Small dev team with small funds? Its same scanerio with other game I have been playing since beta(altho its totally diferent kind of game).
Impressive features list, but very slow development. Dont expect miracles. Its gonna be slow and bumpy journey. Be prepared for a loooong prelude Player base will be slowly decreasing but game wont die(at least for now). Its only chance is that there is not many other games such as Xsyon, so there is no other place to go atm for ppl who loves sandbox games.
But be rather prepared for lots of "we are working on many things" statements without any ETA. Oh and get used to word "soon"