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249s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
252s	back to another last Epoch Dev
255s	stream as always I'm your host Mike but
258s	I have a special guest for you
260s	today everybody please welcome to the
264s	stage everybody please welcome to the
266s	stage my friend our Lore Master is it's
274s	Kyle uhoh not com through yet turn your
277s	microphone
278s	on should be it was my mistake I just
282s	had you muted hey first time perfect oh
285s	uh can you he me now
287s	yeah ah perfect oh that's
291s	right all right first try we got in no
296s	technical difficulties oh so good
298s	fantastic
300s	say my my default Discord background is
302s	working perfectly good good
306s	good all right and we have
310s	um our usual uh Fitz is here giving us
313s	questions which is
315s	awesome oh no just thank you Fitz just
318s	got to hide this for one second
319s	appreciate it much two seconds
327s	here and we're back
330s	all right still work oh we're good we're
333s	golden okay we got good
335s	again we are can be doing our usual um
338s	I'm just going to be playing the game uh
340s	mocking about having some fun in the
342s	background while Kyle handles the stream
344s	no uh we're going to be doing a lore
346s	Focus stream today so uh I'd really like
348s	to encourage everyone to um bring uh
351s	questions about the lore you've got if
352s	there's anything you've been like
353s	wondering about or uh cool things you're
356s	curious about um uh anything lore
359s	related this is Kyle's wheelhouse this
361s	is this is who we want to be talking to
363s	um and as we know this is probably my
367s	biggest weak
368s	point uh it's okay Mike yeah thank you
372s	so as usual please put atlast uck game
374s	in the question and it will be uh funnel
377s	to us where uh we can answer them uh L
381s	questions are preferred today but if you
382s	have other questions please feel free to
384s	ask those two and I'll I'll tackle those
387s	um as always we do stream for charity um
390s	uh we got our charity above my head here
392s	and um I think we can hop right in I
395s	think that's about it isn't it that
397s	sounds about right and it looks like we
399s	already have a question right off the
402s	bat and I'll go ahead and just read it
404s	out why are there no fish NPCs in the
406s	game we have bird people for Rya the
408s	ospr elk people for H the wingi snake
411s	people for maasa not the scale ban
413s	that's actually the nagasa the scale
415s	Bane are the bandits in the area who
417s	actually oppos the nagasa hence you know
419s	scale Bane any was and you know humans
421s	with the terot why did lagon not make
423s	his own people so fun fact there
426s	actually is a follower race for lagon
428s	it's the maruna and as I'm sure if you
431s	played through the chapter featuring
433s	lagon I always had to like I almost said
435s	chapter G because I got like the dev
437s	names in my head instead of like the
439s	numbered names that' be chapter eight so
443s	yeah so you played through chapter 8
445s	featuring all the lagon stuff in the AIS
446s	of storms I'm sure you've you know have
448s	you know run into the mara sirens and
451s	the adrift maruna and the maruna ogres
453s	those are actually the equivalent of the
456s	wangari and the ospri and the nagasa the
459s	reason why they don't really encounter
461s	any like maruna NPCs it kind of ties
463s	into lagan's nature of being a more kind
467s	of chaotic neglectful kind of capricious
471s	God lagon just wasn't really interested
476s	in making uh like societies and culture
480s	with his maruna as opposed to the more
483s	handson Rya and hiod and maasa and a lot
487s	like a lot of the culture organization
488s	you see in lon's domain is actually you
491s	know done by architect Leath who kind of
494s	took on that role of kind of actually
496s	organizing this place instead of just
497s	letting it just kind of be storms and
500s	left to Pirates so the maruna are are
504s	fish NPCs and you don't really get a
506s	chance to interact with any really
507s	because you don't they don't really have
510s	a reason to try and interact with humans
513s	they just want to eat them so that
516s	is the relationship of the maruna with
519s	humans is much less open for
521s	interactions compared to the other
523s	Fallout races and a lot of that comes
524s	down to Leon's kind of neglectful
527s	nature this this is great because uh I I
531s	had no idea about that
533s	myself this this is also educate Mike
536s	about L stream as well and uh actually
540s	fun fact um I'm sure many people now
543s	have interacted with the our you know
545s	our item factions the circle of Fortune
548s	and Merchants Guild very early on in the
551s	like planning stages of the circle of
552s	Fortune one of the NPC ideas we actually
555s	played with and not not going with was
557s	the idea of having a maruna in a tank of
560s	water kind of kept in the back of the
562s	circle of Fortune and they would be like
563s	divining prophecies using like you know
566s	Starlight filtered through water and we
568s	ended up not going with that for a
570s	variety of reasons but there actually
571s	was you know a maruna NPC in the plans
575s	for a little bit there before we pivoted
577s	to something you know that worked a
578s	little bit better so we have considered
581s	having Maru NPCs in the past and you
583s	know actually quite recently
586s	nice and up to our next question sorry
591s	for non- lore question so this is one's
593s	going be for Mike probably you have
594s	plans to take a big look at the shaman
596s	and Forest Master passive trees looking
598s	at the offensive and defensive power new
600s	trees makes me think that there is a lot
601s	of potential for Shaman SL for Forge
603s	Master trees to get overhauled is yes is
606s	this a cycle 2 possibility Mike what do
609s	you think um well first off you can feel
611s	free to correct the uh the terms as you
613s	read them if it makes it easier for you
615s	no
616s	wores I just got to going off the cuff
619s	going off either either way it doesn't
620s	matter but yeah I felt this St it
622s	happens to me all the time Forge guard
624s	yes um it's R Rune master and Forge
627s	guard um yeah the I I I think that we
631s	will I can't give any specifics on
633s	what's coming in cycle 2 there are a uh
637s	significant number of adjustments that
639s	we've made to passives in general um and
643s	uh Forge guard and Shan have not been
645s	forgotten in there um I don't want to
649s	accidentally start some rumor of a of a
651s	rework or something like that um but but
653s	yeah the there's we know there's some
655s	love that is needed there and uh we are
657s	looking at passives um there's a big
659s	passive update branch that hasn't been
662s	merged in yet but uh hopefully
667s	soon good
669s	answer up next is any discussions on a
672s	third Artis faction I guess that' be you
674s	know item faction a third item faction
677s	or even more for the future so we can't
680s	go into any details on anything like
681s	that yet but the faction system as a
685s	just kind of a framework for that style
688s	of system and interaction is something
691s	that we are you know very excited to
693s	play with in the future it gives us a
695s	really nice just framework to build
697s	inside of so like a lot of that work
699s	that went into the creation of you know
701s	Merchant Guild and circle of Fortune was
703s	creating that framework for factions so
707s	we can't go into any detail on you know
709s	you know what future factions would be
712s	if if they even involved with items in
715s	you know in any case like but we have a
719s	fa workor for factions now we have the
721s	tech now for ranks and favor reputation
724s	and everything so we definitely have
727s	talked about okay we have these tools
729s	now we have this framework now we can do
731s	things with these now so we can't say
733s	what but we you know we had the tools
736s	would you know make sense to use them
739s	yeah yeah we we we will be I can see we
741s	see this I've said this before we will
742s	be adding more factions to the game um
744s	and they won't necessarily be mutually
746s	exclusive with the item faction so like
748s	we can um we we we haven't planned to
751s	add more sets of factions or even
753s	individual factions too so um the we we
757s	adding a third faction as a um mutually
761s	exclusive option with the other two item
764s	factions as a crafting faction is
766s	Artisan faction um it probably probably
768s	not going to happen um but but there's a
772s	possibility that there could be a
774s	unrelated faction um that that maybe
777s	does cool stuff in the future
781s	all righty next question what are the
784s	other six rings besides being referred
786s	to on red ring of allia Al aaria what's
791s	influenced by L of the Rings orando
792s	corpse ring colors excluding the Op
794s	Black and White do we get more lore
795s	about them when the next characters come
797s	is ataria a person or a place so I will
800s	say I'll be up front here the uh lore on
803s	the red ring of Al you know aaria and
806s	the other Rings isn't something that's
808s	going to be touched on that soon it's
810s	definitely more of a like loose end for
813s	us to build on in the future so like I'm
816s	I'm not going to say what the next
817s	chapters focus on just going to avoid
820s	spoilers but the Rings I you know will
822s	say aren't going to be like a big factor
824s	in them Cur currently planned at
827s	least I also think it was the the name
829s	anyways was a nod to Fantasy
833s	Star that's one that was actually I
837s	believe that was pitched by Holly
840s	probably a long time ago so I'd have to
842s	check him with Holly and see what she
844s	hey Holly uh what's the inspiration
846s	there what's a let's call let's collab
848s	with some more real quick for these yeah
850s	so that's that's one of those kind of
852s	fun instances of just kind of like you
853s	know like the collaborative nature of
856s	lore and the kind of like like I don't
859s	want to say improv but like natural kind
861s	of organic you know evolution of lore on
864s	some you know areas like you know once I
867s	get into a de with Hol like hey tell me
869s	what you're thinking with the red ring
870s	of alaria we might end up with some
872s	really big things we could do you know
874s	here in the future so yeah
878s	yeah okay next question have you guys
882s	had to go back to iterate onp poish
884s	change older a as you as you went and if
887s	so are there plans to redo some of the
888s	older AXS if time permits in the
889s	foreseeable future so that's a fun
893s	question because we have done that quite
896s	a lot um like the game has been
898s	available to players like through Steam
901s	oh I forget when we launched on Steam
902s	was it 2018 or 2019 that we finally got
904s	on Steam I mean like if you Google last
908s	Epoch the it says like it has like a
910s	release
911s	date that's the steam Beta release date
914s	right and like before that we had the uh
916s	non steam client that was available to
918s	players for a bit before that April 30th
921s	2019 that was the that was the that was
922s	the beta on Steam
924s	release yeah
927s	so we have revamped a lot of chapters as
931s	time has gone on like the most recent
934s	chapter Vamp obviously is chapter one
935s	that got a big overhaul in 9.1 that was
938s	a very very big chapter overhaul and it
942s	was a you know a you know a big way to
945s	kind of like bring the beginning of the
946s	game up to our current standards the fun
949s	fact about that is the chapter one
952s	before that the original version of
953s	chapter 1 wasn't the first chapter of
956s	the game originally the first chapter of
957s	the game was originally what is now
959s	chapter 2 there is a you know version of
963s	the game for quite a while where and the
965s	story of course where you started in the
968s	ruined a you started in last Refuge
971s	there in the earliest versions of The
973s	Game's plot every player character is
975s	from last refuge and that's a big kind
978s	of story pivot we ended up doing when we
980s	introduced the original version of
981s	chapter 1 because we wanted a different
984s	type of start to the game we wanted to
985s	start the game that you know introduced
987s	the Rya you know faction a lot earlier
989s	want to start the game that could show
991s	off we we finally learned how to make
993s	grass and trees look good and we're like
994s	hey we should show this off way earlier
996s	as opposed to going from ruined era to
998s	Imperial era and then not see you know a
1001s	pretty tree in no 20 hours of gameplay
1004s	so we uh you know pivoted to making you
1007s	know turning the original chapter one
1008s	and chapter two and then made chapter
1011s	one and chapter one was like that for a
1013s	few years until we turned it into you
1015s	know the big over de recently that's not
1017s	counting how many times chapter 2 your
1020s	first chapter and last Refuge has
1022s	changed over time that's not counting
1024s	how we took uh let's see here yeah
1028s	chapter 2 and three those both have been
1030s	revamped a couple of times at least like
1033s	uh there used to be a lot more side
1034s	quest in chapter 3 that we Trimm down
1037s	our place with more interesting things
1039s	there used to be a lot of side zones in
1041s	Chapter 2 that were just nothing but a
1045s	Hol cord or is using the same pallet
1047s	like we have done lots of chapter re
1049s	works at this point I believe as far as
1052s	like development wise the oldest
1054s	chapters are four five and six as far as
1057s	like not being touched on heavily with
1059s	revents or reworks and we do want to go
1063s	back and bring those up to our higher
1065s	you know standards at some point it's
1067s	just that kind of tricky Balancing Act
1070s	of we want to keep on making new stuff
1073s	in the narrative kind of storywise we
1074s	want to keep on making new stuff systems
1076s	wise we want to keep on making new stuff
1078s	like everywhere and
1080s	like it it's hard to find the time
1083s	exactly it's it's hard to find the time
1084s	where like if if we if we spent all of
1087s	our resources on going back and like
1089s	revamping older content we would never
1092s	make new content because we'd always
1094s	find new things to revamp so we want to
1097s	it's just a matter of finding the right
1099s	time to do that that doesn't like delay
1102s	new content to you know do
1106s	egregiously okay I think that's B ramble
1109s	but I think that answers that question
1110s	that's okay it's
1111s	good if you guys like rambling you're in
1114s	for a treat cuz I can do that so next
1116s	question thematically as a spellblade
1119s	can Mana strike have elemental
1120s	conversion other than lightning I think
1122s	that's been talked about recently has it
1123s	Mike uh yep yeah uh it it's we I don't
1127s	know if we're saying uh anything about
1129s	it yet but um yeah I actually have a
1132s	ticket on my plate to help with that
1134s	nice nice nice yeah like uh I forgot man
1137s	I I forget which uh like
1139s	G as discussion it was where that
1141s	brought came back up but yeah like it's
1144s	one of those ones that just kind of
1145s	comes into conversation every once in a
1147s	while but yeah it's been talked about I
1149s	like Mike said we don't have any stuff
1152s	some some conversion
1155s	maybe okay on to the next one okay now
1158s	for my lore question have you guys ever
1160s	considered timelines spilling over to
1162s	other timelines like Lon invading
1164s	herat's timeline for example would this
1166s	be possible or explainable from a lore
1168s	POV I love it
1171s	so what we kind of have there is we do
1175s	have the sort of like what if timelines
1178s	like the you know what if herro you know
1180s	became tyrannical and attacked other
1182s	places which is our our age of winter
1184s	timeline we have uh a few different you
1187s	know timelines of the model like that um
1189s	we have we don't have any like current
1193s	like you know plans to you know have
1195s	these alternate timelines cross with
1198s	each other as opposed to like the kind
1200s	of more standard way of you know them
1201s	kind of branching off our kind of main
1203s	timeline we don't have anything in
1205s	concrete there but that is a kind of
1208s	like story thread I have been you know
1211s	thinking about myself for a while like
1215s	like I can't get into any kind of
1216s	details of it but like one of the plans
1218s	I want to mess with like way down the
1219s	road is very much on that theme of hey
1223s	what of this other timeline that had the
1226s	resources to do this on their own
1229s	went and started poaching other
1231s	timelines and messing with them so that
1233s	is something that has been on my mind
1235s	it's not something that's in any of the
1237s	kind of like currently being worked on
1239s	kind of narrative thrusts right now but
1241s	it is something that I am very much
1243s	interested in and you know down for
1245s	playing with
1247s	nice and uh next question hi probably a
1251s	question is already answered on the
1252s	session or some earlier earlier Q&A do
1255s	you plan some changes on set items my
1258s	bad TB8 I would love change level 9 cooh
1261s	to get it much quicker like level four
1263s	and a
1264s	fifth yeah so the uh I I can't really
1268s	give any specific details on this right
1269s	now we we are um not in 1.1
1272s	unfortunately uh we are looking at a
1275s	pretty big um shakeup to how set items
1278s	work and uh you know you like make them
1281s	an interesting part of the endgame
1282s	gearing process um we are also
1285s	simultaneously for 1.1 looking at some
1287s	adjustments to uh the item factions
1290s	reward structure uh like the rank
1292s	rewards so um you know like there's
1294s	there's a bunch bunch of changes there
1296s	um not just this specific one thing but
1299s	there are some changes uh like yeah the
1302s	the rank rewards for both are getting
1303s	shuffled a bit and shaking up and we we
1306s	learned a lot in this first uh uh first
1309s	cycle so we've you know we we we we made
1312s	a few mistakes and um we'll be making
1316s	some updates to it and yeah there's
1319s	uh you you'll have to wait a little bit
1320s	more for the set stuff um but next patch
1323s	we'll have some some some shuffling
1326s	there good answer
1328s	Mike and another question for Mike do
1331s	you ever see it's
1334s	F here I'll I'll try and answer it it
1336s	might be wrong though question for no no
1339s	no no no no focus on here R I've got
1342s	this question for Kyle instead of Mike
1345s	now do you ever see potential for trade
1347s	to be opened for items such as runes and
1348s	glit lives oh God you did die well I
1353s	told you to handle while I took this
1354s	question okay so question for Mike
1356s	actually now do you ever see potential
1358s	for trade to be opened from items such
1360s	as runes and glyphs items like Runes of
1362s	creation could end up being great to
1363s	trade or do you guys have a hard stance
1365s	against trade for these items right now
1368s	uh it is a firm we're not planning on
1371s	trading crafting items um it's not like
1374s	100% forever set in still no matter what
1376s	but uh for at at the very at least 1.1
1379s	you will not be able to trade
1382s	those this this character is so squishy
1384s	I don't think this is possible without
1385s	me
1386s	like I I've been too focused on like the
1389s	questions what kind of build you're
1390s	doing right now uh it's it's um froz
1393s	flask Frozen flask Falcon o fun I love
1397s	the effect on those yeah all right next
1401s	question how scalable SL fible is the
1403s	skill system for example could skill
1405s	alteration gems be a thing in the future
1408s	so um Mike probably be a better one
1410s	actually but I'll take a little crack at
1411s	it right now while he's dealing with the
1413s	Fearsome you know God of winter so the
1415s	skill system one of way way back when we
1418s	were first coming up with the skill
1420s	system one of the most appealing facts
1422s	you know that kind of brought us to want
1425s	to do it this way even though make
1427s	putting it together was a lot of work
1428s	because there are a lot of trees a lot
1430s	of skills a lot of nodes is oh dang oh
1434s	dang anyways is the fact that like
1436s	because they are a bunch of Standalone
1439s	skill trees we have a million knobs to
1442s	you know twist and play with and just
1444s	you know you know do things with so it
1447s	is an inherently flexible system due to
1449s	the nature that they're all little L
1452s	little stuff G that self-contained
1454s	systems uh Mike do want to get it some
1456s	insight on that yeah I mean it's it's
1458s	basically what we already do with um
1460s	with with with items um like unique
1462s	items so it's it's definitely possible
1463s	to do um and we we we we have some more
1467s	plans to expand the skill system and
1468s	expand how you interact with skem um you
1471s	know there's there's one thing we're not
1472s	short on its ideas
1475s	uh so so yeah there's there's some
1477s	there's some juice there that's waiting
1479s	to be explored but it's
1481s	um uh yeah give it give it a couple
1484s	patches
1485s	yeah so next question are there plans to
1489s	expand on the lore of the Weavers or are
1491s	they just used for the
1493s	items so I'll just say yes on that and
1496s	move on
1500s	probably smart yeah I anything I could
1503s	say to expand on that would probably be
1505s	too much but yes yeah yeah you there's
1508s	there's definitely lore around the
1509s	Weavers uh there's more plans around the
1512s	Weavers than there are around the red
1514s	ring of alaria I will say I'll say that
1517s	yeah so next question in the game there
1520s	is a dragon mural with two dragons
1522s	fighting and I've seen a player with two
1524s	dragon pets assume Kickstarter War hi Dr
1526s	are we going to meet these dragons at
1528s	some point in the ancient era and are
1530s	one of the Dragons named malatos for the
1531s	newish Warlock two-handed sword unique
1534s	so what's the least spoiler way too so
1539s	the ancient era does have dragons there
1542s	are plans to encounter those dragons
1546s	neither of those dragons is malatos I
1548s	think that's the safest way to answer
1550s	that question nice malos is a different
1554s	Dragon than those dragons but yeah and
1557s	uh yeah way to do it's it's it's tough
1562s	when you got when you got plans for a
1563s	lot of these I want to them it's it's
1566s	tough It's it's harder when I know the
1568s	answer when I don't
1570s	yeah okay so for the next question oh
1574s	this is I'm halfway through reading it
1575s	this is a phone I'm really interested in
1577s	the background Source origin of orbus is
1579s	this something that has been explored in
1581s	game that I may have missed or without
1583s	getting spoly is it something that we
1584s	might be able to look forward to hearing
1586s	more about in the future or is that the
1588s	past
1589s	so another this is another one where the
1592s	answer is yes so there are currently
1595s	planned three more you know campaign
1598s	chapters of you know the main campaign
1601s	and the origin of of orbis does come
1604s	into play Within These last three
1606s	chapters I'm not going to say which one
1608s	of the last three has it but you
1611s	do it is a the origin of orbis is a
1615s	question that is answered by the
1616s	campaign once we have those last
1618s	chapters in and just a note to add in a
1621s	lot of people um I think shortcut the
1623s	term so it ends up being confused by
1625s	some play sometimes is that the the boss
1627s	you fight in the monolith timelines is
1630s	the shade of orbis it's not orbis itself
1633s	yeah so the shade of orbus that is a
1637s	reflection of oris's Anguish and despair
1640s	and anger it's not orbus himself it's
1642s	more so just a kind of a a twisted
1646s	reflection of him that's being projected
1648s	in to these timelines from the time he
1650s	was imprisoned and you know it's it's
1653s	the shades are not orbit I whenever see
1655s	someone call the shades Oris I'm like ah
1658s	we should have named it on SL yeah
1663s	right any who on to the next one well
1667s	character intros come back once they
1668s	align with the lore better so class
1671s	specific character intros I think yes
1673s	yes yeah the the class the class
1675s	specific character
1676s	intros I don't have a solid answer of a
1679s	yes or no on there I will say that
1681s	fitting the character intros into the
1683s	spot that they were before would be
1686s	tricky just due to like the just we
1687s	don't want to have you like start the
1689s	game and pick a character and then have
1691s	to sit for five minutes I to go through
1693s	the the shared intro then the character
1694s	intro and then etc etc so that space is
1698s	very much taken by our new intro now but
1702s	I do
1703s	like I like AR intro a lot I I love R
1707s	intro a lot it does a lot of really good
1708s	things for establishing the lore and
1710s	what is actually going on when you start
1712s	the game I do miss the character
1716s	specific stories that that slot was
1718s	taken up by and I do want to do
1721s	something like you know later on to get
1724s	those character stories back into the
1726s	game in some way um this is a I don't
1730s	think this is spoilery because it's
1732s	talking about a plan that didn't happen
1734s	as opposed to something that we're
1736s	planning so part of of the chapter one
1740s	overhaul that didn't quite make it in is
1742s	at that same time we moved the Mastery
1744s	event from being at the end of chapter 3
1747s	to the end of chapter 2 because of you
1749s	know the first chapter being longer
1750s	maybe we need to move that you know
1751s	forward a bit just pacing wise but
1754s	originally the plan was to also expand
1758s	that a great deal to where you would
1760s	actually experience the character
1762s	backgrounds during the Mastery Quest
1765s	where you actually you'd actually go
1766s	into the primalist backstory and play
1769s	through it partly and then pick your
1772s	Mastery that ended up just kind of not
1775s	really being in scope and also would
1779s	have know extended the pacing problem of
1783s	oh you're having to wait even longer to
1785s	get your Mastery so we ended up kind of
1787s	keeping it short and suit where you just
1788s	you know talk to gasbar and pick your
1789s	Mastery so we from the get-go of taking
1792s	those character into that we already
1793s	talking about a way to kind of get that
1795s	backstory back in which just didn't
1796s	quite pan out just by the nature of
1799s	scope and want to keep the pacing tight
1801s	on that stretch so a short version is I
1804s	I would love to get the character Back
1806s	stories in back into the game it we just
1809s	had to find the right one right priority
1813s	and time to do it and doing it in the
1815s	right way to where it doesn't like oh
1817s	God I'm still an aot and I haven't got
1819s	my Mastery yet I want to start putting
1821s	Paladin points somewhere so yeah like
1824s	it's it's a tricky it's a tricky thing
1826s	to kind of thread so like some side
1828s	quest somewhere maybe yeah exactly I
1830s	would love I would love to get those
1831s	characteric things back in in some way
1833s	that doesn't intrude on like like I mean
1837s	people want to get to the end of
1838s	campaign and get into all this you know
1840s	ASAP anyways and anything that kind of
1842s	delays that like go yes do we need that
1845s	yeah anyways on to the next
1849s	question what exactly does the power
1851s	ladder look like with the different gods
1852s	in a tera are a tera and orbis at the
1855s	top then some unknown ones like Observer
1857s	Weaver
1859s	Watcher and then the four lower maasa
1862s	lagon here Rya where do the ancient
1863s	dragons and Immortal Emperor fit on the
1865s	power list okay so let's let's break it
1868s	down power tier ranking let's go yeah
1871s	pretty much should we get one of those
1873s	uh dumb meme template things where I
1875s	drag a little pictures that'd be fun
1877s	actually that actually would be kind of
1878s	cool that would be a lot of fun we don't
1880s	have time to put that together that'd be
1881s	fun though and that I'm going to help
1883s	illustrate what I'm talking about okay
1885s	so should I go from bottom up or top
1888s	okay I'll I'll do I'll do bottom up okay
1890s	so I would say there is kind of a gray
1895s	area at the bottom of this kind of tier
1897s	list where in the ancient like like I
1901s	would say the ancient era dragons at
1905s	their full might and the Titans like the
1907s	stone Titan and these other kind of you
1910s	know like other beings in the ancient
1913s	era I would say they all kind of fit
1917s	into the same kind of ranking as the
1918s	bottom here where they're very strong
1919s	they are a problem them being around is
1923s	a threat to humans being able to you
1924s	know live and progress in the ancient
1926s	era and get to the Divine era like
1929s	they're all very strong the four Gods
1933s	you know maasa lagon hod and Roya they
1936s	are above them but still you know
1940s	wouldn't be able to take them out super
1942s	easily the the gods are definitely like
1944s	there to kind of make it so that humans
1946s	can deal with the ancient a dragons and
1949s	the Titans and be able to going to
1950s	establish their foothold in the world
1952s	and progress and
1953s	everything and I would say the immortal
1957s	Emperor would be just above the four
1959s	Gods just by the nature of him you know
1962s	stealing their power and killing them
1964s	between the Divine era and the Imperial
1966s	eras so and that itself is kind of a has
1971s	a bit of a you know a spectrum there
1973s	because the M Emperor at his Peak you
1975s	know just you know freshly having taken
1978s	the the power of all the gods it would
1979s	have absolutely been stronger than all
1981s	of them and it's a little murkier
1984s	towards the end of the P era where that
1986s	power is kind of rotted and waned inside
1988s	of him but he's still I would say know a
1991s	notch above the four Divine era Gods
1993s	just by the nature of he took their
1995s	powers they are you know they're in him
1997s	so he's you know inherently a bit above
2000s	them and then U so we're at like like
2004s	the the Third Kind of tier there with
2005s	the middle Emperor and the Ral home the
2007s	Divine I gods and then right below that
2009s	the Titans and the ancient a dragons so
2012s	at the top above all that is AA and the
2017s	Observer and like uh Tera and the
2021s	Observer right on top of there
2023s	and trying to remember something real
2026s	quick it's something that's been Reve on
2029s	but yeah so yeah like or orabis atera th
2032s	those are on the top above everything
2034s	else the Divine era Gods the m be like
2038s	AA and a tera and orus orbus being a
2042s	little bit above then the moral Emperor
2046s	a good chunk below and then right below
2049s	Emperor be the Divine Gods then below
2052s	them would be the dragons and tians man
2055s	maybe we should have gone the tier maker
2057s	thing I was trying and I'm like I've
2059s	never used this website before there ads
2061s	everywhere how do I do that oh
2064s	no that does
2066s	a I can't annotate on your screen with
2069s	TW does twitch does twit switch Ty a way
2071s	I can just draw on your screen uh no I
2074s	usually do I I I I use like the Snipping
2077s	Tool and just take a screenshot of my
2080s	screen and then I start drawing on it
2082s	like
2083s	this oh
2085s	fun all right so let's make our no we
2088s	don't need to do that we just went
2089s	through it okay you want to I'll draw it
2093s	out no no we we already went through it
2096s	yeah I think we think we answered the
2097s	the question
2099s	some someone can like uh take if you if
2102s	if anyone wants to make a version of
2104s	that I'll uh I'll post it next stream
2107s	and I'll I'll I'll fact check for you
2109s	yeah okay so next question in the ruined
2112s	era we loot three purple shards as part
2114s	of the epoch but the end cinematic only
2116s	shows two consider the end game shards
2118s	one and two look the same is that a part
2120s	of the lore or just an
2121s	oopsie okay that's another question
2123s	after that one okay so in the ruin era
2127s	you are have one and two and you're
2130s	getting the last one in the temple so
2132s	you had two and you're getting that last
2134s	piece so I believe if I remember the
2137s	Cinematic correctly yeah you the first
2139s	you have already combined and you're
2141s	getting that last piece that kind of
2142s	complete the whole set so yeah you
2144s	should there are three parts and you
2146s	have two of them and you get that last
2148s	one of the temple two of them are just
2150s	already put together but it it they're
2152s	just put together so well that it looks
2153s	like one piece yeah and it's real and we
2158s	have we have the next one are there any
2159s	plans to streamline corruption farming
2161s	in a group setting as a s it seems very
2163s	incomplete and imbalance favoring only
2165s	the group lead SL spinning boss fights
2167s	the ability without gaining gazes of
2168s	orus uh I'll leave that to you m i don't
2171s	get into endgame enough yeah we do we we
2174s	have we how do I phrase this we're aware
2176s	that this is an issue and we have a plan
2179s	to help alleviate it um the plan is not
2183s	just straight like everything's shared
2186s	done um but we we we've got something we
2188s	want to try first um and you know we'll
2190s	we'll look for feedback on it and if
2192s	it's not working the way we want it to
2194s	work we'll change the system and do
2195s	something else um but yes we we are
2197s	aware that this is um causing some grief
2200s	for some people and uh we do want to we
2202s	want to you know make it not do that for
2209s	them I say that's a good answer all
2212s	right next question is the void a
2214s	byproduct of using the epoch or time
2216s	travel if there only really appear after
2218s	the AO starts being used and is simly
2221s	Coveted by void entities also the only
2223s	void class void Knight is really the
2225s	only class that has time travel
2227s	abilities so I would say it's less a
2230s	byproduct of the epocha time travel and
2232s	more so that they are very Inseparable
2236s	it's it's less one creating the other
2238s	and more so them being part of the same
2240s	power source like the power of you know
2243s	time travel and the epoch it has a very
2246s	similar origin as the void they are very
2249s	connected in that sense so it's less
2252s	about one being the byproduct of the
2253s	other and more so them being part of the
2255s	same
2258s	power but not the one
2262s	power I not getting the reference
2265s	REM what's the one power it's the like
2268s	the the source of power in The Wheel of
2270s	Time I haven't goodine that be I'm
2275s	sorry I I got happy with
2280s	like I I I I really should read them
2283s	I've always heard good things about them
2286s	I just see that it's what like 20 books
2288s	long and they're all like man I need to
2291s	get back into reading CU I haven't right
2293s	consistently since I had a a job where I
2296s	could just watch the door and read
2299s	waiting for people to come
2300s	in I I started watching the show and
2303s	some someone on here was like you got to
2305s	read the books and I'm like I've read
2306s	most of the first one now so I haven't
2307s	read that much it um and they were right
2310s	oh my God a lot was
2312s	changed I might just stick with the
2315s	show isn't that the one that has like
2317s	the troll Orcs that are trolls and Orcs
2320s	yeah trols
2322s	trols I I I I shouldn't be book of fun
2325s	at a at a name I didn't I I really want
2329s	this quit MTI here but like my void res
2331s	is such garbage that like I feel like I
2332s	kind of need it I mean did you die
2335s	against Voya no but uh that sounds like
2338s	your Void res is good to me all right
2340s	let's
2341s	go yeah I mean if you're not dying do
2343s	you really need defense I mean I'm dying
2345s	horribly to a lot of things that I
2346s	severely overl for this
2349s	fight but did you die this time no that
2352s	sounds good to me all
2355s	right okay next question I love this
2358s	game so much thank you I love you too I
2360s	stopped playing because W seems
2362s	mandatory after reaching 350 corruption
2364s	if I want to progress will other options
2366s	be viable for survivability all right
2368s	Mike what's your take on Ward balance
2370s	yeah so we are like yes Ward Ward goes
2372s	Burr uh and it goes bur to two bear uh
2377s	and we're going to we are adjusting the
2379s	balance of Ward relative to the other uh
2382s	defenses 350 is a very successful build
2385s	though so like um don't sell yourself
2387s	short where you are and uh but yeah we
2390s	we are uh very aware that Ward is King
2393s	right
2394s	now like I said earlier are you dying if
2398s	yes then maybe a little more until you
2400s	stop dying but if you're not dying I
2401s	just get more CRI
2403s	MTI oh I love this Shield it's it's not
2406s	really useful right now but I love it I
2408s	love the art on it it's so cool okay
2411s	next question Mike has also said a few
2413s	times that maosa isn't going to be a m
2415s	boss because of story reasons what is
2418s	the story reason I never know how to
2420s	answer that part of the
2423s	question so it's because she seems to be
2426s	the only one that needs that so
2428s	I I I I hate the contradict Mike but
2431s	it's less you told me this I did I yeah
2436s	I think I I I could be wrong I I I'll
2440s	take the hit on this one go ahead
2442s	like
2444s	there's yeah there's no reason maasa
2446s	couldn't be a molth boss like we have
2449s	lagon as a m as a MTH boss we have hod
2451s	as a all of the boss it's really just a
2454s	you know we don't want to have we've
2457s	talked adding more timelines to the mon
2460s	with like we have 10 right now but you
2463s	know whenever we bring up the idea like
2464s	oh maybe you know in this P we could add
2467s	you know an extra timeline or two it
2469s	kind of you know ends up going well tins
2472s	actually we don't want to go much higher
2474s	than that as far as more timelines go
2476s	because that would kind of extend out
2478s	the kind of in game progression like it
2480s	would it make it even longer to get to
2482s	empowered monoliths which you know like
2484s	that's a bit of friction we're not sure
2486s	that we want to make more friction but
2488s	we don't want not sure want to increase
2489s	the grit on the Sandpaper so yeah one
2493s	thing that we've talked about in the
2495s	past wouldn't it I don't work with wood
2498s	enough to know if I use that analogy
2501s	correctly yeah uh we don't know we want
2504s	to increase the grit whichever I I I
2507s	need to make something with wood before
2508s	start making s l lower grits rough
2511s	higher grits smoother H Mike could you
2513s	make me something yeah sure thank you
2516s	you make just a block of wood
2519s	sanded to Perfection anyways uh what's
2522s	the question okay so yeah I yeah I
2525s	there's no explicit lore reason why
2527s	majos isn't a moth boss but lagon and
2530s	Hiro are it's more
2532s	so we've talked about adding extra I
2535s	lines to the monolith we've kind of gone
2538s	said no to that just we don't want to
2540s	make the you know grind to get them
2542s	powered any longer one thing we talked
2544s	about in the past and we haven't you
2546s	know talked about super recently is the
2547s	idea of like swapping out certain
2550s	timelines for new ones for certain like
2552s	Cycles or certain patches like let's say
2554s	Let's uh let's take the lagon one and
2556s	play with maasa one for like a patch or
2558s	two we've talked about stuff like that
2560s	that we've never really kind to like
2562s	bitten the bullet on it so like uh yeah
2566s	unless I'm forgetting something horribly
2568s	there's no real story reason why mjosa
2570s	can't be a m of the bosses more so do we
2572s	want to add an extra timeline not this
2574s	patch do we want to swap out a timeline
2575s	not this patch and just kind of you know
2578s	landed on that side of that question or
2580s	you know up till now or I apologize to
2583s	everyone who said that too which is a
2584s	lot of people I apologize for past to me
2588s	who might have said something like that
2589s	because I cannot if I did I do not
2592s	remember at all why I would have said
2594s	that yeah there anyways on to the next
2598s	question how are the devs organized when
2600s	they have distributed all over the world
2602s	do there different day night cycles and
2603s	how does it affect work uh Mike I'll let
2607s	you take that one though I will say I
2609s	don't talk to our sound our main sound
2611s	designer near
2613s	enough I every time I do I just you know
2615s	man Australia I need to
2617s	go yeah it's it is tricky because yeah
2620s	like there are people everywhere like
2622s	there's the Sun never sets on lasty
2624s	development and it's because we do have
2627s	people all over the world and it can be
2629s	tricky sometimes most people um most
2632s	people work primarily in like a North
2635s	America uh like like normal business
2639s	hours uh time frame and and there's like
2641s	so some variation there forward and
2643s	backwards a little bit and like um know
2646s	certain roles it it's it it doesn't you
2648s	don't work as directly uh day-to-day
2651s	with with other people as much so it's
2652s	easier to to work um on different time
2655s	uh time zones and things like that but
2657s	for the most part most of us work like
2660s	North
2661s	America uh regular business hours and um
2665s	like most of the people who are like
2666s	there's a lot of people we have working
2667s	in Europe
2668s	um some of them work on a European bu
2669s	business hour schedule some of them work
2670s	on North American um so they just like
2672s	stay up really really late um which
2674s	works great for some people and really
2676s	terrible for other people uh but yeah
2678s	it's it's It's tricky sometimes um my
2681s	favorite example of the kind of like
2683s	weirdness and kind of like like
2685s	funniness of of this kind of thing is uh
2687s	a lot of times when we do like recording
2689s	sessions for VA okay the uh the the VA
2693s	person is somewhere in Europe and you
2697s	know I'm in North America our you know
2700s	our sound designed to make sure that the
2702s	tech side of things is all sounding
2703s	clear is in Australia like man someone
2706s	is going to be up at a weird hour for
2708s	all three of us to be in the same call
2711s	yeah yeah it's it's It's Tricky but like
2714s	I don't know I think because we've done
2716s	this from day one like from from
2719s	absolutely day one there was there was
2721s	someone in actually like day one day one
2723s	there was someone in Europe there was
2724s	someone in Asia there was someone in
2725s	North America and it's like
2728s	um it it's it becomes just part of the I
2732s	don't know uh the way we do things and
2735s	so it's I don't know it's I guess we've
2737s	gotten good at it over the
2740s	years yeah I mean we we started as a
2742s	remote company company and it's kind of
2744s	like there's never been any kind of like
2746s	oh we're having to shift to working with
2748s	people in different time zones because
2749s	we've always worked with people in
2750s	different time zones
2752s	yeah okay next question herot has a
2755s	spear what are the other gods weapons so
2759s	hod is actually fairly unique in this
2761s	case he didn't always have that spear
2764s	that spear is something that he crafted
2767s	later on in when he was having to deal
2770s	with mortus his son and when mortus
2773s	rebelled and he you know made that in
2775s	conjunction with the other gods so you
2777s	know one of the Gods having a weapon
2779s	like that is actually something that is
2782s	unusual compared to the others so hot is
2785s	unique in that sense that he has that
2786s	spear and you know some could say that
2789s	actually going to you know makes them
2790s	closer to humanity which could be seen
2792s	as a negative say Rya would look down on
2794s	herot for you know having a spear and
2797s	you know feeling the need to use a
2799s	weapon as opposed to his you know their
2801s	own power like Rya for example would
2803s	look down on hot for having to use a
2805s	weapon so hot is the only one that has a
2808s	weapon and that's because he didn't
2810s	start with it he created for a purpose
2812s	and that was to imprison mortus who
2815s	rebelled against him
2819s	all right next question would it be
2821s	possible to add a sound Andor map marker
2823s	for loot that makes it through the
2824s	filter this could be helpful those with
2825s	more mobile builds with stricter filters
2828s	Mike I'll let you take that one
2830s	um there this this this is a tricky one
2833s	we've been trying to figure out how to
2834s	solve this problem for a while um we're
2837s	not keen on the idea of um allowing just
2841s	a tick boox in the filter to say um you
2844s	know like uh give give it the the um
2848s	unique treatment where it's like it gets
2850s	a a special sound and a drop icon on the
2852s	M we're we're we're very hesitant to do
2855s	that and we're trying to explore other
2856s	ways to solve this problem
2859s	first it be the short
2862s	answer my reaction when you started
2864s	answering that if anyone saw that was
2866s	that was just because we get this
2867s	question a
2869s	lot okay sell it once and for all is the
2873s	imortal Emperor Grail or morus I'm not
2876s	going to sell it once and for all moving
2880s	on I hate to be that guy but I'm going
2883s	to refrain from you'll find out by the
2885s	Yeah I was say let's rephrase the
2887s	question will you ever settle this I yes
2891s	it is it is a it is an actual answered
2894s	like known thing like it's been a known
2897s	thing since the Inception of the
2898s	character but the players will get that
2902s	reveal of who the Mortal Emperor was
2905s	before he was the Mortal emperor within
2908s	one of the next three campaign chapters
2913s	beautiful okay next question was the
2916s	stance on a mercenary slf follower
2918s	combat pet I think they're neat Mike
2922s	what I love this question because I
2923s	always get to answer we already have one
2925s	everyone's like what are you talking
2926s	about Mike and I'm like that um Melvin
2929s	mvin RIT uh I love that item the the the
2933s	the Relic that goes here and it gives
2934s	you a um a crossbow mercenary so I I
2937s	still think it should like deduct one
2939s	gold every time it fires a crossbow
2941s	bolt I I somly love and hate
2945s	that um it's I think that a mercenary um
2949s	system works really well if you design
2951s	the game with that mercenary system in
2953s	mind as you're designing the game um
2956s	we've kind of a lot of the stuff we've
2958s	designed with the game um has is
2960s	especially a lot of the stuff around
2961s	pets has specifically been um knowing
2964s	that we didn't have that system and and
2966s	knowing that we weren't planning on
2967s	adding that system um so I I think it's
2970s	it's unlikely that we would add
2972s	something like that at least anytime
2973s	soon but um I I definitely don't want to
2976s	say impossible because it does add a
2978s	really nice secondary Avenue for gearing
2981s	one one of the things I really love
2982s	about Dia CH itemization is that there
2984s	are these um there's there's this whole
2987s	class of items that uh is terrible for
2991s	players but due to
2993s	some uh I I I think um quality of Life
2997s	Changes they made to um probably lat in
3001s	development of I'm purely speculating
3003s	here but I'm assuming that they were
3004s	playing with mercenaries and mercenaries
3006s	gear was breaking and they're like this
3007s	is terrible um because you don't know
3008s	when it breaks it's D in your face and
3010s	then they were like hey let's just make
3011s	so the mercenary gear can't break and
3012s	then suddenly that this that that like
3014s	one tiny little thing has this cascading
3015s	effect of like suddenly this whole class
3017s	of ethereal items are unbelievably
3020s	awesome for Mercenaries and you know
3023s	like sorry just rambling a bit but yeah
3025s	there's there's that um that interesting
3028s	the fact that there's these ethereal
3029s	items that are really good for
3030s	Mercenaries means that there's this
3031s	whole new class of items that are useful
3033s	and interesting to pick up and things
3034s	like that so um I I that's one of the
3037s	reasons why I think that they work so
3038s	well in diao 2 um and that type of
3042s	feeling is something that would be great
3043s	to to get into last Epoch but uh we
3047s	don't have any plans for it and it it is
3049s	a pretty
3050s	significant adjustment that would end up
3052s	being made if we if we did that so maybe
3056s	but no plans
3059s	I think if we should anytime any of them
3061s	ATT any of them attacks it should deduct
3063s	one
3066s	gold all right next question any plans
3069s	to streamline the legendary item
3071s	crafting process I Jeweler every time I
3072s	want to slam a one LP item seems a
3074s	little excessive Mike do you think
3076s	that's a little excessive no I think
3077s	it's perfect um I do think however that
3080s	there are issues with dungeons
3082s	themselves that are making this feel
3084s	worse um and we are addressing those
3086s	issues choose
3089s	um uh I was going to say a time frame
3092s	and then I'm like I don't know the time
3093s	frame that we J's in but uh at some
3096s	point I don't want to say too soon as
3098s	and be wrong possibly quite
3104s	soon next question are we ever going to
3107s	meet some of the other NPCs that uniques
3109s	are named after like aror or farore
3112s	isidora Etc um I'll say yes and yes on
3117s	some potentially later for others it's
3120s	one of those things where like when we
3123s	you know want to introduce a new NPC for
3126s	like a new system or just a you know
3128s	part a new part of the game like we have
3131s	this big Treasure Trove of NBC's
3134s	reference through you know uniques that
3136s	we can just dive into and go okay what
3138s	do you want to do with this what what
3140s	story on here do we want to expand on so
3142s	like nothing I don't want to say any of
3145s	those are set in stone but like whenever
3147s	we add new stuff like it's very likely
3149s	that we'll dip into those and you know
3151s	mess with them a bit so I want I want to
3154s	do some With Ur as well and yeah like
3158s	it's a
3160s	non-committal probably and I think
3163s	there's also important to note that some
3164s	of the some of the names that appear on
3166s	items are are like um supporters and
3170s	backers who have like their like their
3172s	gamer handle in there or their real name
3173s	in there in some cases too so it's the
3175s	odds of meeting Aon the golemancer are
3179s	low unfortunately D do the name defend
3181s	the name Aaron it's it's very explicitly
3184s	a dude yeah that's that's kind of what I
3186s	was so yeah there there's a few of them
3187s	that are probably won't
3189s	be all right next question is Isadora a
3192s	vampire with the Stak they killed her
3194s	and silver they bound her so I don't I'm
3198s	not sure I want to use the explicit term
3200s	vampire because we haven't dipped into
3202s	that kind of you know part of the lore
3204s	too deep yet but I will say that the
3208s	immortal empire did not invent
3210s	necromancy before the immortal Empire
3213s	necromancy was a thing throughout the
3215s	Divine era and even earlier in the
3217s	ancient era by like someone mentioned
3219s	malatos the dragon earlier that's
3221s	referenced on one of the Warlock uniqu X
3223s	that's an example of the fact that even
3225s	like back in the ancient era like
3226s	certain powerful dragons could dip into
3229s	you know necromancy as a type of magic
3231s	they could you know mess with there are
3233s	you know vampire like un dead you know
3237s	hiding in the shadows in you know
3240s	different eras that you know like
3243s	there's a source for where the acolyte
3245s	learned her dark arts in the Divine era
3248s	for example so the moral Empire doesn't
3250s	have a monopoly on Undead stuff it's
3253s	just that the unu undead stuff kind of
3256s	had to be way more in the shadows until
3258s	theal Empire came and made it very you
3260s	know normalized and accepted throughout
3263s	the world so vampires exist even if
3267s	whenever we you know go all out and
3270s	introduce them we call them something
3273s	different all right so next question is
3277s	there oh a Mike want to add something on
3278s	that point no I just thought it was cool
3279s	I didn't know that yeah yeah yeah like a
3283s	so yeah there there are various types of
3286s	Undead it's just they kind of have to
3288s	hide in the shadows away from society
3291s	until the world Empire made society
3294s	Undead nice is there 80 plans for
3297s	effects on some skills to buy an item
3299s	shop will be very cool to add M want to
3302s	take that one I feel like that's uh I'll
3305s	let you answer that one for effects on
3306s	some skills to buy in item shop for
3309s	skill intx oh oh oh oh yes yes sorry wow
3313s	I completely forgot about like MTX stuff
3318s	I'm like what are you talking about yes
3320s	they're they're you can see them you can
3321s	see them right here is the uh the slots
3323s	that they will be uh be put in and you
3326s	can see there's like some some placeold
3327s	UI that's uh will be functional once
3330s	they're in the game but yes which I'm
3332s	just realizing now I'm not used to
3334s	having a uh a window over my my right
3339s	hand side of my screen like a a second
3341s	webcam there so people can't really see
3342s	this very you can see a little bit
3343s	there's there's there's more there
3344s	behind
3347s	Kyle it's it's right here here and
3352s	here but but yeah it's they've been
3355s	tricky to get work but it's something
3357s	that we want to
3358s	do all right next one happy Friday happy
3361s	Friday to you too you guys rock you rock
3363s	as well wanted to ask are there any
3364s	plans to enable item transmog with
3366s	endgame items I guess the system is
3368s	already there with the MTX Cosmetics tab
3370s	will it be possible to include the
3371s	endgame items there as well upon shedar
3373s	or something like that also please make
3375s	it available in online as well offline
3377s	as well thanks thanks to you uh Michael
3380s	I you take that one yeah uh we we are
3383s	working on a transm system right now um
3385s	I don't have an ET on it or exactly the
3388s	the like method that it'll be so so
3392s	there's there's a lot of different
3393s	transmog systems that have come through
3394s	different games um some of them like
3397s	require a like an item to be like to
3401s	enable the transmog some of them like
3402s	need to like extract that view off of
3405s	them some of them some games like uh Dia
3407s	3 was unbelievably open for this it was
3409s	just like have you ever picked up an
3410s	item with that as like the base model
3412s	great you can just switch to it no
3413s	problem um and then there's like the far
3416s	other extremes it's like there's a like
3419s	a $5 item you have to buy from the the
3421s	shop and it it it only works one time
3423s	and you know like so so there's there's
3425s	like extreme examples uh both ways and
3427s	we are uh we're still deciding exactly
3430s	how that's going to roll out
3432s	um but we are we are working on a
3434s	transmog system right
3440s	now don't know we'll call it transmog I
3443s	think that's just straight up a wow term
3444s	we'll probably call it something else
3446s	but that's what we just that's what
3447s	everyone calls it anyways I I think
3449s	that's a a pretty generic just like
3451s	video game term Now isn't it I mean have
3455s	any other games use the explosive term
3456s	transon because I know know F FY 14 used
3459s	the term glamour uh I forget what P back
3462s	does for there kind of equivalent there
3464s	I don't know actually like the word
3466s	transmogs used anywhere besides World of
3468s	Warcraft I might be wrong uh double
3470s	three probably does but that's because
3471s	they're also blizzard yeah I I I
3473s	probably just got my blizzard goggles on
3475s	so it's I I just
3477s	yeah I mean very reasonable goggles to
3479s	have they it's
3482s	yeah so next question who or what exiled
3486s	the exiled Mages in the prisons
3489s	so the Exile Mages were concepted around
3492s	the same time that we were really
3494s	getting deep into the Rune Master like
3496s	you know creation and you know really
3497s	fleshing them out
3500s	the the ones who exiled the exiled Mages
3503s	are certain very powerful Rune Masters
3507s	that at least started out as being
3510s	associated with warwin but have kind of
3513s	gone out and kind of started doing their
3514s	own thing they are a side of the lore
3517s	that you know I want to dip into more as
3519s	time goes on but pretty much the uh room
3522s	Masters and well Ren were experimenting
3525s	with way experimenting with time travel
3528s	honestly experiment with trying to you
3529s	know dip into the same kind of research
3532s	that J was doing down in you know you
3534s	know down in the south of maasa and they
3537s	kind of where they kind of hit their
3539s	brick wall with that it was making these
3542s	these little prisons that would send a
3545s	person one way to somewhere that they
3547s	didn't quite know where they' end up but
3549s	they couldn't come back so with you know
3552s	their kind of failed attempt at making
3554s	time travel really just resulting in a
3556s	box you stff someone in and they go
3558s	somewhere and never come back like hey
3560s	we can use this to get rid of people we
3561s	don't like so they started just using
3563s	that as a way to Exile dangerous Mages
3567s	that they didn't want to just stuff into
3568s	a prison or kick out of you know kick
3571s	out of their you know full Mage club and
3574s	just want hey we we dislike you enough
3575s	or think you're danger we want you to go
3577s	somewhere and never come back so they
3579s	stuff them into these prisons and
3582s	activate them and they just get sent off
3584s	somewhere random in time in place and
3586s	stay trapped never to come back again
3589s	until you know random traveler you know
3591s	knocks on it and then whoopsy here's a
3593s	insane Mage breaking out who's been
3595s	trapped in there for who knows how
3597s	long but uh there are I want to dip into
3601s	these you know these Rune Masters who
3604s	made these prisons more later in the
3607s	future in some sort of like side
3609s	system so yeah
3611s	there's I want to do some more cool
3613s	stuff there but yeah like Wizards found
3616s	a way to make a go away forever box and
3620s	did that to people who don't like
3621s	typically other
3623s	Mages so yeah
3626s	next question I have a question about
3629s	quality of life have you thought to add
3631s	custom sounds to the fil oh sounds
3633s	filter sounds again so that we will know
3635s	when something some amazing Z Item
3637s	appeared on the map at of site or maybe
3639s	an additional marker on the map and have
3641s	you thought about the possibility to
3642s	search in the filters by percentage of
3643s	Statistics I think we answered something
3645s	very similar to this earlier though Mich
3647s	there's any other kind of like new want
3649s	you want to add on to it go nuts not not
3651s	really it's the same as what we answered
3652s	already um
3654s	we there's there's definely a problem
3657s	here uh we don't have a great solution
3658s	for it yet we're working on
3661s	it all right next question does each
3664s	timeline have its own Epoch and the
3666s	trailer shows multiple player characters
3668s	at a ter Temple The Traveler has failed
3670s	in other timelines and are killed in the
3671s	void wins are those the timelines we are
3674s	correcting so I will say that yeah every
3678s	alternate traveler AKA like every like
3680s	other player in the game does have their
3683s	own Epoch just by nature of you know how
3686s	every player is going through the you
3689s	know the timeline like that but as of
3693s	yet every timeline ends in the ruined
3696s	ERA with you know a dead fail traveler
3698s	and you know the epoch kind of not
3700s	really amount anything but you know
3703s	maybe you the player will be you know
3707s	the traveler who doesn't die and saves
3710s	you know saves the reality in a tera
3712s	with the epoch maybe you are the one who
3714s	will finally defeat orabis
3716s	as long as you keep on playing and you
3719s	stay strong and you are the
3722s	hero so I got real too into the whole
3725s	pointing of the camera gimmick let me uh
3727s	rethink if I actually answer that
3729s	question yeah I
3734s	think but but but but yes other other
3736s	Travelers have the epoch but all
3739s	travelers up till now have failed and
3742s	the ruined era happens but the story
3745s	might be the story about The Traveler
3747s	who avoids that fate it might be
3755s	you no not you not you it could be you
3758s	not you not maybe you
3761s	though I I I I watch too much sping
3764s	friends and the little bits where just
3766s	quickly point at the camera kills me
3768s	every
3769s	time anyways next
3772s	question how many other Titans are there
3775s	you're very specific to say is Stone
3776s	Tian so Stone Tian is the mountain
3779s	beneath the uh the boss of the is Arbor
3782s	I I still just call him Stone Tian just
3784s	due to like early Dev name and just
3787s	that's the name that's been lodged into
3789s	my grey matter so I can't really put a
3792s	hard number how many Titans there are
3794s	the term Titan really just applies to
3798s	these this kind of class of creature of
3801s	being of monster that kind of became
3806s	ubiquitous with the ancient era the the
3808s	ancient era has a lot of these big huge
3812s	creatures and part of the transition
3815s	from the ancient era to the Divine era
3817s	and humanity and the gods kind of taking
3819s	their place in the world is humanity and
3822s	the gods clearing out the Titans and the
3826s	dragons so that you know Humanity could
3828s	make towns and actually survive long
3830s	enough to get civilization going without
3832s	having to be afraid of getting stomped
3833s	by a big Stone monster or being in by
3836s	big Crystal worm or you know getting you
3839s	know wrapped up in webs by some kind of
3840s	big spider like the Titans are a
3842s	classification of giant ancient ARA
3845s	monster that was had to be taken care of
3849s	before Humanity could really get its you
3851s	know get its momentum going and the
3853s	stone TI is notable for being like as
3858s	far as anyone knows the only Ty to
3860s	survive all the way to the ruined area
3862s	just by like slumbering down like you
3864s	know in an underground cave for
3866s	something so
3867s	long uh mik Gren what's up every time
3870s	you say Titan you're cheing cheing what
3872s	you cheesing me every time you said
3874s	Titan I was hearing the word tie in like
3877s	it's a tie in to something and I'm like
3879s	oh no like that does make any sense that
3881s	does make oh he's
3889s	Titan
3890s	anyways that was great thank
3893s	you it's it's it's it's funny I I had
3896s	that little bit of accent sometimes but
3898s	but you know whole time you know growing
3900s	up down here in Texas people ask me hey
3902s	where are you from I like I from here I
3905s	just talk weird I don't know what it is
3908s	there's this one lady at my old job who
3910s	came in and she asked if I was from
3912s	Scotland and I was just in a weird mood
3915s	that day and I just said yes I just roll
3917s	it yes and she she asked if I like was
3921s	from a certain part of it I was like oh
3923s	yeah I was up there you know I got some
3925s	family I just I just lied to this poor
3928s	old woman and she probably went to her
3930s	grave thinking that she met this kind
3932s	Irish boy you know getting a smoothie
3934s	there's worse things in the world than
3936s	than having a nice encounter with
3938s	someone that maybe wasn't entirely real
3941s	H you know thank you for putting that
3943s	relief on my heart I appreciate
3946s	it all
3948s	right next question the gods are able to
3950s	impart immortality to others question
3952s	mark like morus or like lagon when he
3954s	says he controls le le life as well is
3957s	this immortality connected to how the
3959s	immortal Emperor has extended it to all
3960s	the skeletons yes so one of the kind of
3964s	Hallmarks of like divine power and
3966s	Divinity is its ability to extend out
3970s	the lifespan of someone extend out you
3973s	know prevent death and maybe will live
3976s	far you know beyond you know their
3979s	normal lifespan and be able to come back
3981s	and stick around that like Leath is
3985s	hundreds of years old in fact um and the
3989s	imortal emperor and his ability to you
3991s	know raise the dead in mass and keep
3994s	them around for long long long time is
3998s	very much connected to the fact that he
3999s	has stolen the power of you know all the
4002s	Divine ER Gods so a big old
4006s	yesy and next
4009s	question are you planning to implement a
4011s	corruption catchup system where the old
4013s	characters don't have to grind through
4015s	from zero I'll let take that one Mike
4021s	yes good
4025s	answer uh it was it was the question was
4027s	worded vaguely enough I just say Yes um
4030s	there it's it's you know it's in the no
4032s	specifics yet we're still working on it
4034s	we're still flushing it out all sort of
4035s	stuff but yeah it's this is the like
4038s	alts alt have an issue this I I went to
4040s	this I did a whole like drawing thing on
4042s	the screen last time and oh my god oh
4043s	it's not that bad um the
4046s	lots of times alt characters especially
4049s	for very inran players um you end up in
4054s	Long stretches of non difficult content
4058s	uh like just just just rolling over
4060s	everything to get to the hard stuff to
4061s	get to the fun stuff um and so we want
4063s	to uh we want to fix
4067s	that which speeding up corruption ads is
4071s	the ways to do
4074s	that good
4076s	answer all right next one when we go get
4080s	herot's spear Mor is seemingly being
4082s	sustained by the spear there are also
4085s	what looks like Soul jars there as well
4086s	are the guts standing themselves in a
4088s	similar way through Soul jars or is this
4089s	just for morus or are they Immortal in
4092s	their own way only killable by another
4094s	God so there are kind of multiple
4096s	questions going on here so the people
4099s	being s sustained in the uh Frozen roots
4103s	in the uh the uh the tomb mortus those
4107s	aren't connected to sustaining morus
4109s	those are actually just other humans
4112s	that were who rebelled alongside morus
4116s	so and herot froze them there to kind of
4118s	keep them in prison without killing them
4121s	and kirat spear is kind of what's
4124s	keeping morus in stasis and keeping them
4126s	in prison there and they are their
4131s	immortality there is another kind of
4133s	reflection of how the gods can impart
4135s	part immortality but
4138s	through hro being kind of a little
4143s	misguided in his sense of Mercy he one
4146s	of the things that could have brought
4147s	hirat into conflict with Rya is that
4150s	hirat asked for help in the gods and
4152s	making the spear in order to deal with
4155s	his son Mor to S of rebelled and Rya was
4158s	very much on the camp of hey okay I'll
4160s	help you with this problem because
4162s	you're too weak to solve yourself but
4164s	you got to make sure to kill that guy so
4165s	the problem solved and hot did it hro
4169s	kept morus imprisoned in the Tomb of
4172s	morus with the spear keeping him you
4174s	know you know imprisoned and in stasis
4177s	rather than dead and paria saw that as a
4180s	sign of weakness from
4182s	herot and you know it could be arguable
4185s	whether herat was being merciful or
4187s	naive or weak or kind like there's it
4191s	depends on how you read that but yeah he
4193s	had
4194s	morus fren and imprisoned there rather
4197s	than know killing him and he did that
4200s	the same he did the same to a bunch of
4202s	hero bunch of Mor's followers who are
4204s	also imprisoned in that
4207s	tree and I hope I hope that answers the
4209s	question I kind of got into the into the
4211s	the weed going talk about the gonna what
4213s	does Rya think about this this guy who
4215s	wasn't even in the question but R would
4218s	be happy with that he likes being he
4219s	likes put
4221s	important next question personality is
4224s	coming through just in this yeah yeah
4226s	Rya is very judgmental and very anyways
4230s	anyways I I I I've had some future
4232s	chapters in mind lately so that's kind
4234s	of coming up earlier you had said the
4236s	epoch and the void were connected is
4238s	orbus just a future alterate version of
4241s	ourselves so was cred by the void or the
4243s	epoch I'll go ahead and say I'm tempted
4247s	to you know do the whole you want to
4249s	find out thing but I will say that the
4251s	player is not orbus I I I'll I can say
4254s	that you know confidently I'm not going
4256s	to say you know more details on you
4260s	know straight up copying Diablo 1's plot
4265s	no yeah yeah like I like to avoid
4269s	spoilers they going to keep some mystery
4271s	around things but I can I can say you
4273s	know without too much worry the yeah the
4275s	player is not all
4278s	this back to the power ladder let's get
4281s	on that ladder and Power on where does
4283s	the Weaver fit in this oh the power
4285s	ladder
4287s	that power I thought we were talking
4288s	about like bounce or
4291s	something okay where does the Weaver fit
4294s	in this space what are her powers
4296s	besides making items that can never roll
4298s	properly well the the Weaver is an
4302s	interesting example
4304s	and she has a a connection
4309s	to she she's a special case and we'll
4312s	find we'll be able to talk more about
4314s	her sometime in the
4317s	future I will say that she is above the
4323s	I I I'll say that due to stuff she is
4325s	above the gods but not above or or so
4330s	yeah I think that's probably the most
4332s	comfortable place I can
4335s	say love
4338s	it okay next question will there be a
4342s	chance in the future to have a prefix
4344s	SLS suffix onar that allows for a chance
4346s	on hit for minions to taunt the enemies
4349s	I asked because if lightning Wolves and
4350s	the retaliation damage and items like
4352s	the West Wind helmet were minion
4354s	retaliation is a part of the it mod for
4356s	PR much will we ever add a apix that
4360s	gives minions taunt on hit yeah um it's
4362s	a cool idea it it is the way taunt
4368s	works we don't really
4370s	have um like un taunting you I have we
4376s	have I'm
4377s	taunting uh and it it it it kind of just
4380s	goes everywhere cuz the way the way
4381s	taunt actually works in last Depo is
4383s	really weird um it makes the AI think
4387s	that object is huge like like really
4392s	really huge um and when when the because
4396s	it it thinks it's so huge uh the
4399s	targeting system is all done by
4400s	distances and it's like oh this thing's
4402s	like on top of me this thing's like
4404s	taking up the same amount of like the
4406s	same spaces I'm taking up so it is the
4408s	highest possible Target that I can have
4411s	um and it attacks that thing so it's
4414s	uh the only way we could do something
4416s	like that would would have to be like a
4418s	chance to taunt like a a triggered
4421s	chance to taunt everything when you hit
4424s	and
4426s	ah it's it it has the potential to make
4432s	um uh and enemies behave really strange
4435s	especially with minions um I think it's
4437s	more likely that we would see um more
4440s	more like specific minions cuz also
4441s	having squirrels do that doesn't make
4442s	any when near as much sense as like um a
4446s	bear so it's uh probably more minion
4450s	specific taunting stuff is possible than
4455s	generic good
4457s	answer I don't want to see a poor little
4459s	sroll get creamed by an enemy because
4461s	you have taunt on hit I
4464s	agree all right next question
4466s	considering the four gods have a set
4468s	deviation from the cardinal points would
4470s	it be possible to assume that maybe some
4472s	minor gods or half siblings could Arise
4474s	at the intercardinal points so I will
4477s	say that the like the intercardinal
4480s	points aren't an explicit like slot for
4483s	other gods to exist in but there are
4487s	like there there are some minor gods and
4489s	other kind of you know beings that are
4492s	you know have a similar kind of like
4494s	relation to the god gods that you know
4497s	some are missing some just haven't been
4500s	you know important enough for the story
4501s	to really touch on them before there
4504s	there are other there are other
4505s	continents besides the one you see in
4507s	the game as well there there is a lot
4511s	more room for gods and minor Gods than
4515s	just our main four it's just that our
4516s	main four are the most important ones
4519s	for the game's story and the continent
4523s	that the game takes place in so there is
4526s	room for these other kind of like minor
4528s	Divine figures it just I wouldn't say
4530s	they are explicitly tied to the like
4533s	cardal points or intercardinal
4536s	points so yeah there's room for some
4539s	like
4540s	minor you know Divine figures to you
4543s	know come up in the story as
4546s	well okay and on to the next question is
4550s	the time loss Coliseum a you know last
4553s	PVP still something with can see in last
4556s	eoch and uh Mike I'll let you take that
4558s	one if you don't mind cuz I'm going to
4560s	drink some pineapple flavored water out
4561s	of my comically large Yeti
4563s	jug um PVP is still something that's
4567s	possible for us to do uh it's it's not
4569s	actively being worked on right now I can
4572s	tell you that um but it is it is like uh
4577s	you know it's we'll see what happens
4579s	with it I I I would love to get PVP in
4583s	um if I just say it's coming here and
4585s	then then we'll be like well we said we
4586s	do it we got to do it now it's it's my
4588s	new trick to getting stuff done no um
4592s	it's it is it is something that we we've
4594s	we've talked about for a long time it
4595s	was part of our original designs um pre-
4598s	Kickstarter as like like oh we we
4601s	wouldn't it be great to do PVP all that
4602s	sort of stuff so like it's it's it's in
4605s	our like our our Dream version of Last
4608s	Epoch includes PVP but we don't have any
4610s	specific uh details on how that's or
4613s	when that's going to look
4616s	chat I don't know about you but I feel
4617s	both enlightened and
4621s	refreshed on to the next question is
4625s	there a future plan to incorporate post
4627s	level 100 experience outside of resp
4629s	specializing
4631s	skills not
4633s	really um we we feel level 100 is a very
4638s	significant achievement unto itself and
4641s	uh progression post that point is more
4644s	about
4646s	um secondary systems and
4650s	like like improving your gear um doing
4653s	like completing other endgame content uh
4656s	and and some other stuff maybe um it
4658s	probably won't be directly just
4660s	experience like we don't even play for a
4663s	paragon
4666s	system like most most players aren't
4669s	expected to hit uh level like it's it's
4672s	it's a we expect characters to like be
4675s	able to be like like oh this character's
4676s	finished I I completed this character um
4679s	to what I find complete to this cuz you
4681s	you never really complete a character
4682s	but like I have I feel like I've
4684s	completed this character um we want that
4686s	to be possible before level 100 so the
4689s	the direct power granted from a system
4693s	like that if we did something like that
4695s	would have to be like
4696s	tiny uh probably wouldn't feel fantastic
4699s	so it's it's more likely going to be
4701s	something like that to be tied to like
4703s	endgame progression than
4707s	experience okay here's an idea you make
4711s	a a void version of Mel's RIT that
4714s	summons a a like void Knight mercenary
4719s	and every time he shoots across Bol it
4720s	takes away one experience I know as soon
4722s	as you said void of that I'm like I know
4724s	exactly what you're going to
4727s	say hard not no systems that remove XP
4730s	deal with it if it isn't OB is it if it
4732s	isn't obvious that one of my favorite
4733s	things to do in gamees time meetings is
4735s	to uh throw out insane bad ideas and you
4739s	know sometimes it might spur a SC that L
4741s	to something cool yes which it does yeah
4743s	which is
4746s	great on to the next question any
4749s	thoughts on the sticky issue with hit
4751s	boxes for example when fighting emperor
4754s	of corpses sometimes I can't move around
4755s	him feels like I'm stuck or sliding
4757s	around the boss instead of
4759s	moving uh it's a tricky one I think for
4763s	either of us I it's more like a like a
4766s	monster like design question or just
4768s	kind like a gameplay like any thoughts
4771s	on that Mike not off the top of my head
4773s	there's there there's probably some it's
4775s	it's it's I doubt it's intended to be
4776s	that way yeah exactly like something
4781s	that yeah something that I have no doubt
4784s	is being worked on it just I think is
4786s	one of those unfortunate things that
4787s	kind of Falls outside of either of our
4792s	apartments
4793s	anyo on to the but but yeah like it's
4796s	it's something that like should be
4798s	better and we know definitely are going
4802s	to try and make it
4804s	better um next question you said mortus
4808s	was herat's son are there other children
4809s	of the Gods out and about the main other
4812s	example of that would be the fact that
4815s	apus is technically the daughter of
4818s	maasa and every vessel mating before her
4821s	was also a daughter of maasa that's the
4823s	main other example of children of the
4825s	Gods um that is not to say that I would
4830s	I would say that yeah maasa and hot
4834s	would be the only ones interested in in
4837s	hot's case interested in humanity enough
4840s	to have us to have a you know a child
4842s	and in Mosa's case interested in her own
4845s	kind of continuing her
4847s	own you know power and presence to have
4851s	a child via the these vessel maidens
4854s	Leon be too much in his own just kind of
4858s	domain just causing storms to entertain
4861s	himself and not really you know thinking
4864s	outside of himself enough to try and go
4866s	and have a child and Rya is far too like
4870s	arrogant and narcissistic do you know
4872s	want to give up any of his power in that
4875s	sense so I would say yeah the only
4876s	notable one to be morus on herot's side
4879s	and apus on Ma jasa
4882s	side nice
4885s	and up next will there be an
4887s	implementation on tweaking the loot
4889s	filter to sort out uniques with
4890s	different legendary potentials for which
4892s	a legendary potential in the loop
4894s	filter any uh thing to add in on there
4897s	mik
4901s	um you know I I think that that uh
4905s	Community persistence can often bring
4908s	about change
4910s	sometimes but uh no comment my my eye
4913s	just drifted to the chat and saw a
4916s	response to the uh you know my answer
4919s	about the children of the Gods saying
4921s	that uh from inspector elth is kind of
4923s	like an adopted child of lagon whether
4924s	or not lagon would recognize or agree
4926s	that's actually a very good insight
4929s	there that's actually a very good
4930s	example leth could be considered an
4933s	adopted daughter of lagon but in the
4936s	sense of oh I have to go do the taxes
4941s	for my dad because he can't be Ed to
4944s	himself and and oh I need to go you know
4947s	mow his LA because he won't stop looking
4950s	at it you know his figurine collection
4952s	to go mow himself so Leah isn't happy
4954s	about it but Leath could be considered
4955s	an adopted child of lagon that's
4957s	actually a really I hadn't considered
4958s	that exact like perspective of it so
4960s	actually yeah I like that a lot that's
4961s	actually a very good point very good
4963s	example
4965s	yeah on to the next question would you
4968s	consider to change golden residents to
4970s	be able to trade exalted items too
4972s	non-tradeable items at least SL buff the
4975s	big residence we got 15 gold to drop
4976s	versus one big one uh pretty much as in
4980s	a way you could buff golden residences I
4981s	think it's like they going distilled
4983s	kind of idea there I think it's more
4985s	likely to have the um obsidian residence
4989s	is that what it was I remember the
4992s	internal name right now I think changing
4993s	uh increasing the drop R that's more
4996s	likely like we we're we're playing with
4998s	that we've got some changes uh some some
5001s	PRS that are in review right now now
5005s	along those lines but um nothing
5007s	specific yet might have to drop
5011s	something next question any plans to add
5014s	boss voice lines in chat during the
5016s	fight notice it with a gone and to me is
5018s	quite enjoyable and more mive Yes
5020s	actually like uh we did a big pass on
5023s	adding those kind of chat voice those
5026s	chat lines for bosses like ran kind of
5028s	run up to 1.0 uh any spots where we
5031s	missed that we do plan to go back and
5033s	hit that there and we wanted that to
5035s	continue to kind of be like a standard
5036s	of the system going forward so really
5039s	it's kind of a matter of kind of going
5040s	back and seeing the spots we missed on
5042s	that but yeah as as a standard thing for
5043s	like all future Bzz we're going to try
5045s	and have those chat lines for the VA
5047s	lines CU yeah we are very happy with how
5049s	that came together it's just a matter
5051s	kind of hitting those holes we missed
5053s	and making sure it stays part of kind of
5055s	implementation
5057s	standards yeah and got terrible what was
5062s	that I just got some terrible boots I
5064s	was hoping for
5067s	uh speaking of fashion wible hoodies be
5069s	available in sore for last Epoch um I
5072s	don't have a clear answer that I mean I
5074s	want the one I got sent too the the one
5077s	I got sent was too small my wife took it
5080s	I don't have one myself I need
5081s	apparently like uh I don't know a 8xl or
5085s	something cuz like I think was Tiny I'm
5087s	pretty yeah I I saw like the size
5090s	printed on the one that I was sent was
5091s	like the right size of requested but it
5093s	was so small it's like is this like what
5096s	cut is
5097s	this my my others are the same size F
5100s	Well I mean do I need to start H the gym
5101s	more I started get all self-conscious
5102s	and stuff no I I put it I put it down on
5105s	on my bed next to another hoodie that's
5107s	like got the same size and I'm like this
5109s	is this is legit 20%
5112s	smaller so once we figure out these
5115s	sizing issues we might start being able
5117s	to sell
5119s	hoodies hey we got a
5121s	sub hello hello FTW think describing a
5127s	tier
5128s	one fantastic I don't I don't think we
5131s	have like other tiers I think it's all
5133s	just that tier I I don't think we have
5134s	like variable tiers for
5136s	Subs I mean I think that's yeah I mean I
5139s	think that's a victory for equality on
5141s	all fronts yeah there you go all right
5143s	so next question you called her up the
5145s	God of winter are the other gods also
5147s	seasoned do they wax and Wayne and power
5150s	so I wouldn't say that I wouldn't say
5153s	it's a cool concept they don't really
5155s	wax or way and power like that with
5157s	Seasons they are like associated with
5160s	they have like some kind of connections
5164s	to aspects of the world and nature but
5167s	nothing as quite explicit like this is
5169s	the fall God this is the spring God but
5171s	like hro has like domain over like know
5174s	the North and cold and stuff that kind
5176s	of naturally aligns with you know winter
5178s	uh Rya could be could be argued is
5181s	aligned with you know summer and like
5182s	the hottest parts of the you know of the
5184s	gear
5185s	but like it's not that he gets stronger
5187s	in summer it's just that as you know a
5189s	god with a domain over fire he naturally
5192s	has a you know like you know is
5193s	associated with summer and maasa could
5196s	be associated with spring due to her
5198s	kind of themes of kind of rejuvenating
5200s	herself and regrowth even though you
5201s	know she's in a desert so like the god
5204s	of winter would be less something that
5206s	is the god of winter title is less from
5209s	Hero's perspective and more from his
5212s	followers perspective from herp
5214s	perspective it'd be more so God of you
5216s	know this region and these people and
5219s	God of you know ice and cold and
5221s	strength the the winter descri to be
5223s	more something that like others would
5225s	put on him rather supposed to something
5226s	actually intrinsic to him and his
5229s	power so I say his power is more
5232s	fundamental than winter I should
5234s	say more fundamental than winter that's
5236s	that's a I mean in the sense that it's
5239s	you know more to do with ice and cold
5242s	than the actual like time of year it it
5245s	just had a had a weird weird ring to it
5246s	but I like I liked that that thought
5249s	thank you uh next question thank you for
5253s	the great game you have created oh thank
5254s	you for playing it any plans to make
5256s	some uniques give access to other
5258s	classes skills or Pro them on hit this
5260s	is one of the most fun things too was
5261s	some Rune words like the worldwind
5263s	assassin or proing frozen orbs on Kick
5266s	uh I never played assassin that much in
5268s	the able to so please corank me if ww
5271s	wasn't Whirlwind it was chaos Clause
5273s	whirlwind ah okay I had a
5276s	feeling yeah um and uh short short
5279s	answer is yes mostly CU we already do
5281s	this actually um the crap what's the
5285s	belt uh uh the meteor belt the cast
5289s	meteor belt yes uh string of stars chain
5292s	of stars stars yes harbinger of stars I
5296s	I I just say the word Harbinger so
5297s	little it you know completely forgot
5299s	that word
5300s	existed uh yeah um so so there's I hate
5305s	you the harer Stars belt is uh the first
5308s	example of that uh and we do have um i'
5313s	I've seen quite a few internal ideas and
5315s	external ideas pitched uh that that also
5319s	help with that um that that help with
5321s	that that that would expand that theme
5324s	um and I I I know we've we've looked at
5329s	exploring that theme from a couple other
5330s	angles as well uh I know one example
5333s	that's like like Broad up like every
5335s	every time this comes up in like a
5336s	design meeting one example that always
5338s	comes up is the idea of having a bow
5340s	that gives summon wolf some way like
5343s	that's that's like the like the like
5345s	main example that always comes up we
5347s	talk about this and it's honestly a very
5348s	exciting class fantasy like the poster
5350s	child example what's that it's the
5353s	poster child example exactly
5357s	exactly okay next one I've got
5361s	Arachnophobia also the question I've got
5363s	a Arachnophobia and found a that
5364s	replaces all of them with white boxes
5366s	can I use this to enjoy the game or hope
5368s	that you will all add a mode to help
5371s	with this Rich do we have an arop phobia
5373s	mod or setting like coming we've
5376s	actually talked about it fairly recently
5378s	um I don't know where we landed on that
5380s	uh Mike have any like more you know
5382s	Insight on that um it's there I I don't
5386s	want to make promises in case that
5387s	something falls through but we are we
5389s	are actively um working on addressing
5392s	Arachnophobia and other accessibility
5394s	issues in the game um like there's
5397s	there's we there was a big discussion we
5399s	had recently that was like do these
5401s	scorpions trigger a Arachnophobia to be
5403s	like do these need to also be replaced
5404s	for rnap Phobia settings um and things
5406s	like that so so it is something that we
5407s	are actively developing um I don't have
5410s	any sort of timeline on it for you um
5412s	but it is it is a it's something that we
5414s	consider an an important
5419s	issue good
5421s	answer okay on to the next question
5424s	question is B still alive in the ruined
5427s	era well I will say he's not dead in the
5429s	ruined
5432s	era so actually to actually answer the
5434s	question a
5435s	bit U this isn't a spoiler because it is
5438s	like content that is in the game right
5440s	now um so after chapter one where balus
5444s	you know takes the shards and you know
5446s	sends both sends you to the ruined era
5448s	and he disappears as you go into last
5452s	refuge and get into the uh last you know
5454s	the last archives that become a library
5456s	area right after the council chambers
5458s	you can find lore notes written by last
5460s	refuge's first Elder and if you read
5464s	them it sounds very much like very
5467s	similar and is voice acted by the same
5469s	person who voice acted balus and at the
5471s	end of those little lore notes in the
5474s	last archive talking about how the first
5476s	Elder founded last Refuge after he know
5479s	appeared in the ruined era outside of
5480s	his own you know will he you know found
5483s	out he had to leave and you know left
5486s	last Refuge behind knowing that it'd be
5488s	you know in good hands so Bas is
5491s	somewhere he is not dead
5493s	yet not dead
5495s	yet he's old he's not that
5498s	old
5501s	sweet and on to the next question we'll
5504s	be able to have male or female for every
5506s	class um Michael let you take that but
5509s	the kind of short version that I believe
5510s	is still kind of the case of we'd love
5513s	to but gosh that just literally doubles
5516s	all of our animation
5518s	and armor fitting like you know steps
5522s	for everything to do with items and
5524s	animations but I'll let you give me
5526s	more voice acting too and there's
5529s	there's there's a lot of stuff like the
5531s	dialogue has to be touched there's so
5532s	many things that that it affects um we
5535s	do have long-term plans to include
5538s	character customization into the game
5540s	that would include body type as a
5541s	setting um or as an option and and uh
5545s	this is something that we are this comes
5548s	up very frequently we know it is an
5550s	incredibly important issue to um to to
5553s	some of our players and um it it the
5559s	um the the the time and cost and like
5562s	development time cost that that goes
5564s	into something like this is shockingly
5567s	High um it's very deceptively difficult
5570s	and timeconsuming to do and um we do we
5573s	do have plans to add character
5574s	customization at some point uh it I can
5577s	tell you this for absolute certainty it
5578s	will not be in the next patch no
5580s	question that it's it's it's not coming
5581s	next patch I'm sorry um we we haven't
5584s	even started on it yet um but it is
5586s	something that we know is is extremely
5588s	important to some people and uh we we
5590s	want to deliver a a good experience for
5592s	those people so it's it's on the list
5594s	it'll it's it's a ways down the list
5596s	still yeah like like short version is we
5599s	we we want to it's hard we talk about it
5602s	a lot internally
5604s	we just got to find the right way to do
5606s	it in a way that is efficient and is the
5609s	best for you know everyone you know all
5612s	the for all the players whenever we are
5614s	able to finally do something like that
5617s	yeah
5619s	okay next question is it ever explained
5622s	where the players get their powers from
5625s	um depends on what kind of powers you're
5627s	talking but if you're talking about uh
5629s	being able to travel through time that's
5630s	from the shards of the epoch you get you
5632s	know in that just becomes more the case
5635s	as you you know get all the shards to
5637s	complete you know re reform the epoch if
5639s	you're talking about their powers as in
5642s	like the skills and everything um that
5644s	is by the nature of you know their
5647s	backgrounds like the Sentinel for
5649s	example so he again there's one the kind
5653s	of the downsides of us picking up the
5655s	character specific intros in favor of
5656s	the shared intro but uh the Sentinels
5659s	backstory is that he was a former
5661s	soldier of Rya who once he saw the
5664s	destruction that attacking hiboria was
5668s	causing decided to defect and fight
5670s	against Rya afterward after all so his
5674s	you know his powers and abilities at the
5677s	very beginning you know are very much in
5679s	line with being a Riya Soldier and as he
5682s	advances he gets stronger he either you
5684s	know leans into his background more and
5687s	becomes a forge guard or he starts
5690s	giving into you know the power the void
5692s	he's seen from being the Ru era and
5694s	becomes a void Knight orcid to hold on
5697s	to his own willpower and hope and start
5698s	to kind of Forge A New Path like what
5701s	Rya should have been and becomes a a
5702s	paladin and the same thing could be said
5704s	of you know the other you know classes
5708s	their their powers are from their
5710s	backgrounds and where they decided to
5712s	take them and the kind of shades of
5714s	alternate thems that went down these
5717s	other paths so they Embrace whenever
5719s	they make that Mastery Choice with
5721s	Gaspar so I hope that answer the
5728s	question wonderful and also from you you
5730s	know clicking the buttons and you know
5732s	assigning the skills the real power
5734s	comes from the strength within the power
5736s	comes from
5740s	you all right next question will the
5743s	past act see an update will there be any
5745s	Recons that you
5747s	foresee also also just want to say
5749s	thanks for the gifted Subs air to uh to
5753s	to Jud and Steve
5755s	not that they need it but thank you very
5757s	much
5761s	anyway were those
5763s	random I I I want I if those were random
5766s	that's absolutely hilarious man I don't
5768s	know how twitch works well you can I
5770s	think you can give Subs to people
5772s	specifically or just randomly um so I
5775s	don't know if those were specific or
5776s	random I think they were random though I
5778s	mean Jud is the luckiest person I know
5780s	when it comes to like games and stuff
5782s	yep I'm lying
5785s	yep I said that because I know he's in
5788s	chat just to mess with him oh get it
5790s	specifically he was Target okay less
5792s	less less ridiculous but still cool
5795s	thank you very
5798s	much okay next question will the past a
5801s	and update will there be any Recons that
5803s	you
5804s	foresee so I don't want to there's
5807s	nothing set in stone for like when we'll
5810s	update past axe I will say that the area
5814s	that is going to very most likely be
5816s	targeted whenever we do go and update a
5819s	past act would be going through chapters
5823s	four five and six and upping those in
5825s	quality those right now are the oldest
5828s	parts of content in the game as far as
5830s	like what's been updated or not because
5832s	chapters 1 2 and three have seen updates
5836s	far more recently than 4 five and six
5839s	have like 456 did get a very good of
5842s	actually yeah that's a little bit out of
5843s	data actually because from a level
5846s	design and enemy perspective four five
5849s	and six the entire Imperial a stretch
5851s	did get a really good makeover looks
5854s	wise and enemy wise so those have been
5856s	updated I yeah so those are in a better
5859s	set than they used to be but as far as
5860s	like Quest design and just events
5862s	happening in those scenes those are the
5864s	ones I still want to Target the most out
5867s	of all of our coronally existing
5868s	chapters like uh you meet the outcast
5872s	and the outcast Queen early on and you
5875s	kind of don't really interact with them
5876s	that much afterwards you're really just
5878s	going to tag along with Alor for the
5880s	majority of your time in the pillar era
5882s	that's something I I wouldn't call that
5884s	a reccon I would more so call it a kind
5887s	of rework or expansion of events there I
5891s	that's one thing that I personally want
5893s	to go back and kind of improve the most
5895s	as far as our our existing Story Goes is
5897s	going to that Imperial era stretch and
5899s	making the outcast and the outcast Queen
5902s	matter more and have on top of just
5905s	having the player just do more stuff in
5907s	those like in those scenes in those
5910s	chapters because like like the like the
5914s	quest and event designed for chapters
5917s	four five and six is absolutely our
5918s	oldest at the point you are kind of
5920s	going in a straight line for a long
5922s	stretch of there so yeah that that's the
5924s	part I want to go back and you know
5926s	update the most but again that kind of
5928s	is constantly at odds with like making
5930s	new content making new systems you know
5933s	stuff like that so there's really no
5936s	like set in stone kind of plan on when
5939s	we would update those but yeah I would
5941s	love to go back and make to where like
5943s	the outcasts are actually a faction
5946s	people can like recognize and feel
5948s	attached to and you know feel like
5950s	they're actually part of the game's
5951s	world as opposed to this little like Pit
5954s	Stop you see for a second and then it's
5955s	the allor
5957s	show he is handsome though people love
5960s	him I love him true um okay uh just a
5963s	quick note here here um four more
5965s	minutes uh so at 40 minutes past the
5967s	hour we're going to stop taking
5968s	questions um and we'll just we'll we'll
5970s	power through the remaining questions
5972s	that we have here for the end of the
5973s	Stream So if you if you if you are
5975s	sitting you're like maybe I want to ask
5976s	a question I'm not sure get it in now
5978s	you got a couple minutes left before we
5979s	cut off question taking and I will say
5981s	when we' cut off the
5985s	questions going and with that being said
5988s	is there a corruption level that the dev
5990s	team considers a good build I believe CF
5993s	prophecies end up 320 do you think
5994s	players should get to 320 500 800 1,000
5998s	2,000 a million Mike what do you think I
6001s	I I think usually it consider someone
6003s	says like oh I've got my corruption up
6004s	over 300 I'm like that's a very
6006s	successful build um you've done a good
6008s	job you're kicking butt you're you're
6010s	like you've hit all of the like points
6011s	where things unlock as you've mentioned
6013s	the 320 is where they prophecies stop
6015s	changing um I think 300 is where the
6018s	last rank of uh when you finish a
6023s	timeline the the
6024s	last the fifth option unlocks for the
6027s	blessing you get um so like we we don't
6029s	we don't have anything that shows up in
6031s	the game past that that point so roughly
6033s	300 is sort of like where we consider a
6035s	successful build to happen it doesn't
6037s	mean that builds won't push higher than
6039s	that um but that's where we sort of like
6042s	uh look at like time to time to unlock
6044s	things to be reasonable um for like you
6047s	know people that are pushing those 2,000
6049s	corruption I've seen some that are
6051s	ridiculous like that's the the the time
6053s	to get up that high is insane um and
6057s	usually uh all the ones I've seen so far
6059s	I say usually just in case there's not
6061s	but all the ones I've seen um they
6064s	they've all been on builds where there's
6066s	been a mistake we've made in the build
6068s	and there's there's something that's
6069s	interacting the way we never intended it
6073s	to yeah in fact yeah in fact internally
6076s	we call it a leonitis like we see a
6078s	build that like hitting that you know
6080s	the target number of 300 C yep that's a
6081s	leonitis right there I'm l we don't do
6084s	that but yeah 300 is a good number also
6087s	good movie
6090s	Yes okay
6092s	and next question sorry I joined late no
6096s	worries I understand not sure if you
6097s	answered already I'm not sure if we have
6099s	yet would it be feasible once you reach
6101s	100 the level the experience Echo would
6103s	Auto replace with meaningful Echoes uh
6105s	we don't have we we we don't have any
6107s	plans for this we've considered this
6108s	option a few times um they do still do
6111s	things um and
6115s	and yeah it's it's it's not impossible
6118s	we don't need plans to do
6122s	it good
6124s	answer uh next question why are the
6126s	people in the outcast Camp totally cool
6128s	with my necrom are walking through their
6129s	Camp while being at war with the emperor
6132s	that is good question actually yeah it
6135s	is a good question it kind of like did
6138s	it kind of you know interacts with a
6140s	couple of questions we had before like
6143s	uh just a minute ago I talking about
6144s	like I would love to update that entire
6146s	stretch of the game with the outcast and
6148s	the outcast camp like four five and six
6151s	I would love to update those and one
6153s	thing that'd be great to do there is
6155s	play around with like the game
6159s	recognizing your class a bit more like I
6161s	would love it to where if we update that
6164s	the NPC would actually be way less
6166s	friendly to you if you're an acolyte and
6169s	like have different dialogue that's way
6170s	more standoffish and way more kind of
6173s	like hey we're watching you you you know
6176s	you not line exactly exactly because and
6180s	kind of temping on a another thing like
6182s	in the Imp era yes Undead are very much
6186s	you know like generally associated with
6188s	the Empire before the Imperial era there
6191s	was necromancy that was just kind of
6192s	more hidden and more kind of in the
6194s	shadows because they you know weren't
6195s	you know accepted it you know the
6198s	acolyte could be you know seen as okay
6201s	they are a hedge Necromancer not not
6203s	associated with the Empire that's you
6205s	know using you know necromancy to fight
6208s	against the empire as well again am part
6210s	of yeah part of uh you know updating
6213s	that Str what I'd love to have like an
6215s	actual kind of beat where the outcasts
6217s	aren't sure about you and you need to
6220s	kind of prove yourself to them besides
6221s	just talking to the outcast Queen off
6222s	the bat so that is one of those kind of
6224s	like weaknesses in the presentation of
6227s	outcast that I would love to go back and
6229s	you know improve if we would ever revamp
6232s	those Imperial era chapters
6235s	nice next question what exactly is a
6238s	Chrono worm and what does it do in the
6241s	ecosystem so the end of time is kind of
6245s	this outside of the world kind you know
6249s	space where you know reality has been
6252s	almost completely eaten Away by the void
6254s	and there's not much left besides he
6256s	kind of floating debris
6258s	so outside of the world there is life as
6263s	well and the main example of that are
6265s	these Chron worms the Chron worms are
6267s	essentially the native the native life
6270s	the native creatures of this space
6272s	outside of reality that's left when the
6275s	vo e away everything else and they act
6278s	as kind of scavengers for this kind of
6280s	know detrius of these dead timelines
6282s	eating the kind of floating fragments
6284s	that are left over so they are a a
6288s	native you know natural creature that
6291s	lives in this space outside of
6294s	everything that are just going to having
6296s	a good Buffet a good meal with all these
6299s	dead timeline fragments that orbits are
6301s	orbit is creating from erasing
6306s	everything it could be argued that
6308s	Chrono worms are aliens I wouldn't use
6309s	that term personally but it could be
6315s	argued next question what exactly are
6318s	Leah's arms are they pure mechanical or
6321s	similar to the gold and silver
6322s	Elementals so it's kind of that's kind
6326s	of they're more mechanical I will say
6329s	that she Powers them with magic get from
6332s	lagon it's not like just pure like you
6335s	know uh pneumatics and pistons and steam
6338s	and stuff it's there is Magic powering
6341s	it that's you know one of the kind of
6344s	Hallmarks of any of the kind of
6345s	Technology you see in the Divine era
6347s	like you see like the solarm constructs
6349s	those little kind of walking spider
6351s	things and The Siege Golems those are
6353s	you know
6354s	you know mainly mechanical but they are
6356s	powered by Magic powered by Fire magic
6359s	the same thing is going on with Leah's
6361s	arms and her Contraptions they are
6364s	mechanical in nature but they are are
6366s	they being powered by steam or you know
6369s	you know coal or anything it's powered
6371s	by lightning magic in your case Magic
6373s	from lagon so and the gold and silver
6376s	emetals are a similar case but kind of
6378s	more going of Veer towards the magic
6380s	side of things they don't have as much
6382s	mechanical things going on on but they
6384s	are similar kind of inanimate object
6386s	animated with magic just with less kind
6388s	of mechanical complexity compared to
6391s	Leia's constructs
6393s	so short version is it's kind of a
6396s	spectrum with Leath arms being way more
6399s	on the mechanical side but they both
6402s	share that kind of inanimate object
6404s	powered by Magic kind of you know
6408s	Spectrum all right question who is
6411s	narrating the cutcenes is a guy gar it
6414s	is not Gaspar it is the Observer and I'm
6417s	going to leave the question
6420s	there almost a little mean but yeah it's
6423s	good I'm not being mean I'm being
6427s	direct okay so it is not Gaspar the
6430s	person narrating the cutscenes is the
6433s	character known as The Observer who you
6435s	see in that first intro cut scene and
6438s	you'll learn more about their deal in
6441s	the upcoming campaign chapters
6444s	foreshadowing foreshadowing we have
6446s	stopped taking questions by the way so
6447s	if you are if you're asking more I'm
6449s	sorry we're not going to answer them
6450s	yeah we are currently in cleaning up the
6452s	last ones in our
6454s	queue so up next is what's the
6457s	philosophy philosophy of infinitely
6459s	scaling corruption you've mentioned
6461s	before that you have ideas on how strong
6463s	builds are by certain tiers of
6464s	corruption so why not have a corruption
6466s	top so Mike why is there not a a ceiling
6471s	to corruption
6474s	this is something that I have been
6476s	sitting awake at night thinking about uh
6479s	a lot lately actually um I think the
6482s	main reason is that uh that that
6485s	possibility that there's always there's
6487s	always a chance you could do something
6489s	even harder there's always that like
6491s	there's always room for improvement um
6494s	that I really like
6497s	um and I I I think it's really positive
6500s	thing to have in the game but it's I I
6501s	agree it's a little bit of a uh a
6503s	strange dichotomy where if you if if
6506s	you're not expecting people to push just
6509s	forever why have it be there um and I I
6513s	think it it comes down to a lot of
6516s	um like that we we just it makes more
6519s	sense if we have the balance of top end
6522s	builds
6524s	tighter which we need to
6527s	do yeah that's that's a very good answer
6529s	like like if we had a a a hard ceiling
6533s	on corruption you would feel like you're
6534s	kind of like done with the game a lot
6537s	sooner and also yeah just be able to see
6541s	a build like hey this build can hit a
6542s	thousand corruption and we can going to
6544s	be like ho like huh that's not right
6546s	what's going on
6548s	there but
6550s	yeah on to the next question will there
6553s	be any new class representation in the
6555s	future or
6556s	specializations uh Michael let you take
6558s	that one oh yeah um we've been we we
6561s	we've been talking about all sorts of
6563s	different options in the expansion of
6566s	classes uh that sort of stuff we're uh
6569s	primarily going to start looking uh like
6572s	when we do eventually start increasing
6574s	the class options uh the initial Avenue
6577s	will be expanding more Mastery classes
6580s	um we do have plans for uh new base
6584s	classes and uh other
6590s	stuff willia I like that
6593s	answer and next question what have you
6596s	guys have been up to since launch oh
6598s	nothing much
6601s	you it's it's been busy we've been like
6603s	we're we're working on 1.1 we've been
6605s	patching 1.0 um you know
6609s	there's everyone's got a ton going
6612s	on uh me
6614s	personally uh a lot of
6616s	work yeah I might be going to scar bro
6619s	here in a few weeks I'm excited for that
6621s	actually
6623s	uh I think it might be next weekend
6624s	actually oh cool going to go see jacqu
6627s	the Whipper I think he's only there for
6628s	one weekend nice I've say I loves him on
6631s	Tik Tok
6633s	yeah so that'll be fun that's what I'm
6636s	doing next weekend so all right uh next
6638s	question what are the team's plans to
6640s	make the lore more accessible to the
6642s	community as a whole recordings that
6643s	play while moving rather than standing
6645s	still Etc that's a very good question we
6648s	want to do everything we can to kind of
6650s	improve our presentation on that front
6652s	it's it's one of the just kind of like
6656s	Hallmarks of being a you know a you know
6660s	a team that started out very small with
6663s	people who kind of never made a game
6665s	before and just kind of building on this
6667s	railroad track as it's running in front
6669s	of us for so many years
6672s	like
6674s	like I'm like I'm always reminded of
6676s	walls and Gromit you like dropping down
6679s	the train tracks exactly exactly like we
6682s	like
6684s	it we've been talking about a system
6686s	called Lore Collectibles for I think
6688s	over a year now maybe two years at this
6691s	point PR much like you know hitting that
6693s	kind of niche of you know these
6696s	recordings that play while you walk
6697s	around instead of like you know a
6699s	standing still conversation and like
6702s	make it to where like you would interact
6703s	with these and they would go into a
6705s	whole UI section that can let you
6707s	revisit them later on when you whenever
6709s	you wanted to go and look back over them
6712s	like a like as I'm sure people notice
6714s	there are these lore notes throughout
6715s	the game now like they started popping
6718s	up around when we introduced the uh
6720s	chapter one overhaul those are actually
6722s	the kind of like place not I want say
6725s	placeholder but just the like early
6727s	version of getting the lore cable system
6729s	kind of going we just have not had the
6732s	bandwidth to be able to kind of hit that
6735s	kind of idealized plan for them where
6738s	they can play while you're walking
6739s	around they're stored somewhere in your
6742s	like UI with a new element they can go
6744s	back to to replay them like so it's
6748s	something that we want to do more of and
6751s	better it's just we've always got a
6754s	million things to do like that are more
6758s	pressing than something like that so
6761s	it's it's on our list it's it's one of
6763s	things that's on the list
6766s	yep next question is WD movement still
6770s	just at the state of discussion or were
6772s	there any updates to that Michael let
6774s	take that one uh it's it's something we
6776s	are continuing to
6779s	explore uh it's it's it's not uh we
6783s	don't have a firm answer at all right
6785s	now um that topic but we are we are
6789s	exploring it right
6793s	now good answer a next question will we
6798s	see keeper balus again
6800s	maybe not going to into more details on
6805s	that I do want to bring him back for
6808s	some of the kind of like you know stuff
6813s	that happens later so I I do there there
6817s	are plans to bring him back yes he he
6819s	he's not the tent isn't for him to just
6820s	disappear
6822s	entirely there there is a theme a soft
6826s	theme G to going on with you know we
6827s	have a gas bar and a balus and I want to
6830s	get them into the same room at some
6831s	point
6833s	maybe with a third person that hasn't
6836s	been met yet they're going to form a
6838s	band a rock band and no I would love
6842s	that can we do like a rock and roll
6843s	cycle like like like introduce like a I
6847s	mean fortnite as a Guitar Hero why can't
6849s	we have Guitar Hero yeah
6851s	right loot
6853s	hero
6857s	yes all right next question if the gods
6860s	influence the player's abilities what
6862s	are your thoughts on other enti is
6863s	giving the player power in the future I
6866s	mean you guys have found those Weaver
6868s	items Weaver will items I mean that
6870s	power is coming from somewhere the void
6872s	Knight has power you know from the void
6874s	so so yeah it's not just the gods that
6877s	are the source of power for players like
6880s	the Primal less for example is like you
6882s	know pulls a lot of his power from
6885s	nature itself and animals and like the
6887s	land and weather and everything and like
6890s	while there is a lot of overlap with the
6891s	Gods in that it's not entirely the gods
6894s	supplying that power uh the Mage like
6896s	there's like you know touching on
6899s	similar stuff as the gods but like the
6901s	Mage isn't like mainlining power from
6903s	the gods by any means so yeah the
6906s	players do get you know like power from
6908s	other sources than the
6910s	gods next question is the Imperial AOS
6913s	Seer a former keeper maybe Lena uh yeah
6916s	the uh the outcast Seer that's in the uh
6919s	the Risen Lake she is not Lena uh when
6922s	whenever we do have Lena show back up it
6924s	will be obvious that she's Lena that
6926s	that this that it is Lena the outcast
6929s	Seer isn't Lena but she is one of the
6932s	last Keepers that have kind of know
6935s	survived I don't want to say survived
6937s	into the Imperial era because that
6938s	implies I know she was alive than more
6940s	so the keepers as an organization kept
6943s	on being a thing after the events in
6945s	chapter one and yeah the outcast Seer is
6949s	one of the kind of last Keepers and the
6951s	keepers going to helped form the kind of
6954s	initial foundation of the
6956s	outcast
6958s	so that answers that
6961s	one what's your favorite Paradox that
6963s	currently exists in the game mine is the
6965s	predestination Paradox in chapter 4 with
6967s	the Imperial officers Crest being
6969s	officer humps Crest and the fature last
6972s	AP1 oys I have to say my favorite oys as
6976s	well that's that's that's a that's a um
6979s	like an
6980s	emoji oh I like it as well yeah
6983s	but like like that's it just comes
6984s	through his text in
6986s	these I I I don't know what your problem
6989s	with obus is I love
6994s	it I know I know um I'll say my favorite
6998s	Paradox is one that hasn't been
7000s	encountered by players yet
7004s	oo it's going to it's going to be
7005s	something that happens in one of our
7007s	upcoming three campaign chapters
7013s	okay next
7014s	question are there future plans for
7017s	adding rewards for finishing on the
7018s	leaderboard like a cool F maybe Banner
7020s	or portal something that can be made
7022s	unique for each season will make the
7023s	leaderboard actually be a worthy thing
7025s	to grind for March leaderboard rewards
7027s	Mike any thoughts yeah leaderboard
7029s	rewards are um a a a target for us it I
7034s	think while we we we knew that the first
7036s	season the first cycle would be very
7039s	volatile uh and uh putting in a valuable
7045s	reward for uh the the first cycle
7048s	especially would be
7050s	um I I I think it would would have left
7053s	us open to some some some
7055s	issue
7057s	uh uh I I think there's a very good
7060s	chance we expand into that type of thing
7062s	later I'd love to I think there's uh
7064s	really great cool ways to like uh really
7068s	cool unique ways we can uh distribute
7070s	some some fun things like that and
7074s	um yeah I I I it's it's on the
7081s	list good
7084s	answer next question who are The
7086s	Pinnacle bosses coming in 1.1 Mike
7088s	hasn't had any leaks the stream well um
7091s	let me start digging up some concept art
7094s	real quick and I start kind dra no we
7096s	can't say that kind of
7098s	stuff sorry thank you very much aeir
7101s	that is five gifted Subs to the channel
7103s	congrats I got one of those God arow
7106s	weird you are a
7112s	hero next question are there any
7116s	specific plans to update the Fidelity of
7118s	the vazar search capabilities if so any
7122s	ETA 1.1 Mich you
7124s	hit uh there there's a few things so we
7127s	we we are desperately trying to improve
7129s	the bizarre functionality uh to make it
7131s	smooth and and and fun and all that sort
7133s	of stuff and there's
7135s	um there's a couple with the way the
7139s	data is structured in the back end
7140s	there's a couple things we would love to
7142s	do that get requested pretty frequently
7144s	that we can't do right now um but we are
7147s	we are working on improving the bizar
7149s	search functionalities um and and all
7152s	other little things that it needs as
7153s	well so like we are um there's there's
7157s	features missing from the bizaar that we
7158s	know we need and we are working on them
7161s	uh some those yeah searching filtering
7164s	price checking uh all all sorts of
7167s	things there there's there's lots
7168s	there's lots of features that are just
7169s	aren't quite up to um the
7173s	the smoothness that we want them to be
7177s	yet um so we are working on
7181s	it um so yeah that's
7184s	a i i it's a constant interative process
7188s	and yeah yeah we are um we are at the
7192s	end of the questions that we took we
7193s	only have 3 minutes left but if there
7195s	are uh any couple questions we we'll
7197s	just look directly at chat right now and
7199s	uh maybe if there's if there's anything
7201s	you want to sneak in under the wire um
7204s	we we'll just grab a couple fresh ones
7205s	right now one here good afternoon I was
7208s	curious oh scrolling on me is there if
7211s	there's any plan to tone down Elemental
7213s	Nova effects for run master so I can
7216s	play Tron helmet without getting a bad
7218s	headache uh not not specifically but
7221s	it's a good thing to feedback on there
7223s	is uh I I I I know what you're talking
7226s	about it goes a little ridiculous right
7227s	now we we are constantly trying to find
7230s	that that fine balance between um hey
7233s	this looks cool and Al my eyes uh and
7236s	it's it's surprisingly difficult to hit
7238s	especially when you have um modifier
7241s	effects that will make them make things
7243s	bigger and because you got to have like
7245s	the bass be cool and still have the
7246s	difference from the base to the bigger
7247s	be cool and you know have it not go too
7250s	far so so it's it's something we are
7252s	will we'll be
7253s	be tuning in I I'd like to have the
7259s	oomph be inversely proportional to the
7263s	size this one's out to my
7267s	oomphies if there's any in chat you want
7269s	to grab there any lur ones there just
7271s	just go ahead and grab it uh lur ones
7273s	let's see here let me just scroll up for
7276s	a second
7282s	from Mr fibble the ancient Earth seems
7284s	to be very underutilized will we get to
7286s	see more of it in the future uh hold
7289s	tight for one of the uh upcoming
7292s	remaining three campaign chapters as
7295s	I'll say
7296s	there um see
7299s	here more ones that oh there's one here
7303s	uh who made the vessels of chaos and
7305s	memory in the Echo web in the
7307s	timelines oh same person who made the
7309s	way points and made the monolith
7315s	like to when asking for him we don't
7316s	have a set date that we're it's not we
7318s	don't have a public date yet um roughly
7320s	in the ballpark of three to four-ish
7322s	months from when we launched
7330s	1.0 any plans since PVP um hopefully
7334s	someday nothing concrete right
7337s	now what's the lore on armorred
7340s	particular not being searchable there's
7341s	no lore it's just a
7350s	mistake that will just about do it for
7352s	us you know I'm just going to wrap this
7352s	up here thank you very much for coming
7354s	on thank you everyone for your questions
7356s	that you asked uh this was a ton of fun
7359s	uh if do do you have any any anything
7362s	you want to add on to the end of this
7364s	anything you were hoping to get asked
7365s	that didn't get
7366s	asked oh goodness
7370s	um I put in an Easter EG in end of time
7374s	and no one's found it oh my God you're
7377s	just going to drop that nuke and walk
7380s	away yeah because I'm still sad that no
7382s	one's found it oh my god well on that
7386s	awesome Revelation because I get asked
7389s	frequently if there's any Easter eggs
7390s	are missing I say no unless I mean I I
7392s	mean it's an Easter egg if it's
7393s	something that's like you know from
7394s	somewhere else in the game like it's
7396s	it's not Easter egg to something outside
7398s	of the game it's like it's a secret I I
7400s	should say it's a secret in End of Time
7402s	right that's good leave it there's leave
7404s	it there no no more I might have to
7406s	double check if it's actually working
7408s	but anyone and see if if you can see
7412s	it what's that if I go to end of time
7415s	will you be able to tell if it's there
7420s	um you got to do some certain things to
7423s	make it happen which is why I'm starting
7425s	to wonder if like it just you know isn't
7428s	working we how about this we we will
7431s	confirm for everyone that's going to and
7432s	hunt for this we will confirm that it's
7434s	working or not uh and and we'll we'll
7437s	we'll post it somewhere in as the devs
7439s	or something like that just so that
7440s	there's like a confirmation if this
7442s	exists or not because I don't want to
7443s	send people on a wild goose chase we we
7445s	we will confirm if this is working out
7446s	before everyone goes off and look in
7448s	chat Canon chat has said it is working
7450s	last he checked
7452s	okay okay all
7454s	right well here we go well I hope I see
7458s	a screenshot of that thing I put in this
7461s	this is news to me but I love it okay oh
7464s	yeah you don't know about
7465s	it we're we're going to end this here
7468s	thank you so much for coming on IID of
7469s	blast we will uh we'll we'll try and get
7471s	you on again at some point down the road
7473s	because I know a lot of people love
7474s	these um if uh anyone who was here was
7477s	asking a question and uh we didn't get
7480s	answered I'm sorry we do our best to
7481s	answer as many as we can uh we do have
7483s	an as the devs channel in our Discord
7484s	open that you are welcome to drop by
7486s	we're also active on other platforms uh
7488s	Reddit there's other social platforms
7490s	that we got people hanging out in all
7491s	over the place um so come talk to us all
7494s	sort of good stuff um we'll be back same
7497s	time same place next week um hanging out
7499s	playing more Epoch answer more your
7501s	questions uh and that's that's about it
7503s	I hope you all have a wonderful time um
7506s	yeah this was a very fun I had a great
7509s	time you are all wonderful people anyone
7512s	whose questions get it answered I my
7514s	heart goes out to you I apologize it's a
7517s	big chat uh yeah had had a great time I
7520s	like forgot how this was from last time
7522s	we should do this more often this is a
7524s	great time and oh yeah one more thing
7525s	about the secret it's not the giant
7527s	Chona warm in the back that guy's
7528s	obvious he's he's hard to
7531s	miss but yeah love you all hope to do
7535s	this again
7536s	sometime love all of you and I did not
7540s	prepare someone to go look for so we're
7541s	going to a standard one that I know is
7547s	safe yeah that's it for us um I hope you
7549s	had fun I know I did we'll see you back
7551s	here next week week and
7554s	uh drink lots of water drink lots of
7557s	water even from a giant jug even if it's
7559s	too big for
7561s	you drink mine

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