The new client GUI scheduled for mid of next month might make life easier for noobs, but is it really something worth putting on a roadmap for a cryptocurrency. The focus should be more on the functionality of the coin, not the eternal GUI. The most important bits would be the release of the final smart contract template in Q2.
New GUI is top 3 things needed at the moment for this coin. GUI, Rolling peg, and webclient are top 3 things needed at this point. It's definitely a priority if the marketplace is to hope to get any kind of real world adoption.