Development Update With Fighter Preview - 11AM PT Friday, March 29, 2024 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
17s	hello everyone and Welcome to our
20s	glorious ashes of creation March
21s	development update we hope that you've
23s	been having a wonderful month we have
25s	been so busy we have a very very long
30s	live stream for you so oh my gosh Buckle
33s	in grab your snacks but yeah get some
37s	popcorn make sure to get some
38s	refreshments Margaret and I are actually
40s	talking about whether or not we should
41s	include a mandatory intermission in the
43s	Showcase today like a little five minute
45s	get up potty break thing our video
47s	editor and Community folks and social
49s	folks were like maybe we should have
51s	like a little intermission in between
53s	but we'll give it to you all CU I know
55s	that you don't you don't want any pauses
58s	um but uh we will also we have a lot we
62s	have a lot planned um so hopefully you
64s	are prepared like I'm saying if you want
66s	to go get some snacks now I highly
68s	recommend it um but as you can see below
71s	today's plan is we have a few reminders
73s	we have our fighter archetype preview
76s	which I know a lot of people have been
77s	really excited about it is the I think
80s	one of the longest archetype previews
82s	we've had I think someone posted a
84s	snapshot of all the links of all of them
86s	they just keep getting longer and
88s	longer well I mean as you know this is
91s	this is a byproduct of active
93s	development right as things get more
95s	fleshed out there's more stuff to talk
98s	about in the show you guys you know as
100s	you've been watching are going to see
103s	you know back from the early fighter you
106s	know basic melee to the ranged weapon to
109s	the cleric to the you know Ranger and
112s	tank like each of these are more and
114s	more fleshed and now you're getting an
115s	idea of what Alpha 2 you know is going
117s	to consist of from an archetype
119s	perspective this one this fighter
121s	archetype preview uh is very detailed
123s	and we we even get into more of the work
126s	that Brian's been doing and the combat
127s	team has been doing on weapon uh
130s	progression skills as well and those are
132s	pretty detailed now so we mostly about
135s	an hour 40 minutes of of arch type uh
138s	preview no no worries I just blurred
140s	their ears off I was trying to fix
142s	myself a little bit I'm trying to adjust
143s	my audio to match yours um and I might
147s	to just push it a little too loud
150s	um but yeah we are are only showing like
152s	the great sword um in the weapon skill
155s	trees but I think that it will still be
157s	exciting for you all to see and check
160s	out um and then after that we do want to
162s	just do a quick Studio update and then
164s	we have some art uh updates as well for
167s	yall and we'll do a little Q&A we'll
169s	probably try to get through that pretty
171s	quick because it's going to be a long
172s	one
174s	today um but let's get right into the
178s	reminder stuff
181s	uh the first thing we have here today is
183s	of course our YouTube Spotlight don't
184s	forget to subscribe to our YouTube and
187s	follow us in all the places uh if you
189s	subscribe to us over on our YouTube
190s	channel and leave a comment on our Dev
192s	update version of the live stream your
195s	your Spotlight could be or your comment
197s	could be
198s	spotlighted that was a mouthful um so
201s	this one is from Rives Genesis who wants
204s	to know we know that normally that the
206s	normal death penalty incurs a myriad of
209s	penalties for the player but we don't
211s	know the number the numbers behind the
213s	penalty for instance what percentage of
215s	materials do players drop what
217s	percentage of glint is dropped how
219s	severe is the skill and Stat dampening
221s	and what is the average time it will
223s	take a player to work off XP debt from
226s	one death that was a lot of questions in
228s	your one comment they were cramming
231s	it um okay so so just just recap real
235s	quick there we're talking about
236s	percentage lost time to recoup that
239s	percentage
240s	um the material percentage sunk versus
244s	um uh lootable and then what was the
246s	last one uh glint drop and then uh your
250s	stat dampening stat skill dampening got
253s	it got it got it um okay so first I want
256s	to say that the most important yeah most
259s	important part of this question um is
263s	you're asking about values right you're
266s	asking about percentile values you're
268s	asking about time that it takes to
270s	recoup the percentage and and whatnot
273s	any time that we're at a stage we're in
276s	now and that in Alpha 2 uh we're going
278s	to be testing
280s	this those values are the most subject
282s	to change um so to be clear like we're
286s	going to do best estimate best guess
288s	kind of balance pass for Alpha 2 with
292s	the full expectation and understanding
294s	that the purpose of Alpha 2 is to really
296s	dial in those guesses uh and take into
300s	consideration player interaction with
302s	those numbers uh and what feels best so
305s	so just off the bat like those values
308s	are not what we should be focusing on um
311s	at this stage uh but to give you an idea
314s	kind of where we are um first of all
317s	like when we're talking about dropping
319s	um items that are in your material
323s	inventory whether that be glint or that
325s	be other material types you know we're
328s	talking roughly between anywhere from 20
331s	to 30% of a stack is going to be uh
336s	lootable uh on a perde basis now that is
341s	a value that can change uh based off of
345s	the types of bags that you are using to
350s	to carry those
351s	materials um in addition there's other
354s	progression that can allow you and some
356s	stats I believe that can allow you to
358s	mitigate that value also um when we are
361s	talking about um the percentage that's
364s	lost or excuse me not lost the
366s	percentage uh of your level that is
368s	acred as experienced debt from death um
372s	generally you can expect that that's
373s	going to live around 3 to 4% of the
376s	level in a crude experience debt per
379s	death however additionally there is a
382s	way to mitigate that percentage debt and
386s	that is through the resurrection ability
388s	that's provided to cleric so clerics
391s	have the ability to resurrect their
393s	allies uh and that Resurrection will
397s	return a percentage that would have been
399s	acred as uh experienced debt and that
403s	returned percentage is predicated on the
406s	investment into the resil as well as the
409s	stat uh um that is uh the stat of the
412s	cleric that is tied to the resurrection
414s	effect as well so those can return
416s	percentages so you can you can mitigate
419s	that to a degree
421s	um how long will it take you to recover
423s	that and what stat dampening kind of
425s	occurs um you know anywhere within a
428s	level if you acquire 100% experienced
432s	debt for that level you know you max out
434s	the experiened debt essentially you
436s	don't ever buy that down you're probably
439s	looking around a 20% stat efficacy
443s	dampener right so on average if you're
446s	at 100% uh debt for a level and you you
450s	got to work all that off before you can
451s	start progressing in the level again
452s	you're at around 20% overall stat
456s	dampening um time it takes you to regain
459s	that debt is predicated on the level
462s	you're at right and how you exped um so
465s	that's a that's a highly variable value
468s	um yeah I think those hopefully answer
470s	all your questions yeah and I know that
472s	that one's one that people have heard a
475s	little bit before Le's elements of it I
477s	think glint is a new element of that um
480s	that wasn't there before when we've
481s	answered it um but you know not
483s	everybody's some people are are newer to
486s	our community so that will be handy for
487s	them and of course if you want your
490s	comments spotlighted on YouTube head on
491s	over to our YouTube channel to get yours
494s	spotlighted we pull them out aroundand
496s	and and just to be clear you know I just
497s	want to comment you made a great point
499s	there Margaret is that you know some
500s	people may not be very familiar with
502s	these systems um to be clear the
505s	philosophy in ashes of creation is that
508s	we are a a bit more difficult of a game
511s	experience that is what we're trying to
513s	accomplish we've all played a lot of
515s	MMOs where you're either always a winner
517s	or it's very easy to fall and get up
519s	again and that's okay like th those
522s	games need a place to exist and a lot of
524s	people enjoy playing them um I
527s	historically as a as as a dungeon master
530s	in my tabletop campaigns can be a bit
533s	ruthless um and I think that it's
536s	interesting if the difficulty level
538s	you're faced with in this open world
540s	with many other players forces you to
544s	think critically about strategy or about
547s	cooperation and teamwork right and that
551s	the challenges you face
554s	are not easily surpassed or bypassed um
559s	and so in that regard you know a system
561s	like you know experience debt doesn't
565s	necessarily delev you you don't want to
566s	delevel a player but we do want to make
569s	the the fear of loss palpable we do want
573s	to make the the the failure real um and
579s	that can be an encouragement to perform
581s	better because when you do succeed it
584s	will feel that much
587s	better yeah so you know keeping those
590s	things in mind um and of course we have
593s	continue to get gather your guys'
595s	feedback as we move forward in things um
597s	and just wanted to make one more note on
599s	the questions for the Q&A segment on the
601s	forms we do try to only pull newer
603s	questions um and we do try to give
605s	people the answers if you've asked a
607s	repeated question that we've answered
608s	before we try to give you where you can
610s	find those answers or even answer them
611s	for you in the forums so just keeping
613s	that in mind but the Q&A one for the
615s	spotlight for the comment is you know
618s	it's a special uh outlier um we do have
621s	Dev discussions though we're constantly
623s	trying to get your guys' feedback on
625s	various different things whether that's
626s	through our game playay gameplay Loops
628s	or our future gameplay Loops that we
630s	want to showcase um but this one that we
632s	put out is uh regarding time dedication
635s	and we asked you how much time do you
637s	think someone should invest in order to
639s	become an expert at an mmrpg what are
642s	the differences between an expert player
643s	versus a casual player time commitment
646s	skill game knowledge Etc and we gave you
648s	some other prompts as well so definitely
650s	if you have some thoughts on this you
652s	want to give us your feedback your
653s	suggestions make sure you hop into that
655s	thread and pop that over because um ran
658s	and vnar are going to compiling the data
661s	on that soon and sending that over to
662s	your development team so please please
664s	head on over there and our next one that
666s	we're going to be going over is going to
667s	be about item drops and I know y'all
670s	y'all better have some thoughts on that
671s	because I know you do that is one of the
675s	biggest things is progression with items
677s	so definitely definitely stay tuned for
680s	that and without further Ado we'll get
681s	straight into the fighter archetype
683s	preview but with that I'm going to let
685s	Stephen do his uh his preface before the
688s	preface um but I do want to preface that
691s	it is very long so uh Buckle in make
694s	sure you have your snacks take your
695s	potty bck right now um but go ahead
697s	Stephen yeah absolutely and just to um
700s	um just to also say that we did uh
705s	experience success last month in our
707s	preview where we launched the YouTube
709s	video at the same time on the stream
711s	we'll be doing that again today so that
714s	those of you who wish to watch the video
716s	in in uh 4K or 2K I'm not sure which one
718s	we uploaded it in
720s	um have the opportunity to do so on our
722s	YouTube channel so that's going to be
723s	going live momentarily with us um
726s	however remember
728s	please stick around on stream make sure
731s	you give us your commentary and feedback
733s	here um it is a bit of a ritual for me
735s	to go back and watch the live stream
737s	again and kind of read through the
738s	commentary as I don't get to see it well
741s	uh during the live stream because I'm
743s	actually chatting with you guys but um
746s	yes so to preface this obviously the
749s	same is true this is a work in progress
751s	we are working towards Alpha 2
753s	particularly
755s	UI um balance Meg time balance when you
759s	guys go into watching these abilities
762s	please understand these are these are
764s	very finger in the wind uh approaches to
767s	some of the numbers and values Within
770s	These abilities that's going to get
771s	tinkered with just before we get into
775s	Alpha 2 there's going to be a you know
777s	final kind of balance phase before the
778s	Alpha 2 begins
780s	um and then we'll be iterating on that
782s	obviously as Alpha 2 is
784s	continuing um in addition performance
788s	right we are still working on
789s	performance there are still
790s	some lighting changes that need to be
792s	done um and the other thing that I want
795s	to talk a little bit about is like when
797s	you're thinking about feedback talk
799s	about the things you both enjoyed and
802s	the things you would like to see done
804s	differently right um in particular we're
806s	talking about mobility of the class
808s	we're talking about
810s	utility of the class we're talking about
813s	um you know it's its role in combat
816s	right what you expect to see out of the
817s	class fantasy that is a fighter uh
819s	you're going to see the abilities I
821s	think there's 17 or 18 abilities
823s	probably here with this fighter uh we're
825s	going to we're going to go through those
827s	in the first like 45 minutes or so or um
831s	each ability one by one we're going to
833s	talk about them we're going to talk
835s	about their expansion trees as well and
837s	then we're also going to talk about the
839s	great s and weapon progression um so
843s	hour and 45ish minutes or what is it
846s	hour and 45 minutes hour and 38 minutes
849s	this is have the 4K video going up live
852s	and it will be in Premiere mode as well
853s	so I think that's already we're getting
855s	this started for you guys so we'll see
857s	you in a moment guys
859s	[Music]
862s	[Applause]
863s	[Music]
868s	enjoy
871s	[Music]
879s	hello everyone and welcome to yet
882s	another day in the world of Vera and we
885s	have an exciting update for you today we
888s	are going to be showing off one of the
890s	most beloved archetypes in fantasy MMO
895s	RPGs the fighter archetype and there has
898s	been a lot of work that's been done uh
901s	in progressing this obviously last time
902s	we showed anything remotely fighter
904s	related it was I think almost two years
907s	ago when we did our first um basic
910s	weapon melee weapon uh revamp from alpha
913s	1 uh and there were a couple abilities
915s	obviously that we showed off but nothing
917s	like the Showcase we have stored for you
918s	today you are going to get some pretty
921s	in-depth understanding of how this
924s	archetype has been redesigned um and the
928s	progression that's going to be aailable
929s	as part of Alpha 2 and we have joining
931s	us to talk through that today two of our
935s	absolutely stellar and glorious senior
937s	designers on the combat team Trad Brian
941s	how are you guys
942s	doing doing pretty good here glad to be
944s	back on
945s	stream I'm doing great happy to be here
948s	happy to have you both I know you guys
949s	have put in a lot of work and and I
952s	think really representing pretty well
954s	what a lot of people who played Fighters
956s	and other MMOs love about the class I'm
959s	excited to chat with you about the
961s	direction you guys have taken um and
963s	obviously helping to make that a reality
966s	um feature team owner on the combat side
968s	as well as one of our senior Engineers
970s	Kenan how are you doing
973s	buddy I'm doing great thanks for having
975s	me and uh now that you mentioned I think
977s	that that original fighter stream was
978s	actually the my first stream was it
980s	really yeah I think so oh I think it was
983s	I think you're right yeah that was uh
984s	there was a lot of work that went into
986s	kind of obviously changing the direction
988s	of of melee and combat in general at
990s	that time and now we have we are seeing
992s	some of the
993s	fruitful
995s	um persistence in that in that direction
998s	um so one other thing I want to let you
1000s	guys know is obviously we are here back
1003s	again uh in the riverlands and we are
1006s	actually in front of Oak and Bane keep
1008s	which is an area you guys saw at the end
1010s	of last live stream from the missions
1012s	Liv stream
1014s	um and right when we ended that live
1017s	stream a story arc began in this area
1019s	called an ancient violence and we're
1022s	going to be going in there and taking a
1024s	look around but first I think what we
1026s	should do is something that we have
1028s	successfully done uh in the past with
1031s	these showcases is kind of show off each
1033s	individual ability first talk about what
1035s	they do uh and give you guys a sense of
1037s	the of the of the arch type and uh the
1040s	abilities available to us before we get
1041s	in to combat with some some freaky
1045s	Goblin Town stuff um so do I have a
1049s	volunt here today that could help tank
1051s	some blows
1053s	potentially yeah I'll help them nice
1056s	awesome all right very cool um so what
1059s	should we start with first what do you
1061s	guys
1065s	think um start with blitz Blitz all
1068s	right let's see Blitz is the first one
1070s	on the bar let's go let's go down the
1071s	bar all right let's do
1073s	it um actually you know what I'm sorry
1077s	why don't we first start with
1080s	momentum that sounds like a good idea
1082s	because momentum is obviously going to
1084s	be referenced in Blitz I was just
1085s	looking at that uh and as well as a
1087s	number of other abilities and momentum
1090s	is essentially a class Energy System is
1092s	that right Trad that is correct talk
1096s	moment yeah I'll go into a little more
1098s	detail about that so one thing that we
1100s	feel adds a lot to just just class
1103s	identity in general is something that is
1106s	beyond just an ability in this case it's
1107s	a a class or or in this case an
1109s	archetype resource uh called combat
1111s	momentum so in your top left of the
1113s	screen here you'll see that you've got
1115s	your standard health bar and your Mana
1117s	bar and then a third empty bar that
1119s	you'll see kind of build up in combat as
1121s	we play um that you build up through all
1124s	the different actions that you're doing
1126s	um through the kit and you can use this
1128s	resource to um uh get passive power to
1132s	your character based on which form you
1134s	were in which we'll get into it in a
1135s	little bit here um and you can also
1137s	spend it for certain unique um
1139s	especially powerful bonuses so and guys
1142s	just to remind everyone obviously
1145s	everything you're going to see here is
1147s	still a work in progress we are working
1148s	towards Alpha 2 um especially as it
1152s	relates to the UI as it relates to VFX
1154s	um and Designs will change uh balances
1158s	will change so keep that in mind what
1160s	we're looking for is kind of direction
1162s	right direction on these on this
1164s	archetype what do you think looks cool
1166s	uh what other what other fighter
1168s	influences have you
1229s	with um a little bit of resource to
1231s	start okay so I'm going to I'm going to
1233s	charge the target directly and I'm going
1235s	to deal damage on a rival which is
1238s	physical based and this spec option says
1240s	that it generates 20 additional combat
1243s	momentum now presumably combat momentum
1246s	does not overflow after it hits the the
1250s	maximum 100 points is that correct
1252s	that's right yeah okay cool and then I
1254s	see under it there is an additional um
1258s	spec option that says uh killing an
1261s	enemy with lethal blow will reset the
1263s	coold down of Blitz so the more I kill
1265s	essentially if I use lethal blow I can
1268s	just keep that momentum up generating
1270s	additional uh combat momentum so I can
1273s	use a little bit after you know
1275s	potentially landing on the Target and
1276s	replenish that quickly after with with
1279s	uh executing lethal blow on the target
1282s	as a kill and then raging Blitz into the
1285s	next yeah it turns you into more of a
1287s	aggressive mobile character if you go
1289s	with that like you're killing enemies
1290s	and then you need to pick a new Target
1292s	he might be far away you charge to him
1293s	kill him rinse and repeat cool all right
1296s	let's take a look at
1299s	this ooh nice okay that was cool and as
1304s	presumably this also scales uh
1307s	verticality as
1310s	well let's test it and guys for the
1312s	purposes obviously with this
1313s	demonstration I've set my coold Downs to
1315s	zero so that I can more repeatedly use
1317s	uh oh here we go we go we got some kill
1321s	those little mushrooms
1323s	huh I don't want to spoil the skill for
1327s	you it's a kind of kind of Stormy day
1330s	with this ancient violence in the
1333s	background oh and by the way we are
1335s	playing for the first time in in uh I
1339s	believe in game uh the ren Kai Orcs got
1344s	my trusty Mohawk going on it is probably
1348s	the most
1349s	appropriate uh race class
1354s	combination I thought
1356s	so all right so I'm going to try to jump
1358s	I'm going to try to scale this thing on
1360s	you let's see
1362s	here oh man now that is cool that was
1367s	awesome let me do that again yeah yeah
1370s	this is kind of an answer you get to
1372s	like that Archer on the ledge that's
1373s	just free shooting on you and it's like
1375s	oh I'm just going to get up there with
1377s	you oh my bad there let me try this one
1379s	more time one more
1382s	time oh very
1384s	nice okay so by by default so now let me
1389s	try this oh did you just die I think
1392s	that was a a bad nuke my bad from
1394s	someone oh my bad no that was for sure
1397s	my
1400s	bad that feels really good by the way
1403s	that feels
1404s	clean very clean oh there's did somebody
1408s	also die over here
1410s	just a little mushroom oh a little
1412s	mushroom okay okay Blitz Blitz feels
1414s	really good well done with that I like
1416s	that it's super smooth uh and fluid it
1419s	feels um you know there's not really any
1422s	movement Interruption either on contact
1424s	or at the initiation um which is
1427s	obviously one of the most you know ideal
1429s	feeling points of any Mobility skill
1431s	right is that fluidity uh uh
1436s	throughout um okay let's talk about the
1438s	next one
1439s	so we have brutal
1442s	cleave Yep this is probably your most
1445s	bread andb butter AOE attack um you can
1448s	it it does a a medium amount of damage
1450s	it's not one of your more spect
1452s	spectacular aoe's but um it's your
1454s	primary AOE resource generator so you're
1457s	going to be using this a lot to build
1458s	your momentum um and you also weave this
1461s	a lot between your weapon combos because
1463s	your weapon attack finishers will um
1466s	reset seconds off of this cool down so
1469s	if you're like going back and forth
1471s	between Cleaves and and a and uh weapon
1473s	attacks you get to do more of them and
1475s	have more up time
1478s	okay yeah that's pretty cool all right
1481s	so this does also the more targets you
1482s	hit uh so that's why it's really good in
1484s	AOE situations is you get more momentum
1486s	based on how many targets you're
1488s	hitting got it so after jumping in with
1491s	blitz if especially if there's multiple
1493s	targets going with a brutal cleave is is
1496s	just going to really ramp that momentum
1499s	um and then it looks like also that this
1501s	ability it says shares a coold down with
1505s	overpower um and it says also the weapon
1509s	combo finisher will reduce its coold
1511s	down by 8
1513s	seconds yep um so you'll be resetting
1518s	overpowers more frequently because if we
1520s	want to just jump over to that one
1521s	that's the single Target counterpart to
1524s	this attack um it's more it's just a
1526s	single Target hit um but it is shorter
1528s	cool down so you can reset them more
1529s	frequently and it's also generating your
1531s	resource so it it kind of you're
1533s	choosing which one to use based on um
1535s	what your your um enemies
1538s	are very cool that looks great by the
1541s	way Scott did a Scott and SAA have done
1544s	an amazing
1546s	job yeah I'm really happy with how the
1549s	effects turned out like making physical
1551s	look this cool like you
1554s	know it was a
1557s	Fe
1560s	oh my
1562s	bad okay all right very cool I like that
1565s	this uh brutal cleave is awesome um
1568s	let's talk about MIM here let's go over
1570s	here a little bit right
1573s	here talk to me a little bit about
1577s	main um so this is a more powerful AO
1580s	AOE attack in the kit um do you have a
1582s	spec right now for the uh yeah let me
1584s	take a look here let me take and by the
1585s	way brutal cleave I apologize uh there's
1587s	no additional functionality it looks
1589s	like on Brutal cleave uh but we did talk
1593s	also about um overpowers on the right
1597s	column um it's an autog granted ability
1599s	so it's not going to be in this tree
1601s	like oh got it yeah there you go okay so
1603s	it doesn't have any spec options either
1605s	that's right but MIM does and should I
1608s	turn MIM off let me turn the spec option
1610s	off first because this actually extends
1613s	the distance of the projectile
1616s	by essentially launching that piercing
1618s	projec is that right yeah let's take a
1620s	point out of that first and then uh
1622s	we'll just kind of look at the base
1624s	effect okay um so this is just a cone in
1627s	front of you you're hitting in a cone in
1628s	front of you it's preh heavy hitter um
1630s	you're not resetting the cool down of
1632s	this so you need to be more con you know
1635s	um uh aware of when you're using this
1639s	but um it also has the added effect of
1642s	it will do more damage against recently
1644s	tripped enemies so that's where you
1646s	really want to save this is if you've
1647s	tripped someone um or if someone else
1649s	has tripped an enemy you capitalize on
1651s	it by basically smashing down on them
1653s	with
1655s	this the that looks so good love it that
1658s	is awesome okay so let's uh let's spec
1661s	into the
1665s	projectile now this is going to give you
1667s	obviously a lot more
1671s	range
1674s	oh this adds a a piercing projectile on
1677s	top of the attack so you're still
1679s	getting that frontal AOE hit box that's
1682s	staying the same but you're adding a
1683s	projectile on top of it and the cool
1685s	thing here too is the projectile gets
1687s	the bonus of the the damage bonus from
1689s	the trip so you could actually combo
1691s	into a Target that you see trip from
1693s	range um with this as well um one reason
1696s	this is a spec option is some Fighters
1698s	will want to be using this in a way that
1700s	you know you don't want to pull a mob in
1702s	the distance so it's just kind of an
1703s	added layer of skill if you're using
1704s	this in like a really cluttered
1706s	environment um but you it's kind of a
1709s	trade-off that feels really
1713s	good that is awesome give myself some
1720s	Mana there we go um okay cool I love MIM
1725s	that is an awesome ability let's talk
1726s	about uh
1729s	battlecry this is definitely one of my
1731s	personal favorites um it doesn't do
1733s	damage but it's got some really cool
1735s	effects going on with it um so so do you
1739s	want me to start talking about or you
1742s	want okay cool um so I love this as an
1745s	AOE opener um what it does it does a few
1748s	things one um it RS your allies
1750s	specifically your party members um it
1752s	will also apply a status Effect called
1754s	shaken to your enemies um and then it
1757s	will generate a certain amount of combat
1759s	momentum per Ally that you
1765s	ried and then uh just to elaborate cuz
1768s	people are like what what is shaken what
1769s	is what is RI well uh shaken right now
1773s	um is a debuff on enemies that whenever
1775s	they take damage they have a small
1777s	chance to become tripped so there's some
1780s	good combos with this where like you go
1782s	into like a multi-hit AOE and you can
1784s	capitalize on that and then by tripping
1786s	or by triggering trip status um that
1789s	flows into MIM really well so that's one
1791s	of the combos I like to do is shout into
1794s	like a a whirlwind which you'll see in a
1796s	bit um into you know Mim to do extra
1799s	damage against targets that have um CED
1802s	that
1803s	effect yeah these are feeling great wow
1806s	I do like the uh the battlecry that is
1809s	like probably the most standard feeling
1813s	like you know
1815s	expected action on behalf of the fighter
1818s	some type of battlecry effect and this
1820s	one cap captures it
1822s	well I love that that's cool um okay we
1826s	saw Whirlwind uh back
1829s	a while ago and talk to me about what's
1831s	changed about
1833s	Whirlwind um so Whirlwind is actually
1836s	pretty close to what it's always been um
1839s	it's it's a it's an AOE channeled attack
1842s	that ramps up in speed the longer you
1844s	you you hold it um there's also a spec
1846s	option on the right if you want to pick
1848s	that that gives um a final upward swing
1850s	at the end um that has some additional
1853s	bonuses to it um so let's do it without
1856s	the spec first
1863s	all right cool so it exits out after the
1866s	essentially the spinning there let's see
1869s	yep I'm out of
1871s	Mana there we go let's try it
1876s	again yeah you're also able to move
1879s	during it as you're seeing here so it's
1881s	it's pretty nice to be able to just kind
1882s	of like use this while you're moving
1884s	through a pack of mobs got it so let me
1887s	spec now into the option that I could
1891s	invest additional points into this
1892s	particular skill if I wanted to give
1894s	myself a finishing blow
1903s	essentially oh nice okay so you get a
1906s	big hit at the end um also you can stop
1908s	this at any time so you're seeing him do
1910s	the full Channel but if it's like oh I
1911s	want to you know cancel out of it early
1914s	like let's say let's say one thing I'll
1916s	do from time to time is uh if I Shake In
1920s	enemies and then this this ability is
1921s	kind of good at uh tripping enemies
1923s	because it's hitting really rapidly um
1925s	you might see a trip and you can cancel
1927s	out of it into a m early um if you want
1929s	to show off that
1931s	combo into a m yep let's do
1935s	it there you go oh nice that's cool that
1939s	feels good let's
1944s	see that's so cool that's
1947s	awesome
1948s	all right cool uh Whirlwind feels good
1951s	too all right cataclysm is another one
1953s	that we saw a while ago what's changed
1955s	with
1956s	cataclysm yeah a lot has changed with
1958s	this one um it used to be like this big
1961s	like Hammer that would appear over your
1963s	head and then it hit like an AOE kind of
1965s	far away from you overall it ended up
1966s	feeling a little awkward to use we
1968s	wanted to turn this more into like your
1970s	big frontal AOE damage so this is like
1973s	the other end of the spectrum like
1975s	stronger than MIM um it's just a bit
1978s	ultimate like AOE attack essentially
1980s	it's it's pretty straightforward all
1982s	right no additional spec options here
1985s	and by the way for those of you out here
1987s	you know that are wondering about kind
1988s	of how augments even though we haven't
1991s	seen a lot of augment work being done a
1994s	lot of this Tech is foundational in
1997s	applying these types of spec options
2000s	which augments essentially are as well
2002s	but they can more radically change
2004s	fundamentally what the ability is so
2006s	that whirlwind
2008s	you know adding an additional component
2011s	to the ability which is that climactic
2014s	climactic Whirlwind essentially could be
2016s	considered functionally as an augment an
2018s	additional effect applied to the ability
2021s	um okay let us showcase that new
2028s	cataclysm oh that feels much
2033s	better yeah that's cool this is also
2036s	another way to apply shaken enemies as
2039s	well um it and battlecry are kind of on
2042s	separate longer cool Downs so you might
2044s	find yourself sort of going bit back and
2045s	forth between these interchangeably and
2047s	you can change the direction here mid
2050s	mid wind up
2055s	yep nice I like that uh obviously the
2058s	granularity in
2059s	that yeah it gives you a little more
2061s	agency like you're not just locked in
2063s	place cuz it is a full rooted ability
2065s	you cannot move during this but being
2067s	able to turn like gives you a little bit
2070s	more you know control over what happens
2073s	as things might change mid cast okay
2076s	yeah I I totally agree I love that the
2078s	freedom feeling there um and that's
2081s	obviously something that you know is is
2082s	a philosophy and a standard that's taken
2085s	across a lot of the classes as it comes
2087s	to like you know rooted ability use and
2088s	whatnot um that that freedom of agency
2091s	that movement is core to kind of the
2093s	melee experience and and general skill
2095s	usage um all right next up we have r
2099s	sure y so this is an interesting one um
2102s	it's a single target attack um and it
2105s	puts a temporary debuff on your target
2108s	where if they are moving um while that
2111s	effect is on them they will build up
2113s	wounded Stacks um we can we can talk
2117s	about the we can talk about that S
2119s	effect in a moment here but talk about
2121s	the fact that he should have like
2122s	literally zero blood pressure remaining
2124s	after rupturing that much blood oh God
2128s	we can build in that
2129s	mechanic um but also you'll notice at
2133s	the end of it he takes a big hit of
2134s	damage um and the idea is that that
2138s	damage will scale with how much wound
2140s	they have on them so this will have kind
2142s	of some inter Synergy going on with
2144s	itself but also um there will be other
2147s	sources of wound that you could kind of
2148s	synergize this with this F uh further
2150s	for that big delayed hit at the end wow
2153s	okay so the wounds the wounds are
2154s	essentially these these stacking
2156s	debuffs um um that get
2160s	applied um and that's going to you said
2164s	decrease their healing received correct
2166s	and also increases damage taken from all
2170s	sources uh from physical sources from
2173s	physical sources got it very
2176s	cool yep um and the more you build that
2178s	up cuz this is actually a stacking thing
2181s	um it's not just like a single status
2182s	effect so the more you're wounding the
2184s	target um the more and more debuff their
2188s	healing incoming healing becomes so it's
2191s	one of those things where if a fighter
2193s	is like on your target that you're
2195s	trying to keep alive you want to peel a
2197s	fighter off that Target cuz the longer
2199s	they get that up time the harder it's
2200s	going to become to to heal them
2208s	up that's cool that's awesome okay love
2211s	rupture uh also love the an insane
2214s	amount of blood that's
2217s	happening
2219s	um
2220s	overpower talk to me about overpower
2222s	what do we got here uh this we talked
2224s	about this one this was the the resource
2227s	generator that's right that's right and
2228s	that one doesn't have any additional
2229s	spec options the rupture also um looks
2234s	like did that one have spec options um
2237s	it it does not but if you go in so
2240s	you'll you will see kind of to the right
2241s	of rupture there are some um things that
2244s	it
2244s	unlocks um like what's oh sorry below it
2248s	MIM actually if you go to m and then to
2250s	the right uh there are some things over
2252s	here that you get to unlock as well
2254s	which kind of synergize with with
2256s	rupture um for example brutality uh
2259s	allows you to start applying wound
2261s	Stacks through your weapon combos so if
2263s	you really want to lean into that that
2265s	utility uh like I'm a heal debuffing spe
2269s	fighter right like that's my thing that
2271s	I do you could go into this and now your
2273s	weapon attacks in in addition to
2275s	generating momentum are also applying
2277s	wounds to the Target
2278s	love it um and then this one this one
2281s	adds more wound um specialization if you
2284s	go
2287s	down oh wow okay so this gives overpower
2289s	and brutal cleave wound
2292s	application yeah it's basically what
2294s	it's kind of doing is it's tying your
2296s	your your wounds to the way that you're
2299s	normally building momentum if you want
2300s	to kind of dual Speck into both that's
2303s	cool wow it's
2305s	strong okay um let's talk talk about
2308s	this apparent uh crippling
2313s	blow uh yeah sure so crippling blow this
2316s	one's pretty simple um this is a a
2319s	standard single Target snare um so a
2323s	pretty common combo you'd use is like
2325s	Blitz into a crippling blow if you're
2327s	like getting on top of a Target that's
2329s	trying to kite you um like if if you're
2332s	charging up on a ranger who's like the
2334s	last thing they want is your you in
2336s	their face like snaring this is going to
2338s	force them to maybe use a gap opener
2340s	because they're not able to outrun
2347s	you that's
2352s	cool so crippling blow is pretty strong
2354s	actually especially when it comes to PVP
2356s	I mean that that that's a
2358s	pretty significant reduction in movement
2362s	speed yeah it's it is single Target so
2365s	you do have to Choose Wisely Who You Are
2367s	snaring but um it's it's pretty nice um
2370s	to be able to just lock a Target down
2372s	not not like hard CC but just um make it
2375s	easier to stick on top of
2381s	them very cool all right crippling blow
2384s	and then we have lethal
2387s	blow this is another one of my favorites
2389s	uh this is the execute of the kit um
2392s	it's single Target as well um but the
2394s	lower Health they are um the harder it's
2397s	going to hit
2398s	uh so this is this is really like you're
2400s	trying to do as much damage with your
2402s	other abilities as possible and then
2403s	when you get them like within that kill
2405s	threshold you're just going to hit hit
2407s	him with this hope for a crit maybe um
2410s	and you know finish him
2414s	off use
2416s	it there you go oh my
2421s	God this does have um a couple spec
2423s	options as well one you kind of win over
2425s	if you kill them with that and you have
2427s	the spec that resets Blitz you could
2429s	immediately Blitz again um even if it
2431s	was off cool down when you got the
2436s	kill but if you want to open your skill
2438s	tree here we can look at the other one
2440s	let's talk about it and the uh sorry
2442s	crippling blow did not have any spec
2443s	options but lethal
2445s	blow
2447s	does yeah so um a lot of the time you
2451s	know I've I've played games where you
2453s	know executes hit really hard but you
2455s	waste a lot of the damage and it kind of
2456s	it's like oh I saw cool big number but
2458s	it didn't really do anything it's kind
2460s	of wasted um this spec option lets you
2462s	make use out of that so it turns any
2464s	Overkill damage into like health and
2467s	Mana return to you that's awesome and
2469s	you know what I love about that it's at
2471s	least as it relates to
2472s	PVP is that you do not have granularity
2476s	insight to the opponent's hit point so
2479s	you're really rolling the dice if you
2480s	want to maximize efficacy on this
2482s	consuming lethal blow yeah that's how
2484s	I've been using it a lot like sometimes
2487s	I I pull it off other times I don't love
2489s	it that's super cool I like that
2491s	interaction there okay um let's go up
2494s	here we got blood
2497s	Fusion yeah so um kind of like that
2499s	lethal blow spec we were using this is
2501s	another way for the um fighter to get
2504s	health and Mana back to itself that's
2507s	kind of one way that the fighter
2508s	sustains itself because it's it's in the
2510s	thick of things right it's it's a
2512s	primary target um you've got to be in
2514s	danger to be doing a lot of what your
2516s	your kit does and this is this was this
2518s	is like one way the um fighter can stay
2520s	in the fight and if you pop this it's a
2522s	big cool down um but for the next 6
2525s	seconds any damage you do will have a%c
2528s	returned um as health and Mana to you
2531s	okay so let me somebody nuked me for
2535s	like
2537s	500 you go ahead sh okay I don't want to
2540s	do it all I want is multiple 500s like
2543s	three
2544s	500s all right and then um I am going to
2547s	deal some damage here to see how much I
2549s	get
2558s	back yep so that last hit missed the
2560s	window um but you got a good chunk from
2563s	your other attacks um the the the value
2566s	of this is super variable based on when
2568s	you use it so if you pop it in the right
2570s	moment you've got a lot of targets
2571s	around you you're like popping your
2573s	aoe's like this is going to get a ton
2575s	more
2576s	value
2581s	that was cool I like that so this an
2583s	insta cast that can happen in the middle
2585s	of any ability activation right nice you
2589s	could like start your cataclysm and then
2592s	pop that right before it lands that's
2595s	cool that is super
2598s	cool
2602s	um oh yeah I see that okay very nice and
2606s	I like the uh the effect effect effect
2609s	looks
2609s	great it's got more of that Blood Theme
2613s	yes I also love the audio for it it's
2616s	like you're consuming it a
2618s	bit all right let me grab whatever this
2622s	is oh bunch of stuff I think that was on
2626s	your corpse I'm sorry Brian don't do
2628s	that right in front of you it's
2631s	disrespectful um okay cool uh let's skip
2634s	exerpt for now let's go to lunging
2636s	assault
2638s	yeah so this is like going to be one of
2640s	your first Spenders of your resource um
2644s	this spender is more for Mobility um
2646s	it's a smaller spender um but whenever
2648s	you um use this you will Dash forward a
2651s	short distance and do an attack at the
2653s	end um and it's PR pretty freely usable
2655s	it doesn't have a very long cool down
2657s	it's just spending your resource so the
2659s	more resource you're generating the more
2661s	you're able to kind of reposition and
2662s	dash around the battlefield and get some
2664s	extra damage out there I see now
2666s	obviously U izing the resource with
2668s	lunging assault because you're dealing
2671s	instances of damage to enemies that you
2673s	impact you have an opportunity if
2675s	executed if executed well situationally
2679s	that you
2680s	can you can actually probably have a net
2683s	gain with this if there's a huge amount
2686s	of enemies like a train or something
2688s	right yeah it would probably take a lot
2690s	of enemies to actually get a a profit
2692s	but you can at least mitigate the cost
2694s	uh through that spec choice of um if
2697s	you're hitting enemies you can you can
2699s	get resource back and therefore you're
2700s	getting to do this more and you're also
2702s	not losing the value of your resource
2705s	get it that you're getting passively
2706s	through your forms which again will get
2708s	too soon cool cool okay uh let's try
2712s	this we go and now I don't need a target
2714s	for this I can just kind of no freely
2716s	it's
2724s	a all
2726s	right that's cool oh
2731s	okay so it's kind of uh not too far
2736s	distance
2737s	there yeah it's meant to like be more of
2740s	a repositioner where you know you're
2742s	you're dancing around your target you
2744s	might um be zipping back and forth
2746s	between different enemies in melee right
2748s	um whereas your other you have other
2750s	tools for going longer distances you
2751s	have Blitz you have the next one that's
2753s	about to come up um from here um so
2756s	those are going to be more of your long
2757s	distance um Mobility skills all right
2760s	let me try this this more long distance
2762s	Mobility skill here talk to me
2764s	about leap
2767s	strike yeah so this is like this is the
2772s	most uh free mobile distance yeah it's
2776s	it's very far and it doesn't require a
2778s	Target unlike Blitz um and you're also
2781s	going to basically deal damage and AOE
2783s	around it so it's just a more powerful
2785s	but less frequently usable um Gap closer
2789s	sloper if you even decid to use it as an
2794s	opener oh my
2797s	God I am the jugernaut
2802s	oh that was so cool I love
2805s	that yeah that's a fun one to use it's
2808s	holy smokes definitely more more AOE
2811s	focused and again guys I am using zero
2813s	cooldowns right now just so I can
2815s	demonstrate the abilities well I know
2816s	you're all thinking like what this
2818s	character's just going to fly around the
2819s	battlefield that's not what's happening
2822s	literal rocket I know you can actually
2824s	use this too to um go up on Ledges like
2827s	if you were to try and get up on one of
2829s	these Ledges we were trying earlier yeah
2832s	you don't even need a Target to use it
2834s	let me just check are there any spec
2835s	options
2838s	here uh not currently but there will
2841s	be all right let me try to jump up on
2846s	here oh oh that was too short I was too
2849s	short my bad let me try it again I try
2851s	it again actually in usually I've had
2854s	more success when I'm covering gaps
2858s	rather than actually like trying to go
2859s	up different
2861s	verticali but sometimes yeah it works we
2864s	did it we did it
2867s	boys it
2869s	happened very cool all right let's talk
2872s	a little bit about
2875s	um you know I thought I fixed time of
2878s	day but it feels like it's getting
2880s	darker I don't know um let's talk a
2883s	little bit about
2885s	uh next up these different forms that
2890s	I'm seeing
2892s	here yeah so the these are probably the
2896s	biggest like contributors to your um
2900s	combat momentum
2901s	resource um you can spend momentum but
2905s	it's a resource that's primarily meant
2907s	to be built up and maintained because of
2910s	the bonuses that these forms provide so
2912s	if we want to just look at one of the
2914s	first ones here we can go into a little
2916s	more detail on how those work I'm
2918s	actually going to make it a little bit
2920s	whoops my bad I wanted to change the
2924s	time of day
2925s	slightly get some better light over here
2928s	there we go
2930s	apologies um okay um which one am I
2933s	switching to any one you want we'll get
2936s	through all go to to you know I am
2938s	playing a ren Kai so ferocity sounds
2942s	good o all right so now you'll notice in
2946s	the top left here he is in this form um
2950s	so as long as you don't change forms you
2953s	will permanently remain in the form of
2956s	ferocity we actually renamed this
2958s	recently so you'll see Tempest there but
2960s	um that went through a rename um so
2964s	while in this form uh your momentum will
2967s	increase your attack speed uh the higher
2969s	your momentum is so for every point of
2971s	momentum that you've got your attack
2973s	speed's going up so you're you're
2974s	basically ramping up that attack speed
2976s	as you generate so where I see right now
2978s	I'm at
2980s	86.9 yep let's generate some
2986s	momentum your combo weapon combos are
2989s	pretty good for generating momentum as
2991s	well especially your
2993s	finishers here you
2996s	go okay 86.9 has gone to
3001s	99.2 yep up and it's dropping very nice
3005s	you got to stay in combat to keep the
3006s	resource
3009s	going and that's really what the fighter
3011s	is all about is like ramping up being in
3014s	that that combat momentum hence the name
3017s	um and when the fight wow it feels like
3020s	that the attack speed is even increasing
3022s	each individual ability speed as well
3026s	yep
3029s	that's
3032s	huge that is super cool so if you were
3035s	to change forms you would lose the
3037s	attack speed bonus but immediately gain
3039s	the bonus of the corresponding
3051s	form all right there
3054s	cool so if you want to shift me in to um
3058s	maybe a form of Solarity here all right
3061s	and that is on
3063s	Chi there you go now run
3066s	around you might have to Blitz him again
3068s	you probably need to get some mana and
3070s	then build it up a little more but oh my
3072s	bad we have Mana but this one increases
3075s	your movement speed so this lets you
3077s	just move around the battlefield a lot
3079s	more um Nimble um so if you need to like
3085s	you know close the gap a little bit and
3086s	you're Gap closers on cool down or
3088s	whatever this is a good way of
3090s	traversing the field a bit faster yeah
3093s	wow this is feel yeah this is pretty
3096s	quick that's a significant speed
3105s	boost and then the third one is uh more
3107s	of a defensive option um bit more
3110s	situational uh but it is um a disable
3115s	resistance form uh this is form of
3120s	fluidity and while you're in it you are
3122s	much more difficult to be cced um so you
3126s	be more resistant to stuns to Roots um
3130s	trips pretty much anything that falls
3132s	into the CC try to try to sleep me or
3135s	something sure I'll give a shot there's
3138s	a chance that I'll still hit you but
3140s	let's see I can't actually I'm in your
3142s	party oh okay no it's okay that's fine
3144s	all right so this is this is basically
3146s	when you want to uh to literally be
3149s	unstoppable through CC effects like this
3151s	is going to be a 40% reduction on that
3153s	that's pretty that's pretty powerful yep
3155s	and again all the numbers are kind of in
3158s	in tune or being tuned um we just when
3160s	we're testing these out we want them to
3162s	feel impactful just to validate that
3165s	they are you know cool things and then
3167s	we start to balance to to tone that back
3171s	down very
3173s	cool all right all right last but most
3179s	certainly not least is an ability called
3185s	God mode I mean excuse me what's it
3187s	called I'm sorry exert this is H this is
3190s	exert yes it's my ear I know you're
3193s	segue actually it's a great segue So
3195s	speaking of balance and what will be
3197s	happening obviously with Alpha 2 and
3199s	even before Alpha 2 will be balancing
3201s	some of this stuff so just keep that in
3203s	mind however segue here into god mode
3206s	AKA
3207s	exert uh we have
3210s	what uh so if we go over here to the in
3213s	the skill tree to the left exert um this
3216s	is a very high cost very high payoff
3219s	like essentially like super mode that
3222s	you can go into and you're you're
3224s	rapidly spending your momentum while
3227s	you're in uh this form it's all or
3230s	nothing you can't turn it off once you
3232s	pop this you will stay in this mode
3233s	until your momentum is fully drained and
3235s	then you're going to have to build it
3236s	all the way back back up again um
3239s	meanwhile you're getting increased
3240s	attack speed um you're getting uh CC
3244s	immunity uh and whatever else it says in
3248s	here uh we've got 20% increased attack
3251s	and movement speed and Immunity to
3255s	disabling effects while active so if you
3258s	can kind of draw the connection this is
3260s	like you're taking the three forms which
3262s	are CC resistance movement speed and
3264s	attack speed and getting just all three
3266s	of them in a huge burst for a small
3268s	window of time very small window yes and
3271s	that that small window is potentially as
3273s	it states here at least it would be
3275s	about 5 seconds if you're fully if
3278s	you're fully charged up on momentum
3281s	because it's it's essentially ticking at
3283s	20% per second is that right yep um and
3288s	again all the numbers are super tunable
3291s	we will be tuning these numbers but
3293s	we're just kind of putting them in a
3294s	place where we can play test them and as
3296s	we get more Ive with these it's like
3298s	okay now we're seeing theiling of how
3299s	powerful these things are we're going to
3300s	bring it back a little bit let's talk
3302s	about it spec
3303s	options yep uh so we've got uh one that
3308s	uh resets your cooldowns based on how
3311s	much momentum you had at Activation so
3313s	if you use this at 50 you know 50
3315s	momentum you would uh take about half of
3318s	your coold Downs off but if you use it
3320s	at full momentum uh you would reset all
3322s	your cool Downs so you could just go
3324s	straight into your rotation upon popping
3326s	this
3327s	and then this one is uh uh lets it act
3330s	as a cc break as well so this okay I
3334s	like this this is a nice com so you get
3337s	increased uh combat momentum with
3340s	movement attack speed and the immunity
3342s	to disabling effects and it becomes a cc
3345s	break on activation if you're under the
3347s	effects of CC and depending on the
3351s	amount percentage wise of momentum you
3354s	have available at time of activation po
3356s	EV will reset your ability cool Downs as
3359s	well this is this is obviously guys I
3362s	know a lot of you out there right now
3364s	are just probably going insane in chat
3366s	I'm just going to I'm assuming that this
3369s	is where we balance everything's going
3371s	to be balanced right this is just the
3372s	initial find the fun and and we're going
3375s	to to work around balance here uh but
3379s	this is a cool ability this is literally
3381s	like
3382s	super I am a fighter hear me roar Glory
3387s	Be have you used it no I haven't got to
3390s	got to show it yeah let's do this let's
3393s	do this so I guess in order to properly
3397s	do this I should actually set my cool
3398s	Downs back do you have it fully spec I
3401s	do I have it fully spe Kenan do you have
3404s	a condemn on your bar and grab it real
3408s	quick okay that's a stun we could kind
3410s	of we'll have Keenan condemn you and
3412s	then you'll just like break out of it
3414s	after you're full momentum yeah let me
3416s	get let me start generating
3419s	that love that Shield
3423s	effect oh and you know I got to get off
3425s	this uh form of fluidity let's go
3429s	to do ferocity yeah let's do
3436s	ferocity you can probably Blitz him for
3438s	a head start on momentum into an
3443s	overow keep an eye on your Mana
3451s	I me when you're ready to be
3455s	stunned okay I'm almost up
3461s	there but before you stun me let me um
3464s	let me start doing some abilities I am
3466s	feeling that
3470s	wound wait just don't kill
3472s	him I'm not I'm
3475s	not
3477s	now you can St me all right stun them
3482s	up all right use it oh you don't have
3485s	did you not spec it Oh I thought I
3488s	did I thought I did spec it let's try it
3491s	again well let's check the tree if let
3494s	me let me double check there might be an
3495s	issue there did I Speck it did I Speck
3498s	it I do I do have it specked weird we
3500s	that used to work let's let's double
3502s	check hold on let's try one more time
3504s	and I'll I'll click on it this time
3507s	in case there was some finger
3508s	shananigans happening all right I'm
3510s	ready I
3515s	think yeah oh I had an expression
3517s	failure sad all right well let's use it
3519s	without that that's that used to work my
3522s	bad guys welcome to bugs y That's okay
3526s	okay um now it's balanced let's show
3529s	yeah now it's balanced see the game
3531s	wouldn't even allow that level of
3532s	imbalance no I'm just kidding um okay
3535s	let me generate this up again
3538s	get some
3561s	uh okay give myself some mana and now
3565s	let's use shift two
3574s	oh that's cool I love that effect that
3576s	effect looks
3579s	great let me show the effect one more
3581s	time while I'm not kind of moving around
3582s	and doing
3584s	stuff okay and let me set my cool Downs
3587s	real quick one more time and is there
3589s	can I get myself Max uh momentum there's
3593s	an there's a debug ability for it but I
3595s	would just say Blitz and overpower and
3597s	then weapon combo is the best way to do
3601s	it that's M uh hit your a button we
3611s	go all
3614s	right I hold
3619s	still just I just keep this going all
3621s	the time I got no cool Downs
3625s	yeah now we're
3628s	that is so
3630s	good oh that's so
3636s	good very cool all right well that is a
3640s	very let me just say I'm sorry let me
3642s	speak on behalf of what I assume is our
3645s	audience saying holy [ __ ] that is a cool
3649s	class I mean the arct type feels great
3652s	the movement the fluidity is there um it
3656s	feels really good just to play with
3658s	these these skills uh well done guys
3661s	well done for Alpha 2 this is feeling
3663s	nice uh as a fighter and as melee
3665s	obviously that Mobility is going to be
3667s	king when it comes to traversing the
3669s	battlefield and and being that
3671s	Juggernaut class fantasy feeling um I
3676s	think is really captured well here what
3678s	do you guys say we take a look at Oaken
3680s	ban and kind of uh work through that
3682s	area and show people off a little bit of
3684s	the world of Vera yep let's put the kit
3687s	to the test did you want to talk about
3689s	the weapon first oh my God you're right
3691s	thank you yes okay you guys obviously
3695s	see here we have got a pretty beefy
3697s	looking uh sword uh that I have equipped
3701s	and Brian and the combat team have been
3703s	working a lot on skill prog skill
3705s	progression trees for weapons you saw a
3708s	hint of that and it's very Bare Bones
3711s	form um with the ranger update but
3714s	there's been a lot of work toward wards
3716s	that weapon tree let's talk a little bit
3718s	about it um yeah um so we we've been
3723s	revamping the weapon tree entirely so
3726s	the first point of progression here is
3728s	we wanted to give people a choice in how
3731s	long their weapon combo actually is um
3734s	so you've got the base weapon combo that
3736s	you start with on the great sword which
3737s	is three attacks and you can extend that
3740s	out into four attacks if you
3742s	want in addition to that um both the
3745s	third hit and the the fourth hit can
3747s	have proc finisher attacks and those
3750s	proc finisher attacks can um trigger
3753s	additional effects on you um such as an
3757s	additional heal effect a boost of
3760s	momentary attack
3762s	speed and I'm looking here I'm looking
3765s	here Brian so when I go over to the left
3766s	hand side and it has me kind of an
3768s	option right I'm unlocking this node and
3770s	and selecting down one of these uh four
3773s	choices and for those of you who are
3775s	watching and and perhaps
3776s	don't recall the the the use case here
3779s	of these weapon skill trees these are
3781s	separate progression trees that
3785s	you um that you unlock and Advance
3788s	within as you are using and adventuring
3791s	with a particular weapon type right
3793s	Brian correct um and and yeah they'll
3796s	Advance faster than your arch type tree
3798s	so you'll be able to level up a couple
3800s	weapons as you're as you're going along
3802s	yeah and that's a lot of fun to do
3804s	actually and that section that you're
3807s	looking at now is probably the most work
3808s	in progress part um I I still need to
3811s	revamp this this passive section that
3813s	it's pretty weak overall but um yeah
3816s	this this version zero um you can choose
3818s	between different modifications that
3820s	would best fit your class you can choose
3822s	between um a little bit of deflection
3824s	bonus um which is avoidance some I I
3828s	think crit damage accuracy so each node
3832s	you're kind of choosing a different oh I
3835s	see very cool yeah that's
3837s	awesome yeah right right now they're all
3839s	the same um I'm going to mix up that a
3842s	little bit and make it more interesting
3843s	with some some different Capstone
3845s	passives and such um but yeah this
3848s	side's way more interesting way more
3849s	fleshed out so what you just clicked on
3851s	there is the first proc that you'll get
3853s	access to um and you have a choice
3856s	between three of these things um the
3858s	first is sword master swiftness this is
3860s	a temporary boost of attack speed so if
3863s	if you get this proc and then you can
3865s	instantly use another ability or
3868s	continue in your combo if you want and
3870s	it'll trigger that next ability all the
3872s	all the quicker and to talk a little bit
3873s	about you know obviously reiterating
3875s	again kind of you know these proc
3877s	effects these essentially are the
3879s	incentive Loops for
3881s	why weapon combo attacks which are basic
3884s	weapon attacks are the fillers between
3887s	rotational effects because you are
3890s	getting you know as you unlock
3892s	progression Within These trees you are
3893s	getting substantial benefit from Crocs
3896s	that occur by using the basic weapon
3899s	combo right I I should speak on that a
3901s	little bit more in like a general
3903s	concept so we want to encourage weaving
3905s	between abilities and weapon combo
3907s	attacks and we're going to do that in a
3909s	few different ways that you'll be seeing
3910s	in this stream uh the first way is arct
3912s	type weapon combo interactions you've
3915s	already seen some of that where the the
3916s	finishers give you a burst of momentum
3919s	um and overpower and Bruto cleave get
3921s	reduced or reset cooldowns on combo end
3924s	as well um the second type of inter
3926s	action is weapon combo to Ability proc
3928s	synergies such as direct damage on the
3930s	next ability hit after a combo finisher
3933s	or a status effect setup for Ability use
3936s	um and the third version is ability to
3939s	weapon combo proc Synergy so your this
3942s	is deeper in the tree your abilities
3943s	will have a chance to set up your next
3945s	weapon finisher with additional effects
3948s	very cool that is awesome so let's see
3951s	which one should I go for here I'd go
3953s	with the swiftness for the fighter all
3955s	right let's do it
3959s	effect duration
3960s	huh yeah that's actually really strong
3963s	cuz it's a very short burst of attack
3965s	speed so the duration is really good
3967s	there and also the proc chance I would
3968s	I'd probably max out the proc chance one
3970s	in the middle mhm and then uh get the
3973s	duration that's probably strongest for
3975s	the
3977s	swiftness all
3979s	right and now I've already gone and
3982s	unlocked this path here of the um
3986s	extended
3988s	finishers yeah you could probably take
3990s	some points out of the uh extra damage
3992s	nodes and then put never heard you say
3995s	that before this is well it it's it's
3997s	only because you're getting even more
3999s	damage through the procs potentially
4002s	okay it's all more math and less math
4005s	right that's true that is and and and
4007s	and another thing here is all depends on
4009s	your
4010s	build all depends on your building and
4012s	you you'll see that more in this next uh
4014s	this next choice here which is a lot
4015s	more interesting so um that that first
4018s	one was like a kind of introd
4019s	introduction to the proc system it's
4021s	kind of a more just additive uh extra
4025s	thing this is kind of forcing the well
4027s	not forcing the weaving but encouraging
4028s	the weaving a little bit harder so first
4030s	we've got a second strike so your next
4034s	um your next ability use after weapon
4037s	combo finisher has an additional damage
4040s	proc that occurs and then another Cho a
4043s	good choice for DPS is the one right
4044s	below that which is is uh perfect timing
4047s	so the next ability you cast will have
4050s	reduced cool down so it's kind of like
4052s	do you care about that reduced cool down
4053s	for your rotation or do you not and you
4055s	just take the additional damage and the
4057s	third option there unfortunately it's
4059s	not working yet um this is expanding
4062s	upon that status effect interaction
4064s	stuff that's what we're working on
4065s	imminently getting that built into the
4067s	weapons but whenever this is working
4069s	it'll apply burning to your Target and
4071s	have additional interactions for the
4072s	Mage that's cool that's awesome and now
4076s	you guys are starting to see obviously a
4078s	lot of these um these progression trees
4081s	getting implemented now uh and you're
4083s	not just this is not just obviously for
4085s	the great swword but you have done this
4088s	uh in parody with the other existing
4090s	weapon classes for part of a2s entrance
4093s	criteria correct yeah that that's the
4096s	one of the really cool things about our
4098s	game is the amount of weapon Choice
4099s	that's going to be present um all all
4102s	the weapons will be hopefully viable for
4106s	almost every archetype um because you
4108s	can specialize it in a certain way that
4110s	will benefit you and what your archetype
4112s	role is um so there obviously be certain
4115s	things are better for other things like
4117s	a a two-hander is going to do a lot of
4119s	damage for instance um but and and and
4122s	you might want the shield if you're
4123s	taking a lot of the damage but still if
4125s	if you want to break that mold a little
4127s	bit you'll have you'll have options
4128s	available just to expand that on that a
4130s	little bit too it's like not even just
4132s	inter like you know archetype and weapon
4135s	synergy but also it's like you're you're
4138s	You're Building based on your expected
4140s	or intended comp that you're off always
4142s	going to be or often going to be running
4143s	it's like let's say your your friend
4144s	rolls a Mage and it's like I want to
4146s	build to build with my friend so I know
4149s	they are a fire Mage and that's your
4151s	where your burning blade example comes
4153s	in like there's going to be more stuff
4155s	like that so that you're just kind of
4156s	playing off each other that sideways
4158s	really good into the next proc that we
4160s	have here so this is um your ability
4163s	setting up your next weapon combo so so
4166s	we've got three options here the first
4168s	is Keen Edge so whenever this procs your
4170s	next weapon combo will have 100% chance
4172s	to crit the next option um which if you
4176s	have a Bard in your party you might not
4179s	want this one but it causes your next
4181s	ability finisher to restore some Mana to
4185s	yourself and then the the third one is
4188s	and I'm we're not sure about where this
4191s	is going to end up it might get moved
4192s	over to the tank tree or the mace tree
4194s	but it procs a bit of temp Health on the
4197s	next weapon finisher it's pretty sweet
4199s	tank option yeah that's pretty good I
4201s	think I'm going to go for the Keen Edge
4203s	though yeah that's a solid Choice all
4205s	attack speed crit yep yeah I feel like I
4208s	want to I want to re reins beast
4212s	mode okay I spe this out now very cool
4216s	that's awesome this is yeah this is a uh
4219s	I think people you know just the
4221s	complexities that you guys are again
4222s	talking about like obviously we've been
4224s	talking about weapon skill trees and
4227s	archetype design you know since we first
4230s	were talking about ashes back in 2017
4233s	and and now we're seeing INF fruition to
4235s	you know part of the systems that we are
4237s	going to be debuting as part of Alpha 2
4240s	you guys are going to be able to get
4241s	your hands on this and kind of give us
4243s	that active feedback you know how does
4245s	this how does this level of depth and
4247s	complexity Grant you the player more
4250s	granular control and choice over how
4254s	your role that you're playing fits into
4257s	the greater comp of the party setting
4260s	the raid setting or solo gameplay and
4263s	your itemization selections right like
4265s	all of that is a level of depth I think
4268s	that players want to exist in spacewise
4273s	because it gives them the freedom to
4276s	really Define the way they're
4277s	approaching this the difficulty
4279s	challenge that is the game um and that
4282s	is combat in general um that's super
4285s	cool and and especially like this breath
4287s	of options right the the the even the
4289s	horizontal choices here like that
4291s	creates a a very interesting playground
4294s	of rock paper scissors effects between
4297s	the multitude of Arc Type skill
4299s	progression and weapon type skill
4301s	progression um that you're going to
4303s	experience even in a PVP setting and it
4306s	also is just more levers that we get to
4308s	pull on the encounter design section as
4310s	well uh for PVE very cool well done guys
4314s	this is uh I think I again I speak for
4316s	the community when I
4318s	say great progress very great progress
4321s	and and alud is shaping up to be not
4323s	just a great testing experience but a
4325s	lot of fun I think um you know obviously
4328s	the world and the combat design here is
4331s	significant the last thing I want to
4332s	highlight is um the the work that we've
4335s	done on the animation side with the
4336s	weapon combos so if you actually do your
4339s	weapon combo in place here we can see it
4341s	um we can see whenever you get so you
4343s	get you got a stab hit there whenever
4346s	you get stab hits on the third and the
4348s	fourth hit those are actually procs so
4350s	if you if you connect with the second
4352s	hit of that proc hit you'll receive the
4356s	additional effects but you actually have
4357s	to connect with a monster or player to
4360s	receive the
4361s	effect and I think the proc rate is at a
4364s	static 25% right now um we're looking at
4368s	other ways to scale that like maybe it
4370s	scales with Stat or maybe it scales with
4372s	additional nodes but right now it's
4376s	kind of
4381s	low especially if you're unlucky like
4384s	stepen I know really what's going on
4387s	here come on I'm sure we'll see it in
4390s	combat
4392s	there okay and these these guys we're
4396s	still missing some effects that are
4397s	going to help Drive um what this oh my
4401s	God I'm so sorry I just was like
4403s	Relentless
4404s	attacking yeah the the momentum and the
4407s	bonus attack speed on the great sword
4408s	stacking together smoked me good that
4411s	was
4412s	good
4414s	see so sorry corrup he's also level 15
4417s	did I go corrupt you did ohy no it
4422s	should be fine as long as we're in a
4423s	party uh speaking of which we should
4425s	form the
4427s	party yes yeah let's get this going we
4429s	can talk more over yep um are you guys
4433s	disbanded yep yeah we are
4436s	yeah another thing we can talk about
4437s	when we're moving um is is we did revamp
4439s	the animation a little bit um we made it
4442s	work with the like the weight and of the
4445s	grade swword a little bit more so you'll
4446s	see like more precise pose holding and
4449s	it's less of a lumbering Beast than it
4451s	once was we're kind of leaving that
4453s	space for the mace and the
4455s	axe but it it really feels like a sword
4458s	now to me it's it's
4461s	awesome can I also show off one other
4464s	thing
4527s	love
4529s	it oh we need to talk to the Scout first
4531s	don't we yeah we should grab the quest
4534s	oh is there a scout over here that's
4535s	right let's clear okay so you guys
4538s	remember at the end of our commission's
4540s	live stream last month this is Oak and
4543s	Bane keep I just kind of came up to to
4545s	the entrance here I didn't want to go
4546s	inside because this story
4549s	arc see if I have actually information
4552s	on the story here we
4554s	go so we are we are as we are part of
4558s	the um the ancient violence story arc
4561s	which is an inhuman threat in the
4564s	riverlands and so it talks about a
4565s	little bit the settlers of Vera have
4568s	known of a constant struggle with the
4570s	goblins that
4571s	overran the ancestral kalar
4574s	lands and while we know nothing about
4577s	their
4578s	capabilities it is important that we now
4582s	find them throwing themselves at lion
4584s	holds poultry defenses lold being one of
4588s	the uh
4589s	introductory um locations uh at right
4592s	right near the portal area in the
4595s	riverlands um and Captain aan aan Moore
4599s	needs help assessing the scope of that
4603s	threat interesting and we also have here
4606s	what appears to be a side quest Scout
4610s	yurin let's talk with Y what does he
4612s	have
4613s	here want a great place of our ancestors
4616s	now is
4617s	overrun we shall do something about
4621s	this all right he's been charged with
4625s	observing I would be happy to take some
4628s	of your dispensation as
4632s	pay so he wants us to kill 20 of the
4634s	Goblins here in Oak ban we've already
4636s	dispatched a few of
4639s	them all right accept that okay we got
4642s	the ancestral
4643s	Revenge let's do this
4650s	what we got going on over
4653s	here some
4656s	glint oh that
4659s	guy he's just kind of he's just kind of
4661s	flipping around over
4665s	there ooh this is feeling
4669s	Moody it's feeling
4674s	Moody
4683s	all right not too
4685s	bad so now of your guys's experiences in
4689s	MMOs how many of you actually
4691s	made as a
4695s	fighter me I think I'm the only one here
4698s	uh I know everyone's here here has
4700s	played fighter but I I love playing
4703s	Fighters like they're kind of my first
4704s	choice
4706s	you know I I'm going to oh hold on I see
4709s	that there is
4711s	a out Spirit nearby oh my God I already
4715s	popped my blizzard
4722s	too we got drags here nice oh yeah this
4725s	is a named mob it's a named mob we'll
4728s	have to be sure to loot him after we
4729s	kill
4730s	him yeah Steven needs to L him not
4733s	anyone
4734s	else why are you guys saying that yeah
4737s	it's almost like so yeah we don't have
4740s	any like ninja leaders in this group for
4742s	sure now some of you guys are seeing
4744s	that the effects of that big
4747s	explosion that is still effects that are
4749s	are being authored right now but that is
4751s	specifically a progression oh that guy
4754s	was pretty
4755s	strong that is specifically a status
4758s	progression is that
4759s	right which one the oh I got something
4763s	wait wait okay yeah there you go get
4766s	something I got some look like uh let me
4770s	see if I can find that hold
4773s	on what we got here a toy soldier
4777s	legs legs of an ancient toy soldier that
4780s	survived well past when it ought to have
4784s	thanks to ancient Magics within can be
4787s	reassembled with other pieces okay
4791s	cool um so sorry I was talking I was
4795s	talking about about the uh conflag
4797s	rate yeah uh so one thing you'll be
4800s	noticing a lot on the Mage is um I'm
4802s	throwing out different elements of
4804s	projectiles like here's a fireball and
4806s	then after that you'll see my weapon
4807s	combo is throwing out little fire
4809s	projectiles as we showed in the previous
4812s	Mage live stream that is Elemental
4814s	empowerment and how it works however
4815s	we've changed a little bit how that
4817s	works um now on the finisher attack of
4821s	every combo um you get the element based
4824s	on what your infused element is and then
4828s	you can use certain abilities to promote
4830s	that from burning to like H flag rate in
4832s	the case that you're seeing Oh my
4836s	God there's a
4842s	lot so you'll see me doing that here and
4845s	there need to get myself some mana and
4847s	that's a concept that we're applying the
4849s	all the
4850s	classes um on on the tank we recently
4853s	moved they used to generate courage and
4855s	uh apply stagger on every hit we move
4858s	that all to the combo end as well which
4861s	is really nice because that allows us to
4863s	normalize these effects across multiple
4865s	different weapon types and really make
4868s	true our promise of weapon
4870s	Choice yeah it's like we don't want to
4873s	you know put too much emphasis on attack
4875s	speed for proc rate and you know there's
4876s	other ways to do that you can normalize
4878s	chance and all that stuff but we also
4880s	just thought like from a gameplay
4882s	perspective it is really cool to like
4884s	make you have to commit to that final
4887s	hit it just kind of makes it feel a
4889s	little bit more um like you're working
4892s	towards something rather than just
4893s	getting something on every
4895s	attack yeah the initial thought was that
4898s	the additional flexibility was good with
4900s	the tank play style but having that
4903s	additional thing to chase mid rotation
4906s	um is turning out pretty
4908s	well see
4911s	here I found this dude looks like some
4915s	oh this is
4917s	uh this is we saw this guy
4921s	before he was in our um last time we
4925s	showed Oaken Bane
4928s	keep an armored shade floats before you
4932s	incapable of
4933s	speech it however does extend a
4936s	translucent arm to hand you a Caporal
4941s	letter oh I've received a
4943s	letter okay okay let's take a look at
4946s	what this letter
4947s	does the paper in this letter is Inked
4950s	on what feels so old that it could
4953s	disintegrate Against Time and your
4955s	gentle handling it holds
4958s	together that sounds like I should open
4960s	this
4962s	letter though the letter is ancient the
4965s	text in it is clearly
4967s	legible Papa oh no wait no papa mama
4972s	says we won't be able to visit anymore
4974s	after we through the portal oh [ __ ] I
4977s	messed that up I should have read this
4980s	before c minus I know I'm sorry I'm
4982s	sorry sorry okay wait wait papa mama
4985s	says we won't be able to visit anymore
4986s	after we leave through the portal didn't
4989s	feel right to leave you alone so I'm
4990s	leaving you my bravest toy soldier oh
4993s	that was the toy soldier piece we
4995s	found to help you and the others here
4997s	fight off the demons coming for us I
5000s	hate to tell you kid I don't think that
5001s	toy soldier is going to help I'm getting
5004s	too old to I know his name is Troy oh I
5007s	love always Troy we have respawns here
5010s	the word a is Written in Blood across
5012s	the back of the paper four distinct
5014s	times sounds interesting oh it's going
5018s	to give me some experience deliver the
5020s	toy to the Forgotten soldiers Memorial
5023s	site okay so we need to find a memorial
5026s	site a that's
5028s	sad what history what history lives
5033s	here love the banners
5042s	oh
5045s	man we've got a I love the I also love
5048s	the Ambiance here of the like
5064s	goblins
5066s	we're mopping these goblins
5071s	up oh
5075s	yeah yeah we've been doing a lot of play
5078s	test Cycles in this area getting it
5079s	getting it good so we're pretty
5082s	experienced yeah we have dead many
5084s	deaths in this area but
5086s	uh yeah what kills you gets you stronger
5090s	right yep I think that's how it
5093s	goes
5096s	[Music]
5102s	that wasn't close
5106s	oh guys I want to talk about a little
5109s	another thing that we always are keeping
5111s	in mind towards um Alpha 2
5120s	oops um keeping mind towards Alpha 2 is
5123s	performance testing that's something
5125s	that Pi has been helping us test and
5127s	there's another Pi test happening I
5129s	think next week um which is both the uh
5133s	visual performance that you're seeing
5135s	within the game world uh from a
5137s	rendering perspective as well as from a
5138s	networking perspective um on the servers
5141s	as well so uh keep that in mind there's
5144s	going to be a lot of benefits there uh
5146s	because um it is something that uh is
5149s	happening now
5151s	and team's been putting a lot of work
5153s	towards that
5158s	might want to get a little Mana back
5160s	there I know I have no Mana I'm so
5163s	sorry just grabbing cheating grabbing
5165s	Mana we need a we need a b in this party
5169s	well you do have blood Fusion if you so
5171s	choose oh that's right I forgot about
5172s	blood Fusion I should choose that yeah
5175s	next AOE pack you can use that with so
5177s	that gives 50% back of damage done as
5180s	Mana yep so round all these guys up and
5182s	pop it and start aing
5188s	oh yeah good call forgot about
5195s	that
5200s	nice by the way this area looks great
5203s	during the uh ancient
5209s	violence all right looks like we got
5211s	something up here on our right wolves up
5214s	front let's get them let's do this what
5217s	do we got
5219s	incoming look like we got Alpha woof up
5222s	top P down I see this alpha wolf up
5226s	there I'm going for
5243s	him who's Alpha who's this guy talking
5246s	about
5252s	Alpha player on
5260s	me okay I'm getting that Mana
5264s	back oh what do we got here
5267s	fler yep he's dead
5270s	[Applause]
5273s	though
5283s	oh do I need to Lo that yeah let's loot
5286s	him where's he at right
5290s	here he has an alpha severed head all
5294s	right all right like crafting material
5297s	they have like a little Den here how sad
5300s	let's go behind the den
5303s	maybe sneak in yeah around from the kind
5306s	of like the wall
5307s	side
5311s	infiltration we need a
5313s	camouflage should we go up
5317s	here let's try it I think there's mobs
5320s	up there too but we can give it a
5324s	shot no it looks like there's a break in
5326s	the wall further down oh yeah there's a
5329s	flare up there too be careful it's a
5331s	good plan though but
5333s	boiled
5336s	okay here we
5339s	go yep all right
5343s	sleeping okay I'm going to jump on
5346s	them hold up
5353s	oh right got some
5363s	damage
5365s	got trip
5368s	[Music]
5370s	there we're doing it in coming from the
5374s	back we got another we got a
5378s	friend oh no he's hurting he's
5387s	hurting all right he's
5390s	Frozen dead got
5393s	him
5398s	I feel bad for the for the Wolves
5401s	actually they didn't want
5404s	this they're just in their little dens
5407s	wrong wrong place wrong time the den
5410s	smell
5412s	nasty big
5415s	pull big
5417s	pull I guess that's every poem here I
5420s	was about to
5423s	say
5430s	Fighter's doing work though yeah I'm
5432s	doing big p big PS are what fighter is
5435s	uh all
5441s	about all right doing a sleep
5444s	again going to focus the shaman over
5451s	here I love getting that Mana back
5467s	nicely done okay up here there's a
5470s	goblin right
5472s	there o it's getting dark for
5474s	me oh we pulled a bunch here pulled a
5477s	bunch
5483s	mhm
5485s	player in the
5490s	back there's a shaman out there
5507s	too destroy their homes so they don't
5511s	come
5513s	back that' be cool that
5515s	worked ooh I found some of the uh the
5520s	cargo okay picked up a
5525s	uh got some loot yeah all right sleeping
5529s	that pack up
5538s	there
5543s	nice
5545s	we got ads next pack actually all right
5556s	a ra
5558s	ahead oh yeah we got a named guy that's
5561s	one of the ones we
5563s	need look
5566s	up where is
5569s	he uh he is right on top of our tank
5576s	here another sleep
5582s	off yeah me
5591s	too all right bringing that wolf
5603s	down
5606s	Mana here real
5607s	quick um all right let's start I got
5611s	some Howling Wolf
5613s	Garb nice nice and I found a Toy Soldier
5618s	arm we have the we have the arms now and
5621s	the uh
5623s	boots we're doing it sweet halfway
5626s	perfect
5630s	who every time sorry every
5633s	time
5641s	got ads from the
5645s	left he's
5650s	asleep careful uh to the left
5656s	here try and pull him
5663s	back
5691s	we got bu bu over here let's rest up
5694s	all right let's make sure there's no ads
5696s	over here to our right see where the
5698s	wall kind of sticks out back there I
5699s	think we need to go that far wolf right
5702s	here he's patroling let's kill
5707s	him uh we
5709s	got okay oh no let's just go to the wall
5712s	go to the spot okay I'm going to sleep
5715s	them as we pull all
5719s	right all right sleep dropping
5723s	now
5726s	I think that L me a lot of wolves just
5729s	passed that so if we end up having to
5731s	move a little bit don't go any further
5733s	than
5739s	this yeah drag him into the
5743s	corner all right this fl's
5745s	down my favorite place of any tank a
5753s	corner
5757s	wait on my P cool down I'll bring him
5758s	back all right it's just him now burn
5761s	him bringing it back to the wall nice
5767s	[Music]
5779s	cool that Shield is
5783s	strong
5787s	Mana back here we go for it I wonder if
5790s	those wound Stacks are reducing the
5792s	shields though should
5799s	be oh there's a trip can you name him
5802s	maed him nice come on get him get him
5806s	get that shield down what a clutch
5810s	unbelievable that Shield it's almost
5811s	like it's it's scripted to do that
5816s	oh sweet he had a goblin
5818s	skull
5820s	sweet very
5824s	nice all right now what we what we
5827s	looking for
5829s	something yeah uh so I think in here is
5833s	going to be the last two goblins we're
5835s	trying to
5840s	find yeah they are up this ramp this way
5843s	I think
5849s	watch out there's both left and right
5851s	here I was trying to thread the needle
5853s	and sleeping the
5857s	shaman focus on this pack
5862s	here oh you just destroyed that 10 heck
5866s	yeah Tony if you destroy the homes they
5869s	won't come back
5872s	mhm ouch
5877s	I'm on the
5878s	shaman freezing
5891s	in all right careful up here this is
5895s	like super danger area I'm going to pull
5898s	some of these back I think yeah you can
5903s	probably
5906s	sleeping the
5910s	play okay we got the other fler too
5916s	now I got him knocked
5933s	down what's happening all right keep an
5936s	eye outs he's right there on the left
5939s	he's pathing he going to wait it out we
5943s	want to clear up here slags the last
5945s	there's a flare above us flare right
5947s	here CLE to the right while we wait and
5949s	pull him while we okay they're P leave
5952s	this one that's close to us
5954s	TR yeah I'm waiting them to round them
5956s	up cuz they're they're all coming got
5958s	the they're all coming all right sleep
5960s	dropping now drop that sleep oh my God
5965s	it's not much use if that
5970s	happens two can spin at this CL they
5974s	they bumped my first one second coming
5977s	okay keep guiding keep
5980s	guiding I'm back
5992s	out stable
6002s	readying you got
6022s	more
6032s	I did
6033s	it
6036s	nice get on a
6052s	shaman
6055s	good kill on the
6060s	shammy we doing it all right did we loot
6063s	slags cool yeah him I certainly did what
6069s	did you did you loot
6070s	SL dude tra trade with me no no trade it
6073s	to me trade no that's not a tradeable
6075s	item
6078s	H he'll be back soon okay maybe we can
6082s	uh yeah move up we can spawn
6087s	him one if he wants to bring him
6093s	in I think his respawn isn't too bad
6096s	it's actually pretty quick is it yeah
6100s	yeah all right well let's talk about how
6103s	this fighter has been performing
6106s	exemplary performance by the fighter if
6108s	I don't say so myself I mean really just
6110s	unbelievable top tier top tier
6115s	I do love the area I I love how each of
6118s	the areas just dramatically change as
6122s	story arcs come online visually right
6125s	the atmospherics alone are significant
6128s	not not to mention the obvious sound
6130s	Ambience everything I me it's these
6132s	goblins I love their
6135s	vocals yeah the little evil laugh like
6138s	the big guys do right before they spin
6140s	the win on you oh
6142s	yeah
6144s	it's a nice like audio Telegraph
6153s	too all right going freeze the
6159s	player they're starting to respawn
6170s	here p is
6172s	back
6174s	who is the name guy no over
6186s	here so what are some of the things Trad
6189s	that you look for from the community or
6192s	Keenan or Brian as it relates to kind of
6194s	everything we talked about today right
6196s	what what are the things you want to
6197s	hear people kind of opining on in you
6201s	know our different social media forums
6203s	not
6206s	Discord incoming slags oh well yeah
6209s	let's get him first and we can chat
6211s	about
6215s	that uh I mean this is this is actually
6217s	an interesting one is like you know just
6220s	these areas like you know the the
6223s	density the respawn rates like you know
6225s	this is this is intended for a larger
6228s	group but is this the kind of um farming
6232s	um that you would want to see uh or you
6234s	know what what what are your preferred
6237s	you know grinding experiences in games
6239s	um from MMOs you've played um also just
6243s	like how do you feel the fighter plays
6246s	from the melee perspective like you know
6249s	what are Fighters that you've really
6250s	liked playing in games um and how did
6253s	you enjoy them more or or what do you
6255s	like that more that you're seeing here
6257s	that you didn't see in fighters on other
6259s	games like all that kind of
6261s	stuff yeah one building on that one
6263s	thing I really like is um criticism from
6266s	our fans like what like what's missing
6269s	what doesn't look so hot um we're all
6272s	experienced developers we could take the
6273s	heat it's fine you're not going to hurt
6275s	our feelings we just need to know what
6278s	sucks absolutely I think the critical
6281s	feedback loop is very important I think
6284s	you know one of the things that is super
6286s	important anytime you're offering any
6287s	critical feedback is is to be very
6289s	specific in the things that don't mesh
6291s	well or you know that looking to see
6294s	improved and a lot of that stuff
6295s	validates already what we have you know
6299s	intentions for as we move forward in
6301s	development but um that validation is
6304s	important right because it means that
6305s	you as the player are thinking about the
6307s	same things that we're thinking about um
6310s	and and we can prioritize that stuff
6312s	obviously combat being one of the
6313s	biggest takeaways from alpha 1 which you
6315s	can see here we took to heart and are
6318s	iterating upon uh and continuing to
6320s	develop
6322s	it
6324s	another good thing would be um you know
6326s	this is a a half group like how how do
6330s	the visuals look like you know the the
6332s	fighter effects feel and look really
6334s	awesome in my opinion um especially when
6336s	we're showcasing them how does that hold
6338s	up you know with the Mage effects in
6340s	parallel and also the cleric and the
6342s	tank like a lot of that stuff you know
6346s	how does it look you know when you're
6348s	looking at it from a a very controlled
6351s	isolated standpoint and how does that
6352s	hold up or break down when you enter all
6355s	those archetypes together into the
6359s	mix you ready for the final
6363s	guy did I lo the other dude I him again
6367s	so I spawned us a new one oh oh my
6372s	God I can't help it where is the new one
6376s	right here years of ninja looting
6379s	experience I guess God this is the
6381s	fighter showcase not the Rogue
6384s	oh I'm
6385s	sorry that was
6388s	funny is this him all right yes Keenan
6392s	just looted again oh my God I know there
6395s	we go okay we have the flare blade
6397s	fragment and the toy soldier
6400s	torso yay we have the Torso now Kenan
6404s	has two torsos I have a single
6406s	torso I have three oh my
6409s	[Music]
6410s	god when you guys are ready I'm going to
6412s	charge what do I do here you want me to
6414s	do a sleep bow uh well they're incoming
6417s	right I'm sleeping now so we'll see
6419s	which one I I
6420s	get there are two Shaman in the back I'm
6424s	going to focus on
6433s	them I'm up here on the
6442s	platform
6459s	on bag is what you want buddy let's go
6462s	oh he's
6468s	Tri
6471s	um I think with the the fighter looking
6475s	as cool and spectacular as he does it's
6477s	a good opportunity to talk about
6482s	how how like visually
6485s	interesting each ability should
6488s	be and whether people think it's too
6491s	much or too
6493s	little uh or whether they feel like it's
6495s	about right for the gameplay experience
6497s	that they
6500s	enjoy absolutely visuals the the visual
6503s	effects for these abilities are in a
6507s	um uh playable uh State we want to get
6511s	your guys' feedback on
6514s	that you
6519s	know definitely want a lot of feedback
6521s	around um what people want out of group
6524s	grinding areas I know we're developing a
6526s	lot of those right now and that would
6528s	that would make sure that we're giving
6530s	everyone what they want or at least
6532s	taking it into consideration with what
6533s	we're
6536s	building like things like respawn rids
6541s	density uh do we want to complete the
6543s	quest here you should have all the
6544s	pieces all right so in your inventory
6546s	you should have all four if you looted
6548s	zags MH yes um put it together let see
6552s	what happens just right clicking one of
6554s	them
6556s	sure oh reassemble the doll the Goblins
6560s	must have broken up the toy soldier but
6562s	have all four parts I can try
6564s	reassembling it looks like there's
6566s	something together I have a reanimated
6569s	toy
6570s	soldier that sounds like a Chucky doll
6572s	or
6575s	something creepy let's get rid of it
6578s	yeah I was about to say we're get
6579s	respawn better turn it in where we where
6581s	we going we got a tombstone from from
6584s	the same guy the for Heroes Memorial let
6589s	me see
6592s	here we have a memorial for all the
6594s	heroes that could not be buried you will
6596s	always be remembered
6599s	here I placed the action figure by the
6601s	memorial I can feel a grateful presence
6603s	in the air and suddenly notice hey this
6607s	was a this is a graceful
6610s	graceful to small parcel near the
6613s	memorial that I didn't see
6616s	before he gave me a glowing glint and
6620s	some dim
6621s	glint and he had leftover currency from
6624s	the ancient times and hopefully a lot of
6627s	XP right yes a significant number of
6629s	experience delivered the
6631s	toy we have
6635s	succeeded yay look at that it happened
6639s	we did it amazing holy smokes well that
6644s	was fun I enjoyed that and the area
6646s	obviously looks beautiful the class
6647s	plays remarkably well um feels very good
6651s	um Keenan
6654s	Brian
6656s	Trad and all the Goblins around us that
6658s	are incredibly vocal um thank you guys
6663s	this was a lot of fun I enjoyed this I
6665s	know the community did um everyone out
6667s	there in the community as you guys have
6669s	seen the fighter class is is getting
6672s	very close to ready for Alpha 2 along
6675s	with all the other archetypes that
6676s	you've that you've seen give us your
6678s	commentary give us your feedback talk on
6680s	the YouTube channel in the Discord on
6681s	our forums
6683s	what did you enjoy about the
6685s	presentation uh today oh my
6688s	gosh these guys are just
6693s	completely we could just n persistent
6696s	yeah I was going to say maybe just n
6697s	this they come they're almost we'll nuke
6700s	any future goblins yes future goblins
6702s	but um everyone out there talk to us
6704s	about what you enjoyed today in the
6705s	presentation um we obviously enjoy
6707s	sharing these updates with you obviously
6709s	ashes of creation is still a work in
6710s	progress We are continuing to develop
6712s	towards Alpha 2
6713s	uh we are hard at work doing so uh but
6715s	the combat team loves your guys'
6717s	feedback uh so please give it and Keenan
6720s	Trad uh Brian thank you very much for
6722s	joining us today and showing off all the
6724s	hard work that your guys' teams have
6726s	been working
6727s	on yep y thanks for having us it's been
6729s	an adventure yes pleas an adventure all
6733s	right guys we will see you back on
6739s	[Music]
6741s	stream and we are back I'm going to um
6745s	play the video in the background willst
6747s	we talk we're going to grab some
6749s	questions from chat throughout the um
6752s	we've been watching you uh vnar and
6753s	Roshan are wonderful Community managers
6755s	have been we have like a party that's
6757s	happening on Discord and we've got a
6759s	twitch chat so we've definitely been
6761s	keeping an eye out for your guys's
6763s	questions and trying to snag all of the
6765s	details so first and foremost I think
6768s	Stephen you wanted to kind of address
6769s	Performance and I know that's something
6771s	that we were working on drastically even
6773s	with our PI users we've been getting all
6775s	the PC specs and stuff like that and
6777s	working towards that yeah and those and
6779s	you know those the initial performance
6781s	work that's being done right now is is
6784s	mainly on the network side but what you
6785s	guys are noticing on the FPS and the
6788s	client side rendering you know that is
6790s	stuff that we are going to be working on
6793s	over the next few months um and you
6795s	should see some very significant lift in
6798s	those areas um you know sometimes it can
6801s	it can get a little bit unruly while
6803s	we're in active development certain
6805s	assets can get certain places that might
6806s	need to be adjusted we might be getting
6808s	draw calls from across the map you know
6810s	you might have some cloth simulation
6812s	that's just a little heavy on some hair
6814s	like there's you know a few things
6816s	obviously that that are kind of loow
6818s	hanging fruit um uh that our performance
6821s	teams will focus on you'll see that get
6823s	better obviously as we get closer to to
6825s	Alpha 2 uh so it is on the top of our
6827s	minds we do definitely uh address that
6830s	we've recently released also um some of
6833s	Min spec and recommended specs for Alpha
6835s	2 you can take a look at that on the
6836s	website um yeah you go to our support
6839s	section and look at our KB articles or
6841s	uh yeah our knowledge based articles
6843s	sorry call G uh but our knowledge based
6845s	articles and just type in you know specs
6847s	and it should be there for you so um we
6850s	have all that information already there
6851s	and keep in mind that is just for Alpha
6853s	2 we will be changing that as we move
6855s	forward in beta 1 and beta 2 and then
6856s	launch we're obviously going to keep
6858s	optimizing from to give perspective most
6861s	games are not worrying about performance
6863s	and optimization this early on usually
6865s	you're just developing like crazy and
6867s	then you do the performance stuff later
6868s	towards when you're ready to open for
6871s	beta um or the alphas these days which
6874s	are basically like beta ones um so just
6877s	kind of keeping that in mind because
6879s	we're in open development it's a little
6880s	bit different for us um you know in
6882s	development process the next question we
6884s	have here the rest of them are more
6886s	fighter based uh the next question here
6888s	is will the battlecry sound effect
6890s	change based on your race and uh yes
6894s	yeah and and that's not just obviously
6896s	for battlecry but any type of um you
6899s	know incantation uh is generally going
6902s	to adhere to a certain style of vocal
6905s	that's respective of the uh character
6907s	customization options that you've
6909s	selected yeah and you'll hear those
6912s	audio voices and other things that we do
6914s	in the future are any of these abilities
6917s	change or abilities changed based on
6920s	weapon choice so example if I have a bow
6922s	a equipped will Whirlwind be different
6925s	based on that no so um in one thing that
6930s	we've changed which uh since Alpha One
6933s	is we now have a dedicated ranged slot
6936s	and a dedicated uh main hand off hand
6938s	for melee slots um and so if you use an
6942s	ability that has that is utilizing your
6944s	ranged slot um you will you will spawn
6947s	that weapon as you're using the ability
6949s	and then go back to your your uh basic
6952s	weapon selection ction um toggle and you
6955s	can toggle back and forth between using
6957s	the um uh the ranged weapon slot or the
6959s	melee weapon slot uh for your basic
6962s	weapon
6963s	attacks all right and then the next one
6965s	here is what percentage of currently
6967s	complete fighter abilities don't require
6970s	a Target uh something that folks noticed
6972s	is that uh you were in action comment a
6974s	few times uh throughout this as well so
6977s	I don't know how how you want to yeah
6979s	absolutely I tried to play a little bit
6980s	of action there I saw some of the
6981s	commentary about my uh my playing I just
6984s	want to say that um I told Advance there
6987s	was that's totally fine like hey I want
6991s	you as the viewer to look at say man I
6995s	could play way better than you right and
6997s	then get in here and show it Alpha two
7000s	no I'm just kidding there was a couple
7002s	I'm like Stephen you were wandering
7003s	around over here and the boss was
7005s	there somebody on Discord today said
7008s	that I'm a boomer and I said technically
7010s	I'm a millennial but I play like a
7012s	boomer so guess I'm a millennial and
7014s	they were like just stop I saw that in
7016s	the Discord it's so good okay uh what
7020s	was the actual question oh what
7021s	percentage are are uh templated attacks
7025s	versus requiring a Target um that's a
7028s	good question I would say off the top of
7030s	my head I think there's
7033s	probably four or five abilities right
7036s	now that require a single Target and
7038s	then I think the rest are either like on
7041s	self or uh some some you know template
7045s	conal attack or something yeah Fighter's
7048s	very AOE
7050s	heavy um will there be a limit to the
7053s	stacks on bosses so there was a lot of
7056s	debuffs and um what do we call status
7058s	effects and things like that that were
7059s	being stacked on things um and they were
7062s	curious if there's limits to certain
7063s	Stacks um and also uh can you for
7066s	instance an example would be can I
7068s	onshot a boss by stacking wounded for an
7071s	hour so yeah yeah that's absolutely
7074s	there's diminishing returns uh there are
7077s	Max stack counts um you know uh those
7080s	are types of things that kind of depend
7082s	on the target we're talking about um
7084s	bosses are obviously going to have the
7086s	higher end of resistances and and you
7088s	know immun returns and immunities
7091s	absolutely um so the intent is not to
7094s	provide an infinite stack count
7095s	absolutely and um to follow up on that
7099s	just because I know there might be some
7100s	subsidiary questions of that which is
7104s	would those Stacks be per AR or per
7106s	person or per archetype or per the type
7110s	of status effect those would be
7112s	predicated on the status effect type so
7115s	so not respective if you put burning on
7118s	it it would be everybody in the raid has
7120s	to adhere to that limit that's correct
7123s	yep for contacts okay um and then and
7125s	just to be clear like like that is
7127s	absolutely something that we that we're
7129s	going to be testing um we've on the
7131s	design team we've had a number of
7133s	discussions with regards to how to
7135s	surface kind of individual stack
7137s	application versus like you know group
7140s	and raid combat requirements there um
7143s	there's a few different options that are
7145s	available obviously to us we've decided
7148s	on a certain direction for the purposes
7149s	of Alpha 2 but I believe we've actually
7152s	we've actually prototyped a few of the
7154s	different options just to get a feeling
7156s	for how that that is currently in our
7158s	combat testing um um so yeah just stay
7161s	tuned for that obvious Alpha 2 is going
7163s	to have testing with that and you guys
7165s	will be either experiencing it or
7166s	watching an alpha 2 and so definitely
7168s	share with us your thoughts we'll be
7170s	making changes and balancing things as
7172s	we move forward um how will augments
7175s	work to help a fighter hold aggro if
7177s	their secondary Arch type is a tank and
7180s	I know that that's like going deeper
7182s	into secondary Arch types um but folks
7185s	are curious about it I mean just to give
7187s	a general response there without getting
7189s	into too much of the specifics because
7190s	obviously augments are something that we
7192s	are still kind of outstanding in our um
7195s	in our uh development slash you know
7198s	inspection there um the idea is that you
7201s	know obviously threat generation is a
7204s	core component of the tank archetype so
7208s	as a fighter if you're selecting the
7210s	tank as your secondary archetype you're
7212s	going to have certain spheres of
7214s	augments that you can apply to your
7216s	abilities to help maintain threat um to
7220s	potentially even uh moment arily take um
7224s	uh aggro from a particular Target in
7227s	order to better service that role uh of
7230s	the tank in combat um now what that will
7234s	specifically equate to you know I don't
7236s	have an answer for you now that's
7237s	something that will be testing in the
7239s	future um but you know know that the
7242s	goal with providing those selections to
7245s	the fighter will be to service a
7248s	secondary um threat generation you know
7251s	effect um yeah and then the next one is
7257s	uh is momentum being generated while
7259s	under the effects of
7263s	exert uh say that I'm sorry I was
7265s	getting distracted everybody in chat
7266s	saying stare why are they saying stare I
7269s	don't know maybe someone raided us or
7271s	something like that uh is momentum being
7274s	generated while under the effects of
7276s	exert is momentum being generated while
7278s	under the yes absolutely uh that's part
7280s	of the mechanic that is current
7282s	incorporated into exert is that you can
7286s	activate exert while Max momentum and
7289s	then depending on the effectiveness of
7291s	you utilizing your skills and damaging
7294s	targets you can continue to keep that um
7298s	momentum up while under the effects of
7301s	exert to extend its lifetime uh beyond
7304s	what the you know six seconds initially
7306s	are we appreciate the raid we always do
7310s	from everybody we just are also trying
7312s	to be conscious of folks times so we uh
7314s	we don't always uh mention them uh the
7318s	next one is Will ranged archetypes have
7321s	ways of gaining distance to compensate
7323s	for fighter distance closers uh would
7325s	you keep doing this until both players
7328s	have cooldowns for their mobility and I
7331s	just want to say we haven't balanced
7332s	everything yet so there will definitely
7334s	be adjustments so the question is are
7337s	there are there Gap creators in addition
7340s	to the Gap closers that we see on
7342s	fighter or I it's will ranged archetypes
7345s	specifically like like your Mage your
7347s	Ranger your ranged they have yeah they
7351s	have ways to gain dist gain distance to
7353s	compensate for how well the fighter can
7356s	Gap close yeah yeah absolutely that's
7358s	that's the cat and mouse of these
7360s	abilities right like we've seen with the
7363s	ranger they have a backflip they have um
7366s	their um their airdrop ability the Mage
7370s	has
7371s	teleportation um
7373s	you know there are going to be abilities
7376s	that are tit fortat right and managing
7380s	the resource of those abilities and the
7382s	timing of when you use them to either
7386s	correlate to your opponent's use of
7388s	those things um or to save them for
7392s	yourself when you want to get away like
7394s	that's part of what makes the
7396s	engagements Dynamic and different each
7398s	time yeah and if you go back and you
7400s	watch like our Mage uh archetype pre
7402s	preview or our range uh Ranger specific
7405s	archetype preview you will see that they
7407s	also have some abilities to slow snare
7410s	you know keep their their targets at in
7413s	place and also to get themselves more
7415s	mobile especially the ranger has a lot
7417s	of Mobility as well so and there will be
7419s	balance we're not in the balancing State
7422s	um so obviously right now every every
7424s	class we show they're like s so but
7426s	right now we're trying to find the fun
7428s	so sometimes the fun is a little op but
7430s	the balance will come into play and
7432s	abolutely you'll see these abilities
7434s	move around too some of them might move
7436s	into secondary archetypes or augments
7438s	and things like that so just keep that
7439s	in mind uh the next question is do do
7442s	destructibles respawn because one of the
7445s	things that you had said in there was
7447s	like oh maybe they won't come back home
7448s	and like someone was like I wish that
7450s	was the case but yeah no I was just
7452s	being a little roleplay um yes
7455s	destructibles so you know obviously not
7458s	a lot of MMOs that we have all probably
7460s	played um are tending to provide
7465s	a heavily destructible environments um
7469s	these obviously these set pieces like
7471s	the you know the different props you saw
7473s	in this demonstration the Huts um the
7476s	totem poles and stuff you know those are
7479s	unique to the goblin tribe the mukah
7482s	tribe um and part of our Dynamic world
7485s	is that as population tables change so
7489s	too do the corresponding prop sets that
7493s	are utilized within the area to better
7495s	reflect that Dynamic change of the world
7499s	um and from a level design perspective
7501s	when you're curating these spaces for
7504s	players to engage in combat either in
7506s	PVE or in PvP there is an element of of
7511s	strategy that gets introduced when that
7515s	environment has destructibility uh as
7517s	well so you can clear those spaces make
7520s	Mobility a bit uh uh
7523s	um better serviceable for you or vice
7526s	versa you could utilize you know line of
7528s	sight and and uh Interruption to kind of
7531s	create interesting engagements um so
7534s	those can be destroyed um and then they
7536s	do respond after a period of time I
7538s	believe currently that period of time is
7540s	set to
7541s	like 10 minutes for the respawns of
7544s	those um
7547s	yeah and I think the community just got
7549s	a
7550s	bingo they have the cat on the bingo
7553s	card I didn't make it happen she came
7555s	over here um can we yeah for those of
7559s	you who are new to our community if you
7560s	head on to over to our Discord our
7561s	community always does like a they make
7564s	up a little bingo card it's cute um can
7567s	we toggle name plates for mobs
7569s	especially you show them outside of
7571s	combat so one of the things they noticed
7573s	when you were playing is that when you
7574s	were roaming in the world you didn't
7576s	really see name plates until you had
7577s	them targeted yeah that that was a
7579s	setting that I had enabled um just
7582s	because oh so first of all question
7585s	immersion you guys right I know I know
7587s	I'm sorry I'm I I do like the immersion
7590s	uh it it it helps fulfill the uh the
7593s	fantasy of the world but um I also like
7597s	to see name plates from time to time
7599s	anyways the it is entirely customizable
7602s	currently that that customization option
7604s	is already in game you can set name
7606s	plates to always appear you can set it
7609s	to only appear on targets you can set it
7611s	to only appear on targets instead of
7612s	taking damage you can set it to only
7613s	appear on targets that are aggroing you
7615s	or your party members you can set it for
7617s	your allies for yourself for you know
7620s	whatever there's there's a lot of Highly
7623s	customizable options that are currently
7625s	in the
7626s	game all right and we're going to have
7630s	color options too for some for certain
7632s	things for color blind folks too I think
7634s	it was one of the things that we've
7635s	worked towards so we're going to we're
7637s	going to try to give you guys a lot of
7638s	customization I think even in Alpha 2
7640s	you'll be able to like move and adjust
7641s	your UI around so um yeah keep that in
7645s	mind uh the next question is our mob
7648s	sounds like the goblin stock placeholder
7651s	or Intrepid made audio a lot we got a
7653s	lot of comments about people really
7655s	digging the audio so good job audio team
7657s	I know you guys work hard yes
7659s	specifically that was Andrew uh one of
7661s	our audio designers uh he recorded those
7664s	Goblin sounds and and implemented them
7666s	into the game yeah those are not stock
7668s	those are those are our audio designer
7670s	Andrews uh his his nightly routine
7673s	before he goes to bed he does those
7675s	incantations um screams Into The
7678s	Ether
7680s	exactly no he did a great job on those
7683s	they were really good I mean obviously
7684s	and that's unique right to to C to
7687s	obviously certain faction types um the
7689s	ones that can can have language you know
7692s	having those kind of spell incantations
7693s	I think add a lot of character um and he
7697s	did a great job with those yeah um and
7700s	then of course does the fighter have any
7702s	specific weapon dependent abilities so
7706s	um you know something that we are
7708s	allowing people to do in ashes of
7709s	creation is you can use any weapons and
7711s	armor um but obviously there will be
7714s	some that will be better for certain
7715s	specs so I don't know if you want to
7716s	talk more about that weapon dependent
7721s	like you have to use a specific weapon
7722s	for specific I don't think I don't think
7724s	the fighter I could be wrong on that but
7726s	I don't believe the fighter has a weapon
7729s	dependent ability other than like using
7733s	ranged weapons with melee specific
7736s	abilities right
7739s	right um and even in those situations I
7742s	still think you can use the melee
7745s	abilities you just won't have a weapon
7747s	equipped when you do
7749s	them just like punching or something
7752s	there they'll have to sort that out um
7755s	but of course those are kind we're not
7756s	we won't we'll be here all day if we ask
7758s	ask and answer all of the questions so
7761s	definitely uh whenever we put up our
7763s	next Q&A for next month make sure you
7765s	put your questions in there if you have
7768s	followup questions for us but we also
7769s	have a thread up on our forums you can
7771s	go check it out right now um it is
7773s	regarding our fighter archetype preview
7775s	so if you do have feedback for us
7776s	regarding the archetype uh definitely go
7779s	give us as much as you want over there
7781s	and it doesn't have to just be about The
7782s	Fighter um I think Keenan brought up
7784s	some great questions in the in the the
7787s	gameplay section which was also or not
7790s	only been Keenan but about like group
7792s	play and the density in which we had
7794s	mobs around there and um all that kind
7796s	of stuff so anything that you saw in the
7798s	in this preview please feel free to
7800s	share feedback with us as um our
7802s	wonderful Community managers will be
7804s	going through everything they read every
7806s	single comment you guys make um even our
7808s	social media team uh Peter goes through
7811s	that and also provides anything that's
7813s	uh you know additional so we give them
7814s	as much as we possibly can on that front
7817s	in regards to what what y'all are
7820s	thinking and how you're feeling about
7821s	things
7822s	um so that they don't have to read all
7824s	of it they can focus on making the game
7826s	and with that we'll move over to Studio
7829s	by just to just to be clear I want to
7831s	give another shout out Tori also worked
7833s	on the goblin vocals as well so it was
7835s	Tori and Andrew they split those up a
7837s	bit so those of you who are loving those
7839s	sounds uh big props to Tori and Andrew
7841s	on that it was it definitely immersed me
7843s	when I was playing let get some some
7845s	claps in chats and hearts we appreciate
7848s	it
7850s	um next up up let's talk a little bit
7852s	about Studio stuff we have a lot of
7854s	roles that are up for um for hiring um I
7860s	know the industry is crazy right now AB
7864s	you went to GDC talk a little bit maybe
7865s	about that as well yeah I did I did go
7868s	to GDC uh I went to GDC I tried to fit
7870s	all of my meetings into just two days so
7872s	that I could get back to the studio as
7873s	quickly as possible so I was there for
7875s	Tuesday and Wednesday um I did announce
7878s	while I was there on Twitter that I
7880s	would sit down and that that St Regis
7882s	Lobby from from like 9 to 10 on Tuesday
7885s	and 4 to 5 on Wednesday and boy did we
7887s	have a turnout of
7890s	people uh that was a lot of fun to chat
7893s	with everybody and and where they are in
7895s	their careers and their their passion
7898s	for ashes um and MMOs in general I had a
7901s	great time chatting with a lot of
7903s	different people went on to the the Expo
7905s	floor uh Wednesday in the afternoon for
7908s	about an hour and got to meet just a lot
7911s	of people who came up and were aware of
7913s	ashes and that was always that helped
7916s	recharge my motivation batteries which
7918s	was great um we are we are hiring we
7923s	have some lofty hiring goals over the
7926s	next 60 days um and you guys in the
7930s	community who are watching and help you
7932s	know spread the word for ashes and the
7934s	and the company um you already have done
7937s	an amazing job I told you the story
7938s	about of some interviews I had where
7941s	where they G gamer friends after they
7943s	had been laid off said now's your chance
7945s	get over to ashes right um I would call
7950s	upon you once again to help spread the
7953s	word we have got I think like eight or
7956s	nine design positions that are open
7960s	currently um we have a number of
7962s	production positions we have a number of
7964s	engineering
7966s	positions um and Intrepid is a stellar
7970s	place to work and the project is very
7972s	fulfilling and exciting one um so as you
7976s	are aware of people in this industry
7978s	that you look up to or that you admire
7980s	or um you know whatever it may be send
7984s	them our way because and some of those
7986s	roles on there we're hiring for multiple
7988s	people of those roles so if you're like
7990s	right you're like but I only see three
7992s	there it's because we're hiring like
7994s	four of that one role or whatever it
7995s	might be so absolutely yeah it is we we
7999s	need a lot of a lot of people to make
8001s	this project it is it is a lofty one
8005s	yes um I think that's all I had things
8008s	that I wanted to make sure that we
8009s	mentioned is there anything else that
8011s	you can think of Stephen no you know I
8013s	think the only other thing that you know
8014s	I would love to touch on
8017s	is you know the team is very heads down
8020s	right now um working towards getting
8024s	what we want to get ready for Alpha 2
8026s	ready um and I would say that you know
8030s	we have a a wonderfully beautiful
8032s	glorious Community um who have stood
8035s	with us uh many steps of the way on this
8039s	journey um and it is a journey that's
8042s	not for everyone watching a game that's
8044s	in development you know constantly being
8046s	teased every month about the product you
8049s	want to play but can't touch yet right
8051s	like that that takes that takes a
8054s	patience a different level of patience
8057s	right uh that not all of us are probably
8059s	accustomed to um and you know sometimes
8063s	that patience can wear thin and that's
8065s	fair but what I can tell you is that um
8070s	is that that patience is going to yield
8072s	something I think distinct in our genre
8076s	um what we're creating with this game um
8080s	and it's been it's been a long road uh
8083s	if I if I would quote Star Trek
8085s	Enterprise and their intro song getting
8087s	from there to
8088s	here I'm sorry uh but anyways uh it's
8092s	been it's been a long road and um
8094s	there's still a long road ahead of us
8096s	but you know when I go to sleep at night
8099s	and wake up in the morning and spend my
8101s	you know waking hours uh everything Ash
8105s	is
8106s	related what I think about is that
8109s	execution and I think about what it
8111s	would mean on a launch day of either
8114s	Alpha 2 or a launch for the game where
8117s	we didn't do what we needed to do in
8120s	order to make the game good enough and
8123s	I'm not and you know I'm not a
8124s	perfectionist right um I don't believe
8128s	in waiting until a product is perfect
8130s	but I do believe in waiting until the
8133s	product is good enough um and that is
8136s	always my norn star that's my Guiding
8139s	Light when I think about the decisions
8141s	that need to be made um you know
8144s	regarding production regarding marketing
8147s	regarding uh you know development and
8150s	design decisions
8152s	like that is my Guiding Light always
8154s	from the players perspective so I just
8156s	want to impress upon you all in the
8158s	audience is that you know when we when
8160s	we hear our our friends our fellow MMO
8164s	Gamers talk about you know wanting to
8168s	either see something now or you know
8171s	hear something now or um you know
8174s	whatever that might be
8177s	um take it with the understanding that
8179s	you can help communicate to them
8181s	Intrepid is trying to do things
8184s	differently and that's okay that is a
8187s	good thing that is what this genre needs
8191s	is in my opinion this level of
8194s	Engagement this level of transparency I
8197s	think is a very important one and it's
8199s	been nice to kind of help Pioneer that a
8201s	bit for the genre and I'm happy to see
8203s	other projects take that take that on
8207s	it's not an easy one to do no I had a
8210s	couple of discussions the GDC yeah with
8213s	some other with some other project
8215s	directors thinking about doing this it
8217s	is not absolutely you know it is not
8220s	because you know at the end of the day
8222s	like this takes a level of investment
8226s	and a bit of an atypical approach to
8228s	development that that that that allows
8231s	us to stand up this kind of development
8234s	update process every month right um and
8238s	and that investment is significant but
8240s	the reward Bo is that we get a community
8244s	along the way who is also invested in
8247s	ensuring that the product outcome is
8251s	what the community wants and I think
8255s	that cost is worth it obviously but what
8258s	I want to say is that when you come
8260s	across you know fellow MMO Gamers who
8263s	are impatient or who you know might not
8266s	say the nicest things about the product
8267s	that's okay it is okay right let them
8271s	come back and take a look when we do get
8274s	to Alpha 2 or when we exactly correct um
8277s	so don't don't jump down the throats uh
8280s	just you know be prepared Open Arms
8283s	smiling faces and uh as we continue to
8286s	stay on the road towards development um
8289s	if you build it they will come that is a
8292s	that is a lifelong message I take home
8294s	if youve followed us over the years
8295s	you've seen our progress like we
8297s	continue to make progress um that is one
8300s	of the beautiful things about about
8302s	having open development the hardest
8304s	thing is keeping that trust and building
8305s	it right uh we understand that we're
8308s	going to make mistakes everyone does
8309s	right but it's how we communicate those
8311s	and how we share that information with
8313s	you guys so um we appreciate you thank
8316s	you so much for being here with us and
8319s	motivating and um providing us feedback
8322s	uh and you know feedback does take time
8324s	to fix and iterate on so that is another
8327s	thing too so just keep those things in
8328s	mind and normally you know folks are
8330s	developing MOS you know 10 15 20 years
8334s	in darkness so they don't have that
8336s	continual feedback and you're not
8338s	sitting there waiting for 10 20 years
8340s	you know alongside of developers um and
8343s	early on in development you have a lot
8345s	less staff because you're not you know
8346s	doing the nitty-gritty and as you get
8348s	further along you're you're Staffing up
8350s	you're working towards bigger pieces and
8352s	that's when things start moving fast so
8354s	just thank you for your patience and
8357s	continued patience and patience with
8359s	other people who maybe don't have it
8362s	absolutely and with that we'll move over
8364s	to our wonderful art update we have you
8368s	guys got to see the ranai in game too
8371s	which is cool we've shown the models
8373s	before um but we did show The Heavy
8377s	Armor in game and last time we showed
8379s	you the medium armor for Carin and this
8382s	is the or light armor in this is the
8385s	medium so these are all all the Carin
8388s	armor that you've been seeing and the
8389s	weapons and stuff like that those are
8390s	all attainable ingame things from Carin
8393s	so um get excited for looks great love
8398s	it Stephen didn't want to put his helmet
8400s	on in game I know I was really enjoying
8403s	the orc Mohawk yeah
8406s	Mohawk just hide your Helm homie I know
8410s	um and then the next one here is a
8412s	turntable of
8414s	that which looks
8416s	[Music]
8419s	amazing that does look really good good
8422s	who worked on this oh I didn't put the
8425s	names on the I'm sorry oh no it was a
8428s	bit I think this might have been I think
8431s	this might have been
8432s	Eli Eli work on
8435s	this I normally do probably
8439s	I um and then
8442s	Nan we are now sharing you with you this
8445s	is the starting gear for the nikin N oh
8450s	yeah the nikan models and the starting
8452s	gear yeah you've seen the concept of the
8455s	models this is like a three These are 3D
8457s	models now with their starting gear and
8460s	you've been starting to see some of the
8462s	starting gear from all the other uh
8464s	races so we've been sharing them as
8465s	we're moving
8468s	along and then we've got some cool V
8471s	effects that were being worked
8473s	on um some of these you might have seen
8477s	in game or you will
8479s	soon um always go through different um
8483s	iterations of
8485s	them now those are those I believe are
8488s	effects for the god Spike and the uh
8491s	yeah the Toren God yeah and I actually
8494s	have the torren spike I was going to say
8496s	it for last but I realized I should have
8499s	put the VFX with that after so we'll
8501s	just share that next here um these are
8503s	some of the concepts for them um
8506s	obviously this is not the the end model
8508s	but do you want to talk a little bit
8510s	about what the torn God spest for or
8512s	just leave them I think you tease people
8514s	they're like what does that mean yeah no
8517s	I I talked little this is something
8518s	you're going to be seeing next month
8520s	talk about in our Discord yeah we talked
8522s	about you know the torrent Empire was a
8524s	was an ancient empire on Vera before the
8527s	aliens and the uh imper the aliens and
8530s	imperian Empires got stood up uh there
8532s	was an Empire of of half elves that um
8536s	their demise came under the rule of King
8539s	atrax uh and the gods Spike was a
8542s	particular interesting artifact that
8545s	could help to to initiate essentially
8548s	this this uh Essence Fisher that uh
8552s	would spawn in certain areas um and uh
8556s	would be able to kind of sap into and um
8559s	and siphon out the essence that laid
8563s	within Vera um so not to get into too
8565s	much detail but it is an interesting
8567s	ancient artifact that can be used as
8570s	part of certain War
8572s	declarations we may get some insight too
8574s	in the coming month that was run by cat
8577s	yeah they both just ran in the room
8579s	that's I was like oh my gosh um yeah
8582s	you're going to get to see that next
8584s	next month
8586s	so get some uh I want to hear some some
8589s	theories of what you guys think next
8590s	month's topic is going to be um and the
8593s	next thing that we have here is some
8594s	little
8596s	spiderlings that are looking adorable
8598s	with a big spider so apologies for
8601s	anybody who doesn't like booters I won't
8604s	keep them up on screen too
8606s	long I know we got a lot of people out
8608s	there who are like I don't like spiders
8610s	it's okay you could defeat them and then
8612s	we have SE some concept art pieces we
8615s	have some work that's being done towards
8617s	Academy nodes um alen High uh highways
8621s	alen ruins and the kar
8625s	walls those look
8629s	great and of course you guys have seen a
8632s	lot I know the cats are yelling in the
8633s	background um you guys have seen some of
8636s	these concept pieces in the past with us
8638s	and then we've shown you the in-game
8640s	world uh and a lot of people are like it
8642s	looks like the concept our artists are
8644s	amazing um we try to give them a little
8646s	showcase every week uh it's never enough
8648s	I'm sure um and with that I think we'll
8652s	just wrap up with our Q&A as per usual
8655s	and I will play some more of the Fighter
8659s	um preview whilst we do that maybe I'll
8663s	move to the ingame part where you guys
8665s	are fighting all the
8668s	monsters let's see what answer questions
8671s	what um so what questions we have we
8675s	have some some some spicy ones no
8677s	they're not too spicy oh spicy spicy
8680s	well maybe some of them are spicy uh
8683s	Harry Glenn wants to know about Buffs
8685s	will there be long-term individual or
8688s	group Buffs unique to certain archetypes
8690s	and classes and this is in lie of you
8692s	know when you think about General rating
8694s	where you go and you're like I'm going
8696s	to put this hourong buff on somebody are
8698s	those types of things going to be
8700s	something that you're going to have
8701s	experience like everybody group up we're
8702s	going to rate we're going to buff up yes
8705s	those are definitely an intended
8707s	experience um I think actually though
8709s	our longest buff right now is intended
8711s	to be 30 minutes so I'm not sure we have
8714s	hourong Buffs uh if we do have hourong
8716s	Buffs though they would likely come in
8718s	the form of of edible of well excuse me
8722s	it's probably wrong wrong term um uh
8726s	food food
8729s	RS the chat's just like
8733s	laughing it's too good oh it's funny uh
8736s	falus wants to know about Naval risks
8739s	what's what's the repair cost for
8741s	destroyed ships and components is it
8743s	risky to venture into the ocean knowing
8745s	repairs might be costly or is it
8748s	manageable enough to uh encourage fre
8751s	exploration no this is coming from
8753s	people seeing our Caravan exploration
8757s	sure yeah like like most things in ashes
8759s	there is
8761s	risk uh in in traveling across the seas
8765s	is is not a easy uh Adventure so um when
8769s	you suffer either damage or destruction
8772s	obviously those will uh each contain
8775s	different levels of risk uh the damage
8777s	will be much more
8779s	manageable if actively attempting to
8782s	repair that while at Sea which you will
8784s	have options to do on ships is actively
8786s	repair your crew can actively repair if
8788s	they have the appropriate materials uh
8791s	but if you do um unfortunately suffer
8794s	some major mishap and or completely
8797s	destroyed uh the cost will be great In
8800s	reconstituting Your
8802s	Vessel all right the next one is from
8805s	OTR odor that wants to know about
8807s	Coastal node zois will the deep ocean be
8810s	encompassed into the zone of influence
8813s	of coastal nodes I feel like we've
8815s	talked about this before but it might
8816s	have been with
8819s	pi um I'm sorry repeat that last part of
8822s	it again um will the deep ocean be
8824s	encompassed into the zone of influence
8827s	of coastal nodes so the coastal nodes
8829s	will the be part of that and I think
8831s	we've said no before but yeah no the the
8835s	deep sea um while it exists technically
8838s	as part of a zone of influence um it
8841s	does not contribute to those Coastal
8843s	node areas so um the coast does not the
8848s	deep sea uh but it is primarily the land
8852s	uh environments that are going to be
8854s	contributing to the nodes uh experience
8857s	Grant there you have it and about it and
8861s	that obviously might change right we'll
8862s	see kind of how that plays out uh during
8865s	Alpha 2 and then we've got Leonardo who
8868s	wants to know about server culture
8871s	knowing that there won't be PVP or PVE
8873s	only servers how will new players find a
8876s	server that fits their play style
8877s	culture
8879s	expectations and I don't think we've
8880s	ever said there won't be PVP or PVE only
8884s	servers but I think that's what people
8886s	are under the impression we haven't I
8889s	don't think we've officially said that
8890s	but there won't be PVP or PVE servers um
8895s	the intended design is that uh PVP
8899s	events are the primary method by which
8901s	consensual PVP exists for players they
8903s	opt into those and then non-consensual
8906s	pvps governed through our flagging
8908s	system which is highly decentivize
8911s	players to engage in non-consensual PvP
8914s	through the act of corruption gaining um
8917s	so the question was how will players get
8919s	to
8920s	choose um their PVP
8925s	experience is that uh yeah well if
8927s	you're new and let's say maybe you're a
8930s	PVE E Primary player How will I know
8933s	which server to join like what culture
8935s	is going to be best for me I see I see I
8937s	see um ashes is a pvx game um and so in
8942s	that regard you know your ability to
8946s	wholesale disconnect from the PVP
8948s	elements of the game um are likely not
8951s	going to be entirely successful now does
8954s	that mean that you can reduce your
8956s	exposure to PVP 100% right and there are
8959s	multiple play paths and progression
8961s	points that players can elect uh instead
8965s	to be more PVE focused um but by the
8968s	sheer nature of risk versus reward and
8971s	risk including not being able to predict
8973s	how other players might impact your
8975s	gameplay that is an element of the
8978s	innate risk that exists in the
8980s	multiplayer environment of a pvx setting
8984s	um so you know not everybody is going to
8986s	like that and we accept that right and
8989s	we're not trying to build bu a game that
8991s	everybody is going to like because not
8993s	for everybody it's doing absolutely
8995s	doing that is not going to be
8998s	successful um because they are just
9000s	people with different interests and you
9002s	know we accept that and we're very kind
9004s	of on the nose about what we're trying
9006s	to achieve right the idea is not to
9009s	create a gank Fest is not to create a
9011s	grief Fest that is not what pvx is um
9015s	and so because of that we have certain
9018s	mechanisms um and systems that govern
9021s	the way players engage in PvP and
9025s	majority of those are opt in but there
9028s	is always that element of risk that's
9030s	governed by the flagging system and so
9032s	if you're interested in that I would
9033s	take a look at the wiki and look up what
9035s	flagging is and look up what corruption
9036s	is my experience tells me and my
9039s	expectations of the system are that they
9042s	will significantly reduce a player's
9045s	exposure to non-consensual PVP but that
9048s	risk is always going to be present to
9050s	some degree
9052s	my recommendation make
9055s	friends that's right get in a guild um
9059s	it's an MMO it's not meant to be a solo
9061s	playing experience not that you can't
9063s	it's just that's more risky so if you
9065s	like risking it for the biscuit that's
9067s	your your call um and then liner and
9070s	Emily uh kind of were asking about biome
9073s	development will we see other biomes
9075s	outside of the riverlands I think they
9076s	we've seen a lot of the riverlands
9078s	lately um and then what biome are
9080s	planned for the start of Alpha 2 so as
9085s	we get closer to Alpha 2 I will have a
9087s	better answer for the expected biomes at
9089s	the start of Alpha 2 um you know we have
9093s	probably completed the assets for about
9096s	seven biomes I think roughly um and what
9100s	I mean by that is we're talking about
9102s	terrain we're talking about foliage
9104s	different tree types we're talking about
9107s	um you know geological features and
9109s	different types of stone work and
9111s	whatnot you know from a environment
9114s	standpoint um you know biome creation uh
9118s	is more advanced but biomes are like
9122s	they're essentially zones right and
9123s	zones require more to be complete than
9126s	just the environmental assets they
9129s	require content creation that's point of
9131s	Interest development um those are
9134s	environmental sets that are needed um to
9137s	sell kind of the uh the ancestral ruins
9142s	um there is narrative and quests that
9145s	are required to populate a Zone uh there
9147s	are creatures and creature design that's
9150s	required to populate a zone so um if
9152s	we're talking about biomes from an
9154s	environmental perspective there's been a
9155s	lot of progress made towards towards uh
9158s	our overall biome I think it's more the
9161s	question here is really when will they
9162s	see those biomes well we've shown the
9166s	desert biome they've seen the jungle
9168s	biome in Alpha One um they have seen um
9172s	some of our tabletop mountains um we
9175s	have we have shown obviously the
9177s	riverlands um you know we will continue
9180s	to show those those biomes in the future
9183s	at some point right when they're ready
9185s	to show um and when it comes to what's
9188s	expected at the beginning of Alpha 2
9190s	that's something that when we're when we
9192s	are certain of what that will be um
9194s	because content is excuse me development
9196s	can be fluid right we're in the progress
9199s	of development um so you know I would
9202s	say stay tuned for when we're ready to
9204s	share what that's going to be yeah and I
9206s	think on the front of what you can
9208s	expect from Alpha 2 and the guide for
9210s	that we will put out an article that
9212s	kind of gives you an overview of what
9213s	features and systems and areas will be
9216s	available um we've did that we've done
9218s	that before we've given you like a map
9220s	and the keybinds and all and all that
9223s	jazz so we will do that again for you
9224s	guys again in the future so just stay
9226s	tuned and as we get closer to Alpha 2
9228s	you're probably going to see more of
9229s	that information coming to play uh the
9232s	next one here is from tyan thoraxis and
9234s	they want to know about ship and combat
9236s	Collision how will Naval Combat and
9238s	raiding work if ships cannot be moved or
9242s	blocked how will Naval Combat work if
9245s	ships cannot be moved or
9247s	blocked yeah ships can be moved um
9253s	you're talking about like Collision like
9254s	pushing ships in the different
9256s	directions in the water yeah I think
9257s	that's what they
9258s	mean okay um yeah
9260s	the intent is that um you know we adhere
9263s	to some semblance of real physics
9265s	feelings right with regards to these
9268s	vehicles um and so ships do have the
9271s	potential to be pushed in different
9273s	directions and out of the way for each
9274s	other um that is an intended Collision
9278s	experience that we want ships to have
9280s	but it should come with significant risk
9282s	and potential damage to the vessels
9284s	themselves all right and then the next
9287s	one here is from hutchi 1989 and they
9290s	want want to know about commission
9291s	credit will one get credit for for Quest
9294s	objectives or for completing a
9297s	commission win in a raid we talked about
9299s	yes if you're in a party you can you can
9301s	get um you know a commission credit but
9305s	what about if you're in a
9307s	raid oh I see um that's a good question
9312s	uh and I think in the majority of cases
9315s	if we do allow progression within uh
9318s	narrative systems like a Quest or
9321s	commission um I think that's something
9323s	that's going to be distributed based on
9325s	the number of raid or party participants
9328s	right so killing a particular monster is
9330s	not going to get everybody a check mark
9332s	on their progress towards killing 20
9334s	right it's going to be uh one person's
9337s	going to get that progression it'll be
9339s	and then it'll continue to the next
9340s	person and so on and so forth uh if
9343s	we're talking about you know some quest
9345s	lines uh like story arcs or events um
9349s	that have phases is or that have you
9351s	know overall participation by many
9353s	members then that progress can be shared
9356s	at a party raid level um so there's
9359s	different settings depending on what
9361s	objective there is within a quest some
9363s	of them will share some of them will be
9366s	distributed right and then APO wants to
9368s	know about ship building so if we don't
9370s	we have a lot of Naval questions y'all
9372s	are very curious about Naval stuff ship
9374s	building so if we don't have a coastal
9376s	node leveled up are the so on are are we
9380s	so on building and launching ships so
9383s	are we just like helpless in that so if
9385s	we don't if we don't personally have a
9387s	coastal node set up can we not build and
9390s	launch ships no you can absolutely build
9392s	and launch ships um Coastal nodes are
9395s	not where ships get built and launched
9397s	Harbors are where ships get built and
9399s	launched and harbors are essentially
9402s	dilapidated points of interest that
9405s	progress when a node nearby Coastal or
9408s	not um adopts that point of Interest or
9411s	that Harbor um then the node can
9414s	contribute towards building up the
9415s	harbor and players who may not be
9417s	citizens of that node can still go to
9420s	that Harbor and access its
9422s	services and then we are in our
9423s	penultimate question here we're almost
9425s	to the end uh thank you all for staying
9427s	with us uh aulus wants to know about
9430s	active blocking spells how will active
9433s	blocking function when it comes to
9434s	spells will players be able to Parry
9437s	spells we talked about active blocking
9439s	in melee occurrences but they're curious
9441s	about more spell
9443s	oriented um hold on one second before we
9445s	get to that question let me give some
9446s	clarity um so the question I saw from
9449s	ashes of Nar was so a group of eight
9452s	will have to kill eight times 20 goblins
9454s	um no in in regards to like it depends
9457s	on the objective if it's a kill
9459s	objective then being in a in a group of
9462s	eight or potentially in a raid um
9465s	everyone will get credit for the kill if
9467s	it's a drop that's required like a quest
9469s	drop drop off of a loot container or a
9471s	monster and one person grabs the quest
9474s	reward not everyone will get the quest
9476s	reward from that individual drop um so
9479s	just want to clarify it depends on
9482s	the correct exactly I just want to
9484s	clarify it depends on the objective
9486s	right the intent is not to [ __ ] healer
9489s	classes or Support classes um you know
9493s	from getting those things yeah okay
9496s	sorry uh what was that Margaret the last
9497s	question no no problem uh it's good to
9499s	clarify uh how will active blocking
9502s	function when it comes to spells will
9504s	players be able to Parry
9507s	spells um active blocking so yes it it
9510s	depends um so active blocking is a part
9513s	of our Universal uh skill tree and um
9516s	active blocking depending on what uh
9519s	piece of equipment you have equipped
9521s	some will be catered towards magic uh in
9524s	blocking and some will be catered
9526s	towards physical damage uh in blocking
9529s	so if you have a physical Shi Shield um
9531s	you're likely going to have little
9532s	efficacy against active blocking against
9534s	a spell however if you have um a um a
9539s	Sigil equipped which is the essentially
9541s	the Arcane variant of a shield um and
9544s	you actively block then you might have
9546s	good efficacy against the spell all
9548s	right and our final question for this
9552s	development update is from livu who
9554s	wants to know about Mount use cases will
9558s	players need multiple mounts on their
9560s	skill bar for various purposes like
9562s	immunity gliding combat and escaping or
9565s	will the gaml be more focused on using
9568s	just one Mount um I'm really excited for
9570s	us to show Mount abilities in the future
9573s	because I know that's something that's
9574s	on the plate agreed yeah yeah um so the
9578s	intent is that mounts have um uh varying
9584s	abilities and um it's expected that you
9587s	will have a number greater than one of
9589s	Mount available to use now whether or
9592s	not that number is influenced or
9594s	governed by a stable system that is
9597s	something that is still in active design
9599s	and development um it is likely that you
9602s	will not be able to carry every Mount
9604s	you own and be able to use them all at
9606s	the same time there will probably be
9608s	some Governor to that um and it will
9611s	likely be serviced through a default
9613s	building that exists in every node which
9615s	is The
9616s	Stables um and uh then to the second
9620s	part of that question uh is it intended
9622s	that mount abilities are providing a
9626s	matrix of choices options or strategy to
9629s	the player the answer would be yes um
9632s	because we have these abilities and
9633s	different stat blocks uh that are that
9635s	are governed through the animal
9637s	husbandry system um the desire is to
9640s	make sure like any other piece of
9642s	equipment or itemization Choice um that
9645s	strategy is carefully considered when
9648s	determining the appropriate about
9651s	use all right and that gets us to the
9654s	end we made it it has been a very long
9657s	one for us all so thank you so much
9660s	everybody for uh bearing with us
9663s	sticking around hopefully you had lots
9664s	of snacks uh maybe got a potty break in
9667s	there um but of course we do want to uh
9671s	mention again to head on over to our
9672s	forums forums. ashesofcreation tocom
9675s	give us your feedback we have a thread
9677s	over there already for the fighter Arch
9678s	type preview if you haven't thoughts
9680s	definitely share them with us we will be
9682s	compiling that and sharing that with the
9683s	development team and of course thank you
9685s	so much to our development team
9687s	everybody has been kicking butt but of
9688s	course an extra special thank you to
9690s	Trad Brian and Keenan for joining us for
9693s	this specific showcase and of course
9694s	Stephen for your time I know this is a
9697s	lot for you uh he's been a busy busy be
9701s	and of course that we thank you all for
9703s	being here and um you know we hope that
9704s	you have another wonderful safe and
9707s	healthy month as we kick butt and work
9710s	towards our next live stream that's
9713s	coming up here and of course internally
9715s	we have some big Sprints that are coming
9717s	up which is very very exciting for us um
9719s	we are preparing our butts for uh Alpha
9722s	2 and I we I'm telling you we've been
9724s	prepping a lot and getting a lot of
9726s	things in place and even some Polish
9728s	time for us so that's been a big big
9730s	thing for us is making sure that you
9731s	guys have a great experience um and lots
9734s	of performance work as Stephen had noted
9735s	before of course we will have the video
9738s	up on the 4K video we be be up on
9740s	YouTube today so stay tuned for that and
9742s	of course we uh will have the full
9745s	development update for you up tomorrow
9747s	pending YouTube cooperates with us um
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9751s	spotlighted to make a comment on that
9753s	development update uh video and leave a
9756s	comment there make sure that it's shows
9758s	you publicly as a subscriber so that we
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9762s	there um and of course PA and all the
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9770s	everywhere so um thank you so much for
9772s	joining us and we will see you all next
9775s	month for another update wo bye
9777s	everybody see you
9779s	guys just gotta find the end
9796s	screen

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