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| 0s | hey everybody Welcome to the season 4 |
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| 2s | Dev update we're still in Irvine got a |
| 5s | big group of people with me today got |
| 6s | gwy who you met a couple uh Dev updates |
| 8s | ago who's a producer on New World Dave |
| 11s | who everyone knows the the associate |
| 13s | game director got Rosie the WX art lead |
| 16s | World art lead Chad who's the AI |
| 20s | lead Patrick who leads the seasons and |
| 22s | progression teams Vince who's the ux |
| 25s | lead and Dan down there who is the |
| 28s | social and mounts lead lots of leads |
| 30s | here today |
| 31s | today so before we get too deep into the |
| 34s | season 4 update I want to talk a little |
| 36s | about the road map so at the beginning |
| 38s | of the year you know we released a road |
| 40s | map that talked about everything we were |
| 41s | going to do this year and we've been |
| 42s | pretty diligent about it but in the |
| 44s | honor in the uh in the effort of full |
| 46s | transparency We've Ended up moving some |
| 48s | things out of season 4 and I want to |
| 50s | talk through those and just you know o |
| 53s | own some of the things we missed on and |
| 54s | talk about why um so the first one is |
| 58s | the season trial with mutators |
| 61s | we decided to move this to season five |
| 62s | so we could do a little more focus on |
| 64s | the Expedition coming out this season uh |
| 67s | so we are still shipping a a 10 person |
| 69s | mutator but it's going to be next |
| 70s | release and it probably won't have |
| 72s | mutators we're leaning heavily against |
| 74s | that uh another one that's not happening |
| 76s | is the seasonal trinket so with this one |
| 80s | when when we you know artifacts weren't |
| 81s | on the original road map and plan and |
| 83s | once we released artifacts it seemed to |
| 85s | fill the void of the trinket and we |
| 87s | thought before we start putting more |
| 88s | things in the mix let's watch what |
| 90s | happen with this get player feedback and |
| 91s | figure out if you know if trinkets is |
| 93s | still the right thing to do or we want |
| 94s | to go a different |
| 95s | direction um this next one is the msq |
| 98s | update so we were planning to finish the |
| 100s | msq this release in December however you |
| 104s | know we're not really happy with the way |
| 106s | that the msq update went in the last in |
| 109s | the last release and we wanted to put a |
| 111s | little extra time just to make sure we |
| 113s | give you a quality experience so that's |
| 115s | going to move into the next one uh we |
| 117s | had already talked about really not |
| 118s | being into heart rooms I think we did |
| 119s | enough of those and I think that any |
| 121s | more would get a little bit |
| 123s | convoluted um next one we're going to go |
| 126s | into this really deep later but at a top |
| 128s | level crossworld Expeditions and Arenas |
| 130s | is moving now the the reason it's moving |
| 133s | is we wanted to surprise everyone with |
| 136s | an improved group finder and we did you |
| 139s | know it's it's underway but it's going |
| 140s | to take a little longer than we wanted |
| 141s | so it's not going to make season 4 |
| 143s | however we will Deep dive on that in a |
| 144s | little bit and then finally the seasonal |
| 147s | territory control again uh we we talked |
| 151s | about doing this but the influence races |
| 153s | have done such a good job of engaging |
| 155s | the players we want to get more feedback |
| 158s | and we'd rather respond to feedback and |
| 160s | improve that than try to throw another |
| 161s | system into the mix so there's good |
| 163s | reasons for it and this is just when you |
| 165s | release a road map you know 12 months |
| 168s | out you don't always know how things are |
| 170s | going to evolve over time and what's |
| 171s | going to happen in the live environment |
| 173s | so things change and we just wanted to |
| 175s | you know be open and honest and get in |
| 177s | front of the changes so with that um I'd |
| 181s | like to shift the focus to season 4 and |
| 183s | talk about eternal Frost because there's |
| 186s | some pretty cool stuff coming this month |
| 188s | and the very first thing is uh it comes |
| 191s | with a new storyline and someone's going |
| 194s | to tell you about that who's sitting |
| 195s | behind me yeah so season 4 storyline uh |
| 198s | the silver crows are back so very |
| 200s | excited to have Grace Ali Xander and the |
| 202s | crew uh back to take you on a new |
| 204s | adventure uh with this storyline we have |
| 207s | a old client Sky the spear daughter she |
| 209s | returns and warns that the varangians |
| 211s | are back up to no good uh they never |
| 214s | seem to be up to any good so we're |
| 216s | fighting them again uh with her coming |
| 218s | and bringing that news you need to seek |
| 220s | out new allies so that brings in uh Dai |
| 223s | Seido the new uh member of the silver |
| 225s | crows who you will have to fight him to |
| 228s | gain his respect in order for him to |
| 230s | join the crows um so it's one of several |
| 232s | Soul trials that come with this season |
| 234s | narrative which is super exciting we're |
| 236s | really expanding our quantity of Soul |
| 238s | trials we're doing with the season |
| 239s | narrative so so Chad you want to talk |
| 241s | about that a little bit yeah absolutely |
| 243s | so uh like you were saying I think we've |
| 245s | got a total of I think four um uh solo |
| 249s | trial boss fights so we've got the daich |
| 251s | encounter um uh another uh fight with |
| 255s | the uh ice dragon as well as kind of an |
| 258s | ultimate ice Guardian um that one in |
| 261s | particular I really really like uh has |
| 263s | some great mechanics uh that we haven't |
| 265s | really seen yet uh interacting with uh |
| 268s | some throwable objects to kind of break |
| 270s | this interaction that the boss is doing |
| 272s | uh with some rooms in the environment uh |
| 274s | I think that one's really fun and then |
| 276s | an ultimate fight with mrid um uh which |
| 279s | is really cool he's got some really |
| 281s | interesting uh not seen before uh uh new |
| 284s | abilities and I think the quest |
| 286s | experience is once again up leved like |
| 288s | it's just there's so many fun quests |
| 290s | there's one where you actually play on a |
| 292s | chess board like there's a mission in |
| 293s | that like we've just found new |
| 294s | interactions in the quest that keeps it |
| 296s | sort of interesting and and really keeps |
| 298s | the narrative alive yeah personally I |
| 300s | like that you know we've we've done a |
| 302s | lot for the group The PVE group players |
| 305s | we've done a lot for the PVP players |
| 306s | recently and now we're doing more for |
| 308s | the solo players and I want to make sure |
| 310s | the message is where we care about all |
| 311s | all of the groups of players and I think |
| 313s | at a high level I love the solo sultra |
| 316s | the solo trials they're pretty cool um |
| 319s | we also have a new Expedition coming out |
| 321s | that the glacial Tarn for level 65 |
| 324s | players what makes that cool well the |
| 327s | glacial TN in contrast to the imperian |
| 329s | for is going to be all icy and cold so |
| 332s | we have some real extremes in |
| 333s | temperature and it's really interesting |
| 336s | uh second half to the imperian forge so |
| 338s | we see those two sort of the the two |
| 342s | sides of the hot and the |
| 344s | cold yeah and uh just to talk a little |
| 346s | bit about uh what players are going to |
| 348s | be encountering in there uh we got some |
| 350s | really neat uh environmental |
| 352s | interactions there's icy stalactites or |
| 355s | icicles dropping from the ceiling on the |
| 357s | player um some really interesting |
| 360s | um uh kind of empowering mechanics where |
| 363s | players have to defeat it Gathering |
| 365s | flame um some new enemies with uh icy |
| 368s | ancient Guardians ice fenians and and |
| 371s | some new bosses G you want to tell us |
| 373s | about those yeah the new uh ice torso |
| 376s | boss does he have a place player facing |
| 378s | name uh sir Loth sir Loth that's right |
| 381s | yeah so we've got the ice Commander sir |
| 383s | Loth and glacial turn and I think the |
| 385s | most exciting thing about that fight is |
| 387s | just how much there is going on and |
| 389s | there's going to be a few different ways |
| 390s | that you can play it there's uh other AI |
| 393s | that are going to be buffing the boss in |
| 396s | the center there are weak points that |
| 398s | you can Target if you're focused on |
| 400s | ranged play and there's also a lot of |
| 403s | movement around the arena so heting back |
| 406s | to imperion forge you have to really pay |
| 408s | attention to what's around you and make |
| 409s | sure you're not getting caught in the |
| 411s | floor turning into lava and this time |
| 413s | you actually have a lot more control |
| 414s | over the arena itself because the boss |
| 416s | can break the bridges but you can also |
| 418s | build them back up so making sure you're |
| 420s | not caught on a platform where you need |
| 422s | to be I still haven't beat it in play |
| 424s | test yet so I'm going to need to work on |
| 425s | it a little bit harder maybe you should |
| 428s | stop playing with Dave and get other |
| 430s | people to yeah maybe more with like |
| 433s | pride and Darren they were they were a |
| 435s | little bit better but then I play healer |
| 437s | so maybe I should be keeping Dave alive |
| 439s | better I like that I think the best |
| 442s | healer in the world couldn't do that |
| 446s | um sorry um we got a couple new |
| 450s | artifacts you want to talk about |
| 452s | those yeah so uh new artifacts so for |
| 455s | those of you who are done with your |
| 456s | Chase uh from the expansion artifacts |
| 458s | we're introducing eight new ones uh |
| 460s | pretty pretty diverse cast of weapons |
| 462s | and armor so those weapons that did not |
| 464s | get artifacts with the expansion uh the |
| 467s | life staff the bow things like that |
| 469s | they're finally going to get their time |
| 470s | in the Sun and they should be pretty fun |
| 472s | for players to chase so two of my |
| 474s | favorites um Vengeance the LIF staff |
| 477s | pretty unique uh weapon here it takes |
| 479s | takes more of an offensive approach for |
| 481s | the life staff and increases the damage |
| 482s | you deal based on how many uh times |
| 484s | you're healing people so I'm sure |
| 486s | there's some pretty fun interactions |
| 487s | there for players to find there's also |
| 489s | Gladiator the round Shield uh what this |
| 492s | does is it acts as a sort of thorns |
| 493s | where when you take melee damage you |
| 495s | then inflict a bleed on the player so |
| 497s | some interesting interactions there uh |
| 500s | Dave any other favorites from you yeah I |
| 501s | got two favorites also uh one I know all |
| 504s | the bow players felt left out your bow |
| 506s | is coming bolt Caster uh it's really |
| 509s | cool it does uh as you can guess |
| 511s | lightning damage but the other nice |
| 513s | thing is it does is if you hit someone |
| 515s | with full health you get a stun uh so |
| 517s | that's going to be very interesting to |
| 519s | see the power of those plus a stun uh |
| 522s | another one I love is Quick Draw gloves |
| 525s | uh what I like about this is it really |
| 526s | changes the gameplay right it's not just |
| 528s | numbers uh every time you swap weapons |
| 530s | with this G with these gloves on you get |
| 532s | a little bit of immunity so it's neat to |
| 535s | sort of like plan out your weapon swaps |
| 537s | and and sort of have a different Vector |
| 538s | on gameplay so some pretty interesting |
| 540s | ones I'm really excited about the DPS |
| 542s | life staff I haven't even come close to |
| 544s | finishing my artifacts so far so those |
| 546s | are just going to go on hold for a |
| 547s | little bit so I can do my life stuff |
| 550s | yeah I think like I mentioned this in |
| 551s | the uh earlier part but I think |
| 553s | artifacts just changes the game and it |
| 554s | gives they're so fun as Chase items at |
| 556s | the end like really awesome we're also |
| 559s | bringing back some of our favorite |
| 560s | seasonal events we have the winter |
| 562s | conversion Festival in the legacy of |
| 564s | Cris and I don't know about you Patrick |
| 565s | but I am looking forward to seeing those |
| 567s | gleit Come Sailing In I'm excited too |
| 569s | and that's a great segue because one of |
| 570s | the bigger changes with the convergence |
| 572s | this year is we're really increasing the |
| 574s | frequency of those Gite meteors they're |
| 576s | such a cool thing uh in tum and you only |
| 578s | get to see it for a month out of the |
| 580s | year so we really wanted to make sure |
| 581s | that players are seeing a lot of those |
| 583s | at night and it's really lighting up the |
| 584s | sky um outside of that you know the |
| 586s | standard reward Suite so new armors to |
| 588s | chase new emotes and one of the I think |
| 591s | coolest things about the uh converion |
| 593s | this year is we're changing the way |
| 595s | crafting works with these uh holiday |
| 597s | events so what we're doing is |
| 598s | introducing a new resource the pristine |
| 600s | Gite Chunk from the shop you can buy |
| 602s | this and that'll let you craft a |
| 603s | guaranteed 700 item with some fixed |
| 605s | perks and should be really uh awesome |
| 607s | way for players to hop into events like |
| 609s | winter convergence and get some great |
| 611s | gear out of it um outside of that Legacy |
| 613s | crass as you touched on so there's going |
| 615s | to be a new pickaxe might be best in |
| 617s | slot might not but what it does have is |
| 619s | a unique Skin So players can go chase |
| 621s | that there's also two new statues that |
| 623s | come from the event from uh each of the |
| 625s | corrupted cyclopses those will be fun to |
| 627s | decorate your house with okay |
| 630s | next Vince you want to tell us about |
| 632s | some of the inventory changes quality of |
| 634s | life improvements uh sure yeah we've |
| 636s | we've been Gathering feedback uh for a |
| 637s | while now on inventory and some changes |
| 639s | um and I'm glad to announce that you |
| 641s | know uh really big changes are coming in |
| 643s | um so one of them is that basically |
| 644s | right now the view of your inventory |
| 646s | items is all two columns so you have |
| 647s | like two columns of and it gets really |
| 649s | long if you have a lot of Rewards or a |
| 651s | lot of of things in specific category um |
| 652s | you can now change that to one column so |
| 654s | we can go wider um you can also |
| 655s | reorganize and and um either uh change |
| 658s | the order of of all your categories as |
| 660s | well as turn on or turn off some |
| 661s | categories too so if you really don't |
| 664s | like gems you can hide them all um and |
| 666s | you can you can change all this sort of |
| 667s | edwill um if you like the two Comm |
| 669s | layout you can also move things from one |
| 671s | Comm to the other if you like all the |
| 672s | crafting stuff on the right um and all |
| 674s | your gear on the left or the other way |
| 676s | um you can make all those Chang as well |
| 677s | um and another cool feature that people |
| 678s | have been asking about um that we're |
| 680s | really excited too is within each |
| 681s | category you can do batch crafting based |
| 683s | on Rarity so you just check the box of |
| 684s | the Rarity of stuff you want to or |
| 685s | Salvage you want to salvage um and then |
| 687s | you basically just Salvage all so if you |
| 689s | if you're like Scott Lane you want to |
| 690s | salvage all your Commons and legendaries |
| 692s | you can go do that um if you're like DV |
| 694s | and you're anti-blue and you just want |
| 695s | to Nuke all of that Rarity you go for it |
| 699s | so we think we think you know we're |
| 701s | really excited about this one and we |
| 702s | think um we've you know we've addressed |
| 703s | a lot of the the feedback but please |
| 704s | keep it coming and we'll continue to |
| 705s | keep making improvements to inventory |
| 707s | it's good timing weren't you just |
| 708s | talking about salvaging legendaries and |
| 711s | how the UI creates a little bit of a |
| 713s | excess clicking yeah that that control C |
| 716s | gets a little frustrated so I'm very |
| 717s | very happy for this change and Thank You |
| 719s | Vince I think we're I think I think it's |
| 721s | a huge quality of life Improvement and |
| 723s | it's something that we're going to |
| 724s | continue to pay attention to not just |
| 726s | inventory but quality of life so earlier |
| 728s | on I mentioned uh that we you know that |
| 730s | we were moving crossworld uh Expeditions |
| 734s | and Arenas out because we wanted to |
| 735s | focus on improved group finder D why |
| 738s | don't you tell us exactly what that's |
| 739s | going to |
| 740s | Encompass yeah the weight uh it's almost |
| 743s | over uh We've almost got it uh we are |
| 745s | going to do crossworld Expeditions with |
| 748s | a uh oneclick uh group finder uh so you |
| 752s | can go as a solo you can click the |
| 754s | button as a premade group and click the |
| 756s | button you will find uh a group to play |
| 759s | Expeditions with across World um we are |
| 762s | doing uh you we're sporting all the |
| 763s | vanilla Expeditions uh we're also going |
| 766s | to support mutated Expeditions as well |
| 770s | nice and this has roll que Dan so you |
| 772s | can be assured you always have a tank |
| 773s | and healer in your grp you go into the |
| 775s | system you pick a roll it's going to you |
| 777s | know balance things out you're going |
| 779s | going to have a a bonus uh for those in |
| 782s | demand roles and uh yeah any other |
| 785s | bonuses like just to give you incentives |
| 788s | to do it every day or something like |
| 789s | that funny you should ask yes indeed yes |
| 793s | indeed there is a 3X daily bonus for |
| 796s | clicking the big random button that will |
| 799s | send you to you know wherever wherever |
| 801s | you're needed the most for to fill a |
| 802s | group right now and isn't there even |
| 804s | more Dan uh what if I think there's no |
| 807s | end to the stuff Dave with pugs versus |
| 809s | group made pre-made groups sometimes |
| 812s | you're you know you don't have that |
| 813s | coordination so it's a little difficult |
| 815s | more difficult with pickup groups are |
| 816s | there any sort of compensation or |
| 819s | incentives to help that group along yes |
| 821s | absolutely this is not an original Thing |
| 823s | by any means but we're adding a 15% buff |
| 826s | uh when you end up in a random group to |
| 828s | uh damage and uh and healing it's going |
| 831s | to be big yeah I'm excited for this I |
| 833s | think you know one of the controversial |
| 835s | topics was like should we do these |
| 837s | oneclick groupers for mutation because |
| 839s | mutations are a little bit more you know |
| 841s | makes sense obviously for story mode and |
| 843s | the easier but like for M3s uh we're |
| 845s | going to try doing it I think it's the |
| 847s | right way to do it uh but I think we |
| 849s | talked about not having them impact the |
| 851s | leaderboard right no leader board |
| 853s | placement for so that can stay pristine |
| 855s | uh yeah I think it's going to be super |
| 857s | fun like just the ability to press one |
| 860s | button uh never have to link gear again |
| 862s | never have to like you know beg for |
| 864s | groups or anything and you'll just be in |
| 866s | a group instantly it's just and for me |
| 868s | it's as much about the weight |
| 869s | not having to try to wait for a group to |
| 871s | form like with now when you're combining |
| 873s | that with |
| 874s | crossworld it's uh it's it's gonna it's |
| 878s | going to feel much more on demand and |
| 879s | that's that's exciting and healers |
| 881s | you're going to get paid extra I |
| 882s | appreciate that buff too because as a |
| 884s | Healer having like good group Synergy |
| 886s | with the people that I always play with |
| 887s | is really beneficial but now I don't |
| 889s | have to worry so thanks again everybody |
| 892s | and just as a recap today we talked |
| 893s | about some road map changes we went into |
| 896s | Deep dive on all of the Season 4 |
| 898s | features including a new storyline the |
| 899s | new Expedition artifacts our upcoming |
| 903s | seasonal |
| 904s | events uh the awesome quality of life um |
| 908s | updates we've done as well as giving you |
| 909s | a little insight into where we're going |
| 911s | with the improved group finder so thank |
| 913s | you again everybody for doing that we'd |
| 915s | also like to you know elicit questions |
| 917s | for the Q&A and we've seen the feedback |
| 921s | that people feel like we're not |
| 923s | answering all of their awesome questions |
| 925s | or giving enough detail so one thing |
| 927s | we're going to do is be a little more |
| 928s | Pres sctive on the kind of questions we |
| 930s | are you know comfortable answering and |
| 933s | hopefully this will feel more respectful |
| 935s | of your time because we really do |
| 936s | appreciate you asking the questions it's |
| 938s | awesome um uh with that said if you like |
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| 945s | we will see you in a tourament in season |
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