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| 7s | hi everyone welcome to the new world |
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| 9s | developer update i'm scott the game |
| 11s | director on new world today katie's |
| 13s | joining us katie's the live lead we have |
| 15s | a lot to share with you we want to give |
| 16s | you an update on the roadmap we want to |
| 18s | talk about the july ptr we have some xp |
| 21s | events and then we have some pretty big |
| 23s | changes to loot perks and keys |
| 26s | it's going to be a great show and we |
| 27s | can't wait to share it all with you so |
| 28s | let's get rolling |
| 35s | all right we're back we're going to |
| 36s | start by talking about the road map |
| 38s | we've made some progress toward it |
| 40s | first and foremost back in march we |
| 42s | released the tempest heart expedition |
| 44s | and |
| 46s | it's been pretty fun for me i don't know |
| 47s | how you're feeling about it katie |
| 49s | yeah i've definitely been crushing |
| 51s | tempest heart but it was |
| 54s | it was a slow go there at the start |
| 56s | especially because we had introduced |
| 58s | blunderbuss at the same time and um |
| 60s | thankfully we did a double weekend xp |
| 64s | event our double xp weekend event uh and |
| 66s | so i got to level that all the way to 20 |
| 69s | which is really helpful |
| 70s | um but lucky you know i got bombed i |
| 73s | didn't get to do that so i had to level |
| 75s | it after and as a tank |
| 77s | i wanted to be the blunderbuss paired |
| 79s | with the sword and shield so it was very |
| 81s | important to me what a new but anyway so |
| 85s | but yeah nesha tune definitely smacked |
| 87s | me down a ton of times last time i gave |
| 89s | stats that he had smacked down um |
| 92s | 400 000 times |
| 95s | that's how many kills he got that has |
| 97s | absolutely increased since last time we |
| 99s | discussed it um |
| 101s | so yeah it's it's been wild i've been |
| 103s | having a lot of fun with it but i've |
| 105s | also been having a lot of fun with |
| 106s | something that we also recently released |
| 108s | which is the pvp rewards track that's |
| 111s | been super exciting for me |
| 113s | and the company that i'm with has been |
| 114s | really enjoying like capping forts and |
| 117s | trying to be the underdog in the great |
| 120s | cleave uh faction missions |
| 123s | round that's a lot of fun to just group |
| 125s | up with five people and try to make it |
| 128s | well and it kind of like you know so we |
| 129s | released the pvp reward track and we |
| 131s | found a few people taking advantage of |
| 133s | some of the design |
| 134s | mistakes yeah where they were capping |
| 136s | the uh for capping the uh faction |
| 139s | control points too quickly because they |
| 140s | were set to two and a half we upped |
| 142s | those to ten pretty quickly |
| 144s | and uh |
| 146s | that solved that problem and it actually |
| 148s | had a really cool happy accident because |
| 150s | we saw our open world pvp numbers and |
| 153s | fashion control points going up because |
| 154s | i think people were like well there's |
| 156s | going to be people over there sleeping |
| 157s | let me go put an end to that so it |
| 159s | actually |
| 160s | worked out in the long run as a yeah as |
| 162s | a you know we were kind of fortunate |
| 163s | that we made that mistake because i |
| 165s | think we're going to stick with this for |
| 166s | a little while yeah it's definitely been |
| 168s | like the data has shown us that we get |
| 170s | more people like out there fighting near |
| 172s | the forts but then also just playing in |
| 174s | game it feels really cool to go over to |
| 177s | a fort and you know maybe for the first |
| 180s | couple minutes nobody shows up but then |
| 182s | you know they start trickling in one |
| 184s | person sends somebody to see if it's |
| 185s | just one person in there it ends up |
| 187s | being 40 people and everyone's having |
| 190s | this all out battle i think that's so |
| 192s | cool i love that i love that |
| 195s | so then going a little more forward |
| 197s | next you know the next release is going |
| 199s | to be focused on the summer medley fair |
| 202s | so you can read into that a little more |
| 204s | on what's coming |
| 205s | we're also going to have another |
| 206s | expedition barnacles in black powder |
| 209s | which is coming together nicely i've run |
| 211s | it a few times and it's it's very |
| 213s | different than our other expeditions |
| 215s | and to help you find your way in we have |
| 217s | the expedition group finder so these |
| 219s | things together are all going to be |
| 221s | coming in in the month of july and i i |
| 222s | personally am really excited for this |
| 224s | release yeah for sure and then there is |
| 226s | a change to the to the public test realm |
| 228s | that's the ptr that we're talking about |
| 230s | for folks that this is your first time |
| 231s | tuning in um so |
| 234s | initially uh well previously we've seen |
| 236s | we've released content like all at once |
| 239s | uh regardless of how we're planning to |
| 240s | roll it out so |
| 242s | this time um because we want to get the |
| 245s | the content in front of players to test |
| 246s | sooner rather than later and when i say |
| 248s | test um it's not just bugs it's you know |
| 251s | design feedback it's is this fun is the |
| 253s | content challenging um and then also is |
| 257s | there something that you would like to |
| 259s | see right like is there something |
| 260s | missing that you think would be really |
| 262s | exciting for folks uh all of that |
| 264s | feedback should go into the in-game |
| 266s | feedback tool um when you're actually in |
| 269s | the game so that's when you press escape |
| 270s | you go to the game menu submit feedback |
| 272s | it's that |
| 273s | um and that goes directly to us that's |
| 275s | what we use most often |
| 276s | and of course we look at the forums you |
| 278s | folks have seen the developers and our |
| 280s | community managers in there um but yeah |
| 282s | so we're doing the the medley fair first |
| 284s | so you'll see that content and we want |
| 286s | you to be able to focus on that without |
| 288s | having to split your attention across |
| 290s | additional content |
| 291s | and that gives us more time to respond |
| 293s | to your feedback |
| 295s | and then |
| 295s | right after that we're going to do the |
| 297s | barnacles and black powder content |
| 298s | release to the public test realm and |
| 300s | then you can focus on that and give us |
| 302s | feedback on that on whether or not it's |
| 303s | fun so i just want to make sure that |
| 305s | people know that we are making this |
| 307s | change to how the public test drama is |
| 308s | working so you should not necessarily |
| 311s | expect that all the content that you see |
| 313s | in test will be available in our next |
| 315s | released on the date of release so |
| 318s | that's something that |
| 319s | i'm looking forward to seeing how that |
| 320s | change goes me too |
| 322s | and i want to reiterate something you |
| 324s | said that in-game feedback is so |
| 326s | valuable to us we read it we look at it |
| 329s | a lot i know greg was in here talking |
| 330s | about it a few months ago |
| 332s | but |
| 333s | don't assume that other people have the |
| 335s | same opinion as you or think in the same |
| 336s | way get that feedback because we will |
| 339s | you will have an impact on where we go |
| 341s | with the game and i hope you're already |
| 342s | seeing that from us in the past |
| 344s | but going forward things are |
| 346s | not always clear-cut and you might have |
| 349s | be the opinion that pushes us over in |
| 350s | one direction so please please please |
| 352s | use that |
| 354s | and with that we're going to move on to |
| 356s | the next section so thanks katie let's |
| 358s | go |
| 363s | hey everybody phil here again uh one of |
| 366s | the product owners on new world here to |
| 368s | talk about a couple |
| 369s | few big changes coming to new world uh |
| 372s | first we're going to talk about uh |
| 374s | expedition keys we're going to talk |
| 375s | about loot and perks and then we're |
| 377s | going to talk about a bunch of |
| 378s | improvements to our trade skills so |
| 380s | let's get started |
| 385s | so the first thing i'd like to talk |
| 386s | about is a big change coming to |
| 388s | expedition keys in new world the tuning |
| 390s | orbs |
| 391s | uh |
| 392s | we heard your feedback |
| 394s | since we launched the game and we've |
| 396s | been looking for a great way to balance |
| 397s | this out and shift to a better system |
| 400s | and so with this next update we are |
| 402s | removing |
| 403s | dungeon keys from the game |
| 405s | and replacing them with a daily limiter |
| 407s | system we think this is going to be a |
| 409s | lot |
| 410s | uh more rewarding for players who want |
| 412s | to run dungeons a lot more and not |
| 415s | provide that you know hard level of |
| 417s | friction where you have to complete |
| 419s | other things if you want to just jump in |
| 421s | and run a dungeon so |
| 422s | uh to that end you'll be able to run uh |
| 425s | 15 normal dungeons a day in 20 mutated |
| 428s | dungeons per week |
| 429s | the dungeon keys that are in your |
| 430s | inventory right now uh |
| 433s | once the change occurs with the update |
| 436s | they will be converted |
| 437s | into inventory caches that will give you |
| 440s | roles on the bosses for those dungeons |
| 442s | so when you click them and your |
| 444s | inventory they will they will give you a |
| 446s | couple boss roles |
| 447s | you won't get like the full set of drops |
| 449s | or loot you would have gotten if you |
| 450s | actually did run the dungeon |
| 452s | so it might be worth you know consider |
| 455s | your options there but uh we do want to |
| 457s | make sure that you we are giving you a |
| 459s | good value for the you know materials |
| 463s | and the the the cost and tokens and gold |
| 465s | that you spent to get those keys |
| 467s | initially so uh |
| 468s | you'll just click them inventory and get |
| 470s | a bunch of sweet boss loot so that'll be |
| 472s | really fun if you've got me hanging out |
| 475s | uh when we when the next patch goes live |
| 477s | um other than that there will be a bunch |
| 480s | more details in specific in the |
| 482s | patch notes so make sure to keep an eye |
| 483s | out for those when they come out |
| 490s | okay so next i want to talk to you all |
| 492s | about a bunch of changes that we're |
| 494s | doing with perks and the quality of loot |
| 497s | overall so first uh the headline here is |
| 500s | we've buffed over 150 perks in the game |
| 504s | the reason behind that is there are a |
| 505s | lot of perks uh you know that we hear |
| 508s | with a lot of the feedback that you all |
| 510s | have given us and we're playing the game |
| 512s | a bunch we realize that there are some |
| 513s | perks that |
| 514s | surpass almost every other perk in the |
| 516s | game and that really limits the amount |
| 518s | of viable combinations for gear at |
| 521s | endgame and so we really wanted to bring |
| 523s | a lot more perks up |
| 525s | to meet the level of some of the best |
| 527s | perks in the game so |
| 529s | we've done a lot of buffs there one |
| 532s | notable call out is that the skill perks |
| 534s | on weapons the ones that relate to the |
| 536s | specific you know weapon abilities |
| 539s | those are way more powerful now on if |
| 541s | they're on a weapon than if they are on |
| 543s | armor |
| 544s | okay so keep an eye out in the patch |
| 546s | notes for all of those changes there and |
| 548s | some of them have actually gotten a |
| 550s | rework to make them a lot more viable as |
| 551s | well so |
| 553s | uh |
| 554s | another i think |
| 556s | high level note to talk about here is |
| 558s | that there's a large amount of tweaks to |
| 560s | the logic on the way that we're kind of |
| 562s | calculating the way that uh perks uh |
| 565s | roll on weapons uh to improve |
| 568s | the combinations of perks you get there |
| 570s | so it's just an example uh our weapons |
| 573s | and apparel and trinkets and everything |
| 574s | else um |
| 577s | uh for earrings uh they now have like a |
| 579s | very low drop chance uh for |
| 582s | trade skills or like gathering and um |
| 585s | and crafting perks to roll on them and |
| 587s | they're more focused on rolling combat |
| 589s | perks they can still roll some of those |
| 591s | gathering and crafting perks but now |
| 594s | they're going to roll more combat focus |
| 595s | perks to be more applicable to the |
| 598s | moment to moment gameplay that you're |
| 600s | experiencing and don't be worried |
| 603s | we're also reviewing the drop rates and |
| 605s | locations of all the crafting specific |
| 607s | clothing in the game to make sure that |
| 609s | those are obtainable and uh |
| 611s | and really more obvious to you where to |
| 614s | go to get them |
| 616s | lastly |
| 617s | i just because this one comes up all the |
| 618s | time |
| 619s | i want to touch on it is uh |
| 622s | we lowered the percentage drop chance on |
| 624s | the durability perk of that showing up |
| 627s | on on items uh we've also buffed it and |
| 630s | renamed it to indestructible so |
| 633s | now if that perk is on an item |
| 636s | it will |
| 638s | uh not take any durability damage at all |
| 640s | so it got a bit better and you should be |
| 642s | seeing it less uh and note like if you |
| 644s | have current items in your inventory |
| 646s | that these already are on they will |
| 648s | retroactively change so if you have |
| 649s | durability on an item in your inventory |
| 651s | it's going to change indestructible with |
| 653s | the update and your that item won't take |
| 655s | any durability damage anymore so they |
| 657s | will all you don't have to go and get |
| 659s | new items they'll all level up with |
| 661s | these uh buffed perks so that's great |
| 663s | the other thing i want to mention in |
| 665s | just terms of the overall quality of |
| 667s | loot |
| 668s | is that um |
| 671s | we're just increasing the quality of |
| 672s | drops that you get and primarily the |
| 674s | rarities so |
| 676s | uh with this update you'll get higher |
| 678s | rarity drops uh you know based on your |
| 680s | player and expertise level obviously um |
| 683s | but at like the the far end you should |
| 685s | be seeing way more epics and um |
| 689s | and rares versus uncommon so more |
| 691s | purples and blues way less greens um the |
| 694s | epics and legendaries you know now |
| 696s | should have a more viable stat |
| 698s | combinations you know example like |
| 700s | higher chances for keen and lower |
| 702s | chances for |
| 703s | beast ward |
| 704s | and then also uh we've |
| 707s | juiced up uh the amount of ability |
| 711s | uh points that two stat combinations get |
| 713s | so anything with like strength decks in |
| 716s | focus |
| 717s | um excluding constitution they now have |
| 719s | increased potency where they actually |
| 721s | provide an overall higher amount of |
| 723s | stats than um single stat items single |
| 725s | state items will still give you the most |
| 727s | attribute bonus to a single stat but to |
| 730s | make the double stat ones a little bit |
| 731s | more viable they will give you an |
| 733s | overall |
| 734s | uh |
| 734s | numerical amount more stats |
| 738s | the last thing on loot that i'm excited |
| 740s | to talk about is we're introducing a new |
| 742s | method to reduce the randomness acquired |
| 745s | in |
| 746s | uh acquiring specific expedition boss |
| 749s | loot for so for everybody hunting that |
| 751s | lazarus bow or fury um |
| 754s | we are |
| 755s | we're we're introducing a system where |
| 758s | in an expedition any expedition specific |
| 761s | named item that you get can be salvaged |
| 764s | and when it's salvaged it's going to |
| 765s | produce a new type of a resource and |
| 767s | then that resource can be used to craft |
| 770s | a specific drop now it's going to cost a |
| 772s | bit of those resources to get the very |
| 774s | specific drop you want |
| 776s | but |
| 777s | after a number of times if you're not |
| 779s | getting that item you want you're |
| 780s | salvaging the named items you don't need |
| 783s | you can use those resources to go get |
| 785s | that thing you do need so hopefully that |
| 787s | that helps out a lot and gives you um a |
| 790s | lot more structure around the the loot |
| 793s | chase that y'all are after so a lot of |
| 795s | really exciting changes uh please it's |
| 798s | way too much to talk about |
| 800s | you know every little specific here but |
| 801s | read the patch notes we're going to be |
| 803s | full of detail they're going to have a |
| 804s | bunch of meat to chew on there and yeah |
| 808s | one more |
| 813s | topic another thing coming in this |
| 815s | update that i want to talk to you all |
| 817s | about are a bunch of improvements that |
| 819s | we're making to our trade skills so |
| 821s | first |
| 822s | uh let's talk about salvaging |
| 824s | in this next update we're making |
| 825s | salvaging way more rewarding and now |
| 827s | when you salvage an item you'll have a |
| 830s | chance to get a perfect selvage and that |
| 832s | perfect salvage is going to give you a |
| 833s | resource that can be used to research |
| 835s | trade skill xp |
| 837s | fabricate it into like new crafted items |
| 840s | uh condensed into gypsum castle you get |
| 842s | like another opportunity to earn gypsum |
| 845s | and expertise |
| 847s | extract it into valuable resources or |
| 849s | salvaged for a bunch of repair parts |
| 852s | so that's gonna overall increase a lot |
| 855s | of options that players have to go and |
| 857s | like make a bunch of progression uh and |
| 859s | and |
| 860s | you know feel better about salvaging |
| 863s | loads of items that they're getting in |
| 864s | the game |
| 866s | we're also making a bunch of i think |
| 868s | well needed in in you know feedback |
| 870s | we've heard uh loud and clear on |
| 873s | gathering refining and crafting |
| 876s | for gathering specifically uh in short |
| 878s | we're we're speeding up |
| 880s | uh the the progression from levels one |
| 882s | to two hundred for |
| 883s | logging and fishing those were sloggy |
| 886s | and i think they needed just a big shot |
| 888s | in the arm so we're giving them a boost |
| 890s | uh for refining all of the refining |
| 892s | skills are getting um a percentage boost |
| 895s | too for |
| 896s | the |
| 896s | levels that they need to get from one to |
| 898s | two hundred we noticed that those were |
| 899s | lagging behind |
| 901s | you know players progressing through the |
| 903s | the gathering and so we wanted to make |
| 905s | those like more in align with their |
| 906s | progression curves so with this update |
| 909s | that's our goal |
| 910s | we want refine to keep pace a lot better |
| 912s | with with uh with the gathering skills |
| 915s | uh another big change of refining is |
| 917s | that we are um |
| 920s | only |
| 921s | use uh we're only gonna use the t5 |
| 924s | values for the refining reagents so |
| 928s | things like sandpaper flux tannin etc |
| 931s | like all of those things uh they're all |
| 934s | going to be leveled up into the t5 value |
| 936s | and we're going to give ways for players |
| 938s | to convert the existing |
| 940s | lower value once the t3 and the t4 |
| 942s | variance |
| 943s | up to t5 |
| 945s | and so that should help you progress a |
| 946s | lot faster to refining |
| 949s | lastly for crafting |
| 951s | we wanted to make sure that players feel |
| 954s | like they're getting a lot more value as |
| 956s | they progress up through the crafting |
| 957s | spines right and so for every |
| 960s | crafting skill uh we're adding the uh |
| 963s | we're upping the xp that you get from |
| 965s | tier 4 and tier 5 crafts |
| 967s | we're given a big shot in the arm as |
| 969s | well to furnishing and weapon smithing |
| 971s | reducing the overall xp you need to get |
| 973s | from level 1 to 200 there as well so |
| 976s | please keep a lookout |
| 977s | for for those big changes bunch of |
| 979s | details in the patch notes again and all |
| 983s | these changes are coming to the ptr and |
| 984s | keep in mind that the values that |
| 986s | they're on and the ptr are not |
| 987s | necessarily final we're going to keep |
| 989s | tuning these and we're going to listen |
| 990s | to all the feedback that you give us |
| 991s | there so please go check it out and i |
| 994s | hope you're as excited for all these |
| 995s | changes as i am and that's that's the |
| 997s | big update for me on this side and uh |
| 999s | looking forward to your feedback |
| 1002s | thanks phil that was awesome i cannot |
| 1004s | wait to see all of the changes uh in the |
| 1006s | ptr which by the way is coming in july |
| 1009s | so we hope to see you all there thanks |
| 1010s | to you katie also for joining us today |
| 1013s | and we'll see you all real soon |