devtrackers.gg
about 1 year
ago -
Play New World
-
Direct link
Transcript (by Youtube)
| 0s | what is the state of combat I'm just |
|---|---|
| 2s | going to list them out so you can |
| 4s | understand the sort of the the amount of |
| 6s | changes there's 14 of them so I'm going |
| 8s | to read from a little card here |
| 10s | [Music] |
| 11s | [Applause] |
| 15s | welcome to forged in eternum where we |
| 18s | talk about all things new world today I |
| 21s | am super excited to introduce a new |
| 23s | segment in the Forge series called |
| 25s | balance of power this is a show we're |
| 28s | going to try to do every month where we |
| 30s | sort of dive deep on combat and think |
| 33s | about what the the state of balance in |
| 35s | new world is |
| 36s | but before we dive in I want to talk a |
| 38s | little bit about our Cadence and |
| 39s | philosophy on balance moving forward we |
| 42s | want to make this a more of a priority |
| 44s | for a new world I think in the past |
| 46s | we've been a little slow to make changes |
| 47s | and we really want to focus on creating |
| 50s | a healthy meta |
| 51s | this is going to result in a couple of |
| 53s | changes first we're going to make large |
| 55s | balance changes every month this will |
| 57s | include uh the types of things you saw |
| 60s | in season one for instance we may do a |
| 62s | weapon playability pass like we did with |
| 63s | the fire staff we may change up combat |
| 66s | mechanics like we did with the damage |
| 68s | mitigation calculations uh or we may do |
| 71s | sort of thematic balance passes like we |
| 73s | did with the CC first damage pass |
| 75s | the second big change that's coming is |
| 77s | that we are going to start doing |
| 78s | intermittent balance passes uh so every |
| 81s | season we make big changes but between |
| 83s | that you know the meta May shift people |
| 85s | find new texts there may have been a bug |
| 87s | introduced at some point uh we may have |
| 90s | overtuned or undertuned something and |
| 92s | that leads to imbalances uh we don't |
| 94s | want players to have to wait a whole |
| 95s | season to uh sort of get back to a |
| 98s | bounced state so we're going to be doing |
| 99s | intermittent changes between the seasons |
| 102s | these will have to be somewhat smaller |
| 104s | in nature and a little bit safer but |
| 106s | they will allow us to react quicker |
| 108s | third we are going to be trying to have |
| 110s | more of a discourse with the community |
| 111s | about this this show is one part of that |
| 113s | I'm trying to be more uh sort of active |
| 116s | in the forums we want to have a |
| 117s | communication about what the state of |
| 119s | balance is and the meta in the game |
| 122s | uh so with all of that let's dig in a |
| 124s | little bit what is the state of combat |
| 126s | uh well we introduced a number of |
| 129s | changes in season one uh there are a lot |
| 132s | of them in fact more than we probably |
| 134s | would have liked it's going to make it a |
| 136s | little bit hard to discern uh what the |
| 138s | effects of each one are but to be honest |
| 141s | we're playing a little bit of ketchup so |
| 142s | there's more that we want but they're |
| 144s | all in here |
| 145s | uh they are in live and they are |
| 148s | discussed in the patch notes so uh |
| 151s | rather than me going going into each one |
| 152s | I'm just going to list them out so you |
| 154s | can understand the sort of the the |
| 156s | amount of changes there's 14 of them so |
| 158s | I'm going to read from a little card |
| 160s | here |
| 161s | uh number one the damage medication |
| 163s | mitigation changes and how that changes |
| 165s | the Rend and fortify calculations two |
| 168s | the musket aiming changes three the grit |
| 171s | uh attribute threshold bonus change |
| 173s | moving to Constitution the CC balance |
| 176s | pass making moves either damage or CC |
| 179s | the fire staff playability pass the |
| 182s | great sword nurse the hatchet defy death |
| 184s | Nerfs the critical calculation changes |
| 187s | medium and heavy equip load bonuses and |
| 189s | Allen Freedom bow Nerfs uh added taunts |
| 193s | to a bunch of weapons remove monocost on |
| 195s | light the Bane adjustments to ranged |
| 198s | weapons removed Elemental mutator |
| 200s | resistances |
| 202s | that is a mouthful uh but like I said a |
| 205s | lot of changes uh so now I want to dig |
| 208s | in uh so these changes are on PTR how |
| 211s | are they playing are we happy with the |
| 212s | changes uh what are people saying about |
| 214s | the changes well let's dig into some of |
| 216s | the feedback |
| 217s | uh what is the first bit of feedback I |
| 220s | received number one musket is hot |
| 223s | garbage now uh well these are pretty |
| 227s | drastic changes that we made to the |
| 228s | musket uh and they're a little bit |
| 230s | controversial but we do like the spirit |
| 232s | of the changes that we're making uh we |
| 234s | like them for a couple reasons one uh we |
| 237s | like that it will affect PVP uh but not |
| 240s | as much PVE because of the nature of |
| 243s | movement in PvP uh the way we made the |
| 246s | uh sort of the aim Bloom adjustments it |
| 249s | allows people to still be very accurate |
| 251s | in PvP because AI tend to run more at |
| 253s | you but it does make it a little more |
| 255s | difficult to land shots in PvP so we're |
| 259s | happy with sort of the spirit of that in |
| 261s | addition we like that it it gives some |
| 263s | value to the accuracy perks so if you do |
| 265s | want to play at long range you have to |
| 267s | now equip this perk uh rather than a |
| 270s | third damage one so we sort of like that |
| 272s | also and third some of the other |
| 274s | solutions for instance like uh a bullet |
| 277s | drop is very expensive in terms of |
| 279s | performance for very long range weapons |
| 281s | like the muskets so that would have been |
| 283s | a harder solution to a chance |
| 285s | with that said I do believe when it |
| 287s | first came out it was pretty uh it was a |
| 290s | pretty strong change and I think it went |
| 291s | a little bit too far so since then we |
| 293s | have introduced some adjustments to the |
| 295s | aim Bloom that have brought it back a |
| 297s | little bit and I think we're in a good |
| 298s | place now our goal for the musket is for |
| 302s | this to be not be a dominant weapon in |
| 304s | opr but still maintain some of its value |
| 306s | in PVE we think we've sort of hit that |
| 309s | balance now uh and we're going to be |
| 311s | keeping an eye on it the other thing I |
| 313s | do want to mention is we do feel the |
| 314s | right Tree on the musket is a little bit |
| 317s | uh in need of some love and that is |
| 319s | something we'll be looking at uh in the |
| 321s | future |
| 323s | uh what is feedback number two uh |
| 326s | bruisers are dead uh well |
| 330s | bruisers did get hit hard uh obviously |
| 333s | the grit change affected them the CC |
| 334s | damage change affected them refreshing |
| 337s | move uh the Fortified changes they got |
| 340s | hit by a lot of things |
| 341s | with that said they had a ton of tools |
| 343s | they had utility they had damage they |
| 346s | had CC uh bruisers were very strong in |
| 349s | our meta previously and I think they |
| 350s | were in need of a Nerf uh did this go |
| 353s | too far uh we're not sure I think you |
| 356s | know a lot of these changes affected |
| 358s | multiple different classes not just |
| 360s | bruisers so it's hard to 100 discern |
| 363s | where they are I think they're going to |
| 364s | be in an okay position we're going to be |
| 366s | keeping an eye on it but we think |
| 368s | bruisers will be able to adapt and still |
| 369s | have a very good place especially in |
| 372s | objective based modes like uh opr or War |
| 377s | uh number three you killed fortify uh |
| 381s | well we definitely made some drastic |
| 384s | changes to the damage minification |
| 386s | mitigation formula and how that affects |
| 388s | both fortify and rent uh overall though |
| 391s | we're really happy with a lot of the |
| 393s | aspects of this change one we really |
| 395s | like how it affects uh different equip |
| 397s | loads more right like now there is |
| 399s | really a cost for being invite equip |
| 401s | load and we like that a lot |
| 403s | second we do think that it was a little |
| 406s | bit too strong fortified in the past uh |
| 408s | you know we want armor to be important |
| 410s | and fortify was taking such a big role |
| 412s | that people were able to compensate uh |
| 414s | and get a lot more damage protection |
| 416s | than the Armor which is not really what |
| 418s | we wanted when we initially designed the |
| 419s | system |
| 421s | third people were hitting cap very very |
| 423s | easily uh and I think you know that |
| 426s | that makes the strategy and tactics in |
| 429s | combat less interesting I think by |
| 431s | raising the Caps we went to 245 and 70 |
| 434s | on Ren it's going to make people try new |
| 436s | strategies it's going to make |
| 437s | coordination more important so we we |
| 439s | like the richness as this could |
| 441s | introduce to combat |
| 443s | uh with that said the Fortified changes |
| 445s | are a big big change we think in PvP |
| 448s | it's going to balance self out balance |
| 451s | itself out players are going to adjust |
| 452s | uh you know their constitution their |
| 455s | equip loads they'll try different builds |
| 457s | I think we'll find a natural equilibrium |
| 459s | in PvP uh we're excited to see where |
| 461s | this adjusts The Meta we are a little |
| 464s | bit worried about the effects in PVE |
| 466s | especially at high level mutations we'll |
| 468s | we'll be keeping a very close eye on |
| 470s | that and there's a chance we make some |
| 472s | adjustments to things like enemy health |
| 473s | or things if we start to see some |
| 475s | imbalances there |
| 478s | feedback number four uh the fire staff |
| 480s | is too op now |
| 482s | well with so the fire staff received a |
| 486s | big player uh uh playability pass and |
| 488s | when we do those we definitely want to |
| 490s | sort of increase the power of weapons we |
| 492s | want to bring them back up into the meta |
| 494s | we want to give people a reason to try |
| 496s | them uh and also you know a lot of the |
| 498s | changes we make are our nurse and |
| 501s | bringing things down so these |
| 502s | playability passes are a chance for us |
| 503s | to raise the floor also to sort of keep |
| 506s | combat healthy |
| 508s | uh with that said these changes did give |
| 510s | fire staff a lot of power uh we felt |
| 513s | like it was a little bit much we |
| 515s | introduced a couple small changes in the |
| 517s | later PTR uh we we made a trade-off to |
| 520s | Flair uh we added some tick rate to the |
| 522s | flamethrower but we will be watching |
| 524s | this one I think you know we are leaning |
| 527s | towards a world I think where fire staff |
| 529s | might be a little bit uh overpowered |
| 531s | we're going to be watching the data very |
| 532s | closely on this one and this is the type |
| 534s | of thing we might make an adjustment in |
| 535s | April if we see the data suggesting that |
| 538s | the the fire staff is too strong |
| 542s | uh feedback number five |
| 544s | boat is just going to replace the musket |
| 546s | in opr |
| 548s | ah uh well we definitely made a number |
| 550s | of Nerfs to the bow at the start of PTR |
| 552s | uh we we definitely felt that was |
| 554s | necessary however with all the changes |
| 557s | to fortify and all the other changes it |
| 558s | may not have been enough this is another |
| 561s | one where we're going to be watching |
| 562s | very closely our goal and desire is |
| 564s | definitely not that range becomes the |
| 566s | new meta here that bill replaces muskets |
| 569s | so we will be looking and this is |
| 571s | another one where I could see us making |
| 572s | some adjustments if we feel like Bill is |
| 574s | starting to dominate |
| 576s | yeah |
| 579s | number six Blunderbuss is too bursty now |
| 582s | uh overall we think the Blunderbuss is |
| 585s | in a pretty good spot uh it is a |
| 587s | somewhat bursty weapon it is combo based |
| 589s | we like that uh it's sort of an |
| 591s | energetic weapon uh we did feel though |
| 593s | that it's one shot potential might be a |
| 595s | little bit too much with all the changes |
| 597s | especially the reduction in effective uh |
| 600s | HP from the four to five changes uh so |
| 603s | with that in mind we did make a couple |
| 604s | small changes to its burst capability in |
| 608s | a later version of the PTR we think it's |
| 610s | in a good place now but we'll definitely |
| 612s | be keeping an eye on this uh as you know |
| 615s | the sort of meta uh sort of balances out |
| 617s | here |
| 618s | uh lastly there are a couple other |
| 620s | smaller balance changes that I wanted to |
| 623s | review uh |
| 626s | number one uh the hatchet we definitely |
| 629s | we like the changes to the hatchet we |
| 631s | felt it was a very strong weapon we like |
| 633s | the adjustments to divide death uh |
| 635s | however we thought that the health |
| 636s | people were getting back this is a |
| 637s | little bit high so we have reduced out |
| 639s | of touch |
| 640s | uh second uh Rapier uh we did feel like |
| 644s | that flourish and finish didn't play |
| 645s | very well without the Stagger and |
| 647s | flourish so that's a change that we've |
| 648s | we've brought back the Stagger there |
| 651s | uh spear is the third change we made uh |
| 654s | fortifying perforate one of the weapon |
| 656s | perks we felt was a little bit strong so |
| 657s | we've toned down the maximum amount of |
| 659s | fortify you can get there from 50 to 30. |
| 662s | uh mortal empowerment uh this is a |
| 665s | little bit more controversial but we uh |
| 667s | we took a very big move on this one and |
| 670s | I think we we sort of as someone called |
| 672s | it nerfed it into Oblivion and I think |
| 674s | we went a little bit too far uh We've |
| 676s | kept the time limit at two minutes we've |
| 677s | kept the stacks at 10. uh we think |
| 679s | that's appropriate but we have brought |
| 681s | back uh the Refresh on kill after two |
| 683s | minutes and I think uh with two minutes |
| 685s | I think that's actually going to create |
| 686s | some healthy gameplay where people have |
| 688s | to be a little more aggressive to get |
| 690s | the refreshes up |
| 692s | uh a recent change in the the most |
| 694s | recent PTR we made is that we brought |
| 696s | the elemental Attunement down from 18 to |
| 699s | 14 uh I think you know there's a couple |
| 701s | benefits to this one I think that perk |
| 704s | was sort of dominating uh it's perk |
| 706s | bucket and I think this will open up uh |
| 708s | to let people try some more diverse |
| 710s | builds uh and second uh I do think it'll |
| 713s | help bring down damage overall |
| 715s | uh let me see is there one I missed |
| 720s | I think that's it well thank you all I |
| 722s | hope you enjoyed the show uh please let |
| 724s | us know if you liked it like And |
| 726s | subscribe give us some feedback uh in |
| 728s | terms of a community question for season |
| 731s | two uh one of the big changes we're |
| 733s | making a thematic balance pass as I |
| 735s | called it earlier is we're going to be |
| 737s | taking a look at all of the abilities of |
| 738s | weapons and choosing one or two of the |
| 741s | abilities for each weapon that we think |
| 742s | is either underpowered or underused and |
| 745s | finding a way to sort of bring it more |
| 747s | into contention for other abilities so |
| 749s | for a question please uh you know let us |
| 752s | know which abilities you think need some |
| 754s | love and how you would do it |
| 756s | thanks for joining us and see you in a |
| 758s | tournament |
| 763s | [Music] |
| 764s | [Applause] |
| 770s | [Music] |
| 774s | foreign |