If the work on it was already done, you might as well release it. Published work looks better re-hiring-wise. You can point to some emote or firing animation and say "that was my doing. I didn't choose the game or the vision, but that little part did look good, didn't it? I can make good small parts for your game, too."
An update is sorta like arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, ain't it?
But they’re adding account level progression … for the one week left.
And skill trees! Don't forget about the skill trees!
Sure, but it's a show of goodwill to release the content that you had been working on for future patches.
If the work on it was already done, you might as well release it. Published work looks better re-hiring-wise. You can point to some emote or firing animation and say "that was my doing. I didn't choose the game or the vision, but that little part did look good, didn't it? I can make good small parts for your game, too."
That's a point I overlooked.