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| 22s | salutations and Welcome to our glorious |
| 26s | ashes of creation Community Welcome to |
| 29s | our August development update |
| 31s | hopefully everyone has had a very you |
| 34s | know chill month no one's overheating or |
| 37s | anything I think a few people might be |
| 40s | overheating |
| 42s | are you okay I I'm fine although I am |
| 45s | definitely a colder creature I have this |
| 48s | philosophy that it's very easy to make |
| 50s | yourself warmer with just additional |
| 52s | layers of clothing you can't take stuff |
| 54s | off really well you can you might be to |
| 57s | the dismay of others around you but |
| 60s | um there's really nothing you can do |
| 62s | without technology if you're really hot |
| 64s | like you know and then you need like a |
| 67s | self fan we need a Little Ashes of |
| 69s | creation fan yeah oh I have fans |
| 71s | sometimes I'll just point that fan on me |
| 73s | and let it rip |
| 76s | all right well we hope you all have been |
| 78s | having an exciting month and of course |
| 80s | we are always excited to share all the |
| 82s | cool stuff that we have for you and um |
| 85s | today we'll be we're kind of taking a |
| 87s | little throwback to our old ways um |
| 90s | we're gonna be doing a studio update |
| 92s | environment update character art update |
| 94s | design update we're gonna do all the |
| 96s | updates it has we've been showing off a |
| 99s | lot of really cool stuff along the way |
| 100s | this or these last few months but we |
| 103s | really wanna |
| 104s | share some things that we haven't gotten |
| 106s | to share with you |
| 108s | yeah not only the changes but you know |
| 111s | every now and then and then you guys |
| 113s | don't always see this because we grab |
| 115s | pieces of what we are developing of |
| 119s | course sometimes months back or |
| 121s | sometimes hot off the press but along |
| 124s | this past now it's been a year since |
| 127s | alpha one we've made a lot of revisions |
| 129s | across a lot of the design space and we |
| 133s | have changed some of the intended |
| 135s | functionality for some of our systems so |
| 138s | today's stream is really going to be |
| 139s | about catching up on some of those |
| 141s | things I know for those of you who are |
| 144s | hardcore die hard you know following the |
| 147s | development |
| 149s | um oftentimes you see information that |
| 151s | you already knew about or you can find |
| 153s | readily on the wiki |
| 155s | um today we're going to be updating some |
| 156s | of that stuff so it's going to be a |
| 158s | little easier yeah get your little Wiki |
| 160s | typing hands ready because uh you're |
| 163s | gonna be needing into make some updates |
| 166s | because there's things they be a change |
| 169s | in |
| 170s | um so before we get into that we'll do |
| 173s | our quick reminders I'll try to be |
| 175s | pretty Snappy with them we don't have |
| 176s | too many this time around but of course |
| 179s | we have our Spotlight for our Quest or |
| 181s | our YouTube comment this month |
| 184s | which you know if you subscribe to us |
| 186s | over on our YouTube and leave a comment |
| 187s | when we upload this video you too could |
| 190s | also be Spotlight spotlighted but last |
| 192s | month we had tree folk Druid who said I |
| 196s | don't know if it's gonna be a thing but |
| 198s | I think the Palms should Sway in the |
| 201s | Desert Wind the same with the dunes and |
| 203s | the sand blowing maybe that would be too |
| 206s | intensive but it would be it would look |
| 209s | cool so what do you think about that I |
| 212s | think first of all that absolutely I |
| 214s | agree Palms should sway we have a really |
| 218s | actually uh Dynamic approach that our |
| 221s | Tech art team has an environment team |
| 223s | has helped to kind of |
| 225s | um to curate here on our end from a |
| 227s | development perspective is how tree |
| 229s | blood or how Wind Blows through the |
| 232s | trees right oftentimes you'll be able to |
| 234s | like set a wind speed and that will be a |
| 236s | constant thing and you'll you know see |
| 238s | the leaves of the tree moving you know |
| 240s | all the time but we actually have a |
| 242s | variant that that just kind of in |
| 244s | emulates those those stronger gusts and |
| 248s | those lighter gusts right and that's |
| 250s | something that you will see in the game |
| 253s | one thing that is always at the |
| 255s | Forefront of our minds whenever we are |
| 258s | creating |
| 259s | um visual Tech art for things like wind |
| 261s | and and the trees is performance uh it |
| 265s | is an incredibly important aspect I mean |
| 267s | we are using Unreal Engine 5 there's |
| 269s | some great things out of the box that |
| 270s | help with that performance but from our |
| 272s | end as an MMO development Studio you |
| 274s | know everything is going to be about |
| 276s | performance and we're making sure that |
| 278s | we're conscientious of that when we're |
| 279s | including things like these wind effects |
| 281s | on on trees and and foliage in general |
| 284s | um so yes you will see that the Palms |
| 286s | will be blowing at different times at |
| 288s | different rates and if you didn't see |
| 290s | our desert biome update or our seasonal |
| 293s | update |
| 295s | um I would implore you to go check it |
| 297s | out some amazing art and it's really |
| 300s | going to give just the atmospheric |
| 303s | element momentum yeah all the seasons |
| 306s | the desert biome is just wonderful how |
| 309s | the Sand's moving and it looks like it's |
| 312s | safe and I think even some of the um a |
| 315s | little bit of the video showcase on some |
| 316s | of that foliage in the desert realm I |
| 318s | think you see some of the wind blowing |
| 319s | actually in those trees yeah yeah I |
| 322s | think yeah and of course we have our |
| 325s | cosmetic swap over that will be |
| 327s | happening for the tip of the spear which |
| 329s | will be September 7th so if you want to |
| 331s | get those snag those quick of course |
| 333s | these are going to be variants in the |
| 336s | world this helps us build the NPCs |
| 338s | creatures buildings Etc design is going |
| 341s | to be utilizing these to make variants |
| 343s | of really cool stuff that you're going |
| 345s | to battle in game which is exciting and |
| 348s | of course we have our Dev discussion we |
| 352s | want you to head over to our forums and |
| 353s | answer this for us would you prefer more |
| 356s | traditional MMORPG Main and off tank |
| 359s | rolls or would you prefer to see combat |
| 362s | experiences with several tanks fighting |
| 365s | and of course stay tuned next month for |
| 367s | our next topic which will be regarding |
| 370s | Gathering and PVP and with that that's |
| 373s | exciting and real quick I just want to |
| 374s | actually point out that |
| 377s | um I know we say this often uh but those |
| 379s | Dev discussions are super super helpful |
| 384s | um and those of you who are going on the |
| 386s | forums and participating and giving your |
| 388s | thoughts and experience and |
| 390s | um you know everything that you guys |
| 391s | contribute to the conversation I can't |
| 394s | say this enough we can't say this enough |
| 396s | but when we have our community team uh |
| 400s | take those responses and create these |
| 402s | reports they're they are shared through |
| 405s | a meeting with the appropriate Dev |
| 407s | stakeholders and we talk about oh you |
| 410s | know that idea yeah we already have |
| 412s | plans for that right or that's an |
| 414s | interesting thought or you know maybe |
| 416s | this isn't the type of idea |
| 418s | um that we should uh pursue or we're |
| 421s | gonna see how their thoughts might |
| 422s | change on something during testing right |
| 424s | that's kind of like generally our |
| 425s | approach |
| 426s | um if those of you want you know the |
| 429s | purpose of this whole transparent |
| 430s | process is for you guys to have a voice |
| 434s | in expressing your experiences and your |
| 436s | thoughts on what we're are what we're |
| 438s | developing so if you haven't had an |
| 440s | opportunity to go participate in those I |
| 442s | really want to strongly recommend that |
| 444s | you take a look at these Dev discussions |
| 446s | and you consider opining because it is |
| 449s | an important part of the process and our |
| 452s | community team is very interactive so if |
| 455s | you you know talk to us over on the |
| 458s | forums or Discord or on our social our |
| 460s | social media manager also everyone's |
| 462s | kicking butt so you will get a response |
| 465s | from us often so yes thank you all so |
| 468s | much we appreciate it and they work |
| 471s | really hard on those reports so it's |
| 473s | very absolutely I know for their from |
| 475s | their perspective when the designers or |
| 478s | artists or Engineers are excited to you |
| 481s | know go through those feedback pieces it |
| 483s | means a lot |
| 485s | um yeah it does and the community team |
| 487s | does such a great job putting all that |
| 488s | stuff together |
| 489s | um |
| 490s | Peter you know they all put that stuff |
| 493s | together very well off of our socials |
| 495s | and forums and it's in a nice cohesive |
| 497s | spot ready for review and when Margaret |
| 500s | sets that meeting up with the devs so |
| 502s | it's it's very helpful |
| 504s | of course and of course we have some |
| 507s | studio updates so we'll go through those |
| 509s | and then we'll get into the fun stuff |
| 512s | if you want to take that way take that |
| 515s | away so sorry I was reading I was |
| 517s | reading the comments I need to not do |
| 519s | that um yeah Studio update we had a |
| 523s | great week this week a really strong |
| 526s | week |
| 527s | um I can't talk too much about you know |
| 531s | what was uh so pivotal but we ended our |
| 534s | Milestone too |
| 537s | um and you know for those of you who are |
| 538s | unfamiliar kind of with production of of |
| 541s | you know game developments and stuff |
| 543s | um we we run a pretty agile uh uh |
| 546s | project management structure and |
| 549s | um the end of you know every few Sprints |
| 551s | or so is our milestones and um we like |
| 555s | to celebrate those Milestones here at |
| 557s | the studio we had a great time |
| 559s | um was it Wednesday night I think it was |
| 560s | Wednesday night |
| 562s | um Wednesday night at a at a local place |
| 564s | here where we all got to get together |
| 565s | with the team and just kind of celebrate |
| 567s | we played some virtual golf and did a |
| 569s | little arcade stuff in the evening had a |
| 572s | few drinks had a lot of fun um with |
| 573s | everybody kind of celebrating we had a |
| 575s | big town hall on Wednesday where we |
| 577s | showcased our achievements |
| 579s | um there were some videos there were |
| 581s | some yeah there were some definitely |
| 583s | some tears |
| 584s | um but you know I just want to say that |
| 587s | uh you know this this last week kind of |
| 589s | going over everything that we've |
| 591s | accomplished a milestone too internally |
| 592s | as a team |
| 594s | it was really great to see because you |
| 597s | know this is a lot of work it's a lot |
| 600s | it's a lot of work building a MMO |
| 603s | especially one of our particular |
| 605s | ambition |
| 607s | um and you know the studio has grown now |
| 609s | we've hired over 40 people this year |
| 612s | which is a big number and that in any |
| 616s | company's lifespan can be a difficult |
| 619s | thing the growth phase of a company |
| 620s | there's a lot of stuff that can fall |
| 622s | through the cracks there's culture that |
| 624s | you got to be super cognizant of and |
| 626s | protect there's |
| 627s | um you know there's workflows and |
| 629s | processes and pipelines that you need to |
| 631s | induct people into right and um I want |
| 634s | to say that that our team has managed |
| 637s | that very well and and I have been a |
| 641s | part of growing companies in the past |
| 642s | and sometimes it is not done well and |
| 646s | when it's not done well you can tell |
| 647s | very very quickly when processes start |
| 650s | to break down or communication exactly |
| 653s | correct yeah one of those yeah |
| 655s | absolutely one of those components of |
| 657s | good processes is effective |
| 658s | communication and those are facilitated |
| 661s | by the team members uh particularly |
| 663s | production helps in that regard but also |
| 665s | the leads and the new members of the |
| 667s | teams like the you know it's all their |
| 668s | sensibility so what I just want to say |
| 670s | is that this last week has been a a |
| 671s | great Illuminator of just how far we've |
| 674s | come this year |
| 676s | um uh internally and I know you guys |
| 678s | don't have 100 insight there but I I |
| 680s | gotta tell you from from my perspective |
| 682s | it has been a a truly phenomenal |
| 685s | experience over this last six seven |
| 687s | months of the year |
| 689s | um other Studio update we are still |
| 691s | continuing to hire we're having a a |
| 693s | great success attracting a lot of talent |
| 696s | um we have a a pretty small window of |
| 699s | acceptance rate from our applicants |
| 701s | about 1.4 percent on average a month |
| 703s | which you know it's nice to have that |
| 706s | pick of the litter so to speak right |
| 707s | there's a lot of talented devs out there |
| 709s | if you guys don't make it you know |
| 710s | through the process here at Intrepid |
| 712s | that doesn't mean you can't make it in |
| 713s | the future so don't don't let that be a |
| 715s | discouragement |
| 716s | um go back refine your skills build your |
| 718s | personal portfolio that's the best |
| 720s | advice I can give to those of you out |
| 721s | there that are looking for a job in this |
| 723s | industry and at Intrepid studios in |
| 725s | particular |
| 727s | um we've had a lot of success uh |
| 729s | internally with regards to |
| 732s | um the work towards Alpha 2. |
| 734s | um it's been very exciting to see you |
| 736s | guys are seeing little pieces of that |
| 738s | each month but otherwise the studio |
| 740s | updates been pretty pretty great for |
| 743s | those of you who are saying |
| 744s | Stephen needs an assistant there's a |
| 746s | position up there is there oh my God |
| 749s | there is absolutely please let me can I |
| 751s | connect um yeah go for it can I just say |
| 754s | this okay |
| 755s | for those of you out there who uh fancy |
| 759s | yourselves an executive assistant that |
| 761s | has intimate knowledge of game design of |
| 766s | MMORPG references |
| 769s | um understanding pipelines and processes |
| 771s | in this industry are phenomenal at note |
| 774s | taking and communication or shorthand |
| 777s | can sit through really long Laura |
| 780s | narrative meetings and design meetings |
| 782s | with me and take action items and follow |
| 785s | up on those action I was like |
| 787s | if in a you know incredible I'm sure |
| 789s | Stephen shows up to his meeting |
| 791s | sometimes make sure I don't get Triple |
| 793s | booked for my meetings that I'm |
| 795s | constantly having to having to juggle |
| 799s | um that would be helpful uh but if you |
| 801s | know anybody who's like that also send |
| 803s | them our way just to to apply people |
| 806s | were like why can't you have Margaret do |
| 808s | it homies I already have enough |
| 809s | departments to cover yeah |
| 815s | gold |
| 818s | [Laughter] |
| 824s | I guess he could just do the streams |
| 826s | from the office |
| 827s | I'm just kidding I'm just kidding |
| 830s | all right anything else you want to |
| 831s | mention on the studio side no that was |
| 834s | interesting plugging the executive |
| 835s | assistant position on this on the live |
| 837s | stream we'll see how that works |
| 840s | you're gonna get like a bunch of |
| 841s | applications |
| 844s | do me a favor just clip that segment |
| 846s | where I describe the position a bit and |
| 849s | uh and feel free to share it |
| 851s | perfect |
| 854s | um but you know of course everyone's |
| 855s | very excited we you know this big morale |
| 858s | boost to see everybody in the office and |
| 860s | to |
| 862s | um kind of celebrate together because we |
| 864s | work really hard and sometimes it's nice |
| 866s | to look back and be like wow we |
| 868s | accomplished a lot |
| 870s | um yes in just a few months so yeah |
| 873s | amazing and also um Mike on our team on |
| 876s | on Margaret's team actually did an |
| 878s | awesome job making a uh internal uh cut |
| 882s | of some footage that we have of the |
| 885s | studio from like back in 2017 to today |
| 888s | it's it was uh it was definitely a tear |
| 890s | jerker he splicing content creators too |
| 894s | okay I told I told him after I saw that |
| 897s | because they kind of did it as a little |
| 898s | bit of surprise I had no insight to it |
| 900s | until like literally yesterday the day |
| 902s | before and |
| 904s | um I told him I am often impressed but |
| 908s | rarely surprised and I was I was |
| 911s | definitely so I'm sure he was so happy |
| 914s | he was so proud of that he did he's been |
| 916s | working really hard honestly everybody |
| 918s | has but um he definitely filled up many |
| 921s | cups of tears from people |
| 923s | especially those of us who've been here |
| 925s | for so long too I think |
| 928s | it's crazy seeing our journey and it's |
| 930s | not even over yet so let's move on to |
| 935s | environment and talk about all the |
| 937s | amazing things they've been up to do you |
| 939s | kind of want to do a gist first and then |
| 941s | we'll show footage or just show the |
| 943s | footage while you talk about what |
| 945s | they've been doing yeah yeah that's a |
| 946s | great idea let's do that all right so |
| 948s | this first video here that we're going |
| 950s | to show is |
| 952s | um of the Riverland flora and desert |
| 954s | rocks and yes then we'll be showing the |
| 957s | Joshua tree and fantasy ball bearings so |
| 960s | basically what you're seeing here is |
| 963s | you know Alpha 2 is going to have a |
| 966s | pretty significant cross-section of |
| 968s | different biomes the two primary ones |
| 972s | that Alpha 2 is going to contain are |
| 973s | going to be forests River lands and |
| 977s | desert right it's going to be some |
| 979s | Badlands mixed in there's going to be |
| 980s | some some other areas but |
| 983s | that's going to be the predominant |
| 985s | cross-section of the world that players |
| 987s | are going to have access to and you're |
| 989s | just kind of seeing |
| 990s | what the density of that of that is |
| 994s | going to look like especially in these |
| 996s | Forest environments and it's important |
| 997s | to note |
| 998s | that like what you're seeing here does |
| 1001s | not include active resource spawners yet |
| 1004s | because resource banners and materials |
| 1006s | that you're going to go out and gather |
| 1008s | are also going to need to live alongside |
| 1011s | what the general foliage is in each of |
| 1013s | these biomes and so |
| 1015s | um what part of what Alpha 2 presents us |
| 1017s | an opportunity to do is to focus test |
| 1021s | amongst our players what is too dense |
| 1024s | what is performant off that density |
| 1028s | um and and and what is obstructing kind |
| 1030s | of the visual of the gatherables within |
| 1034s | that area you're also seeing some of the |
| 1036s | wind right now in those Palms if you |
| 1038s | look at the leaves you can see the one |
| 1039s | in the distance or the close-up you know |
| 1041s | you see that that variant wind |
| 1043s | demonstration that's in those and these |
| 1045s | you know these are some of the foliage |
| 1047s | that environment's been creating as part |
| 1050s | of what's capable of creating an |
| 1053s | interesting desert biome because many |
| 1055s | times in the games that probably we've |
| 1057s | played the least interesting biome type |
| 1060s | tends to be a desert and it's been |
| 1063s | always fun as I've experienced in the |
| 1065s | MMOs I've played is like you know what |
| 1068s | what is uh how do they spruce up a |
| 1070s | desert um and one of the interesting |
| 1072s | things you're going to see in Alpha 2 is |
| 1075s | how the desert also adheres to Seasons |
| 1077s | and has weather and has giant dust |
| 1081s | storms and clouds within which there are |
| 1084s | interesting creatures that might not |
| 1086s | normally be present unless for that |
| 1089s | particular weather that's going to be |
| 1092s | very interesting as well you saw a |
| 1095s | little bit of a you know the sand |
| 1096s | tornado capabilities with the dust devil |
| 1099s | kicking up both in the weather |
| 1101s | presentation as well as a little bit in |
| 1103s | the uh uh in the desert reveal and you |
| 1108s | also saw some ambient |
| 1110s | um uh effects that live across the top |
| 1113s | of those Dunes where you're seeing Winds |
| 1116s | of sand getting blown across in the |
| 1118s | distance and and you know here's the key |
| 1121s | Point Graphics don't make a game fun |
| 1125s | systems make games fun but Graphics make |
| 1129s | those systems far more enjoyable and and |
| 1133s | that is kind of the the perspective that |
| 1136s | we have with the the game you can have a |
| 1140s | great game that has very little |
| 1142s | compelling immersive qualities and and |
| 1144s | you know finely made art but if you have |
| 1148s | a game that has great systems and lives |
| 1151s | alongside with that this incredibly |
| 1153s | immersive atmosphere and zones from |
| 1156s | which you get to play in it is the best |
| 1159s | of both worlds and that's kind of our |
| 1161s | objective right |
| 1162s | um so that's what we want to focus on as |
| 1164s | from our perspective we've we've |
| 1166s | attracted an incredibly talented group |
| 1169s | of people |
| 1170s | um we've had you know people that have |
| 1172s | just made some Stellar things in their |
| 1174s | career and really this is this is the |
| 1177s | time to shine with ashes of Creation |
| 1179s | with what they're doing there is no no |
| 1182s | bound beyond the creative freedoms that |
| 1185s | are afforded our artists they run the |
| 1187s | show when it comes to visuals right |
| 1190s | um and and that is that is I think |
| 1192s | something that is going to be wholly |
| 1194s | unique in ashes of creation that you |
| 1195s | guys are going to get to experience |
| 1198s | and it's |
| 1199s | one of those things where |
| 1202s | you just kind of have to realize too |
| 1204s | that art is being made parallel to those |
| 1207s | systems so a lot of people are like why |
| 1210s | are you focusing on Art because art we |
| 1211s | can show right a lot of the systems are |
| 1213s | you got to play a little design you know |
| 1217s | like you have to experience them to |
| 1219s | really see them in action no the uh yeah |
| 1222s | I mean that's a very good point right if |
| 1224s | you think about a development process if |
| 1226s | you don't have much experience kind of |
| 1227s | understanding the the intricacies of the |
| 1229s | of the process you know art is |
| 1232s | constantly getting barraged with |
| 1234s | requests whether it be itemization |
| 1236s | requests for gear or creature requests |
| 1239s | for Content or environment requests for |
| 1242s | points of interest Dungeons and biomes |
| 1244s | like you know their Nations |
| 1248s | absolutely ability animations creature |
| 1251s | attack anim Suites |
| 1253s | um you know whatever there's a lot of |
| 1255s | requests that get serviced by our our |
| 1258s | teams which stem from designs desires |
| 1261s | about the world or designs desires about |
| 1265s | systems |
| 1266s | um you know this is that those two |
| 1268s | things live in parallel oh yeah and |
| 1270s | someone mentioned audio Yeah of course |
| 1272s | that's another thing right audios |
| 1275s | oh cat does an amazing job absolutely |
| 1278s | love all the work then she does |
| 1281s | um |
| 1282s | so we were we will move on to a |
| 1285s | character art if you're ready for that |
| 1286s | yeah absolutely all right |
| 1292s | first and foremost here we have the Jade |
| 1296s | sigil oh this one's great was this Jan |
| 1301s | yeah this one oh I'm not sure which one |
| 1304s | this one this was the one I didn't have |
| 1306s | a label for I believe this was uh uh |
| 1309s | Jan's yeah |
| 1310s | looks very good I love the uh the Rope |
| 1313s | work in the back there this was one that |
| 1315s | I designed like a long while ago so it's |
| 1317s | cool to see it in a 3D model |
| 1320s | I was inspired by like WWE belts but I |
| 1324s | wanted I was like make it renkai the |
| 1326s | belt of giant string |
| 1332s | and then we have the trawlers guys which |
| 1336s | uh is by Jan as well |
| 1340s | this one was designed quite a long time |
| 1343s | ago those Fishers out there interested |
| 1347s | in some uh some fishing maybe yeah this |
| 1350s | was one of the sets that I designed for |
| 1352s | the nikuen |
| 1354s | um |
| 1354s | somebody got the Pathfinder reference |
| 1356s | Buttercup clover |
| 1358s | nice job good job there's a lot of |
| 1362s | Pathfinder oh by the way did you know uh |
| 1366s | Stephen last month they got a bingo |
| 1369s | who got a bingo they got a bingo the |
| 1371s | Chad did because you know they do like |
| 1372s | the Community Bingo sheet no no way yeah |
| 1375s | that's cool did they win a prize I don't |
| 1378s | know the prize was they got they got all |
| 1381s | the things they wanted yeah |
| 1384s | [Music] |
| 1385s | um but I believe we have a turntable of |
| 1387s | this as well |
| 1388s | so cool |
| 1392s | I love it it looks very good I like that |
| 1395s | hat it's perfectly made for hot summer |
| 1398s | days out on the tropics other option is |
| 1401s | you could take it off and use it as a |
| 1403s | little boat |
| 1405s | oh my gosh that's not a bad idea |
| 1407s | although it has holes in it |
| 1409s | it's more like a pasta strainer it looks |
| 1412s | like |
| 1413s | pasta strainer your fish strainer and |
| 1417s | then we're going to move in I know your |
| 1419s | favorite thing you guys some mounts but |
| 1421s | I promise you these are cool |
| 1423s | uh this one is the garden |
| 1427s | so pretty |
| 1429s | oh look at that guy this is a ginsy can |
| 1434s | you imagine just camouflaging into like |
| 1436s | a little foresty environment or a garden |
| 1439s | with him |
| 1441s | just walking around in the forest yes |
| 1444s | that is is pretty sweet and it do we |
| 1448s | have I was watching his animations get |
| 1450s | worked on it I don't I don't have the |
| 1452s | animation |
| 1454s | yeah the footage that uh was in there |
| 1457s | was not the I didn't want to show that |
| 1460s | so this guy you get updated ones he's a |
| 1463s | fun one yeah looks cool and then also |
| 1466s | interesting thing to note there I |
| 1468s | believe is that Those portions on the uh |
| 1471s | uh the branches yeah they interact with |
| 1475s | the wind as well it's like the cape on |
| 1478s | the character and the hat on the |
| 1479s | character and we have shown |
| 1482s | that there may be cases where certain |
| 1485s | mounts will interact with Seasons |
| 1489s | um if you've seen some of the Season |
| 1490s | Tech that we've done before there may be |
| 1492s | there may be mounts down the line that |
| 1494s | you know if they have leaves they change |
| 1496s | with the seasons and stuff like that |
| 1497s | which is really cool yes um sleep under |
| 1501s | that tree guy oh yeah that'd be cool you |
| 1503s | can have your Mount out without needing |
| 1505s | to be mounted on it you could definitely |
| 1507s | do some emotes to lay under him little |
| 1509s | RP sesh yeah your mouth will walk |
| 1511s | alongside you if you absolutely right on |
| 1513s | top of it |
| 1514s | um |
| 1515s | plume |
| 1518s | feather work that they did on I mean |
| 1521s | it's it's so good was this ginsey that |
| 1523s | did this this is a ginsy creation yeah |
| 1526s | oh it's so great yes I love it and the |
| 1530s | the the color composition |
| 1533s | um is just beautiful I mean it almost is |
| 1535s | it strikes me a little bit as a pheasant |
| 1538s | yeah so the inspiration for this one um |
| 1540s | I was designing it a while ago is like |
| 1542s | the well obviously first you because |
| 1544s | you're Ducks |
| 1545s | um so I wanted to make like a little Ode |
| 1547s | to that yeah a little homage to your |
| 1550s | Ducks |
| 1551s | um |
| 1552s | now that can eat these things we have |
| 1555s | one of those already it has like |
| 1557s | multiple wings too |
| 1559s | um but you know is probably animation's |
| 1561s | favorite thing for me they're like |
| 1562s | Margaret stop making so many wings |
| 1565s | um |
| 1566s | but this is like a a Chinese duck which |
| 1570s | is really cool like it there's actually |
| 1572s | ducks that exist like this that are |
| 1574s | really beautiful colors obviously ours |
| 1576s | is a little different take on it but |
| 1578s | inspired by yeah I do love Peking duck |
| 1581s | it's one of my favorite dishes |
| 1583s | um |
| 1587s | I don't know could you eat him found him |
| 1589s | in the wild I mean you're probably as |
| 1592s | big as his like leg good luck trying to |
| 1594s | eat him he's gonna eat you oh it's so |
| 1596s | good but I like the traditional Peking |
| 1598s | duck that's like the flat pancake uh you |
| 1601s | know not the bun |
| 1604s | yeah like the little the soft buns |
| 1607s | interesting I'm sorry I'm not trying to |
| 1610s | eat this man |
| 1611s | next up we have some creatures the first |
| 1614s | is a concept piece for one of the |
| 1616s | minotaurs we have the minotaurs are |
| 1618s | looking so thank you guys you guys are |
| 1623s | going to see these minotaurs in action |
| 1626s | next month actually Little League little |
| 1629s | teaser a little teaser I'm sorry you're |
| 1632s | gonna see these guys in game and |
| 1634s | combating a ranger oh it's gonna be fun |
| 1638s | they're so cool |
| 1641s | um the community team is like new race |
| 1645s | by the way this is just one class of the |
| 1650s | um yes of the Minotaur |
| 1653s | uh foes the Minotaur almost are like a |
| 1657s | player character raised to a degree they |
| 1658s | have many different classes of them that |
| 1660s | exist within the world that that you |
| 1663s | will be facing |
| 1665s | yeah they're pretty safe you have the |
| 1667s | one on the on the uh uh the pig |
| 1671s | I don't uh this was the only one I was |
| 1673s | given uh from that character artist are |
| 1676s | we able to do it live yeah if you send |
| 1679s | it to me I will I will put it live all |
| 1681s | right let me grab it real quick I'm so |
| 1684s | sorry Chad I just feel like you have got |
| 1686s | to say it's pretty cool it's pretty cool |
| 1689s | oh just wait just wait hold on I'm |
| 1694s | sending it right now directly to you in |
| 1696s | Slack |
| 1697s | standby and we'll snag it and pop it |
| 1700s | into the scene here we go and message |
| 1704s | and usually the artists kind of decide |
| 1707s | what they want to share every month |
| 1709s | because sometimes they're like oh it's |
| 1710s | not quite done so I don't want to share |
| 1712s | I know but Steven does have veto power |
| 1716s | don't yet let me wait it okay there you |
| 1719s | go okay oh let me |
| 1727s | is that this guy that you're about to |
| 1730s | see may have stages where during the |
| 1734s | combat when you reach a certain |
| 1736s | objective could be health-wise could be |
| 1738s | some mechanic that he will Dismount and |
| 1742s | take combat to foot |
| 1745s | um |
| 1746s | and and there's you will yes |
| 1749s | you will see there he is check that dude |
| 1753s | out and I'll kind of show you guys this |
| 1756s | is Holy Smokes it's a Minotaur writing |
| 1762s | okay wait a minute it's like a hog there |
| 1764s | it is like a hog yeah |
| 1767s | or hot warhog can you zoom in on it a |
| 1771s | little bit just zoom in uh yeah I can |
| 1772s | try to zoom in a little bit and you guys |
| 1775s | have seen how close our modelers are |
| 1778s | extraordinarily talented character |
| 1780s | artists bring to life Concepts very |
| 1784s | close |
| 1785s | to what the concept originally is and |
| 1788s | just wait until you get to Facebook do |
| 1790s | you want me to zoom on on him or the |
| 1792s | hobby zoom in on him on his face I just |
| 1795s | really like the detail |
| 1799s | um and I believe Lloyd our concept |
| 1800s | artist Lloyd has been doing these he's |
| 1802s | been an amazing job Lloyd |
| 1806s | bear man Pig Minotaur man Pig |
| 1809s | ooh can you get a closer yeah I probably |
| 1814s | hello sir can you get closer |
| 1817s | yeah yeah I can get closer how close you |
| 1819s | want like in the eyeball |
| 1821s | just like have the face be like you know |
| 1825s | probably 50 larger he might cover us oh |
| 1828s | actually I can figure I can do this yes |
| 1831s | this is the Margaret loves this by the |
| 1833s | way she really loves when she's |
| 1835s | challenged to perform on her feet |
| 1837s | we're doing it loud |
| 1841s | doing it live |
| 1843s | live production is fun though |
| 1847s | I agree live production is fun oh look |
| 1850s | at that |
| 1851s | look at his snout and the teeth |
| 1855s | oh my God yes I need to show that Jeremy |
| 1858s | send it to me Jeremy send it find it I |
| 1860s | said what is he doing there's one more |
| 1862s | there's one more and I'm I want to see |
| 1864s | if the chat can actually find in this |
| 1867s | next image uh detail a detail that's |
| 1872s | located on the body |
| 1874s | of the Minotaur okay and there's one |
| 1878s | specific thing about that detail that |
| 1880s | you guys I want to see if you can find |
| 1882s | okay let's see who finds it first in |
| 1885s | chat if they can first in chat to find |
| 1887s | the very specific cool detail on it |
| 1891s | Jeremy's like right now rushing to find |
| 1893s | it I'm sure you send me it |
| 1895s | oh Mike sent me all of them I guess they |
| 1898s | added them later |
| 1899s | oh I do have the other ones hold on I we |
| 1902s | we can we can move on to the next one |
| 1904s | while Jeremy finds it but it's it's |
| 1906s | coming up in a second here |
| 1908s | all right |
| 1909s | as soon as you send it to me Jeremy I |
| 1911s | will I will showcase it |
| 1914s | um all right next one is |
| 1917s | we have uh the snake creature |
| 1920s | this is not fully done but we you know |
| 1923s | we like to show you guys kind of like |
| 1925s | the different phases so you can see |
| 1926s | Concepts you can see models you can see |
| 1929s | the process this guy is in a t-pose and |
| 1933s | what that means is both from his arms |
| 1935s | that you see extended but more |
| 1937s | importantly the tail the tail is also |
| 1940s | t-post so um when this guy moves around |
| 1943s | he's going to be in a more interesting |
| 1944s | stance |
| 1945s | Tail's gonna get coiled a bit there's |
| 1948s | going to be variants of these types of |
| 1950s | snakes that are based on uh different |
| 1953s | types you're going to have like a black |
| 1954s | mamba version you're going to have a |
| 1956s | cobra version you're going to have a |
| 1958s | rattler version that comes off the tail |
| 1961s | um these guys are super cool like Naga |
| 1964s | style |
| 1966s | um okay here we go wait but that has a |
| 1968s | that has a interesting color version |
| 1970s | there |
| 1973s | um |
| 1974s | it's hard to tell where the center is |
| 1977s | okay yeah I'll send it over though I'll |
| 1979s | send this one yeah Mike you can send |
| 1981s | that one to um send that to Margaret and |
| 1983s | then Margaret Mike's going to send that |
| 1984s | over to you |
| 1986s | yeah these guys are super cool uh these |
| 1989s | are the inhabitants of a particular |
| 1992s | um dungeon oh perfect yes this is much |
| 1994s | better okay hold on wait I'm so sorry |
| 1996s | we're doing this live guys but I figure |
| 1998s | you're gonna love these I make a full |
| 2000s | run of show you guys I she does but you |
| 2003s | know what sometimes you just what do |
| 2005s | they say about plans no plans survives |
| 2009s | my plans survived the first shot or |
| 2013s | something first battle contact with the |
| 2015s | Enemy No plan survives contact with the |
| 2017s | Enemy right not saying |
| 2020s | no no |
| 2022s | but it is sometimes just fun to do |
| 2024s | things live |
| 2025s | um okay he sent me a bunch so I don't |
| 2027s | know if you want me to share all of |
| 2028s | these or okay just one that had the Lord |
| 2031s | the Lord |
| 2034s | okay the Lord the hunter one yeah Lord |
| 2037s | Hunter yep okay got it |
| 2039s | so okay now what you're looking for is |
| 2042s | on the Lord |
| 2044s | okay give me a second |
| 2046s | you're looking for the one on the Lord |
| 2049s | and if you want you want me to zoom in |
| 2050s | on him yeah |
| 2053s | okay all right it's a trophy it is a |
| 2057s | trophy somebody guessed it's a trophy |
| 2059s | what you're looking for is a trophy that |
| 2061s | the Lord has on his body somewhere what |
| 2064s | is that trophy there's something that |
| 2066s | gives it away |
| 2068s | he said Junior the talent let's set it |
| 2071s | he found a junior skull and what is it |
| 2073s | about that skull the dunier skull That's |
| 2075s | Unique the beard is attached to the |
| 2078s | skull |
| 2079s | so that's some lore that's a lore reveal |
| 2082s | you've just discovered that minotaurs |
| 2085s | don't like no not only that but that |
| 2087s | dwarves are born with the uh beard |
| 2091s | attached to their skull and it just |
| 2093s | takes time for the beard to grow out of |
| 2095s | the skin but the beard is there from |
| 2098s | start |
| 2099s | I zoomed in on the screen |
| 2102s | it's a baby beard that is true they have |
| 2105s | baby beards little baby beards little |
| 2108s | nine pound six ounce baby beards all |
| 2110s | right |
| 2110s | [Laughter] |
| 2114s | this is the content you guys came from |
| 2116s | came for |
| 2120s | all right next up we've got uh |
| 2124s | cyclops |
| 2126s | and you can see the scale of the person |
| 2129s | down in the bottom now this my friends |
| 2132s | is a world boss |
| 2135s | this is and can you see the scale |
| 2138s | yes it's a little this guy this guy |
| 2141s | takes a raid and he's one of the first |
| 2143s | bosses that you will encounter in the |
| 2146s | game he's gonna have some fun tactics |
| 2148s | one thing that's unique about this guy |
| 2150s | is he roams the riverlands he's not in |
| 2155s | one specific area he walks through the |
| 2159s | riverlands through different areas and |
| 2161s | different zones and you may see the |
| 2163s | silhouette of a giant figure between the |
| 2166s | trees and the distance and here his |
| 2168s | stomping ambient you know walking sounds |
| 2172s | he is he is a fun one to watch and move |
| 2175s | through and his this his encounter is |
| 2178s | going to be interesting you'll notice |
| 2180s | that he has a giant tree trunk there at |
| 2182s | the top |
| 2183s | I wonder what he uses that for |
| 2185s | smash |
| 2188s | I like that |
| 2190s | all right and I think I have another |
| 2192s | Minotaur that they would like to share |
| 2195s | so I'm gonna try to |
| 2198s | get that into the scene |
| 2200s | um here |
| 2202s | we're just gonna keep going back to the |
| 2203s | Minotaur for you guys uh another one yes |
| 2206s | we'll just show it all the minotaurs |
| 2208s | we're giving away the minotaurs |
| 2210s | this one is with the |
| 2212s | what else is on the shield he's a tanky |
| 2215s | tanky boy they call him Mr tankers |
| 2219s | Mr tanker mctakertons |
| 2221s | all right I like the skull and the the |
| 2225s | armor set on his shield |
| 2227s | now we'll take it a little bit more |
| 2230s | Whimsical and we have the ruling |
| 2234s | which Priscilla made yes Priscilla did |
| 2238s | such a great job with this oh wait yeah |
| 2240s | here we go |
| 2243s | do we have the absolutely oh there it is |
| 2246s | I can't wait till we get to the |
| 2248s | turntable okay turntable here you go |
| 2250s | there's an Easter egg on the back side |
| 2253s | you know how we like our our peaches our |
| 2256s | tushes |
| 2259s | he's got a little potato bud how many |
| 2262s | times can you say in a game you've seen |
| 2264s | a potato bud |
| 2267s | honestly no if I've seen a potato bug |
| 2269s | before |
| 2271s | Mr Potato Man doesn't have a potato Bud |
| 2274s | he just has like a one lump this is the |
| 2277s | thick potato it's a pretty thick potato |
| 2283s | and uh from there from creatures we're |
| 2286s | going to move into some of the raised |
| 2288s | stuff so you all did see the Imperium |
| 2291s | for the first time really with the new |
| 2293s | uh Concepts and here is our lovely lady |
| 2298s | so you can kind of see it all right this |
| 2301s | is the first time for the actual new |
| 2303s | Imperium Imperium |
| 2306s | model that people have seen right |
| 2309s | they've seen the concept which was last |
| 2311s | month and now you're seeing the |
| 2313s | the motto |
| 2315s | yes she's not angry she's determined |
| 2318s | she's she's serious she has she has a |
| 2322s | exactly she's focused she's serious it |
| 2325s | is time to expand the Imperium if I look |
| 2329s | angry it's just because I'm focused I |
| 2331s | mean yeah but you gotta you got to get |
| 2333s | in her head like what is it that her is |
| 2335s | driving her right and part of that drive |
| 2338s | I think for the Imperium is to spread |
| 2341s | the imperian influence throughout the |
| 2344s | realm of era |
| 2346s | um and that's where that that to me is |
| 2347s | what she's communicating with her facial |
| 2349s | expression right yeah they have a very |
| 2351s | militaristic backgrounds that makes |
| 2355s | sense some would say militaristic some |
| 2357s | would say a more aggressive form of |
| 2360s | negotiation right militaristic no |
| 2363s | aggressive form of negotiations |
| 2365s | everything so much in life is |
| 2367s | perspective and you just got to look at |
| 2370s | it from her perspective |
| 2373s | all right could see it I got you |
| 2376s | this one somebody said a resting elf |
| 2378s | face |
| 2380s | the resting outfits like a great resting |
| 2382s | elf face next step |
| 2385s | the nicoon so we've made some changes to |
| 2388s | them a bit uh similarly to some of the |
| 2390s | other races Steven has kind of taken a |
| 2392s | little bit of a direction change so |
| 2395s | hopefully you all like it yeah I think |
| 2398s | it gives a lot of character to them that |
| 2400s | I love |
| 2405s | they're so cool |
| 2410s | there's a bunch of them do we have a few |
| 2411s | more yeah yes |
| 2416s | the nekoons the other other Dwarven meat |
| 2422s | um |
| 2424s | yes these guys have a lot of Rich |
| 2426s | background and culture |
| 2429s | um that I think is pretty unique from a |
| 2432s | fantasy uh you know it's a little |
| 2434s | atypical from the traditional you know |
| 2436s | fantasy tropes about dwarves |
| 2438s | um and I thought it was time to innovate |
| 2441s | in that space right and so we we took we |
| 2444s | took a bit of that of that Polynesian |
| 2447s | influence |
| 2448s | um you know those those more Islander |
| 2451s | cultures and even the real world and we |
| 2453s | we took that and how can we apply that |
| 2455s | to a fantasy race like dwarves |
| 2458s | um and really make something interesting |
| 2460s | there and these these guys are pretty |
| 2462s | pretty awesome I appreciate it the |
| 2465s | Filipino the Filipino part of me is like |
| 2467s | yeah yes that knows that's very like |
| 2470s | Islander I like somebody somebody said |
| 2474s | somebody says the s s fandians |
| 2477s | yeah so these are these are the males we |
| 2480s | won't be showing the females this time |
| 2481s | but we are going to show a race that we |
| 2485s | haven't really shown in a long long time |
| 2489s | um and third New Direction as well which |
| 2491s | is |
| 2492s | the velune and this will be both male |
| 2495s | and female so here we go the reveal |
| 2498s | yes they're so cool |
| 2503s | the velune are pretty awesome |
| 2506s | and and I want to point out something |
| 2508s | that you are not necessarily seeing here |
| 2511s | in these in the in the concepts but the |
| 2515s | velune have an interesting |
| 2518s | uh lineage and there is some influence |
| 2522s | there that when the velunes step through |
| 2526s | the portal |
| 2528s | some portions of their body begin to |
| 2531s | exhibit this almost |
| 2533s | Essence like rupture in the skin and |
| 2537s | um you guys are going to see some |
| 2539s | examples of that in the future |
| 2541s | um and it is a bit of some Gin influence |
| 2545s | in their lineage as a race that kind of |
| 2549s | sets them apart from their klar |
| 2550s | counterparts and I think that's going to |
| 2553s | be pretty pretty interesting |
| 2556s | all right |
| 2557s | well hopefully you all like seeing that |
| 2561s | I'm sure you'll share your feedback with |
| 2563s | us and then I have a little Beetle |
| 2565s | animation |
| 2569s | so these are the these are a bunch of |
| 2571s | beetle combat atoms |
| 2574s | I like Wendy yeah knocks over on his |
| 2576s | back and stuff it's cool and you're |
| 2578s | gonna see a lot of variants of these |
| 2580s | beetles |
| 2581s | excuse me as even combat monsters we |
| 2585s | might swap off the type of horns and the |
| 2588s | design of those horns there's gonna be |
| 2590s | pallet changes and designs on the wings |
| 2593s | that will be variant options |
| 2596s | um and you will see more ornate versions |
| 2598s | of these types of creatures as you move |
| 2601s | through uh the the Realms of Vera |
| 2606s | um you know this is all kind of how we |
| 2609s | build up some of these creatures so that |
| 2611s | they're multi-purpose from a Content |
| 2613s | level perspective as you progress within |
| 2616s | the world right and we're all familiar |
| 2617s | with that and a lot of the MMOs that we |
| 2619s | played oh look at it fell in its back |
| 2620s | yeah |
| 2622s | he gets back up he's fine |
| 2624s | yeah this guy's like the sorry of the |
| 2627s | size of a Volkswagen uh bug |
| 2630s | [Music] |
| 2631s | some of them can be not all of them are |
| 2634s | but some can be uh relatively large oh |
| 2637s | my gosh we saw how scary like a swarm of |
| 2639s | butterflies just can be because they |
| 2641s | were doing some like visual effects |
| 2643s | showcases and it was pretty horrifying |
| 2647s | when there's a lot of little tiny things |
| 2649s | coming your way yeah um and then never |
| 2651s | have you ever when you have I don't know |
| 2653s | if you've ever lived like in the midwest |
| 2654s | or in the or in the south at all oh yeah |
| 2657s | yeah I lived in Alabama oh that's right |
| 2660s | okay so during the Summers did you ever |
| 2662s | have those June bugs that would like fly |
| 2664s | in and they would land on you and when |
| 2666s | they gripped you they would like like |
| 2668s | literally almost tear your skin off if |
| 2670s | you try to flick them off of you no |
| 2672s | nothing ever landed at me like that |
| 2674s | that's that support I've seen June bugs |
| 2677s | but I've never had my land I have have |
| 2679s | had a June bug land on your skin |
| 2684s | yes thank you thank you I can't believe |
| 2687s | you've never expected I just run away |
| 2689s | when there's a big bug flying around oh |
| 2691s | they have like a death grab so when I |
| 2694s | see this guy give them the opportunity |
| 2695s | to land on me yeah but when I see that |
| 2697s | well sometimes you just play with them |
| 2699s | right so actually sometimes in the |
| 2700s | midwest you'll see trees with like these |
| 2701s | little sacks that collect the June bugs |
| 2703s | they like have like yeah and they're |
| 2705s | like it's really sad actually but |
| 2707s | um this guy's feet he they remind me of |
| 2709s | a June bug |
| 2711s | a little bit |
| 2712s | uh oh wait didn't mean to show that |
| 2715s | we're not we're not We're not gonna show |
| 2716s | that sorry whoops okay what are we not |
| 2718s | showing nope nothing |
| 2720s | um nothing no oh my god um moving on |
| 2723s | from there |
| 2725s | was it the toes no no they saw nothing |
| 2729s | nothing happened there you literally |
| 2731s | just scratched probably a lot of |
| 2734s | different people's foot |
| 2736s | um |
| 2737s | [Laughter] |
| 2745s | he just said that to me and I was like |
| 2748s | all right I'll I'll see what I can do |
| 2750s | um so from there we have some really |
| 2753s | cool design stuff and this is gonna get |
| 2755s | meaty so get your pens out |
| 2757s | get your piece of paper out wait am I |
| 2760s | getting pen what am I doing no not you |
| 2761s | them all right the stuff you're about to |
| 2763s | tell them about the design updates right |
| 2766s | yeah right so |
| 2769s | you want to preface the first part here |
| 2771s | of all the amazing stuff they've been |
| 2773s | working on what are we showing first |
| 2774s | let's start with the should we start |
| 2776s | with the world map yeah let's start I |
| 2778s | think that's the best way to start |
| 2779s | because it kind of sets the precedent |
| 2780s | for everything else oh let me let me |
| 2783s | just breathe for a second |
| 2786s | all right I'm ready so |
| 2789s | we're a little wacky today what I would |
| 2791s | like to say before I know you know what |
| 2793s | it's the end of a really long week yeah |
| 2796s | and this is what happens this is what |
| 2798s | happens when the week is long you can |
| 2800s | even hear it in my voice I've been |
| 2801s | talking so much that my voice is like |
| 2805s | raspy yeah I told someone else I was |
| 2807s | like I don't want to talk for like the |
| 2809s | whole weekend I know so I apologize for |
| 2813s | the raspy voice but okay |
| 2815s | now in the past you have seen before we |
| 2819s | show this map you have seen |
| 2822s | um |
| 2823s | our old world map and I told you a few |
| 2826s | months ago |
| 2827s | that |
| 2829s | um this year we've made some significant |
| 2832s | changes to that world map a lot of those |
| 2835s | changes were rooted in a few things |
| 2839s | um one |
| 2840s | as as we've been prepping |
| 2843s | and building for Alpha two |
| 2846s | we have had some real |
| 2849s | coming to |
| 2852s | um |
| 2853s | coming to Norland moments |
| 2856s | [Music] |
| 2858s | but where we've had to we've had to talk |
| 2861s | about |
| 2862s | as these large pois as nodes are being |
| 2866s | placed as those areas are being defined |
| 2869s | uh for free holds for roads for |
| 2875s | um you know everything that exists |
| 2877s | within a zone or the world |
| 2881s | how is the spacing for that right and |
| 2885s | you can do |
| 2887s | you know some portion of estimation |
| 2889s | based on simple math documentation you |
| 2893s | can plan things out but the moment you |
| 2896s | start you know really getting a feel for |
| 2899s | those things in the world |
| 2901s | no no good plan even lasts first contact |
| 2904s | with the Enemy right that same same |
| 2906s | concept here we had a plan |
| 2909s | for this theme this is the theme the |
| 2912s | plan that the plan had to change and it |
| 2915s | had to change because there's nothing |
| 2917s | more important than |
| 2919s | being in the engine building those |
| 2922s | things and feeling those things out |
| 2924s | right and our level design team |
| 2928s | um with Jason and Ben and and and Chris |
| 2932s | on the Node side uh Bucky like helping |
| 2935s | kind of uh in building Alpha 2 and |
| 2939s | prepping for Alpha two we've been |
| 2941s | defining that density that content |
| 2943s | density in the world |
| 2945s | and it required that we made the map a |
| 2948s | bit bigger |
| 2950s | um to facilitate that can I show it now |
| 2955s | uh give me one second okay hold on well |
| 2958s | there's one more thing okay okay all |
| 2960s | right one more thing I'm excited to |
| 2961s | share with you guys a the the purpose of |
| 2965s | it becoming bigger is as I said to make |
| 2970s | sure that that density isn't |
| 2972s | overwhelming right that it isn't |
| 2974s | everywhere I look there is immediately |
| 2976s | something I have no opportunity to see |
| 2979s | you know areas of the world that are |
| 2982s | expansive and are you know just kind of |
| 2985s | Wanderlust Adventure feeling right you |
| 2988s | didn't want you you were sitting |
| 2989s | everything was sitting on top of you |
| 2991s | have pois and nodes and houses and |
| 2993s | everything right it was like an urban |
| 2994s | area everywhere now but but |
| 2997s | um we wanted to expand that because a |
| 3000s | large portion of the game is a Sandbox |
| 3003s | element right it's coupled with a lot of |
| 3005s | curated content but that sandbox element |
| 3008s | so what you're about to see |
| 3010s | is also going to include a change in |
| 3016s | some of the continents that you |
| 3017s | previously knew in their shapes in their |
| 3021s | orientation you're going to see two new |
| 3023s | very large islands |
| 3026s | um also that were Incorporated for a lot |
| 3028s | of the naval play as we've been disc as |
| 3030s | we've been doing the neighborhood so now |
| 3032s | with that being said we shall show you |
| 3037s | the new world map |
| 3039s | in all its 1200 square kilometer Glory |
| 3045s | it's gorgeous |
| 3047s | look at it |
| 3050s | so while they're looking at this can you |
| 3052s | go into more detail on the specific land |
| 3055s | mass changes and why you guys made those |
| 3057s | I kind of I think you started with |
| 3059s | talking about the islands as well |
| 3061s | absolutely absolutely so you're gonna |
| 3063s | see some names here a little bit of a |
| 3065s | reveal of some of these locations in |
| 3067s | these areas and you're also of course |
| 3070s | seeing similar |
| 3071s | um uh |
| 3072s | the uh the biomes that are present as |
| 3075s | well |
| 3077s | um but more importantly what you are |
| 3079s | seeing is the orientation of these |
| 3081s | continents and these islands that are |
| 3085s | facilitating specific types of |
| 3089s | InterContinental trade gameplay and they |
| 3093s | support the relevance of these Caravans |
| 3096s | moving across the land mass to locations |
| 3100s | that will now incorporate these Harbor |
| 3103s | areas which aren't identified on the map |
| 3105s | here we didn't want to share that ahead |
| 3107s | of time of course but I had I had Mike |
| 3110s | remove a lot you moved a lot of removed |
| 3112s | a lot of stuff there were many layers |
| 3114s | we'll show some more of this stuff as we |
| 3116s | move on but |
| 3118s | um in in future streams but |
| 3120s | the important part was providing a lot |
| 3124s | of coastal Naval gameplay between these |
| 3128s | zones and trade routes between land base |
| 3130s | now if we talk about the surface area of |
| 3134s | the land compared to that of the ocean |
| 3139s | um let me bring up my handy handy handy |
| 3143s | um little spreadsheet that I had with |
| 3145s | that stuff there okay here we go when we |
| 3148s | talk about |
| 3150s | um the the size of the world of the |
| 3154s | world uh land area |
| 3157s | um that is the ocean and lakes are |
| 3160s | roughly |
| 3161s | 750 square kilometers of space so much |
| 3167s | and on land you have about uh you have |
| 3171s | about |
| 3172s | 450 to 480 square kilometers of land |
| 3176s | play so there's not too much that has |
| 3180s | been added on the land side as there has |
| 3182s | been greater separation between the |
| 3184s | continents a reorientation of those |
| 3186s | continents additional Bays that have |
| 3188s | been included and those two major |
| 3191s | islands that are on each of the ends and |
| 3193s | by the way those islands are a throwback |
| 3195s | to we added those as a throwback to part |
| 3198s | of what what happens in the story from |
| 3201s | the original ashes of creation |
| 3202s | Pathfinder campaign some plus decade |
| 3205s | plus ago |
| 3207s | um so the original map of this was from |
| 3209s | your campaign I know I know yeah they |
| 3212s | had a lot of that stuff |
| 3213s | um so now when we talk about the under |
| 3216s | realm which I know is a lot of |
| 3218s | conversation about Underground |
| 3220s | the under Realm |
| 3222s | is intending to be bespoke segments of |
| 3227s | underrealm territory that are available |
| 3229s | around areas of choke point in the world |
| 3234s | map |
| 3235s | that are above ground which are provided |
| 3239s | for Caravan Transit across the world so |
| 3242s | those Caravans as they're approaching |
| 3244s | these choke points on land they will |
| 3246s | have alternate route options to go down |
| 3249s | into the underrealm and to try to |
| 3250s | Traverse that space as opposed to the |
| 3252s | choke points and that is a very |
| 3254s | important part so this Underground map |
| 3256s | which we'll reveal in a future stream |
| 3258s | you'll have kind of an idea a little bit |
| 3259s | about where those under Realms live as a |
| 3262s | layer across this this Overland area |
| 3265s | that is an important part about land |
| 3267s | Transit and of course Caravans so what |
| 3270s | I'm going to talk to you now about which |
| 3271s | has um you guys I don't think have |
| 3273s | received this in the past is kind of |
| 3275s | context around |
| 3277s | movement speed and the distance traveled |
| 3282s | between nodes and what those are |
| 3284s | currently hovering around |
| 3286s | so when we talk about how long it takes |
| 3289s | to run across a node to move across a |
| 3293s | maximum sized node which is a stage six |
| 3297s | Metropolis stage it takes around two |
| 3300s | minutes and 50 seconds for you to run |
| 3302s | entirely from one end of a metropolis's |
| 3305s | plug to another end of a metropolis |
| 3308s | which is a significant amount of time of |
| 3310s | course if you're mounted that'll take |
| 3312s | about one and a half minutes |
| 3314s | um or 1.67 I guess |
| 3318s | um if you are trying to move from node |
| 3321s | to node and it's important to note that |
| 3323s | node to node |
| 3325s | this doesn't mean that it's a built node |
| 3327s | to a built node this means it's a |
| 3328s | directly neighboring node you're moving |
| 3331s | to and sometimes that node might not be |
| 3333s | active right because it's been locked |
| 3334s | out from advancing due to the stage of a |
| 3337s | node uh to its neighbor but the distance |
| 3340s | traveled between without a mount just |
| 3343s | running is about five minutes from node |
| 3345s | to node |
| 3347s | um while moving from node from the |
| 3349s | center of a node a to let's say node B |
| 3351s | if you were mounted |
| 3353s | it would take you roughly uh three and a |
| 3357s | half minutes or so I'm sorry actually |
| 3359s | take you five minutes from Center to |
| 3360s | center from from side to side it would |
| 3363s | take you about three and a half minutes |
| 3365s | um if you were to move across the height |
| 3367s | of the world map down to the other |
| 3371s | location of the world map of one |
| 3373s | continent let's say that would take you |
| 3375s | about 50 minutes now |
| 3378s | here's the interesting thing |
| 3380s | we've said always in the past that the |
| 3384s | the |
| 3384s | world changes as the as the node States |
| 3388s | develop or progress so that means that |
| 3391s | when a scientific node reaches a |
| 3392s | metropolis level |
| 3393s | that the vassal network of that |
| 3396s | Metropolis will now incorporate |
| 3398s | teleportation as an option and in that |
| 3402s | sense you may feel travel very |
| 3405s | differently between the start of a |
| 3406s | server |
| 3407s | and the server four months down the line |
| 3411s | um and that is meant to accompany that |
| 3413s | that progression is meant to accompany |
| 3415s | the advancement of the average player |
| 3418s | population as well right if you travel |
| 3420s | around yeah I don't want to interrupt |
| 3422s | you but people are wondering if you said |
| 3423s | 50 50 or 15 one five so I just want to |
| 3426s | clarify five zero five five zero yes |
| 3429s | absolutely from one from the top of one |
| 3432s | continents right not uh Mount oh sorry |
| 3437s | that is um Mountain on foot on foot it |
| 3441s | is uh 75 minutes there you go yes |
| 3445s | thank you |
| 3448s | um so |
| 3449s | why is travel important we've talked |
| 3452s | about this in the past you know the |
| 3453s | reasons why we've all existed in games |
| 3456s | where teleportation is very easy to to |
| 3458s | use and sometimes that can be a |
| 3461s | detriment because you may have |
| 3463s | activities like a caravan run that's |
| 3465s | happening and one person sees you from a |
| 3467s | certain Guild and they do the raid call |
| 3469s | out to their Guild everyone open your |
| 3471s | portals and come here within a split |
| 3473s | second and we're going to just you know |
| 3475s | mob this group no well instead that |
| 3478s | opportunity doesn't exist if you want to |
| 3481s | provoke or to gank uh you know an |
| 3484s | operation of another guild you need to |
| 3486s | have four knowledge you need to prepare |
| 3488s | you need to place your forces around |
| 3492s | that area and that's an important that |
| 3494s | is an important aspect in addition it |
| 3498s | makes that travel meaningful right if if |
| 3501s | you are having to spend time to move to |
| 3503s | a location you're going to think about |
| 3505s | what can I do along the way why am I |
| 3508s | moving to that location how is it more |
| 3510s | beneficial for me to be in that location |
| 3511s | versus where I am now right this is also |
| 3514s | in in association with the fact that you |
| 3517s | are a citizen of a particular note and |
| 3519s | that node needs your assistance within |
| 3521s | its vicinity and if you want to move |
| 3522s | outside of that vicinity there should be |
| 3524s | a really good reason for that and |
| 3525s | there's lots of great reasons for it |
| 3527s | right there's trade there's treasure |
| 3529s | hunting there's content that you want to |
| 3531s | complete there's pois that you want to |
| 3532s | visit and drop tables that you want to |
| 3534s | have access to like resource materials |
| 3537s | that you can gather and bring back these |
| 3539s | are all important elements of |
| 3541s | regionalizing these locations and making |
| 3543s | Transit between those locations relevant |
| 3546s | that is an important aspect what is very |
| 3551s | important however |
| 3552s | is that that Transit doesn't feel |
| 3556s | meaningless doesn't feel uh uh um |
| 3561s | um what's the word doesn't feel tedious |
| 3564s | right there should be activities along |
| 3567s | the way there should be anxiety in |
| 3570s | moving along the way there should be you |
| 3572s | know things that get your your heart |
| 3574s | moving in the gameplay right that is the |
| 3576s | important thing oh my God are we going |
| 3578s | over time oh my God we will be going |
| 3580s | super overtime but uh I talk too much no |
| 3584s | no I talk too much |
| 3585s | um the the other part of that is people |
| 3588s | are asking I know we've answered this |
| 3590s | question before but uh for those of them |
| 3592s | who are newer here they're asking if the |
| 3594s | world is flat or if it is round the |
| 3597s | world oh so we do not have World wrap |
| 3600s | and what that means is you can't walk |
| 3602s | off the west side of the map and enter |
| 3603s | in on the east side of the map right |
| 3605s | that is another important aspect of it |
| 3609s | um so that is also important as well all |
| 3612s | right um what do we have next so in this |
| 3615s | segment we also wanted to kind of talk |
| 3616s | about how |
| 3618s | the players will interact between PVP |
| 3620s | and the Open Seas and I don't know if |
| 3622s | you want to go into a little bit more |
| 3623s | details call good call good call thank |
| 3626s | you no problem all right so |
| 3629s | um another important change that has |
| 3631s | occurred |
| 3632s | is the Open Seas is now an automatic |
| 3636s | flagged location |
| 3638s | so when you move off of land right we |
| 3642s | have a flagging system that protects |
| 3644s | and the Open Seas are international |
| 3646s | waters where you need to be careful |
| 3650s | and there is a lot of opportunity at Sea |
| 3654s | and because there's a lot of opportunity |
| 3656s | that's unique to that content that's |
| 3658s | unique to that sea that's treasure |
| 3660s | finding that's NPCs that's a lot of |
| 3662s | different stuff there needs to be risk |
| 3665s | associated with opportunity we've always |
| 3666s | said risk and reward right opportunity |
| 3669s | and risk that's how you weigh actions |
| 3671s | and players now know when they move into |
| 3675s | the Open Sea they are doing so |
| 3678s | in a method that requires them to be |
| 3680s | cognizant of their players surroundings |
| 3682s | who is near me who can mess with me who |
| 3686s | who do I need to make friends with who |
| 3688s | do I know my enemies are who can I Forge |
| 3692s | alliances with how can I create |
| 3693s | flotillas of protection right these are |
| 3696s | things that as a dynamic of political |
| 3700s | Intrigue |
| 3702s | um and the seas are a great place for |
| 3704s | that we always know about the stories of |
| 3705s | like privateering and you know the |
| 3707s | ability to kind of work under anonymity |
| 3711s | um well you're going to know who's |
| 3712s | attacking you but uh it's important to |
| 3714s | note that you're prepared you need to be |
| 3716s | prepared for that and that is a that is |
| 3718s | a big that is a big |
| 3721s | um change that we you know have made |
| 3724s | several months ago that we're revealing |
| 3726s | to you now and that's also needing to be |
| 3728s | a topic of conversation this I would |
| 3731s | love to get feedback right now I'm |
| 3732s | seeing a lot of yays in chat |
| 3735s | um and we need to take those yays and we |
| 3739s | need to go on Reddit we need to go on |
| 3740s | our forums |
| 3741s | and we need to talk about this |
| 3743s | mechanical change |
| 3744s | um because in my opinion this this type |
| 3748s | of change creates a very compelling type |
| 3751s | of gameplay |
| 3752s | um and not everybody is excited about |
| 3755s | PVP but as I've always said ashes of |
| 3758s | creation is not meant to be the game for |
| 3760s | everyone right there are a lot of games |
| 3762s | where it is entirely safe to exist on a |
| 3765s | server and you don't have to worry about |
| 3767s | threats or risk right it's just all |
| 3769s | opportunity I know I'll eventually get |
| 3771s | the trophy right I just need to I just |
| 3774s | need to run in the hamster wheel a bit |
| 3775s | longer and then I'm going to get there |
| 3777s | like that everyone gets that trophy what |
| 3779s | we want to do with ashes is we want to |
| 3781s | gotta work for it re rethink that |
| 3784s | approach right we want to we want to |
| 3787s | encourage |
| 3789s | intelligent calculations of risk versus |
| 3792s | reward right these are elements that I |
| 3795s | think players feel really accomplished |
| 3797s | when they know that they overcame risk |
| 3799s | for the trophy right that not everybody |
| 3801s | makes it but I did the biggest moments |
| 3805s | that I remember from MMOs have always |
| 3807s | been the ones that we you know it was a |
| 3809s | trial and tribulation for like the the |
| 3812s | big raid boss getting World forced on |
| 3814s | that and how challenging it was uh so |
| 3818s | for me I'm I love the challenge of those |
| 3819s | things so we're excited to see what you |
| 3821s | guys think on that front definitely tell |
| 3824s | us absolutely leave us your feedback all |
| 3826s | the good the goodness now you will be |
| 3828s | notified when you do that right we have |
| 3830s | a very intuitive UI that that as you |
| 3832s | approach the border between open sea and |
| 3835s | Coastal area you are notified of that |
| 3838s | you are warned ahead of time there's a |
| 3840s | countdown When approaching we |
| 3842s | interpolate the you know distance travel |
| 3844s | and speed you're moving |
| 3845s | um and and you get to see ah I'm |
| 3847s | entering open Waters and when you you do |
| 3849s | you have this big trophy call out on |
| 3851s | screen that says you know you have |
| 3853s | entered the Open Sea you know territory |
| 3856s | fraud or you know whatever like it is it |
| 3858s | is it it is something that PVP is not |
| 3861s | the only thing you have to worry about |
| 3862s | if you've seen some of the creatures we |
| 3864s | have in the water they're all so scary |
| 3867s | too very good point thank you man that |
| 3869s | is a super good point is this not just |
| 3871s | Danger from players it's dangerous from |
| 3873s | from content too yeah |
| 3875s | now that we've talked about the map uh |
| 3878s | what are the node changes that have been |
| 3881s | made I know there's been some drastic |
| 3882s | node changes from the number of nodes |
| 3886s | that you have on the map to correct so |
| 3889s | how vassal nodes work has changed as |
| 3892s | well absolutely so there's a few things |
| 3894s | I'm not sure how much in the past we've |
| 3895s | talked a little bit about the hierarchy |
| 3897s | of node structures when they |
| 3900s | um when they consume additional node |
| 3902s | zones of Interest around them and |
| 3904s | incorporate them into a vassal-like |
| 3906s | structure there's specific relationships |
| 3909s | that occur between parent and vassal |
| 3911s | lots of benefits right it is not a bad |
| 3915s | thing to be vasseled it is a good thing |
| 3918s | to be vassal it brings many benefits |
| 3921s | from The Sovereign which is the the |
| 3924s | ultimate parent of that vassal Network |
| 3926s | down to the vassal node itself |
| 3929s | and it allows that vassal node to even |
| 3932s | live outside of its normal |
| 3935s | mechanics right you get to adopt some of |
| 3938s | the benefits that the node type of your |
| 3940s | Sovereign is even if your node type as a |
| 3943s | vassal node isn't the same and |
| 3948s | um |
| 3949s | what was the question how many uh oh how |
| 3953s | many notes so we have moved from a 103 |
| 3958s | nodes to 85 nodes and there's a few |
| 3963s | reasons for that |
| 3965s | um one when we were doing the |
| 3968s | um uh the calculations behind how in |
| 3971s | Alpha 2 and in in the game we want these |
| 3974s | vassal structures to exist we had more |
| 3977s | nodes than what felt meaningful and we |
| 3981s | wanted to condense some of that those |
| 3984s | curated story arcs and hooks into the |
| 3986s | environment and realm around the areas |
| 3990s | um to be more Bountiful at at a lesser |
| 3993s | node value meaning Bringing Down the |
| 3996s | node count so that we can increase |
| 3998s | increase the richness of each of those |
| 4000s | nodes more than what was at 103. in |
| 4003s | addition as a very yeah sorry there's |
| 4005s | some questions to that okay I'll show |
| 4007s | them the vassal node stuff yeah |
| 4009s | absolutely we can show them so the |
| 4011s | there's a couple questions here one is |
| 4013s | does that mean there's going to be less |
| 4015s | housing for people and then the other |
| 4018s | um element of that is because the world |
| 4020s | map is so much larger are we going to |
| 4022s | increase the amount of players that are |
| 4024s | on a server which currently we've stated |
| 4026s | is 10 000. |
| 4029s | um right now we are still keeping the |
| 4031s | concurrent server |
| 4033s | um population at eight to ten thousand |
| 4034s | although I will say this |
| 4036s | that our networking team has been doing |
| 4038s | an absolutely phenomenal job on our |
| 4041s | custom Network solution um you guys saw |
| 4043s | it in alpha one with the density of |
| 4045s | players that we had available during our |
| 4046s | Castle sieges felt very fluid |
| 4049s | um there was not a lot of rubber banding |
| 4051s | There Was You Know performance was good |
| 4054s | um now what you are seeing here |
| 4057s | is the vassal node structure and |
| 4062s | um |
| 4063s | this this vassal mode structure tells |
| 4065s | you what it looks like for a sovereign |
| 4068s | at a level six Metropolis stage and what |
| 4072s | it can control at a maximum vassal |
| 4074s | network is two level five nodes |
| 4078s | of which a level five node can control |
| 4081s | one level four and one level three as |
| 4083s | direct vassals and then the four can |
| 4087s | control a three and every three can |
| 4089s | control a one or a two now if the three |
| 4092s | gets removed through Siege the one or |
| 4095s | the two is removed as well |
| 4098s | um so that's an important distinction |
| 4100s | between the three's vassals which |
| 4102s | technically isn't really a vast |
| 4103s | relationship because there's no |
| 4104s | citizenships possible those vassals |
| 4106s | don't exist between three and X but they |
| 4109s | do exist between four and three five and |
| 4110s | four and six and fives |
| 4112s | um and what this also allows is that |
| 4115s | because there are 85 nodes that are |
| 4118s | within the world we have a buffer zone |
| 4121s | of about 20 nodes that lives in a Max |
| 4124s | server state so if you had maximum five |
| 4127s | metropolises form in a world |
| 4130s | you will have a number about 20 nodes |
| 4132s | that can live alongside those that those |
| 4135s | Metropolis networks and when or if a |
| 4138s | metropolis Falls |
| 4140s | that extra cushion of nodes around the |
| 4143s | five Metropolis structures allows for |
| 4146s | the map to be redistricted in a way that |
| 4149s | is unique it doesn't mean that one of |
| 4151s | the fives is just going to pick up where |
| 4153s | the last six left off and form the same |
| 4155s | exact Metropolis structure from a |
| 4158s | territory perspective it has ancillary |
| 4161s | nodes to play with and expand towards |
| 4163s | that redistricts the map so that if a |
| 4166s | metropolis Falls there's a significant |
| 4169s | difference in the layout of the world |
| 4171s | and the layout of these almost |
| 4173s | nation-like territories and that's one |
| 4176s | of the that's one of the uh important |
| 4178s | aspects of that |
| 4180s | right somebody said too many neurons |
| 4183s | firing |
| 4185s | it was a lot um and obviously for those |
| 4188s | of you who maybe don't know uh how you |
| 4191s | know you take over cities and things of |
| 4193s | that sort |
| 4194s | um definitely check out our other |
| 4196s | content we share a lot of that |
| 4197s | information I know that we do have some |
| 4200s | vassal node information up on our |
| 4201s | website that will need to be adjusted |
| 4203s | with this new information so we may put |
| 4205s | some new uh information out there as |
| 4207s | well but um and by the way I just just |
| 4210s | want to showcase as we look at this |
| 4212s | Vaseline Network we talked about a lot |
| 4214s | of benefits that get conferred down from |
| 4216s | The Sovereign or the parent to the |
| 4219s | vassals but what we didn't talk about |
| 4222s | was the benefits that the parents or |
| 4224s | sovereigns receive and of course that |
| 4227s | lives in the realm of Taxation I noticed |
| 4230s | that there was some commentary by |
| 4232s | content creators in some communities |
| 4233s | about you know concerns of other games |
| 4236s | that collected taxes within nodes and |
| 4239s | you know guilds got to use those taxes |
| 4241s | it's very important to note that taxes |
| 4243s | are a one hundred percent sink they do |
| 4246s | not go into the hands of players when |
| 4248s | something gets taxed mayor doesn't have |
| 4251s | access to it guilds don't have access to |
| 4252s | it what happens is the nodes get the |
| 4256s | Taxation and someone manages the note |
| 4259s | and that's usually the mayor but if a |
| 4262s | node needs to start a construction |
| 4263s | project if they need to hire defenses |
| 4266s | mercenaries if they need to improve the |
| 4268s | equipment of their guards if they want |
| 4269s | to activate commissions and or buy |
| 4272s | orders if they want to do a lot of |
| 4274s | stand-up social organizations all the |
| 4276s | things that nodes do |
| 4278s | comes out of that Treasury and comes out |
| 4280s | of the maintenance and generation of |
| 4282s | resources that the node has access to |
| 4283s | nobody gets to take that gold there is |
| 4286s | not a there is not a power conferred to |
| 4289s | guilds or players by being mayor that is |
| 4292s | a very important part |
| 4294s | um that we need to make sure people |
| 4296s | understand and are aware of and we've |
| 4298s | said that for a long time |
| 4300s | um but one other thing is that as a |
| 4302s | vassal feeding the parent when the |
| 4305s | vassal reaches its cap it overflows |
| 4308s | experience up to the parent right and so |
| 4311s | it can be very good early on for vat for |
| 4313s | parents to get vassal nodes that are |
| 4316s | very productive that have a lot of |
| 4317s | traffic right they do something right |
| 4319s | and you kind of you kind of want to |
| 4320s | capitalize on that as a parent note but |
| 4323s | in addition |
| 4325s | the parent node |
| 4327s | um also gets that taxation as well and |
| 4330s | that's an important important aspect |
| 4334s | um and then just to clarify because you |
| 4336s | have mentioned that there's five |
| 4338s | metropoli as the maximum amount of level |
| 4342s | six nodes you can have uh is that five |
| 4346s | still for both the upper realm and under |
| 4350s | realm or that is that is five across the |
| 4354s | world yes that is five entirely |
| 4361s | do you want to transition over into |
| 4363s | talking about one of the new system was |
| 4365s | which is like policies which we haven't |
| 4367s | really talked a ton about yes absolutely |
| 4370s | so this is |
| 4373s | these are just some examples that I'm |
| 4374s | going to have in the background playing |
| 4376s | so oh nice you have examples that's cool |
| 4378s | oh yes absolutely awesome |
| 4381s | um so it is important to note |
| 4383s | um you know uh one of our great uh |
| 4386s | technical designers uh uh Jason Neal has |
| 4389s | been working |
| 4390s | um heavily on the concept of happiness |
| 4393s | and policies and these are some of the |
| 4397s | things that citizens get to vote on that |
| 4399s | are proposed by their mayor |
| 4402s | um and it's a very short voting period |
| 4404s | but nodes have a number of slots that |
| 4407s | they get to employ as Government |
| 4409s | policies that are enacted and chosen by |
| 4412s | the mayor and voted on by the people |
| 4414s | um and certain policies get unlocked by |
| 4417s | certain happiness states of the factions |
| 4419s | within the note |
| 4421s | and those happiness states are |
| 4422s | predicated across different achievements |
| 4425s | that can happen in the world |
| 4426s | story arcs that get finished bosses that |
| 4429s | get killed around you new buildings that |
| 4431s | get constructed |
| 4433s | lots of different things can contribute |
| 4434s | to that happiness value |
| 4436s | number of citizens number of citizens |
| 4438s | you've had leave uh you know a number of |
| 4440s | houses that it might have been |
| 4442s | foreclosed upon like there's lots of |
| 4443s | different things that influence it |
| 4445s | but |
| 4446s | when the happiness is met at a certain |
| 4448s | point |
| 4449s | and even without that happiness you can |
| 4451s | still have policies that you get to |
| 4452s | enact regardless you may choose policies |
| 4455s | that do certain things for the node |
| 4457s | and this is a big strategic decision |
| 4460s | that the node has to almost agree on |
| 4462s | because it's voted on by the citizens |
| 4464s | within a short time period but elected |
| 4466s | by the by the outstanding mayor and when |
| 4469s | you deploy a policy it confers benefits |
| 4473s | to the citizens or to the area or to |
| 4478s | specific buildings or to the mayor or |
| 4480s | there's a lot of different things that |
| 4482s | policies can influence and policies |
| 4484s | exist within certain denominations you |
| 4486s | have some policies that might be |
| 4488s | reflective of the culture that the node |
| 4490s | is representing and you get access to |
| 4491s | those cultural policies you have some |
| 4493s | policies that might become available |
| 4495s | because you've constructed a certain |
| 4496s | building type and now you've attracted a |
| 4498s | guild of NPCs that are weapons myths you |
| 4500s | might have some policies that are social |
| 4502s | organizations representative you only |
| 4503s | get to build one social organization or |
| 4505s | Temple which religion does the node |
| 4507s | follow all of these are customization |
| 4509s | points that the city gets to choose and |
| 4512s | now you as a citizen get to identify the |
| 4514s | city that best aligns with your |
| 4515s | progression within the game and your |
| 4517s | game style style and gameplay right so |
| 4519s | those are elements of how you make your |
| 4521s | home sorry yeah there's some questions |
| 4524s | in regards to if those policies affect |
| 4527s | just the Metropolis or the city that |
| 4529s | you're in or if they trickle down to the |
| 4531s | vassal nodes as well |
| 4533s | very good question yeah so we talked a |
| 4536s | little bit earlier we were talking about |
| 4537s | the vassal structures that some of the |
| 4539s | benefits you can receive by being a |
| 4541s | vassal of a certain parent is access to |
| 4545s | a policy that your node not might not |
| 4547s | normally have access to and in fact you |
| 4550s | can also unlock an additional policy |
| 4552s | slot based on certain conditions that |
| 4555s | the parent or or Sovereign node may have |
| 4557s | access to in their reliquary or in their |
| 4560s | achievement systems or in uh policies |
| 4562s | that they've elected some policies |
| 4564s | occupy multiple slots and it's almost |
| 4566s | like a card structure right you have |
| 4568s | each of these policies that live on a |
| 4570s | card and you get to select that card |
| 4572s | throw it into the slot it goes out to |
| 4574s | the citizens to vote on within the |
| 4576s | 24-hour or sometimes shorter period the |
| 4578s | mayor has emergency actions they can |
| 4580s | take right depending on certain |
| 4582s | predicates that get met and if an |
| 4584s | emergency action occurs they may be able |
| 4586s | to spend their influence as mayor within |
| 4588s | their term to set up a policy for a vote |
| 4591s | within an hours period of time and |
| 4593s | citizens you know in that way they can |
| 4594s | sneak it through a bit I might not have |
| 4596s | been on in that hour like I come back |
| 4598s | and there's been some executive action |
| 4599s | determined by the mayor what the heck is |
| 4601s | going on here this better be a good |
| 4602s | decision or we're going to vote your |
| 4604s | butt out next election cycle right like |
| 4606s | these are these are elements that you |
| 4608s | get to that you get to incorporate |
| 4610s | um yes that would be a moment where the |
| 4612s | mayor might say I am the Senate right |
| 4615s | and then he looks at the citizens and |
| 4618s | says it's treason then no no I'm just |
| 4620s | kidding I know we have a lot of other |
| 4622s | things we want to get to too so |
| 4624s | um the next thing that I wanted to bring |
| 4626s | up was happiness which is another |
| 4628s | element and system that we haven't |
| 4631s | really talked about as well |
| 4634s | yes um the happiness as I just kind of |
| 4636s | described |
| 4637s | um is basically a set of predicates that |
| 4639s | are influenced by certain actions at the |
| 4642s | American conductor or that the citizens |
| 4644s | get access to |
| 4646s | um and these these just serve as the |
| 4648s | door opener or closer for certain types |
| 4650s | of policies to be allowed to be selected |
| 4653s | to a vote by the citizens right so for |
| 4656s | example you may have you could call it |
| 4658s | morale people well yeah yeah |
| 4662s | that that happiness could be in the |
| 4664s | dumps your people could be very unhappy |
| 4666s | they could be to the point of of |
| 4668s | revolting right and that might turn off |
| 4671s | certain NPCs they may go on strike they |
| 4674s | may not be accessible but if you're |
| 4677s | really unhappy you might be able to |
| 4680s | place in a certain policy that's like |
| 4684s | um a military |
| 4687s | um shoot I can't my mind cannot think |
| 4689s | today I am just dead at the end of this |
| 4691s | weekend I'm so sorry it's okay |
| 4694s | um we're following along with you what's |
| 4696s | the military thing |
| 4698s | not martial law thank you uh it might be |
| 4700s | a martial law policy and that martial |
| 4703s | law policy might be really helpful when |
| 4705s | it comes to prepping for a Siege |
| 4708s | um that is something that allows you uh |
| 4710s | maybe to increase the number of |
| 4712s | conscripted mercenaries that you have at |
| 4714s | your allotment it might be able |
| 4717s | um to go into debt in the treasury for |
| 4720s | purchasing upgrades to the you know to |
| 4722s | the walls and the gates uh or to place |
| 4725s | barricades and set curfews you know like |
| 4727s | there's things that can be done around |
| 4729s | happiness that's important |
| 4734s | all right |
| 4736s | um and then I think there's some |
| 4737s | questions regarding does changes in a |
| 4739s | node count uh change available to player |
| 4742s | housing so if we have I think I asked |
| 4746s | you this question but you didn't quite |
| 4747s | answer it in regards to we have less |
| 4749s | nodes does that mean there's going to be |
| 4751s | less player housing space Etc uh no so |
| 4754s | we have Target numbers when it comes to |
| 4757s | the amount of static housing apartment |
| 4759s | housing in in areas and Freehold space |
| 4763s | um and those values don't change |
| 4766s | um right we are we are going to hit |
| 4768s | those targets based on the concurrency |
| 4770s | uh objectives that we have for the |
| 4772s | server between eight to ten thousand |
| 4773s | players and the number of registered |
| 4775s | users we want to have on the server the |
| 4777s | goal is that those those versions of |
| 4780s | housing live in different competitive |
| 4783s | markets |
| 4785s | um and that competitive market is going |
| 4787s | to set average player value between |
| 4789s | player to player uh transactions that of |
| 4792s | course grows with wealth as wealth gets |
| 4794s | introduced into the economy over time |
| 4797s | um but you know we want to have a an |
| 4800s | equitable amount that's necessary to |
| 4802s | create |
| 4804s | um |
| 4804s | scarcity right |
| 4806s | um to create a meaning for why I would |
| 4809s | purchase a home |
| 4812s | um |
| 4812s | um uh within the world or within a city |
| 4815s | right and why that price is there |
| 4818s | all right and I know we have one more |
| 4820s | thing we want to discuss which is |
| 4822s | Caravans and that system has had a bit |
| 4826s | of a new overhaul as well so do we want |
| 4829s | to start first with how commissioning a |
| 4832s | caravan works now and then we'll get |
| 4834s | into the each of the other steps yes we |
| 4837s | can talk about it um and I'm just gonna |
| 4839s | play a kind of a slideshow of some of |
| 4842s | the cool if I could ask |
| 4845s | um one of my producers actually who |
| 4847s | might be watching the show to order |
| 4850s | lunch for my writers uh uh sync that I |
| 4854s | have after this that would be great |
| 4856s | because I totally forgot to do that |
| 4858s | somebody on the team let a producer know |
| 4860s | to order lunch let them know awesome |
| 4862s | thank you so so to answer |
| 4865s | um |
| 4867s | too guys we love doing it live this is |
| 4870s | how comfortable we feel with the |
| 4871s | community right we'll just we you know |
| 4873s | you we might as well just have a camera |
| 4874s | in the office that runs and follows us |
| 4876s | around as we're doing don't tempt them |
| 4878s | they want that Steven I know I'm so |
| 4881s | sorry |
| 4882s | um what was the question |
| 4884s | this was |
| 4886s | commissioning a caravan work we'll start |
| 4888s | there all right so remember we talked |
| 4890s | about you know players create |
| 4893s | um components right that live on the |
| 4895s | Caravan and that indicates a lot of |
| 4897s | different stat values of the Caravan it |
| 4899s | could be turning radius turning speed it |
| 4902s | could be movement speed it could be |
| 4905s | um it could be armor Health uh damage |
| 4908s | mitigation all that kind of stuff right |
| 4911s | um you do that at a care of answering |
| 4914s | and a care of answering is a default |
| 4916s | building type that gets |
| 4918s | um that comes along with every node it |
| 4920s | has upgrade paths um the node can can |
| 4923s | upgrade that Caravans rebuilding um for |
| 4925s | certain features uh that are beneficial |
| 4928s | but when you want to launch a caravan |
| 4930s | you have must first had a caravan that's |
| 4933s | constructed at the care of answering and |
| 4936s | in order to construct Caravan of the |
| 4937s | care of answer you go to the care of |
| 4938s | answering and you say hey I've got all |
| 4940s | these components and I want to construct |
| 4943s | Caravan and and the Caravans will accept |
| 4945s | the components that you have it will use |
| 4946s | those components if you don't have |
| 4947s | components for certain parts of the |
| 4948s | Caravan it will give you default |
| 4949s | versions which will be kind of lowest |
| 4951s | stat value that that Caravan can then |
| 4952s | have and when the Caravan is constructed |
| 4955s | it will be hosted at that caravansary |
| 4958s | and if you want to launch a caravan you |
| 4961s | will select the Caravan you have |
| 4962s | available at the Cancer Care of |
| 4964s | answering you will then be provided with |
| 4966s | a UI screen that shows you the |
| 4968s | compartments of availability for storage |
| 4970s | that the Caravan has you can assign |
| 4973s | those compartments to members of a party |
| 4976s | or named interest you can apply |
| 4978s | insurance if you want for any pieces of |
| 4981s | those storage and it can go into escrow |
| 4984s | and if the Caravan ever gets destroyed |
| 4986s | that escrow will go to the named player |
| 4989s | and that's how we kind of set up that |
| 4991s | transactional uh facilitate that |
| 4994s | transaction between players if they want |
| 4996s | to do those things |
| 4997s | and then when you want to launch your |
| 4999s | Caravan so if you prep your Caravan it's |
| 5001s | going to be in a launch ready State and |
| 5002s | you can launch a caravan whenever you |
| 5004s | want keep it in the launch ready state |
| 5005s | if you click to launch the Caravan your |
| 5008s | perspective will leave to a world map |
| 5010s | perspective that sits above the node and |
| 5014s | you will have a 360 line that lives |
| 5017s | outside of the node area at a good |
| 5020s | distance roughly about 100 to 150 meters |
| 5023s | from the note and you will spawn the |
| 5025s | Caravan there and it will take about two |
| 5029s | to five minutes depending on some of the |
| 5031s | upgrades that the Caravan 3 has for that |
| 5034s | Caravan to spawn outside the node at |
| 5036s | that location during that time you can |
| 5039s | teleport to that launch location which |
| 5042s | is just outside the node from the node |
| 5045s | itself that way people can't follow you |
| 5047s | see your node that's see your Caravan |
| 5049s | that's about to leave or whatever but |
| 5050s | you can let your players know hey if |
| 5052s | you're part of my group you can all |
| 5054s | support with me and will spawn at the |
| 5055s | location that the Caravans getting |
| 5057s | constructed that once the Caravan little |
| 5058s | construction site is finished your |
| 5060s | Caravan is ready to to mount and you're |
| 5063s | ready to move along the way with it as |
| 5065s | you approach cities care of answers will |
| 5069s | confer a radius around the node and that |
| 5073s | radius will be something visual to you |
| 5075s | in the world as you're approaching |
| 5076s | another note and you will see a line and |
| 5079s | a kind of um |
| 5081s | uh disembark line where when you cross |
| 5085s | that line you've reached the safety zone |
| 5087s | and that that line cross is outside of |
| 5091s | the node in a similar distance but also |
| 5093s | based on curve answering upgrades that |
| 5096s | the placement of the Caravan at launch |
| 5098s | is and so you only have to make it to |
| 5100s | that line and once you do the events |
| 5102s | surrounding the Caravan and the ability |
| 5104s | to attack that Caravan stops and it gets |
| 5107s | Auto moved into the care of answering |
| 5109s | guards will start to materialize around |
| 5111s | it they'll grab the reins of the horse |
| 5112s | and begin to move the Caravan slowly to |
| 5115s | the care of answering and now you've |
| 5117s | reached a pit stop and at that pit stop |
| 5119s | this can either be your final |
| 5121s | destination or you can relaunch it again |
| 5123s | you don't have to stop at nodes along |
| 5125s | the way to your destination if you want |
| 5127s | to keep going you can keep going you |
| 5128s | want to cross rivers you can cross |
| 5129s | rivers you want to go out into the ocean |
| 5131s | with a little raft Caravan you can do |
| 5132s | that too and you can go to a destination |
| 5135s | and you can stop there and unload there |
| 5137s | but if you're running into trouble if |
| 5139s | you're under assault if you're a near |
| 5140s | attack and there's a there's a node |
| 5142s | nearby with a caravansary that you can |
| 5144s | stop at you can start directing the |
| 5146s | Caravan towards that node and all you |
| 5147s | got to do is make it to that finish line |
| 5149s | outside of the node and when you do the |
| 5151s | Caravan Auto will move towards |
| 5152s | caravansary and that is the changes |
| 5155s | around the Caravan system |
| 5159s | look at that we made it |
| 5164s | I'm sure people will have many many |
| 5166s | questions but obviously when we hit |
| 5170s | Alpha 2 you will experience this you'll |
| 5172s | play through it you'll let us know what |
| 5175s | you guys think especially as we showcase |
| 5178s | more of the footage of it um I think |
| 5181s | it'll just be something that you have |
| 5183s | experienced to give us feedback on and |
| 5185s | make adjustments for yes and that's |
| 5187s | going to be a big component of of Alpha |
| 5189s | 2 obviously the Caravan system that |
| 5191s | needs to be tested and needs feedback |
| 5192s | around it |
| 5194s | um and do you have time Stephen for Q a |
| 5197s | I have a 12 30 writer's uh Meetup that I |
| 5200s | need to kind of be at but I can answer |
| 5202s | if you want to pick two q and A's I am |
| 5205s | gosh I really thought this is going to |
| 5207s | be only an hour but I just really |
| 5209s | talk too much I'm so sorry about that um |
| 5212s | let's let's maybe pick a couple |
| 5214s | questions |
| 5216s | oh yeah sorry yeah the wrong one there |
| 5219s | um |
| 5220s | so we will go with uh this is Naval |
| 5225s | Caravan oriented so I think we'll we'll |
| 5226s | do this one since it's uh |
| 5229s | so uh falcus wants to know about Naval |
| 5233s | Caravans will players be able to deliver |
| 5235s | straight from the naval Caravan as a |
| 5238s | ship in a dock area dedicated for |
| 5240s | deliveries or will they have to |
| 5242s | transition to a land Caravan before the |
| 5244s | city then drive inside the city walls |
| 5247s | so it depends on the type of transport |
| 5250s | you're using if you have launched a |
| 5252s | land-based caravan |
| 5254s | it can only be received at Caravan |
| 5256s | series |
| 5257s | however from a naval perspective Harbors |
| 5261s | that are located in specific areas |
| 5263s | around the world along the coast and |
| 5265s | those are points of interest that get |
| 5267s | adopted by a node when they reach |
| 5268s | certain levels in proximity to that |
| 5270s | Harbor or if the node gets vasseled by a |
| 5273s | parent or Sovereign node in relationship |
| 5275s | to their vassal owning that Harbor you |
| 5278s | can launch Merchant ships |
| 5280s | and a merchant ship interacts with a |
| 5283s | harbor in a very similar fashion to the |
| 5285s | way that Caravans interact with the |
| 5287s | caravansary but they have much larger |
| 5289s | capacity and they stop at other Harbors |
| 5293s | in a very similar functionality to the |
| 5295s | way the Caravans stop at caravanseries |
| 5297s | Harbors have a disembarkation loan Zone |
| 5300s | that |
| 5302s | um live near the harbor so if you make |
| 5305s | your merchant ship to that zone as well |
| 5306s | it will get guided into the harbor and |
| 5309s | will be safe but when you launch that |
| 5311s | Caravan from a harbor it is much like a |
| 5314s | land Caravan the only difference is is |
| 5316s | that Merchant ships cannot become land |
| 5318s | Caravans they must stay as merchant |
| 5321s | ships |
| 5322s | and that is an important note |
| 5325s | okay |
| 5328s | sorry I need a cough it's okay I cough |
| 5331s | uh schema 12 wants to know about node |
| 5333s | selection what is going to make nodes |
| 5335s | that aren't centralized popular well |
| 5338s | nodes closer to the edge of the map have |
| 5339s | better or more unique aspects to them or |
| 5342s | are we going to see less of a reason to |
| 5345s | have centralized nodes being |
| 5347s | way too popular so basically I think it |
| 5350s | depends on what you mean it yeah it |
| 5351s | depends on what they mean by centralized |
| 5353s | right it's important to note that the |
| 5357s | population of the of the world |
| 5360s | is both Dynamic and static there are |
| 5363s | portions of that spawn table for each |
| 5366s | Zone that will advance based on the |
| 5370s | advancement of nodes so there really is |
| 5372s | no |
| 5373s | centralized aspect |
| 5376s | um in that sense there are strategically |
| 5378s | placed nodes in certain areas that might |
| 5381s | be more important to |
| 5384s | oh |
| 5387s | that might be more important based on |
| 5390s | the type of gameplay you're targeting if |
| 5392s | you are a merchant ship captain and you |
| 5395s | need a harbor then it's likely you're |
| 5397s | going to want to Target a node that has |
| 5398s | a harbor that it has access to as |
| 5400s | opposed to an inland node but if you're |
| 5402s | a land Caravan person and you don't care |
| 5405s | about the harbor per se and you want |
| 5407s | something that's really situated close |
| 5408s | to a choke point so that you after that |
| 5411s | choke point can have you know the lay of |
| 5413s | the land to move your Caravan around |
| 5414s | that might be more important to you as |
| 5417s | well from a Content perspective the |
| 5419s | content advances with the world |
| 5423s | and that's something that removes that |
| 5425s | kind of centralized feel at least with |
| 5427s | content |
| 5429s | um because the world advances with your |
| 5431s | node and you're going to experience high |
| 5434s | level content if your node advances to |
| 5436s | high enough stages |
| 5437s | I think they're concerned more is like |
| 5439s | if people only navigate towards certain |
| 5442s | nodes in certain areas because those |
| 5445s | areas are where people want to gravitate |
| 5448s | towards for specific content or specific |
| 5451s | resources and stuff like that is it |
| 5453s | gonna |
| 5454s | are there going to be areas that make |
| 5456s | you want to have those nodes in other |
| 5458s | areas so it's not just this area becomes |
| 5461s | like the popular thing I think is more |
| 5463s | so the way the content materials all |
| 5467s | these things get distributed is they |
| 5468s | have unique relevancy all of them to end |
| 5471s | game play right and they're spread out |
| 5474s | and situated so it is more situational |
| 5476s | than it is static relevance right and |
| 5479s | what I'm hearing in that question is |
| 5480s | like there's always going to be a best |
| 5482s | node and that's not the case I think |
| 5483s | that's there will not there will not |
| 5485s | always be a best Note perfect the way |
| 5487s | that the way that content is separated |
| 5489s | the way that materials are separated the |
| 5490s | way that the zones are regionalized the |
| 5492s | way that Transit matters ensures that |
| 5495s | regions will have important nodes right |
| 5498s | not one node for the world |
| 5501s | and and by the way I do want to say |
| 5503s | something else and I know I'm letting |
| 5504s | the cat out of the bag on this as well |
| 5507s | um but there's been a lot of requests |
| 5508s | for an AMA |
| 5510s | um and uh we are planning on doing |
| 5512s | another AMA in October we don't have the |
| 5516s | exact date yet I believe it's October |
| 5518s | right we said October but we're going to |
| 5519s | do it in September but I kicked it yeah |
| 5521s | I had it originally in September but we |
| 5523s | could be more tact over well I want to |
| 5524s | do it I want to do it after the ranger |
| 5526s | reveal and the gameplay for next month |
| 5529s | so |
| 5530s | um so October we're going to be doing an |
| 5532s | AMA I'm I like the Reddit style AMA but |
| 5536s | we're also going to be taking uh |
| 5537s | questions from the forums as well that |
| 5539s | will enter intermix a little bit um |
| 5541s | there so be prepared there's a lot of |
| 5543s | new information I know that just came |
| 5545s | out in this stream |
| 5547s | um and an AMA is ask me anything so you |
| 5549s | can ask him anything and we'll for those |
| 5551s | of you who don't know what that is |
| 5553s | absolutely so we'll have a lot of |
| 5556s | opportunity to ask some questions |
| 5558s | um during that as well all right and can |
| 5560s | you answer one more question this one's |
| 5562s | a little a little spicier I suppose okay |
| 5565s | this one's from the lazy P the lazy peon |
| 5568s | yeah okay they want to know I loved your |
| 5570s | latest video by the way peon did a great |
| 5572s | follow-up overview I know he spent a lot |
| 5575s | of time on it uh lazy piano let me just |
| 5577s | give you a shout out that we absolutely |
| 5579s | love your enthusiasm for the game we |
| 5582s | love the hard work that you put in to |
| 5584s | spread the word about ashes and to give |
| 5586s | people comprehensive overviews um you |
| 5588s | did a really great job there buddy uh |
| 5590s | and chicken like a thank you for that |
| 5591s | long time to make that video too right |
| 5593s | how many hours did he say is crazy I |
| 5595s | don't know like 40 hours but from the |
| 5597s | studio from the studio to you we send |
| 5599s | you our love uh chat let's get some |
| 5601s | hearts for for peon just wait till he |
| 5603s | has to answer this question Pian then |
| 5605s | maybe he won't be sending you alone |
| 5606s | let's just end on that note |
| 5611s | his question is in regards to play to |
| 5613s | win and gold buying some MMOs will not |
| 5616s | directly play to win in a game or |
| 5619s | indirectly play to win because they |
| 5621s | don't take harsh enough action against |
| 5623s | gold buying will you be more harsh on |
| 5625s | these players than other MMOs to |
| 5628s | maintain the Integrity of the game in |
| 5629s | ashes AKA will you permanently ban |
| 5631s | players who buy gold from third party |
| 5633s | websites Etc yeah I think it's important |
| 5636s | to note that there is a sanctity that |
| 5640s | must be protected within the game from |
| 5643s | arm Ting and let me just go into a |
| 5646s | little uh you know I guess diatribe |
| 5649s | about this but |
| 5650s | um in in games that I've played where |
| 5653s | the company or the publisher does not |
| 5657s | enforce rules it becomes the standard |
| 5660s | that you buy gold if you want to be |
| 5661s | competitive if you want to compete at |
| 5664s | the top tier levels in certain games and |
| 5667s | everyone's buying gold you almost you |
| 5670s | were almost either have to buy the gold |
| 5672s | or you're just not going to be able to |
| 5673s | compete with those people and that's a |
| 5674s | really shitty feeling to have excuse my |
| 5677s | French I apologize |
| 5679s | um |
| 5681s | okay thank you that is that is sucky |
| 5685s | um and in order for that not to be the |
| 5688s | case it is the responsibility of the |
| 5691s | publisher or the or the |
| 5693s | um or the Developers |
| 5695s | both |
| 5696s | to make sure that we have stringent |
| 5699s | practices from a CS from a customer |
| 5701s | customer service perspective to enforce |
| 5704s | our rules and to make sure that players |
| 5706s | are aware if they partake in this there |
| 5708s | is a huge risk in doing so it's not |
| 5711s | going to be a slap on the hand it's not |
| 5713s | going to be a we told you once we told |
| 5715s | you twice we told you three four five |
| 5716s | six times okay we're just taking some |
| 5718s | gold away you know that kind of thing we |
| 5721s | have got to ensure that it is feared to |
| 5725s | do those things because you know that |
| 5727s | ashes has active GMS it has active |
| 5731s | customer service it has an active |
| 5733s | Community team and if there's one thing |
| 5734s | that you guys have seen over this |
| 5735s | development so far is even prior to the |
| 5738s | game launching prior to significant test |
| 5740s | sessions we focus on community |
| 5743s | engagement Margaret and her team are |
| 5744s | doing a phenomenal job and I know I say |
| 5746s | this often I love them all |
| 5748s | in in engaging with the community that |
| 5752s | does not stop at ship that gets more |
| 5755s | when we ship that become become |
| 5757s | something that is intrinsic as a |
| 5759s | definition between ashes and the games |
| 5761s | we've all played it is the distinctual |
| 5764s | point and that means that from an |
| 5767s | enforcement from a policy perspective we |
| 5769s | need to be Johnny on the spot when it |
| 5771s | comes to botting or rmting because the |
| 5773s | sanctity and player achievement within |
| 5775s | the game when valuing risk versus reward |
| 5778s | those things have to accompany it or |
| 5780s | else it's meaningless you know what's |
| 5781s | really funny is uh Adam who's our csrap |
| 5785s | uh our senior CS rev just put together a |
| 5789s | report about botting an rmt and stuff |
| 5791s | like that for the team and they're |
| 5793s | actually going to be putting that |
| 5794s | together this week to like take some big |
| 5797s | action on those so it's kind of perfect |
| 5799s | timing in regards to but like we were |
| 5802s | 100 keeping that in mind and one of the |
| 5804s | reasons why I wanted to work here is |
| 5806s | because Steven does understand how |
| 5808s | important community and customer support |
| 5810s | is yeah |
| 5811s | greatly I had to I had to buy gold in |
| 5814s | other games I played because and I |
| 5816s | readily admit that is is I don't play |
| 5819s | games to lose I play games to win and |
| 5822s | when the when the company or the |
| 5824s | publisher is not doing anything about |
| 5826s | the rampant rmting that's occurring |
| 5828s | within their servers what do they expect |
| 5831s | the players who are competitive to do |
| 5833s | there's no choice there |
| 5835s | um and that's the problem is I just know |
| 5837s | life did |
| 5839s | right exactly but anyways that is the |
| 5842s | problem is that the and you know what |
| 5844s | the funny thing is it's partly the |
| 5846s | reason why Intrepid even exists and |
| 5849s | trepid was born out of a hatred for that |
| 5851s | type of interaction between publisher |
| 5853s | and the developer and The Gamers is that |
| 5856s | there was no respect for that |
| 5858s | achievement in the game when somebody |
| 5860s | could just go out and buy it and not |
| 5862s | have to worry about retribution not have |
| 5864s | to worry about policy enforcement not |
| 5865s | have to worry about an active GM on the |
| 5867s | server that sucks there should be |
| 5869s | absolutely an activity-based Community |
| 5872s | team on the side of the company and |
| 5874s | publisher and the game itself |
| 5877s | the yeah anyways yeah and uh our |
| 5880s | development team is amazing the |
| 5881s | engineers are doing great things to |
| 5883s | create tools for our customer support in |
| 5885s | order to allow us to expand and make |
| 5887s | that scalable because scalable Solutions |
| 5889s | are the only way we're going to be |
| 5891s | actually able to continue to you know |
| 5894s | keep up the quality level of that |
| 5898s | um because you can't be everywhere at |
| 5900s | all you know what I love and I'm not I I |
| 5903s | so apologize because I'm not trying to |
| 5905s | bash on other Publishers or game |
| 5907s | developers but I love the term games as |
| 5910s | a service sorry writers yeah I know I |
| 5913s | love the term games as a service and the |
| 5915s | and the reason I love it is because |
| 5917s | every time I hear somebody say that I |
| 5919s | ask them that's awesome how much of your |
| 5921s | budget do you devote to servicing the |
| 5923s | players through a community team in |
| 5924s | active CS team oh not that much yes |
| 5929s | as a service I've worked on teams where |
| 5932s | I'm the community manager the social |
| 5933s | media manager that I'm doing everything |
| 5935s | right so I think like the fact that you |
| 5937s | understand for us to do the quality |
| 5940s | level that we need we need people to be |
| 5942s | doing those specific jobs absolutely |
| 5943s | absolutely |
| 5945s | um one other thing I want to say I |
| 5946s | didn't I didn't give a shout out to narc |
| 5948s | I know sometimes I need to give a shout |
| 5949s | out now because I I actually I love his |
| 5951s | uh intros but I do want to say it's |
| 5954s | probably not a healthy thing to have |
| 5955s | underwear with my face on them |
| 5958s | um yeah yeah I saw in a couple videos |
| 5960s | there's an it's my face I'm like what is |
| 5964s | this |
| 5966s | um yeah probably not the best idea but |
| 5969s | either way uh do love it it was |
| 5972s | hilarious all right well with that I |
| 5975s | know we didn't get through a lot of |
| 5976s | questions today but uh hopefully you got |
| 5978s | a plethora of information I know that |
| 5981s | this Theory crafting is going to be |
| 5983s | Madness we're very excited to watch and |
| 5986s | see all the content that you guys are |
| 5988s | going to share or write about please |
| 5991s | send us your feedback head on over to |
| 5993s | our forums go to the Reddit you know |
| 5995s | post on our social we love hearing about |
| 5997s | it we continually ask you for your |
| 5998s | feedback note that there is a new tank |
| 6000s | participation Dev discussion up if you |
| 6002s | have not partaken in that please do so |
| 6006s | there will be another one coming up next |
| 6008s | month and of course the tip of the spear |
| 6010s | Cosmetics will be swapping over on |
| 6012s | September 7th so you'll see the next set |
| 6014s | which is very exciting |
| 6016s | um thank you to all of you who have been |
| 6019s | hanging out with us for this long long |
| 6022s | stream as well as thank you to Stephen |
| 6024s | for spending your time thank you to the |
| 6026s | writers who are waiting for Steve |
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| 6066s | will see you around if not we will see |
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