I'll be genuinely surprised if any of that is true cause it all sounds like excuses and he actually has nothing ready, still.
If 13 is the issue but he's happy with 14 just release 13 with a note that it's "low on plot, heavy on the other stuff but 14 will be plot heavy" and get them released.
I do feel like he's about to do a rug pull and say he's scrapping loads of 13 (which in reality never existed) and merging them to be a slightly extended e13 but "will need time" to do that (cause he's not at the stage he's been claiming to be at for months).
If 13 is the issue but he's happy with 14 just release 13 with a note that it's "low on plot, heavy on the other stuff but 14 will be plot heavy" and get them released.
I do feel like he's about to do a rug pull and say he's scrapping loads of 13 (which in reality never existed) and merging them to be a slightly extended e13 but "will need time" to do that (cause he's not at the stage he's been claiming to be at for months).