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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 |