I am trying to start a Chaos Marine warband via Dakka for the upcoming 40k MMO Eternal Crusade that is in development and will be releasing for the next gen consoles (Xbox One and PS4) and PC and am looking for like minded individuals that share an unbridled hatred for the corpse on the golden throne. If you feel this may be you then feel free to post here and include what system you will most likely be playing on and as the warband develops over the course of the next few months I will try to set up a website just for members of the warband and inform all involved to register on that site when it's done.

Thanks for checking out my post and hopefully soon we will be taking to war to the Emperors Lapdogs.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EZoJi7LfmNY

I've already said I'll lead it, but I'm still interested in what chapter we could actually be. Red corsairs are a good idea.

Is this going to be a casual play, roleplay, or comp play group?

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
I've already said I'll lead it, but I'm still interested in what chapter we could actually be. Red corsairs are a good idea.

you can lead no problem I just wanted to start pulling players together.

Here's what I want our guild to be size and organisation wise, this is for starters and really hoping that we can grow.

Eternal crusade guild FOC

1st company
-5 man command squad
-5 man veteran/termie squad
-1 land raider

2nd company
-10 man tact squad
-1 predator/vindicator

3rd assault company
-10 man raptor squad

4th heavy company 
-10 man havoc squad
-1 land raider

5th support company
-2 hellblades
-2 land raiders
-1 super heavy (if there in the game)

 Enigwolf wrote:
Is this going to be a casual play, roleplay, or comp play group?

would be kinda fun to do role playing and have to be your Marine.

I'd imagine that we'd be a good bit of both, but TBH I want people to be a bit serious in th RP side of things I want each person to have a character in-game with name stuff


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So if people want to join tell me a squad first person in each squad will be a sergeant. The 1st company won't be available yet

If we're going hardcore RP, I'm gonna pass. This is going to be a casual play game for me, and I imagine that a lot of other Dakkanauts are going to be in the same boat.

3rd assault company raptors I will lead them!


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 Enigwolf wrote:
If we're going hardcore RP, I'm gonna pass. This is going to be a casual play game for me, and I imagine that a lot of other Dakkanauts are going to be in the same boat.

I'm sure casual would be OK also. It take different strokes to move the world lol. God I'm old!

Oh, I don't mean hardcore RP not at all sorry to seem that way. I just mean having character names small things.

As long as I can play casual, I'm in. Just my two cents, but won't it be better to organize ourselves as a single Company as opposed to one entire Chapter?

Valid point maybe we should just focus on a single company until we get more members.

May be be better but when our enemy hears of a chapter of chaos coming it's a lot scarier

So what chapter will we be actually?

Uh, no, because then they'll just look at group information, see a small number of players, and laugh. We're already Iron Warriors, devs decided.

To start out I guess it'll be better, when were big and the game is actually out only members of dakka and beta members can be 1st company!

I'll change the FOC now if you want

Iron Warriors are not bad but who know what will happen with development between then and now. Maybe more legions/warbands will be useable.

I was joking wulf


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Yeah, blood gorgons could be cool aswell, and enigwulf, from what I've heard guilds will be able to customise there skins and stuff

Do we need an organisation?
At most we could have groups of people who are on at similar times and have characters that compliment each other in a group...
Oh, just to say I was thinking about playing so if I do i'll happily join this... unless it sucks or something.

Well even having squads would be good for control IE telling people whee to go during large battles.

In the future I hope for us to be both a very large force and where we put our targets on will be a mighty collision and for our chapter to not only be a dakka chapter but a public one.

I'll main Eldar when (expecially IF) the game comes out, but I'm willing to give a shot at Chaos. Prolly Raptor unless something more interesting comes along. And if they manage to replicate the raptor combat in space marine, it'll be AWESOME

Here's an example of a company FOC

Company FOC
-9 10 man squads (change depending on company specialty)
  +rhino
-1 5 man vehicular squad
-1 5 man command squad
  +support land raider
-support vehicles I.e thunderhawk, artillery, superheavies


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Judging from the popularity guess well start off with a raptor company if that's alright

If the title of this topic didn't state "Chaos Warband" I would just assume you were in the planning stages of a Loyalist Chapter.

Chaos = No chapters, no companies.

A warband is a group of most likely unrelated Traitors who come together under the banner of a powerful Chaos Warlord so they can obtain glory for themselves and one day take command of their own warband, or kill the current leader and take over.

They are called "traitors" for a reason, you won't be able to command the loyalty of all the marines under your banner since many of them will be there for their own reasons and one day your goals and their goals are going to come into conflict. Traitors have no honor and their loyalties are as capricious as the winds.

A Chaos Warband cannon be planned for as a Loyalist Chapter. Loyalty and honor only last as long as the victories and spoils of war are plenty.

Organization boils down to :

-Chaos Lord
-Chaos Lord's retinue of his MOST TRUSTED ALLIES to provide security for the lord from would be usurpers.
-A cabal of Sorcerers ( make sure they are being watched by trusted allies for duplicity among the psykers )
* Keep the cabal small and keep them distrustful of one another so they don't combine their powers against the Lord, Execute them at the first sign of defiance.
-Rank and file marines ( watch them closely, they came to you for glory and riches, they will betray you if you don't provide them with victories and trophies.
*Imprison marines whose loyalty is suspect into Dreadnoughts, do not allow them to sleep as the loyalists do - this will degrade their sanity to the point where they are mostly just death machines and will not be able to command lucid thoughts for long enough to make plans of revolt. This will also serve as a message to other would be revolts in your marines.
-Human slaves and soldiers
Keep all the special/rare weapons and armors in the hands of your most fanatical allies so aspiring champions find it harder to revolt.

Only allow your most loyal human slave/soldiers access to the heavy armor and siege weapons. Your rank and file Marines will consider it an insult for you to have them stay back from the front lines and preventing them from obtaining the glories that are rightfully theirs. Fear of the Lord and his marines will keep the human scum from turning the guns against you.
* Keep the Marines and slaves apart to prevent plots against you, such will be easy to do since your marines will think the slaves unworthy of their presence.

Not to be a dick but.. isn't it a bit early for this? The game won't be coming out for the next 2 years right?

 Soladrin wrote:
Not to be a dick but.. isn't it a bit early for this? The game won't be coming out for the next 2 years right?

It's never to early to oppose the Emperor.

No but really it is never to early to start building a community of players that will when the game releases be familiar with each other and already have an established relationship.


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AWesker1976 wrote:
If the title of this topic didn't state "Chaos Warband" I would just assume you were in the planning stages of a Loyalist Chapter.

Chaos = No chapters, no companies.

A warband is a group of most likely unrelated Traitors who come together under the banner of a powerful Chaos Warlord so they can obtain glory for themselves and one day take command of their own warband, or kill the current leader and take over.

They are called "traitors" for a reason, you won't be able to command the loyalty of all the marines under your banner since many of them will be there for their own reasons and one day your goals and their goals are going to come into conflict. Traitors have no honor and their loyalties are as capricious as the winds.

A Chaos Warband cannon be planned for as a Loyalist Chapter. Loyalty and honor only last as long as the victories and spoils of war are plenty.

Organization boils down to :

-Chaos Lord
-Chaos Lord's retinue of his MOST TRUSTED ALLIES to provide security for the lord from would be usurpers.
-A cabal of Sorcerers ( make sure they are being watched by trusted allies for duplicity among the psykers )
* Keep the cabal small and keep them distrustful of one another so they don't combine their powers against the Lord, Execute them at the first sign of defiance.
-Rank and file marines ( watch them closely, they came to you for glory and riches, they will betray you if you don't provide them with victories and trophies.
*Imprison marines whose loyalty is suspect into Dreadnoughts, do not allow them to sleep as the loyalists do - this will degrade their sanity to the point where they are mostly just death machines and will not be able to command lucid thoughts for long enough to make plans of revolt. This will also serve as a message to other would be revolts in your marines.
-Human slaves and soldiers
Keep all the special/rare weapons and armors in the hands of your most fanatical allies so aspiring champions find it harder to revolt.

Only allow your most loyal human slave/soldiers access to the heavy armor and siege weapons. Your rank and file Marines will consider it an insult for you to have them stay back from the front lines and preventing them from obtaining the glories that are rightfully theirs. Fear of the Lord and his marines will keep the human scum from turning the guns against you.
* Keep the Marines and slaves apart to prevent plots against you, such will be easy to do since your marines will think the slaves unworthy of their presence.

And yes you are correct Chaos has quite a different hierarchy than that of a SM chapter.

AWesker1976 wrote:
If the title of this topic didn't state "Chaos Warband" I would just assume you were in the planning stages of a Loyalist Chapter.

Chaos = No chapters, no companies.

Wrong. All Chaos "warbands" are different, merely labelled as a "warband" to widely encompass all different force-org types. Sure you'll have the raving lunatic bands led by one nasty dude, but then you'll also have groups like the Iron Warriors and Black Legion that still hold on to typical force organization.

Yeah, I'm only using an FOC for ease of command and a ranking system. What we could do is just having a lot of squads no companies and call them chaosy name like in the word bearers they call them coteries and the larger ones cabals or something like that, maybe hosts I think.
To get a ready made FOC we could be word bearers, they have a lot of unique things that make them a nice chapter. And Anybody who likes a specific god could join a squad that is dedicated to that god. I think theyre a nice choice

Either way I'm getting a bit ahead of my self, lets just get a list of everyone and a arch-type there's like to be and then a squad and so on

Isn't this a bit early? As far as I know nothing is known of the game except the dev which isn't exactly great and it's going to be realeased on popamole platforms.

 illuknisaa wrote:
Isn't this a bit early? As far as I know nothing is known of the game except the dev which isn't exactly great and it's going to be realeased on popamole platforms.

It's coming end of...2015

Good stuff, I run the first and so far only Space Marine -Vigilia Mortis. Would be great to get a rivalry going and try and get on the same server, that’s if you playing the PC version

I'd be playing PC, so guys what chapter will we be??? Vote please

Also current roster

Me-chaos lord
Bloodfrenzy-raptor sergeant (captain if the 3rd company gets big enough)
Enigwulf-???
Vuiet-raptor (3rd company)

Anyone else?

I have a few questions

How much experience do you guys have in being a leader?

How much experience do you have in running a guild?

Do you plan on making a website for the "chapter/company"?

What Warband do you plan to base your chapter off of?

how much MMO experience do you have?

Who is in charge? Dark Apostle or BloodFrenzy? It seems Bloodfrenzy started this thread but Dark Apostle is the Lord? I don't understand

I have no particular preference when it comes to Chaos Warbands :-?? what do you guys want?

I don't mind but I wouldn't mind something thats already got a bit of lore. I personally am a big fan of thousand sons and word bearers, and a lot of renegade warbands like blood forgone and skyrars dark wolves (my personal favourite)

And it was bloodfrenzy who wanted to make one so he's my secound in command. I've got a bit of history leading factions but aren't guilds just the same thing? That question will prob be my downfall




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I mean blood gorgons

I say create your own warband with your own lore. Established lore saves time when organizing a guild but forces certain expectations upon you when it comes to the day to day minutia of an established chaos legion.

That's a reason I'd say word bearers so no specialisation that people expect from is but we'd still be already set up and attract outsiders. So yeah if people ask me what chapter we should be id say word bearers what do you think?

I'll get in on this.

I will too, I also have friends. Stop laughing, I do!

 DemetriDominov wrote:
I will too, I also have friends. Stop laughing, I do!

Friends he says haha, anyway if warband is still being discussed, why not, The Corpse Children, we can spitball fluff, or I can write some up quick.

Yay two new members! What squad you wanna be in and what type like raptor havoc or tac

Is 1st company open? if not I want to be a raptor champion.

Until were big enough 1st company ain't open but when it is dakka dakka members will have priority slots whille the other companies will be public access. So yeah, welcome 3rd assault company of TBA

Tba?

To be announced we don't have a name yet

I will be the leader of my own company within the Warband until the fabled and omniscient Tim returns to take my place.

We'll be called the Warp Watchers, and our role will depend on how combat evolves in the game. However, we're probably going to specialize in infiltration, secrecy, and be the people you request to go assassinate or terrorize someone or someplace people think they're safe in. - especially high value targets such as the War Council. We will basically be the Night Lords in practice.

I (unfortunately) have extensive experience in MMO's. I played WoW for something like 4-5 years and struggled through WAR for about four months before almost choking to death on my own vomit and feces. I have been a guild leader in the past but prefer to lead people not as the head of an organization, but as a trusted (and venerated) comrade guild members look up to.

There is no website planned unless Tim wishes to reactivate it, but that's up to him.

I'm planning on rolling a pysker or tact marine that compliments this tactical stealth role and request that those who are interested in this division of the war band do the same. We will be extremely competitive (but not necessarily demanding) and only allow a tight knit group of players into our cult due to the nature of our missions. We will require trust over skill as teamwork and a closed circuit of information is a must.

Ok then, you can lead a infiltration squad FOR NOW, if you get over 2 full squads (5 men [only in your case as your infiltration squads], 10 men normally) if you have history of being in guilds then please do help around if that's ok recruit all the people you want and post a roster.

And if it's ok I think weshould go on ahead and be word bearers, then each company can have a name like the chapter of the warp watchers for your guys, That ain't the only advantage


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Who's tim?

I agree. The Word Bearer's was a very popular choice for many of the people at Warp Watchers. They'd be glad to at the very least be part of it.

Tim was the owner and admin of the website, Warp Watchers. Where he is, or what he is up to these days is a complete mystery. He's sort of a lost prophet, one that if ever returns may claim the leadership role once more and reopen the website.

Btw, am I limited to 5 people, or 10?

 DemetriDominov wrote:
I agree. The Word Bearer's was a very popular choice for many of the people at Warp Watchers. They'd be glad to at the very least be part of it.

Tim was the owner and admin of the website, Warp Watchers. Where he is, or what he is up to these days is a complete mystery. He's sort of a lost prophet, one that if ever returns may claim the leadership role once more and reopen the website.

Btw, am I limited to 5 people, or 10?

I smell a future coup d'etat if this Tim guy comes back.

Not limited, you become an official company after those the max in a company is 100 if you've got more then that make a secound company

Can you post a roster?


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And yay word bearers we are

 DemetriDominov wrote:
I agree. The Word Bearer's was a very popular choice for many of the people at Warp Watchers. They'd be glad to at the very least be part of it.

Tim was the owner and admin of the website, Warp Watchers. Where he is, or what he is up to these days is a complete mystery. He's sort of a lost prophet, one that if ever returns may claim the leadership role once more and reopen the website.

Btw, am I limited to 5 people, or 10?

I know where Merk is, we played GW2 alot and he has talked about getting Warp Watchers back up:

http://www.battle-brothers.net/profile/1328494

Here is some stuff on tge word bearers organisation


X amount of hosts make a chapter

Hosts=company
Chapters=grand companies

Host;
-Dark apostle
-coryphaus
+  -standard bearer
    -champion
    -2x honourguards
-10 man annointed squad
-6x 10 man squads of host specialisation
-10 man tact squads
-5 man raptor squad
-5 man havoc squad
-4 man support squad (heavy vehicles)

I heard coup d'etat I'm ready for some warring.

I'll... Just be the lone wolf operating outside of the FOC/ORBAT.

Yeah I'm getting excited! Shame it's 2 1/2 years

I vote we name the warband Purple's People Eaters.

Every faction I make here on dakka you end up suggesting a name related to your self


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Also currently there is 2 chapters I'm each a single host. The chapter of the warp watchers with the 2nd infiltration host and the chapter of the big dakka with the 1st assault host.

I'm keeping the FOC of Warp Watchers within the brotherhood.

If it pleases the Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers I will give you a brief outline and update you on the numbers of our ranks.

- Lost Prophet: Tim

- Bearer of the Watch: Demetri Dominov

Cult Numbers: 2 (Tim isn't being counted until he returns.)

I'll get my brother in on this, we want to name our warband The Blood Sirens, we'll be allied raptors ^_^

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
Every faction I make here on dakka you end up suggesting a name related to your self

I only suggest what is good for the sake of all of us...
My wise and benevolent leadership under my name and command.

I wish they're release more info about factions and guilds

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
I wish they're release more info about factions and guilds

We have two more years of waiting till release for that...

Yeah I keep forgetting how long it's gonna be

It may be quite a wait but by the time the game releases we will be hopefully very well organized so there is a slight upside to waiting and getting info slowly so we can assimilate it as it comes.

 Bloodfrenzy187 wrote:
It may be quite a wait but by the time the game releases we will be hopefully very well organized so there is a slight upside to waiting and getting info slowly so we can assimilate it as it comes.

Organization counts for jack when it's just all on paper, lol.

Well it's mainly the numbers that are good by starting early.

Sign me up! Any chance to appease She Who Thirsts is worthy of my time and $!

Xbox One will be my choice unless it will be on the 360 aswell

I wonder if/when the game releases, will you all be able to just assume your post? I mean, how much time are you going to have to spend shooting your bolters at orks before you get your jump pack, or stealth field? Will you be able to automatically assume your warlord status? Or will you have to achieve a certain rank before you get voted in?? lol I HATE that its still 2+years away!!

I guess 2 possible things

1. You can short cut/rank up faster depending on your rank in a guild. So if I'm a guild leader I'd get to that specification (like chaos lord) faster while a raptor in a guild would get assault class faster

2. I'm going to end up putting a crap ton of Monet into it to end up assuming my role of leader


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Also riddick40k what class and stuff?

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
I guess 2 possible things

1. You can short cut/rank up faster depending on your rank in a guild. So if I'm a guild leader I'd get to that specification (like chaos lord) faster while a raptor in a guild would get assault class faster

No game has ever given advancement bonuses just because you're a clan/guild/alliance leader.

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
I guess 2 possible things

1. You can short cut/rank up faster depending on your rank in a guild. So if I'm a guild leader I'd get to that specification (like chaos lord) faster while a raptor in a guild would get assault class faster

2. I'm going to end up putting a crap ton of Monet into it to end up assuming my role of leader


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Also riddick40k what class and stuff?

Would love to be a aspiring champion for noise marines or an aspiring champion for raptors

Raptor it is, when more members join you can be champion.

So far we've had only raptors any body wanna be a different position for variety?

Obliterator all the way baby!! lol

If obliteratets aren't in then what class you want?

I said raptor champion this means war.

There cam be multiple champions, I'm not deciding on specific ranks until the game is out and you can show your skills.

Almost forgot: willing to try an IW Warsmith if available, since there are a lot of raptors and you don't look like you would miss one. So, let your damaged tanks, dreadnoughts, bikes, titans and whatnot come to me, lol.

Do you mean warpsmith? Warsmiths are iron warriors equivalents of captains yeah sure something new is always good!

Well, I didn't mean taking the role of commander, but more like the class itself if they have it. It seems interesting and I'm fairly curious as to how they implement certain stuff. Since the IW were the first Chaos Legion to be announced, I can't see how they might not include one of their main figures. I'll leave commanding to people with actual strategic experience

Ok, sure. I think we are almost reaching 10 guys, almost a second squad!

But, I'm currently in talks with a group I used to play with to join us and that means a large amount of new members. But a lot of them are saying that they don't like the fact that we are a ready-made legion, so ill go with what everyone else had been pushing me to do and got for a custom warband

For the name, a lot of warbands have X of X like slayers of graballax or sons of sektoct so anybody have ideas for names?

And for colours I'm thinking just have a shoulder pad a certain colour and for higher ranks they can have full colours to show there devotion.

Maybe we can be an iron warriors based warband like sons of perturabo as a name, or warriors of perturabo.

Any ideas?

This sounds pretty sweet, too bad its just so far away. If I'm not too busy with uni and things when the game finally comes round to being release, count me in.
Just give me the biggest gun and a target to aim for
Or failing that, I guess sticking with a raptor theme wouldn't be too bad.

Yay, the more the better! Also if I'm right your our 10the member!


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Me-chaos lord
Bloodfrenzy-raptor sergeant (captain if the 3rd company gets big enough)
Enigwulf-lone wolf
Vuiet-raptor (3rd company)
Angron-raptor champion (3rd company)
Angrons brother-raptor (3rd company)
Riddick-raptor or noise marine champion
Wolfnid-obliterater
Vuiet-warsmith (engineer)
Marine with heart-havoc


Warp Watchers;
Dimitri- infiltrater (bearer of the watch)
Tim-infiltrater (lost prophet)


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Current roster

You know, you could just go for the Red Corsairs, since they're as fluffy a band of renegades if any, who include amongst their ranks Legion marines and new traitors from Chapters no one's even heard of. Seriously. This will let everyone just go with whatever aesthetic they want.

If that's what others want, but IMO Im not a fan of them, I'll go with them. If people want them though I'll do it.

IMHO it's the best way to cater to the different factions, aesthetics, and legions everyone wants to play.

Plus Red Corsairs sounds kinda cool and have interesting fluff and background... Plus I have a soft spot for red colours

A lot of Red Corsairs merely use red to cross out any previous iconography. This is why I say that the Red Corsairs are going to be a good way to have the most diverse colors and aesthetics for everyone to pursue fluffily. Otherwise they can use the red-and-bronze color scheme that the Red Corsairs have, which is very similar to that of the Word Bearers. Here's two images that explain what I mean:

Ok then red corsairs we are should I make a new thread and have this as the recruitment thread, this thread isn't mine so I can't state any real info about the guild on the main name or the main post.

Yeah, you should. Give it a cool title name or something. I'd be a lot more interested in playing a Red Corsair over a Word Bearer, to be honest with you!

So we're red corsairs offshoot? Or an actual warband that falls under huron.

could people register to this site and message me there usernames, I only need 4 and with this we can make a website with forums for our guild. id suggest the high ranking members to join

http://www.gothicwars.org/forums/index.php

I'm not making another new forum account, sorry. Dakka's enough for me.

Ok don't worry, BRW I'm good friends with a lot of guys on this site and I expect many to join us red corsairs

Count me in for this Glory to Papa Nurgle

I wish to join this warband against the armies of the corpse emperor and ill probably be getting it for PS4.

cool, were growing!

Pencil me in for this warband....although since the game launch is still over 2 years away I reserve the right to not follow through if I'm dead or something like that.

yeah I know

official website of the chaos warband, thanks to Ifepy for his work! http://thefirstfounding.enjin.com/

Appreciate it Dark

For now the website's layout is all subject to change. We have laid down the beginnings of our foundation as a new gaming community.

I currently am speaking with an artist about the website's layout and themes, not to mention customized images of who we are. Everything will be getting overhauled, I assure you. These changes will take place over the next few months. In the meantime if you want to be apart of the community please join our website. From there we will discuss the future of our warband.

-ifepy

yeah, Ifepy is the real backbone to this large expansion, thank you ifepy!