in
3851s	processing right
3853s	um you know the freeholds are supposed
3855s	to kind of give the players the the
3857s	furthest reach up to the highest tiers
3859s	of process processing so if you want to
3862s	you know allocate most of your space in
3864s	your rehold in your Freehold for um uh
3868s	you know processing buildings processing
3870s	stations uh you could you could create
3872s	like kind of your your own processing
3875s	plant or or factory
3877s	um and really sort of you know have a
3880s	have a Stranglehold on a market or
3882s	particular Goods so the Freehold is
3885s	supposed to be free space for players to
3887s	kind of do whatever they'd like you know
3889s	decorate housing have businesses
3892s	um or create a you know processing
3895s	Empire so cool very cool well I did get
3898s	some
3899s	some supplies whoops I did get some
3903s	supplies uh Bucky do you want me to like
3905s	put this in the chest or anything or
3907s	yeah yeah you can just empty on the
3909s	store here in my chest for now so you
3911s	can go out no plants
3912s	oh yeah yeah that's right towards these
3914s	oh
3917s	mother one's here
3920s	very nice oh it's a more exploded oh no
3925s	oh you got stuff at least right yeah
3927s	yeah we did yeah we're good all right
3929s	let me go put this inside wait let me
3930s	make sure I actually did get the
3931s	tomatoes
3933s	I got a full bag at this point almost
3936s	oh I did get some Tomatoes okay there we
3937s	go
3941s	now you've obviously done a great job
3944s	with the inter with the decorations here
3946s	on the furniture
3948s	um and you know we don't intend
3950s	Furniture to obviously just be visual
3952s	aspect of the Interior but functional as
3956s	well talk to me a little bit about that
3959s	yeah so obviously we've seen here the
3961s	chest right the chest is a placeable
3963s	Furniture prop that actually increases
3964s	the storage capacity of your of your
3966s	Freehold property but we're going to
3968s	have a variety of you know other
3970s	functional Furnitures like besides just
3972s	even the artisanship stations so for
3974s	example we have a bed over here which
3976s	you'll be able to sleep in as well get
3978s	some rest experience perhaps also we'll
3980s	have chairs those are just like kind of
3982s	cosmetic you'll be able to sit in and uh
3984s	yeah there'll be a variety of functional
3986s	uh prop items as well that'll have
3988s	actual gameplay uh uses
3991s	nice that's awesome
3994s	let's see I'm just putting all this
3995s	stuff into the uh into the into your
4000s	storage chest so you have it
4003s	very nice Free Labor I see you have some
4005s	pictures in here as well yep yep that's
4008s	the picture I commissioned to myself
4011s	oh is this it is that is that you yes it
4015s	is actual me and armor it's actual Bucky
4019s	that is so great I think this is your
4023s	favorite Stephen yes yes sandals oh the
4025s	classic awesome that is super cool now
4029s	obviously players that we talked a
4031s	little bit about businesses and how
4032s	players can kind of stand up different
4034s	taverns and whatnot and Bucky you had
4036s	stated like one of the reasons why you
4038s	wanted to have your Freehold here in
4039s	this location was because of some of the
4041s	access to the rare resources but there's
4043s	also some interesting hunting grounds
4045s	nearby
4046s	um
4046s	and
4048s	you know one of the things that is
4050s	interesting about the Freehold system is
4052s	that it's not just architected for
4054s	processing but it can also be a
4057s	profitable location based on where uh
4060s	and what you're providing other players
4062s	access to from a like drink and food
4066s	Tavern perspective right yeah we
4068s	mentioned it before like there's um
4070s	business types of buildings that you can
4072s	build some of these could be very region
4074s	specific like if there was a hunting
4076s	ground nearby that is very populated we
4078s	could set up a Tavern sell like food
4081s	Buffs and drinks that is really good for
4083s	XP bonuses or increase to your loot
4087s	chance or something like that whatever
4088s	that may increase some kind of a benefit
4091s	to the player that is
4093s	um good business like I said
4096s	um if we set up here where you could
4099s	just get um
4102s	take advantage of the populated player
4105s	area that's awesome that's super cool
4109s	I love it and you were saying um
4112s	you know obviously
4115s	having access to
4117s	an open world where you're not
4119s	necessarily restricted to the locations
4122s	that you can place these freeholds but
4126s	allowing the players to kind of place
4128s	them themselves
4130s	obviously we are going to block out
4132s	certain areas that can't be placed like
4134s	certain Road networks and pois but
4138s	generally the intent is to to provide
4141s	these freeholds uh as layable plots in
4145s	the open world is that right
4147s	yeah that's right so as long as you uh
4149s	purchase a certificate from the owning
4151s	node of the land you'll be able to place
4152s	it in many places around the node like
4155s	just basically anywhere that's not like
4157s	a you know dungeon or a
4159s	point of Interest with monsters you'll
4161s	be able to place in a lot of areas so
4163s	players will have a lot of freedom in
4164s	choosing where they want to build build
4166s	their Freel and lay down their their
4168s	plot so it'll be a big like obviously
4170s	here like we you said I was looking at
4172s	the you know we got the mines over there
4173s	we got the point of interest but we also
4175s	have this large flat area for a lot of
4177s	farming and so it was kind of a good mix
4180s	for this Freehold
4182s	yeah
4183s	super cool love it Buck you have a very
4186s	cool Freehold you know I think I'm
4189s	getting a little bit tired can I you
4191s	mind if I just take a little nap you
4192s	know oh sure yeah I mean it's a great
4195s	great bed you'll get some rested
4196s	experience it'll be perfect I um I was
4199s	concerned a little bit with the nearby
4202s	enemy populations perhaps maybe you guys
4205s	can keep watch over me as I go to sleep
4206s	oh yeah yeah yeah for sure don't worry
4208s	you'll be you'll be safe we'll uh
4212s	[Music]
4213s	well everybody I hope you guys enjoyed
4215s	this uh brief look at Bucky's Freehold a
4218s	little bit about the um processing for
4221s	uh uh livestock as well as crops and
4226s	take a look at the new mounts some of
4228s	the resources that are placed around the
4230s	riverlands area and also a little look
4233s	at the housing system with some of the
4236s	furniture that you have access to kind
4238s	of use
4239s	and provide a little bit of benefit
4242s	that you have access to
4244s	for your game play and with that being
4247s	said I think we'll wish you all a do and
4250s	a good night and we will see you next
4252s	time thank you guys for joining us
4254s	later thank you for having us
4261s	[Music]
4265s	hello everybody I'm gonna be playing the
4268s	video in the background while we answer
4270s	some preliminary questions because we
4273s	know there was a lot of thoughts and
4277s	clarifications that we want to make
4280s	um you're muted Stephen
4284s	uh oh there we go I think I heard
4286s	something
4287s	yeah yeah you're good okay sorry I said
4290s	I feel like after that we all need to
4292s	get up and do a little bit of a stretch
4293s	just kind of move around a little bit I
4297s	know it was a long one that's why I told
4298s	everybody bring your snacks strap in uh
4300s	we got a lot more to show and of course
4303s	we want to do some clarifications
4305s	um the first one is that we will have
4306s	the gameplay video part of it in 4k up
4309s	on YouTube after this live stream and
4311s	then the full video will be up the full
4313s	Dev update should be up tomorrow pending
4315s	technology and YouTube collaborate with
4317s	us and twitch
4319s	um but you wanted to make some
4321s	clarifications on the predetermined
4323s	aspects yeah absolutely so um
4327s	I want to kind of clarify the way that
4329s	the predetermined Parcels work versus
4333s	laying down the Freehold where you wish
4335s	right so essentially
4338s	each zone of influence in the world has
4341s	designated large swaths of land that act
4345s	sort of as these Parcels that can be
4348s	catered to specific like points of
4350s	interest or thematically you know
4353s	relevant and you might want to bid on
4356s	that that kind of almost County size
4359s	area where you then get to place your
4362s	Freehold right and once you have bid on
4366s	those uh that area at the node then you
4370s	can acquire the um the Freehold plot and
4375s	you go out into that zone that section
4377s	that you have bid on and Acquired and
4380s	you place your Freehold footprint which
4383s	is a previously we had set the Freehold
4386s	size to about a half an acre however
4388s	recently that's chain well not recently
4390s	a while ago that changed to be one and a
4393s	half acres or roughly 100 by 60 and of
4396s	course we're still in development so
4397s	things might change change you know
4399s	continually just general disclaimer as
4402s	in development these systems are subject
4404s	to change so right now they're about one
4406s	and a half acres so you go out there and
4408s	you go to that predetermined slice of
4410s	land that's very large you know it's
4412s	many many acres and then you choose
4415s	where you want to place your plot for
4417s	the Freehold that's about a one and a
4419s	half acres and then on that plot you get
4422s	blueprints for buildings like your house
4424s	and the in the artisanship buildings or
4426s	businesses and you place those
4428s	blueprints down on the plot that you
4430s	placed and you construct them with
4433s	materials
4435s	I think some people have concerns about
4437s	the bidding aspect of freeholds but oh
4440s	yeah yeah sure no so so bidding is
4442s	essentially once you've completed a
4445s	quest uh in order to uh bid right it's
4448s	kind of like a little bit of a lordship
4451s	quest right where like you know you're
4452s	entitled to own this land so to speak
4455s	you've proven yourself worthy for the
4456s	node to Grant you this Parcels
4459s	um uh deed
4461s	um then on a regular Cadence especially
4465s	at the Inception or the beginning of a
4467s	node a number of those Parcels will be
4469s	available to bid for and players who Bid
4472s	and Win that bid then get to place their
4474s	Freehold on that on that section of the
4476s	world right
4478s	um and the idea is is to remember that
4480s	like nodes are built up and nodes can
4483s	fall through the destruction of either
4487s	um atrophy events or sieges and when
4489s	that happens these freeholds can be
4492s	subject to destruction uh and if a new
4495s	node develops uh then that cyclical kind
4500s	of recycling of these locations become
4502s	available again
4504s	yeah
4506s	I think people are like it's too real
4509s	for housing
4511s	um yes well and remember freeholds are
4513s	just one form of three different
4515s	technically now four with the ends three
4517s	different types of housing so freeholds
4520s	are are really the ultimate
4522s	um level of you know process oriented or
4525s	Artisan artisanship oriented um housing
4527s	type
4528s	um but there's also static in node
4530s	housing and there's uh Apartments as
4532s	well yeah and
4534s	next up we've got a clarification that
4538s	we'll be putting out an article for
4539s	Freehold building cosmetic concerns I
4541s	know there was a lot of concerns in
4542s	regards to that to make things a little
4544s	bit more clear and we'll also be
4545s	updating to item descriptions as well in
4547s	inventory but um one of the main things
4550s	that people had noted was if freeholds
4552s	are going to be limited what happens if
4554s	I bought a freehold of building cosmetic
4556s	and I know you wanted to address that
4557s	Stephen yeah absolutely
4560s	um so in the same sense that we've done
4562s	flying mounts types of cosmetics and or
4565s	tier two mounts these require you to
4568s	acquire them and there are many ways to
4570s	acquire a freehold not just through the
4573s	quest system first come first serve on a
4575s	per node basis but you can also sell and
4578s	purchase a freehold as well now again
4580s	freeholds are restricted to one per
4582s	account so if you're going to acquire
4585s	Freehold and then sell it you can only
4588s	sell it to an account that doesn't
4590s	already own a freehold so because these
4594s	are relative one to sell correct that's
4597s	correct and because these um these
4600s	freeholds are an integral component of
4602s	the artisanship system fulfilling kind
4604s	of the best processing that's available
4605s	within ashes of creation
4608s	um these are constantly going to be
4610s	coming up for sale we're establishing
4611s	kind of a real estate market that
4613s	players can invest in and then sell uh
4616s	within the in-game economy but also they
4620s	are a resource that's subject to removal
4623s	through the sieging system as well right
4625s	so there's a bit of risk implied there
4627s	but the idea is that this is something
4630s	for players to strive for and to achieve
4633s	those who wish to to achieve this
4636s	um and anyone who sets their mind to it
4638s	or sets it to their goal to work up
4641s	either enough money in game to purchase
4644s	a freehold from another player or is is
4647s	at a node where a freehold is available
4649s	and you've developed your you know
4651s	personal Holdings to acquire one through
4653s	the bidding system or if you become a
4657s	member of a family those are all methods
4660s	by which you can have access to the
4662s	Freehold and then utilize your Cosmetics
4663s	for the uh for the uh the buildings okay
4667s	and then and by the way just just as
4670s	real quick I just want to State
4672s	something we took this different
4673s	approach with the presentation and the
4675s	PowerPoint side of things because this
4677s	is a very in-depth Hefty system and this
4681s	is very Hefty when it comes to design
4684s	detail and anytime we get into a
4688s	discussion about a system this
4690s	intricate there's a lot of opportunity
4693s	for miscommunication misinformation
4696s	misunderstanding in how these systems
4699s	work so that's why as Margaret said at
4701s	the beginning of the stream I am
4702s	scheduled for a live q a uh next week uh
4708s	um and then also one another one next
4710s	month that we'll be announcing soon
4712s	um where I'm going to have an
4713s	opportunity to kind of chat with the
4715s	community and I'll probably jump on
4716s	Discord after stream as well for maybe
4718s	an hour or so we'll see how my schedule
4719s	looks it's probably a nightmare but um I
4722s	know I know I know
4725s	um and I'll try to answer some questions
4727s	as uh uh in Discord as well so and you
4731s	know Roshan and and Cody they'll be
4733s	they'll be assisting with that as well
4735s	on the community side person and Beckner
4737s	have been answering a lot of stuff yes
4739s	yeah
4740s	um you answered one of them already and
4742s	then uh people would like it kind of
4744s	goes hand in hand with what you were
4745s	just talking about if you could talk a
4746s	little bit more about Freehold
4747s	permissions uh specifically one of the
4750s	questions was can people Harvest from
4751s	your Freehold without permissions can
4754s	they steal from your Freehold no they
4757s	people cannot steal from your Freehold
4758s	they cannot Harvest without your
4760s	permission you can have uh if you're
4763s	unfamiliar with the family system take a
4764s	little bit of a look at that of course
4765s	the ashes Wiki is a great uh location of
4768s	um uh resources I know I know a lot well
4772s	a lot has changed remember as we draw
4775s	closer to testing dates uh these systems
4778s	get iterations that can happen very
4781s	rapidly as we're either internally play
4783s	testing or as other systems change that
4787s	facilitate a need to make changes within
4790s	uh other ancillary systems you know
4792s	those changes can occur that's that's
4794s	part of the
4796s	um the player contract so to speak with
4800s	a live development is that understanding
4803s	must be expressed on kind of the ability
4805s	for these things to change over time
4807s	because ultimately we're trying to build
4808s	the best possible systems the best
4809s	possible game for you guys to enjoy and
4811s	it all need to make sense together and
4812s	MMOs are an accumulation of many
4816s	different types of games in one
4818s	um and that's what makes them so unique
4820s	so yeah all right and then can players
4824s	be denied from buying a freehold from
4826s	other players or uh by proper property
4829s	anonymously
4831s	no
4833s	okay and then Mega Ballin which I think
4836s	is funny name uh well rare blueprints
4838s	have benefits Beyond just appearance
4842s	um yes absolutely yeah the blueprints
4845s	blueprints are the vehicle for which
4848s	um unique uh mechanical Properties or
4851s	in-game properties
4853s	um are uh delivered to the player so
4855s	buildings can have certain types of
4857s	Buffs and passive benefits that are
4859s	conferred based on the quality of the
4861s	blueprint that's been acquired so the
4864s	rarer the blueprint the the more
4865s	powerful its effect
4867s	okay and then does Freehold size
4870s	determine how much stuff can be put
4873s	inside how does a Cosmetics can impact
4875s	how many things or the location of where
4878s	things can be placed good call so
4881s	um Cosmetics that are are very large in
4884s	size we will have a system that's not
4886s	been developed yet but we've been
4888s	planning for this we'll have a system
4890s	where multiple buildings can be occupied
4893s	space Wise by the larger cosmetic so a
4897s	cosmetic might replace the visual
4898s	appearance of one particular building
4900s	but then you'll be able to have that
4903s	footprint occupy multiple buildings to
4905s	replace the visual appearance of right
4907s	so that way you're you're still
4909s	utilizing the similar amount of space
4910s	and yes when you talk about the kind of
4913s	management system of the Freehold it is
4916s	entailed in two parts one is a
4918s	permitting system that allows for a
4920s	specific number of different types of
4922s	buildings that can be allotted on the
4923s	Freehold and constructed that needs to
4926s	be acquired through the no in which
4928s	you've attained the Freehold certificate
4930s	and the uh the other side of that is the
4933s	space constraint as well because
4935s	whatever space you're not using on the
4937s	Freehold for a building plot or location
4939s	can be utilized for other purposes as
4942s	you saw in the in-game presentation uh
4945s	such as livestock placement crop
4947s	placements and rotations as well as
4950s	other types of placeables
4953s	all right and then the question here was
4956s	are there plans to replace rest XP when
4959s	with another benefit as the servers
4961s	mature and majority of players are
4963s	already max level
4967s	um not at the moment no no right now the
4970s	the beds are primarily servicing uh rest
4973s	experience function
4975s	um of course there are obviously
4976s	opportunities where additional text tree
4979s	structures could be provided or
4980s	additional items might get released with
4982s	expansions uh that have uh different
4985s	types of benefits convert to that
4986s	particular type of furniture but at the
4989s	moment that's not in the plan
4991s	are the upgraded uh are the upgrades
4994s	skills sorry my camera is driven out
4997s	um
4998s	I took the Elgato update and now it's
5000s	just broke my camera oh no yeah uh are
5005s	the upgrades skill trees tree buildings
5008s	or profession specific can you reset the
5011s	trees at a cost
5013s	uh you you absolutely
5016s	um you I believe you can actually change
5019s	the tree spec at a cost
5022s	um and the upgrades are specific to the
5024s	building
5026s	um uh the upgrade paths are specific to
5028s	the building
5030s	all right and then will there be
5032s	Furniture loot in drop tables if so will
5036s	they be common or rare drops with Unique
5038s	Designs there will be components of
5042s	unique Furniture recipes
5045s	um that are dropped and are rare
5048s	um and those again will scale uh based
5050s	on the Rarity uh and the power it
5052s	confers to the specific type of
5054s	furniture constructs
5056s	and can married couples co-own a
5059s	freehold
5060s	uh no the Freehold ownership is
5063s	designated by one account only and then
5066s	the family system is the system that
5067s	facilitates multiple accounts having
5069s	permission base uh basis within that
5073s	Freehold
5074s	and we will have more questions but
5076s	they're in the Q a segment from pulled
5079s	from our forums but they will be
5080s	Freehold specific and I want to go ahead
5082s	uh real quick I just want to give one
5085s	other uh commentary about an additional
5087s	system that you guys got an early
5088s	insight and early look uh at which is
5091s	the inventory uh system and I want to
5094s	give some clarifying commentary on the
5097s	purpose and the design for that
5100s	inventory system so first of all
5103s	inventory is split into two separate
5105s	Management Systems the first is your
5108s	non-material non-gatherable uh slots
5112s	those are your standard single slot non
5116s	um
5117s	um uh not space constrainted system
5120s	right that's a standard inventory you
5122s	just have a single slot and you you can
5124s	pull completed items and or consumables
5126s	and you know Quest items or whatever
5128s	into that slot right and then when
5130s	you're talking about materials
5132s	specifically processed Goods
5135s	um and gatherables those exist within
5139s	the tetris type uh inventory system and
5143s	the purpose for that is there is a and
5145s	this is you're seeing a very early
5146s	representation of the UI there
5149s	um this is not the uh the final UI nor
5152s	is it even the um existing kind of ux
5155s	design that we want to facilitate with
5157s	ease of access into that system this is
5160s	just kind of functional currently
5162s	um but what we want to achieve with that
5165s	is because everything in the world is
5169s	generally uh uh harvestable a resource
5173s	that that could be harvested we want to
5175s	have very unique progression when it
5178s	comes to the construction of of resource
5180s	bags right and those resource bags will
5183s	have certain benefits like increasing
5185s	stack size count of particular types of
5187s	resources or
5189s	um of having a a additional delay time
5192s	necessary to interface with with your
5194s	core corpse should a player try to take
5196s	the resources you might have dropped in
5198s	PvP or having passive benefits and
5202s	unique structures of spacing that makes
5204s	it more a better bag for wood Gathering
5206s	because Woods are three by one or a
5209s	better bag for mining because you know
5211s	mining is always two by two like the
5215s	idea is to make your intent as a
5218s	gatherer when you go out into the wild
5220s	specific right not just that you're
5222s	going out into the wild and Gathering
5224s	everything you can because it's there
5226s	and that's what we don't have like a
5228s	labor system that limits it right we
5230s	have a space constraint system so when
5232s	you leave your node and you go out into
5235s	the wild you need to be conscientious of
5238s	what you're choosing to interact with
5240s	and and take resources for because you
5242s	have a limited space constraint to that
5244s	degree and we think it's an interesting
5247s	system that ties into as you guys will
5248s	see later
5250s	um uh the Caravans and crates system as
5252s	well
5253s	all right and do note that anything that
5256s	we've talked about today we would love
5258s	feedback on we will have a freehold
5260s	updates live stream uh thread that will
5263s	go up it might be up right now I don't
5265s	know how quickly Wagner is working to
5267s	push that up
5268s	um but definitely go head on over to our
5270s	forums give us feedback we'll be
5272s	compiling that and sending it Yonder to
5274s	our development team they've been loving
5276s	all of the reports that we've been
5278s	putting together and your guys's
5280s	feedback has been super valuable it
5282s	makes sure that we're you know on the
5284s	right page as far as we move forward a
5286s	lot of the things that you guys want are
5288s	things we're already planning to do
5289s	which is very exciting and it also kind
5293s	of makes sure that we're
5296s	making the right design choices and if
5298s	you guys see any flaws or holes in those
5300s	things we'd love to see uh what your
5302s	thoughts are and especially as you get
5303s	into Alpha 2 that's when you're going to
5304s	get your hands on it and you're going to
5306s	be able to provide like the juicy
5307s	feedback but preliminary we would love
5310s	to know what your guys's thoughts are
5311s	with that we've got quite a bit of art
5314s	updates to Showcase so we'll move on to
5316s	that and then
5317s	I know that folks are curious about some
5320s	studio updates that have happened this
5322s	month
5323s	so
5324s	we'll move on to Art you saw that we had
5328s	some Cow Milking setup there that Steven
5333s	was I couldn't find the Udders to start
5335s	with and what he did eventually
5338s	um and some sharing that we did with the
5340s	wool and we've shown some of the other
5342s	creatures in the past but we did have
5343s	some chickens that were added and eggs
5346s	and I'm sure you've seen some of our
5348s	other we've got like a chicken Pig
5349s	creature and some other creatures that
5351s	may be coming in the world but we want
5352s	to definitely have the the ranch and
5355s	creatures you would expect in Game of
5357s	course and then we'll have some more
5359s	Varan specific ones coming out
5362s	the next one the next creature we have
5364s	is actually quite
5365s	awesome it's the crab fresh cat crab
5369s	fish which I love uh Danny did such a
5374s	good job with this one
5375s	yeah careful what you've what you go out
5377s	there fishing for yeah
5381s	you might catch one of these bad boys
5383s	and then for those of you who got the
5385s	falges stalker this is how that's coming
5388s	along and we actually have a turntable
5390s	for it and don't worry I'll be showing
5392s	that costume in a moment here too
5394s	um
5396s	but it's looking sick looks great yeah I
5399s	love it we will be making many variants
5402s	of that I'm sure
5403s	for creatures in the world you know I
5405s	was they had um I can't remember the
5407s	name of it is it is it Manticore or what
5409s	what is I can't remember the name of the
5410s	creature that's similar to this in uh
5412s	DND but I was watching that d d movie
5414s	and I I thought they did a great job
5416s	with that movie and I think they had one
5417s	of the uh similar to this in the uh
5419s	little maze area yeah I actually like
5421s	the d d movie as well yeah normally the
5424s	D movies are cheesy but that one was
5425s	really good yeah and then this is the
5428s	Desolation Outlander armor that you just
5430s	saw in that turntable looks
5434s	badass ginsy did such a good job
5437s	then we have the second sword
5442s	and I believe we got a vek donning this
5445s	for those of you who maybe haven't seen
5447s	uh back in a bit
5449s	they're pretty cool looking
5452s	great and this one was done by Keith I
5457s	think he's one of the
5459s	longest running employees here at
5461s	Intrepid right he was our first uh ever
5464s	hired actually yeah
5468s	Keith has made a lot of awesome stuff a
5471s	lot of great stuff he's a phenomenal
5472s	artist Great modeler Character artist
5475s	and then we've got the sons of Fortune
5484s	and a couple Soul Seeker variants
5493s	and a couple of masks so the first one
5496s	is the tormentors Visage oh I was
5499s	wearing that but the white version
5501s	I just didn't have the cloak on oh for
5503s	the soul yeah for the salt Seeker yeah
5507s	if you saw Steven's character in game
5509s	yeah and then we've got the midnight
5512s	mask I think this is still work in
5514s	progress but you can see some of it and
5516s	then
5517s	the fun one
5519s	drum roll oh yeah Steven can't hear the
5522s	drum roll now he can oh drum roll
5525s	we've got
5527s	our new nickoon looks oh yeah so um You
5532s	probably saw some of the faces that we
5534s	had here
5536s	um and then we have the bodies and then
5538s	I also have some more shots for you guys
5540s	to check out as well
5546s	yep yep so you saw the concept art
5549s	previously now these are the models
5553s	um and of course you'll have some
5554s	customization for yourself this is just
5556s	like you know one that we've generated
5561s	somebody said holy mother of forearms
5564s	yeah he's beefy
5566s	that was great
5571s	very nice looks great
5573s	and then we've got the female
5576s	over to them and I do have a turntable
5578s	for the female as well
5585s	super cool love it
5588s	yeah it looks so good love the body art
5591s	the tattoos and stuff yeah
5595s	and we will have like a whole tattoo
5596s	system in game as well which is really
5599s	exciting absolutely
5602s	it's the turntable of the female
5606s	yeah I love the Polynesian influences
5609s	for this race I think they uh
5612s	you know it's it's a it's an often
5613s	underrepresented uh cultural influence
5616s	in a lot of games and I I think that uh
5619s	the nakuin
5621s	um history and lore tie in nicely to
5624s	kind of representing I think that uh
5627s	that aspect in ashes yeah I feel like
5629s	there's not always a lot of Islander or
5632s	Asian specific uh Vibes so I'm usually
5636s	misrepresented or underrepresented in
5638s	those games sometimes there's not even
5640s	female characters so yeah with that
5644s	let's talk a little bit about Studio
5646s	updates there's one big one that I know
5648s	folks have been asking about and they're
5650s	like is that person going to be on the
5652s	stream no please I'm gonna let you know
5654s	as someone who was on a live stream and
5656s	did it ama my first week starting that's
5659s	wild hey that you're a trooper are you a
5662s	trooper I downloaded everything and
5665s	every piece of information I possibly
5666s	could yeah so Studio update uh some of
5669s	you might have seen an announcement we
5671s	have brought on uh an absolutely
5673s	glorious individual by the name of Bill
5675s	trost um funny enough bill was uh the
5678s	first person I'd ever interviewed um
5680s	John and I were interviewed for Intrepid
5683s	Studios but he joins us as of two weeks
5686s	ago he has a rich history and a very
5688s	tremendous amount of experience having
5690s	shipped multiple MMOs and he brings his
5694s	wealth of knowledge to the team he's
5695s	worked with many of our
5697s	um uh many of the people in our studio
5699s	over the course of his his long tenure
5702s	as a game developer and he is currently
5705s	in the process of catching up to speed
5707s	as much as possible so it wasn't quite
5709s	appropriate for us to invite him on this
5711s	stream but I'm sure in a future stream
5713s	you guys will have an opportunity uh to
5715s	meet and listen to uh Bill and chat with
5717s	him so very excited about that yeah and
5720s	we've done a few of those where you get
5721s	to meet and uh you know learn more about
5725s	some of the developers but we usually
5726s	like to tie that in with a system that
5728s	they're working on or some kind of a
5730s	Content piece otherwise uh we also get
5733s	people who are mad because they're like
5734s	show us game we don't want to hear about
5736s	this person so it's finding a balance of
5738s	like we are people but we also are
5740s	trying to make a product for you and
5742s	show progression in that and hopefully
5744s	you've been seeing that as we move
5745s	forward and next month's live stream is
5748s	also going to be a very long one so
5749s	prepare yourself for that
5752s	goodness that you think this one was uh
5759s	we'll go into our q a to wrap things up
5763s	because we've been holding you all as
5765s	long as we can so far but we do have a
5767s	few more questions and some of them are
5770s	um specifically Freehold related and
5772s	others are not so we'll I will I will
5775s	just I will I will just say that many
5779s	people are asking for a leak I'm not
5780s	going to get the leak but
5782s	um
5783s	I am just gonna say that next month and
5786s	I'm pretty sure it's gonna be next month
5788s	there's a slight possibility it might be
5789s	about that but next month yeah the the
5792s	hint will be
5793s	send nodes
5796s	Stephen what no no
5798s	I know okay well
5803s	I'm gonna link something from PI meaning
5805s	uh someone might have said the wrong
5807s	word at one point during the VIP
5812s	is it was so funny we were all laughing
5815s	so hard
5817s	um anyways moving on we've got our
5820s	questions here so these were pulled from
5821s	the forums reminder that we do sometimes
5823s	do these we might not do one for next
5825s	month but we do have a couple q and A's
5827s	slotted for Steven
5828s	um outside uh we'll see how that goes
5830s	but for this one this is from song Rune
5833s	which that's such a beautiful name uh
5834s	their question is about Freehold plot
5836s	placement will it be possible to choose
5838s	the direction your Freehold is facing
5840s	and buildings are facing on your plot
5842s	particularly when using Cosmetics from
5844s	pre-order packs or will this already be
5846s	determined by the plot you choose
5849s	um the answer to those questions are yes
5851s	yes and yes so you can uh manipulate the
5854s	orientation of the Freehold plot you can
5856s	manipulate the orientation of the
5858s	particular buildings and items and items
5861s	correct yep
5862s	um and then heavy heavy degree of
5864s	customization and by the way those
5866s	systems are in place for the furniture
5867s	placements and the props
5869s	um it's just pending kind of UI
5870s	treatments because right now it's all
5872s	program art and you know for those of
5874s	you who are unfamiliar with game
5875s	development UI is and visual effects and
5879s	uh audio are off exactly are often the
5883s	most taxed teams because they tend to be
5885s	at the end of each pipeline so praise
5887s	them praise them and QA so all four of
5890s	those teams are like please give us the
5892s	thing as early as possible just to give
5894s	context for why they're typically at the
5896s	end of the pipeline the development for
5897s	many systems and or content is because
5900s	you want to have all the iteration done
5904s	for a particular animation or a system
5906s	or whatever before you get to the phase
5909s	of the audio visual effects or the UI
5913s	um and and then typically when those
5915s	systems all get completed now it's all
5916s	stacked up and ready to get worked on by
5918s	those teams
5920s	um so yeah yeah and then the next one is
5922s	from zika the Phoenix and they want to
5924s	know about mounts and freeholds will you
5926s	be able to keep your mounts that you've
5928s	unlocked on your freeholds plot to move
5930s	freely about as they please like in a
5932s	stable or in a little fenced area
5935s	um there are a number of different types
5937s	of ways that creatures can be acquired
5940s	some of them in a mount format and can
5943s	be utilized in animal husbandry slash
5946s	livestock placements um on the Freehold
5949s	but from a cosmetic perspective uh we
5953s	don't quite have a system in place for
5954s	that yet I'm not going to rule that out
5956s	for the future of post-launch but right
5958s	now it's delegated specifically to like
5960s	hunting taming uh livestock and animal
5962s	husbandry
5964s	all right and then uh Tyrann thraxis
5967s	wants to know about moving freeholds how
5970s	many times a year do you suspect that
5972s	moving that most players will be moving
5974s	residents based on nodes being
5976s	eliminated from sieges
5978s	that's a good question and there are a
5981s	lot of variables that influence that
5982s	answer I'm not sure I can give an
5984s	average
5985s	um
5986s	but what I would say is that depending
5989s	on
5990s	the political Dynamic of a server
5994s	if a server tends to have more
5998s	um
6001s	more combat and or sieges against nodes
6005s	that is going to increase the amount of
6008s	uh opportunity for freeholds to be
6011s	removed from the world
6013s	and then replaced
6015s	um I'm not sure I have an average what I
6016s	will say is that it is very important to
6019s	remember that ashes is not a PVP game
6022s	and it is not a PVE game it is a pvx
6025s	game and that has a very specific
6027s	meaning it means that as these systems
6030s	are developed as they are designed and
6034s	they are integrated with each other they
6036s	are done so from a competitive
6039s	Viewpoint and how that system relates to
6043s	both PVE and PVP freeholds are one of
6046s	those systems very much so and it's
6049s	because of the cyclical nature that
6050s	we're attempting to achieve with the
6052s	development of nodes and the destruction
6054s	of nodes the world is a rapidly and
6057s	dynamically changing Place really so
6059s	it's it's intended to be something that
6062s	is constantly recycling and is is
6064s	leaking out different types of content
6066s	and new content that revitalizes the
6070s	player interest and and stimulates new
6074s	points of conflict or cooperation right
6076s	that is what the goal is I'm building
6079s	the history of the game like for
6081s	instance if you're part of the node that
6082s	is the longest running node in the
6084s	history of your server like that's epic
6086s	that's a story to tell right and I think
6089s	that hopefully you feel
6092s	um
6092s	you feel like you are part of it so much
6095s	that you want to to fight for your your
6098s	Freehold and fight for your citizenship
6100s	and fight for your uh your area that
6102s	you're in
6103s	um for anyone who has played a like game
6106s	that has persistency like that it is
6108s	there's a little bit of you know ego
6111s	that comes with some of that I feel like
6112s	when it comes to servers and and
6114s	notoriety
6116s	um and of course somebody I think biggie
6118s	said uh PPP now stands for player verse
6120s	Pig no when you killed the mama pig and
6123s	the babies in front of the pig you don't
6126s	know that the piglet was related they
6128s	could have been from different Pig
6129s	families there was no other mama pigs
6132s	there we don't know that for certain
6137s	Dr Bucky we need an update no just
6139s	kidding
6142s	to know oh
6144s	I was gonna say
6145s	um I loved the emote that they did with
6148s	the chicken dance oh my gosh it was so
6150s	great I was laughing a hilarious story I
6153s	was late for a meeting yesterday with uh
6155s	with Bucky Corey and uh Mike and they
6160s	took a video and they sent me a video on
6164s	slack and they were doing and let me see
6167s	can I can I send this to you and you can
6169s	show it yeah you can
6172s	I think I
6174s	they told me that I could show it hold
6176s	up let me see maybe they're going to
6179s	regret that oh no I think they might
6183s	hold on
6185s	um okay here we go got it and let me
6189s	they're probably trying to run to my
6191s	office right now and stop me from doing
6193s	it
6197s	okay I just sent it to you in a the DM
6199s	on slack okay and oh it's in like uh so
6203s	this was at this was after we this is
6205s	after we recorded they uh they were
6209s	waiting for me to come to a meeting I
6210s	had I had to run out and do I had to run
6213s	out for an errand and I was late for my
6214s	meeting like five minutes and so they
6216s	sent me this okay hold on I'm gonna
6219s	drag it onto here
6221s	oh it's because why is it an mov
6224s	I don't know I don't know how they took
6226s	it
6227s	you probably did it on a phone or or on
6231s	their uh I think because it's mov I
6232s	can't put it oh but I can do it a
6236s	different way I can play it on a screen
6237s	and screen capture yeah of course good
6241s	call good call yeah yeah so give me a
6243s	second to so the uh the idea is that uh
6246s	you know a lot of these different emotes
6248s	are part of you know the game that you
6250s	can kind of express yourself in uh this
6252s	one was a leftover for those of you who
6254s	uh who were in apoc and and tested for
6257s	uh for apoc you had this particular
6260s	emote I have six monitors so I gotta I
6262s	gotta find the right manner okay I'm
6265s	gonna transition here you're gonna get a
6268s	full screen of whatever this is
6273s	there's there's Bucky Corey and Mike
6280s	[Music]
6282s	they were doing I know people are gonna
6284s	zoom in on the the animations their
6287s	animation references
6290s	the mocap for the no I don't think those
6293s	were vocab to animations but they're
6295s	good we made the mocap suit on them next
6297s	time
6299s	foreign
6301s	but in regards to the data about like
6304s	sieges and nodes and things like that we
6305s	will be capturing a lot of that stuff in
6307s	the back end so we could do some really
6308s	cool like server statistic data
6311s	um and I know from the marketing
6312s	perspective I would love to do like
6314s	um absolutely lots of Graphics like that
6316s	with with details and stuff for you guys
6318s	to to look at on the website when it
6321s	comes to server
6322s	um details as well the next question
6324s	here is from zayer maintaining a
6326s	freehold is there going to be an upkeep
6328s	to freeholds and nodes that if not
6331s	provided will degrade the Freehold such
6333s	as materials required to keep things
6335s	running
6337s	um well as we spoke a little bit about
6339s	uh through the artisanship and
6341s	processing uh mechanics fuel is a
6343s	necessary component of the
6346s	actions that you can take with
6348s	processing stations however if we're
6350s	talking about like material
6355s	excuse me if we're talking about
6357s	material maintenance necessary for the
6359s	actual uh Freehold itself uh no there is
6363s	however a tax system which requires tax
6365s	uh taxes to be paid on the property that
6368s	you own and that tax system is
6372s	um
6372s	is informed by the number of permits
6375s	from the types of buildings and upgrades
6377s	that you have on the Freehold as well
6378s	including potentially the business so
6380s	those tax certifications are kind of
6382s	what's necessary to maintain or upkeep
6384s	the note
6385s	okay and but in regards to like crops
6389s	and creatures well they have to have
6391s	some upkeep to keep those things alive
6393s	and yeah that's that's the livestock and
6395s	the crop rotations have a process
6398s	oriented uh um uh uh approach which
6403s	means that it includes things like
6404s	watering and fertilizing and feeding and
6409s	um uh you know raising those that's kind
6411s	of the process by which you get these
6413s	things to the mature State the other
6414s	thing is that like different types of
6416s	assets on the on the farming side or on
6418s	the livestock side they have different
6420s	types of interaction so right now you're
6422s	just kind of seeing one interaction the
6423s	system hasn't been fully implemented yet
6425s	uh but you know certain types of
6427s	creatures can be either butchered or
6429s	they can be harvested for their wool uh
6432s	or their milk and then they can be you
6435s	know plants can be like uprooted they
6437s	can be fruited they can be
6440s	harvested there's different types of
6442s	interacts that are available based on
6444s	the type of asset from the farming
6445s	perspective
6447s	people are already zooming in on the
6449s	whiteboard in the background oh no oh is
6453s	there stuff on there I don't know but
6455s	it's funny
6456s	um next up we've got strange Abe who
6460s	wants to know about super fast Freehold
6461s	Gathering will there be quicker gather
6463s	function in your Freehold than the one
6466s	that was seen because right now you're
6468s	like Gathering one at a time on the
6470s	crabs uh well yes there'll be different
6472s	types of tools and or Machinery that can
6474s	be used to like plant multiple seed
6478s	types within a particular infrastructure
6480s	that gives you bundles and or many
6482s	different harvestings that's part of
6484s	progression so as you get more Adept at
6486s	farming you have the ability to kind of
6488s	mass produce and the same is true when
6491s	you talk about quality quantity speed of
6494s	processing across many of the different
6496s	processing professions
6498s	all right and then we've got Team
6500s	America wanting to know about Guild Hall
6503s	crafting and I did see a bunch of
6504s	questions about Guild halls in the chat
6506s	too but this was about freeholds not
6508s	Guild Halls
6509s	um will Guild Halls be able to build a
6511s	high-end crafting stations or other
6513s	otherwise different mechanics from
6515s	freeholds
6517s	um generally
6518s	um
6519s	let me pause on the Guild Hall
6522s	discussion because there's still some
6524s	active iteration being done on the
6526s	designs for that based on what we've
6528s	previously had so that'll be something
6530s	that we'll update in the future on Guild
6531s	Halls Google makes sense I mean we could
6534s	probably do a whole thing just on Guild
6535s	Halls that's why I didn't I saw a lot of
6537s	questions about them in there I was like
6538s	that's a whole other thing homies
6540s	yeah jalon wants to know about Freehold
6543s	PVP are you safe while on your Freehold
6546s	or do you have to be in a building to
6549s	have safety from other players
6551s	currently the only safe space for the
6554s	Freehold is the home so if you are
6557s	within the home footprint you cannot be
6560s	harmed via damage by other players
6563s	do you have to like lock your doors and
6565s	windows like some other games
6567s	just on the footprint of the home all
6570s	right
6571s	on the footprint of the home what
6573s	prevents players from pvping you is it
6575s	just like a Zone type of thing where
6577s	it's a hard lock when the system when
6579s	the ability checks a valid Target the
6581s	return is no
6583s	okay just wanted to clarify
6586s	further
6587s	and paragraph granium or grinham wants
6590s	to know about Freehold durability
6591s	durability could you give us an idea of
6594s	how durable a freehold is in case your
6597s	your node is successfully staged like
6599s	how does that you know how long do I
6601s	have to basically go clean up my stuff
6603s	yeah that's you know that's a it's a
6605s	balanced question and it's something
6607s	that's going to be a part of when we
6608s	test that functionality you know where
6611s	does Landing Right Live
6614s	um and you know my expectation is that
6616s	given the scope of time that's available
6619s	for the Freehold to be destroyed
6621s	potentially after a node Siege we want
6624s	to cater that balance uh towards that
6626s	period of time essentially and knowing
6629s	that that's a few hours uh potentially
6632s	um you want it obviously to Scale based
6634s	on the number of participants and or
6636s	attackers you might have but creating
6639s	kind of a um a mini encounter slash
6642s	experience there so I don't have a
6644s	direct answer to you it's going to live
6645s	within the time frame
6647s	um uh of that period of time that the
6649s	Freehold can be destructed
6651s	awesome and these last two questions
6652s	that were pulled from our Forum folks
6654s	are not necessarily Freehold specific so
6658s	you can it's all freeholds
6662s	uh smucky wants to know about monster
6665s	coins and World bosses will World bosses
6668s	like the like tumak uh take part in the
6671s	NPC sieges on nodes and will players be
6674s	able to use a monster coin to play as
6676s	one of those World bosses in an event
6679s	that is the intent is that we will have
6682s	varying quality of monster coins
6685s	available
6686s	creatures like tumak May participate in
6689s	certain atrophy events or
6691s	other types of events and if you have
6694s	the very rare and legendary type of
6697s	monster coin that's available to be used
6699s	on a creature type like tumak
6701s	then yes you could inhabit him that's
6704s	the intent of the system
6706s	um I love the idea that tumak like lives
6708s	on this node area with you and is like
6710s	protecting the roaming area around and
6712s	then like you're starting to get Siege
6713s	and he's like all right
6715s	I'll I'll come help you like some
6717s	diplomacy happens and he gets on board
6719s	and someone gets to play him like that's
6721s	cool I don't know I like that right
6723s	right now I will say that um the monster
6725s	coin system is used exclusively for
6727s	assaulting nodes not for defending them
6730s	but oh okay uh they took over your area
6733s	little does he know we're gonna do that
6734s	to it too but don't tell him that he's
6737s	done
6738s	low end it's fine uh no I'm just kidding
6745s	uh jibs IRL wants to know about audio
6748s	design from an audio creation standpoint
6751s	how do you plan to make audio and Ashes
6753s	of creation an immersive experience and
6755s	I do want to mention that if you haven't
6757s	watched our
6759s	2022 recap you should definitely go do
6762s	that because Kat talked she didn't
6764s	really want to be on the stream but she
6765s	was wonderful and she did have like a
6767s	lot of great things to say about the
6769s	audio in ashes of recreation and her
6771s	thoughts on it but yeah pass that to you
6773s	Stephen for sure I mean audio is as
6777s	important as visuals
6779s	um and sometimes in certain cases more
6783s	um for me specifically when you talk
6785s	about the audio design of like creatures
6788s	and you know the different types of kind
6791s	of tactile responses you want to hear
6793s	out of Mining and resource Gathering and
6796s	artisanship I mean it permeates every
6798s	layer of the game right so we have a
6801s	phenomenal audio team here
6804s	um uh that's comprised of both on the
6807s	engineering side on the audio design
6808s	side and cat is a phenomenal leader
6811s	um she is very dedicated to kind of the
6815s	audio Fidelity that we want to achieve
6817s	with ashes I think you guys can see that
6820s	in the demonstrations and the kind of
6821s	previews that we provide of the game
6824s	um you know that when we're talking
6825s	about the the bar that we're setting in
6828s	that quality it is it is on par with
6831s	what you would expect from other AAA
6833s	type games
6834s	um you know our perspective is that we
6837s	want to you know create an environment
6839s	that's going to
6841s	illicit emotion from the player when
6843s	they hear these types of sound effects
6845s	or when they hear these types of
6846s	ambiances or soundtracks and music that
6849s	it's accompanied and we want it to be
6850s	defining either to the area to the
6853s	encounter to the dungeon you know
6855s	something that when you hear it you
6858s	remember oh that's that place you know
6861s	that this brings back the memories right
6863s	um and so you know having having a team
6865s	that's capable and dedicated and
6867s	creating an experience for themselves
6868s	you know as a player as well I mean that
6871s	even goes down to Brand like one of the
6873s	things when we first started was making
6875s	that iconic like Screech sound when you
6877s	hear the uh the Phoenix come onto screen
6880s	and you know some people are like well
6883s	why are being so picky why do you want
6884s	that sound to be everything I was like
6885s	because it's like the that sound you get
6888s	when you're like you know what it is
6889s	right away I think that to me that's so
6891s	important for not only you know the
6893s	immersion of in-game but in other
6895s	external places as well for people to
6897s	know your brand and see that it's iconic
6899s	um and Stephen you made it
6901s	all the questions all of the things I
6905s	said at the start I think this would
6906s	have taken about one and a half to two
6908s	hours and I think we're just gonna be
6909s	under two hours
6911s	I think the next one's gonna be a long
6913s	one too but um we hope that you have all
6915s	enjoyed this Stephen do you have any
6916s	final things that you want to mention
6917s	before no I've seen quickly reminders
6919s	absolutely I just want to say you know
6921s	thank you guys for being great Sports
6923s	and and dedicated supporters for the
6925s	project
6926s	um you know I know that development and
6929s	the journey of development is not a
6931s	journey for everyone and it means very
6934s	much to us that we have this Rapport
6936s	established with our core audience our
6938s	our our our golden players
6941s	um to kind of provide us with the
6943s	navigational feedback and direction that
6946s	we're taking on the game side and making
6948s	sure that that's validated by what our
6950s	core audience wants and believes in
6952s	right I mean that is the best type of of
6955s	relationship that that any developer can
6958s	have With Their audience and we are very
6960s	privileged and honored to have that
6961s	relationship with you guys and we
6962s	appreciate it
6964s	um we hope you like what you're seeing
6965s	and your guys are excited for playing
6967s	the game because we're here every day
6969s	hard at work trying to make this dream a
6971s	reality everyone's kicking butt
6973s	um and having fun while we're doing it
6975s	because you know Gamers
6977s	um but if you do have thoughts and
6979s	feedback for us head on over to our
6980s	forums
6981s	forums.ashesofcreation.com we have some
6983s	threads that are already pre-made but
6985s	you can also create your own we'll be
6987s	creating some feedback reports for our
6990s	developers so please please share that
6992s	information with us also don't forget
6994s	that Stephen will be joining the Ashen
6996s	Forge for their 100th episode over on
6999s	twitch.tv theoryforge on July 9th so
7002s	please tune into that it should be a
7004s	really good time Stephen always answers
7007s	sometimes leaks something so we'll see
7009s	what comes with that
7010s	we also have our monthly cosmetic swap
7014s	over that's happening for songs of the
7015s	sea on July 12th if you're interested in
7017s	that and we don't have all the
7019s	information on the swap over Stephen was
7021s	giving you all a very big heads up that
7024s	cosmetic packs and stuff are going to be
7026s	changing in the future from pre-order
7028s	packs so just keep that in mind we will
7030s	have more information as uh we get
7032s	closer to that but still we'll give you
7033s	enough time to and warning in advance so
7035s	don't worry too much about that and of
7037s	course thank you very much to all of you
7039s	for sticking with us for two hours and
7042s	for following our journey we hope that
7044s	you enjoy it is you know making games is
7047s	not easy as people think it is
7050s	um and we also want folks to we want to
7052s	say thank you to Dr Bucky uh Mike Corey
7056s	and of course Steven for presenting some
7059s	really great information on freeholds
7060s	we'll have some articles and uh content
7063s	up for you guys after this so stay tuned
7065s	for all of that and if you follow us on
7067s	all of our social channels we also give
7069s	lots of information on uh things on a
7073s	daily basis so you will have plenty of
7075s	Ashes of creation content to consume
7078s	throughout the weeks and of course we
7080s	will have the video up on YouTube
7082s	um we're going to have the 4K one right
7085s	away today for just the gameplay segment
7087s	and then the full Dev update should be
7088s	up tomorrow pending technology
7090s	cooperates and if you leave a comment on
7092s	the dev update you could be spotlighted
7095s	for our next one so make sure you're a
7097s	subscriber and that we can see that
7098s	you're a subscriber and you could get
7100s	your comments spotlighted on our next
7102s	live stream so with that we are going to
7104s	wrap up today and we hope that you have
7106s	a wonderful month and we will see see
7108s	you next time happy Fourth of July for
7110s	you guys out there in America happy
7112s	birthday to Steven because your birthday
7114s	is going to happen before the update the
7117s	next day no two weeks bye guys he's
7119s	getting old no just kidding he's like
7121s	the same age as me all right bye guys
7124s	bye
7126s	foreign

[2023] Development Update with Freehold Preview - 11AM PT Friday, June 30, 2023

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