folks
seriously
this game takes maybe 1-3 hours of your time a day at the most.
Its not a big investment to run your dailies and do some events.

After every previous patch, people complained about all the issues that each patch caused.

So this long wait makes sense to me.

After over a year, the devs now have a better sense of what changes they make can mean. So they are testing these new patches much more thoroughly. so instead of testing it for a day or a week, they are testing the updates for weeks.
This to me is a good thing.

Secondly
We are near end game regardless.
End game mechanics need figured out much more then start and mid game. With all the changes to this game since release and now being able to see how things have played out, the devs have a lot more knowledge. They know how much people will really spend to do things. Blayd and others powered up faster then the devs probably ever imagined possible. Dawn admitted several times we figured out ho to get more damage out of banish then ever imagined by the devs, hence the cap. The devs need to do a lot of math and planning to find the best way to provided players like blayd a challenge with the new HR and quests while not making it so impossible a VIP 0-1 will never be able to complete it. I mean i remember one patch where i blew through the first 3 or 4 new HR bosses in my banish form. That was boring. SO there is ore then just graphics and how much HP each boss and minion will have The next set of HR and quest bosses must be thought out much more thoroughly then ever before.

Also the 3rd sub needs released. That will change EVERYTHING, especially banish. Banish is a huge deal for everyone especially on a new server. SO its release must be taken into acct for the whole game.

Finally I suspect they are hoping to weed out the players who dont spend. Then just like in evony start putting inactive accts in LIMBO, Then start massive mergers like they are now doing on evony. Which will totally revitalize PVP and spur spending.

Be patient. I think they have a plan. I dont know how good the plan is. BUt I think it takes a lot more time to put together then anyone wants.

the fact is when they released this game, uCool was clueless on alot of things. They are learning and growing. Give them time. They have NEVER been good with communications, they never will.

I would suspect we shall see several updates between Sept and Nov. Then there will be another lull for about 4 -6 months and then there will be another major change.

Now i also have always had this sneaky feeling as well, That Tynon Age 2 is what is really going to happen in the long run and this Tynon was a test run