Yeah, patrons are those who's opinion/money counts. Rest of the fans are also important, but patrons are the core.
But this is also why for me it's ok for anyone to word out whatever for good discussion - because all those mid and high patrons who among them have people who were backing from the very start - have a very strong interest here - their money they already paid. And this is it, money already paid, you can always back out if you don't like a new direction for example, but you paid a considerable amount already probably so you're more inclined to be optimistic. But it's cool to be optimistic for this hehe.
Not necessarily anymore with DMD, because it's not on Patreon anymore, it's not even spoken about there anymore. You just have to
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to get access. Patrons are only supporting Melody now, officially.
Regardless of your opinion on the cycle, we should simply be grateful that the game is still being developed after Patreon cracked down and ousted it, and that the devs didn't ditch the game like Dark Silver did with Big Brother. It's not a new direction, it's making the best of a bad situation, which isn't preferable, but it's the best we can hope for right now.