Is this the 3rd or 4th rewrite? The dev was also constantly complaining about the cost of artists and such, but still hasn't implemented all the content that was available in the past, while not working on the game full time and receiving lots of money for the game.
The game used to be good and it seemed it had a future, back in the early stages, but now there's no hope it will ever get back to the point where it had the most content because the dev will probably just start a new rewrite while some people can't take hints and will continue to pay the dude to jack off.
Also updates used to be a lot faster, I believe even weekly. Now the dev gets 2-3x the money he used to and works at 1/2 or 1/3 the speed.