M: By this we shall return. Another issue at the expense of PvE mines. Can killing, say, all the monsters yourself, get the resources themselves?

A: No, clean the mines - an effort that will make all the players to the server to gain access to cheap resources.

M: To successfully create the objects, will need to have a guild that controls a mine, or some resources will need to obtain and in other ways?

A: As I said, common resources will be through PvE mines are available to all who need them. Valuable resources for equipment «high end» level produced in PvP mines. However access to these resources can be monopolized, ie, taking all the land where they can get and cut off competitors from new acquisitions. There is another way, but it will be severely limited. Killing monsters in the game, you will still get the resources, but I would not advise the creators of things rely on this method.

M: So the resources that are extracted from the monsters you can get, without exception, and in other ways, through the mines?

A: Yes.

M: I often hear questions about how to work Mechas (fighting robots). They are managed as a means of transportation or technically, they just appear to be particularly powerful armor, such as Power Suite of Fallout 3?

A: They are run exactly as vehicles. You sit in the robot and operate it as a pilot. Mechas are very limited in ability. Sitting in them, you will change the interface, and you can not use the ability of your character, because they will have their own.

M: How much effort would be required for the production of such a robot? And what impact it will have on PvP battles?

A: Mechasne will be very strong in PvP, because they are very vulnerable, if they attack from close range. Their strength is manifested in sieges, where they can cause damage to buildings. You can compare them with tanks. The tank is very powerful when firing on the buildings, but if not sitting on top gunner, the tank is very easy to undermine. With robots just as well. The siege of the other players will have to guard robots, and outside of sieges no special meaning to use them.

M: And how difficult it will be to build a robot? Will always need the efforts of an entire guild to create it?

A: It will be difficult enough, because this would require too many resources and high-level creators of objects, so that is not for one person.

M: What other means of transport will be present in the game?

A: It will spidery hovercraft (hovercrafts). They will be .... they have not all ready and I can not talk about the exact number ... but I can say that they will be a lot.

M: Finally, let's talk about PvP. Where in the game world, you can attack other players, where you'll get fined for it, and that the fines that will be?

A: Well, let's start with the most peaceful areas and move on to the most dangerous. Two of the safest areas - this is the land around Sal Vitas, the capital of the company and around Kontinoma Noir Core, underground shelters, where the rebels live. In these safe zones will be limited to carrying a weapon, you can not kill a player there on their part. But they can kill any enemy, even if a player from Noir can survive in all territories, and reach Kontinomy Sal Vitas, Toon immediately die there. This is the most secure area where you just can not use weapons.
The following are less secure territory in the lands and Kontinomy Noir and some other densely populated regions of the game. In these territories, you will theoretically be able to fight, but there will be guards, who immediately intervene. You can kill another player, but you will be really difficult to escape later.
During these lands are located outside the territory where there is a substantial risk of being killed. There will be much smaller than the guards, but some points teleports or crafting station will be protected by
Well, the most dangerous place is the siege of the earth, where you can kill anyone without fear of consequences.

M: And how insurance works in Earthrise? Would it be possible simply to insure all their items for PvP?

A: We do not want to do Earthrise too hardcore. Even hardcore players are sometimes required indemnification and defense, so we have introduced insurance. It is not our invention, it is in other games, but we want to give the player a chance to really pick and choose which items are valuable to him. If he wants, he can even insure everything. If he is killed, he loses only what is not insured, and who killed him will get some insurance in the form of remuneration.

M: You once mentioned that the faction will be important for clan wars. How will it be implemented? And will the clans of one faction to attack each other?

A: In the game there are two major factions. Those who support the government - Kontinoma, and supporters of the rebels - Noir. Players will be able to perform tasks for one of these factions, rising through the ranks and even occupy the highest positions. Advantages - it is cheaper insurance, special items and access to resources and influence of the faction. But the main drawback would be that members of the opposite side will attack you more readily than, say, on a neutral player.
That game became more interesting, we also gave the players an opportunity to betray each other, killing players of his faction. If a player Noir kills colleague about fractions, this does not mean that it immediately becomes a member of Kontinomy. He first must prove that he is worthy to join the new faction. Change faction, or loss of earning the reputation - all this will take time.

M: With respect to territorial wars. A clan can take control of some areas and build an empire?

A: Yes, this is one of the most interesting moments in Earthrise. Guilds will be able to control through the siege of a very large part of the game world. The only restriction is that you must already own the neighboring territory to attack the enemy's land. That is, you can not attack the territory of which do not border with yours.

M: And if the guild is not their land?

A: Then you can attack any base.

M: And how the guild can get a monopoly on the resources in their territories?

A: As I said earlier, in each zone, which can capture, produces a specific resource. Results in the game dozens of resources to be allocated to these areas. That is, the number of zones, where you can find one particular resource will be limited. If the guild was able to capture all the territories with a single resource and to build a mine, it works out all production of this resource in the game for ourselves and nobody else to these resources does not get.

M: What other benefits clans and players of these clans will receive for control over territories?

A: In addition to resources, players and clans will be able to build special buildings that give bonuses to the characters. Some buildings increase the damage, other protection. There are also buildings that are necessary to create krafteram particularly strong subjects.

M: Siege occur at certain times? If yes, how to set a «window» and can affect the guild defenders for the siege?

A: We are experimenting with a two-hour window for each siege. Outside this time, all friends of the guild may include at its base, and protect the very large robot, which protects the base from attack. Any enemy, coming nearer to the base, will be immediately destroyed. What happens in those two hours? Robots need for prevention and care for two hours at the main base for repair. Advocates, of course, can build a protective turret to enhance its security, but their effectiveness will be much lower than the robot-NPC. The base is vulnerable to attack. Attack of the guild can be any faction, even though 6.7 guilds simultaneously, but to occupy the territory can only be the one guild that will inflict the most damage in the main building of the database [and owns the adjoining land (see above)].
First, you must destroy all security systems, turrets and gates. When you get to the base, your task will be to destroy the main headquarters. When you do - the territory of yours, but you have only two hours on it.

M: And what time of day it opens a two-hour window? It is chosen randomly or only in praymtaym or advocates can choose it yourself?

A: Different areas will be opened for an attack during a convenient variety of players. We want to allow players with different playing styles all involved in the siege. So most of the siege of windows will open in praymtaym, and at midnight or 2-3 am, will be available much smaller territories to capture, but all the same and they will be. Also, the guild will be able to slightly change the time of the siege. If the guild does not agree, for example, with a window between 20 and 22 o'clock in the evening, she will be able to move it to the window from 22 to 24 hours. But the siege guild must choose the time required.

M: But the guild will be limited in the choice of time? Can not be moved from a siege of three hours of the day at five o'clock?

A: Guilds can not choose any time, restrictions are still present, it is somewhere plus or minus 1-2 hours from the designated time server.

M: What are the tactical options will be the players on the siege? We know that the defenders could rely on the walls and turrets, but that, for example, can make the attack?

A: As I mentioned, they can attack with the help Mechas, to destroy buildings. In addition, attackers can capture the control points. They are small buildings around the walls of the main base, which may offer some advantages attacker. Around each base of about 10-15 in each territory, and they are very easy to grab, simply stand next to the building to gain control over it. These buildings give bonuses of any guild, which they seized. So attackers can focus on how to capture these points and to receive bonuses, such as increasing damage to buildings, increase the running speed or damage on other players, improved protection for Mechasi so on. These bonuses will give them some advantage over defenders. Of course, in such a situation, the defenders will have to leave the base and try to take those points back. Thus, the siege gives a lot of different possibilities of engagement. Defenders do not have all the time to sit behind the walls, on the contrary, sometimes it is a direct path to defeat.

M: I would finally have a little talk about your approach to development. Many players notice that your company is very open, talks about the game mechanics. It is especially suited to PR? And, most importantly, you are telling the players have always been on the shelf elements, or only about the ideas being discussed in the team?

A: Since we have a new starting company, we want to show people that we are different from the typical large publisher, which copies the same from game to game. We want to be very open to our community and give him as much as possible information. What we do not want to do is to give erroneous information, or to talk about what we are discussing. So all that is known about Earthrise - is something that really will be in the game. Of course, there are some parts where we can not be sure until they earn for real. For example, there was a system of combat. Everyone was expecting a variation on the theme of the third person shooter, but when we showed the video, saw it exactly the same as it was implemented in the game. And if you remember the commercials, which we showed you realize that we really listen to our community, and understand where we need to change something. So we give not just general information, and details of systems that really are in development and will be present in the final game.

M: Speaking of commercials. We have actually seen only two short videos from the game. Can we soon expect movies about other aspects of the game?

A: We are currently finalizing a new combat system. Also we improve character animation, which is liked by no means all. We want to significantly improve the animation compared to what you saw. In fact, these videos were not specifically devoted to animation or graphics, we would just show the gameplay, people to see how battles work in Earthrise. Now we are improving the technology, which is based on Animation, improving graphics and introduce a new system of combat. When everything is ready and working, we will show new game videos, and I hope that they will like the players more than the previous.

M: And how do you plan to conduct a beta test? In Earthrise huge number of different elements. Some players have expressed doubts about how easy it is to be gathered together. When will the beta and how long it will last?

A: Beta is already running, we send out invitations and test the game. The game has many elements that are being tested right now. We will continue to invite more new testers have not yet released game.

M: And when that happens?

A: [Laughs] I knew that without this no cost. Well, actually, a serious question. We have not decided. Some companies say «when it's done», but I will say that the game will be released when the game mechanics, which is in Earthrise, really earns well. I think a month or two we will set the exact date, but will announce it only when we are confident that we can provide the claimed elements of the game without flaw and error.

M: Is there a chance to see out the game before the end of the year?

A: It is difficult, really difficult to say. We announced that it will be in 2009, and the game could easily go in December 2009, for example, but you know that many, many MMO always carried, even the biggest, so I can not yet make any predictions, unfortunately. We really important to let a good, complete game, giving the players all the possibilities for research Earthrise, which we promised.

M: Excellent. Thank you very much!

Interesting to hear him say that mechs will be useless except for sieging purposes.

I think it's a great thing. Mechs have their own niche, and aren't uber weapons for wiping players out.

They're made as siege weapons. You don't try to shoot a soldier 100 yards away with a howitzer.

When crewed by skilled gunners, with the help of spotters and good communications, and against stationary or massed targets, yes artillery is the queen of battles.

If the mechs perform the role of artillery, it would fall into Kav's category of not worth using in every engagement, since the risk of losing it would not be worth its limited usefulness in a fluid battle.


Personally, I'll rely on in game videos to determine what is actually in the game.

Shelling takes place at much longer distances than 100 yards (which is just out of rifle range, maybe 50 yards would have been more obvious?). The point is, a howitzer is designed to engage at ranges no less than 10 times that amount, so using it for that kind of target would be very awkward.

Either way, if it can destroy a building it can certainly destroy a person.  I would hope that the devs don't make battlemechs arbitrarily weak against infantry "for the sake of it."