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| 0s | everyone that's uh PVP intense is aware |
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| 3s | of is uh is ank uh and the synergies |
| 7s | that ank has with shering heels |
| 10s | [Applause] |
| 13s | so welcome to forge and aternum where we |
| 16s | talk about all things new world today |
| 19s | I'm excited to have a new episode of |
| 21s | balance of power the first episode since |
| 23s | the expansion released on October 3rd so |
| 26s | we're going to be talking about all |
| 27s | things balance uh Michael kick it off |
| 29s | with some questions |
| 31s | overall how are you feeling about the |
| 32s | new gearing system and the expansion uh |
| 35s | overall we're pretty happy we like to |
| 37s | sort of simplify it approach uh without |
| 40s | expertise in umbrell uh and and sort of |
| 42s | the cleanness and the foundation it |
| 44s | provides where you know your activity uh |
| 47s | and the difficulty of it really |
| 48s | determine the type of gear that you're |
| 49s | getting so we're very happy with that I |
| 52s | think you know like all things there's |
| 53s | some tuning to be done I think uh you |
| 55s | know the gear from story mode |
| 57s | Expeditions probably is too good uh |
| 59s | whereas the gear Year from uh PVP caches |
| 62s | from opr and Arena probably needs a |
| 64s | little bit of work so I think you know |
| 66s | there's some pros there uh and some cons |
| 68s | there uh in terms of uh a second thing |
| 71s | we're really liking is the named item |
| 72s | upgrading I think this is a a great way |
| 75s | to sort of get uh sort of very close to |
| 78s | if not bis gear for players it gives |
| 80s | players an opportunity to go chase those |
| 82s | items uh and the flexibility to change |
| 85s | the third perk uh even later if things |
| 87s | change or they want to try new builds uh |
| 89s | there's been some chap about the cost of |
| 91s | it and I you know uh we did increase it |
| 94s | after PTR uh you know three chromatic |
| 96s | seals is where we do want it uh we think |
| 99s | you know this is a very valuable way to |
| 101s | get 700 gear so I I do think it needs |
| 104s | you know uh some expense so we're |
| 105s | generally happy with the level uh I |
| 108s | think you know the cost of matrices will |
| 110s | go over down over time as materials |
| 112s | become a little more abundant and I can |
| 114s | see us adding new ways to get chromatic |
| 116s | seals over time so I think over time uh |
| 118s | we'll probably make it a little bit |
| 120s | easier easier to get but uh I think the |
| 121s | cost right now makes |
| 123s | sense uh a third thing we're definitely |
| 125s | liking is artifacts uh I mean I love |
| 128s | just how they open up builds I love the |
| 130s | build diversity they're creating uh and |
| 133s | I I also enjoy sort of the upgrading |
| 135s | system with the quest and the final |
| 137s | perks so I think there's just a lot of |
| 139s | great things coming from from |
| 141s | artifacts uh you know a last thing we're |
| 144s | thinking a little bit about is sort of |
| 145s | the speed of gearing uh is it too fast |
| 148s | is it too slow I think you know it's |
| 150s | leaning towards you know maybe a little |
| 152s | bit faster than the past but overall |
| 154s | that's what we wanted right and it's not |
| 156s | uh it's not tremendous when we looked at |
| 158s | the data this morning only 3.2% of |
| 161s | people have sort of full 700 gear sets |
| 163s | ready so you know it's that's faster |
| 166s | than a pass but it's still very |
| 167s | manageable and I think you know we're |
| 169s | happy with a little bit of extra speed |
| 171s | we want people to be able to get gear |
| 172s | and try out different builds so what do |
| 175s | you think of the overall state of |
| 177s | balance in New World at the moment uh |
| 180s | well well I think first of all it's |
| 181s | still very much in flux right like it's |
| 183s | we have two weeks in so far so uh people |
| 186s | are still experimenting people are still |
| 188s | putting together builds uh and as new |
| 191s | mutations come online new artifacts are |
| 192s | going to be unlocked that even change |
| 194s | builds further so I think we're still |
| 196s | very much in a state of flux uh with |
| 199s | that said we've taken a look at some of |
| 200s | the data I think from the last two weeks |
| 203s | and uh surprisingly not much has changed |
| 205s | you know I think people are still |
| 207s | building out the gear like we said so |
| 208s | it's not really producing dramatic |
| 210s | changes yet uh for instance in Arena I'm |
| 213s | going to look at my notes here a little |
| 215s | bit uh both the win top three win and |
| 218s | damag weapons are the same for winds uh |
| 221s | life staff blunderbus and ice and fire |
| 223s | started tide uh the top three and they |
| 226s | were previous to the expansion uh damage |
| 229s | is the same thing musket fire staff and |
| 230s | bow are the top three I think of those |
| 233s | you know nothing is is really drawing |
| 235s | our eye maybe blunderbus is something |
| 237s | we're going to take a look at but that's |
| 238s | a hard one to balance because of it's |
| 240s | its bursty |
| 241s | nature uh in opr again the top three uh |
| 245s | in terms of wind rates and damage has |
| 247s | stayed the same so no no changes yet |
| 249s | we're seeing overall in the data uh you |
| 251s | know in terms of wind rates in opr It's |
| 253s | the Great a uh life staff and blunderbus |
| 255s | are the top three uh and in damage it's |
| 258s | the same three uh musket uh fire staff |
| 260s | and bow uh you know I think we've seen |
| 263s | this in the past where the damage uh uh |
| 266s | top damage weapons don't equal the top |
| 268s | wind weapons you know great ax and it |
| 270s | ort of control and point ability still |
| 272s | are producing more winds than the |
| 273s | weapons that are producing a lot of |
| 275s | damage uh the one place where we are |
| 278s | starting to see a little bit of shift is |
| 280s | War uh and I guess that makes sense |
| 282s | right like uh War participants are |
| 284s | generally are more active players so |
| 285s | they're they're quicker to get bis in |
| 288s | optimized gear uh here we're seeing two |
| 290s | changes uh or Trends in the in the data |
| 294s | one we're seeing a void Gauntlet usage |
| 297s | and win rates increase uh my guest is |
| 300s | you know this is because of lifetaker |
| 302s | artifact and sort of the synergies it |
| 304s | has with with various ranged weapons so |
| 306s | that is one thing we're seeing and we're |
| 308s | going to keep an eye on that uh a second |
| 310s | thing we're seeing is that great a which |
| 312s | has always been very heavily slotted in |
| 314s | Wars uh is now the wind rates for it are |
| 317s | increasing even more uh our guess is |
| 319s | this is you know because of the Abyss |
| 321s | artifact and and we'll talk a little bit |
| 323s | more about that one uh when we talk |
| 324s | specifics of balance um PVE oh perfect |
| 328s | uh and PVE thank you uh so what we're |
| 330s | seeing in PVE is in that high level |
| 332s | mutations we're seeing a bit of strength |
| 334s | from both the Rapier uh and the great |
| 337s | sore uh nothing yet that is causing us |
| 340s | to say hey we need to take a hard look |
| 343s | at this and I think you know especially |
| 345s | with Rapier you can only generally bring |
| 346s | in one because of the way uh it's the |
| 349s | bleed build which is very powerful with |
| 351s | Rapier and that you know one Rapier is |
| 354s | optimal for that type of build uh |
| 356s | likewise because of the new resistances |
| 358s | and how they affect status effects we're |
| 360s | seeing pretty decent diversity still in |
| 362s | high level mutations so uh while we're |
| 364s | keeping our eye on it no immediate |
| 366s | action will be taken on those too and |
| 368s | then on a positive side one thing we're |
| 370s | seeing is you know one of the things |
| 372s | we've been doing with the PVE PVP split |
| 375s | is trying to find a way to get ranged |
| 376s | weapons more prominent in Expeditions |
| 379s | and we're seeing that uh for sure uh |
| 382s | happening uh we're seeing good usage and |
| 384s | good damage coming out of uh our main |
| 386s | three ranged weapon the musket bow and |
| 389s | fire staff |
| 390s | all right and um well how about the new |
| 392s | weapon uh the flail how is that doing uh |
| 395s | so flail overall we're generally happy |
| 397s | with it I think it feels relatively |
| 400s | balanced and it's achieving our goals of |
| 402s | sort of providing both an off tank and |
| 404s | off heal type weapon so uh we're |
| 406s | generally happy with that I think in |
| 409s | general it's it's being very much used |
| 410s | in Expeditions in fact it's the most |
| 412s | used weapon in Expeditions right now |
| 414s | which which makes sense it's the new |
| 416s | weapon it can support you know a tank |
| 418s | build for sure a heel build and we're |
| 420s | even seeing some quasi DPS builds coming |
| 422s | out with it so we're generally happy |
| 424s | with that uh in PvP it's a bit less used |
| 427s | uh we're not seeing it used a ton in |
| 429s | arenas it's being used a bit in in opr |
| 432s | uh but in both of those the win rates |
| 434s | for it are very neutral so you know it |
| 435s | looks to be pretty balanced there uh so |
| 438s | no big changes uh planned I think if |
| 441s | anything we're taking a look at it the |
| 443s | synergies with the healing side and and |
| 445s | I think you know we made some uh Nerfs |
| 447s | there based on PTR we might have gone a |
| 449s | little too far and might might find a |
| 451s | middle ground there but uh not in the |
| 453s | immediate future but you know maybe in |
| 456s | the monthly or next monthly after |
| 458s | that all right um what about um well |
| 461s | there any like specific balance issues |
| 463s | you are seeing yes uh so the first one |
| 466s | that I think you know every everyone |
| 468s | that's uh PVP intense is aware of is uh |
| 473s | is ank uh and the synergies that ank has |
| 475s | with shirking heels so this is a change |
| 478s | we actually made in the 10 17 uh uh |
| 481s | minor patch so uh if you're playing well |
| 484s | I don't know when this will be released |
| 485s | but if you're playing after 1017 uh this |
| 488s | change will already be live uh so what |
| 491s | we did for this one is that uh we |
| 494s | reduced uh the bonus from 50% to 25% you |
| 498s | get so I think we're going to look at it |
| 500s | and see if that's sufficient we think |
| 502s | that is the right change uh and and |
| 505s | we'll balance this if not you know the |
| 507s | more drastic change that we can make |
| 509s | next is not count Shing heels as |
| 511s | incoming healing uh so that would be a |
| 514s | next step if we find that it's still a |
| 515s | little |
| 516s | unbalanced uh after that there's no |
| 519s | actions that have been taken in the 1017 |
| 521s | build uh a couple things we're keeping |
| 524s | our eyes on uh one uh I mentioned above |
| 527s | is is the abyss uh it's a pretty strong |
| 529s | artifact uh we're taking a look at the |
| 531s | bonus heat the bonus damage it gets when |
| 534s | uh under 100% Mana that may be something |
| 537s | that we adjust uh no immediate plans but |
| 539s | we've definitely got our eye on it uh |
| 542s | scorpion sting is another one we've got |
| 543s | our eye on we we think that some of the |
| 546s | increase in blunderbus uh wind rates |
| 549s | could be related to this people are |
| 550s | using the sting to pull people in uh and |
| 553s | then sort of bursting them down with |
| 554s | blunder bust so we're going to take a |
| 556s | look at that one uh we're considering |
| 558s | potentially adjusting you know the |
| 560s | amount it pulls in or the reaction type |
| 562s | it causes again no immediate action but |
| 565s | we're keeping our eye on it uh and then |
| 567s | last but not least lifetaker uh like I |
| 570s | mentioned uh you know it's definitely |
| 571s | having some impacts on on uh you know |
| 574s | even War meta now and other things so |
| 576s | we're going to keep an eye on that one |
| 577s | and it could be uh one we take action on |
| 580s | but no immediate plans yet well that's |
| 582s | all for today then so let's have our |
| 583s | community question for the day uh I'm |
| 585s | interested in what everyone else thinks |
| 587s | what do you think is currently |
| 588s | overpowered or underpowered at post the |
| 591s | expansion uh let us know in the comments |
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| 595s | enjoying the content and uh see you in a |
| 598s | turnament we're here to talk about a |
| 600s | really exciting topic the economy uh if |
| 602s | you use a trading post the faction store |
| 604s | kill mobs run Expeditions you're |
| 606s | contributing to the economy and we're |
| 609s | here to explain to you what that looks |
| 611s | like uh some of the problems we face |
| 612s | with our economy and how we identify |
| 614s | those problems uh using simar |
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