As Zulu intimated in the dev blog published last week, the company took a good look at where the game was headed and wasn't entirely pleased with the direction it was going. This occurred after we did our release planning, which had some very specific plans for both FiS and Incarna. What we're doing right now is saying "okay, what exactly is it that we need to do next to make EVE the game everyone loves again." We're still making plans on finalizing what will come next, and while we do no some fairly general ideas, the producers and designers really want to make sure we're solid and happy and can present information to you guys that has enough detail that will satiate your appetites.

One of the things the Community team has been working on, Guard in particular, is trying to get bits and pieces out to you guys as quickly as possible. You've seen this most recently with Torfi's blog, and we do hope to have more information from Zulu as soon as possible. I can say that this is one of the Community teams highest priorities. :D

SoonGäó

Quick response to Junk while I'm chowing down: you just pretty much described Team Best Friend Forever's ongoing work :D

Whenever I say "when it's done, stop pestering me if you want things done" to my boss, he gets this sheepish look on his face and goes away muttering. There's only so much you get accomplished by prodding all the time, sometimes you actually have to let people work on things instead of delivering constant progress reports.

Unlike most employers seem to think, those reports take up work time from the actual work that could be done meanwhile. Just saying..