Yes, letting the community help in the development of your tool sets would help you get the tools you need and encourage the community to want to use and develop for your engine. I can tell you right now I know for a FACT that a major gaming school would like to use this engine, but your tool and art paths are to cumbersome and the lack of current exporter tools is making it tough to justify it's use.
Just a thought to consider before you get snippy with your responses.