Oh I have absolutely no doubt Frontier will eventually add diving and proper swimming to the game. The purpose of my wishlist, again, was to suggest some simpler (in terms of creation) animals. I think it's important to set the bar low so I'm not disappointed - either I'll be pleasantly surprised, or I'll get what I expected to get.
I also think they will create new rigs down the line, but I believe they'll avoid it as much as possible (hence my pessimism around an Australian DLC). They're shackled by their shareholders - for shareholders, profits are the most important thing, not the community. For Frontier, that's a balancing act - trying to please everybody at once (honestly I feel most sorry for the community managers; it must be stressful trying to play the diplomat with us when all we seem to do is complain and make demands). Frontier has a great reputation for community outreach and for listening to their fans, but at the same time they have to look after their shareholders. While keeping the community happy does go a long way towards increasing profits, cutting costs is a standard MO for most businesses to ensure profits are maximised. If you can make sure people still buy your product while at the same time making it as cheaply as possible, then you win no matter what.
So in essence, I think Frontier is doing the best they can with what they've got, and I think they will produce some stuff that makes us all really happy - just not all the time. I think a lot of the time we might wind up disappointed or at least not "wowed" by what they give us (look at the Arctic wolf again - that was doubtless not the reaction they hoped for, but I'm sure they expected it).
Anyway, you are absolutely right in saying that there are still bugs and optimisation issues to work out, and I'm certainly not asking for content to be pumped out like on a production line. Everything takes time.
(Also, Aurora Designs? Man that takes me back - didn't they stop creating content all together?).
