thousands of people restarted their towns already when the last hdlc came out. this ensures that none of those people will have anything to complain about. these items are not for the public, yet. the reason they were so angry was that they didn't have a choice about whether or not they had these items in their game. Doing it this way provides them with that choice, and takes away their power to complain. the people that want the items and would restart their town for them? they can do so, and will probably be less bored with the game for a while as a result. if they don't want to restart, they can wait until we release the finished products to the public (which in the long run won't be all that far away. i feel like they would want it that way. choice as opposed to no choice. at least until we're satisfied with what we as a hacking community have to offer. that's just my opinion. but i feel it's pretty sound.