EB -- the future?

[MSB]

Somehow, I think having "EB team member" on your CV works at a disadvantage when applying for work with CA :)

Hmmm, yes EB and the CA are sort of rivals. I personally think that the CA is scared that the EB team's mod is going to one day become a perfect game that is better than their Total War series.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

CA and EB aren't rivals mate. They probably barely know of us as far as I know.

[MSB]

CA and EB aren't rivals mate. They probably barely know of us as far as I know.

Surely they must know of you if you tried to inform them of how to portray Barbarians?

[Trithemius]

Somehow, I think having "EB team member" on your CV works at a disadvantage when applying for work with CA :)

Really? Why are "self motivated" and "works hard with little promise of financial reward" such turn-offs for CA?

[Krusader]

Really? Why are "self motivated" and "works hard with little promise of financial reward" such turn-offs for CA?

A mod dedicated to correcting CA's historical inaccuracy and errors, isn't exactly going to win friends with CA.

[MSB]

A mod dedicated to correcting CA's historical inaccuracy and errors, isn't exactly going to win friends with CA.

You never know, the CA might like some historians on board.

[eadingas]

The marketing guys at Sega would certainly not like somebody constantly nitpicking historical inconsistencies.

[khelvan]

Will EB reach a "complete" form prior to the development of a new "engine" by CA that might invalidate all this brilliant work?

Well, the wonderful thing about EB is that the core of what we are doing is limited by, not based on, the underlying engine. It remains to be seen exactly what MTW:2 will allow us to do that R:TW does not, though I know many of our team members are very excited about certain features, such as the ability to have differently equipped/clad soldiers in the same unit.

We have not yet made an official announcement regarding our plan for the future.

[MSB]

I think you should "port" EB to M2. Apparently there are going to be 30 faction slots and you could work the Castles and City goverment styles of M2 and use them to represent the goverment system of EB.

[-Praetor-]

Well, currently you could see if M2TW is moddable or not

because...

the demo is out...

go to this page in order to read the first steps of M2TW modding (sh**, this is historic )

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...5&page=1&pp=20

PS: However, I don`t believe that CA has been so dumb to release a moddable demo, but nevertheless, one could always start to know the basics of the engine, right?

[Wandarah]

Hmmm, yes EB and the CA are sort of rivals. I personally think that the CA is scared that the EB team's mod is going to one day become a perfect game that is better than their Total War series.

Considering EB requires CA to exist, I consider this somewhat unlikely.

[PSYCHO V]

Surely they must know of you if you tried to inform them of how to portray Barbarians?

Yer they are aware. To CA's credit, they actually took some advice from EB members to improve the barbarians in RTW. Originally, all the barbarians were going to be generic conan types.


my2bob

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Well, the wonderful thing about EB is that the core of what we are doing is limited by, not based on, the underlying engine. It remains to be seen exactly what MTW:2 will allow us to do that R:TW does not, though I know many of our team members are very excited about certain features, such as the ability to have differently equipped/clad soldiers in the same unit.

We have not yet made an official announcement regarding our plan for the future.

Thank you. This answer addresses my question neatly, no kvetching.

[khelvan]

Except that our plans have now been announced.

[Reverend Joe]

Surely they must know of you if you tried to inform them of how to portray Barbarians?

"EB? Europa Barbarorum?... OH, RIGHT... those whacky nerds who tried to make us change our game to make it more 'historically accurate'... pfft. They gave up before the game ever began- we haven't heard from them since."

Does that answer your question?

[MSB]

"EB? Europa Barbarorum?... OH, RIGHT... those whacky nerds who tried to make us change our game to make it more 'historically accurate'... pfft. They gave up before the game ever began- we haven't heard from them since."

Does that answer your question?

Yes.