We are still working very hard on the modification and things are going well; slower than we would like, but well. It seems we keep finding things that we would like to change and can't keep our grubby paws out of the code. The good news is, we can't do this forever, at some point we draw the line and release the alpha.
Most of what we'll be focusing on the upcoming public tests will revolve around balancing unit costs, doctrine abilities, making sure the turn system is optimized for the players, and the command hierarchy.
The flash map will not make it in the alpha, nor will certain other features that have been requested on the forums but we are looking into implementing.
There's a chance you may get a teaser in the coming week, but we aren't making any promises.
