Good to know it's only the instanced battles that take some more polish! It seems a bit odd that with only that one blocker the devs are unwilling to make a prediction on the release. On the other hand I hate empty announcements (like: "End of october we'll announce an announcement for release."
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I do wonder if we're just gonna get the date on short notice, or if there'll be some weeks ahead notice. I'd prefer the weeks ahead, but it seems testing will go on to the last minute and so will the announcements. Still hoping for a unique game. I'd like to say: take your time, but at this point I'd rather say: hurry up!