[2023] Developer Stream 8.11.23 | Last Epoch | Last Epoch Dev Tracker

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1s	foreign
9s	as always
11s	I'm your host Mike how's it going and if
14s	you were here last time right at the
15s	very end of the stream you will know
19s	that we found who we were looking for
21s	that's right we found the staff woohoo
23s	here we go
27s	I'm just I'm not even gonna like try to
29s	improve my build based on the fact that
32s	I now have the staff
34s	uh and we're just gonna go right for it
36s	and see what happens and when I
37s	inevitably fail then we'll fix it
47s	because that's
49s	how I roll
52s	hmm
57s	everybody doing is your first time here
59s	well I'm glad to have you with us please
61s	put at last Epoch game in front of the
65s	uh question so I see it easier and uh we
68s	stream for charity we're getting water
70s	out to people that need water
76s	yes good
88s	that's good stuff
91s	I feel like it's doing way more damage
93s	that might just be me that's the way it
95s	feels
96s	I got a first question Hunter X Bankai
99s	killer what's up Mike a lot of us are
102s	eager for news when can we expect the
104s	time frame for new update for next batch
107s	um
108s	I don't really have much I can share
110s	with you right now
113s	um the next like
116s	I mean I can't tell you like oh the date
118s	for this will be available at this time
120s	or anything like that I don't know when
121s	everything's specifically getting
122s	announced but I do know and can tell you
125s	that there is a large event happening
127s	very soon that we are uh we're going to
130s	called Gamescom and at this event there
133s	will be some information that you're
136s	probably looking for
137s	uh available so I would
140s	um keep an eye on Gamescom
144s	and and
146s	things you want to hear I'm I I'll I'll
149s	likely at least at least some of the
152s	things you want to hear will probably be
153s	talked about there
155s	um
156s	I'll be honest I'm not 100 sure what the
159s	whole announcement entails so
162s	I can't tell you specific things are
163s	going to get announced or not
169s	but like major events we're going big
176s	if you're in the area stop by if you're
179s	not tune in
184s	I'm sure it'll be an awesome time
189s	uh do you have any plans or ideas
192s	regarding the different Dot
195s	uh types for example bleed uh focus on
198s	slow hits and limited sex or poison
200s	denoting in an AOE explosion after
202s	reaching certain stuff thank you um okay
204s	so the yeah like there's
208s	we have elements are kind of interesting
210s	so there's
212s	um
213s	there's there's performance concerns in
215s	having specific modifications to
219s	um to to very common dots uh and it's
223s	it's a really weird reason that it
224s	happens so we we do have a way that we
226s	can modify
229s	um
230s	ailments applied to
232s	any any enemy through any Source we can
235s	we can we can modify any dot in any way
236s	we want on the Fly based on passives and
239s	items and skill nodes and all sort of
241s	stuff however if we modify say for
244s	example bleed
245s	um through one skill so say we'd say we
247s	take
248s	um bleed
250s	on like uh the Raptor I believe they
252s	believe that someone Raptor applies and
254s	we say okay that bleed is gonna is gonna
258s	um
264s	um
266s	that's a bad example for the what I'm
267s	trying to say uh it's okay let's say
271s	I will say let's say add adds an
273s	explosion to the end of poison that's
274s	actually really a good example so um so
276s	summon scorpion uh has a node on it that
279s	makes it so that when when poison that
281s	it applies expires there's a poison
284s	explosion that poisons everything around
287s	it like a like a poison puddle or
288s	something like that
289s	cool awesome effect
291s	um
293s	however if anyone else if any other
296s	source now applies poison to that same
299s	Target there's there's there's a bitty
301s	pretty big performance hit that happens
304s	um so we can't make on-the-fly
305s	modifications the specific affixes that
308s	are really common
310s	um so which is why which is why we
311s	usually Reserve effects like this for
314s	um
315s	more uh niche
318s	uh elements so for example
320s	um
321s	blood curse in acolyte is a is an
325s	ailment that that can be modified pretty
327s	heavily in the tree however it's really
330s	rare that you have
332s	um
334s	like more than one person applying it
336s	let alone like a dozen different sources
338s	applying it in different ways
342s	um and even when you do it's I think it
344s	might even be capped at one stack
346s	question mark
349s	anyway so so that's I we this I know
352s	it's not directly related to the
353s	question that sometimes comes up in that
355s	conversation it's just important to note
357s	um why we don't modify them based on
359s	skill trees which is sort of like the
361s	obvious like option for doing something
363s	cool with them
366s	um as as for having
369s	um the really common ailments have
370s	specific mechanical differences yeah
373s	that's that is something we do like and
375s	we are trying to work those that flavor
378s	in in different ways for example there's
381s	um an upcoming unique item that I just
383s	showed that with that unique item it
385s	kind of has it does what I'm talking
387s	about here without actually modifying
389s	the ailments where it makes it so that
391s	you take that the enemies will take more
394s	um
395s	more damage from physical ailments while
398s	moving I think is what it is and um that
401s	basically gives bleed a like more damage
405s	to moving like so when you're bleeding
407s	and you and start moving and take more
408s	damage that sort of thing and um that's
410s	actually really interesting because it
411s	applies to other people's bleeds too
415s	um so it works it works even better and
418s	um and and that's so that's sort of
419s	thing we do we do want to work in but
421s	why the base versions of the elements
423s	are pretty basic is is a lot of the
425s	reason there is just for
427s	um Simplicity say Get it getting making
429s	it easy to understand and optimize the
433s	basic functionality without having to
436s	like learn a bunch of the Mechanics for
438s	a specific ailment so you don't need to
440s	learn
441s	um oh I want to keep my targets moving
443s	when I'm making something bleed
446s	um to maximize the damage of it but if
448s	you take this unique item and you equip
450s	it then you do need to have
452s	um that knowledge but because you've
453s	chosen to equip the item that extra that
456s	extra bit of like optimization you can
458s	make is a lot more in your face
461s	um so the really basic straightforward
464s	um core
465s	dots is is really intentional
468s	um there is some uniqueness in um
472s	like shock is is arguably the most
475s	common for lightning one so it's That's
477s	Unique one there
478s	um
479s	then it's so like cold is like frostbite
481s	and chill and those are both little
483s	different because like they cause
484s	movement speed reductions and attack
486s	speed reductions
487s	um so there are little mechanical
489s	differences we try and work in and
490s	poison also reduces the poison
491s	resistance making more stacks of poison
494s	on the same Target more effective
498s	um so you see yeah like we do we do work
500s	in these these differences
502s	um and there are new types of ailments
506s	coming next patch as well
508s	um that do because the one type of
511s	ailment application that isn't really
513s	represented right now in last Epoch and
516s	and is really well represented in Path
518s	of Exile and whenever we have a
520s	situation where there's something we
522s	don't do great and they do really well
524s	um it gets brought up a lot of
526s	suggestions a lot and um so this this
530s	concept of us scaling the initial hit of
533s	the attack to scale the uh the damage
536s	that the dot deals that concept is a
539s	little bit lost in last Epoch
542s	um
543s	and I think we do have an example of
545s	that coming next match
553s	I hope that answered the whole question
562s	just reread the question I could have
563s	said yes
569s	babbling Mike over here
586s	foreign
589s	cycle for a patch where we're like
593s	we're kind of getting get we're pretty
594s	far along the development cycle we're
596s	trying to make sure that the major
597s	features are like really solid good feel
600s	awesome like
603s	pretty bug free all that sort of stuff
605s	and
606s	um and it's it's usually around this
608s	time where there's like features that
610s	we've we've sort of all wanted to get in
611s	for a while and someone's like
614s	will you sneak this in yeah
617s	oh you're gonna stick this in and uh and
621s	everyone's like trying to find ways to
623s	sneak stuff in right now
625s	um that's a little uh that's good
628s	it's fun
632s	it's coming along strong which is
633s	awesome
637s	you like our game thank you
641s	I appreciate you playing our game
645s	uh just a little bit about Leslie Park
647s	been a streamer
649s	uh introduced me to it but yesterday and
651s	played a little you guys have made a fun
653s	game thank you
656s	I always love hearing about people
658s	enjoying our game
664s	I was um I sometimes play webcam Magic
668s	so like uh you just take your webcam
671s	point it down at your desk and play over
673s	over the Internet like over Discord
676s	and
677s	um my
679s	like my desk the top of my desk is just
681s	like I I my mouse pad is just a giant
683s	last Epoch play mat so I just like move
686s	my mouse and keyboard aside and play on
687s	that
688s	um and and I actually was playing
691s	against someone uh last night and uh
695s	they they recognized the play mat was
697s	like I was like I was just playing that
699s	that's so cool they're like when did you
701s	get into it and also stuff and I'm like
702s	wow
706s	kind of work on it
718s	that was cool
720s	stuff like that that I really enjoy
739s	saying that I should I should work in
742s	politics
743s	no I could I would I could eat a live
753s	we go to the first debate and someone
756s	would say something that's like
757s	technically not true but it's like not
759s	my turn to speak and I would just like
760s	start screaming at them from lying
763s	or some side something dumb like that I
765s	just wouldn't be able to keep it
766s	together
767s	see here's great because no one can talk
769s	about it
780s	was a professional developer for 18
782s	years go to devops in the last eight
784s	watch some of you guys alpha videos
786s	compared to where you are yeah that's uh
789s	the alpha videos compared to now are
790s	hilarious if if anyone's interested at
794s	all it hasn't seen one of them they'll
795s	like
797s	you can you can see a lot of the footage
798s	on our Kickstarter page
800s	um that's probably the easiest way to
802s	find a lot of that footage but there is
804s	like old Patch videos and stuff like
807s	that
808s	and like
810s	I'm I'm still proud of what we did at
812s	the time
813s	but oh my God it's like compared to now
816s	it's night and day
824s	uh I know this topic was disgust but
826s	maybe you have some new info on the
828s	damage scaling aspect for now the only
831s	way to focus on [ __ ] as much as possible
833s	except the dots we have the singularity
836s	but it's extremely weak in comparison I
838s	mean we do
840s	shave my mustache off I feel like it's
841s	just
842s	tickling my nose
844s	um
846s	as far as damage scaling diversity goes
848s	it is something that we are looking into
850s	as uh like a way to improve the game to
853s	give to give more versatile build off
855s	opportunities and
858s	um as we
861s	like as we build out like the last few
864s	classes as we build out more unique
866s	items finish up more in-game system
868s	things like that there's gonna be more
870s	uh options
873s	and and naturally there will be just
875s	like different ways to build things
878s	we are we do know that Singularity was a
881s	good start but not uh not all the way to
884s	what it needed to be sorry to say
900s	and um I I think it was a good chance
903s	that we'll we'll find room for other uh
907s	similar effects or or items that help
909s	enable that type of gameplay a little
911s	bit better
912s	um
914s	it's a it's a tough line to walk because
916s	there's so there's this opportunity cost
919s	of
920s	um of going crit where you have
923s	um
925s	like the opportunity cost is the the all
927s	the affixes that you're giving up to
929s	crit specifically
931s	um and so then those kind of have to get
932s	uh
935s	like you you generally don't want to
937s	change those into defensive offenses
939s	um and so you're looking for other
941s	offensive affixes to to use there and
943s	often they're less efficient
946s	uh or the crit the crit axes are more
948s	efficient generally speaking
951s	um because of like the the
953s	multiplicative nature of crit chance and
955s	crit multiplier
961s	um so we've looked at other ways to take
962s	advantage of crit
964s	um so it still has that that kind of
966s	effect but not
969s	um
970s	but not uses crit that makes any sense
975s	that was less successful but um
981s	we're working on it I think I think it's
983s	something that will take a little bit of
984s	time to to Really find nice spot for it
986s	I also don't think it's crazy far off
989s	I think there's I think it's also one of
990s	those things where
992s	um
994s	it's it's a fine line
1000s	and it'll sort of um
1003s	it'll flip all of a sudden
1006s	uh in a lot of cases and it's something
1008s	we want to avoid
1010s	so we don't we don't want it to go from
1011s	like well obviously you build crit in
1012s	every circumstance too well obviously
1014s	you never build crit in any circumstance
1017s	um
1019s	and I think given the choice between the
1021s	two the former is better
1025s	ouch my face
1029s	light meteor is great
1037s	make the staff one-handed I mean
1040s	it is
1047s	there any news
1049s	um maybe a migrate ssf to trade
1053s	is there any news on maybe a migrate ssf
1055s	to trade
1057s	um so trade is not like a
1061s	um
1062s	I guess it kind of is it's ssf in normal
1064s	because in in normal you'll have access
1067s	to Merchant skilled and circle of
1069s	Fortune one of which is proper trade and
1072s	one of which is proper not trade
1074s	um
1075s	so so I want to avoid using ssf versus
1078s	trade
1080s	um
1081s	no no you you can
1083s	um
1084s	if you if you have ssf or solo if you
1088s	have solo turned on you can migrate your
1091s	character from solo to not solo so
1093s	that's already in the game and it's
1094s	gonna stay
1095s	um if you're talking about cof to mg
1098s	migration yeah that's part of the
1101s	initial pitch and that's in there you
1102s	can just switch whatever you want
1113s	um if you're talking offline to online
1115s	no that will not happen hard hard no
1138s	I saw the same name say something
1140s	something I mean and so I think I may
1142s	have misinterpreted the question sorry
1145s	oh yeah
1147s	I saw a comment I'm like well teleport's
1149s	on cooldown uh not not happening
1153s	all right what am I trying to say what
1156s	are you trying to say what am I trying
1157s	to read
1169s	oh I think I know what this question is
1171s	actually you're asking if you can take
1174s	if you can take your
1177s	um
1179s	your shards
1182s	uh your crafting materials out of here
1186s	from ssf
1188s	to normal
1190s	such that you can start uh a new online
1195s	Solo character with no
1198s	um no no advancement no like free
1202s	seating of stuff with purpose of races
1205s	in mind yeah
1207s	um that's something we're working on
1208s	there's some back end changes that need
1209s	to happen to make it possible still
1211s	um
1213s	basically the back end work we've been
1215s	doing to make the entire game more
1217s	stable is is wins in priority just just
1221s	flat out wins
1223s	um so that's that's been focused on a
1225s	lot instead
1227s	um it is it is on the list we're gonna
1229s	do it we'll get there don't worry
1232s	um
1232s	I I don't think it's gonna be a 9-2
1234s	thing sorry
1242s	we've been um
1245s	there's a lot of stuff to just make the
1247s	multiplayer the core multiplayer
1248s	experience
1250s	smooth and fun and awesome
1252s	and all of that's all that's been more
1254s	important
1268s	I know I know it's frustrating
1270s	um
1271s	and a lot of the decisions we've had to
1273s	make recently have been how do we get to
1274s	1.0 the fastest with the best version of
1276s	1.0 uh and in the interim there's been a
1279s	few features that I've had to get
1280s	sidelined unfortunately
1282s	I know it's really frustrating if one of
1285s	those affecting you and I do apologize
1294s	yes
1297s	added Health Shard couple resistance
1299s	shards
1301s	it's always nice
1317s	Boop your crit I will take it
1340s	all right more questions
1342s	I want more I need your questions
1347s	what will I do without them
1352s	I will fall into a deep Slumber oh you
1355s	troll shrine
1358s	you filthy troll shrine
1365s	I got it
1369s	there's stuff to make the Clutter not
1370s	spawn around them
1372s	but there's uh it's not perfect
1385s	how long is my beard
1389s	it's not it's not actually that long
1390s	right now
1393s	like
1397s	like talking like max distance of a hair
1400s	I'm about that big
1407s	Joe's super useful given the uh the
1411s	relative
1412s	measurements you've got access to
1414s	clearly
1420s	like the width of an SSD is a two and a
1422s	half inches
1438s	SSD for scale
1443s	those are my first smts
1446s	I think
1447s	I just got like a pile of broken ones in
1449s	the corner they're all like 64 gigs 128
1451s	gigs
1458s	let's say a pile there's there's three
1472s	I've been a big fan of Ellie for a long
1474s	time awesome I had the game for at least
1476s	four years I think yeah that's it's
1478s	that's definitely possible as soon as
1480s	the road map to 1.0 implementation well
1482s	the goal for 1.0 is still this year
1486s	um
1487s	that's a level up so you know there's
1490s	there's not a ton of time left in in
1492s	that uh
1494s	that estimation
1502s	I mean yeah this is actually a great
1504s	note for me I know we were going for
1506s	stuff up here probably
1509s	damagely res is there any just like this
1514s	up here
1525s	I mean we could do like a lightning or a
1528s	build with this we're so so focused on
1530s	long range I don't think it's gonna fit
1535s	70 chance to shred armor push uh
1540s	1.0 I don't have a specific date for you
1542s	right now that I can share I'm sorry I
1544s	would love to be able to tell you A Date
1546s	um
1551s	I don't actually know the exact date I
1552s	could get pretty close
1556s	just from like
1558s	logic
1578s	you didn't deserve meteor
1593s	okay it's before 2024 that's the goal I
1597s	don't have a specific date I can share
1598s	with you or hard information I can say
1599s	yes or no to but the goal is this year
1602s	still
1619s	basically nothing goes catastrophically
1621s	wrong with the uh networking upgrades
1623s	we're doing
1630s	I know there is most likely some
1632s	deadline from the investors and
1634s	stakeholders or they beg you don't rush
1636s	into fossil like creep rally success we
1638s	are under no pressure the the the the by
1642s	far the largest pressure we have to
1644s	release the game comes from fans
1647s	um
1649s	which is very reasonable I don't wanna I
1651s	don't want to uh say that as a bad thing
1654s	um it's been it's been quite a while
1656s	we've missed a few deadlines that we've
1657s	set for ourselves
1659s	um which is not good and I think we're
1661s	gonna end up with a fantastic product
1664s	um
1668s	I hope it'll work be worth it for
1669s	everyone
1671s	but yeah we're under no time crunch from
1674s	like
1676s	there's there's no one walking into the
1677s	office going where's that build you you
1679s	should have that done by now or anything
1680s	like that
1682s	it's our deadlines are our own
1694s	which is fantastic and something that I
1696s	I don't think is is very common to have
1700s	that luxury of
1702s	of of of setting your own deadlines for
1704s	things and it's fantastic that we can
1707s	which is which is because of all of you
1709s	that we can do that
1721s	all right maybe a weird question how
1724s	many concurrent players will you aim to
1726s	be able to handle at launch
1728s	um I know we have I I don't know the
1730s	number of that I'm sorry but I know I
1732s	know that we have
1734s	um
1737s	like a lot we have a very large amount
1739s	of servers
1741s	not just from one provider that we're
1742s	talking to
1744s	um in in expectation of big spikes the
1747s	problems we've had previously funny
1749s	enough were were actually software
1751s	problems not server availability
1753s	problems like the software we wrote
1755s	wasn't able to uh properly handle that
1758s	volume it's it's totally fine with it
1760s	now
1762s	um
1766s	there's just sometimes things that like
1769s	simulations don't actually catch or test
1772s	for it's weird
1777s	there's like a fan just off to the side
1779s	here
1780s	I've just realized why my nose is so
1782s	itchy when I stream so I turn the fan on
1784s	I pointed at myself and and the fan just
1786s	just moves my my mustache here just just
1789s	enough
1791s	it's just like constantly having a
1793s	feather tickling your nose
1797s	it's wonderful
1804s	after watching pb2 do you have any new
1806s	ideas that can be applied to Le
1808s	um we try like so so this is a
1811s	um something I did a bunch last week we
1813s	we try really hard to thank you very
1816s	much uh oh it was a big one uh I'll I'll
1820s	just answer this question real quick
1822s	first
1823s	um oh it's gonna drink the whole time
1825s	yep that's fine uh the
1830s	when we're watching other games we try
1831s	really hard not to look at it as a like
1834s	list of examples of things to do and not
1837s	do
1838s	um
1839s	like like those those things will creep
1841s	in
1843s	um and and your experience with playing
1845s	other games influences how you develop
1846s	games absolutely
1848s	um and I I tried really hard personally
1851s	to like just look at a game for what
1852s	that game is mostly because it's so hard
1854s	to translate a feature directly from one
1857s	game to another because it ties into so
1858s	many other systems
1860s	um and it's it's really hard to say like
1862s	oh that was a sweet system let's add
1864s	that to Epoch well there's a few things
1866s	wrong with that
1867s	um
1868s	and
1870s	like like moral like
1874s	reasons aside there's it's it can just
1877s	be problematic and it frequently will
1879s	not end up being the same
1881s	and I think it's really helpful thanks
1883s	guys uh I'll I'll finish this first
1886s	sorry I think it's really good for us to
1889s	um if if we're going to look at a
1891s	feature in another game like that we
1893s	tend to look at it from uh what's this
1895s	feature accomplishing what's the reason
1896s	for them having it and do we need a
1898s	feature to accomplish the same thing
1901s	um
1902s	and I think I think that's a much a much
1905s	better way of looking at it
1907s	um in order to improve our game which is
1909s	the goal really
1912s	uh digital digital danger thank you so
1915s	much I think it was five gifted Subs
1917s	that's fantastic congrats everyone who
1919s	got one of those and then uh Iron Cross
1922s	sword wooden cross oh nice Iron Cross
1925s	yeah
1926s	um
1927s	Iron Cross or wooden cross got it it's
1930s	so it's so hard without the uh
1931s	capitalization in there because I assume
1933s	there's some
1934s	I don't know why it strips it all out
1937s	yep it's really easy to read in there
1940s	thank you very much that's fantastic
1943s	congrats to everyone who got one of
1944s	those
1946s	glad to have you all here
1949s	it's a train leaving the station
1950s	oh
1954s	let's go all aboard
1960s	uh
1962s	uh lots of plays gonna answer some
1964s	questions that's why I'm here
1969s	pb2 does look awesome like just for on a
1972s	personal note I will be playing it I
1974s	think it looks great
1977s	Federal thanks to the twitch Prime sub
1980s	much appreciated glad to have you with
1982s	us
1986s	fantabulous
1993s	all right more stuff more stuff more
1995s	stuff
1997s	the dev studio with no deadlines opposed
2000s	to the powers that be are you gonna real
2001s	company
2003s	uh we are a real company I swear
2007s	um
2015s	for the most part we are the powers to
2017s	be so you know it's
2020s	it's what we just don't have people to
2022s	report to that you know like that's all
2027s	you technically don't have a publisher
2042s	I saw judge hinting
2045s	at a Dodge roll might be something you
2047s	guys are considering on a Reddit thread
2049s	this is true or was just throwing stuff
2050s	out there
2051s	um no it's we have we've considered
2053s	Dodge roll uh for last Epoch on and off
2056s	for the last five years it's we've we've
2058s	had versions of it like we built the UI
2061s	we've had versions of it in the game for
2062s	internal testing like uh we and we
2065s	pulled it out again and like we we put
2067s	in a version we started working on a
2068s	version designing um like a
2070s	specializable version a generically
2072s	specializable version of a of a Dodge
2075s	roll for all classes
2077s	um we started looking at that we did we
2079s	we started doing one that had like a
2081s	full tree we started doing one that was
2082s	just like a tree stub
2084s	um
2085s	like like really really Bare Bones
2087s	version of it like a Moroccan to like
2090s	this is a weird reference to use this
2091s	because no one played it but the
2093s	Starcraft 2 original wins of Liberty
2096s	campaign
2097s	Tech Tree
2099s	like meta progression tree
2102s	which was left or right it was it was
2105s	like eight left or right choices and
2106s	that was the whole thing
2107s	um but like like we did we did a version
2109s	of it that was like along that line
2112s	um yeah we've considered Dodge roll many
2114s	many times
2116s	um and yeah seeing seeing it in
2120s	um seeing how the combat flowed in the
2123s	in the um example that was present for
2126s	uh at Exile con for poe2
2128s	um did did make us uh like evaluate what
2132s	their Dodge role was accomplishing and
2135s	if that was something that we were
2136s	already accomplishing or if it was
2138s	something that we needed in the game or
2139s	not
2142s	um
2143s	and I I think what it's accomplishing
2147s	really well is
2149s	um and and the big thing that I liked at
2150s	their dodgeball is doing is it gives you
2152s	an ability to
2154s	um
2155s	when you're designing encounters enemy
2157s	encounters boss fights even just just
2159s	trash mobs or Elites anything like that
2162s	um you can assume that the player has
2164s	access to a movement ability
2166s	um right now the only thing that we can
2168s	assume that our players have access to
2169s	are these two buttons here move
2172s	and attack those are the only things
2174s	that we can absolutely assume that a
2175s	player has
2177s	um
2179s	and and like you could generally say
2181s	like okay well they're gonna you're
2182s	gonna have like
2183s	um melee it replacement attack that's
2186s	basically just attack the better
2188s	um all classes have that as well
2190s	all classes unlock one of those at level
2192s	six I think
2194s	um
2195s	and so you can kind of assume that too
2196s	that's basically just the same as the
2198s	attack you can't assume that you have
2199s	like a fire damaging abilities you can't
2202s	say like
2203s	um oh this boss needs there's like a a
2205s	phase in this boss fight where you have
2207s	to deal a bunch of fire damage to this
2209s	spot a bunch of coal damage to this spot
2210s	and like there's like a red and a blue
2212s	crystal will pop up against a bunch of
2213s	fire damage and call damage to each one
2215s	of them to like Shadow the Crystal and
2216s	then it like moves on but you can't
2218s	guarantee that each character has access
2220s	to fire or cold damage
2222s	um
2223s	and one thing a Dodge roll does is it
2225s	guarantees that every character has
2227s	access to a oh crap movement ability to
2230s	get out of certain effects and so you
2232s	can design boss fights with that in mind
2233s	and it does open up some cool things you
2235s	can do then
2238s	um so that's that's the biggest reason
2240s	why we'd consider adding uh Dodge roll
2242s	and why we have considered any Dodge
2243s	rolling so it's fun and it's it's an
2247s	it's an active thing you can do even if
2248s	you're
2250s	um even if you're build making a build
2251s	that's that's kind of like a one button
2253s	build
2257s	like like even if you're just making a
2259s	build
2260s	that's really like okay I don't want to
2261s	do anything I want minions uh minions
2266s	minions maybe some minions and just like
2269s	finish it off with some minions
2271s	and you're like I don't want to do
2272s	anything
2274s	still having that Dodge roll button
2276s	really helps to have something to do and
2279s	and it's even even if you're not a big
2280s	fan of doing things it's still a fun
2282s	thing to do
2283s	for most people anyways
2287s	um
2291s	and I think you could there's also room
2293s	for cool effects in there too of like um
2295s	if you have like a Dodge World charge
2297s	system so you have like oh I got three
2298s	charges
2311s	that's a big sneeze
2313s	um
2314s	you can do things of like uh oh maybe
2317s	you do let's tie back in to what I was
2320s	saying earlier haha here we go
2322s	um
2323s	non-critical hit still 100 more damage
2327s	if you're at Max charge Max Dodge roll
2330s	charges and Max potion charges I don't
2332s	know
2339s	it's just another thing that you can
2341s	scale stuff off of which I think is
2344s	kind of cool
2347s	damage spreading Flames Pasha we don't
2351s	need that swell
2362s	uh did you see they announced torch like
2364s	Tuesday with a cinematic trailer I did
2366s	not
2368s	Titan Quest 2 makes a lot more sense
2372s	I did I did hear that uh crate was was
2376s	talking about
2378s	um
2382s	uh more more RPG stuff
2387s	and I know they're doing another
2389s	expansion for
2391s	um
2393s	another update at least or maybe have
2394s	done for uh your non
2399s	I've rented Torchlight or sorry Titan
2401s	Quest yeah let me say it I went to Titan
2403s	quest one for switch uh for my library a
2406s	couple years ago in the height of the
2408s	pandemic I was just renting games like
2409s	crazy wow yeah this looks real rock
2412s	paper shotguns reporting on it
2416s	Titan Quest 2 announced with handcrafted
2418s	open worlds
2420s	oh THQ Nordic it's not great oh of
2423s	course they sold it
2425s	or it's it's they they split off it's
2427s	the same people that made it but yes
2429s	sorry I got that confused
2435s	okay I'm gonna watch that later cool
2438s	very cool
2445s	remember to tag me ooh all right let's
2447s	go back and find the one that didn't
2448s	take
2456s	what's the biggest issue you guys have
2458s	run into
2460s	um multiplayer
2462s	which the first 40 years are multiplayer
2465s	problems
2468s	networking issues multiple problems
2473s	it's all it's all around there all of
2475s	them it's on I know it's kind of a
2476s	boring answer I'm sorry but like it's
2478s	all just multiplayer problems
2483s	if if multiplayer had been as easy and
2486s	smooth as we had hoped but had no reason
2488s	to expect
2490s	um
2492s	I I think like this is pure speculation
2494s	I think there's a really good chance
2496s	that we would have released to 1.0 with
2499s	without all the master classes and we
2501s	would have just been like we'll finish
2503s	them later
2520s	silly teleporting bear
2523s	I think if the classes had more variety
2525s	for Mobility some people aren't forced I
2528s	know we're not but come on yeah uh to
2530s	choose one type of Dash skill from each
2533s	class yeah
2534s	um and we are like we're adding a new uh
2536s	movement ability like we're trying to
2537s	add more movement abilities
2540s	they're really tricky to make feel
2542s	unique it's really difficult to have
2545s	um two two movement abilities in the
2547s	same class feel really unique and um
2551s	quite often the the types of one of the
2553s	ways that you can
2555s	do cool stuff Automotive ability is
2557s	trigger other abilities or add Buffs
2559s	when you reuse them and
2562s	um
2563s	having those there's there's not a lot
2565s	of things you can really do there uh
2569s	there's not a ton of options and and so
2571s	you don't end up with a lot of diversity
2573s	so having two movement skills feel
2575s	mechanically unique
2578s	is uh is tough
2580s	but yeah next next batch one of the
2582s	classes is going up to three movement
2583s	skills
2589s	total you can't have all three at the
2590s	same time I don't think
2597s	I don't know if you can I have no idea
2599s	if they're locked or not I'm sorry
2603s	they all share cooldowns so there's no
2605s	point in having them at the same time
2606s	anyways but yeah
2624s	more questions please don't forget to
2626s	put atlasty [ __ ] in the question so I
2629s	see what it is it pops out of me I can
2632s	answer it
2638s	uh when's the next content update I do
2640s	not have a specific date for you
2643s	um
2644s	we are we are very much moving along
2648s	um you can kind of get pretty good idea
2651s	of it if you think about it logically
2653s	with the information that's available so
2654s	the information that's available the
2656s	next patch is not 1.0 we are still
2658s	planning on releasing 1.0 this year
2662s	you probably get a pretty good idea of
2663s	when the next one's coming roughly
2671s	we're also going to be at Gamescom
2675s	in um
2678s	uh in Germany on August 21st 22nd
2684s	and third somewhere in there
2689s	and um
2692s	we'll be sharing lots of info then
2695s	not not just dates but just like info on
2697s	cool things that are coming and upcoming
2699s	plans and all sort of stuff so yeah keep
2702s	an eye on that
2709s	my poison res is seven awesome yeah we
2713s	cannot stand in those pools
2715s	seven eight seven
2719s	oh my goodness run
2723s	you clear those pools when it dies
2727s	what problems of multiplayer you try to
2729s	solve
2730s	um I mean so there's there's there's
2732s	tons of stuff in multiplayer they're
2734s	problematic but like
2737s	um
2740s	our type of Graphics are gonna be a good
2741s	temper teaser oh yeah okay here I'll
2743s	toss this up a long time
2747s	here is
2748s	um
2750s	so in in the chapter Zed rework that we
2753s	did recently the sorry the chapter one
2755s	rework that we did recently
2757s	um there's a
2760s	like a ton of new tech that we've that
2761s	we created specifically for level design
2763s	and we're now starting to apply those to
2766s	other parts of the game so this is an
2767s	area that already exists in the game but
2769s	we're Shining
2770s	a little bit
2772s	the old elbow grease
2774s	um
2776s	so what problems are multiple are you
2778s	trying to solve
2779s	um so so it's a lot of things it's it's
2781s	um
2782s	load time
2784s	um it's
2787s	uh having like your your character your
2790s	friends list update quickly
2792s	I know you can't see behind it but like
2793s	things like that it seems silly but like
2796s	um
2797s	you know just just really reliable
2799s	multiplayer services
2805s	the key stuff we're working on
2825s	hers I appreciate the uh
2831s	changing date and time format somehow
2839s	uh do you plan on updating offline mode
2842s	the same gameplay as online mode uh are
2846s	they not the same right now question
2848s	mark
2850s	yes
2854s	there's certain things that just won't
2856s	work in offline for example the bazaar
2858s	so for trading
2860s	um like residences won't drop it offline
2862s	because there's no reason for them to
2865s	um but other than that we're gonna keep
2867s	updating it like we do
2871s	uh when new skills are added or
2873s	masteries there are bugs expected yes
2876s	but is there any concern about releasing
2878s	three masteries a bunch of skills at 1.0
2880s	of bugs drink game release I mean
2883s	absolutely
2885s	um we've been we've been uh working to
2891s	um
2893s	make make our cut off we we live up to
2896s	our name for our company name of 11th
2898s	Hour games a lot of stuff happens at the
2900s	very last second a lot of stuff happens
2902s	at the very last second
2904s	um and it's not good and we've really
2906s	been working hard this is one of the
2907s	things we've been doing to improve our
2908s	our workflow as a company is to
2911s	um cut off development a lot earlier for
2913s	patches and spend a lot more time in
2916s	testing where we're like we like some
2919s	people have moved on to the next patch
2920s	people aren't trying to sneak things
2922s	into the last second
2924s	um which I am like one of the if not the
2926s	worst offender of that
2929s	um
2930s	and
2931s	uh just like more time and testing
2934s	um we've we've resurrected the CT
2935s	program
2937s	um
2939s	we're starting to in the process of that
2941s	uh to get community testing back online
2945s	um because yeah there's there's stuff
2947s	coming for this patch that like
2949s	um
2950s	we're already like looking at it going
2952s	we don't have much time to change stuff
2954s	uh we need some feedback now
2975s	oh I want to answer questions I see them
2977s	I want them put them in my brain
2983s	but I don't want to die
2989s	yeah like
2994s	let's go up
3000s	uh there used to be a portal frame Thing
3003s	by the entrance of the model to fate 4.9
3006s	but that was it and when when do we get
3009s	to know who
3011s	who Nanny your business guy was
3016s	ah
3021s	Nice kill Cyber Wars
3024s	uh okay there used to be a portal frame
3027s	Thing by the entrance of the model of
3029s	the Fate the 4.9
3032s	what was it and when do we get to know
3034s	who the Nana your business guy was
3037s	I have no idea the answer to any of that
3040s	I'm sorry
3049s	I'm sorry I I don't know
3055s	good one for us
3057s	I'm sure you heard about the issue that
3060s	blizzard is having with stash tabs in D4
3062s	yeah that was a while ago I know that in
3065s	this game it's not a big problem but on
3067s	the side note uh do you all
3070s	do you all uh do you all also use
3074s	the load each player stashed has when
3076s	you see their characters I would help
3077s	them
3078s	um no we don't do that
3080s	um and and
3082s	um I heard some I heard some really
3084s	interesting theories as to why they were
3086s	doing it
3088s	um and I thought it was really cool and
3089s	this is something that I
3091s	um I like to highlight when when we're
3093s	talking about like
3095s	this topic
3097s	um is that I think there is a good
3098s	reason why this could have been
3100s	implemented and um I think there's
3102s	there's multiple good reasons why this
3104s	would have been implemented
3106s	um I do not know why it was implemented
3108s	I do not know if they had a good reason
3109s	to implement it but I think that there
3110s	could have been a good reason to
3112s	implement it
3113s	um and until we have more information on
3115s	it I I I think it's reasonable to give
3118s	them the benefit of the doubt on it
3120s	um
3121s	the coolest one I heard was that they
3123s	were going to use
3125s	um everyone basically the way that
3128s	um in a weird way that like crypto Works
3131s	um is that they were gonna use each
3134s	um and I'm sorry I know it's like a
3136s	crazy oversimplification so I know this
3138s	is not actually how it really works but
3140s	it's it's kind of similar it's got some
3141s	it is whatever
3143s	um is is using each player to validate
3145s	every other players
3148s	um stash that you come in contact with
3149s	So like
3150s	um give each item a unique ID and then
3154s	um whenever someone like if two people
3156s	have the same unique ID in there
3157s	inventory or maybe it like records and
3159s	unique IDs it's scene and who had them
3164s	and then there's like some sort of way
3166s	to validate who has it still or
3167s	something like that like like using
3169s	players to validate everyone else's
3171s	inventory for duplicated items
3174s	I thought it was a really interesting
3175s	idea I have no idea if they're doing it
3178s	or not or if it would even be viable if
3180s	they were trying to but um I that was
3182s	the coolest one that I heard
3184s	I had a few theories of my own that were
3185s	nowhere near as good I can't where they
3187s	are now
3192s	but no we're we we have we have no
3195s	reason to do that ourselves
3197s	um
3198s	so uh we're not doing it right now
3205s	right now when you load in another
3206s	another character joins your game like
3208s	the information you get for that
3210s	character is super minimalistic
3213s	um you get their visuals
3217s	like like the like it's what model to
3220s	load and what is the visual piece that
3223s	they're having like like if if they've
3226s	got MTX on you don't even know what
3229s	they're wearing underneath their MCX
3232s	uh just like since it's the visuals like
3235s	this is what the show show this on the
3237s	screen
3238s	so that's it
3244s	uh you may get some core stats action
3246s	you may get health and mana and Ward
3249s	that's possible in order for it to be
3252s	able to
3254s	um
3256s	calculate reward visuals above the
3258s	health bar that little little Ward
3260s	sliver there being able to calculate the
3262s	um like break points that it gets
3265s	because it's an infinite size health bar
3267s	or Ward buyer
3270s	um
3271s	which may not be displayed for allies
3272s	anyway so we may not send that info
3279s	we we already send way too much Network
3281s	traffic we don't need to have more
3286s	right now that's one of the things we're
3288s	trying to fix is producing Network
3289s	traffic
3296s	all right is trading coming with 1.0 or
3298s	before
3299s	um it's not coming before 1.0 before 1.0
3302s	would mean next patch it's not coming
3304s	next patch it's not done
3306s	um
3308s	yeah
3312s	we are still working on implementation
3316s	uh
3319s	the UI has been designed not implemented
3323s	looks fantastic it's not finished but
3325s	looks fantastic what's there
3327s	um
3334s	we're working hard to get real powerful
3335s	search and sort functions in there
3338s	um
3344s	like really specific details I know one
3347s	the
3348s	um the loot filter intentionally leaves
3350s	things out so there's very intentionally
3352s	things that you cannot specify in your
3355s	loot filter
3357s	I'm not really planning on changing that
3358s	too much it's like because the feedings
3359s	were changing there to make it a little
3360s	bit better or a little bit more open but
3363s	um for the most part like so there's a
3364s	bunch of things that your loot filter
3365s	just can't do
3367s	um and we're not putting the same
3369s	restrictions on bizarre assertion sort
3372s	wow
3376s	so you'll be able to specify berries the
3378s	planet it's not finished yet so like the
3380s	plan is builds that's right very very
3382s	specific items
3384s	um
3386s	for example filtering by legendary
3388s	potential is something that we are
3389s	planning on doing for the bazaar but is
3391s	not available in the blue filter
3400s	there's way more specific things but
3402s	that's just
3403s	the one that comes to top
3405s	I love the controller sport for gameplay
3407s	but the interface is a serious struggle
3409s	any chance any plans to improve upon
3411s	that absolutely there's improvements
3414s	coming next match and I know there's
3415s	more improvements playing for patch
3416s	after that and I would be surprised if
3418s	there's not plans for improvements after
3419s	that too but yes that is definitely
3421s	being improved upon
3424s	uh can we get insight into when the next
3426s	big update is coming called into work
3429s	meaning sorry yeah I said this ready
3430s	that's fine
3431s	um we are I don't have a date for you
3434s	um
3436s	I should put this up on the screen
3437s	probably I don't have a date for the
3439s	next patch
3440s	um I would advise you to keep an eye on
3444s	major gaming news events that are
3446s	happening soon for
3449s	um major news regarding less ebook that
3452s	last debug developers may be going to
3455s	wink
3457s	wink
3466s	it's okay I think I'm funny
3469s	um
3470s	hello hello is there a plan to let
3473s	people save their stash layouts so you
3475s	don't have to reset up all of our stash
3477s	of every week obviously you need to buy
3479s	the stash tabs if you if you want to use
3482s	it um we don't have a plan for that at
3484s	the moment
3485s	um there are a few stash upgrade
3488s	um features that we've we've talked
3490s	about and looked at doing
3491s	um that I'd really like to put in
3494s	I I don't I don't know specifically
3496s	which ones will get the green light that
3498s	is one that has come up in the past
3501s	um
3508s	I I think that's probably one of those
3510s	features that's like
3514s	if I could like
3515s	go
3518s	and like clone myself for a month my
3521s	clone could do it
3522s	but we probably won't have time to
3524s	finish it by 1.0 type thing
3526s	um the masteries are going to take uh on
3530s	of work the 1.0 Mastery stretch will be
3533s	the most skills we've ever implemented
3535s	in that period of time before
3538s	um and our pipeline for it is more in
3541s	depth and has more features like more
3544s	steps along than we've ever had before
3545s	as well so like yeah it's gonna be a lot
3548s	of time spent on that
3555s	foreign
3559s	hey
3560s	hello
3563s	3 000 hour Poe player here that's a lot
3566s	I bet you know more about Peewee than I
3568s	do
3571s	I'll answer your question in a second
3573s	I'm sorry
3576s	armor I don't like that one it is
3577s	actually good receipt fancy blows not
3579s	terrible
3581s	not right
3584s	uh
3587s	I've raised two characters in different
3588s	patches in last Epoch and I would say
3590s	that crafting and gearing is your
3592s	strongest part thank you would you mind
3594s	to share any insights on updating the
3596s	in-game and adding more story and more
3598s	boss fights thanks absolutely sure
3601s	um yes we're doing those things a lot
3604s	um
3605s	the
3608s	uh I had
3610s	I had a bit of like I was I was playing
3613s	um I was playing some late night sieve a
3615s	few weeks back
3617s	um
3619s	I had I had a really good idea for a
3622s	boss mechanic that I I'm gonna try and
3624s	get in at some point
3628s	um
3633s	I I don't go into too many details on it
3635s	but yeah
3637s	um new new end game Boss Fights
3639s	especially like a pinnacle boss fight
3640s	and like uh like a Capstone content So
3643s	like
3644s	um
3644s	in in Diablo 2 for reality like killing
3647s	Diablo
3649s	um type content where you're like this
3651s	is this is like wow I did it I made a
3655s	character that did it
3656s	um and and having having that type of
3660s	content is really important to us
3662s	um we want to get it right I think that
3664s	putting that type of content into
3667s	uh not the caliber we want to would be
3671s	more damaging than delaying it slightly
3674s	um I'd be surprised if that like
3677s	pinnacle pinnacle boss actually lands by
3679s	1.0 I really hope we get a chance to get
3681s	it in but I'd be surprised
3685s	um we are expanding the chapters for the
3687s	campaign
3689s	um we are expanding end game
3692s	um the biggest thing that we want that
3694s	we're looking to expand into for our
3696s	Indian systems is what I've been calling
3698s	unexpected content
3700s	um and it's something that Poe really
3701s	thrives with it's it's the you're going
3704s	along you're in a map and hey look at
3706s	this map device just chilling here I
3708s	have got another map I can go into
3709s	inside this map or uh the classic like
3713s	um D3 treasure Goblin uh
3717s	and and you you walk up to it it's just
3719s	like hey shiny I'm gonna run away but if
3722s	you catch me and kill me it's like a
3723s	leprechaun it's like a Dark Twisted
3724s	leprechaun I just realized that
3726s	um
3727s	and
3730s	um
3731s	like like that type of mechanic where
3733s	it's just like really really brief and
3735s	it stay in the same space but it's like
3736s	it's like a mini Quest that happens
3739s	and there's a big reward for it or a
3740s	specific reward for it
3742s	um and and things so things like that
3744s	adding that into the game I'm very
3746s	intentionally not saying the first thing
3748s	we're adding in that category but we
3750s	will continue to add more things in that
3751s	category as time goes on as well
3755s	um more dungeons uh more types of
3758s	monoliths
3759s	um more completely Unique in-game
3762s	Systems
3763s	um
3771s	there's it'll take us a long time to get
3774s	up to the volume of end game content
3776s	that uh Poe has because oh my goodness
3779s	it's a lot
3781s	um
3783s	but but yeah we're we're definitely
3785s	working on it we know that that's a very
3786s	very key part of the arpg
3791s	um like gameplay Loop and font challenge
3803s	I left a few shards behind
3807s	I like those ones
3814s	it's cold that is a nice one but it's
3815s	not for us
3818s	surge
3820s	I mean there's the lighting damage but
3822s	it's only half of an idol for us
3832s	we don't Channel anything do we
3834s	all right 650.
3838s	let's go
3843s	uh just my feedback for the game Minion
3845s	seal better the D4 don't change it thank
3848s	you very much
3849s	we actually are making a change to
3851s	maintenance coming next patch
3853s	uh right now you can press a to Target
3856s	your Armenians at a specific location uh
3858s	if you have minions out and you press a
3860s	to Target a specific location and have
3862s	your meetings move to that location it
3864s	will
3865s	um it will do the
3867s	uh those that little arrow thing that
3870s	you can see right now that it's on the
3871s	ground
3872s	when I move myself
3874s	a little red version of that will show
3877s	up to say like hey you're saying your
3878s	minions here
3881s	just so you know where you're sending
3882s	them specifically
3886s	and a little bit feedback that your
3887s	command actually registered
3896s	it's kind of a joke answer because we're
3898s	not really doing much to change it yet
3900s	uh we probably will add some more
3901s	features into the minions to get them to
3904s	a little bit more control that's
3905s	something that we know that we think is
3906s	missing from our minions is
3909s	um a little bit more granular control
3913s	uh in the sense of
3916s	um I guess being able to set
3917s	personalities a little bit sometimes you
3920s	want your wolves to really be front line
3922s	ahead of you pushing pushing pushing
3924s	sometimes you don't
3926s	um
3927s	and being able to control that just a
3930s	little bit just to give them a little
3932s	bit of a like offensive defensive type
3934s	mentality we think would be really
3936s	really good
3939s	we're not quite ready for it yet
3947s	something is going on here do you guys
3949s	see that on the screen there's like
3959s	something was going on there that was
3960s	weird
3963s	uh is there a best time to apply for a
3965s	spot in the music team or any team with
3967s	no active open spots like before after
3970s	patch close to release maybe after a
3971s	release close to the first cycle is
3973s	there even the best time
3975s	um yes I would put the best time uh
3979s	between
3981s	three weeks and uh a month and a half
3988s	three weeks and a month and a half after
3990s	a patch release
3991s	I think is the best maybe uh shorter
3994s	than that three weeks to a month three
3996s	three to four weeks after a patch is
3998s	like the the most optimal time
4001s	um because
4004s	um
4007s	yeah no one's those no one's freaking
4009s	out because of the patch we're like
4011s	we're into the next patch development
4013s	cycle
4014s	um
4019s	that's when you're most likely to get
4020s	someone's attention in time
4031s	thirsty boy today
4035s	water is good uh there used to be an NPC
4038s	under the models of Fate entrance
4041s	um where his dialogue is you asking him
4043s	who he was and he'd do a knock knock
4046s	joke and then go knock knock uh who is
4050s	it Nana Nana who in any of business ah
4053s	nice okay
4058s	somehow I think I missed this I had no
4061s	idea this is the thing uh that's
4063s	hilarious
4065s	um
4069s	I I know exactly you wrote that and it
4071s	makes total sense it's very
4074s	um
4083s	yeah that's that's probably not coming
4085s	back maybe it'll be like a reference to
4087s	it or something we we sneak things are
4089s	like that's cool
4092s	that's funny
4095s	uh Poe already uses item ID since
4097s	forever even each map has a unique ID
4099s	yep I
4103s	I'm pretty far behind here now so sorry
4105s	about that I'll do this to catch up but
4107s	yeah this is talking about the Diablo
4108s	item thing again yeah I I just want to
4110s	be clear I have no idea if they why they
4113s	were doing it was a good idea or if the
4115s	reason I suggested was a good reason
4116s	even at all sorry
4120s	um just just so I didn't want to
4122s	uh vilify them for doing something that
4125s	was possibly the right decision just
4127s	without all the information we just
4128s	don't know
4131s	that's all
4147s	all right just curiosity from a
4150s	developer that works on a more corporate
4152s	world uh how is the architecture of a
4155s	game server Service uh our micro
4157s	services or model or something else
4160s	um
4163s	I don't do enough of the back end
4165s	development to really answer this
4166s	question properly
4169s	um we do I do know that we have some
4171s	things that are like we do we do both
4173s	depends on what it is so
4175s	um like the logon servers for example
4178s	are are very different functionality and
4180s	like the we call our matchmaking server
4182s	which it doesn't do matchmaking in the
4184s	when you say matchmaking everyone
4185s	assumes uh it means one thing and it
4188s	does mean that but uh that's not the way
4190s	we use matchmaking for our matchmaking
4192s	server uh so that one's the big one
4196s	um that is
4198s	uh more more monolithic
4203s	but um yeah it's
4207s	if you'd like more info on that you can
4209s	uh ask on the Discord and I can I can
4211s	try and find someone answer specific
4212s	questions but uh I'm more of a I need
4216s	more of the gameplay development stuff
4218s	uh and and I'm not a network engineer
4221s	we get much much smarter people much
4223s	more smarter people than I yes much more
4225s	smarter people than I that's right uh
4230s	which we're always looking for more so
4231s	if anyone wants or knows a lot about
4233s	game video game networking and uh wants
4237s	to be wants to work on Epoch with uh as
4239s	a network engineer
4241s	posting on our website
4252s	uh I think I'm pretty far behind so this
4254s	question does the game load up fuel
4255s	stash tabs if not what do you think
4256s	about the idea
4258s	um I I I'm gonna just assume that you've
4261s	heard me answer this question uh in the
4263s	last few minutes
4264s	sorry if you if you'd like me answer it
4266s	again I can
4267s	uh what can we look forward to regarding
4269s	the Warlock Mastery I was expecting uh
4271s	we get the Lich I was expecting what we
4274s	get with the Lich I'm ultra excited
4277s	um yeah so we
4279s	I can't give you too many details on the
4281s	Warlock
4282s	um are sort of like theme Touchstone is
4285s	Jafar from Aladdin
4287s	like
4288s	90s I think animated Aladdin Jafar
4293s	is I think a the Touchstone I don't want
4296s	you to go into details on uh abilities
4298s	what he can do that sort of stuff I'm
4300s	definitely pretty far from what their
4302s	their actual abilities but that feel of
4304s	like I am a dark wizard I am a powerful
4308s	sorcerer
4310s	that doesn't care about rules to get the
4313s	job done
4315s	um
4316s	so probably more similar mechanically to
4319s	the sorcerer a little bit in certain
4321s	ways
4322s	um
4325s	just like in like like uh
4330s	but with with a acolyte spin on it more
4337s	there's some Unique Mechanics coming for
4339s	it too
4342s	I I know I just said literally no
4345s	information about what's actually
4346s	happening and I'm sorry but I can't
4348s	share yet I'd love to
4351s	estimate a couple months
4353s	a few months actually
4358s	I hope we do like a little a pre-teaser
4360s	with it
4377s	if you're wondering why I'm activating
4379s	flame Ward and then teleporting in
4380s	before I start meteoring like crazy
4382s	flameboard gives me
4384s	um
4385s	uh Mana
4388s	efficiency
4389s	it's all my spells are cheaper basically
4390s	and then teleport makes my next spell
4392s	fully refunded so I do cheaper spells
4395s	teleport in cheaper refund the next Bell
4398s	and then have a bunch of cheap meteors
4400s	to span
4408s	because momana's not so good yet
4414s	uh no not gonna lie as a new Poe player
4418s	the amount of ending stuff is just an
4420s	overall content is so overwhelming it's
4422s	a turn off yeah there's
4424s	um I I don't think that's uncommon
4426s	feedback is that it can be a little
4428s	overwhelming
4429s	um I think I think a lot of the reason
4432s	that can be
4434s	um is problematic or or whatever is um
4437s	the the desire or maybe the being pushed
4440s	to
4442s	pushes might be the wrong word but just
4444s	having having too many things
4447s	feel like it's optimal to complete all
4449s	of them
4455s	because I know you can ignore a bunch of
4457s	those
4458s	um
4460s	a bunch of those things and still do
4462s	quite well especially as a new player
4465s	um I mean I'm sure the mic
4468s	the pros
4471s	um
4472s	take it all into account but
4477s	I think I think
4479s	the
4480s	I don't know how this is I think there's
4482s	sort of a natural draw to do it all
4487s	um which can be problematic when there
4489s	is a lot in all
4494s	even if you don't need to do it all
4497s	that making sense
4507s	the lightning storm is so great it's
4509s	just just
4511s	uh I'm so happy we got the staff
4515s	so happy I got I gotta like go in and
4517s	actually
4519s	um
4520s	change some stuff because I've got some
4521s	fire damage stuff still I think
4524s	which is really useless now
4528s	I've got a couple things that are like
4529s	if you use two elements
4531s	well we're pure lightning now maybe
4534s	all right as you know the game Loop
4538s	drops are random
4540s	uh but some items are more important for
4542s	certain builds such as the item for
4544s	squirrel build uh to be used will there
4546s	be any way to maybe craft certain items
4548s	that are required for specific builds to
4550s	work um yeah so we do give um I guess
4553s	this is sort of the general like
4554s	overarching term for Target farming
4557s	like hey I'm I need this this item for
4559s	this build
4561s	um I I need a way that I can focus I can
4564s	change my actions my play pattern to
4568s	sacrifice other item drops in favor of
4571s	these specific item drops to curate your
4574s	lead that you're gonna find to focus on
4576s	specific pieces to complete your build
4578s	um and
4581s	um we we do have a few things that we do
4583s	with this and we're definitely going to
4584s	be adding more
4586s	um the the key ways we have this right
4588s	now
4590s	here we go I can do what I swear uh root
4593s	of ascendance so this lets you take an
4595s	item and like a rare item and put it
4600s	onto a helmet
4602s	um and then that helmet will turn into a
4603s	unique helmet
4606s	um and so you can do this to try and get
4609s	the scroll
4612s	um chatter no hell of the security and
4616s	um
4620s	uh that's I
4621s	think that's because it was this that
4623s	designed that item and that's how he got
4624s	it was two in ascendants which is pretty
4626s	sweet
4627s	and so yeah you can like see you've got
4629s	this resource this is sentence resource
4631s	that you're finding
4632s	and uh if you if you just used one on
4636s	the helmet the one on the name of the
4637s	one on a weapon then one on a chest and
4638s	one another random one on a belt you
4640s	know like you you would homogenize your
4642s	chances of getting all the items by
4644s	doing that
4645s	um but you can focus them so you're like
4647s	oh I really want this helmet so I'm
4648s	going to use all of them on helmets to
4649s	try and get the helmet that I'm looking
4650s	for
4651s	um so that lets you target Farm helmets
4654s	um we've also put into place
4656s	um the so the
4659s	um model of this kind of split up into
4660s	two sides left and right the right is
4661s	mostly stats the left is mostly
4664s	um uh
4666s	Target farming stuff basically
4668s	um
4670s	so yeah here this increased one-handed
4672s	mace drop rate so I can go back to this
4673s	one and get a different drop rate
4675s	increase so maybe one of them has
4677s	helmets in there or which one it is
4679s	um where you can be like oh I have an
4681s	increased chance to draw helmets now so
4683s	you find more helmets
4685s	um you find when it's like increased
4686s	chance to drop unique items if you find
4687s	more unique items and you start you can
4689s	start to like stack your odds a little
4691s	bit of finding them then there's
4692s	um each one of these models has specific
4695s	uh nodes in it
4698s	I'm not gonna do that right now because
4699s	I'll break it but there's specific nodes
4702s	in a specific unique item types so you
4704s	can you can Target that specific model
4706s	to increase your odds of getting that
4709s	unique item
4711s	um
4711s	uh you can also then uh the dungeon
4715s	there's like a dungeon of the Day stuff
4716s	so you can like pick the helmets show up
4719s	there to increase your odds of getting
4721s	it again
4722s	um
4723s	what other ways to talk about things are
4725s	there so yeah there's there's ways to
4727s	increase your odds of finding those
4729s	items definitely already so you can like
4730s	you can you can do a lot to kind of
4732s	curate the items you find and improve
4734s	the odds of getting specific items
4736s	um
4739s	when item factions comes out we'll also
4742s	so the circle of force there's two
4743s	adding factions if you don't if you
4745s	don't know anything if you don't know
4746s	about this yet and you want to go into
4747s	depth on exactly this is going to be
4749s	check out our forums there's a big long
4750s	post on it
4751s	um but you have Circle fortune and
4753s	Merchants Guild uh and they will they're
4755s	sort of the trade and not trade are the
4757s	two options there
4760s	essentially what it boils down to so if
4762s	you pick Merchant scale you have access
4763s	to trade it's an auction house style
4764s	system
4766s	um you'll be able to just get enough
4768s	gold and buy a Herald that someone else
4769s	found great Target farming over
4771s	um in circular Fortune you'll be able to
4774s	uh invest in these uh prophecies which
4777s	will help you try to find a specific
4779s	thing so maybe you can I don't we don't
4782s	have all the prophecies designed yet so
4783s	I don't know what they're going to be
4784s	but hypothetically there might be one
4786s	something similar to
4788s	the next time you find uh a unique
4791s	helmet it will be one that has a minimum
4794s	item level of 50. I don't know
4799s	or the next unique item you find will be
4801s	a helmet
4803s	you know it's like there's there's
4804s	things we're gonna we're adding in to
4808s	um to help with Target farming uh on on
4812s	both sides of that that decision so then
4815s	that'll go with the options we already
4816s	have as well
4819s	don't remember your question exactly I'm
4821s	sorry but I think the short answer is
4823s	yes
4833s	I get lost in questions sometimes whoops
4841s	all right I just want to punch and kick
4844s	stuff to death uh do you think class
4846s	architect like that ever exists in Le I
4848s	do think it will
4850s	um
4853s	I have a good idea as to where it might
4856s	show up
4858s	um
4859s	it won't be by 1.0 I can tell you that
4861s	for sure for certain
4863s	um and I'm I can't guarantee because I
4865s	don't know for sure what else are but
4866s	like we do we do have tentative plans
4868s	for that type of archetype to show up in
4871s	one of two places right now
4874s	um
4875s	yeah
4877s	we do have we do have a little bit of an
4880s	unarmed liability there's those unique
4882s	item that came out recently that can
4883s	that helps you do a little bit of
4885s	unarmed stuff but not fully
4891s	your ads are some people seen your game
4893s	I don't run any ads ads I don't know
4895s	what you're seeing I'm sorry
4900s	maybe I do run ads and I just don't know
4902s	maybe this is like default ads turned on
4905s	if there's ads if there's default ads
4908s	running
4909s	that I can turn off
4912s	I would
4914s	I don't know if they are
4916s	sorry
4919s	if you mean this one above my head
4920s	that's that's our charity that's
4922s	sticking there I'm not moving that we
4924s	stream for Charities all the money from
4925s	our stream goes to them all of it
4928s	changes every month
4933s	yes it's the bunny pilot summons the
4935s	fire snooty smelliest their weapon to
4937s	fly around for some reason
4938s	remember oh my God I'm far behind on
4941s	questions Mike Mike hurry up what are
4943s	you doing uh I suspected it's something
4946s	to do with the prevention duping since
4948s	blizzard is generally racist regarding
4949s	exploits yep a multiplayer uh we can
4952s	instantly teleport out of an echo any
4954s	chance that gets implemented single
4955s	player in the future ah interesting yes
4957s	there is slightly different things
4960s	um
4961s	it's it's possible
4963s	um that's actually possible
4966s	uh the way the Echoes load
4969s	in multiplayer there's actually that so
4972s	the echo of a world I think it's called
4974s	world's M rest is this is this
4976s	underlying scene name
4978s	um Sam rest is it physically exists in
4981s	the scene that we're in right now way
4982s	off in the middle of nowhere
4984s	um
4986s	and
4989s	um which is why it used to come out of
4992s	an echo and you'd always run to the left
4993s	that's why because the echo of a world
4995s	was always really far to the right of
4999s	everything all whatever Echo was loaded
5001s	so whenever you'd come out of the into
5003s	Mrs
5005s	um you'd immediately start trying to get
5006s	back to the position you were at before
5008s	and you start running left
5011s	um
5014s	and
5025s	and um I I hope we can add that in if if
5027s	not uh there might be some there might
5029s	just be one of the slight difference
5030s	between on and offline
5034s	uh your front end and there is a back
5038s	end where the game calculation actually
5039s	runs for the calculations on Unity
5041s	itself
5042s	um well our back end is built in unity
5046s	um so like we we have like we build a
5049s	server version of the game and we build
5051s	a client version of the game and so the
5053s	client and each one of them does
5055s	different calculations
5057s	um because there's like the client
5058s	version of the game has to be able to do
5060s	all of those same calculations for
5061s	offline mode
5063s	um the the the offline client basically
5066s	is the server and it's not quite it's
5068s	not true there's
5069s	um it acts as its own server in in many
5072s	ways
5073s	um
5074s	but it doesn't come bundled with the
5077s	server code so there's lots of things
5079s	like when we're writing code
5081s	um you can like you can put these these
5084s	they're called if defs
5086s	um
5087s	or like uh scope defines probably the
5090s	real name I don't know the real name for
5091s	them is
5092s	um but where it like only actually
5094s	includes the code when you're making
5096s	when you say like make a server build
5098s	anything that's like inside an if def
5101s	it's like in unity editor or uh in uh I
5105s	don't we call it Unity clients or
5106s	something like that or I don't know what
5108s	we call it exactly they might say not
5109s	server yeah if I say not server
5112s	um
5113s	it like doesn't compile that or does
5116s	compile it if it needs to and so like it
5117s	it builds a different version of the
5119s	code base for the online and offline
5120s	client and servers
5128s	but it's all built in unity
5131s	it's not all those needy technically
5134s	some of it is like uh Cloud Scripts
5141s	uh the mob that's causing the flying
5144s	weapons oh yeah we talked about that
5147s	so for warlock kind of like Destruction
5150s	Warlock in WoW uh crit heavy uh I I
5154s	don't wanna
5157s	and read the whole question here
5159s	um
5160s	so for warlock kind of like a
5162s	Destruction Warlock and wow crit heavy
5164s	with I'm guessing a focused damage type
5166s	uh bit crits with void necrotic damage
5169s	kind of idea
5170s	um there's a lot in there that's not
5172s	accurate for what we're doing
5174s	um
5175s	but there are some similar themes and I
5177s	don't want to go into too much detail
5181s	sorry
5184s	uh hi Mike the void nights Echoes always
5187s	happen too late against most enemies
5189s	except bosses uh is it's a skill design
5192s	choice or can we expect change like a
5194s	shorter time for the echo strengths
5197s	um we we don't have any plans to make
5199s	that change at the moment um it's it's
5201s	possible it's something that I could see
5203s	maybe doing as a um like an item or a
5207s	node or something like that sounds like
5209s	a cool effect I'd be very surprised if
5212s	we
5213s	um
5215s	change the Baseline time for it
5218s	um
5219s	but I can see that being a cool like uh
5225s	um
5227s	skill specialization
5229s	Avenue angle thing
5234s	uh considering sets no changes yet sorry
5237s	uh will you allow us to transform a set
5240s	piece into another random set piece to
5241s	help us complete sets or do you plan for
5243s	us to have to find each set piece the
5246s	hard way
5247s	um
5248s	I think with
5250s	we don't have any plans for converting
5253s	set pieces at the moment
5255s	um
5257s	I think there's lots of opportunities
5259s	for
5261s	um specific it's it's crafting specific
5265s	crafting on unique items essentially
5267s	settings
5269s	um through dungeon rewards I think it's
5271s	a good place to put things like that and
5273s	I think there's lots of time to add
5274s	those Dental rewards there is also some
5276s	changes to set items which are not
5278s	implemented yet they're planned they're
5280s	not done we're working on it it's gonna
5281s	be a bit still
5282s	um that will change how you ask that
5287s	question
5289s	I don't know how else to say that
5290s	without giving anything away
5293s	um
5306s	all right Mike don't die
5308s	It's actually an opportunity to die here
5311s	we have decent Fire Res
5315s	funny how they always died in the things
5316s	that I had bad resistance to
5322s	uh you talked about unarmed stuff
5324s	earlier and mentioned handle judgment oh
5326s	yeah I kind of mentioned I see the
5327s	chords nice hold on uh I think you also
5329s	said fist weapons will come uh in the
5332s	past yes so my question is will future
5334s	fist slippins work with this unique and
5336s	a shield
5337s	um
5339s	I think the unique will need to be
5340s	evaluated when we do decide to add fist
5342s	weapons
5344s	um I if we're going by the letter of the
5346s	law with how they're worded and all that
5348s	sort of stuff Philippines will count as
5349s	being armed and will not work with
5352s	um him judgment uh that might change we
5355s	might look at it and evaluate it and
5357s	change something but the if we're going
5359s	all things being equal it will not work
5361s	the way you want it to work
5364s	uh so when will the five six year beta
5367s	end
5368s	um hopefully this year
5370s	all things go to plan
5377s	I'm really excited to take that beta
5379s	early access label off and be like
5381s	game
5383s	play
5385s	have fun enjoy
5389s	we're gonna spend the next 10 years
5390s	updating it
5393s	that's fair on not too much detail in
5395s	the Warlock but I'm super excited me too
5396s	I think it's gonna be a lot of fun
5397s	there's uh one ability in particular
5400s	that I know the the visuals have been
5402s	tested for we've
5404s	um did some early testing on visuals for
5406s	uh for world the new warlock abilities
5408s	that are being added before a new
5409s	warlock abilities that are being added
5410s	one of them is coming from acolyte being
5412s	pushed into warlocks that's why I say
5413s	four
5416s	um and
5420s	uh
5421s	we we made some new movements
5425s	like the way that abilities move through
5428s	the game Space
5430s	um visually we added some new tech for
5432s	changing that
5434s	uh for some for one of the Warlock
5435s	abilities
5439s	actually two of the Warlock abilities
5440s	had to have new tech added for that
5443s	laughs
5445s	that's funny
5454s	balder I do not fear your broth
5461s	would you guys mind like just standing
5463s	together real quick
5465s	just like a lot
5469s	we were falling pretty much it built
5471s	them
5478s	our damage is not fantastic uh
5496s	uh okay you're kind of off in the corner
5514s	oh right on top will be sweet
5522s	it's an acrylic okay so you're fine
5531s	nice all right you come down here
5534s	come on
5544s	you should have got this guy lowered
5546s	before killing the other two
5563s	come on come down here please
5570s	I get it you're safe up there with your
5572s	friends my goodness
5578s	it's another question for this but I'm
5580s	not looking away it's not happening
5582s	I'm sorry
5586s	maybe a greedy and look away the last
5587s	second
5589s	my goodness
5600s	all right what do we got what do we got
5601s	increased fire damage
5605s	uh he's gonna fire rest because we don't
5607s	need uh stun duration really
5610s	that's fine let's take that virus out of
5613s	some gear
5616s	all right
5619s	now you know what that means
5629s	that's gonna be fixed
5633s	ta-da
5643s	all right new power timelines now
5647s	come back here the other one
5652s	let's get our butts kicked
5657s	not gonna go well
5661s	that's okay though
5664s	all right let's get some more questions
5665s	in here I was doing so good catching up
5667s	and not falling behind again uh will
5669s	these set item changes be in before or
5672s	at 1.0 definitely not before
5675s	uh skills like sigils or Maelstrom need
5678s	to be recast so often honestly it's a
5680s	lot of busy work can we expect some
5681s	options to where to cast them like on
5683s	hips or after walking some distance like
5685s	static charge
5687s	um maybe I don't want to say like yes
5689s	you can expect these but
5691s	um I think it's reasonable to expect uh
5694s	that we address and at least look at it
5698s	um
5701s	because I do agree with you that there
5702s	is room for improvement I know sigils we
5704s	do have plans for changing sigils
5705s	already
5707s	um
5710s	specifically around this
5712s	um
5713s	I I
5715s	don't want to say that sorry
5718s	we'll look at it peewee2 seems to be
5720s	moving away from life choice nodes on
5723s	the passive tree with uh what are your
5726s	thoughts on perceived mandatory choices
5728s	of defensive in the passage
5732s	um I I I I think it's
5737s	uh
5741s	it's a tough question answer I think
5742s	that there's definitely uh a very good
5745s	reason to have uh defensive options in a
5749s	passive tree like poets and like just
5751s	path of Exiles passive Tree in general
5754s	um and I think that
5756s	uh having
5759s	like as soon as you have defensive nodes
5761s	in a tree like defensively not offensive
5763s	options in a system like that I think
5765s	that there's a natural pull towards
5767s	trying to get the I'm like not showing
5769s	anything in the Stream I'm sorry here's
5771s	that while I'm talking about they
5772s	rambled
5774s	more environmental updates based on the
5776s	tech we added for last patch onto new uh
5779s	new scenes and stuff it's parody
5782s	um what was I talking about oh yeah
5784s	defensive and offensive options in the
5785s	same system I think it's tough to make
5787s	the defensive options seem
5791s	appealing
5793s	in that situation
5795s	um
5796s	and
5800s	I I think there's like a potential trap
5802s	that can happen where
5805s	um if those defensive options exist
5807s	but they're not mandatory taking them
5810s	can lead characters so defensively
5812s	powerful that it trivializes fights but
5816s	in a unfun way whereby
5820s	um like the whole like zdps thing
5825s	um where you have a character that does
5826s	like literally one damage a hit against
5828s	the boss that has literally a million
5830s	Health
5831s	um It's Gonna Take You A million hits to
5832s	kill them great but if you cannot die
5835s	you will complete the task eventually
5837s	it'll take for flipping ever and it's
5840s	gonna be boring it's just gonna suck so
5843s	it's it's it's not like it doesn't
5845s	promote a good
5847s	gameplay Loop
5849s	um
5851s	and and I think I think there's sort of
5853s	a a danger there in general so I think
5856s	quite often it's
5857s	um
5859s	you start getting the situations where
5860s	okay yeah there's like the the defensive
5862s	options
5864s	are not so much
5867s	um
5868s	that you get into that situation but
5870s	they're like
5872s	things are going to deal enough damage
5873s	to you that they're still enticing to
5875s	take and and they can feel and then you
5878s	get this like feeling of well what are
5880s	the best defensive nodes okay help them
5882s	just like the best ones it doesn't
5884s	matter what situation you're in they're
5885s	just the best ones and then you you feel
5888s	like they're mandatory and it feels like
5890s	it's taking away that choice where like
5891s	you hit like okay I had these these
5894s	points and suddenly they're just like
5895s	those points are gone because they're
5897s	mandatory used
5898s	I think that's sort of the the
5901s	the Trap that you that can be set
5905s	um and I don't I don't know the best way
5906s	to to reconcile that because I really
5908s	like having defensive and offensive
5910s	options in uh in a skill trading system
5913s	like that
5919s	that would be really
5921s	really not either just try and like
5922s	Craft on or try and pull that onto a
5924s	ring
5926s	um
5929s	and we know we get easy exalted Rings
5931s	anyways
5933s	um
5934s	or LP Rings you know what I'm trying to
5937s	say
5938s	uh anyways
5941s	uh I I I personally really like having
5943s	offensive and defensive options in there
5945s	and I think we
5947s	try to make sure we put both of them in
5981s	more questions Mike stop getting
5983s	absorbed and playing your game and
5984s	realize you're streaming all right Mike
5986s	thanks
5993s	uh uh any more leaks
5997s	yeah I got one more for you
6000s	uh not a question but a demand we demand
6004s	that you don't do
6008s	oh crunch if the game is like we want
6011s	you to take care of your health and have
6012s	time to loved ones we have spoken deal
6019s	we have a lot of what I've been calling
6022s	Flex features
6023s	plan for 1.0
6027s	um and
6029s	we we've got like a core set of features
6031s	that we're like okay we're doing this
6032s	for one point out we're getting it done
6034s	um
6035s	and like I mean obviously stuff comes up
6038s	we might not be able to but the plan is
6040s	to get these really cool things we're
6041s	very confident we can get those core
6042s	things done and then there's a whole
6043s	bunch of other features that are like
6045s	um okay well if someone maybe finished
6047s	all their work they had to do on those
6049s	really important features they can start
6050s	working on this Flex feature and
6053s	um
6055s	move it along and oh someone else
6056s	finished all they had to do on the
6057s	important features hey let's have them
6058s	like do their part of the athletic
6060s	teacher oh I finished it great let's
6061s	push that out the door
6063s	um and and so there's like we're gonna
6064s	try and get as much stuff into 1.0 as
6066s	possible but yeah we're um
6073s	we're we're we're
6074s	we'll be careful not to to Crunch hard
6086s	overlay I think I fixed that uh have you
6088s	considered reducing the penalty for dual
6091s	wielding
6092s	uh we have considered it
6094s	um we're not changing it for this
6095s	upcoming batch
6099s	uh what are your thoughts on in-game
6101s	systems like Poe's delve system or a
6104s	tower climbing like system uh do you see
6106s	something similar possibly making it
6107s	into in the future
6110s	um yeah yeah I think they're great I
6111s	think that there's
6113s	um there's a lot similarities actually
6114s	into the arena I think
6115s	um because it's sort of like a analyst
6117s	it gets harder um the arena is obviously
6119s	extremely poisoned
6123s	poison
6125s	the Arena's obviously extremely
6127s	simplistic compared to those examples
6130s	um
6131s	but I think there's there's a few things
6132s	it does right and um
6135s	there's definitely room to expand on it
6142s	and we'll be looking for that
6145s	10 decks on a major like that's funny
6155s	there is room to increase improve this
6157s	Relic though
6159s	okay there's got some decent stats in
6161s	there but like uh
6163s	oh
6166s	yeah
6168s	amulet we need new amulet that's our
6171s	goal here
6172s	next goal amulet
6174s	that's probably looking to relics more
6175s	carefully too
6203s	uh oh second of the question was do you
6204s	see a system similar possibly making
6206s	into alien future
6207s	um and and yeah I think there's
6210s	there's room for stuff like that
6212s	um whether it's expansion of the immune
6214s	system or more similar to what those
6217s	other systems have
6218s	um I I I like them
6222s	um
6223s	and I think variety is
6225s	a really important thing when it comes
6227s	to designing
6230s	um our Indian systems
6233s	all right use the infertile column note
6237s	in meteor it'll make your build so much
6238s	better okay
6240s	I won't say no
6245s	this one
6247s	yeah but the Mana cost I'm already so
6250s	Mana star
6258s	I'll consider it
6269s	what I need to do is I need to like I
6271s	need to go and check my passes because
6272s	I'm there's
6274s	uh
6276s	distance to go there's three points
6278s	letting just free up
6285s	uh is it fine
6289s	I actually don't have that many photos I
6291s	was I was planning to switch to
6292s	lightning pretty early apparently
6298s	it's not a lot a lot to change there a
6301s	few optimizations
6306s	uh we have cool visual effects for
6308s	ignite shock do you plan to implement
6310s	other ailment visual effects like poison
6312s	uh interestingly enough poison does have
6315s	one all of them do every ailment has
6317s	visual effects that go with it
6320s	um oh that's probably an exception there
6322s	most of them have it
6326s	I know poison does that
6331s	let's see if we can get poisoned
6334s	oh let's not let's not say we didn't
6343s	ow my face
6347s	any more of those things around I need
6348s	to clear out first
6367s	questions
6369s	it'll make half the media is Miss and
6371s	increase the medical cost it's a win-win
6375s	but I I don't think that's good
6380s	uh I don't want to do that that doesn't
6383s	sound fun
6404s	did I catch up I caught up
6407s	go go
6409s	that calls for a celebration
6412s	because I caught up
6414s	I'm trying to celebrate my successes
6416s	instead of rewarding my failures for uh
6419s	for spoilers
6423s	all right
6426s	this is concept art for a creature of
6430s	some sort somewhere arriving not next
6434s	patch so this is gonna be really clear
6436s	this is the 1.0
6438s	uh dude or dudette or duder
6443s	um
6445s	yeah
6448s	bud
6451s	new mount
6456s	uh Master X seems to give me Mata back
6458s	in two parts yes one right away another
6460s	delayed do you know why this is I do
6462s	it's been like this for a long time and
6463s	I've asked about it before but I can't
6464s	remember if I got an answer
6466s	I've definitely answered this before a
6468s	few times I don't know if it was for you
6469s	or not
6470s	um so you've probably got like I do
6474s	um
6475s	a node that says
6479s	uh management grants Mana back when it
6481s	critically strikes an enemy
6485s	so when you hit an enemy and it crits
6488s	you immediately get nine Mana back right
6490s	away
6492s	uh
6496s	uh here when you um when you hit a rare
6500s	or boss enemy you immediately get six so
6501s	if you crit a rare or boss enemy you
6503s	immediately get 15 with two points in
6506s	this and three points of this which I
6507s	know you could have more but so right
6508s	now I'll immediately get 15 when I crit
6510s	the boss
6512s	um
6520s	no that one's not one of the immediate
6522s	ones
6531s	yeah okay and then this one
6534s	um
6535s	when what what this the base effects if
6537s	you if you de-specialize on Mana strike
6540s	you won't get any immediate Mana back
6542s	you'll only get the delayed Mana
6544s	um because what this is is and it's kind
6546s	of hard to see
6547s	uh I'm gonna try and find a way to show
6549s	you but there's actually like a particle
6550s	effect that moves from the enemy to you
6554s	um
6563s	oh my God I had that overlay up the
6566s	whole time because I'm an idiot
6570s	uh this node and this node or what I was
6574s	talking about I'm sorry
6576s	um
6577s	so yeah base effects
6579s	come on is it really not gonna do it
6582s	I don't I I'm at full Mana that's why
6586s	probably
6593s	uh this may not have a visual effect for
6595s	it because it's usually a melee attack
6596s	so there's no visual effect for it right
6599s	uh what has that
6603s	uh rip blood
6608s	yeah rip blood has the effect because
6610s	it's the same if it's the same attack as
6612s	her blood
6613s	um this is no VFX for it and it looks
6615s	weird with teleporting strikes but there
6617s	is actually an object it has no VFX here
6620s	because it's usually melee this is a
6622s	mistake by us there's actually an object
6624s	that travels from the enemy to you and
6627s	when it hits you it gives you the Mana
6628s	back when you use Ministry
6631s	which when you do it in melee it happens
6633s	almost instantly because you're like
6634s	Melee
6638s	but yeah so there's there's nodes in the
6640s	tree that have effects that Grant you
6641s	Mana back on hit immediately and the
6643s	base effect that is augmented by nodes
6645s	in the tree uh take some time to travel
6648s	back to you especially if you have
6649s	teleporting strikes turn on which a lot
6651s	of people do
6657s	and it moves likely at the same Pace as
6660s	the blood does
6670s	uh
6678s	so if you go fast enough it'll never
6680s	give you manifest if you're saying yes
6681s	yeah if you run away from the target
6683s	fast enough you'll never get the Mana
6684s	back that is true
6687s	um
6688s	let's see fox version of Falco are from
6689s	the writing story I I have heard that
6692s	reference quite a bit when looking at
6694s	that concept art
6696s	um
6696s	I think this is one of those situations
6698s	and this happens a lot uh for all sorts
6702s	of things where like someone will make
6704s	something
6704s	and they'll just like have no idea that
6706s	it's like a spitting image of something
6709s	else and you're like
6710s	well I grew up with that of course I
6712s	know that is and they're like I've never
6713s	heard of that as a thing and it's really
6715s	interesting it happens a lot more when
6716s	you get an international team
6719s	because there's so many things that are
6720s	like really cultural
6722s	so like
6724s	um if I were to say uh do you guys get
6728s	house hippos down there
6730s	is that have you read a deal with house
6732s	hippos
6733s	they're like they're a menace you got to
6736s	be careful with house hippos okay
6749s	oh come on
6753s	it's night time in a kitchen just like
6755s	yours all is quiet
6758s	or is it
6760s	the North American house hippo is found
6763s	throughout Canada and the Eastern United
6765s	States
6767s	hippos are very timid creatures and
6769s	they're rarely seen but they will defend
6772s	their territory if provoked they come
6775s	out at night to search for food water
6777s	and materials for their nests the
6780s	favorite foods of the house hippo are
6782s	chips raisins and the crumbs from peanut
6784s	butter on toast they build their nests
6787s	in bedroom closets using lost mittens
6789s	dryer lint and bits of string the nests
6793s	have to be very soft and warm house
6795s	hippos sleep about 16 hours a day
6799s	that looked really real but you knew it
6802s	couldn't be true didn't you that's why
6804s	it's good to think about what you're
6805s	watching on TV yeah so it's just it's
6808s	just a PSA about don't believe
6810s	everything you see on TV
6812s	um but like you say house hippos to
6813s	anyone in Canada that's about my age I
6815s	grew up in Canada on the same time I did
6817s	and they're just like everyone knows
6818s	about house hippos and it's just this
6820s	like like oh I wouldn't download a car
6822s	it's like that level of joke
6824s	um but you say to people who grew up
6825s	anywhere else and they're like what are
6827s	you talking about that's the dumbest
6828s	thing I've ever heard
6830s	um yeah so I think there's you know you
6832s	play an international team or play
6834s	working an international team like this
6836s	um you get situations like that a lot
6839s	which I think is really cool
6846s	don't worry person editing up this
6848s	upload uh that video is old enough that
6850s	it's safe
6871s	oh gotta get back to questions that I
6873s	can answer is there any last second ones
6875s	oh don't die no Mike
6896s	oh
6907s	uh the tendril's node from explosive
6909s	arrows they must to clean strike uh but
6912s	it's only for lightning do you plan to
6913s	allow other damage types to have as
6915s	similarly efficient skill mode uh
6917s	there's no specific plans but if you'd
6919s	like to suggest one head on over to the
6920s	forums uh and drop it down there
6923s	because I don't write things down from
6924s	here because I'm terrible
6927s	it's probably already been asked a lot
6928s	but I haven't been playing or following
6930s	the news have you guys announced a date
6932s	for the next update or big update we do
6934s	not have a date for the next update
6936s	available yet let's keep it weather eye
6938s	on the horizon for Gamescom approaches
6940s	and it shall be glorious
6948s	um so when will lost knowledge or Mana
6951s	spent gained as award work with arbinger
6953s	of stars I know it'll never happen but I
6956s	can dream
6959s	uh I don't think it'll work
6962s	I don't wanna
6965s	no
6967s	uh speaking about international team
6969s	environment uh how do you guys manage
6971s	time zone differences lots of nightly
6974s	early meetings for some team members
6976s	rotating our schedules yeah there's
6978s	um one thing we do
6981s	overseas not everyone but generally most
6983s	people
6984s	um who are on significantly different
6986s	time zones uh do do keep a roughly North
6990s	American schedule
6993s	um
6994s	Epoch time we call it is uh North
6997s	America Central Time and
7000s	um so all of our all of our schedule is
7002s	centered around that
7004s	um
7006s	like I'm I'm two hours West of that so
7009s	uh
7011s	it's it's like it's a little bit off for
7013s	me and then people are on the East Coast
7014s	it's a little bit off for them and
7016s	people are in Europe and it's really all
7017s	from them some people I I know some
7019s	people are just like yeah I want a
7021s	nighttime job we've got a couple people
7025s	who are just like love the fact that we
7026s	uh they work in Europe and they've got a
7028s	North American job and they're like it's
7029s	perfect so I can work at night
7031s	um and there's other people that uh do
7034s	their stuff during their daytime and so
7036s	they basically their shift is like super
7037s	early morning for us
7039s	um
7041s	we've got people in Australia who um
7044s	typically I think just work I I
7047s	judging for when they're online they're
7049s	usually just working on like a normal
7050s	time schedule for them
7052s	um
7053s	what they do it works quite well like
7056s	that
7057s	um
7058s	and there's like I I connect with a lot
7061s	of different departments
7062s	um so I find myself up really early some
7065s	mornings or on really late some nights
7067s	um
7069s	but part of that is just because I have
7070s	a problem it's called working too much
7076s	um
7078s	definitely gotten better since since the
7080s	kid
7083s	which is great
7091s	but yeah most of the time we we try and
7093s	keep things as North America standard as
7096s	possible
7101s	or just work what work out a way to make
7103s	it work with the person
7110s	uh what are we drinking after hours in
7112s	Germany
7113s	um
7114s	you know I definitely want to try I I
7117s	really like getting local stuff
7119s	so it's gonna be I'm gonna try a bunch
7121s	of different local stuff but I really
7123s	don't like I know one of the most
7125s	popular local beers there is like super
7128s	dark and often coffee infused I think
7131s	uh and I really don't like dark or
7134s	coffee beers so like
7136s	I'll try one
7138s	maybe I Fall In Love
7140s	I have low expectations for that but I
7143s	know they'll have lots of stuff it'll be
7145s	great too
7158s	oh yeah that's easy ebook time everyone
7160s	works until
7163s	the end of time
7168s	that we ban
7170s	you guys talked about back about
7171s	updating some of the visuals to use
7173s	object pooling rather than instantiating
7175s	everything how much performance
7177s	difference can be attributed to that
7178s	change
7179s	um a lot
7182s	uh you may notice that the game has just
7184s	gotten prettier and prettier
7187s	a lot of that prettier and prettier has
7189s	to do with the processing power we have
7191s	freed up from doing that
7194s	um
7196s	and it's getting better and better and
7197s	better still because we're still adding
7199s	more and more stuff to that
7201s	um it's each type of system needs to be
7204s	updated differently for that like for
7206s	example uh when you send out a fireball
7212s	um
7212s	there's no way to know that the next
7214s	Fireball is going to be set up the same
7217s	way and because we have such complex uh
7220s	skill trees and how they're they're
7221s	designing everything
7223s	um
7224s	like you don't know if that fireball
7226s	needs to have some like weird extra
7228s	thing on it
7230s	um I guess that's a good example of that
7232s	they'll hit lightning conversion so like
7234s	the the damage
7236s	stats on the firewall itself like the
7239s	damage component the
7240s	um damage enemy on hit that's what it's
7242s	called
7243s	um that component has changes that are
7246s	made to it in the process of you casting
7248s	it so like when you when you cast an
7250s	ability you cast a fireball that
7252s	fireball in the process of creating it
7255s	um
7256s	it gets changed a whole bunch so like
7259s	stock firewall gets loaded and then
7260s	we're like oh okay you've got this node
7262s	change it this way you've got this node
7263s	change it this way and then the fireball
7265s	is like ready to go and it gets launched
7266s	the next frame and
7269s	um
7271s	uh taking that fireball that's been
7273s	modified launched and putting it back in
7275s	the pool
7276s	um you can't now when you go to use that
7278s	firewall for the next Fireball you throw
7280s	you can't guarantee that it's going to
7281s	be the same because maybe it's an effect
7283s	that says like every three Fireballs
7285s	it's twice as big
7286s	um and so you got to put it back the way
7289s	it was every time
7291s	um so that's tricky
7293s	and that that effect on pooling doesn't
7296s	need to happen for things like
7299s	um
7300s	uh
7302s	uh a good example
7308s	oh like an item visual or something
7320s	I have the thickest teeth skin ever
7329s	that was close we earned that ascendants
7331s	that was
7333s	that's right I did the especially I
7335s	don't know if you saw it as an advanced
7336s	technique I did the middle of it it was
7338s	called Panic Take Your rig off and put
7340s	it back on yeah yeah all pro
7353s	uh
7355s	how did you learn programming I spent
7357s	many years at school learning it
7362s	um actually the first first programming
7364s	thing I ever did was my dad had a
7368s	Commodore 64 when I was a kid growing up
7370s	and in grade seven we were told to do a
7374s	project on anything we wanted uh
7376s	anything and I chose to write the most
7380s	simple program ever uh
7384s	turn off notifications it only lasts two
7387s	hours and they start coming in
7389s	um
7390s	the uh the most simple program ever on
7393s	the conference 64 for a school project
7395s	grade 7 was the first one I started
7399s	uh have you guys considered expanding
7400s	into the onto the shrine system uh you
7404s	know unique equipment Idols or even
7405s	passive skill nodes yes we have
7407s	considered it uh it will not happen for
7409s	1.0 but I think you're uh safe to say
7411s	it'll yeah eventually yeah
7414s	still leaves the stream next week as
7416s	we're gonna go for Gamescom you'll be
7417s	out correct yes thank you very much for
7419s	calling that okay next week I will not
7421s	be here same place same time we're
7423s	taking the week off
7425s	um I need I need a little bit of time to
7428s	prepare and get myself together in order
7430s	to leave for Gamescom
7432s	um which would be I think the next day
7433s	or the day after that so I I'm taking
7435s	taking that Friday off uh so no stream
7438s	next next week
7440s	um
7442s	and
7444s	yeah we'll be in Gamescom after that so
7447s	there'll be two weeks without a stream I
7448s	think
7449s	and it should be one the week after
7452s	uh 18th no strings only begins gone 25th
7455s	no stream because I'm at Gamescom first
7457s	I will be back yes so our next stream
7459s	will be on the first August 1st will be
7461s	our next stream
7462s	um
7464s	it's a ton of fun we'll have tons of
7466s	stuff to talk about from Gamescom I
7467s	can't wait for that it's gonna be
7469s	exciting
7470s	um
7472s	that's all we got
7474s	thanks for coming out
7476s	I hope you had fun I know I did
7479s	I love Disney streams and
7483s	yeah I hope I hope you have a great time
7485s	we'll be back uh yeah August 1st
7489s	nope September 1st I know how months
7491s	were uh have a great time everybody
7494s	we'll see you next time bye oh and if I
7498s	didn't answer your question and you
7499s	would like it answered um please head on
7500s	over to our Discord there is an acetabs
7502s	Channel that I do keep a close eye on
7504s	and I will answer it there

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