Oh no i don’t have any expectations or knowledge of how long these things take, or how many folks they take. It’ll be done when it’s done.
They said recently the staff is up to 42 people now. How much they’re all working, I have no idea. Also have no idea how that compares to a typical indie mmo team size.
But ya the time scales on these things are just nuts. This thread is nearly 6 years old and i bet there was foundational work being done on the game for a year+ before that.