Just give us the damn built-in Sampler 
There is no need to add a sampler that completely challenges Halion, but a built in sampler with simple/easy to use features would be awesome. There is no reason not to look at Simpler from Ableton. Something like that would be more than enough!
8.5 was probably the most disappointing update for a long time. 9.0 needs to be more interesting…