I know it's against the rules to ask for release dates, but...
Wait, what? If you know it, then why would you do it? If you need to start a question like that, you might want to stop asking it altogether. You're probably going to be breaking the rules soon after the word "but".
Do you think you could give us an estimate of when your mod is coming out? Month? Season? Business quarter? Moon phase? etc.
Aaaaaah, yes. Clever. You ask for an estimate instead of a precise date. But don't fool yourself, this will also be considered as asking for release dates, and will result in the same consequences.
Do you think you could give an advancement percentage on your mod? Maybe a nice graph? Pie charts?
I call this "reverse asking for release dates". The modder gives you a percentage and you kind of try to deduce the release date by yourself based on how far the percentages have gotten.
Well I've got news for you: If the modder can't give you precise release dates, why would he take some of his precious time to carefully evaluate the completion percentage of every aspect of his work? Don't you think the time he spends maintaining those statistics will be time he doesn't spend working on stuff?
Some modders do decide to keep completion percentages of their work. It's their choice. However, asking for such percentages from modders who decide not to use them will be considered as "reverse asking for release dates". And you can't have "reverse asking for release dates" without "asking for release dates".
I wonder how your mod is coming along...
Subtle. And yet very annoying. Here's a clue: Read the last post by the mod author, that should give you an answer as to how the mod is coming along. And if that last post was made about 8 months ago, here's another answer: It's not really coming around at all because the author is busy with real life and/or has stopped working on the mod.
Don't bother asking.
OMG, you guys have been working on this mod for two years, why aren't you done already? What is this? OMG FRAUD! FRAUD! LIARS! YOU SWINDLED US ALL, OH MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! YOU GUYS ARE DOUCHES! YOU LET US DOWN! YOU LET YOUR BROTHERS DOWN! RELEASE AT ONCE OR YOU SHALL BE CALLED FRAUDS, AND SO WILL YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN!!!!
Calm down. Go get some fresh air outside, numbnuts.
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Hope I made myself clear. If not, feel free to ask below and I/we shall answer. Better ask here then to get a 2-day ban somewhere else. Voodoo out.