Okay, big changes take time. However.

[Rentahamster]

Because most of the "content" that can be added require the "battle" changes to be made first? And that new armor, gear, etc. may come from battle related content as well.

The OP is talking about stuff that can be improved on that doesn't have to wait for the battle changes.

Why on earth is there not about 25 different new hairstyles for every race, a female highland hyur, "Final Fantasy" looking armor and clothing, new spell art, etc etc etc? None of this has anything to do with their precious battle system. IMO the least they could do is throw us a pretty graphical bone every once in awhile, and I'm not referring to the "99 cent discount stickers" they consider to be aggro markers.

Don't need a new battle system for new haristyles or armor colors or spell effects.

Let's take those high teir NM's for example. Remember how many party members were initially able to fight against them? And then some of the "battle" changes turned the max party members to 8 instead of 15. Guess what? They had to re-do the stats to the NM's, amount of mobs that pop with Dodore, etc.

Actually, the game would be better off if they hadn't nerfed the NMs and just left them alone. 8-man parties pre-patch could take out all the NMs, and some could even be soloed. Now, they're even easier to kill.

[Joe_Cool]

The OP is talking about stuff that can be improved on that doesn't have to wait for the battle changes.

I was referring to the OP's "what I don't understand is why we have had to sit here for three months without anything truly substancial happening in the game." statement.

I understand about the art work and such, but OP said "truly substancial happening in the game" in the above statement so I kind of took that to mean beefy content in the game. My apologies if I just misunderstood.