As an example, let's say they just fixed a bug and are testing and all looks fine, until that fix created 4 other bugs on related systems in the game. Now they need to fix those bugs and... You cannot put a time estimate on bug fixing.
But what they could do is, at the very least, make a post saying they are close to release, but it might take a little more time than first expected.
I figure that when
@faatal doesn't answer messages, it means he's very busy and that can only be a good thing for us in the end.