[2022] Dev Hour - Eternal Return Season 8 Preview | Eternal Return Dev Tracker

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506s	it's not a world
518s	hello everyone I am I a fairly new
520s	employee from Nimble neuron sadly Wendy
523s	was not able to escape military the
525s	security was a bit rougher than we
527s	imagined in a way this is my first time
529s	talking to you guys I started lumypedia
531s	so I'm a bit nervous I'm here with wolf
534s	one the director of eternal return
539s	thank you ladies for playing our game
542s	and thank you for visiting us today
546s	yeah including the last emergency Dev
548s	stream we are at the seventh Dev stream
549s	so far and yeah uh once again thank you
552s	for coming to watch and let's get
554s	started
555s	it's been two years of Early Access so
558s	far
559s	um should we put it as the return is
561s	hurt and in Korea we also say the game
564s	is sick at the moment
566s	um we wanted to do a lot more
567s	celebration for the two-year anniversary
569s	but sadly he didn't think it was the
572s	timing and hopefully we can get back to
574s	you guys soon about that
575s	um but so far thank you guys for being
577s	with us
581s	steam stats are open to everyone so some
584s	of you guys may have already checked but
585s	uh yesterday actually well not yesterday
588s	because we had the deathstream but two
589s	days ago our players were 4436.
594s	we do have support from other platforms
597s	but steam is still our main platform
599s	especially for our non-kr regions we
601s	sadly had players asking if the game
603s	would still be operating next year
605s	and that really stuck with us
609s	that's likely why this time the dev
611s	stream uh devs team had so much to think
614s	about we thought and reflected over the
615s	previous actions
619s	to start the reflection we looked at the
621s	graph over the last two years of our
623s	Early Access the noticeable part is the
625s	high Spike at the 50 000 concurrent
627s	players well it's easy to just simply
629s	summarize the graph as a simple Peak and
631s	a drop we believe that each up and down
634s	has its own stories and patches
637s	guys it's not pre-recorded
640s	but yeah we'll get into the midi and
642s	greedy so we separated into three parts
644s	we saw the first six months the middle
647s	one year and a half and the most recent
650s	three months which is season seven we
652s	feel like these three periods have
654s	different nuances and show different
655s	patterns
658s	so the first section the first six
661s	months was a pretty crazy time for
662s	return I joined the game as a player
665s	somewhere in this section A little bit
666s	later in the drop but this section
668s	included a 50k player Peak to a point
671s	that it confused even our own developers
675s	um they apparently were checking the
676s	numbers and seeing it go up and we're
678s	wondering why it was even going up at
679s	that point but we definitely had Luck
681s	playing on our side and when the game
683s	was on the rise we had a huge crane of
685s	flourish to play our game
686s	it seemed a huge Spike uh wolf neem
689s	actually left the message in slack which
690s	is like a Discord for work talking about
692s	how well players had showing your
694s	reaction to turn returns so far we're
696s	going to be facing challenges if we
698s	don't develop as a team and game the
700s	only place would be downwards
703s	we were aware that this population was
705s	in inflation and not something that
706s	would be consistent moving forwards
709s	while pre-ranked the era of Victoria
711s	return was fun and brought us a lot of
713s	memories people forget the issues that
715s	the game had like
717s	there were no lit distributions no final
720s	Zone as in no final zones like not the
723s	old final Zone it just didn't have final
725s	zones
726s	you can see that in this period we hit
728s	the peak but we also had the fastest
730s	loss of players
734s	the next period is the longer period of
736s	one year where we stayed around 10 000
738s	players for a while we also had players
740s	from different platforms at this point
742s	as we were connecting with other
743s	companies around this time as well
745s	Gibson General followed these Trends
747s	where early on game inflates a high play
749s	number but quickly bleed numbers until
752s	they hit a fairly steady average between
754s	the ups and downs
756s	we really thought the game would
758s	continue following harder after the
759s	first period but it didn't apparently
761s	they call this trend a rectangular a
763s	rectangle pattern in stocks where the
766s	numbers fluctuate within the Peaks and
768s	the lowest hold on let me get some water
770s	with three Metals actually contacted a
772s	few times about the graph as some folks
774s	for surprise ER was able to sustain over
776s	this year throughout this one year we
778s	were given a lot of opportunities which
780s	we are thankful for
788s	and we picked 10 000 players as an
790s	important Point not because we were
792s	satisfied with it our actual goal is 20K
795s	10K was just significant in that it
797s	showed potential to us
799s	but we can meet this goal of bringing up
801s	the average
802s	reference daily Peak does not always
804s	show the actual number of players in a
806s	day you can multiply the daily Peak by
808s	five to six times ish to get some kind
811s	of an idea of the total daily users
813s	therefore 20 000 Peak players would mean
815s	we would have around 100 000 players
818s	logging into our game daily
819s	which would also put our game around top
821s	50 on Steam
824s	the game industry is often seen as
826s	Winner Takes all where one percent is
828s	remembered and 99 is forgotten in our
830s	opinion 20 000 would put us at the
833s	border or the edge of being one of those
835s	winners like hitting rank 199 for
838s	immortal
840s	obviously successful games are
842s	considered different based on genre for
844s	example single player RPG does not need
847s	heavy player bases well casual games
849s	will need a lot of players to be
850s	considered successful
854s	for one year and a half in our second
856s	period our goal was doubling our player
858s	base we kept thinking that maybe if we
859s	made a few more good season features and
863s	we did scratch that point with Cobalt
864s	protocol at one point
866s	it kept continuing and being hopeful
868s	especially with Battlezone and hacking
870s	coming into the game eventually
872s	but hopes don't solve everything and our
877s	numbers decreased rather than increase
880s	and we were put into a spot where we
883s	started doubting ourselves even more
884s	like we'll introducing hacking as a
887s	future really get us to our goal of
888s	twenty thousand
890s	uh we even started wondering if we
892s	doubled our player base with eternal
894s	returns still be sustainable
899s	reviewing the last part season seven is
902s	a really tough task to analyze
904s	as there were a lot of problems that we
907s	found the big changes save plan and
909s	skillet pre-work uh were on assessed
913s	sorry about that unsuccessful to the
915s	point where we had to host an emergency
916s	Dev stream the Q a a lot of questions
919s	regarding season 7 were often found
921s	especially how lackluster they were for
924s	example Escape has been largely
925s	forgotten by a lot of our players but in
928s	the dev team we believe that the number
929s	three was also a huge issue where
931s	eternal return has gone through strings
933s	after strains after strains of patches
936s	and new features
938s	added Through Time
942s	and number four it's no secret other
944s	games affect player Biz and we've had
946s	great games released this year as well
949s	there are also more issues we haven't
951s	included here such as balance bugs and
953s	optimizations but we recognize these
955s	issues as a longer term issue instead of
958s	specific to season seven so we'll get to
961s	the balance bugs and optimizations a bit
964s	later in the presentation instead
969s	to go back to number four and Show an
971s	example you can see the player drop in
972s	the graph here uh all right number four
976s	this is when players started watching
978s	over a second time in a video game
981s	this shiny game is released it does
983s	affect our player base this is natural
985s	among other games too and happens
987s	throughout time
988s	however games such as Eternal returns
990s	should normally have good new features
992s	that race some of the numbers back up
994s	while bringing returning players
996s	this season we failed to do so the
999s	timing when our player base was supposed
1000s	to spike back up there are new features
1002s	did not increase our numbers
1005s	so we continue to drop from where we
1008s	previously were
1010s	we had other perspectives on the season
1011s	as well as we had dangerous drop in new
1014s	players starting around mid-season 6.
1016s	even when we had new players to the game
1018s	their retention was not great you can
1020s	see the drop here around the three Mark
1022s	here it's not as noticeable since we had
1024s	school break for Korea so the number was
1028s	a bit more inflated than it actually was
1030s	and regarding the fifth concern
1034s	this perspective is probably the saddest
1037s	take out of all of them and something we
1041s	all think about here and there as the ER
1044s	team it's something we have to but it's
1047s	our job to prove to our players and
1048s	investors that no eternal return is
1051s	actually just getting started
1056s	what are the statements we see here
1057s	often is it feels like the company is
1059s	ran by old man who don't know video
1061s	games that ignored the young employee or
1063s	Gamer's thoughts
1065s	and regarding the old part well sad it
1068s	it's true we are fairly old to be fair I
1072s	think it's you guys being too young and
1074s	us
1075s	you know what it's whatever don't worry
1077s	about it
1078s	Hector neem wanted to cross off the
1080s	Huron video games part D to his pride
1082s	and I think it's true he has a wide
1084s	range of knowledge regarding games even
1086s	ones outside of ER so he put a triangle
1089s	because he still does think there are
1091s	some other workers and players that know
1092s	a bit better than him
1095s	but the part regarding ignoring other
1097s	employee player opinions is something
1098s	that we want to talk about on the
1100s	opposite Spectrum there's so many
1102s	different ideas from co-workers and
1104s	players the finding which direction is
1106s	correct it's just not that simple
1109s	not only that deciding to go in One
1110s	Direction can disappoint players that
1112s	want it the other direction
1114s	so every day wolfon stated that every
1116s	decision he makes replays in his head
1118s	over and over and over if it was the
1121s	right decision or not
1122s	but we're not here to talk about you
1125s	know our struggles and stuff like that
1126s	and we're here to talk about the game
1128s	today so we'll keep this part short
1133s	looking back we ended up thinking a lot
1135s	more we have a solid goal of 20 000
1137s	players but we started looking Beyond
1138s	those solid numbers
1140s	so what is eternal return to us the devs
1144s	and what is er to you guys the players
1149s	well we've had diverse meetings at our
1151s	workplace and often it's discussions on
1153s	why we chose to work at this company
1156s	and what our strengths are and that kind
1157s	of stuff well the whole thing was
1159s	strange to us at the start you know the
1161s	action made us think beyond the original
1163s	frame of thought or talking to
1164s	co-workers
1166s	well we had co-workers from multiple
1167s	different teams the main idea that
1169s	seemed to pop up a lot was simply
1172s	we just want to make a fun game
1174s	it's easy to get sidetracked while
1176s	working on the game as it requires focus
1177s	on so many different parts but that's it
1180s	we just want to make a fun game
1185s	at the beginning of 2022 Wolfe had
1188s	presentation regarding the game for the
1190s	company he even talked about how
1191s	different parts of the brain works like
1193s	which parts are responsible for our
1194s	basic survival New Life needs and what
1196s	the parts are responsible for our
1197s	emotions
1199s	to summarize we just wanted to make a
1201s	game that would be fun cool gets her
1204s	heart beating and that your soul demands
1206s	these were his words not mine for
1208s	reference he also talked about what kind
1211s	of changes ER would need to touch all of
1213s	these aspects as we're not there yet but
1215s	in the base of it all we just want to
1218s	make a kick-ass game
1222s	foreign
1223s	a lot less familiar to you guys but a
1226s	few weeks ago after our season finals we
1229s	had players send us a coffee truck so Us
1232s	and other co-workers could get some
1233s	refreshing beverages while working
1236s	usually getting a coffee truck from
1237s	players is a dream for developers here
1239s	in Korea there's also how the Supreme
1241s	head and email started drop is like the
1243s	sound of someone drinking from a cup
1245s	with only the ice left but this was
1247s	surprising to us and I'm sure to you
1249s	guys as well because the season had been
1252s	fairly rough we thought compliments
1254s	would be something you know we wouldn't
1256s	be getting especially with how rare
1258s	compliments tend to be in the gaming
1260s	industry
1264s	but you also understand that this wasn't
1266s	really just a compliment it was more of
1270s	a drinkness cheer up and do better be
1273s	better
1274s	and we want to thank you all for
1275s	sticking with us so far to thick and
1277s	thin we'll keep trying to do better
1279s	and while reading comments like why you
1282s	are failed year deserves to die
1284s	pneumonia's problems Nimble please fix
1289s	uh does hurt but we understand that
1291s	these are out of love and care and I see
1294s	you guys fighting in feedback regarding
1296s	these kind of stuff all the time but
1298s	let's understand that this is all out of
1300s	love
1304s	so we really early on mentioned
1308s	Publishers in the previous slide and
1310s	eternal return is a really odd game for
1311s	publishers
1313s	Publishers looked at us and thought how
1315s	come this game that isn't earning much
1317s	money getting so much support from the
1319s	player base like we said before the
1322s	coffee truck was a huge surprise
1323s	especially for the manager over in uh
1327s	our
1330s	uh publisher that starts the k
1332s	um one of the representative basically
1334s	said never thought I never ever be sent
1337s	a coffee track in my life but I think
1339s	this event really solidified to
1341s	investors and Publishers that there is
1343s	still potential for eternal return
1346s	obviously numbers don't matter a lot for
1348s	investors and Publishers so we'll keep
1350s	trying our hardest to hit the 20 000
1352s	goal
1356s	so tldr
1358s	our job consists of three things to help
1361s	us get there make a good solid game
1364s	make a fun game
1366s	and communicate with players so we're
1369s	going to look into what we should and
1371s	what we can do
1375s	so regarding the five issues that we
1377s	found we're gonna separate them into
1379s	upfront projects and long-term projects
1383s	we're going to be building
1385s	eternal return to address the five
1386s	issues and we'll start with one and two
1388s	in season eight and the rest will be uh
1391s	for a longer term rebuilding in season 9
1393s	and season 10 and onwards
1398s	so here's the upfront changes
1404s	one of the issues that we've been
1405s	getting is that the game Flow is not fun
1407s	the game itself is
1410s	at a problem
1412s	atic State and solving problems actually
1415s	caused more problems for us so for
1417s	example
1419s	car factory was boring and no one was
1421s	fighting and they're only looking to
1423s	third party
1424s	there is lack of clarity between DPS and
1426s	things such as DPS going full tank and
1428s	still being able to do One-Shot combos
1431s	uh there was nothing to do as a player
1434s	when you were left behind
1436s	so we try to solve these problems and we
1438s	try to encourage Fighting by interfering
1440s	some of these aspects while um you know
1443s	encouraging good Tempo either the skill
1445s	up rework for the luck clearly and we
1448s	installed the Escape system for players
1450s	who were left behind but
1453s	that caused the issues where wins are
1458s	simple in that
1460s	it's very object-centric so you see an
1462s	object objective then you just got an
1464s	objective and that's just repeat and
1467s	legendary items no longer fit all it's a
1471s	golden girder has been the rule for a
1473s	long time in a territory turn but it has
1476s	no longer become the case especially
1477s	with all the changes to the items and
1480s	we're gonna Escape is just not a
1482s	Charming feature for a lot of our
1484s	players
1490s	so let's diversify our game plans
1494s	and this is one of the biggest
1495s	challenges and something that we ended
1498s	up ruining throughout the past Seasons
1499s	well during the patch so our past looked
1502s	like we were able to win without
1503s	fighting and it was kind of boring to
1506s	play the present getting rid of ways to
1509s	win without fighting is now boring
1511s	because there's no other sub plans
1514s	so when will we ever find true balance
1516s	between these two well we'll get to that
1519s	throughout the presentation but the main
1521s	plans objectives definitely need a
1524s	backup plan for players that's something
1525s	that we learned
1531s	so while this might seem weird that
1534s	we're adding more objectives when we set
1535s	objectives are problematic just think of
1539s	it this way so at night one there's a
1542s	meteorite and two Tree of Life
1545s	so if you split this in an 18-man Lobby
1548s	and everyone is going to an objective
1550s	it's a 1v5 at that point and we all know
1554s	this is not an exaggeration when I say
1555s	there's sometimes five to like six
1558s	people
1559s	at an objective right
1561s	so by increasing the objectives in the
1563s	map we are you know it's not a direct
1566s	fix but we are elevating some of the
1569s	issues with it so in setup one to six
1572s	and one to nine we're making the ratio
1574s	to one uh one two four point five
1576s	especially with the three battle zones
1578s	coming out for each day so this should
1580s	lower objective contest while giving
1582s	more objective choices
1589s	and regarding that we're going to be
1591s	lessening the gap between gold and
1592s	purple uh legendary and epic items and
1596s	this is of course due to the fact that
1598s	we'll have more special materials now
1600s	and at the moment objectives are really
1602s	powerful because having a few
1603s	legendaries we can make you undefeatable
1605s	and this is not
1607s	something that we find as a healthy game
1609s	plan
1612s	also we want to make sure legendary
1614s	items will still be good so don't worry
1616s	about that I will be you know throughout
1619s	the
1621s	gameplay
1623s	all right well now let's get to it wild
1627s	animals now give credit and I don't mean
1629s	killing mutant animals
1631s	I mean killing wild animals will just
1634s	give credit straight up
1635s	previously you had to kill mutant
1637s	animals but that was RNG there were even
1639s	points where you would only need like
1641s	two or one more point to summon
1643s	something but you just don't get any
1644s	mutants and there'll be nothing to do
1647s	so while animals over objectives should
1651s	still be a subplan and not the main plan
1653s	but it gives players something to do and
1655s	a way to come back and while animal
1658s	respawn timer is going down and this is
1660s	something we learned in Cobalt protocol
1662s	where players had options and different
1665s	timings to do things and killing moves
1668s	Rock now
1672s	I thought it was pretty funny but
1675s	um originally this was really
1676s	problematic when rare materials were
1678s	well really rare and farming wolves was
1681s	a really strong game plan
1684s	at the moment no one checks wolf courses
1686s	and there's zero expectation
1689s	like zero expectation and there's no fun
1692s	in that right like the best thing you
1695s	can get is a heated oil
1697s	but the game has changed since then
1700s	rare materials are not as rare anymore
1704s	immediate items have been implemented oh
1707s	so don't get me wrong here's the thing
1709s	the rates for the meteorite are not that
1712s	high that if you actually really are
1714s	just farming wolves for the meteorite
1716s	it's not a consistent way of playing and
1719s	we'll keep changing the stats and the
1722s	percentage based on how it's performing
1724s	but we just want the percent to be there
1728s	so you kill the wolf and before you
1730s	leave without checking the corpse you
1732s	take bro
1734s	what if
1736s	we just wanted to build that expectation
1738s	just a little bit
1743s	and this is also a big one is shredding
1746s	legendaries
1748s	I hated the gold is gooder but not for
1750s	me meta so now you can shred legendaries
1753s	that you don't want and get credits
1756s	so
1758s	we're also regarding this
1761s	later on we'll have more options we'll
1764s	have like an Adaptive Force kind of beat
1767s	where people can choose between attack
1769s	power and skill amp choices but that's
1771s	coming later but so for now we're going
1773s	to be doing the shredding legendaries
1776s	so at this point you're going to be
1778s	shredding legendaries you're going to be
1779s	killing animals and you're going to be
1780s	rich like you're going to be Jeff Bezos
1782s	Rich so what do you do with all this
1784s	money well now we have instant delivery
1787s	well not instant two second delivery
1789s	sorry about that uh take advertisement
1791s	but the originally started with 20
1793s	seconds to 10 seconds and this time
1795s	we're just going to be starting and
1797s	trying two seconds and for solos we're
1800s	going to be lowering the console
1801s	cooldowns to 50 seconds for team modes
1804s	we're going to be keeping it to 60
1806s	seconds just to make sure people can't
1808s	really stay in one zone and camp in to
1811s	get all the objectives
1814s	so instead of being another objective
1815s	that's frustrating and annoying and when
1818s	someone takes your item it's the least
1819s	fun aspect of the game ever
1821s	it'll be a chill shot you can use every
1823s	50 seconds
1828s	so
1830s	we're also still pushing for more
1831s	diversity because it's something that
1833s	our players demanded
1835s	and one thing is that healing reduction
1836s	does not work on food anymore
1839s	and we're going to be lowering healing
1841s	from food in general as well to
1843s	counteract this but instead of having
1845s	healing reduction as a must
1847s	uh now it's actually just a choice and
1849s	if you feel like it's good for a matchup
1851s	you can use it if you don't want to use
1853s	it you don't have to and
1856s	we're going to be making epic fit work a
1858s	bit differently instead of a temporary
1860s	thing we're going to be making a
1861s	permanent stat bonus
1865s	so what does that mean you're going to
1868s	be getting three of these so in squats
1870s	you're gonna be able to split it between
1872s	your teammates but who am I kidding you
1874s	guys are not going to share you guys are
1875s	going to all chug three of them and get
1878s	all the bonuses okay
1883s	and of course I think this was really
1886s	really really expected it is the escape
1888s	revamp and I'm really excited about this
1890s	so uh there's gonna be more chances to
1894s	get the actual regeneration cuffs I know
1896s	there's been a report that there's too
1898s	many this week but if you check the bugs
1900s	it was actually
1902s	bugged it was dropping way too much that
1904s	it doesn't actually drop that often but
1906s	we will be increasing the drop rates and
1909s	the Last Dance aspect we're in team
1911s	modes only one person can escape
1914s	now applies and solos too so if there's
1916s	someone else trying to escape you
1918s	actually have to fight
1921s	and there's a chance that you might get
1924s	hunted down making a root kit
1926s	tells everyone in the game that you made
1929s	a rootkit and you can't TP to the Escape
1931s	Zone for 30 seconds
1933s	originally we made it so that if you
1935s	made a root kit people could see where
1937s	you are on the map
1939s	then we realized
1941s	this
1942s	just impossible to escape because every
1944s	time you make it people will just start
1946s	chasing you down
1947s	but in general uh we're trying to make
1950s	Escape more rewarding
1952s	um since we have more risk involved
1953s	within now we are free to actually
1955s	Elevate or increase the rate of the
1957s	Escape LP and if you specifically Escape
1960s	there might be also a potential one kill
1963s	as well but we'll be monitoring this
1965s	since it's basically a whole new system
1967s	as well so make sure to give us a lot of
1969s	feedback as well
1973s	so let's look at how the gameplay flow
1975s	looks for season seven
1977s	there's obviously the Looting phase and
1980s	then there's the objective phase and it
1982s	bottlenecks the rare materials so if you
1985s	look at this gameplay flow right now you
1987s	can gain credits but this is RNG and you
1989s	have to use the console which is also a
1991s	semi-objective to get the right
1992s	materials
1994s	and Air Supply drop and corpse is a
1997s	different way of getting legendary
1998s	equipment but this does not guarantee
2000s	that it's an item that you would want in
2002s	the first place
2003s	so if you want the legendary equipment
2005s	you want to fight you would basically
2008s	have to go to objective
2011s	but in season eight it's much better
2014s	it's it's even got colors now so we're
2017s	gonna have more chances for people to
2018s	get rid of materials uh give the shutter
2021s	through the console wild animals and now
2024s	we have another end game plan with
2025s	escape and we have epic food as well
2028s	with the new rare materials as well
2035s	so we're removing some of the bad things
2037s	from the game why keep them if they're
2039s	bad right first of all we're removing
2041s	some of the weapon masteries that are
2042s	unfair
2043s	we consider removing everything but
2045s	attack power attack speed and scale amp
2047s	like the good old days but if you
2049s	decided to do something different moving
2051s	forward with Mastery and we'll get to
2052s	that a bit later but for now we're
2055s	fixing the most problematic traits like
2056s	toughest defense and some weapons armor
2058s	penetrations
2062s	and now wickline patting will show uh
2065s	there was a bit of a discussion in the
2068s	naeusa community about this but we
2070s	believe that intuitiveness is best
2072s	especially for new players so
2076s	oh oh spoilers oh another bat that was
2078s	reported was how bad the outfit
2081s	calculation was
2083s	um so dying to a little MMR player if
2085s	you're a high ranked player was really
2087s	bad and if you're a low ranked player
2089s	and you saw a high rank player you would
2091s	be kind of rewarded for trying to grief
2093s	them but this will not be a thing
2095s	anymore it'll be based on average MMR of
2098s	the lobby but we'll also have another
2100s	MMR calculation rework in the future as
2102s	well
2105s	love shot or double death I wasn't
2107s	really sure how to call it it's called
2109s	love shot in Korea but it's when two
2110s	players kill each other at the same time
2112s	there's been a lot of negative feedback
2114s	regarding it so we get to removing it
2116s	originally we installed it because delay
2119s	between the kill and healing is really
2121s	hard to notice as a player originally
2123s	when you kill someone your eyes are not
2125s	on yourself and it's on the dead body so
2128s	for new players they wouldn't know why
2130s	they suddenly healed up so we try to add
2132s	a delay to make that more intuitive
2134s	without having to actually explain it
2135s	word by word
2137s	but
2138s	you know if it doesn't feel fun for the
2140s	players why keep it right so we
2142s	apologize for the inconvenience this
2144s	feature has brought to you guys
2146s	and we'll keep making adjustments
2147s	throughout the seasons to get rid of the
2148s	bats in the game and that pretty much
2150s	wraps up our season 8 features
2153s	I'm just kidding okay we'll talk about
2155s	battle zones all right
2157s	so
2159s	main feature Battle Zone battle zones
2161s	are special areas perfectly made for
2164s	battle their purpose is collecting data
2167s	on test subjects that show up in these
2169s	extreme environments
2172s	the battle zones start day 2 and day
2174s	three and you can't leave once you get
2176s	inside and once you die you revive
2179s	special settings depending on the type
2181s	of Battle Zone
2183s	winning means Mythic accessory Rewards
2186s	also mag that I should have clarified
2188s	it's not called battlefield anymore
2190s	we're in the Battle Zone now
2193s	so this is about Battle Zone
2195s	preparations look like the yellow
2196s	indicators that usually show restricted
2198s	areas or uh
2201s	original uh restricted areas will not
2203s	show battle zones and these icons here
2206s	will show the marks of which types of
2208s	battle zones they're going to be and it
2211s	activates when turning from night to day
2213s	the winner of the first battle Zone also
2215s	cannot join the second so players have
2217s	to be careful and think about which
2218s	Battlezone they want to attend
2222s	but here's the rules
2224s	No Escape
2225s	if you step out you die
2228s	low pressure as the player you can
2230s	respond after that obviously outside a
2233s	battle Zone
2234s	and there's more choices
2237s	it can go about his own Alpha data zone
2239s	or a Vega and there's going to be two
2241s	types of battle zones and if you go to a
2244s	Zone where there's no one else you can
2246s	get the items for free and have more
2249s	time to do looting as well
2254s	so here are the three types of Battle
2257s	Zone acceleration you can shoot more
2259s	skills with lower cooldowns but skill
2261s	shots become harder to hit berserk you
2264s	can increase stats of damage and
2265s	omnisiphon making powerful combos more
2267s	lethal but allowing more chances to turn
2270s	if you survive the first combo as well
2272s	in defense it gives you a shield when
2274s	you're out of combat for 3 seconds
2276s	since you can't escape matchups can feel
2279s	worse than usual details work especially
2281s	even in squads team comps can be
2283s	mismatched
2285s	so with these Special factors we hope
2287s	players can find bonuses they like to
2289s	create these situations
2292s	so
2293s	I know the name is intimidating Nerf
2296s	overflow gouge gauge and nerve
2299s	stabilizer
2301s	but it's really simple
2302s	you have a gauge
2304s	that goes down what time you break these
2307s	drones
2308s	and you get more time
2310s	and it's installed in here to prevent
2312s	overly long holes in the Battle Zone the
2315s	originally
2316s	use the temporary final Zone feature
2318s	along with the Battle Zone instead of
2320s	Nerf system but the old fidal zones or
2323s	the new Final zones they didn't really
2325s	bring out the best play and a lot of the
2326s	times they were actually centered around
2328s	avoiding fights sometimes so
2331s	instead we decided to install a whole
2333s	new system
2338s	here are the uis for the Battle Zone as
2340s	you can see here UI that is no longer
2342s	needed in the Battle Zone such as items
2344s	are just swapped out to show Battle Zone
2346s	Huds instead so if you're confused
2349s	about something just don't worry about
2352s	it the game will tell you
2357s	hyperlooping to teammates is something
2359s	that we've considered for a long time in
2361s	team modes but ISU has won the battle in
2364s	his grave you can now hyperloop to your
2367s	teammates in team modes
2369s	this is mostly because in battle zones
2371s	if you need all three players to join
2373s	before it starts and sometimes you just
2376s	get a bad teleport
2378s	it feels so bad so we're going to be
2380s	adding hyperloops to teammates as a
2382s	feature and not only that we believe
2385s	that one of the worst features or
2387s	feeling in this game in team modes is
2388s	when you respawn after that
2392s	you go back you spot in then you see a
2395s	different team and you die and now
2397s	you're back waiting so you can see how
2400s	many players are in each Zone when
2401s	you're respawning
2406s	so here are the Battle Zone Rewards
2411s	special items and special materials as
2413s	you see here higher rewards available
2415s	based on number of participants as you
2418s	can see here Arc Reactor has the highest
2420s	cost
2421s	and Mythic accessory is really strong
2424s	when it comes to active but the stat is
2427s	really really low
2428s	so when there's the argument between
2430s	Mythic guidance versus legendary items
2432s	is mythical ways better no we just have
2436s	mythical items to be fun and game
2438s	changing
2442s	here are the Mythic items since you guys
2444s	can't read Koreans uh
2446s	Korean I'll translate some of it really
2448s	quickly but don't mind the numbers as
2451s	they're going to be changing throughout
2452s	the polishing
2454s	but here we go
2456s	um Arc Reactor and Claudia's ring you
2458s	guys are probably seen before this is
2461s	going to be a stop for a bit and then
2463s	you dash for a bit this is a shield and
2466s	then you move fast you lose HP for a bit
2468s	then you heal HP for a bit you do damage
2472s	and you heal
2473s	and then this one depends on the HP that
2476s	you have if you're over 50 then you slow
2478s	enemies uh yeah you slow enemies around
2481s	you if you're under 50 then you heal
2484s	allies around you
2486s	but as you can see here while this is
2488s	still polishing it's 10 attack power and
2490s	10 scale lamp so you don't have to worry
2492s	about the stats of these items too much
2496s	why even show pictures because I'm
2498s	explaining it to you guys okay here are
2501s	the purpose of battle zones it's to
2503s	elevate at least for a short period of
2505s	time the unfairness that this game can
2507s	bring especially in Solo mode you can't
2509s	run away in battle zones and you can
2511s	play to your strengths with but the each
2513s	Battlezone type
2515s	less pressure fights when it revives as
2517s	well this is great for new players
2520s	be able to go full out at least once
2523s	you know that no more moments where it's
2525s	10 minutes of scaling getting good items
2528s	to just die in 10 seconds
2531s	and if you don't know where to go you
2532s	can just always go to about a field
2536s	so this is how you imagine the day three
2539s	to look like with the players we have
2542s	people that won the first battle Zone
2544s	and they're trying to scale up there's
2546s	players that are plan to go to the
2548s	Second Battle Zone to get their
2550s	metagarim or material as well and
2555s	the ones that were set back and now
2557s	looking to escape
2561s	so tutorial rework is probably the most
2564s	Wanted thing from players at the moment
2566s	and we're going to be splitting it into
2567s	two pieces because it's a lot of a lot
2569s	of work but we're gonna be remaking the
2571s	base one two three tutorials we're gonna
2574s	be correcting the bad information since
2576s	the information has become outdated and
2578s	we're gonna add cutscenes and voices
2582s	in phase two which is going to be around
2584s	season time uh we'll get to you guys on
2586s	that eventually later but we're gonna
2588s	have more in-depth information with new
2590s	tutorials but for now uh enjoy the video
2596s	this is also really early on in the
2598s	video so
2605s	hold up give us a second
2646s	all right unfortunately it seems like
2648s	the video is not working at the moment
2649s	we'll get back to you guys on that later
2652s	um worst case scenario I'll post it
2654s	later on Twitter and Discord so you guys
2656s	can see it
2658s	um but yeah
2659s	I'm sorry about that
2676s	once again sorry about that I will show
2679s	you guys the video a bit later
2681s	but here is a better ping system for
2684s	teammates as well
2686s	it's a lot more intuitive
2691s	and regarding the fog for the fog of War
2693s	we actually installed a different type
2695s	of fog for the fog of War uh not too
2698s	long ago and we put a fog in the fog of
2700s	War but it made it a bit too blurry so
2703s	we're going to be changing how the
2704s	father War looks and we're going to make
2706s	it more intuitive and explanatory
2715s	and here is the Uptown and Temple
2718s	remodel well it's not
2720s	done ever you know we're pretty much
2723s	done
2724s	but here are some of the examples and
2726s	some of the sceneries
2730s	boom
2733s	boom
2735s	age has caught up to Uptown just like
2738s	Ace has caught up to me
2748s	the smaller details
2750s	and bigger details also getting changed
2754s	and here is the temple rework
2758s	is are taller now to differentiate from
2761s	the floor you also have fences now to
2763s	make sure players can know that they
2765s	need to use like a dash if they want to
2766s	get across it
2771s	boom
2774s	a boom
2777s	but yeah let's make the season pass then
2791s	all right looks like the videos are not
2793s	working so we'll actually get back to
2795s	that to you guys later as well but
2800s	here is the fan kit
2807s	and I was told to make sure you guys are
2810s	clarified that this is not pork and this
2814s	is this little piggy is not looking for
2815s	its parents
2817s	okay
2820s	but this season pass is focused on a
2822s	cozy winner so I hope you guys are all
2824s	staying warm as well
2831s	yep here's the Adele skin I personally
2834s	really love the way it was colored and
2835s	rendered uh really beautiful
2838s	and this is perhaps showing a different
2840s	side of Adela that we haven't seen
2842s	before
2847s	here is the little borker the Yuki skin
2851s	we personally think the glove is one of
2853s	the main points but also deal sword is
2856s	actually balloon swords
2863s	here is the lead Island skin as well and
2866s	it's got details with like the little
2869s	beans as well
2876s	and here's the show new skin there is no
2878s	splash art ready for you guys just yet
2881s	but
2882s	this is probably the most intuitive skin
2884s	we've had yet
2886s	and there's way more with the season
2888s	pass that's upcoming
2890s	I personally really enjoy the borders
2892s	this season so I'm really excited
2899s	and there's likely going to be some
2901s	goods made or merch made
2904s	this SD art the lookout for those
2911s	and let's get back to talking about the
2915s	game let's talk about rebuilding
2918s	and season 9.
2921s	so we said there's upfront problems and
2924s	long-term projects and
2926s	let's get into the long term project
2928s	right meow
2931s	so there are too many features the game
2933s	is no longer stable just like an illegal
2936s	Construction
2937s	this was from a Japanese player uh he
2941s	was a fan of Eternity turn and this
2943s	really stuck with us
2947s	um
2948s	to explain ourselves when we were making
2951s	the game and working on the game
2954s	uh axel
2956s	give me a second we're actually gonna
2958s	play the videos now
2969s	so this is the tutorial
2972s	it's really rough at the moment but the
2974s	tutorial will include cutscenes like
2976s	this
2978s	and we'll get to you guys on why later
2980s	on
2992s	but
2993s	we're really excited to have these kind
2996s	of stuff inside the game
3011s	but yeah uh Parts like
3014s	when we were looking at the game and
3016s	adding new stuff
3017s	you'll be thinking this part is missing
3019s	let's fill this gameplay indeed
3021s	or this aspect of the game is
3023s	problematic we need to fix it
3025s	we need more features like this in the
3027s	game so we would edit it
3029s	and by adding things like this the way
3032s	it has become really heavy for the game
3034s	to hold
3040s	vision
3042s	so you guys can see it here are the
3044s	features that we added the last two
3045s	years and why the building has become
3048s	unstable
3051s	and the issue is that even the Chinese
3053s	jewelry needs to be polished so instead
3055s	of making new features we could and
3058s	should have been focusing on reworking
3060s	some of these but
3063s	even with all of that we are still going
3065s	to be adding a battle Zone because it's
3066s	a needed piece that we believe should be
3068s	in the game
3073s	but after that after the Battlezone
3075s	we're going to take what we already have
3077s	and make it even better with the three
3079s	big questions and directions
3081s	does the gameplay flow
3083s	can view players and returning players
3086s	understand
3087s	and doesn't run well as in is it
3089s	optimized
3092s	well it's rebuilding time
3094s	and this is one of the things I am asked
3098s	always always about and why is it not
3101s	optimized yet why is the game so laggy
3103s	you guys told us you guys will be
3104s	optimizing and stuff like that and these
3107s	are genuine concerns but that's because
3109s	we are ripping apart the back end to
3111s	repair it and for example
3114s	um one of the games OverWatch 2 there
3117s	were not many Visible Changes per se but
3120s	the whole background was actually
3121s	repaired and that was not
3123s	as noticeable and we apologized but
3126s	season 9 will have less updates that's
3128s	because we'll be focusing on actually
3130s	just rebuilding and optimizing the game
3133s	so no big season features no season pack
3136s	no pass
3138s	less system updates less characters of
3141s	evil still have balance patches
3144s	and season 10
3147s	will be the real season 1.0
3149s	as we'll be doing an official release of
3152s	the game on 2023 July and I don't think
3156s	this there's ever been a release date
3158s	for the game but this is the first time
3159s	that
3161s	you know it's a Dev stream we save some
3163s	stuff
3167s	also we're full sending it as a thank
3170s	you to all of you guys and as an apology
3172s	for the lack of updates in season nine
3174s	All Season 9 skins will be sent to our
3177s	players during the season if they attend
3179s	the free events and this will start in
3182s	2023 around March and it's going to be
3185s	around 15 skins
3190s	so let's talk about official release and
3193s	what that means for the game
3195s	as a warning a lot of the stuff that
3197s	we're going to talk about is really
3199s	really rough and there's a high chance
3201s	that there's going to be changes and you
3205s	know we're a bit shy to show you guys
3206s	what's coming up or what's
3208s	maybe coming up at least but yeah
3212s	so here is the goal of official release
3214s	now we've talked about before
3217s	and let's talk about can new players and
3220s	returning players understand
3221s	and actually with the help of Genji a
3224s	few months ago we had a which is
3226s	called focus group test with 40 players
3229s	and we had them try the game out but we
3232s	figured out that without support from
3234s	Friends
3235s	streamers or Community Learning the game
3238s	is pretty much impossible basically if
3240s	you're not born into your BS playing
3241s	family then it's just it's rough
3245s	we at least hope that we could find web
3246s	players for getting stuck which aspects
3248s	of the game people were having a hard
3250s	time with
3251s	the people got lost in so many parts
3253s	that we couldn't really find a specific
3255s	part
3257s	everyone got lost in different parts of
3259s	the game
3263s	but this is why we're going to do the
3265s	tutorial revamp we're going to be
3267s	splitting the work into two parts which
3269s	is going to be the mid season eight and
3271s	we're going to be putting into the
3272s	middle of the season so we believe that
3273s	it shouldn't affect the rank system
3276s	so we're going to be adding it as soon
3277s	as possible
3279s	and tutorials the way it works from how
3282s	we understand it and how others have
3284s	told us about it from different
3285s	companies uh you know bigger companies
3288s	as well
3289s	traditional tutorial campaign style
3291s	tutorial and even cut scenes that's how
3293s	we're going to add and we're not going
3295s	to stop there we're going to have text
3297s	guide that teaches doing matchmaking and
3299s	even connects new players to YouTube ads
3301s	as well and returning players and new
3303s	players if they ever want to look of
3305s	content we're going to be there for them
3311s	the last Upstream we talked about 100
3314s	new player help project and surprise we
3318s	are a querying company so we use Korean
3319s	when we work but I just wanted to show
3321s	you guys a bit of an example of the
3323s	stuff that we've been working on for how
3325s	to help new players
3326s	so here is like the problems that we
3330s	found and here are the solutions so this
3332s	is UI problems safety plan problems
3335s	matching problems material problems
3336s	gameplay problems stuff like that and
3338s	we're going to figure out one by one and
3340s	it's going to be even small details and
3342s	stuff so
3344s	for example we're going to have better
3345s	alerts right now it just says the tree
3347s	of life is coming but we're going to
3349s	change it to say when it's coming and
3352s	we're going to include it into two so
3354s	it's easier on the eyes for new players
3356s	we're going to have self-explanatory
3358s	routing so we're gonna have a line it
3361s	seems that a lot of players actually get
3362s	lost when they're doing their safe plans
3364s	because they don't recognize that
3366s	there's a second Zone that they're
3367s	supposed to go to
3369s	and we're going to have better offline
3370s	Omega indicator and we're going to have
3372s	player votes as well for team modes
3375s	so player votes the way it's going to
3377s	work is that after you end in a game
3380s	um you can vote for your favorite
3382s	teammate or the person that you thought
3384s	performed best
3385s	here I want to vote for anyone uh vote
3388s	for myself since it says rewind fifth
3390s	place
3395s	another new product that's coming up
3396s	soon is operator nausea so what if
3399s	another was my friend
3402s	early on we talked about how you need a
3404s	help from friends or a community but
3406s	what if we had an in-game tool to help
3409s	guide players with the help of nausea if
3411s	we do hope that we're gonna have voices
3413s	and further details uh with it too but
3417s	it should Implement like a natural way
3419s	for players to learn the game
3424s	so let's talk about does it run well
3427s	well I know what you guys are going to
3429s	say but the reason on why we need more
3432s	time is that working piece by piece a
3434s	lot of the small pieces have already
3435s	been done and we have a big chunk that
3438s	we have to do but
3439s	when you're running a live service
3441s	there's always emergencies that require
3443s	immediate attention for example the
3446s	hyperloop example uh the season
3448s	that required you know immediate
3451s	attention and
3453s	we thought about it and we're going to
3455s	be focusing season nine for
3458s	optimization and optimization only as
3461s	this is something that you guys have
3462s	requested before that we take a break
3464s	and actually just focus on fixing the
3466s	game itself instead of taking a long
3468s	period of one year we're gonna try to do
3470s	a full focus group for three months
3473s	and if you look at an example not not to
3477s	use an electric cheese but that one MOBA
3479s	game that's pretty big it took around
3481s	five years and their map our map is 10
3485s	times bigger and we have 18 total
3487s	players such as eight more I did the
3489s	math and for example if you look at our
3491s	cobal protocol game mode it's a lot more
3494s	optimized than Lumia Island because
3495s	those kind of game modes are a lot
3498s	easier to actually optimize than Lumia
3501s	Island itself
3505s	so white doesn't that run well we never
3509s	thought the game would actually look
3510s	like the way it does now
3512s	um you know slower passes with more care
3514s	versus Fast patches and we took the
3517s	ladder originally but we've changed upon
3519s	that now but the game that we have built
3522s	so far and the engine that was actually
3525s	being used originally uh just not
3527s	matching well
3530s	so here's the reboot process
3533s	including the final piece of Battle Zone
3535s	we're going to rebuild the prime actual
3537s	frame and it's going to be UI structure
3539s	so every time there's a UI that comes in
3541s	that comes out it's gonna be less
3543s	pressure for you guys grid map okay I'm
3546s	not the most technical guy but I'll try
3548s	to explain it in a simple way is that
3550s	there's real time tracking
3552s	like a grid and then there's like a
3554s	virtual tracking at the moment you're
3555s	trying to return uses live tracking but
3557s	we'll be changing it into grid map to
3560s	have less pressure on your computers and
3563s	we're going to have resource address
3564s	we're going to edit that so it's more
3566s	optimized we're going to optimize
3567s	packets as well and team matchmaking
3570s	this might be weird but
3573s	the way matchmaking works is that we're
3575s	using an actual third-party program
3577s	inside our actual program to have
3580s	matchmaking so we're going to rework
3582s	this as well and we're going to have the
3585s	unity 2021 move and this is going to be
3588s	in patch 0.75
3592s	so with the new structures matching and
3594s	recreating relevant sources
3596s	and season 9 is when we're gonna take a
3599s	deep breath and look back and optimize
3604s	so it's going to be three months of
3606s	rebuilding and post
3608s	in-game frames up and pressure down
3610s	that's our biggest goals right now even
3612s	good PCS sometimes have troubles it
3614s	shouldn't happen once this is done and
3616s	all the encodium performance should both
3619s	be able to go up uh additional things
3621s	that we want to work on after these two
3623s	is we want to fix the loading time
3625s	especially the first loading time seems
3627s	to be really really heavy and long for a
3629s	lot of players
3630s	so we're going to be looking into that
3632s	and our goal is going to be that even if
3634s	24 players played on this map that the
3638s	game would operate fine and we're not
3640s	going to be able to promise you guys a
3642s	fully lock free game sadly but we want
3645s	to offer you guys a world where the game
3646s	runs well with no real trouble and but
3649s	it will be obviously problems with like
3651s	independent in each resource such as
3652s	animation and effect causing lack
3654s	detailed bug but outside that we just
3656s	want to make the game as clean and
3659s	comfortable as possible
3663s	so
3665s	that's the gameplay flow this is a
3667s	really General answer and that's because
3670s	it is really really hard to approach
3673s	this aspect and unlike the previous two
3676s	which has a question and an answer
3678s	uh this one it's a lot harder
3684s	so one thing is that we're gonna have
3686s	more support for team modes when we're
3688s	talking to other companies like
3689s	Publishers sponsors and other more
3691s	experienced game companies
3693s	they always said there is no future of
3696s	Eternity turn without Squad
3698s	and the stats prove it every time there
3702s	is a high player base for a terror
3704s	return squads has dominated in the stats
3707s	and it's the most returning mode for new
3710s	players as well
3717s	now we understand there is a term of
3719s	solos it's the start of many player
3721s	experience for myself as well startup
3724s	return as a whole
3725s	and we can forget highlights from
3727s	tournaments and the solo rank is weighed
3730s	really heavily since it is a Personal
3732s	Achievement
3734s	and our Focus so far has leaned heavily
3736s	towards solos
3737s	but solos is sadly not easy to digest
3740s	for many players and
3742s	the player retention for solos is really
3745s	really low at the moment
3750s	so how are we going to give more support
3752s	for team modes well solo and squat
3754s	coexisting is really Troublesome to an
3757s	extent they can cause issues augment
3759s	tank items so supporting both of these
3762s	at the same time has been really really
3764s	rough and so we've been only focusing on
3766s	solo so far we're going to be pushing
3768s	for new and light players to go into
3771s	Squad and did you guys only do you guys
3774s	know only 21 of players actually play
3776s	ranked so if you have a lot of light
3779s	players than you guys think
3781s	so team mode in our opinion is also a
3785s	Better Learning ground because you can
3786s	learn through your teammates the revised
3788s	system and follow teammates obviously
3790s	there will be those times where you know
3791s	they'll flame youth like how come you're
3794s	not at Alpha but uh tutorial will
3796s	include ping and further system guides
3797s	to help the new players as well and
3800s	we'll have different ways where it's
3802s	like solos until your friends arrive and
3804s	maybe you try solos about that you're
3806s	used to the game for squads
3811s	so this is a question mark but we are
3815s	thinking and considering changing how
3818s	hyperloops work as well we're gonna set
3820s	like a limitation for hyperloop distance
3822s	other than teleporting to teammate which
3825s	will likely have a cooldown and
3828s	the reason is that we're changing space
3830s	itself
3832s	we're offering better ways to travel
3833s	through zones uh we might have more
3835s	zones and we'll talk about that in the
3837s	next quad uh next slide but we are also
3841s	considering having eight squads in a
3843s	zone now that once we get rid of these
3846s	areas and make like a tunnel or more
3848s	zones we should actually have a bigger
3851s	Lumia Island as well
3855s	so when I said in more zones this is
3857s	what we mean we're actually splitting
3859s	the zones itself
3860s	and we're going to have areas that can
3862s	be teleported
3864s	so what this does is it's actually going
3866s	to be less bottleneck and it's going to
3868s	prevent third parties as well because if
3871s	you know that a player is at a certain
3872s	point you are confident that you can do
3875s	an objective
3877s	without being third-party but just
3879s	random teleports
3883s	what are those colors
3886s	and we're going to be changing game one
3889s	gameplay
3892s	so we're going to be pushing for faster
3894s	battles
3895s	and we're going to make it more fair
3898s	and
3899s	one thing that we had an issue with in
3903s	our test group was that they would
3905s	always fight boars
3907s	they would not be full item but they
3909s	could not resist fighting boars
3913s	so we were really really thinking hard
3916s	on how to fix this and change this
3920s	well our original idea of loot first and
3922s	nothing else is going to be likely God
3925s	once again every idea that was shared in
3929s	the last part of the presentation is
3931s	still a big question mark it's really
3933s	rough
3934s	um it's really far in the future we're
3936s	just showing you guys what headspace
3938s	we're in so give us a lot of credit I
3941s	mean feedback and credits where it's due
3944s	I read credits early on my bad so yeah
3947s	there's gonna be cook credits and we're
3948s	gonna have higher character stats unless
3950s	item stats well altering starting ttk to
3954s	make sure it's viable
3956s	and we're going to make accessory only
3958s	purchasable credits and prepping certain
3960s	items first and best plans killing wild
3963s	animals on the way is going to be
3964s	possible now with more stats and you can
3967s	maybe even fight enemies on the way
3969s	so what does this mean is that
3973s	if you ever get a bad teleport and you
3975s	don't get the items that you need that's
3977s	okay because you can try different
3978s	things like killing animals and just
3980s	purchase an accessory instead for extra
3983s	stats
3984s	and we're pushing for more intuitive and
3986s	fun replayability
3991s	foreign
3994s	objectives and battle zones that we've
3996s	considered and thought about as well are
3998s	team elimination required until end of
4000s	the game maybe
4002s	really long time to respond later on in
4004s	the game if this does happen maybe it
4006s	revised even in solos and legendary air
4009s	supply drops maybe if you open it you
4012s	can get like different options instead
4013s	of having one
4015s	and maybe you will even include like a
4018s	one-time usage item as well
4023s	some changes we're going to be doing and
4025s	thinking about is also the additional
4027s	item setups and it's the food and the
4029s	beverages we're not going to be deleting
4031s	ingredients like we did to uh Carey rest
4034s	in peace but we're going to be keeping
4036s	the same depth of cooking but making
4039s	these the base so it's more intuitive
4042s	and easier for new players to pick up on
4043s	if you're thinking about like a campfire
4045s	or a bonfire so we can get like a whole
4048s	Squad you know cooking together how cute
4050s	would that be
4052s	another one is camera and drones uh we
4055s	were thinking about maybe putting it as
4057s	a one type or one person thing and
4059s	instead of using Stacks it's a cooldown
4060s	and you can have different types of
4062s	upgrades on it
4064s	and summons such as troughs would also
4067s	be changed in a different ways as well
4069s	you get a base
4071s	then you can upgrade the base to your
4073s	hunts and Air Supply and it would have
4075s	different effects
4078s	so the reason for this is that the
4080s	stocks right now the way it works is
4082s	just messy with the inventory and not
4084s	only that vision seems to be kind of
4087s	overdone in the High ELO in high MMR
4090s	gameplay a lot of the times range
4093s	players would just build like 20 trap I
4095s	mean 20 cameras and you know that's not
4098s	the most exciting gameplay that we
4100s	wanted
4103s	so another one that's always in
4105s	discussion and we've been considering is
4107s	Master Viva
4109s	so we're thinking about maybe removing
4111s	individual Mastery and wrapping into
4113s	just levels and Mastery is just
4115s	considered to make a different way to
4117s	raise levels instead
4119s	this is the most visually intuitive and
4121s	there should be a new fresher attempt
4123s	overall for return return
4125s	so instead of having fish and chips to
4127s	Max HP increase crafting Factory to
4129s	weapon Mastery and movement speed
4131s	increase different masteries pushing
4133s	wrong gameplay
4134s	defensive meta maybe we can push for
4138s	fish and chips actually being like a
4139s	subplan to level up but we'll try to
4142s	also balance it so that low risk and low
4144s	return is what's going to happen instead
4147s	of low risk High return
4152s	and we are also looking at the MMR
4155s	system as well there there's that one
4157s	game
4158s	with the rank system and their system
4160s	looks pretty good so we were thinking
4163s	about implementing
4164s	um on entire return as well where you
4166s	buy an entrance pass with scores and
4168s	then you get scores based on kills and
4170s	placement so for example if you're
4172s	bronze it'll be free but if you're
4175s	silver you pay Five Points if your goals
4177s	you pay 10 points and every time you get
4178s	a kill you get points and then you
4180s	placement you get you know something
4181s	like this
4182s	and the good part about it is that you
4186s	can see how many points you have and how
4187s	many scores you're going to earn or lose
4189s	and I feel like this is going to be
4191s	really good for squads for solos we are
4193s	in more consideration
4203s	so character changes
4205s	CC and over utility is something that
4207s	we've been discussing a lot in the past
4208s	notes and it's that characters that bird
4210s	are fairly well specked and that's an
4214s	issue with solos if you are not well
4216s	expect and you see an enemy and you can
4218s	escape it's just GG
4220s	and due to the fast-paced characters
4221s	releases uh there were some oversight
4224s	and it didn't really over line or
4226s	aligned with our new goal and our
4229s	previous character development goal so
4231s	we'll be working on that as we go on so
4233s	we're going to continue shaving off CC
4235s	and utility we're going to be
4236s	strengthening role identities so it's
4238s	okay for support and 10 characters tough
4240s	no damage in squads
4243s	initiation skill range changes so we're
4246s	going to be changing skill effects to be
4248s	you know a little bit cooler and fit the
4250s	squads maybe even more so real Ultimate
4252s	instead of ending in a weird spot and
4254s	disappearing maybe it just goes all the
4257s	way across Lumia Island and maybe
4259s	Leonard goes further and is more of a
4262s	team support ability
4264s	and conditional skill chains like HW and
4268s	teammos right now is really strong but
4270s	maybe you can actually change it so that
4272s	they have to put down the W first wait a
4274s	bit and then reactivate it for the CC
4276s	and if they just reactivate it right
4278s	away it only does damage
4280s	and a lot of the features that don't
4281s	really make it in Solo such as ocw run
4284s	it back or just overly High tank stats
4287s	sometimes we'll be trying to activate
4289s	them in squads
4293s	so
4294s	official release
4296s	by the time comes we want our building
4298s	to be as stable as possible instead of
4300s	an illegal Construction
4303s	a lot of the ideas that I just shared
4304s	with you are really really rough ideas
4306s	please remember that so give us a lot of
4309s	feedback
4310s	ideas will change throughout the
4311s	polishing process as well and we're
4313s	going to be giving ourselves two months
4314s	of polishing which is the longest ever
4317s	for Lumia Island actually now that we
4320s	have some time to breathe
4323s	and the devil is in the details small
4326s	one UI can help a player learn the game
4329s	one skill effect can attract the player
4333s	to actually keep playing the game
4336s	so we're going to be looking and really
4338s	scrutinizing the game and detail detail
4341s	detailed
4347s	yeah so overall we just make a wanna we
4350s	just want to make a Kick-Ass
4351s	game okay
4358s	remember to use pajama party 1200 MP
4361s	event MP Pajama Party 1 2003 MP
4368s	now let's talk about the new test
4370s	subjects
4374s	Theodore who's
4376s	famous within the company for being good
4378s	looking
4379s	rumors say that he's based on okay I
4382s	can't say that I'm sorry but it's gonna
4384s	be a new stopper character really cool
4387s	very excited this should be soon
4392s	Ian
4393s	alright guys
4395s	I'm gonna warn you
4397s	this character is spooky okay and the
4399s	next slide is going to be really scary
4401s	so this is what Leon looks like normally
4403s	but when she's haunted she's really
4405s	spooky so I'm gonna change to the next
4407s	slide in three seconds so close your
4409s	eyes if you're not good at watching
4410s	scary stuff okay
4412s	three
4413s	two
4414s	one
4418s	this is what she looks like when she is
4420s	haunted
4422s	and she's going to have different
4423s	effects which is hunted as well
4429s	this is what I look like on the daily
4431s	this is me going to work
4434s	uh that was me last night working
4436s	overtime
4438s	and that's gonna be me when I go home to
4440s	play my favorite game eternal return
4447s	so if you also have Banya
4450s	who is not real actually a butterfly but
4452s	it's more focused on the hallucinous
4454s	hallucination aspect and she's going to
4457s	be using Arcana
4462s	and the long-awaited character
4466s	Arda
4470s	they're also going to be an Arcana
4472s	character
4473s	we believe that the main point of Arda
4477s	is the socks and slippers combo
4481s	very deadly
4483s	I know you guys have been like waiting
4485s	and waiting and waiting for this
4486s	character so I'm so excited to share it
4488s	with you guys that ARA will be joining
4491s	to a return
4494s	and the final character I'm going to
4496s	show you guys is Debbie and Marlene
4500s	it's gonna be a twin character
4502s	and no it's not show gal
4506s	but yeah so these are the characters
4507s	that we wanted to show you guys so far
4509s	they're not going to be all season eight
4511s	but you know it's always exciting to
4513s	show you guys wherever you are
4515s	um what the future looks like so I hope
4517s	you guys can be excited
4519s	along with us
4521s	and now this character cannot wobble
4525s	enough for your favorite parts
4528s	here are the new skins
4532s	here's the new Elena skin
4539s	earm skin
4542s	if you guys don't know what this is
4544s	you put snow in it and then you pinch it
4547s	and it makes like a like a snow duck I
4550s	never knew about it until I came to
4551s	Korea
4552s	but it's actually so cute and I love
4555s	that there's like small details like
4557s	these in the game
4561s	Chloe's getting a new skin
4564s	Nina's getting like a buddy year thing
4571s	and we have another bunny coming to
4573s	Lumia Island
4576s	isil
4581s	very cute
4587s	and another animal coming to Lumia
4589s	Island
4593s	shukai I I absolutely love this skin if
4597s	you guys are Ever playing shukai
4598s	dodgeball make sure you have the skin
4600s	equipped okay
4604s	and one of my new favorite skins that's
4607s	gonna come out is
4610s	the Eva Valentine skin this is not part
4613s	of the Season pack by the way but
4616s	yeah
4618s	um
4619s	really beautiful it's gonna be part of
4621s	the Valentine's event art director
4623s	actually really wanted us to sell this
4625s	but
4626s	um
4627s	yeah we're going to be giving it away
4633s	here's the new Laura Skin coming out as
4635s	well this isn't the same skin category
4638s	or tag with Isaac and Jesus
4646s	and I know Alex has a really amazing
4649s	skin that you guys love already
4651s	but here is the new Alex skin that's
4654s	coming out soon
4662s	is the skin for Theodore as well that's
4664s	coming
4665s	along with a new character
4671s	and this one is also very anticipated
4675s	and it's
4677s	bread sauce
4679s	it does bread
4681s	son bretson
4685s	so you can see here for throat they
4687s	throw bread and for shurikens they throw
4689s	a butter knife
4691s	really cute welcome to Wilson's Bakery
4697s	and would I collab with op.gg we're
4700s	going to have Blue Felix as well and
4703s	this is also not part of the Season pack
4711s	and here is a new William skin
4715s	um
4716s	you know if you call it like the
4717s	inhibitor of visuals sometimes
4721s	characters look really similar or
4723s	sometimes they don't look as the way you
4725s	want them but
4727s	we believe that for volume the inhibitor
4730s	was the hat so if you got rid of the Hat
4735s	and without the Hat he seems if I leave
4738s	a really good looking guy
4743s	and here's the Leon skin that's going to
4745s	come out with the character as well
4753s	and here are the season 9 new skins that
4758s	are coming out a lot of these are the
4760s	skins that
4761s	won the popularity vote
4763s	here's the Bianca skin
4767s	you think the locker or I guess the
4769s	coffin is the main point
4771s	you can't really see that well but here
4774s	is a picture of Bianca with their older
4777s	brother as well
4782s	here's the Alina skin she's the
4784s	president of student council
4789s	Elena is kind of like the situation with
4791s	Rio previously where Rio got a skin
4794s	right before she won the popularity vote
4797s	so they are gonna have a skin come out
4800s	really close schedule
4802s	we hope you guys can understand
4805s	and no bias whatsoever but
4808s	this is one of my favorite skins as well
4810s	here is the Mickey skin that's going to
4811s	come out as well
4816s	and this is Wolf once
4821s	one of his favorites and it's the
4823s	magnuskin
4828s	but this is going to be the bat he's
4830s	going to be using a stop sign and this
4832s	is going to be the hammer weapon
4838s	and the third place for the skin vote
4841s	was Tia so Tia will be also getting a
4844s	new cool skin
4848s	even the squirrel got a little nice hat
4855s	and Johan is ready to fight his demons
4867s	yeah it's pretty dripped out I know we
4869s	know we know
4870s	and that's it for now we have nine more
4874s	coming soon but for now that's all we're
4876s	gonna show you
4879s	so we're going to get to the Q a section
4881s	and I know previously
4883s	um the Q a section for the NAU sa
4885s	Community has been fairly short
4889s	we're going to help you guys
4892s	or maybe not help maybe you guys have to
4894s	sit through this but
4896s	yeah here we go
4898s	um remember how I asked you guys to fill
4899s	out a form beforehand
4903s	that's because we collected a lot of the
4905s	questions that were appearing a lot
4906s	often and we decided to answer them so
4909s	regarding balance a lot of times people
4911s	ask why we use that to balance well the
4914s	thing is about stats are things that
4918s	people can still kind of go with most
4921s	no you can see I played about 20 rounds
4923s	but it doesn't make sense let's Nerf
4924s	them 5 out of 10 rankers say this
4927s	character is too strong let's lift them
4929s	there's 100 posts saying this character
4931s	is too strong let's Nerf them the
4934s	character stats are too good so let's
4935s	Nerf them
4937s	out of these
4939s	we personally believe that the
4940s	character's stats are too good so let's
4942s	lift them is the most subjective way to
4944s	look at balance
4946s	a lot of the questions and feedback we
4948s	got uh was patches are inconsistent but
4951s	we followed the standards that we had
4954s	given out last time especially this
4956s	season we pushed for it
4958s	um stat changes as well
4961s	do you look at the stats and not
4962s	actually play the game no actually
4965s	um a lot of us play the game like I was
4968s	very surprised that I was surrounded by
4971s	people that love return as much as I do
4974s	um so I feel really blessed
4976s	why does Camilla have a Rapier
4978s	um well okay so I think this was a bit
4982s	translated differently but the Camilla
4984s	Rapier incident of him being really
4986s	strong on release
4988s	um we actually told
4990s	the developers and the makers to make
4993s	Camilo Rapier be weak if possible
4996s	but at the release it was too strong
4998s	which was an oversight but
5001s	um really believed that we were able to
5003s	kind of fix it back to where it should
5006s	be and so also questions regarding why
5011s	separate weapons are not kept out of
5013s	ranked and that's because it actually
5015s	takes a lot of development within the
5018s	coding to do it
5021s	so you really don't know how opioid is
5024s	um we do we see the complaints we watch
5026s	streams all day we play the game when we
5029s	go back home
5030s	uh it's very return is all we do but
5033s	even if we believe deep down that
5035s	something is op we have to see if it's
5038s	really true or not because sometimes a
5040s	character can be op for a day or two and
5042s	then just be forgetting in like a week
5044s	or two
5046s	xx.gg stats don't make sense uh I think
5050s	this is talking about how sometimes
5051s	stats are overly high but that's because
5053s	a lot of times the stats are not really
5056s	over a long period of time so they're
5058s	really changing and one player can
5060s	change how the stats look
5061s	um especially when it's in such a close
5063s	period of time are these only number
5065s	stats WE Post our stats on the pass
5067s	notes especially starting this season
5070s	and the money run is a fully
5072s	understanding of how and why the stats
5074s	are this way
5076s	um this is obviously a hard balancing
5078s	part
5079s	[Music]
5083s	but that's a wrong stats should not be
5085s	wrong
5086s	um good for a whole season this is
5088s	something that I see a lot especially in
5089s	the Nadu Community is that they say that
5092s	a character is overly strong for a long
5095s	period of time but when we look at the
5097s	stats this is usually not true
5100s	the address characters that are strong
5102s	and we usually address them a bit too
5104s	much so we have to buff them back and
5107s	they end up in the cycle limbo and
5109s	that's
5110s	more of a character kit issue than the
5113s	actual balance issue and that's why
5114s	we're going to be shaving off CC and
5116s	utility as we go
5120s	and why do hotfixes have fixed dates
5122s	this is actually a question I also had
5124s	as well but it's just that the half
5126s	fixes a lot of the times just end up on
5128s	dates that are
5130s	um pretty similar it's not that hot
5132s	fixes have a fixed date it's just that
5134s	after the weekends you know it's like
5136s	Monday or Tuesday so
5139s	imbalance between risk and reward for
5142s	characters and I think this is talking
5143s	about how sometimes easy to play
5145s	characters can have a high reward but I
5150s	[Music]
5151s	um
5155s	let me ask wolf okay okay
5183s	foreign
5201s	okay so I I wasn't able to answer those
5205s	questions so I asked wolfon himself the
5208s	director and he said
5210s	the stats for this would seem a lot more
5213s	balanced than fair if the top 1000 at
5217s	the moment
5218s	was
5219s	[Music]
5220s	um
5221s	better and the quality of the matches
5223s	were better but at the moment with the
5226s	player base that we have now it's not
5228s	always going to be the most consistent
5229s	so we do apologize about that but this
5232s	is something that should work its kink
5234s	out as the game fully goes
5239s	and the deal and Scott Meadows are
5241s	unnatural and unfair and yeah this is
5246s	true and that's why we're going to be
5248s	focusing on squats
5253s	foreign
5256s	make was also something that's brought
5258s	up especially in the NASA EU community
5260s	and it was were there any future plans
5263s	for character remix and
5266s	I just wanted to clarify beforehand that
5269s	we don't think that Fiora remake was a
5271s	failure in that Fiora has become a worse
5274s	character we believe that the new Fiora
5276s	is a healthier and better character than
5277s	the old Fiora that's a hundred percent
5280s	but the only issue is that a whole total
5283s	108 change like that
5286s	players can also ask the question why
5288s	didn't you leave Fiora and just make a
5290s	new character and at that point
5292s	we don't have much to say because now a
5295s	lot of the old Fiora players
5297s	um you know don't have a home and I
5299s	still remember personally Gallagher was
5301s	about to quit the game due to the Fiora
5303s	remake so this is like something that I
5306s	feel really close to and skill
5309s	improvements and smaller changes we are
5310s	going to be working on a little by
5312s	little
5312s	he actually had a small skill change a
5317s	tier which was the cube blue Was Not
5320s	Gonna Knock up anymore due to the over
5322s	CC that she had
5326s	but
5328s	um when we try to change that there were
5329s	some issues with bugs so if you weren't
5332s	able to push through it and we did
5333s	damage changes instead but this is just
5337s	letting you guys know that there are
5339s	going to be skill changes in the future
5340s	and we're going to be working on the
5343s	character structural problems so low
5345s	high returns special skills building
5347s	Barely Used this character States they
5349s	don't do anything these are a lot of the
5351s	times things that we hear from our
5352s	players and a lot of times that overall
5355s	CC utility is too much and we're going
5357s	to make a lot of adjustments over the
5360s	patches until official release
5364s	and the fact is that details have no
5366s	right answer when we talk about
5367s	characters and test subjects when we
5370s	have five people disgusting
5371s	about a character there's five different
5374s	opinions you've even had a seven hour
5377s	meeting for a single character and we
5379s	just had to go home and just we said
5382s	we'll talk about it the next time
5384s	that's why it's hard to give an answer
5385s	about in digital characters especially
5387s	during the dev stream as well
5392s	next one is also a really really very
5395s	requested question about scenario or
5397s	lore and story and I like to talk about
5401s	it a little bit and it's that how
5402s	existing characters came to the island
5404s	this is something that's been addressed
5405s	a lot especially with Iran and Tazia
5408s	having really vague answers to why
5410s	they're on the island and the previous
5412s	ones that we've used as kidnapping fraud
5415s	sacrifice and steadily and infiltration
5418s	but
5420s	um the thing is we can only recycle
5422s	these to a certain extent for example
5426s	infiltration if you can't have too many
5428s	characters just all be infiltration
5430s	right that it wouldn't be Lumia Island
5433s	it wouldn't make sense and there's the
5435s	Dilemma of murder and read your stories
5437s	and if you look at other battle Royals
5439s	too this is like the overall gist of how
5442s	stories tend to be that you'll kill me
5444s	if I don't kill you characters are on
5446s	break of Sanity oh it's not real killing
5449s	though and there's a probability of
5451s	giving up
5452s	uh for eternity return there's the part
5455s	where they can't reclaim their memories
5457s	or long-term relationships and there's
5459s	disappointment and character diversity
5460s	between the players so we apologize
5462s	about that uh there's the missing of
5464s	Survival game that people haven't
5466s	requested but we also feel like there
5468s	could be a light setting and character
5470s	only focus to approach story
5472s	and the reason the story has been so
5474s	lacking so far and sorry if this sounds
5476s	like an excuse is that our original plan
5478s	was that we would have two
5481s	separation of stories where it was test
5484s	subjects before coming to the island and
5486s	test subjects who came to the island
5488s	but uh what happened was that
5490s	description based on still unfinished
5493s	and early settings such as Iran and
5496s	Tazia that I talked about before it
5498s	doesn't really fit the original content
5500s	and
5501s	it's going to take us a longer time to
5503s	organize
5509s	so in regards to development schedule
5512s	um this was looking like
5515s	we have a lot of stuff to do to improve
5518s	the game it's minimum 500 and the amount
5522s	we can do in one season in three months
5525s	is around like a hundred and this is why
5528s	a lot of the times people ask
5531s	it's so easy to change this why don't
5533s	you do it or this Improvement can be
5535s	good why don't you do it it's just that
5537s	in every patch
5538s	there are improvements that we do that
5540s	are both big and small that are used at
5542s	the bottom and
5544s	players don't really read it too much
5546s	but you should read it uh I think it
5550s	really shows that the moniron is working
5552s	their hardest of to you know develop a
5555s	better game and improve the game
5557s	and the two dealers being massive
5559s	there's different priorities as well so
5562s	we would have something on the list and
5563s	then someone would say this needs
5565s	Improvement if you would have to go back
5567s	and then this needs to be done first so
5569s	we actually have to change the priority
5571s	and push back now let's add this file
5574s	Improvement to the development list and
5575s	that goes to either the way back or the
5577s	way front depending on the speed
5582s	so the roadmap uh the roadmap isn't
5585s	being updated was something that was
5586s	feedbacked a lot and that's because
5588s	we've had a lot of changes in our plan
5591s	as a company as previously mentioned
5595s	um so we apologize about that are there
5597s	any plans to up the player base
5599s	yes uh obviously there are planned stop
5603s	the player base it's not like we can
5605s	release a patch like patch 0.76 uh
5608s	players plus 10 000. it doesn't work
5610s	like that it's something we will develop
5613s	throughout the game and improve the game
5615s	and hopefully we get good results soon
5618s	okay the design of the roadmap change
5620s	every season
5622s	um
5623s	I think I'll have to ask about this
5640s	okay
5654s	we'll get back to you back on that later
5656s	because uh so the bottom of the Q a like
5659s	the question part was really roughly
5662s	translated so uh
5664s	yeah for the raw new maps we added
5667s	um probably a way later if anything
5670s	because at the moment
5671s	I think Lumia island is the main
5673s	priority possibility of PVE mode we will
5676s	have somewhat of a campaign mode for the
5678s	tutorial um which is being worked on by
5680s	a separate team but
5682s	um that's not in the priority list at
5686s	the moment
5687s	are there plans for a 5-5 team fight map
5689s	this is a similar question to the new
5692s	maps and the same answer goes there now
5695s	that the hacking system this is still in
5697s	the works but it is just getting pushed
5699s	back due to optimization and other
5702s	aspects of the game
5703s	pick me for long term and active players
5705s	this is something I see a lot but
5708s	inactive players nicknames are actually
5710s	being opened up already
5712s	um and it's been like that for a long
5714s	time so
5716s	yeah well previous system and content
5719s	would you like to bring back
5721s	um I think wolf director said that
5723s	they'll want to bring back like an SD
5725s	like a like a little nice rest place
5727s	that they can be
5729s	have characters in for the loading
5731s	screen or not loading screen in the
5732s	lobby screen
5733s	will you not delete content when it
5735s	becomes too much
5737s	um we'll we'll see what happens with the
5739s	Battlegrounds uh sorry with the battle
5741s	zones and we'll see how directions of
5744s	the game goes there and what's
5746s	wildfighter uh this is like a mobile
5749s	game and we also recently found out
5751s	about it but it's being worked on by
5753s	like a separate team so
5757s	um we are really sure about what it's
5760s	about
5761s	honestly so sorry about the lack of
5763s	information why did you extend the
5765s	season I even took time off to match the
5767s	end of it this was originally by a
5770s	Korean who was in the military and they
5772s	took a vacation day from military to
5775s	play Terror return but
5777s	um unfortunately we had to extend the
5779s	season due to the lack of uh fun that
5782s	battle zones originally had the
5784s	employees even play the game I can 100
5785s	tell you that we do play the game and
5789s	be hacking love the game
5793s	the items
5795s	um need to purchase a nickname change
5796s	with acorn
5797s	I think
5799s	they are considering this but at the
5802s	moment
5803s	if you have an inappropriate nickname we
5805s	are refers your name back to test
5808s	subjects and you have to change your
5809s	nickname and this is like the punishment
5811s	that we give so if you're able to change
5813s	with acorns this might change
5815s	uh girls worth buying with EP this will
5817s	probably be delayed until we're you know
5819s	more subtle with the game itself any
5822s	plans to re-release the Past skins yes
5824s	we do have plans in the future
5825s	achievements per character uh we'll have
5828s	to consider it
5831s	um are there any plans to reduce the
5832s	amount of MPS to purchase points in the
5834s	ER past
5836s	this is going to be something that's
5839s	going to be like that throughout the
5841s	business models throughout in yourself
5843s	that your password a little less once
5845s	again a business model MP gifting so MP
5848s	gifting disappearing was a question that
5851s	um players had a lot and it's just that
5853s	with the way Steam Works their players
5856s	were able to buy and pee for cheaper and
5860s	sell it to other players and that
5862s	weren't really raised we could stop it
5863s	at the moment so for now we've passed MP
5867s	gifting empty plans to sell something
5869s	like last year's Christmas map skin
5872s	um we'll have to see but the thing about
5873s	the maps is that each season we actually
5877s	update the maps a little by a little bit
5879s	so for example the Uptown and Temple
5882s	change that kind of stuff if we had a
5885s	skin for that map you would actually
5886s	have to do a whole skin for that as well
5889s	and it would be consistently changing
5892s	I bought something I regret a few times
5893s	is there any way to cancel separately
5895s	withdrawal or refund you'll have to do
5898s	it through our help desk as this is
5900s	related to steam as well so having an
5903s	automated refund button is really hard
5904s	why are there three skins in the past we
5907s	believe that this is like a good number
5908s	to you know include in a pass and have
5911s	like a theme setup as well are there any
5913s	plans to make a skin Rarity higher than
5915s	epic which I'm guessing they mean
5917s	legendary but at the moment though
5920s	because making a legendary skin would be
5923s	a lot of pressure and it would probably
5925s	be
5925s	requiring Omar about the same effort of
5930s	making like a test subject so at the
5932s	moment at least it's not in the priority
5933s	list
5937s	it's not Lobby is there going to be a
5939s	bridge between China and Immortal uh we
5940s	do see like the need for it so we'll be
5942s	implementing it we don't know when it
5944s	might be in the middle of the season and
5946s	the character sorting is stupid can you
5948s	fix it
5950s	um yeah this should be
5953s	coming with new player help this is
5956s	where there are 16 17 people who and
5958s	then leave that's just the MMR system
5961s	um leaving you which is very unfortunate
5963s	but it took us the way it works is that
5965s	you need to wait a certain amount of
5966s	time at certain MMR Gap so it's really
5970s	specific with the way it works and the
5972s	cases where someone who must who got
5974s	left behind gets left behind again is
5976s	the same issue
5977s	special Mastery for each weapon there
5979s	are too many problems
5981s	please get rid of accepting matches
5985s	um we actually considered this for key
5987s	modes I mean for solos
5990s	but we'll have to see as well
5994s	sound effects for season pack boxes New
5997s	View players meeting two High ELO
5999s	players
6000s	um this should be solved with the player
6003s	base increasing eventually hopefully is
6006s	there any equipment for returning
6007s	players
6008s	[Music]
6009s	um
6040s	so with the new tutorials we're actually
6042s	going to be having more rewards within
6044s	the tutorial system so returning players
6046s	could come back and actually claim those
6048s	as well
6049s	please add more practice mode hotkeys uh
6051s	the practice mode is not in the priority
6054s	list at the moment and tutorial
6057s	um we've talked a lot a lot so
6060s	I did not get shot I was not sure what
6062s	the answer was so I had to ask director
6064s	neem
6067s	so for gameplay any thoughts on radar
6069s	upgrades eating radar is already being
6071s	used so I don't feel like radar needs to
6074s	upgrade in specific and augment
6077s	somewhere left in the gutter this will
6078s	be touch the pun in the future
6081s	and zero matchups unfortunately is a
6084s	thing in solos and this is really hard
6086s	to think about because technically if
6088s	it's a six four matchup like a 60 40
6091s	that's a hundred to zero matchup as long
6094s	as both plate sides
6096s	play too much
6098s	so
6100s	the whole 10-0 matchup idea is really
6102s	difficult to balance around and we
6105s	believe it's uh just a toxic trait of
6107s	the solo queue or solo mode in general
6113s	so third-party issues we are solving bit
6116s	by bit we had like the Ping system
6119s	change as well previously
6121s	and matchmaking is too wide
6124s	um hopefully this is also changing with
6126s	the player base
6127s	final Zone issues uh if the final zone
6130s	is still an issue in the future and
6132s	Battlezone seems to be a really good
6135s	replacement for it if you are
6136s	considering actually changing final
6138s	zones into a battle Zone as well
6141s	what about Reviving solos we are
6143s	considering it I will have to change
6144s	we'll have to try it and see how it goes
6147s	weapon skill changes it is in the works
6150s	um especially for some abilities but
6153s	especially taffa and shuriken there will
6156s	be some changes in the upcoming new
6159s	weapon type characters release and
6160s	balance this is similar to the Camilla
6162s	change
6163s	um at the moment we can't really
6165s	separate character into ranked modes so
6169s	if you wanted to ban Camilo Rapier we
6171s	would have to ban DS Camillo which is
6173s	not fair for the players
6174s	so at the moment we'll just
6177s	either wait until it's a pre-season to
6180s	release new weapon types or just release
6182s	them really weak
6184s	why do tank items exist in solos well we
6187s	think that Tech items that exist and
6189s	used in solos is really different from
6191s	the ones that are actually used in team
6192s	modes
6193s	um but yeah we'll continue balancing the
6195s	items can we get more argument
6197s	information in the post Lobby screen
6200s	um well okay plus Lobby screen as in
6203s	like the post game screen I'm guessing
6204s	is what this means and it's that the
6206s	game itself and the end game actually is
6209s	like playing different clients or not
6212s	clients but different resources so it's
6215s	actually not that easy to you know put
6218s	an insert into the game
6221s	please change it so I can't hyperloop on
6223s	top of an enemy and timos we will have a
6225s	hyperloop for teammates now
6227s	um but for solos we believe that's a
6229s	risk that is part of the game so far
6231s	please get rid of acceleration gate at
6234s	night one and lower Auto revised to day
6237s	two this is something that's always in
6240s	talks even within the development team
6242s	but this is something that we're gonna
6244s	have to keep looking over and monitoring
6245s	and keep trying out and polishing and
6247s	see where it goes as well
6249s	my meteorites randomly drop versus Tree
6252s	of Life well
6254s	um tree of life is a tree so we need a
6258s	tree to be there whereas meteors fall
6261s	from the sky but there may be some
6263s	changes to how this works in the future
6265s	as well if we are able to put more tree
6267s	of lives around the map
6269s	let us select our starting weapon for
6271s	example glove versus Knuckles this will
6274s	be reworked and for the new players and
6278s	players
6279s	as this is really confusing for new
6281s	players when it's
6283s	like a build that starts glove but then
6285s	you have to pick up a knuckle and you
6286s	have to drop the glove so we're going to
6287s	work on that and we're going to try to
6288s	change some of that and unfair traits of
6291s	character so this is like
6293s	a question I was for you like very
6295s	oftenly asked how come this character
6296s	gets to jump a wall how come this
6298s	character gets the bubble twice how come
6300s	they can push check when I can't Bush
6301s	check but we hope you guys see this as
6303s	like you know uh just a characteristic
6305s	of the character
6307s	um it's like a like a they're Quirk you
6309s	know it's what differentiates them from
6312s	other characters rather than just being
6314s	a skin the other characters
6317s	the cover protocol is called protocol
6319s	supposed to be a light mode yes any
6321s	plans to add a ranking system uh not yet
6324s	this Cobalt matching also have MMR yes
6326s	change confusion uh infusions and
6329s	equipment from random drugs to
6330s	purchasable and certain infusions are
6332s	too strong
6334s	um regarding effusions for the purchase
6336s	one we are considering it the certain
6338s	infusions are too strong part when we
6340s	look at Cobalt stats it's really odd but
6343s	just because you get strong infusions
6344s	doesn't always mean that you win but we
6348s	will continue balancing the game
6350s	especially uh not especially but also in
6352s	Cobalt mode you should have violations
6354s	for steering or unsportsman like play we
6357s	are punishing them we do ban users or
6360s	punish users that do use uh on Sportsman
6363s	like play or swears because these are
6366s	really easy to keep track of obviously
6368s	um especially swears because that's in
6369s	the chat log for on Sportsman like play
6371s	uh if it's one or twice where they have
6374s	left the game like the next question we
6377s	um sometimes look over a longer scale
6380s	just because sometimes stuff happen in
6382s	real life and it's not really up to them
6384s	please remove silent slow and Reviving
6386s	uh yep we are looking to revive it we
6388s	find it frustrating as well please add a
6390s	system to surrender we feel like at the
6392s	moment Global protocol doesn't really
6394s	need a system for surrender because the
6397s	game is really short and it's supposed
6399s	to be like a chill mode
6403s	technology please adjust mass cursor
6406s	size uh the first letter doesn't input
6408s	when you hit enter kind of quickly these
6411s	two are going to be addressed and
6415s	0.75 patch which is going to be the
6417s	unity moving patch what about running a
6420s	test server the thing about test server
6422s	is that even in other games it's not
6425s	really that effective because of the
6426s	lack of player base and right now um
6428s	we're really unsure if
6431s	eternal return test server would
6432s	actually have enough players for
6434s	accurate information as well so viewers
6436s	we're thinking about it but we're a bit
6438s	iffy about it
6440s	why can't you fixed the rank score
6442s	display bug
6443s	um
6444s	this is similar to like a bug we had
6446s	previously is that once we are able to
6448s	see why a bug happens and like a log and
6453s	where it's happening it's a lot easier
6455s	but it seems like they'll rank score
6457s	display bug is just
6460s	we don't we're not sure how to replicate
6462s	it yet so it's taking a bit longer than
6463s	we intended and teach sheets
6466s	um we actually don't use that bad of an
6469s	entity we have
6472s	purchased ncgs from the same company
6474s	that the other mobile game company has
6477s	purchased
6479s	but um obviously they have a more
6482s	premium one so we hope you guys can
6485s	understand well
6486s	we'll work on it as we go
6489s	any follow-up bug reports on Trello
6491s	there's been cases of other games doing
6493s	that but a lot of times bug reports get
6495s	flooded and sometimes bug reports also
6498s	happens in a way where it's players
6501s	might think it's a bug when it's not
6502s	actually a bug and then when it's not
6504s	locked they might get angry and it was a
6507s	lot of mess for other games so we are
6510s	reluctant
6511s	is it possible to add smart keys for
6513s	skills that have first and second hit
6514s	this would be a lot of development so at
6517s	the moment no when we optimize we've
6519s	addressed this previously the more you
6521s	upgrade to Unity 2021 0.75 as previously
6524s	mentioned well you fix the problem with
6526s	the game crashing for no reason
6529s	um we've been fixing a lot of issues
6531s	with game crashes overall the only issue
6533s	is that the game crashes for multiple
6535s	reasons we will do a patch to fix one of
6538s	the reasons then it would create another
6540s	reason and sometimes it's a software the
6542s	player has sometimes that's the hardware
6543s	that the player has so it's a lot of
6546s	things that we have to change and like
6547s	address so it's not a simple fix
6552s	so we hope you guys can understand that
6554s	it's a long-term issue
6556s	mcclan location that appearing bug and
6559s	this is about why it was taking so long
6561s	to change and it's that if he changed it
6565s	on a minor patch it might have cost like
6568s	a really major bug that we would have
6570s	not been sure because a huffix is a
6572s	really light bucket uh light change
6575s	so sometimes it might not be the best to
6578s	have bigger changes or bigger bug fixes
6580s	until the major pets as well
6583s	Unity engine is well known for having a
6585s	lot of problems with their plans to move
6586s	to a new engine uh as far as we know
6588s	every engine is well known for having a
6591s	lot of problems but we'll try our best
6592s	loading takes forever we're addressing
6594s	this later on as well
6597s	so that's all the prepared questions so
6601s	far and we'll be taking some questions
6603s	sadly uh I've gone for so long and I've
6607s	blobbered on for so long as well so I've
6609s	killed wolf one here too long so we'll
6612s	only take a few questions in chat but
6614s	yeah
6615s	if there's any questions in chat we'll
6617s	be answering them so
6621s	do you guys have any questions just let
6623s	us know
6625s	are we still getting a windy announcer
6628s	pack
6631s	s
6638s	ah
6640s	[Music]
6641s	um
6645s	foreign
6648s	[Music]
6665s	military and
6667s	for legal reasons
6669s	people in the military are not allowed
6671s	to make money or work or make you know
6675s	products like that so we would have to
6677s	wait until
6681s	um he is out of the military
6687s	will we ever get more servers upon full
6689s	release
6691s	[Music]
6692s	it there
6708s	um
6712s	[Music]
6717s	foreign
6718s	[Music]
6736s	we hope you can increase the player base
6738s	as time goes on
6744s	um let's see how do we get the other
6747s	skins that are in the season 8 pack
6750s	[Music]
6752s	the season 8 pack skins that is not in
6757s	the past is either going to be
6758s	purchasable or you can buy the pack and
6760s	get all the Skins at once
6772s	the 0.7 patch with the unity changes be
6776s	released 0.75 to be precise
6781s	is there any updates on the removal of
6783s	green items
6784s	foreign
6800s	[Music]
6813s	foreign
6819s	foreign
6823s	[Music]
6839s	[Music]
6843s	we have items that is actually where we
6846s	have a lot of new changes coming out for
6847s	the new players and the beginning day
6850s	one cycle uh we're gonna have to see the
6853s	changes there first and see how it
6854s	affects the gameplay before actually
6856s	moving on with the green removal
6858s	uh especially because the time should be
6861s	pretty similar apparently so we'll have
6863s	to see
6872s	so for skins that are not able to be
6875s	purchased or not in the past there's
6877s	going to be events likely
6879s	oh why are Nas that's allowed to
6882s	influence top 1000
6884s	also uh
6911s	foreign
6920s	[Music]
6948s	so far regarding the different balance
6950s	changes
6952s	in n a and na affecting the stats in top
6956s	1000 we've always been doing top 1000
6959s	Global and unfortunately that's just how
6962s	it is because of the different player
6963s	bases and each reason but if there are
6966s	ever any specific or really important
6969s	changes that need to be made for the na
6972s	eusa servers then we'll
6976s	the community team and the global team
6978s	will let develop a team know
6987s	you server low ELO rank doesn't start
6989s	but higher yellow might pop can both
6991s	queues be merged we want to play ranked
6993s	as well but don't want to be played
6995s	ranked in other servers uh
7018s	oh
7023s	gosh
7025s	[Music]
7037s	um
7051s	[Music]
7062s	[Music]
7064s	so regarding uh the lower Ela ranks not
7067s	popping and high heel is popping and
7070s	maybe having a thought on merging them
7072s	the issue would that be that would be is
7075s	that if you have a really high ELO
7077s	player and a really low ELO player in
7078s	the same Lobby that itself might break
7081s	balance and might not be unfair
7083s	but might not be fair and the issue with
7086s	that is like the player base issue at
7089s	the moment but hopefully uh I personally
7092s	hope that the new player
7094s	all the changes that we do for the new
7096s	players and other new tutorials that we
7098s	have can actually have new players come
7100s	in and help you guys in EU Pablo ELO
7103s	ranked as well
7108s	foreign
7114s	I really hope there's more promotion for
7115s	the game in Na and EU no one has heard
7117s	of this game and the daily player base
7119s	is dwindling I can't get it in a match
7121s	are you gonna uh
7123s	[Music]
7133s	[Music]
7136s	um
7143s	[Music]
7149s	[Music]
7158s	[Music]
7162s	give me that
7165s	so for n a EU and sa
7169s	um and yes I did say yes
7171s	at the moment there isn't really much
7173s	marketing we did have some marketing
7176s	plans but it changed with the games
7178s	changing soon and at the moment the
7180s	retention rate is
7183s	uh not the greatest so if you want to
7185s	make sure if you have a solid foundation
7187s	before we Market to the player base as
7189s	well
7190s	and once we officially release and the
7193s	game is better and once we have a higher
7195s	retention rate then we'll actually look
7197s	into marketing the game more in fact
7199s	even now even in Korea the marketing has
7202s	gone down a bit and we've put less power
7205s	on that until the retention is gonna
7207s	become better
7214s	okay we'll take one more question
7221s	uh can we ban smurfing
7228s	ers
7237s	[Music]
7246s	[Music]
7255s	foreign
7259s	[Music]
7270s	[Music]
7286s	platform and steam doesn't really openly
7290s	share information about accounts um
7292s	roughly so
7294s	um to the games so at the moment we
7296s	would have a hard time actually finding
7297s	out which person or which player is
7300s	smurfing and not smurfing but rather
7304s	will actually focus on making the game
7305s	better and a better environment that
7307s	players don't actually need to actively
7309s	Smurf
7310s	and yeah I think that was the last
7313s	question we'll take for now
7315s	um
7316s	thank you guys so much for watching I
7319s	was really nervous and I know I am not
7322s	the best speaker I
7323s	just you know
7325s	stutter here and there especially when
7326s	my brain hasn't slept in a good bit but
7331s	thank you guys for being here and uh
7334s	thank you so much for being here with us
7337s	as well we always appreciate you and all
7339s	you do for us
7340s	everyone can you guys type we love wolf
7347s	um
7348s	[Music]
7355s	[Music]
7369s	foreign
7373s	[Music]
7375s	he said and I also believed this too
7378s	thank you guys so much for coming and
7380s	watching
7381s	um internal return not just the dev
7383s	stream but you know all of the things
7386s	that we do and we'll make sure that we
7388s	make a good game for you guys a fun game
7389s	for you guys a great game for you guys
7391s	and we hope to see you guys for a long
7394s	long time
7395s	thank you again
7402s	correct
7419s	you can control your dreams if you set
7421s	your mind to it
7424s	ah
7426s	[Music]
7437s	do I really have to do this
7439s	[Music]
7450s	[Music]
7454s	all right let's have some fun
7459s	foreign
7461s	[Music]

[2022] Dev Hour - Eternal Return Season 8 Preview

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