# Dev Q & A (3.5 Update, Monday 2/7/18) **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [June 25, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-3-5-update-monday-2-7-18/41560 "2018-06-25T00:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 125
**Author:** ![Lyrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyrian/32/61071_2.png) [@Lyrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyrian)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-3-5-update-monday-2-7-18/41560/125 "2018-07-02T02:36:20Z")
## Dev Stream Notes Why were hero classes re-worked? A: 3 pillars of design regarding features: – Dev’s vision of feature, player feedback, analytical (in-game performance) feedback – 2 out of 3 need to be out of alignments for a change/correction to be considered. – Analytic data reported that heroes weren’t being used by players. – Dev’s vision were for players to use heroes, and feedback was harsh regarding Dawnbringer in arena. – Thus hero classes were reworked. Q: Do mana bonuses at start of combat stack? – No, highest bonus takes priority and is applied. Q: Thoughts on talent trees: – Perks were outdated and underpowered. – Perks were limited and resulted in everyone having the “same” hero character for a class. – Looked at other RPGs for inspiration for talent system. – On why some talent trees are shared between classes → too similar for too many classes to be unique. – Next class: Runepriest. Coming this weekend. Talent trees: Stone, Knowledge, Guardian. class weapon: Runeforger. – One talent tree (Water) is not currently available, because there is no class (yet) that specializes in polearms. ## Q: Weapons and Ingots A: – Reworked through the same logical processes as hero class (see above) – Old weapons were outdated and not in-line with current power levels in-game (in general) – More “Dawnbringer-like” weapons coming in the future. (Not designed yet, possible forum design competition?) – Ingot feedback – VIP chests - yes. LT tasks - no Explore - no – Sirran was receptive for ingots dropping out of 40k seal chests (not below 40k) – New mode coming in 3.6 to earn ingots – Old weapons will remain in glory/cash shop. New weapons coming in the future (3.6?) to deal with kingdom level issues. ## Kingdom Rework – Old system was very outdated, was only designed to 5 stars and was band-aided to reach 10 stars (hence the soft cap that was in place). – The need to expand beyond 10 stars granted the opportunity to re-do the kingdom power system to be designed for the future, instead of band-aiding the band-aid. – New system allowed for tasks beside just leveling/traiting troops to earn kingdom stars. More task types could be added in the future, if designed. – Next old kingdom rework: Pan’s Vale (in progress). Kingdom theme will be stat stealing. – More kingdom reworks coming in the future. ## On teams starting with half mana (Ex: Divine Ishbala) – Devs are observing the issue currently. – More half mana start troops coming in the future – Corrections may be made (no promise) ## The future – New world map (higher res) coming in 3.6. – More space for more kingdoms (think map zooming out than where the camera is now) – Room for one more kingdom in old map → Called Sin of Mirage (next kingdom). – Occupies empty space in SW corner of map. – Quest giver will be Luther to acknowledge that Luther was the first quest giver and will be the last quest giver on the old map “to end the current story” – Staying quiet on new 3.6 game mode. “Core game mode”, like Treasure Hunt but “different”, involves fighting AI teams? – PvP mode looking to re-worked in the future (post 3.6). More ranking modes/leaderboards being considered. Design theory to avoid fighting the same 2-3 meta teams all the time at the high-end. Improved matchmaking. ## Lore Human kingdoms at peace with each other? Generally, with standard human disagreements. Originally came from the same mega-kingdom; split into factional kingdoms at some point. ## Misc/ Speed Round Questions – Pet food as shop bonuses: Being considered – Dev thoughts on 3.5 → Likes: Game retention rates are very high, high user playtime. Dislikes: PvP metas block out other teams. Some game modes are still outdated. – Guild Wars looking to be reworked in patch after 3.6. Possible entire system re-do. "Want to correct guild issues “right”. – Treasure maps → Thoughts being considered for what to do with the mountain of maps. Sirrian wants to do more than just “spend more maps at once to earn greater rewards” as a band-aid. Something, something, Worldbreaker’s parents fan-fiction. This week’s mythic has a rather interesting name anagram. Chat went fast this time, so I might have missed something somewhere along the session and might have paraphrased something incorrectly when I was rushing to keep up at certain parts of the stream. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-3-5-update-monday-2-7-18/41560)._