Originally posted by neuroperson:

Ugh.. I wish they just left food as is, and starting working on the biomes, even one at a time would be great. There is four more biomes left. They could have given us one. Heck they are already there.

H&H was already being worked on significantly months ago. No point in them shelving all the work they already had done to change to something else entirely. Furthermore adjustments that effect combat are best to get done earlier rather than later as it has a drastic effect on both current and future content, it's laying out solid foundations first.