Greetings Commanders. It has been a couple of months since our last update so we wanted to give you all a progress report.
First off, this DLC has taken longer than we thought because we keep making changes and adding features. We understand this puts off the time to release the DLC, and we have made a firm decision to stop adding more changes than are already on the list.
The artwork is now all done, which is a big help. There is only one more set of updates that require more code and testing. If this follows the pattern so far it should only take about two more weeks (roughly) before the DLC is ready for release.
In addition to adding Crew, there are several other changes that will update the game. The biggest is that we have changed it so that the early level Hero ships will now be able to go on Bounty Missions. The late level Hero ships are still locked out for balance reasons. We have also changed the difficulty for the last quarter of the Alliance campaign as it has overall proved too difficult for too many people.
With some of these changes we have had to further alter deploy costs, reward amounts, etc. to keep the balance curve similar. All of this has been time consuming, but we believe this will lead to a better overall experience for more players.
So, with luck, the DLC should be released in the next few weeks. Good luck out there!