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| 0s | Hello, everybody. |
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| 1s | We are here today to give you an update on New World. |
| 4s | I am joined by Scott and Dave. |
| 7s | And behind the camera is the puppet master, Mr. |
| 10s | Lovan, who did an amazing job on the last video. |
| 13s | Thank you. |
| 14s | And Chuck! |
| 17s | And Chuck. |
| 21s | So today, you know. |
| 24s | I know. |
| 24s | I know there is big expectations for us to come out with a roadmap. |
| 27s | And full disclosure, we are going to give you some information on what's coming, but it's not going to be the full 2024 roadmap. |
| 35s | For what it's worth, 2024 is a big year. |
| 37s | We have massive expectations for the year and a lot we're working on. |
| 41s | The thing is, we're going to wait a few months to give you a lot of that details because quite frankly, we we announced the full roadmap last year for 2023 and we missed a lot of stuff near the end because the longer term prediction is it's hard, especially when you're adding like, you know, big chunks of work. |
| 58s | So our plan today is to give you a lot of information on what's coming between now and May. |
| 63s | And then in May, we're going to do another one of these. |
| 66s | And we're committing right now to telling you everything that you're going to get for the rest of the year. |
| 70s | And, you know, like I said, we have a lot planned this year, so we're pretty excited about it. |
| 74s | Big announcement. |
| 76s | Huge. |
| 79s | With that, let's dive into what's coming up in the short term. |
| 83s | So this first one, we've talked about a fair amount already, so I'll go pretty quickly on it. |
| 87s | It's Cross World Expeditions with Improved Group Finder. |
| 91s | I think this is going to change the game. |
| 93s | I think just finding groups faster is what we all want. |
| 97s | One click to get in. |
| 98s | No like linking gear, nothing. |
| 100s | One click and I'm in. |
| 101s | That's the goal here. |
| 102s | Get you into the content quick and have fun and rewards for helping other people too it's going to be huge. |
| 107s | Yeah, especially for the harder to find, you know, I'm not saying tanks or healers are hard to find, but they'll get extra rewards if they deem it appropriate. |
| 118s | We have eight new Artifacts coming out. |
| 122s | You guys have a favorite? |
| 124s | You go first. |
| 124s | Okay. |
| 125s | My favorite is going to be, I think it's called Tempus Fury, and it's the Great Axe where you just get to keep spinning and spinning and spinning in your whirlwind and it's going to be awesome. |
| 134s | Yeah, I like that. |
| 135s | And it's important to note it's the second Great Axe we've had. |
| 138s | So a couple of weapons we're doing a second version of, but we're doing like a different gameplay element versus abyss. |
| 145s | My favorite is actually a pair of Gantlets where as you use them, you get these stacks that make your heavy attacks more powerful. |
| 153s | So it's sort of like changes the game. |
| 154s | It's very good for people that do lots of heavy attacks. |
| 157s | You know, you get that momentum going and it can be used like if you're a Fireball guy with those heavy or bow, though, like lots of opportunities. |
| 163s | That's cool. |
| 164s | I was thinking melee for some reason. |
| 165s | Yeah, I know, But it affects all heavy attacks. |
| 168s | All right. |
| 169s | We have another one of our Season Trials coming out. |
| 171s | This one is a ten person one. |
| 173s | It's the Winter Rune Forge. |
| 174s | And we actually, you know, we played it today and it's it's pretty cool. |
| 179s | It's hard. |
| 180s | It's it's difficult right now. |
| 181s | I'll see if, you know, if it eases up a little bit by the time we ship. |
| 183s | But it's pretty exciting. |
| 185s | Yeah. |
| 185s | I think what I like about these pieces of content is it's ten person. |
| 188s | They don't take super long. |
| 190s | All right? |
| 190s | Like the goal of these is that you can get, you know, in and out in sort of 10 to 15 minutes once you learn the mechanics. |
| 196s | And I think especially the final fight in this, you know, we literally just played a review of it today like it's very mechanic rich, lots of things for everyone to do. |
| 205s | Important coordination. |
| 207s | I think it's just a fun, fun trial. |
| 209s | And it's nice, You know, as these get further into the release, people can start pugging them and it becomes more doable. |
| 215s | And it's it's a it's another fun on demand moment. |
| 218s | Yeah. |
| 218s | And I think, you know, this is the second time we've done a Seasonal Trial. |
| 221s | And I think with the Hatchery I think it was super fun concept but the rewards, let's just say, were lacking. |
| 229s | Yeah, they weren't worth the time you had to put it in the game. |
| 233s | So we learned that and we're really pushing the rewards. |
| 235s | I think, you know, one of the things we'll do is we used to have a reward for the first seven times, you did it a week. |
| 240s | That number is going to come down a lot like into the 1 to 3 range so we can really punch up the rewards. |
| 246s | So it should be cool. |
| 248s | We have some seasonal events coming. |
| 250s | You want to walk us through those days? |
| 252s | Yeah, we have a couple of returning ones and some new ones. |
| 255s | So Legacy of Crassus will be coming back. |
| 257s | We have a brand new one called Year of the Dragon that I think will be great. |
| 261s | And then some other returning favorites, Rabbits Revenge and Springtide bloom. |
| 266s | Obviously with these, you know, the game has changed. |
| 268s | So the rewards schemes and all these will change. |
| 270s | So those are some of the cool events coming up. |
| 272s | Yeah. |
| 272s | And we're going to do a Forged in Aeternum episode, I believe, Mr. |
| 276s | Lovan, on Year of the Dragon coming up very soon? |
| 280s | He gave the thumbs up. |
| 281s | So that's a yes. |
| 282s | I can't get him on camera again, but we'll keep trying. |
| 287s | Of course, there's going to be more Seasons Passes and rewards for every season. |
| 292s | The MSQ is going to be finished, you know and this was one of those that I mentioned earlier that we were hoping to have done in 23. |
| 298s | But it's going to move into the first part of 24. |
| 302s | It's something we're really excited about and I think it's going to be it's a different experience now levelling than it was three years or two years ago when we launched. |
| 312s | Are you are you rerolling a new character to play the whole experience through? |
| 316s | At least one. |
| 317s | Yeah, Yeah, at least one. |
| 318s | Yeah. |
| 320s | And there's another feature coming out that we haven't talked about yet, which is full Gamepad Support. |
| 329s | We're pretty excited about that. |
| 330s | And whoever saw the Gamepad up there one of these episodes was not totally wrong, but I think it's feeling really good with the Gamepad support's going to come some, you know, some other changes to the game. |
| 342s | You want to talk about those a little? |
| 342s | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 343s | I mean, I think the idea here is we want to natively support the controller. |
| 347s | I think, you know, this will be our version one. |
| 349s | We will continue to improve like the the experience. |
| 353s | But for version one, like we're really focused on the gameplay elements and I think it's playing super well. |
| 358s | You know, we have things like Lock On now which will completely change the way the game plays. |
| 363s | We have various assists to make it easier to hit with projectiles and aim on controller. |
| 368s | And yeah, I think it feels good. |
| 370s | Some different mappings depending on whether your range, melee, or how you like to play. |
| 374s | Also, we're doing not just in-game like Gameplay support, but we're also doing UI support to make the UI operate and feel better with it. |
| 382s | And I think that's come a long way already and that's something we'll be looking for a lot of feedback from all the players on like how does the controller feel? |
| 389s | How can we make it better, where should we push it? |
| 391s | What should we do? |
| 393s | Some other stuff we're focusing on probably the whole year, but I want to like like for the first part, for sure, performance improvements. |
| 401s | We've seen a lot of feedback on performance and we have pretty massive efforts going on. |
| 407s | So I think you'll see improvements in the first part of the year and more and more as the year goes on. |
| 411s | Yeah, we've been doing a lot of work in that regard and it's going to be ongoing, but like a lot of the initial stuff is targeted to come out with season with with that season coming up. |
| 421s | With season five? |
| 422s | Yeah, you'll see some more combat balance improvements. |
| 425s | We're hearing a lot of the feedback. |
| 427s | Just just remember, like if we hear it, it doesn't mean like we and all the players agree with that. |
| 433s | So a lot of times we'll see like, hey, the Fire Staff is way too weak. |
| 437s | And then the next one I'll say, Hey, it's way overpowered. |
| 439s | I know we haven't heard that in a long time. |
| 441s | Yes, but as an example, I was trying to be very extreme, but you often just we see conflicting reports on stuff. |
| 448s | So we have to rely on the telemetry in many cases to look at it and say what people are using, what's their success rate and this and that. |
| 454s | And that helps drive the changes. |
| 455s | But we do hear it all. |
| 458s | And then we're two other big efforts for 2024 goals for the year are bug fixing. |
| 465s | Like we know that we have a lot of bugs in the game still. |
| 468s | Think we've done a pretty good job of improving it, but not not anything that we're totally happy with yet. |
| 472s | So we're going to continue to make that a huge focus and we're probably even bigger than it's been. |
| 477s | So our goal is to sort of push that curve and go way down and then more Quality of Life stuff. |
| 483s | And some of that just comes naturally with the controllert, adding the controller. |
| 486s | We want to make sure it's easier to move around and play the game. |
| 489s | So you're going to see a lot more of that coming. |
| 491s | Salvage all! |
| 491s | Love that Season Four feature. |
| 497s | But I think the takeaway we want you to have is come back in May to this video because we're going to make a you know, we're going have a lot to talk about in May, and I wish I could spill the beans now, but I'd get in trouble, so I can't. |
| 512s | But we're really, really excited about it, you know, and that's huge. |
| 515s | At this point. |
| 516s | We're going to say, hey, everyone, put your questions here in the comments, because tomorrow, being the day after we air this, we're going to be filming the the Community Q&A. |
| 528s | Anything else either of you want to add? |
| 530s | See our shirts? |
| 531s | How festive we are. |
| 532s | Happy Holidays. |
| 533s | Happy Holidays. |
| 534s | They're very cozy and warm. |
| 538s | I think that's it. |
| 539s | That's it. |
| 540s | I hope you all have a fantastic holiday. |
| 543s | Stay warm, stay healthy, and we will see you all in Aeternum. |