Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade (MMO)

[Dark Riku]

This is not a giveaway for those who have already purchased a pack.

[Dark Riku]

http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads/november-referrals-win-a-laptop-or-point-bundles.42506/

Hey Crusaders!

We're hosting a cool referral promo for the month of November. For every referral you make, you'll earn double the RTP (this applies to all levels), AND be entered to win 1 of 3 prizes: An Alienware 14 Laptop, 400,000 RTP, or 125,000 RTP!

Each referral = 1 ballot into the contest.

Use my referral code please!

[Swift]

Does it have to be used upon making an account? Because i cannot find how to refer with my current account.

[Dark Riku]

Yeah, it's when making an account, as long as there is no content on said account, you can always make another one? ^^
(Delete old one so that the name, e-mail, etc comes available again?)

[Batpimp]

for those who don't watch the twitch often. There is a possible announcement coming the 19th accord to Katie the community manager

https://twitter.com/Katie_Fleming/statu ... 4849700864

the link to her forum post

http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads ... ost-638703

"Hey Crusaders!

I'm really excited to announce our final Twitch of 2014 happening next Friday, December 19th at 1:30pm EST!

This is one show you CANNOT miss. Book off work, conveniently catch a cold...you know the drill All the show details to come..."

[Batpimp]

I wanted to drop this link here.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1411

hopefully one of you reading this win!

[Batpimp]

damn Miguel Caron, Head of Studio at Behavior (BE), is leaving!

we are all wondering how and if this will effect the end game product.

[Dark Riku]

:O Why?

[Caeltos]

It's never a good sign when the head of the studio jumps ship before the game is released. Unless it's for personal reasons and such. I actually really was okay with the guy, he seemed really down to earth, and wanted to make something amazing.

Best of luck in his future endavours, and I hope his replacement does a good job. Scary times.

[viggih]

I wonder if this is a sign of the End Times. "And lo, as the Warmaster of the Arkhonan Crusade stepped down leaving the masses in confusion and the future of the Crusade in doubt. May the Emperor find a worthy replacement to prosecute the Crusade in the new Warmaster."

[Batpimp]

More info.

there was a reorganization at Behavior. They dropped the mobile and online divisions and condensed it into one studio. Thus a studio head was not needed. He was replaced by a guy named Nathan whom was the lead game designer at Divergence, EvE and other games.

Miguel said everything is cool but now well have to see how Nathan is. Judging from what my community manager told me over Skype it seems it shouldn't affect much. Nathan has the same philosophy and attitude toward how the game should pan out. Time will tell

[Atlas]

If he's the same guy that balanced Eve Online you might be f**ked. Things usually went either unchanged or massively changed for the past two years now in that game.

[Ar-Aamon]

This doesn't make any sense. Fire a guy and replace him with one other. They could have kept Caron as the new head of reorganized studios. There was no need to replace him at first place.

[Batpimp]

Updates:

Looks like they are consistently giving away something each time for watching their stream. so watch it! they did 2 giveaways in one session this time.

first, A warrior pack 40bucks

second giveaway towards the end, a 450 dollar xenos pack that includes a ridiculous amount of things and a basic warrior pack (40bucks)

twitch.tv/40kcrusade

1. The first faction leader was announced and it is ELDAR!




https://twitter.com/40kcrusade/status/5 ... 0787378176



2. COSPLAY Contest (nice prizes)
https://www.eternalcrusade.com/contests ... ay-Contest
https://twitter.com/40kcrusade/status/5 ... 4742322176

3. The announcement that founders get to vote for the 5th elder SUB faction March 11th!

4. A few reference sheets were displayed that show how icons are planned to appear.

starting at about 15 minutes in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuDkPybHsJQ

[Batpimp]

here is a better recap of the event

http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads ... ost-706974

[Batpimp]

a quick gif on the new hormagaunt

https://twitter.com/grigdusher/status/5 ... 09/photo/1

[Batpimp]

check out the my twitch or 40kcrusade twitch TODAY for Eldar Craftworld Reveal, Ork Leader reveal, Ork Vote Reveal and Q&A for giveaway

twitch.tv/batpimp

twitch.tv/40kcrusade!

[Batpimp]

in game map! concept..STIlL can be improved upon according to them.

https://twitter.com/Batpimpn/status/586591501603352576

[Batpimp]

new ork warboss!

skarblitz!

https://twitter.com/Batpimpn/status/586 ... 37/photo/1

[Batpimp]

Abbadon the Chaos leader in Eternal Crusade

[Dark Riku]

He is fucking leading them °_O

[Atlas]

Let's hope he does better on his 14th try

[viggih]

Why is Abbadon not wearing his Terminator Armour?

[Dark Riku]

Why is Abbadon not wearing his Terminator Armour?

Because he is wearing it ...

[viggih]

Why is Abbadon not wearing his Terminator Armour?

Because he is wearing it ...

It looked so... slim(?) at that angle. I thought it it was just artificer armour.

[Dark Riku]

Compare his head to the rest of his body. Slims isn't the word I would describe it with

[Batpimp]

people are all mad on the forums haha.

[Batpimp]

good recap post.

http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads ... ost-758008

Howdy, here's a handy recap of what happened during the stream.

Classes
•

•New class shown, Devastators◦Devastators were shown using heavy bolters
◦Described as being somewhat support oriented due to the nature of their weapons holding down positions

•Apothecaries and Assaults are in the game (not shown), but the Apothecaries apparently broke the server, while Assaults have bugs
Weapons
•Heavy bolter◦For Devastator class
◦Inaccurate while moving
◦Aiming reticule became smaller after a couple seconds of standing still, encouraging players to become stationary and plant themselves in a spot rather than using a run and gun play style
◦Capable of suppressing targets by blurring their vision when rounds land near them
◦Both box fed (shown in stream) and belt fed heavy bolters will be present in the future

◦Not shown off, but will become deployable onto cover to increase recoil control and provide more accurate fire◾Thanks to @Korel for providing a link to this video, you can see the Devastator deploying their weapon in an early version of the game


•Lascannons◦Described as an anti-vehicle weapon

Map
•Maps will be continents, first continent is called Malcadia
•Size is approximately 16km x 16km
•Additional continents will be released post launch
•Continent is split into many territories (about 30 for each continent), each approximately 2km x 2km in size
•120+ unique locations, each one being its own unique map to fight on

•Overflow islands will probably be instanced
•Individual maps will feature a playable space, surrounded by a "kill zone" that will artificially limit you to the play area

•Future plans are to remove these limits in steps

•Territories consists of a few outposts that will be necessary to capture (at least 2 outposts necessary to capture if there are more) before taking the stronghold, which will then give ownership of that territory to your faction
•Outposts give your faction a benefit in that territory such as reduced costs for units or better vehicles
•Post launch, the world will open up more and more until the whole continent becomes open to play on without restrictions. For example, a territory consists of 3 outposts and one stronghold. At launch, each outposts plays as its own map, without the ability to move to the other outposts. The stronghold also plays as its own map. The next step is to group all of the outposts together into one large map (so you can freely move between outposts), and have the stronghold separate, with each of these maps holding about 100 players. Then, the entire territory will become one playable map with about 200 players (roughly 1/4 the size of a Planetside 2 continent). Lastly, several territories will be grouped together to form of one large map, hosting about 500 players. A group of territories is regarded as the size of a Planetside 2 continent. The world slowly gets opened up in stages, ending with the entire continent becoming open. All of this is tech and feedback pending.
Faction
•Leader of the Chaos Space Marines, Abaddon, The Despoiler (wiki)
•Voting for the new Chaos sub factions begins next Wednesday (May 20, 2015) and goes until June 10, 2015

•Choices for the new agnostic sub factions are:◦Crimson Slaughter (wiki) ◾Gameplay wise, they'd be focused on violence and insanity, chopping people to pieces, executions

◦Alpha Legion (wiki) ◾Gameplay wise, behind the back lines, try to be sneaky, avoid frontal assault

◦Red Corsairs (wiki) ◾Gameplay wise, hit and run, striking from another angle


•During the demo battle, Ultramarines and Dark Angels fought against the Black Legion and the Word Bearers
Visuals
•Suppression mechanic blurs a player's vision when hit with a weapon like the heavy bolter
•New visual effect when taking damage. Previously, taking damage showed a "shield/force field" visual. Now, sparks fly off, still a temporary visual effect
•Some buildings now have animations
Additional Links
•For more information, check out @Aka 's Twitch Episode Summaries
Personal Thoughts
•Inspired by J.J. Abrams, the Lascannon shoots lens flares at enemy players
•Abbadon is a unicorn
•Brent still calls a magazine a clip
•Nathan wants to ban everyone in the stream

•Katie loves to watch people crawling to their death...



Disclaimer: I might have misheard or screwed something up; if so, my bad. Please offer corrections or additional information in a post below, or feel free to discuss what happened in the stream. Also, bear in mind that everything can change over time. Cheers.

Edit 1:
- added a link provided by @Korel showing off earlier gameplay footage of a Devastator deploying their weapon
- bolded all links to make them more visible
- added the title "The Despoiler" to Abbadon, for extra flavour

Edit 2:
- changed "Additional/Personal notes" to "Personal thoughts"
- added Additional Links section
- added @Aka Twitch Summaries to Links
- underlined headers
- removed Ezekyle from Abbadon's name
- revised links regarding CSM to link to the news article instead of the wiki, and added wiki links in parenthesis

Edit 3:
- revised Chaos voting point to be more accurate

[Batpimp]

link of images of the maps analysis

http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads ... ost-757907

[Batpimp]

the three Chaos factions to vote on

http://forum.eternalcrusade.com/threads ... ons.45521/