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| 866s | I can't keep going on |
| 869s | the pain inside my chest gets worse |
| 872s | sometimes everything is wrong |
| 875s | I'm reaching for something out of line I |
| 879s | keep getting closer |
| 881s | I'll need to have it all ripped away |
| 884s | there is something in my body deep down |
| 888s | and I'm hoping that it won't stay cause |
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| 1058s | I can't keep going on |
| 1061s | the pain inside my chest kiss worse |
| 1064s | sometimes everything is wrong |
| 1067s | everything is wrong |
| 1090s | hello good morning everyone from here at |
| 1092s | pneumonia on HQ I'm I with director wolf |
| 1095s | one here today |
| 1101s | thank you so much for playing Eternal |
| 1104s | returns today we'll be hosting devstream |
| 1107s | 1.0 to discuss changes that are coming |
| 1109s | soon for the game thank you for spending |
| 1111s | your precious time with us today it's |
| 1113s | been raining a lot in Korea these days |
| 1115s | but we hope it's better for you guys |
| 1117s | weather-wise and we'll get right into it |
| 1126s | official launch is coming soon and we |
| 1129s | shared with you guys some of the |
| 1130s | upcoming changes in our Dev journals |
| 1132s | throughout the season |
| 1133s | if you've already hit 14 journals that's |
| 1136s | a lot |
| 1138s | for players that are curious why the |
| 1140s | journals are so split the reason is |
| 1142s | because development is still ongoing |
| 1143s | especially in visual aspects we're still |
| 1146s | polishing the changes and we want to |
| 1148s | show you guys visual samples instead of |
| 1149s | just a long word document which can be |
| 1152s | hard to read at points |
| 1154s | you realize that not everyone is keeping |
| 1156s | up to date with the dev journals so for |
| 1158s | the sake of keeping Folks up to date as |
| 1160s | well as remind everyone let's review the |
| 1163s | debtor notes so far we'll also talk a |
| 1165s | bit about informations we couldn't |
| 1167s | include in the journals so |
| 1169s | I'll try to keep it compact |
| 1173s | the first Dev Journal was the death |
| 1175s | Journal announcement the image you guys |
| 1177s | have probably seen quite a lot |
| 1179s | beforehand |
| 1180s | uh we'll visit back to it as the image |
| 1183s | has been a core idea and a preparation |
| 1185s | for launch |
| 1187s | we also showed a rough preview of the |
| 1189s | lobby screen with an older illustration |
| 1191s | of sicella and Jackie we'll be updating |
| 1193s | this key art on Lots as well |
| 1198s | the second Journal started sharing |
| 1200s | information regarding the zoning |
| 1201s | constructions of Lumia Island |
| 1203s | such as the big opening and Factory |
| 1206s | the yellow marks in the minimap are the |
| 1208s | newly edited zones |
| 1210s | through this operation Lumia island is |
| 1212s | becoming 15 larger players will be able |
| 1215s | to move around the map a lot more freely |
| 1217s | which should have been like so in first |
| 1219s | place |
| 1223s | the third one was campfire |
| 1225s | during a play tests we found out that it |
| 1227s | actually changed a lot about the game |
| 1228s | the biggest one was that players would |
| 1230s | be excited and curious about what kind |
| 1232s | of food they can cook but the more we |
| 1234s | play tested and got used to it it slowly |
| 1237s | got rid of the need to memorize food |
| 1238s | crafting in the first place and it also |
| 1241s | changed the pace of the game |
| 1243s | we also wanted to play on the motion |
| 1245s | aspect of video games which we'll talk a |
| 1247s | little bit later but |
| 1249s | the campfires really helped set up the |
| 1251s | tone of nighttime in the game as well |
| 1257s | the next Journal was regarding wild |
| 1259s | animals we wanted to make PVE part of |
| 1261s | the game a bit more interesting than it |
| 1263s | is now while adding more rhythmic |
| 1265s | patterns in game sorry that's hard to |
| 1268s | pronounce my English has been getting |
| 1269s | worse since I've been in Korea for a |
| 1271s | whole year |
| 1272s | the biggest one so far has felt like |
| 1274s | being able to slay wild bats to getting |
| 1275s | vision control of a Zone players can |
| 1277s | make short to kill bats in specific |
| 1279s | areas if they want to kill or if they |
| 1281s | really want to get some vision |
| 1283s | wild animal hurts is also a great way to |
| 1286s | get credits and collectibles are now two |
| 1288s | parts and they save your progress at |
| 1290s | half this should really help with some |
| 1292s | of the unpleasant experiences fighting |
| 1294s | around objectives |
| 1301s | the fifth Journal was regarding |
| 1303s | characters |
| 1304s | where we showed some of the first few |
| 1305s | character changes there are a lot of |
| 1308s | character changes regarding uh |
| 1311s | the characters in return return so we |
| 1313s | suggest viewers to read the journals |
| 1314s | regarding it and you can find it on our |
| 1317s | home page if you want |
| 1319s | but keeping it blunt I will be moving |
| 1321s | away from the usual right clicker that |
| 1324s | we know her as and her ultimate is now |
| 1326s | getting changed to have a few |
| 1328s | Magnus is also getting new mechanism |
| 1330s | overhaul and his bike will accelerate |
| 1333s | over time and as a person that's played |
| 1335s | against it it's pretty fast |
| 1337s | Rio's ultimate is now global Idris |
| 1340s | changes to cut crowd controls will be |
| 1342s | addressed a bit more later we also |
| 1344s | talked about hejin Adella isil Medina |
| 1349s | another important part was transparency |
| 1351s | work Gameplay at the moment can be a bit |
| 1353s | hard to see due to the visual effects |
| 1355s | covering much of the screen |
| 1357s | we're going to be editing some of the |
| 1359s | visual effects so players can understand |
| 1360s | what's going on in their screen |
| 1362s | including some fixes to the transparency |
| 1364s | such as right here |
| 1371s | we continue to talk about the Lumia |
| 1373s | Island rework and why we're |
| 1374s | reconstructing the areas in the first |
| 1376s | place and we discussed a lot about the |
| 1378s | difference between IOU shapes and the TA |
| 1381s | shapes |
| 1384s | an example of it was Chapel where you |
| 1387s | had limitations in the zones |
| 1390s | we only had really one choke to get into |
| 1392s | Chapel from Factory but with the new map |
| 1394s | changes there's more openings for |
| 1396s | players to actually enter new zones |
| 1400s | and the seventh Journal gained a lot of |
| 1403s | attention |
| 1404s | um not all good but due to the additions |
| 1408s | of active skills or as the proper name |
| 1411s | tactical skills the changes acted as a |
| 1414s | way to control credits in the first |
| 1415s | place where players have to use credits |
| 1417s | to activate and upgrade their skills but |
| 1420s | uh you know that part got progressed as |
| 1422s | we went on and we wanted to diversify |
| 1425s | how the first night is played with hunts |
| 1427s | for credits going to campfires to cook |
| 1428s | we're taking earlier fights to gain |
| 1430s | weapon skills so the gameplay is not as |
| 1432s | linear |
| 1434s | what we keep saying we'll talk more |
| 1436s | about it later today we'll talk more |
| 1438s | about it later today |
| 1442s | save plants along with operator nausea |
| 1444s | is one of the most important changes |
| 1445s | especially for the non-korean regions as |
| 1448s | they help a lot with entry barrier for |
| 1449s | new players |
| 1451s | we want to make sure newer players can |
| 1452s | drop into the game and understand what's |
| 1454s | going on third amount of feedback from |
| 1456s | newer players regarding how UI is |
| 1458s | inconsistent with how people normally |
| 1460s | read from left to right so we made |
| 1464s | the adjustment to the screen |
| 1468s | the final changes to Lumia Island was |
| 1470s | pawned including a jump pad at the |
| 1472s | moment Pond shares that oh shape that we |
| 1474s | previously discussed and have one of the |
| 1476s | roughest times for players to move |
| 1478s | around |
| 1479s | you know those moments when you spawn at |
| 1481s | the bridge and you have to walk all the |
| 1483s | way around for the loot distribution |
| 1484s | we're going to be adjusting it by |
| 1486s | opening up Pond as well as adding a jump |
| 1488s | pad |
| 1491s | the jump pad animation is a bit awkward |
| 1493s | we know we thought of using a zipline |
| 1496s | which would be a bit more natural but |
| 1498s | sadly that would require an animation |
| 1500s | change for every single character |
| 1503s | so for now we're going to be going with |
| 1505s | the jump pad animation |
| 1511s | the next character Journal discussed |
| 1514s | lead Islanders in your silence but |
| 1515s | gaining damage reduction |
| 1517s | which should help against skill based |
| 1519s | characters |
| 1520s | we also addressed piolos and cooldown |
| 1523s | and how it works |
| 1525s | characters such as Luke and heart that |
| 1527s | have Evolutions have now become a bit |
| 1530s | more distinctive and in a similar note |
| 1533s | ekkian also has more distinctive weapons |
| 1535s | for each choice |
| 1537s | the here Celine Chloe Bianca Eva and |
| 1541s | Nadine changes were also addressed I |
| 1544s | know that's a long list so if your |
| 1545s | character was mentioned in the list we |
| 1547s | once again recommend checking out the |
| 1549s | dev journals and our home page |
| 1557s | Celine was hit with a pretty big change |
| 1559s | and we do apologize for changing the |
| 1561s | character to such a large extent but |
| 1565s | we hope you guys can understand that |
| 1567s | it's for |
| 1568s | the safety of other |
| 1570s | players as well as the safety kits |
| 1575s | another death Journal that was shown was |
| 1577s | regarding the rank system the biggest |
| 1578s | part as you can see real time of what |
| 1580s | your score looks like the Escape system |
| 1583s | also changes along with the new Rank and |
| 1585s | escaping no longer guarantees you |
| 1587s | positive LP instead it just gives you a |
| 1590s | bit of bonus LP to what you have already |
| 1593s | so if your points are in the negative |
| 1596s | and you escape you might still get minus |
| 1599s | points |
| 1599s | and this rank system is changing |
| 1602s | something to |
| 1604s | a point system where you have to |
| 1605s | actually commit an entry fee and you get |
| 1608s | more higher credits or higher points |
| 1611s | depending on how you perform |
| 1617s | crafting a Mastery was also addressed |
| 1619s | and through the new vpad UI players can |
| 1621s | see their Mastery and credits all at |
| 1623s | once or B can still be used for older |
| 1626s | players that are used to it we wanted to |
| 1628s | make it easier access to information in |
| 1630s | just one tab for our newer players |
| 1632s | the left side of the v-pad is about |
| 1634s | tactical and weapon skills along with |
| 1636s | Mastery and the right is about crafting |
| 1638s | and the build |
| 1640s | skill lamp changes cost one of the |
| 1642s | biggest chaos return and cost a lot of |
| 1645s | new problems especially regarding lost |
| 1648s | actions or variabilities for equipment |
| 1650s | especially through corpses and loot |
| 1652s | boxes so we're going to be addressing |
| 1654s | some of that including selective stats |
| 1657s | from items and Supply boxes and you will |
| 1660s | now get bounties from courses instead of |
| 1662s | just items |
| 1666s | not only that transitioning to legendary |
| 1668s | item is more self-explanatory now |
| 1670s | because the v-pad actually suggests |
| 1672s | items that you can go once you complete |
| 1674s | purple items |
| 1681s | we also talked a bit about how credits |
| 1683s | are getting reconstructed and re-pamped |
| 1685s | and now you'll be getting more money for |
| 1688s | every action that you do or sometimes |
| 1690s | you don't even have to do an action |
| 1692s | and |
| 1693s | they rarely they have barely any |
| 1697s | cooldown so you don't have to wait a |
| 1699s | long time after your teammate used it |
| 1701s | in fact we're actually increasing the |
| 1704s | amount of transfer consoles as well |
| 1705s | actually not only that we're also |
| 1708s | changing the name because the main |
| 1711s | transfer console what are we even |
| 1713s | transferring so we're going to be |
| 1714s | changing it to kiosk |
| 1717s | teams can also now buy teammate res |
| 1719s | Resurrection starting day three or by |
| 1722s | rootkits as well |
| 1728s | and |
| 1729s | operator nausea |
| 1731s | let's be real |
| 1733s | ER is not an easy game but it's doable |
| 1737s | if you have friends backseating you on |
| 1739s | what to do well your friend might get |
| 1741s | upset that you're not playing the way |
| 1743s | that they expect you to |
| 1744s | it still helps a lot so what nausea will |
| 1747s | do is be that friend for you and suggest |
| 1749s | three viable ways that you can proceed |
| 1751s | with the game |
| 1752s | and not only that NASA can be adjusted |
| 1756s | and customized for more experienced |
| 1757s | players who don't need all the nagging |
| 1760s | and all the help |
| 1765s | and we're not done yet and here's the |
| 1767s | list for future development journals |
| 1769s | characters next part will be out later |
| 1772s | today for you guys but we're going to |
| 1774s | share a bit of the information today |
| 1776s | camera and traps won't be an overly |
| 1778s | large change like food and campfire was |
| 1781s | briefing room forging and victory poses |
| 1783s | will give you a bit of a tease today |
| 1787s | after character 4 update we'll give you |
| 1789s | guys more description of frame report |
| 1791s | that's coming for official launch |
| 1795s | I know |
| 1796s | the English Community is really worried |
| 1798s | about optimization but |
| 1801s | I guess I will have to wait a bit |
| 1803s | we've been having great success with |
| 1804s | increasing frames but if you want to |
| 1806s | make sure we can have it even smoother |
| 1808s | for you guys and for special we'll give |
| 1812s | you guys a tease at the end |
| 1814s | or around the end not totally the end |
| 1816s | but yeah |
| 1818s | now as we slowly approach official |
| 1821s | launch we're aware our players are |
| 1823s | getting excited but also worried about |
| 1824s | the future changes |
| 1826s | I'm sure many of you guys have heard |
| 1828s | about some of the changes from the |
| 1829s | translated Dev streams from Korea |
| 1831s | already |
| 1833s | today we'll try our best to deliver you |
| 1835s | guys our Direction and how we've been |
| 1837s | preparing for launch date |
| 1845s | one of the biggest worries so far seems |
| 1847s | to be regarding how big the changes are |
| 1850s | players aren't sure if they should be |
| 1852s | expecting something similar to their |
| 1853s | previous years of experiences |
| 1855s | they're worried that there might not be |
| 1857s | enough testing |
| 1858s | it's more worried that you turn return |
| 1860s | they know might be disappearing |
| 1865s | many players raised objections to the |
| 1867s | upcoming changes wishing for smaller |
| 1869s | changes rather than bigger adjustments |
| 1872s | so if you're here today to explain why |
| 1874s | we made |
| 1875s | our choices |
| 1877s | many of the player feedbacks regarding |
| 1879s | construction campfires and rank systems |
| 1881s | were fairly positive |
| 1884s | on the flip side tactical skills wild |
| 1887s | animal hurts and character skill changes |
| 1889s | have raised quite a bit of alarm among |
| 1891s | players |
| 1892s | in fact people may have even raised the |
| 1895s | question of is this direction correct |
| 1899s | as a fan of eternal return I I can see |
| 1902s | where players are coming from |
| 1904s | but let us really quick add another part |
| 1906s | to this question |
| 1910s | when looking at the features from a |
| 1911s | soloist perspective these changes are |
| 1914s | very alarming |
| 1915s | but when looking from a squad |
| 1917s | perspective |
| 1918s | what do you guys think did the changes |
| 1920s | connect just a little bit more |
| 1923s | this problem is something that's been |
| 1924s | problematic for a turn return for a |
| 1926s | while |
| 1929s | solo and team modes in general are just |
| 1932s | different games |
| 1933s | while sharing the same map and |
| 1935s | characters they don't behave the same |
| 1937s | way the systems they need are different |
| 1941s | as we try to compensate for both modes |
| 1943s | the game keeps becoming more and more |
| 1945s | unstable regarding gameplay |
| 1948s | system is a good example |
| 1950s | in solos the system is fairly lost but |
| 1954s | in teammates where teammates can be |
| 1955s | taken out first |
| 1957s | getting away from the island is |
| 1959s | sometimes needed |
| 1961s | so in the end we finally decided to |
| 1964s | treat the two modes differently |
| 1969s | but as discussed in the first Dev |
| 1971s | Journal our situation isn't the best at |
| 1974s | the moment |
| 1975s | around six months ago |
| 1976s | we sat at this exact same table to talk |
| 1979s | about the changes that may come |
| 1981s | and we were deadly scared at the season |
| 1983s | 9 may have a player drop to around a |
| 1987s | thousand to two thousand player base |
| 1989s | but |
| 1990s | you guys stuck with us and we're super |
| 1992s | thankful for that |
| 1994s | and this topic is a bit more Grim but |
| 1997s | we're sure a lot of our viewers here |
| 1998s | today have already heard multiple |
| 1999s | stories of struggling companies |
| 2001s | especially in the video game industry |
| 2004s | and real no exception similar to them |
| 2006s | we're struggling as a low profit video |
| 2008s | game at the moment |
| 2010s | even though we're lacking the reason our |
| 2013s | investors stuck with us is because they |
| 2015s | also wanted to create a fun game that |
| 2016s | can be loved by our players |
| 2019s | these players have done such an amazing |
| 2020s | thing with ER including the endless |
| 2023s | events and creating communities that we |
| 2025s | would have never thought possible before |
| 2030s | however as the environment gets rougher |
| 2032s | blind investment is just not feasible |
| 2034s | for investing companies |
| 2037s | we were even carefully recommended to |
| 2039s | consider shutting the servers down at |
| 2041s | one point |
| 2043s | after a long briefing this session and |
| 2045s | discussion we told them our plan of the |
| 2047s | future |
| 2048s | as well as how the game will advance |
| 2050s | going forwards |
| 2051s | while investors agreed to a lot of the |
| 2054s | points naturally they weren't sold on |
| 2056s | every point |
| 2061s | unfortunately the current iteration of |
| 2063s | the game cannot survive unless we take a |
| 2066s | bigger leap such as a new game a return |
| 2069s | return two the system we have right now |
| 2071s | is not sustainable |
| 2074s | the conclusion of the discussion was a |
| 2076s | limited time frame where we could prove |
| 2077s | ourselves with an upgraded eternal |
| 2079s | return focused on squads |
| 2082s | the investors would have to wait a much |
| 2084s | longer time if they were to give us time |
| 2085s | prepared for all four modes they wanted |
| 2088s | us to try again but with the two modes |
| 2090s | that generated the most player base |
| 2093s | Squad and Cobalt |
| 2095s | after proving that the game can be |
| 2096s | continued we are likely to get the green |
| 2098s | light to reopen deals and solos |
| 2101s | but at the moment the situation doesn't |
| 2104s | give us many options |
| 2109s | so players may be asking why Squad |
| 2113s | first reason is fairly simple at the |
| 2115s | moment squad has a large slice of the |
| 2117s | population |
| 2119s | also a well-developed squad game has |
| 2121s | more potential over Solas as well |
| 2123s | this idea isn't new and was an advice |
| 2126s | not only told by our investors but also |
| 2128s | by other large game companies that we |
| 2130s | talked to including Microsoft and |
| 2132s | tencent |
| 2134s | we get that many players are a fan of |
| 2136s | getting to be their own team and many |
| 2138s | players are attracted to the solar |
| 2140s | aspect I myself have been for the |
| 2142s | longest time as well |
| 2144s | a lot of veteran players that have fully |
| 2146s | developed their understanding of the |
| 2147s | game may feel the same we don't have to |
| 2150s | consider for a teammate who may know |
| 2151s | less about the game |
| 2153s | and it can be a freeing experience |
| 2155s | but on the other side there are new |
| 2158s | players who are really anxious trying to |
| 2160s | learn the game |
| 2161s | and a lot of them end up giving up |
| 2164s | as we focused on solos for the last |
| 2166s | three years we suffer from major cons |
| 2168s | such as matchups only having one life |
| 2171s | and low retention rate |
| 2173s | when asked about solutions for these |
| 2175s | problems |
| 2176s | replying with an answer was fairly close |
| 2178s | to Impossible |
| 2186s | as a result |
| 2187s | we will be temporarily locking solos and |
| 2190s | Deals an official launch |
| 2192s | and |
| 2193s | we're terribly sorry for the bad news |
| 2196s | no matter what we say we realize the |
| 2198s | news is heartbreaking for many |
| 2201s | so we wanted to make sure players could |
| 2203s | know what was happening and why it was |
| 2205s | happening |
| 2207s | in the end the biggest reason was our |
| 2209s | failure as a game company to bring |
| 2211s | results at envir once again |
| 2214s | very sorry |
| 2216s | our investors gave us time and without |
| 2218s | their patience the end of service would |
| 2220s | have already happened |
| 2221s | and all of this is our perspective as a |
| 2223s | business and Company the fact remains |
| 2225s | that players cannot play a mode that |
| 2227s | they enjoyed for some time after launch |
| 2230s | we wish we had ways to elevate the |
| 2233s | feeling that many players got when they |
| 2234s | first heard the news that solos and |
| 2236s | Deals won't be open on launch date |
| 2239s | we'll be trying our hardest so these |
| 2241s | modes can come back in even better shape |
| 2244s | and we'll we apologize again for the bad |
| 2248s | news |
| 2251s | please understand that we do love solos |
| 2254s | it's how many of us started the game let |
| 2256s | alone how Eternal returns started as a |
| 2259s | game |
| 2260s | there's something about solos being the |
| 2261s | last one standing against other players |
| 2263s | that feel really satisfying knowing that |
| 2266s | I put myself in the victory seat without |
| 2268s | the help of a teammate |
| 2271s | I especially enjoyed learning the |
| 2273s | different matchups and characters so |
| 2275s | much to the point where I would stay up |
| 2277s | endless nights to play the game and |
| 2279s | watch streams I will pull up old scars |
| 2282s | videos thumb sorcerer videos about |
| 2284s | characters that I had no interest in |
| 2285s | playing just to see how they worked and |
| 2288s | it got so bad that I got College |
| 2290s | advisors calling me and emailing me |
| 2292s | about my grade |
| 2294s | and it's not just me you guys may have |
| 2296s | rankbots created by amazing members of |
| 2298s | the community now |
| 2300s | but in the earlier days we didn't have |
| 2302s | that |
| 2304s | the director that's sitting right beside |
| 2305s | me wolf one would be in the Discord on |
| 2308s | an account named cubot and reply to |
| 2311s | players who asked how many players were |
| 2312s | in queue or in matches |
| 2315s | he was named cubot but it was actually |
| 2317s | just him replying himself |
| 2320s | so please do understand that we love |
| 2324s | solos it's where we come from |
| 2329s | however solos and Squad are just not the |
| 2332s | same game |
| 2333s | the difference is as big as Lumia Island |
| 2336s | and Cobalt even character skills |
| 2338s | required for each mode is different |
| 2340s | and it's very rare that a skill kit |
| 2342s | built for team modes or skill kits built |
| 2344s | around for solos are healthy in their |
| 2347s | non-specific areas |
| 2349s | that's why we want to reach fire with |
| 2350s | solos but with bigger efforts put into |
| 2352s | the fixing a lot of the plaguing issues |
| 2356s | while separate character kits may not be |
| 2358s | intuitive we won't be expecting newer |
| 2360s | players to focus on both modes at first |
| 2364s | we want to make sure solos is there for |
| 2367s | high rank competitive mode for |
| 2368s | experienced players |
| 2371s | and I know it may sound like a broken |
| 2373s | record but we apologize once again and |
| 2377s | we'll have to prove ourselves through |
| 2378s | our Squad first to gain another |
| 2380s | opportunity |
| 2387s | in this situation we're funneling our |
| 2388s | mode options ER 1.0 be about |
| 2393s | while the situation is challenging we |
| 2395s | still hold on to our beliefs that the |
| 2396s | potential of the game is there |
| 2401s | the image once again is the core idea of |
| 2403s | what we are preparing for launch so |
| 2405s | let's get into it now |
| 2411s | so let's talk about how new games are |
| 2413s | developed in the first place |
| 2415s | the first step is a core idea a fresh |
| 2418s | concept |
| 2419s | doesn't always have to be a full game |
| 2423s | a lot of the times it's a Mod Sandbox or |
| 2426s | in the community built game |
| 2429s | and you can see some examples here |
| 2430s | especially including Roblox some of the |
| 2433s | game that you guys really love |
| 2435s | but these games have one thing in common |
| 2438s | and it's they have really good |
| 2440s | groundwork and potential |
| 2445s | step two is stacking theft |
| 2447s | in step one these games gain traction |
| 2450s | and they get a player base and these |
| 2453s | fans pitch in ideas for these games to |
| 2455s | keep developing the game |
| 2458s | and at this point and at the step it's a |
| 2461s | bit confusing because there may be 10 |
| 2463s | player base or 10 fans |
| 2466s | and they may say 10 different ideas and |
| 2468s | 10 different direction they want the |
| 2470s | game to go in |
| 2472s | and for now in this Step 2 the best way |
| 2476s | to proceed |
| 2478s | is try everything just simply try |
| 2481s | everything get the feedbacks and start |
| 2483s | building depth |
| 2487s | the final step is organize |
| 2490s | now that we got the Lego blocks |
| 2494s | we actually have to put the Lego blocks |
| 2496s | in the right place to build a Lego house |
| 2499s | and it's arranging ideas used to stack |
| 2503s | theft and to make a developed game |
| 2508s | there are some of the examples that wolf |
| 2510s | one has prepared |
| 2511s | sadly my taste in game is very different |
| 2514s | from Wolf ones and uh the bottom games I |
| 2519s | am not fully familiar with but let me |
| 2521s | talk about the gifts that I am familiar |
| 2523s | with which is Arma |
| 2526s | there's a mod in Arma that has a battle |
| 2528s | royale |
| 2530s | and it wasn't even that popular but that |
| 2532s | spurned H1Z1 which I'm sure you guys |
| 2535s | have heard before |
| 2537s | an H1Z1 went through trials and trials |
| 2541s | and eventually pubg was able to organize |
| 2544s | the formula |
| 2546s | till more polish game |
| 2549s | another example is StarCraft XX random |
| 2552s | defense that became Auto chess in that |
| 2556s | game |
| 2558s | is now part of TFT team fight tactics |
| 2562s | another game that you guys love |
| 2567s | game development can't be generalized |
| 2570s | and many games end on the first and |
| 2572s | second step but |
| 2574s | we just wanted to show you guys that |
| 2576s | there are cases of games stacking death |
| 2578s | through player experiences to create |
| 2579s | solid Bass |
| 2582s | and once successful |
| 2584s | those games become one of these genres |
| 2593s | so what step is you're at right now well |
| 2597s | we're inspired by multiple games our |
| 2599s | core concept is raw and new |
| 2603s | our large player base at the start may |
| 2605s | have blurt the steps at the first |
| 2607s | but we know that no matter the players |
| 2610s | number of players at the start |
| 2613s | it was just a proof of potential of our |
| 2615s | core idea |
| 2616s | our games still needed more depth and |
| 2618s | way more trials |
| 2620s | for us to proceed to step three |
| 2625s | many games have spent around five years |
| 2627s | in step two and we've gone through a |
| 2630s | long time in step two as well we've had |
| 2632s | 80 major updates and we had days of |
| 2636s | Trials we've had days of failures and |
| 2639s | we've had some painful days |
| 2641s | as you guys may know as players |
| 2644s | but now we finally have stacked enough |
| 2647s | trials that we have the Lego steps to |
| 2650s | build a Lego house |
| 2654s | so you guys might be wondering why not |
| 2656s | just build a completely separate game |
| 2658s | well the biggest concern |
| 2661s | and the reason is the character-based |
| 2664s | focus aspect of it |
| 2666s | an example of a game that has used their |
| 2668s | previous IP and characters for their |
| 2670s | second game is OverWatch |
| 2674s | the first part is that development |
| 2676s | resource to create one character is |
| 2679s | intense and immense |
| 2682s | but |
| 2683s | Boba especially needs charming and |
| 2686s | attractive characters |
| 2688s | for the game to be entertaining |
| 2695s | originally we thought of naming the |
| 2697s | launch er2 but |
| 2700s | the name you know |
| 2702s | has some connotations |
| 2704s | so |
| 2705s | now that we finally have enough Lego |
| 2707s | blocks we're gonna pick them up from the |
| 2709s | floor before it's too late and we step |
| 2712s | on them |
| 2713s | and we're gonna build the Lego house |
| 2715s | that we've been working on so hard for |
| 2717s | before |
| 2721s | so let's dig in to ER 1.0 |
| 2728s | one of the biggest changes to ER 1.0 is |
| 2733s | that we're going to have 24 player |
| 2735s | lobbies instead of six |
| 2737s | there's multiple reasons for it one |
| 2740s | you can't be a battle royale and only |
| 2742s | have six teams |
| 2744s | and one of the most feedbacks that we |
| 2745s | got was that deal was the most |
| 2747s | well-balanced modes in that it had |
| 2749s | enough players while having teamwork |
| 2751s | aspects of it as well |
| 2753s | so |
| 2754s | we're gonna match that through squads |
| 2757s | and now that we have enough space on |
| 2759s | Lumia Island through Construction |
| 2761s | it's gonna be great |
| 2765s | another issue that we had with six teams |
| 2767s | was that if one team was strong enough |
| 2770s | the chance that you would have to fight |
| 2773s | the overfed teams was way too high |
| 2776s | and if two teams got eliminated you'll |
| 2779s | only have four or three teams playing |
| 2780s | for the rest of the game |
| 2786s | but |
| 2788s | there is one issue and one concern that |
| 2791s | I'm sure you guys have which is |
| 2792s | optimization |
| 2795s | but |
| 2796s | we'll talk about it a bit more in frame |
| 2798s | report |
| 2799s | but I can guarantee you |
| 2802s | that our frame report so far in the |
| 2805s | 24-man lobby has been better |
| 2808s | than the 18-man squats that we have |
| 2810s | right now |
| 2814s | so if you have a lot of Lego pieces and |
| 2817s | we're going to connect them to a flowing |
| 2819s | gameplay |
| 2820s | with the new systems we can finally have |
| 2823s | a fulfilling gameplay flow so we |
| 2825s | originally had Collectibles objectives |
| 2827s | in final zones that was the main center |
| 2829s | of the game |
| 2830s | and we stacked these Legos up |
| 2833s | without placing them well to see you |
| 2835s | where they place up |
| 2838s | and we had box opening gifts we had |
| 2841s | objective Center gameplay and we have |
| 2844s | the final zones and we've had credits |
| 2847s | but transitions are hard to learn let |
| 2850s | alone shredding items for credits not a |
| 2853s | lot of new players actually even know |
| 2854s | about the concept |
| 2855s | let alone food recipes |
| 2864s | so let's talk about how we're going to |
| 2866s | connect the gameplay to be a lot more |
| 2867s | intuitive |
| 2870s | the first one is we're going to be |
| 2871s | making campfires |
| 2873s | at the moment making food as seen in the |
| 2876s | garlic Ramen you have to memorize these |
| 2878s | recipes to actually make meaningful food |
| 2880s | but we're gonna get rid of that or not |
| 2883s | rid of it but we're gonna be |
| 2886s | revamping some of it to include |
| 2888s | campfires so if a player doesn't know a |
| 2890s | hard recipe they can go to a campfire |
| 2892s | and just cook |
| 2895s | we're gonna be working on objectives to |
| 2897s | be more simpler so you can get the |
| 2899s | previous objectives that we have at the |
| 2900s | moment but you can get it from Battle |
| 2902s | zones as well and you can also get |
| 2904s | purple boxes which have guaranteed |
| 2907s | origin materials now |
| 2911s | and now we have the v-pad so crafting is |
| 2914s | more intuitive and players can actually |
| 2916s | learn fast enough and simple enough and |
| 2919s | see all of it in one screen not only |
| 2921s | that they can also know which |
| 2923s | transitions to go to through the vpad |
| 2925s | wants to complete their purple items |
| 2927s | we also have the kiosk to have their |
| 2930s | everything that you need from Reviving |
| 2932s | their teammates to Gathering |
| 2935s | or calling for materials and we've also |
| 2938s | reworked some of the item issues that |
| 2939s | we've had previously to bounties |
| 2945s | another way we've been collecting |
| 2946s | gameplay is spatial design which we |
| 2949s | talked about in IOU where moving around |
| 2951s | the map is a lot harder and we moved it |
| 2954s | to become a tour a but there's more |
| 2956s | openings and in maps or zones that have |
| 2959s | been more difficult to reconstruct we've |
| 2961s | added jump pad |
| 2966s | and these are some of the good examples |
| 2967s | that we have of new spatial design |
| 2970s | so |
| 2971s | in Beach here we've only had really two |
| 2973s | chokes but if the fight broke out here |
| 2976s | you didn't really have any choice and |
| 2978s | farming here would be a pain sometimes |
| 2980s | you would even have to go inside the box |
| 2982s | here to fight or Farm or collect the |
| 2985s | flowers but now you have actual space to |
| 2987s | move around Lumia Island |
| 2995s | another way of reconnecting gameplay is |
| 2997s | not even in the game but it's between |
| 3000s | the caves so the first one is before |
| 3004s | loading into the game how the screen |
| 3006s | looks |
| 3009s | and now we'll have briefing room so |
| 3011s | players that have loaded in but are |
| 3014s | still waiting for the others |
| 3017s | have a place to uh practice and wait |
| 3020s | and we're also going to be having |
| 3022s | forging which we'll talk a bit more in |
| 3025s | the dev Journal so wait for that but |
| 3028s | you know how a lot of the season pass |
| 3029s | skins or skins that you have missed out |
| 3031s | previously and there's no real waste of |
| 3033s | getting them |
| 3036s | through loot crits you'll be able to get |
| 3038s | a chance to actually get these skins |
| 3041s | but you'll be able to get a lot of these |
| 3043s | boxes for free |
| 3047s | while there are paying options players |
| 3050s | can actually get the boxes and keys just |
| 3052s | from playing the game |
| 3054s | but Cadet will not be included |
| 3059s | and we also have the new rank system |
| 3060s | coming up |
| 3064s | and we also have operator nausea for |
| 3066s | better gameplay |
| 3068s | that shows you all the viable options or |
| 3070s | three viable options at the moment and |
| 3073s | if you follow them you're not going to |
| 3074s | be making any big mistakes and you can |
| 3076s | just pick the most fun sounding option |
| 3079s | and here's how another sounds at the |
| 3081s | moment we have the Korean voice that you |
| 3083s | guys can listen to for now |
| 3095s | so she'll pop up on the right top of |
| 3097s | your screen like this and she'll talk to |
| 3099s | you |
| 3107s | one thing that we found is really |
| 3109s | important in gameplay is emotion |
| 3112s | and I say emotion but I like to think of |
| 3115s | it more like a Vibe you know |
| 3120s | so the yellow Point here |
| 3123s | is when you start really enjoying the |
| 3124s | game |
| 3126s | so there's the entry floor |
| 3128s | for players |
| 3130s | and you have to learn the game |
| 3132s | and some players are better with it some |
| 3134s | players are you know they have friends |
| 3136s | that tell them oh once you win the game |
| 3138s | it'll be more fun and they can kind of |
| 3140s | you know growl through the process until |
| 3143s | they hit the point or players that are |
| 3145s | you know very talented they can actually |
| 3147s | learn the game faster than most people |
| 3150s | but |
| 3152s | one part |
| 3153s | that's really important about hitting |
| 3155s | the point isn't just the entry floor but |
| 3158s | it's actually the blue part the fun part |
| 3160s | of the game |
| 3162s | if the game is more fun people can hit |
| 3164s | this point a bit faster |
| 3170s | so what other motion |
| 3172s | is campfire |
| 3175s | we wanted to create some rest time |
| 3178s | and we wanted to create a scene where |
| 3179s | players can actually just kind of get |
| 3181s | there with their teammates you know cook |
| 3183s | some food |
| 3184s | and once they get up and dust their |
| 3186s | knees they say all right it's time to |
| 3189s | work |
| 3190s | and it's time to cook |
| 3192s | players can actually you know come and |
| 3195s | find out what kind of food they can cook |
| 3197s | we've had instances where players are |
| 3199s | during the play test wanted to see what |
| 3201s | kind of food they can cook so they |
| 3203s | brought Ramen |
| 3204s | with chocolate |
| 3207s | and not only that the night time |
| 3212s | is highlighted with the glowing bright |
| 3215s | fire |
| 3221s | briefing room is also similar in |
| 3223s | creating Vibes and emotions |
| 3226s | it's a place for players to load it |
| 3227s | early |
| 3229s | and usually loading time that it's |
| 3231s | really long at the moment especially in |
| 3234s | n a |
| 3235s | players are suffering from really long |
| 3237s | loading time |
| 3239s | but now you guys actually have a place |
| 3241s | to be if you loaded them before the |
| 3243s | other players |
| 3245s | and not only that |
| 3248s | players |
| 3250s | that I've loaded in |
| 3252s | can now be in the briefing room |
| 3255s | and it's a sign of a spectator |
| 3257s | and while we're not really you know very |
| 3261s | expensive on the lower yet |
| 3262s | it's like a sign it's kind of like a |
| 3265s | hint for all our players |
| 3269s | and once everyone loads in people will |
| 3272s | start leaving the briefing room and then |
| 3273s | you'll go right into Lumia Island |
| 3277s | another emotion is the rank system |
| 3279s | so let's be real |
| 3282s | who plays ranked to actually know where |
| 3284s | they place in the game |
| 3286s | we play to see the number go up |
| 3289s | and that's part of it |
| 3291s | now that you can see the number go up or |
| 3293s | down in game |
| 3294s | it actually activates this feeling |
| 3297s | inside you this emotion inside you where |
| 3299s | if you're minus one minus three you just |
| 3301s | keep thinking oh I only need one more I |
| 3304s | only need one more kill and I can go |
| 3306s | positive |
| 3310s | another emotion that we're playing on |
| 3313s | is Victory poses |
| 3315s | I'll let you guys sit on this for a bit |
| 3316s | while I get some water |
| 3324s | meet Divya Marlene |
| 3326s | this is one other example of the victory |
| 3329s | poses that we're gonna have in the game |
| 3331s | not only that we're gonna have different |
| 3332s | Victory poses depending on the skin as |
| 3335s | well |
| 3336s | now |
| 3337s | we realize not everyone is as talented |
| 3340s | as me and you guys won't be winning as |
| 3342s | many games so you guys won't be seeing |
| 3344s | this but we hope this drives you guys |
| 3347s | as another motive to win a game |
| 3353s | we'll talk about Victory poses more down |
| 3355s | the road but |
| 3356s | with more fun players can actually hit |
| 3359s | the point that we talked about |
| 3360s | previously a bit faster |
| 3363s | we want to hit approachability with |
| 3365s | emotion |
| 3366s | and that's how we're gonna finish |
| 3368s | organizing the game |
| 3372s | another part is character fantasy so |
| 3376s | when we release the dev notes uh sorry |
| 3379s | the dev Journal not bad a lot of people |
| 3382s | were focused on the fact that we're |
| 3384s | controlling the amount of utility in a |
| 3385s | character but that's one way to put it |
| 3388s | but the better way of putting it is that |
| 3390s | restraining character fantasy |
| 3392s | so let's be real a character must have |
| 3396s | weakness but in solos having one |
| 3399s | weakness can be really brutal |
| 3401s | so we were unable to have a lot of |
| 3404s | characters that would be really good in |
| 3406s | multiple aspects and we'll give you an |
| 3409s | example of it a bit later but |
| 3411s | we've had to control the character's |
| 3413s | power through unnatural percent changes |
| 3415s | for team modes especially for range |
| 3417s | characters |
| 3420s | now that we can focus more on team play |
| 3422s | players can also focus on enemy weakness |
| 3425s | or make a composition to elevate their |
| 3428s | own team's weakness |
| 3432s | and here we go Adriana |
| 3435s | now she was a hot topic for a while |
| 3438s | she's getting her ground removed her |
| 3442s | knockback removed |
| 3444s | but she's gonna be getting additional |
| 3446s | features such as damage over time and |
| 3449s | overall she will be getting more damage |
| 3453s | and she'll be having an easier time |
| 3454s | dealing damage |
| 3456s | and |
| 3457s | I know you guys are struggling but |
| 3460s | I've personally tried out Adriana quite |
| 3463s | a bit in the play test and she's |
| 3464s | actually become one of my favorite |
| 3465s | characters to play |
| 3468s | because let's admit it eighty percent |
| 3471s | Damage Done |
| 3472s | in a game mode |
| 3474s | is not healthy that's not how this |
| 3477s | character was meant to be played |
| 3480s | the character was meant to be a |
| 3481s | pyromaniac of you know a mage that sets |
| 3485s | the Battleground on fire |
| 3487s | not someone that just used for cc as a |
| 3489s | support |
| 3490s | so we really wanted to add on to the |
| 3493s | character fantasy of a battle mage |
| 3495s | that has a lot of aov and that's what we |
| 3498s | were able to do we were able to get rid |
| 3499s | of the percentage that was you know |
| 3502s | keeping |
| 3503s | Adriana and shackles |
| 3508s | another thing that we |
| 3510s | had a lot of feedback on was tactical |
| 3512s | skills and the thing is it wasn't made |
| 3516s | for Esports highlight we will never make |
| 3518s | core gameplay changes just for |
| 3521s | tournaments but |
| 3523s | it's for individual highlights |
| 3526s | it's for highlights where you you know |
| 3528s | right before you go to bed you think |
| 3529s | about it you think about the cool things |
| 3531s | that you did |
| 3533s | or you know it's so cool that you're at |
| 3536s | your funeral |
| 3537s | and you're watching yourself you know |
| 3540s | and everyone's just watching the replay |
| 3543s | of amazing gameplays that you've done |
| 3545s | because that's what they do at funerals |
| 3546s | right |
| 3549s | originally tactical skills must control |
| 3552s | credits |
| 3555s | but |
| 3556s | the more we played and play tested it's |
| 3558s | actually been quite fun |
| 3560s | and when I originally heard that blink |
| 3562s | was coming out |
| 3564s | I was I was fairly upset I was like |
| 3568s | flash and return |
| 3571s | no but the more I play tested it it's |
| 3574s | been really refreshing and it's been |
| 3577s | really exciting for the game |
| 3578s | so I hope you guys give it a try |
| 3583s | another issue with tactical skills that |
| 3585s | a lot of players found out with was in |
| 3588s | solos it's really problematic especially |
| 3591s | how flash would work |
| 3593s | excuse me |
| 3595s | how blank would work in solos |
| 3598s | but in Squad tactical skills make more |
| 3601s | sense for example what are the Tactical |
| 3602s | skills a stasis in solos faces is really |
| 3607s | great for waiting out your own cooldown |
| 3609s | and you almost have no DPS laws but in |
| 3612s | Squad if you use stasis then you're |
| 3615s | losing out DPS from your overall Squad |
| 3618s | and your squad can actually get hit by |
| 3621s | your opponents |
| 3626s | so |
| 3627s | let's also talk a bit more about |
| 3629s | characters three that we told you guys |
| 3631s | that we'll talk about |
| 3635s | let me get closer to the screen |
| 3637s | so |
| 3639s | a little discussion happened also about |
| 3641s | characters that have been overly simple |
| 3645s | so we'll be adding some aspects to |
| 3648s | simpler characters like Jackie |
| 3649s | especially characters that weren't so |
| 3652s | fitting for the team modes gameplay |
| 3656s | sadly Jackie's craziness is not settled |
| 3659s | by killing wild animals anymore |
| 3661s | but she will be getting her ultimate |
| 3664s | duration longer from slaying enemies |
| 3668s | and her Q will no longer stun herself |
| 3670s | for a bit or root herself for a bit |
| 3672s | she'll actually be able to use Q in a |
| 3675s | lot more smoother fashion |
| 3677s | and if she eliminates an enemy |
| 3680s | she can also have her e her Mobility |
| 3683s | cooldown reset |
| 3688s | another one is Kiara |
| 3691s | we'll be moving Kiara's Q to be more |
| 3693s | shotgun based instead of a fusion |
| 3695s | between ranged |
| 3697s | and a short shotgun and it'll be more |
| 3700s | rewarding to hit it up close because the |
| 3702s | more |
| 3703s | cues you hit the more damage it'll do |
| 3706s | not only that your W will actually scale |
| 3708s | on how much HP you lost we |
| 3711s | may have over committed to you know |
| 3713s | getting a good clip for you guys so you |
| 3715s | guys get the point uh we realize the |
| 3718s | shield is kind of immense but you guys |
| 3720s | got the idea |
| 3723s | and while Jackie can actually get her |
| 3725s | e-reset from assist Kiara will only work |
| 3728s | on actual eliminations on finishes for |
| 3731s | her from her ultimate |
| 3733s | but she'll also be getting her our reset |
| 3739s | another character that you guys love is |
| 3741s | shukai |
| 3747s | it's Q will now actually have a area |
| 3752s | effect after landing |
| 3755s | is e will now have his original e but |
| 3759s | also have his W as a second cast |
| 3763s | now you guys might be wondering |
| 3766s | then what skill does he get for his W |
| 3768s | well now he can actually give food for |
| 3770s | his teammates |
| 3772s | and this is one part where we don't have |
| 3774s | a clip for it but |
| 3777s | Yokai is kind of weird for new players |
| 3781s | because if you want to really use shukai |
| 3783s | efficiently you need to cook |
| 3785s | I needed to cook well so you can get |
| 3787s | extended range on Ultimate extended |
| 3789s | waves on the ultimate and all that kind |
| 3791s | of jazz but now shukai will simply get |
| 3794s | more HP so you can focus on being the |
| 3796s | tank that he really is |
| 3801s | more simpler changes are to Daniel and |
| 3804s | 11. these characters have been awkward |
| 3806s | especially with how they were made and |
| 3808s | how they had to interact with solos they |
| 3810s | know being a assassin it's kind of weird |
| 3814s | in a squads format so if you actually |
| 3816s | added on a utility Forum that isn't just |
| 3819s | CC but a cool way is uh when he could |
| 3823s | cast W on an enemy |
| 3826s | the enemy actually cannot see vision |
| 3828s | from his teammates |
| 3831s | now 11 |
| 3832s | no longer |
| 3834s | gets supercharged abilities from using |
| 3838s | our R so she can't simply use ultimate |
| 3840s | into an instant aov taunt or instant |
| 3843s | jump but she will heal over time during |
| 3846s | the duration and she'll start dropping |
| 3848s | Burgers all over the place |
| 3851s | and if she steps on the burgers or her |
| 3853s | teammates have no Burger they'll heal |
| 3855s | pretty significantly |
| 3859s | so once again |
| 3861s | we want to focus on character fantasy |
| 3864s | it's not about less gimmicks but it's |
| 3867s | also not about new tools it's about |
| 3868s | tools that are more fitting for the |
| 3870s | characters and sometimes damage is one |
| 3873s | of the strongest tools and that's |
| 3875s | something that we couldn't give to |
| 3876s | ranged characters or some characters in |
| 3878s | Squad because of uh how their kit |
| 3880s | interacted and |
| 3882s | solos and Squad |
| 3884s | now characters can have their more |
| 3886s | centered team play position which will |
| 3889s | strengthen their character fantasy |
| 3891s | and what we mean is |
| 3893s | in video games when you talk with your |
| 3895s | friends you can talk stuff about like |
| 3897s | oh yeah I'm gonna play 11 I'm gonna use |
| 3900s | my ultimate to go win I gotta heal |
| 3903s | everyone on my teammates and machuca is |
| 3905s | gonna heal my teammate as well well I'm |
| 3907s | Adriana and I'm gonna be you know |
| 3909s | damaging the opponents and that kind of |
| 3912s | discussion is what we really want but |
| 3914s | um |
| 3916s | this changes to 11 shukai and all these |
| 3919s | characters |
| 3923s | but yes we know in previous Dev streams |
| 3926s | we talked about you know not wanting to |
| 3928s | do reworks but we will do future reworks |
| 3931s | if we believe that it's fitting for the |
| 3933s | character fantasy in the future |
| 3938s | and we still have a lot of Dev journals |
| 3941s | left |
| 3942s | we have characters |
| 3944s | camera |
| 3946s | and we have characters where we |
| 3948s | discussed a bit earlier camera and |
| 3949s | troughs |
| 3951s | um which won't be as big of a change as |
| 3953s | food and campfires and we'll have |
| 3956s | briefing room which and forging wait we |
| 3959s | talked about earlier the ER past will |
| 3962s | talk about soon |
| 3964s | and victory poses we talked about a bit |
| 3967s | but we'll show you guys a bit more later |
| 3968s | we'll show you guys a bit more |
| 3970s | characters and we'll show you guys the |
| 3972s | frame report and we'll show you guys the |
| 3974s | special once it's finished as well |
| 3978s | now I'm sure you guys are really worried |
| 3981s | about all the big changes at once |
| 3983s | because it's basically almost a new |
| 3985s | release we are |
| 3987s | at step three |
| 3991s | we're gonna make sure that we get better |
| 3993s | play tests starting next week we're |
| 3996s | going to be having a play test with only |
| 3997s | mid-roll plus testers |
| 4000s | and |
| 4002s | even let's be real |
| 4004s | when there's a new game or there's a big |
| 4006s | update there's bound to be some problems |
| 4008s | and we apologize for that |
| 4010s | but now that we are focused on Squad |
| 4014s | the game itself is a smaller scale so we |
| 4016s | can actually address these issues a bit |
| 4018s | faster |
| 4022s | and I'm sure you guys are also wondering |
| 4025s | about marketing at launch so marketing |
| 4028s | for a PC game is kind of weird there's a |
| 4030s | lot of ways to approach it and for |
| 4032s | influencers we mean like celebrities and |
| 4034s | they're supposed to be an X here but it |
| 4036s | kind of got uh cut out in the design |
| 4038s | process apologize about that but |
| 4042s | for mobile game marketing is fairly |
| 4045s | simple |
| 4046s | players can see it or viewers can see it |
| 4049s | and they can check it out you know they |
| 4051s | can always have their phone and approach |
| 4053s | it but for its rare return once they see |
| 4056s | an ad |
| 4057s | they have to log on to their steam |
| 4059s | sometimes they have to go through Steam |
| 4061s | guard and they have to download the game |
| 4063s | and then they have to try out the game |
| 4064s | and they have to be at home or have |
| 4067s | access to a PC so that itself is very |
| 4071s | different from how mobile games are |
| 4073s | actually advertised and that's why for a |
| 4075s | lot of times |
| 4076s | mobile games or most of the |
| 4078s | advertisements you see |
| 4080s | but |
| 4082s | when we're approaching Marketing in |
| 4084s | multiple ways for streamers PC cafes in |
| 4086s | Korea Esports and offline events and |
| 4091s | we'll be doing this for all regions uh |
| 4094s | non-korean regions as well |
| 4097s | and another way we approach marketing |
| 4099s | and other games have approached |
| 4101s | marketing |
| 4103s | is |
| 4104s | trailers |
| 4105s | so |
| 4107s | let me show you guys |
| 4110s | an eternal return trailer |
| 4116s | this is |
| 4118s | not well |
| 4120s | we had in mind |
| 4122s | um |
| 4122s | sadly the first try we had |
| 4125s | with the Gameplay trailer was not the |
| 4128s | most successful |
| 4130s | it was actually quite expensive and it |
| 4132s | was a really famous Studio but |
| 4134s | it wasn't really able to grasp the theme |
| 4137s | and what kind of game we were |
| 4141s | and it was rough but we wanted to try |
| 4143s | again |
| 4145s | so we're gonna show you |
| 4147s | a really rough sketch of what's coming |
| 4150s | up soon |
| 4174s | I don't know if you guys saw at the |
| 4175s | bottom here I'll play one more time for |
| 4177s | you guys but this was in collaboration |
| 4180s | with Studio Brewery which is the |
| 4183s | animation team for epic seven |
| 4186s | and this is just a short clip of the |
| 4188s | trailer that we're gonna be preparing |
| 4189s | for you guys |
| 4190s | and we'll be showing it to you guys |
| 4192s | throughout |
| 4193s | the preparation phase oh no |
| 4214s | we are at Crossroads at the moment |
| 4217s | and trust us when I say we really love |
| 4219s | ER we really do |
| 4222s | I'll give you guys a a few stories |
| 4226s | our players |
| 4228s | and we've had multi-mortal players and |
| 4232s | we meet I mean that in they were |
| 4234s | Immortal in all three modes |
| 4236s | until like the last few weeks when they |
| 4238s | slipped up but |
| 4241s | they weren't even the one that got the |
| 4242s | most attention |
| 4243s | do you know why |
| 4245s | we had a player that hit rank 201 |
| 4250s | they missed |
| 4252s | Immortal by one spot |
| 4259s | so we always make fun of him |
| 4263s | another part or another person that |
| 4265s | really loves to turn a return that you |
| 4266s | guys know is me I've been playing this |
| 4269s | game for the longest time and you guys |
| 4272s | know |
| 4273s | how much I love the game |
| 4275s | and we really want to see the game |
| 4277s | succeed and muffin talked about how he |
| 4279s | would love for an ER like genre to be |
| 4282s | created |
| 4284s | and don't worry we won't forget the main |
| 4287s | base of solo and we'll come back to it |
| 4289s | eventually |
| 4292s | and for that |
| 4294s | thank you for always sticking with us |
| 4297s | and we really mean this message more |
| 4301s | than ever |
| 4303s | thank you so much for sticking with us |
| 4306s | and I know not all of you guys are Squad |
| 4308s | players but no matter what mode you play |
| 4310s | or prefer we hope you guys are able to |
| 4312s | give the game at least 10 games a try |
| 4317s | please take this code vacance720 |
| 4321s | and |
| 4323s | this |
| 4324s | we're so sorry about all the things that |
| 4326s | we have to share with you guys today |
| 4329s | um |
| 4330s | there really is no words but thank you |
| 4333s | guys always |
| 4336s | now you guys might be wondering what the |
| 4338s | code is named vacants |
| 4342s | and that's because we're gonna talk |
| 4344s | about the ER past baby we're gonna talk |
| 4347s | about the vacance pass Bacons meaning |
| 4349s | Holiday by the way |
| 4354s | okay |
| 4356s | the first skin pass is Emma |
| 4361s | I'm sure you guys have seen this |
| 4363s | or seen some some of you guys might have |
| 4365s | seen this on Twitter already but you can |
| 4367s | see the seal in the seagull here |
| 4370s | really cool |
| 4373s | Luke is also getting a skin from the |
| 4376s | past |
| 4381s | the next one is my |
| 4390s | and |
| 4391s | the thing is you can get this my skin |
| 4394s | even if you don't buy the butter pass |
| 4396s | and not only that |
| 4397s | there's gonna be a lot of other stuff |
| 4399s | included in the past as well such as |
| 4401s | icons and borders so I hope you guys |
| 4404s | check it out |
| 4406s | but yes |
| 4408s | we'll go back to what you guys saw |
| 4412s | Hayes is also getting a summer skin |
| 4421s | here's the season key art that we have |
| 4423s | prepared for you guys this will be |
| 4425s | available |
| 4426s | as the game background once you complete |
| 4429s | not complete but once you level up your |
| 4431s | battle pass |
| 4436s | |
| 4437s | let's be real we've had issues with |
| 4440s | player base |
| 4441s | but we've also had major problems with |
| 4444s | the business sides and how we don't have |
| 4447s | that many items in the market |
| 4451s | so |
| 4453s | we talked about how we can convince our |
| 4455s | players to buy our eternal return pass |
| 4458s | it has to be something irresistible |
| 4462s | so we said you know what |
| 4465s | we're going to add more skins outside of |
| 4469s | the past team |
| 4470s | so we're gonna show you guys some of the |
| 4472s | Skins right now |
| 4476s | here's the Adina skin that will be |
| 4478s | increa included in the past |
| 4485s | and for a change of colors |
| 4489s | we also have a Kiara skin coming soon |
| 4501s | you can get all of the stuff |
| 4504s | from the season pass |
| 4507s | are you still not gonna buy it |
| 4513s | all right |
| 4514s | now that we talked a bit about the Skins |
| 4516s | let's talk about some of the new |
| 4517s | characters coming out |
| 4520s | oh |
| 4521s | you guys have already seen Debian |
| 4523s | Marlene in fact she's already so popular |
| 4526s | that you guys have created Emos for her |
| 4528s | right here I included in the right |
| 4529s | bottom |
| 4534s | you guys have seen the victory Plus for |
| 4536s | her as well |
| 4541s | and you've already seen Aura as well |
| 4543s | where we talked about his |
| 4545s | horrendous fashion sense with socks and |
| 4548s | sandals |
| 4554s | but the next character that I'm going to |
| 4556s | show you is a character that you guys |
| 4558s | have not seen before and it's Abigail |
| 4562s | who uses a sight to rip apart her |
| 4565s | enemies |
| 4573s | the gameplay is really cool so I hope |
| 4575s | you guys are excited for her |
| 4580s | the next one is Alonso |
| 4582s | someone that looks really really |
| 4583s | different from a lot of the characters |
| 4584s | in our game but he uses magnetic powers |
| 4588s | in his hands |
| 4590s | so |
| 4592s | to fight his enemies |
| 4594s | you can see that the concept artist also |
| 4597s | Drew you know a little bit of |
| 4600s | cute additions to the sheet so you guys |
| 4603s | can check that out |
| 4610s | and now we also have Lenny it was nice |
| 4613s | to her teammates |
| 4614s | but loves teasing your opponents |
| 4618s | she actually has a lot more weapons |
| 4620s | in her concept sheet but we don't want |
| 4622s | you guys to predict what kind of skills |
| 4625s | she has so we kind of hit them that's |
| 4627s | why there's a empty space in the bottom |
| 4628s | right |
| 4637s | and we have two roommate |
| 4640s | we have our first ninja character coming |
| 4642s | into Terror return |
| 4645s | she was trained to be a killer from |
| 4647s | birth from when she was young but |
| 4651s | we hope you guys are excited for her as |
| 4653s | well |
| 4658s | now It's Not Over |
| 4661s | let's talk about skins but even better |
| 4664s | because our skin quality is just going |
| 4666s | up and up every single season |
| 4672s | here's pirate Lenox Ahoy |
| 4682s | and the next skin is something that I'm |
| 4685s | really excited for and I'm sure you guys |
| 4686s | are |
| 4688s | you guys can probably see it coming |
| 4692s | as the Leon's kid and he finally has a |
| 4695s | skin with tofu to represent his new |
| 4697s | weapon |
| 4700s | and the highlight |
| 4702s | is this hamster becoming a line right |
| 4704s | here |
| 4709s | we also have Felix skin coming out where |
| 4711s | he's a police and he has a long long |
| 4714s | spear |
| 4717s | right here and it lights up |
| 4724s | and we also have sua skin coming out or |
| 4727s | her weapon is bread |
| 4736s | not only that her book is also a menu |
| 4739s | now |
| 4742s | now we also have a Marcus skin coming |
| 4744s | out |
| 4745s | where he looks so strong that he |
| 4747s | probably doesn't even need a weapon to |
| 4748s | beat his enemies to be fair |
| 4753s | we also have Carla skin coming out very |
| 4756s | reminiscent of the Luke skin |
| 4762s | we also have an 11 skin coming out and |
| 4766s | it seems like |
| 4767s | the skin team really loves you know |
| 4769s | pastry we've had bretzen we've had sewer |
| 4773s | skin coming out and now we have Suite |
| 4775s | 11. |
| 4777s | you know I'm starting to get hungry I |
| 4779s | actually have not eaten in a while I did |
| 4781s | not have dinner nor breakfast so that's |
| 4783s | where I'm going after this |
| 4786s | we also have a w Merlin skin coming out |
| 4789s | to celebrate |
| 4794s | these two |
| 4797s | they don't get along personality wise |
| 4800s | but when they fight you know |
| 4802s | they're a terrific combo |
| 4806s | I hope you guys are looking forward to |
| 4807s | WM Marlene I've got to see some of her |
| 4810s | and she's very exciting |
| 4814s | we also have Bittersweet Laura but I'm |
| 4816s | not sure what's so bitter about the skin |
| 4818s | I only see sweet aspects of it |
| 4823s | we also have Matt teacher Kathy and you |
| 4826s | can see that her sword here |
| 4828s | it's actually uh it's it has like a |
| 4830s | ruler it actually has numbers to teach |
| 4832s | your students |
| 4837s | we also vampire shoichi |
| 4841s | looks like he should be taking the |
| 4842s | omnivamp |
| 4849s | we have a professor Arya |
| 4852s | Still rocking his sandals |
| 4855s | with socks |
| 4857s | and you can see some spoiler for how his |
| 4860s | effects are gonna be look like on the |
| 4862s | right so I hope you guys look forward to |
| 4864s | that as well especially if you are a fan |
| 4867s | of Arda from our previous IP |
| 4871s | and we also have an Abigail skin coming |
| 4874s | out to celebrate as well |
| 4883s | so we collected some of the Q and A's |
| 4885s | previously where I'm going to talk with |
| 4888s | uh |
| 4889s | wolf one to answer your questions that |
| 4891s | you guys had |
| 4895s | so |
| 4896s | let's get right into it |
| 4901s | um the first question was any updates on |
| 4903s | hacking |
| 4904s | foreign |
| 4909s | [Music] |
| 4921s | [Music] |
| 4935s | for now an official release or official |
| 4938s | launch our biggest priority will still |
| 4939s | be getting back solo and Deals into a |
| 4943s | place where we want him but once we get |
| 4946s | that done we'll find which mode is the |
| 4949s | most |
| 4950s | you know fitting for the hiking |
| 4952s | condition and then work from there |
| 4955s | so the next question is will there be a |
| 4958s | new map or mode outside Cobalt Cooper to |
| 4961s | where is |
| 4964s | foreign |
| 4973s | [Music] |
| 4978s | once again our priority of After |
| 4980s | official launch will be on getting solo |
| 4983s | and Dio which will act like a whole new |
| 4985s | mode once they're out |
| 4988s | so will there be a PVE related to the |
| 4991s | lore what's the next question is |
| 5020s | we want to start developing from the |
| 5022s | tutorials we have now and we want to |
| 5024s | keep adding on to them tutorials won't |
| 5026s | be mandatory for them to do but it'll be |
| 5028s | fun and it'll be you know entertaining |
| 5030s | for them to do and as we develop it may |
| 5033s | be a good chance |
| 5034s | or uh you know maybe a PVE in the future |
| 5038s | the next question was a new black |
| 5040s | survival IP game uh black survival Peter |
| 5043s | is having its own Gamers oh |
| 5058s | [Music] |
| 5059s | foreign |
| 5065s | [Music] |
| 5078s | but that's developed completely |
| 5081s | separately so we actually don't have |
| 5083s | much idea on it or any information on it |
| 5086s | that much but yeah |
| 5088s | um we'll have to see how the official |
| 5090s | launch goes first |
| 5093s | the next question is user customization |
| 5096s | please uh user customization foreign |
| 5118s | [Music] |
| 5129s | we really do believe that user |
| 5131s | customization is important and you can |
| 5133s | see games such as fortnite that have a |
| 5135s | lot of customizations work in the |
| 5137s | business model but it does take a lot of |
| 5141s | resources so we're going to be working |
| 5142s | on it and even if you do it's going to |
| 5144s | be |
| 5145s | quite a lot of work |
| 5148s | will the road map be shown again plus |
| 5150s | 1.0 |
| 5152s | . |
| 5159s | yes once we get the official launch |
| 5161s | going we'll start the roadmap back again |
| 5164s | we'll begin new big features after 1.0 |
| 5167s | in the same Pace as Early Access |
| 5170s | [Music] |
| 5173s | um |
| 5186s | [Music] |
| 5197s | once we officially launch we won't have |
| 5200s | new features added as fast as we did in |
| 5202s | Early Access but |
| 5204s | we will continue organizing what we have |
| 5207s | so far as our game isn't that easy |
| 5210s | already but once we do get ready for new |
| 5212s | features we'll make sure it's polished |
| 5214s | and better than ever |
| 5216s | also I see a lot of you guys have |
| 5219s | questions in the chat already but we'll |
| 5220s | do another chat q a afterwards so just |
| 5224s | wait a bit |
| 5225s | next question is simple characters are |
| 5228s | too rewarding |
| 5231s | um |
| 5277s | um |
| 5278s | so simple characters what the character |
| 5280s | reworks or the revamps that we have had |
| 5282s | we've added different aspects to them |
| 5285s | and they actually have to |
| 5287s | utilize them well to be as rewarding and |
| 5290s | we've seen simple characters sometimes |
| 5294s | not be rewarded as easily especially in |
| 5296s | tournament scenes so we'll have to see |
| 5298s | how it goes especially once we have a |
| 5301s | more solid player base and more similar |
| 5304s | ranked players can play against each |
| 5305s | other |
| 5308s | ttk is too short |
| 5312s | one told me to be out for you guys |
| 5320s | so the next question is uh ttk is too |
| 5324s | short |
| 5327s | [Music] |
| 5329s | [Laughter] |
| 5332s | [Music] |
| 5335s | okay |
| 5339s | um |
| 5342s | [Music] |
| 5369s | so in solos we've had a rough time |
| 5371s | controlling ttk especially because a lot |
| 5374s | of the times there will be builds that |
| 5376s | are overly tanky and they just kind of |
| 5377s | you know kind of ride around for |
| 5379s | placement sometimes but as we approach |
| 5382s | the squats |
| 5384s | um you know meta we'll have more verse |
| 5386s | ttk depending on if they're a DPS Focus |
| 5389s | character or if they are a tank so if a |
| 5392s | player actually builds Tanki or if they |
| 5394s | are choosing like a tankier character |
| 5396s | they will be able to experience longer |
| 5398s | ttk whereas in a fight with shorter ttk |
| 5401s | of DPS versus DPS well you know have |
| 5405s | shorter ttk I think I said that wrong |
| 5406s | but I hope you guys understand all right |
| 5409s | so next question was balanced patches |
| 5412s | are too often please slow down |
| 5415s | foreign |
| 5440s | foreign |
| 5447s | patches are too often at the moment and |
| 5450s | it changes the game a lot but it was |
| 5452s | part of something that we needed to |
| 5453s | address you know the Legos that I talked |
| 5456s | about previously we needed to build |
| 5458s | an add-on to the game to what we have |
| 5460s | right now to build depth but once the |
| 5463s | official launch is settled we'll be |
| 5465s | we'll make sure to control our piss |
| 5468s | next question was will battle zones be |
| 5471s | addressed soon |
| 5487s | [Music] |
| 5493s | um |
| 5505s | [Music] |
| 5511s | so battle zones will be changed in the |
| 5514s | upcoming season to only happen once a |
| 5517s | game and not only that |
| 5519s | um you don't get legendary or Mythic |
| 5521s | items from Battle zones anymore but you |
| 5523s | will actually get |
| 5524s | materials that you can get for special |
| 5527s | materials or even the |
| 5530s | tactical skill module we'll keep working |
| 5532s | on the battle zones as the seasons |
| 5534s | continue and |
| 5536s | there will know yeah |
| 5539s | I hope yeah I hope that answered the |
| 5541s | question it was a pretty uh open |
| 5543s | question but we hope it helped |
| 5547s | so the next question was Will balance |
| 5549s | patches still be based on statistics |
| 5586s | [Music] |
| 5600s | thank you |
| 5605s | we still believe that statistics is the |
| 5608s | best way to approach how to start |
| 5610s | balancing however it matters more on how |
| 5613s | we actually look at the statistics and |
| 5615s | how we you know control the characters |
| 5617s | based on the statistics but you know |
| 5620s | we've had Rumors in Korea of how the |
| 5623s | balance team looks at or when they look |
| 5624s | at the statistics so people try to |
| 5626s | control it but |
| 5629s | um |
| 5630s | the balance team does make exceptions or |
| 5633s | not deceptions but they do make changes |
| 5635s | that are very different and they are |
| 5638s | flexible on how they do the balancings |
| 5640s | as well |
| 5641s | all right hold up |
| 5647s | so we're gonna go on a break really |
| 5649s | quickly |
| 5650s | um we'll be back right away to answer |
| 5651s | the remaining questions and after we do |
| 5654s | so we'll do open questions as well all |
| 5657s | right we'll be back |
| 5676s | good |
| 5677s | I can't keep going on the pain inside my |
| 5682s | chest gets worse sometimes everything is |
| 5685s | wrong |
| 5686s | I'm reaching for something out of line I |
| 5690s | keep getting closer |
| 5692s | I'll need to have it all ripped away |
| 5695s | there is something in my body deep down |
| 5699s | and I'm hoping that it won't stay cause |
| 5703s | I'm a monster blood on my eyes sharp |
| 5706s | teeth and I Wanna Be Free tomorrow |
| 5710s | [Music] |
| 5733s | come with me |
| 5740s | [Music] |
| 5753s | three two one can't keep going on |
| 5760s | all day yeah |
| 5766s | [Music] |
| 5774s | and I'm letting it lead the way |
| 5778s | [Music] |
| 5780s | I |
| 5782s | [Music] |
| 5786s | think this is |
| 5789s | [Music] |
| 5808s | come come |
| 5809s | [Music] |
| 5840s | [Music] |
| 5843s | thank you |
| 5844s | come come with me I know this is my |
| 5849s | destiny |
| 5852s | I think this is a felony captivated |
| 5857s | [Music] |
| 5870s | I can't keep going on |
| 5873s | pain inside my chest gets worse |
| 5875s | sometimes everything is wrong |
| 5879s | everything is wrong |
| 5890s | we're back sorry about that guys a |
| 5892s | little bit of a hiccup in the middle |
| 5894s | but yeah let's continue with the Q a |
| 5895s | that you guys had for us |
| 5897s | uh one of the question was Will tactical |
| 5900s | skills be adjusted if needed please |
| 5914s | [Music] |
| 5917s | um |
| 5918s | so yes technical skills will be adjusted |
| 5920s | once official launch hits and you guys |
| 5922s | give us feedback and if the gameplay |
| 5924s | doesn't fit the game that we want then |
| 5927s | and you guys want there will be |
| 5929s | open to making adjustments to Tactical |
| 5931s | skills |
| 5933s | the next question was third parting and |
| 5936s | matchups are too tiring okay |
| 5944s | [Music] |
| 5956s | foreign |
| 5997s | so first of all we hope the match-up |
| 6000s | issue is a bit more elevated with the |
| 6003s | squad approach but regarding third |
| 6005s | parting it's something that's |
| 6008s | very common in the genre that of a |
| 6010s | battle royale and it's really hard to |
| 6012s | fully resolve but we're going to be |
| 6014s | making some adjustments too slowly but |
| 6017s | surely Elevate the issue such as not |
| 6020s | being able to hyperloop right after when |
| 6022s | the satellite radar comes out so you |
| 6025s | can't just see a team fighting and just |
| 6026s | teleport on top of them we're making |
| 6028s | more objectives so players won't be |
| 6030s | focused on one area for so much nor do |
| 6033s | they even have to go to the objectives |
| 6035s | and we're also making it so that the map |
| 6038s | is bigger and players have more space to |
| 6040s | run or get away if they need to from |
| 6043s | third party |
| 6047s | so the next question was can we see |
| 6049s | infusions and results screen in future |
| 6055s | um |
| 6071s | so uh this question was regarding seeing |
| 6074s | infusions at you know Cobalt but |
| 6078s | for now we're focusing on Lumia Island |
| 6080s | for official lunch so if you weren't |
| 6081s | able to make that many big changes to |
| 6083s | Coba but in the future we want to make |
| 6086s | sure that we can approach it |
| 6088s | so the next question is will there be |
| 6091s | erect Cobalt |
| 6093s | um |
| 6100s | foreign |
| 6107s | the answer is no we want to approach |
| 6110s | Cobalt in a lot more casual way than we |
| 6112s | do from the other game mode |
| 6115s | so the next question is will there be a |
| 6118s | Cobalt tutorial tutorial equipment two |
| 6121s | years old |
| 6130s | [Music] |
| 6142s | yes we do think there is a requirement |
| 6144s | or a need for a tutorial for Koba but it |
| 6147s | is a lot of resource almost to as much |
| 6150s | as creating a new game mode so it will |
| 6152s | take us a bit of a Time |
| 6155s | can the RNG aspect of cobalt be tuned |
| 6157s | down |
| 6158s | [Music] |
| 6159s | um |
| 6172s | a |
| 6176s | um |
| 6204s | we are going to be reducing some of the |
| 6207s | RNG aspects in Cobalt so the first |
| 6209s | approach that we're going to be doing is |
| 6211s | through the equipment Drafting and at |
| 6215s | the moment you can actually get three |
| 6217s | let's say Scale map items as a attack |
| 6219s | power character or a build but that |
| 6222s | won't happen anymore we'll make sure |
| 6224s | that you can actually have more |
| 6225s | selection or more diverse selection on |
| 6227s | your legendary draft and in the future |
| 6231s | we'll actually have it so perhaps that |
| 6233s | players can actually get any of their |
| 6236s | choice from the legendary equipment and |
| 6238s | if that's not enough in the future we'll |
| 6240s | also look at infusion but for now we're |
| 6243s | going to start with the equipment aspect |
| 6245s | uh please reduce the annual macro aspect |
| 6248s | of cobalt what's the next question uh |
| 6258s | [Music] |
| 6261s | foreign |
| 6291s | we also agree that the animal macro |
| 6293s | aspect of cobalt is not natural at the |
| 6296s | moment and we're hoping to work on it uh |
| 6299s | later on such as you know moving away |
| 6302s | some of the early contests for the Bears |
| 6304s | to more focus on the center fight and |
| 6308s | moving some of the corner wolves that |
| 6310s | are awkward uh to be you know more |
| 6313s | natural in pathing and more intuitive |
| 6315s | for players as well but as we said we |
| 6319s | mostly have to focus on the official |
| 6321s | launch and Lumia Island for now but we |
| 6324s | will look into it as time goes |
| 6327s | so the next question was Will characters |
| 6329s | get further reworks down the road uh |
| 6338s | is |
| 6348s | um |
| 6367s | well we won't be getting or we'll try |
| 6370s | not to have as big of a remake or rework |
| 6373s | as the Fiora rework that we originally |
| 6375s | had we will look into and we are open to |
| 6379s | you know changing a bit of a character |
| 6381s | to actually amplify the character |
| 6383s | fantasy if it helps |
| 6386s | so the next question was Will characters |
| 6388s | get new weapons after launch |
| 6390s | that oh |
| 6394s | okay |
| 6405s | um |
| 6406s | [Music] |
| 6412s | [Music] |
| 6417s | [Music] |
| 6427s | well first of all wolf wanted to say |
| 6429s | it's not pre-recorded and he can |
| 6431s | actually understand English to an extent |
| 6433s | so you know I don't always have to |
| 6435s | translate all the questions that's |
| 6437s | but uh answering the question he said |
| 6441s | upon launch a lot of the characters that |
| 6443s | have been using either attack and skill |
| 6447s | lamp and characters that have been able |
| 6449s | to use both it's going to be a lot |
| 6450s | harder once the game is officially |
| 6452s | launched and we rework some of the |
| 6454s | systems but for characters that are not |
| 6457s | able to do that due to lack of having |
| 6459s | multiple weapons we are open to making |
| 6461s | different weapons for them |
| 6464s | so will there be more skins based from |
| 6466s | black survival |
| 6468s | uh |
| 6473s | [Music] |
| 6490s | yes uh but it will all depend as well if |
| 6494s | the skin is actually really low fitting |
| 6495s | and we can aesthetically present it in a |
| 6498s | mobile format then we are you know very |
| 6500s | open to Bringing skins from black |
| 6502s | survival IP |
| 6504s | so the next question is Lauren er uh |
| 6513s | [Music] |
| 6518s | foreign |
| 6549s | well you guys saw like the animation |
| 6551s | beforehand and we have the tutorials in |
| 6553s | the game at the moment we're going to be |
| 6555s | slowly slowly releasing um interactions |
| 6558s | between characters and small details |
| 6560s | like that to kind of give you guys a |
| 6561s | hint and tell a little bit of the story |
| 6564s | that we have going on for our characters |
| 6565s | in The Terror return |
| 6567s | yeah yeah |
| 6569s | Thomas |
| 6571s | marketing Direction |
| 6575s | so for the marketing Direction |
| 6576s | especially for non-kr Regions we will be |
| 6580s | um we'll be doing our best with you know |
| 6583s | the funds we have and the direction that |
| 6586s | we have settled for now is we want to |
| 6588s | approach the Casual player base at the |
| 6589s | beginning especially with new player |
| 6592s | base that is hopefully going to come |
| 6593s | from official release but we are trying |
| 6595s | our best we really are trying |
| 6598s | um |
| 6599s | just give us a bit more time we're going |
| 6602s | to be slowly but gradually working on |
| 6604s | the marketing for non-kr regions |
| 6606s | and for the Esports aspects we're going |
| 6608s | to be continuing the Esports in uh the |
| 6611s | Western regions and the non-korean |
| 6614s | regions but we're going to be doing it |
| 6616s | in mainly a more casual way as well for |
| 6618s | now at least upon launch |
| 6622s | all right |
| 6626s | so the next question that you guys had |
| 6628s | and I bundled them into one because a |
| 6630s | lot of you guys had a lot of questions |
| 6631s | regarding optimization uh |
| 6638s | [Music] |
| 6641s | something like that uh |
| 6645s | that's right |
| 6647s | foreign |
| 6649s | [Music] |
| 6687s | [Music] |
| 6705s | okay |
| 6707s | I'll try my best to explain but for |
| 6709s | optimization especially regarding frames |
| 6711s | you can see the graph here |
| 6714s | the blue and yellow is the live client |
| 6717s | that we have for return and the average |
| 6720s | frames that you get during play time |
| 6722s | the red one |
| 6724s | is what we have so far on frame reports |
| 6727s | on our test build |
| 6730s | and this is with the 24 players |
| 6733s | so you can definitely see some increase |
| 6735s | in optimizations for official release |
| 6738s | and you guys can be excited about that |
| 6739s | there is a bit of a tricky balancing job |
| 6743s | as |
| 6745s | the more frames we can grant you guys |
| 6747s | the more |
| 6748s | stress it puts on the memory aspect so |
| 6751s | we're trying to fine-tune the balance |
| 6754s | between memory and frame at the moment |
| 6760s | so the next question was regarding the |
| 6763s | mouse cursor bug oh I see this is when |
| 6766s | sometimes you spawn in and you don't |
| 6767s | have the right mouse cursor |
| 6770s | is |
| 6775s | [Music] |
| 6797s | um |
| 6806s | foreign |
| 6819s | bugs we weren't able to address as many |
| 6822s | as we usually do this season due to |
| 6824s | preparation but professional launch |
| 6826s | we've been working on fixing a lot of |
| 6828s | the bugs that we've had previously |
| 6830s | the hardest bugs to fix in general are |
| 6832s | bugs that we can't replicate because we |
| 6834s | can't find the reason and the cause for |
| 6836s | these bugs and the mass cursor bug |
| 6839s | specifically we actually had solved it |
| 6841s | for a long time in our play test but it |
| 6843s | recently came back during the play test |
| 6845s | so we're looking back into it and we |
| 6847s | apologize for that |
| 6851s | uh the next question is game cues and |
| 6854s | getting left out especially after Dutch |
| 6856s | uh is |
| 6861s | [Music] |
| 6881s | [Music] |
| 6911s | foreign |
| 6924s | this instance |
| 6926s | um to explain it happens mostly and |
| 6928s | mainly to higher ranked players it does |
| 6931s | happen in the lower tiers but it's |
| 6933s | mainly when for say this is like the |
| 6935s | brackets of |
| 6937s | the players or the teams and originally |
| 6940s | this was supposed to you know start a |
| 6942s | game together but uh the Dodge happens |
| 6946s | and the Dodge happens to be another high |
| 6948s | ranked player and once a lower ranked |
| 6951s | player in the lower bracket joins into |
| 6954s | the queue this Lobby starts and now that |
| 6957s | there is no other high ranked player to |
| 6959s | start the queue or get the lobby going |
| 6961s | with the top ranked player they get left |
| 6963s | out and that's what's been happening and |
| 6966s | hopefully we can address this issue as |
| 6968s | we go on and have a more solid player |
| 6970s | base with the similar MMR |
| 6974s | uh all right so the next question is |
| 6976s | Battle Zone timer |
| 6991s | so this is regarding how sometimes you |
| 6993s | have the Battlezone timer above your |
| 6994s | head even though you're not in a battle |
| 6996s | Zone and this has actually been solved |
| 6999s | we just couldn't put it in yet because |
| 7001s | we were freezing the code for official |
| 7002s | launch but on official launch it won't |
| 7005s | happen |
| 7007s | uh the next question is random sounds |
| 7010s | effects |
| 7021s | [Music] |
| 7022s | um |
| 7033s | this is also another bug where if you |
| 7035s | can't really fully replicate it so we |
| 7037s | know that it's happening and we're |
| 7039s | looking into it as much as we can but at |
| 7041s | the moment we're having a hard time |
| 7043s | solving it so we apologize |
| 7047s | um |
| 7048s | pathfinding issues |
| 7056s | [Music] |
| 7064s | um |
| 7072s | [Music] |
| 7093s | [Music] |
| 7108s | foreign |
| 7123s | so the Pathfinder issues where you try |
| 7125s | to walk in a Direction but suddenly your |
| 7127s | character is headed a different way |
| 7129s | there's actually a pretty fairly common |
| 7131s | issue found in mobile games especially |
| 7133s | mobile games with thin walls as when the |
| 7137s | Collision happens it sometimes just |
| 7138s | directs you in a different way and there |
| 7141s | isn't really like a technical way that |
| 7144s | we can fix this |
| 7146s | um same as the other mobile games but |
| 7148s | there is a way that we can kind of |
| 7150s | address it which is |
| 7152s | one make the walls thicker |
| 7154s | or put some kind of objects behind the |
| 7158s | wall so when a player reports that |
| 7160s | there's been a lot of uh you know |
| 7162s | pathfinding issues specifically we've |
| 7164s | had cases where we actually put |
| 7166s | something behind that wall so the |
| 7168s | pathfinding is not as bad |
| 7171s | all right and this was all the collected |
| 7174s | q and A's we've had so far |
| 7176s | so we're gonna go into an open q a |
| 7180s | session |
| 7182s | if you guys have any questions for me or |
| 7185s | wolf one feel free to ask in chat and uh |
| 7188s | yeah we'll get right into it |
| 7192s | oh hello I'm back |
| 7195s | all right do you guys have any questions |
| 7199s | um |
| 7207s | [Music] |
| 7211s | sadly solo Customs will not be available |
| 7213s | on official Lots as well |
| 7232s | [Music] |
| 7236s | for now I think we think it's going to |
| 7239s | be a bit difficult but we're working on |
| 7241s | it |
| 7243s | [Music] |
| 7247s | uh do you keep solo rank borders |
| 7262s | [Music] |
| 7268s | [Music] |
| 7271s | we intend to have the borders and icons |
| 7275s | be usable in Squad even if you got it |
| 7277s | from different mode |
| 7280s | uh will there be percent in team mode |
| 7284s | [Music] |
| 7290s | foreign |
| 7296s | [Music] |
| 7304s | [Music] |
| 7315s | have a specific character percentages |
| 7318s | and we'll be able to have the |
| 7320s | all-natural actual just damage |
| 7324s | can make simple hero for new players uh |
| 7334s | um |
| 7337s | [Music] |
| 7348s | [Music] |
| 7354s | we do have plans for the future |
| 7356s | especially regarding uh the different |
| 7358s | archetypes of characters and we're gonna |
| 7361s | make sure that the simpler characters |
| 7362s | can actually also have a place to stand |
| 7364s | in the teamboat squad |
| 7368s | [Music] |
| 7371s | so people are asking about cadet's kids |
| 7379s | hello |
| 7384s | [Music] |
| 7390s | foreign |
| 7391s | [Music] |
| 7409s | [Music] |
| 7421s | thank you |
| 7425s | sorry guys |
| 7438s | so we'll be getting a lot of The Limited |
| 7441s | skins back |
| 7442s | um or skins that you can't get in store |
| 7444s | anymore and you can get them through the |
| 7445s | Ford system but unfortunately Cadets due |
| 7449s | to the promises we made before to uh our |
| 7451s | player base well or at the moment not |
| 7454s | gonna be having them accessible for |
| 7456s | other players |
| 7462s | um okay other questions also uh for |
| 7465s | questions regarding specific characters |
| 7467s | they're mostly got to be addressed in |
| 7469s | character Dev journals or it's a bit |
| 7473s | hard to answer for us right now so sorry |
| 7476s | about that |
| 7480s | um |
| 7482s | is mithril plus really going to be solos |
| 7484s | only for rig pluses |
| 7502s | [Music] |
| 7508s | [Music] |
| 7514s | [Music] |
| 7526s | [Music] |
| 7540s | [Music] |
| 7541s | so to repeat and remind the first the |
| 7544s | question was regarding uh matchmaking |
| 7547s | and queuing up for Squad especially once |
| 7549s | you're higher rank or mitral plus and in |
| 7553s | the future we want to have it uh we're |
| 7555s | still in discussion of it but in the |
| 7556s | future we would want it to be have |
| 7559s | enough player based to have either |
| 7560s | pre-made or solo queue Squad but at the |
| 7564s | moment on official launch uh our |
| 7566s | discussion so far this is subject to |
| 7568s | change is |
| 7570s | if you're Metro Plus you will have to |
| 7571s | solo |
| 7573s | queue into Squad and after we've looked |
| 7575s | at other games and so far it seems like |
| 7578s | a need to change so that's all we'll be |
| 7580s | doing for now |
| 7585s | [Music] |
| 7592s | uh will our region require 24 players to |
| 7594s | pop a cure will we be able to pop like |
| 7597s | an 18 player Lobby |
| 7612s | oh you don't know uh yes we won't be |
| 7615s | requiring 24 players uh we'll be there |
| 7619s | will be an option as we do now to pop |
| 7621s | without everyone involved |
| 7624s | [Music] |
| 7627s | will Seasons be continuing on to 10 or |
| 7629s | well let's start with this new season |
| 7631s | one or something entirely for those 1.0 |
| 7633s | launch this is |
| 7635s | we'll be starting with season one |
| 7640s | uh will there be Bots and lobbies |
| 7644s | uh okay |
| 7646s | uh |
| 7658s | [Music] |
| 7661s | regarding but there will be some buds |
| 7664s | and normals especially for the lower MMR |
| 7665s | and Norms but not in ranked |
| 7672s | asking from us will we have enough DX |
| 7675s | Squad server available always or is |
| 7677s | there not enough player base here uh |
| 7693s | um |
| 7703s | [Music] |
| 7707s | yes uh once the official launch hits |
| 7710s | we'll be able to actually open up ranked |
| 7712s | for 24 7. 24 hours seven days a week uh |
| 7717s | we're actually getting rid of more than |
| 7718s | 50 of our modes which is quite |
| 7721s | unfortunate but |
| 7724s | um because of that we'll be able to |
| 7725s | funnel our player base into one ranked |
| 7727s | mode so we'll be opening up Squad from |
| 7729s | 24 7. |
| 7743s | [Music] |
| 7751s | but we will keep a close observation so |
| 7754s | if a server is not able to successfully |
| 7756s | have a 24 7 ranked situation going on |
| 7760s | then we'll of course make uh adjustments |
| 7763s | that are needed especially uh for |
| 7765s | communities or servers that are not as |
| 7767s | populated |
| 7771s | [Music] |
| 7772s | um |
| 7782s | [Music] |
| 7793s | [Music] |
| 7804s | [Music] |
| 7811s | [Music] |
| 7815s | so this is regarding some of the |
| 7817s | translations issues |
| 7819s | um or translation questions that was in |
| 7820s | chat and at the moment we actually have |
| 7823s | a lot of languages that are available |
| 7826s | and a lot of translations that are |
| 7827s | available but the thing is that it's a |
| 7830s | lot of languages that we're covering so |
| 7832s | we won't be able to fully you know |
| 7833s | translate all of the languages that are |
| 7835s | available |
| 7837s | um but later on as we go we hope that |
| 7840s | you know we can build up more but more |
| 7841s | on more it's a lot of translation work |
| 7844s | it's a lot of uh things that needs to be |
| 7846s | addressed |
| 7851s | foreign |
| 7864s | [Music] |
| 7872s | [Music] |
| 7874s | yes we'll be adding into to the list |
| 7876s | because it seems like a lot of players |
| 7878s | actually want it |
| 7879s | uh are the testers KR only or other |
| 7882s | regions too much |
| 7895s | [Music] |
| 7905s | sadly we're currently doing it only in |
| 7907s | Korea as we're actually hosting the test |
| 7910s | uh at our company HQ so it has to be |
| 7913s | someone that can actually come to our |
| 7915s | office and that's very frustrating for |
| 7918s | foreign testers |
| 7924s | uh will there be season packs for the |
| 7926s | next seasons |
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| 7937s | yes there will be season pass moving |
| 7939s | forward and as you saw previously the |
| 7942s | Emma will be the additional season pack |
| 7944s | skin |
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| 7951s | will our stats get deleted ah |
| 7954s | um |
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| 7969s | so even though we're starting on season |
| 7971s | one uh players will still get to keep |
| 7972s | their records from previous Seasons also |
| 7975s | uh the MMR will only be soft reset |
| 7977s | instead of a reset all right |
| 7980s | um it's been a long day and a long time |
| 7983s | so we'll take one more question if |
| 7985s | that's okay with you guys |
| 7992s | hold up I think my internet has |
| 7995s | cut off |
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| 8009s | sorry about that guys my my laptop |
| 8012s | actually lost internet for some reason |
| 8014s | will there be more specific Graphics |
| 8016s | settings outside of low and medium high |
| 8017s | Ultra uh |
| 8029s | um |
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| 8056s | yes we will have those options but later |
| 8059s | down on the road for now our priority is |
| 8062s | making sure that each settings as as |
| 8065s | developed as possible and once we get |
| 8067s | that settled in we'll have additional |
| 8069s | aspects of control that you guys can |
| 8071s | have |
| 8073s | um yeah okay that was the last question |
| 8075s | sorry |
| 8078s | that um |
| 8080s | once again guys sorry for the bad news |
| 8084s | that we had for you guys |
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| 8087s | um |
| 8091s | well what fun do you have anything you |
| 8094s | want to say before we go okay uh |
| 8097s | I'm I'm really sorry to announce that |
| 8100s | this continuation of the solo and Geo |
| 8103s | modes uh the proportion of solo mode was |
| 8107s | much larger in N A EU and sa so |
| 8111s | it will feel like you've lost everything |
| 8114s | I'm also a player who loves solo mode |
| 8118s | and I would never accept the news that |
| 8121s | the mode I love is disappearing |
| 8123s | if we had made the game better |
| 8127s | it would have been different and this |
| 8131s | party smile responsibility as a director |
| 8134s | I'm sorry again |
| 8137s | but the only choice we can make right |
| 8139s | now are to step right now or to try |
| 8142s | again with God only |
| 8145s | as a developer who love eternal return |
| 8147s | and as a player we are working really |
| 8150s | hard to make it no return a better game |
| 8153s | and if the results of the official |
| 8156s | launching are good we can start solo and |
| 8159s | do again |
| 8161s | you might be very angry but I hope you |
| 8164s | will play the newly changing eternal |
| 8166s | return at least once |
| 8168s | I want to apologize once again for the |
| 8170s | changes |
| 8172s | and I want to say thank you for always |
| 8175s | being with us thank you |
| 8178s | thank you |
| 8179s | secure fund and thank you you guys once |
| 8182s | again for tuning in on your precious |
| 8184s | times I'm really honored that I got to |
| 8186s | be here today and talk to you guys |
| 8189s | um it's always nerve-wracking you know |
| 8191s | it's always a very little sleep but |
| 8196s | um yeah I'm once again really sorry I |
| 8202s | I it was heartbreaking when I heard the |
| 8204s | news as well so I'm very sad that I am |
| 8209s | the one that's bearing the bad news for |
| 8211s | you guys as well |
| 8212s | we'll be back and um thank you guys so |
| 8215s | much for watching |
| 8217s | I hope not by the next time we're back |
| 8219s | here we're all smiling and laughing and |
| 8221s | talking about no you know the good news |
| 8224s | and the updates that we have and we hope |
| 8226s | you guys enjoy the rest of the season |
| 8229s | um we'll see you guys again soon thank |
| 8231s | you so much again |
| 8233s | yeah thank you so much thank you so much |
| 8251s | good luck escaping my arrow |
| 8257s | I'll survive to draw my bow another day |
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| 8293s | my arrows will reveal the truth |
| 8297s | Bose what can you do with them |
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| 8342s | thank you |
| 8344s | thank you |
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| 8408s | thank you |
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