Imperial Sardaukar Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Is there an ETA for this? I can't seem to find it... thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Soonish some time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Probably before Christmas...but maybe not. Depends on how smoothly things go or will some ugly bug crawl out from under its rock causing an unexpected delay. These things happen, but maybe not this time. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This is not going to be Duke Nukem Forever which was fifteen years in development. But lets recall real people are doing real work. Between now and the release date somebody important could catch a nasty case of the flu. Or injure himself shoveling snow. Or lose his internet connection during a storm. Its little things like this that can throw the best laid plans into confusion. At least there won't be an issue with programming - the game engine is as solid as a rock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Take whatever time you need and do it right. The software development field is littered with the remains of products that were released before it time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This is not going to be Duke Nukem Forever which was fifteen years in development. But lets recall real people are doing real work. Between now and the release date somebody important could catch a nasty case of the flu. Or injure himself shoveling snow. Or lose his internet connection during a storm. Its little things like this that can throw the best laid plans into confusion. At least there won't be an issue with programming - the game engine is as solid as a rock. Real news about CMBS, and the highly anticipated AAR, seem to be on hold while enough art gets finished to make nice screenshots. Discussing the actual situation in Ukraine seems to upset people rather quickly. Just to keep the discussion ticking along could someone who actually knows something throw a bone or two on what is next for the underlying game engine. Finer grids? More AI? Interface redesign? Running LOS checks on the video processor? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 BFC are smart not to commit to a specific date. As soon as you do you set your self up for failure one way or another. Their "when it is ready" attitude is the right way to go. The do have a track record - pretty good one in my opinion. Here is my usual statistical analysis of past releases and how it relates to this one: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showpost.php?p=1563958&postcount=16 The above is based only on publicly available information and has nothing to with any inside information I don't have anyway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Sardaukar Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Ah, so "no ETA for this product" at this time. Thanks! Really looking forward to it though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Ah, so "no ETA for this product" at this time. As it always is with BF and for good reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Tell yourself "February" and then be happy if it's early. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Real news about CMBS, and the highly anticipated AAR, seem to be on hold while enough art gets finished to make nice screenshots. Discussing the actual situation in Ukraine seems to upset people rather quickly. Just to keep the discussion ticking along could someone who actually knows something throw a bone or two on what is next for the underlying game engine. Finer grids? More AI? Interface redesign? Running LOS checks on the video processor? Who's upset ? I'm not upset It was very civilized ( I always try to remain civilized) compared to what you can read elsewhere on the internet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I was just trying to pry out bone or two from Steve. We have rather different views but have not been impolite in any way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noxnoctum Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Some guy posted a prediction for RT's release based on a spreadsheet of pre-orders > time to release date for past CMx2 releases. Should be around somewhere on the forum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 You all know the stock answer to the release date... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Some guy posted a prediction for RT's release based on a spreadsheet of pre-orders > time to release date for past CMx2 releases. Should be around somewhere on the forum. Hee hee that was me. I posted a link to in above in post #7 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Beta battle thread has started! Woot. The timer ticks... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Ah, so "no ETA for this product" at this time. Thanks! Really looking forward to it though! The rough estimate of BFC is usually 4-6 weeks after announcement of preorders (it might be longer though if they run into unexpected complications). Fingers crossed it runs smooth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emccabe Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I would say sometime in december 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medlinke Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Given how "beat up" Battlefront gets upon every new release, I can't imagine from a human standpoint wanting to put the game out before Christmas. There's just too much hassle and timing everyone's schedule around holidays from now until after New Year, at least in my world, can be a total bear (pun intended). I'd love to see it sometime in mid-December, but I'd much rather have Battlefront comfortable with their product and ready to give it the red carpet treatment for the rollout and hectic period following any release in separating the actual bugs and technical issues from the chaff. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. CMBS will be with us soon enough I'm sure! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieme(ITA) Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 med you are right, but as you pointed out xmas/end of the year is a non--productive period, so those two weeks would not mean development going on, it would just be postponed. So it gets out before xmas or mid january in my opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtHatred Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Given how "beat up" Battlefront gets upon every new release, I can't imagine from a human standpoint wanting to put the game out before Christmas. There's just too much hassle and timing everyone's schedule around holidays from now until after New Year, at least in my world, can be a total bear (pun intended). I'd love to see it sometime in mid-December, but I'd much rather have Battlefront comfortable with their product and ready to give it the red carpet treatment for the rollout and hectic period following any release in separating the actual bugs and technical issues from the chaff. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. CMBS will be with us soon enough I'm sure! pfft. What hippy touchy-feely nonsense. There is money to be made in holiday sales, when no one dares look at their credit card statements. Death march to release! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUCASWILLEN05 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Given how "beat up" Battlefront gets upon every new release, I can't imagine from a human standpoint wanting to put the game out before Christmas. There's just too much hassle and timing everyone's schedule around holidays from now until after New Year, at least in my world, can be a total bear (pun intended). I'd love to see it sometime in mid-December, but I'd much rather have Battlefront comfortable with their product and ready to give it the red carpet treatment for the rollout and hectic period following any release in separating the actual bugs and technical issues from the chaff. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. CMBS will be with us soon enough I'm sure! I'd love to see it before Cristmas but it migh be inhumane to expec this of BF staff Besides our bank balances might not cope with the extra Christmas related strain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacEwan Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Usually as a rule you don't release anything right after Christmas because people would have spent too much money already during the holidays. You try to get a release before or during the holidays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyhellowhatsnew Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yes please I need this game now, i'm dyin Usually as a rule you don't release anything right after Christmas because people would have spent too much money already during the holidays. You try to get a release before or during the holidays. Also what he said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Usually as a rule you don't release anything right after Christmas because people would have spent too much money already during the holidays. You try to get a release before or during the holidays. Understood...but I don't think BFC is necessarily bound to that pattern. The reason being that their sales are not so much the "grab it as soon as it comes out" type. Of a certainty there is some of that as we see on the board, but I suspect that the bulk of their sales come in a more measured pace, long term. Thus, the precise timing of releases matters less because those buyers will show up when they will. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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