[2023] Developer Stream 3.3.23 | Last Epoch | Last Epoch Dev Tracker

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2s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
4s	back to the last Epoch Dev stream
8s	as usual I am your host Mike hello
13s	and uh just gonna start with a little
15s	warning slash apology I am still quite
18s	sick
20s	done a bunch of stuff to make it so it
21s	doesn't look that way if possible but uh
24s	I will probably be muting myself a few
27s	times
28s	and I may have to vanish for a couple
30s	minutes here or there but I'll do my
32s	best to have fun hang out and uh
36s	play a little last epoch
39s	we're hanging out in the old patch still
41s	because we're it's not the ninth yet so
42s	we're playing the old patch
44s	I'm uh revisiting some old builds over
47s	the last few streams and and we're going
50s	back to zombies we're just we're just
52s	gonna do some zombies woo
53s	it's a little loud it's slow down a bit
56s	thank you very much
58s	four one six one eight
62s	what's up glad to have you here
64s	hope you're having fun just started off
68s	have we
71s	must have unlocked in power yeah
75s	foreign
80s	no zombie makeup no
83s	sorry just a second
89s	my hair's getting a little out of
91s	control here
99s	let's go
101s	if this is your first time here glad to
103s	have you with us if you have a question
104s	for me please put at last Epoch game in
107s	front of the question so I see it pop
109s	out at me a real big like I'll be happy
111s	to answer it and as always we stream for
113s	charity this week's shirt this month's
115s	charity sorry is uh World neighbors glad
118s	to glad to be doing something for them
119s	which is cool
122s	let's actually make a little bit of an
123s	army here and
129s	go nuts it's been a while since I played
132s	this character uh I totally remember how
135s	it works
138s	completely
140s	definitely uh
142s	have my loot filter on sweet all right
145s	we're good to go
148s	that's neat
150s	today's oh yeah
152s	um
155s	today's Mo uh today's build that I'm
157s	playing right now is the same build that
160s	everyone else can play right now this is
163s	plain steam there is nothing different
166s	about this from what everyone else is
167s	playing
169s	um
171s	you can go play this right now
183s	good afternoon quiet how you doing
186s	we're doing pretty good here it's it's
188s	been it's been a busy week getting lots
190s	done
191s	wow 22 month resub that's epic thank you
196s	very much thank you very much
205s	haven't been in the Stream for a few
207s	months it's been on and off for like we
208s	haven't done a lot of streams actually
209s	the last month or so but yeah it's been
211s	good
213s	I've been trying to hold up to release
215s	are we close we are very close we are
217s	six days away I believe
221s	next Thursday
224s	can we expect to get the patch notes at
226s	least a few days before 0.9 drops a few
228s	days yeah they're they're not done yet
233s	um the changes going into the patch
234s	aren't done yet
236s	um so like we we can't give you patch
238s	notes yet because they don't exist
240s	um patching out some of those things
242s	that we we get to a point where we're
243s	like okay we're not changing anything
245s	else and we're just gonna make sure we
247s	we're just testing and like we gotta
249s	build and we're like let's just test the
252s	everything out of it and make sure it's
254s	solid oh we found some tiny little bug
256s	okay we'll change that one thing to fix
257s	that bug but that's it
259s	keep testing keep testing keep testing
261s	keep testing and while that's happening
263s	we we
264s	um polish the patch notes
267s	um and we uh this is a lot of
271s	departments that that uh get involved
272s	with what's going into the game so
275s	there's a lot of different departments
276s	to get involved with patch notes and
277s	making sure they're accurate and
278s	complete
279s	um
280s	so we do try and get them out as soon as
282s	we can
284s	um but in order to get as much in the
285s	patch as possible the patch notes end up
287s	happening very late in the cycle
290s	um so patch notes will be similar timing
291s	as they usually are
293s	which is pretty close to the actual
296s	release and you've seen like huge
299s	portions of the changes already in the
301s	um in the preview events we've had and
303s	there's lots of that info up on like uh
304s	last Epoch tools and stuff like that too
308s	and you'll see me drinking tea and I've
310s	got
311s	tons of water
320s	oh get to the sub to action RPG Aaron
324s	Aaron actually that's what uh I said it
326s	right first time
328s	thank you very much for that I'm sure he
331s	will be appreciative
335s	I know he's been pretty pumped about
336s	this uh this patch coming up
338s	anticipating it for a while as many of
341s	you have
343s	oh there he is hi Aaron how's it going
348s	did I just missed that from the very
349s	start I just missed that a very certain
359s	sorry I'm back hello
362s	playing nekker without Golem and now
365s	we're not fighting it's the old girl
366s	you're some of the old Golem here in
368s	front of them
376s	uh would it be amazing to have a finish
379s	the multiplayer launch oh this launch
381s	has been a long time coming and I am so
385s	excited for it to be released like
388s	it's it's just a it's another level of
390s	anticipation for us
399s	this is why I picked a medium build
400s	today because I'm like I'm a I'm gonna
402s	be sitting around taking drinks in the
404s	middle of this
408s	ah finished some Plumbing fixes I'm
410s	feeling good that's good job quiet
412s	Plumbing's Plumbing's an important skill
413s	to have
414s	now time for my propaganda question of
417s	the week spring and moving skill leaks
418s	yet no no sorry
422s	you gotta get it right
426s	Shadow dweller how's your health Mike I
429s	feel fine
431s	my nose is uh trying to set some records
433s	for production though
443s	we'll leave it at that
449s	so judge in there yeah huh
454s	next question
456s	uh do you guys Supply last Epoch tools
459s	of this data or does he dated money he
460s	data mines it
464s	we do really want to get to a point
465s	where we can work with
467s	uh people making sites like that because
468s	we do know it's a very valuable thing to
470s	have for the game
471s	um
473s	but we just we have to focus on making
475s	the game right now and
479s	yeah
480s	he's got a pretty automated system for
482s	it now too I do I talk to him every once
483s	in a while not frequently
492s	very good guy though
509s	nervous or excited for next week yes
512s	no I'm I'm uh I'm very excited I'm more
515s	excited than nervous
517s	um
519s	actually I'm pretty confident what am I
520s	talking about
522s	I'm excited
532s	the um
534s	the the preview events went great
539s	there were bugs and issues and other
541s	stuff we had to fix and all that stuff
543s	that's to be expected
547s	I'm pumped I know it doesn't look like
548s	I'm pumped like I'm pumped let's go
562s	sorry
563s	I'm here haha
566s	and get well soon you got this thank you
567s	very much I I feel like I will
570s	like
572s	yeah I feel fine it's just
575s	nobody's not done being sick yet
577s	apparently
584s	I just saw this game it's not bad game
587s	awesome
589s	thank you very much
591s	I hope you're having fun with it whether
592s	it's a bad game or not
594s	that's the most important part because
596s	you have fun with bad games I think
603s	and you cannot have fun with good games
605s	I think too
611s	it's pretty rare
612s	for both of those
620s	who came up with a faction idea I think
622s	it's smart our lead designer trisoki was
625s	the uh
628s	was the initial pitch spearhead of that
630s	operation the person who who the post
633s	was under
635s	um
636s	it's funny both both of them and I had
639s	come up with ideas that we've been sort
641s	of like rummaging around with for a a
643s	system to include trade in the game
647s	um that were both very different mine
648s	was terrible by comparison so let's not
650s	talk about what that idea was but
652s	um he showed up and he was like just out
654s	of the blue he's like guys I've got an
655s	idea
657s	um and I'm like oh I've been working on
659s	one too now like I wasn't quite ready to
661s	post it yet I wasn't finished at a few
663s	Kinks and all sort of stuff I'm like I'm
664s	just gonna post it now too just just to
666s	see
667s	um and we were reading through them both
669s	and we came back to each other and we're
671s	both like yours is better like to him
673s	his was better
681s	and we ran with it
684s	quite fast
693s	all right last time I visited the stream
696s	you said there would be Seasons leagues
698s	how long after at least can we expect
699s	the first season to start I mean I the
701s	way it works I kind of argue that 0.98
703s	is the start of the first season because
705s	eventually those characters that are in
708s	that initial multiplayer launch will get
710s	sent to whatever standard is
714s	um as the next cycle starts and we're
716s	calling them Cycles
717s	um so it's
719s	in a way
721s	in six days in a way when's the next one
725s	after that gonna start I don't know
728s	um kind of depends how long how many
729s	patches are in between uh
732s	uh this in 1.0
735s	so there might be another one that
736s	starts the biggest thing that happens
737s	with the cycle is
739s	um the ladder resets the like the
742s	economy resets all the characters have
743s	to be brand new you know like everyone
744s	everyone has to start fresh to be
746s	involved in the new cycle but all the
747s	old stuff goes to the standard
749s	environment so nothing gets deleted
755s	so it's kind of just like when's the
756s	next ladder reset gonna happen I don't
758s	know
775s	by the time we're into like 1.0 launch
778s	it'll be much more uh regular and
780s	predictable I will say that
783s	let's just until we're until we're at
784s	launch it's a little more flexible
793s	I I don't know what I love about zombies
795s	but I love zombies
796s	just to like
798s	all right here you go I summon you do my
800s	oh you're dead
804s	but you took one of them with you good
805s	job
815s	oh
820s	I upgraded my internet speed and
821s	hardware for March 9th Thompson ready
823s	nice
826s	I feel like you said you were uh you
828s	moved or something and it was like a
830s	problem with the internet there or
831s	something I don't know
835s	I could be mistaken there but good glad
838s	I know it's very beneficial for you the
840s	greater amount of players stream the
842s	game the question is should I do it if I
845s	have literally zero experience with
846s	streaming I mean
848s	the only experience I have with
851s	streaming at all personally is done
853s	while working on this game
855s	I think I once streamed one day as just
860s	to see if I could make it happen like 15
861s	years ago or something
863s	maybe not that long ago maybe 10 years
865s	ago
867s	and uh
869s	yeah it's I think it's fun I don't think
872s	there's
873s	um really uh a downside to it if you if
876s	you think it's something you might enjoy
879s	kind of worst case scenario is people
881s	just don't watch
885s	or you just turn the stream off
888s	I think it's fun I'd recommend giving it
890s	a shot
898s	it is a warm and yeah
907s	I don't know why it gets so much hotter
909s	when I'm streaming than normal
912s	but like every time I stream I turn the
913s	heat down in my room
924s	all right oh you ready to handle the
926s	server load for point nine the amount of
927s	interest I'm seeing compared to the beta
929s	events leading up to and expect to see
930s	major spiking player numbers I hope so
932s	uh you confident your servers will be
934s	able to keep up or do you expect them to
935s	get overloaded
936s	um
937s	we've definitely
939s	taken steps in the assumption that it
941s	will be more
943s	uh populated than uh the beta events
949s	so we are we are expecting more and we
950s	are preparing for more people than the
952s	beta events
954s	um having said that it's it's always
956s	possible like there's enough people on
959s	the internet that we could be
960s	overwhelmed
961s	um
962s	I mean we've put elastic systems in
965s	place that should uh if they work the
967s	way they're designed to should be able
969s	to handle it
974s	that's a cool item
977s	I do not remember that item what is
979s	going on
986s	sick brain talking
991s	I'm just always there's always the
993s	upside though like we we've we've we've
995s	built systems for it to be able to
997s	expand if if there's a lot of people
999s	that show up
1000s	um and if there are enough people to
1001s	show up that crash it I mean that's a
1003s	lot of interest which would be pretty
1005s	sweet you know but no I I I think we'll
1008s	be fine
1012s	that's part of the reason we're doing it
1014s	um
1015s	like on Thursday instead of Friday so we
1018s	have a little bit of time with there's
1021s	like a second day for the weekend where
1023s	people are like scheduled to work and
1024s	you know people are on site ready to go
1036s	silky to real MVP yeah definitely
1040s	there's a lot of us that like worked on
1042s	it and helped shape it and come up with
1045s	the fine details with them and
1046s	everything but yeah they they definitely
1048s	was that was their idea
1052s	spearheaded that one big time
1054s	and very little change from their
1056s	initial idea there were some details
1058s	that they were just like when they came
1059s	up like okay well I don't have this
1060s	detail yet and we'll figure that out but
1062s	like of the details they initially
1064s	pitched very little change
1067s	which is wild that almost never happens
1069s	with a big system like that
1081s	they've had a very significant hand in
1083s	most of the things you do and see in
1085s	last debug
1101s	what are your thoughts uh what are your
1103s	thoughts on the state of manner slash
1105s	rage uh do you feel the recovering usage
1107s	are in a good spot
1109s	um I think in point nine they're better
1110s	than they've ever been
1112s	um
1113s	I think this is possibly related to the
1116s	several uh
1118s	to a recent Forum post
1120s	um I think overall it's in a very good
1122s	spot I think there's a few key spots
1124s	where it's still not quite right and
1127s	it's more related to specific skills
1128s	rather than Mana regen in general
1138s	I think I think it mostly does a really
1141s	good job of
1143s	um
1146s	keeping keeping
1148s	uh very large visually impactful and
1153s	functionally impactful skills and check
1155s	from being spammed
1156s	over the top while not requiring them to
1160s	be on crazy long cooldans
1162s	um
1163s	I think that can be a dangerous thing
1165s	where you get this like ability that's
1166s	like your ultimate ability and it's on a
1168s	two minute cooldown and
1170s	um I think you can get into situations
1172s	where your entire Bill focuses around
1174s	getting that to a point where it's cheap
1176s	enough or the cooldown small enough that
1178s	you can use it frequently enough or you
1180s	actually end up in situations where
1181s	you're like well
1183s	I'm gonna wait the 30 seconds before I
1185s	go to the next pack because my ability
1186s	is not off cooldown yet
1188s	and I think those are not awesome
1191s	situations to be in frequently
1196s	do we know yet if 1.0 a second one no we
1198s	don't know that
1199s	uh can we expect big Nerfs 40 50 less
1203s	damage to skills from 0.91.0
1205s	I don't think so
1209s	uh what
1211s	uh
1213s	did that come up somewhere and I missed
1215s	it I haven't heard anything about that
1220s	I know internet all clogged up with
1221s	potatoes
1229s	apparently I'm not supposed to laugh
1230s	today
1231s	uh can we expect some improvements for
1233s	loot filter like show only affix is
1235s	relevant to selected
1238s	item type uh no not yet
1241s	um we will be taking uh a shot at the
1245s	loot filter eventually
1247s	um and improving the functionality of it
1249s	um possibly adding more options
1251s	um
1252s	but it is
1254s	uh for for one point for point nine
1257s	sorry
1258s	um largely unchanged I think there might
1261s	be some little changes but not much
1264s	we focused elsewhere
1271s	this little trick on the Arenas if you
1273s	just like don't move in the middle you
1274s	it doesn't start until you actually move
1278s	if anyone's interested on what I was
1280s	doing
1283s	oh can you share some more details on
1285s	new supporter practical point nine I
1287s	can't
1290s	sorry
1292s	uh what time is the point in launch I
1294s	don't know
1295s	um I
1297s	if I were if I were a betting man
1301s	um I would probably guess that they will
1303s	that the patch will launch at a
1305s	relatively similar time to the last like
1306s	dozen patches we put out
1309s	um which is morning North America time
1311s	so we have the most people around to
1313s	help with problems
1316s	and jump on uh Solutions so there's yeah
1324s	oh
1333s	this is bad this is very bad
1340s	okay now here's where I would love to
1342s	have the ability to move all of my
1343s	minions with transplant I wonder if we
1346s	can add that
1359s	spoiler alert we did for the next patch
1361s	just in case anyone missed that
1363s	joke
1365s	I think I'm funny in my head but yeah
1371s	oh all right full patch notes available
1373s	yet no not yet I plan on having 16
1376s	golden teen develop servers
1378s	I mean 16 Golems is way easier for us to
1382s	deal with than
1383s	whatever
1385s	60 skeletons can show up
1388s	so yeah go for it
1396s	it's part of why I like your items so
1397s	much Aaron
1399s	cuts down to the number of minions
1401s	played right into our hands
1406s	oh no no no
1424s	uh oh man the last q a no no no no no no
1427s	why why would it be last q a
1430s	no
1433s	we we don't have a set time or we'll
1435s	stop doing this there's a possibility
1437s	that we might slow down the rate of
1439s	these posts 1.0
1441s	um
1442s	but I I personally have no intention of
1445s	stopping this I love doing this it's
1446s	great
1448s	two hours a week it's not that much time
1455s	yeah
1457s	I don't know why I'm even looking here I
1459s	have no idea what my gear is on this
1461s	character it's been so long since I
1463s	touched I haven't even turned this
1464s	character on since the last time I
1466s	streamed this which was months ago
1473s	uh I agree to take on the Mana stuff by
1476s	the way I also feel like it's fine I
1478s	have no
1479s	idea about four months oh there was a
1481s	four months recently about it that uh
1482s	there's a couple of them recently that's
1484s	all
1485s	it's cool
1488s	what happened to the fifth strawberry
1489s	building it's not in yet
1492s	Shaman Scott okay what's what's going on
1493s	Shaman's got one new abilities missing
1497s	um Tempest strike's getting a pretty
1498s	significant this is not 0.9 this is post
1500s	point nine by the way
1502s	um so post point nine Shaman will get
1504s	its fifth ability
1506s	um Tempest strikes getting an extremely
1508s	significant rework
1509s	uh as to the the role it fills
1514s	um the functionality it has
1517s	um what it does how it does it
1519s	everything like the the general theming
1522s	will be similar
1524s	um
1525s	that's about it
1528s	and the name
1530s	and then a new ability
1532s	is going to come in to take the role of
1534s	Tempest strike
1549s	how's your sleep schedule uh looking for
1551s	this week I have been sleeping more this
1554s	week than I have slept in months
1557s	mostly because I'm sick and I'm just
1558s	like well
1561s	body shutting down at 9 00 p.m Let's uh
1564s	let's go to sleep
1581s	no I've been very lucky to uh
1584s	actually strike a decent uh
1587s	work balance
1588s	lately which has been very nice very
1592s	happy
1595s	it's been a lot of long hours but you
1597s	know
1598s	nowhere near as bad as it has been in
1600s	the past
1607s	the filter sold but I just keep seeing
1609s	items that are like a different color
1610s	like oh maybe this is something that I
1611s	said I would really want before and
1613s	they're always been terrible
1617s	can you share what is the design concept
1619s	around warlock all I can really say and
1621s	this is the same thing I've always said
1622s	is the the like Touchstone theming
1625s	um is like Jafar more of a more of a
1629s	dark sorcerer uh feeling
1651s	did you get an extra Golem no no sorry I
1653s	thought it works too bad
1657s	it's already gonna be really strong
1662s	foreign
1671s	what about improving targeting when
1673s	trying to buff allies minions for
1675s	example it's close to impossible to cast
1677s	dread [ __ ] on Golem if there's another
1678s	Minion around allowing to buff by
1681s	clicking on the icon for example can
1683s	solve a problem
1684s	um we don't have any plans for that at
1685s	the moment
1686s	um there's some issues with that that we
1688s	came into uh we were we tried to do it a
1691s	little while ago and do some problems
1691s	with it
1693s	um
1694s	the
1697s	uh it's it's
1703s	we know there's some issues there we
1705s	don't have a solution yet
1708s	what happens with the like cursor system
1715s	um is it's actually constantly changing
1717s	what you can hover over every frame
1721s	which I know sounds weird
1725s	well what are your plans for an
1726s	achievement system probably after 1.0 um
1728s	there are some loose plans for an
1730s	achievement system we don't know what
1731s	that's going to be specifically yet but
1732s	there will be something
1738s	foreign
1750s	ERS for 0.9 plan that we didn't see any
1753s	events already yet lots
1755s	uh can we expect any armor model uplifts
1758s	certainly Rogue body armors make the
1760s	girl look like she's pregnant
1764s	I don't know if you've seen many
1765s	pregnant people
1766s	uh
1770s	but uh
1772s	I I uh
1774s	maybe I'm not maybe I'm just not seeing
1776s	the armors that it looks like that
1777s	didn't I
1784s	um there's there are new
1786s	uh item sets in our models coming into
1788s	the game that hadn't been seen yet
1790s	4.9
1794s	I know at least one of them's on Rogue
1796s	too
1797s	and it looks sweet
1799s	we may have teased it on stream I don't
1801s	know
1808s	uh I've also been gone for a while the
1810s	new gear look release is their new gear
1813s	look released on the 9th so six days
1816s	oh
1819s	it's okay
1824s	uh you're saying stop working on Sean
1827s	and builds gotcha
1831s	I mean I would I would avoid Tempest
1834s	strike focused builds but I mean they're
1835s	kind of crap anyways right now right
1840s	they'll come back they'll come back
1842s	don't worry they'll come back
1844s	no we had someone some one of the the uh
1847s	uh
1848s	um VFX leavex guy offer skill and like
1851s	skill design enemy design guy he um
1855s	he showed up he was like I've been
1857s	working on a concept for
1860s	um
1861s	Tempest strike lately
1863s	uh uh and it was pretty it was really
1865s	different and tossed it up and played
1868s	around a bit and we're like well that's
1870s	awesome so now we have to make up a new
1871s	skill to take semesteric spot
1876s	and it means we can give it speed
1878s	scaling
1880s	because the current version of Tempest
1881s	right can't have speed scaling
1891s	which is the big problem with it because
1892s	everyone wants it to go faster
1905s	foreign
1916s	so it's pretty low but still it's
1921s	only 36 by base oh boy
1924s	we might have to do a little crafting
1928s	to get our poison res up if we're gonna
1932s	keep doing this
1936s	what is this build this is a volatile
1940s	zombie
1941s	oh my God our dread shade's completely
1943s	unspecialized
1946s	oh what I've been using it much but
1949s	still
1955s	we're not doing too bad for a power
1957s	bottle as on a 93 with a de-specialized
1960s	skill
1966s	good build is good huh
1968s	what am I talking about here
1970s	um
1973s	I'll go over it when I'm out of a
1975s	monolith that can just kill me because
1976s	it feels like it
1982s	in case someone's asked how about a
1983s	spoiler sure I have no one's asked yet
1985s	I'll give a spoiler as soon as I've done
1986s	this Echo
1988s	I'll toss up a spoiler and fix my build
1993s	which will likely just be me be me
1995s	putting random points and stuff until
1997s	it's used
2000s	XP all right
2005s	why is released not 1.0 uh well we
2008s	figure
2010s	um a lot of people okay part of the
2012s	reason is we're not done a lot of the
2013s	features that we would consider core to
2015s	complete the game for example three
2016s	masteries are still missing
2019s	some some of masteries are missing
2021s	skills
2022s	um our in-game's not finished
2025s	um like there's there's a few key
2027s	elements that were like the game's not
2029s	what we consider something that we'd be
2031s	like
2032s	say you were gonna release the game and
2034s	like we're not gonna do this but say you
2035s	were gonna release the game as like a
2037s	box title and put it on shelves and I
2038s	knew it was coming
2041s	sorry say you were gonna put this game
2044s	as like a a proper old school box
2047s	release put it on the shelves at Best
2049s	Buy all sort of stuff which would be
2050s	pretty cool but you know
2052s	um
2053s	uh
2054s	we what like you'd have to get the game
2056s	to a point where
2059s	um you were happy putting it on that
2061s	shelf and someone taking it home in that
2063s	state and playing with it and not
2065s	updating it not patching it and it's
2067s	it's a it's a game that you're like
2069s	great have it play with it have fun
2071s	we're not there yet
2074s	um and 1.0 is the first point that will
2076s	feel like hey this is the like it's a
2078s	product that is complete but we're not
2081s	finished with it so
2083s	um they'll still be room to grow room to
2086s	to add new things keep developing keep
2088s	designing it keep expanding it what
2089s	we've built
2090s	um but that will be the first point that
2091s	we feel like this is a complete product
2094s	that we can confidently say hey if you
2097s	want something and you can you can ex
2098s	and that's also the point where you can
2099s	say like hey you can expect certain
2100s	standards from this so we say like at
2103s	the 1.0 launch we're like hey there's a
2105s	certain expectation of
2107s	um bug concentration uh uh when you're
2111s	in Early Access that's that's a little
2112s	bit more acceptable we think
2115s	not that we want any bugs we try and get
2116s	rid of all of them but we're a little
2119s	less concerned
2121s	like a little less uh
2124s	concerns the wrong words they're still
2125s	concerned about them but like
2128s	tripping over my words a bit here it's a
2131s	little less
2135s	something I'm sorry
2137s	let's get a spoiler up so I can regain
2140s	my composure
2144s	yeah look at this guy I know we've we've
2146s	teased little bits of this but here's I
2148s	believe this one's not actually going to
2150s	be coming
2151s	I don't think this has actually even
2152s	included in point nine but it will be
2154s	soon
2164s	foreign
2192s	foreign
2195s	just do a little uh
2198s	tread shade generic Buffs trying to
2201s	crank the Mana cost too high actually
2202s	reducing the amount of costs increase in
2205s	the area
2216s	yeah that's a good node
2226s	here we go
2228s	show you what I did
2231s	just slap some some stuff together not
2233s	optimal
2235s	and some of it quickly go through the
2236s	other things if you want to take
2238s	screenshots to see the build I'm doing
2241s	very old builds
2246s	check our passes real quick
2249s	points and Lich versus The Necromancer
2252s	boom boom
2255s	all right
2257s	well we failed two in a row
2261s	foreign
2263s	get back on track ah yeah
2270s	death equals League yeah got there
2272s	50k CCU at launch oh boy that'll be fun
2276s	multiple this weekend now I know
2278s	multiple this weekend
2280s	uh six days from now one point was just
2282s	the beginning yeah that's what we say
2283s	internally one point it was just the
2284s	beginning
2289s	I'll have your energy about this game
2291s	the passion really translates
2292s	uh to the Kane state and gameplay IDK
2295s	the last time I saw just talking about
2296s	their game penis because I don't thank
2297s	you I appreciate that
2300s	I'm a little subdued compared to
2303s	normally if you're not uh used to the
2304s	stream because I am
2306s	really sick still
2310s	but uh
2313s	the Buckley's is kicking in
2328s	let's actually use our dread shade now
2330s	Mike that you've just uh buffed it like
2332s	crazy
2343s	feeling like
2348s	feel my wrath is right
2352s	yeah if you do have any questions if I
2353s	missed a question I apologize I'm like
2355s	basically caught up now I've got a
2356s	couple here I'm gonna read but if you do
2357s	have a question for me please put that
2359s	last default game in the question and
2360s	I'll be happy to answer it there's also
2362s	possibility I might cut this off a
2364s	little early or I might take a break in
2365s	the middle I'll probably take a break in
2367s	the middle
2368s	just because
2371s	I can already feel myself struggling a
2373s	bit
2378s	it's gonna be a character wave for 1.0
2381s	on how you view character wipes so I I
2384s	explain this sometimes people go well
2385s	that's a character sometimes that
2387s	explains people that's not a character
2388s	right so
2389s	maybe
2391s	um
2392s	we don't plan on deleting any characters
2394s	all of the characters that are created
2396s	offline and playing offline uh since
2399s	before 0.9 patch will stay offline
2401s	they're saved on your computer they'll
2403s	still say be saving your computer uh
2405s	after 0.9 you'll still be able to make
2406s	offline characters and they'll still
2407s	stay on your computer and we're not
2409s	going to delete files off your computer
2411s	so
2412s	there you go that's offline
2415s	um as far as online characters created
2417s	before the 0.9
2419s	launch date six days from now
2421s	on March 9th in the beta events those
2423s	will not be playable
2425s	uh when the when the multiplayer
2427s	uh Launches on March 9th
2430s	um so so March 9th is fresh characters I
2433s	know I know I'm kind of doing more than
2435s	your question asks and I just want to
2436s	cover all the bases
2438s	um
2438s	any character created between 0.9 and
2441s	1.0 uh will get rolled into a standard
2445s	league so um we're calling them Cycles
2447s	not league so standard Cycles so there's
2450s	um a new cycle will start at 1.0 and
2453s	anyone who wants to participate in the
2454s	latter at the start of 1.0 will have to
2457s	make a new character so there won't be
2459s	any advantage other than experience and
2461s	knowledge to playing before 1.0 but if
2464s	you are playing before 1.0 and want to
2466s	keep playing that character you can
2468s	we're talking multiple so all this is
2470s	online
2471s	Indians you're playing solo online same
2473s	thing so if you want to make an online
2475s	character or play your 0.9 online
2477s	character after 1.0 launches you can it
2481s	just will not be eligible to participate
2483s	in the latter so you'll have to make new
2485s	characters if you want to be on the
2486s	ladder
2487s	post 1.0
2492s	so it's it's like um
2495s	if we're talking like Diablo two terms
2496s	0.9 characters become non-latter
2498s	characters and 1.0 characters are latter
2501s	characters like that's and as the new
2503s	cycle starts although ladder characters
2504s	go to an on ladder and you start new
2505s	ladder characters like this is a pretty
2508s	standard system that you see across most
2510s	arpgs these days uh that are online
2515s	so we're not trying to break any major
2517s	conventions there we think it's a pretty
2518s	good system and works decently well for
2520s	most players
2522s	um oh we're chugging we're chugging away
2524s	oh I have a let's run
2530s	good job Mike
2542s	you know what we're gonna do
2553s	sweet
2555s	let's clean up some of the ground items
2564s	I hope that explains the history gonna
2567s	be character right from 1.0 question
2569s	if you have more follow-up questions
2570s	please feel free to ask
2573s	can you comment on why you guys decide
2575s	to make items non-resellable after
2577s	training and why not just put a favorite
2578s	cost to resell them love the fact that
2580s	they do by the way uh part of this is to
2582s	avoid
2583s	um
2584s	Market
2586s	manipulation part of it's to avoid
2590s	um encouraging Market play exclusively
2592s	as a game mode
2595s	um we really want to emphasize that even
2596s	if you're even if you're playing
2597s	Merchants Guild you're still spending
2601s	um a very significant chunk of time
2603s	playing the game you're still like
2605s	you're still when I say playing the game
2606s	like obviously using the bizarre still
2608s	playing the game but like
2610s	you're still going out into the world
2612s	you're still killing monsters you're
2613s	still finding new loot
2615s	um the the bazaars is more of a method
2618s	to
2619s	um give value to items that you don't
2621s	want that you find that are good
2624s	um and uh method by which you can obtain
2628s	really specific items that you need that
2630s	you just can't find
2631s	and less of a way to
2633s	um
2634s	like have a have an economy and there's
2638s	still going to be an economist it's a
2639s	bad way to phrase it but less of a way
2641s	to
2642s	um
2647s	sorry we really don't want to encourage
2649s	people to just like just to sit in the
2650s	bazaar and and play the economy and we
2652s	know that this is a game mode that
2653s	people like a playstyle that some people
2655s	do like
2657s	um and we knew that when we were making
2658s	a uh a trade system and we're making
2661s	like the item faction system and we're
2663s	we're doing this we knew that there
2664s	would be some restrictions that certain
2666s	people uh wouldn't like and and would be
2669s	too much too restrictive for some people
2671s	so
2672s	and we're trying to uh to make things as
2676s	as accessible and fun and engaging and
2678s	enjoyable to as many people as we can
2680s	um and we know that we can't hit
2682s	everyone's uh desires with this and uh
2685s	if if that was a play style you were
2687s	really looking forward to I'm sorry
2690s	um
2692s	we're not like not not nothing set in
2695s	stone it's not dealt yet or anything
2697s	um but it would be very surprised if
2699s	that changed
2700s	very surprised
2702s	foreign
2711s	regarding the
2713s	feeling glued to the floor
2715s	unresponsiveness and inability to kite
2718s	mobs
2720s	uh while attacking uh there
2722s	I don't I I can't give you a specific
2725s	uh details of what was done to help this
2731s	um
2732s	but basically the way we were handling
2734s	movement
2736s	uh
2737s	uh was not ideal
2739s	and we knew that going in and we're
2741s	still working on making it even
2743s	closer to Ideal
2745s	um
2748s	but yeah there's
2751s	there's improvements that have come to
2753s	that and more improvements that I'm sure
2754s	will happen later
2756s	um it's very tricky
2759s	to uh
2763s	to do what we want to do with movements
2765s	and have it feel good because it's the
2767s	easiest way to put that
2769s	there's some under the hood stuff that I
2771s	don't understand fully
2775s	that's causing problems
2784s	which is why they're smarter people than
2785s	me working to fix it
2793s	oh any plans for healing handsome patent
2796s	and thank you for all you duties she
2798s	didn't keep up the good work thanks bud
2799s	appreciate that um
2802s	they're uh yes we do have plans for it
2805s	um it will get a skill tree
2809s	um
2812s	uh it'll be one point at the latest
2815s	um at 1.0 all classes will have the same
2817s	number of total skills all Masters all
2820s	the same total number skills
2822s	um they'll all have skill trees
2825s	um
2829s	the only skill that's in the game now
2831s	that's not planned to be a skill at 1.0
2834s	is ice thorns
2840s	I think that's true I'm like 99 sure
2843s	that's true
2852s	this is me going through all the skills
2853s	in my head yeah yeah that's right
2860s	Vision welcome back we sub for eight
2863s	months in a row thank you very much glad
2865s	to have you with us
2871s	this uh there's a race
2874s	Vision something I was just reading this
2876s	morning about that wasn't it what was
2877s	the race
2879s	um announcement went out this morning
2882s	um
2883s	I think Vision info were the ones that
2886s	were running races before I think you're
2888s	uh either heavily involved or just
2891s	running at this time too I don't know
2892s	sorry I haven't been involved with that
2894s	part of it
2897s	I saw the answer this morning I'm like
2899s	that's sweet
2904s	it's a solo
2906s	softcore race to kill all three
2910s	T4 dungeon bosses
2913s	the fastest
2917s	like
2920s	85 95 sure on that one
2924s	please correct if I'm wrong in the chat
2935s	could chuck some NyQuil ah
2940s	not if I want to be alert enough to
2941s	stream
2945s	or fix bugs
2948s	I have one critical bug left left to fix
2950s	and two minor bugs left to fix
2955s	hopefully by the end of the day today
2956s	after the stream's over
2960s	got a good lead on the critical one
2961s	which is good
2963s	feel like
2970s	I don't know why it's still transplant
2971s	okay use dread shade activate it's got
2975s	awesome abilities now
2991s	uh next question that's what I'm doing
2992s	right I'm reading questions
2996s	uh can you change your mind and launch
2998s	Point night tomorrow instead of three
2999s	nines inside my invasion
3004s	people changing my mind though
3007s	I'm pretty sure I'm not capable of
3008s	changing my mind but if I was I would
3011s	change my mind about that
3013s	but I'm not so I can't I also don't have
3016s	control over it
3019s	sorry
3025s	oh
3033s	still here uh will there ever be any
3037s	Mana potions available ooh very unlikely
3040s	um
3043s	will there ever be this oh maybe I don't
3046s	know man I hope I'm still doing this in
3048s	10 years
3049s	um it's a long time for stuff to change
3052s	will there be met approaches by 1.0 no I
3055s	can say that with very high degree of
3056s	confidence
3057s	will there be Mana potions at 1.5
3060s	almost zero chance
3064s	some pretty dramatic stuff would have to
3065s	change
3066s	press that amount of potions
3070s	but I'm not a big fan of uh
3074s	like being absolute on questions like
3076s	that because there's things there's
3078s	things that have changed that I like
3080s	three years ago if you asked me if it
3082s	was gonna happen I'd be like nah no
3083s	chance and it did
3087s	please don't ask for an example I don't
3088s	have any upset on my head
3093s	uh yes thank you you're welcome I don't
3096s	remember what the question was
3101s	uh will you ever add a glyph or some
3103s	item to use an unspec a point or a skill
3107s	not to have to be level Scott
3109s	uh a glyph
3112s	to do that uh no because glyphs are
3115s	always items
3117s	um
3118s	like that's always used on items uh an
3121s	item to do that I
3123s	I'd be pretty shocked
3125s	um it undermines the entire reason we
3127s	have the re-leveling system
3130s	um
3131s	like completely undermines the entire
3133s	reason we have the leveling system so
3134s	like if at the instant we add that item
3136s	we might as well just take the whole
3137s	re-leveling system out type thing
3140s	so like chances of that happening are
3142s	pretty darn low
3144s	um
3146s	yeah
3148s	so same disclaimer as last question
3153s	on the whole absolutes thing and never
3155s	in time and yada yada
3158s	but
3168s	uh so while I was playing the campaign
3170s	I'd TP to town and lose my minions
3176s	I think that's I think that was a bug
3178s	I've wanted to use a shrine back to town
3180s	I wouldn't know that's that sounds like
3182s	a bug to me
3191s	it explored the idea of the player being
3193s	able to augment a certain ability with
3195s	the epoch's power in some way I I mean
3198s	we we've we've talked about things like
3201s	that
3202s	um it's such an integral story Point
3206s	um
3207s	and like
3208s	technically
3210s	please don't try this because it'll take
3212s	you forever technically
3215s	you can keep gaining experience up to
3218s	super high levels in super low level
3219s	areas it just takes forever because
3221s	there's a there's a level cap
3222s	differential so if you're
3225s	um
3226s	like
3228s	uh I guess being oppa does it's just
3230s	super low because it's low like like
3233s	you kill a level one enemy as a level 90
3235s	something and you get like basically no
3236s	experience it's an insignificant amount
3238s	of experience that I don't know what the
3239s	actual
3240s	I don't think we actually show
3241s	experience oh we do yeah like
3243s	like you you're you're in the millions
3246s	of experience here and and getting 10
3248s	experiences completely insignificant so
3250s	you could level
3251s	to
3254s	like
3257s	I guess doesn't matter if you're talking
3258s	about an item that would do this
3264s	probably not
3269s	because as soon as you do it until one
3270s	skill you can't do it to all skills you
3272s	know what I mean
3277s	I don't want frenzy and Haze on them
3280s	it's gross
3284s	foreign
3291s	uh you know what
3294s	okay guys I'm gonna take a brief break
3296s	here
3298s	's what I'm gonna do
3303s	give me a sec
3320s	okay
3324s	I've just slapped a new spoiler over the
3328s	we'll be right back screen
3330s	so I'm gonna take a brief break
3333s	I'm sorry I just need like
3336s	five minutes I'll be right back I
3339s	promise I'm sorry uh
3341s	and in the meantime
3344s	I'm Gonna Leave You with this new slash
3346s	art which will be available eventually
3348s	uh on our website hopefully I'll be
3351s	right back sorry
3361s	foreign
3444s	foreign
3520s	thank you
3616s	and we're back
3620s	but boom sorry about that everybody
3622s	hello
3628s	oh let's get right back in and answer
3629s	some more questions
3633s	are there any changes coming to Warpath
3636s	uh I don't know I'm sorry
3642s	uh they're going to be paid expansions
3644s	like box expansions there's going to be
3646s	more like Pue where you uh are bigger
3649s	patches
3650s	then for smaller expansions per year
3652s	yeah I I would um it's gonna be more
3655s	like uh Poe style where there's
3659s	um where there's like large patches that
3661s	have
3662s	um content that come with them and reset
3664s	the cycle
3665s	um
3666s	more regularly that won't have
3669s	um
3670s	we really want to avoid one of the big
3672s	things we want to do is we want to avoid
3674s	um having a situation where you're
3675s	you're playing with a buddy
3678s	um or maybe it's like a friend both of
3679s	you played last Epoch before but you
3681s	haven't played in like one of them like
3682s	your friend hasn't played in six months
3684s	um but you kept playing and they want to
3686s	hop back in and you're like okay let's
3688s	play together and and then you're like
3690s	well you gotta go buy these three
3692s	expansions in order to play with me
3693s	again what am I doing
3695s	laughs
3697s	we don't want to split the community
3698s	based on who's bought what expansion
3705s	unique belt which gives a chance to drop
3706s	Mana potions but prevents ailment
3708s	cleansing
3710s	nope
3713s	you know you just didn't know where to
3715s	put them in the UI it's impossible to
3717s	add it
3720s	how hard did you high five after seeing
3721s	the reactions to translucent I mean if
3724s	we were in the same physical space as
3725s	each other it would have been a real big
3726s	high five
3728s	but we're all remote so no high fives
3731s	were had
3733s	but virtual high fives were very very
3736s	exuberant
3743s	you know
3752s	we haven't had a post that the reactions
3754s	were that positive too like the ratio of
3757s	positive comments was that high
3759s	in so long like
3762s	it was Unreal
3764s	and like I know it's not 100 and there's
3766s	it's not a perfect system and everything
3767s	but like
3771s	it felt really good
3775s	so if you came and left a positive
3776s	comment on that on that uh post
3779s	you made my day that day
3791s	okay let's keep going
3798s	this thing
3805s	hurts
3808s	a lot
3816s	lightning Elemental of loathing
3819s	I'm getting the loading part
3821s	all right
3823s	oh take the energy back here we go I'm
3825s	an avid gamer and software Dev awesome
3827s	that's great uh but I don't know
3829s	anything about Game Dev specifically
3830s	that's fine
3832s	uh uh can you share some stories
3834s	methodologies about bug tracking in last
3836s	Epoch I mean bug tracking is really
3839s	similar uh in games and regular software
3842s	Dev like it's there's very little
3843s	difference I think
3846s	um
3849s	it's really important to have
3851s	a so I I'm not in charge of the bug
3853s	tracking systems
3855s	um
3856s	so it's it people other people uh like
3859s	like manage and handle that a lot more
3861s	than I do
3862s	um so I do not have in-depth knowledge
3864s	on the
3866s	um the way that's handled specifically
3868s	but I can give you sort of General ideas
3870s	on on how I interact with that
3873s	um
3874s	it's really important to have people
3876s	that are
3877s	um organizing that and I mean it depends
3879s	on the scale of this of the operation as
3880s	well so if you if it's large enough that
3882s	you have people that are dedicated to
3883s	that
3884s	um
3885s	having someone organize those and
3888s	um
3889s	being able to
3891s	how about this being able to track
3893s	specifically which bugs uh are the same
3895s	bug is really important so you don't
3897s	have
3898s	um multi-tracked like the same bug track
3900s	multiple times it's really important
3902s	being able to
3904s	um
3906s	have a system that's really well
3908s	organized and have a system that's able
3909s	to link those bugs to the solutions when
3913s	they get created so we use we use GitHub
3916s	and a lot of the tools that come with
3918s	that to track a lot of bugs
3921s	we get a lot of bugs uh reported from
3923s	our community and we try and we try to
3925s	make sure those come in through our
3926s	through Forum posts because we can track
3929s	those form posts and we can we can close
3930s	Forum posts and we can link form posts
3932s	together and we can link Forum posts in
3935s	our GitHub tracking like an issue
3937s	tracking system in GitHub things like
3939s	that
3941s	um and that's that's really important
3942s	having those things automated and linked
3943s	together is really useful
3946s	so you can say like like you make a pull
3948s	request and that pull request has
3951s	um it is automatically linked to a
3953s	specific issue in
3956s	get on GitHub sorry a GitHub issue that
3959s	will uh that will automatically close
3961s	that issue when the PR's merged and
3963s	things like that it's like like having
3965s	these things intrinsically linked and
3966s	automated as much as you can is really
3968s	really useful
3970s	um
3970s	and having them having the input from
3973s	your users be trackable is really useful
3975s	as well which is why we get a lot of bug
3977s	reports on Discord and every time we're
3979s	just like go to the forums go to the
3981s	forums we can't handle it here go to the
3983s	forums and it's just because we can't we
3985s	can't keep track of them on Discord
3993s	yeah we have a fantastic UA team that uh
3996s	that handles a lot of that stuff
3999s	they do a great job of it so Avalanche
4004s	oh you see physical and cold tell it to
4007s	Avalanche
4010s	okay you know what we're gonna do we're
4011s	gonna take a second see if we can
4013s	upgrade any of our gear see if we can
4015s	craft a little bit on it because we're
4016s	getting our butts kicked
4018s	we've got some uh
4021s	we've got some
4024s	was my Army just dead and I just didn't
4026s	notice
4033s	okay is anything a forging potential
4034s	zero zero zero zero eleven just
4042s	Rio Elli res
4050s	wait a second
4053s	why do I not have any
4057s	crafting materials is this a Solo
4059s	character
4076s	I totally deleted my stash
4080s	oh I know exactly what I did that too
4086s	I know exactly when I did that
4089s	that's hilarious
4093s	oh yep
4103s	sometimes
4106s	I do things that are not so smart
4111s	oh one forging potential that's
4113s	something
4115s	poison res
4117s	or oh free physical res crit success
4120s	boom go ht5 that's what I'm talking
4122s	about
4130s	all right better than nothing
4146s	I was I was testing some stuff with uh
4150s	with with stash saves and
4152s	I uh
4157s	I I know exactly like I've got it backed
4158s	up and everything so I'll be fine but
4161s	can't do it right now
4169s	that's funny
4173s	can we expect Wings in the cosmetic
4175s	store at some point
4176s	um there are I guess I don't know all
4177s	the plans for all the things that are
4178s	coming to the Cosmetics store there is
4180s	one item that I know is coming uh to one
4183s	of the bundle packs in the future that
4187s	looks suspiciously similar to Wings and
4190s	I don't know if I'd quite classify it as
4192s	wings or not
4194s	so maybe
4198s	some people will look at that and Go
4200s	Wings obviously some people look at that
4202s	and go not wings no so we'll see
4207s	uh that time Rift Wormhole effect could
4209s	be sort of uh baked into the loading
4211s	screen itself in such effect so um the
4214s	we we used to have it baked into the
4217s	loading screen itself
4218s	um and it uh gets to a point it it when
4223s	we had it baked into the loading screen
4224s	so there's no true asynchronous loading
4228s	um
4229s	and so there is a point where it freezes
4231s	no matter what
4233s	um and when you hit that point on that
4236s	screen it looks at the game has crashed
4238s	um even though it hasn't it's loading
4241s	and when we had it baked into the
4243s	loading screen it was it was only baked
4244s	in the loading screen for like two days
4246s	but in those two days we got more
4248s	reports of people crashing the game
4250s	during loading screens then I think we
4252s	have since combined
4255s	um and like it was just a flood of them
4257s	all the time it was like it didn't crash
4260s	and the long streams were a little bit
4261s	longer than two
4262s	um so like and especially that longing
4265s	stream is really long but it was we're
4267s	like just wait the extra 30 seconds I
4269s	promise you it's fine and they're like
4270s	no I crashed I had to let it go we're
4272s	like it didn't crash
4275s	um and and there was also a problem at
4277s	that point we're all tabbing in the
4279s	middle of a loading screen at like a
4280s	certain point could cause it to crash so
4282s	it's like it's it's going through that
4284s	effect it stops
4287s	um someone all tabs to see if it crashes
4289s	and the effect of alt tabbing was it
4291s	crashed so it's like I all tabbed it had
4294s	crashed and it was just it was just a
4296s	mess
4297s	um so we had to we had to decouple them
4299s	oh we'll get out of there
4303s	um
4304s	one day we hope to have that be a
4306s	loading screen I think we may have taken
4308s	the effect out for now I don't know I
4311s	don't know exactly what I'm with it
4313s	um
4316s	but
4318s	um we need proper asynchronous loading
4320s	to make it into the loading screen
4322s	basically and like asynchronous learning
4324s	what that means is
4326s	um
4327s	loading the elements of the next scene
4330s	while you're still doing something else
4332s	and the something else is playing that
4334s	video clip so there is a um there is
4337s	motion on the loading screen now in the
4339s	form of there's a little um
4342s	probably seen it in the beta events uh
4344s	this little like diamonds like loading
4346s	like
4348s	thing that happens and so that's now in
4351s	the bottom corner of the loading screen
4352s	so you do see stuff happening and that
4353s	does freeze at part of the time
4356s	um but it kind of like stutters instead
4358s	of freezing completely
4367s	it's the other way isn't it
4369s	yeah I guess we're going back
4381s	uh can we get a last Epoch con and have
4385s	it in Las Vegas please thank you
4387s	um I'd love to do something like that I
4388s	think that'd be so cool I think we need
4390s	to be a little bit bigger game
4392s	uh for a little bit longer before we
4394s	actually did something like that
4397s	um
4399s	but uh I I I love going to conventions
4403s	um we did we did quite a few conventions
4405s	pre-pandemic
4406s	um
4407s	once that's over I'm sure we'll uh we'll
4409s	be going back out to them again
4411s	but um
4414s	there's
4417s	also I guess if anyone's wondering this
4419s	is not coveted I've tested myself so
4421s	many times
4424s	pro at testing taking so many different
4425s	types of tests definitely not
4429s	Dodge that bullet so far
4432s	still being careful though anyways um
4435s	the same conventions yeah we did we did
4437s	like uh
4438s	uh we just we did LTX we did
4442s	um
4443s	pretty bigger ones
4446s	mind blank on which conventions we did
4449s	uh
4451s	uh Pax that's the one we did a few packs
4454s	those are great
4456s	um
4458s	we did packs in Texas right before a
4461s	pandemic happened that was so much fun
4472s	we did Seattle too Seattle packs Pax
4474s	West
4477s	I loved I'd love to go back out to
4478s	Supreme engines that was so much fun
4479s	it's it's so tiring it's so much work oh
4483s	it's so much fun it's so worth it
4486s	like just getting to see getting to see
4489s	people play the game because like
4490s	because we we are a video game to see
4492s	each other is really great uh getting to
4494s	see people playing the game is so cool
4496s	and just talk to players about it that
4498s	are just they walk up and they're like
4499s	I've never seen this before this looks
4501s	cool and you just talk about it it's
4502s	just fun
4503s	see I love that
4506s	huh
4507s	man I want to do conventions again
4509s	apparently all right uh
4513s	if I'm playing Merchant scale and my
4515s	friend is playing circle of Fortune I'm
4517s	so so surprised I haven't been more uh
4519s	item faction questions which I'm fully
4521s	prepped to answer all of those by the
4522s	way
4528s	so okay if I'm playing Merchant skill
4530s	and my friend is playing circle of
4531s	Fortune will I be able to buy an item on
4534s	the bazaar and donate it to him using
4535s	residence yes however big asterisks
4539s	there with the yes the item will have a
4541s	Merchants Guild faction requirement rank
4544s	so the item will say like
4547s	like how other sentences requires level
4548s	seven
4550s	um it below that requires level seven
4551s	it'll say requires Merchant Guild rank
4553s	four let's say just as an example it
4555s	might not be four but let's just say
4556s	it's more
4557s	um and so you give it to your circle of
4559s	Fortune friend with residence and it
4561s	still has that requirement because you
4562s	can't remove requirements from items
4564s	um and so they are not Merchant skill
4566s	rank four so they can't use it if they
4568s	then switch to Merchants Guild rank up
4570s	to Rank 4 they could then use it
4573s	um but the active applying a resonance
4576s	to it does not remove the rank
4578s	requirement so that rank requirement is
4580s	just like a level requirement think of
4581s	it just like that
4585s	yeah
4585s	I hope that helps
4601s	also don't forget if you have questions
4603s	that you want me to answer please put at
4604s	last debug game in the question so I see
4606s	it pop out I think I just saw one that
4607s	was meant to go to me that I didn't have
4609s	that Soul answer anyways will there be
4610s	visual updates to skill trees to more
4612s	closely show
4614s	what particular node will do
4616s	um
4618s	there's certain mistakes in certain
4619s	nodes that we've so we've what we've
4621s	done in this patch is we've
4623s	um since lastpatch we've literally
4625s	checked every single node in the game
4629s	um and we may have missed some still but
4630s	we have gone through and checked every
4632s	single node and cross referenced the
4634s	effect in game not just what we think it
4637s	should do based on the code the actual
4638s	effect in game from what the description
4640s	says and we've either updated the
4642s	functionality or the description to
4644s	match so that they are the same
4647s	um so there should be far fewer
4650s	discrepancies there
4652s	um there will likely still be some but
4653s	it should be a lot better now
4656s	oh man origin's sweet in the spell yeah
4661s	cause I'm a thirsty bit
4663s	necromancer
4669s	uh yeah so there's there's there's
4673s	um different there will be more accurate
4677s	descriptions
4679s	um as far as how it's displayed
4681s	um there's it's still just like the same
4683s	like those tools of stylings hasn't
4685s	changed
4687s	um if you're looking for more
4690s	um like adaptive tool tips to say like
4693s	um so that they like it recognizes the
4695s	changes in other nodes and the trees
4697s	that the tooltip changes we're we're not
4699s	uh planning on doing that that would be
4701s	pretty sweet but uh that's a little
4704s	that that would be a little insane if we
4708s	were ever gonna try and uh which we are
4710s	trying to do localize the game
4711s	um and have translations for things like
4713s	notes skill nodes
4715s	which is already a Herculean task
4722s	uh we'll account reset make it into well
4724s	the account reset make it in time for
4726s	0.9
4729s	sorry I don't know what that is please
4731s	explain
4738s	quite I feel like that's something I
4739s	just missed
4743s	as soon as I do things that are not so
4745s	smart like uh facing challenge yeah
4749s	in-game check could use some curating uh
4751s	there's drama going on right now
4753s	um sorry I am uh
4758s	I don't think what I'm playing on right
4761s	now actually has
4762s	moderation powers in chat
4769s	and I'd rather not turn it on on stream
4770s	in case it is pretty bad
4773s	um but someone who is capable of that
4776s	might be listening
4778s	and if you can check that that'll be
4780s	great thanks please
4790s	let's actually look at the screen
4791s	instead of just chat well the formulas
4794s	for item Rarity calculation be made
4795s	public at some point
4797s	uh uh
4807s	like the I I'm not quite sure what you
4811s	mean by that probably not
4813s	um
4818s	but if we're talking about yeah okay if
4820s	you
4820s	hit me up with more details on what you
4822s	mean by that like
4825s	chance of an item being a specific
4828s	Rarity
4830s	when it drops
4834s	oh
4836s	trolls has donated a thousand bits it's
4839s	a cheer counting down the magical day
4841s	I'm on six now thank you very much
4844s	that sound happened and I'm like what is
4846s	that sound
4849s	but thank you that's cool appreciate
4851s	that
4870s	but
4877s	okay
4878s	any plans for PVP eventually yes not 0.9
4881s	though
4882s	will be other factions down the line
4884s	uh not just for trading so yeah it's um
4887s	we try and use the term item factions
4889s	rather than trading factions because
4890s	it's um it's it's the item factions will
4893s	just be These two factions
4895s	um and they'll be focused around
4896s	modifying how you obtain items in the
4898s	game
4900s	so we're not planning on adding a third
4901s	item faction
4903s	um but we are planning on adding more
4907s	uh factions that will and we still don't
4911s	have details on how exactly this will
4913s	work out but the current plan which
4916s	could very much change is that the
4918s	future factions will be
4921s	similar to the item factions in the
4922s	sense they are mutually exclusive with
4923s	each other so we might add like a new
4925s	pair of factions that are each mutually
4927s	exclusive with each other but are not
4929s	mutually exclusive with the item faction
4930s	so you'd be like pick one of the item
4932s	factions and pick one of the something
4935s	else factions and so you'll be part of
4936s	two factions simultaneously but not part
4939s	of two item factions and not part of two
4941s	of the something else factions I hope
4944s	that makes sense
4951s	all right
4960s	maybe they'll be uh and just literally
4962s	just making this up on maybe it'll be a
4963s	leveling faction and it'll be it'll
4965s	change the way you gain experience in
4966s	the game or change the way you level or
4967s	something I don't know
4978s	are you guys ready for zizra and his
4980s	horde to come in on the ninth oh I love
4981s	it let's go
4988s	uh account reset tool cane oh yeah yeah
4992s	I came with segmentally can't reset tool
4994s	right right thank you quite sorry I
4995s	completely forgot about that
4997s	um yes because the ssf change uh that's
5001s	happening so if anyone doesn't know the
5003s	um currently in Solo when you have a
5005s	Solo character all of uh your items and
5008s	everything is linked to that specific
5009s	character so it's a character found solo
5011s	experience
5012s	um we're changing online when online
5014s	launches to be an account found solo
5016s	experience so you're saying I'm playing
5017s	solo means that me as a person on my
5020s	account I'm playing alone
5023s	um and part part of the change for this
5024s	was mostly focused around how
5027s	um
5028s	there's no advantage to playing multiple
5030s	characters on a solo account if that
5034s	makes any sense like you don't gain a
5035s	power boost by sharing those items from
5037s	character to character really it's the
5039s	most powerful way to do it if you're
5040s	gonna
5041s	if you're into the powers to play one
5042s	character because you can
5044s	um you don't you don't split your
5046s	progress split your time that you're
5047s	progressing on to multiple characters
5051s	um
5052s	but it does take a hit for race events
5056s	because
5058s	um you can't it's it's not a completely
5060s	Fresh Start for everyone
5062s	um
5066s	so I think we're building a temporary
5067s	tool to help with that because we do
5070s	want to have uh race style events uh be
5073s	possible and there are still we haven't
5075s	we haven't completely removed the
5077s	back-end functionality to have
5078s	characters found locked solo experiences
5084s	um but if we release 0.9 with a
5086s	character fan locked solo experience and
5089s	uh want to add an account found solo
5092s	experience which we think is the more
5094s	widespread use for it
5096s	um it will cause either uh very large
5101s	headaches in data migration or massive
5103s	amounts of data loss of players
5106s	items and such
5108s	um
5110s	so we're kind of heading off that
5111s	problem at the past and
5114s	um switching it now so we don't have to
5117s	have to deal with that problem in the
5118s	future
5123s	it's cool item I like it
5129s	and quiet I'm sorry you'll have to ask
5131s	Kane on that one I don't know
5139s	1.9 count is the first cycle we'll ever
5141s	have to start a fresh character stash is
5143s	kind of yes
5145s	um so no one has access to any
5148s	characters that they've created in the
5151s	0.85 F or before patch because those are
5154s	all offline characters offline
5155s	characters will not be transitioned into
5157s	the online environment anyone that
5159s	played in the multiplayer beta events
5160s	that were previews 4.9 uh those
5163s	characters are existing in a different
5165s	environment and will not be available in
5167s	0.9 drops
5168s	um so any so there's there's no one has
5171s	a fresh start so no one has a jump start
5172s	everyone has a fresh start
5177s	um so it's that's why I really uh so
5180s	earlier I mentioned
5181s	um it's kind of like having uh this is
5185s	like 0.9 is kind of the start of the
5186s	first cycle because everyone's starting
5187s	from scratch
5192s	audience African jump starts guys
5202s	pretty much the machine return smart I'm
5204s	sorry I don't know that question was
5205s	referring to
5212s	hi we had a chance to try multiple last
5214s	weekend wonderful I hope that went well
5216s	don't know if you covered this topic
5218s	very much yet uh but do you have a
5221s	status for multiplayer game experience
5222s	stability I.E disconnect can't continue
5224s	story through zones together well
5226s	without dropping out yeah there's been
5227s	big big improvements for that especially
5229s	when we first at the start of the open
5232s	Beta weekend
5234s	test the open beta test where anyone had
5236s	access to there was there was all there
5238s	was several brand new bugs that we were
5240s	like we were shocked that showed up
5243s	um and we've got fixes for those
5245s	um I think a lot of people hit them and
5246s	kind of bounced off it which is really
5248s	unfortunate
5249s	um but those have been fixed
5254s	uh and it's not it's not perfect 100
5257s	stability with zero disconnects that
5258s	would be amazing
5260s	um but it is much better than the first
5261s	few uh moments of that event went
5271s	uh if I decided I wanted to swap from
5273s	Fortune's Guild to from circle of
5275s	Fortune to Merchants Guild and respect
5277s	into Merchant's Guild
5279s	uh does that mean all the gear will
5281s	become unusable uh due to no longer
5284s	being Fortune rank four yes
5286s	um the gear you obtain so any gear you
5289s	obtain by way of a item factions bonus
5293s	so what that means is if your circle of
5294s	fortunate item drops that item was
5296s	influenced by your circular Fortune
5298s	bonus so you that item receives a circle
5300s	of Fortune rank or if you're playing
5301s	into the merchants Guild and you get an
5304s	item through the bazaar that item was
5306s	obtained through your item factions
5309s	bonus so it receives an item faction
5311s	rank requirement
5313s	um any items obtained through either
5315s	those message methods receive the
5317s	appropriate item faction rank
5319s	requirement
5320s	item faction rank requirements cannot be
5323s	changed or removed if you switch
5325s	factions
5327s	you no longer are that other old-faction
5329s	uh and can't use that item anymore
5331s	because you're not that rank it's kind
5332s	of like if you de-leveled your character
5334s	you would no longer be that level and
5336s	you couldn't use that item anymore
5337s	um you can go back and faction ranks are
5340s	account bound
5342s	um so you don't lose those ranks they
5344s	you do those ranks
5346s	stay hidden and you can you can get you
5349s	can get go get them back again you just
5350s	can only be currently representing one
5353s	faction or the other
5356s	so in order to use an item that is
5358s	circle of Fortune Rank 4 you must have
5360s	attained circle of Fortune rank for or
5362s	more on your account and your character
5364s	must be currently representing circle of
5366s	Fortune
5371s	I think I said that all right I don't
5373s	think I actually messed up any words
5374s	there that was
5376s	it might have I hope not
5378s	uh will there be anything in 0.9 that
5380s	has not been announced or was testable
5383s	yeah oh yeah
5384s	there's skill and item changes that went
5386s	in today that are there's a big margin
5390s	that happened today actually that I was
5391s	uh pretty hyped on so yeah some stuff
5394s	still
5396s	um no major systems though
5399s	just like uh
5401s	New Gear visuals
5405s	um stat changes on items uh
5409s	some rebalancing stuff like that
5413s	uh will be will we be able to
5415s	romanticize the NPCs in 1.0 no I don't
5418s	think so
5422s	not that type of game hey you want to
5423s	write some fanfic you go right ahead
5429s	imagination is a wonderful thing
5441s	are there more uniques coming 0.9 yep
5444s	what about the question of the item
5447s	Rarity about the question the item
5449s	Rarity formula with the diminishing
5450s	Return part be made public
5456s	ah
5457s	ah like diminishing return on item
5460s	Rarity percentage
5465s	honestly I don't know what that formula
5466s	is on top of my head so
5469s	um
5470s	I don't think we'll ever actually post
5472s	what that formula is we might but
5475s	not today
5483s	what's the party size four
5487s	love the game but it's been hard
5488s	freezing on Startup last couple days uh
5490s	oh probably on my end but have you heard
5492s	anything like this on this not
5494s	specifically and I I'm sorry I can't
5496s	help you with sports stuff right now
5498s	um
5500s	I I will tell you one thing
5502s	um
5503s	delete your
5506s	graphics dot ini file there's a
5509s	graphicsetting.ini file
5512s	um for the game specifically the last
5514s	default one
5515s	um you can find out where that file is
5518s	located on our support site
5520s	and it will auto regenerate a new one
5524s	that's quite often the cause when it
5526s	crashes ground boot
5531s	streamer Hub lipod it's saying charity
5532s	Salvation Army oh no
5535s	oh no
5545s	I I mean I could change that we've only
5547s	got 27 minutes left
5549s	I'll tell you different extreme I'm
5550s	sorry
5554s	our charity is the one above my head not
5555s	the one nightbot says nightbot's crazy
5557s	it's drunk you're drunk night Park go
5559s	home
5567s	I like your beard thank you I like my
5569s	beard too
5571s	it's soft
5577s	does that mean all gear dropped while
5580s	circular Forge will have a circle of
5581s	Fortune rank requirement since circle of
5583s	Fortune FX all drops yes wouldn't that
5585s	make it very impractical to build
5587s	account rep for both factions on one
5589s	character yes it is not designed the
5592s	system is not designed for you to
5595s	um play both factions uh the system is
5597s	designed for you to pick which playstyle
5599s	you prefer and go for it
5602s	um it's also designed with some uh the
5605s	reason we have switching in the game is
5607s	more in case you've start playing one
5609s	and you decide that that's not for you
5611s	and you want to switch
5613s	um or maybe you're you're playing one a
5614s	bunch and a friend starts playing and
5616s	they're playing the other one they're
5617s	like maybe you're you're not sure which
5618s	one unit plays you pick one and a friend
5620s	starts playing and they they really want
5621s	to play the other one and you're like
5623s	okay fine I'll come play another one
5624s	with you then you can switch and it's
5625s	not like yeah I'll start your character
5627s	over again
5629s	we're trying to just make the
5632s	um
5632s	make it not be a permanent choice but it
5635s	is still
5637s	the system is not designed to encourage
5640s	switching there's no uh there's no way
5643s	to get
5645s	um an efficiency boost by switching it's
5647s	actually less efficient to switch
5649s	um
5650s	so it's it's it's really
5652s	the system is designed such that you are
5655s	like hey I want trade
5657s	I can play Merchant skill hey I don't
5659s	watch right I'm gonna play circle of
5660s	Fortune and like ideally that's the end
5663s	of the decision making process like like
5666s	that that should be it
5669s	if we've done our jobs right that's the
5671s	whole decision making process
5675s	and I know it's not that simple and I
5676s	know that there's going to be a big uh
5679s	debate on which one's technically more
5681s	powerful and if decision is going to be
5683s	which one's better that's what I'm going
5685s	with to find better okay to find better
5687s	it's the one that you can acquire items
5689s	faster in
5691s	okay
5693s	now there's gonna be a bunch of analysis
5694s	on which one's requiring items faster
5696s	and fair enough and one of them will end
5697s	up being more powerful than the other
5698s	and we've worked in a ton of dials to
5701s	adjust them and bring them closer to
5703s	each other where we can
5705s	um and we know that they'll never be
5706s	perfectly equal and we're not going to
5707s	try and make them perfectly equal but we
5709s	are going to try and keep them in the
5711s	same ballpark as each other where people
5712s	who are
5714s	um less concerned about playing
5715s	absolutely optimally the decision for
5717s	them will be
5719s	um
5720s	do I want trade or not that's that'll be
5722s	the end of it and people who are
5723s	interested in playing absolutely
5725s	optimally will probably take a much
5727s	closer look at it and that's that's fine
5728s	we understand that
5732s	but we hope to get as many people in the
5735s	do I want to trade or not as the
5736s	decision making linchpin as possible
5757s	I mean at 300 corruption versus 800
5759s	corruption is there any diminishing
5761s	returns in how much effect the Rarity
5763s	you have on drops I don't know I'm sorry
5771s	I got a ping hello tiger's eye 120. how
5774s	you doing
5777s	glad to have you with us hope you're
5780s	having fun
5782s	hanging out relaxing she's got a pool
5785s	you be outside a pool
5789s	hope there's no kids making trouble in
5790s	your neighborhood
5791s	don't get any fights
5794s	your mom might get scared
5796s	but then you get to move in with your
5797s	Auntie and Uncle sweet house in Bel Air
5802s	so you know it's not all bad
5808s	all right I found a post on Discord
5811s	about multiplayer drops being the same
5813s	quantity as single player uh on a per
5817s	kill basis is this correct if so do you
5819s	think the remaining benefits are enough
5821s	to keep
5823s	uh multiplayer act yes
5828s	um
5830s	yeah like so there's
5833s	um all drops are instanced
5836s	so uh what I when an enemy dies
5839s	um
5841s	in single player or multiplayer uh the
5844s	same formula gets run to see if that
5846s	item that character that that uh kill
5849s	would drop an item for you or not
5851s	um
5852s	so on average the items you'll get on
5855s	single player multiplayer should be the
5856s	same
5857s	um
5859s	yeah
5868s	uh what about people who want to
5869s	occasionally trade uh when they find
5871s	something really good but not base their
5873s	character around it have you considered
5875s	adding an ultra rare item that removes
5877s	the faction requirement from item uh we
5880s	have considered that we are not doing
5882s	that
5883s	um however we did add in uh resonance if
5888s	you if you um if you want detailed
5889s	information about this there's a sweet
5890s	post on our forums
5892s	that uh I will link in chat but I will
5895s	explain it all right now
5898s	actually if someone else can do it
5899s	they'll be great but if not it's one of
5901s	the biggest posts on our forums right
5902s	now anyways
5904s	um so right now we do have 0.9 so 0.9
5907s	will launch with the item gifting system
5909s	22 months in a row
5912s	awesome oh I also missed I guess oh this
5915s	happened while I was away this is uh
5917s	um Captain corn dog 54. thank you for
5919s	the reset for the sub and Captain corner
5922s	54. thank you for gifting a sub to lb
5924s	hacksor awesome
5926s	I feel like I recognize those names
5928s	it's not recepts weird anyways uh let's
5930s	start with loving 22 months that's epic
5932s	thank you very much glad to have you
5934s	with us quiet 12 months oh my God forgot
5936s	I had Prime oh oh here we go
5943s	let's go anyways
5946s	um
5946s	uh what am I talking about I'm talking
5948s	about trade I'm talking about a rare
5950s	item Ultra item gifting stuff so we 0.9
5954s	it's gonna come with the item gifting
5957s	system we initially announced uh a
5960s	little while back
5961s	um and that's not changed so that that
5963s	item gifting post all that's still true
5966s	um the what this means is it's
5968s	essentially Diablo 3
5971s	um trading so so if you are and you and
5975s	your friend are playing together in item
5976s	drops
5977s	um for either one of you that person can
5979s	just give it to the other person and it
5981s	doesn't have to be why you're physically
5982s	playing with each other still it can be
5984s	it can be later after the fact you can
5986s	still get them
5989s	um
5990s	a lot of the feedback we got on this was
5993s	people saying okay great but
5997s	um I don't always play with my friends
5998s	most of the time I play with my friends
6000s	but every once in a while I'm playing on
6001s	my own or maybe one friend is not
6004s	hanging out that day and not not playing
6006s	with us and we'll be
6008s	oh oh
6011s	bro elper oh El Faro Barbaro oh my God I
6016s	just butchered that so bad thank you
6018s	very much for the second month I
6019s	probably butched it last time too
6022s	thank you appreciate it
6024s	um
6027s	what's that saying oh yeah so like I'm
6029s	playing with my friends but I don't
6030s	always play with my friends and
6032s	say uh I'm playing with Johnny uh we're
6036s	we're like like playing leveling
6039s	together great Johnny has to go to sleep
6040s	he's got work in the morning I'm like
6041s	I'm up stay up and keep playing
6043s	uh item drops that's like the thing
6046s	Johnny's been looking for the entire
6048s	time we were playing but because it
6049s	dropped while he was offline I can't
6051s	gift it to him and that sucks
6054s	um and so what we're doing this is not
6056s	in point nine this will come after point
6057s	nine
6059s	um we're adding an item called resonance
6061s	um and so what this does is if you are
6063s	playing with a the same person for a
6065s	significant period of time
6067s	um
6068s	eventually an item called a resonance
6071s	will drop
6073s	you get this resonance item you're
6075s	playing together you're playing together
6076s	you're playing together residence drops
6078s	Johnny Goes offline
6080s	play together playing together or I'm
6081s	playing without Johnny offline
6084s	um and
6085s	uh the item for Johnny drops that he
6087s	really wants I then take my residence I
6090s	apply it to the item that dropped and
6093s	that item can now be gifted to Johnny as
6095s	though he was standing beside me in game
6098s	when it dropped it basically adds
6099s	Johnny's name to list the people that
6101s	were in the game when the item dropped
6103s	it's all done and it uh it allows me
6106s	then to gift it to him and he can gift
6107s	it back to me if he wants it works just
6110s	as though he was standing beside me so
6111s	this is sort of that style of thing so
6114s	that every once in a while you can gift
6116s	the item to someone that's a friend of
6118s	yours
6119s	um that you've been playing with a bunch
6120s	that
6122s	it kind of works in some really really
6125s	mild trading that happens
6127s	um among friends but it still doesn't
6129s	open up training amongst strangers so if
6131s	you want to trade with strangers you
6133s	gotta play Merchant skill
6148s	some sketchy ones here enraging
6152s	slow yeah it's not that bad really
6158s	I hope that's what you were asking about
6164s	oh I'm not drinking enough water
6178s	can be like choose MF faction
6181s	for leveling build then switch when you
6184s	close to the build and want to make gold
6186s	for DG
6189s	um
6191s	every so I've heard a lot of different
6193s	like okay what if I level with this one
6195s	and then switch and then do this or what
6198s	do I level the other one and then switch
6199s	and do this
6200s	every single scenario I've heard people
6202s	come up with about switching it was
6204s	better to just not switch and just start
6206s	with the one you were going to switch to
6207s	in the first place
6212s	are any new character archetypes
6213s	fantasies enabled and 0.9 changes or
6216s	additions uh there's some
6219s	uh
6221s	uh I mean some narrow ones there's not
6223s	not major I wouldn't say I would say
6226s	nothing major some really specific
6227s	variants
6229s	but no like really major additions
6236s	I mean the fact that we're adding
6238s	multiplayer does add like support as a
6242s	play style so yeah there's that
6245s	sorry I didn't have twice no problem
6248s	very important question here as a
6250s	holiday fan hey buddy uh I'd be
6252s	wondering if the hollow blade weapon
6254s	face type is a hollow Knight reference
6257s	the visuals and void damage lead me to
6258s	believe yes this question has been
6260s	keeping me uh up at night nice like that
6264s	um I don't know I don't think
6266s	specifically
6268s	um
6270s	but as a studio big big holiday fans so
6274s	you never know
6278s	there's a lot of people that are big
6279s	holiday fans that work on epoch
6291s	has someone finished it yet which is
6293s	kind of embarrassing
6311s	I wouldn't be surprised if it was a
6313s	reference but I don't think it is I'll
6315s	go with that
6317s	uh will gear dropped and not traded for
6321s	while in Merchants Guild have a
6322s	Merchant's rank requirement no
6324s	if no wouldn't that mean it's a lot
6326s	easier to go Merchant skill 2 cof it is
6328s	easier to do that switch yes
6330s	if you could change your mind or your
6332s	friend wants to play as you get to keep
6336s	using your cell phone gear while players
6338s	to go see up to Merchants Guild lose
6339s	access to all gear yes it is easier to
6341s	switch from Merchant skill to cof
6344s	however it's still if you're gonna if
6347s	you're planning on switching to cof it's
6349s	just better to start a cof
6357s	good day good day
6359s	uh resonance is tied to Party play
6361s	though I was asking for solo perspective
6363s	well I'll just play sold 90 of the time
6364s	but every once in a while finding an
6367s	amazing item I like to trade the current
6368s	system does a lot of that correct the
6369s	current system does not allow that
6371s	and will not allow that
6373s	will residents carry from one cycle to
6375s	another residents will uh be treated
6377s	just like any other item
6379s	so
6380s	uh
6382s	no like it'll it'll still stay
6385s	um
6387s	just like every other does like like
6388s	they'll they'll transition the same way
6390s	every other item transitions to standard
6392s	cycle but they won't like you can't
6395s	they'll drop his items they'll function
6397s	as items their items
6399s	um so
6401s	I'm not quite sure what you mean by the
6402s	question but
6403s	um they're items I hope that explains it
6406s	what is the MTX store going live
6407s	probably not until 0.91 now
6410s	um unfortunately we had some problems
6411s	with it and had to push it back
6425s	it was so close too oh it's frustrating
6427s	so like frustratingly close to working
6430s	like he got right down to the like very
6433s	last second and we're like oh that's a
6436s	problem
6450s	so back up a little bit and regroup and
6454s	collect ourselves
6463s	uh how good is search how good is search
6466s	for an item in auction house you want a
6469s	specific stats the search and sword
6471s	functionality filtering functionality
6472s	whatever you want to call it in the
6474s	bizarre uh will be very powerful and
6477s	very low friction
6479s	um so if you're like I want to find an
6481s	item we haven't built the system yet so
6484s	the details are I don't know the details
6486s	yet but the the way we've designed it
6488s	the way we've written out in the design
6489s	document we've written extremely low
6492s	friction search and sort very high power
6494s	search and sort functionality
6496s	um so we specifically wrote more
6500s	specific than the loot filter
6505s	so like
6508s	I want this item to specifically have a
6511s	high rolled t7 affix of this specific
6513s	affix and these three other affixes but
6516s	I don't care what their role does sure
6527s	that that aspect of it will be like
6529s	super low friction and by low friction I
6533s	mean there's not like uh
6536s	thank you
6537s	by low friction I mean there's not like
6539s	Hoops to jump through to make
6541s	um to find the specific item you want
6542s	you're never gonna have to like reload a
6544s	zone or anything like that you're never
6546s	gonna be like
6548s	um
6548s	like having to go to different spots to
6550s	search from it like you go to the spot
6551s	you know if it exists it's here at the
6553s	spot and we know that one spot is it
6555s	like here's the criteria to search from
6557s	is it there great buy it
6560s	like that that part will be super low
6562s	friction
6569s	so how good is it very very very good
6574s	I love the idea of a network of cof
6576s	players all playing with others in the
6578s	network so they can drop some resonance
6579s	for others in the network and can move
6581s	items across the network slowly an item
6583s	can only be resonanced once so that's
6586s	not possible
6588s	um you have to play with the person
6590s	pretty frequently
6592s	uh for like like for quite a while to
6594s	get a resonance to drop and there's
6596s	there's a slight misunderstanding that
6598s	someone had in the wording I just want
6600s	to make sure that you're not hitting the
6601s	same one
6602s	um you have to actively be playing with
6604s	the person for the resonance to drop as
6607s	well
6608s	so just be clear on that one
6613s	uh will there be an option to gift MTX
6616s	items oh I don't think so
6619s	um I don't think we've planned that
6621s	not 100 on that one
6624s	can I see the backpack MTX while I'm
6626s	transformed well in a transformation
6628s	skill oh good question asking for
6630s	springform backpack to be visible as
6632s	well with other skills similar I don't I
6635s	don't know
6638s	uh I don't think so
6653s	I I feel like it should be possible
6656s	um I don't think that'll work at 0.9
6658s	launch
6661s	in terms of balance overhauls of classes
6664s	is this going to be a big batch yeah
6668s	uh does residents take an inventory slot
6670s	or does it go to your crafting crafting
6671s	each other inventory
6675s	also if if anyone has that once the
6678s	stream ends if people do have more
6679s	questions about the
6680s	um the item faction system or the
6683s	training system or what do you want to
6684s	call it
6684s	um literally everything I've said so far
6686s	today is in the FAQ uh it's in that
6688s	original post I haven't put any new
6690s	information out today all of it's there
6696s	it's it's very exhaustive
6699s	and very specifically worded
6715s	uh but I know the post is huge and
6718s	confusing and like the biggest problem
6720s	with the system is the complexity I
6722s	think which is why I'm happy to answer
6723s	questions about it if you have more
6724s	questions and you can't find it in that
6726s	FAQ you can come to Discord or the
6728s	forums or Reddit or anything like that
6730s	and the people are around that'll answer
6731s	the questions
6732s	um if you're not like absolutely certain
6735s	please don't answer other people's
6737s	questions about it because I've seen so
6739s	many wrong answers being given to
6741s	questions that's a little frustrating
6744s	and they said with such Authority that
6745s	you're like I believe this person and I
6747s	know they're wrong
6757s	all right has there ever been a
6758s	discussion on being able to
6760s	chaos uniques maybe give them glycerines
6763s	oh yeah we've talked to that Lots
6768s	uh would MTX ever be able to be bought
6771s	with in-game gold uh very unlikely
6775s	um they're uh like
6778s	um in-game earnable cosmetic items are
6781s	something we do plan to have and do you
6783s	want to have
6784s	um but items will
6787s	almost certainly all be either
6790s	exclusively earnable in game or
6792s	purchasable with real money I I don't
6794s	think there'll be anything that'll be
6795s	like like you can get it either way type
6797s	thing I I'm pretty sure that
6799s	everything's either either exclusively
6801s	going to be earnable or purchasable and
6803s	I also want to be clear that all of the
6805s	all the MTX everything in the MTX store
6807s	is strictly cosmetic and there is
6810s	nothing that will give you ever ever
6811s	give you any power or uh convenience or
6817s	it's not cosmetic always strictly
6820s	cosmetic random namex is free stuff for
6821s	60 months no thank you very much
6822s	grassling and bizarre back in the game I
6824s	always believe in you it's a little
6826s	different now it's it's very different
6828s	from what the bazaar was going to be
6829s	originally
6830s	um but this one's way better and we're
6831s	popped on it so thanks
6848s	and that's why I need to be playing a
6849s	minion bill today sorry if I didn't mute
6851s	that quick enough
6854s	I don't even know where I am now
6859s	wow I ran far away
6862s	all right let's finish the second off
6863s	Mike you can do it this was a tough Echo
6871s	nailed it
6874s	just in case they missed the answer no
6876s	problem if you did could we hope for a
6878s	note or something to enable the player
6880s	to deploy more than one ballista per
6881s	cast ballista needs some love ballista
6884s	hasn't got the love it needs yet but
6885s	let's need some love
6887s	um I think deploying multiple ballistics
6888s	simultaneously is unlikely given their
6890s	size
6892s	um
6894s	but maybe uh
6896s	uh we'll see bliss bliss that needs a
6898s	lot Bliss has got some issues but let's
6900s	uh let's just had a little bit of work
6901s	done on it but it hasn't had what I
6903s	think needs to be done to it yet
6905s	um and it's still on the list so
6908s	um
6912s	I hope for improvements yes Hope for
6914s	that specifically
6916s	let's see
6921s	what airbg do you like the most
6923s	excluding last Epoch which I think is
6925s	what the question is asking for
6927s	um Diablo 2 is my clear front runner no
6930s	questions about it I played it more than
6932s	every other arpg combined easily
6935s	like that's that's not even a close race
6939s	I played Diablo 2 off and on since its
6941s	launch and
6944s	for
6946s	huge stretches of time
6949s	yeah they always use my jam
6953s	I still go back to it I still I still
6955s	play oh I I I almost I almost joined the
6960s	most recent ladder for it came so close
6961s	but I'm like I still have time for it
6965s	I came in the MTX I mean cosmetic only
6967s	but will ever be but will there ever be
6969s	MTX that offer better visual clarity
6973s	yeah that's a tricky one too
6975s	if we ever get into this and we've
6976s	talked about this as well if we we've
6979s	decided that if we get into a situation
6980s	where people feel like it becomes
6982s	necessary to buy MTX to play a skill
6984s	because of visual Clarity we've made a
6986s	mistake and we need to do something to
6988s	fix that so that people are not required
6990s	to purchase the MTX to play the to play
6992s	the skill properly
6994s	um
6995s	that that's that's that's something that
6997s	we will make sure is not we don't want
6999s	to put people in a situation where
7001s	they're like I really want to play the
7002s	game and I really want to be competitive
7003s	but I don't have the extra five bucks to
7005s	buy that thing so I can't
7007s	um we don't want to put people in that
7008s	position
7009s	we want people to be buying ncx and
7011s	cosmetics because they're like that's
7012s	cool I want to change how this looks
7014s	because I want to look like that because
7015s	that's cool
7016s	yeah
7019s	can you try on MTX for my name currently
7021s	no
7022s	um there is uh the current system gives
7024s	you a preview of what it looks on sort
7026s	of a generic faceless character
7029s	um and then uh game like a gameplay
7032s	video preview showing it what looks like
7034s	in-game on like a hypothetical character
7036s	it's like what about one of our
7037s	characters
7041s	add class specific summon ballista's
7044s	faster affix
7046s	that would help you're right lizard
7048s	uh
7050s	um
7051s	I loved I'd love to uh I'm not gonna go
7053s	into the list actually I have a lot of
7054s	thoughts on ballista uh any further
7056s	information on what would be considered
7058s	first cycle point 901.0 I mean like
7060s	personally I consider 0.9 the first
7061s	cycle so
7063s	it depends how you define a cycle
7066s	but like some people some people say
7068s	like okay well you can't have a cycle
7070s	until after 1.0 launches and it's the
7073s	the like the first change to the game
7075s	post 1.0 that's the first cycle in some
7077s	people's minds so like
7078s	some people would argue that one point
7080s	one would be the first cycle same thing
7082s	but who knows what I I would argue 0.9
7085s	is the first cycle because what happens
7087s	to the characters transitioning from 0.9
7089s	to 1.0
7094s	uh what's your opinion on the pace and
7098s	level of power creep that has occurred
7099s	throughout development uh it seems
7101s	changed a lot since I last played 0.82
7103s	wow it's a while yeah uh bonus what's
7105s	The Sweet Spot Ellie's going for in this
7107s	aspect
7108s	um
7110s	there's always going to be some form of
7112s	power creep that's gonna happen I think
7113s	to keep things interesting
7115s	um we try and mitigate as little as
7118s	possible uh like we try and design
7119s	things such that it will happen as
7121s	little as possible
7122s	it's kind of hard to say there's been
7124s	power creep because we're still not at
7127s	1.0 yet we're not at the like we've sort
7129s	of got an idea of what we want 1.0 to
7130s	look like and the power level of things
7132s	to hit and the challenge that's
7134s	available to hit at 1.0
7136s	um
7139s	so I'm really happy with it I think
7141s	um
7144s	I like because there's no infinitely
7147s	scaling power accessibility from
7151s	uh from from new
7154s	like like there's no
7155s	there's no Paragon level system there's
7157s	no
7158s	um you know what I mean like it's
7160s	you you don't get I don't know I'm sorry
7162s	I'm not gonna do another Echo we're
7163s	we're right at the end here and I'm I'm
7165s	hurting a bit so I'm gonna finish off
7166s	some questions that I'm gonna end but
7168s	we're not doing another Echo oh I've got
7170s	I'm so sorry guys I've got another
7173s	little teaser here let's follow this
7174s	place up while I'm while I'm talking I'm
7175s	gabbing away
7177s	I'll stand over here so you can see me
7178s	hello
7180s	um as far as power creep goes I I would
7182s	really like it
7184s	if
7186s	items we're making now
7188s	are still relevant and still functional
7192s	um
7194s	five years from now I really hope so and
7197s	we'll we'll still be
7199s	working to to like to balance them and
7202s	keep them
7203s	uh up to date and re and change them and
7207s	update them so they are still relevant
7208s	and things like that I think that you
7210s	will see damage being higher five years
7213s	from now
7214s	um
7216s	if we're ever in a situation where we're
7218s	like should we should we put a little M
7220s	beside that number so it's so many
7222s	millions of damage
7224s	there'll be some sort of number crunch
7226s	that'll happen before that happens we're
7228s	not We're not gonna get there
7236s	and I know you can already get hits that
7238s	are absolutely mammoth
7245s	oh are you excited for the lore and
7248s	cinematics D4 will have oh yeah
7252s	are there MTX that will change the way
7253s	summons look oh yeah definitely
7256s	uh there are not any available in the
7258s	first version of the MTX store
7261s	totally forgot it was Friday at the
7262s	deadstream today not the end of it
7264s	someone at least hi Mike and the team
7266s	hello I took off next Thursday and
7268s	Friday for launch day cool
7271s	hope that that is uh not adversely
7273s	affecting you but uh thanks I hope you
7276s	have fun with it too for launch day from
7278s	work and my entire team chuckled when I
7280s	explained the reason awesome
7286s	uh can you make it so Aaron's new unique
7290s	only drops for everyone else besides sin
7292s	so he can't point and laugh I mean no
7294s	but that would be hilarious
7295s	uh why did you decide to give us seven
7297s	resistances to manage with the same time
7300s	only for affixes per item when gearing
7302s	new characters I find my prefix is
7304s	sometimes empty because I don't have
7306s	enough shards to put the handful of mods
7308s	I care about in every item but my
7311s	suffixes are constantly exhausted and
7313s	I'm trying to keep up with the demand
7315s	it's interesting I actually hear the
7316s	opposite of this a lot
7319s	um
7321s	as far as the number uh or the prefix
7324s	suffix count we actually started with
7326s	six uh total so three and three
7328s	interestingly enough
7329s	um and it felt
7332s	we we got a lot of feedback that it was
7334s	too busy
7336s	the items are too busy especially with
7337s	having pretty uh involved
7340s	um implicits
7342s	so there's pretty involved in plus it's
7343s	on items which kind of acts like an
7345s	extra affix and then with we added
7348s	um ceiling affixes as an extra Dynamic
7351s	for crafting so we kind of get to that
7353s	six anyways
7355s	um and we like having those mechanics
7357s	spread out a little bit over implicits
7358s	and ceiling affixes instead of just
7360s	having six straight affixes on there uh
7362s	we think it's a little bit more
7363s	interesting a little bit more dynamic
7367s	um and it just I think it fits better
7369s	sort of how we've come about it with it
7372s	um as far as having seven resistances to
7374s	manage there's we try to put a lot of
7377s	access to uh resistances in uh passives
7382s	um
7383s	and and even just like in some skills
7385s	ways to sort of like
7387s	to get those in other ways than just
7390s	your gear
7393s	um as far as as far as the number of
7394s	damage types how do we come up with this
7400s	sorry as far as the number of damage
7403s	types how do we come up with this
7406s	um
7406s	it's been a long time since since we we
7410s	settled on seven like this is one of the
7411s	very early things we settled on
7415s	um and it kind of It kind of lines up
7417s	nicely with like there's there's a
7418s	little bit of symmetry here in the sense
7419s	that like physical is sort of the most
7421s	standard basic thing and you have
7422s	different types of magic essentially and
7424s	there's the more typical Elemental Magic
7426s	here and then the more kind of like
7429s	Evil dark styles of magic over here
7437s	avoid being our sort of unique one it's
7440s	not completely unique but it's
7441s	the rarest one to find elsewhere type
7443s	thing
7444s	um
7445s	more iconic the game I guess
7449s	um and we knew we didn't want as many as
7453s	um
7455s	has a lot uh that was we thought that
7458s	was a little too much
7460s	um
7461s	but we thought seven was a good number
7462s	to get the right theming
7464s	diversity in so we can still say like so
7467s	we can still like um
7473s	I guess it was it was just like a good
7475s	variety number for us I guess that's
7476s	what we thought we could we could hit
7478s	specific beams and uh not have them step
7481s	on each other's toes and still feel
7482s	unique but have good variety
7485s	so the best
7487s	explanation I come up with here a couple
7489s	more questions I can try to run these
7491s	out I speculate warlock armor set tell
7494s	me I'm right the theme hits me in the
7495s	Mark I will say this armor set is not
7497s	available in point nine this is a post
7499s	point nine teaser
7502s	just the minor thing amazing level
7503s	designs thank you I will let the level
7505s	design team you said no you said that uh
7507s	you should do QA q a
7509s	uh with how proud the designers are or
7513s	should be
7515s	oh yeah like get level designers on here
7517s	to do q a i i I'd be down with that I um
7520s	I haven't talked to them if they'd want
7522s	to do that or not but uh I will ask them
7524s	see if they want to
7528s	any plans for transmog system like D3
7530s	Grim down not at the moment uh well
7533s	um we've talked about it uh I think we
7534s	figured out a way to do it and have it
7536s	work but I can't remember if there was a
7537s	problem with that or not uh there was an
7539s	old version that we're gonna do and we
7541s	hit a wall with it I think there was a
7542s	fix for like a workaround for a
7544s	different way it's been a while not 4.9
7547s	hopefully in the future I don't know
7549s	exactly what the plans are
7551s	is it likely that you implement a
7553s	resistance stat that combines voidant
7554s	necrotic and poison resistance to an
7556s	elemental like Elemental does unlikely
7559s	we've talked about this we've tried to
7560s	come up with a name for it
7562s	feed me a good name for it we'll talk
7565s	will there be a stream next week I don't
7567s	know
7568s	um we don't like to do data streams when
7571s	there's a ton of other people streaming
7572s	because we don't want to draw attention
7573s	from them
7575s	um it will be the day after launch so
7577s	maybe we'll see
7579s	I'll have to defer to the social theme
7580s	on that
7582s	uh last two questions I'm gonna cut it
7584s	off after uh Naomi 105's question
7587s	uh will there be any way to use in-game
7590s	older sets of equipment as cosmetic like
7593s	using the skin of the rusty sword on the
7595s	crystal blade um
7597s	sorry I see two questions ago
7600s	uh how many questions have you answered
7603s	in total over all these streams
7606s	hundreds
7608s	probably over a thousand I don't know a
7611s	lot
7614s	a lot a lot and with that it's time to
7616s	end
7620s	I just realized that I opened up the uh
7622s	character sheet behind the teaser I was
7625s	I was referencing the the sheet as I was
7627s	talking anyways
7631s	I hope you had fun I know I did it was a
7634s	little hectic we got through it
7636s	if you have any more questions that I
7638s	failed to answer or follow-ups please
7640s	head on over to our Discord uh always
7642s	hanging up there in the ask the devs
7644s	channel uh lots of great questions lots
7646s	of great answers ask the community too
7647s	they know tons of stuff too
7650s	um we also active on other platforms
7652s	like our forums and Reddit
7655s	um and other stuff too uh so yeah happy
7657s	to chat hang out
7658s	come talk to us let us know what you
7661s	think
7663s	um
7664s	yeah
7667s	I think that's it for today
7669s	we're done I'm gonna
7673s	I'm gonna toss the stream over to
7674s	someone here let's let's uh let's go say
7676s	hi
7678s	let's go say hi there we have the seat
7679s	set out here in a little while
7686s	have a good everyone feel better I guess
7688s	I'm saying that to myself drink lots of
7690s	water
7690s	have fun

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