Like Crono said, has it?
I'm not ready to automatically believe that any of these updates will improve Era, or if they will even occur at all.
I appreciate the attempt made by a few staff members, so don't take this offensive, but Era staff are known for forming ideas, and later canceling them or not completing them.
Creating new guns, weapons, items, and forming a completely new G-Map are the steps to take to solve Era's boredom factor. Instead of releasing one uber-rare weapon that only the rich afford, or releasing a common store where 400 of the same gun are available, why not release around 15 of one gun, and see where that takes Era? Having a few of these stores around current hurt.
Again though, that is just one step to take. It won't change Era overnight, but I also don't believe fixing the imbalance in guns is really gonna make anybody think that Era will become that much more enjoyable.
And Renji, Boomerangs don't even do any damage half of the time, plus it was only an example. Stuff like that should be more creative, instead of having a few grass particles being released upon impact. I mean, come on now.