To me it sounded as though NTW was planed as the expansion from what was said.

I think it is correct that they ran into so much with all the fixing that they never got to the tools...

Of course there didn't seem to be that much enthusiasm from CA over mod tools to start with. They just thought that it was going to happen.

It is just my impression but I think they actually expected more from the community, tools or no tools, even though it may seem the game engine was made to discourage moding...

At the moment I don't think they have the time and manpower to do the tools.

The PR guys are just going to put the best light on a harsh reality.

It was only a month or so ago that the official site had the poll on the most desired mod tool but obviously no one has the time...