Developer Stream 05.17.24 | Last Epoch | Last Epoch Dev Tracker

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240s	for
304s	hello everyone and welcome back to
306s	another last Epoch Dev stream as usual
310s	I'm your host Spike hello it's
317s	me nice little stretch in
320s	there how's everybody doing how's
323s	everybody
324s	feeling ready to play some video games
327s	with me
330s	all right we're going to we're going to
332s	play a little bit of our our Rogue here
334s	go back to that have some fun little
337s	mono stuff and try and hunt down
340s	empowered lagon see how that goes I just
342s	was looking at the uh blessings that I
345s	had here I'm like you know this isn't a
346s	fantastic blessing to have for this
348s	class so I'm just going
351s	to a shot see if I can replace it with a
354s	better
356s	one we've got some cool stuff on the
358s	blessing front coming next PCH that I'm
361s	very excited about
364s	woo yeah okay um so this is going to
368s	ruin me that's obvious already that's
371s	okay play We we'll die a bunch that's
374s	fine if this is your first time here
377s	welcome glad to have you with us uh I
379s	like to answer questions from chat so
380s	please put at last heot game in front of
383s	your question and the wonderful fits
385s	will be curating those for me and uh
388s	I'll do my best to answer them as
389s	quickly as possible
392s	oh we also stream for charity boom this
393s	is our charity uh yeah all of the
396s	everything that comes in from stream
397s	goes
399s	there cuz they're pretty
402s	cool about it
404s	really
409s	um have to learn to use our Falcon more
411s	that's the the Big Daddy of damage for
413s	us
421s	h i maybe should do something easier so
423s	I have to focus to actually not die all
427s	right let's get these questions
428s	started H hi Mike hello are there plans
432s	to make targeting better on controller
435s	like being able to Target enemies behind
437s	you or on top of you without having to
438s	walk around to face them yeah this is
444s	um there we go it should be better uh
446s	this is this is a a problem we've been
448s	we've been working on uh uh
452s	there's there's a lot of situations
454s	where like smart targeting can be really
457s	bad and there's other times where it's
459s	like if you don't have it it's way worse
463s	um so we're we're trying to find that
465s	that balance of of when to use it when
467s	not to use it um and also trying to give
470s	players a little more control over it um
473s	but it's
474s	it's it's it's a complicated thing to
476s	say the least so we're still working on
478s	the details there um
481s	but yes it is something that is actively
482s	being worked
486s	on all right any plans on
489s	adding a feeling when like one random
492s	mob can just take you
494s	out any plans on adding a system/
497s	mechanic or maybe an item that allows
499s	for rrolling stats on unique SL Idols it
502s	is very painful and anticlimactic to get
503s	a very rare unique even rare 1/2 LP just
506s	to discover that it rolled lowest
507s	possible stats SL implicits give range
512s	um we don't have any active plans to do
515s	something like that right now uh it's
517s	not like uh we never do something like
519s	that but um we stop messing things
525s	up oh keyboard shortcuts learn them
527s	they're
529s	good we go better
533s	um yeah we we we don't have any like
535s	there's there's nothing in a pipeline to
537s	say like oh do this um but you know I
540s	don't think it's a impossible
544s	thing
548s	there's there's there's a lot of
550s	different things that go into making the
552s	like the perfect
554s	item and we're really not trying to set
559s	people up for the expectation of getting
561s	the perfect item um the more tools we
564s	give people to be able to customize
565s	items to make them perfect uh some
568s	sometimes it makes it more uh increases
570s	the expectation of where items are in in
572s	the uh quality
575s	Spectrum on on their way to perpect type
578s	thing and
581s	um so like adding in something like this
584s	does increase the ability to make like
588s	it you can make a better item possibly
590s	by taking those things you found and
592s	rrolling them and all that sort of stuff
593s	but then because this new tools added in
595s	the expectation of what items you have
597s	and the quality of the items you have
599s	goes up with it um and I think that
603s	there's you
604s	know such a thing as too many ways to
607s	improve your items and um you know the
610s	expectations of items being too perfect
613s	such that uh you know drops like things
615s	that just drop without any
619s	um modification on them can can feel
621s	underwhelming because you have to and
623s	this is this is sort of the the line
624s	we've been writing because there are so
625s	many things you can do to items that
627s	quite often already even in last Epoch
629s	when an item drops you kind of have to
630s	be able to see what it could be not what
632s	it is um which is tricky for new players
636s	um even franchise players too sometimes
638s	and um I it's it's it's definitely a
642s	balancing act that we we struggle with
644s	sometimes uh on on how best to handle it
647s	but uh you know it's it's all stuff that
649s	we are working
654s	on WE the the number of I just want to
657s	put this aside cuz this this is a topic
658s	I really enjoy talking about as well the
660s	um the number of like extra glyphs and
664s	runes that we've debated discussed
666s	pitched rejected approved all that sort
668s	of stuff like those those conversations
670s	are are
672s	significant uh and we we we've we've
674s	done a lot of um know know like
678s	discussions on what types of effects we
680s	want to add there and all that sort of
682s	stuff so it's it is something that we
683s	are trying to expand um but a uh the
689s	wrong crafting material added to the
691s	game at the wrong time could actually
693s	make things worse pretty easily
706s	actually
708s	a just needed one tiny little bit of a
711s	jump out of
716s	there can't get through one and powered
718s	this character is never going to
720s	complete a monolith
723s	ever empowered monolith I should
726s	say oh how are we going to fix
729s	this we going to fix this weapon and
731s	actually go for this or just go play our
732s	our Druid or our
742s	Beastmaster do we have one of the 90s or
745s	85s that sort of could use some love
748s	increase armor we do not run a ton of
751s	armor and flat
754s	armor at least they're synergistic right
756s	let's go here and try this one
758s	out we'll do it at
763s	90 we're still only like 85 or something
766s	83 punch it a little bit above our
768s	weight class as it
773s	is okay next question are all the future
777s	Cycles going to be as long as the first
779s	one even though they'll all be uh
782s	slightly different um our Target length
785s	for all Cycles right now is 3 to 4
787s	months
789s	um so you know some of them will be
791s	shorter some of them will be longer but
793s	you know the goal is 3 to four months
795s	there's there's all sorts of other
796s	factors that play into pushing them one
798s	way or the
800s	other um like if we're just trying to
802s	dodge a release with someone else or if
804s	we're you know we've got like an extra
805s	feature that we just got to got to
807s	squeak in or maybe the patch before it
808s	just took a little bit extra extra time
810s	that we we thought we'd be able to start
811s	working on this one sooner but we
812s	couldn't which is kind of what's
814s	happened here um cuz we we pushed so
816s	hard for 1.0 that um we didn't have much
820s	pre-work done on
827s	1.1 all right is the patch 1.1
830s	ready no uh release made in Waiting June
834s	no it's not ready at
837s	all tons left to do on
840s	it CTS haven't even seen it
849s	yet all right is there any way you could
852s	you all could add the ability to search
854s	for t7 aix's in storage or J me if there
857s	is a way um the the search in the
861s	stashes uh right now just searches it's
864s	just a string search
867s	um so there's no like property searches
870s	really um you might be able to search
873s	for the word like the phrase tier 7 or
876s	something like that uh something that
878s	shows up in
880s	the like tier colon space 7 you try try
884s	that or try searching for drop only um
886s	something something like that you might
888s	you might find
893s	it but we are looking to expand the uh
897s	search capabilities
901s	it's a little lower on the
904s	list easy too
912s	easy Lely All Right End of Time area the
915s	product of trying to change the future
917s	thus creating a paradox feedback loop
919s	shattering time leing nothing but the
921s	alternate time branches flying through
923s	the endless void time travel responsibly
927s	people yep
930s	drop drop I
932s	agree
939s	oh don't stand in the fire
941s	kids Adventure responsibly I like
947s	that all
953s	right uh who is the dragon in the
956s	background at the end of time do you
957s	have a uh big dream you want to achieve
960s	with Ellie but can't due to technical
961s	limitations what would that be oh lots
964s	of questions there um I have no idea who
966s	the dragon is uh I do know that our L
968s	master has more information on who the
971s	dragon is um or what the dragon is type
975s	thing
978s	um you know the have to drop the the the
983s	the big dream with last Epoch is like
985s	it's here this is it this is the big
986s	dream we've got it it's amazing right um
991s	I uh I don't know if there I don't
993s	there's many
996s	like procedural generation uh is is the
1000s	the next big wouldn't it be nice I think
1008s	features proper procedural generation
1021s	increased minion Health super useful on
1023s	the
1027s	falconer you
1030s	know grab an exalted mace some cool some
1033s	cool
1042s	a uh what happens to the stash tabs
1045s	after cycle ends I play offline cycle
1048s	character so I guess for the first cycle
1050s	the tabs will roll over to Legacy one
1052s	the cycle ends no but what happens after
1054s	cycle two will the new stash tabs that I
1057s	bought during cycle 2 be add to the
1058s	Legacy ones also no at the end of the
1060s	second cycle what about the gold and
1062s	mats yes um so the um the the the items
1067s	you acquire the drops you
1070s	find um the gold you get the idols the
1073s	crafting materials the the gear all that
1075s	stuff um can be transferred over and you
1078s	can use that in the new cycle no problem
1081s	um the tabs themselves are specific to
1084s	that cycle and do not transfer over um
1087s	so when you when you get it it's just a
1088s	bunch of remove only tabs is the way
1091s	it's set up right now um could change
1094s	we'll see
1096s	um but yeah it it shows up as um if you
1100s	if you go to play in Legacy so like if
1103s	you're um in the situation you're
1105s	playing offline you played cycle one you
1108s	um
1109s	uh the cycle rolls over cycle 2 starts
1111s	so the new cycle content is cycle 2 um
1115s	and if you boot up a Legacy character if
1117s	you put up that cycle character it's
1119s	fresh from scratch nothing's there just
1121s	like normal uh blank slight um then if
1124s	you go to your Legacy character and go
1127s	to your stash you'll see um the there's
1130s	like a little there there's some extra
1131s	UI we're adding in there to be able to
1132s	switch between um previous cycles and
1136s	the um current Legacy version
1141s	um and you'll be able to pull stuff out
1142s	of those tabs to use on Legacy if you
1144s	want um you'll also be able to transfer
1147s	your crafting materials and uh and and
1152s	gold and things like that like the all
1154s	all the all the extra stuff that's in
1156s	that that's in your stash but is not
1158s	really in your stash that's hard to
1160s	quantify that's in your stash like for
1161s	example your blessings are in your
1163s	blessings are technically items in your
1164s	stash
1166s	um but they're just stored differently
1168s	and like these crafting materials are
1170s	crafting materials in your stash they're
1171s	just stored differently um so you know
1174s	those those things there'll be a button
1175s	that you can merge those in and those
1176s	will transfer over
1182s	Nic but no the tabs themselves don't
1186s	move at least that's what's currently
1188s	there right
1191s	now we're still we're still over a month
1193s	away aren't
1196s	we yeah
1200s	uh are you going to Nerf builds like
1202s	frostclaw run master and jailor Marksman
1204s	that people enjoy playing to the point
1206s	where they are uh unplayable next cycle
1208s	or you're going to rather buff all the
1210s	underwhelming um or outright bad builds
1213s	in the game I I I think that the
1215s	situation is so much more complex than
1218s	this question allows for an answer to um
1221s	so I'm not going to answer the question
1222s	directly uh I I think that it would be
1226s	um foolish of us to take either or of
1229s	those stances and and do one or the
1231s	other should definitely be both
1234s	um yeah it's it's it's take taking an
1237s	absolute view of the situation being
1239s	like we're going to Nerf everything or
1241s	buff everything and just do one is is
1243s	just not uh uh it's it's both are going
1247s	to end up with severe problems in the
1249s	very near future um so like we we we
1252s	have to look at the overall landscape of
1256s	um uh of like how how builds are
1259s	performing and and certain things that
1261s	are that there are certain things that
1262s	are dramatically way too high right now
1265s	um in power levels and those will come
1267s	down yes um there are things that are
1270s	way underpowered and just aren't working
1272s	the way we inent initially intended them
1274s	to and those will come up
1279s	um you know the goal is always to keep
1282s	play styles that people have uh
1285s	really uh like if if there's a specific
1288s	place that someone's like oh my God I
1289s	love doing this and it's it's a fun play
1291s	style and that sort of stuff we we
1292s	really like to focus on those as being
1295s	things that we um that was really great
1299s	uh that that we make sure it's still fun
1301s	to play and are still viable and strong
1303s	and all that sort of stuff but there are
1307s	um it's it's it's not like there's
1310s	a
1312s	uh a rule about about not nerfing things
1315s	cuz you know then we just end up with
1317s	trillions and billions and quadrillions
1320s	and SE illions of damage and it's just
1325s	like why why why why are we all why are
1328s	we allowing these numbers to go so
1329s	insanely High
1332s	um when when we can still keep them to
1334s	be quite powerful but not have them be
1337s	absurd you know
1349s	all right when do we get lasty Puck
1354s	merchandise in my dreams
1361s	yesterday I know though I'm
1365s	sorry uh are there plans on continuing
1368s	steam deck compatibility um we have
1371s	plans on beginning steam deck
1373s	compatibility
1374s	um we've the the amount that it works on
1377s	Steam deck so far has been basically a
1379s	fluke we've done a tiny little bit of
1381s	stuff for seam deck at this point but
1382s	not much um we do we we we've noticed a
1386s	significant interest in Steam deck and a
1389s	significant um you know number of
1392s	players playing the game on Steam deck
1394s	so it is it is something that we are uh
1396s	interested in and
1399s	um you know we're looking for ways to
1402s	improve that experience uh I don't know
1404s	if
1405s	we're quite going to make it to that
1408s	full official check mark just yet but I
1410s	think uh I think it's on on on the
1416s	horizon I just I just don't want to say
1418s	like yes it's going to happen yet
1419s	because it's it's not approved
1422s	yet that they might have like steam
1424s	might have some we we have to submit it
1426s	to steam to be approved and like steam
1429s	might come back and be like there's this
1430s	thing that you have to do to make it
1432s	fully approved and we're like that
1433s	conflicts with some game thing we have
1435s	and we just can't do that you know you
1436s	just you just never know so um until
1439s	steams approved us
1448s	maybe uh why after defeating the
1450s	timeline boss in the monel of Fate we
1451s	reported to the timeline entrance area
1453s	instead of the echo of a world post Echo
1455s	area with our chest and vendor um
1458s	because it would cause horrible problems
1460s	otherwise uh and is required to not have
1463s	gigantic
1466s	bugs uh this is your irregular but
1468s	tenous reminder that the K she rework
1472s	chiped yep fair
1474s	enough I'll take it well
1479s	deserved you can't touch me it's not
1481s	done yet
1483s	sorry uh how long before 1.1 drops will
1486s	we get the patch notes um generally it's
1488s	just a few days um I'm sure we'll have a
1491s	better timeline once we get closer but
1492s	usually it's just a couple days
1499s	we usually do a uh like a a patch we
1503s	usually call Patch hype week um and so
1506s	it's it's the uh week leading up to
1509s	patch and um we usually have um like de
1512s	blogs and articles on major features
1514s	that are coming for that patch
1517s	um and
1519s	then uh the last the last post in that
1523s	patch is the patch in in the in that
1526s	hype week is the patch notes themselves
1532s	and I do not see a good reason to
1534s	deviate as it's been working quite well
1536s	for us so
1547s	far are we just going to stack
1549s	everything on the Falcon and uh be like
1551s	we're we're we're a we're a throwing
1556s	build what's your beard regimen oh my
1558s	gosh wa so little I I got really into my
1561s	beard probably about I don't know five
1563s	six years
1565s	ago and then I was like you know what
1568s	I'm kind of lazy uh so this is all I
1571s	have now it is a very simple
1578s	comb this is
1584s	it that's
1586s	it two or three times a day
1589s	good to
1590s	go
1593s	um I was putting like you know like
1596s	beard oil in my in my beard and it was
1598s	fantastic but eh a little
1611s	much also shampoo but hopefully that's a
1615s	given
1619s	all right any plans for new pets and/ or
1621s	skill effects in
1623s	1.1 uh there are uh I don't I don't know
1628s	what new MTX is coming in 1.1 um but
1631s	there is some I would assume some of it
1633s	is probably a pet at least um as far as
1637s	skill MTX goes I do know that that is
1639s	not ready for 1.1 the whole system for
1642s	that to function is not set up so like
1645s	that system needs to be built before we
1647s	can uh
1649s	you know uh use
1655s	it all right hey Mike hello how are you
1659s	with the addition of the evade mechanic
1661s	plus the implementation of the new
1663s	system replacing the dynamic damage
1665s	reduction for bosses have you had a look
1667s	at and rebalance all bosses it seems
1670s	like significant changes coming in all
1672s	at the same time that could impact those
1675s	substantially um yeah there's there's uh
1681s	like yes asteris so um you know like we
1686s	we're definitely taking a look at all
1687s	the bosses and making sure they're still
1689s	that like they're they're playing good
1690s	and they feel fine and all that sort of
1691s	stuff we haven't you know like dedicated
1695s	a a design meeting to every individual
1697s	boss and like gone back with a fine
1698s	tooth comb and been like all right let's
1699s	examine every ability let's check every
1702s	um every every system around this boss
1704s	and like let's make let's let's like
1705s	quantify how it's been affected and you
1707s	know we we didn't go quite that far um
1710s	but you know like as as you just play
1712s	test the game when you know that there's
1713s	these changes and you're like hey you
1715s	know we made these big changes to bosses
1717s	let's make sure we're keeping an eye on
1718s	that and and taking notes and um talking
1722s	about problem areas after the fact and
1723s	things like that so so yeah like we we
1725s	definitely do look at uh the changes to
1728s	the bosses that come in with
1730s	this um the the the dynamic
1735s	um Dynamic boss Dr had a way bigger
1738s	impact on how fights go than um the
1741s	evade system
1749s	did all right are MTX purchases going to
1751s	be crossplatform accessible when the
1753s	game goes to console I have no idea we
1756s	are kind of far away from a question
1757s	like that unfortunately um I do not have
1760s	any information on how that will work I
1763s	sincerely hope so
1767s	um that's one of those things where we
1769s	like
1771s	um if we didn't there it would be
1774s	because there was like some other
1776s	company told us no or or like um you
1780s	know there was some there was some tech
1781s	reason where we're like well we either
1783s	don't port or we you know like um it
1789s	would have to be a pretty big reason to
1790s	stop us from from doing that but I just
1791s	don't want to say yes in case there's
1792s	some reason I just don't know about
1804s	cuz I know there's I know I know there's
1805s	a lot of I know there's a lot of things
1807s	I don't know about console
1816s	development all
1818s	rightz there's something that happened
1820s	recently where I was like that's got to
1822s	be a mistake like that's that's got to
1823s	be just whoever's reporting this doesn't
1824s	know what's happening there there's no
1826s	way that's
1827s	true uh and it turned out to be true and
1829s	I'm like I just have no idea how
1830s	consoles work do
1836s	I was
1838s	that I'm completely blanking I'm sorry
1841s	all right moving on uh have you guys
1842s	thought about making different variation
1844s	of the same main theme music for each
1847s	cycle some what ELD Scrolls do with the
1849s	expansions I I don't know that's a cool
1851s	idea
1853s	um that the the the main theme was a
1856s	pretty large undertaking um
1859s	that's a cool idea uh I I have no idea
1861s	if our um sound team and music team has
1865s	uh uh considered that or not I I would
1868s	say that's probably unlikely right now
1871s	um just given that there is like there's
1873s	a lot of stuff to do and variations on
1875s	things we've already done is probably uh
1877s	less impactful at the same time the main
1881s	theme is heard by everyone when you
1882s	started the game so that was close
1894s	have you guys considered adding a key
1896s	specific tab like the crafting materials
1898s	yes many times um we're still working on
1901s	exactly how to store Keys the best but
1903s	we will be getting them out of your
1906s	inventory
1909s	stashes uh will we get more character
1912s	slots with 1.1 I don't think so um I
1914s	know we're still there's sort of a a a
1918s	like a
1919s	backlog um issue to change How We Do
1922s	character slot limitations in the first
1924s	place um which would make uh changing
1927s	the number way
1930s	easier
1936s	um the way that limit is set right now
1938s	is very unfortunate we we kind
1942s	of we we used the system to set it and
1946s	then kind of half a abandoned the system
1949s	a little bit uh or changed how we were
1951s	using the system is better way to put it
1954s	um and not everything got converted over
1957s	it's a bit of a mess with that but we
1958s	are um I I know that's on the list
1961s	to
1969s	fix all right would it be a good idea to
1972s	increase skill respect catch up XP to
1975s	give players a bit more freedom to test
1976s	early game I don't think so so um I
1979s	think it's already incredibly forgiving
1982s	and the um misconception that it's
1986s	difficult to test things out early is
1988s	perpetuated by unfortunate posts online
1991s	I
1995s	think uh hope you're well Mike I am
1997s	thank you with D4 going easy
1999s	mode this week uh is there any
2002s	discussion on ehg about needing the 90
2005s	to XP
2007s	grind uh loving the game and grind uh I
2010s	I I I don't think there's been any um
2014s	discussion design discussions spur on by
2017s	what's happening outside of last Epoch
2018s	right now
2025s	um I I mean we're we're pretty happy
2028s	with the uh the leveling speed right now
2031s	um I think there's a there's a really
2032s	big difference
2034s	between um
2039s	I think there's a really big difference
2040s	in Diablo um like Diablo 4 and uh some
2046s	other games too that that do this and um
2049s	like Poe and last eoch where the
2054s	um like you're not you're not expected
2056s	to hit level cap in last Epoch it's like
2058s	level 100 is
2060s	an a significant achievement that you
2063s	can go for if you want it's it's a
2066s	significant optional achievement it's
2068s	it's not an
2070s	expectation um but I think that most of
2072s	the time like you look you look at most
2076s	um like modern um modern blizzard games
2082s	and and max level is is is definitely an
2089s	expectation sort of like the old joke of
2092s	like well before you hit max level it's
2094s	just the tutorial which doesn't really
2097s	uh but you
2100s	know um I think the the tutorial for
2103s	last epox stops at like level 80 level
2106s	70 somewhere in
2109s	there if you're going to put that
2114s	tutorial technically the tutorial for
2116s	last he stops at like level 12
2130s	if you
2132s	had to play a Mastery on controller
2134s	which would you
2136s	pick bonus what happened to serpent stke
2138s	boy I I figured it was kind of boring
2140s	because I was doing so bad but you know
2142s	maybe I'll switch I I'll I'll split the
2144s	stream half and half I did really enjoy
2146s	that
2148s	one um if I had to play Mastery with a
2151s	controller what would I pick uh honestly
2153s	I think this build I'm playing right now
2155s	would be awesome with the controller
2161s	it's upstairs right now I I can't go get
2163s	really quick I did recently buy a
2166s	controller that is so good 8bit do 8bit
2169s	do I don't know how to pronounce it but
2171s	oh it's great might have to drop
2173s	something
2189s	maybe I would do something
2191s	ranged I probably do something
2196s	ranged
2200s	uh there there's some Rune Master builds
2202s	that are really good too with it because
2208s	um because it just blows up the whole
2210s	screen so you don't really have to
2214s	aim all right is there any changes for
2216s	how many slams we get
2219s	after doing temporal sanctum there's so
2221s	many low LP uniques I want to slam but
2223s	repeating the dungeon every time is a
2225s	chore um what I don't understand is why
2228s	you would Nerf to the point uh this
2231s	might be two separate questions it is
2232s	wonderful
2235s	um uh it's it's definitely a topic that
2238s	the dungeon double double use of dungeon
2240s	rewards is something we've been talking
2242s	about
2245s	um I I don't think there's any major
2247s	changes to that coming in
2249s	1.1 um I think I saw a suggestion on
2254s	redit question mark may have been a
2257s	forum or something I don't know I think
2258s	I saw a suggestion recently from the
2259s	community um that was like just put
2262s	another key in to like do it again um I
2265s	I I I like that I thought it it doesn't
2267s	change the like um the item economy
2271s	structure at all um all it does is just
2273s	like you just saves you a little bit of
2275s	time really um you don't get the bonuses
2277s	from killing the boss again which is
2279s	fine um so yeah there's there's there's
2282s	some adjustments in wiggle room in there
2283s	I think I don't know what's going to
2284s	happen specifically with it in 1.1 but
2286s	um I would really like to see some you
2289s	know just just some
2291s	little uh improvements there I think
2293s	would be
2301s	good going for that
2303s	one going for it we'll get
2306s	there what I do don't understand is why
2309s	you would Nerf to the point of gutting
2311s	things like frostclaw run Master Etc
2314s	it's in a strictly non-competitive game
2316s	such as an RPG debatable uh the reason
2319s	why uh people play RPGs is power fantasy
2322s	uh how do you plan on fostering that
2324s	power fantasy if you end up gutting
2325s	builds like uh the afer mentioned that
2328s	people enjoy a
2331s	lot um I I I don't really do have time
2336s	to get into this okay uh
2340s	um let's pretend you've never played
2342s	last Epoch before
2345s	okay
2348s	um
2353s	and let's let's pretend you've never
2354s	played last OK before and I tell you
2356s	that this build I'm playing right now is
2357s	the absolute most powerful build in the
2360s	game absolute most powerful build in the
2362s	game no matter what there's nothing
2364s	better than
2365s	it um and uh next bill next next patch
2370s	and and and you don't you don't go check
2372s	you don't you don't you you you just
2373s	believe me you don't check anything you
2374s	just like yeah Mike knows what he's
2375s	talking about and you just you just you
2378s	just believe me and that's it so truth
2380s	of
2382s	fact uh this is the most powerful build
2384s	in the game right
2386s	here um patch 1.1 rolls around and we
2391s	change uh run Master frostclaw to be
2394s	equally as powerful as this build is
2396s	right here
2399s	now of course you know sitting there
2400s	that we've just nerfed it into the
2401s	ground because this build I'm playing is
2403s	terrible by comparison um but it is
2407s	suddenly now in your world it has now
2411s	become the most powerful build in the
2413s	game it is the
2416s	best and and maybe it is maybe it is
2418s	actually the best now and it was the
2421s	best before we just this huge Nerf and
2423s	it's now the best and still the best um
2428s	I guess what my my my point is is that a
2430s	lot of the uh difference in what happens
2433s	when a Nerf or buff happens in a patch
2436s	it it doesn't really matter where it was
2438s	before the patch all all it matters is
2440s	where it is relative to other builds and
2443s	what they can do what the what the power
2445s	that you're trying to sell in the game
2447s	is um so my question is why does it
2451s	matter what the build was
2455s	before uh but before patch happens um
2460s	why why is that more important than
2462s	where it is uh relative or po post patch
2465s	relative to everything else that's
2467s	that's like that is um why is I I assume
2471s	from the way the question is structured
2472s	why is in in your world the
2477s	um where the build was before the patch
2479s	why is that important compared to where
2482s	the build is relative to other things
2484s	after the
2486s	Patch I don't think I'm quite wording
2488s	this right but hopefully I've got the
2489s	idea across
2494s	um hopefully obviously we're not
2497s	actually doing what I just said just an
2500s	example just to be clear
2504s	um but you know like after the Patch if
2506s	it's still the most powerful build out
2509s	there why does it matter if it does have
2511s	as much damage as before you
2513s	know with any build
2528s	the numbers you see versus the boss will
2529s	go
2542s	up the the the other the other option
2546s	is the other way a look at it I
2549s	guess we don't touch the build at all we
2551s	change literally nothing about it okay
2554s	completely
2556s	untouched and we just 10x every enemy's
2560s	uh health and we 100x all of their um
2565s	damage reduction percentages and we just
2567s	like crank their toughness into the
2569s	stratosphere and then we buff everything
2571s	else in the game to be even more
2573s	powerful than than frostclaw it's
2576s	literally untouched and yet it's now the
2578s	worst build in the
2580s	game I I don't think I guess the point
2583s	I'm trying to get at is is that are you
2586s	going to Nerf it are you going to buff
2587s	it I don't think it's the right question
2588s	to ask
2590s	um and I I I don't think it really
2595s	conveys uh I I don't think there's a way
2597s	to answer the
2600s	question that that that really shows uh
2603s	I don't know a healthy progression for
2606s	builds going forward and and where the
2608s	game's going to end
2615s	up it's a very very complex situation
2618s	and I'm
2620s	uh I do have a tough time going into
2623s	details on on how we go through the
2625s	process on stream so hopefully I haven't
2628s	completely oversimplified something or
2629s	just said something completely wrong but
2631s	you never know
2638s	all right hello in a lot of builds
2640s	there's always seems to be some sort of
2641s	traversal skill yes that is very common
2643s	for traversal skill in a build um is
2646s	there any talk about adding a method to
2648s	customize the evade mechanic being
2650s	introduced to be a little more
2651s	customizable teleporter Dash or charge
2653s	Etc so it opens up an additional skill
2656s	slot for further character diversity um
2658s	yeah the the the goal is not to replace
2660s	traversal skills with with
2663s	evade
2664s	um so I I I don't want you to to uh be
2668s	expecting a way to uh crank up the
2671s	mobility on it to the point where it is
2674s	um taking the place of a traversal skill
2677s	um if you want a traversal skill play a
2679s	traversal skill um we having said that
2683s	we do have plans to add in
2688s	um uh you know you know like way ways to
2691s	customize how it plays um and there's
2694s	all sorts of things that can mean I
2695s	don't have any details on what that is
2697s	yet because we we are still uh designing
2698s	some of those things
2701s	um but they can
2704s	like um can say something ridiculous
2707s	let's say something absolutely
2708s	ridiculous that we're definitely not
2709s	doing um just as an example so I don't
2712s	accidentally say something we are or
2713s	aren't doing so this is definitely not
2715s	coming but like let's just say
2716s	hypothetically there was a ring that
2718s	said I don't know uh it was uh cast
2722s	every ability in the game every time you
2724s	use evade yeah something completely over
2727s	over up
2730s	um like that's that's a a transformative
2734s	way to um add effects to evade without
2738s	actually making it into a traversal well
2740s	it would cuz all the abilities are
2742s	traversal cast Fireball or meteor there
2745s	we go
2747s	better um you you know what I mean like
2749s	there's there's things we're going to
2750s	add into the game that will depend on
2752s	and react to evade um
2758s	to customize
2760s	them so you will be able to do things to
2762s	change your
2766s	evade through your gear
2768s	generally but not
2784s	always can you
2787s	can you combine the defensive stats to
2789s	open defensive
2792s	diversity can you combine the defensive
2794s	stats to open defensive uh HP plus Max
2803s	HP oh oh percentage HP I think HP and
2806s	percentage HP we yeah we have HP we have
2808s	percentage HP and we have hybrid as well
2811s	uh endurance endurance threshold life
2812s	life regen
2815s	um I I don't
2818s	like the idea of combining them no they
2821s	they do very different things and we put
2822s	them in in different places for
2823s	different reasons um we're not combining
2825s	those sorry I I shouldn't say flat no
2829s	but
2830s	no
2834s	sorry all right is there going to be any
2836s	changes to corruption scaling Andor
2838s	certain skill mechanics that and
2840s	interactions to prevent builds from
2841s	reaching 4,000 plus corruption um
2844s	prevents kind of a strong word there but
2847s	yeah
2853s	um like I there's no plans in the code
2856s	to be like if corruption is above this
2859s	number stop increasing it you know like
2861s	we we we don't plan to put that in but
2863s	like
2865s	um 4,000 corruption
2869s	is like every adjective of that's you
2875s	know every adjective
2877s	that's crazy over the top mega super
2881s	humongous
2883s	overpowered way too
2886s	high are the terms I would use to
2888s	describe 4,000
2892s	corruption we we we never ever ever
2896s	expected or intended for anyone to get
2897s	even close to 4,000 corruption that's so
2899s	far above what we
2905s	expected all right hey Mike Merchant
2908s	skilled at 4,000 Peak daily players
2910s	feels like being factionless any chance
2912s	for removing faction swapping downsides
2914s	no there there there's almost
2922s	none you just lose your your current uh
2926s	favor that's
2928s	it like just just spend the favor first
2930s	and then switch downside
2935s	gone I feel like there must be something
2936s	else you're talking about cuz
2939s	that
2942s	yeah uh any chance for supporters to get
2945s	an early preview of new
2947s	patches uh I I mean so we do have um we
2952s	have our community tester program that
2955s	uh that that does get to see new content
2958s	early um sort of our
2961s	like going to say sort of they're like
2964s	our community testers and then I
2965s	realized what I was saying um um so we
2968s	we we do have a
2971s	um a a smaller group of people that we
2974s	that do see things a little bit early
2977s	um but no one paid for that like no
2983s	um there was no one that was like oh
2986s	because you gave us money you get access
2988s	to that early it was um it was like an
2990s	application process that we um selected
2994s	people for
2998s	things like helping people on the forums
3000s	was was uh a good thing for people who
3004s	were applying for that you know like
3006s	things like
3010s	that and we really hoped to another
3013s	thing is is we just looked for a diverse
3015s	group of people as well so like
3018s	um there were people that we brought on
3020s	specifically cuz we're like oh you only
3022s	have 50 hours great
3027s	might have to drop
3035s	something all right what have you been
3038s	working on lately SL where do you find
3039s	yourself spending your time lately um
3042s	lot a lot of just you know bug fixing
3044s	for Stuff
3048s	um some like can't talk about that can't
3051s	talk about that new uh new functionality
3055s	for new features
3065s	uh anything you can tell us about the
3067s	system that's replacing Dynamic boss Dr
3069s	uh even if not specific mechanics maybe
3071s	the overall goal of the system is it the
3073s	same as Dynamic boss Year yes and is the
3075s	damage resistance that drops off over
3078s	time after starting the fight still
3080s	going to be there or is that considered
3082s	part of the dynamic boss system that is
3084s	the entire boss Dr system um the the the
3088s	like currently the dynamic boss Dr
3089s	system is it starts with Dr um and that
3092s	goes up if you do a bunch of damage to
3094s	it and goes down if you don't do a bunch
3095s	of damage to it um and that is
3102s	uh I miss one I didn't but yes thank you
3104s	uh okay yes uh
3107s	sweet uh yes what am I
3110s	saying uh answer the question
3113s	first Dynamic boss yes the uh Dynamic
3117s	boss is going away
3120s	um what youve described in the question
3122s	is the system so that is going away um
3124s	it does have the same goals as the
3127s	dynamic Bossier system
3130s	um and I can't really describe too much
3133s	about it
3136s	um your Dam the the numbers you see on a
3139s	training dummy should be the same
3140s	numbers you see on a boss
3149s	which I think it was people's biggest
3150s	gripe with the system
3154s	really like I think that if we had it's
3157s	going to sound so weird but I think that
3159s	if we had just
3160s	like
3164s	um done some like hand waving trickery
3167s	to make the um like to just to make the
3171s	the numbers show up at the right size I
3173s	think that would have had the same
3174s	effect in the end
3177s	um for for for most people I I do think
3180s	what we've done is is a lot better than
3181s	that
3184s	though all right bunch of stuff
3186s	happening all sorts of cool stuff
3188s	happening over here so thank you very
3189s	much lots of people doing cool stuff
3191s	Anton the E uh actually anton8 thank you
3195s	very much 14 months in a row yo Mike yo
3198s	right back at you thank you very much uh
3201s	that's that's getting that's a big
3202s	number now holl
3204s	13 thank you very much appreciate you
3207s	um award gifting out some subs congrat
3211s	congrats to anyone who got one of those
3213s	thank you very much bud
3216s	um yeah I'm having a good day today how
3219s	about you guys good day
3230s	today that enough 421 will do
3235s	it uh when it comes comes to Pinnacle
3237s	bosses and balance is ehg attempting to
3239s	make most builds be able to clear them
3241s	or are we expecting more specific builds
3242s	for
3243s	it um there's a lot
3248s	of it's it's it's a it's a fine line you
3251s	know um I think
3254s	that
3257s	uh certain builds will have an easier
3259s	time with it um and so you'll be able to
3262s	do it with worse gear and so like
3264s	certain builds will be uh less powerful
3267s	and be able to do it but you'll need uh
3269s	to have you know better gear So like um
3273s	whatever the like s tier builds after
3275s	the Patch
3276s	are we'll probably be able to do it with
3278s	you know like just worse gear than the
3282s	um like a b tier build type
3286s	thing um there's also a pretty
3289s	significant you know player skill
3290s	component to it so like
3293s	um uh a person trying it for the first
3296s	first
3298s	time will need a lot better gear and a
3302s	lot better build to be able to do it on
3303s	their first try than uh someone who's
3305s	done it 100 times you know because there
3307s	are mechanics to learn and uh you
3309s	know just you do something enough times
3312s	you get better at
3316s	it so
3319s	yeah it's it's a really hard question to
3321s	answer I think that um given enough gear
3326s	given like enough gear and enough
3328s	experience um pretty well any
3331s	semi-reasonable build will be able to
3333s	handle it um but
3339s	like um
3341s	like cycle starters with uh limited gear
3346s	and first time ever trying it you know
3348s	it's proba probably a very probably
3349s	won't be too many builds that fall to
3350s	that category
3359s	that was
3363s	close it's going to be
3370s	tough and I I realized that I basically
3373s	just described every boss fight
3377s	ever all right what are the chances of
3379s	getting throwing based weapons that have
3381s	implicits that have the base flat damage
3383s	added to throwing skills or a throwing
3385s	relevant core stats such is int strength
3387s	decks Etc um we don't we this is
3390s	something that's been suggested many
3391s	dozens of times we have no intention of
3393s	doing it if we were to do it the base
3395s	damage of pretty well every throwing
3397s	ability would be reduced by uh a number
3401s	similar to whatever the flat and placet
3404s	um that that's going on items is so
3407s	like I mean sure we could do it but
3410s	we'll also Nerf the skills into the
3411s	ground at the same time so you're
3414s	probably better off just leaving where
3414s	that is uh all right is there a specific
3417s	technical reason why there is an
3419s	animation difference when teleporting
3421s	out of an echo between online and
3422s	offline yes in online in offline we get
3425s	a loading screen perhaps or whereas in
3427s	online we have a cool blurred animation
3429s	and instant Port yes um the the game is
3433s	made up of
3434s	scenes um and so like the Frozen
3436s	Fortress that's a scene and it's like
3438s	the this whole
3440s	thing
3441s	um and you know scenes can
3445s	be uh
3450s	um uh the when you're playing online um
3455s	and the server is running things not
3457s	your computer um multiple scenes get
3460s	added get loaded
3462s	simultaneously that actually happens in
3464s	offline too but it's the UI is the other
3466s	scene but that doesn't matter anyways um
3468s	so the the echo of a world um that like
3472s	between scene is um is additively loaded
3479s	to um whatever echko gets gets loaded up
3483s	that that's why whenever you know
3484s	whenever you start an echo um too easy
3488s	in in a mon run and like everyone's
3490s	screen freezes for a minute what's
3491s	happening is the previous Echo is being
3494s	removed from memory and the uh the new
3496s	Echo is being added into memory it's
3498s	loading those scenes
3501s	um but because players have to exist in
3505s	both simultaneously
3507s	um and because of a whole bunch of other
3510s	weird stuff that was happening with it
3512s	in online uh we had to make it into the
3514s	same scene um so it had to be loaded
3517s	simultaneously they had to exist at the
3518s	same time in the same Zone
3522s	um which which means when you leave the
3525s	Echo and go back to this to Echo a world
3528s	here um because it's still sitting in
3531s	memory it's still just floating out
3532s	there in the middle of space you can it
3534s	it does the exact same thing that the
3535s	ability teleport does and it just moves
3537s	you to that location you're not actually
3539s	loading a new scene but in offline you
3541s	only get one scene loaded at a time um
3544s	and so when you go to Echo world you
3546s	actually have to load the scene
3555s	then all right is oh that's the same
3558s	question a bunch of
3561s	times uh considering stuff like 4,000
3563s	corruption is never supposed to be
3564s	achieved why is it a thing um because we
3568s	made a mistake uh and builds got way
3572s	more powerful than we thought they ever
3576s	good uh I get that having an infinitely
3579s	scaling uh difficulty is nice and all
3582s	but how different is it really from
3583s	something like the thing like the
3585s	difficulty scaling of Greater Rifts
3587s	which isn't as fluid as corruption but
3589s	is still smooth difficulty curve that
3590s	caps out at a certain point at which
3592s	point people can try to clear the
3593s	content faster if they want to be
3595s	competitive um
3598s	second question
3602s	there
3603s	yeah
3607s	um I don't have a good answer for why
3609s	it's a thing really compared to to
3611s	putting a cap on it I guess it's just
3613s	that possibility of it can always go
3616s	higher
3617s	um you know we're I think hoping
3621s	for um people to still be able to push
3624s	higher if they want but um have that
3628s	rate
3628s	of uh pushing higher slow down uh as as
3633s	they get higher um so you know you're
3635s	not ending up with thousands and
3637s	thousands thousands of corruption U but
3639s	you're still making progress if you if
3641s	you really want to push higher so
3643s	there's always that like it's a higher
3645s	number
3647s	but the differences get harder and
3649s	harder now yeah you you you bring up the
3651s	like the the other half that is just
3653s	having a secondary um measuring stick
3657s	for for whatever the top tier is I think
3661s	the big it's It's tricky because it kind
3663s	of happens anyways with an infinitely
3664s	Skilling system I think you you kind of
3667s	end up in that like oh if a build can't
3670s	do whatever the cap
3673s	is it's not viable
3691s	all right I got it you have some health
3698s	jeez not
3701s	anymore actually nice
3703s	cloves hey hi any plans to update
3707s	character models in the future yep some
3708s	feel a little off to me like ugly
3710s	Necromancer girl or a mage that looks
3712s	less fantasy and more like a real life
3713s	person um
3717s	I I I don't think the themes of them
3719s	will probably get too much of an update
3721s	um we do have you know long-term plans
3724s	for character customization to be in the
3726s	game so
3728s	um that that
3732s	will let you do some some some things to
3735s	to change them if if they're not hitting
3737s	the the fantasy you're interested
3741s	in uh where the Pinnacle where the
3743s	Pinnacle bosses designed to balance
3745s	melee versus Range builds um I we
3748s	don't yes Asis so we don't exactly sit
3752s	there and say like okay let's let's test
3754s	every uh melee build let's test every
3757s	range build and average the clear speeds
3760s	and uh oh this one's faster so I guess
3762s	we've got to you know like like so we
3764s	don't go that far with it however um it
3767s	is it is a bit of a
3772s	um it is something that we we check um
3775s	when we're designing the abilities when
3777s	we're designing the when we are play
3779s	testing it you know it is it is a factor
3781s	that we look at and say like okay is is
3783s	this fair for melee is this fair for
3784s	range that sort of thing
3787s	um but it's less of a like
3791s	strict is it equal that makes any
3797s	sense we definitely definitely take
3799s	melee into account when designing the
3801s	abilities themselves and there are times
3802s	where ranged characters will be forced
3805s	into melee
3816s	and and like we we we already do that on
3818s	some some fights anyway
3840s	boom there we
3842s	go I love playing this build online uh
3845s	with my friends because uh just the
3847s	sheer portal uh potion volume that drops
3850s	is a little
3852s	nutty okay we're going to do this boss
3855s	and then I'm going to switch to my
3857s	terrible Beast Master that I love so
3859s	much actually I'm really enjoying that
3862s	character hi Mike hello uh is there
3865s	anything planned for hardcore and
3867s	Pinnacle a way to train or something
3868s	like deforce Scroll of
3871s	es Escape I think it's supposed to say
3874s	um I mean you know you've already got
3877s	your town portal you can portal out
3878s	whenever you want
3882s	um I mean that that's kind of the thing
3884s	with hardcore is it's like it's a
3886s	difficulty Spike like if you don't know
3888s	the fight already it's it's going to be
3890s	brutal for you in hardcore
3893s	um so not really no
3896s	um you can practice it in
3900s	softcore um you can portal out if it's
3903s	getting too
3906s	hairy do not stand in my
3912s	way you know I was just talking about
3914s	examples of times where we've done Force
3916s	range players to get into melee here's
3918s	an example right here of
3920s	that do not stand in my way
3930s	rise my Fallen Champions Aid
3935s	me so good at this game don't even worry
3938s	about
3939s	it so
3943s	good oh let's go play our Beast
3951s	Master thanks
3954s	K and fluffing coming in with a raing
3957s	party good timing how you doing friendo
3960s	hey look this guy looks like me we're
3964s	buddies hi how you doing you good eh
3967s	yeah not not too
3969s	bad nice
3972s	shirt
3976s	okay all
3982s	right are we still getting a pinnacle
3984s	boss system in 1.1 or did that get
3986s	changed to a single Pinnacle boss in
3988s	favor of other content being added
3990s	question mark um it's nothing's changed
3993s	with that um I'm not sure where you got
3995s	the impression that that the system was
3997s	uh defunct or something but no it's
3999s	still there um the whole like um the the
4004s	the the whole patch uh all the new stuff
4007s	it's like it's all working towards that
4010s	that Pinnacle boss
4014s	like um you know like the the the
4016s	harbingers build up to it I can't really
4018s	talk about too much but like it's it's
4019s	all like that's that's all the system
4021s	together all the all there's there's
4023s	other little stuff too but yes it is um
4026s	it's the Pinnacle boss system um and
4028s	there's still as always just one
4030s	Pinnacle boss
4032s	because you
4034s	know you have a like a cheer pyramid
4037s	there's only one person at top right
4058s	much
4072s	better this
4074s	thing is beef
4084s	got
4086s	her what do you think of the statement
4089s	that ranged base builds especially those
4090s	who focus on being protected by Ward are
4093s	outclass outclassing Mele and HP builds
4095s	Leaps and Bounds it feels like you can
4097s	throw a dart in a room of players that
4099s	90% of the time hit a longrange play
4101s	style that uses extinguish SL last steps
4103s	of living ex sanguinous I think this
4105s	supposed me um and gloves with
4107s	experimental aects of HP conver W um I
4109s	think it's an overpowered build
4112s	archetype that people have gravitated
4114s	towards because it's so
4118s	powerful
4120s	I think there's anything like special
4123s	going on
4125s	there
4127s	uh I'm I I I I get the sense that you
4130s	you want a little more out of me but I
4132s	don't know what you're looking
4134s	for um
4137s	you know I I why do people play
4139s	hammertons in D2 they're crazy
4144s	op all right are there any plan why
4147s	people use enigma in D2 it's crazy
4150s	op are there any plans to add account
4153s	wide rewards less achievements such as
4155s	armor sets to entice players to play the
4157s	season and achieve some goals challenges
4160s	battle passs Etc um not at the moment um
4166s	I I think that
4168s	having uh you know things to do in a
4171s	cycle is potentially really good um
4176s	where you know like like uh specific
4178s	challenges to overcome with rewards and
4179s	that sort of stuff
4181s	um
4185s	it's I think I personally I prefer it
4187s	being more in the organic side of things
4190s	um it could be really good at both both
4192s	ways though cuz having it be explicit
4194s	and like uh like a tracker that says
4196s	like okay you have three more things to
4198s	accomplish and you get this thing like
4200s	that's that's really nice because you
4201s	can you know when it's coming you know
4203s	when it's going to happen you have this
4205s	like um you can see the progression
4207s	happening you know when it finishes all
4208s	that sort of stuff the big downside I
4212s	would say um is is that it it feels a
4215s	little um
4218s	mechanical the right word I'm not sure
4221s	um you know like if you add
4223s	in um 10 new UN unique items into a
4226s	cycle and say here's some cool new um
4228s	unique items you can go get um and you
4231s	play the game and you kill the boss and
4233s	you get the items and you know that's
4234s	that's kind of the same thing it's just
4236s	it's sort of it's it's diagetic it's in
4239s	Universe it's um it's organic that sort
4241s	of things so I I think we're we do kind
4244s	of do that but more
4250s	organic uh but yeah I I I think there's
4253s	room for both all right cons considering
4256s	the dangers of linking offensive stats
4259s	to defenses uh what were the arguments
4262s	for leech instead of Life on
4266s	hit I remember this debate
4269s	man this this is a painful one for me a
4271s	I don't
4273s	remember
4277s	um leech and reflect are two mechanics
4280s	that they're so easy to make completely
4284s	broken or completely useless and like
4288s	getting them getting them to sit at a
4289s	point that's like
4291s	balanced it feels like a a losing battle
4294s	to me sometimes um we do both we do both
4298s	things already like so we do we do life
4301s	on hit and we do
4304s	leech
4307s	um as far as like why do we pick one
4311s	over the other usually
4315s	I think we pick life on hit if we think
4317s	leech is going to be too op in a
4318s	situation I think is kind of what
4321s	happens
4324s	um yeah not
4339s	always leech leech also can be done
4341s	through non hit things as well doesn't
4343s	have to be a hit to to trigger leech
4347s	not depend how you set it
4351s	up hi there hello how you
4355s	doing oh you know what I'm going to do
4356s	first I'm I'm weird and like to put
4359s	things in insane
4364s	spots don't die on me
4369s	now CPR on the on the Scorpion we got it
4374s	um we're straight
4376s	arms
4381s	anyways what are we doing here we're P
4383s	here's here's a cool
4388s	thing what's that what's that cool thing
4391s	there that looks like a pretty cool
4393s	thing does look like a pretty cool
4400s	thing oh my goodness sometimes
4403s	streamlabs sometimes
4412s	here we got
4415s	it boom Shuffle it over play with it up
4418s	there for a while what is it I don't
4420s	know I I when I first saw this and this
4423s	is not what it is for the record but
4425s	when I first saw this I was like did
4428s	Darth Maul turn to the
4430s	void is that is that a double-ended void
4433s	saber is that what's going on here
4437s	that was my first thought I was like oh
4438s	my God please no obviously not
4445s	it okay hey there two things first of
4448s	all thanks so much for opting into
4450s	GeForce now cool you're welcome I
4453s	totally know we did
4455s	that uh it runs like an absolute boss on
4457s	it secondly I hope you guys keep being
4459s	an open open to an eventual console
4461s	release we are open to an eventual
4463s	console release yeah um consoles are
4469s	um consoles are great and uh you know a
4474s	a lot of people don't have uh don't have
4476s	a PC or just prefer to play you know
4478s	like there's the like the ease and
4481s	self-contained nature of a console does
4484s	such wonders for just like you know
4485s	slapping it in your living room and and
4486s	getting it up to play it's it's
4490s	great um and so we we we really want to
4493s	get uh like expand the platforms that
4495s	like lasty is on it's a significant
4498s	undertaking to to to get onto those
4500s	other platforms especially when you have
4501s	no existing relationship with those um
4504s	those companies
4506s	and you know there's a lot of people
4508s	trying to put games onto consoles so
4510s	they' they've got to be selective so
4512s	there's like stuff we've got to do
4513s	there's all sorts of stuff there but
4514s	yeah it's it's on the list it's on it's
4516s	on our radar we're working on
4522s	it Mery
4532s	all right will the majority of the
4534s	class majority of the class timing in
4544s	1.1 ship will be your wait will the
4547s	majority I'm just going to read this out
4549s	will will the majority of the class
4551s	timing in 1.1 be nergs to overperforming
4554s	masteries Nerfs to underperforming
4558s	masteries a mix of both or making Shaman
4560s	and forg gra the new gods of the game so
4562s	I this is trying to ask is are we going
4564s	to Nerf op things buff underpowered
4567s	things or do some combination there some
4570s	combination
4575s	there um like there there are things
4578s	that are significantly underperforming
4580s	in the game that uh that just like
4582s	they're just not fun to play they don't
4583s	feel good they don't flow well um yeah
4586s	we're going to we're going to make
4587s	changes to those and and like sometimes
4589s	I think this something else to be
4590s	mentioned sometimes Buffs don't come in
4592s	the form necessarily just numbers
4594s	sometimes buff come in the form of um
4597s	you know like feel like reduce cast
4599s	times um or you know like an extra
4602s	charge at base um if it's got like a
4605s	longer cool down or something maybe you
4607s	know like there's there's lots of things
4608s	we can do that buff skills that isn't
4610s	just like numbers go up um I think those
4613s	are sometimes overlooked as being
4615s	surprisingly
4618s	impactful oh drinking is
4623s	hard that's all my
4626s	beard good thing it's just
4634s	water all right I wasn't looking for
4637s	anything special just curious if a more
4639s	build variety and gear used variety is
4641s	desired I guess if I had to pick a point
4645s	yeah we're we're definitely looking for
4646s	gear and build variety
4653s	increases it's cool when there's more
4655s	options you get to pick which one speaks
4657s	to
4663s	you you know what I'd love to see so I
4666s	i' I've been thinking
4668s	about uh items in args and you know
4673s	primarily last depoch um but I've been
4676s	thinking about the idea originally I
4678s	actually was talking to a friend about
4680s	um D2 when when when uh this came up and
4685s	you know we we we see people who have
4687s	build ideas um where it's like okay you
4690s	can like like your your like submit a
4693s	build like Build contest sorry who like
4695s	submit a build um
4699s	where uh you know if you
4703s	have what am I trying to say if you
4707s	have submit build ideas that Force using
4710s	specific items so like you know
4712s	everyone's got to make a build with
4712s	prism wraps um which is great uh and
4716s	then I was thinking
4718s	about how um like magic does does
4723s	formats and things like that or people
4725s	do um you know like like deck deck
4729s	restrictions for for Builds on uh with
4731s	which mag with magic things like that
4733s	it's usually about um saying like here's
4736s	like you can pick from this set of
4738s	things you can like here's uh a like a
4741s	you can only have a cards that have a
4743s	maximum casting cost of three or a
4746s	maximum Rarity of uncommon or you know
4749s	things like that so there's like
4750s	properties of items that limit
4752s	it and I'd love to see uh us us do like
4757s	a game mode where like no item can have
4761s	like like your character's effective
4762s	level for equipping items is like 30 for
4764s	the whole game or or something or like
4767s	um you know no no uniques or uh or no no
4773s	rare or like only uniques like no rares
4775s	things like that just like weird like
4778s	category restrictions I think could
4779s	could make some really cool challenges
4781s	or game modes or uh you know I think
4784s	there's I think there's I think there's
4785s	room for fun stuff in there to to shake
4788s	shake things
4790s	up I don't
4793s	know Mike's ramble for the week over the
4796s	same attack animation that's funny all
4798s	right uh will the new Dodge rolls evade
4802s	please will the new evade also work with
4805s	Druid forms yes will we see a bare form
4808s	evade yes we will see bare form
4815s	evade uh is the purple thing to
4821s	scale oh that thing no
4827s	this thing right here that I can't see
4829s	on my
4831s	screen run away get away from
4839s	me
4841s	yeah yeah
4848s	yeah 5% Fizz
4852s	res we'll get there uh you guys don't
4855s	want animation cancelling to be a thing
4857s	in order to get full value out of
4858s	skillability
4862s	passives um but do you have any
4864s	intention to make flame Walker a little
4866s	bit better it currently is a traversal
4867s	node since you can't get more than one
4870s	dice roll per second oh I don't know
4873s	what that node does off top my head at
4878s	all
4880s	uh if you ask that in ask the devs and
4882s	Link the node itself I will take a look
4884s	at it
4886s	later let me in okay maybe next
4892s	time uh do you guys have any plans SL
4895s	ideas for multiplayer only content or is
4898s	protecting the single player experience
4899s	being able to do all contents a strong
4901s	pet
4905s	um I I don't think it's like uh uh
4908s	forever know like I it's one things like
4911s	there's no way we'll ever budge on this
4913s	um but you know right right now I don't
4915s	think we have any intention of adding in
4917s	content that is um required a
4931s	party it's possible that you might see
4933s	something where it's like content like
4935s	so there's there's kind of some
4936s	workarounds for that where you can kind
4938s	of like skirt the rule like if you're
4939s	going to make those R you kind of Skirt
4940s	the Rules a little bit
4943s	um where you can can like you know we
4946s	we've taken
4948s	the
4952s	um let's say hypothetically you add PVP
4954s	to the game that's multiplayer specific
4956s	content there's no way to do
4958s	PVP single player you just you just
4962s	can't um and we kind of already did a
4967s	single player PVP mode um because when
4970s	we added in the arena Champions they're
4972s	kind of like fake players to PVP against
4976s	you know cuz they use player abilities
4978s	and all that sort of stuff so if if you
4980s	did have a like uh a boss like a world
4983s	boss that required X number of players
4985s	to beat it um you could kind of spoof
4987s	the system by like having um having the
4992s	game generate allies for you to fight
4994s	the boss with in single something like
4996s	that you know like you you can kind of
4998s	you maybe do something like that but
5000s	right right now we don't have any plans
5001s	for for content of that
5003s	nature but nothing's nothing pretty well
5006s	nothing's set in
5017s	St all
5018s	right will there be steam achievements
5021s	in the future oh yeah uh mg feels like
5024s	being factionless at the moment hard
5025s	disagree High tier items are not being
5028s	listed on the market and low tier ones
5030s	don't sell I can't swap
5032s	to CF because I would lose all 500 hours
5035s	of gear
5037s	progression
5039s	uh I I okay I'll read rest this uh the
5043s	they not being equipable anymore uh so I
5045s	wanted to ask if there's any chance of
5046s	this being removed or is it just is a
5048s	character just done
5051s	for
5055s	removed what being
5058s	removed we're not removing item factions
5065s	I'm going to go with no because I'm not
5066s	really sure what you're asking for but
5075s	um yeah we're we're we're cleaning up
5078s	some of the like old stuff that's been
5080s	sitting in the in in the merchant Guild
5082s	on the 20th I think
5085s	um I'm not really sure what you're
5087s	asking I'm sorry try again and a little
5090s	more detail what what being
5092s	removed all right are you working on a
5095s	seasonal cycle Journey for players uh in
5097s	case you decide to integrate a campaign
5100s	skip uh totally not stealing from a game
5103s	with recent season release um we're not
5106s	intending to integrate a campaign
5109s	skip
5113s	um so
5114s	no I guess
5127s	I I think I'm I'm sorry I'm struggling
5129s	with some of these I I feel like I'm
5131s	just like missing
5134s	info oh that poison is
5137s	strong they're poison
5140s	R not terrible uh is ehg dead set on the
5144s	evade concept or is there room to change
5146s	philosophy there's always room to
5149s	change I I would be um the CTs would
5152s	have to come back and basically tell us
5153s	it feels terrible
5155s	uh Prett pretty pretty strongly worded
5160s	this is a terrible feeling it makes the
5162s	game significantly worse like there has
5164s	to be some some some strong and clear
5167s	United feedback from basically all the
5169s	CTS for us to consider not releasing it
5173s	um at this
5177s	point um having having said that uh
5182s	the the the feedback we've been getting
5185s	so far is um overall extremely positive
5189s	there's you know like there's people
5191s	that that really don't like that type of
5192s	system and are hesitant about it for
5197s	sure but
5203s	uh you
5205s	know
5208s	um after we if if
5211s	if I think we're we're more interested
5213s	and this is going to sound ridiculous
5214s	I'll explain what I mean after this at
5216s	this point just with how far we are with
5217s	it and how confident we are in the
5218s	system um I think we're only really
5221s	interested in changing it if the
5224s	feedback we get is from people trying
5227s	it so
5230s	um like I I don't think we would change
5233s	it based on feedback from the forums
5236s	unless like unless it was O an
5238s	overwhelming majority but so far the
5240s	majority of feedback we're getting even
5241s	from people who haven't tried it is
5242s	positive so I
5245s	if if you're if you're hoping to change
5247s	your minds before the patch comes out
5249s	that's that's it's I don't want to say
5250s	it's impossible but it is an uphill
5268s	battle uh hi Mike hope all is well at
5271s	Ichi Studios it is looking forward to 1
5273s	1.1 what three master does each she
5275s	think need the most work and what ear
5277s	the three best position oh that is
5280s	that's a tough question uh the three
5282s	that I think need the most work um run
5285s	Master
5287s	Marksman um
5291s	and Forge guard the three that I think
5294s	are in the best
5300s	position I think J's in a really good
5302s	spot I really like J where J's at right
5304s	now
5310s	um I really like where Lich is at right
5314s	n l needs some work still I do really
5316s	like where Necromancer is at I like
5317s	where aad is at in general actually can
5319s	I say warlock Necromancer and
5326s	Lich but like even even those like
5329s	there's there's there's issues that need
5330s	to be dealt with across the board
5331s	there's nothing nothing's perfect
5350s	all right any plans to add a group
5351s	finder functionality to automatically
5353s	find group and teleport players to a
5355s	selected activity um we do have some
5359s	plans to uh better facilitate players
5363s	getting like finding people to play
5364s	together
5366s	cuz right now there's basically nothing
5368s	um I don't think there's much of that
5370s	coming in 1.1
5371s	really but I I think it is the sort of
5374s	thing that we are working
5379s	towards the campaign oh on cycle Journey
5383s	the campaign currently gives players a
5385s	progression Direction in games where
5387s	campaign skipped exist the cycle Journey
5390s	mimics of the goal progression system
5392s	wondering if you thought about this for
5393s	a future of Cycles I mean yes um
5398s	I'm i' i' I've never understood it I'll
5402s	say that I I personally I've never
5403s	really understood the the point of it
5406s	like if you've got um if you've got two
5409s	activities that take roughly the same
5411s	amount of time
5414s	um and one of them has
5419s	like and and they both they both have
5421s	like roughly the same amount of time and
5422s	roughly the same outcome um and and
5425s	like I guess what's the point of having
5427s	two it's like just having
5431s	variety I
5444s	guess
5449s	yeah you
5451s	said I thought somebody you said you
5453s	think run Master means needs work did
5455s	you mean Sor nope I meant run
5457s	master I think it is one of the needs
5460s	one of the heaviest
5463s	work it's an extreme
5469s	outlier I I think the important thing to
5471s	know in the question is that uh oh maybe
5475s	I read the question wrong but I didn't
5476s	think the question said what needs Buffs
5478s	Z doesn't need Buffs but it needs work
5494s	all right thank you for your answer
5496s	about evade personally I think it
5498s	desperately needs to share cool down
5499s	which reversals like Poe or Poe like
5501s	Zoom will follow endgame thoughts um I
5505s	think it's not as powerful as you think
5507s	it
5510s	is that's that's that's the go-to like
5512s	the peee like Zoom I think um comes from
5516s	those like I think if we uh like removed
5521s	the cool down from
5523s	evade um doubled its speed doubled its
5527s	distance and gave it an amazing amount
5529s	of damage like yeah then it's in danger
5532s	of that
5534s	but know that's a completely different
5536s	ability to what we're making
5539s	right so like
5545s	yeah it's it's it's kind of a different
5547s	ability right like
5550s	um
5555s	yeah what should we specialize next do
5558s	do we work right do we slap something
5559s	else on our on our
5561s	bar uh do we slip scorpion in there
5563s	let's just go with scorpion why not
5564s	right we go straight poison I do like
5568s	the size we do size and baby scorpions
5570s	that's not baby scorpions that's baby
5572s	scorpions
5576s	we don't want armor shred we do like
5582s	poison let's do baby
5587s	scorpions you like cute little babies
5589s	running
5595s	around there it is yeah little baby
5598s	scorpions need how cute it is okay
5605s	all right any chance for removing the
5606s	fact that items are equipable only while
5608s	being in the faction they have been
5610s	obtained no that's that's a very
5612s	important piece to the
5618s	puzzle if you are switching from uh
5621s	Merchant Guild to CF though um I don't
5626s	know which way you're switching but if
5627s	you are switching from Merchant Guild to
5628s	CF um you know all the stuff you find is
5631s	equipable as CF um
5634s	and even if you're switching Co to
5635s	Merchant skill like all the stuff you
5637s	find that's that isn't affected by your
5640s	bonuses is also equipable so like you
5641s	can still especially because you're
5643s	using like such like high-powered gear
5645s	you can um get a really dramatic head
5649s	start on uh like you can build a set of
5651s	gear out pretty easily to to be able to
5653s	still you
5655s	know get going quickly again like you
5657s	can you can get that jump start going
5659s	quite
5660s	fast uh all
5663s	right leftto
5667s	leao one of those things thanks what's
5669s	up appreciate
5679s	you all right what is the reasoning
5681s	behind having each character with their
5683s	own monolith progression instead of
5684s	account wide unlocking feel like many
5686s	people don't make new characters because
5687s	of this um I mean it basically boils
5690s	down to you know it's the character's
5692s	progression it's it's part of your
5695s	because it is a uh like an ability item
5697s	that you're equipping as a blessing like
5699s	it's part of your character's
5700s	progression
5703s	um these are like if you if you jumped
5706s	right into um if it's all shared and you
5709s	like get all of your
5712s	um like corruption up to like say like
5715s	like all them are sitting a 300
5716s	corruption and you hop onto a brand new
5717s	character and they're suddenly like just
5720s	sitting there going well I can't do
5722s	anything awesome and then you have to
5724s	turn down your um your corruption in
5729s	order to get it to actually like be able
5731s	to do anything and then if you hop back
5733s	onto your main again you're like well
5735s	now I've got to work my corruption back
5736s	up again
5740s	um just to just play my main
5743s	again this way each character is already
5745s	set doing things that they uh can
5752s	do love this boss fight mini boss
5766s	fight you don't like me
5780s	though no come back
5786s	Raptor come
5790s	back okay anything in here we can
5803s	do could be
5807s	worse it's over
5810s	here ooh
5820s	uh could we have more modifiers from
5822s	monolith and are they going to be more
5824s	customizable in some
5827s	way
5829s	um more modifiers we actually kind of
5832s	reduced them recently because they were
5834s	having a little too much of an impact on
5837s	um relative power levels I this this is
5841s	another one of those things that like we
5842s	we get pretty frequent feedback along
5844s	the same lines of
5847s	um oh I missed
5850s	this a weird resub themselves for a full
5857s	year it's been a good day
5865s	today thank you very much everybody um
5869s	you know what we can
5872s	do who oh what is that it's like a
5877s	gigantic thing that looks like a wood
5881s	someo
5893s	it egg give egg I want egg all right all
5897s	right calm down it's
5902s	coming big omelet incoming
5909s	speaking of giant
5913s	omelets this is an ostrich egg ostrich
5917s	emu might be an emu
5920s	egg but it's
5925s	like it's big it's thick it's
5932s	crazy emu egg
5935s	sorry it was it was good gigantic
5938s	omelette oh my God I actually did a
5944s	scramble but it was like a dozen eggs in
5947s	one it was a little
5953s	nutty uh and I'm definitely playing with
5956s	that giant thing in front of me aren't I
5964s	there we
5966s	go got I got to do it once every stream
5968s	don't
5976s	I put that your bingo card
5983s	there but Mike makes a fool of himself
5986s	on every Square guaranteed
5988s	success all
5990s	right uh is blessing switching confirmed
5993s	for cycle two please say
5997s	yes now we've got to talk about this
6002s	unfortunately it's going to be
6004s	devastating to hear
6005s	this but yes yes it
6011s	is uh yeah it's um as of yesterday
6015s	finished I
6019s	think it's not merged in
6021s	yet it's ready
6024s	all right I'm just curious uh just
6026s	finished mistborn Trilogy by
6031s	brenen or
6032s	Sanderson smudge of my mon right there
6034s	that makes that n look like an H uh all
6038s	right uh and the main villain is called
6041s	ruin is that just a coincidence
6044s	yes the main the the the the Pinnacle
6046s	boss is not named
6052s	room just for the
6061s	I don't think we've said the the
6062s	Pinnacle boss's name
6072s	yet yeah I don't think we've said it yet
6075s	it's cool I like it
6078s	um do you have plans to soften the huge
6081s	jump from normal monos to empowered
6083s	monos particularly important as an
6085s	outlier build gets
6086s	tuned um as an example trying to get
6089s	plus 50 corruption in normals is
6091s	mind-numbingly brutal grinding bosses in
6094s	normals is
6096s	two since you can't ever skip the quest
6098s	Echoes thoughts on making this
6100s	transition smoother
6103s	um I I don't know if we've put much into
6106s	that recently
6110s	um I so so I think there's something to
6112s	be said for having uh some some spikes
6115s	in difficulty happen
6118s	um I I can still
6121s	remember the feeling when I was a kid of
6124s	of you know taking a character into hell
6126s	for the first time in D2 and and being
6130s	like like there's no way there's no this
6132s	there's no way I'm ready for it yet
6134s	there's no way I'm ready for it yeah
6134s	like like you're grinding nightmare just
6136s	trying to get enough stuff just just to
6137s	make it into hell cuz it's such a huge
6140s	power Spike um and and like you get
6142s	there and it's like it's awesome right
6144s	to do is clear
6146s	ath um so I think there's something to
6148s	be said for having some of those
6150s	difficulty spikes happen
6153s	um I I I kind of like the idea of the um
6158s	the quests only need to be done once so
6160s	like un normal having them be I feel
6162s	like we tried this and there was
6163s	something something that didn't work
6164s	with it um but I do like the idea of the
6166s	quest Echoes um allowing you to skip
6169s	them once you've done them
6171s	once some part of me it's like we tried
6173s	that and then it was what we did was a
6174s	compromise cuz that wouldn't work but I
6176s	can't
6177s	remember that was long time ago so
6180s	stuff's changed but yeah it's
6184s	um maybe making it easier to farm stuff
6188s	or smoother to farm stuff to get your
6191s	way into empowered might be better but I
6193s	do really like having that difficulty
6194s	Spike
6197s	happen it is supposed to be a
6199s	significant achievement it's it's a
6200s	milestone it's like it's a big deal it's
6202s	it's the
6204s	like you're into the you're into the
6205s	hardest difficulty of the game content
6207s	like it's supposed to be a hey this
6209s	character can do empowered sweet wow
6224s	nice ah tried to Res them
6249s	we're going baby scorpion we're we're
6254s	investing is the resed circle still yeah
6257s	that's happen uh Shaman question a lot
6260s	of Shaman abilities have totem
6261s	conversions say e considered giving
6263s	totem abilities conversions to non-
6269s	totems uh oh sorry I I read that
6272s	backwards uh we haven't I don't think I
6273s	don't think it's actually come up before
6275s	um but we do have uh some cool stuff
6280s	there that does cool stuff it's going to
6283s	be
6287s	cool always cool stuff try my best but
6291s	it's never good enough
6295s	uh all
6296s	right for the four people that watch
6301s	that uh on the topic of baby scorpions
6304s	any chance we can have the shrine that
6306s	summons the Scorpions with rare items uh
6308s	drops improve to also drop exalted and
6311s	uniques preferably with an increased
6313s	challenge to go along with it I think
6315s	it's a cool idea um
6318s	the have having like uh it's it's
6321s	basically strong boxes isn't it um at
6324s	that
6324s	point um but I do I do really like
6327s	strong boxes so you know it's it's
6329s	that's
6332s	cool so I guess
6336s	maybe having like uh a thing you come
6338s	across in the world that you can like
6340s	opt into a harder and harder challenge
6342s	each time like you come across it and
6344s	like Powers up the thing you're going to
6345s	get from it be cool
6353s	I just I'll just I'll just whip that up
6355s	and we'll slap it in next patch no
6359s	problem they came up way more snarky
6362s	than I intended I'm
6363s	sorry I actually like it I actually
6365s	think it's a good idea cont to sther uh
6368s	CF currency is favor which is an amazing
6370s	proxy for time investment could mg's
6373s	currency also be favor as it tracks
6375s	better uh with time investment than gold
6378s	and just introduce a taxation system as
6380s	a sync um I mean you it does require
6384s	like it it it uses that same currency
6386s	already
6389s	um the the big problem I think
6393s	is
6395s	like if if favor becomes like the
6398s	transactional part of the of of the
6400s	trans like the the currency in the
6401s	transaction um that it is just gold you
6405s	know like it's it's the same thing
6406s	really because if the other person gets
6407s	the
6411s	um uh gets gets the favor from you then
6414s	it's it's just gold like what's the
6416s	difference
6418s	right then we have to add in favor
6425s	sinks I I don't think that changes
6427s	anything
6430s	really let's let you guys fight each
6435s	other just fight amongst yourselves for
6437s	a
6438s	minute any thoughts on about uh
6441s	additional gold tax on the bazaar lots
6443s	of people forms complain about gold
6444s	inflation on ngg yeah so I I I think
6448s	that um I so I agree on the uh the fact
6453s	that gold is a little like the price on
6455s	things are a little insane and there's
6456s	people that have way too much gold y y y
6459s	um a lot of people made a lot of
6462s	legitimate gold during the uh gold
6467s	duping
6469s	incident um so there are a lot of people
6472s	that do have
6474s	um way more gold than they
6477s	should uh that they that they they they
6479s	got legitimately but came from an
6481s	illegitimate place um so like it's it's
6484s	not something that we're we're not
6486s	taking that gold away from them because
6487s	they did earn it um it was just that the
6489s	market was so messed up when it happened
6491s	that it's it's had a lasting impact on
6493s	the market going forward um I'm
6497s	confident that with the changes we are
6499s	making to Merchant skild uh and not
6501s	having a gold duping incident happen at
6503s	the same time it'll be it'll be a lot
6506s	better this this cycle but we'll see I
6508s	mean there'll be new challenges and
6509s	we'll we'll meet those as
6511s	well we have been taking steps to
6516s	slowly uh drain a bunch of gold out of
6519s	the
6520s	market maybe we should have been a
6522s	little more aggressive with that it's
6523s	possible I I don't know but
6527s	um you know we we we have been working
6530s	to do that
6536s	uh not sure if uh if that this not sure
6540s	if this has been asked already but
6542s	that's okay it has but are their early
6545s	cycle um mainly supposed to just add
6549s	Eternal content or they're going to be
6551s	cycle content that goes away after z um
6554s	nothing in the early like in in the road
6556s	map that we put out put yeah the road
6558s	map pretty well everything that's in
6560s	that road map is intended to become an
6562s	evergreen cont content um whether or not
6565s	it starts as Legacy content I don't know
6568s	why I use the term Evergreen that's a
6569s	magic term um whether or not that starts
6571s	as Legacy content or not
6575s	um we're still kind of working out
6577s	exactly how we want to handle that but
6578s	we we are um all those things all those
6581s	major things you see in the road map we
6583s	do intend to be uh Legacy content it's
6586s	all designed as this is going to stick
6588s	around this is long-term stuff we are
6590s	planning to have this be part of last
6591s	Depo DNA for a long time
6595s	it's being designed and develop as such
6597s	as
6603s	well like I expect I almost said the
6606s	boss's name oh my gosh uh I expect the
6609s	Pinnacle boss to be a measuring stick
6611s	for character builds for quite a while
6613s	um I expect us to release this is like
6616s	this is long long-term stuff but I
6617s	expect us to release new bosses that are
6620s	stronger uh at some point um
6623s	or or different at least but you know
6625s	it's it is um kind of the nature of of
6629s	how Pinnacle boss is evolve is you get
6631s	new ones that are stronger new ones that
6633s	are stronger that sort of
6636s	stuff but we still want almost said it
6639s	again the current Pinnacle boss to
6641s	continue to be a way to say like oh like
6644s	can this character build can this
6646s	character build beat this boss can it
6648s	beat that boss you know I think those
6650s	are really good things to have static
6652s	difficulty High difficulty content that
6654s	you can that you can measure a character
6656s	against it's it's great to
6660s	have uh will we have male plus female
6663s	models for all
6664s	characters um an idea if it's too much
6667s	work to fit all the items skins and
6668s	animations and stuff how about just
6670s	making it possible to select any
6671s	character based with any
6675s	Mastery uh doesn't fix the problem
6677s	because there's uh Mastery specific
6680s	equipment uh perhaps can weasle in some
6683s	story and end time variations of
6685s	yourself once you get there um we do
6689s	intend to include character
6690s	customization in the game it is not
6692s	there primarily for the reason you
6693s	stated and unfortunately the option you
6694s	put there doesn't work
6710s	sorry uh totally don't have a mom with
6713s	too many
6717s	chickens uh have I got any good
6719s	suggestions for easy egg recipes while
6722s	working from
6723s	home
6725s	um I mean I don't think I don't think
6727s	eggs need to be
6730s	too involved
6732s	really I I'm I'm a big fan of just my
6735s	favorite thing to do with eggs is um
6739s	rice eggs little bit of cheese melted on
6742s	there some
6743s	salsa hot sauce if you like
6747s	that love it my favorite the first thing
6750s	I learned how to cook when I was a
6753s	kid I was L to a bajillion thing
6756s	so it was fake
6761s	cheese bake cheese has come a long way
6764s	in the last 20 years my
6770s	goodness used to just like burn instead
6772s	of melting now it actually melts which
6774s	is really
6779s	nice same with same same with h wheat
6781s	free bread wheat free bread used to just
6783s	you put in a toaster and it wouldn't
6785s	toast it would just it would go from raw
6786s	to Burt and like it would be like raw
6789s	for 10 minutes and it would burn in half
6790s	a
6792s	second much better
6794s	now uh will the Pinnacle boss drop some
6797s	exclusive items so there is a reason why
6800s	to F the b i I'm sorry I don't have any
6803s	details on uh Pinnacle boss drops at the
6808s	moment would love to be able to tell you
6810s	all about it I don't know yet
6824s	though I got that song stuck in my head
6826s	now though task master
6834s	um is any not the theme song the doing
6837s	cool stuff
6845s	great uh all right is there plans for
6850s	sharing for sharing obtain is there
6853s	plans for sharing obtain prophecies
6855s	among characters of the same faction cuz
6858s	I feel forced to only get prophecies on
6860s	a single character um we don't have
6863s	plans for that at the
6865s	moment
6867s	um this is this is kind of the same
6869s	thing I was talking about earlier with
6870s	with monolith progression sharing it's
6872s	the same reason really
6875s	um it is uh it is a lot easier to switch
6879s	between masteries it will be much easier
6881s	to switch between masteries now though
6882s	so um you'll you'll just naturally get a
6886s	few anyways
6897s	so we'll start there and we'll see how
6898s	it is after
6905s	that all right how do you feel about
6909s	random content like the vaults from D3
6912s	or stigan tunnels from Poe does isi
6915s	think random content that opens portals
6917s	to other places uh during an echo could
6920s	come to the game I think it's fantastic
6923s	um and I think we've already said we're
6925s	doing it on our
6938s	robot uh don't
6946s	please thank you for not dying I
6948s	appreciate
6950s	you um
6954s	are you planning to give a unique skin
6957s	uh to every unique in the game at some
6959s	point or will certain ones stay as they
6961s	are um this is talking about 3D models
6964s	on characters for uh for unique items so
6966s	like right now for example prism wraps
6968s	doesn't look exactly like prison equip
6971s	it
6973s	um it's it's one of those things where
6975s	if we had uh an infinite amount of time
6980s	and resources or or a magic one
6983s	yes absolutely all of the uh equipment
6986s	would would match one to one perfectly
6988s	with the 2D art and it would be
6989s	phenomenal and glorious yes um we don't
6994s	though and it takes way more time and
6997s	effort to put a uh 3D model into the
7000s	game that it does to slap uh unique into
7003s	the game um so we and and and
7007s	mechanically adding uniques is awesome
7010s	um so sometimes we put a unique in
7013s	knowing full well that we don't have a
7014s	3D model for it um and while
7019s	unfortunate um we think it's preferable
7022s	to just have more cool stuff to do than
7025s	to have every item perfectly
7027s	match so we we've we've kind of looked
7029s	at the options and said hey we'd rather
7031s	have some gaps
7034s	um than
7037s	uh than than just halt uh unique
7041s	production we will will um let you can I
7045s	can just grab from chat if you want or
7047s	sorry uh we will we will
7052s	keep uh adding
7054s	in uh we we we will keep adding in new
7057s	models for 3D three models for uniques
7059s	in the game like that's something we're
7060s	still going to keep doing um because you
7063s	know it is it is awesome when it does
7065s	look just so you know
7069s	um but every everything we do is uh like
7073s	priority prioritization it's just like
7074s	what's what's the most um bang for your
7077s	buck we can get out of all of our
7084s	time uh is a priest class have been
7088s	considered yes we've considered priest
7092s	class um I I don't have any information
7095s	on eventually the uh extra Mastery or
7099s	base classes that will get added no
7101s	details there yet
7103s	but we we will we do plan to add more
7106s	eventually it's going to be quite a
7107s	while there are none
7109s	coming we haven't started to work on any
7111s	of them
7116s	yet uh do you or any of the other devs
7119s	draw inspiration from content from
7120s	outside of the afpg space oh yeah
7123s	definitely uh for example the poe Debs
7126s	have name dropped Elden ring a few times
7127s	for example yeah we we we we definitely
7130s	take um inspiration from outside of RPGs
7134s	um intentional and accidental for sure
7138s	um like the if if you look at we didn't
7142s	go into it with its intention um but if
7145s	you look at like the general structure
7146s	of how uh our dungeons are designed it's
7150s	the same structure of how Zelda dungeons
7152s	designed um with many gigantic
7156s	differences but like you you go into the
7160s	dungeon um you get your dungeon ability
7163s	the item you find in the dungeon in
7164s	Zelda um you have to use that ability to
7168s	solve puzzles throughout the dungeon to
7170s	get to the boss you have to use the
7171s	Zelda item to solve puzzles in the
7173s	dungeon to get to the boss um and then
7175s	once you get to the boss that item or
7177s	that ability is the D the boss's weak
7180s	point it's the thing you need to use to
7181s	to beat that boss I mean and then you
7183s	get a unique reward um from that
7187s	dungeon it it's it's
7190s	like the most vague way to describe our
7193s	dungeons Zelda dungeons but like that
7195s	that same general um overarching concept
7199s	and and style I think is something that
7202s	we kind of I I I I think because it's so
7205s	similar we were probably drawn to it um
7208s	because so many of us have played that
7209s	like it's I
7210s	I there one of the things we realized
7212s	after the fact and we're like that's
7214s	cool
7215s	um but lots of times I think inspiration
7219s	for things comes from places you don't
7220s	even realize it's happening um
7223s	um and like so the person who pitched
7225s	Rune Master had never actually played
7227s	Dota 2 I don't think um but it's the
7231s	Rune Master is essentially identical to
7234s	um like the the underlying idea of like
7237s	you use abilities you generate uh Runes
7239s	of that element type and then you
7242s	activate invocation to uh the invoker to
7246s	to to to use a big ability like that
7248s	that type of General style is it's
7250s	represented in many different games and
7252s	like lots of us have played different
7253s	games that that use it so like you know
7255s	there's there's lots of different things
7256s	that you draw from by mistake sometimes
7259s	um and it's yeah so yeah it comes from
7262s	outside of airs all the
7264s	time oh there's a little
7268s	bug there's a tiny little visual
7271s	bug you see all of these are behind the
7275s	number and this one the like the glow
7278s	when it when it's like hey look at me is
7279s	like shining in front of the number it's
7281s	funny
7283s	I take it yeah it goes
7285s	behind
7290s	funny some override on that
7295s	prefab we are getting real close to the
7297s	end of the stream here so if you do have
7298s	any questions squeak them in
7304s	now uh will we see any new I guess we're
7307s	talking about like
7309s	yeah will we see any new masteries in
7312s	any of the Cycles shown in the road map
7314s	I
7318s	don't tell right now 1.1 and 1.2 will
7320s	not have new
7323s	masteries it's it's a lot to develop a
7325s	new Mastery like uh usually usually
7328s	takes us months and months to do
7333s	it and it's a pretty big
7339s	deal do get some I got some decent
7343s	decent ones
7344s	there uh I think the egg is a forge
7347s	guard Relic blink twice if correct thank
7351s	you
7354s	uh instructions
7362s	unclear any plans for uh pentecoste
7367s	weekend I did not pronounce that
7370s	properly probably sorry uh I don't know
7372s	what that
7376s	is Google what that is real
7387s	quick it's the 50th day after Easter
7390s	Sunday what I've never heard of this
7394s	before I don't I don't think we've got
7396s	anything planned for it looks like it's
7397s	happening in two
7400s	days oh that's that's May long weekend
7403s	okay we celebrate Victoria Day instead
7406s	cuz we're a British
7412s	colony I don't think we have anything
7414s	planned for I'm
7418s	sorry what I learned about a new holiday
7427s	today Victoria is one of those crazy
7430s	things um there like Victor day uh Queen
7434s	Victoria has like a bajillion things
7436s	named after her
7438s	um it's insane it's like the the volume
7442s	of cities around the world named
7443s	Victoria is
7450s	boggling there's there's there's a city
7453s	named uh there's a city in Ontario I
7455s	think named Victoria
7457s	Road and and that's the name of the city
7459s	like the town it's it's like if you can
7461s	even call that it's tiny but like um
7465s	yeah Victoria Road is the name of the
7467s	whole town I thought it was funny hidden
7468s	so close a word of advice don't ask her
7472s	about the diamond matrons you'll regret
7477s	it please don't let the egg be a relic
7480s	for a forg guard there is a streamer who
7481s	would go
7484s	bananas I I haven't I haven't said it's
7487s	for anything yet just the record it's uh
7490s	could be it could be anything could even
7491s	be a boat you how much you want one of
7497s	those all right we are hitting time
7502s	here we're g to come back to this
7505s	guy next
7508s	time cuz he's awful but he's
7515s	fun to be fair Queens Elizabeth and
7517s	Victoria are like half the English
7518s	History yeah it's true
7527s	all
7529s	right I had fun I hope you did
7536s	too oh AR sneaking in that gift to
7541s	action RPG Aaron Aaron action RPG I said
7544s	the name horribly wrong but we got
7549s	there nailed it well done
7555s	all
7557s	right well that'll just about do it for
7559s	me uh
7562s	today we're all done thanks for coming
7564s	out if I did not answer your question I
7567s	apologize it was not intentional um
7569s	please head on over to the Discord uh
7573s	where I can um where we have an ASD devs
7576s	Channel and I keep a close eye on I will
7578s	answer that there um or you can come
7580s	back next week I'll be here same time
7581s	same place next week uh we've got some
7584s	cool stuff uh planned for the uh the
7587s	stream's getting closer to
7590s	um to patch we might might let you guys
7593s	vote on what you want to see a little
7594s	bit that's that's a possibility we're
7596s	looking at that maybe be cool
7600s	um I hope to see youall next
7602s	time about it we're just let's go say hi
7605s	to
7607s	someone do I recognize anyone
7618s	oh they can go talk about
7621s	their possibly failed
7630s	Bingo we'll be
7633s	back have a good day everybody see you
7635s	later

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