I think they are really pushing for beta to come out soon, and i know people hate the word "Beta", but it's true. They not longer do those "weekend Projects" and the updates lately have been mostly bug squashing and key features. Just my two cents guys. Thanks team for all of your hard work like normal!
There are still many things to do (and implement) and millions of bugs to fix. People think BugFixing and Polishing is something Devs do ASAP? Bug Fixing actually can take longer than the time spent coding the whole feature. Ask Bart about that, "We did 80% of the game in 80% of the time, the left 20% are the 80% all over again".