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Bharring wrote:
So I bought a basic package a long time ago and still never heard anything. Any way to know when I'll be able to play?

If you bought a package you should be able to get into alpha, i bought the cheapest one and im in.

So has the whole open world MMO aspect actually been canned ?


I cannot see anything on the net about the plans changing and as far as I am aware the smaller games were just part of testing.

The 'State of the Crusade' (or whatever) announcements have stated their timescales and plans.
There will be lots of 'district' maps, which count towards the main map. Or something. Check the other thread for info. It was around 2-4 months ago.

Neronoxx wrote:

Commissar Benny wrote:
I was one of the founding members & huge contributor in the Eternal Crusade community. Unfortunately, the game is destined to fail & I pulled my funding. Initially it was supposed to be Planetside 2 in the 40k universe, with thousands of people fighting at once. Then they said that wasn't possible & it became lobby based shooter. Supposedly there is 4 factions, yet I haven't seen any Ork/Eldar footage in the past year. Literally almost the entire original dev team was let go/abandoned project.

If you know anything about video game development, this is a recipe for disaster. Don't even get me started on the Star Citizen microtransaction business model..

Fine if you dont like it, but don't lie about it. None of this is true.

What do you want me to elaborate on? Literally everything I said was true. You think I want EC to fail? I had hundreds of dollars invested in its success. I was literally one of the day one founders & contributors. I spent HUNDREDS of hours of MY time involved with the online community & outside the game. I created art/graphs/outlines for the community. Have you watched all of the livestreams? Poured through the hundreds of pages of threads of upset fans? Do not call me a liar when you don't know what you are talking about.

He is right. Many of the devs have left and progress has been a crawl compared to a year ago. And they DID have to backpedal on many of their features. Either pushing themback to "sometime after launch" or canning them completely.

 Skinnereal wrote:
The 'State of the Crusade' (or whatever) announcements have stated their timescales and plans.
There will be lots of 'district' maps, which count towards the main map. Or something. Check the other thread for info. It was around 2-4 months ago.

Cheers il check it out, sounds like the direction might well have changed somewhat.

 Orock wrote:
He is right. Many of the devs have left and progress has been a crawl compared to a year ago. And they DID have to backpedal on many of their features. Either pushing themback to "sometime after launch" or canning them completely.

It was always obvious to me that many of the features discussed would not make it, they spent a lot of time discussing so many different ideas, so many of them were pretty unrealistic to implement.

Obvious to many including myself. But when you are driving Pre order sales through lofty promises you have no way to keep, the people funding you FOR those features get understandibly upset.

Also as I said before, they have done nothing to curb the outright hostility the established teams show toward anyone suggesting maybe a feature where teams play teams when available via seperate queing is warranted. Fair play and fun take a backseat to xp/hour. They say everything is open world, but the devs have stated there will infanct be battleground type instances that contribute to capturing ground not unlike Warhammer age of reckoning. And we can see the results of not segregating teams when appropriate. A game that did not last 5 years.

http://nichegamer.com/2016/01/warhammer-40000-eternal-crusade-heading-to-playstation-4-xbox-one-pc-in-summer-2016/

Looks like release is Summer 2016. There is also a new trailer but compared to some of the previous 40k games.... its lacking

Here's an update on the game! Woot can't wait ti try Eldar!

http://steamcommunity.com/games/375230/announcements/detail/597104315781232082

How is this thread not locked?

I made one when it came out and it was locked in 15 minutes, this one has been kicking around for how long?

The mods hope threads like this will just slip off the front page and into obscurity.
But, if the OPer keeps it alive, they risk repercussions.
Hit the yellow triangle of friendship to make it go away.

Has there been any news on a release date for console alpha?

The official thread is here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/150/655562.page
News will end up there if there is any.
Or this one:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/691677.page