[2023] (Recording) Conan Exiles: Age of War Developer Livestream

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910s	hello everybody and thank you for tuning
913s	in to a very special Conan Exiles
916s	developer live stream
918s	my name is Andy Bennett with the
919s	community team oops let me just make
921s	sure that this is off and I'm joined
924s	here with Nicole who's a disembodied
926s	voice in the back but we'll be taking
927s	you hey hello we'll be taking your
929s	questions in chat and joined also by the
932s	illustrious Dennis delfitt lead designer
934s	and couldn't Exiles hey everyone
937s	I'm super happy to be here yeah man and
940s	uh big shout outs to our support team
943s	and other community folks in twitch chat
945s	today uh say hey to them they'll be here
948s	just like hanging out talking with you
950s	uh making making sure no rabble rousing
953s	happens in chat
955s	um so yeah uh so if you're tuning in for
957s	the first time
958s	um we're going to be talking a lot uh
961s	today so
963s	um we are going to be focusing on
965s	talking about a whole bunch of different
967s	things uh taking a look back at the age
971s	of sorcery what's coming next
974s	and so on and so we're going to be
976s	focusing on that a lot so we'll be we'll
978s	be taking questions from chat as much as
980s	we can and we'll do our best to answer
981s	your questions but we're going to have
984s	uh we're going to be going through our
985s	segments first and then opening up uh
988s	bits for Q a a little bit later and
991s	Nicole will be taking your questions in
992s	chat as well
994s	um and we'll do what we can for that
997s	um let's see any other housekeeping
999s	things let's see
1001s	nope yeah we have we have Nicole here we
1003s	have amazing support team in all our
1005s	Studios just saying hello and keeping uh
1007s	hoping to answer your questions as well
1008s	we have we might have some developers in
1010s	chat as well helping answer questions in
1012s	case we don't see them
1014s	I think that's about it as far as
1016s	introductions go
1019s	um this is going to be very exciting uh
1021s	so yeah basically this is going to be
1022s	more or less like almost like a podcast
1025s	format actually like I know a lot of
1026s	people like to like listen to these
1028s	things in the in in the background while
1029s	they work or something like that but
1031s	there'll be plenty of visual references
1033s	and AIDS that you might want to check
1034s	later but don't worry there will be a
1037s	recording of This stream put up on our
1039s	twitch Channel and later on our YouTube
1041s	channel as well
1043s	uh anything you'd like to add before we
1046s	jump into things
1048s	no just we got a lot to go through a lot
1050s	yeah sorry one sec gotta get moving yeah
1054s	yeah yeah so sorry you might you might
1056s	see me occasionally
1058s	it's very warm in here so I have to I'm
1060s	a little nervous I have to
1062s	Pat myself down once in a bit so uh
1065s	before we jump into uh the reason why I
1068s	think a lot of you here uh first we
1070s	wanted to take a quick look back at like
1073s	the age of sorcery as like a as like a
1075s	whole thing so
1077s	um
1078s	when we initially launched the age of
1081s	sorcery and like the the time moving up
1083s	to it
1085s	um
1086s	we had intended to add a lot of things
1088s	and a lot of a lot of things like being
1090s	the bizarre the battle pass a uh ongoing
1095s	narrative yeah the challenge system
1097s	world events and sorcery and the sorcery
1100s	and that's a lot of stuff
1102s	uh and it's scary when you add a lot of
1107s	stuff all at once so main objectives of
1110s	age of sorcery were of course to add
1112s	Source three which is one of the big uh
1115s	like commitments that we made back in
1116s	the Early Access launch in 2017 or
1118s	during early access in 2017
1121s	um and yeah a lot of work went into this
1124s	a lot of testing went into it and we had
1126s	a lot of uh uh clenched uh uh a lot of
1130s	clinching going on when you first launch
1131s	it because it's a lot it's a lot it's a
1132s	lot to take in what's a lot to put out
1134s	um turn down the music Sorry about that
1137s	yeah yeah
1139s	my apologies
1142s	um I'll let you fill in those blanks
1144s	chat what do you think we clenched in
1146s	any case
1148s	um yes clenching clenching of the Amazon
1150s	so uh going into the actual launch of
1154s	age of sorcery back last September
1156s	um we're actually super stoked to say
1158s	that uh the launch went incredibly well
1160s	uh we hit the at least on Steam the
1164s	third highest like concurrent user base
1166s	or population
1168s	um seen during a launch only exceeded by
1171s	the original 2018 official launch and
1173s	the 2017 Early Access launch so uh
1176s	that's freaking awesome and in fact uh
1179s	so we had like a free week
1180s	um promo with Steen during the age of
1182s	age of sorcery launch and the following
1185s	weekend after the free week ended our
1187s	population was even higher uh which is
1190s	also really cool uh we were super happy
1192s	to see that
1193s	um and I'm kind of on my end I was
1195s	looking at the steam Dash or the The
1196s	Forum dashboard and we had like we we
1199s	like vastly exceeded the original like
1202s	plan that we had with their provider and
1204s	like uh like daily active users and
1207s	posts like more than a quadrupert or
1208s	almost quintupled in some cases like
1210s	there are a lot of y'all showing up for
1212s	this which is really cool and then you
1214s	know now that now that things come like
1215s	even out a bit
1217s	um you know checking in on the health of
1219s	the game
1220s	um you know on average there are more of
1223s	you playing and each and every one of
1225s	you are playing longer sessions like
1227s	substantially longer sessions each time
1229s	you're logging in and playing uh which
1231s	is part of my language [ __ ] awesome
1233s	so so thank you all so much for your
1235s	support
1237s	um and yeah yeah thanks thanks for
1239s	sticking with us and and yeah thanks for
1240s	making the age of sorcery launch uh just
1243s	amazing so we really appreciate it
1246s	hooray a round of applause for everyone
1248s	all of you tuning in today thank you so
1250s	much and of course to all you know
1251s	Dennis and all the developers and
1253s	all of us here kind of working our asses
1255s	off to to bring you some cool stuff in
1257s	the land of hyboria spill some blood in
1260s	the the name of entertainment I guess
1265s	yeah it's not a stream unless I Chris at
1267s	least once I used to Chris a lot more on
1268s	Old streams but try to trying to clean
1270s	up my ACT these days
1273s	um so yeah that that's a little like
1275s	look back at age of source are there any
1276s	like remarks or anything like you'd like
1277s	to add it's the
1279s	as Mr developer mans leading the charge
1281s	on this ah yeah um also just so you guys
1285s	know a lot of stuff we do is just going
1286s	to be on the spot today so yeah we have
1289s	a good plan but like yeah we haven't
1290s	really planned exactly what we'll say
1292s	but the sorcery did but yeah yeah
1294s	sorcery making sorcery and everything
1296s	was uh
1299s	it was a it took us a really long time
1301s	to get through all the stuff we had to
1302s	put out and get the store out and
1304s	everything I mean I think we were in
1305s	development for somewhere between one
1307s	and a half and two years or something
1308s	like that and when you work for a long
1310s	time like that without showing things to
1312s	people
1313s	uh you you maybe sometimes feel like hey
1315s	are we are we doing the right thing uh
1317s	are we going to hit the mark here or are
1319s	we just totally messing up and we're
1320s	going to find out we waste a lot of time
1322s	but you know the reception has been
1323s	amazing uh the actual release of sorcery
1326s	was probably one of the most emotional
1329s	moments in my entire career uh because
1331s	just seeing everyone freak out and chat
1333s	seeing the trailer reveal and everything
1335s	was well though I mean it was amazing
1338s	well and there was also the kind of
1339s	people some folks got to see a little
1341s	bit earlier than intended some people
1343s	did but it was a small number yeah yeah
1345s	yeah yeah everyone that actually got to
1347s	see it and it was just it was a blast
1349s	yeah we were all super tired I remember
1351s	doing the sorcery stream immediately
1353s	like you know after that weekend and we
1356s	came in and I was just like I was bushed
1359s	but
1361s	we were all like it was hard it was hard
1364s	to get through but it was so exciting it
1365s	was like almost like a second wind hit
1367s	you you know and even though your eyes
1369s	are drooping and you're kind of falling
1371s	over the keyboard it was still a lot of
1372s	fun and
1373s	yeah it has been such a it's been so
1376s	awesome to see the community get so much
1378s	bigger and we have so many players now
1380s	and so many new players too
1383s	um like the number of new players are is
1385s	is insanely high oh wow nice yeah I
1388s	haven't I haven't looked at all those
1389s	things you know I I I'm probably not
1392s	allowed to talk about numbers with it so
1393s	I just won't but I'm really happy to see
1395s	a lot of new people coming in and
1397s	staying to see what's coming up next
1399s	with Exiles and you know our our
1401s	three-month recite um release cadences
1404s	is you know I think being really helpful
1406s	in terms of keeping people in and
1407s	playing and interesting yeah yeah it's a
1409s	ton of work like you know live service
1411s	is not an easy task at all uh but it's
1414s	also a really exciting like it's really
1416s	exciting to have that kind of cadence
1417s	because then we can now move forward
1419s	with like a more set plan for like the
1421s	kind of content that we want to release
1422s	and also gives us an opportunity to also
1424s	finally add Like A continuing like
1426s	advancing plot within the exod lands
1431s	yes or multiple let's
1435s	um
1436s	well
1439s	multiple plots huh what uh
1441s	what maybe maybe we should talk about
1443s	what the next
1445s	parts are yeah maybe maybe I think
1447s	that's what I think that's I figured
1448s	that's what most people are here for so
1450s	uh
1452s	friends and foes and siblings of battle
1454s	uh we would like to welcome you soon too
1458s	okay don't mess this up
1492s	and the crown news
1496s	yes welcome to the age of War indeed uh
1501s	uh let's see uh you know Bloodshed and
1504s	the Clashing of Steel and wits uh is
1507s	just like as entwined within like the
1511s	hyporian like Conan DNA as like punching
1513s	camels right like it's it is so I would
1515s	say more so yeah like it is it is
1517s	essential to the Conan like experience
1521s	um
1522s	we're we're going to be embracing that
1524s	wholeheartedly uh in the coming months
1527s	so uh very exciting indeed uh Age of War
1530s	so um
1533s	why War let's go
1535s	let's go why was the deal
1537s	um so if ever there's a question about
1539s	what the next age will be
1541s	one of the best things you can do is
1543s	look to the community
1544s	see what people are requesting the most
1546s	and what people want to see in the game
1549s	what kind of complaints people have
1550s	things like that because we always want
1552s	to try to make the game better for
1553s	everyone
1554s	so the age of War was an idea for an
1558s	opportunity to focus on updates to the
1561s	combat system
1562s	and one of the biggest things is The
1565s	Purge
1566s	so
1568s	we'll talk about more about the actual
1569s	Cadence of releases and what we'll be
1571s	getting into but the biggest things
1573s	we'll focus on in the age of War is
1575s	actual combat with your character
1576s	against Ai and The Purge content itself
1581s	yes so
1583s	um we actually have so the age of War is
1586s	also going to be a little bit different
1587s	from the age of sorcery in that a lot of
1590s	the things that we're going to be adding
1591s	in the first chapter is like a major
1592s	Foundation to the things that we want to
1594s	build toward in for for the future
1596s	updates or future chapters for Age of
1597s	War uh so you know Dennis just touched
1600s	on uh like purges uh there'll be more
1603s	details about that later
1605s	um because uh we're just going to give
1607s	you a quick road map on exactly what our
1608s	games are uh with the coming age give me
1611s	just one moment here
1614s	there we go
1618s	first chapter will include new Clan
1621s	features and new plan social features
1622s	including the ability well we'll go into
1625s	it a little bit but the ability to
1627s	create and collect uh treasure and
1630s	currency for your clan uh finally being
1632s	able to display a customize and display
1634s	a Clan Emblem as well as claim
1636s	permissions uh and as also Dana said
1639s	um the the beginning of a substantial
1642s	Improvement to the combat system like I
1645s	know all the combat mechanics within
1647s	Conan Exiles and then later on in
1649s	chapter two uh we'll have a huge new
1651s	update for purges which we'll be going
1653s	into uh we unfortunately won't be able
1656s	to go into a ton today but uh you know
1659s	obviously stay tuned because it's it's
1660s	all in testing right now we have a lot
1662s	of stuff uh that I'm really excited to
1664s	show uh and then you might you might see
1666s	this in chapter three
1668s	um
1669s	you'll just have to wait till later to
1671s	find out more about that but let that
1673s	let that twitch your palette I know it
1675s	doesn't slake your thirst for more but
1677s	stay tuned friends
1682s	so yeah um let's see uh quick anything
1685s	um do you want me to do a little quick
1686s	overview of each of those chapters as
1688s	well uh yeah if we've got that um that
1691s	page and we'll go more into detail about
1692s	chapter one today yeah yeah we probably
1695s	won't talk a lot about chapter two and
1697s	chapter three sure but I can give you
1699s	guys a kind of rundown on that now yeah
1702s	so in chapter one one of the largest
1704s	activities you'll be doing and most of
1706s	the content will be formed around
1708s	collection and building
1710s	so you'll be able to create your own
1712s	treasure room inside your base and there
1714s	will be some specific kind of treasure
1715s	that you need to go out and bring back a
1717s	lot of things that have sort of value to
1719s	people already like gems and and ore and
1722s	coins and things like that will be
1724s	marked as treasure and we'll show some
1726s	more stuff off about that later as well
1728s	but the whole point is you're collecting
1730s	money bringing it back to your base and
1731s	keeping a tally of how much money you
1733s	have
1734s	so in chapter 2
1736s	that's when The Purge revamp mechanics
1738s	will come in and we've taken the purge
1740s	system and completely removed what was
1742s	there before and written a new Purge
1744s	from the ground up that will be a
1746s	completely different experience in The
1748s	Purge as it exists now we're looking at
1750s	something that's a lot more warlike like
1753s	like a base will form out an enemy
1755s	forward operating base will form outside
1757s	of your base they'll set up you know
1759s	catapults and attack with waves towards
1761s	key points in your in your base trying
1763s	to breach to that treasure room so they
1765s	can steal the treasure and take it away
1767s	from you
1768s	you'll be able to spend that treasure to
1770s	buy things to help reinforce your base
1773s	and go up higher and higher difficulty
1774s	in The Purge so it will be kind of like
1778s	a a progression of sorts where you fight
1780s	weak ones and then you fight stronger
1782s	and stronger ones and it all kind of
1783s	depends how much money you have
1785s	and the reason for that is rooted in The
1789s	Purge board that we already have so you
1792s	know we already have the Relic hunters
1793s	in the Exile lens we have The Purge
1795s	coming through and attacking you the
1797s	story behind The Purge and The Relic
1798s	Hunters is that they're both in the
1800s	Exile lands in search of of riches right
1803s	they're there to find things that are
1805s	worth money and take them out so now
1807s	that's what they'll actually do we'll
1809s	we'll have Relic hunters and in the
1811s	second chapter that will attack you when
1812s	you're trying to carry treasure to your
1814s	base and whatever the actual Purge
1818s	occurs as well those will all be kind of
1820s	themed around the people like uh you
1821s	know trying to come get those things
1823s	from and then in the third chapter
1825s	you'll be able to turn the tables on the
1828s	people that are attacking you and go
1829s	back to their base and assault them and
1832s	steal from them and of course like yeah
1834s	uh the the
1836s	another essential thing or element I
1838s	think of a lot of Robert Howard's old
1840s	stories is also like uh you know Conan
1842s	is oftentimes depicted as a thief as
1846s	well uh stealing from the rich or having
1848s	these like jobs to like go infiltrate a
1850s	tower to find some some incredible
1851s	treasure or gem or something like that
1853s	in fact in our old MMO Age Of Conan the
1856s	Barbarian class is actually considered a
1857s	rogue class uh because uh like even
1860s	though being a barbarians I guess in
1862s	like fantasy tropes are like supposed to
1863s	be like the Unga Bunga swing fight stuff
1866s	but you know Conan's Conan's version of
1869s	barbarianism is just like not being a
1872s	part of whatever's you know civilized
1874s	society is and like kind of living on
1875s	the brink or living on the outskirts of
1877s	that and like sticking it to the man and
1879s	to the rich guys and then you know
1881s	fending from Stuff Etc et cetera it's
1883s	all it's a lot about like cut throat and
1884s	cunning more so than it is about and
1886s	just brute force and uh and of course
1888s	you know money enriches and greed uh are
1892s	the root of many much conflict and War
1894s	indeed in general so and that as you'll
1898s	see is the motivation uh for you know
1900s	what will be unfolding in the exiled
1902s	lands
1903s	so yeah so to to just take a bit take a
1906s	step back so you may have heard Dennis
1908s	talk about like treasures and being able
1909s	to carry Treasures
1911s	um and be able to cult like grow your
1913s	horde
1914s	that's what's going in chapter one
1917s	chapter one and that's something that we
1918s	can actually show you today and show you
1919s	the how that works and show you how that
1922s	can be like the foundation for
1923s	everything else that we're working
1924s	toward as well and uh there's there's a
1926s	little more stuff I'll talk about too a
1928s	little bit later but uh you know the
1930s	whole idea is kind of having this
1931s	Central currency system that you can use
1933s	to pay into other systems in the game
1934s	with yeah later down the line yeah so
1936s	like finally like a better use for like
1937s	those gold coins and the gold bars that
1939s	you might find here and there too
1940s	instead of just melting them down or
1943s	throwing them in the
1944s	getting getting dust for them or
1946s	something like that so they'll actually
1948s	have like a value that you can add to
1949s	your to your horde as well uh we can
1952s	show that off I guess too so uh we have
1954s	a little
1955s	um let's see we can do let's just do
1956s	live you're also learn they love the mug
1960s	uh yeah I saw I saw a little bit of
1962s	Chandler like oh can we play Prom coins
1964s	for that luck no this is supposed to be
1966s	like an internal thing like we got this
1967s	for other summer party I think so sorry
1969s	for the green screen effect but it's a
1971s	yeah it's a fun calm branded mug and
1973s	then on the back is uh this you can
1975s	trust
1976s	uh it's supposed to be for beer right or
1978s	yeah it was originally supposed to be
1979s	like a beer mug so yeah like this you
1981s	can trust it it's a reference to the old
1982s	like riddle of Steel
1984s	um or I think it was real steel it's
1986s	like when uh it's like a vision of
1987s	Conan's father telling them like you can
1988s	trust no man but then handsome a sword
1991s	and implying you know this you can trust
1993s	the complaint you know the steel at your
1995s	side is the only thing that you can
1996s	trust like yourself and you know your
1998s	your your your arms as it were from the
2001s	first Schwarzenegger movie that's what
2003s	it was that's right oh yeah it's seeing
2005s	seeing Arnold
2007s	showing excitement on potentially
2009s	reprising his role as Conan or something
2011s	that'll be really cool okay so before
2013s	before I get into that before I get
2015s	sidetracked as I do sometimes because I
2017s	have terrible ADHD
2019s	um let's swap to in-game view
2024s	hello
2025s	okay hold on
2027s	oh that's why hello are we going to The
2029s	Horde yeah let's show off The Horde uh I
2032s	don't know where it is oh it's in the
2034s	main building here so yeah yeah so just
2036s	go through those big three doors and
2037s	it's just like pretty much straight
2038s	ahead
2043s	yeah oh that's a cool building set yeah
2046s	so here we're also of course so the the
2048s	update of course will also include
2050s	um as you might expect and we'll go into
2051s	later or into it later as well like new
2053s	building pieces new costumes new uh
2055s	doors and decorations uh and of course
2058s	new placeables uh but we'll yeah we'll
2060s	show we'll show some of that stuff off
2061s	in a little bit so here we have a custom
2063s	treasure room uh made for our Guild or a
2066s	clan called The Hunters uh sporting a
2069s	custom emblem that I just threw together
2071s	uh which we'll show in a little bit too
2073s	um and so this uh this basically shows
2075s	you that uh when you are like when you
2079s	create a Clan you can create a room and
2081s	you place down your first
2083s	uh like horde like centerpiece I don't
2086s	know exactly what you would call it but
2087s	uh the Coffer the Coffer okay yeah so
2089s	the bench with like you know the the
2091s	placeable for the building for it uh
2093s	visually it's it's represented by a
2095s	large chest uh and also uh comes bundled
2099s	with a friendly accountant
2102s	there checking your books for you and
2105s	then you can also check your uh Clan's
2107s	total uh like uh currency value like you
2111s	know what's in your horde by like simply
2113s	uh interacting with it uh to see what's
2116s	all there and uh all items like so you
2120s	saw in the chest for example there's a
2121s	bunch of like golden gold coins uh that
2123s	you just placed directly into the chest
2125s	and it will be counted uh for your horde
2128s	uh and then you may have noticed on that
2130s	list also a couple of uh yes so anything
2133s	marked treasure will count towards your
2135s	Clan's horde total now when Dennis was
2138s	talking to our friend here you might
2140s	have also noticed a couple entries at
2142s	the bottom that
2144s	ancient lumerian statue for example cat
2147s	Idol and you can see they're worth a ton
2149s	in comparison so what are these These
2152s	are called heroic Treasures
2155s	um in addition to carrying around you
2158s	know gold or gold coins or gold bars in
2159s	your inventory we also have these giant
2162s	centerpieces that are worth a ton
2165s	they're Larger than Life you can't quite
2166s	fit them in your pockets and so
2169s	you have to haul them around they're big
2174s	oops
2178s	so big in fact
2181s	um that the walking animation yeah
2182s	correctly yeah Stone development folks
2184s	yeah everything everything's shown here
2186s	today is still in development uh is
2188s	subject to change you're gonna you might
2189s	see a couple bugs here and there uh
2191s	please excuse us for this but yeah so
2193s	when you find heroic treasure and you'll
2195s	find heroic treasure in various camps uh
2197s	throughout both
2199s	um Isla SEPTA and the exiled lands
2202s	um when you clear the camp you can then
2204s	pick up
2205s	the heroic treasure and transport it
2207s	back to your base
2209s	now
2210s	the the exciting part is
2212s	when you're holding it you know you're
2214s	slowed you have to haul it around and
2216s	you're completely vulnerable while
2218s	you're holding it so it's very important
2220s	that you bring we highly suggest
2222s	bringing some friends that you trust it
2225s	is really fun with friends it is yeah
2227s	like going through a camp with just a
2229s	bunch of guys coming to attack you and
2231s	that's kind of part of you know why in
2233s	Championship another evolution of this
2235s	but in chapter one you know you'll just
2238s	have to defend from the native
2239s	population whatever Camp you're walking
2240s	through and in chapter two we're going
2242s	to have it so Relic Hunters actually
2244s	Ambush you trying to take the treasure
2246s	from you while you're carrying it
2248s	yeah so I'm not seeing in channel so can
2250s	it be dropped yes so like you know if
2252s	you if you do get ambushed like yeah you
2253s	can drop it and then take up arms if you
2255s	really need to like obviously
2257s	yeah yeah so like yes oopsie that wasn't
2260s	the cat
2262s	yeah so like anything you do like I just
2264s	jumped there that'll do it yeah you see
2266s	you just drop it
2267s	no and so yeah I saw another question
2269s	chat like I think uh they said that can
2270s	thralls pick it up or anything like that
2272s	uh I don't think currently uh but I
2274s	believe you can teleport with the
2277s	treasures if I'm not mistaken you can
2279s	teleport with them
2280s	um we have kind of some stretch goals to
2282s	be able to you know let let thralls or
2285s	mounts carry them later down the road
2287s	but for the initial release it's not the
2290s	case I'm not even sure that we'll do it
2292s	during this age or not but it's a thing
2295s	that we've been talking about and
2297s	thinking about yeah
2298s	yeah it's something that's that was that
2300s	got brought up like an internal like
2301s	play test and stuff like that too and so
2304s	also something to note
2305s	um sometimes you'll notice also this
2306s	like big like uh room-wide VFX there
2309s	like all that like funky stuff that's
2311s	kind of like the um like the the area
2313s	like the sphere of influence for your
2314s	horde so any any Treasures like any big
2316s	Treasures placed uh within that area
2319s	will uh be considered as part of your
2321s	horde so you can see it's actually a
2323s	pretty sizable space you don't have to
2324s	like put it right in the same room uh it
2326s	allows you to make like a big elaborate
2327s	treasure room for your clan for example
2329s	and then and have a kid it out you know
2331s	the glitz and Glam everywhere and have
2333s	all you know put your put your Jade War
2336s	horns or cat statues arrange them and
2338s	however you want et cetera Etc here's
2340s	another statue
2342s	people
2343s	and so these various things will be uh
2346s	appearing uh pretty much at random at
2348s	various camps uh throughout the world uh
2350s	and in fact I believe uh we're doing we
2353s	can touch on this a little bit later
2354s	when we talk about combat about a lot of
2356s	camps have also just been like kind of
2358s	redone or rebalanced or just repopulated
2360s	in various ways as well this guy's
2362s	forearm strength is insane
2366s	that's a hell of a posture dang
2369s	I think that's like core strength
2370s	actually it's like you know you're
2371s	holding the there but then like lower
2373s	back is just like oh yeah getting pulled
2375s	out yeah
2378s	it's funny you mentioned that oh
2383s	oh sorry
2386s	what huh and what just happened oh sorry
2390s	I I just realized that I didn't move the
2393s	video over anyway yeah so they would
2395s	have a diving animation we can show that
2396s	oh yes I was joking no no we're actually
2399s	adding a new diving animation to the
2401s	update and I was gonna I had a little
2402s	clip of like the character jumping off
2404s	like the the big one of the big Bridges
2406s	and falling but yeah you can you kind of
2407s	did it here yes so you can actually in
2410s	fact Swan Dive
2413s	if you want if you want to jump three
2415s	feet and then go head first into your
2416s	pile of coins
2417s	you know go Hog Wild uh you can do that
2421s	yes off the top rope got him let's go
2425s	um a lot of these uh Treasures that you
2427s	can pick up too have little interactions
2429s	so they'll like play a sound uh whenever
2431s	you interact with them oh sweet yeah
2434s	we have a couple other new items
2436s	actually along those lines too which we
2438s	can show in a bit I think we had oh yeah
2439s	a couple that we laid out I don't know
2440s	if it was totally clear but like all
2441s	these gold piles and everything on the
2443s	floor and everything are things that you
2444s	can put out so you can make the room
2446s	look however you want yeah yeah
2448s	yeah this is just like how we dress that
2449s	up like this is how our um our guy over
2452s	in Oslo torregul uh Anderson uh yeah the
2455s	the person uh who like builds all these
2457s	like huge bases for all our uh
2460s	like marketing b-roll and other
2462s	screenshots uh he he builds stuff like
2464s	this and so yeah he arranged the room
2466s	however he wants I can I can imagine in
2468s	chat right now be like oh yeah it's too
2470s	big for a clean spam
2472s	I know uh we also have that's why we do
2474s	it on privacy for sure we'll show stuff
2475s	later huh
2478s	it's right there I mean we'll have we
2479s	have new dungeon pieces that are coming
2481s	up as well I did see someone could make
2482s	a comment about like uh make a joke
2484s	about like oh yeah it's the age of death
2486s	by snoo snoo or something like that and
2488s	we we just we saw the Tweet we were like
2490s	yeah
2492s	length of the image of uh Fry's app and
2495s	Kip actually in the shackles and I was
2497s	like they have no idea how close to
2498s	reality that actually is yeah so yeah
2500s	you can you can chain yourself up uh to
2503s	them or actually you can also throw a uh
2506s	for all yeah you could put unconverted
2508s	thralls into this as well right now you
2511s	can't take them out that's the thing we
2512s	might change later like making it
2513s	unconverted through all storage or
2515s	something but for now it's just you put
2516s	one in and they're stuck in there yeah
2518s	and simply replace it yeah if you want
2519s	if you want to put it you have to you
2521s	have to destroy the thrall and have it
2523s	replaced in order to uh
2528s	video games folks so
2531s	um and so uh we have the horde room we
2534s	have all this
2535s	um and yeah like I guess I guess the
2538s	main thing is like you know why is this
2539s	important to you why is this something
2540s	you should care about like you want you
2541s	want to like build up your resources
2543s	um because later you're going to be able
2545s	to uh use those funds that you you know
2547s	use that currency you've accumulated for
2548s	for a ton of things for your clan and
2550s	for your for your base and uh you know
2552s	for your server basically uh we have we
2554s	have a lot of uh a lot of really awesome
2556s	stuff cooking up um yeah it'll also be
2558s	the what determines the difficulty of
2560s	The Purge that's right so uh you know if
2564s	you want to get high tier ones you
2565s	should have a high full overflowing
2567s	Coffer yeah if you have a huge horde
2569s	then yeah you're going to get a
2570s	consummate uh
2571s	bunch of folks being like hey
2573s	we get some of that I'm trying to break
2575s	your break your walls down and get a
2576s	piece
2579s	um and so like you know obviously with
2581s	uh planned hordes being a thing like uh
2584s	there's definitely an emphasis on a clan
2586s	nudity and bringing bringing your your
2588s	players under the same Banner uh and so
2591s	um to that end also we we also wanted to
2593s	make sure that uh Clans and players and
2596s	communities had finally had better ways
2598s	to uh Express uh their own like
2601s	individual group's identity and so we
2604s	are going to also be rolling out a new
2606s	uh Clan Emblem workbench uh Clan Emblem
2609s	totem which allows you to uh customize
2612s	with with some caveats uh for your clan
2616s	uh to display on various items and new
2619s	placeables that we're adding as well uh
2621s	I think what's going into the update are
2623s	a couple different Shields one of them
2624s	is equipped on the character right here
2626s	that displays your Clan Emblem as well
2628s	as a variety of building placeables and
2630s	wall pieces and various banners that you
2632s	can put around your base as well
2635s	um so you can see some banners yeah
2637s	instance up there my pink fish actually
2640s	one of the sickest things you can get
2643s	is in the other corner
2645s	of this base that I know the layout of
2647s	very well very intimately yeah
2650s	yeah
2652s	so that that appears on your on your
2654s	horse as well
2658s	um we'll go into it a little bit also
2660s	but
2661s	um when like when someone with
2663s	permissions to update the emblem for
2664s	your clan updates it uh it is
2666s	automatically propagated across every
2668s	surface that your clan owns that has
2669s	that is able to display a banner so you
2671s	don't have to like go back and like
2672s	painstakingly update each individual
2674s	piece or anything like that and then
2676s	there'll also be some permissions as
2678s	well so like uh if if you know you can
2680s	only set it so like a certain person or
2682s	certain person of a certain rank of a
2683s	clan can edit the emblem uh and
2686s	um you know like the the basic recruits
2688s	like cannot for example in order to
2690s	prevent griefing
2692s	um
2693s	so here's the UI uh that we're that
2695s	we're working with and so uh you'll be
2698s	able to choose from a variety of uh
2700s	emblems and backgrounds that we uh their
2703s	preset I saw a question in chat asking
2704s	if you can import your own emblems uh we
2707s	won't be allowing that um for this
2709s	feature just because that opens up a lot
2711s	of uh unfortunate
2713s	um adult content yeah it's just it's
2715s	just
2716s	you just know people going to use that
2717s	to troll people and it's like that's not
2719s	that's just not something that we that
2721s	we want and we have the ability to yeah
2722s	it's just not something that we want for
2724s	anyone really
2726s	um and so we'll have a bunch of preset
2727s	emblems and backgrounds that you can
2729s	choose from and we'll be adding more as
2730s	time goes on as well uh we'll also be
2732s	adding a variety of emblems uh for
2735s	example to battle pass rewards
2737s	um and that might for example be uh take
2740s	the place of like maybe some of those
2741s	wall sprays that we've seen a lot of
2743s	comments about just to help increase the
2745s	value of those and then also
2747s	um in case you're wondering also uh you
2750s	yourself so as long as the person
2752s	setting the emblem has a special emblem
2755s	learned that it doesn't come by default
2757s	that's still displayed for everyone who
2759s	has a thing that's still this like if
2761s	that gets updated everyone still gets to
2763s	show it up even if like like if Dennis
2765s	has a special emblem and I don't or like
2767s	he got like some emblem from somewhere
2769s	else that I don't I don't know myself I
2771s	still get to show it off them I think
2772s	because he he set the banner and then it
2774s	shows up on my stuff so yeah just in
2776s	case that's a concern in the clan will
2777s	see the same the same image no matter
2779s	what it's set to whether you own that
2781s	thing or not
2782s	pardon
2784s	of course
2786s	ah yes cool
2789s	so um and then yeah we'll be adding more
2791s	things that also like uh we also intend
2793s	on adding more things that also show uh
2795s	Planet booms and again we'll be showing
2796s	off uh and adding more emblems in the
2799s	future as well
2801s	just trying to read through here
2805s	um let's see here
2808s	so yeah
2809s	um I think that so that's about it for
2812s	the clan features that we have coming up
2814s	and this is uh these are the basic
2815s	things that we're adding uh for the
2817s	first phase of the age of War
2820s	um we wanted to move into combat updates
2823s	in a bit but I also wanted to take a
2825s	minute to see if there's any like
2826s	additional questions that we can answer
2828s	about some of the clan features now and
2831s	then we can move into the the major
2833s	combat stuff the Nitty Gritty system
2834s	stuff
2836s	what happens if Purge is disabled
2839s	uh you just won't be able to summon a
2841s	purge yeah yeah
2842s	um so I guess that's the thing I can
2844s	talk a little bit more about too The
2846s	Purge isn't going to be an overbearing
2848s	system that just occurs because you play
2850s	the game it will become an opt-in system
2852s	so now when you want to purge just like
2855s	the convergence trap you'll be able to
2856s	say I would like a purge now and
2859s	basically press a button for it and some
2860s	of the purge to attack you it won't just
2863s	happen for no reason
2865s	and yeah all that um pretty much as far
2868s	as I know like all the stuff that we're
2869s	going to be showing off here will also
2871s	be available on Septa uh as well for the
2873s	most part yeah
2875s	um like obviously like any changes that
2877s	we make to like specific map elements in
2878s	the exact lens which there there might
2880s	be some some small changes uh with the
2883s	with the shift into a new age uh some
2886s	things from the pre the prior age uh may
2889s	have may have changed a little bit yeah
2891s	some some things from the old age of uh
2894s	you know change some some people some
2896s	new people are showing up yeah yeah yeah
2897s	some some notable NPCs May for example
2900s	have taken a load off lost a few pounds
2903s	really really trim some weight off their
2905s	body you know okay so we got a question
2907s	from Chad are there permissions for
2909s	storage like for the Coffer and stuff
2911s	like Clan permissions at all or
2913s	to keep teammates or clan mates from oh
2916s	just like ganking the gold
2918s	uh that won't really be expanded upon
2920s	until the second chapter
2922s	um I am almost positive that is in our
2924s	design for it
2926s	um so not just anyone can spend it
2928s	so eventually yes but in chapter one
2931s	it's going to be anyone can move
2933s	whatever's there so yeah but there's
2935s	nothing to do with it really the the
2937s	actual value in chapter one yeah I just
2939s	want to collect because then then you'll
2941s	be able to to use that for the purges in
2943s	the next chapter obviously like when
2945s	you're in your clan like make sure you
2946s	recruit people that you trust like
2947s	that's just kind of like yeah we can't
2949s	really like govern all that like that's
2950s	that's kind of up to you and your
2951s	community yes question from Chad
2954s	um what happens if someone takes your
2956s	that's got your emblem on it does it
2959s	change the emblem emblem or does it keep
2962s	the emblem yeah it would change to match
2964s	your guild if you're if you're sorry
2966s	your clan if your clan had an emblem if
2969s	they don't have one it's either going to
2971s	revert to like a default or like kind of
2974s	blank surface or something yeah
2976s	um but yeah right now it and always
2979s	it'll just do whatever your Clan Has so
2981s	if you take it from someone you're claim
2982s	to one piercing
2984s	that is a really neat idea though like
2986s	the idea of like a trophy or something
2987s	like kills you've made from from enemy
2990s	players or something like that yeah that
2991s	is a cool idea thank you for that yeah
2994s	all right
2996s	just uh going over chat just like really
2999s	quick again and slopping back over to
3001s	the gameplay someone said alliances
3004s	would be nice we actually have a plan
3005s	right now in the third chapter to allow
3008s	people to be able to make an alliance
3009s	but it's still going to require some
3010s	play testing and stuff like that too the
3013s	whole idea is just that you'd be able to
3016s	make a temporary alliance with another
3017s	person or Clan and that would just
3019s	reduce the amount of PVP damage they
3021s	deal you deal to them and it would
3023s	remove Target locking just like if
3024s	you're in a normal Clan with someone and
3027s	then after some period of time or some
3028s	event that would get broken but that is
3030s	in our in our plans
3034s	what about uh huh yeah I mean we're
3038s	seeing a lot of comments about the
3039s	PlayStation 5 specifically uh I'm not
3041s	personally aware of any details about
3043s	that right now and so I'm sorry we can't
3045s	uh directly address that in today's
3047s	stream oh something I will say though
3049s	something that uh we are aware of and
3051s	we're working on a fixed for that should
3053s	be in this update is I know a lot of
3055s	folks have talked about uh like
3057s	disconnects
3058s	um and that is that is something that we
3060s	actually have a fix in for in testing
3062s	right now
3063s	um and so yeah well we hope to have that
3065s	out
3066s	uh most likely with the age of War
3069s	update uh which which will be coming a
3071s	little bit later
3072s	um but we do have uh we do have a handle
3074s	on it so yeah be sure yeah we are aware
3077s	that we know that we know that's
3078s	something that a lot of folks are
3079s	worried about we know it's a while out
3081s	but um
3082s	the process to get updates out is
3084s	lengthy so it's about the soonest we
3086s	really yeah yeah that's the thing too
3088s	like if it's if it was just like Steam
3091s	for example it'll be one thing but yeah
3092s	with uh with their other partners in
3094s	publishing uh like on consoles there's
3096s	there's a lot of additional steps and
3097s	certifications that we have to do so
3098s	it's not a it's not as simple a process
3100s	as like push button send update as much
3103s	as we'd love it to be sadly
3106s	okay
3107s	um just wanted to move on uh we'll take
3108s	some more questions towards the end but
3110s	we still have a lot of meaty stuff to
3112s	cover uh and so I wanted to see you into
3114s	combat
3116s	combat mechanics and combat changes this
3118s	is all free update so far yeah yeah so I
3121s	mean yeah so everything's shown right
3122s	here is just it's going to come baked in
3124s	with the age of War update when that
3127s	launches we don't have a release date to
3129s	share at this moment uh however we uh
3132s	there it may go into it's going to be on
3134s	public beta extremely soon we'll talk
3136s	about that in just a sec
3138s	um but yeah the armor set I was wearing
3139s	is not free right well yeah yeah sorry
3141s	that's all the stuff we've talked about
3143s	yeah yeah so the content is going to be
3144s	yeah so all the features and such like
3146s	that like yeah the the new Clan systems
3149s	um like the The Horde and emblem systems
3151s	all the combat stuff and then all the
3152s	future things we're talking about also
3154s	well you know you won't these are all
3155s	going to be free updates and we're
3157s	sticking to our commitment of like
3158s	having these like major gameplay
3159s	features be like the big free updates
3162s	that you get just like sorcery for
3163s	example uh and then you know the the
3166s	what kind of like supports the
3168s	development event really you know funds
3170s	the development that is like you know
3172s	the the systems that you see like you
3173s	know the battle pass and the bizarre and
3174s	such like that so
3176s	um we hope you're loving like the free
3178s	stuff that we're gonna we're able to
3179s	give you uh with this uh so again thank
3181s	you for your support for because that's
3182s	that's what allows us to to put out you
3184s	know just really cool stuff and and
3186s	realize our vision uh for the game
3188s	without
3189s	you know charging for it for new
3191s	features
3193s	let's see okay
3195s	so hopefully that addresses some of your
3197s	concerns and again yeah I know you're
3198s	going to have a ton of questions and
3199s	there'll be plenty of time to ask them
3201s	uh there'll be places you know we
3202s	welcome you to drop comments on the
3204s	forums as well or on social media we
3206s	always read that
3208s	um just please be you know please be
3209s	constructive if you can if you're really
3211s	angry
3212s	you know
3215s	don't use that try not to use expletives
3216s	don't make it personal anyway sorry uh
3218s	talking about making a personal uh we're
3220s	going to now detail some uh a big big
3225s	changes to the combat Paradigm within
3228s	Conan exiles
3229s	Dennis yeah um this might seem a little
3232s	bit scattered because there's a lot of
3233s	stuff to talk about and I'll probably
3235s	remember some of it while I'm talking
3236s	about it
3238s	um
3240s	so yes we're addressing two big things
3244s	in in this age one of them is that we
3248s	are working on AI in general so we know
3251s	that right now on servers with a you
3253s	know decent number of players it starts
3256s	to break down pretty bad even if you're
3257s	playing in single player it's not always
3258s	terribly interesting
3261s	um so we're kind of coming in on both of
3263s	those fronts right like let's try to
3265s	make it fun to fight things to begin
3266s	with and then also try to fix those on
3268s	servers
3270s	um so to begin with one of the biggest
3273s	problems one of the biggest issues that
3275s	I had was
3278s	uh players seem to have almost infinite
3280s	stamina and I know a lot of people will
3283s	um
3284s	might recognize this with like dagger
3286s	spam for instance right like just
3288s	spamming light attack on daggers and
3290s	auto targets your enemy it keeps going
3291s	uh and you can just Spam it forever
3293s	because it costs eight stamina
3295s	so one of the first big things we did
3298s	was increase the cost of stamina for
3300s	attacks
3301s	and increase the Regeneration rate of
3303s	stamina so now there's a point where you
3305s	can run out of stamina and get stamina
3307s	back again
3309s	that gives other players and AI a chance
3313s	to actually attack you
3315s	before this update we had a system in
3317s	that would let AI just become
3318s	invulnerable to stuns for a short period
3320s	of time and when you're playing the game
3322s	it feels like a bug because you know
3324s	when you hit something it should get
3325s	stunned so why after I hit it for two
3327s	and a half seconds does it stop getting
3329s	stunned so we took that system out
3331s	completely and just made
3334s	um enemies you know they get the chance
3336s	to attack back now when you run out of
3338s	stamina
3340s	uh we also did a HP Nerf across enemies
3343s	or for enemies across the board which
3346s	also makes your character feel stronger
3348s	and
3350s	um we increase the amount of damage that
3352s	a lot of enemies do as well to increase
3353s	their threat
3354s	so there's a little bit more tension in
3357s	combat now than there was before that's
3359s	really the whole aim to the all of the
3361s	changes is to increase like the ebb and
3363s	flow of combat to make it feel like
3365s	there are more tense moments and moments
3367s	where you know you can breathe and kind
3369s	of overcome an enemy
3371s	um
3372s	yeah let's see uh the new two skull
3374s	Champion enemies so uh for one two and
3376s	three skull enemies we also rebalance
3378s	their difficulty with the idea
3380s	essentially that the number of skulls
3382s	reflected the number of players we would
3383s	think that you would need to fight them
3385s	so you can still kill the red mother
3387s	which is still three skulls by yourself
3389s	it'll just take longer we're trying to
3392s	reduce the amount of feeling of Health
3393s	sponge of enemies
3396s	um weapon classifications updated
3399s	yeah so uh I mean we're we're we
3402s	category we are re-categorizing a number
3404s	of items uh to be classified with the
3407s	unique epic and legendary distinctions
3409s	right uh and so kind of part of that is
3411s	that legendary weapons are getting
3413s	gigabuffed that's part yeah uh we we
3416s	know legendary weapon we've seen a lot
3418s	of feedback from players saying uh that
3420s	they just feel like Legendary Weapons
3422s	just don't really uh like aren't
3424s	consummate with their title like they
3425s	don't really feel legendary uh and so we
3428s	we want to address that so Legendary
3429s	Weapons will will be uh they will take
3432s	the Throne of being just extremely
3435s	powerful weapons however they will not
3437s	be craftable anymore it's my
3439s	understanding they won't last forever
3440s	either yes and
3443s	um
3444s	so yeah Legendary Weapons will be will
3447s	be like at the very top tier of like end
3449s	game uh items that you collect through
3450s	adventuring and then under that would be
3452s	epic items which are still craftable
3454s	really powerful but uh you know a
3456s	legendary item of uh you know a similar
3459s	classification or similar tier or like
3461s	level tier uh a legendary open will or
3464s	or should be the the intent is that it
3466s	will outperform the legendary will yeah
3472s	the legendaries will be the top no
3474s	matter okay okay like no matter what
3475s	that's gonna be the best thing you can
3477s	get cool
3478s	um then there's also you know whenever
3480s	we play test we found ourselves going
3482s	into camps a lot and seeing you know we
3485s	would loot a lot of Chess and there was
3486s	a lot of stuff to find but we never
3488s	really found anything interesting in
3489s	those chests
3490s	so in the second chapter there will
3492s	become a really big revamp to the amount
3495s	of like the type of items that you find
3497s	in a chest we have plans like we never
3500s	add base materials so you'll never lose
3502s	plant fiber or sticks from a chest again
3504s	you know it has to be unique items or or
3507s	combined materials
3510s	additionally we made a new tier of
3512s	weapon called a unique weapon which will
3514s	have a blue border and the blue border
3517s	weapons will be better than what you can
3519s	typically craft in their given tier
3521s	but they will also you know you won't be
3524s	able to repair them forever and we'll
3526s	talk a little bit more yeah about that
3527s	you know a couple times yeah and then
3529s	like unique weapons are still strong but
3531s	like they they themselves will still be
3533s	outperformed by their epic and legendary
3535s	counterparts for the most part but
3537s	they'll still be really good like if you
3538s	get one like
3539s	it'll it'll carry you for a while for
3541s	sure yeah and uh there's there's five
3543s	total tiers of weapon strength and
3546s	legendary sits at the top and then
3547s	working yourself from you know Stone to
3549s	iron uh to uh you know we have a section
3553s	that's like uh like the steel stuff well
3555s	there's like steel and then there's like
3557s	all rare stuff oh yeah yeah oh okay yeah
3560s	we put like cars to you and obsidian and
3563s	anything that's just not like basic
3565s	steel basically like in its own tier uh
3567s	and they're called like rare metal or
3570s	rare or weapons and they're just uh a
3573s	bit under legendary uh but also the last
3575s	bullet point on any slide is durability
3577s	now has to be managed
3580s	um I think I've spilled the bean several
3582s	times on stream that one of our design
3584s	uh guidelines for Exiles is that nothing
3587s	is permanent and you know you should
3590s	basically always have to work to
3591s	maintain and keep things up so that you
3593s	know the world is pushing back against
3594s	you and with weapons right now it's not
3597s	really the case because you can get or
3599s	build one weapon and keep that weapon
3601s	forever just by repairing it over and
3603s	over again
3604s	so in this update there will be uh a bit
3608s	of a rebalance there as well where when
3609s	you repair an item it will lose its
3612s	maximum durability
3613s	you know depending on the quality of
3615s	repair kit you use that durability may
3617s	be more or less but you will have to use
3619s	repair kits to repair things and you
3621s	won't be able to keep those items
3622s	forever because of that
3624s	this is a big thing especially for
3626s	legendaries because like we want you to
3628s	explore in the world we want you to
3629s	leave your base and go out and get
3630s	something cool be excited that you got
3632s	it and bring it back and you know use it
3634s	whenever you feel like it's a good uh a
3636s	good situation so I know that that might
3640s	sound very scary the numbers are pretty
3642s	forgiving though it's not
3645s	you know if you guys are familiar with
3647s	playing breath of the wild some weapons
3649s	in that game might break very quickly
3650s	yeah we're not gonna have we're not
3651s	trying to copy yeah yeah yeah we're not
3653s	gonna have weapons breaking three hits
3654s	don't worry yeah your things will last
3657s	long even with the worst repair kits but
3659s	they will not last forever
3662s	yeah and then also has a um side point
3665s	also uh legendary repair kits are being
3667s	renamed to Grant Master repair kits to
3669s	avoid any confusion with like legendary
3670s	kits and Legendary Weapons uh and then
3673s	also as a side point uh any Journey
3674s	steps that previously required to you to
3677s	craft a legendary item will be changed
3679s	to just require an epic weapon of a
3681s	similar similar type instead so uh that
3684s	shouldn't block you as well in case we
3685s	missed anything like obviously like
3687s	please let us know
3688s	um it's going up in tests and so
3690s	let us know so yeah obviously like this
3692s	you know this this sounds kind of scary
3693s	but we're hoping that uh and we might be
3695s	able to kind of show an example of kind
3697s	of what that might look like but
3699s	don't worry like once you get your hands
3701s	on it we're hoping that uh we're hoping
3703s	that it doesn't sound as scary and
3704s	obviously like please leave your
3705s	feedback uh like when you do get your
3707s	hands on and play around because we're
3708s	always going to be listening to that
3709s	yeah same with the stamina changes you
3712s	know I don't think I don't know if we
3713s	really we didn't really show it off yet
3714s	but uh they cost a lot more stamina now
3717s	but the flip side of the coin
3719s	interesting and it comes back much
3720s	faster yes so you know you really find
3723s	yourself doing little strings of Combos
3724s	and then waiting a second giving some
3726s	breathing room and then doing some more
3728s	um so I have a character right now that
3730s	isn't you know they have some grit I
3732s	think it's coming from these uh yeah
3734s	from these armor pieces they have a
3735s	little extra stamina so they don't have
3737s	the base 100 stamina and I'll just give
3740s	a little a couple examples of some
3742s	weapons
3743s	um
3744s	like so I have I have a I think this is
3746s	a one-handed sword not a short sword
3747s	just let me it is a short sword so a
3750s	short sword
3751s	um basically the kind of the rules like
3752s	the smaller the weapon the less stamina
3754s	it costs to swag in general and it
3756s	should feel very natural so when I use
3758s	light attacks with this sword
3760s	um you can see it's taking about 20
3762s	maybe a little less like 19 stamina or
3764s	something like that
3766s	um and then when I use heavy attacks the
3767s	heavy attacks are much more much more
3769s	possibly they're taking more you know
3770s	like yeah the other ones are like 15 and
3772s	these are the 20 basically yeah you'll
3773s	see uh across the board yeah you'll see
3775s	stamina costs for attacks uh
3779s	previously I think weapon attacks cost
3781s	between three and nine stamina and then
3783s	across the board they'll be they'll cost
3784s	from 10 to up to 40 stamina per swing
3786s	but on this on the same token you'll
3789s	also notice that your stamina like the
3790s	delay before stamina starts regening is
3792s	like almost instant so it previously
3794s	used to be like up to like two points
3796s	almost three seconds yeah like almost
3798s	three seconds before your stamina starts
3799s	to regenerate and now it's
3801s	0.1 seconds across or yeah it's 0.1 yeah
3804s	0.1 seconds we can set it okay
3807s	it's as close to instant as you can
3809s	possibly make it within like our engine
3811s	so yeah uh you you're spending your
3813s	stamina a lot faster but you're
3815s	regaining it much much faster as well
3817s	and so you get the uh this overhaul to
3820s	like stamina management I think the idea
3822s	is to oh yeah create create a more like
3824s	back and flow uh back and forth flow to
3826s	combat
3828s	um where like dodging and blocking is
3830s	more important
3831s	um and especially like now that you know
3833s	enemies aren't getting uh like they
3835s	don't become immune to the hits done uh
3838s	you know if you if you land like good
3840s	hits in like you you create more
3841s	openings etc etc and I did in addition
3844s	to that
3845s	um all Heavy attacks are all weapons
3847s	across the board uh I believe we're
3849s	gonna do more damage and we'll apply
3850s	some sort of secondary effect on hit
3852s	whether that be like [ __ ] or thunder
3854s	or bleed etc etc so weapons that weapon
3857s	types previously that didn't have you
3860s	know apply debuffs or whatever on a
3862s	heavy attack we'll now have them it's
3865s	like a weapon per weapon basis on like
3867s	what gets what
3868s	um you'll be able to see in the patch
3870s	and that's when we post them later yeah
3871s	and that's really an effort to reduce
3873s	confusion as well because
3876s	you know we we increase the cost of
3878s	attacks which means with some weapons
3880s	you're not going to be able to do a full
3881s	combo um like if you have 100 stamina
3884s	and a two-handed ax you're not going to
3886s	be able to get the final hit in right so
3889s	uh just making the SAS effect apply on
3891s	every heavy attack is a lot less
3892s	confusing and it's easier to get them
3894s	out just feels better across the board
3896s	um and and to contrast this you know
3898s	what I was showing before this is the
3900s	two-handed mace you know so those
3902s	attacks are significantly more costly I
3904s	think it's something in the ballpark of
3905s	like 45 yeah it drains a ton of stamina
3908s	yeah but I'm ideally also like now also
3911s	maybe you want to actually put some
3912s	points
3914s	that's the thing so now if if we
3916s	actually go back and and we put points
3918s	in grit which I save some up just just
3920s	for you guys
3922s	uh
3923s	we can actually swing it and not only we
3925s	can actually do the whole combo now with
3927s	just a few points in the stat yeah and
3929s	then with the regen perk also you just
3930s	get your stamina like super duper fast
3932s	anyway so you can just like kind of Dart
3933s	in and out of combat uh and and time
3937s	your swings better instead of just like
3938s	kind of sitting there and hoping hoping
3940s	to face tank it or you know hoping that
3942s	your enemy can is still hit stunned by
3944s	it or something like that yeah speaking
3946s	of that too
3947s	um we're also starting to work now on
3949s	the the ability to rotate while you're
3952s	performing an attack so
3956s	um I'll try to make this not too nerdy
3957s	but there's a certain window window of
3959s	time after you commit to an attack that
3961s	you'll be able to turn your character uh
3964s	just to can you know to continue
3965s	targeting while you're swinging right
3967s	now one of the things that feels worse
3968s	in combat is when an enemy is walking
3970s	kind of near you or past you and you
3972s	swing and you're aimed at them whenever
3974s	you started the attack but then they
3976s	just kind of sauntered past you and then
3978s	you miss so now you'll be able to keep
3980s	tracking that Target and hit it as well
3984s	it's not going to be like like an Aimbot
3986s	like it's not again right right yeah
3988s	yeah it's like if I do this heavy attack
3989s	when he's winding back you know until he
3992s	actually brings that hammer down I can
3993s	re-aim these yeah yeah so like the idea
3995s	there is yeah to bring down like yeah
3998s	just make it feel more fluid and like
3999s	less like clunky
4001s	relatively speaking considering you're
4002s	wielding a giant hammer ax yeah and then
4005s	someone in chat also uh made a comment
4007s	about it but
4008s	um yeah like the heavy attacks from like
4010s	the space for example might cost a ton
4012s	of stamina but like I believe we're also
4014s	substantially increasing the damage of
4015s	heavy attacks for most things yeah and
4018s	in chapter one there are some heavy
4020s	attack Buffs but in chapter two that's
4021s	when you'll see it hit full force um
4023s	yeah I think yeah sorry I was just gonna
4026s	say we want to make it feel like it was
4028s	worth the stamina yes that you paid for
4030s	it yeah yeah and again like in play
4031s	testing like obviously we want your
4033s	feedback on it so if you really feel
4034s	like like especially in testing like if
4036s	if you feel like it's just not worth it
4038s	please let us know because we can change
4040s	that before it goes live
4043s	um but yeah across the board like heavy
4044s	attacks will probably depending on the
4046s	weapon we'll probably do between like
4047s	five and up to 20 more damage uh
4049s	depending on the weapon type
4051s	which is exciting and then like a bunch
4053s	of other like things like um changes to
4055s	uh some of combat multipliers uh and I
4059s	think and change to Shield durability
4061s	and a couple things tons of things in
4063s	the patch notes uh and of course also um
4066s	since you're also talking about like a
4067s	little bit of the the extra like wiggle
4070s	room for targeting uh we're also making
4072s	some adding some updates to how
4073s	targeting functions as well I think
4076s	outside of the space there should be
4077s	some like elephants already that you can
4079s	just like run out and
4080s	uh go find uh but I know a lot of folks
4084s	have helped okay I mean you can just I
4086s	think it's right out the door
4087s	but we know that like you know something
4090s	that a lot of folks have mentioned is
4091s	something I've I personally have also
4092s	run into is when you're facing off
4094s	against really large enemies like a
4096s	dragon or a mammoth uh might be on the
4098s	other side
4100s	um it just locks on to like their one
4101s	point and you're just kind of like
4102s	sitting there like struggling to have
4104s	the camera like follow along and you
4106s	know people with like motion sickness
4107s	issues also kind of have issues with
4109s	that it's it's just I don't I don't want
4110s	to just stare at just anyway we all know
4113s	the pain
4114s	so uh there's multiple Target anchor
4116s	lock like points now uh on like for
4119s	example on this all the mammoth's legs
4121s	so now instead of like desperately
4123s	trying to Target some anomalous blob
4125s	inside their body you can actually like
4127s	Target their legs and each one is an
4129s	individual point so as like if you if
4130s	you move your Target in cursor yeah you
4132s	can you can lock onto each individual
4133s	Point uh which uh when you're not
4136s	getting uh your ass trampled by mammoths
4139s	uh should at least help with uh being
4141s	able to follow along combat or if you
4143s	want to you know stick to their butt and
4145s	do backstabs it should be a little bit
4146s	easier to follow along yeah we're trying
4148s	to put those on like right now they're
4149s	on things like
4150s	um Frost Giants dragons mammoths so
4153s	anything that's like really big where
4156s	you typically find yourself aiming like
4158s	way high because whenever you aim at the
4161s	character or sorry when you aim at an
4162s	enemy
4163s	your character tries to swing at the
4165s	lock-on point so right here they swing
4167s	really high but right here they swing
4169s	really low so it's a lot easier to
4171s	actually hit them now
4176s	I'm sorry I'm just watching this man
4178s	with like yeah sex your horse sorry yeah
4179s	what's up um so there are concerns sorry
4182s	I'm going to try speaking louder um
4186s	yeah so Nicole's in the back over here
4188s	um just like yeah reading chat and uh
4189s	relaying questions to us there are
4191s	concerns uh with these stamina changes
4193s	in regards to Sorcerers and Corruption
4195s	right yeah I did see that like yeah Max
4197s	corrupted Sorcerers will have a lot less
4199s	stamina to work with and yeah you pretty
4202s	much have to invest in grit if if you
4204s	want to be using sorcery like that and
4207s	uh
4209s	still fighting in combat without your
4211s	you know your followers doing it for you
4212s	if you we still might make some changes
4215s	here I'm not totally sure yet um I did
4218s	play test several days uh recently
4221s	playing a maxed out corruption build
4223s	with the stamina changes and you have to
4226s	select you know an appropriate weapon
4228s	and probably use some stamina gear but
4230s	if you if you max out your grit and uh
4233s	and you wear clothing with stamina on it
4235s	it's really not a problem and and I
4238s	think that players even regardless of
4240s	having corruption or not will find that
4241s	to be the case uh so you know if you
4245s	still feel like hey I don't have enough
4246s	grit and I want more you can still match
4248s	your grid out where where stamina gear
4250s	and you'll have you know just as easy a
4252s	time as now but that's you know that was
4254s	a choice you made you chose
4257s	you chose to wear that stamina gear
4259s	because you wanted more stamina that's
4260s	the way you developed your character
4261s	people think you're a monster right now
4264s	I'm just I just have yakity sacks
4266s	playing on a Reiki right now just
4267s	watching these wolves chase this poor
4268s	Horse Around
4270s	like sir you're a [ __ ] your horse your
4273s	horse as an aside also I should say uh
4275s	so like uh creatures like wolves and
4278s	such like that uh across the board also
4280s	are going to be much dead like they have
4282s	lower Health across the board but deal
4283s	more damage to you and so like a pack of
4286s	wolves we're already not super easy to
4288s	fight but uh when I was testing because
4291s	these things out at this base uh I ran
4293s	into that pack of wolves outside and
4295s	immediately got slaughtered like
4296s	instantly I was like oh [ __ ] well I can
4298s	speak a little bit more to that too
4299s	because that's also kind of in our plans
4301s	uh you know going forward
4304s	um we're working on some more systems
4306s	that we think will come in the second
4307s	chapter
4308s	that will limit the number of enemies
4311s	that attack you simultaneously
4313s	um you know as we test and as we go
4315s	through camps and and you know play with
4317s	the game in a different way than we've
4319s	played with it before we find that like
4321s	fighting a stream of enemies is really
4323s	the most fun so we're gonna try to have
4326s	enemies basically manage themselves in a
4328s	way that they they don't come at you
4329s	necessarily one at a time but it might
4331s	be two or three at a time at most well
4333s	anyone else that would be engaging with
4334s	you is kind of just background noise
4336s	like taunting in the distance
4339s	um and that actually might be a good
4340s	segue to talk about camps as well yeah
4342s	yeah yeah yeah
4344s	um so we've done a pass on all of the
4347s	camps and Exile lands and in sipta
4351s	um and we've kind of changed the way
4354s	enemy senses work
4357s	basically
4359s	actually hold on I'll give you guys the
4361s	best example because this is this is the
4363s	most uh pleasing version of it I was
4365s	going to turn god mode on so you can
4367s	oh yeah yeah the please please don't
4369s	worry about the logo still saying age of
4371s	sorcery this is still oh yeah
4374s	most of it is so you'll see some of this
4376s	menu stuff is uh new this is all stuff
4379s	that we've been working on also um some
4380s	of it's probably going to be replaced as
4382s	well it was our our first pass yeah yeah
4384s	so again yeah not everything shown here
4386s	is not necessarily representative of
4387s	like the final product oh yeah normal
4389s	sky is back we'll talk more about that
4391s	stuff when we do the quality of life
4392s	stuff as well though but here's the cool
4395s	thing
4395s	so now whenever I run up to new azigarth
4398s	I aggro these guys out front and that's
4402s	it
4403s	there's not going to be like 500 other
4405s	guys coming from inside oh my God uh
4408s	even this guy like look I'm this close
4410s	right now and he doesn't even want to
4411s	murder me so yeah we've kind of reduced
4413s	the senses on us a lot of stuff and the
4415s	Cry for Help on a lot of stuff
4417s	so you don't just pull an entire huge
4420s	place at once
4422s	um for those that really enjoyed that
4424s	you still can leave our Jenkins if you
4426s	really want to but yeah for most folks
4429s	uh yeah like the call for help like
4431s	aggro radius on like allies or Allied
4434s	enemies was pretty huge and it was
4436s	really easy to just get way like it
4439s	would be really fast yeah it would be
4440s	sworn by this yeah the whole the whole
4442s	yeah the whole village would be
4443s	aggregate on you to die instantly so
4445s	yeah like we we wanted to limit the
4446s	number of people that you're fighting
4447s	all at once because now combat is
4449s	balanced around you know you fighting
4450s	one or two people at most otherwise it
4453s	becomes like
4454s	it becomes pretty tough actually or that
4456s	you that or you just have to disengage
4457s	and run and hope that you can take them
4458s	off on a one by one or you know however
4460s	you want to do it yeah I mean to me it
4463s	feels really good whenever you come in
4465s	and clear one of these camps out it
4467s	feels like you're making progress
4468s	through the camp it doesn't feel like
4469s	you're just getting chased by a ton of
4471s	guys and we've updated leaching rules
4472s	too so enemies won't chase you nearly as
4474s	far as they used to in most cases
4478s	um yeah there's there's there's a lot a
4481s	lot going into the combat changes and
4482s	that's why I say you know it's going to
4484s	be hard for me to even remember
4485s	everything off the cuff because there's
4487s	so many little things here and there
4488s	yeah and I see some people in chat also
4490s	talking about like well what about you
4491s	know how am I going to distribute your
4493s	points uh I mean that's kind of up to
4496s	you I mean I I think I think it's
4497s	reasonable to uh say and expect that you
4501s	know the the sort of like the meta to
4502s	use that term will will change with with
4504s	each chapter with each age like I think
4507s	I think it's reasonable to expect that
4508s	some Paradigm changes will come up and
4510s	and we will ask you to uh like assess
4513s	your strategy or your
4517s	yeah yeah look you can't have both you
4519s	can't complain about the meta being
4520s	stale and complain when we change things
4522s	yeah yeah that's the thing yeah I mean
4524s	well I mean you know all you can always
4526s	you can always let us know but you can
4528s	complain I just it's just yeah that'd be
4529s	100 balance yeah that's the thing well I
4531s	mean it's always valid sure stand up for
4534s	you
4536s	but yeah yeah so we have to pick and
4538s	choose and so the the this is the
4540s	direction that we want to go with and uh
4542s	you know we look forward to the the
4544s	discussion and the builds that end up
4545s	coming up because ultimately it's about
4546s	making it fun yeah like we're making the
4549s	moment-to-moment gameplay yeah yeah like
4551s	ultimately we want to rule of cool it so
4552s	like if it's fun like that's the most
4554s	important thing and obviously like fun
4556s	is also a subjective thing so we want to
4558s	hear what you guys say
4560s	play games for fun no because you hate
4562s	yourself no I mean I already hate myself
4564s	but you know
4566s	yeah that's why I play nothing to do
4568s	with the game oh yeah yeah that's that's
4569s	a that's a corollary that's totally fine
4573s	Oh Nicole okay
4576s	um
4576s	so yeah that is sorry uh lost I had a
4579s	little brain fart losing myself here
4581s	really quick
4583s	um let's see
4585s	uh going over some of my notes do we
4588s	have any other questions from chat
4589s	really quick I like you Andy thanks
4593s	thanks bud a little self-loving enough
4595s	you know that's something I've been you
4596s	know it's an ongoing process right like
4598s	self-care and self-love are all very uh
4600s	like nebulous and sometimes difficult to
4602s	accomplish tasks especially if you have
4604s	poor executive function like I do
4606s	so shout outs to all my shout outs to
4609s	all my depressed Gamers out there let's
4611s	go let's go what's the dates at the end
4615s	yeah yeah sorry so yeah we got uh just
4617s	updated clarification on uh Gates
4621s	um
4622s	but yeah we'll talk about in just a sec
4623s	there's a good question will you fix
4625s	double jump Goomba builds Yes actually
4628s	uh we have a change going into this
4630s	update that'll come in chapter one that
4633s	changes it from requiring one person
4635s	standing on the head to two people
4637s	standing on a head so you really have to
4639s	coordinate to get the achievement now
4640s	but it will stop people from unless
4642s	unless it's like a teleporter squash
4644s	which could still happen uh it's gonna
4646s	be a lot harder to to Goomba people
4650s	do you mind if I just like [ __ ] around
4652s	you can do absolutely anything you want
4654s	do you want to change the fight nah
4656s	that's fine we don't have to do anything
4657s	crazy like that I just want to show
4659s	people how bad I am at this game
4662s	just because also we're just standing
4664s	here I just want to move around a little
4665s	bit so while we're taking some questions
4666s	I'm just gonna have some gameplay maybe
4668s	I should just like build some blocks and
4669s	jump over them and just have that be the
4671s	entire stream
4673s	um what about stamina
4676s	pretty much unchanged climbing sprinting
4679s	um the you know the jump we mentioned
4681s	jump earlier Jump's not a ton expense a
4683s	ton more expensive anyway like Andy if
4685s	you do it right now I think it's like 10
4686s	stairs yeah it's eight uh yeah it's
4689s	eight stamina right now but I think if I
4691s	had double jump it increases well it's
4694s	there was no charge for the second jump
4695s	before oh that's right that's right so
4697s	now the second John cost stamina as well
4700s	so you might uh you might also see uh
4703s	the build that I also have here is a Max
4705s	agility build because uh I I found that
4707s	with the changes the personal suggestion
4709s	obviously we're not telling you how to
4710s	play but I really like rolling thrust uh
4713s	for for reasons you can probably imagine
4715s	if you're not familiar with it after
4716s	your role your next attack doesn't cost
4718s	stamina and has increased armor
4720s	penetration so it's super it's super fun
4723s	I really like it so that's kind of what
4724s	we mean by like you know the value of
4727s	certain talents or the way you want to
4728s	align your talents uh is going to be
4730s	different on what we're hoping to yeah
4732s	just shake things up a bit yeah
4734s	will modders be able
4738s	to be able to uh that was part of what I
4740s	requested for people to be able to add
4742s	emblems I'm not 100 sure if that is the
4745s	case or not right now
4747s	all right what was the question we'll be
4749s	able to mod the clan feature so yeah so
4751s	will models be able to claim our mod
4752s	Clan features right right yeah um I I
4755s	hope so I don't have 100 definite answer
4757s	right now but I think it should be the
4759s	case
4760s	um with any new features that we add we
4762s	try to make the mod accessible and that
4764s	was one that right off the bat in the
4766s	initial spec sheet I gave the team I was
4768s	like I would like modders to be able to
4770s	add their own so
4772s	we'll we'll have to follow up on that
4775s	make sure it happened
4776s	will weapons be getting new move sets
4780s	new move sets weapons we don't have I
4782s	don't think there's any new move sets in
4784s	this one in this update
4786s	um a lot of the stuff that we're doing
4788s	is with combat changes and especially
4789s	with AI is also intended to let us kind
4793s	of make a baseline for the combat to be
4796s	designed with better interplay so we
4798s	might see some changes come to specific
4800s	attack animations or potentially new new
4804s	animation sets for weapons
4806s	depending on how well that attack or
4809s	weapon is doing with the standard for AI
4812s	they'll kind of dictate the way a player
4814s	plays
4816s	hmm oh actually while we're doing this
4819s	really quickly
4820s	um I think this is also a good time to
4821s	just show off some of the new visuals
4822s	and sets that we might be able to what
4824s	we're adding to the game as well
4827s	um because yeah we can show off some of
4828s	the new battle pass stuff coming up
4829s	because obviously like with the new age
4831s	with the new chapters comes new battle
4832s	pass new items in the bizarre we can
4834s	still take questions while I show some
4836s	of this stuff and also keep in mind work
4837s	in progress yeah I don't know if we want
4840s	to go ahead and announce the dates yeah
4841s	the blog is out so okay cool yeah so uh
4844s	just so uh you all know uh the
4848s	public beta for Age of War is available
4852s	tomorrow May 23rd
4855s	you can visit our forums to find out
4857s	details on how to access it it just
4859s	involves installing a a separate like
4863s	public beta client from Steam you can
4866s	also type I believe explanation point
4867s	beta to get a link to The Forum that's
4872s	only for you in twitch if you're
4873s	watching a recording you just go to
4875s	forums.funcom.com head over there check
4878s	things out
4880s	um and then Age of War itself is set to
4883s	launch June 22nd 2023.
4891s	someone said fix the purge are broken in
4894s	chat where you been dude
4897s	that's that's a huge part of what we
4899s	just revealed we're doing this marriage
4903s	um so yeah the the first level reward is
4904s	the steranian Bandit armor which is what
4906s	we're wearing on our character right now
4908s	um and a special plan emblem uh and so
4912s	yeah we we're adding some Clan emblems
4913s	and other things to the battle pass as
4915s	well
4916s	and of course uh new emotes uh new
4920s	replaceables and building pieces yes
4921s	that's actually a new feature as well
4923s	um so weapon emotes that's right yeah
4926s	we missed an entire feature but yeah
4928s	um we're changing the emote system to
4930s	work in a way that they can be
4931s	contextualized so um if you have a sword
4935s	in your hand you can do a sword emote uh
4937s	so you know if you have the right emote
4939s	and the right weapon
4940s	um
4942s	weapon emotes
4944s	so let's see if I can do this is a nice
4946s	two-handed sword let's see oops uh
4950s	notes for mods on Collins at this time
4952s	it's not on a roadmap right now
4954s	um I I think the repeat the question
4956s	sorry yeah sorry uh someone asked about
4957s	mods on consoles it's not on our roadmap
4960s	right now so it won't it definitely
4961s	won't happen during the Age of War can't
4963s	I
4964s	um it's a thing that we all would love
4966s	to do because we all recognize the value
4968s	that mods brings Exiles
4972s	but it's it's a big big big big task and
4978s	I'm not sure when it'll happen but we
4981s	would like it to
4983s	and with this up
4988s	features absolutely of course yeah
4991s	all right just a second here I'm getting
4993s	messages from folks
4996s	we're still yeah still evaluating the
4998s	possibilities but yeah because of the
5000s	technical limitations in Ram and stuff
5002s	like that it's just really tough yeah
5003s	memory is the biggest problem yeah
5004s	Exiles uses a lot of memory because it
5007s	has a lot of high definition materials
5008s	and textures and uh
5012s	mods cost memory so yeah oops
5019s	under
5021s	yeah
5023s	um I don't no there's not really a whole
5025s	lot we can go into about that I think
5026s	right now yeah yeah sorry
5028s	wait where are they listed do I haven't
5030s	learned I think the command that I was
5032s	given is not correct uh
5034s	sorry anyway we'll have any weapon
5036s	emails so like uh the shield for example
5037s	will have a shield bash animation if
5039s	you're holding your your two-handed
5041s	sword you put them in like a guardian
5043s	stance like this like a sentinel
5047s	um
5048s	apologies for that we'll uh we'll
5051s	definitely be able to show them off at a
5052s	later time
5057s	yeah that should be set to true I just
5059s	don't uh I just don't think I've learned
5061s	it and the command that I had for it is
5064s	not working unfortunately
5068s	excuse me but that's okay so yeah we'll
5070s	have like uh we have uh weapon emails
5073s	playing for other weapons as well like a
5074s	spear training emote I think a couple
5077s	other things as well that are
5078s	be available there
5081s	uh and yeah and so
5085s	you'll notice that a lot of the things
5086s	that we have are still like very uh
5090s	let's see stygian themed because uh
5094s	some you know Conan and hiborian age uh
5098s	lore Masters may recall the stygians are
5101s	a powerful force within the land and uh
5104s	whale they see an opportunity
5107s	and so we may see lots of them come by
5109s	or
5111s	that'll play into the second third
5114s	chapters of this age and uh you know
5117s	it's not really I mean at this point if
5119s	you're not connecting the dots
5121s	precision's are coming to the exiled
5123s	lands you know and and more Force than
5125s	they're currently there they're going to
5127s	set up a fortress in the exiled lens and
5130s	they're going to start to rake some cash
5131s	into it
5133s	and it's time they're going to build up
5135s	so it's time to build up the fight back
5136s	yep
5139s	so yeah sorry about not being able to
5141s	show the whipping emotes currently but
5143s	yeah so yeah there's an example of the
5145s	the a 2D image of what you can expect to
5147s	look uh expected to look like so yeah
5149s	we're excited to have this um and then
5151s	later on you know we want to add more
5153s	emotes including like potentially like
5154s	paired emotes for example or like
5157s	and fatalities fatality animation that
5161s	might be part of chapter three yeah
5162s	maybe those are those are the things
5164s	that's on like our stretch goals for
5166s	like uh age like I know fatalities are
5168s	in in the in the plan okay yeah so when
5171s	you kill guys it's not just gonna be the
5173s	incredible crash dummy explosion of
5176s	Limbs just body parts everywhere yeah
5178s	there will be a chance for you to really
5179s	you know dismember them
5181s	yeah and of course like having having
5183s	two character models like choreographed
5186s	and play an animation together is
5187s	actually kind of a more complicated of a
5189s	technical achievement than you might
5191s	imagine so the more work goes into it
5193s	than you might think
5195s	uh okay we'll give that a shot let's see
5199s	here
5200s	all right
5204s	well so okay the the for those of you
5206s	messaging us over slack uh when I have a
5208s	weapon out and I hold the wheel thing
5210s	down I just don't get any option for
5211s	anything and I don't think I actually
5212s	have the the emotes learned uh so that's
5215s	okay it's okay we'll we'll show it off
5216s	at another time the beta is only for yes
5219s	so sorry yeah so the beta is only
5220s	available for PC but of course the age
5222s	of War update will be available on all
5225s	platforms that come in excels is
5226s	available on so like that would be on PC
5228s	that would be on Xbox and uh Playstation
5232s	um and again like the update itself will
5234s	be free you don't have to pay for like
5236s	the new features or anything like that
5239s	so yeah the update will be available for
5240s	all platforms
5242s	don't you worry but yeah the the testing
5244s	is only available on Steam through the
5246s	through the public beta client
5248s	uh quality yes quality of Lifestyle yes
5251s	because I see people asking questions
5253s	yeah we will talk about
5255s	well let's talk about it
5257s	yeah so we got through the target lock
5258s	improvements yes part of what I didn't
5259s	really talk about with the target lock
5261s	improvements too is we're adjusting
5262s	where the actual camera is and where
5263s	your character appears on on screen as
5265s	well so that should just feel a lot more
5267s	nicer and natural as well
5269s	we're actually locked onto a Target
5275s	um
5276s	so yeah the
5278s	what what other quality of life stuff
5280s	did we want to go over because I know
5281s	some of the spells that we had like some
5283s	of the sorcery spells are going to be
5284s	updated to be like toggles for example
5286s	so like find resources and whisp wall
5288s	instead of being a duration-based uh
5290s	buff effect it'll just you just turn it
5292s	on and then you cast it again to turn it
5294s	off so it just stays with you yeah uh
5296s	indefinitely until yeah until you recast
5298s	it we also think we fixed the thrall
5300s	Decay timer
5301s	mmm so whenever you log into a server it
5304s	won't just be a bunch of floating
5305s	thralls in the world that should
5306s	actually disappear when they're supposed
5307s	to
5309s	it's good quality yeah and then uh
5312s	updates to Darkness yeah that one's
5315s	super fun and we didn't kind of actually
5316s	show that one too if you want to swap
5318s	over to Game Mode real quick oh yeah
5320s	because it is the middle of the night
5321s	yeah
5323s	there's a weird sound thing I noticed
5325s	yeah yeah sorry about that thank you for
5327s	letting me know
5328s	um so you know we don't have the the
5331s	blood moon eclipse anymore uh metamosis
5333s	and and uh
5336s	are no longer warring in the exiled
5339s	lands the way they were so everything's
5340s	kind of back to normal but you might
5342s	notice you can actually see a little
5343s	more as well right now is the dead of
5346s	night you know about 30 feet or so in
5349s	front of my character you can see it's
5350s	just completely black Shadows but but as
5353s	I go up to them you can see so you know
5355s	we've adjusted the way lighting works
5357s	and and added a little system in to let
5359s	you be able to see more in your
5361s	immediate proximity at night so you're
5362s	never going to be stuck in in the
5364s	absolute dead of night again you'll
5366s	always be able to see a small area
5368s	around yourself but obviously like this
5369s	is still super dark but like it's not
5376s	without the eclipse has been pretty a
5378s	pretty brutal Affair in my experience so
5380s	yeah having having a little bit of like
5381s	a minimum light radius around you so you
5383s	can just see in front of you uh is
5385s	really nice and then of course like you
5386s	know torches are still available yeah
5388s	the torch is still better yeah yeah
5393s	oh let's see uh of course yeah the new
5396s	diving animation we saw a little bit of
5398s	that we can uh you can Scrooge McDuck if
5400s	you really want to uh and then uh of
5404s	course like it works better if you're
5405s	high diving off of it or I guess you can
5407s	slow fall and just like perpetually just
5409s	stir you in the animation forever
5411s	uh another like other fixes and quality
5414s	of life things like uh chicken dance
5416s	actually counting for challenges
5419s	um
5420s	leaving and entering dungeons won't make
5422s	uh
5423s	we'll now make grass behave correctly
5427s	uh and then a few a few updated uh drop
5431s	equipment on death server options as
5433s	well Bonk
5435s	oh nice
5438s	creative mode I tried to turn it off
5441s	before it hit the bossy just explode
5442s	hell yeah
5443s	very good
5447s	so uh actually we can take a few more
5449s	questions from chat and then uh I think
5452s	then we must bid idea because we must
5455s	get onto things
5457s	lots of people asking about yo new math
5460s	stuff at all or no new mess right now
5463s	yeah people asking about new maps we're
5465s	not doing a new map right now uh age of
5467s	Amazon was in fact a joke
5470s	that I would leave an entire
5472s	presentation up on both screens that
5474s	shows what the next age would be and I
5476s	would certainly not write my
5477s	presentation in Papyrus
5480s	the classic font but yeah I mean stay
5484s	tuned uh you know new Dungeons and new
5486s	and new maps are things that we we can
5488s	and and may do in the future so uh if
5491s	age of War doesn't tickle your fancy you
5493s	know keep an eye out yeah yeah uh
5495s	because they'll be sure you'll be
5496s	excited about what comes after that yeah
5497s	because they'll they'll be new ages
5499s	after age of four also so because we
5501s	were committed now to like again
5502s	advancing the actually advancing the
5504s	tale of the exiled lines and like
5506s	changing things as we move forward so
5507s	yeah there'll be some small changes on
5509s	the exod lands uh when Age of War
5511s	launches as well obviously apart from uh
5514s	the eclipse not being there and then
5516s	we're making some maybe some other
5518s	little things here in there as well oh
5520s	and then yeah uh new armor sets coming
5522s	with the uh with the update as well I
5525s	believe this is a bizarre item but uh
5528s	this is like a stygian soldier outfit
5530s	um some some of you who have been
5532s	playing uh like Conan games for a while
5534s	May recognize this uh as the armor that
5539s	was shown in some of the old Age Of
5540s	Conan keyart
5542s	and we're happy to finally have it uh
5544s	realized in the glory of unreal here
5547s	someone asked if the karak dungeon would
5549s	go away yeah that'll still be there
5552s	um it is it's the same as before you
5554s	enter the same way and everything there
5555s	just might be a little bit of a mess
5559s	uh those were temporary content the all
5561s	of the Katan Exiles uh save for a few
5564s	that you might find straggling in the
5565s	exiled Lanes will be gone yeah they're
5568s	kind of in this like with with well yeah
5570s	they'll they'll be kind of scattered
5571s	around here there I won't say anything
5572s	yeah any PVP news kind of uh one of the
5576s	things we will be doing probably in
5577s	chapter two I think is revamping
5579s	trebuchets as well
5582s	um so the way that you Siege people or
5584s	or you know attack other other players
5585s	might change a bit
5588s	um
5589s	there is that
5590s	toying with some other more extreme
5592s	stuff but I'm not sure if it will make
5593s	it into production or not so I'm not
5594s	gonna tease anyone with it yeah yeah is
5597s	the beacon for Mecca Moses area going to
5599s	be the same no no the beacon is gone
5601s	that was a result of the ritual he was
5603s	conducting and if you show up there you
5605s	might see why it's not there yeah there
5607s	might be some there might something
5608s	might have happened so yeah battering
5610s	rams uh yeah there should be a battering
5612s	ram in chapter two
5613s	um like a handheld one we wanted to do a
5616s	full-on like hey I pushed cart version
5618s	of it but I think we just simply don't
5619s	have time uh to put that together so
5622s	we'll do one that you know you can break
5624s	down Doors by hand
5626s	um
5626s	we'll probably also consider trying to
5629s	do like carry animation like um like
5631s	that same carry animation for the chess
5633s	like putting an explosive jar and
5635s	enemy's hands so if they're part of The
5636s	Purge wave you know they come at you and
5638s	you can shoot the shoot the barrel the
5640s	jar from far away and blow them all up
5644s	scrub brush excellent sick was the
5647s	princess saved all right find out claim
5649s	find out yeah I mean you can check
5651s	tomorrow yeah right you'll be able to
5653s	see for yourself when this goes live
5654s	tomorrow I don't have an exact time of
5656s	when it'll be it will be live but please
5658s	stay tuned on the forums or on social
5659s	media uh on Twitter and Facebook uh for
5663s	you can you can see or go follow us here
5666s	I don't know if my finger will get cut
5667s	off but yeah go follow us here at Conan
5668s	Exiles on Instagram Facebook and Twitter
5670s	for all the latest updates on when
5673s	public beta will be live for Age of War
5676s	I didn't get to wear the sickest set for
5678s	everybody yet there are no oh yeah now
5680s	for an official server wipe no sir no
5682s	yeah we'll pretty much never wipe
5684s	servers unless we really really really
5686s	really have to
5688s	um taking away people's progress in the
5690s	game is the number one fastest way to
5692s	make them stop playing the game so we'll
5694s	do everything in our power to prevent
5695s	that from happening yeah
5697s	this is a veneer Shaman armor set that
5701s	will also be uh I can't remember if
5703s	that's a battle pass or bizarre item but
5705s	that will be a vanity set available with
5707s	the update as well
5709s	hmm
5711s	mounts there will be a new Mount coming
5712s	but I'm not going to say what it is yet
5715s	some of you probably have probably have
5717s	corrected people have mentioned it in
5719s	chat already yeah but we're not going to
5720s	confirm what it is oops
5722s	it's my it's my finally Gundams
5728s	so you can hear Frederick malmberg just
5729s	like teleporting behind me and I was
5730s	like no
5731s	don't
5735s	you know we could we could sit here and
5736s	talk and and show off all this stuff
5738s	like pretty much all day but we uh we do
5740s	have to uh get going uh shortly so I
5744s	know there's a ton of questions in chat
5745s	I know other tons of folks will have
5747s	more questions as they come up
5748s	especially when uh the testing period
5751s	goes live
5753s	um but uh please stay tuned for tomorrow
5757s	when the age of War up uh Chapter One
5760s	update uh becomes available for beta
5762s	testing
5764s	um and we'll keep you updated on like
5765s	any changes or anything that comes up
5766s	during that test uh and and look forward
5769s	to to a new age Dawning over the exot
5772s	lands on June 22nd yeah public beta
5775s	tomorrow and so again
5778s	um I think if you type I think beta
5781s	explanation point beta in chat I think
5783s	nightbot should have a thing that has a
5784s	link to the public test Forum so go
5786s	ahead and bookmark that in preparation
5788s	for tomorrow
5789s	um we'll put a little blast out on
5791s	social media announcing when it's live
5792s	and you guys can take a first look and
5794s	take the first steps into the next Age
5796s	Of Conan exiles
5798s	oh
5800s	so I think that actually about wraps it
5804s	up
5805s	um any last housekeeping things I'm
5807s	going to look over here
5810s	um let's see uh also keep an eye out for
5815s	uh oh yeah so yeah sorry so the we have
5819s	a question from uh internally on slack
5821s	about some of the ql stuff
5824s	um one of the one of the changes that
5825s	we're updating is that the drop
5826s	equipment on death or different drop
5828s	equipment on death options uh to go into
5831s	them specifically there are Now options
5833s	for lose nothing on death
5834s	uh setting zero uh lose everything on
5837s	death uh which is one by default or lose
5841s	just backpack inventory on death so you
5844s	know so you don't just get completely
5845s	wiped on death so you just you just drop
5848s	like you keep what's on your hot bar and
5849s	your armor I think and yeah actual
5851s	backpack gets dumped yeah so that that
5853s	whole play allows for like extra
5855s	granularity for like server admins or
5856s	private server admins to make it uh just
5859s	like a good middle ground between All or
5860s	Nothing
5861s	so hopefully that uh helps kind of
5864s	enable
5865s	um like still like some consequences for
5867s	dying for example on your private
5868s	service but like yeah again not not All
5870s	or Nothing
5872s	thanks for bringing that up appreciate
5873s	it
5875s	um oh and then uh yeah so other
5877s	housekeeping things again so um yeah so
5879s	disconnect issues will be resolved or
5880s	you know we have a plan a fixed planned
5883s	um in the age of War update
5886s	um uh twitch drops so yeah we had uh we
5889s	did have an issue with the um rock nose
5891s	figurine twitch drop which is supposed
5893s	to be the third twitch drop campaign
5895s	that we're running uh there was an issue
5897s	with the actual like placeable item in
5899s	game so we did postpone the
5901s	um that campaign for that specific item
5903s	I don't have details off the cuff on
5907s	if and or when that will be run again
5910s	um but we will have you know we'll have
5912s	other campaigns uh in the future as well
5915s	so again just like keep an eye out on
5917s	our social media and I think you might
5921s	be even be able to see on like upcoming
5923s	campaigns on like a twitch website I
5924s	can't remember exactly where you find
5925s	that but we'll have that and yeah we're
5927s	sorry for anyone that like was confused
5929s	by the roughness figurine or any
5930s	streamers that um you know we're hoping
5932s	to be able to to help you know use that
5935s	to help grow their stream a little bit
5936s	so yeah we do apologize for that and
5938s	speaking of streamers and content
5939s	creators of course also we want to give
5941s	a very special thank you uh to whack
5943s	Jordy Kaya on fire and SEMA uh for
5948s	sharing some uh exclusive teasers across
5952s	uh streaming and showing it off on so on
5955s	their channels
5957s	um if you haven't already yes these are
5959s	these are some some excellent folks
5961s	within our community we're really
5962s	grateful to have them and have uh so
5963s	many other folks uh just like really
5965s	excited to sink their teeth into the
5968s	game so again yeah Special thanks to
5970s	those four and uh all our other content
5972s	creators and you know we'll be in touch
5973s	with everyone as well for for future
5975s	collab projects and such too it is so so
5978s	so fun to watch everyone speculate about
5980s	what oh my God yeah yeah well when when
5983s	uh when Kaya's uh teaser came out and
5985s	the thumbnail turned into age of the
5987s	Amazon I was like
5989s	I posted the preview up on our forums I
5991s	was like what is this thumbnail guy
5995s	I was like oh no
5998s	um and then also
6000s	um for those who are looking on our
6001s	forms as well uh stay tuned also for uh
6004s	winners for our Mystic masterpieces art
6007s	contest which we ran and uh we finished
6009s	up we're still reviewing our entries and
6011s	casting our final votes and we'll have
6013s	uh final announcements uh by the end of
6016s	May and then previously when we were
6017s	announcing the contest we were like
6019s	you'll get the next next chapters
6020s	content or battle pass this is before we
6023s	announce the age of wars and now we can
6024s	just say you're gonna get the age of War
6025s	chapter one battle pass
6027s	um if you won so there's that I think
6031s	that's about it
6033s	I think that's it hell yeah once you get
6036s	a patch notes there's so much stuff oh
6038s	my God yeah and and a lot of it at first
6040s	glance will probably seem scary too but
6042s	I think once you get your hands on it
6044s	and you actually get in game and play it
6045s	it's all really yeah yeah like just like
6048s	we explained yeah yeah just like we had
6050s	gone over on on string here like yeah we
6052s	know like a lot of those damn changes
6053s	and the durability changes like sound
6055s	really scary on paper but we're you know
6058s	we're confident and hopeful that that
6060s	you'll find it uh uh a not scary and
6064s	actually in fact be ideally fun uh when
6066s	you do actually get your hands on it but
6068s	again please let us know
6071s	any final thoughts friend
6074s	well
6080s	I know as soon as we leave this room I'm
6082s	going to think of like five things we
6083s	didn't talk about that I wanted to yeah
6085s	and as soon as that door open then I
6086s	come I'm just gonna like flop over and
6088s	follow my face on the floor because I'm
6089s	just like oh finally at last uh I I do a
6093s	lot of streams but I still get really
6094s	nervous whenever we uh stream and talk
6096s	about stuff and especially on on uh you
6099s	know just like really like big uh
6101s	announcements like this you know talking
6102s	about the next like story arc and
6104s	progression Arc for Conan it's pretty
6106s	nerve-wracking
6107s	it's like zero stress yeah yeah yeah he
6110s	has to actually control the [ __ ]
6111s	yeah a lot of a lot of I don't know I
6114s	just get really in my head I don't know
6116s	how uh I don't know how some of y'all
6117s	that do it every day do it a lot of
6120s	respect yeah I guess that's it right
6121s	like you do it every day and you just
6122s	get used to it and I'm just really
6124s	anxious and hard on myself anyway
6127s	um thank you all so much for joining us
6130s	on this very special episode
6132s	um again public beta for age award
6134s	begins tomorrow uh full launch for Age
6136s	of War begins June 22nd uh head to our
6140s	forums let us know what you think
6143s	um tell us what your favorite kind of
6144s	pizza toppings are yeah my name's Andy
6147s	Dennis say hi to Nicole come on over
6150s	here come on over here just come on over
6152s	here okay this is this is the lovely oh
6154s	I know this is it's a mess back there
6155s	the lovely Nicole uh my my partner in
6158s	crime here in the NC Community team uh
6162s	has been has been back here uh helping
6164s	talk to chat and relay messages from our
6166s	slack channels and chat uh so thank you
6168s	Nicole lots of love thank you and lots
6171s	of love to you for tuning in watching us
6174s	supporting us playing Conan Exiles
6176s	until next time friends
6178s	adios and goodbye
6184s	and
6186s	see maybe yeah
6201s	and there
6204s	good job guys

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