Testing New World Part 3: Healing Mechanics, Fortify, Bugs, Perks, More Hidden Scaling

[@Bolththrower]

Thank you for taking the time to test all these things.

[@AR-yy9ge]

Honestly, this is the only youtube channel putting actual useful information out. Thank you. Sub earned for sure.

[@gradeyundery4939]

yeah, the others just steal from each other and make these greedy 10:05 videos filled with 1 min of information and 9 min of garbage.

[@DivineTroy617]

Two things you missed are two of the perks in the Healing tree not working as intended/stated. This could be a case of the tooltips being incorrect but both mana cost-related perks do not actually reduce the cost of your light/heavy attacks nor Divine Embrace. Instead they refund all or a set amount of the mana used(for attacks and DE respectively). You can easily see this by attacking without full mana where you can see your amount go back down before getting refunded, potentially interfering with mana regen. For Divine Embrace you'll notice it immediately because it won't let you cast it without 25 mana, even if you have the perk; upon casting it will still also deduct 25 mana before refunding the five that the perk "reduces" the cost by.

[@Rocityman]

This entire series should be your resume for AGS. Kitty 🐈: 8:55

[@RyanBowskill]

Awesome video, honestly the devs need a direct line of communication with you as you've done so much work and you're producing some of the most informative videos. Appreciate all your hard work!

[@Bianca0np]

This is insanely well documented and tested! Good job and we have to thank you big time for sharing your hard work!

[@icy0583]

Thank you for taking the time to do this. Testing and statistics are a lot of work. Appreciate everyone who does this.

[@macplow2234]

Thanks for sharing this bro. I'm skeptical about your accuracy but no one else is sharing extensive testing like you are.

[@MorrolanTV]

I've linked the tests directly, people are free to look through it and find any inaccuracy and I'll make corrections if needed

[@Somebody294]

Appreciate you taking the time to do all the testing

[@YTpajamas]

Great videos, no wait that doesn't do them justice. Your videos are incredibly good.

[@Shadowtrail1988]

Thanks for all the work. Knowing the details is good to know what needs to be fixed and tuned.

[@dizzydesi1498]

This is incredibly helpful information, and I love how straightforward, clear, and precise the delivery is. Thank you so much, I'll definitely be back for more!!!

[@nib6383]

Thanks for making this video, impossible to find this information anywhere easily :)

[@XthecrOssGameR]

Actually such a good informative video. Thanks for everything. Would love to see the musket !

[@cloudy8286]

ayy its finally out, been checking out the channel almost everyday for this video

[@tlambert5459]

I love how you explain in great detail, but easy to understand!

[@dcutbi001]

Nice work. I hope the devs are taking notice of these kinds of videos.

[@rawvoltage]

thank you for taking the time to put together such a thoughtful video, this taught me a lot!

[@Loxley1187]

Awesome vid, thanks for doing the QA for AGS. If possible, bow testing would be highly appreciated. Regardless, thanks for this video

[@benruhl716]

Per usual, amazing job! It scares me to think they wouldn’t know about that hidden scaling while nerfing and changing weapons.

[@stevecrab8759]

I’d personally love to see the bow deep dive. No one is putting such detailed content and streaming the breakdown as good as you imho.

[@darkmage505]

The “not intended heal stat is intended and was released to mitigate people healing themselves while not being a focus build, introduced after the first beta

[@harrynazarian3184]

I liked the descriptions and information you provided, however, it would have been nice to actually see how you would spec it out. Meaning, all 20 points spent in the recommended life staff perks. Other than that, very good vid. I would recommend doing a future follow up video about LS vs VG in terms of healing.

[@Spavioli1]

Really appreciate all the work. Just shocking player communication in every way feels like nothing works the way it intuitively should.

[@hellomynameisscott4956]

"Fortify stacks additively up to 50%". So If i have three fortifies from 3 different sources, let's say 15%, 15%, and 20%, that means I take 50% less damage? I assumed it was multiplicative because additive stacking for mitigation is absolutely nutty.

[@the_vbk]

Hope AGS gets your paycheck in the mail

[@mikamannermaa5202]

I think the hidden healing effect is to lower the weapon damage of lifestaff, i.e. lifestaff hits like a wet rag at the moment against people and you will never kill anyone. They adjusted then healing up with this. Now, instead of nerfing like in PTR, I would just remove this hidden stat.

[@CommanderComment]

I think they just don't understand their own math, lifestaff actually has the highest weapon damage light attack mod so clearly they are just kicking the scaling in different places and hoping it's balanced.

[@jamieharris4856]

Great video as always! Appreciate the work you do!

[@arthurmiranda8896]

i would gladly watch a break down of every single weapon, just the comment about the armor perks are content enough.

[@Brynnu]

Once again, very informative video, great work !

[@scarvicx]

thank you i really enjoy these, please keep making more

[@LittleMur410]

Your content is amazing, thanks for the work you continue to put in!

[@dpb1222]

The beacon talent that increases it by 5 seconds, Radiance's Blessing, along with the Attribute Perk and the Glowing Focus talent do not work on Beacon together. I believe the only benefit you get is from the Attribute Perk or Glowing Focus. It lasts for 12secs max. After the animation fades, the heal also goes away. Any info on this?

[@TheCylonBomb]

this 100%

[@SennaSpiaca]

Yep confirmed, once the beacon buff hits 5seconds it just diosappears when Glowing focus is picked

[@MaTParisSG]

What a good work, very informative investigations ! +1 sub

[@GoobIsGabe]

Thank you for this! I was pretty bummed to hear that the life staff armour perk doesn't stack 13:35 I would have thought it would show that it doesn't stack on the perk description like the musket haste one. Thank you for your research again!

[@SpcKenny07]

Thanks man, I KZbin comboed this video. Would have like to seen a test on crits with the life staff, also nature damage perks, and tests on the int passive that gives you magical damage.

[@Lantalia]

So, the healing thing? It is probably intended, as it is listed in the focus attribute itself, it specifically says that focus scales healing. It just gets a bit confusing when your weapon is also scaling with focus

[@Miginsa1991]

I tested lights embrace before patch. I ve found out that only buffs given by you will increase the amount of healing. Buff foods or buffs given by other members wont increase lights embrace.

[@sherpagoolsbee8390]

Great video! Void gauntlet next please!!

[@xstaycold]

Thanks for the deep dive. I wonder if that hidden heal scaling stat you were mentioning is something leftover from when they reworked the stats. I know from the earlier betas the stats did things other than just weapon damage.

[@fire23wong]

Great technical video， subbed

[@supultra7790]

You missed the ultimate skill magnify as it is bugged with orb of protection...when used it does not increase the buff by 2 seconds it removes the fortify buff to 1 sec

[@DumbAraya]

Would love to see rapier, and after the nerfs, ice and fire. Thanks for the great content! Liked and subbed.

[@D4Gamerz]

Amazon Games Studios needs to hire this man asap, exemplary work! No wonders healers seem like gods.

[@cheebo3054]

8:54 peacocks from Ebonscale Reach in the background

[@Bnol730]

Great stuff, keep it coming.

[@MrBlatBlat]

Keep up the good work!

[@paulamblard3836]

the beacon speed is weird. the speed buff does not refresh (receive a heal from beacon if you have the buff active will not refresh the duration) but it can be reapplied when the effect end, from the same beacon.

[@revelate8385]

im trying to be around 370 focus with bufffood, and am healing anyone standing in a sacred ground for 80 to 100% of his hp, it's actually insane healing and now i understand with that hidden heal scaling and the multiplicitive bonuses how that works. BTW i can imagine that Void Gauntlet has a diffrent Heal scaling that's stronger bc the focus aspect of the the Weapon is only secondary attribute, so lets say you have a hidden heal scaling of the number x, if that's the same for void gauntlet and life staff, the diffrence on void gauntlet would be much more significant because of it only scales 65% with focus instead of 100% maybe you can take a look at the numbers to see if that could be a possibility. if that's consistent then, it could be an intended mechanic that's just not shown. there are many things that are describer poorly or just not described at all in the game. anyway, love your videos and all the heavy work in testing stuff.

[@revelate8385]

does the fortify perk for sacred ground not just only apply to people that have been healed by it?

[@SennaSpiaca]

@@revelate8385 Yes. you get the buff when you are healed by sacred ground meaning it always gets refreshed every time it heals.

[@MorrolanTV]

That's actually an interesting theory - I'm hoping that the mismatch on Void Gauntlet is flagrant enough on PTR right now that Amazon takes notice and gives some clarification. If it's still buggy in a week or two we'll investigate more deeply

[@revelate8385]

also just a quick mention, i've noticed that beacon for some reason stopsgetting buffed after you have any 10% buff active, any additional buff has no effect on beacon like for example the 3 stacks from heavy attacks and the 20% from dodging. you heal the same with 50% buffs as you do with 10% buff from these sources. so it's in general a really wonky ability, with the other mechanic that allows you to leave the area and still get healed for the whole duration. i really hope they make that skill consistent some day.

[@Swords941]

Thank you for all the hard work that should've been done by the people getting paid to do it.

[@conandude76]

Still waiting to see results of post patch testing. I know some of these talents got tooltips changed, some had the talent changed to match the tooltip.

[@darkmage505]

Also something you didn’t text is the beacon perk on armour does not work for AoE heals only single target ones

[@mikaelbillon9373]

Great video, thanks!

[@draksougaming9372]

Hello and thanks for the video and all thoses tests ! I think you missed on the video the review of the perk for Light Embrace and i was wondering if "Inspire" (first Light Embrace perk) work now ? Cause i feel like on like it doens't work :( Thanks in advance !

[@Unexcelled]

You should be hired, payed extremely well and allowed to work from home (part time if you like). Best move AMS could make right now.

[@wmpx34]

I wonder if they designed the life staff, then realized that it couldn't keep up with healing in PvE so slapped on that hidden scaling factor as a bandaid.

[@OctavianGaius]

Thanks for this, it is really helpful. Can you do one for the Musket/Bow. I suspect a headshot is not treated as a crit. Would be nice to understand headshots, crits and crit damage on there types of weapons. Also what on earth does the accuracy perk do?

[@slothoub]

You are a legend. This is SO useful. How does Fortify the item perk interact with the different fortified life staff can put out?

[@stevenpitera8978]

We sure sacred protection isn't buffing the healing similar to how the bugs for hatchet/sword and shield/warhammer similar passives were boosting by 300%? That might explain the secret scaling.

[@MorrolanTV]

none of the scaling was tested with sacred protection or any other lifestaff perks, variables are controlled very strictly in these tests

[@stevenpitera8978]

@@MorrolanTV thanks for the reply and confirmation!

[@relentlessturnip9310]

Great video! I love this stuff! I have a question... are consumable heals effected by armor weight?

[@Kickflips22]

So much great info

[@sattes7322]

very good videos, first time in 2 years I actually subscribed to something. Please do musket - I spent so many hours testing this thing and you will find a lot of funny or not so funny bugs

[@eSquid4]

Damn Johnny Sins has so many professions

[@sergioippolito]

question: are there critical treatments? if yes: "vicious" increases critical healing? And last question: what does "fortify" do? does it depend on the armor I have?

[@Johnfredlambert]

Great video!!

[@Swordy9]

I always thought Intensify and Bend Light are not working coz I don’t heal myself for more hp if they are up or not. But if they are only for outgoing healing as you mentioned, I consider a respec to get them again into my build.

[@MorrolanTV]

Outgoing healing will affect the target of your heals, even if that target is you. Sorry for the confusing wording

[@RedBullFlyGuy]

This is off topic in regards to healing, but on PTR I'm doing some very basic testing and it seems that the t5 gems (haven't tested t2) are not giving any increase to damage if socketed in to an Int weapon.

[@dyeshan221]

glowing focus does it work with foods? also seeing as how amazing your work with healing tests. Does the Ice gauntlet armor perk unending thaw work properly now on test server? specifically the part where at the moment it stops ice storm from doing any damage

[@TheLegalTwit]

Any chance of an update video on which perks are still bugged?

[@marchfu]

Really nice video, tysm

[@lost898]

grats, good stuff

[@lesterthejester8508]

Do any armor perks stack? is there a list out there of which armor perks are unique passives to abilities like fortifying sacred ground like you mentioned and which are stacking passives?

[@lukeheitman1301]

Thought equip load bonuses were working properly?

[@Ygdrad]

The damage over time duration buff from intelligence doesn't seem to apply to burns from flamethrower or incinerate, same thing for the 20% burn duration pyro mastery. Not sure if other weapon dots are also having this issue. Also tested some DOTs with conversion gems involved and weirdly enough, while different tiers of gems affected the damage of a light attack, the DOT remained unchanged, at least in the testing with rapier bleeds. There might be something wonky there.

[@sandzibar]

Great work but im still unclear on how we maximise the incoming heal from weapon leaching/life steal etc? is it just pure weapon stats? with focus having no bearing on healing other than lifestaff

[@VonDarkmane]

Great info

[@Bıdık0077]

Love the content morroSip

[@2piecessss]

This world is filled with useless fucking NW content, but yours is the one of the few places actually doing good work. PLEASE continue. Let me know if you need help testing stuff

[@archonoff]

17:40 wait... so, if i stand between the blue line and the right sacred groud circle, i won't get any heal at all? because in that area the left one is canceled and the right one too small ro work there?

[@tordb]

You missed the whole healing tree in life staff.

[@petemisc4291]

They should not be adding any new weapons or nerfing anything till they get a handle on all the bugs for weapons, gems, gear!

[@fedesotilpazzo91]

the protector strenght passive the +10 % outgoing heal if u have a buff ive tested it and its for each buff 10% not only one time +10%

[@fedesotilpazzo91]

not an issue tho its just that passive maybe its bugged

[@fedesotilpazzo91]

so if u have like 10 buffs from foods sacred ground fortify beacon the two passive buff etc u get 100% healing buff with that passive

[@fedesotilpazzo91]

its not 20% and yes its stacks

[@MorrolanTV]

@@fedesotilpazzo91 do you have any data to back this up? we tested it thoroughly and did not find anything like this

[@madafaka3587]

You are doing amazon's work, i hope they pay you in some way morro, tyvm

[@Budor77]

Does keen work on heals? Can you get critical heals and does the perk increase the chance to do so?

[@soyawarrior7220]

is there any videos on i-frames yet?

[@peanutbutter1612]

Very usefull. subbed.

[@kingkalrai9904]

Are there any armor mods that buff void gauntlet abilitys?

[@brent527]

Thanks

[@1upr660]

Will Divne Blessing kick in if I place sacred ground on someone that is 60%hp, and they take damage that drops them to below 50%? I'm assuming no since it snapshots? Hoping that it will

[@Brad-vc7wf]

can blissful touch crit or heals in general crit? and does crit damage scale this? Thank you for the awesome work

[@sjohn74]

Could the extra healing stuff be the numbers because healing doesn't crit? ThTs why focus scales better with healing compared to the other attributes

[@MorrolanTV]

The puzzling part about the extra healing is that you don't need hidden scaling to increase it. You'd just increase the % on the skills themselves. Much simpler, cleaner, easier to balance, and nothing is hidden.

[@anibalgrijalva352]

i have a question , the perk that increses the healing outgoing on the staff only activate when the staff is equiped , for example i use beacon and swap weapon does that effect gets removed from the spell?

[@kolaiah7243]

I heard liking and commenting on vids is a wombo combo for the youtube algorithm.

[@SuperrrSid]

commenting to help

[@jasona9360]

Good job

[@MrVad3r]

if u take all the skill on orb tree and u switch weapon it was removing orb. did they fix it? its only happening if u take the last point in the tree... same with ice storm with punishing storm. if u take that last point in the tree and use the spell and switch weapon icestorm just vanishes. so be aware.

[@paulamblard3836]

Does multiple beacon at the same place will stack, or it is like sacred ground and only the last one is active ?

[@Aric368]

did you test if the 'friends' mentioned for enchanted justice actually refers to your friends?

[@MorrolanTV]

None of these people are my friends

[@nevamind1432]

What I want to know is how is the healing % calculated when: you have 25% blessed, you do one heavy attack for 10%, you dodge for 20%, you have a food buff for another 20% etc etc? You also forgot to mention the armor perk to do with Orb of protection, where you also gain extra healing. From my limited testing it does not seem like these stack at all, but rather that they squish each other down if that makes sense? Anyone have any idea here?

[@MorrolanTV]

This is explained pretty in depth in the first part of the video - all of these are considered outgoing healing and therefore stack additively. The "squish" you are seeing is the result of the nature of additive bonuses being compared step by step rather than compared to your starting point.

[@nevamind1432]

@@MorrolanTV thank you for taking the time to answer. Much appreciated mate. Love the content btw. Always learn new stuff.

[@NatOSz8]

How is the bow/musket dmg after update?