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| 0s | why do we have to wait until June why |
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| 3s | has there been such a lack of investment |
| 6s | into the PVP aspect can we please get an |
| 9s | update on cross server 3v3 wombat Mount |
| 17s | [Applause] |
| 20s | wi hey everybody Welcome to forge in the |
| 23s | tour where we talk about all things new |
| 25s | world today we're in San Francisco at |
| 27s | the game developers conference doing it |
| 29s | on location |
| 31s | and it's a Q&A episode I'm here with |
| 34s | Katie and Scott who you know really well |
| 35s | by |
| 36s | now bring on the questions Lin uh well I |
| 40s | first things first is there any news on |
| 42s | season five and its release yes season |
| 45s | five will be released April 2nd okay so |
| 48s | that said um little context from me all |
| 51s | right um we are filming this right after |
| 54s | a game developers conference panel we |
| 55s | hosted titled the power of community |
| 58s | feedback to create better games and |
| 60s | right now I would describe the |
| 62s | temperature is kind of hot right um |
| 65s | there are many concerns that we are |
| 67s | giving up on the game that we don't care |
| 69s | that we aren't communicating enough |
| 71s | about you know our delayed season 5 |
| 73s | release the list is extensive so in the |
| 76s | spirit of using Community feedback to |
| 78s | create better games what can you tell us |
| 81s | why do we have to wait until June and |
| 84s | will there be any news about upcoming |
| 86s | features before then so first nobody is |
| 90s | giving up on the game from the developer |
| 91s | standpoint |
| 93s | we we are working long hours and really |
| 96s | hard toward a big goal this year which |
| 98s | we can't wait to share with you in June |
| 100s | it destroys us that we can't give you |
| 103s | the information that you want we'd love |
| 105s | to talk about this but sometimes you |
| 107s | have to look at what's best for the |
| 109s | long-term health of the game against |
| 111s | some of the short-term gains and it's |
| 112s | awful and I know it's not what you want |
| 114s | to hear that said we're not allowed to |
| 116s | give any real details about what's |
| 119s | coming out or what we're announce in |
| 121s | June but I you know we're trying to |
| 124s | figure clever ways we can give you some |
| 125s | information and at least let you have a |
| 127s | kind of an idea on what's |
| 129s | coming all right so eagley viewers |
| 132s | should be looking for little Clues here |
| 134s | and there absolutely there's going to be |
| 136s | some Clues there might even be one in |
| 138s | this episode it might even be more than |
| 139s | a clue it might be a direct answer what |
| 141s | is Amazon games doing with these delays |
| 143s | we hear you loud and clear on like we we |
| 145s | we've not had a great history of |
| 147s | releases being clean and we told you it |
| 149s | was a focus of ours and then we had the |
| 151s | season 4 which we weren't proud of we're |
| 153s | taking the time here to try and get it |
| 155s | right and let's not forget we just |
| 156s | completely changed the entire underlying |
| 159s | system under our animation system which |
| 161s | means all navigation and combat mantling |
| 164s | you know there were problems and you |
| 165s | found a lot in the PTR we want to |
| 167s | address as many of those as we can we're |
| 169s | not going to get all of them but we are |
| 171s | work you know prioritizing the ones that |
| 173s | could be exploitive in gameplay super |
| 175s | important and you know this is a new |
| 178s | process that we've got to give give it a |
| 180s | shot and we you know we need to get |
| 182s | better and we're really doing everything |
| 184s | we can to make season 5 a clean release |
| 187s | all right why has there been such a lack |
| 190s | of investment into the PVP aspect of |
| 193s | your game is it down to Resource |
| 195s | Management player data yeah so before we |
| 199s | launched like way back new world was a |
| 202s | PVP Focus game um and we listen to the |
| 205s | players at that time and we adjusted and |
| 207s | we actually made it more PVE Focus based |
| 209s | on that that Fe back and what we see is |
| 212s | the majority of our players are PVE |
| 214s | focused we do have PVP players though |
| 216s | and we do have different modes for them |
| 218s | and moving forward it's definitely |
| 219s | something that we want to invest in well |
| 223s | on that note I know you can't talk about |
| 225s | upcoming content but can you at least |
| 227s | say yes PVP things are coming be as |
| 230s | vague as you want but we need something |
| 232s | yes we're working on something for PVP |
| 235s | that's pretty darn big part of the June |
| 236s | announcement and we can't wait to share |
| 238s | it with you if I could tell you today I |
| 239s | would |
| 240s | um I'm really excited about |
| 243s | it okay well can we please get an update |
| 246s | on cross server |
| 248s | 3v3 you will get them in |
| 251s | 2024 all right big secret why is it a |
| 255s | secret I touched on this in the |
| 256s | beginning but sometimes you have to do |
| 258s | what's best for the long-term health of |
| 259s | the game over the short-term health and |
| 262s | we have different information than than |
| 263s | you all have on that we can't share it |
| 265s | yet I think it'll be more apparent once |
| 267s | we make the announcement um |
| 270s | but you know I it's a secret a long time |
| 274s | ago we got a small Peak at daggers as a |
| 276s | weapon in new world is that still |
| 278s | happening or at least a possibility we |
| 281s | are not working on |
| 282s | daggers |
| 284s | okay any planned update to opr honestly |
| 287s | at this point just a new map will not |
| 289s | cut it it needs a bigger update than |
| 290s | just a new map well I touched on this on |
| 293s | my three answers ago we're doing a big |
| 296s | investment in PvP it is not an opr map |
| 299s | but I think it'll |
| 301s | satiate the PVP |
| 302s | players any idea if we can expect more |
| 305s | expansions ever yes you can expect |
| 308s | expansions |
| 310s | ever given there is a general sense of |
| 313s | frustration around new world right now |
| 314s | low player count season five delay to |
| 316s | sense not being heard as a community why |
| 319s | is there a lack of effort from the devs |
| 321s | to communicate and address the |
| 323s | community's |
| 325s | frustration it's been nothing but radio |
| 327s | Silence from the devs so we we've talked |
| 330s | about this a few times like it's not a |
| 332s | lack of effort it's not a lack of Desire |
| 335s | we would love to be telling you |
| 336s | everything we're |
| 337s | doing but it it's not best for the |
| 340s | long-term health of the game right now |
| 342s | and as soon as we can in June we will |
| 344s | but we do understand that you need to |
| 346s | you know I'd want to know more too if I |
| 348s | was on you know if I was outside of the |
| 350s | game team so we're gonna we're g to try |
| 351s | to find ways to give you hints or Clues |
| 353s | at what we're working on over the next |
| 355s | month or so what devs actually play the |
| 358s | game and what server yeah so |
| 360s | um we so all devs play the game is what |
| 363s | we absolutely strive for um I know that |
| 366s | Scott just did a presentation included |
| 368s | some of our playtime um and as far as |
| 371s | the leadership team besides the the new |
| 373s | guy who only has about a 100 hours um |
| 376s | all of us are over a thousand uh one of |
| 378s | us is over |
| 379s | 3,000 um but yeah so we do play the game |
| 382s | um I will say uh that the majority of |
| 385s | devs have a character some have their |
| 388s | main on El Dorado there's also some |
| 390s | folks on Lilith um Isabella and is and |
| 393s | Isabella I have my my secondary on |
| 396s | Isabella but to be quite honest I |
| 398s | haven't really logged into that |
| 399s | character in a while um that's my |
| 401s | primary your primary and another one on |
| 403s | El Dorado as I have about 750 hours on |
| 407s | El Dorado and about 750 hours on |
| 409s | Isabella yeah Isabella was my fresh |
| 411s | start World it was a lot of fun um but I |
| 413s | went back to my main probably like three |
| 415s | months ago I think it's critically |
| 416s | important that everyone on the dev team |
| 418s | played the game I literally just to talk |
| 420s | on how important this is if like there's |
| 422s | one takeaway it's get your team to play |
| 424s | the game otherwise we can't have |
| 425s | authentic conversations with the players |
| 427s | it's impossible are there any plans to |
| 429s | improve the town Buffs I would really |
| 431s | love to see the ability to request or |
| 433s | personally purchase them right now |
| 436s | there's no that's not in the |
| 438s | works okay are there plans to be more |
| 443s | aggressive with PVP balance the PVP |
| 446s | balancing was implemented but isn't |
| 447s | being adjusted as much as one would have |
| 449s | thought |
| 450s | is there plans to adjust them more to |
| 452s | prevent metas and PVP becoming too stale |
| 454s | or |
| 455s | boring well I think like every patch we |
| 458s | put out tends to have balance changes |
| 461s | incorporated into them um you know and |
| 464s | the more the bigger patches you know |
| 467s | will contain kind of weapon reworks or |
| 469s | reimagining um so that's something that |
| 471s | our our combat team is always looking at |
| 473s | and always trying to balance uh |
| 475s | especially when there's you know there's |
| 477s | exploits then we'll you know hot fix for |
| 480s | that because we know that that that kind |
| 482s | of like exploitative gameplay like it's |
| 485s | just not like that has to get hit |
| 486s | immediately but in terms of like the |
| 488s | meta and stuff um we have a combat |
| 490s | balance update that happens about like a |
| 493s | month to a month and a half after a big |
| 495s | seasonal update um that gives us time to |
| 498s | really sit with whatever the new meta is |
| 500s | if there is a new meta um and make |
| 502s | adjustments test those adjustments make |
| 504s | sure that they're good um but I will say |
| 507s | that you know a lot of the time it feels |
| 509s | like we don't go so aggressive and I |
| 511s | would agree with them on that um and |
| 513s | that's something that we can take back |
| 514s | to the team and be like you know is this |
| 517s | is this the right change or should we be |
| 519s | more aggressive with it and then tailor |
| 521s | it back for the next one so that's a |
| 522s | conversation we can have and you know |
| 524s | take a look at the patch notes for |
| 525s | season five uh like ktie said April 2nd |
| 528s | so there'll be big changes there um and |
| 531s | then I think the next balance of power |
| 533s | is going to be a couple weeks after that |
| 535s | releases right Mike yeah that's right uh |
| 537s | we looked at all the feedback for |
| 538s | balance of power from last time we want |
| 540s | to just you know keep iterating on this |
| 542s | and improving it so the next episode of |
| 544s | balance of power will launch a few weeks |
| 546s | after season 5 is out I would just add |
| 550s | on because of my last answer the |
| 551s | majority of our combat team plays the |
| 553s | game actively as PVP players in live so |
| 557s | they they are in tune with what's going |
| 559s | on there what content do the devs not |
| 561s | enjoy or dislike and or want to change |
| 563s | as a player not a Dev as the player base |
| 566s | has complaints and the devs might not |
| 568s | see it the same I have one okay so I |
| 570s | think we should do one thing that we |
| 572s | really love and one thing that we would |
| 574s | change or that we don't necessar can we |
| 576s | just do the hate one no I'm doing the |
| 578s | hate one you know what I want and I know |
| 580s | the players want it I want to get rid of |
| 581s | that perfect Salvage popup so bad you |
| 585s | actually don't like pop-ups in general |
| 587s | so I don't I generally don't like stuff |
| 588s | getting in the way and interfering with |
| 589s | my gameplay but I that perfect Salvage |
| 591s | one it's going to be gone can't wait uh |
| 596s | the thing that I really really like is |
| 598s | that we did sort of Rec is um the art |
| 601s | for allean Wilds I think that that was |
| 603s | super different it gave me the same |
| 605s | feeling entering that zone that I got |
| 606s | from Brimstone Sands because it's so |
| 608s | different from the rest of the world I |
| 610s | really like that a lot um and then the |
| 612s | thing that I would probably have changed |
| 615s | um is also related to allean Wilds in |
| 619s | the expansion and that was we have a |
| 621s | quest line called secret of the spores |
| 623s | um I would have held that back and |
| 625s | waited until it was in like a more |
| 627s | exciting place for players and was like |
| 629s | a really cool loop right now I mean not |
| 632s | a lot of people do it um and I don't |
| 634s | think a lot of people maybe understand |
| 635s | what it is or why it would be |
| 637s | interesting so I would have I would have |
| 639s | liked to hold that back and rework |
| 641s | it um I think like my favorite uh like |
| 645s | gameplay in new world is is Arenas and I |
| 648s | know that that's not in the best place |
| 649s | right now and I think especially for |
| 650s | population and and you know cross world |
| 653s | will help with that a lot so I'm excited |
| 654s | for that um the thing that I I it's not |
| 659s | that I like it least but I feel like it |
| 660s | has a lot of potential that we never |
| 661s | really like dove into is like the |
| 663s | darkness portals like all across the map |
| 666s | you know we had Grand plans for that |
| 667s | kind of stuff and things had to be |
| 669s | scaled back and like as a player I would |
| 671s | love for that to get more run are back |
| 674s | like there's reasons to do them again so |
| 676s | it's kind of fun if I I'm gonna go back |
| 677s | I didn't say something I like I think |
| 679s | one of the things I like a lot is |
| 681s | uh all the updates to the msq especially |
| 684s | the last one bringing it home like it |
| 687s | really like makes the game like yeah |
| 689s | different was two and a half back when |
| 692s | we launched yeah so when are we going to |
| 695s | get large server merges we need a single |
| 699s | us server along with a single EU server |
| 702s | Etc uh so there's going to be a pretty |
| 704s | aggressive merge happening I think |
| 707s | they're looking at March |
| 709s | 27th but but hold on we're none of us |
| 711s | are aligned with one server in the US no |
| 714s | we're not no but there's going to be an |
| 715s | aggressive merge happening on March 27th |
| 718s | or around March 27th w about mount win |
| 721s | no despite the game's potential to be |
| 723s | one of the best MMOs the management of |
| 725s | the game by the entire team is a |
| 726s | continuation of disappointments and |
| 729s | choices that lead players to leave is |
| 732s | there anyone who can correct your |
| 733s | mistakes or do you pretend nothing |
| 736s | happened thinking that everything is |
| 737s | fine we constantly |
| 739s | self-evaluate I think the difference is |
| 742s | we just have different information than |
| 743s | you we know where we're going so why |
| 745s | things may seem like why aren't they |
| 747s | focused on this thing I want right now |
| 749s | maybe the reveal will reveal Something |
| 751s | That We're you know different that we're |
| 753s | focusing in on that you might think is |
| 754s | important we try to uh you know we we we |
| 758s | we literally try to understand what the |
| 760s | players want and need we have to |
| 761s | remember there's more players than just |
| 763s | on Reddit or on Discord like that's and |
| 765s | that are allowed that's not the vast |
| 767s | majority and I understand players are |
| 769s | leaving the game and there's reasons for |
| 771s | that but we are trying to do what we |
| 774s | think is holistically best for the |
| 776s | entire |
| 777s | game and I think also like there's a |
| 780s | there's a lot of feedback we've gotten |
| 781s | about like how we look at data without |
| 783s | context and things like that and just to |
| 785s | give people an idea you know we have |
| 788s | surveys especially from players that |
| 789s | aren't playing the game anymore like why |
| 791s | what would get them to come back we have |
| 793s | like actual Telemetry of what players |
| 794s | are doing in game broken down by like |
| 797s | different play Styles and things like |
| 798s | that we have you know uh Discord we have |
| 801s | Reddit we have like these things so we |
| 803s | we we're pulling from a lot of different |
| 805s | sources in addition to our own |
| 806s | experiences playing the |
| 808s | game and that's not to invalidate like |
| 811s | what they're saying because from their |
| 813s | perspective like like Scott mentioned |
| 815s | like we've got additional information |
| 817s | there's things that we're super excited |
| 818s | about but they don't have that they're |
| 820s | coming for you Katie uh oh please come |
| 823s | this way it's marketing I'm about to say |
| 825s | something I can't tell if they're |
| 827s | getting closer or further were you were |
| 828s | you finished with your thought there I |
| 830s | don't know but so I was gonna add one |
| 831s | more thing like the the one thanks for |
| 834s | pausing while I was um I want to add one |
| 837s | more thing though which is um |
| 840s | not all features cost the same so some |
| 843s | stuff you're asking for you're like oh |
| 844s | just do this or just do that it might be |
| 846s | really really expensive and we have to |
| 848s | make Roi based decisions it's really |
| 850s | important um we can't just like if we |
| 852s | could just do everything and everything |
| 854s | costs the same it would be the easiest |
| 855s | job in the world but it's not doesn't |
| 857s | work that way any upcoming region |
| 859s | expansion plan for Asia server |
| 863s | no about one year pass maybe more hold |
| 867s | on just pause there's a funeral oh my |
| 869s | gosh what is show this on the film get |
| 870s | it |
| 879s | get what is |
| 884s | this here either something really really |
| 887s | really bad happened or this is a parade |
| 890s | but it's a parade of cops some things |
| 892s | are in our control and some things are |
| 894s | out of our control about one year passed |
| 897s | maybe more since cross server opr became |
| 900s | a thing with that starting date we |
| 903s | started having title notifications upon |
| 905s | entering exit now the same problem and |
| 907s | cross server Expeditions can we finally |
| 910s | get this fixed yeah so this one was |
| 913s | actually a kind of tough one to nail |
| 914s | down to be honest because it didn't |
| 916s | impact everybody we talked about it in |
| 918s | the last Q&A we do believe that we have |
| 920s | a fix for it um coming out with season |
| 922s | five so if it's still happening uh we |
| 926s | are incredibly sorry and it'll probably |
| 929s | happen Scott again because he has been |
| 930s | plagued by the popups since day one |
| 933s | horribly annoying especially if you |
| 934s | forget to put your stupid numb lock and |
| 935s | your don't F or your your function lock |
| 937s | and your F2 doesn't work and you get mad |
| 939s | and yes it's A's speaking from |
| 941s | experience but yes so there is a fix |
| 944s | that we that we believe in in season |
| 946s | five question six months later what |
| 948s | design decisions do you think you got |
| 951s | right and wrong with the rise of the |
| 952s | angry Earth expansion and what did you |
| 954s | learn for the |
| 956s | future yeah so um |
| 960s | I said one of the things I think we got |
| 961s | right and that was the artwork I think |
| 963s | we did that really well there were some |
| 964s | really interesting mechanics that we put |
| 966s | into place for the um Elite chest areas |
| 969s | um that I think are interesting but um |
| 972s | maybe not the best for that type of game |
| 975s | play um so that's something that we're |
| 976s | looking at um in the future when we do |
| 978s | Implement that stuff um there was also |
| 981s | when we introduced mounts I think we did |
| 983s | I honestly think we did a really great |
| 985s | job with mounts I think that they feel |
| 986s | really good they look really cool um but |
| 989s | we had heard internally first and then |
| 991s | it was echoed in data that the world |
| 994s | tours were long and uh they felt bad |
| 998s | rightfully so when you failed them by |
| 1001s | like a second or even a minute after you |
| 1003s | just spent 15 minutes with them so uh we |
| 1006s | did make adjustments there um so that's |
| 1008s | definitely something that we're looking |
| 1009s | at for future content as if we're |
| 1011s | expecting players to like give as much |
| 1014s | time as um as those required that we |
| 1018s | should make them just is rewarding as |
| 1020s | the time commitment I think uh I would |
| 1023s | add a few things one you already touched |
| 1024s | on something that went wrong I think |
| 1026s | secret of the spores could have been |
| 1027s | better yeah and better design but I |
| 1028s | think some things that went right in my |
| 1030s | perspective were I think the leveling |
| 1032s | curve was pretty good the time to max |
| 1034s | level I think the changes we made to |
| 1036s | perks and uh some of the some of the |
| 1038s | gear Chase with the gear raising overall |
| 1040s | was good I know there was some problems |
| 1041s | we missed the 625 stuff that you can |
| 1043s | still get yeah but overall like it felt |
| 1047s | like an improvement to the game yeah is |
| 1049s | that when we got rid of expertise also |
| 1051s | yeah I think so I think that was a good |
| 1053s | change so I think there were some really |
| 1055s | good overall balance changes with but |
| 1056s | there were some things we missed yeah |
| 1058s | expertise was that I didn't mention that |
| 1060s | because it technically wasn't part of |
| 1061s | the expansion but you're right it came |
| 1062s | out at the exact or was taken away at |
| 1063s | the exact same time um another one that |
| 1066s | kind of falls into that where you didn't |
| 1067s | have to have the expansion to |
| 1069s | participate were influence Wars or |
| 1070s | influence races um those I thought were |
| 1073s | really great addition I think that um |
| 1076s | because we were trying to recreate this |
| 1078s | moment that players had in great cleave |
| 1080s | um when we first introduced the PVP |
| 1082s | reward track and it was really cool and |
| 1085s | we did do that but it's one of those |
| 1087s | moments where it's like you didn't go |
| 1088s | far enough kind of thing so I think that |
| 1090s | we're taking that moving forward making |
| 1092s | sure that we're not just addressing |
| 1095s | whatever like the fix is whatever the |
| 1097s | thing is we want but also trying to look |
| 1099s | around corners and look beyond that I |
| 1101s | think that's that's one of the big |
| 1102s | lessons that we |
| 1103s | learned I wish I had another three hours |
| 1106s | to think about that question because off |
| 1107s | the top of my head that I'm sure there's |
| 1108s | a lot I sat down and thought about it I |
| 1110s | want to ask one more um are you able to |
| 1114s | give some reassurances about the |
| 1116s | continuation of new world for those of |
| 1117s | us who would like to see it live a long |
| 1119s | and prosperous life pretty sure we want |
| 1122s | it to live as long as you all want it to |
| 1124s | live like we're putting our heart and |
| 1126s | soul and life into this and on top of |
| 1128s | playing it all those hours we're working |
| 1130s | on it all those hours and it's really |
| 1132s | really important to us |
| 1133s | so our we're going to do everything in |
| 1135s | our power to keep it here as long as we |
| 1138s | can and that's our intention |
| 1139s | yep well thank you all for bearing with |
| 1142s | us through this ever so noisy outdoor |
| 1145s | game developer conference shoot uh was |
| 1148s | not just hard on you it was hard on |
| 1149s | Chuck and Steve too I can tell you that |
| 1151s | for sure I'm looking at them holding |
| 1153s | their arms for a really long time it's |
| 1155s | hard on me too noise was a bit much Lin |
| 1157s | doesn't get any special thanks um Lin |
| 1159s | you look very comfortable I am very |
| 1161s | comfortable um we're gonna try something |
| 1163s | new here in about a week which is a |
| 1165s | community a our community manager is |
| 1168s | going to have a show where we talk about |
| 1170s | the state of the community um I hope you |
| 1173s | all check that out it's really |
| 1174s | interesting and um you know wish we |
| 1177s | could answer every question in the |
| 1178s | in-depth detail you want and we will be |
| 1180s | able to if you consider June soon pretty |
| 1183s | soon um otherwise if you like what you |
| 1185s | saw let us know on X YouTube |
| 1188s | Discord Myspace AOL Netscape and all |
| 1192s | those other places what in game chat in |
| 1194s | game chat especially in game chat um any |
| 1197s | thanks everybody and see you in a |
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| 1216s | tournament |