November 14th
Q: Are you guys going to focus on the game being fun or the game being an esport?
A: Our main focus is to give people fun. eSport is not out of the question but this is not our main goal.
Q: Assuming we didnt hold you to an answer, when might we find out more about the game part of chivalry 2?
A: We are still in “heads down” mode and making the game as awesome as possible, so don’t expect any significant videos or deep dives into gameplay to come out in the rest of 2019. We are focused on keeping this community looped in by sharing cool pieces of content and little teases in the interim, but we’ll soon be taking a break from that too so that the last part of the year is focused purely on development. Expect to hear much more in early 2020.
Q: Will the lore for the Mason Ordah and Agatha be expanded. Maybe a cool third faction. A mini-singleplayer campaign would also be cool.
A: No third faction is planned, our lore is based on the decades-old conflict between Mason and Agatha.
We don’t plan on adding a single player campaign, most if not all of the lore will be in the multiplayer maps themselves.
Q: Why pick 64 players? Is 50 or 60 or 70 impractical?
A: 64 is a power of 2. All the kids love powers of 2
Q: This has most likely been asked before but I’m unable to find a definite answer, will horses be included in all maps? It would quite immersive if they were included only in some maps.
A: There will be horses where it makes sense to have them. Some maps or portion of maps may not have them.
Q: TO and 32v32 cater a lot to the casual player base, do these same maps scale well for a 5/6v6 format or is there a mode outside of skirmish that will be specifically designed for competitive play?
A: I think that this is something that remains to be seen right now. Certainly our Team Objective maps are best suited for large-scale battles, but they do scale depending on the players connected to the match in terms of time allotted to complete objectives, and also respawn timers.
Q: Will you run this as a “games as a service” with MTX and/or DLCs? If not, will there still be a constant stream of updates for years to come after release?
A: We aren’t ready to talk about things like microtransactions yet, but there will be considerable free post-launch content. Our agreement with Epic puts us in a great position for that. The specifics and roadmap for post-launch content is something we’ll talk about more towards / after release.
Q: that new gif looks very nice, the armor doesn’t look like it’s stretching or distorting. Were specific bones added to just the armor plates for animating?
A: Yes we added bones for better animation result for stuff like heavy armor.
Q: Are there any plans of adding more to the story and the world’s lore?
A: You bet. There is so much we want to tell about this world and its dynamics. Stay tuned for an upcoming lore trailer!
Q: Where Chiv 1 focused heavily on game mechanics (Footwork, swing manipulation, feinting etc) and had very few “class based features” IE, Vanguard charge & MAA dodge.
How is Chiv 2 in comparison?
A: Chivalry II is still heavily focused on core mechanics like the ones you mentioned. Classes primarily distinguish themselves with their loadout and health, but there will be other differences. The “core” has been greatly expanded upon with new features shared across all classes. There are many other exciting changes to classes we aren’t ready to talk about quite yet.
Q: So in mordhau there is a way you can record your game and then go to take screenshots in it in freecam. will Chivalry 2 have this ?
A: Replay files are a feature of UE4, we haven’t been focused on making it work in Chiv 2 yet (we did in Mirage, though just for us developers to use).
Q: Will the music be the same as in chiv 1? I mean like in chiv1 it appeared only at the starting menu, starting and the end of the match. Will chiv2 contain some new sorts of spawn-rate for music?
A: We expect to follow a similar template as Chiv 1, some changes here and there dependent on design. Music in Chiv 2 is inspired by a lot of what made Chiv 1 great stylistically. We want music to complement gameplay so we’re working it in where it feels natural.
Q: Are you focused on more accurate helmets and other armor pieces, or just how it was in the first chivalry?
A: Our goal for armor appearance is a look that fulfills an exciting, realistic-looking medieval fantasy. Our main inspiration here being various medieval movies. While the look of armor is not tied to a specific medieval date range, it is its own universe in itself with plays on real-world references and the idea of what medieval times looks like.
Q:Will gameplay balance be centered around individual dueling or a team based gameplay
A: It is a bit of both really. While dueling is an important part of the core game, working as a team is essential to achieve victory.
Q: Has TB tested 32v32 already during development? As in, have there been Chivalry 2 games with 64 people all playing at once? If so, how did it go? I’m wondering if that many players on the same map actually works out well on the game without it being too chaotic.
A: We have playtested with 64 players, people from Torn Banner and from Tripwire. This went really great, we are happy to see that we managed to nail the experience for such a great number of players!
Q: Will Chivalry 2 always be an Epic Games exclusive?
A: Only for one year, then you will find it on Steam.
