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[Column] Warhammer 40.000: Eternal Crusade: Chaos and Gameplay
SBFord
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The Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade team recently released a "meet the team" video that featured snippets of gameplay that we're ready to dissect in our latest column. In addition, we're going to take a look at Chaos and what it means to the game. Read on before heading to the comments to chat.
While it was great to see the video and meet the team developing Eternal Crusade, there were some flashes of gameplay shown on the screens. It was extremely early and many people might view these models and leap to wild decisions: don’t. Miguel Caron has been very open with fans about the development. That is a great thing to build trust in the community. Also, it means that people will see things long before they are done. So try to reserve judgement, as that’s what I’ll be doing.
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The symbols for Tzeentch, Khorne, Nurgle, and Slaanesh.
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i do love and appreciate all the sharing and exposure EC is getting.
i just dont wanna get my heart broken -again. so ill just wait till next year as we get closer to release date to really get excited -again.
In addition to being allowed to team up Slaanesh daemons with Khorne daemons in the table top, you're allowed to use Khorne-aligned marines alongside Slaanesh-aligned marines despite those two gods being opposites on the table top and in the fluff (Black Crusades, anyone?), as well. So I'd hope there won't be any restrictions regarding teaming Chaos up here in this game.
They should have Malice-aligned Chaos Marines (and later, Daemons, if those get added) as a PvE faction.
"...So you would have World Eaters, Doom Guard, Thousand Sons, and Emperor’s Children all playable,..."
I don't mean to sound picky but shouldn't that read Death Guard?
On the subject, i can't help but think they're bitting off more than they can chew, hope I'm wrong though.
Honestly I'm pretty sure its going to be antagonists to Space Marine Chapters popular in Black Library thus far.
Black Library has written omnibus' for Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Ultramarines and many books (recent) on Dark Angels. So for Space Wolves - Thousand Sons are the enemy. In Ultramarine novella, Iron Warriors were the enemy. In Blood Angels books it was Word Bearers. Just not sure who Dark Angel's enemy are (I haven't read their books!
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Also thought Word Bearers were rivals to Ultramarines seeing as how they funked over Calth during the Heresy.
Hahahah nope I meant Death Guard on this one. Thanks Endo, my bad, may Nurgle infect me with endless pox.
Not having Khorne Bersekers, Plague Marines, Noise Marines and Thousand Sons from the start would be a mistake.
We have seen Black Legion and Iron Warriors are in the game. So I doubt we will see all 4 chapters mentioned in this article....
Keep in mind that all the "elite" chaos troops, Berzerkers, Noise Marines, Plague Marines and Thousand Sons, will probably be earned or advanced unlock troops, as in rewards for progressing your character. No one really STARTS as one of those, even in the fluff, it's a hard-won position.
What will weigh more heavily in character choice, Chapter or Class? And not all Chapters have access to all classes, at least in the fluff. Will chapter just be a paint job and some cosmetic pieces, or will your Chapter choice affect actual gameplay?
All this is yet to be determined of course, but it'll be fun talking about it while we wait and see what happens.
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you will have different classes depending on which chapter you chose (some will be the same for sure maybe most of them)
chosing a chapter may have small changes to your characters gameplay (its still discussed)
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Cunfushus says "Only through wasting time do we realize that time should not be wasted."
iirc black legion are currently creating khorne berserker 's similar to the ones used by the world eaters (who are now basically non existent) so they could be a very real possibility.
If you wanted chaos god neutral legions though you could easily do it with any 4 of the following: iron warriors, black legion, word bearers, alpha legion or night lords. None of those worship 1 chaos god in particular so technically could get access to all the specialized units as an individual from that legion may gain favor/make a pact with a god even if his legion stay neutral.
And from an earlier comment someone pointed out that the dark angels biggest enemy is themselves (the fallen), which is true, but a good other enemy would be the night lords. After all the lion was nearly killed by the night haunter in a very long and protracted campaign that kept him from defending terra. Can't think of a better reason to hate another chapter than to miss the final battle and know the emperor might have been fine had you made it in time.
I hope you are not right, but i see what happend to Scarlet Blade , people can be so raged about nudity.
"This is life! We suffer and slave and expire. That's it!" -Bernard Black (Dylan Moran)
Ppl will always complain if their legion/chapter/god is not incorporated. I think the key to making this mmo work is first and foremost making a game that is fun, then you add as much of the lore as possible.
I honestly believe that if they try to make this game to play like space marine and make it an mmo they could be on to a real winner.