The stream was hosted by Andy, Andrew & Spynosaur. The main topic was the soon to be added Agent System.
It was a really “infodump” stream and you should watch it to get the full context. The recording can be found on twitch and youtube.
Last weeks
- They thanks everyone for having fun and participating in the bonus events
- They will probably cycle through them again later the year again
- There are a few ideas for future events like them
- Andy put out a very brief video out on social media about the Agent system: Twitter
- He also was on Beyond the Veil talking about it Twitch recording & My summary
Agent Network
Overview
- Meant to go along with the new content drop
- Telling a few more stories from around the world that don’t get a full content area
- Unlocks at Level 15, your faction will let you handle our own agents
- Thematically the missions are similar to what the players do
- The Agent Network will be released sometime next week
- Everyone starts fresh with this system
- If you are above 15, you get an SMS that leads into the agent network tutorial
- There will be a blogpost about the system as well
- They would have loved to make this available in an app as well, but did not have the resources for that. It’s ingame only.
- So far the content will not be scaled up for this, but if it breaks content that might have to be revisited.
Interface
- Opened by the P key (no real meaning, one of the non combo keys still free)
- It shows the roster of agents, ongoing missions
- You can view Agents dossier with quite a bit of lore about them in a report style
- The agents stats and bonuses to the player are displayed
- The gear of the agent (1 slot) can be changed
- Agents can be filtered and sorted
- Active and open missions can be viewed
Missions
- 6 Categories of missions (diamonds)
- You unlock each category through the agent network (as your agents get capable to run them)
- They get more difficult ect.
- Each mission has a lore description
- Rewards are items for your character (Distilled item XP for example), Mission resources, agent XP, agent dossiers or gear
- Missions have bonus objectives
- If your agent’s traits match the mission, you get additional rewards
- Agents have a affinity for a mission in percent
- It represents the total chance for success and outstanding results (aka chance for getting loot)
- Even unsuccessful missions give some XP but no loot
- Missions take quite a while (we have seen timers in hours)
- You get a mission report with the outcome once the missions is completed
- The reports have also small easter eggs and lore depending on what Agent did them
- Some missions are chains, succeeding one unlocks others
- The missions get refreshed after a certain time, the time differs depending on the mission slot & type
- Missions can re-appear, but should not be available for taking twice at the same time
- The mission continues when the player is offline
- You can pay aurum to instantly finish a mission, cost depends on time left
- Players start with one active missions slot
- Mission slot 2 unlocks when you get the second agent
- One mission slot is extra for patrons
Missions - Resources
- Intel, Supply & Assets Resources that might be required by a mission
- Rewards for completed missions usually will be different recourses than what was spend
- Some Agents are more likely to receive certain resources than others
Special Mission
- Unlocked after first mission
- Weekly mission refresh timer (you can do it once a week)
- No requirements other than an agent
- Great rewards & Guaranteed success
- Meant for people to have a reason to at least regularly look into the Agent Network
Agents - Mechanics
- Each agent has a level 25 and a level 50 bonus for you the player
- There are bonuses for every weapon and playstyle
- The level 25 bonus usually is half the level 50 bonus
- Up to 3 agents can be equipped at the same time by a player
- If you have two agents equipped with the same bonus, they stack
- The first slot for equipping agents is unlocked when the first agent reaches level 25
- Other slots unlock later, no payment, all within the Agent system
- Agents have up to two, unique traits
- While unique, some traits might have similar effects
- There are 6 types of traits (Supernatural, Power, Dexterity, Resilience, Intelligence, Charisma)
- Agents have three stats: Prowess, Adaptability & Ingenuity
- Agent gear can give traits and stat bonuses
- One gear slot / agent
- Gear will overflow into your main inventory if the Agent Network inventory is full
- You can not change the gear of Agents while they are on missions
- Equipping gear binds it to the character (interchangeable between agents) and costs no currency
- The first agents might take a bit longer, but with gear and higher mission the later agents will not take as long
- Roster size is 40
- No agent dating
Agents - Dossiers
- Agent dossier are usable items that grant you an agent
- You get to view the dossier (lore, stats) before you put them into the roster to decide if you want to use it, or sell it
- Dossier content (lore, stats) but can review it in there any time
- Some can be sold on the auction house
- Sources for dossiers are: Agent missions, elite dungeons, achievements, scenarios, lairs, raid-finder
- Savage coast onwards Action and Sabotage have a chance as well
- Agent dossiers are specific to the activity, for example scenario agent dossiers will not drop in dungeons
- Regions of the missions matter too
- Where what agent is to get from should be found out by the community together, information sharing is encouraged.
- You can get all agents, but no agent twice
- There are “shiny” agent dossiers, they do not have better stats or something, just look better (like foil trading cards)
- Shiny agents take the slot of the normal version if you get them
Agents - Boosters
- Agent boosters can be bought with aurum
- They contain dossiers & gear
- The boosters do not have any agents that are not available otherwise ( you can get all agents without purchase)
- Some agents are available through the boosters
- You can sell dossiers & agent gear from boosters for Hexcoins & buy dossiers and gear bags with those
Miscellaneous
- Next stream is planed for 9th of March and they will have a lot to talk about
- More story content will come shortly after the release of the Agent System
- Forums are open: https://forums.funcom.com
- Funcom will announce a new game next week https://www.countdown2zero.com/
Please let me know if I missed something or got it wrong!
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