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239s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
241s	back to another last Epoch Dev
244s	stream as usual I'm your host Mike hi
248s	how's it going everybody great to see
253s	you we're hanging out we're going to
255s	play some last epac we're going to
256s	answer some of your questions we're
257s	going to have a wonderful
259s	time if this is your first time here
261s	welcome glad to have you with us we
263s	stream for
264s	charity that's the Charity B my head uh
267s	if you have any questions please ask
269s	them in the chat and and uh put at last
271s	OT game in front of there and I will
273s	know it
274s	is from you for me that's right that's
279s	about it
282s	Spiel I I'll tell you right at the top
284s	of this we uh I do want to happy to say
288s	we've got the return of stream
294s	leaks I got a couple little things for
296s	you later we'll see we'll see how that
298s	goes I I'm a little bit a little bit
301s	lighter of a stream a little not a lot
304s	going on right now you know I'm just
305s	hanging out having some fun decided I'd
307s	start a new character and it definitely
308s	does not have anything to do with me
309s	being unable to log into my main right
311s	now because of some uh testing I was
314s	doing that caused problems yep
315s	definitely definitely nothing like
320s	that so we're level of Beast Master I
323s	I'm Go Beast Master maybe we'll do a
324s	poll and uh you guys can pick what what
327s	Mastery I
328s	pick that does just mean on up
331s	Shaman the last like three prime lists
333s	on stream have been Shaman CU I've done
334s	that everyone's like see how terrible it
336s	is so you can feel our pain and you'll
338s	buff it I'm like that's not how this
340s	works that's okay happy weekend a happy
344s	weekend
347s	indeed hey uh MC fluffin haven't seen
351s	you a little bit or I haven't talked to
353s	you personally in a little bit but uh
354s	it's good to see you here and welcome
356s	everyone on your
357s	stream
358s	and and and also thanks for the sub
361s	andario 36 months from both that's three
363s	years we had we have people in the three
365s	years Club is that are are you guys the
367s	first ones that's
372s	incredible that's really
377s	cool thank you very much guys that's
380s	that's that's that's that's
384s	neat do we grab the
388s	boots least they help they help you run
390s	faster
403s	right okay oh Paul yeah um Let's do
407s	let's let's um let's do right to the top
410s	and I'll and I'll I'll build the whole
411s	character with that in mind let's do a
413s	poll which three three options um
416s	Beastmaster Druid or Shaman
428s	and coget it's like it's like tree with
432s	like big cogs that is thank you for the
434s	sub appreciate
437s	it
439s	yeah works for
442s	me all right let's get some questions in
445s	here uh hi I really love you all thanks
448s	buddy uh any long-term ideas on how
451s	Cycles will be handled between online
453s	and offline will each cycle content be
455s	available to fully offline players as
457s	well or will there be online exclusive
459s	stuff like items or content um are uh
463s	1.1 at least so I can really give finite
467s	information like like like firm
469s	information
471s	on um just
473s	because you know things can change over
476s	time but 1.1 at least there's nothing
478s	that's going to be uh as far as I know
480s	nothing that's going to be like online
482s	specific um for the for the patch so you
484s	should you should get everything offline
485s	at the same time you should roll it all
487s	together um like you want have there's
490s	no delay there's no wait there's nothing
491s	like that
496s	yeah
500s	gr let me watch you
504s	fight you like the way I fight do you I
508s	guess I should I should we should let
509s	the pole before I even picked the first
511s	ones here I can always redo it I can
513s	always redo it there a poll running guys
515s	there's only four votes in the poll
516s	what's going
519s	on only four people here
526s	right uh but with with regards to like
528s	online offline stuff it's I could see it
529s	being possible like I I think it's more
531s	likely that we would do cycle Legacy
533s	split stuff than online offline split
535s	stuff
537s	um but you know both both are possible
539s	depending on you know how things go in
540s	the future but 1.1 at least is uh I'm
544s	pretty sure it's just a simultaneous
545s	roll out across the
547s	board uh show everyone how to get the
551s	boots got you got to actually equip them
553s	to get the
556s	boots I I I got the boots without
558s	reading that comment so same page
562s	nice hope you're not hope you're not
564s	seeding your uh your bingo card there
568s	though that that would be just just just
572s	just I I want to think about
578s	that uh Raptor beastmas yeah I I would
581s	do Raptor
583s	Beastmaster looks like looks like Beast
585s	Master is winning I'd be pumped about
586s	Raptor Beast Master that' be
588s	sweet be squirrel BM H the bees the bees
591s	are hard to get I don't have uh and the
593s	squirrels those both item dependent that
595s	I don't have either of those
597s	items my like my my cycle live online
601s	play is basically limited to what you've
603s	seen on stream there like a tiny little
605s	bit that
610s	wasn't I'll leave my bingo here I think
613s	I think I'm just going to ignore that
614s	one just on principle because it's uh it
616s	is calling the Bingo out
622s	directly uh anything you can tell us
624s	about lfg system coming hopefully in the
626s	near future um so I don't think there's
628s	anything that's scheduled for 1.1 with
630s	like an lfg
632s	system um wait till this P
639s	um going we're going down for the Wolves
643s	first
646s	uh I do really like just getting that
650s	resistance right out of the
653s	gate foot is super itchy right now
662s	you know what let just get some
666s	health I'm always I'm always struggling
668s	for health in end
670s	game always the way it
673s	is uh lfg systems I end the ilk oh heavy
679s	35 months congrats thank you very much
682s	it's a big that's a big one next next
684s	month three
687s	years glad to have you with us here
690s	um lfg system future yeah the
694s	uh I I don't have any details on it I
697s	don't know what's what's happening or
698s	what the plans are regarding with that
699s	type of system at all at the moment
703s	um so sorry I'd love to have
708s	one I know a lot of people got confused
710s	whenever we would like make comments
712s	about like matchmaking servers and
713s	matching services and systems and things
715s	like that that we were talking about an
717s	lfg system but we're actually just
719s	talking about the way that they the term
721s	that we use for whenever you find a
723s	server it's like matchmaking you with
725s	the
727s	server not you with other
730s	players uh any plans to make overall mob
733s	damage a a bit less spiky currently it
736s	feels like you are either staying at
738s	full health or getting deleted in one
739s	shot I feel like an in between is
741s	missing namely a more gradual curve to
743s	damage that gives you some time to react
746s	and adjust also do tick damage feels
748s	really fast is this intended do Tick's
750s	um the the the tick rate is intended to
752s	be really fast so that it feels smooth
754s	so it doesn't feel like it's like chunk
755s	chunk chunk we want it to be more like a
758s	hey you're standing in Fire and you are
760s	constantly burning um that that that
763s	should be a a damage over time not like
766s	a chunk every X seconds
770s	um as for the spiky comment on damage I
773s	mean it's it's definitely difficult to
776s	have it scale smooth like that um the
779s	outlining the the damage numbers that
782s	are a little spiky become a lot spiky
784s	when when you get um big scales on on
787s	the damage rates um I just realized I'm
791s	wearing the veterans Booth I'm like why
792s	am I just melting here the
796s	boots we're playing in hard
799s	mode I should have played
804s	hardcore
806s	um well done we're almost there
810s	I'll see you
812s	ahead uh I I see I see this like the
815s	damage is too spiky feedback sometimes
818s	and because it's not the first time I've
818s	seen this feedback um and usually not
822s	always but usually when I see it it is
825s	in context of pretty freakishly High
829s	corruption um and it does it does get
832s	that that point where the like the high
835s	like the super high damage gets like the
837s	the gap between like the mid damage
839s	range of ities and the super high in
840s	damage range abilities that are incoming
842s	become like widens because it's
843s	percentage based increases um and so you
847s	end up with um the damage getting
849s	spikier as you get into higher
851s	corruption
854s	impossible so you're in that like 5 6
856s	700 corruption th000 2,000 corruption
858s	it's going to get crazy spiky that's
860s	just going to happen naturally I don't
861s	know I don't know what we could do about
863s	that there probably something we can do
864s	though
874s	all right is there any development plans
875s	for us uh defective color blind
878s	defective just color blind it's the
881s	difference
882s	um yes we do have plans yeah our CF here
890s	you science love it
894s	um leveling gear
900s	we got some
902s	stuff see we can find some things
907s	though is the veteran boots
912s	again oh yeah let's get that spear
922s	in uh trying to scan really quickly for
924s	just anything we can
928s	use not really much should have
931s	organized
941s	better some
943s	stuff better than nothing
948s	woohoo yeah we got color blind plans
952s	um there's several types of
955s	accessibility options that we are um
960s	lagging behind in unfortunately um but
963s	we are we are working on
966s	that hello hi are there going to be
969s	leaderboards for legacy are they going
971s	to limited to cycle only I think our
972s	current plans are cycle only
982s	um uh I could see us adding some sort of
987s	um will not die
991s	here uh I I I don't know the plan right
994s	now is Legacy
996s	only all right will bought online MTX
999s	skins ever be ever be available offline
1002s	technical issue that prevents the them
1004s	currently um there's not any I don't
1007s	think there's any actual technical
1008s	limitation that that prevents them from
1010s	happening um other than like well like
1012s	pure offline is pure offline so it never
1014s	goes online to check if you own anything
1020s	because it never communicates with our
1021s	servers um so there's there's that
1023s	limitation on like pure offline stuff
1030s	um but for the like when you just play
1032s	an offline character when you are like
1033s	signed into the game account um I don't
1036s	think there's any technical limitations
1047s	there does that mean you are looking at
1049s	the bingo card and avoiding items no I'm
1052s	not looking at the bingo card I haven't
1053s	seen it I intentionally don't look at it
1054s	until I see it I usually see it right at
1056s	the end of the recap uh video that Aon
1059s	does
1062s	um I just there was there was a a
1065s	question that said like maybe it was
1066s	yours I don't know that it said like
1068s	just for the for the bingo card and it
1070s	had like a bunch of like rapid fire
1071s	questions that we get pretty frequently
1074s	that's
1076s	all I felt it would it would uh uh go
1080s	against the spirit of playing a game
1081s	like that so I didn't want to ruin the
1084s	suspense I'm I'm I believe in you
1089s	anyways uh you guys working on the
1091s	clickthrough oh looks Beast Master has
1093s	won with 45% of the boats okay we're
1095s	going Beast Master
1098s	good uh sounds
1101s	great looking forward to I think Beast
1103s	Master is going to go swipe then instead
1115s	uh are you guys working on the
1117s	clickthrough bug where I can click on
1119s	the player behind the screen um I don't
1121s	have any information on the status of
1123s	any sort of bugs here um I'm not
1126s	personally working on that right now
1127s	myself other people might I don't
1133s	know oh no
1146s	oh thought I could push
1153s	it
1154s	okay um next question
1173s	uh would there be any chance to add a
1175s	beast encyclopedia into the game yeah a
1177s	bestiary um I ask because of prophecies
1180s	and people being unsure where mob what
1182s	mobs look like or where they spawn yeah
1185s	that's um we've we've we've had a best
1187s	are on the list for since long before
1190s	prophecies were even a thing um I i' say
1193s	there's a very high chance of us adding
1194s	one in eventually um it's kind of an
1196s	extension of the game guide in some way
1200s	um it it is something that we would
1202s	really like to do you know it's just
1204s	just
1210s	good These Guys these little guys the
1214s	the the I don't even know what they're
1215s	called quill
1217s	Hogs oh quill Hogs they're called quill
1219s	Hogs okay just describing
1223s	them somewhere in my head I know that
1225s	name okay those things they remind me a
1227s	lot of you remember in uh Diablo II act
1232s	5 um you're you you set off up the
1235s	mountain and there's those guys that
1237s	like they put their hands in the ground
1239s	and like a little like trail goes along
1241s	and it goes like and little spikes
1243s	appear underneath you they remind me of
1245s	those for some
1252s	reason all right got to ask any news on
1254s	the new season I'm like same news as
1256s	always um it's going to be roughly 3 to
1259s	four months from when we launched um
1264s	1.0 we'll
1266s	be um putting lots of awesome stuff in
1270s	it it's going to be focused around a
1272s	pinnacle boss system uh it's going to be
1275s	great of
1277s	fun that's all we
1283s	got these boots make this so much harder
1287s	I don't think I've ever actually like
1288s	tried to like seriously level with the
1293s	boots
1295s	like uh no not shaping
1299s	Discovery fun fact Discovery runes do
1302s	not use Fortune
1303s	potential I say this like every time do
1316s	this oh that hel went from like bad is
1319s	just so
1324s	awful I might might take the boots off
1326s	cuz this is just so
1329s	slow we're going to take the boots
1334s	off oh just
1336s	embarrassing okay moving on how
1339s	complicated is it to update the engine
1341s	to a new version to possibly Implement
1343s	FSR and dlss for example extremely hard
1346s	we've been working on it for months and
1347s	months and months and months and months
1348s	and month months and we are
1352s	um uh we're the process is still going
1358s	um we're
1361s	like start just just starting to like
1364s	get people loaded up with the new
1366s	version as like a testing thing in the
1367s	background while we still work on the
1368s	old
1369s	version uh just in the
1373s	background it's it's it takes a while
1375s	it's a very very long process um and
1378s	it's be a long time before we actually
1380s	have a version that's like ready to go
1384s	to to to have anything actually
1388s	like deliverable like like we to have a
1391s	version that we can actually build of uh
1393s	like a release candidate from it's going
1396s	to be a
1399s	while those boots on the other
1402s	hand jackpot
1426s	more questions Mike do it while you're
1429s	doing the
1430s	boss um any time frame on UI scaling it
1434s	is being worked on no ETA
1446s	those phoenixes do so much
1458s	damage come
1461s	on I know why it didn't work but come on
1478s	all right more
1480s	questions uh would Yi ever consider
1483s	adding rewards to the leaderboard say
1485s	something like 50 MTX coins for first
1486s	place the End season yeah um we would I
1489s	think there's uh this something I've
1491s	talked about before um I I personally
1493s	would really like to see a version where
1496s	um there are are are spec like specific
1498s	spefic rewards that you can work towards
1500s	on the on the ladder things that are
1502s	like
1505s	um like like specific rewards for
1508s	competing on the ladder and I'd like to
1513s	see this is just me personally what I
1515s	want to do I I have no idea what we're
1516s	going to do in this category at all but
1517s	this is this is how I I would Envision
1519s	it um is is having
1522s	these like a different currency that you
1524s	would earn from placing on the ladder
1527s	like first place getting a crap t ton of
1529s	them and like 100th place getting very
1530s	few of them
1533s	um but still like being able to work
1535s	towards some special ladder rewards even
1539s	if you're not like crushing the top 10
1542s	type thing um but being able to get them
1544s	much quicker if you are crushing the top
1555s	10 i' also I've always I've also uh
1558s	frequently thought in a system like this
1559s	where there where someone might be like
1562s	uh they work super duper hard for a
1563s	ladder spot and then they quit um like
1566s	knowing full well they're going to come
1567s	back next season but they're just like
1569s	okay I I played for hard for a month and
1572s	um you know I'm really happy with it and
1574s	I'm going to go play another game now
1575s	but in in the next like say two months
1577s	between before the next ladder season
1578s	starts the next cycle rotates and um
1581s	like some new builds discovered some new
1583s	techniques discovered and like their
1585s	their rank just gets crushed um but like
1589s	and then they like don't get any reward
1590s	for it even though they worked so hard
1591s	when it like was like more arguably like
1594s	difficult or important or so I'd really
1597s	like to see a like this is all just like
1599s	hypothetical gamer mic talking not
1602s	developer mic talking I'd really like to
1604s	see a like a cash out system where like
1606s	maybe you're like third and you're like
1609s	I'm never going to get any higher than
1610s	this I'm going to take my reward and you
1612s	can like cash out at third um maybe it's
1615s	like a minimum like a month after the
1617s	cycle starts or something like I I don't
1618s	I don't know and and that way you get
1620s	like less reward if you cash out early
1622s	so it's like if you cash out third place
1624s	you get the reward of 10th place or
1625s	something um but you're like guaranteed
1628s	that point and you don't have to worry
1629s	about getting like dropped down really
1631s	low I'd really like to see something
1632s	like that that's that's that's that's
1635s	Mike's wish
1636s	list which means nothing
1654s	I should probably actually use Gathering
1655s	storm because we are doing uh we have
1657s	elemental leech
1666s	here I should have made
1670s	a
1672s	um should have made this legendary on my
1674s	other character oh I can't access it
1676s	right of course
1682s	all righty
1687s	then most like lackluster already than
1694s	ever uh can I vote for a poison serpent
1697s	strike Beast Master just to keep with
1700s	the play stuff we think is underpowered
1702s	theme I mean I am using a spear right
1706s	now I I I'll consider it
1710s	I'll take I'll take that under
1714s	advisement might be
1727s	fun just crank the health
1737s	right uh any chance we can
1740s	disable pre 1.0 Echo
1748s	Maps
1751s	no like the layouts no the like they
1756s	there's there's no distinction on our
1764s	end I think I just want one point here
1766s	so I can heal my minions if I have to
1783s	here let's let's try
1793s	again you know it's
1797s	better somehow
1806s	ding level up ding level
1821s	up more
1823s	questions are there any classes that you
1825s	feel aren't meeting your intended design
1828s	goals on how they should
1832s	play not
1834s	really um like like we're talking like
1837s	mechanically Play I Think I'm Pretty I'm
1840s	personally I'm pretty happy with how
1841s	they all work you're here to help
1843s	protect the
1845s	drink carefully there's definitely room
1848s	for improvement on all of them um and
1850s	there's there's like this is Power
1852s	Balance as side there's for the most
1856s	part I think they're they're hitting the
1857s	like desired
1860s	um play fantasies for the most part I'd
1864s	really like I I think the one and I keep
1866s	this keeps coming up every week but the
1867s	one that I think I'd like the most to
1870s	feel a little different to play a little
1871s	different is is forg guard in the um
1876s	like the representation
1879s	of uh of of like creating versions of
1882s	your gear and having unique gear be
1884s	unique gear instead of just the like
1886s	base versions of them I think would be I
1888s	think I think it would be a lot of
1889s	fun to have more special effects and
1892s	weird interactions on those that's that
1894s	like that's that's what you stay for
1895s	right you stay for the like oh my god
1899s	when you have this like weird uh when
1902s	when you you can like equip uh like be
1906s	weapons and B gloves and uh make a
1909s	manifest armor that's going to summon a
1911s	be Army for itself for you and you know
1913s	like like something weird like
1917s	that tell you
1919s	let's get out of here first and then
1920s	I'll explain
1923s	more if you don't know
1939s	after what boots these boots these these
1942s	These Boots
1948s	they make you
1950s	bad they make you real
1956s	bad out of curiosity do you have white
1959s	squares when you open your teleport map
1961s	not there before your last update they
1963s	were there before the last update and
1964s	yes I do have and I also fixed them
1966s	yesterday for um a future build
1979s	that was a frustrating bug to to figure
1981s	out my
1983s	goodness required zero code changes in
1985s	the
1995s	end uh when Le adds a barbarian Mastery
1999s	uh thoughts on dual wielding two-handed
2001s	maybe you take more damage but are
2002s	slower some negative tradeoff um I'd
2004s	love to I I think that there's I think
2006s	there's a lot of thematic space face for
2010s	um there there's a whole balance and
2012s	technical side of this that makes it
2013s	quite difficult but I'd love to try it
2015s	still um but there is there is I think a
2018s	big thematic space for the like the yeah
2020s	that Barbarian class that like um that a
2024s	really really strong beefy like just
2028s	pure strength archetype I think is still
2031s	a little bit missing um like pure
2034s	strength archetype and um in in in the
2037s	sense like there there's no dual
2038s	wielding two-handers there's no dual
2040s	wielding Shields there's no two-handed
2042s	Shields you know there's there's some of
2043s	these like really large representations
2045s	of strength that in in in like a
2047s	character design and character archetype
2049s	that we don't really have access to
2056s	yet but yeah I think there's I think
2058s	there's we we we pretty intentionally
2060s	left some gaps in theming um we tried to
2064s	like cover as many broad archetypes as
2066s	possible um and lead to like really
2068s	really specific
2069s	individual um archetypes available for
2073s	us to like sneak some extra stuff in
2075s	there later um like there's no crossbows
2078s	in the game there's no fist weapons in
2079s	the game there's no um one-handed Spears
2082s	in the game there's no um dual building
2084s	two-handers you know there's there these
2086s	like pretty clear things you can find in
2087s	other games um that aren't like the
2090s	primary like sword and Bard is missing
2092s	it's not like daggers missing like the
2093s	bows are missing um you know like
2096s	there's some but there's there's
2098s	definitely some intentional gaps for
2100s	future expansions of
2104s	characters hi everyone Hi
2109s	Spike hey and we've got cuz I missed it
2111s	earlier I think I think these are muted
2115s	somehow open I'm just just death that's
2117s	fine ah TSU Kiko 420 thanks for the sub
2122s	appreciate it and Mr Ben diesel
2130s	I like
2132s	that thank you for the sub appreciate
2138s	it and Mech MGS 13 months in a row glad
2143s	to have you with
2145s	us hope you all are having
2151s	fun all right bit of a side topic I like
2155s	side topics here I'm in a rambly mood
2157s	today any plans on making a twitch
2159s	extension that shows the current
2161s	streamers gear skill setup yeah um
2166s	yes yes do do we have time to do this do
2170s	do we know uh when we're going to do
2172s	this at all
2174s	no um you know it's that's that's a
2177s	Sunday
2179s	feature uh will there be more items to
2182s	change wraith Lord to more damage types
2184s	like void um we don't have any plans for
2186s	it at the moment it's possible if you
2188s	have a suggestion head to the
2192s	forums
2195s	right uh that shouldn't matter if you
2198s	stop playing you stop playing yeah I I
2199s	so I I understand the like this is going
2202s	back to what I was saying about like
2203s	being like cash out your rank reward
2205s	spot I I agree um that
2207s	there's uh that the final rankings is
2211s	the like the most important
2213s	thing could use the map and um that's
2217s	kind of why I was suggesting like having
2218s	like a downranking version of the of
2219s	cashing out
2223s	early they're Pro they're probably like
2225s	this this is just me rambling and and
2227s	and chatting type thing so like there
2229s	probably would be you probably need to
2230s	have if we're going to explore this idea
2232s	there would probably need to be like um
2234s	a maximum rank that you could like cash
2236s	out at so like to the point where like
2239s	um maybe top 10 is the like even if
2241s	you're in first the high you can cash
2242s	out is 10 or something like that um I
2246s	don't know
2249s	if we're doing if we are going to go
2250s	serpent strike serpent strike's decks
2252s	isn't it is a decks
2255s	Attunement no it is strength decks
2261s	okay Point
2263s	strength
2267s	impossible there's no for the record
2269s	there are no plans to do any of those
2270s	things I was saying this is just like
2272s	Mike's wish list
2280s	all
2281s	right uh any chance of Rogues getting
2284s	one-handed crossbows hypothetically
2286s	speaking they be usable with a catalyst
2289s	um yeah uh we don't have any specific
2292s	plans for new item types new base item
2294s	types in 1.0 or 1.1 so there's no no no
2298s	hand crossbows coming sorry um I think
2301s	hand crossbows are are I on on the list
2304s	of um future future weapon types to
2309s	expand into I think that the implication
2312s	is that you don't because like it's a
2313s	hand cross you can You' be the
2314s	implication would be dual wieldable
2316s	probably with a talent point or
2317s	something um that you wouldn't need to
2321s	have um you wouldn't need to have a
2323s	specific thing in your offhand for it so
2325s	there's no like uh bow quiver type
2328s	allocation um maybe a crossbow would do
2331s	that but I think hand crossbows are
2333s	meant to be um self-contained in that
2336s	one one unit so if we did if we did in
2338s	the future add um something like that I
2341s	think it would likely be uh kind of wide
2344s	open for offhand options
2349s	um
2357s	yeah could just put Gathering storm in
2360s	until we get to serpent strike we're
2362s	going to do
2364s	that
2366s	sure uh let's just do attack speed for
2372s	now those unlock at way way way longer
2376s	range coming up oh my God I can't
2388s	wait don't even know what it does but
2390s	it's a ring with four AIX is on it
2398s	all right any idea if more work is going
2401s	into filters yes would like to see for
2404s	example option for no sound prompts for
2406s	exalted that don't make it up through
2407s	filter or option to turn on exalted
2411s	being shown on the mini map yeah we we
2412s	don't have the I know neither of those
2413s	things are coming but there is um uh
2417s	loot filter changes
2423s	coming
2425s	amulet another ring
2428s	take
2431s	those watching I've been watching Zelda
2436s	speedruns that's that's what that's
2437s	going from it's
2444s	funny comment if you know who it is I've
2447s	been watching from that line we take
2454s	those maybe other people say too
2464s	uh for the Future Would you rather see
2467s	new base classes and masteries added or
2469s	would you prefer additional new skills
2472s	added to the existing um from Dev and a
2475s	player perspective assuming this is one
2477s	of the other sit one or the other
2478s	situation if it was a one or the other
2480s	situation I would want to see new skills
2482s	added to the existing classes um which I
2484s	know might be a little uh
2486s	counterintuitive but I think that there
2489s	is
2491s	um I think there's a lot of really
2493s	interesting things that can go with the
2495s	things that already
2496s	exist
2498s	um and if if if we like were never
2501s	allowed to add a new Base Class
2505s	um or never allowed to like if it was if
2508s	it was you're never allowed to add a new
2509s	base class or you're never allowed to
2510s	add new skills to an existing class i'
2512s	I'd rather never add a new base class
2514s	because you can always kind of like make
2515s	new archetypes in existing class classes
2518s	but you can't update old archetypes if
2520s	you can't change
2528s	them but for the record we're doing both
2530s	so
2532s	hypothetical uh any plans on adding more
2534s	Echo tile set map types oh yeah
2537s	definitely yeah
2541s	um like most updates for the last like
2545s	year have come with with with new
2546s	updates to those so yeah yeah um
2548s	continuing to do so uh I I I say most of
2551s	them I'm like oh well I don't think 1.1
2553s	will have much um it might have a couple
2555s	but I don't think there's many there
2556s	we're spending most of the time 1.1 on
2559s	uh the Pinnacle boss
2565s	system two questions all right good
2568s	thing everybody only gets two just I'm
2571s	just kidding um any plans on refining
2576s	Merchants Guild uh the search inquiries
2579s	yes I hope they use the word right uh
2582s	yeah uh for players getting more
2584s	specific in what they want part two
2586s	workflow in regards to next cycle going
2588s	well yes it is that Pinnacle system
2590s	sounds exciting not going to lie part
2592s	three you lied I thought it was just a
2595s	two it's okay the first two were close
2598s	enough uh wait a part three ah yes
2600s	you've acknowledged it favorite master
2602s	class in why um my I I'm a sucker for a
2606s	rogue I love it that's why you see me
2607s	playing Rogue on stream so much um so so
2610s	like new is always better the the thing
2612s	I've been working on the most lately is
2614s	is falconer so Falconer gets the nod
2616s	from me right now
2619s	um uh although the the the tester
2622s	character that I've been running um for
2624s	for the Pinnacle stuff is is a
2625s	necromancer I'm having a ton of fun
2630s	there I'm quite excited to play this uh
2632s	this this Beast Master so
2637s	okay we're we're picking up work
2643s	right no
2647s	question there seemed to be a
2650s	discrepancy in number of skills per
2652s	class in subass yes that is true uh can
2655s	you confirm whether or not all classes
2657s	and subclasses will each have the same
2659s	number of skills I can uh I can they
2662s	will not um we originally set out uh to
2667s	have them all be the same and for 4
2670s	years we were we were operating and
2672s	designing new skills and and and
2674s	planning out the the skills we were
2676s	going to add with with a very strict
2679s	intention to basically Shaman's missing
2681s	one like this if if if Shaman had one
2684s	more skill here um actually it' be right
2687s	here the 35 level skill for Shaman if
2689s	Shaman if Shaman had a 35 level skill
2691s	Shaman would be the perfect
2692s	representation of our plan our launch
2695s	plans what they were four years ago for
2698s	or actually we changed them proba but
2700s	anyways um we wanted every class to have
2703s	the same number of skills uh and this
2706s	was the amount we were looking
2707s	for we actually were going to have one
2709s	more in these and we dropped these down
2712s	to five from six and um added four more
2716s	down here so it's actually one more
2717s	skill overall per class but it was
2719s	they're just distributed a little
2720s	differently so that was the shift I was
2721s	talking about but anyways um
2724s	the yes we we had planned them all to be
2726s	the exact same and we were kind of like
2728s	looking at the logistics of everything
2729s	and we're like if if we want them all to
2731s	be the exact same we're going to have to
2732s	like squish
2734s	in um a couple skills like Rog rogue's
2737s	got to have like four really low budget
2740s	skills that are just going to bring down
2742s	the quality and either be broken
2744s	overpowered or never get used cuz they
2746s	just didn't like come out right they
2747s	won't look very good and so we're like
2748s	that's that that's a terrible option and
2750s	then we're like okay do we remove skills
2752s	from other classes so they're the same
2753s	that's a terrible option and then we're
2755s	making Rune master and we're like
2758s	we need another skill for run Master
2760s	that's when frostclaw got created
2761s	frostclaw was originally a uh an
2763s	invocation a run Master invocation um
2766s	and it got moved into its own skill
2768s	because we needed that that spammable
2770s	lowc cost Early Access um cold
2773s	ability and um and we're like okay so
2778s	then then then Mage got an extra skill
2780s	on Base Class up here so Mage has this
2784s	like extra skill just hanging out up
2785s	here and there was no room Mage is a
2786s	full sweep swe plus one so we like
2789s	didn't like we can't take any of these
2791s	skills out we didn't want to take any of
2793s	these skills out um
2797s	and and and and we don't like now we
2800s	just added a whole other one to bring
2801s	everyone else up and it was just a mess
2802s	so we're like you know what one of the
2805s	main design pillars that we have for
2808s	last Epoch is uh class identity and um
2814s	having every class have the same number
2816s	of skills and the same distrib bution of
2818s	skills um homogenizes them to some
2820s	degree it's it's it's very minor it's
2823s	very minor and it's really not that big
2825s	of a deal but like if we're really going
2826s	to be pushing this class identity as one
2829s	of our design pillars like let's lean
2830s	into it let's have one of the things
2832s	that's unique about each class be the
2833s	just the number of skills on um and so
2836s	we kind of leaned into that a little bit
2837s	embraced it a little bit um so Mage now
2840s	does have the most skills and that is
2842s	intentional and um we don't have any
2845s	plans to specifically like uh change the
2848s	number of skills that Mage has or or
2851s	anyone else has just to try and make it
2855s	even having said all of that um this the
2859s	classes with less skills in general are
2862s	generally the ones that are um earlier
2865s	up
2866s	for uh new new skills to be added mostly
2869s	just because there's there's less
2872s	options there's more gaps there's new
2873s	things that we want to add in uh and
2875s	they just they have less skills there so
2877s	it is um you know it's easier to find
2880s	those
2882s	gaps what's going
2890s	on never
2892s	mind
2894s	sorry been testing 1.1 and something
2896s	that's coming 1.1 wasn't happening and
2898s	I'm
2899s	like thought that was here what is going
2901s	on no it's not I'm just an idiot it's
2904s	fine
2908s	no everything's okay I thought it was
2910s	going to be Falcon for a second I'm like
2912s	Kestrel this used to be called the
2914s	Falcon uh and when we added the falconer
2916s	and the Falcon we had to rename this to
2919s	a different
2921s	bird pris WS
2930s	So speaking
2932s	of let's head back to I must at once
2937s	all righty
2943s	then come for the mechanic stay for the
2945s	weird it should be a
2949s	tagline talk Talking of which do you uh
2952s	still have your train whistle
2957s	around I
2961s	do I love that thing it's so
2965s	simple all right can't wait for next
2967s	season me
2969s	too's
2971s	blessing prayers be with you I thank you
2974s	good
2978s	sir he's back he's been quiet you're
2984s	back sorry if you on to the storyline
2995s	properly all right for the ranking idea
2998s	some Middle Ground could be introduced
3000s	tiers for X days at certain ranks oh
3002s	that's cool I like that idea yeah I I
3004s	really like that idea
3007s	actually I think that solves a lot of
3009s	the problems with the uh original crap I
3012s	was spouting
3027s	and then like a bonus at the end so like
3028s	if you finish on top you get like a big
3030s	bonus but like if you spend a week at
3032s	rank one you get a bunch of points or
3033s	something I don't know like income from
3035s	it that' be weird I think it' be fun
3038s	though I think it be
3042s	good what we
3044s	got we're being we're being super just
3047s	like all right just just pick a pick a
3050s	item a green numers good right that's
3052s	how we're doing this
3060s	and we're we're not we're not reading
3061s	quests we're not paying
3069s	attention so
3080s	good did I and are
3083s	you cause a problem by leaving before it
3093s	triggered isn't
3095s	that did I Noe it's not that it's
3099s	this uh
3103s	shift cool that's how we fixed that
3112s	bug I did this this this is this is like
3115s	the prime example I am the most child
3117s	for why you should actually
3119s	read just
3124s	anything uh is this place not
3128s	embarrassing at
3129s	all uh let's get next question do you
3131s	plan on adding items that trigger its
3133s	own skills when equipped that trigger
3136s	its own skills when equipped you mean
3137s	like items that like add a skill like
3141s	that that give you another skill on your
3143s	bar and you can specialize in it cuz we
3145s	do have lots of skills that trigger lots
3147s	of items that trigger their own
3149s	abilities like for example there's
3152s	um like Dragon song uh triggers a fire
3156s	ability um you know there's there's
3159s	there's lots of them alivian triggers a
3161s	water ability I think um you know
3165s	there's there's yeah lots of stuff that
3166s	does
3173s	that uh it it would be nice to set two
3176s	aex ranges in the loot filter like show
3178s	X items with tiers X or seven and Y AES
3182s	and three oh yeah
3187s	um it's a little it's a little on the
3189s	granular side I
3192s	think probably a little too
3201s	granular considering we are encouraged
3204s	to repeatedly fight the shade of orbus
3205s	with all characters why are the main
3207s	rewards the ring built for damage type
3210s	it's barely used outside void Knight
3214s	um I mean
3217s	there's I don't think that the we expect
3223s	like uh how say this the PE even void
3227s	Knights aren't primarily getting their
3229s	gear from that one encounter it just
3231s	happens to have uh I think an overlap
3234s	with that um so I don't think it's that
3236s	that big of a deal really but it is you
3238s	do bring an interesting point like that
3239s	should bosses that are more frequently
3243s	expected to be um fought should they
3246s	have more generically useful
3249s	equipment debatable I don't
3262s	know all right this is more of a
3264s	business question I'll do my best but uh
3268s	um as a company isi seems committed to
3270s	not have paidway mechanics yes uh like
3272s	paying for stash pays and things like
3274s	that it may be the it may be the least
3277s	monetized arpg I've ever seen uh how
3279s	have you made that work what uh where
3282s	other companies haven't
3285s	um
3287s	uh I think we we we probably have so
3291s	like if we're going to compare ourselves
3292s	to the other RPGs that are like uh
3294s	really active right now
3297s	um and I think that a lot of them
3300s	are
3302s	um are built so like let's look at
3306s	Diablo 4 for a second compared to us um
3308s	as like company structures there's so
3311s	much more overhead that goes into um to
3315s	to Blizzard making Dia 4 than there is
3317s	for HG making Lok because like they have
3321s	this this gigantic office space and you
3323s	know all this overhead of stuff there
3325s	like we we everyone works from home uh
3327s	with lasto so like there's um there's a
3330s	lot less I guess like corporate overhead
3334s	that's uh for like payments and stuff
3336s	like that um and like there's
3339s	there's it's it's you end up with
3341s	different products you end up with
3342s	different games which is good and pretty
3345s	obvious thing to say I don't know why I
3346s	said it but um like yeah like we we I
3349s	think we just have less expenses really
3351s	um to pay
3353s	for uh on on that front and then like
3356s	you look at like us compared to Poe and
3358s	there's really not a lot of differences
3360s	there um the big difference being stash
3362s	tabs and stuff like that um and I think
3365s	the bulk of players who are playing Poe
3368s	end up spending probably a pretty
3369s	similar amount on stash tabs as um just
3372s	our base game price like that's probably
3374s	I I bet that's probably a pretty similar
3376s	number
3377s	um and so it's kind of like
3381s	the like this the the base Dash tab
3384s	bundle is sort of just like the sticker
3385s	price of the game I like some sometimes
3388s	that gets said I I don't know I don't
3390s	know if I think that's directly
3391s	equatable um but because like they are
3394s	free to play um there's there's a little
3396s	bit different monetization that happens
3398s	there but I don't think it's over the
3399s	top at all either um and then once again
3402s	they do have a lot more overhead than we
3403s	do as well because it's it is a
3407s	um like they have a proper studio and
3409s	everything we're just you know hang
3411s	everyone's hanging out at home still um
3414s	so know yeah I think it comes down to
3416s	like overhead a lot of the
3423s	timewell that box had a coming
3432s	not but you know like we and we do we do
3435s	try to make as good a product as we can
3437s	so people do want to buy it do want to
3438s	spend money on it because you know it is
3439s	a business and we do try and uh like
3442s	incentivize people to spend money
3443s	because by making a really good product
3445s	you know like that's
3447s	how every business works I guess I don't
3450s	know you make something people want to
3451s	buy and then you offer to sell it to
3453s	them that's that's how business works
3460s	right I
3462s	think shows how much I know about it's
3463s	good thing I'm just the
3467s	coder but yes we are very committed to
3470s	not having P win stuff and and I think a
3471s	lot of that just comes from
3474s	um you know a lot of us started out
3478s	as even like 10 years ago a lot of us
3481s	were like strict strictly Gamers and
3484s	didn't didn't have Dev experience really
3487s	even it's just 10 years
3489s	ago and and you know a lot of us did as
3492s	well so a lot of them
3502s	did but yeah coming from just like
3506s	from just playing games for the most
3509s	part you you kind of I guess get in the
3510s	mentality of like making a game of what
3513s	you want
3515s	yourself
3526s	first and I'm sure like there was a way
3530s	to have a successful business
3532s	for plan without charging any money
3535s	which is insane
3537s	um that would be cool
3539s	too I wouldn't hate
3550s	that yes that's me fumbling my way
3552s	through a business related question CU I
3554s	have no idea what I'm talking about uh
3555s	so let's move on to stuff I do know what
3557s	I'm talking about any chance to ease or
3559s	relax ban and suspensions I have some
3562s	friends that were banned permanently for
3563s	what they assume was rmt I think
3565s	permanent suspensions on uh a one-time
3567s	thing is kind of harsh SL excessive no
3572s	um the I I I don't know every situation
3576s	so I could be very wrong on this
3578s	situation um that that your specific
3581s	friends are experiencing and there there
3583s	could be some outlier cases all of the
3584s	bands that I've seen happen um what
3588s	brings you here that that that I've been
3590s	a part of identifying and uh and such
3594s	have um been been very
3599s	excessive
3601s	like very excessive the ones I've
3605s	seen I
3608s	uh um all yeah all all the ones I've
3611s	seen I have very little sympathy for to
3617s	the to the to the levels that it was
3619s	taken uh for for the bands that were
3621s	told out there was there there was we
3623s	have identified one this came up on
3626s	Reddit like uh a little while ago we we
3629s	did identify one false positive that
3631s	happened and the band did get reversed
3632s	so it is it is not impossible if if a
3635s	false positive does
3640s	happen so far I only know of one of
3642s	those this happened
3660s	I didn't expect it to either I was I was
3663s	I was pretty like going into that I'm
3664s	like there's no way this is real there's
3666s	no way it was actually a false
3667s	positive and and uh yeah it
3680s	was uh what other endgame ideas can you
3683s	possibly elaborate on other on than
3685s	Pinnacle bosses
3687s	um I mean we there's not really much
3688s	that's available that I can talk about
3691s	the a lot of the endgame development
3693s	that's coming is stuff that we're like
3695s	still it's a little bit of experimental
3697s	stuff that we're like we've got to
3699s	implement it we've got to test it to see
3700s	if it's fun and then we've got then we
3701s	got more work to do want it to like
3702s	flesh it out
3704s	and
3706s	um one mistake we've made in the past is
3709s	talking about potential upcoming endgame
3711s	systems uh and you know if if you go
3715s	back look at the kickstarter there's
3716s	like there's three endgame systems that
3717s	have names on that Kickstarter that
3719s	we've never
3720s	implemented
3724s	um only a little longer I I here here's
3727s	something I guess here here's one for
3729s	you one of those names we decided to
3733s	repurpose which tells you literally
3735s	nothing but we're using one of those
3736s	names
3737s	again as a different
3741s	thing for like this is quite a way out
3744s	next year
3753s	only a little
3757s	longer all right p boss is going to be
3760s	sweet
3762s	though I'm s for de but I get a real
3765s	kick out of looking back at some system
3767s	design/ implementations I've done uh
3770s	think that I I that done that I think
3773s	are particularly sweet is there anything
3775s	you're particular that you look back at
3777s	and think if yeah that was awesome I
3779s	mean it's it's all buried in the skill
3781s	systems for me personally um but yeah
3784s	there's there's lots of different um
3788s	skill interactions I think the uh the
3791s	Rune master has a lot of that in there
3792s	for me and and and all the new skills
3796s	stuff uh I I I look I look at fondly
3799s	with how it
3800s	works what go on then
3810s	you we thought the gods have long left
3815s	this world give me some Idols please
3817s	memory will give you comfort oh yeah
3820s	what
3822s	traveler that pretty good too actually
3826s	voice all right all right
3842s	throw it on the so I threw it on the
3846s	ground cuz I'm an
3857s	adult more
3861s	points yeah we'll go all the way to
3864s	serpent strike
3878s	talking about money more npx when my
3880s	credit card has big
3881s	itch um yeah we're uh I'm I'm sure
3884s	there'll be new some new um MPX stuff
3887s	with 1.1 um some new
3892s	Cosmetics yeah no nothing like I I don't
3896s	think there's any new bundle packs
3899s	coming I'm not sure on that one um but
3901s	I'm sure there'll be some individual MTX
3902s	stuff that'll
3903s	shop all right cycle seasonal player
3906s	activity drop off has been a Hot Topic
3909s	yeah uh recently have you guys perhaps
3912s	considered releasing cycle content in
3914s	phases perhaps dynamically for example
3916s	phase one may affect the content release
3918s	in phase two for ETC almost like a
3920s	choice driven titles if that makes any
3923s	sense like um
3926s	no I don't think we have the a big part
3929s	of it
3931s	is um leading up to and releasing a
3934s	large content
3936s	patch takes a lot of Dev time there's
3939s	there's a lot of things that um that
3942s	happen in the in the leadup to that and
3944s	in the aftermath of that which
3950s	um takes a lot of Dev time and the if we
3953s	add in as we add in more
3956s	um major releases we reduce the amount
3960s	of total stuff that can get
3963s	done um so if we if we went from say say
3966s	we were doing
3969s	um like uh let's let's say let's say
3973s	we're doing let's say we're doing three
3975s	release three major patches a year let's
3977s	let's just hypothetically say that
3978s	that's the number and then we um we
3982s	changed that and we're like okay instead
3983s	we're going to do uh we're do two stage
3985s	cycle every time and and release them
3987s	kind of like in a like a grouping
3989s	together as like a pair and we end up
3992s	with um six Cycles six cycles
3997s	per
4001s	um uh six cycles per thanks carve we end
4006s	up with six cycles per uh per year and
4011s	we've we've just doubled the amount of
4013s	like release Focus time that we have to
4016s	spend on on the game as a whole and so
4019s	those six Cycles a year are going to get
4021s	less content uh in total than the three
4025s	Cycles a year
4027s	would um and you're also going to see I
4029s	think um more complete systems that have
4034s	you know more uh more depth and and
4037s	better better integration with other
4039s	systems and more interesting
4041s	interactions and they just come out with
4043s	more polish as well and I I so I I think
4046s	that there's this Balancing Act between
4047s	how um frequently we release content uh
4051s	and how much content we can release
4052s	total that
4058s	um overall for the health of the game
4061s	long term is
4064s	um more what we're focused on than just
4067s	getting more people to play longer in
4070s	the short
4072s	term um cuz there also are there are a
4075s	lot of other uh there just a lot of
4077s	other games as well that people play on
4080s	on a cycle like the flip-flop back and
4081s	forth between and we sort of expected
4083s	that to happen and
4088s	um yeah it's the the the player counts
4092s	we're seeing right now are not
4093s	concerning to us at all if if that makes
4095s	you feel any better I think you'll see
4097s	probably a little bit um you know as as
4100s	we release more content and like so a
4102s	new cycle start so we've got like the
4103s	1.0 content and then 1. One content then
4106s	1.2 content 1.3 content and there's just
4108s	like there's like a little bit more
4109s	stuff a little bit more um fun things to
4112s	do in the game and they're probably
4114s	isn't 3 to four months worth of fun
4116s	stuff to do in the game for most most
4117s	people right now um but come but we
4121s	still need 3 to four months to release a
4123s	like a really
4125s	solid next cycle and uh in a little bit
4130s	more time more people will find more
4132s	content uh to it's actually fun and
4135s	engaging so we don't we don't want to we
4137s	don't want to stretch that play time
4138s	artificially we want people to um finish
4142s	playing last Epoch for like we want
4145s	people to like play last Epoch and set
4147s	it down for a few months and come back
4149s	later excited to play again because they
4152s	really had a lot of fun with what they
4153s	were doing um and we one one thing that
4157s	artificially inflating the time people
4158s	are playing could do is um maybe they
4162s	they like they stick around for a little
4164s	bit longer the play numbers look a
4165s	little bit better um but they don't
4168s	actually have as much fun while playing
4169s	the game and so when they do come back
4171s	or when they when they remember it um
4173s	they think back and like oh should I
4174s	play next cycle that sort of thing it's
4176s	it's less of a good memory and they're
4178s	they're less interested in coming back
4180s	so we' prefer people to um at least on
4182s	the short term anyways probably play a
4185s	like if we're if we had to pick between
4187s	we probably would pref prefer people to
4188s	play a little bit less now and be
4191s	excited to come back for the next cycle
4193s	then play a little bit more now and be
4194s	less interested in coming back for the
4195s	next cycle
4199s	um I mean perfect world people just have
4202s	a ton of fun and be then play a long
4204s	time and be super interested in coming
4205s	back no matter what but like if we had
4207s	to pick and and and every player's
4209s	different so like we're not just making
4210s	the game for one type of
4213s	player and so there's there's a big
4216s	balancing act that happens there
4243s	more questions Mike don't forget to
4245s	answer questions while you're playing
4247s	right thanks
4249s	Mike uh any chance oh gosh don't die
4254s	first first first goal
4263s	that be good uh any chance the dancing
4266s	strikes tree node Rhythm uh will be
4270s	looked into at some point there's issues
4272s	where sometimes it doesn't proc the
4274s	stack going up despite clearly hitting
4277s	uh this combined with it having such a
4278s	short duration makes it very unreliable
4281s	to keep it up um it's very possible that
4284s	someone could be looking at that that's
4285s	very possible could have already looked
4287s	at that at that um I don't know I don't
4290s	have any information on the status of
4293s	bugs currently um if you have not
4296s	reported that please go report it
4301s	um get to the list stop
4307s	him what go on
4311s	then goodby you get a
4314s	reward oh we taking off our bee
4320s	gloves do
4323s	poison we don't want any of
4343s	that stick here
4350s	impossible Gods be with
4356s	you I don't think we can get through
4358s	down there yet can we
4369s	stay I should click on it it would be
4372s	cool on the monom map screen if the
4374s	corruption tentacles slow covered the
4376s	screen the more you get eventually
4377s	almost covered except for the SS they do
4380s	they expand
4383s	outward can't go to it right now cuz I'm
4384s	not in there but yes the uh the the the
4387s	the design that's there it does it
4388s	starts small and then it reaches out
4390s	based on how much corruption you have
4393s	um it it Peaks I think at 300 maybe even
4397s	200
4411s	uh overhead is definitely part of the
4414s	equation but also there are no
4416s	shareholders right
4419s	now that's not true um as the is is not
4422s	a publicly traded company it's not
4424s	publicly traded but there are
4425s	shareholders you don't have to be
4426s	publicly traded to have
4428s	shareholders
4429s	um so you don't have to worry about
4432s	dividend and you don't and and just
4434s	having shares does doesn't necessarily
4436s	mean there's dividends
4438s	either
4444s	sorry yeah you you can have you can have
4446s	shareholders without being publicly
4447s	traded and you can have shareholders
4449s	without dividends
4454s	too all right has anyone uh found the
4457s	secret B level yet no one has found it
4459s	yet
4460s	no uh Hey last stream I watch I can't do
4463s	this there's no secret V level and I
4466s	know me wording it like that makes it
4467s	even
4474s	worse the the gem the uh the the the
4477s	chat gem in Diablo I uh when you're when
4481s	you're outside of a game where you're
4482s	like in the lobby and there's like the
4483s	chat gem right in the middle that you
4484s	can click and it like says in chat like
4485s	the gem has been activated
4489s	um I I love that I love that so much and
4493s	how many rumors came from that and how
4495s	many like like superstitions came from
4497s	that like you always activate chat
4498s	before going in for this type of run you
4499s	you never turn activate the chat gym for
4501s	going in this type of run and and
4504s	like it's it's
4507s	so silly uh the stuff that we come up
4510s	with for things like that that mean
4512s	literally nothing it just it's pretty
4518s	cool we we do if anyone doesn't know uh
4521s	I won't spoil it in case someone doesn't
4523s	want to know the truth but the the truth
4524s	is out there
4526s	uh for what that is that has been
4527s	spoiled officially by the person who did
4530s	it she she shared exactly when she did
4539s	it actually think her husband told us
4542s	when she did it but
4545s	yes tons of information on who it was
4548s	right
4551s	there uh all right
4555s	next
4558s	question hey last stream I watched there
4560s	was a hint at a secret no one found can
4562s	you elaborate law yes um that it was it
4565s	was found it was found really quickly
4567s	actually per per the pig uh made a video
4569s	of it
4572s	um it
4574s	was I I I he had previously done an
4577s	Easter egg video that like went into uh
4581s	like what what Easter eggs are in the
4582s	game that sort of stuff uh and um had
4586s	been researching that a ton and found
4588s	the voice lines in the files for the
4591s	Easter egg so he already knew kind of
4593s	what he was looking for which I think
4595s	made finding it a lot
4597s	easier
4599s	um and I think there was there was a
4602s	couple I think the H we gave kind of
4604s	push it over the edge to to help uh you
4607s	know push in the right direction sort of
4608s	thing and
4611s	um so what what it is is I because there
4614s	per Pi has a full video on this you can
4616s	see it in action um and I can explain it
4618s	all right now in full detail because it
4620s	has been spoiled so if you don't want to
4622s	know what this is and you want to try
4623s	and find it yourself um turn the stream
4625s	off now uh spoiler alert over um okay so
4630s	if at the uh lightless Arbor
4635s	dungeon just before the last Rim there
4638s	is a
4640s	spron who uh who you would have met
4642s	throughout that dungeon um and and they
4646s	are they'll they'll say something like
4648s	um like oh it sucks that I'm GNA die uh
4652s	or like maybe you can plant me somewhere
4654s	else type thing and gives you like a
4655s	little piece of themselves to plant like
4658s	Al Groot style
4661s	and um if you then after after you've
4664s	had that conversation if you then go to
4666s	the end of time uh just above the Respec
4670s	person the the the the big brain dude at
4673s	the bottom there's a little uh grassy
4675s	area at the base of some roots and you
4677s	can you just just just click in there
4680s	you can you don't have to click you can
4681s	just hold your mouse cursor down and
4682s	just like walk around in there a little
4683s	message will pop up and it's like you
4685s	planted the stick there
4688s	um and then if you can manage
4692s	to uh you can come
4694s	back
4696s	um this this is the hard part so it's
4698s	one of the clues I said was that the
4699s	second half is really really hard to do
4702s	online but super easy to do offline
4705s	here's why um the the second half
4709s	requires a fresh version of end of time
4711s	to load so in a fresh version of End
4713s	Time loads if the person loading it has
4715s	had the first part of this chain
4717s	completed a um the the sprig will have
4720s	grown and and NPC will be standing there
4723s	so in online if you want the if you want
4725s	that to actually spawn you have to um
4728s	the person who
4730s	creates uh who who like opens a new
4733s	communal End of Time hub has to have had
4736s	that um that that first part of that
4739s	Quest done so if you go to end of time
4741s	and there's someone already there or
4742s	it's or it's a version of End of Time
4744s	that already was was created by someone
4745s	else it won't spawn but if you can
4747s	somehow be the person to spawn a new end
4750s	of time basically just by warping in and
4751s	out of end of time over and over again
4754s	um eventually you will spawn the the the
4758s	spron standing there and you can talk to
4760s	it uh it's got a couple little little um
4762s	voice lines and dialogue stuff um now if
4765s	if you do in online if you do manage to
4767s	spawn that version um the spr is
4769s	actually there for everyone in the zone
4771s	so even people who haven't done the
4772s	quest get to see it um in offline
4774s	because you always make a new Zone every
4776s	time you enter it just works every time
4778s	so in offline you just got to leave and
4779s	come back in and it's
4792s	there also I I don't know I I kind of
4794s	scrubbed to the video parid and there
4796s	was some stuff about like getting like a
4797s	water Shrine and watering it um as far
4800s	as I know that's not part of it so sorry
4802s	if you need extra steps there
4808s	bud uh all right do you have any new
4813s	info about Forge guide and or boss for
4816s	it I do not have any new info about
4818s	Forge guide and to sorry
4829s	all right yeah I agree with the bands
4830s	for sure I just feel like permanent
4832s	bands the first Defenders offense are
4834s	kind of harsh never be able to play with
4836s	those friends again essentially seeing
4839s	as how evading bands I making another
4841s	account are also good cosos uh they
4843s	played for around a month and then got
4845s	permanently banned it def kind of feels
4847s	bad I I can understand that
4850s	um I I I don't really want to uh say
4854s	anything that might give give any hope
4855s	cuz I have no power in the in the in the
4858s	uh on the topic
4861s	um so I like my personal opinions on it
4865s	don't really matter when it comes to uh
4868s	what potentially could happen
4873s	there and and and like I I totally feel
4876s	where they're coming from it
4878s	is it it's a very difficult question to
4881s	answer about how harsh a punishment
4882s	should be for whatever action it is is
4890s	um and I and I don't have all the
4892s	details on what the actions were and all
4894s	that sort of stuff so it's it's really
4895s	hard to have
4898s	a conversation on on the
4902s	topic and and you know like I I think
4905s	there's a world where there are certain
4906s	levels of of and and not all bands um
4910s	are permanent as far as I know
4916s	I think the rmt stuff is pretty
4919s	permanent though I think that's the I
4920s	think that's one of the categories
4921s	that's kind of
4923s	like
4934s	no all right current position check in
4937s	1403 oh we're not that far
4940s	behind
4943s	1419 appreciate you k
4961s	ding all right you mentioned before that
4963s	beating corruption 300 is when you guys
4965s	considered a successful Bill given the
4967s	players learn mechanics does that mean a
4969s	build can beat 300 corruption can beat a
4971s	pinnacle boss I um I I def am not going
4975s	to tie uh the Pinnacle boss difficulty
4978s	to corruption right now at all I'm sorry
4981s	that is that is super not happening for
4982s	me uh right now um I I hope we will be
4987s	able to have some rough idea of that the
4991s	there there is a very large um at least
4995s	in the current version of it um there is
4997s	a very significant skill component to
5000s	the Pinnacle
5001s	boss
5003s	um even in a even in an incredibly
5006s	powerful build it is still
5019s	difficult like do we do we try and go
5021s	like I I could respect this a bit and go
5022s	like full minion damage to try and use
5024s	that but I kind of want to do half and
5026s	half with serpent
5028s	strike and it does count for strength so
5030s	we're going to do
5033s	there does the minion that spawns scale
5036s	off strength at
5043s	all I don't remember I thought it was
5045s	Dex thought it was like the one weird
5048s	like I'm a DEX Build
5065s	there it
5070s	is no it's too low it cuts off why is it
5072s	doing
5074s	that oh that is frustrating The Anchor
5077s	Point set
5078s	wrong
5081s	oh that is frustrating I know exactly
5084s	how to fix that okay uh but it does
5086s	scale strength so that's good which is
5087s	all we really care about
5093s	knowing it is as I
5100s	suspected I just want to make
5103s	sure I get mixed up sometimes on these
5109s	things the hardest part for me with
5111s	these is is keeping track in my head of
5114s	like how the game is now and how the
5116s	game is on the development side of
5118s	things there's so many times when I'm
5119s	playing on stream especially and like
5122s	I'll I'll go to like like okay I've got
5125s	this node in my head that I'm I'm going
5126s	to use that node and like I'll I'll be
5128s	building the tree out and I'll get there
5130s	and I'm like oh wait that interaction
5132s	doesn't exist yet what am I doing the
5135s	tree just looks so
5145s	janky and then I'm usually like don't
5146s	say anything they'll know it's coming
5154s	sometimes if you see me make horrible
5156s	mistakes in skill trees
5159s	spoilers or I just suck one of the
5161s	two all right when For the Love of All
5165s	that is good will I be able to reset all
5167s	my pants and points at
5169s	once I don't know I hope real
5175s	soon it is quite frustrating I
5181s	agree uh what do you it's not set up yet
5185s	play that
5186s	much um what do you think about forg
5188s	guard's skill that lets the player
5191s	combine the Manifest armor and Forge
5193s	weapon all Iron Man I mean yeah there's
5195s	there's some cool stuff there we kind of
5196s	already do like some touches on that
5200s	with the the weapon node that's in
5203s	manifest armor
5206s	um I think what what could be like what
5209s	like could be a really cool thing to do
5211s	and and this is not something that we're
5212s	doing um but I personally I would would
5214s	love to see more skill to- skill
5217s	interactions like um how cool would it
5220s	be I'm phrasing this way how cool would
5222s	it be if like manifest armor could like
5225s	cuz the the the Manifest weapons do have
5227s	a pretty limited duration the Manifest
5228s	armor sticks around so like if a
5230s	manifest armor could like go run up to
5233s	like pick up a manifest weapon and it
5235s	like doubl its duration and like uses it
5237s	as a weapon and then like it like
5238s	crumbles out of it hand and has to go
5240s	pick up another one I think that would
5241s	be really cool I think' be a lot of fun
5242s	I it's not something we're doing you
5244s	know like this the skill interactions we
5246s	have are pretty limited still um we we
5248s	do not have the tech for that but I
5249s	would love to have something like that
5250s	that sounds so cool to
5258s	me ter Grace be with you take care of
5262s	yourself wait what is this Forge action
5266s	let's explore it
5279s	yes the deeps are
5285s	mine uh you can just use tagging me
5288s	rather than use a message emphasis by
5290s	the way
5291s	yes oh sorry I missed that cuz it was
5293s	highlighted I ignored the highlighted
5295s	ones apparently I probably shouldn't do
5296s	that uh
5299s	sorry
5301s	um and I just uh already answered it so
5305s	great never
5309s	mind uh when is the next cycle I missed
5311s	the answer sorry if you answer this
5313s	before the next cycle will start roughly
5315s	3 to four months after February
5318s	21st
5320s	um that's that's our Our rough General
5323s	cycle duration is 3 to 4 months we don't
5326s	have any more specifics on that yet um
5329s	we do have an internal Target for it and
5332s	once we are confident in
5335s	uh that that release date and it's
5336s	getting a little closer we'll start um
5338s	you know having some more teasers and
5340s	having some more stuff that that
5342s	sprinkles in and more info and maybe get
5344s	a date in there eventually but yeah
5345s	right right now
5347s	um we are I think we're we're somewhere
5351s	in
5352s	the 1 to two month
5355s	range about about halfway through a
5357s	little more than halfway through I
5360s	think roughly is
5365s	uh one thing that bugged me was that
5368s	somewhere during the campaign certain
5370s	quests conversations stopped having
5371s	voiceovers any he plans to finish all of
5373s	them potentially use a gen AI going
5376s	forward to generate in all the
5378s	localizations since it's better since
5380s	it's getting better and better
5382s	um I don't think we have any plans to
5383s	use AI for something like that at the
5385s	moment
5386s	uh it's an interesting
5389s	proposition i' I'd be really concerned
5392s	we we've already had issues with
5393s	localization quality and I'd be really
5396s	concerned with using an automated system
5398s	like that to generate um content for
5401s	localization uh given that we've already
5403s	had quality issues with non
5405s	autogenerated stuff
5409s	um which which we are working to to to
5412s	remedy and improve on for sure as well
5421s	um but yeah I'm I'm hesitant but not
5425s	completely against I think would be my
5427s	my stance on
5433s	that U but yes we we are working we like
5436s	voice acting is is one of the main tasks
5438s	we have that we
5439s	keep adding to so yes we are doing more
5442s	voice acting work on the game still in
5452s	general guys what are you made of armor
5455s	or
5456s	something of the
5461s	ox yes it is possible to have
5463s	shareholders without being publicly
5465s	traded without a dividend but a publicly
5467s	traded company there is a financial
5468s	responsibility to the shareholders uh so
5471s	you still need a higher net earnings uh
5473s	so you can meet the shareholder demand
5475s	Microsoft did not pay a dividend until
5477s	2000s but up until their initial rate of
5480s	return was 30% so their responsibility
5482s	was met yes and you do even if you you
5484s	don't uh
5487s	um
5489s	have uh dividend payouts you do still
5494s	have a fiduciary responsibility to the
5497s	shareholders um so if
5502s	um if if like management decided to go
5505s	buy a fleet of
5507s	horses uh to to race each
5510s	other on um it it would be
5515s	uh it it'd have to answer to the
5516s	shareholders so there is still
5518s	some uh like basically as long as you're
5520s	not doing anything ridiculous and
5522s	completely out of the realm of of
5524s	realistic okay um you're you're
5528s	generally okay but there is still a
5530s	limit to that so you're not completely
5532s	cart blanched without um without those
5534s	shareholders and and and payouts and
5536s	dividends and all sort of
5539s	stuff
5542s	Godot watch over you
5544s	I guess all all I'm trying to say is
5546s	that like we do have a responsibility to
5548s	still make good business decisions right
5550s	now even without the like that that
5554s	pressure but I agree that there is more
5557s	pressure when it is publicly traded and
5559s	you have dividends so yeah like like
5560s	it's it's it's definitely a spectrum for
5562s	sure and we we're we're we're low on
5564s	that right now
5569s	um but we're not just straight
5572s	like whatever we want
5580s	and and and to to like the same extent I
5583s	think we have a responsibility to to all
5586s	of you who want like who who want to
5589s	play this game in 10 years you know like
5591s	in order for you to be able to play this
5593s	game in 10 years we have to make good
5595s	business decisions still
5607s	H went in too early I was trying to jump
5609s	in
5618s	there one thing that I think it's missed
5620s	a lot is so you fight um the the the
5623s	three panion students and they each have
5627s	similar like Elemental abilities that um
5631s	that Pion has so he's got this ability
5633s	that that creates like a lightning
5634s	bubble that one of the students has and
5637s	there's like the um the the cone of cold
5640s	type thing um that one of one of them
5643s	has and
5644s	like and then he puts uh like a void
5647s	Twist on a lot of them because he's been
5648s	fully corrupted by the void
5659s	himself what is rmt rmt is a real money
5662s	transaction
5664s	um it's basically paying money for
5668s	in-game things pay to win it's uh
5671s	usually done usually referred to rmt as
5675s	um third party rmt is sort of the
5678s	implied uh other half of rmt stuff
5682s	where people are like paying a a website
5686s	for gold
5690s	that's you fought well oh my goodness
5692s	there's only 30 minutes left in the
5693s	Stream how did that happen I brought
5696s	things and stuff okay let me show you
5699s	the stuff and the things that I brought
5700s	at least one of them sorry guys whoa oh
5704s	I've ruined
5710s	it I accidentally hit stretch to screen
5713s	instead of Center on
5715s	screen uh and it became CH
5720s	normous still pretty big uh here's a
5723s	thing about
5725s	not to be confused with a who's it a
5726s	what's
5732s	it oh serp strike we got serpent strike
5736s	that's right serp strike yeah Ser strike
5741s	our our experience timing is so perfect
5744s	here this is this is like the poster I
5746s	know you can't see me sorry I do know
5747s	it's still up there um this is like the
5750s	poster child for
5753s	um End of Time experience
5756s	scaling and
5762s	level put it down there for a second so
5764s	I I I just got my 20th passive point
5768s	which is the minimum amount of points
5769s	you need to put points here see requires
5771s	20 points in Primal space which is
5773s	something that like I don't know how we
5775s	can make that more clear but it's it's
5776s	there there anyways
5779s	um it was the exact number of passives I
5782s	need to start spending points in a
5784s	Mastery tree right as I unlock my
5786s	Mastery you've woke I I then close your
5792s	eyes and focus on going that you are
5797s	still you that strength will be
5800s	necessary if our world our reality is to
5804s	have any
5809s	hope let's
5811s	go got to get that spear equipped again
5823s	doesn't not be that spear necessarily
5824s	but we're doing it we're doing serpent
5825s	strike uh we're doing Raptor we are
5829s	respecing
5831s	everything going right back to square
5833s	one full full full sale
5838s	flip Raptor serpent strike does this
5842s	have poison I'm pretty sure it doesn't
5843s	have any poison in it
5845s	um we should do scorpion not Raptor for
5847s	doing poison it's okay we'll switch from
5849s	raptor to Scorpion or maybe we'll do
5850s	both um once we get there but for now
5854s	choose two
5858s	dots Rampage is just itself
5867s	right get that base damage
5869s	up uh we want we want to go up
5872s	here yeah there we go all
5878s	right why I thank
5881s	you we only play Bad builds
5887s	here
5890s	gretings I feel like there's like te
5893s	smile upon oh crap this is how little I
5896s	know there's uh there's like some sort
5898s	of like uh like Taylor Swift parody
5900s	about bad builds in there I can hear it
5903s	some someone someone who's better at
5904s	music do
5908s	that all right moving on I feel like I'm
5912s	a little behind so I'm going to try and
5912s	crank up some questions
5914s	here uh Community seems to suggest that
5917s	sorcerer is kind of underpowered
5918s	compared to the other two subclasses do
5919s	you agree is there any changes to 1.1 to
5922s	handle the issue um I
5929s	I it
5931s	is um
5936s	I think that
5939s	there's the other two are probably
5941s	better right now I I don't want to like
5943s	get into a balance discussion there I
5945s	don't know if it's the end of the world
5946s	if one of them's uh like a little bit
5949s	worse than the others I don't
5952s	know I don't I don't know how much worse
5955s	or better it is and oh my God our damage
5957s	is like terrible all of a sudden uh W
5960s	even that spec into it okay
5965s	we we've got to do something to fix we
5966s	got to get a better weapon on here we've
5968s	got to get uh better aices because this
5971s	is just brutal right
5976s	now also got a wolf out with outo wolf
5982s	on our bar
6005s	uhoh I know I say I don't take stuff
6007s	from stream but I uh check that
6010s	out I think I don't know I don't know if
6013s	there's any major changes to sorcerer
6015s	coming 1.1 um I think run Master is
6017s	naturally going to be more
6021s	um intriguing because of the complexity
6023s	level that's there for a lot of players
6035s	um yeah there there's ah it's it's hard
6038s	to talk about K you know some stuff
6039s	that's happening it's not it's not
6042s	nothing
6045s	sorry uh same Anchor Point issue with
6047s	the items in stash please check those as
6049s	well they're the same
6051s	items uh do you know why my cat will
6054s	exclusively curl up in my lap while I'm
6056s	playing your game she leaves me alone
6058s	for the rest of the time um you get so
6060s	absorbed in the game cuz you're having
6062s	so much fun that you're you're more calm
6065s	and still than normal so the cat can uh
6069s	it just feels more relaxed and able
6073s	to it probably thinks that you're
6075s	focusing on it instead of whatever
6078s	you're normally or
6081s	yeah I don't know I don't know about
6084s	animals I'm
6110s	sorry okay more questions
6114s	uh any other platforms planned for Le
6116s	and also where's the possible transmog
6118s	system is there a possible transmog
6120s	system coming in the future um more
6122s	platforms are um something we are
6127s	vaguely working towards um we don't have
6130s	any specific timelines on that at the
6132s	moment
6137s	um
6139s	I you know it's yeah it's it's something
6141s	we're working on I don't have any
6143s	details on what they could
6148s	be blind
6163s	G A little
6168s	better any plans on boosting HP since we
6171s	have a ward rework
6174s	since we are having a ward rework I
6176s	don't know where you got that
6176s	information from I don't think we've
6177s	ever said Ward rework um just to be
6180s	clear IMO HP needs some rework too very
6182s	hard to build HP versus resistance
6184s	resist and endurance to fight hard
6187s	harder corruption well um I mean so so
6190s	HP and is like you you
6193s	need uh you need HP to go with resist
6196s	and endurance cuz like endurance
6198s	directly scales off
6199s	HP um
6218s	yeah um I don't have any details on I
6221s	should give these things I don't have
6222s	any details on potential outcoming
6223s	balance changes I'm
6225s	sorry and that attack speed boost oh my
6229s	goodness it tripled our damage
6243s	nuts love it all right uh leaks leaks
6246s	leaks yeah yeah you want more don't you
6252s	okay uh my point is that my point is
6255s	that financially the responsibility of
6257s	ESG is less than that of a tri play
6258s	Studio based upon size and market share
6261s	you have less overhead less payoff uh
6263s	pay due to less employees and maybe even
6265s	lower salaries less shareholder
6266s	responsibility as you are not paying
6268s	dividends Etc yes that is all
6274s	true uh looks like an only chat
6277s	Jam uh did you try the new Fallout 4
6280s	nextg update that was released yesterday
6282s	what's your stance on patches that break
6284s	mod
6285s	support I I I I don't know I feel like
6287s	this is a bit of a bait of a question um
6289s	I have not played it I read one article
6291s	on it um it's actually really funny I
6293s	was I I I I read about it that it was
6296s	coming a while ago um completely forgot
6300s	about it uh I actually just got like a
6302s	new controller um to play games on our
6305s	TV in the living room and I was like my
6307s	wife's never played Fallout 4 so I like
6308s	just loaded Fallout 4 up um I'm like
6311s	going through like finding all I'm like
6313s	oh used to have this mod I youed have
6314s	this mod and I'm just like I'm so I'm
6315s	like going through setting up all the
6316s	mods everything like that um and I like
6319s	just got it working two days ago like
6322s	just got it working then saw the news
6324s	article about the the new nextg support
6327s	coming out I'm like oh that worked for
6329s	nothing it's going to break all the mods
6330s	isn't it and then I saw yes it's
6332s	breaking all the mods um I mean so like
6334s	I guess I'm expecting it to break all
6336s	the mods um thank you very much air Weir
6338s	for the three gifted Subs to the channel
6340s	congrats every got one of those
6343s	um yes uh I me I mean anytime like you
6348s	do something that breaks it it's it's
6349s	bad right like that I I don't think
6351s	that's a controver I don't think they
6352s	were trying to break any mods
6354s	um but I think it's it's kind of to be
6355s	expected because it's it's so it's I
6357s	don't think you can really expect
6359s	Bethesda to um like take a take like a a
6364s	lot of care to to to intentionally like
6367s	do things to like fix or to like make it
6369s	mod compatible that sort of stuff um I
6373s	don't think you can reasonably do it
6374s	like maybe for some like the really big
6375s	mods cuz there a few that were like
6377s	really big ones I think maybe the the
6379s	script extender um would have been a
6381s	good one if if they were going to pick
6383s	like any of the mods to like make sure
6385s	it was compatible like the script
6387s	extender would probably the one
6390s	um but I I don't think it's I
6394s	don't I think on PC like I still I'm
6397s	still I've still got my old Fallout for
6400s	like the pre before the before the patch
6403s	working it still looks great um I'm not
6406s	going to bother with the patch you know
6407s	it's I so I it doesn't really affect me
6410s	that much I think it was more of a
6411s	console patch than a PC patch is kind of
6412s	the vibe I got from it
6417s	um
6419s	yeah I I do I do think un like if we're
6422s	going to like let's let's take a
6423s	positive spin on this here a little bit
6425s	um I do think that it's really cool that
6428s	they were doing this at all that they
6430s	were taking the time to go back to a
6432s	super old game like this cuz it's what
6434s	like 9 years old or something I I don't
6436s	actually know correct me please if I'm
6438s	wrong on that one um it's just where it
6440s	feels like and
6445s	um I just saw the Billy iish comment in
6447s	there that's so much better than what I
6448s	was thinking I love it
6453s	uh
6455s	yeah OB obviously uh intentionally
6458s	breaking stuff is bad I don't think it
6459s	was intentional
6461s	yeah uh just go bleed poison combo I
6464s	might do
6465s	that that does sound like a lot of
6468s	fun there's there's I feel like there's
6471s	a Raptor
6474s	uh is it like more damage to bleeding or
6477s	like poon there's like something like
6478s	you can like infect bleeding it's like
6480s	poison damage poison chance to bleeding
6482s	enemies or something like
6488s	that oh poison Stacks right there I'm an
6494s	idiot slow chance per bleed that's not
6496s	the same
6499s	thing this is where I'm like I cuz I I I
6503s	did most of the implementation for
6504s	Raptor and I'm like I remember some node
6506s	that did something like this didn't
6517s	it y soone oh that Fury
6526s	leap will we be able to pet companions
6531s	in the future like giving them carrots
6532s	oh a bat bat on the head oh my God I
6535s	would love to um we we were we we talked
6539s	a little bit about doing some like um
6542s	combined Idol animations with the Falcon
6544s	and the Falcon and things like that
6546s	uh when we have a little less pressure
6549s	on us for animation stuff for from other
6552s	things uh more superflous things that
6556s	are they're just there for fun I think
6558s	could could leak leak in and it's
6560s	definitely stuff that we talk about and
6561s	stuff that we're like if we've got extra
6562s	time let's s this in we're like we don't
6564s	have any extra time are you kidding
6578s	me our damage went from a straight
6580s	dumpster fire to actually not
6589s	terrible yes
6594s	that is such a
6595s	like Obviously good node to
6599s	take uh funny someone asked about Sor I
6602s	was going to ask about volcanic orb
6603s	skill tree weor been asking literally
6605s	years I mean volcanic orb is has a has a
6609s	special place in my heart and uh I would
6611s	love to do a rework there it's it's
6613s	definitely lower on the list than a
6616s	dozen other skills
6627s	uh it's because you swap skills while in
6629s	the end of time
6631s	interesting that's why I still have the
6635s	uh wolf cool the wolf's gone now
6641s	but uh I recently wrote up a new meteor
6644s	guide and my original idea didn't work
6645s	because there's a there's no mana on hit
6648s	mod in the game yes and there won't be
6650s	any chance you could add one pretty
6651s	please no sorry
6658s	s are there plans to lock your gear when
6660s	using so you that that a mistake is not
6662s	made when clicking between items you
6664s	want to scrap for prefix or AIX
6669s	um uh we I I don't think there's
6671s	anything like that
6673s	currently uh set but I could I I it's
6676s	it's an semi frequent request that we do
6678s	get
6686s	uh will warlocks whip unique get any
6688s	sort of buff endgame build is not well
6690s	received I have no information on
6692s	potential upcoming balance changes
6698s	sorry uh bingo hey we got it what was
6701s	what was the last
6708s	one did I catch up to questions I cut up
6711s	to questions too as a rewarded for
6713s	catching up to questions no it's
6714s	terrible precedent sent as a punishment
6717s	for letting me catch up in questions
6719s	take it you're going to get a teaser
6722s	spoiler yeah how do you like that pretty
6726s	terrible isn't it I don't know what I'm
6728s	talking
6730s	about I just don't want you guys to stop
6731s	asking questions that's all
6752s	and I realized I shouldn't be playing in
6753s	the background but it's just trashing
6756s	just clean but here's the
6761s	thing
6763s	um some concept
6782s	I don't even know what the last thing
6783s	was that got the got the
6788s	Bingo but we got there it's all that
6794s	matters should I should I just go
6796s	through the bingo card and just start
6797s	talking about other things that are on
6798s	the bingo
6799s	card stuff that you've heard a bajillion
6801s	times
6806s	oh
6807s	no I was looking over the chat I could
6810s	just I could just see it out of the
6811s	corner of my
6813s	eye I was just uh giving you payment for
6817s	the uh the spoiler that I put up
6820s	there in in my death that's
6825s	all hi there and Chad
6830s	hello aall
6835s	aathal uh anyways any chance that there
6839s	will be a passive reset inpc added to
6841s	the unknown moment in time after
6843s	finishing an echo
6846s	no that's like the main place we don't
6849s	want it to
6851s	be uh will the shaman get an elemental
6854s	Thunder form Sunday someday shall get an
6857s	elemental Thunder form Sunday H that's
6859s	that's pretty cool the transforming is
6862s	so so um class Mastery is a or like
6868s	um
6873s	uh uh design pillar there's a term we
6876s	use for it that I'm blanking on I've
6877s	said earlier today
6881s	um classes being unique from each other
6884s	whatever that's called is one of our
6886s	design pillars class identity nailed it
6889s	first
6891s	try um class identity being a design
6894s	pillar for us um having them uh having
6899s	transforms be on like a strictly a druid
6902s	thing is pretty important to us
6906s	um it's possible that it could be that
6909s	that they could they could leak out um
6911s	into sham a little bit maybe I think
6912s	that'll be fun it' be pretty cool uh we
6914s	don't have any plans for an elemental
6915s	form right now
6923s	and like you say another another form
6924s	that has a range Spell ability like
6925s	spuren that's actually a reason for us
6927s	not to do
6930s	it all right how big will the next cycle
6932s	be are you able to put it in some kind
6935s	of
6935s	perspective
6941s	um it's tough to put in perspective CU I
6945s	there there's there's still things that
6946s	are like is is that going to make it or
6947s	not um we're really focusing on so like
6951s	we we have this Pinnacle boss system
6954s	um and then we're focusing on you know
6956s	like a lot of things that came in
6958s	feedback from
6962s	1.0 so it's I guess like put a
6965s	perspective it is not as much like stuff
6969s	in content as you would expect from a
6972s	full path of like one of the bigger Path
6973s	of Exile Suite or uh patches like the a
6977s	large Path of Exile patch is larger than
6980s	1.1 that's about that's about the only
6982s	perspective I can give on
7003s	it okay more
7006s	questions uh will classes builds be
7010s	toned down a lot if we've um heard in
7013s	the past 350 corruption to be a
7015s	successful build are builds reaching one
7017s	to5k to high or you just want more
7019s	builds to reach the 350 Mark I think
7022s	both um like if a build is getting to
7025s	four-digit corruption we we've
7027s	definitely made a balancing
7029s	mistake there if a builds if a build is
7031s	is like consistently and easily hitting
7033s	4K corruption there there is a mistake
7036s	we made uh in in in the bouncing or or
7040s	there's a bug that's causing it to go
7041s	really high one of the
7061s	too I guess I should also qualify that
7063s	with like it it's it's it's this is not
7066s	what we're doing when we're looking at
7067s	balance we're not simply looking at like
7070s	saying going to like the the ladder the
7072s	leaderboard and being like hey let's
7074s	look at all the builds that are hitting
7075s	4K corruption I it's not leaderboards
7078s	but like we can see that information so
7080s	like like oh let's see how many people
7081s	like what builds are hitting 4K
7082s	corruption or 2K corruption and like
7084s	let's let's Nerf the skills they're
7086s	using that that's not what we're doing
7090s	um we're we're we're looking at it more
7092s	holistically
7115s	I just want to get this like this spear
7117s	to be the serent strike to be just like
7118s	dealing insane amount of dots just like
7120s	poke something and run
7127s	away going this way
7132s	serpent attack
7135s	speed yeah Frailty we want to get a
7137s	Frailty that would be
7146s	great what is the air speed velocity and
7149s	unlad
7151s	swallow African or
7154s	european uh would you consider a Dev
7157s	stream where you actually develop for
7159s	example show us nerds the tools you
7161s	process you go through true when fixing
7163s	or uh our precious skills or systems
7168s	um I I don't think I would be able to
7172s	show any actual code from the game on
7176s	stream
7181s	um I'd love to I've actually done them
7183s	before this it would it would not be a
7185s	first um there was a period like 5 years
7188s	ago where I did a series of about 20 25
7191s	streams
7193s	um and I was I was straight up just like
7195s	editor open in the engine in the code
7198s	just just making changes um and we kind
7202s	of we kind of got gun shy a little bit
7204s	we we had some people show up um that
7208s	started like pumping me for information
7210s	on like uh the game how we did things
7213s	and
7215s	um know it felt really
7218s	like and and looking back this was we
7220s	probably nothing to be worried about at
7221s	all but at the time we we're still
7223s	pretty new to this and we got weird it
7225s	was it felt very like corporate
7227s	Espionage esque um and so we kind we
7231s	shot every that's we just like canceled
7232s	streaming all together for like two
7234s	years after that um then we picked up
7237s	the dev streams after that where it was
7238s	just be playing
7241s	um I don't think so I I I don't think we
7243s	would do that um I'd love to I think we
7246s	I think I think what would be really fun
7248s	is is um actually doing like a live bug
7253s	fixing Hit List where it's like we try
7255s	and find easy bugs to fix and just like
7257s	go through them together and do a doom
7259s	live I think that'll be a ton of fun I
7260s	don't think we can do it I'm sorry um
7263s	but yeah I would love to be able to just
7265s	just be like all right who's who's got
7267s	that like that weird skill interaction
7269s	that just ain't working let's try and
7270s	fix it and then like get in there and
7272s	it's like oh it's going to take me an
7273s	hour just like skip next one and just be
7274s	like really just like quick to abandon
7276s	them if there's something wrong with
7277s	them like it's not going to be easy but
7279s	some of them you know there's just a few
7280s	bugs here and there that are like well
7282s	that's good take 10 minutes and half the
7284s	work is in the like admin process of uh
7288s	like like like making sure you've got
7290s	the right um like the right issue and
7294s	and you've done the paperwork for it and
7295s	like there's there's bugs that are like
7298s	that
7302s	um or there's there's other bugs where
7306s	um sometimes the difficulty is actually
7308s	reproducing it where it's like I just
7310s	get a bug and I'm like and it'll just be
7312s	like this node is broken and I'm like
7313s	okay well let's bleed up a character and
7315s	let's take that node and it's working
7318s	fine there's like 40 reports of this
7321s	node being broken but all they say is
7322s	this one node it's clearly
7324s	working okay let's find what combination
7327s	of nodes everyone has to find the common
7329s	nodes that are actually causing the
7331s	problem and it's just like just a mess
7333s	at that point you like trying to like
7335s	predict people's builds and I think
7337s	having like a bunch of people in chat
7338s	for something like that be like no my
7340s	build does uses these noes like this is
7342s	what's probably doing it like things
7344s	like that I think would actually really
7345s	help having chat around to fix things
7347s	much
7349s	faster
7351s	um so i' actually and I've actually
7353s	considered doing this where like
7355s	um doing this but like doing it off
7359s	camera so like all you could see is my
7362s	face um or like blurring the code
7366s	somehow or like having someone else play
7369s	at the same time and like
7373s	like another person just like fixing
7374s	stuff in the
7376s	background I don't know I I agree it's
7378s	it's interesting and it would be really
7379s	cool to like sort of give like a little
7381s	bit of a look behind the curtain there
7382s	but
7386s	um I I don't think we we can do anything
7388s	like that right
7391s	nows
7395s	gretings all right we made it to town
7400s	you we're at the end of stream is
7402s	exactly stream in right now so I'm just
7404s	going to hammer out some more questions
7405s	and then we'll be done but
7408s	uh yeah we can take a look at our
7410s	Horrible character we're tons of fun
7412s	playing I'm really enjoying this one
7413s	actually right now um so I'll definitely
7416s	keep playing this in future
7418s	streams uh all
7421s	right uh how do you feel you are how how
7426s	close do you feel you are where you
7428s	won't have to fix so much from the
7429s	previous season
7432s	um I mean I hope really close i' I'd
7435s	really like to to get to that to get to
7437s	the point before the end of the year
7439s	personally where we're like
7442s	um basically just ignoring everything
7444s	that's come before as far as fixing
7446s	because we we know it's it's it's
7449s	solid the problem is is that there's
7451s	always new interactions that show up so
7452s	you add an item and you're like here's
7455s	the and this is this I was talking about
7456s	earlier with like knowing what other
7457s	nodes you're taking at the same time and
7459s	it's every time you add in a new node a
7461s	new item a new AIC
7462s	a new passive a new area in the game
7466s	like they all all all interact with in
7469s	as soon as you have like different
7470s	combinations every time you add a new
7471s	thing it adds a ton of new combinations
7473s	and there's just like the transfer
7474s	things to
7477s	spiral all right are you planning to
7479s	create a whole new class in the few
7481s	years or you plan developing exclusively
7483s	on the current tool set of each existing
7485s	class we do plan on adding new classes
7487s	um next few years yeah
7493s	there's I can say for certain there will
7495s	not be any new base classes in
7497s	2024 sorry uh Community is kind of tight
7502s	on the thought don't Nerf builds boost
7504s	others I'd like your thoughts on it too
7506s	if possible I think uh we're over time
7508s	and I do not have enough time to go into
7509s	this in detail and I'd be happy to talk
7511s	in uh Dev as the devs in Discord about
7513s	it more um I think the sentiment behind
7517s	that statement is uh I I don't mean to
7520s	offend any saying this I think it's very
7521s	naive
7522s	I think it is um idealistic and great if
7527s	it were uh possible to do that and not
7531s	cause other problems um I think that
7535s	there's uh I I think if you if you
7537s	exclusively
7539s	buff and do not Nerf at all um
7545s	like we're we're going to be putting B's
7548s	next to numbers and then T's next to
7549s	numbers and then Q's next to numbers and
7551s	then
7553s	UI next to numbers and then s's next to
7557s	numbers like like we're going to be
7558s	we're going to be having
7560s	insane um damage scaling issues like
7563s	just out of control numbers getting so
7565s	unbelievably Mega gigantic and it
7567s	doesn't really like the numbers being
7569s	that big don't actually change anything
7572s	it doesn't matter if uh and and this
7575s	this is this is almost why why having or
7578s	not having damage numbers would be a
7579s	really good thing um is that we could do
7582s	um we could do Nerfs where uh like we
7586s	don't have to call them Nerfs you just
7587s	be like oh we buffed other things and
7589s	can't tell the difference can you um we
7591s	just buff the health everything at the
7592s	same time great um like if we were
7599s	to oh that's the wrong program to
7603s	open like if you if you've got this
7606s	point where um like like here's here's
7609s	like the health line and gears the like
7614s	the damage of overpowered builds and the
7615s	damage of underpowered builds and it's
7618s	like okay well like just just bring the
7621s	underpowered builds up to meet
7623s	overpowered builds and uh and there you
7626s	go and like okay well now we have a ton
7627s	of overpowered builds okay great well
7629s	bring bring the health up to meet the
7631s	overpowered builds as well okay and
7633s	everything's equal now the Health's
7634s	there the overpower the underpowered
7636s	well now these overpowered builds like
7638s	if hypothetically if you didn't have
7639s	damage numbers these overpowered builds
7641s	feel like they were just just nerfed
7642s	even though they
7644s	weren't and so it's it's it's all
7646s	exactly the same as um as just doing
7651s	this it's exactly the same
7655s	outcome and I'd rather not have numbers
7659s	show up with billions and trillions and
7662s	quadrillions and quintilian and sellion
7664s	like it I I I don't want to get that
7667s	high I I think it's insane I think it it
7669s	feels weird um reading numbers that are
7673s	so large when you can just
7676s	have like readable numbers like like
7678s	humans like like think about what a a
7681s	billion liters of water is think about
7683s	how big a billion liters of water
7685s	is I I'd put money that no one here is
7688s	picturing the amount of the right amount
7689s	of water humans don't have the capacity
7691s	to understand numbers that big we we
7693s	just like we we just can't fathom how
7696s	big that is it doesn't make sense to our
7698s	brains cuz we have no way of of relating
7700s	it to ourselves in our everyday lives
7703s	and so I I don't I I don't think a
7707s	strictly uh inflation only balancing
7710s	system is uh long-term sustainable or
7714s	good for the
7717s	game and I got way too far into that
7720s	sorry I'm not going to get into that I
7722s	get into it okay couple more here we'll
7725s	finish out a little over time uh the
7727s	experimental aex system is really
7729s	interesting but the pool of current AES
7731s	aren't is there any plan to add new
7733s	affixes um I yes I don't think there's
7736s	any new ones coming in 1.1 though
7739s	mightbe one or two possibly but low if
7741s	any uh was there for those streams oh
7745s	cool very
7747s	cool all right uh will there be
7750s	adjustments to existing factions yes
7752s	especially numbers related to boss drops
7753s	where mg members can just buy boss gears
7756s	uh I don't have any information on
7758s	specifics uh both uh mg and cof's rank
7761s	were Awards and ranks and all how that
7763s	interaction happens those are all
7764s	getting um some some significant
7767s	adjustments there uh so there will be a
7773s	shakeup uh every Dev is cautious uring
7776s	code but did you consider Community
7778s	challenges eventually create uh
7782s	create but did you consider Community
7785s	challenges to potentially create no
7787s	skins for the in-game
7790s	shop like
7796s	yes sorry we're over I'm going to move
7798s	on uh how about bringing on some other
7801s	team members from different skill sets
7803s	yes and have a theme for Fridays
7805s	absolutely for example art director
7806s	Friday boss fight mechanic yes yes yes
7809s	yes super yes um we we did um we did L
7813s	chat recently we done L chat twice and
7814s	it was fantastic and I definitely want
7816s	to get more uh I I um Kane and I have
7820s	been talking about this a little a
7821s	little bit recently um and uh yes we're
7824s	going to get more people on I really
7825s	want to get um I really want to get
7827s	salmon here um I I think I think Josh
7831s	would be good to get in here uh random
7834s	names of people you have no idea who
7835s	they
7835s	are um I think there's a lot of cool
7838s	people that we that I think be a lot of
7839s	fun to get in
7841s	here okay that's it thank you very much
7844s	for coming out everyone I had fun I hope
7847s	you did too I'll be back same time same
7849s	place next week uh if I didn't answer
7851s	your question I'm sorry I uh try to get
7853s	to all of them I miss some of them
7855s	sometimes uh if you do have a question
7857s	that I did not answer please head on
7858s	over to Discord there's an asdv Channel
7860s	I'll be happy to answer it there
7862s	um I there's lots of other great places
7865s	people talking Community uh lots of
7867s	community Ms answer questions as well um
7871s	yeah that's that's that'll about do it
7874s	here boom thanks for coming yep we'll be
7877s	back same time same place next week um
7879s	we do want to get some more guests on
7881s	here if you have
7882s	uh if you have a guess did I actually
7884s	someone just said skipped a question and
7885s	I'm like oh no did I
7889s	actually sorry next week
7894s	um uh completely thrown all of a sudden
7897s	getting back on track uh if you have
7899s	suggestions on disciplines that you
7901s	would really like to um that you would
7905s	really like to see us bring on for uh
7909s	someone to to chat with us I'm super
7911s	interested in hearing hearing about
7912s	which ones you'd like to see
7914s	um let me know tell me uh go to ask the
7918s	devs and be like Mike you asked for
7919s	this I want to see monster design I want
7923s	to see art person we had someone doing
7926s	live 2D art at one point it's pretty
7934s	cool oh here's someone going hard let's
7937s	go say hi to them I want to check out
7938s	their build
7951s	all right that's it we'll see you next
7953s	week have a great time everybody

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