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| 0s | we have horses we have direwolves and we |
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| 3s | have Lions it's a fairly eclectic mix |
| 6s | maybe we'll go further in the future |
| 9s | [Music] |
| 9s | [Applause] |
| 14s | welcome again everybody to forged in |
| 16s | eternum the show that is about all |
| 18s | things new world today |
| 21s | it is my great pleasure to uh introduce |
| 24s | myself from Dan Henry I'm the PO of the |
| 26s | social and the team |
| 28s | for the future we're discussing today |
| 30s | and with me is Andy manches he's a lead |
| 33s | designer for this wonderful feature and |
| 36s | the feature is mounts everybody it's |
| 38s | it's happening it's been a while uh some |
| 42s | of you out there have expressed interest |
| 44s | from time to time in having a faster way |
| 47s | to get from point A to point B and uh |
| 50s | Andy how long have you been working on |
| 52s | this thing it's been over a year I've |
| 55s | lost my sense of time while working on |
| 57s | it because it's been a wild ride time |
| 59s | flies when you're absolutely riding a |
| 61s | horse and making progress yeah uh well |
| 64s | let's start there man like I know you um |
| 67s | you were interested in mounts for a |
| 69s | while because of your your background |
| 71s | right yeah absolutely I love like um |
| 74s | Locomotion in games like second to |
| 76s | Second the feeling on a controller uh |
| 79s | the way the controls are tuned the way |
| 81s | the camera is tuned I feel like it's an |
| 83s | underused |
| 85s | in in our industry it can always you can |
| 87s | always make a game actually feel better |
| 89s | like with higher Fidelity and I feel |
| 91s | that's what we're aiming to bring to |
| 93s | mounts yeah I loved how you I mean you |
| 95s | you worked on how many racing games did |
| 97s | you work on back in the day oh tons tons |
| 100s | uh |
| 101s | at least five as a physics designer as |
| 103s | like a handling designer yeah so I was |
| 105s | pleased to bring like some of those |
| 106s | tricks and techniques to mounts yeah so |
| 109s | when when Mouse first started up about I |
| 111s | guess a little under a year ago |
| 114s | um you you I know you dove in and just |
| 117s | kind of started like you know prototype |
| 119s | things with the team like what was that |
| 120s | like yes that was the most awesome bit I |
| 122s | think |
| 123s | that we had like a blank slate we did |
| 125s | have one like pink untextured horse that |
| 128s | Kevin Christensen had made previously so |
| 131s | I feel like that was so we didn't even |
| 133s | have to set that up but we did get to |
| 135s | set up like a whole bunch of tuning |
| 137s | parameters with on a blank board and |
| 139s | then just start experimenting without |
| 141s | any pressure at that point without any |
| 143s | pressure of our deadline which is also |
| 145s | really nice plus I got to work with a |
| 147s | bunch of our new Mount coders who were |
| 149s | like with |
| 151s | that's such a good feature team |
| 152s | experience we ended up like a divine |
| 155s | intervention like with such a cool and |
| 158s | hard-working group of coders like it's |
| 160s | been an absolute Joy it really has and |
| 162s | you know anybody from the mountains team |
| 163s | that's watching right now that couldn't |
| 164s | be with us I mean thanks you you all did |
| 166s | amazing work on this thing it was it was |
| 168s | a real joy to work on |
| 170s | um you're not lying about the pink horse |
| 171s | I remember that because when it's like |
| 174s | it was an untextured horse model and |
| 176s | like |
| 177s | just so happens that our placeholder |
| 179s | texture is pink yep so it was like a it |
| 182s | was it was pretty magical somewhat |
| 183s | iconic maybe we'll make t-shirts with |
| 185s | their own yeah yeah I'll never forget it |
| 188s | um so now so we've got a whole feature |
| 190s | for mounts um you know there's there's |
| 193s | so many things to talk about it's a it's |
| 195s | a pretty big feature like we've talked |
| 196s | about often it's it's really more like |
| 198s | 10 features in one so absolutely |
| 200s | um you know I guess without without |
| 202s | giving it away any like spoilers for the |
| 204s | story and stuff but like you know what's |
| 206s | what's kind of the player experience |
| 207s | going to be in the expansion |
| 210s | um I feel like the player experience is |
| 212s | going to change a lot with previously |
| 215s | you can either fast travel which is very |
| 218s | instantaneous or you could walk which I |
| 220s | don't know I didn't find it grindy but |
| 221s | I've heard you know the world's very big |
| 223s | so it can take longer than you might |
| 224s | think I feel this is like the perfect |
| 226s | intermediary point whereby you get to |
| 229s | see all the scenery of eternum like the |
| 231s | the game world looks gorgeous and yet |
| 234s | you get to do it just that little bit |
| 235s | more speed |
| 236s | plus also I think the player experience |
| 239s | changes because you have a bit more |
| 240s | agency like we have the dash mechanics |
| 243s | so you can suddenly give a burst of |
| 244s | speed based on your Mount stamina and it |
| 246s | kind of feels good like we have the |
| 248s | screen effects the fourth transition |
| 250s | yeah I just feel like it feels |
| 253s | intuitive and cool like I like playing |
| 255s | it anyway I think I think our fans will |
| 257s | yeah there's um you know you're kind of |
| 260s | telling me like you know all the kind of |
| 262s | like little tricks that we can do to to |
| 264s | make it really feel like like a super |
| 266s | speed it's all there it feels really |
| 268s | good |
| 269s | um speaking of speed like so so what's |
| 271s | going to be the deal with speed how's |
| 273s | that going to work okay so |
| 277s | we thought about having speed as a |
| 280s | characteristic of the mount you know |
| 282s | slow horse fast horse old mule like |
| 284s | Black Beauty |
| 285s | type deal but actually it's kind of |
| 288s | cooler if it's a property of the player |
| 290s | character itself and it fits really |
| 292s | nicely into trade skill it means that |
| 296s | it kind of means that you untie what you |
| 299s | want your Mount to look like with how |
| 301s | you want it to behave so now you can |
| 303s | kind of do both at the same time so |
| 305s | we're not saying like always ride this |
| 307s | certain horse with a certain appearance |
| 308s | because it's fastest and that would lead |
| 310s | us into like a world where everybody's |
| 312s | riding the same thing which is kind of |
| 314s | boring so now we've like ring fenced the |
| 316s | visuals and if you want to you want your |
| 318s | horse to be faster then you simply |
| 321s | unriding trade skill XP and it will make |
| 324s | you faster eventually When You Reach |
| 325s | certain trade skill thresholds I feel |
| 328s | like that's intuitive too it's intuitive |
| 330s | for our game yeah yeah and how do you |
| 333s | earn this this writing skill aha I'm |
| 335s | pleased you've asked so who the um |
| 338s | there's there's Mount consumable food |
| 341s | but actually the consumable food you'd |
| 343s | expect there to be consumable food for |
| 345s | mounts right but I think that's more of |
| 346s | a supplement the thing that the core way |
| 348s | of earning riding XP is by completing |
| 351s | our Mount quests |
| 353s | malquess very interesting yep so we |
| 356s | wanted to do something a little bit |
| 357s | different from the regular quests |
| 360s | because it's mounts like it should be |
| 362s | more based upon travel maybe less upon |
| 364s | less upon combat for example so we have |
| 367s | added Mount it's called the mount races |
| 369s | maybe they're Mount time trials would be |
| 371s | a fairer thing to call them so get to A |
| 373s | to B within a certain time some of them |
| 376s | are tours whereby you have to go quite a |
| 378s | distance and just get to one checkpoint |
| 380s | on the other edge of the map and that's |
| 382s | kind of much more about navigating and |
| 384s | then the other ones are called rallies |
| 385s | and they're like you see the checkpoint |
| 387s | ahead of you you see the timer ticking |
| 389s | down you're going to try and get there |
| 391s | like as quick as possible you get into |
| 393s | the red and you're like you know that |
| 395s | old kind of racing game arcade Vibe |
| 397s | whereby you cross just as a thing hits |
| 399s | zero and like that feels really good |
| 401s | then you see your time extended you |
| 402s | wonder whether you can get to the next |
| 403s | one yeah it's kind of a bit different |
| 405s | from what we've got on new world like |
| 407s | it's really nice to have to be putting |
| 409s | something out there that's like a |
| 410s | completely new experience rather than an |
| 412s | extension of what we already have yeah |
| 414s | we've played we've played them a few |
| 416s | times now obviously and and yeah like |
| 418s | they're it's hard not to have a smile on |
| 420s | your face when you when you first do one |
| 422s | um uh improps to the the quest team here |
| 424s | for you know helping us out with these |
| 426s | Ben Barker especially worked really hard |
| 428s | uh but he wasn't the only one so yeah I |
| 430s | mean things are really coming together |
| 431s | on it and um |
| 434s | so in terms of |
| 436s | you know not just doing the MapQuest but |
| 438s | in getting from point A to point B are |
| 440s | there any other kind of ways to progress |
| 444s | or customize you know how you ride yes |
| 448s | absolutely so we have Mount buff items |
| 451s | which are they're kind of like trinkets |
| 453s | aren't they they're they're stats only |
| 456s | but they will change the way you ride |
| 458s | them out we have one slot dedicated to |
| 460s | your Mount stamina which is I.E your |
| 463s | dash the amount of Dash that you have |
| 465s | and it can change you can get different |
| 467s | Mount buff items that change or stamina |
| 469s | in a few ways you can either increase |
| 471s | your recharge rate or you can increase |
| 473s | your capacity or you can increase your |
| 475s | power on of your stamina of your dash |
| 478s | either on-road or off-road nice and how |
| 482s | many uh how many slots do you have for |
| 484s | these things you have two slots and then |
| 485s | the other slot is the other slot is kind |
| 488s | of more of a nod to mounted combat if |
| 490s | you think that's fair to say like you it |
| 493s | will give you a status effect |
| 494s | predominantly there there's the stamina |
| 497s | slot and then the slot for all the other |
| 499s | buff items and all the other buff items |
| 501s | for the most part are where you are |
| 503s | giving us status effect when the AI will |
| 505s | force Dismount you which is actually |
| 506s | really handy it is yeah I love the I |
| 509s | love the healing one uh it makes it it |
| 513s | kind of creates this it takes a |
| 515s | disappointing moment and turns it into a |
| 516s | cool moment yep yeah exactly so with |
| 520s | Mount so we have hippos right hippos |
| 524s | I hope we will do one day I'm sorry I'm |
| 526s | being told we don't have hippos uh yet |
| 529s | what do we have Andy we have horses we |
| 533s | have dire wolves and we have Lions it's |
| 536s | a fairly eclectic mix maybe we'll go |
| 538s | further in the future |
| 539s | you can say and without spoiling it it's |
| 542s | uh there's you know the reasons for |
| 545s | these different animal types are kind of |
| 546s | like tied into the the lore around the |
| 548s | expansion and cool ways that everybody |
| 551s | will find out |
| 553s | um I mean what's your what's your |
| 554s | favorite |
| 556s | I'm kind of a traditionalist I do like |
| 558s | the horse I feel like because it was our |
| 562s | default because we had that old pink |
| 563s | horse like I just feel I just feel an |
| 566s | attachment yeah you got to keep it going |
| 567s | for sure it's true I'm with you I like I |
| 570s | think just you know nothing beats the |
| 572s | fantasy of your horse taking you across |
| 574s | the land but |
| 576s | the wolf and lion are way cooler than I |
| 579s | thought they'd be yeah because they're |
| 580s | done there's something about a giant |
| 583s | wolf that just reminds me a little bit |
| 584s | of Game of Thrones which I think for |
| 586s | sure yeah I'd say what's your favorite |
| 588s | um not your favorite what's your what's |
| 590s | what excites you most about the future |
| 592s | now that things are wrapping up I have a |
| 595s | I have two answers like a small thing |
| 596s | and a big thing the big thing is the |
| 599s | Mount quests because it's just fun to |
| 600s | race it's fun to get that mechanic into |
| 602s | new world and it feels good |
| 605s | um but the smaller thing which kind of |
| 606s | surprised me is the fact that we changed |
| 610s | the parameters so you're much faster on |
| 613s | amount on-road than you are off-road and |
| 617s | like that was your idea if I recall |
| 618s | correctly and it was kind of like it was |
| 620s | kind of a game changer because it really |
| 622s | did change |
| 623s | it changed the way you think about |
| 625s | traveling on a mount and it made you |
| 627s | make all these splits |
| 629s | second decisions like I used to do a |
| 631s | Mario Kart on on snares let you decide |
| 633s | whether if you cut a corner even though |
| 635s | you're going to lose the speed for not |
| 636s | being on road are you going to be net |
| 637s | quicker and like you can you can kind of |
| 639s | do all those calculations on the Fly and |
| 641s | I think it made a difference otherwise |
| 643s | if they were the same speed you'd just |
| 645s | be b-lining to your destination which |
| 647s | might be cool but I like this yeah I'm |
| 649s | kind of excited about that uh I mean |
| 651s | obviously everybody knows the the player |
| 654s | already runs a little faster on roads |
| 656s | but I mean what what are the speed Delta |
| 659s | end up being it was |
| 662s | for the horse I mean for the mount |
| 664s | much bigger than the player by a factor |
| 667s | of maybe five or something maybe I can't |
| 669s | think of the numbers at the top of my |
| 671s | head but we definitely did like stretch |
| 674s | out |
| 675s | we we took the rule that we had for the |
| 677s | player and like |
| 679s | and like just amp that up yeah it's it's |
| 683s | some of the some of the time trials are |
| 687s | you know like go like clear this vast |
| 689s | distance of the world and you kind of |
| 691s | have to you know use your knowledge of |
| 693s | eternum to to plot a course and |
| 695s | and uh the way the roads are in the |
| 698s | world are you know they're so they're so |
| 700s | interesting with this kind of speed on |
| 703s | roads you really feel it like kind of it |
| 706s | it's it's a whole new way to play the |
| 707s | game absolutely is our roads do kind of |
| 709s | meander so you're often like you're |
| 711s | often like cornering in ways you don't |
| 713s | expect and or are kind of my favorite |
| 715s | bit of the quest line is when you get a |
| 718s | I like doing the same race for a second |
| 720s | time at a harder speed at a harder speed |
| 725s | um limit at a harder time limit because |
| 727s | the first time you do it I find like |
| 729s | you're just getting your bearings on it |
| 731s | and you're seeing if you can do it like |
| 732s | that but the first time and the second |
| 734s | time I feel you're more like mastering |
| 736s | it which is yeah I've always feel that's |
| 739s | a more satisfying experience yeah and I |
| 741s | I think hopefully our town was to find a |
| 744s | good balance where it's fun to play |
| 745s | these things it doesn't feel grindy it |
| 747s | doesn't feel like it takes forever |
| 749s | and you know it's a I think it's |
| 752s | probably the fastest trade skill that |
| 754s | we've ever made where you know you're |
| 756s | going to be able to get to Max pretty |
| 757s | quick yeah I think so I reckon if you're |
| 759s | good at it you'll be able to do it in |
| 760s | about like 10 hours do you think maybe |
| 762s | less something I mean we've we'll see I |
| 765s | mean there's a lot of factors and |
| 766s | everybody's going to play it differently |
| 768s | um and then anybody who doesn't feel |
| 769s | like doing the races that's what the the |
| 771s | food is for yeah yeah |
| 774s | we were talking earlier about those uh |
| 776s | gear the pieces of gear that you can |
| 778s | equip |
| 779s | um where did we cover them all or were |
| 781s | there more no there are more so we only |
| 783s | talked about the visual the non-visual |
| 785s | but we also have visual only items there |
| 788s | are Mount attachment items so |
| 791s | we predominantly use Shields but you can |
| 796s | also skin them with cool MTX kind of |
| 799s | trade skill related uh skins like my |
| 802s | favorite is the basket of fish they're |
| 804s | kind of like that that's your favorite |
| 806s | it's my favorite interesting okay it's |
| 807s | got like a eclectic mix I I can I can |
| 810s | live my fancies as being a fisherman on |
| 812s | my horse |
| 813s | taking in my hall of salmon for sure I |
| 817s | mean it's so detailed I I have trouble |
| 818s | with it because I can almost smell the |
| 822s | you know the olfactory aspect to it yeah |
| 825s | maybe we need some animated flies just |
| 827s | flying around the top that's a really |
| 829s | good idea uh we're gonna we're gonna do |
| 831s | that as soon as we get off camera |
| 832s | excellent uh and then we also have like |
| 835s | like flags and uh yeah we're gonna this |
| 838s | is this is an area where we're |
| 839s | definitely gonna expand in the future |
| 840s | but the idea being that there are some |
| 843s | of these things that are like super |
| 844s | exclusive and yeah like nothing it's |
| 847s | very high visibility right because the |
| 848s | mount is so huge yeah absolutely it's a |
| 851s | good way to show off particularly the |
| 852s | one that gets a few comments is the |
| 853s | Anvil like the idea that you stick an |
| 856s | anvil to the the slot onto the back left |
| 859s | and the back right of your Mount and |
| 861s | there is Mount agnostic so it will |
| 863s | transfer from the horse to the wolf to |
| 865s | the lion |
| 866s | but like just putting an anvil on the |
| 868s | thigh of your Mount I don't know like |
| 870s | it's kind of like a mount workout |
| 872s | that's exactly right make some buff |
| 877s | oh man yeah uh and I think um |
| 880s | you know that they're kind of you know |
| 882s | one of the one of the things you'll be |
| 884s | able to earn these things from are PVP |
| 886s | activities which |
| 888s | um could maybe segue us into talking |
| 890s | about so like what are the ways in which |
| 892s | we've tried to you know we obviously we |
| 896s | don't want mounts to unbalance the game |
| 898s | in any way right so what are some of the |
| 900s | ways that we've tried to combat that |
| 902s | both in PVE and PVP well we've certainly |
| 905s | done our due diligence on how much we |
| 907s | think it affects PVP yeah we went |
| 910s | through a few iterations huh yep and we |
| 912s | have changed the rules as to whether you |
| 916s | can be mounted when you're doing a PVP |
| 918s | Quest or whether you can be mounted in |
| 921s | certain game modes |
| 922s | and I feel like |
| 924s | I don't know if you agree I feel like |
| 925s | we've tried to be as unrestrictive as |
| 928s | possible without ruining anybody's game |
| 930s | experience because we want to kind of be |
| 931s | a laid-back gamer absolutely and Power |
| 933s | Players let them do and play the way |
| 935s | they want yeah that line between PVE and |
| 938s | PVP was helpful I think yes because like |
| 942s | the PVE side of it |
| 944s | um |
| 945s | you know our tent is if you're playing |
| 947s | the game normally you can't you can't |
| 948s | just use them out to like cheese through |
| 950s | all the content so I think we we hit on |
| 953s | a pretty good balance of when enemies |
| 955s | will Dismount you you know based on |
| 957s | level differentials and player Health |
| 959s | like you put in and all the other things |
| 961s | but uh but PVP it's it's still just like |
| 966s | just any hit from another player yeah |
| 968s | Dismounts you and I think that's the |
| 970s | right thing like it's they aren't it's |
| 972s | easy to be a bit more evasive on a mount |
| 974s | and when you're playing when you're |
| 977s | against AI that's kind of fine that's |
| 979s | kind of fun you can escape if you want |
| 980s | you can fight if you want but in PvP it |
| 983s | would be annoying if you're a PVP player |
| 984s | and you hit a mounted player and they |
| 986s | didn't instantly Dismount yeah and hey I |
| 989s | think it's kind of fun like it's a fun |
| 990s | AIM now you get your bow and arrow see |
| 992s | if you can shoot someone off their horse |
| 994s | it's it's very yeah it's um |
| 997s | it's very interesting it's I think it |
| 1000s | changes the game in cool fun ways uh |
| 1002s | Oliver play tests so far have been uh |
| 1005s | wild cackles of laughter so yeah |
| 1008s | um but yeah it's definitely been one of |
| 1010s | our big focuses and I think it's one of |
| 1012s | the things we'll be looking at really |
| 1013s | close once the feature is live did you |
| 1016s | did you have anything else you wanted to |
| 1017s | go over before we wrap there is the more |
| 1019s | elaborate mounts that you can get from |
| 1021s | the MTX store that we didn't talk about |
| 1023s | so and the dying |
| 1026s | so the armored the mounts don't die like |
| 1029s | they're they're they're Immortal just |
| 1030s | like the player character it's a |
| 1031s | tournament after all but actually dying |
| 1033s | the colors on your mounts |
| 1036s | um if your Mount is armored and you can |
| 1038s | get the armored mounts from the MTX |
| 1039s | store you will also be able to find |
| 1041s | Mount dies and you can do some really |
| 1044s | cool stuff to the Almond amounts the um |
| 1047s | one of them you can make kind of look a |
| 1048s | bit like Captain America |
| 1050s | which particularly is fantastic if |
| 1053s | Captain America were a horse if he were |
| 1055s | a horse there's a lot of possibilities |
| 1057s | for self-expression absolutely and I |
| 1059s | love the fact that we had like an |
| 1061s | armored style and when the art would |
| 1063s | come in you'd see it first on the horse |
| 1065s | and you'd be like well how is that going |
| 1066s | to be adapted to what will that look |
| 1068s | like on a lion or on a wolf and how will |
| 1069s | like the size of the armor slightly have |
| 1071s | to change and then like the art guys |
| 1073s | just nail it they've they're having a |
| 1075s | lot of fun concepting these you can tell |
| 1077s | yeah well that wraps it up for us uh if |
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| 1084s | us that you uh you like what we do in |
| 1086s | here and before we wrap hell here's |
| 1088s | Community question for you without using |
| 1089s | the word hippo what mounts are you |
| 1091s | looking forward to most seeing making |
| 1093s | their way into New World |
| 1095s | thanks Andy for your time thank you |
| 1098s | thank you for watching see you in a |
| 1099s | tournament |
| 1101s | today we're going to be talking about |
| 1102s | the new weapon coming out on the |
| 1104s | expansion the flail |
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