The amount of technical debt they managed to get themselves into with this game is pretty amazing. I mean, I sort of get it, 2.0 was a rush job and no way they expected the level of success they are seeing nearly 10 years later.

Well, hopefully 6.0 is the last expansion for this game because it's becoming painfully obvious how long in the tooth this game is getting to be. I am sure YoshiP is feeling the same way and would love to be able to start again fresh and be able to design a game that isn't so bound by technical limitations and memory constrains that apparently can't be worked around without reworking everything.