A better gaming experience: Arkhona Prime Time

Greetings to all the members of the EC community.I'm Dekra, current second in command of the guild ELWP (successors of EDA) and total 40k fan. I started playing Eternal Crusade 8 months ago and despite its flaws, I dont regret a single second of the 600 plus hours I've poured into it. I like many others believe in the potential this game has, and therefore I will be playing it until the very end. Now with that said, during the past months, we've seen a progressive increase in queue times and the general quality of gameplay has had a severe drop-off, 20 plus min queues while playing with a war party, pub stomping, salty players, etc; are some of the main reasons most players have a hard time enjoying the game. We as players may not be able to make the game better by actually going in and creating content and fixing bugs, but what we can do is make the current gaming experience more enjoyable. How can we do this you may ask? Well, last week I was casually talking with ViaVirtus in the EC community discord and the topic of guild coordination came up, wouldn't it be incredibly beneficial if we could get all the guilds, the lifeblood of EC, to actually play together at the same time? And that's what I've decided to do. With help from Via and other notable members of the community, we've managed to take the first steps towards making this a reality. All the major and active guilds in EC have been gathered together into a Joint Guild Council to arrange a coordinated play schedule for war parties of all factions and to promote both cooperation and dialogue in the community. This Saturday will be the first test run of this project, from 2 pm EST to 7 pm EST there will be near constant war parties running for LSM, CSM, Eldar, and Orks at the very end. By doing this we hope to achieve:
a) Much faster queue times for war parties
b) Avoid pub stomping by having guilds pitted against each other in mini GvGs
c) Make matches more challenging and enjoyable for both guilds and solo players.
So if you want to experience EC as it is intended to be, then hop on during these hours and see what you find. If you're a solo player, you will most likely end up tagging along in these mini GvGs, so if you want in on the action then don't hesitate to apply to join whichever guild you think you like. We will keep everyone updated on future plans for other events and developments within the council. Now ready your bolters, Rev up your chain axes, don your finest warplate and get your WAAAGHHH on!! Carnage and glory await!

From now on Every Tuesday and Thursday there will be a large regular Eldar Warparty session up for players active on the North American timezone [A once weekly EU session will also be announced soon]. All are welcome to play their Eldar characters with us and participate in voice comms. This is an all inclusive event, no matter your Guild or main faction all players are welcome to this session. You have three choices, Join us and be part of a well coordinated team where you will be assigned to a squad OR public join the warparty and play 'Solitaire' however you like to play. All participants are encouraged to join TS. Even if you don't have a Mic or don't want to talk, listening would greatly aid the necessary coordination of the Eldar team. For more information about Eldar warparties pls join this discord where more information is announced – see 'Warparty Beacon Channel' https://discord.gg/aKKQ4Zu If you wish to join the warparty simply post a message in the above channel and we will do our best to pick you up for the next game. The third choice is for all players who wish to join to play AGAINST Eldar, we encourage you to rally your team and launch your own faction warparties at the same time. We hope for a challenge and wish to see our favourite Guilds and Solo players turn out to oppose us for a good fight. See you all upon the fields of Arkhona!

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This is the right approach. The fate of the game depends more (and always has) on the community than the devs.

Good luck on your endeavor but the way I see this turning out is a rotation of premades vs pugs. A good way to piss off as many new players in the shortest amount of time possible. The only way to reliably get GvG matches outside of EB's is if the devs change queueing priority to place warparties above solo queue and like I said earlier; good luck.

Good luck on your endeavor but the way I see this turning out is a rotation of premades vs pugs. A good way to piss off as many new players in the shortest amount of time possible. The only way to reliably get GvG matches outside of EB's is if the devs change queueing priority to place warparties above solo queue and like I said earlier; good luck.