Update 8/29:  1:20 AM BST

We've been making a lot more progress, but we're not quite done. The biggest news is we can now access the Live server and our original characters. Here is a screenshot of me that I took today

So what's left? The biggest thing is that we need to get patching to work correctly. Once that's done we can build the final installer client and then send that to OnRPG to host for us. There's also some other kinks to work out such as only 1 sub-server channel is working at the moment, but hopefully we can resolve those things soon.

In terms of the new content, most of the bugs we reported the other day have now been fixed, but we are still finding new ones and will continue reporting them to the Devs. I want to remind everyone that there's going to be things that don't work perfectly when Closed Beta 2 begins, but that's the reason we're doing an extra beta

A few things worth mentioning are that the new Islands are very very basic right now. They are currently using the soccerfield PvP rules (no penalties). Outside of the islands the PK Penalty rules aren't setup quite the way we thought, but we'll keep talking to the Devs about that. The new area of Eastern South Daria isn't finished quite yet, the Devs tell me we'll have to wait for a later update (there's also been several unexpected updates thrown in as a bonus that players will discover) . The Exp changes are a little difficult to test in the amount of time we've had, so we'll have to get everyone's help testing this. For now the Exp NPC has been taken out so people can get a feel for the rate without the buff.

Finally you may have noticed we're now accepting applications for Game Sage. If you are interested and you feel you qualify click here