That update has Cait Sith Syndrome, the Syndrome named after it that many smaller weaker updates have succumb to in the past, such as the Storage update, or the DRK Fast Cast update. It is a shame so many fall victim to this fate, but it seems as though many do, and until the expansion is out it seems as though SE has no intention of searching for the much needed cure.

I assume we will be waiting a few months after SoA is released before they really go back and work on those things, it seems like SE jumped the gun with SoA, and announced it before they should have, so they piled on a lot of work and had to drop a lot of things to focus on it so we could get it on time. In one way, its good they did it, the expansion will do much more for the game than the minor updates, on the other hand, those minor updates are long overdue and are what keep the game going while waiting for an expansion.