Gosh, what a situation to be in. It is easy for me to say something like, make the game, then make the refinements or rebuilds if needed later on, that is what EA is for. It surely would be much easier to make the desired changes after the current game cycle has been completed.
I just want the Dev to get back to work, and do the changes they feel are necessary later on when the game is either near completion (base game, in case they decide to add dlc later on) or is complete, and then they can do the rebuild to their hearts content, if this makes sense. They can use steam as a practice bed until they are ready to leave EA.
Maybe they just don't realize how good their game is, or perhaps they are doing the time dishonored act of milking their patrons. It is only a short few days until it's been a year since the game got an update. I guess, until we know more, then information he posted behind that paywall, I'll take it as initially temporarily abandoned simply because of the lack of an update in a year.