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| 0s | I kind of have this anxiety about |
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| 2s | spending these Emerald shards that take |
| 3s | a lot of time and effort to earn and we |
| 5s | recognize that so in order to smooth out |
| 7s | that process items are just going to |
| 9s | drop at the high the higher item levels |
| 11s | appropriate to the content that you're |
| 13s | doing you don't need to invest in extra |
| 14s | resource into leveling them up or |
| 16s | anything |
| 17s | [Music] |
| 18s | [Applause] |
| 18s | [Music] |
| 25s | we talk about all things new world today |
| 27s | we have a very special episode of |
| 30s | balance of power we are going to be |
| 32s | talking not about creating balance but |
| 34s | about breaking balance by introducing a |
| 36s | bunch of new stuff in season three so |
| 38s | we're going to go a little bit away from |
| 40s | the the format and talk about upcoming |
| 42s | changes to the Gear to help me go |
| 44s | through this all I'm joined by Patrick |
| 46s | medley our system our scene Seasons |
| 49s | design lead who's now also working and |
| 52s | leading the progression team |
| 54s | and Drew Higby a player with over 2 000 |
| 58s | hours in New World also our product |
| 60s | manager but don't hold that against them |
| 63s | uh all right so let's get into all the |
| 66s | big changes coming in season three uh |
| 69s | but before we do that I want to talk a |
| 71s | little bit about some of the problems |
| 72s | we've had and what the sort of goals to |
| 74s | fix them are Drew you mind kicking us |
| 76s | off here |
| 77s | yeah I think one of the big things that |
| 79s | we had as we played through and we |
| 81s | watched players play through the game is |
| 82s | right when you hit Level 60 there's this |
| 84s | extra level this extra barrier to |
| 86s | getting good gear which is the expertise |
| 88s | system and |
| 90s | um we decided that it's just not |
| 91s | necessary anymore we're just removing |
| 93s | the expertise system so if you really |
| 95s | loved it sorry it's going it's going |
| 97s | away but it's just entirely removed from |
| 100s | the game now you don't have to level up |
| 102s | uh your gearing by picking up a few |
| 104s | rings to be able to get level 600 Rings |
| 106s | or anything like that anymore they just |
| 108s | drop based on the type of content that |
| 109s | you're clearing and you'll get |
| 111s | appropriate item level rewards for that |
| 112s | content awesome what about umbrella |
| 114s | upgrading any changes there yeah for |
| 117s | sure I think one of the other things is |
| 118s | you would get a piece of gear and you |
| 120s | would say oh do I want to invest my |
| 122s | umbral shards in this piece of gear it's |
| 123s | kind of an upgrade for me right now but |
| 125s | it's not the best piece of gear that I |
| 127s | want long term I kind of have this |
| 129s | anxiety about spending these Emerald |
| 130s | shards that take a lot of time and |
| 131s | effort to earn and we recognize that so |
| 134s | in order to smooth out that process |
| 135s | items are just going to drop up at the |
| 137s | high the higher item levels appropriate |
| 140s | to the content that you're doing you |
| 141s | don't need to invest in extra resource |
| 143s | into leveling them up or anything |
| 144s | awesome and Patrick any uh concerns |
| 147s | about the bloat maybe of drops that |
| 149s | we've had yeah we drop a lot of items in |
| 152s | our game if you run an expedition you're |
| 154s | probably coming out of that with about |
| 155s | 40 to 50 items so as a player you're |
| 158s | then having to sift through your |
| 159s | inventory figure out what items you want |
| 161s | to keep what you want to sell and then |
| 162s | what you're just going to salvage it's |
| 164s | not a super fun inventory management |
| 166s | minigame so we're not very happy with |
| 167s | where that is right now so with that in |
| 170s | mind we want to give you less loot but |
| 172s | we want that Loop to matter more so what |
| 174s | that means is the loot that you do |
| 175s | acquire should be higher quality so it |
| 177s | should be more useful for you that'll |
| 179s | come with a new system called Loop |
| 180s | biasing which we'll talk about in a |
| 181s | little bit that's awesome what about |
| 183s | Chase items any issues there Drew yeah I |
| 186s | think throughout the game there's a few |
| 187s | different items that drop that have like |
| 189s | the three perks that you really really |
| 190s | want and so in a way those are Chase |
| 193s | items but the reality is they're not |
| 195s | three perks that you couldn't get in any |
| 197s | other combination or crafting or |
| 199s | anything like that so we wanted to do is |
| 201s | we wanted to add new Chase items to the |
| 203s | game they were really impactful and have |
| 205s | unique perks to that end we're adding |
| 207s | artifacts to the game which we'll talk |
| 209s | about a little bit more awesome any |
| 211s | problems or issues we've seen with |
| 212s | crafting Patrick Yeah if you're a |
| 215s | crafter right now a lot of your life |
| 216s | involves around rolling these items and |
| 217s | hoping you're going to roll the perfect |
| 219s | item it's a lot of RNG and it's not |
| 221s | super compelling because you don't have |
| 223s | a lot of control over the item you're |
| 224s | ultimately making so for the expansion |
| 226s | we want to give players the opportunity |
| 228s | to craft gear that means more to them so |
| 230s | they can understand what they're |
| 232s | crafting uh more cleanly to that end |
| 234s | we're reducing the ranges that items can |
| 236s | roll instead of replacing them with |
| 238s | fixed gear scores you know exactly the |
| 240s | power of the item you're creating and |
| 241s | we're also giving Crafters a way to |
| 243s | craft exactly the item they want down to |
| 244s | every single perk which we will talk |
| 246s | about more when we talk crafting awesome |
| 248s | and last sort of issue what about any |
| 250s | any issues with perks we've seen Drew |
| 253s | well you know you mentioned I'm a |
| 254s | product manager we do love data one of |
| 256s | the things we did is we looked at all |
| 258s | the different perks across the game we |
| 260s | looked at their use rates we looked at |
| 261s | their their effectiveness we looked at |
| 264s | why people were using them in certain |
| 265s | circumstances because just because |
| 266s | something wasn't being used a lot |
| 267s | doesn't necessarily mean that it wasn't |
| 269s | useful for players and we did a pass and |
| 272s | we're removing some we're changing some |
| 274s | we're adding a few more perks |
| 276s | that's awesome well some pretty big |
| 279s | changes here come and I think it's fair |
| 280s | to call it's sort of like an overhaul to |
| 282s | the loot system in New World |
| 284s | well let's start are there any big |
| 286s | progression pieces that we should be |
| 287s | aware of Drew yeah so one of the |
| 289s | exciting things is actually increasing |
| 290s | the level cap to level 65 so there's a |
| 292s | few more levels to play through as part |
| 295s | of that you'll actually just hit level |
| 296s | 65 very naturally just playing through |
| 298s | the new content in the game this isn't |
| 300s | meant to be a long arduous journey to |
| 302s | 65. this is you're unlocking a bit more |
| 305s | power as you play through the game and |
| 306s | people will be 65 pretty quickly and do |
| 309s | you get anything with those levels in |
| 311s | terms of attributes and how might that |
| 312s | change the game for sure yeah there are |
| 314s | a few attribute points that you end up |
| 316s | getting via just straight up leveling a |
| 317s | few via gear score there's actually a |
| 319s | few attribute threshold bonuses that |
| 321s | you'll be uh getting that weren't there |
| 323s | before so there's a new one at 350 and |
| 325s | there's a new one at 25. and what this |
| 327s | means is there's actually a lot more |
| 328s | combinations that you can do across your |
| 330s | builds to get these attribute threshold |
| 332s | bonuses that are going to change your |
| 333s | play style and kind of create a more |
| 335s | unique experience to your build as well |
| 337s | as optimize some unknown builds right |
| 340s | now yeah I like the combination of |
| 342s | having some early ones so you can like |
| 344s | dabble to get little bit of power and |
| 345s | then some of the big ones and he changes |
| 348s | to weapon Mastery to go along with with |
| 349s | the leveling Patrick yes so we're |
| 351s | introducing a new weapon the flail and |
| 353s | if you're like me you're gonna equip |
| 354s | that flail in day one you're going to |
| 356s | want to grind up to weapon Mastery 20 so |
| 357s | you can be very effective with it if |
| 359s | you're doing that in a live game right |
| 360s | now you're probably going to a POI and |
| 362s | great cleave or Restless Shores to grind |
| 364s | that out and it takes a little bit of |
| 365s | time it's not as quick and snappy as |
| 367s | we'd like so to the end we're decreasing |
| 368s | the amount of experience you need to |
| 370s | level a weapon from 1 to 20 by roughly |
| 372s | 30 percent with most of those cuts |
| 374s | coming on the tail end so levels 15 16 |
| 377s | 17 and Beyond should be a little more |
| 379s | more smooth and quick and you should |
| 381s | feel that power progression more cleanly |
| 382s | awesome well talking about power |
| 385s | progression I think gear is also getting |
| 387s | a big upgrade tell us about that yeah so |
| 389s | we're increasing the max gear score up |
| 391s | to 700 so right now that Max is 625 with |
| 394s | most items capping out their drop at |
| 396s | around gear score 600. now you can |
| 398s | acquire items uh anywhere from gear |
| 400s | score 625 up to 700 in the expansion |
| 403s | content so they draw drop naturally all |
| 405s | the way up to seven they drop naturally |
| 407s | all the way to 700 so there's no more |
| 408s | upgrading an item to get to that maximum |
| 410s | power now you get to go and grind the or |
| 412s | go and acquire the exact item that you |
| 414s | want at the exact gear score you want so |
| 417s | different content will drop items at |
| 418s | different gear score ranges so really |
| 421s | hard mutation three content for example |
| 422s | will drop 695 to 700 giving you the |
| 425s | highest odds at that top end content |
| 426s | other content will drop at different |
| 429s | ranges depending on the difficulty of |
| 431s | the content Patrick any changes with |
| 433s | attributes come up with this higher gear |
| 435s | score yeah so higher gears for items uh |
| 437s | your score 675 to 700 roll it legendary |
| 440s | and the top end of those items will give |
| 442s | you more attribute bonus points than |
| 443s | other items so if you really want to |
| 446s | optimize your build you're going to be |
| 447s | chasing those gear scores 700 items to |
| 449s | make yourself as powerful as you can be |
| 450s | awesome and combined with the level and |
| 453s | the gear approximately how many more |
| 454s | attribute points are people going to be |
| 456s | getting on average you'll be seeing |
| 458s | around 600 attribute points for most |
| 460s | players so about 100 more with the |
| 462s | expansion which should open up a lot of |
| 463s | fun avenues for new builds awesome uh |
| 466s | well let's jump into the next topic uh |
| 468s | so you mentioned something about uh less |
| 470s | loot but loot that matters more it's |
| 472s | something a little bit about that yeah |
| 474s | so uh the high level goal is that one |
| 476s | sentence we want to give you less loot |
| 477s | that drops but we want that Loop to |
| 479s | matter more uh how we're planning to |
| 480s | accomplish a lot of that is a new system |
| 482s | we're calling Loop biasing so me as a |
| 484s | player I tend to use light armor a spear |
| 487s | and a bow and right now when I play the |
| 489s | game I'm gonna get items that drop that |
| 491s | might be completely useless for me I'll |
| 492s | get a heavy Gauntlet with focus on it |
| 494s | I'll get a life staff these aren't items |
| 496s | I ever plan to use when I'm playing the |
| 498s | expansion though I should be getting |
| 499s | items that drop that are more meaningful |
| 501s | to me as a player because of the |
| 503s | attributes I have the weapons I use and |
| 505s | the equip weight I'm set at so I can |
| 507s | expect to see more light gauntlets that |
| 508s | have dexterity on them more Spears |
| 510s | dropping more bows all things I as a |
| 512s | player might use more frequently or if |
| 514s | I'm not personally going to use it I |
| 515s | could probably sell it on the trading |
| 516s | post so it's really exciting system for |
| 518s | me the natural question that rises from |
| 520s | this is well I play multiple builds how |
| 523s | am I going to make sure that what I'm |
| 525s | getting from this content is going to |
| 526s | help me gear for those different builds |
| 528s | you can easily as a player swap your |
| 529s | armor Loadout to maybe my spear sword |
| 532s | build and then when I open my caches |
| 534s | from Outpost rush or War now I'm going |
| 536s | to have a chance of getting swords out |
| 538s | of that so I can gear myself easily for |
| 539s | multiple pieces of content depending on |
| 541s | what I'm wearing at the moment I do that |
| 543s | content awesome well speaking of perks |
| 545s | Drew tell us a little bit about all the |
| 546s | big perk changes coming the season three |
| 548s | yeah as I mentioned we kind of looked |
| 550s | through a bunch of the different perks |
| 551s | and really Dove deep on all the |
| 552s | different ones that were there how |
| 554s | they're being used maybe they weren't |
| 555s | being used to that end some perks are |
| 558s | being removed such as the siphoning |
| 560s | perks they just didn't have a very high |
| 562s | acquisition or use rate probably too |
| 565s | high of an acquisition rate definitely |
| 566s | too too little of a use rate and so |
| 569s | we're removing some perks like that from |
| 571s | the game that just aren't seeing use and |
| 572s | players don't feel like they're fun the |
| 575s | goal here is when you get an item you |
| 578s | shouldn't say ah this item isn't just |
| 580s | not useful because it doesn't have that |
| 581s | one perk that makes it useful to that |
| 584s | end we're removing Wards and bands and |
| 586s | resilient and items that you're looking |
| 589s | for should just be the perks that you're |
| 590s | interested in not feeling like there's a |
| 592s | mandatory perk that you have to have for |
| 594s | an item to even be useful so yeah we |
| 597s | changed a few different perks as I |
| 599s | mentioned things like some of the weapon |
| 602s | Mastery perks so accelerating traps for |
| 605s | example kind of plays into that fantasy |
| 607s | of being like a hunter Trapper so now |
| 609s | the traps not only do they add a speed |
| 611s | bonus but they also add a bleed effect |
| 613s | so you're dealing a little bit of extra |
| 615s | damage if something gets close to you |
| 617s | which would make sense because you're |
| 618s | generally keeping things at a bit of a |
| 620s | range as a musket now you get a little |
| 621s | bit of a damage bonus up close via those |
| 623s | bleed perks that are on there and then |
| 626s | we ended up adding a few more perks |
| 628s | because who doesn't like some new perks |
| 630s | as long as they're good which we really |
| 631s | feel like these ones are very good I'm |
| 633s | very interested in decking out my entire |
| 636s | fire staff set all the armor will have |
| 638s | plus fire damage on it now to give me a |
| 641s | nice little bonus to my damage so we're |
| 643s | excited about that kind of adding a |
| 644s | little bit more dynamic perks to the |
| 647s | armor sets that help you offensively not |
| 649s | just defensively and not just kind of |
| 651s | like the weapon perks so there's a |
| 653s | little bit more of a combination a |
| 655s | little bit more of a range of things |
| 657s | that may appeal to you as a player when |
| 659s | you see items start dropping coming soon |
| 660s | awesome and one of my favorite new perks |
| 664s | coming magnify tell me a little bit |
| 666s | about how this works yeah so one of the |
| 667s | things is uh maybe you have a really |
| 670s | good weapon that just has 30 Con on it |
| 673s | or something and you you want to use it |
| 675s | in certain sets but you can't because it |
| 677s | ends up throwing off your attributes a |
| 678s | little bit well magnify helps solve that |
| 680s | problem it just magnifies whatever your |
| 682s | highest attribute is so if your entire |
| 684s | strength set is a strength set now it's |
| 686s | going to add 30 strength as opposed to |
| 688s | adding 30 con previously but if you swap |
| 690s | over to a tanking set and you still want |
| 692s | to use that item now it gives you 30 con |
| 694s | because that's what you're expecting to |
| 695s | the most we feel like this will let you |
| 697s | feel like the items that you worked |
| 699s | really hard to get are even more |
| 701s | valuable because you can use them across |
| 703s | more builds and also allows you to kind |
| 704s | of experiment with other builds a little |
| 706s | bit easier and hopefully that opens up a |
| 708s | lot of new possibilities awesome |
| 710s | well let's dive into probably one of my |
| 712s | favorite features coming in the |
| 715s | expansion tell me about artifacts |
| 716s | Patrick Yeah artifacts are awesome uh |
| 718s | they are gear scores 700 uh play style |
| 721s | build defining objects you can acquire |
| 723s | in the world so we have a whole set of |
| 725s | artifacts coming with the expansion and |
| 727s | you can find these on named enemies in |
| 729s | the open world out of dungeons the PVP |
| 731s | reward track all sorts of content will |
| 733s | be vectors for these artifacts to drop |
| 734s | when you get an artifact it's a unique |
| 737s | one-off item so it has a unique perk on |
| 739s | it that will not exist on any other uh |
| 741s | any other item in the game so one |
| 743s | example my personal favorite is called |
| 744s | scorpion sting it is a spear that has |
| 746s | Javelin uh as I perk but that Javelin |
| 749s | doesn't push the enemy away it pulls |
| 750s | them to you it's going to be super |
| 752s | useful for me in Outpost Rush when you |
| 754s | get scorpion sting you're going to go |
| 756s | and you're going to see that it has a |
| 757s | bunch of perks on it they're locked |
| 758s | behind a quest so when you equip it the |
| 761s | spirit you're going to see your HUD |
| 762s | change to show the objectives that you |
| 764s | need to complete to unlock those perks |
| 766s | as you complete those objectives it |
| 768s | might say go kill thorpson Thorpe in the |
| 770s | depths for example you're going to kill |
| 771s | Thorpe and then immediately that perk is |
| 773s | going to unlock you're going to have |
| 774s | that artifact be slightly more powerful |
| 776s | eventually you'll have unlocked every |
| 777s | perk on the artifact and it's going to |
| 779s | be a really really powerful item that |
| 781s | you're going to want to make sure you |
| 782s | have equipped so you can have three of |
| 784s | them equipped at a time one weapon one |
| 786s | armor piece and one jewelry piece and |
| 789s | hopefully they should really change the |
| 790s | way you're playing the game awesome what |
| 792s | about you you got any favorite uh |
| 794s | artifacts there's a lot of really fun |
| 796s | artifacts really excited to roll them |
| 798s | out to everybody one of the ones I think |
| 799s | is very defining for tanks is there's |
| 801s | one called the wall that you're probably |
| 803s | going to want to pick up it's a tower |
| 804s | Shield it dramatically increases your |
| 807s | ability to block it has like an enhanced |
| 809s | sturdy blocking it has 25 less damage |
| 812s | from Elemental attacks obviously super |
| 814s | huge but all things that are good need a |
| 817s | little bit of a trade-off you're not |
| 818s | gonna be able to dodge with this thing |
| 819s | it's just too powerful to be able to |
| 821s | move and Dodge at the same time so it'll |
| 823s | be something that it will change your |
| 825s | playstyle as a player but it should lean |
| 827s | into kind of your class fantasy your way |
| 830s | you want to play the game in a lot of |
| 832s | different ways it's awesome my favorite |
| 834s | probably is the abyss it's a great ax |
| 836s | that actually scales off in rather than |
| 838s | strength so it allows you to try new |
| 840s | builds and all the damages void damage |
| 842s | so it's pretty cool |
| 844s | all right let's jump into crafting |
| 846s | Patrick what are some of the changes |
| 848s | coming with crafting yeah so as we |
| 850s | mentioned a little bit earlier uh |
| 851s | Crafters right now have this Paradigm |
| 853s | that we don't love where you're rolling |
| 855s | on a pretty wide range of gear scores so |
| 857s | it makes getting the item you want to |
| 858s | graft pretty hard to do so first big |
| 860s | change you're making is your score is |
| 862s | now a fixed value when you craft you |
| 864s | know exactly the gear score you're going |
| 865s | to Output so when you have all of your |
| 867s | Buffs equipped all of your food taken |
| 868s | Town buff is up you know that you're |
| 870s | going to craft an item at a specific |
| 872s | your score and then you can still roll |
| 873s | on those perks depending on the uh what |
| 876s | attribute mod you throw in there what |
| 877s | perk mod you throw in there Etc but |
| 879s | we're also giving players away to |
| 880s | guarantee a gear scores 700 with a new |
| 883s | item called the as auth inductor the |
| 885s | asth inductor will give you a bonus to |
| 887s | your score guarantee you that top end |
| 888s | gear score and let you craft a very |
| 889s | powerful item but wait there's more |
| 891s | we're also adding an item called the |
| 893s | Prismatic Scarab this will let you on a |
| 896s | set Cadence craft an item that is |
| 898s | exactly the item you want so you can |
| 899s | specify the attribute type every single |
| 901s | perk on the item and output basically |
| 904s | the item of your dreams and it should |
| 905s | allow players to create best and Slot |
| 907s | items a lot more cheaply than they can |
| 909s | in the current game and another change |
| 911s | is now you can use both the you can use |
| 914s | both at the same time right to guarantee |
| 915s | the gear score correct you can couple |
| 917s | that Prismatic scare but with the as |
| 918s | auth inductor to craft that perfect gear |
| 920s | score 700 item it's awesome hey well |
| 923s | thanks for joining me today to sort of |
| 925s | give an overview of the big changes |
| 927s | coming in the expansion I hope you all |
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| 933s | question we'd love your feedback on the |
| 935s | upcoming changes what changes are you |
| 937s | most excited about and is there any |
| 939s | change that you perhaps didn't hear us |
| 941s | mention that you had wished let us know |
| 944s | and we'll see you in a tournament |
| 949s | mounts everybody it's it's happening |
| 952s | [Applause] |
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