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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion  Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:13 pm |
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:17 pm |
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Cool. Yes, that looks good.
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:27 pm |
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Nice. I like it. 
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:11 pm |
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Looks great. I really think it deserves a proper print on digipress. 
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:41 pm |
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:03 pm |
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:32 pm |
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Looks cool ! 
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:58 am |
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I thought everyone deserves a full update. I know that when SG was putting things out and a delay occurred, everyone thought the worst. They thought that way because nobody knew what was happening behind the scenes. Here you will get a glimpse.
On February 7th the Raiders project will be 1 year old. Ben, Corey, and I agreed to make this a collaborative effort but along the way there were demands on everyone's time OUTSIDE the project that interfered. Other people have been gracious enough to pick up the slack where we have fallen short for which I am grateful. Recently there have been a number of set backs and it is quite obvious to me that this project will not be completed for at least another month. I would prefer not to go into details but suffice to say there just isn't enough time to get it all done with the limited resources we have.
I am re-distributing some of the internal responsibilities in order to take the load off some of our guys and because of that we're going to have some additional delays.
To give you an idea of the volume of work that is completed and needs to be formatted and edited:
Dark Eldar list: 17 pgs
Minervan list: 9 pgs (but should be close to 15 when all the other basic units are added in)
Necron list: 16 pgs
Fiction: 20 pgs
Scenarios: 12 pgs (possibly 15 if I get the last three done)
Necron modeling section A: 34 pages
Necron modeling section B: 2 pages (should be up to 5 pgs by the time I am done).
Dark Eldar modeling section: 37 pages
Dark Eldar proxy chart: 2 pages
Minervan painting guide: 2 pgs(?)
Once the whole thing is laid out in small font I believe it will be around 110-120 pages. Ultimately I believe this can be ready by the end of February but it is going to take a lot of my time and energy. Please be patient.
Thanks to everyone who has helped and taken an interest in the project. I'll keep you posted.
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:39 pm |
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Thanks for the update, Bill. I think I can speak for others when I say we'd rather see it delayed, but finished properly, rather than have a rush job done on it.
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:43 pm |
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Oh, don't get me wrong. It will still be rushed. Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute.
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:48 pm |
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Good insightful update.
(This reminds me of why I never promised anyone a date with the Eldar MMS ruleset and why I am so happy I never crossed my self-set deadline for Warp Rift).
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:40 pm |
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Yes, we can wait ... better than a rush job !
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Post subject: Epic: Raiders Update & Discussion Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:31 pm |
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Still waiting for the update!
When Raiders is ready to go!?
We're still formatting this monstrosity along with tidying up the fiction. More importantly though the Minervans and Necrons still need their newest versions to be completed and without them it would be pretty pointless to put the supplement. While having playtesting done on these versions would have been best, my guess is these two armies will go out laragely untested - not what any of us wanted. However, the changes to both lists are going in the right direction and I think it will be good enough - certainly more balanced than the Swordwind armies were.
So the hard (and brutal) facts:
It isn't going to be done in February.
We will miss the Firebase submission date this quarter.
I contacted Andy Hall regarding putting Raiders on SG and I have not heard from him.
I haven't been the most motivated person lately - a lack of progress on a dragging project for a seemingly dying game had me this close --> <--- to canning the whole thing. But one thing you guys can count on is my OCD kicking in  . I've gotta finish it, so...
Chroma has taken over the formatting of the project (thanks, amigo) which will hopefully free up enough time for Corey and Ben to get their lists in order.
As soon as each section is done I will post them here at Tactical Command. My guess is the modeling sections (probably what everyone wants anyway) will be completed first followed by the final Dark Eldar list, the Minervan list, the Necron list, and then the rest.
Questions?
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