My 2 cents about 2 points:
- Tutorial.
Damn !!, Im with you, hate tutorials. I joined NC with the NC1 retail and I think it didnt have any tutorial like now, just one step and get into the city... but... players have changed in these years.
Now there are a huge group of players (and new players) that need tutorials to learn and to understand. Maybe people have become too lazy or just got used to a tutorial to start, but some features of NC are "too complex" for many new players.
- Money.
Every one needs it, that's why we call it money. Of course NST needs an "angel" or a "white knight". The good news is that nowadays there are many options to being crownfunded or getting money for a project, believe me... there are a lot of money out there and NC does not need so much.
Maybe the first question would be... how many money do you need ?. Every project need a quote, I bet that NST does have a number yet and have made their own calculations.