I don't think anyone doubts that the tileset is being made and is at the level of progression that Chelt stated. The problem is people think these projects won't actually get 100% done and released. Zone has had countless projects in the past that were "in progress" but never saw the light of day. Zone players are pessimstic because of that happening many times. The problem with teasing updates right now is that there's nothing occupying zonians' time until that update is released. Everything we currently have is a complete mess (missions, basing, and... that's it? Oh, trading) so these updates are the only things going for Zone. It's not like Zone players see the M bases sign and think "oh that will be cool when that's released", instead they think "When will it be released?". And then that thought just builds up as time goes on, since that's what Zone players are used to.