Oh and part of what I think really slows the progress down is their sort of ... fear of reusing models and textures for gear. Yeah sure it's annoying in most MMOs that a lot of gear looks the same .... but would you rather have 5 items to choose from so everyone looks the same anyways, or hundreds of items that may sorta look the same but have vastly different stats based on where or how they were obtained?

Everyone already looks the same in 14 right now, every mage, and tank, and dps, wear the same armor and use the same weapons. So who cares if we get a texture swap.