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[B][U]What is EM-8ER?[/U][/B]
EM-8ER, or "Ember" is a large-scale online PvE shooter where players mine for resources, craft gear and construct bases to defend against alien incursions. Inspired by games such as Firefall and Planetside 2, players will wage a constant war fighting off large invasions on player-built bases from the shapeshifting Tsi-Hu aliens and their monstrous Kaiju. Players fight in large regions that must be terraformed to unlock more area. This represents a huge resource sink as bases take days to fully construct and terraforming takes weeks to occur, all fueled by player mining efforts and resource collection. The more bases constructed, the higher the world tier: this dictates the maximum craftable gear the players can create. If players lose bases and the planet is terraformed again back to its previous state, the world tier falls and any gear at those tier levels will no longer be craftable or repairable.
[B][U]Omniframes[/U][/B]
Players fight in Mechanically Enhanced Kinetics (MEKs) called Omniframes, which act as Ember's form of classes. Each frame type will have a wide amount of horizontal progression, abilities and custom-built weaponry to choose from including melee weaponry and dual-wielding abilities. Internal systems may be modified to allow payers to custom-build Omniframes for specific playstyles. Players can store multiple custom Omniframes to call down in the event their Omniframe is destroyed in battle.
[B]Light Omniframes[/B]
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[quote]Suited for stealth, sniper and engineering tasks. Light omniframes can be customized for loadouts ranging from support to rapid strike, and covert operations.[/quote]
[B]Medium Omniframes[/B]
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[QUOTE]Flexible with well-rounded, multi-role capabilities. Standard omniframes have the option to duel wield weapons. They retain high mobility while providing firepower and protection.[/QUOTE]
[B]Heavy Omniframes[/B]
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[QUOTE]The only omniframe that can equip shields. Heavy omniframes can soak up plenty of damage. With their large power cores, they have access to devastating heavy weapons.[/QUOTE]
[B][U]The THMPR mining MEK/A[/U][/B]
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(note that the stock Unreal human model is the scale of Omniframe to the THMPR)
To mine resources players will call down their THMPR (thumper) mining MEK/A and defend it against waves of Tsi-Hu. The longer the THMPR mines, the more enemies will spawn until eventually Kaiju begin to show up. THMPRs can mine effectively forever until a player stops it (or the THMPR is destroyed) and it must be escorted to a base to deposit resources while being chased by the remaining Tsi-Hu and Kaiju. Once the THMPR has reached the refinery defenses at the base will mop up the remaining enemy forces. If the THMPR is destroyed before reaching the refinery, you lose all resources gathered.
[B][U]The Tsi-Hu[/U][/B]
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The Tsi-Hu (refer to them as "tissue" if you want to annoy/make the devs laugh) are an alien threat that existed on planet Em-8ER before the arrival of the player faction. Long ago they were deemed too dangerous to let free in the universe, and were trapped in a time loop on the planet that allows them to travel through time to the present but keeps them imprisoned to Em-8ER only. Why do that? No one knows. Their standard soldiers can transform into "beast mode" if wounded heavily and not finished off. They also took control of giant Kaiju which will attack you during mining escorts and in the largest of invasions.
[B][U]How is EM-8ER being funded?[/U][/B]
Ember WAS being funded in stages on IndieGoGo until a final playable build of the THMPR mining and the player fighting off procedurally generated waves of enemies was completed, which would have been done in five stages. This was to create the game in a safe way and allow people to back the project knowing it was more than simply a bunch of concept art and to generate excitement about what had been completed. But in the most recent fundraiser to create the modular weapon pipeline, human models and animations, sound and weapon FX we overfunded it by about $94,000. Oops.
The Omniframe shooting and movement demo will be released around September 2017, and the final playable mockup will be finished around December/January. This mockup will include the Omniframe with weapons and abilities, the THMPR, both beast and humanoid form Tsi-Hu and giant fightable Kaiju. In the meantime work will begin on a video to demonstrate how invasions will work. A Kickstarter will begin in early 2018 (February-March) to fund development of the game full-time, which is the final fundraiser for the Ember. If all goes well, an Alpha build of the game will be available by mid-2019.
Upon release the game will cost "Upper end of Indie" ($40?) and server costs will be paid for by an in-game cosmetics store. Players can customize their character, Omniframes, THMPR and any other vehicles they have like this. There will be no Pay-to-Win microtransactions, and additional story content and regions will come out in expansion packs.
[B][U]IMPORTANT FOR FIREFALL FOUNDERS[/U][/B]
Currently the Ember team is offering a full credit on the amount you paid for Firefall's Founder program for use in Ember's store on release. Your Firefall account must have at least 1 visible post on the Firefall forums. Those who joined the game before 2015 can get a $10 credit just for being a veteran. [URL="https://em8er.com/firefall-founders-and-firefall-player-credit-program/"]More info here.[/URL] If you want to do this, do it soon because FF is shutting down and they won't be able to verify you after that.
[B][U]Links[/U][/B]
[URL="https://em8er.com/"]Official Website[/URL]
[URL="https://discordapp.com/invite/xwRCmWW"]Discord Server[/URL]
[URL="https://forums.em8er.com/"]Official Forums[/URL]
[URL="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/em-8er-mech-vs-kaiju-wargame-m3-milestone/"]Most Recent Fundraiser (Finished, 537% funded)[/URL]
This is my first major thread, so forgive me if it feels a little shoddy. Accepting tips and help on making it look better. If you have any questions about the game, feel free to ask them here or on the Discord. This post is already pretty large and there's a lot of stuff I didn't cover.
Giant robots? I'm sold. Sad to see its not very near launch
is this an attempt at remaking firefall or something?
[QUOTE=krail9;52440670]is this an attempt at remaking firefall or something?[/QUOTE]
Not quite. Spiritual successor, going back to the roots of the game back in 2011-12, cutting out the shit that didn't work and was unnecessary (like any and all PvP) and making the focus of the game on a dynamic war between players and alien forces. No strict "classes" like in FF or their variants. Omniframes are agile and have booster jets, and there's a whole bunch of Firefall in-jokes (like the Turret #2 pet for $500 backers)
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