Developer Stream 1.12.24 | Last Epoch | Last Epoch Dev Tracker

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3s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
5s	back to another last Epoch Dev stream as
10s	usual I'm your host Mike how's it going
13s	everybody how's how's how's it
16s	going feeling pretty
19s	good we had if you if if you're unaware
23s	if you happen to be here but haven't
25s	seen any of the news recently we uh we
29s	had a pretty big announcement that go
31s	went out yesterday and
34s	um I I mean the response has been
36s	fantastic it's been really great um tons
40s	of tons of fun talking to everybody
42s	about it item factions details for item
44s	factions has been unveiled
47s	announced described all these sorts of
50s	things
52s	um and it sounds like uh sounds like he
55s	has a pretty pumped uh pretty pumped to
57s	try it out
58s	yeah seems like you think think it's a
60s	good
61s	thing is great I can't wait um and I
66s	hope it goes as well as it seems like
68s	it's going to right
70s	now um if this is your first time here
72s	to the stream hello my name's Mike uh
75s	we're going to play some last depac and
76s	I can answer your questions if you have
78s	any questions you'd like me to answer
80s	please put at last game in the question
82s	in chat so I see
86s	it got got a little tickle in the back
89s	of my throat here so I might be mute my
90s	mic
92s	here
96s	um yeah that's about oh we stream for
98s	charity always a charity above my head
101s	they do cool stuff we give them money so
103s	they can do more cool
108s	stuff uh yeah it's about it's about I'm
111s	I'm really interested to hear people's
114s	um like thoughts and like if you if you
118s	already knew everything about the trade
119s	factions or theend factions and
128s	and uhoh if you already knew everything
131s	about the item factions or if this is
132s	like all brand new info for you
136s	um if you if you've been if you're if
139s	you're really hyped on one or the other
140s	if you can't decide yet I'm really
142s	interested on hearing all these sorts of
146s	things also one interesting thing that
149s	I'm that kind of hoping to to to hear a
153s	little bit from people here and there is
157s	um I I'm interested to know what people
159s	think is going to be the most popular of
161s	the two um I'm also interested to hear
163s	what people uh think is going to be the
165s	most powerful of the
167s	two from what we've seen so far and um I
171s	know those are really hard things
173s	to to quantify um but I think I I I I
179s	hope
181s	I I I I hope there's some interesting
183s	thoughts out there about
186s	it people are like reading comments and
188s	they're like oh everyone's going to be
189s	Merchant skilled and seef is going to be
190s	just dead or vice versa or if you think
193s	it's going be the middle or all sort of
194s	things interested
200s	interested will trade factions be able
203s	available on non cycle as well yes and
206s	also will cycle one start the day of 1.0
209s	yes
211s	yeah there's um yeah item factions is a
215s	universal feature for
217s	all characters
221s	um
230s	period this is also something that
232s	that's that's really interesting um is
234s	I've I've been obviously or obviously
236s	but I've been reading and watching like
238s	every uh everyone who's like leaving
240s	reviews and uh like like dropping News
242s	videos and things like that for cuz you
244s	know I watch way too many arpg content
246s	creators out there um all I've been
248s	doing the last couple days is just like
250s	watching People's videos that have been
251s	cranking out about this and like it's
252s	been so great to uh to listen to them
255s	and to talk to people in the forums and
256s	everything as
257s	well one thing that I find really
259s	interesting is the connection that CF um
264s	has to solo cell cell phone so um right
269s	off the bat
271s	um coff does not limit you to playing
274s	solo sell you can play cof in a group
278s	um and but but like there's there's this
282s	sort of like easy to
284s	explain uh aspect of calling it ssf
286s	because immediately when you say like oh
288s	there's trade mode and ssf mode you like
290s	like that enough will describe to
294s	um probably 90% of arpg
298s	players 90% of like what what's going on
302s	here they don't really need much more to
305s	to make a a decent decision actually um
308s	and and so it's it's like it's really
309s	cool in that you can't it's I do like
311s	being able to describe it that quickly
313s	and things like that um and I and
315s	there's always a small party it's always
316s	a little bit concerned that people are
318s	like oh there's ssf in trade but what if
319s	I like to play with people but I don't
321s	like to trade like is there game mode
323s	for me and it's like well yes there
325s	definitely is
327s	um and I I don't know how many people
330s	fall into that category of um being a
334s	little unsure about it so yeah these are
336s	the things I worry
354s	about seef all the way I um I I think
358s	I'll probably start playing C off
360s	originally
362s	um but I'm going to be doing both for
377s	sure we need to get our our our boy here
380s	some more some more damage I think
383s	that's the key thing missing in our
384s	build
386s	here giv our little boy some more damage
390s	do you really want another helmet and my
391s	amulet is just garbage for my build here
395s	cuz I'm like not doing anything with
396s	crit doing anything with cold damage
399s	like the 15 health is is fine and the
401s	Frailty is decent I guess but like I've
402s	got Frailty
404s	elsewhere we need we need new amulet
406s	real
418s	bad like even make a a rule here oh
421s	there there's an
423s	amulet you know what that might actually
425s	be
426s	better we're not struggling for Mana
440s	so find
446s	it all right was there a particular
449s	reason for Merch skilled not to be able
451s	to resell was that to prevent Market
453s	flipping Etc yeah that's a big part of
455s	it for sure um we we went back and forth
459s	on that a lot for a very long time we
461s	considered um items having like charges
463s	like trade charges sort of like okay
466s	this item can be traded like three times
468s	and this item can be traded two times
469s	that's like part of the thing of the
470s	item when it drops
471s	or
474s	um
476s	and uh in no small part just due to like
479s	Simplicity and accessibility of the
480s	system um just saying like hey well
483s	things with a uh a faction rank can't be
486s	traded you know like that's that's so
489s	straightforward and and and easy to
491s	understand easy to parse um and and also
494s	just the yeah like you say the inability
496s	to then um flip things on the
499s	market which there's already limitations
502s	in you like you may notice that there
503s	are quite a few limitations on
506s	trade it is so so much easier to remove
511s	a limitation on a trade system than it
512s	is to add one oh my
516s	god um and you know we're going to be
519s	looking at we're going to be looking at
519s	feedback a ton like we always
523s	do I think there's going to be a a lot
525s	of very concentrated feedback on on both
528s	both item
532s	factions I can't remember who it was but
533s	someone was like I think it's going to
534s	take them like a cycle or two to like
536s	iron out the bugs and and smooth out the
538s	rough edges on this to get everyone 's
540s	everyone feeling really good about it um
542s	and I think that was right I can't
543s	remember who said
548s	that but yeah I uh I we we've we've had
553s	some really good progress with the the
554s	community tester
556s	program and like I I don't I I don't
559s	think that the uh item faction system
562s	would have landed in a good uh position
565s	like almost at all without their help so
568s	like if you know anyone that's in that
570s	program give them a high five
578s	um oh yeah why is why is it no no
580s	reselling things yeah it's it's a lot of
582s	it is we
584s	[Music]
585s	um the goals of of the trading system is
588s	more to
591s	um like allow you to allow you to engage
594s	with this trading system to like fill
596s	out gaps in your build um but we don't
599s	want it to o one LP nice we don't want
601s	it to replace that that item hunt so we
603s	still want you to be going out looking
604s	for
608s	things and you'll notice there's like
609s	there's quite a few things in the in the
612s	um the merchant skill that that
614s	encourages you going out looking for
615s	yourself
616s	still that's one of
623s	them oh my goodness I like I didn't have
625s	a cough this
628s	morning and then like
630s	I don't know 25 minutes ago I'm like
632s	started coughing like okay what's what's
634s	going on
638s	here maybe I just talking too much I'll
640s	be
643s	quiet boring uh will anything in the
646s	store be locked behind Cycles or will
648s	all plays have players have the same
651s	store the stores the
654s	um the the bizarre like
658s	um St stock inventory the bizar
661s	inventory is separated by um on on
667s	everything separate on the same line
668s	everything separate on Guild stash on
670s	Guild on uh on stash lines so um
673s	everyone who's
675s	playing on Hardcore cycle has a bizaar
680s	everyone who's playing on softcore cycle
684s	has a
685s	bizaar everyone who's playing on
687s	Hardcore Legacy has a bizarre everyone
690s	who's playing on softcore Legacy has a
692s	bizarre and it's it's those are the
694s	splits and there's no um there's no
697s	cross contamination
718s	there
742s	oh my God sorry I hope it wasn't muted
744s	too long um one of the big things with
748s	um
751s	I don't know if I missed anything sorry
752s	there one of the big things with how
755s	there did the split come through did me
758s	did me rant but like the
761s	split you hear
765s	that okay
771s	cool
777s	um oh my goodness
789s	are there any plans to test out the
791s	faction before 1.0 with a system this
793s	big tends to be issues that are missed
794s	um with mass testing happens yeah so um
797s	we we have a um sort of like a a closed
800s	testing group that we call Our Community
802s	tester
803s	program usually prev that just CTS um
808s	and they have had access to the bizaar
811s	and Merchants Guild uh since November
815s	was late late November I think was when
817s	they gained access to it
819s	um that was when we realized that uh
823s	through the feedback that um circle of
825s	Fortune needed something
830s	to oh my goodness the circle of Fortune
832s	needed something to help with
833s	customizing what you're seeing cuz it
835s	felt too
836s	random and thus lenses were born
840s	um lenses are very recent
848s	Edition um and yeah so it's it's they
851s	they've they've had they've had a few
852s	months to to play with it and it's
854s	really tricky so we had to
856s	populate um we had to populate the the
860s	uh bizaar with a bunch of items that
862s	don't really that that no no one posted
865s	right um and like we did a reset and had
868s	them had them post all their own items
870s	afterwards and things things like that
871s	so like we've we've gone through a few
873s	stages there there's been lots of
874s	testing that's happened
886s	um I just had to turn off my Discord
888s	notifications
892s	um yeah so there's there's been there's
894s	been a fair bit of testing there it's
895s	it's not been to the same scale that
898s	we'll see with I don't know where I'm
899s	going uh that we'll see with like when
901s	it actually goes
903s	live
906s	um so like we're going to have to adjust
909s	things for sure um and we're prepared to
912s	to make those adjustments we we've made
914s	sure to one of the things we've made
915s	sure really carefully with the item
916s	faction system was to build in a bunch
918s	of um bunch of different
921s	dials to uh to be able to adjust balance
923s	relative balance and um it's really
926s	important that these are there and they
928s	work well
929s	um the the
931s	most I guess the the biggest dial we can
934s	turn is the favor
936s	costs and this is some sometimes favor
938s	costs that are relative to um like
942s	different different favor costs of
943s	different ranks within a within a
944s	faction and also favorite costs between
947s	relative to each faction back and forth
949s	and and these these dials just the
951s	favorite costs alone we've got other
952s	dials to turn two the favorite cost is
954s	are goto one um because it really
957s	dictates how frequently and how quickly
959s	you can engage in any of the
965s	mechanics oh my goodness this is
968s	crazy I was fine like an hour ago like
971s	completely
980s	fine okay I'm sorry I've got to be I got
982s	to be right back I
985s	uh I've already burned through my water
987s	for the day one sec
1043s	oh I left the microphone on while I
1044s	walked away so
1047s	good
1054s	okay get some more questions up in here
1056s	just want to say thank you for having
1057s	the courage to try something with the
1059s	factions lot of developers could learn
1060s	from you guys I think it's really
1061s	important that we all learn from each
1062s	other
1065s	like I've learned so
1068s	much other
1074s	developers I'm just like getting to talk
1076s	to them for half an hour in between a
1078s	things at a
1080s	convention El what of great
1088s	stuff we need offensive minion
1093s	damage don't care about our crit or
1107s	throw
1114s	all right as a primary ssf player I
1116s	cannot express how excited I am to
1119s	actually have an in-game system Halo
1121s	would prefer to play I've recently been
1123s	reading uh evidence Guided by uhoh itar
1127s	G Gad
1132s	Gad and I'm curious how you think about
1135s	building confidence in features
1136s	especially with how heavily you utilize
1138s	community feedback and
1141s	testers
1167s	wow
1170s	this mute unmute thing
1171s	here this this is a crazy question this
1174s	is I feel like uh you know a lot more
1177s	about this than I do first of
1180s	all uh building confidence in features
1183s	especially with how heavily you utilize
1184s	Community feedback
1188s	contests now is this like building
1190s	confidence thank you very much oh we we
1193s	I missed another one too there's uh I'm
1195s	just going to do this real quick uh
1198s	psychosis is
1200s	patient thank you for the 4 months I
1202s	appreciate it looking forward to the big
1204s	release me too and also to Harel 32
1207s	months in a row oh my
1209s	god
1211s	wow I feel like you may have done a
1213s	couple of those while I was offline
1214s	because I don't remember going that high
1215s	that fast but oh my
1218s	goodness hello there indeed
1221s	little hello
1226s	there building confidence in Fe
1230s	fees I don't I don't really know how to
1232s	answer
1234s	that I think a lot of it
1241s	is I think a lot of it is is being okay
1244s	with changing
1248s	it I think I think that's that's a lot
1250s	of it is that a lot of our community
1251s	knows that if something doesn't land if
1253s	something if some feature is ends up
1254s	being bad if we put something out there
1256s	that's
1257s	like it doesn't doesn't work we're not
1259s	really afraid to say like well the best
1261s	thing for the game is to abandon that or
1263s	to change it or to restructure it you
1275s	know and it might sound opposite but I
1277s	think that actually helps build
1282s	confidence seef cough apparently should
1285s	have joined Merchants
1287s	Guild
1291s	is the primary focus to have factions
1293s	balanced against each other so people
1294s	don't feel compelled to play the
1296s	stronger one versus the one that speaks
1298s	to them more or will you guys focus more
1300s	on how long it takes players to acquire
1301s	certain amounts of gear SL power since
1303s	Merchant skilled power is somewhat
1305s	derived from player participation which
1308s	will always fluctuate would it make it
1310s	hard uh to keep its power level
1314s	consistent I I think the great question
1318s	I think I think that
1319s	the measure of success for balance
1323s	between Merchant skild and circle of
1325s	Fortune will
1327s	be when a new player shows up and says
1331s	hey I don't like what's better what
1333s	what's what's the best one new new
1335s	player shows up to the Discord and goes
1337s	what's better mg or CF and it just gets
1339s	a flood of replies saying do you want to
1341s	trade or
1343s	not and like if that happens I will go I
1347s	win success
1351s	Victory um yeah perfect world they'd be
1353s	50/50 split
1355s	perfectly it's not going to happen and
1357s	that's totally fine we're not going to
1358s	try and make it happen
1360s	[Music]
1362s	um I think there's a pretty significant
1366s	percentage of
1367s	players let me start with this thing I
1369s	think one of them will emerge as the
1372s	mathematically best
1377s	option
1379s	oh my
1381s	God supposed to go into an escape room
1384s	tonight I think one of them will um
1388s	emerge as a mathematically better option
1391s	that's totally fine um I think
1395s	that a large portion of players will
1397s	just pick whichever one is
1399s	mathematically
1401s	better um and that's totally fine too I
1404s	I I hope
1407s	that um
1409s	most people
1411s	can uh can pick the the the theming and
1414s	the the activity they prefer as the
1417s	primary deciding
1433s	factor our helmet and amulet are so bad
1436s	right
1437s	now
1449s	can I like even just like craft this
1451s	into something useful a little
1457s	bit okay we don't need chance to find
1467s	potions
1470s	apparently I
1497s	can't
1504s	decent shs
1513s	it I hope that was I hope that was a
1515s	good answer for
1519s	you hope all is well with you I mean
1521s	aart from this like cough that appeared
1523s	out of nowhere yeah
1527s	great is being able to stop by more
1529s	often me to so I do have a question
1532s	since ice Thorns is being removed
1539s	finally oh my god with the
1547s	skill oh my God guys I'm so
1552s	sorry with the skill replace it will the
1555s	skill replace it be able to synergize
1556s	with spr and form AK use it well
1558s	springing form procet of some kind
1560s	um I don't think
1566s	so someone backrack me on
1579s	that all right is it how do you know
1582s	you're building and releasing the right
1583s	feature a lot of companies oh I see what
1586s	this is coming to this largely based on
1587s	opinion rather than evidence and to your
1589s	point your attitude of allowing feature
1591s	to fail and be a big part
1593s	of big part of the philosophy uh it's a
1595s	great book for learning about product
1597s	development if you're into that I am
1599s	into that
1601s	um as far as how do we like pick a
1604s	feature of like what to come out
1606s	honestly a lot of it is just
1610s	like the vast majority of is just us
1612s	kind of like talking about what we want
1614s	to add to the
1616s	game what we generally see people people
1618s	asking for in the game like a lot of is
1620s	just us talking in a room being like
1621s	what do we think's best um there's there
1624s	actually very little
1627s	like data that goes into it unless
1629s	there's very specific things we need to
1632s	look for data
1635s	on um so for example when we were
1637s	designing this the item faction
1644s	system a lot of we we did we did several
1647s	surveys
1649s	on different platforms and
1652s	um yeah the data we got for that was
1654s	really
1669s	useful all right kind of a followup
1671s	question I
1672s	guess
1674s	um do you think do you think uh guys
1680s	will do mid cycling balance oh do you
1683s	think you guys do mid cycling balance
1684s	for the first cycle or will you try to
1685s	gather as much data as possible and
1686s	trying to get balanc as good as possible
1688s	for cycle 2 and so on since I know the
1690s	me uh that messing with the system
1691s	midcycle can often Garner
1693s	controversy with the Buffs or
1699s	nerves yeah I think
1701s	the we tried to keep oh my goodness I
1706s	just
1709s	[Music]
1721s	I might have to walk away from this and
1723s	redo this another
1725s	time we'll see
1731s	um I think it depends on what it is and
1734s	how extreme it is and how it should
1735s	affects things if it is if we see a a 95
1740s	5% split on Faction balance of of of
1744s	adoption yeah we take some action uh mid
1747s	cycle for
1750s	sure
1758s	um usually
1760s	the hey don't Nerf me bro midcycle type
1766s	idea it's usually around um like
1770s	specific builds individual specific
1774s	builds and I think if you're looking in
1775s	a situation of like half the player base
1778s	or 90% of the player base getting a Nerf
1780s	or something like
1781s	that it's less of a big deal I know it's
1785s	still not great but I think it's less of
1787s	a big deal because you're not getting uh
1789s	you're not getting nerfed relative to
1790s	someone
1796s	else I think that's a big part of
1799s	it is it's like why did I invest so much
1803s	time in this one I could have just gone
1804s	the other one and if it's if it's still
1806s	is if there's only two options and it's
1808s	still the one you want and it's still
1809s	really
1810s	good but maybe just not as unbelievably
1813s	broken dominant overpowered um I think
1816s	it'll be a lot easier if a pill to
1826s	swallow oh my
1843s	goodness cough cand is doing
1856s	nothing look like so honey yeah not a
1858s	bad idea um yeah what are people
1861s	thinking who who's who's hyped for
1864s	merant
1866s	skill actually here's here's a better
1868s	question who after reading
1870s	this changed their mind on what they
1873s	thought they'd want like if you're if
1874s	you've never heard of our system at all
1876s	before um or or you you you you looked
1881s	at the um the previous version and this
1884s	new version's changed your mind or
1885s	something like that
1892s	or or is there no way you could ever be
1906s	swayed yeah I guess everyone who is
1908s	playing SS is kind of locked
1916s	in
1919s	secret hard mode ssf Merchant skill it's
1922s	lonely in this
1933s	bizarre followup question since spring
1935s	in form is losing a skill Synergy with
1937s	ice Thorn's removal you said the new
1939s	skill won't be able to synergize with
1940s	the spring in form any
1942s	intention to add another skill to can
1944s	synergize with spron otherwise spr
1946s	getting nerfed in build
1948s	diversity um I don't think there's
1950s	anything for
1951s	1.0 um but I I i' be I I I think you can
1956s	be confident that something will happen
1957s	there
1962s	yeah I apologize as the answer this
1964s	question already that's totally fine
1965s	will be able to will we be able to play
1967s	solo sell found for a set amount of time
1970s	and then take in my findings over to
1972s	trade
1973s	faction if no what's the point of items
1976s	in my inventory and self found faction
1978s	faction so just be clear I just want to
1980s	reiterate this there is no self found
1983s	faction um circle of Fortune you can
1986s	completely play with other people you
1988s	can even get items found by other people
1990s	with circle of Fortune it is not a
1991s	strictly solo self found
1999s	environment you could hypothetically be
2001s	in a situation where you never played
2002s	solo and never found any of your own
2004s	gear
2006s	um you know like that's a little
2009s	ridiculous but it's
2011s	possible I just want to break that up a
2013s	little bit first
2015s	um the the gear you
2019s	find I want I'll Brak this up as well a
2021s	little bit more
2024s	um do
2026s	not I'm saying this as advice one player
2029s	to another advice someone who who knows
2031s	the system really
2033s	well um if I was going to give you
2036s	advice at all is do not plan to switch
2041s	factions if you think okay I'm going to
2044s	start here I'm I'm going to start circle
2046s	of Fortune I'm going to do this this
2047s	this this and then I'm going to switch
2048s	to Merchant skill and do this this this
2050s	this just start Merchant
2052s	skilled and just flip everything I just
2055s	said and it's the same thing like like
2057s	like don't plan to switch it will not be
2060s	better you'll be better off just
2061s	starting with the one you're going to
2062s	switch to please trust me on this one um
2068s	however the reason this so the reason so
2070s	like why is the switch even there what's
2072s	the point of it Mike it's a release
2073s	valve so people don't break their
2075s	characters it is a safety net so people
2077s	who maybe aren't sure what they want and
2080s	and make a bad choice don't have to
2081s	start all over again can just start the
2082s	faction progress over
2083s	again that's
2087s	all
2094s	um now to answer your actual question
2096s	here
2099s	um the gear you
2102s	find as a circle of Fortune member um
2106s	that was affected by one of your circle
2107s	of Fortune bonuses is tagged with a
2111s	circle of Fortune rank
2114s	requirements this is the same thing as
2116s	like how this gear says requires class
2118s	Sentinel like requires class Sentinel
2120s	it's the exact same thing it'll be like
2121s	requires it doesn't actually say it's
2123s	it's a little icon but it'll be the same
2124s	thing as if it said required coff rank
2126s	four
2128s	like if you're not coff rank four you
2131s	can't use it if you're not a sentinel
2133s	you can't use this easy as that um so if
2136s	you find a piece of gear while you're
2138s	representing circle of
2140s	Fortune and it uses your circle of
2141s	Fortune rank to uh bonus to get that
2144s	gear it'll have a little tag on it says
2146s	required Circle Fortune rank it's a
2148s	symbol sorry not words but yes um and
2151s	then if you then switch your character
2153s	to Merchant skilled that item does not
2155s	change that item still has a circle of
2158s	Fortune rank
2159s	requirement as you just switched
2160s	Merchant skill and you're not actively
2162s	representing circle of Fortune you can't
2163s	use that item anymore you actually have
2165s	to unequip your items to change
2173s	factions should be like a sweat lodge or
2175s	something that' be
2186s	funny
2203s	oh glad the microphone was muted for
2207s	that where are we we're doing things
2209s	we're talking about stuff it's going
2213s	[Music]
2216s	great
2221s	have you seen all the positive reactions
2223s	to your trade no trade announcement I've
2225s	seen a ton of them I seen all of them
2229s	but
2230s	um I'm really terrible about I I I I
2234s	read and watch way too many reactions to
2236s	our game I like I just can't help myself
2239s	I just I I watch them all I read them
2240s	all I just it's all I do and I try so
2244s	hard not
2246s	to but uh yesterday and today it feels
2248s	real
2252s	good usually it's it's it's very
2254s	positive anyways but
2256s	like I have a tough time not every time
2259s	I see a mistake or something I have a
2260s	tough time not just like immediately
2262s	reacting and correcting
2264s	people I have to learned to just let it
2274s	be the new areas from the trade videos
2277s	look really great will we be seeing more
2278s	upgrades to updates to existing areas
2281s	and bring that quality yes
2283s	definitely not every zone is completely
2286s	updated but um yes that is going through
2289s	and we are using we have a bunch of new
2291s	tools for Zone development uh that make
2294s	it look way better and we're using those
2295s	tools all over the
2306s	place
2315s	see question that says ssf has better
2317s	drop rates right no ssf does not have
2318s	better drop rates ssf has exactly the
2320s	same drop rates as normal
2323s	however if you are selecting
2326s	the um circle of Fortune item faction
2330s	you will have um improved drop rates and
2334s	extra tools to Target specific gear
2336s	better
2338s	which is what you should pick if you're
2339s	playing
2340s	solo I know I'm being super super
2342s	pedantic about this but I'm going to
2343s	keep making the correction every single
2344s	time just in
2351s	case can you go no faction to really
2354s	show how good you are with top the Ws
2356s	yeah
2358s	um you can have a non-action
2361s	character going to
2365s	suck
2367s	see what is ssf solo self found it means
2369s	that um so ssf is a term that's used to
2372s	describe a character that has never and
2374s	will never party with another character
2376s	so they're they're alone in the
2379s	world and cell found means all of the
2381s	gear they found all the gear they're
2383s	using they found themselves so you play
2385s	by yourself you use your own gear it's
2387s	basically like playing
2395s	offline
2399s	oh I need some more liquid I got some
2401s	close beer
2424s	back hello
2430s	hello Mike good to see new info about
2432s	factions hello good to see you
2436s	again uh although after looking at it it
2438s	feels to me like CF have gained a bit
2440s	more content to with prophecies while mg
2443s	only has the bizaar which I can't really
2445s	call
2455s	content that's it close the door with
2457s	your foot
2460s	um it's so cold here right now it is
2463s	insane uh can't really call content to
2466s	be honest I'm not sure if this is a
2468s	problem but is there any chance that we
2470s	get more of these types of content for
2471s	each faction or is it already considered
2474s	finished um I I would be I would say
2478s	generally fairly finished
2480s	um but I don't want to I don't want to
2482s	close the door on the possibility for
2484s	changes based on feedback um
2488s	so we don't have any plans to add more
2489s	stuff to the item factions mechanically
2493s	um we do have plans to add more factions
2497s	um that will be this something went
2500s	previously but like factions that will
2502s	be uh mutually exclusive with each other
2505s	but not mutually exclusive with the item
2507s	factions so maybe you'll get like a I
2509s	don't
2512s	know
2514s	uh there'll be a hat faction and
2517s	a I don't know a a hairstyle
2521s	faction making stuff up and they'd be
2523s	mutually exclusive with each other but
2525s	not with the item
2545s	factions
2550s	oh my
2551s	goodness and yeah the the lenses were a
2554s	late
2556s	edition a very late
2566s	edition do you think you'll do a stream
2568s	either by yourself or with others before
2569s	1.0 where you play with the factions
2571s	kind of check out
2574s	1.0 um I don't think I'll do a stream
2578s	uh a 1.0 stream before on 1.0 I don't
2581s	know
2583s	maybe uh we we haven't talked about
2585s	doing anything like that I I will say
2586s	one thing we are planning on
2590s	Wednesday
2592s	um Wednesday coming up I'll be doing an
2595s	interview with uh Darth microtransaction
2598s	and gazzy on their
2601s	podcast very excited about that um I
2604s	will make sure my voice doesn't suck for
2606s	that
2620s	also got a question about resonators
2622s	residences will the residence resonators
2624s	is that what they're
2626s	called call them
2629s	resonators the
2635s	thing I'm just going to check real quick
2637s	if that's if we changed the name on me
2639s	and I just don't know
2641s	this no residences okay residence great
2644s	not
2647s	crazy uh will the residences always or
2650s	residence always be tied to a specific
2652s	player name
2654s	yes or can I get one with one friend
2657s	hold on to it until my other friend
2658s	comes online then use it to give my now
2660s	online friend the item will only work
2663s	with the with friends it it it like when
2665s	it drops it drops with a specific
2686s	person this name resonance resonates
2690s	with
2692s	karusu uh that can never
2695s	change
2697s	once this item drops and it shows this
2699s	name that is the name it will always
2702s	have once this item drops and it has
2704s	this name that's the name it will always
2723s	have in TF we scream or TG uh when
2726s	something bad happens who can I
2728s	scapegoat when I mess up in
2732s	Ellie
2734s	[Music]
2738s	um I was going to say Gregory
2742s	but
2744s	Gregory play me if you want I'm fine
2746s	with
2747s	that I don't know I'm sure I'm sure I'm
2749s	sure other people in the community have
2750s	have a better answer for that
2752s	though uh anyone if you do have a
2754s	question please put at lasty game in the
2756s	question or else I won't answer it um I
2759s	just don't see it
2763s	either I do see one here oh someone else
2765s	answer
2766s	that uh how will base drop rates be
2769s	changed from live version today uh to
2772s	accomodate those systems seems like they
2774s	need to be more than
2782s	haved um they're they're not being more
2785s	than haved
2789s	um when you're if you're the I I can't
2792s	give you a specific
2793s	number I think we'll have uh specific
2796s	numbers available in the patch notes um
2799s	but they're not fully 100% lock down
2802s	lock down
2805s	yet um generally what I like to say is
2808s	that you'll be by the time you hit rank
2810s	three in circle of
2813s	Fortune you will have surpassed the the
2817s	current uh item acquisition
2820s	rate theur like the the rate that you
2823s	find upgrades on your
2827s	gear where am I even going I'm just like
2830s	running around in circles I'm I'm like
2831s	not even remotely close to going the
2833s	right
2835s	direction I just started walking when I
2837s	started this that's
2842s	hilarious maybe I completed a quest and
2844s	just didn't even notice
2849s	no
2854s	matter going to the Oasis boys and
2859s	girls so yeah we are going to Nerf drop
2861s	rates a little bit from where they are
2862s	on live right now um we're not cratering
2865s	them it's still going to feel roughly
2867s	similar as you're leveling through the
2871s	campaign for for like experienced
2873s	players
2875s	um
2877s	like it'll be it'll be a little bit less
2879s	it'll be a little bit slower you'll get
2880s	to Circle Of Fortune you'll you'll un
2882s	likee that you'll start ranking up
2883s	you'll get into early monoliths um
2885s	you'll be about normal where you are now
2888s	um you'll hit that rank three pretty
2891s	quickly um you'll be a little bit ahead
2893s	of where you are
2895s	now and it's all gravy from
2905s	there
2920s	oh yeah clim that
2925s	Shield though I have to say if it takes
2927s	too long to level up Merchant skill I
2928s	think people will complain I agree uh
2930s	I'm going Fortune so I don't care but I
2932s	think people who want to trade uh don't
2935s	want to grind for hours to be able to do
2937s	so
2939s	freely yeah a lot of it has to do with
2942s	like we we are trying to um curate the
2947s	like the the the points in your
2949s	character's development process that
2951s	you're getting certain item types as
2953s	core components to your build in most
2958s	situations so really want to avoid the
2960s	situation where someone
2962s	[Music]
2963s	um gets to they they hit they hit early
2967s	monoliths
2969s	and um maybe they've they've got they've
2972s	got enough enough stuff saved up to get
2974s	their best in slot amulet and they buy
2976s	that amulet and now this item slot is
2978s	locked off for the rest of like the time
2982s	they're going to play for the next like
2984s	50 50 hours or 200 hours or whatever you
2988s	know like that that item sled just
2989s	doesn't exist on their character we we'd
2991s	like that not to happen
2994s	ideally we'd like to be more along the
2996s	lines of oh you got to this point and
2999s	maybe you bought a sweet amulet on the
3001s	bizaar but um you know like three or
3003s	four ranks down the line you'll be able
3004s	to now buy this other ulet it's even
3007s	better and it's it's like a little bit
3008s	more of a progressive process and it's
3010s	not just uh like here you go
3012s	everything's free have
3015s	fun sounded bad the way I said that but
3018s	um having those limitations I think is
3021s	going to make the the gearing process
3026s	feel like a process that's
3029s	like describing this so bad right now
3032s	feel like a uh like an activity
3035s	something that you are you're you're
3036s	making progress in something that you
3038s	are like earning I guess is a good way
3041s	to put
3043s	it
3047s	um and and like if if there are problems
3050s	with these if if these aren't hitting
3051s	the goals we're looking for if there's
3053s	things that are wrong with it you know
3054s	we are not afraid to to to discuss that
3057s	and to to make changes if we need to and
3059s	you know all all those things
3064s	so if you're playing and you don't like
3067s	something and you want to suggest
3068s	changes you know like
3070s	that's
3075s	fantastic I mostly over that just yeah
3078s	great tell us about
3084s	it
3087s	it's also and I said this earlier it's
3088s	also a lot
3090s	easier to um remove limitations from a
3095s	system like this than it is to add new
3098s	ones so if we find that like oh there's
3101s	no point in
3102s	having um I don't know some limitation
3105s	like so originally we had um a maximum
3107s	number of slots that you could sell
3109s	items
3111s	in that was actually a key part of it
3113s	for a long time like you can only sell
3114s	five items at a time
3117s	and we got a bunch of feedback that
3119s	wasn't very fun but we pulled
3124s	it um it doesn't look like there's any
3127s	negative consequences to
3143s	that one thing I would have really liked
3145s	to be a with do is increase
3149s	the um I guess like
3154s	design like the the depth and complexity
3157s	of the bonuses that Merchant skill is
3165s	getting that would have been
3174s	nice
3182s	uh how's the extra question load and has
3185s	has been fine it's been
3190s	good I was prepared for
3199s	it our gear drop rates changing from
3202s	current live versions to the 1.0 version
3204s	to account for faction Editions we'll
3206s	just be the same factions just add to it
3209s	um just yeah that we are dropping
3212s	initial base drop rates a little
3216s	bit been a while since I kept up with Le
3219s	what with the non-trading faction
3221s	Fortune uh will I still be able to trade
3223s	with my friends who I play with a lot
3225s	that are also fortunate yeah so we're
3227s	we're we're kind of trying to we're
3228s	differentiating the terms here and this
3230s	is this is really key so every time we
3232s	say the word
3234s	trade we are specifically referencing
3238s	the bizaar and the personto person
3240s	trading that is available through the
3242s	merchant skill so you cannot trade as
3245s	circle of Fortune however we do have
3248s	another Tri called gifting and uh if you
3251s	want to transfer an item from one player
3254s	to another as Circle Of Fortune or
3256s	Merchant skill players you may do so
3258s	through the gifting
3259s	system so if you and your buddy are
3261s	playing along and you're both Circle
3264s	Fortune
3266s	it's not actually important but um in
3269s	the scenario that youve described and an
3270s	item drops for you that's really good um
3273s	but oh sorry an item drops for your
3275s	friend that's really good but you don't
3276s	want it you can just hand it to them
3278s	you're both there together you Dro all
3280s	your both together give it to them no
3282s	problem have
3285s	fun if uh say they're say they're like
3289s	oh I'm just going to go um I'm going to
3292s	go out to the store and grab a bite to
3293s	eat and I'll be back and in half an hour
3295s	you keep keep playing and while they're
3298s	gone the absolutely most perfect 4 LP
3302s	item ever for their build drops and you
3304s	can't believe it cuz you weren't playing
3306s	together so you can't just gift it to
3307s	them anymore don't worry there's
3310s	something called
3312s	residences residences are granted to you
3316s	after playing a significant amount of
3317s	time with a specific person any specific
3320s	person um and it allows you to make an
3324s	item behave as though they were there
3326s	when it dropped basically is what it is
3328s	so like say say say you really wanted
3331s	say you really wanted
3332s	this and we we play a lot together so
3335s	I've got a resonance for you now because
3338s	we've been playing a bunch together and
3339s	I can then give this to you by using
3342s	that resonance there are single use
3343s	items um but
3348s	once yeah so so I can just I can send
3350s	this item to you because we play a bunch
3351s	together and there you go have there you
3354s	go have fun
3356s	so yeah you're you're
3366s	golden thank you for answering previous
3369s	question you're welcome based on your
3370s	own research and data do you think you
3373s	guys have enough uniquely different
3374s	items to sustain training economy answer
3377s	more items seem like a stupid
3381s	question
3384s	um
3386s	like like of different items that people
3388s	will want yeah I think there's I think
3390s	there's plenty I think I think that
3392s	really comes down to um build variety
3397s	really I think that's something we do
3399s	pretty
3404s	well like there was a um there's a post
3408s	I saw on
3411s	Reddit find
3413s	it there's a few posts that have been
3415s	coming out recently that I quite like if
3417s	anyone here is making them keep up give
3418s	the good work
3421s	um and they're just there just just
3423s	little infog
3425s	Graphics
3429s	um images here we go open it
3435s	up
3438s	um so like this is just for hit
3441s	builds but there's like there's a lot of
3443s	different affixes all over the place
3444s	that are quite
3446s	useful but not so much
3451s	um my point is
3453s	that
3455s	um there's a because there's enough
3457s	things here that are just even like
3459s	generally good things to have for these
3462s	there's there's going to be a lot of
3463s	variation on those items and on the
3464s	builds that are going to pick from those
3466s	those lists even better and you know
3467s	it's it's I think it's going to be I
3469s	think it's going to work out really
3472s	well we do have I I I don't I don't know
3475s	what this is I don't think we would ever
3477s	use this cuz I think it's a little
3478s	ridiculous to do cuz it kind of defeats
3479s	the whole purpose
3482s	um but we've used it for testing um and
3486s	I mean maybe it's possible we could if
3489s	if if things were dire enough we could
3491s	try and use it is just generating fake
3493s	items for
3498s	it now there's a better item to craft
3504s	with
3510s	Forge is kind of
3519s	low that was a big
3522s	hit that's too
3524s	bad yeah that's really too
3527s	bad there was there was potential there
3529s	it was real
3530s	potential got we got
3533s	unlucky is it better
3544s	anyways hard to say that Shield throw
3547s	point and the extra endurance is really
3557s	good minion damage
3564s	already
3573s	those residences to gift to friends only
3575s	drop while actively playing with that
3577s	person right
3579s	yes
3582s	um you you need to be actively playing
3585s	with and have been playing with that
3586s	person for a while um for to
3594s	drop
3603s	and it's pretty natural there's no
3604s	there's no need to like try try and gain
3606s	the system with that like there's you're
3609s	not you're not going to
3612s	um there's no like uh like slot machine
3615s	logic like oh it's been a while since
3616s	it's popped got to stay here until it
3618s	does or anything like
3624s	that
3628s	will dungeon Arena Keys be able to stack
3630s	in the future yes at 1.0 no
3633s	sorry uh how big of a tune should we
3637s	expect uh for hydren in 1.0 I do not
3641s	know I'm sorry um I also generally don't
3643s	comment on potential upcoming balance
3645s	changes but um if I was going to guess
3649s	just from like a a as a player I would
3652s	say that there will be likely a small
3654s	Nerf would be my
3656s	expectation we'll see what happens
3661s	though let me throw an easy question a
3663s	thanks buddy uh what will be your first
3665s	build to play 1.0 I want to know class
3668s	mastering the skill you plan to build
3670s	around uh I'm going I'm going to start
3672s	I've not been shy about most of this um
3675s	I'm G to
3676s	play uh Rogue Falconer
3683s	redacted
3703s	sorry I can't tell you the name of the
3704s	skill we would get in trouble CU we
3707s	promised people we
3713s	wouldn't no we've we've
3716s	um because all the big reveal for
3719s	Warlock and Falconer info is uh
3722s	initially dropping on Icy Veins and Max
3726s	roll um so until those until those big
3729s	things drop we're um or radio silent on
3732s	on
3740s	details you know they do so much to like
3743s	promote promote the game and know
3746s	they're great people to have have have a
3748s	good relationship with I do not want
3753s	to uh betray that
3768s	trust that's too
3773s	bad
3775s	it's so funny I'm so used to crowns I'm
3778s	so used to crowns being like a paladin
3780s	item in um in D2 that every time I see a
3783s	crown item I'm always like I I always
3786s	assume it's a paladin item in eox so
3789s	it's just one of those things my brain
3791s	can't give
3795s	up the cold is freezing Mike's lungs I
3798s	mean it it hasn't been this cold here in
3801s	like I I literally cannot remember how
3803s	long
3811s	I need to go to the store this
3814s	morning and everyone who lives in
3815s	somewhere that's like actually cold is
3817s	going to look at me like obviously Mike
3818s	come on don't you know how to do this
3820s	what is wrong with you um the the my the
3823s	key for my car the like the clicker but
3826s	the key fob the button thing it's the
3828s	battery died like six months ago I just
3829s	hadn't bothered to get to do it cuz I
3832s	don't use that car very
3833s	often
3836s	um and so I go to unlock it and the the
3840s	the lock like the key just like won't
3841s	turn in the lock at all of the KE of the
3843s	door of the key oh the door of the car
3846s	and um so I'm just like well I guess I'm
3849s	not going out uh
3853s	uhoh and
3856s	um I I I got the idea to I've got like a
3859s	heat
3861s	gun and so I go and I get this like the
3863s	longest extension C I have of course the
3866s	car's like on the road and like the
3868s	extens cord barely reaches and I'm like
3870s	heating up the side of the car with the
3872s	heat gun eventually get the the the lock
3875s	to
3877s	turn oh it was
3879s	ridiculous never never seen that happen
3881s	before good
3883s	day it's so weird I was going to break
3885s	off the key inside the lock and and
3887s	because of the way the car was parked I
3888s	could only I could only unlock the
3890s	passenger side door that way so I um it
3894s	like it does unlock all the doors and
3895s	everything but um the the the keyhole on
3898s	the driver's side door was still so
3900s	Frozen that when I got to the store I
3903s	had to lock the car by walking around of
3904s	the passenger side and when I got back
3906s	to the car I had to like unlock from the
3908s	passenger side and then
3910s	walk whole
3913s	[Music]
3915s	thing felt like a bit of an idiot this
3921s	morning uh what level do you think we
3923s	will hit rank three if we just play
3925s	normal
3928s	um I don't know I'm going I'll I'll
3931s	guess I'll give you a a a a a guess and
3934s	say
3941s	65 and someone from CT program is going
3944s	to be like no Mike you idiot that's
3945s	wildly wrong cool listen to them they
3947s	know
3953s	more
3955s	we changed a lot of that stuff recently
3957s	and I haven't actually
3958s	played uh this week yet
3963s	on since we changed all
3969s	that this is another we lowered a bunch
3971s	of
3974s	it cuz we were getting feedback that was
3976s	just taking too
3983s	long
3994s	uh I thought the factions seemed equally
3995s	attractive before even seeing prophecies
3998s	any plans to add more incentives for
3999s	merchant Guild nothing specific at the
4001s	moment the the ability
4003s	to um the ability to trade and have
4006s	access to this gigantic pool of items
4008s	that everyone's using is is so so crazy
4013s	powerful um
4017s	that it's it's really hard to put any
4019s	sort of mechanical fun in there that
4023s	that isn't um that doesn't require also
4026s	nerfing the ability to use the merchant
4028s	skill know like if if there's or or or
4032s	feel like um we did explore some of
4035s	these things like the other option is
4036s	that they will feel like a useless extra
4040s	step you know so it's kind of like it's
4042s	either it's either Nerf the the base
4045s	trade
4047s	functionality uh in order to add another
4049s	mechanic on top that makes it better
4050s	again um or kind
4055s	of I don't know just just make it trade
4058s	but with even more extra
4061s	steps not not really fit
4072s	well how do you keep yourself from
4074s	correcting wrong information means
4076s	leaking something
4080s	yeah I live with it being wrong out
4082s	there
4090s	sucks yeah Kane you are in the same cold
4092s	aren't you we live surprisingly close to
4094s	each
4101s	other it's possibility I might be moving
4103s	to your town actually
4121s	uh is there a gold cap on selling an
4124s	item in the merchant Guild I think so
4126s	yes
4128s	um in that players have a gold
4132s	cap so like
4135s	like two trillion or
4141s	something with a
4143s	T I think uh can you say if the
4146s	difficulty will go up to adjust to
4148s	players acquiring items more easily with
4151s	the faction
4153s	um kind of um we are increasing
4158s	[Music]
4160s	the uh yes but not specifically just
4163s	because of that I think this is the best
4164s	way to put it um we are increasing the
4168s	difficulty that each rank each each
4170s	point of corruption brings so um we have
4173s	a table for this that shows good
4175s	benchmarks and makes it easy to
4176s	understand but like
4179s	um 300 corruption now is going to be
4182s	harder than 300 corruption was
4190s	before it's mostly it's mostly based
4192s	around um endgame difficulty changes not
4195s	campaign difficulty
4199s	changes what is your favorite monster
4201s	design also which mob do you enjoy
4203s	destroying the most ah favorite monster
4210s	design I think it's going to be the the
4212s	one where the like when you kill it like
4214s	it's its face like comes out as like
4216s	another enemy a stick that appears um V
4220s	visual design I think that's my favorite
4221s	just like like the theming and how cool
4223s	it looks and all sort of stuff think
4224s	that's that's top list for me
4229s	um I enjoy actually destroying the uh
4233s	the eyes The Immortal eyes the most just
4235s	cuz there's that like I know there's
4237s	that there's that tension of like oh can
4238s	you can you beat it before the explosion
4240s	goes off
4242s	um I it feels like trying to
4246s	like trying to outsped an electrode or
4249s	something you know
4253s	uh like old Pokemon so yeah
4266s	it's please remember to tag me yeah
4269s	please remember to tag me in your
4270s	messages cuz I will skip over it if I
4272s	did skip over your message I apologize
4275s	it was not intentional out of malice
4277s	please feel free to repost it I'll try
4278s	and answer
4279s	it I'll read this one right above that I
4281s	think it might be might have been
4282s	talking about are there any plans to
4284s	make leveling alts easier and quicker
4286s	through the
4289s	campaign um so so kind of we've we've
4292s	done a few things recently to help with
4293s	this um most notably is that when you
4297s	have a um like this item this is not the
4301s	example I was going to use but it's fine
4304s	um this this is a weaver wheel item this
4306s	is a level 18
4308s	item look at that thing level 18 174
4311s	Health on it that's huge
4316s	huge legendaries and Weaver will items
4318s	no longer take their level from the
4321s	legendary of them and keep their base
4324s	unique
4325s	level so you can make some pretty epic
4328s	like I was to take this 20 Level 23 exus
4330s	and put a big exalted mod on it it's
4332s	level would stay 23 so level 23 you can
4334s	use that big exalted Mod on your
4336s	legendary sanguinus and like that's
4339s	huge so that a change we made very
4341s	recently in the last patch uh that helps
4343s	with leveling a lot lot especially
4345s	leveling alts um we are looking to
4347s	improve it hasn't really been finished
4349s	yet the um the dungeons as an ALT
4354s	campaign skip system um for leveling
4357s	more powerful alts and things like
4360s	that we're
4363s	um we're we're we're looking at uh ways
4366s	to improve
4368s	um the monolith experience for alt
4372s	characters uh so like and once again
4376s	this is stuff that's not fully ready to
4377s	go for 1.0 this is this is stuff we're
4379s	looking at this stuff we've designing
4382s	um but but have having a way where when
4385s	you get to that that like unlocking
4388s	empowered faster on alts things things
4389s	like that like there's there's a lot of
4391s	little things that we're working on to
4392s	make that alt experience a little bit
4398s	smoother some of them are kind of weird
4401s	but they do the job really well and
4402s	they're fun so
4408s	looking forward to 1.0 me
4412s	too the cycle is done will cycle
4414s	mechanic move to standard
4416s	league so
4418s	initially um we're actually releasing
4421s	the cycle mechanics in standard right
4423s	away we not even going to wait um just
4427s	because we know that they are things
4429s	that we're going to want in standard no
4430s	matter what um they're they're so big
4432s	they're so core to the game gameplay and
4434s	how it works that it's there's just no
4436s	point in
4438s	Waiting um so so yes
4442s	uh this is something that will change
4445s	cycle to cycle this is something that
4446s	will re-evaluate and listen to feedback
4448s	on and all that sort of stuff
4451s	um initially anyways like I know 1.0 and
4454s	1.1 is really all I'm going to say
4456s	definitively 1.0 and 1.1 will have their
4460s	major
4461s	mechanical things and stuff be
4464s	cycle and Legacy simultaneously on their
4468s	launch it's possible that we might look
4471s	into having some small things that are
4474s	cycle exclusives um starting as early as
4477s	1.1 um we don't even plans them right
4480s	now but that's something that that may
4482s	happen I say some small things like
4483s	maybe there's a unique item you know
4485s	that's like cycle only or but I'm not
4488s	talking about like a whole system at
4492s	least not right now that's the sort of
4493s	thing that we'll probably when when the
4495s	game's a little bit more
4497s	established maybe maybe it's a couple
4498s	years from now um we've got a sweet
4501s	stable of really core mechanics that
4502s	that that are feeling well they're
4504s	polished they're you know hitting the
4505s	right notes and um we've got something
4510s	kind of wild to try and we're
4512s	like this might be fun but this might
4514s	ruin a lot of stuff that's the point
4516s	that we'll start being like okay this is
4518s	a py only
4519s	mechanic and all of this is very subject
4521s	to change based on feedback and uh
4524s	results from gameplay and all the sort
4527s	of
4533s	stuff but the big thing that's really
4534s	important to us is that we we want to
4536s	avoid at least initially we really want
4538s	to avoid having multiple game
4540s	environments to
4543s	maintain um it's just something that
4546s	that that that extra extra time effort
4549s	and resources that we have to put into
4551s	maintaining two fun balanced functional
4556s	environments it it does it does take
4558s	away from other things we can do so so
4559s	like if we do that suddenly we're maybe
4561s	we're adding less each patch suddenly
4563s	we're um you know not spending as much
4566s	time testing individual features you
4568s	know like there there's lots of things
4569s	that were it's always a like we've got a
4572s	finite number of hours between patches
4574s	to work on the
4576s	game and um you know how can how can we
4580s	be most efficient with
4582s	that
4590s	uh can I ask about character creation
4592s	for a sec
4593s	absolutely is it a possibility we'll
4595s	ever get a chance get uh get classes of
4597s	either gender or small character
4599s	customization or maybe an MTX that
4601s	achieves the same yes
4604s	um I think that there is a so we we for
4608s	the I'll start right off with this
4609s	saying 1.0 will not have any character
4611s	customization whatsoever there will not
4614s	be any additional genders added to the
4616s	character creation screen for 1.0 1.0
4619s	the character creation is almost
4621s	identical to what we have now there's
4626s	um like there's a new drop down and a
4628s	new checkbox at the end um but are just
4631s	like different cycle selection options
4633s	it's like cycle or Legacy and a new ssf
4636s	Option like like that's all that's all
4637s	that is
4640s	um but as for like what your character
4643s	looks like how your character plays all
4644s	that sort of stuff is not changing
4646s	between the way it is now and 1.0 as far
4648s	as character creation is concerned be
4651s	super clear about that because I've I've
4653s	had to correct a few of those in the
4654s	last week on specifically yesterday a
4657s	lot
4660s	um which was which was weird was there
4662s	was there were a couple answers uh
4664s	yesterday on Reddit that were like
4665s	really confident like yes it's happening
4669s	and other people be like oh great like a
4671s	conversation stems out of it and I'm
4672s	like I have to show up and be like like
4675s	oh no it's
4679s	not um
4682s	however character customization is
4684s	something that we know that a not
4687s	insignificant portion of our community
4689s	needs and I use the term need
4692s	intentionally because um I think as far
4695s	as they're concerned it is a need um if
4698s	they're going to play the game anyways
4699s	and and so we we do want to deliver this
4701s	feature for them this is something that
4702s	we've wanted to do for for a while um
4705s	it's just not something that we have the
4707s	capability of delivering on in in a way
4709s	that we're happy with the quality for
4713s	1.0 um I ideally like like if if I if I
4717s	had a magic spell that said Implement
4720s	character
4721s	customization yes I would read that
4722s	spell and we'd have it um but it's it's
4726s	it's really just a priority issue right
4728s	now it's a it's how much does it cost
4729s	how how much benefit are we going to get
4731s	from it um and and compare that to
4735s	adding Pinnacle bosses like like would
4737s	you rather be able to and and this aners
4740s	is a serious question because it's going
4741s	to be different for a lot of people
4742s	would you rather us add Pinnacle bosses
4744s	to the game or would you rather us add
4747s	um character customization and gender
4748s	options to the game and for for a lot of
4751s	people that's a really easy question in
4753s	either direction um and for some people
4757s	that's actually a hard to answer so it's
4758s	it's like and and that might be a little
4760s	confusing to to to some people and and
4762s	that's fine just
4764s	something but my point is is that um
4768s	well I should answer the question
4768s	shouldn't I yes we're we're we're we're
4770s	looking at doing it eventually uh know
4772s	it will not come to
4773s	1.0 um and it probably won't be through
4777s	MTX it'll be a um like just anyone can
4781s	do
4782s	it yeah part of character creation
4785s	there'd be like uh we hav't discuss this
4788s	so I don't know but like there there
4790s	would be some way
4792s	to um to modify it as well after the
4795s	fact like like um I don't know some
4797s	maybe maybe it's some vendor in game
4799s	that you talk to and you go get a
4801s	haircut this T this is the hair and the
4804s	hat factions I was talking about earlier
4806s	right H yeah it's all coming
4809s	together don't
4811s	worry sorry that was loud I hit the
4813s	microphone
4815s	arm do like a like a little Charlie
4818s	Kelly actually going on here so let see
4819s	see what's going on
4821s	here um
4824s	sorry little carried away uh will alts
4828s	benefit from faction perks right away or
4830s	will alts have to wait until they unlock
4831s	it during the campaign the alts will
4833s	need to unlock access to the faction and
4837s	join the faction in order to gain the
4839s	benefits from the
4841s	faction however cuz I can hear you
4844s	saying but Mike chapter 9's a long way
4847s	off for an ALT to get these bonuses
4849s	right you're right the if you have a
4853s	character so the everything's separated
4855s	by stashes so if you have if you're
4857s	playing um cycle softcore just like the
4862s	the most default standard play character
4864s	you can
4865s	imagine um and you you you play through
4868s	you unlock your faction you start
4869s	playing with that it's great you're
4870s	having fun you're like I want to make an
4871s	ALT you make an ALT of the same type
4874s	like the same um softcore cycle
4879s	character because another character from
4882s	that same
4883s	cycle data shares a stash with it
4887s	already has um factions unlocked that
4891s	character will be given the option to
4893s	pick a faction in the first
4895s	town so we're talking chapter one here
4899s	you're getting your you're getting
4899s	faction unlocked so so alt alts will
4902s	have access to those bonuses and will
4903s	level easier because of that as
4907s	well oh I am far
4911s	behind I'm about I'm about 18 minutes
4913s	behind here
4916s	sorry 16 minutes behind I can
4921s	math uh I'll try to be quicker
4924s	whereabouts are you for it to be that
4926s	cold for lock to freeze uh I I live in
4932s	Canada I live in a part of Canada where
4934s	it never gets that cold but somehow it's
4936s	that cold here
4939s	welcome uh
4941s	Bou everybody they're coming welcome
4943s	over I thought you were
4947s	streaming hope you're having fun welcome
4950s	welcome we're just talking about trade
4952s	stuff
4955s	here
4957s	uh any plans to ramp up the games mob
4959s	density maybe lowering some of the games
4961s	cooldowns let games uh be a little more
4964s	fast-paced and frantic I wasn't looking
4966s	at my
4967s	character also can we please get a
4969s	damaging or skill that permanently on um
4971s	definitely not referring to rightous
4972s	fire definitely um well so there are
4977s	things um there are righteous Fire like
4979s	abilities it's not quite the same
4983s	um orb
4985s	Decay uh fire AA stuff like that like
4988s	there's there's there you can get a lot
4989s	of that gameplay style um
4993s	melstrom there's versions of those that
4995s	are that that don't require too much
5001s	management
5003s	um but we usually we we really do like
5004s	to build in
5007s	um I guess rewards for making good
5009s	decisions in in and what I mean by
5011s	rewards making good decisions um I don't
5014s	mean like rewards for picking the build
5017s	we want you to pick I mean um rewards
5019s	for being in combat and deciding I'm
5023s	going to do a or b and and making a good
5026s	decision that way in
5028s	combat and um generally builds that
5032s	don't have there's like zero or one
5035s	button builds um have have less of that
5038s	for
5039s	sure and that's not to say they're bad
5041s	or wrong or we want to remove them or
5043s	anything like that but just we we do
5045s	often uh look to add mechanics that
5049s	reward active gameplay and um because we
5054s	just add more of those in general you
5055s	end up with um like accidental synergies
5058s	and and incidental Buffs and things like
5061s	that so you end up with generally more
5064s	powerful builds just like naturally it
5067s	happens but yes there there are there
5068s	are things like that and that was the
5069s	other one mob density we've been ramping
5071s	up mob density for a few patches now and
5074s	it's been going
5075s	great and we're still going to do it
5077s	more and
5079s	more uh for the in-game shop will the
5081s	supporter packs change with 1.0 yes they
5084s	will change with 1.0 we got new packs
5087s	coming can't double jot me on
5090s	that uh now the important question what
5094s	is your favorite two color and three
5096s	color combinations in match together oh
5098s	God uh my favorite two color combination
5100s	is easy it is is it I am red blue all
5103s	the way all day every
5106s	day um my favorite three card
5113s	combination uh is is much trickier three
5116s	color combination is much trickier um I
5118s	think it's probably
5120s	esper white blue black big
5127s	fan I swear I'm not a control
5131s	Mage uh why not allow friends to just
5133s	make small guilds to trade between
5135s	instead of uh extra system to gate
5137s	trading among
5139s	friends we almost we almost did that we
5141s	came very close to doing that we we had
5143s	a name for it um we had a design
5146s	document for it we we like we we came
5150s	really close to doing that um
5153s	the answer to that question is like a
5155s	month of
5156s	discussions
5160s	um but the short answer the really short
5162s	answer is is that it's um the only way
5166s	we could make it so there wasn't some
5167s	really obvious and dramatic abuse cases
5170s	that just Ena free trade
5173s	um in order to in order to Bas in order
5175s	to not enable free trade with something
5177s	like that the um the amount of
5184s	like the the amount of restrictions we
5186s	had to put on it were like makes the
5187s	amount of restrictions we put on trade
5189s	now just tiny and and it didn't feel
5193s	good that's basically what it comes down
5208s	to if we if we were able to be like all
5211s	right now nobody Abus use the
5213s	system and everyone listen to us yeah we
5216s	probably would have done
5220s	that uh 999 million is the cap as far as
5223s	you know oh that's for gold sounds
5226s	like uh so is this an actual official
5229s	last Epoch developer Channel it is I am
5231s	a senior developer for 11th Hour games I
5234s	work on last Epoch I have been working
5235s	on last Epoch for six years now roughly
5239s	give takes six months I don't actually
5240s	know when I started I've got a uh Reddit
5243s	message saved actually from the first
5244s	time I contacted Jed which is pretty
5246s	cool
5248s	um yes I am I've been
5251s	here not quite since the very beginning
5254s	but like real close
5264s	um this is my credentials okay let me
5267s	then ask something please I have many
5269s	questions uh but I ask one doable here
5271s	why the decision
5273s	uh of going twitch drops um I mean we
5278s	got a huge number of people asking us to
5281s	and we thought it was a a way to uh
5284s	support our streamer Community that's
5286s	that's that's that's kind of what it
5288s	boils down to is that we've got tons of
5291s	really awesome streamers that are a huge
5293s	part of why we've made it this far is
5296s	these people that um that promote our
5298s	game for us because they like it and um
5301s	they share it with their communities um
5304s	and these These are people that we want
5306s	to um in turn we want to turn around and
5308s	drive traffic back to their their
5310s	channels and their their communities so
5312s	that that they say
5315s	hey um ichi's got our back
5318s	too and that that's a huge part of
5322s	it and and also we just get a lot of
5324s	people asking us for them like like just
5326s	people who say hey I want free cosmetics
5329s	and we're like
5331s	okay yeah yeah um I I know not Everyone
5334s	likes it and I know not everyone has
5335s	access to it and um we tried to make it
5338s	as accessible as possible uh by by
5341s	adding in that extra like the second
5343s	session for it
5345s	um but and like we we know it's not
5347s	going to be perfect for everyone I just
5349s	think that this is going to be the
5351s	um the way to get most the most people
5353s	involved as
5361s	possible
5364s	yeah you got more questions please feel
5366s	free but yeah I'm trying to catch up
5367s	here I swear uh will you implement a
5370s	move to right click and if so when maybe
5372s	I would say there's a good chance but uh
5374s	we've got some changes we've got to make
5376s	to our input system to make it be
5377s	possible um all I can say is uh not even
5381s	1.1 it won't even be done by 1.1 I can
5383s	say that pretty
5385s	confidently if assuming we do
5391s	it
5393s	1.1 would be early be very early and I I
5396s	I don't know if we're doing
5399s	it like the hel I could start crafting
5404s	on all right NB question love n
5407s	questions uh in a
5409s	small Spanish you are a small Spanish
5412s	streamer cool are twitch drops going to
5414s	be able available for any everyone that
5416s	streams or you guys going to select a
5418s	few streamers to have them um I believe
5421s	I I don't know is the short answer to
5423s	this you should send a message to our
5424s	support Channel um to our our support on
5427s	our support site there is a contact us
5430s	uh for you should send a message there
5431s	to talk about it as far as I
5434s	know
5436s	um basically if we haven't been in touch
5438s	with you yet about it um you don't have
5441s	access to Twitch drops I think um I'll
5445s	be honest though I've never set up
5447s	twitch drops before and I don't know how
5448s	they work from the back end um and I'm
5450s	not the one doing it this time either
5452s	luckily for all of you
5455s	um so so yeah contact us through uh
5461s	more uh and I see right after Kane has
5464s	answered this better than I
5467s	did okay there's going to be more sorry
5469s	there's going to be more information
5470s	coming on how to sign up for it uh wait
5473s	for that info sorry thank you Kane uh
5476s	any plans for new Pinnacle bosses for
5478s	release no not for release um that is
5482s	something that we are looking at doing
5483s	I've um I've been really inep personally
5488s	with try with designing uh boss fights
5490s	and things like that I've been just like
5491s	just jotting them down on like in the
5493s	evening just sitting on my phone just
5494s	like writing down boss ideas things like
5496s	that I've been doing a lot of uh uh
5499s	exercises up here about it
5502s	recently so we are we are and it's not
5504s	just me it's lots of we have started
5505s	working on it um but they're not uh
5508s	there's none none for 1.0 yet
5509s	unfortunately we really wanted to it's
5511s	just the Polish won't be there and we
5513s	we've got it we've it's we we hit a
5515s	point where we're like um cutting
5518s	features and having the features we have
5520s	show up with with fewer bugs is is is we
5523s	decided was better
5533s	basically
5536s	question hey guys will there be a bounce
5538s	patch to with 1.0 yes we we we we bounce
5541s	every patch
5551s	are you playing are you playing any
5553s	other games other than last ebot
5554s	currently yeah I'm kind of always a
5557s	little bit playing S6 that's sort of my
5560s	like Mindless go-to I just slap on some
5562s	si6 have some
5566s	fun
5568s	um
5570s	lately uh I've been playing um I just
5575s	just finished my time at
5576s	Sandrock it's good
5581s	um I've I've been I've been really
5583s	getting into randomizers for uh classic
5586s	Zelda
5588s	games F that kick my
5601s	butt
5604s	um so I I've been playing like uh gotten
5608s	quite good at Link to the Past
5610s	randomizer and I've been playing um or
5613s	of time randomizer
5615s	now which I'm not very good at yet uh I
5618s	thought I would be way better at I'm
5619s	like die of this game inside and out no
5621s	problem here we
5625s	go my
5629s	goodness trying to do it like without
5631s	guides without without uh glitches and
5634s	things like
5635s	that I might I might start looking some
5637s	some stuff up
5642s	here uh one more or for more Q things
5647s	like blessing system mini rework you
5648s	guys were talking about the Gamescom
5649s	interview do you think things like that
5651s	can be added midcycle or you guys hold
5653s	off uh for real changes to the game
5655s	until cycle launches it'll be psych
5658s	launches uh we've heard about Le aiming
5661s	for a sweet spot between pee and D4 any
5663s	comment on that um yeah I I don't know
5666s	if
5666s	[Music]
5668s	we so it doesn't necessarily need to be
5671s	specifically a sweet swap between D4 and
5673s	po like if one of them were to change
5675s	what they were going for we wouldn't be
5677s	like all right we need to adjust so
5678s	we're in between them still or something
5679s	like that um but yeah the the the style
5683s	of things that we are going for does
5684s	land in between the two pretty
5688s	well um and so I think I think that is a
5692s	uh a good way to describe the the type
5694s	of gameplay that you you should expect
5695s	from
5702s	us something that's maybe a little bit
5705s	more a little bit more depth and
5706s	complexity than than uh I was say more
5708s	depth and complexity than Poe more depth
5710s	and complexity than Diablo offers um and
5715s	and a little bit
5717s	less uh muchness than what Poe has
5723s	not a bad way of putting
5725s	it it's not a bad Idol it's terrible for
5741s	us uh how huge is the listing for MTX
5744s	stuff be in 1.0 like like uh how how
5747s	many new MTX items are we getting in 1.0
5750s	it's not that big um
5754s	there's there's a chunk of new ones that
5757s	are sweet but it's
5759s	uh it's it's it's not I I don't honestly
5763s	I don't know all the items but it's not
5764s	like there's a 100 new items that came
5766s	or something like that like no that's
5767s	way too many
5771s	um we're we're kind of we're just slowly
5773s	adding MTX to to the to to the store um
5776s	as we make it
5780s	um
5783s	it's coming along it's coming
5786s	along are you guys going to base the
5789s	game into Seasons like Poe with
5790s	achievements and rewards
5796s	yeah yeah I think I think po has shown
5799s	that
5800s	there's um like has shown this model is
5804s	fantastic for uh for like primarily from
5809s	player player enjoyment standpoint
5814s	um I think that you can you can do it in
5817s	such a way that people just have a ton
5819s	of new stuff to do and play with and fun
5822s	to have um it's just kind of a win um
5827s	you know there's there's a few little
5828s	things that were like okay maybe we
5831s	can't deliver on on on this aspect as
5833s	well as they can but but hey we because
5836s	we can do this better we'll we'll do
5837s	that a little bit differently and so
5839s	like it's it's not like we're um cing
5841s	things one to one exactly but
5844s	um they kind of Prov that the general
5847s	style works really well and um we'll put
5850s	her on spin on
5856s	it please don't forget to put at last OT
5858s	game in your question or I will scroll
5860s	right past it uh will you be able to see
5863s	other players in your guild hubs yes yes
5866s	so the um in the various faction
5870s	hubs the The Observatory and the bazaar
5873s	uh it is they act as Town zones um so
5877s	they they're they have uh in increased
5880s	maximum player
5881s	capacity and uh no skills in
5886s	there and no enemies you can't die in
5893s	there yes I don't think it's a way to
5895s	kill yourself like you can't die in
5897s	there oh but you could order DEC oh
5898s	there's no skills you can't use skills
5900s	in there that's what that was
5902s	um will you be able to see other play oh
5904s	yeah answer
5906s	that uh how is the studio doing
5908s	financially uh is there going to be paid
5911s	expansions um so I I don't have uh uh
5915s	hard hard numbers in front of me or
5916s	anything like that
5919s	um but I we're we're we're doing we're
5923s	doing well we're happy with where we're
5925s	sitting um you know we're as as a as a
5929s	smaller game Studio like said medium
5932s	game studio now um making this game
5935s	things things are looking looking solid
5937s	we're pleased with where we are you know
5941s	other other General positive comments
5943s	about this sort of thing
5947s	um and um when we do when we do add more
5951s	content to the game one of the things
5953s	this is something we decided a long time
5954s	ago one of the things that's really
5955s	important to us is not to split our game
5957s	Community Based on which expansions you
5959s	purchased um in in the like Alla wow for
5964s	example which which does split them
5965s	based on that and that's that system
5966s	works fantastic for that game MMOs are
5969s	different beasts than arpg so I'm not
5970s	saying that's bad or anything
5972s	um but just the way that RPGs work in
5975s	general it's uh we don't think that that
5979s	style will work quite as well for us as
5982s	a um uh like a a cyclical content
5987s	release that is not paid so so you do
5990s	not need to um um how do I you you don't
5993s	need to buy like we're going to we're
5994s	going to add supporter packs each time
5996s	there's a cycle release um there'll be
5998s	new ways new things to buy stuff like
6000s	that but you don't need to buy any of it
6003s	um the only in order to play the game
6005s	with full access to all the features and
6007s	every and do stuff with all your friends
6009s	um all you have to do is buy the base
6012s	game one time and that's
6015s	it if your buddy has paid a million
6018s	dollar and you've paid $35 you'll have
6021s	the the exact same functionality quality
6024s	of life and maximum potential for
6027s	power as each
6030s	other hope that was as clear and
6032s	all-encompassing as
6035s	possible if I miss
6037s	anything let me
6040s	know uh are there any
6044s	Nur uh coming to Shadow daggers on
6046s	release I don't know um they're still
6050s	quite strong but they're not as you ious
6051s	as they were before um I I try really
6054s	hard not to comment on uh potential
6056s	upcoming balance changes on stream uh if
6058s	I had to guess uh if it was going to
6060s	have any changes I would guess there
6062s	would be some light Nerfs if I was going
6063s	to guess on any changes but I do not
6069s	know a lot of that stuff happens in the
6072s	last month or
6074s	so or basically the last month or so
6076s	anyways so yeah well I guess it's going
6078s	to be happening
6080s	soon
6094s	uh wow mik's the chats yeah sorry I'm
6097s	bad at that I could I can here I can go
6099s	to town and just do like a speed round
6101s	let's do
6107s	that uh well hope everything is going to
6111s	go nice on release me too uh and that it
6115s	will release as planned me to uh any
6117s	plans for future improvements to
6118s	controller support absolutely 1.0 will
6120s	be coming with controller support
6122s	improvements um we it won't end there
6125s	one our controller is considered a
6128s	primary um control scheme for us so we
6131s	do intend to maintain it and you know
6135s	it's when we're designing new things
6137s	when we're like okay we want to add this
6139s	um okay how is controller going to look
6141s	with like how's that going to work with
6142s	controller
6144s	um oh that node won't work well with
6146s	controller it's one node is that okay I
6148s	don't know you know like like controller
6150s	is an important part of the game for us
6152s	and
6155s	um it it will continue to be
6170s	that
6175s	wait was that my melee crit stats did I
6177s	just read that I say a minion yeah I'm
6180s	just a
6182s	[ __ ]
6193s	yeah oh where am
6195s	I this is why you shouldn't stream and
6198s	play kids no just
6199s	kidding um
6202s	technical thoughts on the Druid totem
6204s	build that replaces the uh that replaces
6207s	the healing totems as fast as possible
6209s	to deal
6210s	damage technical
6213s	thoughts uh it was a pain to set up I
6215s	remember
6222s	that sorry I'm not sure on the question
6224s	we ask that one plays B3 4 73
6228s	R better beater beater n got there
6233s	um thank you for graciously answering
6235s	all the questions can't wait for 1
6236s	point0 you're
6237s	welcome Hope they've been good answers
6239s	for you imagine the main twitch Channel
6241s	not set up for twitch drops on launch I
6243s	don't I don't know if we're going to be
6245s	stream like you so here's the thing is
6246s	usually we don't stream at launch
6250s	um because we know that it it like
6253s	because it's an official channel for it
6254s	it attracts a lot of attention away from
6256s	the streamers who um rely on big events
6260s	like a launch to have like good good
6263s	streams and and you like that's that's
6264s	part of their revenue and stuff like
6265s	that so usually we don't stream around
6269s	uh times like that um or if we do it'll
6271s	be like limited or we'll we'll warn them
6273s	be like we're streaming here this time
6274s	heads up um but yeah it's I I probably
6278s	won't be streaming during twitch drops
6280s	got to go to got to go to the good
6281s	creators not little old
6285s	me okay here is one when cycle is
6287s	starting or seasons will they last for 3
6289s	months or four months hopefully four
6290s	months but um we don't have a set time
6294s	for them yet we do have we we've got a
6296s	plan we've got like a okay like 1.1
6300s	we're aiming this day 1.2 we're aiming
6302s	this day um but like what happens at 1.0
6306s	can change that and you know like the
6308s	feedback we get the like all all that's
6310s	flexible so we we don't have a set hard
6313s	date I the only thing I will say is that
6315s	you are roughly in and around the right
6319s	General timing that we're going to
6337s	OT uh how is the bug fixing going very
6341s	well our void themed Echo is playable
6344s	again without massive FPS drop uh yes as
6347s	far as I
6348s	know uh do projectiles manage to connect
6351s	again he jealous um the there's I I
6356s	don't know all
6357s	the I don't know all the status of all
6359s	the bugs
6360s	um there's a lot of them a lot of them
6363s	have getting fixed um I've been fixing
6364s	some a lot of other people fixing a lot
6366s	of other ones um it's I don't keep an
6370s	eye a close eye on every single bug so I
6371s	don't know I'm sorry um those are very
6375s	big bugs and would be high on the
6379s	list
6384s	you can still do an no time randomizer
6386s	every two weeks you every week you do
6387s	multi Rand yeah i' i' i' uh i' I'd do an
6392s	OT randomizer night or something like um
6394s	do do a race set up with this the same
6397s	seed across multiple uh multiple people
6399s	and do like a race night I would so do
6401s	that sounds like fun sign me
6404s	up I die
6408s	here I am not good enough to do I I will
6411s	not I will not beat maasa like this
6413s	there's there's just no
6415s	way zero zero chance I need I need way
6418s	more poison res 45 that's got to be
6421s	that's got to be like 80 or 90 at
6424s	least maybe even
6434s	more that a
6439s	bug
6469s	that's weird it didn't tell me where
6470s	took the point of out
6476s	of supposed to tell me where I took the
6478s	point out
6479s	of should be able to figure it out
6481s	though it's probably
6489s	this yeah it'll be this
6491s	[Music]
6493s	one you can tell because it is and this
6495s	is some ridiculous if you start at the
6497s	top and you start actually if you start
6499s	here if you start at about 10:30 11:00
6502s	and you start going uh
6505s	counterclockwise and you look near the
6506s	center of the node and find a high point
6509s	value node that has that seems to be one
6512s	shy of being full early on going
6514s	counterclockwise from here you'll a high
6517s	point node with one point missing is is
6520s	likely the one that tooken out of
6522s	that's I know that sounds so ridiculous
6524s	and over
6526s	but what
6528s	happens in most of them anyways
6533s	the reason I say counterclockwise like
6534s	that is it's based on the order that
6535s	they're added in the list that it's like
6537s	just just sitting in the in the scene in
6539s	the prefab and that's a lot of them
6543s	that's the order that they got added
6552s	in but looks for a high point node close
6555s	to the
6559s	center
6569s	all
6574s	right is it hard to balance all the Run
6577s	Master possibilities
6579s	absolutely uh will the seasonal content
6581s	be available in offline mode yep uh what
6584s	new features are planned after 1.0 lots
6586s	of cool stuff I can't share them with
6588s	you now I'm sorry focus on 1.0
6591s	are you guys aiming for themed Cycles
6594s	where it has its own kind of system and
6595s	theme all it Jazz yes or will be more
6598s	like when remaster came out were a bunch
6599s	of different things that aren't
6600s	necessarily connected by a common theme
6602s	um no it'll be it it'll like it'll be a
6605s	bit of both at least initially they'll
6606s	be a lot
6608s	more like just hey this is a sweet thing
6610s	we got to add to the game um and they'll
6612s	get more and more focused on specific
6614s	themes as time goes on but they will
6616s	like we we've really been trying to like
6618s	give them give the the the Cycles a name
6620s	we've been doing that for a few Cycles
6622s	now um and and we do try and drive home
6625s	that idea of a themed
6630s	cycle that's one of the things that that
6632s	Poe does really
6636s	well is there going to be a major
6638s	rebalance of classes for 1.0 as there
6641s	are quite some relics after introduction
6643s	of
6648s	resistance there quite some relics after
6650s	introduction of resistance I think
6651s	there's something missing there I think
6652s	I think there's a there's a auto correct
6654s	doesn't matter though um major balance
6658s	uh there will be there's a bunch of
6659s	stuff that's getting changed and
6660s	balanced and things like that um I don't
6662s	want
6666s	to um I I don't want to say that that
6668s	like specific things are going to get
6670s	changed or not rhyme right after save
6672s	the bounce guy now
6674s	yes
6677s	um there there are quite a lot of things
6681s	um that have been changed and
6684s	rebalanced um but I don't want to Pro
6689s	make it seem like I'm promising that
6690s	everything's been changed so there
6692s	there's there's quite a lot of changes
6693s	uh there's there there's some areas that
6696s	are much more concentrated in changes
6697s	like there's some skill trees that will
6698s	have zero changes but um there are some
6702s	that will have complete reworks you know
6704s	that sort of thing Tempest strike will
6707s	there be Cosmetics to Druid
6709s	transformations yes not at 1.0 for
6712s	example Ker's cage for white fur yeah
6714s	would love to see some swarm blade as a
6717s	bit electrified yeah yeah we'll be um
6721s	there will be things like
6723s	that uh you can see in your appearance
6725s	tab there's down here skill Cosmetics oo
6728s	yeah where is a skill stor blades a
6731s	skill got to have damn Cosmetics for it
6734s	eventually will there be any significant
6736s	changes to campaign for enemy types
6739s	being removed or added to make leveling
6741s	easier or harder I've been speedr
6743s	running so be nice know any M minor
6746s	changes major changes any any more
6748s	changes uh that help to Nerf the Run um
6752s	there hasn't been huge changes to
6755s	campaign I don't
6757s	think uh there's been some stuff here
6759s	and there but if anything it's gotten
6760s	easier I
6762s	think for for experienced players
6769s	say
6772s	and easier might be the wrong
6774s	word more room for
6781s	optimization just purchased let's go
6784s	welcome aboard hope you have
6785s	fun uh is a monolith or a dungeon with
6789s	an undead or corrupted maasa as a boss
6791s	out of the
6793s	picture uh I
6797s	um there are some story reasons why it
6801s	doesn't work
6804s	great so I I wouldn't get your hopes
6808s	up um but at the same time like I mean
6812s	it's a time travel game got to do what
6815s	we
6816s	want right
6819s	like okay so right before maasa dies
6823s	this this uh a corrupted player from a
6825s	future alternate timeline um realizes
6828s	that the only way to save his wife is to
6831s	go back and snag maasa out of the
6834s	timeline you know like like some that
6836s	happens and like great we can fight her
6837s	now
6840s	um I guess my point being like we don't
6843s	have any plans to and there are story
6845s	reasons why she's not but I who
6851s	knows it's a great boss fight and I'd
6853s	love to have an end game version of
6859s	it
6866s	yes I haven't played much in a while but
6868s	I know the last time I played it felt
6869s	like it was pretty easy to craft all the
6871s	aexes I needed and even with mediocre
6873s	gear I could roll over Mo most timelines
6875s	has scaling being adjusted or plan to be
6877s	adjusted
6879s	yes thank you very
6882s	much theosis patient again welcome oh
6885s	we've got a gift
6887s	to O Pinger
6891s	oper I just I see I I play too much
6894s	magic and I see the word Pinger there
6895s	I'm like yeah what's up
6899s	probal
6907s	Tim Mike is going to go
6910s	overtime yeah I'll I'll I'll I'll stay a
6913s	little late here we're getting real
6914s	close to time it's supposed to end in
6916s	five minutes I feel like I'm still
6917s	pretty behind I'm going to just
6921s	going bring something up that's like
6922s	actually interesting while I
6925s	talk got
6927s	nothing we can look at my dude I'm I'm
6929s	going to Rattle through some of these
6930s	questions here just Cu uh yeah we can
6934s	race OTR but a multi Rand yeah across
6937s	multiple games yeah so do like a
6939s	um oh so you might have my Megaton
6942s	hammer and I might have your bow my okay
6943s	yeah like we'll talk about this later
6945s	but my God yes I'm in um is there full
6948s	controller support yes
6950s	uh there might be a couple things that
6952s	don't work yet like um typing your name
6954s	in for your character I that might be
6955s	the last thing uh when is the arboreal
6958s	circuit dummy getting a rework yeah the
6960s	dummy with two Twigs is supposedly a
6961s	tree I know it's frustrating this this
6964s	has been such a contentious Point
6966s	internally like you wouldn't even
6968s	believe it's it's it's just a joke now
6971s	it's like Jud and I will be playing and
6972s	one of us will have the ring and that
6975s	that dummy will spawn and immediately
6976s	we'll just start laughing at each other
6978s	because
6979s	like oh yeah we do not agree on this one
6981s	at
6983s	all um but yeah it's something will
6986s	happen for
6987s	sure uh not at 1.0 I don't think though
6991s	will we see weapon MTX at 1.0 there are
6993s	some I think there already some out
6994s	there I don't know if there's any
6995s	available for individual purchase or not
6997s	question
7000s	mark
7001s	[Music]
7006s	um M no spoilers what did I spoil I'm
7008s	sorry
7011s	uh time traveling game you can do what
7013s	you want where's the pink sheep
7015s	companion or at least my dancing among
7018s	the last uh springing
7024s	yeah uh oh my gosh I make it to the
7027s	end wasn't that far behind are we going
7029s	to see a road map after the game
7031s	launches to know what's coming in the
7032s	future it won't be right away but uh I
7034s	think we'll try and get a little bit
7036s	longer term communication just a little
7038s	bit further out
7040s	um at some point I don't know when
7043s	that'll happen or what it'll look like
7044s	exactly but um 1.0 is a big milestone
7047s	for us and we really don't want to
7048s	detract from that at
7051s	all
7053s	um it's still holiday season it is still
7056s	holiday
7059s	season I know Jud hates it see this is
7062s	the thing though Jud and I have
7063s	different opinions on uh what's
7067s	better like um
7071s	there so it used to have used to have an
7074s	old tree
7075s	model um that J hat that model
7080s	um and uh I I am of the opinion that
7084s	that that that tree model is better than
7086s	the
7087s	dummy um and so like given the choice to
7091s	the two of them I take the tree model NE
7092s	neither of us like either of them but
7096s	um it it was always a debate of do we do
7098s	we keep the tree or do we
7114s	that this is our this is our great
7116s	internal
7118s	turmoil that we just we just can't agree
7120s	on this one thing that sends us over the
7122s	edge and it's oh hey is that Spirit
7123s	talking but
7126s	um this just sends us over the edge we
7128s	just we just can't see eye to eye ey on
7130s	it and it's really putting a straight
7134s	now uh about the totem replacement build
7137s	question I was asking what are your
7139s	technical thoughts in the ter in this in
7142s	terms of lagging the level can
7146s	it uh I I played that build with a
7149s	minion Necromancer oh like like there
7152s	was you were playing yeah okay you're
7154s	saying we kind of lagged out some monos
7158s	um so it is on purpose that it is a real
7160s	build yes it's purposed that a real
7162s	build will it be changed for technical
7164s	reasons no it's
7170s	um the it should be able to handle a
7173s	necromancer and someone playing that
7176s	build um I'm not sure why it
7183s	wasn't uh when is released February 21st
7188s	2024
7191s	leaks I have no leaks this week I am
7193s	leak free I got that duct tape and I
7195s	wrapped it all around the ship nice and
7197s	tight and there are no
7202s	leaks uh please add so you can make the
7204s	Tex in game bigger visually impaired
7206s	nearsighted request this often current
7208s	text is way too small yep uh we don't
7211s	have a way of doing this yet I'm sorry
7213s	um it is something that's needed I
7218s	agree so obviously factions are super
7221s	big swing in 1.0 if you notice in the
7224s	first week that you got the balance
7226s	wrong and one faction is overwhelmingly
7229s	favored would you make mid cycle changes
7231s	or hold off until next cycle um so I did
7235s	I I just this a little bit more in depth
7236s	earlier but yeah if if there is an
7239s	overwhelming amount of people playing
7241s	either of the factions
7244s	um yeah we we'll be looking at that and
7247s	especially in the first like especially
7249s	in the first week um there's there's
7252s	plenty of time to make changes in the
7253s	first week
7256s	um and and and I I I think we'll
7260s	be I don't think we'll need to make any
7263s	like major like oh my God pull the
7266s	emergency lever type changes
7270s	um I'm just getting demolished here but
7273s	I do I do think that we will um I I
7277s	think that there'll be an early hot fix
7278s	I'm just going I think there'll be an
7280s	early hot fix where we'll see some favor
7282s	cost change changes so like um we'll go
7286s	in there and be like oh the favor cost
7289s	of buying unique items is reduced by 10%
7293s	and the favor cost of selling legendary
7296s	items is up 20% and the favor cost of
7301s	uh um uh
7305s	lenses is being dropped by 10% you know
7308s	like like think things like that like
7310s	like will We Will We like small
7311s	incremental changes to favor costs is a
7314s	really
7316s	um uh low low uh player impact it's a
7321s	bad way of putting it
7322s	low um friction might be a good way of
7325s	saying it way of um making changes to
7328s	the relative balance between the two
7330s	factions while
7334s	um not not fundamentally changing things
7336s	to the point that people are like oh you
7337s	ruined everything and now I have to
7339s	switch
7340s	um so I think I think we can we can move
7342s	that needle if especially if we're
7343s	looking at it's like it's
7345s	9010 um either way that's the sort of
7348s	thing that we'll be like okay let's
7349s	let's make some small favor cost changes
7352s	um let's see what that does to it um and
7354s	you know like it's it'll take some time
7355s	to get things settled it would have to
7357s	be a pretty significant gap for us to to
7360s	take action
7362s	um at least significant action I guess
7366s	the the response will be relative to the
7375s	need I
7381s	guess no leaks I didn't expect this kind
7383s	of Torment from you sorry I guess I
7385s	should have been upfront about that my
7386s	bad all right last few questions here
7388s	then going to hop off um will we have a
7391s	better way to Target enemies with spells
7394s	on controller we are working hard on
7395s	this
7397s	um I don't have any specific news for
7399s	you yet will uh will the be an will
7403s	there be will there be an improve to the
7406s	res skill system in the future
7409s	um you're saying it's it's very tedious
7411s	to respect every single point uh like it
7413s	is at the moment um yeah there's either
7416s	I think there's a resp all button in
7418s	passives I think you're talking about um
7419s	heads up right now enter does hit that
7422s	okay button so you can just like click
7423s	enter click enter click enter it's way
7425s	faster um but yeah I think I think
7427s	there's there's either a Respec all it's
7428s	in or about to be in we're working on
7430s	that for
7432s	passives uh will we will be get another
7435s	Lore Master stream before 1.0 to help
7437s	bring hype to the story to answer more
7439s	questions I'd love to Kyle if you're
7441s	around let me know do on the
7443s	stream
7447s	um considering I do bi-weekly runs and
7449s	used to do weekly runs so I know most be
7451s	running tactics and glitches I'm not
7453s	sure a competition would be fair for a
7454s	while yeah you would Caine would crush
7456s	me into the ground and I'm totally fine
7458s	with that are there going to be faction
7460s	specific uniques like Merchants Guild
7462s	you gain export damage um for gold you
7465s	have um
7467s	no um there
7469s	[Music]
7470s	are I think those are shared
7474s	um
7479s	no that's not to say that we can't or
7481s	won't but uh there aren't any in
7485s	1.0
7488s	right
7491s	from us and our
7493s	Shields have a great day hope you have a
7496s	wonderful time I hope you have lots of
7499s	fun and you always roll the hard
7505s	six thanks for coming out everybody hope
7508s	you had a great time I know I did I'll
7509s	be back same time same place next week
7512s	we will be um hanging out doing exactly
7516s	what we just did it' be lots of fun
7517s	it'll be great um if you have a question
7519s	that I did not answer I'm sorry I did
7521s	not mean to uh we will be still
7523s	answering questions in our Discord um
7526s	there's also lots of great community
7527s	members over there that are very
7528s	knowledgeable and will answer all sorts
7530s	of questions there too um we are quite
7533s	active on various platforms uh Reddit
7536s	our forums other things too I'm just
7538s	listening to things that I do
7541s	um yeah we'll be
7548s	back
7550s	find someone to say hi
7557s	to oh Dre's been around forever let's go
7560s	say hi to
7575s	dread all right we'll see you next week
7577s	everybody have a great time

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