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| 0s | a barbershop feature is on your plans is |
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| 3s | there any plan for the character rename |
| 4s | feature are you aware of the time it |
| 7s | takes to accumulate azov's salt in the |
| 9s | game more to come yes |
| 15s | [Applause] |
| 19s | hi everybody Welcome to forge at eternum |
| 22s | where we talk about all things new world |
| 24s | today I'm here with Dave and Katie and |
| 26s | we're going to do our monthly Community |
| 27s | Q a this is where uh once a month we |
| 31s | take questions from all of our social |
| 32s | media networks uh you know YouTube |
| 34s | Discord Twitter Reddit |
| 38s | and any other one uh threads probably |
| 41s | literally everywhere everywhere we can |
| 42s | think of uh |
| 44s | so with that in mind let's just dive in |
| 46s | and start answering some questions |
| 48s | are you happy with how many people |
| 49s | attempted the sand worm and beat the |
| 51s | sand worm will you tune future raid |
| 53s | content so that it is more likely to be |
| 55s | able to be completed by random groups uh |
| 58s | yes we are very happy I think the win |
| 60s | rates are you know difficult that's what |
| 63s | we wanted and I think also want to just |
| 65s | say thank you for the PTR feedback I |
| 66s | think it helped us tune this we got a |
| 68s | lot of value out of that uh and it is |
| 70s | bounds to be hard that's a goal we had |
| 72s | we've achieved that I think what we're |
| 75s | counting on is that in the future gear |
| 77s | score will increase and that as players |
| 79s | get more powerful that will allow a |
| 81s | larger segment of the players to play it |
| 83s | so we want it to be sort of challenging |
| 84s | Elite content at first and then open up |
| 86s | to more players over time yeah and |
| 88s | something pretty cool like that we got a |
| 90s | metric when we had the first uh the |
| 92s | first Dev on uh on I forget which world |
| 95s | it was on but we've got our first win it |
| 98s | had been attempted over 14 000 times so |
| 101s | that's pretty cool and since then we've |
| 102s | had a pretty good role one for fourteen |
| 104s | thousand yeah that's a crazy ratio but |
| 107s | since then we've obviously a role of |
| 109s | other people who have been able to make |
| 111s | it through the sand worm |
| 112s | is there any plan for the character |
| 114s | rename feature |
| 116s | uh it's something that we are talking |
| 118s | about but no plans to share yet with the |
| 123s | what do you think about adding suggested |
| 125s | open world PVP elements such as hot |
| 127s | zones and a caravan trading system |
| 130s | conceptually I love it um we've talked |
| 133s | about both of those a lot I think that |
| 136s | we're not ready to go into any specifics |
| 138s | on where how you know time frames we're |
| 140s | thinking about those but at a high level |
| 142s | like I think both of them the open world |
| 145s | PVP is just it's fun it's cool and if we |
| 147s | can find more ways to make that engaging |
| 150s | for players and to give them cool things |
| 151s | to do I think it'll pay off yeah and |
| 154s | season three is gonna bring the same |
| 156s | thing that's going to bring a new way |
| 158s | that uh people are going to be able to |
| 159s | push influence so |
| 161s | um that's going to hopefully |
| 163s | um bring a lot of open world PVP moments |
| 167s | because we're going to try to get as |
| 168s | many folks into certain areas at the |
| 170s | same time as possible so stay tuned for |
| 172s | more information on that as we start |
| 173s | talking about season three and the |
| 175s | expansion yeah super cool but we are |
| 177s | going to push like in the long term we |
| 179s | have plans to push well past yeah yeah |
| 180s | that's just the first step |
| 182s | I was just saying I actually I saw a |
| 185s | Reddit thread last night about like oh |
| 186s | my God pushes take too long and this is |
| 189s | this change not only is going to make it |
| 191s | way more fun it's also going to make it |
| 192s | way more compact which I think players |
| 194s | are going to love definitely directly I |
| 196s | saw that once you directly addresses |
| 197s | that |
| 198s | someday we might be able to talk on |
| 200s | |
| 201s | we're talking to Reddit right now |
| 204s | what's up guys |
| 206s | are you aware of the time it takes to |
| 209s | accumulate azoth salt in the game it |
| 212s | feels rather lengthy are there plans to |
| 214s | increase the Asos salt awarded from |
| 216s | activities thank you |
| 218s | well first you're welcome for I think we |
| 221s | made a great change on the PVP track I |
| 224s | think the I think what's happened here |
| 226s | is that there's just some so much good |
| 228s | stuff now right like we've really buffed |
| 230s | the PVP reward track and I think players |
| 232s | want to spend more uh and we haven't |
| 234s | sort of adjusted the salt uh rates to |
| 237s | account for that so it's something we're |
| 238s | looking at I think players who played |
| 240s | for a while Katie you were saying you've |
| 241s | accumulated yeah uh for a long time I |
| 244s | did too like there just wasn't enough to |
| 246s | spend on so we were thinking salt was |
| 248s | too abundant uh but now that there's a |
| 250s | lot of good things we are seeing this |
| 251s | more uh and it's something we're looking |
| 253s | at |
| 254s | any plans for Fresh Start servers this |
| 257s | year they really helped boost the player |
| 259s | population last year yeah they |
| 261s | definitely did |
| 263s | um but we have no no plans at this point |
| 266s | um that doesn't mean that we definitely |
| 267s | won't it just means that at this point |
| 269s | it's not something that's on our radar |
| 271s | for 2023. you know and I think last year |
| 273s | they had that impact because we made |
| 276s | so many Corrections and changes to the |
| 279s | game that I think it warranted it now |
| 280s | we've been doing a lot of changes and a |
| 283s | lot of tuning but I don't think that |
| 284s | they've uh been as substantial |
| 286s | especially in the in the economy yeah |
| 288s | and you know part of that is we want to |
| 290s | make these Fresh Start experience to |
| 293s | feel brand new like what you're saying |
| 295s | um and a good chunk of that is finishing |
| 297s | the revamp of the main story questline |
| 299s | and that will be throughout this year so |
| 302s | if we were going to talk about Fresh |
| 304s | Start servers most likely they would be |
| 306s | next year yeah |
| 307s | can you explain your point of view on |
| 310s | the desire to add seasonal content |
| 312s | instead of real definitive contents |
| 314s | because it is not the temporary quests |
| 316s | that will attract new players |
| 317s | unfortunately |
| 319s | yeah I don't think you know I I consider |
| 321s | seasonal content real definitive content |
| 324s | I think it's engaging for the players |
| 325s | and it gives |
| 326s | the best thing about seasonal content is |
| 329s | the lapse player can come back and have |
| 330s | some engaging content something to |
| 332s | participate in and it get it gives you |
| 334s | that reason to come back and check in |
| 335s | we're also looking at ways to reuse or |
| 339s | to keep seasonal content around longer |
| 341s | so if you remember like season one |
| 343s | uh that whole story didn't go away we |
| 345s | actually kept part of it for new players |
| 347s | who would come in after the fact and |
| 350s | we're looking at more ways to do that |
| 351s | more and more into the future so I guess |
| 353s | my view is I think it's really cool |
| 355s | I personally as a player like and |
| 358s | appreciate it because it makes the game |
| 359s | and my goals change every quarter or so |
| 363s | so I I think it's good well we also have |
| 365s | more than than just content that's |
| 368s | related to Seasons too like we have real |
| 370s | definitive content like for instance in |
| 373s | season two we had the sand worm Elite |
| 374s | trial come out and that was a pretty big |
| 376s | hit um with players in addition to the |
| 379s | seasonal content which keeps things kind |
| 381s | of fresh and new and as Scott said we |
| 383s | keep part of those quest lines so that |
| 384s | people can still get the rewards |
| 387s | um they can still get the the band |
| 389s | together for the silver crows so |
| 392s | um I I understand where this person's |
| 394s | coming from but I think that we have a |
| 396s | pretty good mixture and we're still |
| 397s | working on what that fuel mixture looks |
| 399s | like but I think we have a good mixture |
| 400s | yeah and in some cases it even amplifies |
| 402s | like when the expansion comes out the |
| 404s | reward track is going to be in it's |
| 405s | going to amplify everything you do which |
| 407s | I think is you know if there's a good |
| 408s | compliment there yeah |
| 410s | and I think you hit the nail like the I |
| 412s | love the seasonal content too I think |
| 414s | it's thematic it sort of provides fun |
| 416s | activities but I think finding a way to |
| 418s | get continued value out of that is |
| 420s | something we're looking into and I think |
| 421s | something we'll we'll invest in more |
| 423s | well you know and I didn't even think of |
| 425s | this when I first answered is I love the |
| 426s | idea of an overarching story on top of |
| 429s | the main story that continues and keeps |
| 431s | pushing forward I think that is also |
| 432s | really fun yeah there's like the whole |
| 434s | reason you're on eternum and then |
| 436s | there's your day-to-day activities and |
| 438s | getting silver crows together and |
| 440s | helping out other folks in the |
| 441s | tournament a barbershop feature is on |
| 443s | your plans can we expect it to be coming |
| 445s | next year |
| 448s | um |
| 448s | it is in our plans it's something we |
| 450s | talk about a lot so |
| 452s | right now we're talking about the Q a |
| 455s | from season two our next communication |
| 457s | like that's kind of forward thinking is |
| 459s | going to be more about the expansion and |
| 461s | then after that at some point we'll do a |
| 463s | road map that goes into a lot more |
| 465s | specifics next year |
| 467s | um so with that in mind we are thinking |
| 469s | about Barbershop but we're really not |
| 470s | ready to talk about it yet more to come |
| 472s | yes |
| 476s | I know it's pretty embarrassing all |
| 478s | right let's move on |
| 481s | can we expect any update to address team |
| 484s | imbalances in Outpost rush and solo |
| 486s | Arenas in the near future uh so I think |
| 489s | you know we've seen a lot of opr matches |
| 492s | especially with crossworld happening |
| 493s | which has been great just to see the |
| 495s | amount of matches uh dramatically |
| 497s | increase and and Q times come down I |
| 499s | think that's been great what we have |
| 501s | seen with this also though now is a |
| 503s | little more polarity in the results uh |
| 506s | there's you know there have been some |
| 508s | matches where there are stops we're |
| 510s | definitely seeing you know in terms of |
| 511s | heat Maps the the spawn camping in terms |
| 513s | of score distribution some lopsided |
| 515s | matches so uh we we know it's an issue |
| 518s | uh we are starting to look at it uh with |
| 521s | that said you know matchmaking is a a |
| 523s | huge and complex problem and it will |
| 524s | take us a while to sort of get a |
| 525s | solution that we're we're happy with but |
| 527s | we are aware of it we're looking into it |
| 529s | and we're beginning to work on but I |
| 531s | mean the data shows that there's a lot |
| 532s | more parity than we expected it's just |
| 534s | what happens is you get stomped and then |
| 536s | you remember that a lot more than you |
| 538s | remember all the you know semi-close |
| 540s | matches yeah yeah I think especially you |
| 542s | know we'll talk more about this balance |
| 543s | of power the weapon parody I think is is |
| 545s | very strong but the match parody you |
| 547s | know there's some good matches and there |
| 548s | are definitely some outliners |
| 550s | have you ever thought about reworking |
| 552s | the debuff bar in its current state it |
| 554s | easily gets filled up and is generally |
| 556s | hard to read for example multiple |
| 558s | fortify effects from different sources |
| 560s | all show up as separate Shield icons |
| 563s | what's the point also things like |
| 564s | berserk cooldown should show up on the |
| 567s | weapon icon and not in the buff bar in |
| 569s | my opinion yeah this is something that |
| 571s | we are looking at I know that also |
| 574s | um you know if you have a lot of con and |
| 577s | your health your HP is really high |
| 579s | sometimes that doesn't show up on your |
| 581s | bar |
| 582s | um and so it looks like you're not |
| 583s | taking damage even when you are so this |
| 585s | is something that we are we're actively |
| 587s | looking at I don't have an ETA on when |
| 589s | things are going to change because |
| 590s | that's a pretty complex ux system |
| 593s | um but it is something that we're |
| 594s | looking at so stay tuned will there be |
| 596s | the addition of the other Siege weapons |
| 598s | in opr like will we be able to swap |
| 600s | repeaters on outposts for cannons Etc |
| 604s | uh we're thinking about that no |
| 606s | definitive plans I think we made some |
| 608s | changes to the balance of Siege weapons |
| 610s | in Siege in season two I think we're |
| 612s | going to continue to look at sort of the |
| 614s | impact they're having and I think that's |
| 615s | a good way to to shake up the mode a |
| 617s | little bit so no definitive plans yet |
| 619s | but definitely something we're |
| 621s | considering yeah |
| 623s | and that is it those are all the |
| 624s | questions I have here cool cool well |
| 627s | thanks for all the questions keep them |
| 628s | coming |
| 629s | um |
| 631s | there's no Community question on the Q a |
| 633s | so other otherwise I'll just say if you |
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| 637s | all those cool things and we'll see you |
| 639s | uh next week |
| 642s | and see you in the turn |
| 645s | and see you in a Toronto |
| 649s | there are some new combos that uh |
| 652s | experts uh in quotations if you know |
| 654s | what I mean are pulling off here with uh |
| 656s | with the Blunderbuss uh those are things |
| 659s | we did not anticipate as a part of the |
| 660s | design and uh it would not surprise me |
| 663s | uh when you load up the monthly patch if |
| 666s | those combos are no longer possible |
| 667s | [Music] |
| 668s | [Applause] |
| 674s | [Music] |
| 678s | thank you |