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| 8s | welcome back to another new world Dev |
| 10s | video I'm your host today Tina and |
| 12s | Scott's going to be joining me to start |
| 14s | off we're going to go into quite a few |
| 16s | things including a deep dive on the |
| 18s | summer release and some of the upcoming |
| 20s | events yeah and we're going to try |
| 22s | something new this month we're going to |
| 23s | go behind the scenes with some of the |
| 25s | game developers and take a look at |
| 26s | making the game and we're going to do |
| 28s | this with a few of our new features |
| 30s | we're really excited and we hope you |
| 31s | like it all right let's sew a bit behind |
| 33s | the curtain let's go |
| 39s | all right now that you guys experienced |
| 41s | a bit of what we're going to talk about |
| 43s | in the PTR I wanted to bring the devs in |
| 45s | responsible for it and pick their brains |
| 47s | about it Mike you want us to tell us |
| 49s | about your favorite little fare going on |
| 51s | uh the summer medley Fair yes the |
| 54s | percentage of the population has already |
| 56s | experienced or watched the video on uh |
| 59s | it's a celebration of Music food and all |
| 61s | things to turn them so it's a great |
| 63s | place to gather around with other people |
| 66s | do some adventure and do some fishing |
| 67s | fishing's a big thing that happens |
| 69s | during the medley Fair uh with these |
| 71s | mystical sturgeon that have suddenly |
| 73s | appeared during the summer months the |
| 75s | eternum sturgeon the eternum sturgeon |
| 77s | rolls off the tongue if you will |
| 79s | um but you get to participate in you |
| 82s | know creating trophies and doing other |
| 84s | types of events that we haven't really |
| 86s | celebrated thus far and uh it's a fun |
| 89s | time it's very vibrant you get to dance |
| 91s | I was gonna say don't you gotta mention |
| 93s | you get to cut a little rug on the dance |
| 94s | floor for a bonus every day that's |
| 96s | really cool like uh though what do you |
| 99s | call the this is that kind of yeah it's |
| 102s | kind of like the Roger Rabbit yeah |
| 105s | all right fine if you do it for 10 more |
| 107s | minutes we'll get it |
| 110s | all right so doing a little dancing it's |
| 112s | a it's a crazy amount of activities that |
| 114s | you get to do to to satisfy the the |
| 118s | Maestro and uh he's the one that leads |
| 121s | the charge of this celebration in the |
| 123s | summer months uh and you get to play |
| 125s | some music get to do some fishing and |
| 126s | earn some awesome rewards yeah totally |
| 128s | yeah to me it celebrates everything |
| 130s | summer right you want to get outside you |
| 132s | want to listen to music you want to have |
| 133s | some fun and for some of you fishing |
| 135s | because I love to fish but |
| 137s | maybe not everybody |
| 139s | but at least in our fishing you know you |
| 142s | get to build fish you're on little |
| 143s | trophies you get to catch really weird |
| 145s | things I think that's one of the cool |
| 146s | parts of the event is uh the the amount |
| 149s | of fish uh activity that you could do so |
| 151s | like almost anything you catch you can |
| 152s | turn into a trophy for your house it's |
| 155s | not going to have a utility but you can |
| 157s | deck out your house that's what I was |
| 158s | gonna ask so like a decoration yeah it's |
| 161s | more of a decoration but you could catch |
| 162s | a boot and you can make that a trophy or |
| 165s | out your own boot you can mount your own |
| 167s | boots |
| 169s | tadpole tadpole everyone's you know been |
| 172s | really wanting to show off that Deadpool |
| 174s | a very rare tattoo I was gonna say I |
| 177s | actually struggle catching them so I |
| 179s | love the table you would all right well |
| 182s | I mean now that we've very clearly gone |
| 184s | over the fishing aspect you mentioned |
| 186s | instruments so I'm gonna throw that over |
| 188s | to you sure yeah another big component |
| 190s | of the medley fair is the introduction |
| 192s | of our instrument feature and the the |
| 195s | music instrument feature for those that |
| 197s | haven't played it it's a rhythm action |
| 199s | kind of music game where we've got five |
| 202s | instruments that we're introducing we've |
| 203s | got a a mystical sounding as Off flute a |
| 207s | guitar Amanda Lynn drums and an upright |
| 211s | bass okay so yeah |
| 216s | pull that right base |
| 218s | magic backpack magic backpack but it's |
| 221s | awesome you haven't experienced the |
| 222s | tournament if you don't end up in the |
| 223s | fox Rock cave and see someone playing |
| 225s | the bass in the middle of there that's |
| 227s | right |
| 227s | um but I'm really excited for what |
| 229s | that's going to do bringing a lot of |
| 230s | life and just uh fun social activity |
| 233s | activities of the world I think it's |
| 236s | gonna be really cool the music totally |
| 238s | slaps it's really exciting it impacts |
| 240s | gameplay too because depending on the |
| 242s | pieces of music that you play at your |
| 245s | score yeah so as you know uh every track |
| 248s | you play you get a performance rating |
| 250s | um and and the better you do in |
| 252s | performing the song uh a buff can be |
| 255s | applied to you to you or anyone playing |
| 257s | in your group okay uh also players have |
| 259s | the ability to tip performers which |
| 261s | makes it like kind of more of an |
| 262s | official trade skill right and so uh if |
| 265s | you tip you also get the buff as well |
| 267s | and I think it's important to mention |
| 268s | like we talked about playing solo but |
| 270s | you you can also hook up with you know |
| 272s | up to four or five people up to five |
| 274s | people yeah can you play different |
| 276s | instruments yeah each person yeah it's |
| 278s | really cool like rotol over here loves |
| 281s | the flute |
| 285s | it really depends on |
| 288s | um what uh what track you pick but you |
| 291s | know some tracks are Solo some some are |
| 293s | Duets some are full group full Ensemble |
| 296s | band and so it's it's really cool like |
| 298s | I'm really excited for it and we've got |
| 300s | a little over 30 tracks that we're |
| 303s | releasing here and yes for players more |
| 305s | than like five yes exactly two more to |
| 308s | get to go out and um |
| 309s | in play and then uh we'll be releasing |
| 312s | more too okay and you get them all like |
| 314s | at once or do you have to like so you'll |
| 317s | get it you'll get a couple that are |
| 319s | unlocked automatically and you'll get a |
| 320s | couple specific ones as part of the the |
| 322s | quest line for the summer medley fair |
| 324s | and then the rest are scattered out for |
| 327s | people to discover an attorney but you |
| 329s | can either so you go and you look for |
| 331s | musical pages okay and they'll drop from |
| 334s | different locations in the world and so |
| 336s | uh when you get those you can uh read |
| 338s | them to learn them in your inventory or |
| 340s | you could also trade them on the Trade |
| 341s | Post oh okay so you can like collect the |
| 343s | ones that you don't have yeah and sell |
| 346s | the ones that you get multiples of yep |
| 347s | all right so we kind of went over the |
| 350s | summer medley Fair there we go nailed it |
| 354s | um let's go a bit into the theme of |
| 357s | today the Barnacles and black powder and |
| 360s | Mike you want to take it away oh |
| 362s | absolutely so Barnacles and black powder |
| 364s | is a brand new endgame Expedition uh |
| 367s | interest entrance is down in Cutlass |
| 369s | Keys which is pretty much pirate |
| 371s | territory so uh brand new end game for |
| 374s | players to explore has repeatable quests |
| 376s | has quests that you can acquire right |
| 378s | outside as well and it's about Admiral |
| 382s | black powder and his cursed treasure and |
| 385s | also as you go on this journey you're |
| 387s | going to find out just like on most |
| 388s | things in a tournament they're not what |
| 390s | they appear to be there's another big |
| 391s | bad waiting for you lurking surprise so |
| 395s | a bunch of new mechanics and traps it's |
| 398s | a fun Goonies like experience Pro tip if |
| 401s | you see these in the world you might |
| 402s | need them |
| 404s | 10 potentially there's a lot of black |
| 406s | powder powder all right stay away from |
| 409s | that cursed treasure though you know |
| 410s | that's a really cool mechanic it's a |
| 412s | it's a fun Expedition too like we've |
| 413s | been playing it a lot internally and |
| 415s | it's it's it's different than our other |
| 417s | ones there's definitely different |
| 418s | gameplay mechanics in there oh for sure |
| 419s | we're gonna dive into it a little bit |
| 421s | later but there's some brand new |
| 422s | mechanics uh with not just the |
| 424s | environment but with our bosses as well |
| 426s | okay that's great people always like the |
| 428s | challenge of things being switched up |
| 430s | you know you have to actually learn the |
| 432s | fight as opposed to just running and |
| 433s | killing and leaving so |
| 436s | um |
| 438s | like I'm gonna need friends hello so |
| 441s | let's go over the group finder |
| 443s | you want to go over that Scott well sure |
| 445s | I mean along with all right you know |
| 446s | Scott Mike |
| 449s | no it's cool but along with another |
| 452s | Expedition coming in we want to give |
| 454s | people a way to connect easier to get in |
| 456s | the Expeditions you know and group |
| 457s | finder is a great way at that it's kind |
| 459s | of like a billboard where you can sign |
| 461s | up look for people with similar |
| 462s | interests who want to have the same |
| 463s | goals and quickly match with them and |
| 466s | get you into that content as fast as |
| 468s | possible because that's really your goal |
| 469s | as a player right you want to you want |
| 471s | to get in the game get in there and have |
| 472s | some fun so this should connect people |
| 474s | and make it a lot easier okay great and |
| 476s | is that just connecting people in like |
| 478s | one server or how does that work yeah |
| 480s | today it's server only okay going |
| 482s | forward in the future at some point |
| 483s | we'll definitely looking at expanding |
| 485s | that but right now it is all in the same |
| 487s | world okay that's great to know man |
| 488s | players can select into like what role |
| 491s | they want to partake in like if you want |
| 493s | to go DPS or you want a tank or you want |
| 494s | to heal you can also request what you |
| 497s | need to fill out your party in order to |
| 499s | do it and specific Expeditions gear |
| 502s | score range you can even leave comments |
| 504s | in I'm like Hey we're super casual we're |
| 506s | just looking to have fun or do whatever |
| 507s | okay yeah that's good to know because |
| 511s | like straightforward groups and some |
| 513s | like you know goofy silly let's all be |
| 515s | healers and do it and see if we can do |
| 517s | it challenge so all right so uh the last |
| 521s | thing I kind of want to touch on is like |
| 522s | quality of life changes I know you had a |
| 524s | hand in that do you want to sure over |
| 526s | some of that yeah I think it's a little |
| 528s | bit more just improving the overall |
| 530s | quality of loot versus quality of life I |
| 532s | think is how I would maybe maybe reframe |
| 535s | it a little bit |
| 537s | um |
| 537s | a couple things to to chat about one is |
| 540s | uh we're introducing I mentioned this in |
| 542s | our June video but we're we're |
| 543s | introducing uh perfect Selvage and |
| 545s | that's a way to give you just more value |
| 547s | for all the loot that you collect in the |
| 549s | game and when in just a quick refresher |
| 551s | like uh anything you Salvage has a |
| 554s | chance to uh trigger a perfect Salvage |
| 557s | and that perfect Salvage is going to |
| 558s | give you uh really cool materials that |
| 560s | you can do to like uh you know give |
| 562s | yourself bumps and trade skill |
| 564s | experience or craft a different uh high |
| 566s | value item things like that and so uh |
| 569s | overall uh the salvaging process in |
| 571s | collecting loot should be a lot more |
| 572s | valuable to players I can tell you I |
| 574s | already know anyone who's played on the |
| 575s | PTR is now saving all of their purples |
| 578s | and oranges and live waiting for this |
| 580s | feature so that's going to be uh there's |
| 582s | gonna be a lot of savaging happening |
| 583s | when this comes out there's going to be |
| 584s | a lot of fun inventory things happening |
| 586s | yes when this release goes out |
| 588s | um but that's great I hope people really |
| 590s | enjoy it because you know also the if |
| 593s | you've got keys I'll just mention again |
| 594s | left in your inventory they're going to |
| 596s | transform into uh special chests that'll |
| 599s | give you boss rolls why is that Phil |
| 601s | what why is that oh because we're |
| 603s | removing dungeon keys yeah uh so hold on |
| 606s | Phil owes me a dollar and we're updating |
| 609s | Expedition or I'm sorry |
| 613s | dungeon and he said dungeon and key yes |
| 616s | so it's two dollars |
| 618s | owes me lunch |
| 624s | uh so uh Expedition orbs right we've |
| 628s | removed those |
| 630s | um and so now it's uh free to enter the |
| 632s | Dungeons and they're they're our daily |
| 633s | and weekly limits for that um all |
| 635s | mentioned in the June video but also uh |
| 638s | we'll be uh detailed in our patch notes |
| 641s | and then a couple changes that we're |
| 644s | making because of the feedback we |
| 645s | received on PTR that I want to call out |
| 647s | to |
| 649s | um and and also just thank you very much |
| 651s | for all of your feedback that you |
| 653s | provide to us especially uh when we ask |
| 655s | for it specifically the PTR but uh one |
| 658s | is an experimental change that we are |
| 660s | testing on the PTR which was a plus five |
| 662s | bonus for dual stat a dual attribute uh |
| 665s | items um |
| 667s | where uh the Dual stats could give you a |
| 670s | A plus five more than a single stat item |
| 672s | would so like |
| 674s | um a strength and item would give you a |
| 676s | plus five more than potent okay gear |
| 679s | score 600 yeah then didn't disappear |
| 681s | strength one |
| 682s | um |
| 684s | so uh you know we heard we heard the |
| 686s | feedback from the community pretty loud |
| 687s | and clear I think this is something that |
| 689s | we want to uh refine a lot more and |
| 692s | think about a little bit more make sure |
| 694s | it's not going to impact crafters and |
| 695s | Timeless charts right |
| 697s | um also uh you know we just want to make |
| 700s | sure we're doing it right so for the |
| 701s | July release We're not gonna we're not |
| 703s | going to be shipping the plus five dual |
| 707s | stats stuff we are going to reduce the |
| 710s | overall frequency that dual stat items |
| 711s | do drop in the world though so that |
| 713s | players get more valuable loot okay when |
| 716s | they do get drops right but they will |
| 717s | still get dual stats it's not completely |
| 719s | going away and then uh you know we're |
| 721s | just going to reevaluate that change |
| 722s | that's great that's huge honestly I |
| 725s | think this is a great example of the |
| 726s | Community Helping like with the feature |
| 728s | it's something that like long term we |
| 730s | still like think there's something |
| 731s | behind the idea the concept but I think |
| 733s | it's more about when you roll it out and |
| 735s | what what you release it with where it |
| 736s | makes the most sense and just to |
| 738s | reiterate with Phil said I mean thank |
| 740s | you all for the feedback it really |
| 741s | helped guide this decision yeah and then |
| 744s | uh one other thing to note uh that we |
| 746s | are changing from the PTR as well uh |
| 748s | right now in the PTR there is an 80 uh |
| 751s | gold earned nerve from Expeditions and |
| 755s | um safe not going for three bucks |
| 759s | um |
| 760s | but you know we heard your feedback on |
| 762s | that as well I think we uh the initial |
| 764s | uh Nerf on that was way too conservative |
| 766s | and so we are pulling that back it's |
| 767s | only going to be |
| 769s | um 50 of what it is currently on live uh |
| 772s | with the opportunity for players are on |
| 773s | uh Expeditions a lot more freely now |
| 775s | okay um so that's only going to be down |
| 779s | 50 and then I do want to call out we are |
| 782s | adding a thousand K bonus gold that |
| 784s | players can earn by either completing uh |
| 788s | uh darkness of breaches or opening Elite |
| 791s | chest so other activities too are going |
| 793s | to get Juiced up with some more gold too |
| 795s | all right great I like gold buy more |
| 797s | furniture any other perk changes coming |
| 799s | uh we are uh just reevaluating all of |
| 802s | the park Jamie we touched almost every |
| 804s | perk but uh uh but with the feedback |
| 807s | that we are getting yeah we're making |
| 808s | some minor polish and tuning tweaks on |
| 810s | those as we get um as we play with it |
| 812s | more and then get more feedback yep |
| 815s | all right I mean you guys heard it here |
| 818s | feedback feedback feedback |
| 820s | um it is absolutely listened to we |
| 822s | collect it constantly on the forums |
| 824s | Reddit everywhere the Discord so if you |
| 827s | guys have suggestions and thoughts let |
| 829s | us know |
| 830s | um just know like with the Expedition |
| 832s | orbs sometimes it does take a little bit |
| 835s | longer for changes to come into effect |
| 838s | um but we are absolutely listening and |
| 839s | taking things very seriously |
| 841s | um so I guess that wraps it up guys |
| 843s | let's move on to the next segment |
| 849s | foreign ERS we're going to talk next |
| 852s | about some of the upcoming events |
| 854s | between going to actually conventions |
| 856s | and in game so we're going to start off |
| 859s | with Greg today and we're going to dive |
| 861s | right into the twitchcon EU tell me more |
| 863s | about that yeah I know happy to be back |
| 866s | at the table this is a fun return to |
| 868s | form so I'm pretty sure I know I just |
| 870s | Dove right in I'm like tell me |
| 872s | everything well it's it's gonna be |
| 873s | really cool so it's uh the European |
| 876s | twitchcon right there's going to be one |
| 877s | in Amsterdam one in San Diego |
| 880s | um and what we're going to do we're |
| 881s | gonna take New World there uh we have a |
| 883s | space in the land area where we're going |
| 885s | to host a PVP tournament using the |
| 888s | Arenas feature right so you can go you |
| 891s | can sign up go to our website there's a |
| 893s | bunch of details on how to do that flow |
| 895s | the main uh reward there'll be several |
| 898s | rewards but the the top reward first |
| 901s | place reward is a flight to uh San Diego |
| 904s | twitchcon so it should be released yeah |
| 907s | so it'll be really cool |
| 909s | um and so yeah twitchcon is 16th and |
| 911s | 17th of July and we're also going to |
| 914s | have a booth on the show floor I'll be |
| 916s | there kind of representing the Creator |
| 918s | program we're going to have creative |
| 920s | programs sign up so if you want to go |
| 922s | you can sign up on the show floor uh we |
| 925s | brought a bunch of new Creator programs |
| 927s | swag that I'm really excited about it's |
| 929s | for all the people in the program and |
| 930s | anyone who signs up who doesn't love |
| 931s | swag everyone loves a good piece of Swag |
| 933s | right and we're all says as he has that |
| 935s | I know yeah I literally want to swipe it |
| 938s | there's only like five hats that they |
| 941s | made yeah we made it like we made just a |
| 943s | few for ourselves three years ago I'm |
| 945s | eyeing it up I like this hat |
| 947s | um but uh also we're gonna have the |
| 949s | community managers uh for new world and |
| 953s | our European Community managers will be |
| 954s | there as well so if you want to swing by |
| 956s | say hi you know chat to us we love uh |
| 959s | talking to players so it's gonna be a |
| 960s | good time all right awesome yeah and |
| 962s | Brittany you're going to be going I'm |
| 964s | going to be going I'm going to be |
| 965s | shadowing Greg going to be following his |
| 967s | tail wherever he goes I go it's gonna be |
| 969s | a long time really long flight I believe |
| 973s | in you |
| 974s | so along with going to an IRL a real who |
| 979s | goes to real events you're also going to |
| 981s | be doing in-game events yeah definitely |
| 984s | so we've heard your feedback we know you |
| 988s | really like interacting with us and the |
| 990s | team and so we want to do something a |
| 992s | bit more fun special for those of you |
| 994s | who are part of our end of alpha |
| 996s | celebration you might remember this uh |
| 999s | we are bringing back some crazy spawns |
| 1001s | and we're going to be having some fun |
| 1004s | Shenanigans as well so breaking the |
| 1005s | server breaking no no |
| 1012s | was when we tried to increase Scott's |
| 1016s | character's size by 200 percent and what |
| 1020s | do you keep wearing like a sweet outfit |
| 1022s | as well yes he was wearing like a a very |
| 1025s | interesting from everyone else he did of |
| 1028s | course but he definitely took down the |
| 1030s | servers but it was great because it was |
| 1032s | a lesson learned and now we can actually |
| 1034s | now you're doing Society exactly we now |
| 1038s | know the limit that really was a bummer |
| 1040s | yeah threshold yes so that's going to be |
| 1042s | super exciting because that was such a |
| 1044s | fun event yeah oh definitely we were we |
| 1047s | have some crazy spawns coming in uh you |
| 1049s | might see some pigs uh you might see |
| 1051s | some people flying around that does not |
| 1052s | mean we're getting flying just by the |
| 1054s | way putting that out there |
| 1056s | um but yeah so it'll be every Friday we |
| 1059s | did one last Friday uh July 1st and so |
| 1062s | it'll be every Friday until this update |
| 1065s | goes live so from four to five PM |
| 1067s | Pacific time we're in Pacific Time right |
| 1069s | Pacific Time Pacific perfect time |
| 1071s | um we'll be we'll be doing those things |
| 1073s | and this is on the public test drive |
| 1075s | this is on the public test film uh so |
| 1077s | PTR for those people yeah exactly yeah |
| 1079s | right we love acronyms |
| 1083s | exactly so I hope you come join us |
| 1086s | because we're going to be having a blast |
| 1088s | yeah I'm excited I'm actually hopping in |
| 1090s | this time too so yeah you're more than |
| 1093s | welcome please join I'm kind of scared |
| 1095s | though I'm kind of scared I've heard |
| 1096s | horror stories of as long as you don't |
| 1099s | bash the server I think we'll be fine |
| 1100s | I'm the most random things being spawned |
| 1103s | in all right not a horror story that's |
| 1105s | legit it was legit I might be able to |
| 1108s | Wrangle some devs to join you too so |
| 1111s | TBD friends TBD |
| 1115s | um well then Katie I want to touch with |
| 1117s | you on Double XP fishing uh and musical |
| 1122s | instruments too right yeah yeah so |
| 1125s | um once |
| 1128s | um this update goes live we're going to |
| 1132s | spend the entirety of the event so |
| 1135s | that's the summer medley Fair uh we're |
| 1137s | going to spend the entirety of the event |
| 1139s | giving folks Double XP on fishing trade |
| 1142s | skill and on instruments |
| 1145s | um to really |
| 1146s | reward your progress |
| 1148s | with those new and interesting things |
| 1151s | but it's just supposed to be like a fun |
| 1152s | summer event you know yeah it comes in |
| 1154s | good timing because I know the you know |
| 1157s | the other summer events that we're doing |
| 1159s | really tie in with music and fishing so |
| 1162s | yes yeah and if you have been tuning in |
| 1164s | for like any period of time really |
| 1166s | you've probably heard me say that my |
| 1168s | favorite thing to do in New World is |
| 1170s | just gravity drink and go fishing and |
| 1174s | it's really exciting when I get those uh |
| 1177s | those epic and legendary and rare fish |
| 1180s | that's a really fun moment no you gotta |
| 1182s | be excited for the boot now you know |
| 1184s | what I'm I'm excited for just about |
| 1186s | everything yes we are team boot except |
| 1189s | tadpoles |
| 1191s | I'm not excited okay why yes you know so |
| 1195s | rare because they they yeah slimy and |
| 1199s | for some reason the tadpoles put more of |
| 1201s | a fight |
| 1202s | than some of the bigger dresses and I |
| 1206s | have given that feedback to our team so |
| 1208s | many times and they're just like Katie |
| 1210s | get good okay |
| 1212s | why do clams fight back that's what I'm |
| 1215s | saying why is it the siphon I think it's |
| 1218s | the siphon that's what makes them fight |
| 1220s | back but the real big one is the snail |
| 1223s | why is the snail fighting back this is a |
| 1226s | turnip you know what that's right you |
| 1229s | know the answer the answer is azoth it |
| 1231s | is a supernatural world that fights back |
| 1234s | even the snails the clams the tadpoles I |
| 1238s | think they're aggressive friends |
| 1241s | all right so you're saying the double XP |
| 1244s | even for those aggressive snails out |
| 1246s | there and then you also have yeah we're |
| 1249s | gonna do another event so last month |
| 1251s | well not last month may may may may |
| 1255s | when this video comes out it will win |
| 1257s | several months ago the time is weird on |
| 1260s | time is weird when you're filming about |
| 1262s | it it is time what is time yeah exactly |
| 1265s | um we did a community team Throwdown |
| 1267s | where we hopped in and did 3v3 Arenas |
| 1269s | well this time we're going to be hopping |
| 1271s | on that double XP event we're going to |
| 1273s | be fishing so you know if you're |
| 1275s | interested we will be fishing on |
| 1277s | multiple servers we'll have a forum post |
| 1279s | up |
| 1280s | um and with all the details and if you |
| 1282s | want just come by chill grab a grab a |
| 1285s | drink hang out with us and we'll just go |
| 1287s | fishing I love joining these Community |
| 1289s | sessions because they get to find out |
| 1291s | what exciting events we're doing right |
| 1294s | and this is going to be on the PTR no |
| 1296s | this is on the live game |
| 1301s | all right so you heard it here check the |
| 1304s | forums for when uh USBS will be on there |
| 1306s | doing a fishing event wow there's a lot |
| 1309s | of like you better warm your fishing |
| 1310s | poles up I know that's what I'm saying |
| 1312s | tournament the tadpole tournaments you |
| 1316s | know what ship it terrible yeah we were |
| 1320s | we were gonna do like fishing Fest |
| 1322s | Friday but that's more of a like a |
| 1324s | tongue twister geez I can't even go to |
| 1326s | that fast yeah fish fish no Friday all |
| 1330s | right so on that note these are the |
| 1332s | events that we're going to be uh sharing |
| 1334s | with you guys this month and we hope you |
| 1335s | have a great time anything else that you |
| 1337s | guys want to add to this get your |
| 1339s | fishing poles ready get your fishing |
| 1341s | poles ready all right |
| 1343s | thank you she in Amsterdam |
| 1350s | this segment we're going to start diving |
| 1353s | into some of the events starting with |
| 1354s | the summer medley Fair once again we're |
| 1357s | really excited this month to bring in |
| 1359s | some behind the scenes the doves that |
| 1361s | created it all to get some of their |
| 1364s | thoughts and ideas on it so uh Derek is |
| 1366s | joining us today a brand new face and |
| 1369s | then you got Mike I guess it's just you |
| 1372s | know no Mike is back to join us and both |
| 1375s | go into their event that they've been |
| 1376s | working on so take it away guys yeah so |
| 1379s | I'd like to talk about the origins so I |
| 1381s | think it's really important to set that |
| 1382s | up so we wanted to do a Summer Event and |
| 1386s | we're just thinking about like what do |
| 1387s | we like doing in the summer and it was |
| 1389s | like oh we like going Outdoors we love |
| 1392s | going to concerts and playing music and |
| 1394s | and barbecuing and campouts and all |
| 1397s | those kinds of things and so that's kind |
| 1399s | of where it started and Scott and I |
| 1402s | mentioned something about Woodstock but |
| 1403s | we're like hey I don't know about that |
| 1406s | um but that was kind of like our |
| 1407s | inspiration so go to Derek and I'm like |
| 1409s | hey what do you think about doing like |
| 1411s | this like big festival or you get like |
| 1413s | lots of food and there's music and a |
| 1415s | bunch of fun stuff and then and then |
| 1417s | Derek just took it away yeah I mean so |
| 1419s | when you're kind of like starting off |
| 1421s | with the design of a I guess a holiday |
| 1422s | event from the ground up you take these |
| 1424s | kind of key terms and key senses of |
| 1427s | feeling that you want the player to kind |
| 1429s | of fill and convey to them so you take |
| 1431s | that mixed bag and apply uh the designs |
| 1436s | to it um so find magic to it yeah the |
| 1438s | magic to it make it actually be |
| 1439s | something that is coherent and uh you |
| 1441s | know exciting and fun for the player |
| 1443s | like establish the core Loop so we take |
| 1446s | all those kind of ideas and really from |
| 1449s | the start it's establishing the reason |
| 1452s | for the season so what is the shift in |
| 1456s | eternum that's occurring only during |
| 1457s | this time of year that motivates the |
| 1459s | player's actions |
| 1461s | um you know to go do the stuff do the |
| 1464s | things so in this case from a narrative |
| 1467s | perspective the reason for the season is |
| 1469s | the spa awning of the eternum sturgeon |
| 1471s | which is Mike mentioned magical magical |
| 1473s | fish yeah so yeah um that kind of you |
| 1476s | know that informed uh the other elements |
| 1478s | of Summer that we wanted to tap into uh |
| 1480s | which is uh fishing so from a |
| 1483s | establishing standpoint we have the |
| 1484s | anchor of the of the Season which is the |
| 1486s | spawning of the eternum sturgeon we know |
| 1488s | players are going to go out and engage |
| 1490s | with the fishing mechanic and go catch |
| 1492s | these really special fish |
| 1493s | um so with that |
| 1496s | um that kind of led us with the |
| 1497s | opportunity to build up the larger |
| 1500s | festivities and uh activities around it |
| 1503s | which is where the medley Fair venues |
| 1505s | itself comes into play so building off |
| 1507s | the template that we have at winter |
| 1508s | convergence with the winter Villages and |
| 1510s | the yeti we follow a |
| 1513s | we established a similar I guess like |
| 1515s | foundational setup for the summer medley |
| 1517s | Fair which is the medley Fair venues |
| 1519s | hosted by the medley for Maestro which |
| 1521s | is a really fun eccentric character that |
| 1524s | players are going to get to meet and |
| 1525s | he's one of my favorite characters oh |
| 1527s | yeah in the game right now okay um so |
| 1529s | super fun super colorful and as Mike |
| 1532s | mentioned the whole framework around |
| 1535s | that uh the venues is themed around a |
| 1537s | music festival |
| 1538s | um so we have some nice uh you know some |
| 1541s | good like you know bass thumping music |
| 1543s | going on throughout the venues |
| 1545s | themselves |
| 1546s | and kind of ties back to the players |
| 1549s | motivations of going out catching the |
| 1551s | fish and supplying the medley fair with |
| 1553s | all of you know The Delectable meats and |
| 1555s | all that kind of stuff to basically keep |
| 1556s | the festival going |
| 1558s | um okay so it's like all these things |
| 1560s | kind of get wrapped together did this |
| 1562s | really fun space so it's kind of like |
| 1564s | our take on what that Festival kind of |
| 1566s | like Fairground would feel like and look |
| 1567s | like so you're like what does the stage |
| 1570s | look like on a term where would people |
| 1572s | perform and how do we dress that how do |
| 1575s | we set it up and some of the Innovative |
| 1577s | things that our artists don't to create |
| 1578s | like the the big spotlights and all the |
| 1582s | the musical Fanfare and like how that |
| 1585s | all comes together is like one cohesive |
| 1588s | kind of experience I think uh and Derek |
| 1591s | I'd like to hear uh some more of your |
| 1592s | take on its like as we started to |
| 1594s | develop these quest lines in kind of |
| 1597s | like the Gathering yeah it's not just |
| 1599s | like oh well it's the time of the |
| 1600s | festival but now we got to get the word |
| 1602s | out now we need people to come here |
| 1604s | yeah so that kind of ties into the whole |
| 1606s | idea of um you know again like summer |
| 1608s | just like partying and being together |
| 1609s | with people and all that kind of stuff |
| 1610s | is uh part of the quest line has the |
| 1613s | medley for Maestro uh sending you on to |
| 1615s | the world to go basically gather people |
| 1617s | to go come to his festivals like when it |
| 1619s | starts off no one's really there but |
| 1621s | throughout the course of the quest lines |
| 1625s | it's a party for one at that point now |
| 1629s | throughout the quest line you're helping |
| 1630s | uh the medley for Maestro bring people |
| 1632s | to the festival which is really fun |
| 1633s | because you know as you're doing it you |
| 1634s | see that like the different people that |
| 1636s | you're bringing like dancing on the |
| 1637s | dance floor oh okay it's kind of like a |
| 1639s | fun different you can see like the |
| 1640s | progression okay yeah you see okay you |
| 1642s | see the effort put in yeah and it kind |
| 1644s | of touches on each of the activities uh |
| 1647s | that Derek and the team have like |
| 1648s | established and set up so like dancing |
| 1650s | you get rewarded for uh playing music |
| 1653s | which is actually kind of another big |
| 1655s | part of the loop on and dive into it in |
| 1658s | a sec is like how you're participating |
| 1661s | in all these other types of events like |
| 1663s | there's this nice synergy that kind of |
| 1665s | rolls throughout one of the things that |
| 1667s | we learned when doing the winter |
| 1668s | convergence is like we have these nice |
| 1670s | Villages but we didn't have a chance and |
| 1672s | didn't really explore like really |
| 1673s | populating them out with like other |
| 1675s | vendors other things that kind of like |
| 1677s | that's what I was like what did we learn |
| 1679s | because we have mentioned to the |
| 1681s | community that we took the feedback what |
| 1684s | did we learn already we're rolling it |
| 1686s | into this event that was actually the |
| 1688s | main thing is what we took away as Mike |
| 1689s | mentioned uh just filling the Village |
| 1692s | locations themselves with more uh |
| 1694s | thematically appropriate uh things to do |
| 1697s | really that tap into different uh |
| 1699s | mechanics that players can do so in the |
| 1702s | medley Fair venues we have the central |
| 1705s | Dance Floor which features our new emo |
| 1707s | interaction type so players can go up |
| 1709s | there bust out whatever their favorite |
| 1710s | emote style is and you know get a daily |
| 1712s | reward for that right behind that we had |
| 1715s | the medley Fair pyre which |
| 1717s | um kind of like feeds into like the |
| 1719s | celebration aspect like the the nature |
| 1721s | of the medley Fair where they have this |
| 1723s | ritual or you know celebration |
| 1729s | sturgeon is you can get a magical fish |
| 1732s | bone from the sturgeon and it's a very |
| 1734s | rare drop item and if you're lucky |
| 1736s | enough to get one you can toss into the |
| 1738s | medley for pyre get a nice big explosion |
| 1741s | a celebration and you know get a major |
| 1743s | reward for that so and you know kind of |
| 1746s | behind that is also the mounted catch |
| 1748s | station which I I'm super super excited |
| 1750s | to get that one in and work with the |
| 1752s | team to figure out just how we can even |
| 1753s | pull that off |
| 1755s | um so the amount of cat station is |
| 1756s | really cool because |
| 1757s | you can basically go out in the world |
| 1759s | catch any of the fish any of the objects |
| 1761s | like the Soggy boots I |
| 1766s | love the tadpole so go grab those things |
| 1769s | bring it back to the festival and craft |
| 1771s | your own home furnishing mementos that |
| 1772s | you can display inside your house so |
| 1774s | okay that was a super that was a super |
| 1776s | fun one like that was one of the first |
| 1777s | activities um that kind of |
| 1779s | you know just expand the methods in |
| 1782s | which players can acquire rewards that |
| 1784s | are just that are outside of the token |
| 1786s | Chase and the event shop itself |
| 1788s | um so you know I think that's kind of |
| 1791s | like the nature of like the medley Fair |
| 1792s | venues and um kind of like the push for |
| 1795s | the additional activity types that we |
| 1797s | wanted to you know make it be a party |
| 1798s | you know right can you talk a little bit |
| 1801s | more about the Synergy that we |
| 1802s | introduced with the the music and the |
| 1804s | fishing oh yeah totally so you know when |
| 1807s | we introduced The Eternal sturgeon it's |
| 1808s | a you know special type of fish so the |
| 1810s | first design challenge is how can we |
| 1812s | make it compelling to the player to |
| 1813s | catch this fish so it kind of goes hand |
| 1816s | in hand special fish you need special |
| 1817s | bait so the other thing that's going on |
| 1820s | throughout eternum is uh the Swarms of |
| 1822s | the modern bugs which okay this is a |
| 1824s | personal thing for me because when I |
| 1826s | think about summer I think about June |
| 1827s | bugs okay so June bugs fireflies things |
| 1830s | those big bugs just bugs in general so |
| 1834s | modeling bugs yeah some Modern bugs and |
| 1836s | these swarms was kind of like a natural |
| 1837s | like okay well I'm thinking about what |
| 1839s | summer means to me so the modern bugs |
| 1841s | came into play so it actually was a |
| 1844s | perfect uh alignment of you know just a |
| 1848s | perfect alignment between teams where at |
| 1850s | the same time the musical instrument |
| 1851s | Strike team was working on their |
| 1853s | features so we know that music needs to |
| 1856s | be inherent to the soul of the medley |
| 1858s | fair and summer in general so that's |
| 1861s | where you know from a design perspective |
| 1862s | you look at what mechanics are available |
| 1864s | for you to tap into or which ones are |
| 1865s | upcoming so musical instruments was the |
| 1868s | perfect fit for just kind of having fun |
| 1870s | with it so players grab their guitar go |
| 1873s | on to the world find the modern bug |
| 1874s | swarms and play the enchanting tune of |
| 1877s | modern bug Haze to entrance Captivate |
| 1879s | and capture you know the bugs okay which |
| 1882s | again ties into the whole Loop of you |
| 1883s | got the bugs go get the fish that's your |
| 1886s | you know nice little tight core Loop |
| 1887s | that Taps into different types of |
| 1890s | mechanics so again that was kind of the |
| 1893s | uh you know when we talk about learnings |
| 1894s | from the winter convergence is given the |
| 1897s | player just a variety of things to do so |
| 1899s | in this event you're gonna be playing |
| 1900s | music you're going to be fishing you're |
| 1901s | going to be dancing at the emotes and |
| 1904s | all that kind of stuff so you know just |
| 1905s | really arts and crafts okay yeah |
| 1909s | all right and then uh just like the |
| 1912s | winter event a ton of rewards skin and |
| 1914s | things that you can you know try to grab |
| 1917s | during the duration of the event yeah |
| 1918s | okay and that's actually a really good |
| 1920s | segue which is just the reward structure |
| 1921s | of it too like you know we got feedback |
| 1923s | from the winter convergence that was our |
| 1924s | first one out the door got a lot of |
| 1926s | great feedback from the community and |
| 1928s | yeah we took that to heart and we I'm |
| 1931s | really excited to see you know how the |
| 1933s | community you know takes to the |
| 1934s | offerings of the summer medley fair and |
| 1936s | just getting more feedback from it |
| 1938s | um I think for this one we expanded the |
| 1940s | number of skins that you can get |
| 1941s | outright I love skins another another |
| 1943s | fun Furnishing rabbit another pet that |
| 1946s | you can get for your house |
| 1947s | um and then you expand like the emote so |
| 1949s | you can get some dances and stuff like |
| 1951s | that and test those out on the dance |
| 1953s | floor yeah yeah absolutely all kind of |
| 1955s | ties in together trying to trying to do |
| 1957s | a little dance earlier and it didn't |
| 1959s | really work yeah |
| 1961s | I gotta practice that so all right well |
| 1964s | I I know a few things for us on the |
| 1966s | forums recently that I saw is players |
| 1969s | are excited to know more of like what it |
| 1971s | was your absolute favorite or do you |
| 1973s | have any Easter eggs that you're hitting |
| 1975s | and you know hiding in this event itself |
| 1979s | I think my |
| 1980s | it's kind of a I have two absolute |
| 1982s | favorites if I can just like so the |
| 1984s | development of the medley Fair venue |
| 1986s | itself was just so much fun working with |
| 1989s | the art team as Mike mentioned just |
| 1991s | getting super creative with how we can |
| 1993s | you know stretch the universe of a term |
| 1997s | and how can we sell basically a the |
| 2001s | celebration of this magical fish with |
| 2004s | music so I think you know I think with |
| 2007s | that you know we had a lot of fun on |
| 2009s | just the development side of it and you |
| 2011s | know just pushing the extent of the |
| 2012s | colors of the color scheme and |
| 2014s | identifying that figuring out you know |
| 2015s | how to do the dance floor and just the |
| 2017s | general layout and again just as Mike |
| 2020s | mentioned deep kind of fun playfulness |
| 2022s | that we have with like the subs and like |
| 2024s | the speakers the barrel speakers like |
| 2026s | things that should not exist in that |
| 2027s | particular time period but you know I |
| 2030s | think that's kind of where we just have |
| 2031s | some fun with the holiday events and |
| 2033s | that's from a design perspective that's |
| 2034s | my favorite part of it is just being a |
| 2037s | little silly yeah being a little silly |
| 2038s | and just pushing something it's it's the |
| 2040s | world building and you never feel like |
| 2042s | you're Jumping the Shark like we try to |
| 2043s | make things feel cohesive and that you |
| 2046s | know what here in our term they probably |
| 2047s | could develop that technology because |
| 2049s | it's not it's crazy far-fetched it's |
| 2052s | like we're not going towards like |
| 2053s | steampunk or anything crazy like that |
| 2054s | but it's stuff that would exist like all |
| 2057s | of our big spotlights are using candles |
| 2059s | and reflectors and sometimes yeah like |
| 2062s | it's very creative ways that uh the art |
| 2064s | team was thinking about solutions to |
| 2067s | like really tell that story I think one |
| 2069s | of my favorite usages though is that |
| 2070s | you're running around the medley Fair |
| 2072s | um we're trying to figure out what the |
| 2073s | art solution like the sorry the art |
| 2075s | solution the lighting uh solution would |
| 2077s | be we don't have light bulbs in a turn |
| 2078s | them so uh the artists were super |
| 2080s | creative and we have this blobfish or |
| 2082s | it's like a frog fish type thing yeah |
| 2084s | it's like it's a frog fish and you see |
| 2087s | those hanging throughout the festival |
| 2088s | with like little lanterns |
| 2091s | yes that's kind of little top goes |
| 2093s | fishing and hung them for light oh so I |
| 2096s | mean |
| 2097s | what you can do yeah all right that's |
| 2100s | kind of like so keep an eye on all the |
| 2102s | lighting too see what you guys did I |
| 2103s | think that's just little details it's |
| 2106s | just fun to run around and I've even |
| 2107s | seen some early videos of like the PTR |
| 2109s | or someone just running around just like |
| 2111s | taking a look and just having a blast |
| 2113s | just looking at all the different |
| 2114s | creative ways to that the art team was |
| 2117s | able to sell this medley fair in in a |
| 2120s | tournament so yeah you guys always do |
| 2122s | the art really well and also the sound I |
| 2125s | mean that was totally that was a huge uh |
| 2127s | compliment from day one is the noises |
| 2129s | and the sounds from the game um is just |
| 2132s | uh kind of like next level so I'm really |
| 2134s | excited to see a music event you know |
| 2138s | kind of happen and experience that so |
| 2141s | and that kind of gets like the you know |
| 2143s | the sneakily second favorite thing that |
| 2145s | I have was just the whole overall |
| 2146s | development of the modern bug swarms and |
| 2147s | incorporating the musical instruments |
| 2149s | like that was such a fun and exciting |
| 2151s | feature just to see come online and to |
| 2154s | identify you know the design challenges |
| 2155s | by okay how can I incorporate this to be |
| 2157s | a way that players can interact with the |
| 2159s | world and just develop that whole thing |
| 2160s | so the collaborative efforts between the |
| 2163s | medley First Strike Team and the musical |
| 2164s | instrument Strike Team two figure out |
| 2166s | how to you know make you know mesh up |
| 2169s | chocolate and peanut butter together to |
| 2171s | make this kind of uh event yeah so |
| 2173s | delicious that was a fun one all right |
| 2175s | any anything else that you guys want to |
| 2177s | add about this I think we've covered |
| 2179s | quite a bit so |
| 2180s | we hope you enjoy it and send all of |
| 2184s | your feedback through all the normal |
| 2185s | channels but remember the quickest best |
| 2187s | way is just go up into that main menu |
| 2188s | setting and just go down to that support |
| 2190s | tab give us your feedback all right well |
| 2193s | thank you so much and I hope everyone |
| 2195s | enjoyed that and let's move on to the |
| 2197s | next event |
| 2201s | foreign |
| 2203s | but more so the next not dungeon but the |
| 2208s | Expedition thank you Expedition that |
| 2211s | we're going to dive into is the brand |
| 2213s | new one of the Barnacles and black |
| 2216s | powder right correct okay because I feel |
| 2219s | like you know say that five times fast |
| 2223s | um all right and joining us today is |
| 2225s | Mike is back yay and then Chad Chad had |
| 2228s | a hand in the dungeon not dungeon |
| 2231s | Expedition Expedition someone else is |
| 2234s | buying me lunch today all right so |
| 2237s | I mean let's get right into it I'm |
| 2239s | really excited to learn |
| 2243s | a lot more there's a lot more things |
| 2246s | that the monsters and the boss is doing |
| 2248s | um it's not just a very straightforward |
| 2249s | fight anymore so if you want to go into |
| 2252s | that yeah absolutely so we've got two |
| 2254s | new boss fights uh in this Expedition |
| 2256s | we've got uh admirable black powder as |
| 2259s | well as uh the neriad at the end uh so |
| 2262s | the uh the Admiral fight uh is |
| 2264s | particularly fun uh he's uh throwing |
| 2267s | appropriately themed explosive uh kegs |
| 2270s | of black powder around uh which will |
| 2273s | explode on the players I was gonna say I |
| 2274s | guess I shouldn't catch them right |
| 2275s | potatoes okay dangerous and then uh he |
| 2280s | also has a really great mechanic where |
| 2282s | he uh jumps up into the rafters and |
| 2284s | calls down cannon fire on the player so |
| 2287s | there's a lot of things to dodge and |
| 2289s | avoid and and kind of counter play uh |
| 2291s | back and forth and there's also a really |
| 2294s | interesting mechanic uh interacting with |
| 2297s | uh cannons for the players themselves |
| 2299s | where they can fire back at the Admiral |
| 2301s | and send some of the the shot back at |
| 2304s | him give him a taste of his own medicine |
| 2306s | it kind of reminds me of those like uh |
| 2308s | kind of I guess they're old school now |
| 2310s | but like the 3D Platformers where you'd |
| 2312s | have to go like pick something up load |
| 2314s | something up and then shoot it at the |
| 2315s | big bad and then it's a unique uh |
| 2318s | version of patterns that we have in this |
| 2320s | fight that it's really fun so there's a |
| 2322s | lot of elements of just dodging out of |
| 2324s | danger and then using other mechanics |
| 2326s | that we have in the game to make this |
| 2328s | really compelling Loop so I think |
| 2329s | players are gonna have a lot of fun and |
| 2331s | we've seen that in the PTR yeah |
| 2333s | yeah and it it's very uh frenetic uh |
| 2337s | little chaotic fight but a lot of fun |
| 2340s | lots of explosions uh a lot of action |
| 2342s | going on okay |
| 2344s | was any of the |
| 2345s | event your favorite part making any of |
| 2347s | it or did you know any characters that |
| 2350s | you enjoyed the most with yeah |
| 2351s | absolutely uh we we did add a couple of |
| 2354s | new features on this one uh in |
| 2356s | particular the the boss himself will be |
| 2358s | able to jump up into the rafters which |
| 2360s | is entirely new for our boss mechanics |
| 2362s | here uh and then also interacting with |
| 2365s | the Cannons actually picking up |
| 2366s | cannonballs hauling them over to the |
| 2368s | Cannons to load them up and then fire |
| 2370s | them back all new mechanics all right |
| 2373s | have you taken any previous feedback of |
| 2376s | other dungeons or events that you guys |
| 2378s | are bringing into this one uh yeah I |
| 2381s | mean we always try to incorporate |
| 2382s | feedback back into our Boss Designs |
| 2386s | um with these ones in particular uh |
| 2388s | we're definitely making sure their |
| 2390s | mechanics to address a variety of |
| 2392s | different play Styles as well as keep |
| 2394s | everybody involved in the fight |
| 2396s | um this is a pretty challenging set of |
| 2399s | fights there's a lot of damage flying |
| 2402s | around uh there's a lot of uh positional |
| 2404s | challenges is as well not quite as |
| 2407s | challenging as maybe the corrupted Naga |
| 2409s | but but we'll still throw some some good |
| 2412s | curveballs at the player okay |
| 2414s | okay he's a little bit debatable but |
| 2416s | what's awesome is so you have black |
| 2418s | powder and the steam of the the cursed |
| 2420s | treasure and as you're going down |
| 2422s | through everything and there's a whole |
| 2424s | bunch of new hazards and when I say |
| 2425s | cursed treasure I legitimately mean it's |
| 2427s | cursed and bad things will happen when |
| 2429s | you try to touch it |
| 2432s | a bunch of fun mechanics kind of |
| 2434s | surrounding that kind of like The |
| 2436s | Goonies Vibe and Pirates of the |
| 2438s | Caribbean kind of vibe but there's |
| 2440s | something that lurks even further into |
| 2443s | the depths of the Expedition uh and |
| 2445s | that's kind of one of my favorite things |
| 2446s | is the the reveal of the of the Myriad |
| 2449s | is like you see this like water spout |
| 2451s | this like Cyclone of water is like |
| 2453s | you're approaching and you get to fight |
| 2455s | this this all-new creature and I think |
| 2457s | it has really awesome mechanics if you |
| 2459s | want to dive into those yeah absolutely |
| 2461s | so uh as Mike was saying uh at the the |
| 2465s | ultimate fight at the end of the |
| 2467s | Expedition is with the neria and she's |
| 2469s | this uh water creature uh who can |
| 2472s | control the water and storm around her |
| 2475s | um really fantastic uh reveal and she |
| 2478s | also calls in tornadoes to uh to whirl |
| 2481s | around in the arena with her and provide |
| 2483s | lots of Hazards for the player oh yeah |
| 2486s | well throwing out quite a few |
| 2488s | projectiles and dangers a little bit of |
| 2490s | bullet hell action yes lots of dodging |
| 2492s | is necessary absolutely uh so it's a |
| 2495s | real fun fight as well okay okay so a |
| 2497s | lot of different mechanics once again to |
| 2498s | learn and and to practice with your |
| 2500s | friends and laugh as they make mistakes |
| 2502s | but as you do so absolutely and then of |
| 2505s | course for our more advanced players it |
| 2507s | you know have gone beyond the the |
| 2509s | standard level 60 and game Expeditions |
| 2512s | we have additional mutations that are in |
| 2514s | the rotation so we're introducing |
| 2517s | through three new mutations with |
| 2519s | icebound which has to do with ice |
| 2520s | Elemental damage and absorption uh |
| 2523s | oppression which has to do with silences |
| 2526s | and uh monolos okay so which is pretty |
| 2529s | awesome and then frenzied which is |
| 2531s | awesome |
| 2532s | that's awesome and then uh frenzied |
| 2535s | which is a curse it has to do with |
| 2537s | damage over time uh and stacks being |
| 2540s | applied to players as they Dodge so and |
| 2544s | will this be an interesting will this |
| 2546s | Expedition be included in all mutations |
| 2549s | too like that yes it will so after |
| 2552s | initial release and everyone's gotten |
| 2554s | their you know a couple weeks of reps |
| 2556s | going through this one then there'll be |
| 2558s | the mutated version we'll enter the |
| 2560s | overall rotation the global rotation for |
| 2562s | uh Expedition mutations okay keeping |
| 2565s | things fresh all right is there any sort |
| 2568s | of lore that you guys maybe wanted to |
| 2570s | touch on with this specific like event |
| 2573s | just in general or well this one is more |
| 2577s | isolated as a Side Story down in Cutlass |
| 2580s | Keys about strange things happening in |
| 2582s | the waters off the shoreline |
| 2584s | um strange creatures and then this |
| 2587s | kind of like curse that is occurring and |
| 2590s | then the Admiral as he's going about and |
| 2592s | stealing this lost plunder okay great |
| 2594s | you discover things are a lot worse than |
| 2597s | the Admiral himself as you dive deeper |
| 2600s | into the Expedition all right so it's |
| 2602s | not a nice little contained event going |
| 2604s | on with this all right well anything |
| 2606s | else that you guys want to add with this |
| 2608s | one |
| 2609s | I'm just super excited to get it out to |
| 2611s | players and get their feedback and uh |
| 2613s | yeah hopefully everybody has fun with it |
| 2615s | lots of cool new loot yeah we love Lou |
| 2618s | all right thank you and thanks Gamers |
| 2620s | for watching let's dive into the next |
| 2622s | one |
| 2627s | and we're going to touch on a topic that |
| 2631s | everybody keeps talking about constantly |
| 2633s | we hear you balance balance balance so I |
| 2636s | brought the Dave's in Double Trouble |
| 2638s | Dave and Dave they're going to go on |
| 2641s | about a few things that we're working on |
| 2642s | with balance especially when it comes to |
| 2644s | weapons I know there's a lot of concern |
| 2646s | we want to reassure everybody that when |
| 2649s | any changes are made it's not a |
| 2651s | permanent change the game is constantly |
| 2653s | adapting we're learning the feedback is |
| 2656s | very important so we're just going to |
| 2659s | touch on some of the weapons that I saw |
| 2661s | were super active on the forums let's |
| 2663s | start it right out with everyone's |
| 2666s | favorite |
| 2667s | the bow yes the bow Dave you want to |
| 2671s | take that uh sure yeah so the bow we've |
| 2673s | made a lot of updates to the bow in the |
| 2675s | past few updates and I think we worked |
| 2678s | really hard at making it more fluid |
| 2680s | easier to play and just for people have |
| 2682s | a good time with it while doing that we |
| 2684s | might have gone a little too far and I |
| 2687s | think we're going to rein in some of the |
| 2688s | damage a little bit it's doing a little |
| 2690s | bit too much burst damage it's a little |
| 2692s | too powerful in some modes not in all |
| 2694s | modes though right you were saying in |
| 2697s | PvP it's actually not the greatest right |
| 2699s | now right and are in arenas well yeah |
| 2701s | and opr is performing really well but in |
| 2704s | arenas it's actually the third worst |
| 2706s | weapon and in PVE it also isn't super |
| 2708s | strong and so it's really hard when |
| 2710s | we're talking about balance we've got to |
| 2711s | think about the whole game not one |
| 2713s | specific mode and you know we want |
| 2715s | weapons to each have at least one or two |
| 2717s | areas they shine but every weapon can't |
| 2719s | be the best at everything you know so |
| 2720s | it's a tough balance that we're trying |
| 2721s | to strive here right and and I know in |
| 2724s | the beginning like there were issues |
| 2725s | with the void Gauntlet there were issues |
| 2727s | with the life staff so uh you know I |
| 2729s | think we're constantly working on that |
| 2731s | and the bow is just being a little a |
| 2733s | little pickier with with needing that |
| 2735s | adjustment so |
| 2737s | um anything else that you want to touch |
| 2738s | on with the bow |
| 2740s | uh no I think we're gonna we're gonna |
| 2742s | make some more adjustments it's in PTR |
| 2743s | right now so please play and give |
| 2745s | feedback um and we're still making a |
| 2746s | couple more adjustments as we're getting |
| 2748s | close to the July date so okay great so |
| 2751s | the next step we wanted to talk on was |
| 2753s | the sword and shield |
| 2754s | Dave also Dave would you like to take |
| 2758s | that one yeah I think you know uh sword |
| 2760s | and shield had a combo with the shield |
| 2762s | bash stun that was really going zero to |
| 2765s | a hundred and that's a type of gameplay |
| 2767s | that we don't want to really Foster in |
| 2769s | New World so that is something that if |
| 2771s | you play PTR we've reduced the amount of |
| 2772s | stun weeping strike has to sort of uh |
| 2775s | not allow people to do that zero to 100 |
| 2777s | combo uh and we're gonna be on the |
| 2779s | lookout for those if if you are aware of |
| 2781s | those if you see things like that let us |
| 2782s | know that's something that we don't |
| 2783s | really want to be a part of of the new |
| 2785s | world combat experience okay yeah that's |
| 2787s | great to know |
| 2789s | um and then also the hatchet I know you |
| 2791s | were talking about the Hot Chip briefly |
| 2793s | too what is going on with that yeah so |
| 2795s | we looked at uh how people are using the |
| 2797s | hatchet and unfortunately the right side |
| 2798s | tree the throw tree is not being used |
| 2800s | that often we think it's a really fun |
| 2802s | tree so we went through and did a pretty |
| 2804s | major overhaul on it so it's got a lot |
| 2806s | of new bonuses and Buffs and damages and |
| 2808s | things of that nature so definitely be |
| 2811s | on the lookout again try it out on a PTR |
| 2812s | that'll be great but it's uh it's should |
| 2814s | be much more playable now okay that |
| 2817s | that's great to hear and you guys keep |
| 2819s | hearing it you know over and over go on |
| 2821s | the PTR that's why it's there the public |
| 2823s | test realm we want to hear that feedback |
| 2826s | go and experience these changes give us |
| 2828s | your thoughts because you guys do take |
| 2830s | the feedback very seriously and and are |
| 2833s | willing to keep making those adjustments |
| 2835s | to find that balance |
| 2837s | um I guess my last question being the |
| 2839s | future what's the future for the weapons |
| 2841s | the balance team what's going on with |
| 2843s | that |
| 2844s | I'll start out one of the things that |
| 2846s | we're definitely looking at is equipload |
| 2848s | and what is strong and what isn't strong |
| 2850s | we definitely feel that the light equip |
| 2852s | load is very strong right now and heavy |
| 2855s | in particular is weak it doesn't have a |
| 2857s | really good rule especially in PvP and |
| 2860s | PVE I think the extra sort of toughness |
| 2862s | it gives has enough weight but I think |
| 2865s | in PvP just that lack of Mobility you're |
| 2867s | getting is really you know I think |
| 2870s | hurting the heavy equivalent so we're |
| 2871s | doing tests internally trying some |
| 2873s | pretty pretty interesting stuff that |
| 2874s | we're excited to talk about that's not |
| 2876s | ready for this PTR hopefully we can put |
| 2878s | it in next PTR this might be more of an |
| 2881s | experimental change you know we're going |
| 2882s | to be free to do that in PTR now where |
| 2884s | we're gonna you know sometimes try some |
| 2886s | things that aren't necessarily going to |
| 2887s | go into the game but uh we're definitely |
| 2889s | looking that's one area we're looking at |
| 2890s | okay great anything else yeah another |
| 2892s | area is blocking um really like blocking |
| 2895s | in PvP is not a good option at the |
| 2897s | moment really it's the Dodge is |
| 2899s | definitely the meta and so we really |
| 2900s | want to take another look at blocking |
| 2902s | PVP and how can we adjust it to make it |
| 2904s | more worthwhile for all weapons not just |
| 2906s | the shield too so we're going to take a |
| 2908s | really close look at that and that'll |
| 2909s | definitely make PTR here pretty soon all |
| 2912s | right well great thank you so much guys |
| 2914s | and |
| 2915s | and again we look forward to all that |
| 2916s | feedback go and try the weapons let us |
| 2919s | know we want to fix them all right thank |
| 2922s | you so much |
| 2924s | and that's a wrap we've gone over quite |
| 2926s | a few things and I hope you guys really |
| 2928s | enjoyed behind the scenes Scott what do |
| 2930s | you think about it all |
| 2932s | I'm excited about so much on this |
| 2933s | release the music instruments the summer |
| 2935s | medley Fair I've had a blast playing |
| 2937s | Barnacles and black powder like just |
| 2939s | being able to connect with people |
| 2940s | through the group finder |
| 2943s | but overall I think the perk rebalance |
| 2945s | and the perfect Salvage are going to |
| 2946s | change the way the game is played and |
| 2948s | I'm really excited for those as well |
| 2949s | it's it's an exciting release and I hope |
| 2951s | we see you all out there all right |
| 2953s | thanks so much Scott and thank you |
| 2955s | everyone for watching we'll see you next |
| 2956s | time |