State of the Game: The Blighted Highlands“My King, The contingent sent to fortify and rebuild the ruined fortress on the Highlands Plateau continues to fail you. The blight spreads… As ordered, they burnt the plateau to try to eradicate it, but failed to contain the blaze. As you know, the whole forest burnt to the ground. Strange creatures are now emerging from the desolation as the forest grows back. Throughout the last year we have seen these creatures grow larger, and they are now attacking us on sight. This unknown blight continues to spread, and we have none but scouts remaining in the Highlands. I dare not let them back into Redshore Forest. Many Exiles who have sworn fealty to you have abandoned the cause in an attempt to escape this scourge; those who remained have been infected. Hector must be punished for his continued failures. Send the order and I will punish him, for I dare not send him to you and risk spreading this plague.” - Voltaire Optional Subscription is Here: We are excited to announce that players are no longer required to have a subscription to play Embers Adrift. If you bought the game, but haven’t been playing we’d love for you to come check out all the new stuff at no extra charge! For those who do choose to subscribe they will have access to the perks shown below including some which benefit all players in the game whether they subscribe or not. Some perks enhance the experience for all nearby players. Please see the image below for a list of perks. Also check the patch notes for more details on the particulars of these perks. |
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| As always we truly appreciate the support of our community. Now that we are Buy-to-Play with an optional subscription the subscriptions become even more important for the long-term success of Embers Adrift. The reports and feedback from our community have truly helped the game become what it is today so please keep it coming. You can join our community and dialogue directly with the devs in-game, in our Discord, and on our forums. We hold two weekly meetings with our players in Discord voice chat. 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 game we want to say a huge “thank you” to our subscribers, your support means so much to us. We are a small, but passionate team and we hope to continue to impress you all with what we’ve got planned for the rest of 2023 in Embers Adrift. Let’s dive into this month’s update, The Blighted Highlands: |
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| Brief Recap: Here is a brief list of what we added last month:
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| New Stuff: The once beautiful hills and forests of the Highlands have been marred by both a strange blight and the subsequent fire that was an attempt to eradicate this plague, sadly it blazed out of control burning it all to the ground. Years after the fire the Highlands seem to enjoy a strange sort of beauty and tranquility, but under the surface a rage boils and the blight continues to ravage these hills... A new region is available; Highland Hills. You can travel to it through the Meadowlands or the Redshore Forest. But, be warned, it is not a friendly place… Highland Hills is a new outdoor region that provides solo, duo, and group content for levels 20+, and 40+. This includes new uncommon and rare spawns, their loot, four new pieces of music, a new map, and a new monolith to discover. Oh, and a new plague to worry about… The team spent many hours developing the tech and implementing the perks and account system management changes for our major monetization change. Hats off to them! We can now offer an optional subscription to MMORPG fans everywhere. We’ve added several Interactable Lore Objects to several zones. Find them to learn more about the world. Not only have we knocked the Highland Hills zone off the Q3 roadmap, but we’ve also got a new creature, the Woodclaimed. It has been spotted in the new zone. We’ve made some Positional Combat display improvements to make them easier to determine in the heat of battle. The arrow under enemy portraits is now more clear in conjunction with the displays on your weapons. We’ve added even more customization of overhead nameplate displays. Head to the gameplay tab in the settings to see more display options for overhead nameplates for enemies and friends. Quest objectives are now more clearly displayed in the quest log. We’ve done some audio work that includes adding more environmental sounds as players travel through various types of terrain as well as audio to the ‘Eagle Eye’ ability. To read the full list of patch notes please visit this link and you can check out a video showcase for this patch made by Elloa HERE. |
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| 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. |