Is this true?

**Aster** · 03-26-2009, 00:12

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** · 03-26-2009, 00:19

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

**Aster** · 03-26-2009, 00:23

Originally Posted by 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

Oh my bad. I thought his list was the other way round.

**Bucefalo** · 03-26-2009, 02:01

The short version:
When EB II release, i think i´ll finally store my RTW Cds with my old no longer played games

The long version:

The only reasonable thing this guy (the one quoted in the first post) is pointing, is that he would like the EB team to release information and work in progress more often, so that the forum is not so dead.

But he fails to understand that the EB team has his own way of working, and if they do not release previews frequently, it is just because they want each preview to be sustantial and not two screenshots.

Also in the end, it is just the way the team has chosen to work with and that guy, as we all, should respect the hard work they are doing entirely for free. I think that the system the team use is fine and they have more time to work on the mod instead of doing previews.

**bobbin** · 03-26-2009, 02:12

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

Not really sure how thats a signifier of how well a mods doing, going by the number of posts(and therefore the amount of people intersted with what the teams producing) EBII ranks just below DOTS so its certainly not at the bottom of the pile. As desert said most people tend to go here for EB stuff.

The only problems I've ever heard of are a shortage of modelers.

**Zaknafien** · 03-26-2009, 04:11

i dont even know if Atilius was counting me, if not that would make it 5x active Rome faction members alone, and the only reason I was inactive for so long was because I was in Iraq doing..uh, field work.

the idea that EB has fallen on hard times is ludicrous. Our internal forums are far more active than these public fora, in fact, I can say that I am simply amazed by the amount of progress that has gone on in the past year while I was away. When I left for Iraq in November of 2007, EB II was still in the 'talk' phases, brainstorming, we didnt even have internal forums for it yet, and EB 1.x was still in the works.

When I came back this month, the amount of work on everything from factions, models, skins, to maps, to audio/visual effects, is stunning.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 03-26-2009, 04:44

In short: no. In long: nah, we just don't show you too much.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 03-26-2009, 09:19

From the TWC point of view, EBII has been quiet. EB has always had a home at the Org and the TWC center has been secondary. I think I may be the only EB team member that visits the EB forums at the TWC daily.

One problem EBII has is modelling and skinning. It seems to be the choke point in development. Many skinners join and then disappear. I think things have picked up, but for a while there was only two or three skinners to do the more than 200 units needed.

**SwissBarbar** · 03-26-2009, 10:02

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

In short: no. In long: nah, we just don't show you too much.

let's see some triarii

**desert** · 03-26-2009, 00:19

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\** · 03-26-2009, 00:20

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.

**Atilius** · 03-26-2009, 01:52

Originally Posted by _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.

I think you mistake posting in the public forums for being active on the team. Your statement is utter nonsense and I can't imagine why you think you know anything about what goes on inside the EB2 team. We've got four active Romani guys alone, all of whom worked on EB1.