Developer Stream 05.10.24 | Last Epoch | Last Epoch Dev Tracker

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26s	itera is dying Traveler
33s	the void consumes our
38s	world and drags us deeper into
43s	madness we are all out of
47s	time I don't question your
56s	resolve nor your vocation
179s	oh for
228s	oh
356s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
358s	back to another last Epoch Dev stream as
362s	usual I'm your host Mike hello how's
366s	everybody how you
368s	doing pretty good thanks yeah yeah um
372s	yeah we're just we're just hanging out
374s	normal normal old uh Friday afternoon
376s	and we're going to we're going to play
377s	some lasty and have some fun if this is
379s	your first time here welcome glad to
381s	have you with us um I'm just yeah I'm
383s	going to do exactly that I'm going to
384s	play some last seac I'm going to answer
385s	some questions from you if you have a
388s	question please put it in chat please
389s	put at lasty game in the question so we
392s	can pick it out real
394s	easy God fits back again thank you very
397s	much going to be handed me some
399s	questions and I'll do my best to answer
400s	them as best I can I am uh leveling up
404s	my serpent strike build that is just
405s	atrocious and I should probably summon
407s	my
408s	minions
410s	um and we'll we're going to try and
413s	we're going to try and get this build
414s	off the ground a little bit today but uh
416s	we we we know it's terrible we're having
418s	some fun with it
420s	you have any suggestions for terrible
422s	things to add to it not not against
425s	hearing
430s	those so yeah let's kick things
436s	off oh yeah we got a new charity as well
438s	I forgot we stream for charity here's
440s	our new one Child's Play going to do
443s	that for a little
445s	while how fast can we expect the new
448s	cycle new cycle we just just today I
451s	know where we oh yeah I was going to
453s	show the
455s	video I know what I'm
460s	doing we've got something cool if you
462s	haven't seen this yet it's super cool
464s	you have seen it still pretty
469s	cool what is
471s	it
478s	huh okay here we go transform fit to
483s	screen enable we're going to watch this
485s	real
486s	quick and I'll tell you the
490s	date do you realize what you've done
495s	traveler do you know what
498s	you've wait going to make sure to place
500s	the audio sorry
511s	uh well it's supposed to play the
524s	audio oh was playing the audio oh I'm
528s	just
531s	crazy do you realize what you've done
536s	traveler do you know what you've
539s	unleashed
546s	leashed ruin
561s	approaches do you realize what you've
564s	done
566s	traveler do you know what you've
569s	unleashed
577s	ruin
583s	approaches there we have it July 9th
585s	will be the next cycle date
591s	start let got set to Loop there we go
594s	all right I also just learned where the
596s	audio shows up for that now so that's
597s	good to know
602s	all
603s	right I couldn't hear the audio for it
605s	but I could see it
611s	playing so there we go that's how fast
613s	you can expect the next cycle we are
615s	what is that 58 days away
619s	59 60 days away something like
628s	that it's getting there
636s	which I know is is um slower than than
639s	some people were hoping for um I think
641s	it's going to be worth the wait um we've
644s	you know like the the discussions on
646s	like how much can we fit in how much
647s	should we try and fit in versus like how
650s	long it's going to be to the next patch
652s	all that sort of stuff like it's it's a
653s	lot of
655s	um there's a lot of juggling and
658s	debating and sort of
660s	adjusting and you're looking at like all
662s	the other games that are coming out at
663s	the same time it's there there's a
665s	there's a there's an art form almost to
668s	um picking picking a a time oh at the
671s	wrong time this this is my favorite
672s	quest of the game so you have to you
674s	have to get a Crest from the Imperial
676s	officer to get into this spot but uh the
679s	only one that exists right now is in
683s	there with him so you can't get in there
694s	we come
701s	back all right we're we're going to H
703s	some questions here how are you feeling
705s	about the Dodge button Edition so I'm
707s	going to um a request for everyone
710s	here CU a lot of you are are frequently
712s	in in the community so request from me
714s	to you um if you are talking about the
717s	evade mechanic we're adding please use
719s	the term evade they and not Dodge roll
721s	if possible or both but um we really
724s	want to push the idea that this is
726s	um it doesn't have eye frames and um the
732s	the term Dodge rooll I think sort of
734s	implies that it has ey so so in order to
737s	make people not uh so if someone just
740s	like comes into the R into red or comes
742s	into the forums and like checks it out
744s	and leaves we want to make sure that
745s	it's that they that that that
747s	information is understood and it is
748s	really easy to explain what it is at a
751s	core um by using the term Dodge roll cuz
753s	it's a more common mechanic and it's 99%
756s	that
757s	um and and we did put it on the uh on
760s	the road map at in parenthesis and so
763s	it's it's a bit of a gray area but let's
765s	let's try and get the let's TR it the
766s	ter of vade out there as the the ter
768s	using for it and we just got to be
769s	different don't
775s	we all right we need we need more attack
777s	speed
780s	missing his attack speed right now feels
783s	clunky but um if we're going to talk
785s	about how I'm feeling about the the
787s	evade mechanic I almost said Dodge roll
788s	myself if we're going talk about the
789s	evade mechanic um I'm very pleased about
792s	it it's also the the animation is unique
793s	so it's not a role for every character
795s	either so part of the reason why we're
797s	calling evade too it's not physically a
799s	role
801s	necessarily
803s	um as far as uh how I'm feeling about
806s	the mechanic itself I'm feeling
807s	fantastic about the mechanic itself it's
809s	it it is one of those things that I I
811s	was there was a lot of us that were
813s	firmly in Camp no no Dodge roll no vade
817s	um and you know we we got in there we
821s	tried it uh it's just
824s	fun like even if you change nothing else
826s	it's just fun doesn't really have a huge
829s	impact on the actual like mechanics of
832s	most fights cuz like if you're using
833s	that you're not attacking so like it
835s	it's not just like an always better
837s	thing to do um
840s	and it's it's not like you always have
841s	to do it but it it just feels like
844s	combat flows a little bit better it just
846s	feels like you're you're not
850s	um I don't know you're not starved for a
853s	a a quick repositioning in the
855s	battlefield where you're like oh I wish
857s	I could take like a quick step that way
859s	without um without having to just like
862s	and and like walking would be a little
863s	would feel a little cumbersome and I
865s	don't want to burn my movement ability
866s	on just walking to the left a little bit
869s	um and and this dodge roll just really
871s	it I don't it fits nicely it just feels
873s	good so um and when I was writing that
877s	post that was one thing I tried to
878s	emphasize at the start was that the the
879s	focus of this is is flow and feel just
882s	like how how combat feels when youing is
885s	the main goal for this
887s	change I think that's something that we
889s	get uh pretty significant feedback on
891s	too is the the the quality of Our Moment
894s	to moment combat feel as being um maybe
898s	something that we need to work on in
899s	General and I think this is a really
901s	good step in the right direction for
902s	that um and you know as as always we're
906s	very very very open to feedback and um I
910s	really encourage people to like once
911s	they get their hands on it
914s	um you know like give if you're if
916s	you're really excited about it or you're
917s	really dreading it either way like once
919s	you get your hands on it let us know how
921s	how it uh compared to your expectations
923s	and and um how it feels after that I
926s	think that would be really really
927s	useful for us it would be really useful
930s	I think for the game would be really
931s	useful too um thank you very much for
934s	the sub NE
938s	kbi also master sword 12291 that's the
942s	three-year Mark go get my master sword
945s	that is a salute here my
949s	goodness I've I've been uh I've been
952s	design like I know I've been talking
953s	about this for literally years I've been
955s	designing a uh a a diagonal mount for
959s	the sword to go to sit behind the shield
961s	sort of this way
965s	um It's Tricky i' I I got a 3D printer
968s	and so I've been like printing pieces
969s	for everything and I'm like several
971s	pieces through of just being like well
972s	that's not going to work at all after I
974s	prin a
976s	prototype okay I'm going need some more
977s	questions here I'm just like falling
979s	behind first cycle the current ones
981s	seems to be 5 months based on recent
983s	trailer uh it's it's 4 and a half I'll
986s	give you I'll give you four and a half
988s	um but it's just two weeks past the the
990s	the 4mon Mark um should we expect the
994s	Cycles to last 5 months and not 3 to
996s	four months instead no you should expect
997s	them the last three four months um what
999s	is Random Encounters Nemesis it is um
1006s	a I it's I don't know how much how how
1009s	much detail I can actually go into about
1011s	what it is and how it functions and all
1012s	sort of stuff
1014s	um I would say it is the the easiest way
1018s	to describe it is the next
1020s	um mechanic along the
1022s	same um overarching weight as Exel Mages
1028s	so it is um it it integrates itself into
1033s	the uh the overall end game and there's
1036s	cool stuff that happens and it is of
1039s	similar weight and it it starts
1042s	happening um pretty early in your
1044s	experience overall and like it's
1046s	something that is relevant later on in
1047s	your experience as well so it's it's
1049s	like it's another piece of that like
1051s	unexpected content that we've been uh
1053s	working into the
1055s	game and there's there's going to be
1057s	there's going to be a full Dev post on
1059s	dev blog post on on what that is how it
1061s	works um how you can interact with it
1063s	all that sort of stuff um it's going to
1065s	be a lot of fun it's it's it's a it's a
1067s	neat mechanic it's kind of I think it's
1069s	very us like it's
1073s	um uh I don't think you're going to
1075s	quite I think I think people will be
1077s	surprised and pleased with the uh with
1079s	what ends up coming from that but I
1080s	can't really go into full details yet
1081s	cuz we are still uh fine-tuning some
1083s	details and uh making sure that
1086s	the uh it just flows nicely I
1092s	guess uh for serpent strike has your
1094s	team consider branching uh Branch off
1096s	paths for uh for the skill like viper
1098s	strike or uh boa squeeze or boa squeeze
1102s	or Cobra spear different snake
1105s	animations I think that'd be' be really
1106s	cool um we we've definitely talked about
1108s	like whenever we're designing an ability
1111s	there is um it kind of starts with a
1114s	brainstorming
1115s	phase and that um so Ser strike is crazy
1119s	old so I don't remember the meeting we
1121s	had when we first started designing that
1122s	but I do know that every single skill
1124s	we've designed in that brainstorming
1126s	phase there's dozens and dozens of
1128s	ridiculously cool and wacky ideas that
1131s	were just
1132s	like it would be cool if we could do it
1135s	but we can't really do it can we and so
1138s	that's what they die that's for most of
1139s	the those ideas just like wither
1143s	um yeah we want
1146s	that uh but yeah there's there's there's
1149s	I there's there's there's definitely um
1151s	creative and mechanical and functional
1154s	and power room for serpent strike to do
1157s	cool stuff
1190s	you
1191s	there
1193s	Steve be
1197s	you and we is gifted a sub kudos for
1201s	Kendall congrats and thank you very
1204s	much most
1213s	generous
1216s	yes oh my God my my my my
1219s	um my raptor is Steve I didn't even
1222s	realize that's what I was clicking I
1224s	thought yeah I got a special Raptor
1227s	nailed it uh all right is the second
1230s	column of keyboard keybinds
1231s	intentionally disabled
1242s	no let's
1247s	um let's
1254s	do oh weird yeah that's a bug
1261s	um you know report bugs in the bug
1264s	report thread I will not be writing this
1266s	down or recording it from seeing that
1268s	which I know sounds ridiculous but if I
1270s	wrote down every bug that someone showed
1271s	up to stream with I would just be here
1273s	writing out
1274s	bugs and that's
1277s	boring uh any chance will you add
1279s	something to change the melee Cinder
1281s	strike to a throwing attack I'd say it's
1284s	very unlikely uh it does already have um
1288s	a throwing up ility built into it so uh
1292s	a full sale conversion eh it's pretty
1295s	unlikely it it also fits is uh sort of a
1298s	a triangle with flurry and
1302s	puncture I'd say it's more likely that
1304s	you would see a new throwing ability
1306s	first um before before that got throwing
1309s	but maybe who
1313s	knows I think if we if we were going to
1315s	do that as a throwing ability it would
1316s	likely be an item that did it I think if
1319s	we were there's no plans to do uh Mike
1322s	how's your back my back is recovering I
1325s	say my back is about uh 95% recovered I
1328s	still it's
1330s	still that still
1332s	hurts when I stretch forward to the
1347s	left it is nice to have enough health
1349s	insurance to be able to go get a massage
1351s	when you need it
1353s	though my goodness doesn't
1357s	help but's only have my ear I can't hear
1359s	out of this ear right now like at all
1361s	I'm just like I don't know what's going
1370s	on uh regarding then the endgame
1373s	Pinnacle Boss Next cycle will there be
1375s	anything exclusive items tied to them
1379s	and how do you account for the more
1380s	casual player that might not be able to
1382s	do Pinnacle bosses I hope there won't be
1385s	too much fear of missing out
1387s	in this is a tri trick this is a very
1390s	tricky and delicate balance to achieve I
1392s	agree um I don't think so so given the
1396s	stats that we've looked at um with with
1400s	our the like the players that we've uh
1402s	got in the game and and the the stats on
1404s	like um who's killing which boss and all
1406s	that sort of stuff if we
1410s	um I think there might be a little bit
1411s	of a
1413s	misconception um or mis uh disagreement
1417s	on like where the line on the term
1418s	casual is if we're going to like if
1420s	we're going to like put a line on how
1422s	far a character gets as like well
1423s	anything that can't do this is casual
1425s	anything that can do this is like
1427s	hardcore or like try hard and then
1429s	everyone who does this is like no lifing
1431s	it if we're going to put like lines on
1432s	the progression map
1435s	um like casual is probably like the the
1439s	line of like casual to to like a a more
1442s	of a tryhard player is like did you
1443s	complete the campaign or not
1446s	like you know uh if we're still going to
1448s	go for like extreme majority like did
1450s	you complete a monolith map like did you
1454s	beat any timeline boss you are still
1458s	you're you're you're like you're way
1459s	above 50% I think like it's it's just I
1463s	I don't I I haven't seen those numbers
1464s	exactly but they're very um I do know
1468s	that they're very sided in how far most
1470s	people actually get into the end game I
1473s	think there's a bit of a misconception
1474s	there on how far it actually is um but
1479s	so we people who are uh we're designing
1482s	the Pinnacle content such that if you
1484s	are like I maybe I don't have a long
1486s	time to play every day but like I'm
1489s	going to invest emotional or
1491s	intellectual energy in doing this and
1493s	like I'm I'm I'll be able to get there
1495s	eventually type thing um it is designed
1499s	as you know Pinnacle content so like if
1501s	you're not able to complete what's
1503s	already there as extremely hard static
1506s	content um you know you're you're you're
1509s	going to have a really long uh road
1511s	ahead of you for um for completing the
1514s	Pinnacle boss right like because the
1515s	Pinnacle boss is is it's it's a step up
1518s	from T4 JRA it is harder you know I I I
1520s	think most people would be like well
1522s	obviously but a tiny percentage of
1525s	players kill T4 drw right so it's um it
1528s	is tricky there and so one of the things
1530s	we're trying to do is have the entire um
1534s	the entire content be have have
1537s	different stages of achievements and
1539s	accomplishments so there are like the
1542s	the the the Nemesis encounters tie into
1543s	all of this and um that is one sort of
1547s	stage of the accomplishments is you know
1550s	like there's different stuff there that
1552s	I can't talk about specifically but like
1554s	doing those things is part of the stages
1555s	of accomplishments of these of this new
1557s	content that's coming out so there's
1558s	stuff to do even if you're never going
1559s	to hit and there's and there's there's
1561s	relevant rewards for doing that content
1563s	even if you're never going to make it to
1564s	the Pinnacle
1565s	boss let alone beat it um and like
1569s	there's other bosses too and there's
1571s	other challenges too like there's
1572s	there's other things that happen so like
1574s	the the harbingers that you see in there
1576s	um you know all all that stuff is it's a
1578s	it's a progressive system that is um
1581s	that there are different levels of
1582s	achievements that happen and there's um
1584s	and you you you can like opt into harder
1586s	and harder stuff and and this is this
1587s	it's this idea of
1589s	um you know players having room to
1592s	challenge harder and harder content and
1595s	uh still feeling rewarded for completing
1597s	what they can complete but uh there
1599s	there is there is stuff that I think
1602s	there already is stuff that the majority
1603s	of players won't ever be able to finish
1606s	um which I know sounds kind
1609s	of um bad
1612s	maybe but I don't see a way that we
1614s	could possibly make the hardest boss in
1617s	the game the the PIN IAL achievement
1619s	boss in the
1620s	game uh not be too hard for some players
1624s	like like that that's I think that's
1625s	just a a a given of the situation and
1627s	it's sort of like okay how now how hard
1629s	do we actually make it um and that's
1632s	something that we are really trying to
1633s	be careful about and fine tune and
1636s	um I I think it's something that we're
1638s	going to get a lot of feedback on and
1640s	adjust going forward too it's not
1641s	something that and I say this basically
1643s	every time we introduce a new system
1644s	it's probably not something we're going
1645s	to get perfect on the first try um and I
1648s	and I hope we've we've shown that we are
1650s	prepared to make changes if what we're
1653s	doing isn't working but I'm quite
1655s	confident that the system is Rock Solid
1658s	um we just kind of got to see how people
1659s	feel about the difficulty I
1663s	think and and CU there's also there's
1665s	different types of difficulty that comes
1666s	in with systems like this like you're
1668s	design like the the big part of the
1670s	endgame content of this boss is how hard
1673s	is this fight how hard is this boss
1674s	fight like there is a culmination Point
1676s	um that there's not a lot of uh time
1679s	really in in that there's not a lot of
1681s	stages uh there there's not like there
1685s	it's it's a it's a big fight there's
1686s	stages of the fight but like there's not
1689s	uh um like session SP like gameplay
1693s	session
1694s	spanning stages is what I'm trying to
1697s	get at so so you're you're like when you
1698s	go into that final boss you're either
1699s	finishing that final boss or you're not
1701s	um you're not getting part way and then
1703s	being like okay well I'll come back and
1704s	finish the rest of it later which is the
1707s	type of stuff that happens when you
1709s	are working through the other parts of
1712s	that system and this is I'm really just
1713s	Hing with like Pinnacle boss systems in
1716s	general in RPGs right now don't have
1718s	nothing really specific to
1726s	us oh yeah we're going down
1729s	there get me in that Lake all right I
1735s	know like rambling on these questions
1737s	here and I will uh get to actual
1738s	questions people are asking here now
1739s	sorry long rant hi Mike hello love the
1743s	game really hyped to uh by the latest
1745s	news me too speaking of it road map
1748s	especially do you think those long lost
1750s	may walk again on woven feet
1754s	Yes um that's the uh it's also the
1759s	flavor text for uh the the the Advent to
1763s	the erase the boots the Weaver boots
1765s	Weaver will boots
1774s	all right are there also I just I just
1776s	want to like
1779s	um of of like stuff to solve right now
1782s	that's out there it is solved I know I
1784s	don't want people to think that there's
1785s	like that that's like a clue to
1786s	something else that you should all be
1787s	investigating cuz the like the the the
1790s	Easter egg of that line has been solved
1792s	just so you're not wasting your
1795s	time all right resilient Red Devil three
1798s	months res so thank you very much
1799s	appreciate
1803s	you all right are there any Elden ring
1806s	fans on Le team yes there absolutely are
1809s	Elden ring fans Le team I one day I'll
1813s	share my full thoughts on Elden ring um
1816s	it's a game that I currently really
1822s	love uh which initially I bounced off of
1825s	really
1826s	hard to the point where I was like I
1829s	didn't really look at any reviews
1830s	initially played it and went well never
1834s	going to hear about this game again and
1835s	walked away from it and then was like oh
1836s	I am horribly
1838s	wrong now I really like it
1842s	though uh all right uh really hyped I
1846s	still haven't beaten her yet I I I I
1849s	started putting down I'm probably going
1850s	to go on Elder ring rant I put down
1851s	little pins on the map to record how
1853s	many times I tried her um everyone knows
1856s	who I'm talking about if you've tried it
1858s	uh and I I broke 300 attempts failed
1861s	attempts um and that's that's what I
1863s	gave up so I still hav it beaten there
1866s	one
1867s	day uh really hyped for the road map and
1870s	every single thing mentioned there love
1872s	Ellie so much any possibility for the
1874s	trans system to be Ed earlier than 1.4
1876s	um I mean like there's always chances
1878s	for movement on the on the road map that
1880s	was a huge part of that posst is us
1882s	being like you know this is not set in
1884s	stone it's going to change um so so
1890s	baby
1893s	um I
1895s	uh I'd be I'd be pretty shocked if that
1897s	one moved up um that's technically
1902s	possible don't get your hopes up on that
1908s	though it's a it's a pretty humongous
1910s	system um
1920s	that I it's one of those systems it's
1922s	it's really tricky oh my goodness it's
1925s	it's really tricky system because um for
1927s	some people it's like the game isn't
1931s	complete without it like it's it's it's
1934s	really really really important and for
1936s	other peoples um it's it's just
1940s	like okay who cares you know so it's um
1945s	it is tricky to find time to to put
1948s	system like that
1950s	in um when when we when we still have um
1954s	systems that are needing help uh that
1957s	affect everyone quite
1967s	heavily okay uh will you guys be opening
1970s	a merch shop I'd love to to buy an
1973s	official Le sweatshirt or t-shirt from
1975s	you guys me too uh would be another
1978s	great way to let us help fund the game
1980s	we love yeah uh we're we're working on
1982s	it
1983s	um I I know there's some some trial
1986s	stuff that went out
1988s	recently
1990s	um I think there's some adjustments
1992s	happening type thing I I I don't know
1994s	where the process of actually opening a
1995s	proper merch shop is right now but I
1997s	really hope it's soon
2001s	um I've like I I I every time I come
2004s	back from a convention I come back with
2006s	like some some shirts from the
2007s	convention um um that's the only time I
2009s	get to actually see anyone that sort of
2010s	stuff and like um i' I've got like I've
2014s	got a list of friends who are who are
2016s	like waiting for me to come go to
2018s	another convention to bring back a shirt
2019s	be like I want a shirt this time you got
2020s	to bring me a shirt back this time I'm
2021s	like I kind of I kind of need a bunch of
2023s	them for myself still though so can't I
2026s	can't just like take
2034s	them and they're all my size as well
2038s	so I have a couple friends that are
2039s	swimming in some
2051s	shirs all right hey Mike I really
2053s	looking forward to the new cycle
2055s	especially since new trailer little
2056s	teaser full trailer is coming still um I
2060s	see quite a few be stuff being teased a
2062s	beekeeper build be a thing would be
2064s	super awesome there's bee stuff being
2066s	teased in the trailer really I I fully
2069s	missed that um I think uh I I I don't
2075s	see an end to uh the B fun in in last
2080s	EPO so I I I think eventually there's um
2084s	there's definitely B themed stuff that
2086s	never quite made it past the Cutting
2088s	Room floor um I think we'll I we'll see
2091s	more of it in the future but I don't I
2093s	don't have any
2096s	specifics yeah
2099s	some
2115s	Vines position him a little
2117s	bit
2125s	oops that would been perfect time for
2127s	little Dodge roll you
2129s	know see like the exact same thing just
2131s	like a tiny bit
2134s	smoother or or DOD roll back in that's
2136s	the other thing too is um I think melee
2138s	gets a lot of uh a lot of really good
2141s	feels moments when uh when adding Dodge
2144s	roll in because because it's also a
2146s	re-engagement tool
2163s	nice we need those idle slots
2169s	bad those Idol are but we're equipping
2173s	them oh yeah I'm supposed to do the
2175s	right click to equip those aren't
2176s	I those moments you remember a task that
2179s	you have waiting for you
2194s	okay more questions
2196s	on one of my bigger concerns I think
2199s	it's supposed to say uh with with evade
2201s	uh did I do it right uh close
2204s	enough uh it speeds up combat and
2207s	requires reaction time is that
2209s	considered uh and have you discussed an
2211s	AutoCast for slow pokes Among
2216s	Us AutoCast how you'd AutoCast that uh
2219s	no there's there's I I I don't know how
2221s	you'd AutoCast that
2225s	um
2227s	the I I think the speed that it moves at
2233s	is
2235s	um
2238s	like there there's there's not really a
2241s	gigantic shift in Reaction Time
2244s	expectations here I think that I
2246s	understand the fear for that
2248s	um and and if it's too much for you like
2252s	bring us the feedback and and let us
2254s	know but um I I don't think it's going
2257s	to be as I think if you have the
2259s	reaction time to play the game as it is
2261s	now you have the reaction time to play
2262s	it with Dodge wall to I don't or evade
2265s	sorry oh my
2266s	goodness uh see yeah I I I don't think
2270s	there's I I I hear the fear um and I'd
2274s	like to reassure you that it's it's I
2278s	don't think you're going to have a
2279s	problem with it I don't know anything
2280s	about you personally and there are some
2281s	people out there that it will be too
2282s	fast for I'm sure um I suspect that it's
2285s	already too fast for almost all of those
2293s	people with the game as a whole all
2297s	right is there going to be a cool down
2298s	to evade mechanic yeah there's um it all
2302s	of the very specific cooldown details
2304s	are listed on the Forum post um which I
2308s	can just go right to right
2311s	now uh
2313s	yeah
2315s	okay let's let's just go through let's
2318s	just go through real quick I'm just GNA
2319s	I'm just going to snip this little thing
2321s	right
2322s	here boom let's just bring this
2326s	in okay give me give me fine um so no ey
2333s	frames um
2339s	sorry about that no ey frames uh space
2341s	bar by default there's I you may have to
2344s	reset your key bindings if you're
2345s	already using default or something like
2346s	that or if you're eaing space or
2347s	something else um it's the the right
2350s	face button on controller uh it is it
2353s	sits it sits on your action bar so it
2356s	doesn't or it sits by your by your town
2358s	portal um and menu buttons here near
2361s	your Mana so it does not take up one of
2362s	your action slots um the cool down is 4
2365s	seconds you have two charges
2368s	um so you can use it back toback in
2370s	Rapid succession but then you have to
2371s	wait four seconds for the first charge
2373s	to come back and another 4 seconds for
2374s	the second charge to come
2376s	back so you're using it twice every
2378s	eight seconds roughly
2381s	um and uh it does get increased cool
2385s	down recovery speed so that time goes
2387s	down as you level up um it is affected
2390s	by increased cool down recovery speed
2391s	stat so if you have increased cool
2393s	recovery speed um you can get it quite
2396s	low so we have the details on if you're
2398s	level 100 um and you have 0% coold down
2401s	recovery speed uh just the natural
2404s	cooldown base will be 3 seconds if you
2406s	have 50% increased cool down recovery
2408s	speed on your items or stats or passives
2411s	or whatever um and you're level 100 uh
2414s	your cool down on it will be 2 seconds
2416s	100% CDR 1.6 seconds so it does the
2419s	effect of increased cooldown recovery
2421s	speed um has diminishing returns on
2425s	everything um which includes evade so
2428s	you are never going to get your cool
2430s	down of your evade down so low that
2432s	you're just roll roll roll roll roll
2434s	roll roll roll roll um but you can get
2436s	it down to a point where it's basically
2438s	always available to you um because
2439s	you're not using it 100% of the
2443s	time
2445s	um yep it's independent cool down from
2448s	traversal skills and uh as I said they
2450s	recharge sequentially not simultaneously
2453s	has no skill tree um this this is an
2455s	important one here I think um
2458s	it terrible
2465s	little
2467s	much more adequate is
2471s	um it's a
2475s	um things can trigger it it can trigger
2478s	things like it can have interactions
2479s	with stuff and and and all that sort of
2481s	stuff it's an ability all all that good
2482s	stuff and we're we're going to we're
2484s	going to do stuff to it with items and
2486s	and passives and places and you know
2489s	we're going to we're going to work in
2490s	interactions and get that that class
2492s	theming that class
2495s	um juice into it with uh with other
2499s	sources we really considered using a
2501s	skill tree for this and we prototyped
2503s	some skill trees for it but we found
2504s	there were so many nodes in that skill
2507s	tree system um when you have the same
2509s	base skill so many nodes were just like
2514s	um exactly it goes a little bit farther
2517s	cool Downs a little bit like less like
2518s	there just it's basically the exact same
2520s	core functionality and so we we took a
2521s	lot of that functionality that would
2522s	have just been like everything would
2524s	have wanted it and just worked it into
2525s	like the base functionality of the skill
2527s	and then the more uh class specific
2529s	interesting ones we work into the uh
2533s	supplementary ways you can affect your
2534s	character like through items and
2536s	passives and all sort of stuff um the
2538s	only other important thing is the uh
2540s	distance that the uh that the evade
2544s	takes you does not is that's static that
2546s	does not change but the speed that you
2548s	can evade with the duration that you are
2550s	in the evade animation uh does go down
2553s	with your movement speed so that you're
2554s	never actually going slow like the we
2556s	had an issue before we had this where um
2559s	if you had a ton of increased move speed
2561s	rolling actually was slower than just
2563s	walking um so it does scale with your
2566s	movement speed so you can get quick
2568s	rolls and and haste temporary speed
2571s	Buffs like haste do apply so there's
2574s	there's the full details on and some
2576s	background information on the
2581s	bate uh hope
2584s	that reassured you a little bit any
2587s	plans to reduce some of the one-hot
2589s	mechanics or the spiky damage from some
2591s	mob bosses or are we expected to uh even
2595s	more with the introduction of aade
2596s	mechanic I I don't think that the the
2598s	rate that you'll see uh mechanics like
2600s	that changes too much with the addition
2603s	of aade um I understand the concern
2606s	there but um it is it is it is something
2609s	that we will only and this is the last
2611s	paragraph of that post that I was just
2613s	uh talking about um we talked about all
2616s	this where it's basically saying like um
2619s	we we we might use it uh we might not
2621s	use it on On Any Given fight it's got
2623s	It's got to make sense for that fight in
2625s	order for us to use it it's not just
2627s	like uh well every boss is like this now
2629s	deal with it
2632s	um and uh I I think that some love the
2639s	like there are I think the actual
2641s	like um I use the ter yeah like true
2644s	one-hot mechanics in boss fights it's
2648s	it's actually pretty few and far between
2650s	like most of them if you're if you if
2652s	you want to build your character in such
2653s	a way that you can tank those effects
2655s	most of them can be tanked um you know
2658s	like there's there's some
2661s	uh uh like like mechanically intentional
2665s	like this is a one shot unless use it
2666s	like T4 Jewel run that's a one shot
2668s	unless you use the Ability we gave you
2670s	now the the reaction time and lead up to
2674s	that one is like what four seconds like
2676s	that was so huge right so that can't
2679s	count for for any sort of like twoo Fast
2682s	One-Shot mechanics got to avoid you know
2684s	like like the leadup is so long um the
2689s	lightless arbor one is reliable so if
2690s	you just learn the fight you can avoid
2691s	it um uh lagon is reliable so you're
2694s	still in the fight you can avoid it like
2696s	these aren't things that you need High
2697s	reaction times too this just um like
2699s	experience and uh like it it does
2703s	require some reaction time all sort of
2705s	stuff but I don't know it's
2707s	um I I don't think there's a lot of
2710s	naturally like this is a one-hot
2712s	mechanic um actually exists in the loss
2715s	fights I think that once you get
2716s	into um there are some here and there
2720s	and most of the time I think when it
2722s	happens is it's just like your character
2724s	might not be tanky enough type thing
2726s	like this isn't designed as a one shot
2727s	mechanic but your character is just a
2728s	glass Cannon I think that happens a fair
2730s	bit I think there's also situations
2732s	where um that's that's not bad either I
2735s	want say it's bad that's just like if if
2737s	your character is going to be focused on
2738s	offense like you've got to be prepared
2739s	to um not get hit you know which is
2743s	really tough sometimes and um I think
2748s	that
2750s	the
2755s	uh what was I going to say I can't
2757s	remember the oh yeah um I think a lot of
2759s	abilities that that are not designed as
2762s	one shot mechanics they not expected for
2763s	you to be able to necessarily Dodge them
2765s	every single time um once corruption
2769s	gets pushed with some of these builds
2770s	that can push corruption so unbelievably
2773s	ridiculously high um these these there
2777s	there's abilities that started out as
2778s	supposed to be like this is going to hit
2781s	you hard but it's not going to probably
2782s	ever kill you abilities that turn into
2785s	this thing's going to kill you pretty
2787s	well the matter what because the
2788s	corruption is just so much higher than
2790s	we ever expected people to get
2793s	to some of the balance kind of goes a
2797s	little haywire when these multipliers
2798s	get a little crazy High um which is
2801s	something we're looking at but I think
2802s	that's I think that last one is probably
2806s	um uh I I would say a significant source
2810s	for extremely skilled players of of when
2813s	these things are happening so if you're
2814s	if you fall into that extremely skilled
2816s	player and extremely high farming player
2818s	uh category um you're probably
2820s	experiencing that last
2824s	one once we get the balance under
2826s	control better won't happen as
2829s	much all right so has Kane managed to
2832s	successfully argue for more be's in 1.1
2835s	has he used his internal B budget until
2837s	1.3 and
2840s	Beyond I don't know I'm
2845s	sorry there's no major beam mechanics
2848s	coming in 1.1 I can see unless I miss
2864s	something
2867s	so differentiations this version of
2870s	evade versus all previous prototype
2871s	versions of it that changed everyone's
2874s	stance on it
2875s	um I think think
2879s	the I think a big part of it is we're
2881s	just better at making abilities now um
2886s	and uh so it just like it felt more
2889s	polished more early on in the uh in in
2892s	the process I think I think the that
2894s	that polish feel has a lot of uh of
2897s	impact on on your perception of it so I
2899s	think that had a big part of it
2902s	um I think that there is I think it's
2906s	also the rest of the game around
2907s	it
2910s	um that that that changed a
2917s	lot
2918s	um I think we we we always had one just
2922s	one charge on it by default
2925s	before I think having that second charge
2927s	really made a big impact
2930s	um so I think the old versions were
2932s	focusing too much on trying to make it
2935s	um with with that skill tree and one of
2938s	one of the big challenges when we're
2939s	when we're making skills that have skill
2941s	trees is uh that balance between um
2947s	how like like the the base skill versus
2949s	the fully Ked out version of it and
2951s	having that base skill feel good and
2955s	having that fully Ked out version not
2957s	feel unbelievably over overpowered but
2960s	still having there be a significant um
2964s	evolution in that skills functionality
2966s	and feel as you're going going through
2967s	that skill tree so if the um if the base
2971s	version is you know not not enough it
2974s	just feels kind of sucky to use at the
2975s	start then
2977s	um then people won't experiment with the
2979s	ability they'll put on their bar they'll
2981s	try it out and they'll walk away from it
2983s	this just skills in general um which
2985s	isn't great we don't like that um and
2988s	then there's uh so in order to combat
2991s	that you you bump up the base power
2993s	levels the base functionality all that
2995s	sort of stuff um and
2998s	then you you you look at the the final
3001s	version and you're like if if that's got
3003s	too much going on um you you you rain it
3006s	in a little bit you you Nerf the the top
3007s	end on a little bit and as the um as as
3011s	those two things get closer and closer
3012s	together the the space that you have to
3016s	um to work with for that uh that that
3019s	power transition that complexity
3021s	transition in the skill as you're going
3023s	through through that skill tree it
3024s	shrinks and each node becomes less and
3026s	less impactful the power budget you have
3027s	for each no becomes less and
3030s	less um and I think
3032s	because of uh because I think evade
3036s	especially is a very um it's a little
3038s	bit a different beast from other
3040s	abilities I think we were trying to
3041s	treat it too much like a normal ability
3043s	when we were trying to make it the first
3045s	time first couple times really um and I
3048s	think
3049s	we we we we had issues on all three of
3052s	those points um and just removing the
3054s	skill tree completely I think really
3057s	helped a
3067s	lot all right how does an endgame boss
3070s	differ from a pinnacle boss um I think I
3075s	think there's a lot of terminology that
3077s	really doesn't mean that much um in in
3082s	my mind personally the difference
3083s	between a pinnacle boss and an endgame
3085s	boss is a pinnacle boss is whatever the
3088s	hardest endgame boss is is the Pinnacle
3092s	boss so I think Pinnacle is a subset of
3094s	end game um upset of
3100s	one
3108s	um I think I think uh like onade like
3110s	right there when the Exile Mage is using
3112s	that attack that's going around um you
3115s	know like like you can evade through it
3117s	and it doesn't actually stop you from
3119s	taking damage but because you spend less
3120s	time in the damage um cuz it's a DOT you
3123s	take less damage overall I think little
3126s	things like little interactions like
3127s	that have a pretty big impact on
3130s	the the feel of it and make it feel like
3133s	you're like you're doing stuff to to
3136s	take less damage in combat but it's not
3138s	like and you are which is great but it's
3140s	it's not like if you don't do that
3142s	there's no way you can beat the fight so
3144s	I think that's the the style of things
3146s	we're really hoping to to feel better
3147s	about in
3150s	combat uh why didn't you guys show the
3153s	1.5 cycle um it's too far out uh it's
3157s	not solid enough we're not as confident
3158s	in what it's going to be the the plans
3160s	for 1.5 are a little bit more nebulous a
3162s	little more skeleton you may noticed you
3163s	may have noticed that like
3164s	1.4 um didn't have like set names for
3167s	things as much um then than 1.1 through
3170s	1.3 so like as you get further away from
3172s	where we are like we have plans we we
3174s	sort of like we we know the style of
3176s	thing we want to put in there um but
3178s	there's less
3180s	hard uh like this is the name of it this
3183s	is the um like how it's going interact
3185s	with that and all sort of stuff and and
3187s	so the plans are a little less firm and
3190s	more subject to change um so trying to
3193s	strike the balance of like having stuff
3196s	people can look forward to but without
3198s	locking us into content that we have to
3201s	be like well sorry we're changing that
3204s	um cuz it is is a bit of a balance and
3206s	um you know maybe we'll be like hey you
3208s	know the further out we can talk about
3209s	things the better just no matter what
3211s	and we'll make it further
3213s	out uh maybe we'll decide we went too
3215s	far with this and we'll reel it in a
3217s	little bit I don't know um I think we're
3218s	in a really nice sweet spot and um I'm
3221s	really pleased with how the road map is
3222s	going uh right now and if and I I I
3224s	really just want to like this style of
3227s	Ro map I'm a big big fan of so also that
3230s	bar at the top that I I don't want to
3231s	sleep on of the of the room map there's
3233s	a bunch of stuff at the top of that
3234s	saying like um
3238s	uh you know continuous updates coming
3241s	for regular patches Community feedback
3242s	and collaboration balance improvements
3244s	dungeon improvements and Bug fixes and I
3246s	I I don't want to sleep on those uh as
3248s	being a really important part of just
3249s	like everything that's coming because I
3250s	think it it shows that we're
3253s	um you know we're working on all sorts
3255s	of stuff and it's a lot more than just
3256s	what the road map shows
3258s	to cuz there's also also um the the
3263s	unveiling moment the surprise moment of
3265s	like oh this is what's happening that's
3267s	what that means like the that that
3269s	anticipation and speculation to reveal
3271s	and excitement transition I think is
3273s	really valuable for um for building
3275s	interest in the game and for um you know
3279s	being able to get like conversation
3280s	started and and having those
3282s	conversations start altogether and
3284s	having you know hey a beer having if you
3286s	if you
3288s	tell um if if you tell 10 people the
3291s	same information that's exciting but you
3292s	tell it to each one of them 10 days
3294s	apart um they're never really going to
3296s	be interested in going and talking to
3298s	each other about that information cuz
3299s	it's only new to one of them at a time
3301s	if they all find out that information at
3303s	the same time then they can talk to each
3304s	other about it when it's new to them and
3308s	um I think that's more interesting for
3310s	people that are talking about it and I
3311s	think it's better for uh you know it's
3313s	better for the game as well so it's it's
3315s	just better for everyone like it's I
3316s	don't
3318s	know I'm probably just describing like
3320s	the most Basic Marketing Concept
3322s	ever
3324s	like I don't know
3329s	that's a good idea I
3333s	think all right when is adaptive boss
3337s	damage getting removed so I know when to
3339s	return to Elie um I I don't have I don't
3342s	know what I can say with this there are
3344s	we are
3347s	uh sec
3373s	I may come back to that
3374s	question um it is we we we we've got a
3378s	system to replace it it's great um it's
3380s	not being removed it's being replaced to
3382s	be clear um a the the the thing that's
3385s	being replaced with your number will be
3387s	big
3388s	again all right is there any intention
3391s	to adjust the bizarre filter settings
3392s	for 1.1 to only show items that you can
3395s	purchase at your current rank um I don't
3399s	know uh what specific I haven't been on
3402s	bizarre changes so I know there's a lot
3404s	of things we wanted to do with the bizar
3405s	that um some of them got in some of them
3408s	didn't um we will continue to update the
3410s	bizar uh and and so there are changes
3413s	coming and there are more changes coming
3414s	after that too
3418s	uh can you say how many new endgame
3420s	bosses there will be between Harbinger
3422s	and Pinnacle if they're different they
3423s	they are different the the Pinnacle boss
3425s	is not one of the
3427s	hard technically I don't think that's I
3430s	don't might technically be one I don't
3432s	think it is I don't know we'll see I
3435s	clearly know enough about it to be
3436s	talking about it um they are a different
3439s	thing though the harbingers and the
3440s	Pinal boss are a different thing um the
3448s	uh I don't I'm G to say I don't
3453s	know because drawing some lines might be
3460s	difficult let's say let's say a
3462s	handful let's be vague about it give a
3465s	vague idea say a handful
3478s	more questions with cycle 2 date now
3480s	public uh what can you say is the
3482s	biggest thing your team learned from
3483s	cycle one that positively affects your
3486s	approach to Future Cycles
3491s	H it's a really good question I don't
3494s	have a good answer to
3498s	it
3501s	um get working on the content
3503s	early get working on the content early
3507s	and you
3513s	over let me in I mean we could we could
3515s	try
3518s	this oh you're not the first living I've
3520s	made this deal with here's the hoping
3523s	you're the first one to meet me at the
3525s	other end of this place you a shot
3528s	imortal Emperor smile on
3530s	you with this garbage joke of a
3534s	character do we have a key I'm sure we
3535s	got a key in here somewhere I probably
3537s	got some awesome items that I can equip
3538s	that I just glossing
3542s	over yes this these these wonderful
3544s	uniques in my uniques
3548s	tab oh
3553s	boy Keys that's Arena key lightless
3556s	Arbor key we're not in lightless Arbor
3560s	so fire Bion key there we
3563s	are let's give it a shot why not right
3565s	little 45 what are we
3567s	31 close
3581s	enough fire Shield fire Shield fire
3585s	Shield fire
3594s	Shield got the minions don't get fire
3596s	Shield though I by
3607s	run there's no
3611s	way I'm just going to answer some
3613s	questions and
3616s	die we're we're going go so slow through
3618s	this and try and do it it's not
3620s	happening we're going to try though
3622s	we're going to try uh will the finicle
3624s	boss have new loot that drops from it uh
3628s	yes uh do I know anything about it
3634s	no uh what are primordial
3637s	uniques can any of the existing uniques
3639s	be primordial or is it something
3640s	different it is to be determined well
3643s	not to be determined it is to be
3644s	revealed there's better term I have no
3647s	information I can't I can't talk about
3648s	anything any details about the stuff in
3651s	the 1.2 1.3 1.4 branches and stuff there
3654s	very little about 1.12 I'll do my best
3656s	feel free to ask questions but um yeah
3660s	the
3662s	it they're going to be they're going to
3664s	be sweet you're it's going to be real
3666s	interesting it's going to be uh super
3668s	cool I don't know let describe
3676s	it see there I had to press the D key
3682s	and I probably only had like I don't
3685s	know less than a second to do
3688s	it so it's already pretty fast-paced uh
3691s	things that are in the game that's what
3693s	that's what I was talking about earlier
3693s	about like if it's already too fast it's
3695s	if it's if you're already um functioning
3700s	fine you should continue to function
3709s	fine okay uh going back to boss Dr I
3713s	just got confirmation that was that was
3715s	that little ding you heard going to turn
3716s	off my uh notifications
3719s	sounds um but we did get confirmation
3723s	that uh boss is being replaced in
3728s	1.1
3730s	um so when you are fighting the new
3732s	Pinnacle boss this is a lot a lot of
3734s	these things that were were unveiling
3737s	are specifically for the Pinnacle boss
3738s	fight so yes um the the boss Dr
3742s	replacement
3743s	system uh is was designed very much with
3746s	Pinnacle boss in mind and um is coming
3750s	so that that Pinnacle boss fight is more
3753s	fun because the new system is a lot more
3755s	fun than the old
3759s	system hopef hopefully um bit of a
3762s	pattern is emerging on a lot of these
3764s	decisions that we've been making with
3766s	the game where we're like it's more fun
3769s	we find it more fun we're having more
3770s	fun with it um that's that's a big
3773s	driving factor for a lot of the stuff
3775s	we're doing these days is we're like is
3779s	like like is is it fun that's kind of
3782s	the big decision that we we have to make
3784s	on most of these things like is it fun
3788s	all right new MTX when uh there should
3790s	be new MTX coming with 1.1 so July 9 I
3793s	can say it finally
3797s	woohoo
3800s	um and and yeah it would have been nice
3802s	if it was at least two weeks earlier um
3806s	I think it's it's going to be there's a
3807s	few things that I was quite concerned
3809s	that we weren't going to get in in
3811s	time
3814s	um without a little bit of a push but
3819s	yeah all right sorry if you've already
3821s	answered this that's okay I'll answer it
3822s	again but with some builds being bugged
3825s	yes how do you guys plan to combat some
3827s	builds well there's yeah uh combat some
3829s	builds being able to onshot Pinnacle
3831s	bosses uh will there be hot fixes that
3833s	are quickly pumped out for bugged builds
3835s	if that is an issue yeah so if there's
3838s	um if there's really uh like
3844s	power
3848s	um power level landscape warping tier
3852s	bugs they're they're prioritized pretty
3855s	hard
3856s	um and yeah we fix
3860s	bugs all right so is there planned
3862s	Pinnacle Race for 1.1 um I I think that
3866s	the
3867s	like I don't we don't I don't think we
3869s	have a like um prize structure for a
3875s	race plan for 1.1 at the moment um I
3879s	think a big part of it is we're still
3880s	trying to get our footing when it comes
3883s	to
3885s	um specific mechanics specific um the
3890s	wrong way to put it specific uh rollout
3894s	structures uh cycle structures all that
3896s	sort of stuff so like um making sure
3899s	that we're presenting new mechanics or
3901s	not pres like
3904s	like the fumbling over this hard the
3907s	process by which we roll out a new cycle
3910s	and the things that go with that the
3911s	timings the um who gets access to what
3914s	when all that sort of stuff because
3916s	that's still in flux we're really not
3918s	super interested in
3921s	um in too heavily incentivizing
3926s	the competition aspect of it with some
3929s	very enticing prize that um could result
3933s	in a uh like hey that's not fair so and
3937s	so one but they cheated type thing like
3939s	then what do we do so I think and or
3941s	like it it like rolling the order you're
3945s	rolling out it makes it not fair for
3946s	these people all that sort of stuff and
3948s	um so I think we really want to get the
3949s	flow of how we roll out new content
3953s	um a little bit a little bit more
3955s	experience
3956s	in that with uh such a large group that
3959s	has um like potential to complete it
3963s	quite quickly and all that sort of
3964s	stuff you know I think I think we want
3966s	to get that a little bit more solidified
3968s	and confident with that before we um
3972s	start putting too much on the
3974s	line just yet but at the same time um
3978s	yeah I think it'll be a race I think the
3981s	um I think we've got some things to sort
3983s	of push a a a
3986s	mentality a little bit
3990s	um I don't think we're going to have
3992s	some
3993s	like uh onetime exclusive title for
3996s	Server first kills or anything like that
3999s	um for for
4001s	1.1 no matter how cool they are I still
4004s	have my server first uh achievement on
4006s	warlock in WoW which is guess I hope
4009s	they keep those characters decade after
4012s	you cancel your
4014s	subscription probably not
4021s	but just that memory is still
4023s	awesome there's a YouTube video of it it
4026s	doesn't
4028s	matter all right I'm a little bit late
4030s	today that's all right welcome aboard I
4032s	can't see your username right now in the
4033s	format this is in so welcome whoever you
4036s	are you're
4038s	wonderful uh so I just want to ask if
4040s	alts get a catchup mechanic for quicker
4042s	leveling to 100 alts already have a
4044s	pretty huge advantage for catching up to
4047s	level 100 um I don't think we're
4048s	planning any major updates to
4050s	that uh can we remap that button on to a
4054s	side Mouse button evade roll evade can
4056s	be remapped to uh a mouse button from
4060s	the keyboard
4067s	button uh what is roughly the movement
4070s	speed increase of evade
4074s	um like it gets the movement speed
4076s	increase that uh you
4079s	have uh like uh one one to one I think
4082s	is the answer you're looking for like
4087s	um uh like like so right now my my evade
4090s	would move 32% faster because I have 32%
4094s	increased movement
4095s	speed it's one to one with your movement
4104s	speed I think I think that's what you're
4106s	asking if if not please re ask it I
4109s	think that's what you're looking
4114s	to uh when are you going to fix search a
4118s	merchant skill rolls and tear and Stat
4120s	and such um we've got our first update
4123s	to that coming with 1.1 um we will be
4126s	continuing to update that based on your
4127s	feedback going forward after that but
4129s	yeah the first first round of updates
4130s	for bizarre stuff is coming
4132s	1.1 so July 9 uh hello I I have a
4136s	question I have an answer might not be
4137s	the right one or a very good one but
4138s	I'll do my best do you have any plans to
4141s	increase density of monsters thanks best
4143s	for cards yeah we're um there there's
4146s	not we don't have plans to just like
4149s	double all the monsters or something
4150s	like that um but you know we've been
4152s	we've been on this like monster density
4155s	increase train for a while now basically
4157s	every major patch for the last couple
4158s	years has had like a little that Dial's
4161s	turned a little bit up you know we're
4162s	turn that dial a little bit more a
4163s	little bit more little little bit more
4165s	little bit more a little bit more you
4166s	know and then that that trend is
4168s	continuing right now still
4171s	um there's I I wouldn't expect some
4175s	like gigantic difference um you may you
4179s	may not notice much of it it might just
4181s	like feel a little bit better uh and
4183s	you're like I wonder why it feels a
4184s	little bit better um and it's probably
4187s	there just a little bit more monsters
4188s	around there and um but if you go back
4191s	and check like 090 to now you'll be like
4194s	oh it's way
4196s	oh my God it's so much more you know
4198s	just just like the cuz we're doing it
4200s	pretty
4202s	gradually oh got the
4206s	lad look
4216s	all all right without mentioning the
4218s	names will there be any new mods on
4221s	items
4223s	yes how is range versus melee bounce
4226s	looking for the Pinnacle boss um good
4229s	very good that is something that we did
4231s	take into consideration this is
4232s	something that I've talked about before
4232s	a little bit um really early like really
4235s	early on in the Pinnacle boss design um
4238s	there was actually a moment where uh I
4241s	was looking at the ability list and I'm
4245s	like so if I'm standing in melee range
4248s	he only attacks me every two
4251s	seconds at all like he'll just sit there
4255s	for yeah and so we realized that we we
4256s	restricted the range on abilities so
4260s	hard that if you were like right beside
4262s	the Pinnicle boss you he just like
4264s	wouldn't attack you um so yeah it is it
4267s	is definitely a cons and that's not the
4269s	case anymore at all and that was a month
4270s	ago at least you probably two months ago
4272s	really
4296s	oh sorry about that okay
4300s	um sorry what was I
4303s	saying
4306s	um melee versus Range yeah
4312s	um the the Dodge the Dodge roll um the
4318s	evade oh that hurt the evade um I think
4321s	benefits melee more than it benefits
4323s	range it's still very good for both but
4324s	I think there's a slight extra Advantage
4326s	it has for
4328s	melee and uh given our consideration to
4332s	melee versus range in in the mechanics
4334s	that the fight has um it it will be uh a
4339s	a unique and interesting fight from both
4342s	perspectives um
4345s	that I think will be quite
4347s	fun at least I like it's hard to tell
4350s	what's going to be fun sometimes I
4351s	really enjoy it I think it's a l
4364s	fun yeah I'm
4367s	okay uh do you have a uh do you have
4371s	barely a year when
4373s	1.4 and the skills is going to come out
4376s	do you
4378s	have barely a
4380s	year uh well I mean there's there's so
4383s	if we look at like three to four months
4385s	per cycle is the goal and you know like
4387s	some they they'll they're adjusted here
4389s	and there to to to you know make things
4391s	fit nicely but let's say let's say we
4393s	do let's let's let's just say um three
4396s	months as like the
4398s	minimum or or
4401s	yeah oh sorry I understand what the
4404s	question is asking
4407s	sorry uh the question is asking is 1.4
4411s	the next time that new skills are going
4413s	to come out no 1.4 is not the next time
4415s	these skills are coming um 1.4 there is
4417s	a significant change to the skill system
4420s	we're adding in a new piece to the skill
4422s	system called skill sigils um so that's
4425s	going to that's going to be an augment
4426s	to the skill system overall um but there
4429s	are updates to the skills coming in 1.1
4431s	so um yeah
4435s	there's just not any new skills coming
4437s	1.1 and there are there will be new
4439s	skills coming in other like 1.2 1.3 1.4
4442s	new skills are back on the table for
4444s	those Yeah we actually were just talking
4447s	about that
4451s	yesterday the priorities of which new
4457s	skills uh will there be more increased
4460s	Mana cost items in the next cycle that's
4463s	an interesting question um I I don't
4464s	know I don't
4466s	I I would doubt it it's usually not a
4468s	fan favorite AIX but
4473s	possibly uh are you going to do
4475s	something with set items next cycle or
4477s	are those primordial uniques
4479s	neither uh I was impressed that you made
4482s	a radical departure from your stance on
4483s	road maps can you add color to the
4486s	reason behind the philosophy change
4490s	um you know I I we've
4495s	I think we were a little gun shy with
4499s	way I think we were a little gun shy
4501s	with road maps in general um this what
4504s	happens when I just get talking and I
4505s	forget what I'm
4507s	doing um we got a little gunshot with
4509s	road maps in general because of how some
4511s	previous road maps had gone all that
4512s	sort of stuff I think we're just a lot
4514s	better now at you know communicating
4517s	than we were last time we did a road map
4519s	um I think we're better at at longer
4521s	term planning now than we were last time
4523s	we did a road map um so there just like
4525s	a lot of little things that we're just
4526s	like better at now as far like
4528s	supplementary things there's we got new
4530s	people on the team that are really good
4531s	at all that sort of stuff um and there's
4533s	there's just room for you know new stuff
4535s	to
4536s	happen in our uh in our communication
4542s	approach and
4548s	um I think I think a lot of the risks
4550s	associated with uh with road maps we
4553s	manag to to to mitigate or find way to
4556s	get around all sort of stuff and you
4557s	know it's just we've now got room
4561s	to to do it easier and I think it's I we
4564s	always wanted to do it more and it was
4566s	less about the the want and more about
4568s	the like is this going to be a positive
4570s	thing overall and now we're like yeah
4571s	it's going to be a positive thing
4572s	overall let's do it
4592s	did this get fixed a next
4599s	patch all
4601s	right uh I know you've talked about
4604s	future factions being added before but
4606s	I'm wondering what can you say about the
4609s	future factions like um when and what
4612s	they might may be I'm also curious if
4614s	you guys do a crafting Guild for example
4617s	would the xp be gained by breaking down
4619s	armor or crafting or would the XP still
4621s	be gained through killing monsters um so
4624s	the the the the faction system as a
4627s	whole like like how how factions work
4631s	overall um that's like yeah there's
4634s	there's like there's a progress a
4636s	reputation progress that unlocks uh
4638s	different different ranks that do
4640s	different things as you go um there's
4642s	this this favor that you generate by
4644s	playing the game
4646s	um or by some other method possibly too
4647s	but this there's this favor that you
4648s	generate and you spend favor on things
4650s	in the faction which G you grants you
4652s	reputation in the faction which grants
4654s	you more stuff you get in the faction
4655s	that that that broad that really broad
4658s	definition that's a faction for us
4659s	that's that's as far as it goes every
4661s	other thing is specific to um whatever
4664s	faction it
4666s	is um so we are looking to add in new
4670s	categories of factions um and you'll see
4672s	those quite soon quite soon um where
4675s	you'll see you'll see like another
4677s	category here that's like some other
4679s	faction that sits here on its own that
4682s	doesn't have another faction to go up
4683s	against type thing and it's it's really
4685s	just a way of using this structure to uh
4689s	clearly lay out progress in that system
4692s	it's really all it
4694s	is and by by theming them as factions we
4698s	can have competing factions that become
4700s	mutually exclusive um so sometimes we
4703s	want to have mutually exclusive factions
4704s	and times we don't um can I give you any
4708s	more information about what that
4710s	specific next faction is going to be and
4713s	how it's going to work and what it's
4714s	going to do and all that sort of stuff
4715s	absolutely not I'm sorry um I'd love to
4720s	uh but you'll you'll be getting
4721s	information on that uh not not too
4723s	distant future I think um do social
4726s	posts you know that sort of stuff
4741s	all
4742s	right my ear really hurts right now yep
4747s	uh on evade speed the question was about
4749s	its base speed versus normal walking ah
4752s	sorry you mentioned that at some point
4753s	uh walking with increased movement speed
4755s	was faster so trying to know if it's
4757s	more Fury leap speed or teleport speed
4759s	um you can actually see an image of it
4762s	in action um with not much movement M
4765s	speed on
4766s	there um I actually don't know how much
4768s	mov speed it has but I think it's pretty
4774s	low on a level 50 something
4785s	character oh no
4795s	sorry I'm just like downloading the
4797s	video and I'm Mor combat
4807s	preview
4809s	that's completely
4822s	wrong do it here
4826s	okay um so this is you can see you can
4828s	see that the speed that the roll happens
4829s	at in in this pretty easily
4832s	roll attack attack roll coming up there
4835s	you go so yeah it's like it's it's not
4837s	super far it's not super fast it's just
4839s	like it's a little bit of a boost it's a
4841s	little bit extra
4844s	um so this is a this is an average level
4846s	57 or 52 52 character um I would guess I
4851s	don't I should probably find out I would
4852s	guess they have in the range of like 30%
4855s	to 50% increased movement speed
4861s	um
4863s	yeah that's
4874s	it I hope that was enough information if
4876s	not I can try and get more
4885s	uh is the Pinnacle boss fight more
4887s	mechanics based or is there a point
4889s	where gear and build of course will
4890s	carry you through um there's it like
4893s	there's there's quite a few mechanics
4895s	involved in the fight um and if you are
4898s	like really really good at those
4900s	mechanics you can get through the fight
4902s	with a an very underprepared build um
4906s	like if if you can if you can push your
4909s	your skills in the matter to to the
4911s	extreme like you can you can get away
4912s	with a a pretty poor build and still
4915s	come out on
4916s	top um it'll take quite a while cuz
4919s	there's a big healthful all and stuff
4920s	but yeah like there's there's there's
4922s	quite a few mechanics there um if you're
4925s	less confident in those mechanics did I
4928s	just like not come back and talk to this
4930s	person oh my
4935s	goodness rolling my eyes at myself cuz
4937s	I'm times um oh we should do scorpion
4940s	instead of bear bear is super cool but
4942s	you know what scorpion fits the
4944s	aesthetic way
4956s	um the say oh
4959s	yeah
4964s	um what was I
4967s	saying oh yeah boss the boss Pinal boss
4969s	fight how how how much does it hurt all
4971s	sort of stuff um the
4977s	uh if if you have like really
4980s	substantial equipment um there are
4983s	certain mechanics in that fight you can
4984s	trivialize there are things that like um
4988s	if you have an extra uh
4991s	like thousand Health pool and uh you
4995s	know like 50% damage reduction from
4998s	endurance and uh like you know full um
5004s	glancing blow and you know like you
5006s	can't be crit like you get you get all
5007s	those defensive layers that stack on top
5010s	and
5011s	um there are certain parts of that fight
5014s	that that you'll like you won't take
5015s	damage from anymore or you'll take
5017s	little enough damage that you're
5018s	sustaining can get you back from and you
5019s	know stuff like that and you'll um you
5021s	have more time to attack and so you K
5023s	the fight beat the fight faster all sort
5024s	stuff so yeah like there's you can
5027s	through gear make the fight way way
5030s	easier and there was and this this is
5032s	something that we are still testing and
5035s	uh you know try trying to make feel
5037s	really good and have those like how much
5039s	gear is too much Gear to to completely
5042s	trivialize the fight it was one of the
5046s	builds one one of the test versions of
5048s	the fight that we played uh about two
5051s	weeks ago I think um the the the tester
5055s	character that we set up to to try the
5057s	fight was was way too good at uh at at
5060s	hard CC and um kind of trivialized the
5064s	fight a bit
5066s	uh so you know we we we've made some
5067s	changes there and stuff like that so
5069s	we're we're still we're still working on
5070s	fine-tuning it and all that um but the
5072s	goal I think the goal with it is that um
5076s	you know it's it's going to be a tough
5077s	fight regardless of your gear you're
5079s	going to have to learn mechanics and
5081s	you're going to have to um like remember
5083s	things are coming and you're going to be
5084s	able you're going to have to react to
5086s	some mechanics here and
5089s	there and uh you know you can you can
5092s	reduce the number of those mechanics
5094s	that are relevant
5095s	by by getting better gear I think this
5097s	is kind of like I think I'm saying
5101s	anything revolutionary it's kind of true
5102s	for all the boss fights really like if
5104s	you walk into lagon with no gear on
5107s	you're going to probably get one shot
5109s	you know um but if you're like a god at
5113s	dodging you can get through that fight
5114s	with basically no gear
5128s	all right so with minimum three months
5130s	Cycles 1.4 is coming summer 2025 uh if
5134s	you've done the math I
5137s	sure not uh that's probably the minimum
5141s	the minimum point but like I I think the
5144s	the chances of it hitting the minimum
5146s	Point are extremely low
5150s	um stuff would have to be falling into
5152s	place like crazy espe especially if we
5154s	are like say say we're say we're
5156s	scheduled for that like say we're on
5158s	Pace for a 3-mth
5160s	cycle um we'll probably look at that and
5162s	be like maybe we look at that
5164s	three-month launch date and we're like
5166s	there's other stuff nearby it probably
5168s	better to push it two weeks um to just
5171s	get a more favorable launch window and a
5173s	little bit more polish and and Balan
5174s	adjustments and we we'd probably take
5176s	the two weeks in that situation
5179s	um but maybe then there's like another
5182s	cycle where we're like looking ahead to
5183s	the next one and we're like if we don't
5184s	get this one out fast that next one's
5186s	going to have a problem where it's
5187s	sitting so we got to get this one out in
5189s	that three-month window real quick so
5191s	you know like there's there's I think
5192s	you'll see a range of release dates so
5194s	them all hitting the minimum I think is
5195s	unrealistic um some of them hitting the
5197s	minimum every once in a while is is
5198s	realistic but it's like um chances of
5201s	every single one of them hitting the
5202s	minimum is basically zero um so I'd say
5205s	it's probably too soon for
5211s	um
5213s	uh the thing you said
5217s	sorry 1.4 patch nailed
5231s	it oh you know what I think everyone's
5233s	been so
5234s	good we are going to do a
5237s	little some up
5247s	okay here's a cool thing it's a terrible
5249s	background
5254s	for kind of hard to see CU it's kind of
5264s	wispy if you're wondering what I'm doing
5265s	I'm looking at the preview image of
5267s	what's going to happen when I convert
5268s	this over on the on streamlabs so I'm
5271s	looking at I'm looking at this
5277s	um so this is
5280s	the a thing that's coming at some point
5283s	I was that what it
5297s	was nice staff
5300s	uh maybe
5305s	I don't see the staff when I see
5326s	that some of the things that get Auto
5328s	blocked are
5329s	funny sticking in the corner there
5338s	all right any chance we are going to see
5339s	LP on set items uh maybe in a restricted
5343s	Form 1 to2 LP or are there other plans
5344s	to make set items more
5346s	viable so I I usually don't go into much
5348s	detail on this question because we get
5349s	it a lot but I've got a little time and
5351s	not a lot of questions so we're going to
5353s	talk about
5354s	it um we we don't have any plans to
5358s	include LP unset items this is this is a
5361s	very commonly suggested um idea it's not
5364s	a bad idea really um fundamentally I
5366s	think it's actually a pretty good idea
5368s	there's there's lots of lots of cool
5369s	stuff that you can that we we've already
5371s	established works well with um set items
5375s	or sorry with unique items and legendary
5376s	potential sort of
5378s	stuff
5380s	however the average space the tool tip
5383s	takes on a unique item especially a low
5386s	tier unique item like a low um yeah a
5389s	low tier unique item one one that has a
5391s	higher chance of having higher legendary
5393s	potential um um you usually always but
5397s	usually has very few AES on and very
5401s	very little text on it compared to a set
5403s	item I got lucky and like here's like
5406s	the perfect example uh to prove the
5409s	point here this one only has three
5411s	affixes one implicit that's it uh
5415s	there's so much room on this item to
5417s	slap four extra stats on it so much room
5421s	um even even like a little bit bigger
5423s	uni you know like you you start getting
5425s	into like oh it's only
5429s	three okay this this one's got a ton
5431s	this one this one you can actually get
5432s	quite if you want this is probably the
5433s	extreme case for uniques but there's
5435s	still tons of room for four affixes to
5437s	go there right um without LP without
5441s	adding more affixes to it um there are
5445s	already set items that are so tall the
5447s	tool tips were so tall that we actually
5449s	had to build a system to shrink tool
5451s	tips to fit on the screen um because are
5454s	just so big so so there's there's just
5457s	not enough like physical UI space on the
5460s	item in the first place to start
5462s	adding so yeah there's there's stuff you
5464s	can do to get around that there's stuff
5466s	you can do to fix that to like redesign
5468s	how tooltips sit to scrolling tool tips
5470s	you start condensing stuff um but it's
5474s	kind of a lot to just like shoehorn this
5476s	mechanic into a system that it was never
5478s	designed
5480s	for um and we really want to have
5486s	uh I guess better like a a a more
5490s	thematically appropriate system for set
5493s	items that feels more like sets and like
5496s	you're you're you're you're tailoring
5498s	that system to set items
5500s	specifically um and so we are we we have
5503s	a plan to uh integrate set items better
5507s	into the uh endgame gearing puzzle as a
5512s	whole these
5515s	will start to activate way faster and
5518s	farther
5520s	away like get them right can't wait
5523s	anyways
5525s	um
5528s	the what was I saying oh yeah set items
5531s	so yes set items are are really
5533s	interesting beast and um one thing that
5536s	the unique and legendary system uh
5539s	pushes is this idea of like almost a
5542s	complete story on this one item this one
5544s	item that became legendary and there's
5546s	this story behind it it started out one
5548s	way and you you forged it together and
5550s	this this one item tells a whole
5553s	story you know it started out without
5555s	all those aices as you used it and and
5557s	we're playing the game you got these
5558s	added on these little bonuses it's this
5560s	like it's this one self-contained event
5562s	story set items on the other hand a good
5565s	example that they they inherently span
5567s	multiple
5568s	items um and having too much of the
5572s	focus on a single item where you're like
5575s	taking that set item in particular and
5578s	you are um you're making that set item
5581s	of legendary set item um I think feels
5585s	weird if you have like you're like okay
5586s	I've got these two legendary set items
5589s	and these two non- legendary set items
5590s	that make up this four piece set or
5592s	something like that and there's this
5593s	sort of like weird halfway legendary set
5597s	that you're using um and it doesn't it
5600s	doesn't really fit quite well and I
5603s	think that a lot of the flavor of
5606s	um from set items comes from the
5609s	storytelling of of like bringing a I
5612s	guess
5613s	more uh like cohesive like character to
5618s	life through set items
5621s	sometimes and I think that's more the
5623s	aspect that we want to encourage in our
5627s	final version of set items in
5630s	the um itemization system
5636s	so we're still we're still working how
5638s	that's going to fit in exactly and I
5640s	know I said basically nothing there
5641s	sorry no details yet um but yeah we we
5646s	we we're we're working
5647s	on uh on on that set item system
5650s	eventually it's not 1.1 it's it's a
5652s	pretty big system
5656s	um
5658s	yeah hey Ellie hi how you doing I was
5663s	wondering about the time time frame for
5664s	a console release I know porting
5667s	basically means making a new game in
5668s	some cases sometimes not being worth the
5670s	time effort resources so any plans or um
5674s	yeah there's plans for I'm running into
5677s	a corner cuz I wasn't looking at the
5678s	screen um we do have plans to uh to
5682s	expand into console
5684s	spaces um there's we we get every day I
5686s	see players on on some social platform
5688s	being like PlayStation when Xbox when
5691s	come on come on and it is it's something
5693s	that we do
5694s	we we've intended to do from square one
5696s	this was always the plan was to bring it
5699s	to consoles eventually and that's one of
5702s	uh not the reason but one of the reasons
5704s	why we do have controller support
5705s	already is it's going to make going to
5707s	console way
5709s	easier uh we're still evaluating um
5712s	which consoles we want to go to what
5713s	order we want to go to them what what
5715s	time frame we want to do that in all
5716s	that sort of stuff still evaluating it
5717s	we don't like we're we're
5720s	um we're pretty young Studio overall we
5723s	don't have
5724s	pre-existing relationships with Sony and
5726s	Microsoft for uh console development
5728s	that sort of stuff so like we need we
5729s	still need to open up that uh those
5732s	lines of communication start talking um
5735s	like all that sort of stuff it's it's
5737s	it's a bit of a process
5740s	um we've we we have a few people on our
5742s	team now that have like launched console
5745s	games with with these companies and
5746s	they're like if we're ever going to do
5748s	this we need to start this process now
5751s	cuz it takes a long time um
5754s	so you know we're we're we're we're
5756s	we're starting to evaluate like when
5758s	we're going to do this how we're going
5759s	to approach it all sort of stuff so the
5761s	the the console expansion process is I
5765s	would
5765s	say uh extremely early Beginnings
5771s	is um but yeah it's it's
5776s	it's it's not like we've got Dev kits or
5778s	anything like that yet
5789s	yeah I'm I'm confident it'll
5794s	happen we one of the things we want to
5795s	do first is we want to upgrade the
5796s	engine first and that's in
5800s	process all right will there be
5805s	seasonal content as in League mechanics
5808s	sorry if you've already answered this no
5810s	problem
5811s	um it's kind of a hard
5814s	uh question to answer without just kind
5816s	of describing everything that's going to
5817s	happen and with the knowledge that
5819s	things are probably going to change um
5822s	so yeah we we have um currently we don't
5826s	have like if the question I guess the
5828s	question is like are there going to be
5828s	any borrowed power mechanics where it's
5831s	like okay like the the Cycle's starting
5833s	and as long as you're playing on cycle
5835s	you get this uh you you get this um the
5840s	spirit of the first traveler that
5842s	follows you around and every 10th enemy
5844s	you see he's just slays for you no
5846s	problem you know like and but it only
5848s	works in the cycle that's a borrowed
5850s	power mechanic um because it is
5853s	something that increases the power of
5854s	your character um but only only works on
5858s	the latest like the the temporary cycle
5861s	characters or League mechanics seasonal
5862s	mechanics something like that um so
5864s	Legacy wouldn't get that power we don't
5867s	um we're not currently planning effects
5869s	like that um right now uh it it is not
5874s	off the table it's something that we can
5876s	do um you know like maybe we get a bunch
5879s	of like this this is sort of thing that
5880s	we're looking we we really pay close
5882s	attention to the feedback we get um on
5884s	this topic because it's a very important
5886s	topic and it's very feedback heavy um
5888s	which is fantastic and we uh are
5890s	constantly looking to this topic for
5892s	details on what you all want to see
5896s	um so you know if you've got an opinion
5898s	on this go make a forum post go make a
5900s	Reddit post like get the discussion
5902s	rolling on what you want to see
5905s	um do you want to see things that uh
5908s	integrate back into standard or Legacy
5911s	afterwards I went the wrong do you want
5913s	to see things that um are just always on
5918s	this is the wrong way isn't it yeah it's
5919s	complet the wrong
5927s	way I just get talking and
5931s	talking I go the wrong way
5940s	oh
5943s	boy
5947s	um we we yeah we are we plan on and we
5951s	are going to be adding with 1.1 1.2 1.3
5954s	uh 1.4 we're going to be adding in new
5957s	content that comes with the cycle
5961s	um and uh at the very least for 1.1 that
5965s	content will be launching for like that
5968s	content will come out for legacy and and
5971s	the cycle characters and we'll stick
5973s	around after the cycle finishes um the
5975s	big question that we're proposing to our
5978s	community right now that we want
5979s	feedback on is um is should any part of
5983s	that be temporarily locked for um for
5988s	legacy and offline characters so um the
5991s	the one piece the one piece of that that
5993s	we're suggest thing for this uh for 1.1
5996s	is hey let's let's make the Pinnacle
5998s	boss fight just the final piece of the
6000s	psycho content that's coming out just
6002s	the last last step the Pinnacle boss
6004s	fight should that be locked until
6007s	someone clears it in
6009s	cycle
6010s	um and there's there's there's more
6013s	Nuance to that question there's more um
6016s	actually but there's a survey up on our
6017s	forums if you haven't taken that out yet
6019s	please go check it out um just note that
6021s	it is very specifically talking about
6023s	just the Pinnacle boss so like the
6024s	harbinger stuff the Nemesis stuff the
6026s	any uniques any new skill balance
6028s	changes all that stuff is all just
6029s	automatically included right away for
6031s	both Legacy and cycle um yeah it's just
6035s	is the boss fight only only only
6037s	challengeable and like that's the thing
6038s	is you can get to the point where one of
6040s	the reasons why I really like it is that
6041s	because there is other things in the
6043s	cycle to do and other things to
6044s	experience if you're not going to um uh
6048s	if if you aren't going to play the new
6049s	cycle character and and you want to
6051s	experience this stuff with an existing
6052s	character you can you can do most of
6054s	that content
6057s	um uh like without without getting to
6060s	the Pinnacle boss yet and um like if
6063s	you're if you're slow like some
6065s	people
6067s	me you you may not you may not even get
6070s	there in time like they they're people
6072s	that may start new characters and kill
6075s	the finnical boss before you even get to
6076s	the finnical boss I know it's will
6078s	happen to me
6080s	um so yeah it's it's
6084s	I I I think I think it's a really good
6085s	survey um and I would encourage everyone
6088s	to make their voices heard on
6091s	that I don't I don't want to I go into
6094s	too much detail on the results CU we
6095s	have some preliminary results now that I
6097s	have seen um so I don't want to taint
6101s	your opinion of what's coming so I won't
6104s	tell you what those results are yet I
6106s	will say that uh so far uh the community
6110s	is surprisingly aligned on this topic
6113s	this one of those things that you're
6114s	like this this is going to be all over
6116s	the place those those bar graphs all
6118s	five of those bars are going to be
6119s	coming up together and one of them is
6121s	like are is there is there only one bar
6124s	on that graph type like yeah which was
6127s	pretty
6133s	surprising I I hope I hope we'll release
6135s	uh that data we've released it in the
6136s	past I don't see why we
6139s	wouldn't the the only time that I hate
6141s	releasing data is when the data is like
6143s	really confusing
6144s	and really
6145s	misleading
6146s	um
6149s	and uh I think that happens when there's
6152s	uh when when you see those graphs
6154s	they're like evenly distributed and it's
6156s	like what does that mean like it's hard
6158s	to draw conclusions from that and and it
6159s	is for sure but
6161s	um I think I think we'll be we'll be in
6165s	a good position with the uh data being
6168s	easy to understand un unless that was
6170s	just like the the the the first day one
6173s	uh results in the day 10 results are
6176s	unbelievably different which they might
6178s	be you never
6184s	know are there any future plans for a
6187s	dedicated BBU um we we don't really tend
6191s	to like um sit down and say like okay
6195s	how can we build uh a a build that does
6199s	X like are we going to um like should we
6202s	add an uniqu that that's Force this type
6204s	of build to be possible all sort of
6207s	stuff I think it's more about
6211s	um you know Pro providing tools and
6214s	letting people kind of see how they can
6216s	combine those tools to make something
6219s	cool and and you know we get we have top
6221s	down and bottom up designs for things
6223s	all all over the place I think
6225s	there's uh a good chance that we'll
6228s	naturally see new tools for bub builds
6231s	emerge as time goes on a theme we like
6236s	um I I I I think there I think there's
6239s	there's always room for a BBU to a
6240s	surprise B build to emerge from the
6244s	Shadows all right what do you think the
6246s	best class is and why is a primal list
6249s	Define best what what are the parameters
6251s	by which we are measuring this best
6254s	from and it's clearly
6259s	Rogue uh when you say upgrade the engine
6262s	is that a new engine or just new version
6263s	the same new version of the same
6266s	engine which which like sounds like ah
6269s	it's the problem I update Windows all
6271s	the time oh it's no problem you know we
6273s	update a a new version of whatever and
6276s	yeah and um you know if if we were
6279s	keeping up with every update yeah it
6281s	wouldn't be a huge deal but um you know
6284s	it's
6286s	been five years behind right
6288s	now going to take a little while to
6290s	update that did I not get this Waypoint
6292s	last time or did I just like not see it
6294s	on my map am I crazy I feel like I've
6295s	been here
6311s	before that
6314s	was
6316s	close are you going to add a dino blade
6319s	reference enemy in an ancient era there
6322s	a funny thing of an a dude is actually
6324s	uh making it into a game uh just from a
6327s	funny Reddit idea sound familiar it does
6330s	sound familiar sounds very familiar um I
6333s	I maybe I won't be personally someone
6337s	else
6337s	might uh will the engine upgrade change
6340s	the walking animations especially the
6342s	wind walking no that's got nothing to do
6344s	with the
6349s	engine what what you're referring to
6351s	probably is um if you hold the mouse
6353s	cursor very close to your
6356s	feet um you could have it still face
6359s	forward but walk
6362s	backwards like really try to make it
6364s	happen
6381s	happen come on
6384s	thank you let's try let's try walking
6390s	here we
6396s	go yeah that's just if you target a WKA
6398s	right at your feet that's
6401s	all maybe there should be a minimum
6403s	distance for it I don't
6406s	know but no that's got that's got
6408s	nothing to do with the
6410s	engine all right one thing I found
6412s	missing from the form Pole was the
6413s	option to just have a fixed length uh
6416s	fixed launch day for legacy offline
6419s	regardless of the clear cycle so people
6420s	can plan around I think that was there I
6422s	think it's it's a little confusing um
6426s	but I think the answers
6427s	to uh we can try and look into it
6432s	here if you wanted to convey that you
6435s	haven't taken the poll yet
6440s	um so question three has the option
6442s	always wait for the time limit chosen in
6444s	question two of this questionnaire um so
6447s	what that option means and it is a
6450s	little I understand it's a little
6451s	frustrating that it kind of like talks
6452s	back about the previous question he
6453s	might be like I'm going to go back and
6454s	change my question to answer now
6458s	um so it's it's like um if you put two
6462s	weeks here from cycle start and then you
6464s	say always
6466s	wait um this means that no matter what
6469s	two weeks after the cycle
6471s	starts um the content rolls over so the
6474s	content opens up for uh pin Pinnacle
6476s	boss content would open up for legacy 2
6480s	weeks after the cycle starts regardless
6482s	of um if anyone kills it or not just
6485s	like they killed it don't care they
6487s	didn't kill it don't care um no matter
6489s	what do it two weeks so there's there's
6493s	that it's kind of a combo answer but
6494s	it's
6500s	there if that's not what you're talking
6502s	about please let me
6508s	know all right when using Runes of
6510s	Ascension what percentage of non-class
6513s	specific items should the player
6515s	receive uh
6521s	80 um there is no class specifity class
6526s	specificity
6527s	waiting uh on on unique items in Runes
6530s	of Ascension upgrades um so what does
6532s	this mean this means that um of the
6536s	class specific uniques if there is
6538s	hypothetically an even distribution of
6540s	those class specific uniques and each
6542s	one of them has an equal chance to be
6543s	got uh and there are five classes and
6546s	you're playing one of them 20% chance
6548s	for each class to get class specific
6549s	unique to drop and because you're only
6551s	playing one of those there's an 80%
6553s	chance that it won't be class
6559s	year and I am realizing as I said this
6562s	that the uh the map is horribly wrong
6564s	it's not 80% because there's uh Chan of
6566s	you getting a class specific unique is
6568s	not 100% so it's not 80% but you will if
6572s	if you get a class specific unique more
6575s	often than not it will be for a
6576s	different
6583s	class just because
6585s	there's more classes than classes you're
6588s	playing all right
6594s	I I know it isn't going to be added or
6596s	worked on for a while but once you guys
6598s	start to work on it what is a new
6602s	class or what are or what new masteries
6605s	that you would personally love to see
6607s	add it this is the problem so I'm I'm
6609s	not going to give you
6611s	specifics I'm not going to give you
6613s	specifics because I do know what some of
6615s	the first classes are going to be and
6616s	they are the ones that I want to do in
6618s	some cases um
6623s	I I think the there I think you can look
6628s	at I think you'll see a mix of
6632s	like um oh they're finally adding that
6635s	class and oh my God they're adding that
6637s	class cool type reactions to the
6639s	different types of classes that come in
6641s	and like uh oh I never thought of a
6643s	class like that you know I think there's
6645s	going to be that that sort of that
6646s	spectrum that I hope you've come to
6648s	expect from us
6651s	um I i' I'd really like to see i' really
6655s	like to Target new um like play style
6657s	archetypes and thematic archetypes that
6659s	we just don't have I think there some
6661s	really obvious gaps in those I'd
6664s	probably be targeting specific uh weapon
6666s	types as uh like thematic touchstones
6669s	but not exclusivities for new classes um
6672s	you know like like like go through um
6675s	other games and other other RPGs and
6679s	look at class archetypes that we don't
6683s	have right now
6685s	um and those are all the games we grew
6688s	up playing that we love and that we we
6691s	tend to draw inspiration from a lot just
6693s	naturally because it's what we grew up
6696s	playing and you'll probably get a decent
6698s	picture of some of the the themes at
6701s	least and play styles that we're looking
6702s	to integrate
6716s	all right is there a concern that every
6718s	new skill tree that has come out lately
6719s	has been overpowered with Ward or damage
6724s	uh it's it's I wouldn't say
6727s	concern um I think it's better that a
6731s	new skill is too strong than too weak uh
6734s	I think
6735s	we've uh made a few mistakes that have
6739s	caused it to go significantly too strong
6742s	um
6744s	I think we're getting better at that
6745s	overall may not seem that way
6747s	considering the uh the power difference
6750s	that happened this time
6754s	um but we're we're especially getting
6756s	new tools to to help prevent this as
6761s	well more more like
6765s	uh more structured tools for testing a
6769s	total power output and things like that
6771s	which is is good and bad I think but I
6774s	think it's it's we're going to end up
6775s	with a
6777s	better better balanced overall
6784s	experience yeah just keep
6790s	going uh followup question do you think
6793s	with the theme of Ellie a class like
6795s	engineer or mechanic would ever be able
6797s	to fit in yeah I do I do I think there's
6800s	um I think there's definitely room for
6802s	uh I think it would
6804s	be
6806s	um you know we are it's it's it's
6809s	definitely rooted in high fantasy right
6812s	um but then we have this time travel
6814s	mechanic that kind of kicks up the kicks
6818s	up the what if mechanics like what if
6820s	Factor um like what if we just go to the
6822s	Future and you know get a bunch of
6824s	technology so it's it's hard to um stick
6827s	that high fantasy theme really close
6831s	sometimes um
6833s	um but there's there's engineer
6837s	style uh classes and things like that in
6841s	like DND and um Pathfinder and magic and
6844s	you know other um other sort of high
6848s	fantasy
6850s	themed uh like adjacent style games have
6855s	have those have those types of
6856s	characters already they've kind of
6857s	already solved the like it's it's like a
6859s	like a magical engineer like an
6861s	artificer um
6863s	it's kind of how I think about other
6864s	which which might not be right but like
6866s	a magical engineer is kind of how I
6867s	think about them I think is a fully
6869s	reasonable thing for us to add in um you
6873s	do like a like a tinkerer or something
6875s	it's like the base class and you know
6877s	you can you can this I think there's
6878s	some cool places to go from
6886s	there um
6895s	I think you also get
6897s	some uh some level of sort of like
6900s	engineer feels a little bit in other
6903s	ways too I think forg guard kind of
6905s	touches on some of the themes that an
6907s	engineer I would I would look at a
6910s	little bit I think one of the first um
6912s	abilities you'd add in with a a magical
6915s	engineer class would be basically
6917s	manifest
6919s	armor um
6923s	so you know there's there's there's some
6924s	themes already there um but the rest of
6926s	it doesn't fit super well so you know
6929s	maybe maybe it's a new Base Class maybe
6930s	it's new Mastery class maybe it's a new
6932s	item that changes the theming around
6934s	another existing seill I don't know but
6936s	that style of theming and mechanic or
6939s	like engineer and mechanics type thing I
6940s	think is I think there's room to fit it
6942s	in um I have no idea where it would go
6946s	though all right any thoughts on why
6949s	puncture trap with a bow doesn't just
6951s	consume Jade AR Stacks read like it
6954s	should but doesn't I have to go look um
6957s	I
6959s	assume because it is actually a throwing
6964s	ability and Jade Arrow only affects bow
6967s	attacks and does not affect throwing
6969s	abilities is probably what that
6975s	is should it that's a very good question
6979s	I don't know
6984s	I think it
6986s	would uh make sense thematically and
6989s	feeling wise um I think it would
6993s	probably have some issues in the um red
6998s	function functionality readability at a
7001s	glance and uh build planning side of
7003s	things might struggle because it's
7006s	exceptions are always tough in
7007s	situations like that I I I I strive for
7010s	as few except exceptions as possible
7018s	okay a lot of people want uh fcrm Nerfs
7022s	do you think Ward Nerfs will affect
7024s	other forms of RM as hard I I think
7029s	that um you know whatever build can
7032s	generate the most Ward will have the
7034s	most impact on a ward Nerf or a ward
7037s	Nerf will have the biggest impact on
7038s	whichever build can generate the most
7040s	Ward
7044s	I think that statement is kind of a say
7046s	nothing statement uh can I add any moreo
7049s	I don't think so
7053s	um I just just just naturally like if
7056s	we're if we do something to
7058s	make um like like if we if we Nerf Ward
7061s	as a mechanic as the whole um like
7066s	whichever okay this this this is not
7068s	what we're doing but hypothetically if
7070s	we were to make uh double damage from
7073s	Ward so like uh if you're going to take
7075s	100 damage but you've but it's you've
7077s	got a th000 ward instead you take 200
7079s	Ward damage like like we're not doing
7082s	that but hypothetically if we did that
7085s	um you know ites it doesn't really M
7088s	like that that Nerfs Ward as a mechanic
7089s	as a whole um and just whoever has the
7092s	most Ward the most Reliance on Ward is a
7094s	defensive mechanic that affects the most
7096s	right
7106s	all right that's all the
7108s	questions just got a few minutes here
7110s	before the end feel free to keep
7114s	asking and we're in a little bit of a
7116s	downtime right now as far as
7120s	uh game population there's another
7122s	interview happening right now as well
7123s	that I am immediately going to go watch
7125s	as soon as this is
7129s	over I do appreciate everyone that has
7132s	come to hang out and
7136s	talk there's a cool conversation
7138s	happening
7140s	there oh I can't look like it you see
7144s	Forge guard should dot dot dot you mean
7146s	Iron Man
7148s	it I know exactly what that question
7150s	was that suggestion gets brought up
7153s	every once in a while and I absolutely
7155s	love it if there was a way we could make
7157s	that happen oh my God it would be so
7160s	cool
7165s	like can you imagine the animation for
7168s	that like having the back like open up
7170s	you like step into
7172s	it take takes so long be bad because it
7176s	takes so long yeah super cool I don't
7178s	think it quite fits the forg guard um
7181s	mechanical themes that we're that we're
7182s	aiming for
7185s	um and we don't have the tech for it but
7188s	I I think it'd be super cool yeah
7197s	I can just grab these from chat by the
7201s	way uh in 1.0 will the servers be more
7204s	stable I've lost a bunch of keys and
7206s	runs due to screen tear or freezing
7208s	yeah screen tearing uh is is not uh
7214s	server related that's that's that's
7216s	local um but freezing full like like
7219s	disconnects or desyncs or freezing that
7222s	is
7223s	server like server ux and optimization
7227s	continues to be our number one priority
7228s	like make making the servers better is
7231s	so important to us it's so good for us
7233s	to make the servers better like like
7235s	just on so many different axes too and
7237s	it's not just like oh the servers is
7239s	better the game's better like yes that
7241s	is a huge super important thing and like
7243s	that that right there alone is enough
7245s	reason for us to improve the servers um
7247s	but it's so much more than that
7251s	um if we if we improve the performance
7253s	of the servers you know like like make
7256s	them run better make them run more
7258s	smooth make them take up less system uh
7261s	all all that sort of stuff and it like
7263s	it directly reduces our costs for
7265s	running the game like like server costs
7267s	are ginormous they're huge and um the
7271s	the more we can do to shrink those costs
7274s	through just better programming
7277s	um is is
7279s	is can have a huge impact
7282s	um you know like we can we can bring on
7284s	more staff that can um make more items
7287s	make more art make more fun stuff you
7291s	know like and just yeah cutting cutting
7294s	server costs is like that's the dream
7296s	we're like cut server costs just by
7299s	optimizing the
7300s	servers um like we we are very directly
7304s	motivated to do that and and the the
7306s	huge like player impact that has is just
7309s	like your game gets better which is
7312s	the best part so yeah we're still
7314s	working on the servers super important
7316s	to us we're not going to stop working on
7318s	the servers
7321s	um
7323s	yeah we always we're we've always got
7326s	people on the Serv and
7328s	like it's kind of funny sometimes
7330s	someone will be like uh I I I reduce the
7333s	total number of me the total amount of
7335s	memory usage on servers by by 3%
7337s	everyone's like yeah 3% memory down
7340s	let's go you know like
7345s	yeah anyways any weekend plans not a lot
7351s	not a lot I'm going to I'm going to work
7352s	on the yard I got I got lawn mowing to
7354s	do I've got to got to clear out the the
7357s	the wife's garden bed weeds so we can
7359s	get get stuff planted this year uh got a
7364s	a chair that I've been making that I've
7366s	got a sand and
7369s	stain
7371s	uh yeah
7373s	housework
7390s	stuff all right
7394s	1.0 I feel like Ward getting the full
7397s	effect of armor mitigation doesn't fit
7399s	with the theme maybe Ward should apply
7401s	the same amount of mitigation that armor
7403s	applies to Magic damage uh but to
7406s	physical and vice versa uh maybe ward
7408s	has full mitigation against nonphysical
7411s	that's that's
7412s	cool I don't think we're going to do
7414s	that but that's that's a cool idea I I
7417s	see where you're coming from with
7418s	that like like like um physical armor is
7422s	good at blocking physical stuff and
7423s	magical armor is good at blocking
7424s	magical stuff it makes
7427s	sense I got a a unique
7432s	uh scorpion
7434s	cool getting loads of those all right
7438s	well Forge guard already has hammer
7439s	throw and flying axes you always give
7441s	him the cafetera treatment
7449s	y Captain N
7451s	Tera it's pretty
7455s	funny I'd be lying if there wasn't a
7457s	bunch of Marvel heroes fans on the
7459s	team is meaningless
7468s	3% can be a lot in the skele world yeah
7470s	that's the thing that's why that's why
7471s	you say 3% everyone goes like great 3%
7473s	that's nothing but you're like yeah but
7475s	3% saves us thousands of dollars a month
7478s	like yeah
7484s	3% yeah server server optimization is so
7487s	important bring them
7490s	to if you if you if you here's here's
7493s	here's my one piece people ask me for
7494s	advice all the time about like getting
7495s	into um like game development Industries
7498s	and that sort of stuff and uh you like
7500s	get finding a job working for on a game
7502s	like as a dream job all sort of awesome
7504s	stuff which is super cool that people
7506s	ask me questions about it but anyways um
7509s	if if you if you want to make yourself
7512s	the man or woman or person just like
7514s	just you you want to be the the go-to
7517s	person for who who is needed on game
7519s	development projects more than anyone
7521s	else
7522s	go become a network engineer oh my
7525s	goodness you will become invaluable to
7526s	some team a a a good network engineer
7535s	is so so important like if you if you
7539s	want to get involved with It Go become
7540s	an awesome network engineer and and you
7542s	will have people banging down your door
7546s	to get to offer you a
7550s	job oh
7553s	and with that it's time to
7559s	end I had fun I hope you did too um I'm
7564s	I'm going to keep doing these as long as
7565s	you guys keep enjoying them um and uh
7569s	that's not how you turn that
7571s	off okay we'll do that
7574s	later uh we'll see you I'll I'll be back
7577s	same time same place next week um if you
7580s	have any questions in the meantime
7581s	please feel free to head on over to our
7582s	Discord uh this ND Channel I happy to
7585s	answer questions there also look in
7586s	Reddit and all sorts of places trying to
7589s	do what we
7592s	can
7594s	um
7599s	yeah
7602s	let's find somebody to go say hi to I
7604s	always I always love um at the end of
7606s	the stream just like finding someone
7608s	to uh to go say oh let's go say hi to
7611s	Havey it's been a long
7616s	time maybe we're
7626s	coming all right have a great day
7628s	everyone I'll see you next
7641s	week for

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