Then don't be freaking out over the abandoned tag? Trying to make the whole ass game in one go with patreon funding is naturally gonna rub people the wrong way and it isn't really surprising it got slapped with the abandoned tag.
I'm unsure where in my previous post did you extract any "freaking out", or objections to the abandoned tag being applied. That post was made to counter your position about releasing an update early to get rid of the abandoned tag ASAP. If anything, that part of your reply should be directed to the person I was replying to, which, strangely, is yourself.
The whole point of patreon funding is short frequent updates, we're basically the beta testers for the final build.
Whatever your stance on Pateron and update speed versus quality is irreverent to this discussion because the time spent waiting can never be recouped unless someone on F95 happen to have a time machine laying around. The only correct play forward is to ensure the coming (or alleged coming, hopefully the former but you never know) update is as perfect as physically possible. Even a flawless update will never recoup the lost goodwill, and I certainly don't blame people for losing interest, but it can at least cement a quality-oriented reputation for the dev. Abandoning that position midway will only result in a delayed and unsatisfying update, the worst of both worlds.