Crowfall

From the kickstarter for those that don't want to dig:

ArtCraft Entertainment, Inc. 12 minutes ago
MelloLily - After the kickstarter campaign we will have a system so you can merge your pledge with your crowfall.com account - then account status will correctly show your group!

@Amine - "Exclusive Kickstarter stronghold (small fortification) for your personal Kingdom" Does this mean that anyone not pledging that tier will not be able to get that in game eventually?" - Correct! These will be unique for backers, you can earn structures in game but they won't look same as these.

@David Caldwell - We estimate it will be around $10-$15 a month but the exact pricing is TBD. The +5 years of membership is a substantial deal!

We will be in touch at a later date to confirm shipping address! (For collectors boxes and other things)

nice.. nice...

Srathor_sl said:

It looks to me like it is Continent sized world maps. They are likely randomly generated with the voxelfarm tech in house, then have a node map generated over that seed world from the ACE guys. They take the now processed "World" then distribute that to the players to compete over.

That gives them the base to slap down mobs, nodes, and objects and interesting places. Giving a random feel to the world but polished by devs.

I really would love if they stole the storybricks idea as well, (heirarchy of needs based AI) or some of Rifts Beta ideas. Having the nodes contested by NPC guilds as well as pc would be interesting.

Either way they are getting my money, just for having a new idea, but I still hate Ralph Koster.

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If it is anything like shadowbane your storybricks is going to be other players not PVE stuff. If its done like shadowbane the PVE is mostly there for resource farming and hunter/gather type stuff the main challenges are enemy players.

They mentioned rift style PVE difficulty scaling based on how long a world has been running. Going through seasons, mobs likely will damage the terrain and subsequent buildings etc.

I'm imagining a scenario where the primary win condition is to have the primary faction castle survive until the very end against increasingly more difficult waves of monsters with periodic attack cycles.

A PVE survival sort of thing.

Vitality_sl said:

They mentioned rift style PVE difficulty scaling based on how long a world has been running. Going through seasons, mobs likely will damage the terrain and subsequent buildings etc.

I'm imagining a scenario where the primary win condition is to have the primary faction castle survive until the very end against increasingly more difficult waves of monsters with periodic attack cycles.

A PVE survival sort of thing.

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this IS gonna rock!

if you missed the twitch cast and aren't familiar with how to find past broadcasts:Twitch

from Jtodd on pre-funding dollar usage:

4. Can the character appearances be customized?

Yes. We will offer the ability to customize your character (hair styles, color and face) in Character Creation. Further customization can be done in-game, by collecting equipment.

You are correct -- as you can see in the video, the only gear swapping we have right now is weapon sets., but that's just for now.
We opted to use our pre-funding dollars to fund a wider array of base characters, because we thought it would demo better than having only 1 or 2 characters that we could customize.
If I had it to do over again, I would have reduced the number of characters and opted for more customization. To be honest, it never even even occurred to me that people would see them and think "MOBA." Hind sight is 20/20, I guess.
Oh, and the reason that I made all the base versions fully clothed is because I think naked characters in an MMO look stupid.
Remember, this is a work in progress. We believe that customization (via gear swaps) is important, and it's in our plan. We'll get there.
Todd
ACE

Sigh, went ahead and caved and did the cheap $30 option.

I backed as well mostly because of the hype generated from this thread.

Big Flex_sl said:

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Hah, yeah. I'm not willing to dip more into my Transformer fund though!

Bruman_sl said:

Hah, yeah. I'm not willing to dip more into my Transformer fund though!

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its cool dawg, you can live in a shit barn on the outskirts of my 85% tax rate Eternal Kingdom

Big Flex_sl said:

its cool dawg, you can live in a shit barn on the outskirts of my 85% tax rate Eternal Kingdom

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I'm just going to dig a voxel hole in the voxel ground with my moleman and sleep there. In the voxels.

Bruman_sl said:

I'm just going to dig a voxel hole in the voxel ground with my moleman and sleep there. In the voxels.

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sleep well, sweet prince

In for $30. Can always change my mind later and upgrade.

Dec 2016 is pretty far away...

EB amber. Riding this train straight to hell. Physical collectors edition plus six years subscription sounds good and if it doesn't work out I'm only out 14 pizzas.

lol

KICKTRAQ - Crowfall - Throne War PC MMO by ArtCraft Entertainment, Inc.

Big Flex_sl said:

lol

KICKTRAQ - Crowfall - Throne War PC MMO by ArtCraft Entertainment, Inc.

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I remember when Pantheon was trending to be funded for a while, heh.

Although this game has a much better chance. Almost half funded on day one is a good sign. Not Exploding Kittens good, but then, nothing else is. They got the first day big push, they'll get trickles for the next few weeks, then another good push at the end of the month.

It'll be interesting to see what they offer for stretch goals.