Will there continue to be any versions of the darker theme? One of the main reasons this theme was chosen for the forums I run was because most of the community prefer darker themes (less strain on the eyes late at night)
If I am correct in understanding what I see now will become the new pulse theme when updated, if I have somehow misunderstood the changes and this is a new separate theme from the darker pulse one currently in use I do apologize.
If this is an update which changes the older theme to look as this one does now I would personally say it was a poor decision, developing a theme and releasing it to change the core look and colour scheme with an update isn't the best way to please the people making active use of it.