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| 0s | but it was very important to to sell |
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| 2s | like the weight of the weapon because we |
| 5s | could animate the chain and we could you |
| 7s | know really sell like the impacts and |
| 9s | like the sweeping motions |
| 10s | [Music] |
| 16s | welcome to forge and eternum where we |
| 18s | talk about all things new world today |
| 20s | we're going to be talking about the new |
| 21s | weapon coming out on the expansion the |
| 24s | flail I'm joined today by Josh who |
| 27s | designed this weapon uh a combat lead a |
| 29s | combat designer Jr or player experience |
| 32s | lead and Kyle the sound designer on the |
| 35s | weapon |
| 35s | uh so let's Jump Right In and start with |
| 38s | you Jr uh why did we choose the flail |
| 40s | like why of all the potential weapons |
| 42s | that we could have created did we sort |
| 43s | of land on this |
| 45s | well uh we we actually started the |
| 48s | development of this weapon years ago and |
| 51s | it started as actually we were thinking |
| 54s | about doing a whip and through much |
| 57s | iteration and much back and forth we |
| 60s | tried lots of different concepts and we |
| 62s | ended up actually coming back to |
| 65s | something more whip-like but with the |
| 67s | flail |
| 68s | um and it was uh this weapon is uh it's |
| 73s | you know it has |
| 75s | different aspects to it but it's it's |
| 77s | you know part partly uh tank focused and |
| 80s | and partly healer focused |
| 82s | um and that was like kind of an |
| 83s | archetype that we didn't have in the |
| 85s | game yet um so it's it's very much like |
| 87s | a paladin type |
| 88s | um archetype that we did this weapon and |
| 91s | Josh what was sort of like some of the |
| 92s | inspiration early on when you were |
| 93s | designing this weapon |
| 95s | uh well some of the inspiration for it |
| 97s | was trying to kind of add an additional |
| 100s | level of experience that was very |
| 101s | limited that we already had like Jr said |
| 103s | where uh we had our healer which was the |
| 106s | life staff we had the tank which was the |
| 107s | sword and shield and then we kind of |
| 109s | wanted to be able to |
| 110s | add additional stuff for both of those |
| 112s | based on |
| 114s | like |
| 115s | kind of being able to get two birds in |
| 117s | one stone so we added a kind of a tanky |
| 120s | aspect to it which is The Shield part |
| 122s | where it's very defensive and supportive |
| 124s | and then the flail or the healing aspect |
| 127s | of it which adds to healing and a kind |
| 130s | of additional support aspect of it so we |
| 131s | were able to go strength and focus and |
| 134s | in a way kind of add two weapons in one |
| 137s | and then Kyle tell me a little bit about |
| 138s | the sound like early on like what are |
| 141s | you thinking about in terms of like the |
| 142s | aesthetic and sound for the flail |
| 145s | yeah that's one was really fun to work |
| 146s | was really fun to work on |
| 148s | um because it kind of straddles the line |
| 152s | between physical and Magic so it was fun |
| 157s | to play into what you know when you see |
| 160s | something happen on screen with a chain |
| 162s | type flail weapon there sounds that you |
| 164s | inherently you you think of |
| 169s | you're just kind of |
| 171s | um designing cool stuff to cover that |
| 174s | and then from there you can be more |
| 176s | creative and really expand your palette |
| 178s | with the magic stuff |
| 180s | um all the Arcane kind of like elements |
| 183s | here and there |
| 184s | um |
| 185s | art came from really really out there |
| 187s | sound design techniques and very |
| 190s | um |
| 191s | none of it is you have the natural stuff |
| 193s | and the physical stuff kind of grounding |
| 195s | it and then the Arcane stuff |
| 200s | peppered in to give it that magical feel |
| 202s | and it's funny that it started as a whip |
| 205s | too because whips were actually a huge |
| 207s | inspiration in the soundscape as well |
| 209s | and then what about you briefly |
| 211s | mentioned how does this weapon scale |
| 212s | what are the attributes that it scales |
| 214s | on uh so it's primary scaling is |
| 216s | strength and then secondary is focus so |
| 218s | it does do less scaling on the focus but |
| 221s | that's because it has a lot more utility |
| 222s | with the healing and we added some |
| 225s | additional functionality where the Buffs |
| 227s | will Scale based on how much Focus you |
| 229s | have so there's some where the duration |
| 231s | starts relatively low but the more Focus |
| 233s | you put into it the duration will will |
| 235s | go up or it'll just get more power and |
| 237s | so |
| 238s | we went with strength to kind of Aid |
| 241s | into more of a kind of bruther tanky |
| 243s | style build and focus to do support and |
| 245s | healing and so just to make it as |
| 248s | versatile as possible and it's the first |
| 250s | weapon that we have that is a strength |
| 252s | and focus combination that's cool Jr you |
| 255s | mentioned a little bit about this but |
| 256s | one of the things that I think is |
| 258s | coolest about this weapon is it's the |
| 259s | first weapon that has animation in the |
| 261s | weapon itself right tell us a little |
| 263s | more about that and like how we use that |
| 266s | yeah so uh this was the first weapon |
| 268s | that actually has animation on the |
| 270s | weapon itself and that that involves |
| 272s | like actually creating a rig for the in |
| 275s | case you don't know what a rig is it's |
| 276s | like you know anything that's animated |
| 278s | needs bones for it um and so the player |
| 281s | character has has bones they get |
| 284s | animated and so does the flail itself |
| 287s | um so it was it was one of the more |
| 288s | complicated weapons to actually execute |
| 290s | on because that and it required a lot |
| 291s | more uh animation |
| 294s | um uh iteration to just get it to feel |
| 297s | really good but it was very important to |
| 299s | to sell like the weight of the weapon |
| 301s | because we could animate the chain and |
| 303s | we could you know really sell like the |
| 305s | impacts and like the sweeping motions |
| 308s | um so it was like kind of pivotal to |
| 311s | to the flail experience that's really |
| 313s | cool because we call it a flail but it's |
| 314s | important to note that that head of the |
| 316s | flail really animates very far out in |
| 319s | some of the moves so |
| 321s | so Josh tell us a little bit about the |
| 324s | two trees obviously we don't want to |
| 325s | give too many spoilers give us a little |
| 327s | high level of what the two trees are and |
| 329s | sort of what the focus of each one is |
| 330s | and maybe highlight one ability or |
| 332s | something in each tree that you like |
| 333s | okay yeah so the left tree uh it's |
| 336s | called the cleric tree it's mainly |
| 337s | focused for healing and support but uh |
| 340s | support via |
| 342s | uh kind of debuffing enemies but then |
| 344s | also simultaneously healing or buffing |
| 346s | your allies so |
| 348s | be aggressive attack things and heal and |
| 350s | buff them at the same time and then uh |
| 352s | the right tree is called the Bastion |
| 354s | tree it's more about defensiveness and |
| 356s | tanking and kind of similar to the other |
| 359s | tree where it's all about attacking and |
| 361s | then you buff your allies give them more |
| 363s | defense increase your own survivability |
| 365s | and |
| 367s | kind of you can mix and match the trees |
| 369s | to kind of get combinations but each one |
| 371s | kind of strengthens Itself by kind of |
| 373s | going all in on it and then certain |
| 376s | abilities that stand out so the the |
| 377s | right tree the Bastion one there's one |
| 379s | called barrage which is a pretty big fan |
| 382s | favorite for most people but you charge |
| 383s | forward you can uh pass through all that |
| 386s | all the enemies and allies and just |
| 388s | clear a path basically and then when you |
| 391s | decide that you get to choose when it |
| 392s | ends and when you decide for like when |
| 394s | you hit that limit you do this awesome |
| 397s | cool animated flip and hit the ground |
| 398s | and then fortify yourself fortify any |
| 401s | allies that may be nearby that impact |
| 403s | point and so that one definitely stands |
| 405s | out and then uh for the cleric tree one |
| 408s | that one of my personal favorites is |
| 410s | called Arcane Vortex and it's just |
| 411s | visually uh very kind of magnificent in |
| 415s | a way that's very awesome bfx to it your |
| 417s | character spins and the flail spins |
| 418s | around several times and it just it just |
| 420s | looks and stands out like just visually |
| 422s | it's a cool one |
| 424s | Kyle what about you like when you were |
| 427s | making these moves any standout move any |
| 429s | stories about sort of the creation of |
| 430s | the specific ability sound effects you |
| 432s | got |
| 434s | um well I could talk about |
| 436s | um the ability that you just mentioned |
| 438s | the vortex one |
| 439s | um there I don't want to give too much |
| 441s | away but there are |
| 443s | um the VFX are very kind of like |
| 446s | particleistic |
| 447s | um |
| 448s | so I used |
| 451s | um |
| 452s | something called granular synthesis |
| 453s | which can take an audio file basically |
| 456s | and use like little grains to like play |
| 458s | different pieces of that file |
| 460s | so using like some natural source and |
| 464s | then putting it into my granular synth |
| 467s | and then hitting a key on the keyboard |
| 468s | gives you like a really partically |
| 470s | sounding |
| 472s | kind of glassy like magic style sound |
| 475s | that fit really well with that ability |
| 479s | yeah |
| 481s | and what about a whips you mentioned |
| 483s | whips how did you use the whips in the |
| 485s | filming yeah |
| 486s | um there's a couple abilities that |
| 489s | um look a bit more whip-like than than |
| 491s | some |
| 492s | um so with the closer distance uh sounds |
| 496s | it was more taking |
| 499s | the envelope or like kind of |
| 502s | um the shape of |
| 504s | the whip sound it's kind of like quiet |
| 507s | at the very beginning and then you hear |
| 509s | it come up really fast then there's a |
| 511s | loud crack and then it goes down really |
| 513s | fast as well for like the volume of it |
| 518s | laughs |
| 520s | and then |
| 522s | um with the distant sounds I actually |
| 524s | use a lot of like you know everybody |
| 527s | knows the sound of like the whip crack |
| 528s | and it like kind of Echoes in the |
| 530s | canyons and whatnot um so there's that |
| 532s | and then mixed in with |
| 535s | um |
| 535s | kind of whistly whooshes that like fit |
| 539s | really well with like something that's |
| 541s | whippy it was you know like a horse |
| 548s | oh |
| 553s | so those are Blended in when you get a |
| 555s | little farther out and give it a |
| 557s | different kind of sound when you're |
| 559s | more distant that's cool |
| 561s | uh one more thing for you Josh we had |
| 565s | you mentioned we have some new tech |
| 566s | where things scale off focus we also |
| 568s | have some new tech in this weapon that |
| 570s | based on which Shield type you're using |
| 572s | things change also right can you talk a |
| 574s | little bit about that uh yeah we wanted |
| 576s | to kind of give Shield some additional |
| 578s | value and kind of mix up what kind of |
| 581s | happens with each type of Shield so for |
| 583s | a lot of the upgrades to abilities or |
| 585s | even some of the passives there's |
| 586s | functionality changes based on what |
| 588s | Shield type you have equipped so some |
| 590s | will potentially do more damage if you |
| 592s | have the round Shield uh give you some |
| 594s | sort of increased defense or grit if you |
| 596s | have the tower shield and then the kite |
| 599s | right now it's the kite Shield kind of |
| 601s | gets |
| 602s | a little bit forgotten it's not yeah |
| 604s | Left Behind |
| 605s | um and so we wanted to kind of give the |
| 606s | kite Shield some really good value to |
| 608s | kind of mix up the builds people use and |
| 611s | so uh one of the abilities uh it |
| 613s | staggers if you use the kite Shield |
| 614s | which it normally doesn't if you used a |
| 615s | round or Tower shield and then uh the |
| 619s | other one the kite will give just some |
| 621s | other additional functionality and |
| 623s | interesting benefits based on which one |
| 625s | of these that's cool finally some love |
| 627s | for the kite Shields I like it |
| 629s | well that was our deep diving in the |
| 631s | flail I hope you enjoyed the program uh |
| 633s | I do have a community question for you |
| 635s | all what will be the weapon that you |
| 637s | pair the flail with what will be your |
| 638s | two weapon combo let us know in the |
| 640s | comments uh also like And subscribe if |
| 643s | you're enjoying the show and see you in |
| 644s | a tournament |
| 648s | [Music] |