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| 0s | within the lore of the game does the opr |
|---|---|
| 3s | door count as corrupted due to its |
| 6s | diabolical existence ancient as it |
| 9s | currently lives way past its expected |
| 11s | lifespan lost because it can be brought |
| 14s | back to life many times or angry Earth |
| 16s | because it's a fusion of wood and |
| 20s | [Music] |
| 21s | [Applause] |
| 25s | ore hey everyone welcome to Forest in |
| 28s | aternum where we talk about All Things |
| 30s | New World world I'm Lula from the quest |
| 32s | and narrative team here to talk about |
| 35s | the season five updates for msq revamp |
| 38s | uh the exciting conclusion to all the |
| 40s | revamp that we have been doing before |
| 43s | and so quick note on where we came from |
| 47s | last time we talked about these types of |
| 48s | things it was for the updates to Great |
| 50s | cleave and Eden Grove and now we're |
| 53s | doing the final two zones Evans scale |
| 55s | and Shattered Mountain so I'd like to |
| 57s | talk about some of the cool exciting |
| 59s | things that are coming up |
| 61s | carefully threading the needle between |
| 62s | building anticipation and not |
| 64s | accidentally spoilering you if I do |
| 67s | don't worry that's why we have editing |
| 69s | things and um and also I'd like to talk |
| 72s | about some of the challenges because I |
| 73s | think it's kind of interesting the |
| 74s | process we brought to figuring out what |
| 77s | to do with not only pre-existing content |
| 80s | but more especially like pre-existing |
| 82s | environment which to me was like a |
| 83s | really creatively gratifying thing to do |
| 87s | so one thing that I'd like to show |
| 90s | through the power of our um techn magic |
| 94s | sorcery is to show you the maps of both |
| 96s | of these regions because this is where |
| 98s | some of the interesting technical stuff |
| 100s | comes and I hope we can put the maps up |
| 102s | on screen otherwise I'm going to just be |
| 103s | like gesturing weirdly which will be |
| 106s | amusing for you but maybe awkward for me |
| 108s | so here is Evan scale ah beautiful now |
| 112s | unless I'm wrong uh I believe this is |
| 115s | like end to endend the second largest |
| 118s | Zone that we have second only to |
| 119s | brimstone sounds and as you can see like |
| 122s | there's a lot of breth from one side to |
| 124s | the other if we take it from like |
| 126s | Northeast to |
| 127s | Southwest now one of the interesting |
| 130s | challenges of this Zone because of its |
| 133s | length is to figure out like how are we |
| 135s | going to thread the player through here |
| 137s | in a linear fashion um what you might |
| 141s | expect which is the obvious thing is |
| 143s | where to conclude this totally down here |
| 145s | in the southwest because that's where we |
| 147s | run imp on our world train runs and also |
| 149s | it's just just like a very climactic |
| 152s | looking area and of course you have the |
| 155s | uh dungeon fight there with the empress |
| 157s | so let's take that as our end point |
| 160s | where is our start Point well that's an |
| 162s | interesting question do you do it in the |
| 164s | north do you do it in the East um I |
| 167s | would love to show you the route that |
| 169s | we're going to take but I think that |
| 171s | would be a little bit spoilery and I |
| 172s | kind of want it to be a surprise as |
| 175s | you're going through this but as you can |
| 177s | see from the size here there's a lot of |
| 179s | different options to try to hit all the |
| 181s | pois or maybe not hit all of them and |
| 184s | let some side quest areas like really |
| 186s | make those shine so for us on the team |
| 190s | it was an interesting challenge to |
| 192s | figure out like what was that specific |
| 193s | route going to be so we could really |
| 196s | like you know raise up the really cool |
| 198s | POI locations that we already have there |
| 200s | but give them story significance |
| 203s | introduce new |
| 204s | characters um the complications that the |
| 207s | soul wardens are dealing with as well |
| 210s | and we'll talk about that a little bit |
| 211s | more later uh and now we'll go to T |
| 214s | Shattered Mountain uh now for those of |
| 218s | you familiar with this area especially |
| 220s | for doing runs on Merc you probably know |
| 222s | that this is it has a very different |
| 225s | feel from eban scale which is like vast |
| 227s | and wide here things are like a little |
| 230s | bit imp pined and as you can see there's |
| 232s | a lot of uh linear trajectory if you're |
| 236s | going west to east uh however since Merk |
| 241s | guard is such an important place you |
| 242s | know heart of corruption and everything |
| 245s | clearly that's where we have to end the |
| 248s | msq that might be a spoiler might get |
| 251s | edited out but I think it probably won't |
| 252s | be because I'm sure you'll agree that |
| 254s | like that seems like the most obvious |
| 256s | thing like all the story threads and |
| 258s | even like you know the things we're |
| 260s | seeing |
| 261s | environmentally are leading Us North to |
| 263s | that location so this presents a very |
| 267s | interesting question how do you read the |
| 270s | player through here cuz there's really |
| 271s | no perfect linear fashion you could come |
| 274s | in from the south go west and go east |
| 276s | you could do the opposite you could do |
| 279s | something that's potentially a little |
| 280s | bit more convoluted and that's kind of |
| 283s | what I decided to pitch and it works out |
| 285s | really well surprisingly again I want to |
| 288s | save that uh for you to experience and |
| 291s | certainly curious how those of you who |
| 293s | are used to going in there for uh uh |
| 296s | Elite chest runs feel about the |
| 299s | trajector we take through from the very |
| 301s | first mission of that to the very end um |
| 304s | but again two very interesting zones |
| 306s | that provided two different solutions |
| 309s | for routing the player to see um as much |
| 312s | of the POI areas as we can and I'm |
| 314s | pretty satisfied with what we came up |
| 316s | with as a team and now the map is off if |
| 319s | it was there to begin with and now |
| 320s | you're back with me so uh I'll give a |
| 322s | little brief synopsis for what these |
| 325s | stories were telling in both these zones |
| 327s | are at the end of even grow |
| 331s | when we're in kedan uh the soul wors are |
| 334s | clearly at a very low point and I don't |
| 338s | mind telling this story point because |
| 340s | it's been out there a few months I don't |
| 341s | think it's going to surprise |
| 343s | everyone uh The Tempest comes into keran |
| 347s | destroys the whole place it's burning |
| 350s | Yash is losing morale uh yonas has uh uh |
| 355s | yonas is |
| 356s | dead if you didn't know that I'm so |
| 359s | sorry if if I was the one to say that |
| 361s | cuz I love him as a character but that |
| 364s | is the huge complication of that |
| 365s | storyline you know that's the um uh |
| 369s | that's the moment of darkness for the |
| 371s | soul Wen group and Where Do We Go From |
| 373s | Here hence where we start with Evan |
| 375s | scale Where Do We Go From Here uh and |
| 378s | the idea comes up from our characters |
| 380s | that it seems like based on the |
| 383s | trajectory that this war between the |
| 385s | soul war and Corruption is going that |
| 388s | they need to seek a refuge and kind of |
| 391s | build back up and the natural answer to |
| 393s | that is heading west into eban scale but |
| 397s | what we find there is that's not |
| 400s | necessarily the safe Refuge that |
| 402s | everyone thinks it might be because |
| 404s | corruption has not taken over there yet |
| 407s | but it's starting to get a foothold and |
| 409s | a foothold that the group did not expect |
| 412s | and so there's a lot of complications |
| 414s | that come out of there and we end up |
| 416s | meeting some new characters with help us |
| 418s | on the way uh new characters that we |
| 421s | help as well and uh it has a a really uh |
| 426s | emotional climactic ending uh despite |
| 429s | just being the penultimate uh zone of |
| 431s | this story revamp so that takes us to |
| 434s | Shattered Mountain what are we doing in |
| 436s | Shattered Mountain again this is |
| 438s | difficult for me to know like how much |
| 439s | should I say now and wait on but I think |
| 444s | it's as you expect it's going to be the |
| 446s | climactic moment where the soul wors are |
| 448s | striking back at the Tempest to you know |
| 452s | see who's the Victor is it going to be |
| 453s | the player or is it going to be Isabella |
| 456s | H I wonder how that's going to turn |
| 458s | out so uh yes that's a bit of a synopsis |
| 462s | of where you'll be going what you'll be |
| 465s | doing and so as we think about the |
| 469s | location and the story that you're going |
| 471s | to be having fun with uh there are some |
| 474s | other additions to that which I would |
| 476s | like to talk about very broadly we have |
| 478s | new Soul trials uh the boss fights are |
| 481s | really cool very climactic one is I'm |
| 485s | like literally not going to say anything |
| 487s | pithy about it because it's kind of |
| 490s | surprising right like I came up with a |
| 493s | concept for it ra rather early on and |
| 495s | this is like the first boss fight that |
| 496s | you'll do in this update and it was an |
| 500s | idea we passed it off to environment uh |
| 503s | the combat team the AI team and they |
| 506s | kind of just like did their magic on the |
| 507s | side while I was like wiring things |
| 509s | together and working on other parts of |
| 510s | the story so you know uh fast forward to |
| 513s | like maybe a month or so when all these |
| 516s | elements started coming online and I was |
| 518s | going into a first play test of it and |
| 521s | the way this boss battle proceeds was in |
| 523s | a way that like I wasn't expecting and |
| 526s | kind of has like a bit of a new mechanic |
| 528s | uh to to basically resolve what the |
| 531s | conflict is so I'm not going to get any |
| 534s | more specifics of that cuz I really want |
| 536s | you to experience that firsthand and |
| 537s | have you know the emotional reaction |
| 539s | that I had when when I first played it |
| 540s | but that was very exciting also new |
| 543s | additions include in-game cinematics uh |
| 546s | what we have are some of the most |
| 548s | climactic that we've put in so far um |
| 550s | I'm very excited to see |
| 552s | them but I can't talk about them just |
| 555s | yet the other thing that I would |
| 557s | definitely like to bring up is we have |
| 559s | three new 2.5d cinematics which are some |
| 563s | of my favorite things to talk about um |
| 565s | first time I was on forgun of tum that |
| 567s | is what I talked about as well and |
| 570s | I'm not sure how much that we can say |
| 572s | about this yet so I'm going to pitch |
| 576s | that we put up like a single screenshot |
| 578s | from each right here but if marketing |
| 582s | says no because we want to hold on to |
| 584s | those things for you then you're going |
| 586s | to be seeing some of my great drawings |
| 589s | that are heralded across the world as |
| 594s | being |
| 595s | memorable okay so here's the first one |
| 598s | from the piece titled uh wise man's |
| 601s | Council and this is about one of the |
| 603s | newest characters you're going to meet |
| 604s | in eban scale and what's interesting |
| 607s | about this is it someone who's kind of |
| 610s | developed a new philosophy on a tum with |
| 613s | regards to both the opportunities but |
| 616s | also kind of like the existential horror |
| 621s | of the the challenges of living |
| 624s | eternally and he has a philosophy for |
| 627s | this that works for him and he's based |
| 629s | basically wondering you know how can the |
| 631s | player kind of adopt this at their own |
| 634s | very low Point uh the next one we have |
| 637s | is called a mother's hope and as you can |
| 641s | see it's about someone who is having uh |
| 645s | difficulty accepting a new situation but |
| 647s | trying to fight against it it's pretty |
| 651s | gloomy but there's a threat of like hope |
| 653s | running through that as well and then |
| 656s | the final one is Fallen Angel and this |
| 659s | one as you can see is a very interesting |
| 662s | perspective on a character that we know |
| 665s | but seeing them from a slightly |
| 667s | different angle and someone who is a bit |
| 671s | more mysterious in our story but who's |
| 675s | providing like a different context so |
| 677s | now we're back and I hope you got to see |
| 680s | my drawings because I'm a little jealous |
| 682s | of that they're always fun to |
| 684s | show so that's the main overview for msq |
| 687s | update um play through it enjoy it don't |
| 690s | skip the cutscenes those are like the |
| 692s | coolest Parts if you want to skip some |
| 694s | of my dialogue and some of my quests I |
| 696s | mean you know I'll try to figure out how |
| 698s | to forgive you play whichever way you |
| 700s | want it's fine um but let's get to some |
| 703s | of those uh Community questions that you |
| 706s | asked us um there were a lot of |
| 708s | questions that came in about PVP content |
| 711s | I don't really have those answers but |
| 712s | Michael is going to be addressing those |
| 714s | at a later time so don't worry we got |
| 716s | those covered now your questions |
| 724s | why are we still talking about msq |
| 726s | question mark question mark question |
| 728s | mark |
| 730s | hello hello next question no I'm kidding |
| 734s | I'm kidding because I didn't talk about |
| 736s | that too specifically I mean a lot of it |
| 739s | is we're paying off on what we were |
| 740s | trying to do when we first started doing |
| 743s | the revamp of the stories and now we're |
| 745s | at the exciting conclusion which for me |
| 748s | as a develop it was actually really |
| 750s | satisfying because I I like endings like |
| 754s | you know how you get to that point where |
| 755s | you don't want to watch the last episode |
| 757s | of your show or finish you know a last |
| 760s | movie because then it's like oh no it's |
| 761s | over I'm not like that I love finishing |
| 764s | things because then it's like I can go |
| 765s | on to the next thing so for me being at |
| 768s | the very end of the story and tying |
| 771s | together not only the threads of |
| 773s | everything that came before but the |
| 775s | threads that we know come after in |
| 777s | Brimstone sounds or in alian Wild |
| 780s | that was really gratifying and that's a |
| 781s | fun place to work at and so because |
| 785s | we're tying together all those |
| 788s | threads that's why as the question says |
| 790s | why are we still talking about it |
| 791s | because this was the last time to talk |
| 793s | about it until we have like new new |
| 795s | content that's coming so we're wrapping |
| 797s | things up in a climactic way that pays |
| 800s | off on all the stuff that we did |
| 803s | beforehand and then like you know seeds |
| 805s | some new things that may or may not |
| 807s | happen all right next question which is |
| 810s | um kind of similar to this so why do the |
| 814s | devs feel that the msq is so important |
| 817s | it's a lot of effort for Content that |
| 819s | players will engage with Once surely |
| 821s | this effort would be better invested in |
| 823s | repeatable endgame |
| 826s | content both are related but uh as far |
| 830s | as a lot of the repeatability of endgame |
| 832s | content we have other teams working on |
| 834s | that and although there are uh some of |
| 836s | our narrative and Quest folks working on |
| 839s | some stuff that comes later right now |
| 842s | I've been sort of like in the middle of |
| 844s | what came before and what came after so |
| 846s | uh hence why we feel it's important |
| 848s | because again you know we set up all |
| 851s | these threads and momentum to reach the |
| 853s | conclusion and then boom here we are |
| 855s | within the lore of the game does the opr |
| 858s | door count as corrupted due to its |
| 861s | diabolical existence ancient as it |
| 864s | currently lives way past its expected |
| 866s | lifespan lost because it can be brought |
| 869s | back to life many times are angry Earth |
| 872s | because it's a fusion of wood and ore I |
| 876s | realize this is quite the Beast of a |
| 879s | question and then um and then it goes on |
| 882s | to like talk about a lot of like door |
| 885s | related puns and um I'm contractually |
| 889s | obligated to like not mention puns so |
| 892s | forgive me I can't I can't talk about |
| 894s | that part but you got to the answer on |
| 897s | this when you said that this was a beast |
| 900s | of a question because it clearly counts |
| 902s | as one of the Beast Lords so there you |
| 905s | go from me to |
| 907s | you I'm sorry I you know got rid of the |
| 910s | mystery of that but I'm glad you |
| 913s | asked okay uh next question is are there |
| 917s | any plans to make msq Soul trials |
| 919s | repeatable perhaps with mutations and |
| 922s | leaderboards uh yeah we're looking into |
| 924s | this it's not something that can happen |
| 926s | right now but we've been thinking about |
| 928s | like you how we can make that repeatable |
| 930s | because like I said before the soul |
| 933s | trials that you'll be playing for the |
| 935s | final msq update like they're really |
| 937s | cool and I would love to see like |
| 938s | different versions of that and like you |
| 940s | know see can who can do them as fast as |
| 943s | possible and things of that nature so um |
| 946s | nothing cooking yet but it is something |
| 948s | we're thinking about and uh the next |
| 951s | question is kind of related to that as |
| 952s | well any plans to repurpose unique msq |
| 955s | pois like Carbonic Castle um and boom |
| 960s | we'll show an image of that right there |
| 962s | uh that's that the end of Monarch's |
| 964s | Bluff msq where you fight locher and G |
| 968s | and the question goes on to say and also |
| 970s | solo trials for endgame to improve |
| 972s | variety and permanent replayability PVP |
| 975s | and PV content uh yeah as with my last |
| 978s | answer that's definitely something we're |
| 979s | looking into and um you bring up a |
| 982s | really interesting point especially with |
| 983s | regards to MMOs that you know although |
| 987s | Monarch's Bluff Bluffs is early content |
| 991s | and very cool once you do it you know |
| 995s | it's true you don't have any story |
| 996s | reason to necessarily go back there and |
| 998s | as far as pvv is concerned that's going |
| 1000s | to be more confined to the multiplayer |
| 1002s | you know but you know can we take that |
| 1004s | POI and like bring it back to re uh |
| 1007s | relevance I think that's a really |
| 1008s | interesting and ongoing question of like |
| 1010s | how can we make all zones not |
| 1012s | necessarily just linear but that like |
| 1015s | there's always a reason to be like |
| 1016s | feeding back in there and going back |
| 1018s | there because like you know going back |
| 1021s | to the beginning of the game when you're |
| 1022s | like super tricked out with equipment |
| 1023s | and stuff it's like it's always a cool |
| 1027s | Journey uh given how integral repeated |
| 1030s | content is in an MMO are there any plans |
| 1032s | to allow players to repeat any of the |
| 1033s | msq content hard mode version or Soul |
| 1037s | trials as mentioned with the other |
| 1039s | questions so uh as with the other |
| 1041s | answers I hope I'm not paying myself too |
| 1043s | much uh it's something we've definitely |
| 1046s | talked about and we're super interested |
| 1048s | in doing um I don't know if we have any |
| 1050s | plans for that as of right now but I |
| 1053s | think that's a very cool way like I said |
| 1055s | before like if you can make endgame |
| 1058s | content in earlier zones that's kind of |
| 1060s | a cool perspective oh and and I should |
| 1063s | also mention about the when you ask |
| 1065s | about the repeatability of the msq |
| 1067s | content uh one thing that I can say for |
| 1070s | the uh season 5 release is that if you |
| 1074s | have finished the old msq or you're like |
| 1076s | you're really close to the end of the |
| 1078s | msq |
| 1079s | uh you're going to be able to start at |
| 1081s | the beginning of Eden Grove and then go |
| 1083s | like all the way through to the very end |
| 1086s | of that so um so there you go why don't |
| 1090s | you implement a system where if we |
| 1092s | finish the msq we unlock new PVP con |
| 1095s | content or have PVP as a part of the |
| 1099s | msq uh one problem is that the msq does |
| 1102s | nothing to prepare players for uh |
| 1106s | PVP and um gu this is also an |
| 1110s | interesting MMO uh question because |
| 1112s | you're right in the summer Gars there's |
| 1114s | like two tracks uh which is good for |
| 1116s | players because then you can choose like |
| 1117s | what your play style is going to be so |
| 1119s | for instance I focus mostly on PVE but |
| 1123s | when I'm doing certain quests I like |
| 1125s | turning PVP on just so I can have the |
| 1127s | threat of like you know watching my back |
| 1129s | hiding in tall grass when people are |
| 1130s | running by um because I don't have the |
| 1132s | best equipment I'm one of those types of |
| 1134s | players that picks equipment because I |
| 1135s | like it so if you ever see like this |
| 1137s | little grave robber girl running around |
| 1139s | who's got a Gravedigger shovel and a |
| 1141s | little captain's hat and is hiding away |
| 1143s | from you because you have better |
| 1144s | equipment than me that's me but anyways |
| 1148s | uh to not tangent go back to the |
| 1150s | question there's kind of two tracks |
| 1151s | right you have that story content and |
| 1153s | then you have the PBP content and you're |
| 1156s | right they don't really talk to each |
| 1157s | other too much and there's not any |
| 1160s | current plans to bridge that Gap but it |
| 1163s | is something that I've had in the back |
| 1164s | of my mind okay this is more specific |
| 1168s | topics to uh the revamp uh the noble and |
| 1171s | gracious Empress Zing is the best |
| 1174s | character in New World more lore and |
| 1176s | Quests for her would be |
| 1179s | great C camera two zoom in zoom in I |
| 1184s | think you're going to be pleasantly |
| 1187s | surprised is the msq ever going to |
| 1190s | reunite us with the ship captain that |
| 1192s | brought us to eternum uh we did that was |
| 1195s | in great |
| 1196s | cleave um or United us with that guy the |
| 1200s | ship captain met in the bar who |
| 1202s | suggested we travel to a tourn at the |
| 1205s | start of the |
| 1206s | game you might also be pleasantly |
| 1210s | surprised why did my character even |
| 1213s | decide to go to a tum what did that guy |
| 1215s | at the bar promise |
| 1217s | me well I mean only you can answer that |
| 1220s | question um I was promised adventure and |
| 1224s | the Shipwreck I got |
| 1227s | both are we getting more of a storyline |
| 1230s | within Shattered |
| 1234s | Mountain you |
| 1236s | are in the original release msq at one |
| 1240s | point you recruited the faction leaders |
| 1241s | and had them gather kirun and when you |
| 1244s | came back after defeating Thorp in the |
| 1246s | depths the place was burned down since |
| 1249s | the revamp I don't believe I've seen any |
| 1250s | mention of the faction leaders in the |
| 1252s | msq will be reintroduced at any point in |
| 1255s | the |
| 1256s | future yeah uh they are conspicuously |
| 1260s | absent aren't they um that was because |
| 1263s | as we were putting the new story |
| 1265s | together the idea of the conflict with |
| 1268s | the factions it didn't seem to fit what |
| 1270s | we were doing so we sort of thought that |
| 1273s | you know hey let's have the msq over |
| 1274s | here and then we'll have the faction |
| 1275s | leaders over there doing their own thing |
| 1278s | now that being said there's nothing |
| 1279s | saying that we wouldn't like necessarily |
| 1281s | bring them back in at some point |
| 1283s | somewhere um because there are some |
| 1285s | really cool characters that I would |
| 1286s | personally love to write for and work |
| 1288s | with |
| 1289s | um so but it's good that we have them so |
| 1292s | that is definitely an option uh no plans |
| 1295s | that I know of right now or if there are |
| 1297s | plans that I know of I'm not going to |
| 1299s | talk about it just |
| 1300s | yet uh oh here's a slightly related |
| 1304s | question are there any plans to revisit |
| 1306s | the regions not touched by the revamp |
| 1308s | and then goes on to say cutless keys |
| 1311s | rwater rless Shores morningdale Etc uh |
| 1315s | to bring these up to par Quest wise with |
| 1317s | the rest of the game yeah we do have |
| 1319s | some plans on some of them um cannot |
| 1321s | comment on that just yet pumpkin of |
| 1323s | pumpkins asks Lula why are you so insane |
| 1326s | I don't know we don't know okay I accept |
| 1330s | it I I am merely asking you to join me |
| 1334s | in this hallucination that I'm |
| 1338s | not um not a question here but this is |
| 1341s | kind of an interesting topic uh the |
| 1343s | Hopkins jokebook is one of the best lore |
| 1346s | pages I have found please consider more |
| 1348s | like this it made me search for other |
| 1351s | parts uh like no other lore page did I |
| 1355s | did not write this thing I will pass |
| 1356s | along your comments to who did um and I |
| 1359s | like uh the point that you make at the |
| 1361s | end that you said you know not only did |
| 1363s | you engage with this content but it made |
| 1366s | you want to seek out the rest of it and |
| 1368s | I think that's one of the best things to |
| 1370s | do in a game like ours that has a strong |
| 1373s | aspect of exploration which is not just |
| 1377s | in lore notes but like adding a little |
| 1379s | bite-sized morsels around where you know |
| 1382s | to you specifically that is speaking to |
| 1385s | you on a level where you want to seek |
| 1387s | out and get more uh what brought about |
| 1389s | the delay in the final stage of the |
| 1391s | revamp and how will it be uh how has it |
| 1395s | been improved by the extra development |
| 1397s | time I kind of covered this a little bit |
| 1399s | for uh before but basically this gave us |
| 1402s | time to get uh the new boss fights in |
| 1405s | and uh the new uh IDE gc's just polish |
| 1410s | them to like an even bigger luster um |
| 1412s | and also gave us some time to take some |
| 1414s | things that ambition wise we wanted to |
| 1417s | do and uh to me as a Storyteller |
| 1421s | whenever you say that hey you have a |
| 1422s | little bit more time to make this even |
| 1423s | more awesome for |
| 1424s | players that is something that you know |
| 1427s | a writer like myself will not say no to |
| 1430s | so it definitely gave us uh a even |
| 1433s | better quality than it would have been |
| 1434s | before so um I hope you haven't been too |
| 1437s | impatient with it and I've been happy to |
| 1439s | wait um it's going to be live soon and |
| 1441s | I'm excited to get it to |
| 1444s | you will the brimstone msq ever get |
| 1448s | changed to be unlocked at level 55 or |
| 1450s | maybe just introduce some more questing |
| 1452s | before that uh currently the pre-b msq |
| 1457s | can be finished at level um 49 Tempest |
| 1460s | included and there can be a case made |
| 1462s | for finishing it at a much lower level |
| 1465s | um and my point is that as a player if |
| 1468s | you like you're a bit stranded to not |
| 1470s | have much to do for about 11 levels of |
| 1472s | just doing side questing uh yeah that's |
| 1475s | fair critique but I don't think you're |
| 1476s | going to have to worry about that with |
| 1478s | the revamp anymore uh with the extra |
| 1481s | quests that we've added to each zones |
| 1484s | those have been scaled exp wise in such |
| 1486s | a way that there's going to be a lot |
| 1489s | stronger level progression for where you |
| 1491s | ended off in Eden Grove all the way to |
| 1494s | the end of Shattered Mountain so ideally |
| 1497s | by the time you get to the very end uh |
| 1499s | you'll probably be able to go right into |
| 1501s | Brimstone Sands and like not have to do |
| 1504s | any kind of grinding or doing just side |
| 1506s | quest before that becomes |
| 1509s | active so so the short answer is no but |
| 1512s | yes are there any plans to just stop |
| 1515s | writing stories and let the local |
| 1518s | streamers Run The Narrative of each |
| 1524s | server are you trying to put me out of a |
| 1527s | job in this |
| 1530s | economy um okay the short answer is no I |
| 1534s | I I'd very much like to keep making |
| 1535s | these stories um but you kind of hit on |
| 1539s | an interesting point that I I was sort |
| 1541s | of getting to before about you know |
| 1545s | players kind of being inclusive of the |
| 1547s | narrative are like driving it I think |
| 1550s | that's a really exciting question that |
| 1552s | I've been trying to answer for New World |
| 1554s | thinking about you know future content |
| 1556s | and stuff that we might do can you put |
| 1558s | in the ability to replay key cut scenes |
| 1562s | for the main story Quest |
| 1565s | um some of the 2.5d cinematics are so |
| 1570s | you can go back and review those as far |
| 1572s | as the igc's are concerned I'm not sure |
| 1575s | if that's something anything anyone's uh |
| 1578s | talked about I think there might be some |
| 1580s | sort of technical issues with that um so |
| 1584s | don't quote me on that but I can vouch |
| 1586s | for at least some of the 2.5d Cinematic |
| 1588s | are things you can go back and review |
| 1592s | again are there any msq Easter eggs you |
| 1595s | wish were better known why does everyone |
| 1597s | keep asking me about hippos all the |
| 1600s | time do you guys have a plan for future |
| 1604s | updates like expanding the msq into the |
| 1607s | mid 1800s or early 1900s since the |
| 1610s | island is stuck in time but the rest of |
| 1613s | the world keeps moving |
| 1616s | on that's an interesting question uh I |
| 1620s | have I have Divergent thoughts on this |
| 1623s | one there's a lot of characters in |
| 1627s | Antiquity and up to around the 1600s |
| 1630s | where our story takes place that you |
| 1633s | know I'm very interested in bringing |
| 1636s | into the story and I think if you ask |
| 1637s | anyone else on the narrative team and |
| 1638s | Quest team they probably have people as |
| 1640s | well um without naming names uh there is |
| 1643s | one really interesting person from |
| 1646s | Antiquity in Europe that I'd love to |
| 1648s | bring in and then alternatively there's |
| 1651s | someone from Asia who is actually |
| 1653s | contemporary to the time in which our |
| 1655s | game takes place and what's interesting |
| 1658s | about that person is they drop out of |
| 1661s | the historical record like we have a |
| 1664s | decent amount of History up to within |
| 1666s | like a couple of Decades of where we're |
| 1669s | at in time but we don't know what |
| 1672s | happens to this person at all so it's |
| 1674s | easy for us to say that you |
| 1675s | know they go through the door they get |
| 1678s | get whisked away from a tum um so those |
| 1680s | are those are two historical characters |
| 1683s | before the dates you're mentioning that |
| 1684s | would be interesting to bring in and so |
| 1687s | with that wealth of of |
| 1692s | possibility the question that I would |
| 1694s | want to be asking our narrative team is |
| 1697s | if we were to say like move forward in |
| 1699s | time and have |
| 1701s | that what do those time periods give us |
| 1705s | on a whole level right because again so |
| 1707s | many interesting characters historical |
| 1709s | or mythological we can bring in but like |
| 1711s | specifically on these time periods |
| 1714s | rather than just having like super cool |
| 1716s | people is there something else we can do |
| 1718s | like is there |
| 1720s | some technology that they've created |
| 1723s | that can then be extrapolated in like a |
| 1725s | really big way so if it isn't just |
| 1728s | character-based if there's some sort of |
| 1729s | like McGuffin we can bring in I think |
| 1732s | then that's the kind of answer that I |
| 1736s | would want to be using to like bring |
| 1738s | those types of things in and uh ah we |
| 1741s | are at the last question here we |
| 1743s | go can you give us a glimpse or sneak |
| 1746s | peek into the next large content SL |
| 1749s | expansion storyline uh what new |
| 1751s | characters are we going to meet next or |
| 1753s | what Adventures are we setting out on |
| 1756s | that information's already out there if |
| 1758s | you play the leian Wilds expansion pack |
| 1761s | rise of the angry earth that is |
| 1763s | specifically at the end of the game |
| 1764s | there |
| 1765s | is what what would we want to call it an |
| 1768s | an omen a prediction a deao saying of |
| 1771s | what's going to go on like there are |
| 1773s | some really interesting visuals that |
| 1776s | some of which you can definitely take |
| 1777s | literally some of which you can take |
| 1780s | metaphorically but even that's probably |
| 1782s | a little bit literal too but anyways |
| 1784s | like there's a wealth of visuals and |
| 1786s | things that the uh narrator of that |
| 1788s | piece is telling you that is going to |
| 1790s | give a strong indication of where we |
| 1793s | want to go |
| 1794s | next I have other information in here |
| 1797s | here but I would rather not spoil |
| 1800s | anything so so that takes us to the ends |
| 1804s | of the questions I hope you enjoyed that |
| 1806s | which brings us to our related Community |
| 1808s | question which is do you like this |
| 1809s | format uh of having this Q&A sessions if |
| 1813s | so we can keep doing this for the rest |
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| 1817s | and not just Story related stuff PVP or |
| 1821s | whatever we happen to be talking about |
| 1822s | uh on that specific episode uh let us |
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