NEW MASTERIES, WARD REWORK, CYCLE 2 AND MORE! | DEV STREAM RE-CAP | LAST EPOCH

[@TonyBingGaming]

Make sure to hit like and leave a comment below if you want to see me continue to break these down going forward.

[@Azarthes]

This dev interview is so fun because this is a dev that is clearly not media trained. As they grow more successful these interviews will become less raw and more filtered as these devs learn what to talk about and how to be more well spoken. We should cherish these interviews

[@danielmuller2695]

He reminds me of Mortdog a TFT DEV.

[@jasonbonadio8870]

Don't see Mike changing that much to be honest lol

[@billthecanuck]

thanks for doing these summaries man, i dont usually have time to sit thru the stream the whole time. I'm still having a blast with LE, started my 3rd character yesterday frostclaw runemaster, neat build, reminds me of playing scarlet witch back in marvel heroes ;)

[@SirLinko]

Perfect way to do these videos thank you so much for just putting the raw footage in there. Appreciate it!

[@TonyBingGaming]

No problem!

[@codythomssen9337]

I want to support these devs. I am so over AAA games, the people there are probably awesome but they are limited by the big business. Indie devs are great

[@Bebopvicious00]

Ward us the only defensive option. Playing sentinal, i cant get nearly the health pool that ward generates. To me they made ward the only true high level survival tool.

[@thomasb5307]

It's getting pretty boring to see every guide of every classes use the same low life ward generating uniques, but as you said the real issue is health struggles to keep up especially when we factor the lags on online mode

[@CRESELEG]

You can build fairly high life, I have a Pally with 5400 life, 70% block, 65% block mitigation, 60ish% armor mitigation and I think 10% dodge and now parry. The issue is, even though he survives well he can't kill stuff for crap. Obviously that's not an issue for ward based characters. Edit: life total.

[@yaaaamaaaa]

Would be awesome if they rework forgeguard to have armour iron suits that he can activate for different occasions

[@TheMaxxsj]

love the re caps ! ecxelent stuff ,, just a quick thing if any devs read this, we need food , we are hungry , we gonna need some content soonish or ppl will burn out soonish

[@FrozenSentinel]

I just want to comment on "Is it intended that higher corruption = lower LP on uniques" question @ 13:05, having been one of the testers likely referenced on this. My testing ONLY looked at PROPHECY DROPS specifically, and given the sample size I was able to collect myself manually, it is still entirely possible that the difference I was trying to measure was smaller than the actual noise as a result of a relatively small sample. I did go to efforts to control for this using math, as explained in my video / spreadsheet, but it is hard to confirm or deny a problem like this without the tools EHG has at their disposal. That said, I just want to make it completely clear, I never said as a general statement that Corruption generally reduces LP chance on Unique items. I also believe what Mike said is at least true for normal monster kills / boss drop scenarios. There could be some weird stuff going on with very specific situations, but we should be careful with taking stuff out of context using overly generalized statements.

[@pietervanderzwaan4295]

I can guess the next 3-5 cycles are just for improving and expanding a bit, which i fully support and afterwards then the new kinds of stuff will come (my idea of their progression).

[@crispinroberts4449]

Love the recaps! Thanks for putting in the work.

[@duberdurm]

The currency/rank/favor system is the biggest drag of the game. You could roll an alt, but that alt has to be the same faction as your main or it starts from nothing. You have to farm rank, gold and favor to buy things in the merchant guild, and then you can't give items to your alt because of the rank and faction reqs on the item (forcing you to choose a faction you may not want for that alt). I hope they make getting ranks faster at the very least.

[@TonyBingGaming]

I do like the system they have but agree on it being sped up for sure.

[@edgybravo4287]

Are you sure? I started alts and was max ranked cof right away from my previous character. Unless youre saying if you roll a second character and switching to mg from cof on a second character. Yeah I mena that makes sense you shouldn't be rank 10 mg you should have to level it up from scratch.

[@Afura33]

I agree, doesn't make much fun to trade in its current state :( hope it's going to change or adjuste in the future.

[@Afura33]

Good info, thank you. In case they add character customization I hope they give you something like a token that allows people that play non cycle and already have a bunch of characters to customize these characters afterwards. Inspect other players option would be pretty cool not gonna lie.

[@goransekulic3671]

I am extremely happy to hear that they want to fix the mess that is here right now before trying to add any new classes and / or masteries into equation. That's how it's done! Oh and also not dramatizing with FG memes. I agree that small steps need to be taken first because FG can easily fly off the handle. As for Transmog, oh well. There are mods for that, I can live. And I am still against full character customization. I would rather them not spend money on that. If GGG didn't touch who Marauder or Duelist are ... I don't see any reason to do it here. Imo, it is a waste of resources. Thank you Tony!

[@Yashu333]

Please add some level of customization to the characters - male/female options/basic facial customization.

[@Asmodeius]

straight to the point and honest. all we needed!

[@DanielgunKim]

Thank you for this! I hope they add more special cycle-based content. I don’t care about the ladder so unless they do, I have no reason to move to the new one-especially knowing how long it takes to farm to lvl 10 in factions and high corruptions.

[@marzatplay]

Love these recaps. TYVM.

[@Boonatix]

Approaching 600 corruption, still dropping 0lp Frostbite Shackels... all the time. So I have no idea how high I need to push to finally get at least 2lp ones :D

[@Dredswich]

Oh i like this recaps for people who are interested in the game. Thanks

[@offvanhooijdonk]

I've heard about possible Idols crafting. What I have to say: please don't implement forging idols in Forge! Let it be different! I came up with a sort of idea, just adding thoughts ⏩: * We have 4 Gods in the game, so let's bound idols to Gods - it's logical! * Add another NPC like Priest variant for pagans, which serves all 4 (just not to have too many of them) - place in the towns just like a Gambler. * Add Idols Stubs - they don't have any affixes, or maybe have a type-specific ones like weapon has added damage. Can even make them of 4 types - one for each God (or more than 1?) * Stubs drop as any loot. Bring them to the Priest, make a gold sacrifice to a specific God - gain new affix. Here rolls can be different - depending on God, add shards for higher chance of some roll or the opposite - sacrificed shards won't roll. Or: any God has a number of preferred damage types, resistances etc that they would consume as sacrifice and that is why those affixes won't roll on the Idol Stub 🤯. number of affixes to roll - TBD * Further gold sacrifices for the idol can improve the roll within its tire * How do you get higher tires? Progression of Gods Favours! Say each God have a Favour rank for you from 1 to 12 (or 6, 8 - TBD). So as you progress through a God Favour - you get tires on this God's idols, they're automatically upgraded with current roll proportion (if you had max resistance within 1st tire - you have max within 2nd etc.) * How you get Favour 🤔 . Can get some points when sacrifice gold for Idols upgrade. But won't get you too far, say ~3 Favours tires. Then you need more Favour points for next tires. It's TBD how to progress further - maybe you can sacrifice some specific gear of Gods interest: say Rahyeh enjoys rings/sceptres, maybe with particular affixes.. then an Exalted ring.. and on; or something else. Numerous things are possible, just let's not narrow it to monster types killed. Can even add some specific currency to sacrifice to Gods - but it needs some lore. * Also Gods Favour should wain with time or actions - TBD. Then your Idols get their tire relegated: you had tire 7 - now it's 6. So keep Gods satisfied. Yes some are "dead" - but still they're Gods, right, they somehow exist in the world * Phew... Finally: At some point, say around character/monolith/arena level 75-85 and God favour starting at "2 or 3 to the last" player gets quest, completing which you seal you Favour tire for the character forever. say max 12 tires, you're at 9 and fine - now it is always 9, and you're Heorot's Champion. No moving up or down with this God. And the same you can do for others. Maybe you can have only one of the highest tier. At some point later (after some Cycles pass) can thing of adding Eterra herself to it, and even Orobyss.. That's all, folks, that what distracted me from proper sleeping this night. Just would be happy if Idols go Godly (haha) and crafting would differ from gear's one, and there's some lore about it. Good time to the 11th Hour Studio!!

[@TonyBingGaming]

Great post! You should share on Reddit/Discord to get feedback :)

[@offvanhooijdonk]

@@TonyBingGaming Thank you ) I don't use Discord ) gonna try Reddit, should I place any tag ? If you share and link this post - I'm fine as well )

[@TonyBingGaming]

@@offvanhooijdonk Think there is a suggestion or discussion tag :)

[@triptripacy4418]

I can't wait to see what the future holds for this game. I only have 300ish hours in last epoch and it's already my favorite arpg. I have over 3000hrs in poe and I have found the more recent leagues of it redundant and lazy, I got excited for the "transfigured gems" but like 90% didn't even alter the skills that much with the exception of summon zombie becoming an attack instead of a constant minion. I feel like LE is already equal to (if not better) than poe and the only thing that sets them apart is 10+ years of content. So I can only imagine what Eleventh Hour Games can cook up in that window.

[@EldenPing]

Would love to see new classes and more bosses!!!

[@parabolgravity]

thank you for all you do

[@theonetruemorty4078]

Wouldn't mind seeing a pure AoE mastery. Acolyte blood/dark ritual AoE, mage arcane/righteous fire variant, primalist earth or wind (earthbender/airbender style maybe) with rock golem or will 'o wisp form, etc. Without being completely derivative obviously. I trust the devs to keep it fresh, I love this game.

[@Cennix_1776]

Honestly I think Wards place would be fine, if other defensive mechanics were at the same level of power. Why does Ward just require ward gain, threshold, and retention, but non ward builds need endurance, endurance threshold, health, crit damage reduction, crit chance reduction AND block or dodge cap or both, and leech, and is STILL inferior just just stacking the three ward stats? I’m not sure if it’s fair to say that endurance and endurance threshold need to be buffed, but logically endurance and endurance threshold should be enough to match pace with ward retention and threshold, and health stacking should match pace with ward generation.

[@fukei1182]

These recaps are awesome, thanks!

[@ConvoyD2]

Thank you for these videos.

[@DoctorZaeus]

Come for the accent, stay for the info.

[@semi6544]

I hope the next base class is martial artist or fighter. A way to have a you could have masteries like samurai, monk, wrestler, and Cultivator. It would be so awesome.

[@TonyBingGaming]

I honestly think it me be a Nagasa (the snake in the thumbnail).

[@DeputyFish]

Yoooo snussy@@TonyBingGaming

[@SALYOU100]

Thanks for the amazing videos!

[@ryanbienvenu6096]

Well he sounded confident in higher corruption = better gear/ more LP. But that has certainly not been my friends and I experience and I'm farming 700. Got my better gear and more LP (on the items I'm targeting) in the 100 - 200's... Also watched a streamer video by FrozenSentinel (Corruption vs Legendary potential (prophecies)?!) who completed a detailed spreadsheet test that yielded more LP+ in 100 corruption vs 1000 and my personal experience matches this. Either I have really bad RnG or the Dev's need to take a closer look.

[@ershovmisha]

Did you farm 700 and 100-200 on the same speed?

[@FrozenSentinel]

I believe my testing has been taken out of context a bit here, it "seems" to be the case that corruption does not affect LP from prophecy drops, but I do still believe it affects normal monster drops, normal boss drops, etc. That said, with the sample size I was able to get myself it is still entirely possible that the noise in my data was greater than the difference I was trying to measure making it inconclusive as Mike said.

[@Azarthes]

If the devs are confident then you are probably just unlucko

[@edgybravo4287]

Corruption does NOT affect LP dropped from prophecies

[@gesto211]

Need to come up with some sort of “smart economy” dynamic regulation, akin to the fed setting interest & tax rates and throttling currency production. Fully open, free market economies don’t work, and will eventually break every time.

[@kennyhouser3467]

The Fed is quite literally the worst thing that ever happened to the US... Free markets work fine when they are FAIR and driven by competition/innovation. The problem here is the complete lack a cost benefit analysis review.

[@McTripsRipz]

thanks for the video

[@ghostlightx9005]

What's the problem with legacy being the better long-term option and cycles are specifically for resets, ladder and fresh starts?

[@gerbo8018]

Tbh the faction ranks where a massive pain point. I played quite a bit before the poe league and i never reached rank 10. Ofc i'm not the most hardcore gamer but this is a major issue as it locks me out of alot of things. And i know there are more casual gamers then me who just don't reach even close to rank 10

[@ChunkyROX]

WTH.. they update so fast😂

[@hangupanddrive]

I'd be happy with Summon Bear being a viable build, but so far only wolves are.

[@kennyhouser3467]

Don't D4-ify LE Druids please. The 3 pet meta in that game is both dumb and boring.

[@Xenobebop]

Regarding forge guard, i agree the intent is good but the class doesn't play like the intent. Every way of actually summoning minions feels bad because it requires full investment from 2 skills just to get them on the field. The class can't scale survivability so it's not tanky. 99% of build options aren't viable with a shield which is sad when half the mastery skills have the word "shield" in them. Shield wall is literally a troll skill. You might be right, but after a few hundred hours trying to get forge guard to feel anything like it advertises it should... it makes me think more than just a few nodes need tuning. Fixing the class with a handful of chase uniques wouldn't resolve the identity conflict of a shield based summoner that can't reliably summon and only chooses shield skills after reaching the "castable with a 2h weapon" node.

[@Aziraphale686]

I would much rather they focus on adding more skills to existing classes, rather than creating entirely new subclasses.

[@Thowzand_]

excited

[@jasonbonadio8870]

I plsyed forge guard this cycle, snd it was fun for sure. However a bit clunky.

[@truesnipereye]

Nice recap!

[@voswouter87]

Please focus on balance first. Is it true that at high level resistances reduce total damage taken by less than half? Because of penetration. So getting 75% of 7 stats reduces damage taken from 175% to 100%. That seems like a wasted effort.

[@MrWitz90]

Sometimes I'm impressed with the devs, and other times I wonder why some of the things they think are just straight up dumb. I tried warning them a long time ago that Lightless Harbor being the only means of removing gold from the economy would do NOTHING because no one in MG would gamble their gold. In what reality were they living in, thinking inflation would stay within acceptable bounds?

[@j45002]

Wow I'm so surprised they didn't take your advice chepaco3290

[@MrWitz90]

​@@j45002I am too. After all, I know everything and I'm never wrong. 😊

[@tonynippolei]

Pretty sure all devs make good and bad decisions. Gold sink is not going to help. It just delays the inevitable. Giving MG players better drop rates to create a surplus of good items makes more sense

[@apharys8921]

Wonder if it'd be better to have a unique currency tied to the market to limit how much you can get. Any gold sink is only going to apply to certain people and won't last forever, unless they add something like repair costs (yuck).

[@ershovmisha]

@@apharys8921 well, we already have influence, why not use this as currency? I am sitting on 9999999 cap and i cant do anything with it except stupid merchant gambling.

[@cc66bb44]

you need. to make our regular defenses more meaningful and impactful. resistance right now have zero impact because 1. mobs do insane damage and bypass it 2. mobs have 100% de buff uptime. we can get 1 shot easily as it stand now, and this is the reason ward is the best defense . in this game mobs can are hitting for 60 k easy. yet you do not allow us to have 60k plus hit pint at all, or anywhere close to it. I think the most hp I've seen is around 4kish. yet we can build wards to 60k levels. you have to make resosts, block, dodge and parry all ah e much higher values otherwise ward is the way to go

[@GerriFuryman]

You not supposed to be able to get to the point where mobs deal 60k dmg, ward is the reason why people clear up to 4k corruption while we should be on 800-1000 max with ideal gear. He said it previously that 1000+ corruption was not supposed to be achievable.

[@GIJoe-hc8mr]

They should really sort out all the skill bugs and their root cause before making new content, IMO

[@offvanhooijdonk]

Pleeeease let cosmetics into Offline mode! I have some and I'd be happy to see them ) Online mode is just too laggy for me for an unknown reason (ping 55ms), can fix it, can't find it reproducible by someone on the Internet, so I'm bound to Offline mode. Pleease let cosmetics there. What's the big deal?

[@leonesavabel3651]

all i want is to devs make balance in all skills. i love the diversity of builds buuut when only 1 build from all the builds wecan choose can push to 1000+ is like playing again D4. (Primalist/Druid point of view)

[@pietervanderzwaan4295]

In their defence this is still an indie game compared to D4 which is more like an AAA game.

[@goransekulic3671]

All skills? And what else? World peace? I just want all skills to be fully viable for campaign + up to 100-200 Corru(later part is optional ; but at the very least to 100). And devs, Mike included, need to be adamant and clearly state that 650+ don't really matter. Currently skills are all over the place.

[@leonesavabel3651]

@@goransekulic3671 balance means dont allow some builds to do crr100-300 and some others 3000+ i mean i dont have a problem with some builds running the 100-300 but dont allow the gap to be so big. Some builds doing x10 more dmg is just not having a balanced game. Then buff all other main skills to be eable to reach to 1000+ or reduce the dmg of those skills to dont get past 700-1000.

[@TonyBingGaming]

Yeah balance is a MAJOR issue atm.

[@goransekulic3671]

@@leonesavabel3651 Nerf is not the way. That is going to cause outrage that could heavily damage the game('s future). Power Creep also isn't a happy outcome, but ... ... that's why they are the pros. And paid for that.

[@thecheecko]

Forge guard should be like more blacksmith like. Not minion like ........

[@TonyBingGaming]

I actually like the minion aspect it just need to do more dmg.

[@RaumBances]

Wow, he was painful to listen to. Thank you for the recap.

[@vicmccracken3042]

Dude needs a loot filter 😅

[@Mason1le]

What build is he playing?

[@TonyBingGaming]

Falconer potion setup.

[@tomy8534]

Hello. Why subtitles are down?

[@Afura33]

They are working for me.

[@PJ-zy4wo]

Billions and billions!? How??? I don't even "millions" How do people make billions!?1😡

[@KinngMe]

Buying gold my friend but I did just find a siphon ring lp 3 and they are going for 800mil I put it up for 550mil

[@LevelForge]

Ok well I guess no point to play then like I grind 300h and then next cycle or maybe in a year I have to start from 0 lol cause permanent doesn’t get any updates idk who wants to start from 0 4 times a year it’s not like it’s easy to get capped it takes ages since drop chance for relevant items is so low

[@TonyBingGaming]

Legacy will get same updates as cycle.

[@billthecanuck]

pretty much every arpg is seasonal, the initial grind and gearing up when you dont have a lot of resources is part of the fun of the arpg experience, at least for me, so i enjoy starting over and blasting a new character or two up every season in other games like poe/d3/d4 etc...

[@LevelForge]

@@TonyBingGaming oh ok cause when he said that it sounded like at the start it will be the same for both but the more it goes on they do cycle exclusive updates

[@boombabitch]

Thats how every ARPG is no one plays legacy besides 3 people

[@LevelForge]

@@boombabitch well count me in then I don’t see the point of starting over again

[@GerdionXT]

What about that dot damage from area skill that just deleting your ward anyway ? :P

[@platurk]

Not much thing coming.. Game is good but i got bored really quick after lvl 95... doing same things over and over for same items only for better LP meaningless after a while.. Pushing corruption means what? I love this kind of games but you should find a better end game systems. Forexample you can change monolith system to group event system. People can register group finder. and system can make a random 10 men group. You can let them farm the monolith they are looking for. after run ends, system can teleport them to a mini arena place. So 10 men can kill each other for all the things(items, runes, uniques...) they had from monolith! that can be an UNIQUE and fun system. You can open a new page for entire this kind of game history. You should add player vs player interructions, otherwise game will be boring and cant have long life..

[@KinngMe]

Good idea but he did say they will eventually put pvp in the game but like you said they need to bring some change to monoliths because I’m getting bored I have 3 characters at 95 almost and I’m getting burnt out

[@platurk]

@@KinngMe +1 about monoliths.

[@boombabitch]

The game just got released it has way more content than POE at release chill out and take a break

[@DarkBlackGod14]

Im kinda fuming that FM gets rework, but the whole situation of Sorc/RM isnt on the list. For real, they have to literally rework RM or buff sorc - probably both. FG being this weak is a problem, but this could be simply adjusted by buff. The fact that RM can be better sorc than sorc itself, basically ignoring it core mechanic, is a problem worthy of rework. The fact that sorc supposed to benefit from casting expensive spells, yet have NOTHING to support this is just stupid. Look at all specs - all the ones who have some sort of unic passive have talents thatn enchance it. Yet sorc has only few really weak ones to add a tiniest bit of mana or manaregen. And most of them isnt even in sorc tree. I recently started trying FG, and its fun AF, im not in the endgame with it yet, but i have watched a ton of content to understand what excatly is this spec endgame problems, and i just cant understand one thing. You have a class thats ridiculously fun and interesting to play, and is underperforming - so instead of buffing it you rework it. And you have a class thats literally a worse version of another class, where they both need a rework(for one to focus on its core ability more, and for other to be stronger), and yet you dont anounce not only a rework - even a buffs. I get it that after all this humiliation sorc playerbase are so low, that their cry isnt even heard at this point, but god, why? Isnt it kind of obvious problem? Not to mention other classes. Primalist could use a rework for at the very least to 2 specs. Acolyte clearly deserves a nerf to 2 specs, and rogue needs full rework, cause one of his specs are broken and other 2 are low-mid tier at best. Dont get me wrong, FG clearly needs a buff, im all for it. But out of all classes - hes probably the one, who needs rework last. He just needs few numbers cranked.

[@DarkBlackGod14]

And yeah, to clerify - im not saying i have watched all of those videos. But i clearly watched most if not all. And never seen this issue even adressed.

[@TonyBingGaming]

He did only mention FG as tons of people were asking about it so don't take this from it has a priority over any other classes.

[@DarkBlackGod14]

@@TonyBingGaming thanx for clarifying, I forgotten this was a Livestream

[@albertozabeo77]

1.1 is the new cycle? I hope is not.

[@TonyBingGaming]

How come?

[@wilgecko9216]

@@TonyBingGaming sound like he doesn't want cycle 1 to end, I dont blame him, cuz it's fun!

[@wisnia8139]

No chance of drop. I spent 200 hours just to get gloves that didn't fall out. on corruption 600. and other players get these gloves for 100. Is this a bug? drop chance decreases with higher corruption? I don't understand. Please fix this. If this is how it's supposed to be, I won't play. I spent a total of 700 hours in the beta, but the game does not reward the player for the time invested.

[@Botcris-y1r]

Lp3 and lp4 drop change plx, never drops this... End season and drop 1 lp4 .need rework this ..

[@christostentes3199]

dont touch ward plz its gonna be nightmare for self found players..it takes weeks to make a build working...

[@jasonbonadio8870]

That's the point, nothing should just be handed out

[@lostamerican9459]

Why reset the guilds lol takes forever to Level up

[@TonyBingGaming]

Kinda torn on it as it does take an age but if they don't balance will be kinda wack straight out the gate each season.

[@lostamerican9459]

@TonyBingGaming only thing they need to do is limit the maximum gold you can sell an item for like 1 or 2 million not this 1.5 billion stuff

[@Famous007i]

I dont know why but im having a hard time understanding the english of the first guy talking. Is this Canadian accent or ? Its hard for me to understand f...

[@Atrigraphy]

No character customisation, no transmogs, very few new cosmetics... they are shooting themselves in the foot. True endgame is fashion for LOTS of players!

[@TonyBingGaming]

Customisation does help you bond with a hero for sure. In stream coming today they have more info on it.

[@olebrommm]

Plz dont force me to play each cycle... i dont have time to be " done" with a class in 1 cycle. And grinding for the base affixes each cycle... this was one of the biggest problems i had with d4.. i dont like to play seasons over and over. Make it a choice plz. And not a nessescity

[@TonyBingGaming]

For now anyway any cycle content will also come to legacy day 1 as well so may be best to play legacy.

[@scuttlebum]

Coolio

[@RMartian76]

Are you ever going to get rid of the little "footstep" icon that serves no purpose that separates one skill from the rest and simply makes the UI ugly? I've been asking about this for like three years. lol

[@j45002]

Do you realize this isn't the devs video. It's a recap. If that's how you've been asking for 3 years, it's no wonder it never happened

[@RMartian76]

@@j45002 yes I know this. I post it in their discord too. All over. They banned me from discord for an hour for posting about it. lol

[@builder101-x9j]

we dont have to level professions again for the next cycle do we? thats fing garbage

[@ultralance7470]

why on earth would faction progression reset? Is his serious??? What a horrible choice

[@ultralance7470]

This guy's head is MASSIVE........ "I don't like the word rework" Well thats what it needs sooooooo are you willing to lose some pride here for the better of your game and just going to continue to make excuses.... Forge guard is unplayable. Fix it. Holy cow i hate this guy

[@briankramer8737]

And yet no one asks the most important question…… Optimization. When are they going to dump the engine they are using and actually implement a real one and get this game optimized because it’s absurd that this game runs like trash on 4 to 6k$ pcs… but you know cosmetics and character customization is more important 🤣

[@ultralance7470]

This guy has no clue and he is sooooo out of touch my god

[@contractualnews9488]

All I need is skip story