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COE, Alpha or Beta?

Majestic

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I have found it hard to continue on with the Cardassian's I think I am all Cardassianed-out.

Currently I have all the stations complete and in-game and nearly all the ships bar the battleships, Republic frigate and assault cruiser in-game as well.

I have done a very rough balance of the weapons and units, nothing substantial by any means and using the work balance is also a bit of a stretch. I have done the station build-buttons, and a couple of wireframes that I am not overly happy with. No admiral-log pics nor wirefames or build-buttons for the ships. Basically the mod needs a good wax and polish, something I can't see myself doing for a couple of months.

Now the question of the hour is this, would you rather wait a bit for a beta/more completed version, or have COE released as it in it's in-complete state? If the former please understand I'll complete it when I get my drive back for it, if the latter while it is playable, there is no AI and much is missing for it. Basically it's an unpolished in-complete version.

I am curious to see what you, the members whom have been following this are interested in or if anyone wants to give me a hand in polishing it up, especially in the ship balancing and AI area.
 
Avon

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I recon you just need a break from it. In a couple of months you may be hungry again to finish it. Look at me with the Hirogen, I was about at the same point as you, then got bored and left it for months. Then came back with a renewed enthusiasm and knocked it out in a few days.
If you still feel un-enthused in a couple of months or so, you can still release what you have then.
 
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If you need any help with AIs or balancing or some other stuff, I can help you out. I am taking a break from Wastelands ATM, so I would have the time to help. :)
 
Majestic

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Thank you both for your responses.

Terra, I'll see about sending you the most up-to-date copy of the mod sometime in the next couple of days. Thanks for the help, I do appreciate it. :)
 
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I'd suggest releasing a demo of sorts for feedback, as usually its the feedback that motivates us to continue things. I find that if my stuff isn't shared to some degree I lose motivation. :sweat: Also feedback from such things helps to find out what works and what doesn't so that things can be improved, added on to, etc.
 
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Starfox1701 said:
Take a break:thumbsup:
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My thoughts too.

Undying_Nephalim said:
I'd suggest releasing a demo of sorts for feedback, as usually its the feedback that motivates us to continue things. I find that if my stuff isn't shared to some degree I lose motivation. :sweat: Also feedback from such things helps to find out what works and what doesn't so that things can be improved, added on to, etc.
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I am considering releasing a beta of it, when a little more is done and see how that goes. I will hold off on that till I see what Terra can do with it. :lol:
 
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