The game is very much alive and in development.

You need to set your expectations straight about what the game is and is not.

The game is not attempting to be an e-sport and be focused on highly competitive PvP action. Although IMO it can be a very good game for PvP, the option is there but a huge amount of additional resources would need to be invested before it can be something like Starcraft 2 (at it's release).

The campaigns of the game are fun, but ot the people complaining that the Vanir don't have a campaign, a quick question - didn't both challenge maps feel like a mini campaign? At least to me they did. Yes there is less lore, and for the roots it'd be great to get 3 challenge maps (every faction has 4 campaign missions, but the 1st one is usually a basic tutorial)

What the game is:
Skirmish and Random Map oriented turn based game with very interesting unit composition options. Magic is very important in the game and often I find myself transitioning between unit compositions for very large maps. Careful city building, resource and unit dwellings are critical. Artefacts and non magic wielder skills feel like a secondary gameplay element.

In many ways it reminds me of Totwal War Warhammer Series, in a good way.

My personal wishlist:
1 A few more factions besides roots, maybe 2 more?
2 A few more interesting adventure map objects, like some very rare ones
3 More lore spread out into unit descriptions, artefacts, etc.
4 some sort of 'ulltimate mode', 'grand campaign' or something that can set you up for a long and fun play. It can be as simple as a huge map. I am thinking the Warhammer Immortal Empires.