3/27 Livestream Recap

General

• Steam
• Bringing lots of new players
• Character creation locked on high population servers
• 3rd weekend
• Valentines Day contest prizes
• Check the thread
• Finalized next week
• XL and Trion have weekly discussions
• They talk about hot issues from the community

Any plans to get additional rankings besides arena and fishing?

There are two, farming and a gear competition with the addition of a gear score.

Server transfers?
KR does have a very poor server transfer system. It's done manually and it is not meant for mass transfers. The server merge process is also very clunky. We are working on a better solution and implementation to this?

Could we get time stamps on chat?
That would be great but it has some unique difficulties.

Are the quests for painting scraps on floor 2 and 3 bugged, or just more rare?
Shouldn't be bugged, Khrolan has found a scrap on floor 3. We'll look into this to see if it's just much more rare.

Spreading Flames event

• Corpse only stays for 1 hour in game time
• Not 1 hour real time like originally thought
• You can get 1 scale per day
• Commemorative Crafting table
• No plans to remove it after the event

Why was the time given for how long the corpse lasts incorrect?
The way we receive these events is kind of baked into the build and they don't turn on until the start time and then they shut up automatically at the end time. This includes PTS so we weren't able to test it before hand to make any clarifications on the description we received. We're going to try and get this changed so that in the future we can test the events before they go live so that we can give a lot better information.

Any events planned for April and beyond?
There are things on the table. One idea is to offer double loyalty for a certain amount of time where you would get 10 loyalty tokens for logging in rather than just 5.


Dread Prophecies

• Name for 1.7A
• Naming contest will be for a later contest
• Will get several spotlight articles like SoA
• Ship customization
• Naval combat
• More info on next livestream
• Ghost ships
• Global farming competition
• Similar to arena and fishing competitions
• Based on first place experia plants
• Who can get the most
• A hard cap on the max swim speed you can have
• Still on target for the end of April
• Tons of new canons coming
• Some option examples
• Longer cooldowns
• Shorter cooldowns
• Damage to players
• Damage to ships
• Longer firing arcs
• Larger splash ranges
• Masts have to be cranked up and down now
• Will be able to respawn on ships
• You put an ivory Nui statue on the front of your ship
• If your in a raid you respawn on that ship
• Gain a buff on respawn to help defend that ship
• Fishing boat customization
• Gaining lots of utility
• Can track sea creatures instead of just fishing holes
• Can add a workbench that allows players to create ammo

Mounts / Vehicles

• Pegasus is available
• 625 loyalty
• Newly revamped archeum supply crates
• Higher chances to get the stuff you want
• Removed the stuff you don't want
• Black Pegasus is in the works
• Estimated a couple months out
• Pegasus starts at level 50
• Not sure why that is
• Probably because so majestic

When to increase pet or mount level to 55?
No plans on this yet.

Timber coupe?
Officially will come in 1.7B which is roughly scheduled for 6-8 weeks after Dread Prophecies (1.7A)

How is the fishing boats latency fix coming?
In Dread Prophecies (1.7A) there are some good changes for fishing boats.

Will we ever be able to put spaces in names of houses, mounts, and ships?
That is a localization thing since other languages don't have spaces. No plans currently on this.

Why is the mirage donkey so expensive on loyalty shop?
Because it's an advanced mount.

Will there be a fix to the mirage donkey's fast swim speed?
In Dread Prophecies (1.7A) there will be a cap on how fast you can swim, this should solve that.

Why all this focus on the sea when it's barely alive?
XL is pumping a lot of life into the ocean and are going to be giving everyone lots of reasons to be on the sea.

When are skateboards introduced?
Currently scheduled for 1.7B. They are currently called longboards.

Submarines?
The challenge is they were really OP in alpha. The current version of them is a nerfed version and that's where they are at: crappy. They are being reworked and will be craftable in 1.7 (not sure if Dread Prophecies or part B yet).


Crafting

• Specialty packs will be coming to Auroria
• Is a long ways off

Are bundles working as intended?
Bundles are less efficient and you don't get rares, but they save time, it's a trade off. No known changes coming at this time, but it is talked about a lot internally. It will be brought up with XL in the next discussion.

Can we get aquatic experia crops?
No plans for this. Will keep it in mind.

Any changes to Handicrafting to make it more inline with other professions?
At some point it will catch up, but not sure what build it comes in.

Any chance tax certificates will ever be available from the general goods merchant?
This will probably never happen.

Is XL going to change tax scaling so that it continues to increase over 10 properties owned?
Trion had thought it was not working as intended a couple of months ago, but now talking with XL they have said that they intentionally have that cap and it likely won't be changing.


Arena / PvP

What are you going to do about people AFKing in arena?
This is Khrolan's top issue. He knows that it's a bigger problem since introduction of the competition. The best solution is to force a drop and force a respawn, Trion is trying to force this issue.

Why are there no spawn locations for fish off the coast in peace conditions?
Fishing is risk vs reward. If you want the reward you have to take the risk.

Why is there no peace after war on the sea?
Oceans are always at war. The ocean is a dangerous place. The oceans are all about combat in ArcheAge.


Marketplace

• New item coming soon
• Remove appearance customization on a piece of gear
• Returns it back to the original
• Will remove the appearance item
• Will remain for a longer time
• Armageddon Armor is a limited time sale in the marketplace

Will Armageddon armor be anywhere other than the marketplace?
No plans for now.


Combat

When will get get class balance changes?
It's in KR 1.7, but aren't sure if we get them in 1.7A or 1.7B. There are about 72 line item changes on combat changes.

Will we get all the balance changes from the KR versions or will there be any differences?
Most likely it will be the same, although it could be possible to make some slight changes depending on the change.

Does XL plan on changing the stats on obsidian bows?
No changes are on the way for core obsidian weapons.

When will the next obsidian armor and weapons come?
There are obsidian weapons version 2. They come in future updates, 1.7B or 1.8.

Is anyone looking into animation cancelling exploit?
This is not working as intended as is a known issue. There is no definitive answer on this right now, but we will likely get the fix that KR has.