I haven't played the alpha (waiting for the beta), but I was wondering how does combat compares with Rogue Trader's.
I'm currently finishing a third playthrough and combat has become such a breeze, fights that I used to consider quite difficult are now rather easy.
There's also the leveling system which I've always found to be less than optimal.
I know the alpha doesn't have much content yet but most of what I've found online was about the investigation part than combat.
My story is composed of three duologies, each with its own protagonist and separated by thousands of years from each other. They do however, follow a linear timeline.
Jacob's duology tells the story of humanity on Earth when the ability to harness the power of souls was discovered.
Kesvir's, set three thousand years later, tells the story of humanity now as a galactic empire that preys upon sapient species to harvest their souls.
And Morgan's story, set one thousand years after Kesvir's, which ultimately closes the story of humanity and resolves the issue of humanity's place in the galaxy and the destiny of use of souls as power.
I already have all the story structured and have finished the first draft for the first part of each duology. But as I write the first draft for Kesvir's second part, I find that the ending is extremely unrewarding.
To not make the story long, the Kesvir's story ends with her killing all humans to save the rest of the galaxy. This results in all human characters but Kesvir dying.
This ending cannot be changed as it is the one that sets Morgan's duology (the third) in motion.
The problem? Kesvir's story is not about ending humanity, is about a rebellion against the empire that haunts the galaxy.
My idea was that each duology can be read separately and be treated as its own story. Originally they were three different stories that I ended up merging together into a big one.
So I feel that, when not seen as part of a larger story, the ending to Kesvir's story may feel unrewarding. All this fighting to save humanity from itself when the solution was always to just kill everyone.
I've tried to make sure that every other thread in the story is closed before the final chapters so theres at least closure. I have also tried to add small hints through the story to show that humanity cannot coexist with the galaxy due to the nature of their power.
But ultimately I keep hitting the same block, the story at it's core is about a rebellion against the empire.
I cannot change this, if I were to change this fact then I'd have to rewrite all of Morgan's story since all of it builds upon the idea of Kesvir in particular being the one to end humanity.