Today’s Founder’s Update to the Crowfall website introduce a new way of purchasing pledges for the game: Layaway.

Here’s a quick overview:

• You may only have one item at a time in layaway. (You’ll find it under your Account/Backer Rewards tab, and see it at the top of the Pledge Packages once you have activated a layaway.)
• Layaway is only available for items costing $100 or more.
• The layaway down payment is 15% of the price or $20, whichever is more, with 18-months to pay the balance. (This means you can take advantage of special offers and sales by locking in those prices but giving yourself additional time to pay.)
• Payments must be a minimum of $20 and may be made at any time.
• If you layaway an upgrade to an existing package, that package is locked (and removed) from your inventory residing with the layaway until you fully redeem it.
• You will still get the badges and testing privileges that came with that locked package.

Example: You want to upgrade eventually to Amber level at $275, but are currently at the $60 backer level. You will be able to layaway the Amber upgrade ($275 – $60 = $215 * 15% = $32.25) for $32.25. You can then pay the remaining $182.75 over time with a minimum layaway payment of $20.

They also noted that the last day to upgrade Kickstarter pledges, or to buy a second Kickstarter pledge, will be June 30th.

Also posted today is the first part of a new Combat Chat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7VICThIkPQ

Finally, to complement the recent combat archetype images, Creative Director J. Todd Coleman posted some bonus art: the Knight in leather armor, with materials: