Twitter discussion

[Skullhead]

Reworked Roman offices, giving player more control and adding 2 offices. Adoptees and sons-in-law begin w/ cursus honorum traits. - Atilius

Bah! Why waste good EBII time on Romaioi Barbaroi, like anyone is going to play that faction

Fnished the new unit cards scenes which are pretty diversified for all the regions with sand, blizzard, grass w/ flowers and so on... -Tux

Whoo this is good news! Great work!

[Horatius Flaccus]

Reworked Roman offices, giving player more control and adding 2 offices. Adoptees and sons-in-law begin w/ cursus honorum traits. - Atilius

Great! Can't wait to see that!

[Phalanx300]

Romans will not be the only ones with offices anymore - Moros

Great !

Fnished the new unit cards scenes which are pretty diversified for all the regions with sand, blizzard, grass w/ flowers and so on... -Tux

So Unit cards will now have a background (based on home land?) instead of just the unit?

[Tux]

So Unit cards will now have a background (based on home land?) instead of just the unit?

I didn't meant the background but the land they sit on, so for sand(units in desert regions) or snow(sweboz rulzzz) footprints can be noticed or rocks will be present in some of these scenes and neat things like this.

So the grounds now are 3D instead a simple plane like it was in the past or in some cases just a pic was used and the unit was placed on top of it, here's a pic to give a general idea(mesh only the rest is a surprise:P):


However specific faction backgrounds can be added but we haven't checked how it will look.

EDIT:
Imageshack seems to have removed the pic and since I'm too lazy to redo it i'll just post a done one, snow but without the blizzard:


EDIT2:
Or not... I'll let it be.

[machinor]

Oh boy! I think I'm going to be too busy just looking at all the beauty in EBII to actually play the game.

[Martelus Flavius]

Well 35 is the key to correct interpretation! (But where the key should be plugged is up to you!!!)

Regards

Martelvs

[Phalanx300]

I didn't meant the background but the land they sit on, so for sand(units in desert regions) or snow(sweboz rulzzz) footprints can be noticed or rocks will be present in some of these scenes and neat things like this.

So the grounds now are 3D instead a simple plane like it was in the past or in some cases just a pic was used and the unit was placed on top of it, here's a pic to give a general idea(mesh only the rest is a surprise:P):


However specific faction backgrounds can be added but we haven't checked how it will look.

Awesome!

As the other guy said it will be hard to play EB with all these details everywhere.

EB2 is going to be great!

[bobbin]

I can't believe i'm getting all excited by a model of some footprints.

[Phalanx300]

I can already see that Sweboz Spearmen unit standing there in the snow!

[Tux]

I can already see that Sweboz Spearmen unit standing there in the snow!

Yeah me too. And other sweboz units on a forest ground with ferns, branches and forest vegetation

[Phalanx300]

I see, then that means that this could very well be that Scandinavian Spearmen unit! Gaut spearmen or something!

Seeing as not all Germanic units will be pictured with snow and in Scandinavia it can get quite, snowy.

[Tux]

Von was zum Teufel sprichst du da?

[Phalanx300]

Von was zum Teufel sprichst du da?

From which devil I am speaking?

[athanaric]

From which devil I am speaking?

No. "What the hell are you talking about" is what he asked.

[Tux]

I didn't understand what you said above...

EDIT:
Exactly!

[Phalanx300]

We have good news:

Hellenistic scout cavalry model finished. It's skinning time. - JMRC

Just finished the steppe settlements, steppe camps are also done w/ yurtas and nomad wagons and horses and other stuff. -Tux

And we have freaking awesome news:

Working on a new preview. Incorporating some jaw-dropping artwork in it, and a pretty fun contest too. -Praetor-

[Horatius Flaccus]

Yay, a preview and a contest

[machinor]

Fantastic! Judging from the increased frequency of the previews it would seem that things are moving forward quite well.

[Tux]

Fantastic! Judging from the increased frequency of the previews it would seem that things are moving forward quite well.

Not really... Things are moving slow compared back to EB, we're just people short and especially in the modeling and skinning department.

And by people short I mean the guys who do the work...

[Horatius Flaccus]

And by people short I mean the guys who do the work...

Well, I'm trying to learn some skinning myself. I made my first shield yesterday...

[-Praetor-]

Yay, a preview and a contest

It is a contest within a preview.

And it's got a prize!

No, it's not cake.

[Skullhead]

No cake?

The map is being finalized...will be different enough from EB1 map, provincewise - Krusader

Whohooo, great news!

[The General]

Can't wait for ze new preview... Would be cool if we could see ze new strat map innit.

Oh it's infantry alright. Elite armoured infantry with bow and longsword, would that make a good unit you think?

I'm late as heeeeelll, but for archers, spears are always better. Better defence against cavalry, and I engage my archers in mêlée very, very, very rarely; only in the most desperate situations, so those swords (wee better against infantry) will just be less useful.

[Phalanx300]

It is a contest within a preview.

And it's got a prize!

No, it's not cake.

What kind of price?

[Iron Fist]

Who knows..... but I wonder, when will the preview come out? I hope that will come during this week.

[-Praetor-]

What kind of price?

It will be detailed in due time.

but I wonder, when will the preview come out? I hope that will come during this week.

Maybe... maybe not. Stay tunned!

[Skullhead]

It will be detailed in due time.



Maybe... maybe not. Stay tunned!

Ehh, they don't give us cake, but they said nothing about chocolate cookies!
Tuned as ever.

[satalexton]

NO! THE CAEK IS A LIE!

[HunGeneral]

These are wonderfull news - another EB II preview
and thoose 3d unit card grounds look great

I'm already planning to buy MedII with Kingdoms (but haven't been able to find it any videogameshop I know - well maybe they'l load up in fall and winter)

As always I wish good luck to the EB team for there great project

[moonburn]

i bet the prize is being a beta tester to eb2 or maybe a tester to the introduction campaign as people said it´s almost finished