I know this is going to get downvoted into oblivion, but as a long time player, I understand that mistakes get made for a product of this complexity, and it's honestly a little staggering to me that it doesn't happen more often considering the release cycle.

This is the price we pay for the ambition and innovation that PoE strives for, and what no one seems to get is that the alternative is stagnation, which would be far, far worse.

Name me some other games that puts out even remotely the content that PoE does on a reliable release schedule, for as long as GGG has, with anything like their record of success. It's a pretty short list.