I have been looking for a scifi/marine mmorpg for a long time now, and I believe that warhammer is what I might be looking for. From what I understand, it is based on a players skill, rather then abilities tied to macros/mods. So I have a few questions how adult is this game? I am a little tired of the childish themes and look from other games. So is there a good deal of blood and what not? Are the factions opposed to each other ? Also I heard threw the grapvine that the warhammer series suffered some sort of set back, it was about a year or so ago when I heard that. I have never played a warhammer game before, hence the questions about it. Any help would be appreciated.
Welcome to the Crusade! Allow me to answer some questions you may have regarding this game. First off is the matter of how adult this game is. The answer leans heavily towards the adult side of things. Simply put warhammer is a game of intense battles and conflict, featuring executions, a good deal of blood, and even a factions of traitors who revere four gods of Chaos. Those deities represent mortal fears and sin respectively, the cold embrace of death or the savage brutality of battle to name but two. All four factions are locked in a stale mate with each other. Everyone of them is trying to kill the other, so it will make for an interesting mashup during Alpha and later phases of the game. Setbacks are common in video game development so there can be no doubt that things took a hit every now and then, but the project moves onward and today marks the first day of Alpha access, so grab a pack while you still can! I hope this info was helpful, if you have any other questions make sure to P.M. me or some other learned figure for any questions you have. @Arkdawn or @BikerTroll respectively will be here to inform you on matter involving the actual game, combat and class systems and what not. Again Welcome to the cults--er shit I mean Crusade! Get involved, join a guild, and fight for Chaos Brother.
Well met Crusader! I shall meet you on the field of battle with Bolter and Chainsword in-hand and many enemies of the Emperor at my feet No fire burns hotter nor brighter then the Emperors righteous fury, Through my actions and deeds the Emperors fury will find all of his enemies and they will be utterly destroyed! (Welcome) If you would like to see some gameplay click the box under "Here is the latest Livestream with meet the team, gameplay and Q&A." should give you a idea on what they are going for, Keep in mind this is still early Alpha (Work-In-Progress)! The set back was the putting off of the Founder Access (Early Access) tell now I would like too welcome you to a great Community, If you have questions just ask and we will do are best to help out or find someone that can, I leave you with a info greet 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! Spoiler "Crusaders, War calls. Will you answer the call to arms and join the Crusade?" The Founder Access will begin 14th September, so prepare your weapons, soldiers! ....For the war will be soon upon us... Here is the latest Livestream with meet the team, gameplay and Q&A. Spoiler Here is some basic info on the game to help you get started so you land on your feet and hit the ground running! Founder access WARNING: The Eternal Crusades development team has let lose the dogs of war! Spoiler The first wave of Crusaders has begin the opening campaign against the "Bugs", Now under way Operation "Closed Alpha" the very opening moves that will see the "Bugs" purged, In the following weeks more and more brave Crusaders will reinforce this vanguard joining in the hunt! This is a massive undertaking so reinforcements will be needed for months to come, maybe a year to purge these "Bugs"! Due to vox problems comms are not at peek-levels so information is slow/controlled! That has been confirmed the closed Alpha part of Founders Access has started, At this time founders access is under a NDA (Non-Disclosure-Agreement) but will be lifted all in due time, If you would like to join in the hunt against the "Bugs", help having a hand in game development and balance have a look in the "STORE" tab and join the Eternal Crusade. There is also a referral program so ask someone for their code and put it in when you active your founder pack/game key you will both get 4,000 RTP's (Rouge Trader Points) = $4 USD to use in the Rouge Trader Store, then you can give your code to someone else to use! You can find your referral code by clicking in the "Players" tab then the "Founders Sheet" should be on the right hand side wheel down a bit, it should be typed in yellow! State of the Crusade VII Good news, lads! Finally players will start being able to test the game. The beta will be accessible through different waves, and priority will be given to those who bought a greter amount of points. As time progress, more and more founders will be able to test the game. IMPORTANT NOTE: Currently an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) prevents people from recording and publishing any video related to the beta testing. This limitation, according to the devs, will be lifted as soon as possible, so stay tuned! Factions at war Spoiler 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. 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 Spoiler 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 imagine it on a bigger scale. 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 was mentioned so far, you can max one aspect out fast or spread the XP across them all, taking longer to max them out but being somewhat okay 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 gamer's 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/she will still be needed and contributing for his/her 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 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 of Command / Economy / Objectives Spoiler The faction NPC leaders form the High Command, which will provide the players with different campaign objectives, which should put at least 2 factions against each other in order to achieve a common goal. Some players will be elected to be part of the War Council, where they will be able to issue orders for each squad. (Work-in-progress) After watching the livestream "Into the Warp" Ep. 20 at time 38:06 there was some talk about a different system in the works! We will update this as soon as we get a better idea of the new system so we can better inform you. (This was the last idea on the in-game currency!) 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 or gift FRPs to players in an area, so they can get a tank to fight off a large attack by another faction. As soon as campaign missions are accomplished, the High command will choose new objectives, with the previous campaigns affecting the current war effort. 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. Also in terms of earning XP there will also be an "assist" system like you see in other games. Might be a good addition to note since its a big part of teamplay this is from the Q&A answers compilation thread:http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/q-a-answers-compilation-thread.32349/ 12. Can you tell us a bit more about the XP distribution in the game? How do you going to treat support tasks like healing and laying down supressive fire vs pure combat tasks like killing players? How are you planing to deal with assists vs kills? How do you want to distribute XP among vehicle crews? BRENT ELLISON: Players are rewarded for skillfully performing their role in the team. If you’ve played any modern shooter you can expect the usual from kills XP events (kills, squad kills, assists, assists that count as kills, spawn kill penalties, vehicle kills, fighting around an objective, etc), but we also reward you for buffing a friendly that successfully executes their role or debuffing a target as it’s taken out. These are treated similarly to suppression assists in BF4. Eternal Crusade's PvP and PvE Spoiler 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 it 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" Spoiler Also the devs will have weekly live-streams (Each friday at 2:00PM EST), "INTO THE WARP" episodes. That shows weekly new gameplay, development update, where the devs keep in touch with the community and make QandA's and giveaways (Often Founder packs). http://www.twitch.tv/40kcrusade 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) 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 Spoiler 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). The Founder Packs that are in the Founder store are only for PC/Mac. From the F.A.Q. "Founder program purchases are only for PC and Mac. Founder packs are non-transferable." From me a non-dev only a founder, forum member and fan And it is my hope that later it will open up for the other gaming systems all in due time or it may only be open for game consoles after launch Keep an eye out! 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 over time. 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. Gaming Systems Spoiler They plan to make it for PC, then possibly also for Xbox one and PS4. The minimum requirements are: CPU: AMD FX-8120 – 3.1GHz(Zambezi) MB: M5A78L-M (socket AM3) RAM: 4gig DDR3 PC3-10700 (667MHz) HD: 50GB Free Disc Space VGA: GeForce GTX 750 Ti OS: 64-bit Operating Systems (Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, SteamOS, MacOS X 10.9) NOTE: This is just a predicted hardware setup. Details can change slightly over time as the game is still under development. More details to come. Here is the F.A.Q. link for the game. https://www.eternalcrusade.com/faq You can also find it on the right side of the tab bar. hope you will have fun here! If you would like to read up on the background/lore of Arkhona click on "THE GAME" tab and then click on "Stories" tab (Drop down) to see them, Made by none other then Graham McNeill. Click here: Stories FORUM INTRODUCTION ADDENDUM Spoiler 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 concerning the game's development DEVELOPMENT AND NEWS Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/state-of-the-crusade-vii.47067/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/twitch-episode-summaries.42821/ If you feel like speaking 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 Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/what-motivates-you.42825/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/what-race-will-you-play-at-launch.170/ For the Space Marines out there. SPACE MARINES (GRAND MASTER OF THE DEATHWING BELIAL) Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/favourite-of-the-4-announced-chapters.86/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/what-role-will-you-play.302/ If you are a Traitor, this is where you are gonna loose your mind! CHAOS SPACE MARINES (EZEKYLE ABADDON THE DESPOILER) Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/which-chaos-army-do-you-like-the-best.42923/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/you-preffered-class-of-choice.2522/ Ezluzz've Klub only fer da Meanezt'nd Greenezt!!! Be proppa Orky dere!!! WAAAGH!!! (WARLORD SCARBLITZ DUR DREG FANGRIPPA) Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/what-is-your-favorite-flavor-of-ork.108/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/orkz-allying-with-chaos-possibly.1404/ Oh yeah, almost forgot, there are also you Eldar with your fancy ways.... ELDAR (PHOENIX LORD JAIN ZAR) Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/aspect-warrior-visual-customisation.18842/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/eldar-artwork.264/ For guys who are searching a bunch of guys to cause havok with! RECRUITMENT Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/looking-for-guild-chapters-warbands-craftworlds-clans.3548/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/reserve-guild-names.20031 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 Spoiler http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/so-this-is-where-the-heretics-reside.1420/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/the-banning-game.495/ http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/warhammer-40k-memes.2703/ 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, or a Mysterious 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
Now if you would like to do some backstory/lore reading about Space Marines these should help out. Warhammer 40k wiki site is a great info site, Just wheel down to the different factions and click the links! http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_40k_Wiki I would start out with the Timeline of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe it's a bit of a long read but it covers a wide view. Then a must is the Horus Heresy talks about how and why the human race is on the verge of doom and why there is traitor Space Marines Another site is Lexicanum: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page Now if you like what you see and read and would like to look in to getting a few of the books/novels try http://www.blacklibrary.com/ a great source of books/novels and audiobooks (Voice actors + sound effects + music) in the form of CD's/MP3 downloads of most of the books most of them will have a sample so you can see what you are buying. just click on the play tab I would start out with the The Horus Heresy 1)Horus Rising 2)False Gods 3)Galaxy in Flames: These 3 are the bedrock/foundation of Warhammer 40k after these the rest will make sense, keep in mind allot of the books overlap, books taking place in different places about the same time somewhat. Make sure you get a Founders Pack first
Thank you for the information and answering my questions. I will have to read and watch the links, that was provided for me. My plan is to also send out those pms on some details, if I run across anything, that does not add up for me. As for the Founders Pack, I am considering, but I will have to see how my budge plays out in the coming weeks. Thank you again!
Your welcome i'm glad to help out! There is a few different ways to get a Founders Pack if you don't have the funds (Remember that real life comes first bills and so on) 1) We have a few really cool forum members that host friendly contests with founder packs as rewards here is a link to one that is up now:Warrior Pack Giveaway! Part 5: The Just-do-it-yourselfening! 2) Also the devs will have weekly live-streams (Each friday at 2:00PM EST), "INTO THE WARP" episodes. That shows weekly new gameplay, development update, where the devs keep in touch with the community and make QandA's and giveaways (Often Founder packs). http://www.twitch.tv/40kcrusade You can also click on the "COMMUNITY" tab and the "Twitch Shows" tab (Drop Down) to look at ones you may have missed!
Did you just ask if there was a good deal of Blood? @Arkdawn next time someone asks that you're supposed to introduce them to Khorne. The point is yes. The blood runs free.
So I have been reading and watching videos for some time now. At last I believe I have found a game worthy of my time and money. A game with combat vehicles, blood, gore, marines, complicated story, and factions at each others throats. Right now $40.00 is a tad too high, in a few weeks though, that may change. Also I checked out those give aways, and if I read the information correctly that ended some time ago. I am impressed with what I have seen. I can honestly say I have not seen anything that is generic, and that is something not normal for today's games, especially when your talking about a mmorpg. When I can afford this, I plan on playing this game, and I look forward to the fun. One last question, and I will try to ask this without causing a issue, was warhammer the first universe created with men in powered armor suits shooting things up? From what I have read warhammer started back in the 1980s. This is more of a curiosity question then anything else.
I looked in to a bit more here is a link to Lexicanum it talks a bit about your question, Now to be honest i think that there might have been another but i can't find it or remember the name of it ether way i hope this helps out http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Warhammer_40,000 As for the contest looks like you missed this round sorry about that, he/she should put up a new one just keep an eye open in the General Discussion area they should be pinned to the top, the next one might start of next month!
As for the setback, maybe you meant the heavy changes in Warhammer (Fantasy, as opposed to Warhammer 40,000)? There is an abomination called "Age of Sigmar" out for Warhammer, a new edition of the game with terrible design and background. But Warhammer 40,000 got spared from such nonsense, don't worry. As for Marines in powered armour, back in the day I wrote this summary of inspirations for the designers of 40k. It is written in German though, and so far nobody has translated it for the English wiki. But you will recognize the names of a lot of sources. http://wh40k-de.lexicanum.com/wiki/Inspirationen In short: The Forever War and Starship Troopers featured the concept of space soldiers in huge armours, partially with built-in weapons, earlier. I don't know if these novels are the origin of the concept.
