Klassen

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1/2video Das Klassensystem von Eternal Crusade unterscheidet sich von denen anderer Spiele. Sich seinem Ursprung als Brettspiel bewußt, vergibt das Spiel verschiedene Aufgaben an unterschiedliche Klassen, welche sich nach denen derer aus dem Brettspiel richten. For example, Space Marine Devastators are classified as Heavy Support units in the tabletop, capable of wielding heavy ranged weaponry that would normally only be available to vehicles, and Eternal Crusade's Devastators would fulfil the same role.

Additionally, players have the veteran versions of the classes. These classes will have to be unlock in some manner, and in the case of Hero classes, it's expected that these will be able to be used only temporarily.

## Archetypes

As can be seen in Steam achievement descriptions, there are broad archetype categories, which include classes with similar gameplay from different factions.

Fire Dragon
Striking Scorpion

## Primary Classes

Primary classes are the classes that will be available to players from the start of the game. Each faction has five primary classes (Except Eldar, who have seven) and depending on how players build their loadout (accessories, weapons, items, etc) for that class there are a multitude of possible specializations. Eternal Crusade is also a massive tactical wargame so not every specialization will be equal when going toe to toe with each other, players should either bring friends to make up for their weaknesses or deploy their loadout in the circumstances that favor their specialty.Since players can change classes and loadouts whenever they deploy to the field, they're not permanently locked into their choice, though not to all the choices players make in their progression will be easy to reverse.

## Elite Classes

These classes are considerably more powerful than the primary classes, as they have 400 more loadout points than regular classes. Players may unlock them at rank 5 in the advancement tree.Elite classes can be spawned once each match.

Revered Fire Dragon
 Support
 Heavy
 Melee
Revered Striking Scorpion
 Jump

## Hero Classes

Powerful “hero” classes such as Space Marine Librarians or Chaplains will be available to be played in the game, but they will cost a lot of resources to unlock and just like it is with Elite classes, dying returns the player to his original class, so players will have to use them wisely. There will then be a one day cooldown before players get to play as a Hero again.

, there will be exclusive Heroes skins that can be unlocked through the founders pack, and potentially later on as microtransactions. These are mostly aesthetic, respecting the goal to have a game free of “pay to win” situations. But some special abilities could have alternative effects to add flavor and tactics on the battlefield. The Founders heroes are special characters, while launch heroes are broader HQ types. Thus, the Founders heroes have cool, unique abilities, but are much narrower in focus and have little to no loadout customization.