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| 2s | good afternoon everybody and welcome |
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| 5s | back to another last Epoch Dev stream |
| 9s | as always |
| 10s | I'm your host Mike how's it going how's |
| 12s | it going hang it up |
| 14s | doing pretty good |
| 16s | gonna be uh gonna be a pretty relaxed |
| 18s | stream today we're just hanging out |
| 20s | having fun |
| 22s | we did a little bit of monolith |
| 25s | rocking our Mage we've been rolling on |
| 28s | happy Friday everybody if this happens |
| 31s | to be your first time here on the stream |
| 32s | welcome glad to have you with us please |
| 34s | put at last epoc game in your question |
| 37s | in chat and I'll be happy to answer it |
| 38s | it'll be a little slower one today so it |
| 41s | probably won't actually be necessary |
| 42s | come to think of it |
| 45s | um but |
| 46s | just how |
| 48s | the Spiel goes in opening and as always |
| 50s | we stream for charity boom but my head |
| 52s | is our monthly charity this month |
| 56s | and I'll leave everything from the |
| 57s | stream goes to that |
| 59s | yeah |
| 63s | oh I've had a really good week actually |
| 66s | interestingly enough |
| 68s | I've had a really good week it's been |
| 70s | uh it's been a lot of fun |
| 75s | nothing nothing like major happened I |
| 77s | guess I guess I you know you know what |
| 79s | it is I just realized as I'm saying it's |
| 80s | like I had a lot of fun this week |
| 82s | I've been working on I've been working |
| 83s | on skills again I've been I've been back |
| 85s | in the skills saddle and |
| 87s | apparently I really enjoy that |
| 92s | so that's been great |
| 100s | we're working on a new Rune Master |
| 103s | projectile skill yeah |
| 114s | it is Friday |
| 120s | also like bring some people in to just |
| 122s | play with me here because we're in |
| 124s | multiple right |
| 129s | any staff have an early uh |
| 132s | that would be a cool thing to do could |
| 134s | we could we do that like have other |
| 136s | players on stream |
| 138s | I guess I should be asking this in like |
| 140s | a |
| 140s | social media not just randomly on stream |
| 149s | oh getting DM now |
| 176s | Sam getting called out on stream can't |
| 178s | do it come on |
| 188s | I don't think I actually finished the |
| 189s | campaign did I |
| 192s | did I finish uh majasa last week I can't |
| 194s | remember |
| 196s | spoiler alert |
| 199s | yeah no no main quest I guess they did |
| 201s | nice |
| 203s | the other easy way to check is do I have |
| 205s | one strength one dexterity and one |
| 207s | Attunement yes |
| 210s | I love trying to sneak in little little |
| 212s | all stats for everyone |
| 216s | and I've said it before but like if you |
| 218s | uh if you're like a unique item that's |
| 221s | like a like a random plus one to all |
| 223s | attributes on it that was me |
| 231s | how do I go about developing and |
| 233s | iterating on new skills |
| 235s | um I mean so there's |
| 237s | it's a pretty big process and it depends |
| 239s | if it's a uh like a new class or a |
| 243s | existing class that we're just like |
| 244s | adding a skill to |
| 247s | um but usually usually it starts with |
| 248s | something along the lines of |
| 251s | um trying to find the gameplay Niche or |
| 254s | the Thematic Niche that you want to uh |
| 257s | have have the skill fit in |
| 259s | and uh so like figuring out where you |
| 262s | want that that like the fantasy to |
| 263s | deliver on or the mechanical |
| 264s | functionality to deliver on and then |
| 266s | working working from there is those the |
| 269s | usual two starting points |
| 271s | um so you get like |
| 273s | I guess I guess a good example is like |
| 275s | just meteor |
| 277s | um |
| 278s | that's that's something that we we |
| 279s | started out with |
| 281s | as uh like a thematic |
| 284s | element to sorcerer that we knew we |
| 286s | wanted to have in there as well we need |
| 287s | to have a meteor skill |
| 289s | um we weren't looking for hey what's a |
| 291s | good |
| 292s | um like like a heavy hitting slower type |
| 296s | skill to put on sorcerer it was okay we |
| 298s | need to have meteor on sorcerer how does |
| 300s | that look and how can we how can we |
| 302s | build that into the game and and often |
| 304s | often that'll start with like a just a |
| 306s | prototype of |
| 308s | um the functionality |
| 310s | so you can get like a feel for the base |
| 312s | skill play around with it |
| 315s | um and then we we get some like some of |
| 318s | us get some basic VFX in there right off |
| 320s | the bat as well |
| 321s | um |
| 322s | show that off in a in a development |
| 324s | meeting so your design meeting together |
| 326s | with a bunch of people and and you start |
| 327s | just brainstorming nodes just individual |
| 330s | hey what if nodes and and at that point |
| 333s | it's really a |
| 335s | um |
| 336s | it's it's really a free-for-all like a |
| 338s | no bad ideas type situation where like |
| 341s | people people put jokes in people put |
| 343s | dumb things that would never happen like |
| 345s | uh if we were gonna do this for meteor |
| 347s | today I bet someone would put hey let's |
| 349s | have a giant steak fall from the ground |
| 351s | it'll be steak conversion though it'll |
| 353s | be like a physical version of it and |
| 354s | it's a giant State because it's meteor |
| 356s | get it the meteor |
| 358s | and like it so so it starts out pretty |
| 363s | free form just anything goes uh and then |
| 365s | someone takes those nodes suggestions |
| 368s | and ideas |
| 369s | um and sort of like |
| 370s | condenses them into a |
| 374s | um more appropriate and uh |
| 377s | complete skill tree and then we go back |
| 380s | through that skill tree and we |
| 384s | um |
| 385s | like |
| 388s | fighter tooth comb type stuff make sure |
| 389s | there's there's no mechanical |
| 391s | functionality or automatic functionality |
| 392s | we're missing |
| 394s | um make sure that the notes make sense |
| 396s | make sure the node's gonna be |
| 397s | interesting and we just have like a |
| 399s | little bit of a debate amongst about |
| 400s | about six or seven people lose sometimes |
| 403s | as low as three but usually about six |
| 404s | people |
| 406s | um |
| 407s | and it's it's yeah it's like a debate on |
| 409s | what nodes we want to finalize in there |
| 412s | um and then it gets split off from there |
| 414s | a bunch of people so someone someone |
| 415s | will take the visual skill tree stuff |
| 418s | like placing the nodes in the right spot |
| 421s | um someone will take the there's like a |
| 422s | script that goes with it that runs the |
| 423s | UI and converts and and communicates |
| 426s | with the UI to the to the back end |
| 428s | mutator that actually does the changes |
| 430s | the mechanical changes to the skill and |
| 432s | someone else will will create the |
| 434s | mutator as well |
| 436s | that's actually what we're doing right |
| 437s | now it's a bunch of people on |
| 439s | um I'm doing that for |
| 441s | a couple skills right now which is great |
| 451s | I guess that's a that's a brief a brief |
| 453s | overview |
| 454s | and and there's like there's there's |
| 456s | tons of steps throughout that whole |
| 458s | thing where it's like checks is this fun |
| 460s | do you want to change anything and like |
| 463s | um once we get to that tree hopefully by |
| 466s | that point we don't need to have any |
| 468s | major changes to it after that but in |
| 470s | the event that we do it's it's just kind |
| 472s | of going back to the process again |
| 476s | all right are you guys planning to add |
| 480s | other spicy Quest rewards like the plus |
| 482s | one attributes yeah I I think there's |
| 485s | um there's some functionality in the |
| 486s | quest reward system that we never really |
| 488s | fleshed out that we need to for sure |
| 491s | um |
| 492s | and a lot of that revolves around |
| 496s | um some multiple issues that we had |
| 498s | early on with it but uh |
| 501s | all right the a quest reward that we |
| 504s | a quest reward type that we really need |
| 507s | and we've we've ideated how to do it a |
| 510s | few times things like that is |
| 512s | um |
| 514s | uh gear Quest rewards where it's like |
| 518s | here's here's a here's a piece of gear |
| 520s | pick too and we do have some like that |
| 522s | so we've got the like the artem uh |
| 525s | gambler |
| 527s | uh Ledger book there's this Ledger book |
| 529s | at the start of the start of the game in |
| 531s | uh a30 in um it's not 8 30 anymore the |
| 534s | start of the game at the council |
| 535s | chambers |
| 536s | um |
| 540s | detox |
| 546s | yeah I got there maybe thank you very |
| 548s | much what's up appreciate it hope you're |
| 550s | having fun |
| 551s | um |
| 552s | first that's first one today I think |
| 554s | that's great thank you |
| 556s | um |
| 557s | what was I saying it all distracted |
| 559s | there |
| 560s | threw me off |
| 564s | um |
| 565s | Quest rewards things like that yeah so |
| 567s | so |
| 569s | um I think there's room for a quest |
| 571s | rewards style uh where you have where |
| 574s | you're presented with the options in |
| 575s | front of you where it says okay great |
| 576s | thanks for completing this Quest here's |
| 578s | four options you can pick any one of |
| 580s | them |
| 581s | which one do you want |
| 582s | um and that's that's the type of uh |
| 584s | question word that we're definitely |
| 585s | missing right now |
| 587s | um and one of the big things that you |
| 589s | can do with that type of quest reward |
| 590s | that we can't do right now is you can |
| 592s | you can present kind of specialized |
| 595s | types of gear |
| 597s | um so you could put like a really like a |
| 600s | rare item like a an item that is |
| 604s | um |
| 605s | like a yellow item that has maybe two |
| 609s | fixed mods and two random mods on a |
| 611s | specific base or something like that so |
| 612s | we could say like okay we're gonna make |
| 613s | a a ring that's like a throwing ring and |
| 616s | it's gonna guarantee to have like two |
| 617s | mods on it that are really good for |
| 618s | throwing builds |
| 620s | um and and then we're gonna put two |
| 621s | random mods on it |
| 623s | and and it'll it'll generate |
| 626s | um it'll generate that item and it'll be |
| 628s | really specific and any anyone who's |
| 630s | like a throwing build especially early |
| 631s | in the game when it's kind of hard to |
| 632s | get kind of build specific items for |
| 634s | Less common builds rolling |
| 637s | um it'll be really neat to have this |
| 639s | like this I don't know oh it fits |
| 640s | perfectly with my build now we can't |
| 642s | just give that item as a reward because |
| 644s | there's so few throwing builds that'll |
| 645s | be at that point |
| 647s | oh so it's it's those things that we |
| 650s | need to have options so like you put |
| 653s | oh excuse me you put like three really |
| 656s | specific options then one more generic |
| 658s | one to sort of catch the rest if you |
| 660s | need it or something like that |
| 662s | um and I think I think especially adding |
| 664s | things like that to side quest is really |
| 665s | good because it uh it gives you this hey |
| 669s | I know that if I do this side quest as a |
| 671s | throwing build I'm gonna get something |
| 673s | interesting and then maybe some other |
| 675s | quests the other side quest has a |
| 677s | guaranteed drop for a shield focused |
| 679s | build another sequence doesn't guarantee |
| 680s | drop for a minion Focus build and |
| 683s | um suddenly if you're if you're like |
| 685s | really optimizing a a run or uh like a |
| 689s | leveling process things like that maybe |
| 691s | you're specifically targeting certain |
| 692s | side quests because you know they'll |
| 694s | have |
| 695s | um more build specific items for you to |
| 698s | help you level faster |
| 700s | I think it's those like uh quite after |
| 703s | those like little incentives that that |
| 705s | make small differences here and there |
| 706s | for different builds as you're leveling |
| 707s | can have a have a like a |
| 710s | cumulative effects of |
| 712s | um |
| 713s | actually actually making that leveling |
| 714s | process more diverse and I think it's |
| 715s | interesting |
| 726s | I know you guys talked before but not |
| 728s | having PVP in the game yet |
| 731s | uh because well balanced no uh and stuff |
| 735s | uh but how you guys feel about low level |
| 738s | PVP easier to implement and balance no |
| 740s | okay so um I I don't so maybe maybe |
| 743s | we've talked about balancing in general |
| 744s | as like a a struggle or a hurdle or a |
| 747s | challenge with maybe people that's not |
| 748s | the reason it's not in the game right |
| 749s | now |
| 751s | um right now it's just a priority |
| 752s | feature in time thing uh I I think PVP |
| 755s | is one of those things that will very |
| 758s | likely get added to the game I I will |
| 760s | push forward to get into the game |
| 761s | because I I love PVP stuff |
| 764s | um |
| 765s | I I think there's there's lots of room |
| 767s | for tons like for really fun people |
| 769s | especially like non-traditional PVP |
| 770s | modes that's something I'd really like |
| 772s | to see still |
| 773s | um that's even something that we had as |
| 774s | like an optional stretch goal on our |
| 776s | Kickstarter to do |
| 778s | um I think we got to that one |
| 780s | but like I'd love to see some less |
| 783s | traditional PVP modes that that cause |
| 786s | some creative stuff to happen uh there |
| 789s | was there was uh I've told the story |
| 791s | before but if if um it's been a while |
| 794s | one of the earliest multiplayer tests we |
| 796s | did was |
| 798s | um |
| 798s | everyone had one hit point and everyone |
| 801s | had Fireball and there was a no teams it |
| 805s | was just anyone can attack anyone |
| 808s | um it was a big green square like like |
| 810s | the whole thing was just a giant big |
| 811s | green square |
| 813s | um and it was it was a really early test |
| 815s | it was just like get in and try and use |
| 816s | an ability and and every building is |
| 818s | just Fireball and everything's a one-hit |
| 821s | kill and it was a ton of fun |
| 823s | um |
| 824s | so yeah like |
| 826s | like |
| 827s | golden eye mods you know like uh like |
| 830s | Golden Gun mode big head mode like I |
| 832s | feel like there's there's room for some |
| 833s | less serious fun PVP modes to slip in |
| 836s | alongside some more serious PVP mode |
| 838s | modes |
| 839s | um and yeah bounce is is definitely an |
| 841s | issue and |
| 843s | um there might need to be some more |
| 844s | Creative Solutions to balance in PvP and |
| 846s | some of those could be things like |
| 848s | um |
| 849s | like even just like Banning certain |
| 851s | abilities like you see this in like tcgs |
| 854s | all the time where they ban specific |
| 855s | cards and stuff like that |
| 857s | um and I feel like you could it wouldn't |
| 860s | be ideal to ban things but having |
| 864s | um |
| 864s | like PVP adjusted skill trees is a |
| 868s | little outside the the realm of uh I |
| 871s | think though the amount of work we'd |
| 872s | want to put into an initial version of |
| 874s | that something like that but I I really |
| 876s | can see PVP being something that |
| 877s | eventually gets added in it's one of |
| 879s | those just like it's so it's not as high |
| 881s | priority as |
| 883s | um as as updating the end game is |
| 885s | getting new end game modes in as making |
| 886s | the end game modes they're already in |
| 887s | there more fun as finishing the existing |
| 890s | classes that exist as getting trade into |
| 891s | the game you know like these these |
| 893s | things are always more important |
| 894s | um |
| 895s | and and as a uh like a high |
| 900s | um time investment like a man-hours |
| 902s | investment to get into the game |
| 906s | uh it it it competes with those other |
| 908s | features |
| 912s | pretty directly |
| 922s | I actually looked at a new question |
| 924s | before walking |
| 926s | whoopsie |
| 935s | I have a tattoo of D4 and I can 100 tell |
| 937s | you that last debug is a much much |
| 939s | better than D4 well thank you I'll take |
| 942s | it |
| 943s | I uh probably pretty cool tattoo uh was |
| 946s | was this part of the uh did you get this |
| 949s | based um what am I trying to say the D4 |
| 953s | like tattoo for a free game uh promotion |
| 956s | they had |
| 957s | uh like did you go get it from like an |
| 959s | official |
| 961s | partnered tattoo place or I don't know |
| 963s | how the promotion worked entirely I |
| 965s | would need needles terrify me so much |
| 967s | that I could never do a tattoo |
| 971s | um |
| 971s | like the bane of my existence |
| 982s | um |
| 991s | he loved the guy I brought the steak |
| 993s | idea I mean that that's been I I have no |
| 996s | idea what that was it was |
| 998s | um I that was never actually brought up |
| 1000s | in a meteor design planning meeting I |
| 1003s | don't think it may have been it's been |
| 1004s | so long |
| 1006s | which is sort of a running joke that uh |
| 1010s | we have various meteors like there's |
| 1012s | there's uh at one point there was a bug |
| 1014s | in meteor |
| 1017s | um that caused uh a wolf to be summoned |
| 1020s | when you use meteor |
| 1023s | um it's a meeting the skill meteor wolf |
| 1025s | was born |
| 1026s | um that doesn't get shipped with builds |
| 1042s | all right next question are there any |
| 1044s | changes to the UI planned oh yeah of |
| 1046s | course for example I would love to |
| 1047s | Target my minions via unit frames or |
| 1049s | change its location above Steve let's |
| 1051s | get better over you |
| 1052s | um |
| 1053s | customizing the layout of the of the UI |
| 1057s | is not something we're planning on on on |
| 1059s | implementing |
| 1061s | um |
| 1062s | I mean maybe is a very long term thing |
| 1065s | it's possible but definitely not by 1.0 |
| 1067s | and and not anytime soon after there's |
| 1069s | too much to do |
| 1070s | um in UI realm to make UI customizable |
| 1075s | um so so that we won't be seeing |
| 1079s | um |
| 1080s | can tell you he's a little teaser |
| 1081s | there's there is some buff element |
| 1084s | coming that will be displayed |
| 1087s | differently than other buff elements |
| 1094s | because it's really important to keep |
| 1095s | track of it in combat so it's it's |
| 1097s | getting more visible |
| 1102s | moments a moment |
| 1104s | I also I also managed to do a little |
| 1107s | sign personal story here I managed to |
| 1110s | really anger uh a scammer yesterday |
| 1116s | to the point where they were like |
| 1119s | calling me to try and intimidate me with |
| 1121s | personal facts and things it was it was |
| 1123s | wild like I I have I have 18 phone calls |
| 1127s | in a row from the same scammer who just |
| 1129s | kept calling me back to like yelling |
| 1131s | scream at me for calling them a scammer |
| 1134s | was wild |
| 1139s | Wild |
| 1143s | and the initial phone call was just like |
| 1145s | so innocuous it was just I'm waiting for |
| 1147s | a really I'm waiting for an |
| 1148s | international call so I kind of have to |
| 1149s | pick them up right now |
| 1152s | um |
| 1154s | but it was like oh sorry I'm not |
| 1155s | interested in the scan today bye it was |
| 1157s | like that's all I said |
| 1159s | they called me back and just like |
| 1161s | screamed at me I was like oh my God |
| 1168s | I'd never experienced that one before |
| 1170s | all right |
| 1172s | uh just curious if you wanted to add |
| 1174s | really basic pup and not care about |
| 1176s | bounce or anything basically just enable |
| 1177s | a way for players to damage each other |
| 1179s | would that be easy to do no it's crazy |
| 1181s | hard to do super duper Mega hard to do |
| 1183s | that is a massive feature and a huge |
| 1187s | undertaking |
| 1188s | um |
| 1189s | yeah |
| 1192s | feature has to be polished it might not |
| 1194s | be feature |
| 1195s | um it might not be like an exhaustive |
| 1197s | multiplayer feature like |
| 1199s | um and and even if you don't put any |
| 1202s | sort of like automated matchmaking in |
| 1205s | um which would be a |
| 1206s | what one of those things where it's like |
| 1208s | well you put you put pup in and you |
| 1210s | didn't put |
| 1212s | matchmaking in like what's wrong with |
| 1214s | you |
| 1215s | um |
| 1217s | and then like you gotta have an ELO |
| 1218s | system and you got to have like |
| 1221s | um all sorts of stuff and it's it's one |
| 1224s | of those things where it's really easy |
| 1225s | it'll be really easy to make a system |
| 1227s | I wish it wouldn't be that easy it would |
| 1228s | be |
| 1230s | easier it's still a lot a lot lot to do |
| 1234s | with it but it would be easier to make a |
| 1236s | system that technically functioned and |
| 1239s | was more of a |
| 1241s | um like a beta PVP playground |
| 1245s | um than an actual PVP feature |
| 1248s | but all it would really do is make the |
| 1251s | people who really want PVP mad because |
| 1252s | it was a terrible version of PVP |
| 1255s | um and take time away from other |
| 1257s | features for people that don't have UB |
| 1259s | so it's until we can do it right it's |
| 1261s | it's not worth trying to do and even a |
| 1263s | basic version is |
| 1265s | a surprisingly large undertaking |
| 1270s | because it's not just as simple as |
| 1272s | letting people be able to hurt each |
| 1273s | other |
| 1280s | because that can be done |
| 1288s | be nice that's all it was my goodness |
| 1294s | can we have a unique needle sword like |
| 1295s | the one already from Game of Thrones |
| 1296s | just to have you freak out ah won't |
| 1299s | bother me |
| 1300s | that was a great sword though |
| 1304s | there's there's like |
| 1306s | rapier-esque swords in here |
| 1312s | I guess their sword wasn't long enough |
| 1314s | to be a proper Rapier was it |
| 1320s | a few extra meteors pal I feel like I |
| 1323s | feel like I'm just Waltzing through this |
| 1327s | feels great |
| 1334s | uh no we don't want that |
| 1337s | that's only switched out for them we |
| 1340s | have |
| 1341s | that |
| 1346s | just dump a few things |
| 1349s | make a little bit of room |
| 1352s | oh |
| 1354s | it was like oh you made space for me |
| 1356s | here you go |
| 1358s | this is really cool the the fighting |
| 1359s | arena for dancing strikes I I really |
| 1361s | enjoy that one |
| 1366s | oh my God that's such a tough one to |
| 1368s | deal with |
| 1370s | no overcast at all |
| 1374s | we'll do that |
| 1377s | we're close to having enough to do the |
| 1378s | boss which is sweet |
| 1385s | good evening good evening |
| 1397s | making software that technically |
| 1399s | functions like 99 software to the one no |
| 1401s | it's not it's like two percent of |
| 1403s | software development |
| 1409s | okay that's not true it's like 40 of |
| 1411s | software development there's there's so |
| 1413s | much of it that's just like |
| 1415s | making it function like if it just |
| 1416s | technically functions |
| 1418s | uh versus functions well like |
| 1420s | technically functions is enough to make |
| 1422s | everyone mad |
| 1424s | functions at all it's not to make a few |
| 1426s | people sad |
| 1433s | because it makes a lot of sense actually |
| 1434s | yeah sticking with that one |
| 1443s | hi will there be something like a |
| 1445s | collection encycloped in the game for |
| 1446s | collectors like me I mean collects all |
| 1449s | uniques all the types of items in the |
| 1450s | game make it achievement yes |
| 1452s | um |
| 1453s | so this this is a question that comes up |
| 1455s | every once in a while |
| 1456s | um |
| 1457s | basically uh yes broadly speaking yes |
| 1460s | specifics and details I don't know yet |
| 1462s | sorry |
| 1464s | um there is |
| 1467s | uh like like a Grail Quest um like like |
| 1470s | a I've only done in D2 before but uh |
| 1472s | Grill Quest words |
| 1474s | um collect all the items in the game |
| 1477s | and |
| 1479s | um usually it's focused around unique |
| 1480s | items uh but but quite frequently it'll |
| 1483s | do everything |
| 1485s | um |
| 1486s | given the the relative Rarity of things |
| 1488s | if you find all the unique items in D2 |
| 1489s | you find all the items |
| 1492s | um |
| 1494s | that like yeah like Griffins remain |
| 1497s | songs will be last usually or arterials |
| 1502s | um anyways the |
| 1506s | uh was it was it what was I getting that |
| 1508s | oh yeah yeah you |
| 1509s | um some sort of achievement or tracking |
| 1511s | system for that yes the short answer is |
| 1513s | that's something that we'd like to do |
| 1515s | that's something that we've we've |
| 1516s | considered doing and talked about doing |
| 1518s | um it's not something that will be |
| 1519s | included in 1.0 probably but um I can I |
| 1522s | can see that being something we'd add |
| 1523s | there's a lot of people that really like |
| 1524s | that sort of thing |
| 1526s | um and and I think I think it's really |
| 1528s | interesting to be able to do and track |
| 1530s | and |
| 1531s | um |
| 1532s | that moment of like hey I found |
| 1534s | everything is is pretty sweet so um |
| 1538s | oh that's a nice little Idol |
| 1540s | I I said there's a very good chance of |
| 1541s | it happening eventually |
| 1543s | um this is a very bad chance of it |
| 1545s | happening by 1.0 |
| 1548s | there's a lot of features that are in |
| 1550s | that category right now where we're like |
| 1551s | oh we'd love to do that it's not a 1.0 |
| 1553s | feature it'll happen eventually so many |
| 1555s | things in that category right now |
| 1572s | we're sure let's get back for those |
| 1581s | you might see me teleporting in place |
| 1583s | sometimes |
| 1584s | um it's because my teleport gives my |
| 1585s | next spell a free cast |
| 1587s | and uh |
| 1590s | and well teleport costs a lot less |
| 1593s | 15 than meteor at 123. |
| 1607s | oh we're there we're there we did it |
| 1609s | sweet |
| 1611s | will the skill revamps oops |
| 1615s | Jeff's starting to move here hello |
| 1617s | everybody I see we're joined by uninflux |
| 1620s | of people welcome welcome |
| 1623s | um maybe the the counter just takes a |
| 1624s | second to catch up |
| 1626s | why will there be some Alliance that |
| 1628s | will skill will the skill revamp slash |
| 1630s | additions be coming before 1.0 for |
| 1632s | example Paladin's missing one skill |
| 1633s | challenge missing one skill Etc and |
| 1635s | honestly the missing Mastery |
| 1636s | specifically |
| 1638s | um our Focus right now is getting the |
| 1639s | masteries completed in |
| 1641s | we want to have as many of those skills |
| 1643s | finished and ready to go as possible |
| 1644s | it's it's really going to come down to |
| 1647s | um how much time once we finish the |
| 1649s | masteries how much time's left that's |
| 1650s | really what it's going to come down to |
| 1652s | so |
| 1652s | um as many of those as possible in a |
| 1654s | perfect world all in a perfect world we |
| 1657s | would launch with every Master having |
| 1659s | five every Base Class having four oops |
| 1661s | and every |
| 1663s | um |
| 1664s | non-passive like like the |
| 1667s | add five to this and they'd all look the |
| 1670s | same like all every class would have |
| 1671s | this plus five more would be the perfect |
| 1674s | world now we're |
| 1678s | uh we we know we're having to prioritize |
| 1680s | and everything and uh |
| 1682s | as much of that as we can get done as |
| 1684s | possible is the goal |
| 1685s | the masteries the math the missing |
| 1687s | masteries are priority number one |
| 1693s | all right I recently worked on a |
| 1694s | collaborative project with unity and |
| 1696s | GitHub I Now understand how a patch can |
| 1698s | make everything explode that's messaging |
| 1700s | good luck for all the video game project |
| 1702s | managers out there thank you yeah it's |
| 1705s | there's a lot of things that uh that can |
| 1708s | happen a lot of things you never realize |
| 1710s | can happen until they do |
| 1714s | but so I I really enjoy the the launch |
| 1716s | process it's I mean probably because I'm |
| 1719s | uh not as directly involved with the |
| 1723s | the managing of that process that's why |
| 1726s | I actually enjoy it |
| 1729s | but especially getting a patch out the |
| 1731s | door feels so good |
| 1733s | it's having that release hit |
| 1736s | um |
| 1738s | and and just the like we did a thing |
| 1742s | here it is oh it feels great I love it |
| 1764s | all right next question I started |
| 1767s | playing your wonderful game yesterday |
| 1768s | awesome just getting started then |
| 1770s | cover your eyes spoilers oh |
| 1772s | maybe not actually if any hard you're |
| 1774s | going I have a question how important do |
| 1776s | you think it is to follow a build guide |
| 1778s | or how realistic is it to make any build |
| 1779s | work thank you |
| 1781s | um so there's uh I I don't think you |
| 1784s | need to follow a build guide right out |
| 1785s | of the game especially if you are an |
| 1787s | arpg uh player if you if you've played |
| 1789s | an arpg before |
| 1792s | um to end game let's say so like so |
| 1794s | you've got you've played one RPG to end |
| 1795s | game you can you can hang here and get |
| 1798s | to end game without following a guide |
| 1802s | um and really my advice is like pick a |
| 1805s | theme and uh and try and stick to it and |
| 1809s | um just make semiological choices and |
| 1812s | you'll be fine so like |
| 1815s | um don't don't try to make a |
| 1819s | a glacier black hole meteor character |
| 1822s | you know like that that's that's three |
| 1825s | extremely high casting cost abilities |
| 1827s | and and and just will fall apart because |
| 1830s | you just don't have anywhere near the |
| 1831s | Mana |
| 1832s | um |
| 1833s | like like don't don't try and make and |
| 1835s | and like some of these things or |
| 1836s | something like don't try to make a build |
| 1838s | that's like |
| 1839s | deals damage with SNAP freeze that by |
| 1841s | default doesn't know damage you know |
| 1843s | like as long as you're not as long as |
| 1844s | you're not taking some and these are |
| 1846s | things that probably I'm saying that |
| 1848s | someone's like I can make that work yeah |
| 1849s | okay fine but as a new player |
| 1852s | um pick something logical pick something |
| 1853s | that seems like it works well together |
| 1855s | like pic pick two lightning builds with |
| 1858s | two lightning skills or two fire skills |
| 1860s | and um and then like just get fired gear |
| 1863s | and you know like it'll it'll start to |
| 1864s | those things will start to click |
| 1866s | naturally |
| 1867s | um maybe maybe like just kind of be a |
| 1870s | little more freeform with it and if you |
| 1871s | find it unique that sounds cool |
| 1873s | um like build around that and focus on |
| 1875s | the unique |
| 1876s | um |
| 1877s | I I think as long as you're |
| 1880s | even remotely trying to make decent |
| 1883s | decisions |
| 1885s | um you'll you'll you'll be good enough |
| 1888s | to get through the core of the game and |
| 1891s | um get to a point where you can |
| 1893s | um like learn and grow and expand your |
| 1895s | knowledge on things or or look at the |
| 1897s | build guide if you want at that point |
| 1899s | um but I do think that that process of |
| 1901s | exploring and experiencing the game |
| 1904s | um sort of uh |
| 1907s | raw blind whatever you want to call it I |
| 1909s | think I think it's quite valuable |
| 1912s | and there are tons of awesome build |
| 1914s | guides out there I'm from lots of great |
| 1916s | uh great community members if you and if |
| 1918s | you're the type of person that really |
| 1919s | likes the build guide there's nothing |
| 1920s | wrong with following one at all and go |
| 1923s | for it for sure |
| 1924s | um and there's lots of great starter |
| 1925s | build guides out there |
| 1927s | um there's there's several content |
| 1929s | creators that have like |
| 1931s | um new player tips and tricks videos |
| 1933s | even where it's like not a full build |
| 1934s | guide but it's like uh hey here's a cool |
| 1936s | piece of information that'll help you |
| 1938s | make your own build uh type type things |
| 1940s | as well |
| 1941s | and or like here here's some general |
| 1943s | advice on how to how to start out how to |
| 1946s | how to approach things like okay most |
| 1948s | time when I'm building |
| 1950s | um building a character like this this |
| 1952s | is probably something you'd find in a |
| 1953s | video like that is that they'll say |
| 1954s | something along the lines of hey go into |
| 1956s | a skill and and type damage and see what |
| 1959s | nodes light up where where's where |
| 1961s | you're going to get more damage coming |
| 1962s | from like where you'll see like hey |
| 1963s | here's here's a bunch of damage right |
| 1965s | like here's uh here's damage here's |
| 1968s | that's not a good example |
| 1972s | yeah like there's there's like find the |
| 1974s | damage nodes and take them you know |
| 1976s | things like that |
| 1978s | um |
| 1980s | yeah |
| 1983s | I think it's very realistic to kind of |
| 1985s | just wing it and go I and like so I do |
| 1988s | have a little more experience with this |
| 1989s | than a new player for sure |
| 1991s | um but like the build I'm playing right |
| 1993s | now is is I'm just winging it I am I am |
| 1996s | not following a build guide I didn't do |
| 1998s | any research beforehand to see if this |
| 1999s | would work |
| 2001s | um I do know that there's a staff I'm |
| 2003s | really looking for there's a there's a |
| 2004s | set staff that will convert meteor to be |
| 2008s | a lightning spell |
| 2010s | um and and something else that's more |
| 2012s | noticeable there's these little elements |
| 2013s | here that show you what element is |
| 2015s | currently active for the ability and |
| 2017s | which elements are available to be added |
| 2019s | to it so like volcanic or for example |
| 2021s | can have cold added to it through both |
| 2023s | the skill tree this node right here |
| 2026s | um and also in the passive tree |
| 2029s | this no this node this node |
| 2035s | this node enough certainly three times |
| 2039s | um yeah so there's like there's there's |
| 2041s | a little bit of of hinting what can be |
| 2043s | done if the if the conversion happens |
| 2045s | through an item that doesn't appear here |
| 2047s | so meteor can be converted to lightning |
| 2048s | through an item but that doesn't appear |
| 2050s | here maybe it should though |
| 2052s | I don't know |
| 2058s | so which we try and include little bits |
| 2061s | of tools here and there to help help you |
| 2063s | help you make your own build and help |
| 2064s | you learn that sort of stuff |
| 2068s | but if you try and make a spellcaster |
| 2073s | um I don't know |
| 2077s | that would probably work actually uh |
| 2082s | if you try and make a fire |
| 2091s | are you trying to make a void marks and |
| 2093s | there you go that won't work avoid stall |
| 2095s | cast remarks and that won't work |
| 2106s | yeah so just lean into the thematics and |
| 2108s | you'll generally find a lot of support |
| 2110s | on like through items uh as you're |
| 2113s | playing the game |
| 2120s | the um |
| 2123s | each each Mastery class has passives |
| 2126s | that go with that Mastery specifically |
| 2128s | so every sorcerer has gets just plus 50 |
| 2131s | mana and spells you'll increase damage |
| 2133s | you within Mana costs like that just |
| 2134s | happens no matter watches the sorcery so |
| 2136s | like taking things that are like plus |
| 2138s | mana and things that get bonuses based |
| 2141s | on if you have more than a certain Mana |
| 2143s | threshold I think like it's not like |
| 2144s | that like like lean into that |
| 2146s | um that Mana theme there's there's a |
| 2149s | um these passives here are generally |
| 2151s | pretty signposty on what the overarching |
| 2154s | gameplay for that Mastery is going to be |
| 2162s | all right |
| 2165s | oh we got something to say ping uh if if |
| 2169s | you have a question please put out |
| 2170s | lastly [ __ ] aim in the question and |
| 2171s | I'll try and answer I'm just gonna go |
| 2172s | back and look for some uh will new |
| 2174s | patches work better on patch day than |
| 2176s | previous updates it's really frustrating |
| 2178s | to log in and find out nothing works uh |
| 2180s | what measures do you or can you take to |
| 2182s | ensure functioning content yeah I mean |
| 2185s | the um the most recent problems with uh |
| 2188s | with towns was a little frustrating |
| 2190s | um was I think it was fixed after three |
| 2192s | hours |
| 2194s | um |
| 2195s | we do like I know it sounds ridiculous |
| 2197s | but like all of it goes through a very |
| 2199s | strict testing and staging Feature |
| 2201s | Feature Branch |
| 2203s | um like we we've been playing with towns |
| 2205s | on Steam uh for internal tests for we |
| 2208s | for weeks at that point |
| 2210s | um |
| 2212s | and we just took the build that was |
| 2214s | working great on our development branch |
| 2215s | and |
| 2216s | moved it to our production branch and it |
| 2219s | didn't work you know |
| 2221s | um |
| 2222s | so there's there's |
| 2226s | there's |
| 2227s | sometimes there's things that we can't |
| 2228s | test for and sometimes there's things |
| 2230s | that we get that get released that |
| 2233s | unfortunately shouldn't have been which |
| 2235s | sucks |
| 2236s | um we are in the light of the most |
| 2239s | recent |
| 2240s | um |
| 2241s | Past release and the problems that |
| 2242s | they're in uh we are uh putting the cut |
| 2246s | off for Content earlier than it was last |
| 2248s | time I mean even earlier than the last |
| 2250s | time like we moved it up last time we're |
| 2252s | moving up again |
| 2253s | um we're going to expand the testing |
| 2255s | Circle earlier and bigger |
| 2259s | getting more people in earlier |
| 2261s | you know that sort of stuff |
| 2263s | so yeah there's |
| 2265s | the steps we're taking to to improve |
| 2267s | that there's a few other things behind |
| 2269s | the scenes that I'm not going to tell |
| 2271s | you about unfortunately sorry |
| 2273s | um |
| 2273s | yeah it's it's one of those things that |
| 2276s | we're still we're learning how to |
| 2277s | improve that process this was our second |
| 2281s | multiplayer patch launch ever like like |
| 2283s | major multiplayer patch launch |
| 2287s | um so I think there's there's still a |
| 2288s | little bit of learning we have to do and |
| 2290s | and how to optimize that and improve |
| 2292s | that process and and all that sort of |
| 2294s | stuff so we'll get better at that as |
| 2295s | time goes on |
| 2313s | interceptities except the intercepting |
| 2317s | I'm I'm no |
| 2323s | how can I make people go away |
| 2326s | yeah I'll just ignore it |
| 2329s | uh hello and happy Friday thank you as |
| 2332s | always unless you're even communicating |
| 2333s | with Le players |
| 2335s | your welcome message glad to have you |
| 2336s | with us |
| 2339s | I like I really I really enjoy |
| 2342s | um |
| 2343s | like there's there's there's there's |
| 2344s | names that recognize every week There's |
| 2346s | names I recognize it's not always the |
| 2347s | same names every week |
| 2348s | um but it is really cool to see names |
| 2350s | that I recognize come to the stream |
| 2352s | um glad to have you all here |
| 2355s | I really enjoy doing this |
| 2357s | it's a it's a wonderful little Friday |
| 2359s | afternoon treat for me |
| 2364s | okay what are we doing here Undead |
| 2367s | enemies get better stuff oh my gosh I'm |
| 2370s | like going through nodes |
| 2374s | where the boss is ready what am I doing |
| 2378s | what am I doing okay we're gonna do this |
| 2380s | real quick |
| 2382s | I'm sorry |
| 2388s | this is what happens I get distracted I |
| 2389s | get I go I end up on autopilot I get |
| 2391s | distracted |
| 2393s | and my goodness it's hot in here |
| 2401s | more questions |
| 2402s | that's the important part right uh what |
| 2404s | is the theme Synergy with your crimfield |
| 2407s | so yeah |
| 2408s | um |
| 2409s | my current build is I'm gonna get the |
| 2411s | lightning meteor eventually I swear it |
| 2415s | um I'm I'm going pretty pretty lightning |
| 2417s | heavy themed is the point here so like |
| 2419s | Manchester's lightning uh lightning |
| 2421s | blast is lightning meteor eventually |
| 2422s | will do lightning |
| 2423s | um but right now the bulk of my damage |
| 2425s | is just |
| 2426s | um |
| 2427s | just just drop huge amounts of damage |
| 2429s | with with a high Mana meteor |
| 2432s | um we're gonna try and stack CDR Mana |
| 2434s | regen flat Mana crit spell damage |
| 2439s | um |
| 2440s | eventually Elemental damage and |
| 2442s | eventually lightning damage specifically |
| 2447s | which I am which I I do have like this |
| 2449s | that has 48 spelled lightning damage |
| 2451s | that does give my meteor a bunch of |
| 2453s | spell lightning damage so the meteor |
| 2454s | will scale off increased lightning |
| 2456s | damage nodes |
| 2457s | because of that |
| 2460s | not as well |
| 2471s | but uh meteor does have an added |
| 2474s | um an added damage modifier that is |
| 2476s | positive so it uh it actually applies |
| 2479s | more than 48 to meteor |
| 2485s | oh my God |
| 2487s | all right next question in general is |
| 2490s | the Le development rate looking like it |
| 2493s | will make 1.0 lost into this year |
| 2495s | um I I I don't I don't know enough about |
| 2497s | the |
| 2499s | um |
| 2501s | I guess the production management side |
| 2502s | of things to like give an accurate |
| 2503s | assessment myself |
| 2505s | um from what I can see I I think so |
| 2508s | I'm confident I'm hyped |
| 2511s | um |
| 2513s | this is what I'm still still telling my |
| 2515s | my friends that it's coming this year |
| 2517s | but you know like I I I don't have the |
| 2521s | info to to give a hard like I know for |
| 2524s | sure or anything like that |
| 2527s | you know something can always go wrong |
| 2530s | a big part of that is going to be if we |
| 2532s | can stick landing on a lot of the |
| 2533s | multiple features like uh was mentioned |
| 2535s | earlier |
| 2541s | and it mace not quite this is such an |
| 2542s | interesting amazing it kind of doesn't |
| 2544s | doesn't |
| 2546s | quite have the niche that it needs to |
| 2549s | fit |
| 2550s | um and it's just a little there's just a |
| 2552s | few stats that are a little over the |
| 2553s | place it's an interesting thing actually |
| 2555s | I've noticed is that |
| 2557s | um say you have an item that has |
| 2560s | um so you see like the max power budget |
| 2562s | for item uh usable power budget for |
| 2564s | enemies 100 let's say |
| 2568s | um and that's like uh say you've got |
| 2572s | so you've got a build that has or an |
| 2574s | item that has |
| 2576s | um |
| 2577s | like increased fire damage and increased |
| 2579s | void damage and there's almost nothing |
| 2580s | that uses fire and void damage together |
| 2584s | um I mean bad example uh necrotic and |
| 2588s | fire damage necrotic and void I don't |
| 2590s | know some combination of damage that's |
| 2591s | just like those don't happen together in |
| 2593s | the same build right |
| 2596s | um and so like maybe if they could |
| 2599s | happen on the same build uh that item |
| 2602s | would become overpowered but because |
| 2604s | those two pieces can't ever happen on |
| 2606s | the same build you can actually put a |
| 2607s | higher power budget on the item overall |
| 2609s | and have it kind of work in two |
| 2611s | situations |
| 2613s | I guess a good example of this actually |
| 2614s | there's uh there's a pair of boots that |
| 2616s | specifically calls out movement |
| 2618s | abilities on five different classes so |
| 2621s | so realistically only |
| 2622s | like one of those five mods can be |
| 2625s | active at a time right |
| 2629s | and |
| 2630s | um |
| 2631s | so there's there's this sort of |
| 2633s | interesting thing where the the total |
| 2635s | power budget for the enemy if you could |
| 2636s | use the whole thing is way way higher uh |
| 2640s | than than normal but uh because you |
| 2643s | can't it's it actually is balanced still |
| 2645s | and it works fine |
| 2647s | um it's gonna be a little underpowered |
| 2648s | right now oh there's that there's that |
| 2650s | big Mana that we're talking about that'd |
| 2652s | be great to um |
| 2655s | make into a legendary |
| 2658s | that's awesome fun and anyways |
| 2660s | um |
| 2661s | was I getting that |
| 2664s | um oh yeah and and sometimes I think |
| 2666s | that if uh if if part of an item's power |
| 2670s | budget is being |
| 2672s | um expanded above 100 to include |
| 2677s | um mods like that |
| 2679s | it can actually take away from the |
| 2681s | perception of How High that how powerful |
| 2683s | that item is because it has waisted |
| 2686s | stats on it even though they're not not |
| 2688s | really wasted because they're not |
| 2688s | accounted for in the budget for the |
| 2690s | build you're playing |
| 2691s | um just the fact that it has those |
| 2693s | apparently wasted stats I think causes a |
| 2695s | real problem for |
| 2697s | um the perception of that ability and |
| 2699s | and the enjoyment the players get out of |
| 2701s | having it because they are wasting or it |
| 2703s | seems it feels like they're wasting part |
| 2705s | of the part of the item |
| 2708s | um and I think I think this is one of |
| 2709s | those items that kind of falls back down |
| 2711s | a little bit |
| 2719s | foreign |
| 2725s | but let's let's move on to a real |
| 2727s | question instead of me just rambling |
| 2728s | I've noticed that a few unique unstable |
| 2731s | core can only be upgraded to Legendary |
| 2733s | with exalted Mage chess piece even if |
| 2736s | the affixes on it are all basic and used |
| 2739s | by all it's intended intentional like |
| 2741s | that |
| 2742s | um the |
| 2747s | uh |
| 2750s | uh face type |
| 2751s | on a civil court does unstable core |
| 2753s | always have a mage only requirement I |
| 2756s | think it does |
| 2758s | look up real quick |
| 2768s | it does have a mage requirement yes okay |
| 2770s | required class Mage so |
| 2772s | um as soon as you have like required |
| 2775s | class Mage in the in in one item |
| 2778s | like like this for example says required |
| 2780s | class Mage in the bottom right corner |
| 2783s | um |
| 2784s | the only thing that that can go into the |
| 2786s | eternity cash with is something that |
| 2788s | either does not have a required class or |
| 2790s | has required class mage |
| 2792s | period no matter what it doesn't matter |
| 2795s | if the nodes could theoretically be |
| 2798s | transferred over or not |
| 2800s | um |
| 2802s | if there if the items have conflicting |
| 2806s | class requirements they cannot be placed |
| 2807s | in The Eternity cash together period it |
| 2810s | doesn't matter if there's no actual way |
| 2812s | for the eternity cash to create a |
| 2813s | conflict or not with those items as soon |
| 2816s | as the items have conflicting |
| 2818s | um class requirements there's a hard |
| 2821s | hard no check it's just like not |
| 2823s | happening |
| 2826s | I think that answers the question it |
| 2828s | doesn't please ask it again |
| 2837s | get back to chat |
| 2845s | uh is towns up not yet I wish it was |
| 2847s | said |
| 2849s | will there be a Dev stream that is just |
| 2851s | pushing arena for leaderboard I mean I'd |
| 2854s | be down to do that I I don't know if |
| 2856s | that's something that that people would |
| 2858s | prefer to see or not I mean I guess it |
| 2860s | doesn't really matter what I'm doing |
| 2860s | right as long as I'm answering questions |
| 2861s | so yeah I I'd love to do that |
| 2868s | actually you may notice that I pick a |
| 2870s | lot of Arena nodes in the monolith oh |
| 2872s | we're going I'm going through that which |
| 2874s | is something that most people will avoid |
| 2875s | pretty heavily I actually like the arena |
| 2876s | notes |
| 2878s | um |
| 2878s | so that's why you may see me pick a lot |
| 2880s | of them |
| 2881s | because it does actually if you don't |
| 2882s | know |
| 2883s | um I'm in the monolith the um nodes that |
| 2886s | are going to be Arena nodes actually say |
| 2888s | like something something arena in the |
| 2891s | name so you can you can actually tell |
| 2892s | it's going to be an arena one before you |
| 2894s | even click on it |
| 2898s | I think is uh pretty neat |
| 2903s | will 1.0 have any new features that will |
| 2905s | shock players that they weren't |
| 2906s | expecting |
| 2908s | um I hope so |
| 2912s | I hope so |
| 2913s | um |
| 2916s | I think they're like like some people |
| 2918s | won't be shocked you know that sort of |
| 2919s | thing |
| 2921s | um |
| 2922s | but I'm sure some people will be |
| 2931s | there's things that we've |
| 2935s | like |
| 2938s | I want to say |
| 2940s | theoretically referenced and suggested |
| 2942s | would be good to have that we don't know |
| 2944s | if we're gonna be able to get in on time |
| 2945s | or not that if we do it'll be a little |
| 2947s | surprising because we haven't |
| 2949s | specifically announced that we're doing |
| 2950s | that sort of thing that makes any sense |
| 2955s | the sometimes there's features that we |
| 2956s | we keep quiet until we know they're |
| 2958s | going in |
| 2960s | um |
| 2961s | that's happened a few times |
| 2963s | oh |
| 2966s | no |
| 2967s | that's not good |
| 2973s | but |
| 2975s | it's like never gonna get through this |
| 2978s | okay I'll go I'll go careful later this |
| 2980s | time more carefully |
| 2985s | ah I drink some water |
| 2998s | the door open |
| 3003s | I was wondering what do the devs think |
| 3005s | is the upper tier of corruption people |
| 3007s | should be able to do sometimes you hear |
| 3009s | about people doing 1600 plus from the |
| 3011s | class Master can we do half that |
| 3012s | sometimes is discouraging like you |
| 3014s | shouldn't play that or enjoy because |
| 3016s | it's probably sufficient uh Slash as |
| 3019s | good |
| 3020s | um I I think there's some edge cases in |
| 3024s | some combinations that cause fuel to |
| 3026s | push |
| 3027s | corruption a little higher than I I |
| 3030s | think it's probably healthy for the game |
| 3032s | um we generally look at balancing things |
| 3034s | in and around that 300 ish range knowing |
| 3037s | full well the people will go higher than |
| 3039s | that |
| 3041s | um when I see people with with like |
| 3042s | build that can hit sixteen hundred and |
| 3045s | two thousand I've seen a couple of them |
| 3046s | and you're like that must have sucked |
| 3048s | like that that must have that must have |
| 3050s | been kind of a brutal grind to get to |
| 3054s | um which I think is the main problem |
| 3055s | with that less so than the than the the |
| 3058s | rank Envy uh so to speak |
| 3061s | um |
| 3062s | and and more than just the like |
| 3065s | that's a brutal grind to hit to hit that |
| 3067s | much corruption |
| 3070s | um |
| 3073s | I don't really like the idea of hard |
| 3074s | capping it |
| 3076s | myself |
| 3077s | um |
| 3078s | I personally I I think there's lots of |
| 3082s | different things we've talked about in |
| 3083s | various design meetings about |
| 3085s | um how to how to improve the situation |
| 3087s | um I know we will be taking a little bit |
| 3089s | closer look as far as just general |
| 3090s | balance goes probably at some point to |
| 3093s | help with this |
| 3094s | um and there might be some systematic |
| 3096s | changes that need to come into to tune |
| 3098s | to improve the situation a little bit |
| 3100s | um |
| 3101s | I I really if you if you can I would try |
| 3104s | not to feel discouraged about not being |
| 3106s | able to get up past 1600 |
| 3109s | um |
| 3112s | it's not where the game intends to sit |
| 3132s | all right |
| 3137s | that's the question |
| 3140s | nope |
| 3141s | uh hi what's up I've been playing your |
| 3144s | game on and off for quite some time now |
| 3146s | and I really like it thanks you guys did |
| 3148s | a great job greetings from Egypt |
| 3151s | hi |
| 3152s | uh one small question we have infinite |
| 3154s | stash tabs on release no because we love |
| 3156s | crafting and last Epoch and I like |
| 3158s | hoarding items for future characters you |
| 3159s | know thank you very much |
| 3161s | um no we we can't do infinite uh |
| 3163s | infinite stash tabs |
| 3165s | um we do offer like it goes up to like |
| 3168s | 200 tabs right now |
| 3169s | it might be more than that I don't I |
| 3171s | don't know what the limit is it's I |
| 3172s | remember putting the limit in and |
| 3173s | thinking like that's insane no one will |
| 3175s | ever want that |
| 3176s | um some people do |
| 3179s | um but the the limit's pretty darn High |
| 3182s | there's also an increasing uh cost on it |
| 3186s | so um |
| 3188s | getting to the max is is tricky for sure |
| 3192s | um |
| 3193s | there's there's a ton of stash mates |
| 3197s | available |
| 3199s | if you're hitting that cap with like |
| 3201s | stuff that you're generally genuinely |
| 3203s | planning on keeping and trying out |
| 3207s | um |
| 3208s | you either gotta make more alts or keep |
| 3210s | less stuff because |
| 3211s | because that is that is a ton |
| 3215s | of gear |
| 3226s | uh any sort of items sort of limited |
| 3232s | those sort of items sort of limit design |
| 3236s | space in the future though |
| 3238s | oh this is talking about the items that |
| 3239s | that can uh sort of bridge the gap |
| 3242s | between |
| 3243s | um multiple multiple situations that |
| 3245s | they're good in |
| 3246s | see if I have some item that exists then |
| 3247s | you can't introduce a firewood skill in |
| 3249s | the future without reworking that item |
| 3251s | yeah |
| 3253s | yes I think I was being a little |
| 3256s | um I was trying to be a little |
| 3257s | generalistic a little |
| 3260s | uh simplistic I guess in in the example |
| 3263s | um |
| 3265s | there aren't that many situations that |
| 3267s | it causes a problem with and um usually |
| 3270s | they generally tend to go in situations |
| 3272s | where |
| 3274s | um those combinations are something we |
| 3278s | don't anticipate using for a very long |
| 3279s | time if at all |
| 3281s | um |
| 3283s | and |
| 3285s | if that situation comes up rebalancing |
| 3287s | one unique to work with with a new skill |
| 3289s | that comes in is not it's not gonna be a |
| 3291s | deal really |
| 3293s | maybe it just gets broken up into two |
| 3295s | uniques at that point not a big deal |
| 3317s | uh any insight into falconers lcbd I |
| 3319s | really want to make a rugby build with a |
| 3321s | hive but it needs medium damage it'll be |
| 3324s | ready when it's ready we're uh no no |
| 3326s | updates on on Falcon at the moment they |
| 3329s | might consider a way to take the auto |
| 3330s | aim out from marrow shards |
| 3333s | uh |
| 3337s | uh I don't think so |
| 3340s | uh tag reminders yes wonderful thank you |
| 3343s | please tag at least please tag at last |
| 3347s | debugging if you would like your |
| 3348s | question answered |
| 3366s | and that's what careful Mike looks like |
| 3373s | can't make more alts out of the cap for |
| 3376s | them for a week uh yeah that that cap |
| 3379s | does need to get increased as well |
| 3386s | we're talking about 300 corruption being |
| 3387s | a Target is there a certain clear speed |
| 3389s | or frequency of death also associated |
| 3391s | with that Target |
| 3392s | lower damage tank your build sometimes |
| 3394s | start feeling off well before they hit a |
| 3397s | corruption they start to uh hit a |
| 3399s | corruption they struggle with |
| 3401s | I mean it's it's |
| 3403s | um |
| 3405s | no there's no specific like clear speed |
| 3407s | or death frequency that we've |
| 3410s | um |
| 3411s | put in with that I would say |
| 3413s | it's sort of the expectation that the |
| 3415s | build is able to function and feel fun |
| 3417s | and and and |
| 3419s | um |
| 3421s | and and play nice and |
| 3424s | um |
| 3426s | I don't know how to say it like were you |
| 3427s | were you |
| 3431s | were you can get into a flow with with |
| 3433s | the build with the the style of build |
| 3436s | and there's gonna be builds that don't |
| 3437s | stack up like in order for some build to |
| 3439s | be really good another build has to be |
| 3441s | really bad it's just the way it is |
| 3444s | um if if there's |
| 3447s | um if all builds are |
| 3449s | generally really similar in what they |
| 3451s | can do |
| 3453s | um there's there are no good builds is |
| 3455s | what happens it's |
| 3457s | um and it's I know it's not true but |
| 3458s | that's the that's the commentary that |
| 3459s | goes with that's rhetoric that goes with |
| 3460s | it |
| 3461s | um |
| 3462s | like something something has to be bad |
| 3464s | for something to be good in in a |
| 3466s | situation like this when you're when |
| 3467s | you're doing relative balance between |
| 3468s | builds |
| 3470s | and and I I also want to make that clear |
| 3473s | as it's not like we sit down and say all |
| 3475s | right this build's gonna be a bad build |
| 3476s | and this build is going to be a good |
| 3478s | build |
| 3479s | um |
| 3480s | it's more in the sense that it's kind of |
| 3482s | a Fool's errand to try and uh to try to |
| 3485s | try and make everything as equal as |
| 3487s | possible because the closer you as as |
| 3489s | you start to converge into this like |
| 3491s | perfectly equal thing |
| 3493s | um it it's it starts becoming less fun I |
| 3496s | think and I mean we can do we can do it |
| 3498s | we can do it let's let's do a terrible |
| 3500s | graph time with Mike right |
| 3504s | um and you get your |
| 3506s | I don't know how we're gonna do this |
| 3507s | it's gonna be |
| 3510s | uh like |
| 3513s | it's just gonna look like this basically |
| 3516s | um and you get this sort of this this |
| 3518s | drop off is where like |
| 3521s | stuff starts becoming too similar this |
| 3523s | is like similar like how how uh |
| 3527s | similar top tier builds are like all the |
| 3530s | builds are more powerful to going this |
| 3531s | way |
| 3532s | um this is this is how much how |
| 3534s | interesting the system is as a whole |
| 3536s | um so as as you're going along and |
| 3538s | builds or builds like start over the |
| 3539s | base here where it looks like there's |
| 3541s | there's one build that does a building |
| 3542s | damage everything else does zero damage |
| 3543s | and it's no fun it's not interesting at |
| 3545s | all because you play that one Builder |
| 3547s | you don't play the game right |
| 3549s | um and down here at the other end |
| 3551s | um literally every Bill does 10 damage |
| 3554s | no matter what uh and it doesn't matter |
| 3556s | what you pick because your choice says |
| 3558s | know it your choices have no impact on |
| 3559s | the system whatsoever and so it's it's |
| 3561s | it's not interesting here it's not |
| 3563s | interesting here and so there's some |
| 3564s | point in the middle there where there's |
| 3565s | this imperfect balance where it's a lot |
| 3568s | of fun |
| 3570s | um I think this graph probably looks a |
| 3572s | little different it's probably something |
| 3573s | more similar to like okay let's let's |
| 3575s | get something more like this and it's |
| 3577s | probably probably plateaus and it's |
| 3579s | probably this like flat thing and it |
| 3580s | probably starts to drop off pretty hard |
| 3582s | it's probably more similar to that |
| 3584s | I'm not sure exactly what it looks like |
| 3585s | but that's how I guess it probably looks |
| 3588s | um and like living in this living in |
| 3590s | this spot up here where you're like |
| 3592s | where you're sitting in this it's it's a |
| 3594s | lot it's interesting there's a lot of |
| 3595s | builds there's a lot of diversity |
| 3597s | um but there are some things still |
| 3600s | there's there's all these builds that |
| 3602s | are that are just not fun right |
| 3605s | um maybe not that's the bad bad boarding |
| 3608s | not they're not fun they're not top tier |
| 3610s | builds there has to be these these these |
| 3613s | these not top tier builds in order to |
| 3615s | make these |
| 3616s | um all these like competitive builds fun |
| 3620s | and and and and make it feel like hey |
| 3623s | because I made decisions that put me in |
| 3624s | the category where I'm doing well uh it |
| 3627s | makes me happy that I'm not |
| 3629s | they're not am I hitting these mistakes |
| 3631s | these these these Duds or something like |
| 3633s | that and I'm using these kind of extreme |
| 3635s | examples but it really doesn't need to |
| 3637s | be that big of a difference |
| 3639s | um even just a small difference where |
| 3641s | it's like maybe maybe the like the the |
| 3643s | good builds are are hitting that |
| 3645s | um that 300 corruption nice and and |
| 3648s | easily in those those less good builds |
| 3650s | or hitting that 200 corruption level and |
| 3652s | it's it's not that different really |
| 3656s | um |
| 3660s | but you're still you're still getting |
| 3662s | those |
| 3663s | like those those differences those |
| 3664s | achievements that are that are higher |
| 3666s | because you've you've made decisions |
| 3668s | that make sense |
| 3671s | you found some sort of synergy that |
| 3672s | works well together you've you've |
| 3674s | crafted your build carefully and it's |
| 3675s | doing well it's doing more damage than |
| 3678s | um rolling a dice and picking skills |
| 3680s | that way you know |
| 3686s | um and then there's the side of it is |
| 3688s | that if there's if there's a uh if |
| 3690s | there's a fantasy if there's a gameplay |
| 3691s | style that fits in that that exclusively |
| 3695s | sits in that not as good category which |
| 3698s | is what you're getting at with your |
| 3699s | question |
| 3701s | um it doesn't feel great it feels it |
| 3702s | feels frustrating because you come into |
| 3703s | the game you say hey I want to play a |
| 3707s | um I want to play a really tanky |
| 3709s | character that focuses around fire |
| 3712s | damage and fire theming like I'm gonna |
| 3714s | wreath myself in Fire and |
| 3717s | um I'm gonna I'm gonna like take a bunch |
| 3719s | of Health stats and I'm gonna take a |
| 3720s | bunch of retaliation stats and I'm gonna |
| 3722s | do a bunch of like AOE dot fire damage |
| 3725s | while I'm super tanky |
| 3726s | and it's like oh that doesn't work |
| 3728s | there's no way to make that fantasy work |
| 3730s | that sucks |
| 3733s | um and that can be frustrating and we |
| 3735s | totally understand that we want to get |
| 3736s | as many of those fantasies into the this |
| 3739s | is fun this is competitive this is |
| 3740s | something that I can Thrive with in the |
| 3742s | environment |
| 3744s | um and getting as many of those |
| 3745s | fantasies represented there as possible |
| 3746s | is really important to us it's something |
| 3747s | to be trying to do |
| 3757s | but making sure that every single form |
| 3761s | of |
| 3763s | um ranged fire caster |
| 3765s | is a super viable build is is is much |
| 3768s | less important to us you know like maybe |
| 3770s | there's a uh some some buff and some |
| 3774s | nerve happens and Volcanic orb suddenly |
| 3775s | becomes way more powerful than than |
| 3777s | meteor or some something else happens |
| 3779s | and meteor suddenly becomes very |
| 3780s | powerful volcanic orb it's that's not |
| 3783s | really the end of the world I don't |
| 3784s | think |
| 3785s | um from Like A Bouncing and game balance |
| 3788s | perspective is concerned |
| 3794s | having that happen |
| 3796s | at a key moment in a race that sucks |
| 3801s | and we'll try and avoid that as much as |
| 3803s | we can |
| 3804s | um something like that would only happen |
| 3805s | in an extreme case where we're like oh |
| 3807s | my God something has to happen |
| 3811s | this is this is degenerate it's forcing |
| 3814s | people into a |
| 3817s | um like a a build crafting or like a |
| 3820s | build playing system that sucks |
| 3824s | um you know you know that that sort of |
| 3825s | thing is |
| 3826s | we're creating an unhealthy build |
| 3827s | gameplay patterns that we might step in |
| 3832s | but we're really really trying to avoid |
| 3834s | taking stuff away whenever we can |
| 3843s | say unhealthy I I mean things like let's |
| 3845s | say you have to spend 10 minutes |
| 3849s | sitting in mrast in the in the the scene |
| 3852s | between the model timeline Echoes |
| 3855s | um you spend 10 minutes in there |
| 3857s | casting and and recasting Buffs in order |
| 3860s | to line things up just perfectly and |
| 3862s | then you enter the Echo and because |
| 3864s | you've lined things up just perfectly |
| 3865s | the echo ends almost immediately |
| 3866s | everything just dies and you warp out |
| 3868s | and you're spending 99 of your time just |
| 3871s | sitting in a non-combat Zone casting |
| 3874s | prep abilities like that's it but like |
| 3876s | the build's by far the best there's |
| 3878s | nothing that can beat it it's so good |
| 3879s | it's it's top tier it's it's like it is |
| 3882s | the best build but because you're having |
| 3883s | to do these ridiculous steps |
| 3885s | to to not play the game effectively |
| 3888s | you're just you're prepping in town and |
| 3890s | then you're stepping into the Zone |
| 3891s | nuking everything disappearing something |
| 3893s | like that would probably be addressed |
| 3898s | um immediately because it's |
| 3900s | especially if it starts warping The Meta |
| 3902s | where people are like I hate this but |
| 3903s | because it's the only way to be |
| 3904s | competitive I'm gonna do it |
| 3906s | um like that that's just not fun that's |
| 3908s | not good that's not healthy |
| 3914s | yeah it's a little more attention there |
| 3921s | I feel like I Babble along with that for |
| 3923s | way too long |
| 3925s | I hope that answers your question |
| 3928s | in regards to the capping of stash tabs |
| 3930s | characters what's your plan after 1.0 |
| 3932s | happens along with new cycles and |
| 3934s | standard stash and characters will it be |
| 3936s | added to the pool or will it overlap |
| 3939s | um I I don't think we actually have a |
| 3941s | finalized version of what's gonna happen |
| 3942s | here |
| 3943s | um I expect it will be a |
| 3947s | um a remove only situation where you'll |
| 3949s | be able to |
| 3951s | um you'll you'll like your your cycle |
| 3954s | characters uh get |
| 3956s | um weaved in the standard |
| 3958s | when that happens you |
| 3960s | uh all of you like you have a bunch of |
| 3962s | stash tabs you've been using in |
| 3965s | um |
| 3966s | in in like in in the cycle and you'll |
| 3969s | probably go to your uh your stash and |
| 3971s | they'll be in a remove only stash tab or |
| 3973s | something |
| 3975s | um and you'll be able to |
| 3977s | uh to take those and put them into your |
| 3980s | standards Dash tabs at your leisure |
| 3985s | um |
| 3986s | what would be my expectation |
| 3990s | but something to change are there any |
| 3993s | features any future plans for more |
| 3996s | Elemental conversions like new set |
| 3998s | specific needs Etc oh yeah |
| 4000s | can we assume that Falconer is similar |
| 4002s | to Ragnarok Falcon class if you know the |
| 4004s | game I don't know the game I'm sorry |
| 4007s | and if I did know the game I would tell |
| 4009s | you I didn't know the game |
| 4012s | um |
| 4014s | the the details as to what's going to |
| 4016s | happen with that class functionality |
| 4018s | wise is |
| 4020s | um |
| 4032s | there was a crazy bug with this Arena |
| 4034s | and there was there was there was |
| 4036s | something right here a decoration that |
| 4038s | you get stuck on |
| 4040s | um when trying to Lunge on a sentinel |
| 4043s | between one Soul Vessel and another |
| 4044s | where you're trying to go from like the |
| 4046s | left one to the right one and you're |
| 4047s | trying to Lunge to the right there's |
| 4049s | like an object you'd get stuck on there |
| 4050s | all that bug took forever to fix it was |
| 4053s | so frustrating |
| 4056s | um |
| 4057s | and it wasn't actually the object it was |
| 4058s | just like the shape of the Arena that |
| 4060s | was causing it to happen and like |
| 4062s | it ended up being a problem with like |
| 4064s | how the the skill moved |
| 4067s | um |
| 4069s | oh it's frustrating |
| 4086s | next question won't do this |
| 4094s | oh no questions |
| 4097s | it's in a cut up but it's not very often |
| 4100s | usually it's like an industry and I'm |
| 4102s | struggling to catch up and I catch up |
| 4104s | I wonder how that happened |
| 4107s | uh I guess I need to babble more don't I |
| 4111s | uh might be a weird thing to ask for but |
| 4112s | I would like to have some option for |
| 4114s | in-game chat |
| 4116s | uh for example message to fade out wait |
| 4118s | messages Fade Out way too fast like some |
| 4120s | some UI options just on on the visual |
| 4122s | side of things yeah I mean if you've got |
| 4124s | a suggestion something that you'd like |
| 4125s | to see in game |
| 4126s | um we've got a suggestions and like to |
| 4129s | see section of our Discord and our |
| 4131s | forums that there is a space for you to |
| 4133s | do that on |
| 4134s | um |
| 4135s | people check that and look for ideas and |
| 4137s | things like that |
| 4139s | every day |
| 4140s | let's go on toss it over there and |
| 4142s | someone will uh at least look at it |
| 4147s | I love this so much as a boss dropped |
| 4149s | from the first like monolith boss it's |
| 4151s | such a like |
| 4152s | it's it's it's the |
| 4155s | it really signposts stats that you're |
| 4157s | gonna want later in the monolith where |
| 4159s | it's like hey you're gonna want a lot of |
| 4161s | Health hey you're gonna want 100 crit |
| 4163s | strike avoidance like these are things |
| 4165s | you need to get in the monolith |
| 4174s | it's probably like that |
| 4178s | and I know people who've been through |
| 4180s | this oh I clicked the wrong one |
| 4184s | that whatever |
| 4186s | um I know people have been through this |
| 4187s | bajillion times uh |
| 4189s | uh probably are frustrated from getting |
| 4191s | it over and over again from the first |
| 4193s | one but |
| 4194s | um I think it's really important |
| 4195s | especially for people who are who are |
| 4196s | new |
| 4198s | you know what uh yeah yeah |
| 4205s | I thought for a second I'd actually |
| 4206s | unlocked the other one already |
| 4208s | I didn't |
| 4225s | well multiple looked into |
| 4228s | um more into loading times and bugs and |
| 4230s | more in-game stuff other than node |
| 4232s | system yeah that's |
| 4234s | most of what we're working on right now |
| 4238s | um |
| 4245s | thanks for the the |
| 4247s | spam suggestion there photon |
| 4252s | all right when it comes to how budgeting |
| 4256s | and complexity of uniques does level and |
| 4258s | Rarity factor and absolutely yes |
| 4260s | definitely |
| 4262s | um level I would say more so than Rarity |
| 4265s | but |
| 4266s | um yeah Rarity ready factors in two yes |
| 4268s | for example our rare and or high level |
| 4271s | uniques allowed to be more complex |
| 4272s | because players will have uh have a |
| 4274s | minimum amount of time with the game to |
| 4276s | find by complexity I mean either more |
| 4278s | text or complicated use cases like |
| 4280s | drawbacks yeah yes yes to all that um |
| 4284s | the uh |
| 4288s | and and sometimes the complexity comes |
| 4290s | from like subtlety almost |
| 4293s | um where |
| 4296s | uh if if if there was an island here |
| 4299s | it's just kind of a |
| 4302s | but say there was a |
| 4305s | um |
| 4306s | say there was a |
| 4309s | wand a level one wand the control say |
| 4311s | Alchemist Ladle had the ability uh the |
| 4314s | stat on it |
| 4316s | um your lightning blast does 100 more |
| 4319s | cold damage |
| 4320s | and you look at that and go |
| 4322s | lightning blast is a lightning spell and |
| 4325s | if you go to lightning blast tree |
| 4330s | oh it is here originally it didn't have |
| 4332s | it here dang it my whole point is ruined |
| 4337s | um okay well it is here now and uh it's |
| 4339s | been there for a long time probably and |
| 4341s | I'm an idiot but hypothetically this |
| 4342s | note didn't exist or even if it does |
| 4344s | exist |
| 4345s | um the initial thought is you're |
| 4347s | starting out the game you've got |
| 4348s | lightning blast maybe you don't have any |
| 4350s | um skill points in it yet or if you do |
| 4352s | you haven't gone to this part of the |
| 4353s | tree yet or something and and just |
| 4355s | seeing like hey |
| 4357s | it's it's this required knowledge that |
| 4359s | lightning glass has a cold conversion |
| 4360s | node that makes that mod useful and |
| 4363s | um if you haven't if you haven't played |
| 4365s | at all |
| 4366s | or maybe you don't know that conversion |
| 4368s | nodes exist even yet |
| 4370s | um things like that like it's it's that |
| 4371s | that Assumption of prior knowledge or or |
| 4375s | game knowledge that we're like hey it |
| 4377s | needs to have this much game knowledge |
| 4378s | to work |
| 4380s | is is usually something we reserve for a |
| 4382s | little bit higher |
| 4383s | um level and or Rarity items |
| 4388s | oh that was like the most botched |
| 4390s | example ever eh |
| 4392s | oh well I I think the point came through |
| 4395s | decent |
| 4397s | decent is that was up |
| 4404s | a little exalted ax there |
| 4407s | not a great exalted mod but not terrible |
| 4412s | give me that experience |
| 4423s | yeah sure |
| 4427s | I tend to play dot builds in any RPG |
| 4429s | awesome I like dot builds I used to play |
| 4431s | a uh |
| 4433s | uh warlock Maine in WoW |
| 4437s | uh primarily off well I guess it was |
| 4439s | demo for a long time too anyways |
| 4442s | um |
| 4443s | this is back in Wrath so it makes sense |
| 4445s | I was just wondering coding-wise in Le |
| 4448s | dot damage is noticeably dealt in text |
| 4450s | versus like Poe where it appears health |
| 4452s | bars to be continuous Degen what is the |
| 4454s | difference to your understanding the |
| 4457s | difference is the major difference is |
| 4458s | the damage numbers are collected and |
| 4461s | combined together over several ticks of |
| 4464s | damage numbers are combined together and |
| 4466s | shown all at once |
| 4468s | um and that process of showing that |
| 4470s | damage take all together makes it feel |
| 4471s | like it's happening at a uh a slower |
| 4474s | interval |
| 4476s | um the dots are ticking way faster than |
| 4477s | you think |
| 4481s | uh hi maybe weird question but if I buy |
| 4484s | the game right now in Steam and I start |
| 4485s | playing will there be no white my |
| 4487s | progress After official release okay so |
| 4489s | yeah it's not not a weird question at |
| 4490s | all I get this question a lot actually |
| 4492s | um and it and sometimes and when I |
| 4494s | answer some people are like well yeah |
| 4495s | that's not a Wi-Fi other people feel |
| 4497s | like other times people like want to |
| 4498s | wipe so maybe |
| 4500s | um what we're doing we're doing um a |
| 4502s | cyclical content release cycle |
| 4505s | um so we're calling them cycles and |
| 4509s | um having so you you can |
| 4513s | when a new major patch releases what |
| 4516s | we're doing is we're taking all the |
| 4517s | characters that are on the current |
| 4518s | ladder and moving them into a standard |
| 4520s | environment where they can still play |
| 4521s | just a non-latter environment |
| 4524s | um and their their progress is not wiped |
| 4526s | their characters still exists you can |
| 4527s | still do the same all the same things |
| 4529s | you were doing before |
| 4530s | um you're just in a non-ladder |
| 4532s | environment and uh the new content |
| 4534s | starts new ladder starts people start |
| 4536s | new characters on the new ladder it's a |
| 4537s | fresh economy all that sort of stuff new |
| 4540s | new content gets added to the game it's |
| 4542s | all sorts of cool stuff to do |
| 4544s | um so you can start a new character and |
| 4546s | participate in that ladder if you'd like |
| 4547s | or you can continue playing the |
| 4548s | character you have and it's just like |
| 4551s | nothing happened a new patch came out |
| 4553s | right |
| 4554s | um |
| 4555s | so there's we're not We're Not Gonna |
| 4558s | We're Not Gonna we have no intention to |
| 4559s | delete your characters we have no |
| 4561s | intention to wipe them clean |
| 4563s | um if something goes horribly wrong it's |
| 4565s | possible that it could happen I totally |
| 4566s | forgot I had that uh Town portal uh |
| 4569s | thing equipped because it doesn't affect |
| 4570s | the green portals right now |
| 4572s | um which is unfortunate and will be |
| 4574s | fixed |
| 4575s | um |
| 4577s | but yeah that's a sweet portal opening |
| 4578s | animation if you've never seen that one |
| 4592s | yes |
| 4594s | lovely |
| 4597s | I think that's the best one so far in my |
| 4599s | opinion the the void one's really nice |
| 4601s | too |
| 4603s | that one's my favorite |
| 4605s | that was one of the first ones that |
| 4607s | someone like that was ideated and |
| 4609s | suggested in the in the initial like |
| 4611s | what sort of uh unique portals do we |
| 4613s | want to make that was one of the first |
| 4614s | ones that was suggested and everyone's |
| 4616s | just like well yeah |
| 4624s | all right |
| 4631s | all right with the recent Diablo 4 race |
| 4633s | controversy oh I'm so out of the picture |
| 4635s | with that I heard I heard stuff but I |
| 4638s | don't I don't know the details |
| 4641s | um I don't know the details of the |
| 4642s | timeline well enough to |
| 4645s | um really make too well of an educated |
| 4647s | comment on it so I will possibly opt out |
| 4650s | so I'm sure we'll read this that's the |
| 4651s | question are you guys planning on having |
| 4652s | any official stuff like that 2 1.0 uh |
| 4655s | first world Stuff Etc or we just have uh |
| 4658s | leave it to the community to organize |
| 4659s | those kinds of things |
| 4661s | um I don't know actually |
| 4664s | I think it would be really cool to have |
| 4666s | um |
| 4667s | to have some sort of uh like world first |
| 4670s | achievement that sort of thing |
| 4672s | um |
| 4673s | I I think because we're in we've been |
| 4675s | we're in Early Access we've been in |
| 4676s | Early Access for so long |
| 4678s | um and there's there's no price |
| 4679s | difference between Early Access and full |
| 4680s | launch |
| 4682s | um I think it's a lot more reasonable to |
| 4684s | have something like that uh because if |
| 4686s | someone does want to get in early and |
| 4688s | practice the whatever the thing is it |
| 4691s | will be |
| 4692s | um |
| 4693s | like it's it's there's there's no |
| 4695s | there's no barrier to to get in and |
| 4698s | start practicing now type thing |
| 4700s | there's there's no like extra extra cost |
| 4703s | or anything like that |
| 4704s | I'm not 100 sure what what happened with |
| 4707s | e-force I'm sorry if I'm like missing |
| 4708s | the point here a little bit |
| 4710s | um this is probably something that I |
| 4711s | missed with the whole thing I try so |
| 4713s | hard to ignore the controversy stuff now |
| 4715s | it like it bums me out |
| 4719s | um |
| 4721s | but yeah so so uh I did hear there was |
| 4723s | some stuff happening anyways um |
| 4728s | uh yeah I I don't know if anything's |
| 4730s | planned right now for that |
| 4732s | um but if we did I think we like we try |
| 4734s | and keep things as Fair as possible and |
| 4735s | I know there are lots of community |
| 4736s | members that have tons of experience |
| 4737s | running events in last Epoch and we |
| 4739s | probably would turn to them for advice |
| 4741s | um if if we were going to do something |
| 4743s | like that |
| 4744s | um maybe maybe it would be something |
| 4746s | that is a new feature to 1.0 so no one |
| 4749s | has experience with it oh there was like |
| 4752s | four of them stacked up they're over |
| 4754s | there in the corner it's got nuked |
| 4759s | um like maybe maybe something brand new |
| 4761s | that like just no one has experience on |
| 4762s | you know |
| 4765s | keep the playing field level that way it |
| 4767s | would be important to keep things as |
| 4768s | Fair as we can and there's probably |
| 4769s | always going to be someone that had some |
| 4770s | advantage on it and it's like it's it's |
| 4773s | hard to do but it's at the same time |
| 4775s | it's engaging and it's fun and it's |
| 4777s | interesting and it's like it's cool to |
| 4779s | have these challenges and that drive |
| 4781s | people and |
| 4783s | um you know like you get there and |
| 4785s | people that succeeded it it's like it's |
| 4787s | it's fun it's interesting it's |
| 4788s | meaningful it's cool like I I have a |
| 4793s | um my my WOW account that hasn't been |
| 4795s | active in years but like there's a world |
| 4797s | first achievement on that account sorry |
| 4799s | server first server servers sorry |
| 4802s | uh should be to insanity |
| 4805s | um |
| 4807s | on a very heavily populated server |
| 4810s | anyways |
| 4812s | um |
| 4813s | the |
| 4815s | the the the point is like those those |
| 4817s | types of things they're cool and they |
| 4818s | stick with you and it becomes part of |
| 4819s | your like your personal gaming history |
| 4821s | and things like that like |
| 4824s | um like I filmed the video for that uh |
| 4826s | that server first I still I got the link |
| 4828s | on my personal YouTube account like |
| 4830s | um |
| 4831s | sweet some sweet gorillas tracks in |
| 4833s | there yeah it's awesome anyways |
| 4836s | um |
| 4837s | the uh |
| 4842s | I I I think that stuff's awesome and I |
| 4844s | think there's ways that can hurt that |
| 4847s | awesomeness |
| 4848s | um |
| 4849s | and hopefully we don't fall into this |
| 4850s | traps |
| 4854s | have I looked into a test deal before |
| 4855s | yet thoughts |
| 4857s | um yes not a ton not as much as I want |
| 4859s | to not as much as I will |
| 4860s | um I I think that there's there's like |
| 4864s | there's so many things that they do so |
| 4866s | well |
| 4868s | um and like there's a lot of standout |
| 4869s | like um standout features that I've seen |
| 4872s | that you're like oh that looks so nice |
| 4875s | and oh that that just stood out really |
| 4878s | this really great like there's those |
| 4879s | little things that stand out is so great |
| 4880s | here and there |
| 4882s | um |
| 4883s | that I really enjoyed and I noticed um |
| 4886s | like a big emphasis on like really sweet |
| 4889s | casting animations that feel great |
| 4893s | um |
| 4894s | and and that was interesting so as well |
| 4896s | as it was the the poe2 trailer the Pee |
| 4898s | Wee teaser that just came out as well |
| 4900s | and it had a similar like there was some |
| 4902s | big casting animations I felt awesome in |
| 4904s | there too and I was like yeah that's |
| 4905s | awesome |
| 4921s | all right kind of like how meteor has a |
| 4923s | more a more uh |
| 4927s | a more none fire damage node but no |
| 4929s | conversion on the tree so |
| 4932s | um so once you find electrostatic clicks |
| 4934s | yeah |
| 4937s | or non-pride damage yes sorry |
| 4939s | uh it also has physical on it |
| 4943s | I think |
| 4946s | uh |
| 4948s | warlock made in here as well yep |
| 4957s | okay here we go hello Mike happy Friday |
| 4961s | happy Friday how you doing having fun I |
| 4963s | hope so uh let's get your question here |
| 4966s | what are your opinions on making the |
| 4970s | corruption scaling in endgame more |
| 4972s | tiered like the dungeons I think this |
| 4974s | would make it more easy for players to |
| 4976s | understand where their characters |
| 4976s | currently are in terms of power |
| 4980s | I think it's it's |
| 4981s | um I think |
| 4983s | I think we've had a few debates on this |
| 4985s | topic internally over the last year or |
| 4988s | so |
| 4990s | um |
| 4991s | and I think there are positive and |
| 4993s | negative things to it |
| 4995s | um I think there's |
| 4998s | having having that a slightly more |
| 5001s | granular |
| 5003s | um |
| 5004s | like control over what your corruption |
| 5006s | is and that that constant like hey it's |
| 5008s | just got a little bit harder I just got |
| 5010s | a little bit harder just got a little |
| 5011s | bit harder and it was like it's it's |
| 5012s | getting there it's getting there that |
| 5013s | like that steady progression is is |
| 5015s | really good and healthy |
| 5017s | um |
| 5019s | I think it would I think it would really |
| 5022s | help to have |
| 5024s | um more clear break points |
| 5026s | on everybody's been the wrong turn but |
| 5028s | more clear like stages and tears for the |
| 5031s | for corruption and maybe that maybe that |
| 5033s | looks something along the lines of like |
| 5036s | um like once your corruption hits 50 |
| 5038s | something happens once your corrosion |
| 5040s | hits 100 something happens and there are |
| 5042s | some of those already they're not very |
| 5043s | well |
| 5044s | um |
| 5045s | uh |
| 5046s | uh communicated to the player at the |
| 5048s | moment |
| 5050s | um |
| 5054s | but yeah it's it's a it's a tough one I |
| 5059s | I know that the last debate ended with |
| 5062s | us not changing it |
| 5077s | chance |
| 5078s | but oh yeah okay |
| 5082s | do we do we try and take the |
| 5087s | crit off or do we just like save that |
| 5089s | and use it to merge or something |
| 5093s | either way that's a pretty nice find |
| 5100s | yeah give me that a sentence |
| 5105s | wait can a sentence hit set items |
| 5110s | foreign |
| 5132s | oh yes obviously |
| 5134s | oh my goodness Mike |
| 5136s | get your act together |
| 5138s | unique or set item yes cool |
| 5141s | um |
| 5143s | dude just start slamming steps |
| 5148s | yo Steph here's the staff I don't even |
| 5150s | know what's new about that one |
| 5158s | a big lighting damage on it again |
| 5166s | uh yeah |
| 5175s | damn |
| 5176s | it's worth the shot |
| 5180s | I'll get it I'll get it don't worry I'll |
| 5182s | get it |
| 5186s | all right |
| 5189s | um |
| 5193s | speed that up and you get a very |
| 5195s | annoying sound |
| 5210s | uh right new chapter one is great uh it |
| 5213s | makes sense the first thing new players |
| 5215s | see get extra polished yeah I agree but |
| 5217s | what is the priority ring other chapters |
| 5219s | close to its level only the oldest |
| 5221s | chapters all existing chapters |
| 5223s | um the the next Focus for level design |
| 5226s | is going to be more around uh end game |
| 5228s | and |
| 5230s | um a new chapters coming out uh post |
| 5234s | um |
| 5235s | trying to say the end of the game |
| 5236s | without announcing it but I've already |
| 5237s | spoiled at the end is currently |
| 5238s | finishing off the story chat that we |
| 5240s | already have so our content we already |
| 5241s | have and more in-game content is the |
| 5244s | current uh level design priority |
| 5247s | um we will be we do things especially |
| 5249s | we've added a lot of new tools to our uh |
| 5252s | World building Arsenal over the last |
| 5254s | couple years and there's sort of one of |
| 5256s | those things where like we build |
| 5257s | something with the tools we have uh and |
| 5260s | then we like go build a new chapter |
| 5261s | we're like oh we really need this |
| 5262s | feature for this chapter and we like |
| 5263s | make a new tool to make that feature |
| 5265s | available and then we're like oh that |
| 5266s | would have been cool to use in another |
| 5267s | chapter wouldn't it yeah I guess we'll |
| 5268s | go back and do that eventually |
| 5270s | um |
| 5271s | and the disparity I think between like |
| 5273s | the like now the worst chapter and the |
| 5276s | best chapter is is that Gap has closed I |
| 5279s | think |
| 5280s | um a little bit from what it was before |
| 5282s | the the chapter one reward |
| 5284s | but um |
| 5287s | and and we will continue to upgrade and |
| 5290s | update the older chapters that are in |
| 5291s | the game that sort of stuff but it's not |
| 5293s | our uh it's not a super priority right |
| 5295s | now it's not a main project uh there's |
| 5297s | not like another like we were chapter |
| 5300s | X that's on some major project right now |
| 5307s | not so that it won't happen just not the |
| 5309s | main priority |
| 5319s | uh to chill out the game but ran into a |
| 5322s | bug |
| 5323s | if you bug please head on over to our |
| 5325s | bug reports Forum so someone can address |
| 5327s | it for you |
| 5329s | um |
| 5330s | your problem progressing a timeline I I |
| 5332s | oh yeah how do you report that forums |
| 5335s | head over to the forums um there's a bug |
| 5337s | report section on the forums |
| 5338s | um I think you can possibly say |
| 5339s | exclamation mark bug into chat it will |
| 5342s | actually give it to you |
| 5343s | um you can do that in our Discord and |
| 5345s | we'll give you the link there as well |
| 5346s | depending on what you have |
| 5347s | um quick access to already |
| 5351s | yeah I think this the the splinters on |
| 5353s | the far left are physical ah yes |
| 5354s | oh yes |
| 5356s | love the game thank you uh have |
| 5359s | suggestions for in-game Loop if you have |
| 5361s | suggestions please head over to the |
| 5362s | forums I will read them but I will also |
| 5364s | forget them |
| 5366s | uh all right with the addition of new |
| 5368s | dungeons yes love the dungeon Pacific |
| 5370s | mechanics and skills by the way the boss |
| 5371s | is in the future that the difficulty |
| 5373s | scaling is adjusted such that Dungeons |
| 5375s | and bosses become The Benchmark for |
| 5377s | character progression aspirational |
| 5378s | content as opposed to increasing |
| 5380s | corruption as the only mean to Warrant |
| 5382s | character progression um so we actually |
| 5383s | have a different plan to achieve the |
| 5386s | same goal you're trying to achieve so |
| 5389s | no yes |
| 5397s | perhaps stability and Corruption can be |
| 5399s | used to upgrade blessings uh monolith |
| 5401s | bosses fights can be accessible without |
| 5403s | grinding stability except maybe the |
| 5405s | first time |
| 5408s | oh this is a continuation |
| 5411s | yeah if you've got if you've got |
| 5412s | suggestions head on over to the forums |
| 5414s | um people people will be very happy to |
| 5416s | engage with you uh be prepared for |
| 5418s | someone to uh tell you they like it and |
| 5420s | someone else tell you they don't like it |
| 5422s | um but that's that's how that's how we |
| 5424s | get you know good discussions on on new |
| 5427s | content we get great great new content |
| 5429s | out of the game |
| 5432s | uh another quick question another quick |
| 5434s | answer 14 no okay uh did you guys ever |
| 5437s | consider making modifiers in the model |
| 5439s | of non-stack will hook only one Echo yes |
| 5441s | we did uh at least the ones people think |
| 5444s | are more problematic like Dodge and |
| 5446s | deadly |
| 5447s | um yes we we've we've definitely |
| 5450s | considered doing that |
| 5451s | um I think we reduced the number that |
| 5453s | many of them of of those types affect |
| 5455s | like the they used to affect on average |
| 5457s | like three or four and I think on |
| 5458s | average they affect two or three type |
| 5460s | thing |
| 5461s | um |
| 5463s | but that that's one of the big that's |
| 5465s | one of the main mechanics on the model |
| 5467s | of traversal is |
| 5470s | um like is is your build diverse enough |
| 5474s | to |
| 5476s | um to handle nodes that are maybe more |
| 5478s | problematic you know is is that like |
| 5480s | that's that's a huge part of the build |
| 5482s | crafting and model of progression |
| 5483s | engagement is like |
| 5486s | like that's that's one of the main |
| 5487s | features of of like builds I think that |
| 5490s | I think it's overloads a lot is is their |
| 5492s | versatility and their ability to adapt |
| 5494s | to different |
| 5495s | um monster mods in the monolith and uh |
| 5497s | and and in the dungeons too |
| 5500s | um like does does that mod come up that |
| 5502s | that just wrecks you |
| 5504s | um but it's got that reward you really |
| 5506s | want like do you do you have a |
| 5507s | contingency in your build for that do |
| 5509s | you |
| 5510s | um you know or or like do you just move |
| 5513s | on and try a different note and try and |
| 5515s | get onto it maybe it moves like a loop |
| 5517s | around a different way |
| 5518s | um you know there's all sorts of things |
| 5519s | that go into that but |
| 5521s | um I think that's that's a really |
| 5522s | important part of the model is is having |
| 5524s | that decision making process in which |
| 5526s | one you're going to go to not just from |
| 5528s | a hey what do I want but what can I do |
| 5531s | and how can I do it and things like that |
| 5535s | because if if the |
| 5538s | if none of them if the mods were all |
| 5541s | equal difficulty for every character we |
| 5545s | might as well not have them at all you |
| 5546s | know it's it's one of those things where |
| 5548s | it's like |
| 5549s | having those differences and some of |
| 5552s | them being way harder than others for |
| 5553s | different builds like like the the crit |
| 5555s | avoidance uh node dot build is like |
| 5558s | Okay so |
| 5560s | uh but a crypto's like oh my God no |
| 5564s | and um |
| 5567s | and and and and like having those having |
| 5569s | those differences is is important I |
| 5571s | think |
| 5586s | gloves oh God Weaver's well unique yeah |
| 5590s | that's I uh that's not the first one who |
| 5592s | undermine |
| 5595s | still cool still exciting yeah |
| 5600s | uh uh do we will get a German |
| 5603s | translation at some point I am pretty |
| 5605s | sure German's on the list I'd be |
| 5607s | surprised if it wasn't |
| 5609s | um |
| 5610s | it falls in that like classic e-figs |
| 5615s | uh English French uh Italian German |
| 5619s | Spanish |
| 5621s | um which is sort of the like the core |
| 5623s | translation languages that usually |
| 5625s | happen I think |
| 5630s | I'd have to double check the list to be |
| 5631s | sure but um I I I think so |
| 5643s | uh please let us speed run the campaign |
| 5645s | in online at some point |
| 5649s | uh What uh currently we can't since solo |
| 5652s | mode is replaced by ssf |
| 5664s | I don't uh |
| 5668s | I'm missing something there I'm sorry |
| 5670s | I'm trying to figure out uh |
| 5672s | please expand that question with more |
| 5674s | information because I'm sure I'm missing |
| 5675s | something there I'm sorry |
| 5678s | to be the same forms I have I do not |
| 5680s | anymore |
| 5682s | laughs |
| 5685s | I |
| 5687s | I get very depressed after reading the |
| 5689s | steam forums because there's so much |
| 5691s | misinformation and so much aggression |
| 5694s | but I just I can't handle it |
| 5699s | I know other people on the team do but I |
| 5701s | can't do it |
| 5702s | it's just it's oh you're just thinking |
| 5704s | about it bothers me like it's I just |
| 5706s | want to scream at the top of my lungs to |
| 5708s | some of the things that get said they're |
| 5709s | just like |
| 5711s | scream no so loud you just can't |
| 5718s | and they get said with such I gotta stop |
| 5720s | okay new topic |
| 5722s | any updates optimization it's always |
| 5723s | happening we're always optimized we're |
| 5725s | always updating the optimization of the |
| 5726s | game there's there's people who that's |
| 5728s | all they do is they make they're like I |
| 5731s | shaved |
| 5732s | uh a tenth of a second off to off the on |
| 5735s | average frame and it's the biggest news |
| 5738s | in the world that actually would be |
| 5739s | amazing if we do that but yeah like um |
| 5742s | like there's that that's that's one of |
| 5745s | the major concern considerations we do |
| 5747s | for a lot of things is is optimization |
| 5750s | it's really important to us that we the |
| 5751s | game's accessible from uh from a player |
| 5754s | Hardware standpoint that the game's |
| 5755s | accessible from a functionality |
| 5758s | standpoint from a from a network |
| 5759s | infrastructure standpoint |
| 5763s | um and also it looks good while it's |
| 5765s | doing it so like a lot of times |
| 5766s | optimization can can just help more |
| 5768s | powerful systems crank up their settings |
| 5770s | and make it look prettier you know |
| 5792s | all right next question |
| 5800s | the next bug fix patch will be out I |
| 5804s | don't know |
| 5805s | um I have had myopia node in Abyssal |
| 5809s | Echoes bug for months doesn't blind |
| 5812s | blind it needs |
| 5815s | um finding some work and it's gonna get |
| 5817s | some love |
| 5817s | uh but finally managed to get to work by |
| 5819s | putting one point into the ignite node |
| 5821s | that's interesting |
| 5824s | um yeah I don't know if that bug's been |
| 5825s | reported or not check the forms if it |
| 5827s | hasn't reported please |
| 5829s | uh |
| 5830s | all right oh you know you know what I |
| 5833s | have that I just like I do I did I did |
| 5835s | bring something a little teaser this is |
| 5837s | a this is a bit of a cryptic teaser this |
| 5839s | time |
| 5842s | um |
| 5847s | it's a bit of a cryptic teaser |
| 5849s | and it's it's actually a little snip of |
| 5853s | a bigger picture |
| 5855s | um |
| 5856s | that I'm sure you'll get |
| 5858s | in some sort of social post down the |
| 5860s | road but um |
| 5862s | this this was I got the Santa favorite |
| 5864s | for the stream I was a little |
| 5867s | a little teaser to show off just getting |
| 5868s | some experience behind that right now |
| 5875s | if I actually use my abilities probably |
| 5877s | would be good |
| 5882s | direct oh you can't reset crafting |
| 5885s | materials in online since point nine |
| 5886s | with the change of Solomon becoming a |
| 5888s | countdown mode I understand what you |
| 5889s | mean |
| 5890s | um you you want to have a uh a hard |
| 5893s | fresh reset button on your character for |
| 5895s | for a vanilla Speed Run where you are |
| 5897s | going from scratch with nothing else I |
| 5899s | understand I understand sorry |
| 5902s | um because because the uh the crashing |
| 5904s | Madison gold stick around yeah |
| 5907s | um |
| 5908s | the the that change happened out of |
| 5912s | necessity |
| 5913s | um to avoid huge problems down the road |
| 5917s | um I hope I hope we can have uh what |
| 5919s | you're looking for available |
| 5921s | um hopefully pretty soon it should be |
| 5923s | possible the part of the reason we did |
| 5924s | it this way was if we didn't do this now |
| 5927s | um adding this in later was gonna be |
| 5929s | terrible and if we did this now adding |
| 5933s | what you're looking for back in isn't |
| 5935s | that terrible you know it's way easier |
| 5938s | to add what you're looking for back in |
| 5939s | than it was to add what we did in later |
| 5941s | so we went with |
| 5943s | um what's gonna be faster to get to 1.0 |
| 5945s | type thing |
| 5948s | oh but yes that is that is on the list |
| 5954s | ing won't receive any more changes |
| 5956s | before or after 1.0 both before during |
| 5959s | after yes uh end game is getting updates |
| 5964s | are there any guidelines or official |
| 5967s | tips to be found when it comes to |
| 5968s | suggestions for new uniques or system |
| 5971s | changes for example any obvious ideas |
| 5973s | uniques that uh actually have subtle |
| 5975s | issues like eating up too much design |
| 5978s | space |
| 5980s | um |
| 5981s | owls |
| 5984s | if I was gonna give tips for and I'm |
| 5987s | gonna take this off the screen |
| 5989s | and get going back into a echo while I |
| 5991s | answered this question because it's a |
| 5992s | sweet question I like this question a |
| 5993s | lot |
| 5996s | okay |
| 5998s | um |
| 6000s | so let's let's just let's just call it |
| 6003s | tips for uh making suggestions |
| 6007s | um for the game in general really |
| 6009s | um but I'm going to focus on the uniques |
| 6010s | part of it because it's a really easy |
| 6011s | way to |
| 6013s | um |
| 6014s | a really easy way to um |
| 6016s | give good examples I guess |
| 6019s | so if you if you want to suggest stuff |
| 6022s | for the game |
| 6023s | um |
| 6024s | quite often it's especially if it's |
| 6026s | going to be for a specific unique or |
| 6028s | item or skill or something like that |
| 6031s | um it's really important to get to the |
| 6032s | core of the issue to to be able to like |
| 6035s | look at an item that's probably a bad |
| 6037s | example |
| 6038s | uh yeah I guess here's here's a good |
| 6041s | example actually |
| 6043s | perfect example so the really |
| 6046s | interesting thing about this item |
| 6049s | is the elemental damage legion's health |
| 6052s | um the fact that it's on the base |
| 6054s | leather gloves the fact that it has |
| 6056s | increased leech rate the fact that it |
| 6057s | has like just Ellie Reds on it |
| 6060s | um those things are |
| 6062s | um important and and and |
| 6065s | something that that does get careful |
| 6067s | thought and attention put into it but |
| 6069s | the the the elevator pitch for the for |
| 6072s | these gloves would be hey I I think that |
| 6075s | having |
| 6076s | um a a tool in your glove slot for |
| 6080s | um Elemental bass characters uh leeching |
| 6083s | Health that can that can hit that can |
| 6085s | hit things that don't normally Leach |
| 6086s | like for example dots |
| 6088s | um and having that that Health leech in |
| 6090s | the glove slot for Elemental dots for |
| 6093s | like ignite builds and like picking out |
| 6095s | specific builds that works well with |
| 6096s | things like that it's really good and |
| 6097s | and focusing on that like core |
| 6099s | thematically appropriate and interesting |
| 6102s | mechanic rather than here's here's like |
| 6104s | the entire stats of the item if I was |
| 6105s | gonna if I was pitching this item |
| 6108s | um if I was like uh if I wasn't working |
| 6110s | in the game and I was pitching this item |
| 6112s | to to to to me |
| 6115s | um I would really focus on the specific |
| 6119s | um the the niche that is trying to fill |
| 6121s | the role that it's trying to play |
| 6124s | um and a suggestion on how how to get |
| 6126s | there |
| 6127s | and it's and it's fitting those details |
| 6129s | in that's really important |
| 6131s | um feeling those details in like why why |
| 6132s | this is a feature that's needed why this |
| 6134s | is a mechanic that's important why is it |
| 6137s | something that would be interesting fun |
| 6138s | something like what what does this what |
| 6140s | does this enable what does this |
| 6142s | um what what |
| 6144s | hole in the uh build crafting for |
| 6147s | Elemental characters does this fill |
| 6150s | um |
| 6151s | you know it's it's that it's not |
| 6153s | something that's really important and as |
| 6155s | soon as you start adding in like okay |
| 6157s | well this item's gonna have this this |
| 6159s | this this node and then this item is |
| 6161s | also gonna have elemental resistance |
| 6163s | okay so now now you have to say like |
| 6165s | okay why does it have elemental |
| 6166s | resistance if I'm if I'm evaluating the |
| 6168s | suggestion |
| 6169s | um even if I'm just looking at just the |
| 6170s | item and someone says to me hey I want |
| 6173s | an item that has these four stats on it |
| 6175s | I'm gonna say okay like I need to figure |
| 6177s | out first which of these stats is most |
| 6179s | important like if I was going to make |
| 6181s | changes to this like what would be the |
| 6183s | like what's the what's the pivot point |
| 6184s | on the item |
| 6189s | um so that means you can you can take |
| 6191s | that item and say like we'll keep that |
| 6193s | stat and we're gonna make it we're gonna |
| 6194s | make it uh belt now |
| 6197s | and it's it's an extremely similar item |
| 6200s | it'll still feel a very similar Niche |
| 6201s | it's competing with different stuff like |
| 6203s | this is all like |
| 6205s | um fine-tuned balance stuff that's |
| 6206s | really important and when the I while |
| 6207s | the items going through those that that |
| 6209s | um |
| 6210s | uh |
| 6211s | uh what's out of ideation and it's more |
| 6213s | into that like the tuning and the |
| 6215s | balancing and the and how it's gonna fit |
| 6217s | into the game world that's the sort of |
| 6218s | stuff that's really important to figure |
| 6219s | out then but |
| 6222s | um getting it into hey we're gonna make |
| 6223s | an item that has Elemental damage at |
| 6225s | least just health is that's the |
| 6228s | important step and that's that's the |
| 6229s | interesting step and that's the part |
| 6230s | that |
| 6231s | um the suggestion should be focusing on |
| 6235s | and I think that you can kind of expand |
| 6237s | that to most other things too so um |
| 6240s | like let's let's say you are trying to |
| 6243s | make a new end game system and you're |
| 6245s | trying to say like you're trying to find |
| 6246s | a new |
| 6247s | um a new style of activity to engage in |
| 6252s | um and maybe this is a Let's Pretend the |
| 6254s | arena doesn't exist |
| 6256s | okay I want to have a game mode that's |
| 6259s | that's kind of it's it's a little less |
| 6262s | involved a momentum with decision making |
| 6264s | as far as |
| 6265s | um like strategy planning and it's more |
| 6268s | involved in I've I've set my my class I |
| 6271s | might build up beforehand and I'm gonna |
| 6273s | see how far I can push it in this |
| 6275s | endless Gauntlet of foes to fix right |
| 6278s | um you're fulfilling this Niche and that |
| 6280s | you're not you're not making these like |
| 6281s | these |
| 6282s | um strategic planning points as |
| 6284s | frequently with with the like the model |
| 6286s | 3 picking Echoes with the dungeons |
| 6288s | you're picking uh mods on each floor uh |
| 6290s | things like that you're you're you're |
| 6292s | this it's this push it's this long-term |
| 6295s | it's more of a grind as far as like |
| 6297s | um endurance like player endurance that |
| 6299s | sort of stuff like it's it's more about |
| 6300s | planning that initial character |
| 6303s | and seeing how far that can go how far |
| 6305s | that can push |
| 6306s | um and |
| 6308s | but in the in that pitch if you start if |
| 6311s | you start trying to get into the real |
| 6313s | details of that Arena uh where you're |
| 6315s | like okay so enemies it needs to be an |
| 6318s | arena enemies need to spawn around you |
| 6320s | and like mostly a like a circular Arena |
| 6322s | and |
| 6325s | um |
| 6325s | you know maybe that's not the important |
| 6327s | part maybe it's a really long hallway |
| 6330s | and |
| 6332s | um maybe something is is constantly |
| 6334s | chasing you maybe there's like a boulder |
| 6335s | rolling down this hallway that's coming |
| 6336s | after you like Indiana Jones style and |
| 6338s | you have to like kill things and keep |
| 6340s | moving and like that's that's a very |
| 6341s | similar thing it's a pretty big twist |
| 6343s | there's a that's a pretty big difference |
| 6344s | that happens there and that's a |
| 6346s | different system but it still fits that |
| 6349s | same |
| 6350s | horror |
| 6352s | um feeling and and and Niche that uh |
| 6355s | that like the current room that we have |
| 6357s | sits in |
| 6360s | um and focusing on |
| 6363s | um and trying to pitch those extra |
| 6365s | details in there I guess leaves room for |
| 6368s | like picking apart the idea a little bit |
| 6369s | and sometimes being a little bit more |
| 6371s | vague and stepping back a little bit in |
| 6373s | and trying to capture the essence of |
| 6375s | what you're trying to accomplish with |
| 6376s | the idea can be more effective and uh |
| 6379s | can also leave room for more |
| 6380s | collaboration as well so say |
| 6382s | um say instead of pitching this rolling |
| 6384s | bowler behind the by the character you |
| 6385s | just pitch the the overarching |
| 6387s | um idea of what the system would be |
| 6389s | generally then other people can add in |
| 6392s | um some extra things they might have to |
| 6394s | personalize that idea to themselves as |
| 6396s | well and then you get a champion that's |
| 6398s | pushing the idea with you instead of |
| 6400s | someone that's fighting you on some |
| 6401s | detail that's not what you're trying to |
| 6403s | get in because the maybe the boulder is |
| 6406s | not an important part of this but it's |
| 6408s | uh it's just an example that you cooked |
| 6410s | up and it's just a way to like enhance |
| 6412s | the idea and maybe it's a great part of |
| 6413s | it and maybe that is what ends up |
| 6415s | happening in the end but that initial |
| 6417s | um suggestion having it doesn't really |
| 6419s | help the suggestion that much I don't |
| 6421s | think |
| 6429s | I feel like that was a ridiculous |
| 6430s | tangent and I hope it answer your |
| 6431s | question |
| 6433s | all right moving on are there any plans |
| 6437s | on making more rare in-game Weavers will |
| 6438s | items are they going to stay more common |
| 6440s | leveling uniques I feel like we'd need |
| 6443s | dungeon to modify them if we had any |
| 6444s | super rare ones to be honest but yeah |
| 6446s | um |
| 6446s | so they're they're I would say oh that's |
| 6449s | a nice belt actually they're a little |
| 6450s | bit in the experimental phase still |
| 6453s | um and we're definitely looking at |
| 6455s | feedback from players and how they're |
| 6456s | experiencing them and how they're like |
| 6458s | what they like what they don't like |
| 6459s | about it |
| 6460s | um there's there's this is actually |
| 6462s | interesting what we're just talking |
| 6463s | about there's a few things that we've |
| 6464s | kind of got in the in the in the pipe |
| 6466s | for changes and upgrades and expansions |
| 6468s | to the system that we're kind of being |
| 6470s | like we think that people are gonna feel |
| 6471s | this way about it and they're gonna like |
| 6473s | this and not like this and uh if we if |
| 6476s | we do this down the road with maybe a |
| 6477s | dungeon reward or something it'll expand |
| 6479s | that and enhance it more for people |
| 6481s | um in a few patches or something like |
| 6483s | that |
| 6484s | and getting that feedback is important |
| 6485s | to try and uh solidify those changes |
| 6488s | down the road and um so so yeah there's |
| 6490s | there's definitely room for expanding |
| 6493s | that system |
| 6494s | um and the you're right the early |
| 6496s | versions a lot of them were more focused |
| 6498s | around making uh more of an earlier |
| 6501s | earlier game uh leveling item |
| 6505s | it helps scale you into end game but |
| 6507s | there's not a lot of the weaversville |
| 6510s | uniques that are available now that |
| 6511s | you're like I'm gonna build I'm gonna |
| 6512s | I'm gonna Theory craft my in-game build |
| 6514s | around that Weaver as well item that's |
| 6516s | not happening a ton right now |
| 6519s | which is fine |
| 6521s | I realized that I picked this up and I |
| 6523s | didn't actually remember which one it |
| 6524s | was and I'm just gonna look at it here I |
| 6528s | you know it's fine |
| 6530s | um I think it's great for our build |
| 6532s | because we're not doing |
| 6534s | uh |
| 6537s | uh if something's at low life it's dying |
| 6538s | to a meteor |
| 6544s | doesn't need that bump |
| 6547s | what do you mean that thing though like |
| 6549s | you can get a bunch of awesome stats |
| 6550s | that Weaver as well and then maybe I do |
| 6551s | it |
| 6553s | do we do it just fun to see what we get |
| 6554s | let's just do it for fun and see what we |
| 6556s | get |
| 6559s | why not what's the worst that could |
| 6562s | happen |
| 6566s | uh well you will we both get male and |
| 6568s | female for all classes as well as a |
| 6569s | character editor character customization |
| 6571s | is a big big topic something that we |
| 6574s | would really like to add |
| 6576s | um it's not something that we are quite |
| 6578s | prepared to to include in the game just |
| 6580s | yet |
| 6581s | um it's it's one of those features that |
| 6583s | like |
| 6584s | if if |
| 6586s | um Dev time grew on trees you know sure |
| 6589s | it would be in but uh we've got to |
| 6592s | prioritize features and it's one of |
| 6593s | those ones that like it's great and uh |
| 6596s | one day I hope it's an awesome part of |
| 6598s | this game but it is not a core feature |
| 6601s | that will have an extremely significant |
| 6603s | impact on most people's play |
| 6605s | um |
| 6606s | and anywhere near as much as something |
| 6608s | along the lines of |
| 6610s | um |
| 6611s | like a a new model of a new random event |
| 6615s | style that thing that could happen in |
| 6617s | the monolith that that |
| 6619s | um like opens up interesting gameplay |
| 6622s | for every character that's playing in |
| 6623s | the model you know like like that's way |
| 6625s | way more important than uh character |
| 6629s | editor |
| 6631s | especially considering like |
| 6634s | what what gender is this character that |
| 6636s | I'm playing right now right like |
| 6638s | how can you tell |
| 6640s | you know |
| 6641s | um and yeah I've got a bunch of MTX |
| 6643s | stuff on right now and everything so |
| 6644s | it's it's I'm kind of cheating by saying |
| 6646s | that but still like there's there's |
| 6649s | the character's hair color makes no |
| 6652s | difference right now |
| 6654s | um from like a just take a screenshot |
| 6656s | type perspective at the same time |
| 6660s | um having a character that's |
| 6661s | representative of you or an idealized |
| 6663s | version of you or a Fantastical version |
| 6665s | of something that that you'd like or |
| 6668s | something like that like that's that's |
| 6669s | that that can help really provide a |
| 6671s | strong connection with your character |
| 6673s | um |
| 6674s | and sometimes having it be too far from |
| 6676s | removed from yourself can can create a |
| 6678s | distance with with you and your |
| 6679s | character and it's um for a lot of |
| 6681s | people it's really important and it's |
| 6682s | it's one of those things where it will |
| 6683s | turn some people off the game completely |
| 6684s | not having it and we'd like to add it |
| 6687s | um |
| 6688s | it's just not something that we have the |
| 6689s | the resources to add yet |
| 6693s | so I feel for you if you're if you're in |
| 6696s | that latter category |
| 6698s | um and I I hope we can |
| 6701s | fix it for you sooner than later but I |
| 6704s | have no timeline I'm sorry |
| 6708s | oh all right I reckon bigger picture |
| 6710s | include Acolyte and flying Drake |
| 6715s | oh oh that was the teaser that was |
| 6716s | teaser yeah |
| 6718s | um I I don't know what picture it came |
| 6720s | from so I can't spoil it |
| 6722s | ignorance is bliss |
| 6725s | nailed it |
| 6727s | all right how do you balance the game |
| 6729s | and fit both software and hardcore |
| 6730s | playstyles from my experience all |
| 6731s | hardcore players are abandoning story |
| 6733s | just before look gone fight and never |
| 6735s | going back |
| 6738s | um I think that there are |
| 6743s | I think hardcore and software hardcore |
| 6745s | really is a |
| 6747s | um it's an extra challenge it's it's an |
| 6749s | optional additional challenge mode for |
| 6752s | experienced players |
| 6754s | um |
| 6755s | it's it's the sort of thing that like |
| 6757s | it's not to be undertaken lightly and |
| 6760s | um |
| 6763s | as long as I think |
| 6765s | I think for the most part |
| 6769s | um as long as there's room for improving |
| 6772s | your skill at the game improving your |
| 6774s | character builds and things like that to |
| 6777s | to keep advancing in hardcore it's it's |
| 6780s | overall probably in a pretty decent |
| 6781s | place |
| 6783s | um |
| 6787s | having |
| 6789s | uh content that is intentionally skipped |
| 6793s | by most people playing the mode is not |
| 6794s | ideal |
| 6796s | um |
| 6796s | we definitely do look at defenses from |
| 6800s | uh the defenses or the primary place |
| 6802s | people we consider hardcore when |
| 6803s | balancing uh game content and we |
| 6806s | definitely do look at defenses from a |
| 6808s | hardcore perspective in a lot of |
| 6809s | categories so sometimes we'll say like |
| 6810s | okay here's here's this class's |
| 6813s | defensive options in the situation from |
| 6815s | the passives from their skills |
| 6817s | um from their gear that they're getting |
| 6818s | all sort of stuff and we'll say like |
| 6821s | and sometimes we'll look at it and go No |
| 6824s | One's Gonna Play this class in hardcore |
| 6825s | because the defenses aren't reliable |
| 6827s | enough |
| 6828s | um you look at defenses like Dodge and |
| 6830s | block and they're |
| 6832s | um because they're percentage based it's |
| 6834s | a chance for this this thing to happen |
| 6837s | um |
| 6838s | you you get those those big because all |
| 6840s | it takes is one one time when that |
| 6842s | defense doesn't kick in and the |
| 6844s | character's dead and so quite often |
| 6846s | defenses are where we look at hardcore |
| 6849s | um |
| 6851s | hardcore software differences the most |
| 6861s | uh and gallon 13 I just answered that |
| 6864s | question which you have before I |
| 6866s | answered it so just talking answer at |
| 6868s | the same time I hope the answer was good |
| 6869s | enough for you the first time |
| 6872s | uh will recent well the recent updates |
| 6874s | old Rogue armor models look with recent |
| 6877s | updates old Rogue armor models look |
| 6879s | outdated will you guys remake those |
| 6880s | armors and potentially update Rogue |
| 6881s | animations I mean we're we're always |
| 6883s | trying to update things anything that |
| 6885s | fits that falls outside of sort of the |
| 6888s | um quality standard we're looking for |
| 6889s | we're always trying to like oh yeah it's |
| 6891s | typical you're looking for |
| 6894s | double Health Idols are always great if |
| 6895s | you ever see a double hell fight I'll |
| 6896s | grab it |
| 6897s | Pro tip |
| 6900s | um |
| 6902s | what am I getting at |
| 6904s | uh Olympic roadstock Rogue stuff yeah |
| 6908s | um |
| 6909s | I would say most most of it I really |
| 6912s | love still so this might be one of those |
| 6914s | things where |
| 6915s | um it's good to have |
| 6917s | uh perceived differences in quality from |
| 6921s | player to player so like if you have |
| 6923s | if you have two pieces of gear two |
| 6925s | options |
| 6927s | um and this one is uh half the player |
| 6930s | base hates it and the other half the |
| 6933s | player base loves it and this one is |
| 6935s | everyone thinks it's okay this one's way |
| 6937s | better |
| 6938s | this is way better you want people to |
| 6941s | have strong reactions to things rather |
| 6943s | than apathetic reactions and things and |
| 6947s | um you know if you've got things in this |
| 6949s | category with strong reactions you need |
| 6950s | to have like other things that have |
| 6952s | alternative strong reactions so people |
| 6953s | can can pick ones they like |
| 6956s | um |
| 6957s | and yeah but yes and you can look at |
| 6960s | things and say okay yes that's just old |
| 6961s | and it doesn't look as good anymore |
| 6963s | um so yeah I I will always be looking to |
| 6965s | increase the like to bring the lowest |
| 6968s | quality stuff up to to current standards |
| 6971s | and things like that and |
| 6972s | um I'm not surprised if some of those |
| 6974s | have fallen by the wayside a little bit |
| 6982s | I'm gonna check what axes I'm getting go |
| 6984s | check I'm gonna be getting cool stuff it |
| 6987s | could be anything it can be a boat you |
| 6988s | know if you want one of those |
| 6997s | foreign |
| 7004s | looked away for just a minute |
| 7007s | what do we get what do we get a |
| 7008s | tournament and armor |
| 7014s | I mean actually okay so two minutes |
| 7015s | section X because we're going for mana |
| 7016s | and Zuma does give Mana so you know not |
| 7018s | the worst thing in the world |
| 7022s | uh let's go for more XP |
| 7025s | any plants VP eventually |
| 7028s | um definitely falls into the eventually |
| 7029s | category of the someday the wouldn't it |
| 7030s | be nice category the hopefully sooner |
| 7032s | than later but who knows when category |
| 7044s | will not be available at one point I can |
| 7046s | tell you that |
| 7050s | uh is there anything you can teach for |
| 7052s | upcoming Mastery ah not really |
| 7056s | um |
| 7058s | one of them has a special UI element |
| 7060s | that goes |
| 7061s | oh |
| 7082s | uh does the map Pool and mods model if I |
| 7087s | have identifying themes yes they do they |
| 7089s | haven't been observed enough or perhaps |
| 7091s | it's not a thing it is definitely a |
| 7092s | thing |
| 7094s | uh each each timeline has specific |
| 7096s | enemies and specific |
| 7099s | um maps that it can draw from |
| 7102s | um |
| 7104s | yeah definitely |
| 7107s | they're not they're not super duper like |
| 7110s | uh tight and narrow so they're like |
| 7116s | come on like don't die |
| 7120s | if you're gonna die just just try not |
| 7121s | dying instead how about that yeah sound |
| 7124s | like a plan |
| 7125s | it does but I'm not gonna be able to |
| 7126s | execute it |
| 7130s | that was a sweet meteor shower |
| 7132s | that was great |
| 7143s | I love you I love a big meteor shower it |
| 7146s | just feels |
| 7160s | oh my goodness we are running out |
| 7168s | of everything |
| 7170s | luck |
| 7172s | time |
| 7174s | patience |
| 7176s | power manna |
| 7178s | portal |
| 7179s | nailed it get that experience |
| 7185s | oh and Boots |
| 7191s | not a terrible idea for us here we are |
| 7194s | at time here oh that's a couple more |
| 7196s | questions to round things up I think |
| 7197s | that's it for the uh gorantecos |
| 7202s | did you ever think if any Idols were |
| 7203s | symmetrical I wouldn't die as much |
| 7207s | my Idols were symmetrical I wouldn't die |
| 7209s | as much uh no |
| 7213s | Maybe |
| 7216s | I don't want over my head I'm sorry |
| 7219s | uh is the plan for skill is the plan |
| 7221s | skill for all missing skills was playing |
| 7225s | still for all missing skills from |
| 7226s | masteries and base classes as well as |
| 7228s | all missing skill trees to be |
| 7229s | implemented before 1.0 4.0 |
| 7232s | um I'd say there's a good chance that |
| 7233s | some of them won't make it into 1.0 |
| 7235s | um |
| 7236s | I don't know which ones but uh some of |
| 7239s | them some some of the existing missing |
| 7241s | ones will probably not quite get there |
| 7242s | I'd say like uh at least one Base Class |
| 7245s | skill on Rogue won't make it there I can |
| 7247s | tell you that |
| 7250s | um |
| 7251s | check my idols |
| 7254s | are they are they just |
| 7257s | they're just they're just like the the |
| 7259s | chaos on how I've laid them out is that |
| 7261s | the problem |
| 7266s | the organization eating weight your soul |
| 7269s | not symmetrical I hear you I hear you |
| 7271s | I'm sorry |
| 7273s | gonna have to live with it |
| 7278s | all right well that'll not do it for me |
| 7280s | today I had a ton of fun I hope you did |
| 7282s | too if you asked a question that I |
| 7284s | missed |
| 7285s | um we are available on Discord uh |
| 7288s | there's an acid devs Channel there I am |
| 7290s | extremely active there we'll try I try |
| 7292s | to answer questions as quickly as |
| 7293s | possible it's also ask the community |
| 7294s | Channel there where the vast majority of |
| 7296s | the questions that get asked and ask the |
| 7297s | devs can be answered very easily |
| 7299s | um and there's we're also active on |
| 7302s | other platforms uh other places where |
| 7303s | people chat and ask questions about the |
| 7305s | game |
| 7307s | um I try to keep an eye on our subreddit |
| 7309s | a fair bit uh answer as much as I can |
| 7311s | there too and uh yeah |
| 7314s | stop by hang out we'll be here same time |
| 7315s | same place next week |
| 7318s | um another another dead stream if you've |
| 7320s | got if you've got cool ideas for things |
| 7321s | to do on the downstream love to hear |
| 7323s | that too |
| 7325s | um |
| 7326s | but that'll about do it for us today |
| 7331s | I hope you all had a great time |
| 7337s | and uh |
| 7339s | I just I hope you I hope you enjoy |
| 7340s | whatever you're doing |
| 7342s | today tomorrow the next day every day |
| 7344s | after that |
| 7346s | we'll say hi to Mr bite man |
| 7349s | oh there it is they sound cool let's |
| 7351s | check it out have a good day everyone |
| 7353s | bye |