Hi Brolman,
Can you please elaborate more on why you are experiencing no 3D printing? We would be happy to help you if you encountering any blocking issues.
Of course, we are aware of its issues and experiencing many of the issues you guys have reported here. We too, as users of ultimaker products use the workarounds which we have already communicated.
@Link - With regards to the XY calibration - we are fortunate that our printers do not require this procedure often. Part of our QC before dispatching a printer for sale is that the printer MUST be tested with a dual print. You will receive the test print within the box. Therefore, the XY calibration has been done before shipping and you should receive a printer which has its print cores calibrated. If you require changing of cores straight away then the XY calibration should be done - but the workaround of manually pushing the filament through to the nozzle before the filament deposition starts will solve your issue. What this also means is, that current printers being shipped out with the old stable (5.1.8) firmware.
The updated hotfix firmware is in active development and you will be alerted of the release date as we know more. I can understand the frustration that it has taken this long, but as Sander said this hotfix is there to fix many problems. Our earlier communication did not take into account how our Firmware team would like to build the next version. It is always a balancing act of building the thing right, building the right thing, and building it fast. Our hotfix has been decided to fix all known issues, which takes time.
More on the release date will follow.
