[2023] Wayfinder - EoY Fireside Chat | Wayfinder Dev Tracker

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1782s	alrighty hey hello hi internet hello
1786s	how's everyone doing is this thing
1786s	working yeah can you guys hear us test
1788s	one to hello there we go boys hi look
1792s	look at us on a set we're not like in
1794s	this uh little corner of the room with
1796s	just a little bit of a j yank light they
1798s	can't really see your boy up in the
1800s	corner but yeah keep an eye out for some
1802s	some fun little Easter eggs hidden
1804s	around the room yeah so this was our set
1805s	we're in our office in Austin Texas um
1809s	we will be using this going forward for
1811s	our Dev streams for like big features
1813s	and stuff that roll out um we're really
1815s	excited about 2024 and I just wanted to
1817s	let you guys know that this is a super
1818s	chill super casual stream um we're not
1821s	going to be going Mega in-depth in stuff
1823s	you'll get to see some faces um here at
1826s	Airship you'll get to see some people
1827s	maybe you interact within Discord we'll
1829s	talk about some cool stuff that's coming
1830s	in 2024 I can't say there won't be any
1833s	teases but um just so we set
1835s	expectations this is not like a grand
1837s	reveal of anything we're just we just
1839s	wanted to give you guys some FaceTime
1840s	now that we are publishing the game
1841s	independently you can know exactly who
1843s	we are you can see us we're awesome
1845s	people I like how you have a title that
1847s	says Community manager on the CRA I
1850s	guess this is just about me this is just
1852s	the sir starf stream welcome welcome to
1854s	the C starf stream I'm sir snarf your
1856s	host and uh the only person that's
1857s	important are you co- streaming right
1859s	now on your own channel no I actually
1860s	decided not to do that this is this is a
1862s	focus on Airship except for this being a
1864s	Star Stream so here we go yeah so yeah
1867s	here we are um we had a we had a good
1869s	2023 there were some UPS there were some
1871s	Downs no one's going to say otherwise
1873s	here but um the entire team that is
1875s	motivated to continue to work on
1877s	wayfinder and make it awesome we've been
1878s	doing that now for the past two or three
1880s	months um you guys have seen the fruits
1882s	of that labor where we've had hot fixes
1883s	and updates and Cool Stuff added to the
1885s	game we had freaking six hot fixes
1888s	even did this 2.0 touch like yeah sick
1891s	topics is like we are working as a team
1893s	we're super agile we're super um excited
1895s	about the future wayfinder and we hope
1897s	that you guys continue to see that and
1899s	you guys continue to feel that so yeah
1901s	so we'll do that we'll talk a little bit
1902s	more about some stuff that we did what's
1904s	coming up uh we'll show a little bit of
1907s	cool stuff teaser wise we'll get some
1908s	people in here maybe we'll give some
1910s	stuff away and did I miss anything no I
1914s	mean it's the whole point of this is
1915s	just to be chill it's been a long
1917s	freaking year year um oh the AMA people
1919s	really wanted to like ask questions oh
1920s	yeah 100% I mean we got the the chat
1922s	live up here so if you see we're not
1923s	looking at the ceiling I promise it
1925s	looks like that um but we got a big TV
1927s	with everybody on here hi de um on on
1930s	chat so we're just going to be reading
1932s	questions as they come out we'll have
1933s	like dedicated sessions where we're
1934s	going to be a bit more focused um we
1936s	have some a lot of folks are are kind of
1939s	busy with some end of the year tasks but
1941s	uh I am going to drop out occasionally
1943s	throughout the the stream um we're going
1944s	to be going for about two hours so um
1947s	just hang out get some uh some hot cocoa
1949s	and you know nice mil drink if you're
1952s	into that yeah we have a 2our limit
1954s	because we have to take everything that
1955s	you can't see and move it against that
1957s	wall because also what you can't see it
1959s	is hot as balls in this room because uh
1963s	new office amazing office just some
1964s	issues with the AC so they're going to
1966s	fix that over the break so I will
1967s	probably ditch this hat in about five
1968s	minutes but let me tell you setting up
1970s	uh a three computer stream setup with a
1974s	full set and wiring and integrating
1976s	everything with like probably about I
1979s	kid you not about 60 different U HDMI
1982s	cables and display cables and mics and
1984s	augs and all that jazz just to have to
1986s	disconnect it all and rehook it up as
1988s	soon as we get back from break I cannot
1990s	wa I don't know if we to disconnect it
1991s	all but we have to like it's going to be
1992s	an adjustment we're going to have to
1993s	play a little bit of uh what that what
1995s	was that one like car road rage uh
1998s	traffic jam what the hell you call it
1999s	road rage no there's like the the puzzle
2002s	where there's like all of the cars and
2004s	you have to like Slide the cars to get
2005s	the red car out you know what I'm
2007s	talking about no chat chat what is it
2009s	called someone somebody's got to know
2010s	I'm sure it's some I have never heard of
2012s	the sport someone said traffic jam
2013s	traffic jam no that's not it I don't
2014s	know what that is I don't know I don't
2016s	know what it's called anyway is it
2017s	traffic more people saying traffic jam I
2019s	think you I feel like the traffic jam is
2020s	like a remake of the original no but who
2022s	knows maybe I'm I'm wrong I wouldn't be
2024s	the first time anyway but yeah it's
2025s	going to be a maneuver to get all that
2027s	back but it's good Carmageddon no
2030s	although I had a conversation who
2031s	remembers Twisted Metal but most people
2032s	don't remember Vigilante 8 also a great
2036s	game around that same time period
2038s	yes we're going to spend this whole
2039s	stream just Hawking other games from the
2040s	90s and early 2000s because who are who
2043s	are my commanding conquer fans out there
2045s	give me some Tiberian son anybody Red
2048s	Alert 2 was the best commanded conquer
2050s	by far what was your what was your entry
2052s	into video games what was your gateway
2054s	drug oh Christ I it was probably not
2058s	probably but I remember playing I
2060s	remember playing Nintendo but that was
2062s	like a shared thing with the family you
2063s	say Nintendo don't be like an NES like
2065s	nintend Entertainment System
2067s	um and then I remember wanting a Super
2070s	Nintendo for Christmas because I'd
2072s	played pubsy 3D and Super Mario World at
2075s	my friend's house um and uh I didn't get
2079s	it for Christmas I was like oh my god
2081s	seriously like my first console was
2082s	going to be mine instead I got a Genesis
2084s	I was like this kind of sucks and I was
2086s	pissed and I was mad specifically about
2089s	um not being able to play Super Mario
2091s	but then uh I fell in love with Sonic
2094s	and then I remember Mortal Kombat coming
2095s	on that first and I had the blood and
2097s	everything else that didn't wasn't on
2098s	the other version so people like it
2100s	ended up being pretty good so Sonic was
2102s	like the first Sonic actual thing that
2104s	was like mine and that I like loved and
2106s	I still love Sonic to this day there's a
2107s	Sonic cood over there there's no way in
2109s	Howell I'm wearing it in this room but
2110s	yeah yeah yeah it's true uh it is a very
2112s	blue one and it's typically somewhere in
2115s	the frame so I have to like keep moving
2116s	it's like the AL on the Shelf I got
2119s	that's Zelda Ocarina is a great one I
2121s	remember going to Toys R Us back in the
2122s	day and they had Ocarina time as like
2124s	the demo station remember when they used
2126s	to go to like the stores and you could
2128s	just have like the video game running
2129s	with like the demo station you remember
2131s	remember going to uh probably not for
2134s	you but do you remember is anyone
2135s	remember that when you went to like pois
2136s	R Us you couldn't get the game you had
2138s	to like get the little paper card and
2140s	then bring the paper card up somewhere
2141s	the back the back shelf and I remember
2143s	doing that with Street Fighter the movie
2145s	the game and then all the the jewel
2146s	cases that they had to go and unlock and
2148s	stuff too if they had it but yeah this
2150s	is what the stream's going to be by the
2151s	way I wasn't kidding when I said this
2152s	was going to be scuffed and we're just
2154s	chilling out um but to give you guys a
2156s	quick update where we are with wa Fox
2158s	Star Fox is good starf Fox had one of
2160s	the coolest mechanics do you remember
2161s	like you could go if you feel old that
2163s	person says I grew up with Devil May Cry
2164s	I was like yeah 18 when dou May Cry came
2167s	out I feel like well you're aging
2168s	yourself careful but the Star Fox had
2171s	the the secret modes where you could
2172s	unlock either like the third person like
2175s	in the multiplayer you could do the tank
2176s	mode and also just like the third person
2178s	combat and it was like that was
2180s	something beautiful about the games back
2181s	in the day they just have like fullon
2183s	mechanics that they wouldn't tell you
2184s	about but you just had to find out and
2186s	there was like no internet at that point
2188s	you had to use like either the PC
2190s	Magazine that would tell you about it or
2191s	just Word of Mouth like I kind that
2194s	we'll do a little bit of like Dev ins
2195s	sight here because we said we'll do Dev
2197s	ins sight it's weird you say that
2198s	because there was a conversation that
2199s	went on in Discord the other day about
2200s	like Quest markers and what do we do and
2202s	it's definitely a balancing act um for
2204s	freet to-play game you you need to have
2207s	like a handh holdy experience to like
2208s	get through the game and understand
2209s	mechanics and everyone's played those
2210s	games some of them are a little bit more
2212s	uh heavy-handed than others but it can't
2214s	just be like hey here you go into the
2216s	world right like an Elden ring type
2218s	situation doesn't really work on a
2220s	freedom play game because someone's like
2221s	I don't know what this is I download
2222s	this I tried it I'm deleting it I'm done
2224s	right so there has to be a little bit a
2225s	handholding um but I totally agree that
2228s	we've kind of lost that art of like
2229s	figuring stuff out or unraveling a
2230s	mystery or having a conversation with
2232s	somebody but I mean I do feel why we we
2234s	kind of go back and forth about where we
2236s	do Quest markers and we talk about doing
2237s	some other ones especially just like
2239s	freeo play games that have been out for
2240s	a while and that's I feel like a huge
2242s	barrier of Entry that like you know Dota
2244s	2 for instance you try to jump into DOTA
2246s	two and you weren't part of like the
2248s	initial wave of you know DOTA one or or
2250s	Hots or Han or whatever the heck you
2253s	kind of got got into mobas for it's just
2255s	like it's so intimidating to get in
2257s	there and actually figure things out
2259s	even though they do like the tutorial
2260s	session said I just found out about the
2262s	turtle pet yeah exactly stuff like that
2263s	is cool you find it and you're like oh
2265s	crap there's some neat levels first AMA
2267s	that I'm going to pull out of here what
2268s	are your thoughts on the fan-made
2269s	endless tower concept for reward Tower I
2271s	have no idea what that is do you I
2272s	haven't even heard of that either uh
2275s	yeah I don't know I'll have to is it in
2276s	disc awesome yeah I mean there is
2279s	another reward Tower coming so we're
2282s	still planning on doing new reward
2283s	Towers okay so that's where I was
2284s	getting at and then we got sidetracked
2286s	we're going to get sidetracked all the
2287s	time it's just so update on wayfinder
2290s	obviously 2023 is pretty much over for
2293s	those of you that maybe are new to
2294s	wayfinder new to live games like this
2295s	it's pretty customary for Studios to
2297s	shut down give everybody a rest so after
2300s	today our studio will be shut down for
2302s	uh about a week a little bit longer than
2303s	a week I think give everyone rest
2305s	they'll get to come back relaxed they
2307s	deserve it the team has absolutely
2309s	kicked ass this last uh couple of months
2311s	especially but obviously since we
2312s	launched and even before that so they
2314s	deserve it leave them alone don't ping
2316s	them on Discord but that's going to
2318s	happen first so um during that time
2321s	obviously we talked about our transition
2322s	from uh service from digital extremes
2324s	over to Airship Syndicate that
2326s	transition is still a work in progress
2327s	there's some stuff that we need to
2328s	figure out as well in terms of uh uh
2331s	specifically working with Sony we've
2333s	kind of mentioned that a few times our
2334s	patch has lagged behind a couple times
2335s	we apologize for that we're not fully in
2337s	control yet but we're working towards it
2339s	um we are still actively looking for a
2341s	new home for wayfinder a forever home as
2343s	they say um but in the meantime we are
2345s	self-publishing and uh it's been an
2348s	awesome experience to be super agile and
2350s	we'll continue to do so so nothing on
2352s	the transition front and again most of
2354s	these things that do happen won't affect
2355s	you as a player um I think I said this
2357s	in Discord but just so people understand
2359s	um your interaction with de and a game
2361s	front is like you download the game you
2363s	press login it makes a de account uh
2365s	there's some matchmaking in the
2366s	background customer support So for most
2368s	players you won't uh you won't see any
2370s	type of difference when we do fully
2372s	transition over but we're currently
2374s	working with them and uh it's just a
2375s	little bit slower obviously because it's
2376s	the end of the year so nothing new to
2377s	report I do want to give a shout out to
2379s	tutap who just messag in there I think
2381s	he is the world first to get over a
2383s	thousand um level in the reward Tower
2386s	man just is a machine but he's not all
2388s	right more Devon sites the you're not
2390s	the highest reward Tower though the
2392s	highest reward Tower was like wasn't it
2394s	like 8.5 million something like that we
2397s	saw yeah so that person got they got
2400s	banned immediately legitimate legitimate
2402s	first person over a thousand let's go
2403s	with that's very true yeah and I I will
2406s	say by the way people who think they're
2408s	being sneaky with the third party hacks
2410s	and things like that you're not as
2411s	sneaky as you might think please do not
2413s	do it you will it is a violation that
2415s	terms of w bring down the mood I'm going
2417s	to bring down the mood officially here
2419s	on chat don't do it um specifically two
2421s	Taps and some of the more in people
2424s	who've worked very hard to to get the
2426s	build they done twap is a freaking
2428s	badass um he plays with the Tempest
2431s	which I don't I thought you were calling
2432s	him out for cheating no no no he's he's
2434s	one of the legitimate guys out there
2435s	same with Atlantis what's up Atlantis um
2437s	but yeah don't Don't cheat come on guys
2439s	it's it's not worth it it's not fun what
2440s	are you cheating for right like you're
2442s	you're ruining your own experience so
2444s	anyway it's it's not as sneaky as you
2446s	might think and it is how you're going
2447s	to get your account B so don't do it
2449s	yeah snar is slaming that hammer I I
2452s	have a hammer uh it's not exclusive for
2455s	clowns um so cheaters I I dislike
2458s	cheaters more than I like uh dislike
2460s	clowns but uh loading screens are
2462s	killing the game you need to get rid of
2463s	it um so we can talk a little about
2465s	where we're working on the game now
2467s	performance is absolutely our number one
2468s	priority we made some huge strides by
2470s	our awesome engineering team and our
2472s	Tech art team and everybody here at
2474s	Airship that has made the game um
2476s	smoother for a lot of people understand
2477s	it's not done understand some people
2479s	still have issues we're currently
2480s	working on that um we made loading much
2483s	faster recently and we also made so
2485s	you're not loading Technically when
2486s	you're travel within like Skylight or
2487s	the highlands so we'll continue to
2489s	revisit all that stuff um we understand
2491s	there's issues with connections every
2492s	now and then we are continuing to work
2494s	on all of that is not falling on De
2496s	years did is our number one priority
2497s	when we get back because you got to have
2499s	a great experience and you want to be
2501s	playing the game we played the game last
2503s	night with with Airship cam who will be
2505s	here later uh and experienced some of
2508s	those things too so we get it we're not
2510s	we're not totally oblivious to the
2511s	issues that are there but we're team is
2513s	dedicated we're working on it and uh
2515s	we'll have an update in the New Year
2516s	about where're we're going as we start
2517s	hot fixing some more um performance
2519s	stuff as well as some networking stuff
2520s	yeah and and talking specifically about
2522s	loading screens one of the things that
2525s	too hot yeah well coward I'm not even
2526s	wearing a jacket um but the one way that
2530s	we know would cut down on loading
2532s	screens a lot um or at least make them
2534s	faster would be doing the a legitimate
2537s	rerun system so it does have some
2540s	technical knowhow that we have to do it
2542s	to make sure that you know imbuements
2544s	are being spent the correct way that you
2545s	aren't able to just just game the system
2548s	and you know basically do a run that you
2551s	wouldn't technically be able to do so
2553s	that is something that we are
2554s	investigating uh no Tim Laine exactly on
2556s	when it's coming but it is something
2557s	that we have heard something that we do
2559s	want to be able to do as a nice quality
2561s	of life if you got a group together and
2562s	you're grinding for that one accessory
2564s	drop you're grinding for that one echo
2566s	or artifact whatever it might be we want
2568s	you to be able to kind of do that as you
2570s	know seamlessly as possible so we're
2572s	going to keep iterating we have lots of
2574s	cool UI systems and um just quality
2577s	light systems that are going to be
2578s	coming down the pipe uh that we haven't
2579s	really even talked about yet which is
2581s	nice um but we need to figure out like
2583s	exactly what they're going to look like
2584s	before we can get it out to you guys so
2586s	yeah and also kind of related on like
2589s	the performance front of things one of
2590s	the big things that we'll be doing and I
2591s	know it's like a known issue now is like
2593s	hey guys who haven't played in forever
2595s	you're going to be doing Shader caching
2596s	it'll stutter it might not be great for
2597s	the first minute or two depending on
2598s	your hard drive speed we're actually
2600s	going to be putting in pre-caching so
2602s	when you start the game it'll start
2603s	doing that in the background
2603s	automatically won't completely eliminate
2605s	it but it will cut it down significantly
2607s	and hopefully um people that might not
2609s	be familiar with unreal or that
2611s	requirement for most of those uh uh
2613s	engine games it'll just happen naturally
2615s	and you won't have such a bad example
2616s	dlss something we are looking at adding
2619s	in the future um we don't have a time
2621s	frame for it now we do have FSR um and
2623s	we're actually in talks with AMD about
2625s	possibly upgrading to FSR 3 now that
2627s	that's available no update on that
2629s	either no like time frame but it's
2630s	something that we we want to do but for
2632s	something like dlss that comes after
2634s	we've done our performance tweaks and we
2636s	want to Target where most of our players
2638s	are most of our players aren't on that
2639s	super duper high end they're kind of in
2640s	the middle so we'll make some changes
2642s	for them to make sure that you are um
2644s	having a great time on your mspec and a
2646s	little bit above and then we'll work
2647s	towards the higher tier stuff like the
2649s	LSS and performance and so you guys can
2651s	get like 250 frames for some unknown
2653s	reason and all that good stuff yeah and
2655s	I did see a question from Nate um Nasty
2657s	Nate rather about drop rates um so again
2661s	something that we definitely want to say
2663s	that we're we're investigating um from
2665s	all the tools that we on the back end it
2667s	looks like the drop rates are looking
2668s	correct but it does seem like from
2670s	empirical data and and kind of voices
2672s	from the the populace um that especially
2675s	for vestages um is some of them in
2677s	particular are very painful to grind
2679s	I've been hearing about some people
2680s	grinding you know over a 100 runs and
2682s	and not getting any luck sometimes that
2684s	could just be really bad karma or you
2686s	just haven't done the right type of
2687s	sacrifice to r& Jesus um but we are
2690s	we're going to make sure that we are
2692s	dropping the rates that they should be
2693s	because they're actually fairly
2695s	reasonable like it should not be taking
2696s	hundreds of runs to get there so we're
2698s	going to continue to investigate that it
2700s	does get math gets weird and wonky when
2702s	you have multiple individual drop chance
2706s	items and sometimes that's just how the
2708s	cookie crumbles um but we want things to
2710s	feel good but we don't want it to be
2712s	just like okay you run it two times and
2714s	you get things the bets and slot and
2716s	then you have nothing else to do in the
2717s	game so the game is going to be a
2719s	collection based game you are going to
2720s	have to work to get the best gear um if
2723s	you didn't have to work for it then
2724s	there'd be nothing to be proud of and
2725s	nothing to show to other players so you
2727s	know it's going to be some work um we
2729s	are going to be looking into other
2730s	systems like potentially some pity
2732s	mechanics and and other things to make
2734s	sure that you are you know always feel
2736s	like you're progressing if you put in
2737s	the time we want to feel like you're
2738s	getting rewarded for that um so we're
2740s	going to look into ways that we can kind
2742s	of do that uh we hope the the helper
2744s	coin shop was a nice little you know
2746s	alternative way of of being able to
2748s	collect some stuff so we want you to
2750s	reward players for actually going out
2752s	helping other players out those of you
2754s	who go into the helper queue to just
2756s	skip through
2757s	it this is why we can't have nice things
2760s	so we're going to have to to look that
2763s	just just you know have fun right but we
2766s	hope that's like an alternative way you
2768s	know for you to be able to get some of
2770s	those items that you're looking for um
2772s	we we heard absolutely issues with some
2774s	of like the archaic bones and and
2775s	trickster coins and a lot of that sort
2777s	of things um so I think with the the
2780s	sphere scaling and a bunch of other
2781s	stuff that's going to be much less of a
2783s	pain Point um but it's balance right if
2786s	you give everything away instantaneously
2788s	the first time then all the content's
2790s	gone so it's a fine line that we got to
2792s	find and again we're only at
2794s	0.2 of you know what full launch is and
2797s	even full launch is just going to be
2798s	literally the starting that's the
2799s	foundation so we're building the
2801s	foundation right now it's going to take
2802s	some tweaking it's going to take some
2803s	adjustment we'll get there eventually
2805s	but I had to yeah we lost Wi-Fi so I had
2807s	to swap my over to my phone um there was
2810s	a bunch of stuff I wanted to address
2811s	real quick that was like of course I
2813s	can't find it any plans for a native
2815s	version of the game on Steam deck yes we
2818s	are currently looking at getting it
2819s	certified it's now it's now playable
2822s	yeah but we'll work towards that have
2823s	you ever played wak Fu the MMO yes I
2826s	have um really what the heck is that
2828s	it's like a turn it's so hard to
2829s	describe actually shout out to Tony he
2831s	loves wak Fu um will you be transmog
2833s	system for Boss drops right now we're
2834s	not talking about a transmog system we
2836s	do want that when you get something I
2837s	mean we kind of have one already kind of
2840s	sort of like for weapons but not like a
2843s	whole hey I got it's like Gear's not
2846s	accessories are important but you don't
2847s	see accessories but it's not like yeah I
2849s	mean one thing that I think is super
2850s	cool about how we're doing the cosmetics
2853s	and stuff like there's so so many games
2855s	out there that you it's basically just a
2857s	color swap of the you know a certain
2860s	cosmetic sign I'm not going to name
2862s	names but there are games out there
2863s	where they have five different varieties
2865s	of the same skin and the only difference
2868s	is the color scheme you know one thing
2870s	that we really it's hard to launch a
2872s	free-to-play game be profitable so we
2874s	can keep building new cont cont and
2876s	making the game fresh and exciting um
2879s	and we want without you know basically
2881s	pay to win so we want to make it make
2882s	sure it's not pay to win we want it to
2884s	be a game that's it's free fair and like
2886s	is is fun to join in but we also want
2888s	you to be able to express yourselves and
2890s	be like that so I feel like especially
2891s	with the updates to the die system now
2893s	like I don't know you tell me if I'm
2895s	wrong I feel like that's such a cool way
2896s	that like you still can make a
2898s	completely distinct looking character
2900s	even if it's the same you know physical
2902s	um you know framework for your your
2905s	Cosmetics but I don't know what have you
2907s	guys been liking the uh the new die
2909s	system um since that's been coming out
2910s	why you answer I'm going to blow through
2911s	some of these uh is u5 still happening
2913s	yes we talked with epic like two days
2914s	ago uh look for news on that in 2024
2917s	please tell me RAID Mode will be hard
2918s	content I won't talk about that yet
2920s	because we'll have Stephen here again he
2921s	won't be able to divulge all the
2923s	information but he can talk about our
2924s	intention with that uh will we get
2926s	ability and gameplay trailers for new
2927s	wayfinder soon yes once we have grundle
2929s	ready to go we'll be sharing all that
2930s	stuff can't wait for you guys to see any
2932s	thoughts about adding a Pity system for
2933s	accessories and Echo also something
2935s	we've talked about that yeah uh anything
2938s	about Frost March expansion or a new
2939s	open world whoa well I don't know I
2942s	don't know maybe 2024 will have some
2944s	great we might even have a video uh
2946s	today teasing in some stuff maybe
2948s	probably not cross March is definitely
2949s	not in that video I think it what video
2952s	I don't know what you're talking about
2953s	nope not in not in this stream what um
2957s	okay so um second update is going back
2960s	to where we're talk about like where we
2961s	currently are and where we're going yes
2962s	obviously we are continuing the
2964s	transition from uh service from Digital
2966s	Dreams to us we are looking for our
2969s	forever home as I said before but uh
2971s	part of that is obviously taking a look
2973s	at the game and refining the game
2974s	systems somebody else in here mentioned
2976s	something about monetization and also
2978s	housing um we've reprioritized some of
2980s	the stuff that we're looking at
2981s	immediately in 2024 as well as like um
2984s	Beyond to get out of the q1 to like Q2
2987s	to Q3 because we need to focus on things
2989s	like I mentioned like performance and
2990s	make sure the gun game is fun and
2991s	rewarding so some of those systems we
2993s	won't be updating as much now we hope to
2995s	revisit them in the future it's not
2996s	going away but you might see a lack of
2998s	content when it comes to like housing
3000s	stuff there might be some new items but
3001s	as far as features get built out and out
3003s	we have to um reassess where we are just
3005s	now that we're publishing the game that
3006s	also means obviously that freeto play is
3008s	not going to be the first half of 2024
3011s	the first uh I think we said first
3013s	couple months or something like that so
3014s	we are pushing free to play off a little
3016s	bit um we still will be doing it in 2024
3019s	no dates specifically to talk about just
3021s	yet but it doesn't make sense to go wide
3023s	with the game when there's those
3025s	disconnect issues we talk about before
3026s	the performance issues like we could
3027s	solidify um the core Loops all we want
3029s	but we need to have a solid foundation
3031s	before we build on it which is what
3032s	we've said all along and so that'll come
3034s	a little bit later so once again for
3036s	those to be Crystal Clear free to play
3038s	will not be in the first part of 2024 it
3040s	will come a little bit later yeah and
3042s	one of the beautiful things about all
3044s	this you know you get lemons you make
3046s	lemonade right but
3048s	the is the fact that we wouldn't
3051s	necessarily have the freedom to kind of
3052s	make these adjustments if we weren't you
3054s	know in a little bit more control over
3056s	destiny that we are right now um when it
3058s	comes to D Dev it's it's very
3059s	complicated um but the fact that we are
3062s	able to kind of reprioritize some of the
3064s	features that would have been you know
3066s	pushed out a little bit further you know
3067s	raids Point 2.0 as I've talked about
3069s	more kind of like the introductory raid
3071s	is going to be a lot sooner than it
3072s	necessarily would have been if we had
3074s	stuck to our original schedule but we're
3075s	able to you know some housing items
3077s	housing is super freaking cool and we
3078s	we're excited to work towards it but
3080s	it's not necessarily the feature that a
3083s	lot of the community has like expressed
3085s	that they're excited they want to see
3086s	going forward so kind of with this
3089s	transition which is beautiful is we're
3090s	able to like okay people want this
3093s	instead of there instead of going on
3094s	this huge macro plan that was you know
3097s	traditionally planned out when you have
3099s	a more you
3101s	know I don't know what the right word
3102s	would be but I don't know typically when
3104s	you have a game of this kind of scale
3106s	and scope like there is a there is a
3107s	plan that you have to stick to and adere
3109s	to and you have to hit milestones and
3110s	you have to get these things out the
3112s	reality of the situation that hopefully
3114s	you guys have been able to see in these
3115s	last couple months is how much more
3117s	adaptive we can be we can hear directly
3119s	from the feedback and literally we've
3121s	been getting put pushing these hot fixes
3123s	out within like a day of you know we get
3125s	the feedback we put it into the team the
3127s	team works on it for a day we get it
3128s	certified we push it out the next day um
3131s	so that Bing Bang Boom is is something
3134s	new and exciting that wouldn't
3136s	necessarily have been possible and is
3137s	kind of unique to the situation we find
3139s	ourselves in so yeah and on top of that
3141s	like you like surprise spoiler alert
3144s	like this is a business right like you
3146s	have to reassess the business and where
3148s	we are and where what we can do we only
3149s	have so many people here um we have
3151s	amazing employees both in the office as
3154s	well as around the world and some
3155s	contractors we we work with but we have
3157s	to say okay where are we spending our
3158s	time where are we spending our money
3159s	where are we spending our efforts so
3161s	that we can bring the game uh from here
3163s	to here and what does that look like for
3165s	what gets cut like at that point so um
3168s	and not cut forever but it's just again
3169s	a temporary thing as we're working
3170s	through um our entire process so yeah
3173s	and even cosmetic even like trinkets
3175s	like it's not free unfortunately we wish
3177s	it did like we we we pay you know the
3180s	artists for their talent and the time
3182s	and it's their effort and they
3183s	absolutely deserve all the compensation
3185s	they get for it um but it's expensive
3188s	like building a a video game it's like
3190s	conducting an orchestra you need to have
3192s	you know some of the most talented
3193s	people in the world in all their
3194s	individual departments coming together
3196s	and making sure they sound good together
3198s	like getting it all Syed up and and tied
3200s	in and translated and and everything
3203s	there's just like a huge mile long
3205s	checklist that you need for even the
3207s	smallest little feature to to get out to
3208s	the world so you know a lot of I feel
3211s	from even before I got into the game
3212s	industry it just like this is so obvious
3214s	why don't you do that it's like yes it
3216s	is like the end result is so obvious but
3218s	all the little steps to get there F the
3220s	switch takes a right uh it takes it
3223s	takes it takes a ton of orchestration
3225s	and and kind of tying together so even
3228s	for like some of the small cosmetics and
3230s	things like that like there's still
3231s	thousands and thousands of dollars that
3233s	go into even getting that into the game
3235s	so it's it's a difficult thing that we
3236s	got to always assess it's just like okay
3239s	this is going to cost a ton to get this
3240s	feature in what is going to get the
3242s	biggest result of people excited to hop
3244s	back in or hop in for the first time we
3246s	got to do that in real time all the time
3248s	um and so we should probably get our
3249s	first guest in here I want to grab Steve
3251s	we can talk a little more about the
3252s	future stuff someone just asked like you
3254s	guys talked about pushing back features
3255s	and certain things what about new law
3256s	zones and mounts will that be pushed
3257s	back further nope we are still playing
3259s	one of things that people want yep we're
3260s	still planning that early 2024 some of
3262s	that stuff again was based on what we
3264s	when we listen to the community on like
3267s	Twitter and Discord everywhere else we
3269s	see you we talk to you even on Steam
3271s	forums even though um people there are
3273s	are not so nice at times steam fors
3276s	people on Steam forms I don't think
3277s	Santa's visiting your house tonight some
3279s	of you yes but not everybody um but
3282s	anyway I'm a guy yeah we're still
3284s	working on all that stuff none of that's
3285s	getting cut per se um it's just stuff is
3288s	shuffling around but yes when we come
3290s	out in 2024 we'll be swinging we'll have
3291s	tons of new stuff we'll go into a little
3294s	bit of that now uh yeah that' be a good
3297s	transition I feel I'll go there is no
3299s	act transition so you'll get Steve I'll
3301s	continue to answer these questions and
3302s	we'll go from there okay we don't want
3303s	to do uh I thought we're were going to
3305s	do the the video at some point in the
3308s	the first half sure you tell me when
3312s	yeah okay by the way hit hit the button
3313s	you didn't you haven't talked about the
3314s	huge news what huge news we don't have a
3317s	a director of marketing and Community
3319s	engagement anymore you are you are
3321s	looking at the executive producer at
3324s	Airship Syndicate yes I appreciate it
3326s	yeah this uh this game has been the love
3329s	of my life for like four years those who
3330s	don't know I worked at De before I
3331s	worked here so um Airship has been
3334s	awesome um wayfinder isn't going away
3336s	and I hopefully can help everybody
3338s	inside the studio continue to make great
3339s	stuff um and just support them that's
3342s	that's what it's all about helping out I
3343s	mean for you guys who don't know like
3345s	that is that is a huge position and they
3348s	don't care they don't care I care this
3350s	is this is our chance to I'm not your
3352s	boss anymore so I don't Su you don't
3353s	suck I'm pretty sure you are so all
3356s	right anyway press the button point
3357s	being like it's rare for somebody to be
3361s	able to be this close and integrated
3363s	with all of y'all um but also have so
3365s	much agency and just like the direction
3367s	and making stuff happen so I need to be
3369s	solid with that fancy title game mother
3371s	f i this is like the other day someone's
3373s	like wow I can't believe the devs
3375s	actually play this game I was like are
3376s	you serious we were in this game all the
3378s	time where people constantly say hi to
3380s	me or they say other people like uh
3382s	Brooke or what's this oh oh Steve just
3385s	came for me wow Steve was tuning in I'll
3387s	well he he gives and gabs and rants
3390s	about not being him I'll get him set up
3391s	oh yeah you got to set up um I don't
3393s	even remember what I was talking about
3394s	so I guess I'll just do some more amas
3395s	while Steve puts his mic on um which
3398s	button do you want me to hit for the the
3399s	video we'll just play that real quick
3400s	are we doing it now sure you do that so
3402s	we'll do the art uh art only bottom
3403s	right all right I guess without further
3406s	Ado
3408s	enjoy had y'all the journey to get here
3411s	has been long but your continued support
3413s	has meant the world to us
3415s	with every new player in evanor meaning
3417s	so much to the team and the future of
3419s	wayfinder our vision for Early Access
3421s	was to craft this game alongside you for
3423s	the Long Haul yes we absolutely hit a
3426s	few bumps at launch and there is still
3428s	plenty for us to do but our team remains
3430s	dedicated to making wayfinder great as
3432s	we work towards freeto playay in
3434s	2024 with every passing week wayfinder
3436s	only gets better we're currently focused
3438s	on load times performance balance
3441s	changes matchmaking and more on the
3443s	immediate Horizon
3446s	as winter approaches we invite you back
3448s	to discover new mysteries of evanor
3449s	during the chilly even tide season and
3452s	rest assured our world is about to get a
3453s	whole lot larger and faster keep forging
3456s	paths through the Gloom wayfinders
3458s	remember you can go it alone but we're
3460s	stronger
3465s	[Music]
3469s	together camera
3472s	scene Steve hello welcome did you turn
3474s	your mic on I don't know is it is it on
3477s	people hear me people hear you probably
3479s	not we wait a second I think it's on
3484s	nice don't swivel Steve we can hear
3486s	Steve nope muted I got a yes it's on and
3489s	then I'm muted this is the internet
3490s	ladies and
3491s	gentlemen so we just showed a very quick
3493s	video about like stuff that's coming we
3495s	mentioned on our steam announce about
3497s	2024 will be big we talked about raids
3500s	we talked about Job boards we talked
3502s	about grindle we talked about new areas
3504s	we talked about
3506s	what can you tell us about any of those
3507s	things what do you want to talk about
3508s	today Steve this is about you wait did
3510s	we transition already yeah video only
3512s	like a I think it's my mic is on or not
3514s	on it's on yeah one person said no one
3516s	person said yes we're good thank you
3520s	um yeah the New Year's going to be
3523s	exciting drink especially getting this
3525s	this big patch out um it's a big
3528s	foundational change and I think we can
3531s	uh just be more frequent in updates we
3533s	have a lot of big progression stuff
3534s	coming
3536s	uh some of the exciting stuff uh two of
3538s	the like major holes are uh right now
3542s	are there's no endgame so that's one of
3545s	the the biggest things which will be
3547s	raids and Mythic hunts and um also the
3551s	archetype levels and Armory levels which
3553s	is you know the the big reason to play
3556s	you know to incentivize people to play
3558s	more weapons in characters that's a lot
3560s	of the updates that we're doing yeah
3562s	it's cool to play them but we want to
3563s	give you know more reason to do so um so
3567s	yeah some of the stuff
3568s	coming uh Armory level is going to be
3571s	huge for leveling new weapons uh every
3574s	time you level a weapon to 30 you're
3576s	going to Armory level will go up it's
3577s	very simple you'll be getting uh more
3580s	incremental power um and that will buff
3584s	every weapon that you use not just from
3585s	the same weapon class so even if you're
3587s	like I love two-handers I kind of want
3589s	to try a rifle go ahead I'll make your
3591s	two-handers more powerful too so yeah so
3593s	before you walked into uh couple
3595s	questions came about raids so we talked
3597s	about raids we were like hey we want to
3598s	do raids they're a little bit further
3599s	off as a team we decided Well people
3602s	want raids they clearly are asking for
3605s	them we clearly want them to be end game
3606s	we're not going to go in depth about
3608s	raids now but what can you tell us a
3609s	little about the raids that com yeah so
3611s	so raids is going to be uh more than
3614s	it's going to be I'm going to say Sixers
3616s	party so you'll be able to play with
3618s	more than three people wow confirmed
3620s	yeah confirmed uh and so to get some
3623s	more friends together um and it's hard
3627s	so some of the stuff is you know people
3629s	are grinding stuff getting more and more
3631s	power but to kill what yeah raids that's
3634s	what it's going to be for please make
3635s	the raids hard this person's like 4
3637s	seconds behind you the the plan is that
3639s	they'll be very hard um so it's going to
3641s	be expected they're going to be coming
3643s	out a bit after we're planning for
3645s	Armory level and archetype level to come
3647s	out because we're going to be expecting
3649s	people to have that to be able to be
3652s	effective in raids and also even to
3654s	equip stuff you can get in raids in
3656s	terms of accessories because Armory
3659s	level or archetype level along with
3662s	Awakening is going to be able to
3663s	increase your max equip level so if
3665s	you're getting Level you know 37
3668s	accessories from raids you want to put
3670s	them on you're going to need that and
3672s	you're going to need to be doing uh some
3675s	gearing up and getting Armory level just
3677s	to not get your butt kicked and raids
3679s	essentially so before raids though we're
3681s	going to be adding something else that's
3682s	new that kind of leads into raids so
3683s	when we have an update this will come
3685s	out that you're going to talk about in a
3685s	second and raids will come out a little
3687s	bit after that but the reason why we're
3688s	introducing this is so that you can
3690s	prepare and gear up for the raid what
3691s	are these things so Mythic hunts is um
3693s	something that we've been playing for a
3694s	while and it's basically a super hard
3697s	mode of every hunt in the game uh right
3701s	now Awakening is capped at three so
3703s	it'll raise the cap to five so you can
3705s	finally get Awakening four and five it's
3707s	going to require stuff from the Mythic
3709s	hunts to get those and Awakening five is
3711s	a big deal for weapons and characters
3713s	cuz that's when you'll unlock a new Echo
3715s	slot so that's going to be a huge jump
3717s	in your budget for characters it's going
3720s	to be a rush type so that's going to be
3723s	fun and for weapons it's going to be
3725s	dependent on the the weapon itself but
3728s	um so that'll be a big jump in power too
3730s	and help people get prepared for the
3732s	raids so we have talked about um Mythic
3735s	Expeditions as well so is it going to
3737s	focus be on Expeditions just hunt it'll
3740s	be only hunts um maybe in the future
3743s	Expeditions can but right now we're just
3745s	focused on the Hunts and um yeah and
3748s	you'll also be able to get black Gloom
3750s	Stone which some people early on might
3752s	have gotten when it was dropping when it
3753s	wasn't supposed to
3755s	dele that's going to be raising the if
3758s	you have it it's going to be deleted
3760s	yeah we're going to we're going to clear
3761s	no one's supposed to get it and you
3763s	definitely weren't doing raids to get it
3765s	and Mythic hunts so um we're going to be
3768s	raising the affinity cap right now it's
3770s	15 so you'll be able to get to 25 and
3772s	there'll be a third Affinity perk for
3774s	everybody as well in each of those those
3776s	trees and you're going to need the black
3778s	glom stone to get from 20 to 25 yeah
3781s	someone asked will harder content like
3783s	the mythics you're talking about be new
3784s	mechanics or just harder it will be just
3785s	harder there's no new mechanics the
3787s	reason why is the time and effort for
3789s	that new mechanic needs to be focused on
3791s	the raid we want the raids to feel fresh
3793s	and awesome and new um and also one
3795s	thing we talked about yesterday is the
3796s	raids are not designed just for that end
3799s	of like hey I've awakened totally to
3801s	five and now I'm ready for the raid
3802s	right like we want you to be able to
3803s	venture in um probably around like three
3806s	Awakening it'll be hard total total uh
3809s	disclaimer there but it's designed to be
3810s	hard it's supposed to be hard content
3811s	but it's not like locked until you've
3813s	played all the way to the very very end
3815s	and can't do anything else yeah so and a
3817s	lot of the stuff in the game you know
3818s	it's definitely skill-based game so you
3820s	can do stuff under a power level so
3824s	really trying to get to where it's hard
3828s	but not like super hard it's like and
3830s	based on different skill levels we we
3833s	imagine some people will be able to
3835s	tackle it sooner than others but you
3837s	know there'll be things in place in the
3838s	game to gear up for it uh to get there
3841s	will rage drop
3842s	Cosmetics uh yes so one of the things
3845s	that we're trying to do as well uh is to
3848s	have some more cosmetic things drop
3850s	through content um not just on the MTX
3853s	side so they'll
3854s	be I mean so you'll you'll be able to
3857s	show up you see somebody in Skylight
3860s	should rocking something pretty badass
3862s	like you're going to have a little bit
3863s	of motivation to go like all right yeah
3866s	the ra have
3867s	a um and uh the Mythic hunts will also
3872s	have some cosmetic drops added as well
3875s	so it's part of that so giv it all away
3877s	wow crazy so exciting stuff um anything
3881s	you want to say about our first large
3882s	area that we'll be releasing outside of
3885s	uh once we get to 2024 yeah I think I
3887s	mean did we we said what it was right I
3888s	mean Alex did like 20 minutes ago yeah
3891s	basically I'll what say yeah you're like
3893s	oh you'll see Frost March in a video I
3894s	was like somebody asked it like maybe
3897s	you'll
3898s	see yeah so basically Frost March right
3901s	now is a tiny Hub area with nothing to
3904s	do just walking around talking to people
3906s	it's going to be a huge Overland like
3908s	the highlands it's larger it's way it's
3912s	a lot bigger than the highlands which is
3914s	perfect because you can get around
3916s	faster with mounts W so it's made with
3918s	mounts in mind uh it's very big there's
3921s	going to be a lot of um events that are
3923s	actually level 30 so you're not just
3926s	getting scaled down and doing easier
3927s	stuff so there'll be a lot of stuff to
3929s	do playing with other people in the
3931s	world uh it looks awesome and it's going
3933s	to be exciting ex uh do we need to build
3935s	a group prior to raids or can we solo I
3937s	don't know if we've solved that just yet
3938s	you cannot so you to yeah you'll be able
3941s	to que um one of the things that we're
3943s	working on uh is you know we have to
3946s	change how the the groups function
3949s	because right now the cap is three even
3950s	setting up a group so and you know
3953s	you'll be able to have a six person
3954s	group and go into the highlands easier
3956s	to group together for stuff like the
3958s	fire lord as well um and just see
3960s	everybody's health and stuff so that's
3962s	going to be another part of it but You'
3965s	still only be able to take three people
3966s	into lost zones um but yeah uh you
3970s	should be able to to queue uh you will
3973s	need six people for the raid uh it'll be
3976s	a requirement so you can't just go in
3978s	with five can you match for the other
3980s	person what they were asking yeah
3982s	they'll be they'll be back fill and
3983s	stuff too but a lot of the mechanics
3985s	actually require multiple people so it's
3987s	not like like right now a lot of the
3989s	Hunts are you know recommended three
3991s	like the Reaver King is meant to be
3993s	played with three people so if you solo
3994s	him good for you like he's supposed to
3997s	be tough and he's supposed to have three
3998s	people and I mean that's good that's an
4000s	accomplishment um but this is you you
4003s	actually need it for mechanics so
4005s	there's no like oh I'm going to go solo
4007s	this raid and show off because it just
4009s	won't be possible the mechanics will
4012s	yeah specifically for like is it too
4014s	early to say or just like where we're at
4017s	right now kind of like the philosophy
4018s	for how we want raids to mechanically be
4021s	like what type like where do you draw
4023s	the inspiration from so one of the one
4025s	of the challenges with hunts is and and
4027s	lost zones too is you know making sure
4029s	that it is soloable and also with groups
4032s	so a lot of the mechanics that we do for
4035s	those can be like hey it's easier in a
4037s	group but technically needs to be
4038s	solvable but in the raids we are saying
4041s	it is for six people and so we can
4043s	balance around six and not one to six
4046s	okay so it's you know we're planning on
4048s	having are people going to need like is
4050s	throwing in you know somebody who can do
4052s	a lot of healing and building your Echo
4054s	specifically around you know boosting
4056s	that ability power and and be able to
4057s	heal definitely help having someone
4059s	that's good at breaking stuff is going
4060s	to be useful someone who's you know
4062s	saving their cool Downs for when they're
4064s	broken you know teamwork is is a lot
4067s	more uh yeah so you're saying it's a
4070s	good idea to maybe start farming out
4072s	some build sets that aren't just pure
4073s	weapon power pure you know when you do
4075s	something when you do something like
4076s	this you're allowed to like Branch out
4078s	and you like you want players to make a
4080s	specific composition it's not about okay
4082s	we have to cater to every person that
4083s	might play or even solo because you want
4085s	to do that for hunts and for expeditions
4086s	but for this it's like no there should
4088s	be a specific idea for a comp and I'm
4090s	sure people keep saying that people will
4091s	break that comp and they'll uh they'll
4093s	power up and they'll solo I'm sure
4094s	people will find a way the vast majority
4096s	of people will not do that um I'm sure
4098s	we'll see YouTube videos pop up very
4099s	quickly but that's the good part about
4101s	knowing that you're going to have a
4102s	larger group and that you're making
4103s	content that is specific specifically
4104s	designed for a group because you can you
4106s	can do that type of stuff yeah loadouts
4110s	uh is something that we want to get in
4112s	um we we're doing a redesign of the
4115s	Armory completely uh there's there's a
4118s	lot of UI stuff coming up uh I don't
4121s	know if loadouts will be in by then not
4124s	it's not going to be one of the first
4125s	ones know but we do we definitely it's
4127s	on our radar um we are going to get some
4129s	uh ways to search for the things that
4132s	you want to put in your loadouts faster
4135s	um we are yeah I've already seen I've
4137s	already seen the work in progress of
4138s	being able to uh do some of that
4139s	advanced filtering so yeah that's going
4142s	to be nice yes and uh so another
4144s	exciting thing is archetype levels which
4147s	um uh as you're leveling characters that
4151s	are uh of the same archetype you'll be
4153s	getting Talent points that you'll be
4155s	able to spend uh in a
4157s	tree and uh so we will have a tree we
4160s	haven't even talked about the the first
4162s	version is the tree will not be there
4164s	for the first version uh it'll be more
4167s	similar to um the Armory level at first
4171s	so that we can get it out in pieces and
4173s	so you'll be getting credit for leveling
4175s	up other uh characters of an archetype
4177s	which will let you get um like Max quip
4179s	level up and stuff like that and then
4181s	later on that will convert into like if
4184s	your archetype level 15 when we add the
4186s	tree you'll have 15 points to spin and
4189s	those will be uh managed per character
4191s	but they each have those points so if
4193s	you played a bunch of War Masters and
4195s	you have you know 20 archetype levels
4198s	when you start your level one grindle
4201s	he's going to have 20 points to spending
4202s	the tree so he's even at level one he's
4204s	going to be you know a lot stronger um
4207s	may have extra Echo socket to play with
4210s	uh and all of that um another big thing
4214s	uh that we are doing I think we talked
4217s	about the echo catalog stuff no okay
4220s	well we're live late breaking news we
4223s	actually going to talk about this
4223s	already this is a bit further out hey
4225s	there's a lot of exciting stuff merry
4231s	CHR so this is a bit further out it's a
4235s	huge change and it's rework everything
4237s	but end of January no wait way past that
4240s	yeah I know I'm kidding yeah way further
4242s	out uh next week but um yeah so echo's
4246s	right now there's a lot to manage uh
4250s	it's you know equipping them in
4252s	different characters is knowing you're
4253s	unequipped it putting it in so even just
4256s	the the way that it drops there there's
4258s	a lot of issues with it right now and
4260s	we're going to be shifting to a system
4262s	where it's basically like a a catalog
4265s	it's like a sticker book and once you
4267s	get one uh you have it forever and it's
4270s	uh you can rank it up rip Mike and it's
4272s	oh who's Mike who's who's Mike rip is
4276s	that me you I'm talking it's one
4280s	person shouldn't be amazing changes
4283s	sounds awesome apparently his mic sounds
4285s	awesome somebody their mic so um you I
4288s	don't know I'm moving around a lot it
4290s	looks like I'm trying to swivel but this
4292s	chair doesn't work it doesn't swiel yeah
4293s	he's got to swivel real hard on that
4295s	yeah so the the idea behind it is you'll
4297s	have to manage access uh sorry uh Echo
4300s	less you won't be hitting a cap of
4303s	Echoes and have to constantly fuse or
4305s	dust them you'll have one of each
4307s	another part of this change which will
4310s	address another issue is that a lot of
4311s	people are stacking one of the same Echo
4314s	over and over again and that's all
4315s	they're equipping uh which isn't very
4318s	exciting for when there are other Echo
4320s	so you'll only be able to equip one of
4322s	each so that's going to be one change
4324s	but it makes it more exciting when
4326s	there's if you wanted stack weapon power
4328s	like hey what other Echo out there have
4330s	weapon power and you can go hunt that
4331s	down and you just need one of each um
4334s	it'll also make uh yeah the when you're
4337s	ranking them up the cost won't go up so
4338s	it's confusing about oh now my cost is
4341s	higher than what I can equip and there
4342s	there's a lot of of that stuff uh but
4345s	it's going to be a huge huge change
4347s	there's a lot of stuff coming with that
4349s	but it's going to be a while before that
4351s	but um confirmed here though why it'll
4354s	also it'll also help with perf and stuff
4356s	because one of the big issues right now
4358s	is dealing with player inventory and how
4361s	bloated it can get so it's going to be a
4363s	lot more controllable um and so it
4365s	should help with perf load loading and
4367s	all that too so yeah that's going to
4369s	Nerf a lot of build that's that's the
4371s	design I mean someone said like
4374s	sure
4376s	isue right now it's literally okay you
4379s	got to go farm Hollow ones which are F
4382s	enemies and they have a single stat and
4384s	just stacking that as much as possible
4386s	um who's this people we got cam coming
4388s	I'll I'll grab people in a second but
4391s	like is going to hell it's just not very
4392s	exciting there's literally hundreds of
4394s	different enemies and there's going to
4395s	be continually like we're at the very
4398s	early stages adding more and more
4399s	enemies more and more Echoes more and
4401s	more Rush type Echoes and everything
4403s	else that you watch we want there to be
4405s	a unique blend where everybody's not
4406s	just doing okay I got to farm this one
4409s	enemy so I'm just doing this one hunt
4410s	and this one Expedition for the rest of
4412s	my life and getting a super low Drop
4414s	chance and like even lower when I'm
4415s	trying to get the Epic or whatever
4417s	Rarity slot for it so the the whole idea
4420s	and point is to be able to make one
4422s	inventories a lot more manageable it's
4425s	going to be a lot more data that needs
4426s	to get loaded every time you load so
4428s	loading speeds will be faster
4429s	performance about everybody in the area
4431s	it's it's less just backend jaral that
4434s	has to be transmitted back and forth so
4436s	performance will increased increases the
4438s	amount of diversity that people are
4439s	going to be able to have to make their
4441s	build unique and special and feel like
4443s	it's better than somebody else's um and
4447s	it's it's just going to make the game
4448s	overall more interesting uh for the long
4450s	term so yeah I think uh and you know
4452s	we're you know we're always open to
4454s	feedback too so it's going to be a big
4456s	balance rework because because we are
4459s	you know the costs aren't going to be
4460s	going up the actual value from each Echo
4463s	is going have to change every time you
4465s	rank it up because you're going to be
4467s	able to fit way more uh you know the
4470s	cost for the echo will stay low as you
4472s	rank it up and which is going to leave a
4473s	lot more room for other Echo so there's
4475s	going to be a lot of tuning going on and
4477s	you know we're going to keep uh you know
4481s	keep our ears open and keep iterating
4483s	and and based on feedback the idea too
4486s	is we're going to be adding Echoes
4488s	forever like when there's new creatures
4489s	so that's even more stuff to look out
4492s	for to get excited about you you know
4494s	new things to hunt down uh and the the
4496s	way that it's going to work the drop
4498s	should still be interesting because when
4499s	they drop the Rarity will still matter
4502s	but you will be able to take a gray and
4504s	if RNG is not on your side and you just
4507s	get 20 Grays in a row every time you
4509s	loot the same Echo again um it will
4511s	it'll basically autoc convert to dust
4513s	which you can use to level it up and
4516s	every time you hit one of the the break
4518s	points so you know for gray and then uh
4521s	is capped until and green has a higher
4523s	star count you'll be able to rank a gray
4526s	into a green level that up rank the
4528s	green into a blue rank that into a
4529s	purple so uh you'll be able to turn a
4532s	gray with even if orange with orang is
4535s	not on your side you'll be able to get
4538s	that to an epic with you know enough
4540s	work in dust and uh memory fragments um
4544s	but if you do let's say you have a gray
4546s	and you you loot a purple an epic you'll
4549s	it'll Auto rank it to an epic you you
4551s	won't get the stars filled but you it's
4553s	now an epic and uh you it's you know got
4557s	the built-in power so as loot drops they
4560s	should still be interesting because if
4562s	you're still hunting for an epic and you
4563s	get one it'll be exciting it's Auto
4565s	ranked to an epic uh otherwise you can
4567s	keep farming it and leveling it up uh
4570s	and because it's going to dust uh it it
4573s	basically will give XP to the echo
4575s	itself for free no no dusting needed and
4578s	it'll give you some dust which you can
4579s	use on any Echo you want so um farming
4582s	for the you know if you're trying to get
4584s	one specific Echo going after it will
4586s	let you level it faster but um yeah it's
4589s	going to be an awesome change uh it's
4591s	going to take a while but it is coming
4594s	in the not super near future but not
4596s	super far
4597s	future to welcome as cam to the show as
4600s	I do my cosplay as a Tik tocker I love
4602s	when they do like the the the uh the
4605s	airpod not airpods but like the old
4607s	school how terrible is that that I just
4609s	said old school headphones they're like
4611s	oh I'm on Tik Tok and I'm making a video
4613s	like I don't actually have to hold this
4614s	I'm going to hold mine though so it
4615s	doesn't crinkle welcome cam thank you
4617s	there's a drink to your right if you
4618s	want to grab one um cam what are you
4620s	responsible for here I people see you in
4623s	Discord you're on one of the live team
4625s	members so you can post but like what do
4626s	you what do you do here
4629s	uh well I help just you know keep the
4632s	the teams organized on like you know the
4634s	combat side of things with characters
4636s	and creatures
4638s	weapons uh you know bosses also the
4640s	level design team so anything like the
4643s	events you run into in the dungeons even
4646s	like the world boss was or the world
4648s	boss Talon ire was like a cool uh do I
4651s	not have a mic I'd laugh I would laugh
4654s	so hard hold on yeah did snarf not turn
4657s	it ones is there a display pop it open
4660s	yeah it is he didn't teach me how to use
4663s	it maybe you're muted here you can tell
4665s	me or I'll figure it out what color is
4666s	it
4667s	press here you can figure that out
4669s	purple give me the Tik Tok mic yeah Tik
4671s	Tok mic test test can you hear me now
4674s	also I just from my mic just talk right
4677s	here I saw somebody earlier saying no
4679s	big reveals this stream I was outside I
4681s	was laughing too I was like well there's
4683s	some big reveals well that's what you
4684s	get you get me in here I'm just G to
4685s	talk exactly love
4687s	it yeah but basically I just help I help
4690s	the team stay organized and uh you know
4693s	I give a lot of feedback from the player
4694s	side of things but things like creatures
4697s	characters
4698s	weapons uh World
4700s	bosses
4702s	events sometimes quests a lot of the VFX
4705s	stuff you see audio I work with all
4707s	those people so uh I don't make any of
4710s	it I'm just like he's our star producer
4712s	that's really cool let's get it in the
4714s	game basically so it's like a dream job
4716s	it's pretty cool so so you said you
4718s	worked on weapons what's your favorite
4720s	weapon in the game well now it's uh
4723s	Mother's Fang well yeah I mean uh before
4727s	it was Titans bin obviously I just am a
4728s	sucker for like twoand swords so uh and
4732s	no guns no guns are going to be in the
4734s	raid just let that no I'm just kidding
4736s	uh wow another piece of news breaking
4738s	here uh yeah right now it's probably
4740s	wind mothers Fang that that uh sword is
4742s	super fun to use so I saw a couple of uh
4746s	questions one of them I was going to
4747s	answer and I forgot what it was can we
4749s	scroll up no uh what was the question it
4752s	was like have other stats than we
4754s	currently have something like attack
4755s	speed skill cool down reductions that
4757s	kind of thing yeah we want to we want to
4758s	do some more of that too um so like
4761s	having stuff like there well there's one
4764s	right now that has plus stamina but
4765s	having secondary stats uh is something
4768s	that we want to add we're going to
4769s	actually be uh setting some groundwork
4772s	uh behind the scenes for having some
4774s	more of those stats uh because the
4775s	archetype tree is going to have some of
4777s	that stuff in it as well um so yeah
4779s	getting some of that on Echo uh would
4781s	definitely be interesting um and then um
4786s	there's another one the one underneath
4789s	that I think was another good question I
4790s	don't know what we're going to mic up
4792s	some other people and swap out Steve me
4794s	let's ask more can we take a live poll
4797s	before you go I don't think I can well
4799s	just like based on chat sure cuz well
4802s	just about you know new weapon types
4805s	what people kind of want to play because
4807s	we have some ideas but then I'm sure
4809s	people who are playing the game have
4810s	like not only we have some ideas some
4811s	are like actively being developed like
4813s	there will be some new weapon completely
4815s	different weapon types uh as we go to
4817s	2024 yeah we're we're we're uh working
4820s	on some more sub classes for the weapon
4823s	classes that don't have someone should
4825s	go watch who told them we're making D
4828s	you
4830s	got to Hash ad uh yeah so right right
4834s	now we're before a brand new weapon
4836s	class which is a whole other thing you
4838s	know with you know masteries and move
4841s	sets for every every way finer and
4843s	everything um we are going to be working
4845s	on some more sub classes so that like
4847s	sworden shield and uh twin Strikers has
4851s	uh some other
4853s	sub classes as well cuz right now two
4855s	has a bunch Spears wands I mean
4859s	nothing's off the table people we'll
4860s	have some cool stuff you just named
4862s	everything that people have been asking
4863s	for yeah we got that one already kid
4866s	King weapons actually had a this is why
4868s	you don't open the
4869s	floor this is why when we're like hey
4872s	everyone are you having this one issue
4873s	in Discord and then you're like hey I
4874s	have these other things so this is a gun
4876s	blade ice School swords heard that no
4879s	never uh no I'm just kidding gum blade
4880s	would be super cool yeah all right Steve
4883s	this this is an important question too
4885s	2023 big year for wayfinder big year for
4889s	a lot of games what was your favorite
4891s	game you played this year o well it's
4893s	probably going to be B's Gate 3 because
4895s	I'm starting it over the break wait what
4897s	about Monster Hunter now yeah that was
4899s	fun we in Jaan all of these these guys
4903s	right here we're in Tokyo the beautiful
4906s	place that is a national way to go in uh
4909s	there's so many people playing there
4910s	yeah that's because monster hunter is
4911s	Big there oh I mean it was was to
4914s	beell these guys hun was see stars elen
4918s	ring you
4919s	put what are you doing your mic right
4922s	now yeah that was you gave me aut mic
4924s	first of all and I looked on the board
4925s	and it says it's on so I have no idea so
4926s	I just gave him m i grabb a new one
4928s	we're Tik talkers how might be double
4929s	miked up who knows hold hold my beard um
4932s	yeah man it's tough Bal G what yours I
4934s	haven't yeah it's probably going to be
4935s	balers game I don't I have no concept of
4938s	time if Elden ring didn't come out this
4939s	year yeah I don't know what I don't even
4940s	know it came out this year actually
4942s	remnant probably Remnant 2 did come out
4944s	this year I can confirm using by our
4946s	good friends down the road of gunfire
4947s	games this is the one that's been yes
4949s	this should be black let me hello Tess
4952s	can you guys still hear
4953s	me G I'm you hear me there's a lot that
4956s	came out this year you played a lot of
4958s	Zelda that came out the kingdom res Evil
4961s	4 that was also really good man I feel G
4963s	of the year I feel like I had a clear
4965s	game of the year but I don't remember
4967s	what year it is anymore I'm like cam I
4969s	don't I don't even know what came out
4970s	this year we all played a lot of
4971s	wayfinder but that can't be h our list
4973s	that's just being biased yeah my steam
4976s	like year in review was totally biased
4979s	yeah mine was all wayfinder it's like
4980s	yeah because I capture on that computer
4981s	over there that's why it's has tons and
4983s	tons of hours dark sliders Final Fantasy
4985s	16 one of my favorite games I played
4987s	this year you played that that was also
4988s	good yeah you didn't love it as much as
4990s	I loved it but you did like it yeah I I
4992s	liked it a lot the comment was awesome I
4994s	think this side quest got a little yeah
4997s	much at the end dredge I actually want
4999s	to buy dredge come on in no I can okay
5003s	I'm going to make room for more people
5005s	thank you for we'll hold on to C for a
5007s	little longer we got as bro you sit next
5010s	to me brook or you sure I can sit next
5012s	me and SNF can cuddle if you don't want
5013s	no more love to cuddle I just was
5015s	shaking my head Ste got the exact
5018s	opposite take for what for Final Fantasy
5020s	did you like it a lot I liked more oh
5024s	really than the comat I love more than
5026s	the com more than the combat got old
5030s	okay at the end it was just like okay
5032s	I'm going to use a big attack and I
5033s	can't see what's happening there's so
5035s	much going on the screen yeah I like a
5037s	lot about that game I have I'm also
5038s	biased I have a big torle on my couch
5040s	that I bought in Japan that was awesome
5042s	but I I do love uh Final Fantasy 16's
5044s	combat the world super cool it's like it
5046s	has real a lot of potential at the
5048s	beginning and then I don't think it
5049s	reaches it what was your game of the
5050s	year
5052s	then at the time they played more balers
5055s	gate three on though just because of oh
5057s	my God Ste like sheer volume of game it
5059s	has but I also really liked Allen wake
5061s	too how many did you put into Boulders G
5063s	3 balers G Boulders um until very
5067s	recently more than wayfinder more than
5069s	way that's fine was at like it was at
5072s	like 207 last week and I had wayfinder
5075s	at 209 on the same day that I checked
5077s	both of them and I was like yes
5079s	wayfinder is beaten you
5080s	said yes I started all W 2 I'm not super
5083s	far with it uh I just haven't had a ton
5085s	of time I'm waiting for it to grab me a
5087s	little bit more say it's bad I have you
5089s	played the other remedy verse games I've
5091s	played most of control I'm going to
5093s	contr now I started fresh about 2 months
5096s	ago and I'm going to finish it on my
5097s	steam deck it's been great it's one of
5098s	those games that I think if you're a fan
5099s	of Remedy games then you're fan of Allen
5102s	wake 2 and you may like end up with a
5105s	board with a bunch of red strings on it
5107s	yeah by the end of the game and then
5109s	possibly into control two whenever that
5111s	happens just continue to have the
5113s	conspiracy Board of what the heck
5114s	they're doing death Must Die is
5116s	fantastic yes I played that on my steam
5117s	deck played a bunch it's anyway we have
5120s	Brook here hi shout out to to AJ that
5123s	game for me I've been enjoying it this
5124s	team a lot uh Brooke yes you got you can
5127s	take your sip I'm I'll talk okay um so
5129s	you're on the engineering team um
5131s	there's a couple things that Steve
5132s	talked about specifically that you've
5133s	worked on directly a respons for so tell
5134s	us a little bit about like mounts specif
5137s	about mounts specifically um mounts are
5141s	super fun I'm really enjoying working on
5142s	them uh I think the directive I got from
5145s	Joe was make it like Elder ring so if
5148s	you've played Elden ring and you know
5150s	how the mount Works in that that's kind
5152s	of the vi we're reaching where can
5154s	people Mount anywhere except for in loss
5157s	zones and places we say that you
5159s	probably shouldn't ride a horse like in
5160s	the middle of the bar yeah so you can do
5163s	it in SK many will SK Highlands New
5166s	areas we talked about see talk about
5167s	Frost March yep we're going to have a
5168s	really big new area where it'll be fun
5171s	to ride Mount but also when I'm running
5173s	around in Highlands now I really miss
5174s	being able to just ride to the
5177s	repository of knowledge because it's
5178s	kind of far like I have to walk between
5181s	the crossroads and the of knowledge on
5183s	foot like a baby yeah someone asked so
5187s	will melts be faster than bunny hopping
5188s	the design is yes that we're supposed to
5190s	be removing bunny hopping it is not
5192s	supposed to be
5194s	there not removing ex want to do it if
5197s	it's they're so much better right if
5199s	you're on a mount it's way faster it
5201s	looks cooler you don't look like you've
5204s	uh broken the game and uh you're not
5207s	snarf h i mean you never know get on the
5209s	horse you can break how fast the horse
5212s	goes uh no mounts and Los zones there's
5214s	no need for mounts and LW zones LW zones
5216s	are supposed to be smaller Expeditions
5217s	we'll be um introducing some new
5219s	mechanics to incentivize the like
5221s	exploration Port part portion of it as
5223s	well as that bar will be calculated
5225s	differently because we want you to
5226s	actually go out and explore not just run
5228s	through the entire Zone also once you're
5229s	on a mount you'd realize why it doesn't
5231s	work in a lost Zone like try to picture
5233s	a horse in base ruins you'd hit walls
5236s	you'd run into doorways it just wouldn't
5238s	be fun on like a very practical way of
5242s	sing about it it's a practical way of
5244s	saying no yeah it's just why would you
5247s	like you could theoretically it wouldn't
5249s	feel fun so we're not going to let you
5250s	cuz then we're going to get bugs of hey
5252s	I keep hitting a wall when I try to run
5253s	him out it's like well stop we hear the
5255s	mic tapping yeah that's because that was
5257s	snarf blame
5259s	snarf means
5260s	working I walk away for two
5263s	seconds our Shenanigans with the mount
5267s	cuz that's a funny
5268s	question people asking like can you
5270s	bunny hop on the mount funny enough you
5272s	used to be able to like you could do
5274s	everything you still holding the mic
5276s	you're hurting my I'm not I'm a Tik
5278s	tocker
5279s	okay deal I'm just going to enjoy my
5282s	bever they do they will feel mounts will
5284s	mounts feel Lively was the question and
5286s	yes they actually have they're very cute
5289s	and very adorable just riding them
5290s	around and they're very pretty and we
5292s	have some that are one thing that I
5294s	think is really important are you able
5296s	to quickly go from Mount to combat yes
5299s	how does that work um you push a hit
5302s	something with a sword button and the
5304s	mountain disappears and you are flying
5305s	through the air it's basically if you
5307s	ever jumped into like a heavy the mount
5310s	dismounting will feel like when you dash
5313s	heavy or when you dash like light attack
5315s	it's going to be kind of like that so
5317s	ideally I my favorite thing was running
5319s	up to an enemy and just like demolishing
5322s	them after running on the horse cuz you
5324s	go so fast it just it's fun a fun little
5326s	Ambush no mounts do not have Echo slots
5328s	they do have Saddles like that'll be a
5330s	thing that we have yeah so what's what's
5331s	the difference between a an a mount and
5333s	a saddle how does that work I mean a
5335s	saddle is basically just a cosmetic that
5336s	you can Equip to the Mount mhm um I
5339s	think Saddles will be diable I'm pretty
5342s	sure they yeah I think they are I asked
5343s	if mounts could be diable mounts are not
5344s	going to be diable they are going to be
5346s	very curated Beautiful by Bobo has very
5350s	high standards and he judges a lot of
5352s	people which we might have a a social
5354s	media anyone know if you're rocking some
5357s	wacky dyes you're going to get you're
5359s	not helping our case for Dy being better
5362s	we're all on team dies but sometimes
5364s	someone will come across something neon
5366s	purple and it hurts Bobo in his heart
5368s	yeah he like we should cut down Bobo's
5369s	Le character artist once we get our Chu
5371s	password uh we will be making a series
5373s	where Bobo will be roasting your skins
5376s	and your D yes because that is what he
5379s	does best bbo is the boss man of
5381s	characters so he's like the guy you need
5383s	to he doesn't need to keep it in check
5384s	you need to keep it in check for bbo I
5386s	say it's true what was the other you
5387s	going to mention shenanigans on the
5389s	mount I can't say anything further about
5394s	it's just about things that AR is it
5395s	because we'll fix it and then it won't
5397s	be in the
5398s	game uh I can't even no I can't even
5401s	make contact so that's a good that's a
5402s	good one thing I wanted to talk about is
5404s	like you are intricately involved with
5407s	Discord specifically talking with people
5409s	grabbing logs and talking about like
5411s	part works almost better than I do
5412s	impressive part of the reason I have
5415s	ADHD you're not the only we talked
5417s	before I know you were coming in I don't
5419s	know if you watched the stream before
5420s	but we talked before about like
5421s	fortifying our base connection issues um
5423s	we've been getting a lot of logs from
5425s	people like tell me about that process
5426s	with actually talking directly to
5428s	players and like what you guys have been
5430s	working on on your end doesn't need to
5431s	be super specific but just like how we
5433s	approach that process how we approach
5434s	the process um well anytime the bug
5436s	comes up in Discord it's very very
5437s	helpful if it's recent um paying us
5441s	isn't super great but just making it
5442s	known so that people can kind of know
5444s	that it's happening especially when we
5446s	ask like if we see your message and we
5448s	ask for a log it's very important to I
5451s	usually send them yes send them to like
5454s	AJ or Alex um promptly because what
5457s	happens is a lot of times people will
5459s	see a bug and then keep playing and then
5461s	an hour later they'll send the logs in
5464s	and that's an hour of play time that's
5465s	also in the log so we just have to sort
5467s	through it um which we can it's fine uh
5471s	but so we get the logs and we comb
5473s	through them we try to cross reference
5474s	okay what server were you on and we make
5477s	sure like okay if there's a bug
5478s	happening does anything show messages in
5481s	either one that's like
5483s	helpful uh sometimes the answer is no by
5487s	the way answer thousands and thousands
5489s	and thousands of lines of text that is
5492s	mostly mumbo jumbo that I have no yeah I
5495s	mean sometimes usernames help
5496s	screenshots help the other day I was
5498s	looking at the miss the missing
5499s	abilities bug I'm brequet in the Discord
5501s	if y'all didn't realize that is that how
5503s	you pronounce it hi yeah I've always
5505s	pronounced it bro yeah it works it's not
5507s	supposed to be read out loud it's thiss
5509s	only in text but uh so when I was trying
5513s	to figure out the missing inputs bug it
5515s	was basically me looking for logs that I
5516s	had put into a previous patch around
5519s	where I know the code is breaking and
5521s	hoping it'll tell me what's broken it
5524s	helped but we may have to wait for
5526s	another one what about when logs get
5528s	broken up to nine text files that's less
5531s	great yeah the other day there was one
5533s	of those and I the time stamp did help
5535s	but I still don't think we had all of
5536s	the logs from Keep Together send it only
5539s	send it please when we request it I I
5541s	have 85 outstanding Discord messages and
5544s	I'm sure there's a lot of like random
5545s	logs when we asking for it's
5547s	specifically to look for something that
5548s	you've mentioned and maybe we're on the
5550s	hunt for it most of the bugs that get
5551s	mentioned we know about a lot of them um
5553s	especially with this last patch where
5554s	there's a lot of stuff that's like hey
5556s	we fixed this two or three months ago we
5557s	got to away till that December patch so
5559s	that it gets rolled out but um it does
5561s	happen a lot we like it's known we're
5562s	working towards it yes and sometimes
5564s	it's like hey I'm looking for this to
5565s	happen because with the missing input
5566s	bug that we've never seen that
5568s	internally we've only ever seen it in
5570s	live which is great and that's lucky I
5571s	love that
5573s	that's the missing you don't have any
5574s	abilities when you come in and you don't
5575s	have any abilities at all and it's weird
5577s	scaling makes the entire map that I
5579s	think is entirely different and until
5580s	that happens more than once it's not
5582s	real I saw that I saw that on drama that
5585s	drama clip you link I was like we have
5587s	literally never seen
5588s	that well it was like multiple things
5590s	going crazy like there was snowballs
5592s	attached to remnants and then they walk
5594s	across the bridge and up to the sze of
5597s	like half the map there is like a
5598s	snowball enemy that will when it walks
5600s	it does get bigger
5603s	like integrated they've like wonder
5608s	if any it's weird it was a
5612s	weird sometimes some sort of black magic
5615s	gets into the networking code and things
5616s	happen then it's weird and we don't know
5618s	what happened I feel like that's
5619s	actually lower Canon they're just
5620s	wearing Echo e that works yep it's a
5625s	feature # question yes favorite
5627s	wayfinder in why sja wrong sorry um
5632s	n n is the the only objective ninja
5635s	because she's strong also her new uh the
5640s	rework I'm freaking loving it cuz I
5642s	loved her before I loved the potential
5643s	she had but I will admit her play style
5645s	wasn't really working for me there were
5647s	a lot of issues which is why you
5648s	reworked her um but now it's it's just
5651s	awesome I love I was playing with uh a
5655s	couple other co-workers yesterday and we
5656s	were going against the Beast Master and
5658s	the first thing would be running in and
5660s	then just showboating in front of him to
5662s	get the taunts on everybody and then
5663s	he'd hit me and my passive healing was
5665s	about as much as he would hit me for and
5667s	so I could just stand there like
5669s	this and nothing happened it was just
5672s	great it felt so great yeah I think the
5673s	punch is super satisfying now the punch
5674s	is great showbo is great just everything
5677s	that she does feels very very purposeful
5680s	and I've played n n is too flail she
5682s	does too much to
5685s	play Little Nugget of leak I guess I'm
5688s	not going to say no well well first of
5690s	all shout out to Jake for Hing up all
5692s	the players we get Jake on stre here
5696s	we're also going to uh make another
5699s	alteration to S sorry I'm a hero you're
5700s	a
5701s	liar when you when you pull you'll be
5704s	able to combo into a big punch quicker
5706s	like immediately so you won't you won't
5709s	pull things and then they all just hit
5710s	you and you're like well that was not
5712s	great speaking of which I also s monster
5714s	Persona is in the store today and has
5716s	some pretty cool person some of the new
5717s	person are coming out we' mention some
5719s	of the monetization stuff some of like
5720s	the skins and what not we're going to
5721s	put shop a little bit says we focus on
5723s	the game they'll come out eventually
5724s	they are awesome though another little
5726s	tidbit that we can spoil here cuz I did
5728s	talk to Jake yesterday just to confirm
5730s	people were talking about Kyros in chat
5733s	Kyros is top Kyros is next on the docket
5736s	to get a nice little mini rework it will
5737s	not SAS it will not be all that stuff
5740s	but we we know that Kyo seems a little
5741s	bit of love um Jake is currently working
5744s	on that with like Cam and Steve and
5745s	they're figuring out exactly what that
5746s	looks like but we'll definitely do a
5748s	little bit J him anything to add to that
5750s	no that's specifically talking about one
5752s	of his abilities yeah yeah we I wouldn't
5755s	like say anything right now because
5757s	we're just going to we're playing around
5759s	with a few different options but yeah we
5760s	we hear you we hear the voice about
5763s	Kyros being like the AP you know Monster
5767s	and he doesn't feel that way right now
5769s	um and we want to make sure all of his
5770s	abilities feel like they integrated you
5772s	can combo there's there's cool things
5774s	fun because he's historically been the
5776s	most OP character in Dev for like over
5780s	the years we've beening first one we
5781s	working I think we had one working
5783s	before wind grave who's like the most
5784s	default like back in the day we would be
5787s	like this game is so easy you just play
5789s	kyus and press rake and everything died
5791s	yeah it's kind of you can always tell
5793s	which things were kind of weaker in Dev
5795s	when they're a little op in life cuz
5797s	like
5799s	Kyros was super super op and now he's a
5801s	little weak CU we just didn't think he
5803s	needed anything and then we like rifle
5805s	rifles were like terrible a long time
5810s	call WI 15 to 20 per
5814s	rake I need a I want to see I want to
5816s	see
5819s	this you also have 3.4 million battle
5822s	pass levels of course it's purple I Bren
5825s	money 57 all right yeah no wind grav is
5828s	great it's just we're just we've been
5830s	playing with Kyros for most of Dev time
5833s	yeah if you haven't play kind of gotten
5834s	used to how he is if you haven't played
5835s	recently uh speaking of wingrave kind of
5837s	connected obviously cuz it's a signature
5838s	weapon but we added Bastion to the game
5840s	as well as sped up sword and shield it
5842s	feels awesome to play when we're were
5844s	doing some Beast Master hunts again you
5845s	also you had feedback about the um uh
5849s	Legacy and making sure that actually hit
5852s	the team versus just
5854s	being buffed it we doubled the ranger
5857s	you were doing some freaking strategies
5858s	yesterday on the Beast Master with that
5860s	that I think legacy's a pretty good
5862s	weapon might be too good but it's pretty
5864s	good yeah the stacking is very powerful
5867s	I'll say it we played it as a group and
5868s	I was like yeah we're not taking any
5870s	damage it's very very good Brook
5872s	anything else you want to say or even
5873s	cam we're going to get some new people
5874s	in here anything you guys want to say
5876s	about this year about next year to the
5878s	players directly uh we'll just like
5880s	based on some recent comments about
5882s	personas personas are only cosmetic yeah
5885s	that's saw that question but then also
5887s	Cosmetics coming in the future personas
5890s	character Styles all that are so much
5894s	cooler than the ones we have right now
5896s	it's kind of insane uh yeah but there's
5898s	one wingrave Persona that I need in my
5902s	life and I play every play test and
5903s	actually is it the one that's already
5905s	been kind of teased or is it a one that
5907s	we hav it's definitely in the even tide
5910s	video I don't know if anyone's picked it
5912s	out yet I haven't seen people oh my God
5914s	I've seen a couple yeah if you think if
5916s	you uh if you think you know what it is
5918s	type it in chat but it is definitely
5920s	there it's just not front center but
5922s	anyway before before I leave yeah hi hi
5924s	chat um I want to get some giveaways I
5927s	want to reward you guys so I have to
5929s	manage that over Z so
5932s	while I'm getting people managing this
5934s	stuff I am I want you guys to come up
5937s	with some creative questions and then
5940s	we're going to do three giveaways and
5941s	then these three fine individuals are
5943s	going to choose their three favorite
5944s	questions and then whoever asks those
5946s	questions is going to get 1,000 Rune
5948s	silver so I'm going to do that you guys
5950s	have 1,000 Rune silver I'll be back is
5952s	only 10 bucks yeah it's like 10 bucks
5954s	let's do 20 bucks worth [ __ ] all
5956s	right we're doing 20 bucks Christmas
5957s	well Omen scold you for using a mount
5959s	indoors I mean that
5962s	you you guys have to remember who ask
5964s	question like this is not the time for
5967s	this well we have tenen like systems
5970s	Community skins in the future it's
5971s	something we've talked about definitely
5972s	nothing like in the near future but it
5975s	be cool tenno gen is essentially where
5977s	um like other games do too like DOTA
5978s	where the community makes skins they
5980s	submit it they get voted upon and they
5981s	get put into the game and there's like a
5983s	REV share type of thing so it's
5984s	definitely cool we'd love to get there
5985s	but we are definitely not there now
5987s	Frosty hunts asking about an ice
5989s	wayfinder thank you for being consistent
5991s	to your brand are any gender swap
5993s	personas in the works none in the works
5995s	we've talked about it possibly being a
5996s	thing in the future um since the Gloom
5998s	does some wacky cool stuff maybe it's
6000s	with personas maybe it's with heroic but
6001s	there's nothing currently that's in the
6003s	pipeline is it your favorite question
6004s	though I don't know well this the
6006s	problem is that everyone's going to be
6007s	asking questions and they're going to be
6008s	gone so fast I know Sr oh my God okay
6012s	stop yeah uh why are we so zoomed in uh
6015s	because it was Tiny before we are going
6017s	to need a bigger list I think yeah um
6020s	we'll just tell Alex to roll yeah scroll
6023s	it back up and we'll scroll it down cuz
6024s	I did see a good one that was like about
6027s	aan I found the story a bit boring and
6029s	Samy at first I skipped most of the
6031s	dialogue we're going to be redoing a lot
6033s	of that stuff for the intro and like new
6035s	user experience the story is not going
6036s	to change we might present um the story
6039s	differently one of the things we've
6040s	heard is people don't like being locked
6042s	in the dialogue so we're going to look
6044s	at that but the overall story of the
6046s	game won't change but uh we hopefully
6047s	will dive a little more into the lore
6049s	inside the game and outside the game and
6051s	kind of like just streamline it for
6052s	players there's a lot of dialogue we get
6053s	it but we we don't want to just like
6055s	remove it from the game can we get
6057s	bigger houses uh whole stay tuned yeah
6062s	so as we mentioned before before you
6063s	walked in here too we said that's
6064s	definitely something we're looking at is
6065s	coming we've kind of put a lot of
6066s	housing stuff on the back burner as we
6068s	focus on some core stuff we had to move
6070s	those teams around but something we will
6072s	do it's just not like a today thing we
6074s	have to fix yes there will be more
6075s	crashes before we can make sure that we
6077s	can put the fox crochet on the bed
6080s	there's levels of severity
6082s	uh put the Fox on we don't have fo needs
6084s	to be on the bed so bad man every time
6086s	every single person goes I want to try
6088s	to put the Fox on the bed and I can't
6089s	and I'm mad I'm like I'm sorry uh can we
6091s	get a corgi Mount please no uh our
6093s	mounts as well as most of the game like
6095s	a lot of the stuff we have in there is
6097s	fun and cool we don't want to get like
6099s	wacky I I don't think it's really on
6101s	brand for the game we might do some cool
6102s	stuff in the future don't me wrong but I
6104s	don't think you're going to be seeing a
6105s	giant Corgi Mount anytime soon I was
6107s	thinking like a small one if we ever
6109s	make a small wing wayfinder that can
6111s	then ride on a COR gate and it's just
6113s	for that way somebody asked about a pet
6114s	like an hour ago uh that is still
6116s	something we plan to do where the
6118s	evolution of pets is that they're in
6119s	your house indeed they will then move
6121s	around your house and then the next step
6122s	is they will move around with you in
6123s	Skylight and then we'd like to get
6124s	someplace in the future where they are
6127s	running around with you in the highlands
6128s	no timeline for that but that is our our
6130s	goal ultimately to make the pets not
6131s	housing pets and to bring them out into
6132s	the world with you so you can show them
6134s	off and they'd be cool you still have
6135s	housing pets during that time too but we
6137s	we want to make them cooler thank you in
6138s	for where's the life steel Rush Echo
6140s	that sounds
6141s	soon maybe possibly no promises I don't
6144s	know what that is weapons coming no
6147s	that's nothing we have planned right now
6149s	wait new what someone asked about heroic
6151s	weapons oh no no we talked about heroic
6153s	wayfinders in the future where it's like
6155s	the alternate version of them we're not
6156s	looking to do that okay you asked pet
6158s	jobs and I thought for a moment you were
6160s	asking if like your hermit crab could
6162s	have a job and I was like what I would
6164s	do that I know the hermit crab is an
6166s	accountant if you could add any weapon
6168s	to the game uh as a Dev Direct Ed to all
6171s	of us which one would you add again this
6173s	is just us like completely chilling on
6176s	the couch this is not actually happening
6177s	but like what spear a spear H bird
6180s	specifically they're just very cool oh I
6183s	don't know see my go-to in most of these
6185s	games is always like I usually play
6186s	healers but when I do a damage deal I
6188s	love two-handed like big like Cloud
6190s	Strife s swords so we have that already
6192s	we have that I'm usually a dagger person
6194s	but we have those too maybe bows because
6196s	they just look cool but glaive would be
6198s	kind of cool a glaive yeah hbg J are
6202s	also kind of cool big like sticked
6204s	Slappy all right how did how did these
6206s	guys do did they the question yeah we're
6209s	to scroll back up and we've kind of
6211s	tanged into something else
6213s	entirely uh our weap to raage um wait
6217s	what sneak next to ad yes there will be
6220s	weapon there will be gameplay weapons
6223s	and weapon skins in the raid yes we got
6226s	Matt he I'm curious how a samurai sword
6229s	would be different than like Merry
6230s	Christmas just the sword good to see
6232s	here I've seen a lot of requests for
6234s	samurai swords and I'm like I'm not sure
6236s	what you're envisioning I think it's
6237s	probably more of a skin than else like
6238s	fun wouldn't be different that's what I
6240s	feel that's
6242s	like hold on we have a new person so
6246s	Matt uh if you've been in Discord he has
6249s	the um very apt screen name of Matt oh
6253s	yeah yeah really really unique yeah just
6255s	like cam yeah we try to we try to really
6259s	you add one weapon to wayfinder what
6261s	would it be well you guys already hit a
6262s	couple of the really big ones I do like
6264s	the fists what you're talking about s
6268s	the Uber punch right now is just it feel
6271s	she just needs to be able to punch all
6272s	the time that need to be her default so
6274s	I you know I know it's kind of weak but
6276s	like style I love that um you send you a
6279s	feature you can equip weapons hey
6280s	somebody said try I thought that was
6282s	pretty unique I like that you know we
6284s	throw it out pull it back you know come
6286s	on Aquaman what do you do here uh I'm a
6288s	lead producer on I'm the lead producer
6290s	on wayfinder so okay what does that mean
6293s	uh I knew you're going to ask that we
6296s	producers just like wayfinders manage
6299s	the chaos uh we yeah we uh we do Control
6303s	the Chaos uh there's a lot of moving
6305s	Parts in games I think you already
6307s	already talked about that on stream and
6309s	uh producers jump between all the
6311s	different uh disciplines and make sure
6314s	hey does art have what they need does
6316s	engineering have what they need can they
6318s	lazy do they talk do they not so yeah
6321s	in charge of we talked about like us re
6323s	prioritizing and saying like what makes
6324s	sense moving teams around that's part of
6326s	your job as well to say hey how long
6328s	until we hit X feature can we move it up
6330s	do we have to move it back what is
6332s	Project planning yeah project management
6333s	stuff is a big part of production so uh
6335s	one thing you touch as well that we
6337s	haven't really talked about here but it
6338s	gets mentioned a lot is UI that team a
6341s	lot um as well as our producer on that
6342s	team oh yeah we got some good UI stuff
6344s	coming in we a lot of good UI stuff
6345s	there will be a larger UI refresh
6347s	towards the end of January like February
6349s	but we'll do some smaller incremental
6351s	stuff in the meantime but uh that team
6353s	has been cooking and making awesome
6355s	stuff so we know that's important uh to
6357s	you guys yeah they've been jamming
6358s	really get new legs is a
6361s	question wait not wi but can we talk
6363s	about something else are they kicks yeah
6366s	go ahead Silo getting like customizable
6369s	shoes yes mhm there you go y it's pretty
6372s	it's going to be pretty cool everyone's
6373s	getting like a new thing right custom
6375s	for that I didn't I don't want to say
6376s	like I don't want to blow up Bobo's big
6379s	surprise for everybody
6381s	Bub's not here to talk about okay you
6383s	have a mic though so they can hear you
6385s	so you whispering to me doesn't me well
6388s	I like to try to do a little reveal so
6390s	you can go ahead tell tell us sign slot
6392s	yeah so every wayfinder has a signature
6393s	slot uh and we'll be obviously rolling
6396s	that out um some already have it I mean
6399s	Sanja obviously the arm right and so
6402s	you'll see
6403s	more as we that's a good guess um a good
6408s	guess it'll it'll be unique uh it'll be
6409s	unique and we really lean into that in
6411s	the coming like Concepts and art just as
6415s	we kind of continue on the on the
6418s	wayfinder release congratulations to
6420s	flag zero you won one of the giveaways I
6422s	think I think snarf is rolling some more
6424s	he's going to say contrats though
6428s	yeah can we get changeable horns fness I
6431s	actually don't know what are good that
6433s	would be good what are NES do you
6435s	know uh her can I say yeah it's her belt
6439s	oh that's really
6442s	they're pretty cool all the concept for
6444s	for not S I got one track mine guys um
6447s	for n with her big horns is like why is
6450s	your horn so dinky we need the big like
6451s	the big ant horns those were sick as
6453s	hell personas I saw someone the other
6455s	day near the eai portal I didn't realize
6458s	you could Dy n's horns I never play n
6461s	that's the new custom FL like that
6464s	applies to it I saw somebody walk
6465s	through with like a black custom wind
6468s	grave hair so we had like a black beard
6469s	and black head and me and
6471s	me and Jake were I know we were talking
6472s	about look like he found Just For Men
6475s	somebody wants to know about any Buffs
6476s	to long shot if that was you you look
6478s	great Yes actually o actually have a
6481s	couple someone was like spamming it so
6483s	yeah yeah yeah no true that's a good
6484s	that's a good question long shot yeah is
6486s	kind of like eh but we're we're looking
6490s	at a few of the rifles that are like
6492s	hell swarm again we're just like not
6494s	happy with where it landed after the
6495s	Buffs but so we're going to yeah we're
6498s	going to make that a lot better uh and
6500s	also long shot we've been thinking about
6502s	some ways to make it just more than just
6506s	eagle eyes everywhere uh so I don't I
6510s	can't say exactly when that's coming but
6511s	yeah we're looking at long shot oh we
6513s	going to say something oh no I was I was
6515s	just going to say cam and the crew are
6517s	always in there like playing every day
6519s	just trying to tweak and like figure out
6521s	the good balance with it so I'm in the
6522s	depths of YouTube not to that one guy
6524s	that yeah oh yeah we never we never get
6526s	on don't look at my steam hours what we
6530s	saying you in the the deps of YouTube
6531s	watching well yeah just I'm all over
6532s	scaming just for whatever build people
6535s	are rocking oh yeah people that make
6537s	those videos like they get sent around
6539s	here I don't think people understand
6540s	like The Game Dev process is a very
6541s	iterative very close-knit process where
6543s	it's like hey I saw this video and maybe
6545s	it has terrible ideas but maybe it has
6547s	awesome ideas like we send everything to
6549s	everybody and like take a look at this
6550s	and doesn't necessarily require like a
6552s	followup in action items but like we we
6554s	listen and we look and we we play the
6556s	game alongside you so we're actually
6558s	trying awesome what SN can you scroll up
6560s	what Royal ask Royal Royale with cheese
6564s	nunchuck weapon oh
6566s	yeah somebody asked if we could tie vins
6569s	poison VFX to dyes like that's something
6573s	we want to figure out how to do because
6575s	it would be very cool but we've talked
6577s	about having the VFX we don't know how
6579s	yet for weapons and for wayfinders like
6581s	something that might be diable
6582s	customizable in the future nothing now
6585s	but it's something that we know would be
6586s	super cool and would be it would be it
6588s	would be very cool yeah especially cuz
6589s	like a lot of niss stuff stuff is that
6591s	purple with like her pipes like if we
6593s	could dye those and it would change the
6594s	color of her abilities that would be
6595s	super we're talking about things we've
6597s	talked about well yeah mean we a lot of
6600s	cool ideas we've also talked about like
6602s	like you know like
6604s	a a skin that would like have alternate
6606s	skill effects so alternate animations is
6610s	something that we've kicked around yeah
6612s	and and then I get to be the wet blanket
6614s	and say guys we don't have time yeah
6616s	exactly here's the thing though we have
6618s	a tech for alternate animation what is
6621s	the so we asked these two you weren't
6622s	here yet what was your game of 2023 2023
6624s	was a big gaming year what did you play
6626s	so of course they're all boulders gate
6629s	great I had a great time with it I have
6632s	a little affinity for uh payday because
6634s	I played Payday 2 and they went through
6636s	a hellish launch I don't know what's
6639s	that like going to I don't know I've
6640s	never been through any of those uh and
6643s	so I don't like you know they fix a lot
6645s	of their stuff so I you know I jump in I
6647s	do a lot of uh co-op games so a lot of
6649s	multiplayer
6651s	style stuff so payday 3 is your game no
6653s	not game of the year I mean final fanty
6655s	16 was up there Boulders gate oh oh I
6657s	didn't hear that Boulders Gate 3 was it
6658s	was Game of the Year but there I think
6660s	there was some real good like really
6662s	good stuff that came out this year I
6663s	mean hell this year was amazing right
6664s	like year was pretty good I didn't I
6665s	didn't even get to play Starfield like I
6667s	know that was up there didn't I haven't
6669s	even played Allan Wake I know that you
6671s	guys mentioned that like uh Starfield on
6674s	my steam deck but it was still a great
6676s	experience great game shout out to all
6677s	my friends that are still up Bethesda
6679s	but good MH I do want to answer cuz back
6683s	before snarf changed the contest um
6686s	yaram Hunter had a good question and
6688s	they just re asked it which I'm glad you
6689s	did which is why what is your favorite
6690s	part but wayfinder and your
6692s	Airship why is this the company and game
6695s	you love we should give that guy some
6696s	run silver I liked I liked that question
6698s	you are winning wi silver that's a paid
6700s	actor I
6701s	think I know I mean they do have a they
6704s	have a bloodborne name which clearly
6706s	means that they're like I've been I've
6708s	planted them in the chat because they
6710s	got the a bloodborne fan they're clearly
6712s	in my in ccle but no
6715s	like I really I just love Airship as a
6718s	company in general um we make a lot
6722s	of we just take a lot of effort in being
6726s	like not I don't want to I don't want to
6729s	bash other companies but we're not like
6731s	corporate you know like I've always
6733s	thought about places that want the most
6736s	polished production you've ever SE your
6738s	en every place so much
6741s	fourth W um but yeah like every place
6744s	that uh I always want to work somewhere
6746s	where everything we made like I get to
6748s	touch and see what everyone makes and
6751s	like see everyone's contribution to it
6753s	and that's just the way the Airship
6755s	operates and wayfinder being our own IP
6758s	is just that times a thousand because I
6760s	worked on ruin King first that was my
6762s	first game at Airship and that was great
6764s	because it was still a very small team
6766s	even smaller than white finder team and
6769s	I know we're actual people it's crazy
6771s	but
6773s	um rest can yeah I
6776s	just I just really appreciate how
6778s	everything's very personal and then with
6780s	wayfinder being our own thing it means
6782s	that everything that we make is
6783s	something that we decided to put in
6785s	there and maybe it's a bad idea maybe it
6787s	was a great idea when we get to like
6789s	take a step back and see how y'all react
6791s	to it and figure out what we want to do
6792s	with it and now I think even now when
6794s	we're like in this self-publishing
6796s	period it's actually even crazier
6798s	because it's like okay what are we going
6799s	to do now we get to 100% choose yeah
6803s	that's what I was going to jump in and
6803s	say is like this transition has been um
6807s	it's been slow like I mentioned at the
6809s	very start we're still working through a
6810s	lot of it but it's the we've worked on
6812s	this IP for a long time we've been
6815s	trying to get out in the open it came
6816s	out we realized there were problems the
6818s	team is actively involved in fixing that
6820s	but like it is ours to solve right like
6822s	it is ours to prioritize it is ours to
6824s	say what it needs to go out tomorrow
6827s	versus in two weeks because we listen to
6828s	the players directly we answer to our
6830s	ourselves and like it's us like you are
6832s	looking at the people I mean there
6834s	besides us there's what a hundred more
6836s	people that are outside this room that
6837s	are awesome that put their heart sounds
6839s	like a lot but that's really not that
6840s	many type of game but it put their heart
6842s	and soul into this game and so like we
6844s	are the people that make these decisions
6846s	and we are the people that prioritize
6847s	stuff and we are the ones that are
6849s	playing alongside you every single night
6851s	or um during play tests in the day and
6853s	we want to make it better not just for
6854s	us cuz we love it and we play it but
6856s	also for you guys as well what about you
6858s	so I'll answer mine afterwards what
6859s	what's your favorite thing about Airship
6861s	oh I mean I've been at half a dozen
6864s	Studios and worked on a bunch of
6866s	different games I personally love
6868s	Airship a internally we have great
6871s	transparency and Leadership Ryan's not
6873s	listening to the stream so don't worry
6875s	but no like seriously I I've been in
6877s	studios where it's a black box and it
6879s	sucks like we're we're people you know
6882s	yeah we're employees but like we are
6884s	people and we want to know what's going
6886s	on and they're very transparent
6887s	internally and even with each other I
6889s	think the people here right like like
6890s	you know I I say like uh problems aren't
6894s	Studio like specific they're a bit
6896s	agnostic but like studios are very
6898s	specific and unique right and so we we
6901s	have amazing people you know I've had
6905s	great conversations just in passing and
6908s	just over the years here so it's it's
6911s	it's just like a really great community
6913s	in culture that they've that we've like
6915s	fostered here at Airship and so to me
6917s	that's my favorite and like you
6918s	mentioned like people can legitimately
6919s	walk up anybody and they're approachable
6921s	there's no seite for anybody and
6925s	Leadership uh it's just like hey I had
6927s	this idea um we have a feedback channel
6929s	that some of the best ideas for the game
6931s	has come from every single um job corner
6935s	of this thing from QA to engineering to
6938s	Art to uh HR like there every single
6941s	person is on that even floor and they
6943s	can submit those ideas and those changes
6944s	for wayfinder and and we have to figure
6946s	out what's actionable and we make a
6947s	better game because yeah and there's
6948s	never the response of like oh this isn't
6950s	your department it's always the feedback
6951s	is taken in account I and Bobo go back
6954s	and forth a lot on character design
6955s	stuff I'm a programmer I have like I'm
6957s	as far removed his character design the
6959s	art side of things as you can possibly
6961s	get but he still takes all like if I'm
6963s	like hey maybe CRA should be a little
6965s	more like this yeah he takes that into
6968s	account um and so it's very valuable
6971s	here how open we are I think uh AMA will
6973s	there be a crossover like Halo X
6975s	wayfinder I would love it I'm a big on
6979s	horn hello Kim chip I'm a big uh master
6983s	chief fan in Halo itself but uh no cam
6985s	what is your favorite reason uh I mean
6987s	favorite thing it's yeah it's kind of
6989s	aligned with like what both you guys
6991s	said so like I started as a tester so
6993s	I'm just like a gamer turned Dev I guess
6996s	you'd call me a Dev but uh but yeah like
7000s	any you can approach anyone and and they
7002s	and people here just listen to every
7004s	everyone's feedback which is awesome
7005s	because you know I'm like playing it I'm
7008s	like it should it should do you know
7010s	know it should be different somehow I've
7011s	worked at those Studios like that like
7012s	there's a difference between listening
7014s	and like ingesting feedback and then
7016s	just being like ah no it's not your you
7017s	don't know what you're talking about no
7018s	one does that nobody does that it's just
7020s	as an example I mean I've worked at
7022s	Studios where you have pulling teeth to
7023s	get people to play test and then here
7025s	it's like we have to tell peopley okay
7027s	slow down on the feedback guys like we
7029s	only the threat is just going so Qui we
7032s	know about that like too many but it's
7034s	good because people are engaged and like
7036s	they they care about the game and
7037s	they're busting their ass like when
7039s	we've been pulling out six hot fixes
7041s	Saturdays and Sundays we like hey can
7042s	people come in and jump in and smoke
7044s	test the game and then we have all of
7045s	our employees give thumbs up and they're
7047s	like man this is uh this is good so
7050s	again we keep saying it over and over
7051s	again our crew outside of this room is
7053s	incredible you guys are incredible too
7055s	but uh they it's just a lot of them and
7057s	they put their heart and soul into this
7058s	and we will see this game succeed it's
7059s	been a labor love and that's not
7061s	stopping somebody asks will you add a
7063s	Syra with longer hair speaking of my
7065s	discussions with Bobo oh yeah that's on
7067s	my list okay that's all I'm saying like
7070s	she needs to get over the crew cuts pH
7072s	it's fine but like come on I'll give my
7075s	other te that we are uh uh adding
7078s	additional hairstyle options for w
7079s	finders how that gets rolled out
7081s	selected that's not to uh I've seen them
7084s	they're nice but heycome for V am I
7088s	getting kicked out in exchange for V
7089s	okay also just to answer something I saw
7091s	a long time ago yeah uh I'll look at
7094s	blood song for you guys if it's
7095s	underperforming uh we'll take a look at
7097s	that speaking of we were just talking
7099s	about well first of off welcome this is
7101s	V Virginia tell us a little bit about
7102s	you I'm currently lead concept artist
7105s	over here at Airship Airship Syndicate
7109s	ever yeah that's where that's were I
7111s	heard you guys were talking about all
7113s	the Arts so I need to jump in yeah us
7115s	about some of that process of like when
7117s	we're like hey we want to do something
7118s	what is the next step and how are you
7120s	involved in that oh yeah absolutely well
7122s	I have the incredible Fortune of working
7124s	with super talented amazing people that
7127s	are just badasses in the industry
7130s	and uh they take the ideas from the
7132s	community or spun up from Airship and
7135s	run with them uh it's amazing to see uh
7139s	artists like Baldi and Sasha take
7141s	Concepts and run it between the heavens
7144s	and the hells and what comes back is
7146s	amazing and always blows my mind and uh
7150s	we are very uh tied into how can we best
7153s	serve production so our work is not just
7156s	beautiful rainbows and unicorns and
7158s	mystical things but unicorn's pretty
7160s	beautiful though those are beautiful
7162s	yeah but really trying to uh capture the
7164s	vision and style of wayfinder but get it
7168s	to the highest quality of production
7170s	value that we can selling and solving
7173s	the problems in paper where it can be
7175s	cheap and we can iterate really quickly
7178s	so that everyone past us in the
7180s	waterfall can make amazing stuff and
7183s	it's it's magic and now let me know who
7185s	you are and what you do what's your
7186s	favorite part about working at Airship
7188s	oh like I said just working with
7189s	talented people I'm here to work with
7192s	amazing people and make a kick-ass
7194s	product okay what do you what was uh
7196s	your proudest moment coming in Airship
7198s	because you came a little bit more
7199s	recent to the team um closer to launch
7201s	say not like relative to now what was um
7204s	the thing you most proud of this year
7206s	accomplishing with wayfinder oh this
7208s	year um man seeing the the new skins
7212s	going live seeing the new gameplay
7215s	content and revamps coming out the new
7218s	weapon sets see see the the productss go
7221s	through the whole Pipeline and in
7223s	players hands uh for me it's seeing
7226s	everything get better at every step in
7228s	the line and I had the Good Fortune of
7231s	working on ruin King with air uh Airship
7234s	and a lot of our past titles and the
7236s	crew all the way back down from uh
7238s	vigil and so being able to be brought on
7241s	full-time with wayfinder has been
7244s	amazing yeah it's been been pretty
7246s	awesome oh uh and as I know somebody was
7249s	asking here just for cuz I think
7251s	sometimes we take for granted like we
7253s	know the process like we know how the
7255s	it's made um do you maybe go into like
7258s	just how kind of like how it works for
7261s	us give you the actual like nuts and
7264s	bolts uh so we'll receive a task or a
7268s	task list of ideas and things that we
7270s	want to explore we go through viev so
7272s	that'll be like a blue sky pass to see
7275s	where that could possibly go whether
7277s	it's gameplay or character design and
7279s	develop vment and then after that pass
7281s	is done we'll bring it back and start
7283s	taking things through production so if
7285s	it's a character we would do turnarounds
7289s	call outs all of those things and we I
7292s	work traditionally I'm actually a
7293s	traditional artist I use a pencil and a
7295s	pen and I do my color work and digitally
7300s	uh some of my other uh my guys like baly
7303s	are purely digital and we compile all of
7307s	that information and solve as many
7309s	problems as we can on our side and when
7312s	we have all of that work compiled and
7315s	all of those things solved then we'll
7316s	hand it down to the next pipeline so it
7319s	would go to con uh character team or
7321s	environment team or the gameplay team
7323s	yeah and I think one thing be just
7326s	talked about too is like Saving Time up
7328s	front is like really big for like well
7332s	not just production but every team like
7333s	you know we talk about like crashing of
7335s	the model right like if concept can sus
7338s	that out before it even gets to modeling
7340s	like just it it saves us so much time
7342s	and work so and money at the end of the
7345s	day too so we aim to make beautiful cat
7348s	uh trash can liner yeah yeah that's the
7352s	goal oh that is that's the goal someone
7355s	a really good idea we should make some
7357s	uh concept art loading screens oh yeah
7360s	we have we have a lot the ra concept we
7363s	have yeah like not a flash but like More
7367s	Concept yeah
7368s	like that don't make it into the game
7370s	cuz some of the things Baldi Sasha and V
7372s	draw and even they're insane yeah
7376s	they'll do like over there 10 different
7378s	iterations of hey we need this one enemy
7379s	here's a bunch of different ways it
7380s	could possibly look and we'll pick one
7382s	yeah uh and to have it randomized
7389s	mm
7393s	Medi uh rotating producers in here
7396s	someone someone asked a question before
7398s	about the store and like how we been
7399s	moving away or be changing the store
7400s	which kind of ties in what you're
7401s	talking about with the awesome skins and
7402s	personas and weapons and everything yes
7404s	in 2024 early 2024 we will be
7408s	transitioning to probably more of what
7409s	You' call like a catalog store there
7411s	will still be limited time offers and
7412s	cool things that on rotations but when
7414s	you click the store you will have a
7415s	little more to choose from that's more
7416s	of like a permanent catalog we haven't
7418s	prioritized that yet because as I've
7420s	mentioned a couple times we are working
7421s	on the game and getting that solid
7423s	before we we focus on uh the
7425s	microtransactions but uh that will be
7427s	coming we know players have been wanting
7428s	it but we uh we're working towards it
7430s	right now we have a pretty awesome like
7432s	concept of 2.0 I also saw an update of
7434s	it today but it'll be good I promise I
7437s	saw a question way way earlier it was
7440s	like probably before V even showed up
7442s	but I didn't have a chance somebody was
7443s	asking about performance and if we're
7445s	going to continue to push performance
7447s	improvements always like anytime
7450s	somebody says that this is a little
7451s	framy we have one of our producers who
7454s	isn't in here Ron takes things every I
7456s	don't know what has matter with his
7457s	computer the producer
7459s	it's his
7461s	eyes under 120 and always be like this
7464s	is hitching here or there's a little bit
7465s	of a stutter here and it's like we don't
7467s	see it our analytics don't see it but he
7471s	sees it so there's never going to be a
7474s	moment where we're not looking at
7475s	performance we not trying to push that
7477s	to be as butter smooth we had we had a
7479s	lot of big performance increases with
7481s	this uh uh 0.2 patch next year there
7484s	will be even more and they will be like
7486s	in the smaller hot fixes um our
7488s	engineering team actually talked with
7489s	epic most recently we got some like best
7491s	practices so we're going to be working
7492s	on that we also talked about earlier for
7494s	case you're a newer viewer that asked
7496s	the question we'll be adding the uh
7498s	Shader caching ahead of time so if
7500s	you're new to the game you don't have to
7500s	worry about that stuttering that's
7501s	intesting already yep it'll happen ahead
7503s	of time we've already done all those
7504s	profiles and then the smaller tweaks
7506s	that we make to uh areas and levels and
7508s	see where we can optimize and make sure
7510s	the game is solid for um the middle spec
7512s	that we have and the people that we uh
7514s	we have a nice dashboard that
7515s	essentially shows us um kind of like the
7518s	hardware you're playing on so we're
7519s	towards the middle and then we'll focus
7520s	on the top tier FSR 3 dlss will come
7523s	towards that top tier and later on but
7525s	we really want to get it solid for
7526s	everybody every time there's anything
7528s	it's like okay and when it's when
7529s	performance is bad for you guys it's
7531s	also bad for us in engine so we feel
7533s	it's even worse we feel the pain yeah so
7535s	we definitely any gains we can get and
7538s	you know and it's not just the art and
7540s	all that side too right like we're we're
7542s	also making improvements on Dat when
7544s	when question for
7546s	you I mean I'm wearing a shirt this is
7549s	kind of hurt so I'm just saying yeah uh
7551s	no it's something we'd like to do I mean
7553s	we as I've said a couple times now this
7555s	is like this is the team as well as
7558s	everyone outside this room so we are
7559s	small we are Mighty but like we have to
7561s	focus on those things first before we
7563s	expand we' love to do merch we'd love to
7564s	get stuff out there from shirts to
7566s	posters someone actually the art is
7567s	there an unofficial Shopify yet like
7569s	somebody I'm surprised like somebody
7571s	that yeah I dmca a bunch of people that
7574s	were selling art on displ and then there
7576s	was an Etsy shop but I was to say like
7579s	for example like we want to do that the
7580s	art is literally done for the vinyl um
7583s	so we will get there in time we it's
7584s	going to be purple right it's going to
7586s	be a purple vinyl of course I didn't
7587s	think about that I mean it's got to be
7588s	purple cuz the ruin when are we getting
7591s	wayfinder socks like this
7593s	one who asked that question hey
7596s	uh hold the question is when am I
7598s	getting my socks assumes that that that
7602s	means that Alex is supposed to send
7606s	them of the room that's going on the
7610s	I mean with merch at the end of the day
7612s	we want it because we want it it'll
7615s	happen at some point how many times
7617s	we've seen can we get a plushy
7618s	internally of this like con it's like
7621s	where where's the plush yeah that's like
7623s	the most commonly thing for Anytime
7625s	concept aret hey we want a plushy yeah
7628s	that's that's we put this kind of we
7631s	work up today one of the biggest
7633s	feedback I might be Ming soonish maybe
7637s	depends nice yeah we have been talking
7640s	about that about what just uh first some
7644s	features uh letting like hardcore
7647s	players into test yeah we definitely
7649s	want to get like a PTR eventually and
7651s	that's it is on the like it is on our
7655s	radar we just don't have time to we
7658s	talked about what that looks like and it
7659s	might be like a focus thing of like hey
7661s	come in here and play this for this next
7662s	period of time someone asked will you
7664s	have top player NDA will you have top
7666s	player sign ndas to give you feedback on
7667s	the game early how do you know know
7669s	that's not happening now just saying
7671s	that that just throwing it out there
7672s	nda's NDA um but we constantly are
7675s	listening to feedback both before launch
7677s	and after launch FYI So speaking of
7680s	another question we always ask
7682s	internally Deo seona um yeah I do we
7686s	have plans to create a art book or
7687s	concept art book falls under merch yes I
7691s	want one we all want one Joe wants yeah
7694s	every everybody wants it we I we work
7697s	really hard to compile our art and try
7699s	and find all the high res stuff and make
7701s	sure we keep it because we we all sheet
7704s	they fine too a screenshot from slack
7706s	isn't enough
7708s	no no we we love the art on wayfinder we
7712s	would all love to have an art book in
7713s	our home that's a yes definitely someday
7716s	prints like these which we get asked
7717s	about all the time you can't see the
7719s	whole thing are you working on other
7720s	projects additional wayfinder is it all
7722s	hands nope we are all on wayfinder and
7724s	wayfinder future this is snarf moving
7726s	the
7727s	camera no longer I think is what he's
7729s	looking beautiful art that's actually
7732s	that's never been shown before so those
7733s	showed up in the hallway and I was like
7735s	can I take one home what anyone notice
7737s	who is that this is lud I don't know who
7739s	that is this is lud oh no I know they
7742s	the artist the artist the artist this is
7745s	a Joe mad original from scratch yeah and
7749s	he did write mad oh he did a Joe with
7753s	Sasha coloring and then that one is also
7756s	Sasha and I think that might we have
7758s	like art so basically this just comes up
7760s	and moves we have like n eight of them
7762s	over there that we can just swap it out
7764s	yeah I saw someone ask if performance
7768s	increases we'll uh increase the item
7771s	limit like the accessory item limit y
7773s	yeah so one of the things that Steve
7775s	kind of went into was like what that
7777s	looks like for um uh for 2024 and what
7781s	uh item Pages look like but also we in
7783s	the back end we've talked about changing
7785s	item limits themselves and that entire
7786s	system will be revamped to make it a
7788s	little
7789s	player friendly in24 we had some stuff
7792s	that actually was going to go for
7793s	December patch but we pulled it because
7795s	it unnecessarily put limits on you as a
7797s	player and it didn't fix the performance
7798s	stuff so once we have that all down and
7800s	once it's uh Rock Solid and you
7802s	absolutely will see the benefits of it
7804s	we will roll it out second part of that
7805s	that I saw someone ask a question about
7806s	was consoles yes we will uh be rolling
7809s	out in the future since I'm in 2024 no
7811s	time frame but a performance versus a
7814s	quality mode for PlayStation something
7815s	we're definitely looking at we want to
7816s	do we know PlayStation players want that
7819s	yeah it's true does Joe work much with
7821s	the artist that was a question that got
7823s	asked so Joe is CEO and creative
7827s	director and has his hands in so many
7830s	pies all the time if he had the time to
7832s	have his hand in every piece of art I'm
7835s	sure he would and we are really blessed
7838s	to have him involved as much as he is he
7840s	goes out of his way to check in with
7843s	Concept with character team with all the
7845s	dev teams and uh he's very much involved
7849s	in the wave finder development and um
7852s	going in back and forth and building art
7854s	kits yeah it goes back to what we were
7856s	talking about before with like
7857s	everyone's empowered like Joe trusts you
7859s	and the team to make those decisions and
7861s	just like anyone else that's involved
7862s	here at the studio they can give their
7863s	input and he gives his input but um yeah
7866s	everyone here is empowered to to make
7868s	those decisions and put out stuff true
7870s	mik here you want it yeah someone
7873s	there's no stopping ksun on her Fox get
7876s	have the extra no there's absolutely no
7879s	no somebody also asked a magical girl
7881s	person uh Kitsune is my partner in crime
7885s	on that we'll get back to you um does
7888s	Matt have a permit for those guns let's
7890s	see it show me the
7892s	paperwork you
7897s	are going
7900s	over someone asked Xbox switch version
7903s	asking for a lot of people that keep
7904s	asking yes it's something in 2024 that
7906s	we will be uh exploring additional on
7908s	consoles uh we did already announce Xbox
7911s	we did not announce switch we s so um so
7915s	you'll hear more information about that
7916s	later on the year uh right now
7918s	PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 and steam
7921s	mhm magical girl AJ I don't know what
7924s	that means you don't know what a Magic
7926s	okay no you're you're magic to me AJ I
7929s	appreciate that I did see some questions
7931s	about like upcoming skins and gender
7933s	swaps and things like that earlier right
7936s	now we as a team are really working hard
7938s	to establish the wayfinders and who they
7940s	are as characters and how the world
7942s	works with them in it and down the line
7945s	I'm sure that that look will expand and
7948s	it'll be a Cadence and we would love to
7951s	be able to fulfill that for every player
7954s	type how they want to play and that
7956s	customization it's just going to be
7958s	about of time as the game grows and
7960s	evolves and we have the bandwidth to add
7962s	that kind of look and feel Fox wayfinder
7965s	someone keep kept asking about dwarf
7966s	wayfinder there's really like we you've
7968s	seen only a small portion of what evanor
7970s	has to offer we have tons of awesome
7972s	Concepts um of nonh humanoids humanoids
7975s	so stay tuned you'll see some of that
7976s	stuff it will be cool I promise will we
7979s	get alternate base skins not personas uh
7981s	no because like we was kind of
7983s	mentioning we want you to like the
7984s	wayfinders are characters with Back
7986s	stories and histories and uh we want to
7989s	establish that very soon we will have
7991s	the uh wayfinder like their barks and
7994s	their conversations between people will
7995s	be in there as well what what am I
7996s	pointing at no that's
7999s	actually we will be getting they're not
8000s	going to be like changing the wayfinder
8002s	itself but for example there is a like s
8006s	b skin where her base skin currently is
8008s	like that little leather bikini thing
8010s	and like something underneath her skirt
8012s	um she will get a base skin that is not
8014s	that
8015s	it's still just like kind what we talked
8019s	about that's where I was I was getting
8024s	there getting evicted yeah like I've
8026s	seen there's been a lot of questions
8028s	like does sja
8032s	get yeah there there is work coming down
8035s	the pipe that expands on those sets like
8037s	giving sja like pants options longer
8040s	hair options that's just about getting
8043s	the time to get that stuff down and down
8046s	through production yeah and we've been
8048s	obviously listening and like you said
8049s	like following what the community is is
8051s	asking for and you know um those are
8053s	those are things that we're like
8054s	concepting future like and just thinking
8057s	about talking about internally too yeah
8060s	and it's all stuff that the team wants
8061s	to have too like we all are excited
8064s	about those customization options the
8067s	sja as a character is amazing then is
8070s	amazing but being able to customize them
8073s	for you and have that ownership as a
8075s	player is super important to us which I
8077s	mean and we did that you know obviously
8078s	that in like the weapon dies and you
8080s	know we're we're expanding it it's so
8082s	crazy how like just adding those three
8084s	slots is like completely different you
8085s	run by and I've seen a couple weapons
8086s	I'm like what is that actually like
8089s	looks incredibly different than the
8090s	original version that we had yeah it's
8092s	it's been really fun I found myself just
8095s	going in and like I have a Christmas a
8097s	whole Christmas theme I I always do that
8099s	anyway but I didn't mind to get a little
8101s	more of those like blues and the the
8103s	whites in there versus end up being red
8104s	white and blue I'm like is this American
8106s	or is this Christmas what am I going for
8107s	here gonna like roast you when we oh
8110s	it's beautiful it looks really good he
8111s	has a he has a bobo seal of approval now
8114s	that he puts on D feels like are
8116s	acceptable yeah it's it's pretty great
8119s	want to say it's great to see some folks
8120s	working on the game talking about it
8121s	that's why we're here just to show you
8123s	that we are the devs behind the name and
8126s	that we are working towards this game
8127s	and we are the ones that are uh making
8129s	wayfinder alongside you guys so are we
8132s	getting right all right we have a couple
8133s	new faces coming in right now who well
8136s	not new necessarily but faces
8138s	nonetheless Ryan what's up folks welcome
8141s	thank you um what do you do here I'm the
8144s	president okay I'm gonna sit next to the
8145s	president I'm excited you said that with
8147s	such conviction I you should I believe
8149s	it yeah believe it it's a thing that's
8152s	real I believe it I know all right so we
8155s	have to ask you the same question we
8156s	asked everyone that walks in the game
8157s	Sorry what is your game of 2023 boy I
8160s	don't know I have a bad habit of playing
8162s	games well after they've come out like
8165s	um you were playing a game about five
8167s	minutes ago I don't think I saw that's
8168s	true and it is an older game I was
8170s	playing World of War Cup Classic I was
8171s	going to say I hate when people like oh
8173s	it has to be something from 20 to 30
8174s	it's like no like games evolve and they
8176s	grow and like you can play an older game
8178s	in 2023 and it could be your game in
8180s	2023 so I haven't I haven't played
8181s	enough of it yet but um I bought this
8183s	game saabi for my 16-year-old son and he
8186s	loved it so much he's a big platformer
8188s	like Celeste super me boy yeah and he
8191s	loved it so much he insisted that I play
8192s	it and I started playing it and it's
8194s	badass so I think it's gonna end I think
8196s	saabi is gonna end up pretty high world
8199s	wild classic was one probably though if
8201s	I had to like Crown a game of the year I
8203s	was a big fan of Fallen order so I
8204s	really liked Jedi Jedi Survivor that
8207s	didn't even get mentioned in the the
8209s	which was surprising no I got nominated
8211s	for like lead actor and a bunch of other
8212s	stuff so many games I'm a Star Wars
8215s	Stars having a good Star Wars game is
8217s	like such a
8219s	treat I want to do more sfk we I have
8222s	125 uh priest right now but I I got a
8225s	I'm on like four different servers for
8227s	season Discovery the wild classic
8231s	talk probably the office so Ryan we had
8234s	a we had 2023 was a big year for us
8236s	obviously we launched we had some trials
8239s	and tribulations through launch we've
8240s	talked about like what's coming up in
8241s	2024 we've talked about our vision how
8244s	we are in control of Our Own Destiny and
8245s	how this entire awesome talented team is
8247s	working towards the game what do you
8248s	want to add to that in terms of like to
8250s	talk to the people that are directly
8251s	playing and directly supporting
8253s	us uh well this is a we sort of fell
8257s	into it but this opportunity to it's
8259s	every game developer's dream I think to
8262s	be self-published and to really have
8265s	your own destiny and your control I
8266s	don't think this is how we would have
8268s	asked for it or predicted that we would
8271s	be in that position but we are and I
8273s	think we've been surprised by I mean
8275s	when the news initially broke you know
8277s	from De that they wanted to move on from
8279s	publishing and therefore wayfinder we
8281s	knew that would be a tough message for
8282s	the team we weren't sure exactly what
8285s	the response would be uh I think we
8288s	expected that the team would rally
8290s	because we just have good folks and
8291s	that's what but still you just don't
8293s	know right and that's what the team did
8295s	I think lar yeah I think largely around
8296s	the idea that we have potential I mean
8299s	we we may still partner with the
8301s	publisher and that's going to be great
8302s	as well but if we can pull out the self
8305s	self-published thing if we can do this
8307s	ourselves if we can you know get enough
8309s	players back into the game that we can
8311s	learn what we need to to to do it all
8313s	we're going to it's going to be great
8315s	yeah it's been electric yeah it's been
8317s	probably the most fun weirdly that we've
8320s	had at airship in quite a long time yeah
8322s	it's like a it's a weird renewed sense
8324s	of like purpose I guess and like we are
8326s	in control of our destiny as we've been
8327s	saying saying over and over again so
8329s	even in your office we've talked about
8330s	it being a very flat structure and
8331s	people having ideas and thoughts but
8333s	like we really are the ones that make
8334s	those decisions and we've been like
8336s	super fired up to make it awesome as the
8338s	team has pumped out all those updates
8339s	and all those hot fixes we're not going
8341s	to stop any of that we're going to
8342s	continue to Rocket in 2024 with those
8344s	smaller updates working towards bigger
8346s	ones yeah galvanizing seems like a good
8348s	word like as soon as like because we did
8350s	it all hands so we had a a big meeting
8353s	the entire team gathered up in front of
8355s	there we were broadcasting out to you
8357s	know all our remote folks and and you
8359s	know partners that we have in this and I
8362s	mean in my time being here as unbiased
8365s	as I can be like it seemed you know
8367s	being in control of your own destiny of
8370s	course I have no no judgment whatsoever
8373s	um it it just the the energy and the
8376s	focus changed it was just like Hey we're
8379s	not you know getting directive anywhere
8381s	else this is like we're make or break
8383s	like this is what we're able to do like
8385s	put the pedal to the metal and like what
8387s	happens is is based off of our our
8388s	credit right here and I hope that we've
8391s	been able to demonstrate that out to the
8392s	publish like it's amazing to see just
8394s	how many positive views have been
8396s	pouring into steam it's you know we've
8398s	flipped the threshold from you know
8400s	mixed which is a huge psychological
8401s	break to to mostly positive and I think
8403s	we were just like on the cusp if we
8404s	didn't break over into to very positive
8406s	on there and that's the dynamic shift
8409s	that I feel like the team has the energy
8411s	behind and like all of us are just like
8413s	we're just going to keep doing
8415s	everything we can every single day to
8417s	make this game better
8418s	make the players feel like they're able
8419s	to get whatever they want to back out of
8421s	the game and we'll see what 2024 holds
8424s	agility agility is the big thing like it
8426s	the the chance for us now to make bold
8429s	and decisive decisions I think that's
8431s	the biggest difference because you know
8433s	collaboration with the publisher can be
8434s	good there there is definitely good to
8435s	come to come of that but being able to
8437s	make I I guess being decisive is is key
8440s	and now we can we can be decisive we
8442s	have a we have a long road ahead of us
8445s	um we know that the launch was rough and
8447s	there's a lot we have to do to to prove
8450s	to the community that we're back and
8451s	that we're serious and we're just trying
8453s	to take it one day at a time but with a
8455s	renewed sense of purpose for sure I
8456s	think the energy that the team feels
8459s	should reflect I we had a lot we had a
8461s	lot of work to do just to fix the
8462s	fundamentals of the game over the last
8464s	couple of months and that kind of slowed
8465s	down our ability to do cool new content
8467s	right and we know that the game needs
8468s	more content the players know it we know
8470s	it that's not a secret Steve talked
8472s	about some of that content yeah yeah
8473s	we're just trying to get yeah too much
8474s	of it I heard that's Steve whatever
8478s	he said I guess we soon as Steve says it
8480s	I can I have it's confirm it's been
8483s	surprising to me how giddy the attitude
8487s	in the studio has been since we've been
8490s	free to chase the things that we felt
8492s	like the game needed to have it's it's
8495s	been exciting yeah the launch as Ryan
8496s	mentioned was rough and we acknowledge
8498s	that and we've always said that we will
8500s	come Swinging with our actions versus
8501s	our words and we've been doing that with
8504s	our though I mean it is it was the Early
8507s	Access launch but that's something I I
8509s	just want to keep reminding to the world
8511s	is just like we're below Foundation
8514s	right now once we actually launch like
8516s	we're we're very cognizant of what the
8518s	wos of the the to be that's that's what
8521s	I'm saying that's in the past we're
8522s	working towards the it's we're we've got
8524s	a long road to go and we have a lot of a
8526s	lot of exciting stuff that we're
8528s	bring someone ask about Tower two and
8530s	the plans come out yes anyone that
8531s	purchased a Founders pack that included
8533s	content it will still come out our
8534s	season 2 reward Tower will come out
8535s	you'll get that stuff might not be in
8537s	the same but Matt is no just the one
8539s	above it we will have obviously coverage
8541s	over the break just in case something
8543s	break so I didn't know if that had been
8545s	said but no that's a good call out we
8546s	have people that are dedicated on the
8548s	devop side on the community side that
8550s	will be working they have um designated
8552s	days that they're on call um so yes if
8554s	things happen absolutely work together
8555s	just to be frank most people just check
8557s	slack religiously even when they're off
8559s	so it's it's hard to get them to not
8562s	check it so yeah we have people Beyond
8565s	just this the core team that that will
8566s	be here so I agree checking and making
8568s	sure everything's good and playing
8571s	too I think that's pretty much it like
8573s	we said we wanted to just touch base
8575s	with you guys we'll play the video so if
8576s	you're new to the stream we did play a
8578s	video at the start that'll come out in
8580s	about a week's time that just has a
8581s	little bit of teases of some upcoming
8583s	content nothing crazy we'll probably
8585s	play at the end of the stream just as we
8586s	um as we leave here but uh we wanted to
8589s	get FaceTime with you guys because we
8590s	promised it before we wanted to talk
8591s	about where we're at where we're going
8593s	and then most importantly like this game
8595s	is not just done by some nameless
8597s	faceless people when you log into the
8599s	game and play it when you support us by
8600s	buying run silver when you tell your
8602s	friends about the game being awesome you
8603s	are helping us that are directly
8605s	publishing and working on the game and
8607s	we thank you 10 times over for that and
8610s	I'm sure the people who are watching the
8612s	stream right now are some of our hardest
8613s	core players and our biggest Advocates
8615s	and you know this is as if the game
8617s	wasn't already a big enough learning
8619s	opportunity for us when it launched it's
8620s	even more so now now that we're trying
8623s	to to do it all so bear with us we're
8626s	going to do our best to learn what we
8627s	need to learn and to give you guys what
8629s	you want continue to take us a little
8631s	bit of time but the team here is
8633s	dedicated to doing it and we are
8634s	listening we're gonna we're gonna give
8636s	it our
8637s	all hell yeah this is early early days
8641s	the early early days it's exciting but
8643s	it's some sweet music all right I mean I
8645s	say the minutes the video is only like a
8648s	minute or so and we got about five
8650s	minutes before we said we were going to
8651s	end this thing I say wees two minutes of
8654s	last really good questions like I got to
8657s	say bad ones just really good ones only
8659s	really good questions we're going to
8660s	ignore any the bad ones
8663s	buters specifically no no I what is
8666s	Steve asking Steve oh no he just wrote
8669s	thanks for making wayfinder oh no he's
8671s	about it and thanks for all sticking
8672s	with us yes Steve thank you well we ever
8673s	get a Summoner or Necromancer wayfinder
8676s	uh that has been discussed a lot talk
8678s	cool are we going to do more archetypes
8681s	like are we going to do more than warm
8683s	and archinist like talked about that
8685s	nothing now but that's something
8686s	obviously think about the future all the
8687s	time okay Derrick who's in our fantasy
8689s	football league is asking who's going to
8690s	get the title this year he's spelled it
8692s	tatal though so that I'm not familiar
8694s	with Italian it's Italian for tit oh
8698s	here the com to questions uh well Maps
8699s	get Matt looks like Q Jackman what oh
8702s	thanks really I've got I got say like
8705s	looks like the buff Santa Drake I've
8707s	gotten Drake before went that as
8709s	Halloween one year well you're you're
8710s	perfectly quaffed hairs under your Santa
8712s	hat otherwise it's definitely a Drake
8713s	from Uncharted there are lots of pets in
8716s	the works I can confirm that
8718s	how would future heroic W finders work
8719s	will they come in another wayfinder will
8721s	they come out alone spoiler alert we
8722s	won't go into details now but we will be
8724s	revisiting the heroic system it's not
8725s	going away but it will just change and
8727s	we'll wait for that change to be
8729s	official and what we're doing before we
8731s	talk about some more but I saw a
8732s	question about start be solid and who
8734s	would win I don't know I want to see it
8735s	though I don't know what we Challen I
8736s	think it really depends on the challenge
8738s	fist to cuffs I think there's things I
8739s	would lose and there's things I would
8740s	absolutely I just you know maybe the end
8743s	of 2024 we'll do a like a cage match in
8746s	here and they yeah oh but we need to get
8749s	um Derek to officiate so Derek is a um a
8753s	referee for some random um wrestling
8756s	matches it's a like local wrestling talk
8759s	about I saw somebody ask separate hair
8762s	from other slots we should do that oh oh
8765s	we're doing the
8766s	heads would that's been discussed a bit
8769s	are we are we potentially interested if
8771s	the IP gets big enough for a wayfinder
8773s	pinball machine that has been a huge
8775s	question oh that's that's a huge
8776s	question by one person number
8778s	one will back me
8780s	up a weekly basis
8786s	want I don't have to deal with that
8788s	karaoke as the battlefield would
8789s	actually be pretty good I do that when
8791s	is grindle coming grindle will be coming
8793s	as we mentioned the very beginning early
8795s	2024 stay tuned it'll be worth the
8797s	weight a promise when will then be
8799s	now uh yeah uh updated version visual
8803s	for world maps when you click M
8805s	something we will want to do we've
8806s	talked about it just not priority the
8807s	map is functional is it as great as we
8809s	want to be probably not will we make
8810s	changes to it yes I mean one thing that
8812s	we've been talking about too is just
8813s	like the world map so evanor is a planet
8816s	right like we've only seen like you know
8819s	a fraction of what evanor has to offer
8822s	so I know I know there's been talks
8823s	internally about like actually making
8825s	yeah that you World Vision map is
8828s	definitely a goal for us moving into the
8829s	next pinball mini game is a good idea
8831s	yeah I agree I mean that that is my
8835s	argument the first gateway drug for a
8837s	lot of people at least in my generation
8839s	was space cadet pinball
8841s	on absolutely if you didn't play
8844s	that all right I'm not I'm going to say
8847s	this openly cuz we're having a
8849s	conversation as friends it's open we're
8850s	not adding into the game didn't somebody
8851s	say they had like a design done for like
8853s	a mini game inside the game wasn't it a
8855s	card
8855s	game yeah I think we had
8858s	multiple someone like oh this is like
8860s	pretty much good to add in but we're not
8862s	this is the feature creep section of the
8864s	totally totally this is
8866s	the
8868s	the no but fishing that's I'm going to
8871s	make sure fishing happens at some point
8872s	fishing existed a long time ago a very
8875s	rough prototype but you could take out a
8877s	you could stand on the visual effect of
8879s	the fishing hole and spin in a circle
8880s	that's how early catch a fish so it's
8883s	true everybody wants fishing 120 FPS
8885s	consoles we talked about quality and
8887s	performance it's coming I guarantee 120
8890s	but it Ste was the one in here all right
8892s	we got one minute to go we're going to
8893s	launch the the video for those who had
8895s	missed it earlier but first first and
8897s	foremost happy even tide merry Christmas
8900s	happy holidays to everybody who's tuning
8902s	in supporting us for this entire crazy
8904s	Journey it's got a long way to go but
8906s	it's been already a wild ride yep so
8909s	thank you thank you for being here once
8910s	again just reiterate what we talked
8911s	about at the very beginning so you know
8913s	our team is going on a well deserved
8915s	rest for the holiday and the week we
8917s	will still obviously have people here in
8918s	case something happens but um everyone
8920s	here deserves that rest so thank you for
8922s	coming in here thank you for just being
8923s	part of this community chatting with us
8925s	and just hanging out we hope you have a
8926s	great
8927s	holiday and that's it Ryan anything for
8930s	us you're the you're you're the head
8932s	hono you get the last word thank you
8934s	community but also thank you wayfinder
8936s	team I know a lot of you are watching
8938s	this and you're the reason we're still
8939s	here we love everyone without further
8942s	Ado snarf hit the video we'll see you in
8944s	2024 thanks y bye thank you guys bye how
8948s	y'all the journey to get here has been
8949s	long but your continued support has
8951s	meant the world to us with every new
8954s	player in evanor it meaning so much to
8956s	the team and the future of wayfinder our
8958s	vision for Early Access was to craft
8960s	this game alongside you for the Long
8962s	Haul yes we absolutely hit a few bumps
8964s	at launch and there is still plenty for
8966s	us to do but our team remains dedicated
8968s	to making wayfinder great as we work
8970s	towards freeo playay in
8972s	2024 with every passing week wayfinder
8974s	only gets better we're currently focused
8976s	on load times performance balance
8979s	changes matchmaking and more on the
8981s	immediate
8983s	Horizon as winter approaches we invite
8985s	you back to discover new Miss iies of
8987s	evanor during the chil even tide season
8989s	and rest assured our world is about to
8991s	get a whole lot larger and faster keep
8994s	forging path through the Gloom
8995s	wayfinders remember you can go it alone
8998s	but we're stronger
9003s	[Music]
9009s	together

[2023] Wayfinder - EoY Fireside Chat

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