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| 0s | obviously the range weapons are still |
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| 2s | the primary used weapon in terms of win |
| 5s | rates that both the bill and the fire |
| 7s | staff are you know in the bottom half of |
| 9s | the win rates of weapons |
| 10s | [Music] |
| 11s | [Applause] |
| 15s | welcome to forged in eternum where we |
| 17s | talk about all things new world today |
| 19s | I'm excited to do an episode 3 of |
| 22s | balance of power we're going to talk |
| 24s | briefly about our monthly balance |
| 27s | changes coming up and then jump into |
| 28s | season two and what it holds for combat |
| 31s | we're going to have Michael ask the |
| 33s | questions again today so take it away |
| 34s | Michael are you happy with the latest |
| 36s | monthly balance changes uh overall yes |
| 39s | we're pretty happy I think the thing I |
| 41s | really liked about it is the speed at |
| 43s | which they came out we like doing this |
| 45s | sort of monthly so two times between |
| 47s | each of the major seasonal events I also |
| 50s | sort of like the |
| 51s | the intensity of the changes we want to |
| 54s | be a little bit more moderate on these |
| 55s | changes uh and sort of do incremental |
| 58s | changes twice rather than go too far in |
| 61s | terms of the results we think they're |
| 63s | pretty good I I think for instance the |
| 65s | armor changes on heavy and and medium |
| 67s | armor uh the increasing the |
| 69s | fortification that has really given |
| 71s | melee melee a chance to bring in other |
| 74s | builds other than just sort of the light |
| 76s | assassin built and also the Nerfs to |
| 79s | fire staff and Bo I think have sort of |
| 83s | brought down that overpowered weapon |
| 84s | without going too far like we have in |
| 87s | the past with the muskets so overall |
| 88s | pretty happy with the changes all right |
| 90s | uh then what do you think of the current |
| 92s | state of PVP balance uh overall I think |
| 94s | the state is in pretty good shape when I |
| 96s | look at the data I think Arena's data |
| 99s | looks really good we have really diverse |
| 101s | builds all the builds have good |
| 103s | performance in terms of damage or |
| 104s | healing they have good win rates I'm |
| 107s | pretty happy there Wars look really good |
| 109s | too in terms of opr we did see an |
| 113s | increase in usage win rates and |
| 116s | performance for the melee weapons which |
| 118s | which we wanted obviously the range |
| 120s | weapon are still the primarily used |
| 123s | weapon I think you know they're they're |
| 125s | very solo friendly and they pump out |
| 127s | good damage so they show up well on the |
| 129s | scoreboards but it's important to note |
| 131s | in terms of win rates that both the bill |
| 133s | and the fire staff are you know in the |
| 135s | bottom half of the win rates of weapons |
| 137s | so we don't necessarily consider them op |
| 138s | just sort of very solo friendly and easy |
| 141s | to use |
| 143s | um all right so what are you planning |
| 144s | for the second monthly balance changes |
| 146s | uh so for the second changes we when we |
| 149s | had to make these changes we didn't have |
| 151s | enough data that we really felt it |
| 153s | warranted changes uh to any of the |
| 155s | weapons we thought balance was close |
| 156s | enough that we wanted to let it ride |
| 158s | another month so we did make some some |
| 161s | small changes to some of the heart runes |
| 163s | which we wanted to sort of take a look |
| 165s | at one is dark Ascent which is we saw |
| 168s | was just very infrequently used so we |
| 171s | added some iframes to the startup of |
| 173s | that which I think should give players |
| 175s | an opportunity to use it in sort of new |
| 177s | and cool ways I'm excited to see what |
| 179s | they will do there also as as I think |
| 182s | most people know especially the PVE |
| 183s | years Brew brutal detonate is you know |
| 186s | sort of the King of the Hill in terms of |
| 188s | of our heart runes so we took a look at |
| 191s | that and uh you know we made some |
| 192s | changes I think we increased the rent |
| 194s | from 15 to 30 percent to sort of give a |
| 197s | little more risk for all the damage it's |
| 198s | it's pumping out so very small changes |
| 201s | here uh and we'll continue looking at |
| 203s | the bounce okay uh cool well I'd like to |
| 206s | jump to season two |
| 207s | um I understand there are four major |
| 209s | changes let's run through those all |
| 212s | right the big one is obviously the |
| 214s | underpowered under used pass this is |
| 216s | where we're going through all the |
| 218s | abilities sorry all the weapons in the |
| 219s | game and taking a look at hey which |
| 221s | abilities of the six are people not |
| 224s | using uh because they're just sort of |
| 225s | underperforming and we're trying to |
| 227s | bring those up basically to you know |
| 230s | shake up the meta a little bit in just |
| 232s | combat we want to see new and fresh |
| 233s | builds emerge as a part of this |
| 236s | uh so to give you an example for |
| 238s | instance a whirling blade on the sword |
| 240s | and shield I think this is an ability |
| 242s | that we see very low usage of and it's |
| 246s | for good reason right like I've wrote it |
| 248s | before it's actually a DPS loss when you |
| 251s | when you use this ability so this is an |
| 253s | example of one we're tackling and and |
| 255s | some of these ones like whirling blade |
| 257s | we're tackling pretty aggressively right |
| 258s | like in this one we're increasing the |
| 260s | damage uh we're increasing the rate of |
| 263s | the attack uh we're also increasing the |
| 266s | range the the area the volume of the |
| 268s | attack and lastly we're increasing the |
| 270s | usability by allowing players to sort of |
| 272s | angle themselves a little more during |
| 274s | the startup so I think you know we're |
| 276s | really trying to bring this weapon into |
| 277s | contention |
| 278s | uh we're trying to do this for one or |
| 281s | two abilities for every single weapon so |
| 283s | I'm not going to go through the whole |
| 284s | list now it's in PTR we'd love uh for |
| 288s | players to really dive in check out the |
| 290s | changes and let us know what they think |
| 292s | all right |
| 293s | um so I I hear you're making some |
| 295s | changes to blocking |
| 298s | um can you expand on that yeah uh I |
| 301s | think you know we've heard and we agree |
| 303s | with this sort of feedback that right |
| 304s | now blocking is inferior to dodging uh |
| 306s | you know they both cost stamina and with |
| 309s | blocking you just don't get out of the |
| 311s | trouble so we're making some changes |
| 312s | here this may not be the end of them but |
| 315s | it's the start of them and there's three |
| 317s | big elements to it first we're slightly |
| 319s | increasing the speed uh which players |
| 321s | can walk and move while they have a |
| 324s | block activated so I think that'll help |
| 326s | the mobility a little bit second we're |
| 328s | separating separating out the exhausted |
| 330s | States between being block broken and |
| 334s | running out of stamina from dodging and |
| 336s | if you get Block broken we're |
| 338s | eliminating that 15 move penalty during |
| 341s | that so that should you know make it a |
| 343s | little less punishing to sort of run out |
| 345s | of stamina while blocking uh and the |
| 348s | last one is actually the biggest one uh |
| 350s | we are allowing uh blocking for any |
| 352s | weapon now to block range damage uh so |
| 355s | this will be a pretty big change uh the |
| 357s | amount of damage the percentage of |
| 359s | damage that you block will differ |
| 361s | depending on the weapon for instance |
| 363s | obviously Shields block 100 uh but |
| 366s | different weapons like a heavy weapon |
| 368s | like the Warhammer will block a lot more |
| 369s | than something like the Rapier so this |
| 371s | is definitely a pretty controversial |
| 373s | change we've tested it internally and |
| 375s | like it and we're putting it in the PTR |
| 377s | and and based on feedback and how it |
| 379s | plays with a larger group we'll decide |
| 381s | whether to move forward or not all right |
| 383s | and I understand we are removing a |
| 387s | lifestyle buff is that right yes uh Hale |
| 390s | and Hardy is a very strong lifestyle |
| 393s | buff it gives you a 10 increase in HP |
| 396s | and we like that increase but the |
| 398s | problem is it can really just play Havoc |
| 401s | with sort of the Level Playing Field in |
| 403s | combat right like if if your house is in |
| 405s | a wrong territory or if that buff Runs |
| 407s | Out you all of a sudden become you know |
| 409s | drastically weaker in combat so we are |
| 412s | removing that lifestyle buff and instead |
| 414s | what we're going to do is we're going to |
| 415s | give everyone the 10 increase at all |
| 417s | time we're basically increasing the XP |
| 420s | pool we also think that's a good move we |
| 422s | think you know time to kill with a lot |
| 424s | of our changes has you know has become |
| 426s | quicker and quicker and I think this is |
| 428s | guaranteed 10 at all times will help |
| 430s | that a little bit also all right and uh |
| 432s | for the season to build uh will there be |
| 435s | any balance changes yeah with the |
| 437s | additional time we've had to look at the |
| 439s | data we do think that there are two sort |
| 441s | of thematic changes we wanted to make |
| 442s | one is on the bow uh I think you know |
| 445s | the bow has a really strong combination |
| 447s | of Mobility range and damage uh so we |
| 450s | want to take a look at that and I think |
| 451s | Dodge and weave is is one of the primary |
| 453s | culprits it gives you additional haste |
| 455s | every time you dodge so I think what we |
| 457s | want to do here is add a condition where |
| 459s | you have to be at full stamina and I |
| 461s | think that will help reduce the mobility |
| 463s | of it we're also making a slight change |
| 465s | to evasive tactics we're making that an |
| 467s | ultimate so if people want that |
| 470s | additional damage from dodging which I |
| 471s | think a lot of people do they'll have to |
| 473s | invest a little more and make a decision |
| 474s | there |
| 475s | on the fire staff uh it is pumping out a |
| 479s | lot of damage we've taken a look at the |
| 481s | data and Pillar of Fire is actually the |
| 483s | primary culprit here we think the damage |
| 486s | is a little bit high for how |
| 487s | instantaneous this ability is and how |
| 489s | quick uh the cooldown is so we're |
| 492s | probably going to reduce the damage of |
| 493s | that a little bit well that's all the |
| 495s | questions we have for today do you have |
| 497s | a community question absolutely as we |
| 499s | mentioned there's a big underpower to |
| 501s | underused pass for all the abilities and |
| 503s | weapons going in in the season 2 PTR we |
| 507s | would really love if people played the |
| 509s | PTR and gave us feedback on it like did |
| 511s | we go too far with any of the abilities |
| 512s | did we push it too far did we not go far |
| 514s | enough or did we miss any that you think |
| 517s | we should have hit please let us know |
| 519s | and like And subscribe and we'll |
| 521s | continue to do this see you in a |
| 523s | tournament |
| 529s | [Applause] |
| 531s | foreign |
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