Eureka is soooo good for capping mendacity.

[Zojha]

I'm more inclined to believe that the next part will be a catch up phase, given the tedious grind of our current steps and how long it has been delayed for.

Well, people don't seem to get tired to claim that the grind is actually very easy this time around, even calling it the easiest relic to date and whatnot, provided you "play Eureka right". That doesn't exactly lend credence to the idea that the next step will be lenient to compensate.

The delay probably will only result in one step of the relic being cut from production. That would be very convenient for SE.