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220s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
222s	back to another last Epoch death
225s	stream as usual I'm your host Mike hi
230s	how's it going
231s	everybody we're hanging out we're
233s	playing some last SE I'm still still
235s	jamming on this uh oh yeah we died at
239s	the very end still still geming on this
241s	this Beast Master here having some fun
244s	welcome if this is your first time here
246s	we stream for charity boom right above
248s	my head um and we do cool stuff like
251s	talk about last
252s	Epoch and uh answer your questions about
255s	last Epoch so if you have any
257s	questions please put at last OT game and
259s	I will be doing my best to answer as
261s	many of those as possible thank you very
263s	much heavy coming in with the with the
266s	37 month
268s	resub woo
273s	that's that's wild thank you very
281s	much all of the keys for
286s	Mike nice one
291s	too in
298s	oh into Hario with 38 my
302s	goodness
305s	woo putting up some big numbers
310s	today we do
312s	have a little uh just a little preview
316s	of what's coming today we're going to be
318s	talking about the the boss Dr
322s	system going a been a Hot Topic like so
324s	we're going to we're going to we're
325s	going to pull back the c a little bit
327s	later little preview
331s	but until then get the party started
333s	with some other
337s	questions like will my scorpion survive
340s	probably
347s	not all
351s	right Mike this is an important question
354s	I'm judging you all right I'm ready uh
357s	what are your MTG colors I'm black red
360s	also I'm glad you like the pr beard song
362s	yeah that was
365s	fantastic that was that was that was
367s	that was a good that was a good start to
368s	the day I really appreciated that um I'm
372s	like so all over the place when it comes
374s	to Magic
376s	colors I've been uh I'm going up to a
379s	budd's house where we're doing a
380s	bachelor party in our 30s which means
383s	we're just going to be playing Magic all
384s	weekend um and
391s	um yeah so I was I've been like Shoring
393s	up my decks and
396s	uh putting some finishing touches on
398s	them and everything I've got I've got
399s	two cards I'm going to go to the card
400s	store and buy they're like 40 Z cards
402s	each they're like I just just need to
404s	finish this meme deck um I would say
407s	overall I'm red
408s	blue that would be my my go-to if I like
411s	if I can only play one pairing from here
413s	on out is it for sure
428s	like as a kid I'm just like counter
429s	spawn lightning bolb the best two cards
430s	in Magic let's make a
439s	deck all right attention sir this is
442s	your weekly character sheet rework
443s	reminder thank you very
448s	much the that's exactly what mono blue
451s	player would
452s	say I so I just built like my first mono
455s	Blue Deck in
456s	Forever
458s	um I'm like all right so we're going to
461s	we're going to build and this is Al just
463s	like stuff I had line around so like
464s	okay we're going to I'm going to build
465s	this this mono blue mil deck um and it's
468s	going to it's going to be this this Goan
470s	ey of wisdom
472s	Shrine which is one of six cards in
475s	Magic one of six creatures in Magic that
476s	have no creature type Shrine is an
478s	enchantment typ and there are only three
481s	blue enchantments shrines uh and it
483s	tries off the number you have I only
485s	have two of them so it's a terrible deck
487s	but it's going to be fun anyways back to
489s	last
491s	defog uh you some love for fire Aura is
494s	Aura of Decay getting some the same
496s	treatment um I mean
498s	we not the same cuz we um know different
503s	problems requireed different
506s	solutions they are similar but the
508s	things that are keeping them from like
510s	really shining are uh I think I think
514s	different different
517s	animals well partially because one of
519s	them is an active skill and one of
521s	them's not so like they kind of sit in
523s	different ecos
534s	systems magic what about Digimon TCG
537s	that I missed that one never never never
538s	played it
541s	uh I saw on Discord you replying that
543s	Arena isn't uh planned currently to be
546s	ingame farming activity can you explain
549s	why team wants that instead of making it
551s	more interesting with adding more mini
553s	bosses meaningful rewards like
555s	preserving leaderboards uh while
556s	preserving leaderboards aspect
558s	especially since people ask for more end
559s	game um I mean it's so the arena is one
564s	of the endgame activities I don't know
568s	uh it's just not
570s	um I guess the the the
573s	core how do you put this
584s	the we we want the arena to be part of
586s	the endgame but we don't want the arena
590s	to
592s	um I guess be a clear-cut like really
595s	successful way like if you're if you're
597s	into Min maxing we don't want the arena
599s	be one of the one of the like the best
602s	mathematically ways to get very high
605s	powered gear very
610s	quickly that might be a more more
612s	accurate way of putting
616s	it uh are there any changes you can talk
619s	about coming to Arena mode next month
622s	cycle there's there's not a lot with
623s	Arena the changing next cycle the
625s	Arena's um not a huge focus of the next
629s	uh next update
631s	much more focusing on Pinnacle boss and
634s	the joining systems to the Pinnacle boss
636s	uh like the lead up to it and and such
639s	and that that's that that's the primary
640s	focus for
642s	um for next cycle there's there's
644s	definitely like lots of other stuff
646s	sprinkled in here and there and
647s	everywhere type thing but um the main
650s	focus for for is is the the Pinnacle
653s	boss and and the surrounding distance
666s	any updates on Minion tool tips coming
667s	1.1 uh not so much as DPS if that's what
671s	you're hoping for sorry uh did you catch
674s	the D4 campfire chat it's like queued up
677s	and I have a like list of like oh I got
680s	to watch this document or YouTube videos
683s	it's always sort of getting the list
685s	always seems to be growing not
686s	shrinking um but it is the most recent
690s	thing I've added to that
693s	list I watched the inter I have not uh
697s	they are making uniques purple how does
699s	that make you feel I like uniques
702s	uniques are
705s	brown the way that's always been or like
708s	brownie brownie orange you know that's
711s	that's like a Diablo main State isn't it
714s	am I
717s	crazy I know they doing so I guess
719s	uniques legendary different things I
721s	always get that flipped cuz we have a
722s	flip from
725s	them also be
729s	Shrine love
732s	it our little be friends in our B
748s	shrine I think purple's a great color
750s	for um for like really high tier stuff I
754s	think purple's like ingrain is like a
756s	high tier color stuff from from lots of
758s	lots and lots of
759s	games which was why it was so natural
761s	for us to pick as
766s	well for our
770s	exalted all right if there was a bar
773s	class in game ah what kind of music
775s	would the character play would one genre
777s	be paa I'm asking for a friend
782s	I wonder which friend that is
788s	um I feel like I feel like it would be
791s	more
793s	simplistic like I can't I can't imagine
795s	they'd have a ton of time to like you
798s	know make an invent musical instruments
800s	so much like with with much
801s	sophistication as you kind of need for
803s	po like really need for
807s	po that's what I imagine you need
810s	my knowledge is so limited on that topic
814s	um I feel I feel it could be more like
817s	uh channeling the renaissance fair type
821s	music we might
826s	guess fl's been ambushed Eads frenzy
829s	totem activate
835s	a that was a close one
842s	got
844s	him got him all
847s	right uh what is the beverage of the day
850s	I'm drinking a raspberry
852s	bubbly sparkling water with a touch of
863s	flavoring passes finish this off we're
867s	going to head down here possibly
870s	oh here's good too this node's really
873s	handy at the same time I'm like uh yeah
877s	this node just seems so good for
882s	us that that that much less so
887s	but we kind of got to go for this
901s	let's get some
905s	glyphs they make Uber uniques purple not
908s	all uniques
911s	okay uh if you want Mike to answer your
913s	question you should add me yes yes put
915s	at last Depot game in the question if
916s	you'd like me to see it I will skip over
918s	it otherwise I'm sorry I'll go
921s	back uh can you elaborate on what's the
924s	light before the dark race event is I I
927s	actually like not a matter of not one to
929s	I actually can't cuz I don't
932s	know I've had my head so like just just
935s	focused on getting stuff done for this
937s	patch that like I've been ignoring all
939s	of the all the extra stuff and like I
941s	found out about that event when someone
942s	asked about it in the asid de Channel no
948s	idea and I like once I saw I'm like you
950s	know what I'm just going to wait I'm I'm
952s	not even going to ask I'm just going to
953s	like wait and see what happens
962s	I have no idea but I I am likewise
965s	excited to find out because I think like
967s	the concept of like a lore race is is
970s	very cool and I know there's a few like
973s	I'm not sure how it's going to work but
974s	I know there's a few things we've been
975s	working on behind the scenes that would
977s	make something like this uh be possible
980s	for what I think it could be I know it's
981s	super vague so cuz I'm speculating what
983s	it actually is myself but like I don't
985s	know I think there could be some I'm
986s	excited to see what they do with it
988s	we'll see it's be fun
999s	uh do you have any plans for Shaman new
1001s	ability or work on tree yeah like
1003s	there's there's nodes coming in for
1005s	passives um there are no completely new
1008s	abilities being introduced in 1.1 um so
1011s	like some some abilities got like some
1012s	pretty significant changes on various
1015s	classes um but there's no like here's a
1017s	new skill
1022s	um yeah like there's there's more
1024s	connections we're making um between some
1026s	of the some of the active abilities um
1028s	you know some bug fixes here and there
1030s	on some of the totems uh some passives
1032s	got updates um so there's like there's
1035s	stuff uh that's going to be it's going
1038s	to be fun
1055s	all right next
1058s	question I going to survive
1061s	this
1064s	yes uh do you have oh can you describe
1067s	the process of actually uh fighting the
1069s	Pinnacle boss H not so much probably not
1073s	like where is it uh do you need mats for
1075s	it are there different corruption levels
1077s	for it Etc okay so I I can
1079s	I I can answer like one in a bit of
1082s	those
1083s	questions
1086s	um so where is it I I can't really tell
1090s	you right now um cuz it kind
1093s	of you'll you'll have
1098s	um
1101s	like uh you you'll once once it's
1104s	unlocked you'll have easy access to it
1106s	like it's not uh there's no like um
1109s	like Trek to get there from a waypoint
1111s	or something like there's a waypoint
1112s	like right outside the door and it's
1113s	like there the the door is uh like right
1117s	outside another Waypoint that you
1118s	probably already have unlocked type
1120s	thing like so it's it's not um it's it's
1123s	not out of the
1125s	way
1127s	um so yeah physical access is easy uh
1132s	you do have to unlock it Bea a process
1134s	of some other things that lead out to it
1136s	so you have to unlock it once it's
1138s	unlocked very easy to do
1140s	the way you unlock it is right on the
1142s	normal path so like you're not going
1143s	super far the way to find it it's it's
1145s	it's it's like it's it's smooth I don't
1148s	know how to there's probably a term for
1150s	this it flows
1154s	nicely it's
1155s	natural uh what else what else is in
1157s	here you need mats yeah you need things
1160s	that you get in the process of unlocking
1166s	it yes like there's there's a key
1170s	you can't just like if you physically
1172s	can run up to it open the door you need
1173s	you need a
1176s	key um and are there different
1177s	corruption levels for no so this is this
1179s	is a static difficulty content um so
1182s	what this means is um no matter what
1184s	level you are no matter what your
1186s	corruption is no matter where you are in
1187s	the game no matter what you do the boss
1189s	fight is the same for everyone it's the
1191s	same difficulty it's the same uh move
1194s	set it is static difficulty contact
1199s	there's a lot going on in the
1207s	fight but it does not change based on
1219s	corruption if it did it would be
1222s	like it wouldn't like wouldn't really
1225s	there'd always be no matter when you
1226s	fought it there'd always be a harder
1227s	version of it you know cuz you just up
1229s	the
1230s	corruption that's one of the big things
1232s	we we when we're designing this content
1233s	so there's like different different
1235s	things different reasons we put
1236s	different content into the game and one
1238s	of the core things we want out of this
1239s	content is to be that um that
1241s	benchmarking content where you can say
1243s	like oh hey I beat this boss this build
1246s	can beat this boss type
1249s	thing so that that is important to have
1259s	all right stream two of asking as ply as
1262s	possible for search option only t6s only
1264s	t7s please much love the whole
1267s	team I I can't promise anything but if
1270s	you'd like to see it uh the best place
1272s	to ask for it is on the forums so I
1274s	don't take any suggestions from the
1275s	streams ever
1289s	uh can you elaborate
1291s	on
1293s	um I cannot elaborate on that all oh
1296s	this is the Reas someone told me to
1298s	message I went back yes got it I'm with
1299s	you I'm back back on track uh do you
1301s	guys plan on adding sounds to loot
1303s	filter in future this is a really tough
1304s	one we've we've gone back and forth
1306s	internally on this a few times we don't
1308s	currently have active plans to do this
1310s	still fighting for it
1316s	though uh hey Mike when new releases are
1319s	approaching besides the typical last
1321s	week where you start uh delivering a
1323s	piece of info about every day to
1324s	generate hype do you guys plan to do
1326s	more sort of twitch streams to present
1328s	the news live to the community or
1329s	something like that in the future well
1332s	um I think the big documents generally
1335s	do better as a
1336s	post um rather cuz then it can be like
1341s	directly referenced in like um how like
1344s	scrub to a video and listen to what
1345s	someone says a few times and maybe it's
1346s	like misspeaking and things like that um
1349s	I do try to be very careful with the way
1351s	I talk and things I say to be make sure
1353s	it's precise but every once in a while I
1355s	say like a all out of plural to
1357s	something and be like oh
1360s	no
1361s	um which I did a month back that
1366s	sorry that's why that example comes to
1369s	mind
1371s	um yeah I I mean we do this this stream
1374s	every week so um that's going to
1376s	continue
1380s	I'd really like to do more uh variants
1383s	on these streams like get get more
1384s	guests in those always been really well
1386s	received so I'm hoping to in the like
1389s	maybe the first couple weeks or like the
1391s	week before even of of the patch getting
1393s	some guests on
1398s	it
1404s	personally the streams when I'm when I'm
1406s	I I really like I really like having uh
1408s	someone to talk talk to you on stream um
1410s	like the times we did the like the
1412s	podcast and some of the interviews with
1414s	like um with a whole bunch of different
1416s	people uh is has
1419s	been i' they they've flown by they've
1422s	just been like you blinking their
1429s	over just I they're a lot of
1437s	fun uh will Shadow dagger get nerfed to
1440s	1.1 Shadow dagger Rogue might be my
1442s	favorite way to play a rogue character
1443s	in any video game but it's really really
1445s	strong yeah I mean um you know if you're
1450s	see I think there's a lot of builds that
1451s	are getting nerfed um a lot of builds
1453s	are getting buffed and even builds that
1454s	get Nerf will get buffed in other ways
1456s	too so like it's not always just about
1458s	straight Buffs and it's not always just
1459s	about straight Nerfs so we're doing
1460s	Buffs and Nerfs on basically everything
1464s	um uh and and the the things you
1467s	see really standing out super strong um
1470s	that are hitting these kind of insane
1472s	corruption numbers are going to be
1474s	brought back to reality of
1485s	it do we fix no problem don't don't
1488s	apologize it's totally
1495s	fine you're good
1499s	no worries all right with some Beast
1502s	Master builds making use of a terorist
1504s	blessing casts on their companions for
1507s	the companion skill reset is there any
1509s	possibility of the skill receiving some
1510s	way to restrict targets to Companions or
1513s	otherwise Auto Target them because while
1515s	the builds that function well um they're
1518s	extremely hindered in multiplayer by the
1520s	presence of allies yeah that's an
1522s	interesting one I I think that's a if
1524s	um I think that would be a good way to
1527s	restrict it um we we we get suggestions
1530s	sometimes of like like oh can we target
1532s	the like the the portrait frames in the
1533s	top and things like that there's there's
1535s	some issues there um but yeah I think
1538s	that that's probably a good way to do it
1540s	is putting it in the actual
1543s	um skill tree node where it's
1546s	like attach attach it to some some buff
1549s	that's already there about minions
1551s	there's probably some node uh that's
1553s	like if you use this on a minion it gets
1554s	this extra thing well it already does
1555s	that anyways but like it gets the
1557s	increased size
1560s	but restricting the targets the minion
1568s	is yeah like like something like that
1570s	right
1572s	there yeah I can see I can see it going
1575s	on that node right I think that's like
1576s	that if you're going to
1580s	yeah that's not very far out of the way
1583s	it's not like a mandatory thing behind
1585s	it it's a pretty basic note already
1591s	I would I would probably put it there
1592s	that's that's what I would do I think if
1593s	if we're going to do
1607s	that probably want to check the the
1608s	notes first just to be safe but got
1611s	reactions right but I
1614s	think uh we get a lot of questions about
1616s	itemization in the community some
1617s	players are wondering ing why there
1619s	aren't more generic uniques uh can you
1622s	give a slight peek into design theory of
1624s	uniques and your goals for them I mean
1626s	yeah so I think the uniques get
1628s	generated fairly
1630s	organically um it might be a bad way to
1633s	put it they get
1636s	generated uh largely in isolation from
1639s	each other I think is a good way to put
1640s	it so there's like
1643s	um someone comes with an idea for a
1645s	unique and it doesn't really matter too
1647s	much what the other uniques like there's
1651s	there there there's consideration for
1652s	other uniques of like okay what else is
1653s	in the slot what other uniques what
1654s	other abilities like overall interact
1656s	with this in certain builds stuff like
1657s	that but like there's there's I think
1659s	rarely we take a step back and look at
1661s	our like Pantheon of uniques to see the
1663s	distribution of the Styles and things
1665s	like that
1669s	um so I think
1671s	there's it sort of naturally ends up
1674s	being a little bit more of a shift
1676s	towards more specific uniques just
1680s	because it's a lot easier especially
1681s	when we're adding in like like lots of
1683s	uniques frequently come with a new
1685s	mechanic or a new ability and and and
1687s	when when new abilities come to the game
1689s	and new uniques come with them I think
1691s	it's really um I think it makes a lot of
1694s	sense for us to be making those uniques
1695s	for that ability that's entered the game
1697s	because um you know there's so many
1699s	other uniques that have been built up
1701s	for every other ability throughout the
1702s	over the years um that that having that
1705s	that like initial burst makes it so they
1707s	don't feel like they're left behind
1708s	really bad I think that's happened a few
1710s	times in a row where like we've released
1712s	a patch and like okay we got room for
1713s	like 15 20 uniques um but we've got 15
1717s	20 abilities uh not that bad in some
1720s	cases but like we've got a bunch of new
1721s	abilities got five new abilities and so
1723s	it's like maybe two uniques per ability
1725s	uh and suddenly you're at that's that's
1727s	at least half of the uniques we're going
1729s	to be put in the patch are specific to
1731s	new abilities and you get other
1733s	abilities that come in and there's not a
1735s	limit hard limit on how many uniques can
1736s	be in every patch but like 20 is roughly
1738s	about where we normally
1741s	land
1744s	um see it's I I think and I think you
1747s	can you end up with like uh a lot of
1750s	times really interesting things when you
1752s	can be a little more narrow on topic so
1754s	like just just
1757s	getting when when you're when you when
1759s	you restrict where it's useful I you can
1761s	be a little bit more wild and what it
1763s	could
1771s	it's probably a combination of like
1772s	eight things and then also like
1774s	supporter uniques come in um we're still
1776s	doing those and those are still like on
1778s	the backlog of
1779s	those those are almost always very
1782s	narrow in in like a good way
1784s	um people have like a really specific
1786s	play style that're that they're trying
1788s	to like enable and get into the game
1790s	something that they really love um and
1792s	those are the best
1797s	ones so think long-term goals for
1799s	uniques is just like more options more
1801s	of everything more generic ones more
1804s	specific ones more everything in between
1806s	more more
1809s	more and there will come a time where
1811s	there's like too many almost um so we
1815s	got to be careful about that too but you
1816s	know right now I think we're pretty far
1818s	from that when you look at other games
1819s	in in the in the space and how many
1821s	looks they
1823s	have and I think you can also look at
1825s	other games too um as like for examples
1828s	of how things can go as well cuz like um
1831s	like you like look look back at like
1833s	Diablo I for example
1835s	um there's like the uniques that are
1838s	actually used and useful there's so few
1842s	um and I think uniques are the ones that
1844s	are used are just like really really
1846s	really powerful for just like everything
1848s	and then like a few that are really
1849s	specific so like you get Nightwing or
1851s	something like that it's just for just
1853s	for cold sorts and things like that and
1855s	it's like um
1859s	you know there's there's there's a few
1861s	of the really narrow ones and then a few
1863s	of the really generic ones Sho things
1865s	like that and there not really that many
1866s	they get used and I think with with more
1868s	narrow options that we have we end up
1871s	with a bigger variety of things that get
1872s	used at all um just cuz people
1875s	especially while leveling will be like
1876s	oh here's here's a unique specific for
1877s	this one ability I'm
1879s	training and and you can those uniques
1881s	get slipped into those builds which I
1883s	think is really good
1892s	more more variety more cool
1895s	stuff all right Mike did you know that
1897s	you have a famous doppelganger I
1901s	don't wouldn't I be the doppelganger of
1904s	the famous
1909s	person who is it someone super cool I
1912s	know
1914s	that uh possible Forge guard rework or
1916s	potential for one in the future I mean
1918s	we're we I think they like I think
1921s	there's a lot of things that forar does
1923s	really right
1926s	um and we're definitely taking like
1928s	there's there's things we're adding into
1929s	it this patch there's things that I
1931s	think they'll be improving it make it
1932s	feel even better
1934s	um I think there's a couple skills that
1936s	could use a rework on Forge guard but
1938s	for the most part I don't think the
1939s	entire class needs like a back to the
1941s	drawing board type
1943s	thing I think the theming is really
1945s	strong I think the overall abilities
1946s	play really well I think there's you
1948s	know
1951s	just a few key
1954s	issues I think it's I think it's a lot
1956s	closer to being a lot of fun than uh it
1966s	seems there's definitely some tech
1968s	that's that's missing to make it really
1974s	shiny I keep hitting you can't hear it
1976s	but I keep hitting the Stace space bar
1978s	i' I've hit the space bar like I don't
1980s	know 100 times this stream already
1982s	trying to roll trying to just like
1984s	activate the evade like perfect time to
1985s	evade and I'm like oh wait I have to
1988s	walk it's it's already like ingrained in
1996s	me I think I think we're just going to
1997s	come for
2000s	this yeah we're just come for this now
2010s	uh will you make Avalanche great again
2013s	I'd love to I also hate to CU avalanch
2016s	is the pain of my existence when coming
2018s	up against it um yeah I think I think
2020s	Avalanche has some cool stuff I don't
2021s	think there's any major updates for
2023s	Avalanche playing this patch but I think
2024s	it's
2028s	um it it needs some love
2039s	apologies if you've already answered
2041s	this it's quite all right but I've
2042s	noticed traversal skills seem to get
2044s	caught on inclines this can be fix 1.1
2046s	there's a lot of different reasons why a
2048s	lot of different Trends traversal skills
2050s	get caught in a lot of different
2052s	situations because they behave a little
2053s	bit differently for all them
2056s	um it is something we've been working on
2059s	um the the reliability of movement in
2061s	general has been uh a sticking point for
2065s	us for a long time um
2071s	and it is something that we are actively
2077s	working apologies this has been asked
2080s	once again totally fine but do you know
2082s	how soon before the patch cycle will you
2084s	release the patch notes it'll just be a
2086s	few days um so we usually do leading up
2087s	to the patch there's hype week um and so
2090s	during hype week there's like uh each
2092s	day we release a a Dev blog post that
2095s	has um you know has has details on one
2099s	specific thing so like I I don't know
2101s	what they're all going to be this this
2102s	this time but I assume there're going to
2103s	be things like hey here's the Nemesis
2105s	system and we'll go into detail on how
2107s	that works and how you can interact with
2108s	what you'll see all stuff like that be
2110s	like next day like maybe here's the
2111s	harbinger system and go into details on
2113s	that you can expect to see with that and
2115s	then you know like I the Pinnacle boss
2118s	and and some details on that but maybe a
2120s	little bit shy on some of the details so
2121s	you can experience it
2123s	firstand like exactly what'll happen um
2127s	and then
2129s	uh you know a little
2133s	um once once all the major dead blogs
2135s	have come then we do then we do patch
2137s	notes and it's got all the details like
2138s	oh this ability is getting buffed by
2139s	that
2146s	L all right in that case of no scaling
2149s	are you currently planning Uber variants
2151s	of bosses or just
2154s	progression um there's so we already do
2156s	kind of do the like um like boss
2160s	progression with empowered versions boss
2162s	one uh this one the the like the the
2166s	version that's launching on 1.1 the
2168s	Pinnacle boss that's coming in 1.1 will
2170s	have one difficulty setting um I think
2174s	having Uber bosses in the future and
2176s	like combo bosses and all these sorts of
2179s	intense like hyper challenges are are
2182s	like on on the on the table for future
2185s	content um 1.1 we have we're we're
2187s	coming with this Pinnacle boss and the
2189s	Pinnacle boss will be that one
2191s	difficulty for that one Pinnacle boss
2192s	for
2198s	1.1 there are like things leading up to
2201s	it it's not just walk in you fight the
2203s	boss like there's other content you have
2206s	to do first before you're allowed to
2211s	fight all right serpent strike CU I know
2213s	that summons Primal
2216s	serpent yes it does
2220s	um would this be considered a Talisman
2223s	skill if Talisman skills existed in game
2225s	how would you envision them Envision
2227s	some other primalist Talisman what
2230s	animals would be used Bas this question
2232s	on the Lore
2236s	Master I have no
2239s	idea
2245s	uh I have no idea um
2252s	um I feel like just getting
2258s	more cuz you like so there's there's the
2261s	like aspect
2262s	nodes
2265s	um maybe maybe channeling those in some
2268s	way I think could be cool I don't know
2271s	I'm sorry I don't have a good answer
2272s	this one at all
2279s	every once in a while I get stumped I'm
2280s	throw in the towel uh when will the game
2282s	be available on consoles uh do you think
2286s	uh you losing players with poe2 and D4
2288s	both platforms cheers
2290s	um I I think we have
2294s	to uh have have our
2298s	PC uh version Rock Solid before we start
2301s	getting into console stuff
2305s	um we are like there's there's a lot of
2308s	things that have to happen um to to get
2312s	the game released on a console um that
2314s	we haven't started yet just like there's
2316s	standards you have to adhere to for
2317s	specific consoles there's like um
2320s	whether or not it can be paused
2322s	and there there's all sort of little
2324s	things like maximum memory usages and
2326s	all these things like that that need to
2328s	be met in order to get onto a console
2329s	and and personally I have I've never
2331s	released a console game myself there's
2332s	other people on the team that
2334s	have um so we're still in very very
2338s	early days of you know like looking at
2340s	relationships with those companies to
2341s	get game to get Epoch on the console but
2343s	it was still ways out from that I
2357s	think all right hi Mike oh thanks thanks
2360s	for the uh the assist ping there heavy
2362s	um uh when will the game be available
2364s	all right so hi Mike will there be a
2366s	passive leveling system after reaching
2368s	level 100 in the feature for example the
2370s	paradon system V3 since they dedicated
2372s	much time and effort for the safety of a
2374s	tera and leveled up 13 masteries to
2376s	level 100 plus one level 91 level 83 in
2380s	this cycle when can I expect my unique
2382s	ring ring of real
2385s	learning uh with the 10 to 25% increased
2388s	XP mod thanks in
2390s	advance that that is quite the
2392s	achievement um that is that is a lot of
2395s	extremely high level characters um so
2399s	wow um I we don't really have any plans
2403s	for um leveling up charact leveling up
2406s	um like a D3 Paragon style
2409s	system uh characters hitting max level
2411s	is we really view that as an achievement
2414s	unto itself just one character H so it's
2417s	not something that we're really
2418s	expecting most players to do and because
2421s	of that locking a system behind it
2423s	doesn't really make a lot of sense um we
2426s	do want there to be um like endgame
2431s	farming systems like
2434s	endgame uh Farm the wrong word but like
2436s	a a system where you can
2439s	progress uh keep progressing behind the
2441s	scenes like through endgame and have it
2443s	be have't be exciting and interesting
2445s	the way the passive system works
2446s	inherently it becomes less and less
2448s	exciting to get passive points as you
2450s	put points in once you get past around
2452s	level 75 80ish um and and we're we're
2455s	really happy with how the passive system
2457s	is working and the and what it's
2458s	bringing to the table um but because of
2461s	how it's it's linked to level and um and
2464s	all that having a system that gets tied
2467s	uh a passive
2468s	progression uh system and oh my goodness
2473s	stumbling so much on this I'm trying to
2474s	say is factions that's where I'm going
2477s	with all this I'm trying to say factions
2478s	in a really long-winded way um we we
2481s	feel factions more fit that role and as
2483s	we get more factions into the game um
2485s	and as the faction systems get flushed
2487s	out more and and you know fix the issues
2489s	that we have with them first pass of
2491s	which is happening 1.1 and we're going
2493s	to keep updating 1.2 and keep adding
2494s	more as we get through to three four
2496s	five all sort of stuff
2499s	um so you know you're going to you're
2501s	going to see updates that continuing and
2503s	that type of in-game progression system
2505s	to get cool stuff is probably going to
2507s	come more from the faction system than
2508s	it is um from uh a system is tied to
2520s	uh give us ryer to talk about all the
2521s	cool new yeah I think that's a great
2524s	idea hey ryer you want to come join me
2526s	next time talk about some cool nodes
2532s	huh he's probably not listening it's
2534s	quite
2535s	late that is part of the problem it's
2538s	like's he's in Europe so it's the middle
2540s	of the night
2551s	hi Mike oh I that yes I went
2554s	back uh hi Mike hello Mr fibble fibble I
2559s	always I always love your name and ruin
2561s	your name I realize right after every
2562s	single time I'm
2563s	sorry uh hi Mike do you know if there
2566s	are any plans for future Cosmetics via
2568s	twitch drops yes as of today I believe
2572s	we got uh new
2576s	info uh
2584s	um are we here
2610s	fastest way to cheat this on to the
2612s	screens this way here we
2617s	go uh here is the uh we we we just just
2621s	posted this on our various
2626s	everythings uh so if you
2628s	want twitch drops for the
2634s	patch oh I'm being told right now we're
2638s	changing the way we're doing hype week
2639s	this this this year this this year this
2646s	patch oh this is for uh two hours on any
2649s	one
2652s	day so if you watch uh any of the
2655s	related
2656s	streams uh for two hours on any one of
2658s	these
2659s	days you
2663s	get these these Cosmetics it's a pet and
2666s	a cape sorry I'm getting I'm getting
2668s	extra information to tossing me right
2670s	now
2674s	live uh all right hype week we're
2677s	actually condensing it into fewer larger
2679s	posts and then the patch notes so it's
2681s	going to come
2684s	out faster and bigger I
2689s	guess all right any love coming for
2692s	volcanic orb in cycle 2 been asking for
2694s	literal
2695s	years uh I I don't have any specific
2697s	specific details on what's coming
2701s	up for uh volcanic orb the next cycle
2704s	but you know I don't think it's
2705s	unreasonable to have see
2708s	something we'll see what happens
2716s	though yeah and we're changing the way
2717s	we're doing hype week because of your
2719s	pack
2731s	speaking of feedback if you've been
2733s	playing last heac for a while and like
2735s	most of the people here probably have
2736s	not all but most and you haven't um you
2740s	haven't bothered to go on over and drop
2741s	a review yet uh however you want it I
2744s	would encourage you to check out that
2747s	opportunity
2754s	now as long as I don't die ah
2767s	H
2768s	right since 1.0 of last def how has this
2771s	launch permanently changed the dynamic
2773s	structure and Outlook of HG what the
2776s	company was before um I mean we've we've
2779s	definitely we're growing uh in size
2781s	we've we're hiring more people more like
2785s	crazy talented people have been applying
2786s	for jobs which is which is so cool um
2791s	and so we've been we've been getting
2793s	more more developers more artists more
2795s	designers more uh other types of artists
2799s	more other types of artists because
2800s	there's so many different types of
2801s	amazing specialized artists
2805s	um I I think it's where we we've managed
2808s	to increase our um pipeline size a
2810s	little
2812s	bit know just as an attempt to get more
2814s	content out faster and better better
2817s	content out faster
2821s	too I know things that like I I recently
2824s	just took one of my hats off and gave it
2826s	to someone which I was so happy
2828s	for a you're doing a great
2841s	job yeah I think that's I think that's a
2843s	big part of it
2844s	um just like you you like when the game
2847s	when after the game launched there's
2848s	just like a so many more eyes on it that
2851s	people who are both like talented game
2854s	development professionals and just love
2855s	video games suddenly see the game and
2858s	are like hey that sounds like something
2860s	cool I might like to do and you're like
2862s	yes come do this with us it is cool you
2864s	would like to do
2874s	it that's I don't hate that
2877s	yeah I do hate that
2881s	though no room no room how about now
2895s	uh one more stash tab oh
2898s	oops always one more stash tab
2908s	we just clear this whole one we can
2910s	almost have the entire
2912s	uh ability
2916s	done I'm very excited very very excited
2919s	about cycle 2 cyle one had a very rough
2921s	start how are you guys better prepared
2923s	for a huge popularity cycle too I mean
2926s	um a ton has changed um you know like
2929s	serers uh server backend wise the like
2932s	code that runs the server that runs the
2933s	networking stack that runs all the
2935s	adjacent systems you know so much of
2937s	that has been updated and improved and
2939s	um you know we we had done a lot of
2942s	artificial testing before but we had
2944s	never had 265,000 people playing
2948s	simultaneously um so like artificial
2951s	tests are great but they don't always
2953s	tell the whole
2954s	story um like a unit test can only do so
2958s	much and
2961s	um we we we definitely learned a ton and
2964s	have put so much of that into action
2970s	there's a entirely new networking stack
2972s	that the game's running on now compared
2974s	to what it was then
2979s	um we are and we're we're we're not done
2982s	either so like 1 Point uh 1.2 will be
2985s	even better than 1.1
2988s	um and and we're just going to keep
2990s	improving it but yeah it's
3001s	woo he's
3008s	there this might oh I should have done
3010s	this before boss okay well harer Stars
3013s	sweet
3016s	um we're so not a crit build
3020s	though like so the opposite of the build
3023s	that wants this
3030s	okay when I get to the boss I'll show
3031s	you I'll talk about it because we do
3032s	have um some exciting news about um boss
3036s	Dr and what we're doing with that I'm
3038s	actually going to share with you the
3039s	details when we get to the boss fight I
3041s	I'll go a little deeper on
3050s	it don't forget to put at last Depot
3053s	game in the question if you'd like me to
3054s	answer I just scroll back just scroll
3056s	past a huge chunk and I'm assuming there
3057s	was nothing in
3059s	there uh about how many uniques will we
3061s	add in 1.1 I'm not 100% sure we like
3063s	we're still adding them is the funny
3064s	part
3065s	um so there's still a couple more
3067s	getting sprinkled in I think we're in
3069s	and around our usual
3071s	amount um but I haven't counted
3075s	them comfortably double digits though
3079s	say that with
3082s	confidence and and and definitely not
3084s	triple digits
3098s	that in place Fury leap with with a
3101s	frenzy totem down getting all of the
3103s	like all all the spines that come up all
3106s	yeah actually does
3110s	decent it's
3115s	important um what are your views of the
3119s	Rogue or one of its masteries uh to have
3122s	vanish or stealth skill this is a really
3124s	interesting topic um and we've we we've
3128s	like talked about having uh like a
3131s	disengage a stealth a vanish something
3133s	like that uh quite a bit and um we it's
3139s	really difficult to to make it play nice
3143s	make it play
3145s	well es especially in in like it it just
3148s	doesn't the play style doesn't fit super
3150s	well in an RPG um and we've kind of
3153s	tried to emulate that feeling and the
3157s	like thematics of what's going on a
3159s	little bit with smoke bomb that's that's
3160s	how smoke bomb was born actually we were
3162s	trying to find we like we're trying to
3164s	make a a a vanish or a disengage type
3167s	ability and smoke bomb is what came out
3168s	of that
3170s	um that design discussion that was quite
3173s	a while ago um I don't I don't I know if
3177s	like there's there's always these old
3179s	topics where we're like we've worked on
3181s	something and like how we came up with
3183s	what worked y y y um and then like four
3186s	years goes
3187s	by and all of a sudden there's like a
3189s	bunch of new things you can do in the
3191s	engine because we keep building little
3193s	things for other skills and we're like
3194s	oh my God this works now type
3196s	thing there's a unique staff that's in
3199s	the game that originally was being
3200s	designed is supposed to try and be a an
3202s	unarmed
3204s	weapon and and like about two years
3207s	after that we made our first maybe even
3209s	longer we made our first um like unarmed
3212s	weapon in a pair of
3218s	gloves so nothing yet but maybe
3222s	soon I see someone else steam deck uh
3224s	verification on the menu we're working
3226s	on it we are working on it um I don't
3230s	think we quite got that check mark ready
3232s	yet um but I know we've like submitted a
3235s	few builds for checks and things like
3236s	like that so it is it is in in uh
3242s	development I don't think it's quite
3243s	there
3246s	yet uh with regards to factions uh based
3249s	on what you just said uh will future
3251s	factions be obtainable alongside the
3253s	current two or is it intended that you
3255s	only ever affiliated with one at a time
3257s	we do intend that you will obtain and
3259s	track multiple factions
3261s	simultaneously um this is something
3264s	we've talked about before but I think
3265s	only on stream so I'm not surprised that
3267s	it's not just se but like here's
3271s	the here's the diagram I usually draw so
3273s	like if if you've got um the the one box
3276s	of um got mg and you got CF and then uh
3283s	and you have to pick one of those two
3284s	and they're mutually exclusive and then
3286s	maybe you've got another one over here
3289s	that's like r r
3291s	rpr1 and you've got here that's like
3295s	fg3 um and mutually exclusive with each
3297s	other I'm just putting random things in
3299s	here please don't try and figure out
3300s	what that is I don't know uh and then
3303s	maybe you've even got another one in
3304s	here that's like
3307s	hbg
3309s	four I don't
3311s	know
3312s	um and so like you can pick like I'm
3315s	going to be uh you come through and
3317s	you're like okay well I'm going to I'm
3319s	going to
3320s	play I'm going to play cof and I'm going
3322s	to play pg1 I'm going to play and and
3324s	you get this one as well so you get all
3326s	three of these you track them all
3327s	individually um and you're like oh okay
3329s	well I actually don't want to see if I'm
3331s	going to switch over this one that's
3332s	fine and like they they all exist in
3334s	their own like little ecosystems
3345s	almost started adding the numbers in so
3347s	it would be more ridiculous I don't know
3349s	why I started labeling them at
3354s	all all right will they further develop
3357s	of factions in the future could we see
3359s	lean towards more pee Atlas style
3361s	experience with like factions tree and
3364s	such
3366s	um it's possible we we did design the UI
3370s	for it to be
3372s	um I guess to be more of a like a
3376s	separate UI that tracks all the faction
3378s	stuff independently with like we we've
3381s	got UI set up for it you'll see it
3383s	eventually
3389s	I will not die
3399s	here oh rmer you're here yeah come join
3402s	me on stream that'd be cool not right
3409s	now this month's charity oh no uh any
3412s	chance you guys ever stop using Unity
3414s	kind of feels like a lot of the
3415s	performance stuff is tied to using an
3417s	engine not made for RPGs
3420s	no um switching an engine off like to to
3423s	a completely different engine right now
3428s	um are you guys okay if we take like a
3431s	two-year break from releasing content
3433s	like probably
3435s	not um I I I don't think switching
3438s	engines is uh really feasible for us
3442s	we've been working on an engine upgrade
3443s	like so a new version of unity it's
3446s	going to help a lot of things
3450s	um you know it's it's we we get I fairly
3454s	frequently get asked the question like
3456s	hey if you could go back and do it again
3458s	would you avoid using UD would would you
3460s	have used something else instead if you
3462s	could if you have the like knowing what
3463s	you know now going all that stuff I and
3466s	I and I genuinely think the answer is
3469s	no mostly because like I don't know if
3471s	we would have managed to get this far
3473s	without unity in the first place um and
3475s	so it's and and then at the same time it
3477s	is also just kind of too late to switch
3479s	and and have that be a reasonable idea
3482s	to
3493s	do that's it that's all the questions I
3497s	actually caught up
3499s	Midstream love
3502s	it if I missed one cuz um and you would
3505s	want to ask it again please put that
3506s	last de
3508s	game last de 2 on a new engine yeah
3510s	there you
3516s	go am I standing or sitting down I am
3520s	standing my hand is my the palm of my
3523s	hand is flat on the ceiling right now
3524s	you can see how bent my arm is still
3527s	this is this is my hand is just touching
3528s	the
3532s	ceiling it's right there several times I
3536s	accidentally punched it get excited like
3538s	like something happens I'm like yeah I
3540s	did it
3545s	boom not
3547s	die who's your favorite sg1 character
3550s	and why is it t I've been asked this
3551s	before that's it's I love teal
3554s	Christopher Jud such a good job no my
3556s	favorite character is O'Neal I it's
3558s	just his his I don't know
3562s	aloofness really clicks for me
3570s	but the whole the whole the whole gang's
3582s	great Carter run her
3586s	up she wrote and like directed a bunch I
3589s	she wrote she directed I think a bunch
3591s	of
3592s	Travelers which was also fantastic
3596s	she was in it as
3606s	well time for a spoiler vat we're do so
3609s	so today I've got uh we're not doing
3611s	little things this week I've got one
3612s	really big thing for you this
3614s	week yeah here I was going to do it
3616s	right as I get to the boss
3619s	fight I was going to use the boss fight
3621s	to explain a little bit
3631s	sorry haven't been following the updates
3632s	for all that's all right will there be
3634s	an update about uh
3636s	ADR we change your move to say the same
3639s	like um every talking about like
3641s	adaptive the boss production boss Dr yes
3644s	if you look at the title of the stream
3646s	I'm going to talk about that
3647s	today um yeah we are removing it adapt
3651s	Le we just talk about it now um adapted
3653s	boss damage reduction is getting cut for
3655s	1.1 it will no longer be something that
3658s	exists in
3660s	last so the big the big feedback we've
3663s	been getting a lot with
3665s	it um I I guess we can go over some
3667s	goals first then talk about feedback so
3669s	one one of the goals of a system like
3670s	this that we have is um you know having
3674s	having the bosses not just be instad
3676s	deleted while also not having the while
3680s	slightly raining in the difference
3683s	between a oh my God WTF epic OP build
3687s	and uh hey look what I built in my spare
3690s	time for fun type builds um thank you
3693s	very much for the sub Loco John DK thank
3698s	you
3700s	um might be interested in this the uh
3704s	and so yeah so that's the main things
3706s	the boss boss adaptive boss is doing um
3709s	and how let's talk about I guess how it
3711s	does
3712s	that um so how it does that is by uh it
3716s	gives gives the boss a bunch of um
3719s	damage reduction to start so you like
3721s	boss spawns in and has a bunch of damage
3723s	reduction um and then just the straight
3728s	multiplicative Dr and um as time passes
3732s	where you are not dealing damage to the
3736s	boss that just falls off that that erods
3739s	that Fades away so you it's it it's
3741s	Vanishing and
3743s	disappearing uh and eventually it just
3744s	get back to normal just just normal flat
3747s	damage um and then anytime you are spent
3749s	damaging the boss depending on how fast
3751s	you're damaging the boss and how much
3752s	you're damaging the boss it will gain
3754s	more Dr so um the boss will as you heard
3758s	it more it takes less damage as you
3759s	heard it less it takes more damage
3761s	pretty simple um it is built in such a
3764s	way that
3766s	um the fastest way to kill a boss is by
3769s	just killing the boss there's no like oh
3771s	slow DPS here to get a a slingshot boost
3774s	and kill it real fast like it's it's it
3776s	reacts instantly mid ability and
3778s	everything so it's like you're there's
3781s	there is no really gaming the system um
3783s	which is good but at the same time it
3786s	does it does leave people where they're
3788s	like okay this like they go to a test I
3790s	me like oh this meteor hits for 10,000
3793s	damage you go to boss think oh this
3794s	meteor hits for 1,000 damage
3798s	great that's awesome and and there's
3801s	this the that that feeling um has been
3804s	giving us we've been getting a lot of
3805s	feedback on that feeling being not so
3809s	awesome um so we are really looking at
3813s	placing the system with something that
3815s	achieves the same goals um makes the
3817s	boss fights more interesting more
3819s	Dynamic and
3821s	um you know still lets your numbers be
3824s	big still lets you um you know really
3828s	have a a a good feeling of hey I got
3830s	this new sword it does more damage and
3831s	now I do more damage and I kill the boss
3834s	that proportionately faster ATT so like
3838s	like we are um when we when we do remove
3842s	adapted boss damage we are replacing it
3844s	with something else I don't want to
3846s	stand in this I want my dude
3849s	back just killed
3853s	him um so what what are we replacing it
3856s	with uh we figured it would be best to
3859s	replace it with something that is um
3862s	that leverages existing in-game systems
3864s	already for for defenses something that
3867s	is really easy to communicate to the
3869s	player what's happening how how like how
3872s	it works what's H like what's going on
3874s	all that sort of stuff um where there's
3875s	not really a like hey why isn't my
3880s	damage like why is my damage nerfed so
3881s	much then they have to like go look in
3883s	the game guide like find out why this is
3884s	happening or they go to the forums and
3885s	things like that it's this like
3886s	confusion point it's just like it
3888s	doesn't feel good and it's like oh okay
3890s	then this is like can I can I do
3891s	anything to play around this to play
3892s	better oh then you find no I can't it's
3894s	like it just feels it doesn't feel whole
3896s	experience kind of sucks right now and
3898s	so we we're trying to um Target that
3901s	feeling and bring back the
3905s	like boss fights in general to be a
3907s	little more fun just just from switching
3908s	that system
3916s	up brief pause for some questions to
3918s	catch up on favorite Star Trek Voyager
3920s	for
3921s	sure um your item in game currently
3931s	I mean I love the silly stuff so
3932s	probably the
3934s	spoon
3936s	uh if there was one thing you allowed to
3938s	change about Le no questions ask what a
3939s	b and Y weapon swap you'd have two
3941s	weapons build swap weapons I've still
3942s	got a version locally that I can do it
3944s	none of you can have it um is there a
3946s	way to find out what the secondary
3948s	Elemental types are for each class like
3950s	how Mage and void or second I say like M
3951s	and void is like tertiary uh because it
3954s	only exists in items
3958s	um but I mean just like coming here if
3960s	you see it on
3962s	like three or fewer abilities if you see
3965s	like a little little icon on three or
3967s	fewer abilities I would call it a
3968s	secondary element for that
3972s	class and if you see it on none but it's
3974s	possible to get
3977s	tertiary uh the campaign story has been
3979s	completed uh hasn't been completed yet U
3983s	is what I think this meant to say since
3985s	you like Legend of Zelda series could we
3986s	battle against our Shadow Self our void
3989s	self in the future I mean that's there's
3991s	there's there's I I think that's that's
3992s	on the table and we've kind of pulled
3994s	elements of that in a little bitsh with
3997s	the arena Champions uh and the like um
4001s	forgotten Knight kind of got some
4002s	visuals of that there and then also the
4005s	Exile Mages feel a little bit like that
4007s	and there's some other stuff that's
4009s	coming too soon that we'll have that
4012s	theming even
4014s	stronger so yes keep an eye
4017s	out all right about permanent CC on
4021s	bosses yep that's um we're also
4023s	addressing permanent CC on bosses if you
4025s	like there's there's a threshold where
4026s	like if you're epic enough you can still
4028s	do it um but it's we're definitely
4031s	restricting it a lot
4033s	more
4036s	yeah I do have a little clip to show you
4038s	where it does pery see the boss but I
4039s	would like pref this with like this is
4041s	the absolute epic dis out character
4043s	possible yes that's a word as of now you
4046s	confident that your endgame addictions
4048s	uh
4051s	addition endgame additions next cycle
4054s	will be enough to keep the player
4055s	engaged after the campaign I mean I
4057s	think it's going to improve it I think
4057s	there's going to be lots of cool new
4058s	stuff to do um so we we'll see I think
4061s	it's going to be a a significant
4063s	Improvement of what we have currently
4065s	and it's I mean everyone's everyone's a
4067s	little bit different on how much they
4067s	like to play
4071s	um
4073s	yeah all right um
4077s	appreciate voyaging with TNG I say TNG
4079s	close second TNG is the only other one
4081s	that I will like that I've rewatched
4083s	more than
4093s	twice original series is great it's a
4095s	little too short um and like it was
4097s	still finding its
4098s	footing um I think Enterprise gets a bad
4102s	rap I think it's better than you
4103s	remember it just fast forward through
4104s	that intro song
4106s	um I think I think the new the new year
4109s	is fantastic and and those are all the
4111s	Star Trek that
4113s	exist sitting on a St space station is
4116s	not trekking through the
4118s	Stars oh yes can I expand once actually
4121s	be replaced in the adapter D system will
4122s	be absolutely I'd love to um I've been
4125s	kind of stalling till I get to the boss
4126s	fight a little bit here um so I'll just
4129s	I guess I'll just talk about here we're
4130s	using
4131s	Ward um so Ward is uh already a system
4135s	that's built into last Epoch for having
4137s	temporary uh a temporary Shield
4141s	um I think this is a pretty natural uh
4146s	option and anyone who's been following
4147s	along is probably not very surprised by
4149s	this um so what's going to
4157s	happen they not showing
4159s	up oh no oh no I wasn't going to show
4163s	that right
4164s	away that was the little video I've
4167s	got there it goes okay so here's an
4170s	example of what a uh a health bar an
4174s	enemy boss health bar may look like in
4178s	uh
4180s	1.1 little clip for you can see an
4182s	action to in a second um so what this
4184s	what we'll break down what's happening
4186s	here um so every every boss uh and
4190s	almost every mini boss so not uh not
4193s	every mini boss but most of them do have
4196s	these little Pips you see um this little
4199s	Pip this one this one and here's here's
4201s	one that's been activated um and so
4203s	these are like these for maasa at the
4205s	end of The Campaign which I still
4206s	haven't done in this character uh these
4208s	are these are the four uh so has four
4210s	break points and so we can um pick and
4213s	choose based on which boss it is how
4215s	many break points it has I can have any
4217s	number of them really and um as you get
4221s	their health down to that point so
4222s	you're fighting the boss fighting the
4223s	boss the boss you get to this point and
4225s	it gets it it's in right it gets a
4227s	portion of its Health back as Ward when
4229s	you hit this point so you get to this
4230s	point uh and it gets a it gets a brief
4233s	stun so it does stun the boss you to the
4235s	point and then it fills up its health
4236s	bar with
4238s	Ward um and the the ward amount right
4241s	now I think is 75% of its Max Health
4244s	we're still adjusting that so it's it's
4246s	somewhere between somewhere in the range
4249s	of three quarters of its health is
4250s	probably going to be the amount of w
4252s	that it gets and that might become
4253s	variable per boss as well um having it
4256s	be consistent probably better in
4259s	general um and then so unlike normal
4263s	Ward this Ward it the Decay rate is
4267s	inverted from what normal Ward is so
4269s	normal Ward um actually this normal Ward
4272s	is based on the decay of Ward is based
4275s	on the amount of total Ward you have so
4277s	if you have 10,000 Ward your ward decays
4279s	faster than if you have 1,000 Ward
4281s	bosses are different uh when a boss gets
4283s	Ward its Ward Decay rate increas es with
4286s	time so the longer the boss has Ward the
4288s	faster that Ward
4290s	disappears um so if you have some sort
4293s	of like a huge combo that you can set up
4296s	to do a bunch of Spike damage um you can
4298s	do that as it's as the ward is getting
4301s	low or as it's like emptying and then
4304s	you can Spike to the next one if you
4305s	want so there's there's a little bit of
4306s	counterplay there there's a little bit
4307s	of ways you can like actually adjust
4309s	your play if you really want to minmax
4310s	your combat mechanics themselves um
4313s	which I think I think is a really
4314s	positive thing to have especially when
4316s	it is displayed somewhere that is um
4318s	more
4323s	intuitive
4325s	um I have
4330s	notes oh yeah and we can position the
4332s	break points not evenly spaced if we
4334s	want we can put them wherever we want um
4336s	and a few times we do mess with them a
4337s	little bit so sometimes we'll use the
4338s	break points as also phase change
4341s	indicators so it's like you get to this
4342s	break point and like there's a phase
4344s	change that happens at this break point
4345s	so it's this really natural clean break
4346s	it's really obvious what's happening um
4349s	and
4351s	then five to car increases with
4354s	time oh yeah and then like tankier boss
4356s	the rate that the W Decay rate increases
4358s	at um is different for different types
4361s	of bosses thank you heavy very much for
4363s	the 10 gifted Subs to the community
4364s	congrats anyone who got one of those
4366s	that's big uh yeah I know you've been
4369s	trying it here um hope you've been
4372s	enjoying it I I take it you probably
4373s	have given that reaction
4377s	um yeah so so like if there's like a
4379s	really tanky boss maybe we'll like make
4380s	the Decay rate increase a little bit
4382s	slower um things like that and then uh
4385s	yeah so I've got a little video to show
4387s	you about how um how this looks in the
4389s	fight and so this is um kind of two
4392s	things one to just show you how it flows
4393s	it's a very short clip I just want to
4395s	preface this by saying this this this
4396s	character is as like decked out as you
4400s	can possibly have it is super mega super
4403s	super mega
4407s	um like this this character is epic um
4410s	and so this is fighting a um an
4413s	empowered 220
4416s	corruption
4419s	um uh what's it
4423s	called abomb it's the a bomb so the end
4426s	of the first monolith uh 220 corruption
4428s	so it is a
4432s	um a beefy boss fight
4440s	if this is playing audio or not um yes
4442s	you can see there it's getting Ward next
4444s	Point getting through the ward there you
4446s	go so yeah this is extremely buff
4459s	character I do this so it gets a full
4461s	cycle through the clip without anything
4463s	popping up over top of it
4465s	um so this is what this is what boss
4467s	Ward's going to look like so you still
4468s	can if you are um this is why I'm
4471s	pressing this with the per CC thing
4473s	because it is this this character is
4474s	specifically designed to show this
4476s	extremely quickly because we're just
4477s	showing the um this boss Dr system or
4482s	not Dr system oh my goodness Dr system
4483s	replacement the war system so this is um
4488s	specifically set up to be happening
4490s	really quickly and per Freeze's
4492s	character it is not a real situation
4502s	all right now I'm sure there's a bunch
4504s	of questions on that let's answer some
4506s	of
4510s	those does the word Decay the word does
4512s	Decay the word decays um naturally just
4515s	like word normally decays and then as uh
4519s	as uh time goes on it decays faster and
4523s	faster so you'll you'll um you you get a
4526s	this is where you get that like slight
4527s	normalization effect so builds that are
4529s	a little doing a little bit less damage
4531s	overall will um get to catch up a tiny
4534s	bit in the sense it's not like a huge
4535s	shift but it's just like it's a tiny
4537s	little bit of normalization that happens
4541s	um but if you've got the deeps just push
4554s	through will it be a way to pierce the
4556s	boss Ward I mean no it's like you got to
4558s	get through the
4561s	ward just like how like enemies have to
4563s	get through your ward I guess there
4565s	there is there is one way that enemies
4568s	can get bypass your Wards but that is
4571s	percent current health damage so it
4572s	never kills
4578s	you in the temporal sanctum dungeon Jula
4581s	at some point how can they manipulate
4583s	time maybe I missed it but who is they
4586s	you are they we are
4588s	they the player character is they the J
4591s	is not really talking to you they're
4592s	kind of using to
4602s	themselves all right assuming you have a
4604s	build that can theoretically break
4605s	multiple thresholds I
4608s	oh watching the screen a little bit um
4612s	IE an attack on the boss could get it a
4614s	second word breakpoint would gain two
4615s	instances of the ward well see yeah so
4617s	like it goes through all of the damage
4619s	so um if you had one hit that could get
4622s	from like a break point to like and
4626s	through the Ward from that breakpoint
4628s	and then through the health to the next
4629s	breako you know and then it would
4631s	trigger the second one at the end of
4632s	that yeah like it goes it applies all
4634s	the damage sequentially and it works
4636s	properly so there is there is a fixed
4639s	maximum Total Health that if you could
4642s	deal that fixed total maximum health and
4644s	plus all the W break points all in one
4646s	hit right at the very start
4647s	theoretically you could kill it in one
4648s	hit um but it's a lot like it's it's
4652s	it's designed such way that like it
4653s	discourages that a little bit that
4655s	extreme case because when you're
4656s	fighting the boss it is assumed that
4658s	there's a little bit of time in that war
4660s	Decay threshold that war Decay time
4662s	where the Decay is helping you speed it
4664s	up a little bit as
4669s	well so you'll you'll almost unless
4671s	you're doing that extreme case you won't
4672s	ever be doing the maximum amount of
4675s	total HP and Ward combine damage to the
4677s	boss cuz some of it decays
4681s	naturally uh out of curiosity why do you
4683s	as a team feel the game needs a system
4685s	like this for Boss Health um I mean
4688s	mostly the reasons I went over earlier
4690s	um
4695s	there's talking
4698s	about um you know there's a there's
4701s	sometimes a pretty big distinction in um
4706s	boss killing
4708s	power um and having those bosses like
4712s	having them actually do their mechanics
4714s	and having them actually like play out a
4715s	little bit and be the boss fight we want
4718s	them to be is is important to us is
4720s	something that we think is important for
4721s	the game and important for the challenge
4722s	of completing the the dungeon or
4724s	monolith or whatever they're
4725s	representing you know actually fighting
4727s	the boss is important
4744s	since Ward will be adjusted can you
4746s	please add a new beard blocking
4752s	mechanic sorry I don't think that'll
4754s	work
4757s	well uh does it stun every boss seem
4759s	like every High DPS build will stun lock
4761s	them every time the the little um the
4765s	little stun that's that happens when it
4767s	does hit one of those break points um is
4771s	is like very very brief it's more of an
4774s	interrupt than a
4778s	stun in the vast majority of cases stun
4781s	locking we it's something that we are
4785s	addressing what you saw in that clip I
4787s	want to reiterate is a very much extreme
4789s	case this is like we went into a build
4791s	editor and we're like C we like what
4794s	possible number numers could we put in
4795s	here and I think we just like added the
4796s	artificial damage button onto that type
4798s	thing so it's it's
4804s	like that was a buff
4812s	character the go the goal of giving the
4814s	reason why we have such a ridiculously
4816s	buff character in that video is two
4817s	things one is to show that um if if you
4821s	are going like going ham you can still
4824s	have these ridiculously powerful builds
4827s	um and you do scale relative to your
4828s	content which I think is something that
4829s	people want to have where you're like my
4832s	character is better so I kill things
4833s	faster like that's a pretty fundamental
4835s	thing to have
4837s	happened um and I think a concern about
4840s	a system like this frequently is can I
4842s	still Crush stuff quite quickly if I'm
4845s	very very very
4848s	powerful the answer is
4850s	yes and also just to keep the clip short
4860s	overall is the goal for the system to be
4861s	fairly equal to the old system in terms
4863s	of how tanky bosses are for any given
4865s	amount of damage
4869s	dealt relatively similar yes um like
4873s	some bosses will be more tanky some
4874s	bosses will be less tanky some bosses
4875s	will be more tanky against specific
4878s	strategies and some bosses will be less
4879s	tanky against those so I think it's it's
4882s	less of a one to one and more of a
4889s	adjustment I think one of the personally
4891s	for me one of the reasons I really like
4892s	it so much is that it does it does
4894s	inject a little bit of counterplay into
4895s	the system where players can adjust
4897s	their play style they can save up
4899s	cooldowns um and things like that to to
4901s	to actually affect how fast they can
4903s	kill the boss if they are really going
4904s	to minmax it and then players who who
4906s	aren't going to care that much about
4907s	that Min maxing side of things are are
4909s	still going to have a fun experience
4911s	with boss fights
4917s	and it's and it's not hiding stuff it's
4918s	not hiding stuff behind um hidden
4922s	mechanics it's it's there it's in your
4923s	face it's very clear what what's
4928s	happening so one shoting boss is still
4931s	prevented due to the nature of how Ward
4933s	suddenly appears I mean it is possible
4935s	to one shot but the the one shot the
4937s	amount of the amount of more damage you
4940s	need uh relative like to relative to now
4943s	to one shot a boss it's harder to one
4945s	shot a boss now like just straight up
4946s	one shot it um but it
4950s	is um it is still
4959s	possible this the exact same to kill me
4961s	last time
4982s	that's that frzy TM I told you
4993s	to Mike dies
4997s	Bingo
5000s	uh Mike can you please talk more about
5003s	what was announced about the that event
5005s	what was announced um the if you're
5007s	talking talking about
5009s	the
5011s	um the light before the dark thing
5022s	um oh I've just been told there's
5024s	actually um even more uniques than I
5026s	thought there was
5035s	like about double last
5040s	time um I I don't know anything more
5043s	about the event that just got announced
5044s	this the the story race event I am
5046s	completely in the
5048s	dark I have no
5054s	idea how long will next season be we are
5056s	aiming still at 3 to
5058s	4,000
5061s	um uh three or 4 thousand
5065s	three to four
5066s	months three to four months is our um
5069s	our
5070s	go-to uh time for Cycles right
5076s	now uh if you want your question
5078s	answered you should tag me yes good
5080s	question let's see what the question
5085s	was are you nerfing overpowering items
5087s	like Twisted heart are you nerfing
5089s	overpowered build archetype items uh
5091s	frostbite shackles and snow drifts I
5094s	don't have any specific details on
5095s	what's getting nerfed or buffed um I
5098s	will say that there is a uh there's tons
5101s	of Nerfs and Buffs all over the place um
5104s	builds that were previously able to
5106s	reach several thousand corruption levels
5109s	will still be incredibly powerful builds
5112s	um relative to the other builds that are
5113s	out there but I would not aspire to
5115s	being able to reach several thousand
5116s	corruption anymore
5151s	note to S I cannot survive that attack
5154s	for this world once more how much I
5158s	think I
5172s	can myen will out there
5182s	guys this h this
5186s	despair Oblivion
5192s	Burns yeah we're going to be a little
5194s	bit quiet cuz Mike's going to try and
5195s	focus and not
5197s	die Mike's void res his
5204s	seven I hit space to evade
5210s	again it's it's my my thumb is just like
5212s	yeah evade you got it evade nope
5217s	oh
5221s	h i I think I think we should do like
5224s	let's just go back and try again let's
5226s	get some void reses under our belt and
5228s	try again after that sound good
5232s	yep oh we got to complete the campaign
5235s	okay we've got we've got like uh 37
5238s	minutes left like let's
5241s	oh let's go finish the campaign
5260s	yeah fine probably had to walk back I'm
5263s	going to do it I want I want I want to
5264s	beat the campaign
5266s	here
5270s	okay uh what do you offer players for
5273s	each year of them owning playing the
5274s	game for example Happy game birthday
5276s	here's your 5,000 gold uh we don't have
5278s	anything like that right now um I it's a
5281s	cool
5284s	idea
5287s	um I don't know I could I could see
5289s	there being some sort of like cosmetic
5290s	that went with that um but we don't we
5292s	don't have anything like
5294s	that there's there's I think there's a
5297s	danger in doing something like that
5299s	because as soon as you have things where
5300s	it's like um it's impossible to get this
5303s	thing anymore because it's been like the
5306s	game's been out for 10 years and like
5309s	the 10th birthday prize is this you know
5311s	it doesn't really work too well um for
5313s	like new players just being locked out
5315s	of things and it's cool to get prizes
5317s	and things like that H I think if we
5319s	were going to do we we don't we don't
5321s	like that planned right now but I do
5322s	like the idea and if we were to do
5323s	something like that I would advocate for
5325s	it being um I why in the circle more of
5329s	a like here's this is this is what we've
5332s	been doing to teach our kid how to poop
5335s	um if
5336s	you you get like a box of prizes and you
5339s	say like um like hey you can like here
5344s	here's your birthday prize and it's you
5346s	can pick one of these five things for
5348s	your birthday prize I think that's I
5350s	that's the better way to do it so that
5351s	there's like um a new player could come
5354s	in and get any one of the birthday
5355s	prizes on their first year or something
5357s	like
5357s	that but like someone who's been around
5359s	forever has all of them type
5361s	thing so there's one that's really
5363s	exciting for somebody they can still get
5364s	it they're not locked out of it waiting
5366s	for 10 years to get the one that they
5367s	really
5385s	want our gears like basically the same
5388s	as last time we came to try this so like
5389s	I don't know why I'm expecting this to
5390s	be so much easier not like almost
5392s	nothing has changed
5397s	cannot
5400s	Beed I'm not sure if this was asked uh
5403s	but are there any plans to add more
5405s	refined criteria to the loot filter
5406s	system we do have some plans for
5408s	improving the loot filter
5410s	um there's there probably not all of the
5414s	things you're hoping for if you're
5415s	asking this question but we are
5417s	expanding what it has a uh access to um
5419s	and then we're also working on some
5420s	backend changes that will allow us to do
5422s	some other things so there's there's
5424s	some knock on effects of some decisions
5426s	we made previously for networking stack
5429s	stuff that has to get changed before we
5430s	can
5432s	change CH know sounds kind of
5444s	weird sometimes you just like well it
5446s	doesn't need to know this data so you
5448s	like lock it out recognize that weapon
5451s	huh
5458s	all
5460s	right uh any plans introduce a unique
5463s	that makes meteor uh from fire to cold I
5466s	would say unlikely but
5474s	possible usually cold meteor is called
5476s	Comet
5477s	Right Aid me nothing can stop me nothing
5484s	don't
5486s	crying out in
5487s	despair however the void came here must
5491s	drive it
5492s	back there's
5497s	a can't remember what show it was on
5499s	there's some British show there uh
5501s	miming
5503s	out show miming out
5507s	the song like they M out songs of in
5509s	dance just to people who got headphones
5511s	on it trying guess what song is that one
5513s	was fantastic
5523s	what do you think uh like any frostbite
5525s	build is required to use shackles plus
5527s	snow drip which is just boring I you're
5528s	saying there are things we do trying to
5530s	increase the diversity there to be your
5533s	sacrifice
5535s	disgraceful how is it possible to
5537s	download a sound file of zerk dying I
5540s	don't think so
5542s	not um it might buried in this the game
5545s	file somewhere I don't know if it's
5546s	extractable or not how many hours play
5548s	do you have on last eoch according to
5550s	steam uh this is this is a tricky one
5553s	because it is basically just what I've
5556s	played on stream because when we're
5558s	playing on our uh like in the editor and
5561s	in test spells and things like that it
5562s	doesn't it it count it tracks it on a
5564s	different counter um but right now it is
5567s	sitting at an embarrassingly low get out
5570s	of my mind
5575s	1, 100 or
5578s	1,2 which if you divide that by two is
5581s	that the number of streams I've done
5608s	you met Ted now have you considered
5610s	something like the amount of war the
5611s	boss gains is directly tied to how long
5613s	it took to get them to the break
5615s	point um so you don't punish lower
5617s	damaging builds for example if you took
5619s	1 second to get there from the break
5621s	point it fills 100% re W bar you took 5
5623s	Seconds to get there from the break
5624s	point it FS yes we have considered
5626s	something like that it does it adds
5628s	another layer of like obfuscation of
5630s	like what's happening in the mechanics
5631s	and part of what we're trying to do this
5633s	with this is have it be a little
5634s	intuitive so having that amount of w
5636s	that it gains um be a static fixed
5638s	amount is uh something that we are
5640s	really interested in
5643s	maintaining
5645s	um
5648s	having uh the the the way that the W
5650s	decays does also already um provide that
5654s	uh that that little bit of a shift for
5658s	um like slower builds to to to catch up
5661s	a little
5663s	bit because because it starts to Decay
5664s	faster and faster as you go um so builds
5667s	that take longer to get through the ward
5668s	we'll have the ward just disappear on
5670s	its own a little bit
5689s	faster over
5698s	get out of my mind yay I did it first
5701s	try no problem woohoo it's
5709s	over there's your 20208 Christmas hat
5712s	nice version of
5716s	that uh you can do it via the gifted uh
5720s	item you can do it via the gifted
5727s	my monitor there was blocking one of the
5748s	letters that's a bug
5765s	little aggressive of a uh jump out of
5767s	the way see right there like in
5769s	especially in like
5770s	M um talking we've been talking about
5772s	the evade mechanic and the relative
5774s	power of melee to range with the evade
5776s	mechanic and this this fight is is a
5778s	perfect example of why I I've been
5780s	saying that melee is really good with EV
5782s	cuz that that type of that attack
5784s	especially and the shape that that con
5786s	attack has where you're standing evade
5788s	at melee is enough to get you out of it
5790s	but evade at range is not really enough
5791s	to get you out of it unless you're like
5793s	really far away already but like it's as
5796s	far as like a difference from what we
5797s	have now what we're getting with a vade
5798s	aftera it's it's a I think it it has a
5801s	better um moment to moment impact on
5804s	your gameplay in a in a boss fight as a
5807s	in character
5817s	you stop this
5820s	sorcery this would this would be so much
5824s	easier if you had died with her no
5827s	matter you think this is over yeah I do
5831s	for now but I'm coming for you nothing
5833s	of the power I've been
5836s	given or showed me the way all I needed
5842s	was the nothing of the power I have
5843s	taken you brought it right to
5847s	me the power of the epoch is
5857s	mine all right you can do it via the
5859s	gifted item icon and just give every new
5862s	player all the old outfit old gifts too
5865s	oh I see you're saying after all we um
5868s	after all they too can manipulate time
5872s	Ah that's nice I see you're saying more
5873s	more of like uh the the first birthday
5875s	of last Epoch we give something to all
5876s	the players and the second birthday of
5877s	last Epoch we give something to all the
5879s	players not like how long has this
5880s	player been in yeah I really like that
5881s	idea
5885s	too huge big thanks to whoever sold the
5888s	civilopedia from Civ to make an in-game
5890s	guide from an
5899s	RPG here's my C 6 play time
5908s	um still
5912s	five SI 5's got to be on here too isn't
5914s	it it's under Sid not Civ
5920s	Sid my SI 5 play
5925s	time oh apparently I didn't ever play C4
5928s	on Steam I just they're all in here
5936s	welcome back you're
5939s	welcome no fwell travel then good
5948s	luck been a while since I played it's
5950s	been January 7th was the last time I
5951s	played it actually o got get got to get
5953s	another game soon I'm too busy oh
5960s	yes this going to be this this space
5962s	feels oddly empty to me right now now
5964s	just just just
5971s	saying all right there's a belt that
5973s	summons meteor yes there is any plans to
5975s	have more of the belts the similar like
5977s	the belt that summons static or this is
5979s	the belt you're talking about right here
5980s	ha I just found
5983s	one um yeah we we item items that
5986s	trigger abilities people love those
5988s	items they're like they're some of the
5989s	most like build enabling items out there
5991s	um people are big fans of them we're
5992s	going to keep doing them
5995s	we're trying to do them in different
5996s	ways too have have like a little bit
5999s	more creative ways of doing it I think
6000s	is is going to be
6009s	positive that's
6012s	unfortunate stability
6016s	back I don't remember if this was in
6018s	your road map but are there any plans to
6020s	release skill mtxs in the near future 1
6023s	Point one specifically will not have
6025s	skill MTX I can tell you that much um we
6028s	have started kind of working on the
6030s	system it's still
6033s	um there there are we we we have none
6036s	internally still we don't like the
6037s	system to even make it function doesn't
6039s	exist internally
6041s	yet so ear early days on
6045s	that hey void
6047s	rard we should probably put that on
6051s	something uh cudos on the launch of the
6053s	game thank you was great timing of
6056s	harbers for me is bad first uh
6058s	descendant once
6061s	human last is the best AP in the market
6064s	IO thank
6069s	you uh who would win in a PVP match ich
6073s	G Kane or
6076s	you uh we we've we've I don't think
6079s	we've ever had one so it's hard to
6082s	say um
6084s	but like I feel like everyone knows my
6087s	kryptonite and I have no idea what his
6088s	is so I mean I I probably take some sort
6091s	of
6092s	like uh AOE
6098s	builds I had it muted I'm
6103s	sorry there we are finish those off
6107s	everal
6110s	91 it's a full year that's the that's
6113s	the year oh my
6120s	God he doing
6123s	fantastic
6127s	water get 20
6130s	minutes uh inquiring minds want to know
6133s	on a more serious note sorry if this was
6135s	asked before that's okay how will evade
6137s	work will have an eye frame during the
6140s	roll to avoid damage or can we take
6143s	still take damage while evading such as
6145s	AOE skills for
6148s	boss boss yes uh it it um I I Stumble
6152s	through that and replace some words
6154s	evade will not have any eye
6158s	frames um evade is a repositioning
6160s	ability it does not make you
6161s	invulnerable you can take damage from
6164s	hits you can take damage from AOE
6166s	effects um you just move a little
6169s	differently
6177s	there's a full detail post up on our
6179s	forums uh it's like a comment of
6182s	something else actually but it's linked
6185s	in the top level post and I it's it's um
6187s	you can search comments by me and you'll
6188s	find it Each G
6192s	Mike uh last question from me will'll R
6195s	get a know oh there's also a post that
6196s	just went up on our uh Reddit someone
6199s	was compiling things that we've
6200s	previously spoiled um for 1.1 and it was
6203s	in there as well
6207s	well uh right last question from me will
6210s	R going to know that give it the void
6213s	tag uh I don't think so this batch um I
6216s	don't remember
6221s	um but you I I I try not to I try to get
6224s	into specifics on stuff here so I don't
6226s	I don't I don't know I'm going to give
6226s	you a I don't know but I don't think so
6245s	all right how's our stability we've got
6247s	enough how's our void res we don't have
6250s	enough we're going to try and convert
6251s	some of these res into void a little bit
6254s	before taking this on I
6257s	think K just about just saying
6260s	me I'd bring some stuff to get rid of
6262s	all your minions
6264s	and you'd bring Avalanche and we'd see
6265s	who'd
6271s	won oh scroll please it's pretty
6274s	strong uh if you like Civ have you
6277s	played age of wers 4 yet it's amazing I
6278s	have uh it didn't it didn't click for me
6282s	I I I only gave it a couple rounds
6285s	um it didn't quite click for me I'm not
6289s	sure I'm not sure what was wrong um but
6292s	as a huge Civ and and here's my magic
6294s	fan I was like I'm in let's do
6298s	this he just missed for me I I I have
6302s	plans to go back to with them it's on my
6305s	list looked great had some cool
6308s	mechanics I think there's probably a
6311s	fantastic game lurking just beneath the
6313s	surface I didn't quite get to that's why
6315s	that's what I
6316s	think um when are be getting more
6319s	Minimus love I still want I don't know
6321s	why I haven't done this yet I still
6322s	really want to have like a like pet the
6325s	dog animation just like I know something
6327s	when you walk up near it and do
6328s	something it pets it we the I take it
6332s	back about the the weapon swap thing
6334s	it's pet the dog that's what I'd
6346s	add uh
6349s	is zal's hunt unique quiver getting
6352s	fixed for 1.1
6355s	I I don't know I don't know what's wrong
6357s	with it um we're working to fix any
6361s	bug uh that that's been
6363s	reported if if you don't know if it's
6365s	been reported or not report it and we'll
6367s	fix
6370s	it okay what are we going to do to fix
6373s	our gear I have a feeling it's something
6375s	around these boots because these boots
6377s	are really not synergizing with our
6381s	build
6384s	the minions Hast and frenzy is nice but
6386s	we do give our minions frenzy already so
6388s	I think we're going to take these boots
6389s	off and replace
6392s	them question is with what
6401s	though try to spend too much time
6403s	looking
6406s	here do want something
6411s	with void res on it we want want some
6413s	boots with void RS that's our big thing
6416s	if they can have some strength that
6417s	would be wonderful
6420s	too can't use those
6422s	yet a lot of
6428s	fizr I could avoid res put on
6437s	them
6441s	yeah we don't have a lot of Awesome
6443s	boots laying around do
6447s	we we might be able to convert those
6450s	into something
6453s	good do a little little wee bit of craft
6456s	in
6463s	here it's almost
6471s	interesting might be able to make those
6473s	in something
6476s	good might be a those bases are not what
6478s	we
6490s	want and we're going to get into things
6492s	that weren't made for
6497s	us got to finish our Idol stuff too
6515s	we can we can we can roll with what we
6517s	got
6520s	um can we convert this F resz to some
6527s	like no no we
6530s	can't uh can we con this Fus something
6533s	like I EV void
6536s	res can
6540s	not can we convert this fiz res to
6543s	something we like
6545s	IE no we
6548s	cannot well I just want void res on some
6553s	boots don't care what it replaces at
6555s	this
6559s	point oh my God
6566s	okay uh just avoid res on of boots
6570s	please and
6578s	boots oh you know what we should be oh
6580s	we don't can't steal
6589s	anything boots can have void res right
6591s	am I crazy
6595s	okay that moment where you're like uh oh
6597s	am I just ruin wasting
6606s	time don't
6609s	care I don't care what else it has we
6611s	need void R so bad
6625s	that was insane I don't think I've ever
6626s	seen
6629s	like maybe I'm just like way overly
6639s	lucky uh do you know to fix incoming for
6641s	the font generation at lower resolution
6643s	uh not specifically if you're any if
6646s	you're below 1600 by 900 there's going
6648s	to probably be some weird issues like
6650s	that that crop
6651s	up we just stand in that see how bad it
6653s	hurts now I'm sure I'll make a mistake
6656s	though at some
6667s	point did not have to wait long for
6676s	that
6679s	my in
6684s	on get back up
6686s	scorpion
6687s	Desair Oblivion
6696s	burs
6698s	this do you deny
6707s	it my shadow will cover this place once
6711s	more
6734s	beain I'm sorry if I'm missing a bunch
6736s	of questions in chat I
6740s	am uh not overly confident in my ability
6743s	to complete this with this build right
6750s	now it get out of there get out of
6754s	there don't die in the fire
6757s	please iing resurrect you outside of the
6759s	fire
6778s	we
6780s	go oh that was a big chunk of
6784s	damage that was close I hit roll again
6787s	to get out of the
6791s	way Oblivion
6797s	bur do you think my defeat changes
6801s	anything we got there is already dead we
6804s	got
6806s	there tread void rest on
6809s	him he Le right yeah these are not
6815s	uh I think we have some
6818s	leech just nothing for
6825s	us oo one
6828s	LP Don't Mind If I Do
6838s	never the build it's always the
6840s	pilot
6842s	ouch yeah you're right but
6850s	yeah Lon I'm coming for
6859s	you so what do people think shock and
6863s	from the boss di remove replac with boss
6867s	Ward excited scared happy
6885s	angry oh there's one I have a question
6888s	about Forge guard I didn't feel it was
6890s	any different in 1.0 versus early access
6893s	BL the P still felt like it was very
6894s	heavily minion dependent one thing I was
6897s	thinking about uh and provided
6899s	in game feedback about was give us give
6903s	us the ability to make it not as
6906s	dependent sometimes my floating swords
6907s	would get stuck on obstacles and had to
6910s	spawn more floating swords to do proper
6912s	damage didn't
6913s	feel H good no need to go into details
6916s	just curious um I mean
6919s	there's like they're they're they're are
6923s	still minion heavy Forge guards and not
6925s	minion heavy Forge guards like there's
6927s	both those are still very much a thing
6933s	um like the specific damage numbers
6936s	might have
6936s	been um less than you were hoping
6946s	for like it should still be possible to
6949s	to make a non minion based Forge guard
6952s	1.1 like that that's that's not going
6964s	away it's not it's not like a focused
6967s	minion class it's probably the most
6969s	minion class of the Sentinels um but
6972s	it's not it's not a minion primary class
6975s	like um Beast Master
6977s	and
6980s	um Necromancer so you're not like I
6982s	guess minion primary is you're not
6986s	um we we we we try not to make the
6990s	primary um aics you're looking for as
6992s	minion damage to increase your damage
6994s	with that um so we try to make it so
6996s	that there's ways for you to build
6999s	um like forgeard really cares about
7003s	having like damage that they can build
7006s	themselves that transfer to their
7007s	minions
7010s	um like I guess theat ially it's why
7013s	it's a little bit more removed as a
7015s	class and why I don't I don't view it as
7016s	a strict minion class like it would a
7019s	necromancer or a beast
7038s	master all right what is the chance for
7040s	us to get an infographic related to
7047s	Guild oh just just factions in general I
7050s	see what you're saying for example how
7051s	many characters are tagged Merchant
7053s	skill versus coff how many items are
7054s	untagged versus tagged uh how is player
7056s	retention of mg versus cof Etc um I
7059s	there's some things there that we don't
7061s	have um but there's a couple things we
7063s	do I don't know um that's something
7065s	that's something that we can ask the
7067s	uh um marketing team
7082s	you guys still playing on more Cosmetics
7083s	yeah we're still playing on more
7084s	Cosmetics two of the new ones will be
7086s	twitch drops for free just after the
7088s	Patch
7099s	launch oh that hurts
7116s	it is so hot in my office it's like
7118s	we're we're starting to get into that
7119s	that time of year where like I do a
7121s	stream and like Afters I got to turn the
7124s	computer off for a little bit just to
7125s	like cool this place down almost
7139s	I feel like this light as well is quite
7142s	hot I don't know may it's just in my
7146s	head Master Sword 1291 for 38 months in
7152s	a row that's
7155s	insane all yall over three years are
7158s	just nutty I love it thank you very much
7161s	so happy to have you with
7180s	us all right is anyone to make gold
7182s	useful for Pure C flers I mean the
7186s	um uh the dungeon the gold btim oner
7191s	fate dungeon is um quite quite useful I
7195s	recommend checking it out got if you got
7197s	gold burning a hole in your
7204s	pocket it's what it was for before that
7207s	all of
7208s	this any plans to beef up Shaman storm
7212s	totem visually I love the ability SL
7214s	totem but it feels kind of lame numbers
7215s	wise I mean I so I don't as always I
7218s	don't have any details on specific
7219s	balance changes that are coming I just
7222s	don't know what the numbers are off the
7223s	top of my head and
7224s	I the chances of me saying something
7226s	that's like close but just wrong enough
7228s	that people get excited or disappointed
7230s	ahead of time un unduly uh is extremely
7234s	high so I I really don't want to
7237s	uh artificially inflate or deflate
7240s	someone's expectations on this
7243s	um but the the the masteries and the
7246s	builds that were fun but low power are
7250s	exactly the type of things that we
7251s	target for Buffs in general just from a
7254s	like
7257s	um like design
7260s	standpoint when someone's like this was
7262s	really fun I really enjoyed it I when I
7264s	played it I felt cool um but when I got
7266s	to like super endgame content and I was
7269s	trying to push uh it it felt lacking um
7272s	and you know like like that that type of
7274s	feedback is the type of feedback that
7275s	gets um us to look at the class to see
7278s	how we want to address
7281s	that when I played X I felt
7291s	why uh without spoilers of the exact
7293s	Class Type how many future classes will
7296s	have minions companions I have no
7301s	idea
7303s	several minions are a really popular
7306s	thing to put into into games like this
7308s	like people love minions it is um I I
7311s	don't know the ex act breakdown but I
7313s	would guess it is um as like as like an
7317s	overall archetype if we're going to if
7318s	we're going to like put something like
7319s	really broad categories like Melee
7323s	Caster
7324s	ranged like like bows type thing and
7327s	like minions if we're going to put stuff
7328s	in like that broad of a cast category I
7331s	think minions is probably the number one
7333s	category that we've seen um like even
7337s	times when there's like no new content
7341s	for the class necrom still really
7343s	performs well um just just just no
7346s	matter what it's and and like it I I I I
7350s	think that's one of those things that
7351s	like we have hard evidence that it's
7354s	something that our community really
7356s	likes and we try to give our community
7358s	more of what they really like you know
7373s	uh hey
7375s	boss uh what will uh when we will
7379s	receive some in-game
7382s	content uh cuz those we have now is
7384s	ultra
7386s	boring um July
7390s	nth hello there I'd like to ask if there
7393s	are any options
7396s	open regarding traversal skills to not
7398s	show their cooldowns unique items or any
7400s	skill modification and Falcon on the
7403s	mind can use shits and a all together I
7405s	I'd say it's very low probability that
7406s	we would do that um it's it's it's a
7409s	pretty hard um like balance restriction
7412s	that causes that to be needed and um you
7416s	know if you if you put aiala shifts on
7418s	the same character like like Aeros
7419s	saltan shift specifically are the reason
7421s	why one of the main reasons why this is
7423s	like this because it's it just it's gets
7426s	ridiculous and it's it it enables
7428s	gameplay that we're not really
7429s	interested in so um
7433s	like very low
7446s	probability oh my
7453s	goodness I will resurrect this scorpion
7456s	I did it
7468s	o we're starting to get out class a
7470s	little
7474s	bit uh any plans to play elen Ring DLC
7477s	this weekend uh I do not mostly because
7480s	I'm going to a bachelor party this
7487s	weekend we're going to play magic cards
7491s	and
7493s	have a
7497s	barbecue going to set a tent in my
7499s	buddy's
7508s	backyard be
7510s	great
7512s	yeah I'll play it next weekend the
7514s	weekend
7515s	after
7517s	like not this weekend but next weekend
7520s	uh just a generic question but I assume
7521s	the team is looking into rebalancing
7523s	survivability options less Wy more HP
7527s	yeah I think the um the short version of
7529s	this we talked about this a little bit
7530s	but the short version is probably um oh
7532s	we're over time here second really short
7533s	version um yes less Wy more
7538s	HP broadly speaking yes but I think it's
7540s	like the sources of wardy things and how
7543s	powerful those are and the sources of HP
7545s	things and how powerful those are um cuz
7548s	right now where they those power
7550s	thresholds kick in is so so different
7552s	because where they come from be it
7554s	skills passives or
7557s	equipment um so you know we're still
7559s	we're still working
7561s	on um that's one that's one of the
7564s	places we're really targeting is the the
7566s	relative balance on the uh character
7569s	progression current
7589s	didn't die this is the problem I have
7591s	every time every time I'm like something
7592s	intense situation I just like my my
7594s	entire brain just stops talking and I'm
7596s	like I'm GNA I'm not going to die I
7597s	can't die all just a generic question
7600s	but I assume the team is looking into
7601s	rebalancing oh I already answer that
7604s	which cycle will have the Barbarian
7606s	Mastery well in the hypothetical
7608s	scenario where we eventually maybe
7610s	include a barbarian mastery
7612s	um I don't
7619s	know is there any plans for allowing
7621s	more channeling skills to move while
7623s	channeling yeah I think that's a um
7625s	astute observation onto the issues in
7627s	channeling and relative to the
7629s	channeling abilities that that they
7631s	compar the channeling abilities that
7632s	don't work and the ones that
7637s	do uh thank you for answering you're
7639s	welcome I don't remember which question
7640s	it was I'm sorry
7642s	uh did I miss it or you skip my question
7645s	oh I must have missed it I'm sorry
7652s	heavy we're going to we're going to end
7654s	this on a death I can feel
7657s	it and I will answer your question as
7659s	soon as I
7662s	die my God
7675s	there we go had to happen it's okay
7677s	stand
7681s	us all right
7707s	heavy I'm sorry I don't see the question
7708s	I see a bunch of other comments there it
7710s	is any chance for a void grub pet I want
7713s	one to hug pet and cuddle they're
7716s	adorable oh like like an ntx pet um I
7719s	can see I I I love I love getting um
7722s	enemies as pets that that that that
7724s	theme I'm a big fan of in general so I
7727s	um I I don't think that's off the table
7729s	I don't I don't know anything though so
7731s	hope hopefully I'm going to say
7733s	hopefully all right and on that I think
7737s	it's time we just wrap this up um I hope
7741s	you had fun I know I did I'll be back
7743s	same time same place next week if I did
7745s	not answer your question I'm sorry it's
7747s	not intentional please head on over to
7748s	our Discord if you'd like and I'll be
7750s	happy to answer it there uh
7753s	otherwise have fun see you next
7759s	time let see if someone having some fun
7761s	can go say hi
7773s	too oh I think it's been a while since
7777s	we've oh here's someone new here's
7779s	someone new or maybe not new but someone
7782s	I don't recognize and I'm sorry if
7783s	you've been around here a lot and I just
7785s	don't
7786s	recognize we're going to come say hi Oh
7789s	it's labeled as mature audiences I'm
7793s	sorry I'm not supposed to do
7808s	those three clots of water have fun see
7811s	you next time you've been wonderful

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