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| 0s | have 45 minutes to go and push the |
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| 2s | influence uh so you're going to want to |
| 3s | go capture those Towers capture the fort |
| 6s | and generate as much influence as you |
| 7s | can throughout the race and whoever |
| 9s | generates the most will win the |
| 12s | [Applause] |
| 15s | race welcome to forg and aternum the |
| 19s | show where we discuss all things new |
| 20s | world I'm Dan hener product owner for |
| 22s | social features and today I'm with |
| 24s | Patrick Smedley product owner for |
| 26s | progression and seasons and also Rachel |
| 29s | Barnum the lead design designer for |
| 31s | influence V2 and uh we're going to talk |
| 33s | about influence V2 today should be a |
| 35s | very fun discussion I'm looking forward |
| 37s | to it uh to to set the table what's what |
| 41s | was influence V1 like uh influence V1 |
| 44s | had some problems uh as players have let |
| 46s | us know so you had to push influence |
| 48s | against a company in order to declare |
| 50s | war to push influence you had to go run |
| 52s | PVP missions uh those often involved |
| 54s | capturing the fort Gathering chests |
| 56s | outside the war camp uh sometimes |
| 58s | killing players or holding an area and |
| 59s | you ran that for for probably 2 to 3 |
| 61s | hours in order to generate enough |
| 63s | influence in order to declare that war |
| 65s | after you did the push then you had a |
| 68s | lottery system to determine who would |
| 69s | actually get the war um so all in all we |
| 71s | weren't super happy with it I don't |
| 72s | think players were either uh very |
| 74s | quickly The Meta developed to not |
| 76s | countering those pushes while you could |
| 78s | run out and run missions and kill |
| 79s | players in order to push down their |
| 80s | influence uh companies actively |
| 82s | discouraged that because Wars a really |
| 84s | fun game mode and they wanted to go and |
| 86s | have that war so it didn't shake out uh |
| 88s | how we hoped and here we are influence |
| 90s | too now yeah absolutely absolutely yeah |
| 93s | what I mean so looking at that when you |
| 95s | started to design the feature what were |
| 97s | your kind of goals as you when about it |
| 99s | um my goals were to really make a reason |
| 103s | to fight like this was intended to be an |
| 104s | open world PVP thing to do you have to |
| 107s | be flagged to do those missions yet |
| 108s | whenever you would run them you would |
| 109s | never run into any sort of counter at |
| 112s | all because yeah you just wanted to go |
| 113s | to war um and so part of this was the |
| 116s | goal of okay how do we actually bring |
| 118s | people together for open World PVP um |
| 122s | also not then punishing the Defenders uh |
| 126s | with a non-war at the end if they were |
| 128s | successful in their defense of the |
| 131s | territory um because again Wars are fun |
| 134s | um so those are two of the really big |
| 136s | goals with this and to really help time |
| 139s | box it bring it people together make it |
| 140s | less grindy and always go to war |
| 143s | absolutely yeah uh so basically more PVP |
| 147s | less grind and try to bring in more |
| 149s | faction part ipation yeah sums it up so |
| 153s | uh so we've got a couple of major |
| 154s | components in the feature uh the first |
| 157s | one being Towers yes yeah and we kind of |
| 160s | keep calling them Towers but they're a |
| 162s | lot more interesting than that um you |
| 164s | know even I think in the initial design |
| 166s | they were just going to be Towers but |
| 168s | then as we evolved we've made them like |
| 172s | little like just zones that you're |
| 174s | defending like little mini forts in a |
| 176s | way like just like little mini |
| 177s | encampments around the territory um and |
| 180s | they will turn on during the race and |
| 182s | you can go capture them for the um with |
| 186s | your faction and they will give you a |
| 188s | little drip of influence and they'll |
| 189s | also increase any influence that you're |
| 191s | earning from PvP missions in the other |
| 192s | Towers in the fort as well um but |
| 196s | they're really cool they're like just |
| 197s | little like we said like little mini |
| 198s | forts like you're running around you |
| 200s | actually have to navigate them like |
| 201s | you've foughten them a few times now no |
| 203s | they're great uh I think we spent a lot |
| 204s | of time on the level design of those so |
| 206s | we really considered all the things |
| 207s | you're going to consider even in a |
| 208s | traditional firstperson shooter uh lines |
| 210s | of sight since musket and bow exist we |
| 212s | wanted to make sure that those players |
| 213s | had certain advantages on certain uh |
| 216s | Towers other Towers though we wanted to |
| 217s | really uh hamper those sight lines and |
| 219s | make you have to get into the confines |
| 221s | in order to go and fight so really cool |
| 222s | experience there's there's like a a wide |
| 225s | variety of well our goal was to kind of |
| 227s | have different metas for all the |
| 228s | different Towers yeah absolutely I know |
| 230s | especially a lot during development you |
| 232s | would look at them like just need more |
| 233s | verticality like just more more up here |
| 235s | there was a lot of like Redline drawings |
| 236s | all over them for a while it's neat like |
| 239s | because that the the control Point |
| 241s | Circle goes up so there's like multi |
| 244s | levels and some of these things it's |
| 245s | really cool uh cool so that's that's |
| 248s | kind of towers in a nutshell now what |
| 250s | about the the the window aspect yeah so |
| 254s | uh there are several windows in which |
| 256s | you can actually push these so they'll |
| 257s | activate Zone wide uh those windows |
| 259s | currently are 6 7 and 8:00 uh server |
| 262s | time in the evening uh some discussion |
| 264s | over whether or not we'll keep those |
| 266s | windows we'll see PTR feedback has been |
| 267s | super helpful here uh so while that |
| 269s | windows AC though in your territory you |
| 271s | have 45 minutes to go and push the |
| 272s | influence uh so you're going to want to |
| 274s | go capture those Towers capture the fort |
| 276s | and generate as much influence as you |
| 278s | can throughout the race and whoever |
| 279s | generates the most will win the race |
| 282s | Rachel you've you've worked a lot with |
| 283s | the scheduler system any stories about |
| 286s | that um yeah uh gosh the scheduler is |
| 292s | fun I will say um so any stories about |
| 295s | the scheduler itself I mean we've gotone |
| 297s | a lot back and forth on the timing that |
| 298s | we wanted we originally even had had |
| 300s | like 2hour races and we did some testing |
| 302s | with that and it was a little too long |
| 304s | we wanted to definitely feel a little |
| 306s | bit more confined and game mody um so |
| 308s | that went down quite a bit um trying to |
| 310s | figure out what times and then we were |
| 313s | going back and forth like you can't |
| 314s | really have a war and an invasion and |
| 316s | this happening all at the same time in a |
| 317s | territory um and so this is where we've |
| 319s | landed at this you know at this point is |
| 322s | just having these three races a day with |
| 324s | our 12 territories and then um being |
| 326s | able to do a nice little cycle of events |
| 328s | in that territory yeah obviously you can |
| 330s | only do so much when like without |
| 332s | without a live audience to right and |
| 334s | it's cuz these things are scheduled and |
| 337s | they're 24 hours and their cycle so you |
| 339s | know we're we're going to be watching |
| 341s | when it's live and yeah um but yeah I |
| 344s | think I think they're they're definitely |
| 345s | going to bring well for for sure in |
| 349s | every one of these there's going to be |
| 350s | PVP yes in the area that's that's for |
| 353s | sure um so in terms of like why why |
| 357s | might I want to go participate in an |
| 359s | influence race on the server because |
| 361s | it's fun it's fun it is fun and it's |
| 364s | also really rewarding to be honest like |
| 366s | we were just talking before this about |
| 368s | there's the caches at the end of the |
| 369s | race if you participate and those are |
| 371s | pretty good at the end um but all the |
| 374s | throughout the race like they unlike |
| 376s | other game modes because this is just |
| 378s | open world PVP um you get all the other |
| 381s | rewards just as you do um as you do an |
| 384s | open world PVP we've made the um actual |
| 387s | killing of players a little bit more |
| 388s | valuable and earning PVP XP you'll earn |
| 391s | it more often um even what they drop is |
| 394s | a little bit more valuable in this |
| 395s | release um when you recapture Towers |
| 398s | capture the fort their values have gone |
| 400s | up quite a lot in this you're still |
| 402s | doing PVP missions throughout as kind of |
| 404s | secondary objectives and also to earn |
| 406s | influence all those rewards as well so |
| 408s | if you're a really active participant in |
| 410s | this race you're getting a lot like I |
| 413s | feel like this is becoming one of the |
| 414s | more efficient ways even to earn uh |
| 417s | rewards on the PVP track yeah that's the |
| 419s | goal right if you want to go get that |
| 420s | artifact on that PVP reward track or get |
| 423s | that Prestige gear go run an influence |
| 424s | race it's super fun content I think a |
| 427s | lot of players remember the early days |
| 428s | of new world when we first launched and |
| 429s | you have that mad rush where a lot of |
| 431s | open world PVP due to player density |
| 433s | we're hoping to recreate that here with |
| 434s | the influence races right there was I |
| 436s | remember there was one video of like |
| 438s | bunch of players like going over a cliff |
| 440s | at one point and there's at least one |
| 442s | tower that you'll see that where we |
| 444s | placed it that that was kind of an |
| 446s | inspiration for that Tower placement so |
| 449s | all those are definitely inspirational |
| 450s | in terms of uh where we place them and |
| 452s | how they look and then there was there |
| 454s | was one last kind of a sleeper change |
| 456s | that we made to for so outside of the |
| 459s | influence races obviously um players |
| 462s | play all day not just during these times |
| 464s | um there will still be PVP hotspots now |
| 467s | throughout the day um at the forts so |
| 469s | now whenever you go and capture a fort |
| 472s | uh it will be locked for an hour there |
| 473s | will be a timer on the map you know when |
| 475s | that fort's going to be available again |
| 477s | um so you know where the action's going |
| 478s | to be all day uh whenever whatever Fort |
| 481s | you want to go get another nice change |
| 483s | about that too is now your faction's |
| 484s | guaranteed that buff for an hour but I |
| 486s | find the you know where the fight's |
| 487s | going to be at all times to be a lot |
| 488s | more fun I'm super excited about that |
| 490s | one CU When I log on first thing I do is |
| 492s | open my map and look for those cross red |
| 494s | swords to go kill someone right and half |
| 496s | the time the forts are empty because |
| 497s | they're available 24/7 so that more |
| 499s | targeted PVP for someone like me is |
| 500s | going to be just huge yeah or you just |
| 502s | go sit there solo just wait for the 10 |
| 506s | now PP XP whatever it |
| 508s | takes absolutely so that's that's kind |
| 511s | of the highlevel uh influence V2 uh |
| 514s | package of changes um and that kind of |
| 517s | wraps us up uh that brings us to the |
| 519s | community question today which is uh I |
| 522s | think I think this kind of calls for a |
| 523s | more open-ended one than usual I mean |
| 525s | there's a lot here there's a lot to this |
| 526s | so if you're a PVP player please share |
| 528s | your thoughts um like we said we'll be |
| 531s | watching and live um in fact we're about |
| 533s | to go into PTR right now and and play |
| 535s | the first one literally right after this |
| 537s | video it's going to be awesome |
| 540s | so uh so yeah thanks so much for |
| 542s | watching and please like And subscribe |
| 544s | if you like this want to see |
| 546s | more and someone was like Hey what if H |
| 548s | what if the tentacle reached out from |
| 549s | the portal and grabs the guy and that |
| 551s | turns out to be really the cool the |
| 553s | coolest part of the |
| 553s | [Music] |
| 555s | [Applause] |
| 561s | [Music] |
| 564s | scene |