Crusade: What should go into the base game?

I'm highly biased.  I not only think Crusade is better than GalCiv III but I think Crusade is better than any version of GalCiv we've ever made.  But not everyone will agree with me and thus, we should discuss what is going to be "back ported" into the base game.

In no particular order, I will like the major elements into 3 different categories.

Category 1: Features that will remain exclusive to Crusade

1. External Ship Designer
2. Civilization Builder
3. Trait based tech tree
4. The 3 new races
5. Citizen System
6. Espionage
7. Crusade UI
8. Missions
9. New Diplomacy System
10. New Resource system

 

Category 2:  Features that we're on the fence about:

 

1. Multicore AI
2. Flavor Text additions
3. Word on the Street
4. Multiplayer Enhancements
5. New Influence System

 

Category 3: Things that will definitely be brought to the base game.

1. Bug Fixes
2. General AI improvements
3. Graphics updates
4. Quality of life improvements
5. Performance optimizations
6. Balance Fixes

 

We'd like to hear from you on your thoughts on this.