Dr.Muramasa quickly corrected himself further down the thread - "No harshness taken. Made that mostly running so I didnt express it quite well. Was pushed 2 days to accommodate for a better release in the schedule and some testing thats going on and availability."
With wording now from Kal - "Apologies for the delays. Version 1.8 is our biggest update so far so we need a bit more time to make sure everything works well. Thanks for the patience!"
Seems apparent the tests failed, so its back to development and then there will be more testing...