The multiplayer was basically an afterthought for this game.. hence why it has so many loose ends and a lot of community servers rely on custom mods to keep things in order.

Once the developers have everything in the single-player potion of the game fleshed out, you can fully expect to see multiplayer improvements.. such as the majority of what mods are doing currently.

That being said, that sort of thing is likely the last thing to do on their list.. and rightfully so.

The bad news is the game uses the Unity Engine IIRC, which has its own unique limitations that you can only code around so much. If one major major thing happened with this game, I would hope for it to be the developers making their own Engine so that they can fully realize what this game can be.

Sadly, making your own Engine is no small feat and would likely take a few years.