Overall its for the better. I just hope there wasn't too much development lost because this has been in the works for 4+ years. Everyone has been patiently waiting. I have no doubt though that when it is released it will be quality, just hopefully we don't have to wait too much longer. There is no point in releasing this as a mod for RO2. The RO2 mod scene is dead. First it was IE, now this. I guess the UE3 limitations were too much. And the fact that RO2 is not as popular as expected, that must be disheartening. Good luck though; I will keep my eye on it.
With regards to Festung Europa. As someone else mentioned here, they have not given a content update since Dec 2013. They are having serious internal problems; we know that at least half of the dev team quit the project. Months went without any forum posts/updates, and it wasn't until people starting posting that the game was dead, that the devs have now started using the forums again, reassuring that the game is still being worked on. There have still been no content updates though, only forum posts saying that it is not dead.
Money can complicate things. Had Festung Europa tried to be a free standalone on the CryEngine, similar to Traction Wars, it may have been out already or been near completion, but from what I've read, the devs disagreed about the end product/goal. I hope Incountry fairs better.
