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[Elloa]

I do not find the trade channel, or a fair barely noone knows about or can attend, appropriate replacements for an AH. Not everyone plays at peak times or wants to be on discord. I personally will not shout for hours for a no response on a item so for a person like me the trade channel does nothing. Also I work on sundays. Instead even if it a very good item, if it not for my class it going to a npc. Don't talk to me about it being interactive if your exchanging posts on a discord that is not even in the game and not all players have access to. I should not have to have a discord or play on sunday to appropriately play the game.

I very much realise that you really want an AH. We are very aware of the argumentation in favour of an AH, and you are not the only one wanting an AH.
If the majority of players wanted an AH, we would probably have a different discussion about it. But this one of those case like some other subjects, where the community itself is divided with different opinions and arguments, all that are valid.
No matter how much you want an AH, you will not have an AH (for now). First because we are still not decided whether it is the path we want to take for the development of the game and second, and most importantly because even if we were, the state of trading come after many other aspects of the game we need to develop and improve first.

So, as you will not get an AH anytime soon anyway, I've been working on solutions to help out players and ease out the situation for them. The Trade channel is something I've personaly requested, aswell as the Discord Trade channel, and the organisation of the Trade Fair. All of that are my initiatives to ease a situation that is painful for some players and that will not be resolved anytime soon for the reasons I explained.
Now it's up to you to take advantage of that or not. There is players that are trading, enjoying trading, doing it very well and getting tons of gold. So, it is not impossible. I understand it may not be your thing. It's not mine either. But that's all what we got for now, and for sometimes.

I try to help out here

 

[Pipz]

There is alot like about this game. But after 6 months I have had little to no reason to use in game currency. I have only used it with npcs and to buy storage. I have had zero trades for items. I have been gifted some items but that is my extent of trading in this game. If this is your idea of an economy, it is a little upsetting. I applaud this game for things like "I talk to more players in a day of Embers Adrift than I would a month of FF14." What this game doesn't do well is I trade more items with npcs then I ever do interacting with the economy. I feel like I'm in a single player games economy so you could add the rarest epic weapon in the game and if it not for my class, it going to a npc. I do not think a trade fair once a week on sundays is a fun idea and will drive away all the players who don't have access to it. You put me at a disadvantage with the systems your making when my peak play times are week days and late nights. The fact you have made such a public hard stance against is wild to me and definitely has me rethinking my sub.

 

[Elloa]

The fact you have made such a public hard stance against is wild to me and definitely has me rethinking my sub.

Our stance is not that hard. Maybe I expressed myself wrong? I will try to express myself more clearly.

- Some players are in favour of an AH. A lot of players are in disfavour of an AH.
- We will more likely work on other improvements FIRST such as a mail system before to consider an AH
- This is not excluding the possibility of developing an AH if a majority of the community is asking for it. Not really our favourite solution, however.
- In any case, and independently of our decision regarding the inclusion or not of an AH, this is on the bottom of the priority list, as we need to work on new content, combat, alchemy etc... in priority

And as a AH is not going to appear in the game by magic, I propose you certain solutions to make your life easier meanwhile. You could try and see for yourself. Maybe it is not as bad as you think it is. Maybe you could team up with a friend that enjoy trading. And he sell your stuff for you. There is creative way to think and to come up with a working solution.
I've expressed myself with the most helpful intentions, sharing with you an honnest answer, to not fool you with vague promises that may never happen to keep you arround. I propose you solutions that can work right now with the current situation.

Peace!

 

[Efacu]

What are the intended required and recommended specs for the game, roughly. My computer is getting a bit long in the tooth and I'd rather not spend money on a game I can not realistically hope to play with at least decent performance.

I'm using a laptop with Ryzen 7 5800H cpu and 3070 Graphics, the game is very rescource heavy and drains my laptop battery even when the psu is plugged in during play

 

[Calkrow]

I'm using a laptop with Ryzen 7 5800H cpu and 3070 Graphics, the game is very rescource heavy and drains my laptop battery even when the psu is plugged in during play

That was an 18 month message to reply to, but the minimum game specs (for anyone interested) are on the FAQ page.

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[bark5363]

Do you plan to have another play for free weekend to allow people to try your game and populate low level areas for grouping? I'd buy your game and a subscription, but hesitate to do so due to the possibility of nobody being in the areas requiring groups.

 

[Emdash]

I have arrived! Beetlejuice intro.

My question is simple: about how many people are even playing this game? I am creeping around the tutorial area, and I think I will re-roll now that I got my toes in the game. I see a few people moving about, talk to them, etc. It's cool. I just wanna know about how much pop I can expect as I move forward, and also if there are 'dead times' and 'alive times.' As I said, still totally feeling it out, but I think I can mess with it. I don't like having to group, but I can get over it. I just hope that there are enough people to group with.

I don't always wanna group with people to do something. I want to be able to group and 'just do our thing' and both benefit from it. I hope that's an option. Form a party and just adventure? That's the whole allure of MMOs, to me.

 

[Elloa]

We are a small community, but a nice & helpful community.

The Americain late night/ EU morning/ Oceanic afternoon are the low population time. Peak time is usually the early Americain evening but you see the population increasing during the EU afternoon/Americain morning already.

 

[Emdash]

We are a small community, but a nice & helpful community.

The Americain late night/ EU morning/ Oceanic afternoon are the low population time. Peak time is usually the early Americain evening but you see the population increasing during the EU afternoon/Americain morning already.

I’m not trying to sound jerky, but any shot at a number?

I def think the game is gonna grow a lot because of the 30 dollar play without sub. It’s gonna be surprising, hopefully not too surprising. If you look it up on youtube, nobody really has negative things to say and most are talking about it as a hidden gem, or the great mmo nobody knows about. It’s time!

 

[Sintax]

Hello everyone, I've decided to give the game a try with the anniversary event and, naturally, I have questions!

Is there more detailed information about each of the roles/classes beyond the very generic write ups on the website? I've tried googling a bit but I can't find good matches on keywords, and the prospect of digging through forums just to find such info feels daunting because it's so often not accurate or simply outdated.

Since roles have to be chosen up front, I'd like to understand what skills are available to each role, what the level progression looks like for each role and most importantly what gear (or other) restrictions the game imposes on each role before committing. Not knowing any of this up front, I feel like I'm just guessing at things based on loose descriptions and that's going to lead to a big gap in expectations I'd rather avoid.

TIA!

 

[Kaelaien]

Nathan Napalm put together a solid video for new players or even current players. Video gives some good details on the game. Like below.

 

[groug101]

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Hey everyone,

If you have any questions related to Embers Adrift, please ask them here. We select and answers some of them in future content on social media, youtube or Twitch.

Thank you so much!

I can log in the Website as i am here but cant log in the game when i try says wrong passwords or user name. but both are correct was just talking to u on discord

 

[Atome]

How do you repair gear? My weapon and skinning knife are getting low but I can't find any way to fix them.

Look for an Anvil, these will allow you to repair your items!