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| 8s | welcome to the October Dev update super |
| 11s | excited we have a lot to share with you |
| 13s | today we're going to talk about some |
| 14s | upcoming events going to give you an |
| 16s | update on the roadmap and we have two |
| 18s | very special guests here today I'm sure |
| 21s | you're all aware of the new world to go |
| 22s | podcast we have borty and Redbird from |
| 26s | Studio loot here |
| 27s | and you know they're going to host the |
| 29s | show for us so welcome yeah well thank |
| 31s | you for having us here man this is |
| 32s | absolutely incredible to be here we're |
| 34s | super pumped to be here it's a little |
| 35s | surreal to be sitting here in this seat |
| 37s | something we've talked about for a very |
| 38s | long time and uh yeah man we're just |
| 40s | super excited so thank you many on |
| 42s | Monday mornings I'd come to work and |
| 44s | just kind of quote some things that you |
| 45s | talked about on the show especially to |
| 47s | our combat guy so he might be angry at |
| 49s | you when he gets here uh I love how deep |
| 51s | you guys break down the game and that we |
| 54s | take that and like it tells us what the |
| 55s | players are saying and how everyone's |
| 57s | feeling about it and we try to use that |
| 58s | to guide us back in the game and I know |
| 60s | a lot of people have asked like get some |
| 62s | content creators in there to ask some |
| 63s | hard questions so uh |
| 65s | gloves are off like where this thing |
| 68s | gets going today have fun like dig in |
| 69s | just like it's you know just like your |
| 71s | like your podcast sounds good I look |
| 73s | forward to instigating if some sort of |
| 75s | fist fight here on on on set today so |
| 78s | it's gonna be great awesome awesome well |
| 81s | with that let's just stop let's just |
| 82s | Dive Right In |
| 88s | all right so I think we have an update |
| 90s | to the road map coming up so I think |
| 92s | we're going to talk about that a little |
| 93s | bit can we can we give predictions as to |
| 95s | what's coming up on the road map before |
| 96s | you jump in or is that something we |
| 98s | don't want to do you can absolutely do |
| 100s | that but first let me just address one |
| 102s | topic real quickly which is leaderboards |
| 104s | uh on the current road map that's |
| 106s | announced leaderboards were promised and |
| 108s | we missed that date I just want to let |
| 110s | everyone know we are working on |
| 111s | leaderboards it was a combination of |
| 114s | some priority shifts and some problems |
| 116s | we ran into creating it it's still being |
| 119s | actively worked on and when it's ready |
| 120s | we're going to release it |
| 122s | awesome I think leaderboards are going |
| 124s | to be an amazing addition to the game |
| 125s | for sure cool all right now your guesses |
| 127s | yeah let's see all right what do you got |
| 130s | I mean I I harp about this a lot it |
| 133s | raids is one of the things that I'm |
| 136s | hoping to hear a little with just a tiny |
| 139s | bit about today is is uh in-game raid |
| 142s | yeah we definitely are working on that |
| 145s | so let me let me first give a high level |
| 146s | of like where we are on our roadmap |
| 148s | process we're in the middle of what we |
| 150s | call long-term planning on the team and |
| 152s | this is where we we take a look at the |
| 153s | next you know nine to 12 months and plan |
| 155s | things |
| 157s | um so what I can give you with high |
| 159s | confidence first off is December we're |
| 162s | going to have the winter convergence |
| 163s | Festival another round of that |
| 165s | and we're going to have a new Expedition |
| 166s | come out that is pretty freaking cool |
| 168s | we're combining |
| 170s | the best parts of amrin and star Stone |
| 174s | into one Expedition that's going to be a |
| 177s | new mutation in the rotation yeah it's |
| 179s | going to be a super cool matchup it's |
| 181s | gonna be really good and it's not going |
| 182s | to be a temporary thing it's going to be |
| 183s | it's going to be live we have a name for |
| 186s | the |
| 187s | Frankenstein mutation that's going on no |
| 189s | but now I'm thinking uh starmine maybe I |
| 193s | don't know hashtag |
| 196s | we're brainstorming so nothing's off the |
| 199s | table you know what I've fallen into |
| 201s | Dave land which is bad naming |
| 206s | um and another thing we're going to have |
| 208s | is an updated roadmap so right now we're |
| 210s | going to give you an update and we're |
| 211s | going to talk about things we were that |
| 213s | we're working on and I'm going to circle |
| 215s | back to your question now which is uh |
| 217s | the raid we are for sure working on that |
| 221s | cool sand worm into a raid for players |
| 224s | and end game raid very excited yeah it's |
| 226s | going to be very difficult so that is |
| 229s | going to show up on the public test |
| 230s | realm at some point and we'll need |
| 232s | people to test the heck out of that I'll |
| 234s | be there because uh we needed to be near |
| 236s | impossible and that's the plan oh and |
| 240s | speaking of the sand worm uh your |
| 242s | followers and your Twitch chat was |
| 244s | wondering if the San worm damages you at |
| 247s | all out in the open world if you happen |
| 249s | to come upon it most of the time no but |
| 253s | there are two instances where yes the |
| 256s | sand worm will damage you and it's if |
| 258s | you happen to be unlucky enough to be |
| 260s | standing right over its mouth when it |
| 263s | breaches the ground oh yes |
| 265s | so Chad didn't lie it might be a first |
| 269s | wow yeah so uh you can't fight back |
| 272s | sorry yeah |
| 274s | take one for the team and eventually |
| 276s | you'll be able to punch them back in our |
| 278s | anger and aggression up until the red |
| 280s | comes up exactly hold on to that rage |
| 282s | yeah yeah so my uh this I don't know if |
| 285s | this is so much of a guess as it is kind |
| 287s | of a wish list item for me is is |
| 289s | territory control and some adjustments |
| 291s | coming to that system is there anything |
| 292s | like that coming up on the road map |
| 294s | we're constantly adjusting territory |
| 296s | control |
| 297s | um there are some changes slated for |
| 299s | you know the next few |
| 302s | by March for sure coming in for that uh |
| 305s | do you have any specifics on that Katie |
| 307s | so we do we are adjusting |
| 309s | um some of the the money that's going |
| 312s | around those adjustments have already |
| 314s | been announced and are in the recent |
| 316s | update by the time that this goes live |
| 318s | um but then there's even more that we're |
| 320s | doing and hunting down like |
| 322s | um how you can influence |
| 324s | um your how you assert your influence in |
| 326s | the open world and how you can deck for |
| 328s | the wars and how many folks need to be |
| 330s | slotted from your company these are all |
| 332s | things that we're chasing down but as |
| 334s | Scott said it's not it's not something |
| 336s | for right now it's something that we are |
| 338s | planning and actively working on and |
| 339s | beyond that there's some bigger changes |
| 341s | we want to make but we're not ready to |
| 343s | talk about yet all right awesome we got |
| 345s | to keep some Secrets |
| 347s | how are we supposed to surprise and |
| 349s | Delight if there's no surprise |
| 352s | I'm gonna go look at desks okay two |
| 355s | years ago you might have found something |
| 356s | yeah |
| 359s | a couple other things we're working on |
| 361s | that I think are pretty cool |
| 363s | um we're working on something we call |
| 364s | Springtime Bloom event which is our our |
| 367s | first spring event so uh we're excited |
| 369s | about that |
| 371s | this is a big one for the team |
| 373s | um |
| 374s | cross server opr oh yeah |
| 379s | it's a huge one for the community yes it |
| 383s | is yeah that's something that we have |
| 384s | been |
| 385s | um you know putting in the framework and |
| 387s | what we need to get that in place and |
| 389s | outpost rush there's a lot of talk about |
| 392s | what we should have be the first mode |
| 394s | that we can manage and Iowa is harping |
| 397s | on outpost Rush being it because I was |
| 399s | in a lower pop server for quite some |
| 401s | time and you know it took a while for |
| 403s | those cues to pop so uh I mean now we |
| 406s | don't really have that same problem but |
| 409s | it's good to be able to have those cues |
| 411s | popping super fast and with cross server |
| 414s | for Outpost fresh it's kind of yeah |
| 416s | what's great about that is once we have |
| 418s | Outpost Rush working and tuned well then |
| 421s | we can apply that technology to other |
| 423s | instanced modes which is going to be |
| 425s | really exciting yeah it'll be big we've |
| 428s | been in the other end of some tough |
| 429s | company meetings but moving you know to |
| 432s | a higher populated server and one of the |
| 433s | biggest thing things we always discussed |
| 435s | was well are the opr cues popping and |
| 438s | oftentimes they weren't so it's going to |
| 439s | be huge for those lower POP servers to |
| 442s | have the opportunity to do those things |
| 443s | in game totally there's some stuff that |
| 446s | players do that we can |
| 448s | anticipate as far as migration patterns |
| 450s | but there's a lot that we can't because |
| 452s | you guys have minds of your own you just |
| 455s | you have different you know things that |
| 457s | you're running after and you're going |
| 458s | for some people are chasing pvps and |
| 460s | people are running from PvP so like we |
| 463s | have we consider all of this but you |
| 464s | guys are going to do what you're going |
| 465s | to do so we just have to figure out ways |
| 467s | to react quickly and this is going to |
| 469s | give us more of that time to react by |
| 471s | giving you the cross server for Outpost |
| 473s | rush and as Scott said other instances |
| 475s | yeah I mean it's all about access to the |
| 477s | content you want to do as best as |
| 478s | possible yeah so the once we prove the |
| 482s | technology out where the water through |
| 483s | the pipes of outpost Rush you'll see |
| 485s | other modes coming across hopefully |
| 487s | pretty quickly thereafter and |
| 490s | I'm really excited for this is something |
| 491s | we've been working toward for a long |
| 493s | time that's big yeah another one we've |
| 495s | been talking about for a while we |
| 497s | announced this last month is well we |
| 498s | didn't officially announce it but we |
| 499s | talked about it was |
| 501s | we're working on yes gear set Management |
| 504s | Systems yeah |
| 506s | [Laughter] |
| 508s | um |
| 509s | no it's tough even having three gear |
| 511s | sets that you're managing I know some |
| 512s | people have like |
| 514s | 12 13 that they're trying to carry it's |
| 516s | hard and we understand that and this is |
| 519s | one we're taking we're taking a little |
| 520s | slowly because we want to make sure that |
| 522s | we that we make it much better and easy |
| 525s | and something so you can really quickly |
| 527s | switch you know and it's got to feel |
| 529s | good and that's the most important thing |
| 531s | well okay I'm sorry so whenever we're |
| 533s | talking about gear sets is there also |
| 534s | going to be a way to move items around |
| 536s | in your inventory to organize them |
| 537s | within the inventory now right now |
| 539s | things are like really stagnant and you |
| 542s | have to basically pull something out of |
| 543s | your inventory you can sort by time and |
| 545s | weight Etc but you kind of basically you |
| 547s | have to pull something out of your |
| 548s | inventory and put it back in to get |
| 549s | things like in a row or in an order or |
| 552s | something however you want them I'm |
| 553s | really OCD so whenever something mixes |
| 555s | up my umbral shards in the top of my in |
| 557s | the top of my inventory I got to have |
| 559s | them all together is there going to be a |
| 560s | way to move stuff around in there too |
| 562s | well I wish I could say yes but we |
| 565s | haven't really talked about that a lot I |
| 567s | I haven't seen a lot of people ask for |
| 568s | it so now it's something we'll look at |
| 569s | and I don't know if it's hard or easy |
| 572s | but it's something that I'll get on the |
| 574s | list everything's easy yeah yeah until |
| 576s | we install it it's funny because I |
| 579s | always tease the team hard and easy is |
| 581s | the wrong measurement it's time how long |
| 582s | does it take |
| 583s | it could be something easy that takes us |
| 586s | six months because we need iteration |
| 587s | after iteration and a lot of the stuff |
| 589s | that we're talking about is definitely |
| 590s | going to have to be on the public test |
| 592s | round for a little bit longer than we |
| 593s | usually do just because there's such |
| 595s | different systems than we currently have |
| 597s | in place so we should be expecting those |
| 600s | to be out sooner than normal yeah |
| 601s | awesome so don't expect it to then be |
| 603s | released very soon |
| 607s | gear sets tomorrow remember this errors |
| 610s | oh my gosh |
| 613s | uh well we talked about the sand sand |
| 615s | worm trial we have a couple more |
| 617s | expeditions that are being worked on and |
| 621s | these are feature featuring the |
| 622s | varangian nights so it's going to be a |
| 624s | little different |
| 625s | um those will be coming in you know next |
| 627s | year but we're very excited about those |
| 630s | we are making improvements to group |
| 632s | finder we've seen you know it's helped a |
| 634s | lot in getting people together but we |
| 636s | want to make it even more streamlined |
| 637s | and make some improvements there |
| 639s | and the last thing we're working on is |
| 641s | kind of a big deal it's something I've |
| 643s | wanted to get to for a long long time I |
| 645s | think it's super important and I think |
| 647s | it's going to be an end game amongst |
| 649s | itself which is transmog |
| 651s | yeah let's go |
| 654s | so if you find a cool cowboy hat I'd |
| 655s | hold on to that I got a I got a nice |
| 658s | little t-hat with purple feathers that's |
| 661s | adorable yeah I knew it was coming I |
| 664s | hoped I guess that it was coming so I'm |
| 666s | ready man I'm ready to dress up for sure |
| 668s | sounds about right yeah |
| 670s | um so we'll have like I said we'll we'll |
| 672s | have more to talk about but we did want |
| 673s | to give the community an update and |
| 676s | we're this is what we're working this is |
| 677s | what we're actively working on so these |
| 679s | these will be in the future it's again |
| 683s | I'm not going to pin down a time frame |
| 684s | but |
| 685s | I'm we're super excited except for the |
| 687s | ones that you said were in the December |
| 690s | those ones pretty sure |
| 693s | I'm gonna I'm gonna hard commit to the |
| 695s | winter convergence in Winter |
| 697s | and Springtime excellent |
| 700s | great great great perfect awesome those |
| 703s | are very exciting I'm super excited |
| 704s | about a lot of those for sure I think |
| 706s | gear sets transmog are going to be huge |
| 708s | for the game and then cross server I |
| 710s | think is probably on the top of |
| 712s | of almost everyone's wish list so that's |
| 714s | going to be awesome is there anything |
| 716s | that you guys think that we've left off |
| 718s | that's super important to your |
| 720s | communities and the community at large |
| 721s | yeah I think I think really territory |
| 724s | control is one of the things I see my |
| 725s | community harp on a lot because it's |
| 727s | very hard to get into Wars whenever |
| 729s | you're if you're kind of a more of a |
| 730s | casual player and I know Wars are kind |
| 732s | of more of an in-game hardcore activity |
| 734s | that's supposed to be you know supposed |
| 735s | to work your way up towards it but it |
| 737s | feels really bad for someone who does |
| 739s | play the game a lot and then they're |
| 740s | dated out of that content by another |
| 742s | player it's not necessarily you have to |
| 744s | reach these marks to be able to |
| 745s | participate in it it's like once I get |
| 747s | the gear once I get the items and then |
| 749s | this guy over here says I can't get into |
| 751s | the war that feels real bad so that's |
| 752s | one of the things that I hear a lot so |
| 754s | it's awesome to hear that you guys are |
| 755s | working on that that's probably one of |
| 757s | the one of the biggest ones and then I |
| 758s | think raids like red mentioned as well |
| 760s | is like a huge deal too I think once |
| 762s | more high-end really tough PVE content |
| 764s | comes in the game people are going to |
| 765s | really enjoy that you know awesome |
| 768s | people told me about this all the time I |
| 771s | I I got got one time they told me on the |
| 774s | PTR that there was a barber or an NPC |
| 778s | named Barber and so they convinced me |
| 780s | that maybe Barbershop or facial like |
| 782s | character appearance changes were coming |
| 784s | in the game is that any maybe we can |
| 786s | have hair anywhere I mean I do a fairy |
| 789s | game I got cornrows we could get wigs |
| 792s | but |
| 793s | no um I think Barber Shop's a really |
| 795s | important feature it's not something |
| 797s | that we're actively working toward right |
| 799s | now but long term I think the game it's |
| 801s | going to have to happen at some point if |
| 802s | there's anything else that the |
| 804s | communities would like from us the |
| 805s | forums are the best place to get that to |
| 807s | us our community managers are scouring |
| 810s | that getting the feedback to us anything |
| 811s | that's like really exciting that folks |
| 814s | think that we're missing I know that |
| 815s | we've given some non-committal answers |
| 817s | but you know we we are bringing in all |
| 820s | of that information and discussing it |
| 822s | with the leadership team and the dev |
| 824s | team and making sure that we are hitting |
| 826s | on the things that are most important so |
| 827s | or talk about it on New World to go |
| 829s | because you know we listen |
| 831s | you have to watch you just gotta watch |
| 834s | what I said yeah just trying to give |
| 837s | some Shameless plugs yeah |
| 845s | all right to kick things off we have |
| 848s | Katie Katie we're going to ask some |
| 850s | questions that a lot of the community uh |
| 853s | want to know is when Fresh Start servers |
| 855s | are said the word Fresh Start servers |
| 858s | yeah so |
| 860s | um we have been working really hard to |
| 863s | get fresh start worlds put together |
| 866s | um those are going to be going live on |
| 869s | November 2nd we're going to have a |
| 872s | steady stream of information so that |
| 873s | people can look forward to and plan |
| 875s | around the timing it's not going to be |
| 878s | like all the world's open at the same |
| 879s | time kind of what we saw at launch it's |
| 881s | going to be a slow roll out of world so |
| 885s | you can plan for a time that works for |
| 886s | you and hopefully avoid any long cues |
| 890s | but these Fresh Start worlds it's going |
| 892s | to be a completely new experience |
| 894s | because we have the revamp starting |
| 896s | experience and all that good stuff |
| 897s | people can't transfer into these worlds |
| 899s | so there's no old money making it in you |
| 902s | have to earn everything that you make in |
| 903s | the Fresh Start world so super exciting |
| 905s | it's gonna be awesome |
| 907s | um yeah I'm gonna be there for it it's |
| 908s | going to be a lot of fun yeah I think |
| 910s | it's going to be almost like a a |
| 911s | relaunch or something you know there's |
| 913s | going to be a lot of people there |
| 914s | playing it's yeah super exciting yeah |
| 916s | there's definitely like folks that don't |
| 918s | really you know want to do a fresh start |
| 920s | experience because they work so hard on |
| 922s | their characters but I mean it's worth |
| 924s | it to just hop on over try the new |
| 927s | experience see what it was like on |
| 928s | launch day if you missed it because it's |
| 930s | going to be a lot of you know level two |
| 932s | and three or just hanging out on the |
| 934s | beaches yeah and then that's the only |
| 936s | part that is the same is that where you |
| 938s | land on the beach the rest of it's |
| 940s | totally changed and if folks have been |
| 942s | spending any time on the public test |
| 943s | realm they've seen that it's totally |
| 946s | different by the way yeah I appreciate |
| 949s | it we were we took a lot of feedback to |
| 951s | make that make that happen so I remember |
| 953s | the first time I hopped into the new |
| 955s | tutorial and I saw the change in the |
| 957s | Wizards or the loss that are in there |
| 958s | and I kind of have a withered like feel |
| 960s | to them because there's like corruption |
| 961s | running through their bodies like veins |
| 963s | I was like Nick nailed it so good yeah |
| 966s | it is good it was really cool yeah and |
| 968s | to celebrate the Fresh Start server |
| 971s | um I'm designing a new Creator campaign |
| 974s | very much akin to kind of as a spiritual |
| 976s | feel of battle for new world right so |
| 979s | it's going to go alongside the Fresh |
| 981s | Start servers uh Fresh Start servers |
| 983s | Fresh Start worlds which one has it |
| 984s | they're fresh I mean |
| 985s | rehearsal all right fresh yeah but we |
| 987s | but we have to start worlds because we |
| 989s | want it they'll all they'll have the |
| 990s | they'll have their own names and all |
| 991s | that stuff so it's just like you're |
| 992s | joining this new world so awesome so |
| 995s | fresh start worlds uh this new campaign |
| 997s | is called return to eternum or I |
| 999s | lovingly call it return them to eternum |
| 1001s | and we're going to bring groups if you |
| 1003s | like that right return them to a turn |
| 1006s | very good yes thank you thank you I try |
| 1009s | to get a dad joke in there as much as I |
| 1011s | can oh yeah |
| 1012s | um so we're going to be bringing these |
| 1013s | teams of content creators together from |
| 1015s | around the world we're gonna have teams |
| 1017s | from North America uh Europe lat am and |
| 1020s | we're going to be putting them into |
| 1021s | their own private environment and |
| 1024s | there'll be three captains per team and |
| 1027s | so we'll have four teams it's gonna get |
| 1029s | complicated so stay good with me |
| 1032s | I'm like each team is going to have |
| 1034s | their own world so they're going to be |
| 1036s | trying to accomplish a series of |
| 1038s | objectives in that World |
| 1040s | um and as they think of them as bingo |
| 1043s | card lists of objectives so team one |
| 1045s | completes six of the eight bingo card |
| 1048s | objectives they are now done with that |
| 1050s | list and they move on to the next list |
| 1052s | which has a harder set of objectives |
| 1055s | there are four sets of objectives again |
| 1057s | ranging from easiest to hardest the |
| 1060s | really cool part is each one of these |
| 1062s | objective bingo card lists is tied to a |
| 1065s | specific twitch drop so all the teams |
| 1068s | are going to start with twitch drop one |
| 1069s | which would be a cool item the first |
| 1072s | team that completes that list of |
| 1073s | objectives and it flips to the next list |
| 1075s | of objectives they then move on to the |
| 1077s | next twitch drop an even cooler item so |
| 1080s | then the teams behind you know kind of |
| 1081s | Lights a fire under them it's really |
| 1083s | about each of these teams trying to be |
| 1085s | the first team that gets to the next |
| 1086s | twitch drop yeah and talking to Phil |
| 1089s | we've got some awesome twitch drops that |
| 1091s | we're going to be using for this event |
| 1093s | and another really important piece that |
| 1095s | I think is kind of the cherry on top is |
| 1097s | you know talking to a lot of these |
| 1098s | content creators you know they might |
| 1100s | have fallen off after a couple months uh |
| 1103s | you know in the beginning of new world |
| 1104s | and a theme that they just kept saying |
| 1107s | over and over again is like I still |
| 1109s | really like new world I want to come |
| 1110s | back to New World but I want that fresh |
| 1113s | start again and so tying it to Fresh |
| 1115s | Start servers what we're going to do |
| 1116s | with these different teams they're going |
| 1119s | to be experiencing their own return to a |
| 1120s | tournament experience with their |
| 1122s | communities and other creators they'll |
| 1124s | get to invite in but then when returned |
| 1127s | to eternum is over those servers become |
| 1131s | joinable as well so as a viewer you know |
| 1134s | I could be watching my favorite content |
| 1135s | creator and be like that world that |
| 1136s | they're creating the fun they're having |
| 1138s | in there you'll eventually be able to |
| 1140s | join that world with them when return to |
| 1142s | a tournament is over but along the Fresh |
| 1144s | Start worlds are happening alongside |
| 1145s | that yeah but you get like the the |
| 1148s | insight into what that server looks like |
| 1150s | even before you join it which is not |
| 1152s | something that we really offer it's kind |
| 1153s | of like a you know yeah you get a window |
| 1155s | a window into these special worlds that |
| 1157s | the creators are going to be kind of uh |
| 1159s | you know maintaining and manipulating |
| 1161s | and the creators themselves that are |
| 1162s | going to be involved are going to be |
| 1164s | inviting their communities in they're |
| 1166s | going to be handing out keys I'm trying |
| 1167s | so this comes out on the 24th or should |
| 1170s | come out on the 24th which is the date |
| 1172s | that we're going to drop a bunch of |
| 1173s | other information about return to |
| 1175s | eternum so go to neural.com there will |
| 1178s | be a ton of uh extra info and details on |
| 1181s | the twitch drops and which creators are |
| 1182s | involved yeah um so yeah I was going to |
| 1185s | ask you what like like when you first |
| 1187s | started talking I was like but what's |
| 1188s | how's this different from battle for new |
| 1190s | world because you know we all watched |
| 1191s | that and but as you kept talking I'm |
| 1194s | like oh no this is very different yeah |
| 1195s | yeah with yeah we learned we I mean we |
| 1198s | learned a tremendous amount with battle |
| 1199s | for new world and I think that's only |
| 1201s | going to make return to eternum uh even |
| 1204s | better so I'm really stoked about it |
| 1206s | yeah it's very exciting it's going to be |
| 1207s | a lot of fun sounds like it's going to |
| 1209s | be an incredible event it's going to |
| 1210s | bring a lot of players back I think for |
| 1212s | watching their favorite streamer and it |
| 1214s | should be good I'm excited yeah yeah |
| 1215s | who's your favorite streamer Greg you |
| 1217s | want to share with us |
| 1218s | that's a pretty easy question to answer |
| 1221s | yeah |
| 1222s | this guy G henniger I think |
| 1226s | Greg H great job |
| 1229s | he's pretty legendary I'm not a fan |
| 1232s | personally but Dad jokes but uh I am I'm |
| 1235s | a huge fan I gotcha |
| 1242s | all right so here we are with the two |
| 1244s | Daves and I think we're going to talk a |
| 1246s | little bit about combat today one of my |
| 1248s | favorite subjects in uh in the game and |
| 1251s | so I think we have some pretty tough |
| 1252s | questions that that I hope we don't get |
| 1254s | punched in the face for asking but uh |
| 1256s | but first before we start I we were |
| 1258s | talking a little bit uh earlier and I |
| 1259s | just wanted to ask you you know how how |
| 1261s | hard is it to manage all these combat |
| 1263s | modes it's something I talk about a lot |
| 1265s | and and it just seems so daunting to |
| 1267s | manage all of the different modes in the |
| 1269s | game uh it is it is very daunting and we |
| 1272s | have a ton of different modes uh and |
| 1274s | different scale combat right we have |
| 1275s | small scale of combat we have large |
| 1277s | scale combat all the weapons interact |
| 1279s | differently between all the different |
| 1280s | combat States right so it's a difficult |
| 1283s | thing |
| 1284s | um we try to keep on top of it we try to |
| 1285s | stay and look at whatever the meta is |
| 1287s | for each of the modes make sure |
| 1288s | something's not taking over let's say |
| 1290s | the Rapier just throwing it out there |
| 1292s | something like that doesn't start taking |
| 1294s | over in like one-on-one situations or |
| 1296s | things like that and adjust from there |
| 1298s | it is one of those things that we're |
| 1300s | just never there's always going to be |
| 1302s | something more to fix there's no there's |
| 1304s | never a perfect ending to it and so |
| 1306s | we're going to keep trying some of the |
| 1308s | things we are doing in our modes now |
| 1309s | though as you see in arenas like we have |
| 1311s | a healing uh starts to degrade over time |
| 1314s | right so it's one of the things we're |
| 1315s | going to start doing in our modes is |
| 1317s | actually making sure that we keep that |
| 1318s | balance a little more we might be a |
| 1320s | little more heavy-handed with it by |
| 1321s | doing those type of things in the future |
| 1323s | and opr maybe we'll have some gear score |
| 1326s | scaling maybe we'll do things like that |
| 1327s | in the future so there's definitely |
| 1328s | things we want to do to try to make sure |
| 1330s | that that playing field becomes a little |
| 1332s | more balanced and we might have to do |
| 1334s | some overarching rules on these modes |
| 1336s | now to try to curb it and it's sort of |
| 1339s | fun that it's I know it's not good for |
| 1340s | you but it's sort of fun that it's never |
| 1342s | done right like that the meta changes |
| 1344s | like when we did the perk rebalancing |
| 1346s | stuff as we introduced new weapons all |
| 1347s | this stuff keeps combat changing and |
| 1349s | fresh and it makes his job hard because |
| 1351s | you've always got to redo the balance |
| 1352s | but it makes it fun yeah absolutely we |
| 1354s | talk about a lot of time because the The |
| 1356s | Meta really does you guys do a great job |
| 1358s | with with keeping the meta fresh it's |
| 1360s | been a lot of iterations of what's the |
| 1362s | most powerful build or you know what's |
| 1364s | more frequently seen in like opr or PVE |
| 1368s | and stuff like that so that's one of the |
| 1370s | things that balance is never finished |
| 1372s | but it is nice to always have a fresh |
| 1375s | restart on on The Meta so to say and you |
| 1378s | guys do a great job with that for sure |
| 1380s | yeah so I want to talk a little bit |
| 1381s | about the nitty-gritty now that we got |
| 1383s | that out of the way let's talk about |
| 1384s | some of the weapons that are paying |
| 1386s | points for myself and a lot of other |
| 1387s | players in the game and you mentioned |
| 1388s | the Rapier yeah so the Rapier right now |
| 1390s | is used on almost everyone's back bar |
| 1394s | which I think is really part of what's |
| 1396s | contributing to what we see is Beau PR |
| 1398s | right now in opr so I guess with the |
| 1401s | Rapier there's some Nerfs coming in on |
| 1403s | on the PTR or uh for for the brimstone |
| 1406s | update but do you think that'll be |
| 1408s | enough and do you like where combat is |
| 1409s | with the Rapier with all the |
| 1411s | escapability and the maneuverability is |
| 1412s | that where you want to see combat no |
| 1415s | just to be very clear I I escapability |
| 1418s | is just is just too much right now and |
| 1419s | it's not it was never meant to be for |
| 1421s | that it was meant to be more of an |
| 1422s | aggressive weapon uh but it is being |
| 1425s | rightfully so used right now to be |
| 1426s | defensive because it can be used that |
| 1428s | way so I think we have a good amount of |
| 1430s | Nerfs coming in for it |
| 1431s | um we hope that's enough we don't want |
| 1433s | to Nerf it into Oblivion obviously uh |
| 1436s | and so we're we're right on the edge |
| 1437s | there I think we're going to be in a |
| 1439s | good spot and we'll definitely be |
| 1440s | watching and figuring that out as we uh |
| 1442s | as anniversary comes out but we do want |
| 1445s | to make sure that you know you want |
| 1446s | people to be able to run away you don't |
| 1448s | want just a ball of death like you can't |
| 1449s | just have it once somebody sees combat |
| 1451s | they're dead there needs to be some |
| 1453s | option for them to be able to get away |
| 1454s | um but this one is just too far it just |
| 1457s | went too far it's too easy to get away |
| 1458s | you can repost stun everybody and then |
| 1460s | just uh Fletcher out of there right like |
| 1462s | and it's just it's gonna it's it's |
| 1464s | indefensible and it's what's worse about |
| 1467s | it is it's not fun right like it's not |
| 1468s | fun to play against it I've tried to |
| 1470s | chase them down I wear heavy uh it's |
| 1472s | impossible for me feeling it just feels |
| 1474s | impossible I have to have a big group |
| 1475s | with me uh just to get one person down |
| 1477s | and it's just it's uh it's just not fun |
| 1479s | for the opponents either so oh man I |
| 1481s | can't tell you how happy I am to hear |
| 1483s | you talk about that in that way yeah I |
| 1485s | may have raged just a few times with uh |
| 1487s | with that one something but yeah go |
| 1488s | ahead Ren yeah so I think the the next |
| 1491s | favorite companion too the Rapier other |
| 1493s | than the bow is the musket so a lot of |
| 1496s | players complain about it in PvP |
| 1497s | obviously it is a very |
| 1501s | um I guess polarizing weapon because |
| 1503s | it's probably the worst weapon in PVE to |
| 1506s | use as far as DPS goes but in in PvP |
| 1510s | where you can scale it with the two |
| 1512s | stats decks in it and then you have the |
| 1514s | perk mortal empowerment you have people |
| 1516s | uh you know playing Call of Duty on the |
| 1518s | mountains and opr and head shotting |
| 1520s | people and and we're just you know one |
| 1522s | of the things that I think a lot of |
| 1524s | people are interested in is how hard or |
| 1526s | difficult that is to balance of a weapon |
| 1528s | because of you know it's basically if it |
| 1530s | doesn't do enough damage it's useless |
| 1532s | type of thing and where you're heading |
| 1533s | with the musket as far as balance goes |
| 1536s | I'll take this one yeah I think musket |
| 1538s | is a tough one because like you said |
| 1539s | this is one of those where the width of |
| 1541s | the game makes it hard to balance |
| 1542s | because in PVE it is it's weak let's be |
| 1544s | honest it's like it's struggling but in |
| 1546s | PvP because of the hit scan nature it's |
| 1549s | really strong so we need to figure out a |
| 1551s | way to balance both of those and that's |
| 1553s | going to take some time we do have some |
| 1555s | changes we're testing for the musket |
| 1557s | that have a little bit of fall off |
| 1558s | damage over a distance and I think |
| 1561s | that'll help sort of the the opr on a |
| 1563s | rock situation uh we have some of that |
| 1566s | and then I think also we're looking at |
| 1567s | the stamina damage it does too so that |
| 1569s | there can be a counter with shields also |
| 1571s | so I think combine those two changes |
| 1573s | we're doing some testing around there I |
| 1574s | think it'll help it on the PVP side sort |
| 1577s | of become more balanced on the PVE side |
| 1579s | we've got more thinking to do we've got |
| 1581s | to find a way to increase its damage in |
| 1583s | PVE without further exasperating the |
| 1586s | problem in PvP so we're looking into |
| 1588s | that and just trying to make it a more |
| 1590s | fun weapon also yeah that sounds awesome |
| 1592s | so one of the other pain points for me |
| 1594s | and I think a lot of other players also |
| 1596s | is flamethrower for for the fire staff |
| 1598s | right now so fire staff overall I feel |
| 1600s | like it's pretty solid but whenever you |
| 1602s | are fighting multiple flamethrowers at a |
| 1604s | time that's whenever it becomes a |
| 1605s | problem so if I'm dueling a flamethrower |
| 1607s | and they pull that thing out you can |
| 1608s | always stun them out of there and you |
| 1609s | can counter it but whenever like you're |
| 1611s | in arenas and you have this cheesy three |
| 1613s | stack with three three flamethrowers |
| 1614s | three eye Scarlets in there and you are |
| 1616s | like a melee player really the only way |
| 1618s | to counter that is to almost do the same |
| 1620s | thing because you'll have a guy flame |
| 1622s | throwing you from one side and then |
| 1624s | somebody flamethrowing you from the |
| 1625s | other if you burn your cooldown on this |
| 1627s | guy like Shield bash this guy this guy's |
| 1629s | just flame throwing you so then you turn |
| 1631s | your focus to him but by the time you do |
| 1633s | that this guy's already flamed during |
| 1634s | you again because there's no cooldown on |
| 1635s | the weapon or on that ability is there |
| 1637s | any changes coming there absolutely yeah |
| 1640s | it's definitely a pain point for us too |
| 1641s | we noticed that a lot and so I think |
| 1643s | we're going to look at the Mana |
| 1645s | consumption on it for sure and make sure |
| 1647s | that it's actually when you trigger it |
| 1650s | you're going to know that you triggered |
| 1651s | it your Mana bar is going to know that |
| 1652s | you triggered it |
| 1653s | um and then you're not going to be able |
| 1654s | to kind of infinitely go on this anymore |
| 1656s | so I think it's it's one of those we |
| 1659s | wanted to do that to get people to play |
| 1660s | it honestly nobody's really using the |
| 1662s | flamethrower before red was um |
| 1664s | yeah I'm the grandfather of this |
| 1666s | toxicity for sure so once we got people |
| 1670s | playing it which is great but now it's |
| 1671s | just gone a little too far I think and |
| 1673s | so we're gonna we're gonna take that |
| 1674s | back a little bit it's a really fun move |
| 1676s | though I I really love that move and I |
| 1678s | think it's fun to play against and it's |
| 1679s | actually as a Defender it's I love the |
| 1681s | immediate counter you get right like if |
| 1682s | you're thinking about it like and |
| 1683s | there's only one of them like again it's |
| 1685s | fun you just run up there and stun them |
| 1686s | and you got your immediate counter to |
| 1688s | stop them from doing that so I think |
| 1689s | there's a good counter play to it but it |
| 1690s | just goes too long it and it shouldn't |
| 1692s | be that that powerful yeah yep |
| 1695s | so this is kind of back to the the |
| 1697s | Rapier and the mobility escapability |
| 1699s | thing is the armor balance and and the |
| 1702s | Dodge distance the you know the weight |
| 1704s | of equipment and and blocking blocking |
| 1707s | is something that really doesn't get |
| 1709s | used a lot do you guys have any plans uh |
| 1711s | in the future that will kind of help |
| 1713s | maybe bring people out of the light |
| 1715s | Mobility meta and maybe into more of |
| 1717s | like a medium heavy armor uh set that's |
| 1720s | maybe centered around blocking or or |
| 1722s | something of that nature yeah I think |
| 1724s | there's definitely some changes for |
| 1726s | blocking coming in the PTR we already |
| 1728s | have done some changes so we've reduced |
| 1730s | the amount of time after a block break |
| 1731s | we've also increased the mobility while |
| 1733s | blocking so those are two sort of quick |
| 1736s | changes that are already in PTR and |
| 1737s | testing and there's more things coming I |
| 1739s | think one of the things we're looking at |
| 1741s | is the stamina damage balance making |
| 1743s | sure we're tuning that appropriately so |
| 1745s | it's not overdone or underdone I think |
| 1748s | right now you know it feels like you |
| 1750s | take too much stamina damage sometimes |
| 1752s | in blocking so it makes it a little un |
| 1754s | you know unsuccessful successful another |
| 1756s | thing we're looking at is how blocking |
| 1758s | Works in group combat right because it's |
| 1760s | hard to balance like in situations where |
| 1762s | like you're getting hit by a ton of |
| 1763s | attacks how do we balance that while |
| 1765s | also making it not too powerful uh in |
| 1768s | sort of one-on-one situation so we're |
| 1770s | definitely looking at ways to sort of |
| 1772s | improve the viability of blocking yeah |
| 1774s | that sounds good I know that's a pain |
| 1776s | point for a lot of people there's a lot |
| 1777s | of people in our company I know that |
| 1778s | always complain about not being able to |
| 1780s | block and people are just dodging away |
| 1781s | all the time so that's that's really |
| 1783s | good to hear so to shift gears just a |
| 1785s | second here the heart gym ruins those |
| 1787s | are coming into the game and I think |
| 1788s | those are going to change combat pretty |
| 1790s | pretty heavily are there plans to like |
| 1792s | Implement um I know this may be a little |
| 1794s | early because we're just now getting |
| 1795s | them but like horizontal progression to |
| 1797s | add more of those in combat or to do or |
| 1800s | even horizontal progression in terms of |
| 1802s | like adding additional skill trees to |
| 1803s | weapons or like what's the thought |
| 1806s | process there going forward uh so this |
| 1808s | is our first sort of cut at some real |
| 1810s | strong horizontal progression we did it |
| 1812s | with a new ability this time and we're |
| 1814s | excited to see how plays out first right |
| 1816s | like how are people enjoying it what |
| 1818s | what is sort of the the new strategies |
| 1820s | what it opens up and I think you know |
| 1822s | this is I think a pattern that we'll be |
| 1824s | doing more often I think a game like new |
| 1826s | world with all the the cool gear and the |
| 1828s | variety of modes works well with |
| 1829s | horizontal progression so it's something |
| 1831s | we'll continue to do uh there's no sort |
| 1833s | of immediate plans or things we can |
| 1835s | announce yeah I think we're sort of in a |
| 1836s | let's get heart gems out there see how |
| 1838s | people react to it and then then we'll |
| 1840s | decide from there yeah they're super |
| 1841s | cool been playing with them on the PTR |
| 1842s | and I love they're really neat I like |
| 1844s | them a lot yeah good addition I think |
| 1845s | yeah the Rune glass gems with a hard I |
| 1848s | mean those are really gonna I think have |
| 1850s | a massive impact on the meta for sure |
| 1853s | this is an interesting question I think |
| 1855s | from maybe our standpoint but it's PVE |
| 1858s | oriented it is the uh the changes to the |
| 1862s | reduction of the damage reduction on |
| 1864s | enemies I know a lot of people's DPS |
| 1866s | weapon decisions were made off of you |
| 1868s | know what is an enemy week two what is |
| 1870s | it resistant to and now it does removal |
| 1873s | uh or the removal of that system them we |
| 1876s | already kind of see like a hatch you |
| 1878s | have to use a hatch at the DPS like do |
| 1880s | you guys have any fear or any uh |
| 1882s | announcements on maybe some changes that |
| 1884s | will help mitigate that you know one |
| 1886s | weapon as king and and PVE in general |
| 1890s | we're so we're removing the negative |
| 1892s | resistances but we're keeping the |
| 1894s | bonuses right so uh the bonuses still |
| 1896s | are pretty strong 20-ish percent to 25 |
| 1899s | in our mind that should be enough to |
| 1902s | make a decision if a weapon like the |
| 1905s | hatchet is so strong that a 20 bonus |
| 1908s | isn't enough to get you off of it that's |
| 1911s | more of a problem with the hatchet than |
| 1912s | the system and I think you know we |
| 1914s | really like removing the the sort of the |
| 1916s | negative resistance part for the |
| 1917s | starting part of the game right like if |
| 1919s | you're just starting out like you really |
| 1920s | like this weapon and you know the msq is |
| 1923s | taking you against the loss right and |
| 1925s | it's like oh it sucks when your main |
| 1927s | doesn't work there so I think that's the |
| 1929s | main reason we wanted to remove the |
| 1930s | resistance side and I think you know our |
| 1932s | goal is to make the bonus side enough to |
| 1934s | create weapons University because we |
| 1936s | don't want a world in which everyone's |
| 1937s | got Hatchet for mutations right like |
| 1939s | that's that's not what we want so yeah |
| 1941s | we'll be we'll be keeping a very close |
| 1943s | eye on that making sure that happens |
| 1944s | yeah sounds good I think everyone wants |
| 1946s | Bill diversity and not to be pigeonholed |
| 1947s | into a certain build I know there's a |
| 1949s | lot of players who like to go in there |
| 1950s | and use their particular weapon and if |
| 1952s | you're not using that weapon then |
| 1954s | oftentimes it's hard to find a group so |
| 1955s | it's good to hear the build diversity is |
| 1957s | coming in so so to shift back to PVP for |
| 1960s | just a second I know we're kind of |
| 1961s | shifting gears and all over the place |
| 1962s | here but what uh what is your ideal like |
| 1965s | picture of PVP in and well let's just |
| 1968s | say like opr since that's probably the |
| 1969s | most popular game mode right now it's so |
| 1972s | range heavy |
| 1973s | um and and before we've seen like |
| 1975s | unkillable healers and some other things |
| 1977s | happen in the game what would be like |
| 1978s | your ideal meta a mixture of all or like |
| 1981s | some very heavy melee combat happening |
| 1984s | or what is the ideal meta I definitely |
| 1987s | see a little bit of mixture of all |
| 1988s | obviously we want everybody in there |
| 1989s | playing having fun uh I would like it to |
| 1992s | be a little more melee oriented than it |
| 1993s | is right now I think it's just a little |
| 1995s | bit two ranged and that's because of the |
| 1997s | how incredibly powerful like the musket |
| 1999s | is and and some of these these uh builds |
| 2001s | that let you get away with the rate of |
| 2002s | the red beer so uh I I do want melee to |
| 2006s | feel really important and this also goes |
| 2008s | back kind of back to blocking right |
| 2009s | because currently right the blocking |
| 2010s | isn't effective so as you're approaching |
| 2013s | as a melee it's it's you get into a |
| 2015s | group fight it's it's not a good thing |
| 2017s | right like if you go to block you're |
| 2018s | going to be block broken immediately and |
| 2019s | that's the terrible state to get into so |
| 2021s | I think it's trying to figure out how to |
| 2023s | get that to be a little more powerful so |
| 2025s | that people would want to do that right |
| 2026s | like and I think uh I really want melee |
| 2029s | to be more important in those fights I |
| 2030s | play melee all the time in opr I'm just |
| 2032s | trying to get the feel for it and just |
| 2034s | see how can we get this to kind of get |
| 2036s | to that better position uh but I love |
| 2038s | having snipers I think it's great that |
| 2040s | somebody's sitting back there with the |
| 2041s | musket shooting people like that's fun |
| 2043s | that's part of the game I mean I don't |
| 2044s | want anybody not to do that right so I |
| 2046s | think I love that diversity of what the |
| 2048s | roles are in the in the in the mode so |
| 2051s | for me it's just getting a little more |
| 2053s | viability to the melee which will kind |
| 2054s | of I think push push us to that like |
| 2056s | percentages will be really nicely |
| 2058s | stacked with range healing melee |
| 2060s | everything in between so I think the |
| 2062s | goal is to kind of get to that point |
| 2063s | where you can feel viable as a sword and |
| 2066s | shield like I just want you to be able |
| 2067s | to go in as a sword and shield and feel |
| 2068s | great not just do the leaping strike |
| 2070s | combo right like yeah it's more than |
| 2071s | that right like I want you to be able to |
| 2073s | go in there and feel like you're you're |
| 2074s | leading the charge going in there and I |
| 2076s | think uh that's something we're getting |
| 2078s | towards we've we've been trying to tune |
| 2080s | towards it but we still have a little |
| 2081s | ways to go it's not by no means like I |
| 2083s | said never done yeah yeah it's going to |
| 2085s | be always it's going to be a challenge |
| 2086s | to continuously improve and change I |
| 2088s | think for sure it's a tough you got a |
| 2089s | tough a tough uh a tough job there for |
| 2092s | sure without a doubt yeah just to add on |
| 2094s | that real quick I think I agree with |
| 2096s | Dave like you know combined arms is what |
| 2098s | we want we want people to come up with |
| 2099s | interesting compositions for their |
| 2101s | 20-person group uh another thing we |
| 2103s | might do in addition to combat balance |
| 2105s | that can help opr is we'll also |
| 2107s | continuously look at how scoring works |
| 2109s | in the game rules to make sure that |
| 2111s | we're you know sort of incentivizing the |
| 2113s | type of behavior that makes for fun opr |
| 2115s | match is not just sort of like stat |
| 2117s | padding and kill padding that you |
| 2118s | sometimes see with with some of these |
| 2120s | bow PR people yeah yeah so what about |
| 2124s | Arenas we talked a little bit about opr |
| 2126s | et cetera our Arenas are you happy with |
| 2127s | the state of where Arenas are there's I |
| 2129s | don't know how you'll ever solve the |
| 2131s | problem of cheese comps going in there |
| 2132s | and just dominating the Arenas uh is |
| 2135s | there are you happy with the state of |
| 2136s | them right now I I know it no I'm not so |
| 2140s | I I don't know what we've said I said |
| 2143s | right now so just are you happy I think |
| 2147s | no it's very frustrating right now when |
| 2149s | you go against the three stacks right |
| 2150s | and it's just not a not a fun experience |
| 2152s | for any solo keyword at all going into |
| 2154s | that right you're going to be stomped |
| 2155s | and it's not fun uh it's very the |
| 2158s | keyboard punching uh kind of aggression |
| 2160s | comes out of that do we have any changes |
| 2161s | in mind that myself |
| 2163s | I think we have an asset okay |
| 2166s | so we are going to have like a group uh |
| 2169s | basically if you're in a three-person |
| 2171s | group you're going to be matched up |
| 2172s | against other three-person groups so |
| 2173s | we're gonna try to get that to happen |
| 2174s | there and then if you're a solo queue or |
| 2176s | 2q you're going to go into a separate |
| 2178s | queue so it should kind of get you away |
| 2180s | from it going against the three stacks |
| 2181s | which will help that a little bit we're |
| 2183s | also going to look into gear score |
| 2185s | scaling uh so they get people a little |
| 2187s | closer so um it's not gonna you know |
| 2190s | make everybody even but it will get |
| 2192s | people closer in uh power level so uh |
| 2194s | once you're in there you'll go up to 600 |
| 2196s | and no matter what gear score you're at |
| 2198s | I'm at you guys are already at 6 25 but |
| 2200s | for everybody else they'll be going up |
| 2202s | to 600 to get a little closer you'll |
| 2204s | still have a little bit advantage of the |
| 2205s | 25 there for for people that are above |
| 2207s | it and so we're trying to get that a |
| 2209s | little more standardized trying to get |
| 2210s | that a little closer while still giving |
| 2212s | you know benefit to the people that have |
| 2214s | actually ground for their gear and did |
| 2216s | all these great things to get up to that |
| 2217s | level so uh we hope that will start the |
| 2221s | change going but definitely is not going |
| 2223s | to be the end-all be-all um and then |
| 2225s | yeah once we see the results of how |
| 2227s | that's going we're going to make more |
| 2228s | adjustments to it this is like that may |
| 2230s | be the final question we have any kind |
| 2231s | of piggybacks on his any plans for we've |
| 2234s | got the the the group finder for PVE and |
| 2237s | you're able to cue is like a tank healer |
| 2239s | DPS any plans for opr Arenas maybe since |
| 2243s | we're doing the solo and group cues the |
| 2244s | qn is a role maybe as a Healer or |
| 2247s | damaged melee type stuff uh |
| 2249s | unfortunately no immediate plans I think |
| 2251s | that's something you know we've thought |
| 2253s | about and I see value there but it's not |
| 2255s | something that's going to be happening |
| 2256s | in the short term unfortunately |
| 2258s | I think that's going to do it for this |
| 2259s | segment we appreciate it guys |
| 2264s | all right well this is a big topic of |
| 2267s | discussion in the community's territory |
| 2269s | control so let's just start off with |
| 2271s | this one of the complaints from the |
| 2274s | community is uh just the ability to |
| 2276s | participate in Wars wars is like the end |
| 2279s | game PVP experience that is extremely |
| 2282s | influential in the game owning territory |
| 2286s | and and collecting gold and everything |
| 2288s | like that so we're just uh you know |
| 2291s | first off just any like General sweeping |
| 2293s | changes that you guys can talk about in |
| 2295s | the next update |
| 2296s | yeah I think the biggest update uh |
| 2299s | that's coming in the brimstone Sands |
| 2300s | release is the revenue sharing changes |
| 2302s | right so what this does is uh the way we |
| 2306s | create income stays the same it's based |
| 2308s | on taxes and the activities but what |
| 2310s | happens is all that gold goes into a |
| 2312s | kitty now and it's distributed to |
| 2314s | companies based on certain tiers or |
| 2316s | percentages so we have like tier one |
| 2318s | towns which gets 12 and a half and tier |
| 2320s | two three and four which get down to |
| 2322s | five percent so uh you know this is a |
| 2325s | big change I think the goal of the |
| 2327s | change is is many fold one is we hope it |
| 2329s | makes all territories valuable right now |
| 2331s | we have this world where like just ever |
| 2333s | fallen windsworth are very valuable and |
| 2335s | they'll you know like things like first |
| 2336s | light yeah you're not going to make much |
| 2338s | money off that this should make every |
| 2340s | town valuable uh the other thing it does |
| 2342s | is we hope it creates like this sense of |
| 2344s | progression right like small companies |
| 2346s | can fight over the tier four towns still |
| 2348s | make a little bit money and hopefully |
| 2349s | then progress Up the Ladder into the |
| 2351s | higher uh you know higher tier towns and |
| 2354s | then sort of the last big part of this |
| 2355s | that we really like is that that income |
| 2357s | you get is modulated by your territory |
| 2360s | level and what we like about this is it |
| 2362s | gives people a reason to upgrade your |
| 2364s | talents to max level it makes those |
| 2366s | invasions and winning them more |
| 2367s | important because when you go down a |
| 2369s | couple of points uh you know you're |
| 2371s | going to be making less income so that's |
| 2373s | the big change that's coming in with |
| 2374s | Brimstone Sands it's huge yeah I think |
| 2377s | that's amazing I think that's going to |
| 2379s | solve some of the issues for sure uh |
| 2381s | with the with the influx of money going |
| 2382s | to certain companies is are there any |
| 2385s | plans in the future ever to kind of |
| 2387s | distribute the money to factions in any |
| 2390s | way versus just companies so the |
| 2392s | controlling company gets most of the |
| 2395s | money but then some of the faction |
| 2396s | benefits as well uh no immediate plans I |
| 2399s | mean we already have the faction carts |
| 2400s | which was our first sort of step at this |
| 2402s | right like so when you own that town |
| 2404s | There's a cart that everyone in the |
| 2406s | faction can do use I'll be honest |
| 2408s | they're not like super you know like I |
| 2410s | don't go out of my way to get them but |
| 2412s | if I pass by I'll pick it up right it's |
| 2414s | some free resources I think that's an |
| 2415s | Avenue we can look at to boost further |
| 2417s | and I think you know giving some |
| 2419s | benefits to the faction we're aligned |
| 2421s | with you know doing a little more of |
| 2422s | that yeah I think that would be really |
| 2424s | cool so I know one of the other things |
| 2426s | is like the war the War cooldown I know |
| 2428s | that's something that's on the uh kind |
| 2430s | of on the PTR right now if you join a |
| 2431s | company and try to leave a company you |
| 2433s | get a message that pops up that tells |
| 2435s | you a little bit about the War cooldown |
| 2436s | uh mechanics so can you explain how |
| 2439s | that's going to work uh in the future |
| 2441s | yeah just to be clear on that that's |
| 2443s | it's in PTR for testing right now it's |
| 2444s | not going to go out with anniversary |
| 2445s | it's going to go out a little bit later |
| 2447s | but um what it what it basically is is |
| 2450s | when you leave a guild you're going to |
| 2451s | go on a three-day War cooldown |
| 2454s | which means you can't join a war and you |
| 2456s | can't generate influence and um it's |
| 2459s | going to be really impactful because |
| 2460s | it's paired with company minimums for |
| 2463s | Wars meaning uh it'll be two different |
| 2466s | numbers we still haven't quite settled |
| 2467s | on exactly the number that's part of why |
| 2468s | we're testing and stuff but more on the |
| 2472s | defensive side when you're defending a |
| 2473s | territory you're going to need most of |
| 2475s | your army is going to need to be company |
| 2477s | members so because of the war cooldown |
| 2480s | we're hoping that this takes a major |
| 2482s | chunk out of the shell company problem |
| 2484s | which is you know a big part of what |
| 2486s | you're saying it's like it's when when |
| 2488s | the 50 best players on a server are able |
| 2490s | to use shell companies to just kind of |
| 2492s | go everywhere and fight in every war it |
| 2494s | severely limits the amount of War slots |
| 2496s | available to everybody else so the goal |
| 2498s | here is to change the rules of the game |
| 2499s | so that it's it's it's more confined so |
| 2502s | you have to be more strategic as a |
| 2504s | 50-person group and where you're going |
| 2506s | to hold because you can't you can't hold |
| 2507s | too many places yeah I think that sounds |
| 2510s | great I think that should fix some Pro |
| 2511s | some of the some of the problems we're |
| 2512s | seeing for sure |
| 2513s | definitely there's one more coming with |
| 2515s | that also the the war fatigue so what |
| 2518s | we're looking at this isn't you know |
| 2520s | it's not going to happen with Brimstone |
| 2521s | release but in the future we're looking |
| 2522s | at sort of limiting the amount of Wars |
| 2525s | uh a single person can do in a day and |
| 2528s | again the goal there and we would do |
| 2530s | this on an account wide basis so like |
| 2532s | because you know there's people have |
| 2533s | various alts due to emerges uh and the |
| 2536s | goal here is again to distribute because |
| 2538s | war is fun we want everyone doing it and |
| 2540s | we don't want that one small group of |
| 2542s | people determining to give uh people |
| 2544s | more of a chance to participate in this |
| 2546s | fun activity that's awesome to hear uh |
| 2548s | War fatigue is definitely a |
| 2551s | um one of those things that was |
| 2552s | discussed that could definitely make a |
| 2554s | huge difference and it's glad to hear |
| 2555s | that you guys are are working on that uh |
| 2557s | one of the other awesome things about |
| 2559s | PVP is open world I I think you know the |
| 2563s | memories of great Cleve and and early on |
| 2567s | in the game pushing territories and |
| 2569s | having that resistance of you know large |
| 2571s | groups of people was something that |
| 2573s | we'll always remember in New World do |
| 2574s | you guys have any adjustments coming |
| 2575s | that will potentially promote that great |
| 2578s | cleave open World experience that kind |
| 2581s | of we were had all having fun in during |
| 2584s | the uh uh introduction to the PVP tract |
| 2587s | yeah uh we this is a big area of focus |
| 2590s | for us uh over the longer term so so to |
| 2593s | kind of sketch out what we're thinking |
| 2594s | we're kind of thinking three major |
| 2595s | things first one being |
| 2598s | um timing Windows like that great cleave |
| 2600s | I mean like Greek leave was the place to |
| 2603s | be so it drove everybody to one place to |
| 2605s | do a formal PVP so if you can kind of |
| 2607s | Imagine a world where |
| 2609s | on a like at any given time only like |
| 2611s | two territories are generating influence |
| 2613s | right now so hopefully it will drive |
| 2615s | everybody to those zones like I mean it |
| 2618s | kind of happens organically at times |
| 2619s | like during peak times like when there's |
| 2621s | an influence push happening everybody |
| 2622s | swarms there that's when there's like |
| 2624s | the most fun and open world PVP right |
| 2626s | now we'll hope we hope will happen is |
| 2628s | with these time Windows that'll just |
| 2630s | happen all the time and then once that's |
| 2632s | in place uh one of the one of the really |
| 2635s | cool things about Overworld PVP is the |
| 2637s | Ford control points which are you know |
| 2640s | every Fort has like a faction buff that |
| 2643s | it gives but each of them also grants |
| 2645s | um uh influence extra influence on PVP |
| 2648s | Mission turn in so if you can imagine |
| 2650s | multiple control points within each |
| 2653s | territory I didn't say a number I just |
| 2656s | said multiple one of the things that |
| 2658s | we're not sure about but yes yes so |
| 2661s | now you can start to wonder like what |
| 2663s | like different factions could be |
| 2664s | controlling these and again it's all |
| 2666s | within a window of time so like |
| 2669s | everybody's gonna swarm their fight over |
| 2670s | these points and might like the number |
| 2672s | of forts you have control the multiplier |
| 2674s | you get for those factions exactly this |
| 2676s | this multiplier might go very very high |
| 2679s | which would again hopefully address one |
| 2681s | of the problems with bbp missions and |
| 2682s | influence right now which is that it can |
| 2684s | seem like it takes a very long time yeah |
| 2687s | that seems pretty interesting I know I |
| 2688s | know one of the problems whenever you |
| 2690s | implement open world PVP systems like |
| 2691s | this though is oftentimes you'll have |
| 2692s | big huge zergs running around just |
| 2694s | dominating everything which can take |
| 2697s | away from the experience a little bit is |
| 2698s | there any mechanics uh implementing or |
| 2701s | or you're planning to implement to try |
| 2702s | to have some like not necessarily super |
| 2705s | small scale but to prevent these huge |
| 2706s | zergs from just dominating the map it's |
| 2709s | it's an area where I mean I think we're |
| 2711s | we're heading into Uncharted Territory |
| 2712s | we're going to have to play test we're |
| 2714s | going to have to feel things out I mean |
| 2715s | I know some things that we're talking |
| 2717s | about are like you know lock Windows |
| 2718s | where like once a fort is claimed it can |
| 2720s | lock |
| 2721s | um I mean Dave if you have any other |
| 2722s | thoughts yeah no I think the other thing |
| 2724s | is this timing window isn't going to be |
| 2725s | like an hour either right like it's |
| 2727s | going to be the main thing we want to |
| 2729s | avoid is the 2AM pushes right like as a |
| 2731s | as a company owner it sort of sucks to |
| 2733s | have to defend those pushes yeah you |
| 2735s | can't do it like so I think the the idea |
| 2737s | of the timing window is to give a broad |
| 2738s | enough time frame where uh you know it's |
| 2742s | not like a big circle like one hour ago |
| 2744s | there but you know shallow enough to |
| 2745s | where you can't do those sorts of things |
| 2747s | and the other part I like about it is |
| 2748s | like it'll feel more like you can win as |
| 2750s | a Defender right right now it feels like |
| 2752s | I'm just going to lose eventually as a |
| 2754s | Defender anyway so why bother counter |
| 2755s | pushing too much with this if you have |
| 2757s | let's say you know a couple hours window |
| 2759s | like if you can defend in that then |
| 2761s | you're safe until your next window opens |
| 2763s | up and I think that'll be a nice feeling |
| 2765s | for those Defenders yeah uh so yeah and |
| 2767s | you know so let's say we add multiple |
| 2769s | Fort points you've got the different |
| 2771s | locations for faction missions so I |
| 2772s | think the goal is to have a couple |
| 2774s | different hot spots in the territory |
| 2776s | when that timing window is on not just |
| 2778s | sort of one big ball right that'll be |
| 2780s | awesome yeah that sounds like a lot of |
| 2781s | fun yeah those improvements are are |
| 2784s | insane to hear about the final thing we |
| 2786s | really have for you guys is practice |
| 2788s | Wars they've been kind of teased a |
| 2790s | little bit but when can the community |
| 2792s | kind of expect that we can see these |
| 2795s | practice Wars kind of come in and to |
| 2797s | live uh this one's not on the roadmap |
| 2800s | right this second but it is definitely |
| 2801s | something that we we all really agree |
| 2804s | that we should have for many many |
| 2805s | reasons I mean you know we want we want |
| 2807s | to give more content to more players we |
| 2809s | want to give companies a chance to |
| 2810s | experience war and practice and get |
| 2813s | their skills up in it |
| 2814s | yeah so it's something like Dan said we |
| 2816s | agree with that we want it's just |
| 2818s | there's higher priorities at the moment |
| 2820s | so it's not on our short-term list yeah |
| 2822s | I think that'll about do it you have any |
| 2823s | more questions for this no territory |
| 2825s | control thanks guys I appreciate that |
| 2827s | those changes are something to get |
| 2829s | excited about for sure so we appreciate |
| 2831s | it |
| 2834s | all right well next is our crafting |
| 2837s | segment with Phil and Tony we appreciate |
| 2839s | you guys joining us we got a lot to talk |
| 2841s | about uh for crafting yeah thanks for |
| 2843s | having us yeah yeah it's crazy to be |
| 2845s | here in the studio talking with you guys |
| 2848s | um I mean as a first timer I'm just |
| 2850s | excited to be here Mr Redbird and Mr |
| 2852s | Brooke Bodie Brody |
| 2855s | yeah |
| 2858s | we're glad to have you on the show today |
| 2860s | man thank you for joining us here flip |
| 2862s | the tables yeah I love it awesome so hop |
| 2866s | right in here the first one we have is |
| 2868s | uh there's been a lot of adjustments in |
| 2870s | the way you experience gain experience |
| 2872s | when crafting such as aptitude and |
| 2875s | everything like that are there anything |
| 2876s | we can uh kind of can you comment on how |
| 2879s | the pacing is for crafting right now and |
| 2881s | and where you kind of stand there sure |
| 2883s | yeah let me I'll jump in first here |
| 2887s | um one of the big focuses that we've uh |
| 2890s | been working on over the past like half |
| 2893s | a year I would say is trying to get that |
| 2896s | pacing smoothed out in your progression |
| 2898s | between all the Gathering then the |
| 2901s | refining and then the crafting so as you |
| 2904s | kind of go up those rungs making sure |
| 2907s | that you kind of keep Pace with all of |
| 2910s | those in line where and you're |
| 2912s | incentivized to go gather higher end |
| 2914s | resources refine those into higher |
| 2916s | materials and then use those materials |
| 2918s | to build hiring crafts they're not just |
| 2920s | like focusing solely on iron swords to |
| 2922s | 200 right I think that was a big uh |
| 2925s | lesson that we had at launch and seeing |
| 2927s | how people were interacting with the |
| 2928s | system and really something we've been |
| 2929s | working hard to improve and so I feel |
| 2931s | really good about the way that kind of |
| 2933s | gathering and crafting not work with our |
| 2936s | latest release or sorry Gathering and |
| 2938s | refining and then crafting is feeling a |
| 2940s | lot better and we've got a lot of ways |
| 2942s | to like juice up the experience and the |
| 2945s | time it takes you to get from one to 200 |
| 2947s | but |
| 2949s | I still think it can be improved a |
| 2951s | little bit though too yeah yeah I think |
| 2953s | it's pretty well said I think one of the |
| 2954s | big things that should help with that |
| 2956s | um is going to be the changes for you |
| 2959s | get the double XP for the initial first |
| 2961s | time you craft something around because |
| 2962s | like right now when you go through and |
| 2963s | you craft a new level it's like of this |
| 2965s | tier how many of a specific thing do I |
| 2967s | need to craft well I'm going to go make |
| 2969s | you know 140 Ironwood swords and you |
| 2971s | know that's it but now that you get that |
| 2973s | double bump for all the individual |
| 2975s | crafts at least you get some more |
| 2976s | variety in there it should help it feel |
| 2977s | a bit more fresh and give you those |
| 2979s | those bigger I think bumps of |
| 2981s | progression which would be really good |
| 2982s | yeah totally um and it just incentivizes |
| 2984s | you to like it's almost like a little |
| 2986s | bit of a checklist too like craft |
| 2989s | everything yeah and uh and at least we |
| 2991s | reward you now for going up you know you |
| 2993s | hit that new rung oh I can craft star |
| 2995s | metal weapons now okay well you know I'm |
| 2998s | gonna get double XP if I craft a sword |
| 2999s | and a a hatchet and you know a bow and |
| 3003s | everything yeah which is pretty nice I |
| 3005s | think it's a feels bad moment a little |
| 3006s | bit whenever you are crafting just iron |
| 3008s | swords or whatever over and over and |
| 3010s | over again and you don't really get a |
| 3012s | lot of benefit of then leveling up |
| 3013s | quickly yeah right you know one of the |
| 3015s | things that we saw early on right was |
| 3016s | the whole like how many tens of |
| 3018s | thousands of arrows do I need to make |
| 3020s | yeah |
| 3021s | Ash stain arrows like I've had a few |
| 3024s | things where it was just like just just |
| 3026s | do this that's not the experience I'm |
| 3029s | guilty of the stain I took those |
| 3031s | opportunities for sure so I think one of |
| 3034s | the other really big things about |
| 3035s | crafting is we have the introduction of |
| 3037s | scarabs coming with Brimstone Sands we |
| 3039s | have we've seen Timeless shards come |
| 3041s | into the game recently as well so all of |
| 3043s | these things are kind of lending |
| 3044s | themselves towards making crafting |
| 3046s | better items a little bit easier uh so |
| 3049s | is that like because getting getting a |
| 3051s | this item in new world is pretty hard |
| 3052s | it's elusive so I think you know for me |
| 3055s | I think getting that item is probably a |
| 3056s | good thing because it it keeps the it |
| 3058s | keeps you trying to chase that that good |
| 3060s | item but it sometimes it is a little bit |
| 3062s | frustrating a little bit too hard almost |
| 3063s | so so heading in those directions with |
| 3065s | like the Timeless shards scarves is that |
| 3067s | something we see more of in the future |
| 3068s | and like a kind of an easier way to get |
| 3070s | those items yeah uh two areas I think we |
| 3075s | were really sensitive to right now and |
| 3077s | we've heard a lot of community feedback |
| 3079s | on this as well uh is generally like the |
| 3083s | cost it takes to actually craft one of |
| 3085s | these items and to roll some people |
| 3087s | might refer to it as gambling a little |
| 3089s | bit I don't know I mean some people some |
| 3091s | people who |
| 3093s | knows but uh but you know it |
| 3097s | the fair assessment because you know it |
| 3099s | either cost you a lot of time or a coin |
| 3102s | to go get these resources and then you |
| 3104s | know you throw them in the pot at least |
| 3106s | we give you an item unlike some other |
| 3107s | games out there that might not give you |
| 3109s | anything uh but |
| 3111s | um that kind of leads into the second |
| 3113s | point so cost is one vector that we're |
| 3115s | really sensitive of and we want to be |
| 3117s | respectful to that time and that coin |
| 3119s | investment anyone's putting in and the |
| 3121s | other one is just more agency and |
| 3123s | control over that and um yeah I don't |
| 3126s | know you want to talk to that part a |
| 3127s | little bit Yeah so I think like the big |
| 3129s | thing right like you go through you |
| 3131s | level up you get to 200 and then you're |
| 3133s | like I'm gonna craft some stuff but if |
| 3134s | it feels like what you're after is just |
| 3136s | unobtaining them you just kind of stop |
| 3137s | and you get disengaged and so Thomas |
| 3139s | shards were kind of a first step golden |
| 3140s | Scarab is going to be another step but |
| 3142s | it's a super it's a very you know it's a |
| 3145s | thin line for us to walk because if we |
| 3146s | make it too easy well not everybody has |
| 3148s | everything and if we make it too hard |
| 3149s | now you're just completely disconnected |
| 3151s | you don't want to involve the system |
| 3152s | anymore right and so I think there will |
| 3154s | be ways for us to continue to give more |
| 3157s | agency I guess if you will |
| 3160s | um because as long as it like is |
| 3161s | required like the scarabs for example |
| 3163s | you know you take a look at you know |
| 3164s | what is the play time what are the |
| 3166s | activities people have to do people are |
| 3168s | out there having fun they're adventuring |
| 3169s | they're doing their thing and they're |
| 3170s | getting a reward to have more agency |
| 3172s | that's awesome yeah and more ways we can |
| 3174s | figure out how to do that I think the |
| 3175s | better yeah for sure yeah the scarabs is |
| 3178s | something I'm looking forward to as a |
| 3180s | crafter and to improving my |
| 3182s | gambling uh Habit but at least like you |
| 3186s | know a two good perk item is still you |
| 3189s | know better than uh nothing right like |
| 3193s | it's still like you could have a good |
| 3194s | two-part item and you could either trade |
| 3196s | that for a good amount of money or or it |
| 3198s | could be really useful to you in your |
| 3199s | gameplay there's a lot of like other |
| 3203s | ideas we have floating around there of |
| 3204s | like how to actually and where you guys |
| 3206s | you ask like can we see more of that in |
| 3208s | the future I think yeah I don't know if |
| 3210s | it's going to necessarily take the form |
| 3211s | of an item though versus more of a a |
| 3214s | refinement to a system uh but again it's |
| 3217s | like still a tight rope that we have to |
| 3219s | walk of like making it the pursuit fun |
| 3222s | uh but not just overly easy where |
| 3225s | everybody kind of has this but um you |
| 3228s | know definitely want players to feel |
| 3229s | like they're looking for better items |
| 3231s | versus just trying to find a single good |
| 3233s | item yeah yeah and I think actually on |
| 3235s | that point right like there's this and |
| 3237s | there's almost this and for a lot of |
| 3239s | people almost bis is good enough yeah |
| 3240s | and so there's still a market for that |
| 3242s | and I think there's still a Chase for |
| 3243s | that right A lot of people of course |
| 3244s | everybody wants Biz but like if you find |
| 3246s | something that's really really close |
| 3247s | that can hold you over for a while |
| 3248s | that's still a huge win yeah yeah for |
| 3250s | sure absolutely so this is a this is a |
| 3253s | big one for Crafters we have any plans |
| 3255s | we got we got music yep uh so now any |
| 3258s | plans what's any additional crafting |
| 3261s | skills that are coming to to New World |
| 3263s | in the upcoming future |
| 3266s | got ideas |
| 3268s | we could edit it out we have ideas uh |
| 3272s | but uh I think one of the my favorite |
| 3275s | Parts about new world uh as a game in |
| 3277s | general is how good I think our our |
| 3280s | trade skill section is |
| 3283s | um getting lost in the open world uh |
| 3285s | like it's literally fun to chop down a |
| 3287s | tree like in our game which is yeah it's |
| 3289s | hard to say for other games I've played |
| 3291s | and um |
| 3292s | so we definitely want to continue to |
| 3294s | support that |
| 3296s | um nothing specific to really say but we |
| 3298s | are taking inspiration from other open |
| 3300s | world games and uh some of our favorite |
| 3302s | experiences we've had over the years as |
| 3304s | Gamers ourselves and like trying to |
| 3306s | figure out what does that mean in a |
| 3307s | tournament |
| 3308s | um yeah it's very elusive answer but uh |
| 3311s | it's just I will say trade skills is |
| 3312s | something we're going to continue to |
| 3313s | support for for a long time yeah awesome |
| 3315s | sounds awesome sounds like the future is |
| 3317s | bright for gatherers and Crafters I like |
| 3318s | that I think so good or just you know |
| 3320s | players that want to do something else |
| 3322s | other than just kill monsters all day |
| 3323s | yeah there's all yeah we'll have plenty |
| 3325s | of that for sure but yeah but yeah that |
| 3328s | other stuff that you can do I thought |
| 3329s | that was a a cool |
| 3331s | um uh reaction to our our musical |
| 3334s | instruments like yeah people loved it I |
| 3336s | actually like you know it's fun when I'm |
| 3338s | waiting for a a chest run to start or |
| 3340s | you know I mean a holding pen waiting to |
| 3343s | get out for like an uh opr or war and |
| 3347s | you know someone's just kicking it |
| 3348s | playing some music and people are |
| 3350s | dancing moating all right yeah I gotta |
| 3352s | say when you know you're doing a portal |
| 3354s | run or a chest run and you're at a |
| 3356s | portal and someone off to the side just |
| 3358s | works out the freaking upright base and |
| 3359s | just starts playing while everybody else |
| 3361s | is playing I laugh every time listen |
| 3363s | yeah they're they're |
| 3364s | exploiting Donuts from they are people |
| 3367s | spamming the chest closing button there |
| 3369s | yeah they know what they're doing yeah |
| 3372s | just uh I hate to expose those people |
| 3374s | but that's exactly we know you know who |
| 3375s | you are you know who you are the one |
| 3377s | thing I will say to that though and I |
| 3379s | think you said it really really well is |
| 3380s | you know future trade skills how does it |
| 3383s | wrap into the rest of the world you know |
| 3384s | music came online I was like oh yeah |
| 3386s | music is cool but then when you start |
| 3387s | looking at the Buffs and stuff that it |
| 3388s | gives you music is actually quite |
| 3389s | impactful yeah and so anytime that we |
| 3391s | add something else how does it hit the |
| 3394s | rest of the ecosystem that's in the game |
| 3395s | there's a lot of Leverage there's a lot |
| 3396s | of switches a lot of knobs but what is |
| 3398s | the right way to integrate to all those |
| 3401s | different things and it can make the the |
| 3403s | trade skill have a whole lot more kick |
| 3405s | than just like adding something that's |
| 3407s | kind of Standalone which is something |
| 3409s | that's something I think new world does |
| 3410s | a very good job at is all the trade |
| 3411s | skills are pretty impactful in the game |
| 3413s | and the Gathering is probably some of |
| 3416s | the best I've ever it is the best I've |
| 3417s | ever had in any MMO for sure so one of |
| 3421s | the other things there's a pain point |
| 3422s | for players that uh you can't really see |
| 3425s | what recipes you have at any given time |
| 3427s | so so one of the questions that I have |
| 3429s | is that do you have any plans ever to to |
| 3432s | kind of create a system that's almost |
| 3433s | like an achievement system or like a a a |
| 3436s | separate menu not necessarily where it's |
| 3438s | a crafting station but like where you |
| 3440s | know you see your tabs for achievements |
| 3441s | your bio all that stuff maybe you have a |
| 3443s | a recipes Tab and then within that |
| 3446s | screen you could see maybe like your you |
| 3448s | know your Furnishing or your cooking or |
| 3450s | whatever and have them listed and with |
| 3451s | check mark beside which ones you |
| 3453s | collected et cetera just a way to keep |
| 3454s | up with it first for some for players be |
| 3456s | able to chase those those items yeah as |
| 3459s | someone who likes that stuff as a player |
| 3461s | I I really like that idea I think it's a |
| 3464s | cool idea um I I will say we don't have |
| 3466s | plans to do it currently |
| 3468s | but thank you yeah and um and no I uh I |
| 3472s | think it's a conversation that uh Tony |
| 3474s | and I can really dig into outside of |
| 3476s | this and and really figure that out like |
| 3478s | okay that's that's cool there's a lot of |
| 3480s | value there I think yeah I think because |
| 3481s | it ties into there's there's a couple |
| 3483s | issues that could be resolved there one |
| 3485s | is what do I have what don't I have |
| 3487s | um two you know if I want to cook a |
| 3490s | certain meal or whatever what |
| 3491s | ingredients do I need for that right |
| 3492s | there's friction in there trying to |
| 3494s | figure that out while you're out you |
| 3495s | know and uh you know in the wild farming |
| 3497s | or whatever you may be doing so I think |
| 3499s | there's there's definitely some areas |
| 3500s | that can be massaged |
| 3502s | um you know right now if you go into |
| 3503s | your trade skill screen and you know you |
| 3505s | click on say uh weaponsmithing if you |
| 3508s | will you just have that super long list |
| 3510s | on the right there's just a lot I think |
| 3511s | that we can do uh within the screens we |
| 3513s | already have to just make that a lot |
| 3515s | more pleasing to interact with awesome |
| 3517s | awesome that'd be great big addition of |
| 3520s | the game one last question uh you spoke |
| 3523s | a little bit about this earlier is is |
| 3525s | depth of crafting is there anything we |
| 3527s | can expect that maybe expands of upon |
| 3529s | the depth of the current trade skills |
| 3530s | that we have |
| 3531s | it's a good question |
| 3533s | um what I will say right now is that |
| 3535s | it's something we talk about a lot it's |
| 3537s | conversations that come up a lot and a |
| 3540s | couple different vectors kind of keep |
| 3541s | bubbling up to the surface which is uh |
| 3544s | something I mentioned a little bit |
| 3545s | earlier which was how can we give |
| 3547s | Crafters better control over what |
| 3549s | they're crafting that's a that's a big |
| 3551s | thing that we talk about a lot we're |
| 3553s | we're constantly examining ways we can |
| 3555s | do improvements to the current system so |
| 3558s | it's not like necessarily new crafting |
| 3560s | but it's just like optimizations to |
| 3562s | existing systems to make those better to |
| 3564s | give Crafters a little bit more |
| 3566s | stability in what they're crafting |
| 3568s | um on top of like what we're already |
| 3570s | doing with those scarabs in this in the |
| 3571s | Timeless shards and then the other topic |
| 3574s | is identity which I'll I'll sort of Tony |
| 3576s | to yeah yeah so like one of the big |
| 3578s | things and a big talking point with |
| 3580s | constantly like kind of circle back to |
| 3582s | is player identity and when it comes to |
| 3584s | crafting Gathering refining crafting all |
| 3587s | that whole I guess ecosystem is uh such |
| 3590s | a big part of new world but like how can |
| 3593s | a player have more identity within it |
| 3595s | right what can they do to separate |
| 3598s | themselves from the crowd if you will |
| 3599s | and how can they you know how can we |
| 3602s | give them more depth in a system and so |
| 3604s | you know when we speak to the Future |
| 3606s | whether or not it is you know additional |
| 3608s | trade skills or you know additional |
| 3611s | recipes are there other ways that we can |
| 3613s | allow you to put in time to get rewards |
| 3616s | that are a bit more |
| 3618s | specific with what you have interest in |
| 3620s | uh and so I think there's a lot there |
| 3621s | that we can work with and uh I'll just |
| 3624s | say that I'm really excited for the |
| 3625s | future |
| 3626s | I'll leave it at that that's great |
| 3628s | awesome sounds like some pretty |
| 3629s | interesting stuff coming in for the |
| 3630s | Crafters then I like it yeah I like it |
| 3632s | in more depth more and more systems it |
| 3634s | sounds awesome yeah yeah looking forward |
| 3636s | to it all right well I think that I |
| 3637s | think that actually does it yeah so |
| 3640s | thank you guys thank you yeah I |
| 3641s | appreciate it thanks for having us yeah |
| 3643s | you're welcome you're welcome here |
| 3644s | anytime appreciate it |
| 3650s | all right so now we're here with Rob and |
| 3652s | Mike thank you guys for being here we |
| 3654s | have a couple of questions for you today |
| 3656s | about Brimstone so the first question we |
| 3658s | have on the docket it's one that a lot |
| 3660s | of players want to know is are we going |
| 3662s | to be able to fight the sand worm that |
| 3663s | we see in Brimstone yes eventually |
| 3666s | you're going to be able to face the sand |
| 3668s | worm uh we're thinking it's going to be |
| 3670s | an encounter for more than five players |
| 3672s | uh details are still yet to come but uh |
| 3675s | you know keep your eyes open your ears |
| 3678s | peeled for upcoming news on on some of |
| 3680s | the cool stuff we're going to do with |
| 3681s | sandworm awesome that's going to be a |
| 3682s | secret and if you can I mean if you are |
| 3684s | able to defeat him you'll learn some |
| 3685s | some cool new stuff about him and like a |
| 3688s | lot of the backstory of the world that |
| 3690s | uh that related to where he comes from |
| 3692s | like his Origins which are rooted in |
| 3694s | pretty ancient eternum History Nice |
| 3696s | always great to learn more lore in the |
| 3698s | game I know there's a lot of people who |
| 3700s | love the lore of Eternal but getting |
| 3701s | more of it is always a good thing so |
| 3703s | yeah excited about that one sure no |
| 3705s | we've wandered around in Brimstone for a |
| 3707s | long time the features inside of the |
| 3710s | zone are Second To None the jump jump |
| 3713s | puzzles uh all the the chest mechanics |
| 3716s | and everything like that is that |
| 3718s | something we can kind of expect moving |
| 3720s | forward with with future zones |
| 3722s | yeah I'd say that yeah I mean the |
| 3724s | standards and brimstone are certainly |
| 3726s | you know push push the experience |
| 3728s | overall like whether you're exploring or |
| 3730s | doing quests or fighting you know groups |
| 3732s | of different groups of uh AI |
| 3735s | um and I would say that that's the |
| 3736s | standard that we're going to have going |
| 3737s | forward you know |
| 3738s | um the certainly for the quest I can |
| 3740s | speak to that like I can say you know |
| 3741s | the quest Dynamics we use that the the |
| 3743s | variety of puzzles the you know the way |
| 3745s | the story flows particularly with the |
| 3747s | story around immotep |
| 3749s | um really is is the standard that we |
| 3751s | look at when we're when we're doing the |
| 3752s | next round of quests and so the gimmicks |
| 3754s | that we put in there Dynamic events |
| 3756s | things that make you look at the world |
| 3759s | differently or interact with it |
| 3760s | differently there's so many tools that |
| 3762s | are available to you as a player and so |
| 3764s | we want to explore like you know |
| 3765s | thematically what fits the best for |
| 3767s | whatever Zone that we're working on at |
| 3768s | the time whether you know meshes really |
| 3770s | well with the biomes or the characters |
| 3772s | and overall story just like how do those |
| 3774s | integrate into you know those pois and |
| 3777s | that whole experience yeah it's been |
| 3779s | awesome just running through Brimstone |
| 3780s | on the PTR has been quite the experience |
| 3781s | unlike any other Zone in the game so far |
| 3784s | it's just really really good the jump |
| 3785s | puzzles and all the intricacies of the |
| 3787s | Zone have been really really interesting |
| 3788s | a lot of fun to run through no doubt so |
| 3790s | we also have like Brimstone and the new |
| 3792s | player experience the quests have just |
| 3794s | been completely redone everything is is |
| 3796s | like so much more streamlined the story |
| 3798s | is a lot better |
| 3800s | um the the lore is really starting to |
| 3802s | come to life now are those all things we |
| 3804s | can expect to happen like moving forward |
| 3806s | into the future is that something you |
| 3807s | guys are leaning more heavily into are |
| 3809s | are those types of of mechanics in the |
| 3812s | game like just very much story driven |
| 3814s | type of quest Etc yeah I mean I would |
| 3816s | say you know we're very focused on |
| 3818s | creating memorable characters that make |
| 3820s | an impression and you get to interact |
| 3821s | with multiple times rather than just |
| 3823s | like everywhere you go there's some new |
| 3824s | character who offers you some sort of |
| 3826s | you know laundry list task to do like |
| 3828s | actually having characters who are who |
| 3830s | are traveling with the player their |
| 3831s | stories are unfolding as you go your |
| 3833s | relationship with them is evolving and |
| 3835s | and hopefully you know it may it keeps |
| 3838s | everything you know more interesting as |
| 3840s | you go through these things and of |
| 3841s | course |
| 3842s | um as we just mentioned you know the the |
| 3844s | the quest types like the variety and the |
| 3846s | activities that you do that's something |
| 3847s | that we're going to continue I mean I |
| 3848s | would say it's even going to get better |
| 3849s | because we're looking at like we're |
| 3851s | taking all the lessons that we learned |
| 3852s | from Brimstone Sands and using those |
| 3854s | we're improving our tools |
| 3856s | um and getting a better grip on like you |
| 3859s | know how how dense to to place quests |
| 3863s | and characters and stuff like that for |
| 3864s | for the best experience yeah it's good |
| 3867s | to hear I I think story building and and |
| 3869s | building relationships with players and |
| 3871s | the and the character and the lore and |
| 3873s | the game is like a recipe to keep people |
| 3876s | interested uh in new world like long |
| 3879s | term as far as the story development and |
| 3881s | everything like that goes yeah I mean |
| 3882s | and I would add just that you know we're |
| 3884s | we're going to be introducing a lot more |
| 3885s | characters who are historically or |
| 3888s | mythically based like so the names you |
| 3890s | recognize you know you meet immotep and |
| 3892s | a few others who I won't you know uh say |
| 3895s | a name right now because you may not |
| 3897s | have met him yet but but yeah but yeah |
| 3899s | you'll be meeting a lot of more |
| 3900s | mythological figures characters from uh |
| 3902s | well in RSC you meet where you fight sir |
| 3905s | Wayne but we'll have other characters |
| 3907s | from the Arthurian Mythos that come into |
| 3909s | the game and yeah a lot more you know a |
| 3913s | lot more recognizable names that I think |
| 3914s | players will see and every and every one |
| 3916s | of them has a unique eternum twist you |
| 3918s | know like how did they get here what's |
| 3919s | the real story around behind the myths |
| 3922s | that you've read and how that relates to |
| 3924s | this and continue to build upon uh all |
| 3927s | the the great visuals and landmarks and |
| 3929s | places to explore and and tying like all |
| 3932s | those thematic themes that you'd get in |
| 3934s | the story and the lore to these physical |
| 3936s | places that you like oh I wonder what's |
| 3938s | over that Ridge line or what's behind |
| 3940s | that Alcove of trees like always having |
| 3942s | that thing kind of leading you forward |
| 3944s | and and just presenting a beautiful |
| 3946s | world but now just expanding that world |
| 3948s | that's what I love about Brimstone |
| 3949s | itself is like now we're introducing |
| 3951s | this brand new desert experience and we |
| 3954s | want to continue pushing that forward |
| 3955s | with you know zones in the future yeah |
| 3957s | sounds amazing amazing I think new world |
| 3959s | is sitting Prime for all kinds of |
| 3960s | expansion for all types of different |
| 3962s | stories because of the way that the way |
| 3964s | that the land is where is kind of laid |
| 3965s | out in this mysterious feel around |
| 3967s | around eternum that you can almost bring |
| 3969s | in anything you want or any culture you |
| 3970s | want and add it to the game and I think |
| 3972s | that's pretty exciting for players |
| 3974s | moving forward because there's no tell |
| 3975s | them what we're going to see and I'm |
| 3976s | here for it I'm ready to see what's |
| 3977s | what's out there next for sure |
| 3980s | yeah the final thing I think we have for |
| 3982s | you guys is is the Zone size I mean |
| 3984s | Brimstone is almost three times as large |
| 3987s | as any Zone that we've seen on the map |
| 3989s | it's the first Zone that's been added |
| 3991s | since live is this what we should expect |
| 3993s | moving forward as far as Zone size is |
| 3995s | this Brimstone Brimstone is an exception |
| 3998s | to the rule in the sense that it's it's |
| 4000s | a desert and the desert had to be vast |
| 4002s | so it had to be very big to support a |
| 4005s | lot of the stories and themes that we |
| 4006s | were pushing for so I would say it's |
| 4009s | towards the extreme large end of what |
| 4011s | our zones would be and I think they're |
| 4012s | they're typically would be more the size |
| 4014s | of like uh like an ebb and scale or even |
| 4018s | a reek water so more nominal in size but |
| 4022s | that's because we want to tell you know |
| 4023s | more stories more unique have more |
| 4025s | unique things that happen in the world |
| 4027s | so not saying never it just really |
| 4030s | depends what are the story influences |
| 4032s | that are driving us what are the |
| 4034s | experiences that players need to go on |
| 4037s | on that journey and that'll kind of |
| 4038s | dictate what size things really need to |
| 4040s | be yeah one of the things we talked |
| 4042s | about and one of the things that I think |
| 4043s | you can there's a high likelihood you'll |
| 4045s | see it or you know a big themed area |
| 4047s | that's perhaps multiple zones it's like |
| 4050s | you could see Brimstone we could have |
| 4051s | broken it up into three different zones |
| 4052s | based on the size and we may have some |
| 4055s | areas like that in the game uh coming up |
| 4057s | as we expand into more you know |
| 4059s | you know World lore mythology type stuff |
| 4061s | yeah sounds awesome I get kind of |
| 4063s | excited about the about the story for |
| 4065s | sure I like to get really immersed and |
| 4066s | really drawn in and I think the new |
| 4068s | player experience is part of that that's |
| 4069s | really going to help draw players in and |
| 4072s | I'm just excited to see what's what's |
| 4073s | out there and what's to come man so |
| 4075s | should be great yeah because it's going |
| 4076s | to influence uh the NPCs that you |
| 4079s | interact with the Enemy types that are |
| 4080s | there the cool new weapons and gear that |
| 4082s | you're going to get yeah so yeah bring |
| 4085s | it on yeah we're excited about what's |
| 4087s | coming it's going to be good yeah us too |
| 4089s | all right well I think that about does |
| 4090s | already well I gotta you know my |
| 4093s | community would be very upset with me if |
| 4095s | I didn't know it publicly apologize to |
| 4097s | Mike for oh yeah you do you do need to |
| 4100s | apologize you owe him an apology what do |
| 4102s | we do what happened it was in the uh |
| 4103s | yeah I have this may have tea bagged you |
| 4107s | during it may have it definitely |
| 4109s | happened |
| 4113s | let me thank you for doing that it |
| 4115s | wasn't aggressive there was some bribery |
| 4118s | I'm pretty sure Lane is the blame |
| 4126s | I mean Community team correct me if I'm |
| 4128s | wrong |
| 4131s | [Laughter] |
| 4135s | not mine I can scoop back if you guys |
| 4138s | need to settle this no oh no I'm going |
| 4140s | to resolve the beat that'll be fair okay |
| 4142s | cool yes the culprit is somewhere else |
| 4144s | yeah all right well I think that'll do |
| 4146s | it for this segment thank you guys it's |
| 4147s | awesome |
| 4149s | all right well that does it for the |
| 4151s | October Dev video Scott again we want to |
| 4153s | thank you for having us out it's been a |
| 4155s | long time dream of ours uh to be out the |
| 4157s | studio so thank you yeah absolutely just |
| 4159s | echoing the sentiment that red has here |
| 4161s | it's been incredible thank you for |
| 4162s | having us out it's been a super fun day |
| 4164s | and uh we we just appreciate you guys a |
| 4166s | lot thanks for coming thanks for all the |
| 4168s | hard questions today and |
| 4170s | you know just to finish it off thanks |
| 4172s | for all the support again like we've |
| 4174s | been listening to you for so long it's |
| 4175s | fun to finally meet in person and |
| 4177s | can't be happier having you here so |
| 4179s | thanks awesome |