EB 2 Progress And The Community!

[lionhard]

Hey guys, i understand one of the reasons their has been a slight set back with EB2 is due to long term team members quitting due to whatever issues they have IRL, work, family, boredom whatever. My question is how many EB 2 team members actually quit and how much work was lost? I also understand you guys may be working hard and i know your doing it off your own backs and it must be stressful with other things going on in life. Im sure you all acknowledge that this project is starting to drag on and much publicity may be lost if it goes on for a couple more years.... so i wonder cant you guys recruit more people? cant you spread the word to other mods such as RS2 and RTR for help? Iv been waiting for this game since first announced and im so sad to see it struggling and im even sadder to know that when it is finally released their will be so few people who will actually be around to appreciate it. Many will be playing rome 2 and others will have grown out of it or even forgot about this mod all together.

I know its easy for me to sit here and just say all this but i really wish i could help out, sadly i dont have any mod skills, but i have ideas that can possibly help the team. You should advertise for donations towards your work and the project and hire in mercenaries to help you guys out with the money. A news update on the main page and more official previews would help a lot. In general activity will help. People are starting to give up on this project. I will donate money myself and so would many other people but it needs a kind of reassurance to show that you guys are still working on this and its going to be completed in the next century. I have always been a die hard fan of EB and have played it from just after its release the prospects of EB 2 are just amazing, you guys need to open up and ask for help dont struggle alone. I play many other games and the amount of people making money from playing crap like wow, minecraft and LoL from just streaming and nobbing around through people donating is absolutely crazy, you guys are making a work of art, and its worth donating towards for a lot of people, you need to advertise for donations so the common person can help.

You guys need to advertise for the things you need as i said everyone can help even if its only donating but we all need some reassurance that this project is moving along.... i know theirs sneak peaks ect but im sorry a few screen shots just isnt enough evidence of good progression. The community needs more information, If you get us involved maybe things will pick up again. It hurts to see this whole thing dieing. This will be the best game ever and iv never looked forward to anything gaming wise so much in my life and im sure many people feel the same way who will be willing to do anything they can to help. Please get more people involved. Open skype/team speak meetings advertise for donations and recruit more staff to help or simply ask the community for ideas. We all want this game badly.

Make it happen!

[V.T. Marvin]

Thank you for your kind words.

However, we cannot accept money for our work in developing the mod, which will be provided free of charge for anyone who wishes to download and play it. This was the intention from its inception of EB1 and will remain so in perpetuity. In the past the EB Team was accepting donations for covering the cost of running the server that hosts the modification, but that was it. Money is not the problem for us and will not solve our problems with lack of time and other real-life issues.

Anyway the assurance that it will be completed in this century is already there, albeit only a verbal one. In fact, there are just few more hurdles, although particularly difficult ones sadly, that prevent us from first release. The first release of course will surely be quite far from being "completed" and a lot of improvements and tweaks will be added further on. Therefore there is still an opportunity for any EB fan to support us by reading one or two modding tutorials and thereby learning just one or two modding skills (how to make a new trait, a new event, a garrison script, how to make a unit recruit-able under a given condition, how family trees work, etc.) and applying with that knowledge in the recruitment thread. This is actually the most effective and perhaps even the only way to get EBII to completion sooner, IMHO.

[Evocata]

I for one, am simply glad that EB2 exists at all. How many great mods have died quiet, ignominious deaths due to a lack of team commitment and interest? I'll wait any amount of time for EB2 goodness... That said, I think you touch on some good points and ideas, especially with the whole 'mercenary team members' thing. As to your concern for community's interest (or lack thereof) in the mod, I'll remind you that many people simply don't post on the forums and simply play EB1. Once (IF?) EB2 is released, it'll bring people back in, and undoubtedly stir interest in those who enjoyed the original. So, all in all, thank's for the ideas and your concern for the mod!

[lionhard]

Ill try and be as much help as i can be, as i said im pretty much useless modding wise but if i can help out around here even with just spurring the team on in their efforts i will try. Although iv not exactly been a big user of these forums in the past its obvious people have gone quiet. Which makes me sad as i used to like to read a lot of the chit chat :/. Ah well see what happens ay :)

[Brennus]

Know anyone who is familiar with the history and archaeology of Numidia?

[lionhard]

Give me some time and ill get some info on the subject, also I spoke to the team when EB 2 was in its 2nd year about the year in history function and wether their were plans to make it more thorough than EB 1 and to also have it to continue into a later age rather than stop at whatever date it was, I forget now. At the time I asked I was told by a team member that it was been covered and no help or ideas were needed. Is that still the case? As I would like to help out if needed.