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119s	for for
210s	for
251s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
253s	back to another last Epoch TI stream as
256s	usual I'm your host Mike
259s	hello how's it going
262s	everybody feeling good thanks how you
264s	doing good
266s	good uh if this is your first time here
268s	welcome glad to have you with us
271s	uh we stream for
272s	charity right there uh if you have any
275s	questions please put atlast U game in
279s	chat and uh slap a question there and
282s	we've got our lovely helper Fitz it is
287s	grabbing questions for me again thank
288s	you very much and I'll be do my best to
290s	answer them as fast as
292s	possible and in the meantime I'm going
294s	to be really bad at a video game and
296s	play it while I'm doing it
301s	we are attempting to finish this
304s	timeline right now and uh last few times
306s	I went in there I just got Ned
309s	instantly so we we need
312s	some we need some
314s	health part of the big thing we're
316s	missing here um yeah there's a lot of
319s	defensive stuff we're missing got to
321s	figure that out um I'm looking for a
324s	catalyst to fuse
327s	here looking for better weapons garbage
331s	we're really looking for a belt too
333s	right off the bat thank you very much a
336s	oh giveing that s fits
338s	congrats well well
341s	earned I kind of want to keep going in
344s	here to like just
347s	get more
349s	gear but I'm wor I'm going to power that
351s	one up too
353s	much might go here
356s	actually it's pretty close too
360s	we are quite under we're only level
362s	80 my mic is too
369s	low
374s	interesting is that
377s	better should be
386s	better no Bingo for you uhoh
394s	oh I wonder I wonder what I've already
396s	done to ruin I'm very inally don't look
398s	at the
401s	cards we'll see I might get there for
406s	you oh no I'm going to butcher this
410s	name yep
416s	uh wrick yoan
422s	I'm going go with that thank you very
423s	much for the sub appreciate
425s	it I am terrible with
429s	reading all right let's do this are
431s	there any plans to expand on the
433s	Weaver's will items maybe add more of
434s	them they are so fun yes um the the
438s	Weaver is not a character we're finished
441s	with and um you know expanding
446s	that uh related item system at the same
449s	time we expand the related character
452s	exploration would be logical um I don't
455s	actually know if that's what's going to
456s	happen but I would assume
463s	so arrives void damage is only from Echo
467s	at this time any plans to add void
469s	scaling tag um I don't know not probably
473s	not uh it's possible though
484s	it's usually reserved for a base damage
487s	change um void damage increases to void
491s	damage will increase that damage anyways
493s	as well so like it doesn't need the tag
495s	to have that damage scaled
510s	on oh so little just just little
513s	creeping along
516s	there more
521s	XP question about echo in the monolith
524s	about making them more exciting to
526s	explore not just blasting through the
528s	objective and finishing the echo in one
529s	minute have you guys talked about adding
531s	additional smaller objectives with
533s	rewards kind of like hell hell divers 2
535s	does it I'm going to admit my greatest
538s	Shame of the year
541s	I still haven't played hell divers 2
544s	yet I know I know it's it's
547s	irredeemable and
550s	unconscionable and I I don't know if you
553s	can ever forgive me but I haven't done
554s	it yet no um we're uh busy I have been
559s	looking
561s	for a good controller game to play
566s	Lately um just got a bring new
568s	controller which is pretty cool
571s	um maybe I'll give it a
574s	shot sort of assuming it has good
576s	controller
581s	support um but yes back to the actual
584s	question you asked yes um we do plan on
587s	on adding in more things to make um Echo
589s	runs more uh exciting and interesting
592s	and fun um it's one of those things that
595s	as we release cycles and introduce new
596s	mechanics uh that that'll get woven into
599s	it um so yeah
601s	the um Exile Mages are the the first of
606s	many of that style of mechanic that will
609s	show up in
613s	modelos personally I'd really like to
615s	see indications on the like map level on
618s	the on the uh the timeline level that
621s	says like oh this Echo has this Echo is
625s	being um like there's there's an exiled
628s	Mage in this Echo oh oh there's
630s	a secret mechanic too in this
634s	Echo and that way you know you can like
637s	actively look for it and find it and
638s	like still have them be potential to
640s	show up randomly um but if you are like
645s	if you go into one that that says like
646s	it's here it's guaranteed and you can
648s	hunt for it so I'd really like to see
649s	that
650s	personally little little icon Bes side
652s	you can see it um related note we are
656s	adding in a search and sort to the not
658s	search and sort uh search and fil
660s	to the
662s	um uh
666s	oh it's all coming thought I could take
668s	one um to the to the timeline
673s	web so this like like a little search
676s	here like little toggle buttons that
678s	like turn different rewards and highight
679s	and stuff we are adding
686s	that come up here for these
697s	XP want that XP right
702s	now all right thoughts on giving coff a
704s	benefit towards farming boss only
706s	uniques to equalize Merchants SLC up a
710s	littleit um I I I think
714s	it's possible to do um
722s	there's a lot of suggestions I've seen
724s	with regards to this that we just can't
726s	do um and there's some that have been
727s	pretty good so I mean there's there's
729s	room for it we are um we are making some
732s	changes
734s	to uh to to all of the rank rewards for
738s	both cof and Merchant skill not not like
741s	all not not every single reward is
742s	getting changed but like
746s	possibly any one of them could be
748s	targeted
752s	one big problem with this build is that
753s	like I'm just never have potions I need
755s	I need to self heal oh okay this is the
758s	thing I need to to work into this is
759s	some way to heal
765s	myself what's got a self heal on it
768s	right
772s	now this have like shift
776s	does I know that you have it
787s	just shift my health
794s	pot thank you very
796s	much uh
798s	enormous enormous that's what it
801s	says looks like enormous yeah enormous
803s	thank you very much for the sub
804s	appreciate you glad to have you with us
813s	it's weird I can read it better when
814s	there's the numbers is mixed
820s	in all
823s	right uh is something going to happen
825s	with listed SLS sold items in the mg
827s	Bazaar when the season transition from
829s	cycle to Legacy
833s	um
835s	yes do I know what that is no
841s	um I would assume they would all just
843s	get transitioned to to to Legacy like
845s	all the
848s	stuff right like why
853s	not yeah unless someone can think of
855s	like a good reason not to just
856s	transition
861s	them all right stash tab presets where
864s	you unlock by clicking the ones you
867s	want you can keep your out between
871s	Cycles oh I see what you're saying yeah
874s	this this this won't be ready for 1.1
876s	I'm sorry um I know I know what you're
877s	asking here and and I think this is
879s	something we'll be uh hopefully looking
882s	to to to work in down the road a bit but
886s	um sorry this will not be available
890s	at but I do I do think it's a really
892s	good
894s	idea just a little too much else going
897s	in right now
905s	all right I'm not using my uh Falcon
907s	more so
911s	strong just playing lazy
918s	mode all right will minions see a buff
921s	in the near future I don't have any
923s	information on potential uncoming Buffs
925s	or Nerfs or balance stre So my answer is
927s	I don't know um but I'll read the whole
929s	question out I've got over 250 hours
931s	playing Necromancer since launch and
933s	have tried every possible version and
936s	find that if you're not playing wraith
937s	Lord's Harbor or using uh dread shade
940s	you will hit a wall at some point you
941s	can't progress any past well I mean
943s	you'll hit a wall at at with every build
946s	um how about all Minion builds without
948s	having to use those two previously
950s	mentioned options I mean we're we're
951s	always looking to diversify and and
953s	bring up the the things that aren't
954s	working and bring down the things that
956s	are completely Overkill but you know um
959s	I I don't have any details on specific
973s	changes do have enough here we could go
975s	for
977s	it what's our fire and necrotic
979s	resistance like fire necrotic is high
982s	enough fire necrotic is garbage
989s	when's the next cycle dropping I don't
991s	have a set date yet um we have an
994s	internal Target uh it's not set in stone
998s	yet
1001s	um there will
1004s	be uh the usual like pre patch R ramp up
1009s	that happens um the time between patches
1012s	where our goal is roughly 3 to four
1016s	months um
1019s	and I expect this one to be roughly the
1023s	same I don't know where that puts
1027s	us I feel like that's like month and a
1029s	half two months something like
1040s	that almost uh I guess one almost
1042s	exactly one to two months cuz it's 19th
1044s	21st two months ago yeah
1050s	uh I really dig Falconer sweet uh and
1053s	the tech puts the pet uses any plans to
1055s	bring it over to crows or other pet
1057s	builds no um one of the things we really
1059s	strive for in last Epoch is um class
1063s	identity that's one of our Core Design
1065s	pillars and
1069s	um one of the things that makes that
1072s	gives Falconer its class identity is the
1074s	Falcon and the unique attributes that
1077s	the Falcon itself has um so the the way
1079s	that the falconer the primalist or Beast
1082s	Master and The Necromancer um handle
1084s	their pets are all distinctly unique in
1087s	their like fundamental mechanics and
1089s	that's really important and it's really
1090s	important that we maintain that so um we
1093s	don't have any plans to make the throws
1095s	unkillable
1112s	sry about
1114s	that okay now that Arena keys are no
1117s	longer as valuable gold wise any chance
1119s	to merge the different key nodes uh
1121s	someone who doesn't play Arena these
1123s	Keys feel worse than a gold reward at
1125s	the moment um I mean it's it's possible
1127s	I don't have any
1130s	uh details on if we're going to do this
1132s	or not I think it's really important to
1133s	have nodes that you're not like really
1137s	really striving for you know um
1140s	especially especially if there if there
1142s	does end up being
1145s	um elements of of the the modeling
1148s	system that you are like trying to
1151s	complete that aren't just the objective
1153s	um and having these nodes that are that
1155s	maybe have like another objective inside
1158s	the node um but doesn't have a objective
1161s	you want to do still gives them value
1163s	and then um you can find combinations of
1164s	ones that are good that that are even
1166s	better and you know like having this
1167s	range of how how you prioritize your
1170s	echo in the web and how you make that
1171s	more efficient that that process is I
1174s	think an important part of the gameplay
1175s	Loop and um if they're all amazing and
1179s	you just pick one and go that takes away
1182s	I I think an important step in
1185s	um the game process you're you're like
1188s	that that axis that you can optimize on
1190s	just
1193s	disappears I don't like the idea
1207s	all right any chance cuf rewards get to
1209s	scale with corruption somehow I mean
1211s	they
1215s	do as it stands highp are more easy to
1217s	access in merchant skill what's your
1218s	opinion um I I think that Merchant skill
1221s	is always going to be more um efficient
1226s	overall I think I think the moment that
1228s	we make
1230s	um uh cof as efficient as merchant Guild
1234s	in
1236s	um specific item targeting
1242s	um I I think what we we like at that
1244s	point it's basically just
1248s	uh I think the drop rates would be so
1251s	crazy different that it would feel like
1252s	to completely different games
1273s	yeah yeah man aot's not terrible but
1283s	yeah all right do you plan to implement
1285s	Vulcan API into Linux version of the
1287s	game um from what I tested it suffers in
1289s	terms of performance like 30% worse FPS
1291s	on N video graphics card I don't know
1294s	um I I think there was some talk about
1296s	it there was some there was some problem
1297s	with it or something I don't know
1302s	um I know this came up as a discussion
1305s	recently I don't remember what the out
1306s	kind of was I'm
1308s	sorry it's at least on the list of
1311s	discussion topics very
1317s	least but I know this some stuff is
1319s	specifically happening with steam deck
1321s	right
1323s	now because it ended up being so like
1325s	incidentally popular even though we were
1327s	like no it doesn't work people are like
1329s	no we'll do it
1338s	anyways all right hi Mike will we have a
1340s	PTR for 1.1 or would it be released as a
1343s	season cycle release it'll be released
1344s	as a season cycle release we'll still
1345s	use our community tester program like we
1346s	usually do though
1349s	uh why was Souls from soulfire Bastion
1351s	made to expire upon exiting the dungeon
1354s	uh it dramatically makes soulfire
1355s	Bastion less appealing to farm now um
1357s	they've always been that way or at least
1359s	it was always intended to be that way um
1362s	like the amount you get in the run that
1363s	you're in is what you have to spend on
1365s	that
1370s	run I take it there was a bug that made
1372s	that not the case and we fixed it
1386s	all right are there plans for adding
1388s	Cosmetics to loot and trade pool to the
1390s	loot trade pool
1392s	Cosmetics
1398s	no uh in the future do you think about
1401s	pet for pickup loot no uh are there
1404s	plans to expand on the experimental item
1406s	loot pool from uh imprison Mages I I
1408s	think there's sort of like vague plans
1410s	to expand on everything um I think the
1412s	focus will be on the next system going
1414s	forward for the next patch but um you
1417s	know if if if there's like a good idea
1418s	that comes along or some balance change
1420s	needs to happen or like you know like
1422s	the the adjustments notwithstanding
1426s	um probably nothing major as like a big
1429s	bulk Edition
1439s	that's what happens when you look over
1440s	to look at the next
1443s	question I can't even do this can't even
1446s	do
1450s	that
1452s	um I mean I guess we just got to farm
1454s	this don't
1456s	we this is the problem is I have to go
1458s	like look at the stuff I picked up cuz
1459s	I've got so much stuff I've picked up
1460s	over the last couple sessions that I
1462s	just like haven't even tried to see if
1464s	they're upgrades or
1467s	not he watching me crash is is probably
1470s	not going to be very
1472s	exciting you can try
1475s	though let's got a little let's got a
1477s	little give in
1484s	it worth a shot I put a despair
1489s	in to try and seal the Y
1495s	res he just upgraded it and ate all of
1498s	the uh for potential which is what I
1499s	expected
1502s	to but more ell
1506s	res which means we can actually probably
1508s	grab some out of lightning
1517s	somewhere there's all the lightning
1521s	res let go that exalted uh throwing
1525s	damage EIC so
1533s	uh do you have any plans on adding
1535s	monolith layouts yep um I don't know if
1538s	there's any in 1.1 but yeah adding more
1540s	model flouts is definitely on the list
1542s	for
1543s	sure might have to drop
1550s	something uh whenever you swap Gear with
1553s	plus skills on it yep I know this is
1555s	going um
1560s	sometimes the skills get scrambled any
1561s	plans to fix that or put in a visual aid
1563s	to help you remember what you had before
1565s	yeah so there's there's
1568s	um there is a bug right
1570s	now which prevents the visual aid to
1572s	tell you what you had from showing um
1575s	because it does it it there's whenever
1577s	you take uh I don't want to take it off
1579s	cuz
1580s	I'm there's this bug right now um
1584s	whenever you take it off and you come
1585s	back into the skill it's supposed to
1586s	flash the uh the letters It's supposed
1589s	to turn the letters red and put a an
1591s	outline that highlights the nodes that
1593s	had points removed from
1595s	them um so yes we do have that I just
1599s	don't know why it's not working it's
1601s	working for years years
1621s	all
1626s	right
1632s	oh it's actually a fun
1641s	one all right uh going on the
1645s	alternative
1646s	targets uh going on the alternative
1648s	Target Target and Echoes any chance cof
1650s	prophecies Target specific targets per
1656s	Echo
1658s	what like fill stability bar do X nodes
1661s	to Grant exalted items oh oh oh oh oh oh
1664s	I see what you're
1666s	saying
1670s	um I it's possible I
1674s	guess um maybe I don't know I I don't I
1678s	don't things like that just in general
1681s	for everyone everyone here if you've got
1682s	an idea that you're like hey I wonder if
1683s	they should do this idea if you suggest
1686s	it to me I will immediately forget it as
1687s	soon as I finish answering the question
1690s	um and you can go to the forums or the
1693s	suggestions on Discord and throw them in
1696s	there
1698s	uh and someone will
1700s	actually uh look at them and compile
1703s	them into a like suggestion pool drop
1705s	something no I refuse to drop something
1709s	you dropped something crazy lady all
1712s	right let's
1714s	go just me talking to myself
1726s	somehow know that spell necrotic stuff
1762s	hey
1766s	terrible just keep going
1769s	let's find more stuff uh can you
1771s	elaborate on the difference between
1772s	Class Pets get the variety in flavor we
1776s	have huge outliers on one hand we have
1778s	the Falcon untargetable and Immortal on
1779s	the other hand we have spron uh that
1782s	have to revive by sanding still that I
1784s	think the other end is um Necromancer
1786s	who actively sacrifices their
1788s	minions
1791s	um I imagine this in a heavy moment boss
1793s	fight at the same time there's no actual
1795s	bigger payoff if you manage to pull that
1797s	off um so so in actuality the falconer
1799s	is able to do much higher corruption
1801s	with less effort ah I think this is a a
1803s	humongous logic leap
1807s	um I
1809s	I the mechanical nature of the revive
1815s	versus immortality of the pets is not
1817s	the reason why one can do higher
1819s	corruption than the
1824s	other it might it might be a drop in the
1826s	bucket that contributes to it but that
1827s	is not the reason
1834s	um the uh what am I saying here the uh I
1839s	guess the falconer does get the extra
1840s	ability too but the um the Minions that
1843s	you
1844s	have uh the let me start over the
1847s	falconer's Falcon is meant to be an
1849s	extension of the Falcon Falconer itself
1852s	um so this character and this character
1855s	are effectively one character that's
1857s	that's that's the like the reasoning
1859s	behind it so if you're alive the
1860s	Falcon's alive it is is it's one thing
1863s	um partially because you have multiple
1866s	this is part of the reason is because
1867s	you have multiple abilities on your bar
1870s	um that you need the Falcon to be alive
1872s	to use up to three um so when 60% of
1875s	your bar is contingent on this minion
1878s	being alive
1880s	um it's really important that that
1883s	minion um stays alive kind of no matter
1887s	what uh and then on top of that there's
1888s	thematic differences of this Falcon
1891s	being able to like hide itself Fly Away
1894s	Dodge in combat like it's it's this it
1896s	keeps itself alive thematic I think as
1898s	well um the the big difference there
1901s	with the like spring for example if your
1903s	minion dies your bar stays the same you
1906s	lose 0% of your active abilities if your
1909s	minion dies um so having it be this
1913s	extra um Ally in combat that you have to
1918s	uh um you have to help is I think really
1921s	thematically on point and a good
1923s	mechanical representation of that theme
1926s	as the companions that's that's what
1927s	they are they are companions they are
1929s	their own separate disperate thing they
1932s	are like um it's it's their own
1934s	character sometimes they get specific
1936s	names you know things like that like the
1938s	they are an individual characters
1941s	whereas the Falcon is is an extension of
1943s	you you know it's like you can't you
1944s	don't get a name for it
1947s	ever um
1949s	the the the the real extension of that
1951s	is the the other end of the spectrum
1953s	sorry of that uh Falconer is the
1956s	Necromancer where they
1958s	are actively sacrificing and using your
1960s	minions as uh a
1965s	res even trying to keep them
1970s	alive is the falconer overtuned
1973s	yes um but that's got I think very
1976s	little to do with the
1979s	immortality status of the Falcon of the
1981s	Falcon
1982s	itself because there's the flip side of
1984s	that as well um a bear can physically
1986s	take hits for you you know um it can
1989s	pull aggro it can it can actually um be
1993s	a defensive mechanic for you because it
1995s	is absorbing some of that uh enemy uh ey
2009s	kind of disjointed ramblings but I hope
2011s	that goes hits the points for
2023s	you all right next question hi Mike any
2025s	plans to do other streams with guests oh
2027s	yeah last week was awesome I agree last
2029s	week was fantastic uh and is it
2031s	realistic to have some kind of filters
2033s	for prophecies in cof which could
2035s	highlight prophecies from one specific
2036s	dungeon monolith
2043s	uh you have to write that one down I
2045s	understand what it is
2060s	sorry easy EAS sorry I don't remember if
2063s	I answered that whole question
2071s	oh guests yeah yeah guests um I I would
2073s	like to have guests
2075s	um Kyle's an easy one because um had
2079s	them on before and I know and it's one
2080s	that gets requested specifically a lot
2082s	we've also done um we've done 2D uh 2D
2085s	concept artist uh which was a big hit um
2089s	I really want to get our VFX artist in
2091s	um our like combat designer our enemy
2094s	our boss combat designer um I want to
2096s	get you know there's lots of people I
2098s	don't want to get in
2102s	here you're all a victim of my terrible
2108s	planning
2119s	sorry that Falcon does
2125s	chunk all right uh any plans to raise
2129s	the production values of the story
2131s	content uh more voice line cinematics
2134s	maybe some graphical updates yeah we're
2135s	always doing things like that um could
2137s	there be more generic and fun affixes
2139s	like plus more projectiles plus
2142s	returning projectiles chaining times Etc
2145s	one of
2146s	the really big
2149s	strengths um that we
2152s	have uh with with our skill system is
2154s	being able to do a lot of really cool
2156s	stuff with it um one of the weaknesses
2159s	we have with our skill system is that
2163s	um it's not very generic at all uh so
2167s	the additional projectiles for every
2170s	single skill that has additional
2172s	projectiles is handled a little bit
2174s	differently for every single skill that
2176s	does it um and not every skill does it
2178s	not every skill has it even as an option
2180s	so it's um having a uh like having and
2184s	this goes for all the all the different
2185s	types of things like that but so if say
2187s	we had one
2190s	um say we had
2194s	one uh there's a word for them AIX one
2198s	AIX that was like plus one
2202s	projectiles
2205s	um there's it would have to be like plus
2208s	one projectiles for abilities that can
2210s	have additional projectiles and don't
2213s	have no projectile nodes taken in their
2215s	trees you know like it's um
2219s	and we we we also frequently balance the
2222s	number of projectiles that an ability
2223s	can have very carefully because it often
2226s	uh has pretty big performance
2229s	implications um you know there there's
2231s	other things that that cause issues with
2233s	the number of projectiles too and
2234s	there's things that scale off the number
2235s	of projectiles and um I think that and
2239s	I'm just using projectiles as an example
2241s	for all these types of things but um
2244s	some of these more
2245s	generic uh
2248s	more intense more transformative more
2251s	transformative generic
2253s	nodes uh
2256s	are really
2260s	iffy it it would have to be a little bit
2262s	something would have to be a little bit
2263s	more specific about it I
2266s	think um which is why we almost always
2268s	do it as plus one projectiles with
2271s	disability um I could maybe see it be
2274s	something like on a unique or something
2275s	that's like plus one projectiles with
2277s	one of these four abilities or something
2279s	like that
2282s	um but it's got to be specific to some
2284s	degree with the way we have things set
2285s	up right
2287s	now all right next question you recently
2289s	mentioned you desire to make unique
2292s	items applied to manifest armar yeah I
2293s	do it's not being done right now just to
2297s	be clear um but that it was difficult
2299s	unshaking yes do you see that being a
2301s	realistic feature that we could look
2302s	forward to or is it just so tremendous
2304s	of an undertaking that we shouldn't get
2306s	our hopes up in that particular change
2307s	um unless something changes dramatically
2310s	or I get like six months to just work on
2313s	that and nothing else uh I I I wouldn't
2316s	expect it anytime soon at
2327s	all
2330s	sorry I think I think it was brought up
2332s	as like a a pipe dream or if you could
2333s	do anything type question and so I
2335s	picked something that's not really
2337s	feasible which isn't great for you know
2341s	hearing about something like that but
2343s	yeah that's what I would do if I could
2344s	do
2348s	anything all right any updates on we are
2351s	seeing a shaman rework um there are no
2355s	major skill change rework overhauls for
2358s	Shaman coming next patch I can tell you
2360s	that for
2363s	certain you like we're we're we're we're
2365s	touching things here and there we're
2366s	making changes where we can we're doing
2368s	re re re like balancing of stuff but
2371s	like major reworks are not on the table
2373s	for
2375s	1.1 that was
2383s	close like you won't see a new Shaman
2385s	skill you won't see like uh some patch
2389s	that's like oh uh redid the the the tree
2391s	for this skill or anything like that no
2394s	no no
2407s	all right uh any idea on issues with
2410s	certain window Types on controller
2412s	swapping between the joystick Mouse and
2415s	d-pad uh plus R2 L2 to move around you
2418s	get stuck in one and can't move to the
2420s	other things like dungeon Windows seem
2422s	to be a different window type I can't
2423s	press square to move key Auto I I I I
2427s	have no idea anything about that uh
2429s	please submit a bug report and we'll do
2431s	our best to fix
2433s	it all right on the topic of Exile Mages
2436s	do you plan to add some mechanics SL
2438s	events uh with other classes on Echoes
2441s	for instance forsaken Droid demented uh
2443s	Beast Master um we we
2448s	have the way that they spe the story
2450s	line specifically behind how the Exel
2453s	Mages got there is very unique to Mages
2456s	um it is definitely feasible to have
2459s	other mechanics that bring in other
2462s	classes and things like that um you know
2466s	it's uh I I I think we'll want to
2468s	explore some slightly different theming
2470s	first before going back to that well
2473s	um but you know we do try and bring in
2476s	uh
2477s	player uh themed ability enemies uh this
2482s	isn't the first
2484s	time the arena the The Limited Arena
2487s	runs already do
2494s	this custom Le key caps when oh my
2497s	goodness
2503s	um I'm literally in the process right
2505s	now of trying to design if someone has
2508s	this please let me
2514s	know I'm literally in the process right
2517s	now
2518s	of trying to design I have these I have
2520s	a like the most straightforward keyboard
2523s	ever um but there's these it's all it's
2526s	all white LEDs in there and I want I
2528s	want them to glow red so I'm trying to
2530s	print a little thing to like go inside
2533s	this cuz it's it's like etched and you
2535s	can see like light Shin Su and all sort
2537s	of stuff but I really want to get a
2538s	little red insert to go in there i' got
2541s	some transp some transparent red uh
2544s	filament and I want to make it glow red
2546s	instead of glow White
2549s	um but yeah sorry just random aside Uh
2552s	custom Le key caps I there's nothing in
2554s	the works for that right now I'm
2557s	sorry would be cool
2562s	though I don't know I've never I've
2564s	never been a big
2566s	uh uh C custom keycap like like crazy
2570s	stuff on them I'm like hyper
2572s	minimalistic here I'll show you what it
2574s	it looks like
2579s	is like the most minimalistic keyboard
2581s	ever oh it feels so
2584s	good all right hey I have a question I
2587s	had a great time playing your game
2589s	awesome spent over 100 hours in it epic
2591s	and I'm looking forward to some
2592s	information about new content to come
2594s	back
2595s	to um I check every update to the game
2598s	and I'm really glad you're fixing bugs
2600s	that haven't seen any information about
2601s	something new yet whether it's regarding
2602s	the content itself maybe items class
2604s	changes will there be anything in the
2605s	near future um so 1.1 which will come
2608s	out roughly 3 to 4 months after 1.0 as
2612s	our usual patch Cadence um will include
2615s	a new Pinnacle boss system uh and other
2618s	stuff we haven't announced any of other
2620s	stuff that is coming with
2629s	it when I click sword items in my stash
2633s	what parameters is it using to sort
2635s	other than Tetris it doesn't seem to
2637s	sort by super obvious stuff like levels
2642s	Etc it starts by taking all of the
2646s	largest
2648s	items and putting them in this
2653s	corner it then goes and takes the next
2656s	largest items and tries to put them in
2658s	this
2664s	corner it then goes and takes the next
2666s	largest item and tries to play place it
2667s	in that
2669s	corner that's all it's doing that is
2671s	that is literally it
2675s	um oh it might start in the top left
2677s	actually
2679s	sorry anyways
2682s	um when it does
2687s	this
2690s	uh the the reason why uh question of
2694s	question that often happens uh is why
2697s	does it change when uh you click sort
2699s	like why does it what does it reorder
2702s	itself the order that the so when when
2705s	you actually click sort it actually
2706s	takes everything and like puts it in a
2708s	little time box and then starts adding
2709s	things back in one at a time it just
2710s	happens in a single frame um and when it
2716s	takes them all
2717s	out the order that it takes them all out
2720s	in is different than the order that it
2721s	puts them all in in and the order that
2723s	takes them all out in is the tiebreak
2726s	order for various sizes of
2728s	things so you'll notice that these two
2732s	uh these three Idols the middle one
2733s	stays the same and the top two switch
2735s	back and forth every
2738s	time if we drop this and pick it back up
2741s	again it reorders them so there's a new
2744s	one in the
2750s	middle that's it that's that's the whole
2752s	that's all the quirks that's
2754s	it um it needs updating big time that
2756s	was the first sort function we added
2759s	four or 5 years ago uh and we've never
2761s	touched it it needs to be updated
2764s	desperately oh no that might actually
2766s	kill
2772s	me uh next question on topic of minions
2777s	it's a minions stream let's do this do
2779s	you think the dot damage pools beams Etc
2783s	they take is on the right level or are
2785s	players meant to constantly use the the
2787s	attack move button more
2791s	um I think that there is
2794s	a uh
2797s	uh a
2799s	corruption point
2802s	where um all balances out the
2806s	window I think that in general the
2808s	amount of damage they take from dot
2810s	areas is
2811s	fantastic um and once you get
2814s	into uh you know like absurd corruption
2817s	levels it it doesn't the the the scaling
2819s	rates of the damage versus the damage
2822s	reduction and health pools of minions
2824s	doesn't play nice and you end up with
2826s	these death pools for
2844s	minions it's little chunk good
2854s	stuff all right uh for next cycle
2857s	between monolith dungeons improvements
2858s	class balance new
2860s	classes no new classes next cycle uh
2863s	defense changes endurance Etc completely
2865s	new content what would you say is the
2867s	most priority for devs uh new
2872s	content the Pinnacle boss
2875s	system that's what we keep talking about
2883s	right might have to drop something might
2886s	have to drop
2888s	something no
2893s	way I really should fix my
2898s	Idols morning Frost
2903s	classic are you planning to add UI
2906s	scaling option for items tool tips text
2908s	to make them smaller and larger um it is
2910s	on the list um we actually just I saw
2914s	someone that just started working on
2915s	some uh scaling stuff I don't know if
2917s	it's going to be ready in time for 1.0
2919s	or 1.1 sorry
2922s	um both hands on your
2927s	keyboard uh
2929s	right
2931s	here I don't know any details on what UI
2934s	scaling stuff we've started looking at
2935s	but we have started looking at it
2939s	I like Thorns
2940s	builds sweet are any plans to add
2943s	reflect aexes um percent reflect affixes
2953s	no all right are we going to get an
2955s	option to save build presets so we can
2957s	switch between Builds on the same class
2960s	um we're not adding D3
2962s	armor um I could see a potential like
2967s	template saving system whereby it would
2969s	like highlight the nodes you want to
2971s	take and things like that um I've talked
2974s	about this in the past there's a bit of
2975s	a slippery slope there to um people just
2977s	loading in builds and um you never
2983s	reading a node on anything which I think
2985s	would be a really big disservice to
2987s	those players
2989s	um but you know maybe it's not the end
2991s	of the world I don't know uh it does
2993s	help a lot though cuz I I don't know
2994s	like I personally the place that I find
2996s	it I think it would help is is um I come
2998s	back to a build like I only play this
3000s	character on stream that's the only time
3001s	I touch it and like I come back and I'm
3003s	like what was I doing again what was I
3008s	building merch shop when oh my God
3011s	please keep
3012s	asking I'm serious that's not sarcasm
3014s	please keep
3017s	asking but I don't know
3030s	all
3032s	right any plans on adding uh star option
3036s	on loot filter rules to see items drop
3038s	uh on their respective
3044s	colors you mean like mini map stuff like
3047s	so
3050s	that like have this
3052s	for like any given exalted item so you
3056s	can make that sh up I really like to
3058s	there's some issues with it
3062s	um we don't have a way to do it cleanly
3064s	right
3067s	now uh proper Merchant skilled search
3069s	when uh we are expanding the um
3072s	functionality of the searching systems
3074s	in merchant
3076s	skill uh any reason for five abilities
3078s	over six um yeah you've got uh four
3083s	fingers and a and a right right Mouse
3085s	button that that fits real nice ly on uh
3088s	keyboard control layout
3091s	um it's also a point where you're able
3094s	to um it's it's a it's a depth
3098s	complexity
3101s	slider um so like having five abilities
3105s	here and versus having that sixth
3108s	ability here for the all the
3109s	combinations and how they build together
3111s	and and keeping all of these different
3113s	trees and all their combinations and
3116s	potential combinations in your mind when
3118s	making builds that complexity level goes
3121s	up quite a bit um like the number of
3123s	combinations spikes pretty hard when you
3125s	when you every time you add an extra
3126s	ability on there as
3128s	well um
3131s	and I think the complexity goes up at a
3134s	much higher rate than the depth goes up
3136s	at um being forced to cut things I think
3139s	is a really uh important piece of the
3143s	puzzle
3147s	you'll often see like as as as an
3149s	example sort of a a pull from a
3151s	different game example you'll often see
3153s	players that are new to a trading card
3155s	game like for example let's talk about
3156s	magic that's the one I know the best um
3159s	and they will so in Magic like like um
3161s	most deck con most constructed formats
3164s	allow you to have a card minimum but not
3166s	a card maximum in your deck so it'll be
3168s	like you're playing standard you have 60
3170s	cards in your deck but you can also have
3172s	200 cards in your deck that's fine as
3173s	long as you can Shuffle
3175s	it and
3177s	um you'll see a lot of new players show
3180s	up and they're like there's like oh this
3181s	this deck has 63 cards I couldn't pick
3184s	what to cut and that's that's a really
3186s	important skill I think as well and I
3188s	think it also helps
3191s	um you know I I think limitations breed
3193s	creativity of
3196s	and um having too many
3200s	abilities on your bar means you end up
3202s	not needing to um work out solutions to
3206s	problems
3210s	with limited resources as much in build
3218s	crafting having said that there is
3221s	probably a little bit more room in
3226s	the
3228s	uh action economy is the wrong word but
3231s	it's kind of what I'm trying to get to
3233s	in
3234s	the ability
3239s	like like when I said like oh you got
3240s	four fingers and one right click there's
3241s	probably there's probably room for a
3242s	little bit more there than what we
3244s	have
3247s	um but I think that it's not worth
3250s	adding another ability here or ability
3253s	on your bar to do it but there's
3254s	probably room to add other
3257s	things uh to that like like for example
3260s	we add when whenever you go to a dungeon
3261s	we add that D key for that extra ability
3264s	I think there's room for
3267s	uh things on on similar on a similar
3273s	vein we'll see what happens I could be
3274s	wrong with
3286s	that more
3289s	questions we can do it
3298s	I just got the producer stuck in my
3303s	head all right what is your opinion on
3305s	the current economy state of merchants
3308s	Guild um I mean I think it's really
3309s	unfortunate that the the the prices
3312s	inflated so hard with the exploit that
3314s	happened
3315s	um I think we've
3318s	been uh you probably haven't really
3321s	notice what we've been doing but we have
3322s	been uh reducing inflation quite a lot
3325s	um
3329s	it's a difficult thing
3331s	to
3333s	um just just have happen overnight and
3336s	not screw a lot of people over um so it
3339s	is something that we are you know it's
3341s	it's a little the subtle how it's
3343s	happening but it's definitely happening
3345s	um and I think it's
3348s	it's good that it didn't happen at the
3350s	start of a season or start of a
3354s	cycle um
3357s	and you know I I think it's good that we
3358s	got a little bit of experience with this
3360s	type of
3362s	situation
3365s	now and learn what we can do to to to
3368s	remedy it and and and deal with it and
3370s	prent
3372s	it in the future a little bit
3377s	better but it is definitely unfortunate
3379s	the prices are so high
3394s	I'm curious to know like hypothetically
3397s	this is just something that like this is
3399s	not something we actively consider doing
3400s	for the record but I'm just curious what
3402s	people's uh thoughts
3405s	on hypothetically if we had cancelled
3408s	every listing that was on the bizaar and
3411s	just like just giving you all your items
3413s	back um and then just like nuked
3415s	everyone's gold
3417s	by like
3419s	90% you know like
3422s	what what's what's the outcome there is
3425s	like what do people think would be the
3426s	outcome
3436s	there I'm just curious what people their
3439s	thoughts on something like that
3440s	is this is Mike asking not HG Mike
3444s	asking for the record
3450s	we just we just we just cover up my name
3451s	plate for a second in game there we
3460s	go all right uh any cool yeah like like
3464s	so I think the like the obvious answer
3466s	is that like everyone freaks
3469s	out um but it fixes the problem right
3489s	yeah everyone everyone would freak out
3491s	yes that means the rich loses a lot a
3493s	lot more I agree it does that was
3498s	intentional don't care don't use any
3500s	gold yeah fair
3502s	enough submitted a ticket claim your
3504s	account have been hacked yep I yeah I
3506s	could see that
3509s	happening even if there's like a giant
3511s	like notice that says this is happening
3513s	guaranteed hack tickets
3519s	yeah cuz I don't read
3530s	either cool thanks for indulging
3534s	me I I agree with with lot of what you
3536s	guys are saying here I think it's I
3539s	think it would have been insane to
3541s	do just for the record just curious what
3543s	you guys
3544s	thought all right um back on to
3547s	questions any cool new uniques for
3550s	classes expected in the next cycle um
3553s	yeah there's there's always new new new
3555s	uniques are um one of I think the
3559s	easiest and most interesting ways to
3562s	spice up a class um
3566s	both from a design perspective and a
3568s	development perspective um I think
3571s	there's there's a lot of room
3573s	for you know like like quick wins as we
3576s	like to say on on for unique items and
3581s	uh yeah we we add new uniques every
3583s	patch and this patch will be no
3589s	different probably not a ton of them
3591s	coming this patch but you know def
3592s	definitely some
3597s	it's also something that happens um that
3599s	usually happens pretty late in the um in
3602s	the patch cycle development because uh
3606s	they need
3608s	less uh less relies on them which which
3611s	now actually is becoming a little bit
3613s	harder to Del late because uh
3615s	localization relies on them
3619s	so all right uh will we get new voice
3621s	lines for our characters in the future
3623s	yeah probably uh will corruption number
3625s	appear some where while we're in a run
3630s	um don't think so I could see I could
3632s	see that being something that shows up
3634s	like when you're up here it says like
3635s	area level 90 corruption that could be a
3637s	good place to put
3639s	it uh I think one of the reason it put
3642s	in the suggestions Channel I will not
3643s	remember that it will get
3645s	forgotten uh if you actually want to see
3648s	it this does not count as submitting a
3652s	suggestion I think one of the reasons
3654s	that people keep asking about sockets is
3656s	because we value gemstones rubies
3658s	diamonds Etc in real life so it feels
3660s	really good to find them in a game I I'd
3662s	agree with that I haven't thought of
3663s	that before but I agree with that um
3670s	ouch my arm here uh shards have no
3675s	history or value to us other than uh
3677s	late game rare ones we need uh would the
3680s	team be open to the idea of having some
3682s	kind of small side story about Shard
3685s	history names and and Rarity to give us
3687s	more excitement SL immersion when we
3689s	find them maybe even a Shard mining
3694s	um I mean that's a cool idea I think
3696s	that the
3699s	um intrinsic value of a gemstone as a as
3703s	an outside of
3705s	game uh value translating into game is
3709s	is a good observation and adding that
3711s	type of um lore reason in game probably
3715s	would have little to no impact on
3719s	that um cuz as I demonstrated earlier I
3722s	don't know how to
3724s	read um you know so it's It's tricky to
3728s	to fill that void with that mechanic I
3729s	do like I I I agree on the problem and I
3731s	like the idea but I don't think that the
3734s	idea fixes the
3742s	problem all right on templates Max will
3745s	build tool already does a per level
3747s	slider it would only bring it into the
3750s	game and maybe eases up important import
3754s	SL
3755s	export uh for people that don't want to
3758s	use external
3760s	tools yep
3763s	um whether or not a tool exists outside
3767s	of the
3769s	game
3770s	um doesn't have a ton of impact on if we
3773s	put it in the game or not it definitely
3775s	has some there there are things where
3777s	we're like like well we never want to
3779s	add this to the game and then someone
3780s	adds a tool for it and we're like
3782s	yeah then
3786s	um I think something like this though
3789s	the reason it's a
3790s	downside
3792s	um the people
3794s	who would probably be most negatively
3797s	affected by it probably aren't
3798s	negatively affected by the external tool
3801s	to the same degree
3807s	so I don't think it quite carries the
3809s	same
3817s	weight maybe I don't know
3837s	I know a lot of people don't like them I
3838s	love getting little Arena
3841s	Echoes and good news the search you can
3844s	search by the word because all of the
3847s	Arenas have arena in the title you can
3849s	see the top right says desert Arena up
3850s	there um so if you search for arena in
3853s	the um search bar it will show you the
3857s	arena ones so you can
3875s	you got it
3876s	guys good
3890s	job not what we were looking
3893s	for also not what we were looking for
3898s	all right how we doing for T we're
3901s	halfway through that's pretty
3904s	good hi any plans to macro's client uh
3908s	it already works almost perfectly via
3910s	wine wrappers but native client is will
3913s	be
3916s	awesome oh any plans to oh Mac OS client
3919s	oh my
3923s	gosh H see I told you I can't read
3928s	ma doesn't even register as a thing in
3930s	my world
3931s	apparently it's all lower case so that's
3934s	my excuse sticking to it um you know uh
3940s	I I I don't have any details on
3943s	potential upcoming uh platforms we
3945s	expand into um I I haven't heard
3949s	anything Whispers or otherwise about a
3952s	Mac OS client at all in the last several
3955s	years
3958s	sorry maybe maybe someone's talking
3960s	about in a dark room that I am not
3962s	invited to or something but
3964s	I as far as I know Mac OS is is is not
3968s	in the in the conversation right
3974s	now ding there it is ding there it
3978s	is hey perfect timing thank you very
3980s	much visit Nepal for
3983s	subscribing I bet it's beautiful
3989s	um plans on having separate leaderboard
3991s	ladder on CF and mg alongside with
3994s	shared leaderboards I think it's it it
3996s	it I I don't think we pl to this but I'm
3998s	pretty sure it does show who's on which
4007s	right I could be wrong there it's a
4009s	little weird because they are cuz you
4011s	can
4013s	switch that showed it I know we talked
4015s	about show
4020s	it look couldn't
4028s	I guess it doesn't
4032s	shot is it not
4036s	load oh I
4040s	saw I saw a
4043s	screenshot this is going to tell you
4045s	nothing cuz I don't know what it was for
4046s	I saw a screenshot of a of a of a mockup
4048s	that had something here it had it had it
4052s	had like these these were pushed over a
4056s	little bit um and it had like a window
4059s	mocked up here like full full height
4066s	uh I don't know what it
4070s	was maybe maybe we're adding that to it
4073s	there's something going there
4077s	I
4083s	think is that Thorns who wanted a Thorns
4086s	AIX there it is right there
4090s	Thorns I know it's the wrong thing I'm
4096s	sorry uh plans on having oh that uh any
4099s	plans to expand or find the laders
4102s	rankings for arena um yes I don't know
4105s	what they are
4107s	um there is I think a good chance
4111s	of um new ladders showing up as
4115s	well at some
4119s	point it's weird I don't know
4123s	why but like I think and this this could
4127s	just be like confirmation by is hitting
4128s	me hard but I feel like I'm seeing a lot
4130s	of Mage idols and a few primel list
4133s	Idols but like no sentence
4136s	and no acolyte Idols at all is that is
4140s	that like am I crazy
4144s	here that's been happening all
4151s	day go up
4153s	there are you going to add any potions
4155s	beside the health potion probably not we
4158s	do we we we do try to um we like having
4162s	more effects on potion use and so like
4165s	adding in uh Mana potion so to speak but
4167s	we always put those effects on the belt
4169s	so your belt is your potion slot we did
4172s	experiment for a while actually having
4175s	um basically a D3 potion system where uh
4178s	there's like a physical like a potion
4180s	modifier object that drops and like you
4183s	put you equip that potion into your
4185s	potion slot and all of the potions you
4187s	pick up potion charges you pick up um
4190s	like are that new potion that has some
4192s	extra special
4193s	effect um and and we were trying to find
4196s	a a bit of a niche for belts to live in
4202s	mechanically and um and that's when we
4205s	that's when we you know bestowed upon
4207s	them the potion mechanic
4220s	identity uh how are bugs prioritized for
4223s	fixing oh there's a there's a question
4224s	and a half uh there are many General
4227s	gameplay UI bugs that affect things like
4229s	entire skills or passives not working
4231s	properly and have existed for years but
4232s	the smaller bugs getting fixed get fixed
4234s	uh away before these other more
4236s	significant ones
4238s	okay um the the the main thing with with
4242s	prioritizing bugs there's a few there's
4243s	a few axes one of the big things is um I
4247s	guess the the big categories are how how
4251s	many Dev hours or like like just just
4254s	people hours is this going to take to
4256s	fix how much time is this going to take
4258s	to fix and I don't mean like how many
4260s	weeks is going to take to fix like if 10
4262s	people work on this for one hour that's
4263s	10 hours if one person works on list for
4265s	10 hours it's 10
4267s	hours so how many hours is this going to
4269s	take to fix um that's the
4272s	cost that's that's the upfront
4274s	cost um and then easy too easy uh how
4280s	many people does this affect does this
4282s	affect 1% of the player base does this
4284s	affect 100% of the player Bas you know
4286s	like this this this has a big impact if
4289s	um every single person's text above
4292s	their name uh all people have that
4294s	turned off I think but if if every
4296s	single you know person has a little red
4300s	star that shows up above their head you
4302s	know affects
4303s	everyone but uh it's not a huge deal if
4306s	it's just a tiny little red dot that's
4308s	that's not that's not a um and the third
4312s	axis is severity um so
4316s	how big of a deal is this I can't log in
4319s	top tier bug super super super important
4324s	um the Hue on my name plate is a
4327s	slightly wrong Hue not a top tier
4333s	bug so so they get graded on um severity
4339s	reach
4341s	and um
4343s	cost and
4346s	um then they get distributed out to the
4349s	people who um need to work on them and
4353s	they they pick the bugs in order of uh
4358s	those criteria um and fix them as quick
4360s	as they can so if you have this this the
4363s	other thing that that changes the order
4365s	of when bugs actually get released into
4367s	uh into into a
4370s	build is um say you have um say you have
4375s	20 bugs and they're they they're 20 dive
4378s	bomb
4381s	bugs um it's really hard to split those
4385s	up between multiple people they kind of
4388s	all have to go to one person because the
4392s	um there are certain objects you you can
4395s	you can do some split up but usually
4396s	it's best just all go to one person
4398s	because there are these are all so
4399s	interconnected that they depend on each
4401s	other um so if someone's fixing a bug
4403s	with this node and someone else is
4405s	fixing a bug with this node they'll
4407s	probably end up doing some of the same
4409s	work twice
4411s	um so you have to then uh give give all
4414s	of these bugs to one person okay um say
4418s	you
4419s	get 10 bugs in about one topic and one
4423s	bug in about another topic and all 10 of
4426s	those bugs like you 10 skill bugs and
4428s	one sound bug let's say and the 10 skill
4430s	bugs are all more severe and more urgent
4433s	to fix and have a bigger reach than the
4435s	one sound bug um but because you've
4439s	given 10 skill bugs to one person and
4441s	one sound bug to one person um that one
4444s	sound bug that is lower severity you
4448s	know all that stuff gets fixed before
4450s	those other nine um skill bugs that are
4453s	waiting because they have to go into
4454s	their own little cue of who's working
4457s	on so this is this is there's so much
4461s	more that goes into this the logistics
4463s	of of doing this this is why there are
4464s	people who have project management jobs
4466s	that that keep us on track and keep us
4468s	working uh and keep us like being
4470s	efficient
4472s	um so this this that's that's one thing
4476s	um prefab checkouts can can can stall
4480s	bugs as well so say I've got a bug um
4484s	where the the wording of this node is
4486s	wrong I've got to change the wording of
4487s	this node um I can't change the wording
4490s	of that node
4492s	until um someone else finish is changing
4496s	say someone else is is working on uh a
4499s	rework of the multishot tree um and they
4502s	they're changing all sorts of stuff in
4503s	here I've got to actually wait for them
4504s	to finish and push and be done with the
4507s	bugs for that rework before I can change
4509s	the wording of that note on the other
4511s	tree and and so sometimes you get these
4514s	um these blocking elements of like hey
4517s	you're working on this it's preventing
4518s	me from working on that and so we we we
4520s	try to streamline that and try to make
4522s	sure people don't run into each other
4523s	and things like that but sometimes it
4524s	happens
4526s	and then you get into situations where
4528s	um there's a fix on our newer Branch so
4534s	so we we're we're developing
4536s	1.1 and we're also developing 1.0 hot
4539s	fixes at the same
4540s	time and we add a new feature to
4545s	1.1 that if we were to try if we were to
4549s	and we we try and fix a bug that's
4550s	related to that new feature we try and
4553s	fix the bug for 1.0 that's live but if
4555s	we fix that bug for 1.0 now and then go
4560s	to try and merge that fix into 1.1 we
4563s	actually have to redo it with the
4564s	changes that have been made on the 1.1
4565s	Branch so we're doubling our
4567s	work so we have to say to ourselves then
4570s	okay this might be a bugs beenin around
4571s	for a while we can fix it but it's it's
4574s	literally half as much work if we only
4577s	fix it once and wait for the next big
4579s	patch to come out instead of releasing
4580s	it on hot fix now um what else there's
4584s	so many things that like
4586s	um that that that that will push and
4588s	pull a bug around and where it gets
4591s	allocated in in priority and all sort of
4594s	stuff so like there's there's so many of
4596s	these things I'm I'm sure I'm missing so
4597s	many things that can cause these to move
4600s	around as well so it's
4602s	um I know it can sometimes be
4604s	frustrating when you see like hey here's
4606s	a bug that's been around for a long time
4608s	um and here's another bug that's that's
4610s	brand new and and less bad or something
4613s	like that and it got fixed F first like
4615s	why it's frustrating um hopefully that
4619s	ramble rant thing that I just did will
4621s	give some insight as to why it might be
4623s	that way there's another 100 reasons why
4625s	it can be that way
4630s	too that Falcon hits so hard I love it
4634s	might have to drop something
4637s	never uh right can we please have a tag
4640s	system for stash tabs like Poe like
4642s	affinities yes um so when we have an
4644s	item sent to the stash it goes the
4646s	specific tab that um same tag as the
4648s	item I love that in po it would love it
4650s	in L too uh yeah
4654s	sure not right
4658s	now uh what was your favorite feature
4660s	that eventually got cut from the
4663s	game we had weapon swaps at one
4666s	point we we had we had uh weapon swap
4670s	where you like switch in this different
4671s	weapon there it did exist
4676s	I still have a version of
4678s	it never
4681s	forget uh what was your favorite feature
4684s	it said that any plans to improve
4686s	character movement and responsiveness
4688s	also skill queuing and animation
4690s	cancelling to traversal skills
4694s	um I mean you you are there's what
4698s	there's there's a certain point that you
4700s	get into with any ability um that you
4703s	can't cancel it once it's at that
4704s	there's like a window there a there's
4706s	there's a three stages to an
4711s	ability ability timeline this is button
4716s	press you pushed the button um and now
4721s	there is a uh a little delay and these
4724s	these these points um happen differently
4727s	for every
4729s	ability all here this is push the button
4733s	um and then it's it's doing some sort of
4735s	like leadup casting animation something
4737s	like that there's a VFX happening and
4739s	then the ability object gets created
4742s	it's here
4744s	woohoo the ability exists in the world
4748s	um that ability object does its thing
4750s	for a movement ability for example that
4752s	is um causing you to move for Fireball
4755s	that's uh like a fireball existing
4758s	whatever um but in the
4762s	casting process of it um
4766s	there's a point where so like this is
4768s	still this is still like you're still in
4769s	your casting animation this is this is
4770s	where casting animation ends and you're
4773s	just you're you're you're chilling
4774s	again um
4779s	the there's a point here for every
4783s	ability where it's called arett a low
4785s	priority
4786s	ratio um where you can use a high
4788s	priority
4789s	skill um and it will snap you out of
4793s	like this this this whole section here
4795s	um you can use a high priority ability
4797s	and it will snap you out of the
4799s	animation this does exist in the game
4801s	already walking is a high priority skill
4804s	um all movement abilities are high
4806s	priority skills they will all break you
4807s	out of this early um so you can by
4809s	stutter stepping actually increase your
4811s	DPS a tiny bit in in in with with some
4815s	skills
4819s	um
4823s	yeah I should probably check that last
4825s	statement I just made about increasing
4826s	your DPS by stutter stepping we may have
4829s	put something in that means you can't
4831s	actually start a new ability until this
4835s	point no that doesn't make any
4841s	sense yeah you can start new ability
4843s	here
4865s	SP make go faster I don't know if you
4868s	can doesn't really matter right now
4871s	anyways
4873s	um there's no queuing right now the
4877s	abilities that are held
4878s	down uh are kind of in that queue so
4882s	like if you are if you're holding down
4883s	one ability and you start holding
4885s	another one it does get queued in so I
4888s	started holding on my right Mouse and
4890s	and then started holding on my left or
4892s	my q and my Mana is going to screw me
4894s	over
4896s	here it will it will use the que
4901s	before
4903s	um before it uses acid flask again if
4905s	you're holding the both down so it's
4906s	kind of a priority for next ability
4909s	queuing that does exist
4912s	um but while you're in that
4915s	that first section of an ability um if
4921s	you uh if you if you press another
4925s	ability in that section it won't wait
4927s	for the first one to finish and then use
4929s	the second one you do have to be
4931s	pressing the new ability when you are
4933s	able to use it still
4945s	what do you think of the better Nerf CF
4947s	meme on ell Reddit I haven't seen
4952s	it I love the memes in
4963s	general at a quick glance I don't even
4966s	see
4969s	one on like the third page here I don't
4972s	know what you're talking about sorry
4976s	oh you oh I know what you're talking
4980s	about um the the people who are uh
4985s	convinced that we're nerfing coff based
4987s	on mg
4989s	habits I I think I think jokes are all
4992s	fun in games uh and I hope that new
4995s	players don't believe it as as real I
4998s	hope they they realize that they are
5000s	jokes or if if they aren't jokes and
5002s	you're making those jokes but don't
5003s	realize it's a joke and think it's real
5005s	it's a joke it's not
5011s	real uh have you ever thought about
5013s	including glyphs runes and other
5015s	materials as in-game currency to keep
5017s	the market uh and farming alive and
5019s	motivated um no I mean we we we've
5023s	thought about it but we uh don't plan on
5024s	doing
5026s	it uh is there an ETA on more weapon or
5030s	new skill Cosmetics skill Cosmetics are
5033s	uh still
5036s	going to be going to be a minute before
5037s	they get here um weapon Cosmetics are
5040s	loosening restrictions a little bit I
5041s	think um and I think they're trying to
5044s	add some more at the same time I don't
5045s	know if more are coming in at the same
5046s	time or
5053s	not but we are working on
5055s	it uh any HP HP regen build Buffs coming
5060s	next season I don't have any information
5061s	on the status of potential upcoming
5063s	balance changes in the game if you have
5065s	a suggestion you'd like to leave for a
5067s	potential outcoming balance change
5068s	please submit it to our suggestions
5073s	channels W
5082s	up uh do you plan to address wasted
5085s	skill points on skill conversion nodes
5087s	where an item or class passive has
5089s	already converted the skills element and
5090s	scaling but you still need the
5092s	specialized node behind it perhaps the
5094s	node already at one out of one but grade
5096s	out if you haven't reached the adjacent
5098s	node
5102s	yet uh I think what that's referencing
5106s	is um if there's a
5110s	loop like this um and like this this
5115s	wasn't lighting up
5118s	properly to get this node but like you
5120s	had to come this way to to activate it
5123s	where like the loop doesn't work but
5124s	bidirectionally properly um every
5127s	situation where that happens is just a
5128s	bug and we will fix them please report
5133s	them uh hi Mike hello how you doing good
5138s	thanks oh my gosh I to my kid to like
5141s	wink and make that noise so he goes like
5144s	now and I didn't tell my
5146s	wife uh and he did it to her he just W
5150s	he's just
5151s	like and she lost it it was great
5156s	when he give us a
5158s	shot all right is there a detailed road
5161s	map to 1.1 and
5163s	Beyond um and also a balanced patch um I
5167s	mean we always drive for a balanced
5168s	patch um we don't have a detailed road
5172s	map right now uh I I'd really like to
5174s	get a road map up we've been burned so
5175s	many times by trying to add road
5178s	maps every time we put a road map
5180s	up like we we've tried different
5182s	versions of road maps and like
5186s	no no matter how many like disclaimers
5189s	and caveats and warnings we put on there
5192s	it gets it gets like misconstrued and
5195s	twisted every single time and then we
5197s	like make it super vague
5201s	um and people like there's not enough
5204s	info on this and we're
5205s	like because you misuse the info we give
5208s	you and uh then we make it more detailed
5210s	again it's just this like cycle so we
5211s	kind of gave up on them a little bit um
5215s	maybe we're doing something wrong with
5216s	them I don't know but uh I I've been
5219s	quite frustrated with the outcome of the
5221s	road maps we've given out in the past um
5224s	I'd love to to to figure out a way to
5226s	make them work
5228s	better so we'll
5233s	see all right how do you feel about
5236s	weird outliers like fire AA Shadow
5238s	tagers and Spark charges well those
5240s	there's two different categories there
5241s	just be clear fire AA is completely
5243s	different Beast than shadow and Spark
5245s	chargers for starters while their
5247s	behavior is pretty consistent it's not
5249s	consistent and predictable oh it's
5251s	consistent with itself and predictable
5253s	once you've messed with them for hours
5254s	on end they can be very confusing for
5256s	new players as triggered skills scaling
5258s	isn't really explained upfront to the
5261s	player I agree they are confusing I do
5264s	not know how shadowed Egos and Spark
5265s	charges work
5267s	exactly I I know the the the basics and
5270s	can can play with them and everything
5271s	but like people ask like complex
5272s	questions about like how EX ly certain
5275s	interactions happen and I'm like oh
5277s	let's just let's just go I'll like go
5279s	into the editor and just like crank
5281s	certain stats up and just record what
5283s	happens you know or or like go to the
5286s	code and like trying to decipher the the
5287s	ancient hieroglyphics that are this no
5289s	it's it's perfectly well laid out and
5292s	everything but I I just get so lost with
5294s	spark
5296s	charges and Shadow
5298s	daggers um fire war is really
5300s	straightforward and easy to explain it's
5302s	just its own skill pretend you can draw
5305s	pretend fire or is one of these skills
5307s	done that's fire or
5311s	easy um in general we we probably should
5316s	have more detailed information as to how
5319s	um Tri abilties scale in our game
5331s	guide might have to drop something but I
5334s	want more exalted
5347s	stuff je search function be
5352s	better that one thing that's bother me
5354s	with the search function this whole time
5355s	is that it leaves that vertical row
5357s	there because it most things are 2 by
5359s	two or two wide it leaves that
5362s	there anyways uh how would people be
5366s	negatively affected by an in-game build
5367s	templates if you're not using a build
5369s	planner it wouldn't make much difference
5372s	uh and if I'm trying stuff out I'd
5373s	rather have my
5375s	next
5377s	experiments out within the game My NE my
5381s	next experiments out within the game I
5383s	think what it says um for the build
5385s	followers it would not be a downside
5387s	either I agree that the people who are
5391s	already um using builds and people who
5394s	are already already making their own
5395s	builds it would be a positive thing um I
5398s	think that there is a subset of players
5401s	who
5403s	um would spend even less time reading
5409s	nodes um and and all those players that
5412s	the number the amount of time they spend
5413s	reading nodes uh if if that drops to to
5416s	basically zero there's a huge amount of
5419s	knowledge of game knowledge that just
5423s	vanishes uh um and if something ever
5426s	goes wrong with your build or you're in
5428s	a transitional stage in your build or or
5430s	something gets nerfed or you find a new
5432s	item that you want to work with or you
5434s	know there's there's a lot of different
5435s	things that can cause variance in a
5437s	build and deviations from a build
5439s	planner that would not be possible uh
5442s	for a person who has never read any
5444s	nodes um and it would be very difficult
5447s	for a player who's read almost
5450s	any um and I think a big part of
5455s	uh which which players would uh would
5459s	want a build plan and want that
5461s	experience and which ones would have
5462s	that experience thrust upon them is uh
5465s	dependent a little bit on oh I I
5468s	apparently wanted
5472s	those they're nice that throwing attack
5474s	speed but I might as well drop something
5476s	might have to drop
5479s	something I wish it would let us pick
5481s	things up onto the cursor like it did in
5483s	D2 that's what I was trying to do there
5484s	there I'm like well I if I open my
5486s	inventory I just pick it up onto the
5488s	cursor old habits die hard that we we I
5492s	I feel like most of us have been there
5493s	that moment where you're like you have
5495s	like no space inventory because it's all
5496s	charms like you kill Bale you're spam
5498s	clicking and everyone's trying to grab
5500s	all the stuff and you click up and you
5501s	can see the outline of an object on your
5507s	cursor and you know what it is basic
5509s	because you saw it was you saw you saw
5510s	drop and you saw it click and you know
5512s	you got that item so you've got it
5513s	sitting there but the shape of
5515s	everything in your inventory means you
5516s	have nowhere to physically place
5519s	it and if you drop it that other guy
5522s	that's standing right there that sees
5523s	you not moving or typing is going to
5525s	pick it up and he's just like he's just
5526s	chilling there he's like you're going to
5527s	drop it I know you're going to drop it
5528s	you're going to drop something good
5530s	you're going to switch that with
5531s	something to drop that I'll take that or
5533s	you're going to drop that it that's
5534s	sitting on your on your cursor right now
5536s	and there's that that standoff that
5537s	happens you're just
5538s	like how long are we each going to sit
5541s	here and wait for this to happen
5545s	record's like two hours or what however
5546s	long it takes the game service just Auto
5556s	close definitely be on a very long long
5558s	standoff match
5560s	there what the item
5562s	was but I remember getting into that
5564s	match with
5566s	someone just dropped some stuff uh
5591s	is better
5592s	F uh right any plans to add a token for
5596s	idle slots for alts I find it tedious to
5599s	do the side quests on many characters
5601s	and farming would help the sort of uh r
5604s	an's gift in feel uh but if not what is
5608s	the philosophy we don't really we don't
5610s	we don't have plans for at the moment
5613s	um uh I I said the philosophy behind it
5615s	comes down to um you know it's it's this
5620s	it's this character progression feel
5621s	thing and this this actually ties into a
5623s	lot of what I was talking about that I
5624s	didn't don't know if I finished the last
5625s	question properly or not but
5628s	the that like that never reading a node
5631s	situation that that not going through
5633s	the um that process of like leveling
5636s	your character this is kind of the whole
5637s	reason why the campaign is just part of
5639s	the leveling process at all still is um
5643s	a big part of that is
5646s	the um like like like why can't my
5649s	character just be level 90 you know um
5652s	you know we want to give you a chance to
5654s	like the the the the the speed and order
5658s	that we unlock abilities in uh and that
5661s	your your your passives get unlocked and
5663s	your Mastery gets gets gets unlocked
5664s	your Mastery ability gets unlocked those
5665s	sort of things that happen that that
5667s	order and that pace and that those
5668s	levels they happen at where they happen
5670s	in the campaign what you're doing in the
5671s	campaign when they happen all these
5673s	things are all very
5675s	carefully um placed so that there's a
5678s	specific learning process that happens
5679s	with that character
5681s	um just just having that all happen
5684s	takes takes that process away takes that
5687s	um that that knowledge and that that
5689s	learning experience away from the player
5691s	so that's one of the factors that
5693s	contributes to
5700s	okay super serious Ultra relevant
5703s	question here can we expect more bees in
5705s	the future please only CU your question
5707s	rhymed
5709s	sure I I I I don't know I would be
5712s	surprised if we never did there's like
5715s	unreleased
5716s	uncompleted like uh be things in the
5719s	game that we just like someone like
5720s	started to make and like it just never
5722s	got finished so it's gets brought up
5725s	enough and little things drip feed in
5726s	over enough time that like I'm sure
5728s	something else will show
5733s	up any thoughts on having stash tabs
5735s	provide a 0.0 x% damage multiplier based
5739s	on total count yes it's a terrible idea
5742s	I'm sorry I I
5745s	no no
5760s	I yeah I'm I'm
5761s	sorry to be so matter of fact about it
5765s	but like the no
5769s	sorry uh any plans to enable online bot
5772s	MTX items in offline for the account I'd
5774s	love to I don't know if we're going to
5775s	or not um it's it's still up in the air
5784s	uh any plans for more difficult leveling
5785s	campaign option I mean um that we did
5788s	add the those boots at the start of the
5789s	game for that might have to drop
5793s	something so uh go grab those boots if
5796s	you don't know what those boots
5799s	are don't think we can
5804s	actually we teleport to
5807s	them fine
5815s	uh we down
5820s	here all right can we just walk
5822s	backwards out of keeper camp and go
5824s	there feel we should be able
5829s	to there's there's a um a little cave
5833s	that you can
5837s	uh that you can get them right at the
5839s	start of the game Google it the boots
5842s	they're called like veterans boots if
5843s	something thing and it like makes you do
5846s	less damage and take more
5849s	damage I think it's actually a really
5851s	good way to do the campaign because you
5852s	you do feel that
5855s	difficulty 25 minute warning Mike oh
5858s	thank you very
5859s	much I think in five more minutes we're
5863s	going to stop taking questions from chat
5865s	so um if
5869s	you uh if you want to ask me a question
5872s	please get it submitted in the next 5
5874s	minutes before the at 35 minutes left
5877s	in um in the Stream we'll probably stop
5880s	taking questions it's usually what we
5892s	do I wonder if I actually have those
5894s	boots in my stash I
5896s	might might check
5900s	that there's like right at the start of
5903s	the game you're like going through a
5905s	cave and then like the cave like turns
5908s	to the right uh and then and then it
5910s	goes north as you exit the cave um and
5914s	where it turns right before it turns
5916s	North you like smash open a wall and
5918s	there's a bear and you kill the bear and
5920s	you smash open a wall and use a bear and
5922s	you kill the bear and they got
5924s	boots yes there's two walls and two
5926s	bears all right in regards to Cycles
5929s	will it be an endgame thing only or will
5932s	it be added to from the very start of
5934s	the game for everyone to enjoy from
5936s	level
5937s	one um well so this cycle the um primary
5941s	mechanic is a pinnacle boss system uh
5945s	and um so that's going to be a a pretty
5947s	endgame specific thing there are
5949s	elements of it that do start earlier
5953s	like it's not just uh once you finished
5955s	everything else this starts type thing
5957s	so like there's there's a leadup and I I
5960s	don't want to go into intoo deep on it
5962s	but like there's there's stuff that
5963s	happens before the very end and and such
5967s	but the focus is on the Pinnacle boss
5969s	system at the end like that's that's the
5971s	that's what so it's all building up
5972s	toward
5975s	WS that was
5982s	close uh I ran out of buttons for
5985s	unspecialized skills any plans on having
5987s	the qw buttons on a wheel system so I
5991s	can use more of them for example I use
5993s	the mouse wheel uh to a skill bar to
5996s	with different button skills no in
5999s	regards to the search function while
6000s	looking at your bank is there way for
6003s	everything that was found in the search
6005s	to move to a tab given if it has room
6008s	all at once that's a cool idea good
6010s	thing to put in suggestions thread
6013s	um that would be so hard to do
6021s	um the the way the searching Works to
6023s	keep keep it efficient it would be so
6025s	tricky
6027s	um is it
6031s	possible I think the search yeah I think
6033s	I think it probably is possible the
6034s	search would have to like tell you how
6035s	many items or like how many item slots
6039s	it's taking up so like take all the
6040s	items and like figure out the total
6042s	number of slots like like this would be
6044s	eight uh this be four and four and one
6046s	and three you know and like add those
6048s	all up and tell you how big the volume
6050s	of things you've searched for is and
6051s	like have a limit on the number of
6053s	things that can Auto move or
6057s	something
6060s	um that's a cool idea it's a very cool
6063s	idea I have no idea if it's
6066s	possible uh why aren't loot filters
6068s	serers side or in the cloud when I
6070s	switch my steam deck I have to remake my
6073s	loot filter and it's annoying
6074s	maintaining two um yeah
6078s	the I feel like steam sync should syn
6082s	those right I mean obviously not
6084s	considering you're using steam deck
6087s	um I'm quite surprised steam deck
6090s	doesn't autosync
6091s	that
6093s	um I think it's probably just a product
6095s	of how we initially implemented it
6097s	before multiplayer
6110s	existed full I'll show you and it's full
6117s	it's it's
6120s	full I swear I'm going to look through
6122s	all this one
6123s	day be so you're show up to stream it's
6126s	going to be so
6129s	organized so organized you won't even
6131s	know what hit
6134s	you all right I think that's it I'm
6137s	going to I'm calling off the cutting off
6139s	question
6140s	taking um we don't actually have that
6143s	many stor up do
6145s	we here oh we got lots of we're going to
6147s	keep taking
6149s	him got 20 minutes left and we have less
6151s	than 20 minutes of questions for
6155s	sure for sure you see Workaholics for
6159s	sure love it uh it's been a while since
6163s	you shared a teaser with us that's true
6164s	it has been a while almost like
6167s	someone's on vacation usually gives me
6168s	the
6169s	teasers
6172s	worst uh I'll I'll try and get them for
6174s	you I'll I'll try and get something for
6175s	next
6177s	week I got nothing this week I'm sorry
6180s	but I think we're getting to that point
6180s	as well where there's like we're we're
6183s	we're getting close
6184s	to like we're we're approaching spoiler
6187s	season
6189s	um so you know I I I think it'll be a
6192s	good time to start work moving those
6193s	back
6199s	in considering boots is such an
6202s	important slot any chance it could be a
6204s	ring instead we actually really
6205s	intentionally made it to be boots um
6207s	partially because it's such an important
6208s	slot it does have
6211s	scaling uh movement speed on it so you
6213s	do get plenty of movement speed from
6214s	your boot
6218s	still I'd love I personally like I'd
6221s	really love to see a full set of
6224s	it
6227s	um where it's just
6231s	like yeah I i' like to actually be a set
6234s	I that's what I'd love to see I I don't
6236s	think we ever do it but I'd love I'd
6238s	love to have it as like um like every
6242s	single slot set I'm talking like it's
6243s	it's a helmet chest weapon off hand neck
6245s	ring ring belt like two different Rings
6248s	gloves Relic like just just the whole
6250s	thing uh that's what I'd love to do I it
6253s	just be insane to the point where like
6254s	you just can't move basically
6258s	um but I think that'll be fun
6263s	adding in just the second option I think
6265s	is
6267s	reasonable hey I just gotta complain
6269s	about not getting acolyte stuff
6282s	there crit let's go that's cor one yeah
6301s	first all right next question uh what
6303s	game did you did you play the most
6305s	outside of
6307s	Le
6309s	um I mean it changes I think the thing
6312s	I've probably sunk the most number of
6313s	hours into is Diablo
6315s	I
6319s	um just
6321s	countless countless hours
6324s	uh the Civ franchise after that it's a
6327s	little it's it's
6331s	um like if you counted D2 separate from
6336s	LOD and pd2 and pod and d2r like if you
6340s	count those all the separate things
6342s	probably like civ6 is actually more but
6346s	um D2 in general the number one spot
6363s	uh I like how you made armor effect
6364s	magic damage uh I think this this is
6367s	referring to dot damage um what prompted
6370s	this decision oh or maybe it's not about
6374s	doam specifically about like Elemental
6376s	like more than just physical damage how
6378s	it affects these
6381s	ones um I I I think it if if that's the
6384s	question you're asking I think it just
6385s	comes down to a simple um like idea of
6391s	you know if if someone is throwing a a
6394s	flaming axe or a flaming ball at you
6398s	having like
6402s	armor um will help with that you know
6405s	like not having that fireball hit your
6408s	skin is is good right um so it's just I
6412s	think it's the the base reason is mostly
6414s	just a like logic reason which isn't
6419s	100%
6422s	um I think part of it as well is that
6425s	the um Distinction on incoming damage
6429s	knowing the type is important but um
6433s	knowing that you're strong like your
6435s	defenses are strong versus of of hits
6437s	versus not hits is uh an easier
6441s	split-second decision to make on like
6444s	can I try and tank this or
6451s	not and not having to evaluate like is
6453s	that orange or red as it's coming
6455s	towards like is it physical or fire
6456s	damage you know like
6458s	yeah uh will there be a battle pass with
6461s	cosmetic rewards coming with cycle two
6463s	no sorry if you wanted one not
6466s	happening uh do you have any ratio of
6469s	how many players play online versus
6471s	offline I believe we do
6474s	I don't know what it is I'm
6477s	sorry uh sorry if this has been asked it
6480s	seems like some of the classes have to
6483s	split stat for different skills for the
6485s	same archetype is this going to be just
6487s	how it is yeah I think that there's
6491s	um I I think if every class was I I feel
6494s	like we're talking um attributes like
6496s	Vitality strength exterity intelligence
6498s	T if every class was just like here's
6500s	here's your main stat
6503s	stack It Go um I think that's a lot less
6508s	interesting
6509s	than um having ways to weave them
6512s	together and be efficient and effective
6517s	still um thing just comes down to having
6520s	more options more versatility more uh
6522s	more ways to
6530s	play this guy
6536s	has some health
6539s	to uh what is the design be thought
6542s	behind the number of item slots Ellie
6545s	has more than dble 2 but is a lot less
6547s	than for example Grim Dawn what thoughts
6549s	going to that yeah this was this was a
6553s	um a very long conversation that
6556s	happened over several years and the
6559s	slots changed many times uh more in the
6562s	start uh they didn't actually change
6563s	much after that but um the conversation
6566s	has come up quite a few times since then
6567s	too
6571s	um so it's kind of kind of big we got we
6573s	got a l time here but
6575s	um
6578s	the I think the the the core of it
6582s	is that we didn't want to have an
6584s	overwhelming number of like there's some
6586s	point where there's too many slots
6587s	there's too many possible combinations
6589s	there's too many um there's just just
6591s	too many options and we wanted to to
6593s	limit the number of of possible options
6596s	to a point where it was manageable
6598s	um but at the same time we wanted to
6601s	have and and we wanted to have them all
6603s	be uh have have a a thematic and
6606s	mechanical Niche for them to sit in or
6608s	be just like obviously something you
6611s	need like you you you need a helmet slot
6614s	that's just you got to have a helmet
6616s	slot um and there's some game that's
6618s	probably fantastic that doesn't have a
6619s	helmet slot that I just insulted I'm
6620s	sorry but um for our game when we you're
6623s	looking at the design we're like we we
6624s	have to have a helmet slot kind of just
6625s	no matter
6627s	what um and like you you have to have
6629s	weapon slots you have to have rings like
6631s	there's there's certain just like Main
6632s	Stays that just kind of just there no
6633s	matter what um but then we wanted to try
6637s	and have uh like thematic and mechanical
6640s	Niche that the other slots that maybe
6641s	were less obvious or um just sort of
6644s	like gimmies to to to fit in and feel
6647s	good still um so I'm talking about like
6649s	belts boots gloves and Relics here
6651s	specifically relics for the most part
6656s	um with regards to how many uh like
6660s	different weapon bases and like
6661s	combinations of on Main offhand stuff um
6664s	a lot of that comes down to like
6666s	animation scope and
6671s	um like we'll we'll be adding in more
6674s	things like that as time goes on
6687s	I'm realizing that fire damage is one of
6689s	my weak
6703s	points got her
6706s	otter you might have seen this question
6708s	before maybe uh but any idea of updating
6712s	adding to the loot filter yeah we're
6714s	working on it there is some stuff to
6716s	loot filter coming next batch just got
6719s	assign some stuff
6721s	actually uh will we be will we see some
6724s	sort of system
6726s	for still skills aftering level 20 I
6729s	hope I soon I hope
6733s	um uh we are we are aware of a a little
6738s	bit of a engagement drop off that
6742s	happens with skill
6743s	s uh mid campaign when they when they
6747s	they hit M mid lake lake campaign um
6750s	when they're all hitting 20 uh and then
6752s	you get into monoliths and you kind of
6756s	just like got your points um and the
6761s	the got lucky
6766s	there um oh my goodness no don't just
6769s	just
6776s	pick those up for when we
6779s	die
6782s	um uh post level 20 uh skill stuff yes
6785s	okay so
6787s	there's there is this yeah this point
6789s	where your skills hit your skills hit 20
6792s	and you're like
6794s	um your skills hit 20 and you're like
6797s	well that's I'm kind of like done with
6799s	this system I don't need to actually go
6801s	in here uh and look at the stuff more CU
6803s	I'm like picked up my skills that's
6804s	there I just kind of ignore it it's done
6806s	and you kind of you kind of walk away
6808s	from the system on your character unless
6809s	unless you're changing your buildup uh
6811s	which which does happen and and is is
6813s	great for that but um if you go through
6817s	you level you level all the way through
6819s	and you um you pick all your stuff up
6822s	and you get to end game when you decide
6823s	not to change it that's your build and
6824s	you're done and and this whole system
6826s	kind of
6827s	vanishes it it kind of just disappears
6829s	because you've got your skills they do
6830s	what they do and you don't have to touch
6831s	it anymore
6833s	um passives you still you still get that
6834s	drip feed until 100 so there's that like
6837s	from 55 is 60-ish around 60 I think is
6840s	where it stops um 62 it's a little later
6843s	it's like 75 but anyways in in those
6845s	last let's say last 25 skills uh levels
6847s	you are still getting passive points so
6849s	this system doesn't
6852s	vanish um and this is something that
6854s	we've been looking at and considering
6856s	and debating all sort of stuff on what's
6857s	going to happen with it so there is this
6860s	um there's this kind of this hole in
6863s	um in your build crafting and build uh
6865s	development experience where you you you
6868s	you miss or your character there's this
6870s	whole in your character progression um
6873s	where skills as part of that character
6875s	development and exploration disappear
6878s	from View and you you get you get a
6880s	little bit of a Resurgence when you
6881s	start getting items like this like plus
6882s	three falony great I have a few more
6883s	skills I can toss in
6887s	um and we've been really careful with
6891s	the total number of plus skills you can
6893s	get on any given skill based on the
6898s	um the the percentage of points you can
6901s	invest in an overall
6903s	tree there needs to be points in the
6905s	tree that you're not going to go
6908s	to um so there's there's definitely this
6913s	this Gap in because 20 points happens
6916s	pretty quick overall and I think there's
6919s	this there's this Gap I'm really dancing
6921s	around this question I'm struggling to
6923s	answer it properly here um I think
6926s	there's this Gap
6927s	in uh Gap this's this fall off with your
6930s	skills where we still want them to be
6932s	part of that leveling process that
6935s	experience that gameplay experience as
6937s	you make your way through the monolith
6938s	of Fate as you make your way through
6939s	dungeons as you make your way through
6941s	the Pinnacle system still having your
6943s	skills um having opportunities to evolve
6946s	past that point is important to us and
6949s	is something that we're going to
6950s	continue to look into to find a way to
6953s	do that
6955s	nicely
6959s	um and fun and exciting and smooth so
6964s	yeah there's there's there's there's
6967s	room for skills to evolve still as a
6969s	system I think um as we get in those
6972s	last 25 levels or
6975s	so not at 1.1
6980s	sorry all right I feel like this is the
6983s	uh first game I've played in a long time
6985s	that is bread crummy meaning I get
6987s	introduced to things and every time I
6989s	learn something new my brain explodes
6991s	with
6992s	possibilities is this by Design I almost
6994s	said this is by Design is this by Design
6996s	yes or is it a happy accident of
6998s	creating a cohesive experience Poe I
7000s	consistently uh have to look stuff up
7002s	Diablo is so simple I never get
7003s	surprised how do you reach such a sweet
7005s	spot um so you're absolutely spot on we
7007s	don't do it perfectly we're still
7008s	working on it um but this is this is
7010s	something that is very carefully thought
7013s	about and
7016s	discussed
7018s	um
7020s	the the order that skills get unlocked
7023s	in levels that it happens at um and
7028s	the the the the levels that this happens
7030s	at the order that which ones are before
7031s	the lock line all that sort of stuff um
7034s	which systems get unlocked forging for
7036s	example is available from from the
7038s	moment one but we never tell the player
7040s	about it until they've gotten to a point
7042s	in the campaign where we know they've
7043s	gotten some materials um and then it
7045s	shows up as a quest you know and and
7049s	um the idol shows up as a quest uh as as
7053s	you get uh to the end of act one and um
7057s	this this and then this like slowly
7058s	unlocks it opens up and you get more of
7060s	these you get bigger ones and different
7061s	shapes and things like that like that
7063s	that that that slow add-on you start
7066s	getting your blessings once you get into
7067s	end game things like this this is the
7069s	the the rate that these are added on at
7071s	as you level is extr extremely
7073s	intentional uh and we don't do it
7075s	perfectly yet and we are still working
7076s	on it
7078s	um so yeah still working on that thank
7081s	you fits it's
7083s	perfect um I'm just going to grab a
7085s	couple here we have five minutes left
7087s	four minutes left I'll grab a couple
7088s	questions directly from chat
7092s	here uh any date for cycle two yet not
7095s	yet roughly three to four months from
7097s	from
7098s	1.0 um which puts us roughly one to two
7101s	months from right now
7103s	uh any plans for new classes in the
7104s	future oh yeah we got plans for new
7106s	classes in the future let me tell you
7108s	we're going to go die to this boss this
7110s	going to be fun um we do have plans for
7112s	new bosses in the future new bosses we
7114s	do have plans for new boss in the future
7115s	too we do have plans for news classes in
7117s	the future
7120s	um
7124s	the
7127s	uh you'll see new Mastery classes
7131s	first um
7133s	that
7134s	chunk which is better fire or necrotic
7136s	necrotic I want to get one of them down
7143s	quickly
7146s	um and uh new class new Mastery classes
7149s	we first we do have vague plans
7152s	for uh new base classes as
7157s	well um but the primary focus will be on
7161s	new masteries to begin with with it'll
7163s	be a while
7165s	before uh new base classes or even new
7169s	Masters are added they're pretty huge
7170s	undertaking we've got some more
7172s	systematic updates to the game that need
7174s	to happen
7179s	first hey that went really
7182s	well
7184s	what
7186s	okay uh
7190s	armor yes we're taking armor
7196s	you kidding me our defenses are hot
7202s	garbage hey was that all
7205s	three
7208s	no got really excited for a moment
7211s	there just two almost so
7216s	close uh any plans for Falcon skins or
7220s	ballista skins oh yeah you may notice
7223s	that there is a skills thing down here
7226s	I'll go right
7227s	there
7230s	um more
7233s	stuff no
7235s	capes uh will we see some sort of system
7238s	for yeah I already answered that oh yeah
7240s	that's all the questions I
7241s	think any I
7250s	miss do you guys have any plans on
7252s	making another game maybe another genre
7256s	um I would love to
7258s	explore more games and more genres and
7261s	things like that um we're still we're
7262s	still really heavily focused on last
7265s	Epoch and and will be for a while um but
7270s	yeah there's there's tons of other games
7272s	and other genres like like so we're all
7275s	we're all extremely passionate about
7277s	RPGs um which I think
7280s	is hopefully pretty obvious and um I
7285s	think
7286s	there's a lot of us have other genres
7289s	we're also very passionate about too
7290s	like some of us really love shooters or
7292s	some of us really love card games or
7293s	some of us really love strategy games or
7294s	some of us really love like there's
7295s	there's all sorts of these other genres
7297s	that we're all that we that we um have
7301s	uh passions in as well and um like
7303s	personally for me
7305s	uh Forex strategy games and uh you know
7309s	card games physical and digital um those
7312s	those are two huge uh huge huge things
7316s	for me personally and I'd love to
7317s	explore some of those from from a design
7319s	and DEP perspective I think that wouldd
7320s	be amazing um it's it's definitely not
7323s	anywhere on my radar personally to to do
7325s	anything else anytime soon um last epox
7330s	last epox got my full
7331s	attention
7334s	um cuz it's
7337s	great uh sorry if his answered earlier
7340s	but any plans to improve the stash
7341s	system yes we
7344s	do and with
7347s	that I think it's time to
7351s	end well uh I hope you had fun I know I
7355s	did um we'll be back same time same
7358s	place next
7359s	week um for more questions more answers
7363s	thanks for stopping by I appreciate you
7364s	all um if I did not answer one of your
7368s	questions I apologize um it was not
7371s	intentional I will do my best to answer
7372s	it next time or if you'd like we do have
7374s	an ask the devs channel in our Discord
7376s	you're more than welcome to stop by and
7378s	ask there and I'll probably answer it
7379s	later tonight um until then I hope you
7383s	all have a wonderful time and drink lots
7385s	of water and all the bosses you try and
7387s	take down drop exactly the loot you want
7390s	that's what I wish for you in your
7397s	lives oh we got someone playing hardcore
7400s	let's go say hi to someone playing
7400s	hardcore
7405s	I'm too scared I did a little bit I used
7407s	to play I used to play D2 hardcore when
7409s	I was younger um and like I just can't
7413s	do it
7414s	anymore all right have a great day
7416s	everyone bye-bye

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