All FTP backup jobs become Full = "Every Time" with upgrade

I've been reading this thread carefully. I for one am extremely annoyed that this full FTP backup bug is still not sorted. Could somebody shed some light on this perhaps? I have an NVX Pro (with 4.2.17)

I contacted Netgear support on 2nd May with the following:

Before upgrading to RAIDiator 4.2.16 (recently), I used to have FTP with the option "INCREMENTAL" backup (via the "FIRST TIME" setting). This was in 4.2.15. Now, I realise that this option in 4.2.16 is no longer available to me? Has this been removed or should it be there? Allow me to explain. I did some fact finding and if I create a new backup job, FIRST TIME is available (plus every week, 2,3,4 weeks) - as it used to be. However, as soon as I choose FTP as my destination, these disappear. This wasn''t the case with my older firmware, which did incremental backups without a problem.

Netgear responded on 4th May:

I understand you are having an issue with the FTP backup options. I've tested this on our NVX and was able to replicate the results. I don't believe this was meant to be changed like this, however I cannot verify that yet. I will go ahead and send up an e-mail to our engineers to verify if this is an error in the latest 4.2.16 firmware.

And then confirmed on 8th May (after I chased them):

There has been no direct answer to your case, but multiple bugs have been fixed on a very shortly up-coming release of 4.2.16 Additional setup questions, troubleshooting, downloads, and video tutorials on beginner to advanced configurations for this product can also be found by visiting our product knowledgebase: http://www.readynas.com and http://www.readynas.com/faq. You may also find further help by visiting our community forums: http://www.readynas.com/forum

Unfortunately, it's very difficult to find a proper FTP backup solution that doesn't cost an arm and a leg these days, let alone an rsync solution with decent storage space at good value. My backup solution with Livedrive.com works great - if only this bug (which didn't exist before) could be ironed out. Then I can get back to doing incremental backups again. For now, every large backup I do keeps crashing (as it's doing the backup over and over again).

Now, it is ludicrous that this bug is still not resolved :evil: and any tips from the forum experts would be most welcome!

Thanks for any pointers / help!! :(