Twitter discussion

[Shadowwalker]

The Org is having a Medieval 2 Total War re-release party:https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...-release-Party … Europa Barbarorum II might have something special to bring!

Guys, could you please don't do such! (Causing a heart attack at my side, that is)

Since, let's be realistic here: it's only a few days since Kull, Brennus etc stated that there are still things to do. There is no website announced yet (which was said to be online and public before the release). There were no tweets about solving the installer problems (which I believe are top priority to be solved before an initial release). From what I understand there are still so many things to fix, resolve, improve, decide etc that - in my humble "outsider" opinion - a release around Christmas would be a (very pleasant) surprise.

I simply can't believe . . . no, that's wrong. I refuse to believe that EB II is released in one week. (I do so because I want to avoid the disastrous disappointment if it is not out on May 15th. ;) )

Very much curious about what the "special EBII brings" might be, nevertheless. :)

[Brennus]

That was my fault, I didn't realise until it was pointed out that that post could result in such hopes.

No, sorry, it is not the release. As noted we still have things to do before we can put out what we consider to be an acceptable release.

However we are hoping to bring something with a lot of eye candy to treat people to.

My apologies for getting peoples hopes up.

[QuintusSertorius]

I'll be happy with the website in the interim, if it's going to be anything like the one for EB1.

[Shadowwalker]

That was my fault, I didn't realise until it was pointed out that that post could result in such hopes.

No, sorry, it is not the release. As noted we still have things to do before we can put out what we consider to be an acceptable release.

However we are hoping to bring something with a lot of eye candy to treat people to.

My apologies for getting peoples hopes up.

No need to apologise, Brennus. No need at all. Instead I'm glad to see that my common sense has not been completely buried under the the immense anticipation I have for Europa Barbarorum II: ;)
About the eye candy you mentioned: doesn't need to be a lot. One or two new screenshots of the campaign map (South Arabia please? ), perhaps (if available) a building icon, or another building description - that's all I ask to be happy (and busy) for several days. (Still dreaming of tutorials for the new mechanics, similar to the reform tutorial we got for Hayasdan in EB I - but since I can imagine the workload this would mean, I just hope for ingame descriptions that provide a clue or another . . . )

The last Twitter screens of the campaign map I have studied in detail (and awe) for hours on end. And yes, I know that this kind of behaviour is somewhat "nerdy".

But I don't care.

[Moros]

No need to apologise, Brennus. No need at all. Instead I'm glad to see that my common sense has not been completely buried under the the immense anticipation I have for Europa Barbarorum II: ;)
About the eye candy you mentioned: doesn't need to be a lot. One or two new screenshots of the campaign map (South Arabia please? ), perhaps (if available) a building icon, or another building description - that's all I ask to be happy (and busy) for several days. (Still dreaming of tutorials for the new mechanics, similar to the reform tutorial we got for Hayasdan in EB I - but since I can imagine the workload this would mean, I just hope for ingame descriptions that provide a clue or another . . . )

The last Twitter screens of the campaign map I have studied in detail (and awe) for hours on end. And yes, I know that this kind of behaviour is somewhat "nerdy".

But I don't care.

Edit: obviously these are thumbnails. Click them to see the full version.

[clone]

Edit: obviously these are thumbnails. Click them to see the full version.

breath taking

[joshmahurin]

Some new tweets

Identifying what MUST be fixed before a first release. Not that much left - The EBII Team. Europa Barbarorum (@EBTeam) May 2, 2014

Thanks to Haedar for his great work on the Akkadian (Babylonian) infantry - The EBII Team. Europa Barbarorum (@EBTeam) May 2, 2014

Battlemap UI now 90% complete. Faction banners 75% - Kull. Europa Barbarorum (@EBTeam) May 3, 2014

Sufficient research done for a comprehensive province description for Armorikos. Now just need to start writing - Brennus. Europa Barbarorum (@EBTeam) May 3, 2014

The Org is having a Medieval 2 Total War re-release party: http://t.co/nFTw7POhLJ Europa Barbarorum II might have something special to bring! Europa Barbarorum (@EBTeam) May 6, 2014

[Rex Somnorum]

a release around Christmas would be a (very pleasant) surprise.

I'm slightly more optimistic than that - and I hope the EBII team shares my outlook.

What's the installer issue, though?

[Docus]

I may be a bit late to the thread, but I'd like to say that the EB II team are nothing less than heroes in my eyes, working for years and years to create something for a small club of dedicated fans, all in their free time and free of charge. This mod was my "gateway drug" for my interest in the Classical period of history. I've probably read all the building descriptions and unit descriptions of EB1 dozens of times in their entirety. EB is one of those mods in a million where you can clearly see the passion, dedication and love the developers and writers put into it. It's truly magical.

[V.T. Marvin]

Thank you for your kind words!

But let me also express my hope that the "small club of dedicated fans" will eventually become a huge and thriving community as large as EB1 used to have.

[Rex Somnorum]

But let me also express my hope that the "small club of dedicated fans" will eventually become a huge and thriving community as large as EB1 used to have.

Likely even larger. Considering the egregious failure of a game that is Rome II, TW players in search of a graphically beautiful yet mechanically sophisticated gaming experience will indubitably navigate to EBII. If the game is as good as it looks in the previews (which I don't doubt for a minute), then all it needs is a little publicity - maybe a short playthrough by a popular Youtube gamer right before release.

What's the installer problem?

[Cybvep]

Thank you for your kind words!

But let me also express my hope that the "small club of dedicated fans" will eventually become a huge and thriving community as large as EB1 used to have.

I think that the forum will explode with activity when the open beta is released. It's not dead even now, so no worries here. The day the open beta announcement will be made on the TWC Centre will be a glorious day!

[moonburn]

the comunity ain´t dead it´s just sleeping

[mountaingoat]

occasionally lurking in the sahdows of the eb2 subforum

[Thaatu]

the comunity ain´t dead it´s just sleeping

Damn right... Just wait for the floodgates to open.

[vartan]

Thank you for your kind words!

But let me also express my hope that the "small club of dedicated fans" will eventually become a huge and thriving community as large as EB1 used to have.

Which I will do my utmost to exploit and entice on the multiplayer side of things. <smirk>

Keep it up!

[Shadowwalker]

Writing unit descriptions sure is difficult when your hungover. Mercenary Gauls anyone? - Brennus

Celtic mercenary descriptions complete. Nice and thorough. - Brennus

KH & Ptolemaioi family members (with traits, ancillaries, and biographies) completed & in-game - Kull, Arjos, & paullus

New, accurate, unit descriptions written for the Pritanoi units. - Brennus

Time to work on the Takashila government system - Mithridates VI Eupator

86% of unit descriptions completed - Kull

So many exciting news in the last 3 days.

And now - my (currently) personal favourite:

Descriptions written for new Roman units we didn't expect to have in time for the first release - Gaius Scribonius Curio

Polybian reform units?
In case my assumption is correct, this will make the decision whom to play first even more difficult. (Just because the Polybian army always was my favourite roman army in EB I).
Not to mention that available polybian units would be yet another reason (among so many others) to say that every day of waiting is well worth it.