I feel like maybe this will be a controversial or unkind opinion, but I feel like people are holding Dragonsteel to a kind of unrealistic and uncharitable expectation for shipping right now and I don't understand it. I've backed a number of Kickstarters/BackerKit things and rarely are they perfectly on time. This one is moving along at speed by comparison and Dragonsteel a) has been pretty transparent about what's going on, b) likes to treat its employees like people rather than running them ragged, which I appreciate, and c) always delivers and delivers with quality and great customer service if something goes wrong, so I trust them. But, like, I don't understand, in particular, why people are so upset about the $325 tier taking so long. They just had a con (which is a regular, yearly occurrence; it was not like they did that out of nowhere), it's the holiday season, and this tier has over 23,600 backers according to the Pledge Level page. The other tiers that have shipped had a fraction of the number of orders to send out, without the complication of the timing (which was, in large part, caused by manufacturing delays from one of the products which kinda out of their control). And a lot of the other issues that have slowed things down have been a water main break, employees getting sick, and a big manufacturer defect for a different product that released (which wasn't made to their specifications) that they had to cancel and refund on orders on from their site... All of which is deeply unfortunate that it happened back to back to back and can be frustrating, but it's not really their fault? It just seems like it's a busy time of year, in general and in particular for Dragonsteel, and we're in the largest tier. Full disclosure in that I have received my copy of the book; my add-ons will arrive when they arrive, I trust Dragonsteel well enough to deliver on that. I got excited-impatient when things started shipping while waiting for my copy, but not upset. I just don't fathom getting that angry or upset about it when they're trying and they're doing what they can? They have, again, twenty-three THOUSAND orders in this tier; without anything else, that was always going to take a while to complete and to get to the tiers further down.

Can you please give us an expected shipping date for each of the tiers? I know it's harder during the holidays, but I think we would all appreciate a little more detail if possible.

I think a shipping update or at least a rough idea when our books from each tier will be posted out is not asking too much?