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209s	good good afternoon everybody and
211s	welcome back to another last Epoch Dev
214s	stream as usual I'm your host Mike hello
218s	how's it going
220s	everybody I'm very happy to be here I
222s	hope you are too and we're going to hop
223s	right into some gameplay we're just
225s	we're we're hanging out some fun if this
227s	is your first time here welcome glad to
229s	have you with us um I am I work on last
233s	Def and it's great and uh I'm just going
236s	to be playing it and answering some of
237s	your questions and hanging out
241s	um if you do have a question for me
242s	please put at last Epoch game in the
245s	question so I see it answer
248s	it
250s	um I am I am uh playing a an unorthodox
256s	build we we we'll leave it
258s	there and I know it's terrible we're
260s	just we're leveling up we're having some
261s	fun
262s	relaxing
264s	um I did uh I did rumage through my
267s	stash for five minutes before stream and
268s	I I picked out uh
270s	picked out a couple new toys that I just
272s	slapped on um looking looking at a belt
276s	here I'm like you know what it's called
277s	increase min do a lot of
282s	minions the zombies might scare the
284s	Scorpions though they're just little
287s	babies hi
289s	ear all right are you first question are
292s	you planning
295s	on ner uh psych this is your weekly
299s	reminder for the character sheet rework
301s	you got
306s	me it's on list it's a long list
315s	though now the car car's a really
317s	interesting Beast because it is the the
319s	complexity to sort of like complete it
323s	with the with with the extra stuff about
326s	like hey this is this is how much damage
328s	your Fireball is going to do this is how
329s	much crit your Fireball has and all sort
331s	of stuff there's a lot of things in
333s	there that
334s	um you almost have to like simulate the
336s	ability running uh to actually see what
339s	it's going to do in some cases because
341s	of because we do have a lot of like um
343s	runtime applications so like things that
347s	uh will apply to the item but will not
349s	apply in the character sheet right now
351s	because it's not like a buff to your
352s	character it's not even a to the ability
354s	it's a like next time you use an ability
358s	you have an effect that does something
360s	to that ability as you're using
363s	it it's important to have that style of
366s	effect so it's not linked directly to um
369s	your your stat stat block so you CU
372s	there's things in your stats that like
373s	affect other things so be like oh you
375s	maybe you have um extra Health per
378s	dexterity or something do but maybe you
381s	have a stat that does that and that's
383s	something that sits statically in your
385s	your character she always applies then
388s	if you have something that says like um
391s	like your
392s	next melee ability does more does just
395s	plus 10 fire melee damage and it's like
398s	you don't actually have the stat plus 10
399s	fire melee damage so if something else
401s	were to scale off of your Melee fire
403s	damage it wouldn't apply it wouldn't
404s	affect it um I guess a good example of
407s	this is the Rogues ballista um it where
410s	it like shares some of your stats um and
412s	so you're you might get a buff that
415s	affects your next melee ability or maybe
417s	your next bow ability so it's more
418s	relevant um and that doesn't actually
421s	have any impact on the ballista stats
424s	because ballista is playing your stats
426s	not your what happens to you
429s	next so there's weird weird distinctions
431s	there that we have to account for if
432s	we're going to really do that right and
435s	um getting everything working in there
439s	is
440s	uh it's it's provided some issues for us
443s	in the past that we tried to do
448s	it but it's still list don't
458s	worry any chance of changing hype week
460s	into hype month oh I don't know if we
462s	have enough stuff to Hype over a full
463s	month know there's there's like some
465s	hype
466s	concentration to duration
469s	ratio
471s	uh
473s	coefficient of something Aude that you
476s	know just break a whole month
483s	that's what I'm here for get hyped let's
485s	go we're 32 days out not that I'm
492s	counting it feels different than uh than
495s	1.0 for some reason like we we've done a
497s	lot of patches we've done a lot of big
499s	releases now um one 1.0 felt really
505s	special um and this this kind of feels
508s	like I don't know we're getting into the
510s	Groove and um I know it makes me makes
513s	me excited for the
521s	future yeah I always thought the laziest
524s	way to do it would be to just spawn a
525s	dummy in the middle of nowhere and shoot
527s	it with the ability a few times and
528s	average the results or something kind of
530s	performance heavy though yeah we we
532s	can't like actually spawn something and
534s	like actually run it we'd have to like
537s	fake it in the background if we were
538s	going to do that way but like it and
540s	there's there's a whole bunch of things
541s	that
542s	just you know it's there's a whole bunch
545s	of things that makes it really tricky
547s	to get accurate
556s	information how long before the next
558s	themed League are we getting patch notes
561s	um usually our patch notes are like just
563s	a couple days um so like we in our in
566s	our hype week as previously mentioned we
567s	do have like a
570s	um sort of a leadup to uh Maj major
574s	patches where we spend about a week
575s	doing some a little more some a little
577s	less but usually it's about a week where
578s	we do we release like Dev blogs and um
581s	you know like all all the major features
583s	get like a a full post where we go into
585s	detail and like what we're doing why
587s	we're doing it how we're doing it all
588s	that sort of stuff and then we um and
591s	then we're like then we release patch
593s	notes couple days before patch patch
595s	comes out so yeah patch notes are
597s	usually just at the uh tail end of that
599s	Ty week series of
608s	posts uh how do you feel about cosmetic
611s	MTX for stash tabs cosmetic MTX for
613s	stash tabs yeah I mean sure um it
617s	seems
620s	uh I I don't know I think I think it's
622s	fine but uh I don't think we any plan I
624s	think if we're going to do something to
625s	change L your stash tab's look we're
627s	probably just going to put it in his
628s	future doesn't sound like the sort of
629s	thing we put as a cosmetic maybe I don't
632s	know I don't think we've talked about it
634s	at all um let me have animated stash
638s	tabs take by money and buff blade
642s	dancer I think animated stash tabs would
644s	be a cool
646s	idea I think we I think we want to um
649s	really lock down the functionality of
650s	the stash before we uh there there
652s	there's some things in stash we want to
653s	do so there's like search and sort
655s	functions that need to be updated in the
656s	stash um there's just some general like
660s	hey that didn't quite do what I thought
661s	it should do type things that need to be
663s	fixed up um and there's uh there there's
667s	also things like the the rollover
669s	stashes functionality that we're having
670s	to do now for cycle rollovers and um
676s	also there there's functionality stuff
677s	too that we still want to get in like um
680s	uh something like so you can more
683s	quickly deposit things into the correct
685s	tab without having to like organize it
686s	quite as heavily manually right out of
689s	the gate things like that pu is a
691s	similar system they call
695s	Infinity there's a lot of little things
696s	that we want to get done in the stash
698s	before we start getting into too much
699s	stuff like that functionality first
702s	right um did you play the new cycle
706s	already tested it out maybe end game and
708s	stuff if so how's your feeling yeah I
710s	mean um we we've we've been playing it
713s	uh the the like the major
716s	features as as they're getting
718s	implemented for quite a while
721s	now so yeah I've been playing the new
724s	cycle stuff it's not all done yet so
726s	there's still new things we're still
727s	making guidance we're still U like Shing
730s	up bugs
731s	and there's little little nodes here
733s	that get added in so there's there's
736s	still like stuff to be done so it's not
738s	finished
741s	um and uh but yeah I I think it's a ton
743s	of fun I'm really excited for the for
745s	the final boss uh like the the Pinnacle
747s	boss that's showing up uh um I'm really
750s	excited
751s	about some of the there's there's a few
754s	skill things that we've sort of like
756s	talked about doing for a while that um
759s	internally talked about doing for a
760s	while but I'm really happy we're finally
761s	getting
764s	R there there's new toys and I love
766s	playing with new
774s	toys uh from 1 to 10 how big would you
777s	rate the first cycle patch amount of
780s	changes SL
785s	cont that's hard cuz like what's a
789s	10
796s	like of all the Cycles we've released
798s	post launch it's a 10 you know it's the
801s	only one we've done um it's it's hard
804s	because we don't have any other of our
805s	own Cycles to measure it against as far
808s	as like like like a cyle release so that
812s	is a very tricky question to answer
818s	um
821s	seven which as soon as I say it I'm like
824s	all so I play Magic and everyone the
825s	joke is everyone ranks their their deck
827s	power seven out of
830s	10
832s	um yeah like there's there's uh a
835s	new like mechanic to interact with uh I
840s	can't go to two deals about this but
841s	like there's the stuff on the road map
843s	that we talked
845s	about there's there's there's a few
847s	things that are kind of like not really
850s	missing but just less prominent So like
853s	um most of the skill work we're doing is
854s	focused around um like updating old
857s	skills and fixing problems with existing
859s	skills and we haven't been doing like
861s	new skills adding in and that's a pretty
862s	big thing usually is is like a whole new
864s	skill can can have a pretty big impact
865s	so there's no new like Mastery class
868s	like there was our last patch had two
869s	new Mastery classes um so that that's
872s	like a really big thing that's not only
873s	missing but it's it's we focused
875s	elsewhere so like our 1.0 didn't have a
878s	huge like uh a new Pinnacle boss to
881s	fight now we do so there's like there's
883s	there's this give and take of like
884s	different things from different sources
885s	and it's hard to it's hard to really
889s	um I guess nail down exactly how much
893s	stuff there is if that makes any sense
901s	hope you had a great week I did thank
903s	you and we've got to fight this boss
904s	again
905s	Grumble
907s	um are there any plans on adding new
910s	classes at some point oh yeah
913s	definitely um I would say so we we do
916s	plan on adding in new master classes and
918s	we do plan on adding in new base classes
920s	too um new base classes will be that
925s	that that's quite a far ways off um
933s	the um New Mastery classes will be
936s	significantly before new base classes
941s	um we still don't have uh like a fixed
944s	date on any new classes yet um I do I do
949s	know likely what the next I would say
951s	two new master classes will be I bet I
954s	could call the first two master classes
956s	with pretty high confidence
983s	um yeah so we we are
986s	still like set up and she jumps away
990s	it's not quite fast
1001s	enough if you can issue an attack
1003s	command on them just before the trans
1006s	transition happens your minions should
1008s	just chase her to the next one Lon is
1012s	unpredictable I was trying to protect
1016s	everyone
1020s	well you failed at protecting
1022s	everyone now I've got to do
1026s	it that went way better this time than
1029s	last time like I'm not entirely sure
1032s	what happened but like that went way
1035s	better A lot of health
1039s	regen most of it
1043s	anyways I need more leech I need way
1045s	more leech if I'm going to wear this
1047s	this chest
1051s	honestly I probably should
1054s	have um I probably should have kep my
1057s	other one on cuz it's like most deal
1069s	damage I should get a question to answer
1072s	while I'm
1077s	doing so when when he starts doing that
1079s	big wind up for his I knowon lon's one
1081s	of those fights that like it is tricky
1084s	to get the hang up and this chest is bad
1086s	for this
1087s	fight um oh no what have I
1096s	done okay we're we're we're going to
1099s	figure our figure our crap out here
1109s	you want you always want to jump to the
1111s	center
1113s	um because it
1116s	uh causes them to miss the
1119s	eye get more time attacking with I
1126s	beam is that the best you do think I
1129s	should have enough space here
1137s	yeah time
1142s	well if you're bored just like go take a
1144s	nap I guess on come
1148s	on drop some more health potions
1150s	please will
1154s	you me away oh gosh it's revived
1161s	good we have no health potions we've got
1164s	to be careful here
1174s	ah lack of regen H us too much cuz I
1177s	don't do enough damage to actually melee
1180s	properly that was me being dumb now the
1183s	question is do
1185s	we left Get
1190s	It Go Get a better chest for
1194s	this all right more shop items and
1197s	supporter packs when um
1199s	the MTX updates happen at the uh major
1202s	cycle
1212s	patches I
1215s	mean really not this is probably better
1225s	actually we just don't have enough leech
1227s	we need we need Regen to
1231s	happen going to stun things
1248s	like we have
1260s	give another
1261s	shot all right uh summarize what is new
1265s	in cycle 2 um yeah I mean so we we we do
1268s	have a
1271s	um uh Whatchamacallit a road map that
1274s	does have that information on it so if
1275s	you want to reference that information
1277s	anytime you can check out the road Mac
1278s	it's linked at the top of like all the
1280s	Reddit Discord Facebook all it's linked
1283s	everywhere um oh I walked up too fast
1297s	uh
1298s	Mike what are you
1304s	doing regen being active is uh really
1308s	good for this I do not do enough
1311s	Le okay we're summoned back up
1333s	FY let's go your blood will be to drop
1337s	in my
1349s	come on come
1350s	on okay more questions Mike you can do
1353s	this oh don't
1356s	die uh summarize new cycle too right I
1359s	what I was doing um so yeah we we've got
1361s	our Nemesis
1363s	system um we've got our Harbinger
1367s	system uh and we've got our Pinnacle
1370s	system our Pinnacle
1375s	boss will sh you
1379s	um those those the the big the big key
1381s	things are are that um we are also you
1384s	know like there's oh no
1388s	oh
1398s	um and then then we've got just like
1400s	there's a ton of bug fixes um there's
1402s	like skill updates new unique items um
1406s	this this is just stuff that comes with
1407s	like every there's a list the top of
1409s	that road map as well it's just like
1410s	things that we do all the time
1414s	um so all those things are still
1416s	happening
1431s	too oh you're light
1435s	on you can regen it though
1450s	that health potion pick
1458s	up next
1461s	question
1462s	uh will
1466s	you yes
1470s	uh will you go hot and cold sweating
1472s	next
1475s	Wednesday hot and cold oh yes yes yes
1481s	yes
1483s	uh next Wednesday uh so week today uh
1487s	plus about 3
1489s	hours um I will
1492s	be uh joining Frosty and Aaron on their
1497s	new podcast
1499s	I think I'm the first official guest
1501s	which is pretty
1503s	cool for that guys looking forward to it
1508s	um I I I don't really know what I'm
1510s	getting myself
1514s	into I was told to expect some jokes
1516s	keep it it light so we'll see what
1519s	happens I have tired of
1523s	this your SKS entain I got I got some
1527s	comebacks prepped don't worry guys
1535s	why thank you for your
1545s	blessing nice it's got LP on
1548s	it this is the one portal that doesn't
1552s	react this is the one portal in the game
1554s	right now I know it's because I spent so
1556s	long trying to make it work that doesn't
1558s	give you a like hey you're you're going
1560s	through it it's reacted to you clicking
1562s	on it it's the only portal in the game
1563s	that's still broken in the in the live
1565s	version of the
1576s	build uh ker so
1581s	2077 oh it's really broken oh no do I
1584s	have to fight him again
1589s	I shouldn't have to that that' be funny
1594s	though
1600s	um got look at my Stream
1609s	Account um if if that was not the
1612s	question you were asking about next
1613s	Wednesday uh let me know guess it's not
1615s	a we today sorry it's not a we today
1616s	today's Friday
1619s	five days from
1621s	now oh
1631s	boyos you know what this is the one
1633s	thing I've ever done that is more time
1636s	consuming and emotionally training than
1639s	Game
1640s	Dev being a
1643s	parent equally rewarding
1647s	though come on game what are you doing
1649s	to
1652s	me all right uh we got a preview that
1657s	the transmog
1659s	tinctures that is dies are coming in the
1662s	future is there any plans to monetize
1664s	dies I I have no idea how that system is
1666s	going to shake up to be honest uh the
1670s	um I I knew we had started working on it
1674s	um and the road map going out was
1678s	actually the like the moment that I
1679s	learned myself that we were
1681s	actually like locking in to do it
1686s	um I I knew we like someone had been
1688s	working on it and someone had been like
1690s	hey this is something I think we can do
1691s	should we do it that was that was where
1693s	I thought we were with it um and the rat
1695s	went out and I was like oh I guess we're
1696s	doing it awesome I'm I'm not sure I
1698s	don't
1707s	know it'd be I'd be
1715s	surprised uh can we have a filter to
1718s	highlight only the equipable items in
1720s	the
1723s	stash they are not they follow a cast
1726s	system there you are I've been also
1728s	there's a shrine just outside the city
1733s	impossible
1736s	impossible one day I'll hit Le been Town
1739s	it'll work I'm just going to keep trying
1742s	impossible one day one day it'll work
1746s	impossible you keep saying impossible
1748s	nothing's
1757s	impossible hi Mike hello I enjoyed your
1760s	Insight and designer perspective cool
1763s	thank you uh I'm sure the devs have uh
1767s	conversed about this yes I can read too
1769s	it's one of my many talents uh but could
1771s	you talk about the process pros and cons
1774s	specifically of the hybrid class concept
1776s	for example Berserker class that would
1778s	use abilities from both Sentinel and
1779s	primel trees along with its own unique
1781s	abilities I know class design is
1783s	extremely challenging and there's no
1784s	perfect answer to any problem we get
1786s	that in a moment just want to say thank
1787s	you very much to Ranson whoa that's a
1789s	bunch actually oh it's it's a whole
1791s	bunch yeah it's a whole bunch um you did
1793s	a whole bunch last time too that's very
1794s	cool thank you very much uh congrats to
1796s	anyone who got one of those gifted Subs
1798s	that's that's very cool um I guess I
1799s	should mention we do stream for charity
1800s	here so all of it goes to charity um and
1804s	we've got a great one this this uh this
1806s	month um so yeah uh check it out
1811s	um yep I'm so bad at hyping up Charity
1814s	stuff that we do but it all goes to
1816s	that we're mostly just streaming in
1818s	order to like um just just share the
1822s	game with you guys and
1824s	uh um there's a lot of stuff in the in
1828s	the twitch e system that that uh likes
1829s	you to have subs and all those sorts of
1831s	stuff happening so we're we're we're
1834s	we're we're in on that but
1839s	uh we we're we're it's not so much that
1842s	we're like
1845s	um we we don't pin our financial hopes
1847s	and dreams on me
1849s	streaming which would be a terrible idea
1859s	all
1860s	right moving on oh yeah this question I
1862s	was going to answer yes um so hyb hybrid
1864s	class Concepts yeah
1867s	um yes okay so I heard I heard um I
1870s	don't know when this idea was first uh
1873s	like the first time I heard this idea
1874s	pop up in the community at least um of
1876s	this like hybrid class concept where
1877s	it's like there's and there's a few
1879s	different versions of that I've heard as
1880s	well so um which version we talking
1882s	about
1884s	here um so the the one version I've
1888s	heard was someone was like can we just
1889s	like build our own Base Class with like
1892s	different masteries or just like take
1894s	masteries from other classes and and
1896s	like the biggest challenge with all this
1899s	is how the passive tree incorporates
1901s	with the skills directly um and that
1903s	interaction how how these these things
1905s	are all interconnected So like um which
1909s	items or or which which passives you
1911s	have passives will frequently directly
1914s	reference abilities um like there's
1917s	there's passives on the Mage tree that
1919s	like do Elemental conversions um you
1922s	like there's there are direct skill
1923s	references where it's like this this
1924s	node doesn't really make any sense if
1925s	you don't have that skill and some a lot
1927s	of times as well it's just like the noes
1929s	don't really make sense if you don't
1930s	have like the set of skills as
1932s	well um like uh what's a good example
1935s	here uh this one here maximum Companions
1939s	Plus One um you know like if you don't
1943s	have any companion abilities this
1945s	passive makes no sense at all does
1948s	literally nothing um and there's there's
1950s	other ones here in drw I think where
1951s	it's like you have Max
1956s	one there one's somewhere where it's
1958s	like Max one compan companion
1960s	total locks it at
1964s	one doesn't matter where it is um but
1967s	yeah so the the same thing happens with
1969s	with items like there's lots of items
1971s	that'll be like okay well you get
1972s	bonuses to this ability or something
1973s	like that a lot of these happen in the
1975s	head chest and Relic slot um so then you
1979s	start having like these items that
1982s	are
1985s	like the AIC pool for the item base
1989s	needs to line up with the Mastery class
1992s	because it also lines up with the
1993s	abilities of that Master Class as access
1995s	to and you start mix and matching these
1998s	things and you frequently get into
1999s	situations where you're finding items
2001s	that are like class locked the class
2003s	you're playing but are completely
2005s	useless uh and specifically completely
2008s	usess and like that it Buffs a certain
2010s	ability
2012s	and it's it's so messy however still
2016s	like it's a good idea um it's just
2019s	messy and so we're if if if we ever
2022s	decide to do something like that in the
2023s	future we're going to really have to um
2027s	take a close look at how we can
2029s	incorporate um all the the class locked
2032s	themes and abilities and items and all
2035s	these things because um class identi has
2038s	been such a core design pillar of the
2040s	game for so long that there's lots of
2042s	things that we mechanically and
2044s	thematically very specifically locked at
2047s	certain
2049s	classes um but then there are then then
2052s	you look at certain classes and certain
2053s	like archetypes in arpg in
2057s	general not even arpg just RPGs in
2059s	general like Fantasy games like why
2062s	don't you have that
2065s	um and then you try and place where it's
2067s	supposed to go and you're like doesn't
2068s	really fit in one place so the the big
2071s	example what I'm talking about here is
2072s	the like let's let's look at a wow
2074s	Hunter um you need bows guns bows um and
2081s	that's that's Marksman or Rogue in
2083s	general uh and then you need um like
2086s	Animal Companions and that's Beast
2088s	Master primalist in general and so you
2090s	you end up in the situation where you've
2091s	got these two in order to to build this
2095s	like classic wow style and I'm other
2098s	games before it too
2101s	um like class character archetype and
2104s	you need to dip into two different
2105s	Mastery classes to do
2108s	this
2109s	um and so like there's there's the
2112s	approach of like okay can you take
2114s	pieces of indiv like is there a mix and
2116s	match thing that happens um is there
2120s	a uh is is is there a like just a new
2124s	class that's created and it's it's
2126s	narrow in scope
2129s	um and it and it pulls from other
2132s	classes to make that like it pulls from
2133s	other Masters to make a new class that
2135s	is no that's a possibility too um it
2139s	does start to kind of blur
2142s	that um that character design like
2147s	architect
2148s	pillar quite a lot when you when you
2150s	start doing things like this so um
2154s	probably got so far off the rails with
2155s	this
2157s	question that's kind of what you're
2161s	asking the Sentinel and primalist
2163s	Berserker class was the specific
2169s	example yeah I think I think that's the
2171s	sort of design so so we how do we we we
2174s	have specific
2176s	masteries um that are already planned
2180s	for the existing base classes hello um
2184s	that I think will go really well with
2185s	them that will um they'll they'll be
2188s	really positive new masteries for the
2191s	existing base classes they'll fit nicely
2193s	bring in some new play Styles explore
2195s	some extra um like gameplay elements
2200s	that we've kind of intentionally
2203s	sidelined in per in favor of having room
2205s	down the road for for these things to
2208s	come in as like complete ideas instead
2210s	of partial ideas
2213s	um but then I think there's a point that
2215s	we'll get to where um maybe we're
2218s	sitting at multiple like like four
2220s	masteries per of the five classes and we
2221s	have 20 masteries and it's like um
2224s	adding in a new base a whole new Base
2226s	Class might be a little daunting um and
2228s	then starting to to have this like mix
2229s	and match feeling might be a good point
2231s	good good play at that point I think
2235s	um It's Tricky it's it's one of those
2237s	things like as the game's going to
2238s	evolve we we we'll look at all these
2239s	things and talking extremely
2242s	hypothetically years down the road
2245s	here there's there's lots of things that
2247s	were like this is what we know we're
2248s	gonna do and then after that we're like
2251s	I mean we'll see what
2259s	happens there's lots of room for
2262s	interesting and there's there's like
2264s	there's these are these are not things
2266s	that we haven't talked about these are
2267s	things we have talked about there's
2268s	there's also wacky ideas um that I won't
2270s	really go into that are uh a little more
2273s	out there in in their
2278s	Rocky design
2280s	space that might not seem to fit
2282s	initially um but you know we're we're
2286s	we're working on it cool
2289s	things I hope that answer your question
2291s	for you all right as you are excited for
2295s	the new le cycle coming up do you think
2297s	we will have a difficult time with it or
2300s	you hope so um I mean
2303s	there's the I think the people that are
2307s	here in this chat the type of person
2308s	that comes to to this typee of thing and
2310s	like is uh is is like interested in in
2314s	game updates and things like that when
2315s	we're at such a lull in the cycle
2317s	rollover stuff I think um the majority
2321s	of the people that are that are coming
2322s	to things like this will probably have
2324s	um in general a much easier time with
2328s	the the game overall as compared to the
2330s	like average player
2333s	um the average player barely gets the
2335s	end game so um you'll
2339s	I think you'll have uh there's there
2342s	there's definitely a challenge there is
2343s	definitely a challenge to be had um I'm
2346s	sure there's some people that'll be like
2348s	that was easy and other people will be
2349s	like that was way too hard uh type
2352s	thing yeah there's the there's there's
2355s	there's some fun and interesting
2357s	challenges uh coming and and you know
2358s	like we I think we we tend to um
2362s	subscribe to a sort of
2364s	like a self-directed difficulty system
2368s	quite frequently um so there's ways that
2370s	you can um use some of the new systems
2372s	that are coming in to like take risks
2375s	and make things harder for you if you
2379s	want you know if you're successful
2381s	there's there's good rewards and if
2382s	you're unsuccessful you got to um deal
2385s	with the fact that uh maybe you don't
2387s	get so many rewards cuz you uh didn't
2389s	quite succeed
2400s	will there be a generic loot filter per
2402s	class in game that anyone can use
2404s	without having to edit it um we don't
2406s	have pre-made filters ready to go right
2409s	now
2413s	um I I still really want
2416s	to um provide a better way for players
2421s	to um like share the the like the Holy
2427s	Grail of loot field filters in my world
2429s	is
2431s	um very akin to what you'd see on
2435s	like like like a modding website um
2439s	where where there's like anyone can just
2441s	like post up their own filters and
2444s	people can search and sort and filter
2446s	and browse um and you know like there's
2450s	there's like a thumbs up thumbs down uh
2452s	review style system where where people
2454s	can be like I'm using this one and it's
2456s	great you know
2458s	probably not thumbs down probably just
2459s	thumbs up like endorsement so yeah that
2462s	that type of system built right into the
2465s	like built right into this this filter
2466s	like like look the filter I'm using is
2468s	so nothing right now um but like having
2473s	having some like browser that you could
2474s	pop up and be like I'm I'm like pick
2477s	your class and or pick three skills that
2479s	you're using um you know and and people
2483s	would
2484s	uh have filters that are listed like oh
2487s	this good for skills type thing or like
2489s	General type of build you're playing I I
2491s	think that' be a really positive thing
2493s	that's something that I'd really like to
2494s	see all right we've got a poll going up
2498s	now um so this is this is something we
2500s	we've been doing for the last couple
2501s	weeks that is uh uh I I think it's been
2504s	really successful so I'm happy to keep
2506s	it going and um we're asking you what
2510s	we' we've got a few potential spoilers
2512s	in in the in the pipe here and uh if you
2516s	have would like to tell tell us what
2518s	type of spoilers you'd like to see
2520s	there's a poll running in chat right now
2522s	um so your choices are there's an item
2524s	factions they're like just a little
2526s	screenshot little something that's
2527s	coming in 1.1 so something about item
2529s	factions something about a mage
2531s	something about a spellblade or
2532s	something about a
2534s	sentinel
2536s	um get your votes
2543s	in it's all things coming in 1.1
2551s	can I vote I can
2558s	vote remember what they all are now I
2560s	think this one's pretty
2562s	sweet they're all
2571s	good all right will it oh yeah in that
2574s	will with the uh with the evade mechanic
2576s	coming in 1 Point . can we see any
2579s	unique items to buff it yeah there are
2582s	um there items in 1.1 that do interact
2586s	with the evade mechanic um there's
2589s	there's I don't want to get into too
2591s	much details about them but like some of
2592s	them are pretty transformative um if you
2595s	really don't want to use the evade
2596s	mechanic there's um there's items that
2599s	will help you not use the evade mechanic
2601s	and still get value out of that system
2605s	um so yeah there there's there's there's
2608s	there's a good mix of stuff coming in
2609s	there but yeah there's a couple uh
2611s	unique items and
2614s	uh things to interact with it I can't
2616s	really go into too much detail yet with
2617s	them because those are still very much
2618s	in flux
2622s	um and we we we just got our first round
2624s	of feedback from CTS on
2627s	that we look at that we're expecting
2630s	more of that to come in very short least
2636s	too boys is stronger than
2639s	yours 139
2644s	145 45 Stacks not
2649s	nothing it's not
2652s	nothing High we've
2656s	seen all
2660s	right see random question here if you
2662s	have a question please don't forget to
2663s	put Atlas OT game in the question so I
2665s	see it um I see one here that says Forge
2666s	guard getting changes everybody's
2668s	getting
2669s	changes every every single class in
2672s	Mastery has things about it that have
2677s	changed some of those
2680s	are more significant than others um in
2684s	either direction and and it's it's not
2686s	all Buffs it's not all Nerfs it's a
2688s	mixture of Buffs and Nerfs for
2694s	everybody makes Meck
2697s	our people like
2701s	this our physical
2705s	resistance and
2708s	Armor All really bad all of our
2710s	secondary defenses are just
2717s	garbage our secondary defenses are
2724s	terrible all right next question here
2729s	uh is it true that uh Aaron action RPG
2732s	wifey is better at playing ell than
2736s	Aaron you know I I think um I I think
2740s	she probably plays it less frequently so
2742s	it's probably she probably has more fun
2743s	at it and you know really what's the
2745s	point of playing any game is to have fun
2747s	so if you're having more fun you're
2749s	better at it so yes therefore I think
2750s	she's probably better at
2754s	it how to dodge a question 101
2763s	all right uh this is probably asked uh
2765s	zillion times but I don't know what you
2769s	guys think about it so here we go uh how
2771s	do you feel about D4 boring your loot
2773s	system have you tried uh have you tried
2776s	it if so your take on it um I I don't
2779s	think that um I don't think we invented
2783s	this loot system like I think that we
2787s	also have there's there's so many loot
2790s	systems that have that share similar
2792s	elements across so many games like this
2793s	that I don't think you can really say
2795s	like uh like they stole our loot system
2797s	or something like that I I don't I don't
2799s	think that works I I think that
2802s	um you know like on on the like I don't
2806s	think this is what happened but on the
2807s	off chance that there was someone
2808s	sitting in a meeting somewhere and was
2810s	like oh that's working really good let's
2811s	use it like that don't think is what
2813s	happened um you know like awesome uh
2818s	I think we I think we did a great job on
2819s	our on our item system and um you know
2822s	if if that's what caused E4 system to
2825s	change for what I think most people
2827s	would agree and I do agree was for the
2828s	better um you know awesome we have a
2831s	better game for it which is great
2834s	right um you know just the thought that
2837s	we've had any impact on like the Diablo
2840s	franchise at all is like such a cool
2842s	thought to me um like I know we've I
2844s	know we've had a a direct impact and and
2846s	for the record both Diablo and path of
2848s	EXO had a colossal impact on our game um
2852s	and and you know like the the fact that
2855s	we're able to bring ideas to the table
2857s	that are that are having an impact
2858s	elsewhere is is super cool it's exciting
2861s	it's it's fun it's interesting it's I
2863s	don't know
2871s	wild and I have tried I do like it
2877s	it was a big Improvement I don't think
2879s	it's a hot take though that it's a big
2885s	Improvement I also don't get ask that
2887s	question that
2890s	often all right when it comes to
2892s	inspiring creativity how does your team
2894s	manage that while still adhering to
2896s	things like budget and schedule
2898s	yeah that's a good question that's a
2901s	very very good question cuz cuz those
2903s	are those are ex those things are
2905s	extremely in odds with each other uh the
2907s	number of times we have ideas so like so
2909s	we have a very free form like um like
2912s	anyone on the on the team can can post
2914s	ideas in our we've got like an internal
2917s	um design threads that we just like if
2919s	someone has an idea they're they post it
2921s	in there we'll talk about in design game
2923s	or or we'll talk about in in a text chat
2925s	so like there's there's a very free form
2926s	like like throw out your ideas and we'll
2928s	talk about them type environment and
2932s	um the those those of us that have been
2935s	in in those design meetings for you know
2938s	five six years um probably throw out
2942s	less wild and out there ideas than uh
2946s	people who who haven't who who are more
2947s	wer new to those those meetings um in
2950s	just in our own ecosystem and
2955s	um you know like there there is a very
2960s	it is very frequent that will look at at
2962s	an idea and
2963s	go oh my God that would be cool there's
2966s	no way way we have enough time or money
2968s	to do that but oh my God that would be
2969s	cool and so like that happens a lot uh
2973s	and it's frustrating to to not be able
2975s	to do everything you want to do with the
2976s	game for sure absolutely um I think
2979s	quite often it it come when something
2981s	like that happens it comes down to like
2982s	trying to find a way to incorporate
2984s	those themes and ideas and um long B by
2989s	it is it's it's a very tricky balance to
2991s	to sit there and along who would seek to
2994s	B yeah Freedom will be our future my
2999s	future I would
3000s	love every good idea that comes comes
3003s	into those channels being able to to to
3005s	do every single one of them is like
3007s	that's the dream right um and the list
3010s	of things that we've gotten backlogs of
3013s	like one day we'll do that it's huge
3016s	list and we and we get just as many
3018s	ideas from our community that fall into
3019s	those categories too like the number of
3021s	times our community posts ideas and like
3023s	suggestion threads where we're like
3025s	that's a great idea you know
3028s	we'll start we'll start squiring away
3029s	that that billion dollars we need to
3030s	make it
3032s	happen but like one day oh it's coming
3035s	you know a lot of times as well as it's
3036s	just like we'll look at something and
3038s	say hey we we need to uh there's there's
3041s	these eight things that need to get
3042s	added first before we even have a shot
3043s	at that so we'll be like okay well once
3045s	we we know we're adding four of those
3046s	things and we'll revisit it
3048s	then so I guess it's it's a lot of like
3052s	there there's a lot of ideas that get
3053s	turned down and and coming to terms with
3056s	having your ideas turned down because we
3058s	just don't have the logistical support
3060s	to be able to do it um it is is
3063s	something you got to kind you got come
3064s	to terms with uh when when when you're
3066s	pitching ideas which it's tough um but
3071s	you know the the stuff we are able to do
3073s	is is really cool and I think that more
3075s	than makes up
3089s	I do see a thing here someone says
3090s	co-founder and Lead Dev I'm not the lead
3092s	Dev at all um I am I'm one of the sen
3095s	developers but there are uh many people
3097s	who are much much uh smarter and better
3099s	at this than I am that are leaving the
3101s	team's um actual development
3111s	process I have just enough experience
3113s	talking with people uh talking in front
3114s	of crowds and things like that that I'm
3116s	able to do this part of as
3125s	well I guess my only real previous
3127s	experience with this was like I used to
3128s	work at a summer
3129s	camp you get up on stage a lot
3134s	there and here I get to wear much less
3137s	ridiculous costumes doing it I miss the
3140s	costume
3141s	sometimes all right next question
3147s	free space dead
3150s	yeah I try I try and take that one from
3153s	you every
3157s	week it was one week I didn't
3167s	die oh the uh the the the pole finished
3171s	who won what won the poll
3178s	Kane can you DM me what won the poll
3181s	please I was I got I was talking and I'm
3184s	just
3186s	awful I don't want to lose my place in
3190s	chat I want to scroll down and see what
3192s	went
3194s	it while we're doing that we did get a
3196s	rating party that came in welcome people
3198s	from alexor
3203s	TV okay we're going to risk our place in
3206s	in chat here
3209s	oh my God we're far behind oh no we're
3212s	far behind Okay I don't
3224s	see oh cool good one all right yeah
3227s	sweet uh boom boom all right this is uh
3232s	the
3233s	new circle of Fortune Rank 10
3240s	uh
3241s	reward uh thing uh what you get at Rank
3244s	10 of
3251s	cof simple to the point straightforward
3262s	easy we are going to that down
3267s	and I'm not going to play with it
3268s	sticking up over my screen I'm
3273s	learning it down
3282s	there I it's totally that visible but
3284s	there it
3285s	is now we're going to keep
3294s	going all right more questions
3297s	how do you feel the gamer the games
3299s	balance state with classes some classes
3302s	overperform one than others yeah there
3303s	there's
3305s	um I I
3307s	mean yeah there are some some clear
3309s	winners and some clear losers right now
3312s	as far as like uh top level power
3315s	performance um the balance the the class
3318s	to class balance is a really tricky one
3320s	because um a
3322s	player there there's a lot of variance
3324s	within a class as well as a lot of
3326s	variance class the class so like a
3328s	player a new player maybe they maybe
3329s	they're not looking at the the forms and
3331s	things like that and they join they come
3332s	play and they're like all right I'm
3334s	going to play um the and and they do
3337s	this by mistake they don't intentionally
3338s	do this but they play the absolute worst
3340s	Rune Master build possible um and they
3342s	think themselves wow Room Master is
3344s	really weak um and then they play the
3346s	absolute most powerful Sentinel build
3348s	possible and and they're like Forge
3351s	guard build possible and they're like oh
3352s	Forge guard's pretty good actually so
3353s	they have this like like Forge guard way
3355s	stronger than run master their head and
3357s	then they go to the forms and like oh my
3358s	God it's exact opposite by a big Mar and
3362s	so there's this um when we're looking at
3365s	balancing we have to take that into
3367s	account um it's not just balancing an
3369s	entire class against an entire other
3371s	class it's it's balancing every skill
3373s	against every other skill every item
3375s	against every other item the exact same
3377s	thing and so there's it it is a it is a
3379s	balancing act for the
3382s	AG I just used the word balance to
3384s	describe balance but um didn't mean
3387s	to it
3390s	is it's a lot of fun trying to work out
3393s	that puzzle
3396s	um and I think that there's like right
3401s	now a pretty big gap between cuz because
3403s	the the the primary measuring stick that
3404s	we have is um like Peak corruption and
3408s	so you're seeing people that are like
3410s	running tests at several thousand
3412s	corruption people who are struggling to
3414s	get over just into empowered model in
3417s	the first place which is a hunter
3420s	corruption um so there's
3424s	there's there's some Gap
3427s	there uh and we're definitely working to
3429s	close that Gap quite a
3431s	lot you know certain things will always
3433s	be more powerful than other things just
3435s	like something's got to be on top it's
3436s	never going to be perfect we don't want
3437s	to be perfect if it's absolutely perfect
3439s	then it's
3440s	boring decisions don't matter
3443s	um I think the goal is to have
3447s	different play Styles be
3450s	um like
3453s	functional like like the the weak the
3455s	weak strategies weak strategies having
3458s	them be functional if like you're ready
3459s	to take on that extra
3461s	challenge that's that's a pretty
3463s	important part of
3465s	it and there's these these terms like
3467s	functional and viable and and all these
3470s	things that are so hard to define a nail
3471s	down like you ask 10 people and you get
3473s	10
3477s	I think a big problem with that is that
3478s	we don't have a fixed difficulty High
3482s	tier content um available so so T4 jewel
3485s	is the the real common Benchmark people
3487s	use for that right now and and um the
3490s	new Pinnacle boss that's coming that
3492s	that Pinnacle boss will probably
3493s	hopefully be the new measuring stick
3495s	that people use for builds and
3502s	viability is harder than T4 Jewel I'll
3504s	say
3505s	that hopefully that's obvious though
3508s	thank you very much oh Vision G welcome
3510s	Vision GL and all your people coming in
3513s	to hang out
3518s	do one day I put
3520s	like Custom Graphics to pop up and stuff
3524s	I've been saying that for
3526s	years get more questions I'm going to
3528s	hammer through some of these treasure
3529s	goblins when I'd love to yeah um I think
3532s	that's that's one of those mechanics
3533s	that's like oh we open from the other
3535s	side I know you could do that
3537s	um treasure goblins is can I help you uh
3541s	one of those things that like one day
3544s	it'll
3545s	be one day I'm sure it'll be there it's
3547s	just
3549s	so it's becoming such a core RPG
3552s	mechanic like you're seeing it just pop
3554s	up everywhere um not just in top down
3557s	like um RPGs but like anytime there's
3560s	like an action combat with loot
3562s	associated in the game um so like you
3566s	see them in like Borderlands games you
3567s	see them in Diablo games you see them
3569s	you see them all over the place and um
3571s	you I I feel it's the sort of thing that
3574s	like I really like them um so can't
3578s	guarantee we ever have them but I'd love
3580s	to see
3581s	them I think they're simple I I think
3583s	the Simplicity that they that they bring
3585s	is um
3587s	elegant and it's it's it's a fun game
3591s	mechanic it's not deep it's not um
3594s	you're not you're not get it's not it's
3595s	not complex it's not deep it's just fun
3597s	and I love
3601s	it Hello mystery puug hello stay
3612s	Cherry stay Cherry yeah San
3617s	Diego I know
3621s	something uh what makes for a great
3624s	software Dev oh boy a tough that is a
3627s	really tough question and I think
3628s	there's um even if I give you a a good
3633s	example um there's a bajillion examples
3636s	of people that are completely different
3638s	and also make great software devs so
3640s	it's it's hard question to answer but um
3642s	I think for me a lot of it
3645s	is being able to think about a problem
3648s	from many different
3650s	angles being able to conceptualize
3652s	multiple Solutions and being able to
3655s	like
3657s	valate uh valuate your options and um
3661s	pick pick the best way to do
3665s	things from a high level being be able
3667s	to like see see the path forward see the
3669s	options available to you A lot of that
3670s	comes with like experience working in a
3672s	system
3674s	specifically not
3683s	going not today ambushers
3689s	that was just going to be the gold that
3690s	show up 22
3695s	gold oh the idle ones love them hate
3698s	them on stream because I'm like I want
3700s	to read every single one of those right
3710s	now no
3712s	room show you no room
3723s	going through really quick and I'm like
3724s	if that immediately sticks out is great
3726s	I'm taking it otherwise I'm just oh yeah
3728s	that was great good
3739s	enough there's some spike damage
3742s	happening I think just cuz I have like
3744s	no armor and no physical resistance
3746s	I'm just getting hit
3750s	chunked oh rag doll never
3761s	change all right any teasers today yeah
3763s	I got teasers today there's one on
3765s	screen I got I got one I got one more
3766s	coming later um and it'll be any one of
3769s	the three remaining options that uh we
3771s	didn't give as a pull for the first half
3774s	uh
3777s	I'm happy this this item faction one's
3779s	finally out it's it's been in the pipe
3781s	uh in in the voting pipe for a few days
3783s	now I'm really really happy that it's
3785s	finally been revealed because I know
3786s	that's one that people were uh it's
3789s	something that people have been asking
3790s	for for a while with the it INF factions
3792s	and
3793s	um I'm glad it's finally
3798s	there there's there's I also um there's
3802s	other there's a lot of other changes too
3804s	with the EDM system the infection system
3806s	that
3808s	um so as as you start to see little
3811s	teasers like this I guess what I'm
3812s	saying is um try not to jump to
3815s	conclusions about other things staying
3816s	the same at the same time so there's
3817s	lots of other changes
3822s	too contact support on Discord you just
3825s	need me to say
3827s	that uh is there going to be an update
3830s	oh this is why I was I was I was uh
3833s	having issues getting through the vine
3835s	yeah
3838s	I am far behind in chat I'm sorry I've
3840s	been rambling and babbling what a
3843s	b uh I'll try and be a little quicker on
3845s	the question answering we usually get so
3848s	many questions like front loed and then
3850s	they like they die off to the end so
3852s	like I'm always a little bit hesitant
3854s	just like rush through the questions at
3855s	the start and be like left with not that
3856s	many at the
3858s	end but I'll I'll try to go a little
3860s	quick sorry all right is there going to
3863s	be an update to the arena this coming
3865s	season uh the push gets tedious
3866s	especially if you have to start at half
3868s	your highest level um I don't think this
3872s	uh I don't think there a
3874s	change so there are there are some
3876s	little things um but I I don't think
3880s	there's any major systematic changes so
3882s	you
3886s	can't what brings you
3889s	here we fill some
3894s	stuff later never wanted
3917s	you just getting rid of some
3920s	stuff on the
3924s	ground uh
3928s	will will there be uh a skip all
3931s	dialogues in the future Seasons um
3935s	possibly U I know I know we don't have
3937s	anything like that set up right
3938s	now there's like the way that the
3941s	dialogue system
3943s	works
3947s	um it's It's tricky to to put that in
3951s	smoothly without causing a weird amount
3953s	of
3954s	bugs it's a it's it's a lot more work
3957s	than it might than it would appear like
3959s	all just just skip everything it's fine
3960s	I do that anyways there's things that
3963s	happen uh when you click buttons in the
3965s	UI in the conversations the dialogue
3967s	that that trigger certain other things
3968s	to happen um
3971s	and like just skip assuming what the
3973s	player wants to click on all those is uh
3977s	dangerous proposition in some cases
3994s	all right next question hello hi I'm new
3997s	to the stream welcome but I have been
3998s	playing last Epoch for a while awesome I
4001s	have a problem with the camera which is
4003s	the zoom out is not far enough it'll be
4005s	an update that we'll fix that um we
4006s	don't currently have plans to increase
4008s	the maximum Zoom um there's a lot of
4012s	things that go into determining how far
4013s	the camera should potentially zoom out
4016s	um and there's some issues that start
4019s	happening when we be zooming out more so
4020s	we don't have any plans to zooming out
4025s	more right have you ever discussed to
4027s	give items their own idle grit have you
4031s	ever discussed to give items their own
4033s	idle grids for example unique
4038s	tetral
4040s	uh like like like this is like a six a
4044s	six Grid or something like like that you
4046s	can like put in like a a collar and a um
4050s	like an upper chest piece and a middle
4052s	chest piece and like like go like that
4054s	far into the details of it um yes we
4057s	have talked about
4059s	that um you may note it's not in the
4069s	game um I this this is this is I think a
4072s	prime example what I was talking about
4072s	earlier about those ideas where you're
4074s	like that's so cool we do not have the
4076s	resources to do it or maybe ever um it's
4080s	it's it's a lot to
4089s	do serent died no
4095s	way I really like the update to the
4097s	totems that we did like that how they
4098s	like um before I think 1.0 even they
4102s	were all basically like the same totem
4105s	with just like a couple things tacked on
4106s	them and now they actually have like
4110s	personality I can spawn my serpent from
4113s	crates I did not know
4120s	that
4122s	sweet happy Friday did I miss a spoiler
4125s	you you missed the reveal of a spoiler
4127s	but it's still sitting on screen so it's
4129s	okay if not we the spoilers sitting on
4131s	screen but I'm also super far behind
4133s	right now so I think you probably
4134s	actually already know all this uh what
4136s	is endgame for you um and the for you is
4141s	an interesting part there so like
4143s	um if you're asking like what in like
4147s	like developer mic what's end game is
4148s	from developer mic's perspective or end
4150s	game from gamer mic's perspective
4152s	endgame from gamer Mike's perspective is
4154s	uh as soon as you're as soon as you're
4156s	into the monolith as soon as you touch
4158s	down and follow the outcast and you do
4160s	your first monoth you are into endgame
4163s	um I think that there's a
4166s	a um a very real argument to be made for
4171s	a lot of people anyways um that like in
4173s	game for them probably doesn't start
4175s	until they are get into empowered
4179s	modelin when when the when the I guess
4182s	like the we're going if we're going to
4183s	try and make a generic term for it it's
4187s	probably uh it's probably when your
4191s	primary focus
4193s	shifts to
4197s	like almost exclusively item
4200s	upgrades where where you're like you're
4203s	you're you're kind like whatever I've
4205s	got basically all my passives that I
4207s	want you're like my skills are all maxed
4209s	at 20 um and I'm like looking at my gear
4212s	I'm like yeah I've got my gear speced
4213s	out but I'm I'm I'm now my
4216s	primary source of upgrades is coming
4218s	from that um that that rework of like
4222s	okay I need this specific item so I can
4223s	like take this item off and put this
4225s	item on and take this item off and put
4226s	this item on to like remap how my gear
4229s	is and and there's like but my build
4230s	changes a little bit and um I I can now
4233s	sustain better and uh I I have the the
4236s	Mana to to to like chain an extra meteor
4239s	in between Fireballs or something I
4240s	don't know
4242s	um but I think that's the point
4245s	where think a little bit
4250s	experience I think I think that's the
4252s	point where it becomes like and
4271s	game yes I know where I
4273s	am we're going this
4283s	way I like the teaser Pole me
4288s	too thanks for the feedback appreciate
4291s	it uh are you on time with your
4293s	development for 1.1 so far or did you
4295s	have to drop things you wanted to get in
4297s	initially
4299s	ah I both so there's um there's there's
4303s	always stuff that we're
4305s	like when we're when we're mapping out a
4307s	new patch we have we have different
4310s	categories of features as we're planning
4311s	it so we have the like um the core
4313s	features of the patch where we're like
4315s	if this isn't ready in time we might
4317s	push back the patch to make it ready in
4318s	time type features um and so like in
4321s	this case that's the Pinnacle boss right
4324s	um if
4327s	there's uh you know like here I'm seeing
4332s	a ton
4333s	of uh like face Pals what did I do oh
4338s	no
4344s	uhoh oh no what did I
4348s	do we'll get to that later find out what
4351s	I did
4357s	um oh yeah yeah dropping things yeah and
4359s	then then we put like a big thing in a
4361s	list where we're like um oh this would
4364s	be a nice feature to get in uh we're not
4367s	really sure how much de time it's going
4368s	to take or how hard it's going to be uh
4371s	if if if it comes down to the line it
4372s	can get cut that's fine um and so we we
4375s	put things in a a spectrum of of like
4379s	we'll delay the patch for this to and
4380s	whatever we'll just cut this and um you
4383s	know things things always get cut
4385s	because we we prefer to have
4389s	um you know as much stuff as we can in
4391s	the in the patches so there there's
4394s	always there's always trimming that
4395s	we're doing and that's expected it's
4397s	it's laid out like that specifically so
4399s	that we can trim things nicely and it
4402s	works um so like an example of something
4406s	that got trimmed in 1.0 there was um
4408s	there was another Rogue skill that we
4410s	almost put in the game for 1.0 and that
4413s	got cut right near the
4418s	end right got cut like two months out
4422s	but but you know what I mean so like
4423s	there's there's there's things that
4425s	we'll delay a patch for and things that
4426s	we
4428s	won't overall we are we're doing good um
4433s	the primary features that we would delay
4435s	a patch for are coming together
4439s	um
4445s	yeah uh patch notes will be shortly
4447s	before patch it'll it'll be pretty close
4449s	a couple
4451s	days uh will we see are equipped
4453s	cosmetics in the character selection
4454s	menu at some point I I think so we used
4456s	to have it I don't know why it went away
4458s	I hopeing we bring it
4461s	back uh
4463s	why very jection leading the witness um
4468s	overruled okay well I'll answer it under
4470s	Dess uh why is last def so much better
4473s	than de before I think that people can
4474s	have fun playing different games in
4476s	different ways uh and if you're having a
4478s	lot more fun with with us ah
4482s	awesome I think we each have our own
4489s	strengthes uh will 1.1 show the
4492s	corruption level on each monolith on the
4494s	map I don't know if we've actually added
4496s	that uh there was uh there
4501s	was things that happened in a design
4503s	meeting where it comes up very briefly
4504s	you talk about it you can't quite
4505s	remember what we landed on that's what's
4507s	happening here um I think we talked
4510s	about it I think there was a reason why
4512s	we can't do
4518s	it don't think it's happening I can't
4521s	remember why but I could be wrong
4528s	I I'm the person they would ask to do
4529s	that and I've not been asked to do that
4531s	I can tell you
4542s	that uh can you share the idea an idea
4545s	of oh my God that would be cool but we
4547s	have no money and time to do
4550s	that
4552s	um I mean like
4559s	I'm thinking oh yeah it's that obviously
4560s	I'm like we might do that someday yeah I
4562s	shouldn't say that
4565s	um I mean there are things that we know
4568s	like we're going to do eventually that
4569s	we just don't have time for right now um
4572s	so like uh transmon system is a good
4574s	idea be really cool if you could just
4576s	make any item look like any other item
4578s	um we we don't have a system for that
4580s	right now we are it's 1.4 I think
4583s	something so like a lot of those things
4586s	do end up getting put in
4588s	there
4591s	um I think frequently it uh those things
4595s	come in the form of items that are just
4596s	really overs
4610s	scoped I mean I'd
4613s	love uh I'd love an item that gave its
4618s	own uh skill that had its own skill tree
4620s	and everything so like the item could be
4622s	equipped on any character uh and give
4624s	that skill and skill tree to any
4626s	character I think that would be a huge
4628s	awesome system to have in the
4637s	game kicked my desk chair behind me in
4640s	the middle of that my right heel hurts a
4642s	lot right
4651s	so what happened to the old Rank 10 youf
4653s	bur it got
4667s	moved these things are these things are
4669s	still in flux as well so there's um like
4671s	like we we're getting ctpb back for like
4673s	the first look CTS have had on it uh
4676s	just just started happening last week I
4678s	think
4680s	um so you know it's still pretty early
4682s	on on that feedback section so we're
4683s	still tweaking things like this
4688s	but I see some follow questions does it
4690s	apply to share shade of Oris yes it does
4692s	still work in shade of
4694s	Oris shade of orbis is a boss um who
4697s	else counts as bosses the the uh the
4699s	harbingers canas bosses the Nemesis
4701s	canel's bosses the Pinnacle boss canel
4702s	boss uh the o don't the kev's bosses
4707s	they might um
4710s	the the reason I say they probably do is
4712s	because the um the exiled Maes count as
4719s	bosses all right any chance for umbrell
4721s	blade right side of the nodes buff uh
4725s	maybe um if you've got a suggestion
4728s	you'd like to see in game head on over
4730s	the forums and drop a suggestion there
4733s	umw
4736s	just for
4741s	you uh Will Perry ever become a suffix
4744s	instead of a prefix probably not it's
4747s	possible um it we we we debated that one
4750s	for quite a while and it was very
4752s	intentionally added as a prefix
4760s	um uh but it is possible
4767s	uh are you open to adding funny
4769s	Cosmetics like a space suit or sexy
4771s	stuff or will the game always stay on
4773s	serious levels
4776s	um I don't like funny serious is
4778s	generally not the axis that we that we
4780s	tend to look at there more of a um like
4785s	like in Universe does it make sense so
4787s	like uh spacit and sexy stuff probably
4790s	not uh that's the sort of stuff that we
4792s	are very we're intentionally avoiding um
4796s	but you know like having stuff be a
4799s	little bit of a joke uh I think that's
4801s	the sort of stuff we're we're open to um
4805s	you know I think
4808s	having
4811s	uh yeah things that are like maybe
4814s	poking fun at last Epoch itself maybe
4816s	there was like some bug that happened uh
4818s	and and having like a cosmetic that goes
4819s	along with that bug or something like
4821s	that
4822s	um but still like makes sense in
4825s	Universe I think is the important part
4826s	for us so like we're still um because
4829s	there's no astronauts in at Tera uh we
4832s	we we don't want to have a space suit
4834s	you know
4836s	um that that that sort of stuff so yeah
4839s	we're we're we're steering away from
4842s	that type of stuff but at the same time
4845s	like there I think there's room for um
4849s	like comedy MTX that makes sense still
4855s	gen generally the distinction between
4857s	our um like cosmetic and normal item
4861s	visuals is the um the the the flashiness
4865s	level so like you'll see um see more
4869s	like particle effects that happen in the
4871s	cosmetics and you'll see more animation
4874s	more movement more things like that but
4876s	they're still they still follow the same
4877s	general guidelines of what's allowed to
4880s	be put in there
4885s	so if it doesn't make sense to happen in
4888s	game as a normal item um it probably
4892s	won't show up as
4894s	a and that could change all these things
4897s	are like this is what we feel now who
4902s	knows hello is there any plans of hold
4905s	of having servers in the Middle East if
4906s	not that's okay still Ling the game we'd
4908s	like to expand our server reach um there
4911s	there's there's a few regions that it's
4914s	it you're a little far away from a
4916s	server and it we don't we're not quite
4918s	getting the performance we'd like to
4919s	have and there's a few regions like that
4922s	um we're we're still uh early enough in
4926s	our um architecture's life cycle and and
4929s	Company size that it's uh it's a little
4931s	tricky to hit some of these locations um
4934s	because you do get uh you because
4937s	they're less um popular regions in
4940s	general you have um you have uh more
4943s	expensive price per machine to run
4946s	servers there and then you also end up
4948s	with not always but sometimes um and
4950s	then you also sometimes end up with um
4953s	more server
4954s	downtime um like more servers like less
4956s	just less consistency on server
4958s	requirements so you you have certain
4959s	times where you're like well we've got
4960s	to have so many servers like ready to go
4963s	but like maybe the there's like 20% of
4965s	them are just sitting idle doing nothing
4967s	but in the more popular region there's
4968s	like 5% of them sitting out nothing so
4970s	it's
4973s	um there's there's a lot of a lot of
4975s	stuff like that comes down to just the
4976s	logistics of it um and can we afford to
4979s	put those servers in those places once
4981s	we can we will but uh for now it's it's
4984s	not feasible for
4993s	us uh what class Mastery is Elder balus
4997s	uh does he possess a Mastery that we can
5000s	play as that has yet to be revealed in
5002s	last e book I like to think so
5007s	um if he's
5009s	like I know it's it's kind of
5011s	reminiscent of if you played the uh L
5013s	like Lord of the Rings Online there's
5015s	there's instead of doing like they
5016s	didn't have a mage class they had like a
5017s	Lore Master Class um kind of reminds me
5020s	of that
5023s	uh but I'd put him as some like Mage
5027s	variant this is this is really a
5028s	question for our Lore Master Kyle who
5031s	would uh probably have an exact answer
5033s	to this
5044s	what I'm going to go with I don't know
5047s	but
5051s	probably
5052s	uh since you have time travel in the
5055s	game have you ever thought about going
5056s	into the future oh yes uh like in a big
5059s	skyscraper City for an Echo uh I know
5061s	swords don't quite fit there but still
5064s	yeah there
5066s	um going on a path like that is what
5068s	happens when I'm playing out of the
5069s	corner of my eye or I'm using the tiny
5071s	little preview window of stream to try
5072s	navigate I'm like the blips over that
5074s	direction if I just hold the cursor to
5076s	the right I'll go there um anyways yes
5080s	we have considered going
5082s	to uh to the Future it's it's not off
5085s	the table it is
5087s	possible
5089s	um I would I wouldn't expect it anytime
5092s	soon that's sort of a like we've we've
5094s	done
5096s	we we've been around for for five years
5098s	and we've done the the story lines we
5102s	had planned for the the ears that are
5103s	here and we're like looking to Branch
5105s	out and try something that's a little
5106s	out there a little wacky a little
5107s	different um you know it's it's it's a
5110s	time like that that we'd more be
5112s	interested in in looking at the options
5114s	that are out there for us and those
5115s	those are potential things we could look
5118s	at don't have any specifics
5122s	though all right how much more difficult
5124s	is the new boss compared to Jord T4 I
5126s	don't know yet it's uh it is not locked
5128s	in place it's still something that we
5130s	are fine-tuning uh the balance of that
5132s	of that boss is a really important thing
5134s	to
5135s	get
5138s	um I right now I would say it is uh very
5144s	noticeable um especially in
5147s	the
5149s	um especially in like how much health it
5153s	has so it will it will take it will take
5156s	it'll take a while to chunk chunk it
5168s	down even with a very top tier build
5170s	it's going to take a while it's it's a
5176s	fight we are starting our second Poll
5179s	for teasers so if you are interested in
5182s	uh helping decide which of the three are
5185s	options like to
5187s	see please chat
5192s	now we've got a sentinel teaser a mage
5196s	teaser and a spell teaser I think left
5200s	yeah
5201s	um I want to show this
5211s	one feel I deser
5219s	Amber Mages why you why you so angry
5226s	huh there was a bug that happened um
5229s	that turned into a feature that every
5230s	time I see it it's just I I smile cuz
5233s	when we were initially setting up the
5237s	multiplayer for the Resurrection on the
5241s	uh the minions when they're downed
5243s	um originally got classified as a bug
5246s	where uh you can resurrect your allies
5248s	Companions and we and I was like I went
5250s	to start fixing it and I'm
5252s	like why am I fixing this this is great
5255s	let's just leave
5262s	it cuz it was a bug but got to be
5267s	better that happens
5280s	about 25 minutes behind o I'm
5283s	behind thanks for the update I
5285s	appreciate it does the new Rank 10
5287s	reward bypass the Rarity cap the boss
5289s	drops
5291s	had uh like if you're um like required
5295s	minimum corruption to drop specific
5296s	items no it does not bypass that I think
5299s	that's what you're
5303s	asking uh will will we get void damage
5305s	for all classes
5308s	eventually um
5311s	maybe
5316s	uh I don't think so I
5320s	eventually people ask question like
5322s	ever's a long time we ever get it maybe
5325s	um
5327s	there's the the the the big one that I'm
5330s	like why I'm tempted to say no we won't
5332s	ever do it um it really doesn't fit very
5335s	well on Prim list at all it's
5338s	like no
5342s	um but but you know nothing's a hard now
5345s	really so
5349s	maybe we we already have some items that
5352s	do it on Mage a little bit there there's
5354s	some there's some sprinklings of some
5355s	void stuff on Mage a little bit
5357s	Sentinels
5358s	obviously
5360s	um a lot of people thought warlock was
5363s	going to be void them but
5365s	um but I think that shows that there's
5367s	at least a community uh desire or uh
5372s	feeling that it's thematically
5374s	appropriate at least
5377s	um so you know that's probably not a
5380s	terrible candidate um I think Rogue is
5385s	flexible in in its thematic reasons to
5388s	have it or not um so it's possible there
5391s	too I think but I think Sentinel is like
5392s	the not senel I think Prim less is the
5394s	one that really sticks out to me like a
5396s	I don't think I don't think we could do
5398s	it but maybe um and then also down the
5400s	road like you start adding more classes
5402s	and you're like maybe one of
5403s	thematically doesn't work for it as well
5405s	and so you're like I can't do it there
5408s	so we are looking at expanding void into
5412s	other classes Long Term eventually at
5414s	some point um I I don't know when it'll
5417s	happen I don't know if it'll happen but
5420s	it it is um a little too restricted to
5424s	one map Mastery right now and that is
5425s	something we are eventually looking to
5427s	probably expand out super big I know I'm
5432s	sorry all right are there any more
5436s	Easter eggs than the ones mentioned by
5438s	the Lord Master no I think we we are we
5440s	are 1.0 the like 1.0.8 point2 Easter
5444s	eggs have all been found um Perry the
5446s	pig has a great video on the big ones um
5449s	you want check that out all right is it
5452s	expected the players always use the
5453s	highest level gear in the game and build
5455s	around that no I think that's that's um
5457s	really a key point to the um legendary
5460s	potential system um so the that
5464s	legendary potential system it it takes
5467s	like like level like lowlevel items and
5469s	like you get a four LP dring and
5471s	suddenly it is an endgame viable item
5474s	right
5476s	um I I think that that's that's really
5478s	something that we've tried to do and I
5480s	saw it this time cuz I was paying
5481s	attention and the Mage won the poll
5483s	nailed all right let's go Mage spoiler
5486s	Time spoiler
5488s	time but yeah so just
5491s	um also yeah what are we talking here uh
5495s	finish question is it expected that
5496s	players always use the highest level
5498s	gear in the game to build around that um
5500s	no it is not expected that um I think
5503s	the the key thing there is um we don't
5508s	always replicate every unique effect
5510s	that are on unique items uh into super
5513s	late game items so like like to
5516s	literally has no level requirement at
5518s	all um and it does have uh I guess these
5522s	effects actually can be found Elsewhere
5524s	on other unique items um but it does
5526s	have some unique effects so like if
5527s	you're really looking for this effect in
5528s	this slot you have to use this item um
5531s	and we we really try to make those feel
5534s	fun and viable and interesting um
5546s	pois that poison
5550s	image that one do
5554s	that all right oh yeah I have a
5560s	te let's sh
5569s	teaser
5572s	boom all right this is a node
5577s	in I believe it's the disintegrate
5583s	tree yeah it
5588s	is uh if you start channeling
5590s	disintegrate while having at least one
5592s	stack of uh I don't know how to
5594s	pronounce this lucom mancer Lancer uh it
5597s	starts at tier two if you also have the
5599s	amplification node and at least two
5602s	stacks of Luc amancer disintegrate
5604s	starts at tier three
5606s	instead
5608s	um there's some cool terms in there I
5610s	wonder what they all
5618s	do that wasn't named last time I looked
5621s	at
5623s	it well it was named it had different
5628s	name sorry playing with it over my
5631s	screen again like always
5639s	don't die please don't
5646s	die take a quick second here do we have
5650s	anything
5667s	here's an interesting note that a lot of
5668s	people don't realize as well is that the
5669s	it's not just straight the total of AIC
5671s	tiers that determine the level of the
5672s	item um so if we were going to level up
5675s	this T4 to T5 it requires level 60 but
5677s	if we're going this T1 to T2 it only
5679s	requires level 58 so there's a lower
5681s	level requirement for lower tier a tier
5684s	one requires
5691s	zero uh can you expand the search
5694s	function on the skill overviews to also
5697s	search the nodes within the the skills
5699s	like if I want to know if there is a
5701s	Synergy with another skill I could type
5702s	in there to show the skills that have it
5706s	um
5709s	we things get loaded
5713s	dynamically uh and the it it doesn't
5717s	work
5717s	reliably
5719s	um so we we we have to do a little bit
5722s	of reworking system before we can do
5725s	that maybe
5728s	someday 1.1 does not have
5736s	that hey sorry that's okay any changes
5741s	coming to set item in the next patch I
5743s	mean yes there are set items that did
5745s	get changes for the next patch there's
5747s	not an overarching systems change to set
5749s	items uh that probably is more what
5752s	you're asking for
5754s	me
5762s	isol the the the the the grand set
5764s	rework that we've been talking about for
5767s	far too long um is still still in the
5772s	pipeline not not not ready yet
5777s	sorry uh if there was an oton what
5780s	events and booths would you like to see
5781s	there oh this is cool so I I actually
5784s	was was thinking about this the other
5785s	day
5787s	um and mo mostly I I was I was thinking
5791s	I was think to myself about the card
5793s	game that they made for the Exile conon
5795s	um which was so cool I I would really
5798s	love to this this actually I started
5800s	thinking about this because I started
5801s	thinking about um large scale games
5806s	um a huge huge Board Game Fan uh love
5809s	love love board games card games all
5811s	sort of stuff um and so like I was
5814s	thinking about the like the scale of
5816s	games um we we have a uh the Battle Star
5819s	Galactic board game which
5821s	is unbelievably expensive now I I was
5825s	I saw saw how much it was online I'm
5828s	like oh my God I'm glad I got this when
5830s	it was still in print wow but um if you
5834s	ever played it there's a um spoiler
5837s	alert for a many years old TV show which
5840s	they're remaking or rebooting so excited
5842s	anyways uh
5844s	little off off topic there anyways the
5847s	um in this board game as as with many
5849s	other games there is a hidden roll
5850s	system so there's some people that are
5852s	good guys and some people that are bad
5853s	guys um you don't always start the game
5855s	knowing you're a bad guy sometimes you
5857s	turn from a good guy to a bad guy
5858s	partway through and it's not your you
5859s	have no control over it um and people
5862s	are like the bad guys are trying to
5863s	sabotage the good guys and stay hidden
5864s	and sometimes the bad guys get found out
5866s	and then you got to um your role as a
5867s	bad guy changes um it's a whole thing
5870s	anyways um the the the my wife and I
5873s	were talking about playing this the
5874s	other day um we got a couple friends
5875s	coming over for dinner and we're going
5877s	to play board games afterwards and I'm
5878s	like she's like oh we should play that
5879s	we haven't played in forever you're just
5880s	talking about it and we got talking and
5882s	the game doesn't really start to get
5884s	good until you have a minimum threshold
5885s	of
5887s	people um I know this is a huge tangent
5889s	I'm so sorry but getting to the point um
5892s	and I was thinking about what the
5894s	threshold of of like what type of games
5896s	you could make um where the threshold
5900s	was really high and still have to be fun
5902s	for everyone and and the types of
5904s	challenges you'd come up against with
5905s	with doing that and
5908s	the like the the role the individual
5911s	plays as a group of the collective in in
5913s	this like like a larger story arc and
5916s	having everyone be involved with that as
5917s	much as they want to having this like a
5920s	all these problems of scale of the
5921s	number of players I think that uh a
5924s	focused convention like that which like
5925s	they did for exilecon with the the card
5927s	game is like the the ideal situation
5929s	where you've got a ton of people coming
5931s	together that have very similar
5933s	interests and would be focused on
5934s	something like this and so I'd really
5936s	love to if we're going to have an epon I
5939s	I would probably get to designing some
5941s	sort of large scale game
5945s	um with with with a lot of people this
5948s	this comes back to like work camp
5950s	counselor and and and you got to play
5952s	tons of games with the kids we used to
5953s	play um if you've ever played Stratego
5956s	it's it's a it's an old old strategy
5958s	board game um and we play human stratega
5961s	with the kids and it was so much fun and
5964s	you change a bunch of rules and
5965s	everything like that so it's not just
5965s	like straight regular but like the core
5967s	functionality sits in place and it's
5968s	it's a ton of fun um so I I think that
5972s	if we were if there was going to be some
5973s	sort of eacon I'd be trying to organize
5976s	some sort of optin large scale game
5981s	event um to play with everyone I think
5983s	that would be the thing I'd want to see
5984s	the most at something like
5987s	that which I know is not really the
5989s	question you asked and uh sorry
5992s	but you got a t engine answer
5996s	instead all right hope that was
5999s	okay uh is Idle crafting in the works or
6002s	is it down the road it's down the road
6004s	um I I
6008s	I we we we we we have not set in stone
6010s	what Idol crafting is going to look like
6012s	yet um at some point there will very
6015s	likely be some way to affect the stats
6017s	on your Idols in some form or another um
6021s	my personal favorite for that right now
6023s	is As a Dungeon
6026s	reward um possibly it's a series of
6028s	dungeon Rewards or like a dungeon with
6030s	multiple entrances that can do different
6032s	things based on which one you go to or
6034s	you I I don't know how how it would look
6036s	but I I would personally really like to
6037s	see it uh in the game and I think the
6040s	best way to add it is as a dungeon
6041s	reward um but maybe not maybe maybe it
6045s	there's some other mechanic that that
6047s	that comes in as like a cycle mechanic
6049s	and um as part of that cycle you can uh
6053s	craft it
6054s	with with some mechanic that comes I
6055s	don't know
6057s	um we haven't got that far with it um we
6060s	kind of like someday we we'll have
6063s	it um but for now Idols are drop
6068s	only unaffected by
6071s	crafting we really like to have have
6073s	like oh little variety that is the most
6075s	timely level up of all
6081s	time sometimes it's better to be lucky
6083s	than
6086s	good that was
6088s	wonderful oh I mean
6097s	calculated every
6102s	time all right new ttch drops with 1.1
6104s	coming I don't know
6106s	actually I so I think it was pretty
6108s	successful last
6111s	time uh why is there not astronauts in
6113s	the L is there any space fairing people
6115s	monsters that have been thought of I
6117s	mean um I feel
6121s	like there's not a lot up there and so
6124s	like if there was some sort of space
6126s	fairing people they they they'd come
6128s	down
6129s	here um
6144s	there there's not really a a a
6146s	big impetus for the people that live on
6150s	at Tera
6151s	to to go
6160s	up I do think it' be cool to have like a
6162s	magic powered
6170s	rocket it just like have technology and
6172s	it's like it's just so Advan technology
6174s	that the people going forward in time
6175s	think it's
6181s	magic it's a classic Trope though all
6184s	right would you let us turn off Smart
6186s	class-based favoring loot so that we can
6190s	uh Gear Up off class alts or get
6192s	interesting gear to sell that's not
6193s	primarily for class we're
6195s	playing um we don't have we don't have
6198s	plans St right now there's not a lot
6200s	that happens there um it it's unique
6203s	items are unaffected by it and that's
6205s	the biggest part of it um the the
6207s	biggest thing that is affected by it is
6211s	um class specific unique exalted slots
6214s	So like um helmet chest and Relic
6217s	exalted it are like the biggest impact
6220s	that it does have right now
6226s	um I'm I'm not sure it's having a big
6228s	enough impact to take the time to
6229s	implement a system like that at the
6230s	moment it's possible um fighting
6235s	the forms drop a
6242s	suggestion it's it's it's a tricky thing
6244s	because
6247s	um avoiding those like Noob trap moments
6250s	is really I think
6253s	important um and if if the if turning
6258s	that setting off is like really
6261s	important for players like if for
6263s	whatever reason becomes like a really
6265s	good way to play to like like oh if
6267s	you're going to be playing you better
6268s	turn the setting off like um if you're
6271s	if you're seriously going to be playing
6272s	GE turn the setting off having having
6274s	those moments is is kind of frustrating
6275s	to have I would liken it to um probably
6279s	less extreme but I would I would compare
6281s	it to the setting in uh D3 where your
6284s	your skills were locked in a fixed uh
6287s	fixed slot but then you could turn off a
6290s	setting and it would uh let you put your
6293s	skill any if you're going to play you
6294s	got to do you that and I have
6297s	to um but it leads to a bit of a noob
6300s	trappy moment where you're trying to set
6303s	up this like new player friendly
6304s	environment but if you stay in that new
6306s	player friendly environment you're
6307s	severely handicapping your potential
6309s	going
6311s	forward um so maybe It's Tricky just
6315s	some
6318s	pitfalls
6320s	um uh we'll be able to mount uh pets or
6324s	summons in battle where they're big
6326s	enough that would be awesome if we could
6328s	charge on top of a big Velociraptor or
6331s	um NE um yeah there there's there's a
6334s	few so okay here's earlier there was a
6336s	question uh I can answer a question
6337s	earlier now you've reminded me wonderful
6339s	uh there was a question that was like
6341s	what's something where you're like oh
6342s	that would be so cool we don't have the
6343s	money to do it um yeah like Iron Man is
6346s	something that we've that's been pitched
6348s	a villion times um and meatman is been
6352s	um abominated
6354s	version of that so like you you like
6355s	summon the a bomb and you like climb
6357s	inside your abomb and you operate it
6359s	like a Mech or you summon uh the the
6362s	Manifest armor and you climb inside and
6363s	operate like a Mech like yeah that's
6365s	been pitched a bunch Community
6367s	internally like yes that gets I see that
6369s	get pitch like once a month somewhere on
6371s	the community like on Reddit or
6372s	something yeah um it would be so cool we
6374s	do not have the resources to implement
6376s	that right now and like I'm saying this
6379s	in some of like Hol going be sitting
6380s	there being like I can do it
6385s	so if you're
6386s	watching
6391s	please
6393s	anyways um I I we we don't have plans
6395s	for it at the moment but oh I would love
6398s	it so cool even if it's just like
6400s	temporary like um like hop on ride the D
6404s	horse and go and and you just like
6406s	charge forward on the Raptor and then
6408s	you like when you get to there you like
6409s	Auto bumps you off or something like
6410s	that I think that'd be super cool
6417s	is not planned at
6435s	mon if anyone caught that magic
6437s	reference good
6440s	job you're a certifiable nerd
6444s	just like
6450s	me all
6453s	right
6454s	uh my question was skipped I'm sorry did
6458s	not mean
6459s	to oh I just skipped another one get
6461s	this one let's I'm going to go back even
6462s	further how long are the did it skip
6465s	forward to all of
6467s	them uh how long are the patch notes in
6470s	a regular letter papers um they're
6473s	they're not in that yet they're not in
6474s	that form
6475s	yet so zero right
6480s	now um my question was skipped sorry
6483s	reposting what are your thoughts on the
6485s	negatives of item pool dilution caused
6487s	by new items being added to bosses new
6490s	blessings or just uh plain new affixes
6493s	how are you going to deal with the
6493s	growing pool of items and affixes that
6496s	are potentially not wanted by a player
6498s	future oh my gosh this is such a big big
6501s	big big big topic and issue um and and
6504s	you're absolutely right it is a big
6506s	issue
6509s	um one of the things we try to do is um
6513s	we try to mitigate this by having
6515s	specific items coming from specific
6517s	actions um we try to mitigate this by
6520s	having uh the player take a little bit
6522s	of agency in what things they want to
6524s	see and a little bit of control so like
6526s	for example we mentioned with blessings
6527s	being able to influence your drop rates
6529s	and be able to say like oh I want to see
6531s	more scepter so like okay we've more
6533s	scepter and give the ability to like
6535s	find more scepter so you're you're going
6537s	to the amount of new items like the
6540s	amount of items you're finding in
6541s	general goes up and so the the the the
6545s	absolute Rarity of an item doesn't go
6549s	down
6551s	dramatically um cuz CU you're you're
6553s	absolutely right it is there's there's
6554s	this
6556s	um like absolute Rarity and relative
6558s	Rarity of of items so like you can if
6561s	you add 10 new items to an item pool
6565s	like relative Rarity of an item may not
6567s	change um but the absolute Rarity
6571s	item and so you get a little bit of this
6574s	of an odd Balancing Act to um to have
6578s	those things play nice and still feel
6579s	fun and still be able to like find
6581s	especially for um like builds of finding
6584s	items we we do really try to make those
6586s	accessible and I build build like
6588s	enabling items where it's like well
6589s	without this item you just can't start
6591s	the build so sometimes what we'll do is
6592s	we'll actually
6593s	um we have encountered this issue before
6596s	for example with ex sanguinus um it was
6598s	the only item in the game that did low
6600s	life building for a long time um and
6604s	right around the time that
6606s	we um I think it was every the time we
6610s	were adding death seal to the
6612s	game
6614s	um we we also added some other thing
6617s	that that was a catalyst of this as well
6619s	we we added in the other armor set and
6621s	the boots at the same time um to make
6624s	that play style much more accessible and
6626s	since then we've added in like three or
6627s	four other ways to it as
6628s	well um so sometimes
6631s	it's uh I think I think depending on why
6636s	that item was important to try and find
6640s	specifically and
6643s	um and and and like identifying a
6645s	certain solution for that specific item
6647s	is important so like sometimes you want
6649s	to just like just just drop the relative
6651s	R of the item in general so you're just
6652s	like okay well oh that item had a 20%
6654s	roll chance maybe has a 10% re chance
6656s	okay there the the the absolute rare to
6659s	the item stayed roughly the same even
6661s	though we added in 10 new items into
6662s	that pool no no problem um other times
6667s	you just you feel like okay the item was
6669s	was maybe a little bit too common anyway
6671s	so um adding these extra items in
6673s	actually helps with the
6675s	problem um so it's I I think it's a case
6679s	by casee answer
6685s	we resurrect our
6702s	companions yeah it's um I guess in
6705s	summary it's sort of
6707s	uh it depends on the situation on how we
6710s	handle it but yes it is an issue that we
6711s	do talk about frequently for many things
6713s	in that
6714s	situation yeah Battle Star board game is
6717s	awesome I got all the Xbox as well it's
6718s	amazing yeah I I I have we have one of
6732s	them this
6734s	game so
6737s	good doesn't start getting good until
6739s	there's like six players five at the
6740s	minimum
6747s	the first expansion is crazy you can
6749s	actually just like you can literally
6751s	airlock other players you can you can
6753s	you can stick other people out the
6757s	airlock uh and and they die and they
6760s	have to pick a new character to play and
6763s	they start over again it's
6766s	crazy oh I was going to hit the other ah
6769s	whatever too late
6773s	all right and you got the unfathomable
6776s	revised uh version though if you don't
6778s	want to pay a lot apparently more stream
6781s	as well interesting I didn't know
6786s	thaty we I think we've got version
6795s	1.0 I was I was um I'd already watched
6799s	BSG and I was living in a house with
6800s	like five other guys and I convinced
6802s	them all the watch it um and so we're
6805s	like every every every day we'd like
6807s	watch an episode and we got to the
6808s	episode just before the silence are
6811s	revealed final five silons are revealed
6813s	um and we we we we paused the show and
6818s	we had uh we had this like big debate uh
6822s	and we drew like this big chart and like
6824s	everyone everyone marked off like who
6826s	they thought the syons were and like um
6828s	took votes on it and um PS ear if you
6833s	don't want to hear any spoilers but not
6835s	a single person guessed Tai he was he
6838s	was on everyone had like uh two people
6840s	that they were like they like pick two
6841s	people that was like guaranteed not
6843s	aylon no way and Colonel Ty was on
6846s	people's list of like there's no way
6847s	he's aylon uh but no one picked him as
6850s	one and I was very very
6856s	happy I think we did it like two
6858s	episodes before it gets revealed because
6859s	a couple episodes before there's a few
6860s	really big clues that start dropping
6866s	all right hey Mike hope you're doing
6868s	good I am uh two questions one will
6871s	there be rebirth option similar to D3 to
6874s	quickly reset your character level and
6875s	move all gear from it instead of doing
6877s	it manually deleting creating a new new
6879s	one um probably not uh I've had this
6881s	question a couple times um like if if
6885s	you really want to do that it's like you
6887s	got to click the delete button type in
6889s	the character's name and click the
6890s	delete button and click the new
6892s	character button
6893s	and type your character name in and
6894s	click the create character button like
6896s	it's it's what like 12 clicks and typing
6898s	a character name twice probably um it's
6901s	one of those things that like it's
6904s	they're
6905s	so um because you're not reserving a
6908s	character name um so you don't have to
6910s	worry about that so there's uh I I don't
6914s	I don't think there's a
6915s	really um I don't think there's a really
6918s	strong argument to do it for the amount
6921s	that we get out of it like the
6923s	the dev time the cost to benefit ratio
6925s	is real bad on that one um it's not like
6929s	hugely intensive to do but it's
6932s	like there's enough other things that
6935s	need to get done in the game that are
6937s	just more uh that that like are probably
6940s	affecting you in your moment to moment
6942s	gameplay rather than just something that
6944s	happens for one minute at the start of a
6948s	cycle I I I don't um unless unless I
6951s	miss and I could be very very much
6953s	missing something here cuz I've never
6954s	used that option before cuz I just make
6955s	a new character every time I like making
6956s	new names and all that sort of stuff so
6958s	like I might just straight up be missing
6960s	the the reasoning for it but I don't I
6963s	haven't seen a good argument to add it
6967s	um but probably
6970s	not and that's I I I I I'm wor this way
6973s	CU I don't want to say like oh it's a
6974s	terrible idea I just don't understand
6975s	any idea I don't
6980s	think you have
6984s	unless it is just the the name
6986s	reservation basically which case we just
6988s	don't Reserve names so it's fine you can
6991s	two people can have the same
6993s	character I can feel the spirits crying
6996s	out in
6997s	despair however the void here drive it
7001s	back all right uh second question you
7004s	had L question oh I'm so bad harvest the
7006s	Titan um what are this thing uh there's
7010s	no really info about it in the game
7012s	besides the fact that it is a living
7014s	creature ah yes uh and I'm kind of
7017s	curious about it maybe it'll get
7018s	explained in the future in some way like
7020s	some game context or something um I
7024s	cannot share any information about it
7027s	with you at this
7028s	time um I do know that it is planned to
7033s	have more
7034s	information about it and others like it
7037s	later
7045s	uh love the game oh wonderful thank you
7048s	uh do you think that the mob density
7049s	will ever change uh sometimes it's a bit
7052s	much and other times it's lacking what
7054s	are the team's thoughts on this pacing
7056s	um I think
7059s	there's um do overall so so we we we
7063s	we've changed the mob density in just
7066s	about every single major patch for the
7068s	last like two years to be your and it's
7070s	been a steady increase actually um
7073s	I think it's very rare that it's too
7075s	high at this point I think it's overall
7077s	in a pretty good spot but probably
7079s	generally a little bit on the low side
7082s	um I think there are situations where
7083s	it's a lot on the low side and
7085s	situations where it's a tiny bit on the
7086s	high side but like I I don't think those
7089s	extremes are too far I don't think those
7091s	are really super extreme right now
7095s	um I think it's I think it's probably
7098s	like I think there's some situations
7101s	where having
7103s	some like a little bit more
7107s	extreme Bob densities in just like a
7109s	couple spots for fun would be cool um
7113s	but
7116s	yeah overall I think it needs a little
7118s	bit of a so did I just hear flesh Mac
7121s	yeah that that was a name we we gave the
7130s	idea I keep leaning away with the
7132s	microne I know I'm sorry so I I've been
7134s	having issues with my microphone and um
7138s	I do have some steps that someone gave
7140s	me thank youon uh to fix it I started
7142s	following them and I destroyed my
7144s	microphone's ability to pick up sound at
7148s	all um and so yesterday I was scrambling
7150s	just to get it to just pick up anything
7152s	again so I'm working on it I promise I
7155s	know it's not
7158s	great I a developer and designer first
7160s	and a streamer second actually like
7162s	stream like
7170s	12 I kind of got the stream settings to
7172s	like good enough and then I just never
7174s	touched them again they're not really
7176s	good
7187s	enough my boss fight oh gosh
7198s	oh can I get a question for this boss
7207s	fight I caught up oh that's what I'm
7210s	talking about all right uh necr
7212s	skeletons are really squishy feeling at
7214s	2:30ish corruption is there is this
7216s	intended um uh no are we expected to go
7220s	with Lord to push higher no I I there's
7222s	there's there's no like this is the
7223s	build you have to play conversation that
7224s	we have
7228s	um we we we try and make as many things
7231s	viable as possible um I will say that
7233s	230 corruption is
7243s	like I got cocky
7253s	we have two minutes
7260s	left okay we're going to try one more
7264s	time we're going to go until we either
7266s	succeed at this fight or
7267s	die then the stream's over soon as this
7269s	fight end stream's over
7275s	um just Bas tank I hit that killed me
7277s	last time oh my God cying I swear I
7282s	doesn't look like
7287s	it oh no my two hours of Silence
7291s	notifications turned off it's going to
7293s	start pinging like
7303s	crazy okay
7309s	um look at the question oh oh I'll
7312s	answer some questions at the end of
7314s	this I'm just going to look over and try
7316s	and grab
7317s	some uh you were trying to
7321s	help you did help you did
7330s	help no your
7342s	I thought I get take enough poison to
7343s	die I did
7351s	not
7355s	okay my Fire Res 41 not good
7359s	enough no get out of my mind oh yeah we
7363s	did it we beat her yay woohoo
7374s	oh gosh what do you mean we didn't do
7398s	it through
7403s	come
7410s	on that's stuck on
7413s	something G
7416s	okay let's answer some of these last
7418s	questions the stream's over thought I
7420s	could do
7424s	it all right necr skeletons being
7426s	squishy at 230 yeah um 230 230 is pretty
7429s	high um from from what like our expected
7431s	range for corruption is um so it does
7436s	make sense that things start to become a
7437s	little bit trickier at that point um
7439s	there's not an intention that you play
7440s	wraith specifically no wraith's just
7443s	overtuned right now the other ones might
7444s	be undertuned a little bit so you know
7446s	like we're we're working on bringing
7447s	those together a little bit
7450s	um I would say uh compared
7453s	to um like prelesson acolyte or necro um
7458s	minions in general are supposed to feel
7461s	quite squishy by comparing comparison
7462s	just because they're more designed as a
7464s	resource than uh a minion that you are
7467s	hanging out with long
7469s	term um all right going back to the item
7473s	pool discussion real quick I'm just
7474s	going to try and Hammer through some of
7475s	these really quick going back to the
7476s	item pool discussion I know risk of rain
7478s	hit system where some items became uh
7480s	corrupted yes altering the items play
7482s	style but removing the character's
7483s	ability to get the original version of
7485s	that item permanently I assume that this
7487s	uh would have issues in a game with
7489s	trading though can you see any other
7491s	pitfalls in this I mean the like like
7494s	um uh Poe has like corrupted items and
7498s	it has even more robust training system
7500s	than we do so I I I think it's it's I I
7504s	really actually really like systems
7506s	where it's like um here's here's here's
7509s	an item that's really good if you want
7510s	you can try and gamble it to become
7512s	really great and lock it forever or
7514s	possibly brick it you know I really like
7516s	systems like that
7519s	um I we don't really have we we kind of
7522s	do a little bit with that with our um
7524s	legendary system where like it's a good
7526s	item uh it has potential to become a
7529s	great item and it might not you know
7532s	like it might become it might stay just
7533s	a good item um so I I I think it's I
7537s	think it's a cool concept and I'd like
7539s	to explore it more all right is maosa a
7541s	snake stapled to another stake uh not
7544s	really why is maosa the only one who
7547s	needs sacrifices to live um that's very
7551s	much a lore question I I don't want to
7553s	answer it slightly wrong but uh I think
7556s	the uh real an I don't know if we've
7559s	explored the real answer
7562s	yet Bingo mod density wow that was mob
7565s	density almost almost to the
7568s	end uh do we know the estimated
7570s	difficulty of the Pinnacle content uh
7572s	like what corruption are you expected to
7573s	be able to clear if you want to be able
7575s	to clear the Pinnacle boss great
7576s	question we've been talking about that a
7577s	lot this week I'll get back to you later
7579s	on
7579s	it pretty pretty high though uh well
7583s	like pretty high from where we expect
7585s	things to be normally not pretty high
7587s	from where things have gone
7590s	now all right rebirth is mostly about
7592s	automatically moving gear from character
7594s	to stash it's bit annoying to do if you
7597s	have a lot of them but I see your point
7599s	thanks for the answers mic love the game
7600s	can't wait for the next update yeah um I
7603s	I didn't I didn't know it also moved the
7604s	gear as well that that does make it more
7607s	appealing I guess
7610s	um yeah really it really is just it it
7614s	it takes away some of the busy work um I
7616s	would say it's it's it's not having 1.1
7618s	I would say it's unlikely for 1.2 even
7620s	uh but but possible I don't know we'll
7622s	see we'll see how much uh things like
7625s	that are U features like this
7627s	specifically are things that we do
7628s	really look to our community for to find
7630s	out how in how much um interest there is
7632s	in something like that where we're like
7634s	hey this is a cool idea but you know
7635s	we're not really we don't really see
7638s	much of a use for it but like we got a
7639s	bunch of people asking for it maybe
7641s	we'll it BM up list that's the style of
7642s	feature that we look to for
7644s	that have a good week thank you very
7647s	much that's the last one I'm all
7651s	done thanks for coming by I hope you had
7654s	fun I know I did if I didn't answer your
7656s	question I apologize it was not
7657s	intentional I will be hanging out in our
7659s	as of the devs channel in our Discord
7661s	frequently so you're welcome to stop by
7663s	there and ask it um I'll do my best to
7665s	get to it then um we're also active on
7668s	other platforms of All Sorts uh
7672s	um you know him you might love him you
7674s	might hate
7678s	him I am let's see who else is who else
7681s	is around right
7690s	now oh he's doing a
7693s	giveaway go f
7698s	that um oh I'll be back same time same
7700s	place next week
7703s	uh more cool stuff to
7707s	show we might toss up one of the teasers
7709s	we missed today on on socials or
7711s	something like that but yeah see you
7713s	next week great hanging out with you

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