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| 5s | we should |
| 9s | start before we do so um should we maybe |
| 12s | introduce ourselves because I don't |
| 13s | think all of us are that well known well |
| 17s | besides he shortfall he's famous in |
| 21s | here and we have to start with shortfall |
| 24s | just for those who don't know I think we |
| 26s | should uh yeah |
| 27s | so uh so I'm shortfall uh most actually |
| 30s | know me by my full name uh so don't feel |
| 32s | like if you accidentally Nam Dro me |
| 34s | you've doxed me um I'm the senior |
| 36s | backend engineer over at e Vanguard so |
| 39s | I'm responsible for any the hosting |
| 41s | infrastructure scaling effectively |
| 43s | making the game multiplayer so I do a |
| 45s | lot of the the work outside of the game |
| 47s | itself uh and typically that's where |
| 50s | like my responsibilities how players get |
| 52s | to our |
| 54s | game all right Massie do you want to go |
| 56s | next all right I'll go I'll go next |
| 58s | then H Massie good next no no no no no |
| 61s | no no no no go ahead I'll go next so |
| 65s | hello I'm CCP catfish I'm a lead uiux |
| 68s | designer at TCP been on the Vanguard |
| 71s | team for coming up to two years um and |
| 74s | we work on all aspects of the UI so |
| 75s | we've done HUD we have done a bit of |
| 77s | front end um any new features that get |
| 80s | designed by Massie and the Gang we kind |
| 82s | of support and help get that into a |
| 84s | playable state for you |
| 87s | guys yep and uh my name is CCP Massie |
| 91s | and I am Senior combat slame designer um |
| 96s | I've been at CCP for about 18 months now |
| 99s | and uh yeah uh primarily as well as |
| 101s | looking after um most of the the combat |
| 104s | bits and Bobs um yeah just uh General |
| 106s | game design stuff and uh was the person |
| 109s | who put together the prototype for the |
| 111s | manufacturing stuff which we shared um |
| 113s | this week so yeah all sorts of bits and |
| 115s | Bobs not just uh not just combat mostly |
| 118s | giving Tom Tom who's Tom katata fish uh |
| 123s | yeah a series of uh prototypes for him |
| 124s | turn into good |
| 125s | stuff all right I'm CCP lumy I actually |
| 129s | work on the EV online team as a |
| 130s | community Dev but I have been asked to |
| 132s | hop in here today to host this Q&A as |
| 134s | CCP peaceful is on a train to London |
| 137s | right now and he did not trust his |
| 138s | internet |
| 140s | connection with that I think we should |
| 144s | just kick this Q&A off should |
| 147s | we yep sounds good do it first |
| 151s | question it's just my favorite of the |
| 153s | entire Q&A I think we can just stop |
| 155s | after this one it's rather philosophical |
| 158s | but uh which one of you guys can tell me |
| 161s | what was first during development of the |
| 162s | solstice event the egg or the |
| 167s | chipset yeah the uh so so we thought |
| 171s | about the chipsets first but we created |
| 173s | the eggs first so there's no right |
| 175s | answer um the the eggs were like a a |
| 179s | secret development prototype thing that |
| 181s | it yeah it's amazing that people found |
| 183s | it so funny while we were playing it the |
| 185s | first time we were like this is |
| 186s | fantastic meme content it's a shame it |
| 188s | not come out and then people found it |
| 190s | anyway so there you go whether the |
| 192s | chipsets or the eggs came first I think |
| 193s | we can all agree that the eggs are eggs |
| 195s | are |
| 198s | Supreme as they should be so is it is it |
| 200s | about who found the X first or who found |
| 202s | the chipsets first is that how you're |
| 204s | judging it I mean what what's the answer |
| 207s | to the real question who knows right but |
| 210s | chipsets were thought about first and |
| 213s | eggs were created first players saw |
| 215s | chipsets first and then they saw eggs so |
| 218s | really it's a matter of |
| 219s | perspective I'm going to go on Meme |
| 221s | impact the eggs are the biggest meme so |
| 224s | far so they've got to come first right |
| 226s | no one's meing about chipsets there you |
| 229s | go ex are the best feature of the |
| 233s | game all |
| 235s | right then I will address the question |
| 239s | to CCP short for first as he has kindly |
| 242s | volunteered himself to come answer the |
| 244s | technical questions we had no answers |
| 246s | to as the game expands and more players |
| 249s | engage with the blueprint emission |
| 251s | systems how does the backend |
| 252s | infrastructure skill to accommodate |
| 254s | increased demand are the specific cloud |
| 256s | services or containerization strategies |
| 258s | you use to dynamically skill |
| 262s | resources yeah so I started writing the |
| 264s | answer for this didn't and I ended up |
| 265s | taking up the entire screen in technical |
| 267s | Jagger and I was like you know what I |
| 268s | should probably just come on and explain |
| 269s | this um so there's kind of two levels to |
| 271s | this so starting off with like the |
| 272s | missions and brints like they represent |
| 274s | such a small portion of our overall |
| 276s | Compu and traffic like that increase in |
| 278s | Blueprint emission systems isn't likely |
| 280s | to have a net impact on our overall |
| 282s | systems um but I think the question kind |
| 284s | of goes wider into like how do we do it |
| 288s | um and I think again the question kind |
| 289s | of starts to eek out some of those |
| 292s | answers themselves so uh we do use CL |
| 294s | capabilities so AWS is typically where |
| 296s | we host all our containerization and we |
| 298s | make heavy use of containerization the |
| 300s | back end uh we use goang to write those |
| 302s | Services uh so combining that with Arm |
| 304s | based architectures to think like apple |
| 306s | a one chips or AWS graviton chips uh |
| 309s | means we can operate at a really |
| 311s | efficient per service basis so the work |
| 314s | that like massie's been doing to kind of |
| 316s | bring manufacturer stuff forward isn't |
| 317s | going to have an impact overall on the |
| 319s | back end because the back end just is |
| 321s | pretty efficient as it is already um and |
| 324s | the fact that it only takes about 15 |
| 325s | seconds for new containers to come |
| 327s | online to add capacity so overall like |
| 330s | we've just got this massive overhead at |
| 332s | the moment uh not to say you should try |
| 334s | and break it just to be clear um but all |
| 337s | these are new features coming in just |
| 339s | they're not really a big concern for us |
| 340s | right now um I am going to be at um e |
| 345s | London so if anyone wants to reach out |
| 346s | to me London because I appreciate this |
| 347s | conversation could go on for about two |
| 349s | hours as it does at FanFest every year |
| 351s | um feel free to just come grab me and we |
| 353s | can have a talk about cloudbased compute |
| 354s | and |
| 355s | containerization and my general load of |
| 357s | kubernetes |
| 360s | that hope answer the question I'm so |
| 363s | glad you were here to answer that short |
| 364s | for been very sad to read that out yeah |
| 368s | that's |
| 371s | fine then while we are on the topic of |
| 373s | Eve London I was going to save this for |
| 376s | the end but we might as well just do it |
| 378s | now uh there was a question can we talk |
| 381s | with devs about future fard development |
| 383s | plans during secret London meeting one |
| 385s | it's not very secret anymore it has been |
| 387s | announced it also been sld out sorry if |
| 390s | you don't have your |
| 391s | tickets um yes there will be devs at CCP |
| 395s | London of CCP London well they're always |
| 397s | at CCP London they will be at Eve London |
| 400s | too uh and yes you can ask them |
| 402s | questions but keep in mind that they |
| 404s | might not be able to answer everything |
| 406s | for other |
| 412s | reasons and I think that were the two |
| 415s | slightly off topic questions for today |
| 417s | so let's get back to the topic of this t |
| 420s | theme |
| 421s | Thursday uh two questions in one |
| 425s | go given the resource and blueprint |
| 428s | Focus gameplay how does the in-game |
| 429s | economy economy function can play a |
| 433s | straight blueprints resources or crafted |
| 434s | items with others and what impact does |
| 436s | this have on the game's overall economy |
| 438s | and at the same go is there going to be |
| 441s | any sort of market for players to buy |
| 442s | These Blueprints outright and sell the |
| 444s | fragments other loads from field as well |
| 446s | as other items and supplies if so does |
| 448s | the area we're currently in effect |
| 450s | market supply |
| 454s | availability yeah so did a lot of the |
| 457s | questions um that we we saw come in kind |
| 459s | of cover a few of these bits so it'll be |
| 462s | broken up across different questions so |
| 463s | sorry if this first one is a bit uh a |
| 465s | bit dull but we'll explain all of this |
| 467s | as as kind of we go um so we're focusing |
| 470s | on the individual manufacturing |
| 471s | experience first so that's kind of the |
| 473s | the main Loop of you discovering new |
| 475s | resources in the session bringing them |
| 477s | out uh crafting them into items that you |
| 480s | can then prepare to predeployment |
| 510s | experiences in a good place in the first |
| 511s | place so trading in Vanguard is a big |
| 514s | topic and it needs careful consideration |
| 516s | um so but in the short term with uh with |
| 519s | manufacturing like the first version of |
| 520s | the feature that you might see in play |
| 523s | tests you'd be able to drop items for |
| 524s | each other with Squad makes you'd be |
| 525s | able to drop items in the session so if |
| 527s | there was you know some more organic |
| 529s | social interactions between uh players |
| 531s | or some you know temporary alliances to |
| 533s | to you know basically barter and trade |
| 537s | um that would be doable because all of |
| 538s | the the blueprints and the |
| 540s | manufacturable items will be able to be |
| 542s | put in the in the backpack and then |
| 543s | dropped in the session we're not making |
| 544s | any sort of uh limitations on that um |
| 547s | but in terms of like more uh Global |
| 549s | Systems um thus for something further |
| 551s | down the line um once we're sure that |
| 553s | this is actually the the kind of thing |
| 554s | that's going to add um a lot of |
| 556s | enjoyment to to the game and acquiring |
| 559s | items um so we we and and yeah we we |
| 563s | often talk in the Design Group about |
| 564s | like the diversification of the the |
| 565s | overall Vanguard experience between |
| 567s | different players um so you know we want |
| 570s | some players to be able to treat |
| 571s | manufacturing and weapon customization |
| 573s | as a key part of the their game um |
| 575s | delivering and selling highly optimized |
| 577s | Blueprints and items to to those who |
| 579s | just want to shoot stuff in the face |
| 581s | like um so being able to have that |
| 583s | player driven interactions with this |
| 585s | system is a core part of where we want |
| 587s | to go longterm but it probably won't be |
| 589s | in the first feature uh the first |
| 590s | version of the feature that you'd see in |
| 591s | a play test we want to make sure we get |
| 593s | the the smaller Integrity bits right |
| 595s | before we go wider with |
| 598s | it yeah and I think it's kind of like |
| 600s | for free almost that we can take these |
| 602s | into session we can drop them because |
| 604s | that functionality exists already These |
| 606s | Blueprints and items are just like any |
| 607s | other item so we don't kind of do any |
| 609s | extra work to stop that from happening |
| 611s | but I guess that's something that we'll |
| 612s | Monitor and just see how people use |
| 617s | it okay I hope that answers your |
| 620s | questions or done as a neop |
| 623s | spectrum moving on to the next one as |
| 625s | players advance and acquire higher tier |
| 627s | blueprints how does the game Ensure |
| 629s | continued engagement what sort of |
| 631s | endgame content or long-term goals can |
| 632s | players work towards using these |
| 634s | crafting and Bounty |
| 636s | systems yeah so it feels like there's |
| 638s | kind of two parts to this question |
| 639s | there's like protection against the um |
| 642s | the game kind of falling apart as |
| 644s | players start to acquire the higher tier |
| 646s | stuff but then there also like what is |
| 648s | it the players are looking towards um |
| 650s | when they're looking to get towards end |
| 652s | game and and build like really strong |
| 653s | inventories so as you may have seen in |
| 656s | the concepts most of the blueprints um |
| 658s | work more like copies um they have |
| 660s | limited use and the items manufactured |
| 662s | from them can all be lost on deployment |
| 664s | um which means that outside of like |
| 665s | maybe specific item types or you know |
| 667s | certain things that we deem make sense |
| 669s | to be permanent um most items weapons |
| 673s | suits Etc you acquire you manufacturing |
| 676s | are somewhat volatile um we have ideas |
| 678s | to introduce even more volatility in in |
| 681s | fun ways you know not just to take stuff |
| 682s | away from you um but it's it's hard to |
| 685s | talk about endgame with any certainty is |
| 686s | the the discussion thread covered it |
| 688s | heavily right like other games have |
| 690s | suffered significantly when their |
| 692s | Community acquire high level gear and |
| 693s | keep it forever with no sort of |
| 695s | maintenance cost or upkeep or syncs |
| 697s | associated with it so um especially |
| 699s | while we're a game in pre-alpha it |
| 701s | serves us well to have most of the |
| 702s | content be losable or expirable somewhat |
| 705s | um so again like with the first |
| 708s | iterations of the feature don't expect |
| 709s | to be crafting certain items and have |
| 711s | some sort of permanent advantage over |
| 713s | other players um that kind of uh yeah |
| 716s | the volatility of your um inventory |
| 720s | and whether that leaks into like count |
| 721s | progression and things like that is uh |
| 723s | is really important for us to look at as |
| 725s | as a game that's supposed to be you know |
| 727s | persistent we don't we you know so uh |
| 731s | yeah it's it's a case of making sure |
| 734s | that players can lose things to to keep |
| 737s | things interesting uh and as you're |
| 738s | moving towards end game it's a it's a |
| 740s | climb where you can fall rather than |
| 742s | just a steady sort of |
| 746s | optic yeah and especially because the |
| 747s | front end right now the stash is pretty |
| 749s | limited it's quite a wonky interaction |
| 752s | to kind of look at the stuff you have |
| 753s | and organize it properly we've not |
| 754s | thought too much about that so really |
| 756s | even if you were to try and keep this |
| 758s | stuff long term you're got to be |
| 760s | fighting the amount of space you have at |
| 761s | least in the short term while we work on |
| 763s | those |
| 764s | systems so uh even if it's possible |
| 766s | maybe don't do |
| 771s | it maybe don't do it that sounds like a |
| 773s | challenge to |
| 777s | me all right it's very e as is it it |
| 782s | is next up a question from pombo knowing |
| 786s | the industry assets you're showing is |
| 788s | just for mechanic feature concept |
| 789s | demonstration will you be able to use |
| 791s | the manufacturing feature to build also |
| 793s | stuff that is not only equipment gear |
| 795s | will you be able to build entire rifles |
| 797s | drop suits grenades knives or Vehicles |
| 799s | when the letter will be released will |
| 801s | you be able to build or buy anchorable |
| 803s | structure to set bases or automated |
| 805s | industry for your Vanguard Eve |
| 806s | Corporation to claim also Planet reach |
| 811s | s yeah so the first half of the question |
| 814s | about like you know um will you be able |
| 817s | to use the manufacturing feature to |
| 818s | build stuff that's not just equipment |
| 820s | gear and is also you know um rifles and |
| 822s | drop suits and grenades this is |
| 824s | absolutely the intent right um |
| 826s | manufacturing is supposed to be the main |
| 827s | system for acquiring items so anything |
| 829s | that could be considered customization |
| 831s | or items will be built into Blueprints |
| 833s | and and Manufacturing recipes um the |
| 836s | last part about structureal automation |
| 838s | is kind of beyond the scope of this |
| 839s | feature discussion but if we were to do |
| 841s | it then there's no reason that we |
| 842s | wouldn't use Blueprints and |
| 844s | Manufacturing as part of the acquisition |
| 845s | Loop for it um but you know it's uh it's |
| 848s | a bit early to to know exactly or to be |
| 851s | able to communicate especially like what |
| 853s | kind of stuff could happen long term |
| 854s | with this um it's an it's a yet untested |
| 857s | system that we think we can have some |
| 858s | confidence in because of some of the |
| 859s | parallels we can draw with um the eve |
| 862s | systems um but we're going to have to |
| 865s | learn how to apply this to to a shooter |
| 867s | ecosystem so in the short term we know |
| 870s | like what kind of content we have in the |
| 871s | game right now and how it can work with |
| 873s | with those things and how we could |
| 874s | extend things from there um but how it |
| 877s | jumps ahead to to all of the other |
| 879s | different types of content in the game |
| 881s | um it would it would kind of be guess |
| 882s | work at this stage so we're we're |
| 884s | keeping everything kind of local the the |
| 886s | early tests of manufacturing the things |
| 888s | that you're going to be doing in session |
| 890s | as the game is um now and in the short |
| 894s | term okay and while we were on the topic |
| 898s | I also saw a question about |
| 901s | Transportation are there any ideas in |
| 903s | the works for our mode of transportation |
| 904s | in the galaxy do we get our own custom |
| 906s | ships for this uh think like the hell |
| 908s | divers |
| 911s | Lobby yeah I guess if we're talking |
| 913s | about the hell divers Lobby it sounds |
| 914s | like it's more of a things we do outside |
| 917s | of session rather than gameplay so I can |
| 918s | take it for that part um no there aren't |
| 922s | really any current plans for that at |
| 923s | least outside of the session um the |
| 926s | current ideas I think we explored them |
| 928s | in the themes we posted but the current |
| 929s | idea is that you are an infomorph that |
| 932s | lives within the fulcrum's virtuality |
| 933s | it's a very virtual space it's very |
| 935s | digital space the front end longer term |
| 938s | hopefully reflect that context um so you |
| 942s | as a player is are going to exist within |
| 943s | this virtual space and make interactions |
| 945s | within the virtual space um so it |
| 948s | wouldn't really make sense for us to |
| 949s | have you occupying a clone body in a |
| 952s | physical location that said deployment |
| 955s | is physical and so maybe there's things |
| 957s | we could look at throughout the |
| 958s | deployment flow that look and feel a bit |
| 960s | more physical um but that's stuff that |
| 963s | we need to explore in a bit more detail |
| 965s | I |
| 969s | think all right then we're moving on to |
| 973s | more questions from NE Spectrum who the |
| 975s | last question also was from he was very |
| 978s | kind to bundle them for |
| 981s | us um talking about regions or sneaky he |
| 986s | assumes the region we are operating in |
| 988s | will have an effect on low types yes or |
| 994s | no yeah so that's something we're |
| 996s | currently exploring I think the idea at |
| 998s | the moment is that you'll be able to |
| 1000s | deploy to multiple variants or |
| 1003s | variations of the level with different |
| 1005s | setups for Loot and different Mission |
| 1007s | types and activities you can be taken so |
| 1010s | there'll need to be an element of how we |
| 1011s | communicate that to the player in the |
| 1012s | front end maybe that's something we |
| 1014s | outright to all the player maybe that's |
| 1016s | something that you can discover for |
| 1018s | yourself um but there'll certainly be a |
| 1020s | way to to figure that stuff |
| 1023s | out okay and on the question of loot is |
| 1026s | it still possible to find and load the |
| 1028s | full items on the field |
| 1032s | still uh yeah so uh sorry let me just |
| 1036s | get my lost my notes there um yeah so |
| 1041s | kind of by intro introducing a system |
| 1043s | where players can be much more selective |
| 1044s | over what items they acquire we'd be |
| 1046s | losing that moment of Discovery where |
| 1048s | you loot like a tier to referal it and |
| 1051s | go hm what does that do like so we'll |
| 1053s | still be dropping complete items in some |
| 1055s | places um to ensure that players get |
| 1057s | those cool moments and can experiment |
| 1059s | with items that they wouldn't have |
| 1060s | thought to purchase outright um it's one |
| 1062s | of those things that in you know some of |
| 1064s | my favorite moments in in RPGs are when |
| 1067s | you you sort of have an idea of what |
| 1069s | your main build is and then you get |
| 1070s | dropped a potion that you've not seen |
| 1071s | before leave it in your inventory for |
| 1073s | six eight 50 hours finally use it and |
| 1077s | then go oh my God this thing is amazing |
| 1078s | and then suddenly it kind of shifts your |
| 1081s | the way that you play um so while people |
| 1083s | can kind of get stuck in their ways and |
| 1084s | and explicitly choose their play Styles |
| 1086s | and try to optimize those you've got to |
| 1088s | keep giving Windows into the content |
| 1090s | that players aren't looking at so uh |
| 1091s | yeah like absolutely like you'll still |
| 1093s | be finding chipsets in the environment |
| 1095s | but obviously like you'll only have one |
| 1097s | of them and you can lose it um the idea |
| 1099s | with the blueprint and Manufacturing |
| 1101s | stuff is going okay well I really like |
| 1102s | this play style I like these chipsets I |
| 1104s | like these you know whatever other items |
| 1106s | it is I can build myself a backlog of |
| 1109s | them so that I can keep fitting myself |
| 1111s | with them um and try and roll cooler |
| 1113s | stuff than I'm going to find in the |
| 1114s | field um so yeah it's still going to be |
| 1117s | there um we'll probably put them in like |
| 1119s | more specific containers than what |
| 1120s | you're seeing right now um because right |
| 1122s | now they're just kind of under every in |
| 1124s | every wooden crate and under every |
| 1125s | toilet seat there's like you know |
| 1127s | powerful chipsets and it's like let's |
| 1129s | let's put these somewhere that makes a |
| 1130s | bit more sense that that players can |
| 1131s | understand um and yeah the the concept |
| 1134s | of uh yeah just having uh chipsets in |
| 1137s | the world is still something that we're |
| 1138s | going to do but it will be rarer and |
| 1141s | most of the time you'll be building them |
| 1143s | yourself from components that you find |
| 1145s | in places that make |
| 1148s | sense all right and on the topic of |
| 1151s | manufacturing um in the announcement |
| 1154s | that CCP P posted there was war warar on |
| 1158s | a list are we going to see suit mod |
| 1160s | blueprints in the |
| 1163s | future yeah so I think suit mod should |
| 1165s | kind of be no secret it's definitely |
| 1166s | where we want to go um it's it's |
| 1168s | something that we want want to add to |
| 1169s | the game sooner or rather than later um |
| 1171s | being able to customize not just your |
| 1172s | weapon but your your suit uh and your |
| 1175s | your character in different ways is is |
| 1176s | absolutely where we want to go so um |
| 1179s | yeah and when they do they would be |
| 1180s | integrated into into Manufacturing in |
| 1182s | the same that that's how I expect us to |
| 1183s | deliver a lot of like new item content |
| 1185s | moving forward is that we release |
| 1187s | blueprints for them and that's the |
| 1189s | that's the main way that people interact |
| 1190s | with them so |
| 1193s | yeah yeah the whole fitting for weapon |
| 1196s | chipsets at the moment was kind of |
| 1198s | isolated around that one thing as these |
| 1201s | get as we start to add more features on |
| 1203s | especially stuff you do predeployment um |
| 1205s | all of the UI for that stuff will have |
| 1207s | to be redeveloped and um and tweaked to |
| 1210s | support all the new stuff that comes in |
| 1212s | so you can expect a lot of functionality |
| 1214s | in the front end how we've La things out |
| 1215s | and the sorts of things you interact |
| 1217s | with to change quite a lot to support |
| 1219s | some of the new ideas coming |
| 1223s | in that sounds pretty |
| 1225s | awesome then on a sort of related topic |
| 1231s | can we elaborate more on specifically |
| 1233s | some of the music mentioned in the r I'm |
| 1237s | sorry I do not do well with |
| 1239s | pronunciation of names someone please |
| 1241s | type this in chat for me um some of the |
| 1243s | examples would be nice for listening |
| 1244s | purposes you guys know what I'm talking |
| 1247s | about yeah I'm guessing it's the r Ika |
| 1250s | stuff um that's the one it's a good |
| 1253s | question to be honest I'm not uh it's |
| 1256s | not my cup of tea um it's very very cool |
| 1260s | and very abstract and it sits it fits |
| 1262s | the product very very well we have some |
| 1264s | massive uh Ras and label fans in the |
| 1266s | studio but I'm not someone that's super |
| 1268s | knowledgeable about it um I do know that |
| 1271s | our lead sound designer is listening to |
| 1274s | it a lot broad spectrum of stuff um it's |
| 1277s | having a massive influence over some of |
| 1279s | the composition for music we have in the |
| 1281s | front end a lot of the sound effects you |
| 1283s | hear in game so I suppose you'll start |
| 1285s | to hear a lot more influence as we keep |
| 1287s | developing the game |
| 1289s | um but it probably would be quite a good |
| 1292s | question to have in a future Q&A um |
| 1295s | especially if are art and creative |
| 1297s | directors are available because they're |
| 1299s | also big |
| 1301s | fans or put that in the list for of |
| 1304s | possible future Q&A no promises though I |
| 1307s | can't make promises on any fard related |
| 1309s | stuff go kind of just like holding Fe to |
| 1312s | fire |
| 1314s | now |
| 1316s | yeah these are all questions for CCP |
| 1318s | peaceful |
| 1321s | Perfect all right |
| 1325s | um will there be overlap in things we |
| 1328s | can craft during deployment and offsite |
| 1330s | what's your thought about limiting the |
| 1331s | number of blueprint blueprints players |
| 1334s | have available during deployment and |
| 1335s | creating another level of suit |
| 1337s | customization that |
| 1339s | way yeah so currently we're approaching |
| 1342s | it from the perspective that you can |
| 1343s | still craft plenty of items in session |
| 1345s | um but you can prepare to play a certain |
| 1347s | way by building and fitting yourself s |
| 1349s | with items in advance um we've had |
| 1351s | conversations to think about how we can |
| 1353s | give more agency over what you can craft |
| 1355s | in the session and maybe this is based |
| 1356s | on blueprints in your inventory or or |
| 1358s | suit modules um but yeah we're |
| 1361s | anticipating that players will want to |
| 1362s | customize heavily and having such |
| 1364s | unlimited access to crafting anything in |
| 1366s | the session is not going to scale very |
| 1368s | well with the the current ways that you |
| 1371s | you craft um in the session especially |
| 1373s | if we want to add more deployables and |
| 1375s | more utility items and stuff like that |
| 1377s | way of crafting in the session is uh is |
| 1379s | not going to scale very well to like a |
| 1381s | large roster of of things so uh yeah |
| 1383s | there's kind of two parts to that we're |
| 1385s | we're still going to be allowing you to |
| 1388s | craft things in session and you're going |
| 1390s | to be able to craft the same stuff out |
| 1392s | of session so that you can prepare for a |
| 1394s | deployment rather than having to craft |
| 1395s | everything uh when you get there um and |
| 1398s | then beyond that um we would like to |
| 1402s | think that as we start to look more into |
| 1404s | fitting and suit customization that |
| 1406s | players can either build themselves like |
| 1408s | a |
| 1409s | uh a small library of things that they |
| 1411s | can build in the session that's more |
| 1413s | limited or basically be setting up like |
| 1416s | shortcuts and things to to build certain |
| 1418s | items um but yeah we know that it's not |
| 1420s | going to scale as we start to bring in |
| 1422s | loads more stuff which is why it's more |
| 1424s | interesting to move some of it out into |
| 1425s | the front end into that preparation |
| 1427s | phase to take some of the cognitive load |
| 1429s | off of like constantly trying to find |
| 1430s | all the different items that you want |
| 1431s | and stop the game session being about |
| 1434s | that kind of Battle Royale kind of drop |
| 1437s | in and then quickly loot up before you |
| 1438s | go into do your objectives like we want |
| 1440s | people to be able to jump in with the |
| 1441s | stuff that they wanted to be able to go |
| 1443s | and execute on the the missions uh and |
| 1446s | the activities that they wanted to do so |
| 1448s | this solves a few different problems for |
| 1449s | us um but exactly what goes in the front |
| 1452s | end and what goes in or exactly what |
| 1454s | goes into your predeployment and what |
| 1455s | goes into the session um is something |
| 1457s | that will keep changing as we as we do |
| 1459s | different releases I |
| 1461s | think yeah and the whole the whole |
| 1464s | question around how you interact with |
| 1465s | the stuff you either take in or loot is |
| 1467s | still a huge topic of conversation when |
| 1470s | you're in session um so even even now |
| 1472s | with the build you guys played last um |
| 1475s | there's just too many different |
| 1477s | craftable options um and different items |
| 1479s | that you can use it's already becoming |
| 1481s | difficult to manage um so the interfaces |
| 1484s | we have already are not scaling well for |
| 1486s | that stuff um so that's something we're |
| 1488s | going to put a lot of focus on in the |
| 1489s | future I think something we already have |
| 1491s | and hopefully you'll see soon in our |
| 1493s | next release will be um a more intuitive |
| 1496s | way to interact with the different items |
| 1499s | you've or Deployable items that you've |
| 1501s | crafted so there'll be some kind of |
| 1503s | wheel system for grabbing those and |
| 1505s | quick quick buttons to use and select |
| 1507s | them and deploy them um which is a good |
| 1510s | first step to making things a bit easier |
| 1512s | to get out and deploy we want people to |
| 1513s | deploy more stuff than they currently |
| 1515s | are um but there's a whole host of loot |
| 1519s | management inventory management what are |
| 1521s | the stash limits you know how do you how |
| 1524s | do you how do you sort of manage all the |
| 1525s | things you picked up that still needs to |
| 1527s | be um looked at in |
| 1532s | detail super elaborative answer thank |
| 1535s | you for |
| 1536s | that um this is another two question in |
| 1540s | one type deal and they're long ones so |
| 1542s | bear with me for a moment I'll try my |
| 1544s | best to convey the question reasonably |
| 1548s | fast in managing resources for your |
| 1550s | individual manufacturing processes how |
| 1553s | do you anticipate this process might |
| 1554s | evolve if integrated into a larger |
| 1556s | corporate or Clan system are developers |
| 1559s | planning any features that would allow |
| 1560s | for shared resource pools or coordinated |
| 1562s | Resource Management along multiple |
| 1564s | players to optimize production on a |
| 1566s | larger scale that's question one now for |
| 1569s | to question two as manufacturing |
| 1571s | currently seems focused on individual |
| 1573s | activity how might this change if a |
| 1575s | corporate or Clan system were introduced |
| 1577s | could you see a scenario where |
| 1578s | Blueprints and resources are pulled |
| 1580s | among players for collaborative projects |
| 1582s | are the developers considering |
| 1584s | implementing tools or features to |
| 1585s | support such Cooperative manufacturing |
| 1587s | endeavors |
| 1589s | and |
| 1590s | breu yeah so it's a it's it's a big |
| 1594s | question about like where this goes once |
| 1596s | we get out of the scope of just thinking |
| 1598s | about you and your immediate Squad to to |
| 1600s | bigger things um the kind of boring |
| 1604s | answer is that it's something that we'd |
| 1606s | want to grow out in a staggered manner |
| 1608s | um starting with the kind of organic |
| 1609s | social interactions between squadmates |
| 1611s | and stuff that we touched on before and |
| 1613s | just making sure that those basic things |
| 1614s | are in place to be able to drop stuff |
| 1616s | for your your teammates like and you |
| 1618s | know |
| 1619s | if you're going into sessions |
| 1621s | specifically looking for certain |
| 1622s | resources because you all want to be |
| 1623s | developing something or pulling your |
| 1625s | resources as a squad so that one person |
| 1627s | can build something um making sure that |
| 1629s | you have the tools for that but when it |
| 1631s | comes to bigger you know industry |
| 1633s | aspects um it's not something that we |
| 1635s | have any kind of immediate answers for |
| 1637s | um it's it's that's all for me that's |
| 1640s | part of like the the big scary question |
| 1642s | of like how is all of the eve |
| 1644s | integration going to work not just from |
| 1646s | a systems point of view but from a |
| 1647s | player experience point of VI like what |
| 1649s | do we actually bring over in terms of |
| 1651s | the the industry and the um that much |
| 1655s | kind of Greater whole approach to to |
| 1657s | playing the game um currently as a as a |
| 1661s | combat designer my main priority is how |
| 1663s | this ties into individual and Squad |
| 1664s | fitting um for now but the beauty of Eve |
| 1666s | is how everyone's individual and Clan |
| 1668s | experiences affect the whole of the game |
| 1670s | um but I can't poke that be myself like |
| 1673s | someone smarter will have to advise on |
| 1674s | how we successfully integrate that into |
| 1676s | the the larger player driven economy uh |
| 1679s | down the line so sorry it's not the most |
| 1682s | uh insightful or you know exciting |
| 1684s | answer to the question but the reality |
| 1686s | is that like it will keep changing and |
| 1688s | it will keep growing and we know that |
| 1689s | that's where we would want to get to um |
| 1693s | but it has to it has to start small and |
| 1694s | then go from there I |
| 1697s | think yeah just to clarify I am also not |
| 1700s | the smart person who's going to answer |
| 1702s | that I don't think anyone of us on this |
| 1704s | call or I think this is uh above or Pig |
| 1707s | right |
| 1711s | all right moving on to questions we can |
| 1714s | answer do we already work on adding |
| 1717s | accessibility settings like font color |
| 1719s | size thickness Shadow Etc color |
| 1721s | brightness settings and such to control |
| 1723s | the UI look not only for the deployment |
| 1725s | UI but for the entire |
| 1729s | game yeah uh so yes the short answers we |
| 1733s | do have some of those systems so for |
| 1734s | example being able to apply different |
| 1736s | font sizes and UI colors is something |
| 1739s | that uh some of it is already supported |
| 1741s | in unreal other parts we've already |
| 1744s | chosen to support it um we don't |
| 1747s | properly utilize those systems yet um |
| 1749s | specifically I'm thinking of the color |
| 1750s | blind settings we have we have the |
| 1752s | ability to recolor any of our UI colors |
| 1756s | to fit um an existing color that's |
| 1758s | defined for any of the color blind types |
| 1760s | um but we're not utilizing those |
| 1762s | currently it'd be quite trivial for us |
| 1763s | to enable those you know if the demand |
| 1765s | is there and we've got time to look at |
| 1767s | that stuff and it's good that it's been |
| 1769s | done already um but yeah there's kind of |
| 1772s | a mix of things that we can support but |
| 1773s | don't utilize and then things that we |
| 1775s | can support and do utilize like the |
| 1777s | different font |
| 1778s | sizes um we don't have sort of a list of |
| 1783s | plans of things we want to properly |
| 1786s | support um we do want to do more for |
| 1788s | accessibility in the longer term builds |
| 1791s | so for example things like uh scalable |
| 1793s | UI that should be relatively trivial for |
| 1795s | us to implement is something we would |
| 1797s | like to look at um also you know you |
| 1800s | guys have been very clear about the very |
| 1804s | uh primitive use of Bindings that we had |
| 1807s | in our builds previously so one of the |
| 1809s | things I've been doing over the last |
| 1810s | month or two is making sure almost |
| 1813s | everything is remappable uh so you can |
| 1815s | change that in the settings and it'll |
| 1816s | persist properly um so we're going to |
| 1819s | make uh advances in places where the |
| 1821s | feedback is strongest and it just makes |
| 1823s | for a better game overall um but |
| 1825s | specifically what we could do beyond |
| 1828s | that is is really up to be decided on I |
| 1831s | think there was a part of the question |
| 1832s | about changing it based on preference |
| 1834s | too right colors and stuff so that's |
| 1837s | something we we absolutely could choose |
| 1839s | to support but at the moment we're |
| 1840s | trying to deliver upon a pretty |
| 1843s | consistent single UI direction for how |
| 1846s | that stuff should look um I think our |
| 1848s | next release will probably have some |
| 1851s | foundations for how that could start to |
| 1852s | look especially in the front end where |
| 1854s | we currently don't have any real art imp |
| 1856s | implementation there um so you'll start |
| 1858s | to see a bit more of a vision for that |
| 1860s | stuff coming soon um but yeah longer |
| 1864s | term if that's something people want we |
| 1865s | can look into |
| 1866s | it amazing just going to shout out a |
| 1870s | comment that CCP peaceful made in chat |
| 1871s | on the topic of REM keybinds he gives it |
| 1874s | a big purple heart so I think we're all |
| 1875s | really happy with it thank you for |
| 1879s | that and um you're very |
| 1882s | welcome can you elaborate on the depth |
| 1884s | of the crafting system depicted in the |
| 1886s | blueprint Market how do the different |
| 1887s | tiers of chips that items Impact |
| 1889s | gameplay and what level of customization |
| 1891s | can players |
| 1894s | expect yeah so so this is something that |
| 1896s | we're still kind of working out um in |
| 1898s | the in the you know the prototypes and |
| 1900s | things that we've put together so far |
| 1902s | and probably what you would see in the |
| 1903s | first version of the feature is um |
| 1906s | basically just like wrapping up the um |
| 1908s | item content that we have in the game so |
| 1910s | far and integrating it into this this |
| 1912s | system of of crafting recipes |
| 1914s | manufacturing costs Blueprints and |
| 1915s | things like that so it's basically like |
| 1917s | the the chipsets that we've seen so far |
| 1919s | the different items that you're able to |
| 1920s | craft in the session um and some uh |
| 1924s | We've started experimenting with with |
| 1925s | some some newer stuff um but at the |
| 1928s | moment like the the depth of the |
| 1929s | crafting system is basically just having |
| 1932s | a different way to be able to acquire |
| 1934s | the items rather than necessarily the |
| 1936s | items being different um but that's |
| 1939s | something that we want to do as further |
| 1941s | explorations of the feature um we |
| 1943s | started doing some experiments with um |
| 1945s | being able to kind of dynamically create |
| 1947s | items rather than them just being like |
| 1949s | completely set fixed things so at the |
| 1951s | moment in the um or in the solstice |
| 1953s | event you would have seen that we had |
| 1955s | like different stabilizers that were |
| 1957s | named the same but we had variant of |
| 1958s | them with like different positive and |
| 1960s | different negative effects um we're |
| 1962s | currently starting to look at a much |
| 1964s | more interesting system that allows us |
| 1965s | to dynamically create um different items |
| 1968s | with some you know uh with some basic |
| 1971s | parameters and ranges um that we could |
| 1973s | integrate into uh the blueprint and |
| 1975s | Manufacturing system so uh while we're |
| 1978s | planning and to say that there's like |
| 1980s | multiple uh Blueprints and multiple |
| 1982s | recipes that you could use to get |
| 1983s | different to get the same item if you |
| 1985s | wanted to approach it in a different way |
| 1986s | by gathering different resources and |
| 1988s | Gathering different Loop we could do the |
| 1990s | same thing where by injecting different |
| 1993s | uh items into the recipe that the |
| 1996s | resulting item is uh different in a in a |
| 1999s | predictable way so you might be able to |
| 2001s | add like a you know you find a precious |
| 2002s | mineral and add it as part of the input |
| 2004s | and that means that it's going to have a |
| 2006s | different or an additional positive |
| 2007s | effect to the the chipsets the long-term |
| 2010s | goal is for this stuff to be uh to give |
| 2012s | a lot of uh uniqueness to the items |
| 2016s | because the way that the economy will |
| 2018s | kind of end up working is that each of |
| 2020s | the items is relatively unique and you |
| 2022s | can end up with situations where you |
| 2024s | have uh kind of famous or renowned items |
| 2029s | being passed around within the community |
| 2032s | because of the manufacturing efforts |
| 2033s | that have gone into to building things |
| 2036s | and then they happen to roll really well |
| 2037s | and you're going oh God we've got the |
| 2039s | you know the sword of thousand truths |
| 2040s | and it's like people recognize that item |
| 2042s | and oh that's the person that's got it |
| 2044s | right now um hopefully that's where we |
| 2046s | kind of end up as we we continue |
| 2048s | exploring the system and uh yeah it just |
| 2049s | requires a lot of um iteration and |
| 2052s | development but the the gameplay |
| 2054s | experience that we'll see in the short |
| 2056s | term will be more about like the the |
| 2059s | crafting loops and interactions rather |
| 2062s | than necessarily the outputs of the |
| 2063s | rewards um but it gives us a really easy |
| 2066s | vehicle to then add new items to the |
| 2068s | game game because we can just add them |
| 2069s | as new blueprints so uh yeah it's |
| 2072s | there's there's a few different parts to |
| 2075s | that yeah and I think regarding the the |
| 2078s | predictable unpredictability thing you |
| 2080s | were talking about um I believe the plan |
| 2083s | right now is that the UI will be quite |
| 2085s | upfront about the different variants of |
| 2086s | the possible when you acquire the |
| 2088s | blueprints um keeps you so even before |
| 2091s | the point of of acquiring it you'll know |
| 2093s | okay if I were to turn this into an item |
| 2096s | on this page what do I need and if I |
| 2098s | were to do that what's the range of |
| 2101s | possible options I might get for each of |
| 2102s | these different parameters um so that is |
| 2105s | something we plan to just be upfront |
| 2107s | with the player about so at least if |
| 2108s | they you know roll badly um with that |
| 2111s | particular variant at least they they |
| 2114s | knew upfront what the possibilities were |
| 2116s | um so we don't really want to introduce |
| 2117s | too much surprise into that it should be |
| 2119s | elements of Randomness to it but at the |
| 2121s | same time it should be something the |
| 2122s | player can plan around um and like Massi |
| 2126s | said potentially reroll stuff in the |
| 2127s | future |
| 2128s | yeah and the the way that I want to |
| 2130s | explore this in the first instance is |
| 2131s | that we basically like like I said like |
| 2133s | we have multiple of these different |
| 2134s | blueprints that give you the same items |
| 2136s | but with different costs and different |
| 2138s | um you know steps through the through |
| 2142s | the the crafting recipe some of which |
| 2144s | could have more risk associated with |
| 2146s | others so some of them might be more |
| 2147s | expensive to manufacture in the first |
| 2149s | place but you're reducing all of the |
| 2150s | risk so that you know exactly which item |
| 2152s | you get some of them might be cheaper |
| 2153s | but they have much more variable risks |
| 2155s | so they they dump out loads of tier ones |
| 2157s | and you're unlikely to to get a tier |
| 2158s | three but you might want to take the |
| 2159s | chance so while you know RNG is a thing |
| 2162s | that's very useful from a a game |
| 2165s | development uh perspective but uh we're |
| 2168s | trying to look at ways that we can put |
| 2171s | the risk in the player's hands somewhat |
| 2174s | um to to introduce both um you know that |
| 2178s | that control over the experience and to |
| 2180s | not feel like that the game is Just |
| 2181s | screwing them over um but also we can |
| 2184s | use we can use that RNG like I said |
| 2185s | before to kind of just show you content |
| 2187s | that maybe you wouldn't have thought of |
| 2188s | like one of your blueprints could be |
| 2190s | giving you a grab bag of different |
| 2192s | chipsets and it just happens to spit out |
| 2194s | one that you never would have built by |
| 2195s | yourself and you go okay well I'll use |
| 2197s | it because I've got it and then you go |
| 2198s | oh actually like this was this was cool |
| 2200s | because it was cheap to build and it |
| 2201s | gave me something something new so |
| 2203s | exactly what the recipes are going to |
| 2204s | work and like how consistent we try to |
| 2206s | make them is something that we're not |
| 2207s | really focusing on we're just going |
| 2209s | let's just give people a bunch of |
| 2210s | different ways that they could assemble |
| 2213s | these different items and then see what |
| 2214s | people gravitate towards um and uh and |
| 2217s | kind of go from the |
| 2221s | I think that was a very elaborate answer |
| 2223s | to adana's |
| 2225s | question thank you uh next up some |
| 2229s | blueprints like the stabilizer chipset |
| 2231s | T3 indicate limited uses what happens |
| 2234s | once these uses are exhausted can |
| 2236s | players renew or extend These Blueprints |
| 2238s | and if so at what |
| 2240s | cost yeah so currently we're working |
| 2242s | under the assumption that like |
| 2243s | blueprints just have limited charges and |
| 2245s | once they're expired they're expired and |
| 2247s | if you wanted to go and um if you wanted |
| 2249s | more charges of them then you go and |
| 2251s | develop the blueprint again and then you |
| 2252s | you manufacture from it again obviously |
| 2254s | the the randomness or the variation |
| 2256s | elements of that would mean that either |
| 2259s | you if you want to make sure that you |
| 2260s | can get the same item over and over |
| 2261s | again then you pick a more kind of |
| 2263s | stable recipe to know what you're going |
| 2265s | to get um but the idea of like uh |
| 2268s | renewing or extending those blueprints |
| 2270s | at some cost is absolutely something |
| 2272s | that we could we could look at |
| 2273s | integrating um it's not part of the the |
| 2275s | current um feature planning but I think |
| 2277s | it's |
| 2278s | it's a cool idea and I think there's |
| 2281s | like in fact there's probably ways that |
| 2283s | we could even introduce it with what |
| 2284s | we've got now where you just have the |
| 2286s | blueprint go in as one of the inputs to |
| 2289s | a different recipe and then it spits out |
| 2290s | a version of the blueprint that has more |
| 2292s | charges like there's ways that we could |
| 2294s | explore that and and try it um and I |
| 2296s | think it would be I think that's a good |
| 2298s | suggestion for how some of the endgame |
| 2300s | content um could start to look where |
| 2302s | players have items that they really want |
| 2303s | to hold on to and we go yeah okay well |
| 2306s | there's got to be some cost to you |
| 2307s | holding on to it but maybe instead of |
| 2308s | them losing it it's just that the upkeep |
| 2310s | cost gets more expensive um as the the |
| 2313s | quality of those things get better so |
| 2314s | that rich people uh you know PE you have |
| 2317s | those syns at the top end to make sure |
| 2319s | that people are paying for having the |
| 2320s | cool content um but yeah it's a it's a |
| 2323s | it's a cool idea and uh yeah watch this |
| 2326s | space we'll see if we can come up with |
| 2328s | uh something uh for when you guys see it |
| 2330s | for the first time |
| 2332s | if yeah whatever that is cool and then |
| 2336s | the other side of the same coin will we |
| 2339s | be able to recycle blueprints back into |
| 2340s | items required to produce them perhaps |
| 2343s | with less than 100% efficiency uh reason |
| 2346s | for asking was some some blueprints |
| 2348s | could become obsolete over time in clock |
| 2350s | or inventories unless you plan for an |
| 2352s | unlimited virtual storage for fangu |
| 2354s | digital |
| 2356s | assets uh yeah so from the beginning um |
| 2358s | we talked about recycling or |
| 2359s | reprocessing as a core part of this um |
| 2362s | as a way to remove unwanted trash from |
| 2364s | your currently limited um stash but also |
| 2367s | to deal with the common case um again |
| 2369s | that was raised in the in the discussion |
| 2370s | thread um of needing that you know if |
| 2372s | you need one more elusive component that |
| 2374s | you can't find to complete a recipe and |
| 2376s | and the RNG in the session is just not |
| 2378s | playing nicely to give you that drop |
| 2380s | like resources required for recipes are |
| 2382s | semi-generic |
| 2383s | so you would we would be able to have |
| 2386s | you um recycle out different components |
| 2388s | that aren't working for you into |
| 2390s | something that you do need um it will |
| 2392s | just be a case of like yeah it's if if |
| 2394s | you can find the things in session you |
| 2395s | should be going for them in session but |
| 2397s | if you can't find them |
| 2398s | recycle a bunch of other stuff down at |
| 2399s | some cost to to get the the little extra |
| 2401s | bits that you need um yeah it's a it's a |
| 2404s | part of the the system that we've um |
| 2407s | we're making sure it's there from from |
| 2408s | the beginning because uh partly because |
| 2412s | of like the stash limits that we've been |
| 2414s | thinking about we're like okay this is |
| 2415s | this is going to be enough of a ux |
| 2416s | problem that we have to make sure that |
| 2417s | people can scrap the stuff that they |
| 2418s | don't need anymore but also yeah it's uh |
| 2421s | it's it's a cool way that someone could |
| 2422s | turn their aund gubbins that they're |
| 2424s | never going to use into one cool thing |
| 2427s | by doing a Pro process of different |
| 2428s | recycles and recipes and things so uh |
| 2431s | yeah it'll definitely be part of the uh |
| 2433s | part of the feature that uh when you |
| 2435s | guys see it |
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