Entrenchment - February 4 final release?

Nope, they probably just looked at the placeholder store date. There's no release estimate currently, it'll be done when it's done

That's what I thought/hoped. I didn't feel like the game was ready for release yet and was hoping they'd send out the final version to beta testers before the general public!

PHEW!

Shacknews is reporting Feb 11th... 

The Devs are great, and I'm no game developer, but I'd be shocked if they are able to get it bug free and balanced in just 2 weeks; and I really WANT it to be released that soon, beleive me.  Who knows, perhaps the next beta is really is huge and polished.  But still, lots of balancing to do I would think.

That IGN review does say Feb 4th as the release date...Seems soon but is welcomed

It's the last sentance in the article that says Feb 4th is the release date in case you missed it.

I wouldn't trust it though...

I really hope we get another beta to test this week, because the last one was unbalanced and unplayable because of the mine-spam.

releasing it without another betatest would be a disaster, especially for those with non-high-end hardware.

I would not trust the date. I dropped a line to Blair about something a few days back and in his reply he mentioned a "next beta" rather than a release.

^^^I agree completely. They should just take mines out and make starbases do what they're supposed to do and decimate. I'm sure it's been mentioned but starbase weapon ranges are laughable, they should be able to cover at least 80% of the gravity well of a normal planet. Buff up the static defenses a little more; give defense plats a sight more hp and damage, and give hangers more armor. That, plus starbases doing what they were meant to do will be more than enough and I won't have to worry about my fairly powerful machine [Pentium D, Dual Core 3.0Ghz, 2GB SDRAM, MSI Geforce 8800GT 512 MB) slowlying to an unplayable crawl because every enemy plaent I attack is filled with mines that, even if my comp DIDN'T slow to a crawl, are a giant, tedious, pain the ass to clear.

I have since uninstalled Entrencthment and I'm not putting it back till these issues are addressed. I absolutely love Sins, please do something Ironclad/Stardock! You're breaking my heart...

I don`t think it unheard of to expect a more solid expansion by the 11th (reported officially via Fileshack). Its been quite some time in Demigod years (!) since any code was released for Entrenchment, so I suspect it will release in fairly good shape.

Once its released, then we can immediately begin bugging Ironclad about the diplomacy expansion...

(grin)

Its good to hear a firm release date for Entrenchment. Just a single day after FEAR 2 too.

That is currently posted on the front page of www.sinsofasolarempire.com.

Now they're quoting an IGN preview and IGN may have the date wrong, but if that's the case it shouldn't be posted here either. It looks pretty official when it's on the official site.