Role Playing Games

Ember Sword Land Sale Delayed to April

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The online role playing game Ember Sword has delayed its land sale. The event will now take place ‘a few weeks past the end of the first quarter’. That would be late April at the earliest, but probably somewhere in May. Bright Star Studios didn’t provide a reason for the delay, except that the decision was made ‘in favor of the sale being the best experience they can make it’.

The Ember Sword team didn’t provide a new date for the land sale, but emphasized that it’s not far off. Their next update about the land sale is expected to happen somewhere in mid-April. To generate some hype, they are giving away ten pieces of land.

Playing Ember Sword you don’t really need land, but owning land does give players benefits. Plots of land can contain a settlement or a village, depending on the size. In these towns players can place buildings, which can provide specific resources, items or services.

Ember Sword will feature 160 thousand land plots, divided into three different sizes. They named the smallest area a plot, while an estate consists our of five times five plots. The developers named the biggest area a region, which consists out of 400 plots (20×20).

What is Ember Sword?

Ember Sword is a cross-platform free-to-play open world fantasy MMORPG. The game promises a sandbox experience with complete player autonomy, which means that players doesn’t need to pick specific classes or roles. In addition the world of controlled by the community, and players can even own land. Bright Star Studios has planned Ember Sword for release in 2022, and it’s using the Polygon blockchain.

Players can create their own character, pick a home region, and venture into the dangerous world of Ember Sword. The game is heavy on action, underlined by a classless combat system. Players can for example defeat monsters or other players, or explore the world as a tradesman. Depending on their choices, they can become a talented refiner, or for example a craftsman of weapons.

Each region offers unique quests, monsters, and resources for crafting items. Players can use these resources or sell them in the player-driven economy.

From melee, ranged, and energy combat skills, to mining, blacksmithing, fishing, woodcutting, harvesting, and more, the many skills in Ember Sword offer near-endless activities. Each skill increases in level the more player are training. This unlocks new advancements, such as increased efficiency, new items to craft and equip, new abilities to cast, or resources to harvest.

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