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| 226s | good afternoon everybody and welcome |
| 230s | back to another last Epoch Dev |
| 234s | stream how's it going everybody oh I'm |
| 237s | way bigger than I thought whoa who glad |
| 240s | to be back so how great was that trailer |
| 245s | ah I think it's pretty great I'm pretty |
| 248s | excited oh here we |
| 250s | go finally get to talk about so many |
| 252s | things I haven't been able to talk about |
| 253s | for |
| 254s | months very |
| 256s | excited very excited uh welcome to the |
| 259s | stream everybody we're going to be uh |
| 261s | keeping it pretty lowkey on the game |
| 263s | play and focusing a little more on the |
| 266s | questions and answer today I hope you |
| 267s | got lots of good ones for me I expect as |
| 269s | much um got a few teasers lined up as |
| 273s | well and uh yeah just we're just going |
| 276s | to hop hop right in um as usual we do |
| 279s | stream for charity this is our charity |
| 281s | by my head right here um and if you have |
| 284s | any questions you'd like me to answer |
| 285s | please put at last Epoch G at last Epoch |
| 289s | game or on Twitch and at last Epoch I |
| 292s | think on YouTube welcome everyone from |
| 294s | YouTube as well we are taking questions |
| 295s | from both um and yeah Kan Kane will be |
| 299s | funneling those to me and I'll be |
| 300s | answering as many as I can as quick as I |
| 303s | can let's get a little bit more space |
| 305s | over here for that so I can see it a |
| 307s | little |
| 309s | better thank you very much somebody love |
| 311s | look at that here we go what we got |
| 314s | we're rolling in |
| 316s | hot congrat |
| 319s | it 13 months res sub thank you very much |
| 323s | trailer absolutely knocked the leather |
| 325s | off dude out of the park thank you very |
| 328s | much also a weird resub 22 months in a |
| 332s | row these These are these are wild wild |
| 336s | I |
| 337s | say yeah yeah get get a good look at |
| 340s | what it used to look like uh as we uh |
| 343s | get ready for the the future of the |
| 348s | monolith another another Prime sub here |
| 350s | we |
| 351s | go rrz thank you very much appreciate it |
| 356s | welcome |
| 357s | welcome oh what's that notification |
| 360s | oh got to turn those |
| 363s | off they going nuts right |
| 369s | now uh uh how do I just mute |
| 372s | notifications for a little |
| 376s | bit we'll just we'll just turn |
| 378s | notifications off right |
| 381s | now oh let's turn those off always my |
| 384s | goodness my goodness all right questions |
| 388s | dark Omen asks merch store update yeah |
| 391s | I'd love |
| 392s | to um I do know that there are still I I |
| 397s | did recently learn that there is uh like |
| 401s | feedback steps being taken |
| 404s | on uh on like quality of merch and like |
| 409s | oh is this good enough is that good |
| 410s | enough like how should we do this one or |
| 411s | that one type thing I know that is I |
| 415s | don't know if it's specifically imp |
| 416s | plans for a merch store but I do I did |
| 418s | find out that that sort of thing has |
| 420s | been happening recently in general and |
| 423s | I'm I'm choosing to believe personally |
| 425s | that it it it means that there's |
| 428s | possibly something I don't know if there |
| 429s | actually is I would love there to |
| 433s | be uh guilty Summoner asks I've I've got |
| 436s | some questions uh you are giving away |
| 439s | five skill MTX as twitch drops does that |
| 441s | mean you have a surplus to release for |
| 443s | us to purchase on season 2 launch I |
| 446s | there's there's a there's a fair few I |
| 448s | don't know if Surplus is uh a good word |
| 451s | I think it's stuff that people find |
| 454s | exciting so we tried to make a few |
| 456s | extras specifically for the twitch drops |
| 461s | um but yeah there's there's going to be |
| 464s | enough in the |
| 466s | store uh that we can afford to put some |
| 468s | of them in uh in twitch drops for |
| 472s | free some skills that are getting um so |
| 476s | so not every skill is getting a new |
| 477s | cosmetic effect and some skills are |
| 480s | getting multiple cosmetic effects |
| 481s | partially because um like once you start |
| 483s | doing one of them it's really easy to do |
| 485s | two at the same time uh so we we |
| 488s | can be more efficient if we do for |
| 491s | example there's two lightning blast uh |
| 493s | skill ntx which I think may already have |
| 495s | been revealed |
| 497s | because um we showed one of them off |
| 500s | last week and another one A different |
| 502s | one is |
| 504s | the reward I |
| 507s | think maybe |
| 511s | but yeah so there's there's there |
| 513s | there's there's still something in there |
| 514s | don't worry don't |
| 517s | worry all |
| 519s | right uh brand spirit is Sentinel re or |
| 522s | Sentinel Forge |
| 524s | weapon try to play something a little |
| 526s | bit stronger so I could be uh a little |
| 527s | bit less Hands-On something that has |
| 529s | minions you |
| 531s | know uh Sentinel Forge weapon skill tree |
| 534s | skills were also changed if so can you |
| 537s | tell us something about it thanks for |
| 538s | great work in warful game you're welcome |
| 539s | thanks than we playing our wonderful |
| 540s | game um yeah there's so a lot of the |
| 543s | power on a lot of the power on Sentinel |
| 548s | in general was coming from uh Trigger or |
| 550s | from Volo reversal having huge amounts |
| 553s | of damage pumped into just about every |
| 555s | other skill and so there's there's |
| 559s | another way to use um Vol reveral as |
| 561s | well that was very mandatory for |
| 563s | judgment Mana fixing but um because |
| 566s | there's so much power that was coming |
| 567s | from volatile reversal all over the |
| 569s | place like every other skill tree was |
| 570s | just like well we got to put damage on |
| 572s | all these trees so yeah there's a ton of |
| 573s | damage Buffs that went out to a lot of |
| 575s | Sentinel skills because it lost a ton of |
| 577s | damage from ball veral which just means |
| 579s | that |
| 580s | um uh you can build without volar veral |
| 584s | if you want however we've also made |
| 586s | volti reversal a lot more fun to play |
| 588s | with and a lot more functionally |
| 592s | useful uh so you've got better reasons |
| 596s | to play volatile reversal but less |
| 599s | Universal reasons to play VR so it is um |
| 603s | you're excited about taking it as a |
| 604s | skill not being like well I guess this |
| 606s | is my tax for being Sentinel I've got to |
| 607s | put this one skill in um it's it's just |
| 610s | wins all over the board |
| 615s | there guilty Summoner again plenty like |
| 619s | don't worry about asking too many |
| 620s | questions as well you can feel free to |
| 621s | ask more I don't know if I should say |
| 622s | everyone's name I don't usually do that |
| 624s | but I got him here so I like it uh what |
| 628s | does attempt to Equip to reveal mean uh |
| 632s | I don't know if I can say exactly |
| 634s | basically once you try to equip the item |
| 636s | it'll tell you what item it |
| 640s | is doesn't actually have to equip onto |
| 643s | your |
| 647s | character but it is a fixed item already |
| 650s | at that |
| 652s | point it's just Secret at that point |
| 661s | uh guilty Summoner again uh lots of good |
| 663s | ones our champion aix's only sealed as |
| 666s | they are in that slot in the trailer I |
| 668s | believe so I'm pretty sure they're they |
| 669s | only sealed aexes I don't think they |
| 671s | would really work any other |
| 674s | way they're kind of like personal |
| 676s | affixes in a |
| 681s | way all right guil Summoner again lots |
| 683s | of good ones here what does the claw |
| 685s | charm you showed off |
| 688s | do uh |
| 691s | I'm like 90% sure we haven't revealed |
| 693s | that and I don't think I can so I'm not |
| 695s | going to answer I'm |
| 700s | sorry |
| 702s | y um it |
| 706s | is like kind of related is in theme and |
| 711s | Stu I'm just going to throw people off |
| 713s | by saying |
| 715s | anything you'll see it's cool |
| 720s | uh Cent |
| 724s | cint uh two |
| 726s | questions when can we expect to see the |
| 729s | patch notes for season 2 so we can start |
| 730s | to Theory craft some |
| 732s | builds H I don't know I think it's going |
| 734s | to |
| 735s | be and I think the patch notes are still |
| 738s | going to be on the latter half of March |
| 740s | but I could be wrong on that uh if we do |
| 743s | get a fixed date I'll we'll be able to |
| 744s | update that later but it's not right |
| 747s | around the |
| 747s | corner uh |
| 750s | did you guys decide to have the |
| 752s | character getting eaten by the Weaver be |
| 754s | a spellblade just to bully Aaron action |
| 756s | RPGs mod guilty Summoner I |
| 760s | love I love how that's after all of |
| 762s | guilty's questions to begin |
| 765s | with no we did not do |
| 768s | that but I'm coming for you guilty no |
| 770s | I'm just |
| 770s | [Laughter] |
| 771s | kidding all |
| 775s | right medic I my controller guy here I |
| 779s | know don't |
| 781s | worry |
| 783s | um uh I know you guys are probably tired |
| 786s | of hearing comparisons to poe2 but I |
| 788s | would like to hear your thoughts on po2 |
| 789s | controller gameplay I have not used a |
| 791s | controller to play poe2 yet um for for |
| 796s | more than like 30 seconds so like uh I I |
| 800s | I don't have a really solid personal |
| 803s | answer to this question I'll read the |
| 805s | rest of it though in a sec um |
| 810s | is there anything in pee2 controller |
| 811s | experience you have seen that you would |
| 812s | like to see in last Epoch if you haven't |
| 815s | tried controller yet please do that's |
| 816s | your homework for this weekend the right |
| 818s | stick is to aim your character is |
| 819s | revolutionary for range melee has try it |
| 821s | out thanks for reading my question |
| 822s | you're welcome yeah so it's it's a I I |
| 824s | I'm aware of the functionality it's a |
| 825s | twin sick um system and |
| 830s | um this this is the big thing about the |
| 832s | that we've been talking about quite a |
| 833s | lot with the struggles for wdi |
| 836s | implementation and how we do have the |
| 838s | wasi beta um system coming in so you |
| 840s | will be able to use WD to move your |
| 843s | character um the animation the part of |
| 845s | the reason why it's beta is the |
| 846s | animations do look a little janky still |
| 849s | um cuz that's a huge amount of work to |
| 852s | actually make them look good that we |
| 853s | just don't have time to complete and uh |
| 858s | so yeah there's there's similar issues |
| 860s | with the with the whole twin stick thing |
| 862s | um similar animation issues and I mean |
| 865s | it's not off the table but it is a very |
| 868s | different |
| 870s | uh way to interact with the game and a |
| 872s | lot of the reason why it works so well |
| 873s | is because it is it's something that was |
| 875s | built into the game from the ground up |
| 877s | and I am getting notifications for uh |
| 880s | YouTube subscriptions and I do not know |
| 882s | how to see |
| 883s | them uh it does tell |
| 886s | me like after the fact I think I'm |
| 889s | seeing it in my feed from last week but |
| 891s | not right |
| 894s | now uh but thank you everyone that is |
| 896s | doing that cuz there's a few there and I |
| 897s | I'm like I'll get these when I'm done |
| 898s | the question I look over and they're all |
| 899s | YouTube ones but that's great it'll all |
| 902s | go to the same |
| 905s | place um that's the charity not up |
| 910s | anyways all right yes I will just for |
| 914s | you I will play some uh poe2 with |
| 922s | controller as it disconnects and |
| 924s | reconnects to my computer a bunch of |
| 925s | times sorry about that |
| 929s | all right will we still be forced to go |
| 932s | to different timelines to progress the |
| 934s | Forgotten Knights faction yes the |
| 936s | Forgotten Knights faction is |
| 939s | um the core functionality of how that |
| 942s | works is is consistent with 1.1 so the |
| 946s | um there there are some adjustments some |
| 949s | twists and some ways to interact with it |
| 952s | that are new um but the core the core |
| 954s | system is is still uh still the same |
| 964s | sounds like they took care of |
| 966s | a of a loot lizard for |
| 969s | me |
| 971s | right H I should Chuck some of these in |
| 973s | the |
| 978s | ground can't wait Auto stash incoming |
| 981s | you ready things move around so the sort |
| 985s | and transfer buttons are down here now |
| 987s | in the future so that's I I keep going |
| 990s | down to the bottom to collect them um |
| 993s | the layout's much better now |
| 997s | though all |
| 1001s | right uh Verge Vine asks Mike when you |
| 1006s | use lightning wolves they change visuals |
| 1008s | and he plans to do so for cold wolves or |
| 1011s | bleeding wolves they change that |
| 1012s | perspect uh perspective visuals too um |
| 1016s | the uh the bleed one I would say is is |
| 1019s | is pretty standard so probably won't do |
| 1022s | much there I can see adding like an |
| 1023s | extra effect or something |
| 1026s | um but the the cold ones I yeah I could |
| 1031s | see that that be that would probably be |
| 1032s | much more likely we don't have anything |
| 1034s | for season two for |
| 1040s | that uh we we are looking to um have |
| 1044s | more visual representations of nodes you |
| 1047s | take in general though just like |
| 1049s | whenever you're taking a node for |
| 1050s | something we want that um that |
| 1054s | visual like characteristic to show up |
| 1056s | and and be indictive of what's actually |
| 1058s | happening |
| 1059s | um part part of it is just like cuz when |
| 1062s | you take something that says hey this is |
| 1064s | cool fantasy um you want it to be |
| 1066s | reflected in what the character is |
| 1067s | actually doing what it looks like and |
| 1068s | also just because it helps you |
| 1070s | understand that it's actually working |
| 1083s | I love this character wow I'm having a |
| 1084s | lot of fun with this character it's been |
| 1086s | a while since I played it um Michael |
| 1088s | Davies asks last Epoch set item shards |
| 1093s | how do they |
| 1096s | work um I don't think I'm I I think |
| 1098s | we're not going into full details on how |
| 1100s | set item shards work um they will be |
| 1103s | useful in some crafting stuff you'll |
| 1108s | like they they're they're they're item |
| 1110s | shards they they are item |
| 1113s | shards okay like that's what they |
| 1120s | are and they work like item |
| 1124s | shards a few restrictions |
| 1129s | but all right does the new aboth |
| 1132s | difficulty come with any cosmetic or |
| 1135s | rewards unique to the boss yes it does |
| 1139s | I'm not going to tell you what it is I'm |
| 1143s | sorry |
| 1147s | uh hi Mike and everyone at ehg amazing |
| 1150s | trailer thank you it is the trailer is |
| 1151s | pretty sweet okay if you if for some |
| 1153s | reason someone here hasn't seen the |
| 1155s | trailer yet oh my God please go watch |
| 1157s | the trailer uh they did such an amazing |
| 1159s | job on it and like uh it it's great um |
| 1166s | yes uh you had a question that I'm going |
| 1168s | to answer so happy to see hype building |
| 1170s | around favorite RPG how excited are you |
| 1172s | guys about season 2 yeah it's uh I I |
| 1176s | think my wife's a little sick of hearing |
| 1177s | me talk about |
| 1179s | it um yes very very very |
| 1186s | excited all |
| 1188s | right uh new faction I think it's |
| 1191s | supposed to say faction in game will |
| 1193s | have item reservation too uh just like |
| 1196s | CF no so the item factions |
| 1200s | uh are |
| 1202s | different um from |
| 1204s | the I don't even have it yet do I don't |
| 1206s | have it |
| 1208s | yet I haven't even unlocked it yet well |
| 1211s | okay so the the the faction you get the |
| 1214s | Forgotten Knights faction is |
| 1216s | [Music] |
| 1218s | um the the new Weaver's faction is more |
| 1221s | similar to The Forgotten Knights faction |
| 1223s | than the item factions so it is a |
| 1225s | separate um individual faction that |
| 1227s | doesn't have any |
| 1230s | Mutual exclusivity with any of the item |
| 1232s | factions so the item factions are that |
| 1235s | that that tag items item factions tag |
| 1237s | items and the um the the Forgotten kns |
| 1242s | and woven factions do |
| 1246s | not all right can we get void wolves |
| 1250s | pretty please and in void visuals my |
| 1254s | goodness my I I left my door open in the |
| 1256s | new the new place and uh cat has come |
| 1260s | down to try and beg for lunch I don't |
| 1263s | know if she'll let me pick her |
| 1270s | up here we |
| 1281s | go yeah okay I'm sorry B I'm sorry |
| 1290s | okay that was Bella or |
| 1295s | belly and uh she's hungry and has tons |
| 1298s | of food |
| 1302s | upstairs she fights with that fight they |
| 1305s | compete for food there's two cats and so |
| 1308s | this the one that you just saw doesn't |
| 1310s | get the cat uh doesn't get the food as |
| 1312s | much cuz the other one eats it really |
| 1313s | fast so we got one of those like like |
| 1316s | automatic like things to like cover food |
| 1319s | but it scares her the whole |
| 1322s | thing uh can we get void wolves pretty |
| 1325s | please and in void visuals I think um |
| 1329s | void theming for other uh masteries in |
| 1333s | the future is definitely something we we |
| 1335s | are interested in uh I don't have |
| 1338s | anything um for void wolves in season |
| 1342s | 2 but I could see a like a |
| 1346s | cosmetic circumnavigating that a little |
| 1349s | bit all right um I'm not to be clear I'm |
| 1354s | not saying that there's uh a void wolf |
| 1358s | cosmetic I'm not saying that for season |
| 1359s | 2 all right uh Spike thanks for the |
| 1363s | resub 22 months that's a long time thank |
| 1366s | you very |
| 1369s | much all right some bugs on Beast Master |
| 1373s | saber-tooth have never been fixed I love |
| 1374s | the game but never understood why |
| 1375s | they've never been talking about the ice |
| 1377s | cat skills and the ice cat itself yes uh |
| 1379s | we actually mentioned a couple of these |
| 1381s | bug fixes um in the Tera monthly post |
| 1384s | that just went out um so if you haven't |
| 1387s | read that yet check it out because yes I |
| 1389s | was working on um Sabertooth bugs |
| 1393s | recently actually very |
| 1399s | recently yeah we're fixing bugs there's |
| 1401s | lots of bugs don't worry squashing |
| 1406s | them uh |
| 1410s | with Mastery respect will there be a |
| 1413s | build SL gear templates no no D3 Armory |
| 1416s | system |
| 1418s | um I I can see that that's getting a |
| 1421s | little bit |
| 1423s | more it's it's one of those things |
| 1425s | that's tricky cuz we're kind of drifting |
| 1426s | that way a little bit and it's not I |
| 1428s | think where we're super interested in |
| 1430s | drifting towards but it's kind of |
| 1432s | happening |
| 1437s | um and and |
| 1442s | yeah we're not we're not planning on it |
| 1444s | right now hey Mike nice season two |
| 1446s | reveal thank you pretty pumped about it |
| 1448s | are you still planning on having the |
| 1449s | first four Cycles be the same in Legacy |
| 1451s | and Seasons that was um so when we said |
| 1453s | that that was sort of a uh like a rough |
| 1456s | estimate number I would sometimes say |
| 1458s | three sometimes say five sometimes say |
| 1459s | four some say the first few sometimes |
| 1461s | say until we're done with it you know |
| 1462s | like there's it's always sort of a rough |
| 1464s | vague I don't have a fixed number um |
| 1467s | season 2 will be |
| 1469s | uh the same as Legacy in season in the |
| 1471s | season so um all the the stuff for |
| 1473s | season 2 is coming to Legacy uh at the |
| 1475s | same time |
| 1477s | um and that's the only thing that's |
| 1479s | guaranteed to be that |
| 1483s | way and it's it's possible that other |
| 1485s | things are that way too but it's the |
| 1487s | only one that we're guaranteeing is that |
| 1488s | way yeah all right uh first off the |
| 1494s | trail looked amazing thank you and HP me |
| 1495s | really good just a little question |
| 1497s | played the last time by uh when season 1 |
| 1499s | started does the new season also have |
| 1501s | changes to the bizaar uh yes there are |
| 1503s | bizarre updates in the in the new season |
| 1506s | um not like huge sweeping updates but |
| 1509s | yes there are some |
| 1512s | updates uh what is the best Raptor uh |
| 1517s | the third one that one right there I |
| 1520s | don't |
| 1521s | know |
| 1523s | um I think Raptor Pack's my favorite the |
| 1528s | uh the single giant raptor is a lot of |
| 1529s | fun |
| 1536s | too all right hi Mike happy Friday the |
| 1540s | timer on the tombs of the erased web |
| 1542s | page ends at uh 400 p.m. April 1st UK |
| 1546s | time has the release been brought |
| 1548s | forward is this a countdown |
| 1551s | error uh it it should be 11:00 a.m. CST |
| 1556s | we we we do so the the game's like |
| 1559s | um like Epoch time we we call it |
| 1561s | sometimes is uh CST and um we 11 teror |
| 1566s | games so we're release at 11:00 on Epoch |
| 1570s | time um it's kind of the way we've |
| 1572s | always done it but yeah it should be |
| 1573s | 11:00 a.m. CST whatever that is uh for |
| 1576s | UK time uh I think it's -6 from |
| 1581s | that uh May there might be a daylight |
| 1584s | savings time thing happening that's |
| 1585s | making up that extra hour I'm not sure |
| 1590s | cuz that's that's that's the Sunday |
| 1592s | isn't |
| 1593s | it I |
| 1596s | think cash right respawned in with |
| 1599s | almost nothing that made it to the loot |
| 1600s | filter no room that's |
| 1604s | funny we're we're going to |
| 1607s | sh we're going to shatter it just to |
| 1610s | spite |
| 1612s | it did that Ed oh |
| 1614s | no did that Ed two no it didn't yeah |
| 1618s | there it is |
| 1619s | looks like it uses to but it doesn't are |
| 1622s | these the new graphics or is it not |
| 1623s | ready yet I mean the so we're always |
| 1625s | updating the graphics in the game |
| 1627s | there's always like little things that |
| 1628s | are updating sometimes it's like |
| 1629s | animation updates there's texture |
| 1631s | updates there's um you know like like |
| 1634s | specific lighting updates in certain |
| 1635s | levels and VFX updates and like there's |
| 1638s | so many little things that we're |
| 1640s | constantly just improving the graphics |
| 1641s | on all over the place and uh what I'm |
| 1644s | playing right now currently is the live |
| 1645s | build of the game so what you're seeing |
| 1646s | on the screen is 1.1.7 point4 |
| 1649s | um which is the current life build I'm |
| 1650s | not playing anything new um this is if |
| 1652s | you log in and play right now this is |
| 1654s | what it looks like when you play on a |
| 1656s | 3060 video card and uh |
| 1663s | 1440p so we are we are not rocking |
| 1666s | anything uh |
| 1667s | crazy here but it is I I think it looks |
| 1671s | great and yes there are some updates in |
| 1674s | the uh uh with with with the new season |
| 1677s | 2 that will make things look even |
| 1679s | better um and we'll continue to update |
| 1681s | those as we go forward as well so it's |
| 1682s | not one and done will you change the |
| 1685s | system that forces us to play the |
| 1686s | campaign for points every time we start |
| 1687s | new class um there is so you still |
| 1690s | started the |
| 1691s | campaign um you still have the |
| 1694s | opportunity or option to play through |
| 1696s | the whole campaign if you want for each |
| 1697s | new character um we are making some |
| 1701s | adjustments to make it so you can uh |
| 1704s | skip a lot more of it a lot easier and |
| 1706s | still make up the same power later and |
| 1708s | and |
| 1711s | um it'll depend on what other resources |
| 1713s | you have for how fast you can skip |
| 1715s | through the campaign like if you have a |
| 1716s | friend that you can just warp to at the |
| 1717s | end or if you have keys that you can do |
| 1719s | the dungeons with and legendaries |
| 1720s | that'll make your character power |
| 1721s | powerful enough to do those dungeons in |
| 1723s | the playthrough and things like that so |
| 1724s | there's um and we are still expanding |
| 1727s | those those options as well but the uh I |
| 1730s | think what you're asking for is are the |
| 1732s | passive points and idle points going to |
| 1734s | be available outside of the campaign |
| 1737s | um spe specific details to come on |
| 1744s | that uh first of all congrats to |
| 1746s | everyone of the team for making a cool |
| 1748s | game thank you appreciate it also cool |
| 1751s | name Alex Alber love it um the last time |
| 1754s | I asked the question was before the game |
| 1756s | launched and I asked if a Dodge roll |
| 1758s | would be implemented and yell did it so |
| 1760s | here it goes do you think that mounts |
| 1762s | are a possibility I think it would be |
| 1764s | very cool and awesome potential store |
| 1766s | item um so Dodge roll |
| 1769s | evade |
| 1770s | mechanic we're calling it evade cuz |
| 1771s | Dodge is a mechanic in the game so evade |
| 1775s | um makes a lot of sense in the in combat |
| 1779s | with the levels we have with the enemies |
| 1781s | we have mounts really |
| 1784s | don't like we don't have we don't have |
| 1786s | zones that are big enough for mounts to |
| 1788s | make sense um it's I'd say it's it's |
| 1792s | very unlikely to actually have mounts |
| 1793s | show |
| 1796s | up uh it's the sort of thing you you |
| 1798s | have to kind of like build the entire |
| 1800s | game from the ground up expecting mounts |
| 1801s | to be a thing for them to really |
| 1803s | function well in the in the |
| 1805s | environment all right any plans on |
| 1808s | camera zoom out option or on default uh |
| 1811s | we do not plan on increasing the maximum |
| 1813s | zoom on the character at the moment |
| 1815s | that's this is this is the the max zoom |
| 1817s | we're going for is what we've |
| 1820s | got all right any play oh here we go can |
| 1822s | you hint if we are going to get some |
| 1826s | form Druid MTX cos oh like uh like |
| 1829s | Werebear um spren form |
| 1834s | and uh totally Remember The Name Of |
| 1837s | Swarm blade yep did not forget it I |
| 1838s | swear uh I always want to call it |
| 1841s | Scyther form but it's not I know |
| 1845s | and I don't think any of those are |
| 1847s | getting uh cosmetics in the first pass |
| 1850s | of skills cuz they are dramatically more |
| 1852s | intensive for um for for for like what |
| 1857s | has to be done to make like we we making |
| 1859s | one of one cosmetic for a for a |
| 1861s | transform ability is the same as making |
| 1864s | like eight lightning blasts it's more |
| 1867s | more like 15 lightning blasts like so |
| 1869s | it's it's one of those things where |
| 1872s | um because the initial wave we wanted to |
| 1875s | have as many as possible in the initial |
| 1876s | wave I think some of the more involved |
| 1879s | ones uh may not may not have been |
| 1882s | prioritized r at the start but we are |
| 1884s | planning on making them |
| 1889s | cuz we know they will be very |
| 1892s | popular oh and and it's just cool we |
| 1895s | like making cool stuff you know will |
| 1898s | there be a deep dive on the announced |
| 1900s | systems before the release April 2nd yes |
| 1902s | congratulations on season 2 very excited |
| 1905s | um yeah we're going to do like there |
| 1908s | there's be like the usual hype week uh |
| 1910s | lots of in-depth posts um we're also |
| 1913s | going to be having now it's probably a |
| 1915s | good time to talk about this so next |
| 1917s | week |
| 1919s | uh next week we are going to be going |
| 1923s | on uh the whole whole month of |
| 1926s | March let me just bring up the schedule |
| 1928s | here so I so I give the right |
| 1932s | information |
| 1934s | uh we're going on podcasts we're going |
| 1936s | on a bunch of podcasts um so |
| 1940s | the on the kind of delaying a little bit |
| 1943s | to see if Kane stops me and he's not |
| 1944s | stopping me so that's |
| 1946s | great the |
| 1949s | uh the 7th so that's yeah that's that's |
| 1952s | next Friday we are |
| 1954s | doing uh we're doing Max roll podcast |
| 1959s | and then on the 14th we're going to be |
| 1960s | doing gazzy and uh Frosty and then on |
| 1964s | the 21st we're going to see talka of try |
| 1967s | and on the 28th we're going to see |
| 1969s | Aaron um I don't and and you're going to |
| 1972s | see um I'll be involved in some of those |
| 1976s | uh maybe not all I I don't think I'll be |
| 1979s | in all of them I might be all of them I |
| 1980s | don't know yet um but we're going to |
| 1982s | have other very key people from the team |
| 1985s | um like director level people that are |
| 1987s | going to be uh at each one of those and |
| 1991s | being able to give you uh like a lot |
| 1995s | better information than I can give you |
| 1996s | usually um and so yeah it's going to be |
| 1998s | really exciting to get uh some more some |
| 2000s | more viewpoints some more faces in front |
| 2002s | of the camera um and uh really really |
| 2005s | excited to to for each one of those so |
| 2007s | yeah there's going to be a whole bunch |
| 2010s | of very awesome podcasts so this is in |
| 2012s | place of my usual Friday live stream |
| 2014s | next week or the next month so March is |
| 2016s | all podcasts instead of the usual uh |
| 2019s | Friday Dev streams um we will still have |
| 2022s | uh I think cozy streams and uh we will |
| 2025s | still have |
| 2026s | the um Discord Channel open as well so |
| 2029s | you still be able to talk to us still be |
| 2030s | a to get direct answers to questions all |
| 2031s | that sort of stuff but we are um doing a |
| 2034s | bunch of stuff there and you know what |
| 2036s | now's a good time i' I brought stuff to |
| 2038s | share I brought I brought cool stuff to |
| 2041s | share let's okay here's here's a tease |
| 2044s | right off the bat it's a good one I like |
| 2046s | this |
| 2048s | one yeah so here is the uh skill tree |
| 2054s | it's it's the one that goes in in this |
| 2056s | panel for for the new ability that's |
| 2058s | coming for Marksman |
| 2060s | heartseeker um this |
| 2063s | is |
| 2065s | uh yeah just just little because the |
| 2068s | icon the name and you can see the |
| 2069s | conversion elements that are available |
| 2071s | in the skill tree for |
| 2081s | it I'm going to drop that down into the |
| 2083s | corner and keep |
| 2088s | playing all right any any chance we get |
| 2091s | more detailed info for the Sentinel |
| 2093s | rework also smelters drath rework cuz it |
| 2095s | kind of bad at the moment um yeah so |
| 2098s | sp's wrath is oh yeah um I do have |
| 2101s | something cool for spelter wrath that I |
| 2102s | haven't merged in yet that I want to get |
| 2104s | merged in today thank you for reminding |
| 2107s | me we're just going to we're just going |
| 2109s | to we're just going to make a little |
| 2110s | note of |
| 2112s | that it's a good place to do that |
| 2128s | make a quick note okay |
| 2130s | cool |
| 2132s | and there is lots of stuff for smelter |
| 2134s | wrath and other Sentinel abilities too |
| 2137s | um but yeah there's I there's one thing |
| 2140s | I want to get in for functionality for |
| 2141s | smelter wrath that's |
| 2144s | missing we're we're in the like last |
| 2146s | minute get all get everything in |
| 2148s | anything that you wanted to do at the |
| 2150s | last second get it in type type mode |
| 2152s | right now uh are we going to get more |
| 2154s | vids prior to season release oh yes oh |
| 2157s | yes |
| 2159s | I have two questions are there any plans |
| 2160s | to increase difficulty throughout the |
| 2162s | campaign sometimes the campaign feels |
| 2163s | too easy in my opinion are there plans |
| 2165s | to add more AOE effects with inabilities |
| 2167s | for example why there two questions |
| 2169s | obviously there's just two questions |
| 2170s | labeled one and two um yeah campaign |
| 2173s | difficulty there's a lot of um there's a |
| 2175s | lot of ways you can increase the |
| 2177s | difficulty and optional challenges you |
| 2178s | can undertake yourself in the campaign |
| 2181s | um and we do kind of want to promote |
| 2182s | that |
| 2184s | still and yeah |
| 2190s | there's not a blanket like everything is |
| 2192s | 10% harder in the campaign or something |
| 2193s | like that that we're doing but |
| 2196s | um we are promoting more optional |
| 2199s | challenges that can sometimes help you |
| 2202s | uh Jump Ahead a little faster or um |
| 2205s | maybe find something cool you know there |
| 2207s | some |
| 2210s | stuff and thanks for the |
| 2215s | sub a dope King very |
| 2218s | cool uh God damn the hype is real it is |
| 2222s | it is all right second half of this |
| 2223s | question uh are there any plans to add |
| 2225s | more AOE effects within abilities for |
| 2227s | example a way to make frozen or chilled |
| 2228s | enemies explode into ice shards on death |
| 2230s | which damage everything around them |
| 2232s | which I think is part of Shadow strike |
| 2234s | uh something about being able to clear |
| 2235s | huge packs with chain explosions like |
| 2237s | that that feels super good like |
| 2239s | sacrifice um yeah I mean there's we try |
| 2243s | really hard to make things distinct like |
| 2246s | uh like spe specific mechanics that make |
| 2249s | sense for the for that specific ability |
| 2252s | so having unique effects is really |
| 2254s | important to us |
| 2258s | um no room people like triggered |
| 2261s | abilities so yeah we we we we frequently |
| 2263s | add more of those |
| 2265s | in hello Mike nice Friday thank you it |
| 2269s | is a nice Friday can you confirm if the |
| 2271s | new rogue skill will be a bow skill or |
| 2273s | throw skill trailer looks awesome by the |
| 2274s | way it is a bow |
| 2276s | skill it is definitely a bow |
| 2279s | skill |
| 2285s | um I don't know if |
| 2289s | we it's possible that the video might be |
| 2291s | showing it as a throwing ability and |
| 2294s | that's not a mistake but it is a but it |
| 2296s | is a bow |
| 2300s | skill which might be where the confusion |
| 2302s | is coming from |
| 2311s | if you could add yourself as an NPC in |
| 2313s | the game what would your role be oh I'd |
| 2316s | really love to do to voice an NPC for |
| 2318s | the game I would I would absolutely love |
| 2321s | to do that one day I will make it happen |
| 2323s | I don't know when it will happen yet but |
| 2324s | it will |
| 2325s | happen |
| 2328s | uh I don't know I'd love it to be |
| 2330s | something like completely off |
| 2334s | base like |
| 2339s | Oh no I got it I've got it I know |
| 2341s | exactly what it is I know exactly what |
| 2342s | it is uh it's |
| 2350s | the if they ever let me make a mini game |
| 2353s | to build into the game I'd be the person |
| 2356s | who teaches you how to play it and gives |
| 2358s | you your first set of whatever the thing |
| 2360s | is You' play it |
| 2361s | with that's who I'd be absolutely |
| 2371s | uh we all know the Sentinel tax is s of |
| 2374s | Hope the skill formerly known as CIT of |
| 2376s | hope uh is also a very good skill um and |
| 2380s | does have other changes coming in that |
| 2382s | make it a lot more fun to |
| 2388s | play and a lot less uh numb |
| 2391s | locky like right right now it's one of |
| 2393s | those things that yeah like it takes up |
| 2394s | a skill in your bar and you just numlock |
| 2396s | it like you don't you're not even like |
| 2397s | using it in like intentionally it's just |
| 2401s | on yeah uh we saw the item lets you skip |
| 2404s | to the end of a dungeon directly to the |
| 2405s | boss how do we acquire those and how |
| 2407s | rare are they going to be um you can |
| 2410s | there's a couple ways to get them um so |
| 2412s | you |
| 2413s | can uh you can buy them and you can find |
| 2416s | them |
| 2418s | and uh they're they're going to be if |
| 2422s | you're if you're playing at like a at at |
| 2424s | an elite level you're going to be |
| 2425s | finding them frequently enough or you'll |
| 2427s | have access to them frequently enough |
| 2429s | that you'll um you won't really need to |
| 2432s | hoard them or be be too cautious with |
| 2435s | them but they'll be you know Med medium |
| 2441s | rare I think specific things like that |
| 2443s | might still be a little bit in flux as |
| 2445s | well so |
| 2450s | um impossible that's why I'm trying not |
| 2452s | to be too |
| 2453s | precise will void Knight be able to |
| 2456s | scale with spell damage in the re work |
| 2457s | so many passives in their eight passive |
| 2459s | were melee void damage making void |
| 2461s | spells awkward to build around there's a |
| 2463s | there's a few things there's not a ton |
| 2464s | of of void spell damage and we kind of |
| 2467s | we do really want to promote void Knight |
| 2469s | as a melee class |
| 2471s | still that has access to spell damage |
| 2474s | rather than a than a like a spell |
| 2478s | Caster uh what's your dream update or |
| 2481s | feature for this game uh |
| 2489s | we weird I don't know okay you know you |
| 2491s | know what it is I know what it is it's |
| 2493s | weapon |
| 2495s | Swap and I've said it a million times |
| 2497s | and it's it's been it's been like |
| 2499s | debated to death in internal meetings |
| 2501s | and it's not happening but it's still my |
| 2503s | dream I'm not giving up on |
| 2507s | it in case of a dupe will isi consider |
| 2510s | roll backs on the new league to save |
| 2511s | Merchant's Guild are you just afraid to |
| 2514s | all cof players being mad at this and |
| 2516s | leave mg to die |
| 2518s | um happen at 1.0 1.1 so kind of |
| 2520s | recurring at League start um we've we've |
| 2523s | taken a ton of steps to so the the the |
| 2525s | most recent League start did not have a |
| 2527s | dupe involved with it um we've we've |
| 2531s | taken a bunch of steps to a prevent |
| 2533s | dupes from being possible to happen uh B |
| 2536s | we've taken a bunch of steps to um to to |
| 2540s | make false positives on |
| 2542s | dupes um easy to to discover so when |
| 2546s | people are like I found a dupe and |
| 2547s | you're like that's not a dupe that's a |
| 2548s | game mechanic that's duping that so it |
| 2549s | now tells you when that's happening um |
| 2552s | so we don't get false information there |
| 2554s | cuz that was part of the problem is we |
| 2555s | thought there was it HP one of them |
| 2556s | happened at the exact same time we |
| 2557s | introduced that mechanic and we thought |
| 2559s | it was a false positive on that to be |
| 2561s | like the first hour or something |
| 2565s | um and impossible uh oh yeah we've also |
| 2569s | added a bunch of new detection methods |
| 2570s | for catching it sooner which lets us act |
| 2573s | on it a lot faster and so um and and new |
| 2575s | tools for acting on it as well so it's |
| 2577s | we we take um |
| 2580s | the uh unfortunate Prospect of potential |
| 2583s | dupes very seriously and even though we |
| 2585s | haven't had a dupe in the most recent |
| 2587s | season we are um taking even more steps |
| 2590s | to prevent that in the future even being |
| 2593s | possible um as as to what we will do I |
| 2596s | know I've kind of just dodged the |
| 2597s | question didn't actually answer it so |
| 2598s | I'm sorry um as to what we will actually |
| 2600s | do if it if it hypothetically does |
| 2603s | happen I can't give you an exact answer |
| 2605s | CU it really depends if we catch it 5 |
| 2608s | seconds into it happening um like it it |
| 2611s | wouldn't have done enough damage to |
| 2612s | matter you know like uh if we catch it |
| 2618s | um like if if we if we don't catch it or |
| 2620s | something I don't know it changes |
| 2622s | everything so it depends is the answer I |
| 2626s | guess we're not I don't want to put |
| 2628s | anything off the |
| 2632s | table uh why are there so many exiled |
| 2634s | Mages in the champion scorpion fight ah |
| 2638s | because that was the the the exiled |
| 2641s | Mages was the special thing in that zone |
| 2644s | and the champion had just spawned |
| 2653s | randomly uh that the the the exiled |
| 2656s | Mages was a specific challenge that the |
| 2658s | player had opted |
| 2660s | into um and the champion was a random |
| 2665s | spawn oh what's the |
| 2668s | uh mustache |
| 2670s | artwork on the big spider in the trailer |
| 2673s | I don't |
| 2674s | know I don't know sorry I don't know |
| 2676s | what that one is uh how do you feel |
| 2679s | about the new Echo objectives that |
| 2680s | enemies introduced in the model of the |
| 2682s | Fate do they need variety do they add |
| 2683s | the variety you were hoping for yes |
| 2685s | there's um there's a lot of variety |
| 2687s | there and uh I it's I think it's really |
| 2691s | going to be what you've seen so far is |
| 2694s | like just scratching the surface there's |
| 2695s | there's uh there's a screenshot you you |
| 2697s | can see where someone's like uh drags |
| 2699s | one of them in or you can like a little |
| 2701s | bit of the shot you can see the grid of |
| 2702s | how many there are there um like there's |
| 2706s | there's a |
| 2708s | lot |
| 2715s | yeah no room no no room at the |
| 2719s | inventory uh will set be buffed most of |
| 2722s | them are pointless right now so the way |
| 2723s | so this is the the whole thing like sets |
| 2726s | um the big set rework is happening the |
| 2728s | way you interact with sets is is |
| 2730s | changing um lots of the base forms of |
| 2733s | sets are staying the same um I would say |
| 2736s | there are Minor Adjustments to the base |
| 2738s | forms of sets that are happening uh |
| 2740s | partially to fit them better into the |
| 2742s | new system partially just because some |
| 2743s | of them were underpowered um but there |
| 2746s | are the the major changes are more in |
| 2749s | the system and how the system works um |
| 2751s | and you'll you'll be interested in |
| 2753s | picking up set items again if if you're |
| 2755s | playing if you're planning on playing |
| 2756s | Legacy in season 2 start picking up set |
| 2757s | items cuz they're going to be useful to |
| 2759s | have and you're going to be happy you |
| 2761s | have them |
| 2764s | yeah um we're going to outline specific |
| 2767s | details on what the set item |
| 2769s | functionality and how that whole system |
| 2771s | works in I think one of those podcasts |
| 2773s | that's coming up next in in March um so |
| 2777s | I got I got to save some stuff for those |
| 2778s | I can't I can't you know spoil |
| 2780s | everything |
| 2784s | there my goodness I just saw how big the |
| 2787s | scroll bar is on the number of there's |
| 2789s | seven pages of questions there are seven |
| 2792s | pages of questions oh my goodness okay |
| 2796s | here's what we are going to do we are |
| 2798s | going to take a moment out of gameplay |
| 2800s | which I know no one really cares about |
| 2801s | anyways and I'm just doing it because I |
| 2802s | like gameplay and I'm going to pop up a |
| 2805s | couple um these are uh nodes in the |
| 2810s | Weaver tree so this is the new the new |
| 2813s | Weaver skill tree that everyone gets |
| 2815s | access to in the endgame um these are |
| 2818s | two of these several several many |
| 2820s | options in there um and you you you can |
| 2825s | get an idea of |
| 2827s | [Music] |
| 2830s | um there's different styles of nodes |
| 2832s | that can be in there this is one of the |
| 2834s | styles of nodes there are other styles |
| 2836s | of nodes |
| 2837s | too these are two of the nodes actually |
| 2839s | they're related um so these this one |
| 2842s | remember I was I I've been talking a lot |
| 2843s | about how people we have stuff for |
| 2845s | people who love Arenas and stuff for |
| 2846s | people who hate arenas |
| 2848s | um and these are two of those options we |
| 2850s | have other things too but these are two |
| 2852s | of the options people who love and hate |
| 2853s | Arenas all right answer some more |
| 2855s | questions while these are up uh is there |
| 2857s | a |
| 2858s | specific you guys ever play a new |
| 2860s | character or something like a magic |
| 2862s | Gunslinger uh we there's tons of |
| 2864s | internal ideas on new base classes and |
| 2866s | new Mastery classes and I really hope we |
| 2868s | can bring one of them soon but I it's a |
| 2869s | while off it's a while off for any of |
| 2871s | those yeah uh is there a specific set |
| 2873s | that you are excited to build around or |
| 2874s | see characters built around in season 2 |
| 2877s | um uh vatas is always fun |
| 2883s | um uh the Mage sets really I think are |
| 2886s | are going to shine bright |
| 2892s | um there's a couple that there's a |
| 2894s | couple that have been changed a little |
| 2895s | bit I don't want to say those ones cuz |
| 2896s | they have been changed a little bit so |
| 2897s | yes there are uh will some of the stuff |
| 2899s | on the Weaver's faction tree interact |
| 2901s | with Weaver's will items yes a bad aex |
| 2904s | rooll can brick a good item uh as is |
| 2906s | good roles but crappy amounts of Weavers |
| 2908s | will yeah there's stuff that that that |
| 2909s | interacts with that too like there's |
| 2911s | other styles of nodes on that tree um |
| 2914s | that do interact with that as well uh is |
| 2916s | he only answering questions from twitch |
| 2918s | I assume this is a question from YouTube |
| 2919s | and no I'm not um are there any |
| 2923s | performance uh fixes coming yes like |
| 2925s | grassy zones being way more demanding |
| 2927s | than any other zones I I don't have |
| 2929s | specific list of them but yeah there's |
| 2930s | tons of performance updates that are |
| 2931s | coming uh we will be it's one of those |
| 2933s | things it's an ongoing effort |
| 2935s | performance is one of our primary |
| 2936s | concerns and we are constantly working |
| 2938s | on it that is it's never left out it's |
| 2940s | just not super flashy to put in a |
| 2943s | trailer uh being like we we we we got |
| 2946s | half a frame on average from improving |
| 2949s | the texture in this Zone and we've got |
| 2952s | three extra frames from improving the |
| 2953s | Shader that's used for water in |
| 2956s | everywhere it's like okay great but like |
| 2958s | you do that a thousand times and the |
| 2959s | game gets way better so yeah we are |
| 2961s | definitely working on performance uh can |
| 2963s | you show any skill tree nodes for heart |
| 2965s | Seekers sorry no I can't I don't have |
| 2966s | any ready ready for you um seeing that |
| 2969s | the portal pendant in Keys inventory is |
| 2971s | between temporal sanctum and lightless |
| 2973s | Arbor can we assume that it will not be |
| 2974s | possible to use in soulfire Bastion no |
| 2976s | that's a poor assumption do not make |
| 2977s | that assumption uh what has been your |
| 2979s | experience exploring the new tombs and |
| 2982s | cator side zones um a breath of fresh |
| 2985s | air something that's that's uh like |
| 2987s | stuff that's been missing in last Epoch |
| 2989s | for a long time that feels |
| 2991s | great uh are the season weave Weaver |
| 2995s | dungeons are the season Weaver dungeon |
| 2997s | think what's trying to say going to be a |
| 2998s | permanent feature or just seasonal um I |
| 3000s | believe they're plan to be permanent um |
| 3003s | will we be be will we be able to use the |
| 3005s | controller plus mouse and keyboard at |
| 3006s | the same time dual input in last Epoch |
| 3008s | eventually uh maybe you can kind you can |
| 3011s | flip back and forth seamlessly right now |
| 3013s | so like if you want to use keyboard |
| 3014s | mouse for inventory stuff and keyboard |
| 3016s | and and controller for for fighting that |
| 3017s | does work right now but we don't have |
| 3019s | like a left hand on the controller right |
| 3021s | hand on the mouse uh at the moment that |
| 3023s | that's that would be cool but yeah it's |
| 3024s | another input scheme um we're not there |
| 3028s | yet uh so I know this is probably never |
| 3030s | going to happen I'd love to be able to |
| 3031s | get your opinion on it I'd love to see |
| 3033s | Le or any arpg try to see if bringing a |
| 3036s | limited time playable uh character would |
| 3039s | be would have a place in Seasons yeah |
| 3041s | that's a great idea um I know you'd have |
| 3043s | to have like five to seven of them in |
| 3044s | the in the chamber ready to go but I |
| 3046s | think it's a crazy idea and would bring |
| 3048s | many more people just because you'd be |
| 3050s | the only one doing it just a cool little |
| 3051s | idea and I wanted to see what your |
| 3052s | thoughts on I love it um I think it |
| 3055s | works a lot better when you've got more |
| 3056s | character to begin with but I do love |
| 3059s | it uh I play every few months and I |
| 3061s | spend an eternity making the item filter |
| 3064s | but I get fomo that I might be holding |
| 3066s | items for other classes that I might |
| 3067s | want to play in the future what do I do |
| 3072s | um I don't have a great |
| 3076s | answer maybe pick one other class that |
| 3079s | you really want to um you want to build |
| 3082s | for at the same time and and just pick |
| 3083s | up just for two classes and so you've |
| 3085s | got like your main that you're playing |
| 3086s | and your backup your second your next |
| 3087s | character and do for that might be good |
| 3090s | way all right can you share the details |
| 3093s | on the Weir faction tree where we saw an |
| 3095s | item in the tree no I can't but I've not |
| 3098s | heard anyone ask a question about this |
| 3100s | yet and I'm like how is no one asking |
| 3102s | questions about this that's like the |
| 3103s | coolest part of this whole thing that's |
| 3105s | like was shown in the trailer and like |
| 3106s | no one said anything um it's sweet it's |
| 3110s | awesome it's |
| 3112s | uh I've been um I've been talking about |
| 3116s | here here's what can tell you I've been |
| 3117s | talking about new tech uh that would |
| 3120s | make a unique item tab in your stash |
| 3124s | function a lot better um and that's the |
| 3127s | tech I was talking |
| 3130s | about guilty again welcome back guilty |
| 3133s | um I just realized who you were and uh |
| 3135s | of course you know you can ask as many |
| 3136s | questions as you want you've been around |
| 3137s | for a long time welcome uh lur wise what |
| 3140s | was the decision to having a mummy theme |
| 3143s | for the new enemy models um it it fits |
| 3146s | really well well thematically um and it |
| 3150s | like we we went through a bunch of like |
| 3152s | art options and uh you know like the the |
| 3155s | concer art just clicked and felt really |
| 3157s | cool and it evolved from there it was it |
| 3159s | was a whole bunch of things that worked |
| 3160s | together and oh my God I am 35 minutes |
| 3162s | behind right now wow uh we're going to |
| 3164s | keep answering rapid fire questions for |
| 3166s | a little bit because I'm |
| 3168s | uh realizing that I may have bitten off |
| 3171s | more that I can chew with the number of |
| 3172s | questions today all right um are runes |
| 3176s | of havoc really rare they seem very op |
| 3178s | they are they are on the rare side I |
| 3180s | think creation is still the rarest uh |
| 3183s | but yes they are uh going to be rare |
| 3184s | runes so there's um we |
| 3187s | have I I know the stuff in front I know |
| 3190s | this stuff in front I swear um and you |
| 3192s | can still see it here I did this |
| 3193s | intentionally you've got like the the |
| 3195s | two rows here there's like the common |
| 3196s | ones up top and the rare ones at the |
| 3197s | bottom um so it will be in the rare |
| 3200s | category at the |
| 3203s | bottom um |
| 3207s | all right will we ever be getting a |
| 3210s | level increase with any of the seasons |
| 3212s | upcoming coming up unlikely we we we |
| 3214s | balance things around um level 100 and |
| 3217s | it's such a nice round number I I'd be |
| 3220s | I'd be shocked I would I I would |
| 3222s | Advocate pretty hard against having that |
| 3224s | I'd be like no let's let's do other |
| 3226s | stuff |
| 3227s | first |
| 3229s | um it's I don't want to say no forever |
| 3232s | though but it's |
| 3234s | possible I wouldn't be personally in |
| 3236s | favor of it it but I can see the reason |
| 3238s | for asking for it uh what a great season |
| 3241s | 2 trailer thank you hype is growing a |
| 3242s | lot any plans to implement any skill |
| 3245s | like blizzard for sorcerer uh there is |
| 3248s | one on uh run master in the in in uh |
| 3253s | invocations there's there's basically |
| 3254s | blizzard in there um AE slow freeze |
| 3257s | shatter one really great any plans to |
| 3259s | give us such a skill in season 3 plus |
| 3261s | keep with the great work is it's also |
| 3262s | kind of a weather theme um and we've |
| 3265s | tried to put weather theming stuff onto |
| 3268s | Shaman as well so it's um the the Rune |
| 3271s | Master grabbing it is a nod to uh you |
| 3274s | know classic blizzard but it is |
| 3279s | um theming in lasty Pocket fits better |
| 3281s | on Shaman uh can I use the set Bon ey I |
| 3285s | think it's like the set bonus shards |
| 3287s | attributes on |
| 3288s | uniques um full details on how that |
| 3292s | works to come I don't think so |
| 3300s | I'd be pretty surprised if we did |
| 3302s | that if we allowed them to be |
| 3304s | transferable |
| 3309s | from I I don't remember I'm |
| 3312s | sorry I don't think so i' I'd be pretty |
| 3314s | surprised I don't think so salvaging |
| 3316s | uniques you gain different tier |
| 3317s | attributes or legendary potential the |
| 3319s | the screenshot that was shown so I'm |
| 3322s | wording this answer very carefully cuz I |
| 3324s | did know this question was coming the |
| 3324s | screenshot the the clip that was shown |
| 3326s | in the trailer is not about uh rrolling |
| 3331s | the legendary potential on that unique |
| 3334s | so that specific mechanic that you saw |
| 3336s | is not about rrolling the legendary |
| 3338s | potential it's about rrolling the um the |
| 3340s | roles on the item so like the implicits |
| 3342s | and the affixes the roles that that item |
| 3344s | got that's what that specific mechanic |
| 3346s | that you saw in the trailer is |
| 3347s | about I worded that very |
| 3353s | carefully all right uh is there a |
| 3355s | limitation to on respecing your Mastery |
| 3357s | how deep are your |
| 3359s | pockets um is it do falconry uh full |
| 3364s | screen blast getting nerfed uh |
| 3368s | yes uh next question has anyone thought |
| 3371s | about possibly giving gear giving gear |
| 3375s | having their own uh small skill treat oh |
| 3377s | yes yes we've talked about that on the |
| 3378s | stream before actually like chest pieces |
| 3380s | that have a skill tree or boots could |
| 3382s | have some cool interactions there yeah |
| 3383s | we've talked about um we recently |
| 3386s | figured out how to put skills on a I see |
| 3390s | rip bird it's still really strong don't |
| 3393s | worry instead of just being unbelievably |
| 3395s | op it's just really |
| 3397s | strong um anyway sorry uh we did just |
| 3400s | figure out how to put uh skills on items |
| 3403s | that can have skill trees associated |
| 3404s | with them and have it not break |
| 3406s | everything um there aren't any of those |
| 3408s | in season 3 or season 2 sorry um but uh |
| 3411s | it is something that we are considering |
| 3414s | as a possibility for the future uh said |
| 3416s | anything think would be really |
| 3417s | cool basically I just want to put a bow |
| 3420s | with the skill on it that has a skill |
| 3421s | tree and be able to put that on any |
| 3422s | class that's what I want to do with it I |
| 3424s | don't know if that's going to happen but |
| 3425s | that's the first as soon as I heard we |
| 3427s | could do it that's the I'm like here's |
| 3429s | eight ideas for Unique bows let's do one |
| 3430s | of these please and they're like whoa |
| 3432s | Mike hold on yeah uh it's been about two |
| 3435s | years since the 10-cent partnership are |
| 3437s | you able to discuss if they have been |
| 3438s | handson in any input uh particularly |
| 3441s | with the new microtransactions and |
| 3442s | overhaul to the packs |
| 3445s | um I I can say that that I have not |
| 3448s | noticed any influence at all um I don't |
| 3452s | have a personal connection with them um |
| 3455s | but I haven't felt any influence at all |
| 3458s | um I know there's been times where we've |
| 3459s | like said hey do you know anyone that's |
| 3462s | good at this type of thing and they have |
| 3464s | great connections in the industry and |
| 3465s | that sort of thing but |
| 3467s | like I I don't know I don't I'm not in |
| 3470s | uh close enough with them to really give |
| 3471s | details on this unfortunately |
| 3474s | sorry all right |
| 3477s | uh hi Mike dude you have the concern for |
| 3480s | the um for the Mastery respecialization |
| 3483s | coming in season 2 in terms of game |
| 3484s | philosophy like the feeling of having |
| 3486s | less unique character or only one |
| 3488s | character per class uh the trailer is |
| 3490s | Amazing by the way hope you're doing |
| 3491s | well I'm doing great thank you thanks |
| 3492s | the trailer hype as well um yeah there's |
| 3495s | uh every time we add something into the |
| 3498s | game there's always like concerns and |
| 3499s | debates and all that sort of stuff I I |
| 3501s | think that there is a really good um |
| 3508s | how do I say this I we we had I think |
| 3510s | there was kind of always this vague idea |
| 3511s | that we would eventually sort of do this |
| 3513s | um and I was personally expecting it to |
| 3515s | happen more and we had more characters |
| 3516s | and it became more pressure where like |
| 3518s | if if there was was a hypothetical |
| 3520s | fourth Mastery for every class um and |
| 3522s | you wouldd have then you're at the point |
| 3524s | now where it's like harder to um make |
| 3527s | one of everything there's 20 instead of |
| 3529s | 15 and like it makes more sense then and |
| 3532s | 15's already a lot though and I think |
| 3533s | when we went from uh from 10 to 15 cuz |
| 3537s | that was a switch that we did we |
| 3538s | considered it then as well um it's so |
| 3541s | it's it's one of those things that's |
| 3543s | always uh it's been a uh a a close to |
| 3546s | happening thing for a long time anyways |
| 3547s | so yeah uh the path has resubbed thank |
| 3550s | you very much that's 35 months in a row |
| 3552s | my goodness what is going on how did I |
| 3554s | miss that |
| 3558s | one play it again cuz that's brilliant |
| 3560s | thank you very much appreciate |
| 3563s | you |
| 3565s | wow yeah next month is next month is 3 |
| 3567s | years wild |
| 3570s | wild all |
| 3572s | right uh when will we finally get MTX |
| 3575s | for offline I want to give you guys |
| 3576s | money but I can't I'm sorry I don't have |
| 3578s | any information on that I don't think |
| 3579s | it's coming in season 2 I've noticed |
| 3582s | void is playing a big part in the lore |
| 3583s | of last Epoch will we get in the future |
| 3585s | avoid pet |
| 3587s | class I would be surprised if we didn't |
| 3590s | I don't know of any specific plans for |
| 3592s | one at the moment but I'd be pretty |
| 3594s | surprised if we didn't all righty hey |
| 3596s | Mike what was your favorite part of the |
| 3598s | trailer ooh |
| 3605s | um I think I think the heartseeker part |
| 3607s | cuz I worked on that a lot |
| 3614s | uh maybe just when all the items pop up |
| 3616s | cuz I love just seeing new uniques |
| 3621s | yeah no no it's when the uh when the |
| 3625s | Weaver tree shows up just a little |
| 3627s | Glimpse that weine there because there's |
| 3628s | stuff in there that I'm like oh people |
| 3629s | are going to ask about that um |
| 3633s | yeah all right set item shards are |
| 3635s | obtained from shattering removal or both |
| 3638s | uh from |
| 3640s | shattering you you you the you get them |
| 3643s | from the UI not from a shattering Stone |
| 3647s | like you would shatter a normal item but |
| 3650s | from um shattering the uh set items |
| 3654s | themselves in the mechanic you saw in |
| 3655s | the trailer |
| 3658s | pretty sure we showed that didn't |
| 3661s | we do we need to go watch the trailer |
| 3664s | again uh one of the new Champion affixes |
| 3667s | is the exact same as an experimental AIX |
| 3669s | from an exiled Mage does this mean |
| 3670s | experimental affixes are gone it does |
| 3672s | not um it does mean that we've we've |
| 3674s | borrowed some mechanics and changed some |
| 3676s | experimental mechanics and changed some |
| 3678s | of the crafting situation on some of the |
| 3680s | experimental mechanics as well um so |
| 3681s | yeah experimental mechanics got a little |
| 3683s | bit of shuffling and adjusting um like |
| 3687s | like there's some that are really |
| 3688s | similar but uh are maybe a little |
| 3692s | different yeah someone someone asked I |
| 3695s | think someone asked about bees a while |
| 3698s | ago there might be something there with |
| 3700s | experimental uh what are the chances of |
| 3703s | a oh that was on the Discord that I |
| 3704s | never |
| 3712s | answered all right |
| 3716s | oh yeah oh the the heartseeker video it |
| 3718s | does show it being uh throwing so yes |
| 3720s | the heartseeker by base is a bow |
| 3724s | skill |
| 3726s | um and you can't convert it to throwing |
| 3729s | in the tree I'll tell you that much |
| 3731s | either uh what are the chances of us |
| 3733s | getting a movement skill like frost claw |
| 3736s | where you freeze the ground like Subzero |
| 3738s | and slide along give us that fantasy |
| 3742s | um I mean we do kind of have there's |
| 3745s | there's the the um Frost converted flame |
| 3748s | Rush that's that's so so similar I think |
| 3752s | we even used frostclaw as like |
| 3757s | um or or |
| 3760s | um I can't remember the character's name |
| 3763s | there's a League character that that |
| 3764s | uses the maybe it's called maybe that's |
| 3766s | the frost claw you're talking about |
| 3769s | um I think I think that was even used as |
| 3771s | like an example when someone was |
| 3772s | pitching it to be like or or as like an |
| 3775s | something reference but |
| 3779s | yeah all right guilty one more I see |
| 3781s | that along with the new heartseeker |
| 3783s | skill there is a unique called uh |
| 3785s | ravager Dart uh who's the yandu fan and |
| 3790s | what do we thank for this |
| 3793s | yeah okay yeah that is totally what that |
| 3796s | is you're |
| 3804s | right kind want to keep playing wonder |
| 3806s | if I can just like play by not even |
| 3807s | looking we're we're still behind how |
| 3809s | we're down to five pages I'm doing good |
| 3811s | right doing good five pages wonderful uh |
| 3814s | also are there plans to add more AOE |
| 3816s | effects within abilities I think I |
| 3818s | already answered this yes uh how do we |
| 3820s | obtain a dungeon charm to help TP to the |
| 3823s | boss you can um find them or buy |
| 3828s | them uh but not with gold you can't buy |
| 3830s | them with gold you buy them with |
| 3832s | something else you'll have to find the |
| 3834s | key to that uh all right can you expand |
| 3837s | upon the decision to include the Mastery |
| 3838s | resp after |
| 3840s | previously de discussion we're leading |
| 3842s | heavily away from this yeah |
| 3850s | there's I think we want to get into this |
| 3852s | a little bit more on um some of the |
| 3855s | podcasts in in March |
| 3859s | but it's it's a combination of a lot of |
| 3861s | things really uh |
| 3866s | I don't know if there's like a |
| 3867s | explanation anywhere that we can |
| 3870s | reference uh I don't know a great answer |
| 3873s | off top my head that I know I can say |
| 3876s | type |
| 3878s | thing |
| 3881s | um I think it kind of just felt like the |
| 3883s | time was |
| 3888s | right that is propping up our crit |
| 3891s | strike of voidance right now |
| 3896s | oh yeah I was I crafted this right |
| 3897s | before the |
| 3900s | stream uh and I sealed a T4 of this but |
| 3903s | it dropped my forging Potential from |
| 3905s | like 19 to zero it's tragic |
| 3909s | tragic uh hi Mike would you say the |
| 3911s | campaign is more difficult for season 2 |
| 3913s | I don't ask for a skip I love campaign |
| 3914s | RPG but it seems too easy in Ellie after |
| 3917s | hundreds of hours masus boots made the |
| 3918s | campaign much more enjoyable personally |
| 3920s | but boots can be build defining uh have |
| 3923s | you considered changing to something |
| 3924s | else like unique corrupted small Idols |
| 3926s | for players who want extra challenge um |
| 3929s | we have thought about doing other things |
| 3931s | like that I don't think there's anything |
| 3932s | in season 2 right now for |
| 3937s | that it it's a little tricky |
| 3943s | like I think that a lot of um really |
| 3947s | experienced players who've played the |
| 3949s | campaign a bunch um and if if you really |
| 3952s | want to keep playing the campaign with a |
| 3954s | challenge there's lots of different ways |
| 3955s | to to to make that challenge harder for |
| 3957s | yourself if you want that experience |
| 3960s | um having too many like in-your-face |
| 3963s | ways to do this like um like good mode |
| 3967s | or like the the only the the good |
| 3969s | players play this mode type character |
| 3972s | creation thing at the start can cause um |
| 3975s | people who are really good at video |
| 3976s | games but maybe are not experienced with |
| 3978s | our mechanics specifically have a really |
| 3979s | bad initial play experience um and kind |
| 3984s | of getting through the campaign |
| 3987s | um by by yeah skipping sections of it by |
| 3989s | making it harder for yourself or just |
| 3990s | making it harder for yourself by like |
| 3992s | imposing restrictions like wearing the |
| 3993s | boots for example um can give you a way |
| 3996s | to experience those things intentionally |
| 3999s | instead of |
| 4003s | accidentally that makes any sense uh |
| 4006s | does the Weaver faction tree affect |
| 4007s | Echoes or character Powers |
| 4010s | yes uh why is it called the a weaver |
| 4013s | faction tree wouldn't it be called the |
| 4014s | Weaver's web more appropriate |
| 4016s | yeah there's um you get you get too many |
| 4020s | W's Weaver's web Weaver's will um and |
| 4024s | and it just it gets a little the |
| 4027s | acronyms are a little |
| 4032s | tricky but yes that was |
| 4035s | considered all right any plans to rework |
| 4038s | the death recap tired of dying being |
| 4040s | told 10 damage hit killed me |
| 4043s | um the we we do want to give as much |
| 4047s | information in that death recap as |
| 4049s | possible um and getting more information |
| 4051s | there would would be great there's not |
| 4052s | any huge updates to it coming in season |
| 4055s | 2 there's going to be more skins |
| 4058s | yeah bunch more coming uh is there any |
| 4062s | new set items and did any of the old |
| 4064s | ones get changed there's no new fullon |
| 4066s | set items yes some of the old ones got |
| 4068s | changed and will set items be good on |
| 4070s | their own without shattering them |
| 4073s | uh there's in order to use in order |
| 4077s | yeah technically I can answer yes to |
| 4079s | this |
| 4080s | question |
| 4082s | um but I think it's going to give a bad |
| 4084s | impression as to why the answer's yes um |
| 4088s | and I can't really go into specifics as |
| 4090s | to why the answer is yes without |
| 4092s | explaining the entire system so yes with |
| 4095s | a giant asteris beside |
| 4099s | it impossible |
| 4109s | all right do you have any unique unique |
| 4111s | items to share that weren't in the |
| 4112s | trailer I don't have any unique items |
| 4113s | today I'm sorry |
| 4118s | um I do I a coup more teasers |
| 4123s | though get to those in a |
| 4127s | minute not it's not bad don't don't hate |
| 4130s | that at |
| 4132s | all uh can we please get some merch like |
| 4135s | t-shirts figures Etc something we can |
| 4137s | have at home and buy that also support |
| 4140s | you I would love to I would love |
| 4146s | to like something something like these |
| 4148s | little guys these little guys are |
| 4151s | cool you know that sort of thing |
| 4155s | yeah doesn't look as good as the painted |
| 4157s | ones though |
| 4161s | um I I I I don't have any specifics on |
| 4164s | it I really hope it's in The Works more |
| 4166s | than I know I hope there's like someone |
| 4167s | behind the scenes that's like we're |
| 4168s | almost there just don't tell Mike yet |
| 4170s | he'll Spill the Beans too early that's |
| 4172s | that's what I'm hoping for but I don't |
| 4174s | know I'm |
| 4179s | sorry uh will I be able to play season |
| 4182s | Co fully offline on the release of |
| 4184s | season 2 |
| 4187s | yes yeah I mean you you'll have to |
| 4190s | download the patch but other than that |
| 4194s | yeah um Mike are there any plans about |
| 4197s | us about a unique item for Kel trop's |
| 4201s | build of Falconer |
| 4204s | maybe |
| 4214s | I I don't think |
| 4217s | so you're not going |
| 4222s | anywhere there's a mechanic that I just |
| 4224s | implemented for krops that I think is |
| 4226s | for not season |
| 4229s | 2 and I'm struggling to remember what if |
| 4233s | it went into season 2 or |
| 4236s | not uh any thoughts on reworking set |
| 4238s | items I I me yeah we're doing it we're |
| 4240s | doing it it's coming season two uh dear |
| 4243s | Mike do you have any information plans |
| 4244s | About |
| 4246s | Steam uh and or in-game achievements ah |
| 4249s | yes we're we're in the ideation phase |
| 4252s | for |
| 4254s | them early ideation phase for |
| 4258s | them uh last def how large is the |
| 4260s | Sentinel overhaul is mostly just a |
| 4262s | rebalance are there some new skills |
| 4263s | themes to the sub classes there's no new |
| 4265s | skills uh volatile reversal has been |
| 4268s | completely redone from ground up so the |
| 4271s | the base functionality the VFX the sfx |
| 4273s | the animations the entire skill tree |
| 4275s | volar reversal is the only thing that |
| 4278s | volar reversal really has that state is |
| 4282s | the name and kind of the general gist of |
| 4284s | what is |
| 4286s | Vibes um but it's basically a new |
| 4289s | skill um but it's not there there's some |
| 4293s | similarities uh every other skill got um |
| 4298s | anywhere from balance adjustments |
| 4303s | to um like new new key noes in their |
| 4307s | trees |
| 4309s | um |
| 4312s | yeah all right any plans to add a little |
| 4316s | friend to pick up the gold for us we |
| 4317s | don't have any plans for this but as I |
| 4319s | always like to say that if we do decide |
| 4320s | to add this in the future this something |
| 4321s | that just always add on if we do ever |
| 4322s | decide to add something like this in the |
| 4323s | future we would give it to everyone um |
| 4325s | and not just people who had purchased |
| 4327s | pets uh it's very hard on Steam deck to |
| 4330s | place ballistas yes it is very hard it's |
| 4333s | it's not great right now I've got great |
| 4335s | news for you uh can there be an option |
| 4337s | to add Place ballista on the character |
| 4339s | spot there is yes so season 2 um very |
| 4343s | excited about this in season 2 um I |
| 4345s | think we kind of touched on it a little |
| 4347s | bit in the uh in the trailer the um |
| 4351s | controller improvements which steamex |
| 4353s | controller so it counts um has context |
| 4356s | and builds specific targeting |
| 4359s | instructions for every single skill so |
| 4361s | for example with ballista if you have |
| 4363s | the node that like um uh it it you buff |
| 4369s | the |
| 4370s | ballista and or if you have the node |
| 4372s | where the ballist if you have the node |
| 4373s | where you buff the ballista it spawns |
| 4375s | right inside you um if you have the trip |
| 4377s | wire node where it creates a it creates |
| 4379s | a trip wire between them it spawns |
| 4380s | closer to enemies um if you have like um |
| 4385s | like depending on which nodes you've |
| 4386s | taken it changes where it spawns and how |
| 4388s | it tries to Target to um to to like |
| 4392s | figure out the best place to put it and |
| 4394s | this is this is the sort of thing we've |
| 4395s | done we've gone through every tree every |
| 4397s | node every unique and uh tried to find |
| 4400s | the best place to plant every um ability |
| 4404s | using a controller based on how you |
| 4406s | specialize it and the circumstances |
| 4407s | you're in so like there'll be some |
| 4409s | situations where it's like oh it tries |
| 4410s | to plant it if you've got the the trip |
| 4412s | wire it tries to find an enemy to plant |
| 4414s | it nearby but oh there are no enemies |
| 4415s | nearby so it then falls back to a |
| 4417s | secondary targeting and oh the secondary |
| 4419s | one doesn't work so then it falls back |
| 4420s | to what we have right now so what we |
| 4421s | have right now is the the fallbacks fall |
| 4424s | back um but we have two modes before |
| 4426s | that for every |
| 4431s | situation yeah it's great very very |
| 4435s | excited that |
| 4437s | one can't right click on those yet can |
| 4439s | you uh hey |
| 4441s | Mike I tend to lose steam with the |
| 4443s | character on level 75 due to the |
| 4445s | character progression drop off and the |
| 4447s | monotony of the monolith system King |
| 4448s | speak to season 2 changes might address |
| 4450s | that for players like me yeah so the the |
| 4453s | number of activities that you can do in |
| 4455s | the monolith |
| 4457s | Echoes is is wildly changing um so like |
| 4461s | right now we have like four different |
| 4463s | activities in the in the monolith itself |
| 4465s | and that number is ballooning very |
| 4468s | heavily um and you're you're getting |
| 4471s | agency over which activities you |
| 4472s | interact with and you're getting |
| 4474s | different ways to um like Place those |
| 4478s | and uh strategically place those uh to |
| 4483s | make it to make the monolith web itself |
| 4486s | more engaging um like get opportunities |
| 4490s | to uh do cool stuff with that trying not |
| 4493s | to spoil too much that I'm not allowed |
| 4495s | to talk about |
| 4496s | uh yes there's there's there's basically |
| 4497s | just adding a lot of new activities to |
| 4499s | do lots of new cool stuff and things |
| 4501s | that are fun so you're |
| 4503s | um yeah so it's it's more interesting |
| 4506s | more engaging more fun that's really all |
| 4508s | it |
| 4510s | is sometimes the solutions don't need to |
| 4512s | be |
| 4515s | complicated all right I have a question |
| 4518s | about a bit of Market balance uh since |
| 4520s | there isn't really a good way to spend |
| 4522s | silver gold just keeps accumulating |
| 4525s | among play as the season goes but Market |
| 4527s | making the prices on Market rise you're |
| 4528s | playing some kind of tax to prevent the |
| 4530s | gold bloat I think this is translated |
| 4532s | possibly um |
| 4535s | the uh I mean are the vaults of UNC fate |
| 4538s | which are uh a very useful place if |
| 4541s | you've got a weird amount of gold like |
| 4543s | there's some great stuff that can come |
| 4544s | out of there and I'd recommend giving it |
| 4547s | a shot especially with the improvements |
| 4549s | to the dungeons that are coming um it'll |
| 4551s | make that experience a lot better as |
| 4553s | well um |
| 4556s | cuz there's other dungeon improvements |
| 4557s | that are coming too same |
| 4562s | time uh and we do have uh that's |
| 4568s | later uh with the new keychain for |
| 4570s | portal two dungeon bosses great example |
| 4573s | of what I was just talking |
| 4575s | about will there be any other dungeon |
| 4577s | improvements yes um I don't think I can |
| 4579s | go into details specifically just yet |
| 4580s | but there are um the big key thing is |
| 4584s | making the experience in the dungeons |
| 4586s | more fun and um uh |
| 4591s | like a faster reach rise on things so |
| 4595s | right now if you like if you get all the |
| 4596s | way through you you you spend all this |
| 4598s | time going through the dungeon you get |
| 4599s | to the boss you die on the boss and it |
| 4601s | like portals you back to end of time and |
| 4604s | um and it's it's a bit of a slog to get |
| 4606s | back into that fight again |
| 4609s | um and it can sometimes take you out of |
| 4611s | it so we really we're we're focusing on |
| 4614s | um getting you back to where you were |
| 4617s | faster uh in in the in a failure |
| 4623s | State all |
| 4625s | right and also just having the |
| 4627s | experience where you're succeeding be |
| 4630s | smoother and more |
| 4632s | fun and one more question please always |
| 4635s | do you have any news about the missing |
| 4637s | chapters of the campaign they're |
| 4640s | cooking it's all I got for you right now |
| 4642s | they're |
| 4643s | cooking I'm excited to go to the ancient |
| 4646s | uh and he plans to give us uh they're |
| 4648s | not coming in season 2 by the way there |
| 4650s | there are no new campaign chapters in |
| 4651s | season 2 make that clear uh any PL seus |
| 4654s | commands like slpl and SL kill yes um we |
| 4657s | don't have it available yet but we it is |
| 4659s | something that I saw someone working on |
| 4660s | a little while |
| 4661s | ago uh are you guys thinking about new |
| 4663s | classes always I have like three |
| 4668s | different documents on the go of like |
| 4670s | classes that I'm like one one day I'll |
| 4672s | pitch this and it's going to be |
| 4674s | great and then I come back to it like 6 |
| 4676s | months later I'm like this is a terrible |
| 4677s | idea Mike you're better than |
| 4681s | that uh game discount question mark uh I |
| 4685s | I don't know of any um but I'm also the |
| 4689s | wrong person to ask about that cuz I |
| 4691s | find out the last two sales we've had I |
| 4693s | found out for people on stream telling |
| 4695s | me the game was on |
| 4697s | sale all right congrats on season 2 |
| 4700s | trailer I understand you can't talk |
| 4701s | about Sentinel details you can give us a |
| 4703s | rough estimate on how much Sentinel has |
| 4704s | changed overall quite a bit |
| 4711s | um |
| 4713s | like it's hard to it's hard to quantify |
| 4715s | really oh my God I'm so far |
| 4725s | behind so far behind we're going to put |
| 4728s | up another teaser |
| 4735s | here we're talking about um different |
| 4737s | activities you can do uh in the in the |
| 4741s | end game so here is an example of um one |
| 4745s | of those activities that you can do in |
| 4747s | in |
| 4749s | um in the monolith that you couldn't |
| 4751s | really do |
| 4757s | before right hi I'm sorry I'm not super |
| 4760s | well informed saw the trailer and hope |
| 4762s | to see some new skills will there be |
| 4764s | more new skills in Showcase in the |
| 4765s | trailer or is that there's only one new |
| 4767s | skill coming in season 2 and volar |
| 4769s | reversal is basically new skill cuz it's |
| 4771s | changed so |
| 4772s | much um speaking of heartseeker are |
| 4775s | there any other skills that tie in with |
| 4776s | autoc casts for or from heartseeker yes |
| 4781s | not going to tell you which ones uh do |
| 4783s | you have any plans on changing |
| 4784s | Elementals that skills can convert |
| 4788s | to or |
| 4790s | from uh to for an event or a season uh I |
| 4795s | mean we we we add those quite a bit so |
| 4796s | we're adding several of those in season |
| 4798s | 2 so |
| 4800s | yes um hello I've got a question which |
| 4803s | games do you play besides Le and get |
| 4805s | your inspiration from if I may ask I |
| 4806s | mean like name an |
| 4809s | arpg uh so like recent RPGs that I've um |
| 4816s | played like uh d2r I come back to every |
| 4818s | once in a while um poe2 uh recently |
| 4822s | playing a little bit |
| 4823s | poe1 um I've recently been uh playing |
| 4827s | Final Fantasy 10 again um recently been |
| 4831s | uh I was playing uh the the switch Kirby |
| 4834s | game with my wife recently |
| 4837s | um uh civ7 came out so I've been playing |
| 4839s | lots of Civ 6 |
| 4842s | uh and if anyone plays Civ you get that |
| 4845s | joke |
| 4847s | and not anything bad about seven but |
| 4849s | just every time a new one comes out the |
| 4851s | previous one is what everyone goes back |
| 4852s | to for the first six months |
| 4857s | uh yeah there's there's like and then |
| 4860s | that's just me there's so many people |
| 4864s | like that's that's just that's just |
| 4866s | recently like I don't know the list of |
| 4868s | games is |
| 4869s | huge uh Mike is the heart Seeker hat a |
| 4873s | Synergy with caltrops or |
| 4876s | net I don't think |
| 4881s | so I don't know uh do you guys still |
| 4884s | want to have actual expansions in the |
| 4885s | coming years um I don't think we've ever |
| 4887s | talked about |
| 4890s | that I |
| 4891s | don't the the word still there is |
| 4894s | confusing me but it's |
| 4896s | possible uh loot filter option to have |
| 4899s | item marketed on marked on a map sound |
| 4903s | effects when uh on drop when um we don't |
| 4907s | have that coming in season 2 uh I will |
| 4909s | continue to advocate for it for next |
| 4913s | season uh Mike regarding season to do |
| 4915s | you have any favorite classes and spec |
| 4916s | thank you so much I'm going to be |
| 4917s | playing heartseeker I people ask me like |
| 4919s | I'm play Mar playing Mar I'm playing |
| 4921s | heartseeker that's what it is I'm |
| 4922s | definitely definitely definitely playing |
| 4924s | heartseeker but I'm playing in Bow mode |
| 4926s | not throw mode um all right season two |
| 4929s | chill is amazing can you share any new |
| 4931s | unique for the |
| 4932s | shaman there definitely are |
| 4935s | some uh I don't have any off the top of |
| 4937s | my head that I can share with you I'm |
| 4939s | sorry hi what do you think about the |
| 4940s | idea of mobs being pushed or falling off |
| 4943s | Ledges of maps SL tile sets I think it's |
| 4947s | great um hey squirrel I think it |
| 4951s | is not something that works great in uh |
| 4956s | in in last Epoch cuz there's there's all |
| 4958s | sorts of problems with with with that |
| 4960s | with Cliffs and um you |
| 4964s | know there's so many problems with it uh |
| 4971s | yeah but it does happen sometimes with |
| 4973s | the ragd doll effects and it does look |
| 4974s | really cool they need to die on the at |
| 4977s | the top of the cliff and then the like |
| 4979s | death animation needs to be them falling |
| 4981s | off cuz like the items got to drop at |
| 4984s | the top of the cliff and having an enemy |
| 4987s | die like being pushed off a cliff to die |
| 4990s | and then having it figure out where the |
| 4992s | nearest point on the walkable terrain of |
| 4994s | the nav mesh where it can drop the items |
| 4997s | that's a really expensive operation and |
| 4999s | I mean like like like like processing |
| 5002s | power expensive operation that sounds |
| 5003s | kind of ridiculous but it really is cuz |
| 5005s | you um it doesn't matter so the if you |
| 5009s | have like 50 things that you like knock |
| 5011s | them like like say you you you you work |
| 5014s | right uh and it like it knocks a whole |
| 5017s | bunch of things off a cliff and they all |
| 5018s | fall to death off the |
| 5019s | cliff um but they didn't die until they |
| 5022s | like landed off the cliff type thing |
| 5024s | having them um know they they they don't |
| 5027s | know they're going to die before they go |
| 5028s | off the cliff so you can't Mark those |
| 5030s | spots |
| 5031s | beforehand um and then having them |
| 5035s | figure out where they were knocked off |
| 5037s | from when they |
| 5038s | died would would would cause huge |
| 5040s | performance problems so there's like |
| 5043s | yeah it's it's one of those things that |
| 5044s | is really cool but the way we've got so |
| 5046s | many other systems set up around it it |
| 5048s | doesn't work in last eoch um it's not |
| 5050s | inoss but right now it's a very |
| 5054s | difficult problem to solve for uh very |
| 5056s | little out of it Bang free bucks low on |
| 5060s | it but it's very |
| 5061s | cool uh question if you could choose one |
| 5064s | sentence to convince a group of players |
| 5066s | who played right when the game came out |
| 5068s | when uh when the multiplayer came out |
| 5070s | when so season one or point. n sorry uh |
| 5073s | what would it be trying to convince |
| 5075s | buddies to come play with in the new |
| 5076s | update with me |
| 5078s | um one sentence E I don't know I ramble |
| 5081s | too much |
| 5092s | uh man I don't have a good answer for |
| 5094s | this I'm like a it's cheesy oh that's |
| 5096s | lame uh |
| 5102s | um from 0.9 to now 0.9 to 1.2 0.9 to |
| 5106s | season 2 uh it has evolved |
| 5111s | gracefully to the point that it's really |
| 5113s | special you should just check it |
| 5118s | out there you go uh is the fabled |
| 5121s | character sheet rework coming season 2 |
| 5123s | it is not settler AO |
| 5126s | when uh blatant ripoffs never sometimes |
| 5130s | fire just straight up feels Superior to |
| 5133s | cold and lightning due to how much |
| 5134s | impact ignite has versus chill and shock |
| 5137s | uh will you guys be leaning more into |
| 5139s | Electrify and Frostbite to help address |
| 5140s | that frostbite yes Electrify a little |
| 5142s | bit um Electrify has very specific |
| 5145s | theming that it goes with so you'll see |
| 5147s | that a lot especially in Paladin and |
| 5149s | that is |
| 5151s | coming uh hey Mike Awesome trailer I'm |
| 5154s | hyped me too does the team have any |
| 5156s | plans to address the walking animations |
| 5157s | for character models feeling a bit wonky |
| 5159s | at a time in the future yeah like every |
| 5162s | time someone posts a bug report and like |
| 5164s | this felt wonky it goes on the list um |
| 5167s | so yeah there's there's animation |
| 5169s | updates that are happening I don't know |
| 5170s | specifically which ones but it's always |
| 5172s | improving uh is there any ideas being |
| 5174s | kicked around for a rogue light SL like |
| 5178s | uh mini game in the monolith or |
| 5179s | something else uh I mean every Echo kind |
| 5183s | of is that cuz if you die you bounced |
| 5185s | out you it it's like you lose the reward |
| 5192s | um I could see having a new game mode |
| 5196s | that really leaned into that a lot more |
| 5198s | um but I it's kind of what dungeons are |
| 5200s | too you know so there's there's kind of |
| 5201s | there's elements of that already uh I |
| 5203s | don't think we have any specific plans |
| 5204s | to go with a new system that goes really |
| 5206s | hard into that but I can see the appeal |
| 5208s | and I would actually like to do that uh |
| 5210s | can we attack and move at the same time |
| 5212s | using wasd control um if the ability is |
| 5216s | an instant cast ability |
| 5218s | yes why do shards or glyphs have to |
| 5221s | spend another transfer time before |
| 5224s | entering their chest I found it quite |
| 5225s | consuming |
| 5227s | um I can tell you why we used to do it |
| 5229s | or I can just tell you that we're taking |
| 5230s | that away so it won't be a thing anymore |
| 5233s | in season |
| 5234s | 2 uh yeah there there's a there's a new |
| 5238s | we've teased it before uh you can go |
| 5239s | check out the Tera monthly posts I think |
| 5242s | maybe one or two back or we actually |
| 5243s | showed the screenshot of the settings so |
| 5245s | it's just going to be in your settings |
| 5246s | you'll go into gameplay and you'll see |
| 5248s | one of them is it's it's like down a |
| 5250s | little bit it's like |
| 5252s | uh |
| 5254s | um Auto transfer you can autot transfer |
| 5258s | uh any of these any shards any crafting |
| 5260s | materials so anything that goes into |
| 5261s | this this window I know there's |
| 5263s | something up over top of it um any of |
| 5264s | the keys any of the um any things that |
| 5267s | go to like the other tabs that are in |
| 5269s | your inventory those are all autot |
| 5271s | transferable um yeah just there's a a |
| 5274s | button a single toggle it's like just do |
| 5276s | it all and it does it all uh what are |
| 5278s | the chances of a guild Clan system with |
| 5280s | meaningful content coming from Le before |
| 5282s | poe2 and D4 extremely low I think it |
| 5286s | would make IL stand out more against the |
| 5287s | others and also bring some more MMO RPG |
| 5290s | players uh from the likes of wow |
| 5292s | extremely low before Po and d poe2 and |
| 5296s | D4 extremely low I think they're both |
| 5299s | way ahead of us on the clan Guild front |
| 5302s | um and are probably working harder on it |
| 5305s | than we are |
| 5306s | too that's not to say it's not |
| 5308s | impossible to add those things I would |
| 5310s | really like to add them in the past I |
| 5312s | was of the opinion that a glorified chat |
| 5315s | room for your guild was not enough |
| 5317s | content to have a guild system in the |
| 5319s | game at all in the first place um but a |
| 5321s | lot of people have been telling me that |
| 5322s | I'm just wrong about that and |
| 5324s | that's totally |
| 5327s | probable uh so yeah I've I've been |
| 5329s | coming around to the fact that um or the |
| 5332s | idea that a just a glorified chat room |
| 5334s | just start would actually be |
| 5337s | worthwhile |
| 5341s | um will there be an in map League |
| 5344s | mechanic for this |
| 5346s | league in map uh oh like um I mean |
| 5350s | there's |
| 5351s | [Music] |
| 5352s | the there's there's tons of stuff the |
| 5354s | Champions are huge |
| 5357s | the uh yes it's kind of the short answer |
| 5361s | there's there's lots of new stuff like |
| 5363s | that yes uh t is a big part of that yeah |
| 5366s | that's I think tombs is the biggest part |
| 5367s | of |
| 5369s | that um how does it feel to be such base |
| 5372s | JBS feels pretty |
| 5374s | good I |
| 5375s | think it's a good thing right no |
| 5379s | yeah thank you it |
| 5385s | um developing a video game is an |
| 5389s | emotional roller coaster it is it is |
| 5391s | Extreme highs and extreme lows and I |
| 5394s | love it uh and I am so grateful and so |
| 5399s | happy to be doing this with my life and |
| 5402s | it's so thank you to everyone who plays |
| 5404s | the game CU it wouldn't be possible |
| 5405s | without any of you and I do love it um |
| 5409s | yeah thanks uh I feel the time between |
| 5412s | Harbinger 1 and aboth was a big grind is |
| 5415s | Uber Abby going to be harder to access |
| 5418s | or any chance of regular I be |
| 5419s | downgrading to a bit faster Pinnacle |
| 5421s | fight um Uber aboth will be harder uh |
| 5424s | and take longer to get to there is um |
| 5428s | there's other stuff in there so it's not |
| 5431s | just straight there's there's other um |
| 5434s | fixed difficulty content |
| 5437s | challenges uh to attempt in the meantime |
| 5440s | that will make that |
| 5442s | process um be a lot more enjoyable and |
| 5447s | engaging uh these streams have inspired |
| 5449s | me to work on an A G awesome I've always |
| 5452s | wanted uh do you have any advice when |
| 5454s | designing all the different systems |
| 5455s | there's so much thanks |
| 5458s | uh try |
| 5460s | to |
| 5464s | um try to figure try to plan as much out |
| 5467s | in advance before you start implementing |
| 5470s | something if you can but don't be locked |
| 5473s | into it so um trying to figure out how |
| 5477s | different systems fit together for the |
| 5479s | future but be willing to change your |
| 5481s | mind on these things and be prepared to |
| 5483s | as well and so so like there there's |
| 5485s | things you're going to have to be |
| 5486s | flexible on like there's our crafting |
| 5488s | system was a huge part of our initial |
| 5489s | Kickstarter um we spent a ton and ton of |
| 5492s | ton of ton of time on it and um had had |
| 5495s | to change it pretty drastically actually |
| 5498s | um and and for the better but uh it's |
| 5501s | it's one of those things that you have |
| 5502s | to be prepared to let go of systems that |
| 5505s | you may feel pretty attached to just |
| 5507s | because they stop um working as the game |
| 5510s | evolves |
| 5516s | uh Hey will this season have dlss frame |
| 5519s | generation or uh release or only |
| 5521s | upscaling I don't know specifically |
| 5523s | what's coming with it um I know we are |
| 5526s | working on features like that I don't |
| 5528s | know what made it or will make it into |
| 5530s | season 2 or not hey there as a Poe delve |
| 5533s | lover can I find something similar in |
| 5535s | last |
| 5540s | Epoch there's like elements of it a |
| 5543s | little bit in in |
| 5547s | the not I'm going to say not |
| 5555s | really there's kind of elements of it in |
| 5557s | the monolith system a little bit is |
| 5560s | but uh all right loot lizards feel like |
| 5562s | they spawn a lot any changes on their |
| 5564s | frequency yes we are um and this is one |
| 5566s | of those things like as we add more |
| 5567s | systems we can uh drop the frequency of |
| 5569s | some of the other systems so yeah loot |
| 5570s | lizards are dropping are are appearing |
| 5573s | less and dropping fewer items oh no that |
| 5575s | sounds terrible they are dropping on |
| 5577s | average higher quality items so you'll |
| 5579s | still get a similar amount of loot from |
| 5581s | loot lizards but it will be a it'll be |
| 5584s | less spammy and |
| 5586s | less |
| 5588s | everywhere uh there there there's still |
| 5591s | pretty |
| 5593s | like there's there's still a lot there |
| 5595s | but you know it's we we probably push it |
| 5597s | a little too far uh are you going a |
| 5600s | little lighter on the Nerfs for the |
| 5602s | upcoming season or are there some |
| 5603s | candidates that will be nerfed heavily |
| 5605s | there's we are we're raising the floor |
| 5609s | of of of where most abilities are um and |
| 5614s | uh like the extreme outliers are you |
| 5618s | know like they're they're getting a |
| 5618s | pretty heavy Nerf bat to them but at the |
| 5620s | same time like a pretty heavy Nerf bat |
| 5623s | to something that is 100 times more |
| 5624s | powerful than where it's supposed to be |
| 5626s | is still really really powerful uh so |
| 5629s | it's it's a hard thing to quantify |
| 5632s | there look another sub |
| 5635s | uh |
| 5636s | drus this one of those ones that I bet |
| 5638s | it's capitalized cool no uh a tier three |
| 5641s | sub |
| 5643s | drus drus |
| 5645s | drus I am butchering it and I apologize |
| 5649s | but I do like the |
| 5650s | name i i my |
| 5653s | original |
| 5655s | um |
| 5657s | uh like the the the handle that I use |
| 5659s | for for gaming is like a kid and and |
| 5662s | everything is like it's one of those |
| 5663s | ones that no one gets right um and it's |
| 5667s | like it's confusing it starts the first |
| 5669s | four letters are just mic backwards and |
| 5671s | like uh it's it's been my email forever |
| 5674s | and like |
| 5676s | um |
| 5680s | yeah there's there's more to it as well |
| 5682s | but yeah |
| 5685s | it's it's a little silly so I I |
| 5688s | understand |
| 5689s | the blight of a name people don't |
| 5693s | pronounce properly |
| 5695s | also my just my last |
| 5696s | name's for some reason not pronounceable |
| 5699s | in Little League here like personal |
| 5701s | trauma Story Time Little League my |
| 5702s | cousin and I are on the same Little |
| 5704s | League |
| 5705s | team and they they they mispronounce |
| 5708s | both of our names back to back |
| 5710s | differently same last name and they they |
| 5712s | like he next up to bat you know y y |
| 5715s | Butch of the name next up to bat Mike y |
| 5717s | y y Butch of the name again differently |
| 5719s | you're like it's back to back at least |
| 5722s | say it the same |
| 5725s | anyways uh why have you chosen a Sunday |
| 5727s | to release uh new season I don't think |
| 5729s | we did off for someone who can only play |
| 5731s | on weekends it seems like such a waste |
| 5733s | Friday would seem so much better |
| 5739s | I April 2nd is a Wednesday we're |
| 5742s | releasing on a |
| 5743s | Wednesday oh my |
| 5745s | goodness oh my |
| 5749s | goodness it would not be a last Epoch |
| 5752s | Dev stream if I didn't leave something |
| 5755s | on the |
| 5756s | screen and keep playing thanks |
| 5761s | K all right we're only half an hour |
| 5763s | behind now |
| 5765s | though uh and and we do we do uh |
| 5767s | Wednesday instead of Friday because we |
| 5769s | want |
| 5771s | uh we we want a little we want a couple |
| 5773s | days to to settle things down a little |
| 5775s | bit and uh any hot fixes that need to be |
| 5778s | emergency pushed out if there's problems |
| 5780s | where we're still at work normal days |
| 5785s | that's probably the big |
| 5788s | reason uh what did you consider the |
| 5790s | challenges and problems to address with |
| 5792s | the Sentinel rework uh what did you want |
| 5794s | to accomplish with the rework I think um |
| 5797s | build excuse me build diversity was a |
| 5800s | big |
| 5800s | thing cuz there are some really powerful |
| 5803s | Sentinel builds aggression and build |
| 5805s | diversity I think would be the two |
| 5806s | pillars there because um there are some |
| 5809s | really powerful builds out there but |
| 5811s | they have um |
| 5814s | they're they're really narrow and they |
| 5815s | use really specific abilities and it's |
| 5817s | kind of like if you're not using these a |
| 5818s | couple things your build's just going to |
| 5820s | fall apart so there was you you're |
| 5821s | really shoehorned into a few limited |
| 5824s | options to make the build function and |
| 5828s | um quite often it didn't really come |
| 5830s | online fast |
| 5833s | enough so I think those those are the |
| 5836s | key things and then yeah just the amount |
| 5838s | of damage that we ripped out uh getting |
| 5841s | things to be taking things away from |
| 5842s | being like numlock requirements |
| 5845s | and um just like just just buff up time |
| 5848s | requirements just being like well this |
| 5850s | is this is busy work just keep this buff |
| 5851s | up removing a lot of those things um and |
| 5854s | focusing more on like uh moments when |
| 5858s | with gameplay decisions being the |
| 5860s | interesting thing you're |
| 5864s | doing uh are there any current plans to |
| 5867s | allow flying in the game similar to the |
| 5870s | Lich like just like a character that |
| 5872s | that looks like it's floating physically |
| 5874s | yeah we we do that in a few places |
| 5875s | actually like um uh surge on the Mage |
| 5878s | when it shoots forward it like it floats |
| 5880s | forward |
| 5883s | um yeah we do that in a few places I |
| 5885s | think I think there's room for and like |
| 5888s | the the falconer it it grabs the Falcon |
| 5890s | and flies forward with aerial assault |
| 5895s | um I think there's room for a few more |
| 5897s | thematically appropriate things like |
| 5898s | that I'd love to see like a character |
| 5900s | that could fly and it like it like is |
| 5902s | always flying that we neat uh any word |
| 5906s | on if we oh the Swarm blade Flies what |
| 5907s | am I talking |
| 5909s | about uh any word on if we'll eventually |
| 5911s | get more classes or subclasses or at |
| 5913s | least ability to customize your |
| 5914s | character like select gender um that's |
| 5916s | all stuff that we want to do um I would |
| 5919s | the none of it's |
| 5922s | really |
| 5924s | um imminent uh none of it season 2 but |
| 5927s | yes that is that is stuff we are very |
| 5929s | interested |
| 5931s | in uh |
| 5934s | we really need uniques to be more |
| 5936s | General so that character builds don't |
| 5939s | get bottlenecked into the exact same |
| 5940s | uniques because they |
| 5945s | only they only |
| 5949s | booze that one they only boost that one |
| 5952s | skill you |
| 5958s | use whoa that's a big that's a big but |
| 5961s | five gifted Subs to the channel Demus |
| 5963s | hopefully I guess I didn't butch the |
| 5964s | name that bad |
| 5967s | huh thank you very |
| 5971s | much that is |
| 5976s | wonderful thank you congrats to everyone |
| 5978s | got one of those |
| 5981s | um there are there's there's a there's a |
| 5984s | mix of generically useful and |
| 5987s | specifically useful uniques that are |
| 5988s | coming um one of the most powerful |
| 5990s | uniques that's coming next uh next patch |
| 5993s | was was already uh teased in the trailer |
| 5995s | or was already shown off in the trailer |
| 5997s | um is extremely generically powerful um |
| 6003s | yeah which could be good or bad I think |
| 6006s | it's going to be a lot of fun hey Mike |
| 6008s | how are you I'm great thanks for asking |
| 6010s | I wonder if you guys fixed your servers |
| 6012s | or not I played on launch yes we have |
| 6014s | fixed them if you just played on since |
| 6016s | launch it's there go play now uh and it |
| 6019s | didn't go well and we stuck on doors and |
| 6020s | loading and everything and I don't care |
| 6022s | I don't know if uh we will encounter to |
| 6024s | these problems um we've we've we have |
| 6029s | completely is everything different from |
| 6032s | since launch there must be something |
| 6033s | that's the same still but like we |
| 6035s | rewrote the the network code um we have |
| 6039s | a different server |
| 6040s | provider um we |
| 6044s | have you have uh like like everything's |
| 6047s | been basically redone since the version |
| 6048s | of multiplayer everything that we had to |
| 6050s | launched like it's it's am |
| 6051s | unable it's way better now |
| 6064s | come on over here a little bit more |
| 6065s | thank |
| 6070s | you uh can you tell us about that mace |
| 6073s | that spawns spiders some of the text was |
| 6075s | hidden by the announcement text ah you |
| 6079s | mean the creepiest ailment ever |
| 6084s | uh no I can't give you any more details |
| 6085s | than what's on the trailer |
| 6087s | sorry uh any plans for adding Divine |
| 6090s | orbs for uniques anyway to see uh um |
| 6094s | kind |
| 6096s | of technically I can answer no to that |
| 6100s | technically uh anyway to see the league |
| 6103s | mechanics in the maps um probably not |
| 6106s | before enter like I I understand what |
| 6108s | you mean you're asking spiritually |
| 6110s | and more info to come soon uh any two |
| 6114s | second question here any way to see the |
| 6115s | league mechanics in the maps probably |
| 6118s | not before entering but after completing |
| 6119s | the map objective |
| 6121s | perhaps |
| 6130s | um uh it doesn't show you like every |
| 6134s | single like it won't say like there's a |
| 6135s | nemesis that's going to spawn in here |
| 6137s | there's an exile Mage that's going to |
| 6138s | spawn in here there's a um |
| 6144s | yeah there's |
| 6146s | there's |
| 6155s | um it doesn't tell you everything that's |
| 6157s | like like yeah no no it's the short |
| 6159s | answer there's there's not a way to do |
| 6160s | this sorry um there are certain things |
| 6163s | that will tell you when you get close to |
| 6164s | some of them uh in the map but there are |
| 6168s | um and the ones that are really |
| 6169s | important like there's a tomb in there |
| 6170s | it'll tell you there's a tomb in there |
| 6171s | right from the start um all right |
| 6174s | YouTube I've been told to let you know |
| 6175s | that we are taking your questions um I'm |
| 6177s | just really far behind so if it seems |
| 6179s | like I'm ignoring you I'm not I |
| 6181s | apologize though and uh I will try and |
| 6183s | answer as many questions as I can as |
| 6186s | fast as I |
| 6187s | can how's the feeling can you attack and |
| 6190s | move at the same time um if you have a |
| 6193s | an instant cast ability it can be um you |
| 6197s | can move and attack at the same time cuz |
| 6198s | it's instant use um Mo almost all |
| 6201s | abilities are not um like you can't you |
| 6203s | can't swipe and like see how I'm I'm |
| 6205s | holding down movement and swipe at the |
| 6207s | same time like I'm holding my left and |
| 6208s | right clicks right now this is what |
| 6210s | happens so you don't get new |
| 6212s | functionality for uh moving and |
| 6215s | attacking compared to what like like |
| 6217s | just hold down movement and try and do |
| 6218s | whatever thing at the same time now and |
| 6220s | that's the way it |
| 6222s | is I I want to be really clear Wy feels |
| 6226s | for people who like Wy movement stuff um |
| 6229s | it it does feel really good to have in |
| 6231s | the game and I think people are the the |
| 6233s | feedback on on it that we've been |
| 6234s | getting is like even though it's not |
| 6236s | perfect definitely included which is why |
| 6238s | we've very clearly labeled it as a beta |
| 6241s | it isn't a very early version of the |
| 6242s | functionality um we are still working on |
| 6244s | it it is um you know the all the |
| 6248s | controller updates for uh for targeting |
| 6251s | and stuff like that helped so much with |
| 6253s | it um we we had a version before we did |
| 6255s | the controller updates uh that we tried |
| 6257s | and it was it was still real bad and |
| 6259s | that's part of the reason why we were |
| 6260s | like we're not doing this |
| 6265s | um but yeah it's |
| 6268s | there's it's it's not uh it's not pe2 |
| 6272s | wasi movement |
| 6273s | controls um this is a beta version of it |
| 6276s | that we're working on um it does feel I |
| 6279s | would say very good but uh not perfect |
| 6284s | yet so if you're excited to try wdi I |
| 6286s | would still be |
| 6292s | excited just |
| 6294s | this is a good one oh no is that the |
| 6295s | same icon it's the same icon I was |
| 6297s | supposed to be unstoppable boots I like |
| 6302s | boots any changes to the endless Arena |
| 6305s | yes there are changes there are um just |
| 6308s | general quality of life changes to it |
| 6309s | that just make the experience a lot more |
| 6311s | fun to |
| 6313s | play um and then there's also things you |
| 6315s | can modify with it uh through the Weaver |
| 6319s | tree um yeah yes it's going it's it's |
| 6323s | better |
| 6324s | oh the endless Arena uh yes there's |
| 6326s | stuff there too the the the we treat |
| 6327s | effects Arena Echo sorry um but yes the |
| 6330s | arena itself did get improvements as |
| 6332s | well the endless Arena anyways both all |
| 6335s | all the arena Encounters in general uh |
| 6338s | got improvements so they feel are a lot |
| 6339s | better to |
| 6344s | play uh any Sigil of Hope updates uh the |
| 6347s | skill formerly known as sigils of Hope |
| 6348s | will be um uh you won't be numb loocking |
| 6352s | it anymore |
| 6354s | I don't think you might |
| 6357s | be uh I I would say it's very unlikely |
| 6360s | that you only be unlocking it |
| 6365s | anymore uh hey are there any plans for |
| 6367s | the console release we'd love to do a |
| 6369s | console release we don't have any uh |
| 6371s | firm plans really |
| 6375s | [Music] |
| 6377s | uh it it would be really fantastic it's |
| 6380s | something that we are um |
| 6384s | there's no there's no there's no updates |
| 6385s | on |
| 6388s | it uh any changes to Nemesis and |
| 6391s | harbingers uh yes not a lot there's some |
| 6394s | I would say very minor changes to |
| 6397s | both um they they can be affected by the |
| 6401s | the weav tree |
| 6402s | though all right Mike what about a |
| 6407s | cosmos era ah any plans for the future |
| 6411s | um I think anytime travel game |
| 6414s | especially one that's storyline wise and |
| 6417s | fairly heavily inspired by uh one of the |
| 6420s | greatest games of all time Chrono |
| 6421s | Trigger um kind of has to leave a little |
| 6423s | bit of room for the potential of a |
| 6426s | future era type thing |
| 6445s | I don't know if I did this already but I |
| 6446s | think I'm just going to answer questions |
| 6448s | cuz I'm still cut three pages of |
| 6449s | questions here |
| 6452s | um I slap up someone |
| 6458s | else yeah here's a here's a cool little |
| 6460s | this a weaver another Weaver tree node |
| 6462s | um just giving you a little bit of a |
| 6470s | um uh a peak in into this another style |
| 6476s | of things that can be on the Weaver tree |
| 6477s | there's there's there's other other |
| 6478s | things too so like the Weaver tree is |
| 6480s | pretty diverse in what it can |
| 6483s | do are you guys still adding the layout |
| 6485s | Change option for the |
| 6487s | idols option I don't think we've ever |
| 6491s | announced that or said we were going to |
| 6493s | um I think we we've definitely talked |
| 6496s | about that being a uh a potential Avenue |
| 6500s | for um modifying the idol system in the |
| 6502s | future we don't have any specific plans |
| 6504s | for that right now uh and the layout for |
| 6507s | the idols is not changing in season 2 um |
| 6509s | I think it's a really easy way to win |
| 6511s | for future Seasons um for like a low |
| 6514s | lift High |
| 6515s | reward |
| 6517s | um update in the future all right hi you |
| 6521s | guys think about reworking black hole |
| 6525s | yep uh how rare are the weaving runes |
| 6528s | something more like an a null Rune or |
| 6530s | more like a creation Rune um creation |
| 6533s | will still be the |
| 6534s | rarest uh but it is in the rare |
| 6538s | category are there any plans for |
| 6539s | changing the layouts of dungeons in |
| 6541s | season 2 they they did get some |
| 6544s | adjustments uh have you guys asked about |
| 6547s | obsidian residence yet no if so what's |
| 6549s | the answer um asking about the like |
| 6552s | increasing the drop rate I think it um I |
| 6555s | don't know I hope it was increased I |
| 6558s | really hope it's increased I don't have |
| 6559s | any visibility on this right now um |
| 6563s | but I really hope it was increased I I'm |
| 6566s | still convinced it was bugged I think it |
| 6568s | was bugged all of 1.1 and I think the |
| 6570s | drop rate was much lower than it was |
| 6571s | intended and I don't know for |
| 6574s | sure all right how many points I needed |
| 6576s | to unlock heartseeker it is a marksman's |
| 6580s | specific ability I'll tell you that much |
| 6582s | I don't know how many points EI either |
| 6583s | 30 or 45 I think it's it's above the |
| 6585s | lock |
| 6588s | line it's basically where where someone |
| 6591s | uh |
| 6593s | yeah it's either like here here here or |
| 6595s | here it's one of these four |
| 6597s | slots I don't know which |
| 6600s | one um does the Confluence of Oblivion |
| 6604s | teaser hint at fighting multiple orbit |
| 6606s | at the same time or one after the other |
| 6612s | um I'm pretty sure they're one after |
| 6614s | another pretty sure it's like a boss |
| 6616s | Rush not a |
| 6620s | horde uh hello Mike it's been a while |
| 6622s | since I saw you different room yes it's |
| 6625s | undecorated at the moment but uh I'm I'm |
| 6628s | planning on rotating my desk 90 and |
| 6631s | you'll actually see that wall which has |
| 6633s | tons of open space on it for wonderful |
| 6635s | things |
| 6639s | um oh well yeah I got I got my I got |
| 6643s | geralt sword down there uh I got |
| 6646s | sauron's mace back there I got Link's |
| 6648s | Shield over somewhere you know we got |
| 6650s | some stuff to put up it' be cool |
| 6655s | uh different weight but still handsome |
| 6657s | thank you ding um is there anything |
| 6660s | about guilds or some sort of gifting |
| 6662s | changes any plans for Guild ssf angle um |
| 6665s | we don't have any plans for that at the |
| 6667s | moment I I um it's something that gets |
| 6669s | brought up every once in a while |
| 6671s | um a guild ssf mode |
| 6676s | does it creates a bit of a like a a |
| 6679s | cartel Vibe and um there's a lot of rmt |
| 6684s | stuff that can happen really easily with |
| 6686s | that uh |
| 6688s | question uh and any plans for large |
| 6690s | group PVP events uh not specifically we |
| 6694s | we've talked PVP before uh and uh one of |
| 6698s | the very one of the very first tests we |
| 6700s | ever ran with multiplayer was there was |
| 6702s | about 20 of us and we we hopped in uh |
| 6706s | and it was a green plane and everyone |
| 6709s | had Fireball and nothing else and |
| 6712s | Fireball shot killed everyone cuz it |
| 6714s | didn't check Health differences it just |
| 6715s | killed you no matter what and it was the |
| 6717s | most fun I've had in a long time at that |
| 6719s | point um so like yeah a big hoorde of |
| 6723s | free-for-all onot kill Fireballs on a |
| 6725s | green plane super fun surprisingly |
| 6727s | enough and so yeah I'd love to do |
| 6730s | something like that um not specifically |
| 6732s | that but like a PVP style thing um would |
| 6735s | be great and I think that's uh a a good |
| 6738s | angle for us in the future once we've |
| 6740s | got a lot more content in the game |
| 6743s | will umbrell blades be getting some love |
| 6746s | nearly all builds use the blade throwing |
| 6748s | variant it would love the base version |
| 6749s | of the skill but it's lacking I think |
| 6751s | that is the style of thing we've been |
| 6753s | looking at um finding ways that we've |
| 6756s | given options to play builds that just |
| 6758s | aren't really used because they're so |
| 6759s | underpowered compared to other options |
| 6762s | as um when I talk about bringing up the |
| 6764s | the base of um of lots of things that's |
| 6767s | where that's where we look things like |
| 6768s | that I don't know specifically if this I |
| 6771s | don't want to give specific information |
| 6772s | on Bounce changes but that's the style |
| 6774s | of thing we've been looking at uh the |
| 6776s | gap between regular Echoes and empowered |
| 6777s | feels like a big uh is like a bit leap |
| 6780s | but I think it's a big leap in |
| 6782s | difficulty are there any plans to bridge |
| 6785s | that |
| 6786s | um there's more I I think |
| 6792s | the I think it feels right now a lot |
| 6796s | like there's nothing good to get in |
| 6798s | normal monoliths and because there's |
| 6800s | nothing good to get the point is get to |
| 6803s | empower as fast as possible like do |
| 6804s | whatever you can to get there as fast as |
| 6806s | possible and I think a lot of players |
| 6808s | end up getting there too fast |
| 6811s | um and having good stuff to get in |
| 6815s | regular or be possible to get good stuff |
| 6817s | in regular monos um through other |
| 6820s | mechanics make will will make that |
| 6822s | process feel |
| 6825s | better uh I really love the and there's |
| 6828s | more just there's more steps along the |
| 6829s | way there's more like um |
| 6833s | the there's there's smaller gaps between |
| 6836s | the the benchmarks cuz there's more |
| 6839s | benchmarks uh I really love where last |
| 6841s | depac is headed awesome but I'm |
| 6843s | wondering are you planning to make |
| 6844s | factions the main flavor of your endgame |
| 6846s | system are we going to expect a new |
| 6848s | faction every release or few releases um |
| 6852s | I don't |
| 6853s | think I think it will be |
| 6858s | H we did plan this faction system to be |
| 6862s | very expansive |
| 6864s | um I think it's one of those things |
| 6866s | where we've got uh we've got this new |
| 6869s | system uh this new framework for putting |
| 6871s | stuff in the game and it becomes it's |
| 6872s | really easy to uh to use that to frame |
| 6875s | new mechanics and it's really easy to |
| 6877s | like we don't have to teach people um |
| 6879s | once once you once you learn the like |
| 6881s | one of your item factions we don't need |
| 6883s | to teach you this UI again and this idea |
| 6886s | of um like gaining favor to rank up and |
| 6888s | get different rewards like this this |
| 6889s | whole framework for building this this |
| 6891s | language once that's established |
| 6893s | it's a really powerful tool to introduce |
| 6896s | new mechanics without having to um have |
| 6899s | people climatized to those new mechanics |
| 6901s | they they they build on that that |
| 6903s | previous knowledge of other factions to |
| 6905s | get into the systems a lot faster so for |
| 6907s | en franchise players it's a really good |
| 6909s | thing for teaching new mechanics um and |
| 6912s | for new players it makes it easier to |
| 6914s | learn them as well because you you're |
| 6915s | only learning one way of interacting |
| 6917s | with |
| 6917s | them having said that there is a point |
| 6920s | where there will be too many of them and |
| 6922s | so uh I think what we'll see is the the |
| 6925s | number of factions that get added to the |
| 6926s | game slow down quite a bit um but we |
| 6928s | will still add |
| 6930s | more uh Ward will be nerfed question |
| 6933s | mark it is insane how easy our playing |
| 6937s | character with almost Infinity HP pool |
| 6940s | just by stacking Ward yeah there's |
| 6943s | um we're we're we're trying to move the |
| 6946s | way you get access to Ward as a defense |
| 6949s | um more onto items so that you um so |
| 6952s | that the the progression curve on your |
| 6954s | defenses is drawn out a little more |
| 6957s | right now you can there's like a couple |
| 6958s | nodes that once you get them you hit |
| 6960s | some break points and your ward shoots |
| 6962s | up to the stratosphere um and having |
| 6966s | having that uh be more based on your |
| 6969s | item progression uh will will smooth |
| 6973s | that curve out a lot |
| 6975s | um yeah and and yeah we are nerfing some |
| 6979s | of the crazy ridiculous things that can |
| 6981s | shoot into the Moon |
| 6985s | all right any plans in the future for a |
| 6987s | class that can dual wield two two |
| 6989s | handers um not specifically but not |
| 6993s | specifically not |
| 6995s | either uh will there be a beta test |
| 6997s | period for season 2 there has been a |
| 6998s | beta test period for season 2 going on |
| 7000s | for the last two and a half three months |
| 7003s | we I think we released our first CT |
| 7005s | patch in |
| 7006s | December um yeah they've been testing it |
| 7010s | doing great |
| 7012s | um there's still new stuff that we're |
| 7014s | putting in that they don't even have |
| 7015s | access to yet um there's a new a a sweet |
| 7018s | new feature that uh we we just finished |
| 7022s | designing this |
| 7024s | morning um that's I I was up um quite |
| 7029s | late last night putting in chunks of |
| 7032s | it early chunks of it going to going to |
| 7035s | stay up tonight and put in a bunch more |
| 7037s | very excited about that |
| 7039s | one uh |
| 7044s | any good Raptor builds we should keep |
| 7045s | eye out for or unique |
| 7049s | um |
| 7052s | I nothing that's been |
| 7057s | spoiled oh I missed some I missed some |
| 7061s | subs infernal 246 thank you very much |
| 7063s | for the sub appreciate it and kjun |
| 7066s | Canuck always welcome |
| 7069s | here I too am a Canuck |
| 7072s | not Cajun but I love Cajun food |
| 7075s | so uh and mighty Doo thank you very much |
| 7078s | for the subs everybody appreciate you |
| 7080s | appreciate you a |
| 7081s | bunch um and I'm only half an hour |
| 7085s | behind going to catch up here I promise |
| 7088s | we're going to we're going to get |
| 7089s | through these questions um we are going |
| 7092s | to do it uh any good is that anything |
| 7095s | you can share about on Lizard Tales ah |
| 7098s | the the the mystery continues on Lizard |
| 7101s | Tales I'm sorry sorry uh will you |
| 7104s | continue to update your legendary loot |
| 7106s | filter in next |
| 7108s | season uh just loot filter in general |
| 7111s | yeah uh first of all that season two |
| 7113s | trailer is great you answered that |
| 7115s | before uh that there will be Idol |
| 7117s | crafting um are we getting to that this |
| 7120s | season 2 um we'll see what |
| 7125s | happens |
| 7127s | uh uh with the numerous upcoming new |
| 7130s | items uh it's isn't it time to give us |
| 7133s | more stash tabs if you're running out of |
| 7135s | stash space with 200 stash tabs oh my |
| 7140s | god |
| 7143s | really really wow um I I don't I I we |
| 7149s | we've just |
| 7151s | um we have just done a bunch of stuff |
| 7154s | for performance updates in the stash |
| 7155s | system that might make it possible to |
| 7158s | increase the size of stash uh but oh my |
| 7161s | god really you're running out with 200 |
| 7163s | tabs that's a lot of stuff I think I |
| 7166s | would encourage a little bit of uh |
| 7169s | spring cleaning um but I do I do think |
| 7172s | it is time to add some more um and and |
| 7176s | we we are we are pulling some stuff out |
| 7177s | of tabs so like keys are getting pulled |
| 7179s | out of tabs um so you're going to get |
| 7180s | more space then there |
| 7183s | um and I would I would really like to |
| 7186s | pull or or have have like a uh a a |
| 7191s | tracking uh |
| 7195s | uh uh like like a unique tracking tab |
| 7198s | I'd love to do that as |
| 7200s | well uh do you buy all woven Echoes from |
| 7203s | the faction or there random drops that |
| 7204s | you can't buy uh there are random drops |
| 7207s | that you can't buy |
| 7209s | mostly um any work put into the Beast |
| 7212s | Master summons that are underused like |
| 7214s | bear and saber-tooth |
| 7216s | yes um just fixed a saber-tooth |
| 7220s | bug uh last week uh and we just gave |
| 7223s | bear a little buff last |
| 7226s | [Laughter] |
| 7227s | night and other stuff too as well uh |
| 7231s | will heartseeker have any synergies with |
| 7232s | Falconer or blade dancer or is it pretty |
| 7235s | Marksman focused uh sorry for reasing a |
| 7238s | to tag Lok that's totally fine um it is |
| 7241s | a marksman's specific skill so you can't |
| 7243s | use it if you're a falconer or a blade |
| 7245s | dancer so it is very Marksman |
| 7248s | focused uh any plans on competitive |
| 7251s | system like riffs uh and leaderboards to |
| 7253s | keep blasters engaged with the game yeah |
| 7257s | um they're not all going to be fully |
| 7259s | realized in season 2 but yes we we do |
| 7261s | have stuff for that in the |
| 7264s | pipeline uh Mike hello that's me curious |
| 7267s | have you guys ever ping ponged back and |
| 7270s | forth a class or Mastery that uses |
| 7271s | martial attack or martial arts to attack |
| 7273s | yes like kicks punches elbows Etc yes |
| 7275s | absolutely we've done this I think it' |
| 7277s | be super dope to see a character have |
| 7278s | skills around Super Kicks Bruce Lee but |
| 7281s | turned up to a thousand yeah um we've |
| 7284s | this is this is I think um maybe not a a |
| 7288s | core arpg fantasy but is uh definitely |
| 7292s | in the like the secondary RPG fantasy |
| 7294s | list um that gets used very frequently |
| 7297s | and um I think we would be foolish to |
| 7300s | ignore it and we're not ignoring it it's |
| 7303s | just not in the game right |
| 7305s | now and I don't know if it's ever |
| 7307s | actually coming or not but uh I |
| 7310s | definitely really hope it does |
| 7313s | hello I am a merchant skilled player to |
| 7314s | sell something I have to check the other |
| 7316s | listings any plans to put a system into |
| 7318s | to search based on your item in your |
| 7320s | inventory um |
| 7323s | yes however um we don't have anything |
| 7328s | ready for that uh it is |
| 7331s | quite uh quite an involved process that |
| 7335s | is |
| 7339s | um I I I don't know if it's going to |
| 7343s | happen or not uh but if we find a way |
| 7346s | then |
| 7348s | yes um all right hey is there any chance |
| 7350s | you guys will consider adding LP2 set |
| 7352s | items uh no well yes we've considered it |
| 7356s | hundreds of times but we we've rejected |
| 7359s | it hundreds of times um I find that the |
| 7361s | sets are cool but they never compare to |
| 7363s | just good LP pieces um set items will be |
| 7367s | a desired drop in season |
| 7370s | 2 uh hey Mike I I have two questions one |
| 7374s | can we get higher aggro range for |
| 7376s | minions um two can we get a unique for |
| 7379s | um Abomination my favorite skill there |
| 7382s | no a bomb uniques |
| 7386s | really wild um if there's no a bomb |
| 7391s | uniques after season 2 I will start |
| 7392s | working on one I promise |
| 7396s | um aggro range for minions you can get |
| 7400s | a um there there's a rare chance for a |
| 7403s | wolf summon to be called |
| 7406s | Fenton |
| 7408s | uh and it will have the longest aggro |
| 7411s | range ever and will never come |
| 7414s | back um but we do we do we do want to uh |
| 7417s | sort an idea we've been kicking around |
| 7419s | for a long time is having like minion |
| 7421s | stances like you see in uh wow for |
| 7423s | example where you got like aggressive |
| 7425s | defensive and stand ground just like |
| 7427s | real basic but um I I I I think that's |
| 7433s | uh that's where I'd like to look for |
| 7434s | something like |
| 7435s | that how does Wy work with Warpath for |
| 7437s | example is there an option to |
| 7439s | technically numb loock an ability like |
| 7441s | that with wasi um we don't have a |
| 7445s | built-in mechanic in the game to numb |
| 7447s | loock an ability um but you can use wasi |
| 7452s | to move while uh war pathing and you can |
| 7455s | use numlock to do that if you |
| 7458s | want uh is there a revamp to the mono |
| 7461s | complete Le uh passives coming from |
| 7464s | season 2 The The Shard ones feel so |
| 7468s | underwhelming oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh |
| 7471s | oh oh the um these |
| 7474s | ones like these things |
| 7478s | um there's there's there's a few |
| 7480s | adjustments to some of them but there's |
| 7481s | not like a a big overhaul or anything |
| 7483s | like that |
| 7494s | these things there we go got it from |
| 7497s | behind the overlay thanks |
| 7500s | game uh showed a way to remove Arenas |
| 7504s | are there any plans to expand that |
| 7506s | system to specialize in certain kind of |
| 7508s | monolith content in the future yes |
| 7510s | season 2 it's coming there's this is um |
| 7513s | the the things we've teased with the uh |
| 7516s | Weaver web uh the Weaver skill tree you |
| 7518s | got me saying it now the Weaver skill |
| 7520s | tree um is is uh is is the style of is |
| 7525s | is some of the style of some of the |
| 7527s | nodes so there are other styles of nodes |
| 7530s | too there's quite a few nodes quite a |
| 7532s | few options um there's some really cool |
| 7535s | nodes that are special that we haven't |
| 7537s | touched on but you can kind of see |
| 7539s | little teases of them in the tree in the |
| 7540s | trailer um go speculate on what those |
| 7543s | are they're great uh I'm really excited |
| 7545s | about those |
| 7546s | ones and we'll be talking more about |
| 7548s | those in one of the podcasts in |
| 7550s | March all right |
| 7553s | right we're over time but we're going to |
| 7555s | power through uh CF effect drop chances |
| 7557s | from the Weaver tree |
| 7565s | uh |
| 7567s | kind kind of it's that's like uh kind of |
| 7569s | like asking does stats from your Idols |
| 7572s | affect stats from your gear and they |
| 7573s | both affect the same |
| 7575s | thing um so kind of I guess yes sort of |
| 7580s | uh since CH since Champion a is sealed |
| 7582s | is there any chance for it to be tier |
| 7584s | six or seven like every other AIX |
| 7591s | uh there are T6 and T yes there yeah |
| 7594s | there are there are T6 and t7 Champion |
| 7596s | axes in the database I know |
| 7602s | that cuz I just I just put one |
| 7606s | in um I don't know how you get the T6 |
| 7609s | and t7 versions of them they must just |
| 7611s | drop that way |
| 7613s | what am I talking about there are T6 and |
| 7615s | t7 versions of the champion |
| 7616s | aices um some of them are really |
| 7620s | good uh is there a fix coming for fog of |
| 7622s | War soon ah this is something |
| 7625s | um |
| 7629s | the uh the oh I'm pretty sure it got I |
| 7633s | think it's in oh I know I I I know it's |
| 7636s | being worked on um for like static zones |
| 7644s | I don't I don't know if it's in for |
| 7645s | season 2 or |
| 7646s | not I'm going to say a tentative |
| 7651s | yes uh will with all the mono changes |
| 7654s | did all the quest Echoes from the normal |
| 7656s | monos get changed to be less boring uh I |
| 7659s | don't think much of those |
| 7662s | changed uh have you ever |
| 7664s | considered um getting rid of empowered |
| 7666s | monoliths and making a longer |
| 7667s | progression instead of instead which |
| 7669s | incorporates the use of corruption more |
| 7671s | uh Progressive ly as well um yes we've |
| 7673s | considered that um we're not doing it |
| 7676s | will the prophecies be changing in |
| 7678s | season 2 um updates to CF mg framework |
| 7682s | for spending |
| 7683s | favor |
| 7684s | uh the there are changes to the |
| 7687s | prophecies yes um some of the lenses are |
| 7692s | getting uh moved to other places um so |
| 7697s | they're they're they're less |
| 7699s | mandatory um he'll have more flexibility |
| 7702s | with your |
| 7703s | lenses uh and some of the balances |
| 7705s | between |
| 7707s | from oh my minions decided to go kill |
| 7709s | something uh and some of the the balance |
| 7711s | uh from prophecy to prophecy is changing |
| 7713s | as well in some of them um |
| 7717s | yeah will you guys be adding side |
| 7720s | content with Seasons similar to how pee |
| 7723s | added delve or harvest I mean |
| 7726s | the like the the the tombs in the |
| 7728s | cemeteries are a huge system |
| 7737s | [Music] |
| 7741s | uh uh more character slots when I'm not |
| 7746s | sure um I know there was some backend |
| 7748s | stuff that had to happen for that but we |
| 7750s | are uh we are looking at more um I I I |
| 7753s | think the the plan is to increase the |
| 7755s | slots um I saw a post someone was like |
| 7758s | instead of increasing the slots you made |
| 7759s | the you had the Mastery re uh resp |
| 7762s | completely unrelated in every way just |
| 7764s | squash that one right away not even a |
| 7766s | little bit of the consideration |
| 7768s | whatsoever |
| 7770s | um that would be chuckle when I saw it I |
| 7773s | just want to mention as well so um March |
| 7775s | if you didn't hear at the start all of |
| 7778s | um all of March Dev streams are going to |
| 7781s | be replaced with um podcasts that are |
| 7785s | hosted by um various uh arpg streamers |
| 7789s | and YouTubers and wonderful people that |
| 7791s | want to ask us questions that uh will |
| 7794s | make us make us think and we're going to |
| 7796s | be revealing a whole bunch of stuff |
| 7798s | about about the game in each one of |
| 7799s | those we've got specific topics for each |
| 7801s | one of like stuff we're going to reveal |
| 7802s | so there's going to be big new content |
| 7803s | reveals and all of those |
| 7806s | um the uh so the um March 7th is Max |
| 7810s | roll with Rax and ziz um March 14th is |
| 7815s | uh gazzy and frosty March 21st is TKA of |
| 7818s | try and March 28th is Aaron |
| 7822s | and so we will be um I'm pretty sure |
| 7825s | they're all being hosted on their |
| 7826s | individual channels but we'll have um |
| 7829s | like game directors creative directors |
| 7833s | um and and |
| 7835s | uh whole whole bunch of uh very high |
| 7839s | high tier people at uh ehg are going to |
| 7842s | be going on those and I'll be I'll be |
| 7844s | there as a supporter as well um for for |
| 7847s | some of them and yeah so we're going to |
| 7849s | have um several big uh big podcast |
| 7852s | throughout March so if you're interested |
| 7853s | in learning more about stuff uh that is |
| 7855s | a going to be a great source of info and |
| 7858s | if you want to get questions answered by |
| 7860s | um people other than just me um submit |
| 7863s | questions to those streamers and they'll |
| 7866s | be able to to ask us as well and I know |
| 7867s | they've got lots of people you you |
| 7869s | probably everyone watching this is like |
| 7871s | yes we know all of those people Mike uh |
| 7873s | all right before that uh how has the |
| 7876s | team tried to keep multiplayer at the |
| 7878s | Forefront of this upcoming update um I |
| 7881s | mean multiplayer is one of those things |
| 7883s | that |
| 7885s | we've as the game just improves |
| 7887s | multiplayer is going to improve with it |
| 7890s | um we haven't made any multiplayer |
| 7892s | specific content but we have really |
| 7894s | tried to make it so that the multiplayer |
| 7896s | feels and flows better so the |
| 7898s | multiplayer plays like like you should |
| 7901s | feel like you are playing a single |
| 7903s | player game from a from a smoothness |
| 7906s | standpoint playing multiplayer like you |
| 7908s | should feel like um everything's very |
| 7911s | natural and normal and that you're |
| 7913s | playing like local side by side that |
| 7915s | sort of thing so like we've been we've |
| 7916s | been working on um performance and |
| 7921s | stability uh can we have themed tabs |
| 7925s | just like Poe |
| 7927s | um so we are adding some theme tabs to |
| 7930s | the inventory itself so they'll go |
| 7932s | they'll go right in the inventory um |
| 7935s | they'll be tabs right along your |
| 7936s | inventory here and they'll um they'll |
| 7939s | have various themes to them and things |
| 7940s | that will go into them automat you won't |
| 7942s | have to move them there they'll just go |
| 7943s | there immediately from right from pickup |
| 7945s | if you've got the setting an options and |
| 7946s | settings to |
| 7948s | take |
| 7952s | um uh hi Mike any plan to add a werewolf |
| 7956s | form or a uh |
| 7958s | game to uh where will form oh to the |
| 7961s | game or swarm blade is covering that |
| 7965s | spot I don't know what that word is |
| 7967s | supposed to be um swarm blade was uh the |
| 7971s | instead of werewolf when we initially |
| 7973s | made it I think it's possible that we'll |
| 7975s | see a I think it's more likely that we |
| 7977s | would see a a reskin of one of them |
| 7981s | through Cosmetics to werewolf like like |
| 7983s | wherever becomes werewolf I think that's |
| 7985s | more likely to happen than a new skill |
| 7987s | for werewolf I think we'd see a |
| 7989s | different transformation that was more |
| 7990s | mechanically unique first but maybe not |
| 7992s | who |
| 7994s | knows uh any chance to make crafting |
| 7997s | materials to get Auto picked up with |
| 7999s | money and move to crafting mats uh |
| 8001s | inventory instead of your base inventory |
| 8003s | be nice quality Life Update half of that |
| 8005s | yes which I just talked about they will |
| 8006s | go directly to your um inventory your |
| 8009s | crafting inventory window um hi Cassie |
| 8012s | melstrom with the stacking skill Talent |
| 8015s | makes it annoying to constantly look |
| 8016s | bottom left on the Buffs if I have all |
| 8019s | three stacks I cast it again it |
| 8020s | distracts heavily from the gameplay are |
| 8021s | their plans to improve this |
| 8023s | yes uh can you show wasy movement I |
| 8026s | cannot I'm sorry uh the the the only |
| 8028s | wasd movement clips that I can improve |
| 8031s | to share are the ones that are uh in the |
| 8035s | uh in the |
| 8040s | trailer oh here we go we're almost |
| 8044s | there |
| 8048s | oh uh because sets will be desirable in |
| 8053s | season 2 are there any changes to the |
| 8055s | suf set drop rank |
| 8059s | coming this is one of those I don't know |
| 8061s | if we've release that if we did this |
| 8062s | when we did the 1.1 refresh or |
| 8070s | not I'm going to say |
| 8080s | no yeah uh K yes I we we we moved it |
| 8085s | previously so we have moved it like if |
| 8087s | you haven't played in a while it has |
| 8089s | been moved recently um but if if you're |
| 8092s | actively playing now I think it's |
| 8093s | staying where it is |
| 8095s | now um I was level 100 in Hardcore |
| 8099s | Season 1 and died to a one shot that was |
| 8101s | endless wave mode around wave 300ish |
| 8104s | died with a one shot meteor while taking |
| 8105s | zero damage in all previous waves those |
| 8107s | effects getting toned down um I think |
| 8110s | the important thing is that the um |
| 8114s | visual Clarity is getting toned up um so |
| 8117s | you should like giving players the |
| 8119s | opportunity for there's always going to |
| 8121s | be a point where um especially builds |
| 8125s | that have really high |
| 8127s | recovery uh where you'll end up you'll |
| 8130s | end up getting one shot by something |
| 8131s | with with an endless scaling system |
| 8133s | there's kind of just going to be that |
| 8134s | Tipping Point where you just you just |
| 8136s | can't keep up anymore and there's going |
| 8137s | to be one big hit that kills you and I |
| 8139s | think that's a symptom of an endless |
| 8140s | scaling system in general which the |
| 8143s | arena um literally is that uh and |
| 8148s | so I I don't think that the damage of |
| 8151s | the effects getting toned down is the |
| 8152s | important part but rather the um cuz |
| 8156s | there's there's different things that |
| 8156s | are dangerous to different characters so |
| 8159s | um if you have a lower recovery rate um |
| 8163s | but a higher like uh one shot defense |
| 8166s | rate you'll end up dying more likely to |
| 8170s | like a Thousand Cuts than one big hit |
| 8175s | and um so sometimes it can it can be |
| 8177s | like well this is this is this this one |
| 8180s | side is completely um not dangerous and |
| 8182s | there's this other thing that's crazy op |
| 8184s | and it just kills you every time and it |
| 8185s | kill it must kill everyone every time |
| 8187s | and um if one's style of defensive mode |
| 8190s | on a character is completely dominant |
| 8192s | for all characters then yes it does end |
| 8194s | up being that way we do try and um one |
| 8196s | thing we are trying to do is balance the |
| 8197s | defensive system so that there are |
| 8199s | different options that have different |
| 8200s | strengths and weaknesses and you can try |
| 8203s | to shore up those uh weaknesses by |
| 8205s | dipping into some other defensive |
| 8207s | options um and we're trying to get more |
| 8209s | Avenues to do that as well the |
| 8212s | uh the big thing though which I |
| 8213s | mentioned at the top of this was the |
| 8214s | clarity so have being able to see more |
| 8217s | clearly when that's happening and um |
| 8220s | when it's coming in and cuz I I I know |
| 8222s | exactly the enemy you're talking about |
| 8224s | um so we did we did reduce the range on |
| 8226s | them so they can't shoot you from as far |
| 8227s | away um and I think we also increased |
| 8230s | the variability on the timing for it so |
| 8233s | you less um with with what's live right |
| 8237s | now I think you'll frequently end up in |
| 8238s | a situation where you get hit by like |
| 8240s | four of them all the exact same time and |
| 8242s | it looks like a one shot but it was |
| 8243s | actually a four shot but because they |
| 8245s | just like all land at the exact same |
| 8247s | time it effectively is they work |
| 8249s | together in Perfect Harmony it's the |
| 8250s | same reason why I don't if any remember |
| 8251s | this like the first time I ever went to |
| 8253s | a Battlegrounds in WoW uh this this one |
| 8256s | Shaman walked up to me and just like one |
| 8257s | shot me with a lightning blast and it |
| 8259s | was like what just happened and I |
| 8260s | learned later on that it was actually |
| 8261s | Four Shaman stacked directly on top of |
| 8263s | each other being multi booxed and it's |
| 8265s | it's actually four hits type thing so |
| 8267s | it's um that can happen as well and we |
| 8269s | are um we've done something to stagger |
| 8271s | the those so they're a little bit less |
| 8272s | um all at once |
| 8274s | see um and and a little bit shorter |
| 8276s | range so you can see them and interact |
| 8278s | with them as they're going as |
| 8279s | well uh have you ever had your phone |
| 8281s | blow up Midstream with fellow Dev saying |
| 8284s | Mike no stop talking about this um I |
| 8286s | turned like all my notifications off |
| 8288s | pretty well um and and I've got |
| 8292s | Kane uh on on a screen just just over |
| 8295s | here uh that that shows me that I if I |
| 8297s | start saying bad things he's he |
| 8300s | interrupt me a couple times I'm usually |
| 8302s | pretty good about it um or I just talk |
| 8304s | fast enough that you know it gets out |
| 8306s | and there's like well Cat's out of the |
| 8307s | bag there hasn't been any huge problems |
| 8310s | though I don't think um and that's all |
| 8313s | the questions I have here I think we |
| 8314s | stopped taking questions I probably |
| 8315s | should have said this I think we stopped |
| 8316s | taking questions when we hit the time |
| 8318s | Mark um but if there's anything that's |
| 8321s | like really important that I've missed I |
| 8324s | could be con convinced to answer one |
| 8326s | more |
| 8329s | question when will when will we know who |
| 8330s | the moral Emperor is I'm dying um you |
| 8335s | will not find out who the immortal |
| 8337s | Emperor is in season |
| 8341s | 2 has the sentinel's overall damage |
| 8344s | power being nerfed with a volatile |
| 8345s | reversal and others skill tree overhauls |
| 8347s | no I believe it's been buffed |
| 8354s | overall all |
| 8356s | right Mike's answer is |
| 8359s | accurate all right right that'll do it |
| 8363s | for me I had a I I think this is a great |
| 8366s | stream let's let's try and bring |
| 8369s | up let's try let's try and bring some |
| 8371s | stuff up |
| 8377s | here |
| 8380s | timeline shrink this a little |
| 8383s | bit so I'm I'm trying to do this when I |
| 8385s | up a bunch of them get them all screen |
| 8386s | at it's hard to see them all at once |
| 8388s | though go little bit of everything that |
| 8390s | we've shown this this stream um I hope |
| 8393s | you had fun I know I did I'll be back |
| 8398s | um same time different place next week |
| 8403s | um with uh some other lovely faces doing |
| 8406s | a |
| 8407s | podcast um yeah we'll we'll be back |
| 8412s | we're going to have uh we're going to |
| 8413s | have lots of new stuff coming um |
| 8417s | there'll be there'll be uh Dev blog |
| 8419s | posts second half of March will be the |
| 8422s | the F the concentration of that it'll be |
| 8425s | um we we'll try and get more teasers out |
| 8426s | things like that you know we're trying |
| 8428s | to get as much information out as it |
| 8429s | comes uh there's still a few things |
| 8431s | we're trying to slap in at the last |
| 8432s | second here |
| 8434s | uh I hope you all have a wonderful time |
| 8436s | with this patch I'm really excited about |
| 8438s | it I think this is going to be I think |
| 8439s | this is going to be one of if not the |
| 8441s | biggest one we've ever done it's |
| 8445s | like as far as endgame content I think |
| 8447s | this is the biggest endgame content |
| 8449s | release we've done yeah I'm really |
| 8453s | excited thanks for stopping by |
| 8457s | everybody let's go say hi to |
| 8460s | someone oh here we |
| 8463s | go I haven't seen you online in a |
| 8468s | while well at least not while I've been |
| 8471s | finishing |
| 8473s | [Music] |
| 8477s | stream and if you're listening I'm sorry |
| 8479s | that I haven't got that document |
| 8481s | feedback to you yet but I'm working on |
| 8483s | it I promise I just got to finish this |
| 8485s | feature first bye everybody |