Last Epoch Q&A Dev Stream

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32s	[Music]
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

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