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| 0s | hey everybody Welcome to the February |
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| 2s | 2023 uh New World development update I'm |
| 5s | here with Patrick Dave and Katie and we |
| 8s | have a bunch to talk about it's been a |
| 9s | while since we've been here so I am |
| 11s | going to Dive Right In with an overview |
| 13s | of the show |
| 14s | we have a new thing to talk about it's |
| 16s | called Seasons we're taking the season |
| 18s | model and bringing it to New World we're |
| 20s | going to go deep on that |
| 22s | we have some PVP updates to share we |
| 24s | have some balance changes we want to |
| 26s | talk about |
| 27s | we're going to spend some time going |
| 28s | over the roadmap we've all wanted to |
| 30s | know what we're planning this year so |
| 31s | we're going to go super deep on that I'm |
| 33s | really excited it's been a while since |
| 35s | we've done one of these so uh let's just |
| 36s | Dive Right In |
| 37s | [Music] |
| 44s | so here we are we're bringing the |
| 46s | seasonal model into New World |
| 48s | I think the first thing that comes to |
| 49s | mind is is Patrick it's a season what's |
| 51s | a season in New World yeah so in New |
| 54s | World a season is a bundle of content |
| 55s | that is themed around uh one kind of |
| 57s | coherent idea for each season so each uh |
| 60s | quarter we're gonna give players a drip |
| 62s | of content that is a seasoned narrative |
| 64s | it's a storyline that is following Grace |
| 66s | O'Malley and her new band of mercenaries |
| 68s | the silver crows it's going to be a new |
| 71s | season pass which gives you a great way |
| 72s | to find new cosmetics new consumables |
| 75s | and other items on the season pass and |
| 78s | then also going to introduce other |
| 79s | content with each season so season one |
| 81s | for example something like the Imperium |
| 82s | Forge Expedition is going to be included |
| 84s | in the season |
| 85s | awesome |
| 87s | um |
| 88s | Dave you know why bring the seasonal |
| 90s | model to New World what does it bring |
| 91s | you what does it bring to us and I think |
| 93s | it brings a couple things one is it |
| 95s | brings content in a regular Cadence |
| 96s | right like we're creating an appointment |
| 98s | with players every three months we'll |
| 100s | have something new the goal is to have a |
| 102s | variety of things something that appeals |
| 103s | to all different types of players so |
| 105s | like every season is a good time to come |
| 106s | back the other thing I think it does |
| 108s | that's really important is it gives |
| 109s | people more directed goals right like |
| 112s | one of the beautiful things in the |
| 113s | seasonal passes is the journey and the |
| 115s | challenges and the activities it just |
| 117s | gives you a lot of stuff to do so it's |
| 118s | like sometimes you know you want to just |
| 120s | grind out some of this stuff uh while |
| 122s | you're waiting for you know an |
| 123s | expedition to pop or something like that |
| 125s | yeah one piece of feedback that we |
| 126s | receive from returning players who have |
| 128s | gotten up to level 60 had gotten their |
| 130s | gear score up they didn't know what to |
| 133s | do when they came back they weren't sure |
| 134s | so this is going to really give them |
| 135s | that directed play where they can get |
| 137s | their season pass and they can see their |
| 139s | journey and their activities and they |
| 140s | can have that to kind of create that |
| 143s | gameplay for them |
| 145s | what can we expect with each season |
| 147s | yeah so with each season we're going to |
| 149s | be delivering the season narrative so |
| 150s | that's going to be that story that |
| 152s | follows Grace O'Malley and the silver |
| 153s | crows as you build up that mercenary |
| 155s | group and you take on new clients each |
| 157s | season so season one for example you're |
| 159s | bringing in a sky this spear daughter |
| 161s | who is trying to Vanquish this beringium |
| 164s | warlock uh we'll help her for the entire |
| 166s | season and then a lot of the season pass |
| 168s | is going to tie into that content so |
| 170s | each season is going to ask you to go do |
| 171s | content relevant to uh That season story |
| 173s | so go into the Imperium Forge go kill |
| 176s | virangian soldiers uh use your new flame |
| 178s | core items to craft cool new powerful |
| 180s | items each season after that we're also |
| 182s | hoping to build uh on what we're |
| 184s | delivering so while season one has a |
| 186s | season pass and season narrative season |
| 188s | two might have better and bigger new |
| 189s | content for players to explore |
| 192s | that's awesome |
| 193s | um |
| 195s | can you get specific on what we're going |
| 196s | to grow each season like like some |
| 198s | things we're going to add on to them |
| 199s | after the first one yeah and we'll |
| 200s | discuss this more on the road map but |
| 202s | high level like Patrick said Is you know |
| 204s | we want to just build up the |
| 205s | capabilities build up the content each |
| 207s | uh each season |
| 209s | yep and so you've talked about the story |
| 210s | arc a little bit do you want to talk |
| 211s | about the Expedition the Imperium forage |
| 213s | yeah Imperium Forge is a really fun new |
| 216s | Expedition it's our first expedition |
| 217s | where we're going into a varangian |
| 219s | Expedition so new enemy type for players |
| 221s | to get gear for to fight uh you're gonna |
| 224s | fight this primordial being named be |
| 227s | free she is this fiery being who uses a |
| 230s | lot of Fire magic flamethrowers fire |
| 232s | events popping off it's a really fun |
| 233s | chaotic fight and then past that once |
| 235s | you defeat her you move on to Sir |
| 237s | Severin this barangian Commander who's |
| 239s | harnessed the power of fire with his |
| 241s | battle ax and that fight's really |
| 242s | chaotic and our audio team Jed in |
| 245s | particular they did amazing work with |
| 246s | the audio there a lot of cool electronic |
| 249s | guitar riffs definitely and then between |
| 250s | the bosses like there's new mechanics |
| 253s | throughout like there are things when we |
| 254s | did our internal play test there are |
| 256s | mechanics that I've never seen in any of |
| 258s | our other Expeditions so that was really |
| 260s | cool to happen upon for the world and |
| 262s | the boss fights introduce a lot of new |
| 264s | mechanics as well for sure for sure and |
| 266s | that first boss wiped everybody so so |
| 269s | many times that we knew that it was good |
| 272s | and one thing we haven't mentioned yet |
| 273s | we should mention the name right it's |
| 275s | called fellowship and Fire And as you'll |
| 276s | notice fire is a huge theme throughout |
| 278s | it right like the forge the Imperium |
| 280s | Forge there's lob everywhere the varying |
| 282s | sect is called the the forged it's a new |
| 285s | enemy types that you'll play uh and as |
| 287s | we talk about other features you'll see |
| 289s | uh they're all tied into this fiery |
| 291s | theme well this next feature is not at |
| 293s | all tied into the fiery it is |
| 296s | but uh we've heard a lot about uh gear |
| 300s | set storage and um |
| 302s | coming in March anything you want to you |
| 304s | know any details you want to share with |
| 306s | that Dave uh I think it is a |
| 308s | transformational feature you know I |
| 309s | think one of the best things in our game |
| 311s | is the sort of horizontal progression |
| 312s | all the different gear sets you collect |
| 314s | uh it is just sort of a pain right now |
| 316s | to have to equip them manually this is |
| 318s | going to change all of that I think it's |
| 320s | a great feature and it does tie into |
| 322s | seasons in one way a nice way is that |
| 324s | you may be able to unlock a gear set via |
| 327s | the season pass so |
| 329s | yeah the reward track has yeah |
| 333s | um how about the new uh there's a new |
| 334s | heart Rune coming yep uh so again tied |
| 336s | into the fire theme it's called Uh The |
| 339s | Firestorm uh it's this really cool |
| 341s | ability where you do like this kick and |
| 342s | it creates this Firestorm uh it's gonna |
| 345s | be really awesome it's a super |
| 346s | satisfying yeah oh yeah definitely my |
| 348s | favorite for sure yeah |
| 349s | well another thing I'm excited about |
| 351s | that is it's not really part of the |
| 353s | season but where it's coming out in this |
| 354s | release is the uh |
| 356s | we had the msq we revamped it up through |
| 358s | everfall we've now pushed that further |
| 360s | through Brightwood and Weaver's Fenn |
| 362s | Katie you want to just talk about that a |
| 365s | little yeah so |
| 366s | um as you mentioned we did the revamp |
| 368s | starting experience and that went took |
| 371s | players all the way to ever fall but |
| 372s | then you kind of went back onto what we |
| 375s | had at launch after that and it was a |
| 377s | stark contrast and a lot of folks gave |
| 378s | us the same feedback at that point that |
| 380s | it was grindy it was a lot of walking |
| 382s | there wasn't a lot to a lot to do they |
| 384s | just felt like they were going point to |
| 385s | point and that was it |
| 387s | um so we revamped that piece of the msq |
| 390s | the main story quest line so Brightwood |
| 393s | all the way into Weaver's Fen have a new |
| 395s | story it's super exciting there's |
| 398s | different things that you're doing |
| 399s | there's different types of mechanics |
| 400s | there's a really fun and exciting piece |
| 403s | on Vega bridge and Weaver's fun which |
| 405s | used to be kind of a you know a place |
| 408s | that you weren't really going often |
| 409s | after you did the side quests now it's |
| 411s | definitely a place to go and hop around |
| 413s | so I'm super excited about that well and |
| 416s | couple that with the season story |
| 419s | narrative that comes out there's a lot |
| 421s | of new for the people that like questing |
| 423s | and that kind of content there's a lot |
| 424s | to do and there's some new mechanics |
| 426s | some new storytelling tools that we have |
| 428s | in our toolbox that are coming out that |
| 429s | I think uh |
| 431s | one of my favorites is the spy mission |
| 433s | yeah I had a lot of fun with that I |
| 435s | think I think people will enjoy that so |
| 437s | it definitely like brings you more into |
| 439s | the lore than our our former questline |
| 441s | did we we did a good job before but now |
| 444s | we're doing an excellent job and I think |
| 445s | that we're just continuing that |
| 447s | Excellence as we get into Brightwood and |
| 449s | Weaver's fun so I'm super excited to |
| 452s | hear people's feedback when this is on |
| 454s | PTR yeah me too um so we have a we're |
| 457s | talking about Seasons coming out every |
| 459s | three months but we understand the need |
| 461s | to you know have content between that |
| 462s | and for me uh one of the things I love |
| 464s | and is when the world feels more Dynamic |
| 466s | and there's things happening on a |
| 467s | monthly basis Katie do you want to kind |
| 469s | of talk through some of the events |
| 470s | coming up sure so |
| 472s | um along with this first season as you |
| 475s | said we're gonna be rolling out content |
| 477s | so it's not on day one you're gonna see |
| 479s | these but we have some events that we |
| 480s | have tied to the season so we have the |
| 483s | return of the rabbit's Revenge so uh |
| 486s | you're gonna get to take down some |
| 488s | corrupted rabbits which as you know uh I |
| 491s | believe that taking down Stanley is a |
| 492s | bummer and it's a murderous and yeah |
| 495s | it's monsters okay monsters but |
| 498s | corrupted rabbits that's okay right |
| 501s | because they're in their own kind of |
| 502s | hellscape so you're just taking them out |
| 504s | of their misery and you're also getting |
| 506s | uh points for the seasonal reward track |
| 509s | to be quite honest so you have that one |
| 511s | coming out first and then last year we |
| 513s | had the summer medley Fair |
| 516s | which was a world-changing event for |
| 518s | this spring event we have another |
| 520s | world-changing event where you're going |
| 521s | to get to go out and instead of seeing |
| 523s | like modeling bugs like you see in the |
| 525s | summer you're gonna see these wispy |
| 527s | blooms and they're pretty dangerous so |
| 529s | if you happen upon them just be aware |
| 531s | the danger lurks with the spring-tied |
| 533s | bloom event and then after that because |
| 536s | we aren't finished yet we have Fury of |
| 538s | the spriggan which is another |
| 540s | um smaller event but it has good rewards |
| 543s | and I think people are going to be |
| 544s | really excited about this like Mega boss |
| 546s | spriggan that spawns at the end of it |
| 548s | yeah one of my like favorite of the |
| 551s | three things that is uh the set piece is |
| 553s | built for the spring tide Bloom are I |
| 555s | think they're just so cool they bring in |
| 557s | all these awesome you know spring |
| 559s | pastels and it just really sets the mood |
| 561s | and that little village is I think it's |
| 563s | one of my favorite uh definitely things |
| 566s | we've built in the game super bright and |
| 568s | colorful and that's in when you're in |
| 570s | like zones that are maybe not as |
| 572s | colorful and you happen upon one of |
| 573s | those it's so bright and fun my favorite |
| 577s | is actually Fury of the spriggan because |
| 579s | you can just happen upon that like |
| 581s | you're just running throughout the world |
| 582s | and you see this like cluster of trees |
| 586s | and you're like what is this and again |
| 588s | danger murder it's just lurking for you |
| 591s | there if you show up by yourself but if |
| 592s | you bring your your squad with you if |
| 594s | you bring your your group you can |
| 596s | totally take things out it takes like |
| 598s | you have to go around and like like |
| 600s | manage things so it's not just go in and |
| 603s | death and murder it's like go in and |
| 605s | make sure that you're taking care of |
| 606s | these actions first I don't want to give |
| 609s | too much away make sure you're taking |
| 610s | care of these actions first and then you |
| 613s | can start murdering and then a big boss |
| 615s | is going to come and try and get you so |
| 617s | it's just like it's so much going on and |
| 618s | it's a lot of fun I think it's going to |
| 620s | be super Dynamic and interesting me too |
| 622s | it's all going to be yeah |
| 624s | so let's talk about the seasons pass a |
| 626s | little bit at a high level we have two |
| 629s | reward tracks going the free one and the |
| 631s | paid one and I think one really |
| 633s | important thing to to get across here is |
| 636s | no content is blocked behind the season |
| 639s | pass the season pass is only access to |
| 642s | different Rewards |
| 645s | Dave do you want to talk about that |
| 646s | difference a little bit and how we're |
| 647s | thinking about it and you know the |
| 649s | obvious question is is this going to be |
| 651s | pay to win uh yeah so let me just high |
| 653s | level overview there's a hundred levels |
| 656s | there's a free track and a premium track |
| 657s | the premium track is going to cost 20 |
| 660s | 000 marks of Fortune which is roughly 20 |
| 662s | bucks |
| 663s | and you get rewards at each level so on |
| 666s | the free track you have a variety of |
| 668s | things there's a skin set there's |
| 670s | in-game items there's various boosts |
| 672s | there is some marks of Fortune earned |
| 674s | back on both of them uh the premium |
| 676s | track generally just has more of stuff |
| 678s | uh so it's an optional to get another |
| 681s | roll there's some things that have |
| 683s | different uh uh sorry visuals to it |
| 685s | right so the Inferno chests for instance |
| 687s | first the regular chests have uh an |
| 690s | inferno visual to the weapons uh and |
| 692s | there are some slightly better roll odds |
| 694s | there also so uh but like you said |
| 696s | there's nothing exclusive to the premium |
| 698s | track uh or to the free track right like |
| 700s | this is just another way to get stuff in |
| 702s | game and we feel like you know if you |
| 704s | spend the time to level up and engage in |
| 707s | the season pass you deserve to be |
| 708s | rewarded for that that effort and time |
| 711s | anything you want to add Patrick I just |
| 713s | think one of the strong suits of the way |
| 715s | we're handling the season pass is you're |
| 716s | naturally going to progress it just by |
| 717s | playing new world so we're really |
| 719s | pointing you at content that's uh season |
| 721s | so specific as you guys mentioned |
| 722s | earlier we're going to send you to the |
| 724s | Imperium Forge to those varangian pois |
| 726s | but outside of that through the |
| 728s | activities card in particular you're |
| 729s | just going to gain season XP and |
| 730s | progress your pass so it's a great way |
| 732s | to be rewarded just for playing the game |
| 733s | on a daily basis 100 sorry to interrupt |
| 736s | but like that was exactly my experience |
| 738s | we were in an internal play test not |
| 740s | play testing the season pass but I would |
| 744s | we were play testing something else and |
| 746s | I kept getting the Pops that were like |
| 748s | you're gaining progress and I was like I |
| 749s | am |
| 750s | cool so then I was like what else can I |
| 753s | do and so this hour-long play test |
| 754s | turned into a three hour me trying to |
| 756s | make progression on a season pass and I |
| 757s | was like I've got it I gotta get back to |
| 759s | work hold on I also like how like the |
| 762s | cards you don't have to do everything so |
| 763s | it allows me to optimize around the way |
| 765s | I want to play and the stuff I find fun |
| 767s | or or if I want to optimize on speed and |
| 769s | I'm willing to trade off some stuff that |
| 771s | I would normally do I can do that as |
| 772s | well so I think it's uh it gives a lot |
| 774s | of flexibility and freedom to the player |
| 776s | well that's seasons |
| 778s | thanks everybody and let's move on to |
| 780s | the next one |
| 781s | foreign |
| 786s | folks we're going to talk some PVP I got |
| 788s | Rachel Dave and Phil with me for this |
| 790s | one |
| 791s | um so let's just Dive Right In I know we |
| 793s | got some balance changes coming that are |
| 794s | going to have a pretty big effect on PVP |
| 796s | yeah so we actually have a whole segment |
| 798s | where we're going to talk about balance |
| 799s | changes next but we did want to mention |
| 800s | here because like we really think about |
| 802s | the PVP meta when we are making these |
| 804s | changes we know it's gotten a little bit |
| 806s | stale uh and we're going to be working |
| 808s | on them in the fort but this we really |
| 810s | hope to shake up PVP and and how the |
| 811s | games are playing and you want to go |
| 814s | into detail on that or you want to wait |
| 815s | till we get to the next section let's go |
| 816s | into the next section okay good |
| 819s | um we also have some something I've been |
| 821s | wanting for a while which is enemy VFX |
| 825s | signaling so how many times do you run |
| 828s | into a heel Circle and it's not a |
| 829s | friendly and you're like oh |
| 831s | so um we're putting a red circle around |
| 833s | the enemy one so you'll know stay out of |
| 836s | that especially if it's like a fire bomb |
| 838s | or something or run into it if it's a |
| 841s | heal thing if it doesn't have that red |
| 842s | circle I think this is going to make war |
| 843s | a lot more clear it's going to be I |
| 845s | think it's going to make the game a lot |
| 846s | more readable and fun I'm really excited |
| 849s | to get this one in |
| 850s | beyond that we have some things we're |
| 852s | working on that some of these were not |
| 853s | committing to a timeline yet because |
| 855s | they're just it's hard to predict |
| 856s | exactly when they're going to land and |
| 857s | some of these you will see on the |
| 859s | roadmap when we get there uh the first |
| 860s | one is cross server opr yeah I'm so |
| 863s | excited for crossover rpr like actually |
| 865s | being able to queue faster see new |
| 867s | people like it'll be it'll be a good |
| 870s | time yeah for sure I'm really excited uh |
| 873s | that's not the only opr change coming is |
| 875s | it Dave yeah so when we add cross world |
| 877s | opr uh we think it's a good time to make |
| 879s | some refreshes to the opr so uh the big |
| 882s | thing is the scoring right like I think |
| 884s | right now scoring is too focused on |
| 886s | damage we really want to focus the |
| 888s | scoring around defending and capturing |
| 890s | points so that is going to be one big |
| 891s | change there's also going to be some |
| 893s | changes to the Fort we want to make the |
| 895s | doors a little bit more resistant to |
| 897s | pierce damage so those uh nasty ranged |
| 900s | players can't take down the doors uh |
| 902s | Siege uh stuff around the Ford expe |
| 905s | middle Fort will become a little |
| 906s | stronger and there's one more I'll get a |
| 908s | look at my notes sorry |
| 910s | oh baroness so uh we also are gonna |
| 913s | probably we're experimenting in our play |
| 915s | test with putting a shield on the doors |
| 917s | that prevents range flares from sniping |
| 919s | uh the baroness so uh but anyway we're |
| 921s | still working on these the ideas to sort |
| 923s | of refresh and update some of the |
| 924s | mechanics when we make it across world |
| 926s | speaking of refresh Phil yeah I know |
| 929s | people have been asking for some updates |
| 930s | to the PVP reward track I've heard a |
| 933s | little bit about it I think there's been |
| 934s | a few mentions yeah what are we doing |
| 936s | there so um the the we're making them a |
| 940s | lot better is the high level uh we |
| 942s | haven't touched them since we uh we |
| 944s | haven't really updated the Rewards or |
| 947s | the progression since we introduced the |
| 948s | feature and now uh we're going to make |
| 951s | some changes to really juice up the |
| 952s | rewards to make them really valuable for |
| 954s | PVP players so players that are really |
| 956s | focused on that this is going to be even |
| 957s | an even more lucrative source for them |
| 959s | to get good loot and then also uh we're |
| 962s | taking a bit more of the RNG out of it |
| 964s | and we're going to make sure you get |
| 965s | guaranteed really really good roles at |
| 968s | like every fifth Milestone on the track |
| 969s | and then also every time you go through |
| 972s | a level you're going to be guaranteed to |
| 974s | see good loot too so we're making sure |
| 976s | that it just shows up a lot more |
| 977s | frequently and players have a lot more |
| 978s | options to get the stuff they're looking |
| 980s | for |
| 981s | I'm sure that'll make some people happy |
| 982s | I hope so yeah I think it's going to be |
| 984s | really good um I'm excited for it for |
| 986s | sure yeah |
| 987s | uh cool and then uh we're doing a new |
| 989s | Arena map Hyundai yep so we are |
| 992s | currently testing it internally it's uh |
| 995s | you know it's about the same size but |
| 997s | the the layout is different to sort of |
| 999s | shake up the gameplay uh the ideas will |
| 1001s | uh turn this map live whenever it goes |
| 1003s | live and we'll turn the old map off uh |
| 1005s | for a little bit let players play the |
| 1007s | new map and then we might switch between |
| 1008s | Maps again in the future |
| 1011s | so there you have it uh we isn't there |
| 1013s | not one more you want to talk about I |
| 1014s | think I think there's nine particularly |
| 1017s | someone penciled it yeah this is kind of |
| 1021s | a biggie um |
| 1023s | uh you know the territory game |
| 1026s | is is one of the more fun parts of the |
| 1029s | game and I think that |
| 1030s | I think there's some stuff we can do to |
| 1032s | make it even better yeah we're calling |
| 1033s | it influence version two and the funny |
| 1035s | thing in my notes is Dave's like make |
| 1037s | sure you talk about this first |
| 1041s | it's last and that's the way it is uh |
| 1044s | but seriously yeah why don't you kind of |
| 1045s | give us a high level on uh what we're |
| 1047s | thinking there yeah so for influence V2 |
| 1048s | the goal is definitely to make it less |
| 1050s | grindy feeling less you know a lot more |
| 1052s | fun and make it a lot more |
| 1054s | um bring people together uh in different |
| 1057s | territories so we're putting up a um |
| 1059s | doing a scheduler for territory certain |
| 1061s | influence um so uh certain territories |
| 1064s | at certain times will be available for |
| 1066s | influence and everyone will swoop in and |
| 1068s | try to go after that territory to go to |
| 1070s | war |
| 1071s | um and then we're also adding in towers |
| 1073s | that you can capture similar to the |
| 1075s | current control point and it will modify |
| 1077s | influence for the for the game I think |
| 1079s | it's going to be have fun having |
| 1080s | multiple targets to go to that will |
| 1082s | drive players around and create a more |
| 1084s | smaller confidence I think the tower is |
| 1086s | always up or is it just when the window |
| 1088s | is open just when the window is open so |
| 1090s | that will be when you can go capture and |
| 1092s | they'll modify the amount of influence |
| 1093s | you can earn from the missions nice I'm |
| 1095s | excited about this I think it's the goal |
| 1097s | is to sort of make these influence races |
| 1099s | feel like an event yes and uh will |
| 1101s | likely time the PVP reward changes with |
| 1104s | that because we want to make sure if you |
| 1105s | engage in this new activity right that |
| 1107s | you get rewarded for yep you're going to |
| 1109s | be getting uh you know a good dose of |
| 1111s | PVP experience and azoth salt to go get |
| 1113s | those better rewards and and hopefully |
| 1115s | yeah this focuses a lot of just action |
| 1117s | around specific zones at a time I'm |
| 1120s | really excited actually anyway so that's |
| 1121s | it for the PVP update uh the one thing I |
| 1124s | learned is that having notes doesn't |
| 1125s | make me cover everything |
| 1127s | anyway thanks y'all for coming and let's |
| 1130s | jump to the next one |
| 1136s | alrighty time to talk about some balance |
| 1138s | changes I know you've all wanted these |
| 1139s | for a while uh I got Tony and Phil |
| 1142s | joining me and Dave this time so |
| 1145s | I'm just going to jump right in let's |
| 1146s | start with combat like I think that'll |
| 1148s | be an interesting conversation Dave why |
| 1150s | don't I I think I've heard a few people |
| 1152s | mention problems with the musket |
| 1154s | um you want to dig in on that just a |
| 1156s | little bit Yeah but before I do I want |
| 1158s | to mention all these changes for combat |
| 1159s | are coming in season one uh so |
| 1161s | everything we're going to talk about in |
| 1162s | common season one and second I think |
| 1164s | just that you know like we mentioned |
| 1165s | combat updates are going to be a bigger |
| 1167s | part of Seasons moving forward we're |
| 1168s | going to try to make big midi combat |
| 1170s | updates every season uh so let's talk |
| 1172s | about what comes in season one musket |
| 1175s | yeah so I have heard so so we're |
| 1177s | starting off with the most controversial |
| 1179s | change here musket is obviously uh an |
| 1181s | issue in some modes opr specifically but |
| 1184s | when we looked at how to resolve this uh |
| 1187s | to really make it balanced we're gonna |
| 1189s | have to turn it into like a wet noodle |
| 1190s | uh like not doing any damage and that |
| 1192s | didn't seem like a good path so we're |
| 1195s | trying something a little more |
| 1195s | controversial we're adding in uh |
| 1198s | inaccuracy to the weapon that goes away |
| 1200s | over time the idea is you've got to sort |
| 1202s | of Center your shot Take Aim so what |
| 1204s | we're trying to do just create a feel |
| 1206s | for the weapon right like the bow is |
| 1208s | your rapid fire whereas the musket is |
| 1210s | you know the deadly but takes a little |
| 1212s | bit longer to set up shot uh it'll be in |
| 1214s | PTR let us know what you think we think |
| 1217s | it's a way to sort of balance the weapon |
| 1218s | and give it an identity |
| 1221s | it's exciting do you think it's going to |
| 1223s | have a dramatic effect on PVE uh no not |
| 1226s | as much right because I think in PvP |
| 1228s | people are more erratic uh they Dodge |
| 1230s | right in PVE a lot of times the enemies |
| 1232s | sort of run at you so it does it impact |
| 1234s | the PVE as much which we actually liked |
| 1236s | a lot yeah if you're going for Center |
| 1238s | Mass you shouldn't really have a hard |
| 1239s | time on a yeah on a mob cool yeah you |
| 1243s | want to talk about some of the equip |
| 1244s | load uh changes yeah so I think another |
| 1246s | part of the meta that I think you know |
| 1248s | people are feeling is a little bit stale |
| 1249s | is is light meta has definitely taken |
| 1251s | over uh and I think we want to shake |
| 1254s | that up a little bit we like light uh we |
| 1256s | love the way it plays but we think it |
| 1257s | needs to have balances so one of the |
| 1260s | things we're doing is we're changing the |
| 1261s | damage mitigation formula to take armor |
| 1263s | into account for various uh perks uh |
| 1266s | shirking Fort and resilience are the |
| 1268s | main ones right so those perks will be |
| 1270s | less valuable if you're in light |
| 1272s | equipped than in your heavy equip uh and |
| 1274s | the goal there is like yes be light you |
| 1276s | know it gives you Mobility it gives you |
| 1277s | damage but we don't also want to make it |
| 1279s | give you a ton of Defense so like you've |
| 1281s | got to become a glass Cannon if you want |
| 1283s | to wear light |
| 1284s | does that improve the build choices then |
| 1286s | for tanks I I think our hope there is |
| 1290s | that it gives all the equip loads a |
| 1292s | little bit more of an identity right |
| 1293s | like like you there's no one that does |
| 1295s | it all which it feels a little bit like |
| 1296s | light does right now that's exciting |
| 1299s | yeah I'm interested in playing it and |
| 1301s | seeing it |
| 1302s | um |
| 1304s | it's like you sometimes like I have a |
| 1305s | tank character and uh it feels like dumb |
| 1308s | to bring it to opr so I think it'd be |
| 1310s | it'd be cool if I could find some use |
| 1311s | out of that and especially we talked |
| 1313s | earlier about some of the scoring |
| 1314s | changes in opr right like defending |
| 1316s | points and taking points are going to be |
| 1317s | more valuable uh and with this changing |
| 1320s | uh it's going to be a little bit more |
| 1321s | difficult for range yeah yeah so I can |
| 1323s | see Heavy taking a little more prominent |
| 1325s | role |
| 1326s | uh let's well I know there's changes |
| 1328s | coming to the hatchet and to the |
| 1329s | Greatsword yeah so I think both of these |
| 1331s | weapons were a little bit on the |
| 1333s | overpowered side so we're we're taking a |
| 1335s | little bit of a look at both of them |
| 1337s | uh so the great sword I think the main |
| 1339s | adjustments here are the weapon was just |
| 1341s | a little too sticky if you've ever |
| 1342s | played PVP uh you know it is hard to get |
| 1345s | away from a great sword person uh |
| 1347s | there's a lot of what we call homing on |
| 1349s | the weapon so we're taking a look at |
| 1350s | that and reducing it a little bit |
| 1352s | you know and we talk about this we |
| 1354s | actually were talking about this before |
| 1355s | we filmed this but it's okay if the meta |
| 1357s | changes it actually is good it's fun it |
| 1359s | changes it gives you different things to |
| 1361s | change different reasons do we use perks |
| 1362s | exactly exciting yeah get you thinking |
| 1365s | uh and then Hatchet I think uh you know |
| 1367s | the defy death is a little bit strong we |
| 1371s | are finally taking a look at that uh |
| 1372s | there will be changes there no get out |
| 1374s | of jail free card not this weapon |
| 1376s | anymore my death ratio is gonna go |
| 1378s | through the roof I'm the hatchet user in |
| 1380s | Expeditions also yeah |
| 1382s | because it's so good now |
| 1386s | um |
| 1388s | did you already cover the range PVE or |
| 1390s | is there more no there's more there so |
| 1392s | the the big change in range PV uh we've |
| 1394s | talked to alluded to this like they're |
| 1396s | not really super viable in Expeditions |
| 1398s | and high level mutations right now so |
| 1400s | one of the things we're doing we're |
| 1401s | doing two things one of the things is |
| 1403s | we're increasing the power of wards with |
| 1405s | ranged weapons so uh specifically for |
| 1407s | that high-end con sorry I meant Banes |
| 1409s | yeah uh when you're you're tackling you |
| 1412s | know those High available |
| 1413s | Expeditions you're going to have the |
| 1415s | proper veins for the the Expedition if |
| 1417s | you're going in with range now those |
| 1418s | will be more powerful to sort of |
| 1420s | compensate for it the second thing is |
| 1422s | we're also removing the elemental uh uh |
| 1426s | what are those called afex is in |
| 1427s | mutations so that'll help the various |
| 1429s | you know the fire staff users when it is |
| 1431s | fire week like you know they sort of get |
| 1433s | cut out so that'll help them also well |
| 1436s | this next one I'm really excited about |
| 1438s | like I said I play a lot with a tank but |
| 1440s | when Fresh Start started I decided to go |
| 1442s | full Mage and uh the fire staff changes |
| 1445s | are yep so this is uh one of our first |
| 1448s | of what we're calling a playability pass |
| 1450s | it's sort of like a light rework of a |
| 1452s | weapon with the fire staff we love the |
| 1455s | fire staff and I think it's just gotten |
| 1456s | a little underpowered and the meta and |
| 1458s | how it's used is a little bit boring |
| 1460s | maybe not boring but played out a little |
| 1461s | bit so we're making some changes to that |
| 1463s | uh it's a rework it's going to be on PTR |
| 1466s | play it let us know what you think and I |
| 1468s | think you know our goal be to do |
| 1469s | something like this for you know maybe a |
| 1471s | weapon every season or some sort of |
| 1473s | cadence like that cool |
| 1475s | well we're also uh balance isn't just |
| 1477s | hidden combat it's also hitting crafting |
| 1479s | which right why these guys are here yeah |
| 1483s | the first batch we're going to talk |
| 1484s | about are all for season one yep and |
| 1486s | then we might touch on a few things |
| 1487s | we're doing in the future um so Phil why |
| 1489s | don't you just take us through the |
| 1490s | changes yeah and I have to note that he |
| 1492s | had to copy me and get a card but well |
| 1494s | that's fine |
| 1496s | this guy reads off a card uh |
| 1499s | so uh yeah I think we're we're |
| 1502s | approaching a bunch of cool balance |
| 1504s | changes in season one for crafting uh |
| 1506s | focusing on uh XP gains more control for |
| 1510s | crafters and just some general quality |
| 1512s | of life improvements and so the the |
| 1514s | first thing I want to talk about is the |
| 1515s | XP gains uh we introduced uh first-time |
| 1519s | craft bonuses uh last year and we were |
| 1522s | taking a look at that we think we can |
| 1524s | make those a lot more you know meaty for |
| 1527s | the players so what we're doing is we're |
| 1529s | changing those uh right now they give |
| 1531s | you a double bonus on on your the first |
| 1533s | time you craft anything you get 2x the |
| 1535s | XP we're upping that to three times the |
| 1538s | EXP amount for anything you craft now I |
| 1540s | know there's some people out there being |
| 1541s | like well I already crafted so many |
| 1542s | things what about that we're going to |
| 1544s | reset those bonuses for all players when |
| 1547s | we release this update so |
| 1549s | um everything's gonna get reset you'll |
| 1550s | get uh if you've already crafted |
| 1552s | something you can go back and get your |
| 1553s | first time craft bonus again it's going |
| 1555s | to be worth 3x yep and so that's going |
| 1557s | to be huge |
| 1558s | and then we've got some other changes uh |
| 1560s | coming as well so Tony tell us what's |
| 1562s | coming for Arcana in cooking yeah so we |
| 1564s | took a big look actually uh kind of |
| 1567s | across the board and we noticed there |
| 1568s | were a few things one with Arcana we |
| 1570s | felt like when you would combine moats |
| 1572s | it just wasn't it didn't feel rewarding |
| 1574s | the XP was super low so we went through |
| 1577s | and actually moved all those up a tier |
| 1578s | so those feel a lot better now and then |
| 1580s | cooking was another one where you would |
| 1582s | go in and you would just make a whole |
| 1584s | bunch of basic meals and that's how you |
| 1585s | would level it and there's like all this |
| 1587s | really interesting cool food to craft |
| 1589s | and there was no point in crafting it |
| 1590s | when you were leveling at least so we |
| 1593s | went through and redid the XP leveling |
| 1595s | structure for all of that so if when you |
| 1597s | go through leveling cooking now it's |
| 1599s | going to make more sense to go through |
| 1600s | and actually level all of the individual |
| 1602s | meals then just make a whole bunch of |
| 1603s | basic meals so it feels a lot better to |
| 1605s | interact with us did you reset |
| 1606s | everyone's cooking to zero so they can |
| 1607s | do it again absolutely no no no no but |
| 1611s | everyone's going to get their bonuses |
| 1612s | though too on top of that so we like |
| 1614s | cooking is actually going to be pretty |
| 1616s | fun to go through and hopefully you get |
| 1617s | a little bit more of that fantasy |
| 1619s | fulfillment of like you're actually |
| 1620s | cooking you're learning like you're |
| 1622s | learning different recipes yeah you're |
| 1624s | not just sophisticated menu meals |
| 1626s | instead of buckets of slop yes yeah yes |
| 1628s | the 3 000 meals just a level yeah uh so |
| 1632s | I'm really excited about those changes |
| 1634s | and then for control |
| 1636s | um we're introducing uh the ability for |
| 1639s | bags and tools yes uh to support scarabs |
| 1642s | and stop watches so this is basically |
| 1644s | going to give uh Crafters who want to |
| 1646s | craft bags and tools just absolute |
| 1647s | control over the outcome of the craft |
| 1650s | pretty much you're still going to have a |
| 1652s | little bit of a window of like what's |
| 1653s | that final gear score going to be but |
| 1655s | locking in all the perks and and |
| 1657s | everything else is going to be really |
| 1658s | really tight on those items yeah I think |
| 1661s | that the the additional control there |
| 1662s | will go a very long way |
| 1664s | um I'll be interested to see if players |
| 1667s | lean more towards stop watches or |
| 1669s | towards scarabs because I feel like on |
| 1670s | tools and bags we really want that 600 |
| 1673s | for that extra perk the stopwatch may be |
| 1675s | the way to go but we'll see and then in |
| 1677s | the same topic in terms of control the |
| 1679s | other big change that's actually coming |
| 1681s | is uh we're no longer when you craft |
| 1684s | procedural weapons going to scale the |
| 1686s | level requirement so if you make a star |
| 1689s | metal sword it's going to be level 40. |
| 1692s | so even if you put a bunch of resources |
| 1693s | in to crank up the gear score it still |
| 1695s | requires level 40. if I think one of the |
| 1697s | big points of frustration has been I'm |
| 1700s | trying to make a buddy a tanking set so |
| 1701s | to speak and I put a bunch of stuff in |
| 1703s | it and now it's eight 12 levels above |
| 1705s | where you know they're at and then they |
| 1707s | can't use it well now they can and |
| 1708s | hopefully it'll make the low level |
| 1709s | crafting feel a little bit more usable |
| 1712s | yeah that's cool I think you you've |
| 1714s | skipped on the XP adjustments oh yeah my |
| 1716s | pet request my favorite one or did you |
| 1719s | oh that's that's coming okay I just want |
| 1721s | to make sure we don't miss that okay no |
| 1722s | problem yeah we can Circle back on that |
| 1724s | one we'll Circle back it was mostly from |
| 1726s | the players though right yeah and Scott |
| 1728s | the players will love it |
| 1731s | I firmly believe this we'll save that |
| 1733s | one uh for right after this uh because I |
| 1736s | do want to talk about the quality of |
| 1737s | life improvements too we're delivering |
| 1738s | for crafting |
| 1740s | um |
| 1740s | uh one big thing when you're bulk |
| 1743s | crafting and you have to go back and |
| 1745s | reselect the material to that you want |
| 1747s | to use each time we're eliminating that |
| 1749s | to so the game will now remember the |
| 1752s | last material you used when you were |
| 1754s | crafting something so you don't have to |
| 1755s | uh go back into the drop downs and |
| 1757s | reselect everything again if you want to |
| 1759s | keep rolling with the same mats so yeah |
| 1761s | yeah so that'll be a huge thing that |
| 1764s | just |
| 1765s | save a lot of clicks when you're when |
| 1766s | you're when you're crafting |
| 1768s | um and then Tony tell us what's coming |
| 1770s | with like ammo and Tool tips and uh an |
| 1774s | adjustment to the coins so yeah so there |
| 1776s | so ammo is a an interesting one |
| 1780s | um personally it would always drive me |
| 1782s | absolutely nuts running an ECR and |
| 1784s | getting iron arrows and iron bullets and |
| 1785s | I'm like what am I getting why why I |
| 1788s | don't understand |
| 1790s | how many videos have I sent you guys of |
| 1792s | like look another iron Arrow oh boy so |
| 1795s | uh now uh that's awful scale so |
| 1798s | depending on your level and where you're |
| 1799s | at you'll get all the way up to Oracle |
| 1800s | mammo um and I think that's gonna be |
| 1802s | it's just even when I was testing it |
| 1804s | locally and I saw it pop up it was just |
| 1806s | like oh it feels great it's how it |
| 1808s | should be so so that is um that's what's |
| 1811s | coming uh for the ammo uh wooden coins |
| 1813s | so wooden coins is another one that was |
| 1815s | actually a really big point so we have |
| 1818s | we got a new dashboard it's gonna get |
| 1820s | kind of nerdy but we got a new dashboard |
| 1821s | that shows us how much stuff is coming |
| 1822s | in and how much stuff is just not being |
| 1824s | used and wooden coins was so far up |
| 1826s | there it was just like a huge alarm so |
| 1829s | to speak and so what we're going to do |
| 1831s | for the short term is wooden coins can |
| 1833s | be used now to make charcoal you'll get |
| 1835s | an accelerated radar Circle and you'll |
| 1837s | actually be able to do something with |
| 1838s | these coins that yeah they're just |
| 1840s | sitting everywhere so why not just Chuck |
| 1842s | them and Burn yeah you can I mean you |
| 1843s | use them for your heart runes primarily |
| 1845s | you do but there's just so many of them |
| 1846s | you always need charcoal too you do yeah |
| 1848s | after crafting and so if we you can get |
| 1850s | you know wooden coins to at least be |
| 1851s | somewhere near basic wood that would be |
| 1854s | great and then we're going to do some |
| 1855s | more uh movement on those things down |
| 1857s | the road to see what else we can use for |
| 1859s | you know utilization whatnot so that's |
| 1860s | that's on the wooden coin side and then |
| 1862s | what was the tool tips oh tool tips yeah |
| 1864s | so tooltips is another one |
| 1867s | um I feel like when you play the game |
| 1869s | and you get some resources sometimes |
| 1872s | things seem maybe super valuable maybe |
| 1874s | they're not or you don't know where to |
| 1875s | go get more of them and so you either |
| 1876s | have to like go hit up you know a |
| 1878s | website or whatever and so what we're |
| 1880s | doing is we're looking at adjusting the |
| 1882s | tool tips to get their locations and |
| 1885s | where you can find these things right |
| 1886s | and so like if you were to see tarragon |
| 1889s | for example and you're like well I don't |
| 1890s | know where to get that and right now |
| 1892s | it's you know reekwater and brimstone |
| 1893s | but now you can just look at the tool |
| 1895s | tip and you're like oh this where I need |
| 1896s | to go and now I can go get more it |
| 1897s | should help for better it just makes it |
| 1898s | easier right because you're like recipe |
| 1899s | hunting I have three of these things do |
| 1901s | I use them or do I not now at least you |
| 1903s | know where you can go find some more of |
| 1904s | them so yeah should help I like that |
| 1906s | yeah yeah okay and then we've got couple |
| 1910s | other uh features so we're not stopping |
| 1913s | there for what it's worth in season one |
| 1914s | but we have some other things planned |
| 1915s | for season two yes |
| 1917s | um we are going to be making some |
| 1920s | fishing improvements that we're going to |
| 1921s | be landing in season two generally about |
| 1923s | like usability of the materials and and |
| 1925s | a little bit of the loot that comes from |
| 1927s | fishing yep um but then also on the XP |
| 1930s | gains we're still gonna we still want to |
| 1932s | find some other ways we can push that a |
| 1933s | bit further yes uh mostly uh relying on |
| 1937s | the quality of the materials that you |
| 1938s | used should I mean logically help get |
| 1942s | you a little bit better gains yes |
| 1943s | through uh crafting and stuff so we're |
| 1945s | going to be introducing |
| 1947s | even more ways to help players like |
| 1950s | really get to a level 150 uh a lot more |
| 1953s | smoother than they can too in in trade |
| 1955s | skills |
| 1956s | um |
| 1957s | and the three times craft bonus should |
| 1959s | help a lot but then we're also going to |
| 1960s | continue to to improve that a bit too |
| 1962s | for season two but let's just kind of |
| 1965s | explain this one a little bit because uh |
| 1966s | yeah when you're this is this one gets |
| 1969s | me and I |
| 1970s | [Music] |
| 1971s | don't pushing for it |
| 1973s | currently when you are crafting let's |
| 1975s | say an oraclecomm ax right I can change |
| 1978s | all my secondary materials from layered |
| 1981s | leather all the way down to um to coarse |
| 1983s | leather and there and then there's no |
| 1985s | penalty for that on the right things I'd |
| 1988s | rather get a bonus for it or I could go |
| 1990s | at lower levels if I want to use higher |
| 1992s | end materials give me more experience |
| 1994s | and make it reward for me so we can turn |
| 1996s | all of these things into bonuses to make |
| 1999s | you actually think about the materials |
| 2002s | you're using and fulfill that feeling or |
| 2003s | that emotion you get to be in a crafter |
| 2005s | because right now I feel like I'm being |
| 2006s | dirty right you know yeah it's like I'm |
| 2009s | cheap because if you're just bulk |
| 2010s | crafting to level right then it's um and |
| 2012s | you're hoping for a good role uh I mean |
| 2015s | yeah adding those materials helps you |
| 2016s | get a tighter gear score range but |
| 2020s | as a as a crafting fantasy right you're |
| 2022s | like oh I'm using runic leather and all |
| 2024s | those cool things and it's like I should |
| 2026s | be learning more you should be yeah |
| 2027s | absolutely you're more masterful um I |
| 2029s | think the other side of that one too |
| 2030s | right is even when you're done leveling |
| 2032s | and you're you know you're doing you're |
| 2034s | you're using your asthma or your runic |
| 2036s | or whatever now you're getting more |
| 2037s | experience towards aptitude and I think |
| 2039s | that's a huge win yeah that's gonna be |
| 2040s | big too because it is fun rolling that |
| 2042s | it is yeah yeah so yeah even that's a |
| 2044s | that's a great call Tony so even when |
| 2046s | you're capped too it's still going to be |
| 2047s | a lot there's still a point so in season |
| 2048s | two like this is still takes a little |
| 2051s | bit more balance and work on our end but |
| 2053s | uh that's a big change that we are |
| 2055s | working on for season two well we're |
| 2056s | hoping for season two we're not we're |
| 2058s | not committing yet right unless you are |
| 2060s | no yeah I like I like a soft commit on |
| 2062s | it but but no it is it is a high |
| 2064s | priority for us and we are working on it |
| 2066s | cool yeah |
| 2067s | um so that's our balance changes um it's |
| 2069s | a lot and I |
| 2071s | Dave touched on this on his section we |
| 2074s | we want to be a lot more active |
| 2075s | especially on the combat ballot changes |
| 2077s | and have you know make sure we're |
| 2079s | pushing that meta around I'm really |
| 2081s | excited about that so anyway thanks |
| 2083s | y'all for coming this was a lot of fun |
| 2086s | now we're going to talk about the road |
| 2087s | map next |
| 2091s | [Music] |
| 2095s | hey everybody here we are we're ready to |
| 2097s | finally share the roadmap with you I got |
| 2099s | Charles Dave and Katie with me and uh |
| 2102s | you know before we went we gave you the |
| 2103s | high level on the roadmap this time |
| 2105s | we're going to go super deep I do have |
| 2107s | to give uh the the software development |
| 2109s | disclaimer that says this is a road map |
| 2111s | uh not a guarantee so these are what we |
| 2114s | believe we're going to build and we feel |
| 2115s | pretty confident but we like to leave |
| 2117s | you know like you might come in with |
| 2119s | suggestions or we might learn something |
| 2121s | and make some changes but overall our |
| 2122s | schedule shows this to be true uh I'm |
| 2125s | not going to spend a lot of time on |
| 2126s | fellowship and fire we've talked about |
| 2128s | that for this whole session so let's |
| 2129s | just start with the summer season two |
| 2132s | as you can see hopefully 11 is properly |
| 2135s | sharing the road map on the screen |
| 2137s | somewhere |
| 2138s | um I'm going to call out some of my |
| 2140s | favorites I'm I'm personally most |
| 2142s | excited for transmog I think uh |
| 2145s | we have so much cool gear in the game |
| 2147s | and I don't know about everyone there |
| 2148s | but I got on the Fresh Start server and |
| 2151s | everything that I liked going back to |
| 2153s | the beach apparel is now in different |
| 2154s | storages and I'm saving it all for this |
| 2156s | uh I don't know what do you all think |
| 2160s | I was gonna say there's so much gear |
| 2162s | like across the whole game I think we |
| 2163s | have like seven or eight hundred outfits |
| 2166s | at this point and a ton of outfits that |
| 2168s | that you just sort of pass by quickly |
| 2170s | and now you can you can show that stuff |
| 2172s | off you can express yourself a little |
| 2173s | more I'm just imagining Scott expressing |
| 2176s | himself with that brown dress that you |
| 2177s | get when you just come off the Shipwreck |
| 2180s | hey |
| 2181s | whatever |
| 2183s | uh how about another like cool one is |
| 2186s | the seasonal trial 10 person event uh so |
| 2189s | we talked we talked a little bit about |
| 2191s | how we want to expand seasons over time |
| 2193s | and uh the seasonal trial is our first |
| 2196s | new feature that we're adding in season |
| 2197s | two and we'll continue to add new |
| 2199s | features it's a huge PVE battle it's a |
| 2202s | 10 person it's going to be using our new |
| 2204s | raid system which I think is very |
| 2206s | exciting so uh it's a it's a boss battle |
| 2209s | with some waves beforehand and I think |
| 2211s | people are really going to enjoy it |
| 2213s | yeah and this is something you may see |
| 2215s | another one down in the future |
| 2218s | how about the uh sand worm Elite trial |
| 2220s | uh you know I love the the sort of hints |
| 2223s | we sprinkled maybe maybe bigger than |
| 2225s | hints in Brimstone right the big |
| 2227s | sandwich |
| 2229s | and then the quest at the end but you |
| 2231s | know you're finally going to get a |
| 2232s | chance to uh fight the sand worm and as |
| 2235s | we've talked about this is one that |
| 2236s | we're gonna tune to make really really |
| 2238s | hard I want this to be sort of like our |
| 2241s | highest end PVE content we've talked |
| 2243s | about like you know we this should |
| 2245s | people should struggle to beat this and |
| 2248s | it should not be something they can do |
| 2249s | on day one |
| 2251s | yeah I think uh you know people tend to |
| 2253s | get frustrated with some things but I |
| 2254s | think the reward the the |
| 2257s | it feels really good when it's taken you |
| 2259s | multiple tries and to overcome it and to |
| 2261s | figure out the right strategy |
| 2263s | and and these two things are are where |
| 2265s | we start stepping toward that raid |
| 2266s | content in the game and we want to get |
| 2268s | like really good at making that content |
| 2271s | I feel like we do a good job on our |
| 2272s | Expeditions with the five player now |
| 2274s | let's just up that to more and more |
| 2276s | players and make the rewards come along |
| 2278s | to match yeah |
| 2279s | other call outs a new heart Rune every |
| 2282s | season I think is is really fun and |
| 2284s | that's going to give you a way to change |
| 2285s | up your gameplay |
| 2286s | I'm really excited for cross World |
| 2288s | Outpost rush we talked about that |
| 2289s | earlier I think that's going to change |
| 2291s | the game and it's going to give you more |
| 2293s | opportunities to play Outpost Rush yeah |
| 2295s | it's going to make your world feel like |
| 2297s | it's your home and you can always play |
| 2299s | that mode so I think that's going to be |
| 2301s | really cool and then I you know I |
| 2303s | mentioned this earlier but we the more |
| 2304s | of seasonal events and those those |
| 2306s | monthly changes to the world make the |
| 2308s | world feel more alive and dynamic and it |
| 2309s | just varies gameplay |
| 2311s | all right so that takes us to fall where |
| 2314s | things start to get pretty interesting |
| 2315s | not only are we releasing a season three |
| 2318s | but drum roll please |
| 2320s | we're announcing an expansion right now |
| 2324s | um this is a big expansion for the game |
| 2326s | uh we're gonna have a new story |
| 2328s | we're going to have a Zone completely |
| 2331s | transformed into a new Zone with new |
| 2333s | enemies new new biomes new it's going to |
| 2337s | be completely different |
| 2340s | um we're gonna have a new Expedition |
| 2343s | pause I'm trying to pause |
| 2346s | um mounts are coming like |
| 2349s | it's going to be a blast I cannot wait |
| 2352s | to get mounts out there we have a new |
| 2354s | weapon coming out and a new heart run |
| 2356s | like this is this is going to be uh this |
| 2359s | is going to be a big deal for us |
| 2360s | absolutely it's a moment for the game |
| 2362s | and I think I love that it all comes |
| 2364s | together to create this really cool |
| 2365s | experience it's a dynamic world it's |
| 2367s | changing it tells the story of the world |
| 2370s | that tells the story of our enemies it's |
| 2372s | very exciting yeah and the our team is |
| 2374s | uh they're not taking this challenge |
| 2376s | lightly it's going to feel very |
| 2378s | different and sort of new to the game |
| 2380s | which is exciting yeah we don't want to |
| 2383s | talk too much about it right now we're |
| 2384s | focusing on you know the message around |
| 2385s | our early Seasons but |
| 2387s | we're really like the team is pretty |
| 2390s | excited about this if you can't tell |
| 2392s | um all right |
| 2394s | and I don't want this to be like to go |
| 2395s | down but this ends on season four where |
| 2397s | I think we have a couple big things |
| 2399s | coming in I think the season trinket is |
| 2401s | is a big one if you want to talk about |
| 2402s | that Dave yeah so season trials and the |
| 2405s | season trinkets like so we're gonna take |
| 2407s | the trials that we introduced in season |
| 2409s | two and in season four we're gonna add |
| 2411s | mutators still and the Secret Sauce here |
| 2413s | is the trinket which is this new item |
| 2415s | that we're going to add it's sort of |
| 2416s | like a quasi-reset each season that you |
| 2418s | power up and you use those powers to |
| 2420s | sort of combat the seasonal affixes and |
| 2422s | challenges we throw at you so those two |
| 2424s | features are going to tie it in together |
| 2426s | and we hope create a pretty cool loop |
| 2427s | for players yeah and while I'm excited |
| 2430s | about all this another one that jumps |
| 2431s | out to me is the seasonal territory |
| 2432s | control I think that's going to be |
| 2434s | and that's gonna be really interesting |
| 2436s | absolutely |
| 2438s | um so there's the roadmap |
| 2440s | and that's it for our show today so |
| 2442s | first off thanks to everyone for joining |
| 2444s | us |
| 2445s | uh and as far as everyone out there uh |
| 2448s | we we would love to hear from you we're |
| 2449s | going to be doing a q a here in a few |
| 2451s | days so if you have any questions send |
| 2453s | them our way I would be |
| 2455s | really excited to hear what you think on |
| 2457s | seasons and your questions around that |
| 2459s | since that stuff we're working on you |
| 2460s | know immediately but uh love to hear |
| 2463s | from you in all cases so thanks a bunch |
| 2466s | later Evan |
| 2468s | later everyone |
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