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| 0s | Greetings travelers, I'm Judd Cobler. |
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| 2s | Founder of Eleventh Hour Games and Game Director for Last Epoch |
| 5s | Today we will be discussing the highly anticipated item faction system |
| 9s | coming to the full release of Last Epoch, on February 21st. |
| 13s | We're very excited to release |
| 14s | this innovative new way for players |
| 16s | to participate in the deep and rewarding item hunt |
| 19s | that Last Epoch offers, in a way that they like to play. |
| 21s | By joining the Merchants Guild |
| 23s | you will be able to buy, sell, and trade items |
| 26s | through the bustling bazaar. |
| 27s | or, if you choose to join the Circle of Fortune |
| 29s | you'll set your sights to the stars |
| 31s | and be able to bolster your item acquisition |
| 33s | through Prophesies and increased item drop rates. |
| 36s | This system is the result of many years |
| 38s | of debating what the ideal trade system |
| 40s | should look like in |
| 41s | a loot-based action RPG; |
| 43s | tons of collaboration with our amazing community |
| 46s | and many sleepless nights in game design meetings |
| 48s | with our game design team. |
| 49s | We found through extensive polling |
| 51s | that players of action RPGs |
| 52s | are split nearly down the middle |
| 54s | when it comes to those who want their experience |
| 56s | to heavily trade and an economy, |
| 58s | and those who want to |
| 60s | focus on finding items themselves |
| 61s | or, with close friends. |
| 63s | We believe that through the item faction system |
| 65s | we will deliver a tailored and |
| 66s | exciting path to hunt for top tier items |
| 68s | for both camps of players. |
| 70s | In Last Epoch 1.0 you will join a faction |
| 73s | once you reach the great mercantile |
| 75s | city of Maj'Elka. |
| 76s | When you select to join the Merchants Guild |
| 78s | or the Circle of Fortune |
| 79s | a new interface will become available |
| 81s | that will let you access details |
| 83s | about your current status with your faction, |
| 85s | known as reputation, |
| 86s | how much favor you currently have |
| 88s | and what benefits your faction is currently providing you. |
| 91s | Let's talk about these briefly. |
| 93s | Reputation within a faction |
| 94s | is a core part of how a faction is going to be |
| 97s | benefiting you on your journey. |
| 98s | As a representative of that faction, |
| 100s | you will continue to increase your reputation |
| 103s | by killing enemies and completing quests. |
| 105s | For the Merchants Guild, this includes |
| 107s | participating in the bazaar |
| 109s | and completing trades at your current level, |
| 111s | and for the Circle of Fortune |
| 112s | this means completing prophesies |
| 114s | that will divine certain items |
| 116s | after fulfilling the foretold conditions. |
| 118s | Through earning reputation, |
| 120s | you will ascend ranks within your faction |
| 121s | earning you unique benefits and options. |
| 124s | Once you have earned reputation |
| 126s | within a faction, |
| 127s | that reputation stays with your |
| 128s | account, in that game mode. |
| 130s | This means, if you rank up a |
| 132s | cycle character, all of your other |
| 133s | cycle characters will have that rank |
| 135s | when they join the same faction, |
| 137s | and contribute to that factions reputation gain. |
| 140s | You may switch factions, |
| 141s | and earn and maintain reputation with them |
| 143s | with no penalty to your |
| 145s | earned reputation with the other. |
| 147s | There are currently ten ranks to acheive |
| 149s | in each faction. |
| 150s | With the later ranks |
| 151s | requiring quite a bit of commitment |
| 153s | in order to obtain. |
| 154s | So, While you have the freedom to |
| 156s | change your faction at any time, |
| 158s | you will want to pick a faction |
| 159s | and stick with it |
| 160s | to reach the most powerful |
| 161s | benefits that they have to offer. |
| 163s | It is important to note that you |
| 164s | can only be a member of one faction |
| 166s | at any given time per character, |
| 168s | and items earned with the benefits |
| 170s | from those factions |
| 171s | will require that you are aligned with them |
| 174s | in order to use them. |
| 175s | So most players will want to stick to a faction |
| 177s | that rewards their preferred playstyle. |
| 179s | Next, lets talk about favor. |
| 182s | Favor is the currency |
| 184s | you will earn while slaying enemies |
| 185s | or completing quests |
| 186s | for each of the factions. |
| 188s | Favor is separate from reputation. |
| 190s | This currency can be used to either |
| 192s | complete trades with the Merchants Guild |
| 194s | or, acquire new prophesies from |
| 196s | the Circle of Fortune; |
| 197s | and, if you find yourself with excess favor, |
| 200s | you can always spin the wheel with the faction gambler. |
| 203s | Item gifting to party members |
| 204s | has been in the game for a while now |
| 206s | and it isn't going anywhere. |
| 207s | However, it's important to note |
| 209s | that once you have joined a faction, |
| 211s | items will start being tagged |
| 212s | with the faction you are a part of |
| 214s | when they dropped. |
| 215s | This means, that while questing |
| 216s | if you are a member of the Merchants Guild, |
| 218s | and an item drops for you |
| 220s | that item will still be shareable |
| 222s | with anyone who was in the party like always, |
| 224s | and be available to be sold |
| 226s | provided that you meet the rank requirements |
| 228s | in the Merchants Guild bazaar. |
| 229s | Just be sure that the person |
| 231s | you are trading it to |
| 232s | also meets the same faction requirements. |
| 234s | The last use case we wanted to solve for, |
| 236s | are friends who choose to play together |
| 238s | and just want their own little trade group, |
| 240s | which brings us to Resonance. |
| 242s | Which are a new type of item that |
| 244s | can be found when you are questing |
| 246s | with your friends or party members. |
| 248s | This item can be used to enable an item |
| 250s | to be gifted specifically to the player you have a resonance with, |
| 254s | even if they weren't there when the item dropped. |
| 256s | We know a lot of times, players will play with their friends |
| 259s | and then later, you'll be soloing a piece of content |
| 261s | and the perfect item drops for your buddy. |
| 263s | Well, thanks to the new resonance system, |
| 265s | you will be able to give them that |
| 267s | perfect item, the next time you see them. |
| 269s | As those of you who love loot-based action RPGs know, |
| 273s | trade and economy is a very complex |
| 275s | and divisive issue to solve for |
| 277s | when catering to a large player base |
| 278s | and different play styles, while keeping |
| 280s | the item acquisition hunt feeling great. |
| 282s | We can't wait to get your feedback |
| 284s | on the system that we've come up with alongside you, |
| 287s | and we thank you for all your continued input |
| 289s | and passion, for helping to make |
| 290s | Last Epoch, the next great action RPG. |
| 293s | There is so much more to explore |
| 295s | with the item faction system, |
| 297s | so check out the deeper dive we have on our forums |
| 299s | and we look forward to seeing you in |
| 300s | Last Epoch, February 21st! |