Harry Speakup Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I would have thought it was a bit early. We've had Chris doing some streams of the game before the most recent releases, and he's been AWOL for the past month. That looks like they're busy. It's better finished and polished than a rush release to hit a pre-determined date. I've had enough of major publisher titles doing that in the past. It'll be worth the wait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I would think they would want to spread apart the release of the Battlepack and CMFB if possible. I don't expect CMFB for a while but the Battlepack is just scenarios which I understand were mostly finished in September. If all that's going on is testing the installer I see no reason to wait on the release and there's still a good chance for a pre-Christmas release (I too was hoping for an announcement today). I expect the Battlepack will be download only so there's no need for BFC to have preorders based on their system, which is only have pre-orders to gauge how many physical copies they will need to make. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I would think they would want to spread apart the release of the Battlepack and CMFB if possible. I don't expect CMFB for a while but the Battlepack is just scenarios which I understand were mostly finished in September. If all that's going on is testing the installer I see no reason to wait on the release and there's still a good chance for a pre-Christmas release (I too was hoping for an announcement today). I expect the Battlepack will be download only so there's no need for BFC to have preorders based on their system, which is only have pre-orders to gauge how many physical copies they will need to make.Keep in mind BF does everything now with a single installer so even a "scenario/campaign only" release has to meet the licensing and installer criteria. It isn't anywhere near the same as user made scenarios. I think you are correct about the whole pre-order aspect, but I don't really know for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I am really looking forward to this (all of it, but especially the maps)! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Any news JonS, are we close? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Any news JonS, are we close?We are in Release Candidate testing for the Battle Pack and Patch v3.12 now (they will arrive together). That is the final stage before release. The hour/day that we deem it ready, it goes out. The next question will be "when?!"... I can't say just yet. We have a couple of issues we are working through before I can give a better estimate. Edited January 15, 2016 by ChrisND 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 We are in Release Candidate testing for the Battle Pack and Patch v3.12 now (they will arrive together). That is the final stage before release. The hour/day that we deem it ready, it goes out.Thats great news, sounds close (barring any gremlins being found at the last minute)!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thats great news, sounds close (barring any gremlins being found at the last minute)!!The last minute gremlins are currently being stomped flat. ;-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 The last minute gremlins are currently being stomped flat. ;-)No mercy to gremlins!What will the price of the pack be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 No mercy to gremlins!What will the price of the pack be?$10 I believe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny03 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 How long (number of missions, branching?) is the SP campaign that is included in this battle pack? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 No, there are 12 standalone scenarios, and the campaign (which has another 5) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 We are in Release Candidate testing for the Battle Pack and Patch v3.12 ...Sounds Beautiful, can't wait till its released. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If the Battlepack sells well will we get more? It seems like low hanging fruit to me (not that I want to make light of Jon's labor). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chudacabra Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If the Battlepack sells well will we get more? It seems like low hanging fruit to me (not that I want to make light of Jon's labor).I would definitely pay for more scenarios for any CMx2 games. I was incredibly impressed with the Russian CMBS campaign and would love to see more of that caliber from Battlefront. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 We could do a poll for most wanted battles and the winning ones will be made by top notch scenario designers and be put up for sale. How about that? Supply and demand 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 that's a terrible idea. designers make what they want to make, not what you tell them to make. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 that's a terrible idea. designers make what they want to make, not what you tell them to make. Agreed! Fastest road to burn-out is turning one's hobby into work. Let's not create a "Former CMx2 Game Designers" interest group at The Few Good Men website. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 that's a terrible idea. designers make what they want to make, not what you tell them to make. It was not meant to be a "DO THIS" kind of thing but a suggestion of what people are interested in, and would work as ideas for scenario makers if they WANT to do it. Not else. As a scenario maker myself, I understand it, but wouldn't mind getting ideas from other people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 It was not meant to be a "DO THIS" kind of thing but a suggestion of what people are interested in, and would work as ideas for scenario makers if they WANT to do it. Not else. As a scenario maker myself, I understand it, but wouldn't mind getting ideas from other people.Besides what JonS noted above, you also have another factor. Actual battles can translate poorly to scenario/campaign design. Some things just can't be simulated well if you have too much familiarity with the engagement. Also the soft factors and FOW that would have altered decision making usually don't play out well in CM. We typically don't considering stopping just because we have heavy casualties 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhedgwich Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 There was an update on the battle pack today wonder if that means its coming today or sometime soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 How do you mean "update"? Where did you see it? Can't find any news 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhedgwich Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 How do you mean "update"? Where did you see it? Can't find any news On the main page if you click battle pack tab at the bottom it says "Last Updated ( Friday, 12 February 2016 )" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirekm61 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 It seems that this label came today, and so is today's date. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhedgwich Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Yeah maybe itis releasing very soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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