I think one of the problems is that we've all got different expectations as well as different "must have" requirements for our individual boards.
Keen as many of us are to move to xF, for some it simply isn't practical right now - well not until "x" feature or option is available.
You've got to start from somewhere though and getting the first version "out the door" will happen much quicker if it's feature-locked and the final beta stages are used to iron out the remaining bugs and smooth the cracks for the existing feature set.
I can think of literally hundreds of things that xF doesn't have or do at the moment that I would love to see, but knowing who's behind it and knowing their track record, I've every confidence that those things will come; or that as the plugin developer community grows, an "option" will be there at some point.
Do I ... WANT IT ALL NOW!!!? Hell yeah!!!
Am I going to get it? Erm, no. Sorry, but no.
I agree too that spending $140 for a license for a "not as complete" package (in comparison with the features of the nearest competitors) may seem excesive to some, but however Godlike or not you think the xF team are you cannot deny their pedigree and the fact that they will "come up with the goods".
Short-term, you won't get the "full" package that you might by chosing one of xF's competitors, but as a long-term investment I don't think you can go wrong.
Cheers,
Shaun 
