[2024] Development Update With Giants and Demons Preview - 11AM PT Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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21s	r r oh I'm working hello hello everybody Welcome to our monthly developers update we are okay I
36s	got it you're I was I was I told stepen I was like you know what the one thing I forgot to
42s	test audio because we were having some uh network drive issues earlier this morning but we're good
48s	Welcome to our glorious ashes of creation November development update we hope that you have all been
53s	safe and having a wonderful time on Vera maybe you're not so safe because you might be getting
59s	uh ganked by people but it's okay make friends or killed by monsters or killed we've had actually
64s	to be fair 98% of deaths since uptime on the 25th has been due to monsters isn't that interesting an
75s	interesting little stat it's increasing the death death by monsters um but maybe we'll provide some
82s	more uh you know uh numbers and stuff like that in our urine review in December so stay tuned
86s	for some of that um of course I'm Margaret I'm your director of communications and with me as
92s	always is Steven shief our creative director and uh today we'll be going over some things as you
97s	can see below we have some reminders for you and we also have our Phase 2 update for Alpha 2 that's
103s	coming up in December we wanted to kind of go over what you can kind of expect to see potentially
107s	coming up um and then of course we have h a little monster coin event and a little sneak peek at some
113s	Giants as well uh that came in so we're going to show off some of those things um and then we'll
120s	do a live Q&A so we'll be grabbing some questions so if you have any thoughts questions feel free
125s	to pop those into chat and uh we will We Shall do our best Margaret we have a very important
132s	comment from whiskey after hours which is a great name by the way um Margaret I feel like it's been
139s	forever since we've seen you too much of Stephen I agree how has your maternity lead been you have
144s	been gone for a little while I've been on the live streams with with you true that's true that's true
150s	normally I'm like very very active on Discord in all the spaces um but yeah maternity has been good
156s	I extended it a little Steven was wonderful let me extend it a little bit um and yeah care of a human
164s	being is a lot um my goodness so shout out to all the m and daddies out there in the chat if you
169s	are one uh maybe post a little heart in chat you guys are I rockars I remember I I remember when
177s	the community team had that little uh uh tokuga or what is it called toku something I can't remember
182s	the little um tamagi little digital tamagachi yeah yeah everybody else they tamagachi dieded
189s	like in the first few days but you had the longest running I think tamagachi uh title yeah you know
195s	I have to I have to make sure my team knows a little bit different with an actual human being
201s	oh way way different with an act although those tomagotchi man they are beasts um they they take
210s	a lot of time but they're fun I don't know if anybody else uh uses uh tamagachi I'm sorry my
216s	slack is going off I will adjust that normally like I said I am usually really good about all
221s	of this today has been a little chaotic had a little bit of a chaotic morning but hopefully
227s	we'll be okay yeah good baby's doing great he's adorable and precious and you know like
234s	every mother thinks is the cutest thing ever oh a yeah um he's popped into to a few meetings uh
242s	that I saw him yeah yeah we've shown him off in some meetings um and of course um yeah I think
247s	some people have seen some of the pictures that we posted he's got like a little Kilt um Brian's side
252s	of the family is Scottish so they all all the men have Kilts they have pictures every year with all
256s	of them in their Kilts and got his his great aunt gave him that so his first ever Kilt yeah so cute
265s	um but you guys don't you guys want to know about ashes of creation st's Stephen's wanting to know
271s	about my baby I know I'm sorry uh let's move on to reminders so we can get to the good stuff that you
278s	guys are actually wanting to see um of course we have our YouTube Spotlight um don't forget that
284s	if you subscribe to our YouTube channel make sure that you are it shows you as a public subscriber
288s	I don't know why you can private subscribe versus public subscribe but yeah we can't see it unless
293s	it's public subscribed um and then uh leave a comment on our development update video not the
298s	other video um and you may be spot Ed so this one is um it's a little long we've we've truncated it
304s	but we tried not to change their grammar and stuff so it's a little hard to read but we'll uh we'll
309s	get through it um this is from Yano AMU 2390 and they want to know I really hope to see an update
317s	where there's some attention given to the music and Ambiance audio and how you guys bring that in
322s	the world uh around you in the game to Life Zone music and comat music as well for that matter can
329s	really make a break the aesthetic feel that I get for my surroundings vanilla wow for example has in
334s	my experience still one of the best Zone musics I've ever experience or heard and that really
340s	contributed to the unique feel I got from the game with sound design being what it is today I'm also
345s	very curious to hear what you guys can bring to the table when it comes to the Natural Ambience uh
352s	sounds in different areas biome settlement cities much love from the Netherlands thank you from the
358s	Netherlands Netherlands are so pretty I want to go there some oh for sure uh yeah I mean we've
365s	definitely we we share the love of Ambience and of you know soundtrack and music it's very important
372s	because it Roots you it's one of the factors that Roots you in the world right it immerses you in
377s	the world um I think that there are some great examples of our music in the riverlands in Carin
384s	um with firebrands battle music um you know those are kind of and the node music of course like
389s	those are those are main sectors in which we're developing the soundtrack and the scores for ashes
395s	of creation you're going to see as part of the December 20th roll out we have new soundtracks
400s	for the sand squal desert that's going to be implemented for the turquoise sea that's going
404s	to be implemented um basically our focus is when there's a grand POI a grand point of Interest or
411s	if there's a grand raid boss or if there's a biome specific or culturally specific for nodes you can
418s	expect that it's going to be accompanied by um some score that reflects you know the identity
425s	of that location of that raid boss or of that culture um and environment um and then on top
432s	of that you know the ambience that you're talking about one of the things that I love when running
436s	through the game is hearing off in the distance you know trees getting chopped down and falling
442s	or you know miners nearby um obviously cat and her team uh have done a phenomenal job so far
449s	there's a lot still to go uh but know that of course our emphasis is to make sure that ashes
455s	feels like a real world and Ambience and music are a part of that yeah if you're walking around
460s	just kind of listen you know you can hear you can hear there's they've added a lot of little
465s	sounds like animals and creatures and sounds of the wind uh and the trees wrestling like there's
471s	definitely there's definitely some Ambiance in there obviously like Stephen said still work in
475s	progress but because we're we're in Alpha please remember we're still in Alpha I think people keep
481s	forgetting that they're like this is a game and it's like they do they do forget it you know you
487s	know why they forget it and sometimes I forget it even um because there is this a little bit
493s	of a dichotomy between some of the components of the game right now that feel very fleshed out and
499s	feel very polished and then on the flip side of that you know there's a lot of systems that don't
504s	and that are still missing content or that are very functional in their bones done so yeah so
509s	it's like you know at times you can forget that it's an alpha because you're experiencing that
514s	part of the immersive world or whatever and then at other times you know the bugs can rear their
518s	head or systems might not feel fleshed out so like you go back and forth a little bit and constantly
523s	you have to remind yourself wait a minute this is an alpha yes parts of this feel good that's great
528s	we want to expand on that parts of this needs to get changed but remember like our Focus right now
533s	is bug fixing stability um and our performance uh and as content continues to get developed we will
540s	continue to implement it in the game exactly like obviously we're we're creating and developing that
545s	content but it's kind of a simultaneous uh thing that's going alongside uh our our polish um yeah
554s	so that is that thank you Yano AMU Stu 2390 I'm probably butchering your name I super apologize
564s	um but that is how I'm going to say it for today um of course we also have our Dev discussion we
569s	would love you to head on over to our forums and check that out uh it is your first impressions of
575s	Alpha 2 um please tell us what are your first impressions what uh General feedback would you
580s	like to share with the team um if you're a spectator and you're not really playing what
584s	are your impressions of what you've watched so far over the last few weekends um and you know we just
589s	really want to get a good idea of how you're feeling about things obviously we can we can
593s	see what we've what people have posted so far but we would love for you to hop on over there if you
598s	have feelings uh please share them we would love to read them um and that's the main stuff I do
604s	want to also remind people that uh we do have the wave Alpha 2 wave bundles up if you are interested
610s	in them if not like we said uh if if Alphas are not your jam and you want to wait till the game
615s	is a game and we're ready to launch it that's also fine with us as well um so um support it if you
622s	want and don't just watch if you if you're feeling the other way around um and with that we're going
628s	to move on over to to our Phase 2 update so um you want to do any preface before we get
638s	into for sure definitely yeah I definitely want a preface so um you know when we set out to talk
646s	about the road map for phase two and phase three um you know obviously we had a plan and plans
653s	can change um those plans essentially change based off of the most emergent issu ISU that
660s	arise as a result of our play testing we have been focusing on bug fixing uh and to be clear I'm not
666s	announcing a delay this is I know there people in chat that are like delayed delayed delayed
672s	we're not we're not delaying I am just going to be talking about what's going to land on December
677s	20th and I'm going to talk about what's going to be landing after December 20th within phase two
683s	um so we want to give a little bit more clearer uh um uh M have a little faith in us guys I know
690s	come on now holy smokes uh I want to give a little bit more clear messaging on um on you
696s	know our goals for December 20th and within phase two I also want to set expectations
701s	appropriately that our first priority right now is to address the most emergent performance-based and
707s	stability based bugs that we're experiencing on the weekends or in this right now during the week
713s	since we extended the Playtime this week um but I also want to give props because as a community
720s	you guys have been doing an absolute phenomenal job in bug reporting in uh generally play testing
727s	in a very good manner we've had predominantly the vast majority of our testers have been
732s	doing a really standup job in not participating in griefing and in duping of course we've had a few
740s	bad actors here and there we took some action as I'm sure most of you were aware last week against
744s	some of those for the duping stuff um I do want to reiterate that this is an Alpha the focus of this
751s	alpha is to find bugs but not to take advantage of them there's a very clear difference of that
757s	um so talking a little bit about as a preface what to expect on December 20th we're going to
761s	go through what systems are going to land um come December 20th and then the other things that we're
767s	on our road map are going to land sometime during phase two after December 20th um it's important to
775s	note that right now the team is we've been able to split the team a little bit back
779s	to our forward-looking Cadence of development and then also having a portion of the team focused
785s	on our stewards as we call them focused on um emergent issues that arise out of our testing
790s	on a day-to-day basis obviously you guys have seen we do maintenance every day when we have
795s	an active test in the morning we release a new build that's usually from our previous day's work
801s	addressing those most pressing issues um so we've been getting fixes out relatively with quickness
807s	um obviously if you notice that there's still bugs that exist that you've reported for a while now
812s	just to give you context you know we go through a triage process where we evaluate the highest
819s	frequency highest impact you know severity bugs and then we uh prioritize them and address those
826s	with our resources internally um within uh that period of time so I know that also I'm seeing in
833s	chat the EU Prime Time patching waiting gang uh to the EU folks obviously we are a us-based company
840s	we are a us-based company on the west coast of the US that is not super advantageous if you're
846s	an EU citizen we apologize for that it is what it is um it's something that we're going to have to
851s	put up with for a while until our publishing arm is capable of reaching a bit further into the EU
857s	time space um that's going to come at a later date of course um so with that in mind let's
863s	talk a little bit about uh what we have coming up for December 20th now keep in mind as always
870s	this is a work in progress and subject to change which means that we're going to tell you what our
876s	best intentions are we're going to tell you how things are tracking but we can't predict
880s	every fire or issue that might come up and draw resources away from these deliverable pieces
886s	of content um so keep that in mind it's a very important distinction and something that has to be
891s	understood if you are going to want to participate in testing yeah and the plan is still for December
897s	20th to be our update um um whether what is in that update you'll be informed through patch notes
903s	of course as well so it won't just be this but we just kind of wanted to give you like a little
908s	little excitement so you can start thinking about what is to come um so let us head on over there I
915s	want to make sure I have it on the right stream okay the first things first is we have uh oops I
924s	don't know why I have I think this is supposed to be an update iterational updates yes so all right
931s	so the tropics I know that tropics I know that you guys have some of you guys have been getting
936s	out into the Lawless territories particularly the tropics and the desert we are going to be
940s	expanding the tropics area but also importantly we're going to be adding um some gather bles into
946s	the tropics and we're going to be making uh the trees harvestable um and doing some touch-ups on
953s	the terrain um and the visuals of the tropics um as well so more Tropic space uh it's going
960s	to be I see people saying the tropics are super comfy just need some hammocks there I don't know
966s	if we're going to add some hammocks but uh we are definitely going to be expanding the tropics area
970s	so it to go through that iteration also I saw people wanting to see Connor oh he's here oh
977s	Conor the little nugget Conor got excited about the tropics he's gonna ride a tide Snapper you
983s	ride in the tropics you going to play you going to ride a turtle maybe he's like look at Conor
989s	he's like I'm tired man who are you he's looking at you I know he's like mmy no get the man away
997s	from me he's scary it's probably the bright lights actually he's like covering his face
1003s	oh it's so good beautiful baby yeah Connor will be making his appearance at some point in the
1011s	future in ashes I'm sure he's going to be an NPC somewhere that grants Knighthood to people oh
1019s	that'd be so cute um he's down with the tropics uh but yeah Tropics is the first thing that we
1026s	have coming up here and of course um we have the desert expansion after that right desert as well
1034s	um the desert is probably going to receive a little bit more love than the tropics will
1038s	um given that its um assets are obviously a bit more developed um than the uh Tropics location so
1047s	you can expect that the desert biome is going to have some expansion um that we're going to
1051s	do a bit more detailing within the landscape and with the natural environment um as well
1056s	uh and of course we're going to be focusing on on making the space um uh have harvestables available
1063s	as well and then uh I think this one a lot of people have been waiting for the dunia race and
1074s	the duner are going to be a new playable race which means that all the armor sets are going
1080s	to be uh deformed and available for the dunor as well um we are actually there's going to be
1086s	a little dunor um dunes and Kel space uh in the buff Fallen Forge that we'll talk about later as
1092s	well uh that's a dungeon that pays homage to some of the ancient dunes and kill Warriors during the
1098s	time of atrax um but the dunor race is going to be playable so we will see some dwarves in
1104s	game people are going to want to know are they going to still have the cool flips from alpha1
1110s	oh you know that was a very uh polarizing uh flip some people like hated it some people loved it
1117s	yeah some people did not like that flip and some people loved it I don't know we'll iterate on the
1122s	we'll iterate on the jumping style maybe it'll be a a option that players will have access swap
1127s	into yeah swap yeah which J emotes and stuff like that um next up we have the befallen forge which
1135s	uh segue Stephen already kind of talked about a little bit yes so in line of course with the dunen
1141s	Kel dwarves we have a a strike team that's working right now to get the beff Fallen Forge in place
1147s	this is a massive dungeon larger than and this is a relatively horizontal dungeon that's underground
1154s	it exists wonder the camir uh uh Castle um but it is massive this is a dungeon of Fallen dwarves uh
1163s	who were a part of the time of atrax um and was boarded up essentially and cl closed off due to
1171s	a dracolich living inside um so it is a it's a really cool interior environment a lot of uh
1178s	ethereal lava um and some Undead dwarves fun fun fun and then we've got I believe these are okay
1191s	yeah so we have node Siege is being functional yes so we will have our first iteration of node
1199s	es available uh come December 20th this is going to be obviously um an event that can occur based
1208s	off of players acquiring a Siege scroll it'll be in its functional form to begin with and then we
1213s	will continue to iterate and expand on it as we move forward um Brian is leading the efforts in
1220s	the uh node Siege design uh along with a lot of other developers to get this stood up uh from
1227s	systems and from um um from combat so uh this is going to have you know the the attackers Camp it's
1234s	going to have um safe houses that can be captured during The Siege it's going to have a destructible
1239s	environments in the walls um and then a capture Point uh at the safe houses and within the node
1244s	as well um so I think this will be um this will be a very fun system for players to engage with and
1252s	next up is something for maybe all the Crafters slash uh people out there who are treasure Hunters
1259s	uh player stall you can make some money yes so um I noticed there's a lot of commentary about
1268s	copper a lot of people saying we need copper we need more copper we need more copper well
1273s	according to the data there is a lot of copper being mined um however the copper and other rare
1280s	resources are difficult to trade um and one of the you know key components of a functional economy
1289s	is the ability to trade and not having that predicated just on chat so uh player stalls
1295s	we prioritize to make it in by the 20th uh these will be um in a functional state to begin with
1301s	there will be an NPC within the market area that you will be able to list your Goods at and other
1307s	players will be able to interact with that NPC take a look at the different player shops that are
1312s	listed and make purchases uh at those locations so um this is something that I think is is is uh very
1320s	uh necessary it's not quite an auction house and the reason it's not an auction house is because
1325s	you basically have a little bit of a storefront you go through this list of other players stores
1331s	and you can click into that store and you can see a number of different items that they have and you
1335s	can make transactional purchases um on a buy order basis uh for what they've listed sorry I had to
1342s	show Steven's emot emoting even though he wasn't on screen he was this helps to this helps to this
1349s	I'm buying I'm buying your things to show that um and then of course after player stalls we
1357s	have treasure hunts exploring and being rewarded for those awesome uh like yeah so treasure hunts
1363s	are coming online Clayton has been working very hard on the treasure system along with the other
1369s	narrative engineers and um you know Treasures are essentially maps that you can either discover
1374s	fragments of or you can discover full Maps they come in different Rarities so you have common Maps
1379s	up to Legendary maps and pieces that you can then craft with a scribing profession to find maps as
1384s	well um and these Maps depending on the Rarity uh will give you a general location to try to
1391s	discover a dirt Mound um and if you can discover that dirt Mount and you have the necessary digging
1396s	supplies you can interact with it for a treasure chest that has a wide variety of reward table loot
1402s	for you to find um this is something that is I think going to really accentuate our
1409s	exploration players players who are interested in exploring the map um if you go higher in the uh in
1415s	the Rarity of the map you might have multiple locations that you need to investigate and it
1420s	will be timed um so it's something to keep in mind that this is a this can be a higher risk
1426s	of failure but a higher opportunity for reward fun fun and these next list of things that we're going
1436s	to go over are are iterations they're things that we're iterating in on and the first one here is
1441s	archetype balances uh for the existing Arch types yeah so I mean I'm sure you guys have been seeing
1448s	as part of our updates you know we have had um a number of different balance approaches for some
1454s	of the more offensive uh excuse me offensive um spells uh and issues that we've seen we're
1460s	going to continue that archetype balance for existing archetypes um that is something that
1465s	the combat team is very cognizant of and that we are watching player feedback and also collecting
1470s	data and corroborating um the sentiment and feedback that we receive with the data
1475s	that we have access to as well in order to make informed decisions on these Arc Type balances and
1480s	that does not include Rogan summer it is just the existing Arch types everyone's everyone wants the
1487s	the Rogue and seminer oh yeah well the Rogue is getting worked on I think that might be somewhere
1493s	nearby maybe next slide I don't know it's not on here at all oh it's not on here oh okay
1499s	well then that might not land for the 20th but shortly after I believe it will be in um it is
1505s	in phase two for sure in phase two but it won't be at the start of phase two to be clear um yeah
1511s	so the so the Rogue will probably land in my it'll probably be in early testing come the 20th which
1517s	means if you have access to the PTR you might be able to get in some of the early testing come
1523s	the 20th but it probably won't land for the live Alpha 2 servers until sometime in Jan January I
1529s	would imagine yeah like how the Bard we we had The Bard a little available for some folks to
1534s	check out before but it was under ND testing back then y um after no uh archetype balancing we have
1541s	combat balancing obviously that's the next thing after archetype balancing uh combat for definitely
1547s	for NPC yeah I mean we we def we did a survey a few weeks ago on NPCs as well got a lot of great
1553s	information off that survey um we've also been watching a lot of the data on interactions for
1558s	encounter design on NPCs we have a big change that's going to be coming as well um as you'll
1563s	notice a lot of the Riverland space has just kind of um has kind of um I don't know how to say it
1572s	without making it sound just like the fact that it is an alpha and some of those NPC placements
1577s	are rather boring they aren't pathing they aren't patrolling they aren't wandering well um in many
1583s	locations so we have a a big update that you know obviously this is always our intent is to do this
1589s	but we're going to be prioritizing it sooner uh so by the 20th we should be able to see uh
1593s	significant changes in Wander behaviors in pathing for the NPCs making it more of a puzzle to kind of
1599s	navigate spaces and areas um that's obviously been our long-term goal but we'll be we we're
1604s	going to be prioritizing that as part of the 20th as well great and next up is economy balancing U
1613s	and improvements yes there is a lot to do on the econ side for sure I think what's there right now
1620s	has been fun um I think that you know it has given us uh the necessary data to demonstrate you know
1627s	the artisanship loops the uh reward table Loops um you know these things are functional we see
1634s	them working um they are they have established an economy um but now we need to tune them and that
1644s	comes primarily from data we look at the resources that are being harvested we look at the trades
1651s	that are being made we look at the purchases from vendors that are being done um we're going to be
1656s	inspecting that as part of the uh the goals to roll out for the 20th um and have some significant
1662s	changes in place uh for economy balance all right people are like more copper in the world
1669s	somebody said yeah Veil Veil Miss warten said will treasure maps give copper and you will be happy
1675s	to know that treasure maps can give a variety of material components as well which includes copper
1681s	potentially depends on the treasure map you get uh next up is node balancing Improvement yes node
1693s	balancing um you know this is obviously uh related to The Experience gains that can occur the cost to
1700s	initiate construction the cost to do um to do uh uh upgrades uh the time frames of uh buy orders
1710s	the quantities of buy orders the engagement of the citizenship the cost for citizenship dues like
1716s	all of the things that go into nodes as a whole um these are elements that we are taking active
1722s	data from with the play test now uh and we are incorporating as part of our uh balance approach
1728s	um that Chris and his team have been doing um over the course of these last these last four or five
1734s	weeks all right and now we're going to move into stretch goals some things that we're hoping to
1740s	get in for uh the 20th but they might not quite land there but uh you know just so you um have a
1749s	little a little bit of a tease um and and by the way just to be clear like this is um this is not
1756s	everything that's going to be in on the 20th this is the highlights of what the 20th is going to be
1762s	uh presenting um there's still a lot of other work that a lot of other teams are doing um that will
1767s	land on the 20th as well and when we talk about stretch goals this is again about whether or not
1772s	it will land on the 20th or shortly thereafter so um just kind of giving context for what to expect
1777s	next month for sure and uh the big one free hold uh free holds housing for players yes free holds
1788s	are a um are a big Endeavor right now to get into a good place um for testing so you know obviously
1796s	we we did in the past focus on free hold in the live stream um that was very functional and not
1802s	quite ready for testing um there's now going to be a big effort on getting our Deployable Systems uh
1808s	in better spot which obviously if you've been deploying um Caravans with trying to do raft
1814s	conversions or trying to um spawn your Caravan initially you'll notice there's a little bit of
1818s	jankiness with the Deployable um uh logic um we're getting that fixed up for our buildings we're also
1825s	going to be introducing uh different blueprint recipes um that need to be acquired in order to
1831s	construct buildings on the free holds uh and we're getting farming in a good spot so that by the 20th
1836s	um hopefully with this stretch goal if not the 20th it'll be shortly thereafter we will have free
1841s	holds available for players to begin interacting with and to into to stimulate the economy yeah and
1846s	these are personal these are not your guild Hall Guild housing stuff for for those who are asking
1853s	uh Guild free holds will be later U and then the next one is the veon the veon playable race this
1864s	is a stretch goal as well for the 20th again if it doesn't land it'll be shortly thereafter but
1869s	we intend to have the veon up and running this includes all the armor sets and uh that are going
1874s	to be available um this includes some additional assets and narrative around the veil safe for
1880s	work oh not safe for work bits are covered it's like a swimsuit it's a bathing suit come on now
1889s	yeah sorry didn't mean to interrupt you Stephen sorry go ahead no no no I was just going to say
1894s	that this also includes some narrative structures around simia's hope and leading into the sand Sall
1898s	desert all right and that is kind of the major um top level stuff that we wanted to make sure
1907s	that we shared with you guys to get you excited for the 20th um obviously like Stephen said we're
1911s	doing updates all the time so if you are part of the weekend test you are probably seeing some of
1916s	those fixes and changes obviously we our goal is just majorly hot fixes for those we try not
1921s	to break your gameplay time as much as possible but when we see stuff that we're like ooh we can
1926s	iterate on that and we can change we can fix things quickly we Tred to do so so um we hope
1931s	that you guys have been enjoying those and if you are finding any bugs major bugs making sure you do
1938s	SL buug in game and sharing that information with us if you find something that it looks exploitive
1944s	um and maybe you want to like retest it again so you have the Repro steps you can do that but
1949s	do not exploit in the sense of like continuing to do something over and over and over again to
1954s	get money or whatever it may be um because we are tracking that stuff and like Stephen said before
1958s	we are taking action on those accounts um just being aware of that and we are finding Bad actors
1964s	doing other things um and and prepping and taking taking action on those accounts as well so just
1971s	to be aware that we are looking at those things and we're not going to you know publicly shame
1975s	people but um We Know Who You Are yeah we're just gonna we're gonna put some Gallows in game and if
1982s	your character gets banned or deleted we're going to put you on the Gallows and then players after
1986s	coming out of Lon hold can just see just kidding oh my gosh I've seen some bad things happen with h
1994s	witch hunting on people people get a little crazy sometimes um and of course next up is our monster
2001s	coin event fun and a little bit of extra uh you know player action uh showing off some Giants
2008s	as well yeah so so let me talk a little bit about this um you know this video you're about to watch
2014s	many of you have probably already fought some of the Giants um this was the Giants were born out
2019s	of our process of collecting feedback through the survey on Monster types you guys enjoyed fighting
2025s	we stood up the Giants with relative quickness it took us about three days or so to stand up
2029s	that particular NPC based off of feedback um and get some model changes Keith did the modeling um
2035s	Myers did the uh um the animations and Jason Neil set up the NPC Behavior States and tree um but uh
2045s	the second part of the video is going to be uh a sneak peek at some of the prototyping for the
2052s	monster coin system we revealed some of this very early on in the project days um where it was super
2059s	prototype and you guys saw if some of you who saw back then uh the spider boss that we did and
2065s	I think we did even um I think we did the uh was it the flanger or was it the uh the rabbit rabbit
2073s	that we did I don't know but regardless both of those before yeah I think I thought we did back
2077s	in like 2018 or something was before my times yeah but so this is going to be a lot of hard
2084s	work that um that uh uh Matt and Kenan and Jason stood up um with the uh with the Ancient One some
2094s	of you have seen the Ancient One um but we fight two raids uh with the ancient ones and show you
2100s	guys a sneak peek at monster coins as a system just to give you some understanding for those
2105s	of you who don't know what monster coins are of course there's some entries on the uh Wiki you can
2108s	go take a look at Monster coins um but essentially there are events where monsters spawn and if you
2114s	have a monster coin available in the future the system is intended to provide you an experience
2119s	as a monster where your spirit andh habits and possesses that of a monster during those events
2125s	and you get to play against other players and uh hope to achieve some cosmetic uh rewards as a
2131s	result of your participation uh but also you just have the fun of getting to experience something
2137s	different than your normal play experience and um this is something that is uh in my opinion is a
2143s	super fun system and it is looking pretty good from a prototype perspective yeah and we also
2149s	had quite a few um community members join us uh during this so hopefully uh they had a lot of fun
2156s	um little shout out to Pirates software and actual Pirates group glce nice gaming Theory Forge Jamie
2163s	KS roria or cricks Vibes and Grappler as well as narc we appreciate you guys partaking and having
2170s	fun and some of you provided some of your footage as well to uh add us add to this collection so
2176s	you're going to be seeing and this is an edited video that has a bunch of different perspectives
2180s	of the battle so we hope that you guys uh enjoy it and have fun and just to be just to be clear
2186s	like uh this will be the first time ever that on our stream and with our official video we've
2192s	included perspectives outside of intrepid Studios so uh we had like marget said we had a great time
2197s	inviting yeah we had a great time inviting those content creators to participate you will see
2203s	perspectives from those content creators during this footage um we thought it was was a natural
2208s	fun way to give it from the players perspective you get to hear raid commoms you know it's it's
2213s	it's a it's a fun little video I enjoyed it all right well we will see yall in about 36
2219s	[Music] minutes hello everybody and welcome to another day in Vera and we are coming at
2244s	you live from our Alpha 2 environment on on the lenth server we've been going around to different
2251s	servers at different times but today we're going to be on lenth and we have an exciting showcase
2256s	for you guys today I am joined by three of our absolute glorious developers um Keenan who you
2264s	guys have seen before and has been on the uh on the live stream a number of times Keenan how you
2269s	doing buddy I'm doing great thanks for having me yes welcome back welcome back and of course
2275s	Bill tro our design director uh Bill how you doing buddy awesome uh you know can't wait to
2282s	get started here yeah I like your I like your Kar or sorry not your kayar I like your V yeah my my
2290s	Vex all decked out yeah he is very cool and then uh Jason Neil one of our glorious designers Jason
2297s	how you doing buddy welcome good good to be back yes you are hiding behind a shield I see there
2303s	you our tank today yep very cool very cool well um for those of you who have been watching all
2311s	of the different players who have been part of Alpha 2 so far since we started up on the uh on
2317s	the 25th of October um we have had a lot going on and the team has been has been pulling together a
2324s	lot of different fixes and changes um at a rapid pace which of course is only going to improve the
2330s	environment and the testing um of Alpha 2 uh as Jacob likes to say this is the worst that
2336s	ashes will ever be uh right now it is going to continue to improve it is going to continue to
2342s	receive features and content updates um that is what we are working hard towards here at the
2347s	studio one of those things or a couple of those things actually we're going to be talking about
2352s	today as part of our showcase um but just to give you guys you know a little idea um you know of how
2358s	we've been kind of working uh we are in very much still a test and react phase um where you know we
2364s	collect information that our testers are providing us we are seeing the bug reports that come in
2369s	we um we go in and we get awesome Repro stps uh Repro steps um and logs from our testers as they
2376s	experience issues in the game and then um you know we we prioritize we prioritize based on severity
2382s	based on impact based on um on you know what's lwh hanging fruit versus requires additional
2388s	investigation um and then from there you know we take those changes into our staging environment
2393s	we test with our PTR testers on a on a daily basis during the week um and then we have fixes that we
2399s	deploy as we progress throughout that week and and arrive at the weekend testing um one thing that
2405s	you guys are very well aware of of course today being uh Wednesday the day before um Thanksgiving
2411s	uh as we're doing this live stream um has been uh we've left the servers up for the entire week and
2419s	we did that because you know stability was in a place where we felt comfortable doing that uh
2424s	but also because as a as a reward to many of the testers who have have been participating
2428s	and providing us the feedback and the data that we need in order to improve the game um although
2433s	it's was not you know the focus of phase one a lot of you have been having a lot of fun with the game
2439s	which is of course always great to to hear and to know and to see and to experience with you guys
2445s	we've all been playing with you on the development team um playing with you guys on the live servers
2450s	you may not always know who we are we sprinkle ourselves around the player community just to
2454s	make sure that we get some some more um I think uh uh true feedback from the different parts of
2462s	the players player community uh and what they're experiencing um and it's been a lot of fun it has
2467s	been it's been a lot of fun watching people go through the world um and experience what we have
2472s	today but today I want to talk to you a little bit about um two systems one I want to talk to
2477s	you a little bit about uh the new content that's been coming in what we have planned coming up in
2483s	the next few weeks one of which we're going to be taking a look at here these these awesome Giants
2487s	that Jason uh Neil was able to construct in a very short period of time based off of player
2492s	feedback and the size of the monsters and the types of mechanics that players liked uh enjoying
2497s	we sent out a survey actually I think it was like three test weekends ago or so about the different
2503s	types of monsters that our testers enjoyed most having a a wide variety or selection of those um
2509s	and with that data we decided to introduce a new monster type and we'll talk a little bit
2513s	about what that data showed us and and what what's different about these monsters um and then another
2517s	thing that we're going to show off a little bit near the end of the uh stream today is going to
2522s	be an awesome prototype of a system that many of you have heard about for several years and
2529s	we had a a very uh early demonstration of this back in I think it was like Circa 2018 or 2017
2536s	or so with the spider boss uh but today we're going to do it with the Ancients oh we have a
2541s	friend oh uh oh somebody found somebody found us you better we back up buddy this is d dangerous
2548s	place okay that's okay that's okay hold on let me see I thought you were a group that was going
2554s	to raid this game uh no friend this place is dangerous please flee oops please Flee for Your
2566s	Life let's see if he let's see if he if he understands okay [Music] this is obviously
2578s	one of the uh one of the side effects of doing recording on the live server oh there we go
2584s	very nice very cool thank you hemato kind of like tomato oh he maybe I don't know he got a
2593s	cool little cat um okay but um we're going to be showing off a little bit later uh the the monster
2598s	coin prototype um which is going to be pretty fun we have a couple of raids that have been assembled
2603s	in order to help participate in showing off that um but today we are in the Runes of where are we
2613s	this is cilon cilon yeah yeah and we have these awesome three star Giants now I don't know if we
2621s	can if we can take them on in a party of four we are decked out for sure these Giants are Level 22
2628s	they are three star for those of you guys who've been playing obviously in the Alpha 2 the three
2634s	stars are are probably the most difficult group based B content that doesn't reach uh at you know
2641s	the raid boss level um three stars really dial up the outgoing damage the hit points the the the
2648s	breath of abilities Jason why don't you talk to us a little bit about what it was like constructing
2653s	these Giants and what you were aiming for to introduce with them yeah so we we definitely heard
2660s	the feedback of of wanting some larger creatures and um you know we've seen these things in
2667s	uh Giants and other games being like these large punishing monsters so we want to kind of I wanted
2672s	to kind of give that that kind of feeling of uh big bruisers and uh just very difficult things
2681s	you know if you go back to older games these type of creatures were very imposing and players would
2686s	avoid them unless they were very prepared so this is kind of like the introduction to that and um as
2692s	we develop them further we'll we'll be able to you know do variants that are very large maybe
2697s	they pick up Boulders and throw them um and we'll probably see them in other other zones as well
2705s	Bill you pulled little aggro there yeah he didn't like me my goodness he didn't like that barrage
2711s	very much yeah I think I think what what we really took oh bill you body pulled another one are you
2717s	really taxing the Healer here uh come on I can do it um yeah one of the things that we noticed um
2725s	with the with the survey that we got from players was that they wanted bigger bigger threats and uh
2731s	of course it's important to note that you know obviously as part of Alpha 2 being in
2735s	the riverlands this is very much an introductory Zone into the game um you know we kind of start
2740s	out smaller and then we introduce these larger enemy types as you progress throughout the game
2746s	you'll notice in the um in the desert uh region and in the uh Tropics um you know there are larger
2753s	monsters with the giant scorpions and the giant beetles um those are oh okay Jason is there we
2761s	go we're good um those are those are kind of you know how we want to progress but um as Jason was
2767s	saying like you know we took the feedback from that survey and we started introducing relatively
2772s	with quickness Jason I think you stood this guy up in what about a week or so uh yeah it was a couple
2778s	days one of the we developed a lot of our stuff based off the animations um so that we can have
2785s	these cool looking abilities so once I I have you know a character skeleton I while the animators
2791s	and artists are working on their own stuff I can just stand up all of the mechanics dealing with
2797s	uh the creatures um so it allows us to do all that in parallel which means like all all of it
2802s	can kind of come online very quickly yeah it is and and this guy is actually using the skeletal
2808s	rig of the um of the Cyclops right yeah look at this guy Cyclops boy oh oh what's what's up there
2817s	oh he's up there come on down buddy surely there he is almost almost I can bait him down found
2827s	him um yeah so he's using the the skel R of the Cyclops with some retargeting on the animations
2835s	and you were able to stand up uh relatively quickly this guy and he feels really good I
2840s	mean I'm digging him he I he's a big boy for sure yeah the animators do a good job of turning some
2848s	some cool looking attacks around very quickly as well so we can get the the feeling of a
2852s	large guy even though um you know it's it's a a new character coming online that's super
2859s	cool I was uh I've been having fun actually on my GM account um running and and spawning
2872s	this guy in a few different places just to just to give some people that don't know he exists
2878s	like a little surprise in their encounter like oh my God what is this where did this
2882s	giant come from it's been fun if you if you randomly oh oh we got
2890s	another one oh you're good I'm not even tapping my Mana I am oh no GM
2896s	Keenan okay we're good here is some health for you I'm going get us some Group Health that's kind of
2912s	an example of like the the the tuning challenge like these guys are a bit more difficult than
2917s	you would see at maybe some other three stars in in the uh amount of damage that they can output
2923s	in in the way that they output the damage so it's draining my Mana as far as me trying to
2929s	keep abilities up to keep threat on them but also like use mitigation to not die and so I'm
2935s	now I'm sitting a bit low well we've been talking also a little bit about actually our um our power
2943s	curves both on the three star rating scale as well as on the level scale um and Bucky's been
2950s	doing a little bit of work in helping to tune that around some combat data that we've been
2956s	collecting um from the players he's mad at me got him you're doing some damage to him
2967s	yeah so Keenan do you want to talk to us a little bit about you know the type of data that we're
2972s	actually collecting from players on the combat side and you know how we use that data to help
2977s	tune uh different things with combat oh man we we collect information about literally every single
2985s	hit that an ability in this game does whether it comes from a player or an NPC and we track
2991s	you know the level of the user their class um if it's an NPC we track you know what they are of
2997s	course we track level um we also track every time you use an ability and similar information and we
3004s	actually were kind of exploding our databases a little bit with that much information so we
3008s	kind of we we had to put a little bit of RNG on whether or not it gets tracked but I think
3013s	statistics saves Us in the end oh yeah for sure it averages out yeah but uh yeah with all that
3020s	information in hand our glorious designers just turn around and make all these cool graphs and
3025s	everything to tell us like who's using what what weapons at what level with the highest
3030s	frequency and we can kind of see whether we're seeing a distribution that we want expect and
3035s	queries like that we could do all over the place for all kinds of different things I think I think
3041s	within like the first weekend we pulled some 150 million different uh um lines of logging oh yeah
3051s	know there was 120 million ability uses and I kind of got a message about like not doing that
3060s	oh that's too good that was too good it's only going to be 1.2 million now
3067s	nice very nice oh we have another friend here me H make sure Jason's
3075s	good greetings mortal beware this is a dangerous place place her especially for
3087s	[Laughter] Giants thank you brother be safe in your
3099s	travels um Bill do you want to talk to us uh a little bit about some of the feedback we've
3109s	been seeing from players around you know different components of our design with both World encounter
3116s	some of the land pop some changes that might be coming down the road for that um as well um you
3123s	know obviously players been having a lot of fun uh with progressing within the world um but a lot of
3129s	our world design is still very outstanding um yeah for sure and and you'll see that you know there's
3137s	there's whole areas of the world that still need you know a lot more attention and we we're you
3141s	know we're aware of that we see where where where the popular areas are and make we're making note
3146s	of you know what people are liking and and where we can still improve um you know so so you know
3152s	look in the in the future you know some some more uh tuning on both the you know the more structured
3158s	encounters as well as uh you know hopefully some more surprises out in the wilderness and a little
3162s	more uh ambient behaviors and you know things to catch you off guard when you're just kind of off
3167s	the beaten path you know we we really want this to feel like a world um and you know we have a
3173s	lot we realize that we have a lot of work to do in that area but it's it's it's the fun stuff to do
3177s	you know for sure and we actually have um up and coming at some point closer to December 20th we
3186s	have a lot of changes in in content that's going to be introduced obviously um we're talking about
3192s	that a little bit on stream today um but there's going to be a really cool open world dungeon
3198s	incoming that is massive um has to do a little bit with some of our uh the history of the alen empire
3207s	and their affiliation with the dunes and Kell dwarves and some outposts that were present
3212s	um it's going to be exciting I think we might talk a little bit about that on stream but we'll
3217s	see very cool I'm digging this area by the way I love the I love the uh the Rapids here well
3231s	and this is not normally where the Giants hang out uh either we got a little this is a little
3235s	little bit of d Dynamic event happening here oh no oh no oh God it's okay destroyed me it's
3244s	okay you guys handle one pick one pick the lowest one and then we'll be we'll be good
3248s	I'll try to get Jason up we're going to show how we recover I was looking at the
3254s	water a little too much okay you guys are good no problem no problem I got you I got
3262s	you we've got Jason [Music] now Jason you should be good try to
3273s	get this guy off you there we go we're back we're back in we're back in Action
3280s	here my bad that was a momentary lapse in Vision
3288s	normally I have actually my uh party wi it a little bit closer to my screen
3297s	okay there we go I don't have any food we're four Manning these three stars I know I'm going
3304s	to get a lot of flack for this in the chat it's okay we recovered yeah we did just it's
3311s	dangerous to pull more than one so you got to be careful oh yeah that was the Tank's [Laughter]
3319s	fault I'm excited actually uh I'm excited to talk about our next topic here maybe maybe after this
3327s	giant we can we can take a little little trip over to somewhere fun and show off some of these uh the
3337s	Prototype of the monster coin which Keenan and Jason I know you guys put
3343s	a lot of work into oh yeah yep oh this guy was very excited to fight us exactly
3358s	all right so let's head over Kenan I think perhaps you and Bill um can help on the uh
3367s	with the raid and then Jason and I think we're going to go see if we can find one
3373s	of those monster coins and we might meet you guys uh in one of the boss rooms that might
3380s	be pretty fun what do you guys think all right sounds like a plan all right let's do it sick
3387s	all right we are here the twin ancient ones we have transformed into the bosses of old
3397s	we've heard that there's been an accumulation of forces at the top of of Carin Tower shall
3404s	we uh shall we go up Jason oh yeah let's get them let's do it let's go just kind
3411s	of fly up here they have no idea what's coming they just know something's coming
3417s	oh look at these look at our friends here real quick hold on let me see if I can damage them nope
3423s	because we're friends friends we're dear friends look at the beauty of this night oh the moon
3430s	rays what direction should we come in from Jason I I coming in from above all right I'm going to I'm
3444s	going to land right here on the like outskirts and then I think that we could probably walk oh I hear
3454s	them on the inside let me yeah okay I'm going to walk res set my walk I'm walking to you're going
3466s	that way I'm going to go this way I'm going to go this way you need to start talking yeah
3472s	I just did [Music] I hear does everyone else hear that it's behind us the it's behind us
3481s	okay that's horrifying oh God it's in the it's to our left right now it's just walking around
3491s	I see it the ancient oh this is the thing that wiped all the people in New clear comes clear
3499s	comes oh my
3503s	God that is horrifying
3508s	wow show offs
3528s	help that's freaking rad looking dude
3542s	back out back out out of the Rings out of the Rings out of the
3545s	Rings they've started combat get out of the get out of the orbs get out of the
3552s	orbs that was a lot all right start to BS healers start doing your reses oh my God
3563s	so much damage every's dead everybody's dead here comes cler start calling your
3572s	reses goingo thank you prioritize other clerics when you resing stay
3582s	out of the Rings stay out of the Rings stay out the Rings stay out of the
3584s	Rings good job keep it up yeah raising heroins
3599s	back up back away from it thanks get on it face it away from the ra if you
3604s	can if it's possible it's it's not table understood remember to use your stamina
3610s	and your Dodges thanks we can pull it thanks we can pull it pull it pull it away from the
3615s	raed pull it away from the raed good job good job keep it out of the group plays
3620s	keep recovering bars get that Mana up m k i dead clear coms die quietly raing
3634s	lays rainbow aim make sure to your
3641s	orbs Ma just drop enchant weapon on somebody anybody in the group melee priority two resing Ze
3657s	resing Jamie kill the one that is closest to our side do not split DPS resing Dr i resling
3667s	[Music]
3672s	o keep the DPS up do we have any clerics that have a resing a prioritize clerics on
3687s	reses res I hear you good job BS whatever you can do to give them more H more Mana please do
3699s	so two raising aim is Raising naria we're starting to recover keep it up IR raising
3707s	Chase raising erand great job keep attacking ours which is the one that's closest tanks keep
3714s	pulling it away from the raid away from the raid into the back corner of the room not to
3718s	the center of the room back corner of the room you want both raids on yours rocking
3725s	riddles yeah the secondary raid move over to ours we've got it at 860,000 at a 1.4 million
3733s	keep on it Jing Ania tanks keep trying to pull it away good job good job that's exactly what
3742s	we want to do lightning storm is going out get out of the lightning storm on the ground get
3745s	out of those prioritize dodging through them they will move and strike nearby Targets in a
3750s	line good job good job spread out around the entire environment don't Clump in one area it's
3760s	going to make it easier for you to die spread out spread out spread good job resing Budd once
3767s	all the clerics are up start prioritizing DPS actually prioritize BS after clerics
3778s	I hold on raing raing raising Tech again keep it
3785s	up DPS stay on the Ancient One you guys are doing great he isn't R too
3793s	that it's okay keep it up keep it up um it's flying
3802s	into the air pull it back down don't let it Escape do not let
3806s	Escape turn on to the other one that are still in the room looks
3814s	like they ran they're both gone all right recover the
3817s	raid they'll likely come back around for another round get everybody up they're up
3825s	in the middle they're up top in the middle do not group up everybody Spread spread can
3831s	of bar to Jebel uh dead Resurrection on mavus did not work watch out back
3841s	DPS get back on the Ancient One spread out spread out Lightning's going to come out
3844s	in a moment see if you can use interrupts to stop the lightning if you can next time
3851s	stay away from the lightning it will move in a line and it will one shot you out of
3854s	the Rings to the edge of the room edge of the room that's a big res on IR did not work ra
3861s	torent did that work prioritize the BS resing on prioritize the BS on reses please keep the coms
3875s	clear if you're not talking about uh specific information don't need to know about the
3879s	reloads good
3882s	job after the BS start getting the Mages up we need our DPS going up
3889s	meing stor
3904s	cting the Mages up they're going to start running out of res
3906s	timers resing mavius raing tanks pick up those ads AOE spells now all AOE all o
3919s	AOE res didn't work again AE AE that right stay away from the
3927s	lightning good job good job bring that ancient gazer and then get back on the
3935s	boss get on the one that does not have a shield get on the one that doesn't
3939s	have a shield what the hell all right I got teleported do not group up remember
3945s	I said spread out around the room Spread spread far far as far as you
3949s	can spread Spread spread hit the one without a shield the one without a
3957s	shield great job keep it
3962s	up Rock resing a resing malius they both have shields now do
3975s	Li res didn't work again just the third one
3986s	oh wait now it works all right
3987s	resing sh resing how box your flagged nice gaming needs I need Mana let's get
4003s	those bars up and get that Mana running cleric we're not in combat you can use
4008s	rations keep your basic attacks going on it one on the left one on the left one on the left
4018s	rainbow so even though even though we're doing less damage to it right
4023s	now you can still apply debuffs make sure that there are still
4025s	debuffs for lightning up on it make sure that you guys are still firing those off
4030s	resing there it is Shields off burn it burn it burn it get away
4036s	from the [Music] lightning Jesus there we go
4048s	burn the one with low HP burn the one with low HP we're going to kill that one
4051s	first remember to spread Spread
4056s	spread yeah you have to stay spread out you have to stay spread
4061s	out iron resing power box
4076s	150,000 keep it up keep it up it's going to jump again in a second it looks
4080s	like keep resing keep resing prioritize healers over tanks right now healers
4088s	over tanks 10 seconds on my resing AR Rin great job guys keep it up I know it's tough
4099s	hear you it's almost dead we down it try recover everybody anybody that you can get
4107s	up nasty thing that that is next one's
4115s	up thanks anything you got in in order to pull it back into place
4122s	he's help light lightning storm get away from them away away away great
4130s	job Rings get out of the Rings get out of the Rings four four four four four okay back
4137s	it
4147s	Budd when it jumps in the air use your
4152s	Dodge that's work it's okay keep resing keep resing out of the rings out of the Rings it's a
4166s	triple okay back in resen bu he didn't go through orbs look out for the orbs look out for the
4176s	orbs resing
4189s	deck keep it upor
4196s	out of the lightning away from the lightning away from the lightning away from the lightning
4199s	Shields anything you got for personal defensives there you go resing rainbow
4206s	K AOE AOE AOE do not pull those away we want to keep those together as much as
4212s	possible resing are B it's okay it's okay AOE AOE AOE
4225s	[ __ ] res 9 didn't go through
4230s	drin keep it up resing Kor on those gazers guys on the gazers not on the boss gazers first gazers
4240s	first boss is taking 90% reduced damage stay on the ads there you go resurrect as many as you
4247s	can look out for the big lightning it is traveling following people that is
4255s	the one that took me out it'll kill you instantly don't get hit by it Dodge away
4258s	Dodge away back at the boss you guys can kill this resing rocks
4266s	up resing Supple prioritize healers over [Music] tanks
4278s	you got this resing rainbow res 9 didn't go through resing K dot out
4285s	the Rings out of the Rings out of the Rings burn it 28,000 HP burn it burn it burn
4291s	it oh it's healing a lot that St was rough dude burn it burn it burn it where's all
4300s	our wound res still not through bird it down can't res just push through it it's
4309s	okay it's okay keep coms clear just burn it you guys got it good job GG nice job nice
4316s	job all right get
4321s	back could you guys res me so I can get more footage that was [ __ ] badass that
4329s	was fun dude that was on the edge of my SE the entire time [ __ ] awesome yeah it
4334s	was an awesome fight dude and that's two of the monster bosses too yeah
4338s	that's what they said was the dog waterer version the dark flame has been defeated
4346s	that was red [Music]
4352s	dude well it seems like people enjoyed that yes we do that was that was a lot of fun that was
4365s	honestly a lot of fun actually um thanks to to uh Thor's Guild and to the content creators that
4372s	came over to lenth and joined us for the fight uh it was pirate software which is Thor uh and
4379s	his actual Pirates Guild um flatus nice gaming Theory Forge Jamie KS RoR brick Vibes Grappler
4387s	uh and narc yes it was very fun very fun we enjoyed it but that that is an early look
4394s	at the uh monster coin prototyping that we've been doing obviously the ancient one is a RAID
4400s	boss but you know the monster coin system is is meant to uh provide access to even lower level
4408s	Monsters Where when you might die as a part of some event as just a lowly Goblin uh you respawn
4414s	and you have multiple attempts at it um if you if you have a very rare monster coin to play a
4421s	larger creature or you progress within the monster coin system um those are more you know Monumental
4428s	events uh where you don't respond as them so you know it's something that we're we're looking to
4433s	implement at some point during phase three uh but we thought we'd give you guys an early look
4438s	at the prototyping yeah and we're going to kind of move into some Q&A here uh a little bit of
4446s	course about monster coins but of course there's a bunch of other questions I'm going to play the
4450s	video in the background just so you guys have something to look at instead of just looking at
4453s	me and Stephen's face um although you know we do have lovely faces um people have been commenting
4460s	on your lighting step has this giant window that you guys can't see and like when the sun moves
4466s	his lighting kind of shifts and changes so that's why his lighting is always trying to
4470s	lean forward so you so it's not hitting me um but uh the first question here is like what
4478s	is I mean you kind of talked a little bit about monster coin but like what is Monster coins are
4481s	there rewards how does the system work like what other than like devs being monsters right now so
4488s	monster coins are intending to be um drops that occur within the world right they're rare drops
4496s	and um when you have a monster coin and there is a monster coin um available event right these would
4504s	be um uh certain monster NPC events that occur out in the world in public areas or uh monster
4512s	wave events at nodes um or you know boss events that might spawn or mini bosses within a dungeon
4520s	event um if you have a coin you can use that coin during that event um essentially to become one of
4528s	the monsters in that event um and this lets you try to you know uh attack other players
4535s	achieve objectives and based on your success you can progress within this progression ladder of
4542s	monster coins which grants access to different types of Cosmetics um and um also expands the
4549s	abilities that you have access to when you are a monster depending on your successful uh monster
4555s	events in the past all right um and then the next one to he is how often should testers expect to
4563s	see devs Dev events like the ancient ones which uh which Realms will they happen on Etc um and I
4569s	can kind of answer this a little bit too I've been going around on all the Realms you know I went I
4574s	was on EU Realms uh last weekend and interacting with with players and and we have other GMS that
4581s	are on the Realms and and you know doing service doing support and interacting with players we had
4587s	a a player yesterday that reported a duping bug which he he was the first player to report it
4593s	um and of course you know we rewarded him with a unique legendary Mount as a result of his report
4599s	so um you know we do we we do get in there and we participate um me you know on the nights after
4607s	work or during the weekend I've joined several guilds I use a little voice modulator as I join
4613s	these guilds so they don't know who I am ste's like a little girl I know no I'm not my voice I
4620s	have the I have the narrator and I have the voice mod Joe uh which is like these uh one of them
4627s	sounds like a stoner and the other one sounds like um now everyone's gonna be like are you D are to
4631s	everybody who sounds like that you know it's it's a good way to get unadulterated um feedback right
4639s	it is to to hear people's commentary within their natural environment um yeah motor Joe
4646s	motor Joe after I joined your guild unfortunately uh I decided to do the mod the mod the voice mod
4654s	thing he like you didn't on my guild um but we do we do have like long-term plans to post like once
4660s	we're launched um to do events and have them be a little bit more some of them will be sporadic
4666s	some of them we will have like a little bit of a schedule for you to know about and uh Community
4670s	will be running some of that stuff so you guys will see some really cool events down the line uh
4674s	we just need the staff having and time to do that right now we're all focused on just making sure
4678s	you get your updates that you want and like it's just whenever we have time uh free time that's
4683s	when devs are doing it absolutely um but there will be some semblance of that going down the line
4688s	and of course with monster coin event those will be player run so uh you can coordinate yourselves
4696s	uh when you want to run those things too so it doesn't always have to be us running those
4699s	events um but also do let us know whenever you are coordinating events we'd love to help um you know
4706s	broadcast that and share that with people um so the next one here is will the sand Squall
4712s	desert and uh vandar Tropics uh remain as Lawless zones when that is planned when is that planned to
4721s	change um they will portions of them will likely remain as Lawless territory during uh phase two
4730s	uh but as we progress in um Zone development uh those zones will move to the less developed
4738s	zones so right now our least developed zones are the desert and the Tropics that's why they're
4744s	Lawless territories but once we flesh those out uh and start working on the bad lands or the June
4749s	dark like um then those Lawless territories will be those areas so that's just kind of how we're
4755s	progressing the territories yeah we've talked about that before in in previous updates um
4761s	but AFA obviously not everyone's here throughout the them all um are all of those Alpha 2 phases
4767s	that we talked about earlier going to be live on December 20th or all of those updates going
4773s	to be live on December 20th or will it be added throughout the Alpha 2 Phase 2 period yeah we
4780s	we talked about that um essentially what what we showcase that wasn't a stretch goal the goal there
4787s	is to have those live on the 20th um the stretch goals May land for the 20th uh but you know what
4792s	we've listed as part of the phase two development road map is still what we're targeting to have
4798s	land during phase two doesn't mean it'll all be that we we announce this when we announce the
4802s	road map doesn't mean all of the things we list as part of those phases are going to be at the
4808s	start of the phase it's what we intend to launch during the phase so as we know phase two runs from
4813s	December 20th until May something when is it may I don't know I think it's May I can't May 20th or
4820s	something I don't know some sometime in May is when phase three begins but during that period
4825s	time is when you will see what we listed in the uh in the Alpha 2 road map come online yeah um and
4833s	then the next question yeah the next question is when are you adding friends list yes so we did add
4842s	ignore a couple weeks ago because that was needed very quickly friends list is currently being
4847s	worked on um the goal is to have friends list online if not by the 20th then shortly thereafter
4855s	um like I said what we talked about today is not everything that's going to be on the 20th there's
4859s	a lot of other smaller systems and content that's going to be that's currently version of that but
4864s	I think it's still being tested so yes yeah it's being tested on um we had to work out some more of
4870s	the Kinks before we we hand it off to youall yep uh next one here is will the adventuring
4877s	leveling curve be adjusted or changed are you increasing the max level uh max level will not
4884s	be increased for pH to um whether or not we make some adjustments to the leveling curve we probably
4889s	will um but when we do we will announce what those changes have been as per our normal uh changeless
4897s	patch nodes and then will the progression curve for artisanship classes be adjusted
4903s	there's concern that it's a little too fast and asking if that's intentional um I mean again like
4911s	all thing balance-wise um artisanship progression being one of those uh we collect player sentiment
4918s	and feedback but we also validate that against our data collection um and then we tune based off of
4924s	the goals we're trying to achieve with the system or the design um whether or not the artisanship is
4930s	a little too fast um I think that there would be other people some conflicting people it's
4937s	too fast yeah I was G to say there might be some conflicting uh sentiment there but one thing to
4942s	keep in mind if you do think it's too fast is that this is not not all of the artisanship progression
4947s	right this is a segment of it um and also not all the bells and whistle whistles are online
4952s	for artisanship as a whole um so expect there to be lots of tuning across these systems all right
4960s	and then uh the next one is Will node sieges be instanced or in the open world node sieges will be
4967s	in the open World um however as we continue excuse me as we continue to work on our um performance
4976s	and player density numbers which by the way uh I was on castis um the other day uh and there was
4984s	a a three-way node war that popped up um yeah and uh I was watching as players were attacking back
4994s	and forth um in fact maybe I can I'll send you this when I'll show you this but anyways um uh
5004s	to answer your question question essentially we are going to be um putting in a temporary Kill
5010s	Zone so there will be registration on behalf of the Defenders and on the attackers that will have
5016s	an approval process for the attacker who laid The Siege scroll and for the defender whose note it
5022s	is um to approve participants if you're not on the registration list uh and you're in the vicinity of
5028s	the of the uh fight you will be uh you will have a a countdown and then you'll be murdered um unless
5036s	you leave the area so that's that's a temporary solution to ensure that we can you know keep the
5041s	numbers at around 250 to 300 players uh roughly um for these events until we get higher capacity
5049s	capability all right um and then the next one here is will there be a wipe before phase two
5059s	starts and how will wipes be handled after December 20th I'm sorry wait what was that
5065s	one more time will there be a wipe before phase two starts and how will wipes be handled after
5070s	December 20th yes so on the on the 20th we will have a fresh start for all Realms um and
5078s	you know obviously the purpose of this is that we found a lot of balance issues a lot of econ
5082s	issues a lot of just long-term persistence and progression issues that we want to now test the
5089s	changes that we've made and as we announced prior to Alpha 2 this is to be expected um
5095s	uh so expect that on the 20th um and what was it was there another part to that question how
5100s	will we announce in the future how will we wipe yeah how will wipes be handled after the 20th
5106s	um so the goal I think after the 20th is to not wipe um we may have different servers that spin
5114s	up at different times right if we want to test progression uh with some of the changes um but
5120s	the goal is to not wipe after the 20th we'll see what happens we'll see if we need to of course
5125s	as I said this is an alpha so expect that that's a potential or possibility um but that's the goal um
5133s	and then there's a lot of people asking about log out timers and um you know when you're in combat
5139s	that's on our that's on our radar um we have we have uh some solutions that are being worked on
5145s	right now um to persist characters within the realm um after a disconnect or a pull to plug
5153s	moment or a out um that's something that's high on our list it might Land by the 20th I I think it's
5160s	scheduled to land by the 20th but um of course we'll see how we get through the implementation
5168s	all right and then uh the last one here is um we kind of answered this earlier so I'm just going
5173s	to reiterate here is people wanting us to share numbers about Alpha 2 so far we are going to do
5177s	kind of a year in review next month so we'll kind ofct a bunch of really cool numbers for you guys
5182s	in that um and include some of those details um for you if that sounds good to you Stephen sharing
5189s	those numbers yeah um so which numbers are we talking about uh they want to know how many
5195s	players are playing and stuff like that yeah yeah yeah we'll share that probably this month yeah
5200s	with in December Yeah in our December update in December sorry not this month yet um but yeah and
5210s	people say people are wanting more clarification so are we going to be wiping for Phase 2
5214s	or are we not uh they're they're not we are wiping on December 20th yeah I think the way you worded
5220s	it made it confusing to people we are wiping for December 20th um post that our goal is not
5225s	to wipe unless we need to NE necessarily correct yep that's right okay reiterating so people have
5234s	that yeah um and that is I mean we'd be here all day if we answered every question I know that
5239s	there's a lot of questions that you guys have um some of them are related to bugs and things like
5244s	that of course we are Continue to update and reiterate and fix things so please do share
5249s	your feedback with us let us know what things you're what trials and tribulations you're having
5253s	because we want to be able to resolve those you can share that information on the forums you can
5257s	do SL buug in game if you find any uh bugs that is the best way to report bugs for us um and of
5262s	course if you find any exploits you can contact us through uh you know CS or privately through one of
5267s	our community managers and so on and so forth and we will try to resolve those things as quickly as
5272s	possible don't exploit them um just share the information with us and we will try to resolve
5277s	them obviously we are taking action on accounts if people are doing naughty things um so we see you
5283s	you know out there um and we are working to let me let me let me comment on that real quick so for it
5290s	just so people have a sound bite um you know Alpha 2 is about collecting information it is about uh
5298s	improving the process of how we iterate on balance changes on core game play loops on our performance
5306s	and stability um there are going to be things that players can find that they can abuse um such as
5313s	logging out in the middle of combat there's going to be dupes that we're going to be finding there's
5317s	this is a true Alpha so those things exist um what I would say to you as a player who and
5323s	and this I'm perhaps speaking a bit more to the more competitive audiences um out there and I
5329s	understand we attract a lot of competitive players by being a pvx game which which makes sense
5335s	um that if you love the idea of Ashes if you love the idea of the systems design that we're
5343s	trying to achieve of the way that the dev team interacts the community of the project as a whole
5347s	in the company um your goal should not be to try to continue to destabilize the testing environment
5356s	by participating and taking advantage of things that might get you ahead of other players but
5362s	are not intended from a design perspective so I would speak directly to you to your friends
5368s	to the guilds that encourage other people to do this to either stay in League with others who are
5374s	doing this or to get ahead of your opponents don't do it we will be heavy-handed um it is
5381s	not the purpose of the alpha to destabilize our test environments if you find a thing say a thing
5387s	uh but be good stewards be good stewards of the community of the project of the game that it that
5394s	speak speaks to you from a design perspective um show some respect for our development team and for
5400s	your fellow players um and I know it's difficult sometimes to work against your habit or your
5408s	nature uh but ultimately this is an exercise in uh in in delayed gratification um subside these these
5418s	yearnings you may have to want to get ahead and to to LEAP poner your opponents um but don't uh
5426s	so so hear my words when I say that yeah um it is definitely uh something that I wanted to reiterate
5436s	so glad that you projected that even a little bit more I just wanted to make sure it got reiterated
5441s	again before we wrap up because it is important um you know if you find those exploits contacting
5446s	us you contact us through through customer service through a community manager whatever
5450s	way works best for you but um we definitely want to know about those things but and we don't want
5454s	them to be like plastered on the forums like hey look at this exploit you can do cuz then
5458s	everyone's going to do it right and if everyone's doing it you all are going to get in trouble so
5461s	don't don't jump on the bad wagon just because those people are doing it I might as well do it
5465s	too because we are taking action on accounts um somebody in chat said lead paers it must be 2003
5473s	again you will grow old too I will have you know you will grow old and F fall out of the lingo of
5480s	the young younglings of today so when that happens be be ready be ready remember this crazy sometimes
5487s	when I hear like my little sister talking with her friends or whatever I'm just like what are
5491s	they even saying I'm like oh no like do said I'm like we're getting old now um but yeah you
5497s	it will always fluctuate I'm like what happened to Cool Beans man someone said calm down Grandpa
5506s	that's too good too good Ohio like what is that is that even those aren't words that's not a word
5515s	um de I know sorry um but anyways we are going to be wrapping up for today um we want to thank
5523s	you all for joining us during our Alpha 2 I know that it is um not always the most fun but it seems
5529s	like people are having fun so much fun that they think that it's a game and finalized and should
5534s	be perfectly bug free but it is of course an alpha 2 we are going to have bugs we are working to fix
5538s	them though so please do keep reporting them as we said before um if you are interested in joining us
5543s	and you're like how do I join you you can head on over to ashesofcreation and we have a shop
5548s	over there and we do have some uh wave bundles that you can join up with over there if you're
5553s	interested but of course this is a testing phase so if that's not something that interests you
5557s	and you don't want to play a game that has bugs that is not does not have final you know UI Etc
5563s	um you don't want to necessarily be part of the journey you can wait till it's launched but if
5566s	you are interested in being part of the journey and helping us create uh the the next MMO RPG
5573s	that hopefully you will be playing for years to come and you know playing with your family uh and
5577s	friends and creating you know memories with uh come join us we would love your feedback
5581s	we'd love for you to be part of this journey with us and um like we do every month we're going to
5585s	be continuing to share our progress and updates with you for those of you who are interested in
5590s	it um please head on over to our forums forums. ases ofc creation.com we have a ton of threads
5595s	over there people have been putting a lot of great feedback uh there is an alpha 2 Section
5599s	that you can see but if you're if you are part of Alpha 2 you will be able to post in there um and
5604s	love for you to continue to share with us your information that you have in regards to how your
5608s	play experience has been or if you're a viewer how your viewing experience has been and we're
5612s	going to continue to make updates uh thank you to our viewers who are watching us live in all of the
5617s	places we appreciate you Jason Bill Keenan and of course our community and creators who joined us
5623s	pirate software actual Pirates flatus nice gaming Theory Forge Jamie chaos Rio or CCS Vibes Grappler
5633s	and narc and of course you stepen for taking your time to join us and answer a ton of questions
5637s	we really appreciate you guys and we hope that everyone stays safe and healthy um you know get
5643s	a little walk after you eat all the Turkey um and stuffing and all the yes for all for all of our
5650s	American uh Community Happy Thanksgiving we are definitely grateful as a studio for this glorious
5657s	Community who is following with us along on this journey uh and we wish you all safe travels
5664s	and happy holidays um as you enjoy time with your family and of course we look forward to
5670s	seeing you on ver ver soon um follow us in all of the places we are ashes of creation
5676s	everywhere we post constantly so please uh give us some love over there also we do sometimes do
5681s	little giveaways and stuff like that so if you are someone who can't afford necessarily to join
5685s	us but you are interested in being part of the journey stay tuned for some more of those and
5689s	of course we will upload this video we also have the 4K video of the gameplay that will be going
5694s	up or it's up now you can go check that out and of course leave us a comment on the development
5700s	update video that comes out later and uh we you could be spotlighted for the next Spotlight for
5705s	next month and we will see you all next month for another development update everybody [Music]

[2024] Development Update With Giants and Demons Preview - 11AM PT Wednesday, November 27, 2024

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