Lack of communication isn't a scoop among Patreon Devs. Few of them are natural born communicants, another percentage tries their best to make regular posts and lastly, there are Devs like ICreations who don't know how to communicate - In fact, they don't even realize that those long silences don't play in their favor. Once your name is sullied on the Web (e-reputation/online reputation), it's Over.
It's better to start again from scratch rather than keeping a " sullied name " in those situations. Mysterful, creator of Michael Family, is the perfect example. Dude never listen to anyone and gave out 3 updates per year until he quit one day, without any warning. Blog down, mail down, everything about him disappeared from the Web, except for his name....Mysterful.