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| 0s | what about Buffs are there any Buffs |
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| 2s | coming or just a bunch of |
| 4s | Nerfs thanks for asking uh actually I |
| 7s | really like this question because yes |
| 10s | there are some Buffs |
| 12s | [Applause] |
| 16s | coming uh welcome to fortunat tum where |
| 18s | we talk about all things new world uh |
| 20s | today we have an episode of balance of |
| 22s | power where where we'll be discussing |
| 25s | balance heading into season 4 uh And |
| 28s | discussing some of the recent changes uh |
| 30s | but before we jump into the questions I |
| 33s | want to address uh a Hot Topic we've |
| 35s | been seeing and that's some of the |
| 36s | recent balance changes that came out |
| 38s | with the 3.0.3 patch uh specifically the |
| 42s | changes around shirking |
| 44s | Hills uh you know this has been a very |
| 46s | contentious change and I think just to |
| 48s | be frank I think we might have been a |
| 50s | little heavy-handed here uh I'm very |
| 52s | happy with sort of the the pace of |
| 55s | change uh and balance changes that we've |
| 56s | been making if you remember sort of a |
| 59s | year ago in the past uh we were much |
| 61s | slower and I think too slow in making |
| 63s | changes we let meta get too stale uh we |
| 66s | let things that were too strong or too |
| 67s | weak remain that way for too long so I'm |
| 70s | happy that we've made improvements there |
| 73s | uh however the other aspect of balance |
| 75s | changes is the magnitude so while I'm |
| 77s | happy with the pace of changes I think |
| 79s | our magnitude has been a little bit too |
| 82s | too much uh so what I want us to do is |
| 85s | start making smaller incremental changes |
| 87s | on these you know on the minor patches |
| 90s | uh to sort of try to achieve balance and |
| 93s | you know just as a reminder and what our |
| 95s | goal for balance is is that we want |
| 98s | balance to mean that all the perks are |
| 99s | viable that you know uh they each have |
| 101s | sort of equal strength and just |
| 103s | depending on which build you want uh |
| 106s | that's how you choose what you |
| 108s | want uh so I want to talk a little bit |
| 110s | about the reasoning about why we had the |
| 112s | second change uh to shirking heels |
| 114s | because I think a lot of people are like |
| 116s | it was fixed when we fixed the previous |
| 117s | bugs and I think you know I think we |
| 119s | were over indexing there's still one |
| 121s | remaining bug where uh the way ank and |
| 124s | anoid in and sacred ground worked it |
| 126s | really buffed Shing heels more than we |
| 128s | wanted and we've been very sort of had |
| 130s | our eye on uh the survivability of |
| 132s | healers and I think that led to this |
| 134s | change uh so two good things one that |
| 137s | bug is fixed in season 4 uh and with |
| 141s | that bug fixed and some of the changes |
| 143s | and and behavior that we're seeing uh |
| 145s | with that minor pants we are going to |
| 147s | bring down uh the coold down from the |
| 149s | increased t seconds down to 7 seconds so |
| 152s | we think that'll be a good middle ground |
| 154s | uh we'll keep our eye on it and uh we'll |
| 156s | make further changes after that in in |
| 158s | sort of a smaller measured manner uh if |
| 161s | we deem necessary all right Dave well |
| 163s | before we jump into the questions maybe |
| 165s | now is a good time to discuss uh what |
| 167s | are your views overall on healing yeah |
| 170s | now I think it's good let's talk sort of |
| 171s | like what are our goals and philosophy |
| 174s | behind healing uh when I think about |
| 175s | healing I think about sort of four |
| 177s | things one I want healing to be strong |
| 180s | for healers I want them to be able to |
| 182s | heal their teammates I want that fantasy |
| 184s | of of being able to come in and save |
| 186s | someone from from my team from getting |
| 189s | uh killed or hurt so that's that's one |
| 191s | thing that's very important two I want |
| 193s | there to be counters to Healing right |
| 195s | rather than just Nerf the power of a |
| 197s | healing instead I want to keep it strong |
| 199s | but give people options to be able to |
| 201s | counter |
| 202s | it uh three I want being a Healer to be |
| 205s | somewhat risky right like it is a |
| 207s | powerful role uh and I'll be Frank in |
| 210s | the past healers have been had sort of |
| 213s | an insane amount of survivability and I |
| 215s | think that's something we're starting to |
| 217s | chip away at uh and I want there to be |
| 219s | sort of a risk to to having all this |
| 221s | power uh and lastly uh from a |
| 224s | philosophical standpoint I also want |
| 226s | there to be options for solo people or |
| 229s | teams without a heel uh and with that I |
| 231s | mean you know I want there to be viable |
| 233s | paths towards self- |
| 235s | sustain uh so when I look at that as |
| 237s | sort of our overall goals and philosophy |
| 239s | around healing uh that's you know you |
| 242s | can see where the 1114 patch came in the |
| 245s | recent minor was we really wanted to |
| 247s | start to create counters towards healing |
| 249s | and those were uh one the Buffs to |
| 251s | disease uh on outgoing and also sort of |
| 254s | the ability to apply it more generously |
| 256s | with plague strikes and plague crits so |
| 258s | that was one part of the puzzle uh |
| 260s | coming in uh the second part is coming |
| 262s | in in season 4 uh where we are making |
| 265s | changes to anointed in sacred ground uh |
| 268s | that will sort of tackle some of the |
| 270s | survivability of healers they won't be |
| 272s | able to just you know pots won't be |
| 274s | Amplified by all that and I think the |
| 276s | right things will be Amplified mostly uh |
| 278s | the natural healing uh with those |
| 281s | changes with that change made we can now |
| 283s | also remove the 20% we had uh the |
| 287s | decreased efficiency of pots uh and with |
| 291s | cirking heels coming down from 107 from |
| 294s | 10 seconds to 7 Seconds those two things |
| 296s | we also think will tackle uh the self- |
| 298s | sustain so I think you know we probably |
| 301s | won't hit the balance perfectly in |
| 303s | season four but I think we are starting |
| 305s | to tackle those those sort of four |
| 307s | philosophical points uh I discussed and |
| 309s | we'll continue to do that on a longer |
| 312s | longer run basis we also do want to |
| 314s | think about healing and is it is it fun |
| 316s | is it active I think right now a lot of |
| 319s | the heels are sort of passive Hots uh |
| 321s | and I think that's less fun than some of |
| 323s | more active weapons we have so we are |
| 325s | looking at that in sort of a longer run |
| 327s | and also sort of seeing like can we make |
| 330s | some of the other weapons more viable so |
| 332s | that there's a little more swapping |
| 333s | between weapons and combos between them |
| 335s | so that's something we'll be looking at |
| 336s | in the long term in 303 uh you made some |
| 339s | Nerfs to blunderbus and do you think |
| 341s | it's in a good spot now uh so we did |
| 344s | make some changes I think we we took uh |
| 347s | two actions one we tried to reduce its |
| 349s | survivability by adjusting some of the |
| 351s | perks we also reduced a little bit of |
| 353s | its damage uh by uh nerfing the primary |
| 355s | attack in ASB so I think we did take |
| 358s | some changes I think some of the recent |
| 360s | disease changes have had a byproduct of |
| 362s | sort of buffing it I think overall it's |
| 365s | it's still pretty strong I think we've |
| 367s | got our eye on it no plan changes yet |
| 369s | for season 4 but it's definitely |
| 370s | something that is on the stronger side |
| 372s | and and we are keeping our eye on all |
| 374s | right uh in 303 you gutted the range of |
| 377s | Splash of light to 25 MERS |
| 380s | why yeah I think this is another one |
| 383s | that I think you know we probably went |
| 385s | too far too fast I would have preferred |
| 387s | if we had stepped this one down uh but |
| 390s | the rationale behind it is is that 25 M |
| 393s | is the range for all the other healer |
| 395s | abilities and we wanted to sort of |
| 396s | create a a standardized range it also |
| 399s | works very well with the ux uh teammates |
| 402s | become gray after they go out of that |
| 404s | range so it helps people know when they |
| 405s | are within range uh this ability is also |
| 408s | really it's got some inherent strong |
| 410s | points right like you don't need line of |
| 411s | sight uh and your teammates don't have |
| 413s | to be grouped to get the benefit which |
| 415s | can be really advantageous if you've got |
| 417s | some backline and some front line people |
| 419s | so we think this ability still has a |
| 422s | good spot uh in the game uh so I think |
| 425s | you know no plans to change the the |
| 427s | distance and I think if we did see that |
| 429s | the ability needed a buff I think we'd |
| 431s | find other ways to buff it uh and and |
| 434s | sort of keep the distances |
| 436s | consistent all right uh jumping into PTR |
| 438s | in season 4 now let's start out with the |
| 441s | big one uh what were you thinking about |
| 444s | with boltcaster yeah so |
| 447s | boltcaster uh yeah I think we were |
| 449s | little bit nervous going in with this |
| 451s | one I think uh it is you know what we |
| 454s | liked about it is it's a very cool and |
| 456s | unique passive the ability to stun |
| 458s | someone with a bow is sort of a neat |
| 460s | passive and the way it worked off Health |
| 462s | was something that we hadn't done before |
| 464s | it was sort of fun so we thought it |
| 466s | would be interesting to try out uh we |
| 467s | did see it in PTR we have played it more |
| 469s | internally and I think uh while it may |
| 472s | be fun for the bow user uh it is not fun |
| 476s | for the recipient and while that was |
| 478s | okay in some of our internal testing and |
| 479s | so solo fights in big group fights uh it |
| 482s | just it proved not to be fun and it it |
| 484s | really sort of created an unpleasant |
| 486s | experience so uh we are going to take |
| 488s | action we are going to remove that perk |
| 490s | uh we're replacing it with something |
| 492s | else uh we're replacing it with a perk |
| 495s | that uh for every basic attack you hit |
| 497s | someone with you gain a charge uh a |
| 500s | Lightning Charge so to speak and at |
| 502s | three charges you do a big pop of damage |
| 506s | uh we like this as sort of a direction |
| 507s | for the weapon I think it it rewards |
| 510s | sort of skill and precision and and |
| 512s | hitting people versus just you know some |
| 514s | people with bow may just be spamming AOE |
| 516s | or shooting into a pocket of people and |
| 518s | I think this will reward people who have |
| 521s | uh a little more targeting and skill in |
| 522s | their their usage so we're excited to |
| 524s | see how this plays out what about the |
| 526s | gym changes um any changes to those uh |
| 530s | that was another one that was pretty |
| 532s | controversial I think we went out very |
| 535s | strong in the PTR uh where we made these |
| 537s | gems very powerful they scaled High |
| 539s | highly off both int and focus and I |
| 541s | think you know in the spirit of what I |
| 543s | discussed at the start of this of taking |
| 545s | more sort of measured approaches and |
| 547s | going a little more steps I think we are |
| 550s | going to tune this down uh we're going |
| 551s | to go to uh 75% scaling on intelligence |
| 554s | and 65% on Focus I think that is a good |
| 558s | place to start out uh these gems are |
| 561s | still really powerful because they allow |
| 562s | combinations that otherwise wouldn't be |
| 565s | uh available and and we're going to see |
| 566s | how it plays at this level uh and then |
| 569s | may ad just uh another thing to mention |
| 571s | is while we were doing this one of the |
| 573s | things we we found and I think we've |
| 575s | heard feedback on this and we really |
| 576s | looked into it I think it's accurate is |
| 579s | that you know the intelligence atbs are |
| 581s | just stronger than a lot of the others |
| 584s | uh so that was creating a lot of desire |
| 586s | to put in these new gems to scale off |
| 589s | int even for strength and Dex based |
| 591s | weapons to get access to the new ATB so |
| 594s | that is something we're looking at we |
| 595s | are making one change for season 4 uh |
| 598s | the 150 ATB uh the elemental damage one |
| 601s | is going down from 15% to 10% uh and |
| 604s | we'll be looking at them more uh I could |
| 606s | see us making one more change in the |
| 608s | future to the intelligence jtbs to sort |
| 610s | of get them in line with the other ones |
| 613s | all right how about the flail how do you |
| 616s | think it's doing uh well the flail is is |
| 619s | performing pretty well uh in fact it's |
| 622s | it's over time it's usage and win rates |
| 625s | and damage well not damage as much |
| 627s | mostly wind rates have have increased so |
| 629s | I think people are you know they're |
| 630s | finding out how to incorporate this |
| 632s | weapon into their builds into their team |
| 634s | compositions and it is doing well sort |
| 636s | of across the board and and all three of |
| 638s | our PVP |
| 639s | modes uh we think a lot of this could be |
| 643s | due to two bugs uh there's a bug where |
| 646s | uh the flail currently inherits the |
| 648s | reaction of the last weapon that |
| 649s | attacked in certain circumstances uh we |
| 653s | have definitely fix that issue in season |
| 655s | 4 so that will no longer be happening uh |
| 657s | there's another bug where you can can |
| 659s | gain permanently the haste uh that fail |
| 662s | provides uh we think we fixed this one |
| 664s | there's a couple different ways that we |
| 666s | found to get into this situation so we |
| 667s | think we fixed all of them but there |
| 668s | might be one left that we're unaware of |
| 670s | but uh we think we fixed that so what we |
| 673s | want to do is see what these two bug |
| 675s | fixes due to the weapon before we make |
| 677s | further changes so uh for season 4 we |
| 680s | fix those two bugs and then we'll be |
| 681s | keeping our eye on the weapon uh moving |
| 683s | forward all right and um what about |
| 687s | Buffs are there any Buffs coming or just |
| 689s | a bunch of |
| 690s | Nerfs thanks for asking uh actually I |
| 693s | really like this question because yes |
| 695s | there are some Buffs coming and I think |
| 697s | this is another area of just |
| 699s | philosophically in terms of balance |
| 700s | something that I want to start doing |
| 703s | more of right like uh it seems like all |
| 705s | our balance changes are always nerfing |
| 708s | the the most overpowered weapons but the |
| 709s | other thing we want to make make sure |
| 711s | we're doing is is sort of watching the |
| 713s | the lower powered weapons and and |
| 715s | boosting them up so that everything is |
| 716s | sort of uh has a chance uh so there are |
| 720s | three that sort of come off to my mind |
| 722s | one is endless thirst uh this is the uh |
| 726s | most uh achieved uh uh jewelry artifact |
| 730s | but the one that's least used so we |
| 732s | definitely think this one's a little bit |
| 733s | weak uh we are making some changes one |
| 737s | uh the uh the penalty how long you have |
| 740s | to wait between usages of potions is |
| 743s | going down to 25 uh there was some |
| 746s | confusion here because it was 20% |
| 748s | initially in the notes but it was |
| 749s | actually 40% uh so when we adjusted |
| 752s | those notes to 40% in PTR I think it |
| 756s | drew some you know an eye on this so we |
| 758s | have gone down to 25% there which we |
| 760s | think is a good spot relative to the 33% |
| 762s | increase in power uh and we've also |
| 765s | buffed uh the two perks that come with |
| 767s | it so I think that'll be a good change |
| 770s | uh CO's knee guards is another one that |
| 772s | we're taking a look at this one I think |
| 774s | what we wanted to do is make it a more |
| 776s | broadly applicable uh artifact so what |
| 779s | we're doing here is uh rather than just |
| 783s | being one type of range damage it will |
| 785s | now affect all types of range damage uh |
| 787s | but we're going to slightly bring down |
| 789s | the value of that uh amount to I think |
| 792s | 10% to balance it out but I think |
| 793s | that'll make this a more generally |
| 795s | applicable weapon I think uh that seems |
| 797s | to be something that players would like |
| 800s | uh and last is an inferno uh our fire |
| 802s | staff artifact we are going to be |
| 804s | changing the Hellfire perk on this to uh |
| 806s | 15 meters rather than 8 meters and I |
| 808s | think that will sort of give this |
| 810s | opportunity for a more uh you know sort |
| 812s | of close in uh oriented fire staff to |
| 815s | play okay well I think I'm good on |
| 817s | questions awesome uh well that leads me |
| 819s | to the community question I think the |
| 821s | last question is a perfect segue uh let |
| 823s | me ask the community what Buffs would |
| 825s | you like to see what do you think is |
| 827s | underpowered in our game right now uh |
| 829s | that's fun and if you're like oh if it |
| 831s | just was a little more powerful uh I |
| 833s | would use this a ton let us know in the |
| 835s | comments uh also like And subscribe if |
| 837s | you've liked the show um uh and with |
| 839s | that we'll see you in a |
| 842s | tourament like the uh the skeleton |
| 844s | archers when they like Duck and you |
| 846s | always like shoot right over and stuff |
| 848s | well yeah and it it totally plays into |
| 849s | our combat right like we have head shots |
| 851s | uh they do bonus damage there's certain |
| 853s | abilities where if you shoot in the legs |
| 854s | you get a slow like so we take advantage |
| 857s | of all this sort of uh cool stuff yeah |
| 859s | we could totally optimize by just |
| 860s | becoming tap Target right |
| 862s | no let's go to the next |
| 866s | [Applause] |
| 868s | question |
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