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The Defense Council was created by [[is a select group of people who play a key role in the development of Dungeon Defenders II Wiki2 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 [http:About#Trendy Entertainment|Trendy]//childsplaycharity.org/about Child's Play], ita charity dedicated to bringing toys and games to hospitalized children. On 11 November 2013, five hundred Defense Council seats were opened to those who donated $30 USD to Child's the title that the players who played through the PrePlay<ref>[http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/14/dungeon-defenders-2-raises-16k-for-childs-play-more-on-Alpha game stage getebay], it's IGN article on the Nov 2013 Defense Council</ref>. All seats sold out within a group matter of players who get to play the game early and to have close contact hours. In October 2014, several hundred more seats were opened, with two donation options of either $30 USD or $70 USD<ref>[https://www.dungeondefenders.com/2/blog/114514/join-the game Developers-defense-council-play-dd2-today], owning a special forums where only Blog post announcing the second round of Council Members and Developers can post and readseats. Since Early Access on Steam, the title has become more honorary as all players' feedback is valuable.

== Objectives Role ==The Council has While Dungeon Defenders 2 main objectives:was in its earliest stages of development, specific features were developed and feedback was requested on the direction of these features. Councillors could only play the game 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 their feedback.

# Test the game for bugs and report themOn 7 February 2014, this is essential, basically the council members all act as "beta testers" even though the game is still pre-alphawindow of time to play became standardized to every weekend. This is very important for the game development, with Developers would leave the facility in servers running after leaving the communication between council members and developers this bug reports are passed office on quite fast.# Act as a community Friday and give the community's feedback, such as opinions and suggestions, through long debates which the developers read then discuss among turn them some changes proposed by the council are actually applied, the council has this big power/ability off upon arriving to affect the game's directionoffice Monday morning for maintenance and improvement. Allowing the developers On 28 August 2014, servers were enabled to have a 2nd Hand on their help with different pointsoperate 24/7, this is what the game development is based on, the community's feedback, making this objective just as important as the firstallowing councillors to play any time.

== Benefits ==Working for the council is no light job, so it comes with a few rewards such as game currency, special cosmetics Defense Councillors meet weekly via chat to discuss current events and closer contact with trending topics in the game developerscommunity.

== How to get in the Council Compensation ==There is no longer access In addition to the opportunity of having a large influence on the direction of the game, Defense Councillors receive additional rewards depending on when they donated to Child's Play:* Those who donated $30 USD in October 2014 receive $30 equivalent of in-game currency, as well as a Defense Council, but might open later on again-exclusive hero embellishment set. However, players * Those who still participate donated $70 USD in October 2014 or donated $30 in November 2013 receive an additional $100 equivalent in-game currency, the Steam Early Access will receive their own form of recognitionembellishment set, four hero skins, four tower skins, and an exclusive title.

== Joining the Council ==Access to the Defense Council is closed. However, players who participate during Steam's Early Access receive their own form of recognition.  <references />[[Category:MechanicsFeatures]]