Is this true?

[Aster]

I read this on the TWC forums about EBII in a thread ranking most anticpated mods:

Europa Barbarorum II (T=212 R=0.045)

EBII used to be the talk of the forum, and of the modding community. In fact so much so that it completely swallowed another mod, and eventually the mod became a scrambling submod under my leadership with not a modder to its name. I can only say this is a reflection not only on how promising the mod was, but on how far it outstripped rival rome-era mods to the point that even the RTR:2 team seems to have vanished.

But EB2 has fallen upon hard times, it now has the lowest thread:posts ratio of all the mods on this list, and there's a reason for it. The flare has gone. The excitement has worn off. In over a year of development it has released pictures of a few models and series after series of sigs made by the eager 2D-artist fan community. The fact is, even EB in the era of RTW didn't move this slow. I never liked the first EB (Ultimately I was an RTR modder and fan, but that was just personal preference), which is what drove me to continue a side-project for a short while. But when I gave in to time restraints, I hoped EB2 would go on to better things, with all the ex-RTW lovers in loving support... but no.

It just so happens that RTW is one of the most popular eras in fan modding... anywhere. Not even just in TW. EB2, as usual, has a vast amount of historians and 2D artists bringing out stuff in vast quantities, and I know much of the rest goes on behind the scenes... but this isn't good enough.

EB2 merits a place here, because, believe it or not, EB was great. Yes I preferred RTR, but in the end EB was the historians wet dream and the emersionists paradise. I anticipate it's release for it's era, and the masterpieces I know the EB team can produce, not for anything they've shown me so far. Sorry EB2, but you're at the bottom of the mods I look forward to.

Is EBII in trouble? What I've quoted seems to say that there is a dearth of active modders working on EBII.

Things seem to be boiling along quite well from what I've seen of the February preview/Gaza campaign preview.

[/Bean\]

Burn the Heretic!

If that guy does not want to play EB II, then let him miss out. EB II, with appropriate beta testing and fixes, will soon become the model of all mods to follow. Go EB II team

[SwissBarbar]

Answer to your question: NOT TRUE

Wait until EB II actually is out, let's see if anyone even cares to post in another forum ever again. The only negative effect EB II will have, is the widespread deaths of other mods

[/Bean\]

That's not negative...that's like saying a sudden worldwide Metallica-craze that rids the world of rap and hip-hop. How can that be bad?

[desert]

rids the world of rap and hip-hop.

Wut.

[SwissBarbar]

Of course, it just occured to my mind... if the crazy end-of-the-world-prognosticating fellow, who from time to time shows up, turns out to be justified, then of course EB II is doomed, like we all. Puh

[Aster]

The poster did not say EBII is bad. He put it as his top anticipated mod above DoTS even. The poster says there is a strange lack of visible progress in EBII development.

I am asking if this is true: is progress in EBII development going well or not so well?

[SwissBarbar]

But he says "Sorry EB2, but you're at the bottom of the mods I look forward to" In some countries that's a crime

[desert]

Last month's preview...

When was that post made, exactly? Maybe it's old?

And there is definitely less activity on the TWC EB2 section. Most go here for all things EB.

For example, few RTW mods here get ANY activity at all, but those same mods have high-activity sections in TWC.

[/Bean\]

Of course its slow; theres only like, 5 active people on the team. Many of their dedicated historians and skinners vanished after EB I, and decent replacements are hard to find.

[desert]

I find his lack of faith disturbing. He will be assimilated into the subjunctive.


Join us, anonymous poster, and we will make your face the greatest in EB II! Or else you will DIE!

[ROFLMAO]

Is this true?

Yes, it is, but please protect your true. There are too many who try to delete the true in this world, and Aster, I will not let you fall under their sway. It's been a battle for the ages, TWC has fallen under these tyrants, they delete our true, do not let the .org become this, protect the true, protect it!

*ROFLMAO leans in, as if to tell a grand secret, he sits nervously, thumbing his prayer beads, his eyes shifting from one side of the room to the other*

*Then, suddenly, ROFLMAO is stabbed in the back by a dagger, just as he is about to disclose the most important of information*

Tales from another broken home.

[/Bean\]

Are you trying to get your post count up? What the hell are you talking about?

[ephnat]

I registered for the forums because of this thread. I've frequently browsed the Europa Barbarorum subforums for many different communities looking for information but this is the first time I've joined one. I signed up because I wanted to say that I and many others are great admirers of the team's efforts in EB1 and will wait patiently, though with great excitement, for the opportunity to play EB2. EB1 is an absolute masterpiece that has extended my enjoyment of RTW beyond anything I thought possible. I've hardly touched a different computer game since discovering EB1.

Thank you very much for your efforts, even if your supporters aren't always vocal we are present and delighted that you are continuing your work!

[Prussian to the Iron]

everyone loves EB. its just that this is taking forever.

[/Bean\]

its just that this is taking forever.

Have you learnt nothing from this thread?

[ljperreira]

Yes, it is, but please protect your true. There are too many who try to delete the true in this world, and Aster, I will not let you fall under their sway. It's been a battle for the ages, TWC has fallen under these tyrants, they delete our true, do not let the .org become this, protect the true, protect it!

*ROFLMAO leans in, as if to tell a grand secret, he sits nervously, thumbing his prayer beads, his eyes shifting from one side of the room to the other*

*Then, suddenly, ROFLMAO is stabbed in the back by a dagger, just as he is about to disclose the most important of information*

Tales from another broken home.

It was me who wielded the dagger, If only to stop your lame storytelling....