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Back then internet wasn't quite as common as it is today, and wasn't as reliable, sadly.

Haha I do my best.

Hype rising for the update today, geese I cant wait for a small blog or something, what am I going to be like when trailers are teased.

I really hope us hear at dakka dakka get priority beta slots!


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I've got another small but important idea. If your going all the way with the chapters being like they are in lore then a whole company would be termies, that's 1/10 members being termies, so to keep termies rare and stop them getting nerfed how about (like a max suit in planetside) you have a cool down timer on it like 24 hours? That sound cool?

I somehow doubt that there would be any "real" force organization chart in EC outside of your own player-formed guilds. You'll have one "War Council" that gets elected, and that's about it.

I just meant that as an average

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Perhaps because each campaign is 3 (months?) levels and specs reset so with each new planet makes everyone start again so there wont be all terminators against ork boys.

Although people could pay a fee if they wish to keep just one character as they are such as those few who are high ranking positions. Thus every other charcter/race you choose will reset after each campaign.

LOL, resetting people back to level one will never happen, the nerd rage would be epic though. Once a faction becomes too far ahead of another, the tyrannids will start eating them to hold them in check, according to the developer's interview.

Well, it could be doable if they would only sell unlocks and customisation via their cash shop, but have you grind for actual wargear, experience and standing.

Then again, it's true - reset does not necessarily have to affect the characters in any way. The maps on Planetside 2 keep switching colours all the time, and it does not matter at all that after so many months there are many people who have unlocked just about everything. The influx of "green" players and the retiring rate of "vets" keeps gear balance somewhere in the middle, I suppose. All a reset on a game would really have to achieve would be to render all territories neutral and remove faction bonuses gained for conquest.

 Lynata wrote:
Well, it could be doable if they would only sell unlocks and customisation via their cash shop, but have you grind for actual wargear, experience and standing.

Any, and I mean ANY kind of "pay to win" system in an MMO or any other game for that matter is a death knell for its fanbase, it's as simple as that.

Forgive my almost "zealous" hatred of Free to Play/Pay to Win games, but over many years playing more then a few of them and seeing first hand the animosity and unrest they cause to fans, dividing friends and clans alike by who can and can't go where/use what spell/choose which class, I know the erosion it causes in a fanbase, and it hardened my heart over the years on the matter.

Either everyone pays, or no one pays, the only free to play game I've seen not to destroy its fanbase is TF2, which all you can do is buy hats, which can be made/looted in-game anyway.

Like I said in my earlier post, Free to Play/Pay to Win games will lead us into another Gaming Dark Age...

 JakeCWolf wrote:

Either everyone pays, or no one pays, the only free to play game I've seen not to destroy its fanbase is TF2, which all you can do is buy hats, which can be made/looted in-game anyway.

Dust 514's playerbase is still growing. This is in spite of the fact that they're still playing on a "previous-gen" console.

Here is newsletter 1# for any body that is yet to see it;

"GREETINGS, FELLOW CRUSADERS!

Welcome to the first edition of the Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade newsletter. I’m David Ghozland, Creative Director on the project.

 

First of all, I wanted to say that myself and the team here at Behaviour Interactive can’t thank you enough for your support. We knew there would be a big response to a new 40k MMO, but the passion and enthusiasm we’ve seen from the community has gone beyond our expectations.

We consider this to be YOUR game – the online 40k world that the fans have always wanted. To that end, we’ll be setting up a space where you can communicate with the devs and share your thoughts. Expect some news on this front very soon!

In the months to come, this newsletter will be a platform for expressing our specific intentions on this project and communicating the thought processes behind its development. For the inaugural edition, however, I’d like to say a bit more about the game itself.

 

A World At War

 

One of the first misconceptions we saw about the game based on the announcement was that because of the game’s genre, people thought that we were making a "traditional" MMORPG. If you looked out our "required playing" list for new team members*, you'd see that we're planning on making something quite different indeed. We believe that the MMORPG genre is one with vast possibilities – just look at EvE Online or Firefall to see how far it can stretch.

In Eternal Crusade, we’re presenting a war on a planetary scale, but what you want to do in the game world is really up to you - there's no traditional quest or leveling structure in the experience. When you drop down to the planet with your friends, you’ll have a great overview of the ongoing conflict due to both traditional UI elements and community channels. If you want to head to the front lines and fight where you’re needed most, you can drive over there and do so. Along the way you might meet players from the enemy faction skulking about, or maybe you’ll spot a tantalizing entrance to the world beneath the surface or a Tyranid infestation bursting out near one of your strongholds.

Or perhaps one of your squad-mates will get an idea to hit the enemy behind their lines at a particularly valuable strategic position. It’ll take some skill to get there unnoticed and you might be guaranteed to have the enemy’s attention once you’ve done the damage, but the game's not going to stop you!

Part of what makes this possible is that MMO technology has come far enough to allow for true skill & precision-based gameplay and we’ve made a deliberate choice to make progression as horizontal as possible. A small amount of power gain is inevitable, but in a PvP-focused game it’s crucial that the vast majority of progression is about filling out your tactical possibilities and increasing specialization. Tabletop 40k has been a big inspiration in this regard, as you’ll see when we talk more about creating your character builds.

The other part is that we’re not creating a "content-heavy" world, but rather one driven by gameplay systems. There are unique spots to find, environmental lore bits and an ongoing narrative, but community efforts and Tyranid invasions drive the battle for the surface while the shapes and challenges of the underworld are generated procedurally. Our aim is to make an online world that never stops being able to surprise its players.

If this sounds good to you, stick around! We’ll keep talking about the details of the game design and other production updates right here, so if you know anyone else who might be interested in these topics, you can encourage them to register on the site.

Until next time, may the Emperor protect!"


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I'm pretty annoyed to see that none of my questions had been answered despite what miguel had said :(

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
Here is newsletter 1# for any body that is yet to see it;

"GREETINGS, FELLOW CRUSADERS!

Welcome to the first edition of the Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade newsletter. I’m David Ghozland, Creative Director on the project.

 

First of all, I wanted to say that myself and the team here at Behaviour Interactive can’t thank you enough for your support. We knew there would be a big response to a new 40k MMO, but the passion and enthusiasm we’ve seen from the community has gone beyond our expectations.

We consider this to be YOUR game – the online 40k world that the fans have always wanted. To that end, we’ll be setting up a space where you can communicate with the devs and share your thoughts. Expect some news on this front very soon!

In the months to come, this newsletter will be a platform for expressing our specific intentions on this project and communicating the thought processes behind its development. For the inaugural edition, however, I’d like to say a bit more about the game itself.

 

A World At War

 

One of the first misconceptions we saw about the game based on the announcement was that because of the game’s genre, people thought that we were making a "traditional" MMORPG. If you looked out our "required playing" list for new team members*, you'd see that we're planning on making something quite different indeed. We believe that the MMORPG genre is one with vast possibilities – just look at EvE Online or Firefall to see how far it can stretch.

In Eternal Crusade, we’re presenting a war on a planetary scale, but what you want to do in the game world is really up to you - there's no traditional quest or leveling structure in the experience. When you drop down to the planet with your friends, you’ll have a great overview of the ongoing conflict due to both traditional UI elements and community channels. If you want to head to the front lines and fight where you’re needed most, you can drive over there and do so. Along the way you might meet players from the enemy faction skulking about, or maybe you’ll spot a tantalizing entrance to the world beneath the surface or a Tyranid infestation bursting out near one of your strongholds.

Or perhaps one of your squad-mates will get an idea to hit the enemy behind their lines at a particularly valuable strategic position. It’ll take some skill to get there unnoticed and you might be guaranteed to have the enemy’s attention once you’ve done the damage, but the game's not going to stop you!

Part of what makes this possible is that MMO technology has come far enough to allow for true skill & precision-based gameplay and we’ve made a deliberate choice to make progression as horizontal as possible. A small amount of power gain is inevitable, but in a PvP-focused game it’s crucial that the vast majority of progression is about filling out your tactical possibilities and increasing specialization. Tabletop 40k has been a big inspiration in this regard, as you’ll see when we talk more about creating your character builds.

The other part is that we’re not creating a "content-heavy" world, but rather one driven by gameplay systems. There are unique spots to find, environmental lore bits and an ongoing narrative, but community efforts and Tyranid invasions drive the battle for the surface while the shapes and challenges of the underworld are generated procedurally. Our aim is to make an online world that never stops being able to surprise its players.

If this sounds good to you, stick around! We’ll keep talking about the details of the game design and other production updates right here, so if you know anyone else who might be interested in these topics, you can encourage them to register on the site.

Until next time, may the Emperor protect!"


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I'm pretty annoyed to see that none of my questions had been answered despite what miguel had said :(

Beat me too it

I am a ninja.....

You did forget posting the picture included.

Well that can be your special part

I manged to get a personal Q&A session done with Miguel and the team, myself and members of my Chapter selected some questions that we thought would be important to us, once I get the email back from Miguel I will post it on our site and share it here

www.battle-brothers.net

Cool.

Nice.

How about we at dakka dakka compile a Q&A ourselves for miguel, everybody who wants to post a question or 2 and I'll copy and paste them here with your usernameand then message them to him. Sound good?

My question is;
Are the only chaos legion the iron warriors, and how will this affect how guilds/chapters/warbands?

Enigwulf;
My [enigwulf's] question would be, how is each side going to subdivide down? Are we only going to see one Chaos Legion/warband, one Ork Waagh! group, one Eldar Craftworld, and one Space Marine Chapter, or are we going to see whatever each player wants? If the latter, how is that going to be explained fluff-wise?

At this point all I want to know is will there be a console beta? All the Q&As in the world mean pretty little until we see the actual product, especially when they're answering questions about something that won't launch for over a year. I know there will be one for the PC, but I'm hoping I'll have something to test drive also.

My question would be, how is each side going to subdivide down? Are we only going to see one Chaos Legion/warband, one Ork Waagh! group, one Eldar Craftworld, and one Space Marine Chapter, or are we going to see whatever each player wants? If the latter, how is that going to be explained fluff-wise?

To the Developers.

Since I go to the Games Developers Conference and other noteworthy gatherings (as needed to keep update going trends for my IP's) I can only say the following and if it is harsh it comes from the hard cold reality of being informed on how the video gaming/entertainment industry is today.

1. 40K MMO. Yes you will get your hardcore Fanboi's, niche players playing the game but is that going to be enough for the game to be viable in the Long run?. You will need to get a certain percentage of your average gamer interested in playing it for long term viability.

40K is NOT the awesome worldwide biggest customer base that GW wants you to believe, so it will be necessary to increase your customer base. Otherwise it is going to be years of developing a product and within 6 months its in the bargain bins.

2. Complexity and the use of tutorials . You must have a easy to read tutorial when trying to communicate on how to play and game in your MMO. I have a Technical Writer on my staff, (known her for 24 years) the type of person who has worked in Silicon Valley that had to listen to the Jargon coming from scientists/ engineers and explain it correctly to the consumer about the product in question.

You need one of those.

3. DLC Yea this is at times a necessary evil so make sure that the DLC is priced wisely otherwise its bargain basement time for your product.

4. Free to play and Micro transactions. Again make sure if the system that you use is going to have this that the pricing is fair as well as the mechanics for those that do not use it because of cost.

5. Advertisement. If you follow the GW concept of advertising your product, you might as well give up now and save your money. Use your head and common sense on how to use your advertising dollars wisely. DO YOUR RESEARCH on all venues of your potential customer base and apply your resources wisely.

This is what I can think of at the moment. Probably more will come later perhaps.

Need to start forming a Chaos Marine Warband on here for the release of the game. Anyone up to the task?

I'll gladly do it, I was thinking about it anyway

Sweet, I'll be your first recruit.

Death to the False Emperor!!

JakeCWolf wrote:Any, and I mean ANY kind of "pay to win" system in an MMO or any other game for that matter is a death knell for its fanbase, it's as simple as that. [...] Like I said in my earlier post, Free to Play/Pay to Win games will lead us into another Gaming Dark Age...

Free to Play isn't the same as Play to Win, though. See MechWarrior Online for an example of how it can work nicely, or Planetside 2. You don't have to limit the cash shop to customisation either - "progression boosts" are a common option as well, letting you skip a few hours of grind to get that piece of gear you always wanted somewhat sooner. On a battlefield where players of all ranges of experience/veterancy and thus equipment levels will clash, such advantages matter not, and are essentially a win-win for everyone. The paying player, who may well be a working man/woman, saves some time and can keep up with those who are playing more often without compromising balance, and the company receives a few bucks to keep the game running, which in turn benefits everyone.

The Dark Apostle wrote:The other part is that we’re not creating a "content-heavy" world, but rather one driven by gameplay systems.

I actually like this. Sandbox ftw.

Oh cool, as warband I was thinking the bloodborn of m'kar a not well known but very interesting and quite perfect for this particular occasion.

The bloodborn are a warband dedicated to m'kar the thrice born, a daemon prince who is one of the greatest enemies of the imperium and specifically the Ultramarines.

One of the reasons the bloodborn are hood is the method of aesthetic uniform. They recruit members from different chaos warbands and only change the one of the shoulder pads to the blue and red. There main uniform for the actual members (mainly guys from the host of m'kar during the Horus heresy)
Is a copy of the Ultramarines but they coat there armour in the blood of there enemies. Another reason is there allegiance with the iron warriors, a warsmith Honsou resurrected M'kar and his daemons (a large number of his soldiers are daemons).

This sound good, BTW if you doubt me with this I've lead chapters and guilds before

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
Oh cool, as warband I was thinking the bloodborn of m'kar a not well known but very interesting and quite perfect for this particular occasion.

The bloodborn are a warband dedicated to m'kar the thrice born, a daemon prince who is one of the greatest enemies of the imperium and specifically the Ultramarines.

One of the reasons the bloodborn are hood is the method of aesthetic uniform. They recruit members from different chaos warbands and only change the one of the shoulder pads to the blue and red. There main uniform for the actual members (mainly guys from the host of m'kar during the Horus heresy)
Is a copy of the Ultramarines but they coat there armour in the blood of there enemies. Another reason is there allegiance with the iron warriors, a warsmith Honsou resurrected M'kar and his daemons (a large number of his soldiers are daemons).

This sound good, BTW if you doubt me with this I've lead chapters and guilds before

Or you can go with the easiest option and go with Red Corsairs. Paint any colour you want, even loyalist. Profit.

I started a thread to try and pull people together for the warband and as far as a name I think that something like the red corsairs is a good idea because of the diversity of chapters/legions.

Hi all!

Long time lurker, but first time poster!
(Used to be member of warp watchers)

Here is interview made for russian 40k community!
It's in english, and rusian parts have subs

answers some questions, and clarifies many things, it's 30min long, so take your time!

Hah, was just going to comment on that as I've just seen it linked on the page MadMuzza posted.

Still watching it as I type, but an interesting thing I noted is that there will apparently be multiple "Chapter Leaders" in the player hierarchy, each of whom represent about a hundred players. Wouldn't that designation hint at there being multiple Chapters, or am I interpreting it too narrowly?