Actually I think these last few issues served their editorial purpose. Remember Dick was slated to die in IC but Didio said he was convinced to keep NW around, but that if NW stayed around he'd have to be changed. Well from the beginning of this arc we have seen an incompetent Nightwing, one who's only motivator seems to be the lil Dick in his pants. Later we have Roy showing up and telling him that he need to be "more dark knight, less man of steel". I think this means Dick is gonna become more of a hard-ass, we'll probably get a few scenes of him training intensely, maybe a few of him going too far and beating someone too badly. He's probably also gonna be emotionally withdrawn and may even distance himself from women (I know thats pretty hard to believe). Basically we're gonna see him as a Batman pre-crisis. I mean, if you look at him in Outsiders thats basically how he is right now but I'm pretty sure the events in Outsiders will happen after his change. Just some of my predictions on the topic