At one point we didn’t have a pipeline tool at all, so to say i like it well enough. I just think the whole content processor importer reader writer is confusing even having written a couple for practice i still feel very murky when i think about it.
The one thing i think i am really missing is a way to just reference a folder or folders that has all my content with sub folders with the xnbs that are all only pulled into a project in place at publishing time when you flip a switch, Such that all projects can be set to reference the same place and sub folders for all tests and content then separated at will into a project only when the user deems that it is time.
To say it another way if i link to a content item, i do not know of a way to later copy that linked item without removing and re-adding it. This is tedious and i tend to not link.
This has caused me to have a lot of duplicate items across many many projects as i feel other options also have drawbacks.