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| 0s | and in fact we're going to be buffing |
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| 1s | both the bow and the musket I think |
| 4s | these weapons are starting to get |
| 5s | competitive and we're we're going to try |
| 7s | to keep pushing their |
| 10s | [Applause] |
| 13s | competitiveness welcome to forged in |
| 15s | eternum where we talk about all things |
| 17s | new world today we have an episode of |
| 19s | balance of power we're going to talk |
| 21s | about balance after the season 4 Eternal |
| 23s | Frost release and uh potentially some |
| 26s | changes coming out of that uh let's get |
| 28s | started and Michael with the question |
| 31s | okay so how do you feel about the |
| 33s | overall balance for |
| 35s | PVP uh I think balance is progressing |
| 38s | nicely I think we are getting closer to |
| 41s | where we were uh I like to think of like |
| 44s | just before season 3 the expansion |
| 46s | dropped as probably the best balance |
| 48s | we've had uh in New World PVP and then |
| 51s | we we sort of intentionally broke it |
| 52s | right like we increased the gear score |
| 54s | we did a perk rebalance we did a lot of |
| 56s | artifacts uh introduced them to the game |
| 58s | so a lot of changes that sort of created |
| 60s | upheaval and balance uh but I think |
| 63s | we've been working through that a little |
| 64s | bit we've made three rounds of changes |
| 67s | uh We've sort of Let The Meta solidify I |
| 69s | think players have also found some |
| 70s | counters uh to some things that were |
| 72s | strong so uh listen I I don't think |
| 75s | we're anywhere near done yet but I do |
| 77s | think we're getting better uh and I |
| 79s | think just to be frank some of our main |
| 81s | problems right now are actually more |
| 83s | systemic problems uh than problems with |
| 86s | actual weapon balance uh for instance |
| 89s | things like pre-mades and opr are you |
| 91s | know a big issue uh the lack of you know |
| 94s | sort of uh the way teams are sometimes |
| 98s | balanced and the lack of matchmaking is |
| 100s | an issue uh and you know how role |
| 103s | distribution especially healers aren't |
| 104s | equal between teams so those sort of |
| 107s | things you know we're aware of them |
| 108s | they're big problems and I think in a |
| 110s | lot of ways they're you know leading to |
| 112s | more of this feeling of you know |
| 114s | inbalance in the actual weapons uh and |
| 116s | we may have some exciting news coming |
| 118s | about that you know in May in the future |
| 121s | uh but speaking about actual weapon |
| 123s | balance uh let's start with Arena you |
| 126s | know on a positive side I think Arena |
| 128s | has uh really good build diversity still |
| 130s | I think we're seeing a lot of variety in |
| 132s | builds and everything being somewhat |
| 134s | competitive uh we are still seeing a lot |
| 136s | of strength in blunderbus it's one of |
| 138s | the outliners uh so we are looking at |
| 140s | that uh otherwise uh you know LIF staff |
| 144s | uh remains strong sword and shield has |
| 146s | crept up and remains strong uh and our |
| 149s | favorite fire staff and Ice gaunlet |
| 151s | combo all remain strong |
| 153s | so uh in terms of opr uh we're |
| 157s | continuing to see sort of a big |
| 159s | Divergence between uh you know what wins |
| 162s | matches and what gets lots of uh points |
| 165s | via damage and kills uh with range doing |
| 168s | that and melee being more on The Winning |
| 169s | Side so uh that Divergence continues and |
| 173s | and on The Winning Side you know we're |
| 174s | seeing uh the bruisers and the sword and |
| 177s | shield combos really performing well in |
| 179s | terms of winds there |
| 181s | uh in terms of diversity in opr we are |
| 183s | seeing sort of an outweighted usage of |
| 185s | range I think you know we've talked |
| 187s | about this in the past I think it's |
| 188s | because of you know it's it's more solo |
| 191s | friendly it's easier to get your points |
| 193s | uh and I think that you know sort of |
| 194s | outsize usage of ranged is also leading |
| 197s | to a bit of a feeling of of |
| 199s | oppressiveness uh because there's just |
| 200s | so much ranged in |
| 202s | there all right um how do you feel about |
| 204s | the overall balance for PVE uh in terms |
| 207s | of PVE I think you know we're feeling |
| 209s | pretty good I think |
| 210s | uh melee still continues to dominate a |
| 213s | little bit I think you know just with |
| 215s | its ability to cleave enemies and how |
| 217s | it's easier to sort of heal and buff uh |
| 220s | in tighter AOE circles we are seeing you |
| 222s | know melees still sort of at the top of |
| 223s | the leaderboards uh especially at the |
| 225s | higher levels I think you know uh we are |
| 227s | seeing more fire staff uh and even some |
| 230s | ice gaunlet offhand usage uh and a |
| 233s | little better build diversity sort of in |
| 234s | the lower uh you know levels of |
| 236s | mutations but higher level melee still |
| 239s | dominates a little bit uh that's |
| 240s | something we're looking at in terms of |
| 242s | diversity I think you know mainhand uh |
| 245s | you know is a little bit still dominated |
| 247s | by great sworded is definitely the most |
| 249s | used uh sort of mainhand DPS weapon in |
| 251s | terms of offhand we're seeing a little |
| 253s | bit better diversity there with all the |
| 255s | weapons sort of offering something |
| 257s | whether it's Ren weeken uh we're seeing |
| 259s | a little more diversity |
| 261s | there okay um well let's move on to like |
| 264s | the actual changes that are coming um |
| 267s | any changes to artifacts coming uh |
| 270s | there's two artifacts changes coming uh |
| 272s | one is a change to pestilence uh this is |
| 274s | the blunderbus artifact as we talked |
| 276s | about blunderbus is pretty strong in PvP |
| 280s | uh so we are going to be making a change |
| 281s | here where the outgoing healing is |
| 283s | reduced by half uh this sort of puts it |
| 285s | in line with other uh sort of disease |
| 288s | type weapons so we think it's an |
| 289s | appropriate change uh and we'll continue |
| 291s | to monitor after that uh Second coya's |
| 295s | KNE guards is getting a buff uh I think |
| 297s | it was not strong enough against against |
| 300s | ranged relative to some other options |
| 302s | and I think you know our vision here is |
| 304s | that coas is the best option if you're |
| 308s | specifically sort of gearing against |
| 310s | range damage uh and then we want to |
| 313s | create you know other areas for instance |
| 315s | uh you know the feather light will |
| 316s | probably be your best sort of generic uh |
| 319s | ability to get resistances and then |
| 321s | we'll look maybe in the future for a |
| 322s | melee specific one and sort of try to |
| 324s | build out other niches |
| 326s | there all right what about the bow well |
| 329s | the bow is getting a buff in damage but |
| 331s | don't worry uh it's only in PVE and in |
| 333s | fact we're going to be buffing both the |
| 335s | bow and the musket I think these weapons |
| 338s | are starting to get competitive and |
| 339s | we're we're going to try to keep pushing |
| 341s | their competitiveness in PVE uh so we |
| 343s | will be buffing that uh we will be |
| 346s | reducing the PVP damage by a commiserate |
| 348s | amount so that they remain neutral in uh |
| 352s | PVP uh additionally we're going to be |
| 354s | making one fix uh uh the empowering |
| 357s | explosive Arrow perk uh a couple people |
| 359s | had found found ways to not have it |
| 362s | reset so they were able to keep that |
| 363s | empowering uh it's supposed to go away |
| 366s | after the first attack so a fix is |
| 367s | coming to do that which should uh sort |
| 370s | of reduce a little bit of the power of |
| 372s | people who were able to exploit that |
| 375s | okay all right uh what about fire staff |
| 378s | uh two changes coming for fire staff uh |
| 381s | the first is we're going to be slightly |
| 382s | reducing the speed while in flamethrower |
| 385s | uh I think you know the goal here is to |
| 387s | give a little bit more of counterplay |
| 389s | against this will can feel like an |
| 391s | oppressive ability at times especially |
| 393s | with some of the new uh heavy fire staff |
| 395s | builds going on so we like that change |
| 397s | in it's coming uh the second change is |
| 399s | we're going to be doing a very minor |
| 401s | Nerf to empowering Fireball pork uh I |
| 404s | think this is the most used perk uh and |
| 406s | it is pretty strong so a little bit of a |
| 407s | Nerf there all right how about um void |
| 411s | Gauntlet any love for that yeah so I |
| 414s | think you know we we recently made some |
| 415s | changes to void Gauntlet especially with |
| 417s | the void blade I think that's an ability |
| 420s | that you know is sort of a crowd |
| 421s | favorite a fun fun ability so uh we like |
| 425s | the changes but feel like it still isn't |
| 427s | quite strong enough so we're going to be |
| 428s | increasing both the light attack and |
| 430s | heavy attack damage uh out of void blade |
| 434s | okay uh last but not least what about |
| 437s | equip loads how are you feeling about |
| 439s | the balance there uh equip loads so |
| 442s | let's start out with generally uh how we |
| 445s | feel they they're sort of balance right |
| 447s | now uh in general I think uh the light |
| 450s | equip load is in a very good place for |
| 452s | ranged at the moment uh I think it |
| 454s | offers some Mobility some damage uh it |
| 457s | really matches well with sort of the |
| 458s | range play style uh I don't think it's |
| 461s | too strong or too weak I think that's in |
| 462s | a really good place at the moment uh |
| 465s | light Builds on the melee side for those |
| 467s | assassin builds though there I do think |
| 469s | there is some weakness uh and that is |
| 471s | something we would like to improve uh I |
| 474s | will say we want to find a way to |
| 475s | improve the light melee builds without |
| 478s | further buffing range which we think |
| 479s | think is in a good spot uh so we need a |
| 482s | little Tech to do that uh that won't be |
| 484s | an immediate change but expect something |
| 486s | you know uh to address that like in |
| 488s | season |
| 490s | five uh second medium uh we think medium |
| 494s | equip load just to be frank is in a |
| 495s | weird place uh since losing its its |
| 498s | lower stamina Dodge it's it's now sort |
| 500s | of being dominated by heavy uh because |
| 503s | heavy offers a lot more protection for |
| 505s | just a little bit less uh damage uh and |
| 509s | we're seeing that play out in PvP right |
| 511s | like especially with void dark plate I |
| 512s | think that's helped the shift uh we're |
| 514s | seeing a lot more usage of uh heavy |
| 517s | equip loads uh than medium uh this is |
| 521s | something we are taking a look at we're |
| 522s | going to make a change coming up in the |
| 524s | minor uh I think the change we're going |
| 526s | to do is we're going to increase the |
| 528s | cost of dodging in heavy to |
| 531s | 55 uh we like this change because I |
| 533s | think it will reduce the effectiveness |
| 535s | of the build a little bit it will give |
| 537s | medium uh you know sort of new Niche uh |
| 540s | for melee that offers you know better |
| 543s | dodging but still good uh protection uh |
| 546s | and we sort of like this change better |
| 548s | than reducing the medium stamina because |
| 550s | we sort of wanted to avoid uh you know |
| 553s | too much Dodge spam so uh that is a |
| 555s | change that's coming and I think you |
| 557s | know we are continuing to look at equip |
| 559s | loads I think uh we'll make more changes |
| 561s | uh to them in season five also we have a |
| 563s | little more time to test make larger |
| 565s | changes uh and get some tech |
| 568s | in uh that's all I got for now awesome |
| 572s | well thanks for joining us uh all these |
| 574s | changes we talked about should be coming |
| 576s | in an early January minor patch uh as a |
| 579s | reminder these are minor so we try to |
| 580s | keep the changes to a minimum and and |
| 582s | sort of safe changes and we'll make |
| 584s | bigger changes with the season five |
| 586s | release uh and with that we do have a |
| 588s | community question we were just talking |
| 590s | about equip Bulls uh I'd love to hear |
| 592s | your thoughts what do you want to see in |
| 594s | the future for equip loads uh let us |
| 596s | know uh in the comments uh and as always |
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