With the pressure from the fans, you would think that most would be pleased with a delay of Heroes VI's release, but ever since Ubi announced that the game will be pushed back to September to allow for polishing and balancing, the official boards have been buzzing with anger. The producers have taken the time to answer some of the Communities' more pressing questions regarding the delay, and basically, it goes like this:

1. Why delay the game?
Playtesting showed the game's potential, but it needed more time to correct the flaws and balance the game. Instead of toying with the fans, Ubi felt that the news should be published as soon as it was confirmed.

2. Will they use the extra time to add a sixth faction?
No. It would mean too much extra stuff to add in too little time, and all the new stuff would have to be debugged, balanced, polished ... So not possible. However, they do hint towards a definite expansion of the factions in the future.

3. Wasn't the Beta supposed to begin on April the 20th?
I'll just quote directly here, for those who haven't got the message yet: "The starting date for the Beta was never officially stated by anyone at Ubisoft or Black Hole". They do, however, explain how the rumour started ... it was the RSS feed leak, which was caused by a bug. The actual start date will obviously be published asap.

The Q&A ends with a lead-in towards more info to be released over the coming days and weeks: The full information about the Reputation advanced classes, artefacts, Neutral creatures ... and also more heroes - with portraits, bios and specialties.

Read the full Q&A here.