Developer Live Stream 11.15.24 | Last epoch | Last Epoch Dev Tracker

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3s	good afternoon everybody and welcome
5s	back to another last Epoch Dev
9s	stream as usual I'm your host Mike hello
12s	lovely to see all your shining faces
14s	back here again as
17s	we delve into the age of winter let
20s	going to hop right
24s	in oh how's everybody doing today I'm
27s	having a good I'm having a good morning
28s	so far I'm very exced excited cuz I get
32s	to do something fun tonight that I
34s	haven't done in a while I get to draft
36s	magic so I'm really excited for
39s	that and you know what I'm feeling good
41s	about this character I'm feeling like
42s	we're going to get to empowered I've got
45s	to fight my first Harbinger today soon
48s	as we finish this one and I'm looking
50s	forward to it I think it's going to be a
52s	I think it's going to be a solid day I'm
53s	a little worried that I'm going to
56s	uh fail miserably at that Harbinger
59s	fight to begin with
60s	um but I think we're going to go we're
63s	going to go try and buy some stuff we
65s	may have to list some garbage for cheap
67s	just to get a rank up cuz our rank's
69s	still probably
72s	one we might be able to buy some
74s	upgrades
81s	here how is everybody doing today also I
84s	apologize if there's a little
85s	miscommunication on uh the socials if
88s	there was going to be a stream today
89s	that was my bad but I am
96s	here if you have any questions please
99s	feel free to ask them that's why I'm
100s	here I would love to have your last
103s	Epoch related questions as I will do my
105s	best to answer
106s	them and uh Aaron day
111s	57 yeah I've kind of lost track I'm like
114s	it's a lot
118s	uh I'm just going to assume you're still
120s	going until uh until I hear otherwise at
122s	this point as
126s	well also got my ziz shirt
132s	on this is my favorite shirt that we've
142s	done it got it got put in a
145s	box CU we're we're going to be moving
147s	soon I got put in a box and we're
149s	looking through boxes and I saw it at
150s	the top I'm like that doesn't go in a
152s	box
159s	ooh what new updates or new things are
162s	you most excited for for Lich that is
164s	coming up that you're able to tell
167s	us
171s	um there's not really much I can tell
173s	you about it right now um the the most
176s	of the Lich stuff that that we are doing
177s	is still I would call in design early
180s	design phases
184s	still so we're not into implementation
186s	for any of it
187s	yet which is usually where I
190s	can I'm really low on the active
193s	development for this patch I've been
195s	working on next patch mostly
200s	um
204s	myself I mean I just like and it's it's
207s	mostly stuff for everyone at this point
208s	is like the fit and feel of everything
210s	and the
213s	uh get back here yeah go that way
216s	there's enemies that
220s	way yeah GPH of Despair we'll take that
224s	Ding here we
226s	go any controller action this week no
228s	I'm going to be playing on keyboard and
229s	mouse again um I had a blast playing on
231s	controller last week but I do find
233s	myself more efficient and maybe not more
236s	more
237s	proficient uh with a uh keyboard and
239s	mouse and
241s	um well I know that I'm going to have to
243s	face off the harbinger today and I don't
245s	think it's going to go very well
249s	um so I decided I decided to go to get
252s	myself my best odds uh we're even we're
255s	even going to take a break before before
256s	we attempt The Harbinger and we're going
257s	to go get our last passive point cuz
260s	passive points are a lot of damage for
261s	us right
263s	now charge
280s	all right more questions oh yeah if you
283s	um I guess I should go over the rules if
285s	you have a question for me please put at
287s	lasty Puck game in the question so it
289s	shines and stands out to me and I know
291s	you want me to answer it directly um and
294s	we also we stream for charity right
295s	above my head big charity Banner love it
298s	will not take me so all the everything
301s	we do here goes to
305s	charity big chunk of Health on
316s	that death will not take
319s	me all right more questions let me find
324s	them good afternoon sir good afternoon
327s	glad to have you with us
331s	uh let's
334s	just we can do some deeps if we
343s	try not like a lot of them but
352s	some what do we what's what's going on
356s	here get in the stash
361s	right we we we we've our our
363s	organization is slowly falling apart as
365s	I think everyone knew it would for me
367s	but uh getting there yeah just that that
369s	penetration
372s	is it's it's nice nice no no nice node
375s	to
376s	have good afternoon sir how do you
378s	approach balancing the complexity of
380s	skill trees while ensuring they remain
382s	accessible to new players but still
384s	offer depth for veterans wow that's a
386s	great question um oh my God I could
389s	probably talk the whole stream about
390s	this uh let's try and condense it a
392s	little
392s	bit
395s	so
398s	uh try and find a tree that I know
400s	really really well to talk about which
402s	isn't going to happen on on uh on my
405s	current bill but that's
407s	okay
409s	um I think I I think what a lot of it
413s	comes down to
417s	is there there's a few there's a few few
420s	rules where the the nodes that are
421s	generally directly connected to the
423s	center so these noes here are usually
426s	oneliner nodes sometimes two liner nodes
428s	and they're usually very uh very clear
432s	and they they very clear on what they do
434s	and what type of gameplay style you want
436s	and they try to be as different from
437s	each other as possible so you can say um
439s	so so new players can really get an easy
441s	sign post of hey if I go this direction
444s	I'm going to be getting this thing like
446s	if I go this direction there's poison
448s	chance and if I go behind and if I do
449s	things this direction Poison's a good
451s	way to go if I'm doing poison build go
453s	this way type thing um like and there's
456s	kill threshold over here there's bleed
458s	chance over here there's Ward gained
459s	over here and there's necrotic
460s	resistance sh over here and it's they're
462s	they're like they're on liners they're
464s	really easy and they're really obvious
465s	where they are and then so we we try to
467s	Cluster this is for the what we do to
469s	make it accessible for new players we
470s	try to Cluster in uh nodes together that
473s	are um Obviously good together so like
476s	these ones over here are all going to be
478s	similarly themed and like these ones
480s	back here will all be similarly themed
482s	and that that clustering of similarly
484s	themed things that go well together just
486s	naturally means that a new player can
488s	generally hop into a tree and kind of
490s	just
491s	go all right I'm going to pick this
493s	cluster and it'll most of the time work
496s	and it's having that like I guess
498s	bringing the um the minimum and maximum
501s	potential for just making like normal
504s	decisions closer together and normal
507s	decisions might a bad way to put it but
508s	like um logical decisions where if
511s	you've never played last EPO before but
512s	you've played other games like RPGs not
515s	even AR RPGs but just RPGs in general
517s	you'll probably make be able to make
519s	good decisions and having having that
520s	that minimum uh Power threshold be as
523s	high as possible is really important and
525s	something that we do try to do and
526s	usually that's done yeah and some that's
528s	done through the the art that sits
529s	behind the nodes as well to like kind of
531s	cluster nodes together based on the art
533s	you can um you know it's a lot of little
536s	things that we try and push people in
538s	directions where to get nodes that are
539s	clustered together
540s	um and then when there's a node that is
542s	more complex and has like maybe has a
545s	little bit more going on with it I don't
547s	know if it's a really great example in
549s	here um we do try to make it something
552s	that uh is if it's going to be we avoid
556s	the ter we avoid using creating things
558s	that are like Noob traps where like it
561s	seems really Obviously good but when you
563s	put it together with other things that
564s	are similar to it it's actually bad and
567s	so we really try hard to avoid things
569s	like that
572s	um it's hard to do uh hard to hard to
576s	come up with examples for all these
577s	things on the Fly here and I'm not
578s	really seeing great versions of them
582s	um but yeah we we try we try to do that
585s	but then at the same time we try to have
587s	opportunities for uh like subtle
590s	synergies things that um maybe players
593s	won't take naturally if they're a new
594s	player but someone who has been playing
596s	for a long time will be able to find
597s	these like these niche ways to combine
600s	abilities together and usually that
602s	happens actually cross abilities so
604s	it'll be things that reference like um
607s	synergies that are between skills is
609s	usually where we try and put those oper
611s	those seeds for really experienced
612s	players to uh to to get the most out of
615s	the
617s	systems um and it's kind of that that
619s	moment when you switch from looking at a
620s	skill tree on its own to looking at your
622s	build as a whole cohesive thing that
625s	that most players kind of take that like
626s	next step into understanding how the
628s	systems work together and things like
629s	that that um so that's why we try and
631s	put the the the like the harder to find
634s	synergies in Cross skill synergies and
636s	have the individual trees themselves
638s	work pretty self-contained for the most
641s	part um and I'm sure we've broken every
644s	rule I just said
647s	so you know to a
652s	point uh yeah
661s	was a question I missed there wasn't
668s	there okay oh no it was tagged H Kane
671s	call calling him out but he did tag
676s	me uh can the can that Lich style not
680s	summon yeah I don't I don't use any
682s	summons at
687s	all Oh Oh you mean like am I allowed to
690s	do summons yeah yeah I am uh like I have
694s	the ability like here look at all the
695s	abilities I do have the ability to
696s	summon skeleton and summon bone Golem uh
699s	and summon volatile zombie um and I can
702s	gain access to summon skeletal
705s	Mage
706s	uh and there's some summons in here that
709s	you can you can
710s	generate uh where else are there
714s	summons it's about it but yeah you could
717s	do a lich summon build it would it
718s	wouldn't operate as well as an NEC necer
720s	one Necromancer is really designed to be
721s	the
722s	Summoner like and and I think this is a
725s	big part of that sign posting We were
726s	talking about for new players as well is
727s	that is having these these passive
729s	bonuses are often not designed to be uh
732s	builds of
733s	fining but are designed to be um
737s	naturally very synergistic and heavily
740s	signposting what's going on because like
742s	you may not even use summon skeleton as
744s	a necromancer you may not even use
746s	summon skeleton Mage as a necromancer
747s	and you don't have to to be a good NEC
749s	necer at all um it's just this is being
753s	like hey you're a necromancer you want
754s	to summon things you know and just your
757s	minions are better like if you you want
759s	to summon things and you want to be a
760s	necromancer like this go hand in hand
762s	and and we try and put those sign
763s	posting things there but like there are
765s	there's lots of builds in Necromancer
767s	that do not use either of these first
768s	two points in the passive
770s	tree
776s	um is there any information when next
778s	cycle is next cycle starts q1 2025 and
780s	we're calling
781s	them
784s	Seasons we are switching the
787s	name all right what do you think of
789s	chimera's essence makes sense in your
791s	current build
797s	ah
800s	yes not using the slot for
807s	anything I am following a build guide
811s	cuz I'm I I just don't
814s	uh don't trust myself enough I've kind
818s	of deviated from it a little bit now
819s	actually I
827s	think was that oh my hand was one off
840s	all right let's go let's get
842s	these more
844s	questions would you share your Lich
846s	build yeah so I'm I'm right now I'll
848s	just tell you the the the one that I'm
849s	following I'm following the
852s	uh uh just the the the reaper Harvest
855s	build on Max
863s	roll which should be fairly easy to
868s	find if you're struggling ping me and I
870s	will help you find
878s	it come on
882s	yes manage to St
890s	reperform
897s	go okay more questions this is from
901s	o that's a long question and I popped
905s	out of form
907s	no me I think there's a very good chance
910s	I die
913s	here like
922s	50/50 little micro stun it didn't let me
925s	Dodge oh
930s	too bad that's too bad all right this is
933s	from the last at Tera Monthly our
935s	weather team our weather team has
938s	noticed an anomaly involving thick fog
940s	and an eternal floor or ethereal floor
944s	yeah causing a bit of a stir Travelers
947s	are encouraged to wait I'm getting word
950s	that the fog is clearing and the ground
951s	has returned to its original solid state
953s	The Jig Is up Mike tell us what's up
955s	with the fog that is the first time I've
958s	read that sentence I do not
960s	[Laughter]
964s	know but I mean let's let's look at it
966s	what what's going on here thick fog
967s	ethereal
969s	floor
974s	H okay I actually do know what this is
977s	[Laughter]
983s	about is that is that real is is someone
985s	okay so I'm sitting be like cuz I've
987s	never actually read this before and I'm
988s	like did you make this up and you're
990s	just like surprisingly close to getting
992s	something by accident or is that
994s	actually real I don't
999s	know if you've made that up I'm very
1009s	impressed oh my
1013s	[Music]
1015s	goodness that was risky
1026s	oh okay it was not what I thought it was
1030s	and it was
1036s	real can can I just say
1047s	that your death has
1050s	come all right I've been playing
1053s	Necromancer and I love how active they
1055s	can be with my minions having a full
1057s	melee Army uh with Skelly swords death
1060s	Knights and game bonuses from crits with
1062s	Harvest feel amazing what are some
1063s	design challenges a minion build making
1065s	them feel distinct from one another yeah
1068s	okay um so minion builds having having
1071s	minion build builds still have
1074s	opportunities for uh for active play
1077s	style is you you've kind of already hit
1079s	on the main issue
1081s	there um okay before before we talk
1084s	about this I'm just going to really
1085s	quickly clarify the the thing it was a
1087s	bug fix all that's all it was it was
1088s	just a bug fix I thought it was in
1089s	reference to something else uh I was
1091s	just wrong and reading way too much into
1092s	it um there was a bug fix we fixed the
1095s	bug it was just saying it was a weird
1096s	way of saying we fixed the bug that's
1098s	all just just an in Universe
1101s	way um all right so I've been playing
1103s	Necromancer and I love how active
1104s	minions are yeah okay so um having
1108s	minions be an active play style in
1111s	general not just a
1113s	necromancer has been a very difficult
1116s	challenge for us cuz there are people
1118s	who really don't want an active minion
1120s	play style they want a very passive
1121s	minion play style um and we want those
1124s	players to feel like they can play the
1126s	game the way they want to play um so
1129s	balancing an active versus a passive
1131s	minion play style against each other is
1133s	really been the hardest part um and we
1135s	do active play style minions differently
1137s	for different classes so
1140s	um there's the the ways the ways we do
1143s	it on Necromancer are we we have either
1145s	active abilities that are only useful if
1149s	you have minions out so things like
1151s	Dread shade infernal shade uh mostly
1154s	dread shade really
1156s	um so things that you need minions out
1159s	to interact with um and then there's
1161s	like curses that go with that too so
1163s	there's things you can do that because
1166s	you have Minions doing them is so much
1169s	much better um and so yeah so that's
1171s	that's active things you can cast like
1173s	curses um and shades things that attach
1175s	to your minions
1178s	um you know it's it's ways that you can
1180s	make your minions better through active
1182s	play style then there's also um
1184s	sacrifice kind of falls into that
1185s	category as well where you're using your
1187s	minions as like you're casting a spell
1189s	and you need your minion there as the
1191s	resources to cast that
1193s	spell um so those are the Necromancer
1195s	active play style options um for Minion
1199s	builds but the minions themselves don't
1202s	actually
1203s	have
1204s	[Music]
1206s	um the minions themselves don't have
1208s	like once you've got your full
1209s	compliment of minions out and you're
1212s	not uh you're not planning on summoning
1215s	anymore you know there's nothing left
1217s	for your minions to do there's nothing
1219s	left for you to do on that slot because
1222s	you know like
1223s	you've you've summoned them the the like
1226s	you're at the cap and pressing that
1228s	button the game doesn't really do
1230s	anything um which is why we try in uh
1233s	which is why in Necromancer specifically
1235s	there are a lot of ways that there are
1237s	passive consumption of minions and the
1239s	minions toughness isn't really overly
1243s	High um is generally because we want to
1246s	give that opportunity for those
1247s	abilities to still be you know have some
1249s	reason to use them so we make we make
1251s	Necromancer means a little bit more
1253s	glass canany
1259s	as a play style uh than than minions
1262s	like companions for example which are
1264s	designed to stick around for
1271s	good this will not take me look at those
1275s	those
1276s	were
1279s	yeah um and then yeah so companions when
1282s	you summon them like so I know this
1284s	question is specifically about um
1286s	specifically asking about turn these not
1289s	a
1290s	off that is
1292s	distracting um I this is specifically
1295s	about Necromancer but there's so
1296s	companions when you uh use your when you
1299s	summon a companion on primalist the
1301s	ability gets replaced with an active
1302s	ability so you're um kind of playing
1305s	with that character not playing not
1307s	using that
1309s	minion and then Falcon is a whole
1311s	different story but I guess that's the
1315s	uh a little look into the different ways
1317s	we try and make things more active um
1319s	take oh yeah and then the the last thing
1321s	I should mention is minion abilities
1323s	themselves that are active summoning
1325s	abilities so
1327s	um uh this is this is uh summon uh
1332s	summon wraith and summon volatile zombie
1334s	so Minions that have fixed
1336s	durations um which means that
1340s	they they will run
1342s	out and you have to uh you have to like
1346s	keep summoning them so you usually what
1349s	the goal is there is as as an option for
1351s	players is you
1353s	can
1357s	um where you can come
1366s	on uh where you can like have a full
1369s	Army where you can have five minion
1370s	abilities this was the the problem we
1372s	were trying to solve I guess is that
1373s	when you have five minion abilities on
1374s	your bar that are all Necromancer
1376s	abilities um you literally have nothing
1378s	to do at all
1379s	and you're just stuck there twiddling
1381s	your thumbs and that's no
1383s	fun so uh that's when we started
1387s	introducing um minion abilities that
1390s	were uh that that would that would give
1392s	the option for
1394s	active oh my goodness I'm so
1397s	dead I'm so squ I'm too squishy for
1399s	Harbinger I think and that's the
1401s	problem it's just going to bot me and
1403s	I'm going to
1405s	die like at some point the D gen's going
1407s	to catch up with me on reperform going
1409s	to pop out of
1425s	form
1428s	yes be well I like that anyways um yeah
1439s	it eludes
1450s	me okay more questions let's not get
1453s	distracted
1455s	Mike that's what we're here for answer
1458s	questions uh so by renaming Cycles to
1461s	seasons does that mean that uh we get
1463s	season's Journey or season themes um
1465s	we're going to start doing that style of
1467s	thing more and more um it be as
1469s	explicitly one to one as what you might
1470s	be considering as a reference to from
1472s	other games but you know that style of
1474s	thing we we we experimented we've been
1475s	experimenting a little bit with it and
1477s	um we're happy with the results the
1479s	initial results results were very
1481s	positive
1483s	um so you're going to start seeing that
1485s	style of thing maybe a little bit more
1487s	um I I don't want you to say like uh I
1490s	don't want you to expect too much of it
1491s	right
1496s	away um but I think I think the result
1499s	from the first version of that that we
1500s	did were very
1503s	positive all
1505s	right this is part of the reason why we
1507s	didn't want to do to to share a name
1509s	with another game's similar style of
1512s	that thing in the first place was that
1513s	because it would imply direct uh
1516s	mechanics specifically um and we wanted
1518s	we wanted to be able to Define what that
1520s	what that experience with that new
1521s	season or cycle it's what we used to
1523s	call it um looked like and by giving it
1526s	a name that is shared with another game
1528s	we do kind of run into an issue where
1530s	you know people see this the same name
1532s	of the mechanic and they assume it's at
1534s	least similar right um so we kind of got
1539s	to decide how far from reality we can
1542s	afford to or reality how far from
1544s	expectations we can afford to go and
1546s	still um get the benefits from using the
1549s	same name
1561s	all right what information or details do
1562s	you find most helpful in a bug report to
1565s	efficiently identify and address the
1566s	issue in last Epoch clear and accurate
1570s	reproduction
1572s	steps um if there's if there's a bug
1575s	report that's just like um Fireball
1578s	won't go or even even like a really
1580s	detailed example of like what's
1582s	happening in the situation like like
1584s	there's a fireball that's traveling here
1586s	and when it hits this object it does
1588s	this I don't want to know exactly what's
1590s	happening I want to know how you got
1591s	there I want to know exactly what steps
1593s	I want I want a numbered list of very
1596s	clear and seemingly way too overly
1599s	descriptive and obvious steps like I
1601s	entered the game on my hardcore solo
1605s	offline character and then I walked and
1608s	I spawned into this Zone and then I
1609s	walked and I teleported to this Zone and
1612s	then I cast the ability in this
1613s	direction and then the bug happened like
1615s	I want I want the leadup to that bug to
1617s	be so precise prise and accurate and
1619s	clear that I can take those steps and
1622s	follow them like uh just someone who all
1625s	they can do is follow steps literally
1627s	and I will get the exact same results as
1628s	you I want as much leadup and and Stage
1630s	setting information so that I can
1632s	reproduce the problem directly myself
1634s	that's what I want I want I want
1636s	detailed reprodu and Kane directly below
1639s	it says reproduction steps is always
1640s	number one that's
1642s	funny yeah so we agree
1648s	all right what is up with the portal
1651s	shrines in dungeons they've never
1654s	spawned a
1655s	portal uh I thought we fixed that
1658s	question
1662s	mark question
1670s	mark oh that was
1672s	close your death has
1675s	come oh hey texture missing
1684s	it have the what is this this
1691s	is I don't know what scene this is off
1693s	the top of my
1705s	head like your death has come like M2 D5
1710s	or something I don't know that doesn't
1714s	matter there it is again hey
1722s	purple in the corner yes thank you in
1725s	the
1729s	corner all right we're getting there
1731s	we're getting there death will not take
1736s	me more questions
1739s	I love the teasers from the streams but
1741s	are the bigger announcements before the
1743s	new year uh I hope so I mean so we've
1745s	got our monthly update coming a November
1747s	monthly update coming and uh then we'll
1750s	have a December monthly update as
1757s	well taking lots of damage
1760s	there reform makes me way too
1764s	comfortable cuz I'm like I can't die
1778s	uh so yeah I don't know if we'll do a
1780s	like really big announcement before the
1782s	um before the end of the year but uh
1784s	there will be those those monthly
1785s	updates
1788s	um we'll see will not I'd like to like
1792s	to get a little more details out
1795s	there we'll have most of the information
1797s	on what's coming in in one to pretty
1800s	nail down before the end of the year so
1806s	like we should be able to get most of it
1808s	out but it's it's this is one of those
1810s	things that I am very clear that I know
1813s	so little about the best way to handle
1816s	releasing information and marketing and
1818s	all that sort of stuff cuz like you want
1821s	to I I I I assume you want to build up
1825s	like the get get the hype train rolling
1827s	at the right time and you know like how
1830s	how like long that hype train is going
1832s	to roll is going to be determined on how
1834s	what's in it and
1837s	um yeah all right so I don't know the
1841s	best way to do
1850s	that y Mike you H in the gym even
1853s	Slimmer and your shoulders look broader
1855s	bro thank you yes I I can't find time to
1860s	go to a gym but uh you're looking at my
1862s	gym I'm standing in it it's I can touch
1866s	the wall and touch the other
1869s	wall um and it's just big
1877s	enough but
1884s	yes all right any extra passive points
1887s	coming with the new chapter
1890s	um uh eventually when the new chapter
1893s	does get here down the road
1896s	um I don't think we'll add more passive
1899s	points um I know we're shaking up how
1902s	the like
1905s	um these these these passive Point
1907s	rewards and Idol slot rewards down here
1910s	the way which we've got to do one more
1911s	still uh before before we hit that final
1914s	we're going to do one more so the way
1915s	that these get delivered to the player
1918s	is is being relooked at and changed in
1922s	such a good way um so so that that
1925s	that'll change um but getting actually I
1928s	think they'll still be 15 when we do
1930s	eventually down the road at at another
1937s	chapter
1939s	okay you've Ked come give Champion the
1945s	Dead
1951s	that went so much better than I
1954s	expected okay so now we've got to do our
1957s	passive cuz we're we're here at the end
1959s	we're ready to
1960s	go um we only have 4% it's not that bad
1965s	but we're going to go do a passive
1968s	quest
1971s	uh are there any passive quests
1973s	available
1980s	we should probably go this way cuz we'll
1981s	find one quicker that
1991s	way right I'm if it weren't for you I'd
1995s	still
2001s	be we just got to get this one this is
2003s	the problem with the with the way the
2004s	system is currently is that I got
2005s	through the campaign and I miss them and
2007s	I'm going back for it and it's kind of
2009s	like whatever but I need
2020s	it yeah always go back for movement
2023s	speed
2028s	Shard it
2032s	udes I 100% sure why I'm killing
2034s	anything right
2036s	now okay more question I did some
2038s	temporal sanctum runs today awesome the
2040s	portal Shrine didn't do anything I was
2042s	wondering if there's any specific
2043s	conditions that must be met for them to
2044s	work no they should work if you are uh
2047s	having a bug for this please um just
2050s	make a bug for game and we will uh get
2053s	on
2060s	it
2064s	right ah
2066s	yes I see your ping and I will answer
2069s	this question happily I go back up is
2072s	ehg getting significantly faster
2073s	developing content ever since the uh
2076s	popularity from 1.0 I love the time I've
2078s	had with the game have a hard time
2079s	enjoying it further as the overall
2081s	experience has felt extremely similar
2082s	for years yeah I think we are um I think
2085s	the big thing that's
2086s	happened is we've gotten uh the the
2090s	quality level's been rising I
2092s	think you know there's we we we're less
2095s	accepting of um of bugs and you know
2099s	like when we when a feature rolls out
2100s	there's more
2102s	strict uh rules on you know the quality
2105s	level needs to be at and the timing that
2106s	it needs to be at like the time before
2108s	patch that needs to come out so like I
2109s	think we developed content a lot faster
2112s	but we've put a lot of um very
2115s	necessary
2117s	um I guess
2120s	procedural things in place that have
2123s	caused um probably probably a slight
2126s	slowdown in content generation
2128s	compared to what they would have been if
2130s	we had just taken the speed up from you
2132s	know getting better at this and adding
2134s	more people than and not adding those
2136s	extra quality checks
2138s	in um so overall yes faster
2142s	um but not light speed difference I
2144s	would say so yes
2150s	asteris impossible
2160s	um we do have I think I think so I think
2162s	your Point's well taken on the uh the
2165s	difference
2169s	in like in the game and like what you
2172s	could what activities you can do and
2174s	what's available and how it feels and
2176s	all those sorts of things and I think
2178s	that we're especially 1.2 going to see a
2181s	big big shift in in how the how the game
2184s	plays and feels as you level and as you
2185s	get into endgame and as you you know all
2187s	all these things it's going to I think
2188s	there' be a fairly significant shift in
2190s	feel which I'm very excited
2193s	[Music]
2199s	for on where's the passive
2203s	Point almost I don't remember which ones
2205s	I've
2207s	done I guess I could look at the I I
2209s	could just look at the quest complete
2210s	log couldn't I
2224s	all right MTX Etc is a good way to
2225s	support you guys feels though bad when
2228s	I'm playing wear tornado build uh the
2231s	cycle and every time I enter wear uh I
2233s	miss the skin any news and what about
2235s	skins for wber and lch um so yeah we we
2239s	are um planning on ability specific uh
2246s	Cosmetics um
2248s	transforms are so it's it's it's the
2252s	amount of time it takes to develop uh
2254s	skill ntx for let's use Fireball as the
2257s	as the easy example here uh compared to
2260s	an entire form that especially like
2264s	where bear is probably one of the
2265s	extreme examples where
2268s	um you know you've got four special
2271s	abilities that show up actually uh swarm
2273s	blade form is probably the the worst
2275s	example cuz um those abilities have sub
2277s	abil
2278s	ities um but yeah so because it's it's
2282s	the main ability it's the main form and
2284s	four sub abilities that all have things
2286s	that need to
2288s	change it's a lot um so when when we do
2292s	get skill MTX rolling out um I I think
2296s	you'll
2296s	see more individual options for some
2301s	abilities than others so like you'll see
2303s	more individual options for uh Fireball
2306s	than you will for where probably
2312s	but it is it's it's like it's something
2314s	we're working on it's on the list it's
2315s	coming these these are the things we're
2317s	doing I'm glad and when he fled I
2321s	saw the heart of the Citadel is beyond
2324s	there is an exit near the emperor's
2326s	Throne giving you a chance to strike is
2330s	this a passive point
2336s	[Music]
2340s	okay almost
2343s	there looking good Mike sorry for being
2345s	the 346 person to ask this but can you
2348s	say anything definitive About Steam
2351s	achievements
2352s	Andor a uh season reward track similar
2356s	to uh the Vault
2360s	um
2363s	the
2365s	yeah in 1.2 no I can't um as far as
2372s	Steam achievements go in general yes it
2374s	is something we're working on um I know
2376s	this is something that we
2378s	were
2380s	uh we did we we made a big list of
2383s	achievements we wanted to put in at
2385s	least
2386s	initially that was pretty
2388s	recent
2390s	um I know that as
2393s	a like as we look forward to other other
2396s	platforms some of them have kind of
2399s	requirements for
2401s	achievements
2407s	um see I I would I would expect
2410s	achievements I don't want to give you
2411s	any sort of timeline on it
2413s	[Music]
2414s	um but yes achievements is something
2417s	that we are looking forward
2423s	to all
2425s	right uh when reporting a bug there
2427s	there's an attached player data option
2429s	which data is that asking so I know what
2431s	to include and what to leave out of the
2432s	buger report um it is O good question
2436s	what is it everything all together it is
2442s	um uh it's your player log I know that
2445s	so there's there's a log file that's
2446s	generated with the game um just every
2449s	time you play and and that gets sent
2453s	your your player log and your previous
2454s	player log so it's actually your last
2455s	two play sessions that get sent I'm
2457s	pretty sure
2460s	you killed him huh if we pull this off
2463s	um maybe I can I don't think it actually
2464s	sends like the character data itself
2466s	like it doesn't say like I don't think
2467s	we can see oh you're playing uh
2470s	Necromancer and you got points in this
2471s	and that type thing but I think it sends
2473s	us the character
2475s	name it's so rare that we have to use
2477s	that the player logs is really the
2478s	important part and that's what that's
2480s	what when I see that I'm like yeah they
2481s	glud the player logs yes oh we got a big
2484s	one resub are there plans to do a
2486s	balance pass on some existing
2488s	underutilized unique items to make them
2490s	more relevant personally I would love to
2492s	see items with spell SL ability procs
2494s	feel stronger as outside of dragon song/
2497s	rain of winter they're quite
2499s	underwhelming um yeah I mean we're
2500s	always looking at ways to make
2503s	underutilized abilities fun and um you
2509s	know sometimes there's there's certain
2510s	ones where we're like oh there's this
2512s	ability that's coming we've got to it's
2513s	got to just wait until that ability
2514s	comes in and then it's going to be great
2516s	um other times s you know
2519s	it's we there there's one that's like
2521s	really good it has a really specific
2523s	role in the game and um buffing it to a
2527s	point where it's also use really really
2528s	good as an endgame item uh can cause
2531s	other problems too so it's each one of
2532s	those is done on a Case by case basis
2534s	but yeah generally yes
2539s	yeah um all
2541s	right don't know if this has been asked
2543s	or addressed probably but that's okay
2546s	I'm happy to answer it again
2548s	we're just going to put this point in
2549s	first yes all the pen okay
2555s	now uh we are going to go to Quick Way
2559s	is it
2562s	impossible this is how much I play coff
2565s	normally just insta clicked on the
2568s	observatory that's
2574s	funny all right cuz we want to
2579s	I I really I really want to try and
2585s	find I want to find a better weapon like
2588s	it's it's it's the right weapon but like
2591s	can I find a better one
2593s	please
2598s	please
2601s	chop rity
2604s	unique class uh any
2610s	let me do
2613s	this which one is
2617s	it uh unique bone
2620s	Scythe this a two out axe right I'm not
2622s	crazy when you have an
2627s	ax uh some
2636s	type okay
2638s	confirm
2655s	search
2657s	okay
2660s	let's do one
2668s	rce much
2673s	better oh right of course it requires
2675s	rank seven that's why I was going to
2676s	rank up first a little
2680s	bit
2684s	okay we've got some to deal with going
2687s	to cost 33 we don't have enough to buy
2689s	it
2690s	[Music]
2694s	anyways can I just list a bunch of stuff
2697s	okay let's let's let's let's list some
2702s	stuff what are we going to list do we
2705s	have anything worth
2707s	listing
2712s	no
2715s	um let's just list some stuff for
2720s	fun we're just we're just going to
2722s	take take all
2725s	that let's widen that wing
2728s	shall
2731s	we a there's no point doing for zero
2734s	let's do it for 5,000 gold I don't know
2736s	what it's
2738s	worth probably
2756s	nothing ranks
2758s	six
2768s	wonderful cuz we're not we're not going
2770s	to beat this Harbinger if we don't do
2778s	this we're going to need some more favor
2781s	so we're going to play some more maybe
2783s	we'll try we'll try it long strong and
2786s	sharp ACC
2791s	yes
2796s	hello we're just going to we're just
2798s	going to give it a shot I guess cuz we
2799s	don't have enough to buy what we want to
2801s	buy I wonder if there's a version that
2805s	has uh we probably be babbling myself
2810s	here uh legendary potential by legendary
2814s	yeah we need to actually legendary ones
2815s	we need more okay
2819s	never mind we're going to go try
2822s	it going give it a shot see what
2825s	happens don't know if this has been
2827s	asked before or dressed but when will
2830s	the Lich get some Buffs or changes I ask
2832s	because I feel like Lich always uses
2833s	Harvest as a base attack yeah I agree I
2836s	think Harvest is doing a lot of heavy
2838s	lifting on Lich um and and having
2842s	another option there would be really
2844s	really advantageous
2847s	um I don't have any specific timelines
2849s	on uh on on specific changes
2856s	there we going to give this boss a
2859s	go this is a
2862s	mercy
2865s	sh do not stand in my
2869s	way Behold The Rage of
2874s	winter where you going
2878s	this is a
2879s	mercy am I stuck I there yet stand in my
2888s	way come
2890s	on
2894s	shut this is a mercy oh come on do not
2899s	stand in my
2901s	way rise my Fallen oh I did that way bad
2904s	timing me
2912s	this is a mercy shut
2915s	up do not stand in my way oh come
2927s	on I am uh sorry that I'm not answering
2930s	any questions right now I I'm feeling
2933s	like going to this fight I was like no
2935s	I'll just die it'll be funny whatever
2937s	and now I'm like do I have a shot at
2944s	this there's a possibility it could
2949s	[Music]
2957s	happen this is
2961s	a
2962s	shut do not stand in my way
2971s	[Music]
2975s	yes I did what I okay prot here's the
2979s	hard
2980s	part come on get in quick oh no I fell
2982s	out of form okay so now we're just going
2984s	to
2988s	run oh but if I if I don't drain I'm
2991s	going to just
2995s	die oh my God
3004s	yes come
3010s	on can we got to one
3012s	Shield of oiv for
3019s	you oh come on no
3039s	Jesus come
3046s	on oh this is so
3049s	stressful I love
3053s	it I feel like we're so close I I feel
3056s	like we're going to get get get bonked
3057s	right at the end
3061s	here come
3065s	on my legs
3085s	cramping yes
3091s	all right that was went way better than
3093s	I expected oh my God we probably just
3096s	increased armor actually you care about
3099s	chill or cold our cold is through the
3101s	roof right
3103s	now
3112s	woo all right
3127s	all
3131s	right let just let just take a second
3134s	and uh R of winter we're just talking
3138s	about oh deep breath
3147s	that was great okay how are you still oh
3151s	and traveler you'll need to find that
3153s	felt
3155s	good I hope to that felt really
3158s	good alive all right let's go do eye
3162s	now if any of you haven't seen it this
3165s	is the entrance
3166s	to the uh Pinnacle boss of the game
3169s	right
3174s	now okay
3177s	so we're
3180s	into um empowered just like
3184s	that we're going to get our butt kicked
3187s	and empowered
3189s	now answer some more questions
3192s	here there we
3200s	[Music]
3205s	go ch we go to first we have something
3209s	in everything we do have something in
3210s	every oh we missing know that that's not
3211s	really an important one but we never did
3214s	it we should finish
3218s	it
3227s	um have here L trate we love that
3230s	experience we love that lightning res we
3233s	don't love that let's go
3235s	here we have a ton though we yeah so
3240s	overcapped hi Mike I recently went back
3242s	to GD for a bit uh I was having a blast
3245s	playing aox build I know ehg doesn't
3248s	like these types of skills but are there
3250s	any plans or would you mind adding a
3251s	skill like that uh that spreads dot
3254s	damage all over the screen I mean didn't
3256s	we kind of do that with
3261s	um uh the the recent warlock stuff isn't
3264s	that isn't that kind of similar and
3265s	spirit plague
3269s	and right below it someone says that's
3270s	Spirit plague yes I feel like we do that
3273s	question mark you know what
3276s	though I feel like that one shot feel
3279s	like that one shot deserves deserves
3282s	some love
3285s	here are you little teaser look at that
3288s	another conversion one Vengeance base
3291s	physical damage is converted to fire
3293s	consequently this damage scales with
3294s	increased fire damage but not increased
3295s	yeah this is just the standard texts for
3297s	all the uh V all the conversions but it
3300s	is important to note that it is a full
3301s	conversion um so fiz red shred goes to
3304s	Fire and bleed goes to ignite so it's
3306s	the whole shebang
3308s	um which is great which is I know I
3311s	think that's something that we should
3312s	have done right from the start um with
3315s	with our conversions is had them be more
3316s	complete conversions right off the bat
3319s	um yeah there we go Vengeance gets to
3322s	fire mode yes
3327s	that is what one says right yeah okay I
3329s	didn't just like read out the wrong one
3332s	I have another one
3336s	too I don't know if that's still legible
3338s	down there in the small version but
3339s	we're we to leave it there let it hang
3343s	out in reference to the bug report
3345s	feature is there a way for me to attach
3347s	screenshots or videos to a bug report uh
3350s	These are times when uh I can reproduce
3353s	UI problems very reliably on my setup
3355s	but they may not act the same way on
3357s	someone else's setup I'd love to share
3359s	exactly what I'm seeing since the
3360s	existing ad screenshot button doesn't to
3362s	my knowledge allow me to choose when I'm
3364s	taking the screenshot of yeah it just
3365s	takes screenshot of like what's
3367s	happening on the screen right then
3369s	um having it let you pick when the
3371s	screenshot happens in Game is a is a lot
3374s	trickier um and recording a video is
3377s	probably out of the question just
3378s	because of data concerns
3380s	um this is where having uh if if you
3384s	really need a specific like a video to
3387s	show it or um a specific screenshot
3390s	submitting the bug report to the forums
3392s	is going to be your best option actually
3394s	in that
3395s	[Music]
3396s	case or you can I don't know if it
3399s	sanitizes links out or not you could try
3402s	and put a link in there in in the text
3405s	to say like hey this is a uh like gzo
3408s	link or something that shows what it is
3418s	the other option is if you can
3420s	get um like if you really don't want to
3423s	do any of those options and you really
3424s	want to communicate how it works to us
3426s	getting those consistent Repro steps is
3427s	important because um we're going to have
3430s	to figure out those uh Repro
3434s	steps like anyways to fix the bug in the
3437s	first place and uh so if you can like
3440s	tell someone
3441s	else uh what like what those steps are
3445s	and have someone else reproduce it as
3447s	well um then you can just tell us the
3449s	same steps you told
3451s	them merch store update nothing I keep
3459s	asking uh let's do
3464s	Cliffs I want that merch store so
3471s	bad so bad did I just get insta popped
3475s	out okay
3477s	oh that's yeah um uh all right
3483s	so that's interesting totally normal I
3487s	can uh
3497s	adapt a little bit of a problem here
3499s	think uh as a developer for its unique
3502s	game within the arpg genre and maintain
3505s	its unique identity how do you view
3507s	other game releases or how your game
3509s	compares to other games inspiring
3511s	distracting to your own creativity um
3514s	definitely inspiring like yeah
3518s	definitely inspiring I love um seeing
3521s	seeing new updates new content new
3522s	releases for other games um getting
3526s	getting to try them out and play them
3527s	it's like it and it's not even yeah so
3531s	like it's definitely inspiring it gets
3533s	the juices flowing um so sometimes I'll
3535s	just be playing and I'll I most of the
3537s	time the inspiration comes from a
3539s	feeling that I have where I'll be like
3541s	hey um like when this happened I felt
3544s	this cool thing and um I I'll sometimes
3549s	be like to myself like we don't really
3550s	have that feeling in our game how can I
3552s	design a mechanic to get that same
3555s	feeling and that's that's really where a
3557s	lot of the inspiration comes from from
3558s	other games and it is it's awesome like
3561s	I never never would have gotten into
3562s	this yeah I so not ready for empowered
3564s	never would have gotten into this if I
3565s	didn't love RPGs in general So like um
3570s	yeah inspiration definitely
3575s	comes uh when do we get to see you beat
3581s	abon uh I don't know I'll do my
3585s	best hopefully soon I think I think I'll
3588s	have
3589s	to um pick like a re like I I feel like
3593s	I really intentionally pick builds that
3596s	are fun to play um work pretty well and
3600s	then kind of fall off in the hyper late
3602s	game and
3606s	um I think I think it'll be a while
3610s	before before I actually down aboth on
3613s	on a stream character well maybe you
3615s	never
3617s	know uh you should have the loot lizards
3620s	cast a cold AOE spell around them and
3622s	call them loot blizzards thank you very
3624s	much yeah that's a good one
3629s	uh what do you think of doing a battle
3631s	pass if you do one I think it should
3634s	have the amount of currency the battle
3636s	pass costs in it so you can keep them
3638s	going it seems like the last the least
3640s	scummy way of doing them yeah
3643s	um I think battle passes are a really
3645s	interesting thing and uh I've talked
3648s	possibly controversially on Battle
3650s	passes in the past on stream uh I I
3653s	think that there is potential in I'm I'm
3656s	not going to actually uh what am I going
3659s	to do I'm going to try and level up some
3661s	more cuz I'm just getting my ass handed
3662s	to me in there
3668s	let's armor is pretty rough for us necr
3671s	sh's pretty amazing here we're going to
3672s	go back here and actually try and get a
3675s	new
3677s	uh a new blessing I think
3690s	uh yeah so battle passes in general I
3692s	think it is possible to do a battle pass
3695s	uh in a way that is just awesome I think
3697s	it is possible I think that um there are
3700s	examples of it out there where there are
3702s	really positive battle passes that are
3705s	just like they're just W's for the game
3708s	all over the place and um there are very
3712s	few and far
3714s	between usually when I talk about
3715s	someone's like
3717s	this game did a really great battle pass
3718s	and I just never remember the names of
3719s	them I've never played one myself that I
3721s	was like this battle pass is amazing
3726s	um and but I think I think there's I
3729s	think there's room for an awesome battle
3731s	pass system to exist in gaming and and
3733s	have it be like for the people who
3736s	aren't um going to going to pay extra
3738s	money for some features it's going to be
3740s	great for them for people who do want to
3742s	pay extra money for features um it's
3744s	going to be great for them uh it's going
3746s	to be it's it's going to promote actual
3748s	gameplay content
3751s	um you know like I I think I think
3753s	there's opportunities for it to be
3754s	really awesome like fun engaging all
3756s	sort of
3758s	stuff and I don't have a blueprint for
3762s	that uh I don't I don't have like a a
3764s	magical answer to what that looks like
3767s	yet but I would love to try and make
3771s	one um we are not currently planning on
3774s	making a battle pass oh my goodness I'm
3778s	just gonna
3796s	die that was
3799s	close uh so we don't currently have any
3801s	battle pass plans right now um but you
3805s	know in the future if we find a great
3806s	way to do it it's
3812s	possible was the Vengeance no the only
3814s	spoiler you have today no I have
3818s	another it's the only one I've spoiled
3820s	so far but I do have one
3825s	[Applause]
3827s	more I ambushed Kane today I was like
3830s	I'm streaming today can I have
3833s	one so got two thank you very much and
3837s	sorry for the last second uh
3846s	request your death has come soz it
3850s	wasn't supposed to be today and then I
3851s	just sprung it on
3863s	them all right
3867s	Barbarian Mastery
3870s	when uh I'd love to do a barbarian style
3872s	Mastery I think it' be a lot of fun that
3875s	like you know just just the raw power
3878s	and brutality of a barbarian style is is
3881s	something that I I really
3883s	enjoy
3885s	um you know like whenever I play a
3888s	primalist that's that's the that's the
3889s	style of node that I try and I I
3891s	gravitate towards the most I think um so
3895s	I would love to do it
3897s	but uh you
3899s	know we're we're not working on any new
3901s	masteries yet I I there's no timeline on
3904s	doing anything like that I I don't
3908s	know I I don't even know if that will be
3910s	the primel next the next primel master
3911s	or not you know
3917s	like I've heard I've heard a few it's
3919s	it's one of the ones that I've heard
3920s	that I did like the idea of um but I've
3922s	heard a few a few good Prim list options
3925s	for the fourth one
3939s	I know might not see it but I think
3940s	primel is probably the one that I would
3942s	have the hardest time picking a fourth
3944s	Mastery 4 of all the
3948s	classes I was just giv C blunch to do
3950s	whatever I wanted
3961s	all
3969s	right my hope with the bug report
3971s	question was that there would may be
3973s	some sort of a bug ID that gets
3975s	generated with my in-game report there
3978s	is that I might be able to dig up uh you
3981s	can't get you won't gain access to it um
3983s	if I could reference that in my Forum
3984s	Discord report uh the two could be
3987s	paired together to provide as much data
3989s	as possible I'll be gone when you get to
3991s	this one but I'll do I'll also be sure
3994s	to toss this suggestion on the forums
3996s	another we W snoozing tonight off to
3998s	daycare pickup have a good night good
4000s	night I understand that five all too
4002s	well um but yeah just for future um
4007s	there is an ID that gets generated in
4008s	our back end but that ID isn't generated
4010s	until it's already sent um it's part of
4013s	the sending process that generates that
4014s	ID so we can't really communicate that
4017s	back to you
4019s	um until it's being generated
4022s	already
4026s	um you can just put your account name
4028s	there and I can find it like if it's
4030s	really if it's really a big deal like I
4031s	made a bug report this is my account
4033s	name like even just on your for like we
4034s	can reference your Forum account to your
4036s	ingame account we can make that
4037s	connection behind the
4045s	scenes real warm in the office
4049s	today has ehg moved at all maybe on
4053s	maybe pets pick up gold uh you you still
4057s	have to pick up shards and loot but gold
4059s	is Pets thoughts um I really don't like
4062s	pets being able to pick up gold myself
4065s	um you know like if if that comes up in
4068s	a in a design discussion I'm going to be
4069s	on the other side of that aisle sorry um
4080s	I I I haven't heard a good personally I
4082s	haven't heard a good argument for having
4084s	that at least in my
4102s	eyes like they it already Auto picks up
4105s	right like
4110s	I it's a lot of these a lot of these
4112s	automation processes feels like
4114s	they're like stripping away elements of
4117s	the game to
4119s	me
4121s	like but I don't know maybe I'm just I
4123s	I'm very happy to be wrong about this
4125s	sort of thing that's just the way it
4126s	feels to me
4138s	your death has come like you're you're
4141s	venturing into this dungeon and braving
4143s	the dangers to collect your loot and and
4146s	and being able
4147s	to like weigh the dangers of hey do I go
4150s	down like your like you're exploring
4152s	some tomb and um hey is it is it worth
4156s	the risk to go down further in the Tomb
4158s	to collect more Loot and is it you know
4161s	all all this this risk versus reward
4163s	moment to moment decision making is is
4165s	kind of what makes it fun for
4187s	me all
4190s	right I know we are looking at
4193s	distilling that experience down a little
4196s	bit um in
4200s	general and and reducing some of the
4203s	busy work that that's involved with with
4206s	the whole process of looting in
4212s	dungeons because it's not it's not the
4214s	primary gameplay mechanic I agree I
4217s	agree with that one for
4220s	sure but it is a gameplay mechanic
4232s	was tight it was very
4243s	tight all right more
4247s	questions oh there's a question in
4251s	partially another language
4257s	that did a wonderful job at distracting
4259s	me if that was your goal I don't think
4261s	it was
4262s	yeah should have run
4268s	more I got crit am I not crit
4271s	immune
4276s	what I'm not even remotely close to crit
4279s	immune and my crit reduction is
4282s	terrible well that's a mistake
4288s	uh oh yeah we've got forging p on some
4291s	stuff
4295s	nope guess I should look and now my
4297s	potions are empty good job
4300s	Mike oh I was going to roll it but I
4303s	didn't yeah
4311s	yeah so rank six
4321s	we're still real
4324s	squishy maybe
4327s	not let's let's check out what's going
4329s	on in the
4331s	fog are you excited for poe2 also you
4335s	taking the day off uh to play it on
4338s	release uh I'm not sure if I'm going to
4340s	take I probably yes I'm very excited um
4344s	I got to try it Germany at Gamescom in
4348s	2023 um which was amazing and uh yes I
4353s	am very excited for it I I feel like
4355s	half the studio is going to take the day
4361s	off depends on I guess it really okay I
4364s	say it depends what's going on at the
4366s	time so if um if we're gearing up for a
4369s	release of our own or if there's
4371s	something important happening internally
4373s	maybe not but problem
4381s	all
4382s	right any new unique teasers perhaps
4385s	primordial
4387s	uniques uh no you're going to be waiting
4389s	a long time for any information on
4393s	that uh hello I would like to ask I play
4397s	sometimes with controller but the evade
4398s	button is not mapped Could It Be My
4400s	Controller or is not mapped for
4402s	controllers um it is mapped you play
4405s	played before it was added to the game
4407s	and when we added it to the game we had
4409s	an issue with uh updating the controller
4411s	mapping um that means that you have to
4414s	reset your controllers to your
4416s	controller configuration to default um
4419s	and then reassign the custom controller
4422s	settings you have uh and it will uh
4425s	it'll
4426s	[Music]
4428s	work it's going to be this button here
4438s	death will not take
4442s	me all
4449s	right oh that's
4457s	good B that's too
4461s	bad my
4472s	I was hoping we get some extra extra
4474s	stats on that Crest but whatever still
4476s	nice
4487s	pickup we're pretty close to being able
4489s	to handle empowered we just need to like
4491s	we need to get a couple upgrades I
4493s	probably have good upgrades that'll help
4495s	in my stash and I just have to like take
4496s	some time and figure it
4513s	out all
4517s	right uh is ehg set on doing a fourth
4521s	Mastery for all classes um it's
4526s	the I don't want to say spec like lock
4530s	in for a specific outcome um I think
4534s	it's going to depend and change a lot on
4537s	what happens as we go through like this
4539s	is this is very much a longterm
4542s	consideration and is very subject to
4545s	change um I personally believe we will
4550s	do at least a fourth Mastery for every
4553s	class at some point um I don't think
4557s	that all the fourth masteries will come
4558s	at the same time together cuz they're
4560s	very large
4561s	undertakings um and it would be we
4564s	probably have to like put aside we have
4566s	to like shove a lot of work long term
4568s	just in order to have that happen all at
4570s	once and I don't think that would be
4571s	wise so I think we'll probably end up
4572s	doing like individual fourth masteries
4575s	one at a time maybe two at a time
4579s	depending um like over the years type
4582s	thing and so I I wouldn't expect to see
4584s	hey here's the fourth master patch and
4586s	every single class gets a fourth Mastery
4587s	all at once um and I also wouldn't uh
4591s	specifically expect it to end there
4593s	either so like it's possible it could
4595s	keep going and we're just going to get
4597s	out of here cuz the guys are going to
4599s	kill us and we did it
4601s	[Music]
4603s	um so like it's it's there's depends on
4606s	how uh how long people are interested in
4608s	the game maybe it goes to five
4610s	eventually and some of them or all of
4611s	them or you know like there's there's
4612s	room to add more um and it's a very
4617s	long-term uh decision and a long-term
4619s	feature type thing so I I wouldn't put
4621s	too much uh stock on the specifics of
4625s	what I'm saying here either because like
4626s	it can change a lot as well but yeah
4629s	there's um I've got at least one new
4633s	Mastery for each of the existing classes
4635s	that I would really like to implement uh
4640s	and actually there's at least two for
4642s	every Mastery that I really want to
4644s	implement um but you know we'll we'll
4647s	see what we get around to we'll we'll
4648s	see what uh see what there's legs
4651s	for uh will there be an April Fool's
4654s	pranks in the future uh for example Mike
4657s	beit Mastery or spicy hot sauce position
4660s	special effects a potions special
4662s	effects um I I don't see why not we've
4666s	done some April Fool stuff before um you
4669s	know just like little social post there
4670s	was one where there was like uh we
4672s	posted a car that you could spawn in
4675s	very reminiscent of like the Agee of
4677s	Empires uh Big Daddy cheat code and the
4682s	uh or start your engin that the CH code
4683s	one of the two I can't remember one of
4685s	them might be ae1 might be ae2 I and um
4690s	we did a we did like a a VR announcement
4694s	cuz someone had got it working in VR we
4695s	we're not actually doing VR just for the
4697s	record uh and you know there's things
4700s	like that we've done before I'd love to
4701s	do more um I think I think yeah I think
4704s	we did a hot SAU was the hot sauce
4706s	stream April fools I'd love do that
4709s	again I just
4713s	made got these these
4715s	little dangerous Devils that are they're
4719s	um they're habanero
4722s	peppers uh that I dehy I grew and
4725s	dehydrated and uh I'm going to put them
4727s	in a a spice grinder and um make have an
4731s	airf flakes out of them love it
4740s	uh 225
4745s	timer
4746s	what current time 225 PSD no that's
4750s	that's
4753s	unpossible oh 215 yes okay good
4755s	wonderful message from the future love
4757s	it
4766s	uh are there still removeal tabs yep
4768s	there still removal
4770s	tabs weekly question on road map update
4773s	oh I hope
4774s	soon Cobra car was that the
4785s	cheat it was Cobra car oh my goodness
4787s	really it was just
4791s	Cobra huh
4795s	was the one
4802s	cheat ah okay aoe1 was Big Daddy I had
4805s	it right the first time wrong game aoe1
4808s	a black sports car that shoots
4811s	Rockets not crazy well not
4814s	[Laughter]
4823s	wrong all right yeah road map update we
4826s	got to we got to get that updated soon I
4828s	don't know when that's going to
4829s	happen I hope it's
4833s	soon cuz there's even questions in
4835s	today's stream that I'm like we had that
4838s	road map update out no one has
4848s	that all right will season 2 have the
4850s	stuff you had on the road map for the
4851s	next two cycles or will you also add
4853s	more new stuff that wasn't on the
4855s	previous road map there will be things
4858s	that was on the road map and things that
4860s	was not on the road map and not
4862s	everything that was on the road map will
4864s	be there as well so it's there's some
4866s	amount of things from the road map and
4867s	some amount of things not from the road
4869s	map which is why the road map is very
4871s	useless right
4880s	now death will not take me really we
4884s	should just take it down I think but
4887s	it's like it's been out there for so
4888s	long it's on like so many websites
4898s	and is really obvious which way I'm
4900s	facing with
4902s	this maybe a little too
4905s	obvious I'm I'm out of form I didn't
4907s	even notice I was out of form
4918s	I'm going let that run out hold on yeah
4921s	all
4930s	right we're looking at the remove only
4932s	tabs so in your stash if you have um
4936s	played in a previous
4939s	season uh in your in your stash when
4943s	you're on a Legacy character
4946s	um there will be a drop down menu here
4950s	that will let you pick between previous
4952s	Cycles or Seasons now or will be Seasons
4955s	um that where you can Pi pick like
4957s	season 1 season two and it'll it'll let
4959s	you just go back in time to stashes that
4962s	you had in previous seasons and the
4964s	whole the whole thing will change all
4965s	your tabs will change everything and
4966s	you'll be able to take whatever you want
4967s	out of those
4988s	I'm feeling great today I don't know
4990s	what it is but I'm just having a lot of
4991s	fun you know okay I know what it is it
4993s	was that I actually beat a boss on first
4996s	try that I thought I wasn't going
5000s	to that felt quite good we should get
5002s	the other okay we're going to get the if
5004s	next time I die
5005s	we'll get the next Cesar
5007s	out so I expect to see cheers when I die
5015s	next that's
5020s	okay death will not take me random
5025s	question if anyone's drafted uh otj
5027s	recently I'm going to draft that tonight
5029s	which archetype should I play
5037s	cuz we don't play logically we force
5039s	archetypes
5056s	here it looks like I'm going to be
5058s	moving as well PR pumped on that
5071s	oh boy is it
5078s	stressful one thing I love about this
5080s	game keeps me
5089s	grounded all right oh here we
5092s	go we're all way to the races
5096s	I got th000 gold on
5108s	purple oh we're going to lose one I can
5110s	feel
5116s	it my
5119s	goodness okay something good must have
5122s	just dropped you know
5126s	and the Beast Masters are in the middle
5127s	of it just like pummeling me at the same
5133s	time I should have just grabbed that
5135s	that would made that so much
5138s	easier oh that was great oh plus four
5141s	summon Skelly
5146s	chest that's actually decent
5168s	okay see if there's anything in
5171s	here
5179s	Zander that might be useful
5192s	nothing that was
5203s	nothing all right not a lot actually
5209s	good oh I don't hate that
5217s	that was fun okay that was
5223s	awesome all
5225s	right when can we get an auto vacuum for
5228s	AIC shards if you mean like uh Sim to
5231s	Gold where when you just walk over it
5232s	and it picks it up um I I don't think we
5235s	have any plans for that at the moment
5239s	um you're welcome to put requests in uh
5243s	suggestions channels on various
5248s	places or upload other requests of
5251s	similar Natures that have been
5262s	made the the logs were Marked for Death
5265s	so I had to oblige oh we got an egg oh
5269s	we got an
5271s	egg okay you know what we're doing with
5274s	the egg right here's the problem with
5277s	what we're doing with the egg we're
5279s	going to put our weapon in the
5281s	egg we only have the one weapon so we
5285s	have to pull another weapon out of our
5287s	stash first or else we're not going to
5288s	be able to kill the
5293s	boss we have to pull a good enough
5295s	weapon out that we can kill the boss we
5299s	oh we do have this weapon on this
5305s	is it even
5309s	like that's pretty rough by difference
5311s	we can do it
5317s	though what is the highest damage two
5320s	anax we
5329s	have or just to a weapon in general
5332s	really
5334s	you know we just go with what we've got
5335s	we're we're going to craft this up as
5337s	best we
5338s	can uh we're not doing a ton of dot
5343s	stuff we're doing
5348s	some necrotic damage there we
5351s	go
5353s	yeah all right uh
5355s	ignite we're going to try and Chaos
5359s	that shock no thanks all
5362s	attributes Health on kill we actually
5364s	like that
5367s	but think I like poison on him more
5373s	actually okay that's going to
5382s	do this is got to be long enough to find
5385s	two of these
5388s	ah probably have to go to somewhere
5389s	lower level just to like survive through
5393s	this we want want we want LP on this so
5400s	bad and I'm so nervous to do
5414s	[Applause]
5417s	this never okay we're fine we just got
5420s	to go find two more
5424s	and we've got to roll with a junky
5426s	weapon until
5434s	then this this is a bit of a
5436s	gamble uh but this could pay
5443s	off death will not take me okay we got
5448s	half an hour we can do this we we can
5449s	find two more in half an hour
5454s	as you get to like higher empowered they
5456s	happen so
5464s	fast it udes
5467s	me
5468s	shurikens give me those shurikens
5484s	your death has
5487s	come any more
5489s	questions I need more questions guys I
5492s	need
5495s	it Aon give you what what do you need
5499s	I'm playing an Emergen SK I could
5518s	the Skelly armor oh you want that this
5533s	thing what's the second teaser less than
5535s	30 left okay I said when I died
5541s	next yeah okay sure
5547s	there we
5550s	go
5554s	calculated was not
5559s	calculated all right besides TCG
5562s	mechanic uh obviously what mechanic from
5564s	a different game would you like most to
5565s	be added to Le um procedural proper
5568s	procedural map generation I think that's
5569s	the like we don't we don't have
5572s	procedural generated content and I think
5574s	that that's H like right now that's the
5575s	for me like when I play the game that's
5577s	the biggest thing that I find missing
5579s	for myself when I like for my own fun is
5582s	that so that's the big thing that I
5583s	would add in um good news we're working
5586s	on it it's going to be
5589s	good uh so yeah we've also got nice
5592s	little uh little iron blade node here
5595s	iron blade travels faster causing it to
5598s	also travel further additionally
5599s	Vengeance and repost hits have a chance
5602s	to attack with iron blade per point of
5604s	Attunement up to a maximum iron blade so
5608s	it's a 2. no so it can get up to 50%
5610s	speed and range so they actually do go
5611s	pretty far for that um chance for
5614s	Attunement is 1% per point so you can
5616s	get it up pretty darn High the max
5618s	chance is 80% which you can hit at high
5620s	level so you're pretty reliably hitting
5624s	iron blades with
5627s	vengeance uh Vengeance hits and Repose
5629s	hits so it's uh it's quite a bit doesn't
5632s	look like there's any internal cooldown
5633s	on that which is surprising but
5646s	[Music]
5648s	awesome and we can go shove that in the
5656s	corner oh man okay here we go we got to
5659s	find more of this I'm very motivated to
5662s	uh to to to get some awesome stuff here
5665s	I kind of considering actually going to
5668s	cuz we don't have anything
5670s	here I know it'll be a little bit
5675s	easier
5679s	but once's our like we're still almost
5682s	appropriately leveled for this
5691s	content oh that don't want to on that
5696s	I almost just joined a design meeting in
5702s	process ah that would have been
5706s	bad going click off that so we're not
5709s	one click away from joining a design
5712s	meeting which the audio would
5714s	immediately get put through my speakers
5716s	and through the
5717s	game uh through through through the
5719s	Stream
5724s	I made a mechanic from a different genre
5726s	oh like Tower Defense Auto battler ah I
5729s	he was saying Builder Etc mechanics that
5731s	aren't part of the arpg genre which be
5733s	favor to adapt for Ellie okay awesome
5736s	good question
5738s	um
5740s	oo that's going to require some
5743s	thinking uh I think yeah okay so I think
5745s	there's room
5749s	for like in the in the echos system that
5752s	we have I think there's room for micro
5755s	mechanics where like there's like like
5757s	mini games uh where you find like a very
5760s	specific uh me mechanic so so here
5762s	here's an example of this already in the
5764s	game arena Echoes I know there's an
5766s	arena mode but let's just focus on Arena
5768s	Echoes it's it's basically a different
5770s	game mode and uh that that just exists
5773s	in that Echo and I think there's room
5775s	for more specialty type Echoes like that
5779s	um where you can kind of put a mini game
5780s	in them or a mini mechanic in them and
5783s	like I think there's I think there's
5784s	room for some really out of the box
5786s	things that you could put there as long
5788s	as there was a way to uh like opt out of
5792s	certain types of them um or or opt into
5795s	specific ones type things so like as
5797s	long as there's a way to kind of curate
5798s	that experience cuz sometimes the game
5799s	play that you're signing up for with
5801s	these alternate mini experiences are not
5803s	what someone likes in a in their in
5805s	their arpg and so I think what we'd have
5808s	to do is we'd have to add a bunch of
5809s	them all at
5810s	once
5812s	um but I think there room and okay so
5814s	what what what could we put in there
5816s	this is this is this is me just running
5818s	with your idea here and I cuz I really
5819s	like it a lot
5823s	um I'm I'm trying to just say the things
5825s	you already said as examples but Tower
5827s	Defense does sound
5828s	awesome
5830s	um like a system like like you could
5833s	have a wave system where um they're
5836s	coming from a specific Direction always
5838s	and like as there's certain almost like
5842s	an inverse uh uh of like a a MOA system
5848s	kind of thing where like you instead of
5849s	like defending Towers in a line like as
5852s	you advance down the line you can build
5854s	up
5855s	Towers uh that would act as like a tower
5858s	defense system in the end I don't know I
5860s	think they're yeah oh there's cool stuff
5862s	there's something in there that's really
5863s	cool what I think I think adap I mean
5866s	adapting a MOBA would be really really
5868s	cool but that's kind of just PVP
5870s	system um
5874s	tower defense is probably the easiest to
5878s	implement would be fun
5882s	too I don't
5885s	know I really like this idea
5888s	though what can we do what can we
5890s	Implement
5892s	um you can't really change the camera
5894s	angle so you're kind of limited to
5896s	genres that share a similar camera angle
5898s	for the most
5902s	part um
5906s	you almost do like an
5909s	RTS oh here's what you could do you
5911s	could do it as a as a um almost like a
5914s	board game I guess like a turn-based
5916s	strategy game uh
5919s	system
5921s	where there's like there's a specific
5923s	enemy that's making strategic moves on a
5926s	board like if there was if there was
5927s	okay here we go we we we we got here uh
5931s	you you put you put arabo or arabos you
5936s	put so I'm playing Magic tonight not
5938s	right now you put or
5941s	ofus H we don't need Mana or Mana regen
5944s	at
5949s	all okay focus on the awesome idea we're
5951s	having in the middle of right now
5954s	um you put uh you put orbus on the on on
5959s	the on the
5960s	timeline um or you do the shade if you
5962s	want to but you have it as an actual
5964s	like enemy character that's making
5967s	strategic moves against you so maybe
5969s	you're finding some way to manipulate
5972s	your timeline like you you have some
5974s	sort of resource to like Place Echoes
5975s	down or manipulate Echoes but then like
5978s	orus takes a turn and uh like curses the
5981s	decision you just made type thing or
5983s	like puts blockers down in your way or
5985s	you know some sort of like asymmetrical
5988s	turn-based strategy game laid over top
5990s	of the timeline UI
5997s	there we
6000s	go for the record that's something I
6003s	came up with right now and is not
6005s	something we're planning on doing at all
6008s	um I will be pitching it at some
6010s	point it will almost assuredly get
6012s	rejected and I'm totally fine with that
6018s	um just don't want any get their hopes
6020s	up that's all that's a cool it's a fun
6022s	thing to think about right
6028s	good question very good question I like
6033s	that maybe some Rogue like game mode
6035s	yeah so um I I think like hardcore mode
6038s	kind of is that Rog like system a little
6041s	bit um it's it's it's fairly drawn out
6044s	so I guess having
6048s	a and like each Echo is kind of a Rog
6051s	likee in a sense
6052s	too um
6054s	um so I guess more of a a long a larger
6058s	Rog likee system might
6060s	be interesting as well
6065s	yeah if anyone likes platforming games
6068s	and Rogue style games you probably
6069s	played this game a ton but Rogue Legacy
6071s	is oh my God it's so good Rogue Legacy 2
6076s	uh also recently uh not that recently
6078s	but um much more recently and is so so
6082s	phenomenal
6089s	love those
6091s	games great sense of humor in them
6097s	too all
6099s	right Mike that orbit strategy thing
6101s	sounds awesome we expected for the 1.2
6104s	release which will be this
6106s	[Laughter]
6108s	February
6111s	no yeah that the the content lock uh for
6116s	for the patch it would be like would
6120s	happen before i' even have a prototype
6121s	ready will not even if I started working
6123s	on it right
6129s	now we're locking content so much
6132s	earlier for this patch just because we
6133s	want to you know have that time for um
6137s	iteration on a more finished product so
6138s	we can make sure that there's the fun is
6140s	is living in the in the content and um I
6142s	guess this is what I was talking about
6143s	earlier about how like yeah we've gotten
6144s	faster at making content but we're
6146s	adding in some extra steps to make that
6148s	content better and more fun um so this
6150s	is one of those things we're doing is
6151s	that we are uh we're having that content
6153s	lock happening a lot EAS earlier so we
6155s	have more time for a polishing phase um
6158s	and you know like as we as we got that
6161s	content in and people are testing
6162s	internally and we push it out to the CT
6164s	program and we get some feedback from
6166s	the community on it and things like that
6167s	there's there's more time for us to make
6169s	pivots and like even with um aberoth
6172s	because we that was the earliest one
6173s	done up up to that point and we made
6176s	some pretty big changes on aboth and the
6179s	leadup to aboth from the original
6180s	version that went out for for
6184s	testing Aon I will totally give you this
6186s	chest if you want it by the
6195s	way I don't know if we ever turned PTP
6197s	trading back on so I may have to like
6198s	list it you have to buy it give me some
6200s	gold
6222s	all
6224s	right uh doing anything to increase the
6227s	production speed cycle patches has been
6229s	a bit light for my taste I agree um you
6233s	know we we
6234s	we yes we've been like we're we're
6238s	hiring we're hiring a new uh gameplay
6240s	developer basically if you want to work
6241s	with me specifically like making uh
6244s	abilities and stuff like that
6247s	um I I think I'm we announced it last
6250s	stream uh there's there's a uh developer
6254s	position so you need to be real good
6257s	with the the clickity clacky typing the
6259s	code
6260s	out but also you know enjoy design stuff
6262s	too
6264s	and
6266s	uh we we are increasing the speed
6271s	there um we change we we we delayed this
6274s	quite a lot um because we had a pretty
6276s	big pivot on what we were planning on
6279s	doing
6280s	um for for 1.2 based on feedback from
6285s	1.1 um this is why feedback is so
6288s	important um is because like I think
6292s	we're going to have a way better better
6294s	1.2 product at the end when 1.2 comes
6296s	out that'll be a lot more fun should be
6298s	a better way to put it'll be a lot more
6301s	fun
6304s	um cuz 1.1 was good and there's a lot of
6306s	good things we did with it but it didn't
6308s	um it didn't Revitalize the end game to
6310s	the extent which we had
6314s	hoped
6316s	um and I think we're still learning how
6318s	to interpret feedback as well because I
6321s	think a lot of the feedback we got from
6322s	1.0 was hey this is great just slap an
6326s	endgame boss on it and it'll be even
6327s	greater uh and that's what we did and it
6329s	wasn't great
6346s	enough you know what I successfully did
6348s	not do this stream and last as well I
6351s	think was play with something covering
6354s	the
6354s	gaml like some some
6358s	teaser
6362s	yeah uh since I'm not seeing any more
6364s	questions any thoughts on a warrior
6366s	class pitch if you've read it on the
6369s	warrior class also orus strategy thing
6373s	in
6375s	1.2
6377s	um uh I've read a couple warrior class
6380s	pitches I don't know if I've read the
6382s	specific one you're talking but it
6383s	wasn't
6386s	recent you put you tell me where it is I
6389s	might go look at it and check it out and
6391s	react to it livee if you got a tldr on
6406s	it I thought I didn't clue in for a
6409s	second that that was my stuff I'm like
6410s	this is an arena why aren't they coming
6411s	for me
6414s	ding level up ding level
6421s	up love
6426s	it you're going to empower at 81 on uh
6431s	like not one of the crazy op builds was
6434s	probably ambitious especially
6435s	considering I haven't upgraded any of my
6437s	gear since I hit Level 90
6441s	timelines probably ambitious
6445s	oh I missed the come back here oh you're
6448s	not getting
6450s	away you're not getting
6457s	away J
6460s	bear always makes me
6464s	smile I should I should have the
6466s	grimoire equipped why don't I have the I
6467s	have a grimoire why do I not have it
6469s	equipped
6474s	just realizing I'm
6487s	crazy all
6496s	right uh there here this
6499s	one yeah flat Mele necrotic damage they
6502s	we're doing I think
6505s	so hello it would be awesome to get some
6508s	Arena mode where you will be where you
6511s	will required three LP item to open it
6514s	and get some really difficult waves on
6517s	end of it uh would get something similar
6519s	to three LP item for it or just overall
6522s	really good
6524s	loot uh yeah like like having gear as
6529s	the um key to get in is tricky because
6533s	it's so hard to put a value on what gear
6535s	actually is based on um properties like
6540s	that so like there's three
6542s	LP like just using that as an example
6544s	there are three LP items that are
6547s	unbeliev like like if a 3 LP version of
6551s	uh wings of arenta is dropped it would
6553s	instantly be the best item that has ever
6554s	dropped in the game um but if a 3
6557s	LP uh like Alchemist Ladle drops
6561s	everyone goes okay so oh you know so
6564s	it's
6566s	um I I think it would it would have to
6568s	be on a different axis and so having
6571s	item
6572s	like having items that are equipment
6575s	equipment uh requirements for entering a
6578s	Zone like that having a turning an
6579s	equipment into a key is a really
6582s	difficult proposition to have uh where
6584s	you're not giving and this this is one
6585s	of those Noob traps we were talking
6586s	about earlier where you can like a new
6588s	player may have a very rare item but
6590s	they don't understand that it's a very
6592s	rare item and they throw it away as a
6593s	key to something like this and so it's
6595s	that feels really bad like the first
6597s	time you you you like you throw it away
6600s	as a key and then like 2 days later you
6602s	find out like oh my God that was amazing
6605s	and I threw it away and like that that
6606s	feeling just like eats away at your
6609s	soul all right if you'll allow some
6611s	feedback here the harbinger patch gave
6613s	some much needed structure to the monol
6616s	warrior class pitch is in feedback
6618s	forums a couple weeks ago or so it's
6620s	kind of long to cover here ah yes
6624s	well I will
6626s	um I'll tell you what I will go look it
6631s	up and I will read it
6635s	later
6636s	uh it's fine forums category feedback
6641s	that's the wrong
6644s	feedback there's the right
6647s	feedback uh I'm going to search in here
6655s	Warrior the warrior class a suggestion
6658s	nine days
6662s	ago and that username lines up yeah I I
6665s	will uh tell what I will read that I
6668s	have not read this
6674s	yet master is Barbarian Beast oh it's a
6678s	base class okay Dragon Knight cool
6683s	my my like just from the names I've read
6685s	four words I've read Warrior Barbarian
6687s	beast and Dragon Knight so five words uh
6690s	I think there's going to be I'm I'm
6692s	feeling there's a lot of thematic
6694s	overlap with the
6695s	Sentinel um and you could probably
6701s	take uh it's it's kind of riding that
6703s	line between Sentinel and
6706s	primalist and it feels like you could
6708s	probably take most of the masteries and
6709s	put them on either Prim list or um
6712s	sentin
6715s	it's probably what I'm going to find I
6717s	think I could be wrong but I will read
6719s	the whole thing properly I let you know
6721s	what I
6727s	think all
6731s	right uh will there be some new idle
6734s	shapes like l or Zed or such or bigger
6737s	than four square yeah okay we when we
6739s	first uh first designed the idol system
6742s	we actually had had in the original
6744s	design document irregularly shaped um
6747s	Idols so yeah L's and um there was uh
6753s	like proximity things like bonuses for
6756s	if it's for for every Idol that it's
6758s	touching um we we had there some other
6762s	stuff too like there was a lot of things
6764s	the idol system had in it in the
6765s	original like pie in the sky design that
6767s	we've cut for a few reasons for just
6770s	implementation time also just ease of
6773s	understanding and ease of use and like
6775s	teachableness of the system um but
6778s	there's things in there that I'd really
6779s	like to bring back and um unfortunately
6783s	irregularly shaped Idols is probably not
6785s	one of the things that's going to be
6786s	coming back from that list um and I
6789s	definitely didn't say all the things
6790s	because there's a few things that I
6792s	think actually will happen that I wanted
6793s	to keep secret but
6795s	um I think that the I think there's
6798s	there are some really good options in
6800s	there for uh for expansions to the idol
6804s	system that I I'd like to see happen
6807s	probably in conjunction with some more
6809s	Idol crafting options eventually um or
6813s	like at least idle modification
6815s	systems and I think there's I there's
6817s	some opportunities for a lot of fun to
6818s	happen
6820s	there um but yeah like and you you look
6823s	at this and you go like yeah an L would
6825s	be really great as like a like so you
6827s	can still like take up four slots it's
6828s	really big but then like cuz right now
6830s	most of the like the four long on either
6833s	direction like tall or long preclude any
6835s	use of four Longs or talls on the other
6837s	side
6838s	type and um you know like I I'd really
6842s	like to as we go change the shape of
6844s	this like um I don't know move the dots
6847s	in or something like that and have the
6849s	same number of like they change the
6850s	configuration at some point uh in a
6853s	patch cuz we can change that
6855s	configuration um and I think there's
6857s	opportunities for having some like
6863s	where like a new player won't care at
6864s	all about it and they'll just see the
6865s	same system and it won't affect their
6867s	Gameplay at all really but an existing
6869s	player who um who's coming back for it
6871s	it'll be like just a little like it'll
6873s	be a familiar enough system where it's
6875s	still there's not like a big Paradigm
6876s	Shift you have to learn it all over
6878s	again but it's like different enough
6879s	that you're solving uh the same puzzle
6881s	in a different way and having to like
6883s	come at come at it from a different
6884s	angle a little bit of times i' I'd liken
6886s	that to kind of a really simple version
6889s	of how you know you play Katan a
6891s	thousand different times and you'll
6892s	have, different boards and it's the same
6894s	problem you're solving but you're coming
6895s	at it with a tiny bit different
6896s	restriction a tiny bit different way
6898s	every single
6899s	time and I like that man I wish I could
6902s	play more Katan my wife hates Katan
6905s	that's like the one board game that we
6907s	really disagree on it's one of my
6908s	favorites and it's one of her least
6909s	favorites and it's entirely my fault
6911s	because the first time she played we
6912s	played with the base game uh seaf
6915s	fairing Cities and Knights a piece from
6918s	Traders and Barbarians in there as well
6921s	um just the fish but still counts and it
6924s	was a six player variant of all those
6925s	things and there was six people
6928s	there and
6931s	unfortunately it was too
6933s	much one of the first like modern board
6936s	games she'd ever played as well so it
6937s	was she wasn't accustomed to it yet I
6939s	think I think if I I if I never sprung
6942s	it on her it would be one of her
6943s	favorite games now
6961s	it would consume the 3 LP item for
6962s	Access yeah that's that's what I thought
6964s	you meant and the what I was talking
6970s	about uh do you guys track uh rare High
6974s	LP drops like a four LP Red Ring drops
6976s	do you have a Sirens going off in the
6978s	office um I don't think there's an
6980s	automated system for it I think we can
6982s	like cck we can like parse the database
6984s	for versions of those items that exist
6987s	but I don't think we have like flags
6988s	that go up when one of them when one
6990s	that happens I know there's a bunch of
6993s	tracking stuff we've just just added in
6995s	for 1.2 um and like a bunch of stuff
6999s	there's a lot of things in that category
7001s	that we're working on right now um but
7003s	there's not much of it that works right
7004s	now it udes me
7018s	that Health drain is fast right
7028s	now come on we want
7030s	another we want another Nemesis before
7032s	stream ends do I stick around for a few
7035s	minutes and try and get another
7039s	one I think
7041s	so I just got I got to I got to know if
7044s	it goes up
7059s	anymore can you please remove arenas
7061s	from Monas it's so annoying no um but I
7065s	will
7067s	uh give you a little glimmer of hope in
7070s	that I hear the problem you're your s
7073s	your I I hear what the problem that's
7076s	causing this feedback and I'm committed
7078s	to improving the experience for
7093s	you I don't just mean making Arena
7095s	Echoes
7100s	better but yes also doing that as well
7110s	well okay come on we're
7114s	racing we're going we
7121s	need I need to keep an eye on my chat to
7123s	make sure that it doesn't pop
7125s	up I think I missed a couple from that
7127s	just like not keeping an eye open
7132s	in regards to the idle question uh so
7135s	you were saying like instead of having
7137s	this 5x5 kind of diamond shape with the
7138s	holes at the corners a 5x5 square with
7140s	the holes in different spots around the
7142s	center I mean maybe yeah we we can we
7144s	can move right now it is under the hood
7146s	a 5x5 grid that we have just blocked off
7149s	a few spots like that's literally what
7151s	it is it is a 5x5 grid
7155s	um and so we can block off any spots we
7158s	want um making it a 6x6 grid problematic
7163s	it can be
7168s	done
7170s	um but yeah it's it's one of those
7172s	things that
7173s	uh it is modular for
7177s	us cuz like there's literally just like
7181s	a an image that's just sitting over that
7183s	spot making it so you can't click on
7186s	it and and there's there's checks in the
7188s	back end too to make sure you can't
7189s	click on it but like the original
7192s	version
7193s	was just a a physical
7200s	blocker it never went to release that
7212s	way all
7219s	right come on
7223s	we're just going we're just going and
7225s	we're getting it I want it we're over
7228s	time come on Mike I'm going to two two
7230s	more I'm going to S two more
7249s	Echoes okay speaking of 4 LP items and
7251s	Analytics are you happy with the rates
7253s	of item drops with high LP like a lot of
7255s	the times you would see some content
7256s	creator showcase some builds with some
7258s	cool high LP items get regular
7262s	players jumped would uh never see
7264s	anything through their gameplay cycle um
7266s	yeah I think there's there's always
7268s	going to be um expectation and results
7272s	dissonance between like uh people who
7274s	are playing a a ton and who have support
7277s	in some cases from people who are
7279s	helping them like um like a community
7281s	behind them and and um someone who's you
7284s	know picking it up to play casually for
7286s	uh for a few days and things like that
7287s	we tried really hard to
7291s	um like to to make exciting things drop
7294s	and like to have high LP items of less
7297s	expensive items like of of of less of
7300s	lower Rarity items but High LP versions
7302s	be possible for players to get um and I
7305s	think a lot of the content creators um
7307s	at least a lot of the ones that like uh
7310s	i' I see cover lyac regularly
7313s	um do do a really good job of setting
7315s	reasonable expectations for the the lp
7317s	items they're putting in their builds
7319s	and things like that so I I've been I I
7321s	don't think there's too much of a of an
7324s	issue there but I do understand where
7325s	you're coming from and it's not perfect
7333s	um Arena why did I pick
7338s	Arena can they even spawn in here
7345s	will not take I don't know if they can
7346s	even spawn in here I don't think they
7351s	can not right now
7355s	anyways that's got to change
7358s	though just just like mechanics in
7360s	general being able to spawn in arenas
7362s	that's like one of the that's one of the
7363s	worst Parts about them right now having
7365s	having the the special Shrine spawn in
7367s	here was good that was a step in the
7369s	right direction um
7378s	this one doesn't count do one
7380s	more come on one more
7382s	please want my weapon
7385s	back it's so close I can feel it okay
7389s	here we go uh do you plan to add any
7392s	high-end crafting that could be an
7393s	alternative to LP items slamming uh any
7396s	ideas to give class powerful abilities
7398s	which high risk High reward would also
7400s	love to see some idle po es um if you
7403s	could drop that give you different size
7405s	and shape yeah uh uh was it pouches or
7409s	pouches
7411s	poaches
7414s	um I think there yeah
7416s	there's
7418s	um adding more uh glyphs and runes
7423s	especially High tier ones is something
7425s	that I think we're really interested in
7427s	doing um I know we're really interested
7429s	in doing cuz we every every every patch
7431s	we're like
7433s	just what can we possibly make into a
7435s	nucero like that's something we try to
7437s	do so often and
7440s	um I I think
7444s	it's
7445s	[Music]
7446s	um having things that H I can't really
7451s	talk about some of these things without
7451s	giving stuff
7452s	away uh there's stuff we're working on
7456s	that fits into this category really well
7458s	um
7464s	I think we really need to
7466s	have there's a lot of discussion going
7468s	on right now about the uh the experience
7470s	oh my God I clicked another Arena we're
7472s	not doing
7480s	this
7482s	um improving the way slams work in
7485s	general is really important
7496s	um and I'd really like to
7498s	see I'm really excited to for people to
7500s	see what the the changes coming in
7501s	general
7508s	are cuz I think like you you mentioned
7510s	in the question um having a high risk
7512s	High reward and that's that's what high
7515s	like high level LP crafting is it's high
7517s	risk it's high reward you know
7520s	um but I think there's a lot
7523s	of uh there's not a lot you there's
7526s	almost nothing you can do there is
7528s	nothing you can do to improve your odds
7530s	at it at all there's no there's no steps
7532s	you can take to feel like you're
7533s	affecting that that gameplay mechanic
7537s	and um I think there's a bit of a
7539s	feeling of helplessness that that s s
7541s	sinks in sometimes um with regards to it
7545s	and um so I think having a little bit
7548s	more agency in that category would would
7550s	really help a lot
7553s	and know to be clear I'm not suggesting
7555s	that there's going to be some way to
7556s	pick which one you're is going to go in
7558s	but
7559s	um being able to just do something to
7563s	improve your odds of getting the outcome
7565s	you want I think would be
7577s	positive where is it
7589s	I I just I just want my sword my my axe
7591s	back so
7594s	bad this is the problem is I get into
7596s	this where I'm like I don't want to stop
7598s	playing the stream's over and I don't
7600s	yeah I I I want to finish this are we
7603s	just going to have to save it for next
7604s	time we may have to save it for next
7607s	time if I don't find it in this one
7609s	we're going to save it for next time I
7612s	can be
7617s	responsible I don't if I can
7625s	actually make
7634s	it any more questions can you please
7636s	share if you're having if there any
7637s	throwing passives added to the Sentinel
7639s	there are unique items for Javelin but I
7641s	think only void Knight has passives for
7642s	scale that no there's
7644s	um uh oh there's lots of throwing
7647s	passives in
7650s	um
7653s	uh for
7660s	guard that was wonky
7675s	I Marked for Death what's my my cold res
7677s	is actually a
7679s	negative that is too
7687s	much give me those ice
7692s	beetles
7694s	okay I don't think we're going to find
7697s	it that's too bad
7702s	I wanted to see what it was going to
7705s	be we'll start the stream off next time
7707s	with
7719s	it all right can you make uh map icons
7722s	for exalted items so that I don't miss
7724s	my
7726s	drops okay no I'm not doing a subathon
7729s	until I find my drop oh gosh
7734s	would last like 5 minutes but
7742s	whatever all
7744s	right well we didn't find it we're going
7747s	to wait till next
7751s	time this is a great stream I had so
7753s	much fun okay last question is can you
7754s	put a map icon the exalted items I don't
7756s	miss drops there's a lot of exalted
7758s	items that drop it would have to go
7760s	through the loot filter system and
7761s	there's some issues there that we s to
7762s	resolve uh some controller next week
7765s	thanks I probably I did a whole stream
7767s	last time with the controller I I
7768s	personally enjoy keyboard and mouse a
7770s	lot more myself so I'll probably stick
7772s	with it
7773s	um especially as I'm getting into harder
7776s	content but who knows we see what
7779s	happens uh I had a wonderful
7782s	time I hope you did too I'll be back
7785s	same time same place next week uh I'll
7787s	be able to answer any more your
7788s	questions if I missed a question I
7790s	apologize it was not intentional please
7791s	head on over to Discord and ask it again
7792s	and I will do my best to answer it there
7794s	in the asid Dead channel um about
7799s	it hope everyone has a lovely
7802s	day wonderful
7807s	weekend Aaron I don't know how you're
7809s	still going but I'm going to come say
7816s	hi most
7819s	impressive have a good day everybody oh
7821s	I got to screen don't
7822s	I yeah all right drink lots of water
7825s	we'll see you next time

Developer Live Stream 11.15.24 | Last epoch

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