I'm not confusing anything, darlin'
- timeouts happen at 2 min to tick quite often during the day
- ticks randomly don't tick (doesn't give resources, handle return or spell times correctly)
- ticks randomly occur at odd times during the hour (last night it ticked at 6:23 pm PST)
- EVERY day the 5:00 PST tick starts timing out and lagging at 4:56 or 4:57, and does not actually start ticking until 5:04.
THIS is not indicative of a stable product.
Stable products don't have bugs that have existed since it was in alpha.
This is not a stable product. Stable = reliable and there is NOTHING you can rely on in this version of the game.
Playable? yes, MUCH moreso than last age.
Stable? no.
I only hope that they will in fact fix some of these issues before the new age goes online. But, I'm not holding my breath based on past experience.