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| 0s | stand room has been live on PTR for |
|---|---|
| 2s | about a week at this point uh Chad |
| 4s | what's the feedback been like from |
| 5s | players uh uh you know there there's |
| 8s | great stuff and uh and stuff that we |
| 10s | need to improve on as well so uh so |
| 13s | definitely like congratulations to |
| 15s | everybody who got in there and and |
| 17s | defeated the sand worm |
| 18s | [Music] |
| 19s | [Applause] |
| 26s | show where we talk all things new world |
| 27s | I'm your host for the day Patrick and |
| 29s | I'm joined by senior narrative designer |
| 31s | James and Lead AI designer Chad we're |
| 34s | here today to talk about the sand worm |
| 35s | the sand worm is our first 20 player |
| 38s | encounter that takes place in the |
| 39s | brimstone Sands we're going to challenge |
| 41s | players to hop into this Arena and take |
| 43s | down a massive a sprawling sand worm so |
| 46s | before we dig into the fight itself |
| 48s | James talk to me a little bit about the |
| 50s | story of the sand worm super exciting |
| 51s | right |
| 52s | um yeah so the sand worms have been |
| 54s | around for Millennia since the |
| 55s | Babylonians and Sumerians arrived on a |
| 58s | tournament and they're super powerful |
| 60s | the Ancients Legend has it once tried to |
| 63s | control and tame these creatures for |
| 65s | their own purposes and they failed to do |
| 67s | so so that kind of tells you like how |
| 69s | powerful they actually are and it's not |
| 71s | just their their power and their acid |
| 72s | abilities and so forth it's it's the |
| 74s | fact that they're very intelligent as |
| 76s | well in fact a tribe of Dune Walkers |
| 78s | learned how to communicate with them at |
| 80s | one point in time and that's how they |
| 84s | kind of became a sort of Ally of human |
| 86s | entity in the fight against the |
| 88s | corruption a long time ago and I say |
| 90s | sort of because they're really the Ally |
| 92s | of this tribe that really cherished them |
| 94s | and nurtured their existence |
| 96s | um and uh over time they disappeared |
| 100s | after the Ancients vanished from eternum |
| 103s | and |
| 104s | um there was just one that sort of |
| 106s | reworked recently but it was not |
| 109s | reawakened in the way that it was meant |
| 111s | to be there were some people on eternum |
| 114s | that were meddling with some very |
| 116s | ancient powers that awoke it and so now |
| 118s | it's kind of like a crazed beast |
| 120s | and a group of uh people have created an |
| 125s | arena meant to try to sort of once again |
| 128s | try to do the ancient thing and control |
| 130s | and uh sort of trap the creature and be |
| 134s | able to command it but you know so |
| 135s | they've Unearthed ancient lore that |
| 138s | lures the creature into this Arena but |
| 141s | they can't communicate with it so they |
| 143s | can't control it so they gave up on that |
| 145s | but that presents a unique opportunity |
| 146s | for the player who meets a playwright uh |
| 149s | or sorry a poet named Phaedra and she's |
| 152s | writing sort of like that she wants it |
| 153s | to be the next Odyssey |
| 155s | and has her sort of singled you out as |
| 158s | like a very famous Hero on eternum and |
| 161s | wants to write about your exploits and |
| 163s | and has found out about this Arena and |
| 165s | wants you to go in and take on the worm |
| 167s | so that's how the trial starts that's |
| 169s | very cool it goes from an ally to now an |
| 171s | enemy yeah exactly so we used to go worm |
| 173s | hunting uh chat this is the first time |
| 176s | we're doing a 20 uh player boss like |
| 178s | this can you talk to me a little bit |
| 179s | about what players can expect when they |
| 181s | fight the same worm yeah so like you |
| 182s | said this is a 20-person RAID uh trial |
| 186s | so this is the biggest uh or at least |
| 189s | the most uh participants in a an |
| 192s | instance piece of content that we've |
| 194s | ever done so uh so lots of new stuff for |
| 197s | us here |
| 198s | um but uh but yeah for this we're we're |
| 201s | definitely pushing into kind of |
| 202s | traditional raiding territory so uh |
| 206s | we're we're definitely encouraging a |
| 208s | strong association with roles so you |
| 210s | know I got your tanks your off tanks uh |
| 212s | your healers your range DPS your melee |
| 214s | DPS |
| 215s | a variety of responsibilities so |
| 218s | throughout the fight uh players will |
| 220s | need to interact with uh aspects of the |
| 222s | environment these pressure plates in |
| 224s | particular to empower their team to be |
| 227s | able to break through Shields and |
| 229s | progress the fight and make the |
| 230s | character the uh the boss vulnerable uh |
| 233s | additionally there's uh enemies who uh |
| 236s | drop empowering Buffs uh which allow the |
| 238s | uh the player to uh to additionally Rend |
| 240s | and weaken the boss |
| 242s | as well as a variety of different |
| 245s | attacks and uh and abilities that the |
| 247s | player needs to watch out for |
| 249s | um so uh so a lot of interesting aspects |
| 252s | a lot of of challenging communication |
| 254s | that we're we're asking the players to |
| 256s | do and a lot of tight coordination so a |
| 259s | lot of fun stuff I love that I love the |
| 261s | uh the Reliance on communication with |
| 262s | this fight I think it really elevates |
| 264s | the gameplay and forces players to |
| 265s | really rely on one another in order to |
| 267s | succeed it's very cool to see us do that |
| 269s | absolutely uh part of that need to rely |
| 270s | on one another involves showing up |
| 272s | prepared for the fight so James this is |
| 274s | our first Beast type enemy so we have |
| 277s | given Beast War to use finally uh what |
| 280s | else do players need to do to be |
| 281s | prepared for this fight yeah you know |
| 282s | what I I'm gonna in addition to the |
| 284s | strong raid composition I'm gonna go |
| 286s | with the ABCs I'm gonna go with acid |
| 289s | tincture of course |
| 290s | um because of the the uh expected asset |
| 293s | tax that you might encounter there um |
| 295s | beastworld as you mentioned and chitin |
| 297s | padding awesome yeah so yeah that should |
| 298s | let you fight the sand worm take less |
| 301s | damage from him and then also survive a |
| 303s | lot of the attacks like you said a great |
| 304s | way for you to repair and you know go in |
| 307s | a little with a little Edge on your side |
| 309s | as opposed to just getting whomped by |
| 310s | the standard So speaking of getting |
| 312s | warmth by the sand worm uh sand worm has |
| 314s | been live on PTR for about a week at |
| 316s | this point uh Chad what's the feedback |
| 318s | been like from players uh you know there |
| 321s | there is great stuff and uh and stuff |
| 323s | that we need to improve on as well so uh |
| 326s | so definitely like congratulations to |
| 328s | everybody who got in there and and |
| 330s | defeated the sand worm uh we were all |
| 332s | watching uh as you guys were streaming |
| 334s | and and doing those initial attempts uh |
| 337s | and cheering along with you when you |
| 338s | defeated him uh so uh so that was super |
| 341s | exciting it was really awesome uh |
| 343s | especially like big call out to the uh |
| 345s | the actual shot callers The Raid leaders |
| 347s | uh you guys are doing awesome it was |
| 349s | super cool to watch everybody coordinate |
| 351s | like that uh and everybody cheering when |
| 352s | they took him down |
| 354s | um so uh so some stuff that went uh uh |
| 359s | right with the uh with the the PTR I |
| 362s | mean definitely uh the coordination that |
| 364s | we were seeing uh the shock collars the |
| 366s | people filling roles uh the people |
| 368s | taking over roles when one of their |
| 370s | their compatriots Falls uh like those |
| 372s | were all the aspects that we wanted to |
| 373s | see that we really wanted the fight to |
| 375s | uh to deliver on with the player |
| 378s | uh the parts that that we have |
| 380s | definitely identified through the PTR |
| 381s | that we want to improve |
| 384s | um certainly uh the the difficulty uh |
| 387s | the challenging nature so uh so we're |
| 390s | definitely uh adjusting that uh for sure |
| 394s | um uh but even beyond that there are |
| 396s | certain aspects of the the behavior |
| 400s | um that uh that we want to to adjust to |
| 402s | kind of take into account some uh some |
| 405s | of the the really good strategies that |
| 406s | we were seeing and not to say that we we |
| 408s | want to prevent players from doing these |
| 410s | strategies we just want to make them uh |
| 412s | maybe not as safe as they might have |
| 414s | been on the PTR so uh so as you see the |
| 418s | the boss transitioned into live you're |
| 420s | going to be seeing uh the sand worm do |
| 424s | some attacks and some abilities that are |
| 425s | going to make some of those kind of safe |
| 427s | strategies a little bit more dangerous |
| 430s | and a little bit more risky uh require |
| 432s | the player to adjust regroup and then uh |
| 435s | and then charge back at the boss it's |
| 437s | really exciting uh yeah seeing the |
| 439s | strategies that players evolved with on |
| 441s | the PTR were a lot different than what |
| 443s | we have been testing internally with so |
| 444s | it was cool to see players Theory craft |
| 446s | here and figure out how to optimize |
| 447s | their DPS and get those kills faster and |
| 449s | faster and I'm really excited to see how |
| 451s | they react to these tuning changes and |
| 453s | then carry that forward into a live |
| 454s | environment yeah absolutely and and to |
| 457s | be said I mean our you know our players |
| 460s | who showed up on PTR are excellent |
| 462s | they're they're doing a fantastic job |
| 464s | um uh definitely some of the stuff they |
| 466s | were doing we were doing internally as |
| 467s | well but uh but also their their |
| 469s | execution was was great |
| 472s | um which is fantastic is more data for |
| 474s | us lets us make those adjustments and |
| 476s | then uh and then yeah we're going to be |
| 478s | uh rolling those changes out and then |
| 481s | and showing it up on live all right |
| 483s | excited for those tuning changes to come |
| 484s | in any lessons we've learned from this |
| 486s | PTR experience with a saneworm that we |
| 488s | might carry forward with us uh they're I |
| 492s | mean there's a huge amount that we've |
| 493s | been learning through this whole thing |
| 494s | so uh obviously this is our first 20 |
| 497s | person rage and so uh so it'd be |
| 500s | shocking if there weren't things that we |
| 501s | were learning uh and we definitely are |
| 503s | so uh definitely with the the numerical |
| 507s | tunings even Beyond just kind of Base |
| 509s | kind of health and damage values I mean |
| 511s | we do want to lean into uh requirements |
| 515s | for players to to you know roll debuffs |
| 518s | roll uh wrens and weekends and make sure |
| 521s | that all of that's kind of taken into |
| 523s | account uh from day one |
| 525s | um so uh so those kind of aspects are |
| 528s | definitely things we're learning from |
| 530s | but even beyond that just kind of |
| 531s | learning uh how the the flow of combat |
| 535s | is different in a 20-person raid than it |
| 538s | is in a five person or even a ten person |
| 540s | that extra Manpower the ability to bring |
| 544s | more weapons more varieties more |
| 547s | abilities uh really changes kind of how |
| 550s | we need to approach some of this stuff |
| 552s | so uh so it's all like really great |
| 554s | learnings |
| 555s | um and it is definitely going to be |
| 557s | helping us in the future uh and it's |
| 560s | it's super exciting stuff for me yeah |
| 561s | very exciting uh thank you both this |
| 564s | brings us to our community question for |
| 566s | the week uh what mechanics from the sand |
| 568s | worm do you really enjoy and what would |
| 570s | you like to see us carry forward into |
| 571s | future 20 player content thanks for |
| 573s | joining us on this episode of Fortune of |
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| 589s | thank you |
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