Well, now that this is over...

What is on the to do list before you can release the server? I know you've said that it's not ready to be on the Classic Tab, so what all is going to be finished before then?

I played a few days ago and the quest was great. Thanks for doing an awesome job and keep it up!
One minor thing that happened, when the ship took off to destroy the barrier my character was changed to where it looked like I was stuck on the ship, but my movements were based on the shadow which was appox. two character lengths away from the rest of my character (vertically). It fixed after I restarted.

Being long and drawn out doesn't necessarily mean that it's hard, just tedious. If we were say, dodging projectiles that the ogre throws at us, or something that would be a different story because I'd actually have to watch out for something. But waiting for moles to respawn is not fun.

There's definitely too many things to mention to be precise, as even while working on a big release such as a quest there's a lot of smaller things implemented which don't get mentioned, and quite often I go back and overhaul older things, but mainly:

• Options window has been improved with added customisations
• Currently overhauling certain GUIs
• Events - core systems, events themself, stat viewing, prizes and economy etc
• Preparation of gelat shop items and incentives, for the hopeful removal of observer mode (if Stefan ever responds and can confirm my plan as satisfactory, having first contacted him regarding this on October 25th 2011)
• Final touchup/filling of overworld locations
• Preliminary rebuilding of staff divisions

It's important we get as much done as possible and give development something of a head start, rather than fall into the trap of playing a never ending game of catchup.

Finally got around to finishing the quest and this is my reaction:

• The quest itself is fine, if not a little simple (was looking forward to some mine cart madness).
  
• This boss has mastered the imperceptible dodge technique which he must have learned from the spider. The same action must equal the same reaction in my opinion. If I swing at the boss and he is forced to block I assume it is because my blow would have inflicted damage otherwise. If I swing again and he does not block and has no visible reaction... well that is confusing.
  
• had a nostalgia moment when I was warped to the throne room
  
• My statue is still in the castle barracks! Fuzzman was my original account name. I forget how I won the statue though, I think it was a trivia event or hide and seek game hosted by Tyhm.