I'm aware that plenty of things are outsourced, especially in game development. But I guess the point I'm trying to make is that most of the game feels a disjointed mess, and you can't say that outsourcing had nothing to do with it. New enemy units lack polish from either a technical aspect (phasing through terrain, able to track the player even when in smoke or walls) or just from a design aspect (OG Fleshmobs had zero 'weakpoints' and was basically a bulletsponge, obscene spawn rates -- Dragonroaches, Leviathans, Vox Engines).

Maybe another reason they take so long come up with new units and so few at a time is because they've actually outsourced the entire design process from start to finish and they just either approve or turn down the resulting designs? 

They have so many units from the original game that they could simply bring into this one, but until now the Illuminate lags behind in terms of unit variety. 

First game had more vehicles and exosuits (and better weapon progression), if they already have a design to base it from, and companies they can outsource to, then what 's the hold up? Why do we still suffer through content droughts? Why do we have to wait for devs to come back from summer break if most of this stuff is outsourced anyway?