Content Creator Preview - Monday, September 20th - Information

[Cordovan]

Hello! We are working to provide content and guide creators with a special early access preview of Epic Destinies on Monday, September 20th, 2021. This gives content creators time to get their work ready and perhaps offer an early preview to their audience if they wish. The time will most likely be sometime in the mid-afternoon onwards, Eastern Time. If you are a content creator on Twitch, YouTube, the DDO Wiki, your own blog, etc. read on!


Here's how it will work: We will apply a special token to your game account that will allow you to access the Lamannia Public Preview Server despite it being closed to the general public. We are expecting to open Lamannia to a general public preview the following day, but we want to give you an opportunity to see these systems, grab screenshots, record video, and ask any questions needed prior to opening the preview to the public.


If you would like to record or livestream your content during this window, you are welcome to do so. We will NOT be able to offer live or pre-recorded interviews; our presence and the presence of whoever else is there is intended to simply be a conduit to get your questions answered and help facilitate your coverage.


IF YOU ARE INTERESTED: Hit me up through Private Message here or however you normally contact us (Twitter, email, whatever). This is NOT aimed at non-Content Creators who just want to hang out on Lamannia a day early. Rather, this is a response to a long-term ask by content creators to help them get their work done, in addition to a mild bit of hype for the people doing the work. We did this last week on the other game's side and it seemed to go well, so we are going to give it a try here, too.

[apocaladle]

Any chance when the pass goes live we get to see a developer diary or 2 about the development?

I always find those interesting to read.

[Discpsycho]

I interpreted "content creator" as a new feature (i.e, player-generated content) rather than the vernacular term and did a spit-take. If I make a slow-mo gif of said spit-take destroying my computer and get an influencer to do a reaction vid, would that merit an invite?

[Kielbasa]

Any chance when the pass goes live we get to see a developer diary or 2 about the development?

I always find those interesting to read.

Yes some sort of write up from the devs so we can read as we watch people like strimtom, axel, and voodu play through the new destinies would be appreciated. Will this preview have all the destinies this time? And will the public get their chance to sink their teeth into it later that week or the the week after?

[rabidfox]

Yes some sort of write up from the devs so we can read as we watch people like strimtom, axel, and voodu play through the new destinies would be appreciated. Will this preview have all the destinies this time? And will the public get their chance to sink their teeth into it later that week or the the week after?

It it's anything like LOTRO did, we'll probably get access for testing the day after.

[Xgya]

Will everyone get patch notes at the same time the servers get temporarily open?

[Micki]

Is there always a devchat during Lamannia? is it just /joinchannel devchat ?

[Praya20]

Could not come at a better time, for the first time in months I'm off this Monday so I'll be looking forward to this!

[Cordovan]

Yes some sort of write up from the devs so we can read as we watch people like strimtom, axel, and voodu play through the new destinies would be appreciated. Will this preview have all the destinies this time? And will the public get their chance to sink their teeth into it later that week or the the week after?

No, not all Epic Destinies will be previewed, about half of them this time and half next time.

It it's anything like LOTRO did, we'll probably get access for testing the day after.

Yes.

Will everyone get patch notes at the same time the servers get temporarily open?

Patch notes will happen on Tuesday for the public preview.

[Tsutti]

This is cool, thanks! (not a content creator myself)

Is there always a devchat during Lamannia? is it just /joinchannel devchat ?

_____yup

[J1NG]

Hmmm...

Would the Character Copy be available for use?

Would the Charactersc copied get wiped before normal Lamannia also?

Exactly what constitues a "Content Creator" in SSG definition?

J1NG

[SerPounce]

Patch notes will happen on Wednesday for the public preview.

So streamers on lamania on Monday, public on lama on Tuesday, but no patch notes till Wednesday?

[Cordovan]

So streamers on lamania on Monday, public on lama on Tuesday, but no patch notes till Wednesday?

Sorry, meant Tuesday.

[mikarddo]

Thank, I am looking forward to see what you have changed. I am not a Content Creator but I applaud giving those access a day before, good idea.

Hopefully, we are getting more than just 59 points and being allowed to add points in more than just 3 trees.
Compared to having 5 twist slots the system proposed in the early preview looked much less flexible and thus less fun.

E.g., tier 5 would use ~35 points for a few tier 5 effects, a second tree in T4 would be ~23 points leaving nothing for the 3rd tree.
or Tier 5 ~35 points, T3 ~13 points thus not even having enough points for another T3 tree. So, even with max points it would be Main tree + T4 or Main tree + T3 + T2.
Compare to having twists from 5 other trees at T4, T3, T2, T2 and T1 cherrypicking the effects you really want. Getting more filler effects from lower tiers in fewer trees does not make up for that difference.

In particular the current Epic Completionist being replaced by just 1 point looks weak, and even 4 points for 4x12 epic past lives looks below the current value of the current extra twist slot.

Note - filling in all trees from the start and dropping the Karma requirement is good but could have been done in the current system as well so pointing to that improvement is irrelevant when compering the current and the new system.

So, more points and more than 3 trees seem to be needed. Say 4 points for every "epic completionist" and access to 4 trees.
I am looking forward to Monday/Tuesday.

[Elfishski]

more points and more than 3 trees seem to be needed. Say 4 points for every "epic completionist" and access to 4 trees.

Whatever they do (and balancing a desire to keep level 30 fun right NOW with enough space to expand the level cap and available points later is a tricky problem), gating exponentially more power behind completionist past lives is the wrong solution. That just makes newbies feel even more garbage compared to vets, where you want them as close as possible while still having the bare minimum carrot to chase to get those completionist feats.

Will see how well that tightrope can be walked next week!

[mikarddo]

Whatever they do (and balancing a desire to keep level 30 fun right NOW with enough space to expand the level cap and available points later is a tricky problem), gating exponentially more power behind completionist past lives is the wrong solution. That just makes newbies feel even more garbage compared to vets, where you want them as close as possible while still having the bare minimum carrot to chase to get those completionist feats.

Will see how well that tightrope can be walked next week!

I still think that would be less power from having past lives than right now but I dont mind at all if they do it somewhat differently. But, making level 30 significantly less flexiable / powerful than the current setup (in order to readd the same power in later levels) would be a horrible mistake (aka losing more players).

I very much agree it will be interesting to see next week how (or even if) they have tried to handle that.

[cmecu]

What time will the server be opening up for us monday morning?

[Cordovan]

What time will the server be opening up for us monday morning?

I don't have an exact start time, it depends how long it takes for the deployment. We are targeting early afternoon Eastern time.

[Tobril]

Hi!

Samius Gurobo and myself will stream Epic Destiny changes during the Content Creator Preview on Monday, September 20th, 2021.

Anyone wanting sheep jokes in addition to the occasional analytical hot take is welcome to drop in and say hello!


https://multitwitch.tv/tobril/SamiusGurobo

[PsychoBlonde]

So, more points and more than 3 trees seem to be needed. Say 4 points for every "epic completionist" and access to 4 trees.
I am looking forward to Monday/Tuesday.

We'll be getting more points when they raise the level cap to 40 over the next year or so (not sure what the exact timetable is, but they already announced the level cap thing). 10 more levels = another 40 points IIRC, although I could be remembering that wrong.