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| 1s | all right and uh why don't we get more |
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| 3s | info about why you make certain balance |
| 6s | changes AGS just makes random explosive |
| 9s | changes but misses to underline it with |
| 11s | reasoning and goals for us to |
| 14s | comprehend the truth is we have a |
| 16s | 20-sided dice we keep in the back I |
| 18s | thought it was the blind monkeys typing |
| 20s | it's a dart board yes it's a dart |
| 23s | [Applause] |
| 27s | board hey everybody Welcome to forge in |
| 29s | attum where we talk about all things new |
| 31s | world and I hope you all had a great |
| 34s | holiday weekend wherever you are uh |
| 37s | today we're doing the November Q&A so |
| 40s | with that I'm going to hand it off to |
| 42s | Lovin and we are going to get started |
| 45s | immediately can you tell us why season 4 |
| 48s | has less content what is new to the game |
| 50s | as many of the features on the road map |
| 52s | are either not happening or later in |
| 54s | that season yeah well I I tried to |
| 56s | address this in the uh Game Dev up or |
| 58s | the development update |
| 61s | um we just K we're coming off of a huge |
| 64s | release the the return of the rise of |
| 66s | the angry Earth um expansion and we had |
| 70s | a few quality mishaps there so we wanted |
| 73s | to make sure that going forward that |
| 74s | doesn't happen again we want to focus on |
| 76s | high quality deliverables and so because |
| 78s | of that we decided to hold a few things |
| 80s | back uh on top of that you know when we |
| 84s | talked about crossworld Expeditions |
| 85s | which was planned for season |
| 87s | 4 we really wanted to lean into it and |
| 90s | go for a full pug finder because we |
| 91s | think that would be a much better |
| 93s | experience for players and that's going |
| 94s | to cost us a little more time as well |
| 96s | so we're hearing people say they'd |
| 99s | rather us go a little slower and deliver |
| 100s | at a higher quality and we're going to |
| 102s | do that uh in Earnest going |
| 105s | forward all right um new loot system is |
| 108s | great that we can drop something that we |
| 110s | were already wearing using but why are |
| 112s | all these staff still dropped with |
| 115s | totally random perks I got int gloves |
| 117s | with Str weapons perk this is a |
| 119s | situation where where and after 35 |
| 121s | Expeditions I can't get any single item |
| 123s | that I'm able to use do you see the |
| 126s | problem or it's |
| 127s | intended uh so this question is about |
| 129s | loot biasing so the way loot biasing |
| 132s | works is that some percentage of your |
| 133s | drops will be loot biased it's important |
| 135s | to realize not all of them are also |
| 137s | right so sometimes they're not and |
| 139s | that's good because it'll allow you to |
| 140s | get loot in different uh gear sets that |
| 142s | you're trying to get what loot biasing |
| 144s | doeses is it makes sure that the |
| 146s | attributes in the weapon are aligned uh |
| 148s | and we've also removed some of the |
| 150s | interesting perks from those loot |
| 151s | biasing perks but we don't currently |
| 153s | bias weapon perks so those can sometimes |
| 156s | be a mismatch and I think you know |
| 158s | that's partially intentional because I |
| 160s | think we want those perks to be very |
| 162s | special and something that may be more |
| 164s | oriented towards crafting or you have to |
| 166s | get a special named item uh so uh that's |
| 169s | the way it currently works and no no |
| 170s | immediate plans to change |
| 172s | that all right um many gamers leaving |
| 176s | again because of the missing grind |
| 178s | instead of Ward we have now Enchanted |
| 180s | Ward and health every second player is |
| 182s | using a fire staff and there is no |
| 184s | reason to craft anymore once you have |
| 186s | your two to three sets I bought every |
| 189s | season pass many skins emotes and the |
| 192s | DLC why should I continue to |
| 195s | play well first thank you for your deep |
| 197s | commitment playing the game so much |
| 199s | buying all that stuff like like we |
| 200s | appreciate it and we try to make the |
| 202s | game as good as possible I |
| 204s | think we've learned in the past that |
| 207s | having too much grind is a bad thing and |
| 209s | so we've we pulled back on that and |
| 211s | tried to make it more fun and to make |
| 212s | the chases more interesting that can |
| 214s | change gameplay with things like |
| 215s | artifacts once you get through that |
| 217s | there are still a lot of other things |
| 219s | you can do there's uh I still find chest |
| 221s | runs fun I know that's a little goofy uh |
| 224s | I mean you can play music instruments |
| 226s | there's fishing all and all the other |
| 228s | trade skills there's working on your |
| 230s | house there's changing your character |
| 231s | through transmog I think there's |
| 234s | multiple vectors of the endgame |
| 236s | depending on what type of player you are |
| 238s | and we had to try to bias toward the |
| 240s | broader group as far as the gear Chase |
| 242s | and the grind so uh like we totally |
| 244s | appreciate you playing and I'm sorry if |
| 246s | the changes like took away like some of |
| 248s | that endgame grind for you but hopefully |
| 250s | you can find some fun in other areas and |
| 253s | I've been enjoying like for me it's been |
| 255s | an opportunity to try out more builds |
| 257s | right because it is a little bit easier |
| 258s | it's like hey let me try out some |
| 259s | different things which has been really |
| 261s | fun and artifacts play well into that |
| 263s | right every time I get an artifact I'm |
| 264s | like all right I want to create a build |
| 265s | around this what can I do and I think |
| 267s | that's fun yeah and and also like uh the |
| 271s | The Outpost rushan Arenas they change |
| 273s | every time like no matter how you play I |
| 274s | still find it fun it's challenging it's |
| 276s | you know that the people playing against |
| 279s | people is a little different when will |
| 280s | Dark Ascent be |
| 282s | fixed uh that will be fixed in the next |
| 285s | upcoming |
| 287s | minor okay cool very very soon stop |
| 291s | putting Prismatic drops in aptitude |
| 293s | boxes this is breaking the farm market |
| 296s | the market will collapse in one |
| 298s | month I |
| 300s | I love the uh the great omniscience here |
| 304s | uh I do believe you know and we're going |
| 307s | to talk about this more there are some |
| 308s | issues with the economy I don't believe |
| 310s | like the Prismatic items right now are |
| 312s | holding their value pretty well we |
| 314s | definitely saw a decrease over time |
| 315s | which is normal right like they come out |
| 317s | white hot especially because they're all |
| 319s | cooldown based uh and they've come down |
| 321s | but we've seen the prices sell a I think |
| 322s | they're they're at a healthyish level |
| 324s | right now so we're not seeing anything |
| 326s | right now we will keep our eye on this |
| 327s | obviously uh if they did start to |
| 330s | decrease again we would look at it uh I |
| 331s | think the aptitude boxes are a place we |
| 333s | would look uh also we have some of the |
| 335s | nodes a little higher so there's some |
| 337s | things we could tweak but no immediate |
| 338s | plans are you sure the way you balance |
| 341s | perks makes your community happy for |
| 343s | example Shing heels was broken at the |
| 345s | start because of the interaction with |
| 347s | the ank has been fixed and balanced with |
| 349s | the last update has been nerfed again |
| 351s | but now that it has tens of CDs it's a |
| 354s | completely useless perk and anyone who |
| 356s | has it in their gear should simply throw |
| 358s | it away and start over again |
| 360s | uh so let me just step back here because |
| 363s | I this is a great question and I think |
| 365s | we are happy about some things and |
| 367s | unhappy about others I think uh what I |
| 369s | am really happy about is that the pace |
| 371s | of change like how often we put up |
| 374s | balance updates has increased |
| 376s | dramatically uh previous to last year if |
| 378s | you remember we were admittedly a little |
| 380s | slow and that was a goal of ours let's |
| 382s | make balance changes more often and I |
| 384s | think I think we've hit that I'm very |
| 386s | happy with that I think the magnitude of |
| 388s | our change here recently might have been |
| 391s | a little bit too strong uh I think |
| 393s | especially with balance like I like |
| 395s | making big uh meta shifting changes with |
| 398s | expansions or when we do a big perk |
| 400s | rework but outside of that I think we |
| 403s | need to be making a little more uh |
| 405s | constrain changes and sort of pushing |
| 407s | our way towards balance uh so here I |
| 410s | think you know with the shirking hills I |
| 411s | do think we overshot a little bit uh |
| 412s | with the 10 seconds uh we'll go into |
| 415s | details a little bit and and uh balance |
| 416s | of power on why we did that uh but that |
| 419s | is something I we're looking at and and |
| 420s | we are going to be pulling back a little |
| 422s | bit on that change you know I'd add that |
| 424s | in the past if you go back a year or |
| 425s | earlier that there was a lot of feedback |
| 427s | that we weren't making enough change |
| 428s | fast enough we were nudging forward |
| 430s | nudging nudging and sometimes you have |
| 432s | to go too far and then pull back and I |
| 434s | think this is an example where we |
| 436s | probably did that but a lot of the other |
| 438s | times it's worked out and this one you |
| 439s | know it's correctable |
| 442s | Y what are you going to do about the |
| 444s | gold snc people are |
| 446s | quitting uh economy it's a hard topic |
| 450s | right now I can observe the situation |
| 451s | that in many different cases we are not |
| 453s | able to earn money loot from the dungeon |
| 455s | is 99% bonded unable to sell it and |
| 459s | crafting product is cheaper than all the |
| 461s | mats needed to craft it gold SNS strain |
| 463s | while it's mostly from casual players |
| 466s | will you be able to justify the crafting |
| 468s | gold sink it costs 55,000 gold per week |
| 471s | on chromatic orbs and aoth inductor with |
| 474s | little ways of balancing this out could |
| 476s | this be added to mutations have you |
| 478s | tried to fix resource prices it's |
| 480s | getting worse now and seems out of |
| 481s | balance for example the prices of |
| 483s | runwood and spin fiber are very cheap |
| 486s | now how do you fix it yes the chromatic |
| 489s | seals and the aoth inductors are a big |
| 492s | uh gold sync right now uh and generally |
| 495s | that's more of an opt-in situation so |
| 496s | the more timer players are that have a |
| 500s | lot of stockpiled gold and things like |
| 502s | that uh are spending on that um and |
| 505s | because it's a a Time based thing um |
| 509s | it's something that more casual players |
| 510s | that accumulate some wealth can also |
| 513s | participate in and not feel like they're |
| 514s | falling far behind that does slow down |
| 516s | the rate of uh how much is being crafted |
| 519s | in the economy and that goes to the uh |
| 522s | the prices of the resources that you |
| 523s | mentioned that were crashing um in the |
| 526s | winter uh update we're going to have |
| 529s | additional sources for the chromatic |
| 531s | seals and the azoth inductor um so that |
| 534s | should actually increase the rate of |
| 536s | higher end items being crafted uh and |
| 538s | bring those prices back up we think yeah |
| 541s | and it's important to note those are |
| 543s | additional ways to get these right so |
| 545s | we'll we'll still have the faction store |
| 546s | but there are additional ways and there |
| 548s | ways that won't have coin syns in them |
| 549s | so it'll be a way to get these that even |
| 552s | casuals super casuals uh can get very |
| 555s | easily yes and and that's a really good |
| 557s | point because uh one of our main goals |
| 560s | in the economy is to prevent like a huge |
| 562s | wealth gap between time Rich players and |
| 564s | more casual players right and so from |
| 566s | the data that that we've been looking at |
| 569s | um the |
| 570s | uh what we call the the genie Index |
| 572s | right which uh there was a deep dive |
| 574s | video with the economy team so you can |
| 576s | go look at that up uh to get more |
| 578s | information on that but the the ratio |
| 580s | between how much wealth more casual |
| 581s | players and uh like very hardcore |
| 584s | players have um has shrunk with with |
| 587s | this change and so that that was |
| 589s | something that we wanted to do and uh |
| 592s | you know it it's meeting our |
| 594s | expectations right now in terms of the |
| 597s | economy will there be option added for |
| 600s | magnify that we can lock the attributes |
| 602s | we added so eating food will not change |
| 604s | whole set also when amplify going to be |
| 606s | added to the game uh so we've talked |
| 609s | about magnify in the past uh our stance |
| 611s | on this is still the same no immediate |
| 613s | changes planning planned uh we sort of |
| 616s | like how it works and that I think I |
| 618s | think it works well with like two to |
| 619s | three pieces of magnify once you start |
| 621s | getting more it it can make some some |
| 625s | swaps difficult uh but for a single |
| 627s | build I think it's very casual friendly |
| 630s | uh and if you go a ton of magnify it can |
| 632s | create issues but I think that's part of |
| 633s | the the pros and cons of this right the |
| 636s | balance is like hey I can easily get a |
| 638s | magnify thing but then it may become a |
| 639s | little more challenging or I can get a |
| 641s | custom uh drop or craft something and |
| 643s | then it works better with my build so |
| 645s | that is working I will say we are still |
| 647s | looking at it you know we may make some |
| 649s | changes but nothing really planned in |
| 650s | the near term |
| 653s | here companies can now own five six |
| 656s | seven territories and defend them easily |
| 658s | I haven't been in a war since the first |
| 660s | four months of the game why is this |
| 662s | content so gated and so one-sided that a |
| 665s | single company can own |
| 667s | everything well it was a decision we |
| 669s | made early uh and I agree they can but |
| 672s | when you look at the data it's pretty |
| 674s | rare actually to see a company owned |
| 675s | more than |
| 676s | three however all that said I still |
| 680s | agree with it and it's something we're |
| 681s | talking about pretty heavily internally |
| 682s | doing a review on and maybe making some |
| 684s | adjustments and I think there are some |
| 686s | minor uh scheduling adjustments coming |
| 688s | out in season four that will make this a |
| 691s | touch harder because there'll be more |
| 692s | overlapping Wars touch harder to own |
| 694s | multiple yeah but that's not you know |
| 697s | that's one step we'll see what the |
| 699s | impact of that is and I agree with Scott |
| 701s | we'll continue looking at |
| 703s | this if you're going to gatekeep us from |
| 706s | getting 700 gear score gear in PvP why |
| 708s | not allow us to obtain it through PVP |
| 710s | progression or ranking system top 50% in |
| 713s | Arena access to 690 top 25% 700 gear |
| 717s | score top 5 to 10% PVP exclusive mounts |
| 721s | title skins |
| 723s | anything uh so I'm going to address the |
| 725s | first part of this question because I |
| 726s | think that's the bigger one uh should we |
| 729s | be gatekeeping if are we going to be |
| 731s | continue to gatekeep and the answer |
| 733s | there is no like that was not our intent |
| 735s | was that we didn't want Like Only the |
| 737s | Good gear comes from PVE and not from |
| 739s | PvP uh so we are making a number of |
| 741s | changes in season 4 to address this I |
| 743s | think uh the first one is uh PVP weapon |
| 747s | upgrading will be returned on and be |
| 749s | working now right so you can get when |
| 751s | you get a cool Champion piece of gear |
| 752s | you can now turn it to 700 gear score uh |
| 755s | upgrading it like you can other named |
| 756s | items that's going to be huge uh so |
| 758s | that'll be one source the second thing |
| 760s | is we are improving the caches that come |
| 762s | out of opr and U you know we all play |
| 764s | opr I know the community loves it uh so |
| 767s | the quality of that loot will be better |
| 769s | uh it'll be more loot biased it can roll |
| 771s | higher uh so I think that will also help |
| 773s | so uh and this is one step we'll |
| 775s | continue to look at it we you know |
| 777s | philosophically we agree that we want |
| 778s | PVP to be a way you can gear yourself |
| 781s | out uh that is our goal and we're going |
| 783s | to continue to push towards |
| 785s | that I'd like to see the freezing it |
| 787s | login issue addressed I have to end task |
| 790s | and restart the game usually at least |
| 792s | three to five times before it will |
| 793s | launch properly what usually happens |
| 796s | launch game it gets to the swirling |
| 798s | colors animation and that is so louded |
| 800s | in like three frames per second it |
| 802s | eventually gets to a solid white screen |
| 804s | and just freezes up sometimes that first |
| 807s | animation will work then at the AG smile |
| 809s | logo it slows down and freezes up |
| 812s | again yeah so I think uh that one is we |
| 815s | have that fixed internally and so the |
| 817s | that fix should be going out to players |
| 819s | uh either in the next minor or the next |
| 822s | major patch uh I'm not sure off the top |
| 823s | of my head but coming |
| 825s | soon is the health perk adamant going to |
| 828s | get easier to get it is uh right now |
| 832s | there is the one way you can get it |
| 834s | through an aptitude chest and we're |
| 835s | looking at giving other venues for |
| 837s | delivery yeah and see season 4 it will |
| 840s | now be a part of the general loot table |
| 841s | in samario so it'll become uh much |
| 844s | easier okay the new dungeon glacial Tarn |
| 848s | is quite good but feels a bit empty are |
| 851s | you planning to add more trash mobs to |
| 853s | fill it out a bit more uh thanks yeah we |
| 856s | we are liking the dungeon I think it |
| 857s | played well in PTR uh it's it's super |
| 860s | fun I like the dichotomy of it and uh |
| 862s | Forge a lot um we also agree with your |
| 865s | feedback and I think we heard it from a |
| 866s | number of people in the PTR that there |
| 868s | were some dead areas in the Expedition |
| 871s | uh and the Expedition team is taking |
| 873s | that feedback to heart and we found at |
| 875s | least two other areas where we're sort |
| 877s | of creating a a pack of trash so we are |
| 879s | adding some uh and I think this will be |
| 881s | sufficient and we'll see how it plays |
| 883s | it's the first time I've ever heard a |
| 884s | community asking for more trash mobs it |
| 887s | it can be fun and as you're plowing |
| 889s | through uh any plans to ban exploiters |
| 892s | permanently it's so frustrating trying |
| 894s | to play PvP with people who abuse bugs |
| 897s | and exploits like the Rapier one or even |
| 899s | worse cheating and what about Bots and |
| 901s | gold sellers two years of game and still |
| 903s | the same so um we have made a lot of |
| 908s | progress in terms of our capability to |
| 911s | detect and action uh players for gold |
| 915s | selling uh you know chat violations uh |
| 918s | botting uh and exploits um so we do |
| 923s | permanently ban some exploiters uh |
| 925s | generally our threshold there is is |
| 928s | relatively High would say like we don't |
| 929s | want to ban people that that don't |
| 932s | really deserve it or made a mistake or |
| 933s | something but you know repeated abuse of |
| 937s | an exploit where you know ags's |
| 939s | announced like hey we know this is |
| 941s | happening don't do this or you know |
| 943s | we've we've disabled some functionality |
| 944s | or something because it's gotten too |
| 946s | rampant like we've we've definitely |
| 947s | acted on that um as far as like Bots and |
| 950s | like rmt stuff uh we are you know every |
| 954s | month we have uh band waves going out we |
| 958s | have um AC uh like Bann software |
| 962s | detection and we do Hardware ID banss uh |
| 965s | based on that um and then we uh you know |
| 969s | there's a lot of reporting going on |
| 972s | which is good like you know if you see |
| 974s | someone doing something in the game |
| 976s | that's an exploit or or you know toxic |
| 978s | Behavior definitely report them um but |
| 982s | we've also started to see some uh people |
| 986s | doing uh reporting as a service like |
| 988s | kind of like to like harass people |
| 990s | essentially and so that's something |
| 992s | we're also detecting and uh Banning uh |
| 995s | you know if you're participating in that |
| 997s | that sort of behavior um so you know |
| 1000s | it's just it's a lot to investigate like |
| 1002s | our our CS team is is super busy and our |
| 1004s | security team is super busy but we're |
| 1007s | we're always making improvements there |
| 1009s | yeah I think you know not quite fair to |
| 1012s | say it's just same thing as it's been I |
| 1014s | think our CS team our engineering team |
| 1015s | our security team have put in a huge |
| 1018s | effort over the since launch to improve |
| 1020s | on this and I know that if you see or |
| 1022s | you run into An Occurrence it's a |
| 1023s | problem and it's no fun but um we really |
| 1027s | take it serious and it's a big deal to |
| 1029s | us there's been there's been a lot of |
| 1030s | work by everyone to help with this |
| 1033s | stuff would you please give an in-depth |
| 1036s | explanation of luck in New World please |
| 1039s | how long do you have so super high level |
| 1043s | uh there's two types of luck right |
| 1045s | there's Gathering luck and then there's |
| 1046s | Global luck and the Gathering luck is |
| 1048s | specific to like you know chopping down |
| 1049s | trees mining like the the trade skills |
| 1052s | um and that increases your chance of |
| 1053s | getting like the rare special items |
| 1055s | along with what of the base resources |
| 1057s | you were you were trying to harvest um |
| 1061s | the global luck though uh is sort of |
| 1064s | applied to uh you know chest uh chests |
| 1067s | that you open in the world not opr or uh |
| 1072s | um portal uh chests uh those those are |
| 1075s | not affected by luck but uh you know |
| 1077s | like ECR chests |
| 1079s | uh loot drops from enemies and named |
| 1081s | enemies um and those kinds of things and |
| 1084s | so the way the luck works is the luck |
| 1088s | bonus from the uh the perk on your items |
| 1091s | like those stack UPS so 2% 2% 2% gives |
| 1093s | you 6% uh luck bonus and that's just |
| 1096s | added to the role that you make on a |
| 1100s | loot table or something and so generally |
| 1102s | the way our our loot tables are |
| 1103s | structured is you're going to have a |
| 1106s | with more luck you're going to have a |
| 1107s | chance to roll higher which will unlock |
| 1109s | some things to now be droppable in some |
| 1112s | cases not all loot tables are set up |
| 1114s | that way but um but it doesn't change uh |
| 1118s | how the the gear score uh that drops or |
| 1122s | the perks or anything like that it's |
| 1124s | really just like whether something drops |
| 1126s | or not um and the the things that are |
| 1128s | most affected by that would be like |
| 1130s | recipes and |
| 1131s | schematics um named weapons for example |
| 1134s | uh and in named weapons like if a if a |
| 1136s | named enemy can drop a bunch of |
| 1138s | different named weapons like it |
| 1140s | increases the chance of you getting a |
| 1142s | named weapon not a particular one um so |
| 1146s | yeah that's sort of in a nutshell how |
| 1148s | how all that works okay so let me ask is |
| 1151s | it like I'm trying to conceptualize this |
| 1153s | for people so basically you have like a |
| 1155s | general Loop bucket and if I roll a |
| 1157s | certain number I open up a better Loop |
| 1159s | bucket it think of it as like a like a a |
| 1162s | line right and so normally you can only |
| 1165s | roll in this range and now when you add |
| 1168s | Loop uh add luck it increases both your |
| 1171s | floor and your ceiling so now things |
| 1173s | that are higher up on that line are now |
| 1176s | you have a chance to roll on and it sort |
| 1178s | of like pushes up the bottom so we we |
| 1181s | have different types of loot tables we |
| 1182s | have what we call and and or tables so |
| 1185s | an and table is the higher your roll you |
| 1188s | get everything you know a chance at |
| 1190s | everything and an or one is like you |
| 1191s | only get one thing but now you can roll |
| 1194s | the better stuff on this end and so the |
| 1197s | increasing the floor makes it less like |
| 1199s | you're going to get like common or or |
| 1202s | like not great how high does the CE |
| 1204s | go all the way |
| 1207s | so uh generally rolls are out of like |
| 1209s | 10,000 and so like a uh like a luck perk |
| 1213s | of like 1% is like a bonus of 100 on |
| 1215s | your rooll um and so uh I think it it |
| 1220s | really depends on how the particular |
| 1222s | table is set up in what Rarity we want |
| 1224s | an item to be um and for some special |
| 1229s | things we have uh like pity tickers |
| 1231s | right like for example for the rabbit's |
| 1233s | Revenge we have like the chest and the |
| 1235s | mask and you know after I think it's |
| 1237s | like 200 and 400 kills or something like |
| 1239s | that like you're guaranteed to get it |
| 1240s | but for the vast majority of things like |
| 1243s | just having more luck is going to make |
| 1245s | it more likely that you'll get it at |
| 1247s | some point but all the roles are still |
| 1249s | totally independent for the most part |
| 1251s | all right so are there plans to address |
| 1254s | teleporting during races it could be |
| 1257s | particularly frustrating when you're |
| 1258s | faction has lower numbers and you are |
| 1260s | unable to assist by sending additional |
| 1263s | people to the |
| 1265s | point um yeah so right now we don't have |
| 1267s | any plans to change the teleport |
| 1269s | mechanics uh right now you know it's a |
| 1271s | server stability issue like combat is |
| 1274s | very expensive operation and so like we |
| 1276s | can only have so many people in an area |
| 1277s | before it starts degrading the |
| 1278s | experience for everyone else so we we |
| 1280s | kind of have to have some limiting |
| 1282s | factor that that gets players out of |
| 1284s | that very dense uh block of activity um |
| 1288s | I do want to address the question though |
| 1291s | uh because there should not be a |
| 1293s | situation where |
| 1296s | um the the that two of the factions |
| 1299s | don't have as many players in that fight |
| 1301s | as they can get so we have a per faction |
| 1304s | limit and then we have a total PVP flag |
| 1307s | player limit um and what that means is |
| 1310s | that you know we wanted because of the |
| 1313s | server scale issues I just mentioned we |
| 1314s | wanted to give a little bit more wiggle |
| 1316s | room for uh you know two factions that |
| 1319s | were like really like going after it to |
| 1322s | to have more players there so the the |
| 1325s | per faction limits are actually a little |
| 1327s | bit higher than what they would add up |
| 1328s | to for the the total player limit um and |
| 1332s | so uh unless you're the third faction |
| 1334s | and you're kind of underrepresented and |
| 1336s | both other factions are both very |
| 1338s | heavily represented there you should not |
| 1340s | be in a situation where your faction |
| 1342s | can't get more people into that |
| 1344s | particular |
| 1345s | Tower and the towers are all |
| 1347s | independently uh |
| 1350s | limited all right and uh why don't we |
| 1353s | get more info about why you make certain |
| 1356s | balance changes AGS just makes random |
| 1358s | explosive changes but misses to |
| 1360s | underline it with reasoning and goals |
| 1362s | for us to |
| 1364s | comprehend the truth is we have a |
| 1366s | 20-sided dice we keep at the back I |
| 1369s | thought it was the blind monkeys typing |
| 1370s | it's a dart board yes it's a dart board |
| 1372s | no uh like one like I'm sorry you feel |
| 1376s | that way and it it it's kind of makes us |
| 1378s | sad because like one of the big reasons |
| 1379s | for this show is to talk about the why |
| 1381s | that you know Scott just went into some |
| 1383s | of and Dave's does on top of that Dave |
| 1385s | runs another show that you may not be |
| 1387s | aware of called balance of power every |
| 1388s | Wednesday that talks about the balance |
| 1391s | changes and the and the reasoning behind |
| 1392s | it not every Wednesday just uh the |
| 1395s | Wednesday following the Q&A update sorry |
| 1398s | Mr Lane thank you Mr Lovin I appreciate |
| 1401s | that correction on the spot um some |
| 1404s | Wednesdays Dave has the balance of power |
| 1407s | update and that those are you know |
| 1408s | another way to communicate with the |
| 1410s | players so we'll take the feedback and |
| 1413s | we'll try to get better at it um it is |
| 1415s | something we we've actively been working |
| 1417s | on though I want I just want to be clear |
| 1418s | so so you understand that and it's |
| 1420s | important that we explain the why behind |
| 1422s | stuff um so yeah so we're trying and I |
| 1425s | guess we'll have to try harder okay uh |
| 1427s | that is all I got all right everybody |
| 1430s | well that's uh that's all we're going to |
| 1431s | answer today thank you for the questions |
| 1433s | um we really appreciated the new format |
| 1437s | where we gave some parameters around the |
| 1439s | questions we'd love to hear how you felt |
| 1440s | about it if this felt a little more |
| 1442s | targeted towards stuff that you know |
| 1444s | answered the questions you wanted us to |
| 1446s | answer uh so let us know that on you |
| 1448s | know however you talk to us Reddit X |
| 1450s | Discord all those great places uh want |
| 1454s | to wish everyone a great holiday season |
| 1456s | in case we don't see you want to thank |
| 1459s | uh Dave and Scott for coming in and |
| 1461s | Fielding questions with us and if you |
| 1464s | like what you saw let us know follow |
| 1466s | like subscribe and all those fun things |
| 1468s | other wise see you in a turn |
| 1472s | byebye uh today we're going to talk |
| 1474s | about what balance is like in coming up |
| 1477s | into season 4 and with the recent |
| 1480s | [Music] |
| 1481s | [Applause] |
| 1487s | [Music] |
| 1491s | release |