I know they can be annoying but heres a few things that Sean Dahlberg said after this update:
'Understandably, not everyone is going to like the update every week. That is why we do a variety of updates and not just the same thing every week. That said, not every week can be a "big" week. Some weeks we have videos, some we don't. Sometimes we have media assets that show off the game, sometimes we have assets that talk more about the thoughts and lore behind the game. Sometimes we reveal something new, and other times we delve a little deeper into something already known.
That all said, there are things we are just not ready to discuss at this time. We do not want to talk about "Feature X" or "System Y" only to have it not appear in the game. We'd much rather wait until "Feature X" is actually working the way we desire and then we'll talk about it.
If we did talk about things that weren't working the way we want, there is the potential it changes between then and launch. Then, if a player had his or her heart set on something we simply "announced" and then it wasn't there or completely different than they were told, that player will feel lied and betrayed to. This does more of a disservice to the community rather than making them wait for solid information to be released.
As for the Developer Corner, one of the nice aspects about it is we can release information there that sometimes doesn't quite fit our "bundled" approach. When we do a reveal, there are a variety of assets with a common theme. But sometimes there is just something cool that we want to show off that isn't a reveal or part of a bundle; the Developer Corner gives us an avenue to display things just like that.
So, while Fan Friday is highlighting some of the great community contributions, it now also lets us spotlight developer creations that didn't fit in some of our other updates.'
'We have announced that players will have more than human-only options; we just haven't disclosed which species [exactly] will be open for player characters yet.'
