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| 0s | hello everyone welcome to the new world |
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| 2s | aternum post-launch Dev update I'm Scott |
| 5s | the game director on new world aternum |
| 7s | I'm here with Dave the creative director |
| 10s | Dan give a nod the design lead and Katie |
| 12s | the live lead before we get going oh my |
| 16s | gosh we launched we did it we' we've |
| 19s | seen people Pile in the beaches it's |
| 21s | been awesome it has been so fun getting |
| 23s | the console players interacting with the |
| 25s | PC players and watching all that fun |
| 27s | stuff any stories you all want to share |
| 29s | about the launch uh I mean I really |
| 31s | enjoyed seeing the raid like the first |
| 33s | time they seeing that completed was epic |
| 35s | now people are optimizing it it's it's |
| 37s | like really cool yeah mine is related to |
| 39s | that because we just saw the first sub3 |
| 42s | minutes and actually first sub 20 minute |
| 44s | raid run which is really awesome but |
| 47s | also means we're going to make the next |
| 48s | raid really hard I'm loving it being uh |
| 51s | on Console so it's my living room the |
| 53s | whole family gets to play it's really |
| 54s | fun the response has been great thank |
| 57s | you all for coming and checking it out |
| 58s | like I can't tell you how excited it is |
| 60s | for all of us to put this out there and |
| 62s | see everyone playing it and giving us |
| 63s | the feedback uh so like like we're |
| 66s | really appreciative couldn't be happier |
| 69s | so I know some of you are joining us for |
| 70s | the first time and what we're going to |
| 72s | do next is we're going to talk about |
| 74s | where we plan to go with new world in |
| 75s | the future we're going to start with |
| 78s | season 7 so we can walk you through all |
| 80s | of the cool things coming out in season |
| 82s | 7 and uh you know uh sneak peek they're |
| 84s | pretty freaking cool beyond that we have |
| 87s | this thing that we're going to talk |
| 88s | about called in development so these are |
| 89s | a bunch of features that we're working |
| 91s | on we are not ready to commit to a |
| 93s | timeline but we want to give you that |
| 94s | insight and get some feedback from you |
| 96s | which will help us prioritize which ones |
| 98s | come first and where we go and then |
| 100s | we're going to talk about some things |
| 101s | that are in the early ideation phase |
| 103s | this is where we just want to get your |
| 105s | sense which of these you like more than |
| 106s | others because this is where you can |
| 107s | have a big impact on on where we go with |
| 110s | the game this year um but with that you |
| 112s | know Dan one you're going to take us |
| 114s | through this yeah uh so next we're going |
| 117s | to dive into these things one by one |
| 118s | we'll bring in some other folks to the |
| 120s | table and uh gobble gobble let's go |
| 123s | gobble gobble hello everybody uh so now |
| 127s | we are joined by three new faces at the |
| 129s | table uh we have three lead designers we |
| 132s | have Joel of systems and Seasons we have |
| 136s | Jr of combat and modes and we have Chad |
| 139s | of AI and encounters and we together are |
| 142s | going to be talking about some things |
| 143s | that are in our next season which is |
| 145s | coming at the top of next year uh |
| 147s | obviously we just got done shipping a |
| 149s | big console game and you know we're |
| 151s | getting back up and running into content |
| 154s | and feature development and uh we'll |
| 156s | take you through one at a time the first |
| 157s | one being something we've been talking |
| 160s | about for a long time finally have super |
| 162s | excited Joel do the honors tell us about |
| 164s | seasonal worlds yeah uh this is one that |
| 166s | I'm personally really excited about and |
| 168s | something that I really have been |
| 169s | invested in um so seasonal worlds are a |
| 175s | season-based world that will last for |
| 176s | the Time of the Season so roughly around |
| 178s | 3 months um that has unique rule sets |
| 181s | where we really flip things on their |
| 183s | head the goal being that we provide |
| 185s | players with a really unique experience |
| 188s | that um Breaks the Rules that in the |
| 192s | case and I'll talk about in a little bit |
| 194s | maybe PVP is always on on these rules or |
| 196s | or on these world you gave it away I did |
| 198s | give it away um uh as you know the first |
| 202s | Ser not as you know but as you know now |
| 205s | the first server is PVP focused and |
| 208s | that's something that's near and dear to |
| 209s | me I've played a lot of games over years |
| 210s | that I really enjoy that risk reward |
| 212s | feeling uh the first server is uh at |
| 215s | level 15 uh you'll be fighting other |
| 218s | players uh We've created a unique set of |
| 220s | item and gear that you'll be able to |
| 222s | craft it's it's very heavily crafting |
| 224s | focused which I I also really like where |
| 226s | the player will feel powerful in this |
| 228s | gear but the risk that comes with this |
| 230s | gear that you'll be able to craft is |
| 231s | that it drops on death that it has |
| 233s | durability we're pulling back some of |
| 234s | those old mechanics that uh don't exist |
| 237s | in the normal World Resources and the |
| 238s | gear yes I'll drop on the resources well |
| 242s | the new resources to craft our special |
| 244s | New really kind of super items that are |
| 246s | on par with say artifacts in This Server |
| 249s | those drop on death uh but you'll be |
| 251s | able to craft some more basic gear |
| 252s | that's still pretty high gear score with |
| 254s | some more basic resources like iron uh |
| 257s | like uh Timber and uh hide you'll be |
| 260s | able to craft your normal gear that's |
| 261s | still really high gear score but you'll |
| 263s | need to wear that special gear that's |
| 264s | dropped on death to go get these new |
| 267s | resources to craft these really cool big |
| 269s | items um that that gear also like you |
| 272s | should talk about like we went pretty |
| 274s | crazy with it right because it can drop |
| 276s | on death like like we did things that we |
| 279s | normally would be kind of leery B did |
| 281s | you mention that it breaks too it it |
| 283s | does break um but to Jr's point we took |
| 286s | some of these pieces of gear and we |
| 288s | really pushed the limit on them to make |
| 290s | them feel special to make them feel like |
| 292s | there's impact uh these should feel on |
| 294s | par to artifact items if not farther in |
| 296s | some casther yeah yeah so really the |
| 299s | goal is how crazy is going to be how |
| 301s | much are we going to shake up the meta |
| 302s | how much of a different experience can |
| 304s | we provide to you um while still some of |
| 307s | that familiar feeling that that core of |
| 309s | the game that is so much fun so we can |
| 312s | kind of experiment and again find what's |
| 314s | fun to you or fun to me or or fun to |
| 316s | each other I'm really looking forward to |
| 318s | what we can do with these systems it |
| 320s | feels a lot like the original New World |
| 322s | Alpha but with all of the Q and content |
| 325s | that it now has it's pretty cool we |
| 328s | should also reiterate like so it's a |
| 329s | it's a new server like that literally |
| 331s | wipes every season so it's you also get |
| 334s | that new player experience every season |
| 336s | if Eon you get those hords of players |
| 338s | coming in from the beach you get the |
| 340s | camps on the ground you're going to have |
| 342s | a lot of like death and maming getting |
| 344s | to the settlements um that's my jam I |
| 347s | again I'm a somewhat of aggressive |
| 348s | player so I'm excited to see how players |
| 350s | are going to treat this how they're |
| 351s | going to form up and protect each other |
| 353s | but also potentially Rob each other also |
| 355s | it feeds into the territory system too |
| 356s | it brings those big Stakes to this |
| 358s | Crafters are now like a necess NE part |
| 360s | of your War Machine as you take over the |
| 362s | server it's all there and there's a lot |
| 364s | of little fine-tuning quality of life |
| 366s | tweaks that we're also looking at as |
| 367s | well so like I know you just did the msq |
| 370s | we were looking at ways to make it so |
| 372s | you can completely level by crafting if |
| 373s | you want to again we'll have more |
| 375s | details on these things in the future |
| 376s | but we're really trying to fine-tune |
| 378s | these little experiences to feel like |
| 379s | you can play how you want and that it's |
| 382s | again slightly familiar but completely |
| 385s | different when you play through it and |
| 386s | I'm really excited to be bringing these |
| 387s | servers to you that's awesome it's a |
| 389s | whole new front here I mean it's it's |
| 391s | changing up all the time too which is |
| 392s | great yes this I mean we have I can't |
| 395s | wait to tell you about all the ideas we |
| 397s | have for future ones uh and of course |
| 399s | they become places to experiment with |
| 400s | things that we might bring into the main |
| 402s | game but that's not all uh one of the |
| 405s | other things that we're very excited to |
| 406s | bring you uh Jr I won't upstage you what |
| 409s | are we bringing okay so we we know opr |
| 414s | is one of our most popular modes and |
| 416s | we've had the same map for since launch |
| 419s | pretty much came out shortly after that |
| 422s | um so I'm excited to announce that we |
| 423s | are in development on a new opr map and |
| 427s | uh we're going to actually have it be in |
| 429s | a preview form for season 7 we're going |
| 432s | to have it on for a weekend and we want |
| 433s | to get the player feedback on it and so |
| 436s | they can you know you guys we want your |
| 438s | you to help us to develop the map we |
| 441s | want to make sure that this map is like |
| 443s | you know lives up to the expectations |
| 445s | that you have having waited for so long |
| 448s | and later in the video we'll talk more |
| 450s | about it but I mean this is just the |
| 451s | beginning right we're spinning up |
| 453s | multiple Maps yeah absolutely like so um |
| 456s | the the modes pipeline is in full gear |
| 458s | now we're going to be making new game |
| 460s | modes and new maps and for existing |
| 463s | modes and yeah this this new opr map is |
| 465s | kind of like you know the first the |
| 466s | first one out of the gate yeah we wanted |
| 468s | to show it to you even though it's not |
| 470s | potentially not fully ready again to get |
| 472s | that feedback but also just to we're |
| 474s | just so excited can't wait next on the |
| 476s | list is uh kind of a few small things |
| 478s | that we're doing for mut s which are uh |
| 481s | Expeditions in the game have normal and |
| 483s | mutated levels so for M3 which is the |
| 486s | highest level we're adding these to the |
| 489s | instanced matchmaking system in order to |
| 491s | make sure this goes smoothly uh we are |
| 493s | unifying our mutations tell us about |
| 495s | that Chad yeah so big big ticket item |
| 497s | here is that uh all the currently active |
| 500s | uh mutated Expeditions will now share uh |
| 503s | the same mutation so uh Elemental |
| 506s | promotions curses all those will be the |
| 508s | same across all of them uh which means |
| 510s | uh a lot less uh regearing re re uh |
| 514s | geming your gear uh and hopefully just |
| 516s | more time spent uh fighting and having a |
| 519s | good time collecting loots and then the |
| 521s | other thing we're doing is we're |
| 522s | increasing the quality of the rewards in |
| 523s | the M3s yeah uh so we're looking at |
| 526s | adding crafting materials into uh uh |
| 529s | mutated Expeditions uh as well as in |
| 531s | raids that together when they're |
| 533s | combined you'll be able to craft new |
| 535s | 725s uh so this will be an alternative |
| 537s | source and give meaning to want to go |
| 538s | back into these expeditions and make |
| 540s | sure that you're actually having fun in |
| 542s | the content you want we're going to |
| 543s | continue looking at that and improving |
| 545s | it uh for now we like where it's at and |
| 547s | we think that it'll give more players a |
| 548s | reason to go visit this content so |
| 551s | adding more options to your endgame |
| 552s | content yes along those same lines uh |
| 554s | we're also adding two new daily Sol |
| 557s | trials to the roster three new Sol |
| 558s | trials so uh yeah so we've got uh we're |
| 561s | adding uh Mother's dream which is U um |
| 566s | Tempest mind which is Isabella and uh |
| 569s | Dai CTO um so that's uh that's adding to |
| 572s | our roster so you should be seeing those |
| 574s | in your in your list every day awesome |
| 576s | thanks Chad and then to round out the |
| 578s | season we have a few things that we like |
| 580s | to do every season uh starting with |
| 582s | combat balance updates yeah so obviously |
| 585s | yeah there something we do every season |
| 587s | um this season some of the things that |
| 588s | we focused on was time to kill um you |
| 591s | it's something we've been seeing in PvP |
| 593s | a lot you know the fight's going on a |
| 594s | little too long so we're making some |
| 596s | adjustments to consumables and some of |
| 598s | the perks um and then we're also looking |
| 600s | at uh balance around Target lock Target |
| 602s | locks you know Target lock you say yeah |
| 605s | we just we we turned it on in PvP uh for |
| 609s | the aternum launch and uh we've been |
| 611s | keeping an eye on the feedback and by |
| 613s | the way thanks again for all the |
| 614s | feedback right before launch as we went |
| 616s | through beta uh it was very helpful and |
| 618s | you know we made some changes and yeah |
| 620s | yeah absolutely we did we did tone it |
| 622s | down quite a bit from what it was in |
| 623s | beta and we're going to be continuing to |
| 626s | to tune things um you know one of the |
| 628s | one of the changes that's coming up in |
| 630s | season 7 is actually the blunder bus was |
| 632s | a problem um we had nerfed the damage uh |
| 636s | going into launch uh now we've we've |
| 639s | reversed that and instead we've replaced |
| 641s | it with some extra inaccuracy in Target |
| 644s | lock as kind of a balancing Factor um |
| 646s | and we're going to be continuing to make |
| 648s | tweaks like that in the future yep |
| 649s | absolutely uh there's also new artifacts |
| 652s | new perks yeah absolutely so we're going |
| 654s | to be introducing uh eight new artifacts |
| 656s | in season 7 some of seven of them will |
| 659s | be weapons there's one accessory which |
| 660s | is an earring um and yeah there's some |
| 663s | interesting combos that are going to |
| 665s | come out of that um there's there's an |
| 668s | ice gun in there Gauntlet in there that |
| 670s | I really enjoy it's a really cool |
| 671s | ability on The Gauntlet that lets me uh |
| 674s | when I ice tune uh give me a large |
| 676s | amount of regen at the end of that so |
| 678s | I'm excited to try out and see what I |
| 679s | can actually get away with that or if I |
| 680s | still die uh but we we'll see how it |
| 683s | goes sounds like trouble yeah well |
| 686s | that's that's that's his nickname that's |
| 688s | a fun Joel trouble Clift |
| 690s | and then well why don't you uh why don't |
| 691s | you bring us home with talking about the |
| 693s | seasonal events and yeah so uh we're |
| 696s | doing some refreshes on a few events uh |
| 698s | we're looking at Legacy of Cris and |
| 700s | upping the rewards a little bit a little |
| 701s | bit more medy rewards past level 700 |
| 704s | same with uh Siege of sulfur uh and then |
| 707s | we're going to bring a little bit more |
| 708s | rewards into rabbit Revenge that's a |
| 710s | little bit more fun costumey maybe a |
| 712s | little bit of trolley in there as well |
| 713s | we'll see how it goes um hoping to get |
| 716s | those events to console players for the |
| 717s | first time as well as they haven't seen |
| 718s | these events so that's everything in |
| 720s | next season we're very excited about the |
| 722s | opr map yeah very excited about seasonal |
| 724s | worlds absolutely more details about |
| 727s | both coming soon and remember we're just |
| 729s | getting started now let's talk about |
| 732s | what's in development so in development |
| 734s | is somewhere in a more midterm timeline |
| 737s | we're definitely looking into stuff but |
| 739s | there's still plenty of room to discover |
| 741s | and yeah so I mean there's there's tons |
| 743s | on this list um in no particular order |
| 747s | we can start with invasion thank you uh |
| 750s | why I like Invasion as something that |
| 752s | we're working on is because I think it's |
| 753s | super cool content it's sort of unique |
| 755s | to New World this idea of battling |
| 757s | hordes of people uh but you know the |
| 759s | content is a little Limited in terms of |
| 762s | participation because it's only a set |
| 764s | time it can only take this many people |
| 766s | so what if we turn this into a mode |
| 768s | right like I think we're starting to |
| 770s | make more and more modes the activity |
| 772s | screen is a great place to sort of like |
| 773s | what do I feel like doing so like let's |
| 775s | get Invasion into a mode and I think |
| 778s | once you start going in that frame of |
| 780s | mind I'm sure lots of things like could |
| 782s | we add some more enemies could we add |
| 783s | maybe mutations what happens to the |
| 785s | rewards like lots of ideas start to come |
| 787s | up yeah definitely like adding more |
| 789s | variety to the mode like we have all |
| 791s | these different kinds of corrupt enemies |
| 793s | that we we aren't using in the mode |
| 794s | currently so like bringing those in and |
| 796s | like having it vary up like per season |
| 799s | even like be awesome yeah it's great |
| 801s | concept I mean speaking of modes I mean |
| 803s | that's one of the things that your team |
| 804s | is looking into more right yeah |
| 806s | absolutely so we're actually um |
| 808s | prototyping lots of different kinds of |
| 810s | game modes um things you might have seen |
| 812s | in other games like Capture the Flag um |
| 814s | that we think would actually work really |
| 816s | well in our game um also like a battle |
| 818s | royale mode like a lot of those systems |
| 820s | that make up Battle Royale already exist |
| 822s | in the game so like you know mashing |
| 824s | them together creating a cable mode for |
| 826s | that yeah um and and then also like kind |
| 830s | of like a framework for uh for new modes |
| 832s | might be like doing like more of a |
| 834s | seasonal type uh experience where every |
| 837s | season there's like a featured game mode |
| 839s | For That season and and uh we bu it up |
| 842s | like every season yeah I love that like |
| 844s | even something like capture the flag one |
| 846s | season maybe we try with mounts the next |
| 848s | season without like there's ways you can |
| 850s | sort of like keep it fresh and |
| 851s | interesting yeah it increases variety |
| 854s | and then it also kind of keeps the |
| 855s | number of modes uh like maintainable so |
| 858s | that we don't split up matchmaking too |
| 860s | much and stuff like that for sure |
| 862s | exactly yeah like the you know every new |
| 863s | queue that we add like splits our player |
| 866s | base so we want to avoid that yeah uh |
| 868s | and then we've talked lot about modes |
| 870s | and how like they sit really well next |
| 872s | to our open world but like like the open |
| 875s | world and the persistent New World |
| 876s | experience is super important and that's |
| 879s | where we're looking at all kinds of |
| 880s | stuff uh like Q things yeah like one |
| 884s | that I know we're thinking about is |
| 886s | storage right like how many times have |
| 888s | you been crafting and you're like you |
| 889s | know where is this material or you're so |
| 891s | much you're about ready to run a |
| 893s | mutation and you need a special piece of |
| 895s | gear right so like if storage was much |
| 897s | more Global yep y well |
| 900s | still filterable you want to be able to |
| 901s | make sure you can find those things or |
| 902s | sort it in a way that's meaningful to |
| 904s | you but not have to chase it down every |
| 906s | time you want to do an action like |
| 907s | crafting and other places like that |
| 909s | right pull it out yeah this is one where |
| 911s | we have to kind of solve like more edge |
| 913s | cases than you think of there's Tech but |
| 915s | we definitely want to want to do it and |
| 917s | get it out there uh similar to modes |
| 921s | also um one of one of the pie of and |
| 923s | game content that we love but we want to |
| 925s | try to improve upon is Wars yeah |
| 928s | absolutely so so I bet that the majority |
| 931s | of the player base has not experienced |
| 933s | the war because it is a very exclusive |
| 935s | content but it is so good it's so fun um |
| 938s | so our goal is to provide a way for the |
| 942s | rest of the players to try it out right |
| 944s | so the thought is that we would do some |
| 946s | kind of like private war system or like |
| 948s | a pickup War where uh any company can |
| 951s | challenge another company to a warh um |
| 953s | so that's just a way of like you know |
| 955s | bringing bringing War to the masses I |
| 957s | love it right CU there's so much that |
| 960s | you know War relies on right now like |
| 962s | it's so important that people don't want |
| 964s | to take risks but if you make it |
| 965s | something that like any two companies |
| 967s | can set it up you don't even have to be |
| 968s | in a company maybe just any you know 50 |
| 970s | people can get together uh it allows |
| 973s | people to try new bills it allows people |
| 975s | to try new people rather than slot the |
| 977s | exact same people in every time I think |
| 979s | it's great yeah there it's a place right |
| 981s | now where you can't really slot somebody |
| 982s | unless you like you have no way to vet |
| 984s | them or audition them and then yeah like |
| 986s | you said just more people being able to |
| 988s | experience it at all |
| 990s | uh so we've heard from a lot of you and |
| 992s | we completely agree that the start game |
| 995s | for a new world is now it better than |
| 997s | it's ever been the mid game is feeling |
| 999s | good it's really when you get to the end |
| 1001s | game and you know the kind of like |
| 1003s | systems and dailies take over that's |
| 1005s | where we think we can double down and |
| 1006s | make things start to really click and |
| 1008s | awesome we've all got thoughts on this |
| 1010s | but Joel why don't you begin yeah |
| 1012s | absolutely so uh first want to say uh we |
| 1014s | hear you and we understand that a lot of |
| 1017s | the older content uh we really want to |
| 1019s | refresh that we want to make it feel |
| 1021s | like you can go back to wreak water and |
| 1023s | have impact you can go back to uh really |
| 1026s | crafting highend gear finding unique |
| 1028s | things from crafting uh in an earlier |
| 1030s | segment we talked a little bit about how |
| 1032s | we're improving uh item uh crafting from |
| 1036s | uh mutated dungeons uh we really want to |
| 1038s | take that to another level across the |
| 1040s | board uh one example would be uh looking |
| 1042s | at reputation systems uh for some of the |
| 1044s | zones and being able to build up and |
| 1047s | kind of have a reason to go somewhere |
| 1049s | you might not normally go build up get |
| 1051s | better rewards have reasons to go craft |
| 1053s | there have reasons to go do uh you know |
| 1056s | different uh gameplay elements such as |
| 1057s | ECR such as questing um potentially new |
| 1061s | gameplay activities in some of those |
| 1063s | areas new collections uh we're really |
| 1065s | trying to push uh uh kind of play how |
| 1068s | you want to play yeah um part of that's |
| 1070s | like making making rewards that you care |
| 1073s | about right like AB so it's like in the |
| 1076s | past we've had just like this gear score |
| 1077s | Chase and then you get the perks you |
| 1079s | want and then you're kind of done right |
| 1081s | like but we're talking about having a |
| 1083s | larger variety of perks that are like |
| 1085s | more of a horizontal progression like |
| 1087s | like something the combat team's been |
| 1088s | talking about actually is is you know |
| 1090s | like we only have we have like one |
| 1092s | unique perk per ability but there's |
| 1093s | nothing to stop us from making like 10 |
| 1095s | unique perks per ability right like and |
| 1097s | having just a lot of variety and like |
| 1099s | changing up your gameplay that kind it's |
| 1101s | more of like a horizontal thing and then |
| 1102s | taking that a step further and |
| 1104s | potentially putting those perks in |
| 1105s | unique places so I have to go to this |
| 1108s | dungeon or reat or this Zone to be able |
| 1110s | to get those perks and also making those |
| 1112s | perks have more of an impact in |
| 1113s | different game modes and different areas |
| 1114s | of the game as well will really help |
| 1115s | flesh some of this out uh really make |
| 1118s | crafting meaningful is something that |
| 1119s | I'm personally passionate about um I |
| 1121s | love to go uh uh gather click rocks |
| 1124s | whatever you want to say in the game |
| 1125s | that's my that's my jam I love doing |
| 1126s | those type of things you'll find me |
| 1128s | Gathering more often than not uh but I |
| 1130s | really want to make sure that crafting |
| 1131s | has that mey impact that we had |
| 1133s | previously um you're able to craft some |
| 1135s | of the best gear and it has a reason and |
| 1137s | a purpose is one of the biggest goals we |
| 1139s | have for this um beyond that really |
| 1142s | making sure that you can kind of play |
| 1143s | the way you want and go to the zones |
| 1144s | that you want or the modes that you want |
| 1146s | and making sure that there's a rewards |
| 1147s | are meaningful not just go to the raid |
| 1149s | not just go to sandworm uh and not just |
| 1152s | go get golden coconuts and other things |
| 1154s | like that yeah I think that's the best |
| 1157s | summary is like play the way you want |
| 1158s | and always feel like you're making an |
| 1160s | impact like you're you're progressing in |
| 1162s | some way yeah and I think that's that's |
| 1164s | the key and there's so many ways we can |
| 1166s | do that I love the idea of the |
| 1167s | reputation systems cuz it's like |
| 1169s | a new level of meta progression and I |
| 1171s | think there's some neat ways we could do |
| 1173s | that versus just a very grindy way make |
| 1175s | it more Quest oriented or something like |
| 1177s | where you feel like you're unlocking |
| 1178s | powers in a Zone you know I think |
| 1181s | there's cool ideas there and this is a |
| 1182s | this is another place where uh seasonal |
| 1184s | worlds kind of help us experiment and |
| 1186s | try out new systems look for more of |
| 1188s | that yeah I think if we can get this |
| 1190s | endgame ripping like we have the sort of |
| 1192s | the early and middle game I think that's |
| 1194s | the sort of the last piece like you said |
| 1196s | that could really really sort of keep |
| 1198s | people playing excited and it's going to |
| 1201s | take a lot of work like we have a lot of |
| 1202s | ideas and a lot of things that we want |
| 1203s | to do which is why uh you'll see on our |
| 1207s | uh living road mapap that we have |
| 1209s | improvements to things and then |
| 1210s | overhauls to things and you know one is |
| 1212s | for midterm one is for longterm which |
| 1215s | maybe this feels like a good place to |
| 1217s | now start talking about longterm all |
| 1220s | right now we're joined at the table by |
| 1222s | Kurt our lead designer for World content |
| 1225s | and we're going to talk about the third |
| 1226s | category on our document which is in |
| 1229s | exploration you know we want to share |
| 1231s | our early thinking and what we have in |
| 1233s | store for sometime in the future um as |
| 1237s | we said earlier we're we're all in on |
| 1238s | endgame right now um we want to make |
| 1241s | replayable content we want to make more |
| 1244s | things to chase uh more frequent content |
| 1246s | updates and some of the things we're |
| 1248s | thinking about are you know well we'll |
| 1250s | start with kind of our known things like |
| 1251s | new weapons for example yeah absolutely |
| 1254s | so nothing to announce on specifics here |
| 1256s | but we are in development on our next |
| 1259s | weapon and we actually are going to be |
| 1260s | prototyping multiple weapons and they'll |
| 1263s | be coming out at a more regular Cadence |
| 1265s | in the future y uh and then uh you uh |
| 1268s | Zone up levels and new zones so Kurt you |
| 1271s | worked on the cutless keys up level for |
| 1273s | example that's right cutless Keys was an |
| 1275s | experiment and what it would be like to |
| 1277s | create a Max Level replayable zone in |
| 1280s | New World um as many of you know uh the |
| 1283s | questing system and level up experience |
| 1286s | looks a lot different than it did when |
| 1287s | it first launched and as part of that |
| 1289s | streamline process to make it level up |
| 1291s | as uh as immersive and fun as it could |
| 1294s | be there are parts of the game um that |
| 1297s | kind of got uh left out of that |
| 1299s | streamline leveling uh uh quest line |
| 1302s | that we did so um we're looking at |
| 1304s | taking some of those zones uh that are |
| 1307s | no longer part of the LevelUp experience |
| 1310s | uh and uh repurposing them into max |
| 1312s | level explorable play spaces and so one |
| 1315s | of the things that we're currently |
| 1316s | working on is a wakat up level to |
| 1320s | refresh Rak water for max level players |
| 1322s | and bring uh new elements of progression |
| 1325s | and gameplay to the Zone I think one of |
| 1327s | the things I'm most excited about that |
| 1329s | is some of the collection elements that |
| 1330s | I've seen from your team that you guys |
| 1331s | are really investing in um I'm a player |
| 1333s | that really likes to go exploring I like |
| 1335s | a little bit of PVP and getting me out |
| 1337s | into the world to just kind of uh |
| 1340s | emergently discover what's there or go |
| 1342s | out and look for these things to collect |
| 1343s | is something that's my jam I really |
| 1345s | enjoy that so I'm excited to see what |
| 1346s | happens with these yeah the the idea |
| 1349s | with rickw is that we want to try and |
| 1350s | create more of an open world experience |
| 1352s | than an un rails quested experience yeah |
| 1355s | there's so much content in the game |
| 1356s | actually that players don't really have |
| 1358s | a reason to explore because they hit max |
| 1361s | level and there's like no reason to go |
| 1362s | back to this Zone that you know so like |
| 1364s | this is awesome like yeah and this in |
| 1366s | conjunction with some of the stuff that |
| 1368s | we've already talked about like a |
| 1369s | reputation framework um these are going |
| 1371s | to be uh great systems to use going |
| 1375s | forward to make uh our endgame content |
| 1377s | more replayable uh for players yeah and |
| 1382s | there's there's more even than what's on |
| 1383s | our what we're publishing and talking |
| 1385s | about today but yeah like taking all the |
| 1387s | content give you reasons not just to go |
| 1389s | to it maybe even for the first time but |
| 1391s | again and again and again and you know |
| 1393s | I'm very excited about how we're kind of |
| 1395s | approaching doing our up levels as |
| 1398s | building the pieces to eventually |
| 1400s | culminate in that new Zone when that |
| 1401s | does finally come out new world is |
| 1403s | always meant to be a sand Park and we |
| 1406s | started out all sand long ago back in |
| 1408s | the Alpha days uh and we've got our Park |
| 1411s | nice and built and I think where we're |
| 1413s | at now just we need to kind of bring |
| 1415s | find that right balance between sand and |
| 1417s | park and that means bringing more |
| 1418s | sandbox like we have the systems in |
| 1421s | place so like when you see us say things |
| 1423s | like influence Tower claim Siege system |
| 1426s | uh territory overhaul these are things |
| 1429s | that players have been asking for and I |
| 1430s | think everybody's got a different idea |
| 1431s | of what to do but you know to me um like |
| 1434s | I would even conceptually say the |
| 1437s | company Hall ties with that because like |
| 1439s | these are things uh we need a way to |
| 1442s | feel like you have a home in the game |
| 1444s | that you're doing some kind of a base |
| 1445s | building Loop and that's what the |
| 1446s | territory system is meant to be but it's |
| 1448s | just I think we can get that you and |
| 1450s | your friends that you and your company |
| 1451s | have goals to be able to build up and |
| 1453s | activities to do together and feel like |
| 1455s | you're making meaningful progression and |
| 1457s | impact on what those things are again |
| 1459s | together you're building up and I think |
| 1461s | that's a big thing I love those company |
| 1463s | style uh yeah Guild halls and other |
| 1466s | things that you can build in other games |
| 1467s | and I'm excited to see what we do there |
| 1468s | I think that's something I'm personally |
| 1470s | going to enjoy a lot AB also like making |
| 1471s | it more than just like the top companies |
| 1474s | on the server get to participate like |
| 1476s | it's more like you know anyone can start |
| 1478s | a company build something like they have |
| 1480s | a little slice of the world that they |
| 1483s | you know own yeah |
| 1485s | absolutely I think it's also worth |
| 1487s | mentioning that we're not just focused |
| 1488s | on overhauling or revamping existing |
| 1491s | locations and systems but we are |
| 1493s | ideating on new locations in the world |
| 1496s | that we can add to New World to progress |
| 1497s | The Narrative and expand the world in |
| 1499s | new exciting ways as well some of the |
| 1502s | early looks on some of the new areas and |
| 1504s | and raid style stuff that we're |
| 1505s | prototyping I'm so excited for they're |
| 1507s | just so cool looking yeah me too some of |
| 1509s | the coolest art assets I've seen so I'm |
| 1511s | excited to see players get those things |
| 1513s | yeah well we won't go into any more |
| 1515s | details than that although that there |
| 1516s | were no details at all but we won't talk |
| 1518s | anymore about some of the ideas but uh |
| 1521s | the big takeaway is like we're excited |
| 1524s | we hear the Players new world is a |
| 1526s | Wonderful World to just hang out in and |
| 1528s | play in and we just need reasons to do |
| 1531s | that more and absolutely ways to go |
| 1533s | deeper that's what we're looking |
| 1541s | at wow that was a lot of information |
| 1544s | thank you to the all the all of the |
| 1546s | folks Dan you and the group for sharing |
| 1548s | all that information uh really |
| 1550s | appreciate it I don't know about you all |
| 1552s | but I think like I found it all exciting |
| 1554s | if I had to pick one thing though I |
| 1556s | think the seasonal servers are just |
| 1558s | going to change the way people play the |
| 1559s | game and I think that's awesome really |
| 1561s | really cool M for me it's the opr map |
| 1564s | I've been waiting a while I'm excited to |
| 1565s | bring something out for players I think |
| 1567s | they're going to like it I'm just |
| 1569s | excited to go home and ride my turkey |
| 1570s | Mount gobble gobble gobble gobble my |
| 1573s | goodness um yeah we talked a lot about |
| 1577s | like what's coming next and things that |
| 1578s | we're thinking of for the future um but |
| 1581s | there is something that's coming up that |
| 1582s | we haven't talked about which is free |
| 1584s | trials so this is something that's on |
| 1587s | Console um and so if you have friends or |
| 1590s | family who've been wanting to try out |
| 1591s | New World aternum um this is a really |
| 1594s | great opportunity for them to hop in and |
| 1596s | try it out for free so uh look for more |
| 1598s | details on that on the site and beyond |
| 1601s | that uh the one thing I really want to |
| 1603s | do is just a big thank you heartfelt |
| 1606s | thank you like the team put their heart |
| 1608s | and soul into making new world attum and |
| 1612s | uh when you see so many people come in |
| 1615s | and play and experience it and have a |
| 1616s | good time it makes it all worth it |
| 1619s | feels really good so like on behalf of |
| 1621s | the entire team thank you to all the |
| 1624s | players like like we couldn't be more |
| 1627s | appreciative uh and with that we will |
| 1629s | see you in a turnam |
| 1636s | [Music] |