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| 0s | why is wheat not used for flower |
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| 2s | crafting to make bread and cooking I've |
| 4s | been asking this for years now and still |
| 6s | can't use this wheat up for anything but |
| 8s | hearty meals like what the hell why is |
| 10s | this a thing wheat is used all over the |
| 13s | world for flour every day why not here |
| 16s | this is what I want changed Tony is the |
| 18s | new world team gluten-free yeah |
| 21s | apparently we are gluten-free |
| 24s | [Applause] |
| 28s | uh hello welcome to forge in a tum the |
| 31s | show where we talk All Things New World |
| 33s | my name is Patrick joining me today we |
| 35s | have Joel and Tony and we're here for |
| 37s | our third episode where we're going to |
| 38s | talk about the economy so this is our uh |
| 41s | 2024 Q2 quarterly economy update uh if |
| 44s | you guys are ready let's go ahead and |
| 45s | dive on into to you know the state of |
| 47s | the economy in New World so first things |
| 49s | first I want to start episode three how |
| 51s | we started episode two let's take a look |
| 53s | back to the last episode at some of the |
| 55s | hot button issues in the community that |
| 57s | we talked about and let's recap where we |
| 59s | landed with those um so the first one |
| 62s | last time we talked about how players |
| 63s | wanted more of a slot machine with |
| 64s | crafting and how uh chromatic seals in |
| 66s | particular were a bit of a gate for that |
| 69s | um with the random crafting so Tony uh |
| 71s | how did our changes there shake out what |
| 73s | ended up happening yeah so what we did |
| 75s | was we went ahead and removed the re the |
| 77s | requirement for chromatic seal on the |
| 79s | highend crafting and so now instead |
| 81s | reworked it a little bit uh we got some |
| 83s | matrices in there which then leans back |
| 85s | into the crafting cycles and Loops a |
| 87s | little bit more as well uh and it |
| 89s | allowed people to just make make as many |
| 91s | um Prismatic Scarab items aoth inductor |
| 95s | items and regular golden Scarab items |
| 97s | that they wanted to uh the you know the |
| 101s | what we saw from that in terms of an |
| 102s | impact in the economy was right after we |
| 104s | made the change we started seeing a nice |
| 106s | slight gradual lift for prices for |
| 109s | highend materials meaning that people |
| 110s | were sinking more of these things uh and |
| 112s | that was the intention uh when we went |
| 114s | into the expansion we had the chromatic |
| 118s | seals there because we wanted it to be a |
| 120s | player Choice am I going to craft this |
| 122s | high-end item am I going to use this |
| 124s | this chromatic seal that I can get per |
| 125s | day on uh rrolling a named item am I |
| 128s | going to use it you know uh in in one of |
| 131s | those aspects uh and it's been a while |
| 133s | since the uh expansion came out and so |
| 136s | we really wanted to kind of loosen those |
| 138s | uh restrictions up and it had a good |
| 141s | impact and it did what we wanted it to |
| 142s | do awesome yeah um cool so then the |
| 144s | second uh you know big impact topic we |
| 147s | covered was Ubi and General Coin |
| 149s | balances uh around episode two we were |
| 151s | still talking about how folks wanted |
| 153s | more coin in their pocket and more ways |
| 154s | to get coin um Joel we took some steps |
| 157s | to help correct that somewhat I think we |
| 158s | have more steps we need to take moving |
| 160s | forward but uh what do we change uh |
| 162s | since then so uh we added the uh golden |
| 165s | matter cache uh that's something that |
| 167s | was fairly successful though I think |
| 169s | that the uh total amount of players that |
| 172s | are getting it is lower than we'd like |
| 173s | and it's something we're assessing uh we |
| 175s | are seeing a median coin balance and |
| 177s | we'll talk about this later uh increase |
| 179s | throughout all of our player base uh |
| 181s | removing the seals is an extra cost that |
| 183s | was removed from some of the uh upgrades |
| 186s | that kind of helped in some ways as well |
| 188s | ough those items are still valuable um |
| 191s | uh we also had kind of a blunder early |
| 193s | on with season 5 where some of the the |
| 195s | replacement for juniper berry bags |
| 197s | didn't make into the game uh that should |
| 199s | be getting fixed in a patch I believe |
| 200s | today um so we're really monitoring the |
| 204s | health of the uh Ubi and the coin |
| 208s | balance that's going into the game right |
| 210s | now now uh it is increasing uh we have |
| 213s | mitigated though we are continuing to |
| 214s | work on it long term uh we do feel |
| 217s | there's more work to be done there uh |
| 218s | but players are absolutely at a positive |
| 220s | right now in general um I believe the |
| 223s | average right now median is 35k if I |
| 225s | haven't said that already um and we'll |
| 227s | go into that a little bit more later um |
| 230s | but we're continuing to make sure that |
| 231s | one we don't blow out inflation um and |
| 234s | that everyone's coin value is Meaningful |
| 237s | right again one thing we stress in all |
| 238s | of these videos is we want to make sure |
| 240s | that |
| 240s | all players all levels of players and |
| 243s | all um time Rich players and players |
| 246s | that only can play you know 30 minutes |
| 247s | here so on and so forth are meaningful |
| 250s | and impactful into the economy that they |
| 252s | can provide and gain money and engage |
| 256s | into the |
| 258s | economy all right so then the final top |
| 260s | we uh topic we covered was tier five |
| 263s | resource availability uh with the |
| 264s | intruction of t52 myth rolls outpacing |
| 267s | or Calum for example where did we land |
| 270s | there yeah so what we ended up doing |
| 271s | there was there was another handful of |
| 274s | nodes added to Mark uh of or Calcom not |
| 277s | mithil uh and that really kind of |
| 279s | increased the supply for or Calcom um |
| 282s | what that ended up doing uh was it |
| 285s | started to drive the price of or calcum |
| 287s | back down get it back under control um |
| 290s | and uh it also actually started to |
| 292s | slowly increase the value of mithil um |
| 295s | the increase on mithil was very small |
| 298s | I'm not going to sugarcoat it uh but the |
| 300s | decrease on orac Calcom was the main |
| 301s | goal there um and it's looking like it's |
| 303s | in a much better state so we need to |
| 305s | continue to monitor that uh obviously |
| 307s | hasn't been out for very long uh and |
| 309s | then figure out what we want to do next |
| 311s | to continue to try to get those to to |
| 313s | cross not only has it not been out very |
| 315s | very long but just something to add |
| 316s | there too is there's a lot of stockpile |
| 318s | of mithil that we have to make sure |
| 320s | before we do drastic changes we need to |
| 322s | make sure that we're burning some of |
| 323s | that stockpile out from players because |
| 325s | it will take time to course correct and |
| 326s | we will continue to analyze and |
| 328s | potentially do more actions but we know |
| 330s | there's a lot that exists and we need to |
| 331s | really remove that before we make any |
| 333s | drastic or sweeping changes yeah and I |
| 335s | know we've used this in the in the past |
| 337s | as well right iron hide was the last |
| 338s | time we had this and it was you know it |
| 340s | was a really big problem um people had |
| 342s | 30 40 50 60,000 of of stuff just sitting |
| 345s | in their storage and so we make a change |
| 347s | and we see a little bit of a change in |
| 349s | you know in what it's actually doing but |
| 351s | that's because everybody's blowing |
| 352s | through all of their uh all their all |
| 355s | their stores and we do have monitors we |
| 357s | can take a look at uh it's an item |
| 359s | imbalance to Tool uh and it will tell us |
| 362s | like are we net negative or positive in |
| 365s | terms of overall flow into the game are |
| 366s | people burning more of this than they're |
| 368s | getting or are they getting it and |
| 369s | storing it so those are things that we |
| 371s | can look at in terms of identifying how |
| 374s | an item is doing uh that isn't just tied |
| 378s | to what is its current coin value |
| 380s | awesome all right so want to go a little |
| 383s | uh unorthodox here so normally how these |
| 385s | episodes work we now move into the point |
| 387s | where we walk through the state of the |
| 388s | current economy today but we also got a |
| 390s | lot of awesome questions from you folks |
| 392s | on Reddit and Discord so I'm going to |
| 394s | start with one of those here first |
| 396s | question with this being a very |
| 398s | datadriven team are you able to share |
| 400s | what sort of metrics are used to monitor |
| 402s | the economy if you could also share some |
| 404s | of the some of the data it would be |
| 405s | really interesting so if you go back to |
| 407s | episodes one and two uh we talk |
| 409s | specifically about what uh what we look |
| 411s | at uh we look at things like the jny |
| 413s | index to monitor wealth disparity for |
| 415s | example we look at overall coin balances |
| 417s | we go uh pretty in depth in those |
| 419s | episodes |
| 420s | um we are here though is to share some |
| 422s | really relevant data from today so that |
| 425s | let's go ahead and dive on in a little |
| 427s | bit to where are we at right now uh how |
| 429s | are coin balances looking how is overall |
| 432s | economic health looking MH yeah right on |
| 434s | uh so what we can do is is we'll have a |
| 437s | uh one of the charts on the screen this |
| 439s | is our faucet and sync uh dashboard that |
| 442s | we take a look at and basically a a |
| 444s | faucet is uh income coming into the |
| 447s | economy and then a snc is where the |
| 448s | money leaves the player's hands |
| 450s | and doesn't go to another player so to |
| 452s | speak but just kind of goes off into the |
| 454s | uh into The Nether um the what you're |
| 457s | looking at right now the green bars |
| 458s | along the bottom indicates we're in a |
| 460s | faucet economy meaning there's more coin |
| 462s | coming in than what is going out uh and |
| 464s | then the darker the green uh bar is uh |
| 467s | the heavier the um uh the faucet is and |
| 471s | so when it gets to a lighter green bar |
| 473s | it means that there's a lighter faucet |
| 474s | and then the height of the bar is the |
| 476s | overall volume of of coin uh so what you |
| 479s | can see is there's a dramatic change on |
| 482s | the right side of the graph um that was |
| 485s | actually a Telemetry error to be honest |
| 487s | with you after season 5 went out we had |
| 489s | Telemetry go uh down for a short window |
| 492s | and then it came back and so that's why |
| 493s | on the top part of the chart you can see |
| 495s | that pinch that's when Telemetry got a |
| 497s | little wonky but what we're really |
| 498s | looking at here is after Telemetry uh |
| 501s | recovered um you can see that we're in |
| 503s | much less of a faucet uh than we were |
| 505s | before but we're still in a faucet and |
| 507s | that tells us that players are now |
| 509s | spending coin in C C places uh overall |
| 512s | uh there's more money coming into the |
| 513s | economy than there is leaving it like I |
| 515s | mentioned uh and the main reason why |
| 518s | there's more money going out than there |
| 520s | was before uh is from the faction Shop |
| 522s | people are going back in they're getting |
| 523s | more chromatic seals they're spending |
| 524s | more on aoth inductors there's new |
| 526s | artifacts that they need these resources |
| 528s | to chase down new named items came into |
| 530s | the game and so they're they're |
| 531s | re-engaging with those systems um and |
| 534s | again it's okay if it goes into a sync |
| 535s | economy for a little bit but right now |
| 537s | it's still in a in a faucet economy yeah |
| 539s | and one of the goals there being um we |
| 541s | don't want to run super heavy fait for |
| 543s | forever that's how you get rampid |
| 545s | inflation and your iron ore starts to |
| 547s | cost 100 coin and uh no one wants that |
| 550s | you we try to take very active steps |
| 551s | here to manage that make sure that you |
| 553s | aren't feeling the the pinch too hard on |
| 555s | your own wallet but overall |
| 556s | macroeconomic health remains positive |
| 559s | yeah yep exactly and then I guess it's |
| 561s | worth mentioning on the left side of |
| 562s | this chart you can actually see some of |
| 564s | the percentage breakdowns right and so |
| 565s | you've got uh your uh Expedition bosses |
| 568s | are coming in uh I think that says 28% |
| 571s | this is small in this laptop screen but |
| 573s | uh and then PVP is coming in at uh at |
| 576s | about 19% 20% uh and then those are all |
| 578s | broken down like some of it's from opr |
| 580s | some of it's from the reward track and |
| 582s | we just get a lot of visibility and like |
| 583s | where all the little bits and pieces are |
| 585s | coming from all right so let's move on |
| 586s | then um relevant to the current state of |
| 588s | the economy another question from a |
| 589s | player I am interested in knowing what |
| 592s | the dev team believes are the top three |
| 593s | issues regarding the economy so let's |
| 596s | dive in there a little bit um Joel start |
| 598s | with you I think one issue that we talk |
| 600s | a lot about for the for uh new world is |
| 602s | specifically the balance of uh faucets |
| 604s | and sinks for the game uh inflation is |
| 606s | always something that we're very very |
| 608s | hypercritical of and we want to make |
| 609s | sure that again I I said this earlier in |
| 611s | the video all players are able to engage |
| 613s | effectively in the economy so it's |
| 615s | something that we're we're really uh |
| 617s | basically analyzing every single week uh |
| 619s | in our syns uh we're talking about it |
| 621s | here today um but there's this feeling |
| 625s | that you know some players and again |
| 626s | we'll talk about this a little bit later |
| 628s | um aren't getting enough coin such as |
| 630s | PVP players to be able to participate in |
| 632s | the economy or vice versa we see on the |
| 635s | graphs here you'll see uh Expeditions |
| 637s | are giving really a lot of econ or a lot |
| 639s | of uh coin value to players so we're |
| 642s | always actively kind of tweaking and |
| 644s | tuning those things one to make sure we |
| 646s | keep inflation control and two to make |
| 648s | sure players feel like they're getting |
| 649s | value out of their time so that's |
| 650s | something that I think and I think we |
| 652s | all think is really really critical and |
| 654s | important uh for having a long-term |
| 657s | healthy uh and really fun economy me um |
| 660s | so that's something that is just a lot |
| 663s | of time spent making sure that are these |
| 666s | players feeling slided if we Nerf |
| 667s | something because we have to sometimes |
| 670s | but on the same side um are you actually |
| 672s | getting the value out of the activities |
| 673s | that you should be right uh so I think |
| 676s | that's just something that we'll always |
| 677s | be whacka we'll always be assessing and |
| 679s | auditing and making sure that we give uh |
| 682s | positive and valuable experiences to the |
| 684s | players but also not bloating the |
| 686s | economy and not making sure that we blow |
| 687s | things out and spoilers uh Expeditions |
| 690s | is something that we are looking at |
| 691s | right now though we don't have anything |
| 692s | to share immediately but there is an |
| 695s | area of improvement on our end there |
| 697s | yeah uh I think Expeditions is probably |
| 699s | going to be like number two on that list |
| 700s | um you touched on it a little bit right |
| 702s | now it's one of our major sources of |
| 704s | coin but the volume of coin uh like when |
| 707s | you look at the wealth disparity across |
| 708s | the group that's largely going to the |
| 710s | hyper engage extremely wealthy players |
| 712s | that's not so going to the you know the |
| 713s | 50% medium player down to the 1% so |
| 716s | we're taking looks at how we can |
| 718s | redistribute that wealth a little a |
| 719s | little bit such that you know |
| 721s | Expeditions are still very rewarding to |
| 723s | run but if you only have a couple hours |
| 725s | a day you're still making enough to keep |
| 727s | up with your consumable costs your resps |
| 729s | and other costs so um with that said you |
| 732s | know number three this is less directly |
| 734s | tied into I think you know actual |
| 735s | economic balance but I think it |
| 737s | tangentially ties into it um there's a |
| 740s | lot of content in our game that we |
| 741s | introduced early on things like open |
| 743s | world Arenas um and then closer to the |
| 746s | expansion the sandworm which this great |
| 748s | content in the game it's really fun to |
| 749s | run but it's not rewarding on a |
| 751s | day-to-day basis so we want to look at |
| 753s | how we can make that more relevant to |
| 754s | endgame players um nothing to share |
| 757s | specifically there but it's very much on |
| 758s | our radar uh why that's on our radar is |
| 760s | if that's more relevant to you as an |
| 762s | endgame player you might need to now go |
| 764s | spend more uh to buy consumables to run |
| 767s | this content to buy chromatic seals to |
| 769s | upgrade gear from that content things |
| 771s | like that and that ties very intently |
| 773s | into the overall economic health of the |
| 775s | game yeah so absolutely all right then |
| 778s | let's move on to the next question um |
| 780s | how about we break the war system |
| 782s | perhaps mix it with influence races and |
| 784s | allow players a chance to make some |
| 786s | money from PvP instead of War loggers |
| 788s | having a strangle hold on the entire |
| 790s | thing so I don't want to talk about |
| 791s | breaking the war system uh this is an |
| 793s | economy sync not the war cabinet uh |
| 795s | video but what is important here I think |
| 798s | is the PVP bit so you know Tony um Can |
| 801s | PVP players make money is that in a good |
| 803s | State yeah so right now PVP accounts for |
| 806s | just about a fifth of all wealth in the |
| 808s | game in terms of the f side boards |
| 810s | coming in uh with season 5 we made some |
| 812s | pretty significant changes to the PVP |
| 814s | reward track uh and just kind of rewards |
| 816s | in general um and we did push uh the |
| 819s | coin generation is definitely more on |
| 821s | the opr side right now uh so opr is is |
| 824s | the main focal point in PvP for getting |
| 826s | coin um and again it is about a fifth of |
| 829s | all coin that is generated uh as you |
| 831s | made a mention uh before right now |
| 833s | Expedition bosses are probably a bit on |
| 835s | the heavy side and so as we try to |
| 837s | retool some of that stuff I wouldn't be |
| 839s | shocked if the amount of coin generated |
| 842s | in terms of overall percentage from PvP |
| 845s | actually starts to grow a bit because |
| 847s | other things may be a little too strong |
| 848s | right now uh but just in general um PVP |
| 852s | players do have options to make good |
| 853s | money uh in the game uh especially uh |
| 856s | looking at at some of these charts yeah |
| 858s | there there's one other comment in there |
| 859s | and that's War loggers having a strangle |
| 861s | hold on the entire thing I think this is |
| 863s | a bit of a common sentiment that war |
| 865s | loggers are making all this money and |
| 867s | sitting on millions and millions of coin |
| 868s | per person when the reality is a lot of |
| 870s | the territories uh are kind of barely |
| 872s | breaking even at this point with upkeep |
| 874s | costs and such so um all that to say |
| 878s | like pvpers have a good Avenue to make |
| 880s | money and that money is I think a little |
| 881s | more spread than players might realize |
| 883s | between the different cohorts there yeah |
| 885s | yeah I think one of the things and and |
| 887s | that would be worth possibly looking |
| 890s | into is obviously we can see that |
| 893s | there's there's coin coming in uh is |
| 895s | there something else that makes it feel |
| 897s | like there's not a lot of coin coming in |
| 898s | is there an tional uh disconnect almost |
| 901s | is there some sort of uh problem with |
| 904s | like in like the uh I don't want to say |
| 906s | the journey but if the coin is actually |
| 908s | coming in but it doesn't feel like it |
| 910s | then is it coming in in too small of |
| 911s | bits so you never really notice it |
| 913s | should it come in in like big splashes |
| 915s | and then so you're like oh that was a |
| 917s | lot I got a lot of coin out of that so |
| 918s | it can definitely be um one of those |
| 922s | those as well also what Patrick said |
| 924s | earlier is making sure that we're |
| 925s | keeping up on upkeep costs if you're |
| 926s | respecing if you're using consumables we |
| 928s | want to make sure |
| 930s | can AFF those things right like that is |
| 932s | definitely a big motivator of us |
| 934s | auditing that side of the economy yeah |
| 936s | all right uh next question have you |
| 938s | considered reducing or removing some of |
| 940s | the materials dropped by aptitude |
| 943s | boxes yeah so we've taken a look at the |
| 945s | uh uh aptitude boxes uh we really do |
| 948s | want them to feel like they're a big pop |
| 950s | we like those uh uh rewards there were |
| 952s | some issues like say uh there was too |
| 954s | much mithil in some of them so we've |
| 956s | added or calcum in there to kind of make |
| 957s | it feel a little bit better uh we're not |
| 959s | really looking at removing things we're |
| 961s | always looking at making them feel |
| 963s | better but we do want them to feel |
| 964s | really special um they are something |
| 966s | that takes a good amount of time to get |
| 968s | in most cases uh so there might be some |
| 971s | things in some of the aptitude chest |
| 972s | that we're looking at in making sure |
| 974s | that they feel uh like they are a |
| 977s | special thing to earn uh most of them do |
| 979s | that very well I know in the past we had |
| 980s | some with cooking some issues with |
| 982s | cooking to where they were really easy |
| 983s | to get really fast uh we're always |
| 985s | making sure that these things feel |
| 986s | special and rewarding but that they are |
| 988s | a bit of a Time to actually earn those |
| 990s | things right there's a bit of prestige |
| 992s | there um I think if anything we'd |
| 994s | probably look at how to improve those |
| 996s | further how do we improve those rewards |
| 997s | and make them again feel like that big |
| 998s | pop or Splash that we always want for |
| 1001s | those uh this is a fun one any reason |
| 1004s | for seals being Tim gated still so I'll |
| 1006s | go ahead and take this one uh I think |
| 1008s | when you look at different player |
| 1009s | cohorts time is one of the you know kind |
| 1011s | of great equalizers there are 24 hours |
| 1013s | in a day uh no matter how much time you |
| 1016s | invest in this or something else like we |
| 1017s | all only have that 24 hours so it's a |
| 1020s | great way to level the playing field |
| 1022s | somewhat between the super hardcore and |
| 1024s | the more casual folks who want to hop in |
| 1027s | uh to some of that content um with that |
| 1030s | said no there's no changes to remove the |
| 1032s | time gate right now but I think we are |
| 1034s | looking into additional ways to earn |
| 1036s | chromatic seals from some of our hardest |
| 1038s | content I think we'll talk about more of |
| 1039s | that in the future but I think it's a |
| 1042s | fairly safe assumption that future |
| 1043s | content will give you uh seals as an |
| 1046s | additional reward so players can get |
| 1047s | their hands on more of them |
| 1050s | um I appreciate the addition of Ora |
| 1052s | Calcom or in merard with the season five |
| 1055s | can we expect additional nodes for other |
| 1057s | resources yeah so right now we don't |
| 1060s | have any other nodes planned uh in the |
| 1062s | near future the big thing with like big |
| 1064s | changes like this is and we were just |
| 1066s | speaking of this not too long ago we |
| 1068s | need to see what the impact is of the |
| 1070s | change let it ride for a little bit see |
| 1072s | what happens to value and prices and |
| 1075s | Supply uh and then kind of go from there |
| 1078s | uh I wouldn't be shocked if there is a |
| 1079s | world where future us is looking at this |
| 1081s | and being like cool we need to add more |
| 1083s | Ironwood or whatever it may be uh but as |
| 1085s | it sits right now uh we do want to just |
| 1087s | let some time sit to you know it's only |
| 1089s | been two weeks I think um to let that |
| 1093s | kind of sit see how it does and and then |
| 1094s | make it more of an educated decision |
| 1096s | going |
| 1097s | forward uh next question I strongly |
| 1100s | believe that the combination of removing |
| 1102s | resilient and Ward and upgrading named |
| 1104s | items at the Kiln was a devastating for |
| 1106s | the economy due to vastly reduced demand |
| 1109s | is this a case of giving players what |
| 1111s | they asked for but it turning out to be |
| 1112s | a bad thing for the economy uh Joel |
| 1115s | what's your take here yeah um so this is |
| 1117s | a really tough question um because uh we |
| 1121s | want to make the game fun right and uh |
| 1123s | my personal opinion resilience and Wards |
| 1125s | are really good for Crafters which is a |
| 1127s | portion of our player base but it is a |
| 1129s | small portion of our player base uh and |
| 1131s | those are very important players we want |
| 1133s | to make sure we cater to those players |
| 1135s | um they made for really good experiences |
| 1137s | with crafting getting a bunch of RNG |
| 1139s | crafting that perfect set times six or |
| 1141s | or seven are like you know all the |
| 1143s | different things that you wanted the |
| 1144s | different families the different Wards |
| 1146s | um the problem that we have there is |
| 1148s | it's just not a fun experience just |
| 1150s | getting flat stats it doesn't really |
| 1152s | feel like it changes the game play it's |
| 1154s | just this bar of can I beat this do I |
| 1156s | have the right gear yes or no is it |
| 1158s | easier are you getting kicked out of |
| 1160s | groups because you don't have the right |
| 1161s | gear because you can't actually survive |
| 1163s | x amount of hits right like that's just |
| 1165s | not fun gameplay so I'd rather see us |
| 1167s | build more towards uh more variation in |
| 1171s | perks and other things to want you to |
| 1173s | encourage you to have and build |
| 1175s | different sets that are fun for you and |
| 1177s | change how you play in those instances |
| 1179s | rather than a very numerical bar of can |
| 1181s | I do this or not so ultimately to boil |
| 1183s | it down I think that yes it hurt the |
| 1186s | economy because there's less things |
| 1187s | being crafted there's less things that |
| 1189s | players want but I think the quality of |
| 1192s | life gain there is just so massive of |
| 1194s | not having to feel like I need to |
| 1195s | collect these things not because they're |
| 1197s | fun but they're almost a requirement and |
| 1199s | I I just don't think that's good gamep |
| 1200s | playay check box gameplay yeah yeah I |
| 1202s | agree like it it gives you an illusion |
| 1204s | of choice of oh I have all these perks I |
| 1206s | can choose from but not really because |
| 1207s | if I'm running Tempest heart I have to |
| 1209s | have corrupted Ward that's not a choice |
| 1211s | so um just want to completely Echo that |
| 1213s | I think massive quality of life |
| 1215s | Improvement there uh next one diving |
| 1217s | back into the data a bit excluding |
| 1219s | players that did not yet complete the |
| 1221s | msq how much gold does the average New |
| 1223s | World Player have so let's look at you |
| 1225s | know max level 65 player how much goal |
| 1227s | do they have yeah so that's we'll throw |
| 1229s | a chart up on the screen uh this is the |
| 1231s | jny index uh screen that we've talked |
| 1233s | about uh in the past uh and then at the |
| 1235s | bottom you can see I'm basically |
| 1236s | hovering over our median and right now |
| 1239s | uh our median is right below 36,000 gold |
| 1243s | um coin if you will uh that players hold |
| 1246s | in in their balance so that's going to |
| 1248s | be your median and obviously the green |
| 1250s | bar at the top is much higher because |
| 1252s | that's going to be your P90 or your top |
| 1253s | 10% of players and I believe the yellow |
| 1255s | bar is your 75 percentile um which is in |
| 1259s | in between the two but this from |
| 1261s | expansion has almost doubled uh and so |
| 1264s | we are seeing a very slow and and and |
| 1267s | continual gradual increase in in coin |
| 1269s | balances uh across the board yep yeah um |
| 1273s | really quick just to add to that as well |
| 1275s | uh it's one of those things that we were |
| 1276s | hitting earlier in the video but we want |
| 1278s | to make sure that all of those are going |
| 1280s | up together we don't want the top |
| 1282s | percentile to get too far ahead because |
| 1283s | again we're always looking at inflation |
| 1285s | so it kind of goes back to one of those |
| 1286s | things we as a group are really anal in |
| 1289s | making sure everyone has an impact on |
| 1292s | the economy not just those top 1centers |
| 1294s | 25ers it's incredibly critical that |
| 1297s | we're always trying |
| 1298s | to maintain that Gap we there will be a |
| 1301s | gap there will be time range players |
| 1302s | that will be ahead there will be those |
| 1304s | uh marketeers that really control the |
| 1306s | market in some cases that's okay we just |
| 1308s | need to make sure that that Gap doesn't |
| 1310s | just completely blow out from the top to |
| 1312s | the bottom sure |
| 1314s | exactly um all right next up is my |
| 1316s | favorite question of the bunch why is |
| 1318s | wheat not used used for flower crafting |
| 1320s | to make bread and cooking I've been |
| 1321s | asking this for years now and still |
| 1323s | can't use this wheat up for anything but |
| 1325s | hearty meals like what the hell why is |
| 1328s | this a thing wheat is used all over the |
| 1330s | world for flour every day why not here |
| 1333s | this is what I want changed Tony is the |
| 1336s | new world team gluten-free yeah |
| 1338s | apparently we are gluten-free uh I |
| 1340s | laughed so Patrick asked me this |
| 1343s | question and I I think my response was |
| 1345s | wait what are you serious and I took a |
| 1348s | look at it and I was like how did that |
| 1349s | even happen so uh it's been changed and |
| 1352s | uh it'll be in a future update uh for |
| 1354s | you in the in the future breaking news |
| 1357s | flow can be used to make bread um all |
| 1361s | right I don't know how that got missed |
| 1362s | but stuff happens next question though |
| 1365s | can we get a breakdown on how much money |
| 1367s | has left the economy since the |
| 1368s | introduction of seals and |
| 1370s | inductors yeah we absolutely can uh some |
| 1373s | more nerd graphs for you uh we'll throw |
| 1375s | another one on the on the screen this is |
| 1376s | from our faction uh faction shop |
| 1379s | dashboard this is the amount of coins |
| 1381s | spent uh the top Gray Line is basically |
| 1385s | the total uh and then right below that |
| 1387s | you've got the amount of coin and |
| 1388s | chromatic seals and below that all the |
| 1390s | spikes every single week which is kind |
| 1392s | of cool to see uh would be aoth |
| 1394s | inductors uh so by looking at this |
| 1396s | you're looking at anywhere from 25 to 30 |
| 1398s | million uh coin per day uh from Seals |
| 1401s | and then another about 10 million on |
| 1403s | Tuesdays uh for aoth inductors with a 5 |
| 1406s | million burn on a normal day uh the |
| 1409s | coins and seals are by far our biggest |
| 1411s | faucet um and people really have engaged |
| 1415s | in that product uh and makes us very |
| 1417s | happy great uh next one quick one do you |
| 1421s | have any plans to make consumables |
| 1423s | infinite in oppr and or adjust mat |
| 1425s | availability so prices of these PVP |
| 1427s | consumables are more affordable |
| 1429s | especially the ones we consume every |
| 1431s | minute or so in PvP serums regen and |
| 1433s | absorption pots short answer here is no |
| 1436s | not right now um oppr is one of our |
| 1438s | awesome some syncs for resources as well |
| 1440s | so we talk about syns and fets for coin |
| 1442s | uh we have the same sort of mentality |
| 1444s | for resources we want to make sure that |
| 1446s | those are leaving the economies there's |
| 1447s | demand for new ones to enter um and we |
| 1450s | don't have plans to change that in the |
| 1451s | short term we do want to make sure that |
| 1453s | it's not a burden on players right that |
| 1455s | is something that we're always looking |
| 1456s | at yeah and you you actually said that |
| 1457s | earlier as well right there can be 20% |
| 1460s | of our income coming in through PVP but |
| 1461s | if it costs you 18% to fund yourself |
| 1463s | through PVP well then it's not it's not |
| 1466s | that and so we'll keep an eye on that |
| 1467s | and make sure that it's not wickedly |
| 1469s | offset awesome uh last question for |
| 1472s | today players have always uh players |
| 1474s | always ask for better rewards but does |
| 1476s | giving better rewards hurt the economy |
| 1478s | because a player has less things to |
| 1480s | trade for Joel start with you on this |
| 1481s | one fun um so I think that uh everyone |
| 1486s | always wants to feel like their time is |
| 1489s | valued when they're playing the game |
| 1490s | right any game really like uh I am being |
| 1492s | respected by what I'm doing and my time |
| 1494s | is not being wasted so there's a really |
| 1496s | big balance and trade-off here uh I mean |
| 1498s | there's no yes or no for this it's very |
| 1501s | gray right um I want to make sure that |
| 1503s | my time is feeling is being valued but I |
| 1505s | don't want to just get everything for |
| 1507s | free right if you just gave everybody |
| 1509s | the best gear then there's a lot less |
| 1511s | reason to go out and kind of seek out |
| 1512s | and do some of the content uh with that |
| 1514s | being said I don't want to spend a 100 |
| 1515s | hours to grind one item uh only to find |
| 1519s | out that RNG didn't give me that item |
| 1521s | and we've had some of that in the past |
| 1522s | we try and put pity tickers in I know we |
| 1523s | did that recently with the artifacts uh |
| 1526s | we're always looking at improving those |
| 1527s | experiences but I think that there is a |
| 1530s | balance to be met that we will |
| 1531s | continually try and work towards um but |
| 1534s | just giving everybody everything for |
| 1536s | free takes a lot of the wind out of |
| 1537s | those sales and makes it so uh you're |
| 1539s | not as motivated to do some content |
| 1542s | right now that's always saying we can |
| 1544s | always look towards improving the |
| 1545s | content there are some of those things |
| 1546s | but we're talking at it as a is this fun |
| 1550s | right and I think that rewards are a big |
| 1551s | driver for those things I think that |
| 1553s | it's important that I have something to |
| 1555s | chase uh as long as it's respecting my |
| 1557s | time I think is a big important caveat |
| 1560s | yeah and this is there's a balance right |
| 1562s | because then there's the other side of |
| 1564s | it if it was just all trade then now |
| 1567s | your progression is just going to the |
| 1569s | trade poost and just buying a thing and |
| 1571s | there can be arguments of like oh yeah |
| 1573s | well the adventure was to earn enough |
| 1574s | coin to go buy the thing which is fine |
| 1576s | but there is you don't get that pop you |
| 1578s | don't get that good feeling like oh dude |
| 1581s | you see the the you know the orange bag |
| 1583s | glowing on the floor and you're like o |
| 1585s | piece of candy what is it what you know |
| 1586s | what just dropped uh and I think that's |
| 1588s | really really important so um as we |
| 1591s | continue to you know look at how trade |
| 1594s | skills are going to change and we |
| 1595s | continue to figure out what else can we |
| 1597s | do with things like loot biasing to make |
| 1598s | sure that loot is more uh appropriate |
| 1600s | for whatever the player is doing at the |
| 1602s | time uh it will always be a balance of |
| 1604s | back and forth uh for sure and we'll |
| 1606s | always be auditing looking for |
| 1607s | improvements we'll be looking for that |
| 1609s | that perfect uh Edge Lord sweat Lord |
| 1612s | ratio of getting loot right dude that is |
| 1614s | correct yeah getting closer all right uh |
| 1617s | anything we didn't cover today guys is |
| 1619s | that about it I think we hit just about |
| 1622s | everything that we wanted to um going |
| 1624s | through the sheets and all in all as it |
| 1626s | sits right now I guess a high level |
| 1628s | recap uh economy seems to be in a pretty |
| 1630s | decent place um it is definitely on the |
| 1632s | faucet side which is typically where |
| 1634s | players are the happiest because they |
| 1635s | feel like they have a decent amount of |
| 1636s | coin coming in uh I don't see any wicked |
| 1639s | drastic changes to that anytime soon uh |
| 1641s | but we do want to just make sure it |
| 1643s | doesn't get too far out of control so an |
| 1645s | iron ingot does not cost you 100 coin to |
| 1648s | pick up from |
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