Hi all,
We’ve been having some discussions recently about some of the Console version quirks and the differences between the versions. In response to that, I’m planning to try streaming some gameplay for the first time this weekend from my PS4, with the intent being to demonstrate some of the features that are available on console that aren’t available on PC/Mobile. I have a couple ideas of my own, but thought I would throw out the question to see if anyone has additional ideas that I haven’t thought of. If all goes to plan, I’ll post a link to the livestream(s) here and then link to the archive versions afterwards (with timestamps for particularly interesting tidbits, if possible).
Things I might plan to do would include:
- Briefly show the daily tasks and how I integrate them into my daily play.
- Demonstrate the customizable AI interface and do a few experiments to show how the AI responds to changing settings. I think I have a good plan for this that will show the benefits and pitfalls in a reasonable amount of time.
- Just do some ‘regular’ PVP play to point out some of the subtle differences that crop up through regular play when you don’t know what your opponent may have done with their AI settings. The typical example that we refer to here is the uncertainty about the success of skull-baiting, but there are some other things that crop up as well. If I’m really lucky, I may see some of the goofy gem-refresh behaviour that we like to complain about, as well.
If anyone has any other thoughts or suggestions, I’d appreciate hearing them, though i won’t promise to incorporate them. Whether the streaming works for me or not, I’ll try to post some of my results here in text form for anyone that doesn’t want to take the time to watch what will probably be some lengthy streams.
First live stream: I’ll be illustrating daily tasks and the team building interface.
That was a pretty rocky first attempt, but it is what it is. If you’re watching, I’d say skip the first 2:15 and from about 6:00 to 8:45 where I was trying to verify with Vangor that the stream was working. It was. 
If you haven’t already watched, I’d say skip that video entirely and just watch the next one instead.
Here is a second attempt at a daily task video:
This one is shorter and more to-the-point. Today I had 4 tasks that could be done at the same time, so I show a team that could work on all 4 tasks at once, plus variations as individual tasks are completed and restraints are removed.
Second live stream: I’ll be experimenting with the AI customization options under 4 conditions (see post #3 below for a detailed description):
Wow. Very weird results, at least as far as the secondary colour-effects go. Much easier to make the AI NOT do something than it is to coax it to DO something specific.
It is surprisingly tiring to play and comment for a long period, so I’m going to take a break and go mow my lawn or something. I may stream some free-play with minimal commentary a bit later, or maybe tomorrow. Please feel free to discuss below!
I’m going to run one final stream today. This will be me just free-playing for about an hour, with minimal comment. I’m going to finish off my daily tasks and then just grind some PVP:
Several lengthy waits for a battle to load. Haven’t seen this level of network problems since the server upgrades in January, but no battles dropped, so that was good.
A second experimental run playing with the AI settings with a different team (forgot to turn the music off today):
