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Warhammer 40.000: Eternal Crusade: We Want to Build A Game Players Are Looking For
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
The latest Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade newsletter has been sent and in it, the development team talks about how they plan to build a game that players are looking forward to playing. To assist them, they will be launching a new website that will allow Founders to make a real impact on the development process.
We want to make sure we are creating the game the players are looking for and having a community of Founders involved will help insure this. We also need better communication tools to ask for and receive feedback. In order to do so, we are launching our website 2.0 at the same time as the Founder’s Program. We are going to have survey tools integrated in order to make polls on different topics. A section of the forums will be reserved, a privileged place where the developers and Founders will be able to discuss ideas. We will have a developer news section, where devs will be able to post daily what’s new on the project. The powerful content management system tool (CMS), called HEAP and developed by Turbulent, will help us for the swift updates we are expecting to make on the website. For those interested by this kind of tech, you can find more information on their web site
So what are we going to ask for feedback about? One of the much anticipated choices the Founders will have is the 5th sub-faction for each race. We will also need feedback on our design for the leadership system within the game. We are planning some tools to allow faction council members to give objectives to Strikeforces and squad leaders. We will want as much feedback on those as possible as they are really made for you! There are other topics, like some customization options and some background traits for your characters as well. We want you to be able to really be your character, so this part is crucial too.
Last but not least, the Founders will have early access to different modules of the game. We are currently working on the roadmap for the early access; it will be announced at the Founder’s Program launch. You can expect combat, invasion and weapons to try out. Personal quarters from all the factions’ ships are getting ready in the Warp to welcome you and serve as your home away from the battlefield.
Read the full Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade newsletter.
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This might not be a good sign. Outstanding leadership is all about already having the vision that you know will inspire others and having the determination (and possibly charisma) to make it happen. You enthuse people with your vision and take them with you - adjusting here or there according to some degree of opinion.
Very few people have that skill of leadership.
The feeling I'm getting here is one of 'decision making by general agreement'. It's like voting on what the contents of a pizza should be - if you do it by asking everyone and getting a consensus, you end up with a cheese pizza.
In other words, what you get is a WoW clone.
While it is nice of any company to strive for feedback from their player base, they still don't allow them to affect game systems of real import, such as the type and style of combat, progression systems, non-combat systems such as crafting, housing, social organizing tools and rule making, mini games, non-combat related skills / spells, type and style of pvp systems, reward systems...etc.
It also seems that more often than not, companies will start off wanting feedback, but will quickly backpedal from or outright ignore most feedback, no matter how popular it is or how much potential it has.
It´s just PR. Every MMO to date which had an community Alpha / Beta had a feedback program.
It´s what they do With it that Counts. In most cases they do nothing and just follow their already laid out plan.
It´s just to create the illusion of players having some form of say in the direction of the game´s Development.
Nothing more. Nothing less.
what most mmo players want is not another themepark clone
the lore of Warhammer 40k is one of the most controversial, it is indeed deep, and offers some awesome illustrations. Everyone whol loves fanntasy and sci-fi, would take place into a MMOworld from 40k ...
atm they move to the right path, 1) f2p option to see the game 2) gameplay from the well tested THQ's SpaceMarine (so far the videos are extremely close to that title) 3) focus on guilds and factions 4) developers who are into 40k and everyone's blog posts is a demonstration of their love into that world ..!
I don't care ,just bring me WARhammer 40k MMO what ever they make