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| 2s | welcome to episode three of this Walkin |
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| 4s | talk series like last time I'm josephin |
| 7s | and with me I have Robin hello I'm Robin |
| 10s | and Jonathan hello and before we begin |
| 12s | let me just remind you to check out |
| 14s | episode one and two first if you haven't |
| 16s | already but uh assuming you've already |
| 18s | watched them let's dive into today's |
| 19s | topics I want to start off with uh |
| 22s | weapons we've uh hinted at some weapons |
| 24s | for the asence already so um can we just |
| 27s | talk about the item progression for the |
| 29s | biome yeah sure we have items that |
| 32s | progress in the |
| 34s | biome uh wow yeah next topic next |
| 38s | please no we U I think it's going to |
| 41s | look very much like um how Mist lands |
| 45s | was you will come to Ashland you will |
| 48s | find you will hopefully you'll find the |
| 50s | resource you need you'll get it and you |
| 53s | will get some starter equipment and then |
| 55s | as you progress through the the whole |
| 58s | biome you will get some much needed |
| 61s | special gear or not gear but weapons |
| 64s | mostly um do you have any favorites |
| 68s | Jonathan yes I like um I don't know if |
| 72s | we're getting into that but like the the |
| 73s | special things with the items I like and |
| 75s | I liked our discussions about the blood |
| 78s | ones yeah cuz what we have what we have |
| 80s | shown uh to just recap for everyone is |
| 83s | uh we have shown um some basic versions |
| 86s | of a two-handed sword a one-handed sword |
| 89s | a mace and and uh some dual wielding |
| 92s | axis and then uh we also showed off a um |
| 96s | a lightning version of um of one of the |
| 98s | swords so um you'll be able to customize |
| 101s | a bit yes exactly so yeah this is an |
| 103s | idea I've had for a while just for |
| 106s | players to be able to customize for for |
| 107s | their play style a little bit or what |
| 109s | they think is actually cool and lean |
| 110s | into the fantasy of different uh aspects |
| 113s | I guess so the idea was that you can get |
| 115s | these gems three different colors of |
| 118s | gems and you could use your your old |
| 121s | weapon this only works for a flame Metal |
| 124s | by the way and when you get flame metal |
| 126s | is a special metal very very special |
| 129s | very special little metal no but so you |
| 131s | combine the weapon you just made with |
| 133s | one of the new gems that you find and |
| 135s | you get to make either a blood weapon a |
| 138s | storm weapon or a nature weapon which |
| 141s | have some different abilities not |
| 143s | abilities but uh aects I I yeah and uh |
| 147s | yeah to answer the question as well I I |
| 149s | have to say that the uh dual axis uh |
| 152s | with the blood is my absolute favorite |
| 154s | and I think they are a killing killing |
| 156s | machine y i i i i tend to play with that |
| 159s | a lot as well because the I've always |
| 161s | been a fan of axes I know axes have kind |
| 163s | of a bad rep in the game like maybe I |
| 165s | don't know for some reason but I always |
| 166s | like playing with axes cuz you can just |
| 168s | take trees whenever you want and now |
| 169s | they're all so awesome yeah so I'm a |
| 171s | happy guy and it's also going to be uh |
| 174s | built upon the same skill as as the axe |
| 177s | skill has already been right it's not |
| 179s | going to be a brand new dual wielding |
| 181s | axis skill it's on the axis yes exactly |
| 184s | so you don't have to if you did like |
| 186s | axis before uh there okay so axes |
| 189s | overall in in valheim is a little bit |
| 193s | boring because they are a tool at the |
| 195s | same time they're weapon so they're not |
| 198s | the best weapon in the game mostly but |
| 202s | going into two-handed axes or dual |
| 204s | wielding axes they feel really really |
| 206s | nice but but then again we do have the |
| 209s | two-handed sword uh we have Spears we |
| 211s | have we we have a lot of weapons I think |
| 213s | this is the biome with most weapons so |
| 217s | far for sure I mean for sure because |
| 220s | especially because of the gem like |
| 222s | specialization it's really turning into |
| 224s | a lot of a lot of weapons so there's a |
| 226s | lot of fun things to play with and I |
| 227s | think it's really nice as well that if |
| 230s | you have a certain weapon type that is |
| 232s | your favorite like previously it was |
| 234s | basically just one weapon that you were |
| 235s | going to have and now you can actually |
| 237s | make a choice within that within that |
| 238s | weapon type as well so I think I think |
| 240s | hopefully it's something that people |
| 241s | will enjoy yeah indeed and uh speaking |
| 244s | of choices uh in the in the Mist lands |
| 246s | we also introduced the uh possibility to |
| 248s | play as a mage uh how does the uh Mage |
| 251s | side grade as we call it how does that |
| 253s | uh feature into the ash Lance and into |
| 256s | the rest of the game um very interesting |
| 259s | question youin well let me tell |
| 263s | you okay so I think uh Mages or or |
| 267s | Wizards or or Warlock whatever you call |
| 270s | it I think it's not a side grade in my |
| 273s | opinion it's more a play style so we |
| 276s | have to accommodate for that play style |
| 279s | and with that said we also are |
| 282s | introducing or not introducing but we |
| 284s | used to say side grades about a lot of |
| 285s | the armors and so on it wasn't the main |
| 288s | progression armor that you needed uh |
| 289s | coming into ashlands you will be able to |
| 291s | play as a so get armor for for either |
| 294s | your little ranged guy uh girl or the |
| 297s | heavy armor or a Mage Armor B basically |
| 300s | hopefully they will go hand in hand with |
| 302s | each other when you play several people |
| 304s | together and you'll have a good time or |
| 307s | have a horrible time dying trying and I |
| 309s | think we have uh sorry yeah sorry I |
| 311s | maybe I interrupt um I just want to say |
| 313s | and we have a number of nice I'm like |
| 316s | I'd say uh I don't know yeah like my |
| 319s | favorite in that regard is definitely |
| 321s | the uh can we call it the |
| 323s | shotgun uh I can affectionately call it |
| 326s | the shotgun maybe yes yeah there's |
| 328s | there's a number of really nice magic |
| 330s | choices to make as well but that was |
| 332s | that was a journey too right because I |
| 334s | remember the very first time I uh I play |
| 336s | tested like going into the ashlands I |
| 338s | had a mage character and I tried to use |
| 340s | an ice staff on fire enemies and it |
| 342s | didn't work yeah but that I think that |
| 345s | was uh that's not the that was very |
| 347s | early that was very early yep and I we |
| 351s | can't actually blame the staff for that |
| 353s | I think I think it's on the enemy side |
| 355s | that they were I'm just a bad player no |
| 357s | no no no no it's actually I think it was |
| 359s | on the play the the enemies side I mean |
| 362s | it that they were like immune or |
| 364s | something I guess or is that correct |
| 366s | Jonathan or was yeah I think it was just |
| 368s | that they were that go like for some |
| 370s | reason like that's one of the |
| 372s | interesting things with Ashland has been |
| 374s | that like kind of what do you say |
| 376s | challenging our design on okay we just |
| 378s | gave everybody fire weapons and now |
| 381s | they're going into fire territory it's |
| 383s | fire is everybody immune to fire like |
| 386s | our fire creatures or our Ashland's |
| 388s | creature immune to cold or are they |
| 390s | susceptable to cold or like that has |
| 392s | been like uh going a bit forwards and |
| 394s | back quite a bit and uh I think we've |
| 397s | landed in something that works quite |
| 399s | well now but uh it hasn't been really |
| 401s | clearcut or what is say and yeah exactly |
| 404s | it's been difficult because since you |
| 406s | get a fire and an ice weapon you get |
| 408s | both both parts of the spectrum going |
| 410s | into a place which which is like fire I |
| 412s | think that when we have uh the undead |
| 416s | Vibe going on it's more I think it's |
| 418s | more General General now that it's more |
| 421s | I think it's better that way cuz before |
| 424s | okay so if you go back and we made like |
| 427s | the lava lands or whatever then you kind |
| 430s | of kind of expect the ice staff to be |
| 432s | king right but in this case I think why |
| 435s | think people will have a good time and |
| 438s | die and have a good time yeah exactly |
| 441s | and and not just do like a lot of games |
| 442s | s where like oh fire creatures are |
| 444s | immune to Fire and there they're like |
| 446s | like take extra damage from Ice it's |
| 448s | it's more that both both play Styles |
| 450s | will work exactly we have said so we |
| 453s | have so many discussions about this like |
| 455s | so in my mind is like if you're a hot |
| 457s | fire demon if you're a hot fire |
| 460s | demon then then looking for a sing |
| 465s | exactly uh then in my opinion then then |
| 468s | if you're shooting like snow on me then |
| 470s | it melts I'm not I'm not getting any |
| 472s | damage uh but at the same time it's like |
| 475s | yeah they should be maybe allergic to |
| 478s | cold at least exactly it should either |
| 481s | can of be the one or the other but it's |
| 483s | not really sure which one it is I think |
| 485s | it's one of those game can of tropes |
| 487s | that have existed forever and yeah but |
| 489s | yeah I think I think it works for well |
| 490s | like you said with the undead it it |
| 491s | becomes much more clear um but it's yeah |
| 493s | it's important that both of them work |
| 495s | like it would be really weird if we gave |
| 497s | like oh there is ice and uh Fire magic |
| 499s | now but yeah the next place you're going |
| 500s | to go is one of them is useless so have |
| 503s | fun I wanted to uh round off uh these uh |
| 507s | discussions that we've been having with |
| 509s | um uh just looking back a little bit on |
| 512s | uh on the Mist LS and the ashlands uh |
| 515s | what do you feel have been the uh the |
| 517s | biggest differences between working on |
| 519s | these uh these two biomes well Jonathan |
| 522s | detail well a lot of differences like um |
| 526s | I don't know where or similarities if if |
| 528s | that's easier yeah okay I don't know |
| 531s | where to start actually like there's |
| 532s | been a lot of |
| 534s | uh differences I think I think yeah go |
| 537s | ahead Roman I think you have |
| 541s | this is valim and uh so you can expect |
| 544s | the normal valim things in a biome you |
| 547s | come in you need to you come in to mist |
| 549s | lands and okay so one big difference |
| 551s | certainly is that there is no mist yeah |
| 553s | sure it's going to be a bit Misty and |
| 555s | foggy sometimes of all the smoke and |
| 557s | everything but we're not going to lock |
| 559s | you invisibility like we did in mistland |
| 562s | so that's a big difference I guess um we |
| 564s | have heard a lot of feedback from PE uh |
| 565s | players uh about the Mist specifically |
| 568s | maybe that's something we do something |
| 570s | with in the future try to ease that in |
| 573s | or out somehow uh but the similarities |
| 576s | with mistland I think is a lot very |
| 579s | similar with the black forest cuz we did |
| 583s | go through like what would Black Forest |
| 585s | do in Mist lands and that's what we did |
| 588s | here as well yeah but I think like |
| 590s | workwise and like what you can expect I |
| 592s | mean it's it's definitely turning into a |
| 593s | very well uh worked biome like uh |
| 596s | actually had a dream about that maybe |
| 599s | it's a bad sign I dreamed about Ashland |
| 600s | the other night and I was like yeah it's |
| 601s | actually pretty cool now um and |
| 603s | realizing that and that we put a lot of |
| 605s | work into it and that it's it's still |
| 607s | going to be like very difficult I think |
| 609s | like if you compare it to M mland land |
| 611s | it's a very difficult biome but it's |
| 613s | difficult in maybe in another way like M |
| 615s | can be a bit frustrating with the |
| 616s | verticality and all the mist and some |
| 618s | players didn't appreciate that so it's |
| 621s | definitely not going to be the same but |
| 623s | of course there's a lot of similarities |
| 624s | in other ways I was playing with Andreas |
| 629s | yesterday doing some balance and tweaks |
| 631s | and stuff and I think it's always going |
| 633s | to be situational uh we went in and |
| 635s | played yesterday and was like this is |
| 636s | too easy so we we started to |
| 640s | overtune uh some creatures and then we |
| 642s | jumped back in like this is too |
| 644s | difficult what's going on it's always |
| 647s | going to be sorry I sorry and then today |
| 650s | when you were off and I was talking to |
| 651s | him and he's like this this mob is |
| 653s | cheating what is he doing what is he |
| 655s | doing against me and that's when he |
| 656s | called you in he's like yeah look at |
| 657s | this map what is he doing something's |
| 659s | wrong and he was just like and even when |
| 661s | even Andreas is like this is too hard |
| 663s | this is gonna be too hard then it's like |
| 664s | okay if even he says that yeah then I |
| 667s | may we need to maybe we have to turn it |
| 668s | down a notch after that I think yeah |
| 671s | that yeah we have some yep it I think |
| 674s | people are going to be pleasantly |
| 676s | surprised with ashlands and I hope it's |
| 679s | going to be a stepping stone for people |
| 682s | to understand like this is endgame uh |
| 685s | volim uh for some people it's not going |
| 688s | to be super difficult and for some |
| 690s | people it's going to be the most |
| 691s | difficult thing in the world a good |
| 692s | thing is that we have uh modifiers and |
| 696s | uh so so we can actually go in and |
| 697s | change how difficult the game is um but |
| 700s | we're trying to create a baseline for |
| 703s | how we think it should be at least we've |
| 706s | only got the uh deep North left now and |
| 709s | then we are finally out of uh or when |
| 712s | ashlands is out then we have deep North |
| 715s | left and then we're soon on our way to 1 |
| 717s | point oh and out of Early Access finally |
| 721s | yeah that would be interesting but uh |
| 724s | that is a uh tale for another time and |
| 728s | uh this episode is also going to Mark |
| 730s | the end of this little uh Series so I |
| 733s | want to thank everyone uh for listening |
| 736s | and I want to thank uh both of you for |
| 738s | uh joining me and for chatting about the |
| 740s | ashlands thank you so much for tuning in |
| 742s | and listening it's been awesome |
| 745s | hopefully you like ashlands and hope you |
| 747s | like to die yeah thank you very much for |
| 750s | uh listening to our ramblings about how |
| 752s | we feel kind of nothing but hopefully |
| 755s | it's been a little bit interesting and |
| 756s | that you enjoy the game bye bye by bye |
| 759s | bye |
| 764s | bye |