... I said this already, I'll say this again, hoping that people finally stop talking about the drama that blew way out of proportion... The issue has never been that the game has been criticised. Others have done it, no hostile response from the dev or other users. Why?
Because form matters. I can be 100% right on something, if I'm being an ass about it, people will react negatively to me. That's because we humans tend to be social mirrors. We'll reply courteously to courteous people, rudely to rude people. Criticism is fine to voice here, just be mindful of your manners. Be civil.
Your personal sensitivity may not interpret the comments in the same hostile tone as the dev did, but other people have. I have. It wouldn't have hurt the user to say "Hold on, no need to be so hostile and defensive. I was just asking" instead of feeding into the drama. At least it was a fun exercise to analyse.
Agreed on that last point though, a mod should come to clean up the thread a little bit. As for the update, sadly don't have time to play through it atm. Do we have an ETA on when the battle system will be fully implemented though?