Corv has posted an update to the Titans of Ether website today, the first real update the site has seen in some time. And happily, he has good news for us:

Here’s some insight to what is going on at the moment:

1.) NO we did NOT abandon this project, don’t listen to false rumors

2.) Yes we are having some issues to solve.

He then goes on to explain some of those “issues”:

So we hit a wall with some limitations of the MW engine. Nothing that makes this game impossible, so calm down and keep reading.

We had a looong internal discussion. Actually it’s still going on. One thing we definitely do not want to do is wait till openMW is done. That much is decided.

The only real problem we have is making a party system work in a way we are really happy with. Yes we can have the party run with us, there are things you can do with them, but we are not happy with how it works, there are too many issues.

Ultima 9 also had no party, but it wasn’t the biggest problem of that game or was it for you?

And he ends by posing a…I guess you could call it a poll question:

So we want to test the waters and want to ask YOU, would Redemption without a party kill your excitement for the project? Is it a deal breaker for you? Vote! Everyone loves polls right?

More other thoughts and infos coming up over the next few weeks. You will be able to help us shape the game and that without this being a Kickstarter project, cool right?

You can voice your opinion at the Redemption forums. Corv also sent along the snazzy new screenshot of Paws that graces this article; it’s looking pretty fine, isn’t it?