Stream recap:
The Crew
Scott: Lead Designer
Steve: CEO
Megan: Community Director
Geoff: Creative Director
Sarah: Community Manager
Housekeeping
- (don't expect a release date)
- No twitch drops
- Soulframe Preludes Access giveaways during the stream
- still random invites for now
- 4 additional codes with every invite to give to friends coming soon
- definitely no paid access
- "not going to open up completely for a bit. we aren't quite ready yet" -> coming 2025
- 2000 new invites every week
General additions and response to feedback of tennocon demo
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more whimsical than the souls games it is often compared to
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can no longer kill enemy dogs -> free them from their armor and let them run away
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skill trees for specific weapon types (similar to focus schools in warframe)
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the first mount, orengall the wolf will be added to preludes with a quest soon-ish
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5 new weapons
- longsword
- dagger
- halberd
- bow
- Sword and Shield
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Crafting times reduced
- Some items can only be crafted after the blacksmith has completed a few other items and leveld up ("gained confidence")
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Stability/stagger/stun damage improvements (directly shown in HUD)
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Social hub (similar to relays in warframe) maybe in update 8
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Bromius the bear, the next omen beast, is being worked on
- with an armor set + pact
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Enemy faction: Mendicants
- Sentient Ode-corruption
- "the ring-wraiths of hte game"
- corruption-benders
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"primeval envoys"
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Small Halloween Sproutfolk event
Pact changes
- "exalted weapons" no longer mix and match, but bound to their own pact
- simplified pact leveling: activated abilities will automatically improve, can no longer ignore some of them entirely
- general improvements to many abilities
- abilities no longer recharged by searching for environmental spirits and absorbing them
Q/A
- "!join"
- "What kind of game is it? is it a single player game" ( question by the CEO of Mihoyo, apparently?)
- primarily coop, but single player "compatible". Centered aroudn a very dense open world map
- "On which platforms?"
- PC first, everything else hopefully late