Twitter discussion

[Gustave]

I never played barbarians in EB because it felt really bad to have clone units in a barbarian faction. I mean I can handle it with Romans, kind of with Greeks but not at all with barbarians and nomads.

...so you will like EB2 .

[Skullheadhq]

Finished the skins for a light cavalry unit, and an elephant. - Gustave

Oh, elephants

[Phalanx300]

Made two regional skins for an sweboz spearman unit, early and late. -Tux

Regional skins for one unit?

[Tux]

Regional skins for one unit?

Yes which means the skins used for the rebel version or if another faction recruits them thus it's a regional unit.

[Hotseat_User]

Regional skins for one unit?

I think he mean the not-sweboz-factional version. so regional-version.

*edit: hehe Tux. guess you were faster. some seconds.

[Tux]

Indeed. So you deserve a present for almost beating me to it:
https://f.imagehost.org/0642/2_12.jpg
https://f.imagehost.org/view/0712/2_5

[Hotseat_User]

and I say 'trumped' - thank you very much Tux! beautiful work as always. But a question on that topic: Are those already painted? Is the red supposed to be rusty iron? If yes, it is awefully detailled! just great.

[Tux]

Well it's made of an baked clay material as you can notice cracks on some parts of it and looks rockish.

[Horatius Flaccus]

Wow, it looks incredible!

[Hotseat_User]

Well it's made of an baked clay material as you can notice cracks on some parts of it and looks rockish.

ahh okay, pottery or how is it called in English... those cracks could also be broken edges of iron... but those ancient trumped users have had new ones... my bad

[Phalanx300]

Looks great!

I'm wondering though on the Gaza campaign, I gues its now an matter of scripting and mapping and no more modelling?

Seeing as there seem to be no more updates on Greek or units of that area but rather of Celtic and Germanic areas?

[Tux]

For the first release we plan on releasing units for all factions(around 150 in total), not all of the faction units, so it means all of the work you mentioned.

[Foot]

For the first release we plan on releasing units for all factions(around 150 in total), not all of the faction units, so it means all of the work you mentioned.

The Gaza Campaign is in the final stages of development, however, and is not the same as the First Release of EBII (which will take a bit longer).

Foot

[darius_d]

whatever it takes to wait it's good news

[Tux]

The Gaza Campaign is in the final stages of development, however, and is not the same as the First Release of EBII (which will take a bit longer).

Foot

Ohh my bad, I always thought of being the same thing.

[Horatius Flaccus]

Getting those phalangite skins concepted and finished. - Hellenistic teams

We're still working on the celts, but now much further to the north: finished a model that will serve as base for 3 different units. - JMRC

Finished the skins for an iberian light skirmisher - Gustave

Great!

[Karo]

awesome :d
I can't wait till I can play EBII.

[Vasiliyi]

The Gaza Campaign is in the final stages of development, however, and is not the same as the First Release of EBII (which will take a bit longer).

Foot

AWESOME!

[machinor]

Will the Gaza Campaign be released as part of the first beta or will it be a kind of demo released earlier?

[bobbin]

Will the Gaza Campaign be released as part of the first beta or will it be a kind of demo released earlier?

The Gaza Campaign is in the final stages of development, however, and is not the same as the First Release of EBII (which will take a bit longer).

Foot

So no it won't be released as part of the beta.

[anubis88]

From Twitter:
A mighty nation prepares for war,its distant horns echoe in the deep forests. Soon they will step into the light and bring woe to the world

If this doesn't sound like an incoming preview, i don't know what does!!!! :)

[bobbin]

This should be a good day!

I'm guessing its a northern european faction of some sort, maybe the Sweboz or a new faction, if so my moneys on the Boii or a Belgae tribe.

[anubis88]

This should be a good day!

I'm guessing its a northern european faction of some sort, maybe the Sweboz or a new faction, if so my moneys on the Boii or a Belgae tribe.

Yeah, i'm glad you think it's a preview as well, i thought i was losing my mind. Yeah it sounds like that as well. Or perhaps a new germanic tribe? Or even my personal underdogs the Helvetii?

EDIT:
Damn it, i have my oral latin exam tommorow and i can't study since i'm watching this site every 10 minutes! :)

[bobbin]

I know your pain I have to go and write my dissertation now, oh well I'll get to see the preview at some point.

[anubis88]

I know your pain I have to go and write my dissertation now, oh well I'll get to see the preview at some point.

I got a terrible idea. I will just play EBI till the preview comes out :D

[Horatius Flaccus]

I think - and hope! - it's a new faction. Can't wait!

[HunGeneral]

The Gaza Campaign is in the final stages of development, however, and is not the same as the First Release of EBII (which will take a bit longer).

Foot

Now thats great news - If only I wouldn't have to be working on my thesis in the coming months I would be even happier

From Twitter:
A mighty nation prepares for war,its distant horns echoe in the deep forests. Soon they will step into the light and bring woe to the world

If this doesn't sound like an incoming preview, i don't know what does!!!! :)

It sure does - I smell a north European or Germanic faction arise from the darkness...

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Ah the possibility of new EB preview, it sure looks interesting.

[anubis88]

Damn, just woke up, still no preview :(...
I'm a very sad panda

[JMRC]

Damn, just woke up, still no preview :(...
I'm a very sad panda

You guessed right that we're preparing a very important preview. In fact, it will be a set of previews on the same faction. We've been delaying it due to several RL issues and also because we can't handle development and previews at the same time. But the previews are getting shaped up and we will release them very soon (we can't get an exact date on it yet).