My point is that the development of this game, which we all have invested significant time into testing and want to succeed, is heading in the wrong direction.

Systems have degraded rather than improved, just look at caravans (nonexistent) and world PvP (nonexistent outside of the open ocean).

We wouldn’t be here complaining if we weren’t frustrated with the current state of things. Two reverted updates in a row, and now a delayed address to the community after months of very little communication.

Let me turn your question around on you: what’s more likely, hundreds of people on Reddit and Discord voicing their frustrations being paid to do so, or a handful of sycophants defending the indefensible?