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| 0s | hey everybody Welcome to the June Q&A of |
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| 3s | Forge in aternum I'm Scott I'm here with |
| 5s | Katie and Dave and we want to answer |
| 7s | your questions before we start though I |
| 10s | wanted to make a few acknowledgements so |
| 12s | we've just had our exciting announcement |
| 13s | of New World a tournament we've seen a |
| 15s | lot of questions from you so this is |
| 17s | really addressed to answer you the PC |
| 19s | players questions rather than us pull |
| 22s | each question out like we normally do |
| 24s | there were so many we just thought we'd |
| 26s | aggregate them down into as to a smaller |
| 28s | subset so we could answer as many as |
| 30s | possible and make sure we get you as |
| 32s | much information as we can some good |
| 34s | news Chuck's filling in for loving today |
| 36s | so you won't be hearing us yell at him |
| 37s | we'll be yelling at Chuck just instead |
| 40s | bring him on Chuck all right why aren't |
| 42s | Communications more PC focused given |
| 44s | it's the PC audience who has been told |
| 46s | to wait for June our first announcement |
| 49s | on June 7th was really important that we |
| 51s | had a very clear announcement for all of |
| 53s | the new players who you have to remember |
| 55s | a lot of people never heard of New World |
| 57s | they don't know what it is so for us to |
| 59s | get it out there we wanted a nice clean |
| 60s | message to them as an existing New World |
| 63s | Player what is my experience on October |
| 65s | 15th yeah so if you're a current player |
| 69s | um when this hits you'll get all the new |
| 73s | content if you have the rise of the |
| 74s | angry Earth DLC um if you have the base |
| 77s | game you will get some of what we've |
| 79s | done because there are quite a few |
| 81s | quality of life improvements that we've |
| 82s | included um so yeah so your experience |
| 84s | will be uninterrupted your progression |
| 86s | continues and you continue your time in |
| 88s | a tum from New World hopefully you'll |
| 90s | have a lot more players to play with in |
| 92s | the world as well that's the goal so why |
| 93s | console well uh We've wanted to bring |
| 96s | new world to console for a long time I |
| 97s | mean if you've ever played it on a |
| 99s | controller or on your couch it just |
| 100s | feels great so I think it's something |
| 102s | we've wanted to do for a long time and I |
| 103s | think we feel ready now and I think it's |
| 106s | like you said it's going to bring a lot |
| 107s | of new players to the game which will be |
| 108s | exciting what is being added for |
| 110s | existing PC players come October 15th a |
| 114s | lot so I'm going to start with the PC |
| 116s | players who own rise of the angry Earth |
| 118s | cutless Keys has been up leveled and |
| 120s | part of that upleveling is a new |
| 122s | free-for-all Zone and a new 10-person |
| 124s | raid that's a real raid three bosses the |
| 128s | true progression and it's really really |
| 130s | hard um they're going to get a whole new |
| 132s | entry level experience actually |
| 134s | everyone's going to get this a new |
| 135s | fouille the story has been modified |
| 137s | we've add some new characters to the |
| 139s | beach but how we tell the story is going |
| 141s | to be vastly improved we've had an |
| 143s | enhanced dialogue system which is |
| 145s | basically cinematic cameras that Zoom |
| 147s | way in you'll actually see yourself in |
| 149s | the conversation with the with the |
| 151s | NPCs um what else have we had a ktie is |
| 153s | a lot of stuff yeah so um we've made |
| 156s | Arena crossworld we've also added |
| 159s | matchmaking which is super cool um and |
| 162s | we've done optimizations across the game |
| 164s | that uh PC players are going to get to |
| 167s | benefit from which I think is great Dave |
| 169s | is there uh gear score increase I don't |
| 171s | think we mentioned did you mention solo |
| 173s | trials so did not so we have these |
| 175s | amazing Soul trials that you get |
| 177s | throughout the MX msq experience but |
| 179s | like you experience them once and they |
| 180s | like man I wish I could do that over |
| 182s | well we've got it now we've made it an |
| 184s | endgame experience for solo players you |
| 186s | can do three a day you get cool rewards |
| 188s | you get to see these cool fights again |
| 190s | yeah they're up leveled so that they are |
| 192s | true end game I think it's going to be |
| 193s | super exciting and Katie mentioned |
| 195s | performance improvements I I want to |
| 196s | make sure we're really clear there's |
| 198s | going to be a lot of performance |
| 199s | improvements for the PC players a lot |
| 201s | and a lot of quality of life |
| 203s | improvements uh especially for the PC |
| 205s | players who are using a a a gam pad now |
| 208s | uh but across the board you'll see them |
| 210s | and there's been so many changes I'm |
| 213s | sure we're forgetting some but we're |
| 214s | going to have a Graphic that shows you |
| 215s | all of those here playing in a minute |
| 217s | why is New World a tum called an arpg |
| 220s | and not an mm o RPG well you can still |
| 223s | play a tum the way you've always played |
| 225s | it but because of all the changes we've |
| 227s | done to the storytelling the way we tell |
| 229s | the story because of the way our camera |
| 232s | and combat navigation work through the |
| 234s | world we feel like you know we're we're |
| 237s | across so many genres but this pushes us |
| 239s | solidly into the arpg which is a little |
| 242s | more wellknown on console is New World |
| 244s | aternum a separate game no uh it is the |
| 248s | continuation of new world it is an |
| 250s | update to it that brings a ton new is |
| 252s | New World closing down and launching as |
| 254s | a single player no new world is not |
| 257s | closing down uh your your experience |
| 260s | will continue um after this update uh |
| 264s | there is definitely a lot of opportunity |
| 267s | for a solo experience that's coming with |
| 269s | this um we have the updated main story |
| 274s | quest line that you've all seen where |
| 276s | you can now go through it without |
| 277s | required without being required to do |
| 279s | group content uh and now we have the |
| 281s | uplevel um solo trials so um that's |
| 285s | something that now like from beginning |
| 287s | to end if you choose to you can do it |
| 289s | solo we still have a ton of group |
| 291s | content it's still a big open world with |
| 294s | a lot of people in it so um you it's not |
| 297s | it's not pivoting it's just an addition |
| 299s | to Will lose our characters in progress |
| 302s | no again no I think you know if you have |
| 306s | a character you can continue to play it |
| 307s | if it's endgame you can jump right into |
| 309s | that endgame uh if you do want to start |
| 311s | a new character you can and join the |
| 312s | Fresh Start worlds but your old |
| 314s | character will be there you can jump |
| 315s | right into the experience of endgame |
| 317s | with it what will current players get |
| 319s | between now and October right now our |
| 321s | focus is on a awesome clean release on |
| 325s | October 15th now in the interum we are |
| 327s | still going to have a summer medley fair |
| 329s | but beyond that |
| 330s | there's not really going to be anything |
| 331s | our focus on top of all the features we |
| 334s | talked about we're trying to fix as many |
| 336s | bugs as we can and we want this to be |
| 338s | just a super polished experience um |
| 340s | we're very very excited for that launch |
| 342s | date and we want to do it right at high |
| 344s | quality yeah and we also I mean it's |
| 346s | worth mentioning that we're going to |
| 348s | have a couple testing opportunities |
| 350s | coming up one is going to be specific |
| 352s | for consoles because that's a technical |
| 354s | test and then the other one is going to |
| 356s | be across all platforms so PC players |
| 358s | can participate in that and in addition |
| 361s | um one thing that I know it's just like |
| 363s | a a separate call out and maybe not a |
| 366s | lot of people have been asking about |
| 367s | this but I think it's super cool that um |
| 370s | we have a pre-order bonus for console |
| 372s | that if you're on PC and you log into |
| 374s | your character between June 7th which |
| 377s | was our announced date and October 14th |
| 379s | you get access to that which is the AOS |
| 381s | stalker dire wolf mount our Seasons |
| 384s | going away when is the next season |
| 386s | coming no seasons are not going away |
| 388s | we're committed to the seasonal model |
| 389s | and being players regular Cadence of |
| 391s | content uh the next season is with the |
| 393s | new world aternum launch in October 15th |
| 396s | how does crossplay work uh if you're on |
| 398s | PC it couldn't be easier you just play |
| 400s | the game uh and in the world you'll be |
| 402s | joined with new friends from PS5 and |
| 404s | Xbox uh that happens in the open world |
| 407s | another important thing to mention is |
| 408s | all this crossworld and matchmaking uh |
| 411s | will now be joined with a larger |
| 413s | playpool so they get to not only be in |
| 414s | the open world with you but will'll join |
| 416s | all the cues in matchmaking will console |
| 418s | players join the existing p servers yeah |
| 421s | so console players will have the ability |
| 423s | to join the existing uh worlds that we |
| 426s | see on PC today um they the only things |
| 430s | that are going to happen and some folks |
| 431s | should be used to this because it's the |
| 433s | way that we did the fresh chart worlds |
| 435s | for brimstone Sands is that if you have |
| 437s | a Legacy character it cannot move to the |
| 440s | new worlds that we're creating at launch |
| 442s | so um that's that's something where if |
| 445s | you if your console friends want to play |
| 446s | with you on your current server they're |
| 448s | able to do that um but if you you want |
| 450s | to play with them on the Fresh Start |
| 452s | worlds you do have to create a new |
| 454s | character which I think is a lot of fun |
| 456s | because we revamped and changed a lot in |
| 458s | the new starting experience so I think |
| 460s | it's worth it to to log in with a new |
| 463s | character that day well PC players who |
| 465s | only have the base game and not rise of |
| 467s | the angry Earth expansion still be able |
| 469s | to play after October absolutely and the |
| 473s | experience is going to get a lot better |
| 475s | um they won't be able to access all of |
| 477s | the content the stuff that's gated |
| 478s | behind level or some of the things that |
| 480s | were part of Rise of the angry earth |
| 482s | like the flail and mounts but they will |
| 484s | get to see the new storytelling the way |
| 486s | we tell it they're going to get the new |
| 487s | fouille they're going to get all of the |
| 490s | performance improvements all the bug |
| 491s | fixes and uh even some of the solo |
| 493s | trials that are into one in 1 through 60 |
| 496s | will the release of New World aternum |
| 498s | change the minimum and recommended specs |
| 500s | of the game no uh between now and uh the |
| 505s | launch of new world aternum and after |
| 507s | that we have no plans to adjust those |
| 509s | men and re respects and it it might even |
| 512s | play better on the minimum respects now |
| 514s | all the optimization absolutely it will |
| 516s | more than might yeah it will will New |
| 518s | World aternum bring direct X12 to the |
| 521s | game yes we're very excited to bring |
| 524s | direct X12 with all the work we've been |
| 526s | doing on Console it now can come to PC |
| 528s | and bring enhanced rendering for |
| 529s | everyone will the non aternum version of |
| 532s | the game continue to receive new content |
| 534s | yeah so I mean first off there is going |
| 537s | to be no non aternum version of the game |
| 539s | on October 15th we're all playing a |
| 542s | turnam um I think what we're talking |
| 544s | about is the base game and so for the |
| 547s | base game you'll continue receiving |
| 549s | updates you'll get access to our quality |
| 551s | of life Improvement seasonal events |
| 553s | things like that um I will say that in |
| 557s | order to like really experience the best |
| 560s | version of this game like the ultimate |
| 562s | version of this game um that that's what |
| 565s | you get with the rise of the angry Earth |
| 567s | de DLC as part of a tum |
| 570s | if I don't have the rise of the angry |
| 572s | Earth expansion will I still get the |
| 574s | pre-order bonus so this is a pretty |
| 575s | interesting one because um when you log |
| 578s | in you get an entitlement to that |
| 580s | pre-order bonus to the azos stalker um |
| 583s | but if you don't have rise of the angry |
| 585s | Earth you can't access mounts which is |
| 588s | what that goes through so if you do |
| 590s | purchase the rise of the angry Earth DLC |
| 593s | after you've logged in after a while you |
| 595s | will get that pre-order bonus because |
| 596s | it's attached to your account will new |
| 599s | world attor continue to receive regular |
| 601s | updates after its release on October |
| 603s | 15th it sure will um we're going to get |
| 606s | back onto our regular seasonal Cadence |
| 607s | and you know we're always working toward |
| 609s | our next piece of large content so it's |
| 612s | all in the works will New World aternum |
| 614s | support cross progression between PC and |
| 617s | consoles uh no we don't support a cross |
| 620s | progression between the consoles and PC |
| 622s | we only support crossplay where's the |
| 624s | road map I know this is the most asked |
| 626s | question and we are really happy we're |
| 627s | here to answer it so between now and |
| 629s | October 15th we're going to release the |
| 631s | summer medley fair and there might be a |
| 634s | couple minor patches coming out around |
| 636s | problems uh beyond that hopefully you |
| 638s | can see the graphic uh things I'm most |
| 640s | excited about are the 10 player raid the |
| 644s | new PVP Zone which is going to be |
| 646s | awesome uh matchmaking we're upleveling |
| 649s | cutless keys with new quests and enemies |
| 652s | uh I know you've all asked for swimming |
| 653s | so we have swimming and there's a bunch |
| 654s | of other things that you can see here |
| 656s | yeah and then after a turn and launches |
| 659s | we will uh be able to put out the 2025 |
| 662s | road map so super excited for that hey |
| 665s | thank you very much for the questions we |
| 666s | appreciate the passion Dave and Katie |
| 669s | thank you so much for uh answering them |
| 670s | with me it's all the players we will see |
| 673s | you in a turnam |
| 675s | [Applause] |
| 681s | [Music] |
| 685s | [Applause] |