General progress question

[jerby]

just a tiny question:

are the fans really helping you all out? and will there be a "next" OB with perhaps a farming script and/or more (bug)fixes?

[=E.T=]

when the EB patch will be ready ?

[RandyKapp]

I would think the sheer amount of input being put in by the community would be significantly helping identify and solve issues.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

It's definitely helping find issues-absolutely. But keep in mind that while some things can get resolved quickly due to having multiple people in place who can fix certain things, we are short staffed in other areas (things that involve code and skinning usually as all mods face). Honestly some members are great about helping fix problems - looking at the code and tweaking things, working on some UI cards, etc. - but some just sit around and make a few posts and don't do much. It all depends on what we have active and staff on.

A lot of issues will be addressed with the first patch - but certainly there will be a lot of things we will have to keep plodding away at.

[Spitful]

were making progress, but its a little hard to do a unit guide when the faction coordinators arnt helping *nudges TA*

[Teleklos Archelaou]

(loud "Grrrrrrrr" noises sound from the cave of the hermit who has done more work on this mod than even those 5,900 posts indicate)

[QwertyMIDX]

We are still sort info on farming in too many places to have the farming script in the next patch.

[Elthore]

I realize you guys dont like giving out dates for releases, but there are some key things bugged or missing in the current version that really detracts from the atmosphere of the game.
So, my question is, what kinda patch are you guys working on?

Something that will quickly address some of the issues brought forth, so the players have something just a tad more polished to play while more work is being done?
or
a patch that is more like the 'next version' of EB, implimenting new features and other fun stuff, but taking a longer time to produce?


As well, my 2 cents, initially EB running on 1.2 seemed like a huge step backwards. After some more playing however, it seems that EB is much more refined than vanilla 1.2 and the step to 1.5 does not feel so urgent. The most lacking aspect of the mod right now, to me, is the lack of units(which is partly due to the lack of models/skins, I assume) as well as a lack of descriptions for many of the eastern factions.
It might be a good idea to create public threads regarding historical information on each of the factions in the game, where the community as a whole can input and refine the info EB needs. When it comes time to add new buildings and units into the game, the EB historians and unit creators will have a buncha complied info waiting for them.
Of course everybody would have to keep in mind that these threads are to be used to collect historical information and not to suggest new features or units, this would be left entirely up to the team members.

[Reenk Roink]

Good luck with it anyway, EB's coming along great .

[=E.T=]

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