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| 0s | is this gonna like ruin the flow of the |
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| 2s | mode is it gonna you know have |
| 4s | unexpected consequences for opr um but I |
| 8s | think what we what we're seeing |
| 10s | internally um and of course like you |
| 12s | know we'll need to be watching what the |
| 14s | players do because they always they |
| 15s | always find unexpected ways to uh love |
| 18s | them for it to reveal um new emergent |
| 22s | mechanics let's say in in our |
| 26s | [Applause] |
| 29s | offerings hi everybody Welcome to forged |
| 32s | in aternum the show where we talk about |
| 33s | All Things New World I'm Katie and I'm |
| 36s | here with Dan and Scott uh and we're |
| 39s | going to talk about mounts in opr so |
| 43s | let's hop to it so where did this idea |
| 46s | come from we've had opr and we've had |
| 48s | mounts since uh rise of the angry Earth |
| 51s | so what are we doing putting these two |
| 53s | things together well so we you know |
| 56s | obviously when we when we built mounts |
| 58s | we kind of had to go through instance |
| 60s | like all of our various things and and |
| 62s | kind of ask like do we want mounts in |
| 63s | this um we we did initially experiment |
| 67s | with it um anybody who played in the |
| 69s | expansion PTR will remember that we had |
| 72s | mounts in there because we were playing |
| 73s | with it um and ended up uh there were a |
| 76s | couple of just minor concerns um so we |
| 80s | did disable it for expansion and you |
| 82s | know happy to say that we've kind of |
| 84s | ironed out the wrinkles and we've done a |
| 86s | lot of internal play testing um and |
| 89s | we're going to drop it and see if |
| 90s | everybody likes it as much as we do yeah |
| 93s | so is there you're saying that we're |
| 95s | going to drop it see if everybody likes |
| 97s | it so is there um potential that people |
| 101s | are not liking it and we rip it out uh |
| 105s | well I I think we've you know we |
| 108s | initially kind of had some concerns like |
| 110s | you know the same concerns that we had |
| 112s | internally on the team like is this |
| 114s | going to like ruin the flow of the mode |
| 116s | is it gonna you know have unexpected |
| 119s | consequences for APR |
| 121s | um but I think what we what we're seeing |
| 123s | internally um and of course like you |
| 125s | know we'll need to be watching what the |
| 127s | players do because they always they |
| 129s | always find unexpected ways to uh love |
| 132s | them for it to reveal um new emergent |
| 135s | mechanics let's say in in our offerings |
| 138s | um but the cool thing about mounts is |
| 141s | you know because their instant dismount |
| 143s | on on any incoming damage like I think |
| 146s | we we mainly see |
| 148s | um they you know like if if you want to |
| 151s | get into a fight you know like it's it's |
| 153s | pretty it's pretty simple to get in a |
| 154s | fight I think this will give ranged a |
| 157s | lot more to do in oppr to you know kind |
| 159s | of keep people off their mouths on the |
| 161s | roads and stuff to split up B groups |
| 163s | split up the groups I think that's the |
| 164s | thing because there's definitely a lot |
| 166s | to do in opr for ranged but it it does |
| 169s | do the split which I think is a really |
| 171s | interesting uh meta that we should see |
| 173s | emerge mhm that's cool yeah and you know |
| 176s | in general I mean I think it's just it |
| 178s | just adds to the chaos of the mode like |
| 180s | it feels it feels very fast-paced um you |
| 183s | know like like when you're when you're |
| 184s | doing things like the boss fight like |
| 186s | the mounts working there too so that's |
| 188s | pretty fun it's G to get silly anything |
| 191s | from the tech perspective that we should |
| 193s | be looking out for or um well I would |
| 196s | say like you know one of the wrinkles we |
| 197s | were originally kind of concerned with |
| 198s | was the impact that like moving quicker |
| 200s | and having to stream more things down |
| 202s | especially in like a heavy combat |
| 203s | situation would have and so we've done a |
| 204s | lot of improvements uh on that end that |
| 207s | I think like lets us feel more |
| 208s | comfortable with enabling it now |
| 210s | um other than that from from the tech |
| 213s | end there's not too much I would say |
| 216s | like I'm excited for just being able to |
| 219s | get into it quicker from moment to |
| 222s | moment you know after respawning or |
| 224s | going to the baress um you know a lot of |
| 227s | times now you see uh players kind of |
| 231s | like straggle in you know one at a time |
| 233s | and you know hopefully this this gives |
| 236s | us the ability to kind of like move as a |
| 238s | big group and and Visually it looks |
| 239s | awesome aome to see everyone mounted in |
| 241s | like I was going to say was that um in |
| 245s | the opr that we did for the expansion U |
| 248s | one of the things we saw when we allowed |
| 250s | mounts in the opr during that time uh |
| 252s | was these massive groups of just like |
| 254s | armies running through the map and that |
| 256s | was really cool to see and it did |
| 258s | naturally kind of split them up into |
| 260s | Ranger taking out the mounts and then |
| 263s | melee gets to go and hang out on the |
| 264s | points so that was definitely cool and |
| 266s | that paired with some changes we're |
| 267s | making for the doors it's going to make |
| 269s | it a an interesting time and I think |
| 271s | also like the ability to more quickly |
| 274s | get to the far base too is going to you |
| 276s | know change tactics a little bit yeah |
| 279s | for sure um you know maybe add more of |
| 281s | an emphasis on on defending that um but |
| 284s | we'll see yeah definitely um well one of |
| 286s | the cool things that Levin is having us |
| 288s | do is also integrate some Community |
| 289s | questions into these episodes so I will |
| 292s | pull those from what looks like a card |
| 294s | but is actually a handheld Computing |
| 296s | device well phones are really thin |
| 298s | though it is |
| 301s | so all right so first question so I |
| 304s | assume mounts were originally not |
| 306s | allowed because of server performance |
| 307s | and now you have combat rework that |
| 309s | increases performance doing both of the |
| 311s | same time doing both at the same time is |
| 312s | this not just a net zero for performance |
| 315s | overall uh no it's not a net zero so |
| 318s | like the combat performance stuff is |
| 320s | like a huge Improvement um on that side |
| 323s | of it and the mounts like a lot of those |
| 325s | performance issues were addressed with |
| 327s | the release of mounts itself like you |
| 329s | know just running through the open world |
| 330s | it's important to be able to stream down |
| 332s | everything that you're you're like |
| 334s | getting to at at the rate that you're |
| 335s | able to like Traverse the world right so |
| 339s | um it's definitely not at Net Zero it's |
| 340s | still it's still an improvement nice and |
| 342s | we still have a bunch of optimizations |
| 343s | that we're continuously doing um |
| 346s | throughout the year so yeah always um |
| 348s | but for sure throughout this year you |
| 350s | know it's one of our goals is to better |
| 351s | optimize the game and this is definitely |
| 353s | an area that we feel that it's not Net |
| 355s | Zero uh and we'll continue working on it |
| 357s | okay next question will you be monitor |
| 359s | monitoring to see how mounts affect PVP |
| 361s | and opr will players just stop fighting |
| 364s | on the road now will range become less |
| 366s | useful oh we answer that uh if you but |
| 370s | we'll answer it still again if you're |
| 372s | adding mounts into opr can you delete |
| 374s | Zephyr cakes and battle bread then like |
| 376s | why have 10% haste food when mounts are |
| 378s | in |
| 379s | opr uh I mean like we said you're going |
| 382s | to spend a lot of time on foot still so |
| 384s | uh and basically when we play basically |
| 387s | once you're off your Mount you're |
| 388s | usually now like kind of in a a battle |
| 391s | ball and there's the um you know there's |
| 393s | a delay like when you're you have to |
| 395s | like fully be fully out of combat to |
| 397s | remount so like the immediate battle |
| 400s | really needs to be resolved before |
| 402s | you're back on your Mount so like the |
| 404s | the Haste The haste food still has a has |
| 406s | a role to play absolutely yeah and |
| 408s | there's people that don't have mounts |
| 410s | and uh we hope for a world Wednesday |
| 412s | where everybody gets to mount up but um |
| 415s | this is definitely something that |
| 416s | they're going to take advantage of yeah |
| 418s | and then to the first part of the |
| 419s | question like we have heat maps for like |
| 422s | player activity in opr and we definitely |
| 425s | have like data and analytics that we're |
| 427s | we're looking at um so you know if we |
| 429s | see you know unintentional Behavior like |
| 432s | maybe it's good maybe it's bad but we |
| 434s | can you know look at that and tweak |
| 436s | things in the future uh will there be |
| 438s | any edits to the opr map to make it more |
| 440s | Mount friendly like will the side exit |
| 443s | points from the spawn Zone get changed |
| 445s | will the water depth get |
| 448s | adjusted I know that there are teams who |
| 450s | have plans for the oppr map um but as |
| 454s | far as this is the answer is no not in |
| 456s | not for this sit yeah um and then the |
| 460s | last question that we have will musket |
| 462s | traps affect mounts can mounts get |
| 463s | trapped in a musket trap and if not why |
| 467s | not uh yeah so we we as Scott I think |
| 472s | mentioned in an earlier video um you |
| 474s | know we we're looking into that right |
| 476s | now um it's uh everything works the way |
| 479s | our tent would be for it to Dismount you |
| 483s | okay that brings us to our community |
| 485s | question which is how are you thinking |
| 488s | you're going to break uh mounts and opr |
| 491s | leave a comment down below um and if you |
| 494s | like the show please like And subscribe |
| 496s | um we do this for all of you so we'll |
| 499s | keep doing it as long as you like it um |
| 501s | and see you in a |
| 504s | tum well was |
| 508s | great |
| 511s | really important question here probably |
| 513s | the one that most people are wondering |
| 514s | story and trials what is the reason for |
| 516s | not making solo trials replayable it's |
| 519s | easy content the soul trials are very |
| 521s | well done and it's a shame you can only |
| 522s | play it once make it a daily with |
| 524s | difficulty scaling giving increase |
| 526s | increasingly more rewards that's exactly |
| 528s | the type of content that people have |
| 529s | been asking |
| 531s | for explain this rationale like what |
| 533s | what in the world is going through our |
| 535s | minds that we don't make these |
| 538s | replayable |
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