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== Definition ==

The Defense Council is a select group of people who play a key role in the development of Dungeon Defenders 2 prior to Steam Early Access. Seats were opened for two short periods of time, which were filled on a first-come-first-served basis to those who donated to [[Filehttp:Defense Council//childsplaycharity.png|thumb|361x361pxorg/about Child's Play]]The , a charity dedicated to bringing toys and games to hospitalized children. On 11 November 2013, five hundred Defense Council was created by seats were opened to those who donated $30 USD to [http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/14/dungeon-defenders-2-raises-16k-for-childs-play-more-on-ebay Child's Play]. All seats sold out within a matter of hours. In October 2014, several hundred more seats were opened, with two [Dungeon Defenders II Wikihttps:About#Trendy Entertainment|Trendy]//www.dungeondefenders.com/2/blog/114514/join-the-defense-council-play-dd2-today donation options]of either $30 USD or $70 USD. Since Early Access on Steam, it's the title that the has become more honorary as all players who played through ' feedback is valuable. == Role ==While Dungeon Defenders 2 was in its earliest stages of development, specific features were developed and feedback was requested on the Pre-Alpha game stage get, it's a group direction of players who get to these features. Councillors could only play the game early and during specific days or weekends before access was again restricted. Between open play windows, Councillors discussed their experience in the community while developers listened to have close contact with the game Developers, owning a special forums where only Council Members and Developers can post and readtheir feedback.

== Objectives ==The Council has 2 main objectives:On 7 February 2014, the window of time to play became standardized to every weekend. Developers would leave the servers running after leaving the office on Friday and turn them off upon arriving to the office Monday morning for maintenance and improvement. On 28 August 2014, servers were enabled to operate 24/7, allowing Councillors to play any time.

# Test the game for bugs Defense Councillors meet weekly via chat to discuss current events and report them, this is essential, basically the council members all act as "beta testers" even though the game is still pre-alpha. This is very important for the game development, with the facility trending topics in the communication between council members and developers this bug reports are passed on quite fast.# Act as a community and give the community's feedback, such as opinions and suggestions, through long debates which the developers read then discuss among them some changes proposed by the council are actually applied, the council has this big power/ability to affect the game's direction. Allowing the developers to have a 2nd Hand on their help with different points, this is what the game development is based on, the community's feedback, making this objective just as important as the first.

== Benefits Compensation ==Working for In addition to the council is no light jobopportunity of having a large influence on the direction of the game, so it comes with a few Defense Councillors receive additional rewards such as depending on when they donated to Child's Play:# Those who donated $30 USD in October 2014 receive $30 equivalent of in-game currency, special cosmetics and closer contact with as well as a Defense Council-exclusive hero embellishment set.# Those who donated $70 USD in October 2014 or donated $30 in November 2013 receive the following:* $100 In-Game Currency* Extra Copy of DD2* 2 Copies of DD1* 2 Copies of DDE* 4 Steam-Exclusive Hero Embellishments* 4 Council-Exclusive Hero Embellishments* 4 Steam-Exclusive Hero Skins* 4 Tower Skins* Council-Exclusive Tavern Decoration* Council-Exclusive Title* Name in the game developers.Credits* Pack-Exclusive Title* Pack-Exclusive Tavern Decoration

== How to get in Joining the Council ==There is no longer access Access to the Defense Council, but might open later on againis closed. However, players who still participate in the during Steam 's Early Access will receive their own form of recognition.

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