So I have generally not been following this game since I picked up a Founder pack a long time ago. I have heard a lot of things have changed, due to a change in the development team and such. Is it true this game is no longer going to be open world-ish like a MMO? I remember everyone saying it was going to be like Planetside, but Warhammer. Instead they are changing to a 18v18 arena based shooter?
It's starting out arena based (Pikkotech shat the bed, unfortunately) and then as they build it up, territories within the arenas will swirl together over time and then, boom. Open world. Thats *Extraordinarily* boiled down, but yes. Open World is coming, just not as an opener to the game.
They are working on a progressive development model. The Promises made to create an open world is impossible for the moment, so at least through founder's access we're going to have an arena type shooter. They're going to keep expanding things as best and as fast as they can through release and beyond.
Ok, so I was very confused because my friends were explaining it to me as an arena shooter. I actually got quite peeved, and was going to seek reimbursment if that was the case. HOWEVER, if they are still aiming for an open-world, I will stick it out. Thank you for the replies.
If you have the time, I highly recommend checking out the new Twitch videos they've been making. They're lengthy, but they do their best to explain things, and answer questions we have as they show off whatever's being polished that week (Also, @KatieFleming just hailing people in bolter shells and grenades) IF you can't make the Friday, 2PM EST broadcast time, they do their best to upload it to Youtube on their channel (Down below) either that day, or the following Monday. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxH-BQF2CRQV6lXTf41xEeg
You can read the latest State of the Crusades too. State of the Crusade IV - The Road to Open World. State of the Crusade V - Territory Control and Deployment. There was also this said where they think they can try to open things up sooner than anticipated. It's not confirmed yet however as it still needs brain power, testing and tech wizardry. "- we think we found a way to start off with territories containing 3 outposts, the strongold, the campaign aspect and so forth, all as one open world, each even as big as 16x16KM if we deem that fun. Then we have multiple territories as before. You will see us attempt to do that in closed alpha or beta." - said here by Nathan Richardsson (Oveur; Senior Producer and cool guy with a mighty beard) As with most Nathan updates he says more further in the thread. Such as to emphasize it's not confirmed yet, "We don't know yet, so I'll say same for now just to keep us grounded here, we're still setting up and testing. But I think it'll be more fun still. Defending the territory means you need to spread out etc. and with a territory being open already, I think the upcoming expansions post-launch are more likely to include bikes, flyers etc. than earlier than before. They have more of a purpose. But this is all friendly speculation. I'm throwing you guys a bone and being transparent. But sharing good hopeful news should be good. Hopefully. I'm sure someone will say "BUT YOU PROMISED" but you know I won't care because I'm evil. I don't know why that came out in bold and red, probably the devil inside me." - said here in same thread by same person. (Nathan is possessed confirmed )
This was recently tweeted: " Because we deserve it today for great success. Just look at those organic donuts. Carrots and broccoli were mysteriously absent for this picture. For the Emperor" As well as this: "MASSIVE #40kcrusade playtest about to begin. Apparently I'm playing on the big screen while others watch. No pressure " Tomorrows twitch stream should be a doozie.
