Eternal Crusade Reveal Pioneer Pack For Orky Players
November 1, 2014 by brennon
Eternal Crusade is going to be the big massively multiplayer game set in the Warhammer 40,000 world and as some of you might know the Free to Play model (or Free to Waaaagh!) is going to set you up as surly Orks. Well, to boost that experience they've also announced their Pioneer Packs...
The Pioneer Pack will give you...
- 15,000 RTP (a $15 value in and of itself)
- One Character slot (Ork only)
- Special Helmet for the Pioneers only
- Special Close Combat Weapon for the Pioneers only
- Gives access to the First Blood! Badge
- Gives access to the Pioneer Badge
- Backpack cage with a Squig pet!
- The ability to acquire additional bundles and get more RTP (Rogue Trader Points)
- Access to the Founders’ Lounge in the forums.
- Pioneers will have the ability to purchase access to the Early Game Module of Q1 2015 given to Founders. This special deal will come after the Founder’s 3rd wave, with exact timing to be determined.
...so it makes you feel that little bit better as an Ork player with some fancy gear and nice options too. It's certainly a nice price point of entry if you're not that fussed about overly committing to the game but fancy giving a little and having some fun. I imagine there will be a good conversion rate of players who get really stuck into this.
This kind of 'choose how to play' option has worked for MMORPGs like Lord of the Rings Online and certainly works well in this day and age of digital gaming where people like to dip in and out of games.
Do you think you'll be a pioneer?
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I have no confidence in this at all.
Given the companies history, they put out good projects. They have always kind of side skirted projects, but this is a pretty serious one. They actually listen to their community, and show actual progress, not filler. I have a bit of faith that this will turn out to be a decent product. Groundbreaking? Maybe not, but I’ll save my judgement for when I have a tangible product.
If it works out as a Space Marine combat inspired Planetside 2 then I’ll be happy with the result.
BoW Ben
I want to be wrong, of course! However, the sums of money they’re asking for in regards to what appear to be cosmetic differences for your avatar is quite frightening and doesn’t bode well for the future of the project if that’s how they want to structure their game.
That said maybe I’m just old fashioned!