Fortunately I'm prepared, writing this on my laptop connected over bluetooth to my phone which in turn is connected to the internet. I'm glad I don't need to upload anything to Youtube this time, likely skyrocketing my phonebill (yes, as someone pointed out, another solution would be that I actually write and post these updates while at the office and not at home during the evenings).
Enough rambling, lets get on with the important stuff...
The Update
Delayed, it is not, I'm happy to say (gotcha?
). We are putting the last pieces into place and are testing them. One of them is the update and patch system. Although this update will require a heavy 600MB+ download we want to be able to push out future updates using small patches instead. This is especially important with this release since there are so many changes and a lot of inherited stuff that almost inevitable something is bound to go wrong. Combination humans and software development, better be safe than sorry.
The patch system will allow us to swiftly deal with new issues, as well as facilitate future feature updates through small patches downloaded by the launcher.Talking about downloads... We will release the update during the next week, we will try to get it out early in the week to have time to fix any issues before the weekend (hopefully there will be none). To ease the load on the servers and avoid expensive bandwidth peaks we will announce here in the forum slightly before the release how you can get your hands on the new client, before it is automatically pushed out via the launcher when the switch is made to the new version.
Updated Fansite Kit
We've updated the fansite kit with new screenshots and new logos. It is not yet available on the website, but you may get it here already now.
Finally...
We do not intend to stop with these weekly Status Updates just because the update is released. We still believe in an open and honest communication, and the feedback we get on these posts are invaluable.
Next week will be exciting, let's end with a quote...
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
