October 31st Livestream Transcription

– Halloween Stream, Contest Winners, MMORPG Preview, Battle Royale Concerns, November Cosmetics

Testing going well.
Working on server stability.
Working on server side framerate.
Server side frame rate is important for logging packet data, to prevent lag.
Client side fps is your pc not being good enough.
Server side frame rate needs to be above 20fps to avoid lag on the client side.
Up until 8 days ago there was lag.
However since, they’ve addressed it and the lag is gone.
Current server frame rate they were able to achieve is 55fps.
Player density is an important focus.
Important to observe player feedback.
BR mode is fun, but not MMORPG.
End goal is 24×7 testing (Very very soon, few things such as multi regions such as EU need to be locked in)

MMORPG Alpha 1 Phase 2 content being shown

Dynamic day/night/weather cycles confirmed.
Rain will create puddles.
Monsters will react to weather. (Giant spider moving to a new home due to rain)
Catfall on ranger.
Icy footsteps + Blink = Large distance ice path.
Stage 3 node shown with NPC’s and merchants.

NPC’s, basic store:

Catfall boots with tab target does not jump as high as BR mode.
Flashy skills/animations will be adjusted later in development.
Night time looks bright due to volumetric lighting issues with the fog.
Cities will look very different even if they’re at the same stage. Different aspects will be taken into account such as location/type/race to change the look.
Elite monsters have abilities/skills that they cast.

QnA in Progress

Alpha 1 Phase 2 is due march/april 2019.
New Halloween cosmetics being shown, live on friday Nov 2nd.
Over 40,000 Alpha/Beta testers currently.
They’ve noticed confusion and dislike towards BR mode, they want to address it.
Addressing BR concerns via:
- Phase 1 will no longer be referred to it as Phase 1, it will instead be referred to as: Apocalypse
- BR, Castle Siege and Horde mode will be moved into a side arena, open to EVERYONE (All 3 projects are a side of the main game)
APOC folder = Apocalypse
Lore-wise, apocalypse refers to people in Verra fighting for survival who did not leave through the gate and are stuck facing the corruption
Battle Royale refers to players fighting to survive
Castle siege are the last bastions while the world was flooded with corruption
Horde mode will be the last and final stand against the corruption.
This is being done to void all confusion about BR modes etc.
Rewards gained in apocalypse will carry over to main game.
All apocalypse content will be free to play (?) (Needs clarification)
Participation and performance in all 3 apocalypse modes will reward you with cosmetics, housing, furniture, emotes, weapon variants etc.
Characters and rewards in the Apocalypse mode will carry over to the main game.
Housing system will be pushed forward and made available in apocalypse.
November = 24×7 testing for Apocalypse (Phase 1) – 2-4 weeks from now.
Node stage 3 will be when you’ll see the node type kick in.
Military nodes will have Barracks. Scientific will have University.
Economic will have Marketplace. Divine will have Temples.
Pets will attack enemies, doing so will flag you as a combatant as the pet is a proxy of the player
New website expected to go live soon.
Winners of Halloween 2018 event announced.
Closing video of Intrepid Halloween Office tour.