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| 16s | let's get started this is gonna be ships |
| 20s | and modules louder |
| 22s | oh not you laughs okay I wasn't asking |
| 27s | for applause I was saying I'm just gonna |
| 29s | be ships and modules all right |
| 36s | I'm CCP rise here's what we're gonna do |
| 39s | a pretty standard schedule for the |
| 41s | shipping module talk I'm gonna go over |
| 42s | some of the stuff that we've done in the |
| 44s | last year not everything but a lot of it |
| 46s | and then talk about some stuff that's |
| 48s | coming up in the short term that you |
| 50s | guys haven't heard about yet and then |
| 51s | from there and move on to some of the |
| 53s | stuff we're thinking about looking a |
| 55s | little longer term so let's just jump |
| 57s | right in one of the first things in the |
| 60s | last bit like since Las Vegas was |
| 62s | actually the cell frigate balance pass |
| 65s | this was a super fun one to do it was |
| 68s | one of the last classes that really had |
| 70s | kind of low activity and no clear |
| 72s | purpose and so it was easy to go in and |
| 74s | just kind of make it better and pull the |
| 77s | usage up quite a bit so we increase |
| 79s | space speed we increase capacitor we |
| 81s | added the assault damage control and we |
| 84s | gave specific buffs and reworks to these |
| 86s | three ships especially but all of them |
| 88s | got little tweaks you can see here look |
| 92s | at the activity change for assault |
| 94s | frigates it's really good this is a you |
| 98s | know stack for all of it so it's going |
| 100s | up by between double and triple |
| 102s | depending on the week you check in the |
| 103s | last year that looks really healthy and |
| 105s | by the way I'm going to show a bunch of |
| 106s | graphs that use this metric which is |
| 109s | kind of a combined activity metric it's |
| 113s | looking at jumps losses people with the |
| 115s | ship active how many times the ship's |
| 118s | changed into active so it's just sort of |
| 119s | a broad look at activity it's obviously |
| 121s | got issues if you're trying to compare |
| 123s | across classes but it's really good |
| 125s | especially just looking within a class |
| 127s | at how each ship compares and how it's |
| 129s | changing over time so get used to that |
| 131s | with assault frigates you can |
| 133s | see it a bit in this graph but it's a |
| 134s | lot easier to see if you unstack it that |
| 137s | the retribution stands out a lot it's no |
| 140s | surprise there and it's actually you |
| 142s | know we're okay with having a you know |
| 145s | one ship in the class that's kind of |
| 147s | setting a standard for the rest and |
| 148s | standing out quite a bit it was probably |
| 150s | a little too much so where it starts to |
| 152s | trail there you know we went in and |
| 154s | lowered the speed a little bit and you |
| 155s | can see from there it's dropping back |
| 156s | down towards the rest of the group |
| 158s | another interesting thing with the salt |
| 160s | frigates that from the distance you guys |
| 162s | are at might be a little hard to see is |
| 164s | that the Jaguars actually crept up to |
| 166s | being but it's fighting for the second |
| 168s | most popular that group fighting for a |
| 170s | second is wolf enyo and Jaguar caldari |
| 174s | definitely kind of in in back as far as |
| 177s | this group goes but yeah it's looking |
| 180s | good basically we're really happy with |
| 181s | how this went and that's true for the |
| 185s | assault damage control in general as |
| 186s | well this was something we were excited |
| 189s | to try it helped carve out more of a |
| 190s | role for hacks I have some more pictures |
| 192s | of that later but giving you know more |
| 196s | support to the role as a fleet ship with |
| 197s | a good response to alpha was something |
| 199s | we've talked about doing in a few |
| 201s | different ways over the last few years |
| 202s | and this was ended up being a really |
| 204s | healthy way to do it yeah so that worked |
| 206s | out really well around the same time we |
| 209s | did a battleship quality-of-life pass we |
| 211s | gave extra cargo and lock range to |
| 213s | pretty much all battleships this didn't |
| 216s | affect battleship activity at all usage |
| 219s | or efficiency which isn't surprising but |
| 221s | it means they feel nicer to use for all |
| 223s | the folks that we're already doing it |
| 224s | and that's just fine next around the |
| 228s | same time we put mg DS on two or three |
| 230s | battle cruisers unsurprisingly not a |
| 233s | massive effect on activity in fact you |
| 234s | can't find when the changes on this |
| 236s | graph this is the entire last year again |
| 238s | just that combined activity metric |
| 240s | they're just bouncing around and this is |
| 242s | actually one of the other groups that's |
| 244s | still sitting super low for overall |
| 247s | usage and will probably revisit them |
| 248s | sometime soon and try to get them back |
| 250s | into the meta somehow along with that we |
| 256s | did a set of nerfs to some pretty |
| 259s | dominant ships in the meta this is the |
| 262s | Auris the red arrow here |
| 264s | when the change came in and you can see |
| 266s | that usage actually didn't change |
| 267s | massively went down maybe 20 or 30 |
| 270s | percent but of course that's just |
| 274s | because the ship's still good doesn't |
| 275s | mean this you know isn't having a really |
| 277s | positive effect now when you run into |
| 278s | them they're not as oppressive they're |
| 279s | not as fast |
| 280s | not as tanky so that's that's great and |
| 282s | actually for most of these changes it |
| 284s | looks pretty similar this is the ferox |
| 286s | again you can see a drop when we made |
| 287s | the change but it's not massive and |
| 291s | obviously ferox is really still a really |
| 294s | prominent in the fleet Mehta we were |
| 296s | actually just having another |
| 297s | conversation with the CSM at the summit |
| 299s | about whether or not they're still too |
| 300s | strong |
| 301s | and we need to try and look for more |
| 302s | room for some other battle cruiser |
| 304s | doctrines just because ferox is are so |
| 306s | efficient and projects so well so that's |
| 308s | something we may revisit as well around |
| 313s | the same time we hit macario's this |
| 316s | one's especially interesting because it |
| 317s | was a pretty big change the the doctrine |
| 321s | fits that everyone's was using kind of |
| 323s | went out the window we shifted some |
| 324s | slots around and some bonuses and |
| 327s | despite that activity for the ship it's |
| 329s | it's down but it's still very healthy |
| 331s | Macario still one of the most popular |
| 333s | battleships in the game despite |
| 336s | definitely having huge Anuj effect on |
| 339s | its role in fleet meta now onto some |
| 344s | buffs this is the mutant activity |
| 351s | it was not a very popular ship I wanted |
| 355s | to put like a happy picture of ello on |
| 356s | this but I've seen enough elo this trip |
| 360s | though I guess so that's fine but this |
| 363s | you know |
| 363s | muna jumped way up it's it's now real |
| 366s | popular in this this is true for a bunch |
| 368s | of hacks they didn't all make the same |
| 370s | jump meanings did but the just the ADC |
| 372s | was enough to bring a lot of them out of |
| 374s | just total non usage into having some |
| 376s | application somewhere so that's really |
| 378s | cool another picture of what the moon is |
| 381s | doing relative to some of those other |
| 383s | hacks this is PvP damage for all hacks |
| 385s | you can see in the green and blue at the |
| 387s | bottom is where a zealot and immune and |
| 388s | were where there's the big jumps you see |
| 391s | them spiked up obviously zealot not as |
| 394s | much even though it's picking up still |
| 395s | in the middle there and by now Moonen is |
| 397s | by far the most damaging and you know |
| 400s | most active hack there is with the rest |
| 402s | of them settling and about even the |
| 403s | Cerberus and the Ishtar there in red and |
| 405s | orange this looks fine the immunes again |
| 409s | starting to stand out more than might be |
| 411s | ideal versus the rest of the hack so |
| 413s | that might be something we have to take |
| 414s | a look at soon but also it's great that |
| 418s | it's there and we know people like |
| 421s | flying it so not begging for changes |
| 424s | anytime super soon we also made buffs |
| 429s | the cyclone and Drake Navy issue |
| 430s | here's both of their PvP damage they |
| 433s | both picked up some activity for sure |
| 434s | especially the Drake Navy issue that's |
| 439s | good they're actually really powerful |
| 442s | buffs but despite that if you compare |
| 444s | them still to a popular another popular |
| 446s | combat battle cruiser like the hurricane |
| 447s | they're still pretty low down there so |
| 450s | there's still a lot of room to do stuff |
| 451s | there if we want to bring them up so |
| 456s | last year we introduced the monitor this |
| 459s | has gone well we knew this was a super |
| 461s | niche thing that just was for FCS and |
| 464s | probably only certain FCS but for those |
| 466s | folks it's been a super useful tool and |
| 469s | we've only had positive feedback |
| 470s | basically since it's been out sore we're |
| 473s | really happy with how that's gone we |
| 476s | introduced also the Praxis I don't know |
| 478s | if you guys can make out these fits but |
| 479s | I was just crawling through losses on |
| 481s | the practice and it's really fun there's |
| 483s | everything imaginable people are flying |
| 486s | on this and it's really popular all over |
| 488s | space its usage is actually almost |
| 491s | perfectly evenly split between highsec |
| 494s | lowsec wormholes and null SEC which is |
| 497s | pretty crazy most of the losses seem to |
| 499s | be in low SEC there's a lot of PvP in it |
| 501s | there and you can see people are just |
| 502s | doing all kinds of things with it you |
| 504s | have you know autocannon armor Fitz and |
| 507s | torpedo shield Fitz and smart bombs and |
| 510s | rapid heavies and it's pretty cool you |
| 513s | know it fits the theme of the ship |
| 514s | really well so this worked out great you |
| 519s | can see here some of its activity how |
| 522s | that looks compared to some other |
| 523s | standard kind of middle-of-the-road |
| 524s | battleships like a Dominic's in the |
| 526s | typhoon it's wedged right in between |
| 527s | there so getting plenty of use even |
| 530s | compared to you know long standing |
| 531s | normal tech 1 ships and we introduced |
| 542s | some try Glavine ships just a couple |
| 544s | highlights from those we have around |
| 545s | 20,000 characters that have the skills |
| 547s | in their heads for the tribe avian ships |
| 548s | which is a pretty good number |
| 550s | we'd be happy if it was a little bit |
| 552s | higher I think but it's solid the last |
| 554s | Shack is turning into a monster and it's |
| 557s | really performing super well very happy |
| 560s | with that the dam of ik & ved Mac on the |
| 562s | other hand probably need to do some |
| 565s | stuff still talk about them individually |
| 566s | here the dam of ik we just made a buff |
| 570s | too we switched it slots around a little |
| 571s | bit to hopefully make it more useful and |
| 573s | you can see that it is getting more use |
| 575s | since then but the use is still super |
| 577s | low it still doesn't feel like it has a |
| 579s | clear enough roll so we are gonna keep |
| 581s | looking at that it's a tough one to find |
| 583s | space for originally we were kind of |
| 585s | hoping that the remote wrap and utility |
| 587s | would give it a spot in lowsec but that |
| 588s | didn't really work out and so we have to |
| 592s | keep kind of poking around there the Ben |
| 594s | Mac on the other hand is actually |
| 595s | performing really well when it's used |
| 598s | but for both the ved Mac and the demo |
| 600s | Vic the price just doesn't feel right |
| 601s | there they're pretty inefficient the |
| 604s | cost is super high for both the weapon |
| 605s | and the ship in the skills so there's |
| 607s | kind of a lot of barrier to using them |
| 609s | but once you get in it it's fine and so |
| 612s | what we're talking about doing here is |
| 614s | looking at ways to make them |
| 616s | I'm gonna tell you one of the strategies |
| 618s | we're gonna use for that in a few |
| 619s | minutes but yeah the the less hack this |
| 624s | is a look at some of the most popular |
| 625s | PvP ships in the game you have the let's |
| 627s | check in red the mutant is in blue the |
| 631s | ferox is in orange and the Hurricanes in |
| 633s | green and you can see when the leash Act |
| 635s | shows up in June it just from there |
| 638s | starts rocketing up and now it's past |
| 639s | most of those other ships it's now right |
| 641s | neck and neck with communion which is |
| 643s | wild considering how many fewer pilots |
| 645s | are actually using it it's just an |
| 647s | animal and the fleets that it's in its |
| 649s | you know you're seeing more and more |
| 650s | videos of people killing caps in it |
| 653s | small roaming ganks of you know six to |
| 655s | fifteen are doing really cool stuff with |
| 658s | this ship and that's what we were hoping |
| 659s | for with all of them to begin with so |
| 661s | it's really good and we just need to |
| 662s | take the strengths that it's working |
| 663s | with and try and figure out how to get |
| 665s | them to the rest of the line |
| 667s | it's possible this ship ends up you know |
| 669s | once once more people have their hands |
| 671s | on it and especially if we lower prices |
| 673s | because any price learn we do for the |
| 675s | ved Mac will probably also affect the |
| 677s | last shack we may need to tone down some |
| 678s | of the power on this if it gets out of |
| 680s | control but for now we're super happy |
| 681s | with it and let's talk a bit about |
| 689s | what's coming up so first of all we told |
| 693s | you guys we have these new ships coming |
| 694s | which we're really pumped about I'm |
| 696s | gonna give you a little more specifics |
| 697s | on them so if you miss the keynote this |
| 700s | is the key Kimora it's the track Libyan |
| 703s | destroyer the idea here is to go for a |
| 706s | long range skirmish ii destroyer more |
| 710s | you know tower ii cormorant ii long |
| 712s | range this is the slot layout in bonus |
| 715s | we're looking at two three four so let's |
| 717s | focus on the Tri Glavine utility and the |
| 719s | highs because it's gonna be far away and |
| 720s | not be able to use it more focus on |
| 722s | keeping up speed and getting range out |
| 724s | of tracking computers and then it's |
| 727s | gonna have a lot of optimal range bonus |
| 728s | table the bonus the range is definitely |
| 731s | the thing that is going to be the kind |
| 732s | of tipping point for this ship if we set |
| 735s | the range a little too low it's probably |
| 736s | gonna feel too vulnerable and get killed |
| 738s | really easily by opponents and might not |
| 741s | be that strong if we set the range too |
| 742s | high it could just be oppressive because |
| 745s | it can put out so much damage once it's |
| 746s | charged up from long range so we're |
| 748s | gonna definitely be |
| 750s | looking at a feedback stage with you |
| 751s | guys and you don't have to make |
| 753s | adjustments once we see it actually |
| 754s | played but the potential here is really |
| 756s | cool and we're hoping these numbers are |
| 759s | close at least this one it's kind of the |
| 764s | the big one in the room |
| 766s | the Drecker back is the battlecruiser |
| 768s | for the try gravy ins and this is what |
| 772s | we're looking at for slots and bonuses |
| 773s | four four seven four percent armor |
| 778s | resistance and then it picks up command |
| 780s | bursts optimal range from being a battle |
| 782s | cruiser and then a bigger of course |
| 784s | bigger damage bonus than the cruiser |
| 786s | so this ship can do a lot of stuff |
| 789s | whether you're bringing it as links for |
| 791s | your skirmish gang you're making it into |
| 794s | just a really powerful brawler in lowsec |
| 796s | you have a lot of options I think this |
| 799s | one's gonna be like a little mini left |
| 800s | shack and should be really really fun |
| 803s | definitely the the one I would buy first |
| 809s | next the logy these are actually not |
| 815s | even far enough along for me to want to |
| 816s | put numbers on the screen for you guys |
| 818s | we're still tuning them but we're |
| 823s | looking at basically these are gonna be |
| 825s | a tech one support cruiser think of an |
| 828s | executor and a tactic counterpart like a |
| 831s | known eros like we said the the rep |
| 834s | amounts going to ramp up that's going to |
| 836s | be a bonus through the ship that applies |
| 837s | to remote reps that are fit rather than |
| 839s | a new remote rep module which means |
| 842s | these guys are going to emphasize try |
| 844s | Glavine utility quite a bit less but |
| 846s | check Vivian's already have really great |
| 847s | bonuses to remote rep range cap use firm |
| 850s | reps and all of that will pass on to the |
| 852s | Logies so they'll be super strong and |
| 855s | the tactical use for them is going to be |
| 857s | a lot different than normal og was |
| 859s | talking with guys yesterday about having |
| 861s | a dedicated set of try giving logy for |
| 865s | keeping up targets you know you're gonna |
| 866s | want to keep wrapping like an FC or your |
| 868s | links and then having normal lodging for |
| 870s | stuff that needs to switch targets |
| 871s | quickly that sounds really cool I think |
| 873s | there's a lot of other things you can do |
| 875s | any any static camp or you can charge up |
| 877s | the reps before the fight starts they're |
| 878s | going to be really powerful lots of |
| 880s | really good options yeah so super fun |
| 884s | and also one thing you hear you're only |
| 885s | seeing I actually have both slides for |
| 887s | the ships but this is actually the tech |
| 888s | to variation the zarm Zod is armed as |
| 892s | the tech one the art for the tech one |
| 894s | isn't actually completely finished yet |
| 896s | so they wouldn't let me put it on a |
| 897s | slide but it will look different all |
| 902s | right |
| 903s | one thing I actually had his reveal in |
| 906s | the keynote and skipped on accident is |
| 907s | that we are introducing new muta |
| 909s | plasmids for both the PvP space in the |
| 912s | co-op space including muta plasmids for |
| 914s | disintegrators one of the reasons we |
| 918s | didn't introduce me to plasmids to begin |
| 920s | with for turrets and weapons is that you |
| 921s | have a whole bunch of them once using |
| 923s | Mito plasma on and they have different |
| 924s | attributes so you can't stack them which |
| 926s | is really annoying and also they would |
| 928s | have you know different optimal ranges |
| 929s | and different rates of fire so it'd be |
| 931s | pretty obnoxious to manage but |
| 932s | disintegrators don't have that problem |
| 934s | you just have one module so there's no |
| 936s | reason at all we can't let you use muta |
| 938s | plasmids on them and change things like |
| 940s | the damage multiplier the range the rate |
| 943s | of fire all of that stuff so there'll be |
| 947s | those and speaking of damage we're also |
| 951s | going to be adding muta plasmids for |
| 953s | damage mods |
| 967s | just anxiety when we when we introduced |
| 977s | muta plasmids to begin with you guys and |
| 981s | us were both unsure of how kind of broad |
| 985s | the impact would be and how it would |
| 986s | feel kind of in the balanced ecosystem |
| 988s | once they were there so we deliberately |
| 990s | avoided stuff that scaled in any way |
| 992s | damage especially tanking stats like |
| 996s | resists some you know anything that |
| 999s | scales really hard and could have like a |
| 1001s | really dramatic effect if now we feel a |
| 1004s | lot more comfortable the effects so far |
| 1006s | from you know plasmons I wanted to get |
| 1007s | some more stats for you guys but we're |
| 1009s | pretty happy with what we've seen so far |
| 1010s | it doesn't seem like it's caused any |
| 1012s | major problems and it's it's definitely |
| 1016s | you know been something that's rewarding |
| 1018s | for small groups that are willing to |
| 1020s | invest a lot of time in theory crafting |
| 1022s | money and getting them and not so much |
| 1025s | of a problem for big fleets or for the |
| 1027s | meta as a whole and so that makes us |
| 1029s | feel more comfortable to just keep |
| 1030s | adding stuff and this is the next |
| 1032s | obvious thing it's obviously going to be |
| 1033s | one of the most valuable things to get |
| 1035s | and so that should be a lot of fun |
| 1040s | another change |
| 1041s | like I said we're looking a lot at cost |
| 1044s | for the Chekhovian ships there's going |
| 1047s | to be even more pressure on that cost |
| 1048s | with the new ships coming it's going to |
| 1050s | be a lot more demand for the resources |
| 1052s | to build them and so we needed a way to |
| 1054s | increase the output for the materials |
| 1059s | and we could have just done that through |
| 1061s | the normal loot table but the art guys |
| 1063s | actually were able to huh there we go |
| 1069s | make these really amazing treyvion |
| 1072s | drilling platforms No |
| 1076s | so these things are now going to be |
| 1078s | scattered throughout a missile dead |
| 1079s | space when you're going through normal |
| 1080s | runs the asteroids and and other |
| 1084s | geological features in there are going |
| 1086s | to have these platforms on them which |
| 1087s | can also be destroyed and looted it's |
| 1089s | going to be a tough call because anytime |
| 1091s | you take to destroy and loot them |
| 1092s | there's going to be time against you on |
| 1094s | the timer in abyssal dead space so you |
| 1096s | need to figure out if you have enough |
| 1097s | time to grab them but if you do you'll |
| 1099s | collect extra resources that puts more |
| 1101s | of them in the game and drives down some |
| 1102s | of the cost so pretty happy with this |
| 1107s | should be pretty good for for prices |
| 1111s | across the board we'll have to balance |
| 1112s | this as we see how much demand there is |
| 1114s | for the new ships it could be that you |
| 1116s | know we need to keep turning up drop |
| 1117s | rates but we'll stay you know close and |
| 1119s | tune with that next up we have this guy |
| 1130s | if you can hear my voice being sort of |
| 1133s | scratchy it's because of yelling back |
| 1135s | and forth with someone about this last |
| 1136s | night at TopGolf so we've been |
| 1140s | definitely talking about it a lot so the |
| 1142s | idea here and if you didn't catch it we |
| 1144s | made just now like in the patch two |
| 1147s | weeks ago or a week ago we made a huge |
| 1150s | change to the ECM mechanic that makes it |
| 1152s | so that you can target anything that's |
| 1154s | jammed you so if you get jams you can't |
| 1156s | target anything else but you can target |
| 1158s | the ship to jam view and the idea here |
| 1160s | is we really wanted to move away from |
| 1162s | the really frustrating feeling of not |
| 1164s | being able to do anything when you're |
| 1165s | jams the tough thing about this and |
| 1169s | something that's always made it hard to |
| 1170s | work on is that because it's been so |
| 1172s | frustrating over time it's been balanced |
| 1175s | to not actually be that powerful ECM has |
| 1178s | not been in a super powerful place for |
| 1180s | quite a while because it feels so bad to |
| 1182s | be jammed that we didn't want it to be a |
| 1184s | really prominent mechanic so the tough |
| 1186s | thing about making it even easier to |
| 1188s | counter is that it lowers the power |
| 1190s | level even further when it already |
| 1191s | wasn't all that great |
| 1192s | so obviously ECM pilots are not feeling |
| 1195s | good about the strength of this module |
| 1198s | right now and that's fine because what |
| 1201s | we're hoping to do is now that we have a |
| 1203s | baseline that's not as frustrating which |
| 1204s | we need to sort of test and confirm and |
| 1206s | make sure that's true but if it doesn't |
| 1209s | feel is frustrating to fly we can start |
| 1211s | buffing ECM back up so it plays a larger |
| 1213s | role in the game and we're gonna take a |
| 1214s | first step towards that now this winter |
| 1217s | with this set of changes which is pretty |
| 1220s | simple but a good first step 10% ECM |
| 1222s | strength for all jammers 20% optimal |
| 1225s | range for all jammers a sig reduction |
| 1227s | for ECM ships so that they can withstand |
| 1229s | a little more damage when they're being |
| 1232s | countered and fitting increases for some |
| 1234s | of the ECM bonus ships that have a hard |
| 1235s | time building more rounded fits we need |
| 1238s | to work out details on on some of those |
| 1241s | fitting increases still but you can |
| 1243s | expect this for sure in winter and this |
| 1247s | is like I said just a first step we need |
| 1249s | to stay kind of close to this and follow |
| 1252s | up really iteratively till we get to a |
| 1254s | place where it feels like it's in a good |
| 1256s | spot one of the other big considerations |
| 1258s | we know a big topic with you guys is the |
| 1260s | ECM s where one of our ECM was one of |
| 1263s | the only |
| 1264s | kind of valid counters to fighters and |
| 1267s | we went ahead and made the mechanic work |
| 1270s | the same for fighters as it works for |
| 1272s | players right now but we don't |
| 1273s | necessarily have to stick to that |
| 1274s | because obviously we're not worried |
| 1276s | about the experience for the fighters so |
| 1280s | that's definitely something else we need |
| 1281s | to look at and figure out you know see |
| 1283s | if people find another way to deal with |
| 1285s | that where it doesn't feel like we need |
| 1286s | to go back and make kind of an arbitrary |
| 1288s | exception for fighters or if actually |
| 1290s | that was really the best answer and we |
| 1291s | do need to put that back in so that's |
| 1293s | something else we're looking at and then |
| 1299s | we have these troublemakers |
| 1313s | so I don't know how many of you are |
| 1317s | following closely on the forums and you |
| 1319s | know everywhere else that we're talking |
| 1321s | about shift balance but we made a |
| 1322s | proposal maybe a month ago for an update |
| 1324s | on FAQs after getting just overwhelmed |
| 1327s | with a you know extreme feedback about |
| 1331s | how oppressive they're feeling and how |
| 1332s | we really needed to do something right |
| 1334s | away that proposal didn't go all that |
| 1336s | well the main issues with the proposal |
| 1341s | we originally made which I won't put the |
| 1342s | whole thing up here but basically it was |
| 1343s | super harsh it was you know something |
| 1345s | like 50% reduction in rep output 30% |
| 1349s | reduction in local rep and then also it |
| 1351s | wasn't dealing with all the problems and |
| 1353s | this is something that's been really |
| 1353s | hard when it comes to fax balance and |
| 1356s | capital balance as a whole is that the |
| 1359s | problems are super complicated you're |
| 1360s | talking about many different |
| 1361s | environments and applications for a lot |
| 1363s | of the ships and it's easy to you know |
| 1365s | try to deal with one part of it and then |
| 1367s | have negative effects or miss miss any |
| 1369s | effect on other parts of it fact |
| 1371s | specifically they have a really |
| 1372s | different role in wormholes and small |
| 1374s | scale fights than they do in large null |
| 1376s | SEC fights and so you know understanding |
| 1379s | that and approaching both equally is |
| 1380s | something that obviously didn't come |
| 1382s | through in the first proposal and we |
| 1383s | want to try and work towards even though |
| 1385s | it's definitely gonna be difficult so as |
| 1388s | we understand and what we're working |
| 1390s | from right now this is sort of a really |
| 1392s | high-level description of the issues |
| 1393s | that we're trying to solve the remote |
| 1395s | remote rep output is just very high |
| 1398s | which means you have an obligation to |
| 1399s | shoot the fax you don't have any chance |
| 1402s | to do something else until all the facts |
| 1403s | are gone on top of that then when you do |
| 1407s | shoot them they're too tanky but that's |
| 1408s | kind of split into two different roles |
| 1410s | you have active self sufficient facts |
| 1413s | that are showing up in wormhole fights |
| 1414s | or in other small-scale fights there's a |
| 1416s | bunch of reasons kind of associated with |
| 1419s | that and then you have really strong |
| 1420s | kind of throwaway passive facts in large |
| 1423s | null SEC fights as well and those are |
| 1425s | two kind of different things and on top |
| 1428s | of all of that something that's coming |
| 1429s | up more and more from you guys than I |
| 1431s | I'm not gonna actually put forward any |
| 1434s | changes for this right now but the the |
| 1436s | cost of capitals and how insurance works |
| 1438s | for capitals I think is something we |
| 1440s | need to start talking about |
| 1442s | obviously it feels very affordable to |
| 1447s | throw away facts and other capitals and |
| 1450s | so that might be something we need to |
| 1452s | visit and look at but it's not something |
| 1454s | we want to specifically change four |
| 1457s | facts on their own so that's going to be |
| 1459s | left out but this is what we're talking |
| 1460s | about now four facts for this winter |
| 1464s | reducing the remote rep output by about |
| 1467s | 20% through the duration on the modules |
| 1469s | themselves like on the remote Rapp |
| 1471s | modules reduce the power of capital |
| 1474s | whole Energizer's pretty significantly |
| 1476s | from almost immunity to only ninety five |
| 1479s | percent resistance bonus and then reduce |
| 1480s | the duration from 22 seconds to 16 |
| 1482s | seconds limit capital ancillary shield |
| 1485s | boosters to one per ship mix and then |
| 1499s | remove remove the capacitor bonuses on |
| 1503s | the holes themselves for facts so the |
| 1506s | the cap injection power bonus and the |
| 1508s | cap pool bonuses so that hopefully |
| 1510s | there's more options to counter play |
| 1512s | with bal Goren's another cap warfare |
| 1514s | this is something we will have a forum |
| 1517s | thread for early this week and go |
| 1518s | through the discussion again like we |
| 1520s | showed last time if this again needs |
| 1522s | more time before we go forward that's an |
| 1524s | option but we want to keep pushing on |
| 1526s | this and find a way to get to a better |
| 1527s | balance for facts and then a couple |
| 1533s | other one other small updates I realized |
| 1538s | this slide is so T Z we said at fan fest |
| 1541s | that we were looking at Navy battleships |
| 1543s | next which is true we went in and took a |
| 1545s | look there and there's a lot of ships |
| 1547s | that aren't getting much use at all and |
| 1548s | there's a huge opportunity for us to |
| 1551s | improve them a lot but there's actually |
| 1554s | so many of them and it goes kind of all |
| 1556s | up and down the board for Navy ships |
| 1557s | there's a lot of Navy cruisers that |
| 1558s | aren't getting much use the Navy battle |
| 1560s | cruisers are kind of often overpriced |
| 1562s | and not super you know the the hurricane |
| 1564s | maybe is one exception but it feels like |
| 1567s | there's an opportunity here to do a |
| 1568s | broader we rework maybe do something |
| 1570s | that involves standings or some other |
| 1574s | mechanic that |
| 1575s | makes Navy ships really stand out on |
| 1576s | their own is something more special so |
| 1578s | we're gonna take a little more time here |
| 1579s | before we come back with the full rework |
| 1581s | rather than just doing some small buffs |
| 1583s | to the least popular ships but it's |
| 1584s | still something we're looking at for |
| 1586s | sure and then to finish up I just want |
| 1592s | to talk about kind of where we're headed |
| 1595s | we've done pretty good keeping up with |
| 1597s | faster-paced balance changes that was |
| 1599s | something we said that we really wanted |
| 1601s | to do I think it we we started saying |
| 1603s | that a lot last vegas and then set it |
| 1605s | again at fan fest that's been going |
| 1607s | pretty well we haven't managed to hit |
| 1610s | every release with like a good chunk of |
| 1612s | balance changes but pretty close and we |
| 1614s | want to try and keep increasing that |
| 1615s | pace if possible at the same time our |
| 1618s | balanced team has undergone some changes |
| 1619s | and we've done have quite the same |
| 1622s | bandwidth basically CCP larrikin isn't |
| 1625s | working on it anymore which is a bit of |
| 1627s | a bummer but we're hiring folks that we |
| 1630s | hope to be able to keep up that pace |
| 1632s | like we have been we really like being |
| 1635s | able to hit balance really regularly and |
| 1636s | we have a lot to do we still have module |
| 1638s | to your side to finish up we still have |
| 1640s | a lot of ships we want to change and |
| 1641s | we're gonna keep adding stuff of course |
| 1643s | as well another big area that we want to |
| 1646s | work on in the next few months and it's |
| 1649s | something I brought up in the keynote is |
| 1650s | improving our metrics and how we look at |
| 1653s | balance in the game we are starting to |
| 1657s | do some really cool things with how we |
| 1658s | look at what people are actually using |
| 1660s | and making more educated kind of data |
| 1664s | sets for how we decide what to work on |
| 1665s | and what we decide to change and I |
| 1667s | really want us to be expanding that to |
| 1670s | look at entire environments you know we |
| 1672s | just made a change for instance to |
| 1674s | interceptor nullification it's a really |
| 1678s | controversial like lot of different |
| 1681s | opinions about it and the effect of it |
| 1682s | and what makes the game more healthy and |
| 1684s | no stack in terms of nullification and I |
| 1686s | don't think we have anywhere near |
| 1687s | sophisticated enough way to measure |
| 1689s | whether or not that's true nullification |
| 1692s | removing it from combat interceptors |
| 1694s | obviously the combat interceptor |
| 1695s | activity tanked like claw uses down you |
| 1698s | know 80 percent or something of course |
| 1699s | but is that is that good and how can we |
| 1703s | prove it because like reddit isn't a |
| 1705s | perfect mechanism for understanding if |
| 1707s | that's true |
| 1708s | I know the CSM isn't a perfect mechanism |
| 1712s | for understanding if that's true we have |
| 1713s | a lot of places we can check and we can |
| 1716s | we can look at overall activity and some |
| 1718s | really broad ways but I think we really |
| 1720s | need to drill down and get some good |
| 1721s | clear pictures of what you know healthy |
| 1725s | capital balance looks like or half |
| 1727s | healthy interceptor balance or you know |
| 1729s | just healthy Knoll SEC broadly we don't |
| 1731s | have strong enough data-driven ways of |
| 1735s | saying that and I want to work towards |
| 1736s | that a lot and that's something we're |
| 1737s | starting to do and you could see in some |
| 1739s | of that abyss analysis stuff and then |
| 1742s | speaking of capitals obviously we have |
| 1744s | some facts changes here I know now it's |
| 1746s | probably triggering because of the the |
| 1748s | Jumpgate changes today but capital |
| 1749s | balance it needs a lot of attention |
| 1751s | that's gonna be a huge focus we feel a |
| 1754s | little behind the ball in terms of |
| 1756s | understanding it well enough to make |
| 1758s | really good changes it's very complex |
| 1760s | but it's easy to see that you know |
| 1764s | titans and super caps in general are |
| 1766s | feeling really oppressive there's not |
| 1768s | strong enough roles for sub caps and |
| 1770s | there's a bunch of other issues as well |
| 1772s | and so we really need to dig into that |
| 1774s | it might slow down some of the other sub |
| 1776s | cap work it's pretty easy for us to keep |
| 1777s | a really high pace on the sub cap work |
| 1779s | because it's more familiar but we're |
| 1781s | gonna be definitely investing heavily in |
| 1782s | trying to figure out the cap situation |
| 1784s | as much as possible and on top of that |
| 1787s | of course we'll keep adding new stuff |
| 1790s | we're really excited to be adding |
| 1792s | precursor to the first tech to non |
| 1795s | empire ship to be adding more than three |
| 1799s | ships to a new faction and we have a |
| 1802s | long way to go there we want to keep |
| 1803s | fleshing out what there is in the |
| 1805s | precursor lineup we have ideas for new |
| 1807s | mechanics more tech to ships all kinds |
| 1810s | of stuff so we're going to be doing that |
| 1811s | as well so hopefully I'll have to look |
| 1813s | forward to thanks a lot we're gonna have |
| 1815s | a roundtable tomorrow afternoon I hope |
| 1818s | by then all of you are too tired from |
| 1819s | partying to really you know but yeah |
| 1823s | there is tomorrow afternoon three |
| 1825s | o'clock so I look forward to seeing you |
| 1827s | guys there Thanks |
| 1835s | Ziya |
| 1837s | [Music] |