The Real Lycan Curse

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From the January 2nd dev blog:

I've decided that it's time for Gazluk to be launched! So we've been pushing hard to get all the details ironed out. It will take another week and a half, I think, and then version 1 of Gazluk will be ready for testing.

So we can guess that'll it come out around the 12th-15th...which coincides perfectly with the in-game lycan curse. Looks like this is going to be another famous "full-moon-update"

For some history/context:
Ice Magic Added - May 03 2015 (full moon May 02-04)
Kur Tower Expanded - May 03 2015 (full moon May 02--04)
Level 60 skill caps are first added to the game - July 01 2015 (full moon June 30-July 02)
Ilmari Desert Added - July 01 2015 (full moon June 30-July 02)
Altar of Norala Added - July 01 2015 (full moon June 30-July 02) (yes, I know this one makes perfect sense)
Nature Appreciation/Flower Arrangement Added - March 23 2016 (full moon March 22-24)
Ice Magic 60 - March 23 2016 (full moon March 22-24)
Work Orders - May 23 2016 (full moon May 21-23)
Guild Quests - May 23 2016 (full moon May 21-23)
Lab Expanded- May 23 2016 (full moon May 21-23)
Knife Fighting Added - June 19 2016 (full moon June 19-21)
Gazluk Added - January 12 2017????? (full moon January 12) (appropriately, the second full moon after a winter solstice is the Wolf Moon) (this ended up not happening, Gazluk released on January 22)
Brewing Added - May 09 2017 (full moon May 09-11)
BUNNIES - June 09 2017 (full moon June 08-10)

EVERY MAJOR CONTENT RELEASE FALLS DURING THE FULL MOON. I will be legitimately disappointed if Gazluk's release date doesn't continue the pattern.

Personally, I believe Citan is an actual werewolf and knows he won't be able to code in beast form, so he rushes updates out before it happens.