Scripting opens up a whole new world of wonderful creative & time saving possibilities, and I relied on the capability heavily back in my Corel Draw days. That being said, it doesn't seem that the majority of Xara users (at least as far as I can tell) come from that head space, so it's not likely high on the Xara coder's hit list. And even though I have Illustrator with its friendly scripting possibilites, I still do 95% of my work in Xara.

I'd like to see at least a macro-recorder added. That would be a very welcome addition.