Yeah, it's really a tragedy, Dan and his crew were well on their way to creating somethin' really special. Sadly they ran out of time. My guess is Ubisoft insisted on releasing SH5 before the end of the fiscal year. Another 4-6 months development and SH5 would've been incredible.
The Modding Community has been a God-send, as usual

, but it takes along time to reverse-engineer this thing. Because the Modders aren't getting paid to work together in a Software Development Studio everyday and there's a lack of leadership, the process isn't as efficient as it could be

Luckily, a few of The Dev team have been on hand to give few pointers. I personally would like to see a Greywolves'esque team come together and really tear into this thing