Masthead Studios explains crafting and mass production in Earthrise
by James Egan 
Oct 21st 2009 at 9:00AM
Filed under: Sci-fi, Game mechanics, New titles, Crafting, Earthrise
Earthrise is an upcoming sandbox MMO that will have strong emphasis on guild-vs.-guild conflicts and PvP. The game will also have a deep crafting system, something that may interest players looking for more than PvP in a sci-fi MMO. Earthrise developer Masthead Studios has stated in the past that it'll be possible for players to craft unique, customized items and perhaps even establish a reputation for producing certain wares. The latest Question of the Week answered by the Earthrise developers sheds a little more light on how crafting and mass production will work in the game. Specifically, Masthead Studios explains how mass production will apply to some of the game's rarest craftable items.
Moll, Earthrise's Community Manager, explains how a blueprinting process creates Designs which are used by crafters; these are essentially templates combined with ingredients/materials to create items. Each Design will have a finite property called Edge which gets burned off over time through the manufacturing process. The limited use of Design Edges mean that the game's rarest or most elite items can't be created in large production runs, in other words keeping them rare and elite in a game where mass production is possible.
Moll indicates that the topic of crafting will be discussed further next week, but check out what the Masthead devs have to say about mass production in this latest installment of Earthrise's Question of the Week.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Halldorr said on 9:05AM 10-21-2009
They originally stated they wanted this to come out in late 2009 and I've been eagerly waiting but with no known beta going now, I am guessing it's going into 2010. I posted there asking about this but the post was removed...I'm just excited for it :)
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Oak said on 3:02AM 10-22-2009
it would be nice to know a release date, but i am willing to wait since this game sounds great to me so far. I truly look forward to it
Harabeck said on 10:17AM 10-22-2009
The beta is going on, it's just a very very closed one. They haven't revised their 2009 estimate, but neither have they mentioned it in a long time. I suspect the game won't be out until 2010.
ed anger said on 11:32AM 10-22-2009
this game is starting to sound very cool, definitely looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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