💥〕leaks-discussion

[gritty panther]

a master shard, to capture hollow for example, would make it so there's less frustrations of a ran away 🙂

[hybrid tapir]

I could see that. If it was limited in a way where someone couldn't just buy an infinite supply off the market, it could reduce frustration without becoming p2w.

[upper light]

I'm with you, if the best shard doesn't guarantee a capture, tough luck, thems the rules. I'm worried that any kind of access to a 100% catch chance would basically completely bypass the way the bonding curve is designed, and inflate the supply of Illuvials intended to be very rare, which in turn hurts players who can't afford a 100% catch chance.

I just think it would end up being mandatory to buy and carry one for any profit oriented player - If some Illuvial is extremely valuable and rare, you'd be seriously mistaken to NOT carry a master shard at all times, in case you encounter one. Also, as soon as anything over some threshold was encountered, you'd automatically use that shard. Thus, the rarest Illuvials would become much more common than they would if captures were determined by the bonding curve.

It doesn't make much sense to develop a system to dictate roughly how many of which Illuvials will exist, and then give players a tool to completely ignore that mechanic.

Something I could get behind would be a consumable augment for shards that adds a flat % chance to capture. Something relatively light, but still impactful, 10%-20% range.

Ex. Base capture chance is 90, you could guarantee a capture with the augment.

Base capture chance is 15%, you could basically double your capture chances with the augment.

[flat rose]

Probably would make sense for the augment to be something held by @tawdry coral or something. But it’s hard to say pay for this augment but if it doesn’t work then it’s only a one time opportunity. So linking it to a specific shard does make economic sense. So if you fail to make a capture you can try again with that same augmented shard next time.

[urban aspen]

I agree with you completely! The idea of a master shard is fun in theory but yea I don't think it'll be beneficial for the long term sustainability of the economy.

[upper light]

Yeah, you could tie it to a shard. I was thinking, at some point, there can be value in having materials or assets leave the ecosystem, as it would keep the prices of things from declining over time. Could go either way on whether it's consumable or not, depending what the team felt was the right call.

[bronze cairn]

If the game has a master shard then the cost of a master shard will dictate the price of the given illuvial and for those who grind early hoping to gain rare illuvials the price of the master shard might undercut their efforts and early support of the game. Unless the master shard was really expensive or you were limited to 1 per player per some amount of time.

[urban aspen]

If this is seriously being considered then please limit it to one per use forever. Unlimited Master shards in circulation will be be good for the economy

[supple crescent]

guaranteed catch item would either need to be hilariously expensive or just not exist, imo

[steady crag]

Please no

[steady crag]

This one

[supple crescent]

yeah a master shard is fairly contradictory to the bonding curve mechanic isn't it - a bonus % capture augmentation is better on further thought

[gentle tusk]

That could work as well, yep

[urban aspen]

I second the just not existing idea haha

[bronze cairn]

#nomastershards @rigid cypress

[lunar hill]

I too am against the master shard idea, but really like what you've suggested Blickter. Boosting %s seems like a great idea for an augmented shard as a boost but nothing should be guaranteed (unless it was something basic with an already high capture rate and the augment makes it 100% - but seems like a waste of the augment considering the already high capture rate).

[ripe wadi]

This is sort of like World of Warcraft Classic. The Arcanite Bar that can only be crafted once every 2 day by each person is still a super rare material so I feel if you made it so at a certain point you will be able to craft a “master shard” however only once every 2 days or so it’ll still be in high demand and not too common to get a bunch of them. However I agree that there should not be something that has an extremly high chance of a catch that takes the excitement out of the game

[stoic kernel]

One per month, I think they should be really rare.

[bronze pilot]

I think it would be best to make it an event item IF it is going to be added. Once a while one will be handed out to the winner of an event, or maybe those in the ranked leaderboards. Like a Lottery of some sorts.
Random numbers:
X could be handed out to the top 100, X to the top 1000 and X to the top 100.000
This gives you a good incentive to go grind in the ranked arena as your chances for a Master shard will go up considerably. It won't be pay to play, as even the worst of players have a chance of 1/20K to get a master shard, and those in the top 10 will have different cool rewards so the master shard will only be an added bonus if they do get one.
Maybe the collosseum masters can also mint one once a while, as their collosseum makes that possible idk. but it would make your investors happy i guess. Even once a month would be good enough, as they could then give that shard to their primary T5 scholar who finds that ultra-rare-holo-rhamphire and catches it. No need to have one every 2 days 😄
Agree that an extra boost would be good as well.

[gritty panther]

The %boost is a nice compromise, not a 100% garanted capture but still have way to grind to get more change to capture a rare illuvials. I like it very much 🙂

[safe oar]

Kinda agree with this but not via competition
This could be an item dropped with a 0.0001% droprate
Because giving it to the top players is basically giving it to whales = p2w
While if it s a really lucky item it s basically a free ticket to the Charlie chocolatery for the lucky soul who got it
Might be a noob not knowing it that would use it on tier 0 Illuvials 👀
Just like my sister used my master ball in Blue ._. at a time

[bronze pilot]

I heard that getting a competitive deck in the ranked arena would not be super expensive. The illuvials are pegged to eachother, you can choose the fused rank of your illuvial by owning a stage 1, so getting high ranked in the arena is worked on from various angles to be low cost.
And i especially said Ranked, as the Leviathan Arena is the véry P2W side of the game i think.
Edit: I hoped to give it to the skilled and overly committed people 😄

[safe oar]

You right on this well if it s ranked yep it might be a good idea

[lunar hill]

Event based is definitely a good idea too, that way they still would be extremely rare and it wouldn't be p2w. Most people would likely keep it or sell it for a high price, similar to a super rare T5 or something anyway I think.

[hybrid tapir]

So... About that gameplay video...

[finite junco]

Perhaps the Master Shard could only be crafted Once per year, and not tradeable.
Should still require some level of effort to craft, or only able to be crafted once you reach a certain level (to stop people multi accounting just for it)

Meaning that each account would in effect receive 1 "guaranteed" catch each year... up to them how they used it.
And still need to find and win the battle first, to be given chance to use it.

Maybe it could be part of a 2 week Xmas Special event or something

[rigid cypress]

Not a fan of tying it to accounts if we decide to intro it. People will just create more accounts and we'll end up with main accounts and a million master shard accounts. I'd be more tempted to have it be a reward for players to earn in various ways. You've unlocked the ability to craft a master shard. You can craft one and then have to acquire another permission to craft another.

[gritty panther]

one time use blueprint, interesting

[finite junco]

Yeah good point regarding the accounts.

But I definitely think there may be ways to introduce them to the game, without affecting the Rarity of Illuvials too much.

But I do feel they should not be transferable. Otherwise high level farmers WILL buy a bunch of them and just use it to farm the Valuable T5s.

Feels like to make proper use of them, you would need to change the bonding curve method to make it Harder to FIND those Illuvials, rather than Harder to CATCH
(Which to me makes more sense from a Lore perspective... if they are becoming so Rare enough that it's difficult to catch them... but you see them commonly... that doesnt make sense)

...

Or does the Bonding Curve increase the difficulty of the Illuvials that are coming in to fight With that Rarer Illuvial.
So like it has stronger and more qty of "body guards" the lower it gets on the bonding curve?
Kind of like if the Illuvials were banding together to try and protect the remaining few of that species.

So the Encounter rate, and shard Capture % doesn't change from the Bonding curve, but the chances of winning a Battle reduces exponentially due to the Strength of that Illuvials team.
This would then incentivize you to continue to strengthen your own team, and improve your strategy, so that you have a chance of catching the Bonding Curved Illuvials

...
Either way, I think that the current "Bonding curve level" should be indicated on the scan data before going into an encounter. So that you don't waste time and energy fighting an Illuvial you have 0.001% chance of capturing.
If the "Body Guard" theory above is correct, then that should be indicator enough, because you would be able to see the strength of the enemy team you are about to fight

[dusk flare]

You earn a master shard once you caught them all. How wholesome?

(Also, I don’t want master shards to exist.)

[bleak holly]

To create a master shard you should have to burn a Stage 3 Illuvial. Then it would make a master shard specific to that type. So you would burn a Ramphyre and It would create 'T5 inferno master shard.' It could only be used on Illuvials of the matching tier and type.
Rather than being a guaranteed catch it could have an equation like (base odds*2)+50%. This way it isnt guaranteed but would be sufficient for most things.
Keeps things fairly balanced, prevents inflating much beyond the bonding curve due to the burn and it would be a good way to allow people to farm high stat Illuvial's without an absolute trash catch rate once the bonding curve winds up.

Edit: would brobably need to be specific to the finish as well so you cant go from non holo -> holo

[finite junco]

What if, Illuvium Zero land produced the Master shards (very long and hard to produce).
Maybe make it that you needed to have scanned 100 different Illuvials to have gained the knowledge and energy to be able to create 1 Master Shard.

But each land can produce only 1 Master shard, so there will only ever be 100k Master shards ever available.
So initially they will be valuable... but as they get burnt with use... they would be EXTREMELY valuable.
Imagine how much the very last MasterShard would be worth in say 5 years!!

[bleak holly]

I like this better 👆

[dusk flare]

Sounds better yes. The owner can’t use the master shard himself though. Must be sold on the market, only the second user may have the privilege to use it hehe. That would maybe be another reason to create multiple accounts to sell/trade to as Ben mentioned.

[mint silo]

I would vote no personally I like the the idea of almost impossible catch illuvials and ultra rare elusive illuvials and against anything that would disrupt that

[mint silo]

no simply because I think Illuvium zero should not have any "items" that are not purely cosmetic

https://tenor.com/view/you-missed-me-captain-kirk-william-shatner-trelane-star-trek-gif-23455104

[visual knoll]

I do like the idea of a one time blueprint with each land only ever producing one. Extremely exclusive and makes it truly feel Master Ballish since you only ever got one in game.

[frosty imp]

Perhaps to combat this idea - and a bit controversial for this one - something caught in a master shard is not sellable?

[bronze cairn]

You could have the master shard be an end game content like you have to be in the top 10% of ranked for at least a week, finished the storyline and have accomplished a certain level in survival mode to then finally earn a one time only master shard. If you make the ranked percentage and survival mode level high enough you could control the number of master shards that enter into the game.

Or have it be a reward for finishing the illuviary that way the one time master shard is more of a if I come across a holo after catching everything once I can make sure and secure it.

[finite junco]

Or, What if the Master shard was a combination of the above

Illuvium Zero land was able to produce 1 each only (very hard and costly to produce,) - so max 100k Master Shards ever available
Tradeable on the Marketplace etc.

Then, they can only be refilled ONCE per Year.
To refill them, you need to participate in a Special Event that only occurs once a year, for 2 weeks
This event is caused by a Comet that passes by on its Annual orbit, and the Comet emits a unique Commetic Radiation that is somehow collected by the Malfunctioning AI that does the Survival mode (orrr maybe that burst of radiation was what caused the original malfunction....)
Anyway, if you connect your Empty Master Shard to the AI, and can successfully beat level 42 of the Survival mode - 3 times in a row- during that 2 week period, then enough Commetic radiation can be collected to recharge the Master Shard!

[robust lily]

Well a shard is consumed on use

So it couldnt be refillable

[finite junco]

Yeah... I do like the idea of once gone, never to return.... if you thought Bitcoin tokens were valuable... wait till you try and get 1 of the few remaining Illuvium Master Shards!

[steady crag]

Then this make it more P2W coz not everyone can afford to buy a piece of land in illuvium zero. I prefer the idea of having it as rewards in rank arena or tied through events

[flat rose]

The Leviathan Shard. A reward for some sort of competition. Whether on survival or in ranked. Or even some other achievement.

[hazy arch]

I agree with this, but as for your follow up comment, I would like Zero to have non cosmetic items. Fuel already is erc20

[rare pebble]

It could come, at some point, in the third ILV game. It doesn't have to be right now.

Or in some single time, big world event related to the story of the game

[finite junco]

That is a good idea, leverage the popularity and demand of Illuvium main as a way to springboard the success of the 3rd game release.
By having the Master Shards created via the 3rd game (hopefully MMORPG... super Difficult 32 player Raid drop or something)

[rare pebble]

Then guilds would be cross-game, raiding to get that rare item, which would garantee the capture of an otherwise almost impossible to catch Illuvial in main game, Bringing fortune into the guild

[finite junco]

and also it means that Master Shards are not available until the 2nd or 3rd year after Illuvium Main releases.
so it would also reinvigorate interest and mix up the Meta of Illuvium Main

[rare pebble]

@rigid cypress now if you implement this you owe us a Master Shard 😉 😉

jkjk

[finite junco]

he said it twice, because they cancel each other out... we are NOT joking... we want the NPC's who give the Master Shard quest in the new game named after us

[urban axle]

https://tenor.com/view/when-wen-hbb-heartbreak-bear-bear-gif-23571768

Wen trailer? Thought I’d ask since no one asked today.🙂

[old sierra]

Thank you, by far the best contribution to this thread over the last 50 Master shard messages 🥸

[sage wedge]

Will players be able to earn/unlock/buy battle board skins down the line?

[light moat]

@regal linden mate hope you are doing well. All of you are doing an amazing work. Keep on! You have all of us very hyped and eager of more leaks!

[old sierra]

Yes, this is Aaron's plan, but more work goes into these spaces than anywhere else so I would hesitantly say, treat this as a long term goal

[light moat]

As always, all the leaks are amazing. Thanks for giving us so many leaks @old sierra

[finite junco]

Do you think Illuvium will have Festival/Holiday Events? or would that be too Lore breaking?

like a really cool Halloween Battle Board -glowing pumpkins, moving Illuvial skeletons, Grim Rhamphyr(instead of Reaper)
Xmas Themed ones, Summer Xmas (Atlas sitting on a beach chair drinking a stubby, while Squizz is surfing), Winter Xmas etc

and to imagine they would be in Unity, and we could fully explore them with our camera in all different angles while the battle is going on! It would make the price absolutely worth it

[dense solar]

https://tenor.com/view/no-sloth-lazy-gif-4678454

😄 Jk,, i dont know - i hope so!

[finite junco]

it feels like i need to find more middle finger emotes...
🧑‍🎄 jk

[dense solar]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-hungry-nom-game-japanese-game-gif-5664657

[finite junco]

OMG... I am doing this at the next Staff Xmas party!!!!

[lean dragon]

Oh man! Battle Board skins would be so l33t! Treat it as illuvitars if you can! Limited base boards. Pay for accessory boxes where we can customize our very own boards. It can be anywhere from an illuvial mascot on the side. Think Atlas in a cheerleading outfit. Or having random themed items around the map.

Those with T5 Lands should be getting access to this for their arenas but with additional perks.

@granite musk @violet heath

[lean dragon]

Why are you not using the atlas one! For shame!

[violet heath]

We just pitched our first influencer on exactly this

[lean dragon]

Imma need to get me more sILV when V2 comes out. Land, illuvitars, now battle boards! Geekgasm!

https://tenor.com/view/thor-yes-gif-9457011

[edgy abyss]

whats sanctum mesa?

[finite junco]

I used it on Grant, didn't want to be repetitive and use it on Rogier also.
Feel like we need different 1 for each cheeky Dev... so that's a LOT needed haha

[lean dragon]

I want an atlas pulling his lower eyelid down and rasping

[edgy abyss]

There are town square, can we met other people over there? I tot I have to play alone in this planet since it unreasonable to have many guys crash into the same planet.

[finite junco]

Ok so first on priority list for Illuvium L2... is a Shopping cart feature, I don't want to be doing individual transactions for every item...
I want it to be like Supermarket Sweep, where I am clicking this, that and everything else and buying EVERYTHING at once!!

[lean dragon]

Thats been suggested as a game idea. Where sanctum mesa is mmorpg common area where we can all see each other. But expect that down the line if ever they agree to it

[finite junco]

No more down the line!!
HIRE HIRE HIRE!!
AELIN where are you?? It's time for you to help Illuvium Development to the Moon!!

[light moat]

Hahaha, I want to know more about AELIN too, but perhaps it's early with all the work going on right now

I think they will first release v2, landsale, illuvatar, beta etc before thinking in aelin... Or perhaps not, who knows

[ionic mortar]

@regal linden Get well soon man, I hope it doesnt get to you to heavy and you can resume fast to give us some more of your beautifull art!

[granite musk]

Yep. Long term goal.

[granite musk]

No Obama gif?

[granite musk]

The safe area.

[granite musk]

You are alone at the start. But that’s just because we are focusing on core loops. Long term you will see players.

[open dagger]

Hey Aaron, do you think we might see 2v2 battles sometime in the distant future?
I've always liked having partner in crime and many games don't do such modes.

[granite musk]

You make it. Send it to me. I will steal it and take the credit.

[brazen vale]

Web fresno battle board theme

[dense solar]

https://tenor.com/view/barackobama-talks-press-con-maybe-classified-gif-11864017

[pulsar coral]

Whats the Omega Cinema from today's leak?

[dense solar]

https://tenor.com/view/wonka-tell-me-gif-9525091

[outer sequoia]

Will there be a new gameplay trailer soon?

[dusky quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/that-hot-thats-hot-thats-hot-flipped-that-hot-flipped-that-hot-inverted-gif-19052204

[glossy horizon]

FIREEEE

[dusky quiver]

@smoky raven awesome video ideas!

[glossy horizon]

That has me sooo hyped.

[gritty panther]

Awesome leak 😀

[old sierra]

Nope.
It takes too much resources away from the game production atm.
We will start it soon

[pulsar coral]

Amazing leak! Cant wait for that show 😍

[sly snow]

Nice-- Gods Unchained does this, where you can select the base for your half of the board and 2 accessories. It doesn't quite appeal to me BUT their options are pretty limited and don't vary so much. I think with our team, this could have tons of variety and customization in the long run.

Granted, I think our team might put a lot more time into creating those assets as well in order to make them pristine and something people want to pay for👍

[lean dragon]

I guess it's not for everyone but it would be nice to have your own unique touch on a board you'll be staring hours on end as you grind ranked ladder hehehe.

Considering the pedigree of the team whatever they create would be way more complex and awesome hehehe.

[light moat]

Wow this video was very revealing and inspiring

Seems we have yet the best to come

[lean dragon]

@smoky raven are you going to be doing the production all by yourself or do you have a team that's doing the live prod with you?

[old sierra]

His team will grow as we get closer to mainstream events

Most likely ending with full scale production team and studio

[lean dragon]

Really excited with the ramp up in marketing and the news of getting to know the CCs through the platform. Are you planning to open the interviews to the community? Not just influencers? So instead of Volkin or Vetemor conducting the interview theyre the ones being asked questions about how they got in illuvium what drives them to create their content etc lol

[cunning parrot]

soo sanctum mesa will be the open world start lobby! sick! im so hyped for the leviathan arena

[lean dragon]

Really hoping it can be converted later on to a mini mmo social hub. You can enter specific "room" with a max number of people to just hang out in SM. You can chat and show off your emotes as well as illuvitars. When it gets fully developed you can have a mini illuvial following you around as well. Imagine seeing your dark holo Rhampy flying a few steps behind you. People would be so jelly.

[supple crescent]

damn that's a lot of sick leaks to wake up to

[lean dragon]

GM to you Jeff! While I am about to conk out for the night. Its 130am here

[tender swallow]

guys sorry for the dumb question: is already know how the game will work, illuvial charateristics, stats and how a battle will work ?

[gritty panther]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12W8NmagHN5VEQ6z4nkCo2IW4dtzQUIHzQ6Lo9WlYn5I/edit#gid=896980000

you can find some information there, but not everything has been released yet

[tender swallow]

ty

[old sierra]

insane lol. love it

[bronze cairn]

wow just checked this out. great stuff yall!

[bleak holly]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

GAMEPLAYYYYYYY

[muted blaze]

Flarg....I wanna play so bad......gimme gimme gimme 🤤

[crimson schooner]

its spicy 🔥 🌶

[royal copper]

That was some exciting gameplay. GJ

[rare pebble]

@old sierra Great new leak! However I had trouble finding the remaining energy. I thought it would be a lil' bit bigger

[bleak holly]

What makes me hyped, and I may be wrong about it, is that I love TFT, but the games are so long. Having only one opponent may actually be a really good take.

[vernal citrus]

wow this was such a great leak! This is literally all I wanted to see out the Gameplay Trailer lol.

[upper light]

Cool effect

The hex tiles (1/8 or 2/8) make sense to me, but what's the downwards arrow with 1/2?

(UI)

[gritty panther]

A few name, tier and affinity leaks

[rare pebble]

What's up with the yellow bar beside our characters? I understand the mana with blue bar, but not the yellow. Is that the crit bar? Cuz I know it aint random, more of a meter thing

[rigid cypress]

Hyper bar

[rare pebble]

What? I think I misunderstood how Hyper works then. I thought it was simpler, like water doing 1.5x damage against fire or stuff like that

Ohhhh that's it, but it gotta charge

[rigid cypress]

It's like that for affinities, for classes they gain bonus effects.

[rare pebble]

😮

[untold saddle]

Looks fuckin.g amazing!! 😍

[sly snow]

[muted blaze]

And That was on a mid-range PC? Damn. I wonder what "Maxed-out Setting" looks like 👀

[solemn knoll]

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeen! Those leaks were better than I expected!!!🤩🤩🤩

[robust lily]

[bleak holly]

I want unreal engine 5 everywheeeeeeeeeeeere

[rigid cypress]

this is UE4 not 5!

[muted blaze]

That comes later....eventually 🙂

[bleak holly]

I knoooooooooow

[granite musk]

The best you'll see is using 'Cinematic Mode' where the battle is rendered rather than 'live'. In that mode, we turn on crazy stuff like full fur and way more lighting effects.

And the cool thing about that mode is anyone can use it.

If you have a potato PC it will take longer to get your vid.

[upper light]

I like the point budget as well, 125 to spend - T4S1 costing 45, T4S2 costing 65 (+20), T4S3 costing 90 (+25). Is that close to the kind of progression the team wants across Tiers (i.e. progressive bumps from S1 to S2 and S2 to S3)?

[rare pebble]

@granite musk The remaining energy on bottom of the screen is small or is it me? I had trouble finding it

[robust lily]

UI is very WIP

[solemn knoll]

And if I’m not mistaken, you can save the “battle” as a txt file, right?

[granite musk]

We save it for you.

[muted blaze]

Stop pumping my feelings Aaron. Can't take it anymore. gonna have to play 😄

[solemn knoll]

O that was cool. Great for content creators.

[bleak holly]

I'm curious of what was the main reason behind going with different size of hexs in comparaison to TFT where all characters have the same board size? Except "its cool".

[robust lily]

[next harbor]

I just noticed something, the hexes are not fixed but rather they are bigger or smaller based on the size of the unit. Not only this is cool looking but also this opens up so many advanced positioning for PVP

[muted blaze]

Whatever that is, I need it

[finite junco]

Would this be available in 1v1 fights?
Wouldn't want 1 person to be there waiting for the game to start because the other guy wants to run Full Cinematic on his Calculator...

[granite musk]

Since battle save file size is minuscule we can save them all. We still haven't worked on things like 'versioning' so that they can be run exactly as existed at the time. But we probably won't worry about that to begin with. Since there will be huge changes.

[robust lily]

Yes the positioning options are fucking amazing. Unit size is a first also

[granite musk]

So the first few battles will be deleted

[robust lily]

GOnna be hard to be precise on mobile lmao

[rare pebble]

yes, this adds depth to the strategy. We were also told that Bigger units could potentially attack over the frontline tanks, if they happen to have long arms

Edit: i'm talking about melee units, cuz obviously range unit gonna attack from a distance

[granite musk]

Yes it's available. You don't see the battle at the same time as your opponent. You're both running the battle on your own PCs. So they don't have to wait for you.

[bleak holly]

THIS LOOKS SO GOOD. I wish I could self induce a coma and wake up when the game is out.

My only critique would be that the Illuvials seem to move a little slow. If i was in the middle of a fight and getting shot at I would put a bit more hustle into it than these guys 😛

[granite musk]

Will be ezpz I think

[robust lily]

https://tenor.com/view/digidragonz-digidragon-epsilon-wen-when-gif-23757670

[finite junco]

I thought that between each round, you would have around 20seconds to make actions/adjustments before the next round.
So wouldn't that be affected if someone is watching their game delayed by 1 minute due to visual quality?
or am I confusing that with the Survival mode?

[robust lily]

i'll trust you. i'll have to zoom in a lot tho cause big fingers lol

[sly snow]

This little snail really has some POWER... health bars getting chunked by its ultimate haha

https://tenor.com/view/a-scause-for-applause-south-park-s16e13-butters-stotch-look-at-him-go-gif-23111586

[granite musk]

I've actually got some code that I'm working on to fix up a few things that will make this look better.

In games like TFT you get really weird movements. They zigzag and look like idiots. With our smaller hexes we can fix this, but it causes all sorts of other problems that we are working to resolve.

[next harbor]

I never expected that this game would include the size of each illuvials. I mean, I read the dev newletter but I didn't really believe it would go that far. I really like it because more depth means more time to "solve" the game and we will spend many months, if not years, before building the complex successful strategies

[frosty imp]

Am I right in thinking illuvials have different "costs" to play them? So you can't have a full team of stage 3 massive illuvials?

[granite musk]

Cinematic Render mode happens offline. You can't do it in a match directly. You have to do the match, then download the file and render it high quality.

[finite junco]

Like maybe... you could use a few small fodder units to sit and block the movement of 2 or 3 of the Opponents bigger units, while your overpowered Ranged guy at the back picks them off.
Would be especially effective if different Illuvials have different ranges

[finite junco]

THAT makes sense!
Thank you for the clarifications

[rare pebble]

Yeah I hate when a big meta takes over the place in games. The more depth in the game, the more strategy can emerge and F*** the current meta

[granite musk]

Correct.

[granite musk]

So we said 'we have differently sized units' and you went... 'nah, you don't.'? 😛

[frosty imp]

Thanks. Interesting to see what strategies come out such as having a super strong stage 3 then using cheaper lower stage illuvials as supports by boosting the stage 3 with affinity choices. Looks great!

[next harbor]

Yeah, TFT seems to be for children compared to that. Well I guess for now I'm just a youtuber for children I guess...

[rare pebble]

This will add depth in deck Building. You cant just put tons of big illuvials in there. You gotta put, idk, 20% S3, 40% S2, 40% S1, or stuff like that. Gonna be fun

just like building a MAgic the gathering mana curve

[next harbor]

I personally love to flip the meta in auto battler

[granite musk]

It's hard to have a meta in our game because you're playing one person. If you 'outdraft' them, then you can win even if they have a strong team.

Basically there are two things you want to do:

1. Build a synergistic team.
2. Build a team that counters your opponent.

It's hard to do both at the same time. Especially with Enhancements and such. There is still a lot to do. Lots. of updates in the next week.

[finite junco]

And will there be a Mana Banking strategy? Like how TFT has the Gold interest?
(Sorry if this was previously answered and I forgot)

[next harbor]

I thought it was more for exploration and animation but not in real PVP fights. I'm too used to TFT where everything is standardized so this leak just blew my mind completely

[flat rose]

Oh man I’m missing it

[finite junco]

Quick Pelican is here... everyone stop talking

[rare pebble]

With deck of only 30 cards, I think it will be litterally impossible to build for every scenarios. Some opponent just gonna have that one synergy you cant Counter with Hyper

i like that

[frosty imp]

Ramphy's omega ability looked amazing

[granite musk]

I can tell you that this was a big fucking pain in the ass to do.

When we started out we picked auto battlers and collectible games. Collectible games have units that truly 'evolve' and become new things. So instead of 50 units, we needed 150. That was mistake number 1 that we made. Then we said if we will have differently sized units we should reflect that in the battle board and let them move around fluidly. Mistake 2.

They did take longer to solve than we thought.

[bleak holly]

Would you say that a meta in a game like magic/hearthstone is more stale than in TFT? If so, where do you imagine Illuvium

[bleak holly]

The improvement from the movement in the trailer is already super noticeable, Much smoother. I also REALLY liked the look of the different size Illuvials, Its gonna lead to a ton of creative formations especially if you guys add the variable attack range for melee creatures. Ive been playing a bit of Dota Underlords for some practice but the added level of complexity here is unreal.

[royal copper]

completely understandable

[rare pebble]

In the comments of the most recent youtube interview, people are complaining about the fact that this game is going to be a auto battler. I even saw that kind of comment in this server.

[lunar jungle]

But probably it was totally worth it at the end? 😛

[bleak holly]

well so far i'm hyped about this game almost only because its an autobattler

[finite junco]

And Kieran is still like... I just wanted a few cool images to sell online... what glorious monstrosity has this now become...

[granite musk]

I would say that our 'meta' will be less WILD than TFT. We will attempt to not 'balance thrash' like they do. But because you play one person, each match should feel more unique.

[rare pebble]

Yeah I think people will change their mind when videos start showing how the autobattler will work. Up until now, The official videos dont show that

We only seen it here, in leaks

[granite musk]

Some people don't like autobattlers. MOST people just don't know what they are and say 'I don't like it'.

[rare pebble]

Yeah this is sad. I think some will change their mind soon, when a more official video show how it will work. Is that a WIP ?

[finite junco]

Some people don't like Gamefi. MOST people just don't know what it really is, and say 'it's just another crypto scam'

[granite musk]

I think so. There about 5 more challenges that we have to solve before we get this thing to be 'holy shit, no autobattler beats it' level. And not all of them will be ready for public beta. But it's all good. We will get there.

[royal copper]

Can we get armors for our illuvials? Something line Chestplate or helmet? In the future I mean.

[next harbor]

This makes sense and I believe that's why most games have standardized 3d models I suppose. While reading your message I understand much better the pain about shipping out 150 models with different sizes and coding their impact on the game. In French we say "chapeau bas", meaning I take my hat and salute you for your amazing work. This is truly amazing and I can only imagine now the amount of strategies we can build on this auto battler

[granite musk]

One day we might even get to 'prerendered ship in a hangar' level.

[rare pebble]

Everyone I know IRL is just aannoyed by the whole crypto/nft market growing. of course they will say this game will be shit lol

[granite musk]

No. You can have augments

But they aren't things they wear.

Wearables come in Hearts Ablaze.

[finite junco]

Haha yeah, pissed because they think they missed the 10x train... yet not understanding this is just the first few stops before it heads to the MOON!

[finite junco]

Hell yeah! come on a date with my Warhorse Armored Atlas
https://tenor.com/view/cat-let-me-seduce-you-gif-11730612

[granite musk]

People are right to bash the NFT game space. There is just so much garbage. SOMEONE will make people stand up and take notice. Why not us?

[loud hare]

Dude… it looks so good, that survival mode leak has me feeling some type of way, i cant believe how smooth and fluid it is? Literally feels better than anything else out rn? The snail lines ranged attacked especially in the second round are incredible! I am genuinely impressed, good work fellas.

[light moat]

Hearts Ablaze? 😮

[rare pebble]

I love your mindset

[upper light]

Me circa 2010 xD

[royal copper]

Answer score: 10/10

[light moat]

We all want to be Illuvium THE game that changed it all

[granite musk]

Glad you like it. There are so many improvements to make. Grant actually told me that he wouldn't allow the leak. Because he knows there are about 5 things that will be fixed by next week. UI, anims, movement, etc...

We're already a week late with this so I said 'pls ser'

And he caved.

[muted blaze]

"ser" did the trick 👀

[next harbor]

Should I ask him "pls ser give me private beta access" to have it as well?

[visual knoll]

Love the way it looks! I cannot wait to finally play!!

[cyan yacht]

Aaron, one question.. when u say that the battle gonna be "deterministic" (I think that was the expression used) u mean that we gonna see always the same result when playing with same illuvials (ours and others) at same positions?

[bleak holly]

Btw, the gamedev itself can't even beat the wave 2.

[rare pebble]

Yes, and that is how they can save a whole fight in a single txt file

[royal copper]

Poor strategy. No offense

[finite junco]

Haha, I can only imagine how massively varied the Conversation tone between all you brothers... surely it must go from Laughing Joking, to threats of headbashings, back to friendly conversation all very quickly and very often

[royal copper]

Although it was just a test so I`m ok with it 😌

[bleak holly]

He better show us how he improved next week. :p

[rare pebble]

and they chose affinities that gave the bot the Hyper advantage

[cyan yacht]

But if we play against each other and supose we use same formation at same spot.. the result will be the same?

[flat rose]

Aaron’s your huckleberry

[rare pebble]

yes

[cyan yacht]

No RNG involved?

[finite junco]

As you can see, I added a 2 layer deep raytrace, with additional 17 photo particles per hex.. obviously
Rest of us in comments... Oh Wow!! whisper to guy next to you, "does it look the same to you??"

[upper light]

Yeah, if you were to play the exact same comp AGAINST the exact same comp in the exact same positions, it would be the exact same result.

[cyan yacht]

So, no % of missing attacks, critical, etc?

[small pelican]

Depend on spell targeting but no RNG if spell targeting are determinist and no cc / dcc

[rare pebble]

Well yes, but it is implemented in a different way than you expect

[rigid cypress]

there are no random targeting behaviours.

[next harbor]

Yes, but I guess all the dices are rolled before the fights and it is saved in the txt file

[rare pebble]

no

No dice

[next harbor]

Ah, so I was wrong xD

[cyan yacht]

I though that too

[lunar hill]

Selecting the EXACT same position on a hex grid like that would be incredibly difficult. Plus there will be changes between rounds and the enhancements.

[cyan yacht]

Can u explain this a lil more Ben?

[cyan yacht]

that was an example.. my doubt was about the RNG of missing, criticals, etc..

[rare pebble]

So I dont know how to explain it in the good words but if a illuvial has a higher crit rate, they will fill a "crit meter" faster, and when the crit bar is full, you crit. It will happen kind of at a "random" moment, but it not random.

@cyan yacht @next harbor

[cyan yacht]

hmmmmm that's point

[rigid cypress]

Omega's have targeting, so we can define anything we want. Could have targeting focus on the nearest enemy, furthest enemy, one with highest savagery, one with most enhancements, one with the least health ect.

[finite junco]

#💥〕leaks-discussion message

read up and down from this msg to help explain it a bit more

[small pelican]

And if there's equality ?

[next harbor]

You explained it well, that looks really great actually

[rare pebble]

the same happens with dodge I think, and some other stuff

[rigid cypress]

correct

[upper light]

Would things like dodge be implemented through entropy then?

For lack of a better example, like evasion in PoE? xD

[flat rose]

I’m gonna have so much work to do this weekend. I should not be here.

[next harbor]

So there is literally no RNG except for the Legendary Enhancement which are somewhat similar to the "Augments" in TFT right now, but that's only for the PVP fights (not survivale mode?)

[rare pebble]

Well, yeah I guess those are pure random

[rigid cypress]

Not like TFT augments. Like items in tft. Just bigger badder ones.

[loud hare]

I really like the no random targeting approach, and the minimal amount of rng there will be in fights, allows you to execute specific strategies and counters better. And probably less frustration.

[rigid cypress]

You have normal augments, and then legendary augments.

[cyan yacht]

ty!

[rigid cypress]

(renamed enhancements to augments!)

sorry peeps

[rare pebble]

@rigid cypress but legendary aug are going to be pure random right? And saved in the save file as a list

edit: Well, not pure random since pure random doesnt exist in coding, but you know what I mean. pseudo random

[next harbor]

We need to bet on them and whoever wins the bet will fight with the augments on their side

[minor matrix]

I also don’t think 1 hr is enough to explain the level of depth Illuvium is going to bring. Mobile game, mobile auto chess game, Crafting systems, gathering, all the biomes and their different attributes weren’t highlighted as well due to lack of time

[rare pebble]

yes but we gonna bet energy I think, which mean you could place less creatures on the battlefield cuz of that

[rigid cypress]

They're what we call input randomness. But yes, prior to the battle. You won't have any clue what will be available.

[rare pebble]

And normal augments are going to be litterally in your deck

[next harbor]

Yeah exactly, so if you bet too much energy on every augment then you don't have any resources left to deploy units

[rare pebble]

Which is completely different than what we see in tft

[granite musk]

Some RNG.

But not how you think.

[rare pebble]

again, love the depth of the strategy

[granite musk]

Not in the internal documents....

[next harbor]

Same, I've been greatly frustrated with RNG on TFT and this feels almost too good to be true

[old sierra]

Oh how those early, internal brother chats have flipped

[supple crescent]

H Y P E
A F

[rare pebble]

Could we get a legendary augment example 🙂

[rigid cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-tantrum-angry-i-dont-want-to-gif-11164357

[rare pebble]

The part I hate the most in tft is the carroussel thing. The item I want always ended up to be the opposite side of me, and the guy played AFTER me got it

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-gilmore-my-fingers-hurt-gif-10348794

[rigid cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/fight-me-come-at-bro-ese-rat-gif-16181220

[rare pebble]

I wanna see 1 legendary augment, pls ser

[granite musk]

Lmao

[gentle tusk]

wen beta access? 🙏

[next harbor]

Plus the matchmaking trolling you so you are not positionned against the single assassin of the lobby who obliterates your comp + the bad RNG because you don't roll your 4 cost unit even though you decided to play it because it's uncontested, etc... The fact that you can be punished because you played well but got unlucky is something that goes beyond my nerves

[granite musk]

@rigid cypress Not to rain on your parade but there's still many more to go, and let's just say your hesitancy to use links instead of straight text is now going to bite you in the ass.

[night kernel]

Battles look amazing only thing I was worried about was movement and they seem much faster now

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/madagascar-alex-thelion-marty-biter-bite-gif-4835683

[supple crescent]

Hybrid/Other_05 meta comp

calling it

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/thor-you-are-worst-bad-gif-20827852

[finite junco]

Titanor's Chest Carapace - aka Thornmail

[flat rose]

It’s just a spikey orb.

[rare pebble]

Some people like it cuz it is less serious, more casual, I get it, but it also annoys me

[glad nebula]

Looks solid guys

keep up the good work!

[next harbor]

It always annoyed competitors and I feel like Illuvium is going to satisfy many competitors thanks to the design

[rare pebble]

ILV is going all in with the Collector/Competitor mindset

[dusk flare]

@old sierra The top left Hexagon animation were 👌

[finite junco]

Crypto Traders : OMG the entire Market is Crashing, WHAT IS GOING ON!
Illuvium: Oh Sorry guys, we just released some more insanely cool shit... everyone needs to Liquidate other assets to Buy EVERYTHING/ANYTHING Illuvium

[old sierra]

I wonder why Kira never came back

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-wink-pepe-wink-gif-18805786

[solemn knoll]

I was actually thinking about this. Well… who knows. He might ask you guys for an AMA 😃

[rare pebble]

What do you mean? Do you see some pumping I missed?

[old sierra]

I'd do it, purely for the lols

[flat rose]

You can accidentally change your video feed to some old quote.

[old sierra]

Everyone fucks with the wrong one eventually

[crimson schooner]

who is Kira?

[solemn knoll]

Haha. I was one of the first person to watch his video about illuvium and I was like, “you just wait” and I think waiting is almost over if not over. 😎

[rare pebble]

From the context, I guess Kira is some YouTuber against ILV

[flat rose]

Some YouTube channel called kiratv

Anyway the proof is out there.

[crimson schooner]

I see, ty

[flat rose]

Nice job team. I feel like y’all are doing good work.

[old sierra]

I'm in general chat somewhere predicting his input

But still, got a long way to go before everything has that AAA polish

[rare pebble]

Make the number of energy left in creature placement phase a lil bit bigger

[finite junco]

Sorry... that was my crying in my head that I dont have enough money to buy all the cool shit that will be coming out in Illuvium.
and so I was predicting a conversation that would be happening in some time in the future

[flat rose]

I didn’t say you were done.

[granite musk]

Small edits are not something we are doing right now. The purpose is to get everything to 80% and focus on implementation of all functionality.

And then we will go back over it.

Because right now you say 'make it bigger' and then we work out in 2 weeks that we need to redo a whole bunch and suddenly that's a wasted change. Wen you have to work at 3 years per year, you have to be efficient.

[frosty imp]

Whole video looks great! So hyped for the betas to get underway - wonder if there's any plans for quicker movements of illuvials that could be speedier in lore? Such as dash just kind of slowly waddled to reach his opponent rather than running - understand if theirs constraints on speed though in terms of game mechanics

[granite musk]

For sure. We have a bulk set of tasks for each illuvial. This includes walk.

For now, he will walk.

Later we will do another pass where we add 'run' to every illuvial.

And then we will trigger the run anim if the speed is high enough. And we can then set some illuvials much higher. However, don't expect this super soon. Adding run to one, means hooking that up in the code so that they all can do it. Not a huge task, but the guys are always under the pump.

[frosty imp]

Awesome! Understandably not high on the priority list but cool to see it'll be implemented.

[dusk flare]

I don't think the game is actually delayed. Devs are just not launching it cuz they have too fun playing it for themselves.

[old sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-the-frog-nervous-sweat-eyes-sweat-drop-gif-17642962

[finite junco]

Hehe they refuse to release until they catch the 1st Hollo!!
They are not sure who to blame for making it so damn hard!

[dusk flare]

Yup. And Grants live streams are just recorded footage from 6 month ago.

EDIT: Wonder how Crimson waste actually looked like 6 months ago

[brazen vale]

The graphic is juicy

[worn quest]

https://tenor.com/view/bugsbunny-tired-working-gif-22603391

[loud hare]

Im seriously in love with Tatopee’s (stage 1 snail) slower moving long range artillery style attacks, looks awesome, definitely gonna look to catch one of them straight away.

[junior thunder]

Are those numbers on the right of each illuvials their tiers or their levels?

[dusk flare]

Top right corner should be tiers

[junior thunder]

Got it.

[trail mist]

What amazing leaks today! Wow that Scarabok stun really messed things up.

[finite junco]

haha, Volkin is like FINALLY I have something to do!!
(you seemed a bit bored the past few days, waiting for some news to break)

Now it is like Holyshit, so much to think about, make a video on this, theory craft on that... Aaron said this, maybe it is legit, maybe he just trolling again...

[trail mist]

Haha, I literally just finished watching his video

[finite junco]

Yeah, look at the body language and how excited he was at the start of the video... like a fat kid in a candy store!

[trail mist]

For sure and I think I am equally as excited

[safe oar]

Wen ultraspeed time for each Illuvial fren
https://c.tenor.com/mOKsWpJptuIAAAAM/speed.gif

[worn quest]

100% lots to cover for a few days now

[rare pebble]

So much depth in that game this is great

[next harbor]

Yup this blew my mind as well, I was expecting something similar to TFT when they said they switched into hexed boards. But I wasn't expecting this kind of hexes that make positioning more dynamic

[loud hare]

I noticed Tatopee only used half of his energy for his first omega, but then all of it on his second omega?

[dusk flare]

Yeah this can be very crucial. I know from Clash of Clans, in some cases if you misplace a unit with one pixel he takes the wrong route. Will be similar to this, very excited to see what strategies we have learn with just placement of the units.

[steady crag]

Im curious, do we have illuvials that are flying during battle in hex grid or everything will be on ground.

[next harbor]

It looks like it could be a Omega skill for bird-like Illuvials

[steady crag]

Not just with the omega, illuvials that are always in flying mode like zoebat in pokemon

[next harbor]

Yeah for that I have no clue about it

[rare pebble]

We have info that big illuvials like maybe ramphyre will be able to attack above other creatures. Like, stay behind the frontline and attack ennemies behind it

[steady crag]

Yeah I know but Ramphyre comes down after doing its omega what I mean is illuvials that do basic attacks and omega from above because these type of illuvials will be OP dew to the fact that it will not be hit from vertical attacks like titanic's omega ability.

[rare pebble]

I mean ramphyre auto attack. He has long enough arms to attack above some ennemies. But yeah I get what you mean

[dusky nimbus]

GOOD MORNING ILLUVIALS

[rare pebble]

We are not illuvials tho, we are rangers

But good morning

[dusky nimbus]

@rare pebble Good morning to all rangers/ILLUVIALS

[lean dragon]

This plus the fact that each illuvial have their own different number of hexes occupied depending on their size. The minute detail on that has huge strategic impact!

[gray path]

Illuvials are those creatures which are hunted and captured by rangers

[brazen vale]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-npc-man-good-morning-nice-day-nice-day-to-fishing-gif-18648931

[sly snow]

Hey y'all! Grant is livestreaming IN-GAME right now on Youtube-- come check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usSuDqAhUQs

[ember steeple]

all I can think of when watching the stream: the market is so undervaluing this, the patient will gmi

[desert depot]

This stream is brutal 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[granite musk]

At every step of the way, when the question is 'Should we do the stupidest, hardest, coolest thing?' we always say yes.

[granite musk]

It has starting energy.

[muted blaze]

Can't sleep after watching the stream.

[gritty panther]

and we'll see halcyon sea next week !!!!!!

[rare pebble]

Yoo I arrived at the end of that stream any new important info?

[gritty panther]

we are going to see more and more of those stream and next week we go to halcyon sea 🙂

[willow escarp]

Illuvium to the moon
https://tenor.com/view/jfk-john-f-kennedy-moon-we-choose-to-go-to-the-moon-gif-18126073

[ember steeple]

the team are such beasts

[next harbor]

Yeah, it's a pleasure to follow this project with people who like to challenge the statu quo and standards. The auto battler genre is still a baby compared to other genres and it's great to see already a lot of innovation!
Out of curiosity, what is the expected average time for a PVP game?

[vernal citrus]

Really excited about the footage that has been released the past few days!

[surreal citrus]

Are they going to be recorded? Because with my luck I’d miss it; and Halcyon Sea is my fav region

[gritty panther]

if you look at the #🚰〕leaks you can watch the stream all over again, this will probably be the same setup 🙂

[surreal citrus]

Perfect

[loud hare]

“So in game you could fly up here, crack your head on the ceiling, fall down, drown in this pool of acid, and become the Joker” 🤣 Grant leaking some pretty insane mechanics in that stream haha

[old sierra]

You ready for a wall of leaks lol

[muted blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-darkside-star-wars-evil-innerme-gif-13048146

[loud hare]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-tantrums-angry-mad-rage-gif-6063953

[surreal citrus]

@limber mortar yet again your work on Halcyon is just insane

[finite junco]

Try to match sleep pattern to leak pattern... we are going to need stronger drugs...

https://tenor.com/view/wide-awake-cant-sleep-awake-tarsier-gif-12272093

[rigid cypress]

Just so you know - that fire placement stuff. All the VFX for placement @severe swift started concepting on Friday.

And it's already in the game. By Thurs...

[finite junco]

wooooahh, Time Travel!

[rare pebble]

Wow Marco you are a machine

[granite musk]

Probably because we both briefed it. More briefs = more betterer.

[rigid cypress]

I think my grammar might be infecting you

[finite junco]

I kinda feel like if I asked Grant how many grains of sand are in Burning Steppes... he would be able to tell me off the top of his head

[granite musk]

But the infection is “uncomplete “

[rigid cypress]

ahahahhahahahahahaha

[brazen vale]

Italians do it better

[bright abyss]

This is completely blowing my mind right now....

[hazy arch]

HOLY SHIT!!! The leaks!! I have a NEW FAVORITE!!! ✨

[loud hare]

The team are just beasts, this is so good, i love all the projectile attacks.

[rigid cypress]

All the fights I do I put down like 3 of them each time.

So much fun

[finite junco]

Seems the 2x Snail attack videos are the same? or am i missing something

[hazy arch]

That was NOT anyway anyhow expected, and as a Destiny 2 hard core player, I’m super excited!

[finite junco]

with the Unstraight projectile path of the Snail ranged attack, will that hit others who are blocking it?

[rigid cypress]

Nah, these ones don't.

They target at the nearest enemies

so no need for blocking behaviour

[sterile ether]

Sooo many leaks! And all looks top notch as always.
Is there a soundtrack availble for the score?

[dusk flare]

What a day to be alive. Grant deliver as best when he’s up all night

[muted blaze]

I seem to be learning new words 👀

[finite junco]

Thylacine be like
https://tenor.com/view/pose-whip-it-hit-me-gif-17185270

[limber mortar]

Thank you so much 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[finite junco]

Now let's see what Ethereum price does today...
Sometimes I feel like the quality of these leaks must be propping up the entire Crypto market!

[rare pebble]

Well, maybe when they drop an official video on youtube. Less likely to have an impact when the leaks are only on this server

[dusk flare]

@granite musk on that note, where is Fresno then?

[muted blaze]

More leaks incoming. Grant typing in #🚰〕leaks

[granite musk]

Fresno was the easiest thing, and only second coolest.

[dusk flare]

https://tenor.com/view/flooded-drowning-reaching-out-swimming-christopher-abbott-gif-12973441

[rigid cypress]

We're not leaking the best Illuvials, so there is still excitement on release. Now where do you think a legendary design like that would be.

[rare pebble]

I miss the synergy leaks already lol

[muted blaze]

The hearts that are gonna stop after seeing the best 😄

[next harbor]

I think the snails basic attack and Omega attacks are the same in the leaks, or did I miss something?

[next harbor]

I think it would be legendary

[toxic ore]

so many cool leaks today... but that stream is amazing, thanks for sharing this. It's so unique to get a glimpse into the level of details, the amount of work and talent that goes into building this game. it's mind-blowing how far you guys have come in such short time... cant wait to see and try out the final result. 🙂

[dusk flare]

Do we know how the snail looks like under its shell…I mean, Fresno would fit under there

[rigid cypress]

no rule34.

[dusk flare]

What do you mean? 👀

[finite junco]

HELL YES on those 3D prints!!
Now THAT is the Merch I am looking for!!

[rare pebble]

Let's play dnd with some ILV figurines

[finite junco]

Can I buy those with sILV??

[final holly]

Omg a 3D printed atlas

[finite junco]

Should be that every Hand Painted 3D printed Figurine, comes with it's own NFT equivalent Statue that you can place on your BattleBoard!!!

I would love to see a Figurine representing each of the Lead Core Contributors.
and have both my Desk and my BattleBoard full Dev Team Flex!

@old sierra make this happen!!
https://tenor.com/view/take-my-money-gif-20103453

[gritty panther]

That's a nice resin 3D print 🙂

[rare pebble]

Wow great Idea! Personalized board, on your side

[old sierra]

It's a test print

We have an insane printer coming

[rare pebble]

I like how, in tft, you can chose some visual aspects of the board.

[gritty panther]

what brand ?

[finite junco]

Kieran already leaked that they are planning for this!!
#💥〕leaks-discussion message

[rare pebble]

I love it

[finite junco]

can you make an empty slot in the base where I can stash my Ledger up inside it?

[rare pebble]

Shia Labeouf keeping your Ledger safe

[finite junco]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-what-are-you-waiting-for-determined-angry-gif-5247874

[gritty panther]

The Phyriox statue looks even better

[quiet gyro]

Loving the leaks. Nice job everyone

[waxen breach]

You could carve it out yourself 😁

[finite junco]

Hell No, those will be worth megabucks down the track, Especially when we are all walking around in full VR wearing our 3D Illuvitar Avatars (Illuvitartars?)
which knowing Grant, those Illuvitartars would of course be epic level detail, and they would probably have had to invent next level VR Headsets just to handle the Holographic lighting layers on those!

[neat ice]

Hey everyone I'm pretty sure some omega abilities have been revealed?? Anyone know which?

[hazy arch]

SWEETIE!!! Look!!

[hazy arch]

That’s my job 😏

[rare pebble]

mommy? sorry. Mommy? sorry. Mommy?

[neat ice]

Its perfect

[finite junco]

Just my opinion, but 3D Models like the ones above should NOT be made public.
Yes someone will be able to eventually pully 3D Assets from in game and use those.
But hopefully, if Illuvium is 1st to market with their Models, others will find it harder to get a foot in the door with Knockoffs

[neat ice]

I mean you're not wrong. I don't have so much the skillset to replicate scoriox. But I could model that base in that video in about an hour pretty confidently. It's frustrating but idk if it's a concern big picture

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/that-is-the-question-that-is-the-right-question-gif-13658847

Ok @rigid cypress if you need more omega effect ideas you should play some classic plants vs zombies. Some interesting possibilities in there. Maybe for the next generation of illuvials. Or for a future game mode. Joking not joking.

[untold saddle]

Leaks on fire!

[frosty imp]

Not sure if the leaks are more fire or grants video developing - seems like the first full exploration video we've got that's longer than a minute or two. Looks stunning

[cunning parrot]

wen release

[untold saddle]

Grant going next level with leaks ❤️

[finite junco]

It's almost like he is trying to tell us that the ART is all done... it's just the Backend that is stopping the Launch...

[elder vigil]

I was hoping for one or two leaks today but that was epic! Y'all making it real hard to pick a favorite illuvial. Cheers Grant

[frosty imp]

Makes me excited when they say they've saved the best looking illuvials for later

Wonder if one will throw axodon or sear out of my top 2

[rare pebble]

I like how everybody has a different favorite illuvial. Already great diversity and no illuvial feel empty

[frosty imp]

That new illuvial looks amazing. It's a leak bonanza today

[rare pebble]

I agree, this illuvial has more to offer than horns. Sometimes, less is more. But I trust the Devs :)

[willow escarp]

I dig the horns personally, I feel they're well proportioned against the bushy tail as well

[hollow bobcat]

Stage 3 Elk.

[rare pebble]

I just wanna pet their neck

[frosty imp]

I agree. Always for the horns. Horny for the win

[minor token]

Those look so damn majestic!

[lean dragon]

Still waiting on the Shia Reveal! Gonna be epic.

[potent spear]

Idk if this has been brought up yet but is the possibility of Power Hexes with different bonus affinities or buffs plausible in game for a more unique and diverse battle experience similar to like Tft set 2?

It also kinda makes sense in the world of illuvium but it feels like its kind of hard to balance especially finding the right power hexes to implement

[visual knoll]

A hand painted statue would be legit!!

[arctic ridge]

Yeah those statues look amazing. Would love to put them in my gaming room. Just hope they aren’t so scarce that I can’t get my hands on them.

[neat ice]

Which omega abilities have been officially revealed? I know there's at least one

[humble scaffold]

Everything is looking great. But who ever is responsible for the animations and effects of the illuvials well done, looks so fluid and pretty. kick ass!

[old sierra]

The Formlabs 3L is on the way. Once our studio is here, we'll have an artist on full time painting

[desert depot]

Even more and more reason to be disappointed when not winning contests 😜

[shell trail]

Well I am impressed... Are you impressed? We impressed!!!!

[granite musk]

There was a better way to phrase it.

[dull verge]

we can buy it?

[lean dragon]

I don't like setting myself up for failure. Cause I know if I said it you still won't release it hahaha. I have long learned that Aaron will do what Aaron wants not because of peer pressure. So imma be a good boy and wait impatiently lol

[granite musk]

Lol, I guess I am pretty peer pressure resistant.

[idle totem]

The past weeks character leaks are awesome 👍
Nice work team.

[untold saddle]

The live streams are amazing!<3

[supple crescent]

https://gfycat.com/satisfiedscaredauklet

[urban aspen]

yea I'm watching the stream from yesterday right now and can't say how much I appreciate the commentary! getting an insight into Grants mind while working is a straight gem!

[barren kernel]

@old sierra you’re using the wrong sunglasses if you’re pickin up what I’m laying down

[upper light]

Who knew Squizz was one of the Sopranos?

[rare pebble]

@old sierra I Love the Banana for scale. Great touch. it Gives a sense of the size of the place

[old sierra]

@supple willow is a smart ass

[supple crescent]

agreed

[dense solar]

https://tenor.com/view/psy-싸이-gangnam-style-dance-dance-off-gif-16745433

[gritty panther]

new design for T1 -> T5

[rare pebble]

I dont see it, how are we supposed to see the Tier here?

[upper light]

At the top of the card

[gritty panther]

top of the card

[rare pebble]

isnt that the energy cost?

OH

Was well hidden

[upper light]

Costs have changed a lot too since the Survival preview

[gritty panther]

also Kukka card reveal

[rare pebble]

Well I think this is one of the things that their Balancing IA will be modifying a lot. If the IA considers an Illuvial to be too strong, its really easy to make it simply cost a bit more

[upper light]

True, there is some balance room there - I could be wrong, but my guess would be that anything of a given stage + tier would have a consistent cost.

That was the case in the survival leak

[gray path]

Guys, seems like Illuvium will be the best game ever, at least graphically, those leaks are insane!

[light moat]

How the fuck isnt ilv pumping with recent leaks and Streams. Its so fucking incredible. WTF, did I say fuck enough?

[rare pebble]

Yeah we will see a correlation with Higher tier implying higher cost, and also Higher stage implying higher cost. But there will most definitely be some wiggle room

[rare pebble]

Problem is these leaks are internal. Only the people actively on this discord see 'em. This has a smaller influence then, lets say, an official youtube trailer showing stuff. But yeah, ILV/ETH is still at 0.25, which is low. It was 0.3 recently. I think it could pump real soon

[gray path]

Idk i personally don't care much about the price now, it will come when the game is out, especially the mobile, that's for sure.

[granite musk]

That isn’t squizz though.

[karmic breach]

Men those leaks are mental, this one specially mindblowing

[old sierra]

hahahaha

One NFT to rule them all

[light moat]

Thanks a lot for such an answer

[tranquil junco]

When lambo????? no jokking...keep up the good work

[leaden kettle]

I lold so hard at this

[finite junco]

I jumped into the Stream a bit late, and skipped along, suddenly it looks like Grant is working on a Rendered Ship in a Hangar... ah no, that is just the levitating Battle Board inside a Giant Esports Battle Arena!
It's go SA, nothing to see here, you can go back to sleep for another 4 years

[solemn knoll]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-omg-surprised-scared-kid-gif-18866710

Hey! The name of this concept art is Medium Coral Buoy. You guys see that? Medium! It says… “MEDIUM”!!!

Guess that’s how you put the size of this world into perspective.

[naive vortex]

damn thats crazy

[trail mist]

That is a mislabel. This one is the mega shell

The one before it in the leak is the medium coral but buoy

[regal linden]

Arf, my bad, it's a mega shell one, I forgot to change the title. Thanks I will update this xD

[loud hare]

I dont think those shades are very functional for alphie 😆

[solemn knoll]

Oh ok. Thanks. It is MASSIVE!

[dusk flare]

No, make this the medium one, then do a new mega that could be its own region. Only catching snails in there 🐌

[granite musk]

“The beatings will continue until morale improves”. 😛

[elder vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/zack-fox-waterfall-squirt-bean-kicked-in-scream-gif-16801114

Glorious leaks!

[small pelican]

@old sierra More rock, pls ser

[light moat]

@old sierra You rock!

[old sierra]

Don't worry, I'll be skulling kieran with a 3d printed rock from Illuvium. I'm always 5 steps ahead.

[urban aspen]

We appreciate you Grant!!

[worn quest]

@old sierra stabbin figurene next

[urban aspen]

Any chance to get a figurine with monkeir bent over holding his broken ribs? 😜😜😜

[night kernel]

Yea them rocks look good, let me run on them a lil bit 😏

[light moat]

Ive Painted warhammer armys for many years, this 3d printers are a wet dream for miniatures lovers

Incredible how much details they can bring up

[dusk flare]

Waiting for you to add a scanned THE rock. Imagine having this as an Easter egg.

[gritty panther]

the new print is so much more polished 😮

We need an Altas once !

[lean dragon]

I need figurines on my desk when I play! Will the files to print our own ever be made public? Lol

[old sierra]

Share some more of your work if you want. Love it

[old sierra]

Coming

[gritty panther]

👀

OMG, I want one !!!!

[old sierra]

Nice!

[light moat]

Foto de Alex

Foto de Alex

And thats the best things I was painting at the end, but many years since I Painted last one

Needed too many hours for each one

[lean dragon]

If we cant get a Dark Holo Rhampy in the game, might as well have one on your desk.... to remind you everyday of what you cant achieve 😦

[karmic breach]

Really nice painting dude! I had the same army 😆 . You will be painting soon an Illuvials collection!

[light moat]

Nah, Im not pro Painter. There are true artists out there that paint with an unbelivable skills. I just Painted clean and with edge highlights and airbrush for vehicles.

Thanks Anyway. Don't want to off topic too much!

[loud hare]

Character leaks going crazy lately

[light moat]

Yes, its amazing to see so many leaks. No other projects/teams share so much with their community

[old sierra]

Maybe they don't have much to show

[light moat]

Could be, I think its they don't care much about the community as you do, because you care a lot about us

And obviously, there isnt other project like Illuvium in the world crypto scene

[old sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/cryptoland-cryptoland-grin-gif-24109286

[light moat]

To be honest, never seen a Stream where a lead developer is working sharing it. Its huge

[sleek brook]

go space pointy ears!

[lean dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/feel-me-think-about-it-meme-gif-7715402

[stuck radish]

@old sierra

Can you chill?

I don't want to claim more sILV for Illuvitars 😅

But you're making me

[hazy arch]

Definitely need physical statues 🙏🏻

[stuck radish]

I can't wait for the merchandise

[unkempt cave]

@old sierra what is the largest size you can print on this printer? Imagine a 50cm Ramphyre statue

[finite junco]

Doesn't Purple signify sexual frustration??
There is a LOT of purple going on around Illuvium!

I guess that explains the extreme demand for Hearts Ablaze

[finite junco]

Hahaha. Daily milk is the Hearts Ablaze SLP equivalent

[solemn knoll]

Purple!

[waxen breach]

please dont, most horrible actor ever XDD

[gray path]

who needs sex when there is Illuvium

[old sierra]

Coming from you, that's fucking rich lol

[muted blaze]

that hurts =/

love this leaks though haha. I realize I won't be leaving my house for weeks/months when it drops lol

[brazen vale]

Do you have a good PC or potato ?

[muted blaze]

hahaha 😄

[muted blaze]

I have an M1 Pro 2021 (not Max). But Mac is terrible with games. Hope I can play ILV though

[granite musk]

You can.

I have the max and it’s pretty good. And we are still doing lots of work to optimise.

[brazen vale]

I have an old 970 GTX, hope to play at low with decent framerate

[muted blaze]

I am pumped af now 😄 Hurray. I was afraid it might not run properly.

[gray path]

Cool figurines! Seems like you follow the Warhammer IP, are there any plans to make it a GameFi Metaverse? It is very rich, would become a great metaverse i suppose.

[light moat]

No idea, who cares if he have Illuvium!

[gray path]

Hehe, yeah, Illuvium is the King

[ember steeple]

I thought the idea was that lord tensorflow makes huge balance changes unneccesary? Or did you refer to other types of changes?

[gray path]

As i get it those files are the food for the neural network, to train it. But may be wrong

[lean dragon]

https://tenor.com/view/take-it-easy-daddy-chill-chill-relax-calm-down-gif-17846037

[leaden kettle]

Swimming 🏊

Yes!

[signal copper]

haha grant showing his brothers that he is alpha xD

[prime steppe]

I have been waiting for this answer. Thank you for making my max a game console👏🏻

[mint silo]

heresy! you need to repent and get a proper PC ..😆

[hazy arch]

We have multiple Macs, up to 2017, and prefer those over ANY PC tbh

[muted blaze]

I have 1 and that'd better work 😄

[mint silo]

https://tenor.com/view/warhammer-gif-19055033

😛

[granite musk]

Not gunna lie. Performance on my M1 Max is not great. We need to do a lot of work to optimise it. We’re still early on. Remember that our public launch is still a beta. And things will get better over time.

[granite musk]

They should be ok. The apple silicon doesn’t seem to play as nice as the intel macs.

Put it this way. We do t get a huge boost in PLAYING on the new hardware but we do get a huge boost developing on the new hardware.

[mint silo]

@granite musk Thinking of trying windows 11 .. do you think there will be any compatibility issues ?

[mossy flume]

I was busy working and didn't have time to watch the livestream for the Leviathan Arena when it was on. Grant's leak through Twitter says it has ended. Can't find it in YouTube videos. Any way to find it or am I out of luck? The first livestream of Grant working was fascinating.

BTW - Grant, thanks for doing these. I don't work in marketing now but majored in it and I have to say if I had been in charge of your marketing it's something I would have suggested you guys do. You are keeping people from losing confidence while also keeping them interested in the project. Smart move. Kudos to you and the team.

[granite musk]

Should be fine.

[mint silo]

thank you

[hazy arch]

3 Macs, 2 are PowerBook, all different. But yes These are intels with i7’s. And tbh we do have a new nitro laptop with i7 and 1060 as backup too. But the Mac all handle our FCP 4K production with ease if that’s says anything regarding gaming. It’s my husband that uses them mostly but all our gaming is done on a Series X

[hazy arch]

‼️WARNING: improper use of a WARHAMMER meme

[hazy arch]

Seriously! And @worn quest did a great review of Grants stream too! Grant oozes confidence and I LOVE IT 🤤💪🏻😻

[hazy arch]

TBH as long as it works better than Illuvium website connecting to my damn Metamask wallet on the Mac (totally gave up on iPhone checking my SLP) I’ll be happy with 8 bit Illuvials as long as it’s playable. But yeah, please @upbeat viper make the new website as compatible with iPhone as possible. I hadn’t worked since October, connect wallet errors

[waxen breach]

@old sierra hi what is a blockout?

[rare pebble]

In this particular use, it is a "rough design" I think. Not the finished product, just the basic placement

[upper light]

No banana for scale but I think I can tell how big the arena is 😉

[rare pebble]

They should always put a banana for scale. Or at least an Atlas for scale

[muted blaze]

haha my MM is connected to Chrome on my Surface Pro (which I usually keep shutdown these days). But I'm happy Aaron said I can play ILv and that's enough. Systems won't matter in the long-term cause we can afford them later. I personally don't use phone for Crypto related stuff.

[safe oar]

What do you think about the Leviathan Arena ? Imho the graphic design is not the best it looks (again imho) like an unfinished territory in 2007 WoW :/
Usually i m just a simp for all these leaks but this is the first one i m not totally in love with
What s your opinion on that illovers ?

[hazy arch]

I’m biting my tongue about the IMPORTANCE of mobile gaming…or @worn quest will shit a fancy bird

[rare pebble]

It is unfinished

[hazy arch]

Suuuuuper early! Look at the end, just barely a little sneak peek . It’s just in molding stage

[safe oar]

And what are your ideas to make it better if you agree with me
Tbh i would like better a stadium like the Senate in SW otherwise a living Leviathan and WE would fight on his back
Thanks for your ideas

[muted blaze]

Yeah games on Mobile we need (though again I will not play on phone when I have a 16 inch Macbook M1 Pro in front of me and in the future a 4k monitor), but Crypto stuff are on my PC. I don't do stuff on something I carry everywhere.

[hazy arch]

God I love purple💜! So sexy 😏🤣

[rare pebble]

Don't worry, they on it. It is simply the rough sketch of the place

[safe oar]

Thanks for your answer
I m used to see almost finished territory on these Grant leaks 😆

[muted blaze]

I would play it even if they gave it to me like this. I will not see any rough edges and errors 😄

[hazy arch]

Be thankful, I don’t know ANY developer who is so very transparent with the building of a game

[safe oar]

I dont think i am dont worry about that ;)

[mint silo]

its only improper from a heretic's view🤨

[rare pebble]

On his youtube channel? Cant find it

[hazy arch]

https://tenor.com/view/parks-and-rec-rhetta-donna-meagle-excuse-me-sass-gif-4760577

[mint silo]

https://tenor.com/view/you-heard-me-nodding-yes-yeah-you-did-aria-montgomery-gif-4968273

[rare pebble]

oh sorry I was on the wrong Volkin channel

[hazy arch]

I just tagged you in #🎨〕community-content lol

[hazy arch]

https://tenor.com/view/fight-fight-me-angry-get-out-gif-15019636

[old sierra]

It's a blockout 😛

[rare pebble]

blockout was not clear for me too, I'm french, I had to google it lol

[old sierra]

The joys of sharing WIP lol

[hazy arch]

Me too, I just figured it out logically tho

[safe oar]

Same her mec 😂

[hazy arch]

Like blocking in film production

[rare pebble]

New word for me here again

[safe oar]

Grant leaking us New words now too

[old sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-golly-butters-south-park-oh-gee-oh-boy-gif-21989887

[mint silo]

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-crit-role-cr-c1-arsequeef-gif-17244668

[rare pebble]

He edited it lol good idea

[hazy arch]

ILLUVIUM is being developed on Macs: CONFIRMED @mint silo

[mint silo]

then that is heresy to .... but ill still play it.....

Think i will try to take my mind of all this waiting for various things by starting a Heavily modded new playthrough of ME2 Legendary edition Miranda is very distracting ...

[loud hare]

Hahaha, that'd be the worst part about leaking unfinished stuff, people are so quick to think its a finished product and say its not good, literally a WIP. Everything is looking sick boys.

[worn quest]

https://tenor.com/view/stare-death-glare-glare-angry-evil-look-gif-16101889

[night ledge]

Come on mate lol, it’s a work in progress that isn’t even close to being finished

Comments like these can make developers hesitant to share WIP

[rare pebble]

Hello fellow fractal owner. Have you bought that yellow? Or you are a lucky one

[night ledge]

First 1000

[rare pebble]

:o

[rare pebble]

I'm blue, I was slow...

[lunar hill]

Nice! That looks pretty sexy.

[lunar hill]

I too was slow with my mediocre blue 😂

[humble scaffold]

#givemehiluvialleak!

[coarse prism]

I am amazed at the sheer volume of quality leaks. Just when I temper my hype the dev team strikes again! Love the 3rd person exploration, Auto battler looks fun and cerebral. The Beta can't come soon enough

[tawny arrow]

sorry, super new here, but def on the hype train... when's everyone hoping we'll be able to play?

[wispy mantle]

April 2022, just my guess.

[vernal citrus]

Isnt the leviathan arena supposed to take place in a crashed ship? That places looks pretty dang spiffy for a crashed ship.

[vernal citrus]

So the leak is the blockout? Edit: why yes it is, its literally in the leak 😂

[lunar hill]

"I've finished the Leviathan arena blockout. (Early Work in Progress)
@Kantemir | Illuvium God have mercy on your soul."

[vernal citrus]

Yeah i just went back and read it after u posted that image lol

[lunar hill]

Lol no worries

[lunar hill]

Just gotta remind people that leaks are WIP, that's the beauty of being here. We see things we never usually see from game studios.

[jaunty umbra]

Thanks for bringing the facts @lunar hill

[rare pebble]

Maybe they should rename the whole channel and add "Work in progress"

[lunar hill]

I thought it was kind of a given but maybe it would provide more clarity. Grant also tends to put WIP on his titles

[rare pebble]

It is also clear to me but we've seen multiple people comment that the arena doesn't look up to the standard now

[lunar hill]

I hear you. I just mean if people don't read the title/caption, they're unlikely to read the full channel name. I'm not sure of a solution, I just am unsure it would make much difference. But it's not hard to add a "WIP" to the end of the channel name or something.

[leaden kettle]

Is that something Grant has made on the cc stream or is that an actual plant lol?

[muted blaze]

That's what I was thinking about. That's too real to not be real lol

[leaden kettle]

Absolutely stunning

[muted blaze]

I think many systems will cry trying to render this. 👀 if they don't die half way that is.

[mint silo]

mine wont i have gaming "PC"

[leaden kettle]

Uh yeah mine probably wouldn't take this

[light moat]

This Grant... SUNDAY! and keeps working. So much passion

[muted blaze]

I just know 2 Grants. One can create Dinosaurs and the other can run away from them lol

[dusk flare]

At first I wondered why he didn’t work on a Illuvium project and instead working on this high resolution picture. Until I noticed he could pan around 🤣

[muted blaze]

lol too much to handle. My mind had difficulty grasping the situation 😄

[torpid goblet]

Is the Guardian and Bulwark class the same thing? was the name changed?

[sly snow]

Yup! No more Guardian.
Only Bulwark 🛡️

[worn quest]

awwwwwwwww, i thought there would be at least 1

[coral roost]

is victor robot a spam bot?

[cinder stirrup]

they are more complex, a lot will come soon

[worn quest]

yeah i thought so 👍 Just made the troll in me laugh

[cinder stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/kanye-west-yeah-right-sarcastic-angry-not-funny-gif-18114047

[cinder stirrup]

btw you've got already 2 not just one lol

[worn quest]

Oh shit, i didnt even see them! Super valuable grains of sand 😜

But seriously, what are they

[cinder stirrup]

now you guess, not gonna show it

[worn quest]

https://tenor.com/view/pleasedog-please-dog-gif-21830184

[cinder stirrup]

just 2 harvestable plants atm

[livid rapids]

nice

[rare pebble]

Ohhh thanks for sharing this

[junior thunder]

Are those in the trailer that Mozart collected?

[dusk flare]

They say the whole grey square is a valuable asset 👀

[cinder stirrup]

it is

[gritty panther]

Those 3D prints are so detailed, I hope you share with us a painted one soon 🙂

[lethal hawk]

🤔

[gritty panther]

in that case you also have a giant foot on the right 🙂

[lethal hawk]

like this ?👀

[jaunty umbra]

LOL

[clear zodiac]

I would like to acquire 1 triple monkey 3d print please, name your price.

[finite junco]

Looks like Grant Fell asleep listening to the GingerBread Man!

[lethal hawk]

@old sierra 🧐 ?

[dusk flare]

and he is just about to go to sleep. This is Grant's subconscious telling him to go to sleep earlier.

[cinder stirrup]

lol what is going on here

I think we shouldn't put any easter eggs in, you already having fun with the rocks

[dusk flare]

Either:

1. We're foreseeing the unseen.
2. We never grew up and still enjoys playing with rocks.

I vote 2

[small pelican]

Both

[dusk flare]

Grant's "leak" about swimming could include a whole new level of easter eggs...right, right?

[cinder stirrup]

the matter of time

[flat rose]

I was definitely afraid someone was drawing something phallic around the rock before I looked closer. I’m glad it’s just a dude.

[flat rose]

But he is OBVIOUSLY happy to see us.

Oh yeah. Definitely gonna have a new 🙂 for @gentle tusk and @muted blaze to use. I’ll let y’all know when it’s ready.

[loud hare]

First thing i saw was the baby rock with a smiling face then came here and you guys didnt dissapoint hahaha

[stuck radish]

@flat rose

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/chicken-nuggets-family-gif-5350592

[stoic rune]

so much content in character leaks, always. Impressive as fuck, always entertained on the loo.

[hazy arch]

Oh, I accidentally popped into the 12 year olds room 🤦🏼‍♀️

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-leaving-turning-around-no-gif-13061064

[lethal hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/austin-powers-dr-evil-mike-myers-come-join-us-come-here-gif-4627161

[hazy arch]

As soon as I figure out how you make the most kick ass lettering on your name lol

[lethal hawk]

haha, just found it on a discord username years ago

[lethal hawk]

but i still can change it if you check your dm's

[hazy arch]

DMs? What are “DMs” 🤷🏼‍♀️😜 im kidding! I’ll go look!

[bleak holly]

DM's on this server are "Deleted Messages" lol

[loud hare]

The 3d print must feel so cool for the brothers since the apes are based off the 3 of them, it looks sick.

[worn quest]

i love where this channel is at 🤣

[stone aurora]

https://tenor.com/view/tf-lol-gold-card-stun-attack-gif-13657539

[plush glacier]

Holy smoke the latest #🚰〕leaks giving me dota2 vibes in purple 💜

[leaden kettle]

Nice, written status update leaks

[mint silo]

@stone aurora re: your update post mentions the hero male are done but not hero female was that finished prior to this or not yet?

[prime steppe]

Are we expecting multi languages support? 🤔

[stone aurora]

Yes Hero female was done already 🙂

[mint silo]

https://tenor.com/view/youre-awesome-awesome-star-moon-3d-gifs-artist-gif-18320533

[livid rapids]

HYPE

[granite musk]

What could it mean???

[granite musk]

Yeah. First I have to learn them.

[steady crag]

An answer of a genius

[prime steppe]

I know you have 3 heads and 6 arms, but you also have language mods too

[vernal citrus]

It means i had to learn what blockout meant 😂

[muted blaze]

@old sierra if "the skill that goes into our textures" scares you, what do you thing us normies feel? 😄

[jaunty umbra]

Blockout and/or... one of those cryptic messages that Aaron loves

[desert depot]

How long after the crash does the story takes place ?

[loud hare]

Leaks looking amazing.

[karmic breach]

Honestly, the game could be translated in several languages with 0 cost. Mods and volunteers making peer reviews. should be quite easy/fast hah

by the way what happens now if the character falls into the water? If there won´t be swimming for the moment...

[brazen vale]

You die and lose all your NFTs

[surreal citrus]

If you watched Grant’s last stream in Crimson Wastes, you just walk across the top😂

[karmic breach]

I didn't notice! I saw that he was jumping all the time above the water with the gravity boots and I was thinking about what happens if you fall into. Ok so maybe better find the middle way between swimming and being Jesuschrist

[surreal citrus]

Yea lol. Though it seems like Grant wants to add in swimming capability which should be interesting

[dusk flare]

It just makes 100% sense to add swimming. It will add so much more to the surroundings and environmental feeling. Seeing a deep detailed pool of water which you can swim in and explore(with limited oxygen), it just adds to the AAA game feeling. Deep water also adds to the environmental feeling their after of making us feel small in the otherwise huge world. Having shallow plashes you only can run through seems like an easy way out (which I’m not against of course, and I’m not even sure if this is the case, just guy-guessing).

[surreal citrus]

For sure. As with anything this team does, it is bound to be amazing

[leaden kettle]

And then when you dive you suddenly discover a huge underwater area with lots of underwater Illuvials & flora

Luckily for us they always choose the coolest, hardest stuff to do

[dusk flare]

Yeah yeah. Like a hidden cave system under water, not filled with water I.e (as I assume you wouldn’t find Illuvials while under water).

[old sierra]

While adding no time to ETA's hahahaha.

[leaden kettle]

It's just a small change right?

[dusk flare]

https://tenor.com/view/brother-fight-boys-sunday-funny-gif-21492786

Grant coming up with ideas to Aaron

[jaunty umbra]

no biggie, just an entirely different kind of environment, dynamics, movements and assets to program.

[leaden kettle]

Woa that's a really good throw

[leaden kettle]

Exactly, compared to nailing the Fresno nightwalker Illuvitar this is peanuts

[jaunty umbra]

I feel like that's relatively accurate. I'd love to see him at least make an cameo someday

[leaden kettle]

Yea I've got the feeling we'll see these kind of cameos at least sometime in the future judging the team's sense of humor. Might not be tomorrow, but sometime at least 🙂

[jaunty umbra]

I have faith it will happen

[hollow bobcat]

Per previous AMAs: no fall damage, if we “die” Mozart will bring us back to the last spawn point.

[urban axle]

Can you guys please stop requesting features to be added? I want to play the game sometime this year. The cosmetic stuff can be added after release at their own pace. 🤔

[finite junco]

that latest leak... some suggestiveness in there.. but I dont think it will even touch the sides...

[humble scaffold]

I just wanna see a psion psion illuvial so bad

[hollow bobcat]

Psion is like a mage right?

[humble scaffold]

Yes.

[hollow bobcat]

I hope they give us more info about base stats. We know affinities go round robin (water bears fire that bears nature that bears water) but will water always bear fire no matter what the base stats of the illuvials are?

[frosty imp]

I seemed to remember them mention that illuvials have levels as well? The leveling system for the human player (scanning ability, using higher tier illuvials etc.) Hasn't been touched other than it exists from interviews I've listened to. Would be very keen to know if there is a leveling system for illuvials and how we go about leveling them (e .g. can we grind the tier 0 lands to level illuvials? Does survival and pvp count to leveling them?

I'm also basing this all from memory from listening to multiple interviews - but take it with a grain of salt as I very well could have misheard and illuvials don't have levels

[old sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/teddy-bear-cute-gif-15253299

[steady crag]

Do you mean beat?

[granite musk]

We already explained that. Beating someone means being more affective, not instant win.

Its@similar to other games.

[jaunty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/headphones-beats-rockin-out-music-cat-gif-15035768

[dense solar]

https://tenor.com/view/will-farrell-wedding-crashers-yey-yes-gif-14042018

[lunar hill]

Oh man

Those new leaks. I don't even have words

UI is so clean and the emotes, battleboard, everything

[dusk flare]

I need that bottom swole superdoka…NOW Finalise him already

[dusk flare]

Can’t believe Florian excludes XL sizes…. I feel violated

[brazen vale]

Doka Holmes is the best

[lunar hill]

Must be just too awesome

[jaunty umbra]

Giant Moz4rt looks amaaaazing

https://tenor.com/view/awesome-yes-celebrate-gif-9743726

[gentle kelp]

G4udi

[leaden kettle]

Omg that arena

Sick

[jaunty umbra]

oh! oh! is that a name leak? G4udiiiii

[dusk flare]

No. Everyone knows that

[worn sparrow]

The machine G4udi! nice smoking effet

[jaunty umbra]

Guess I missed that fact 😉

[gentle kelp]

#🚰〕leaks message

[jaunty umbra]

I saw those photos... I think I got too distracted by pretty visuals... no time for words 😆

[ember steeple]

could anyone explain the dmitriy father son comment? do we have a father/son combo who are both core contributors?

there is a husband wife combo I think

[granite musk]

Dmitriy is Grant’s metaphorical son. Thank Christ he doesn’t have a real one. 😉

[finite junco]

No procreation allowed!
Just pro-creations!

[jaunty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/you-you-de-niro-robert-de-niro-pointing-point-gif-15668327

[light moat]

Know what, I looked at the market and all this shit and get frustrated and sad, but after looking at #🚰〕leaks I recover the joy always

[old sierra]

Lol

[idle totem]

Top notch leaks in #🚰〕leaks 👍

Where can I collect my Lynx kitten?
It must keep me company in Illuvium Zero.

And everywhere else too..

[arctic ridge]

I want all of the 3d statues! It would be sick to get an Nft of it and then a real life statue to go with it.

https://tenor.com/view/take-my-money-take-my-money-gif-shut-up-and-take-my-money-pay-the-bill-make-them-pay-gif-23950675

[thin nymph]

Awesome interview @old sierra Always loved to see you talking , actually any brothers taking. Keep going. I love your energy . Keep it up.💕

[leaden kettle]

Yea very cool, love the informal vibe and the openness with how they talk about Illuvium

[lean dragon]

I love the one with the bat. Its very animeish. Reminds me of tokyo revengers

[dusk flare]

He just looks like a bad boy. Not my type

[rare pebble]

It really looks like one of my friends artstyle, I love it too

[lean dragon]

The whole style of Dokka emotes is bad boy. Dude is buff as hell lol

[stoic rune]

I'd bring one of those 3d models to a tabletop rpg night and be king of the nerds

[rare pebble]

Illuvium x GloomHaven Crossover

[hazy arch]

HOLY SMOKES THE #🚰〕leaks !!! 🙀✨

[finite junco]

It feels to me like Aaron's use of the word 'affective' was more secret leaks about Hearts Ablaze...

[tranquil raven]

Wow, those Illuvium statues! 🔥🔥🔥

[lunar jungle]

@old sierra Do You have issues with hardness of the print? I have form2 in my company and they feel very soft compared to ABS

[muted blaze]

Take my sILV and give me some statues 😄 Immana collect them all

[old sierra]

These are printed on Andres smaller printer.
The form 3L is not here yet.

That's when shit gets real

[jaunty umbra]

Pretty soon the whole Illuvium offices will be FULL of statues. Everyone will have one on their desk. For future discussions and debates, no more words... this will be sorted out via statues warhammer style. Winner has final word.

[jaunty umbra]

Then Grant shows up with the life-size Illuvial and Godzilla stomps his way to victory. Discussion over.

[dusk flare]

Star nose mole Malura is a real baddie. Soooo good

[autumn void]

https://tenor.com/view/amazing-minion-amazed-wow-gif-15739472

[sly snow]

Ahhhh the 3D printed Illuvials already look AMAZING... can't wait to see what they look like coming from the Form 3L!

This one is just.... yes.

[worn sparrow]

Beautiful statues!
Can we see a Squizz stage 1 and 3 ?

[limber mortar]

Haha LET'S GO !!!!!! 😄

[gritty panther]

Yes more emote, more !

[jaunty umbra]

that one is my favorite so far

[karmic breach]

mine too! It is sick!!! Man I want these statues on my desk they are amazing!!! By the way, how can you get them colorized once printed? Can you automate the painting or you have to do it by hand?

[jaunty umbra]

go to warhammer 40K tournaments and recruit an army of statue painters

[surreal citrus]

Painting would definitely have to be done by hand; no way to automate that afaik

[old sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/bane-anarchy-gif-18561877

[sage thistle]

Leaks looking spicy af, team are killing it

One question "Air Illuvials gain X chance to dodge autoattacks" - Is there a class or element to counter this? Or will this be all RNG in combat

[solemn knoll]

Is this just a concept or an already printed statue?

[jaunty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/painting-dominic-richard-harrison-yungblud-strawberry-lipstick-interscope-records-gif-17830252

[old sierra]

It's a 3D model being prepped for printing

[solemn knoll]

Nice! Looking forward for the outcome.

[gray path]

https://tenor.com/view/space-marines-gif-12025585

[frosty imp]

I know they mentioned the statues been used for giveaways but I hope they become an option in the Merch store! As people fall in love with their illuvials I think buying a statue of their favourite or favourite line of fusions would be a big hit. Another good thing for bringing that sweet sweet rev dis

[jaunty umbra]

indeed

[flat rose]

Here’s my understanding. How “chance” has been stated to work a few times in not strictly RNG. It’s a predetermined percentage sequence. (If that makes sense) Like if dodge chance is 20% then every fifth hit will be dodged.

[frosty imp]

That's great to hear. If there's one thing I hate in games it's chance (in battles I mean, not in loot/finding things like overworld will have).

[sage thistle]

Thank you so much for the clarification! That makes perfect sense

[frosty imp]

That'd be sweet. Should definitely get an NFT that links with the edition / serial number of the statue if they were to be sold in a merch store! (Not a playable NFT but one like ones that went up on opensea)

[old sierra]

I honestly don't see why we need to go to the lengths to link an NFT, the statue is a real world item that doesn't need verification and linking it to a serial code could be bypassed.

Would be interesting to see if people solved this in a creative way already

[loud hare]

You’re right, not everything needs to be an nft, have the statues as a physical item and leave it at that, they are cool enough alone imo.

Man i feel like the overworld is gonna be way bigger and beautiful than i expected, some of these leaks really show the size of the environment, the size of the player in the pics for comparison are tiny haha, looks awesome, i like the dark tree with the orange fruits.

[frosty imp]

I agree in terms of verification that can just be straight from the serial number! Just more in terms of a nice added bonus for those who like NFT collection as well to have an animated version of the statue that has the illuvial moving or doing it's omega or something could be cool.

Sorry misread, I agree the verification comes from just having the physical statue*

[dusk flare]

So we’re just gonna ignore this one? Is this a Poddle moth stage 3? 👀

[frosty imp]

Are we seeing horns, antennas and wings here? Just got a bit of everything going on

[flat rose]

Lol I thought it was the elk. But there is certainly a moth there. Maybe it’s the shadows of both the moth and the elk at the same time.

[dusk flare]

The moth have some kind of horns(/antennas?) so I suppose they’ve evolved into something bigger @frosty imp

[frosty imp]

Nice never seen that leak before! The shadow fire leak is a leak within a leak. Leakception

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/leaking-leakage-leak-pipe-leaking-pipe-leak-gif-12151010

[dusk flare]

Gotta stay woke fam. But seeing Rogier reacting with an emoji to my though about stage 3 Poddle moth makes me believe it’s confirmed

[old sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/queen-mothra-mothra-queen-of-the-monsters-godzilla-gif-22221402

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/columbo-detective-confused-thinking-peter-falk-gif-13175857

[dense solar]

https://tenor.com/view/barackobama-talks-press-con-maybe-classified-gif-11864017

[dusk flare]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-moth-pit-weird-moth-dance-gif-12655116

[flat rose]

This is the best. I always like seeing this one.

[dusk flare]

It’s a f-ing pain in the ass. He’s playing with my feelings and I like it

[dense solar]

Aaron makes me use it

[flat rose]

@granite musk would he surely would

[dusk flare]

Now I have to make a Poddle moth Fancial soon enough

[flat rose]

I mean I was wondering when they’d make that one fly fancy like

[prime steppe]

one awake the other

[flat rose]

https://tenor.com/view/godzilla-mothra-queen-mothra-godzilla-mothra-kaiju-gif-21427612

[rare pebble]

Let's not forget that @quick sigil has an illuvial to leak very soon

[jaunty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/hitmans-bodyguard-hitmans-bodyguard-gi-fs-samuel-l-jackson-time-tick-tock-gif-8352665

[quick sigil]

👀

[jaunty umbra]

No pressure. Memes just can't post themselves. 😉

[frosty imp]

When's the leak coming!?
https://c.tenor.com/VwnT6MivfUwAAAAM/ineedit-needit.gif

[quick sigil]

5-10mins

hold tight

[loud hare]

Those little maps of brightland steppes are cool

[frosty imp]

Legend!

[loud hare]

One of the things that stands out for me so much with the illuvium world is the colour palette

Looks so unique from anything else ive seen

[quick sigil]

its vibrant in a way that somehow even outshines avatar

[loud hare]

It truely is

[quick sigil]

Leak is Live @jaunty umbra

[jaunty umbra]

Yesss going to look now!

[quick sigil]

New Leak!

#🎨〕community-content message

[jaunty umbra]

Ohhh that is indeed a special leak! Everyone should go and check it out to see a UNIQUE Illuvial.

[jaunty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/juicy-leak-von-numman-ilv-illuvium-gif-23306427

[frosty imp]

That leak 🔥 my down under senses are tingling. Love a bit of straya

That didn't quite come out right but I'm leaving it 😅

[finite junco]

The Artwork is absolutely next level!!

[finite junco]

and to think, that Illuvial was based from THIS

[frosty imp]

So are those all different illuvials? Or they were concepts for the illuvial shown in the last part of the video

They are looked good

[rare pebble]

As vetemor mentionned in his video, This illuvial has something special. It comes in a pair.

[finite junco]

I remember playing Marvel vs Capcom - and you could call in for Tag Team Ults... it was epic!

[rare pebble]

I also see 1 melee and one ranged. I wonder if they actually come as a pair of illuvial on the board like two independant things

If so, that would be nuts

[old sierra]

aarons gonna kill me this time

[finite junco]

Now can you go through and imagine this character in a MOBA type setting... what types of skilled and gameplay it would have!!

[old sierra]

but we need a bit of extra hype in here

you guys are getting complacent with the 500 leaks a weak now 😦

[finite junco]

Extra hype... soon I will need a Triple Bypass just to handle the built up tension!

WEN SWIMMING

[rare pebble]

yes, boost that ILV token with some juicy leaks lol

[finite junco]

@old sierra Random question - what type of chair do you have?
it must be pretty damn comfortable for you to be in it like 24/7

New Community Plan... from now on, everytime Grant Leaks something, just emote it with a 'MEH'
(we can create a secret discord channel where we can release our real excitement about it)

This should GasLight them enough that they will release the Obstacle course minigame to us as a way to try and impress

[jaunty umbra]

Suuuuuuper hyped on this.

[jaunty umbra]

Hahah. We need a Wen Swimming meme now

[finite junco]

https://tenor.com/view/drowning-oa-overreacted-panic-gif-5250476

[finite junco]

maybe this with a Picture of Aaron?

[jaunty umbra]

Hahahah. please

[finite junco]

For me personally... I feel like I am already at top 100% impressed level... so anything more released is just already hitting the Hype Cap..

although I must admit the 3D Printed models did create an entirely new Genre of Hype for me... so now it's like I have 3 simultaneous Hype Threads internally.
Illuvium Zero, Illuvium Main, 3D Prints...

Going to need an upgrade on my multithreading Hype processor

[jaunty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/liftoff-moon-rocket-blastoff-launch-gif-22437697

[old sierra]

haha

love it

but my GOD mainstream is hating on NFTs hard

I hope we can break this mould

[jaunty umbra]

Soooo hard! @quick sigil and I are talking about this in DMs right now lol.

It may take some time for the mainstream to adopt but.... Illuvium is the way!

[quick sigil]

most NFT projects setting really bad standards, people have become very sus about any project in this space because of it

long term the long term sustainable projects will be left standing and will become the standard, Illuvium is one of these projects

[finite junco]

I honestly believe the best way forward for Gamefi, is to rebrand it away from NFT.
Have people understand that a Gamified NFT has actual uses, actual value... vs the NFT's that most people associate

NFGA (Non Fungible Gamified Asset)

Start up a .ORG
get 20 of the most popular GAMEFI projects to support it.
Have that .ORG provide the NFGA Certified Brand on it.

any future projects who want that Certified NFGA, needs to pay for a Review to ensure that it meets the standard of Web3 Gamification
(any maybe has categories that it is Certified as)

[jaunty umbra]

Wait until they grasp the basic concept of tokenomics. Then they'll be F***ing mind blown.

[quick sigil]

the number one issue rn is that there isnt a single project rn that is live and active and useable that is long term sustainable

once projects start doing this, people experiencing it for themselves will be the proof and word of mouth is faster than anything else

by end of 2022 huge groundwork will be laid with Illuvium launch and by end of 2023 mainstream may well start changing its tune, regardless by 2025 i think its likely global gaming companies Market Cap is overtaken by GameFi

[jaunty umbra]

That's not a bad idea really. Especially with all the hate about NFTs atm. If it continues, we may need to call back this convo. 😉

[quick sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-crypto-bullish-bull-market-gif-21332204

[jaunty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/mind-blown-amazed-explosion-space-omg-gif-10279314

[jaunty umbra]

Agreed. Illuvium will go a long way as a frontrunner and proof-of-concept to serve as an example for the mainstream.

[quick sigil]

problem is there isnt 20 GameFi projects right now in existance that could even pass that test to get certified rn lol, otherwise great idea..

[quick sigil]

does he not know?

[quick sigil]

if it was 500 leaks last week needs to be 1000 this week

[finite junco]

Yes that is true.
And even if you go VERY Broad on the classification of what a GAME is..
(like Star Atlas - has their FLEET Staking thing... NOT A GAME!)
You might end up hurting Illuvium by putting them in the same category as an idle clicker

Bit of a Chicken and the Egg situation

[quick sigil]

yh exactly

[finite junco]

https://tenor.com/view/scottydoesntknow-eurotrip-scotty-matt-damon-gif-5415128

[frosty imp]

They are indeed. I think that's mostly from current games trying to implement NFTs which are causing the push back - just the same way as when microtransactions and loot boxes were introduced. However Illuvium as a play to earn game is not changing an existing game or modifying the gamers current expierence. They'll be coming to the game knowing it's play to earn , has NFTs involved and juicey af gameplay

[quick sigil]

that is actually super freakin cute tho

[finite junco]

There better be a CaneToad Illuvial!

[clear zodiac]

Definitely not an endangered animal

[mint silo]

let them hate it will make Illuvium 's success even more sweet .

When people learn that you can earn money , earn crypto and actually own your stuff paying a ground breaking AAA game that will set the standard for ALL games. in the industry .

Why would anyone keep shoveling money into so called "mainstream " games where you own nothing , earn nothing and all you do is make the corporation richer .

Illuvium will DEFINE the NEW mainstream and everyone even NFT and cypro haters will see its protentional. Mainstream players are the ones the needs to adapt to this new paradigm.

[finite junco]

This one reminds me of Rainbow Beach Sand Dunes

[rare pebble]

I think one of the things that will change the mind of most people about NFT gaming is accessibility. Right now, it seems hard and really unsecure. But look at blankos block party for exemple. You can start to earn NFTs and get free nfts with Amazon Prime without having a wallet. It is easy and the crypto world is transparent at first.

It would be really great if Illuvium worked like that. I KNOW there is a vast amount of stuff you can do as a f2p game. But I HOPE we can create an account without a wallet. With just an email adress. This will get players into the game before they have the time to complain against the crypto aspect.

and then, they see that crypto aint that bad

[rare pebble]

that might be a way to change mainstream idea

[mint silo]

I disagree I don't belive that is a good plan. This is a crypto game a wallet should be mandatory but it should be explain in the onboarding tutorial part

[hazy arch]

He’s 💯 right. Maybe not Amazon, but onboarding via plans Illuvium has such as moonpay is a huge step to mass adoption

[rare pebble]

I hear you. But it will depend on the mentality of the public when the game comes out I think. It might be necessary to offer the option of playing without a wallet just to bring in certain people