I've been pretty quiet while we've been working behind-the-scenes to get some updated, concrete dates and figures for you all. I'm pretty paranoid at this point about only stating specific things when we're confident in them, and I've already been burned by the guidances we've put out pre-pandemic... but at the same time, staying silent really isn't helpful to the community either. I've got to get a much better balance in place there.
I think we'll be able to share some of those revised facts and figures soon, but I can confirm this much right now:
- We're actively working on CX2: Final CAD changes, prototyping, planning out manufacturing, etc. Since my last update we've made tangible progress.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has (obviously) disrupted our original schedule, but has delayed things, not shut them down outright.
- We have some minor changes to the design that account for feedback as well as optimizations we've discovered in testing or upon some consideration. We'll share these when the final design is locked in and we are entering production.
Over the weekend I'll be updating the OP and adding to the FAQ, and moving forward I'll be participatory here even if it means a lot of the time I have to give the unsatisfactory answer of "I'll let you know soon". I mostly want to emphasize that CX2 is still active, but that the pandemic has been disruptive across all the brands/products I support, and so collectively that has delayed this project even before considering our inability to ship it to most places right now were we to have been on schedule.
All that said, it's not all bad news – these sorts of dramatic changes bring with them opportunities as well, and CX2 has seen some of these. I think retrospectively I'll have fun stories to tell about this project. For now, our heads are down as I work to assist all the brands I support, and push CX2 forward as hard as I'm able to.
