Let me get this straight, I'm being unproductive by calling out unproductive criticism? Following that logic, why bother being critical at all? In lieu of a "productivity" rule on this forum, I'm providing negative feedback to people who can't keep their comments productive to the conversation. You might think my post was unproductive because you didn't need to hear it, but there are people that do need the negative feedback.
Let me clear something else up, if people want to be critical about the game or about how Eroniverse is developing it, that is inherently fine. There are a number of replies that do just this in a constructive manner and that's great. What I like to see are reviews and criticisms of the game itself and even concerns on whether he'll keep releasing or not and what's going on in the development cycle.
What I don't want to see is people who don't pay a single dime to support the dev crying about how he is milking his patreons. And like I said above, even if you are a supporter, if you don't like Eroniverse and what he does, you can reduce or cancel funding. If you were funding him and were not happy with his release schedule, you should have already thought about this. I don't want to discuss all the flaws and merits of the entire Patreon system but in this situation, where the dev is very close to finishing the game, the solution is simple.
What I also dislike are baseless accusations that the dev is abandoning the game. And trying to compare this game (which is still being actively developed as of right now) to other abandoned Patreon games is disingenuous. Yes, there was a very real concern with how he didn't release an update for 3 months, I was confused and upset too. But like I said, the game was already close to finished and we at least had some communication from him during the past few months. Imo it was a big overreaction to assume the dev was giving up on the game. And of course when we see the light at the end of the tunnel, we have more accusations of him milking the game out. (And it looks like the update is bigger than normal!)
My bottom line is that, although I may have used some emotionally charged wording, I felt it necessary to get my raw thoughts out there in the face of the unfair, impatient, and immature (much more than mine imo) responses we have been seeing in this thread. I like the game and I've been here since 1.3, but I'm a moocher just like everyone else here and haven't spared a single cent to development. I don't even care about Eroniverse that much, but I never felt the need to constantly bug this thread with how slow development is. Anyways, my reasons to respond to them might as well be the same as your reasons to respond to me, so let's leave it to the mods to decide what is actually productive or not.
(Btw setting aside the topic, Zerorox, I hope you are safe and doing well. I know from a few friends in the country that shelling has increased and many places lost power for a while the other day. It may not mean too much from a random stranger, but I wish you and your country the best.)
