My negativity has subsided a bit. I'd still really like to get some form of response on this, especially if all the noise we're making could push fishing to an earlier phase. Leaving it to the third just seems like a mistake if it's a brand new system that needs as much testing as the others. Like Aenarion said, the fact that it's not going to be given much testing just fuels my worry.
If it happens that the new system is absolutely rubbish, I hope we can bring about the same support we've managed to collect in these two threads again and make ourselves heard.