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| 0s | there are some new combos that uh |
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| 3s | experts uh in quotations if you know |
| 5s | what I mean are pulling off here with uh |
| 7s | with the Blunderbuss uh those are things |
| 9s | we did not anticipate as a part of the |
| 11s | design and uh it would not surprise me |
| 14s | uh when you load up the monthly patch if |
| 16s | those combos are no longer possible |
| 18s | [Music] |
| 19s | [Applause] |
| 24s | the forge in eternum where we talk about |
| 26s | all things new world uh today we have |
| 28s | another episode of balance of power it's |
| 30s | actually episode five uh today we're |
| 33s | going to talk about the season two |
| 34s | balance and any adjustments we might be |
| 37s | making now that we've seen season two |
| 38s | live a little bit for our monthly |
| 40s | balance patch so take it away with some |
| 42s | questions Michael |
| 43s | all right so overall how are you feeling |
| 46s | about balance you know let's break it |
| 48s | down per mode and start with opr |
| 51s | ah uh I think opr is sort of A Tale of |
| 54s | Two Cities type thing there's some good |
| 55s | news and some bad news uh the good news |
| 58s | is I think weapon balance is actually in |
| 60s | a really good place what we're seeing is |
| 62s | very even distribution of weapons used |
| 64s | almost every weapon is used and it's |
| 66s | used in very equal rates uh we're seeing |
| 69s | win rates all very close to each other I |
| 71s | actually think within one point one |
| 73s | percent uh from best to worse weapons so |
| 75s | best balance by far uh damage is also uh |
| 79s | pretty good there is a little bit of an |
| 80s | advantage for ranged in terms of damage |
| 82s | but but kill distribution looks good so |
| 84s | overall weapon balance I think looks |
| 86s | really really good |
| 88s | uh with that said though uh I do think |
| 91s | there are some issues I think we've all |
| 93s | played it and like you know there are |
| 94s | there are some stops sometimes uh and I |
| 97s | think what we're seeing is that the |
| 99s | distribution of quality matches is you |
| 102s | know wider than we want we want all |
| 104s | matches to feel great right like you've |
| 106s | all been in those where it goes to like |
| 108s | 99 versus a thousand and it's like you |
| 110s | know an epic baroness capture like |
| 112s | changes it but uh we are seeing some on |
| 114s | the other side uh and I think you know |
| 116s | it's not a balanced problem it is it is |
| 118s | a matchmaking problem and uh we are |
| 120s | aware of this we talked a little bit |
| 121s | about this in the Community Q a uh we |
| 123s | are starting to think about the balance |
| 125s | and work on it but it is a big problem |
| 127s | it's technical it's designed there's a |
| 129s | lot of them so uh we'll work on it but |
| 131s | it's going to take a little while to get |
| 132s | it out two players |
| 134s | and what about Arenas and War |
| 136s | uh in terms of Arenas we're seeing |
| 139s | pretty good distribution in weapon usage |
| 141s | also I think there's some that aren't |
| 142s | being used a ton a musket for instance |
| 145s | is is not used a ton of Arena I just |
| 147s | don't think there's enough range to |
| 148s | really capture the benefits of that |
| 150s | weapon uh we're seeing void Gauntlet not |
| 152s | super used and surprisingly Blunderbuss |
| 154s | isn't is not that easy it's actually |
| 156s | doing pretty well |
| 157s | in terms of win rates uh it's relatively |
| 161s | well distributed there's two builds that |
| 163s | are sort of uh have higher win rates |
| 165s | than than sort of like the the deviation |
| 168s | we'd want we'll talk a little bit about |
| 169s | those uh and in terms of performance I |
| 172s | think damage and kills all look |
| 173s | relatively well distributed nothing |
| 175s | outlining that we want that we're too |
| 177s | concerned about |
| 178s | uh but in terms of builds uh we are |
| 180s | seeing a little bit more strength from |
| 182s | the fire staff ice Gauntlet build uh |
| 185s | than than some of the other builds uh |
| 187s | and a new and up and comer is sword and |
| 189s | shield and spear uh we're seeing it |
| 192s | being played a lot more since the season |
| 194s | two patch and we're seeing the win rates |
| 195s | of that go up so that's something we've |
| 197s | definitely got our eyes on |
| 200s | all right so any general combat balance |
| 203s | updates planned for the monthly balance |
| 205s | patch uh yeah there's three uh the first |
| 208s | one is interesting because it's actually |
| 210s | uh the result of a bug if you played at |
| 212s | the start uh of the Season you'll have |
| 215s | remembered that Halen Hardy uh we were |
| 217s | removing that town buff and replacing it |
| 220s | with the HP increase but a couple people |
| 222s | got both uh and I was actually one of |
| 225s | those people also when I played and I |
| 227s | played a couple matches and I think the |
| 229s | overwhelming feedback from people who |
| 231s | got both was that the game felt better |
| 233s | with a little more HP uh that time to |
| 235s | kill felt more appropriate and helped |
| 238s | fight some of the burstiness of some of |
| 239s | the combos it helped fight some of the |
| 241s | ticking damage of some of the weapons |
| 243s | and in general it just played better so |
| 245s | uh we are going to be making some |
| 247s | adjustments to HP in season two we're |
| 249s | still finalizing how we're going to do |
| 251s | that I think we're gonna do it like uh |
| 253s | when you invest early on in con you'll |
| 256s | get a little more HP that'll also help |
| 258s | people sort of move away from some of |
| 260s | the glass and it built so that is a |
| 262s | change that we're pretty excited about |
| 264s | uh second change is a little bit drastic |
| 266s | but I think it's a healthy thing for the |
| 268s | game we're going to be swapping the 150 |
| 271s | and 300 decks attribute bonuses we think |
| 275s | the reduced costs of dodging is probably |
| 277s | one of the strongest atbs attribute |
| 280s | threshold bonuses uh and we want players |
| 282s | to sort of invest to to really get that |
| 285s | a third smaller change but we think a |
| 288s | good one uh this one we we're gonna |
| 290s | really try to get done for the monthly |
| 292s | there's a chance it doesn't make it |
| 293s | because there's a large amount of data |
| 294s | that has to change to make this happen |
| 296s | uh but it's uh we don't want the fortify |
| 299s | buff to count towards invigorated |
| 300s | punishment so that's something we're |
| 302s | looking to change also |
| 304s | all right um what about uh specific |
| 306s | weapons like are there any changes there |
| 310s | um like starting with sword and shield |
| 312s | uh so sword and shield we do think is is |
| 314s | slightly over performing especially at |
| 316s | high level PVP it's got a great |
| 318s | combination of a gap closer a really |
| 320s | powerful stun pretty good damage and the |
| 323s | stickiness of it is is really strong so |
| 325s | that combo is making it really strong uh |
| 328s | I think what we're planning to do for |
| 329s | the monthly patch is take a look at the |
| 332s | Achilles heel uh passive and move that |
| 335s | from slowing down the enemy to rendering |
| 337s | them I think that'll help fight the |
| 339s | stickiness uh we are also aware of a bug |
| 342s | with uh concussive bash and how freedom |
| 344s | is not impacting it uh unfortunately |
| 346s | that it's a pretty tricky bud with some |
| 348s | some code uh in a in a dangerous Coast |
| 350s | path so we're not going to make that |
| 352s | change for the monthly but it is on our |
| 353s | radar and will likely be fixed for uh |
| 356s | season three |
| 357s | all right well what about the other |
| 358s | melee weapon that's getting a lot of |
| 360s | play uh the spear the spear yeah no the |
| 363s | spear is an interesting one like I said |
| 365s | it's become very popular especially |
| 366s | comboed with sword and shield uh in |
| 369s | arenas that's been strong it's also |
| 370s | getting some play in opr uh and it's |
| 372s | interesting because it also complements |
| 374s | Dex builds like the bow really well uh |
| 377s | you know we've buffed this weapon a |
| 379s | couple times in the last two seasons and |
| 380s | I think people are catching up with all |
| 382s | the Buffs and finding out to get more |
| 384s | power out of it uh I think cyclone in |
| 386s | specific is is we think a little bit too |
| 388s | strong uh it's AOE it has grit it has |
| 392s | good damage and it has a huge slow I |
| 394s | think that's just a little too much uh |
| 396s | what we're probably going to do as a |
| 397s | first pass is is reduce the |
| 399s | effectiveness of the slow from like 50 |
| 401s | to 30 percent |
| 402s | uh and we're also looking at the uh the |
| 405s | Cyclone leaching weapon uh perk upgrade |
| 407s | uh right now you can go into big clumps |
| 410s | and like get all your life back will |
| 411s | likely limit the number of people that |
| 414s | you can like steal from uh in one |
| 416s | activation on that to help balance that |
| 417s | also |
| 418s | what about the fire staff |
| 421s | fire staff's a tough one uh I think you |
| 424s | know slightly elevated win rates in opr |
| 426s | sorry an arena and opr it's doing fine |
| 429s | uh we are seeing a little more damage |
| 431s | from it uh than other weapons uh but the |
| 434s | kills that it's receiving aren't you |
| 436s | know uh out of distribution so it's |
| 439s | doing a lot of damage uh but not really |
| 441s | moving the needle in terms of wins or |
| 443s | kills so we think it's in an okay place |
| 445s | we're going to keep an eye on it |
| 447s | specifically it's it's damage over time |
| 449s | I think uh you know between Kindle the |
| 452s | stacks that it's getting uh uh sorry |
| 455s | elegant the burning Rings like that |
| 456s | combo is producing a lot of damage over |
| 458s | time and we've got our eye on it but no |
| 460s | changes planned for the monthly |
| 462s | and the bow |
| 463s | Bo's in the same place I actually I |
| 465s | think Bose in an even better place in |
| 467s | terms of balance than fire staff I think |
| 468s | it's it's in a good place you know uh |
| 470s | we've all met the really good players |
| 472s | that make the bow seem like it's it's |
| 474s | broken but like you know those are |
| 476s | really good players and good players can |
| 477s | do those sorts of things but I think bow |
| 479s | overall is in a good place uh we are |
| 481s | aware of the bug with elemental damage |
| 484s | not uh getting damage fall off applied |
| 486s | that's something that again |
| 487s | unfortunately is a little too risky to |
| 489s | fix in a monthly and monthlies we try to |
| 491s | stick to you know data changes and very |
| 494s | simple code changes this actually is a |
| 495s | somewhat complex code change so we won't |
| 498s | get it in for the monthly but that is |
| 499s | something we know is happening and will |
| 501s | likely be fixed in season three well |
| 504s | what about the blender bus |
| 505s | uh our favorite Little bursty Weapon |
| 508s | here uh there are some new combos that |
| 511s | uh experts uh in quotations if you know |
| 514s | what I mean are pulling off here with uh |
| 516s | with the Blunderbuss uh those are things |
| 518s | we did not anticipate as a part of the |
| 520s | design and uh it would not surprise me |
| 523s | uh when you load up the monthly patch if |
| 525s | those combos are no longer possible |
| 528s | and last but not least what about heart |
| 531s | runes uh heart runes uh detonate we |
| 534s | still feel is a little overpowered I |
| 536s | think what we're seeing here is is |
| 538s | spikiness in the heart room detonate |
| 540s | like on average it's okay but some |
| 542s | people have setups which are causing it |
| 544s | to proc for a lot of damage uh and it's |
| 546s | when they combine lots of Empower crit |
| 549s | damage crit bonuses so I think what |
| 551s | we're gonna do we don't want to change |
| 553s | the base or the range because we like |
| 555s | how it plays in general but what we're |
| 556s | going to do is eliminate the ability for |
| 558s | this heart Rune to crit and we think |
| 560s | that'll sort of like normalize the |
| 562s | distribution of a damage and make this |
| 563s | weapon feel still really strong but not |
| 565s | as spiky |
| 567s | so I did have a few questions from the |
| 570s | community if you're up for that let's go |
| 572s | for it great so this is um when I asked |
| 574s | for the Community Q a questions they had |
| 576s | some for this |
| 577s | um are there plans to adjust |
| 578s | underwhelming attribute breakpoint perks |
| 581s | alongside the other perk adjustments for |
| 583s | season three I would love to see some |
| 585s | Mana management incentives for |
| 587s | intelligence builds and block incentives |
| 589s | for constitution builds uh so we don't |
| 592s | want to give away too much about season |
| 593s | three we're still focused on season two |
| 596s | but uh I think it's very fair to say |
| 598s | that the atb's attribute threshold |
| 600s | bonuses will see major reworks uh we |
| 603s | will move things around in fact this Dex |
| 605s | change that we're doing in this monthly |
| 606s | patch was originally planned for the |
| 608s | season three uh there will be other |
| 610s | moves like that we're going to be taking |
| 611s | some of the bonuses that we don't feel |
| 613s | are strong in removing them and there's |
| 615s | going to be some new ones uh and then |
| 618s | just a slight little hint on on fun |
| 620s | stuff coming up there might even be a |
| 622s | new level of uh atbs and another way to |
| 625s | dip your toes in so big changes coming |
| 627s | to this in season three and can we |
| 631s | expect to see further balance passes on |
| 633s | some fortify the lack of consistency has |
| 636s | confused me and some things like Fort |
| 638s | sacred and shirking for it still feel |
| 640s | like they could use some tuning yeah I |
| 643s | think there definitely are some still |
| 644s | some inconsistencies I saw a really nice |
| 646s | spreadsheet someone put together uh on |
| 649s | this and we're aware of this I think |
| 650s | we're we're going to be looking into |
| 653s | this uh I don't think it's going to make |
| 655s | the monthly bounce patch we've got a lot |
| 657s | on our plate with season three so it may |
| 659s | or may not make it but we're aware of it |
| 660s | uh we don't think there's any ones that |
| 663s | are sort of really game breaking which |
| 665s | hasn't sort of pushed it to the top of |
| 666s | the stack but we will be doing a |
| 668s | consistency pass on this and also just |
| 670s | sort of pushing up and down uh mostly up |
| 673s | some of the fortifies that that didn't |
| 675s | get adjusted enough when we made the |
| 677s | change to the fortify calculation |
| 679s | uh well I think that's it I think I |
| 681s | think we're good awesome well uh thanks |
| 683s | for joining us today on balance of power |
| 685s | we do have a community question so what |
| 688s | I'd love to hear from you all is is what |
| 690s | is the bug that most bugs you that you |
| 692s | see in combat we talked about two that |
| 694s | I'm aware of I'm sure there's plenty |
| 696s | more uh the concussive bash now being |
| 698s | affected by Freedom uh and the Damage |
| 700s | fall off on Elemental damage and Bows |
| 702s | like what are your bugs that you're like |
| 703s | David have your team fix this ASAP uh so |
| 707s | put them in our thread and let us know |
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| 712s | tournament |
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