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Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by LaughinGod, Apr 20, 2015.

  1. Hi there! I just got on board a couple days ago purely out of love for the universe and the concept. I used to play tabletop quite a bit when we had a local game shop in town. Being a broke schoolkid at the time I started with Blood Angels knowing it would cost me less to field a SM army even though they weren't my first choice. Once I had enough points to enter tournaments I devoted all my winnings to creating my Eldar army. Friends knew it as the "Army of Fortune" since I barely paid for any of it, instead expanding it with the sweat and tears of my small force of SM. I never respected the idea of a race as intelligent and scarce as the Eldar using conscripts so I never fielded guardians, regarding them as un-Eldar. I was known for exclusively fielding rangers as my troops, sometimes even in 3 man squads (way back in 3rd edition) and making heavy use of aspect warriors. Imagine my glee when they released the craftworld codex and I could indulge in all of my Biel-tan zealotry. My favorite units are Harlequins, rangers, and all the aspects but especially Spiders and Hawks. Just as any other self-respecting Eldar player I also did tons of dirt with the farseer and avatar. As a person I'm easy going and joke a bit. If I ever say anything that offends you please give me the benefit of the doubt as it's never my intention to be abrasive. I'm here to have fun, find like-minded people, and bring the pain to the inferior races.
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  2. Brother Bardiel Brother-Bardiel Well-Known Member

    I salute your zeal for the Eldar, such hardcoreness, such heresy. You'll find the forums to be a place of your liking I'm sure, here have a free jetbike painted in all manners of bright colors, Welcome.
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  3. Greetings, Xeno. I, Chapter Master of the Salamanders, Tu' Shan, I wish you luck on the battlefield, for it shall make for a more excitable battle.

    In other news, welcome to the forums, LaughinGod. I am new here as well, and have less experience in TT, but this seemed to cool to pass up.
  4. Welcome to the crusade)
  5. Welcome to the forums kinsman. I look forward to fighting along side you on the field of battle, pay no heed to the Mon'Keigh and Orks who will call you all manner of names for we will show then soon enough on the fields of honor just how weak they truly are.
  6. DJPenguin DJPenguin Cardinal

    Welcome to the winning team.
  7. Arkdawn Arkdawn Curator

    CODEX: ADEPTUS CRUCESIGNATIS
    Welcome fellow Crusader!:)

    Glad to have you join the fray!

    I'm sure you will like it here, since the dev team members are hardcore 40k fans!

    View:
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    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_lVqPUpjkw


    Here is some basic info on the game to help you get started so you land on your feet and hit the ground running!

    Firstly If you are new to the Warhammer40k universe and do not understand the acronyms or jargon many people will use on these forums check out this link:
    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/acronyms-jargons.44474/

    Here is the F.A.Q. link.
    https://www.eternalcrusade.com/faq
    You can also find it on the right side of the tab bar.
    hope you will have fun here!

    "Crusaders, War calls.
    Will you join the Crusade?"


    UPDATE: THE 5th ORK SUB-FACTION VOTE IS OPEN FOR THE FOUNDERS!!!
    CLICK HERE TO VOTE:
    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/ork-5th-sub-faction-vote-now.45082/unread
    (note: the vote is open untill May 7th 2015; every founder can vote a sub-faction for each race, once the polls will be available)

    UPDATE: News for non-Founders (Info from the newest "State of the Crusade" here is the link: http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/state-of-the-crusade-ill-–-trading-with-rogues-uncertainties-and-change.45089/)
    UPDATE:
    Here is also a healthy reminder for those of you that are not Founders and want to be part of this Eternal Crusade. We will be removing our biggest packs, the Dawn of the Imperium and Xenos. They were limited time items and we … kind of forgot to take them out again.

    So in three weeks we’re removing both those packs, and the Pioneer pack. You’ll still be able to get all the individual items through the store at a later date, but for now we’re focusing on the regular founder’s packs.

    So go ahead, don’t worry about your purchases yet in the Rogue Trader Store, you’ll get your points back when we reset our systems so you can test it all with us.

    We’ll see you this Friday in our weekly Twitch, watch out for 2 new short stories, go use your Founder vote for the Ork 5th sub-faction and of course – I’d shamelessly encourage you to use the opportunity to get a founder pack – or upgrade to the big ones before they disappear.

    Factions at war

    For launch (Around 2016) it is planned to have four Factions that can be played and a further one that will be NPC controlled, the Tyranids, used as a balancing mechanic.... Note there are plans in time to have all of the different factions from the Warhammer 40k lore in-game as add-ons later. If you get a founder pack you will be able to vote on the 5th sub-faction sometime.

    Here is a link to the Factions at war on this world.(Click the tabs on the left side to look at the different factions and go to the bottom to see the sub-factions per each one)
    https://www.eternalcrusade.com/game/factions-at-war

    Here is the link for the list of classes.
    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/official-basic-class-list.20852

    Game Type

    Eternal Crusade is going to be a 3rd person view action combat game mmo (With RPG/Shooter elements, call it a hybrid) much like the game Space Marine, but think it like Space Marine + Plantside 2= Eternal Crusade.

    There is no normal levelup, no getting to level 90 and having 200k health points while a level one would have 100....it's more like the game Space Marine, where a noob level one has the chance to kill a player that has been playing for years.

    There is a skill tree that will let you work on being really good at an aspect of one particular class and, in time, you can max them all out. From what I saw and heard you can max one aspect out fast or spread the XP across them all, taking longer to max them out but being somewhat ok at all of them in the mean time. Basically your progression in the skill tree will depend on your own play style.

    Most MMOs need players to spend so much time to stay caught up with all the other players like Levels, gear and so on. If you don't you fall behind and are no longer allowed to sit at the big boy table:( left out of the Dungeons and raids and i'm sure more then a few gamers have felt that left behind feeling:(

    Crusaders playing Eternal Crusade will be able to drop in and play hours or 10-15-30 mins a day if only to drop on the front line for 15-30 mins helping to take a base or hold one or knock out a Underworld (A Eternal Crusade Dungeon). even so he will still be needed and contributing for his faction and still able to kill the Crusader that has put in hours per day. This should help to bring in new players well after launch knowing that it will be a even fight for all:D And would fit well for those that have limited time.

    The available controllers will be mouse and key board, and Gamepad controller, you can swap easily between the two systems, so that you can use your mouse and keyboard for ranged and a gamepad controller for melee, for example.

    Chain Command / Economy / Objectives

    There is also a plan to have 8-10 members from each faction to be voted in as "War Council" members to over see the war effort and to hand out faction missions/objectives for the faction, They will also be able to use faction RPs (Resource points that have been gathered by the controlled bases and/or a modifier where a faction/guild/chapter will get so much RPs per active member per-hour) to call in orbital strikes, air strikes and other supports to aid their faction and also they will be able to gift FRPs to players in an area, so they can get a tank to fight off a large attack by another faction.

    Note the players will get RPs for killing other players, vehicles, taking bases, killing enemy NPCs like the Tyranids and completing factions/War Council objectives. those RPs are owned by the players, the War Council will not be able to take a player's RPs.

    Eternal Crusade's PvP and PvE

    The planned PvP content will have players from the four Factions fighting it out for control of the planet, capturing bases to expand their faction's control (Think Planetside 2).
    the control of most territory won't be the only objective, as each faction will have its own unique goals to achieve.
    Each base is supposed to provide the faction that controls it with different bonus and in-game RPs (Resource points) for the faction's leaders to use in dire times (Give these resources to players so they can get tanks/hero's/elites to fight off a large enemy attack). there is also a discussion about supply line mechanics that might be in-game so if the bases in the rear get taken, the front line gets cut off from resupply (no more ammo), requiring the bases in the rear to be guarded from sneaky attacks.

    The planned PvE content will be randomly generated Dungeons in the form of Underworlds/Hives (These will be instances) where is required to eliminate the Tyranids to hold them back from your bases or retake a base you lost to them. And in doing so your faction as a whole will earn (Maybe also FRPs) items that will help in the current campaign. Moreover, also the players who completed the Dungeon would get XP/RPs/gear as loot.
    One thing to point out, the PvE content is planned to be used as a balancing mechanic to help hold over pop factions in check (The Tyranids would attack the over pop factions more often) but keep in mind the "Bugs" will attack all the factions.

    One might think that 10%-15% PvE might be to small for the PvE gamers out there, But you need to remember Underworlds/Hives are planned to be randomly generated, so each time you play this mode, it will be different every time. For example, you may find different NPC Tyranid bioforms/bioweapons, other NPC factions mentioned by the devs, new map areas so you wont get burned out doing the same one over and over. This will force all players, newbies and Vets of Eternal Crusade, to stay on their toes!

    "Be True, Be Fair, Be Transparent"

    Also the devs will have weekly live-streams (Each friday at 2:00PM EST), which are divided into "INTO THE WARP" and "WARP ECHOES" episodes.
    the former shows new gameplay, while the latter is mostly a development update, where the devs keep in touch with the community and make QandAs and giveaways.
    http://www.twitch.tv/40kcrusade
    (Keep an eye out on the forums to see when the next one will take place!)
    If you are online when they do it live you can ask about the game, you can also click on the "Community" tab and then click on the "Twitch shows" tab and then click the Ep. that you want to watch, where you can find game play and Q&A!

    You should really look at the livestreams to get an idea of the grand scale they are going for. Here is a dev team match so you can get an idea of the planned game play (Pre-Alpha-Work in progress December 19, 2014)
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    View:
    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8-ly-vQO0

    Here is a link to a Q&A answers compilation thread where Founders and forum members alike have asked the devs about the game. Their answers are posted here, and every two weeks a new thread will open up, allowing members to ask new questions.
    It's crunch time for the devs, so it may take days before it shows up on the Q&A thread, but the wait is always worth it!

    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/q-a-answers-compilation-thread.32349/

    Founder Store

    If you like what you see and would like to help Eternal Crusade you can support the title by getting a Founders pack (Also getting founder Alpha/founder Beta and bonus Rogue Trader Points for helping Eternal Crusade while in development).
    Go to the "STORE" tab and click on the "Founder's Store"(Drop down) to look at the different options. There is also an option to upgrade the founder pack (If you can only get the $40 US basic founders pack at the time. then, later on, you can upgrade only up to launch).

    Also of note, they have a referral program where you can convince someone to get the game and then give him your code to get a nice referral bonus for both of you. You can find your referral code by clicking on the "Join the War" tab, then clicking the "Founder Sheet" by just wheeling down a bit. It should be on the right hand side under recruitment level and the code is typed in yellow!

    You can also play the game for free by trying as the ork boys (Free to play race), but you will have limited options that can later be expanded by microtransactions, When you buy 40,ooo RTP's you unlock the full game.

    Note the bonus RTPs (rogue trader points) to be used in the "STORE" "Rogue Trader" are a gift by Dev team for supporting Eternal Crusade, while it's in development.
    So, if you get a founder pack, you get the bonus RTPs as a gift, $1 US=1,000 RTPs, a $40 founders pack gives you 40,000 RTPs as a gift.
    Now if you were to wait till after launch, where the founders program ends, if you get the game for $40 you wont get any of the founder unique items.

    They will keep adding more and more items to the Rogue trader store each month or so until launch.

    Each Founder pack provides 4 character slots, which allow to equip a complete loadout for a warrior from each faction.
    If you want to have a character for every faction and sub-faction, you can buy additional slots to equip.


    FORUM INTRODUCTION ADDENDUM

    After having read the introduction to the game, you may want to know the community that support its development.
    to better dive into the forum, here are the most important threads

    Here's the most important threads about news, updates and releases corcerning the game's development

    DEVELOPMENT AND NEWS

    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/state-of-the-crusade.44324/

    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/twitch-status-thread.36590/

    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/twitch-episode-summaries.42821/

    If you feel like speacking in general about the game, sharing your thoughts or state which is the most badass faction, this is the right place to start from!

    GENERAL DISCUSSION


    For the Space Marines out there.
    SPACE MARINES


    If you are a Traitor, this is where you are gonna loose your mind!
    CHAOS SPACE MARINES


    Ezluzz've Klub only fer da Meanezt'nd Greenezt!!! Be proppa Orky dere!!!
    WAAAGH!!!
    (WARBOSS SCARBLITZ THE DREDFANGA)
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    Oh yeah, almost forgot, there are also you Eldar with your fancy ways....
    ELDAR
    (PHOENIX LORD JAIN ZAR)
    [​IMG]

    For guys who are searching a bunch of guys to cause havok with!
    RECRUITMENT



    Seriously, I have no idea what the Emperor is going on here, but it seems addictive for many people. so have a look! ....if you dare....
    OFF-TOPIC DISCUSSION


    Last but not least, join da Eternal Crusade Map, so that we can get ready for Arkhona by overwhelming this world in the meantime!!!
    http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/eternal-crusade-worldwide-player-map.40363/

    P.S. Before creating a thread about how guardsmen could be implemented, orks should be easy to kill or sister of battle as the female choice for loayalists, BEHOLD!!! Here's the mighty power of the Search Button!!!

    Be you a Faithful Loyalist, a Servant of Chaos, a Savage Greenskin, a Misterious Eldar,
    welcome to the upcoming Crusade!
    See you on the scorched fields of Arkhona
    and may you slaughter by my side our enemies, or die by my own hand!

    IN THE GRIM DARKNESS
    OF THE FAR FUTURE
    THERE IS ONLY
    WAR
  8. Arkdawn Arkdawn Curator

    I respect that you was able to get the Eldar Army that way that is true rescourcefulness:)...And who would have thought that an Eldar would use another faction/race to achieve their own goals:D *Respectful Nod* :cool:

    Welcome to a great Community if you have questions just ask and we will do our best to help out or find someone that can:)
  9. We bring only death, and leave only carrion. It is a message even a Human can understand. Welcome to the Crusade my fellow Eldar friend.

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