State of the Game: 1 Year Anniversary

[Drindin]

State of the Game: Celebrating 1 Year!​ “My journey to the Grizzled Peaks bore much fruit. Over the last several years I’ve discovered the ancient Vehueramen city of Ibaxus in a high valley, and some scant, though valuable, lore. I have years of research ahead of me just with what little I was able to gather, I feel I’ve barely scratched the surface. I hope to make a return journey to Ibaxus someday. The discoveries there are amazing, but unfortunately, cut short. Never enough time to fully explore the ruins and focus on certain areas for specific Alchemy artifacts and lore; dangerous guardians roam the ruins. I spent too much time running for my life… Perhaps some brave drifters can take up the torch and explore the ruins of Ibaxus to gather what we need. History is being written. We are on the brink of vastly improving our capabilities with Alchemy and directing the essence of Ember to make our lives much easier and the survival of Newhaven much more likely.” - Banton Thrimm, Philosopher at the Academy of Ember; Newhaven City Upcoming: Our 1 year anniversary is just around the corner: October 15th. Share out the invitation video to your social media to help make this the best celebration possible! Challenge your friends to come play for free and get to level 20 before Halloween!​ If you’ve been keeping an eye on Embers Adrift, but haven’t given it a shot, now is the time. We will be inviting all players to join us for free starting on the 13th of October through the 5th of November. We are challenging all players to get to level 20 before Halloween on the 31st when the new patch will drop and will include Alchemy which requires level 20 to obtain. Anyone with an account on our website will be welcome to download the game starting at noon Central Time on the 13th for free and will enjoy the perks usually reserved for subscribers until Nov. 5th. We will have a celebration discount of $19.99 starting on the 13th. Buy the game once to gain access and support us with the optional subscription to gain extra perks. Still no cash shop, pay-to-win, or micro transactions of any kind in Embers Adrift. Please take a look at all the events we have coming up for the anniversary weekend. In addition to the below we will have random GM events throughout the weekend. Special anniversary loot will be available on certain mobs and event mobs as well. Friday: Welcome party in-game starts at Noon CST Friday: Dev talk Stream Noon CST Friday: Stream Event 2pm CST Saturday: Naked Race to the Highland Hills 2pm CST. Will you make it there alive? Don’t forget to try and grab the teleport monoliths on your way by Saturday: Stream Event ongoing Sunday: Dice duel tournament 11am CST Sunday: Firework show in Northreach 2pm CST. Come see a spectacular show put on personally by the Devs Sunday: Trade Fair with lottery and roleplaying 13th - 31st: Race to level 20 - can you make it to level 20 before Alchemists discover how to use the magic of Ember? 13th - 5th: Free play and Free Subscription perks for all 13th - 5th: periodic GM Combat Events with unique loot 13th - 5th: periodic GM Events like Hide and Seek and Torch Bearer events for unique rewards 13th - 5th: periodic GM Events like the Exile Invasion event Come join us on this historic event! Embers Adrift is a challenge-driven MMORPG where players can experience over 1000 hours of entertainment on a single character. With quests that have multiple outcomes, hundreds of rare mobs and thousands of rare/quest items, and a steady stream of new content coming out on a steady schedule. It’s never been easier to find long-term entertainment at a great price. You can support us by buying the game HERE for yourself or for a friend, and subscribing as time goes on. You can also purchase a month of game time for your friends who may not have an active subscription. We also have a MERCH SHOP and a SOUNDTRACK if you'd like to support us in other ways. As a small company trying to go against the grain by not focusing on maximum monetization of our player-base we want to say a huge thank you to our subscribers, your support means so much to us.

Brief Recap of Major Addition Since Launch: Here is what we’ve been up to since launch: Dungeons:​ Ember Veins: The Noxious Bog; Ember Vein Derelict Sanctuary; Ember Vein Spinner’s Recluse; Ember Vein The Crawling Burrows; Ember Vein Basilisk Run; Ember Vein Flooded Ruins; Ember Vein Blightroot Grove; Ember Vein Cragscale Caverns; Ember Vein Arkhos’ Lair; Ember Vein Long-Form Dungeons: Aquifer; Karst Aquifer; Undercroft Exile Freehold Forgotten Depths I Forgotten Depths II Zones:​ Redshore Ridge Grimstone Canyon I Grimstone Canyon II Highland Hills Quests:​ New Since Launch: Runty’s Revenge Dreadfoe’s Revenge The Circle Expedition In the Forest of Madness Stones and Bones The Hunt The Great Hunt The Eye in the Sky Fight for the Freehold The Hunt The Great Hunt Acolyte’s Ambition The Threat of Grimstone The Koldire Legacy Hallow’s Eve Stones and Bones In the Name of Science The Dark Heart of the Depths Essential Studies Raw Potential In the Forest of Madness Lost to the Sands of Time Getting your Feet Wet in Dryfoot Freeing the Meadowlands A Threat to the Meadowlands Meadowlands Antiquity The Hunters of Northreach The Pie Rat Shoring up Redshore Under the Branches of History The Lost Settlers Into the Shrieking Warrens Scavenging Supplies A Veteran’s Guidance Caught with their Pants Down A Renegade’s Retribution 6 Unique Crafting Quests: Brewing Up History Restoring a Legacy Fit for an Outfitter Tinker’s Tailor Made Supplies The Blade Remade The Woodshaper’s Request Creatures:​ Redmanes Terradiles Muckripper 2 New Variants of “Others” (one yet unseen) Giant Roaming Boss Mobs Giant Drolsc Giant Raven Giant Mangrove Woodclaimed Mandrakes All mobs have ‘Ashen’ variants Nocturnes Cragscales Snatchscales Shrieks Crabs Scorpion Stonecoats Slagjack Giants Blighted Faction Cabal Faction Grimstone Faction Major Features:​ Item linking in chat GEL System (Group Elevated Level) allows lower players to effectively play with higher players Dice Dueling First Person Camera Tutorial Log Hunting Log Revenue Model Change: Buy-2-Play with an Optional Subscription 16 New Soundtracks including dynamic music found in game only Well Traveled Roads speed buff Teleport System Expanded to include Ember Rings as well as Monoliths Emergency Item Recovery added to death system Solo/Duo content added to many dungeons and zones Other Notable Updates:​ DLSS Support Tons of Performance Upgrades Many knobs added to the Settings for players to fine-tune their experience Linux Client Support Revamp of the LFG Tool Revamp of Friends List Revamp of the Guild List Inventory Expanded The Red Moon and other skybox improvements So much more… This does not include tech improvements and upgrades, art updates/additions, equipment additions, loot additions, crafting additions, NPC additions, lore additions, combat improvements, ability improvements, balance improvements, and so much more or this list could never fit in a newsletter. I’m sure there are many things I missed in the above list, but you can read the detailed patch notes from the whole year here. Join us as we expand the Embers Adrift world and uncover the lore of its past with each monthly update.

What’s New and What’s Still to Come: Features coming in October: Alchemy phase II - (the magic system) All players are getting the ability to become an alchemist at level 20 and grow their alchemy skills as they use them more and more A long lost Philosopher has returned to the Academy from his archeological exploits in the Grizzled Peaks only to lose his research in his search of an Ember Vein for crucial Vehueramen documentation about Alchemy. Help him make arguably the most important discovery known to the Academy about Alchemy. Event Monsters for GM led events Quests in October: A Study in Ember A Requiem for the Blighted A Plea for the Restless Dead Epic Quests Coming Soon: Three phases of the Epic Quests for each specialization will start at level 35 Will take players through encounters with the Others and Forgotten Depths III and perhaps beyond Zones Yet to Come: Grizzled Peaks Phase I (45-50) Grizzled Peaks Phase II (50+ our end game content) Forgotten Depths Phase III (45+) Dryfoot Fortress and beyond… Features Yet to Come (not an exhaustive list): Fishing Alchemy Phase III (more magic!) Mailing System and more… We are working very hard to keep crafting Embers Adrift into the best classically inspired MMORPG in the genre. Support our indie dev team as we grow the world together with our community of players from over 25 countries globally!

As we iterate from patch to patch, adjusting current content and adding new content, we are asking our community to keep the feedback coming and to please be patient with us as we make adjustments. Thank you all! Stay tuned into our YouTube channel, our TWITTER, and our DISCORD server for info about our new content and latest news. You can also take a look at our patch notes on the Embers Adrift forums.

 

[thenathannapalm]

"Event Monsters for GM Led Events" That sounds AWESOME! October should be a great month and everybody should come give Embers a try, it's so good and best dev team in the biz

 

[Quoetzl]

Thank you for an amazing 1st year!

Looking forward to the festivities and Alchemy.

Q