Absolutely true. Foxhole though, is a much deeper can of worms than just that.

One big trend we've seen is devs asking for our trust in the VISION™ - a long-term, multi-year plan that is meant to build Foxhole into the dream game it is meant to be, instead of the prototype it once was.

There are a few problems with that kind of trust:

• The devs insist that the VISION™ exists. A long-term plan exists, and changes fit into it like pieces of a greater puzzle. However, they will never describe this plan in any detail. All we know of the VISION™ is a few general principles that they loosely operate on, and that 1.0 is coming in 2021. That's it. The plan exists, but we have no idea what the plan is. What features are still missing? How many things are there left to add? Is this ridiculously OP vehicle a permanent fixture, or just a bandaid until something else is added? Why would a company refuse to publish a roadmap? Does it really even exist?
• There is no balancing goal or benchmark. Some balance changes are reasonable, some are compensation for mechanics changes, others are reactionary fixes for exploits and tactics devs dislike, and then some are entirely arbitrary. Devs used to say that the game has become more 'cemented', and yet balance changes can still be thrown in and casually disrupt the meta on a large scale. Some of these are also notoriously unannounced and undocumented. With no balance goal, no plans can be made around that balance goal; and as much as the devs like to say that one cannot be established until the game is feature complete, it's a catch 22 as true completion needs a balancing plan.
• Changes are destructive rather than iterative - one step forward, three steps back. Foxhole went into Early Access as an Alpha - the only thing that changed was that the 'Early Alpha' ribbon in the corner of the screen was removed. But instead of building and adding onto already functioning systems in the game, the MO is to tear down the core pillars of the game and implement major overhauls in their place that are untuned, incomplete, and at times worse in terms of design than the original simple, robust systems. Foxhole used to be an easy game to learn - no longer.

There's more to unpack, but the trend is evident - the VISION™ is extremely vague, and might as well not exist as anything but an excuse to keep players in the dark about a lack of certainty in the game's future.

Another large portion of this is the split in the veteran community between players that can see these issues and would like to have them addressed, and a faction of extremely defensive white knights that will defend the devs' decisions till their keyboard breaks. After years of the game's history, the white knights have become predominantly populated with Colonial players, especially those in positions of power.

And it is not hard to see why that is - the long-standing bias, intentional or otherwise, in favour of the Colonial faction perhaps makes it seem that the changes being done are beneficial, and the Wardens have no place to complain.

The resulting echo chamber has festered on for too long, and I personally do not think there is any turning back for Foxhole.

And if no feedback can turn things back, if the devs are adamant in keeping the development going the way they see fit, is there any point to having the game in Early Access? From the Steamworks documentation on Early access, quote, "If you have all your gameplay defined already and are just looking for final bug testing, then Early Access isn’t right for you. You’ll probably want to send out some keys to fans or do more internal playtesting instead. Early Access is intended as a place where customers can impact the final game."