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| 1s | hello hello hello hello you beautiful |
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| 3s | people what's happening how are we |
| 7s | all doing good doing good I'm good I'm |
| 10s | good thank you good good good good and |
| 12s | uh how's chat today I mean everyone's |
| 14s | rolling in so yo zero um welcome guys to |
| 18s | the uh the solstice Dev stream um this |
| 22s | is a a very exciting stream um |
| 23s | especially for me because this is the |
| 25s | first time I've actually ever done a Dev |
| 26s | stream um so little nervous little shaky |
| 29s | but we're going to get through it and I |
| 31s | am joined by uh my fellow colleagues do |
| 35s | you want to introduce |
| 37s | yourselves hi yeah I'm CCP Collins I'm |
| 40s | the lead product manager on E |
| 43s | Vanguard and I'm uh |
| 46s | Lucas C be sneaky |
| 50s | snake and I'm senior technical artist |
| 54s | on amazing and I'm CCP peaceful I'm the |
| 58s | uh Community developer for you Vanguard |
| 61s | um it was really funny when you said |
| 63s | your name there I was like yeah that's |
| 64s | right but then I realized what you did |
| 66s | yeah um so yeah we've got a lot to uh |
| 70s | talk about today um there's a hell of a |
| 72s | lot uh I don't even know where we begin |
| 75s | um I guess uh one of the first things we |
| 77s | could probably do is uh check out the |
| 79s | the focus uh the in Focus that we |
| 81s | released um last night on YouTube um do |
| 84s | you guys want to roll with that |
| 86s | first yeah yeah show show these guys |
| 88s | yeah it's a really good video um so |
| 90s | we'll roll with this uh so you guys can |
| 92s | check |
| 93s | out what is going to be in |
| 98s | store the key vision statements for e on |
| 102s | line is that we want to create the |
| 103s | ultimate science fiction |
| 105s | experience the solce event will start on |
| 108s | June 20th and run for 11 days to July |
| 110s | 1st and players will be able to deploy |
| 113s | 24/7 we're actually building on a lot of |
| 116s | the great work that happened in play |
| 118s | tests from December and up to but |
| 120s | there's a lot that has |
| 128s | changed it's a brand new map it's a |
| 131s | completely new biome it's new wreckage |
| 133s | new hazards and looks like a beautiful |
| 135s | archipelago that's been completely |
| 137s | corrupted by wreckage that's crashed |
| 138s | into the nearby |
| 142s | ocean there's plenty of new content |
| 144s | being added to the experience we will be |
| 147s | expanding on the industry work that we |
| 149s | did in marks and you will also be adding |
| 152s | new objectives for you to do to add |
| 154s | suppression or corruption your activity |
| 157s | really matters in the grander scheme of |
| 162s | things when you first deploy your weapon |
| 165s | will be pretty thin and you'll need to |
| 167s | go and find chipsets in the environment |
| 169s | that you can either get through looting |
| 170s | or completing activities and |
| 172s | events it's got the fre activities which |
| 175s | are the secured s sites The Mining |
| 177s | rights and then these Escape pods which |
| 179s | are strewn all over over the landscape |
| 181s | that you can go and hack open with your |
| 182s | winding |
| 183s | laser the secured saage site is a lock |
| 186s | down secured Depo which the enemies |
| 188s | found some stuff and they put it under a |
| 189s | shield and it's up to you to sort of |
| 191s | break in and take the stuff for yourself |
| 193s | and you can use your mining laser to |
| 194s | hack these panels to then gain access to |
| 197s | the internals this is where you're |
| 198s | getting cool chipsets which goes to |
| 200s | support the Adaptive weaponry and make |
| 202s | your weapon unique to |
| 204s | you the more dangerous the activity is |
| 206s | the greater the chipset rewards will be |
| 208s | once you collect the chipsets you'll |
| 210s | either have to bank and extract to be |
| 212s | able to keep them or on certain events |
| 214s | they'll automatically be sent directly |
| 216s | to your hanger before you next deploy |
| 218s | you'll have the option to go and |
| 220s | customize your weapon with those |
| 221s | chipsets that you have we've got this |
| 223s | idea of the open contract which is the |
| 226s | Mining rights event this is an event |
| 228s | that gets called out to the entire |
| 229s | session so everyone gets told about this |
| 231s | event you go along you show up and you |
| 233s | contest that site this big drle comes in |
| 236s | from space people are coming in and |
| 237s | trying to take it from you and then |
| 238s | you're defending it we introduce these |
| 241s | new gadgets the motion scanner which |
| 243s | pings enemies around you you can see |
| 245s | what direction threats are coming from |
| 246s | and then you've got proximity mines |
| 248s | which you can place to defend those |
| 249s | areas in those directions and that came |
| 251s | from feedback from players saying that |
| 253s | they want more tools to help make their |
| 255s | sessions more interesting each of the |
| 257s | weapon modes have an array of slots so |
| 260s | you support one scope and then five |
| 262s | other generic chipset slots and you can |
| 264s | customize those however you like in |
| 266s | whatever combination you have two of |
| 268s | these different modes and those will |
| 269s | Define the two weapon types that you |
| 271s | have that you can switch between on the |
| 273s | Fly you're going to be feeling a lot of |
| 275s | weapon sway you're going to feel the |
| 276s | weapon kind of pushing against you a |
| 277s | little bit this makes the weapon feel |
| 279s | much more alive make it feel a lot more |
| 281s | visceral in your |
| 282s | hands so after the Solage event we're |
| 285s | actually going to lay low just gather |
| 286s | all this incredible feedback we've |
| 288s | gotten there is a reason why we are kind |
| 291s | of focusing on the Eve Community First |
| 294s | make sure that like things go in the |
| 295s | right places and we can really allow |
| 297s | ourselves some time to prioritize and |
| 299s | make sure that the next steps are even |
| 301s | stronger we have a free Omega in the |
| 303s | nest store right now and you can claim |
| 305s | it until midnight June 20th we're also |
| 308s | going to be creating a Founders program |
| 310s | where we'll allow a bit more access to |
| 313s | the developers opening up dedicated |
| 315s | discords and getting people into focused |
| 317s | play tests on topics that are maybe more |
| 321s | focused and more detailed than the ones |
| 323s | that we've been seeing till this point |
| 325s | so stay tuned and look forward to seeing |
| 327s | you in space |
| 333s | awesome stuff um so there was a a lot of |
| 338s | new things there um I think the |
| 342s | yeah I take the Le was it what was what |
| 345s | was your thoughts well I yeah I think |
| 347s | that's the thing this is |
| 349s | like um this is we've been talking about |
| 352s | this before like after first strike um |
| 355s | the first first |
| 356s | strike um happened in December mber um |
| 361s | this is the main chunk of the content |
| 363s | that we the most of the team have been |
| 365s | working on we've obviously had the first |
| 366s | strike play tests but those were kind of |
| 369s | just Little minor updates we added the |
| 370s | mining in March but the the vast |
| 373s | majority of the team have all been |
| 375s | working towards this release so yeah |
| 378s | there's a lot that's gone into it you |
| 380s | know planning all the way back before |
| 382s | even first strike the first first strike |
| 384s | in December we've been planning all of |
| 385s | this stuff so um yeah it's just good to |
| 387s | see out there I think the main goals |
| 390s | around this were just about wanting to |
| 393s | create more activity more things for |
| 395s | people to do more reasons to keep |
| 398s | deploying and have stuff that they can |
| 400s | also take out I think a lot of feedback |
| 403s | that we got rightly around first strike |
| 405s | is the sessions were very contained but |
| 407s | there was no there was no really there's |
| 409s | no thread between them there was no real |
| 411s | reason from one session to the next um |
| 414s | to to deploy down other than just maybe |
| 416s | completing a new contract or hoping you |
| 418s | come across something different so with |
| 420s | the chipsets there's a persistence now |
| 422s | between the sessions so there's this |
| 424s | sense of progression that you're |
| 425s | building your stash of chipsets You're |
| 427s | Building Your Perfect Weapon um you're |
| 429s | building your loadouts and then you're |
| 430s | deploying that way and then even on the |
| 432s | surface as well as a gorgeous new map to |
| 435s | explore there's lots of more activities |
| 437s | that can happen on the surface of that |
| 439s | planet now and I think it was all within |
| 440s | the goal of just creating more |
| 443s | activities for people to do more reasons |
| 445s | for people to play for longer and over |
| 447s | multiple sessions as well yeah and I |
| 449s | think I think uh one of the the key |
| 451s | points is uh been feedback right so |
| 453s | we've we've taken so much feedback from |
| 454s | all of these uh these play tests um |
| 457s | throughout the months is there um is |
| 459s | there one any in particular feedback you |
| 460s | can you can list that we've taken on |
| 462s | board I think there's a lot of things |
| 464s | it's quite interesting as well because I |
| 465s | think a lot of the things that a lot |
| 467s | people wanted like I want more things to |
| 468s | do I want ways to customize my weapon it |
| 471s | was it was hard for us to not just say |
| 473s | ah we're working on it already CU there |
| 474s | was kind of a lot of that stuff we we |
| 477s | knew was going to be the cruxs of the |
| 479s | feedback but lot of quality of life uh |
| 481s | feedback we went really heavy on on the |
| 484s | January and February first strike play |
| 486s | test we' made a lot of quality of life |
| 487s | changes based on the feedback that we |
| 489s | got from December um there's a whole |
| 492s | host of sorry keybind |
| 496s | keybind um and adding in suppression as |
| 498s | well um |
| 501s | we that wasn't originally a part of the |
| 504s | plan for us to add suppression contracts |
| 506s | in so soon but we got so much feedback |
| 508s | from the December and January play tests |
| 511s | um that we we immediately prioritized in |
| 513s | so we can get it in for March um but |
| 515s | yeah there's a lot of that that have all |
| 516s | filtered in through into some of the |
| 518s | stuff that we're doing and we're trying |
| 520s | some stuff differently as well here |
| 521s | there's some quality of life |
| 522s | improvements that we hope will work some |
| 524s | that may not land some that will land |
| 526s | right this is why we do this that we'll |
| 528s | get loads of feedback on for this test |
| 530s | that we'll immediately funnel back in um |
| 532s | for the next release yeah uh 100% yeah |
| 535s | that's very good answer and of course |
| 536s | the um the suppression and Corruption is |
| 538s | obviously you know sort of vital because |
| 540s | it does kind of it's sort of the way of |
| 542s | tying into the eve Universe right um |
| 544s | because you know even though it is |
| 545s | Vanguard it is still Eve Vanguard um so |
| 547s | it's all about keeping within that new |
| 548s | Eden um I think one of the uh one of the |
| 552s | the big things that's coming to this |
| 553s | update then is uh the map right I think |
| 555s | that's probably the biggest thing um and |
| 559s | it's it's called Solstice um so I know |
| 562s | uh Sneaky Snake may have um some |
| 564s | comments on the uh on the new map |
| 568s | but what was what was the where did the |
| 571s | ideas come from how did how did things |
| 574s | plan out this |
| 576s | way um yeah gosh long story I guess |
| 580s | there's there's a lot of things we |
| 582s | wanted to do with this map um a lot of |
| 585s | different things we wanted to |
| 586s | explore |
| 587s | [Music] |
| 590s | um I guess in general a lot of it was |
| 594s | about just doing something completely |
| 596s | different uh than caran and just really |
| 600s | in terms of atmosphere and mood just |
| 602s | sort of show a different angle um that's |
| 605s | mostly visually and artistically I think |
| 608s | that was a big challenge we wanted to |
| 610s | set for ourselves um and in gameplay |
| 612s | space we we wanted to experiment with |
| 615s | all sorts of different things as well |
| 616s | you'll probably notice if you play it |
| 617s | it's a lot more vertical and there's a |
| 619s | lot more I guess different ways of |
| 622s | traversing the the the map different uh |
| 626s | kind of areas that you can get into um |
| 631s | I think one of the first things I |
| 632s | noticed when actually jumping on the map |
| 634s | was how um how much fall damage is |
| 639s | considered uh compared to Kion because |
| 642s | it was like I think I took fall damage |
| 643s | once on Kion um just randomly I thought |
| 646s | oh there's fall damage in this game and |
| 648s | then I played this map and I think I |
| 649s | found out there was fall damage within |
| 651s | the first maybe 30 seconds um so you can |
| 653s | definitely tell that uh it's it's also |
| 657s | as well like a lot of um the community |
| 658s | mentioning though it's with carry on it |
| 660s | was very um I don't want to say dull but |
| 662s | it was very uh dark colors very gray |
| 665s | very um yeah it had its own kind of like |
| 669s | Rhythm I guess like theme throughout the |
| 671s | entire map whereas like with uh with |
| 673s | sorces now you have like the different |
| 675s | biomes right yeah you do and we wanted |
| 678s | to really contrast them because in Karen |
| 679s | we sort of had different biomes we had |
| 681s | sulfur swamps and we had um I guess the |
| 685s | the rest of the map we had the central |
| 687s | POI which felt a little bit different um |
| 689s | but here we really wanted to contrast |
| 690s | with different areas and make them feel |
| 692s | very different um and also play very |
| 696s | different if you're in the in the jungle |
| 700s | you will feel like the game is almost |
| 703s | completely different in terms of how you |
| 704s | approach navigating and looking around |
| 708s | um compared to some of the other areas |
| 710s | of the |
| 711s | map yeah and then indeed that that sort |
| 714s | of the the fear of fall damage that the |
| 716s | sort of feeling of I have to watch my |
| 718s | step and I have to watch |
| 720s | where I go is is a lot more important |
| 722s | here I think I think you both called out |
| 725s | something which is I'm glad you called |
| 726s | that out as well because I think it was |
| 727s | a large part of um uh Adam is blue our |
| 732s | um level designer the work that he |
| 733s | wanted to build in in adding more |
| 735s | verticality to the map is carrying kind |
| 738s | of is a bit of a bowl right it's all |
| 740s | generally on one big plane that kind of |
| 741s | funnels into the middle is uh having |
| 744s | soltice have a lot more |
| 746s | verticality um in terms of breaking up |
| 749s | combat lines as well but also how you |
| 752s | navigate the map and how you how those |
| 754s | sight lines are broken up it was a large |
| 757s | part of the um design direction of that |
| 759s | new map so glad that it's coming through |
| 761s | even if it is in the form of fall damage |
| 763s | yeah I think I think for me personally |
| 765s | um you know as like a a competitive |
| 767s | player for me it's all about map |
| 768s | knowledge um and I feel like map |
| 770s | knowledge is going to be a lot more |
| 772s | crucial on Solstice um as opposed to it |
| 774s | was on carryon and you can actually uh |
| 776s | increase that sort of skill skill Gap |
| 778s | now because the map knowledge is going |
| 780s | to be so important and it's going to be |
| 782s | important to the way that you make you |
| 783s | know your your your ideas the way you |
| 785s | take contracts the way you um initiating |
| 788s | activities the way that you uh position |
| 790s | your team as well you know when you're |
| 791s | you're countering or maybe um on the |
| 794s | offense uh so yeah it's it's definitely |
| 797s | very different I'm very excited to get |
| 799s | back on |
| 800s | it it's a much more complicated |
| 803s | map it will feel bigger I think I can't |
| 807s | confirm the actual sizing of it but I |
| 809s | think in in terms of square footage I |
| 811s | think it's actually smaller than |
| 812s | carrying um but it will feel like a much |
| 814s | larger map based on you've got a lot of |
| 817s | overlapping areas you can go underground |
| 819s | overground um so yeah I never and that's |
| 823s | good to be seeing some of the feedback |
| 825s | of people going oh my God this this is |
| 826s | much bigger than carry and and we're |
| 828s | like |
| 829s | H we you I thought I thought it was |
| 832s | bigger I'm not goingon to lie I I 100% |
| 834s | thought it was bigger if anything if you |
| 836s | told me it was four times bigger I would |
| 838s | have believed you and I think you're |
| 839s | right it's because of the the different |
| 841s | levels right I think that's the voodoo |
| 843s | of good level design right we definitely |
| 846s | set out to make something smaller than |
| 848s | Karen because like that was a lot of |
| 850s | work let's keep it |
| 853s | simple um quite bad out I still to this |
| 856s | day like after months of playing this |
| 858s | map uh I still bump into areas that I've |
| 861s | never |
| 862s | seen I found like a underground cave |
| 865s | Network that I hadn't found before I |
| 867s | fell in there was a a in some wreckage |
| 870s | and I fell in it and there was just it |
| 872s | was like a what it was a mine there was |
| 875s | mining Outlets everywhere around me and |
| 877s | I just in all my time hadn't stumbled |
| 879s | across that place before because I |
| 882s | hadn't found that one area that funnels |
| 883s | in through it and I hadn't found that |
| 885s | hole so yeah I think um we'll be people |
| 888s | will be constantly like we are coming up |
| 892s | against areas in the map that they just |
| 893s | didn't know we there it's yeah it's it's |
| 897s | a difficult thing though right cuz it's |
| 898s | like I think it was like three islands |
| 900s | and then it's connected via the wreckage |
| 902s | so I mean the the way that the map works |
| 904s | is is actually quite intelligent and the |
| 906s | way that um you know you've managed to |
| 908s | like Loop the islands together to create |
| 910s | one Island uh with the wreckage it's |
| 912s | really impressive um I know uh when we |
| 916s | started releasing um you know sort of uh |
| 919s | assets for the the new map one of the |
| 921s | assets we provided was the trees um and |
| 924s | people in the community went wild over |
| 926s | trees um and I think the the the sh as |
| 929s | well I think the water um I think |
| 931s | everyone was uh uh very excited to |
| 935s | see um that so if I just bring this on |
| 938s | screen now so I don't know um if you |
| 940s | want to go through the the the thought |
| 942s | process of this sneaky or where the idea |
| 945s | of this came from or um yeah I can I |
| 948s | mean the i i there's obviously a |
| 951s | concepting phase and I can only talk |
| 954s | about the concepting phase of the tree |
| 955s | so much sure um because I wasn't the one |
| 959s | to do it it um I think in general we |
| 961s | wanted to make a map that felt a lot |
| 962s | more alive and a lot |
| 965s | more um maybe I wouldn't say alien but I |
| 968s | guess alive is the good word uh things |
| 970s | that that move things that aren't just |
| 974s | on fire um and so these types of foliage |
| 979s | and trees that you've never really seen |
| 981s | before was definitely something we |
| 982s | wanted to play with |
| 985s | um and I guess we had our our concept |
| 989s | team |
| 990s | uh work with this and design these |
| 992s | different types of trees and shapes |
| 997s | um and at that point we just kind of got |
| 1001s | this and and tried to translate it into |
| 1003s | the into the 3D World um which is |
| 1006s | obviously an incredibly interesting |
| 1009s | challenge um these sort of natural |
| 1012s | shapes but not quite natural things like |
| 1016s | it's not an actual thing that is on |
| 1018s | Earth |
| 1020s | um so Translating that convincingly into |
| 1025s | a 3D environment is is very cool uh so |
| 1029s | we developed all sorts of tools to help |
| 1031s | the art team with that um and to sort |
| 1035s | of uh give people that feeling of these |
| 1038s | trees being um not quite what you expect |
| 1042s | they they react to the light slightly |
| 1044s | differently than you would expect any |
| 1046s | other tree to to do |
| 1050s | um it's it's interesting because um like |
| 1052s | obviously for me it's you know I I see a |
| 1054s | tree it's it's uh interesting and it |
| 1056s | looks really cool and you know maybe |
| 1058s | like but that as you just said the way |
| 1059s | it reacts with a light is just something |
| 1061s | that I would never have taken into |
| 1062s | consideration and I think that's what a |
| 1063s | lot of other people probably didn't |
| 1064s | either um and when you see like these |
| 1066s | kind of these diagrams and you see the |
| 1068s | kind of like information and narrative |
| 1070s | that goes into it is is uh quite |
| 1074s | interesting the way they sound as well |
| 1076s | like I they almost sound like I don't |
| 1079s | want to describe them as creatures but |
| 1082s | the there's the the creaking and the way |
| 1084s | they they move and sound they there |
| 1087s | almost something I think alive is the |
| 1089s | word that you know sneaky just used I |
| 1091s | think I would describe it as well but I |
| 1093s | just it's my favorite part of the map |
| 1095s | just to stand and take it all in I'm |
| 1097s | obviously quite um privileged as a Dev |
| 1100s | to be able to jump into a map with |
| 1101s | nobody else in it so I can just wander |
| 1103s | around without being shot at um but yeah |
| 1106s | just with the dust particles and the god |
| 1108s | r and just seeing the the trees move and |
| 1111s | the SS they make it's just it's amazing |
| 1114s | what the team had done just to make what |
| 1116s | is generally just a just a section of a |
| 1118s | map just feel so alive and |
| 1122s | Rich yeah um and it's it's impressive to |
| 1125s | see the different contrast in biomes |
| 1127s | when you're when you're traveling like I |
| 1129s | I spawn for the first time in the in the |
| 1130s | trees area and then next thing I know |
| 1132s | I'm straight in a wreckage or I'm |
| 1134s | straight in like you know this this icy |
| 1136s | Zone um it's it's impressive to see the |
| 1139s | the different biomes and how they um how |
| 1141s | they connect so so well um cool so um I |
| 1146s | guess uh yeah the map uh obviously |
| 1149s | incredible we do have though uh a bunch |
| 1152s | of new features um so I guess we do have |
| 1154s | like uh the I guess we could start with |
| 1157s | the mining tether uh cuz that's a pretty |
| 1159s | cool that's a pretty cool uh interesting |
| 1161s | one um the mining tether so it's uh it's |
| 1165s | an activity right it's a contract that |
| 1167s | appears on the map |
| 1169s | yeah I think it's it's something like |
| 1171s | the the way that we've been like the |
| 1173s | terminology we're using around our |
| 1174s | activities is like we've been calling |
| 1176s | structured activities is like our |
| 1178s | contracts but we wanted more emergent |
| 1180s | activities things that just kind of |
| 1181s | happen in the section that you have to |
| 1182s | make an on the-fly decision of do I get |
| 1184s | involved in this do I not so the mining |
| 1187s | Tor is our first one of our first |
| 1189s | alongside um Salvage rights as well um |
| 1193s | is |
| 1195s | the first kind of Fay into US creating |
| 1197s | these emerging experiences so in the map |
| 1200s | uh everyone will be warned that there is |
| 1202s | a zone that is now active where players |
| 1204s | can now call down the mining tether |
| 1206s | they'll then have to keep the tethers uh |
| 1209s | aligned there's like a little maybe |
| 1211s | miname is the wrong word but the T |
| 1214s | you'll have to either work solo it's |
| 1215s | harder solo but I as a team work |
| 1217s | together to keep the tethers aligned um |
| 1220s | as the mining tether does its job and |
| 1222s | then once it's done that it will then go |
| 1224s | back away uh and the team that had |
| 1226s | control of that area when the mining |
| 1228s | teor is done will get the rewards for |
| 1230s | that so everyone knows the position of |
| 1233s | that though so you can ex expect some |
| 1235s | skirmishes to happen um as teams fight |
| 1238s | for control of the mining T to get the |
| 1240s | rewards um from it but yeah as you can |
| 1242s | see here as well it's a first instance |
| 1244s | of something dropping in from the sky as |
| 1246s | well which is really exciting for |
| 1250s | us but yeah there it is in it's glory |
| 1253s | and they they're the the very wild |
| 1254s | tethers but yeah the teams will have to |
| 1256s | work at each of those tethers to keep |
| 1257s | that aligned to keep the progress |
| 1259s | ticking on you can see it uh in the |
| 1261s | central column there on the mining T |
| 1263s | I'll tell you how far it's gone along |
| 1265s | but what we're doing is we're hoping you |
| 1267s | can create a bit of a flash point is it |
| 1269s | something that other players will want |
| 1270s | to stay away from but if they want to |
| 1271s | get involved as some PVP um you can very |
| 1274s | much guarantee that you're going to come |
| 1275s | across other players um as people are |
| 1277s | fighting for these mining tethers um and |
| 1280s | this this hopefully is just the start of |
| 1283s | these kind of activities that we want to |
| 1284s | create cuz we also have uh the other |
| 1287s | activity as well which I'm sure we can |
| 1288s | talk about |
| 1290s | yeah um it's it's kind of like a like a |
| 1292s | capture the flag or like King of the |
| 1293s | Hill kind of aspect to it really um yeah |
| 1296s | and it is really cool because uh and |
| 1297s | obviously as as a squad it's so much |
| 1299s | easier because you can have one on each |
| 1300s | tether um but then you can't all be on |
| 1303s | the tethers because as you said it's |
| 1304s | going to be alerted on the map and |
| 1306s | people are going to be coming for it um |
| 1308s | yeah so it's a really cool uh aspect um |
| 1311s | of the game um which what did you say at |
| 1314s | the last bit then did you say something |
| 1316s | we have uh the the ever activity um |
| 1318s | right the um I can't remember the full |
| 1321s | name of it I want to call it by its Dev |
| 1323s | name because it's been referred to so |
| 1325s | long the the the Salvage um secure |
| 1329s | Salvage secure Salvage that is that is |
| 1331s | the name yep yep the these are a lot of |
| 1336s | fun um we do have some gameplay for this |
| 1339s | one as well awesome yeah this this one's |
| 1341s | really cool as well so this one this |
| 1343s | one's a bit more local than the other |
| 1344s | one so these are already present on the |
| 1346s | map um different instances of maps will |
| 1349s | have different ones activated so they |
| 1352s | you won't always find them in the same |
| 1353s | place um but here this isn't just |
| 1355s | something that's called out on the map |
| 1356s | that happens at a specific time you will |
| 1358s | have to go and activate these so what |
| 1361s | this is is there's basically some |
| 1362s | secured Salvage um and you need to hack |
| 1364s | into a terminal to be able to gain |
| 1367s | access to that but the hacking process |
| 1369s | takes time whilst you're hacking hordes |
| 1372s | of NPCs will start spawning in around |
| 1374s | you and you kind of have to defend the |
| 1376s | point from those um if you're in |
| 1378s | exterior um points as well you'll |
| 1380s | actually see them drop down um which is |
| 1382s | really cool uh and you need to defend to |
| 1385s | the point whilst the hacking is going on |
| 1386s | but there are terminals around you that |
| 1388s | you can use to speed up the process but |
| 1390s | the NPCs are going to be wanting to |
| 1392s | dismantle those as well so there's a bit |
| 1393s | of micromanagement that's needed to |
| 1396s | ensure that the hacking process is |
| 1397s | continuing but um I really love this I |
| 1400s | love third partying this as well so I'm |
| 1402s | the type of person that I won't initiate |
| 1404s | one of these I'll wait for somebody else |
| 1406s | to do it and I'll wait for them to do |
| 1407s | all the hard work for me and then when |
| 1409s | they get slightly overrun by NPCs I then |
| 1411s | come in take advantage of it and then |
| 1413s | once the hacking's finished I'll steal |
| 1415s | the loot and I'll go um but there's also |
| 1418s | is one of those things that we want to |
| 1421s | just create these kind of experiences in |
| 1424s | the game where you're worried about NPCs |
| 1427s | other players recloning in that you've |
| 1428s | just killed wanting Revenge as well as |
| 1430s | being third partied all of these things |
| 1432s | should be swirling in your mind when |
| 1433s | you're making decisions about should I |
| 1435s | engage with this shouldn't I engage with |
| 1436s | this or you might just stumble across a |
| 1438s | team team taking on one of these and |
| 1440s | thinking oh is this the right time to |
| 1442s | take advantage of that and that that was |
| 1444s | something we didn't have in First Strike |
| 1445s | right it was just running around finding |
| 1447s | people and just bumping into them and |
| 1449s | killing them now people are starting to |
| 1451s | be congregated around certain areas of |
| 1453s | the map that you can now start to play |
| 1454s | around or avoid depending on your play |
| 1456s | style yeah yeah it's it's so good to see |
| 1460s | a drop come in and a bunch of AI come |
| 1462s | out of it and run into a cave and you're |
| 1465s | know like oh there's some people doing |
| 1467s | some some business in there |
| 1469s | yeah and that alert is terrifying um I |
| 1471s | don't know if you can hear it on the |
| 1472s | stream but the alert is like a siren |
| 1474s | that goes off um but the one thing uh |
| 1478s | that I like is so obviously the the |
| 1479s | mining tool that was introduced |
| 1481s | previously um it's not just used for you |
| 1484s | know Gathering resources anymore it's |
| 1485s | also used for completing objectives um |
| 1489s | like these s sites |
| 1491s | so it's just nice to always we we always |
| 1494s | kind of wanted to to do that and it even |
| 1496s | surprised us I remember when we put the |
| 1498s | m in laser and not even we we hadn't |
| 1501s | even put it out yet we put a video of |
| 1503s | the mining laser on Discord and people |
| 1505s | were already going I can use this for |
| 1506s | Target painting and straight away we're |
| 1509s | like people are already thinking about |
| 1510s | ways that they can use this so the |
| 1512s | luckily our designers were also thinking |
| 1514s | about the same thing so these panels |
| 1516s | need the mining laser here there are |
| 1517s | also some internal prototypes that we're |
| 1519s | just playing around with and exploring |
| 1520s | about how other ways can we use this |
| 1522s | mining laser um which is really cool we |
| 1525s | don't want it to just be for mining this |
| 1527s | is a tool and why shouldn't we be using |
| 1529s | it for for other |
| 1531s | things yeah definitely um it's it's |
| 1533s | funny because when when I first went |
| 1535s | into this with the uh with the squad |
| 1536s | what we what we originally planned was |
| 1538s | we would have someone watching the front |
| 1539s | someone watching the back and then one |
| 1540s | person doing the the mining uh doing the |
| 1543s | the patterns and uh we quickly found out |
| 1546s | that it was actually better to do it |
| 1548s | separately so all three of us took one |
| 1550s | section each and then um we would |
| 1553s | whoever the last uh whoever done this |
| 1555s | quickest would just go to the last one |
| 1557s | and then the other two can hold off the |
| 1558s | enemies so there's a lot of different um |
| 1560s | tactics that you can do with it um and |
| 1562s | obviously as well you still got to |
| 1563s | remember that there is going to be other |
| 1564s | players around that could potentially |
| 1565s | just come in and sweep it sweep from mum |
| 1567s | after you've done work I imagine a |
| 1570s | meta's going to form all of these things |
| 1572s | happen and players will figure out a way |
| 1573s | of Min maxing this like we saw this with |
| 1576s | contracts that we added in with First |
| 1577s | Strike we never imagined that people |
| 1579s | would be able to complete you know |
| 1581s | almost 1500 of them over a weekend um |
| 1584s | but that they surprised us with that |
| 1587s | this is why we do this and this is why |
| 1588s | we get excited by this is um be really |
| 1590s | interesting to see how people kind of |
| 1592s | Break um and form a meta and strategy |
| 1595s | around these kind of things that we put |
| 1596s | out we we we kind of plop them in to |
| 1598s | just create some emergence in the |
| 1600s | gameplay and how people interact with |
| 1602s | them how they interact with others |
| 1603s | around it um is super interesting right |
| 1606s | we might even find two squads or three |
| 1608s | decide that it's more effective to to |
| 1610s | help each other and take this on |
| 1612s | together and share the rewards he knows |
| 1613s | right |
| 1614s | mhm yeah um and I believe I think when |
| 1618s | you loot them um I think they have uh |
| 1621s | chipsets in them as well I believe um |
| 1624s | which is really really cool we will go |
| 1625s | onto the chipsets in the Adaptive |
| 1626s | Weaponry uh in a moment but since we're |
| 1628s | on the topic of uh the mining um I think |
| 1630s | it'd be really cool to just talk about |
| 1632s | the Escape pod cracking uh this is |
| 1635s | another cool element of the game where |
| 1637s | you you find um pods around the map and |
| 1640s | you can just hack them enter the code |
| 1642s | and then |
| 1643s | redeem some some credits yeah like the |
| 1648s | this is one of the things that um when |
| 1650s | we're kind of doing a lot of open |
| 1651s | prototyping um I think this was the the |
| 1654s | brainchild of um CCP principal our lead |
| 1656s | game designer who was looking at ways to |
| 1658s | better utilize the laser and come up |
| 1661s | with things that players can just |
| 1662s | stumble upon and have to interact with |
| 1664s | in the world um and it it is really cool |
| 1668s | already to see these Jets and pods that |
| 1670s | players have to hack into adding a new |
| 1672s | mechanic in here obviously with the |
| 1673s | hacking um having to wait for the uh the |
| 1676s | numbers to appear which exposes you as |
| 1678s | well so risk reward in the gameplay as |
| 1680s | well um all of these things are just |
| 1682s | really cool and I think um it's very |
| 1686s | worth spending your time if you stumble |
| 1688s | across one of these the credits you can |
| 1690s | earn from these is generally quite a lot |
| 1691s | so uh it's worth if you spot a few uh |
| 1695s | taking your time unless you feel um they |
| 1698s | expose you too much but you'll find them |
| 1699s | all littered around the map um again one |
| 1702s | of the many things we want to add to |
| 1703s | kind of just keep you entertained and |
| 1705s | you have is we' always talked about this |
| 1708s | from like a perspective is the player |
| 1709s | has their goals there's something that |
| 1711s | they want to achieve in the session it's |
| 1712s | our job to just put loads of stuff in |
| 1713s | their way that may just draw their |
| 1715s | attention um uh and that that's the kind |
| 1718s | of this is a prime example of um that |
| 1722s | kind of |
| 1726s | gameplay yeah I think uh the the tactic |
| 1729s | that I found is if you get to a loot |
| 1730s | site you do the the pods first the |
| 1734s | Escape pods first activate it Go loot |
| 1736s | everything and then come back to it |
| 1737s | right um I shouldn't be sharing this |
| 1739s | information but uh I I know I my my |
| 1742s | secret strats but uh I I feel bad for |
| 1745s | getting to uh getting to play it early |
| 1747s | but yeah I think uh I think it's a |
| 1749s | really cool element uh introduced to the |
| 1751s | game um so I know we we talked about um |
| 1755s | the chip sets that you can receive now |
| 1756s | so this is uh very interesting because I |
| 1760s | feel like this is such a |
| 1761s | customizable it's such a like a way for |
| 1764s | players to be able to customize the way |
| 1766s | that they play the game um in the in the |
| 1768s | term of these chips as where they can |
| 1769s | actually design their gun to work the |
| 1772s | way that they want it to um so if I |
| 1775s | bring up the Adaptive Weaponry like for |
| 1779s | example in this clip here you'll see |
| 1781s | that there's there's two separate modes |
| 1782s | now per gun correct like it has like two |
| 1785s | different personalities yeah there's |
| 1786s | there's like an alpha and beta load out |
| 1788s | so players will create their own |
| 1789s | loadouts in the front end and they can |
| 1791s | switch between them using Q if you press |
| 1793s | Q you'll switch between the the two load |
| 1795s | outs on the fly so like a strat I like |
| 1798s | to use is I create a short short range |
| 1800s | Loadout it's very bursty um very kind of |
| 1802s | from the hip um and then I create a |
| 1805s | another Loadout which is a bit more long |
| 1807s | range um and then I just switch between |
| 1809s | the two when I've got different |
| 1810s | engagement ranges but the there's also |
| 1813s | like Scopes is a part of this as well |
| 1815s | like I think if I go back to like the |
| 1816s | original goals like CU you're you're |
| 1819s | right this is we wanted to go very wide |
| 1821s | with this when we talked about how we |
| 1823s | wanted to take weapons forwards there |
| 1825s | was there was you know some paths we |
| 1827s | could take we could just keep making |
| 1828s | more weapons um um or which is kind of |
| 1832s | the the wide approach to making Weaponry |
| 1834s | or we could actually just go tall with |
| 1835s | our weapons make these weapons platforms |
| 1838s | that players can then customize and how |
| 1840s | deep we go to the customization is up to |
| 1842s | us right and we wanted to just see how |
| 1844s | far we could go with this by exposing as |
| 1848s | many parameters of that weapons profile |
| 1850s | to the chipsets so and then create |
| 1852s | chipsets around that at different tiers |
| 1854s | at different stat levels um for players |
| 1857s | to basically just start creating those |
| 1858s | things we wanted people if they we |
| 1860s | wanted it to be inefficient as well like |
| 1863s | people can make bad builds and that is a |
| 1866s | part of this is you will have to learn |
| 1869s | what works for you but it's not just |
| 1871s | about power there isn't like a final |
| 1874s | build that is perfect um it's about how |
| 1877s | you like to use the weapon right like I |
| 1879s | like dmrs but I'm I'm not a very Twitchy |
| 1883s | shooter I don't like getting up in close |
| 1885s | range and just trying to keep my |
| 1886s | Crosshair on you I like being far away |
| 1889s | and knowing that you are you don't see |
| 1892s | me and then me trying to get a pot shot |
| 1893s | on you so I'm going to be building my |
| 1895s | weapon around that but there will be |
| 1896s | people who just just want to run at |
| 1898s | people and fire from the hip and unload |
| 1900s | a clip as quickly as |
| 1902s | possible both of those things work and |
| 1906s | that's the kind of Realm that we wanted |
| 1907s | to create here with the chipsets is |
| 1910s | there is a progression in it the more |
| 1912s | chipsets you have and the higher ones |
| 1914s | you have the more customization you have |
| 1916s | over the weapon um but it is about |
| 1918s | how what works for you and how you like |
| 1921s | to kill people and how you like to |
| 1923s | engage in combat you're building your |
| 1924s | load outs that way and I think we have I |
| 1927s | think over around 70 chipsets at the |
| 1929s | moment so there's a lot of customization |
| 1930s | you can do from Scopes and highlights um |
| 1934s | changing things like you know uh damage |
| 1936s | output and stability recoil control all |
| 1939s | of these things um I'd like I we're just |
| 1942s | really excited it's one of those things |
| 1944s | again let's see how people break it |
| 1947s | right yeah like if we want people if |
| 1949s | somebody creates a meme build we want to |
| 1951s | see what those meme builds are if there |
| 1953s | is a build that starts to rise from the |
| 1956s | crop as like this is a really good build |
| 1961s | and it's slightly overpowered we want to |
| 1962s | see that now because it's at this stage |
| 1965s | that we can start making those changes |
| 1966s | we want to see where the balance you |
| 1968s | know Deltas are and um we just we wanted |
| 1972s | to put it out as wide as possible so |
| 1975s | people can just rip turn run this thing |
| 1977s | but it it's again is emphasizing that |
| 1980s | the weapons that we build and this isn't |
| 1982s | always going to be a one weapon game |
| 1983s | right we only have one weapon at the |
| 1985s | moment we will eventually get around to |
| 1987s | making more weapons but we just still |
| 1989s | feel there's more depth we want to build |
| 1991s | into the weapon system this is the first |
| 1992s | step on that and be really exciting to |
| 1995s | see all the different builds that people |
| 1997s | make yeah um I I know there's a there's |
| 2000s | a player I keep calling him out Levi |
| 2002s | Thunder who likes meleeing people |
| 2004s | unfortunately there aren't any melee |
| 2005s | chips he can't make any melee builds but |
| 2008s | I he just likes running at people right |
| 2009s | so he may be thinking about creating |
| 2012s | some short range um load outs to to help |
| 2016s | him out because I know we've added a |
| 2018s | cool down to melee now which I think |
| 2020s | he's very unhappy about um primarily |
| 2023s | devs uh he likes to uh practice on I |
| 2026s | think yes 100% yeah the but no what's |
| 2030s | what's really cool about this though um |
| 2033s | is that obviously I know a lot of people |
| 2035s | say like is it still one gun I mean the |
| 2038s | is this time it's like yeah it's still |
| 2040s | one gun but it can be shaped in any kind |
| 2043s | of way uh that you want it to be um |
| 2046s | obviously there's limitations and stuff |
| 2047s | but yeah it's going to be really |
| 2048s | interesting to see what the meta is |
| 2050s | going to be as well um I know as you |
| 2053s | said like people breaking it uh which is |
| 2054s | probably going to be the same route as |
| 2056s | as creating a meta um but something |
| 2058s | that's really nice as well is the the |
| 2060s | touch of the uh the fire um rates right |
| 2064s | so you have like automatic which is like |
| 2066s | normal but then you also have a semi and |
| 2069s | uh sorry semi and burst isn't it I think |
| 2072s | yeah so you can you can have the the |
| 2073s | burst and you can have the the semi um |
| 2075s | and I think a lot of people you know |
| 2077s | they you know everyone's like oh where's |
| 2078s | the where's the snipers or where's the |
| 2080s | DRM and stuff like that but at least you |
| 2081s | can actually kind of convert it into one |
| 2084s | of those now um to suit your play style |
| 2086s | and as you said earlier it's definitely |
| 2088s | uh for me I definitely use um long range |
| 2091s | and short range um so it's definitely uh |
| 2096s | there definitely going to be a change in |
| 2097s | Pace um when I play the game now I think |
| 2100s | cuz we still only have the one gun we've |
| 2102s | gone very wide I think like um I was |
| 2104s | chatting to some people in Discord about |
| 2105s | this the other day is that over time |
| 2108s | when we add more weapons in the |
| 2110s | individual frames may feel like their |
| 2113s | characteristics tighten a bit like right |
| 2116s | now we have gone very wide because we |
| 2117s | only have one weapon we do want people |
| 2119s | to build across the full spectrum um but |
| 2121s | at the end of the day the core 80 is |
| 2123s | still an assault rifle we're not going |
| 2125s | to allow you to have chipsets on it that |
| 2126s | make it a shotgun or make it sniper |
| 2128s | rifle you'll be able to kind of pull it |
| 2130s | from the the center in towards more of a |
| 2133s | kind of a close-range bursty weapon and |
| 2135s | to a DMR um but Our intention isn't to |
| 2137s | just make like kind of a one- siiz |
| 2139s | fits-all weapon that you can you know |
| 2141s | change into absolutely everything and |
| 2142s | that's the next weapons that will add |
| 2144s | will be a different type of frame that |
| 2146s | will have their own characteristics and |
| 2148s | likely their own set of chipsets that |
| 2150s | can pull that in kind of either |
| 2152s | direction left or right of the of the |
| 2153s | center as well yeah yeah |
| 2158s | did um uh sneaky did you want to say |
| 2160s | anything on the on the weapons or I mean |
| 2162s | absolutely I |
| 2164s | think didn't want to no no go there's so |
| 2168s | much to to talk about I guess as as |
| 2171s | developers the Adaptive Weaponry is just |
| 2173s | such |
| 2174s | a such a fun thing to play around with |
| 2177s | even if it's like just the sitting |
| 2180s | around the kitchen table and discussing |
| 2183s | hey have you been able to make this uh |
| 2186s | this uh Zoom work because I don't know |
| 2188s | it's just it uh screws up my recall a |
| 2191s | little bit too bad and then I don't know |
| 2194s | you you get to properly Theory craft and |
| 2197s | and sort of uh talk about the game which |
| 2201s | is just really exciting and as a as a |
| 2204s | challenge from a developers point of |
| 2207s | view making this system work and making |
| 2211s | it feel right |
| 2214s | um because I know um there's a |
| 2218s | CCP colins was talking about 70 |
| 2221s | different uh |
| 2223s | chipsets in there's there's a couple of |
| 2226s | parameters that we tweak and that each |
| 2228s | of these chipsets tweak um and sort of |
| 2233s | figuring out how to make those things |
| 2236s | feel right um and to make it feel right |
| 2239s | if your if your gun turns from a close |
| 2242s | range weapon to a long range weapon um |
| 2246s | is just a very exciting thing to work on |
| 2249s | um so I can't wait to work on this more |
| 2253s | to be honest um I think with this sort |
| 2255s | of first iteration of it and getting it |
| 2257s | into people's hands and seeing what they |
| 2259s | do with it |
| 2261s | [Music] |
| 2263s | um that'll be very nice to see but I'm |
| 2266s | just excited to to drill into it even |
| 2270s | deeper yeah it's um it's it's nice to |
| 2273s | see that there's like a tier system on |
| 2275s | them as well but they have like um I |
| 2276s | think it's blue is uh one and then green |
| 2279s | is two and then purple is three I |
| 2280s | believe um oh absolutely which is really |
| 2283s | cool um so obviously like when I'm when |
| 2285s | I'm deploying and I'm and I'm managing |
| 2287s | my my Loadout uh I always uh you know if |
| 2290s | I get full inventory I'll always |
| 2292s | prioritize the two over the one um so |
| 2294s | there's that little bit of like |
| 2295s | Inventory management as well which is um |
| 2297s | which is nice to have |
| 2299s | um yeah yeah and it really makes you |
| 2302s | sort of look if you've got this build of |
| 2305s | a weapon but it's just not dealing |
| 2306s | enough damage so you just keep dying |
| 2309s | yeah um it really gives you a reason to |
| 2311s | go look for a a like higher tier chipset |
| 2313s | of this of this power module or um to |
| 2317s | really pull your gun over the edge and |
| 2320s | make it as as strong as you need it to |
| 2322s | be uh yeah gives you a big reason to to |
| 2325s | sort of redeploy and and uh and look at |
| 2329s | the map more because there's so many |
| 2330s | different ways to get these chipsets as |
| 2332s | well uh some are better than others um |
| 2335s | and this again is one of those things |
| 2337s | that I was talk talking to one of my |
| 2339s | colleagues earlier today uh and he was |
| 2342s | like oh yeah there's this other thing |
| 2343s | hidden on the map where you can also get |
| 2345s | chipsets and that's a really efficient |
| 2347s | way and I was like oh my God I had never |
| 2350s | I've never even run into |
| 2352s | this you're not going to share that with |
| 2354s | us no oh no |
| 2357s | keep yeah I I think like that's like the |
| 2361s | the the start of how people acquire |
| 2363s | chips sets as well cuz it's worth it's |
| 2364s | worth saying like this is the first step |
| 2367s | in adapted weapon |
| 2368s | like for the next release we're already |
| 2369s | planning on how we can build more depth |
| 2371s | and strategy into the system in terms of |
| 2373s | how people acquire chipsets um and we've |
| 2375s | made had to make some balancing changes |
| 2377s | as well to accommodate because now |
| 2380s | there's far more risk in death right |
| 2382s | like you have things to lose now right |
| 2383s | if you if you die you lose the chipsets |
| 2386s | that you're on your weapon and if you |
| 2387s | haven't banked any the ones that you're |
| 2389s | also carrying in your inventory right so |
| 2391s | we've had to accommodate for that so |
| 2392s | recones um we give you are a bit more |
| 2395s | generous now but like recones as well |
| 2397s | and this is you know hash Dev tip um |
| 2401s | always keep a reclone handy like think |
| 2403s | of it as like |
| 2404s | Insurance um because if you die you will |
| 2409s | reclone with the same chipsets on your |
| 2411s | weapon you'll have to go back to get the |
| 2413s | ones that are in your inventory but you |
| 2415s | get to keep the ones that you're on your |
| 2416s | weapon take a moment to reflect if you |
| 2419s | are down to no |
| 2420s | reclines is it worth extracting so you |
| 2424s | get to keep the ones that you're on your |
| 2425s | weapon or do you want to take that risk |
| 2427s | moving forwards um so I think it's like |
| 2431s | is really cool to see how people play as |
| 2432s | well because I'm I'm I'm having to get |
| 2435s | over the fact that when I play a lot of |
| 2436s | these games I suffer from a lot of gear |
| 2437s | fear is where I have my tier 3es and I |
| 2440s | never want to use them because I'm |
| 2441s | really worried so like I'm having to |
| 2443s | accommodate and it's made me think about |
| 2445s | recones very differently when I think of |
| 2447s | like that last reclone is that moment |
| 2449s | where I go okay I've got a chance to |
| 2452s | keep my tier 3es on my weapon I'm going |
| 2454s | to extract um so yeah I think |
| 2458s | it adds a lot of permutations to |
| 2459s | gameplay which is really exciting yeah |
| 2461s | I've started to to approach it |
| 2463s | differently actually in in same as in E |
| 2467s | on line where you at the end of the day |
| 2469s | if you're net |
| 2471s | positive like at the end of your play |
| 2474s | session that's a win so if you go in and |
| 2478s | you die but as long as you get out with |
| 2481s | more good chipsets than you got in with |
| 2484s | um that's fine and then I just get to |
| 2486s | experience building my weapon again with |
| 2488s | different and hopefully better chipsets |
| 2491s | so I've started to not even not even try |
| 2494s | to survive anymore and and take my |
| 2496s | chipsets out but just make sure I I run |
| 2498s | a net positive which I think is really |
| 2501s | fun as well just different a different |
| 2503s | way of playing yeah I I think that that |
| 2506s | that's the the cool thing about this |
| 2507s | right is we want people will come at |
| 2510s | this from different angles like I'm a |
| 2513s | very lazy Theory crafter whenever I play |
| 2515s | Deck Builders I just go on meta websites |
| 2517s | and just |
| 2518s | right that one looks good I've got the |
| 2519s | cards I need for that like I'm just |
| 2521s | waiting for the experts to tell me like |
| 2524s | hey this is this is the load out for a |
| 2526s | really good DMR because I'm I'm just too |
| 2528s | lazy to experiment myself in certain |
| 2530s | places and I I think this is one of the |
| 2532s | things we thought about when we made |
| 2533s | this I think like you you talked about |
| 2535s | the sneaky right his like Theory |
| 2537s | crafting is we want that to be a |
| 2540s | significant part of the strategy of how |
| 2542s | you deploy is there's that you know and |
| 2544s | if people want to Theory craft |
| 2546s | themselves and experiment that's but |
| 2548s | people just want to watch a YouTube |
| 2549s | video of somebody who's found that |
| 2551s | perfect SMG or that perfect DMR um then |
| 2554s | that's also good right but that just |
| 2556s | adds to the experience rather than just |
| 2558s | it being a second gun that you pick up |
| 2561s | which is what we we we never wanted it |
| 2562s | to be that |
| 2564s | simple yeah uh 100% agree with you there |
| 2567s | like if I'm if I'm going to go dropping |
| 2569s | you know into like war zone or something |
| 2570s | the first thing I do is I go and watch a |
| 2572s | video to see what the meta is right um |
| 2574s | so it's definitely uh opening the gates |
| 2576s | to that um I think the other thing as |
| 2578s | well that you touched up on is you know |
| 2580s | the gear idea is um it's kind of like |
| 2583s | the the E on line rule isn't it that uh |
| 2585s | you don't fly a ship if you can't afford |
| 2587s | to lose it right is that's so it's kind |
| 2589s | of like that that link there as well um |
| 2592s | yes uh it's very very cool um I think so |
| 2596s | the the other things uh that we have uh |
| 2599s | brought in is um the motion scanners and |
| 2605s | the proximity mines |
| 2608s | these are a lot of |
| 2610s | fun um and yeah and and the designers |
| 2614s | were experimenting with loads more as |
| 2616s | well these were the two that we decided |
| 2618s | we could get in a decent place for this |
| 2620s | test but like um Unchained they will |
| 2623s | just keep making as many of the these |
| 2626s | little deployables and craftables um as |
| 2629s | possible but like the motion scanner for |
| 2631s | me is gamechanging because I'm I I like |
| 2635s | playing solo mhm I like Mining and I |
| 2639s | can't always watch my back so if I can |
| 2641s | just pop down a motion Scanner listen |
| 2642s | for the blip but I'm also very cautious |
| 2645s | like you said my preferred gameplay |
| 2646s | style is keeping people at a distance |
| 2648s | and shooting them that way um so having |
| 2652s | the motion scanner to see what's up |
| 2653s | ahead is is awesome um and the mines as |
| 2657s | well like the old tactic of putting down |
| 2659s | a claymore behind you um like in COD |
| 2662s | right it's like that so I can kind of |
| 2664s | cover my rear if I need to if I find a |
| 2666s | good point and I want to you know take |
| 2668s | up a position I can put a couple of |
| 2669s | Mines down we've also found in play test |
| 2671s | as well people using them for trolling |
| 2673s | like just putting loads of mines around |
| 2675s | a bank station so people can't get to it |
| 2678s | and stuff like that it's just um just |
| 2680s | just adding more factors into the |
| 2682s | gameplay which is really |
| 2685s | exciting uh yeah one of the things I did |
| 2687s | um yesterday was I was trying to gather |
| 2689s | footage for the for the mines and I I |
| 2691s | I'll be honest I was only what should |
| 2693s | have took 15 minutes to just log on and |
| 2695s | demonstrate how a mine worked actually |
| 2697s | took me about about 3 hours because I |
| 2698s | was just having so much fun with it um |
| 2700s | like for example like here I I went to |
| 2703s | the secur Salvage site and just decided |
| 2704s | to place mines everywhere um just to |
| 2706s | watch the enemies come in in waves and |
| 2708s | just get blown up and it was amazing it |
| 2710s | it was so much fun especially as a solo |
| 2713s | player as |
| 2716s | well yeah absolutely there's just opens |
| 2720s | up I guess you have to be be |
| 2723s | um sort of uh maybe not careful but you |
| 2728s | need a bit of a scalpel approach to what |
| 2731s | you add to the game and what you don't |
| 2733s | as in as CCB Collins was saying there's |
| 2736s | so many ideas of stuff we could add into |
| 2738s | the game and it's all very exciting and |
| 2740s | and it's |
| 2742s | uh just giving players a couple more |
| 2746s | tools uh just makes being in a session |
| 2750s | and looking for your own play style so |
| 2753s | much more interesting because before we |
| 2755s | really just had the shield mostly and |
| 2758s | the shield was much bigger of an impact |
| 2760s | than at least let me speak for myself I |
| 2762s | would have expected |
| 2765s | um you could definitely see a lot more |
| 2767s | players as the play tests went on using |
| 2769s | the shields a lot more strategically um |
| 2771s | and I think that's probably what's going |
| 2772s | to happen here um do they are they |
| 2775s | friendly fire if a a teammate walks over |
| 2778s | one yeah I think looking at that damage |
| 2781s | report you've got on the screen you took |
| 2782s | damage from a peaceful yeah my own one I |
| 2786s | did |
| 2788s | I so whether that Splash D that could |
| 2789s | either be Splash damage but um yeah I |
| 2792s | think um I'm pretty sure there is some |
| 2794s | friendly fire on them especially with |
| 2796s | Squad mates you should be careful don't |
| 2798s | just place them down willy-nilly |
| 2799s | remember where you remember where you |
| 2801s | parked your mine I is funny for me to |
| 2804s | see actually normally I I just see |
| 2806s | proximity mine Dash uh CCP rage who is a |
| 2811s | prolific proximity mind Placer who who |
| 2814s | always gets me |
| 2817s | yeah I uh I was trying to record footage |
| 2819s | yesterday and it was very funny because |
| 2821s | um I just kept blowing myself up they |
| 2824s | just kept attacking me and uh but no |
| 2827s | they they're a lot of fun and as you |
| 2828s | said the motion scanner as well I think |
| 2830s | that's going to be very crucial |
| 2831s | especially if you're doing like these uh |
| 2832s | these new activities like maybe like the |
| 2833s | mining tether you put it on like sort of |
| 2835s | Choke points or maybe you're doing the |
| 2837s | um SEC uh SEC Salvage sites especially |
| 2840s | inside the wreckage you know you could |
| 2841s | set it up so that it's holding those |
| 2844s | sort of chug points to make sure that |
| 2845s | you don't get flanked by other players |
| 2847s | um |
| 2847s | yeah I think there's going to be a lot |
| 2848s | of strategies that we see coming coming |
| 2850s | out from the |
| 2851s | players yeah and there is there is audio |
| 2854s | on the mines um so be uh be listen out |
| 2858s | for that distinctive chirp um it will |
| 2862s | haunt you yeah because sometimes you |
| 2865s | hear the chirp and you you know you know |
| 2866s | it's too late you know it's too late |
| 2870s | but yeah the um I think the uh the other |
| 2874s | thing then is there's these fragments |
| 2876s | around the map |
| 2878s | um can we talk about those like the |
| 2879s | Easter egg fragments yeah I think it's |
| 2881s | worth not talking about them too much Cu |
| 2883s | uh you you will find little data panels |
| 2886s | around the map some of them may lead to |
| 2890s | a hidden cache that's on the world and |
| 2894s | some of them may allude to some illicit |
| 2896s | activity that was uh happening on the |
| 2899s | map from a certain Corporation of up |
| 2902s | well but we can see here yeah yeah so we |
| 2906s | we're we're it won't be long before |
| 2908s | somebody pieces these all together um |
| 2912s | but yeah I think the maybe the less said |
| 2914s | about that the better yeah yeah that's |
| 2915s | absolutely fine um I just hope be |
| 2917s | bringing up because I've seen them a lot |
| 2919s | and yeah it's just uh something to to |
| 2922s | mention um yeah um aside from that then |
| 2925s | I think uh that's pretty much everything |
| 2927s | in regards to the the features obviously |
| 2930s | because the the first strike is ended |
| 2931s | now is now Solstice um one of the things |
| 2934s | that we we want to make clear is that uh |
| 2939s | even though this is the last sort of um |
| 2942s | public play test we are going to be |
| 2944s | doing internal play tests um moving |
| 2948s | forward so what this means is that um |
| 2951s | we've opened the Vanguard official |
| 2952s | Discord now people can join the official |
| 2954s | Discord and they'll be able to find more |
| 2955s | information on this um so it's not like |
| 2958s | we're going to go quiet we you know we |
| 2959s | are gathering all the feedback and |
| 2960s | everything that we've learned from the |
| 2961s | past plat tests um very importantly |
| 2964s | listen to the community uh but it's |
| 2966s | going to be more in turn on now um yeah |
| 2969s | there won't there won't strictly be |
| 2971s | monthly play tests in the way that we've |
| 2973s | done first strike um that isn't to say |
| 2976s | that we're done with play test we're |
| 2977s | certainly not um there's still some uh |
| 2981s | decision making we have to do off the |
| 2982s | back of this play test but yeah we um |
| 2985s | moving into that finders program where |
| 2988s | we are running uh more internal play |
| 2990s | tests with the community is what we'll |
| 2992s | be doing as we build towards um the next |
| 2994s | major content release yeah uh there will |
| 2997s | be um a lot more information on that um |
| 3000s | in the Discord as the uh as the weeks uh |
| 3002s | you know in the coming weeks so um if |
| 3004s | you guys aren't already in the official |
| 3005s | Discord come check it out because it's a |
| 3007s | great place we've got you know I think |
| 3008s | we've got over 2,000 uh people in there |
| 3010s | now uh within you know sort of a few |
| 3012s | days which is incredible um but yeah so |
| 3015s | we are sharing a lot of stuff on there |
| 3017s | if you guys want to get involved um y |
| 3021s | the um the other thing to discuss um I |
| 3023s | know the uh the road map um so obviously |
| 3026s | just we've already touched on previously |
| 3028s | about the um the founders and the |
| 3030s | internal play test and stuff but just to |
| 3032s | uh go over the the the road map uh very |
| 3035s | briefly because uh we are at the end of |
| 3038s | it now uh this is the final part the new |
| 3040s | map weapon modification session |
| 3041s | persistence and fitting um yeah it's |
| 3044s | been a pretty long six months I guess |
| 3047s | seven months since yeah if if you asked |
| 3050s | me this time last year whether we |
| 3052s | thought we could run a monthly play |
| 3054s | test um culminating in this patch in |
| 3057s | June um I would have probably called you |
| 3060s | insane the the amount of effort that's |
| 3062s | gone into this uh and the the effort |
| 3064s | from the the team has been absolutely |
| 3066s | incredible to get to this point which is |
| 3068s | really cool um but like and if if you |
| 3071s | allowing me to SP as well like go for I |
| 3073s | I don't want this to feel like it is the |
| 3075s | end right it certainly isn't the team |
| 3077s | are now transitioning into our next |
| 3079s | development block where we're building |
| 3081s | out the rest of the future of the game |
| 3082s | that we'll do a another content release |
| 3085s | um that we we're hoping will be at the |
| 3087s | end of this year um that we're now |
| 3089s | working towards now and there's some |
| 3091s | awesome stuff already planned in that |
| 3093s | around building in more strategic depth |
| 3095s | and agency into the experience more |
| 3097s | purpose and narrative into places as |
| 3099s | well um like that we're now |
| 3102s | transitioning into the of building that |
| 3104s | for the last couple of months uh a whole |
| 3106s | lot of us have been planning that |
| 3107s | release and um I can't tell you what |
| 3110s | we're planning just yet um as we kind of |
| 3112s | explore that and solidify that but like |
| 3114s | some of the stuff that we're already |
| 3116s | starting to cook up um just sounds |
| 3119s | really exciting and it's all about |
| 3121s | taking steps in growing this product |
| 3124s | with the community uh and building |
| 3127s | towards that goal of of of building an |
| 3130s | MMO FPS really that's the the north the |
| 3133s | north star that we that we eventually |
| 3135s | want to build towards and the fature set |
| 3137s | that we're building hopefully will take |
| 3139s | us |
| 3142s | there excellent um sneaky did you want |
| 3145s | to mention anything in regards to the |
| 3149s | road map in regards to the road map yeah |
| 3153s | um |
| 3156s | gosh I didn't want I didn't want to |
| 3158s | leave you out that's what it was I |
| 3159s | didn't want to leave you out I'm excited |
| 3161s | to work on it so yeah yeah sure sure no |
| 3164s | um no that's that's fine uh something |
| 3166s | that we uh do want to bring up though is |
| 3169s | the new weapon skins uh that we have um |
| 3171s | coming with the the sources launch so |
| 3175s | I'll just uh bring these up because we |
| 3176s | got some really cool videos uh to |
| 3178s | demonstrate these um let me just check |
| 3181s | these on there so we have the um the |
| 3185s | default gun uh the Bas c80 uh has had a |
| 3188s | complete reskin I guess um it looks much |
| 3192s | more clean now a lot more bronze |
| 3195s | effect uh we also have the |
| 3199s | arbine uh skin this arbine skin is for |
| 3202s | anybody who participated in the December |
| 3205s | play test last year um very nice I |
| 3208s | really like the the glow on the handles |
| 3210s | as well really impressive and then of |
| 3214s | course we do have the Eden com skin uh |
| 3216s | that I know a lot of you were already |
| 3217s | aware of cuz I think you received emails |
| 3219s | about it but the Eden com skin was uh |
| 3221s | given to the players that participated |
| 3223s | in four out of six uh of the challenges |
| 3228s | uh throughout the first strike events um |
| 3231s | there is another uh skin reward as well |
| 3233s | that I will mention um but it's |
| 3237s | going to be provided later um it's not |
| 3240s | actually |
| 3242s | for uh this sorry it is for Solstice but |
| 3246s | it's not going to be distributed um |
| 3248s | anytime soon it will come at a later |
| 3250s | date uh so there will be more |
| 3251s | information on that though of course by |
| 3253s | all means just jump in the Discord and |
| 3255s | uh we we should be able to find that um |
| 3258s | so the other thing then as well um so |
| 3261s | there will be challenges as well uh like |
| 3263s | we've done with the first strike events |
| 3264s | where there will be a leaderboard um but |
| 3267s | for the challenges uh for the uh |
| 3269s | harvesting 80 units of reactive alloy uh |
| 3272s | reactive alloy and craft 9900 units of |
| 3274s | energy ammo you will receive the alos AR |
| 3277s | combine Horizon skin uh I know a lot of |
| 3280s | people have probably um uh I think a lot |
| 3282s | of people have asked me already whether |
| 3284s | you can do this solo I'm 99% sure you |
| 3287s | can um I haven't been told otherwise |
| 3289s | because I know from the past previous |
| 3290s | play tests um when we did switch them up |
| 3293s | that you could do them in Solo cuz I |
| 3294s | know a lot of people were requesting |
| 3295s | them uh the other skin then is the zura |
| 3300s | uh Navy issue AR combine rizon skin uh |
| 3303s | and you can get the skin by getting 25 |
| 3305s | kills with each firing mode the |
| 3307s | semi-auto burst fire and full auto |
| 3310s | firing uh this comes in the form of |
| 3312s | chipsets uh that we was talking about |
| 3313s | earlier so you do get uh the chipsets on |
| 3316s | the map from completing activities and |
| 3317s | looting Etc and it's going to be um out |
| 3320s | of those three chipsets the full auto |
| 3322s | fir ring is just going to be uh ordinary |
| 3324s | but then you've got the other chipsets |
| 3325s | which is semi-auto and burst fire that |
| 3328s | you can find and apply to your weapon um |
| 3331s | and then of course the uh final one is |
| 3334s | the leaderboard that is uh 3,000 Plex |
| 3336s | that's sub to grabs uh again um so if |
| 3339s | you place Top 10 in the leaderboard then |
| 3341s | you should be able to uh earn some FX uh |
| 3344s | the way that we've done it this time is |
| 3346s | you need to uh drop into a game and |
| 3349s | complete at least one contract pick up |
| 3351s | and successfully bank or extract at |
| 3354s | least one weapon chipet |
| 3359s | excellent um aside from that I think |
| 3362s | that's pretty much |
| 3364s | everything was there anything that you |
| 3366s | guys wanted to uh |
| 3370s | add I think I'm going to go and play the |
| 3373s | game yeah yeah I I can't wait I I'm sat |
| 3376s | you with my fingers crossed hoping you |
| 3377s | say no so I can just go and play but uh |
| 3380s | that's same I've got all these chips |
| 3382s | that's to |
| 3383s | grind amazing uh no I'm very uh very |
| 3386s | very excited but no um thank you both |
| 3387s | for for coming on um and doing this with |
| 3390s | me it's been an absolute pleasure and |
| 3392s | very insightful as well thank you thank |
| 3395s | you for having |
| 3397s | me I will cool thank you so much catch |
| 3400s | you guys in a bit |