00:00Greetings Heroes! Last time we had the start of our Early Access Campaign right here at the THQ Nordic Showcase.
00:07This year we are back with some significant updates as we reach the next stage in our journey.
00:16Many of our players have been eagerly expecting the Spirit Mastery and the Summoner gameplay that this Mastery offers.
00:21Here we have a level 20 Spirit-focused Summoner.
00:24The overall idea with our build here is that our Summons will do the majority of the damage while we
00:29support them with some spellcasting.
00:32Our Greater Summon, Athenacross, will be dealing the bulk of our damage.
00:36Other than its high Vitality damage from regular attacks, we have set it up to cast Arcane Blast, which sends
00:41out three projectiles that deal damage in an area on impact.
00:45We have also picked Modifiers to increase its damage greatly, but at the cost of its health. We'll need to
00:50compensate for that with healing.
00:53To heal our summons, we can make use of the Deathwood Beam. Normally a damaging ability that can pass through
00:58targets, we have modified it to heal allies targeted.
01:01Of course, you could also use this on other allies, such as your friends in co-op.
01:05In Titan Quest II, you typically have some dedicated empowering skills for your summons, but Deathwood Beam can be modified
01:11to do this itself.
01:12For more damage, we also have our lesser summons, the Aedalong Guards.
01:17They are powerful, but lose health over time. We have modified this aspect to slow down this health loss.
01:23Healing them with Deathwood Beam will empower and heal them, increasing their lifespan substantially.
01:28Quite importantly, both our summon types can apply the Doom effect, a powerful way to deliver Vitality damage once high
01:34stack counts are reached.
01:36Extended combat makes your summons quite deadly indeed.
01:38We can be even more deadly by adding Soul Vortex. This is a powerful Vitality damage spell that also pulls
01:45non-boss enemies towards its center.
01:47With the weakened modifier, it can also reduce enemy resistance values over time, and we have also modified it to
01:53increase the damage of our summons inside the Vortex.
01:56Combining all of these into a loop of summoning Aedalong Guards on the regular, followed by pinning enemies into place
02:01with Soul Vortex and then healing the Aedalong Guards with Deathwood Beam makes for a rather powerful combo.
02:07Ideally, you can line up the beam with the Athena Cross as well, but positioning needs to be ideal for
02:12this.
02:13Several other playstyles will be available, especially once you combine what Spirit offers with the other Masteries.
02:19But even within it, there's plenty to explore, such as health sacrifice, executions, and plenty of life stealing and debuffs.
02:28Another feature many have been eager for is crafting.
02:31Our first iteration will include salvaging of items and basic item manipulation for an escalating cost of gold and crafting
02:37materials.
02:38Each salvaged item will offer you basic materials as well as one linked to its rarity.
02:42You can salvage items in groups or use the hammer to salvage individual items from your inventory.
02:48Once you find an item mostly to your liking, you will be able to add an affix in case your
02:53base item has fewer than the maximum possible.
02:55Of course, there are limitations to this. Specific types of items can't roll every affix.
03:01Sometimes you will have items where the values of your affixes could be better.
03:04You will now be able to reforge one affix per item.
03:07It might take a whole bunch of attempts to get to where you want to be. This can get quite
03:10costly.
03:12There's also the scenario where your item has the maximum number of affixes, but one of them is no good
03:17for your build.
03:18You can replace that affix to find one more to your benefit.
03:21Things are a little different when it comes to epic items though.
03:24If you like, you can give them a one-off level up, enabling you to make use of them for
03:28a little longer before you would need to farm for another one at a higher level.
03:31You will be unable to change the nature of these items though.
03:35The Spirit and Crafting update is available as part of the Titan Quest 2 Early Access right now.
03:40We are looking forward to your feedback about the new gameplay and we will be working hard on the remainder
03:45of our Early Access roadmap.
03:46There is a campaign to finish and we will be polishing the entirety of the game for our 1.0
03:51release.
03:57The Field of Deaths
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03:59The Field of Deaths
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