Progress of EB2

[Majd il-Romani]

2) The team doesn't know how long it will take or how far they are. They are probably still busy concepting units, factions and features. You can't calculate how far you are if you don't know what the endpoint is. Also, EB is a big, complex project, which means that things go wrong and thus delay release. Finally, it is a volunteer project, so it's hard to say how much hours will be put in next week, let alone next month.

thats all I wanted to know, what they were working on, not how long it was going to take or when it will be released

[General Appo]

Dude, there are so many different EB members all specified within different fields, they can't just decide that "okay, this week we're gonna work on scripting", because then 90% of their guys would have nothing to do.
They work when they can and with what they can, that's what voluntary work is all about.

[Boyar Son]

I thought concepts really didnt have to be worked on since u guys had a whole game of 'em in EB1... :P

[Atilius]

I thought concepts really didnt have to be worked on since u guys had a whole game of 'em in EB1... :P

Kingdoms will allow us to do a number of things in EB2 that we would have liked to have done EB1, but couldn't. These include some rather basic game mechanics concepts, which means a lot of things need to be redesigned from the bottom up.

[Tyrfingr]

There's a saying in Sweden that goes "Den som väntar på något gott, väntar aldrig för länge" which can be translated into "The wait for something good can never be too long". I will wait for the release or cancellation of EBII, and until then I will play EB1

[Boyar Son]

Kingdoms will allow us to do a number of things in EB2 that we would have liked to have done EB1, but couldn't. These include some rather basic game mechanics concepts, which means a lot of things need to be redesigned from the bottom up.

ah, thanks.

[delablake]

I'll be patiently waiting as long as it needs. I know that one day I'll log in to find the announcement that EBII has been released. Ant then I'll maybe get a spontaneuos erection and surely start downloading right away. If it's in 2010 or even 2011, no problem. EB 1.2 with all those sub-mods is VERY challenging for me, and still an endless source of fun!!!
Thank you EB guys for all the work and time you're pouring into this titanic project!

[Skullheadhq]

Take your time EB II Team. The better game we get the happier we will be.
Better blown away the first time i play EBII Then get it now and get an EB II with Feudal Knights in my Republican Army.

[Majd il-Romani]

Better blown away the first time i play EBII Then get it now and get an EB II with Feudal Knights in my Republican Army.

do you realize how BADASS that would be?!?

[The Fuzz]

All I'm going to add is that if the world ends in apocalyptic Mayan shenanigans before EBII is released, I'm gonna be pissed.

Besides that... *shrugs* I know how mods are developed so keep up the good work and looking forward to the end product. :)

[Owen Glyndwr]

All I'm going to add is that if the world ends in apocalyptic Mayan shenanigans before EBII is released, I'm gonna be pissed.

Besides that... *shrugs* I know how mods are developed so keep up the good work and looking forward to the end product. :)

Hey! It's not just shenanigans! Nostradamus predicted it too! However, for the Mayans it doesn't represent the end of the world, but the end of an era, I think it has already happened something like 4 times or whatever.

Anyways, I agree with that Swedish proverb, seeing as how I recently discovered EB (The wealth of historical information is incredible, right up my alley), I feel it'll keep me busy in the years to come whilst I try to scrounge up the money for upgrading to M2/(In the future) EB II.

So yeah, take your time EB team (Although the most likely occurance is that these guys are going to do their own thing regardless of what we say here), better to wait 3 years, and have the anticipation met with enjoyment, than to wait 2 months, be disappointed, and then wait 3 years anyways while the programmers patch and improve.

[Frostwulf]

I thought concepts really didnt have to be worked on since u guys had a whole game of 'em in EB1... :P

There are also faction changes that would have to be redone considering the sources were contrived. But things do seem to be on track with Power2the1 redoing the Gaesatae and most likely other 'Celtic' units to make them historical.

[Atraphoenix]

men, believe me to mod a game sometimes is much harder than to make a game.
I spent more than 2 hours so as just to import a unit to another faction that do not have that unit.
I did manage to recruit that unit but after I changed EDU and EDB I got tired of persistant CDTs.
So I leave EDU and EDB alone.

Believe me, data files do not like one who touches them

I am sure that the team can release EB2 even this week but are trying not to make a disappoinment.
So I am sure that you can wait more for a complete one later rather than a buggy an CTDied one earlier.

[Gazius]

Surely with near 3 months under our belts another Stele is in the works?

[General Appo]

What would you prefer, MAA spending 5 hours setting up an Stele or spending 5 hours creating EBII?

[Subotan]

Both, and not sleeping for 24 hours.

[desert]

What a silly question! Of course I would rather have him work on a stele!

A stele would give us something to discuss for days or even weeks, and if the cost is getting EB II 5 hours late(), then so be it.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

What would you prefer, MAA spending 5 hours setting up an Stele or spending 5 hours creating EBII?

Foot actually does the work on the Steles.

[General Appo]

Yeah, well...you get the point.

[Megas Methuselah]

What point?

[Strategos Alexandros]

The end of a pencil.



But seriously people, stop asking for Steles. Are 7 not enough for now? Don't answer that.

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

I demand a new stele! NOW!

I'll cry if I don't get it.

[Megas Methuselah]

But seriously people, stop asking for Steles. Are 7 not enough for now? Don't answer that.

Are you accusing me of being involved in this?

[Strategos Alexandros]

I may be. Where did the Megas come from?

Edit: Oudysseos, you do have a point there. I should really read my posts before I make them.

[oudysseos]

You know, spam is not nearly as amusing as you think it is when you post it.

[Megas Methuselah]

Stop spamming, Odysseos. It's not so amusing as you think it is when you post it.

Anyways, to sum up this thread, EB2 is a game being made by volounteers who work on it during their own free time with no pay, and who follow no contract or have no set goals in terms of time as to when it should be finished. Stop harrassing the EB Team about how much longer this game'll take. It could take a couple years, or a couple decades.

Let's leave it at that.

[Moros]

You know, spam is not nearly as amusing as you think it is when you post it.

deafman's ears man, deafman's ears.

[I Am Herenow]

Stop spamming, Odysseos. [...] Stop harrassing the EB Team

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[Subotan]

Hehe, that's rich coming from Meth.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

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