While i agree with most of your post, however, im sure 3) wont happen.
Why?
1. Scawen - has said himself that he hasnt got motivation to do stuff like that, developing this sim isnt his primary job as it used to be.
2. Eric - wait, who? Is this guy still around?
3. Victor - May be only one of the devs to actually start a section like that, Scawen told that Victor is still doing something, we havent seen anything so this might be the job for him.
4. There might not be anything to report due to work not being done and its a huge shame which will eventually make some people quit this simulation as you have stated it in excellent way. However, this is their Sim, they made it and they can do anything they want with it. As it was stated in EULA, updates werent promised to us, so basically they owe us nothing. However we can still complain about that.
Also, mods havent been doing anything lately, how about recruiting some moderators for this forum Scavier? Im sure trashtalking would end and everyone would get along, unlike sometimes nowadays.
So to provisional conclusion to this post all i can say is that Devs need to wake up, hire more people, (someone like Lynce who has passion and alot of motivation to join along) *cough* take Eric's spot *cough*
and harden the **** up to keep things going around, or a total rupture of community will come at some point.