So I got few questions...
Is this update something that was suppose to be live 1 month ago in development schedule? Then again on June 20? Both times failed miserably... and now there is some hope?
What's the big issue about masternode payments anyway? I see two outcomes:
1. People expecting huge returns will get disappointed. After initial testing hype the number of darksend transactions will fall, while the number of masternodes will greatly increase.
2.
More inflation due to masternode payments. More dark = cheaper dark.
This is a circlejerk 'to-the-moon' thread so I do not expect a quality reply but maybe someone will surprise me

Masternode payments are taken from coins mined so this makes no difference to inflation. In fact, coins going into the hands of MN operators rather than miners may actually reduce inflation as I think the MN owners will be less likely to dump as they receive the coins.