I have always said from the get go April and May would be the deciding of this games future. If the May update is horrid and hardcore content is not properly added then I will probably no longer support this game. As of right now there are 3-4 Major things I expect to see in the May update...

Completion of the new Battle System
Proper Introduction of Companies
Hardcore Endgame Dungeons
Additional Travel Options

If 3 of these 4 things are not in 1.18 then I seriously doubt I will continue playing the game through the summer. The time for Half Measures and talk is past. I consider myself Hardcore, I do not like to get things easily, I was ecstatic seeing 20+ NM added to the game, I was disheartened at the 5 minute respawn times, I was even more disheartened when I found things to be worthless that the Monsters dropped because they are only good for 3-4 levels. I understand this is Midgame content and that is fine, but as of right now 60% of this game is capable of doing content at 50 and we still have no level 50 content.

Now I understand Yoshi has said from the get go 50 content cannot be implemented until the new battle Mechanics and system are in place. That is fine but that is also 30 days away... So as of now the clock is ticking and the Dev team is running out of time.