I know a lot of people (including me, at first) were and are put off by EB's name as a beta. People feel more comfortable with, for example RTR 6.0 because it sounds nicer/safer/more complete than EB .8. We can't just pull a u-turn on the naming system, but I had a quick idea: why not call 8.1 (or 8.5, as it's sometimes been called) 1.0? .8 is already as stable as most other mods, easily more balanced, and many times more intricate and fun (IMO). I know 8.1 will have all peasant skins gone and will have almost all the buildings ready. Why not call it "EB version 1.0" then add more info for the other factions. At this point, as I see it, EB is entering the final stages of development, which is where the fine-tuning and polishing comes in. The other updates will be "add-ons" working towards 2.0 or what have you, but what "beta" says is "I'm not ready!" but really, EB is super-ready and super-playable. 1.2 or 1.7 says "I'm ready and gettin' better" which is more accurate to EB.

So, what do you guys think? I might be wrong about how much work is left in the mod, and if people are ok with EB's name as a beta, I'll happily stand down. It's just a suggestion because, quite frankly, EB is already more of a mod than many others, easily on par with her #1 rival (friendly rival mind you) RTR in terms of stability and completion. (ok, EB is missing some unit cards, but RTR isn't very balanced--read: black plague, ie uberMacedon-- and has less units, so let's call it even) So why not eliminate that title, all it does is hurt EB's "sell-ability".