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| 10s | welcome back to another Fallout 76 |
| 12s | developer deep dive I'm your host lady |
| 15s | Devon and I'm joined by a few of our |
| 16s | Fallout 76 developers here we've got |
| 19s | senior Quest designer Ellis tan hello |
| 22s | there and Lead Quest designer Josh |
| 25s | moretto hey and returning to our Dev |
| 28s | Dives is our lead monez designer James |
| 31s | Phillips howy thank you for joining us |
| 34s | we really appreciate you taking time out |
| 36s | of your busy Dev schedules we know you |
| 38s | have a lot going on in preparation for |
| 40s | Atlantic City so since we have a lot of |
| 44s | information to cover with this update |
| 45s | we're just going to jump right into it |
| 48s | um and in fact there's so much to cover |
| 50s | on Atlantic City that we're going to |
| 51s | break this into two different segments |
| 53s | for you guys so this part one of our |
| 55s | Atlantic Deep dive uh let's go right |
| 57s | into it so first off off we are so |
| 62s | excited to head to a brand new location |
| 65s | out of all of the locations that we |
| 66s | could have possibly chosen uh in the |
| 69s | Fallout Universe what made Atlantic City |
| 71s | stand out to you when we introduced |
| 74s | expeditions to Fallout 76 we started |
| 76s | with the pit which is a classic fan |
| 78s | favorite location uh which we felt would |
| 81s | feel very distinct from the woods and |
| 83s | hills of Appalachia uh you know everyone |
| 85s | wanted to revisit the pit um but when we |
| 88s | look to our next location we want |
| 90s | something feel as different from the pit |
| 92s | as the pit did from Appalachia and as a |
| 96s | native New jerseyan I'd been hoping for |
| 98s | a long time that we'd get a chance to |
| 100s | introduce my home state to Fallout for |
| 102s | the first time and Atlantic City was the |
| 104s | perfect opportunity for this quick segue |
| 107s | since you just said that that's your |
| 108s | home state Josh what does Atlantic City |
| 111s | look like in game versus what you're |
| 113s | used to in real |
| 115s | life uh it's a lot more |
| 119s | Rundown which which I think is |
| 122s | understandable in the post-apocalypse uh |
| 124s | it's been through a lot um The Glitz and |
| 127s | glamour of America's playground is |
| 129s | somewhat worse for wear let's say So |
| 132s | speaking of like how rundown it is and |
| 135s | everything what happened to Atlantic |
| 137s | City during the Great War and how did |
| 139s | that shape it into the location that |
| 141s | we're about to explore uh well no no |
| 144s | place was Untouched by the Great War but |
| 146s | Atlantic City weathered better than most |
| 149s | uh it was a destination it had no real |
| 152s | military or strategic value so it wasn't |
| 154s | a direct Target when the bombs fell and |
| 157s | combined with some good disaster |
| 159s | preparedness uh it helped keep things |
| 161s | together in the aftermath uh By the time |
| 163s | our players travel there uh Atlantic |
| 165s | City has reached a tenuous stability |
| 168s | with varying of its groups working |
| 171s | together grudgingly to keep it as |
| 173s | functional a place to live as they can |
| 176s | um unlike a lot of settlements that |
| 177s | we've seen in Fallout in 76 uh this is a |
| 180s | place where people are living uh have |
| 184s | entertainments uh functional Power Water |
| 188s | uh which is not to say that they're |
| 189s | without their |
| 190s | struggles so Ellis tell us how does |
| 193s | Atlantic city compare to Expeditions in |
| 195s | the pit Atlantic City is coming in two |
| 199s | content releases the first release |
| 201s | includes two Expeditions very similar to |
| 204s | the pit um and the second release |
| 207s | includes one more Expedition as well as |
| 210s | has a variety of quests that you can do |
| 213s | in Atlantic City and you will be able to |
| 215s | explore Atlantic City freely outside of |
| 219s | uh Expedition like sort of the |
| 221s | traditional Expedition content that we |
| 223s | know of from the pit so can you tell us |
| 226s | about the residents of Atlantic City are |
| 228s | there any new characters or factions |
| 230s | that we can expect to meet well Atlantic |
| 233s | City is held together by three main |
| 235s | factions uh we have the municipal |
| 237s | government uh who are keeping the power |
| 240s | and lights and food working in Atlantic |
| 242s | City we have uh the organized crime |
| 244s | rackets of the family uh are are sort of |
| 247s | mobster organization and then we've got |
| 250s | a very chaotic kind of crazy uh bunch of |
| 253s | Guild of entertainers uh known as the |
| 256s | showman uh each of them controls |
| 258s | something vital to the continued |
| 260s | functioning of Atlantic City and its uh |
| 263s | tenuous stability the government as I |
| 266s | said keeps the power and water flowing |
| 268s | the family controls all of the vice the |
| 270s | gambling the booze the chems that you |
| 273s | know people in the post-apocalypse kind |
| 275s | of need to get through the day and then |
| 278s | the showman run all of the |
| 279s | entertainments uh and those range from |
| 282s | mundane you know stage performances |
| 284s | music and singers and so forth all the |
| 287s | way to deadly games of chance and and uh |
| 291s | high-risk game shows that the desperate |
| 294s | of Atlantic City can take part in uh in |
| 296s | a chance to make a better life for |
| 298s | themselves and experience a bit of the |
| 299s | high life so on the topic of stories can |
| 303s | you tell us a little bit about uh what |
| 307s | is the story taking us to Atlantic City |
| 310s | like what kind of stakes are at play |
| 312s | what kind of choices are we going to be |
| 313s | able to make there's a few different |
| 316s | stories happening each of our three |
| 320s | Expeditions uh invites you to work |
| 322s | closely with one of the three factions |
| 324s | and help them achieve their one of their |
| 326s | primary goals so for example the family |
| 329s | is all about keeping the money flowing |
| 331s | they're not afraid to use these |
| 333s | Cutthroat business tactics including |
| 335s | cooking the books to avoid paying taxes |
| 338s | and paychecks to the other factions so |
| 340s | you have Angry showman and Municipal |
| 342s | Auditors barging into the casino looking |
| 344s | for their dues uh and then it's the |
| 346s | players's problem to sort of fend them |
| 348s | off um and in our story content our our |
| 352s | Quest content we get to explore the |
| 355s | deeper consequences of what these |
| 357s | factions are doing and of the |
| 359s | indulgences that people are taking in |
| 360s | the city there is this highly exclusive |
| 363s | designer drug known as devil's blood |
| 365s | being traded in the upper |
| 367s | echelons um so how does the devil's |
| 370s | blood affect somebody who gets addicted |
| 372s | to it what happens if you cross the |
| 374s | family or the |
| 375s | showman we have a main story which is a |
| 378s | very personal story about a family who |
| 381s | has come to Appalachia on the run from |
| 383s | Atlantic City so the player will will |
| 386s | help deal with some of the consequences |
| 388s | they're facing and make choic is |
| 390s | affecting the family members |
| 391s | perspectives and where they end up at |
| 392s | the end of the |
| 393s | story uh in addition in contrast to the |
| 397s | pit where it was sort of an allout War |
| 400s | for survival between the Fanatics and |
| 403s | the union with the sort of extra hurdle |
| 405s | of the |
| 407s | trogs in Atlantic City the threat to the |
| 410s | city itself comes from outside Atlantic |
| 414s | City is bordered uh on one side by the |
| 417s | ocean and on the other side by the den |
| 420s | forests of the New Jersey Pine Barons |
| 422s | which in the aftermath of the Great War |
| 425s | have uh retaken territory that used to |
| 428s | be uh developed by people and have |
| 432s | started to encroach on the city's |
| 434s | borders so now we've heard about the |
| 437s | factions the quests the Expeditions that |
| 439s | we've got coming to Atlantic City some |
| 441s | of our players noticed a unique |
| 443s | character though in our season 13 |
| 445s | rewards uh we introduced a new camp Ally |
| 448s | named Joey Bellow |
| 450s | are can we expect to see any ties or |
| 453s | references to him in there yeah Joey |
| 456s | definitely brought a little bit of that |
| 457s | Jersey boardwalk personality the |
| 459s | Appalachia his unique brand of humor uh |
| 462s | definitely gave something special to the |
| 464s | player we might actually even see some |
| 467s | signs of a past performance two from him |
| 469s | but now you can only really see him to |
| 471s | perform live in Appalachia speaking of |
| 474s | performances we've heard him talk about |
| 476s | his life in Atlantic City and he's told |
| 479s | us there's a pretty Lively boardwalk in |
| 481s | Casino so what kind of activities can we |
| 483s | expect to take part in on the |
| 485s | boardwalk well the boardwalk is the home |
| 488s | to the showman and they run all of their |
| 492s | games and entertainments uh from there |
| 494s | so uh you'll actually get to participate |
| 497s | in one of these in one of our first uh |
| 500s | Expeditions when you will join as a |
| 503s | competitor in one of their most |
| 505s | dangerous of game shows for a chance at |
| 509s | a great price |
| 510s | in addition the players will be able to |
| 512s | uh visit a casino run by the family |
| 515s | there will be casino games which the |
| 517s | player will be able to acquire and bring |
| 519s | home from Atlantic City and uh build in |
| 522s | their camps and bring some of that uh |
| 525s | Casino flavor all the way back to |
| 527s | Appalachia so I see we're we're taking |
| 529s | notes from our nucle world on tour |
| 531s | update where you could earn the games in |
| 534s | N World on tour through tickets by |
| 535s | playing the mini games is that kind of |
| 538s | the same vein uh that will will see on |
| 540s | the boardwalk and some of those casino |
| 542s | games will be earnable just from playing |
| 544s | the Expeditions but there will also be |
| 545s | tons of other rewards that you can earn |
| 547s | for That season which will be tied to to |
| 550s | Atlantic City um and kind of a new story |
| 553s | there so this next question is for all |
| 555s | three of you uh do you have a favorite |
| 558s | character or location that you are |
| 560s | excited for players to experience uh |
| 563s | Josh has briefly mentioned that the |
| 566s | showman are inviting players to come |
| 568s | star in their game show um it's actually |
| 572s | called the most Sensational game which |
| 575s | may sound a bit familiar to those who |
| 576s | have read classic literature but this |
| 579s | this game takes place in on the |
| 581s | boardwalk in uh what is called Showman's |
| 584s | pier and down to the depths of an |
| 586s | underwater aquarium which is a really |
| 589s | gorgeous uh location and it's unlike |
| 592s | anywhere else in our game so I'm excited |
| 594s | for players to experience that and to |
| 596s | meet the members of the showman they're |
| 598s | a cast of Ecentric and ambitious |
| 601s | characters who will go to any lengths to |
| 603s | achieve their unique Vision so that |
| 606s | makes them quite unpredictable and and |
| 608s | sometimes |
| 609s | scary I'll jump in and say that there's |
| 612s | there's a lot of fun characters in it |
| 614s | from my perspective um you're going to |
| 616s | meet a deeply in over his head uh |
| 621s | accountant for the family who's going to |
| 623s | need your help really badly and he's a |
| 626s | lot of fun the thing that I really like |
| 629s | from the Atlantic City update is |
| 631s | particularly the boardwalk and the vibe |
| 633s | of it like we've had so many kind of |
| 636s | dark and Drey places like in the great |
| 638s | Stories We Told with the pit but this is |
| 640s | such a different take on what you can |
| 641s | see in a Fallout world and it's really |
| 644s | fun to see all that alive and both the |
| 646s | characters the showmen and like in the |
| 649s | spaces like the the boardwalk really |
| 651s | does feel fun what was the most |
| 654s | challenging aspect of development for |
| 656s | Atlantic City do you have any fun |
| 658s | stories to share with us |
| 660s | uh so one of our challenges was |
| 662s | listening to a lot of the feedback that |
| 664s | we got from the pit Expeditions and |
| 668s | looking at how players were engaging |
| 670s | with it compared to our other daily |
| 673s | content options and so going into |
| 675s | Atlantic City as we developed it we |
| 678s | realized we wanted to make some changes |
| 681s | to the Expedition format to bring it |
| 683s | more in line in terms of the player |
| 686s | investment uh with other daily options |
| 689s | such as events or uh The Daily Ops so |
| 694s | you saw some of these changes already uh |
| 696s | when we removed the ultr sight battery |
| 699s | charge costs to launch Expeditions but |
| 701s | we're going even further with this uh |
| 703s | with this release we wanted this to be a |
| 707s | piece of repeatable content that's |
| 708s | approachable and fun to do over and over |
| 710s | again so we wanted to make the action a |
| 713s | bit snappier I'm enjoying the new |
| 715s | Expedition experience and I hope players |
| 717s | do as well uh if we did a good job then |
| 720s | it should be pretty much seamless yeah |
| 723s | and I wanted to add that we not only is |
| 725s | the investment just in the players time |
| 727s | but like we want to make sure that |
| 728s | they're super rewarded for it that's |
| 729s | probably something we'll get to talk |
| 730s | about more in the second Dev dive |
| 732s | absolutely we will go into all the |
| 734s | different rewards that you can expect to |
| 737s | uh that you can expect to earn in |
| 739s | Atlantic City we'll also talk about a |
| 741s | new crypted and the new encounter group |
| 745s | before we get into that next Atlantic |
| 747s | City Dev dive though it's time for us |
| 749s | has to start wrapping things up but I do |
| 751s | have one very important last question |
| 754s | for you great debate amongst the Fallout |
| 757s | 76 Community we need your help on |
| 761s | this is cobbler a pie or not I will only |
| 765s | accept it as a pie if it has a bottom |
| 767s | crust because that's how I've always |
| 769s | experienced |
| 770s | pie so I'm I'm going to go with a very |
| 773s | pedantic |
| 775s | answer but by definition a a aop pie is |
| 780s | either filling in a pastry Shell filling |
| 783s | topped with pastry or both cobbler is |
| 788s | filling topped with batter biscuits or |
| 790s | dumplings all of which qualify as pastry |
| 793s | therefore it is a pie oh James where do |
| 797s | you sit on this I think that was a |
| 799s | pretty authoritative answer um but I'm |
| 802s | pretty sure I would say it's not a |
| 806s | pie well thank you guys so much that's |
| 808s | all time we have for this developer deep |
| 811s | dive thank you again Ellis Josh uh James |
| 814s | for joining us we'll let you get back |
| 816s | into the cassino thank you so much to |
| 819s | all of our players out in Appalachia we |
| 822s | can't wait to share Atlantic City with |
| 824s | you all on December 5th we will return |
| 827s | next week with another developer Deep |
| 829s | dive into Atlantic City where we'll get |
| 831s | the scoop on a new encounter group |
| 833s | crypted rewards and more we'll see you |
| 837s | in |
| 838s | Appalachia |