It probably won't get back to updates. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. It's been a while since Alder posted anything (that I can immediately see) and even longer since a substantial update. Factor in the game just lost two of it's major content creators and several big projects...
It'll be nothing short of a Christmas miracle if FoE can rebound from this; if it does.
Let's face it, it's not the first time a game has been left dead in the water, and it won't be the last. And yeah, I'm being damn pessimistic about this. But I'd rather consider this game dead and be pleasantly surprised when it pulls back from the brink, rather than hold onto naive hope and have it get steadily crushed as months continue to pass by.
But that's just me, and not everyone can be a fabulously pessimistic dingo!