will there be some kind of early alpha "demo"?

[mountaingoat]

so we can "play test" ?

example .. 2 factions with 3 or 4 working units each side (does not matter if some units are the same for each faction), so that we can play around in MP , and see how it is all working on the mtw2 engine

i know the devs probably test everyday , but people can test their current system specs, and look for any bugs(or issues with certain units) as we play some epic 4v4 MP.

this could also open up debate as to how certain units should be functioning in the new engine and how they are currently represented.

oh yeah, i know this topic is taboo on forum , just curious to see if any of the devs agree with this or not? delete if you must

[Tuuvi]

The EB team might release EB II in beta form, that is what they did with EB I.

[Owen Glyndwr]

Isn't that what the Gaza campaign supposed to be?

[ziegenpeter]

Is it already playable?

[mountaingoat]

kind of thinking a bit less than a campaign , hence the early alpha part of the topic.

[Tellos Athenaios]

The Gaza campaign is supposed to be a tutorial for everyone, (some) team members included: so we may finally understand what Foot wrote all that PDF & announcement material about. It is somewhat separate from the main campaign, not in the least because it will feature characters (Ptolemaios I Lagou, Seleukos I Nikator, Demetrios Poliorketes to name a few) that are long gone by 272 B.C and because it is a tutorial.

When we release something expect it to be of alpha/beta quality not because there is no beta testing going on (at least I assume our old beta hands do update their builds from time to time to have a look): simply because there is no QA (abuse) like a bunch of worked up fans having a crack at it for a few months and reporting us all the horrible flaws, follies and fixes.