EB looking for betatesters!!
Work on EB 0.8 is progressing and some big new systems we have are now in place, but there are still things to do and things to work out. We want 0.8 to have as few bugs, quirks and CTDs as possible and it's here that you can help out. We need some fans to help us out beta-testing the 0.8 mod while we are adding new content to it, so we are sure minimal hiccups or other fatalities sneak in.
Anyone can apply, but people who can bring something extra to the table like skinning skills, text writing, being able to do time-consuming grunt work etc. will get priority. The main criteria though is that you can play EB often and provide constructive and helpful feedback to the EB team. However, we must also note that this will not be a first-come, first-served arrangement. We had a beta testing group before where the mod was served straight up to outside people and modders, and we do not want a repeat (though this time we have less to keep secret - relatively few things really). So although offering to help sooner rather than later might help matters, it still will depend on whether or not we have some indication that you will be able to actually help us in playtesting and that we feel somewhat safe handing you a copy of the current build. If your reply to this is your first or second post, it's probably best just to wait, in other words. The group will be pretty small, so the odds aren't good that any one person will be able to test for us, but some of our testers in the past have joined the team and done great things for us, and this sort of route might be open to people who we really see helping us out here too.
We still have a couple of things we would like to clean up even for the playtesters though, so this won't happen immediately. But you probably won't have very long to wait if you are chosen. Thanks for your interest and we're only sorry that we can't say this is the very last step before releasing 0.8 - because it's not. But we are trying and working as hard as ever and we have nothing in front of us that looks insurmountable, at least for now.
As a further update, the biggest single thing that remains between now and the release of 0.8 is full integration of all currently completed units, and our unit integration team is moving forward on these every day, with more and more units in-game. We are prepping everything else to get ready for this. Our most recent big step has been a totally new unit recruitment and MIC system that was required by the changes CA put into the game between 1.2 and 1.5 that caused CTD's under our old system. Every single recruitment line was thrown out, and now a totally new system has been put in place, with new hidden resources and all the rest of our building complexes being given over to the new method. This system is now in place and is being tested and tweaked.
All applies are done in this thread. Don't use PM as it will not help and will not be counted.
I have a full 12 hours per day of computer time now that I'm on operations center duty, of which I am eagerly able to devote a full 9 or 10 to betatesting 
Originally Posted by Slartibardfast
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Re: EB looking for betatesters!!
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