By "not changing the drops pacing" do you mean "we will not change the drop rate as we add more OCs, so it will take longer to get them all", or do you mean "we will not change how long it will take to get every OC, meaning as more OCs are added, the OC drop rate is higher"?
The first one, I don't think the drop rate will change significantly moving forward. I also don't expect the number of overclocks to grow too much.
You released some mini statistics a year ago, showing the playerlevel distribution, the win / lose ratio of different game types and so on. Nothing of it seemed 'secret', but since then you did not post new stuff of it.
Can you 1. Give us a few new ones? Why, why not?
Is there actually more data you'd like to get, but don't get from the game yet?
Is there a stat telling you how many people play with which language / INGAME translation active?
And additionally: What EXACTLY are you collecting data of?
We collect stats like the number of times the Born Ready perk was equipped by a rank 20 player at the end screen of a successful point extraction mission. Stuff to gauge how much specific weapons, mods, overclocks, etc, are used. What deals the most killing blows. What is the biggest source of damage. How many player deaths happened over the last 7 days, etc.
Any plans to make weapon mods and OC visible? For example using elephant rounds results in a bigger barrel of the gun etc.
We would love to have that but it would be a very large task and we decided to focus our energy elsewhere.
Any plans on reworking HE Grenade? Can't say it's bad, just kinda boring in comparison. Something more gimmicky with weapons synergy would be nice. Maybe sound-shockwave grenade that rips off armor. And when thrown into the frozen bugs it makes them blow up with shards of ice damaging others, like cactuses. Just wondering.
No plans for any grenade rework at this point.
How much do you guys play the game for fun yourselves
Some more than others, some a lot more... but we all like the game we made and enjoy playing it. And after all these years I still enjoy it immensely which is pleasantly surprising.
Read moreI love this game, and there are two things I explicitly want to call out...
- The level generation is wonderful. Every biome feels different, yet you quickly learn the characteristics of each. I love going on a long hazard-1 mission and just exploring while Bosco and Steeve handle the few enemies that spawn.
- The way you divvied up the classes is sublime. Every class brings something to the table, and whenever I play with fewer than four (I mostly play 2-3), I always miss the classes that aren't represented.
So here are my questions for you.
- How did you decide on divvying up the various classes' movement abilities? Any major changes?
- Were there any other movement abilities that you tried out but that had to be scrapped?
- What's your favorite biome?
- Did you work on any other biomes that didn't make it? Do you have any plans to add new biomes to the game?
- Any chance of a mode with literally no enemies...
The movement tools were already in place by the time I joined the team so I don't know their origin.
Jetpacks and rope ladders come to mind.
Tutorial Biome.
Not really and yeah more biomes would be cool.
Definatelly a chance for an exploration mode. I'm also a big fan of long haz1 missions.
No, it was something we considdered and decided against.
Thanks for playing our game and for your kind words. Rock and Stone!
Hello GSG, love your work, been playing on and off for a couple of years now.
I had a dream that you all pulled off an amazing April Fools joke where you announced a convincing spin off game that featured co-op teams of Elves hunting in randomly generated mega forests. Had a very similar look and feel to Deep Rock.
Anyway my question is would you ever consider doing something so amazing? Thanks for wasting your time on my dumb question.
ROCK AND STONE
It would be funny but no we are too focused on DRG proper to take time to do stuff like that.
Hi DRG gang! Thanks for doing an AMA for us! I'm a longtime fan, got the supporter upgrade, picked up the game shortly after dropping it on Xbox. Thanks for the impressive work you do, for Carl!
I have a question regarding a (probable) bug, even though i know you guys probably aren't interested in bug questions today.
When my controller shuts down, I disconnect from my friends game! Since I'm an avid K+M user, I find ways to adapt. My question is is there anything on my end causing this or is this a bug just waiting to be squashed? Cheers, for rock and stone!
It's a tricky bug.
First I love this game and have been playing it since it first came out on xbox and have been constantly amazed at your ability to keep me comin back for more every time.
Second the game has a absolute tonne of in jokes and memes that me and my friends were using before we even joined this subreddit. I haven't seen such community engagement since TF2. I guess what I'm asking is what percentage of your daily office communications has descended into just "rock and stone", "FOR KARL" and other such iconic lines?
Third since the dwarves use the term, "pointy eared leaf lover", as an insult do elves exist with the DR universe? do they also hate the Dwarves? do they actually ENJOY drinking leaf lovers? and any plans for "Tree Top galactic" ?
Glad you enjoy our game so much! Rock and Stone!
We tend to use the more obscure voicelines at the office. I've heard “So long suckers" too many times.
No plans for TTG.
Love this game to death! My coworkers and I are constantly telling about Oily Oafs or "Rock and Stone" when we get hyped! My question is; are there plans to add an optional 3rd person mode? Reason I ask is my dad loves the premise of the game (and dwarves in general) but first person games make him motion sick.
We have discussed this quire a bit but it would be a very large task that we can't see happening any time soon, if ever. A good 3rd person camera for procedurally generated caves is not easy.
Is there a chance we might ever get a surface biome? I would love to see more biome variety, specially spooky ones. And also the addition of more boss type enemies or weird in general since this game just keeps giving me "what the f**k is that thing" moments unlike any other.
I really appreciate your work on this game, its truly enjoyable and one of the best coop experiences ive had in ages, from someone who mostly only plays coop games
Glad you are enjoying our game!
Surface missions are very unlikely, but more biomes and enemies are probable going to happen in the near-ish future.
Will we ever get more keybind options like setting our Primary/Secondary to Scroll up/Scroll down so I can stop shooting my precious and limited zip lines into the floor instead of pulling my pistol out to save myself? Please help :c
We're always on the lookout for more quality of life stuff we can do... Giving separate binds for tools and weapons thag you could set if you so pleased sounds reasonable. No promises though.
Are you planning to change any of the biones in the future (different generation or monsters)?
Well keep adding stuff to the biomes for sure and probably do another biome or two. More biome-specific enemies would be cool.
What are the chances for new glyphid types in the future? Also will certain weapons receive buffs in the future? IE stubby, cryo cannon etc?
Chases are good. And yes working on weapon tweaks for U29.
Will the driller ever be able to mine minerals with his drills?
Don't mention the war...
Edit: this has been a hotly debated topic internally at GSG.
Hey Dwarvelopers, I have 2 questions:
- Once, I turned the music and my flashlight off and went for an hazard 1 walk in Hoxxes' caves. Who does the cave's ambiances in your team? Can you tell this person I love him/her? It sounds amazing!
- I always had this idea of a massively (or only) vertical cave shape/ mission type, where you'd have to figure out how to go down a giant hole in the ground. Did you ever consider adding something like this to DRG?
I've discovered your game around the same time I was watching a show called "Made in Abyss", settled in a universe where delvers go down a big unknown cave to find treasures... No questions here, I thought it was a nice coincidence. Let's say DRG came just at the right time in my life!
(also I love team fortress 2 and I love the reference you did to this game thank you have a nice day and keep up the good work)
I'll tell him on Monday.
We have considdered it, and it might happen in the future but no promises.
Rock and Stone!
Was there any new feature that you guys put into the game, but then realized it did not worked as expected or it wasn't right for the game and ended up removing it?
Also, where is the barrel armor coming back?
Sounds like you missed out on the Jumpboots thing...
Can we get an indicator that steeve is alive or maybe a health bar?
It's been discussed internally but so far this is not something we want to prioritise.
Are there any plans to increase the difficulty of the hazard level or find a way to be more challenging? I feel the perks and upgrades have made the game more manageable now and im looking for a harder challenge to this fantastic game!
It's something we are looking into but don't have anything concrete to share yet.
Hey GSG, I just wanted to thank you for making making such an amazing co-op game, me and my friends have poured so many hours into it. Rock and Stone!
So my question stems from personal experience, as someone hard of hearing, it can be difficult to hear some of the important sfx in the game. Some like the auto-reload sound are annoying but manageable, but things like the sound exploders make before detonation or the screech of grabbers is very important to notice, and can be difficult for me to hear, especially during a swarm.
So my question to you is do you have any plans to add in accessibility features, like color blind mode, scaling the HUD beyond 100, or adding subtitles or indicators for important sounds?
Also when will we be able to tame more bugs, gimme an acid spitter steeve for Karl's sake!
Rock and Stone!
I think we definatelly need to improve the accessibility of our games. We have not set and concrete plans on how to do it yet but feedback from players like yourself is a great help in understanding what are the main accessibility issues. If you have more feedback do not hesitate to tell us.
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