Firstly, I just want to say that you've gotten a lot better with these dev updates. They are professional and gives information to those without access to Discord. Please keep doing them!
I will not lie, my heart sinks a little hearing that "additional [dev] updates will be shared". I was really hoping this would be the final "work in progress" update. It sounds like that isn't the case, especially if the 1.9 update is 70% to completion.
Some questions to help gauge expectations, answer only what you are comfortable sharing:
1: Does the 70% completion rate factor in bug testing time, or is development 70% of the way to a version that would still need additional testing?
2: You were comfortable answering this question before, so I will ask it again: Do you believe the 1.9 update will be released in a matter of days, weeks, or months?
Thank you again for the development update. The wait time is disappointing and frustrating, but the content looks really great (so excited for Alice and Norah content!) Excited to see more.