[2024] Development Update with Caravan PVP Update - 11AM PT Wednesday, January 31 2024 | Ashes of Creation Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
17s	hello
18s	everyone welcome we hope that you've all
22s	had a amazing month I know it's been a
25s	pretty eventful month for me uh but
27s	Welcome to our glorious ashes of
29s	creation January development update um
32s	with me as always is the one and only
34s	Steven Sharie our creative director and
37s	of course
38s	hello it has been so long Communications
41s	I know it feels like for forever but uh
44s	it's not it's only been a month I know I
48s	I I'm I'm having a a Deja Vu between the
51s	last January live stream where we talk
52s	about how this is our longest spread
54s	between live streams and it's been it's
57s	actually it's been hasn't it been longer
58s	than a month it's been almost it's been
59s	45 days this is a long month and I know
62s	my audio is quiet so I will try to solve
65s	that for you all I think I'm getting
67s	spammed in regards to that oh okay
70s	that's all good that's all good an extra
71s	an extra two weeks can do that it's okay
74s	you all don't want to hear from me
75s	anyway you just want to hear from
77s	Stephen uh oh that is not
81s	true um
84s	but yeah I don't know it's pretty
85s	exciting um as always below you can see
88s	what uh we have coming up so we have
90s	reminders Caravan PVP and for those of
93s	you follow us pretty closely you've
96s	probably seen that um we have hopefully
101s	this is fixing the audio let me do do
104s	let me know if if I'm still quiet but I
107s	think I've I think I've solved it
111s	um definitely solved it for me all the
115s	is it really loud sorry no no no it's
117s	totally fine I can handle it
121s	okay we've got the Caravan PVP Studio
125s	update a little small small art update
128s	and then questions and
131s	answers it is it has been an exciting uh
134s	last uh month or so as well um for those
137s	of you who are unaware Margaret got
139s	married I got married oh my goodness I'm
143s	married now and then also I think you
146s	announced just uh this last week that
148s	having another member of the join soon
151s	yeah I'm preo ego oh my goodness how
155s	exciting it has been very eventful and
159s	the wedding was probably the crazy I
160s	mean Stephen was able to attend but it
163s	was kind of the crazy thing it was
165s	beautiful it was one of the most
166s	beautiful things I've ever seen actually
168s	I loved it it was so great I mean I know
170s	that it was a it would must have been
173s	just complete Mayhem for you and so
175s	stressful for you but watching the
177s	beauty of your close family and and
180s	friends and being able privileged to be
182s	there for that and coming together like
184s	it did was something that was honestly a
186s	once in a-lifetime experience it was
188s	very beautiful it was like a Hallmark
190s	movie it was pretty
192s	crazy uh because for those of you who
194s	don't know uh there's a huge storm that
197s	happened in Tennessee so my fellow
198s	Tennessee folks out there um we had the
201s	biggest storm we've had in 15 years in
203s	the area that I'm from we don't normally
206s	get snow so it's very weird um so
210s	they're not prepared for snow and it was
212s	pretty pretty bad um so I don't want to
216s	scare the audience
218s	but
220s	Intrepid there was a lot of key
223s	stakeholder individuals in our car when
226s	we were traveling down that hill to make
228s	it to the wedding and then when we came
230s	back that that that 45 degree Mountain
234s	that we had to drive up in our
236s	four-wheel drive jeep with like eight
238s	people in the car it was black ice there
240s	were cars like sliding down left and
242s	right and were're like trying to
243s	navigate past them it was
246s	scary but we made it we made it and it
249s	was all
250s	good yeah so that is why we had to
253s	cancel our wedding venue and our all of
257s	our vendors cancelled like pretty much
259s	all of our vendors cancelled it was um
262s	pretty pretty chaotic for anybody who's
264s	planned a wedding or hasn't planned a
266s	wedding weddings are already stressful
268s	as is
271s	um yeah it happened we're okay it did it
275s	was a lot of fun a lot of fun and we
277s	have we have got a great show in store
280s	for you guys I know you've been waiting
281s	for some PVP um and and we're going to
285s	get into that in just a moment here yeah
288s	but before we do that as always we have
289s	a little bit of a couple things a few
291s	reminders and things of that sort to uh
294s	walk through um the first and foremost
297s	one is our Spotlight uh don't forget
301s	that if you are subscribed to our
303s	YouTube channel and follow us in all of
305s	the places um if you subscribe to us on
307s	YouTube and leave a comment on our Dev
308s	update one specifically you could be
310s	spotlighted or your comment could be and
312s	so for today's Spotlight we have the
315s	Lawrence 1970 who has said how will
318s	weapon skills play into a class plus
321s	subass I think hean he means IE here if
324s	I will play a cleric Rogue I.E Shadow
328s	disciple who uses a dag will I be able
331s	to augment the dagger or the active
333s	dagger skills too if yes how exactly
336s	will they be augmented since in my
338s	example with a shadow disciple the
341s	augmented the augmentation solely
342s	happens via the Rogue class but dagger
345s	plus Rogue it's not clery will they be
348s	augmentable by the main car main
350s	archetype or even both okay this is I
354s	think they're a little confused yeah
355s	well okay let me let me clarify this is
358s	a very uh B big and complex question so
361s	let me just go through real quick um as
363s	a reminder and obviously before I get
365s	into that I just want to say um Lex at
368s	the uh Ash's Wiki has done a great job
371s	in compiling so much of the information
372s	that we have over the years uh provided
375s	with regards to the design of the game
377s	um and always make sure you're utilizing
380s	that resource when you have questions of
381s	these types but you can also engage with
383s	the community because there are a lot of
385s	La uh long-standing members of the
386s	community who are very familiar with the
388s	game designs as well those things are
390s	all subject to change because we're
391s	still in active development but what I
393s	will tell you is that the intent behind
396s	the augment system is not to provide new
399s	active abilities they're intended to
402s	augment existing active abilities that
404s	are provided through your primary
406s	archetype and so your secondary Arch
408s	type selection completes your class
410s	selection of which there's 64 types and
413s	you get augment skills that can apply
415s	certain attributes and mechanics to your
419s	ex excuse me existing active skills so
423s	if you have certain abilities like a
424s	backstab as a rogue primary archetype
427s	and you take that healer uh secondary
429s	archetype selection now the properties
432s	of your backstab will still remain the
434s	same as an active ability however it
437s	might include things like life steal
439s	right or it might include things like uh
442s	susceptible weakness to the Target and R
444s	reduces their healing because the the
447s	definition of what those augments are
448s	intended to provide based on the
450s	archetype selected for the augments is
453s	within the schools of magic that live
455s	for that archetype so a cleric is about
457s	you know balancing life and death and
459s	the control of those types of hit points
461s	now you mentioned also in there that
463s	weapon skills and I'm not sure if you're
464s	referring to primary abilities active
468s	abilities that live in the arc types uh
470s	um adventuring skill tree or if you're
472s	talking about weapon skill trees weapon
475s	skill trees are a little bit different
476s	weapon skill trees are skill trees that
478s	you can unlock and invest points into as
481s	you continue to develop your experience
482s	with certain weapon types certain weapon
484s	groups like a dagger and when you're
487s	doing your basic combo attack with those
489s	weapons uh which is universal for all
491s	classes anybody can use any type of
493s	weapon because stats can be changed on
495s	these weapon types um through crafting
498s	and through drops uh there will be
500s	certain proc effects that live on the
502s	weapon skill tree as you Advan in them
504s	and those proc effect effects will be
506s	able to interact with your uh Arch type
509s	skills
510s	because they will have promotion type
512s	effects that occur when they synergize
514s	with one another so hopefully that
515s	answers your question and gives you some
517s	some insight there but always I would
519s	recommend taking a look at the wiki uh
521s	there's a lot of great information there
523s	yes so thank you again to the Lawrence
526s	1970 for leaving us a wonderful comment
529s	and of course again like I said um if
531s	you leave a comment on our Dev update
533s	you two could be spotlighted in our next
535s	one and it has to be the full Dev update
536s	one um then next up we've got Dev
540s	discussion we have a new Dev discussion
542s	out I believe we always tell you kind of
544s	what's coming up uh but this one is
547s	about utility skills what utility skills
549s	do you feel are most important are there
551s	certain scenarios that should require
553s	specific ones we want to know your
555s	thoughts so please head on over to the
557s	forums toss your feedback and thoughts
559s	over there we always utilize these we
561s	make some amazing reports for our
562s	development team regarding these um and
564s	our next one is going to be regarding
566s	Esports uh there's been a lot of
568s	discussion about Esports over the years
571s	um and you know where does MMO you know
573s	where do MMOs fit into that space does
575s	ashes creation fit into that space maybe
576s	not uh so we'd love to hear your guys's
579s	thoughts about that and uh our next
581s	thing here is um remember we announced
585s	our delicious Dev discussion well now we
587s	have uh some of our winners and we
589s	wanted to Spotlight them so we're going
591s	a little video of those so thank you so
594s	much for everybody who sent us
596s	submissions um you guys voted on which
599s	recipes you wanted and um it was really
603s	cool see look
604s	at I watched nar's uh video that he did
608s	as a as his uh profession as a baker and
610s	I thought he did a great job look at
612s	Shaka Khan those look great wow ones
615s	really turned out pretty cool too I
617s	think did Dr and also a meal which was
621s	cool wow look at these These are
624s	unbelievable and such great uh great
627s	picture taking here oh nicas wow these
631s	look good I'm starving yeah I know we're
634s	like it's lunchtime I'm
636s	[Laughter]
638s	starving oh look at the doggo yeah I
642s	love the setup of some of these they're
643s	so pretty wow we have got some amazing
647s	photographers for we we have got some
650s	Instagram experienc uh yeah Zara's got
653s	like the little skull in there so good
656s	but yeah thank you all so much we we
657s	loved seeing these the team did we were
660s	you know we were originally not sure how
661s	many people would participate um with
664s	with that but it was really cool seeing
666s	it and we appreciate it that was great
669s	that team was just so excited um we're
671s	definitely going to have more cool
672s	recipes I know there's been talks of
674s	maybe a recipe book later down the line
676s	post launch so you know maybe some
678s	things that you'll see um for those of
680s	you who enjoy that enjoy that kind of
682s	stuff as somebody who enjoys cooking I
683s	love cooking and baking um it was very
686s	very cool seeing that so thank you um
690s	and then the last thing that we want to
691s	remind you guys about and this is more
693s	of less of a reminder and it's more
694s	because we've gotten a lot of questions
697s	uh the pr inbox was full of questions CS
699s	has been getting questions I know our
701s	community team uh Roshan and Vagner have
702s	been getting questions regarding it but
704s	as you guys know the shop update our
706s	pre-order packs have ended we are no
708s	longer selling pre-order packs we did
710s	give a plethora of months notice um
712s	whenever we put them up but we let you
714s	know when they were going to end um and
716s	so it's been a long many many months
718s	that we have let people know advance but
720s	we tried to give as many reminders as we
722s	could email reminders social reminders
724s	we tried to do our best but we do want
726s	to let you know that we will continue to
728s	engage with the community and content
730s	creators to find other ways for folks to
732s	get giveaways and things of that sort so
734s	stay tuned for that stuff especially as
736s	we get closer to Alpha 2 and then beyond
738s	that after our internal or maybe you
740s	know some of our external testing as
741s	well after we get some you know you know
744s	testing that we're satisfied with and we
746s	feel like we are able to you know
748s	service additional test
750s	we will definitely find more methods for
752s	you guys to access the game um it won't
754s	be through pre pre-order packs it will
755s	be through other ways to purchase um but
758s	yeah we'll we'll definitely find ways
759s	for you guys to but we also want to make
760s	sure that we can service you well so if
762s	we can't do that we don't we don't want
764s	to open up and I know I I know it's
767s	weird I I have uh I have gotten some
770s	commentary from my colleagues within the
772s	IND why you want our money yeah I know
774s	well also from yes from some industry
776s	colleagues I've gotten questions about
778s	wait a minute you closed your pre-order
779s	shop we like uh yes we want to ensure
783s	that the testing is is going to go as we
786s	anticipated it to and quality is
788s	important to us obviously during that um
791s	and that's why we found it appropriate
793s	and gave ample notice as Margaret said
795s	um to close that preor shop but as the
797s	testing continues we will give you guys
799s	updates so so be on the lookout for that
801s	we will update you as testing continues
802s	and is successful um which you're about
804s	to see some interesting testing here in
806s	just a little bit um yes which you know
809s	that's a great segue Stephen why don't
811s	you kind of take it away know maybe you
812s	want to do a little prefacing before
814s	preface before the preface I I love to
817s	preface before the preface I'll preface
818s	multiple prefaces within the video but
821s	uh I preface here in the Stream because
823s	it's important that you guys uh
826s	understand obviously that this is still
828s	a work in progress and I want to talk to
829s	you a little bit about what work in
831s	progress means um now obviously you know
836s	we as Gamers you know have not perhaps
840s	experienced uh historically a lot of
842s	projects especially of this size going
844s	through such a unique process of
847s	transparent development it has been
849s	something that I'm very glad to see that
852s	has been that has picked up a bit over
855s	the course of the last several years
856s	with more independent Studios which I
858s	think is great personally I think it's
860s	great for the industry I think it's
861s	great for the genre and the genres that
863s	it applies to I think it's great for the
866s	consumer the players to have a voice in
870s	that process um you know that's
872s	something that we have tried to Champion
875s	over the course of our development um
877s	and I think our team has done a great
879s	job it is not without its difficulties
882s	obviously having to juggle the tasks of
887s	showing what you're working on in a
889s	digestible format through these types of
891s	live streams and updates while also
893s	actively working on the thing that
895s	you're trying to ship is a difficult
899s	cult balance right and it can be taxing
902s	a bit on the development team um and not
905s	only that but it also can be a great
907s	source of reward and and um you know we
912s	here at Intrepid it is the highlight of
915s	our development team to watch the
917s	community's reactions to get motivated
919s	by your guys's excitement uh to have
921s	validation in the direction of our
923s	design Theory and implementation uh of
927s	these different systems and also I will
929s	say like you know for our Phoenix
931s	initiative members who um are very
934s	dedicated individuals to help us test um
938s	you know there was a 10-hour long
939s	straight test session that we had on
942s	Monday which was which was rigorous uh
946s	to say the least um and you know as we
949s	continue to move towards Alpha 2 you
952s	know phases of development move from you
956s	know the area of kind of of of
958s	pre-production into production into like
961s	polish and getting ready uh for external
963s	testers like those different phases
966s	exist and as we started this year you
968s	know a lot of the outstanding core
970s	Feature work that we've been doing has
972s	started to transition into let's Harden
975s	the game systems let's solidify uh the
979s	interactions let's address the bugs
981s	let's address the visuals let's start
983s	doing some second passes on visual
985s	effects and UI you know to get it ready
988s	to be tested by an external audience of
991s	our customers our players the people
993s	with you know whom we're building this
995s	game for um and so when you watch this
998s	video I want you to take with a grain of
1000s	salt obviously there are three primary
1003s	areas that still require significant
1005s	Improvement and it's not difficult
1008s	Improvement it's just work it's work
1010s	that we need to do we tend to do the
1012s	more difficult work up front and that's
1014s	the feature development that's the you
1016s	know prototyping and testing of
1018s	difficult engineer ing solutions that
1019s	need to be required the three things I
1021s	would tell you about that are work in
1023s	progress in the video you're going to
1024s	see are related to the UI the visual
1028s	effects and the character models and the
1031s	lighting so those are additional passes
1034s	that need to be done so when you're
1036s	watching know that we're aware of that
1038s	and we are going to address those things
1040s	right visual soup language that lives in
1042s	combat um you know the targeting that's
1045s	required on player name plates um uh you
1049s	know the character models and the
1051s	material usage with the lighting is
1052s	going through a significant revamp be
1055s	aware that we are aware of those things
1056s	we'll be working on those things uh but
1058s	what we're going to show you today I
1059s	think is is pretty exciting it's a very
1061s	fun system uh it revolves around the
1063s	Caravan Caravan PVP that's intended in
1066s	the world obviously emphasizing our risk
1068s	versus reward philosophies uh when it
1070s	comes to the ways that players
1071s	meaningfully interact with one another
1074s	through PVP but also our raft system and
1077s	some water elements that you're going to
1079s	see included um so take all of that and
1082s	as people who might be less engaged with
1084s	our development view this because that's
1087s	the double-edged sword of transparency
1090s	uh be out there and give uh give this
1092s	message to them so that they're aware
1094s	we're aware of the things that they're
1096s	commenting on and I think that's a very
1098s	POS we're launched game yes that is
1102s	right Absol also um I see other people
1106s	telling the pi folks to give them Deeds
1108s	um we we did allow them to tell people
1110s	that they have partaken in this and
1112s	obviously we have announced that they
1113s	did and we're very thankful for their
1114s	assistance but at this time they're not
1116s	going to share any further details about
1118s	their testing experience there will be a
1120s	time where we you know unlift some NDA
1122s	elements thing of things but not right
1124s	now absolutely with that we're ready to
1127s	play enjoy
1132s	[Music]
1135s	[Applause]
1137s	enjoy
1143s	[Music]
1152s	hello everyone and welcome to yet
1155s	another day in Vera and today we have a
1158s	pretty exciting showcase for you I know
1160s	it's one that many of you have been
1162s	waiting for for quite a while but before
1166s	we begin I do want to provide you with a
1170s	little bit of our normal reminder that
1173s	this is still a work in progress and
1176s	there are a lot of visual bugs obviously
1179s	uh work in progress UI and art uh that
1182s	you're going to see here which will
1183s	continue to improve but with that being
1186s	said and performance as well with that
1188s	being
1189s	said we're going to take a look today at
1192s	some
1194s	PVP and we're going to talk about PVP
1197s	specifically in the context
1199s	of Caravans um and I am joined by some
1203s	of our glorious developers all of whom
1205s	you have heard from in the past um we
1208s	have one of our glorious senior
1210s	designers Mr Chris Chris how you doing
1212s	buddy oh I'm just wonderful thanks for
1215s	having me happy to have you buddy I know
1217s	you've been putting a lot of work into
1218s	this um and it's great to see it kind of
1220s	come together here um and I think we're
1224s	also joined by two other glorious
1227s	designers on the combat side
1229s	uh Bucky trat how you guys doing doing
1234s	good yep good to be back and we're uh oh
1236s	I've lost
1239s	count many many times
1243s	um so we also have a number of different
1246s	testers who are going to be joining us
1248s	uh who are assisting in um getting ready
1252s	for Alpha 2 obviously Alpha 2 as we
1254s	announced is going to be starting in the
1256s	third quarter of this year um there's
1258s	still a lot of work to be done and and
1260s	part of that work is finding all the
1263s	bugs and all the crashes and and
1265s	hardening the systems uh as we prepare
1267s	for Alpha 2 but today like I said we're
1269s	going to be talking about a really fun
1271s	system as it relates to Caravans and one
1273s	of the most important aspects of
1275s	Caravans is that there is no reward
1279s	without significant risk in ashes of
1282s	creation and the Caravan system is of
1284s	particular risk because it is how
1288s	material s and commodities are transited
1290s	within the world of Vera and it's
1293s	difficult to navigate the world of Vera
1295s	it's a it's a large world and the train
1298s	is not always kind especially to large
1300s	Vehicles like a
1301s	caravan and today we're going to talk
1304s	about as you Transit this
1306s	world if the node structures are not
1309s	advancing with you and the world State
1310s	isn't changing and you're not
1312s	seeing
1314s	different um Bridges being constructed
1318s	so sometimes you might have to Ford
1321s	rivers and rivers can be quite the
1325s	obstruction uh for you and present some
1327s	danger wow look at these look at this
1330s	look at this crew you'll not you'll
1332s	notice that this crew they all have
1335s	swords above their head and they're blue
1336s	to me but that's because we've
1339s	discovered that a caravan is taking the
1340s	perilous Journey nearby and trying to
1344s	reach a location where they'll be
1345s	rewarded for all their hard work but
1347s	little do they know
1349s	we are here waiting for them and the
1352s	bandits are going to attempt to to take
1355s	this Caravan Chris talk to me a little
1357s	bit about the risk of Caravan travel and
1360s	what people are about to see here yeah I
1363s	mean well you risk everything you're
1365s	traveling with when you run a caravan
1368s	right um it's definitely way more
1370s	efficient than running a bunch of goods
1372s	in your inventory to and from nodes but
1375s	it's uh definitely a lot more dangerous
1379s	absolutely Rangers if you guys want to
1381s	come over here with me I've just gotten
1383s	word that there might be a caravan down
1386s	here
1387s	approaching but they appear to have some
1389s	Defenders I can see them I think they
1391s	might even see us here in the
1395s	distance what do you guys say we engage
1397s	them do we want to just kind of Ambush
1400s	them here I don't think they can see us
1402s	we fight you should be stealth stealthy
1404s	about it okay I got a t i got a Target
1407s	mcstacker
1409s	Rangers we should open up on them right
1411s	when they kind of arrive here let them
1413s	let them come up a little bit closer and
1414s	prepare your uh your
1419s	snip I have no
1421s	idea actually let's switch targets over
1424s	to narus let's open in three 2
1433s	one oh no okay engage them go go go
1444s	oh my
1452s	god oh it's it's
1458s	Bloodshed this is our
1467s	loot
1472s	don't let them get
1473s	[Music]
1481s	away think I think we may only there's a
1486s	few left I see CH chibi Bri focusing the
1497s	Caravan
1503s	all right take down the
1527s	Caravan
1529s	time for that delicious
1532s	loot we it oh my God okay nobody nobody
1536s	grabbed the loot nobody grabbed the loot
1539s	what just happened here Chris Bucky talk
1540s	to me a little about a little bit about
1542s	what we just saw obviously this Caravan
1543s	is now destructed what does that mean
1546s	yeah so this this Caravan was loaded
1548s	with a combination of it looks like uh
1552s	commodity crates and material
1555s	crates okay all right so these crates
1557s	have different contents in that yeah so
1560s	um like the last Caravan live stream uh
1563s	we transited a bunch of Commodities
1565s	those special Goods you bought with
1566s	glint um well obviously we can steal
1569s	them now that we've killed their
1570s	Caravans if you want to open up one of
1572s	these guys with a green uh little symbol
1574s	on it okay over
1578s	there where you at oh I'm right here I'm
1581s	right here right next to you one of
1583s	these guys got it okay I can interact
1586s	with it I see that there's stolen
1589s	Commodities yeah so you can go ahead and
1591s	loot those um now you don't actually get
1594s	the commodity that it was you get these
1596s	special certificates that um we will
1599s	offload at uh the node we're going to
1601s	head to after this uh for some
1604s	monies nice I like monies and then
1607s	there's a second kind of crate here if
1609s	you come uh turn around and walk back
1610s	here this with with this black icon um
1613s	now this is a material crate which means
1615s	they were transiting their materials as
1617s	well
1619s	oh my God they have a bunch of rubies oh
1623s	spicy I know let me take a look at these
1626s	rubies oh nice okay I have 30 of their
1630s	rubies nice but now obviously this is
1633s	too much for us to carry right that's
1635s	one of the aspects of the of the Caravan
1638s	system is that it provides you large
1640s	carrying capacity what do we do when
1642s	there's too much for us to carry on our
1643s	backs so there's an item in your
1646s	inventory um that you can use to summon
1649s	an empty Caravan that you have stashed
1651s	at a node um if I recall correctly you
1653s	stashed one at Winstead nearby I do have
1656s	one at Winstead let me summon that so
1657s	out in the wild right now I am able to
1660s	summon this
1664s	Caravan and that's going to come from
1666s	winstep yep um now the way summoning
1670s	works is the length of that summon is
1673s	determined by where you're right if you
1676s	were to summon from wiad which is pretty
1677s	close to us the weight's not going to be
1679s	super long but if you're summoning from
1681s	you know very very far away it's going
1683s	to be a rough
1685s	wait okay all right so now I begun
1688s	summoning my empty Caravan to come pick
1691s	up these supplies that we've just
1694s	Acquired and obviously if you were in
1697s	the previous raid you can go ahead and
1698s	leave that raid um because right now the
1702s	there's some still outstanding
1704s	functionality required on the UI front
1706s	but it will be intended for that to be
1707s	seamless in the future um but now you
1709s	guys are joining my RAID to defend this
1711s	and once this Caravan arrives it's going
1713s	to allow us essentially to grab these
1715s	outstanding supplies is that right
1717s	correct yeah and another um additional
1719s	reason why you may want to summon a
1720s	caravan instead of having all your
1722s	people here pick up this stuff is you're
1725s	going to get more for bringing the crate
1728s	unopened to a node right so that like
1731s	material crate you got you said 30
1733s	rubies from it um you're going to get
1736s	way more if we take that to the node
1740s	without opening it in the field okay
1742s	that's cool that's
1743s	awesome and now you know we just
1747s	happened to upon obviously this Caravan
1748s	here that was carrying supplies but talk
1750s	to me a little bit about the intended
1751s	interaction of hunting Caravans right
1753s	what does that what does that mean can
1755s	you progress in that can you identify
1756s	these carrier vans from a distance is it
1758s	intended to be diagetic or is it you
1760s	know aided with mini map like talk to me
1762s	a little bit about that uh Bucky and
1765s	Chris yeah so uh hunting and carav is
1768s	tending to be a lot more diagetic right
1770s	you plant spies in other guilds you um
1773s	you know build your information Network
1775s	in the world of Vera um kind of uh
1778s	through through whatever means you can
1780s	right um now there is progression paths
1783s	involved with attacking and defending a
1784s	caravan um that can Aid you in doing so
1788s	um either with better equipment for it
1791s	um faster ways to open crates more yield
1794s	from crates and if you're a Defender
1796s	right better components for your
1798s	Caravans stuff like
1800s	that okay very cool ah the Caravan has
1805s	arrived so now I should be able
1812s	to move up to
1816s	these
1818s	crates and collect the cargo I
1823s	see yep so you should have an ability to
1826s	collect cargo oh my God yeah I have a
1828s	whole bunch of cargo that I can select
1831s	from so I'm just going to grab each of
1835s	these
1839s	cases okay I have a very large
1848s	chassis and I've collected I've
1850s	collected a number of them let me see if
1852s	I can collect some more there's a case
1854s	of everb bur scented
1856s	candles
1858s	and some more cented candles all right I
1860s	think we have grabbed pretty much
1862s	everything that we didn't already loot
1863s	now talk to me a little bit about the
1864s	differences between looting here kind of
1867s	at the spot and collecting the cargo
1869s	with the
1870s	Caravan I can take this one yeah so like
1873s	looting at the spot obviously uh you can
1875s	do right away and problem with that
1877s	though is you you forfeit a lot of the
1878s	materials a lot more get lost and as you
1880s	crack open those crates but if you're
1882s	able to have your own Caravan uh and
1884s	bring it there you can Loot and you'll
1885s	get more of the uh more of the overall
1887s	materials that way but there will be
1889s	progression for you know like you saying
1891s	about the highway man faction versus The
1893s	Defender faction and maybe there'll be
1895s	some progression where you can uh get
1897s	better loot percentage out the
1901s	field very
1903s	cool now we talked a little bit ago
1907s	about um stolen goods stolen supplies
1912s	what are the intent of that system how
1913s	does how does stolen goods and supplies
1915s	work differently than
1916s	commodities
1918s	so when you crack open a creative
1920s	Commodities you get um you don't get the
1922s	Commodities themselves since they're
1923s	like created cargo items you actually
1925s	get stolen goods and you can use those
1927s	stolen uh commodity certificates to go
1930s	and turn them into the black market to
1932s	uh get some money
1935s	back okay nice and and that's an upgrade
1937s	path that's available at different
1939s	Marketplace buildings yeah that's a
1940s	specialization of the market normally
1942s	you can sell them back to anything but
1943s	it's not going to be very much like the
1945s	normal vendors of Vera don't want those
1946s	stolen goods but if you you know the
1948s	right people you can get you can get
1949s	your money's worth out of it very nice
1952s	very
1953s	nice now obviously we we just had a
1955s	large scale relatively large scale
1957s	combat between two of these raids um
1962s	Trad talked to me a little bit about
1963s	kind of you know how our approach
1965s	towards Alpha 2 is going to incorporate
1968s	additional development of this group
1970s	based combat and PVP and and kind of
1972s	where we are with it now yeah absolutely
1975s	um so as you've seen in a lot of our
1977s	previous uh archetype live streams
1980s	there's been a lot of you know
1981s	representation of single player combat
1983s	like you know we usually go in there
1985s	with one to like maximum of three people
1987s	just cuz we want to really highlight
1989s	like the abilities but here you're
1991s	obviously seeing that much larger scale
1993s	scenario and that's where we're um going
1996s	to continue moving forward thinking
1997s	about like the group utility because
1999s	that's that's what like adds a lot of uh
2002s	class identity to your character right
2004s	is like when your party invite me
2006s	invites me or you're ra to me like what
2008s	do I provide to the group um and that's
2010s	where we sort of shifted our focus on
2013s	for this uh next iteration of ability
2018s	design okay I see there's some dead
2021s	brown bears up here that's
2024s	concerning let's hitch a left here okay
2028s	and so what we're going to do down here
2033s	is we need an an alternate path to reach
2036s	merth because the the path by road is a
2039s	bit obstructed some of the bridges have
2041s	not been developed
2043s	yet so what are we about to do
2046s	now so there's this Nifty thing that I
2049s	think you alluded to last time we talked
2051s	about Caravans but we are going to
2054s	Traverse the river instead of the
2058s	land all right so what you're going to
2061s	do is roll up here and go ahead and walk
2063s	your Caravan as far into the water as
2065s	it'll let
2066s	you
2068s	all
2070s	right I see beautiful
2074s	Carin all right now you should have an
2076s	ability on your Caravan hot
2079s	bar to transition to Raft convert to
2084s	Raft ooh
2087s	okay and I just deployed this yep just
2090s	deploy
2093s	it oh that is
2096s	awesome
2100s	so this process takes a few minutes um
2104s	you're going to have
2105s	to basically wait and defend your
2107s	Caravan while um you're transitioning
2110s	draft but riding on the water has its
2115s	benefits I love this now you can still
2118s	Target the dock right and and part of
2120s	this transition process is again the
2123s	risk that you're introducing for the
2125s	reward of having greater flexibility in
2128s	movement through the land um and that
2131s	risk is basically you're a Sitting Duck
2133s	here for lack of a better
2135s	term yeah basically um like I said you
2138s	can't you can't escape and to you can
2141s	undo this process but the amount of time
2144s	you've already sunk into it must be paid
2145s	to undo it I see and now as as this raft
2150s	is getting constructed I noticed that
2152s	it's it's essentially
2154s	destructing the uh the Caravan and using
2160s	that to construct the raft yep correct
2163s	and if you actually once it's done
2165s	constructing you'll notice the the body
2168s	of your Caravan is sitting on the
2170s	raft oh I love it Oh okay that's cool
2173s	that's some Lewis and Clark [ __ ] I mean
2177s	stuff oh no um now as we're kind of a
2182s	Sitting Duck we should probably put some
2184s	uh maybe some Scouts up near the top of
2186s	that hill so don't get jumped I don't
2189s	know Scout I can go take a look I mean I
2193s	I I can't imagine that they just left oh
2196s	boy we got some people up here oh no
2200s	they're back they want their stuff back
2203s	I'm going to go I'm going to go chill
2204s	with the uh the raft as it kind of comes
2206s	down while you guys fight them for a
2208s	second I think it's almost done there we
2212s	go oh I've gotten the raft I'm I'm
2216s	running
2219s	oh God Rangers to the ship quickly join
2223s	me we must depart this
2228s	area all right we'll catch back
2231s	up everyone on
2235s	board Chris Bucky do what you can to
2238s	hold them uh it's just it's just some
2240s	rabble you know these guys don't have
2242s	anything on us
2245s	easy mopping them up
2249s	I I expect you to make quick work of
2250s	them um Chris are you with me or are you
2253s	over there I don't know where I'm going
2256s	oh I'm I'm running down I'll run to you
2258s	I'm abandoning the fight okay yeah we we
2261s	we've taken him out we're we're coming
2263s	back now okay very nice we're run along
2266s	the
2268s	shore I like the uh I love the raft it's
2272s	looking good I know Adam worked pretty
2274s	hard on the new water
2276s	Shader looks beautiful it's a nice day
2280s	out it definitely turned out real nice
2283s	and shout out to how for the raft yes oh
2286s	the raft looks so good I'm assuming
2287s	we're going left yes uh so we're going
2289s	to keep going straight
2294s	here all
2298s	right now this can be very helpful
2301s	having the option but it can also be
2302s	kind of dangerous because you don't know
2305s	who might be laying in weight ahead of
2307s	you along the
2309s	shorelines but it also lets you as we
2311s	said Traverse the world in a little
2313s	different way and there's also a current
2314s	here correct yeah so there's a current
2317s	system that increases your speed if you
2320s	go with the current and decreases it if
2322s	you go against it uh you're going to
2324s	Hitch right here
2331s	Steven and those currents are kind of
2333s	different based on the location in the
2334s	river correct yeah they are they're
2336s	different based on the location in the
2338s	river and like the strength of the river
2340s	right so like you know where we kind of
2343s	started there was more of a lake body so
2346s	the current's not super intense but you
2349s	know we could have a place that's you
2351s	know near Rapids
2353s	right got
2356s	it where are we going here this is
2359s	looking
2361s	concerning oh
2363s	Steven did I ever tell you have the
2365s	sense of direction of amongus
2369s	oh my God shoot on on the Rock the other
2374s	way take them
2376s	out stepen you're going to crash into a
2379s	rock oh
2382s	god oh you're going to want to Hitch
2384s	right here I'm sorry I wasn't paying
2385s	attention to my
2387s	map no no no no not yet not yet not
2390s	yet I'm trying to watch behind us you're
2393s	going to beach
2395s	us is there someone on
2399s	board oh
2401s	no that was a
2406s	Defender oh heavy fire on tread all
2409s	right I think we made it out we're safe
2411s	now Trad how's it going on the battle
2413s	side uh I'm outnumbered I'm running oh
2416s	no meet us at the Landing point if you
2419s	if you're if you are a bandit get out of
2422s	there and meet us at the Landing
2425s	Point don't let them follow you
2428s	though win the fight then meet us yes
2431s	win the fight then meet us or die and
2433s	meet us how about what we do that the
2435s	other way around yeah that'd be
2440s	good
2441s	so these are obviously some of the risks
2444s	of traveling by
2447s	raft let me turn down um my sound
2451s	effects just a little bit there we go
2454s	um now it's not all bad because we can
2457s	land and turn us back into a land
2460s	Caravan again and that's coming up here
2464s	correct it's coming up pretty shortly
2466s	now you can't turn into a land Caravan
2468s	anywhere right you still need kind of
2470s	like how you saw we showed up at a beach
2473s	to turn into a raft uh well we need to
2475s	do something similar and if you notice
2476s	around us there aren't a huge amount of
2479s	beaches and that's super intentional to
2481s	create like you know locations players
2484s	can rely
2485s	on got it
2488s	are we coming up on one up here
2491s	yeah on one on the right
2494s	there we're up here let me see if the
2497s	let me see if the current kind of
2499s	carries us forward a little bit oh it
2500s	does I'm not
2502s	moving our current
2506s	moves a very a light influence for this
2509s	current very light
2512s	current all right everybody secure the
2515s	perimeter I am converting into a land
2518s	Caravan
2519s	again it it has
2523s	begun securing
2526s	perimeter perimeter secured so after we
2529s	go back and forth with the um with the
2532s	Caravan turning back into a land Caravan
2534s	it's keeping all the components that it
2535s	had before obviously right Chris yeah so
2538s	um all your components all of the stuff
2541s	in like that you've either looted or
2544s	launched with sticks with you
2547s	um all that all that good stuff oh DA's
2551s	not in the raid anymore reinvite him
2554s	let's bring da back I'm sure that the
2558s	the opposing side is going to try one
2560s	last time to recover their goods oh they
2563s	will for sure so we need to be
2565s	conscientious of that as we kind of
2566s	progress through these these this more
2568s	rocky area a lot of places yeah this is
2572s	it's also very narrow not a lot of
2574s	places for us to run
2577s	H love the view of Carin
2581s	here so when we when we get to mirth
2584s	though assuming that we successfully
2587s	navigate past the evil
2590s	Merchants
2593s	um what are we going to be doing then
2595s	we're going to be turning in this this
2597s	cargo yeah so we're you know you're
2601s	going to be able to unpack those crates
2603s	which you currently don't know what's in
2605s	them um you know we do have a plan for a
2608s	progression path for kind of Caravans in
2611s	general where you will be able to look
2612s	into them but um you haven't done your
2615s	grind stevenh
2617s	what haven't done my grind yet nope and
2621s	you're also going to go and turn in
2624s	those black market or not the black
2626s	market certificates the stolen
2628s	Commodities at the black market to make
2630s	some
2631s	money got it now guys obviously as
2634s	you're watching this and you're seeing
2636s	the kind of TR transition again as a
2638s	reminder everything you're seeing is a
2640s	work in progress especially from an art
2642s	perspective um UI visual effects
2646s	animation those are all still works in
2648s	progress I'm going to I'm going to jump
2650s	on this okay here we
2653s	go I am ready let's do
2658s	this I'm speed boosting it would be very
2662s	nice if some tanks were on the front
2663s	line with this sad little Mage get out
2665s	of the way yeah let's send some some
2668s	Rangers ahead too in their camo get some
2671s	scouting
2672s	going
2675s	nice we must
2677s	protect I'm in danger I'm in
2680s	danger I need an adult go Trad dispense
2684s	the
2686s	[Music]
2687s	heathens um we should pull back a little
2690s	maybe on the hill Cliff up on the right
2692s	here I got
2693s	eyes a ahead all right St out of my way
2696s	I'm just I'm just going to go straight
2698s	through this just send it Steven I'm
2700s	going straight through everybody get out
2701s	of my
2702s	way
2706s	run oh
2708s	God some some casualties of our own side
2711s	it's it's worth it
2714s	though tanks pull him down from the
2717s	rock use your
2723s	javelins
2725s	oh
2728s	running yeah we're kind of just walking
2730s	right through them honestly not even
2733s	really scared at all they don't have
2734s	enough to contest us we're too
2737s	powerful they fear they fear the might
2740s	of our Bandit
2745s	Army I remember this this way last time
2748s	there were a bunch of zombies and
2749s	skeletons
2750s	here yeah yep I think the world team has
2755s	changed them to rock
2757s	Golem oh or the world state has changed
2761s	perhaps or maybe they did change the
2763s	rock that's going to be a Jeremy
2767s	question we've left we've left vertek
2771s	good sacrifice did we make it
2774s	out um we're still being chased hey
2777s	everybody up here go back and kill those
2779s	people don't let them near
2781s	me back
2785s	fiends
2787s	I'm going to use my last speed boost my
2789s	God they're using dark magic The Rock
2792s	Elemental oh y don't pull
2795s	aggro definitely
2798s	not I'm trailing trailing behind you I
2800s	found the
2801s	skeletons Cy yes that's what I wanted
2804s	you to
2808s	do they've overextended the fools the
2813s	fools heal heal I cannot hear oh where
2817s	are you oh I see I see
2824s	you my gosh all right we're almost
2830s	there we're so
2836s	close you know I'm really envious of You
2838s	Stephen being able to like sit and drive
2841s	something while we all have to walk I
2843s	know my legs hurt honestly it's not a
2845s	very comfortable ride the suspension on
2847s	this vehicle and the rocks on the
2850s	ground well you know the roads will
2852s	upgrade when the node levels up and
2854s	it'll get a little
2855s	nicer that's true that's a good point so
2858s	as the as the nodes Advance as we've
2861s	said in the past the roads Advance as
2863s	well and that speed buff does get some
2866s	benefit and a road like this would
2868s	eventually become stone right so the the
2870s	Caravan won't be as
2872s	bumpy we have almost
2875s	arrived at at
2878s	mirth I've lost the road buff now we're
2880s	super
2882s	slow you're officially in Mirror left I
2885s	still see Lex behind us is Lex on the
2888s	good side or the bad side he's on our
2889s	side okay we do have enemies coming up
2891s	though okay we still haven't killed them
2894s	guards get them kill the I had more
2897s	heals I'd be up there more somebody help
2899s	them kill all right go TR I'll stay with
2902s	you until the end we're going in don't
2906s	guys I don't even think they followed
2909s	they're
2910s	gone go get him he's running in we've
2913s	almost arrived who that solo hero the
2917s	River Town of
2925s	Mirth look at that beautiful
2927s	view it's a very nice little
2931s	node so now I have some stolen
2935s	commodities in the form
2938s	of stolen goods yep and then I also have
2943s	cargo Y and I believe I remember you
2945s	saying you picked up a bunch of rubies
2949s	uh candles and a bunch of uh and a
2951s	couple of crates now the crates are a
2955s	mystery so I'll I'll walk you through
2957s	how to find out what goes in
2959s	them we did
2961s	it
2963s	yes we've done it should I dismount
2967s	uh yeah get off that thing all right
2969s	great work everybody well done everyone
2972s	beautiful you all be paid 10 copper for
2974s	your services and I'll get the rest now
2976s	where are we going to go to turn this
2978s	stuff in first thing we're going to do
2980s	come back this way we're going to talk
2981s	to the Caravan Master talk about a
2983s	change since last you guys saw the
2986s	Caravan system um if you open that up
2989s	and switch to the storage of the Caravan
2991s	you have here you'll see the goods are
2992s	still in there do you see the goods in
2995s	there Steve cargo storage yes I do so
2998s	you're going to part of the change is
3001s	that when you land a caravan it doesn't
3003s	automatically flood the nodes uh cargo
3007s	with the stuff that was on your Caravan
3009s	it stays on the Caravan as additional
3011s	cargo storage okay um so what you're
3014s	going to do if you notice there's a
3015s	couple of crates I think they're 2 by
3017s	ones in there yes I see those medum
3020s	crates you're going to rightclick
3022s	that okay oh look at that there's some
3026s	balt in these so what you can do is
3029s	unpack that crate which is going to move
3031s	the goods that were in there into your
3034s	material inventory but um unpacking
3037s	takes time so they're going to be locked
3039s	uh for a period of time okay so I won't
3042s	see them in my you will see them in your
3044s	material inventory but you won't be able
3046s	to take them out uh so if you want to go
3047s	ahead and unpack it you can tab over to
3049s	the material inventory and check it out
3050s	just show up there later cuz it's not
3052s	showing up there now uh did you hit the
3053s	unpack button oh I did not oh good call
3059s	thank you so
3062s	sorry oh that was good that was good
3065s	okay all right so they're locked right
3066s	now oh okay so in 5 minutes I can access
3069s	them yep now that timer scales with how
3071s	the node progresses um that's actually
3073s	an extremely fast unpacking time um but
3077s	typically it's going to be on the scale
3078s	of
3079s	days okay very cool and what about these
3083s	everb burn scented candles those are
3084s	Commodities you're going to be able to
3085s	sell that to the commodity man oh do I
3088s	put those where in the storage uh you
3089s	can just leave you can just leave them
3091s	right there I can show you come on this
3093s	way all right sweet sweet
3096s	sweet and now obviously the unback
3099s	unpacked time fees everything associated
3101s	with it those are all options that you
3104s	can choose to manipulate within a node
3106s	so you can make your node kind of the
3108s	you know hub for trade or for landing
3111s	Caravans and whatnot depending on the
3113s	options that the cities choose exactly
3116s	so if you go ahead and talk to this
3117s	vendor here okay uh it should open up
3121s	your storage as well and if you go to
3124s	Cargo oops all right go to Cargo and
3128s	check out your cargo and
3129s	mirth done um you should be able to sell
3133s	those Commodities to this gentleman
3135s	straight from your Caravan inventory if
3136s	you scroll down to the bottom of your
3138s	cargo inventory there it is yes very
3141s	nice okay
3143s	cool hold on let me fix that guys
3145s	remember UI is a work in progress right
3147s	now this is very functional not playable
3151s	um okay so I see a bunch of these I can
3153s	sell them right now um what am I selling
3156s	them for oh you're selling them for gold
3158s	you stole another man's uh potential
3161s	gold I recovered them they stole it from
3163s	us to begin with that's right oh sure
3164s	sure sure yeah we're the good guys Chris
3168s	do I right click those to sell them
3169s	right click them to sell them um this is
3171s	functionality we showed in the last live
3173s	stream it's just they're not they
3175s	weren't yours to be begin with now I see
3177s	when I right click it it tell it opens
3179s	up the crate and inside I see nothing
3182s	that could be a bug that's a bug that
3185s	could be a bug guys you're going to see
3186s	some bugs the way things go so last
3188s	thing I want to show you though Stephen
3190s	yes uh I want you to while you're
3192s	talking to this vendor in your
3194s	inventory your player inventory you
3197s	should have um those stolen goods that
3200s	you got from the crate that you opened
3202s	up so if you talk to this if you talk to
3204s	this gentleman and hover over it'll tell
3206s	you how much they sell for to the
3207s	commodity
3209s	vendor but don't sell
3212s	them yeah we know a guy
3215s	stepen I'm talking to this vendor and do
3219s	I just hover over them in my uh backpack
3222s	uh yep sell price it says is zero uh so
3226s	this man is not going to give you a lot
3229s	of money for that but how dare this
3232s	we've got a guy come follow me yeah we
3233s	got a guy oh he doesn't he doesn't
3235s	doesn't trade in stolen goods yeah he's
3237s	he's a reputable vendor
3239s	but okay all
3242s	right we're looking for somebody over
3245s	here so this is the new upgraded
3247s	Marketplace here in mirth um now as we
3250s	kind of briefly mentioned their a
3253s	upgrade paths to the marketplace now
3255s	this one's been expanded so if you
3257s	follow me into this little back alley
3259s	and into this little
3261s	ouse
3264s	oh we found the black
3267s	market my
3269s	goodness ailia
3273s	blackwat now this was because this is an
3275s	expansion that mirth has in their Market
3277s	correct yeah so uh marketplaces don't
3280s	normally come with a black market and
3281s	it's a part of the expansion tree so
3283s	it's a choice you can make on your
3285s	Marketplace to be a where Bandits take
3287s	their stuff so I'm going to right click
3289s	on the stolen Commodities
3292s	yep oh okay it just G gave me some
3297s	gold very
3300s	nice I've sold it and now you have to
3303s	pay us all so everyone line up to get
3304s	traded all right yep where's my cut oh
3306s	yeah everybody line
3308s	up all right a little bit line up there
3310s	a little bit all right well done and
3312s	then just wait here I'll be right back
3314s	oh no no wait let me block the door oh
3316s	no okay I'll be back you guys stay there
3320s	um ladies and gentlemen we have just uh
3324s	seen some PV we've seen some whitewater
3328s	rafting we've seen some Caravan um
3331s	events and we've had a great time uh a
3334s	little bit of some bugs obviously this
3336s	is still our road to Alpha 2 so that's
3339s	to be expected uh but I do want to thank
3342s	um obviously our developers for joining
3344s	us and explaining everything our testers
3346s	for helping participate so that we're
3347s	able to kind of show off all of these
3349s	systems um and as a reminder of course I
3352s	know I can't say this enough as we
3354s	continue to progress towards Alpha 2 you
3357s	will continue to see polish be done bugs
3361s	get fixed stability improve performance
3363s	improve right now we are on that road um
3366s	we have just come off of heavy
3368s	development of our feature uh and core
3371s	systems our features and core systems um
3373s	and now we're going to be refining that
3374s	we're going to be tightening that Loop
3376s	and we're going to be um fixing things
3378s	up so that we can get a lot of people in
3379s	game and start testing these uh these
3382s	systems I hope you guys enjoyed today uh
3384s	we had a lot of fun doing it um and
3386s	there's a lot of stuff still yet to show
3388s	but with that being said thank you all
3391s	for joining me and thank you for
3394s	watching we'll see you back on stream
3401s	[Music]
3402s	bye hello everyone welcome back we do
3406s	have quite a few questions but it looks
3408s	like most people really enjoyed it I
3410s	will be playing it in the background
3412s	whilst we chat despite the odds of our
3416s	team being severely outnumbered we
3419s	managed to
3420s	overcome uh that just completely
3423s	inbalanced setup with the defending team
3426s	and and and defeated them I I hope you
3428s	guys enjoyed that demonstration um it
3431s	was tough I think they couldn't see the
3434s	everybody that was battling you so they
3440s	wer we didn't the numbers weren't even
3442s	purposely so right I mean guys remember
3444s	part of demonstration is to show off
3447s	certain systems so yes you know a lot of
3450s	these things are kind of run-of show
3452s	we're intended to defeat them we're
3453s	intended to take their stuff we're
3455s	intended to transition to the raft
3457s	that's the intent right um and so so
3460s	don't so don't don't get too harsh on
3462s	the defending side they were
3463s	purposefully outnumbered we even changed
3466s	their composition not to let them have
3468s	too many healers so it was unfortunate
3471s	for them yeah um but we do have quite a
3475s	a few questions uh the first one here is
3478s	how will risk versus reward be balanced
3480s	for both the Caravan attackers and
3482s	Defenders some folks kind of seemed like
3484s	they were feeling like Defenders were at
3486s	a
3488s	disadvantage yeah I mean you know here's
3490s	the thing um emergent gameplay such as
3494s	this right Caravans Caravans are the
3498s	induction of emerging gameplay which
3500s	means you cannot predict the situation
3503s	you're going to be in when you use a
3505s	caravan that's part of the risk the risk
3508s	is the unknown if you could predict it
3511s	then the your ability to mitigate that
3513s	risk would unfortunately remove that
3516s	Dynamic that ratio of risk versus reward
3520s	um so you might come into situations
3522s	where you didn't anticipate
3526s	whoops did we lose are we
3528s	back okay back I don't think we're down
3531s	oh I was just looking just
3534s	green okay so that's weird I have no no
3537s	idea I think we're still here so it's
3539s	fine okay um so anyways as I was saying
3541s	you know you you cannot predict the risk
3544s	that's part of the that is part of the
3546s	equation right um in some cases you know
3549s	you may want to over provision depending
3552s	on how valuable your load is uh on the
3556s	Caravan right um that means it's it's
3560s	better to travel with friends there
3561s	might be mercenary guilds that you can
3562s	bring along you can invest more in the
3564s	components the Caravan so that it's more
3566s	defensible more maneuverable um you
3569s	might want to go at unique times so you
3571s	can mitigate the potential resistance
3573s	you need to ensure that the flow of
3574s	information around what you're intending
3576s	to do is restricted to a close you know
3578s	circle of trusted friends uh or
3580s	guildmates like there's a lot of
3582s	different Dynamic variables that exist
3586s	within a system like this uh to answer
3588s	that
3590s	question all right and then the next one
3593s	here is is the Time to Kill seen during
3595s	PVP in stream kind of like right around
3599s	where we're wanting it or if it's not
3603s	like what changes do we think that we'll
3604s	probably be making obviously balance is
3606s	not on the we're not balancing quite yet
3609s	pref yeah so when we talk about when we
3611s	talk about time to kill um you know
3614s	you'll notice here and we're going to
3615s	put this video up in 4k shortly after
3617s	the Stream So I know that obviously the
3620s	bit rate on Twitch is not super friendly
3621s	to uh a highdefinition video but uh
3625s	afterwards you can take a look when you
3626s	do watch the video again take notice of
3629s	how and this is a big point of
3631s	discussion that I would love to get the
3633s	community's feedback on and we've talked
3635s	about this in the past but if if you are
3638s	targeting another player specifically
3641s	another player not an NPC if you're
3642s	targeting another player and that player
3645s	is not a member of your
3648s	guild Alliance raid or party okay those
3653s	are the four affiliation factors
3655s	if they're not a part of those four
3657s	groups you will not
3660s	have specific information of their HP
3663s	level you will have quarters of
3666s	information to their XP level and you
3669s	may progress to get that a bit more
3672s	granular perhaps to sixths or eths
3675s	you're not going to have exact
3677s	information about what amount of hit
3679s	points they have available to them that
3681s	level of
3682s	obfuscation protects
3685s	a bit of that engagement that ttk
3687s	interaction right so you might overshoot
3690s	a Target if you don't know exactly if
3693s	they're down to their last 20% or 25%
3696s	right that I think is a very healthy
3698s	thing to have in PvP but it is not a
3701s	normal game design mechanic right in
3704s	fact it's not normal for modern-day MMOs
3707s	to have that component it was normal for
3709s	more old school games to have that with
3711s	MMOs something I personally enjoyed but
3714s	it's a great point of discussion for you
3716s	guys in the audience to talk about what
3717s	that means um so when we talk about ttk
3721s	you'll see here as Margaret said we
3723s	haven't done a definitive balance pass
3724s	and there's a reason for that right
3725s	we're not in the right stage to yet do
3727s	that definitive balance pass uh because
3730s	we're still touching some of the skills
3731s	of each of the archetypes and revamping
3733s	them and playing around with them but
3735s	generally when it comes to finger in the
3737s	wind we're around where we want to be
3739s	for ttk right and um uh you know that's
3744s	probably on the bit faster side of ttk
3747s	uh for MMOs that we're accustomed to um
3750s	but you know we're a pvx game as well so
3753s	um you know discuss that as
3756s	well right and you know what's really
3758s	funny is I know you're not looking at
3760s	this the questions but the next one was
3763s	about the HP and not being able to see
3765s	enemies HP did you want to cover
3766s	anything else in regards that because
3768s	people were wondering if that's on
3769s	purpose or not yeah yeah that yeah that
3772s	that is on purpose as I talked about
3773s	like that level of obscurity I think
3775s	adds an interesting Dynamic to combat if
3777s	you're not certain of the outcome of an
3779s	action that is going to change the
3782s	decisions you make right and that level
3785s	of variability in combat yields outcomes
3789s	that can be drastically different from
3791s	situation to situation it's not as
3794s	prescribed um and I think that's an
3796s	important interaction in PvP now PVE is
3799s	a little bit different you will see
3801s	exactly the HP of the monster you're
3803s	fighting right and that level up
3805s	prescription I think is okay and we can
3807s	address that with certain types of
3808s	behavior trees and the way the NPCs
3810s	interact with the player player
3811s	character that can be a little bit
3812s	unpredictable to influence that with a
3814s	variable nature um but in PvP I think
3817s	it's okay to have that level of
3819s	opusc um and then this one is more just
3823s	people curious about what the blue lines
3824s	were that were coming from people and
3826s	yes that was a cleric ability that was a
3827s	heal that was chaining out you know
3830s	there's a funny story about that blue
3831s	line that's that's going between people
3833s	so that is a that's an ability
3835s	of of protection essentially from the
3837s	tank arch type the one yeah yeah the the
3841s	the blue line that's between them okay
3843s	yeah yeah that one yeah yeah so um funny
3846s	story on screen right now yeah funny
3848s	story uh Monday we had that 10 hour test
3851s	session and we were experiencing some
3853s	server
3854s	crashes and we we were inspecting our
3857s	logs and taking a look at at what was
3859s	happening and we couldn't exactly see uh
3862s	what was happening because it looked
3864s	like everything on the server was
3865s	running okay and so we we adjusted our
3868s	uh logging to a more verbose uh setting
3872s	and we found out that the crash was the
3874s	result of an infinite Loop because that
3877s	ability redirects damage to the tank and
3880s	during the play test we had some tanks
3882s	that were casting that ability on each
3883s	other and so two people would have that
3886s	ability cast on the opposite person
3888s	they' take damage and the Damage would
3890s	cause an infinite loop on the server
3892s	between each other where the damage was
3894s	getting redirected
3895s	Ed oh it was good times the little
3898s	things you don't experience until you
3901s	have mass combat yes but yeah exciting
3905s	exciting there's also another one that
3907s	happens when you heal but I see um yes
3910s	are we able to summon our Caravans
3912s	before the comet has ended so some
3913s	people were saying like hey it looks
3915s	like we already are waiting could we
3917s	have placed it beforehand that we were
3919s	not waiting yeah yeah you can you can
3922s	totally do that um but again the are
3925s	evaluations you need to make when you're
3926s	out in the wild by having a caravan you
3929s	are drawing attention to yourself
3930s	because players can see that from a
3932s	distance from a Zone from a radius
3934s	perspective and they can choose to
3936s	engage you early on now another thing to
3938s	take into account is when a caravan gets
3940s	destroyed its components get destroyed
3943s	as well and you have to repurchase the
3945s	Caravan and you have to repurchase the
3947s	components so that's a decision that you
3949s	get to make right is it worth the risk
3952s	to have the Caravan more readily avail
3954s	aailable or do you want to summon your
3957s	Caravan that has perhaps high cost
3959s	components associated with it after
3961s	you've ensured that the need for the
3963s	Caravan exists right those are some
3965s	decisions that need to be made on the
3966s	players on the player if you don't and
3968s	they have backup and they're on their
3970s	way now your Caravan could potentially
3972s	be destroyed too speaking of destroyed
3974s	Caravans people are wondering like why
3977s	did we make the decision that they had
3979s	to you have to destroy the Caravan to
3981s	get the loot um instead of like taking
3982s	over the Caravan
3985s	sure um there is going to be ways for
3988s	players to take over the driving
3991s	position of vehicles uh this exists for
3994s	both water vehicles uh as well as land
3997s	Vehicles like
3998s	Caravans however there is a lockout
4001s	period where the driver is capable of
4004s	restricting use of the of the driver's
4007s	seat essentially uh for a period of time
4011s	if you manage to kill everyone you will
4012s	be able to take control of the vehicle
4014s	after that period of time and try to
4016s	move it but by doing so you will be
4019s	conferring the location of that vehicle
4022s	to the original owner and potentially
4023s	their raid um and and after a while it
4027s	may despawn given the distance between
4029s	you and the owner okay so you wouldn't
4032s	really get the rewards that you would
4033s	want from
4034s	it you could take it somewhere then
4037s	destroy it right but if you're talking
4039s	about turning it in if you were to use
4041s	their Caravan at the node it would turn
4044s	in for them uh so you don't want to take
4046s	it and attempt to turn it in because
4048s	it's tied to the owner but you might
4050s	want to take it off into a little area
4052s	away from combat per se if you can take
4054s	control of the vehicle uh and destroy it
4056s	there gotcha gotcha um I just wanted to
4060s	clarify because people might be like oh
4062s	and I see a question in chat from winter
4064s	too it says does the despawn leave the
4066s	loot on the ground yes that's correct uh
4068s	either the destruction of the vehicle or
4070s	the despawn uh will will result in the
4073s	loot being deployed to to the ground or
4075s	in the water uh in the case of merchant
4077s	ships can players instantly summon boats
4080s	either as a defender or attacker during
4082s	the raft building process so let's say
4084s	the raft is being built and we want to
4086s	deploy our boats so that we can assist
4088s	or is there is there only space to
4090s	deploy certain certain amount of boats
4093s	so ships can only be spawned at Harbor
4095s	locations and there's an a very
4098s	important note about rivers as well
4100s	Rivers can only be used by Caravan rafts
4104s	uh ships that are intended for the ocean
4106s	cannot travel Upstream in a river um it
4109s	is too shallow right and that is not the
4111s	intended gameplay there um but if you're
4113s	talking about the big boats exactly big
4116s	ships only rafts yes only rafts which
4118s	are the conversion state of a of a
4120s	caravan can Traverse uh
4123s	Rivers all right um let's see the next
4128s	one here is does the raft take on the
4130s	perks and stats from the Caravan or does
4132s	it have its own do you have two separate
4134s	stats here yeah we talked a little bit
4137s	about that right now there's still some
4139s	design uh discussion around that
4141s	currently the stats of the of the raft
4144s	uh are going to be informed by the
4146s	components of the Caravan um uh but they
4149s	do have um they do share the stats
4151s	across right now whether or not we want
4153s	to change that in the future that's
4154s	going to be a topic obviously of testing
4156s	all of this stuff is going to be tested
4158s	as part of A2 we're going to iterate on
4160s	it after we get that testing data from
4162s	players and get the sentiments from
4163s	players you guys have a opportunity now
4165s	as you're kind of seeing this system in
4167s	play even though you're not playing it
4169s	per se you get to see it in play and you
4171s	can give commentary and thoughts around
4173s	it that's why we do these streams so
4174s	make sure you're giving your thoughts on
4176s	it in Discord on the forums and we can
4178s	take a look at that speaking of that I I
4180s	was going to announce it later but um
4183s	after this stream we or it might be up
4185s	right now I don't know if acner has got
4186s	it up uh but the Caravan PVP preview um
4189s	thread will be up so please please put
4191s	your feedback in there um vnar and Ro
4194s	always do compile great reports for our
4196s	teams so um that would be fantastic if
4199s	you have thoughts cuz I see you all typ
4201s	in you have thoughts um so type them
4204s	over there um and then we have do
4206s	Caravans in transit show on the world
4208s	map so like if I'm not part of the
4210s	Caravan will I see that there's Caravans
4212s	in transit or will that only be seen by
4215s	me as the personal driver when I'm
4217s	looking at the map you will only be able
4219s	to see the Caravan if you are a member
4221s	of the caravan's raid or if you are the
4223s	the owner of the Caravan um if on the
4226s	map uh if you are not one of those then
4228s	you will not see it on the map if you
4229s	come within proximity of the Caravan
4231s	you'll be prompted through an event UI
4234s	uh to participate if you wish as a
4236s	defender or an attacker well I know
4238s	balance is still on the table where
4240s	things are not balanced people did note
4242s	that uh some of that cargo was in days
4245s	that you would not be able to access it
4247s	um is that intended and also is that
4249s	days IRL or days in game yeah I would
4252s	say you know I saw a lot of people I saw
4254s	a lot of people say oh my God days uh it
4256s	is intended to be days in game however
4259s	what I will say stole the Lo is that yes
4261s	but but the problem is is that you're
4264s	you're going through a proc okay so let
4266s	me let me explain why that throttle
4269s	exists um so that throttle of timing out
4274s	the um unring of materials and supplies
4277s	is intended to mitigate the impact on
4280s	the local economy that transiting
4282s	materials has within the world right now
4285s	that's a Runway which means that through
4289s	certain decisions that a node makes
4291s	whether it be upgrades or policies they
4293s	can reduce that amount of time
4296s	significantly right and by creating a a
4300s	differential or a disparity of the
4303s	amount that days would represent versus
4305s	hours you can have the nodes that select
4308s	those types of upgrades and policies
4310s	really become the epicenter of trade
4313s	within a particular region because they
4315s	have reduced that days amount down to
4317s	potentially hours so it makes them a a
4319s	trade Hub essentially so we need to have
4322s	that variable length of runway in order
4324s	for that to be a meaningful decision on
4325s	the Node to exclude certain other
4327s	upgrades in exchange for becoming that
4329s	trade Hub now we want to again throttle
4332s	the impact that the economy has to
4334s	drastically change within a set period
4336s	of time uh uh so that we don't undermine
4339s	a lot of work that other people might
4341s	have done to promote a certain type of
4344s	material within a node and now it gets
4346s	influxed by an outside influence right
4348s	so that throttle exists for that reason
4350s	now what I will say however is the most
4353s	easy thing to change are numerical
4356s	variables right so when we talk about a
4358s	particular design or a mechanic and we
4360s	say oh that's days versus hours it is
4363s	easy to change that like this right that
4366s	is that is the intent of the system
4368s	exactly so so when we talk about oh my
4370s	God it's days that's something that is
4373s	going to be tested Ed we're going to
4375s	find the right spot for that from a
4376s	balance perspective and we're going to
4378s	adjust it as necessary all right um and
4382s	I know that people are U I think it's it
4386s	was more of whether it was in-game days
4388s	versus IRL days were were what it is it
4391s	is that that was intended to be IRL
4394s	right any any type of numerical value
4396s	that is attempting to communicate to the
4397s	player how much time they need to wait
4399s	is almost always going to be in real
4401s	lifetime uh because we don't want to put
4403s	you through the hassle of having to
4404s	equate what the trans the uh transition
4407s	is from real life time to endgame time
4410s	all right and
4412s	then kind of showed something on the
4415s	stream that people haven't seen before
4417s	and that was stealth a little bit um yes
4421s	correct yes people are wondering how the
4423s	stealth mechanic Works um I don't if
4426s	you're ready to kind of share that
4427s	information no AB absolutely absolutely
4429s	um so you know we talk about certain
4431s	types of utility uh skills and we've
4433s	talked about stealth in the past
4435s	technically what the um Ranger has is
4438s	not true stealth it's called camouflage
4440s	um and camouflage Works a bit
4442s	differently um at a distance you will
4445s	see a a slight um uh uh excuse me a
4450s	slight um sorry my mind can't think
4453s	right now you will see a a a slight
4455s	Shader effect on the character um where
4458s	you'll be able to kind of see Predator
4459s	style where they are the closer they get
4462s	that will become more apparent if they
4464s	get too close you'll be able to see them
4466s	at any distance you can click to Target
4469s	them and there are some um additional um
4473s	uh abilities that can counter that such
4475s	as the Mage has an Arcane ey ability
4477s	which reveals stealth or camouflage
4479s	characters within a distance so uh it's
4482s	not like a rogue's true stealth where
4484s	they can be at stealth within a very
4485s	close proximity to characters and still
4487s	not be detected the ranger has to be at
4490s	a distance from a character in order to
4492s	be uh stealthed it's a distort thank you
4494s	some people are saying Distortion and
4496s	defraction yeah works there's a lot of
4500s	lot of moving pieces up here sometimes
4501s	they get lost the index rate is is we
4504s	knew what you
4506s	meant we all saw it uh the next one here
4510s	and this is probably the last one
4511s	because we need to move on to wrapping
4514s	things up otherwise we'll be here all
4515s	day um is can you send out an enemy an
4519s	empty Caravan as a decoy uh is that yes
4524s	yes you can however there are visual
4526s	indicators on what the Caravan might be
4529s	carrying versus how full it might be um
4532s	and so the in order to effectively
4535s	create decoy Caravans there is
4537s	progression that's allotted through one
4539s	of our social organizations uh one of
4541s	our social organizations have the
4542s	ability to provide unique vendor lists
4545s	and craft lists of crates that can be
4548s	empty but look full and so if you want
4551s	to advance in that particular social
4553s	organization you could then create decoy
4555s	Caravans more effectively as well as
4557s	decoy Merchant ships all right and as a
4560s	reminder we have a form thread Caravan
4562s	PVP preview please please head on over
4565s	there toss us your feedback we would
4567s	love to have that um our wonderful
4570s	Community team rosan and frner will be
4571s	compiling your feedback sending that
4573s	over to the developers so um yes please
4576s	if you have thoughts about what you saw
4577s	today uh that is the best place for us
4580s	to compile it of course we'll be looking
4581s	at your feedback in all of the places
4583s	but that just makes it easiest for us
4585s	when we're compiling things um next we
4588s	have Studio update to stuff do you have
4590s	anything you want to share with Stephen
4591s	I know it's been a
4593s	crazy uh just even month for the game
4596s	industry as a whole um we've had a lot
4598s	of yes I've seen a lot of friends
4601s	getting laid off it's been really rough
4602s	for folks yes yeah it it has been you
4605s	know I just want to obviously talk a
4607s	little about a players I know that I
4609s	know that in our community you know you
4611s	may see articles that talk a little bit
4613s	about this you might be aware of it uh
4615s	it is a difficult time in our industry
4617s	right now um I think there was a figure
4619s	that came out recently talking about
4621s	onethird of of uh of individuals within
4625s	the industry have suffered some form of
4627s	a layoff um uh over the course of this
4630s	last year and and it's very sad because
4633s	you know obviously there's a level of
4635s	corporate responsibility that's
4636s	necessary to to try and mitigate these
4639s	types of occurrences and and it is a
4642s	unique circumstance between what
4644s	happened with covid the influx of
4646s	investment into the industry and those
4648s	Investments perhaps not panning out like
4650s	like they thought they were over the
4652s	course of the last few years that's
4653s	that's created a bit of a cliff there
4655s	but what I would say is is we at
4659s	Intrepid are very mindful of how this
4663s	impact is affecting our beloved fellow
4667s	developers um from these from these very
4670s	talented teams across the industry um
4674s	and you know what I would say is is the
4676s	same thing that I've said over the
4677s	course of of these last several months
4679s	for you guys in the audience who watch
4681s	us Intrepid is hiring in Intrepid is a a
4685s	very close-knit family a group of
4688s	friends and developers um you know we
4691s	have an attrition rate of less than 2%
4693s	year-over-year which is something that
4695s	we pride ourselves in because the
4697s	individuals who make these games are the
4700s	true investment and for them to be
4704s	dismissed uh from their passion from
4706s	their livelihood from the the groups
4709s	that they are building a connection with
4711s	is a really sad thing to see um and so
4716s	you know if you're able to help us get
4717s	the word out there for those individuals
4719s	to know that there is a potential
4721s	recourse in Intrepid we have a number of
4724s	positions open um we will do our part uh
4727s	to try to to um to help those people um
4732s	as much as we can um we have a great HR
4735s	team uh who are assisting in in going
4737s	through the many different applications
4739s	we get to the studio even if you don't
4741s	see a position open that's relevant to
4744s	you you are welcome to apply as a
4746s	general application and we will evaluate
4749s	that and see if there is is is a an
4752s	ability to take you on uh we are in a
4754s	unique position right we're not beholden
4757s	um to a board that's going to you know
4760s	cancel a green lit project five years or
4763s	six years after development with a team
4764s	of hundreds of people right that's not
4767s	that's that's not uh uh something that
4769s	we're subject to um we have a very
4771s	dedicated focus on ashes of creation as
4774s	our Flagship product we have a dedicated
4776s	audience and a group of players that we
4777s	know are waiting very patiently uh and
4780s	lovingly for us to develop this game as
4782s	we show you each month our progress um
4785s	but um you know what I would say is if
4787s	you see developers out on the Twitter
4789s	sphere or whatever it is X x sphere um
4793s	you know on LinkedIn on social media
4795s	whatever um give them your support right
4799s	it could just be verbal support it could
4801s	just be you know a a a pickme up um from
4807s	their fans which is why you know we we
4810s	make these games um is because we want
4813s	to see the excitement on people's faces
4815s	and unfortunately right now those people
4817s	who are doing that for for you guys for
4819s	us as players uh are going through some
4821s	hard times
4823s	yeah is there anything else you want to
4825s	talk about in regards to our studio and
4828s	what we're doing and what we've got
4830s	going on we we are hitting the ground
4832s	running this year this this first month
4834s	was a doozy um we are we are currently
4838s	in our hardening week and preparing for
4840s	next Sprint uh there is a lot of stuff
4842s	to do um and we are we are getting at it
4846s	so kudos to the to the Intrepid team a
4849s	lot of hard work went into this
4851s	obviously this live stream getting these
4852s	systems ready for Alpha 2 Michael Brady
4856s	Devon uh Tommy Chris juusto Hal on the
4860s	VX side with Scott and and SAA and um
4864s	you know I can't name all the names
4865s	there a lot of names there but what I
4867s	will say is that that team did a
4868s	phenomenal job the production staff
4871s	Nathan uh great job you guys did I mean
4874s	this was a this was to to quote um the
4878s	the more familiar colloquialisms of Our
4880s	Generation today a banger um and uh I'm
4884s	sorry this is my Boomer coming out but
4886s	regardless it was really cool uh to see
4889s	you guys did a great
4891s	job um but yeah thank you all so much um
4894s	we're going to move on to some character
4898s	art oh I started with the end one well
4902s	you get the end one uh so uh Sam parin
4905s	who's been an amazing concept artist who
4908s	has joined us um has been me creating
4911s	some art pieces and and uh one of them
4914s	was a tach piece and I also wanted to
4916s	give a little teaser because I know
4918s	there has has been a lot of people
4920s	asking about merchandise and things like
4922s	that um we are working very diligently
4925s	on merchandise stuff um and one of the
4927s	things that we think would be cool and I
4929s	also kind of wanted to gauge your guys's
4931s	interest is a piece like this being a
4933s	puzzle like a puzzle that you can
4935s	actually put together and um things like
4936s	that so we do have some art pieces that
4939s	we would like to turn into puzzle pieces
4941s	so if that's something that you think
4942s	would be really cool do let us know um
4944s	in your feedback um if it's not for you
4946s	that's okay too there'll be plenty of
4948s	things you can wear I think you know
4950s	things that people wear is what people
4952s	want mugs things like that um but yeah
4955s	that's this is a wonderful piece of Tuma
4959s	love it it's beautiful Sam did a great
4961s	job with this and then the next couple
4963s	pieces here are in regards to concept so
4967s	V effect also gets concept art for their
4970s	visual effects and kind of right in line
4972s	with this little guy here um this is a
4975s	shaman Cyclops and they're doing like
4977s	Call of dire spirit is kind of like Call
4980s	of the dire Spirits type of thing and so
4981s	you can kind of see the different
4983s	transitions of the the V effect that
4985s	they're working towards um and they do
4988s	many different variations of these
4989s	things to kind of come up with the
4991s	decision um and we have a wonderful
4994s	director of art now uh I think Jim yes
4999s	our our art director uh Jim is now
5003s	taking the reins of our art Direction at
5006s	Intrepid um and he is doing a phenomenal
5008s	job so far yeah so I wanted to kind of
5011s	just show little pieces I know we've
5012s	shown a lot of concept art pieces but
5014s	not necessarily when it comes to V
5016s	effects but you know this is men for the
5018s	cleric ability but even when it comes to
5020s	those pieces those visual effects that
5022s	you're seeing um we do make concept art
5024s	for those um and you know sometimes
5027s	they're making quick our our designers
5029s	will make quick anim or quick animations
5031s	and quick V effects and those those
5033s	sometimes are ones you guys are seeing
5034s	whenever it's not finalized classes um
5037s	but as we get further along it gets to
5039s	these stages where we're actually you
5041s	know finalizing and picking the ones
5043s	that we really want and they they put a
5044s	lot of love and heart into it um and
5047s	then the last piece is our wonderful um
5052s	peering Loris this is the 3D model of
5055s	the peering Loris uh so for those of you
5058s	who got that I'm sure you'll love it the
5060s	hands are so creepy but I'm So Into it I
5063s	can't wait to see the variations that
5065s	the the designers come up with and the
5067s	eyes I love it to eyes yeah and it's
5070s	little weird semi fangy looking ears
5073s	yeah cool our artists always kill it um
5077s	and with that we're gonna wrap up and do
5080s	just our Q&A we'll try to get through as
5081s	many as we can um but I know we do have
5083s	to be conscious of Steven's time and in
5085s	the background I'll just play the video
5087s	that we had of our P Caravan PVP um I
5091s	think if you want to grab the top five
5092s	questions maybe would be good we'll do
5094s	the the five I mean they're not they're
5096s	they're randomly generated or randomly
5097s	selected from forums but our first Forum
5101s	person is casty and they want to know
5102s	about Freehold customization will
5104s	players be able to shift the terrain
5106s	such as by raising lowering or leveling
5109s	it with within their
5111s	freeholds no that is not currently the
5113s	intent behind uh terrain you will not be
5116s	able to adjust the uh the world terrain
5120s	uh however uh there will be a variable
5122s	degree of slope that's an acceptable
5124s	placement position for different
5126s	buildings um and those will be
5128s	facilitated through uh General stilt
5131s	approach uh to building um uh to
5134s	placeable buildings all right and Nick
5136s	Ross wants to know about Resurrection
5138s	will Mass Resurrection methods work in
5142s	combat yes there will be Mass
5144s	Resurrection abilities uh some of those
5146s	abilities will be uh conferred to
5149s	Vehicles slash um ships as as well as
5153s	player character archetype abilities and
5156s	they'll work in combat or only yes there
5159s	there will be excuse me they will be in
5161s	combat abilities okay and then Leonardo
5164s	wants to Leonardo I like that Leonardo I
5168s	just saw the way it was spelled uh want
5170s	about Caravan interactions if it turns
5172s	out that the Caravan PVP is very
5174s	uncommon would you try to incentivize it
5177s	more or would you just leave Caravans as
5179s	a vehicle for Commerce and focus on the
5182s	whatever other things that people are
5184s	interested in that's a good question um
5187s	you know it it is it is a
5190s	more uh I think design philosophy
5193s	question right if you have an intent for
5195s	a system and that system is not yielding
5198s	that intent then the question is what is
5201s	it yielding and is it yielding something
5203s	that is fun uh is it yielding something
5206s	that uh players want right in that
5209s	regard then you might have stumbled upon
5212s	through design through the magic of
5214s	iteration and play testing something
5216s	that players want and perhaps there's a
5219s	way to deliver the intent you missed out
5221s	on in another fashion right uh vice
5224s	versa of that approach um if the system
5228s	is not providing the type of gameplay
5230s	that is intended especially with a game
5233s	like an mmor RPG and like our MMO RPG
5236s	which is highly intricate um uh with the
5240s	types of interconnectivities we want
5242s	between systems then it can be missing
5245s	an integral component of the player
5247s	experience and the overarching design uh
5250s	in which case we would need to adapt and
5253s	sometimes that adaptation can include
5255s	additional incentives or reward tables
5257s	as you as you posited in the question um
5259s	or vice versa a different approach
5261s	entirely um so you know it's it's hard
5264s	to answer that hypothetical because it
5266s	depends on the data we get back all
5268s	right and then the next one is from
5271s	ezire who wants to know where
5272s	organizations is the team developing
5274s	social and religious organizations in a
5277s	modular way so that player created ones
5280s	uh could be made to exist later
5284s	on um we are not developing those in a
5287s	modular way because there is a very
5289s	specific intent for those those
5291s	disparate paths um and they are unique
5294s	Paths of progression uh that's intended
5296s	both with a religious system as well as
5297s	the social organization and there are
5299s	certain reward structures that live at
5301s	the end of those paths at the top of
5303s	those passs you might say um that we
5306s	that we might not want to leave in the
5308s	hands of players to modularize uh not
5310s	that it's not something we can do but
5313s	rather um keeping containers for certain
5317s	types of reward structures uh helps to
5320s	guard against uh more um uh uh balance
5326s	breaking
5328s	issues all right and our last one here
5331s	is from frost o one wants to know about
5333s	animal taming will creatures be able to
5336s	be or will creatures be able to be used
5339s	as mounts or combat pets right after
5341s	they are tamed or do they need to go
5343s	through some through like the animal
5345s	husbandry process
5346s	first um they will have to go through
5348s	the animal husbandry process first um
5350s	there are there will be it's not just
5353s	taming that introduces uh mounts Andor
5357s	uh uh pets to players uh those can also
5360s	be introduced through quests in which
5361s	case those particular creatures will not
5363s	need to go through the animal husbandry
5365s	system animal husbandry system uh
5367s	addresses creatures that are obtained uh
5370s	either through um uh through hunting uh
5373s	or as a resource Gathering all right and
5376s	that wraps up our questions from the
5378s	forums again as always thank you all for
5381s	submitting your questions we super duper
5383s	appreciate it um and if your question
5385s	didn't get answered here often it's
5387s	because your question has been already
5388s	something that we've answered and Vagner
5390s	does a great job of replying to you you
5392s	and letting you know where you can find
5393s	the answer to your question or sometimes
5395s	straight up answering your question um
5397s	so definitely go check the forums back
5399s	if your question didn't get answered
5401s	here during this segment um and with
5403s	that I think we're wrapping up do you
5406s	want me to share the video that you
5407s	shared on social oh yeah if if you have
5412s	it okay if you have it available prepped
5413s	because I thought you might last minute
5416s	try to throw it at me I'm so proud of
5418s	you I pre unstressed myself out let's
5422s	let let's end with that and for those of
5424s	you who didn't see it I did post it on
5426s	Twitter and I put it on Discord a little
5427s	bit but uh I just want to give you this
5429s	morning at like at like 400 a. I was
5432s	waking up and I think Bucky was going to
5433s	bed and uh I saw a post in the archetype
5437s	uh core team channel on slack uh that
5440s	was talking about some of the abilities
5442s	that have been stood up by Bucky for The
5443s	Bard The Bard work is under way for
5446s	Alpha 2 you're going to see some updates
5449s	that in the future but I just thought
5450s	this was a hilarious video that Bucky
5453s	put together with some animations by
5454s	Alex mCP um and I thought it looked
5457s	great so we can totally close with that
5459s	uh it's it's it is it is comedic all
5462s	right with that thank you all so much
5464s	for supporting us we super duper
5466s	appreciate it um please head over to our
5468s	forums forums. ashesofcreation
5475s	docomo tell us your thoughts uh we will
5478s	have a 4K video of things up for you so
5481s	you can kind of watch it really analyze
5483s	and give us your thoughts there and of
5484s	course the full development update video
5486s	will hopefully be live tomorrow pending
5489s	the YouTube Gods workout with us and of
5491s	course we do want to thank our Phoenix
5493s	initiat testers for helping us we really
5495s	really appreciate your time like
5497s	immensely not only for letting helping
5500s	us showcase this but also for your
5501s	testing um we found some things that we
5504s	would not have found without having
5505s	those users joining us um and of course
5508s	all of the developers who helped us out
5510s	and who have worked really hard on ashes
5512s	creation
5513s	uh this is this is for you guys so
5515s	hopefully you've been loving seeing if
5516s	we can get some hearts in chat for our
5518s	developers that would be wonderful I
5520s	know that would mean a lot to them and
5521s	of course Stephen for your time I know
5523s	it's very valuable here um we will have
5526s	the VOD up on Twitch right after you can
5528s	check it out um and don't forget to
5529s	leave us a comment on our development
5531s	update video uh who one person who's a
5534s	subscriber and and also has left to
5536s	comment will be spotlighted as per usual
5538s	and also follow us on all the places we
5539s	are ashes of creation all of the places
5542s	um we try to post frequently so come
5544s	hang out with us and chat with us and so
5546s	you don't miss out on things like this
5549s	if I can hit the
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5571s	button
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