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| 2s | good afternoon everybody welcome back to |
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| 4s | the last epoch devstream as always |
| 8s | i'm your host mike |
| 10s | happy to be here happy to have you here |
| 11s | let's get into things |
| 14s | now you may notice that i am not |
| 17s | uh sporting the same character as i was |
| 19s | last time |
| 22s | probably forgot to change the title of |
| 23s | the video |
| 24s | that's all right |
| 26s | we found |
| 27s | a herald of the scurry with one |
| 29s | legendary potential last week |
| 31s | and uh i might not be my same herald oh |
| 34s | is that not my same herald |
| 40s | if it's not we'll switch it over right |
| 41s | my proper harold just a sec here |
| 49s | it's a different herald |
| 50s | we're going to wear my real hair |
| 53s | yeah |
| 54s | i don't know |
| 55s | three skill points whoops |
| 57s | thank you very much friend of ex reset |
| 59s | for 11 months in a row getting close to |
| 60s | that one year mark |
| 62s | here we go |
| 63s | all right so we have points in this |
| 66s | there we go |
| 69s | okay so they flicked red this is where |
| 71s | the points came out of all right |
| 74s | we have |
| 75s | ten squirrels |
| 77s | we're gonna do a little uh |
| 79s | a little bit a little bit of um |
| 83s | monolith and then we'll go make our |
| 85s | herald legendary |
| 94s | we're severely under leveled |
| 96s | but i think it's gonna work and we have |
| 98s | a |
| 99s | proper |
| 101s | uh lewd filter set up this time and |
| 102s | everything |
| 103s | big big ups to rhymer he uh sorted us |
| 106s | out with everything |
| 108s | hello everyone who's joined uh hello |
| 110s | douglas hello |
| 113s | k phil my hair is getting longer yeah |
| 115s | man my hair |
| 129s | my hair's got entirely too long |
| 131s | and i uh definitely need to fix it |
| 138s | so we're all about you may notice |
| 140s | there's a ton of bleeds that pop up |
| 143s | a ton of bleeds that pop up on our |
| 145s | enemies here |
| 147s | our our herald just |
| 151s | very conducive to |
| 154s | bleeding everywhere which is great |
| 163s | and we're kind of here for support for |
| 164s | moral support but our minions are the |
| 165s | real stars of the show here |
| 169s | and i just i haven't played with the |
| 170s | herald build yet on stream and i love |
| 171s | this item so much so you know what we're |
| 173s | playing with it |
| 175s | i might go back to my marksman i was |
| 177s | really enjoying it for sure |
| 183s | as always if you have any questions |
| 185s | please feel free to ask them in chat if |
| 187s | you could precede them with an at last |
| 188s | epoch game make my life a lot easier to |
| 190s | be able to see who's asking what and i |
| 192s | can answer them faster and as always all |
| 194s | the proceeds from the stream go directly |
| 196s | to charity and that charity changes |
| 197s | every month and we happen to be the |
| 199s | start of a month so we've got a new |
| 200s | charity lined up for you today we have |
| 201s | the national multiple sclerosis society |
| 204s | and i'm sorry if i just watched how that |
| 206s | is pronounced do my best um |
| 212s | hope everyone here is having a great |
| 215s | time |
| 218s | i'll answer a few questions here is it |
| 219s | intentional that players can stand in a |
| 221s | dead zone for lightless arbor or will |
| 224s | that be looked at it seems we'll start |
| 225s | standing in a corner to avoid the first |
| 227s | phase max |
| 228s | uh i think that's probably a mistake |
| 233s | i like probably feels like a mistake |
| 235s | when you're like when you guys are |
| 236s | looking at it so i would uh |
| 239s | it'd be pretty confidence mistake |
| 247s | emperor doesn't know the item that we |
| 248s | are using to to get squirrels instead of |
| 250s | wolves is this herald of the scurry it |
| 252s | was a |
| 253s | um uh creator unique |
| 256s | for uh zizeron who made this |
| 258s | um |
| 260s | and uh we had it we had a nice stream |
| 261s | with him when we we actually made the |
| 263s | item together |
| 265s | on stream with uh stands for myself and |
| 267s | him |
| 270s | and so yeah it doubles your squirrels |
| 272s | basically |
| 273s | it doubles your wolves and turns your |
| 275s | wolves into squirrels |
| 277s | uh |
| 279s | and |
| 281s | it changes the the howl into something |
| 283s | else |
| 284s | so they get basically they go rabid |
| 288s | lego rage mode |
| 290s | can we expect auto navigation in monos |
| 293s | uh i'm not sure what you mean by by that |
| 295s | could you elaborate what does auto |
| 297s | navigation mean like |
| 300s | you just |
| 302s | like puts the games on game on rails or |
| 304s | something like that uh |
| 306s | i'm not sure what you mean by that |
| 309s | uh |
| 312s | this is when can we expect it |
| 322s | based on skill bar this is a bm build it |
| 324s | is a beast master build yeah yeah we are |
| 325s | doing um |
| 327s | i mean the skill bar same as our skills |
| 329s | allocated there |
| 330s | uh we're mostly in the beastmaster |
| 333s | you can put that in the screenshot if |
| 335s | you want |
| 337s | i can go into a little bit a little bit |
| 338s | more depth in a minute here |
| 346s | this feels weird though like usually i'm |
| 348s | playing zdps builds and i'm not doing |
| 350s | zdps so it feels a little out of place |
| 354s | i don't know what to do with myself |
| 365s | was big leap |
| 380s | yeah we've got our totem to enrage our |
| 382s | squirrels and then our squirrels also |
| 384s | enrage themselves so they're real mad |
| 388s | they're in a frenzy rage |
| 404s | all right |
| 406s | an industry leader has implemented it in |
| 408s | their recently released arpg it lets you |
| 410s | automatically navigate the zone |
| 413s | i assume |
| 416s | uh based on the |
| 418s | language you use that you're talking |
| 419s | about diablo immortal i haven't played |
| 421s | it yet |
| 426s | and i'm |
| 427s | quickly realizing that the comment was |
| 430s | meant in jest |
| 432s | uh |
| 433s | i don't think that sounds like something |
| 434s | we're planning on implementing |
| 439s | uh when will we get content that takes |
| 441s | 40 years to acquire |
| 443s | but we can lessen the grind with cash |
| 445s | are these just a lot of uh digs in |
| 447s | diablo immortal here is that what's |
| 448s | going on |
| 454s | i'm gonna i'm gonna answer them like i'm |
| 456s | completely oblivious never we wouldn't |
| 458s | do that |
| 460s | like the serious questions |
| 468s | but but seriously |
| 470s | i don't think that's something we're |
| 471s | planning on doing ever |
| 473s | just just just in case that was |
| 476s | not obvious |
| 477s | i'm just going the wrong way my |
| 478s | squirrels just they want to attack stuff |
| 480s | over there come on guys this way |
| 482s | this way |
| 485s | yes |
| 493s | it's this way come on |
| 498s | all i can picture is like |
| 502s | uh will ferrell in the producers with |
| 504s | his with his pigeons they come this way |
| 521s | hello do you think we may eventually add |
| 523s | tech for temporary servers for |
| 524s | communities to run races ala |
| 527s | early poe temp races um |
| 533s | maybe |
| 535s | that's one of those things that would be |
| 536s | really cool to do and we do have |
| 539s | um |
| 540s | have have ways of doing that because we |
| 542s | kind of already do that a little bit |
| 544s | with our testing setups |
| 546s | um |
| 547s | having it be a like production |
| 549s | environment is a little bit trickier |
| 552s | there's a little bit more going on there |
| 553s | that needs to be done um |
| 556s | i would say it's not impossible but it |
| 557s | won't be a launch |
| 558s | product there won't be a day one thing |
| 561s | that we have but that doesn't sound like |
| 562s | a really cool thing to have |
| 579s | maybe auto navigate double mortals real |
| 581s | and yes they are yeah |
| 586s | i don't know |
| 588s | like i was actually quite excited to try |
| 590s | it and i haven't seen |
| 592s | fantastic reviews yet i will still give |
| 594s | it a shot |
| 596s | because i feel like that would be |
| 597s | like i don't know |
| 598s | irresponsible to not try it at least |
| 605s | i know our uh one of the other |
| 607s | developers um left a pretty big write-up |
| 610s | ignoring any |
| 612s | uh monetization stuff just about the |
| 614s | gameplay feel and all that sort of the |
| 616s | actual game content |
| 620s | and he had some really good info in |
| 621s | there so i like that |
| 629s | that's the trouble with minion builds i |
| 630s | want to go one direction they want to go |
| 631s | another that's why you have the a key |
| 632s | tell them to go that way |
| 634s | dance this way dance that way dance this |
| 637s | way dance this way haha |
| 644s | oh i thought there's gonna be something |
| 645s | up there |
| 663s | yeah they don't do much damage myself do |
| 664s | i |
| 670s | i should just be using my abilities to |
| 671s | reposition things |
| 675s | i got i got um |
| 677s | pull on war cry and pull on leap |
| 680s | i think this it feels that way |
| 685s | these squirrels are doing work though my |
| 687s | goodness |
| 689s | so this is what a real build feels like |
| 703s | is the reason why some zones show the |
| 705s | mob level on top right when doing the |
| 706s | campaign most don't show level um |
| 709s | they generally should all show a level |
| 710s | when you have the large map turned on |
| 713s | i think |
| 717s | um |
| 718s | if they don't i would assume that |
| 720s | they're just scaled to your own level |
| 721s | but i feel like we would show that |
| 722s | anyways |
| 727s | i'm not sure sorry |
| 732s | so how are the internal testing with |
| 735s | multiplayer going |
| 736s | uh curious only |
| 740s | only come to stream two to four times |
| 742s | here okay um it's going really well uh |
| 744s | we've started if you if anyone's |
| 746s | worrying about update on multiplayer |
| 747s | testing um |
| 748s | we've finished our second |
| 750s | ct test |
| 752s | um so there are people who don't work |
| 754s | for 11th hour games that are playing |
| 755s | multiplayer which has gone really well |
| 758s | um |
| 761s | and we're you know still building |
| 763s | systems we're still developing |
| 765s | uh content for the game we're still |
| 768s | squashing bugs and making things smooth |
| 770s | and all that sort of stuff |
| 776s | but you know it's moving along swell |
| 779s | it's |
| 781s | the time we took last year to |
| 783s | to really uh |
| 786s | to restructure some of our back end |
| 787s | systems has paid off quite a bit as far |
| 789s | as um development progress now is |
| 792s | concerned and the quality of the product |
| 793s | we've got now |
| 803s | um |
| 808s | don't need a helmet or weapon really at |
| 809s | all do i because those are set with |
| 813s | uniques did you really want to get the |
| 816s | mountain shield |
| 819s | i guess i need an exalted helm to make |
| 821s | my |
| 823s | legendary herald |
| 830s | uh i see a question here that that uh |
| 833s | uh have you ever tried grim dawn i have |
| 835s | tricked him done definitely put out |
| 836s | lastly [ __ ] game in the questions and |
| 837s | i'll see him better but yes i have trade |
| 838s | groom done i quite like grim dawn i |
| 840s | thought it was a ton of fun |
| 842s | um i wish i had played it more |
| 845s | when it was |
| 846s | um |
| 846s | fresher |
| 848s | like when it when like first came out |
| 849s | that sort of thing |
| 850s | um i think it suffered for my opinion of |
| 855s | it |
| 855s | um well like i do think it's really good |
| 858s | i guess the pain is bad work enjoyment |
| 860s | that i got out of it |
| 861s | may have suffered a little bit from it |
| 862s | being an older game by the time i tried |
| 864s | it for the first time |
| 867s | um but no i think grimdawn brings a ton |
| 869s | of really awesome stuff to the table and |
| 871s | they did a lot of stuff really well |
| 874s | um |
| 875s | and i think |
| 877s | it it's it doesn't get as much attention |
| 879s | as it deserves really |
| 881s | and it's processor titan quest too also |
| 883s | a great game picked it up on the switch |
| 885s | a little while ago from the library and |
| 886s | played it i was a lot of fun |
| 888s | it was cool to be able to have this like |
| 891s | i don't know |
| 892s | older game show up as a switch title |
| 896s | it was cool i liked it |
| 901s | i can learn a lot what not to do i mean |
| 903s | okay so yeah there's uh if you ignore |
| 905s | the monetizations issues that people |
| 907s | have been bringing up a lot there's |
| 908s | there's a lot of good information about |
| 911s | um actual system designs and |
| 913s | uh like |
| 916s | uh sound design and vfx design and |
| 918s | things like that like that still |
| 920s | has quality i think |
| 923s | even even if you're not a fan of the |
| 924s | other parts of |
| 925s | it referring to diablo mortal again not |
| 927s | grim dog grimdon has |
| 931s | extremely lenient monetization systems |
| 950s | are you a lead dev i'm not the lead dev |
| 952s | i i'm a senior developer i'd say |
| 955s | um it's hard it's hard to put actual |
| 957s | titles on things but |
| 959s | um |
| 961s | been here for a long time |
| 982s | i do uh i mostly push the skills |
| 985s | development stuff as like if you want to |
| 988s | pick like a department that i i guess i |
| 990s | lead-ish is skills development |
| 1004s | speaking about monetization when will we |
| 1006s | see more skins also do you plan to |
| 1008s | release reskinned skill effects yes and |
| 1010s | if so how will it work in game mechanics |
| 1012s | change how skills look like already um |
| 1016s | the |
| 1016s | so yeah we are planning on um |
| 1019s | you can see appearance right here |
| 1021s | there's there's a section for skill |
| 1022s | effects down at the bottom already this |
| 1023s | is sort of a um |
| 1025s | meant to signal that we're planning on |
| 1026s | doing this to people |
| 1028s | because you can't really do anything |
| 1029s | with it right now it doesn't do anything |
| 1031s | um |
| 1039s | um no there's a bug |
| 1041s | anyways uh |
| 1043s | these |
| 1045s | would take priority over |
| 1048s | uh changes done in the skill tree so if |
| 1050s | you for example if you had um |
| 1053s | let's use fireball as an example and you |
| 1055s | and you've got plasma ball and it adds |
| 1056s | that lightning effect around it um but |
| 1058s | then you have a ski a skill vfx skin for |
| 1062s | it that maybe is like |
| 1064s | a void ball and it changes it to avoid |
| 1066s | fireball |
| 1066s | visuals |
| 1068s | totally making this up the spot no idea |
| 1069s | for you to do this but if we did the |
| 1071s | void one that you paid for as an mtx a |
| 1073s | cosmetic ncx would supersede the ones in |
| 1076s | game |
| 1079s | um and when will we see more skins um |
| 1083s | we're really trying to finish up the |
| 1085s | in-game |
| 1086s | stuff first before we do the um |
| 1091s | uh cosmetic stuff so we're |
| 1094s | still still working on the in-game stuff |
| 1095s | before we get to cosmetics |
| 1101s | it's not to say they're not like |
| 1103s | there's not stuff in motion happening |
| 1105s | but um |
| 1108s | we're we're trying to finish the in-game |
| 1109s | stuff before we release cosmetic stuff |
| 1115s | it's also sort of like a weird thing |
| 1117s | about like releasing the cosmetic stuff |
| 1119s | before the game's online |
| 1122s | you know |
| 1123s | there's a lot of there's a lot of stuff |
| 1124s | that we need to be careful of and make |
| 1126s | sure we're uh being careful |
| 1130s | uh |
| 1131s | i always said |
| 1132s | careful twice there but |
| 1134s | i don't know a better word for it |
| 1134s | cognizant |
| 1137s | cognizant of the implications |
| 1142s | that's me trying to sound |
| 1149s | smart zacharias bay have you thought |
| 1151s | about offering a one-time mtx chest at |
| 1154s | the end of dungeons with bonus currency |
| 1156s | like gold cosmetics or something i don't |
| 1157s | know just footballing here i think we |
| 1159s | strayed into these uh joke questions |
| 1162s | again |
| 1164s | but in all serious answers no we haven't |
| 1166s | considered doing that |
| 1182s | as you know if the game is going to go |
| 1184s | live around september i mean |
| 1185s | everything's stored in servers no more |
| 1187s | local save files i i don't have any more |
| 1189s | information about what's happening on |
| 1191s | timelines other than |
| 1193s | the current goal |
| 1195s | is that the next major patch will be |
| 1197s | sometime in and around september-ish or |
| 1200s | thereabouts |
| 1217s | last pair of gloves do we wear them |
| 1220s | probably not |
| 1234s | oh when i was going when i was when i |
| 1236s | was a bear i wore them but |
| 1238s | otherwise they need they need some love |
| 1242s | uh do you know if they go in the |
| 1243s | question any updates regarding new class |
| 1245s | specializations uh they are still in the |
| 1247s | same state they were |
| 1249s | a year ago |
| 1252s | there's no information on them we've not |
| 1254s | done any work on them they are still |
| 1261s | pending okay serious question you |
| 1263s | mentioned in may on discord about some |
| 1265s | interesting changes to ailments can you |
| 1267s | tell what that pertains to not the exact |
| 1269s | changes but maybe the implications yeah |
| 1271s | i mean so um |
| 1272s | there's we've gotten a lot of feedback |
| 1274s | over the last little while about um how |
| 1277s | much stronger and thematic and |
| 1279s | interesting poison is compared to bleed |
| 1282s | and ignite um and and |
| 1285s | at the baseline they're extremely |
| 1287s | similar things like they're just a |
| 1288s | different themed version of each other |
| 1289s | really um they're a dot that one of them |
| 1292s | seemed around physical damage bleeding |
| 1294s | one of them seemed around |
| 1296s | fire damage burning one of them steamed |
| 1298s | around poison damage poison |
| 1302s | and they're all really |
| 1303s | common uh |
| 1305s | ailments in in rpgs and games fantasy |
| 1308s | games in general it's a really really |
| 1310s | common thing to have is those those |
| 1311s | three are sort of the staples |
| 1313s | there's a lot of others that are really |
| 1314s | common too but i'd argue that those |
| 1316s | three are like the most common |
| 1319s | i could be wrong with that but that's |
| 1320s | what i feel anyways um |
| 1322s | we didn't really have anything |
| 1325s | to balance like because poison has this |
| 1328s | uh |
| 1329s | extra |
| 1331s | um i was the ability to |
| 1334s | uh to shred enemy resistance based on |
| 1338s | um |
| 1339s | the number each stack also shreds enemy |
| 1341s | poison resistance so you get this |
| 1342s | compounding effect where every poison is |
| 1344s | more powerful than the last because it |
| 1345s | makes every other poison on there |
| 1347s | already deal more damage |
| 1351s | um and a lot of people |
| 1352s | very quickly noticed in multiplayer |
| 1354s | which i mean it's not something we were |
| 1356s | we knew this was gonna happen this is |
| 1358s | not like oh my god this happened but we |
| 1360s | get into multiple testing people make |
| 1362s | groups of just everyone's applying |
| 1364s | poison |
| 1365s | um because suddenly this |
| 1366s | self-compounding poison damage |
| 1369s | is even more powerful when you have four |
| 1372s | people doing it instead of one |
| 1374s | um |
| 1377s | and and so we |
| 1380s | we we knew we were going to have to do |
| 1381s | something and we've been sort of humming |
| 1383s | and hawing and fumbling and figuring out |
| 1384s | what we're going to do for quite a while |
| 1386s | now to fix this problem |
| 1389s | um |
| 1390s | and and then on top that we also get |
| 1391s | frequent feedback that bleed and ignite |
| 1393s | are not interesting they're just a |
| 1395s | boring version of poison like people |
| 1396s | want something else to go with it but we |
| 1398s | frequently get okay make something else |
| 1401s | to go with it but don't make that |
| 1402s | something |
| 1404s | just the same as poison where fire |
| 1406s | shreds fire reds and |
| 1407s | um bleed shreds physical reds you know |
| 1409s | like keep it a little more interesting |
| 1411s | than that um |
| 1413s | it's tough to do there's not a lot you |
| 1415s | can do there um |
| 1419s | it's it's a really tricky problem to |
| 1421s | solve and especially also just having |
| 1424s | uh these these dot elements be |
| 1427s | relatively simple is actually a bonus |
| 1429s | because it's having easy to understand |
| 1431s | and easy to gauge mechanics is really |
| 1433s | important as well something that you can |
| 1434s | quickly decide if you want or not and |
| 1436s | and |
| 1437s | maybe having those advanced features be |
| 1439s | part of |
| 1440s | um |
| 1441s | other effects through |
| 1442s | um |
| 1444s | through weapons is really useful however |
| 1448s | so about about two years ago three years |
| 1450s | ago somewhere in there about two years |
| 1451s | ago we were unable to change ailment |
| 1454s | effects at all so like there was an |
| 1456s | ailment once that whatever that element |
| 1458s | was that's what it was and you couldn't |
| 1460s | change that ailment |
| 1461s | on the fly about like things it did um |
| 1466s | so we and we actually changed that |
| 1468s | system uh when we introduced death seal |
| 1471s | nope um |
| 1475s | crap |
| 1477s | uh it wasn't marked for death it was the |
| 1478s | one after that blood curse bone curse |
| 1482s | um |
| 1484s | oof apparently i have to play an acolyte |
| 1486s | uh |
| 1488s | anyways we introduced that it has a |
| 1489s | whole bunch of things that because it is |
| 1491s | an ailment and there's a whole bunch of |
| 1492s | things in its tree that change that |
| 1494s | element on the fly |
| 1497s | um |
| 1499s | and so we we created the system great oh |
| 1502s | my goodness there was a lot of stuff |
| 1503s | happening there just got out a little |
| 1505s | bit that's fine um |
| 1508s | it works really well when that ailment |
| 1510s | is being applied from one source |
| 1513s | or |
| 1514s | very few sources but as soon as you have |
| 1516s | that animal being applied from |
| 1519s | anything and everything like bleed and |
| 1521s | ignite are i've done this portal as echo |
| 1524s | and i'm just like playing |
| 1526s | as mindfully because i got rambling |
| 1527s | sorry um |
| 1529s | you have |
| 1531s | it it's a pretty big performance hit to |
| 1533s | to give nodes that say like |
| 1536s | um |
| 1537s | ignite now shreds fire res on like a |
| 1540s | node in your passenger that that has a |
| 1542s | pretty huge |
| 1544s | um performance cost to it |
| 1546s | just because of the way that |
| 1549s | elements are applied to each other |
| 1550s | applied simultaneously to the same |
| 1552s | target from different |
| 1555s | sources um |
| 1557s | so |
| 1558s | we we we haven't done that in any places |
| 1560s | you may have maybe noticed if you didn't |
| 1561s | notice we haven't done that anywhere |
| 1563s | because of this performance that we |
| 1565s | would have had to take um |
| 1568s | so we've we've made some changes to the |
| 1569s | way the ailments work in general to |
| 1572s | improve performance on |
| 1574s | a lot of axes actually not just this one |
| 1575s | so there's just better performance with |
| 1576s | elements just in general um but then |
| 1579s | we've also given it the ability to have |
| 1582s | something called threshold bonuses |
| 1586s | uh so this is a new thing that elements |
| 1588s | can do |
| 1589s | um where it's it's very similar to the |
| 1592s | idea in the druid passives |
| 1595s | uh see here we've got this like uh at |
| 1597s | five points you get |
| 1599s | an extra one all attributes uh when you |
| 1601s | have five points in this android prowess |
| 1603s | um so at five five points you have uh |
| 1605s | six to two and six strength five uh |
| 1608s | vitality five dexterity and five intel |
| 1610s | or |
| 1611s | one dick's one bite one hand sorry um |
| 1616s | and so |
| 1618s | this th this type of concept can then be |
| 1620s | applied to ailments as well where you |
| 1621s | have |
| 1622s | say at 10 stacks something new could |
| 1625s | happen |
| 1627s | [Music] |
| 1630s | that's the sort of stuff that |
| 1633s | sort of new technology |
| 1635s | that is |
| 1636s | available in there now |
| 1638s | that might actually be a good um |
| 1642s | good weapons what are we getting out of |
| 1643s | this |
| 1647s | the armor shred |
| 1648s | yeah it's the armor shred |
| 1652s | it's just so good |
| 1657s | yeah we'll stay with |
| 1659s | something |
| 1660s | which is so good |
| 1663s | good little squirrel army are any of |
| 1664s | them name differently |
| 1666s | oh |
| 1670s | it'd be hard to see |
| 1673s | oh we got one let's name differently i |
| 1674s | think |
| 1676s | river river hey river |
| 1680s | any others |
| 1683s | no just river |
| 1685s | that's cool |
| 1686s | river is our squirrel captain |
| 1689s | a little helmet for river |
| 1705s | okay let me get back into some questions |
| 1707s | here |
| 1708s | feel like i missed a couple |
| 1711s | uh one feature i did like for the pc |
| 1713s | release of mortal was the was the |
| 1715s | movement being an option have you |
| 1716s | considered this yeah um that is |
| 1718s | something we've considered and um |
| 1720s | given that we do have controller support |
| 1722s | it's not a terrible step to do |
| 1726s | um it basically just turns wazdy into a |
| 1728s | joystick um |
| 1733s | you know |
| 1735s | i guess you could map wisely to joystick |
| 1737s | controls and activate the controller and |
| 1739s | and there you go |
| 1740s | that'll be horrible don't don't do that |
| 1742s | um |
| 1744s | but it is something we get asked every |
| 1745s | once in a while it's not something that |
| 1747s | i |
| 1748s | that we are that's like |
| 1749s | on a to-do list right now but it is |
| 1752s | something that i could see gets done if |
| 1754s | um |
| 1755s | if we have some time for down the road |
| 1757s | but uh right now it's not specifically |
| 1759s | listed |
| 1761s | but i do i do get the appeal for it um |
| 1765s | some people really like it |
| 1783s | all right next question here |
| 1785s | uh hi do you know if it is planned to |
| 1788s | lock the monoliths behind the chapters |
| 1790s | or will it stay as openly accessible as |
| 1793s | it is um i think it's still planned to |
| 1795s | stay the way it is |
| 1796s | um |
| 1800s | yeah |
| 1802s | we give incentives to |
| 1805s | uh oh we've got an experience buff we're |
| 1806s | going let's go |
| 1809s | uh would you give incentives to um |
| 1814s | to completing the campaign via |
| 1817s | uh quest rewards |
| 1819s | but some people really want to just go |
| 1821s | and get into the uh into the dungeons |
| 1825s | or into the models |
| 1829s | i don't personally see a problem with |
| 1830s | that |
| 1832s | but we'll |
| 1835s | see stuff changes all the time |
| 1850s | you know the right way |
| 1853s | probably not that's okay |
| 1859s | i'm here to chew bubble gum and have fun |
| 1861s | looks like we're all out of bubble gum |
| 1866s | we're just gonna have fun |
| 1879s | can't laugh yourself no one else will |
| 1880s | either |
| 1888s | i'm sure that's not how that saying goes |
| 1899s | all right what class do you think needs |
| 1900s | the most love at the moment how do you |
| 1902s | determine if it's a class or individual |
| 1904s | skills need a second task um i mean we |
| 1906s | quite often will |
| 1908s | it's about |
| 1909s | it's about a lot of things a lot of it |
| 1910s | comes from player feedback a lot of it |
| 1912s | comes from just some metrics that we |
| 1914s | have internally about um the way certain |
| 1916s | skills should look and |
| 1918s | and the like the just physical numbers |
| 1920s | behind a lot of those things such as |
| 1922s | just number of nodes in a tree number of |
| 1924s | average points in a tree number of |
| 1926s | maximum points per node in a tree number |
| 1928s | of connections per tree number of um |
| 1931s | like |
| 1932s | connection requirements perp |
| 1935s | uh connection you know like there's all |
| 1937s | these little things that we look at that |
| 1939s | we want to have in certain parameters |
| 1942s | and when some of them are big outliers |
| 1943s | we tell we tend to look at those to |
| 1945s | decide if we want to |
| 1947s | um to shore some of those up |
| 1953s | um |
| 1956s | and often |
| 1959s | yeah let's go somewhere let's see what's |
| 1960s | up |
| 1962s | often um |
| 1965s | it'll be pretty obvious |
| 1966s | so like for example |
| 1968s | as far as skills go i can show you |
| 1970s | really quickly um there's some skills |
| 1972s | but one of our rules is no nodes over |
| 1974s | five points |
| 1975s | one two there's more than two in here |
| 1978s | isn't there |
| 1979s | it was not but there's two nodes here |
| 1980s | that are over five points each right |
| 1982s | away |
| 1983s | um and then we also do |
| 1985s | we want approximately 30 nodes |
| 1993s | it's less than 20. |
| 1994s | like we're not even two-thirds of the |
| 1995s | way to the right number of nodes um |
| 1998s | so like there's there's definitely |
| 1999s | definite just |
| 2001s | number of problems in this tree and you |
| 2003s | do the exact same thing to save her |
| 2004s | tooth like there's an eight |
| 2006s | uh there's a little over here's in there |
| 2008s | there's a seven |
| 2010s | yeah like there's another eight |
| 2013s | there's there's problems in these trees |
| 2014s | so i mean there's things like that you |
| 2015s | can tell pretty easily um |
| 2018s | sometimes it just comes from looking at |
| 2020s | uh how homogenized the builds are that |
| 2022s | are appearing so we'll see um like 100 |
| 2025s | of players take |
| 2026s | these five nodes and this passive no |
| 2028s | matter what and it's like okay well |
| 2032s | the other notes probably aren't strong |
| 2033s | enough or these notes are too strong or |
| 2035s | some combination of the two |
| 2037s | and we'll start to look at things like |
| 2038s | that |
| 2039s | uh it quite often it comes down to the |
| 2041s | age of the stuff as well |
| 2043s | um |
| 2045s | funny i've got two exactly the same ones |
| 2046s | back-to-back anyways yeah so we |
| 2050s | recently have and we'll quite often try |
| 2051s | and take a look at things batched |
| 2053s | together |
| 2054s | um so recently we did a lot of stuff |
| 2056s | with the druid where we we completely |
| 2058s | reworked swarm blade we added swarm |
| 2060s | blade and reworked spriggan form and |
| 2062s | bare form all at the same time and then |
| 2064s | we rooted the passive tree at the same |
| 2065s | time |
| 2067s | um |
| 2068s | so we'll kind of do them in chunks |
| 2070s | together so because next time we do when |
| 2072s | we do look at some of baron summer and |
| 2073s | sabretooth at the same time |
| 2075s | and uh wolf |
| 2077s | uh |
| 2078s | wolf needs visuals but nothing else |
| 2080s | really don't think it may need some |
| 2081s | touches um we'll probably look at the at |
| 2083s | the passive tree a little bit at the |
| 2084s | same time as well |
| 2086s | um |
| 2087s | so i hope that gives an idea of how we |
| 2089s | look at that |
| 2090s | um |
| 2092s | sometimes it's just from us playing and |
| 2093s | being like this wasn't fun |
| 2096s | how do we make it fun |
| 2110s | like this i'm having a lot of fun |
| 2117s | i don't think these skills need to be |
| 2118s | looked at much |
| 2126s | wolf might actually as i'm saying this |
| 2128s | i'm like wolf might have a node that's |
| 2129s | over five points |
| 2135s | doesn't look like it whoo |
| 2138s | i mean yeah i knew that |
| 2142s | so what class do i think needs the most |
| 2144s | work at the moment |
| 2146s | um |
| 2147s | i don't think any one class okay i mean |
| 2150s | most total work rogue |
| 2153s | but not for the reasons you may think |
| 2154s | mostly just because a it's missing a |
| 2156s | mastery and b it has the fewest total |
| 2157s | skills |
| 2158s | um |
| 2160s | so we're just looking at like the total |
| 2161s | number of skills that need to be done |
| 2162s | like shaman needs a fair bit of love |
| 2164s | um beastmaster actually needs a favorite |
| 2166s | with with the these two summons but |
| 2168s | overall |
| 2170s | um primeless is pretty darn good |
| 2173s | mage needs a look and there's no rune |
| 2174s | master |
| 2176s | mostly mage in teleport needs a look |
| 2179s | um |
| 2180s | it's such a prominent skill and it's |
| 2182s | really not very good |
| 2185s | i think the passives there could just |
| 2186s | could use some love too |
| 2188s | uh |
| 2192s | and then obviously there's |
| 2193s | we're still looking at um |
| 2196s | there's there's a lot of paladin stuff |
| 2198s | that needs touches i think um |
| 2201s | judgment |
| 2202s | uh |
| 2203s | healing hands |
| 2206s | um the one missing paladin skill as well |
| 2211s | and then that passive she needs love too |
| 2213s | and and also just sigils and and holy |
| 2215s | horror and you need some love too i |
| 2216s | think so i think paladin it needs a good |
| 2218s | chunk |
| 2221s | even though it does have like paladin i |
| 2223s | think has a lot of really fun builds to |
| 2225s | play even though there's this like okay |
| 2227s | paladin needs uh work on a lot of things |
| 2230s | there's there's at the same time a lot |
| 2231s | of really fun paladin builds out there |
| 2233s | um |
| 2234s | namely i would say uh javelin's my |
| 2236s | favorite i think javelin's got quite a |
| 2237s | few i think gentlemen might be carrying |
| 2238s | a little bit um |
| 2240s | hammer through smite's a lot of fun too |
| 2242s | you can play that other other classes |
| 2243s | too though um |
| 2245s | so there's there's there's a lot that |
| 2247s | goes into picking what's gonna be worked |
| 2248s | on next um |
| 2252s | a lot of it right now is what's the most |
| 2254s | necessary to get to launch with |
| 2266s | other than don't turn a single player |
| 2268s | game into a multiplayer game great |
| 2269s | advice by the way uh what would you all |
| 2272s | do differently if you start over today |
| 2274s | ah it's a it's an interesting question |
| 2277s | um not a lot really |
| 2287s | i mean |
| 2288s | all the big overhauls and changes i |
| 2289s | would just do those from the beginning |
| 2292s | it's kind of a cop-out answer i don't i |
| 2293s | don't have a good answer for this um |
| 2295s | because that's really the big thing is |
| 2297s | is wow |
| 2299s | so yes |
| 2301s | don't turn a single player game into |
| 2302s | multiple game we would not have had |
| 2305s | the resources to make this a proper |
| 2308s | multiplayer game |
| 2309s | when we first started |
| 2311s | if we if we just went straight to |
| 2312s | multiplayer only there would have been |
| 2314s | there would have been an extra two years |
| 2315s | before we would have got to kickstarter |
| 2317s | even |
| 2320s | um |
| 2321s | and i'm not sure that would have been |
| 2322s | like actually healthy for the game as a |
| 2325s | whole i don't know if we would have made |
| 2327s | it this far if we've done that like it's |
| 2328s | so hard to say like what you would |
| 2329s | change |
| 2333s | um |
| 2336s | yeah i don't know |
| 2340s | basically everyone everything we've been |
| 2342s | able to change |
| 2347s | i don't know |
| 2348s | i'm sorry i don't have a good answer |
| 2361s | there haven't there haven't been a whole |
| 2362s | lot of of like |
| 2365s | well if we'd only known i would've done |
| 2366s | this differently other than specific |
| 2369s | multiplayer related stuff that's like |
| 2370s | that's the big thing there's certain |
| 2372s | multiple things like we wouldn't have |
| 2373s | started down certain paths we wouldn't |
| 2375s | have |
| 2376s | um |
| 2378s | you know lots of things that we ended up |
| 2379s | burning a fair bit of time on |
| 2387s | but |
| 2388s | it was it was necessary like we there's |
| 2390s | all these things you kind of just have |
| 2391s | to do to know that the wrong thing |
| 2401s | i'm gonna go with nothing |
| 2406s | uh just a reminder to chat you can take |
| 2408s | oh yeah |
| 2414s | your question and i will answer |
| 2415s | otherwise i'll skim right over it |
| 2418s | because i'm the worst |
| 2421s | is it a deliberate artistic decision |
| 2423s | that there are no angels or demons in |
| 2425s | last epoch or can we expect it in the |
| 2427s | future um it's a little bit of an |
| 2429s | intentional |
| 2431s | artistic decision um |
| 2434s | you know there's there's a lot of |
| 2436s | different things you can create in a |
| 2437s | world and |
| 2440s | recognizing |
| 2442s | other major players in a game space |
| 2444s | and keeping yourself distinct without |
| 2446s | compromising a set game vision |
| 2449s | is useful i think |
| 2452s | um |
| 2453s | and so i like obviously what i mean |
| 2455s | obviously what i'm referring to here is |
| 2457s | diablo's whole storyline is focused |
| 2459s | around angels and demons |
| 2462s | and nephilim i guess you could say the |
| 2464s | children of angels and demons but yeah |
| 2465s | it's all it's all around angels and |
| 2466s | mutants and um |
| 2470s | like it's a lot of really cool stuff and |
| 2471s | i'm not saying we won't ever have it |
| 2473s | um |
| 2474s | but |
| 2476s | the focus not being on that is really |
| 2478s | intentional |
| 2487s | it also just wasn't part of and i don't |
| 2489s | know if this was intentional from the |
| 2490s | start but it also just wasn't part of |
| 2493s | the lord master's initial |
| 2496s | like story and and game design vision |
| 2500s | you know like what he initially pitched |
| 2502s | was did not include angels or demons |
| 2521s | i will make it possible |
| 2532s | oh that's my totem |
| 2535s | oh i forgot we buffed the totems hard on |
| 2536s | there how much health they have |
| 2541s | this is just fantastic i'm doing damage |
| 2545s | uh like i'm surviving |
| 2549s | i'm hopping around the battlefield and |
| 2550s | doing fun stuff this is great i'm liking |
| 2553s | this field thanks remember |
| 2560s | squirrel pet bill doesn't make me want |
| 2562s | this game anymore yeah squirrel pad |
| 2563s | build you know it |
| 2570s | what else would we have right wolves |
| 2585s | uh how do you guys plan to handle |
| 2587s | creator uniques that have lost their |
| 2589s | touch |
| 2590s | um or usage over the over many different |
| 2593s | iterations of the game one example i can |
| 2594s | think of is sebastian which i don't |
| 2596s | think i've ever seen used in my time |
| 2598s | playing the game if sebastian's a really |
| 2600s | old unique i don't know if we're even |
| 2601s | still in contact with the person who |
| 2603s | made it um |
| 2607s | i i haven't seen them around for a very |
| 2609s | long time but um we use usually if |
| 2612s | there's like a an issue with with a |
| 2614s | creator unique and like a creator wants |
| 2616s | to |
| 2617s | um |
| 2618s | like like a big issue it's gone |
| 2620s | completely out of the original vision of |
| 2622s | what it was for we try and contact them |
| 2625s | to say like hey we've noticed a problem |
| 2627s | with this or if we've uh if we've |
| 2629s | changed an item or if we change the |
| 2631s | system that it interacts with and we |
| 2632s | know it's pretty unique we try and say |
| 2634s | to them hey um |
| 2636s | like we're making this change we want |
| 2638s | that's going to affect the stat on your |
| 2640s | item and we want to change to this how |
| 2642s | do you feel about that let me do a quick |
| 2644s | little |
| 2646s | back and forth we'll probably do less of |
| 2648s | that once the game fully launches |
| 2650s | because they'll probably overall be less |
| 2652s | movement with major systems |
| 2654s | um |
| 2655s | but we may still do it who knows um |
| 2657s | right now because things are still in |
| 2658s | flux it's uh it's a little |
| 2662s | um |
| 2664s | you know we like to look to keep those |
| 2666s | items and we did make them i don't want |
| 2668s | to |
| 2669s | um acknowledge that we did make a |
| 2670s | mistake about this recently um where we |
| 2673s | changed the creator unique without |
| 2674s | consulting the creator um and it was not |
| 2677s | what they would have wanted um and we |
| 2680s | went back and we changed it again with |
| 2681s | their consultation which i think was was |
| 2683s | i think ended up in a good spot |
| 2687s | i hope it did anyways |
| 2691s | you haven't been calling me out on it so |
| 2693s | uh |
| 2694s | i think it's probably okay |
| 2699s | let's go |
| 2706s | uh imagine killing |
| 2709s | angels and demons with the squirrel army |
| 2711s | like uh so there's there's sort of an |
| 2712s | old joke in uh i guess it's an old joke |
| 2715s | now um |
| 2717s | if anyone plays magic the uh there's |
| 2719s | these creatures called |
| 2721s | um |
| 2723s | the eldrazi |
| 2724s | and they are |
| 2726s | kind of |
| 2727s | eldritch horror type |
| 2728s | um |
| 2730s | unknowable entities that exist in |
| 2733s | between planes that protrude into some |
| 2736s | planes |
| 2737s | uh as these |
| 2739s | these |
| 2740s | monstrosities that |
| 2742s | um |
| 2744s | corrupt and suppress and all these crazy |
| 2746s | things they can do |
| 2748s | um |
| 2750s | and |
| 2752s | uh there's a joke about about like one |
| 2754s | of the biggest and baddest of them that |
| 2756s | can be taken down by 13 squirrely boys |
| 2758s | because they can |
| 2762s | and there's also like fan art of the |
| 2763s | card with like 13 squirrels on it |
| 2768s | which i like it's funny |
| 2773s | so yeah taking down angel's demons with |
| 2775s | squirrels |
| 2776s | but they're like special magical |
| 2777s | squirrels right |
| 2783s | is there no squirrel level |
| 2785s | yes |
| 2793s | see i know how to answer a negative |
| 2794s | question |
| 2809s | well we see an auction house uh it's |
| 2811s | it's |
| 2812s | unlikely but possible i would say at |
| 2814s | this point |
| 2819s | um and i i want to |
| 2820s | clear that i mean that by in the near |
| 2822s | future because you know stuff changes |
| 2824s | all the time and who knows what's gonna |
| 2826s | happen in |
| 2827s | five years from now |
| 2832s | a target staff |
| 2837s | what is the build i'm playing right now |
| 2838s | besides the squirrels i would be happy |
| 2840s | to take you through a brief walkthrough |
| 2842s | of my build that i'm rocking right now |
| 2844s | um so our primary skill is summon primal |
| 2847s | or someone wolf which is converted to |
| 2849s | squirrels |
| 2851s | um basically just a bunch of bleed |
| 2854s | lead duration |
| 2856s | bleed |
| 2858s | bleed dodge rating and all that sort of |
| 2859s | stuff health keep them alive make them |
| 2861s | bleed uh then we've got our war cry |
| 2864s | which is the big shout i've been doing |
| 2866s | um so usually work right knocks back |
| 2868s | enemies this pulls them in tight so i |
| 2869s | can position enemies so my squirrels |
| 2871s | have uh easier |
| 2873s | um |
| 2874s | action access to them and then i get a |
| 2876s | little brief window of vulnerability |
| 2877s | afterwards for defensive purposes i have |
| 2879s | a summoned frenzy totem which causes all |
| 2881s | my squirrels to be more awesomer um |
| 2884s | basically just buffing them up to do |
| 2885s | damage um |
| 2887s | this only makes it only affect |
| 2889s | companions but makes it do way more so |
| 2891s | focuses on commanding damage here uh |
| 2893s | fury leaf this is mostly |
| 2895s | a movement utility skill for me |
| 2898s | um but i also cast um more minions as |
| 2902s | vines when i land |
| 2904s | so and it also pulls enemies in |
| 2907s | for repositioning enemies as well and |
| 2909s | creating more minions um and then i've |
| 2911s | got swipe which is my main attack that i |
| 2912s | do most of the time |
| 2915s | um it's |
| 2916s | it's mostly said to do |
| 2917s | fizz shred bleed |
| 2919s | and |
| 2920s | claw totems which is another meaning |
| 2921s | that can spawn by chance as well that |
| 2923s | will inflict more bleeds |
| 2927s | as for passives |
| 2929s | um |
| 2932s | bleed melee |
| 2935s | health |
| 2936s | you know pretty straightforward sharing |
| 2937s | stuff with uh minions um |
| 2940s | armor and endurance rating here which is |
| 2942s | a really powerful early node in druid uh |
| 2946s | and then beastmaster which i still have |
| 2947s | a point that i can put into right now |
| 2948s | which i just put in here |
| 2951s | yeah |
| 2953s | aspect buffs are um |
| 2955s | a pretty key part of |
| 2957s | most uh primeless builds |
| 2959s | um |
| 2960s | so i can last longer so no i know we |
| 2962s | have |
| 2963s | at least one that we're |
| 2967s | snagging every once in a while |
| 2973s | eva i see you either the question |
| 2975s | answers you say is there |
| 2977s | uh |
| 2978s | is there no squirrel level and i said |
| 2981s | yes so yes there's no scroll level |
| 2986s | just just to be clear |
| 2993s | thank you very much we have uh |
| 2997s | oh this is a tricky one |
| 2999s | uh |
| 3000s | flutter under hintern |
| 3006s | man i butchered that i apologize but |
| 3010s | i got close enough to satisfy myself so |
| 3012s | i hope it was good enough for you too |
| 3013s | thank you for the subscription much |
| 3015s | appreciated that will be going to |
| 3018s | the ms society |
| 3035s | uh don't get to put at last epoch game |
| 3037s | in the question and i'll see it easier |
| 3039s | there's a first time one here have you |
| 3040s | considered doing a crossover with |
| 3042s | carcassonne |
| 3043s | where you fight meatballs in farm roads |
| 3045s | and cities |
| 3047s | uh i i can't say i've considered that no |
| 3050s | but uh it would be fun |
| 3052s | oh i've got a big carcassonne box in the |
| 3054s | in the cupboard i should pull that out i |
| 3056s | haven't played it in years |
| 3060s | one of my friends moved away and was |
| 3062s | just like here you go i've been |
| 3063s | collecting this for years |
| 3065s | have fun |
| 3068s | it's so overwhelming i've only played |
| 3069s | the base game |
| 3072s | so many expansions |
| 3076s | with this longer patch cycle i know a |
| 3077s | lot of focus is on multiplayer but can |
| 3079s | we expect a somewhat bigger patch than |
| 3081s | we've had i know there weren't many |
| 3083s | changes between eight four and eight |
| 3084s | five don't know if you can gauge the |
| 3086s | size early the rough estimate um i i |
| 3088s | don't have much info on what's coming |
| 3090s | patch-wise for that uh for the next |
| 3092s | patch um |
| 3095s | multiplayer will be a pretty a |
| 3096s | surprisingly large change unto itself |
| 3099s | um |
| 3102s | i i think you'll be surprised at how |
| 3103s | much that that changes things on its own |
| 3106s | but um yeah we're still working on this |
| 3108s | stuff too |
| 3111s | i can't uh |
| 3114s | i can't give you a concrete oh it's |
| 3116s | gonna be |
| 3117s | x amount of stuff or anything like that |
| 3119s | yet |
| 3132s | the the chatter the squirrels have is |
| 3135s | just |
| 3136s | it's so oh it was uh |
| 3138s | what what menu was that |
| 3141s | is that the uh |
| 3146s | this one yeah it's got |
| 3148s | yeah there it is |
| 3150s | okay |
| 3151s | eric's flesh |
| 3156s | if anyone from the team is watching |
| 3157s | right now |
| 3159s | eric's flesh needs to have |
| 3161s | the i i know i i keep reading stuff but |
| 3163s | i keep seeing it on stream and i keep |
| 3165s | forgetting about it when i log off |
| 3167s | eric's flesh needs to have the |
| 3170s | uh |
| 3171s | mini-map icon removed from it |
| 3175s | or changed no just removed |
| 3187s | oh hey i want to thank you very much for |
| 3189s | a great game it's really a lot of fun |
| 3191s | and i'm looking forward to the future |
| 3192s | thanks greetings from germany and stay |
| 3194s | healthy thank you very much i hope i |
| 3195s | didn't butcher your name too much |
| 3197s | and i am staying healthy it's crazy so |
| 3200s | like |
| 3201s | i don't know about everyone else but |
| 3203s | usually |
| 3203s | [Music] |
| 3205s | once every year once every two years |
| 3207s | maybe if i was lucky um |
| 3209s | i'd get like a small cold or whatever |
| 3212s | um |
| 3215s | but i haven't had a cold since 2019 it's |
| 3217s | been great |
| 3230s | everything else has been terrible but i |
| 3231s | haven't had a cold which has been great |
| 3239s | gonna look on the bright side right |
| 3250s | uh how has working 11th hour again uh |
| 3253s | how is working at 11th hour slash |
| 3255s | working on last epoch changed your life |
| 3256s | i mean it's been it's been wild i um |
| 3263s | i was i was working for a fairly small |
| 3264s | software development company a local one |
| 3266s | before that |
| 3267s | before this |
| 3269s | um |
| 3272s | and it was like that was good i enjoyed |
| 3274s | it it wasn't anywhere near as fun as |
| 3276s | working on a video |
| 3277s | game um |
| 3279s | but you know it was fairly similar of |
| 3281s | like day-to-day responsibilities |
| 3283s | um |
| 3286s | but having something you work on that |
| 3288s | you're passionate about that's that |
| 3290s | you're like |
| 3293s | if i just didn't have any expenses |
| 3295s | i would do this and not get paid type |
| 3297s | thing like if i just if you had nothing |
| 3299s | to spend money on ever what would you do |
| 3303s | this is what i would do |
| 3306s | um so that's that's pretty cool |
| 3308s | um |
| 3310s | sadly as most of you know we all |
| 3312s | probably have things to spend money on |
| 3314s | like food |
| 3315s | and a place to live |
| 3318s | um |
| 3319s | but yeah it's it's it's been |
| 3324s | it's been really great to be able to |
| 3327s | uh |
| 3328s | i don't know do something you love |
| 3329s | something you enjoy it's been it's been |
| 3330s | awesome |
| 3332s | and uh |
| 3335s | being able to work from home's really |
| 3336s | nice too that's that's a big part of it |
| 3346s | instead of having to like |
| 3347s | drive home for lunch or walk home for |
| 3349s | lunch if you wanted to like see see your |
| 3350s | family during the middle of the day you |
| 3351s | can just walk upstairs which is really |
| 3353s | nice |
| 3357s | that's probably the biggest changes |
| 3361s | it's also tricky because like when i |
| 3363s | started working 11th hour games and when |
| 3365s | the pandemic hit was like |
| 3367s | not too far apart |
| 3372s | so like |
| 3374s | it's hard to split the two |
| 3380s | it's over a year apart but still |
| 3394s | are the defensive layers in last epoch |
| 3396s | pretty set are you all looking to expand |
| 3398s | maybe improve the existing layers we |
| 3399s | have i mean we're always looking to |
| 3400s | improve them um |
| 3402s | expand less so just because there |
| 3404s | already are quite a few |
| 3407s | um and we do want to have room for |
| 3409s | doing things like that in the future |
| 3412s | and keeping the initial version |
| 3415s | less complicated i think |
| 3417s | um |
| 3419s | especially at launch is is a useful |
| 3421s | thing |
| 3424s | having that collective knowledge of a |
| 3426s | game grow over time |
| 3429s | is is |
| 3430s | quite important |
| 3433s | um |
| 3449s | uh why is falcon in your favorite class |
| 3451s | because it does |
| 3452s | it plays differently than anything else |
| 3455s | there's |
| 3456s | like you've got you've got that first |
| 3457s | ability that's a ton of fun and it's |
| 3460s | really interesting as soon as you pick |
| 3461s | up as soon as you master it you get that |
| 3463s | ability and it's like the whole game |
| 3464s | just sort of shifts a little bit |
| 3467s | um |
| 3468s | and then once once you get that uh five |
| 3469s | points in your mastery and you get a |
| 3470s | second ability to augment it it really |
| 3472s | helps you |
| 3473s | like it unlocks sort of a new play style |
| 3475s | almost like there's there's that support |
| 3477s | in the base class already |
| 3478s | but when you get that second that second |
| 3480s | ability you can really shift your |
| 3481s | playstyle as you're leveling um |
| 3484s | and i think it's really interesting |
| 3494s | if you have no idea what i'm talking |
| 3495s | about it's because none of this is real |
| 3498s | and i'm just joking |
| 3504s | it's not a finished class yet and i have |
| 3506s | not been playing it |
| 3519s | yeah let's go fast vines yeah vines need |
| 3522s | haste |
| 3532s | come on |
| 3535s | uh follow-up question to defensive |
| 3537s | players what gap where you think uh were |
| 3540s | you all trying to fill when you |
| 3541s | introduced endurance threshold so |
| 3543s | interestingly enough endurance already |
| 3546s | existed before endurance threshold was |
| 3548s | introduced as a formal stat |
| 3551s | um |
| 3552s | we just didn't tell anyone that it did |
| 3553s | it but everyone had endurance before |
| 3554s | endurance was a thing |
| 3557s | um i i think that the |
| 3560s | the the main reason we we kind of put |
| 3562s | that in was because there was sort of |
| 3563s | this extra |
| 3566s | this i guess there's sort of three main |
| 3570s | like |
| 3571s | i was a primary like let's look back |
| 3573s | diablo one you have your strength decks |
| 3575s | int as your two as your three main like |
| 3578s | class archetypes um and and class styles |
| 3582s | so you have um |
| 3584s | and defensive layers kind of fit into |
| 3587s | similar things so you have like health |
| 3589s | and block that usually fit into this |
| 3591s | like |
| 3592s | um |
| 3593s | strength style oriented thing um and you |
| 3596s | have this |
| 3597s | uh |
| 3598s | this like dexterity focus thing which |
| 3601s | usually revolves around dodge um |
| 3603s | avoiding hits negating hits completely |
| 3606s | um |
| 3608s | and then you have um intelligence which |
| 3610s | usually the defensive layers are more |
| 3612s | about not getting hit at all because |
| 3614s | you're too far away um or you're using |
| 3616s | some sort of energy shield |
| 3619s | which we have warned for |
| 3621s | and um |
| 3625s | health health and like health is useful |
| 3627s | for everyone pretty well um and so it |
| 3629s | didn't really feel like it was too |
| 3630s | strength style oriented um and block |
| 3633s | only works if you have a shield |
| 3636s | um so we wanted to bring something in to |
| 3639s | synergize more with |
| 3642s | sort of most characters and |
| 3645s | uh and health in general and not require |
| 3647s | needing a shield to be useful |
| 3651s | um |
| 3652s | sort of a defensive layer for the |
| 3653s | two-handers out there type thing um but |
| 3656s | it's it kind of evolved into a little |
| 3657s | bit more than that and also it really |
| 3659s | helps in the |
| 3660s | and this is kind of kind of cheating a |
| 3662s | little bit |
| 3663s | it makes you feel like you're closer to |
| 3665s | death than you are in a lot of cases |
| 3668s | um |
| 3668s | which which if if |
| 3670s | every single player every time they did |
| 3672s | a model every time they fought a boss |
| 3675s | they thought they were going to die |
| 3677s | many times but didn't |
| 3680s | that's the sweet spot you want everyone |
| 3681s | to be like oh i almost died um |
| 3685s | that that's the like that's the really |
| 3687s | great feeling when you when someone's |
| 3688s | like oh i i just barely beat that i |
| 3691s | almost died it was so close |
| 3694s | and |
| 3694s | if your health at the lower section of |
| 3696s | your health is more health than the |
| 3699s | upper section of your health um |
| 3702s | you get that feeling more often |
| 3705s | um |
| 3706s | which is part of the reason why we had |
| 3707s | that in the game before we had endurance |
| 3709s | as a as a mechanic at all to prevent one |
| 3712s | shots prevent just getting |
| 3714s | one shot slammed and having different |
| 3716s | types of defensive layers that you can |
| 3718s | invest into |
| 3719s | to |
| 3720s | um |
| 3722s | uh different layers of defense to invest |
| 3724s | into that prevent against different |
| 3726s | types of enemies is really important and |
| 3728s | um |
| 3730s | historically the only way to really |
| 3731s | invest in a don't get one shot uh is |
| 3734s | just |
| 3735s | it's generally just more health really |
| 3737s | um |
| 3738s | or global like just dr mechanics which |
| 3741s | which i know i've kind of glanced over |
| 3743s | is the fact they do exist in the game as |
| 3744s | well |
| 3745s | um |
| 3748s | but yeah i guess that's where and then |
| 3750s | we just wanted people to be able to |
| 3751s | um |
| 3753s | scale their endurance a little bit more |
| 3756s | interact a little bit more so we we |
| 3758s | added um |
| 3759s | uh threshold as a |
| 3762s | stat you can interact with |
| 3772s | uh yeah |
| 3773s | i didn't check with last epoch for a |
| 3775s | long time did you improve performance |
| 3776s | was getting a lot of fps issues before |
| 3778s | uh yeah so we've had a lot of fps |
| 3780s | improvements over the last few years um |
| 3784s | not not everyone has had the same |
| 3787s | increase in fps um as ever like it's |
| 3791s | it's not uh |
| 3792s | everyone's fps has gone up by this |
| 3793s | amount no matter what um now different |
| 3796s | people have different uh experiences |
| 3798s | with the fps changes that we've put in |
| 3800s | um but there definitely have been |
| 3803s | in general |
| 3804s | pretty big improvements |
| 3807s | and i know there's examples of like okay |
| 3809s | well it didn't go up for me or something |
| 3810s | like that and and we're working on it i |
| 3812s | swear it's not i don't want to dismiss |
| 3814s | that at all but on the whole on average |
| 3817s | fps has gone up quite a bit |
| 3820s | um |
| 3822s | and then on top of that so yeah a lot |
| 3823s | sometimes it comes from even just |
| 3825s | changing like spell effects |
| 3827s | uh that are old spell effects and |
| 3829s | sometimes it'll like look a lot nicer |
| 3830s | and be better performance at the same |
| 3832s | time and it's kind of like |
| 3834s | how did that happen |
| 3836s | um |
| 3837s | and it's it's really it's i guess it's |
| 3839s | something to |
| 3840s | help um illustrate the fact that just |
| 3843s | because it looks better doesn't mean |
| 3844s | it's more or less performant |
| 3846s | um |
| 3847s | a lot a lot of times you'll see |
| 3849s | you'll see things that are |
| 3851s | that look better and are more performant |
| 3853s | which is happening a ton right now in a |
| 3855s | lot of the effects we're generating and |
| 3856s | developing because we've learned a lot |
| 3858s | since when we started |
| 3860s | um |
| 3861s | and |
| 3863s | we've also got we've been doing audits |
| 3866s | uh what one of one of our developers |
| 3868s | recently did an audit of |
| 3871s | um |
| 3874s | every level in the entire game |
| 3876s | uh to check fps and |
| 3878s | we've created heat maps of all the |
| 3880s | levels |
| 3881s | um we would like develop some new tools |
| 3883s | for it create heat maps for showing |
| 3885s | where major fps problems are in maps um |
| 3889s | tools to check for major fps drops in |
| 3892s | um |
| 3895s | uh with it with certain abilities um |
| 3898s | you know like we're we're creating a lot |
| 3900s | of tools for fixing these these things |
| 3902s | and um |
| 3904s | some zones have already had this had |
| 3906s | this done to them where we've like |
| 3907s | implemented some fixes based on where |
| 3909s | the problems are and we've seen some |
| 3911s | very significant improvements and that's |
| 3912s | stuff that's not out yet |
| 3920s | so yeah |
| 3922s | i don't know if they wanted if they want |
| 3923s | to be have their name put out there but |
| 3925s | there is one person who you can all |
| 3926s | thank a lot for a lot of this |
| 3929s | uh |
| 3931s | and one day they might they might step |
| 3933s | forward and be like it was me |
| 3935s | but they're awesome |
| 3937s | if they're watching thank you you're |
| 3939s | awesome |
| 3951s | but a lot of people have been putting a |
| 3952s | lot of work into it overall so it's |
| 3956s | it is a definite important thing for us |
| 3969s | no problem |
| 3971s | no problem there hey bud |
| 3975s | just getting her done |
| 3978s | i need to check and see if i have a |
| 3979s | helmet |
| 3980s | just like relaxing |
| 3982s | poison res is weak but i'm not doing |
| 3984s | pretty good uh i might see if i can get |
| 3986s | some poison reds on my helmet then |
| 3989s | i find it elsewhere to be honest |
| 4002s | impossible |
| 4004s | unlikely |
| 4005s | [Music] |
| 4007s | you'd like that wouldn't you |
| 4012s | this is my impressions of the prime list |
| 4023s | all right |
| 4024s | let's get another question going on here |
| 4028s | uh will what will cycles bring new |
| 4030s | blessings new bosses drops new bosses |
| 4032s | yeah i mean uh possibly any of those |
| 4035s | things possibly all those things |
| 4036s | possibly other things as well um |
| 4041s | we will be |
| 4043s | like there might be new dungeons there |
| 4045s | might be new mechanics all together |
| 4047s | there might be new new endgame bosses |
| 4049s | there might be new um timelines there |
| 4052s | might be new styles of echoes there |
| 4053s | might be new items there might be new |
| 4055s | skills there might be changes to skills |
| 4057s | there might be |
| 4058s | um |
| 4060s | you know new mtx they'll show up as well |
| 4062s | there might be |
| 4066s | really could be anything it could be a |
| 4067s | boat you know how much you want one of |
| 4068s | those |
| 4073s | uh |
| 4074s | with multiplayer does hg plan to have um |
| 4077s | more cycled content outside of dungeons |
| 4080s | uh like reward cycling uh |
| 4082s | by daysta oh i see what you're saying so |
| 4085s | like um |
| 4087s | we're at the start of every dungeon |
| 4088s | every every day the like the dungeon |
| 4090s | daily reward changes |
| 4092s | um |
| 4093s | i we haven't really |
| 4095s | taken that idea and expanded it anywhere |
| 4097s | else yet i really like it i think it's |
| 4099s | something that we can use a little bit |
| 4100s | more um i wouldn't want to use it |
| 4102s | everywhere but i think it's something |
| 4104s | that we could use |
| 4112s | i know notice performance is better i |
| 4113s | play on linux oh it runs great for me |
| 4115s | this last batch that's great to hear we |
| 4117s | do not do a lot of testing on linux i'll |
| 4119s | tell you that much |
| 4121s | um |
| 4122s | we |
| 4123s | we we love that we can that the game is |
| 4125s | playable on linux um |
| 4128s | and we wish we could put more time and |
| 4129s | effort into making linux a really |
| 4131s | stellar experience |
| 4132s | um |
| 4135s | but like |
| 4137s | unfortunately the problem is that most |
| 4138s | of us work in windows |
| 4140s | partially because the unity editor works |
| 4142s | way better in windows than it does in |
| 4145s | linux um |
| 4147s | and so we a lot of the little things |
| 4149s | that crop up we don't see until we go to |
| 4151s | like run a test |
| 4153s | at all because like a lot of the times |
| 4154s | um any bug that's like a windows |
| 4156s | specific bug we'll see while we're |
| 4158s | making it right away you know |
| 4162s | um |
| 4163s | and so and most of the testing happens |
| 4165s | on on windows and |
| 4167s | you know so any linux specific bugs |
| 4169s | don't really get found until sometimes |
| 4171s | it's too late for a patch to go out type |
| 4174s | thing |
| 4176s | but we do our best to keep it as |
| 4177s | up-to-date and stable and |
| 4179s | looking good as we can um and there was |
| 4182s | there was a change that happened pretty |
| 4183s | recently about performance on this i'm |
| 4184s | glad it's working for you |
| 4186s | um |
| 4187s | if you see anyone having trouble with it |
| 4191s | don't hesitate to give them a hand on |
| 4193s | the forums or anything |
| 4195s | if you so choose |
| 4200s | i'm just gonna do this |
| 4208s | to be fair there's already a boat you |
| 4210s | get on when you kill harton spoiler |
| 4211s | alert jeez hello |
| 4214s | but yes |
| 4222s | i think someone may have pressed enter a |
| 4225s | little too soon if you have a question |
| 4226s | for me please put at last epoch game in |
| 4228s | the question i'll see it a lot easier uh |
| 4230s | it's going to be another thing let's see |
| 4232s | what should stay i love it |
| 4234s | keep them coming uh another thing would |
| 4236s | you guys ever put more content in |
| 4239s | grabbing heaps of gold bounties |
| 4241s | challenge dailies of some sort i don't |
| 4242s | know if you plan to have semi |
| 4244s | directional content like that hmm |
| 4247s | um |
| 4248s | [Music] |
| 4249s | we had like so we actually had some |
| 4251s | stuff like that planned a while ago we |
| 4253s | pulled it out |
| 4254s | um |
| 4256s | that's something i could see making a |
| 4257s | comeback |
| 4260s | um |
| 4263s | having more things to do in monoliths i |
| 4266s | think is a really important gap |
| 4269s | to fill and i think that's something |
| 4271s | that is it's pretty clear is a gap |
| 4273s | um |
| 4275s | it's not an easy thing to to to just fix |
| 4279s | just to do |
| 4280s | but um anything that does help with that |
| 4282s | i think is a very valuable |
| 4285s | option |
| 4292s | here's the follow-up question that i |
| 4293s | assume is of paramount importance |
| 4297s | uh will we add steam achievements to the |
| 4299s | game yeah we'll add steam achievements |
| 4305s | um |
| 4307s | not sure when that'll happen but yeah |
| 4308s | steam achievements are coming |
| 4315s | and also add that i really dislike steam |
| 4317s | achievements that are |
| 4320s | um |
| 4321s | like log in during this event |
| 4324s | where you just like if you weren't |
| 4326s | playing the game at that time it's |
| 4327s | impossible 100 the game as far as |
| 4329s | achievements go you know |
| 4331s | um |
| 4332s | so i'll push back on those |
| 4335s | if if anyone pitch one no it's pitched |
| 4337s | one of those i don't know why i'm saying |
| 4338s | push back |
| 4344s | if anyone were to pitch one of those |
| 4346s | i'd push back on it |
| 4349s | is the game getting dynamic maps um |
| 4352s | so that is so i understand what you mean |
| 4354s | by that and um um actually we |
| 4357s | technically already do have some now um |
| 4360s | yeah i it's something that we want to |
| 4361s | add in and we are still working on |
| 4365s | perfecting that and making it work |
| 4367s | properly and |
| 4368s | there's a lot that goes into that behind |
| 4369s | the scenes that is |
| 4371s | very dangerous to have very bad problems |
| 4374s | to come up afterwards um |
| 4379s | and this is this |
| 4381s | this is another one of those like |
| 4383s | okay you know back to this question |
| 4385s | forever ago in the stream where it was |
| 4386s | like what would you have done |
| 4387s | differently |
| 4388s | um designed random maps from the ground |
| 4390s | up at the very start |
| 4395s | i think that's that's the answer |
| 4400s | i love having |
| 4402s | curated content |
| 4404s | um |
| 4405s | i think that's really important |
| 4407s | i think it's really important to have |
| 4408s | both though |
| 4412s | as we're seeing from a lot of feedback |
| 4413s | we're getting right now |
| 4419s | and then feedback does come from people |
| 4421s | who have a lot more time in the game on |
| 4423s | average |
| 4424s | um |
| 4429s | but i still think it's valuable and uh |
| 4433s | personally i'd really like to see it as |
| 4435s | well |
| 4439s | still on the radar still i i will say |
| 4441s | that i doubt we'll have any of it any |
| 4443s | like traditional random maps for |
| 4445s | uh 1.0 i'd say that would be a that |
| 4447s | would be a big stretch something would |
| 4449s | have to like the stars would have to |
| 4450s | align |
| 4451s | um but they've aligned before but you |
| 4453s | know they don't align very often |
| 4455s | um |
| 4458s | like i know i i feel like i had this |
| 4460s | conversation with people |
| 4461s | uh a couple years ago and i was like |
| 4464s | um |
| 4465s | these these the icons the |
| 4468s | bleed icons above like these icons right |
| 4470s | here |
| 4472s | the element icons below people's names |
| 4474s | we people were asked about a year and a |
| 4476s | half ago |
| 4477s | you know people were asking for that and |
| 4478s | i was like never going to happen we |
| 4480s | can't do it no |
| 4482s | uh and then we did and then it's got |
| 4483s | this 15 plus cap where you can't see |
| 4486s | this is 15 plus that could be 40. it |
| 4487s | could be 80. it could be 200 it could be |
| 4489s | 15. |
| 4490s | um and we're getting a lot of people |
| 4493s | like |
| 4494s | come on we want to get rid of that cap |
| 4496s | um and i'm like no |
| 4498s | uh we found a way to get rid of that cap |
| 4502s | so you never you never know what's gonna |
| 4503s | happen |
| 4507s | that was that getting rid of that cap |
| 4508s | was part of the ailment |
| 4510s | uh redesigned redelight rework rejigging |
| 4514s | twisting that i was talking about |
| 4516s | earlier |
| 4528s | give me that xp |
| 4536s | everything is impossible until it's not |
| 4538s | i like that |
| 4556s | squirrels are just |
| 4558s | like i am the butt kickers |
| 4561s | yeah that's the squirrels are saying |
| 4565s | like we heard you like butts being |
| 4566s | kicked and i'm like yeah kick those |
| 4567s | butts and they're like we're on it |
| 4570s | no big deal |
| 4571s | here we go butt kicking |
| 4587s | they're like oh here i go bud kicking |
| 4589s | again |
| 4604s | speaking of filling those gaps in |
| 4606s | monolith got any ideas that you guys are |
| 4608s | discussing oh yeah |
| 4610s | uh you've made this extremely modular |
| 4613s | system after its first rework but it |
| 4614s | seems to have been left in the state |
| 4616s | with minor improvement with |
| 4619s | left in that state with minor |
| 4620s | improvements yeah i'm wondering what |
| 4622s | could possibly be next yeah i i don't |
| 4624s | want to |
| 4627s | speak with too many specifics on this |
| 4628s | because a lot of the stuff |
| 4630s | so i think that overall |
| 4634s | um |
| 4635s | i think that overall |
| 4639s | the model is a really solid system i |
| 4641s | think it's i think it's got a lot of |
| 4642s | really great features in the progression |
| 4644s | the meta progressions that it has |
| 4646s | overall with with um |
| 4648s | getting your your blessings and then |
| 4649s | your greater blessings um |
| 4652s | the |
| 4653s | the the agency in the content you're |
| 4655s | you're playing with with the echo web |
| 4657s | itself um i think there's a lot of |
| 4660s | really good stuff there and i i |
| 4663s | think that we could and i i |
| 4665s | i know there's a lot of feedback we're |
| 4667s | getting about things that the wallet is |
| 4668s | missing |
| 4670s | and i and and we definitely agree |
| 4672s | um |
| 4674s | i think for the most part |
| 4677s | uh there's other things that are more |
| 4679s | important |
| 4681s | and um |
| 4683s | we're working on those first sort of the |
| 4685s | short answer |
| 4686s | um |
| 4689s | so i don't wanna say like oh yes this |
| 4691s | feature |
| 4691s | we're going to do because it might be |
| 4693s | quite a while before that feature comes |
| 4694s | in |
| 4695s | um |
| 4698s | i don't know when there's any changes to |
| 4699s | the model happening but yeah there's |
| 4700s | definitely gaps especially in |
| 4703s | reasons to like okay here |
| 4706s | down here i have no reason to go down |
| 4707s | there right now |
| 4708s | like sure i can i can get extra |
| 4710s | stability by killing more things |
| 4712s | um i'll get more gear add more loot at |
| 4714s | the end chest if i go down there so |
| 4716s | there's some like minor things down |
| 4717s | there |
| 4718s | but |
| 4719s | for most people it's just a no-brainer |
| 4721s | you wouldn't go down there there's no |
| 4722s | reason |
| 4724s | go this way because the the objectives |
| 4726s | this way right |
| 4727s | um |
| 4729s | and i think that's the biggest gap is |
| 4731s | the |
| 4732s | reason to explore and so |
| 4735s | the the key thing that path of exile |
| 4737s | does to to make that happen there's |
| 4739s | there's two main there's two main things |
| 4740s | about things one of them is the resource |
| 4743s | required to enter this zone is limited |
| 4747s | and |
| 4748s | um there's a maximum value you can get |
| 4750s | out of that resource |
| 4753s | i'm talking about maps here so you have |
| 4755s | a map you were trying to get this map |
| 4757s | it's this valuable key to get into this |
| 4758s | dungeon |
| 4760s | and as soon as you leave the dungeon you |
| 4762s | you can't go back in |
| 4763s | um and it was six portals |
| 4766s | but once you're finished with the |
| 4766s | dungeons done so so completing the whole |
| 4769s | thing |
| 4771s | is |
| 4772s | the incentive is just getting full value |
| 4774s | out of what you've invested already |
| 4779s | and it kind of plays a little into a |
| 4781s | sunken cost fallacy |
| 4783s | but not not completely |
| 4785s | [Music] |
| 4788s | and |
| 4789s | because you can just go into the next |
| 4791s | echo and there's no real penalty for |
| 4793s | wasting mobs in an echo |
| 4796s | um |
| 4798s | that that sort of natural incentive is |
| 4800s | gone |
| 4803s | um and so providing an alternate reason |
| 4807s | to explore |
| 4809s | um |
| 4810s | and then this is or the other thing |
| 4813s | those are really nice boots |
| 4821s | yeah |
| 4822s | those are really nice boots |
| 4831s | huh okay we're gonna we're gonna craft |
| 4833s | on those in a little bit |
| 4835s | um |
| 4837s | anyways uh so so the second thing that |
| 4840s | um |
| 4841s | excel does to to incentivize exploring |
| 4843s | their |
| 4844s | the map that you're in |
| 4845s | um and this is something that we can do |
| 4847s | a lot easier |
| 4848s | is um lead content secondary lead |
| 4851s | content that has a random chance to |
| 4853s | appear so you can be in a map and |
| 4855s | suddenly another map just opens in the |
| 4857s | middle of it you can then go into that |
| 4858s | one |
| 4860s | um and having these like sub dungeons |
| 4862s | that can that can randomly appear if you |
| 4864s | explore |
| 4866s | um |
| 4866s | or just other things like that are |
| 4868s | really useful in this in in the |
| 4871s | grand scheme of |
| 4872s | like let's make exploration fun in the |
| 4874s | in the model echo |
| 4878s | um so i think content like that would be |
| 4880s | where we'd be looking |
| 4882s | um |
| 4883s | looking to expand to |
| 4885s | earlier than later |
| 4892s | but i can't give you like |
| 4894s | details |
| 4897s | look what that is i hope that hope that |
| 4899s | helped |
| 4900s | answer it uh hello guys one question |
| 4903s | after the crafting system changes yeah |
| 4905s | with forging potential being higher on |
| 4907s | rare and exalted normal magic items |
| 4910s | started being almost useless i'd agree |
| 4912s | in the end game just in general really |
| 4914s | disincentivizing crafting an item from |
| 4916s | the beginning with less or no modifiers |
| 4919s | do you guys have any plans to change |
| 4921s | that i think it's okay as it is right |
| 4922s | now |
| 4925s | um |
| 4927s | so there's there's no immediate plans to |
| 4928s | change it i'll say that it's it's this |
| 4930s | is not something that we're like okay |
| 4932s | yep this is on the list of things we're |
| 4933s | going to change |
| 4934s | done |
| 4936s | however i think that this sentiment is |
| 4938s | fairly accurate and shared by a lot of |
| 4941s | people |
| 4943s | um because quite frequently and i don't |
| 4945s | really know why it's not in this |
| 4947s | actually but i'll |
| 4949s | come in here and i'll do this |
| 4951s | um |
| 4952s | rarity |
| 4954s | normal magic |
| 4959s | and i'll just do that |
| 4961s | like that's that's that's one of the |
| 4963s | first things that goes my loot filters |
| 4967s | um |
| 4968s | i don't think that's a good thing |
| 4971s | overall um |
| 4976s | so i don't really have any news about |
| 4977s | specific plans for that but um i would |
| 4980s | agree that it is |
| 4983s | maybe not the best thing |
| 4987s | that we're basically telling people okay |
| 4989s | magic and normal items are useless you |
| 4991s | can ignore them and i don't know if |
| 4993s | that's that there's a lot of different |
| 4994s | ways you can change that so |
| 4998s | um |
| 4999s | because of our let's use double two as |
| 5001s | an example |
| 5002s | rent incoming um let's use dl2 as an |
| 5004s | example you can't the only reason that |
| 5007s | um |
| 5008s | blue items in diablo 2 are |
| 5011s | uh useful at all is because that there |
| 5013s | are certain uh there's certain stats |
| 5015s | that appear on those blue items in |
| 5018s | higher values than they can appear on in |
| 5020s | yellow items so um |
| 5023s | i'm gonna make a mistake here and say |
| 5025s | the wrong thing i'm sorry um |
| 5027s | i use this one those things like i used |
| 5029s | to know off by heart |
| 5030s | but um |
| 5032s | attack speed on gloves |
| 5035s | i'm pretty sure can go to 30 |
| 5037s | on magic and only 20 on rare |
| 5040s | could be wrong here i'm pretty sure |
| 5044s | um |
| 5045s | and so you sacrifice these extra mods |
| 5047s | for getting more powerful mods |
| 5050s | um |
| 5051s | in in so you don't get to have six mods |
| 5053s | that a rare item can have but you get to |
| 5055s | have two mods in magic that are more |
| 5057s | powerful because you care because that |
| 5058s | extra 10 attack speed is worth those |
| 5060s | extra four mods that you're giving up |
| 5062s | um |
| 5066s | and |
| 5069s | it's getting a little dicey |
| 5071s | um |
| 5072s | because we have the ability to add |
| 5074s | affixes to items we can never do that we |
| 5077s | can never say |
| 5078s | you know you never want on |
| 5080s | an item to get worse when you craft on |
| 5082s | it this is part of the reason for the |
| 5083s | crafting changes we did recently you |
| 5084s | mentioned um |
| 5086s | is that when you finish a craft you |
| 5087s | never want the item to be |
| 5089s | like just a worse item than it was when |
| 5091s | you started that craft um |
| 5096s | and and i know i know the gotcha there |
| 5098s | is like oh what about the ones that like |
| 5099s | reroll which epics it is randomly okay |
| 5101s | yes it can be worse overall but maybe |
| 5103s | it's not worse for some specific builds |
| 5105s | it's not strictly worse you know |
| 5108s | um |
| 5109s | so i'll use the term strictly worse |
| 5111s | instead to get around that |
| 5113s | um |
| 5114s | so we don't we don't want items to get |
| 5115s | just strictly worse when you when you |
| 5117s | finish a craft um |
| 5119s | and so adding a third affix so like |
| 5122s | maybe you add one dexterity to an item |
| 5125s | and |
| 5126s | the and then one of the |
| 5127s | the other two stats that are there drop |
| 5130s | in value because it went from being a |
| 5132s | blue item to a yellow item so we can't |
| 5134s | we can't really do that there's no |
| 5135s | elegant way to fix that problem as far |
| 5137s | as we can tell |
| 5138s | um |
| 5139s | so the stats have to be consistent |
| 5141s | across magic and rare items for us |
| 5143s | um and then the way in diablo 2 that you |
| 5145s | get um white items to be useful is rune |
| 5148s | words because really without written |
| 5149s | words white items are |
| 5151s | right |
| 5152s | um |
| 5153s | it's the only reason you care about them |
| 5154s | is is you stick a certain number sockets |
| 5156s | in it you |
| 5157s | um |
| 5159s | put those runes in the right order and |
| 5161s | you get a sweet item out of it um |
| 5165s | and so apart from |
| 5167s | having and then the other thing the |
| 5168s | magic items are really good for as well |
| 5169s | specific magic items are great for uh |
| 5171s | crafting in dl2 which most people don't |
| 5173s | even know about as a mechanic but is how |
| 5176s | you get some of the most powerful gloves |
| 5178s | amulets |
| 5180s | boots |
| 5181s | rings |
| 5183s | in the game |
| 5185s | belts you really nice belts too oh i got |
| 5186s | a nice belt last last season oh it was |
| 5189s | gorgeous anyways um |
| 5191s | it was like my first craft and i'm just |
| 5193s | like yeah let's just craft something and |
| 5194s | see what happens and i'm like well i'm |
| 5195s | done crafting for the season i'm belts |
| 5198s | um anyways the |
| 5202s | uh |
| 5203s | where am i going with this yes so apart |
| 5205s | so we |
| 5206s | there's a few different ways we can |
| 5208s | solve the problem one one way is by |
| 5210s | um |
| 5212s | just giving them more more fortune |
| 5213s | potential and make the poor differential |
| 5214s | not based on rarity um |
| 5217s | and and give you the |
| 5218s | the freedom to to put whatever you want |
| 5221s | on them now they uh white items because |
| 5223s | you can put any affix on them |
| 5226s | they are more common to find one that |
| 5228s | would be useful because they're just a |
| 5229s | blank slate |
| 5231s | and it's easier getting the right |
| 5233s | affixes on an item is a tricky thing to |
| 5235s | do and that's half of making a good item |
| 5237s | is getting the right affixes on it if |
| 5238s | the item starts off as white you're |
| 5239s | guaranteed the right affix it's going to |
| 5240s | just slap over as fast as you want on it |
| 5242s | so you are trading that flexibility for |
| 5245s | maximum potential |
| 5246s | um and that trade-off might be a little |
| 5248s | too high right now |
| 5251s | especially considering the best items |
| 5253s | are not yellow so that so you the only |
| 5255s | the best items are purple |
| 5257s | um |
| 5258s | or |
| 5259s | legendary items but you're getting the |
| 5260s | purple items excluding uniques what |
| 5262s | we're looking for as |
| 5264s | um for some variant of a magic item |
| 5267s | is exalted really and because you can't |
| 5269s | craft exalted affixes onto an item |
| 5271s | directly suddenly no matter how much |
| 5273s | flexibility you have in that item it |
| 5276s | still is not going to outweigh |
| 5278s | uh |
| 5280s | the |
| 5281s | value of having the right exalted affix |
| 5283s | on it |
| 5286s | um |
| 5288s | so all this is a very long-winded way of |
| 5290s | saying |
| 5291s | right now normal items and magic items |
| 5294s | yeah they're kind of useless and we |
| 5295s | don't have any concrete plans to make |
| 5297s | them use full at the moment |
| 5299s | but it would be nice |
| 5300s | so maybe one day |
| 5308s | all right back some questions i'm |
| 5310s | probably behind a little bit now |
| 5315s | uh oh you know what oh i'll do it i'll |
| 5317s | do i'll answer a question i'll do it |
| 5318s | after this um uh this one's done i got a |
| 5320s | little teaser for you |
| 5322s | a little teaser |
| 5324s | uh uber thoughts for like a really high |
| 5326s | or rare drop |
| 5328s | maybe even a legendary job without |
| 5329s | having to make one uh okay so right off |
| 5331s | the bat i don't think we have plans to |
| 5333s | have legendaries drop without having to |
| 5335s | make them |
| 5338s | maybe |
| 5339s | one day type thing |
| 5340s | but definitely not at one point now |
| 5343s | um i shouldn't say definitely not |
| 5345s | extremely unlikely at one point now |
| 5347s | um anyways the as far as uber bosses are |
| 5350s | concerned yeah that's something that is |
| 5352s | i think really important |
| 5354s | um |
| 5355s | getting uber bosses in right having to |
| 5358s | having the path to them be appropriate |
| 5360s | having the |
| 5361s | like the the narrative significance of |
| 5363s | them be good um having that fit into the |
| 5365s | storyline properly |
| 5367s | um and the progression that you have in |
| 5369s | endgame as well i think is really |
| 5370s | important um |
| 5371s | [Music] |
| 5373s | having the |
| 5374s | all these things are really key and |
| 5375s | we're still working on exactly the best |
| 5377s | way to do a lot of it |
| 5380s | um but uber bosses are definitely in the |
| 5382s | conversation and on the table uh |
| 5384s | that's something that we're looking at |
| 5386s | working on we just need to |
| 5388s | you know figure out a few things with |
| 5389s | them |
| 5400s | did i run right past one of them |
| 5402s | yeah i did |
| 5404s | so observant you don't even know here |
| 5407s | and we passed two of them tonight |
| 5412s | what happens when i get rambling |
| 5416s | uh i think that the |
| 5418s | uber bosses having |
| 5421s | um |
| 5424s | the rewards for uber bosses is a really |
| 5426s | tricky thing |
| 5428s | because the reward has to be something |
| 5429s | that matches the |
| 5431s | gravitas of the accomplishments you know |
| 5433s | it has to be like |
| 5435s | like oh my god you beat that uber boss |
| 5437s | and you got that that's cool |
| 5441s | um i think it needs to be something that |
| 5445s | you're pretty confident in it's going to |
| 5447s | be useful for your character |
| 5450s | um |
| 5450s | [Music] |
| 5452s | so having completing your boss and |
| 5454s | getting a reward that is like okay well |
| 5456s | great for this other character does |
| 5457s | nothing for me kind of sucks |
| 5460s | um |
| 5467s | and and having things that are required |
| 5470s | to |
| 5471s | um turn certain builds online |
| 5474s | i think |
| 5475s | is not ideal because you don't want to |
| 5478s | be like okay i'm making this build to do |
| 5479s | this content |
| 5480s | but i need to complete the content to do |
| 5481s | the build and and and that deadlock you |
| 5484s | don't want to happen |
| 5486s | sorry uh that that conflict uh next |
| 5488s | doublet's a fine term |
| 5492s | deadlock is a programming term for when |
| 5494s | two things are |
| 5496s | wow |
| 5502s | those are two nice boots in a row |
| 5506s | we going to the shoe store here |
| 5509s | i don't need that or that |
| 5512s | or that |
| 5514s | all right i was going to do stuff wasn't |
| 5516s | i okay first of all |
| 5523s | yeah here we go all right this is a |
| 5526s | model for a new uh npc we actually |
| 5529s | showed uh time lapse of the um concept |
| 5532s | art being done |
| 5534s | a little while ago |
| 5536s | but um |
| 5537s | yeah this is the |
| 5541s | uh this is the finished version |
| 5543s | the render with you know nice lighting |
| 5545s | and everything this is what she looks |
| 5547s | like in game this is keeper lina |
| 5550s | i don't think that's a secret i hope |
| 5551s | it's not |
| 5553s | it was it's not anymore |
| 5554s | [Laughter] |
| 5557s | um |
| 5558s | yeah |
| 5564s | pretty cool |
| 5566s | pretty cool |
| 5569s | sorry i got mesmerized by the rotating |
| 5570s | it's just tiny on my screen |
| 5572s | uh |
| 5575s | yeah i just gotta ask these deep cues |
| 5576s | long time players so you know but most |
| 5578s | so i know what's the basic stuff and |
| 5579s | what to expect and what to expect as a |
| 5582s | response yeah i know you've been around |
| 5583s | for quite a while glad to have you here |
| 5586s | let's do a little flip me to the other |
| 5589s | side oh |
| 5590s | i did not fix |
| 5594s | mike what are you doing |
| 5596s | what are you doing with your life huh |
| 5600s | that'll be close going quite quite |
| 5603s | if anyone knows how to zoom in on |
| 5607s | streamlabs |
| 5609s | obs |
| 5612s | so you can see in finer detail how |
| 5614s | you're editing let's see i just edit |
| 5615s | moved the like |
| 5617s | um |
| 5618s | made this bigger so it lines up nicely |
| 5620s | on this the corners i don't know how to |
| 5622s | like zoom in on a section of your screen |
| 5624s | in the preview so you can line things |
| 5625s | like that up better i'd really |
| 5627s | appreciate to know |
| 5630s | every time i try and google it it's like |
| 5632s | you want to connect zoom to obs i'm like |
| 5634s | no i want to zoom in on the screen it's |
| 5636s | like you want to zoom in on a section |
| 5637s | while you're streaming and show people a |
| 5638s | closer section of your screen no i want |
| 5640s | to do it in the preview you want to |
| 5642s | preview a zoomed in section on your |
| 5643s | stream so you can see no |
| 5646s | it doesn't like the word zoom sorry i |
| 5648s | haven't been trying to do this for years |
| 5649s | or anything |
| 5652s | uh |
| 5653s | right |
| 5654s | as an rpg dev what do you think poe's |
| 5657s | rare enemy modifier changes and the |
| 5659s | community's reaction uh and how could |
| 5661s | that influence last epoch's development |
| 5663s | of rare monster months actually a |
| 5664s | question about this recently i think it |
| 5665s | was last week um |
| 5669s | uh honestly i think it's i much prefer |
| 5671s | having inch fewer more interesting mods |
| 5674s | and i think what they're going for is |
| 5675s | really good um |
| 5677s | there may be a few |
| 5679s | uh combinations that are |
| 5682s | aggressively painful to deal |
| 5684s | with um |
| 5687s | and i |
| 5688s | i'd be surprised if they don't do this |
| 5690s | already or if they're going to start |
| 5691s | doing this or something which is just |
| 5692s | having certain ones that are mutually |
| 5693s | exclusive with each other |
| 5695s | uh which is something we already do |
| 5696s | which we basically have them work as |
| 5698s | like items where there's prefixes and |
| 5700s | suffixes |
| 5701s | and you can |
| 5704s | like like you have so many prefix slots |
| 5706s | and so many suffix slots on monster mods |
| 5708s | and then you can |
| 5710s | so you can't get |
| 5712s | like |
| 5713s | three prefixes at the same time because |
| 5715s | it would i think it might even be just |
| 5716s | one one prefix one stop express so you |
| 5718s | can't just like all of the prefixes are |
| 5720s | mutually exclusive with each other then |
| 5721s | we have some that are also just mutually |
| 5723s | exclusive on their own so you don't get |
| 5725s | certain combinations i think um |
| 5729s | and like diablo 3 had the same problem |
| 5732s | uh big time with the like the chainers |
| 5734s | and the wallers and the arcane it was |
| 5736s | like like a chain wall arcane enchanted |
| 5739s | i think was like the the perfect trinity |
| 5741s | of you're screwed |
| 5744s | um |
| 5745s | [Music] |
| 5748s | so yeah i i i think |
| 5751s | i i i don't want to say much about the |
| 5753s | reactions because i don't know much |
| 5754s | about the reactions really i didn't pay |
| 5756s | that close attention to them |
| 5757s | um |
| 5761s | but ggg has |
| 5763s | an immense amount of experience in this |
| 5765s | and i have no doubt that if there's a |
| 5767s | problem with it they'll |
| 5768s | find a good solution you know |
| 5773s | okay those came out pretty good |
| 5778s | oh |
| 5779s | big hit on the forging potential right |
| 5780s | off the bat |
| 5782s | yeah done |
| 5784s | these might still be better anyways |
| 5785s | though that's the thing |
| 5790s | more move speed |
| 5794s | similar overall res i don't know which |
| 5796s | ones we need more |
| 5803s | i'm gonna put these on |
| 5806s | i think those are my choice |
| 5811s | keep going full steam ahead with our new |
| 5813s | boots |
| 5815s | we're walking |
| 5816s | and we're walking |
| 5823s | uh |
| 5824s | will you change the reperform in the |
| 5826s | future so it shows your equipped weapon |
| 5828s | instead of the two-handed scythe or the |
| 5831s | two individual sites sorry i think it's |
| 5832s | a shame having so good looking weapon |
| 5834s | models but if you play literally perform |
| 5836s | you will not see them most of the time |
| 5837s | that's an interesting uh |
| 5841s | i i honestly i don't think i've thought |
| 5843s | of that recently at least |
| 5847s | um |
| 5850s | yeah there's something to be said for |
| 5851s | the like aesthetics of being in |
| 5853s | re-perform |
| 5855s | and having it match but then so many of |
| 5857s | the weapons you're using and we perform |
| 5859s | do match and have really good aesthetics |
| 5860s | in the ring perform |
| 5862s | um |
| 5864s | i don't know it's a great question |
| 5865s | though |
| 5868s | i like the idea |
| 5872s | my gut reaction is oh yeah we don't do |
| 5873s | that i wonder why |
| 5885s | these squirrels |
| 5892s | with the leader river |
| 5899s | they found her on a boat |
| 5901s | drifting the dark |
| 5906s | with her brother |
| 5909s | brother didn't make it spoiler alert |
| 5929s | sorry this has been asked many times |
| 5930s | questions don't forget to at last epoch |
| 5932s | game in the question i'll answer it uh |
| 5933s | sorry this asks many times my man but is |
| 5935s | there an eta on co-op |
| 5937s | multiplayer is in development i do not |
| 5940s | have a specific time for it um |
| 5944s | oh did we just find even better boots |
| 5949s | oh |
| 5953s | those are interesting boots there's no |
| 5956s | there's no movement speed second stat |
| 5957s | there |
| 5961s | but a t6 and a high t6 and a high t7 |
| 5964s | roll |
| 5966s | strength and vitality |
| 5973s | it's a lot it's a lot of both |
| 5982s | oh it's just |
| 5984s | okay |
| 5986s | i don't know why but we're finding some |
| 5987s | nice boots right now what am i doing |
| 5989s | it's not this way |
| 5992s | it is known |
| 5997s | uh |
| 5999s | reddit was molding |
| 6004s | freaking out |
| 6005s | freaking out man |
| 6019s | i will say this after working on this my |
| 6023s | reactions to other |
| 6025s | other games |
| 6026s | uh has been has been tempered a lot |
| 6030s | like i see things that i'm like that |
| 6031s | would have made me so angry before |
| 6035s | nothing just nothing anymore |
| 6052s | i don't think i've ever |
| 6054s | gone on gigantic tirades or anything |
| 6056s | like that on |
| 6058s | like social media or anything but like |
| 6060s | i've been upset on certain changes |
| 6061s | balance changes for various games it's |
| 6064s | happened |
| 6070s | i feel nothing |
| 6089s | all right is there something we do to |
| 6091s | bring in the old crafting system no |
| 6094s | although it was annoying in breaking uh |
| 6096s | your value items let's be honest it was |
| 6098s | nail biting which was part of the fun |
| 6100s | yeah like so yeah there were a lot of |
| 6102s | really good things about the old |
| 6102s | crafting system for sure |
| 6105s | and and we hung onto it for a very long |
| 6107s | time |
| 6108s | um |
| 6111s | and |
| 6114s | i |
| 6115s | i i i don't know if we could have fixed |
| 6118s | it to to really present nicely |
| 6122s | but there was some there were some core |
| 6123s | problems with it |
| 6125s | and um |
| 6127s | i i was a i'm a huge fan of the old |
| 6128s | style crafting system um |
| 6130s | for anyone who doesn't know there's |
| 6132s | there's just like a growing chance for |
| 6134s | you to just break the item every time |
| 6136s | you crafted on it |
| 6137s | um and when it was just out of like |
| 6141s | when it did break there was a chance |
| 6142s | that it actually like broke the item and |
| 6144s | made it |
| 6145s | actually worse like it would actually |
| 6147s | take the stats off of the item when you |
| 6149s | fail the craft |
| 6151s | and that could happen right out of the |
| 6153s | gate it could be like 99 chance of |
| 6155s | success |
| 6156s | brick |
| 6158s | um |
| 6160s | and |
| 6163s | almost every day i saw a new post |
| 6168s | that was something along the lines of |
| 6169s | crafting system chances like the the um |
| 6173s | the numbers you see |
| 6174s | for like the the chances of something |
| 6176s | happening they used to have like percent |
| 6177s | chance to break the item or whatever um |
| 6180s | and those numbers |
| 6182s | are wrong or like are not showing the |
| 6184s | real numbers here's my data to prove |
| 6185s | that those numbers are wrong and like |
| 6187s | almost every day i'd see a post like |
| 6188s | that um |
| 6191s | and we |
| 6193s | really validated it the numbers were not |
| 6195s | wrong |
| 6196s | numbers were very right but this the way |
| 6199s | that it presented the information to |
| 6200s | players it was it's just something that |
| 6203s | like people can't really |
| 6206s | um |
| 6209s | wrap their heads around properly of like |
| 6211s | what those chances actually mean |
| 6213s | and how they feel when you're |
| 6214s | interacting with them |
| 6216s | and this is when i say people i'm really |
| 6217s | not saying even people to play our game |
| 6219s | or like any specific person at all like |
| 6221s | this is just humans in general are bad |
| 6224s | at this type of task |
| 6226s | we're all batted i'm bad at it every |
| 6227s | single one of us are bad at it and |
| 6230s | it's it's this like |
| 6234s | inability to like |
| 6236s | to really process what's happening |
| 6238s | um based on chance systems and it's it's |
| 6240s | part of what makes gambling so addictive |
| 6243s | and |
| 6244s | uh |
| 6245s | so difficult to gauge how you're |
| 6247s | actually doing and why people end up |
| 6248s | with gambling addictions and things like |
| 6250s | that um |
| 6253s | and and like we're just we're just |
| 6255s | really bad at uh |
| 6259s | like comprehending those numbers and |
| 6260s | what they mean and and the the feedback |
| 6263s | we get from those numbers and how it |
| 6264s | works |
| 6267s | um |
| 6269s | i came very close to |
| 6272s | like |
| 6272s | putting in fake things to like cheat in |
| 6276s | the player's favor |
| 6277s | you know |
| 6280s | um |
| 6283s | and |
| 6284s | and instead instead we just changed the |
| 6285s | whole system because we realized that it |
| 6287s | was never going to be working right |
| 6289s | um |
| 6291s | but i don't think bringing it back is a |
| 6292s | good idea |
| 6294s | even as an optional thing |
| 6295s | um |
| 6296s | so maybe i could see it being like a |
| 6298s | dungeon reward or something like that be |
| 6300s | a weird dungeon reward but i could see |
| 6302s | it being something like that |
| 6303s | um as like a mechanic that showed up |
| 6308s | but as like a day-to-day thing just |
| 6310s | normal crafting nah it's it's gone |
| 6323s | uh do you guys hire people from other |
| 6324s | countries to work from home oh |
| 6326s | absolutely um |
| 6328s | i'm from another country |
| 6330s | uh i'm not in the states myself so |
| 6333s | technically our like company is uh based |
| 6336s | out of the states and |
| 6338s | uh but i i live in canada |
| 6340s | um which i know is |
| 6341s | the least other country you can get from |
| 6343s | the states you know but um technically a |
| 6346s | different country right |
| 6347s | um |
| 6349s | but no we've got we've got people |
| 6350s | working in like throw a dart at a map |
| 6352s | and we've probably got someone working |
| 6353s | in that country |
| 6354s | um |
| 6358s | partially because you've got people |
| 6358s | working in the biggest countries so you |
| 6360s | know it's easy to hit those ones |
| 6362s | um |
| 6362s | but yeah there's there's people all over |
| 6364s | europe um there's there's people in asia |
| 6367s | there's people in oceania or however you |
| 6369s | want to delineate the globe there's |
| 6370s | people basically everywhere um |
| 6374s | people south america lots of people in |
| 6376s | south america actually |
| 6377s | um |
| 6378s | yeah we try to have people working |
| 6381s | mostly on a similar time zone um |
| 6384s | so a lot of the people who do work in uh |
| 6386s | really far away places from sort of like |
| 6389s | epoch time |
| 6391s | tend to work in the evenings or in the |
| 6394s | mornings or |
| 6396s | um you know not everyone has to do that |
| 6398s | but there's a lot of people that i'm |
| 6400s | sure work weird hours |
| 6402s | um |
| 6405s | yeah we got people all over the world |
| 6407s | it's actually really cool because you |
| 6409s | you there's a lot of |
| 6411s | like |
| 6412s | we see it sometimes in like when we're |
| 6414s | designing |
| 6415s | uh new elements for the game whether |
| 6417s | it's like new skills or whether it's |
| 6418s | just new visuals for something or new |
| 6420s | mechanics or all sorts of things there's |
| 6422s | all these different things that um |
| 6424s | people from different countries bring |
| 6425s | together that i think makes really |
| 6427s | interesting uh a really interesting game |
| 6429s | really interesting discussions |
| 6431s | um and it's always fun to just like |
| 6433s | learn about other cultures sort of |
| 6434s | through osmosis of like oh it's this |
| 6436s | holiday in this country right now oh i |
| 6438s | didn't know that was a thing wonder what |
| 6439s | that's about um |
| 6442s | and then there's also fun stuff like uh |
| 6444s | carve and i uh we we we jab back and |
| 6447s | forth about hockey a whole bunch |
| 6449s | um |
| 6450s | and uh like those the the world |
| 6452s | championships just happened and carf won |
| 6454s | this round you know um that's okay uh so |
| 6458s | we we go back and forth about that so |
| 6460s | which which is really fun um |
| 6463s | they've actually been on a hot streak |
| 6465s | lately |
| 6472s | i don't care what the original question |
| 6473s | was i really like working with people |
| 6475s | from all over the world it's awesome |
| 6482s | and yeah we do it a lot yeah it's about |
| 6483s | hiring people from other countries yes |
| 6485s | we do |
| 6487s | which is a lot easier because we're |
| 6488s | fully remote |
| 6490s | there's no there's no studio there's no |
| 6492s | office |
| 6501s | we have more people on uh |
| 6503s | america's time zone than anywhere else |
| 6506s | um but part of that is just because it's |
| 6508s | a lot easier to find people who can |
| 6510s | work in that time zone |
| 6514s | um |
| 6515s | like you can we can work those hours |
| 6518s | comfortably |
| 6524s | yeah actually right from square one |
| 6525s | we've had people in europe |
| 6528s | and asia actually right from the very |
| 6530s | beginning |
| 6531s | europe asia and north america |
| 6535s | here's harton |
| 6540s | let's go buddy |
| 6542s | done |
| 6544s | i was quick pop all the cooldowns that's |
| 6546s | what happens |
| 6551s | okay here we go again |
| 6553s | uh a lot of people have talked about |
| 6555s | damage weighting in skills versus gear |
| 6557s | yeah it's been a hot topic recently |
| 6559s | absolutely we actually talked about this |
| 6561s | uh |
| 6562s | yesterday in our design meeting uh i've |
| 6564s | seen uh i've seen |
| 6566s | i've even seen take part in discussions |
| 6569s | about it on discord uh has the team |
| 6571s | gathered to discuss using a scalpel and |
| 6574s | shifting this damage waiting at all yeah |
| 6575s | i think it's a great way of phrasing it |
| 6577s | uh in short have y'all looked at slash |
| 6579s | discuss the character power distribution |
| 6580s | in last epoch lately i kind of answered |
| 6582s | that as |
| 6583s | as i was going there sorry but yeah |
| 6585s | definitely um |
| 6589s | uh |
| 6590s | and and i don't i don't want to we |
| 6591s | haven't done the changes yet we've |
| 6593s | discussed it we've done the changes yet |
| 6594s | so i don't want to |
| 6595s | um |
| 6597s | talk too much about what we decided just |
| 6599s | because |
| 6600s | uh |
| 6601s | i don't want the narrative to shift to |
| 6603s | like oh they're making this huge change |
| 6604s | that's this when well we're testing that |
| 6607s | change and |
| 6608s | who knows if we'll actually do it or not |
| 6610s | and i just realized i'm way over the |
| 6612s | stability requirements to complete this |
| 6613s | echo so i'm just gonna warp out and |
| 6617s | uh try the boss in 10 minutes |
| 6620s | um |
| 6624s | basically uh like you you've ordered it |
| 6627s | great how you boarded it and it is |
| 6629s | definitely a scalpel and not a |
| 6630s | sledgehammer |
| 6632s | uh approach that we're taking to it |
| 6634s | um |
| 6636s | but yeah there's |
| 6637s | there's a bit there's a bit of a |
| 6638s | disconnect in in though in the |
| 6640s | distribution there and it affects all |
| 6642s | sorts of things in the game and |
| 6644s | um we're looking at how best we can |
| 6647s | affect those uh systems |
| 6650s | um |
| 6652s | without causing huge changes |
| 6655s | uh elsewhere and you know like |
| 6657s | there's a lot of systems that are |
| 6659s | compounded together |
| 6660s | um and making changes to one can have |
| 6663s | big changes elsewhere so we're trying to |
| 6665s | be a little careful |
| 6667s | uh to not |
| 6668s | have too many knock-on effect problems |
| 6672s | um |
| 6674s | but yes the short answer is yes |
| 6679s | we're looking at it |
| 6689s | get him |
| 6693s | uh here we're gonna actually remember |
| 6694s | this one first |
| 6701s | come on boys this way |
| 6703s | u2 river |
| 6707s | i better still have river |
| 6710s | if i don't i'm gonna be so sad |
| 6717s | before the end of the stream we'll uh |
| 6718s | we'll take stock and make sure river's |
| 6719s | still with us |
| 6730s | this is interesting jumping over gaps |
| 6732s | see maybe there's something as you can |
| 6733s | jump over them sometimes you can't and |
| 6734s | like so this gap |
| 6736s | um you can't jump over this gap but you |
| 6738s | can |
| 6741s | i should be able to jump over this gap |
| 6742s | even though it's essentially the same |
| 6743s | distance |
| 6744s | it's because it looks at the total |
| 6746s | distance difference to walk around |
| 6751s | it's not actually about the distance |
| 6752s | you're jumping |
| 6762s | for fun facts |
| 6772s | i'll be able to cancel that |
| 6774s | it's so nice |
| 6776s | so nice |
| 6786s | all right another question here also do |
| 6790s | you like reading because i think i wrote |
| 6792s | at least the length of a children's book |
| 6793s | at this point oh i've read a lot of |
| 6795s | children's books recently it's way |
| 6797s | longer than any children's book out |
| 6799s | there for sure |
| 6800s | i guess baby books not children's books |
| 6802s | more accurate but still either way |
| 6806s | you had to take multiple clips of my |
| 6808s | answers glad to glad that they are |
| 6809s | clip-worthy answers |
| 6813s | can i get around this rack never i i i |
| 6815s | don't do the quest echoes very often so |
| 6817s | i never remember exactly what it is i |
| 6819s | don't have to go down |
| 6822s | another spot to go first |
| 6826s | nope |
| 6828s | whoops |
| 6844s | give me that 200 gold |
| 6850s | uh that's what i meant sorry maybe |
| 6851s | adding into a dungeon to bring in unique |
| 6853s | number on affix high risk high reward |
| 6858s | yeah oh yeah yeah with the old crafting |
| 6860s | system |
| 6863s | yeah i could i could see something like |
| 6864s | that happening as a dungeon reward it's |
| 6868s | if we did do it i think we would have |
| 6870s | fairly significant changes to the system |
| 6872s | as a whole it wouldn't just be like oh |
| 6874s | we're bringing it back it would be like |
| 6876s | some would be like hey wait a minute |
| 6877s | isn't this kind of similar to that thing |
| 6879s | they used to do |
| 6880s | um i feel like that would be the |
| 6883s | the perception of it that's what i would |
| 6885s | hope it would be anyways |
| 6887s | oh my god these guys have we've recently |
| 6889s | redesigned these the soul furnaces oh my |
| 6892s | god they look amazing now |
| 6896s | they look so cool now |
| 6899s | they're like they've hit that uncanny |
| 6902s | valley to the point where you're just |
| 6903s | like you look at them and go ugh |
| 6905s | okay |
| 6911s | in a good way i promise |
| 6913s | at least i think it's a good way |
| 6917s | oh this is uh |
| 6918s | the spicy one |
| 6925s | i already got one this way let's go this |
| 6926s | way first |
| 6930s | it's a long ways out come on we're |
| 6932s | trying to get here before we got five |
| 6934s | minutes to the boss and this is not |
| 6936s | gonna make it |
| 6941s | run mike run |
| 6946s | we might extend a little bit to the boss |
| 6949s | we'll see |
| 6967s | got him |
| 6968s | time to get the heck out of dodge |
| 6973s | all right next question |
| 6975s | what's a big topic you guys are thinking |
| 6978s | on or working on besides multiplayer i |
| 6980s | mean |
| 6981s | uh the cop-out answer here is is |
| 6983s | performance that's definitely the next |
| 6984s | biggest thing |
| 6986s | um |
| 6990s | i mean |
| 6991s | yeah that's that's the next biggest |
| 6992s | thing there's |
| 6993s | um |
| 6994s | there's performance there's multiplayer |
| 6996s | there's the missing classes |
| 6998s | um |
| 7002s | apart from just more of everything else |
| 7003s | that we have in the game already there's |
| 7004s | not much else that that's going to go in |
| 7007s | um |
| 7009s | no i shouldn't say that |
| 7012s | those are the big things that we're |
| 7013s | ready |
| 7014s | to share about |
| 7031s | bees more bees |
| 7034s | yeah be prepared |
| 7046s | all right come on |
| 7048s | power through you got this plurals |
| 7050s | squirrely dan i believe in you |
| 7053s | oh one of the squirrels need to be |
| 7054s | called dan |
| 7059s | even watch leonard kenny yet |
| 7065s | sure as he's been real funny |
| 7077s | all right i played this game back in the |
| 7078s | alpha when it was on kickstarter i |
| 7079s | remember thinking ooh |
| 7080s | remember thinking |
| 7083s | something it had a lot of potential yeah |
| 7084s | cool thanks i have to say the potential |
| 7086s | of this game has skyrocketed i believe |
| 7088s | it's it'll be an amazing game if it |
| 7090s | isn't already thank you very much i |
| 7092s | appreciate that |
| 7093s | i think it's an amazing game already but |
| 7095s | i'm extremely biased |
| 7109s | speed run strat to go to jump in the |
| 7111s | echo to the thing |
| 7117s | we're doing it we're so close to the end |
| 7119s | stream's ending in two minutes but you |
| 7121s | know we're going for the boss |
| 7128s | i'll embrace the flame if you do first |
| 7136s | be engulfed |
| 7149s | so many promises you can't keep buddy |
| 7159s | eternal flame |
| 7164s | embrace the flame |
| 7168s | yeah that rx flesh needs to be uh you |
| 7171s | will be |
| 7172s | fixed |
| 7175s | erupt |
| 7177s | burn to ashy engulf |
| 7180s | no |
| 7181s | the flame is |
| 7183s | fading |
| 7191s | there we go |
| 7193s | all right oh minion damage that's gotta |
| 7196s | be it right |
| 7198s | yeah god we made you damage |
| 7202s | did we get the uh yeah bob's wrath too |
| 7204s | nice |
| 7212s | all right |
| 7215s | last one for the road will make it easy |
| 7216s | any trips planned for the summer nah |
| 7219s | i might i might go an extremely short |
| 7222s | distance that's technically a trip |
| 7223s | because we have to stay overnight |
| 7225s | to my mother's house |
| 7228s | that'll be about it next time we will |
| 7230s | work on one of the other two we'll get |
| 7231s | this one into i might play another bill |
| 7232s | i don't know we might do may jump around |
| 7234s | with builds i had a ton of fun with this |
| 7235s | build um i do still want to try and get |
| 7238s | this legendary so we might play some |
| 7239s | more of it love that we found some |
| 7240s | awesome boots |
| 7245s | i hope you had fun i know i did that'll |
| 7248s | about do it for me today uh let's go |
| 7250s | head over and say hi to someone if you |
| 7254s | got a little |
| 7257s | uh if you have any more questions that i |
| 7259s | did not answer please feel free to head |
| 7260s | on over to our discord reddit forums |
| 7263s | anywhere like that i will try and answer |
| 7266s | those questions as best i can |