Originally Posted by killias2 
Honestly, I was a little skeptical about the fact that they're doing another KS before the first game even launches. However, after reading the Kickstarter details, I sort of entered a haze. When I woke up.. I had contributed 20 dollars.
This was explained by InExile at several places. What sense would it have made to fire half their team, those whose job on WL2 is already finished, just to hire them again in 9 months? Projects have to overlap to keep all these specialists busy.