People bitching need to understand; yeah there is nothing in this at the moment and it's taking huge a step back which cuts a lot of content from the previous version, however, that already exists and can be easily re-integrated at any point, what can't be re-integrated is a direction for the game.
The original game before this felt empty/shallow and had no real direction of what it wanted to be, go hunt some magical gems? fuck random spawning characters? pretty very empty world? full customisation of character? loads of clothing? but where be the story or gameplay loop, why should you play it?
A game & the developers need a proper direction of what they want to do or the game is a lot more likely to land in the abandoned pile of shame that already exists on this website/many other websites.
Sometimes you have to take a step back to move forward, its a simple fact of development and life itself.
PS that combat system feels super fluid