Now that you've returned to PokeCommunity, have you considered re-uploading the original Mirage of Tales? (The IPS link was removed from the thread. I don't mean reviving work on it, just letting it be preserved and available.)
(My personal bit: I was following it back in early 2014, but decided to hold off on playing V2 as V3 was right around the corner. Then I ended up taking a huge break from romhacks myself, and coming back now have seen that I missed out on the experience :<. )
From reading the last few pages of the dead thread, it sounds like there was a lot of stress over bugfixing and more technical matters, but the story and paths of MoT were really intriguing. In my view, we work towards technical excellence in romhacks to help the soul of the hack shine through as fluidly as possible - but technical matters aren't the make-or-break thing; that underlying soul is. And MoT looked to have a vibrant one.
For the Mirage of Tales Surf license, Tentacruel and Seadra should probably also count (mind, I haven't played the hack yet, so Clearwater Pond, Cyan Sea, and Spring Stream may all be after the Surf license anyway :/ ). Sigilyph for Fly and Pinsir for Cut (as they're rarer, higher-stats single stages) also make sense, though also may not be available until after the respective licenses. (Aerodactyl is an obvious Flyer as well, but I gather that it's only available much later anyway. Same with Omastar/Kabutops and Surf, or Armaldo and Cut.)