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The latest update on the Crowfall site shows off three new pieces of concept art that are different from those originally shown to the community. In a subsequent blog post, J. Todd Coleman goes into detail about why and how the changes were made and writes that this is the inevitable change inherent with a game in development. Further, he writes, changes are made for the player’s benefit.
The Crowfall Combat Strike team has assembled in the Crow’s Nest, a tactical team aimed at developing the next level of combo and action-based combat. Taking a mixture of the DCUO and TERA combat models as their North Star, Crowfall has found the starting point in designing their unique combat personality.
J. Todd Coleman has penned a new developer diary that lays out how in-game currency will function in Crowfall. Rather than a single currency, materials will be available that can be used to create coins, barter and to find its own value as capital for goods and services.
Luckily for eager fans, ArtCraft explained much more about both Campaign Worlds and Eternal Kingdoms in recent articles on the official Crowfall site. While Campaign Worlds are large, detailed areas where you play most of the game, Eternal Kingdoms can be considered a smaller version akin to player housing where you can spend your time crafting and socializing.
ACE co-founder Todd Coleman took to the Crowfall site today to lay out plans for the game’s first playtests, focused entirely on combat. Read on for the details.
The Crowfall site has been updated with a new, updated FAQ about the Eternal Kingdoms, that portion of land that serves as a min-world, in essence a smaller version of a campaign world. According to the FAQ, Eternal Kingdoms allow players to construct, fight monsters, craft and explore, all from the comfort of their virtual home.
Red Thomas sat down with Gordon Walton and Todd Coleman to talk about what early access players will be seeing first from Crowfall, and to explore the nature of the audience building around the game.
The Crowfall site has been updated with a new look at the way that campaign modules will function within the game. Said to be based on both attributes and modules, campaigns are Artcraft’s way to keep Crowfall from becoming static and unchanging.
Crowfall may have been successfully funded on Kickstarter, but that $1.8 million raised is a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed to make a game these days. So what does ArtCraft have up its sleeve to still make a successful and polished MMO?
The Crowfall team has revealed the Myrmidon, the minotaur earned through stretch goals from the KickStarter campaign. The site has been updated with the myrmidon’s backstory. As is befitting a minotaur, the archetype features prodigious strength and survivability making it the perfect tank.