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| 20s | hello everyone and Welcome to our |
| 24s | November development update we hope that |
| 26s | you've been having a glorious month and |
| 29s | it's definitely been one for us we |
| 31s | constantly have so much going on but you |
| 34s | know that's all good |
| 37s | um of course we are in the festive |
| 39s | November season going into winter I got |
| 42s | my turtleneck you know I hope you guys |
| 44s | all have your hot Cocos or pumpkin spice |
| 47s | lattes whatever whatever you're into |
| 51s | um how are you doing Stephen I am doing |
| 54s | great we had a very fun little recording |
| 58s | session I think you guys are in for a |
| 61s | treat today it's a little over 40 |
| 63s | minutes of game play with some cleric |
| 66s | action and some some night sky fun stuff |
| 71s | and there's a lot of good things I think |
| 74s | you guys are going to have a fun time |
| 75s | watching so I'm excited 100 I kind of |
| 78s | gave everybody a little hint in chat |
| 80s | that it was going to be a long long |
| 81s | stream so buckle yourself in guys we're |
| 84s | gonna be in for a little longer of a |
| 86s | ride today |
| 87s | um but you always enjoy whenever we're I |
| 90s | think the bingo card might have a long |
| 91s | stream on it so we'll see if we hit the |
| 93s | hit the marker for it but of course |
| 95s | before we get into all the things we |
| 97s | have some reminders and things of that |
| 98s | sort so I would like to say |
| 100s | um reminder that we are going over oh |
| 103s | what our covering today is going to be |
| 104s | reminders as Steven said we're going to |
| 105s | be going over a cleric update which also |
| 107s | includes some night sky and |
| 109s | constellation fun and we also have a |
| 111s | character update which will be a little |
| 113s | bit shorter and then we have a studio |
| 114s | update which will be also probably |
| 116s | pretty short and then we have our q a I |
| 119s | will be taking questions during the |
| 121s | video as well so if you are asking stuff |
| 123s | you'll see that I usually pull some |
| 124s | things from that if I see if I see |
| 126s | things that I think need to be clarified |
| 128s | because sometimes we say stuff when |
| 129s | we're playing but you know when you're |
| 131s | playing and talking at the same times |
| 132s | sometimes uh you don't clarify |
| 134s | everything that you know you need to so |
| 137s | we'll we'll touch base on those things |
| 139s | so for our quick reminders first and |
| 143s | foremost we want to say thank you to our |
| 145s | lovely YouTube subscribers if you would |
| 149s | like to be a you know spotlighted you |
| 152s | can head on over to our YouTube channel |
| 153s | whenever we upload the development |
| 155s | update if you subscribe to our Channel |
| 158s | and you leave a comment you could |
| 160s | perhaps be selected |
| 162s | and you must make it available for |
| 164s | people to know that you're subscribed so |
| 166s | that we can see you so for today's |
| 169s | question Papa Smurf 6834 is our lovely |
| 173s | Spotlight and they had asked or |
| 175s | mentioned in the open world PVP system |
| 178s | will there be a prevent attacking |
| 181s | innocent option that when turned on will |
| 184s | prevent me from accidentally attacking a |
| 186s | non-corrupted player I say this because |
| 188s | Griefers are often very good at making |
| 190s | you attack them by accident good |
| 193s | question so there's there's a few things |
| 195s | here |
| 196s | um first and foremost is that the open |
| 199s | world flagging PVP system requires the |
| 203s | what we call Force function in order to |
| 205s | initiate an attack against another |
| 207s | player and by default that's even |
| 209s | against players who are already flagged |
| 212s | though not against players who are uh |
| 215s | corrupt |
| 216s | um and they're in the settings you will |
| 219s | have options by which you can Auto |
| 222s | um you can persist that a force function |
| 225s | if you wish through another keystroke |
| 227s | input and then Additionally you can set |
| 230s | your aoes so that if you initiate an AOE |
| 234s | attack against a location and there are |
| 238s | flagged players there you will either |
| 240s | you can set it so that you can |
| 241s | automatically hit those flag players but |
| 245s | by default it doesn't |
| 247s | um so those are options in your in your |
| 249s | settings that you will have access to |
| 251s | and be able to adjust |
| 254s | foreign |
| 257s | thank you for that Stephen we appreciate |
| 259s | it and of course thank you uh Papa Smurf |
| 261s | for being we love a good Smurf uh |
| 265s | supporting us and our development |
| 267s | process like I said if you would like |
| 269s | your comment spotlighted and perhaps |
| 271s | your question answered all you have to |
| 273s | do is subscribe to our YouTube channel |
| 274s | and when we upload our development |
| 276s | updates every month just leave a comment |
| 278s | in regards to what you would like uh and |
| 281s | you could be selected |
| 283s | um so with that we have a little bit of |
| 286s | reminders today is not too many uh we |
| 289s | want to thank first and foremost |
| 291s | everybody who joined us for extra life |
| 293s | our community raised over 77.9 |
| 296s | 000 for the children's Miracles |
| 298s | smokes located all across North America |
| 301s | the children Miracle hospital will treat |
| 303s | over 32 million kids this year alone and |
| 307s | children receive care regardless of |
| 309s | their family's ability to pay so you've |
| 311s | helped literal miracles happen and |
| 314s | absolutely and guys can can I just |
| 316s | comment real quick Margaret uh I mean |
| 318s | good |
| 319s | um |
| 320s | I know we've said this the field goods |
| 322s | are great but honestly if you think |
| 324s | about the practicality of what that |
| 326s | dollar value means and the fact that |
| 329s | um as a community we were capable of |
| 332s | achieving uh this accomplishment now |
| 334s | bringing our grand total of extra life |
| 338s | involvement over the past several years |
| 340s | to nearly a quarter of a million dollars |
| 344s | um that is something that is is truly |
| 346s | significant and it really I mean it's |
| 350s | it's difficult sometimes to understand |
| 352s | what that impact is not seeing it you |
| 355s | know face to face in action but it |
| 358s | really makes the world of difference for |
| 361s | a great number of children and the fact |
| 364s | that you guys showed up and as a |
| 366s | community we were able to achieve that |
| 367s | together is truly remarkable especially |
| 370s | given the fact that we are still in |
| 371s | development so I just want to say we are |
| 373s | we are setting the right pace the right |
| 375s | example |
| 377s | um as an MMORPG community in showing |
| 380s | doing what's capable from the gamer |
| 381s | population to to do good in the world |
| 384s | and really big props and kudos to you |
| 387s | guys in the community that was really |
| 388s | something that was amazing give |
| 389s | yourselves a hand it was awesome I'm |
| 392s | truly impressed |
| 393s | yeah I can do a little round of applause |
| 396s | oh you got the sound effects of course I |
| 399s | got the sound effects |
| 401s | um but we also want to mention that as a |
| 403s | teaching Hospital Rady's Children's |
| 404s | Hospital not only helps children every |
| 406s | single day but they also train future |
| 408s | generations of doctors and nurses so |
| 410s | we're super proud of our community thank |
| 412s | you so much everybody and as Steven said |
| 414s | we've raised over 247 |
| 418s | 000 throughout the years and we that |
| 420s | would not be possible without you all |
| 421s | and it's pretty amazing to see The |
| 424s | Gaming Community come together for a |
| 426s | great cause for the kids yes so thank |
| 429s | you so so much we super duper appreciate |
| 432s | it |
| 433s | um and of course we also have our |
| 436s | monthly Cosmetics just as a reminder if |
| 438s | you are not aware these will be swapping |
| 440s | over the wardens in the Wilds will be |
| 442s | swapping over on December 14th 2022 at |
| 444s | 11 A.M Pacific reminder that all of |
| 446s | these are things that will help us build |
| 448s | the world so these are NPCs creatures |
| 450s | buildings that you'll see in the world |
| 452s | and these are just skin so you won't |
| 455s | you'll see them in the world as other |
| 457s | pieces and NPCs and so if you want to |
| 459s | get tidbits of lore of how they'll be |
| 461s | affecting the world |
| 462s | um it's a great way to kind of get a |
| 465s | little hint I know you lure junkies out |
| 467s | there always like give us lore I'm like |
| 468s | we give you lure every month and |
| 470s | sometimes it's really long Laura |
| 473s | there's some good ones in there |
| 474s | definitely check them out and of course |
| 477s | we're going to move into our cleric |
| 479s | update slash day night cycle |
| 482s | constellation Madness it's a lot uh so |
| 486s | I'll let Stephen first and foremost |
| 488s | preface this video thank you thank you |
| 490s | thank you thank you so as always I have |
| 494s | to preface this for those of you who |
| 497s | might just be tuning in for the first |
| 498s | time |
| 499s | um or aren't a regular attendant to our |
| 502s | our monthly updates what you're about to |
| 505s | see is a work in progress towards Alpha |
| 508s | two uh bear in mind that art gets better |
| 512s | performance gets better better the |
| 514s | gameplay gets better the primary purpose |
| 516s | of us showing these on a monthly basis |
| 518s | is to give the community an update on |
| 521s | progress but also and the more |
| 523s | importantly to elicit response and |
| 525s | feedback from you guys because we are a |
| 528s | transparent development process and that |
| 530s | means the world to us from an iteration |
| 532s | standpoint it helps direct us and we are |
| 535s | capable of directly engaging with our |
| 538s | community which is probably the most |
| 540s | important component of a development |
| 541s | process so as you guys are watching |
| 545s | please keep that in mind please make |
| 547s | sure to go and comment on the YouTube |
| 549s | video it'll be uploaded after this |
| 551s | stream in its full 4K Glory |
| 555s | excuse me |
| 557s | um and then in addition go to our Reddit |
| 559s | go to the YouTube go to our Forums on |
| 561s | Twitter and give us your feedback your |
| 563s | comments what you really liked about the |
| 565s | showing today |
| 567s | um and where you feel that there's room |
| 568s | for improvement uh that's very important |
| 571s | um you are going to see a little bit uh |
| 573s | uh aspect of the cleric um you're going |
| 575s | to see some components of the night and |
| 577s | day cycle I think for the first time |
| 579s | seeing a transition from day to night |
| 581s | um you're gonna see the uh the use of |
| 583s | the feature set for constellations |
| 586s | um you're going to see and learn a |
| 588s | little bit about Undead and how certain |
| 591s | types of energy and Elemental components |
| 593s | will influence the ability to do damage |
| 594s | to different |
| 595s | um uh specie types you're going to see |
| 597s | some of the advanced AI uh today as well |
| 600s | you're going to see a beautiful uh biome |
| 602s | within the riverlands it's actually near |
| 604s | the Alpine Forest it's a little bit |
| 606s | higher in elevation although it is still |
| 607s | in the riverlands you're going to see an |
| 610s | awesome Cemetery you're going to see a |
| 611s | lot of fun stuff |
| 612s | um and then we will come back and we |
| 614s | will be chatting with you about it |
| 616s | afterwards so enjoy |
| 627s | [Music] |
| 634s | [Applause] |
| 634s | [Music] |
| 647s | hello everyone and welcome to yet |
| 651s | another stream in the world of Vera I am |
| 656s | joined by two absolutely awesome and |
| 659s | Stellar developers on ashes of Creation |
| 661s | with whom you have actually |
| 663s | experienced a live stream with before |
| 666s | they are our glorious engineer Keenan |
| 671s | how you doing buddy |
| 672s | good how are you I'm doing good happy to |
| 675s | be here with you again and then we also |
| 678s | have uh one of our senior game designers |
| 681s | Mr tratt how you doing trap |
| 684s | hey good to see everyone again good to |
| 686s | be back |
| 687s | so we are in a new biome that actually I |
| 692s | don't believe anyone's ever seen before |
| 696s | where are we we are in the this kind of |
| 699s | looks a little bit like the Alpine |
| 701s | Forest but actually this is a part of |
| 704s | the riverlands this is |
| 707s | um up near the Alpine Forest Area |
| 710s | um so you're gonna see some Western |
| 712s | Larks and Eastern hemlocks |
| 716s | um we're obviously at a bit of a higher |
| 718s | elevation if you look off to the |
| 721s | uh East over there |
| 723s | you can see |
| 725s | kind of where the starting area for the |
| 728s | alien humans |
| 729s | um or the excuse me the klar and the |
| 732s | velune would start in Alpha two down in |
| 736s | the basins of the riverlands but we are |
| 740s | somewhere else and the reason we're up |
| 742s | in this higher elevation is because we |
| 743s | want to show to you guys |
| 746s | the night and day cycle a little bit of |
| 749s | some of the cemetery areas with some |
| 751s | Undead |
| 752s | and there's some constellations I think |
| 754s | we're going to be taking a look at today |
| 756s | as well that will get a good vantage |
| 757s | point from up in this elevation |
| 760s | um and also you may notice two familiar |
| 763s | characters uh we have the ranger that |
| 766s | you guys saw a little bit Keenan you're |
| 768s | playing the ranger right yep all right |
| 770s | now don't there was a lot of commentary |
| 772s | about my playing of the Ranger and uh |
| 776s | some people didn't think I played it |
| 778s | very well so we're gonna have to make |
| 779s | sure that you're on your game today uh |
| 782s | with that Ranger |
| 783s | I'll show how it's done and then taking |
| 786s | your job exactly and then we also have |
| 789s | Chad you're playing uh the fighter right |
| 792s | yep I'm gonna have to substitute is the |
| 794s | tank roll of the party oh they have the |
| 797s | actual tank that's right we haven't |
| 798s | shown off the tank yet so the fighter is |
| 801s | going to be our tank today which I think |
| 802s | is fine |
| 804s | um let's start heading let's start |
| 806s | heading down this way a little bit what |
| 808s | do you say let's go let's do it let's do |
| 810s | this |
| 811s | so what do we have |
| 814s | um today with the cleric Chad we're |
| 817s | going to be looking a little bit at the |
| 818s | cleric and some of the new weapons |
| 822s | um |
| 823s | the mace and the staff is that right |
| 826s | that is correct uh we've got a |
| 828s | two-handed staff and a one-handed mace |
| 831s | Shield you'll also see four new spells |
| 835s | that the clerk will be casting and I |
| 837s | won't spoil too much on that you'll see |
| 839s | them as we start getting into combat |
| 840s | here but |
| 842s | now Keenan you play a cleric as a main |
| 845s | in your MMOs is that right |
| 847s | yeah I typically play sport and what is |
| 850s | the most fun aspect of cleric gameplay |
| 852s | for you |
| 856s | um |
| 857s | [Music] |
| 862s | for me it's making sure it's it's being |
| 864s | able to uh |
| 867s | ensure that uh the party wins |
| 873s | definitely the role I think of is |
| 875s | support any any good player knows that |
| 877s | supports win and lose games in my |
| 881s | opinion apologies to all non-support |
| 882s | players |
| 884s | um but you know when you think about |
| 886s | think oh let's hold on let's pause here |
| 887s | this looks like a little bit of a scary |
| 888s | area and as a matter of fact |
| 892s | let me see if |
| 894s | but you know we might need some supplies |
| 897s | in here |
| 898s | let me just see if I can chop down some |
| 900s | trees |
| 903s | um |
| 903s | you know what |
| 906s | I think there was some some Oaks down |
| 908s | here |
| 910s | these Oaks might come in handy later |
| 911s | we'll see |
| 914s | um but you know when you think about |
| 915s | like cleric gameplay |
| 917s | that whack-a-mole that Trad said that's |
| 920s | that's kind of I think what a lot of MMO |
| 922s | players are accustomed to right |
| 925s | yeah probably it's like it's like |
| 928s | following your your party's hit point |
| 930s | bars in |
| 933s | health bars in the uh |
| 936s | the party window and just clicking |
| 938s | between them and making sure you're like |
| 940s | maintaining rotations and cooldowns on |
| 942s | your heel abilities |
| 945s | um you know saving the really high Mana |
| 947s | usage ones uh for emergency situations |
| 950s | and just ensuring that your resource |
| 952s | management as well as like |
| 955s | you know who your tanks are who your |
| 957s | Fighters are if a DPS gets out of |
| 959s | position and starts taking a bunch of |
| 960s | damage like they're ruining your your |
| 963s | your Mana management essentially right |
| 965s | so it's a little bit of dependency on |
| 967s | like your party as well as your own |
| 970s | rotation |
| 972s | yeah it's a very reactive play style |
| 974s | that I like |
| 976s | um a lot of you know use a lot of the |
| 978s | time when you're playing DPS it's like a |
| 980s | lot of things are kind of predetermined |
| 982s | with your rotation and all that and |
| 983s | obviously there's like reactive elements |
| 985s | there that you're reacting to out |
| 986s | external variables and the the |
| 988s | encounters and such but you know with |
| 990s | with clerics there's generally not as |
| 993s | much of a rotation you're kind of |
| 994s | responding every moment based on what's |
| 996s | Happening to your party but yeah there's |
| 998s | a lot of uh predictive opportunities as |
| 1000s | well like making sure that you're in the |
| 1002s | right place at the right time |
| 1004s | right yeah absolutely |
| 1006s | um all right let's just Mount and see |
| 1008s | what we got up here these look like some |
| 1010s | Skin Walkers |
| 1012s | who what are these Skin Walkers Chad you |
| 1014s | want to talk to us a little bit about |
| 1015s | them |
| 1016s | um these are just one of your basic |
| 1019s | fodder enemies like you know they're |
| 1020s | they're not too dangerous individually |
| 1022s | but um you know in a pack they could be |
| 1025s | something to to concern yourself with so |
| 1028s | you don't want to pull too many of the |
| 1029s | time but let's take them out and see |
| 1031s | what happens |
| 1037s | not too bad not too bad |
| 1040s | all right it took some damage there |
| 1045s | a little bit of damage there |
| 1048s | that wasn't too bad let me actually hold |
| 1051s | on let me um adjust the master volume |
| 1054s | real quick |
| 1056s | audio you guys are gonna see some |
| 1058s | outstanding UI work that's necessary |
| 1061s | I'm just gonna pull down this a little |
| 1064s | bit |
| 1066s | there we go |
| 1069s | all right so that's still got some UI |
| 1072s | work to do on the settings panel but you |
| 1074s | get to see it in all of its work in |
| 1076s | progress Glory |
| 1078s | so they did do a little bit of damage to |
| 1080s | you and talk to us a little bit about |
| 1083s | um |
| 1086s | oh wow those guys actually got a little |
| 1088s | bit beat up |
| 1089s | must be those uh Buffs on chains oh yeah |
| 1093s | I actually did I I didn't actually even |
| 1094s | get to cast chains |
| 1098s | yeah so they just didn't do too much |
| 1099s | yeah exactly so one thing we were trying |
| 1102s | to set up there that will of course get |
| 1103s | to see a little bit more showcased in |
| 1106s | some of these tougher mobs inevitably |
| 1107s | coming up here is uh some class |
| 1110s | synergies uh this particular one is |
| 1113s | where we demonstrate setting up a status |
| 1115s | Effect called stagger you'll see a |
| 1117s | floater text pop up here I'll show you |
| 1119s | don't kill them don't kill |
| 1121s | actually you won't see it on my screen |
| 1123s | yeah but basically it sets up |
| 1125s | satisfaction you can see a little bit of |
| 1127s | a VFX over his head and then |
| 1130s | um as you see there Steven followed up |
| 1132s | with James uh |
| 1133s | triggers a stun on any Target under that |
| 1136s | effect already |
| 1138s | now up here I believe is an observation |
| 1140s | area where where I am going to speed up |
| 1143s | time now we talked a little bit about |
| 1146s | um showcasing Kind of Night and Day and |
| 1149s | up here if we make a pass some of these |
| 1151s | this is just this is like a cemetery |
| 1153s | right |
| 1155s | looks to be that way |
| 1159s | oh yeah these dogs are these these poor |
| 1162s | dogs I feel terrible about them let me |
| 1164s | oh there's some zombies up here |
| 1166s | okay we got it coming oh they're they're |
| 1170s | starting |
| 1171s | you can kite these oh my God never mind |
| 1173s | what the heck was that so much for |
| 1176s | guiding |
| 1183s | all right get ready to drop a stun on |
| 1186s | them or is it on cooldown nope I got it |
| 1189s | all right oh no I accidentally canceled |
| 1191s | it oh God |
| 1193s | hold on group view there we go okay |
| 1196s | we're doing okay |
| 1204s | I got you I got you |
| 1211s | that some of them popped out of the |
| 1212s | ground |
| 1219s | oh I love the charge effect and it looks |
| 1221s | like they're oh my God a dog came |
| 1223s | I think we're hitting respawns we need |
| 1225s | to keep moving oh God I want to pull |
| 1227s | them up this way yep |
| 1234s | now you'll notice my main heel actually |
| 1236s | can act as a uh |
| 1238s | as a damage if the enemy Target is if |
| 1242s | the target is an enemy |
| 1244s | and actually that can generate as a |
| 1247s | mechanic for the cleric um some |
| 1248s | convictions tell me a little bit about |
| 1250s | convictions Trad yeah conviction is a |
| 1254s | class resource we came up with for the |
| 1255s | cleric specifically certain abilities |
| 1258s | will generate it based on certain |
| 1260s | criteria and as Steven was saying there |
| 1263s | you can either use it to heal an ally or |
| 1266s | you can use it to do damage to an enemy |
| 1268s | and generate conviction which will then |
| 1270s | help you in the future heal for more so |
| 1272s | kind of what Keenan was saying about |
| 1274s | predictive played being an element not |
| 1276s | just reactive that would be the one of |
| 1278s | the predictive aspects of the cleric |
| 1280s | just kind of setting yourself up so that |
| 1281s | when you know |
| 1283s | things start looking a little rough you |
| 1286s | know you've kind of prepared that in |
| 1287s | advance by not healing as much early on |
| 1289s | and paying off later now at this point |
| 1294s | I think players are for the first time |
| 1295s | seeing one of the moons of Vera |
| 1298s | and there are a few moons actually at |
| 1300s | Pera |
| 1302s | um but you guys are going to witness me |
| 1304s | speeding up time because |
| 1307s | day and night cycles in the ashes of |
| 1310s | creation are actually over the course of |
| 1313s | a few hours between those night cycles |
| 1316s | so I you're gonna see the trees move all |
| 1320s | real rapidly and you're going to see the |
| 1321s | Sun Drop rapidly and then you're gonna |
| 1323s | see the night sky begin to form |
| 1325s | and we're going to try to identify some |
| 1329s | constellations if we can because |
| 1332s | constellations and Ashes of creation |
| 1334s | actually have a very relevant purpose |
| 1336s | across a whole host of different game |
| 1340s | systems including on the narrative side |
| 1343s | on mechanics like acquiring certain |
| 1345s | types of relics for your node on |
| 1348s | empowering certain abilities and or |
| 1351s | items that you have access to and it is |
| 1354s | of course relevant that I am playing as |
| 1357s | a VEC vek as many of you may know uh do |
| 1361s | worship and obviously study the stars |
| 1366s | so let me see if I can go ahead and |
| 1370s | speed up that time |
| 1372s | standby |
| 1375s | there it goes |
| 1376s | the trees look I love it it's kind of |
| 1378s | like time machine a little bit oh |
| 1383s | and the moon changed positions it's now |
| 1385s | dead up and up and we see another one of |
| 1388s | the moons now of course as you guys may |
| 1390s | know this is of course a work in |
| 1392s | progress right we're working towards our |
| 1394s | Alpha two so some of the stuff will |
| 1396s | likely change especially on the art side |
| 1399s | but I love what the new Skybox is doing |
| 1402s | and and I mean it's just visually great |
| 1406s | Ambience of course changes now to |
| 1409s | include a different nighttime feel to it |
| 1411s | and the lighting actually in the night |
| 1413s | is not too bad I mean it gives you that |
| 1415s | kind of sense of of dark darkness but |
| 1418s | you know it's not inhibiting your |
| 1420s | ability to play the game |
| 1422s | um |
| 1423s | now we are trying to look we need each |
| 1426s | of us to kind of look in the sky in |
| 1428s | certain directions to identify |
| 1430s | um one of these constellations and I |
| 1433s | think what we are looking for |
| 1435s | um is what was once called a begormel |
| 1438s | but now is called a uh Dawn breaker I |
| 1442s | believe |
| 1443s | so try to look all around as you can in |
| 1445s | the night sky and identify the location |
| 1449s | of |
| 1451s | the dawn breaker where is the dawn |
| 1454s | breaker |
| 1456s | I am not yet seeing it are any of you |
| 1460s | seeing it |
| 1464s | I don't see |
| 1468s | can we not find the Dawnbreaker |
| 1471s | or maybe we'll find another one of them |
| 1476s | um |
| 1478s | where is it hold on they should have |
| 1482s | told me where it was oh there we go we |
| 1485s | found the Dawnbreaker |
| 1487s | do you guys oh it's right next to the |
| 1490s | destroyed Moon |
| 1491s | oh that'll help yeah there we go oh it |
| 1495s | looks so good I love it now this that's |
| 1498s | oh it went away sad sad |
| 1502s | um now there is supposedly another uh |
| 1506s | constellation that is deeper into the |
| 1510s | cemetery if we want to progress that way |
| 1511s | what do you guys think |
| 1513s | let's check it out yeah but wait before |
| 1515s | we go let me give us all just a group |
| 1518s | blessing the four of the three of us |
| 1519s | sorry I've got a buff beforehand let's |
| 1522s | do this |
| 1524s | I think that'll wear off long before we |
| 1527s | get to use it oh yeah gotta conserve |
| 1529s | your Mana I know oh I'm trying uh are we |
| 1533s | going to watch tank and healer going |
| 1534s | different ways uh-oh we gotta gotta |
| 1537s | avoid the polls yeah |
| 1539s | uh I think I might have pulled one |
| 1542s | there's one coming over this direction |
| 1544s | oh God they're here where where are you |
| 1547s | ready ah okay you you guys take care of |
| 1550s | it |
| 1553s | the zombies will never catch us |
| 1558s | nice we got that where's where are you |
| 1561s | at there we go |
| 1563s | yeah it looks like we agreed one here |
| 1565s | let's just get this guy real quick |
| 1570s | oh |
| 1571s | my God |
| 1581s | okay let's tread carefully around these |
| 1584s | parts apparently |
| 1587s | we're doing okay I think |
| 1589s | [Music] |
| 1595s | my stab out for this oh you know I |
| 1597s | haven't shown any active blocking yet |
| 1599s | that's another thing I wanted to show |
| 1600s | you guys is the active blocking |
| 1603s | are there creatures down here yeah there |
| 1605s | should be a pack down here I think all |
| 1607s | right let's take a look what is this |
| 1610s | it's the graveyard oh it's a respawn |
| 1614s | point |
| 1615s | a resurrection |
| 1617s | different kind of graveyard yeah |
| 1621s | I love this environment and the the fog |
| 1624s | on the ground is so whoa behind you is |
| 1627s | that oh my God here |
| 1630s | oh God I'll let you tank for a little |
| 1632s | bit all right |
| 1634s | I have my active blocks up oh boy |
| 1637s | there's a lot |
| 1640s | okay he doesn't seem to be doing much |
| 1642s | damage to me but of course it would |
| 1643s | normally consume |
| 1646s | stamina is that correct Trent |
| 1649s | uh that depends we're still kind of |
| 1651s | discussing our resource systems but you |
| 1653s | know that is one thing that we can |
| 1655s | potentially explore |
| 1659s | oh don't stand in that |
| 1663s | [Music] |
| 1664s | oh no what do those do though |
| 1667s | I know Doug and um |
| 1669s | Doug and Sean were working on these |
| 1671s | zombies yeah using some of our new AI |
| 1675s | systems right don't stand in the green |
| 1677s | fire don't stand in the vomit actually |
| 1679s | hurts a lot |
| 1682s | let me see if I can generate some |
| 1684s | convictions |
| 1686s | I have convictions |
| 1692s | oh and now you can see because I have |
| 1694s | convictions my cleansing wave actually |
| 1697s | bounced to an additional Target |
| 1703s | it's pretty awesome that time yeah |
| 1706s | that's nice that is very nice all right |
| 1708s | let's keep moving forward did I hit all |
| 1710s | three of you guys |
| 1711s | I have some I notice I have some |
| 1713s | conviction buff on my on my life bar |
| 1716s | right now |
| 1717s | yeah uh you hit one additional Target |
| 1720s | for each stack you have |
| 1722s | oh my God you guys are hearing |
| 1725s | um |
| 1727s | my steam I think |
| 1731s | apologies I'm sorry I'm recording from |
| 1735s | home |
| 1738s | all right here we go |
| 1743s | yeah |
| 1745s | let's see if I can generate some more |
| 1747s | conviction |
| 1751s | it worked |
| 1758s | these zombies aren't too bad |
| 1764s | so the more convictions that I generate |
| 1766s | the more Amplified the abilities become |
| 1768s | is that right that is correct |
| 1773s | and obviously as you know we we create |
| 1776s | more and more abilities there will be |
| 1777s | more interactions right now you know you |
| 1779s | only see four but you know the final two |
| 1782s | will have way more than that going on |
| 1788s | I'm gonna take my staff out |
| 1791s | [Applause] |
| 1795s | we must show these beings the way of the |
| 1797s | light |
| 1799s | talk to us a little bit about the way of |
| 1801s | the light actually how does radiant |
| 1802s | energy and energy subtypes work with |
| 1804s | regards to damage and creatures |
| 1809s | so the |
| 1812s | basically we're going to have different |
| 1814s | damage types and certain damage types |
| 1817s | will be strong or weak against certain |
| 1819s | enemy types so you'll have to be |
| 1822s | somewhat you know smart about who you're |
| 1825s | bringing where or you know what kind of |
| 1827s | abilities or specs |
| 1829s | um you know obviously you'll be able to |
| 1833s | do the content but you'll have an easier |
| 1835s | time with certain contents you know if |
| 1837s | you're using a certain spec over others |
| 1839s | so you know obviously we're going up |
| 1841s | against Undead and as is natural they're |
| 1844s | probably going to be a little weaker |
| 1845s | against your holy magic than uh Keenan's |
| 1849s | nature |
| 1850s | um element for example |
| 1852s | wow Kina you don't want to talk to you |
| 1854s | about your nature like that |
| 1859s | I do like I do like I do like when we go |
| 1864s | up against the air Elementals maybe |
| 1865s | Keenan's time will shine oh there you go |
| 1868s | I like the uh the actual uh |
| 1872s | different Synergy between |
| 1874s | um energy types and vulnerabilities of |
| 1877s | certain creatures there's actually a lot |
| 1879s | of mobs here |
| 1881s | um yeah we should be careful before |
| 1882s | going forward we got things behind oh |
| 1885s | okay let's grab some chickens behind |
| 1886s | whoa whoa did they actually |
| 1890s | that was crazy they kind of ran at me |
| 1893s | they might I think they were coming at |
| 1895s | me and you were just in their way |
| 1898s | very interesting |
| 1906s | all right let's get these guys up here |
| 1911s | I should use them to generate some |
| 1914s | convictions actually |
| 1915s | oh you got me a whole DPS it's not in my |
| 1918s | it's not in my not in your nature |
| 1923s | I've got my DPS hat on |
| 1928s | um talk to us talk to us a little bit oh |
| 1930s | wait are you gonna pull here so I think |
| 1933s | they're seeing us from over here trying |
| 1935s | to trick us and we're us into this oh |
| 1937s | yeah |
| 1938s | they found me somehow |
| 1943s | it's all right |
| 1945s | bigger Falls more XP |
| 1952s | all right I set them up for a stun |
| 1955s | perfect now talk to me a little bit |
| 1958s | about why that stun just happened |
| 1960s | I set it up with Whirlwind and it |
| 1963s | applies to these staggered effects and |
| 1965s | chains of restraint will stun any |
| 1968s | Targets under the stack of time so right |
| 1970s | now that's one particular Synergy but |
| 1973s | as the game continues to come together |
| 1975s | and you see more and more abilities |
| 1978s | um there will be all kinds of ways to |
| 1980s | set up that |
| 1981s | um that outcome |
| 1984s | foreign |
| 1992s | yeah a lot of a lot of essentially the |
| 1996s | different combat mechanics that work |
| 1998s | between the different archetypes and |
| 2001s | classes |
| 2003s | um |
| 2004s | rely on synergies in the progression of |
| 2007s | certain types of status effects right |
| 2008s | that's correct |
| 2011s | okay |
| 2014s | this of course emphasizes the need for |
| 2017s | certain party compositions to exist so |
| 2019s | that players can make sure they utilize |
| 2021s | the strengths of their different types |
| 2024s | of status conditions and the the example |
| 2026s | we're showing here obviously is the |
| 2028s | progression of whoops sorry is the |
| 2032s | progression of the staggered condition |
| 2034s | into the stun |
| 2036s | um we might need to find a place to rest |
| 2038s | here yeah I mean let's move forward |
| 2041s | up this way maybe right like up here |
| 2044s | let's just track of wolves |
| 2048s | we got one zombie coming in from behind |
| 2050s | that's all right let's take a bit no you |
| 2051s | want to grab these wolves |
| 2056s | and you'll see because they're stunned |
| 2058s | the chains actually go through the body |
| 2061s | that's kind of cool |
| 2063s | what about right here can we rest here |
| 2065s | let's um let's move up the stairs a |
| 2068s | little bit just so we don't catch a |
| 2069s | respawn on the Wolves too okay can we |
| 2072s | take a seat maybe up here right here |
| 2074s | yeah let's sit down hopefully the |
| 2077s | zombies don't follow us too far I'm |
| 2079s | gonna take a seat |
| 2080s | I think we have aggro still yeah they're |
| 2083s | coming for us are they oh no okay all |
| 2086s | right |
| 2094s | I know |
| 2099s | let's take a break after we get these |
| 2101s | guys down |
| 2105s | what's up |
| 2108s | there we go last wave I promise |
| 2115s | oh |
| 2120s | I can't use my abilities |
| 2123s | oh |
| 2124s | that was a bit higher level I could help |
| 2126s | you regenerate your Mana yeah one thing |
| 2128s | we should be doing is focus firing these |
| 2130s | guys |
| 2130s | um one aspect of the zombies as they |
| 2132s | have more Health Region than your |
| 2135s | standard mob and so Unleashed all right |
| 2139s | I want a new strategy against them is to |
| 2140s | burst them down let's rest right up |
| 2149s | it's gonna rest |
| 2153s | oh there we go this is a frightful |
| 2155s | Journey actually |
| 2157s | um yeah and so beautiful |
| 2161s | yeah you can see Keenan's Mana |
| 2163s | um was a little low there and so as you |
| 2166s | know a classic MMO thing to do is to sit |
| 2169s | and rest as you get your your resources |
| 2171s | back now what if you have certain types |
| 2173s | of items that you could use like a |
| 2174s | campfire or some type of you know |
| 2178s | bedding or something that'd be kind of |
| 2180s | cool that'd be pretty cool that would be |
| 2183s | cool |
| 2184s | I like the just the the subtle fog |
| 2187s | that's just flowing through |
| 2190s | it's the rain is nice too yeah the rain |
| 2192s | is nice I like the sound |
| 2195s | look at those old lamp posts I think |
| 2196s | that's been in the game since 2017. |
| 2200s | although it looks like the materials |
| 2202s | might have gotten updated |
| 2205s | all right I'm feeling refreshed should |
| 2208s | we |
| 2210s | all right so we've got a group right |
| 2212s | ahead of us here Leroy |
| 2221s | you are going to die there is nothing I |
| 2224s | can do for you |
| 2226s | oh my God uh Focus the scholars |
| 2230s | Scholars first |
| 2232s | why is there so many |
| 2235s | that's all right three down you can |
| 2237s | Walker |
| 2242s | I can't it's on cooldown okay here comes |
| 2244s | oh my God there's dogs |
| 2247s | ambush |
| 2248s | Houston working together |
| 2254s | oh I almost got stuck in between all of |
| 2256s | them too |
| 2259s | that was terrible |
| 2261s | oh |
| 2263s | hey we actually handled that not too bad |
| 2264s | we got it all right |
| 2267s | I think we want to go this way right |
| 2268s | yeah I'm super slow though they put some |
| 2270s | type of plague debuff on me last time we |
| 2273s | got lost in here it was it was a rough |
| 2275s | time now remember we're looking for a |
| 2278s | particular type of constellation |
| 2281s | I believe the ancient Scholars of the |
| 2285s | VEC refer to it as the Great sundal |
| 2291s | whoops I totally misfired that |
| 2293s | uh ribs nobody look nobody |
| 2304s | oh these zombies look great though |
| 2308s | [Music] |
| 2313s | Keenan I have to say you are doing a |
| 2315s | great job with the ranger hold on yes |
| 2322s | where are we headed |
| 2325s | I'm just I'm just running man this is |
| 2328s | like a giant |
| 2330s | complex of Undead speaking of Undead |
| 2333s | this is the first time I think we've |
| 2335s | ever shown Undead in ashes |
| 2344s | in fact these particular Undead are a |
| 2348s | result I believe for those of you who |
| 2351s | are watching the live stream |
| 2353s | of the wreckage of Carfin the event that |
| 2356s | occurred there just before the Exodus |
| 2358s | from from Vera all those years ago |
| 2366s | now where are we got another scene |
| 2368s | Locker |
| 2377s | this is an ominous passageway I don't |
| 2380s | trust it I like it I also love the light |
| 2384s | effect that it has on my what is the |
| 2385s | name of this set this is like the |
| 2387s | vindictus is it |
| 2390s | yes man oh that armor set yeah you know |
| 2394s | we probably have already shown it on the |
| 2396s | stream so all of you well we will show |
| 2399s | but I believe it's the imperious and |
| 2402s | vindictus or something along those lines |
| 2403s | that sounds right |
| 2405s | it's a very Latin sounding name whatever |
| 2407s | it is what a slat this is Vera |
| 2414s | oh my God Keenan I think you just |
| 2417s | summoned those with your sniper ability |
| 2419s | they help in nature |
| 2422s | all right |
| 2424s | generate some more convictions here |
| 2452s | I murdered it |
| 2456s | a little bit of help from me a little |
| 2459s | bit oh was that you doing that damage I |
| 2461s | thought that was on me |
| 2462s | definitely me |
| 2467s | gotta keep the Healer safe yes |
| 2470s | that is true that is the primary role |
| 2472s | and responsibility of your archetype |
| 2475s | keep me safe |
| 2476s | oh I like how they kind of pounce at you |
| 2480s | that's their opening attack |
| 2483s | yeah so |
| 2486s | you see now the effect has staggered |
| 2489s | applied instead of stun |
| 2492s | because I did not use it at the right |
| 2494s | time with my fighter |
| 2501s | all right we're coming up across a |
| 2503s | bridge it looks like |
| 2504s | should we rest yeah that's a good idea |
| 2507s | if we rest we should probably move off |
| 2509s | to the side over here where I want to |
| 2511s | take a seat by the little okay I'm gonna |
| 2514s | rest right in the middle of the road |
| 2515s | gotta get those tips sit by the river |
| 2519s | it's a nice little spot |
| 2521s | yeah it is a nice spot |
| 2523s | I don't trust the water |
| 2526s | why nothing like that happens in the |
| 2528s | water it's just the depths think of all |
| 2531s | the secrets that the depths contain |
| 2533s | perfectly safe Dark rivers and Fantasy |
| 2536s | games |
| 2537s | a zombie is totally not gonna jump out |
| 2539s | of there and eat me alive out of the |
| 2541s | water nah that would never happen now |
| 2543s | remember for those of you who are |
| 2544s | watching during the extra life uh event |
| 2547s | the Tower of Carfin actually rests upon |
| 2550s | a river and some of the energies that |
| 2554s | were created when |
| 2555s | um |
| 2556s | uh Lamont actually did oh God |
| 2562s | oh they're shooting like necrotic |
| 2570s | there's so many there's a lot I'm on the |
| 2573s | Lamppost |
| 2574s | all right make sure you stay over near |
| 2576s | me where who where are you dread |
| 2579s | I'm still down here on the beach |
| 2587s | we should probably get up onto this |
| 2589s | bridge yeah |
| 2592s | I'm just trying to finish off this |
| 2594s | zombie first |
| 2596s | I'm on the bridge |
| 2597s | all right he's down |
| 2601s | all right let's get these two guys |
| 2610s | but as I was saying the Tower of coffin |
| 2612s | event that actually trickled out through |
| 2615s | the riverlands because of the rivers and |
| 2618s | the undead began to form around these |
| 2620s | Rivers but you'll learn more about that |
| 2621s | during the story early |
| 2627s | that's a nice little uh it's done these |
| 2630s | Scholars real quick |
| 2636s | kicking them off |
| 2638s | Rangers doing work let's go off to the |
| 2641s | side pumping |
| 2646s | what is up there |
| 2650s | oh that looks like something different |
| 2652s | and some type of little Golem oh god oh |
| 2655s | no no no no no no |
| 2657s | no no no no no no |
| 2662s | oh this guy's not that bad |
| 2664s | [Applause] |
| 2669s | oh no what was this |
| 2675s | get out of here all right we got more |
| 2677s | company that guy was they're lagging |
| 2679s | behind a little bit |
| 2681s | cannot |
| 2683s | challenge me |
| 2693s | okay they're challenging me slightly |
| 2698s | foreign |
| 2707s | except for ranged |
| 2715s | oops trapped you there |
| 2718s | oh yeah |
| 2719s | um yeah you could active one one thing |
| 2722s | that we're kind of toying around with |
| 2724s | the idea of is giving everybody a |
| 2726s | universal active block mechanic |
| 2729s | um in which case you know the shield |
| 2731s | version would probably be better but |
| 2732s | you'd still be able to uh Parry or |
| 2735s | whatnot with a two-handed weapon or even |
| 2738s | maybe dual wield |
| 2740s | oh that's pretty cool we need to find |
| 2743s | this send all |
| 2746s | um |
| 2747s | it's supposed to be kind of up |
| 2752s | near |
| 2755s | wait maybe we need to go back a little |
| 2757s | bit I think we're gonna respawn no |
| 2760s | respawn |
| 2761s | hold on let's go over this way |
| 2764s | I remember |
| 2766s | I was told |
| 2770s | that it was before this bridge oh no |
| 2773s | okay let's just let's just run through |
| 2776s | if we can I want to try to find the |
| 2777s | sound off |
| 2779s | Keep On Moving |
| 2782s | oh don't die |
| 2785s | okay |
| 2786s | hold on |
| 2790s | we're good oh God are you still waving |
| 2793s | yeah I think so I mean we'll be fine |
| 2796s | except I set my speed a little bit |
| 2799s | higher |
| 2801s | cheater |
| 2804s | oh no okay what's happening it's it's |
| 2807s | definitely a cleric buff right yes |
| 2809s | exactly here actually this is provided |
| 2811s | by the range you see that |
| 2813s | and all right |
| 2818s | we can take these guys zombies are way |
| 2820s | behind all right I'm ready |
| 2827s | [Applause] |
| 2831s | um oh my God you're never ending keep |
| 2834s | running |
| 2837s | I think hold on we gotta go up here we |
| 2839s | gotta up here |
| 2840s | up these stairs yeah up these stairs |
| 2845s | okay up good we're up here |
| 2851s | hold on |
| 2853s | I might need some help up here though |
| 2858s | let me see if it's over sorry guys I |
| 2860s | just want to make sure we can find the |
| 2863s | sand |
| 2868s | maybe he meant before the bridge like |
| 2870s | before the bridge into the cemetery |
| 2874s | Maybe |
| 2875s | oh I made it on top of the uh the light |
| 2878s | post actually |
| 2882s | now this is tranquil |
| 2885s | like a true cleric |
| 2887s | don't die I'm not with you guys by the |
| 2888s | way wait nope I don't even know where |
| 2892s | you went and we lost our healer we're |
| 2894s | screwed no no we're good you guys just |
| 2896s | come out come out the front oh I see you |
| 2898s | down there I can't we can't end the |
| 2900s | stream unless I find the sandal chimp |
| 2903s | towns Keenan oh God he's getting swarmed |
| 2906s | yeah I'm definitely getting swarmed |
| 2907s | apologies |
| 2909s | I'll save you |
| 2914s | there it's at least I can do |
| 2918s | oh shoot |
| 2921s | and the zombies are coming oh no no keep |
| 2923s | going |
| 2925s | wait it was definitely at the entrance |
| 2927s | guys I'm so sorry for this I'm so sorry |
| 2930s | stream I'm so sorry |
| 2933s | I can't Nacho the sandal |
| 2938s | totally messed up words now you know we |
| 2941s | don't cut these or edit them they're |
| 2943s | just |
| 2944s | [Applause] |
| 2947s | this is such a typical MMO Adventure |
| 2949s | it's like getting lost in a dungeon area |
| 2953s | uh healer body pulls |
| 2957s | there we go we're good I think so okay |
| 2960s | we made it out here I can see the stars |
| 2961s | again so you actually you guys can see |
| 2964s | that there are certain environments that |
| 2967s | will just prevent you from being able |
| 2969s | to look up into the sky for some of |
| 2972s | these constellations all right now we're |
| 2974s | looking towards oh and we're supposed to |
| 2977s | look towards that Moon oh |
| 2979s | I found it we found this and doll |
| 2984s | there it is yes |
| 2987s | are you dying don't die |
| 2990s | then there is the sandal ladies and |
| 2992s | gentlemen well I hope that you all have |
| 2995s | enjoyed this sneak peek at one of the uh |
| 2998s | areas in the riverlands and also some of |
| 3001s | the updates to the clear yeah let's take |
| 3003s | a seat let's take a seat and also some |
| 3006s | of the updates to the uh cleric as well |
| 3009s | as you can see there's some UI here |
| 3011s | between the icons and the minimap as |
| 3013s | well as the targeting and and party uh |
| 3016s | UI that we'd love your guys's feedback |
| 3018s | on |
| 3020s | um you also got to hear a little bit |
| 3021s | about uh the night and day cycle see |
| 3025s | some of the updates to the Mason Shield |
| 3026s | as well as the staff and also learn a |
| 3030s | little bit more about Undead and the |
| 3031s | energy types that occur and synergies |
| 3033s | especially between certain types of |
| 3035s | status conditions and effects that might |
| 3038s | might exist in ashes of Creations |
| 3041s | um with all that being said I'd love to |
| 3044s | hear your guys's feedback on what you |
| 3047s | saw today make sure you guys go and |
| 3048s | visit the forums or Twitter or Reddit |
| 3051s | comment in the YouTube two videos give |
| 3053s | us what your thoughts are about what you |
| 3055s | saw today as always remember this is a |
| 3058s | work in progress we are working towards |
| 3060s | Alpha 2 but you get to see a little bit |
| 3063s | uh every step of the way each month so I |
| 3066s | hope you guys enjoyed Trad Keenan thank |
| 3069s | you for joining us that was super fun |
| 3071s | and I'm surprised we actually didn't die |
| 3074s | same it was fun we did thanks for having |
| 3077s | us yes we'll see you guys back on stream |
| 3089s | hopefully you all enjoyed that |
| 3092s | um |
| 3094s | doll who else was checking their their |
| 3097s | steam updates when they heard the |
| 3098s | notification honestly I remembered that |
| 3101s | that happened when we were recording it |
| 3103s | and then when it happened on the stream |
| 3104s | I looked on my computer and I was like I |
| 3107s | don't have steam installed on this |
| 3108s | computer and then I was like oh wait a |
| 3111s | minute |
| 3112s | but of course uh I did grab a bunch of |
| 3115s | questions and I believe Roshan added |
| 3117s | some extra ones in here as well from uh |
| 3120s | because they're they're doing a watch |
| 3121s | party as well and I always keep an eye |
| 3123s | on Discord I was keeping on Twitch so |
| 3125s | there's a mix of them in there |
| 3126s | um but first I wanted to address that |
| 3128s | obviously I think we preface to this and |
| 3130s | you know we said it multiple times and |
| 3132s | even Steven said it in in the video Even |
| 3134s | Steven |
| 3136s | um that this is a work in progress so |
| 3138s | things like the cape clipping running |
| 3141s | animations Bloom loot nameplates all |
| 3144s | those things are work in progress so |
| 3145s | just I want to reiterate that and your |
| 3148s | your concerns right off the bat in |
| 3149s | regards to that and also the camera |
| 3151s | angle Steven likes a really wide camera |
| 3153s | angle you can zoom in if that's the POV |
| 3156s | you prefer I saw a lot of people being |
| 3158s | like I don't like this POV and he wasn't |
| 3160s | even showing that I am a big fan of |
| 3163s | super zoomed out but um also another |
| 3165s | point is uh this is keeping in context |
| 3168s | uh this is level 14 level 15 uh gameplay |
| 3173s | um that's one thing and I did note a |
| 3174s | couple things and these are these are |
| 3176s | the reasons why of course we uh present |
| 3179s | you guys with these monthly updates is |
| 3181s | because we want your feedback on things |
| 3182s | like I saw a lot of commentary about the |
| 3185s | night time and how dark exactly night |
| 3188s | time should be now of course darkness |
| 3190s | when it comes to night day cycles and |
| 3192s | games accommodates different types of |
| 3194s | games different genres different |
| 3195s | mechanics in more survival oriented |
| 3198s | games you're expected to have really |
| 3200s | dark night times because you utilize |
| 3203s | instruments like torches and lights that |
| 3207s | can be uh present but when you think |
| 3210s | about an MMORPG and you think about the |
| 3213s | types of player numbers and player count |
| 3216s | you're expected to have in certain |
| 3218s | locations and dungeons right that needs |
| 3222s | to you need to be able to accommodate |
| 3223s | those types of visibility lines and and |
| 3226s | those mechanics around that large |
| 3229s | multiplayer environment so when you guys |
| 3231s | are giving feedback |
| 3233s | think about whether or not you want the |
| 3236s | outside night time to really be very |
| 3239s | dark or if you want that to be |
| 3243s | um reserved for specific locations in a |
| 3246s | game like certain Dungeons and Towers |
| 3248s | where we can utilize mechanics like |
| 3251s | different types of lighting mechanisms |
| 3252s | in order to facilitate that more dark |
| 3256s | feel another thing that I saw was |
| 3259s | questions regarding the sit emotion uh |
| 3261s | the sit emote |
| 3262s | um so this is something that you know |
| 3264s | design has gone back and forth on over |
| 3266s | the the course of the last year or so |
| 3269s | with regards to whether or not we should |
| 3271s | have a sit function that actually |
| 3273s | increases the Mana region or not now |
| 3276s | obviously that's a throwback to more |
| 3278s | classic days uh of MMORPG gameplay but |
| 3282s | leave your comments on on that thought |
| 3285s | um about that as well and then one thing |
| 3286s | I just want to note is I traditionally |
| 3289s | play or have played a tank not usually I |
| 3293s | mean I I also I played like a tank |
| 3294s | healer a lot of times |
| 3296s | um so that's why I saw that's why you |
| 3298s | saw me pulling a lot |
| 3300s | um and I apologize for that I noticed |
| 3302s | somebody said that I need to have a |
| 3303s | child safety leash on me as the Healer |
| 3306s | I was laughing so hard people were like |
| 3309s | Steven's that guy who is like body |
| 3312s | pulling as a Claire because they're like |
| 3313s | bored and then they pull all the mobs |
| 3316s | and you're and you're like I can't |
| 3317s | handle this and then we all die so it |
| 3321s | was so great that was great |
| 3323s | all right is it okay if I grab some |
| 3325s | extra options here and stuff yeah oh and |
| 3327s | one last thing is this will be up on |
| 3329s | YouTube right after the stream so you |
| 3331s | can go watch it and it's higher quality |
| 3333s | um uh setting on YouTube |
| 3336s | um obviously on stream you know we we |
| 3338s | there's a little bit of a quality |
| 3340s | difference there for the stream but yeah |
| 3341s | for sure it can only upload and or we |
| 3344s | can only have so high of bit right they |
| 3346s | like cap us so oh yeah um sorry about |
| 3349s | that |
| 3350s | um but of course the next one here that |
| 3351s | I wanted to talk about that was more of |
| 3353s | a general thing was uh from Kern SciFi |
| 3355s | one two three and they were asking will |
| 3357s | you be using 5.1 |
| 3359s | Yes actually we are um we are moving |
| 3363s | over to 5.1 that should be complete in |
| 3366s | January |
| 3367s | and then moving on we're going to talk |
| 3369s | about a few cleric questions and you |
| 3371s | already answered one of them that was on |
| 3373s | this list |
| 3374s | um so first can you explain a little bit |
| 3375s | more about the Staggering and how status |
| 3377s | effects stagger and stun and that whole |
| 3380s | interaction Works |
| 3382s | um I can I need to plug my headset in |
| 3385s | because I apologies |
| 3389s | um yes so um staggering is excuse me |
| 3393s | staggering is a type of uh status |
| 3396s | condition that can be applied through |
| 3397s | certain skills and the the the type of |
| 3401s | synergy systems we're going for is that |
| 3404s | certain archetypes and class kits will |
| 3406s | have access to a number of what we call |
| 3409s | first-year status conditions those types |
| 3412s | of status conditions are General status |
| 3414s | conditions that can be applied across a |
| 3416s | host of skills and a number of different |
| 3417s | archetypes and class kits and they can |
| 3420s | progress when synergized with other |
| 3423s | types of status conditions or abilities |
| 3425s | to tier two level |
| 3428s | um status effects and so for example you |
| 3431s | saw that one of the abilities that the |
| 3432s | cleric has at level 15 is the chains of |
| 3437s | restraint and |
| 3439s | um when the chains of restraint lays |
| 3441s | down that AOE of course it ticks for |
| 3443s | damage over time but it also applies the |
| 3446s | Stagger condition however if the Target |
| 3449s | was already subject to the staggered |
| 3452s | condition then it gets promoted to a |
| 3455s | stunned condition now the difference |
| 3457s | between staggered and stun in a |
| 3459s | staggered State the creature may not use |
| 3463s | abilities they can do basic attack |
| 3464s | functions they could cast spells if they |
| 3467s | had spells access to spells but their |
| 3469s | physical abilities would be muted or |
| 3471s | would be essentially |
| 3472s | um uh |
| 3474s | inaccessible during the staggered effect |
| 3477s | now a stun condition obviously is a more |
| 3479s | Amplified status condition where you |
| 3481s | cannot take any actions and so the |
| 3484s | Fighter's ability Whirlwind had a |
| 3487s | staggered application available to it so |
| 3489s | when the cleric chooses to use its |
| 3492s | chains of restraintability if they use |
| 3494s | it after the fighter applies their |
| 3497s | staggered condition then the change will |
| 3499s | um will force a stun effect |
| 3501s | all right and then folks are wondering |
| 3503s | will those stuns work on all enemy types |
| 3505s | or will there be ones that will be |
| 3506s | specific to certain types of animal or |
| 3509s | creatures on my side animals |
| 3512s | um generally status conditions will |
| 3513s | apply to all creature and player types |
| 3516s | um there are of course uh some |
| 3519s | um creatures such as bosses |
| 3522s | um and or uh raid bosses |
| 3525s | um that aren't that have very high |
| 3526s | resistances or cannot be affected by |
| 3528s | certain status conditions |
| 3530s | um in that case obviously uh those |
| 3532s | status effects will not apply but the |
| 3534s | rest of the skills ability |
| 3536s | um uh will like the damage and a |
| 3538s | follow-up to that |
| 3540s | um will those things stack so if I'm you |
| 3542s | know a fighter and I put certain effect |
| 3545s | on something and someone else is also a |
| 3547s | fighter and puts that effect on do those |
| 3548s | things now stack it depends it there's |
| 3551s | unique rules uh with regards to stacking |
| 3555s | um based on the type of status condition |
| 3558s | um so uh in the event that the that the |
| 3560s | status condition may not stack |
| 3563s | um we have certain stacking rules that |
| 3565s | might increase the longevity of the |
| 3567s | status condition with the second |
| 3569s | application but it's important to note |
| 3571s | that we do have the concept of |
| 3573s | diminishing returns and that certain |
| 3575s | types of status conditions share certain |
| 3578s | diminishing return groupings So that |
| 3581s | obviously a character can't be like stun |
| 3583s | locked or silence locked or you know |
| 3585s | just a particular type of status |
| 3587s | condition lock all right and then Dale's |
| 3589s | flight would like to know can you cast |
| 3591s | in movement or do you have to stand |
| 3593s | still and I saw quite a few people |
| 3594s | mentioning this |
| 3595s | most abilities you'll find in ashes of |
| 3598s | creation are capable of being cast while |
| 3600s | moving some of those abilities might |
| 3603s | slow your movement during the cast but |
| 3605s | you can continue to move very rarely and |
| 3608s | depending on obviously the |
| 3610s | um uh uh the importance of the ability |
| 3613s | or the power level of that ability you |
| 3616s | might be rooted in place so for example |
| 3618s | the AOE ability has a lot going on it |
| 3621s | has damage ticking over time it is an |
| 3623s | area of effect it also has a status |
| 3625s | condition application and in those |
| 3627s | instances uh the player character gets |
| 3630s | rooted and I saw quite a few folks |
| 3632s | asking this but Falcon Swift blade asked |
| 3635s | um is Steven using Mouse overcasting can |
| 3637s | we hover over players also so what are |
| 3639s | the ways that I can interact UI wise in |
| 3642s | order to heal as a Healer absolutely so |
| 3644s | one of the the big goals of our UI team |
| 3647s | um is to and and our design team is to |
| 3650s | accommodate a whole host of different |
| 3651s | types of uh user options that they're |
| 3654s | capable of setting |
| 3656s | um you know because we all have |
| 3658s | different play Styles and in that regard |
| 3660s | those include things like uh hover |
| 3662s | overcasting double tap application of |
| 3665s | AOE effects on cursor location uh just a |
| 3668s | lot of different options because people |
| 3670s | like to play different ways yeah you can |
| 3673s | set those things up in your your key |
| 3675s | bindings and setups correct essentially |
| 3679s | um and then the other thing that people |
| 3680s | were asking is can you heal enemy mobs |
| 3683s | that was a frequent thing |
| 3685s | um yeah you cannot heal enemy mobs um |
| 3689s | there's just really not a a relevant use |
| 3691s | case for that when it comes to the |
| 3694s | design mechanics of of such a thing |
| 3696s | other than uh its primary use which |
| 3699s | would be to to grief other players |
| 3702s | um you know I have a funny story |
| 3705s | uh in Lineage 2 I used to play a zombie |
| 3708s | or use play zombie I used to play sort |
| 3710s | of a zombie I used to play a bishop |
| 3713s | um and the bishop had an ability called |
| 3715s | Restore Life and we had an enemy uh |
| 3717s | Alliance that we had fought for for many |
| 3719s | years was a very two-sided server and |
| 3722s | there was a particular uh raid boss |
| 3724s | called antheris uh that actually |
| 3727s | took hours sometimes to complete uh and |
| 3731s | I managed to to get into the area and um |
| 3735s | right when they have been fighting that |
| 3738s | boss for about four hours I made it |
| 3741s | close enough to cast Restore Life on the |
| 3743s | and therus boss and I put it back to 70 |
| 3745s | percent of its health and they had |
| 3748s | to keep finding anything |
| 3753s | but you did it to us first but but |
| 3754s | regardless it's just that type of |
| 3756s | mechanic just doesn't really you know |
| 3758s | make sense |
| 3759s | um don't put your fork at us no I'm just |
| 3761s | kidding oh yeah I was playing with |
| 3764s | something |
| 3765s | um |
| 3766s | but yeah I think most there were there |
| 3769s | were definitely people who didn't like |
| 3770s | it and some people who did want it so I |
| 3772s | just wanted to clarify to folks and then |
| 3774s | the next thing is uh Tryndamere would |
| 3777s | like to know whether you'd be able to |
| 3778s | heal yourself as like other archetypes |
| 3781s | like a paladin or something of that sort |
| 3783s | or Class Type yeah I mean it it depends |
| 3785s | obviously on the secondary class |
| 3786s | election no one is going to fill the |
| 3788s | role of a primary healer other than the |
| 3791s | the Healer archetype |
| 3793s | um but there will be secondary class |
| 3795s | options that you can select which will |
| 3798s | provide you with some level of |
| 3800s | sustainability under restoration |
| 3802s | um most of that will be uh centralized |
| 3804s | to yourself |
| 3806s | um especially in the case of a paladin |
| 3809s | um and then of course bluewheel would |
| 3811s | like to know if we'll see more name |
| 3813s | plates and health bars uh in order like |
| 3815s | in the world in the three yeah I I I |
| 3818s | chose the option during this recording |
| 3820s | to remove player character nameplates |
| 3822s | um I find it you know for my personal |
| 3825s | preference that it's a bit more |
| 3826s | cinematic when it comes to immersion in |
| 3827s | the world |
| 3828s | um now obviously uh to that question yes |
| 3831s | there's going to be plenty of options |
| 3833s | when it comes to showcasing player |
| 3835s | nameplates you can resize all the UI |
| 3837s | elements that you see on screen here I |
| 3839s | forgot to kind of show that |
| 3840s | um that's my bad but you can also |
| 3843s | um uh select a party nameplate raid name |
| 3847s | plate specialization |
| 3848s | um showing uh the hit point bar under |
| 3851s | the name plate um there's going to be a |
| 3853s | whole host of options that players have |
| 3854s | access to from a UI perspective |
| 3856s | and then zozara would like to know if |
| 3859s | there will be special area aboves that |
| 3860s | you can use as a support for example in |
| 3863s | certain dungeons like you have to buff |
| 3865s | everybody up and it'll last for that |
| 3866s | dungeon things of that sort oh yeah um |
| 3870s | we haven't even shown the uh The Bard |
| 3873s | archetype yet |
| 3875s | um but uh you know it's it along with |
| 3878s | other classes will have certain types of |
| 3880s | self Buffs and party Buffs obviously a |
| 3882s | level 14 15 that's not going to be too |
| 3884s | much that's available there there will |
| 3886s | be a number of them but but not as much |
| 3888s | as obviously level 50 where you know our |
| 3890s | maximum buff bar allotment I think is |
| 3892s | somewhere around like 20 some odd Buffs |
| 3894s | that can be on a particular character at |
| 3895s | one time that includes things like songs |
| 3898s | stories and dances from The Bard |
| 3901s | um but yeah |
| 3903s | get ready for raid Buffs meet up for the |
| 3905s | raid Buffs at X time |
| 3908s | um of course uh plug would like to know |
| 3911s | uh is there a shield charge |
| 3914s | like a charge up for the shield |
| 3917s | um a shield charge yeah |
| 3920s | um you know oh you know thank you you |
| 3922s | actually reminded me of something else I |
| 3923s | noted down I saw a lot of commentary |
| 3925s | around stamina that is an active design |
| 3927s | discussion with how we're going to have |
| 3928s | certain Universal abilities such as |
| 3931s | Dodge and active blocking |
| 3934s | um utilize a separate energy mechanic if |
| 3937s | you guys have thoughts on stamina usage |
| 3939s | um |
| 3940s | it is something that we are going to be |
| 3942s | actively testing as part of alpha 2. |
| 3944s | make sure you guys leave commentary on |
| 3946s | on what you've liked about stamina in |
| 3948s | the past with other games and what |
| 3949s | you've disliked |
| 3950s | um about it |
| 3951s | and then ventali wants to know it seems |
| 3954s | like the enemy health and difficulty |
| 3955s | that was seen or that they've seen so |
| 3957s | far in all of our Dev updates it seems a |
| 3959s | little easy uh they were wondering if we |
| 3962s | are going to be kind of working out the |
| 3963s | balancing for these encounters oh yeah |
| 3965s | because they said as a trio they would |
| 3967s | expect it to be a little bit more |
| 3968s | dangerous yeah something to keep in mind |
| 3971s | is that Alpha 2 is not really intended |
| 3973s | to be a PR especially what you're seeing |
| 3975s | at this stage right now before Alpha 2 |
| 3977s | is not meant to Showcase kind of |
| 3979s | balancing |
| 3980s | um from an engagement or encounter |
| 3982s | perspective obviously we do a finger in |
| 3984s | the wind kind of balance pass but a lot |
| 3987s | of that stuff from our encounters team |
| 3988s | uh doesn't get done until populations |
| 3990s | are kind of in place and those encounter |
| 3993s | designs get a little bit more time to |
| 3995s | bake |
| 3996s | um so so stand by on that for uh Alpha 2 |
| 4000s | as we get a little bit deeper into the |
| 4002s | testing to get touched up but just to |
| 4005s | give you context the intent is that |
| 4008s | ashes of creation will be on the higher |
| 4010s | side of difficulty when it comes comes |
| 4012s | to engagements right and before I get |
| 4015s | into day night cycle questions this last |
| 4017s | one is from answer boy and they want to |
| 4018s | know are some abilities going to have |
| 4021s | voiceovers when casting like Grunts and |
| 4023s | things of that sort yeah like |
| 4025s | incantations and stuff um you know |
| 4028s | that's the desire uh Kat has done a |
| 4030s | phenomenal dot a job so far with um the |
| 4033s | sound design as I saw many commentary a |
| 4036s | lot of commentary about it during the um |
| 4038s | during the video in the previous videos |
| 4040s | some of the casting abilities will have |
| 4044s | um uh incantations that are done but we |
| 4047s | have not had the ability to implement |
| 4048s | that yet |
| 4049s | all right and then moving on to day |
| 4052s | night stuff uh we had rag uh radgol who |
| 4055s | wants to know is the day night cycle |
| 4057s | tied to server time |
| 4060s | um the day night cycle is tied to server |
| 4064s | time |
| 4065s | um yes so there is a number of hours |
| 4068s | that exist between each of the Cycles |
| 4071s | um that's something that will be |
| 4072s | fine-tuning of course during Alpha 2 as |
| 4074s | well uh but it is intended |
| 4077s | um for players to kind of uh interact |
| 4080s | with certain systems even based on |
| 4081s | in-game time as well |
| 4083s | so yeah |
| 4085s | and then uh |
| 4087s | gnome Berserker would like to know are |
| 4090s | there going to be different light levels |
| 4091s | tied to time of day slash environment or |
| 4094s | moons Etc so I guess like different |
| 4097s | um |
| 4098s | I'm not sure exactly what they mean by |
| 4100s | that but potentially different Sky |
| 4102s | levels maybe different areas |
| 4105s | um you know |
| 4108s | generally you can see here that the that |
| 4112s | the lighting levels |
| 4114s | um |
| 4114s | you know are pretty consistent uh that |
| 4117s | is from a game mechanic perspective of |
| 4119s | course the the visual setting changes |
| 4122s | the the type of lighting you're seeing |
| 4123s | here changes based on night and day |
| 4126s | um and that's I think related to the |
| 4127s | first thing I brought up which is what |
| 4128s | we want commentary back on is |
| 4131s | um you know what is the level of |
| 4132s | Luminosity that's desired |
| 4135s | um when it comes to MMORPG open World |
| 4138s | gameplay uh not talking about specific |
| 4140s | points of interest like Dungeons under |
| 4142s | Towers locations where we can restrict |
| 4145s | that level lighting to something a bit |
| 4147s | darker but the General open world |
| 4149s | outside experience that's something |
| 4151s | where it's possible for a lot of players |
| 4154s | to kind of converge in a particular |
| 4156s | location it would be really odd if the |
| 4158s | night cycle included |
| 4160s | um a significant uh decrease in |
| 4163s | visibility and you're running into those |
| 4165s | types of environments that's something a |
| 4167s | bit more reminiscent of um uh of |
| 4170s | survival styled uh games so leave your |
| 4173s | commentary on what you've enjoyed about |
| 4174s | out that what you've you know want to |
| 4176s | see in ashes of creation or see |
| 4179s | differently between those types of |
| 4181s | settings |
| 4182s | and then uh balenzon of fans would like |
| 4185s | to know do constellations rise and set |
| 4188s | and do those times rotate |
| 4191s | yes so constellations as you could see |
| 4194s | um with the sky some of those moons |
| 4197s | being in different positions |
| 4199s | um they do rotate and change uh |
| 4202s | throughout the night that is the intent |
| 4203s | for them and of course they have wide |
| 4206s | application across a number of systems |
| 4208s | that are relevant including story and |
| 4210s | narrative and the acquisition of certain |
| 4212s | types of things in the game |
| 4214s | and then Drew guy wants to know does |
| 4217s | nighttime boost power of Undead |
| 4220s | certain creatures will react differently |
| 4223s | certain spawns react differently during |
| 4224s | night times and different day night |
| 4226s | cycles |
| 4227s | um those might also influence things |
| 4230s | like abilities and or uh buff slash |
| 4233s | debuff vulnerabilities |
| 4236s | um you'll have to find out based on the |
| 4237s | type of creature you're experiencing all |
| 4239s | right and there's a lot of questions I |
| 4241s | know we could sit here and answer a |
| 4243s | million but um those are the ones that I |
| 4244s | saw most frequently and then we've |
| 4247s | gathered for this time frame we know |
| 4249s | that if you have follow-up questions you |
| 4250s | know you know where to find us but of |
| 4252s | course we do have two threads that are |
| 4254s | going up on our forums if you want to go |
| 4255s | check that out and uh one will be about |
| 4258s | the cleric and weapon updates and the |
| 4260s | and the other one will be the day and |
| 4261s | night cycles constellation so please |
| 4263s | send us your feedback over there there's |
| 4265s | little prompts but you don't have to |
| 4267s | necessarily follow those you can just |
| 4268s | give us all your thoughts on those we'll |
| 4270s | be consolidating feedback reports on |
| 4272s | those I think the due date on there is |
| 4275s | listed as well so please get your |
| 4276s | feedback in as quickly as possible |
| 4278s | that's super handy for us so that we can |
| 4280s | then relay that back to the developers |
| 4282s | and make sure that you know we're |
| 4283s | incorporating and thinking about those |
| 4285s | things as we move forward and usually we |
| 4288s | find that we're on the same page as |
| 4289s | y'all so that's reassuring by the way I |
| 4293s | just want to do a little call out |
| 4296s | Mike Vecchio oh yeah Mike feciusz |
| 4299s | awesome he made |
| 4301s | this really cool |
| 4304s | no it's a troll sitting on top of a |
| 4306s | particular type of skull in celebration |
| 4309s | of the cemetery and Undead uh uh video |
| 4314s | today and it has this little guy for |
| 4317s | Christmas and his cute little hat the |
| 4320s | joyous artillery sitting on a cyclops |
| 4322s | skull all he needs is a some fireworks |
| 4327s | this thing is so cool I love it that is |
| 4330s | sick |
| 4331s | I want one I know |
| 4335s | um but of course we have more there's |
| 4337s | more |
| 4338s | um so we're gonna go through uh the |
| 4340s | character stuff obviously you guys have |
| 4342s | seen this before there this is a little |
| 4343s | updated version of the two-handed staff |
| 4347s | and the one-handed shield and mace but |
| 4350s | we also have another version of this as |
| 4353s | you can kind of see you saw this also in |
| 4355s | the game with uh Steven's character he |
| 4357s | was holding on to these and utilizing |
| 4359s | them yeah and these obviously you can |
| 4360s | see by the quality of these types of |
| 4362s | weapons these are relatively lower level |
| 4364s | these are some of the earliest types of |
| 4365s | weapons and or gear that you can acquire |
| 4367s | within ashes of creation |
| 4369s | but they look oh so cool |
| 4372s | yeah and then we've got uh you know we |
| 4375s | showed you the Bandit slaver now we got |
| 4377s | a little Goblin slaver |
| 4380s | y so this is kind of the work in |
| 4381s | progress this is the model and then but |
| 4384s | yeah |
| 4386s | so let me tell you a little bit of uh |
| 4389s | history slash context for this |
| 4392s | particular Goblin slaver |
| 4394s | um one of the starting areas in ashes of |
| 4397s | creation is the old aylin |
| 4399s | capital city uh which I believe we |
| 4403s | started in in our campaign for extra |
| 4405s | life this last month but as players kind |
| 4410s | of return you have to be careful because |
| 4412s | certain types of in-world |
| 4415s | um uh uh um |
| 4418s | uh settings based on story progression |
| 4421s | of certain story arcs might result in |
| 4424s | some of these slavers coming in around |
| 4425s | that starting area and these slavers |
| 4428s | have a particular type of interaction |
| 4431s | mechanic uh where instead of killing the |
| 4434s | player they can subdue the player drag |
| 4437s | them to a cage and then there's a little |
| 4440s | mini game trying to get out of the cage |
| 4441s | or other players can try to get you out |
| 4443s | of their cage right because they're |
| 4444s | capturing you to try to take you up to |
| 4446s | be you know slaves |
| 4448s | um so what do you guys feel about those |
| 4450s | types of mechanics that are unique |
| 4452s | um where the uh where the monsters can |
| 4455s | take you and pull you into a cage but |
| 4457s | that's what these guys do they're set up |
| 4459s | to do in the in the starting area give |
| 4461s | us your feedback on that too |
| 4463s | yes yes |
| 4465s | um and we you saw them in game but the |
| 4468s | zombie shamblers and I think we've shown |
| 4470s | them off before too but a little judging |
| 4473s | little updates to them looking pretty |
| 4475s | pretty fab yeah you guys saw that in the |
| 4479s | in the video this is a zombie scholar |
| 4483s | um I believe was it ginsey that worked |
| 4485s | on this one I think just yes jensy |
| 4486s | worked on this yes scholar or not uh |
| 4488s | shambler sorry yes this one's The |
| 4491s | Scholar |
| 4492s | he throws little necrotic bolts at you |
| 4494s | from a ranged distance looks like he |
| 4497s | would shoot lasers at you like |
| 4504s | um and then and Chong and Doug set this |
| 4506s | up on the design and counter side |
| 4508s | um that you guys saw uh in the video |
| 4512s | the winterness which I think you know |
| 4516s | some of y'all this is OG so um if you're |
| 4520s | somebody who has access to this guy yes |
| 4522s | that was an old one when was that |
| 4525s | um I think it was it was a long time ago |
| 4527s | and then also uh Stephen I think there |
| 4530s | was one time we were like they used the |
| 4532s | winter and it's tears to do something I |
| 4534s | can't remember what it was that's how we |
| 4537s | create our |
| 4539s | um I thought it was we said that that |
| 4540s | was like the uh the the equivalent of |
| 4543s | gunpowder or for oh yeah that's what it |
| 4545s | was it was the tears of the of the nymph |
| 4548s | or the nymph nip I don't know how it's |
| 4551s | n-y-t-h- you guys made it |
| 4554s | before it was before my times |
| 4557s | um and then this one's super oh and just |
| 4560s | real quick what I would love for the nif |
| 4562s | to have if possible on the animation |
| 4564s | side okay animators goats yes animators |
| 4567s | the goats that when you scare them their |
| 4569s | legs lock up and they fall over if that |
| 4571s | was if that was just a just a little |
| 4574s | animation that this guy did that'd be |
| 4576s | great |
| 4577s | those ones are so funny |
| 4580s | um and then we also have this one it |
| 4582s | looks so cool |
| 4584s | the cultist |
| 4586s | do you want to give a little lore to the |
| 4587s | about the culture yeah |
| 4591s | absolutely so you'll notice that this |
| 4594s | guy has a particular type of tattoo on |
| 4597s | his back |
| 4598s | um you'll see uh that these are |
| 4601s | obviously some type of um |
| 4603s | some type of human now where did these |
| 4607s | cultists come from right because the |
| 4609s | Ancients have been on vera for a long |
| 4610s | time uh you know prior to your return |
| 4615s | excuse me |
| 4616s | um and it's important to note that uh |
| 4619s | players who are uh starting in the world |
| 4621s | of Vera they're coming in actually a few |
| 4623s | short months after the very first |
| 4625s | expeditionaries were sent through |
| 4628s | um the Divine gateways when they opened |
| 4630s | um from Sanctus and the early days on |
| 4633s | Vera with the return were not uh super |
| 4638s | um uh easy they were difficult there |
| 4641s | were struggles with the Food Supplies |
| 4644s | there were |
| 4646s | um a little bit of mutinies that |
| 4648s | occurred there were certain artifacts |
| 4650s | that were found by some of these NPCs |
| 4653s | that that that that were your |
| 4655s | predecessors in the return |
| 4657s | um and some of them decided that they |
| 4658s | would be better off on their own or that |
| 4660s | they had a more powerful thing |
| 4663s | or creature that they could follow and |
| 4666s | uh be rewarded uh from and um some of |
| 4669s | them turned into cultists and that's one |
| 4670s | of the cultists you see here there's |
| 4671s | going to be some story lines you're |
| 4673s | going to have to investigate on that |
| 4674s | front |
| 4676s | yeah they look pretty awesome and with |
| 4679s | that uh do we have time to do some q a |
| 4682s | from the forums Stephen but of course |
| 4685s | what time is it it is 12 20. I have a |
| 4688s | hard cut off at 12 30 if okay |
| 4692s | I'll try as many as we can rapid |
| 4694s | response I don't think you could do that |
| 4696s | I will try I did a bunch of I was kind |
| 4699s | of Rapid about the questions after the |
| 4701s | video yeah I'm just kidding okay we have |
| 4704s | tea |
| 4706s | Taran thoraxis over on the forums asked |
| 4709s | about Laura are there any details about |
| 4711s | the 2B varying Gods influence in our |
| 4715s | gameplay that you can share with or hint |
| 4718s | at |
| 4719s | you know I I really wouldn't want to do |
| 4721s | that because |
| 4722s | um the the stories that Scott and when |
| 4725s | and |
| 4726s | um Jeremy and Amy and and um you know |
| 4729s | everyone are and Tony are are putting |
| 4731s | together are pretty compelling |
| 4734s | um they're pretty cool uh and Rich and I |
| 4736s | wouldn't want to ruin that so |
| 4739s | I'll stay away from that but I will give |
| 4741s | you context the the gods are an active |
| 4744s | part of the story |
| 4745s | um and you know each of the cultures |
| 4748s | kind of have their own interpretation of |
| 4751s | the of the whims and desires and focuses |
| 4754s | of the Gods so |
| 4756s | awesome yeah we tried man we're trying |
| 4758s | to get more stuff out of him I know |
| 4760s | y'all want to know know more about the |
| 4762s | guys they don't they really don't want |
| 4764s | to I know they want to but they don't |
| 4766s | want me to tell them they want to play |
| 4767s | it so yeah yeah for sure he's like this |
| 4770s | isn't really what you want uh uh Nova |
| 4773s | novocrona wants to know about |
| 4774s | large-scale combat have you given any |
| 4776s | thought towards adding debuff protection |
| 4779s | such as having immunity to stuns for |
| 4782s | some seconds after having been stunned |
| 4784s | during a Siege battle and there was |
| 4786s | actually some questions regarding this |
| 4787s | Beyond just sieges so just to be clear |
| 4790s | what you're talking about is really |
| 4791s | called diminishing returns |
| 4793s | um and uh when it comes to status |
| 4796s | conditions the ability to apply certain |
| 4800s | um uh passive resistance to status |
| 4804s | conditions if you've suffered from a |
| 4806s | status condition of a particular type |
| 4809s | you get an increased resistance against |
| 4812s | those and that scales so if by chance |
| 4815s | you do get gets done maybe a couple of |
| 4817s | times |
| 4819s | excuse me it would be near near |
| 4821s | impossible to stun you for a third or |
| 4823s | fourth time right and then you get to |
| 4826s | save that higher resistance for some |
| 4829s | period of time |
| 4831s | um and and you know that just makes the |
| 4833s | gameplay more compelling we've played |
| 4835s | all played games where you can get stun |
| 4837s | locked and that is a really bad feeling |
| 4839s | and it's not even fun for the person |
| 4841s | who's doing the stun lock it might be |
| 4844s | um you know |
| 4845s | yeah it's just it's just not a good |
| 4847s | compelling type of gameplay so in order |
| 4850s | to kind of avoid that we and and and to |
| 4853s | accommodate a massively multiplayer |
| 4854s | setting you have to utilize things like |
| 4856s | diminishing returns um that can increase |
| 4858s | your resistances when you suffer those |
| 4860s | types of effects |
| 4862s | all right cool and then our next one is |
| 4865s | from drunk ninja asking about Naval |
| 4867s | content will there be a way to produce |
| 4869s | enough experience for a node for those |
| 4871s | who want to spend the majority of their |
| 4873s | time on the Open Seas |
| 4875s | I'm so sorry you have to repeat the |
| 4876s | first of that part of that because I was |
| 4878s | watching some of the trolls and chat |
| 4879s | saying it's an it's incredibly fun it's |
| 4881s | hilariously fun to stud lock an opponent |
| 4883s | yeah they like not don't lie we love it |
| 4886s | no it's fun to do it to somebody it's |
| 4888s | not fun to be the person who's like oh |
| 4889s | my gosh I can't do anything because I'm |
| 4891s | still online if you have fun stun |
| 4894s | locking another player and then watching |
| 4895s | them die and being able to do nothing in |
| 4897s | response you are not the right you are |
| 4899s | not the right type of player you want to |
| 4901s | have meaningful engagement and fun I |
| 4904s | think some people like it skill that's |
| 4907s | utilized to win an engagement not just |
| 4909s | lock down an enemy because of bad game |
| 4910s | design |
| 4912s | all right the question is uh to |
| 4914s | reiterate will there be a way to produce |
| 4916s | enough experience for a node for those |
| 4919s | who want to spend the majority of their |
| 4920s | time on the Open Seas so really the |
| 4923s | question here is like can I spend most |
| 4924s | of my time on the open STEEZ and still |
| 4926s | help my node out |
| 4928s | yeah absolutely yes you the the Open |
| 4931s | Seas have have a good amount of content |
| 4935s | um and that content when completed will |
| 4938s | give its uh contribution to a nearby |
| 4941s | note |
| 4942s | um and and that is something that uh |
| 4944s | people who live on the sea a desire to |
| 4946s | live on the sea will be able to |
| 4949s | um contribute in a way |
| 4950s | all right and dolian wants to note about |
| 4953s | taverns what benefits do players receive |
| 4956s | for taking on the role of a Tavern owner |
| 4961s | um well one you will get noticeability |
| 4964s | with regards to your Creations |
| 4966s | um because that will be displayed to the |
| 4967s | characters that consume those things but |
| 4970s | in addition you can get certain types of |
| 4972s | itemization rewards uh depending on the |
| 4975s | number of patrons that you serve you can |
| 4978s | also reap economic rewards such as gold |
| 4982s | from the uh the end that you are selling |
| 4985s | your Goods at |
| 4987s | um and then you can unlock access to |
| 4989s | certain types of recipes and or vendors |
| 4992s | based on the level of reputation you |
| 4995s | build up in that particular node people |
| 4997s | in chat are like clout free booze tips |
| 5002s | uh church plays wants to know about |
| 5004s | gameplay development which is an |
| 5006s | interesting one which game systems do |
| 5008s | you think present the biggest challenge |
| 5010s | to the Intrepid team in regards to |
| 5012s | construction testing implementation and |
| 5015s | balance |
| 5017s | I guess it depends on the type of |
| 5019s | challenge we're talking about from a |
| 5021s | feasibility standpoint I think one of |
| 5025s | the challenges that is always going to |
| 5027s | accompany any multiplayer game |
| 5029s | development is going to be |
| 5032s | optimization around Network layers and |
| 5035s | the ability to host a large number of |
| 5038s | concurrent multiplayers in a in a |
| 5040s | particular environment that's always |
| 5042s | going to be something that any Studio |
| 5043s | who's endeavoring to create a large |
| 5045s | multiplayer experience will need to |
| 5048s | focus on and it's a challenging one it |
| 5049s | is a it is a difficult thing to |
| 5052s | accommodate especially if you want a |
| 5054s | world where you're not doing instances |
| 5056s | right yeah especially in an open world |
| 5058s | right that is absolutely true thank you |
| 5061s | um and then obviously when you're |
| 5062s | talking about MMORPG development in |
| 5065s | order to create a compelling environment |
| 5067s | and create a compelling world you really |
| 5069s | have to have a lot of content and that |
| 5072s | comes in the form of our large class |
| 5074s | selection the ability creation pipeline |
| 5077s | all the creatures that need to be |
| 5078s | created the NPCs they all have abilities |
| 5081s | that need to be done and our pipelines |
| 5083s | you know there are different choke |
| 5084s | points that occur whether you're talking |
| 5086s | about a particular ability when it comes |
| 5087s | from the ideation phase into the gdd |
| 5090s | into the functional design paths to the |
| 5093s | animation and the iteration of the |
| 5095s | animations and then finally moves on VFX |
| 5097s | and sound design you know that there's a |
| 5099s | lot that gets that needs to be done from |
| 5102s | a Content generation perspective and I'm |
| 5104s | just not talking about like story lines |
| 5106s | and quests and narrative I'm talking |
| 5107s | about everything that you're seeing from |
| 5109s | the armor sets to the creatures to the |
| 5111s | abilities to the visual effects to the |
| 5113s | animations to to the world to the to the |
| 5115s | foliage you know there's a lot of stuff |
| 5117s | that has to get done to create a |
| 5119s | compelling and immersive environment in |
| 5121s | a game like ashes of creation |
| 5123s | um and especially in a way that we're |
| 5124s | doing it from a transparent development |
| 5126s | process where people get to see these |
| 5128s | things in their very work in progress |
| 5130s | States |
| 5131s | um so you know content creation is is |
| 5133s | always something that's going to be |
| 5134s | difficult when it comes to MMORPGs I |
| 5136s | would say those are probably the two |
| 5138s | biggest challenges that any development |
| 5141s | faces yeah |
| 5143s | it's very it's very interesting to be in |
| 5145s | in a development phase where you're |
| 5147s | you're still working on creating things |
| 5149s | and you're showcasing it at the same |
| 5151s | time right it's kind of fun I like it it |
| 5155s | has its good things and it's bad things |
| 5157s | in regards to that but um it is kind of |
| 5159s | cool to share that along with you guys |
| 5161s | and also get your feedback in the |
| 5162s | process our next question here is from |
| 5164s | Jalan and he wants to know about player |
| 5166s | death loot tables given that you dropped |
| 5168s | you drop processed Goods when you die |
| 5170s | and Alchemy and cooking are now process |
| 5172s | in the processing category does that |
| 5174s | mean when you die you drop food potions |
| 5177s | beverages Etc good question as a point |
| 5180s | of clarity no you don't come you do not |
| 5182s | drop those |
| 5183s | um so when the things that you drop are |
| 5187s | the things that are materials and |
| 5188s | gatherables that are used in the |
| 5190s | generation of something else because |
| 5193s | Alchemy because cooking has reached its |
| 5196s | final stage product that is an item |
| 5198s | that's protected within your inventory |
| 5199s | so food dishes and and those types of |
| 5203s | buff items the potions those Do not drop |
| 5207s | on death |
| 5207s | and for our final question and to wrap |
| 5210s | things up we have a question from kastai |
| 5212s | and they want to know about musical |
| 5213s | instruments bards will have the ability |
| 5216s | to play musical instruments but will |
| 5218s | they be able to be the only archetype |
| 5220s | with that ability or will anyone be able |
| 5222s | to use instruments for recreational and |
| 5224s | role-playing um |
| 5227s | that's a good question my desire is that |
| 5230s | we will have a |
| 5232s | a system of instrument usage that |
| 5235s | accompanies |
| 5236s | um |
| 5238s | uh uh a non-uh particular archetype |
| 5242s | requirement right so obviously bards |
| 5244s | have the ability to play certain uh |
| 5247s | dances and songs and those confer Buffs |
| 5249s | to their party members |
| 5251s | um but also there's a RP slash |
| 5255s | um uh I think cool skill opportunity |
| 5258s | when it comes to players making music |
| 5259s | and playing the music on certain |
| 5261s | instruments that they can acquire in the |
| 5262s | game |
| 5263s | um that's not something we've worked on |
| 5264s | yet but it is a desire of mine so we'll |
| 5268s | see how that goes awesome and with that |
| 5271s | we're gonna wrap up today's stream we |
| 5274s | had a lot of stuff for you we hope that |
| 5276s | you enjoyed it and that you have a lot |
| 5279s | to talk about in the month to come and |
| 5281s | of course we will be having a December |
| 5283s | update so we hope to see you all next |
| 5284s | month with some goodies from that please |
| 5287s | head on over to our forums if you |
| 5289s | haven't already |
| 5291s | forums.ashesofcreation.com we have two |
| 5293s | threads that are up already in regards |
| 5295s | to this uh because we wanted to have the |
| 5297s | cleric in the web stuff is one thread |
| 5299s | and the other one for the day night |
| 5300s | cycle and constellations so please give |
| 5302s | us your feedback I saw a lot of people |
| 5304s | having opinions so if you got opinions |
| 5306s | toss them over there because that is |
| 5308s | where we're going to be taking our our |
| 5310s | details for our reporting that is why we |
| 5313s | do these streams give us your opinion |
| 5315s | give us your thoughts give us your |
| 5316s | experiences make sure you engage on on |
| 5318s | the YouTube video that comes after this |
| 5320s | the twitters the uh Googles no I'm just |
| 5323s | gonna be our forums and our Reddit |
| 5326s | because it's very important and |
| 5328s | Community collects all that feedback and |
| 5330s | presents it's the development team |
| 5331s | they're amazing they've they go through |
| 5334s | every single comment that y'all put in |
| 5336s | there so respect to Roshan and evacnar |
| 5340s | for all the work they do on that front |
| 5342s | and of course Peter on the social media |
| 5344s | side kick in major butt so thank you to |
| 5347s | those guys and of course our uh wardens |
| 5349s | in the Wild cosmetics will be swapping |
| 5351s | over on December 14th at 11AM Pacific so |
| 5353s | if you're interested in those check them |
| 5355s | out over there reminder that those are |
| 5357s | all really cool creatures and things |
| 5359s | that you'll see in the world that's what |
| 5361s | they're for is for our development team |
| 5363s | to design and utilize them and of course |
| 5364s | thank you all for tuning in with us |
| 5366s | thank you Stephen for your time I know |
| 5368s | you have your back-to-back meetings we |
| 5371s | hope that you all stay safe and healthy |
| 5373s | the video for the um the little segment |
| 5377s | that we had will be up on YouTube today |
| 5378s | and our full development update will be |
| 5380s | up tomorrow so we hope that you'll check |
| 5382s | them out and of course if you check this |
| 5384s | out uh on on Saturday when it's uploaded |
| 5387s | and leave a comment and subscribe to us |
| 5389s | on YouTube you could be spotlighted your |
| 5392s | comment could be spotlighted in our next |
| 5393s | development update so be sure to follow |
| 5396s | us on all the places also for this will |
| 5398s | be available immediately as soon as we |
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| 5408s | ashes of creation we're everywhere we |
| 5410s | are interacting with people in all the |
| 5412s | places we hope to see you and of course |
| 5413s | hang out with us over on Discord where |
| 5415s | we can kind of interact in a little bit |
| 5417s | more of a back back and forth basis and |
| 5420s | we'll see you all next month for a |
| 5422s | little wintry uh development update |
| 5426s | yay bye everyone have an awesome weekend |
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