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| 5s | time's up let's do this epoch |
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| 7s | [Music] |
| 9s | welcome back to the last epoch devstream |
| 11s | i am your host mike |
| 13s | hello |
| 14s | and you may notice something slightly |
| 16s | different today |
| 18s | i'm sitting down |
| 22s | i don't know what i did |
| 23s | but i did something real bad to my back |
| 26s | and uh |
| 28s | we're gonna be sitting down today |
| 30s | because i can't really stand right now |
| 34s | so that's that's what we're doing |
| 37s | and uh yeah we're gonna we're gonna play |
| 39s | some last epoch have some fun |
| 41s | answer some questions |
| 44s | i uh |
| 45s | last stream |
| 47s | catching up everyone's here i started uh |
| 48s | playing this this rogue it's marksman |
| 51s | here |
| 52s | somehow dropped the exact right |
| 57s | uh |
| 59s | unique quiver with legendary potential |
| 61s | and then immediately dropped the exact |
| 63s | right unique for it or exalted for it |
| 66s | and then somehow immediately got the |
| 68s | exact right uh mod pulled over on our |
| 71s | first try |
| 72s | um so we're going to be enjoying the |
| 74s | fruits of that labor |
| 77s | today |
| 79s | oh we uh do a little model let's try and |
| 81s | try and push through this model as quick |
| 82s | as we can |
| 84s | um |
| 88s | answer any questions y'all might have |
| 90s | about the new patch |
| 91s | or other stuff |
| 94s | just have a good time |
| 96s | everybody |
| 109s | i can't just like scoop through most of |
| 110s | this |
| 120s | what's up |
| 130s | yeah so if anyone has any questions if |
| 131s | this is your first time here please uh |
| 133s | don't forget to at last ebook game |
| 136s | before your question so i see it it pops |
| 139s | up |
| 140s | and everything |
| 141s | uh we also |
| 143s | are streaming for charity every week we |
| 145s | always do this |
| 146s | um we are continuing our charity goal |
| 148s | that we are matching for |
| 150s | relief to children in ukraine who are |
| 154s | not having a great time right now which |
| 156s | is the understatement of the year |
| 162s | some of these might be good i'm just |
| 163s | going to grab all these |
| 168s | there's that new catalyst that's cool |
| 176s | we've actually got some uh some monolith |
| 178s | updates coming that i'm very happy about |
| 181s | um |
| 182s | we're just in the middle testing them |
| 183s | right now |
| 189s | i know a lot of people have been uh |
| 191s | nice i've been very interested in like |
| 194s | there were there were less uniques this |
| 196s | past than i think a lot of people |
| 197s | expected especially with the number of |
| 198s | new bosses |
| 200s | and the um |
| 202s | the how few unique boss or boss uniques |
| 205s | showed off this patch |
| 207s | um |
| 208s | and that is something we do plan to |
| 210s | rectify um |
| 214s | they're not ready yet |
| 216s | but we are working on them |
| 223s | i've got some art for them already |
| 224s | actually though so i'll be able to share |
| 226s | some of those today which is great |
| 230s | a few teasers |
| 233s | if anyone wants you know no big deal i |
| 236s | can hold off if people are just like |
| 238s | nah |
| 245s | [Music] |
| 259s | it feels great i really i really enjoy |
| 262s | it i'm a big |
| 263s | bow wielding character fan and i'm |
| 266s | having a lot of fun with this build |
| 269s | can't wait to blow sarah's up when |
| 270s | multiplayer comes out oh |
| 273s | we're ready for you |
| 275s | bring it on |
| 281s | you don't think we can handle this |
| 307s | very true |
| 312s | not happening |
| 323s | remember when we got these guys the |
| 325s | propane flush working with their like |
| 326s | animations and visuals and the rocks |
| 328s | like coming apart and going back |
| 330s | together and like falling to the ground |
| 332s | to kill the mid |
| 333s | uh mid animation mid attack |
| 336s | it was it was it was a big moment for us |
| 338s | with the uh enemy animations for visuals |
| 341s | and everything |
| 342s | big fan |
| 346s | uh when we first set them up in |
| 347s | multiplayer though it didn't work so you |
| 349s | couldn't see any of their animations |
| 351s | um |
| 353s | they were very they're very deadly when |
| 356s | uh you have no idea that they're |
| 357s | attacking you |
| 360s | or where they're attacking you |
| 366s | very deadly |
| 370s | the extra challenge mode you just can't |
| 371s | see any attacks |
| 380s | extreme mode |
| 383s | it will be after masochist |
| 386s | silly |
| 393s | uh the more unique the better i'm coming |
| 395s | from the l3 so i like to get uh set |
| 397s | items dude yeah we're still working |
| 399s | mechanically where set items are gonna |
| 401s | sit we do have some more set items that |
| 403s | we want to uh |
| 404s | that we actually come down the pipe |
| 406s | there's a pair of setups one of the |
| 407s | items |
| 409s | one of the items i have art for today |
| 411s | actually is |
| 413s | a set item i think |
| 429s | just let me shift on cooldown come on |
| 444s | welcome welcome to the stream how you |
| 446s | doing |
| 447s | oh |
| 448s | my oh that's that was from seven days |
| 449s | ago i looked over and saw a notification |
| 452s | from last week i'm like |
| 455s | thought it was from today |
| 465s | yeah just for a reminder and if you have |
| 467s | any questions if you want me to answer |
| 468s | them just don't forget to put that last |
| 470s | epoch game in the question |
| 473s | i will be happy to answer them |
| 476s | you just type at it's the first thing |
| 478s | that shows up |
| 481s | as an autofill suggestion |
| 484s | uh but i do see one after i find it for |
| 486s | 300 hours of play i haven't used the |
| 488s | single set item i heard your last |
| 490s | comment is their plan to look at the |
| 492s | current sets and rework them |
| 494s | um |
| 496s | there's |
| 500s | so yes but not in this patch |
| 504s | um |
| 506s | sets are really interesting feast |
| 507s | because there's this |
| 510s | there's so few sets that i think are |
| 513s | done the way that i like sets to be done |
| 515s | personally in any arpg that i can think |
| 517s | of so few it is really difficult to make |
| 521s | work |
| 522s | um |
| 524s | and i think the important thing that |
| 527s | sets bring to the table is |
| 529s | this um |
| 532s | like this this extra restriction or |
| 535s | constraint in the puzzle |
| 537s | that is picking out your gear |
| 539s | and i know that might seem like a bad |
| 541s | thing but i think it makes things more |
| 543s | interesting where you're like okay well |
| 544s | if i want to get this bonus it has to be |
| 547s | these two slots |
| 548s | which |
| 549s | maybe it's for a build that say um |
| 552s | so you doing a throwing build |
| 553s | and historically there's a pair of |
| 555s | gloves that works really well with like |
| 557s | basically every throwing build |
| 559s | um |
| 560s | and you really want these gloves it's |
| 562s | the classic choice you know they're |
| 564s | solid they're good there's a lot of |
| 565s | damage but there's the set item |
| 568s | the set comes along and it's like |
| 570s | suddenly there's these there's these |
| 572s | gloves as part of the set that are |
| 574s | really good |
| 575s | and they are uh the set bonus is |
| 578s | actually worth more than the gloves but |
| 581s | the gloves have a |
| 584s | um |
| 585s | the the bonus the gloves have is a |
| 586s | gameplay change like say it's it's one |
| 588s | less mana cost to throwing attacks and |
| 591s | it's like just enough that the sustain |
| 593s | it changes the sustain rate for your |
| 595s | attacks and the build doesn't really |
| 596s | work without that sustain so you then |
| 598s | have to go outside of the usual slot and |
| 601s | find something maybe less optimal |
| 603s | to um |
| 605s | to to account for that |
| 607s | and that might seem it's not a fantastic |
| 610s | example kind of coming with stuff on my |
| 611s | head um and that might seem like a bad |
| 613s | thing but that um |
| 615s | cascading effect because i want to use |
| 617s | this it affects what i'm going to put in |
| 619s | other slots |
| 621s | and it changes it restricts my decision |
| 622s | making so i have to get a little bit |
| 624s | creative with it and pick |
| 626s | um |
| 627s | off off meta or less classical choices i |
| 630s | think is really healthy and good |
| 634s | um the one of the problems comes in when |
| 636s | you have sets that are too big |
| 639s | and |
| 641s | uh suddenly there's |
| 643s | like |
| 645s | more than half of your gear is just |
| 647s | decided upon because you're like well i |
| 649s | want the set bonus |
| 650s | so |
| 651s | i know what my helmet chest legs belts |
| 656s | um |
| 657s | and boots are all gonna be just because |
| 660s | i'm using this set it's there's no |
| 661s | decision making there at all |
| 664s | and i think i think that's an issue that |
| 666s | comes with setups which is why a lot of |
| 667s | our sets are very small so i think we |
| 669s | have that one taking care of no problem |
| 671s | um |
| 677s | and i think keeping them interesting |
| 679s | relevant and and not |
| 682s | not making them just an auto pick but |
| 684s | also not making them useless is a very |
| 686s | fine line to walk |
| 690s | um |
| 692s | because set items do take up more than |
| 693s | one slot they do sort of |
| 696s | um |
| 697s | have this the second half of them is |
| 698s | that they |
| 699s | reduce the amount of decisions you get |
| 701s | to make in your in your gearing puzzle i |
| 705s | think it makes those decisions more |
| 706s | interesting if done right |
| 708s | um but it does reduce the decisions |
| 711s | or combine decisions together they might |
| 713s | be more accurate um |
| 717s | and since we have this is a struggle |
| 719s | between uniques and sets because set |
| 720s | items really are just unique items that |
| 722s | have an extra special bonus for using |
| 724s | two specific uniques together |
| 727s | or more multiple units um |
| 730s | and and so right now we've kind of |
| 733s | unfortunately left set items because |
| 735s | there are way more unique items as well |
| 737s | as problems with them |
| 738s | unique items are |
| 740s | in general a lot better and there are |
| 742s | way more unique items that are popular |
| 745s | and useful and |
| 746s | you know |
| 748s | it might seem like we're |
| 750s | just saying like oh yes well sets our |
| 752s | uniques are better than sets and we'll |
| 753s | just leave it at that and and for now |
| 756s | that is the way it is um |
| 759s | but that's more of a we don't have a |
| 761s | perfect solution for our we don't even |
| 764s | have a really good solution |
| 765s | um that we're prepared to |
| 767s | roll out for seven we've got a few ideas |
| 770s | and a few things that i think are very |
| 771s | promising but none of them are done |
| 773s | enough |
| 781s | so just sort of leaving sets as |
| 785s | niche okay in some situations items and |
| 789s | um |
| 792s | they definitely will get changes we just |
| 794s | don't know what those are going to be |
| 795s | yet and we don't want to put um |
| 798s | too much time and effort into making |
| 800s | those changes if we think they might be |
| 802s | uh undone or redone you know |
| 806s | so we'll see we'll see what happens with |
| 807s | settings |
| 813s | i really hope that it's something to do |
| 815s | with a dungeon mechanic how there's like |
| 818s | the unique dungeon and then there's like |
| 820s | the exalted dungeon there's like the set |
| 822s | dungeon and |
| 824s | like i think that would be really cool |
| 825s | personally |
| 832s | all right it's enough rambling for me |
| 834s | here let's get a good question here the |
| 836s | newer set items are more uh individually |
| 839s | strong like uh for more set the power of |
| 842s | the end doesn't seem to be concentrated |
| 844s | in the set bonus it's intentional we |
| 846s | might see more of that in the future uh |
| 848s | for that one it was a bit of an |
| 850s | experiment so that's something you also |
| 851s | may see is experiments on sets like |
| 856s | and and they may not pan out they may |
| 857s | get rolled back they may get changed |
| 860s | um |
| 864s | see it's definitely intentional |
| 870s | uniques that are coming later that were |
| 872s | mentioned in the patch are there any |
| 874s | poison related uniques if you can't |
| 876s | answer that's okay |
| 878s | [Music] |
| 879s | um |
| 888s | let me look |
| 892s | let me look |
| 905s | listen to this |
| 906s | very nice tones in the meantime |
| 913s | um maybe there's some that are in early |
| 916s | stages that are |
| 919s | um possible |
| 923s | but uh nothing in the |
| 926s | i'm far along category yet |
| 933s | thanks the answer you are welcome i'm |
| 936s | glad you enjoyed it |
| 937s | so we just we try to just try and make |
| 939s | people happy with the answers they get |
| 940s | even if they're not the answers they |
| 941s | want to hear |
| 943s | uh what are your thoughts on dungeon |
| 945s | keys drop rates didn't see this one |
| 948s | coming uh |
| 950s | what are your thoughts on dungeon key |
| 951s | drop rates outside of some rng streaks |
| 954s | uh many people are reporting them not |
| 956s | dropping even from bosses |
| 957s | um |
| 959s | yeah so i'm there's |
| 962s | there was a bug initially with |
| 965s | uh drop rates of beats |
| 968s | um |
| 969s | where it was it was only doing the |
| 970s | sanctum it wasn't doing the other two |
| 974s | and that was the problem |
| 976s | um i don't think there are any existing |
| 978s | bugs anymore with it |
| 980s | excuse me it's possible it might be |
| 983s | um |
| 987s | i think that we'll want to see |
| 991s | i i think we'll want a little more data |
| 992s | on it before we make any wide sweeping |
| 994s | changes to it um |
| 1000s | i think that the |
| 1001s | drop rates are |
| 1003s | probably pretty good |
| 1005s | and that a lot of the |
| 1008s | more prominent forum posts we're seeing |
| 1011s | might not have |
| 1012s | as accurate data as the people posting |
| 1014s | and think that the data is and i'm |
| 1017s | trying i'm warning you very carefully so |
| 1018s | i want to say that i don't think there's |
| 1019s | anything malicious or intentional going |
| 1021s | on |
| 1022s | but |
| 1023s | um collecting data on things like drop |
| 1026s | rates or anything that's chance based |
| 1029s | unless you're actually like |
| 1032s | um |
| 1033s | recording it and timing it and getting |
| 1036s | like actual data for it if it's if it's |
| 1038s | just oh i played for about this amount |
| 1040s | of time and i i recall getting about |
| 1043s | this many um |
| 1046s | you know like |
| 1049s | that is very useful information |
| 1052s | uh definitely because how it feels is |
| 1054s | just as useful is as what's actually |
| 1056s | happening for sure |
| 1058s | um but i think we might be getting a |
| 1060s | little bit of |
| 1061s | um |
| 1062s | skewed data based on opinions or |
| 1065s | feelings or like what |
| 1067s | is sort of coming out and also based on |
| 1070s | um |
| 1073s | the there's another thing that's maybe |
| 1075s | causing the data to skew a little bit as |
| 1077s | well um |
| 1079s | a lot of people are jumping in with |
| 1081s | characters that are already level 100 or |
| 1084s | are already level 80 plus at least |
| 1086s | and |
| 1088s | um |
| 1089s | are ready to do those things immediately |
| 1091s | and we've kind of designed the |
| 1095s | drop rates around |
| 1097s | the normal leveling curve and and and |
| 1100s | how a player would level normally |
| 1101s | through the game and get to these points |
| 1104s | and at the start of like a league and |
| 1105s | everything like that we're trying to get |
| 1107s | those |
| 1108s | those numbers set up properly for the |
| 1110s | for like the 1.0 experience |
| 1115s | um |
| 1119s | and i know i know that can be |
| 1120s | frustrating as well um but i think it's |
| 1123s | healthier for the game in the long run |
| 1124s | if we do that |
| 1126s | um and we do make concessions and |
| 1128s | sometimes change drop rates and |
| 1129s | balancing of things slightly |
| 1131s | because we know that there's a lot of |
| 1132s | people that are in the situation and we |
| 1133s | want people who are playing and testing |
| 1135s | early to have a good experience |
| 1137s | so sometimes we'll kind of meet in the |
| 1138s | middle with things like that as well |
| 1142s | um |
| 1147s | i want to be really clear here i'm not |
| 1148s | saying that anyone is lying about any of |
| 1150s | the information they're putting out |
| 1151s | about how many keys they're finding um |
| 1156s | i definitely don't think that's |
| 1157s | happening i don't think someone's going |
| 1158s | to be like okay i'll drop this number by |
| 1160s | two to make it sound worse or anything |
| 1162s | like that |
| 1163s | um at all |
| 1166s | um |
| 1169s | and and i also want to be clear that the |
| 1171s | numbers might be too low still if that |
| 1172s | is possible |
| 1174s | um after changing the after the b patch |
| 1176s | we want to let things settle a little |
| 1178s | bit and get a little bit more |
| 1178s | information and data on it |
| 1184s | before we make any more changes we also |
| 1186s | do have |
| 1188s | um |
| 1189s | the the model of changes that are coming |
| 1191s | here in |
| 1193s | hopefully next patch i think |
| 1194s | next optics um not nexontex hotfix um |
| 1198s | which should actually in a roundabout |
| 1201s | way make it so you end up with more |
| 1204s | slightly more uh keys i think |
| 1208s | i think and it's yeah |
| 1210s | i think you'll end up doing more bosses |
| 1212s | like you'll end up killing bosses more |
| 1214s | frequently and i think that'll mean |
| 1215s | you'll end up |
| 1216s | um with more keys |
| 1225s | just in general |
| 1226s | so i i think there's |
| 1228s | um |
| 1230s | more information needed |
| 1239s | quiver |
| 1261s | one a lot of these things with with as |
| 1264s | soon as you get into randomness and feel |
| 1267s | oh it is a difficult game to play |
| 1270s | you know |
| 1273s | it's just there's so many little |
| 1275s | pitfalls there's so many like |
| 1279s | oh it's it's uh it's just it's a tough |
| 1281s | one to |
| 1283s | to really nail down and be awesome |
| 1286s | we try really hard with it |
| 1297s | we're going this way weren't we |
| 1304s | relative chance i think we're just |
| 1306s | pumping the royalty chance because |
| 1307s | realty is great |
| 1323s | just audrey |
| 1325s | probably check and see what the bill |
| 1326s | planner actually says because remember's |
| 1327s | got this all specked out for me and i'm |
| 1328s | just kind of winging it |
| 1331s | here oh yeah i like this |
| 1335s | oh this looks good i'm trying to find |
| 1336s | out about that yeah |
| 1339s | we don't want to consume our stacks |
| 1341s | anymore manic |
| 1358s | i'm a fan |
| 1369s | i can't believe i found that so quickly |
| 1376s | oh yeah right that's the |
| 1379s | special shard |
| 1400s | easy too easy |
| 1403s | well cocky she is easy too easy |
| 1409s | all right |
| 1411s | uh |
| 1412s | lampanow good day sir good day how are |
| 1415s | you doing um i've got a bit of a wordy |
| 1418s | question for you if that's cool |
| 1421s | absolutely it's already because of |
| 1423s | examples details and follow up |
| 1426s | to follow the basic question yeah i i |
| 1428s | like |
| 1429s | if i can't answer it i'll try |
| 1432s | but uh i'll do my best |
| 1443s | mike's build planning form a plan |
| 1445s | execute the build forget all details of |
| 1447s | the plan abandon the plan entirely |
| 1450s | yeah well you know |
| 1452s | oh we've also reminded me we've got uh |
| 1455s | something fun hopefully for next stream |
| 1457s | too though oh please come on hopefully |
| 1459s | we'll see if it gets here in time i |
| 1461s | really hope it does |
| 1463s | really hope it does |
| 1464s | and welcome lizard irl and your raiding |
| 1468s | party glad to have you here |
| 1471s | hope you're enjoying it got some oh |
| 1472s | that's uh that's like a five part |
| 1474s | question boom boom boom boom boom way to |
| 1476s | go all right we're gonna |
| 1478s | we're gonna take a second and yes uh |
| 1481s | anyone coming from lizard if this is |
| 1483s | your first time here uh if you have a |
| 1485s | question for me hit at last epoch gaming |
| 1486s | the question um all the money for all |
| 1489s | the different sources of |
| 1490s | donations and |
| 1492s | everything i don't know about all |
| 1493s | different sources they all go to charity |
| 1495s | all the money |
| 1496s | and that's our charity today |
| 1499s | all month this much and we're matching |
| 1501s | up to 10k donations so let's let's give |
| 1503s | this a bit of a read here |
| 1507s | we've got a big question i'm going to |
| 1509s | copy this out |
| 1511s | into something else |
| 1517s | just so i can let chat keep going |
| 1527s | because this is uh all right time to get |
| 1529s | the whole ass out |
| 1530s | [Laughter] |
| 1533s | the dumb things i say |
| 1537s | all right let's read this whole question |
| 1539s | uh is there more skill damage |
| 1542s | information coming to players yes |
| 1544s | i'm drawing from my paladin using |
| 1546s | warpat's my judgment glyphs |
| 1549s | warpath |
| 1551s | glyphs |
| 1551s | [Music] |
| 1553s | sigils |
| 1555s | warpath scales with fire physical and uh |
| 1558s | melee dot |
| 1560s | uh yes etc at level 95 now i still don't |
| 1563s | know how best to scale up the damage |
| 1566s | yeah |
| 1567s | uh i can see my global modifiers on the |
| 1569s | character page but at my current state i |
| 1571s | can't see what the flat damage of the |
| 1573s | ability is true |
| 1574s | flight damage is currently available on |
| 1576s | some third-party sites like i think tank |
| 1579s | lab has it and last epoch tools i think |
| 1581s | both of them have the base damage skills |
| 1583s | um i could be wrong there might be one |
| 1585s | more |
| 1586s | uh |
| 1591s | can't see what the flat damage the |
| 1592s | ability is physical dps versus fire dps |
| 1594s | dot versus ignite tick versus bleed |
| 1597s | efficiency rates of dots without this |
| 1599s | information i don't know if flat is |
| 1600s | better or multiplicative modifiers hit |
| 1602s | damage or dot there's also no indication |
| 1605s | that attack speed adjusts the hit second |
| 1607s | rate which apparently is hugely |
| 1608s | significant |
| 1610s | judgment is another great example my |
| 1611s | skill shows 18 000 dps uh how much of |
| 1614s | that is up front hit of judgment versus |
| 1616s | the dot from consecration |
| 1618s | not much is the dot uh is it both if so |
| 1621s | how uh how is it possibly both does it |
| 1623s | calculate the amount of time that |
| 1624s | consecration will run after the |
| 1626s | spellcast and adds judgment front load |
| 1628s | damage and divide it all up in a per |
| 1630s | second rate yes that's exactly what it |
| 1631s | does uh what all of this means is that |
| 1634s | even after 130 plus hours i still have |
| 1637s | to pick up nearly all the gear that i |
| 1639s | can that can work for my character and |
| 1641s | swap items in hopes the dps number is |
| 1644s | telling you the truth |
| 1645s | which it's not uh which is doubly |
| 1647s | annoying because as a dual wielder i |
| 1649s | have to swap weapons in both slots and |
| 1651s | look for improvements |
| 1653s | all this makes incredible loot filter |
| 1656s | uh |
| 1657s | somewhat useless except to hide |
| 1658s | non-class matching items yeah great |
| 1661s | question lots of good examples there for |
| 1662s | sure |
| 1663s | um i was adding in some stuff that |
| 1665s | wasn't all the question in case anyone's |
| 1667s | listening um |
| 1670s | the |
| 1670s | short answer yes so the very first |
| 1672s | question is yes there we do have more |
| 1675s | information coming um i don't know if |
| 1677s | we'll ever get to |
| 1679s | every single little piece of information |
| 1681s | you mentioned there |
| 1683s | uh just to give a little bit of insight |
| 1685s | oh |
| 1689s | i got a pinched nerve today but wanted |
| 1691s | to tell everyone i hope you're all |
| 1692s | having a good day yeah dude i you may |
| 1694s | notice i'm sitting i don't know if |
| 1695s | you're here to start quiet you may |
| 1697s | notice i'm sitting |
| 1698s | i did something to my back today that is |
| 1701s | uh really not good and um |
| 1704s | the fact that i'm online is surprising |
| 1711s | [Music] |
| 1712s | yeah i had had to get some help for my |
| 1714s | wife to get into my computer chair |
| 1716s | there's a heating pad on my back right |
| 1717s | now |
| 1718s | um |
| 1720s | which which will automatically turn off |
| 1722s | at some point in the middle of the |
| 1723s | stream and uh i'm really terrified when |
| 1726s | it does |
| 1735s | all right |
| 1737s | oh what does it say oh yeah let's let's |
| 1738s | talk about let's talk about damage |
| 1739s | numbers damage calculations and |
| 1742s | um all that information and where it's |
| 1743s | coming from and and what we what we do |
| 1745s | with it and why we show what we show and |
| 1747s | all sort of stuff |
| 1749s | because this is a great question and um |
| 1751s | i know it's i know it's something that a |
| 1752s | lot of people ask especially people who |
| 1754s | are |
| 1754s | um |
| 1757s | like |
| 1758s | usually usually people who ask this |
| 1760s | question or questions like this are |
| 1761s | players who are |
| 1763s | um i would say medium new players |
| 1766s | who have lots of rpg experience or just |
| 1770s | um |
| 1772s | lots of |
| 1773s | like gaming fantasy rpg gaming |
| 1775s | experience type stuff |
| 1778s | generally who ask these questions that's |
| 1780s | not exclusively true at all |
| 1782s | um |
| 1788s | the dps number the primary role of the |
| 1790s | dps number on the skills bar right now |
| 1792s | this number here this damage per second |
| 1794s | is to give |
| 1796s | um |
| 1798s | less experienced players |
| 1801s | a uh a good |
| 1803s | idea not great a good idea of what's |
| 1806s | going to be an improvement for their for |
| 1808s | their character |
| 1810s | easy |
| 1812s | so it's supposed to be a quick sort of |
| 1814s | like |
| 1815s | um okay is |
| 1817s | like is this helmet going to be an |
| 1818s | upgrade like let's check our puncture |
| 1820s | 3938 flip it out okay it didn't affect |
| 1823s | it |
| 1824s | okay that one it went up that time |
| 1826s | you know like okay that's that was |
| 1827s | better so maybe i'll switch it out |
| 1833s | yeah i should probably actually look at |
| 1834s | these helmets and see which one they |
| 1835s | actually want to do |
| 1837s | if any of them |
| 1840s | i don't know the dancing straights or |
| 1841s | that yeah |
| 1844s | i actually do kind of like that one lots |
| 1845s | of defense on there |
| 1848s | dex is nice anyway sorry um so it's it's |
| 1851s | it's supposed to give you a good rough |
| 1853s | idea |
| 1854s | of |
| 1855s | um |
| 1856s | what's |
| 1857s | what's what's what's good what's going |
| 1859s | to be an improvement |
| 1860s | and it's it's a great place to start |
| 1862s | it's a great way to |
| 1864s | get you learning about what sorts of |
| 1865s | things to look for what sorts of things |
| 1867s | have big impacts on there |
| 1873s | now because of the way our skill |
| 1876s | system is set up a lot of a lot of |
| 1880s | things that skills can do |
| 1884s | the dps calculations don't understand |
| 1889s | um |
| 1890s | and we try and we try and do things that |
| 1892s | emulate |
| 1894s | it and approximate it and uh to get a |
| 1897s | good idea and we do we set each one |
| 1898s | those up manually |
| 1900s | so there's there's a script that runs |
| 1902s | the um |
| 1904s | the changes that happen to a skill |
| 1906s | through the skill tree and through |
| 1908s | passive tree and through items you have |
| 1910s | and all sorts of things it's called a |
| 1912s | mutator |
| 1914s | um so the mutator does all sorts of |
| 1916s | things theater does things like um |
| 1919s | everything from |
| 1922s | okay this skill now ha now triggers |
| 1924s | smite when you use it okay the mutator |
| 1926s | handles that uh to |
| 1928s | okay it's it's now cold converted and it |
| 1931s | needs to have cold visuals instead of |
| 1933s | fire visuals or something |
| 1935s | the mutator handles that like sound |
| 1938s | shape |
| 1939s | hit rate and anything that changes how |
| 1941s | the skill functions in any way visually |
| 1943s | or mechanically the mutator is what does |
| 1946s | that |
| 1947s | so it actually carries out the orders |
| 1950s | um |
| 1952s | and there's a lot of really unique |
| 1955s | uh stuff for each skill |
| 1957s | because every skill tree is a little bit |
| 1959s | different you know and and we do |
| 1961s | almost all of these interactions on a |
| 1964s | per scale basis the more common ones we |
| 1967s | do have um |
| 1969s | we we make a generic version of them and |
| 1970s | all sorts of stuff |
| 1972s | now because there are so specific |
| 1976s | um like the dps calculator doesn't know |
| 1979s | that when you're cast that when you when |
| 1980s | you're |
| 1981s | throwing out uh |
| 1983s | a hammer there's a chance it could |
| 1984s | trigger smite |
| 1986s | you know |
| 1987s | we have to tell the dps calculator that |
| 1989s | this could happen |
| 1992s | and so it's a calculated the damage of |
| 1993s | smite |
| 1994s | and |
| 1996s | um how have it be a chance that that |
| 1998s | happens and then add that on to the the |
| 2001s | damage that you're doing for hammer |
| 2003s | throw um |
| 2005s | but but not but but then multiply it by |
| 2008s | the chance for it to happen |
| 2010s | um and then for things that are like aoe |
| 2012s | there's we |
| 2013s | sometimes will if it's like specifically |
| 2015s | used as an aoe skill we'll sometimes be |
| 2017s | like all right this is |
| 2018s | like let's assume that it hits two |
| 2020s | enemies most of the time or something |
| 2022s | like that you know there's there's |
| 2024s | approximations we do |
| 2026s | um on certain skills to to try and get a |
| 2028s | better feel for |
| 2030s | how they're going to be used in the wild |
| 2032s | and how that how these change is going |
| 2033s | to affect them |
| 2037s | so that dps number is |
| 2040s | quite often |
| 2042s | close |
| 2043s | and almost never exactly right |
| 2047s | um |
| 2050s | and so so things like |
| 2052s | plus five melee attack damage is really |
| 2055s | easy to calculate and uh |
| 2057s | for like basic attack you know |
| 2059s | and just just see if that changes the |
| 2060s | damage |
| 2061s | like but things like |
| 2063s | um |
| 2064s | oh there's a chance to to trigger |
| 2068s | uh |
| 2070s | a buff that will grant you more attack |
| 2072s | speed |
| 2073s | uh that you can consume to grant crit |
| 2075s | like there's no way the dps calculator |
| 2077s | can can really |
| 2079s | take that into account properly |
| 2083s | um so there's lots of things especially |
| 2085s | unique effects |
| 2086s | that and and unique passives and unique |
| 2089s | um |
| 2091s | effects on the skill streets as well |
| 2092s | that the the dps calculator just can't |
| 2095s | understand |
| 2097s | um |
| 2099s | and in a lot of cases they just get left |
| 2101s | out we just don't even try with a lot of |
| 2102s | them |
| 2104s | and these are things that we're trying |
| 2105s | to improve |
| 2106s | um |
| 2108s | and and we make changes to how each |
| 2110s | individual skills dps calculator works |
| 2112s | every patch |
| 2113s | and i mean we hit every single one of |
| 2115s | them every patch but |
| 2119s | every patch at least one of them gets |
| 2120s | changed somehow |
| 2125s | and |
| 2127s | and and that's not going to change we'll |
| 2129s | keep doing that for sure |
| 2130s | but i think what you're after is more is |
| 2133s | more granular and specific information |
| 2135s | about |
| 2136s | um |
| 2137s | what it's actually getting so you don't |
| 2138s | have to like manually add everything up |
| 2140s | yourself so how much |
| 2142s | uh increased |
| 2143s | damage total does your |
| 2147s | physical melee fire skill have |
| 2149s | at any given time so you don't have to |
| 2151s | like do the math on all the things that |
| 2153s | are shown for just the global ones and |
| 2154s | the stats that aren't even shown in the |
| 2156s | character sheet right now at all |
| 2158s | um |
| 2160s | like |
| 2161s | increased melee physical damage is not |
| 2164s | here |
| 2166s | at all |
| 2172s | so one thing we're we are planning on |
| 2174s | doing is we we have a rework for the |
| 2177s | character panel coming |
| 2179s | we've been working on it on and off for |
| 2181s | like three patches four patches now um |
| 2184s | the visual layout for it is pretty well |
| 2186s | done and we are working on |
| 2188s | the functional |
| 2190s | um |
| 2193s | the functional updates for it to make it |
| 2195s | actually work nicely |
| 2199s | uh blowbee |
| 2201s | bow bleed |
| 2204s | knights |
| 2208s | sharkins physical blasts nice |
| 2212s | sword |
| 2216s | [Music] |
| 2226s | um |
| 2231s | so we're definitely looking to to bring |
| 2232s | more information to |
| 2234s | uh to the character sheet to describe |
| 2237s | better the |
| 2238s | what's actually going on and |
| 2241s | yeah oh yeah there we go |
| 2247s | look how huge that is now |
| 2250s | oh yeah |
| 2256s | great that is just great i love it |
| 2265s | um |
| 2266s | yeah |
| 2267s | so i hope that i hope that gives a |
| 2269s | little bit of |
| 2270s | insight into how things are done and why |
| 2272s | they're done the way they are and that |
| 2273s | we are actively working on it to uh to |
| 2276s | make it better |
| 2286s | i will say that consecration is like one |
| 2288s | of the more complicated ones |
| 2290s | uh and it's so tough to do especially |
| 2294s | when you have like an upfront hip and a |
| 2295s | dot um |
| 2299s | like that and like an upfront hit and |
| 2302s | and the dot and they're both are aoe but |
| 2304s | at different aoe sizes and like |
| 2307s | can trigger other things as well like oh |
| 2310s | that one's just a nightmare |
| 2336s | i love puncture it's just i don't know |
| 2338s | it feels it feels really good to use |
| 2352s | [Music] |
| 2354s | okay i see a follow-up question let's |
| 2355s | we'll stick on this topic i'll come back |
| 2356s | to you |
| 2357s | [Music] |
| 2358s | uh |
| 2359s | next sorry |
| 2363s | uh so if i can be extremely greedy in |
| 2366s | the immediacy |
| 2368s | immediacy what would be probably |
| 2372s | i think |
| 2372s | uh what would probably placate a lot of |
| 2374s | us we get two more lines of information |
| 2376s | on a skill hover one skill damage |
| 2379s | pre-multipliers |
| 2380s | let me just be everything that's an |
| 2382s | added damage instead of a multiplied and |
| 2384s | two hit damage after multipliers |
| 2388s | uh not including dots |
| 2390s | yeah it's i'm sorry it's not going to |
| 2392s | happen this patch it will not happen in |
| 2394s | 85 |
| 2401s | um it's possible that we might look at |
| 2403s | something like that if um |
| 2406s | we don't have the character sheet ready |
| 2408s | for next match but um |
| 2420s | yeah |
| 2421s | i apologize it's not gonna happen this |
| 2423s | match |
| 2425s | and i know it seems like a small ask to |
| 2427s | to do something like that |
| 2429s | um |
| 2432s | ah it's really not |
| 2435s | like like that's uh okay no more uniques |
| 2438s | this patch ask |
| 2440s | type thing |
| 2459s | i wish i could do it i really do |
| 2463s | not happening |
| 2469s | hello |
| 2471s | singing games tv what is up what is up |
| 2474s | is that i am i'm i'm slaying on my |
| 2476s | marksmans what's up |
| 2478s | we are the butt kicker today |
| 2482s | it's all good these streams and |
| 2483s | communication beach is incredible |
| 2484s | compared to others side note uh you're |
| 2487s | bang on about my classification as being |
| 2489s | medium experienced in le and a huge nerd |
| 2491s | for rpgs |
| 2492s | very well done also fellow beardie man |
| 2496s | that mean is glorious thank you i've i |
| 2499s | quite like my beard |
| 2500s | i had to uh |
| 2502s | i had to tame it down a bit for the |
| 2504s | pandemic |
| 2506s | um |
| 2507s | because masks and beards suck |
| 2514s | suck |
| 2516s | a lot |
| 2524s | i know those are great |
| 2532s | uh |
| 2533s | okay so i have one back here is weapon |
| 2535s | swapping something that's planned for |
| 2536s | the future we played around with weapon |
| 2538s | swapping |
| 2540s | um but we actually scrapped it |
| 2545s | oh i can do these nice |
| 2549s | so as of right now uh no but that |
| 2552s | doesn't mean that never that makes any |
| 2554s | sense |
| 2555s | um |
| 2556s | if you want it leave it in the |
| 2558s | suggestions threads and |
| 2560s | it's possible it could happen i'd say |
| 2562s | very unlikely at this point but possibly |
| 2572s | especially when there is snapshotting |
| 2574s | which we are |
| 2575s | and have made |
| 2577s | huge strides on recently which is great |
| 2580s | um |
| 2584s | it's ah |
| 2587s | it especially makes that a um |
| 2590s | especially there are so many different |
| 2592s | types of snapshotting and snapchatting |
| 2593s | problems with book gear |
| 2595s | it is especially problematic because it |
| 2598s | it really encourages that type of |
| 2600s | like |
| 2601s | all right um put your summoning gear on |
| 2604s | hits weapon swap all right put your |
| 2606s | regular gear on type thing and it's just |
| 2607s | yeah it it encourages that and it makes |
| 2610s | it as an expected gameplay style |
| 2614s | um and we don't want to balance the game |
| 2616s | around that mechanic |
| 2618s | or gameplay style so we want to bounce |
| 2620s | the game away around how we hope it will |
| 2622s | work long term |
| 2624s | um |
| 2625s | and time spent especially at this point |
| 2627s | when we're like our eye is on the prize |
| 2629s | a 1.0 prize so we're |
| 2631s | we're not we try really hard not to do |
| 2633s | anything that we have to redo for launch |
| 2641s | if we're looking at a feature and we're |
| 2642s | like |
| 2644s | we're missing some small thing we're |
| 2645s | like okay we're just going to redo this |
| 2647s | when we hit launch |
| 2648s | or where we do this in like two patches |
| 2650s | or something like that or if we do this |
| 2652s | like just right after launch or |
| 2653s | something like that um we generally are |
| 2656s | just like okay we'll just push it until |
| 2657s | we're gonna do it properly |
| 2687s | all right |
| 2691s | see some questions here there's probably |
| 2692s | some more questions is there any chance |
| 2695s | character renaming will be added nice if |
| 2697s | you change a build and want a |
| 2699s | descriptive name yeah i i don't think |
| 2702s | that's unreasonable um |
| 2704s | [Music] |
| 2706s | i don't know though |
| 2710s | not happening |
| 2712s | don't listen to her she doesn't know |
| 2713s | she's talking about |
| 2732s | not happening |
| 2735s | how is the last epoch hot sauce brand |
| 2738s | coming along |
| 2741s | oh you'll see |
| 2750s | like hansel it's so hot right now |
| 2771s | not |
| 2775s | and that's how it's done |
| 2781s | tny has gifted a sub to perry the pig |
| 2785s | awesome thank you very much |
| 2790s | thank you very much congrats barry |
| 2792s | welcome to the ranks of |
| 2794s | subbed |
| 2804s | i'm a bit worried about snapshotting |
| 2805s | changes because a lot of builds and |
| 2807s | almost entire masteries rely heavily on |
| 2810s | it would need series rebalancing with |
| 2811s | the loss of snapshotting yeah and that |
| 2814s | will not be |
| 2817s | ignored |
| 2829s | i'm feeling when you're like oh this |
| 2830s | heating pad is doing nothing now |
| 2833s | and uh it's still on full blast |
| 2837s | you just become accustomed to it |
| 2852s | level 8 level 60 |
| 2856s | get that pass one of the different |
| 2857s | passes |
| 2861s | what are we gonna do huh |
| 2885s | is there anything in here gonna look at |
| 2890s | i mean there's just |
| 2893s | that's basically a 33 bleed chance for |
| 2896s | points |
| 2901s | it's not terrible |
| 2903s | i don't care about crit |
| 2922s | well might be nice decks and glancing |
| 2924s | blow be nice too |
| 2935s | we could go back to here |
| 2944s | it's the attack speed |
| 2945s | let's just finish that off extra point |
| 2959s | [Music] |
| 2961s | i know i should have the build up so i'm |
| 2963s | looking at it but |
| 2968s | let's fix it later |
| 2972s | all right i already got so lucky with |
| 2973s | the with the quiver |
| 2976s | why get greedy with a perfect build |
| 2983s | all right uh |
| 2985s | hi mike just an observation there's |
| 2987s | plenty of skill audio feedback when used |
| 2991s | however you know audio feedback from |
| 2993s | enemies when you hit them splashes |
| 2995s | splatters uh that would go a long way |
| 2997s | towards making skills and kind of feel |
| 2998s | more impactful and fun it would be great |
| 3000s | to hit a monster and sound like you made |
| 3002s | them leave yeah so there is um |
| 3007s | there's there is |
| 3009s | uh |
| 3011s | there is sound for for a lot of them |
| 3013s | actually |
| 3016s | basically every enemy has uh when i get |
| 3019s | hit play this sound |
| 3021s | um |
| 3025s | and uh skills themselves have uh when i |
| 3029s | hit play this sound |
| 3033s | and um |
| 3035s | it's it's there's differences based on |
| 3037s | the material of like |
| 3040s | is this uh it's like a wood sound it's a |
| 3042s | metal sound all these things |
| 3046s | um in some cases they are maybe not |
| 3049s | [Music] |
| 3050s | prominent enough |
| 3052s | um |
| 3055s | we're also working on the dynamics of |
| 3057s | those um |
| 3059s | what gets what gets when what happens |
| 3061s | when all sorts of things |
| 3063s | um just the the |
| 3065s | combat interactions and what happens |
| 3067s | when you hit someone in general |
| 3070s | is something that we've been working on |
| 3071s | a lot recently |
| 3074s | um |
| 3079s | so yeah that's that's that's all stuff |
| 3081s | that we're definitely working on quite a |
| 3082s | bit |
| 3086s | see |
| 3088s | we're on it we're on it like a car |
| 3090s | bonnet |
| 3103s | in case you were wondering |
| 3110s | hi |
| 3112s | how are you seven |
| 3115s | howie how are you |
| 3117s | um |
| 3118s | uh will shaman get balanced skill |
| 3120s | changes yeah |
| 3123s | everybody will get bounce skill changes |
| 3125s | um |
| 3127s | i know shaman feels a little a little |
| 3130s | neglected at the moment a little |
| 3131s | underwhelming at the moment |
| 3133s | um |
| 3135s | part of that comes from the fact that |
| 3136s | there's been a lot of work done to |
| 3138s | beastmaster and druid recently |
| 3141s | um especially druid |
| 3143s | uh and and how |
| 3145s | both of those have their full confidence |
| 3147s | skills and shaman doesn't and |
| 3150s | one of the main shaman skills is very |
| 3152s | underwhelming at the moment |
| 3160s | uh yeah |
| 3162s | there's there's |
| 3163s | there's a couple |
| 3168s | sorry |
| 3172s | uh there's a couple shopping skills that |
| 3174s | are uh |
| 3176s | uh slated for some pretty decent reworks |
| 3178s | and there's a missing skill and the past |
| 3179s | passive truth |
| 3185s | not happening |
| 3186s | uh i i don't think that'll be i don't |
| 3188s | think they'll leave me next patch really |
| 3196s | there will there will be more skill |
| 3197s | stuff we're back to we're back to doing |
| 3198s | skills next match |
| 3201s | but i don't think shaman is |
| 3214s | my back really hurts |
| 3218s | we are going to lay down after this |
| 3225s | i might make it as far as the floor of |
| 3227s | my office |
| 3231s | trousting no i'll be |
| 3236s | what am i doing |
| 3244s | i'm really excited for the model changes |
| 3245s | that are coming |
| 3247s | um |
| 3251s | it's a few it's a few things that uh i i |
| 3254s | think are gonna be really good |
| 3259s | i know what i'm gonna do i'm gonna bring |
| 3260s | up |
| 3268s | what am i doing you guys have been so |
| 3269s | patient |
| 3271s | no one's uh |
| 3273s | no one's asking me for spoilers |
| 3277s | that's usually how i i just don't think |
| 3279s | about it and someone asked for suppose |
| 3280s | i'm like oh yeah right spoilers |
| 3282s | [Laughter] |
| 3284s | uh well it's not 100 sure if we've said |
| 3286s | there we go oh teasers for the model of |
| 3288s | it yeah um |
| 3290s | so i'm not 100 sure which art we have |
| 3292s | shared or not yet |
| 3294s | um but here is |
| 3297s | uh some art for a pair of boots that uh |
| 3299s | you definitely can't tell what boss they |
| 3301s | might come from there's definitely no |
| 3303s | connection to any existing bosses |
| 3307s | yes i i know |
| 3309s | i know mike's puncture hill |
| 3312s | that you think it's easy |
| 3335s | protect the people |
| 3343s | hang out my smoke bomb they won't be |
| 3344s | able to find you |
| 3351s | i'll protect you |
| 3354s | support rogue here we go |
| 3361s | can we get some teasers on model to fake |
| 3363s | changes yeah so this is all |
| 3367s | what we're working on |
| 3369s | um and we're still still kind of going |
| 3371s | through the details of it |
| 3373s | um |
| 3377s | but it's |
| 3379s | it's kind of this is something i've been |
| 3380s | i've been |
| 3382s | work i've been talking about a little |
| 3383s | bit here and there for for a little |
| 3384s | while |
| 3387s | um and this is encouraging people to |
| 3389s | maybe spend and this |
| 3391s | might sound i don't know okay |
| 3393s | so i teased a little bit that i think |
| 3394s | people will be doing more bosses |
| 3397s | uh more frequently doing bosses um in |
| 3399s | the model of the fate |
| 3402s | which i think is for most people the the |
| 3404s | more exciting part of the month |
| 3408s | more interesting part of the model |
| 3410s | um |
| 3413s | and |
| 3414s | uh especially in empowered but also yeah |
| 3416s | and just getting to empowered faster so |
| 3418s | a lot of people have been requesting as |
| 3419s | well |
| 3422s | um and the way you get to empower it is |
| 3423s | by killing bosses all at once but yeah |
| 3426s | so being able to kill bosses faster um |
| 3434s | now this |
| 3436s | another problem that i've mentioned that |
| 3437s | i feel about that there is with with |
| 3439s | monolith of fate right now is that there |
| 3440s | is |
| 3441s | very little incentive to |
| 3444s | take your time at all in them |
| 3446s | in that the |
| 3449s | uh |
| 3452s | the the idea is very much how fast can i |
| 3455s | finish this echo because however fast i |
| 3457s | finish this echo determines how quickly |
| 3459s | i'm going to get the special reward |
| 3461s | for that echo and also |
| 3463s | um |
| 3467s | uh affects how |
| 3472s | uh not just the special order for the |
| 3474s | echo but but how much stability how fast |
| 3476s | you have stability per hour let's call |
| 3477s | it like what's the rate of stability |
| 3479s | gain |
| 3480s | um because that's the most important |
| 3481s | thing for |
| 3482s | getting to the boss faster right |
| 3484s | and you get stability by completing |
| 3486s | echoes so faster you call the echoes |
| 3488s | faster than the boss testing stability |
| 3489s | fascinating |
| 3492s | um so that's the interaction we're |
| 3494s | trying to augment we we want there to be |
| 3497s | um some incentive to slow down a bit |
| 3500s | in in the monolith uh that's that's |
| 3503s | that's natural and feels |
| 3505s | uh |
| 3507s | i want to say like intuitive and |
| 3509s | rewarding and |
| 3511s | uh we've we've attempted to do this a |
| 3513s | little bit in the past when we |
| 3514s | scale the rewards of the chest based on |
| 3517s | the number of enemies you kill |
| 3519s | in the monolith and that's been |
| 3522s | wildly unsuccessful i would say |
| 3526s | uh |
| 3527s | it was just just to be |
| 3528s | it's really under uh understate that |
| 3533s | point um |
| 3550s | pretty beefy here but i just want to |
| 3554s | make sure i'm not hairless |
| 3580s | uh so yeah so i don't i can't give you |
| 3582s | exact like this is what we're doing but |
| 3584s | that's the goal here is um and also to |
| 3588s | improve the interaction between bosses |
| 3590s | and orbis oh [ __ ] of ours |
| 3594s | not happening |
| 3599s | moving flush with the legendary |
| 3600s | potential that's what i'm talking about |
| 3603s | right there |
| 3603s | [Music] |
| 3605s | we're going let's go hard |
| 3607s | looks like we're doing really good |
| 3610s | uh |
| 3612s | eat drop rate yeah |
| 3622s | any spoilers from the march multiplayer |
| 3624s | update no |
| 3626s | i don't have anything for you i'm sorry |
| 3629s | it's it's fun |
| 3631s | it's a lot of fun i'm enjoying it i know |
| 3632s | i keep saying that every time i'm |
| 3633s | talking multiplayer but it is really |
| 3635s | cool |
| 3638s | no it's not really a surprise or spoiler |
| 3643s | all right let's get some xp |
| 3646s | gotta catch up i'm only 60 going to the |
| 3648s | 66 timeline |
| 3650s | interesting interaction here so this as |
| 3652s | far as experience gain is concerned this |
| 3654s | zone |
| 3655s | because i'm 60 and the zone is 66 all |
| 3658s | the enemies have their experience |
| 3659s | rewards scaled down to 65 |
| 3670s | levels above is the maximum level |
| 3673s | difference |
| 3675s | so if you're level one in a 1100 zone |
| 3677s | you are gaining experiences though it |
| 3678s | was level six |
| 3702s | oh we'll be focused in next patch um i |
| 3706s | think we'll wait until the uh until |
| 3708s | we've got a chance to get |
| 3710s | um this one settled down and |
| 3715s | do a little do a little |
| 3716s | regroup and make sure we're happy with |
| 3718s | everything we do have plans for next |
| 3720s | patch laid out already um |
| 3724s | some departments have started on those |
| 3726s | already |
| 3730s | um |
| 3732s | but i i i don't know any details heavy |
| 3735s | details yet to share |
| 3741s | i can i can here i can say this we will |
| 3743s | have more skills updates |
| 3746s | next patch |
| 3748s | than this match |
| 3750s | which i know says basically nothing |
| 3752s | because we didn't have any major ones |
| 3753s | but uh |
| 3756s | the best i got for you right now |
| 3758s | unfortunately thank you very much dallas |
| 3760s | that's that's that's that looks like 10. |
| 3762s | yeah that's 10 subs |
| 3764s | that is wonderful |
| 3766s | oh this starts already in the game oh no |
| 3768s | it's not nice okay cool |
| 3772s | nothing |
| 3776s | thank you very much |
| 3778s | congrats everybody got one of those |
| 3786s | definitely did not just uh send the |
| 3788s | spoil what one of the displays is gonna |
| 3789s | be |
| 3797s | oh |
| 3798s | yeah it's right here |
| 3800s | [Music] |
| 3804s | get that sub train roll in |
| 3807s | or leave the station |
| 3811s | [Applause] |
| 3818s | uh |
| 3819s | i started smiling in the middle of that |
| 3821s | last |
| 3822s | seal around the |
| 3823s | edge oh |
| 3840s | all right i feel like there's something |
| 3841s | i was looking at here |
| 3853s | uh do you guys improve monster pack size |
| 3856s | in campaign in other areas of the game |
| 3858s | system uh so like um |
| 3862s | what do you what do you mean by improve |
| 3865s | i i i would assume it's |
| 3867s | uh |
| 3868s | increased the size of um is is the |
| 3872s | is what you're going for improve um |
| 3877s | i think |
| 3880s | there there hasn't been any major |
| 3882s | changes to pack sizes dispatch |
| 3897s | i know there was some uh |
| 3899s | some performance improvements that came |
| 3901s | with |
| 3902s | uh emerging enemy |
| 3904s | spawners |
| 3906s | with large large packs of emerging |
| 3908s | enemies there was some performance |
| 3909s | changes that came by that helped that |
| 3911s | out a little bit last patch |
| 3913s | i said last eight five dispatch |
| 3917s | sorry it's already last patch in my head |
| 3928s | uh |
| 3936s | [Applause] |
| 3947s | oh |
| 3948s | that was good i don't know why it makes |
| 3951s | me laugh but i shouldn't make myself |
| 3952s | laugh right now apparently |
| 3957s | uh are we getting more information uh in |
| 3959s | the game guide soon it's great resource |
| 3961s | but even that little tidbit about level |
| 3963s | five cap for mobs on experience would |
| 3966s | increase that save me a lot of googling |
| 3968s | yeah um |
| 3970s | we |
| 3971s | we definitely add things to the game |
| 3973s | guide every patch there is this um |
| 3978s | there is a bit of a balancing act needs |
| 3980s | to happen with the game guy because if |
| 3982s | we put too much information in there |
| 3984s | it does become difficult to find it |
| 3989s | um so sometimes we will um |
| 3992s | avoid |
| 3994s | putting information in there if we think |
| 3995s | it's not necessary that i think is |
| 3998s | information that should be in there if |
| 3999s | it's not already |
| 4001s | um which it sounds like it's not |
| 4007s | all right it's just falling down my back |
| 4009s | it's okay |
| 4010s | uh |
| 4011s | yeah like you have to drop something |
| 4013s | yeah you're right sorry sorry |
| 4021s | do we just do we just put this on |
| 4033s | we should find an exalted chest |
| 4037s | here |
| 4040s | do you have an exalted chest |
| 4046s | not great stuff on it |
| 4067s | let's go for that experience node |
| 4072s | uh yeah sorry game guide |
| 4074s | every patch we add stuff to the game |
| 4075s | guide this time we added uh about a half |
| 4078s | dozen |
| 4079s | new |
| 4084s | yeah we don't care |
| 4090s | yeah |
| 4091s | let's do that |
| 4093s | um |
| 4100s | yeah about a half dozen uh new things |
| 4102s | and we updated another |
| 4104s | couple dozen of them as well |
| 4108s | uh last fact |
| 4110s | there's lots of like item rarity stuff |
| 4112s | that got updated with |
| 4117s | them yes i think that the information |
| 4119s | you saw was a very good example of |
| 4122s | something that should go in there |
| 4131s | um if sorry i'm |
| 4133s | struggling to concentrate a little bit |
| 4134s | here but do my best uh if you if you |
| 4136s | have suggestions for specific things |
| 4138s | you'd like to see in the game guide in |
| 4140s | game |
| 4141s | um a forum thread post would be the best |
| 4143s | place to put that |
| 4144s | uh to get the highest chance of putting |
| 4146s | it in there getting it actually |
| 4150s | or at the very least evaluated |
| 4159s | i mean monster's amount is consistent oh |
| 4163s | so like there's less variation between |
| 4166s | uh |
| 4167s | between pack sides and so like |
| 4169s | you get less of a like oh there's a lot |
| 4171s | here and fewer here |
| 4172s | um yeah there's no major changes to that |
| 4174s | that we did recently or planned to um |
| 4179s | but we could it's |
| 4181s | you know |
| 4188s | there's times where things |
| 4189s | like sometimes things feel a little bit |
| 4190s | bare |
| 4192s | but i think the times where things feel |
| 4194s | and that doesn't feel amazing |
| 4196s | um i think when it's like surprisingly |
| 4199s | heavy |
| 4200s | i actually like that where you're like |
| 4202s | oh this is an extra challenge it's |
| 4203s | harder than normal |
| 4205s | what am i gonna do can i make it through |
| 4216s | to tag me with a question oh it means |
| 4218s | there's a question that wasn't tagged |
| 4218s | let's go up and find it |
| 4223s | here we are |
| 4224s | uh why is the skill system five active |
| 4227s | skills |
| 4229s | uh the better choice rather than 10 plus |
| 4231s | or more i also feel |
| 4233s | uh |
| 4235s | tired out by multiple skill trees for |
| 4237s | each skill honestly i mean you you kind |
| 4239s | of hit at the um |
| 4242s | kind of kind of the core of the issue |
| 4244s | right there actually already |
| 4248s | um |
| 4251s | we really wanted a system by which we |
| 4253s | could |
| 4255s | uh have skills be customizable this is |
| 4258s | sort of the |
| 4260s | the like the linchpin core thing where |
| 4262s | like you can really have granular |
| 4264s | control over your skills where you know |
| 4267s | um |
| 4269s | like |
| 4271s | okay i i really want to i i like finding |
| 4273s | specific interactions and |
| 4276s | we love skill trees |
| 4277s | that's the short answer we love skill |
| 4279s | trees and and |
| 4281s | being able to have that really |
| 4284s | um |
| 4285s | specific unique and independent control |
| 4287s | over each skill is something that we |
| 4290s | we've sort of been the core identity |
| 4292s | of our |
| 4294s | um character building |
| 4297s | as a whole not just skills but like the |
| 4298s | whole like the passives are predicated |
| 4300s | on that like gears predicated on that |
| 4303s | it's it's all about |
| 4305s | that skill trees |
| 4307s | um |
| 4308s | existing the way they are like every |
| 4309s | every system is built with the skill |
| 4311s | trees the way they are in mind |
| 4314s | um |
| 4317s | and and one of the big reasons we wanted |
| 4319s | to do this i think the easiest |
| 4320s | comparison is something like path of |
| 4321s | exile |
| 4322s | um where you have |
| 4325s | where it's very similar that they have |
| 4327s | very granular control and you can sort |
| 4328s | of build your own skill right |
| 4333s | there tends to be a little more generic |
| 4337s | uh generically useful |
| 4339s | support gems that go into skills in path |
| 4342s | of exile so like basically every |
| 4344s | projectile can have a |
| 4346s | uh like a multiple projectiles |
| 4349s | like |
| 4350s | like a greater multiple projectiles you |
| 4351s | need to basically any skill there |
| 4354s | and you can't do that to puncture |
| 4356s | puncture's always a single |
| 4358s | single hit i |
| 4360s | may be wrong about that actually might |
| 4361s | be a triple there somewhere |
| 4362s | but like there's there's always that |
| 4364s | like |
| 4366s | um flurry is always |
| 4368s | a single one here i mean you can you can |
| 4371s | get multi-shot to proc with flurry which |
| 4373s | is great |
| 4374s | um |
| 4376s | but there's there's a lot of things |
| 4377s | there's a lot of constants that we can |
| 4379s | keep true about certain skills that |
| 4380s | really keep the essence of that skill |
| 4383s | and |
| 4384s | the like |
| 4386s | the theming of that skill really strong |
| 4390s | um |
| 4391s | and we and we have these unique skill |
| 4393s | trees for each one so that we can be |
| 4395s | really specific so we can we can we can |
| 4397s | put in mods that |
| 4399s | for one skill that just would never work |
| 4400s | on any other skill at all |
| 4403s | and and and |
| 4404s | i know pathogen kind of does this too |
| 4405s | where those certain certain mods don't |
| 4407s | work on certain skills and all sort of |
| 4408s | stuff um |
| 4410s | which is a great way to get around get |
| 4412s | around it |
| 4414s | um |
| 4415s | but like every time they release a new |
| 4417s | skill |
| 4418s | um they have to take into account |
| 4421s | every single support gem that exists |
| 4424s | and decide okay is this gonna work is it |
| 4426s | not gonna work what does it look like if |
| 4427s | it does work all these things |
| 4429s | um |
| 4431s | whereas i think a real advantage we have |
| 4433s | from a design standpoint |
| 4435s | is is that we can we can |
| 4437s | compartmentalize skills and say like |
| 4439s | okay well this skill is affected by its |
| 4441s | skill tree |
| 4442s | and not this other skills skill |
| 4445s | treatment |
| 4447s | um i think that helps us with balancing |
| 4449s | makes it easier i i really understand |
| 4452s | i'm not saying one's better than the |
| 4453s | other but that's um |
| 4455s | one of the strengths of our system that |
| 4457s | we are |
| 4458s | leaning into and |
| 4461s | one of the things we like about it from |
| 4463s | a design like that makes our lives |
| 4464s | easier for as designers |
| 4466s | um |
| 4470s | where am i going with this |
| 4472s | skills uh modified specific things yes |
| 4474s | skill trees so um |
| 4477s | you're right it's a lot of skill trees |
| 4479s | right you have five |
| 4481s | for just your skills and that's part of |
| 4482s | the reason we introduce them slowly as |
| 4483s | you're leveling them so you become |
| 4484s | familiar with them and you're generally |
| 4487s | working with one or two at a time |
| 4488s | primarily to get to endgame then you're |
| 4490s | advancing them each a little bit at a |
| 4492s | time |
| 4494s | um if we had |
| 4496s | 10 skills on the bar |
| 4498s | uh you'd really frequently start to see |
| 4502s | specific skills |
| 4504s | become |
| 4506s | um |
| 4508s | like let's feel that like a um |
| 4511s | you'd be able to use exactly one point |
| 4512s | wonder skills |
| 4515s | uh so static |
| 4517s | is a great example of a one point wonder |
| 4519s | skill in diablo 2. you put one point in |
| 4521s | it you get the skill and it does what it |
| 4523s | does really well without putting any |
| 4526s | more points into it without any |
| 4527s | investment whatsoever |
| 4529s | um and it's just that's all it ever does |
| 4534s | um |
| 4536s | i think we'd end up with a lot of skills |
| 4538s | that were |
| 4539s | frequently used as |
| 4541s | 1.1 or so speaking we do get that a |
| 4543s | little bit with triggered skills that |
| 4545s | don't need to be on your bar so you end |
| 4546s | up with um unspec skills that do end up |
| 4549s | on your barber once in a while i think a |
| 4550s | really good example of that is something |
| 4552s | like decoy |
| 4554s | where you put it down and it's gonna do |
| 4555s | its basic thing |
| 4558s | it's not gonna get the extra benefits |
| 4559s | from the tree but it's gonna do the |
| 4560s | basic stuff |
| 4562s | just right off the bat |
| 4565s | and i think you'd see um the the number |
| 4568s | of people |
| 4569s | actually running decoy as a specialized |
| 4571s | skill |
| 4573s | plummet and the number of people total |
| 4575s | using decoy skyrocket |
| 4577s | um |
| 4580s | i'm just using decoys an example there's |
| 4581s | a lot of other skills that will probably |
| 4582s | fall into that category |
| 4584s | anyway i know there's some that do |
| 4586s | anyways |
| 4587s | um |
| 4591s | and with with 10 skills on your bar i |
| 4593s | think you'd end up in the situation |
| 4594s | where you're you've got a lot of skills |
| 4596s | sitting on your bar doing basically |
| 4598s | nothing |
| 4607s | and you still have a really similar play |
| 4608s | experience except it would be more |
| 4610s | complicated |
| 4611s | so you get all this extra complexity |
| 4614s | with very little depth and i know i've |
| 4616s | i've gone on this depth complexity rant |
| 4617s | a few times |
| 4619s | um but i think you end up with a bunch |
| 4620s | of complexity without doubt by doing |
| 4622s | that |
| 4623s | and |
| 4625s | um |
| 4628s | on top of all that all of our skills are |
| 4630s | designed exactly with the number of |
| 4632s | skills |
| 4633s | that we have in mind |
| 4635s | um and at this point if we want to |
| 4638s | release |
| 4639s | anytime soon |
| 4642s | we cannot add more skills to the bar it |
| 4644s | would it would cause such a backup on |
| 4648s | our entire design pipeline and |
| 4650s | development pipeline like it would it |
| 4652s | would just |
| 4654s | it would be absolutely insane to do that |
| 4655s | right now |
| 4666s | that's an exalted bow |
| 4673s | i mean |
| 4675s | if we can pop that uh |
| 4678s | lighting damage off |
| 4684s | not exactly what we want but uh |
| 4691s | that's not bad |
| 4710s | all right i saw a few questions go by as |
| 4711s | i was rambling there |
| 4726s | let's switch this out |
| 4730s | something that will look a little |
| 4731s | familiar but not quite the same as what |
| 4733s | you're used to i think |
| 4736s | oh |
| 4737s | what's that |
| 4743s | do you guys make monolith random |
| 4744s | generated echoes |
| 4746s | that's |
| 4747s | getting more randomization tomorrow this |
| 4749s | is something we're working on um it's |
| 4751s | not there yet |
| 4752s | will show me get more support for |
| 4754s | lightning companions |
| 4756s | like an end passive that doubles |
| 4758s | lightning companion or it's mastered |
| 4760s | mostly for totems um |
| 4764s | i think that the lightning campaigns do |
| 4767s | fit best with shaman |
| 4770s | and i would like to see a little bit |
| 4771s | more synergy there |
| 4773s | but i don't have anything |
| 4775s | uh specific |
| 4777s | for you right now i'm sorry |
| 4783s | oh yeah let's let's just keep bumping |
| 4785s | into that that's the one we're looking |
| 4786s | for isn't it |
| 4789s | when multiplayer comes |
| 4790s | will |
| 4792s | we have an option to choose predictive |
| 4794s | or lockstep mode um |
| 4798s | i don't know right now |
| 4800s | um |
| 4803s | as it stands unlikely |
| 4806s | i think |
| 4807s | um |
| 4810s | but it's not impossible |
| 4816s | this heating pad does not want to stay |
| 4817s | on my back oh will shaman get more |
| 4819s | lightning companions for uh did i |
| 4823s | i feel like i just answered that |
| 4825s | uh what do you guys think about |
| 4827s | increasing rewards for people who love |
| 4828s | to clear echoes not just run through |
| 4831s | them some builds also can't run through |
| 4833s | so maybe like double rewards of 85 |
| 4835s | percent echo modifiers are cleared or |
| 4838s | like 40 more stability gained |
| 4840s | um i think you should wait till the next |
| 4842s | top picks |
| 4844s | uh if the skill tree only if the skill |
| 4847s | tree only have major modifying nodes |
| 4849s | there |
| 4850s | you still have uniqueness for skills and |
| 4852s | also maybe a less complicated four |
| 4854s | player |
| 4855s | while you put all minor skill tree nodes |
| 4858s | on character passive tree instead yeah |
| 4860s | and and i think this this comes back to |
| 4862s | the um |
| 4867s | granularity of things |
| 4869s | and being able to put certain nodes on |
| 4871s | certain trees specifically |
| 4875s | um |
| 4877s | we really i know it doesn't seem like it |
| 4879s | sometimes |
| 4880s | but we start out by only having trees |
| 4883s | with |
| 4884s | really |
| 4885s | uh |
| 4890s | like |
| 4892s | gameplay changing |
| 4893s | we're trying to use a blanket |
| 4895s | um |
| 4897s | transformative nodes there we go |
| 4899s | we start out by like really focusing on |
| 4901s | the transformative nodes the keynotes |
| 4903s | and |
| 4904s | um |
| 4907s | that's what we that's we try and focus |
| 4908s | on so like we try and get it so that |
| 4911s | basically every tree is almost |
| 4912s | exclusively keynote that's the |
| 4915s | goal um |
| 4918s | it doesn't work |
| 4924s | to have the nodes feel |
| 4927s | transformative and important and |
| 4929s | impactful and all sorts of stuff |
| 4931s | it's it they need to have a couple nodes |
| 4933s | in there that are less so |
| 4938s | um and we've tried doing things like say |
| 4941s | you have a node that was like |
| 4943s | uh a really easy example here is so you |
| 4946s | have a cold conversion of let's say |
| 4947s | let's say you have |
| 4949s | um lightning blast converted to cold as |
| 4951s | a node |
| 4953s | um |
| 4954s | and the node instead of just being like |
| 4955s | lightning glass is converging cold it's |
| 4957s | a four-point node that has 25 percent of |
| 4959s | lightning blast per point is converted |
| 4964s | and you're in these weird intermediary |
| 4966s | states and it just doesn't work |
| 4971s | and |
| 4972s | uh that's that's i think it's sort of |
| 4974s | just why those are specifically one |
| 4976s | pointers |
| 4977s | um |
| 4979s | and we try and get as many |
| 4982s | more gameplay impactful nodes as we |
| 4984s | possibly can especially ones |
| 4988s | um personally i know that i really like |
| 4990s | i think it's a good example of this is |
| 4992s | the berserk nodes on warcry |
| 4996s | a bunch of multiplayer nodes i think |
| 4997s | they're very it changes how you play |
| 4999s | with warfights very heavily |
| 5006s | i really like that it's one of my |
| 5007s | favorite notes |
| 5009s | or set of notes |
| 5013s | um this is like yeah we might not want a |
| 5015s | skill to have |
| 5017s | increased poison damage on it or or |
| 5020s | increase poison chance or like added |
| 5022s | poison chance |
| 5023s | um |
| 5026s | and putting |
| 5027s | individual skill specific nodes on the |
| 5030s | passive tree it just doesn't make sense |
| 5031s | we actually did try that |
| 5033s | it's why even nodes that do mention |
| 5035s | specific skills always mention two to |
| 5037s | three skills sometimes even more |
| 5042s | let's get that xp going for that xp |
| 5048s | uh do you guys plan |
| 5050s | to like this arbor keys drop chance |
| 5052s | improvement especially from chapter 2 |
| 5054s | onward if like this arbor is purpose to |
| 5056s | skip campaign um i mean it is |
| 5062s | the the purpose is that it can be used |
| 5064s | as a campaign skit for follow-up |
| 5066s | characters specifically |
| 5068s | um |
| 5070s | so it's |
| 5072s | the short answer is not really maybe we |
| 5074s | need more feedback more time or |
| 5076s | information |
| 5077s | um |
| 5084s | but for right now |
| 5086s | not this batch i don't think |
| 5088s | um |
| 5092s | so i think it's more uh if we if we look |
| 5095s | at like since you started a brand new |
| 5096s | character brand new account like from |
| 5098s | scratch |
| 5098s | and you played through one of them all |
| 5100s | the way uh you |
| 5102s | hopefully have a couple keys |
| 5105s | um for your next character once you're |
| 5107s | ready to start that after you've had one |
| 5108s | time |
| 5112s | using it as a campaign skip is |
| 5115s | i would say a more advanced |
| 5118s | um |
| 5120s | functionality for it just because it is |
| 5121s | it it does create a level of difficulty |
| 5123s | for that follow-up character |
| 5125s | so like not only do you need keys for |
| 5127s | that follow-up character but you |
| 5128s | probably need to have like leveling gear |
| 5130s | prepped for it as well |
| 5131s | um |
| 5132s | which i know that the leveling gear part |
| 5134s | of it is something a lot of people had |
| 5136s | already coming into the patch so there's |
| 5137s | this um |
| 5139s | like everyone's already got their |
| 5140s | hundreds and you want to use it you want |
| 5142s | there's there's a there's a real high |
| 5144s | demand for keys right off the bat |
| 5147s | that doesn't match the supply |
| 5149s | because you haven't been |
| 5152s | in that stage in that period where the |
| 5154s | demand is low |
| 5155s | but you are still finding something |
| 5164s | and we are designing this for |
| 5169s | one point |
| 5170s | it's an unfortunate side effect of being |
| 5172s | in early access and leaving the |
| 5173s | characters |
| 5175s | um |
| 5177s | intact |
| 5178s | each patch but i think it's still the |
| 5179s | right thing to do |
| 5180s | i think a lot of people they don't even |
| 5182s | if it's not quite the perfect experience |
| 5185s | they'd prefer to be able to come back |
| 5186s | and play with the characters that they |
| 5188s | already have |
| 5191s | the vast majority of people |
| 5204s | not happening |
| 5205s | not happening |
| 5213s | um and we did just effectively up the |
| 5215s | drop rate quite a bit because they |
| 5217s | weren't dropping from bosses |
| 5221s | like they were supposed to now they |
| 5223s | are uh and then also on top of that |
| 5227s | um |
| 5228s | there are some monolith changes coming |
| 5230s | that will hopefully make it so that |
| 5231s | you're doing bosses quicker in general |
| 5233s | so you should have a knock-on effect to |
| 5236s | get a little bit more of them |
| 5241s | oh |
| 5241s | alrighty then |
| 5246s | oh yeah check out this |
| 5248s | on the far side cool artwork that i |
| 5250s | switched out |
| 5251s | yeah but it's reminiscent of something |
| 5254s | that we already have isn't it but it's |
| 5255s | just a little different |
| 5261s | just a little different |
| 5265s | what could it be |
| 5273s | yeah let's just crank up that damage |
| 5293s | and for everyone screaming at me for |
| 5294s | doing it wrong |
| 5297s | sorry i'm doing it wrong |
| 5309s | all right how you guys considered an rp |
| 5311s | difficulty for dungeons |
| 5313s | for the sole purpose of campaign |
| 5315s | skipping in ssf environments |
| 5319s | uh they need not provide reward but |
| 5321s | fairly easily |
| 5322s | easy to allow you to |
| 5325s | not require a key so they could be using |
| 5327s | this if that's ssf as campaign skips |
| 5329s | otherwise this is a player will never |
| 5330s | benefit from the campaign |
| 5332s | yes |
| 5333s | um |
| 5335s | yeah |
| 5335s | we went over this a few times trying to |
| 5337s | figure out what to do about this |
| 5340s | i'm not sure we've quite figured out |
| 5341s | what we want to do with it longer term |
| 5345s | um |
| 5346s | for now unfortunately because characters |
| 5348s | can be converted from unfortunately |
| 5350s | because they can be converted but |
| 5351s | unfortunately in this case um they can |
| 5353s | be converted from ssf to normal there is |
| 5356s | a |
| 5357s | um |
| 5359s | potential for campaign skip abuse in new |
| 5362s | characters and then switching them to |
| 5365s | uh normal characters and not require a |
| 5367s | key for that campaign skill |
| 5371s | fighting a lot of everyone calls staffs |
| 5379s | um which is which is why we didn't do |
| 5381s | anything like that this time but yeah |
| 5383s | that was definitely something that came |
| 5384s | up and was not fully resolved |
| 5388s | sometimes there's there's there's |
| 5389s | aspects of the new game features that |
| 5391s | when we create them we're like |
| 5393s | this doesn't quite work uh we do need to |
| 5397s | do something about this at some point |
| 5399s | and |
| 5400s | we're gonna get some more data |
| 5402s | before we before we try and tackle it |
| 5405s | not happening |
| 5412s | so we we implement the best option that |
| 5414s | we have available at the moment which is |
| 5417s | unfortunately us the characters cannot |
| 5420s | really benefit from the campaign |
| 5438s | in my opinion move some simple nodes on |
| 5440s | gear or something like converting damage |
| 5442s | type or aoe i would also love to use a |
| 5445s | single skill with multiple modifications |
| 5447s | yeah that we we've we've definitely |
| 5448s | talked about having |
| 5450s | uh multi-speccing a single skill |
| 5453s | um |
| 5454s | it causes a lot of problems and |
| 5458s | uh a lot more problems than it fixes i |
| 5460s | think |
| 5463s | uh uh like problems that it fixes |
| 5466s | um it causes a lot more problems than |
| 5468s | uh interesting interactions that it |
| 5470s | unlocks |
| 5472s | this is some plan to change the loop |
| 5473s | filter it's a little complex for new |
| 5476s | players or preset builders yeah there's |
| 5478s | um i think i think having uh |
| 5481s | some more preset filter options would be |
| 5483s | good |
| 5484s | um |
| 5486s | hopefully we'd like to and this the |
| 5489s | system was built with this in mind |
| 5490s | initially was having a |
| 5492s | sort of like um |
| 5495s | like system workshop as an example |
| 5499s | where like an in-game system for |
| 5502s | browsing and |
| 5506s | um |
| 5508s | grading |
| 5511s | reviewing |
| 5515s | thumbs up thumbs down like |
| 5517s | give it a four star you're the five star |
| 5519s | i don't know what the best way to do it |
| 5520s | would be but like |
| 5522s | um |
| 5524s | voting on |
| 5526s | like the best filters that are there |
| 5527s | people have uploaded this whole thing |
| 5529s | um |
| 5530s | and and have it be accessible in-game |
| 5532s | with a with an in-game browser for it |
| 5535s | i think that would be really useful with |
| 5536s | like filtering and also that's that's |
| 5538s | that's the that's the ideal situation i |
| 5540s | think especially for new players where |
| 5541s | you can just like |
| 5543s | open it up and it's like |
| 5545s | um |
| 5547s | there's like a browse existing filters |
| 5549s | or something button and you can just |
| 5550s | like |
| 5551s | pick from a list and filter you'd be |
| 5553s | like okay i want a marksman one |
| 5556s | where i'm using this specific skill |
| 5559s | um and i want it to be a leveling guide |
| 5562s | a leveling filter specifically |
| 5565s | and people will have tags on their |
| 5566s | filters |
| 5567s | yeah like that's that's the that's the |
| 5568s | dream scenario |
| 5570s | i really don't think that's a 1.0 |
| 5572s | feature at this point um |
| 5575s | but i think that's a |
| 5576s | reasonable thing to have as a sunday |
| 5578s | feature |
| 5591s | the hardest part about it is uh |
| 5594s | i guess moderating the descriptions |
| 5607s | i |
| 5608s | recently been playing a little elden |
| 5610s | ring and uh |
| 5616s | there's a lot of inappropriate things |
| 5618s | that show up on those uh |
| 5622s | signs what they're called |
| 5638s | silence my goodness that game is hard |
| 5653s | i was uh |
| 5654s | quick quick quick quick story |
| 5657s | um we're trying to time anything there's |
| 5659s | extremely early on in the game there's a |
| 5662s | dwelling that you need to gain access to |
| 5665s | and you're given the option to |
| 5668s | take the secret passage to the left |
| 5670s | um by by a character who literally tells |
| 5673s | you |
| 5674s | exactly that |
| 5678s | or you can like try and go in the main |
| 5681s | front door |
| 5682s | i couldn't figure out the secret passage |
| 5684s | to the left so i'm like let's just go on |
| 5686s | the front door |
| 5690s | apparently i'm good at just |
| 5693s | dodging attacks |
| 5695s | just walked in the front door that was |
| 5696s | fine |
| 5703s | i can't fight things because they kill |
| 5704s | me |
| 5713s | oh what are you doing here since you've |
| 5715s | mentioned the next hotfix a couple times |
| 5717s | now and it being good for uh monos and |
| 5720s | keys i i i want to just backpedal a |
| 5723s | little bit on this um the change for |
| 5725s | keys is extremely minimal because all |
| 5729s | it's doing is giving you a little bit |
| 5731s | more |
| 5732s | access to bosses |
| 5733s | which is a good way to get keys so it's |
| 5735s | it's it's a |
| 5738s | it's not a direct change to keys it's a |
| 5739s | knock-on effect from another change |
| 5744s | so it's i don't want this to be a |
| 5746s | oh it's the key patch or whatever no |
| 5749s | we've already done that |
| 5751s | uh any chance of hitting at when that'll |
| 5753s | be um |
| 5757s | i i hope it'll be real soon |
| 5759s | um we're still just waiting on a few |
| 5761s | things to get approved and |
| 5763s | um made sure they're solid |
| 5765s | but the content for it should be done |
| 5767s | already |
| 5783s | and if you want to there's nothing |
| 5785s | that's good as well if it changes if you |
| 5786s | want to just race through the monoliths |
| 5787s | you still can |
| 5789s | there's there's nothing stopping you |
| 5792s | you don't have to change your play style |
| 5794s | at all |
| 5796s | i'm not taking anything away we're not |
| 5797s | being like um |
| 5800s | half stability game but if you kill all |
| 5801s | the monsters you get the other half of |
| 5803s | that stability back now we're not doing |
| 5804s | that that's |
| 5805s | that's just mean |
| 5819s | easy |
| 5831s | which we had avalanche right here |
| 5843s | yeah |
| 5845s | but i'm good at running away from stuff |
| 5846s | in that game so you know |
| 5850s | i'll run away from it |
| 5853s | my specialty running away |
| 5872s | [Music] |
| 5879s | over there for a second |
| 5890s | all right here where are we what are we |
| 5892s | doing what are we doing do you guys plan |
| 5894s | to fix filter problems works like hide |
| 5897s | all items not item types you selected to |
| 5900s | hide sometimes you cannot close window |
| 5903s | if the filter |
| 5904s | by escape button on x |
| 5907s | on top of |
| 5909s | the top dialog box |
| 5914s | um |
| 5916s | if there's a dialogue window open escape |
| 5918s | should close that |
| 5920s | first before an ice skate should close |
| 5921s | everything |
| 5923s | uh |
| 5927s | we plan to fix every problem i don't |
| 5928s | really understand the problems you're |
| 5929s | talking about there |
| 5932s | sorry |
| 5941s | i mean so the filter that i have right |
| 5944s | now all it is is just hides normal items |
| 5946s | that's it |
| 5948s | um and it's definitely working to just |
| 5951s | hide normal items |
| 5971s | they're super useful right now |
| 5976s | declutter things a little more what do |
| 5977s | you think |
| 5993s | magic and |
| 5995s | there we go |
| 6014s | yeah i didn't see any i'm sure there |
| 6016s | were reactions too but i didn't |
| 6018s | i wasn't paying attention to chat when |
| 6019s | it happened but |
| 6035s | got another one i can show in a minute |
| 6053s | figured out why on loading screens if |
| 6054s | you click a lot it can cause a hang up |
| 6056s | or even sometimes the whole game crashes |
| 6058s | i did not know it did that |
| 6061s | uh |
| 6065s | makes sense but uh |
| 6071s | there's there's an issue with |
| 6073s | loading sync asynchronous loading |
| 6076s | um |
| 6080s | where it does or there's there's |
| 6083s | every time it loads it hits up it hits a |
| 6085s | point where |
| 6086s | [Music] |
| 6087s | basically everything locks up and if |
| 6089s | you're trying to |
| 6091s | do something at the exact moment that it |
| 6092s | locks up for a second it's just it's |
| 6094s | just a brief moment |
| 6095s | um it can cause problems |
| 6100s | um |
| 6104s | it used to be way worse which is why |
| 6105s | people would anyone who alt tabbed in |
| 6107s | the middle of a loading screen would |
| 6109s | always break their game early on if |
| 6111s | anyone remembers that like |
| 6112s | 0.5 0. |
| 6115s | 0.5 i think when that problem was and we |
| 6117s | also used to have the time travel |
| 6119s | animation that zoom |
| 6120s | um |
| 6122s | would uh |
| 6124s | would be the loading screen |
| 6126s | and um |
| 6128s | you you could because it's a constantly |
| 6130s | moving thing you could like really see |
| 6133s | you'll notice that our location doesn't |
| 6134s | have anything moving on it's because you |
| 6135s | can't see when the loading is actually |
| 6137s | happening |
| 6138s | you can't see those problems |
| 6140s | um |
| 6142s | and we're that's something we are |
| 6143s | actively working because we do want to |
| 6144s | get something moving on there so it's |
| 6146s | obvious that it's still loading |
| 6147s | something still happening that sort of |
| 6148s | stuff |
| 6149s | um |
| 6151s | but that's that's the main reason why a |
| 6153s | lot of people do ask why they'll build |
| 6155s | like why not use the |
| 6157s | time travel effect as a loading screen |
| 6158s | and we did originally |
| 6160s | it looked awful everyone thought the |
| 6162s | game was scratching we had so many crash |
| 6164s | reports |
| 6166s | um because it would stutter and freeze |
| 6168s | for a second and people would all tab |
| 6170s | and the game would crash |
| 6173s | and as soon as we split those two |
| 6175s | those loading screen crashes crash |
| 6177s | reports |
| 6178s | like |
| 6179s | almost every single one of them just |
| 6181s | vanished overnight |
| 6183s | it was crazy we're getting so many the |
| 6185s | all of them are gone |
| 6192s | and we've improved the stability of |
| 6194s | loading a lot since then but that one |
| 6196s | thing was actually had no effect on |
| 6197s | loading stability |
| 6201s | i'm really funny |
| 6206s | uh from what i've seen removing adding |
| 6209s | points to minions and resuming them uh |
| 6212s | can't the same be done with equipping |
| 6214s | and unequipping gear to prevent |
| 6215s | snapshotting |
| 6217s | uh so um |
| 6219s | yes |
| 6222s | and and |
| 6224s | uh |
| 6227s | you can you can do this |
| 6234s | if if |
| 6235s | every single time i'm doing this it's |
| 6236s | summoning and resuming minions |
| 6239s | oh my goodness |
| 6241s | um |
| 6246s | caused some serious problems |
| 6253s | so we need to have a little bit more |
| 6254s | elegant solution than that |
| 6264s | also most of the time it's just stats |
| 6268s | um it's rare that switching a piece of |
| 6270s | gear like that would um |
| 6273s | cause something like |
| 6275s | uh let's let's say like frost minion |
| 6277s | frost archer minions to be enabled or |
| 6279s | disabled |
| 6281s | um and and have it change like have to |
| 6283s | have so that's that's a re-summon thing |
| 6286s | it's like forcing the |
| 6288s | like the minion type to change where |
| 6289s | it's like a different minion completely |
| 6306s | oh look at that sulphide bastion key hmm |
| 6323s | can you fix the issue with dragging |
| 6325s | scroll bar for stash icons causing your |
| 6328s | character to move |
| 6330s | oh yeah that one sucks |
| 6331s | um hopefully |
| 6337s | why inventory not open upon clicking |
| 6340s | shop via armor trader npc it should |
| 6343s | um there is a bug where if you have the |
| 6345s | stash or inventory open |
| 6348s | um |
| 6350s | if you if you've got the inventory and |
| 6351s | stash open |
| 6353s | and then you click on the armor trader |
| 6355s | from there |
| 6356s | uh and open it and then move a little |
| 6358s | bit closer it'll close the inventory |
| 6361s | um |
| 6363s | it's actually the same bug that happens |
| 6365s | with conversations |
| 6367s | um but it's so much harder to detect |
| 6370s | uh and it only happens in like a couple |
| 6373s | combinations of npcs but because the |
| 6376s | stash and shop armor shops are almost |
| 6379s | always like the exact distance apart to |
| 6382s | make it happen |
| 6383s | it's much more noticeable |
| 6386s | um i was actually just working on that |
| 6388s | this morning |
| 6392s | i think we have a solution for |
| 6394s | i don't know my |
| 6396s | github's closed right now so i don't |
| 6398s | know if the pr was accepted or not |
| 6414s | but if the uh if the dialog fix one goes |
| 6416s | in and works then i might be able to |
| 6418s | apply that to |
| 6420s | the inventory panel as well which should |
| 6422s | be sweet |
| 6427s | may actually be a different fix but |
| 6431s | either way |
| 6433s | is on the radar |
| 6439s | oh yeah i was gonna switch this up |
| 6442s | [Music] |
| 6445s | yeah |
| 6447s | oh yeah |
| 6449s | that's a nice one |
| 6451s | i got one more after that too |
| 6454s | there will be two back to back right at |
| 6456s | the end |
| 6464s | you might be able to guess where this |
| 6466s | comes from |
| 6479s | um these are i will say that all this |
| 6481s | art is subject to change still as |
| 6485s | i'm showing you |
| 6486s | real early versions of it and the items |
| 6489s | aren't actually made yet |
| 6509s | but i love you i saw the art this |
| 6511s | morning and i'm like oh gotta share |
| 6513s | gotta share |
| 6516s | here yeah i i think um |
| 6521s | so just a refresher |
| 6523s | fires the red one and ice is the blue |
| 6526s | one |
| 6527s | just a little |
| 6529s | just |
| 6530s | for the popcorn later |
| 6541s | you're welcome rhymer |
| 6549s | give a shout out to the art team for me |
| 6551s | will ya one thing last epoch has |
| 6553s | improved on every patch that's |
| 6555s | noticeable is artworks i want to thank |
| 6556s | them yeah they |
| 6559s | it's one of those things where like |
| 6561s | sometimes when you're not very good at |
| 6562s | something or you don't have a lot of |
| 6563s | knowledge about it um |
| 6566s | it can seem like at least this is what |
| 6569s | happens to me quite a bit it's it's this |
| 6571s | sort of mysterious thing that just |
| 6575s | happens you don't really know how |
| 6577s | um |
| 6581s | arts like that for me i just see it |
| 6583s | that's cool |
| 6586s | but i really have very little concept of |
| 6588s | like what goes into it really |
| 6594s | i will pass along your |
| 6620s | back to backers |
| 6623s | dream thrown with legendary potential |
| 6628s | we're gonna do a two-handed void |
| 6630s | road marksman |
| 6632s | it's a thing right |
| 6638s | hmm |
| 6653s | uh to tell you keeper lena timelapse is |
| 6655s | great yeah exactly |
| 6656s | that exact reason |
| 6658s | uh there's some quest in the campaign |
| 6660s | gives reward |
| 6661s | quest complete dialogue and then starts |
| 6663s | immediately load another area you can't |
| 6665s | press ok |
| 6667s | that's visible in |
| 6669s | dreadnought after defeating boss |
| 6673s | all right |
| 6674s | if you've got bug reports something you |
| 6676s | want to report like that |
| 6679s | uh go head over to the forums and |
| 6682s | uh leave a uh like make a post make a |
| 6685s | bug report for that there |
| 6686s | um |
| 6688s | and that'll be that'll be a great way |
| 6689s | because we track them on the forums |
| 6692s | and um |
| 6694s | we can you can also search on the forums |
| 6696s | to see if anyone else has similar issues |
| 6697s | you can just attach it to theirs if you |
| 6699s | want um it's a good place to like get if |
| 6701s | there's |
| 6702s | if we need specific files associated |
| 6704s | with it |
| 6705s | or follow-up that's really good place |
| 6706s | for it i can't really do anything about |
| 6708s | it here |
| 6709s | unfortunately |
| 6723s | are you guys aware of the current state |
| 6725s | of local storm if it's going yes |
| 6729s | yes there's a very cool video that |
| 6731s | showed up a couple days ago i think |
| 6735s | um |
| 6737s | it's a bit of a problem |
| 6738s | it's a bit of a problem i won't lie |
| 6740s | there |
| 6742s | um |
| 6744s | i'm pretty sure we've got a fix for it |
| 6745s | already |
| 6748s | not happening |
| 6758s | i'm assuming |
| 6759s | the one using the bees and making it |
| 6761s | gigantic |
| 6765s | i don't think it's technically infinite |
| 6766s | it might be |
| 6769s | but it's |
| 6771s | the the video i saw was like |
| 6773s | the area |
| 6775s | it looked like it had like a 10 000 |
| 6776s | increase modifier you know |
| 6778s | it was it was the whole screen then |
| 6788s | 220 yeah |
| 6790s | it's a lot |
| 6791s | definitely too many |
| 6793s | bug definitely a bug |
| 6795s | i'm pretty sure i'm pretty sure there's |
| 6796s | a fix board already |
| 6800s | i'll double check i'll make sure before |
| 6801s | uh before that tough excuse not |
| 6803s | happening |
| 6808s | it's one of those things where it's like |
| 6810s | if you sat here long enough doing this |
| 6812s | it would eventually |
| 6814s | go to infinity but like |
| 6817s | no one's gonna do that |
| 6835s | oh |
| 6836s | okay |
| 6838s | uh are we getting a unique for every |
| 6841s | tier of every boss and champion like the |
| 6843s | jewelry ones |
| 6846s | i i don't want to guarantee that just in |
| 6849s | case um |
| 6853s | there's some hiccups with some of them |
| 6856s | um |
| 6858s | but i would say that's likely the |
| 6859s | long-term goal |
| 6874s | squishy |
| 6877s | like there's if we if we can't get a |
| 6881s | really solid |
| 6883s | like t3 |
| 6889s | t3 like for the soulfire bastion |
| 6892s | i i think we likely would just leave it |
| 6894s | out instead of trying to |
| 6897s | um |
| 6900s | not happening instead of like trying to |
| 6901s | just put something in that's less than |
| 6902s | awesome |
| 6907s | and then trying to add it in later |
| 6919s | a lot of unique spears |
| 6923s | it feels that way |
| 6925s | it's probably not that |
| 6927s | desperate easy okay let's uh |
| 6930s | boom |
| 6934s | you may notice a slight theme with a |
| 6935s | couple of these |
| 6952s | uh does this unique belt do something |
| 6955s | unique uh right now it does literally |
| 6957s | nothing it doesn't actually exist other |
| 6959s | than the art |
| 6971s | but i'm hoping that will all change this |
| 6973s | weekend |
| 6986s | uh will you guys make dungeon variants |
| 6989s | for different story timelines in future |
| 6992s | uh |
| 6993s | example based off of lore and different |
| 6996s | timeline kermorus was using light and |
| 6998s | coal |
| 7000s | uh changing mechanics to adjust for that |
| 7002s | theme because i feel like a lot of |
| 7004s | possibilities based on timeline lore |
| 7006s | just an example of idea to throw out |
| 7008s | um i think that's a really astute |
| 7012s | observation |
| 7014s | um and i have nothing else to say about |
| 7016s | it |
| 7023s | uh do you guys have a date on when the |
| 7024s | new uniques are coming as mentioned on |
| 7026s | patch notes i don't have a specific date |
| 7028s | i'm sorry um we have |
| 7033s | the they're |
| 7035s | they're not in yet we've been |
| 7037s | we've been focusing on getting in |
| 7040s | um |
| 7044s | get getting in updates for the uh for |
| 7047s | the monolith |
| 7049s | because we figured um |
| 7055s | that affects everyone |
| 7071s | um but yeah there's |
| 7076s | we want to get them in as soon as we can |
| 7078s | i don't know what it's going to be |
| 7080s | um we want to get as many of them in as |
| 7082s | we can |
| 7084s | ideally we want to do them all at once |
| 7096s | that's right just walked away and let it |
| 7097s | burn down |
| 7107s | a little 66 and not seen any dungeon |
| 7110s | keys is this normal thanks no i would |
| 7112s | not say that's normal um |
| 7116s | i'm level 65 |
| 7118s | and |
| 7119s | um |
| 7123s | i've only actually been playing this |
| 7125s | character i think 50 i think i started |
| 7127s | this character was 50 or 52. |
| 7130s | so from 50 to 52 personally i found four |
| 7133s | five keys now myself i think |
| 7138s | um |
| 7140s | i think that might be a little on the |
| 7142s | high side |
| 7144s | um but zero by the time you hit 66 is |
| 7147s | definitely low |
| 7152s | definitely low |
| 7155s | just just in this stream alone i found |
| 7157s | two |
| 7158s | [Music] |
| 7161s | i found both of these very recently |
| 7176s | i've been a little lucky but i don't |
| 7177s | think i've been like super duper lucky |
| 7182s | okay |
| 7183s | we're coming up we're coming up to the |
| 7185s | uh end of the stream here |
| 7187s | i'm not gonna hop into another uh |
| 7190s | you know we're gonna do |
| 7195s | we're gonna finish this off here let's |
| 7197s | try and pull intelligence off these |
| 7201s | we do have some some cool boots here |
| 7207s | i want to switch this into something |
| 7209s | else |
| 7210s | i'm gonna switch this into something |
| 7211s | else and try and get something else cool |
| 7213s | on here so we're going to start with a |
| 7215s | discovery we're going to wrap this up by |
| 7217s | just doing a little |
| 7218s | little crafting |
| 7220s | strength |
| 7221s | not ideal |
| 7223s | intelligence is worse though i think |
| 7225s | is it |
| 7228s | creating something scale off |
| 7230s | intelligence |
| 7232s | so we're going to chaos so this will |
| 7234s | this will upgrade and reroll so it |
| 7235s | changes what it is |
| 7238s | two men no thank you back to strength no |
| 7241s | thank you |
| 7242s | movement speed |
| 7245s | there we go |
| 7252s | vitality anyone to t5 my goodness |
| 7260s | all right |
| 7262s | all right uh |
| 7265s | poison res that'll work that'll work uh |
| 7269s | let's oh i need to be higher level wow |
| 7272s | those boots got good |
| 7275s | those dudes got real good |
| 7285s | all right i was a little nervous when it |
| 7286s | went back to strength |
| 7288s | but uh |
| 7290s | yeah |
| 7292s | i'm happy with those |
| 7294s | there's there's our upgrade for the day |
| 7298s | yeah |
| 7300s | very nice |
| 7306s | okay let's slap these keys in here |
| 7310s | you might do something with these at |
| 7311s | some point because there's that's a nice |
| 7312s | increased damage over time |
| 7314s | i might try and make that into something |
| 7318s | i actually care about that |
| 7320s | [Music] |
| 7322s | all right |
| 7325s | [Music] |
| 7326s | uh if you were to recommend any build |
| 7328s | right now which would it be oh man i |
| 7330s | would recommend if you are if you're new |
| 7333s | i would recommend uh just picking |
| 7336s | whatever you think is your favorite type |
| 7338s | of build to play and just going for it |
| 7340s | and trying it i bet it'll work really |
| 7342s | well for you |
| 7343s | um |
| 7344s | if you are |
| 7347s | a grizzled veteran |
| 7349s | or somewhere in between |
| 7350s | i would recommend um |
| 7353s | picking a |
| 7356s | an obscure restriction |
| 7358s | that is that is unorthodox so |
| 7361s | like go a two-hand melee blade dancer or |
| 7366s | um |
| 7367s | try try and like build like a wand |
| 7369s | catalyst paladin or something you know |
| 7371s | like uh get get get wacky with it and um |
| 7377s | like put some like weird really specific |
| 7380s | restriction on the build and try and |
| 7381s | make it work that way |
| 7384s | if you're looking for a specific uh |
| 7387s | recommendation i am super duper enjoying |
| 7389s | this right here |
| 7390s | bleed heavy |
| 7392s | um you can put exclamation mark build in |
| 7394s | chat right now and get details onto this |
| 7396s | build what i'm building what i'm doing |
| 7398s | um i'm not quite at the version that's |
| 7400s | in the uh |
| 7401s | build planner yet there but um |
| 7404s | it's a lot of fun |
| 7405s | i also really like bear wherever it's a |
| 7407s | lot of fun too so i was playing last |
| 7408s | batch |
| 7411s | uh last question here before the end of |
| 7413s | the day in the uh end of the stream here |
| 7415s | do you guys plan to add any more skills |
| 7417s | after full release yes |
| 7419s | yes we do |
| 7422s | and with that |
| 7428s | oh come on turn that off |
| 7430s | okay and with that i had a wonderful |
| 7432s | time i hope you did too |
| 7434s | next week i'll be back to my |
| 7437s | uh back |
| 7440s | feeling better i hope |
| 7443s | uh yeah we've got something special |
| 7445s | planned for next stream hopefully uh |
| 7446s | hopefully comes gets here in time |
| 7449s | supposed to arrive the day before stream |
| 7450s | so you know |
| 7452s | anyways uh |
| 7455s | i will see all of you next time |
| 7458s | happy wonderful day hope you have a |
| 7460s | fantastic day whatever whatever you're |
| 7461s | doing with it |