Vision

Sci-fi Action RPG: seamless FPS ↔ third-person melee, procedural story dungeons, biomechanical evolution, anti-FOMO economy, offline/online integrity, 15-year roadmap.

Elevator Pitch

Terra Firma: Awakening is a far-future sci-fi Action RPG (~5,000 years ahead) where players seamlessly swap first-person shooting and third-person melee. Gun combat uses readable weapon frames (Adaptive, Aggressive, Precision, Rapid-Fire, Lightweight, High-Impact). Melee combat uses deep ARPG weapon families, attack rating, enhanced damage, crushing blow, and resistance stacks — reskinned as apex-race biomechanical tech.

Core Loop

• Engage with guns and/or melee — firearm input = FPP, blade input = TPP (no swap button).
• Salvage frames, melee bases, sockets, nanites, resists gear.
• Evolve class trees: Combat (Offensive & Auras combined), Tentacles (level-gated → max 3×2; Mechanical Arms bridge), Customizable Ultimate matrix.
• Breakpoints (IAS/FCR analogues + gun handling).

Pillars (Updated)

• Combat flow over camera gimmicks — input-driven FPP ↔ TPP mid-fight.
• Two readable power languages — gun frames + melee families.
• Flow: 0–15 / 15–30 / 30+ Singularity takedown (TPP) → reset Tier 1; Phonons = ARPG sockets.
• Deep mitigation — resists, absorb, DR, block/parry, shields.
• Integrity by architecture — offline/online split.
• Anti-FOMO economy.
• Long-horizon 15-year universe.
• Human-driven anti-cheat in competitive spaces.

What Changed vs Prior Draft

• Melee is no longer a thin blade slot — full ARPG-family armory (blades + glaives included).
• Gun Armory is firearms only; added Heavy Guns (2-Handed); blades/glaives removed from that roster.
• Hybrid Perspective Kinetic Combat Engine v1.0 locks camera verbs to inputs.
• Flow thresholds tripled: Tier 1 (0–15), Tier 2 (15–30), Tier 3 (30+).
• Special Takedown at Singularity pulls to TPP, then Flow resets to Tier 1.
• Melee spacing is player-driven (stick, lunge, dodge (Vault WILL NOT USE)).
• Phonon Shards/Chords remain ARPG socket crafting on guns/melee/armor (never aim/camera).
• Damage is multi-channel with AR/Def and immunity break tools.
• Resist penalties by difficulty tier (Normal / Nightmare / Hell analogues).
• Gun and melee itemization both feed the same salvage treadmill.

Gun Armory Roster (Firearms Only)

• Auto, Pulse, Scout, Hand Cannon, SMG, Sidearm
• Shotgun, Sniper, Fusion, Linear Fusion, Trace
• Grenade Launcher, Rocket, Machine Gun, Bow
• Heavy Guns (2-Handed) — braced / shouldered heavy platforms (not Machine Gun / Rocket)
• Combat Blades and Glaives are Melee Armory only (vol. 06) — not on the gun roster.
• Heavy Guns (2-Handed) are a distinct firearm family for braced heavy platforms.