It's true: Beta 18. A few small problems were identified by the Developement Team and were addressed in a Beta 17 on Tuesday. We tested it yesterday and found a problem with the new repair function and the drouge chutes. These have been fixed in Beta 18 which was waiting for us early this morning. We are testing right now.

It looks good but we don't know for sure. We have coordinated with Ubi Soft who will need to spend a few days of verification testing. This is scheduled to begin on Monday if Beta 18 is a go. That means that if all goes well we could possibly see this patch released next week. It will all depend upon what happens with our testing of 18 and Ubi's verification testing effort on Monday. I caution you all that anything could happen and while I am optimistic, we've been here before. I am NOT making any promises.

I know that many of you are frustrated and I appreciate your patience, but we want to get this right. Hang in there, please.

Cheers,
Carl