Deep Dive on Raiding & Droid Game Mechanics for the Earth 2 Community

Droids and Raiding are 2 of 4 new game mechanic systems that the Earth 2 team is currently working on designing and implementing. These game mechanics will not only bring new utility to E-ther, Essence and Jewels on the current Earth 2 Platform, but will act as part of a stepping stone into E2V1.
Many in the Earth 2 Community have been curious about how Raiding will work, so we have put together this deep dive video to cover various aspects of Raiding and how Droids fit into the concept. The video will also cover UI/UX walk throughs, some sneak peeks and a lot of other details for those who are interested.
We plan to release similar videos covering Civilians and Player to Player Contracts in the near future.
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Thank you
00:00 Introduction
01:47 Raiding does not define Earth2, it is just part of it
02:48 Raiding solves 6 short term problems
06:00 Purpose of Virtual Land on Earth 2
06:47 How to buy land and get started
07:12 Jewels
07:40 Early Utility
09:14 Raiding is a Work in Progress
09:42 Background and Lore for Droids and Raiding
15:04 High Level Summary
15:38 It will become MORE DIFFICULT
16:07 Will be multiple strategies
16:50 A true stepping stone between web and E2V1
17:20 Let's get Casual - UI/UX Walkthrough
18:42 Raiding UI/UX Design
20:44 Property Stats
21:40 Statuses
23:44 Building
25:25 Pre-Powering
26:49 Remember - Essence is Power
28:33 Will start Easy benefiting early Pro-active Players
29:50 Compatible Droids for E2V1 Sneak Peek - Planning Ahead
31:35 Relocation
34:05 Powering & De-Powering
36:02 Launching Raids & General Raiding
37:45 Droid Insights - Building Robust Tools
46:17 Property Insights - Raiding
54:11 Droid Management
56:36 Droid Jewel Slotting
58:19 Closing Words & Some Food for Thought
59:03 Game Play for Casual Players
59:42 Pre-Alpha E2V1 (2023) to focus on visualising Game Mechanics
1:01:30 Things will become Harder & Riskier (PvP)
1:02:17 Test & Balance Core Mechanics over first months
1:02:42 Larger accounts should use this time to learn + build + power droids
1:03:11 Civilians & P2P Contracts will assist larger accounts
1:04:12 Visualisation of Droids Basic Stats
1:07:50 Still systems we did not even touch on
1:08:33 Number of Raiding Droids Property Sizes can support
1:09:00 Hope this provides insight into my personal approach to Earth 2 Game Design
1:09:57 Droids & Raiding is only part of what my new Game Design team has been working on
#metaverse #Earth2

[@Yehna]

Epic!!!!🔥🔥Thank you shane, E2 team🌍❤️

[@Spectrum3900]

Incredible presentation of Raiding and huge thank you for thinking of long term players - we will for sure take the opportunity of learning and mastering that system to teach others. Until next time - hope too see you in E2V1. Huge thanks to E2 dev teams for their work.

[@SEIKE]

Complex and nerdy stuff, I’m sold! Love it!

[@sprocket4003]

It was worth it watching the 1hour long video, it was worth it waiting almost 2 years for this, and if this is just a small game to keep us busy in the interim until E2V1, then I can't even imagine how good it's going to be. So hyped!! 🤩

[@foodiescity-e2304]

woooow amazing job Shane and Earth2 Team !!

[@hibridentertainment7083]

I like the t-shirt with Warcraft 3 on it. Spent 4 years from my life on that game. Great memories. These are really interesting mechanics you showed us shane. I can't wait to touch the game. ^,^

[@beth-shalome2927]

It looks interesting. Good job!

[@p.a.7903]

A W E S O M E😮. Congrats for your work, E2 team!

[@fambulancecamping70]

You asked for design feedback, and I don’t consider myself a designer at all, but one thing I will say is that I think the “build time” is a great feature, and I have always felt that jewel crafting should have involved “crafting time” as well. Reward prudent players for their hindsight. You are all doing a great job, keep up the amazing work. We appreciate you!

[@dvdrun3n]

This is definitely my favourite video so far ❤️. I can’t wait to see this fully functioning in e2v1

[@Styles_Breez]

Sorry to hear about the huge data leak, lololol

[@adnanehamidi3603]

Very creative and it sounds very fun for active players!

[@amucitygames910]

Couple questions here for the time being. I reserve the right to ask additional questions upon further thought/viewings... 1) If a player has Droids tethered to a properties Mentar, and then sells that property... What happens to the tethered droids? Do they get sold with the property? Do they trying to find their way to another Mentar on their "network" What if the nearest "network" property is outside of their relocation range? 2) The jewel slotting showed individual sizes (Small, medium, etc) Does this correspond to the Tier, Quality, or a yet unreleased classification of jewel? 3) Near the end there was a chart dictating the number of available droids based on property size... Are we to understand that Tier 1 and Tier 2 properties fall under the same limitations or will there be further restrictions in place for Tier 2 properties similar to the reduction in Ether generation, Jewel production, etc. Hope you can provide some insight to these questions... As mentioned earlier, there may be more after further analysis....

[@SlumMattress]

They said in previous videos that properties will be sold with all the buildings built on them. So droids will probably be sold with the property i imagine. And regarding the Tier 1 and Tier 2 properties; someone already asked this question on twitter and Shane said that there will be no differences for now, but he is not ruling out any types of balances.

[@anastasiosleou7139]

Great video Shane. Thanks for taking the time to explain and prep us for the future!!! Keep building ….. 💪🏻

[@smoj304]

Magic! This video shows the depth of the game you are building. I'm really looking forward to seeing the scope of the entire project unfolding over the next few years. Especially PvP, PvE and P2E mechanics. Cheers for this massive update. This should keep us happy for a while. :)

[@Nodeelite]

Cool I was in church and saw the post was glad he was sharing it after haha

[@aresgil]

Thank you Shane! the team is incredible, the logistics here are INSANE

[@FlexEffect2]

Let's go!

[@Paceys]

Awesome. An hour long. I can't wait. Are we on track to raid by the end of the month still?

[@domdenis78]

This week ! Hope so

[@keelstaNZ]

Can you fill me in later mate, working at mo.

[@Paceys]

@@keelstaNZ deal

[@clarkdiel4453]

They have discord??

[@nastybeaver4906]

By the end of 2027

[@TheStonerdz]

WOW im hyped for this! early player, and will never fall off. tiles are going to the moon, i cant wait for better building mechanics. but worth the wait

[@spicesmuggler2452]

How long are you playing, how are you liking it so far?

[@TheStonerdz]

@@spicesmuggler2452 I believe about 3 months after first release. I’m loving the whole idea, big projects take time and I’m just waiting

[@spicesmuggler2452]

@@TheStonerdz Waiting for what

[@WindMoon77]

I think it's better than I expected. I've seen all the videos, but I don't think I can understand them at once It's not that simple, it needs a lot of strategy. I think it will be more interesting if it becomes possible to fight between the droids later. I'll be looking forward to the next video with joy.

[@AngelParkOfficial]

Keep up the great work! Greetings from Germany

[@reactstobeasts]

Need to watch it again. Great to see the utility. Will the Essence be burnt or recycled?

[@beth-shalome2927]

I don't understand why some people are grumble and howling every time? For me the progress is good and all developments are solid and professional! This kind of project is a big challenge and needs much more time!!! But for me, all steps are ery good and work very well and stable! Yes, I am wish more quickly too, but for so far what is there is very well done! And that's how it will continue!

[@hackdesign]

This looks complicated. However it shows why it takes time to develop a platform like this. Droids look awesome.

[@RA-dq4ro]

This was amazing! Great job with showing us the designs!

[@metahome]

Let’s go, a vidie ow. :-) Raiding & Droids…. (MetaHome)

[@babygonzales257]

good news!

[@billgardner3943]

Very in depth

[@KOMMCE2]

LETS GO TKO 🤺🤺🤺

[@earth2valhalla]

AMAZING video Shane! You and the team are making solid progress and can't wait to see things evolve! Valhalla Megacity will soon be making lots of Viking Droids to go Raiding! Because raiding is what we vikings do best!

[@Styles_Breez]

Data leaks that only a total amateur designer would allow to happen... Earth2 always manages to screw its victims.

[@XRLife]

I hope to add FPS and racing games when launching third-party games in the future. Also, it would be nice to be able to watch various movies and animations after paying with essence in the Earth 2 platform through partnership with OTT companies. All of these things will make Earth 2 a ReadyPlayerOne, and this BM will be the driving force behind global companies coming into Earth 2.

[@predaking2458]

My phone 2 factor authentification just broke. Is it possible to regain access to my account?

[@Whatever_man]

Could we get a metaverse instead of a year 2005 resource management sim? Thank you.

[@gujuriddler9513]

damn so much information :D kinda overwhelmed

[@earth2academy_]

I'm loving it! Tell us: Will we have differences between T1 and T2 properties to create droids and sends raids?

[@horseraceratings]

Let us see what this brings in the latest steps on Earth2

[@earth2noobskool53]

🤩E2

[@balthron4932]

Can't wait!

[@ApolloandLeyla]

The "Property Size To Raid Ready Droids" should be scaled to incentivize larger properties. In its current scaling system, the best property size would be 4 tiles b/c you get 1 droid per 4 tiles, whereas in 750 tile property, you get 1 droid per 75 tiles.. Unless im misunderstanding something

[@Ken00753]

But there would also be benefits in the span of large properties like the 750. That 10 droid bunch could leverage the wide span of tiles owned. I imagine the 750 is limited to 10 because picture having 100 droids spanning out from the larger properties in a huge radius. It would be like ether vacuum supreme! haha :D I have only one 750 tile property, but I have a good few smaller 14 to 20 tile properties that are in chains. It's all very exciting!

[@RobertDeNaga]

Translator first 🤷🏻‍♂️😅 Mass adoption is far without a good communication. Before evolve the mechanics would be usefull evolve the communication. There are more people who speak espanol, chineese or russian lenguage , english is obsolet , and not clear for every player.

[@TheLordsWarrior]

This is insane!

[@BOAP]

Sono sempre più contento di realizzare video dove parlo di Earth 2

[@RobertDeNaga]

Top player delle giovani leve italiane 😉💪🏼 Seguitelo ragazzi !

[@BOAP]

@@RobertDeNaga Ti ringrazio davvero! È molto bello sapere che il mio lavoro viene apprezzato.

[@christopherdziuba4880]

good luck!

[@astrolirico2147]

cant wait for it lets goooooooooo

[@Leppaboy]

Great video shane. Please give your view about Tuvalu announcing to move the whole country into the digital world and will Earth2 have a part in it?

[@KrepoBrooke]

Best video ever ! cant wait to start putting my army together, but one question, When eggs on profile? :D

[@andersodman1166]

verry interesting. Realy hope they can add a function to combine adjacent properties. if you for example have two adjacent properties each 3 tiles then you can't get a droid, but if you combine them you can.

[@paoloanthonyfleming3740]

Go Shane!!!!!!

[@AndreaGagliaTopWelder]

Only for the t-shirt.. .......I respect u 😎😎

[@eljanor]

67 waiting and 33 likes, come on guys, Let’s fire the like button

[@Erroryn]

I agree

[@FROMCOLOMBIA1]

let's play !!! 👾👻👽

[@AutraxD]

Never played but this was a very interesting video. Nice to see your ideas come to fruition

[@legacyofbermuda]

🎉🎉LFG 🎉🎉

[@tomedodson]

Is there or will there be a feature to combine properties purchased at different times that are connected?

[@eljanor]

Those combination will be available according with last comments from Shane, but..., we don't have specific details on that yet, stay very tuned!

[@beth-shalome2927]

Yesssss

[@iKeRGaming]

Never seen similar mechanics for a cryptocurrency great job - The Alliance

[@andreabadalamenti727]

Intriguing!

[@shaunhutchinson7171]

Rather than moving to another property within range, there should be a option to view other properties that COULD be redeployed via a string of your mentors

[@shaunhutchinson7171]

I could see Insights being visible on smartwatches, and even maybe activated via GPS (real world location)

[@Z33Fi]

Soooo another video to keep us distracted from the fact that Earth2 is still just a map and all we do is collect jewels. It’s been years of promises, we need to see an actual update.

[@GA3S_]

We are the FUTURE. From the beginning I nu it would be Amazing but this is deeper than I thought. It's like Rollercoaster Tycoon but live 👍🏾

[@evanm2570]

It's like roller coaster tycoon if all you could do in that game was look at a shitty jpeg of a real park

[@mkeyTVDE]

lets go

[@shaunhutchinson7171]

History information should also be added to a jewel, for example; you would Be able to know what and where the jewel was slotted as a historical information

[@budmansdragracingchannel2726]

Ok well this is something very easily prevented. I mean if anyone who checks their ether and they collect it daily then that prevents any druids from taking any from you. That makes this Droid raiding useless. Which i do this already.

[@themega.x]

What if raiding was not property specific but determined by the allowable distance radius of your droids? This would likely preserve everything E2 wants to preserve while also making raiding more manageable for the users. The droids would just set out on their missions and explore/collect within the radius for the time allotted. Users may never know where and when the Ether was collected from exactly.

[@vinchmist1359]

It would be great to make a way for other developers(Programmers) to add additional features for E2, I know that there would be a lot of us interesting in developing something for E2 for fun, and even more if there is a way to sell or obtain any type of reward for our creations

[@domdenis78]

Let’s go NOA

[@R0BY0NEKAN0BY]

😎👍

[@shaunhutchinson7171]

Shane please make single tile able to build drones!

[@deandevon1]

Thanks for explaining that a snails pace is really slow

[@propertygeek]

how long to wait now ?

[@csevropa]

Please take this far 🎉

[@SlumMattress]

Wow

[@SupremeRTS]

So how does this make earth 2 like the matrix?

[@robcompton6099]

People being trapped in something that doesn't actually exist! 🤣

[@sergioapellido1945]

Hola, se podrá ver con subtítulos en español???

[@sandezesia]

Supongo que no. Es una pena

[@RobertDeNaga]

Mi chiedo lo stesso per la community Italiana , Nel 2022 ci attendiamo un traduttore, anche perché in molti paesi NON è particolarmente apprezzata la lingua Britannica , anzi. Un' adozione di massa si raggiunge grazie alla comunicazione, e finché resta tutto in Inglese, resta tutto limitato e poco fruibile.

[@e2invest]

u did it

[@sonnyl2915]

Let's do some raiding...

[@down2earth716]

💥Excellent!!! 💥 💥Absolutely 💥bloody 💥💥excellent!!!💥

[@kai2947]

Lets gooooo

[@Schuerer]

I never realized Shane has very long thumbs! Almost as long as his index fingers 😳.

[@dannyb993]

To the moon🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@user-uo1ew1vr5v]

Shane I can't understand but it's good 😄

[@budmansdragracingchannel2726]

Also this video has not shown how to build a Droid? But again whats the use if everyone checks their ether daily.

[@marnap991]

We play with immaginary drone? 😅

[@TheWassag]

The raiding system supposedly is out, but i can't build Droids for some reason 🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@baz3184]

So its basically star craft. Is there a demo out yet?

[@leech319]

wow, Now you've made something wonderfu

[@albanoginer9277]

👀

[@hotchips786]

do you think this engine / backend will end up becoming artificially intelligent , that would make sense

[@chefearther7288]

I want to know when I can import My art works.

[@leyyonmaxredux2109]

Wow amazing great intro.. so much vision.. in the future wih AR and VR i. Your own town searching and meeting droids bases civililansm secret bases . Ground caverns.. will we get a hype bigger then pokemon go in 2016... Invest people. And as a big fan of AC valhalla and AC origins hope for a 4 th theme. In nordic mythology than you have swartalheim dwarfs till elfheim. Elfs and 7 other worlds. All elements like fire creatures from fire land muspelheim till asgard. Jotums blue giants ice. Invest till its to late. Dont be the pizzaguy :)

[@ScoutRangerGTM]

Thanks for the video. My head hurts and I'm not sure I understand. Have you considered a simpler video for players with shorter attention spans? Example: "Raids good because they can potentially gain more E-ther than you otherwise would if you didn't raid".

[@ScoutRangerGTM]

@@animefan7424 It gets built or it doesn't you playing comment section hero wont change that.

[@carlospelegrini864]

so if I have 1 tile properties I won't be able to collect my own essence anymore? 1:08:40

[@SlumMattress]

no, you wont be able to use droids on that property

[@carlospelegrini864]

@@SlumMattress I may as well quit lol. God knows how long to be able to merge properties. No essence, no jewels (soon I guess), so I bought something with literally no value. it says "raiding", not collecting on your own properties. But I guess you're right. Maybe I'll need to buy 4 tile properties.

[@LedgeAndary]

You will still be able to collect your OWN essence but you will not be able to build driods on your property to raid OTHER peoples' essence. Hope this clears things up :)

[@carlospelegrini864]

@@LedgeAndary I hope you're right. But how are you so sure? I'm not

[@LedgeAndary]

@@carlospelegrini864 Shane said multiple times throughout the video that we will still collect our Ether like normal, and as long as we collect it within 24 hours of detection, we will be safe from raiding. It's a long video and kind of complicated so its no wonder there are plenty of questions, but overall your ether is safe as long as you collect it frequently.

[@themega.x]

Hola amigos

[@yohanbouch]

I was in the first few who bought this and I was live what Can I do now, 3 years later

[@Interloper_32388]

You should stop over facebooks Meta. VRchat / Sims. It will be adopted by businesses during the next pandemic, people will want seek companion ship. Have a few ideas on how to collect data from these people to improve and expand the space of the world in which people can occupy and connect with people. Im seeing like 3-5 different game modes, each bringing in different audiences. Heck could be way more if VR was a household item like a computer or phone. The phone will be able to tap into it but not sure people use the VR mode when playing pokemon go - dont want to be bother holding up and looking around. If you haven't seen it watch Halt and Catch Fire, season 2 with Mutiny - revisits the 80's and when computers where entering the market and how these people you follow were the visionaries of what we see today kind of thing. But with Mutiny the way they connected people together, thats what I was hoping for E1 but very narrow obviously for users base in gaming.

[@evanm2570]

This might have been cool for a small audience if it was released in the 20 years ago, as for the future of gaming...not so much

[@smokeyhouseproductions]

This game is becoming so overly complicated that at this point it’s just boring doesn’t feel engaging at all

[@ThEjOkErIsWiLd00]

"game" lol

[@dsports4753]

Next time guys can we have his voice louder? Maxed out volume and can barely hear. Great info tho

[@claxximus]

LFGGGGGG