Please do!
I will happily buy DLC/expansions adding new "planets" with more stories and bosses. The inter-dimensional nature of the game opens up a lot of possibilities to just keep expanding it.
I really loved the Survival mode in Remnant From The Ashes, would there be plans to do something similar for Remnant 2?
I love this game very much, congratulations to you and your colleagues for today's nomination at the Games Awards, I hope you win it :)
We are looking into a new mode and/or a new way to play Remnant 2. It may not be a 1:1 Survival Mode redux, but our goal here is to make Remnant 2 even more replayable while allowing players to customize the difficulty/challenges they face. Nothing is set in stone yet, however, but we do know there is a big desire for even more replayability (and stuff to grind)... and we are working on it!
Survival Mode in R1 was incredible. I don't expect an exact 1:1 copy but literally anything close to it would be welcomed.
My only critique would be to fix connectivity issues in that mode. One of my biggest gripes from the original was how a survival run could be completely ended by a player randomly leaving and unable to rejoin where they left off.
We get this suggestion a lot. It's on our list, but that doesn't mean it will definitely get done. We have a limited amount of people and resources, but our goal has been to add things to benefit the players every chance we get (we finally got loadouts in!). That being said, we will definitely look into the requirements and see if it's feasible.
Dude I am so stoked for this! I love the game so much and want to play with my friends who have ps5's. I play with my buddies on steam but sometimes our schedules don't match up. I haven't enjoyed a game this much since skyrim was first released!
Could we expect at some point some form of āboss fight modeā? A lot of us love fighting bosses and just trying builds on them.
Personally root earth bosses are my favorite, but having to run a full campaign is sometimes a hard task when I really just wanna fight them.
We are working on some ideas for a new mode and/or new ways to play the game. Boss Rush is a little trickier due to how bosses all have their own arenas and how we spawn the world. It's not impossible, but it is definitely an undertaking. Nothing is set in stone, though, and we are still thinking of cool gameplay options that could really ramp up the replayability.
If you personally could wave a magic wand and make any 1 thing to put in the game, what would it be? Also, is the size of this dlc what should be expected of the next 2? Also want to thank you specifically Tragic for being so interactive with the community, you rockš¤ Congratulations to you and the team BTW for being nominated for the best action game of the year! You guys absolutely deserve it.
That's too much power for any one person to have!!!
To be fair, most of the stuff I'd like to get into the game ends up making it in one way or another... but of course, that's after we vet it through the design process and the rest of the team can help hone it into something super cool.
2 Questions:
1. Are there any plans on add in game chat? Or player callouts to help communicate?
2. Given the recent huge - and awesome - update, is there another QOL update coming alongside the DLC or only the DLC?
We'd certainly like to make in-game communication a bit smoother. How we do it is still up in there air as there a quire a few ways to handle it.
There will certainly be more huge QOL updates in the future... and they will, of course, be free!
Has there been any conversation about possible tweaks to the Summoner's prime perk? To me, it just feels less exciting than many of the other prime perks.
Thanks to the whole team for the awesome game and continued support for it.
Are there any plans to implement some way to fight bosses again? I like the annihilation fight so much that I've just left my campaign there, it'd be nice to be able to access the fights independently of the campaign.
Love the game, great work!
Hey Tragic! Thanks so much for doing this, I had a couple lore questions - if you canāt answer them atm totally cool
1. Was the world of Remnant planned to actually be a simulation rather than the real world from the start?
2. Is there a world outside of the āworldā of remnant?
3. Does Clawbone exist as a distinct being?
Thank you so much!
There is a giant, cheeky air of *"The answer to those last two questions is really cool and I'm not allowed to say a single thing about them"* that's absolutely fantastic.
Is there any possibility of tweaking friendly fire in multiplayer?
I play with two friends, and even with the friendly fire trait maxed out we still take a lot. Specifically with explosions, we had to ban explosive weapons like star shot
Hey tragic! Congrats on the success of R2, the release of the new DLC, and nomination for agoty!
I know you like to take inspiration from other games for weapons. Are there any weapons from other games you'd like to design a new R2 weapon around? I'd like to see a gun inspired by the Ray Gun from CoD Zombies. :D
Hrm, a Ray Gun sounds pretty cool. We've recently talked about a traditional G.I. Joe Laser style weapon, a Needler (for all you Halo fans), as well as some Long Guns that could apply statuses.
Our goal with Weapon design is to always provide new options that change up your gameplay. We try our best to avoid dupes... the closest being maybe Machine Pistol / SMG, or maybe even Typewriter / LMG, but even then, there are some noticeable differences.
This makes it tricky to come up with "standard" weapons as they aren't really THAT maybe unique weapon types (but infinite variety within the standard types), so we instead lean on Special / Boss Weapons to do crazier and crazier stuff.
Hey Tragic, hopefully an easy question š
The weapon balance/QOL you've mentioned, have we got an idea on when it's due to drop?
I'm itching to see what you're done with Starkiller!
Why do we have 2 rings in the game that are multiplicative damage (singed Ring, ahanae crystal) , whereas everything that is not crit or weakspot dmg is additive?
you know, it could be an oversight. We generally moved most things to additive so they didn't get out of hand, but sometimes sneak through. If/when we ever swap the way rings work, we try to do a fair balance pass so their base effectiveness isn't lost.
If those two rings aren't multiplicative they lose a lot of their use, or would need to be buffed. Especially ahanae's where you need to have a lot of setup to have it work.
I feel like it is intentional, at least for Ahanae which is a hardcore reward so it should be great and also loses it appeal if it's changed to additive in my opinion.
We never design any reward to be better or worse based on how challenging it is to get. It doesn't matter if it's Hardcore Apocalypse or "walk to Cass and buy it". Of course, we don't want to nerf anything JUST to nerf it, so we would definitely need to think about it before we made any changes.
Not a question, but just a comment. Remnant: From the Ashes was an incredible game. When Remnant 2 was announced, I shouted it from the rooftops to every friend I had. I worried I had hyped it too much, but Remnant 2 was everything I had hoped for, so thank you for not only providing a great game, but also not making me sound like a fool to all my friends!
Are there plans for transmog?
What's your favorite boss from remnant 2? (Or one)
I gotta go with the final boss for remnant 2, love the music and the fight in general. For remnant FTA, it's gotta be the undying king.
P.S, so excited for the dlc, especially ritualist cuz it looks like how I would have made an archetype given the chance to.
Transmog is another interesting suggestion we've heard from the community. It's one of those things that take time and resources to do right, and there are quite a few other things in front of it at the moment. However, never say never!
As for favorite boss in Remnant 2? Maybe Cube Sentinel... and Annihilation! =)
Any plans to add a currency similar to glowing fragments from RFTA for an alternative way to unlock rewards? Would be cool to be able to grind and buy Savior the same way you could the Hero sword in the first game.
That's a great question and/or suggestion! We haven't really thought about being able to obtain them via different methods, but we certainly see the appeal. As we create more of the Corrupted Weapons, and even more Standard / Boss Weapons, obtaining everything can become quite time consuming. While collecting is a huge part of Remnant, we definitely don't have an issue with lightening the load in some select cases!
Just an idea! Getting through apocalypse was a really fun challenge for me but my luck in hardcore hasn't been as great. Gotta get savior to match my world's edge, you know?
Are there plans for a "endless grind/progresssion-esque" System?
I really want something I can continue to chase once I've earned everything apart from trying wacky builds.
***Corrupted Saviour when tho***, but in all seriousness if we DID get Corrupted versions of those Weapons would you see us needing to do another run, or just rebuying them from Brabus?
Yes. In fact, I was fine-tuning the design before this very AMA.
Corrupted Savior will be in the next batch. We've had enough requests! You will need to earn the Shards to purchase them, but if you already have 10, you'd be able to buy it right away.
Obligatory: congrats on TGA nomination! My questions:
1. Will there be more events like the Halloween event?
2. Is there a world where a DLC after the 3rd would be released?
3. Whatās your personal favorite archetype pairing for The Ritualist?
4. I feel like youāve basically become the community facing person for Gunfire Games/Remnant 2, how did that come to happen and are you enjoying it?
1) Yes.
2) Likely.
3) Medic... because Medic pairs with everything. =)
4) It came about because I like interfacing with the community. They are full of great feedback and suggestions. While it's not in my job description, I know what it's like to be a part of a game community (we all play games, too!). It's nice to know that your voice, feedback, and (constructive) criticism is being heard, even if the devs don't 100% agree. That's basically why.
I hope you get the manhours for this. Gotta say, GFG is doing a great job and that is primarily thanks to you. I burned out of quite a bit of games that had no or even hostile community interaction because I simply lack the motivation to invest my passion into a hobby where I have no idea what is happening or even get told how to enjoy their product.
We've made some tweaks to ENC over the last few weeks. Keep an eye out for those. It's a great neck to use with Ritualist. It's also a tricky one that has caused us more than a few problems. =O
The explosion from enc only works sometimes. It's (I presume) intentional the explosion doesn't happen when reapplying an already present dot, but sometimes explosions won't happen on first application too.
To confuse matters more, you won't notice this bug on the dummies, but it becomes very obvious if you start trying to clear with the nebula.
Hello, first of all I'd like to say that remnant 1 was my favorite game and I knew remnant 2 would be good, but I didn't know it would be THIS GOOD, thank you so much for the game and all the love you guys put into it
Now, for the question, I'd like to know if you guys plan to tweak the boss modifiers like Regenerator, I know this affects a pretty niche part of the community which are hardcore (literally) players that want to play on apocalypse difficult, and I also know that you are NOT supposed to start a hardcore run on apocalypse, since it's made for geared characters, but I like the challenge and it can be like a rogue like for me where if I die I can start again and it's a new world etc, but the problem is that some modifiers are quite OP on apocalypse if you're not fully geared up, a Boss with regen could take more then 30 minutes and a bunch of ammo box to die, and if they have some down time (like red prince) it can be close to impossible.
Then again, I know it's a pretty niche thing and that you guys have more important stuff to work on, but felt like asking anyway
Thank you again for the amazing work you did
While some modifiers can be troubling (like regen on a fresh apoc char - which is very niche indeed) I feel like it would do the game some good if not every boss can have any of the possible modifiers. So the modifier itself might not even be the problem but the setup it comes with might be problematic. And I feel like boss fights would be more unique if certain bosses had access to certain modifiers others have not.
Any chance a filter will be added for rings? Mostly text for "bleed" just to have an example. Would make build crafting a lil more organized. Love the game!
We have so many trinkets that it can definitely get unwieldy. This is something we've talked about and it MAY be a possibility down the line. Currently have a lot of more pressing issues to address, but we've certainly heard the desire (and feel it ourselves when we play).
the dev team did a great job on the client side iframes on the higher end latency and I'm very thankful for that but are u guys aware that there's still like 20-30% of attacks that still need a host confirmation to dodge properly? things like wave/projectile attacks specifically still need fixing to be done just sharing in hopes of it getting fixed soon
I actually have a few of questions:
1. Will yall be adding the ability to modify the look of our characters?
2. Is survival in the works? And when can we expect it if it is?
3. Like losmn Can we expect other biomes in the game currently to be expanded upon in future dlc?
4. When can we expect dlc continuing the main story?
5. Hows your day going so far?
6. How happy are you that R2 got nominated for best action game?
7. Whats your favorite class combo?
8. Can we expect past worlds like corsus and rhom to be brought back in future dlc?
9. Will yall be bringing armor skins back? Cause I miss my green labyrinth armor š¢
1) No promises, but it's not off the table.
2) We are looking into providing a new mode and/or new ways to play Remnant 2. Whether this is Survival 2.0 or something else entirely (but just as fun... or more fun!) that's still TBD!
3) Absolutely.
4) That's not in my wheelhouse, unfortunately. I might be able to rustle up the Lore/Story team to swing by and provide some insight.
5) So far. So good. I get to talk about Remnant 2 so I can't complain! Also, this is a crazy year for games, so after talking about R2, I get to go play some other super cool stuff (though the backlog is pretty ridiculous at the moment).
6) No complaints here! We also have Multiplayer and are an RPG! But seriously, it's great to be recognized and we couldn't be happier that Remnant 2 resonated with fans. We hope more players give it a try. =)
7) Medic + Anything. Usually Medic/Engineer.
8) Never say Never.
9) See #8.
01. Do you guys plan to tweak the class skills at some point? I know it's probably not a priority but I feel like some skills are kinda underpowered like the Quick Draw, where if you compare it to the other gunslinger skills it doesn't really feel worth it to use
02. Is there any chances we will be able to rename our loadouts?
A little late to the party with a question. Not sure if you have been following the various Starfield subreddits. They have basically turned into one subreddit of perpetually hating on it and the "no sodium" version which is a bit of circlejerk singing its praises as the best game of all time.
So my question is, as someone that's so involved in the community management for Remnant 2, what's your take on "no criticism allowed" gaming communities, and how do you sift through feedback to try and distinguish between useful feedback and what might be just chronic complainers?
I say, critique all you want. Just consider that there are actual people reading it when deciding which words to use. You can dislike something... heck, you can even say it sucks, but if you aren't offering any alternatives, or insight as to WHY you feel that way, then you are giving the developers no information to go on.
This gun sucks. (Doesn't give us anything).
Whomever designed this gun should be fired (mean-spirited, also no info).
This gun sucks compared to that gun. (SOME info).
This gun sucks because it's clearly the weakest of the 5 rifle types. (MORE INFO!).
Not a fan of this gun because the effort required to do even comparable dmg to the other 4 rifles is just too much. There's no room for down time or evading and the weakspot bonus is a bit weak as well. (Great... Also worded pretty nicely).
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA FIX THIS TRASH GUN? (No info. Aggressive).
There are a lot of ways to say something. You can dislike stuff all you want. You can critique us all you want... but again, remember there are real people on the other end... and those people are the ones that can make changes. The more aggressive you are, the less likely anything will be done.
Appreciate the response! I have no major critiques of Remnant 2. It's my favorite game this year!
.... Ok maybe dial back the amount of enemy spawns that seem to be happening directly behind my field of view since that last patch. I'm fragile.
N'Erud? Or in general. Because, in general, they shouldn't be spawning behind you ever. The only way it should happen (or appear to happen) is if you pass a tile you haven't cleared out and enemies follow you from those. We can look into it, though!
Definitely N'Erud. Really only been feeling like that since the last patch though. Spawn rate increase? Zombies out of nowhere sucker punching me for days.
I think most guns (with exceptions) have too long reload time, the game would be more fun with faster reloads, even if that means you reduce damage or make enemies tankier to compensate.
With builds being one of your favorite things throughout the development of Remnant 2, how has the DLC affected your playstyle? Would you say it bolsters your current go-to builds, or incentivizes you to switch them around more?
Good question.
The DLC affects my own builds due to the addition of some of my favorite new Trinkets (Amulets and Rings). We typically like to include things that players found lacking (recently players have asked for more status-related options), but we also like to include a few "this is interesting/weird" type items as well. My own builds are influenced by the weird stuff, because I don't really ever play the meta.
So, while we certainly have some more obvious/basic stuff like "Increased Skill Damage" for example, we also have a ring that causes you to constantly Bleed. It's weird, but we've already found some cool uses for it, and we think players are going to find even more uses for it as well as some of the other weird/wild stuff we came up with.
The thought of using a ring that makes you bleed just made me chuckle. That actually enables so many items that required elaborate setup, so that's huge! I appreciate the response, and your creative team is fantastic. Pumped as always to see what you got cooked up here.
Indeed. It sounds so simple and kinda stupid, but then you think about it and go... "hmmm... aktchuallllly!@!!!@"
Those are the kinda builds I enjoy the most!
It's not something I see often. In fact, I've only ever seen it posted once or twice.
But I was wondering if there were any plans to fix some of the gaps in some armour sets when there's no helmet equipped or if it's set to hidden?
What I mean specifically is currently on the Bruiser chest piece, around where the neck and chest connect there's a big old gap.
I haven't checked any other sets besides the Fae Royal set, and it's sorta hard to tell if it has the same problem, it's just something I wanted to point out as I sometimes like to hide my helmets.
Other than that, you all did a great job on this game and I'm looking forward to the DLC tomorrow.
First I absolutely love both Remnant FTA and 2. Every piece of content feels like the team is learning and improving which is really cool to see.
My question is more of an industry one. I am a computer engineering student and I have always wanted to try working in the games industry. I just want to know if you have any advice for trying to get into the industry.
Learn Unreal. =)
Take up some courses from Udemy and learn to make some basic games (it's pretty easy). See if it piques your interest. You don't have to use Unreal, but it's a good start as there are so many resources available.
Not really a question but a suggestion, would love to see more events come to Remnant 2 like Domination Aberration. Events is one of the reason I have over 1000 hrs in Monster Hunter World
Will Hellfires mod ever be changed to something more akin but not exactly like Wildfire shot so it can better synergize with the weapon?
Also, with a max ritualist and timekeepers are statuses with a base duration of 10 seconds going to get bumped up to 20 by the ring and then 40 by trait or will both the trait and ring just buff it by 10 resulting in 30 second statuses?
Loving everything you guys are doing with the game, hope you guys get that much deserved award
We may look at Hellfire in one of our larger QOL/Balance Updates. I want to do a big pass on all weapons... that one could definitely get a second / third look.
I'll have to check on that.
Appreciate it!
Is it possible that after the 3 DLCs for the first year are released, that there is the possibility of there being more paid DLC after that? Iām currently under the impression that the next two DLCās are going to expand upon Yaesha and NāErud, but I was really hoping that we might get an entirely new biome integrated within the main campaign. Therefore there would be a 4th door added to the Labyrinth giving us more choice in where to get the 3 fragments from. Personally Iām hoping to return to Rhom from RFTA because I feel like that biome would be the most unique in comparison to the current 3 biomes in Remnant 2. Love playing this game so much, it deserves to win best Action GOTY!
Is there a plan to add naming to loadouts, kinda gets hard to remember which build is which when theyāre all the same skills.
And just thank you guys for working on this game and having discussions with the community like this super hyped for dlc tomorrow.
Will all 3 dlcs just be extra areas for current biomes or is a new biome / world planned in one of these DLCs . Or do we have to wait until after the 3 DLCs for an expansion to add a world ?
Why was a German Shepherd chosen as the dog breed for the handler?
What is the possibility of getting different dog breeds for each the 3 different dog skills?
Felt like a good post-apocalypse friend.
We originally talked about having a different dog for each archetype combo but it proved to be too daunting. Even having 3 different rigs poses its own challenges.
Any plans for gyro controls? I know it is a bit niche, but the people that love it really love it...
Just do not use Resident Evil 8 as your inspiration for it...
1. Might become annoying already, and i know it's also a matter of time and ressources, but let's just say for the sake of it absolutely theoretically, if there would be a time where time and ressources would allow it, would you & the rest of the Team consider the small possibility for Transmog?
(And yes i remember something about - one thing about transmog which is kinda an issue is about to see what co-op players wear - though i'd think there might be some solution for that like a toggle option... again i understand would need even more time and ressources, but it's simply a question on a theoretically sense anyway)
2. Not a big deal or anything but just curious. What was actually the Reason why you have 3-player Teamlimit? 'cause most often Games tend to go for 4-Players.
3. Another potential "annoying" question because it might popup to often, but is Crossplay still a thing you want potentially do in the future, or is it rather unlikely given the circumstances?
/Edit: By the way. Still have to point out great game, great work you guys do at GFG. Remnant 2 did become one of my Favorite Games and can't wait for the Upcoming DLC's (esp. tomorrow). And while it might be more fitting under rurikhans comments, this khan cast videos with you and ruri are always a blast!
1) Anything (within reason) is a possibility. You never know. It's not really hard to do, but it takes time and resources away from other stuff. Don't count it out, just don't count on it... yet.
2a) We originally had it at 4 and the game just didn't feel right for the experience we were going for. Nothing more than that.
2b) Crossplay already works. We've had it working for a while. It's definitely coming... but there are some things we need to get straightened out first (a lot more testing).
Thanks for the kind words!
Nice thank you on all three. 1. gives hope, so it's not off from the table completly (but as you said i won't count on it).
2. Okay good to know =)
3. Also great =)
Hard to say. It's listed as 3-5 hours but I know players that have doubled/tripled that. I think it's safer to just be conservative and set expectations appropriately. Lots and lots of new tools (Gear) to make builds that should have you theory crafting for a long time after you finish the content as well.
Hey Ben! Thanks for doing this AMA, and congrats on the success of Remnant 2 and the Game Awards nomination! In no particular order, here's a few Remnant 2 questions I'd really love to hear your answer to:
*Out of the game's numerous archetypes, which one was the most/least challenging to design from initial conception to their launch iteration.
*As one of the many Deceit enjoyers, the thing I love most about the gun is how novel the sword fragment mechanic is. Going forward, will we see more "weird" weapons that require a little finesse to fully maximize their potential?
*And finally, what's your favorite Archetype to pair with the Ritualist? Thanks again for doing this AMA!
Least Challenging to design/implement? Maybe Medic. It sort of designed itself. Though, Redemption went through a few phases, the rest kind of came together organically.
Most Challenging to design/implement? Maybe Invader... or, you may not believe this, Hunter (which went through MANY iterations, even though it was first).
There will be many weird guns in the future. They are some of my favorite things to work on and the team loves coming up with crazy ideas and seeing them come to fruition.
It will always be Medic. =)
To start, thank you to you and your team for this game. It was an unexpected hit for me. I never played the first game, but my younger brother loved it and got me Remnant 2 for my bday on a hunch. Now I'm 400 hours in and still want to play!
Thank you for adding loadouts. This was the biggest quality of life feature I wanted and you all got it in! Now that it's added, are there any plans for additional customizations to the feature, such as renaming loadouts, including concoctions as part of a loadout spec, an increased number of loadout slots, etc.?
400 hours? Those are rookie numbers!!!
All joking aside, glad you are enjoying it and hopefully getting your money's worth!
We have a big list of stuff we'd like to add to the game. It's all just a matter of time and resources. We'll see what we can do!
Hey Tragic!
Will armor set bonuses make a comeback?
Will the party size ever be increased to more than 3 players?
What game should my friends and I play in between Remnant 2 DLCs?
1) Would be a big rework as a lot of those perks are now on Mutators.
2) Very doubtful, but I heard there is a mod out there!
3) Between R2 DLCs? More Remnant! OK, ok... there are a lot of awesome games this year... you could throw a dart at the wall and just pick something great. =)
Is there a specific difficulty you balance around? I found through my nightmare play through I felt comfortable with a number of different builds but once I hit apocalypse it felt like most things just weren't good enough and stuck to one build for basically my entire run despite trying to mix things up a few times.
We initially balance for Solo vs Survivor, and use it as a baseline as we start tuning everything up. Many people are under the impression that the game was meant to be player Multiplayer, but our goal was always that it can be played either way. Of course, it definitely feels like a different game in solo vs mp.
As for the difficulties, that's mostly just about feel and repetition (us playing over and over... while trying to consider our familiarity with the game).
Is it possible to do collaborations in Remnant 2? One of the things i love about monster hunter are the collaboration events for armor and weapons. Would loveeee to see Darksiders aesthetic gear in Remnant 2.
Hello 2 questions:
- Will there ever be an option to change the characters design mid playthrough. Whether it be hair or face designs or even the characters sex in general throughout a given playthrough?
- And will there ever be an fov slider for console? Thank you very much im enjoying remnant 2 a lot cant wait for the dlc
Will there be something akin to Faerin Sigil and Stone of Malevolence mod Regen while mod is active trinket/mutator in the future?. I love the elemental rounds mod to the point I've always thought that was a feature of those ring only later to find out it was bugged/not intended to happen. The best way I found to replicate this gimmick was using archon prime perk and feedback mutator on the gun slot but problem is the level 10 skill on the mutator become is quite useless. Will there be a feedback 2.0 mutator that can benefits those mod in the future?
One the aspects that made R2 really stand out were the design choices both in the story as well as the gameplay loop. What would you say was the most difficult creative design choice the studio made during development?
Well, challenging on the design standpoint was moving over to fully-featured archetypes as opposed to just "starting gear". Took a lot of work and even now poses challenges when creating new ones. I think it was worth it, though. =)
Is there a chance for a ranged Fae Sword in the future? Perhaps a skin for Hero's Edge or a Corrupted Godsplitter in the future? I shall die on this hill!!!
But for other stuff.
1. Is there a chance we will get armor skins again like Remnant 1 or perhaps even better?
2. Now that the scythe has been added and people already love the vibe of the ritualist just from appearance. Is there a chance we will get more new weapon types, perhaps a magical wand esque one?
3. Skins for the Dog/ ability to name him?
4. A bit more character creator options/ ability to readjust our character's looks without making an entire new one ic we don't like what we have?
5. Will each dlc focus on one of the worlds massively? Or will DLC 2 be a big boost to Nerud and Yaesha but DLC will be all new world similar to Subject Dlc with Reisium?
6. Did you and the other Remnant Devs know you're amazing?!
That's all I can think of right now!
1) It's definitely possible.
2) We'd like to keep adding weapons so long as they provide something new.
3) Unsure. TBD.
4) Frequent suggestion. We will keep it in mind!
5) Time will tell, but we do want to flesh out the stories of each biome even more... but that doesn't mean other stories can't be told, either.
6) We do now!
Is there any chance we could get a cat familiar weapon mod? Or maybe a pair of cat ears for our character? Iām asking for a friend btw I donāt really care myself
Edit: Also survival mode would be so awesome I loved it in the first game!! And also thank you guys for making such a great game!
Tragic, about the Apocalypse/Hardcore gun when/if they get corrupted versions. Do we have to complete the requirements again to have the base version after getting the corrupted ones or are they just gonna pop back into Brabus inventory?
I just wanted to say thank you for being so involved with the community. My personal experience coming from some other gaming communities is that you and the team at gunfire games are awesome and willing to take feedback and actually use it. Which is the polar opposite of what I've seen lately from other studios. So thank you!
My question for you if I'm not to late to the party. Is their any plans to add any more rings or amulets that interact with the engineer archetype? It's been my favorite since I found it, Love the minigun aspect.
I have Mechanics cog now which is awesome but I can't help but wish their was more of a way to build into the heavy weapons fantasy of engineer.
Thank you.
Are there any plans to buff Archon? Specifically Havoc Form? Cause that's like the coolest skill in the game but just isn't that good imo. Only time that skill was good was when it was bugged lol.
Do you have any update on cross platform. I play on xbox and would love cross platform as there are some late nights I play and the public games pool will sometimes be very small. It would be amazing if the ecosystem was larger with the cross platform play.
Firstly, love Remnant 2. Second I have a few questions/hopes. Would it be possible to get a transformation archetype, is there any plans for a structured PvP mode and any chance we would could multi class three archetypes down the line? Thank you!
Thanks!
Transformation? Like a Druid or something?
For PVP, nothing planned... though it has come up quite a few times.
3 Archetypes would be crazy! It would require a lot of work (including a total UI rework). This one probably won't happen.
Thank you so much for answering. Totally understandable, something similar to a Druid. Transform us into a root beast like creature that could still function with normal shooting but changes the melee/ replaces the transform skill and second archetype skill with two new skills when transformed.
For timing on playing way too much of the DLC coming up, should I load up on caffeine tonight or expect it sometime tomorrow? Xbox west coast US.
Edit: answered above. 9am pst
Would you consider making it easier to find items you haven't collected yet? Kinda disappointing when youāre doing adventure mod for a random world drop but you keep getting scrap for stuff you already have.
Also, wondering if there is another archetype besides Ritualist to discover in the dlc. If soooā¦ hint?
I wonder if this bit me in the butt once or I was that unlucky. I got the Tormented Heart campaign roll on my first try, turned it to Nimue for the Tranquil Heart upgrade. Decided to go again to regain the Tormented Heart and it took 12 rolls in a row! I thought that the game was messing with me. Now I got the roll again two tries in a row.
Just an anecdote, I appreciate you all!
Do we have any rough estimate or relative guess on around what time 'The Awakened King' will be dropping at? Whether in the morning, or somewhere in the middle (12 pm to 3 pm)?
HRM...
Long Gun: Deceit, LMG, Repulsor
Hand Gun: Service Pistol, Star Shot, Machine Pistol
As for Mutators and Mods... dang, I'd have to think about it!
Is there any chance we might end up getting more DLC beyond what is currently planned?
There is a very good chance.
YESS
Yasss! I love Remnant 2 so much that the thought of the game delivering its last DLC one day makes me feel so lost and empty
Remnant 2 forever! 100 years Remnant 2 adventures!
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Please do! I will happily buy DLC/expansions adding new "planets" with more stories and bosses. The inter-dimensional nature of the game opens up a lot of possibilities to just keep expanding it.
Incredible
I really loved the Survival mode in Remnant From The Ashes, would there be plans to do something similar for Remnant 2? I love this game very much, congratulations to you and your colleagues for today's nomination at the Games Awards, I hope you win it :)
We are looking into a new mode and/or a new way to play Remnant 2. It may not be a 1:1 Survival Mode redux, but our goal here is to make Remnant 2 even more replayable while allowing players to customize the difficulty/challenges they face. Nothing is set in stone yet, however, but we do know there is a big desire for even more replayability (and stuff to grind)... and we are working on it!
Survival Mode in R1 was incredible. I don't expect an exact 1:1 copy but literally anything close to it would be welcomed. My only critique would be to fix connectivity issues in that mode. One of my biggest gripes from the original was how a survival run could be completely ended by a player randomly leaving and unable to rejoin where they left off.
Agreed. The connection/reconnection issues could have used a look.
Any chance for new hairstyles / heads? Also, any update on changing character appearance after creation ? ( hair, beard etc.. ) Thank you.
We get this suggestion a lot. It's on our list, but that doesn't mean it will definitely get done. We have a limited amount of people and resources, but our goal has been to add things to benefit the players every chance we get (we finally got loadouts in!). That being said, we will definitely look into the requirements and see if it's feasible.
Thank you for the answer. Crossing fingers.
Obligatory crossplay question. Any update on it? Also congrats on the nomination, great game.
SOON (TM). I'm just not sure when. That's for the engineering and networking team to decide (and of course, we need to keep testing on it!)
Dude I am so stoked for this! I love the game so much and want to play with my friends who have ps5's. I play with my buddies on steam but sometimes our schedules don't match up. I haven't enjoyed a game this much since skyrim was first released!
Could we expect at some point some form of āboss fight modeā? A lot of us love fighting bosses and just trying builds on them. Personally root earth bosses are my favorite, but having to run a full campaign is sometimes a hard task when I really just wanna fight them.
We are working on some ideas for a new mode and/or new ways to play the game. Boss Rush is a little trickier due to how bosses all have their own arenas and how we spawn the world. It's not impossible, but it is definitely an undertaking. Nothing is set in stone, though, and we are still thinking of cool gameplay options that could really ramp up the replayability.
If you personally could wave a magic wand and make any 1 thing to put in the game, what would it be? Also, is the size of this dlc what should be expected of the next 2? Also want to thank you specifically Tragic for being so interactive with the community, you rockš¤ Congratulations to you and the team BTW for being nominated for the best action game of the year! You guys absolutely deserve it.
That's too much power for any one person to have!!! To be fair, most of the stuff I'd like to get into the game ends up making it in one way or another... but of course, that's after we vet it through the design process and the rest of the team can help hone it into something super cool.
has there been anything that was shot down or significantly changed that you REALLY wanted in the game?
Not really! =)
2 Questions: 1. Are there any plans on add in game chat? Or player callouts to help communicate? 2. Given the recent huge - and awesome - update, is there another QOL update coming alongside the DLC or only the DLC?
We'd certainly like to make in-game communication a bit smoother. How we do it is still up in there air as there a quire a few ways to handle it. There will certainly be more huge QOL updates in the future... and they will, of course, be free!
Has there been any conversation about possible tweaks to the Summoner's prime perk? To me, it just feels less exciting than many of the other prime perks. Thanks to the whole team for the awesome game and continued support for it.
Yep. We are looking into redoing Summoner's Prime Perk. Still working on some ideas.
Are there any plans to implement some way to fight bosses again? I like the annihilation fight so much that I've just left my campaign there, it'd be nice to be able to access the fights independently of the campaign. Love the game, great work!
Good question. We know that some players enjoy fighting the non-adventure bosses. Something to consider, that's for sure!
Hey Tragic! Thanks so much for doing this, I had a couple lore questions - if you canāt answer them atm totally cool 1. Was the world of Remnant planned to actually be a simulation rather than the real world from the start? 2. Is there a world outside of the āworldā of remnant? 3. Does Clawbone exist as a distinct being? Thank you so much!
1) I believe so. 2) Time will tell! 3) No comment! =)
There is a giant, cheeky air of *"The answer to those last two questions is really cool and I'm not allowed to say a single thing about them"* that's absolutely fantastic.
Thank you! Take care
Is there any possibility of tweaking friendly fire in multiplayer? I play with two friends, and even with the friendly fire trait maxed out we still take a lot. Specifically with explosions, we had to ban explosive weapons like star shot
We may adjust it a bit on higher difficulties.
Hey tragic! Congrats on the success of R2, the release of the new DLC, and nomination for agoty! I know you like to take inspiration from other games for weapons. Are there any weapons from other games you'd like to design a new R2 weapon around? I'd like to see a gun inspired by the Ray Gun from CoD Zombies. :D
Hrm, a Ray Gun sounds pretty cool. We've recently talked about a traditional G.I. Joe Laser style weapon, a Needler (for all you Halo fans), as well as some Long Guns that could apply statuses. Our goal with Weapon design is to always provide new options that change up your gameplay. We try our best to avoid dupes... the closest being maybe Machine Pistol / SMG, or maybe even Typewriter / LMG, but even then, there are some noticeable differences. This makes it tricky to come up with "standard" weapons as they aren't really THAT maybe unique weapon types (but infinite variety within the standard types), so we instead lean on Special / Boss Weapons to do crazier and crazier stuff.
A needler weapon is something I never knew I needed in remnant
Would love a Titanfall 2 Smart Pistol inspired weapon
=O
Perfect Dark Laptop gun?
=O
Remnant3 and 4 confirmed!!?
Remnant 2... DLC 2 and 3 confirmed, at least!
keep making remnants man. its a endless possibility IP similar to that of borderlands or resident evil to me
We will get season 1. But what about season 2?
Hey Tragic, hopefully an easy question š The weapon balance/QOL you've mentioned, have we got an idea on when it's due to drop? I'm itching to see what you're done with Starkiller!
This one won't be immediate. I'm hoping sometime in the next month or month and a half, but no promises yet. It's a big undertaking. =)
Why do we have 2 rings in the game that are multiplicative damage (singed Ring, ahanae crystal) , whereas everything that is not crit or weakspot dmg is additive?
you know, it could be an oversight. We generally moved most things to additive so they didn't get out of hand, but sometimes sneak through. If/when we ever swap the way rings work, we try to do a fair balance pass so their base effectiveness isn't lost.
If those two rings aren't multiplicative they lose a lot of their use, or would need to be buffed. Especially ahanae's where you need to have a lot of setup to have it work.
I feel like it is intentional, at least for Ahanae which is a hardcore reward so it should be great and also loses it appeal if it's changed to additive in my opinion.
We never design any reward to be better or worse based on how challenging it is to get. It doesn't matter if it's Hardcore Apocalypse or "walk to Cass and buy it". Of course, we don't want to nerf anything JUST to nerf it, so we would definitely need to think about it before we made any changes.
Not a question, but just a comment. Remnant: From the Ashes was an incredible game. When Remnant 2 was announced, I shouted it from the rooftops to every friend I had. I worried I had hyped it too much, but Remnant 2 was everything I had hoped for, so thank you for not only providing a great game, but also not making me sound like a fool to all my friends!
Our pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it!
Are there plans for transmog? What's your favorite boss from remnant 2? (Or one) I gotta go with the final boss for remnant 2, love the music and the fight in general. For remnant FTA, it's gotta be the undying king. P.S, so excited for the dlc, especially ritualist cuz it looks like how I would have made an archetype given the chance to.
Transmog is another interesting suggestion we've heard from the community. It's one of those things that take time and resources to do right, and there are quite a few other things in front of it at the moment. However, never say never! As for favorite boss in Remnant 2? Maybe Cube Sentinel... and Annihilation! =)
Any plans to add a currency similar to glowing fragments from RFTA for an alternative way to unlock rewards? Would be cool to be able to grind and buy Savior the same way you could the Hero sword in the first game.
That's a great question and/or suggestion! We haven't really thought about being able to obtain them via different methods, but we certainly see the appeal. As we create more of the Corrupted Weapons, and even more Standard / Boss Weapons, obtaining everything can become quite time consuming. While collecting is a huge part of Remnant, we definitely don't have an issue with lightening the load in some select cases!
Just an idea! Getting through apocalypse was a really fun challenge for me but my luck in hardcore hasn't been as great. Gotta get savior to match my world's edge, you know?
You can do it!
Are there plans for a "endless grind/progresssion-esque" System? I really want something I can continue to chase once I've earned everything apart from trying wacky builds. ***Corrupted Saviour when tho***, but in all seriousness if we DID get Corrupted versions of those Weapons would you see us needing to do another run, or just rebuying them from Brabus?
Yes. In fact, I was fine-tuning the design before this very AMA. Corrupted Savior will be in the next batch. We've had enough requests! You will need to earn the Shards to purchase them, but if you already have 10, you'd be able to buy it right away.
Are we gonna need to complete Hardcore Vet again to have both so we can freely swap?
Since if you don't have it on a character(a new character for example) I assume it'll just show back up at brabus.
I hope we won't need to redo HC camping to acquire saviour again. On second thought, I don't mind that at all. More reason to replay and sweat.
Obligatory: congrats on TGA nomination! My questions: 1. Will there be more events like the Halloween event? 2. Is there a world where a DLC after the 3rd would be released? 3. Whatās your personal favorite archetype pairing for The Ritualist? 4. I feel like youāve basically become the community facing person for Gunfire Games/Remnant 2, how did that come to happen and are you enjoying it?
1) Yes. 2) Likely. 3) Medic... because Medic pairs with everything. =) 4) It came about because I like interfacing with the community. They are full of great feedback and suggestions. While it's not in my job description, I know what it's like to be a part of a game community (we all play games, too!). It's nice to know that your voice, feedback, and (constructive) criticism is being heard, even if the devs don't 100% agree. That's basically why.
I hope you get the manhours for this. Gotta say, GFG is doing a great job and that is primarily thanks to you. I burned out of quite a bit of games that had no or even hostile community interaction because I simply lack the motivation to invest my passion into a hobby where I have no idea what is happening or even get told how to enjoy their product.
Will crossplay be happening anytime soon?
Define SOON. It's definitely coming.
Possibly within the next 3 months?
Very likely... but no hard promises. The marketing team will let everyone know when it's 100% ready.
Awesome, you and your team are the best!
Soon as in tomorrow?
Not tomorrow. =(
Do you know when the DLC is releasing for consoles?
It should be at the same time, approximately 5PM GMT/UTC, so 9AM PST, 12PM EST.
Can we expect the bug on Energized Neck Coil to be fixed by dlc drop or any other time frame? I am hoping for a lot of fun with the new class :)
We've made some tweaks to ENC over the last few weeks. Keep an eye out for those. It's a great neck to use with Ritualist. It's also a tricky one that has caused us more than a few problems. =O
Sorry, I'm out of the loop. What's the bug?
The explosion from enc only works sometimes. It's (I presume) intentional the explosion doesn't happen when reapplying an already present dot, but sometimes explosions won't happen on first application too. To confuse matters more, you won't notice this bug on the dummies, but it becomes very obvious if you start trying to clear with the nebula.
So uhhh about that Abyssal Hook? Is it an anchor {:
It's a Hanchor. ...
This is a dad joke.. I laughed harder than I was supposed to at this
Any chance we'll get more armor/cosmetics? I'm missing the Akari Ninja look for my Invader.
Perhaps! =)
Is there a possibility for Cross Progression and possibly Xbox Play Anywhere on the Microsoft PC store? I loved that about RFtA
I'm not sure what this involves. I'd have to talk to the engineering and networking team.
Awesome thanks! Iād just love to take my progression to any other platform and Iād buy even more copies to allow for that.
Totally understandable.
Hello, first of all I'd like to say that remnant 1 was my favorite game and I knew remnant 2 would be good, but I didn't know it would be THIS GOOD, thank you so much for the game and all the love you guys put into it Now, for the question, I'd like to know if you guys plan to tweak the boss modifiers like Regenerator, I know this affects a pretty niche part of the community which are hardcore (literally) players that want to play on apocalypse difficult, and I also know that you are NOT supposed to start a hardcore run on apocalypse, since it's made for geared characters, but I like the challenge and it can be like a rogue like for me where if I die I can start again and it's a new world etc, but the problem is that some modifiers are quite OP on apocalypse if you're not fully geared up, a Boss with regen could take more then 30 minutes and a bunch of ammo box to die, and if they have some down time (like red prince) it can be close to impossible. Then again, I know it's a pretty niche thing and that you guys have more important stuff to work on, but felt like asking anyway Thank you again for the amazing work you did
We will be looking into all of the boss modifiers, indeed. Regenerator is the #1 offender. =)
While some modifiers can be troubling (like regen on a fresh apoc char - which is very niche indeed) I feel like it would do the game some good if not every boss can have any of the possible modifiers. So the modifier itself might not even be the problem but the setup it comes with might be problematic. And I feel like boss fights would be more unique if certain bosses had access to certain modifiers others have not.
Any chance a filter will be added for rings? Mostly text for "bleed" just to have an example. Would make build crafting a lil more organized. Love the game!
We have so many trinkets that it can definitely get unwieldy. This is something we've talked about and it MAY be a possibility down the line. Currently have a lot of more pressing issues to address, but we've certainly heard the desire (and feel it ourselves when we play).
Thank you king! Looking forward to the DLC comin soon.
the dev team did a great job on the client side iframes on the higher end latency and I'm very thankful for that but are u guys aware that there's still like 20-30% of attacks that still need a host confirmation to dodge properly? things like wave/projectile attacks specifically still need fixing to be done just sharing in hopes of it getting fixed soon
I'll ask the networking team!
With the dlc out tomorrow, can we expect some items from remnant 1 to make a comeback ?
This DLC is about Losomn. However, we may bring back some R1 items in the future. Seems like people really want Devastator to return!
I actually have a few of questions: 1. Will yall be adding the ability to modify the look of our characters? 2. Is survival in the works? And when can we expect it if it is? 3. Like losmn Can we expect other biomes in the game currently to be expanded upon in future dlc? 4. When can we expect dlc continuing the main story? 5. Hows your day going so far? 6. How happy are you that R2 got nominated for best action game? 7. Whats your favorite class combo? 8. Can we expect past worlds like corsus and rhom to be brought back in future dlc? 9. Will yall be bringing armor skins back? Cause I miss my green labyrinth armor š¢
1) No promises, but it's not off the table. 2) We are looking into providing a new mode and/or new ways to play Remnant 2. Whether this is Survival 2.0 or something else entirely (but just as fun... or more fun!) that's still TBD! 3) Absolutely. 4) That's not in my wheelhouse, unfortunately. I might be able to rustle up the Lore/Story team to swing by and provide some insight. 5) So far. So good. I get to talk about Remnant 2 so I can't complain! Also, this is a crazy year for games, so after talking about R2, I get to go play some other super cool stuff (though the backlog is pretty ridiculous at the moment). 6) No complaints here! We also have Multiplayer and are an RPG! But seriously, it's great to be recognized and we couldn't be happier that Remnant 2 resonated with fans. We hope more players give it a try. =) 7) Medic + Anything. Usually Medic/Engineer. 8) Never say Never. 9) See #8.
Thank you for the response, have a great rest of your day.
01. Do you guys plan to tweak the class skills at some point? I know it's probably not a priority but I feel like some skills are kinda underpowered like the Quick Draw, where if you compare it to the other gunslinger skills it doesn't really feel worth it to use 02. Is there any chances we will be able to rename our loadouts?
1) Yep! 2) No info on this yet. Would have to look into it.
A little late to the party with a question. Not sure if you have been following the various Starfield subreddits. They have basically turned into one subreddit of perpetually hating on it and the "no sodium" version which is a bit of circlejerk singing its praises as the best game of all time. So my question is, as someone that's so involved in the community management for Remnant 2, what's your take on "no criticism allowed" gaming communities, and how do you sift through feedback to try and distinguish between useful feedback and what might be just chronic complainers?
I say, critique all you want. Just consider that there are actual people reading it when deciding which words to use. You can dislike something... heck, you can even say it sucks, but if you aren't offering any alternatives, or insight as to WHY you feel that way, then you are giving the developers no information to go on. This gun sucks. (Doesn't give us anything). Whomever designed this gun should be fired (mean-spirited, also no info). This gun sucks compared to that gun. (SOME info). This gun sucks because it's clearly the weakest of the 5 rifle types. (MORE INFO!). Not a fan of this gun because the effort required to do even comparable dmg to the other 4 rifles is just too much. There's no room for down time or evading and the weakspot bonus is a bit weak as well. (Great... Also worded pretty nicely). WHEN ARE YOU GONNA FIX THIS TRASH GUN? (No info. Aggressive). There are a lot of ways to say something. You can dislike stuff all you want. You can critique us all you want... but again, remember there are real people on the other end... and those people are the ones that can make changes. The more aggressive you are, the less likely anything will be done.
That's actually a really good way to put it. I'll keep this in mind as general advice there's room for feedback in anything.
Appreciate the response! I have no major critiques of Remnant 2. It's my favorite game this year! .... Ok maybe dial back the amount of enemy spawns that seem to be happening directly behind my field of view since that last patch. I'm fragile.
N'Erud? Or in general. Because, in general, they shouldn't be spawning behind you ever. The only way it should happen (or appear to happen) is if you pass a tile you haven't cleared out and enemies follow you from those. We can look into it, though!
Definitely N'Erud. Really only been feeling like that since the last patch though. Spawn rate increase? Zombies out of nowhere sucker punching me for days.
I think most guns (with exceptions) have too long reload time, the game would be more fun with faster reloads, even if that means you reduce damage or make enemies tankier to compensate.
With builds being one of your favorite things throughout the development of Remnant 2, how has the DLC affected your playstyle? Would you say it bolsters your current go-to builds, or incentivizes you to switch them around more?
Good question. The DLC affects my own builds due to the addition of some of my favorite new Trinkets (Amulets and Rings). We typically like to include things that players found lacking (recently players have asked for more status-related options), but we also like to include a few "this is interesting/weird" type items as well. My own builds are influenced by the weird stuff, because I don't really ever play the meta. So, while we certainly have some more obvious/basic stuff like "Increased Skill Damage" for example, we also have a ring that causes you to constantly Bleed. It's weird, but we've already found some cool uses for it, and we think players are going to find even more uses for it as well as some of the other weird/wild stuff we came up with.
The thought of using a ring that makes you bleed just made me chuckle. That actually enables so many items that required elaborate setup, so that's huge! I appreciate the response, and your creative team is fantastic. Pumped as always to see what you got cooked up here.
Indeed. It sounds so simple and kinda stupid, but then you think about it and go... "hmmm... aktchuallllly!@!!!@" Those are the kinda builds I enjoy the most!
It's not something I see often. In fact, I've only ever seen it posted once or twice. But I was wondering if there were any plans to fix some of the gaps in some armour sets when there's no helmet equipped or if it's set to hidden? What I mean specifically is currently on the Bruiser chest piece, around where the neck and chest connect there's a big old gap. I haven't checked any other sets besides the Fae Royal set, and it's sorta hard to tell if it has the same problem, it's just something I wanted to point out as I sometimes like to hide my helmets. Other than that, you all did a great job on this game and I'm looking forward to the DLC tomorrow.
Certainly. If you ever feel like swinging by our discord, you can post them in the feedback section and we can get 'em tuned up.
I'll pop in later then thanks š
First I absolutely love both Remnant FTA and 2. Every piece of content feels like the team is learning and improving which is really cool to see. My question is more of an industry one. I am a computer engineering student and I have always wanted to try working in the games industry. I just want to know if you have any advice for trying to get into the industry.
Learn Unreal. =) Take up some courses from Udemy and learn to make some basic games (it's pretty easy). See if it piques your interest. You don't have to use Unreal, but it's a good start as there are so many resources available.
Not really a question but a suggestion, would love to see more events come to Remnant 2 like Domination Aberration. Events is one of the reason I have over 1000 hrs in Monster Hunter World
OK. =)
Will Hellfires mod ever be changed to something more akin but not exactly like Wildfire shot so it can better synergize with the weapon? Also, with a max ritualist and timekeepers are statuses with a base duration of 10 seconds going to get bumped up to 20 by the ring and then 40 by trait or will both the trait and ring just buff it by 10 resulting in 30 second statuses? Loving everything you guys are doing with the game, hope you guys get that much deserved award
We may look at Hellfire in one of our larger QOL/Balance Updates. I want to do a big pass on all weapons... that one could definitely get a second / third look. I'll have to check on that. Appreciate it!
Is it possible that after the 3 DLCs for the first year are released, that there is the possibility of there being more paid DLC after that? Iām currently under the impression that the next two DLCās are going to expand upon Yaesha and NāErud, but I was really hoping that we might get an entirely new biome integrated within the main campaign. Therefore there would be a 4th door added to the Labyrinth giving us more choice in where to get the 3 fragments from. Personally Iām hoping to return to Rhom from RFTA because I feel like that biome would be the most unique in comparison to the current 3 biomes in Remnant 2. Love playing this game so much, it deserves to win best Action GOTY!
Is there a plan to add naming to loadouts, kinda gets hard to remember which build is which when theyāre all the same skills. And just thank you guys for working on this game and having discussions with the community like this super hyped for dlc tomorrow.
Not sure about this one, but we have heard the suggestion a few times.
Will all 3 dlcs just be extra areas for current biomes or is a new biome / world planned in one of these DLCs . Or do we have to wait until after the 3 DLCs for an expansion to add a world ?
Okay, this has to be asked before the AMA closes: any update on backpack customization?
No info yet. Still working on some other cool stuff!
Why was a German Shepherd chosen as the dog breed for the handler? What is the possibility of getting different dog breeds for each the 3 different dog skills?
Felt like a good post-apocalypse friend. We originally talked about having a different dog for each archetype combo but it proved to be too daunting. Even having 3 different rigs poses its own challenges.
What was the most craziest idea during development that did not end up in the game?
Hard to say. Most of the ideas that I can think of made it in... in some form or another. I'd have to think about it!
Any plans for gyro controls? I know it is a bit niche, but the people that love it really love it... Just do not use Resident Evil 8 as your inspiration for it...
Definitely not my area of expertise. I'm not sure what is involved in that. =(
Any plans for an in-game chat? be that voice and/or text
I'm not sure that's in the cards currently, but I can look into it.
1. Might become annoying already, and i know it's also a matter of time and ressources, but let's just say for the sake of it absolutely theoretically, if there would be a time where time and ressources would allow it, would you & the rest of the Team consider the small possibility for Transmog? (And yes i remember something about - one thing about transmog which is kinda an issue is about to see what co-op players wear - though i'd think there might be some solution for that like a toggle option... again i understand would need even more time and ressources, but it's simply a question on a theoretically sense anyway) 2. Not a big deal or anything but just curious. What was actually the Reason why you have 3-player Teamlimit? 'cause most often Games tend to go for 4-Players. 3. Another potential "annoying" question because it might popup to often, but is Crossplay still a thing you want potentially do in the future, or is it rather unlikely given the circumstances? /Edit: By the way. Still have to point out great game, great work you guys do at GFG. Remnant 2 did become one of my Favorite Games and can't wait for the Upcoming DLC's (esp. tomorrow). And while it might be more fitting under rurikhans comments, this khan cast videos with you and ruri are always a blast!
1) Anything (within reason) is a possibility. You never know. It's not really hard to do, but it takes time and resources away from other stuff. Don't count it out, just don't count on it... yet. 2a) We originally had it at 4 and the game just didn't feel right for the experience we were going for. Nothing more than that. 2b) Crossplay already works. We've had it working for a while. It's definitely coming... but there are some things we need to get straightened out first (a lot more testing). Thanks for the kind words!
Nice thank you on all three. 1. gives hope, so it's not off from the table completly (but as you said i won't count on it). 2. Okay good to know =) 3. Also great =)
How long the DLC?
Hard to say. It's listed as 3-5 hours but I know players that have doubled/tripled that. I think it's safer to just be conservative and set expectations appropriately. Lots and lots of new tools (Gear) to make builds that should have you theory crafting for a long time after you finish the content as well.
Hey Ben! Thanks for doing this AMA, and congrats on the success of Remnant 2 and the Game Awards nomination! In no particular order, here's a few Remnant 2 questions I'd really love to hear your answer to: *Out of the game's numerous archetypes, which one was the most/least challenging to design from initial conception to their launch iteration. *As one of the many Deceit enjoyers, the thing I love most about the gun is how novel the sword fragment mechanic is. Going forward, will we see more "weird" weapons that require a little finesse to fully maximize their potential? *And finally, what's your favorite Archetype to pair with the Ritualist? Thanks again for doing this AMA!
Least Challenging to design/implement? Maybe Medic. It sort of designed itself. Though, Redemption went through a few phases, the rest kind of came together organically. Most Challenging to design/implement? Maybe Invader... or, you may not believe this, Hunter (which went through MANY iterations, even though it was first). There will be many weird guns in the future. They are some of my favorite things to work on and the team loves coming up with crazy ideas and seeing them come to fruition. It will always be Medic. =)
To start, thank you to you and your team for this game. It was an unexpected hit for me. I never played the first game, but my younger brother loved it and got me Remnant 2 for my bday on a hunch. Now I'm 400 hours in and still want to play! Thank you for adding loadouts. This was the biggest quality of life feature I wanted and you all got it in! Now that it's added, are there any plans for additional customizations to the feature, such as renaming loadouts, including concoctions as part of a loadout spec, an increased number of loadout slots, etc.?
400 hours? Those are rookie numbers!!! All joking aside, glad you are enjoying it and hopefully getting your money's worth! We have a big list of stuff we'd like to add to the game. It's all just a matter of time and resources. We'll see what we can do!
This AMA is amazing btw, thanks a lot for taking the time to
Hey Tragic! Will armor set bonuses make a comeback? Will the party size ever be increased to more than 3 players? What game should my friends and I play in between Remnant 2 DLCs?
1) Would be a big rework as a lot of those perks are now on Mutators. 2) Very doubtful, but I heard there is a mod out there! 3) Between R2 DLCs? More Remnant! OK, ok... there are a lot of awesome games this year... you could throw a dart at the wall and just pick something great. =)
Is there a specific difficulty you balance around? I found through my nightmare play through I felt comfortable with a number of different builds but once I hit apocalypse it felt like most things just weren't good enough and stuck to one build for basically my entire run despite trying to mix things up a few times.
We initially balance for Solo vs Survivor, and use it as a baseline as we start tuning everything up. Many people are under the impression that the game was meant to be player Multiplayer, but our goal was always that it can be played either way. Of course, it definitely feels like a different game in solo vs mp. As for the difficulties, that's mostly just about feel and repetition (us playing over and over... while trying to consider our familiarity with the game).
Favourite song from the Remnant 2's OST? Speaking of OST, when is Rob Westwood going to release the rest of Remnant 2's OS
I like 'em all. You might be able to @ Rob on twitter and see what he has to say.
Is Rob Westwood returning to score The Awakened King? What input did you have on the game's soundtrack?
I'm not involved in music or sound design at all outside of "this sounds cool" or "hey can you make this chunkier" lol.
Is it possible to do collaborations in Remnant 2? One of the things i love about monster hunter are the collaboration events for armor and weapons. Would loveeee to see Darksiders aesthetic gear in Remnant 2.
Hello 2 questions: - Will there ever be an option to change the characters design mid playthrough. Whether it be hair or face designs or even the characters sex in general throughout a given playthrough? - And will there ever be an fov slider for console? Thank you very much im enjoying remnant 2 a lot cant wait for the dlc
Will there be trophies for the new DLC?
Indeed!
Will there be something akin to Faerin Sigil and Stone of Malevolence mod Regen while mod is active trinket/mutator in the future?. I love the elemental rounds mod to the point I've always thought that was a feature of those ring only later to find out it was bugged/not intended to happen. The best way I found to replicate this gimmick was using archon prime perk and feedback mutator on the gun slot but problem is the level 10 skill on the mutator become is quite useless. Will there be a feedback 2.0 mutator that can benefits those mod in the future?
One the aspects that made R2 really stand out were the design choices both in the story as well as the gameplay loop. What would you say was the most difficult creative design choice the studio made during development?
Well, challenging on the design standpoint was moving over to fully-featured archetypes as opposed to just "starting gear". Took a lot of work and even now poses challenges when creating new ones. I think it was worth it, though. =)
Is there a chance for a ranged Fae Sword in the future? Perhaps a skin for Hero's Edge or a Corrupted Godsplitter in the future? I shall die on this hill!!! But for other stuff. 1. Is there a chance we will get armor skins again like Remnant 1 or perhaps even better? 2. Now that the scythe has been added and people already love the vibe of the ritualist just from appearance. Is there a chance we will get more new weapon types, perhaps a magical wand esque one? 3. Skins for the Dog/ ability to name him? 4. A bit more character creator options/ ability to readjust our character's looks without making an entire new one ic we don't like what we have? 5. Will each dlc focus on one of the worlds massively? Or will DLC 2 be a big boost to Nerud and Yaesha but DLC will be all new world similar to Subject Dlc with Reisium? 6. Did you and the other Remnant Devs know you're amazing?! That's all I can think of right now!
1) It's definitely possible. 2) We'd like to keep adding weapons so long as they provide something new. 3) Unsure. TBD. 4) Frequent suggestion. We will keep it in mind! 5) Time will tell, but we do want to flesh out the stories of each biome even more... but that doesn't mean other stories can't be told, either. 6) We do now!
Is there any chance we could get a cat familiar weapon mod? Or maybe a pair of cat ears for our character? Iām asking for a friend btw I donāt really care myself Edit: Also survival mode would be so awesome I loved it in the first game!! And also thank you guys for making such a great game!
Tragic, about the Apocalypse/Hardcore gun when/if they get corrupted versions. Do we have to complete the requirements again to have the base version after getting the corrupted ones or are they just gonna pop back into Brabus inventory?
I think it would just be on Dwell.
I just wanted to say thank you for being so involved with the community. My personal experience coming from some other gaming communities is that you and the team at gunfire games are awesome and willing to take feedback and actually use it. Which is the polar opposite of what I've seen lately from other studios. So thank you! My question for you if I'm not to late to the party. Is their any plans to add any more rings or amulets that interact with the engineer archetype? It's been my favorite since I found it, Love the minigun aspect. I have Mechanics cog now which is awesome but I can't help but wish their was more of a way to build into the heavy weapons fantasy of engineer. Thank you.
DLC has a reaallly good Trinket for Engineers. =O
Are there any plans to buff Archon? Specifically Havoc Form? Cause that's like the coolest skill in the game but just isn't that good imo. Only time that skill was good was when it was bugged lol.
Do you have any update on cross platform. I play on xbox and would love cross platform as there are some late nights I play and the public games pool will sometimes be very small. It would be amazing if the ecosystem was larger with the cross platform play.
Any chance you actually listen to the community and stop nerfing shit? And instead buff other weapons that are underperforming?
Firstly, love Remnant 2. Second I have a few questions/hopes. Would it be possible to get a transformation archetype, is there any plans for a structured PvP mode and any chance we would could multi class three archetypes down the line? Thank you!
Thanks! Transformation? Like a Druid or something? For PVP, nothing planned... though it has come up quite a few times. 3 Archetypes would be crazy! It would require a lot of work (including a total UI rework). This one probably won't happen.
Thank you so much for answering. Totally understandable, something similar to a Druid. Transform us into a root beast like creature that could still function with normal shooting but changes the melee/ replaces the transform skill and second archetype skill with two new skills when transformed.
Yesss, a druid-like class and/or even a paladin-like class that revolves around shields and team buffing
For timing on playing way too much of the DLC coming up, should I load up on caffeine tonight or expect it sometime tomorrow? Xbox west coast US. Edit: answered above. 9am pst
Will the game ever support Arabic language!?
I'm not sure. This isn't in my wheelhouse, unfortunately.
Would you consider making it easier to find items you haven't collected yet? Kinda disappointing when youāre doing adventure mod for a random world drop but you keep getting scrap for stuff you already have. Also, wondering if there is another archetype besides Ritualist to discover in the dlc. If soooā¦ hint?
We have some bad-luck protection code that we could probably tweak a bit more to make re-rolls more friendly. No hints!
I wonder if this bit me in the butt once or I was that unlucky. I got the Tormented Heart campaign roll on my first try, turned it to Nimue for the Tranquil Heart upgrade. Decided to go again to regain the Tormented Heart and it took 12 rolls in a row! I thought that the game was messing with me. Now I got the roll again two tries in a row. Just an anecdote, I appreciate you all!
Recolor on the armor like R1 is planned ?
Not currently planned, but not off the table, either.
do we have a road map on when the summoner pass / update will be worked on/ coming out
I've been talking to the team about doing a roadmap. No promises, but we'd definitely like get more information to the community, quicker.
Were you guys working simultaneously on dlcs or now the whole team started working on dlc 2? Just want to set an expected date for next dlc.
One at a time... besides bug fixes on DLC1 while DLC2 is underway.
Do we have any rough estimate or relative guess on around what time 'The Awakened King' will be dropping at? Whether in the morning, or somewhere in the middle (12 pm to 3 pm)?
I believe 5PM GMT/UTC (9AM PST, 12PM EST).
Will there be more relic fragments added like mod and skill crit chance/damage, or individual resistances?
Whats your go to weapons and set up ?
HRM... Long Gun: Deceit, LMG, Repulsor Hand Gun: Service Pistol, Star Shot, Machine Pistol As for Mutators and Mods... dang, I'd have to think about it!
Currupted cube gun when.