Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade

Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Crusade is an MMORPG that was announced on E3 and is slated to be released on 2015. It will be available for the PC, PS4 and the Xbox One/Ten.

Now many of you think that this is such wonderful news, right ? Well... This is still up to debate since the game is being developed by the people who have given us such wonderful titles like Wet, Dante's Inferno (PSP), The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (DS) and Naughty Bear. However, Behavior (the guys making this thing) pulled in talent from all around - especially from Funcom Montreal (Age of Conan, The Secret World). The devs have confirmed that if you buy the game, you unlock all the premium content (IE rest of the races), and that Dark Angels and Iron Warriors are *not* the only Space Marine/Chaos Space Marine chapters present. Orks are the only f2p race as of now, and the devs are hoping this will make them outnumber the rest of the other factions, as each Ork is independently weaker. So, that is a higher than average understanding of 40k lore, and is typically considered a genius fucking idea.

Races

The game will debut with four main factions, each including several subgroups, and classes. Others will be added later if the game is successful.

Orks

Klans: Goffs, Evil Sunz, Deathskulls, Bad Moons

Classes: Boys, Nobs, Mekboy, Painboy, Stormboy, Weirdboy

Space Marines

Chapters: Ultramarine, Space Wolves, Blood Angels, Dark Angels

Classes: Tactical Marines, Devastators, Assault Marines, Apothecaries, Techmarines, Librarians

Chaos Space Marines

Legions: Iron Warriors

Classes: Raptors

Eldar

No craftworlds thus far confirmed.

Speculated Classes: Swooping Hawks, Bonesingers, Warlocks

Tyranids

While Tyranids are confirmed to be in the game, they will not be playable. Instead, they will be an NPC faction, providing enemies for PvE content.

Setting

Now anyone who has knowledge of Warhammer 40,000 obviously knows the setting. However, the games events will be taking place on an unexplored region/sector of the galaxy. One of the devs, in an interview, said that it will follow a planetwide contest for a single undisclosed planet, and the events that happen from this game will become canon, but the details are yet to be released. don't take his word for it though, devs did say colonial marines would be good.

Monetization

Eternal Crusade is partially F2P. Without paying, players can access the game but are limited to Ork Boyz, who cannot advance beyond a certain degree. Those who buy the game have access to all factions and full advancement. There is no monthly subscription, however a cash shop is planned.

Game Features

Read more about the game here

The game will be mostly PvP, happening on one planet at a time. A new planet will be rolled out when a planet is conquered. Tyranids are NPCs and will be used in part to keep things a little bit balanced if player faction numbers are too unequal or one faction is dominating for other reasons. They will also constitute the PvE content, probably all of it. In short:

• PVP oriented with splashes of PVE
• Tyranids are the PVE …even though they should be a playable faction…HERETIC. NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY AS A NID. THEY ARE NOT FUN.*BLAM*
• Combat is visceral/skill based over-the-shoulder dakka/melee
• Vehicles confirmed, but in unknown capacity
• Randomly Generated Procedurally Generated content. After planets are conquered a new one is made. All dungeons/PVE content is procedurally generated
• The devs are also interacting with the fans. Which is pretty much unheard of. Ask some fucking questions.
• Players will all get their own space ship which acts as player housing, that you can decorate as you like. Guilds can combine their ships together for larger housing and more options (like guild banking)
• Day/Night cycle
• Weather, which effect combat
• Friendly fire (if they can find a fair way to implement it)
• Dreads, if they figure out how to implement it
• Perils of the warp
• Red ones go fasta
• Executions (ala Space Marine maybe)
• Reviving (talking about examples where a fellow player revives his battle brother)
• No P2W, devs are vehemently against buying power, probably the only things you'll buy in the cash shop will be accessories and visual pieces, and possibly other executions (no change in damage or effect, just a different looking execution)
  • Hopefully also playable Squigpipes
• Miguel has a weird thing about Ork butts, as in two interviews he's described Ork butts and executions in the same sentence.

See also

• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
• Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millenium

Links

• Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade
• Meet the Team Video Notice how the opening looks strangely familiar.

Gallery

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  "We go where we wilt, we slay who we wilt. Let the Emperor judge the righteousness of our deeds !"

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  "I reckon these humies are just puny soft gits who need a good stompin !"