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'''''Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade''''' is a massively multiplayer online third-person shooter set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe currently under development by Behavior Interactive, for projected release in 2015. Players will take on the role of Orks, Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, or Eldar in a section of the galaxy not previously explored in detail by Games Workshop and fight over planets using a third-person combat system based on that of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine''.

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'''''Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade''''' is a massively multiplayer online third-person shooter set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe currently under development by Behavior Interactive, for projected release in 2015.Summer 2016. Players will take on the role of Orks, Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, or Eldar in a section of the galaxy not previously explored in detail by Games Workshop and fight over planets using a third-person combat system based on that of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine''.
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* MightyGlacier: Space Marine Storm Shields. Immune to small arms and resistant to special weapons from the front so long as your shield is up, plus it's great at blocking melee attacks, but you can't sprint while employing it for defense and it replaces all your ranged weapons (save grenades, should you choose to carry them).
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* AllOrNothingReloads: Played straight not just with the reloads, but with the {{Finishing Move}}s too. A player getting Finished can be rescued if their assailant is taken down, and it doesn't matter how much of the animation played out or how many rounds were pumped into their body; if the animation didn't play out in full, the player getting Finished is still alive.
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* PendulumWar: The world map in the early access build tends to swing back and forth every day, the forces of Chaos winning ground towards the night of each day (United States time) only to lose it the next morning.

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The closed alpha with Space Marines vs Chaos Marines has been made available to founders, though we can't provide tropes about it due to the non-disclosure agreement. The most we're allowed to do is direct you to one of the approved streaming channels, such as [[http://www.twitch.tv/angryjoeshow/v/17596304 The Angry Joe Show]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ZoranTheBear Zoran the Bear]].



* AwesomeButImpractical: The [[FinishingMove executions]], seemingly intentionally so. The executor can't move and doesn't really get much benefit from it, and the penalty for the victim is negligible beyond a hurt pride.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The [[FinishingMove executions]], seemingly intentionally so. The executor can't move and doesn't really get much benefit from it, it (100 bonus XP), and the penalty for the victim is negligible beyond a hurt pride.pride.
* BoringButPractical: If you want to make a move on the enemy's control point, you'll need a Tactical Marine/Traitor Marine/Dire Avenger/Ork Boy with you; every other class has awesome abilities like healing or power weapons, but they can't carry Capture Keys, and the baseline troops have a useful selection of guns in their own right. You'll also probably want a Rhino/Wave Serpent/Trukk; these transports may not have actual tank guns to smash apart your enemy, but they can be used as forward deployment zones to help keep up your team's momentum, and they can still [[CarFu run over]] any foe unlucky enough to be caught crossing the street at a bad time.
* BugWar: [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranids]] are slated to show up if players would rather fight player-versus-NPC instead.
* CarFu: Running over your enemy is almost always a OneHitKill.



* CombatMedic: The Space Marines have the Apothecary, who will use his [[HealingShiv narthecium]] and other skills to heal his fellow battle-brothers. The Forces of Chaos has the Aspiring Sorcerer who, whilst also serving as a spellcaster, will use his powers instead to heal his allies.
* ControllableHelplessness: From what we've seen, both types of Space Marines can crawl around after "death" ''GearsOfWar'' style. Friendly players can help them up, enemy players can coup de grace instead, and the wounded player can choose to bleed out faster and get right back to the respawn cycle.

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* CombatMedic: The Space Marines have the Apothecary, who will use uses his [[HealingShiv narthecium]] and other skills to heal his fellow battle-brothers. The Forces of Chaos has the Aspiring Sorcerer who, whilst also serving as a spellcaster, will among other spells, can use his powers instead to heal his allies.
* ControllableHelplessness: From what we've seen, both Both types of Space Marines can crawl around after "death" ''GearsOfWar'' style. Friendly players can help them up, enemy players can coup de grace instead, and the wounded player can choose to bleed out faster and get right back to the respawn cycle.



* MeleeATrois: The four races will all be fighting each other, and alliance choices will be very limited.

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* MeleeATrois: The four races will all be fighting each other, and alliance choices will be very limited. Tyranids will also show up to harass the four playable factions.



* PoisonedWeapons: The Apothecary's narthecium can inject a slow acting poison to enemy/friendly players.

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* PinnedDown: If a Heavy Boltor (friend or foe!) so much as glances in your direction it hits you with a "suppressed" debuff, making it virtually impossible to shoot at anything.
* PoisonedWeapons: The Apothecary's narthecium can inject a slow acting poison to enemy/friendly players.enemy players. More hits speeds the poison damage up.
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* {{Freemium}}[=/=]PayToWin: Anyone who buys the full game has access to all premium content, but whoever stays with the free-to-play version will be limited to [[{{Mooks}} Ork Boyz]] only, and progression will be much slower. You can also opt to only buy the faction(s) you want to play instead of the whole game.

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* {{Freemium}}[=/=]PayToWin: {{Freemium}}: Anyone who buys the full game has access to all premium content, but whoever stays with the free-to-play version will be limited to [[{{Mooks}} Ork Boyz]] only, and progression will be much slower. You can also opt to only buy the faction(s) you want to play instead of the whole game.
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* ActionGirl: Jain Zar, Howling Banshees and other classes of Eldar that the player can choose be play as a female.

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* ActionGirl: Jain Zar, Howling Banshees and some of the other classes of Eldar that the player can choose be to play as a are female.
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* CombatMedic: The Space Marines have the Apothecary, who will use his narthecium and other skills to heal his fellow battle-brothers. The Forces of Chaos has the Aspiring Sorcerer who, whilst also serving as a spellcaster, will use his powers instead to heal his allies.

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* CombatMedic: The Space Marines have the Apothecary, who will use his narthecium [[HealingShiv narthecium]] and other skills to heal his fellow battle-brothers. The Forces of Chaos has the Aspiring Sorcerer who, whilst also serving as a spellcaster, will use his powers instead to heal his allies.
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They do get a bit of bonus XP...


* AwesomeButImpractical: The [[FinishingMove executions]], seemingly intentionally so. The executor can't move and doesn't really get any benefit from it, and the penalty for the victim is negligible beyond a hurt pride.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The [[FinishingMove executions]], seemingly intentionally so. The executor can't move and doesn't really get any much benefit from it, and the penalty for the victim is negligible beyond a hurt pride.
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All players can play for free, but will be limited to playing as Ork Boyz (the basic soldier of the Ork faction) at the game start. Paying players who purchase a copy of the full game will be able to play as all classes from all factions. Players will be able to buy specific factions from a game store that will also sell faction appropriate cosmetic items, operating via a microtransaction service.

The closed alpha with Space Marines vs Chaos Marines has been made available to founders, though we can't provide tropes about it due to the non-disclosure agreement. The most we're allowed to do it direct you to one of the approved streaming channels, such as [[http://www.twitch.tv/angryjoeshow/v/17596304 The Angry Joe Show]].

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All players can play for free, but will be limited to playing as Ork Boyz (the basic soldier of the Ork faction) at the game start. Paying players who purchase a copy of the full game will be able to play as all classes from all factions. Players will alternatively be able to buy specific factions from a game store that will also sell faction appropriate cosmetic items, operating via a microtransaction service.

The closed alpha with Space Marines vs Chaos Marines has been made available to founders, though we can't provide tropes about it due to the non-disclosure agreement. The most we're allowed to do it is direct you to one of the approved streaming channels, such as [[http://www.twitch.tv/angryjoeshow/v/17596304 The Angry Joe Show]].
Show]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ZoranTheBear Zoran the Bear]].



* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jain Zar is the only female faction leader as of launch. According to the developers, they chose Jain Zar due to her being be the Phoenix Lord who most often leads the Eldar to war.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jain Zar is the only female faction leader as of launch. According to the developers, they chose Jain Zar due to her being be the Phoenix Lord who most often leads the Eldar to war.
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* MoreDakka: As usual with with ''Warhammer 40,000''.

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* MoreDakka: As usual with with ''Warhammer 40,000''.
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The game is now available on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/375230 steam for early access]].
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** In the [[http://www.eternalcrusade.com/Content/html/newsletter_vision_starmap.html Starmap of the Arkohna system]], the planet, Simaghr, is likely an anagram of Sigmar (minus the h) from WarhammerFantasyBattle (this is either intentional or a coincidence).

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** In the [[http://www.eternalcrusade.com/Content/html/newsletter_vision_starmap.html Starmap of the Arkohna system]], the planet, Simaghr, is likely an anagram of Sigmar (minus the h) from WarhammerFantasyBattle ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyBattle'' (this is either intentional or a coincidence).

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There actually is a benefit, but since I\'m under NDA I can\'t tell you what it is of the size of its impact


* AwesomeButImpractical: The [[FinishingMove executions]], seemingly intentionally so. The executor can't move and doesn't really get any benefit from it, and the penalty for the victim is negligible beyond a hurt pride.



* {{Freemium}} / PayToWin: Anyone who buys the full game has access to all premium content, but whoever stays with the free-to-play version will be limited to [[{{Mooks}} Ork Boyz]] only, and progression will be much slower. You can also opt to only buy the faction(s) you want to play instead of the whole game.

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* {{Freemium}} / PayToWin: {{Freemium}}[=/=]PayToWin: Anyone who buys the full game has access to all premium content, but whoever stays with the free-to-play version will be limited to [[{{Mooks}} Ork Boyz]] only, and progression will be much slower. You can also opt to only buy the faction(s) you want to play instead of the whole game.
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The closed alpha with Space Marines vs Chaos Marines has been made available to founders, though we can't provide tropes about it due to the non-disclosure agreement.

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The closed alpha with Space Marines vs Chaos Marines has been made available to founders, though we can't provide tropes about it due to the non-disclosure agreement.
agreement. The most we're allowed to do it direct you to one of the approved streaming channels, such as [[http://www.twitch.tv/angryjoeshow/v/17596304 The Angry Joe Show]].
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* {{Freemium}}: Anyone who buys the full game has access to all premium content, but whoever stays with the free-to-play version will be limited to [[{{Mooks}} Ork Boyz]] only, and progression will be much slower. You can also opt to only buy the faction(s) you want to play instead of the whole game.

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* {{Freemium}}: {{Freemium}} / PayToWin: Anyone who buys the full game has access to all premium content, but whoever stays with the free-to-play version will be limited to [[{{Mooks}} Ork Boyz]] only, and progression will be much slower. You can also opt to only buy the faction(s) you want to play instead of the whole game.
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* CombatMedic: The Space Marines have the Apothecary, who will use his narthecium and other skills to heal his fellow battle-brothers. The Forces of Chaos has the Aspiring Sorcerer who, whilst also serving as a spellcaster, will use his powers instead to heal his allies.

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* FandomRivalry: Closer to being a full-blown interfandom war. While most sub-faction votes were respected, the actions of Raven Guard supporters caused things to get a little... ''heated''. To quote one general explanation:
-->"Kanthric, the bitter argument in this thread has gone on for too long, and I didn't read it all. Can you summarise?"

-->A group of Raven Guard fans, Salamanders fans and Imperial Fists detractors banded together and, after a quick poll, begun to urge Iron Hands voters to back the Raven Guard. Their stated reason is often to ensure a closer contest, given the tendency for the Fists to win fan polls, but the practical effect is to try to stop the Fists being voted in and get the Raven Guard elected in their place.

-->The Imperial Fists fans are spitting blood at this betrayal. They're arguing that it's fundamentally wrong to encourage people to rally against any chapter, and that votes should be made positively. They'd like the Iron Hands fans to vote for the Iron Hands. Of course, they'd like to win the vote, and uniting Iron Hands and Raven Guard voters together behind a single chapter would lower their chances.

-->The Raven Guard fans are somewhat on the fence. Some are protesting that this isn't the kind of support they want or the campaign they want to win, but others are keeping quiet and whistling innocently. Of course, they'd like to win the vote, and this campaign is increasing their chances.

-->The Iron Hands fans are ready to inflict another gene-seed burning spree on the Raven Guard for this betrayal, arguing passionately and compellingly that trying to commandeer the support of the Iron Hands is despicable; they're not commodities to be marketed at and influenced, they're not Fists haters, they're Hands fans. And their chances didn't deserve to be written off based on a 6% difference in support from the Raven Guard in a single poll. Most don't expect to win the vote, but they do expect to be given the chance to win it or lose it with dignity and demonstrate support for the chapter as a future expansion.

-->The Eldar fans are staying aloof with mocking grins. The Orks are getting stuck in and clouting whoever they feel like in the brawl. And Chaos players are smirking on the sidelines with cool beers and popcorn, dismissively waving away requests for support from the Fists, and getting all the entertainment they can out of their front row seats for the second Imperial Civil War.

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* FandomRivalry: Closer to being a full-blown interfandom war. While most sub-faction votes were respected, the actions of Raven Guard supporters caused things to get a little... ''heated''. To quote one general explanation:
-->"Kanthric, the bitter argument in this thread has gone on for too long, and I didn't read it all. Can you summarise?"

-->A group of Raven Guard fans, Salamanders fans and Imperial Fists detractors banded together and, after a quick poll, begun to urge Iron Hands voters to back the Raven Guard. Their stated reason is often to ensure a closer contest, given the tendency for the Fists to win fan polls, but the practical effect is to try to stop the Fists being voted in and get the Raven Guard elected in their place.

-->The Imperial Fists fans are spitting blood at this betrayal. They're arguing that it's fundamentally wrong to encourage people to rally against any chapter, and that votes should be made positively. They'd like the Iron Hands fans to vote for the Iron Hands. Of course, they'd like to win the vote, and uniting Iron Hands and Raven Guard voters together behind a single chapter would lower their chances.

-->The Raven Guard fans are somewhat on the fence. Some are protesting that this isn't the kind of support they want or the campaign they want to win, but others are keeping quiet and whistling innocently. Of course, they'd like to win the vote, and this campaign is increasing their chances.

-->The Iron Hands fans are ready to inflict another gene-seed burning spree on the Raven Guard for this betrayal, arguing passionately and compellingly that trying to commandeer the support of the Iron Hands is despicable; they're not commodities to be marketed at and influenced, they're not Fists haters, they're Hands fans. And their chances didn't deserve to be written off based on a 6% difference in support from the Raven Guard in a single poll. Most don't expect to win the vote, but they do expect to be given the chance to win it or lose it with dignity and demonstrate support for the chapter as a future expansion.

-->The Eldar fans are staying aloof with mocking grins.
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** '''Belial''' for the Space Marines
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* FandomRivalry: Closer to being a full-blown interfandom war. While most sub-faction votes were respected, the actions of Raven Guard supporters caused things to get a little... ''heated''. To quote one general explanation:
-->"Kanthric, the bitter argument in this thread has gone on for too long, and I didn't read it all. Can you summarise?"

-->A group of Raven Guard fans, Salamanders fans and Imperial Fists detractors banded together and, after a quick poll, begun to urge Iron Hands voters to back the Raven Guard. Their stated reason is often to ensure a closer contest, given the tendency for the Fists to win fan polls, but the practical effect is to try to stop the Fists being voted in and get the Raven Guard elected in their place.

-->The Imperial Fists fans are spitting blood at this betrayal. They're arguing that it's fundamentally wrong to encourage people to rally against any chapter, and that votes should be made positively. They'd like the Iron Hands fans to vote for the Iron Hands. Of course, they'd like to win the vote, and uniting Iron Hands and Raven Guard voters together behind a single chapter would lower their chances.

-->The Raven Guard fans are somewhat on the fence. Some are protesting that this isn't the kind of support they want or the campaign they want to win, but others are keeping quiet and whistling innocently. Of course, they'd like to win the vote, and this campaign is increasing their chances.

-->The Iron Hands fans are ready to inflict another gene-seed burning spree on the Raven Guard for this betrayal, arguing passionately and compellingly that trying to commandeer the support of the Iron Hands is despicable; they're not commodities to be marketed at and influenced, they're not Fists haters, they're Hands fans. And their chances didn't deserve to be written off based on a 6% difference in support from the Raven Guard in a single poll. Most don't expect to win the vote, but they do expect to be given the chance to win it or lose it with dignity and demonstrate support for the chapter as a future expansion.

-->The Eldar fans are staying aloof with mocking grins. The Orks are getting stuck in and clouting whoever they feel like in the brawl. And Chaos players are smirking on the sidelines with cool beers and popcorn, dismissively waving away requests for support from the Fists, and getting all the entertainment they can out of their front row seats for the second Imperial Civil War.
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* MoreDakka: As usual with with ''Warhammer 40,000''.
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All players can play for free, but will be limited to playing as Ork Boyz (the basic soldier of the Ork faction) at the game start. Paying players who purchase a copy of the full game will be able to play as all classes from all factions. Players will be able to buy specific factions from a game store that will also sell faction appropriate cosmetic items, operating via a microtransaction service.
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A massively multiplayer online game set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe currently under development by Behavior Interactive, for projected release in 2015. Players will take on the role of Orks, Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, or Eldar in a section of the galaxy not previously explored in detail by Games Workshop and fight over planets using a third-person combat system based on that of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine''.

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'''''Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade''''' is a
massively multiplayer online game third-person shooter set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe currently under development by Behavior Interactive, for projected release in 2015. Players will take on the role of Orks, Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, or Eldar in a section of the galaxy not previously explored in detail by Games Workshop and fight over planets using a third-person combat system based on that of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine''.
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* TheLeader: Each faction has a faction leader for the games narrative
** '''Abaddon the Despoiler''' for Chaos
** '''Jain Zar''' for Eldar
** '''Skarblitz''' for Orks

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** Gameplay-wise, it appears very similar to ''[[VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Space Marine]]''.



** Gameplay-wise, it appears very similar to ''[[VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Space Marine]]''.

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** Gameplay-wise, it appears very similar to ''[[VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Space Marine]]''.
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* ActionGirl: Jain Zar, Howling Banshees and other classes of Eldar that the player can choose be play as a female.


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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jain Zar is the only female faction leader as of launch. According to the developers, they chose Jain Zar due to her being be the Phoenix Lord who most often leads the Eldar to war.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Dark Millenium Online'' (which has yet to be confirmed if it's simply in DevelopmentHell or scrapped for good).

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Dark Millenium Millennium Online'' (which has yet to be confirmed if it's simply in DevelopmentHell or scrapped for good).
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* ControllableHelplessness: From what we've seen, both types of Space Marines can crawl around after "death" ''GearsOfWar'' style. Friendly players can help them up, enemy players can coup de grace instead, and the wounded player can choose to bleed out faster and get right back to the respawn cycle.

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