Yes, COVID makes travel awkward but the countries that house the DC's have been travel-worthy. Some of the devs would be willing to self-isolate in order to complete the task, and they doubtless have local teams anyway removing that issue.

I don't mind the queues, after the nightmare that was WoD's launch I am not in the slighest fussed by things I completely prepared for. This game is booming like crazy and I love it!