Update - Emerald v.9.71 RC
Here is new Emerald 9.71 first class Joomla 3.x membership extension. Every week this extension become better. Let me share with you my personal experience.
Right now we are setting up demo server with Emerald. And we work a lot with this extension. And I should say, that I have never regret that all Emerald management is moved to fronted. In fact even more. It works quick, it looks amazing, it feels very intuitive at the same time incredibly flexible.
Next week we will publish demo