Hello everyone! I was directed to eternal crusade by a friend, and I'm definitely liking what I see so far. I'm not a die-hard 40K fan, I just really like the 'flavor'. The last warhammer thing I was into was the Warhammer Fantasy MMO, I liked it a lot. I'm currently playing a lot of planetside 2, which is I guess what prompted my friend to point me in this direction. Big battles and all that. After lurking on the forums for a few days its plain to see the team here cares a lot more about their project and community. You might say at this point I'm a refugee. As such, I'm approaching this with a measured optimism. I hope the devs and community managers continue to make good on their promise of transparency and community involvement. Just a quick side question, does anyone know if the "Lock-in" of the Rogue Trader stuff happens before or after the early access? I just picked the stuff for my dude that looked the most metal. ~theresthegg
Welcome fellow Crusader! Glad to have you join the fray! I'm sure you will like it here the dev team members are hardcore 40k fans View: View: 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! 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. For launch (2016) there is plan to have four Factions that can be played (Maybe five) and one faction that will be NPC controlled the Tyranids used as a balancing mechanic....Note there is plans in time to have all of the different factions from the Warhammer 40k lore in-game as add-on's later(Maybe even IG). If you get a founder pack you will be able to vote on the 5th faction and i do believe the 5th Sub-faction per each faction sometime after the first founder game module is launched Q2 2015! Eternal Crusade is in very early pre-Alpha but....in a few months the first founder module (10vs10 PvP arean maps) should be in are hands Q2 2015, Keep in mind that they will be opened to the founders in waves this is from the game F.A.Q. As a Founder, you receive Early Game Module Access each tier will have access at a different time: First Wave: Those who purchased Captain Packs will gain access as each of these game modules gets released. Second Wave: Those who purchased Sergeant Packs will gain access 30 days after the module is released. Third Wave: Those who purchased Warrior Packs will gain access 60 days after the module is released. Keep in mind that you have the option to upgrade your founder pack up to the 2nd highest founder pack look in the founder store and wheel down to the bottom to see the different upgrade options you have up to launch to get founder store stuff then after launch it ends 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) 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/ 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 a lot more think 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 just starting to play the game can and will kill a player that has been playing for years skill based play (Headshots). Most MMO's 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 has 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 and or knock out a Underworld (A Eternal Crusade Dungeon) and still be a needed and contributing member of their 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. There is a skill tree it will let you work on being really good at a aspect of that class and in time you can max them all out, From what i seen 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 at the same time and then slowly leveling them up over time it would be up to the player and the players play style. There is also 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 RP's(Resource points that have been gathered by the controlled bases and or a modifier where a faction/guild/chapter will get so much RP's per active member per-hour) to call in orbital strikes, air strikes and others to aid their faction and also they will be able to gift FRP's to players in a area so they can get a tank to fight off a large attack by another faction. Note the players will get RP's for killing other players, vehicles, taking bases, killing enemy NPC's like the Tyranids and completing factions/War Council objectives those RP's are the players the War Council will not be able to take a players RP's. Not sure how the War Council members will do what they do, That part is still being worked on by the dev team. Eternal Crusade is planned to be 85%-90% PvP and 10%-15% PvE The planned PvP content will have players from the four Factions fighting it out for control of the plant, fighting for bases to expand their factions control(Think Plantside 2) each base is planed to give perks for the faction that controls it in-game RP's(Resource points) for the faction's leaders to use in dire times(Give to players so they can get tanks/hero's/elites to fight off a large enemy attack) and also there is a talked about/planed supply line mechanic that might be in-game so if the bases in the rear get taken the bases on the front line gets cut off from resupply(no more ammo) giving need to make sure the bases in the rear are guarded from sneak attacks. The planned PvE content will be randomly made Dungeons in the form of Underworlds/Hives(These will be instances) mostly to fight the Tyranids to hold them back from your bases and or retake a base you lost to them. And in doing so will earn (Maybe FRP's) items that will help your faction as a whole and the players would get XP/RP's/loot like gear. And also of note the PvE (Tyranids) content is planed to be used as a balancing mechanic to help hold over pop factions in check (The Tyranids would attack the over pop factions more so) but keep in mind the Tyranids will attack all the factions. Note one might think that 10%-15% PvE might be to small for the PvE gamer's out there looking in to Eternal Crusade you need to remember Underworlds/Hives are planned to be randomly generated so each time you do one it is going to be different then the one you just did so new NPC's Tyranid bioforms/bioweapons and other faction types was talked about..."in time" and new map area's so you wont get burned out doing the same one over and over, This will force all players new and Vets of Eternal Crusade to stay on their toes! Also you can watch a live-stream with the devs they will have live-streams when they have something significant to show in the game development 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 ?'s 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 game play and Q&A! You should really look at the livestreams to get an idea of the size they are going for. Here is a link to a Q&A answers compilation thread where Founders and forum members alike have asked the devs ?'s about the game and the devs answers are posted here, Each two weeks a new ?'s thread will open up allowing members to ask ?'s to be answered by a member of the dev team, It's crunch time for the devs so it may take days before it shows up on the Q&A thread! http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/q-a-answers-compilation-thread.32349/ If you like what you see and would like to help Eternal Crusade by getting a Founders pack (Also getting Alpha/Beta/Founder Game Module access/early access and many other perks for helping Eternal Crusade while in development) go to the "STORE" tab and click on the "Founders Store"(Drop down) to look at the different options also there is a option to upgrade the founders pack up to the 2nd highest pack (If you can only get the $40 US basic founders pack at the time and then later get more funds you can upgrade to the next highest one up to the 2nd highest pack). Also of note they have a referral program where you can get someone to get the game and then put in 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" just wheel down a bit, It should be on the right hand side under recruitment level the code is typed in yellow! If you have more ?'s about Alpha/Beta/Game module access/Early access look in the game F.A.Q. wheel down to look for and click on 2 tabs: these should help out. 1st Q: What is Pre-Launch Game Access? 2nd Q: What is Early Game Module Access? You can also play the game for free playing as the orkz (Free to play race) but will have limited options though that can later be opened up by microtransactions. Note the bonus RTP's(rogue trader points) to be used in the "STORE" "Rogue Trader" is a gift the Dev team is giving the founders for supporting Eternal Crusade while its in development. So if you get a founders pack you get the bonus RTP's as a gift, $1 US=1,000 RTP's a $40 founders pack you get 40,000 RTP's as a gift from the dev team along with the other perks, Now if you were to wait tell after launch and the founders program ends and you get the game for $40 you wont get any of the founder perks, They will also be adding more and more items to the Rogue trader store each month or so up to launch and after.
If you talking about the early game module access the planned 10 vs 10 PvP arena maps do in Q2 2015 the founders will be able to select different items in the Rogue Trader Store and try them out in the modules to see if they would like to keep them and to also help test and balance them in game with gamer feed back The fact that the items will change more then a few times in the course of the testing i would say don't pass judgment on any gear tell it is closer to the lock out one item that you might have liked the look and sound but not the stats most likely has changed to something that you very well may like closer to launch The lock out is planed to be closer to launch (Sometime 2016) to allow the last minute founders time to get the gear they like I think it was talked about in a livestream that the devs would give all the founders a heads up on when the lock out is going to take place so all can get the gear that they would like to keep
Oh that's awesome! Thanks for the fast reply, too. You answered questions I didn't even know I had lol. Yeah, I'll have to give it all a try. Looking forward to all this!
I didn't know what Slaanesh was, googled it... Now, I'm really hoping they put noise marines in the game hahaha. Thats so awesome!
If you are new to Warhammer 40k and if you are interested in reading up on Warhammer 40k here is a link to a Warhammer 40k wiki site its a great info site for all the factions just wheel down a bit and click a link to any of the factions and have fun: My apologies if you are a fan i get carried away trying to help out new members sometimes http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_40k_Wiki There is a lot of info on the site i would say start out with the Warhammer 40k timeline it will give you a big view: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Warhammer_40,000_Universe And then Age of the Imperium and The Emperor of Mankind: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Age_of_the_Imperium http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/The_Emperor_of_Mankind A must is Horus Heresy will talk about how and why the human race is on the edge of doom! http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Horus_Heresy There is a lot of different factions to look into might help you find out what faction you might fit in with/relate with! The Vaults of Terra is also a great way to learn more about Warhammer 40k but in the form of Youtube videos here is a link now keep in mind there is a lot of different ones: www.youtube.com/user/VaultsOfTerra Now if you like what you see and read and you like reading go to the The Black Library www.blacklibrary.com/ They have a lot of books lore wise and also audio dramas (Voice Actors + music + sound effects) of some of the books on CD's /downloads you can look at some of them on the site and they have samples so you can see what they are like! Here is one: http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/horus-rising-unabridged-audiobook.html
